The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-17 00:00:00

THE RUG ELEY POISONING CASES. • FIIRTIIER AND LATEST PARTICULARS (PROM OUR OWN IMPORTER.) RIIGELEY, WEDNESDAY. The fact of the inquest on the body of Walter Palmer l aving been last night further adjourned to this day *week, for the purpose of hearing further evidence from Professor Taylor and other witnesses, and also to pro cure the attendance of Mr. Pratt, of London, respecting the insurance transactions with William Palmer, has given an additional excitement and interest here to this tnost ext raordinary ca se , an d i t i s now very generally believed that the result of the inquest will be accom panied by the criminal implication of other partir besides William Palmer, should ev-- latter be acquitted of the charge of the murder of his brother. Captain Hatton, the sup er i n t en d ent of the count Police. - een in iondon for the last few making- inquiries into the circumstances connected with the case of Mr. John Parsons Cook, arrived in Stafford lan night very shortly after it was known that the inquest had been further adjourned, and soon after his arrival, he waited upon Mr. Deane, the solicitor, who is conducting the case- on behalf of the insurance companies, and stated to him that he had obtained highly important information connected with the case iow under investigation, and that he was very gl a d th a t the inquest had b een further adjourned. lis understoo d that Captain H a t ton has had an interview W t ith Mr. Pratt, ( luring his stay in Loudon, and has obtained: from that person several most important admissions respecting his insur Ince transactions with Palmer, which will be laid before the jury at the adjourned inquest, and which, it is believed, will unravel a vast number of circumstances connected with these extraordinary transactions. It is now very generally believed that before the case terminates investißatiens will certainly take place with regard to the other persons who have suddenly died. During the present week the wife and brother of Mr. Illaden, who died at Palmer's house under rather mys terious circumstances, and who is buried in Palmer's family vault in Rugeley churchyard, have been in Rugeley 'Prosecuting inquiries respecting the circumstances con nected with his death, and have also been in communica tion with Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, and we believe it may be confidently relied upon that an order for the exhumation of the body, and an inquest, will be at once issued. A scene may be expected at Stafford, on Monday next, for a writ of habeas corpus has been issued for the pro duction of Palmer at one of the law courts in London, on Tuesday next,.at a trial respecting one of the forged bills for £l,OOO. The case is that of Mr. Padwick of London, to whom Palmed gave the bill. It was drawn by Palmer, and purported to be accepted by his mother. The bill was not paid, and subsequently an action was commenced against Palmer for the amount. Since his imprisonme, his mother has b een sued by Mr. Padwick as the acceptor nd goin g to of the bill, an d she is defending the action on the grou that she ne ver accepted the bill, and Palmer is London f or th e purpose, as ie understood, of admitting the forgery. :‘ The fiat of bankruptcy issued a gainst Palmer, w ill when M r . c ome before the Birmingham district court t o - morrow, Smith, solicitor, of Birmingham, who is now watching the inquest on behalf of Palmer, and wh o so licitor for him i n th e bankruptcy, will dispute th is alsoe adju dication on the ground that no act of bankruptcy has been committed. With regard to the trial, it seems to be now the prevai ling opinion, that the application which will be made for the Prisoner's removal to another county, on the ground of the strong feeling existing against him here, will be success ful, and that the trial will most probably take place in London. The various statements which have, from time to time, been made respecting the counsel engaged for the prosecution and the defence respectively, are more or less erroneous. We can state upon the authority of the respective solicitors engaged, that in the case of Mr. John Parsons Cook, the counsel at present engaged on behalf of the prosecution are Mr. Fluddlestone and Mr. Scotland, one of the leaders of the Oxford circuit ; and it is expected that in addition the Crown will direct the Attorney-gene ral to lead in the case. For the defence no counsel has at present been retained ; and it is untrue, as stated, that Sir Frederick_Thesiger and Mr. Edwin James have both been named, alo ng w i th Mr. Sergeant Wilkins. The great probability, h owever, is that the latter gentleman Will be retained, along with Mr. Kenealy, of Birmingham. The case a ga i nst the postmaster for opening a letter from Dr. Taylor to Mr. Gardener, and conveying its con tc'otS to the prisoner, will be resumed to-morrow, when the coroner is subpoenaed to attend. This inquiry also -is e xciting the most intense interest. CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAGDALEN INSTITUTION. ___,____ • the first annual meeting of the subscribers and friends of thia institution was held at half-past two o'clock, ye's terday, in the Bible depository, Slater-street. In the absence of the Rev. Rector Campbell, from whom a letter was read apologising for his non-attendance through indis position,; the chair was occupied by ADAM Hooosow,lEsq. There were several ladies present, and among the gen tlemen were... r. W. Gregson. Mr. G. H. Duncan, Mr. J. Eden, Mr. S. Martin, Dr. Hulme, Mr. E. Higgin, Revs. After pra yer T. C. Cowan, T. Cart er , S. Holtne, T. Moore, &e. had been offered up by the Rev. D. Ander son., 'Honorary Secretary and Chaplain to the Institution, The Chairman proceeded to open the business of the meeting. It was not one, he said, int o w h ich from its nature, they could go int o ' details;as in other societies, but at the same time there was not perhaps any class of our fellow-sufferers, sons and daughters of adversity, who were more to be pitied, or excited greater sympathy, than that class which the institution sought to reclaim, and that Whether they regarded the homes, which in the days of their innocence, they had left, or the deep abyss of degra dation, vice, and misery, in which they were pluaged. It Wu not for men to attempt to measure the different degrees of criminality, but he thought it must have struck every one that in very few other careers of criminality are the steps, generally the result of weakness or mis placed confidence, so rapid and f ear f u l i nto misery and degrad a ti on as happened to the poor, forlorn, and un friended outcasts whose wretchedness it was their busi ness that day to attempt to 'mitigate. He dwelt on that fact to show that it was their special duty to rush to the rescue, if possible at the first stage, of that descent into crime, so that the poor wanderers might not be utterly lost —that the betrayed might not become the betrayers— that the wretched might not become utterly desponding and outcast, but that they might be saved by aid, hope, and comfort being extended to them. (Hear, hear.) !dr. William Gregson then read the following ItEr . The committee are now caned ORT uou : to p t first to the frie n d s an d sunporters of th e Chu•ch resent of En heir gland ma report i.den I nstitution But as it has o n ly b een i n operation since the m iddl of Febru.ry last, and as the number of inmates h is been for the Treater portion of that time limbed, it cannot be expected that they should as yet have mach to communicate in the way of positive results. Stint they can say, with great confidence. that the expe