The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-13 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE I. T ZR j NI HDGES partook of the civic hospitality so libe s, the dispensed by the Mayor, John Buck Lloyd, Esq. e the 4 e Town -hall, on Wednesday. ?GE ATKINSON, ESQ., of the Inner Temple, and of ci i fts . thern circuit, has been appointed one of Her ;, ~Jesty's sergeantat-law. i hf c : s szPir ROLLS, E SQ ., I ns p ec t or -G enera l a t thi s p or t, 414-een promoted to the office of Surveyor-General of Her , r tes Customs, Londo n . ~ !IDG-BT CALLAGHAN, a widow, residing in Tynwald , Park, commence d vomiting blood on Thursday I'lgot, and, before medical assistance could be procured, ~ died 4: LITTL E B OY, res idi ng i n H yge i a - s t ree t , b lll ° ol l was frightfully burned by the explosi snister of gunpowder, which he had, in play, r aagreve match. .. -I NotrIAR ACCIDENT.—On Sunday night week a child It 'l killed in Manchester, by having fallen from the bed in tl4 ateh it was placed, and between a set of drawers, by w hi c h little creature hung on its chin until it died. h,II°YAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—On Tuesday several i.e,mbers met at the club-rooms, Duke-street, but there was s ufficient number present to constitu,te a meeting, ' 4 some candidates for membership stand over until the text month. APatorr E R OBBERY. —O n M on d ay n i ght, Mr. Councillor us worth, of Manchester, was robbed Of a purse containing c t ilo h alf-sovereigns, in the Hyde- roa d, near A r d w i c k- green , wo men, who nearly deprived him of sense by clasping round the neck. ttEtZ CIT Y OF MANCHESTER, screw-steamer, Captain f o „ o u„ert Leitch, sa il e d on Wednesday, shortly after noon, t r hiladelphia, w ith a f a i r cargo, an d fif ty - t h ree ca bi n sen gers. This is a muc h smaller number than these vessels usually carry. . B, x TRH COUNCIL MEETING, on Wednesday, the Mayor Tovrn-clerk, reviving a long-disused custom, appeared ;their robes of office. We believe this arrangement will e adopted on all occasions when the Council meet—at all "FlREuring the present Mayoralty. I t IN WHITECHAPEL.—On Tuesday evening a fire ,o!s. discovered in the rear of the premises of Messrs. .',,calker . and Pinney, blind-manufacturers, Whitechapel. lalan.allewitt, with the fire brigade, and the West of Eng land bri gade, with their engine, were quickly on the spot and speedily subdued the flames. re Tirp PILOTS' COMAIITTEE of this town have, it is said, ceived a communication from the marine department of he Board of Trade, requiring information with respect tc m en nature of their objections to the claims of the journey. Z e , ll l)ilots, a statement of whose grievances, it appears, bad been laid before the board. e ISL E OF MAN.—A deputation, consisting of Captain a reY and Mr. Jeffcott arrived here from the Isle of Man, of the Kin.. Orry steamer,on Wednesday, for the purpose bnineeedmg to London to make enquiry as to the desira ,,,aLy of havin a steamer built on the Thames for the "Vetmvn Steam-packet Company. 1,1,-,tPßovnimrT OF THE DOCK REGULATING-OFFICE.— We office for regulating the graving -docks is to be enlarged, the al l expense of between £6O and £7O. The subject of benlargement was discussed at the meeting of the Ship- Iders' Association, on Monday, and several members 1, ? „ 1 : e of opinion that an alteration merely to cost E7O not be sufficient for the wants of the trade. 1 ,,,,""w ISLE Or MAN BANK.—On Wednesday the go 11,;uar and council granted Messrs. Dumbell, Son, and DZard, on their giving in sufficient security on landed ofi e ttY according to law, a banker's license for the issue e a , - "_° 0 0 of notes for circulation in the island. The bank is 13 4 - 'ea on under the style of " the Douglas and Isle of Man _ Manx Sun. Liz E FATAL ACCIDENT IN SOUTH JOHN-STREET. 11 eOnneXiOn with the above, the particulars of which TPPeared in last week's Standard, an inquest was held on Isl i t es , (4 3', which was adjourned till Thursday last. Several e ssea having been examined, relative to the accident kl'f, Mr. Samuel Holme, Mr. H. P. Horner, and Mr. 1 )4 11°4 gave evidence as to the condition of the pre -4 tb„ es, after which the jury returned a verdict, finding ethe deceased persons " met with their deaths by the atal falling of a wall." ti, 4 .,.1FS IN THE RIVER DURING FOGS.—A memorial to a ie of Committee has received three hundred signatures 14:'e Woodsid e F err y, an d i s s till rece i v i ng more , reques th,, that directions be given to pilots bringing shi— khri_rer, not to anchor during the prevailing fogs 1 f - " , s' and Seacombe Ferries, as, from the er.