rience of even that short period h been of such a character as to invest, with adeeper force and urgency, every consideration which first prompt e d them to undertake this work of mercy. The simple act that more than 120 f a ll en women have, since the opening of the institu ion,voluntarily sought admission, is an affecting proof that, beside s th e asylums already occupied there was a p ress i ng necessity for an add itional one. Very painful has been:th- duty of receiving, and liataninv t , o t i o , th e ir tale of ruin and woe, and still more distressing has it bee n iged to refuse to the majir portion of them the refuge which t e he them with bitter tears. But there was no alterna y t'v so e l f g The manyo e f accommodation of the house is limited to about fort fou I Moreover, the committee were of opinion that great painsforty _ r n rn should ate h s e . taken in the selection of suitable objects for the charity ; nd still further, at the commecement of a work of such great delicacy and d fficulty. they felt themselves called upon to proceed in a gradual and tentative manner, admitting a few at a time, and then adding to the number of inmates as rapidly as they could with safety guard adopting what anpeared to them the course most likely t o against disorganisation, and peril to the permanent well-workine of the institution. Proceeding on this plan, thirty-eight applicants have been admitted in the course of the past year, each case having been carefully Investigated by the chaplain, in order' as far as possible to bring into the institutioa such only as were likely to derive re d and abiding benefit from its moral and religious agencies. Notwith stan,ing all precauVons it ought not to be matter of surprise, when due considerat'on is given to the previous ways of life, and the habits of unutterable moral degradation of this unhappy class, that some, after the first impulse c f remo.'se had subsided, or whose feelings of remorse have been superficial. should experience a retuning desir • for their pis , courses, and feel even the gentle restraints of a well-ordered and religiously conducted house to be irksome. It is further tobe remembered that institutions of this kind admit of no re.tra'nt of personal liberty, even were such re straint desirable; and this it obviously is not, as ths first and most necessary condition of the reformation of the fallen is the r willing neas to he r e fo rme d . Th e comm itt ee h ave , i n consequence, to state, that of the thirty-eight admitted api 'leant% ten are no longer in the house ; five left at their own desire, foar absconded, and one Was dismissed for unruliness of temper and continued insubordina. tion, It is, however, satisfactory to be able to state that two of the five who went out of the house did not, as it has been positively ascertained, return to a life of infamy, b u t are now at home w it h their friends. Of the remainder the committee may venture to Speak, is not with confidenee, yet undoubtedly with fair grounds for encouragement and hope. As a body they have become re markably amenable to discipline, and are strikingly ti. corous In their demeanour. They pursue their various industral occupations ha the laundry, the sewing room, and in the gener-1 s-rvice of the ilonsehold with admirable cheerfulness, steadiness, and goodwill. 1t 'oil , more a ttisfa aory t t add that these poor girls, a little while ago utterly cut off fr o m I, or finances of re li g i on, now a ,t en d, w ith e,videat readiness of mi n d, an d apparent i nterest, the daily ministra tions of the chrplal n j o i n i ng i n prayer and praise, and listening with Meekness and attention to the word of exhortation, or to the simple ex position of Chr stian Truth . Fur ther, that the Sabbath is spent with Irt ""enci Of observance, and it is hoped with Opirittisi advantage in attendng, morning and evening, the services of the church; while the rest of the sacred day is-, by their own free choice, doted to the eketcise of committing to memory the Collect of the day, and a hymn. or portion of Holy Scripture, repeated generally with wen_ derful accuracy to the chaplain, each Monday Morning. Nor have there been wanting still more positive indications of the Divine blessing on the work, tut the Chaplain is enabled to teport that indi vidual inmate& not unfreiluently seek his hdvice and consolation under the Con fictions of sin, Lad the deep anxieties of a troubled conscience. Before concluding their report, the committee would beg to offer their warmest thsnks to the Committee of Ladies, who, With untiring Christian zeal, have laboured to proniote the Soirituat etiod of the inmates, by giving them individual instruction, and also for their valuable services in the careful inspection of the various arrangements of the hottse. They feel also that, to the gentlemen visitors, their hearty acknow devolved duties o nect.d. in tilt fi,s gments are due. On them have e most onerous and responsible character, con- ith the adaptation or the premiaef tc • kred purpos, ion, and afterwards. with the dver entire working. Their Fervic S haVebtdii;n;earied, reatest value to the establishment. It is impossible for ,ee suitably to express their sense of obligation to the Simnel 1% Institution. Of cur: d the respect ischarge ; o •allow tl .hed to the atifying, for in-titution the aid is sCcret exempt NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 185 g. LIVERPOOL GRAND POULTRY SHOW. -...__. The third annual grand eihibition of poultry was opened yesterday, at Messrs. Lucas'. Great Charlotte-street, and will be continued this day and to-morrow. The managing committee of the exhibition are—Gilbert W. Moss, Laurence Peel, Jonathan Williamson, and Henry Worrell, Esqrs., and W. C. Worrall, Esq., hon. sec. in point of the quantity of poultry exhibited, we believe it is inferior to last year's show, but, at the same time, we are informed that the quality of the feathered tribe, in the estimation of the best judges, has not at all fallen off, but increased con siderably. The attendance of visitors yesterday was select and respectable, but riot so numerous as last year. There was, however, no lack of general interest manifested in the whole affair. There were showtiupwards of 1200 fowls of all geese; half a dozen turkeys, and sorts; about nine or ten some five doien ducks, and these constituted the entire—by no means a small Collection. The majority of the poultry Was excellent, and great care seemed to have been besto*ed on the different breeds to make them as perfect as possibl3. The romantic price set down for many of the birds—such, for instance, as £lOOO —argued two things : the person expecting such a sum must be rather sanguine, or he must expect to meet with a party more sanguine to give it. We cannot help offering this observation, although we believe the figure is merely a polite intimation that the birds were not for sale, yet there are persons who credit the "label." Spanish, Cochin-China's, and Dorkings, were in the ascendant, and some of the finest specimens imaginable were on show. The plumage of all the birds was exquisitely beautiful, particularly amongst the game specimens, golden and silver pencilled, and spangled Hamburgs, which attracted great attention. There were some excellent specimens of Polish, black and white crested, and silver, which, besides being handsome, were much admired for their usefulness. We must not forget the tiny and beautiful bantams, which were rich and rare in all respects. On the whole, the show may be counted a successful one, and such as the most ardent admirers of all sorts of domestic fowls could desire. The following is a list of tho PRIZES:- CLASS 1.-SPANISH, (For the best Cock and two Hens exceeding one year old.) Cup and First Prize. 4. Mr. H. D. Davies, Spring Grove House, Hounslow, near London. Price £lOO. Second Prize. 3. Mr. H. D. Davies, Spring Grove House, Hounslow, near London. Price £lOO. Highly Commended. 11. Mr. William Plummer, Brislington, near Bristol. Age 22 months. Price £l5 15s. Commended. 7. Mr. Joseph Hindson, Barton House, Everton, Liverpool. Age 18 months. Price £lB 18s. Commended. 9, Mr. Joseph Tate, Syke Hill, Preston. Aged about 18 months. Price £2O. A good Claes. WEST DERI3Y GVAIIDIANS. The usual weekly meeting of this board was held at the board-room, Mill-Jane, yesterday. The Rev. W. Badnall, presided. The other guardians present were—Measrs. EdWards, Shaw, Siddeley, Roberts; Abrahams, J. Harrison, Lunt, Pitts, Morris, Birch, and Wensley. OFFICIAL RETURNS The Master of the Hospital reported that last week there were 144 patients in that establishment, since when twelve had been admitted, and the same number discharged : there had been no deaths; leaving this week 113 patients. and for the corresponding week of last year there were only 78, shnwing an increase this week of 38. The Master of the Workhouse reported that last week there were 704 paupers in the house, since which 36 had been'admitted, and 1 born; 33 discharged, and 4 deaths; leaving this week the same number, 704, For the corres ponding week of last year there were 703 paupers in the wcrkhot Cheat the ou ofAceti s to the amount of £217, for the *maintenance of )or poor, were voted to the respective relieving connected with POOR-LAW BOARD INSTIIIICTIONS the attention ort:from the Poor-Law Commission, of this board to the provisions of a stsession, which provided for the education of the young child f poor persons, who are relieved out of the workhouse, and which enacted, that the guardians of any union, or any parish in .England wherein the relief is administered by the board of guardians, may grant relief for the purpoee of enabling any poor person lawfully relieved out of the workhouse, to provide education for any child of such person, between the ages of four and sixteen, in any school to be approved of by them, for such time, and under such conditions, as they shall see fit. In consequence of the great number of abandoned cha racters,. most of them near their confinement, it was decided, on the motion of Mr. Shaw, seconded by Mr. Harrison, that one, named Garnett, should, when sufficiently recovered, be taken before the magistrates and punished as such. It wac stated that this woman had had no less than seven illegitimate children, five of whom were alive. In answer to the chairman, Mr. Harrison stated that the overseers of Toxteth-park woull be ready on the following day to pay a portion of their call for the rates then in arrears. All the other townships had paid up their calls. The Chairman drew the attention of the board to the nuMber of abandoned women then in the house. Far years it bad been a source of much regret that such a state of things should be, and he conceived that they would not be doing their duty if they did not take so me s t eps to c h eck the growing evil. y What he wanted was to have the worst of those characters kept by themselves, and if possible placed on a different diet, for he was sure that it was exceedingly improper that such characters should be placed with the more respectable persons. He hoped the board would take the matter up immediately. Mr. Shaw and Mr. Harrison echoed the sentiments expressed by the rev. chairman. A brief conversation followed, in the course of which the Master of the Workhouse intimated that he had a plan by which a better state of classification might be adopted, and the committee were requested to see what the arrangements were, and report thereon at next meeting. The board soon after adjourned. KIRXDALE SE S STONS.--YESTERDAY The business of these sessions was resumed at the Court-house yesterday morning, at ten o'clock. JOSEPH PoLLocK, Esq., Judge of the County Court, presided. The following magistrates were on the bench—Messrs. Harden, Hall, R. E. Harvey, Thompson, Greene, Campbell, Hodgson, Theakstone. Preston, and Allcord. The magistrates did not assemble for some time after the hour appointed, being engaged, as it was understood, in selecting a chairman for the day, in consequence of Sir Thomas Birch having decidedly refused to accept the chairmanship of the session, to which he was by some ardent friends elected on the previous day, notwithstand ing that he had, both by letter and in person, refused to occupy that position, sllould he be elected. After the usual legal formalities had been disposed of, the following gentlemen were selected as THE GRAND JURY. Alexander Coghin, broker, Huskisson-street, foreman. Robert Cook, hatter. Liverpool. William Carbett, tailor, Lord-street. Samuel C. Cowan, tea merchant, North John-street. Thomas W. Cookson, wine merchant, Alfred-street. James Jack, engineer, Kirkdale. William Jones, gentleman, Kirkdale. Peter Maddox, shipowner. Kirkdale. Rote .t ll. Elroy, cooper, Kirkdale. Henry V. Lewis, professor, 800 le. John Collinson, draper, Ormskirk. John Holcreft, farmer, Ormskirk. Thomas Ball, draper, Southport. Henry Burwell, bazaar-keeper, Southport. James Blackhouse, miller, Southport. George Darwell, yeoman, Southport. Thomas Evans, innkeeper, Liverpool. James Carson, tobacconist. Liverpool. Frederick Hill Cumming. druegist. Southport. Willi •ni Bell, yeoman, North Meals. W.l iarn Nimes, boa-ding-house keeper. Ormskirk. Wi liam Higginbottom Gartside, ormskirk. William Eastty, auctioneer, Ormskirk. The above gentlemen having been sworn, The Chairman said—Gentlemen of the jury : In the absence of a permanently appointed chairman, I have been requested by the unanimous decision of my brother magistrates to preside Oil this occasion, and as such I shall address a few words to you. I am happy to say that your duties are likely to be light, as the number of prisoners on the calendar is few, but I am afraid the smallness of the number does not show that this district is in a very satisfactory state, for by a recent alteration of the law I understand that thirty-four cases which would have been brought before you, but fori the late change in the law, have been disposed of. Had those 34 cases been added to the present number, there would have :been an excess in the usual number of prisoners at this period of the year. The character of the offences which will be brought before you are light., and I do not think from your experience that they will require any observations from me, but should you require any assistance, the court will be most happy to afford it to you. I cannot even for a moment assume this place with out making some reference of regret fur one who is cone from amonest us, and who for so long a time presided over us. His image is so impressed upon me that I can scarcely recognise the place without him. The learned gentleman'then dismissed the:grand jury.to proceed with the finding of the bills. The calendar contained the names of forty-eight pri soners, of whom seventeen could read, twelve read and write imperfectly, twelve could neither read nor write, two could do both well, and one had received a superior education. In a short time the grand jury returned into court with a number of bills, and the trial of prisoners was pro ceeded with. There are only two appeal cases to be heard, neither of which are of any public interest or importance. POLICE COURT.—YESTERDAY. (BEFORE 3IR. H. HORNBY.) A HEAVY CASE.—A young fellow, named John Duffy, dressed as a sailor, was charged with stealing twenty eight pounds of lead piping from the north-end-works, belonging to Mr. M'Cormick. Police-officer 470 stopped the prisoner in Limekiln-lane with the lead, which the prisoner alleged he had found. The prisoner was discharged. STREET ROBEERT.—PoIice-officer 764 brought up a well dressed young woman, named Elizabeth Ward, on a charge of having stolen a gold watch from Mr. James Thompson, a publican, residing at Brownlow-hill. On Wednesday last a report bf this case appeared in our paper. The prisoner was then remanded, in order to have a search made for the two men who stopped Mr. Thompson in Williamson-square, whilst he was follow. ing the prisoner, but these were not forthcoming. The prosecutor found the watch in the prisoner's hand when she was stopped in her flight. She now repeated the story told by her last week, which was not contradicted by Mr. Thompson. The prisoner was discharged. STEALING TooLs.—A young man, named John Hughes, was charged by his brother, William Hughes, a respecta ble man, carrying on business as a publican and builder, in Greenwood-street, Everton, with stealing a quantity of carpenters' and other tools from his premises. The prisoner offered the property for sale at the shop of a broker, named Higgins, residing in Marybone, where he was stopped, and given into custody. The prosecutor said he had done a great deal for the prisoner, and this was the return for his kindness. lie did not wish, however, to have him punished, but he could not take him back again. The prisoner was discharged, with a caution and a reprimand. (BEFORE MR. ROMILLY AND MR. HORNBY.) ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—Thomas Forster, the pro prietor of a large boarding and beer-house, No. 26, Bath street, was charged with having assaulted a female named Catherine Taylor. The complainant stated, that on the Bth instant, she went to the defendant's house, to inquire for a sailor named Jacob Farwell, who had come from America in the ship Manhattan, and on ask ing for him, the defendant called her an improper name, and told her to leave the house, but before she had time to go, he ran at and struck her, and kicked her, flinging her into the street. She stated, that there was still marks of violence on her person, from the effects of the blows inflicted by the defendant. In reply to Mr. Chilton, who appeared for the defendant, the witness denied that she used bad language to Mr. Forster, she did not try to force her way into the back parlour, and she positively denied having acted either v i o l ently or disorderly in the house. M r. Chilton produced a wit• ness, named John Atkinson, who stated, that the com plainant had acted violently, and attempted to force her way into the house, although she was told the m an was not ther e . The defendant put her out into the street, but did not use any more than necessary violence. A female who was with the complainant at the time of the transaction, corroborated the original statement, and the bench thinking there was more than necessary violence used, fined the defendant lOs and costs, which he at once paid. SMUGGLING. —John Francis, a black seaman, on board the ship General Lang, was charged with attempting to smuggle one pound and a quarter of foreign manufactured tobacco, He was fined 12s the value of the tobacco. CLASS 11-SPAN'S"' (For the best Cock and two Pullets, Chickens of 1855.) First Prize. 23. Mr. W. W. Brundrit, Runcorn. Age 7 months 28 days. Price £lOOO. Seeond Prize. 19. Mr. H. D. Davies, Spring Grove House, Honnslow, near London.• Age 7 months. Price £lOO. H'ghly Commended. 16. Captain W. W. Hornby, R.N., Knowsley. Cottage, near Prescot. Age, eleven months the Cock, and eight months th Pullets. Price £5OO. Commended. 20. Mr. H. D. Davies, Spring Grove House, Hounslow, near London: Age 7 months and 2 weeks. Price £lOO. Commended. 24. Mr. William Plummer, Bristlington, near Bristol. Age, Cockerell and 1 pullet 9 months, and 1 Pullet hatched 19th January, 1855. Price £5O. An excellent Class. CLASS 111-DORKING, COLOURED, (For the best Cock and two Hens exceeding one year old.) Cup and First Prize. 39. Rev. Stephen Donne, Oswestry. More than one year old. Price £3l 10s. 2nd Prize. 44. Mr. William Wright, Westbank, near Warrington. Above one year old. Price £lOOO. Highly Commended. 33. Mr. J. Dale Hewson, Coton Hill, Stafford. Age 5, 36, and 24 months. Price £l5. Highly Commended. 40. Rev. Stephen Donne, Osweatry. More than one year old. Price £2O. Highly Commended. 45. Mr. Thomas Ullock, Win dermere. Age one year eight months. Price £5O. Highly Commended. 47. Earl of Sefton, Croxteth Hall, near Liverpool. Above one year. Price £2l. Commended. 54. Mr. Joseph Hindson, Barton House, Breck Road, Everton. Age nineteen months. Price £5O. A very good Class. CLASS IV.—DORKING, COLOURED. (For the beat Cock and two Pullets, Chickens of 1855.) Ist Prize. 55. Mr. William Wright, West Bank, near Warrington. Age 81 months. Price LlOOO. 2nd Prize. .56. Mr. William Wright, West Bank, near Warrington. Age 81 months. Price £lOOO. Highly Commended. 58, Mr. Henry Smith, Cropwell Butler, Bingham, Notts. Age from Bto 9 months. Price £4 4s. Highly Commended. 59. Mr. Henry Smith, Cropwell Butler, Bingham, Notts. Age from Bto 9 months. Price £4 4s. Highly Commended. 60. Mr. Henry Smith, Cropwell Butler, Bingham, Notts. Age about 9 months. Price £5 ss. Highly Commended. 68. Captain W. W. Hornby, Knowsley Cottage, Prescot. Aged 8 months and 1 week. Price £5OO. Commended. 73. Mr. John Copple, Eccleston, near Prescot. Cock 7 months, Pullets 7 months 2 weeks. Price £2l. CLASS V — DORKING, WHITE. (For the best Cock and two Hens of any ago.) Ist Prize. 79. Mr. John Robinson, Vale House, Garstang. Age abovo 1 year. Price £lO 10s. CLASS VI-COCHIN CHINA, CINNAMON AND BUFF. (For the best Cock and two Hens, exceeding one year old.) Cup and Ist Prize. 83. Rev. Stephen Donne, Oswestry. Cock 2 years, hens 18 months. Priee £3l 10s. 2nd Prize. 91. Mr. H. MeN!col, Cathcart-street, Birkenhead. Cock and hen 2 years, 1 hen 1 year. Price £lO 10s. Highly Com mended. 92. Mr. John Henderson, Feathers Hotel, Liver pool. Ago 18 months. Price £2l. Commended. 87. Mr. F. B. Walker, Douglas, Isle of Man. Price £2. CLASS VII-COCHIN CHINA, CINNAMON AND BUFF (For the best (Jock and two Pallets, Chickens of 1855.) Ist Prize. 102. Mr. Thomas Stretch, Marsh Lane, Bootle, Ago Cockerell 10 months, Pullets 9 months. Price £5O. 2nd Prize. 94. Mrs. Herbert, Powick, near Worcester. Age, Cockerell 8 months, Pullet 7 months. Price £6 6s. CLASS VIII-COCHIN CHINA, BROWN AND PARTRIDGE FEATHERED, (For the best Cock and two Hens, exceedinz one year old.) lst Prize. 109. Miss Viola W. Musgrove, Seaforth, Liver pool. Age, Cock 2 years, Hens 18 months. Price £so. Second Prize w:thheld. CLASS rx—cocam CHINA, BROWN AND PARTRIDGB FEATHERED. (For the best Cock and two Pullets, Chickens of 1855.) Ist Prize. 115. Mr. P. Cartwright, Oswestry. Age 8 months. Price £5. 2ud Prize. 114. Mr. P. Cartwright, Oswestry. Age 8 months. Price £3 3s. CLASS X-COCHIN CHINA, OF ANY OTHER COLOURS. (For the best Cock and two Hens, exceeding one year old.) Ist Ptize. 121. Mr. Robert Chase, Moseley-road, Bir migham (White.) Age 18 months. Price £l5 15s. 2nd Prize. 124. Mr. Richard Teebay, 82, Church-street, Preston. (Black.) Age about 19 months. Price £4 4s. CLASS XI-COCHIN CHINA, OF ANY OTHER COLOURS. (For the best Cock and two Pullets, Chickens of 1855.) Ist Prize; 129. Mr. Robert Chase, Moseley road. Bir mingham (White.) Age 81 months. Price £lO 10s. 2nd Prize. 126. Mrs. Herbert, Powick, near Worcester. (White.) Age 7 months. Pried- £5 ss. Highly Commended. 27. Mrs. Robert Horsfall, Mere-bank, Everton. (White.) Hatched 15th June, - 1855. Price £l5 15s. CLASS XII-BRAMAH POOTRAS, (Best Cock and two liens exceeding one year old.) Ist Prize. 133. Mr. H. D. Davies, Spring-grove House, Hounslow, London. Price £lOO. 2nd Prize. 136. Mr. John S. Macmichael, Warrington. Age one year and eight months. Price £5. CLASS XIII -BRAMAH POOTRAS. (For the best Cock and two Pullets, Chickens of 1855.) Ist Prize. 139. Mr. H. D. Davies, Spring-grove House, Hounslow, London. Age 8 months. Price £2l. 2nd Prize. 143. Mr. Richard Teebay, 82, Church -street Preston. Age, Cockerel 7 months and 3 weeks, Pullets 6 months and 3 weeks. Price £4 4s. CLASS XIV-GAME POWL, WHITE AND PILES. (For the best Cock and Two Hens exceeding one year old.) lot Prize, 149. Mr. James Monsey, Thorn-lane, Nor wich. Age 20 months. Price £2 ss. 2nd Prize. 146. Mr. Joseph Tate, Sykt-hill, Preston. Age about 18 months. Price £l5. CLASS RV-GAME FOWL, WHITE AND PILES, (For the best Cock and two Pullets, Chickens of 1855.) Ist Prize. 151. Mr. John Mallabey Baker, Atherstone, Age seven Months and one week. Price £2 10s. 2nd Prize, 153. Mr. Joseph S. Stock, Bourne Brook Hall, near Bir mingham. Hatched in April, 1855. Price £7. CLASS XVD-GAME FOWL; BLACK BREASTED AND OTHER REDS. (Best Cock and Two Hens, exceeding ono year old.) Cup and Ist Prize. 169. Mr. Joseph Hindson, Barton House, Breck-road, Ever ton. Age, cock two years and four months, hens nineteen months. Price .£lO. 2nd Prize. 161. Mr. George C. Adkins, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Age more than one year. Price £lOO. Highly Commended. 157. Mr. William Dawson, Selly Oak, near Birmingham. Age twenty-one months. Price £5 ss. Highly Commended 159, Mr. Joseph Cox, Renshaw-street, Liverpool. Rising two years old. Price £lO. Highly Commended, 171. Mr. Theed William Pearse, Brow ham-road, Bedford. Price £3 10s. Au excellent class. CLASS XVII-GAME FOWL, BLACK BREASTED AND OTHER (For the best Cock and two Pullets, Chickens of 1855.) Ist Prize. 185. The Earl of Sefton, Croxteth-hall, near Liverpool. Age 8 months. Price £lO 10s. 2nd Prize. 177. Mr. William Cox, Brailsford-hall, Derby. Age 8 months. Price £2O. Highly Commended. 174. Mr. Nathan N. Dyer, Bredon, near Tewkesbury. Ago 7 months. Price £l5 15s. Highly Commended. 178. Mr. Joseph Cox, Renshaw-street, Liverpool. Age near 9 months. Price £lO. Highly Commended. 191. Mr. Thomas William Jones, "Wellington, Salop. Age 7 months. Price £2 10s. Com mended. 184. The Earl of Sefton, Croxtetb-hall, near Liverpool. Age 7 months. Price £lO 10s. CLASS XVIII—GAME FOWL, BLACKS, AND BRASSY WINGED, GREYS AND BLUES. (For the best Cccit and Lwo Hens , exceeding 000 year old.) let Prize. 196. Mr, Henry Worrell, Knotty-Ash H ouse , Liverpool. Ago 2 years. Price £lO, 2nd Prize, 194, Mr. William W. Brundrit, Runcorn. Age above one year. Price £lO. CLASS XIS--GAME FOWL, BLACKS, AND DRASST WINGED GREYS AND BLUES. (For the beet dock and two Pullets, Chickens of 18.55.) let Prize. 204. Mr. Lomal, Stoneclough, Manchester; Age 28 weeks. Price £4 4s. 2nd Prize. 202. Theed W. Pearse, Bromham•road, Bedford. Cock 7 months, Ptillete 9 months. Price £l2 12s. CLASS IX- GOLDEN rErruLturi HAMBURGH, (For the best Cock and two Hens aceeding one year old.) Ist Prize. 209. Mr. James Dixon, Bradford. Age abort) one year. Price £2O. 2nd Prize. 207. Mr. Josiah B. Chune, Coalbrookdale. Age 17 months. Price £2O. Highly Commended. 213. Bev. T. G. M. Luckcock, Upper Berwick-house, near Shrewsbury. Ago exceeding one year, (not correctly known.) Price £5O. CLASS ,tX I --aoLDEN PENCILLED ILAMOURGH. (For the best Cock and two Pullets, Chickens of 1855.) Ist Mize. 218. Mr. William C. Worrall, Rice-house, km:My-ash, near Liverpool. Age 8 months. Price £2l. 2nd Prize. 224. Mt. Tarries F. Greenall, Grappenhall, War. rington. Age 7 mo n ths. P r i c e £lO - 10s. Highly Com mended. 219. Mr. F. B. Walker. Douglas, Isle of Man. Two hatched on the 28th May, 1855. Price £5. Highly Commended.' 223. Mr. James Dixon, Bradford. Age 6 months. Price £2O. CLASS x_tir—SILVER PENdILI (For the best Cock and two Hens e _ Ist Prize. 229. Mr. Edward Archer, Malvern. Age more thin 1 Tear. Price £25. 2nd Prize. 226. Mr. Samos Dixon, Bradford. Age above 1 year. Price £2O. CLASS XXIII—SILVER PENbILLEtI HAMiITIRGEL HAMBTIRGS. me year old.) (For the best Cock and two Pullets, chickens of 1855) Cup and Ist Prize. 243. Mr. Edward Archer, Mali/ern. Hatched in April and May. Price £25. 2nd Prize. 238. Mr. William Cox, Brailsford-hall, Derby. Age 31 weeks. Price £3 3s. Highly Commended. 240. Mr. James Dixon, Bradford. Age 6 months 3 weeks. Price £2O. An unusually good class. CLASS XXIY-GOLDEN SPANGLED lIAMBURDE4 (For the best Cock and two Hens exceeding one year old.) Cap and Ist Prize. 253. Mr. W. C. Worrall, nice -house, Knotty-ash, Liverpool. Price £5O. 2nd Prize. 247. Mr. Joseph Conyers, jun., Boar-lane, Leeds. Price £2O. CLASS XXV--.GOLDEN SPANGLED HAMBCRGII. (F i er the best Cock and two Pullets, Chickens of 1855.) Ist Prize. 260. hir. William C. Worrall, Rice-house, Knotty Ash, near Liverpool. Ago 8 months. Price £6 6e. 2nd Prize. 257. Mr. James Dixon, liradrord. Age 7 months 1 week. Prico £2O. Highly Commended. 262, Mr. William W. Ruttlidge, Storth-end, Kendal. Ago 8 months 2 weeks. Price £5O. A very good class.- CLASS XXVI-SILVER SPANGLED HAMM:MGR (For the best Cock and two Hens, exceeding one year old.) Ist Prize. 271. Mr. James Dixon. Bradford. Age above 1 year. Price £2O. 2nd Prize. 268. Mr. Thomas Burnett, Hutton, near Preston. Age above 1 year. Price £3O. Very good birds. CLASS XXVII-SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURG. (For the best Cock and two Pullets, Chickens of 1855.) Ist Prize. 276. Mr. James Dixon, Bradford. Age 7 1 months. Price £2O. 2nd Prize. 277. Mr. James Greenhall, Grappenhall, Warrington. Age 7 months. Price £lO 10s. Highly Commended. 278. Charles Adams, 6, High-street, Windsor, Berks. lige 8 months. Price £l5 16s. Commended. 273. Mr. George C. Adkins, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Hatched in April. Price £5. Commended. 279. Mr. William Wright, West Bank, Widnes, ,near Warrington. Age 8 months. Price £5O. Commended. 280. Mr. T. B. Wright, Great Barr, near Birmingham. Hatched in April and May, 1855. Price £2 10s. CLASS EXTIII—PoLAND FOWL, BLACK, WITH WHITE CHESTS (For the best Cock and two Hens.) Ist Prize. 284. Mr. Thomas Battye, Brownhill Upper Mill, Holmbridge, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Ages various. Price £2l 10s. 2nd Prize. 291. Mr. Thomas Pantou Edwards, Lyndhurst, Hants. Age 7 months. Price £lOO. Highly Commended. 286. Mr. George C. Adkins, Birmingham. Age more than 1 one year. Price £lO5. Commended. 292. Mr. Thomas Panton Edwards, Lyndhurst, Hants. Age 3 years. Price £lOO. CLASS XXIX-.-POLAND FOWL, GOLDEN. (For the best Cock and two Hens.) Ist Prize. p 296. Mr. R. H. Bush, Litfield House, Clifton, near Bristol. 2nd Prize. 300. Mr. James Dixon, Brad ford. Price £2O. Highly Commended. 299. Mr. Joseph Conyers, jun., 'Boar-lane Leeds. Price £2O. A good class. CLASS RIX-POLAND FOWL, SILVER. - (For the best Cock and two Hens.) Cup and Ist Prize. 308. Mr. S. T. Baker, Manor House, King's•road, Chelsea. Price £3O. 2nd Prize. 310. Mr. James Dixon, Bradford. Age 71 months. Price £2O. Highly Commended. 311. Mr. William Dawson, Selly Oak, near Birmingham. Age 17 months, Price £lO 10s. Commended. 313. Mr. James F. Greenhall, Grappenhall, Warrington. Cock 1 year and 6 months, Hen 2 years. Price £5OO. A very good class. CLASS XXXI—ANY OTHER DISTINCT BREED. (For the best Cock awl two Hens.) Ist Prize. 320. Mr. Joseph Conyers, Jun., Boar Lane, Leeds. Age not known. Price £2O. (White Poland Breed) 2nd Prize. 322. Mr. H. D. Davies, Spring Grove House, Hounslow, near London. Age above 1 year. £7 7s. (Rangoon breed.) Highly commended. 321. Mr. Wm. Dawson, Hopton, Mirileld,• Yorkshire. Age adult. Price £2l. Siera nook (Sultan's fowl) breed. Highly com mended. 324. Mr. J. Thurston, Hope Cottage, Rainhill. Age seven months. Price £3 13s 6d. (White Silk breed.) CLASS XXXII-BANTAMS, GOLI) LACED. (For the best Cock and two Hens.) Ist Prize. 331. Mr. Gilbert W. Moss, Liverpool. Price £lOO. 2nd Prize. 330. Mr. Thomas hiacks, Penn Fields, Wolverhampton. :Price :£l,OOO. CLASS XXXIII-BANTAMS, SILVER LACED. (For the best Cock and two Hens.) Cup and Ist Prize. 336. Mr. James Dixon, Bradford. Age 21 years. Price £2O. 2nd Prize. 338. Master Wm Hurst Wright, West Bank, Whines, near Warrington, Price £l,OOO. CLASS XXXIV - BANTAM'S, IV HITE% (For the best Cock and. two ITens.) Ist Prize. 340. Mr. Gco. C. Adkins, aigbaqon, Birming ham. Price £lO. 2thi Prize. 312, :Nlr. Gilbert W. Moss, Liverpool. Price £3. CLASS xxXv- (For tho be -BANTAM EL A CT Hens.) Ist Prize. 346. Mr. Gilbert W. Moss, Liverpool. Price £lOO. 2nd Prize. 344. Mr. Gilbert W. Moss, Liverpool. Price £lOO. CLASS XXXVI-BANTAMS, ANY OTHER VARIETY. (For the best Cock and two Hens.) Prize withheld. CLASS XXXVII-GEESE. (ForthebestGander and two Geese.) Ist Prize.' 348. Mr. H. D. Davies, Spring drove House, Hounslow, near London. Ago above 1 year. Price £l5. 2nd Prize. 350. Mr. Henry Worrall, Knotty Ash, Liver pool. Age of geese 2 years, gander about 7 months. Price £5 ss. CLASS XXXVIII-DLICKS, AYLPSBURY. (For the best Drake and two Ducks.) Ist Prize. 352. Mr. H. D. Davies, Spring Grove House, Hounslow, near London, Age above 1 year. Price £5O. 2nd Prize. 355. Mr. Edward Lister, Cassia Lodge, near Northwich. Hatched 3rd May, 1855. Price £5 ss. MASS XXXIX-DUCKS, ROUEN. (For the best Drake and two Ducks.) Ist Prize. 369. Mr. Henry Worrall, Knotty Ash House, Liverpool. Age 12 months. Price £lOOO. 2nd Prize. 371. Mr. W. C. Werrall, Rice House, Knotty Ash, Liver pool. Age 8 months. Price £8 Bs. Highly Commended. 360. Miss Bell, Woodhouselees, Canobie, Carlisle. Age 8 months.'Price £lO. Highly Commended. 361. Mr. John Har rison, jun., Snelston Hall, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Hatched in April, 1855. Price £2O. Highly Commended. 372, Mr. W. C. Worrall, Rica House, ,Knotty Ash, Liver pool. Age 8 months, Price £5 5.5. Commended. 363. Mr. Henry Lafoue, Liverpool. Age 6 months. Price £lO. —A capital Class. CLASS XL-DUCKS, ANY OTHER VARIETY. (For the best Drake and two Ducks ) Ist Prize. 374. Mr. Joseph Conyers, jun., Boar Lane, Leeds. Ago not exactly known. Price £3 10s. (Call breed.) 2nd Prize. 377. Mr. Henry Worrall, Knotty Ash House, Liverpool. Age about 9 months. Price £5 Sc. (Labrador breed.) CLASS XLI-TURKEYS. (For the best Turkey Cock and two Hens.) ht Prize. 379. Captain W. W. Hornby, R.N., Knowsley Cottage, Prescot: Age more than one year. Price £5 10s. 2nd Prize. 378. The Earl of Sefton, Croxteth Hall, Liver pool. Ages various. Paco £l2 12s. CLASS A— SPANISH. (For the best Cock of any age.) Prize. 381. Mr, Gilber t W . Moss, Liverpool. Price £5O. CLASS B—DORKING. (For the best Cock of any age.) Prize. 383. Mr. Thomas Ullock, Windermere. Age 1 year and 7 months. Price £2O. Highly Commended. 389 Mr. Daniel Harrison, Singleton Park, near Kendal. Price £8 10s. Highly Commended. 396. Mr. William Wright, West Bank, Widnes, Warrington. Age above 1 year. Price £lO. Commended. 392. Mrs. T, Townley Parker, Astley Chorley. Ago 1 year 7 months. Price 10 10s. -- --- CLASS C-COCHIN CHINA. (For the hest Cock of any age.) Prize. 399. Mr. William Copple, Eccleston, near Prescot. Age 1 year and 8 months. Price £lO 10s. CLASS D--GABLE. (For the best Cock of any age.) Prize. 409. The Earl of Sefton, Croxteth Hall, near Liverpool. Age above 1 year. Price £5 ss. Highly Com mended. 404. Mr. Nathan N. Dyer, Bredon, near Tewkes bury. Age 1 year. Price £5 ss. Highly Commended. 407. Mr. Lafono, Liverpool: Age 7 months. Price £5. CLA3S E-PENCILLED HAMOURGHS. (For the best Cock of any age.) Paize. 415. lief. Thomas Lyon Fellowes, BPighton Rec tory, Ade, Norwich. Age 1 year. CLASS F-SPANGLED HAMBITROHS. (For the best Cock of any age.) • Prize. 417. Mr. William C. Worrall, Rico House Knotty Ash, near Liverpool. Ago 18 months. Price £2 101 Fig., who by rvice to the Mazdale they are happy to s influence - an 1 activit ,t and zealous to secure their effi cent ds are atp, esent too In the mean n met in a manner the most unexpected Drummond Anderson, the incumbent, .reet, in whose dis+rict the Maxdaler )st kindly tendered to the committee 5 services, both as chaplain and tree opening of the In the most tittee desi-e to offer their most 1! those duties grateful acknowledgments to Mr. Anderson, for his self-denying zeal, and generous devotedness to the interests of the institution. They are also indebted to the Rev. Isaac Holmes and the ReV. Thomas Moore, for their kind aid to the chaplain, by which, h. has been enabled to afford the inmates thb green benefit of a second service on the evening of each Sabbath. The public are awai e that to the Christian zeal and energy of Mr. Hoboes, under the Divine blessing, the origination of the Church of England Magd den Institution is to be ascribed. It is apparent, that such to institution as thii must mainly depend for its permanent support upon -ninual setbscrptioos. For although t - i.e utmost care is taken to render the labour of the inmates useful and remunerative. avd already the gross receipts of the laundry amount to five guineas per week, yet there must of necessity be a large margin of deficiency, wlych can only be met by annual subscriptions. They are sorry to say that their present list of subscribers is very limited, and the total of income from this source utterly inadequate to meet the necessary expenses of the institution. The Food work is well begun, it is going forward hopefully, and the comm:ttee e •rnestly app .al to tht public to aid them in sustaining, with efficiency, this blessed work, and in extend rig their means of shelterinz these poor petitioners to our Christian charity, and of leading them by God's grace, to Rim "Who came to seek, and to save, tht. lost." Mr. Martin submitted the statement of accounts, from which it appeared that the total amount received in sub scriptions, donations. &c., since the commencement of the institution, was 1,3531. Bs. 10d., and that after payment of all expenses up to the present, there was a. balance to its credit of 801. Their present subscription list amounted to 1501. a year, and estimating the receipts from washing at 51. a week, their annual income would be 400/., but as he estimated their annual expenditure at 600 z., additional exertion would be required to bring up the income to that amount. Mr.:E. Higgin moved, that the report be adopted, prin ted, and circulated amongst the subscribers. He observed that the want of the institution had been long felt in Liverpool, as the other institutions had proved inadequate for the purposes intended, and that, as on its establish ment, it seemed most important that there should be introduced into it, the daily , religious element, under the guidance of a chaplain, it became necessary that it should be under the care of one religious body. The idea having originated with a clergyman of the Churc'l of England, ltev. W. Mime, it became accordingly a Church of Eng land institution, but it was not, on that account, in any degree sectarian. (Hear s hear.) The chaplain never inquired from those who sought to become members of it, to what religioUs body they belonged, (hear, hear), it was sufficient to him to know that they came there regretting their past life, and anxious to be reformed. There was ample room for this, and every other institution in the town, and he had no doubt that the public would accord to it the support which would render it efficient in accom plishing the great and Christian object it has in view. (Hear, hear.) The - Rev. D. Anderson seconded the motion. He said : The brief period that we have been in operation, and the limited extent of our operations for a great part of that period will reasonably account for the paucity of particulars; still there are some very striking circumstances connected with the Magdalen Instituti on that' I should like to bring before the attention of the meeting, and the meeting may be assured that in anything I state I will state the naked truth. The colouring of matters in reference to this particular class, and the exaggeration of circumstances, are very natural as what a man may fall into without any malice prepense from the devotedness that he feels to the work, but I think it is a matter to be depre cated, and one that I think it ought to be a sacred duty to avoid. It has been generally supposed that the work of reclaiming fallen women is almost an impossibility, and by many our efforts in this direction are almost derided. It is true that a woman's fall produces a great moral deterioration —that when she perseveres in a life of infamy her nature becomes fearfully debased —but Ido not think there is any scriptural ground for the assumption of any difficulty in the case, and I think our Lord's statement, and dealing, in regard to itovould bear a very different aspect. Then there is this on the other side that there is created by the life itself, generally speaking; a feeling of unutterable misery. When a woman awakes from the delusion under which she has gone astray, and when the retributive providence of God begins to act in her, and she awakes to some perception of the tremendous precipice into which she has fallen, and the state of degradation and guilt in which she then lives, the agony is something more lacerating and dreadful than we can form any conception of. So that here there is nothing of that self-complacency, and self-righteousness, which form a great impediment to the effects of the gospel, and the salvation of the soul. No darkness of the heart can hide from them the conviction that they are lost and undone sinners, and that is a great point gained. I would further observe, in regard to the necessity of this work, that it has been described in a way I had little expectation of myself. We all know there is a vast number of this class in large towns like this, and we are also familiar with the endless ramification of ruin and misery connected with them. I think it was Baron Parke, at the last Summer assizes, feeling the enormous influence of this class upon the crime of the town, urged, in his charge to the grand jury, upon the public of Liverpool the necessity of female reformatories, as one of the most needful and useful means for the abatement of crime, and the improvement of the state of society in this town. No person can be ignorant of the vast numbers who follow this wretched life, and the evils connected with that life; but whether they would be willing, in any numbers, to enter a Magdalen Institution, and quit a life of infamy, was a ques tion long debated. Our experience on this point is decisive. We have not sought out the lost. We have not gone into lanes and streets to compel them to come in; we have had no need. The lost have sought us out. All that we had to do was to open the door, and the fact was that we could within the last eleven months have filled our house three times over with women voluntarily applying, and entreating, to be admitted to a place of repentance. (Hear, hear.) Nor is this surprising, when the miseries of their life of infamy is such as to drive many of them to attempt to force the gates of life itself. There is now one woman in the institution, who attempted suicide three times, and there is not a single woman there who has not assured me that she would gladly have laid down her head and died if she had not been afraid of death. That shows ns how very necessary a work it is, and, still more, how large the amount o f work is that rema i ns to bedone. (Hear, hear.) The rev. gentleman mentioned some instances of women who are now in the institution, and who, according to their own statement, had been induced to seek admission into it by the exhortations of members of the Working Men's Society in connection with St. John's church. He also enumerated several instances illustrative of the misery attending the life of fallen women, and con cluded by expressing a hope that the pub lic of Liverpool will not allow the work for which this institution has been established, to go down for want of support, but that rather they would give the means of extending it, (Hear, hear.) The resolution was unanimously adopted. The Rev. Mr. Holme moved, and Mr. Duncan seconded, the second resolution, which was unanimously adopted, and was to the effect, that the meeting desired to express its grateful sense of the goodness of Almighty God, in the measure of success vouchsafed to the commencement of this important work, and earnestly appealed to the Christian public of Liverpool, to contribute the means of sustaining and extending the operations of the Magdalen Institution, The Rev. Mr. Moore moved the thanks of the meeting to the chairman, and in doing so said, that the Rev. Mr. Pollock would have been present, but that he had suddenly been called away to Chester. teixi 7Teethseedth,Rev. Mr. C ar t er , c h aplain of the borough jail, s econded the reso l ut i on. He stated, that if there were five e h e number could fi o l f l institutions t u,;iriotnhs true nueLiverpoolan d sisincere e t e h r a e t a p t e n p i r t e e s n e t it s t , in six months, and that on that very d a y h e had been theses,pd earnestly impressined by two cases t g o et them int o Re ow instit. o w w; n r, t b o u f t h ro e o c m o , nl e d ith n e o r t obtain admis s i on for them into the instituti ons in Ma'ncheisnthgeirs to Liverpool. The resolution was unanimously adopted ; after which the meeting separated. PUBLIC EXECUTIONS IN TURICEY.--Ss t rns,, Dec. 31. The tv.o Greeks who were condemned t o d eath for the murder from political fanaticism, on Sep. 16, o f a gunner named Dalidec, of the French brig the Olivier, were informed yesterday morning that they must prepare for their death, and they accordingly received the consolations of their religion. They were then taken under a strong escort to the place called the Chaan Hane, in this town, and there having knelt down, and extended their necks, their heads were swept off, each by a single blow of a sword. The bodies were afterwards left for some hours on the ground, and were then buried in the cemetery of the Greek hospital. The execution caused a great sensa tion, the public having thought that the sentence, from the delay which took place in carrying it into effect, had been commuted. This morning three other Greeks, who formed part of a band of brigands who last summer com mitted several assassinations in the environs of Dour nabat, were also exeouted.—lmpartial. TRADE REPORT.-WFDNESDAY COTTON : The Cotton Market continues without change. The demand to day has been fair, the supply liberal. and prices are steady. The sales—including 100 Bahia, 52-d ; 60 Maranham, 5/d to Go ; 300 Egyptian, 51d to 71c1; 1500 'Surat, 3,1 d to 41--d—are reported 7000 bales, of which 4 lsoo are on speculation and for export. SCOTCH Pro IRON : Our market for Warrants closed at 775 ; cash, nominal. _ BRIMSTONE : No sales. BONE Asa : 160 tons at £3 2s 6d for 65 to 70 per cent. ASHES : 20 brls Pots, price not named OLIVE OIL : 40 tons low descriptions TARTARIC ACID in more demand at previous rates. TA RTA 80s to 82s 61; 2 casks of scotoured at 100 s. cream at 107 s 6d LINSEED OIL : 15 ton . Gums • Thus lls smal . t 43s 6 MADD ROOTS ales ; more done in Geddas. 24 bales, oil damaged, 18 Mos, Naples 0t) bags Bombay : sound at 31s to 31s 293 to 31:s ; s 24s to 25s ; 35s bid fo r 200 ba being c ne of a bout 700 bales at 1 4YRAB3LAMS : 27 1 PorlY D : 46 GINGELLY SEED : 3813 BERRIES : 10 bales d INDIGO: 2 chests a morro cv which is now the price, aged, at proportionate 4 to L 5 toj6s 3d; heated, 15s 200 chests for sale to. DYE WOOD £6 12s Gd bid for St. Domingo logwoodi price £6 15s ;XS refused for 50 tons barwood. 20 tons Rio Hache Fustie at £5 12s 6d to £5 15s. TALLOW : The market is flat to-day, at a decline of 3d to 61 per cwt. January to, March 67s to 67s 61 ; March to April, 65s 91 to 66s ; April to June, 62s 6d to 62s 9d. No bidding for E. I. borax, gum acariades, oxalic acid, rape oil, extract of indigo, gum dammar, and no life in cichineals. PALM 011 SPIRITS OP TURF at £46. E : Sellers under 36s for .ueri• N JUIC rather eas NITRATE OF SODA. 178 9d. The Beraza, with about 300 tons at Cork, in the very best hands, - and not likely to affect the market loweringly. 10 tone, not to transpire. SALTPETRE : 800 bags have been sold at 38s to 405, for 3 to 12 per cent. refraction. LIMA WOOD: 15 tons hare been disposed of at £l4 16s FARINA to £l6 15s per ton. NickaAGuN WOOD : 13 tons solid have been sold at £ll 103 to £ll 17s 6d per ton ; small at £9 7s 6d. RAPESEED : 180 bags, all faults, have changed hands at 583 per quarter TEA : The market is quiet, alteration. and in prices there is no THOMAS'S CONCERTS PHILHARMONIC-HALL There are many complaints bout dear food, and, dear everything, just now, but we have not met with any one who has the hardihood to assert that dear music is among our present miseries, when Mr. Thomas provides us with a delightful musical treat, in the - performance of a full band, each individual of which is a master on his particular instrument, and the strains of accomplished voca lists, and these too, administered in one of the nobleso temples of sound in the universe. Mr. Thomas began this week, with extraordinary ',eclat, and a full house, with the "Midsummer Nights Dream" of Shakspere, and with Mendelssohn. Miss P. Horton was the exponent of the poet, and the band, and Miss Stott, and a small chorus, rendered the music. It is fashionable to 'believe that no one but a Semble could or can read. This is an error, as all can testily who heard Miss Horton on Monday. Delicacy, discernmezt, force, and pathos, were all found there in their hest, and from " grave to gay", was a transition easy as it was appropriate to 'the text. The entertainment was novel amongst us, but we consider it perfectly successful; so much so that, on Friday, Mr. Thomas repasts the per formance, and we would recommend all blessed with the power to feel the charms of so charming a union of poe- try and music, to attend. On Tuesday, Miss Horton appeared in her vocal character, and sung all the song. from the " Tempest," to which she long since lent the lustre of her talent wl Lie per Macready's Lidel performed great ex Lucia s on, in the t with his selection was varied aud ex, r touching tone. retired much delightd' onating the delicate Ariel celebrated management. Herr s3lO on the Tiolincello with ,scion, especially to the cabaletta, which was phrased. Mons. Gobin performed a solo in the ' gave almost a vocal The general !lent, and a large audience FRIGHTFUL MURDER. ASSASSINATION OF A LONDON SOLICITOR. Appalling as have been the murders which have occurred during the last few months, we have another frightful instance to add to the fearful category. Yester day morning, at about half-past ten o'clock, the residents -row, Holborn, and its vicinity, were thrown of the most painful alarm, occasioned by the .... Lira Mr. George Waugh, sen., solicitor, of No. 5, Great James-street, Bedford-row, had been murdered by a client of his whilst entering his office for business- Upon inquiry, this turned out to be too true. For some time past Mr. Waugh has been concerned for a man named Westron, in the matter of some "property. Some unpleasantness has lately arisen, and this morning, about half-past ten o'clock, Westron met Mr. Waugh a few : doors from his own house, and presenting a pistol at his breast, shot him dead on the spot, the ball entering the body near the heart, As soon as the report was heard, the deceased was seen to stagger and fall. Mr. Abrahams, of 51, in the same row, saw the occurrence, and rushed out of his office in company with several other persons, when the murderer was immediately secured, He had another pistol in his breast-pocket, which was also capped and loaded, and on full cock. Hutchinson, the street-keeper, was very close to the prisoner when the shot was fired, and immediately seized him. The deceased, Mr. Waugh, was conveyed into his chambers, and medical assistance sent for with all haste. Several surgeons soon arrived, but the poor gentleman had expired. The assassin is a low-sized man, about five feet three or four inches high, humpbacked, and otherwise deformed. He was dressed in a dark brown coat, and appears to be a person in easy circumstances. He did not seem, after firing the shot, to make the least attempt to get away. Upon arriving at the station he was put in the dock, and Acting Inspector Hayes asked him his name. He answered, " Charles Broadfoot Westron," his age 25, and that he resided at 23, Newland-street, Kensington. The charge of murdering Mr. Waugh by shooting with a pistol was then entered against him. After some minutes silence he began to cry bitterly. He stated that Mr. Waugh had married his aunt, and had an estate of Some thirty acres of freehold land belonging to him, whi c h h e would neither sel,l nor permit him (prisoner) to sell, and that was what caused him to make up his mind to do what he had done. -Upon searching him the following articles were found .—A larg e new spring -back knife, like those used in boar-hunting ; the half of a £5 note, and the half of a £lO, besides a silver watch, and purse containing a sovereign, a half sovereign, and some silver, and four keys. On learning that Mr. Waugh was dead he cried a little. but seemed to think that he had received justifiable pro vocation for the commission of such an enormity. It appears that on account of former differences between him and deceased, he was bound over to keep the peace ; and it was stated to the reporter that the recognisances are still in force. Mr. Waugh was represented as having been a most kind and indulgent relative. in Bedford The prisoner was brought up at . two o'clock at the Olerkenwell police-court, and was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with the wilful murder of Mr. George Waugh, a solicitor, residing at No. 5, J ames _ street, Bedford•row. After the examination of witnesses detailing the circumstan 6 es above described, the prisoner who, during :the whole proceedings, conducted himself with the most perfect composure, was fully committed for trial. THE GOVERNMENT PROVISION CONTRACTS.—We under. stand some Govern went officials from Plymouth have been nolding an inquiry at Ilaulhowline for the last few dap', their object. being to ascertain the capabilities for the storage and the fitness of the parties in charge, to inspect the provi sions sent in under the new contracts. A large quantity of beef, sent in on Saturday, by one of our local contractors, was inspected by a London inspector, and passed satisfactorily. This, we believe, is the first of the new contracts that has been passed this season.—Cork Reporter.