„ I t if ateamers rm gnited ciii ----- - ----- ----- ' — d -- Ta - i;Oi v e ,', lo be hoped Pilot Committee an tir e 's will comply with a request so necessar cap y to n the b etY of so many. 1, BEEFY IN TONTETII-STREET.-011 the ,elber, the house of Mr. Farrer, Toxteth-sti, 8, 9 ',. 13 , ed of property to the amount of £lO, chiefly con. Were of wearing apparel. Amongst the articles stolen ;Ihbox, ere three top-coats, a shawl, a pair of boots, a silver 11 1 . 14 f-b o x, a gold pin, a meershaura pipe, and several Ilafling' articles. —At the Police-court, on Wednesday, a n, Willia . m ones, and two women, Mabel Sorter and P li " M ° o 4, were charged with committing the theft. t and another officer of the detective force had Need them after hearing of the robbery. On Jones being apprehended, he was found wearing the boots pand one of the coats, and th e s il ver snu ff-b ox an d go ld c i. were also concealed o n hi s person. Th e s h aw l or orarf " the was found on th e w o man Sorter, and the rest street, I ; r ? l, P e rtY was discovered a t a ce ll ar, N o. 13 , Profit for tri a l, ere the prisoners reside. They were committed 'at the weekly meeting orANWs.ednesda. y' WEST DE Gu.sun Mr Harrison resided and the the o Members present were leesa rs . Alpass, Heyes, G. Har tton, Mountfield, M'Gee, Abrah a RoskelL T."' x ; : 1 8 _ 1 . d.), _Car t e r , Pill-;---4-- --IRS' sth of No vas Wu, .uum, ALectcau, deuries, the Craig, Mid Shaw. he number of paupers in t workhouse was stated to be 667, against 724 in the of i Tl S P°ndilig week last year. The balance in the hands t he treasurer was stated to be £1,206 12s 9d. The te'kat monthly statements from the rate collectors were .41 „ ‘; A complaint having been made to the Guardians dent Inspector of SchooLs. against the present manage i„.,l?,t of the workhouse schools, it was resolved that the nth *2e9t should be referred to the Visiting Committee 1 I nstructions to report them to the board. Notice t ti Z,Siven by. Mr. Kirkus that he would, at the next 11 ‘ ;',_"-hg:, move that an organ be provided for the work issued and by vaccinating that an advertiseme . n Qdbe for a surgeon in the Kirkbyviciruf irr or Aintree. 44 4 -1 NEW MERCHANTS' DINING-ROO3IS.—"" Ot t , e .iegantly as well as commodiously fitted 1:11 13 1 131 ell by Mr. Feeny, in Castle-street '11); 11 f e , 88 Yesterday. In making tb,- taj e r conducting an establishment of such importance 4 1 comfort of a large portion of the commercial corn. Ith li arY of Liverpool, Mr. Feeny has left nothing undone tt 14 ,,,1` e xtensive experience and good tase could suggest to kere the convenience and accommodation of his friends apamenstomers. The fitting-up of the various suites of tlie„' 4 4l ents is elegant and tasteful ; his culinary arrange the,s are uniqueand beautiful. On Wednesday and during ik e ,,' L eek the rooms were visited by crowds of gentlemen, ,kt eu a, s ats, &c., from Change, including Mr. T. Littledale, -u ramley-Moore, Mr. Eyre Evans, Mr. John Stewart, '• R. Horsfall, Mr. H. C. Chapman, Mr. Thomas Mr. Daniel Campbell, Mr. G. W. Moss Mr. H. all ‘LI ) 3 - , Mr. M. Gregsson, Mr. Duncan M`Viecar, , &c., &c., P" Whom highly complimented Mr. Feeny upon the heence and completeness of his new establishment ttA ei . 4 a,4a4G E amlet of FESTlvlTlES.—Yesterday week, the u sua ll. Wit i .„ . Culche" elie,,r 4l Standish Stanclis. kay.`e3', in this county, . t h dinner to his tenaL 4 4„ e ,„rack-horse Inn, on the occasion or the marriage of ~.° 11 1; ta ndish, to John George Tollemache Sinclair, Esq., arb s ° l :l of Sir Geo. Sinclair, of Ullsha and Thurso Castle, M t bl e ss, N.B , which took place at Cocken-hall, on the s en t Mr. .Raves, agent to the estates, presided, but was n'om the Chorley festival, being present at Cocken -1 Z u ring the eventful occasion of the nuptials. After r , ki e lial loyal toasts, that of the lovely bride and happy 6 roo, ra were drunk with enthusiasm, and the cheer 414e4tinued some minutes ; the health of their worthy ° l'cl lwas also received with unbounded applause, a s 14ii,i as that of Mrs. Standish, William Standish Carr E sq The the heir to the estates, and the Misses 11 40 1 418 h. meeting was kept up with the most 4 4 Nous spirit until an advanced hour, when young 4 4i b. , °4 1 left, fully appreciating the treat they had received, 'oliiolshing many a blessing upon the newly-married Sind their liberal landlord. Z l4 tiilaßtErf'S COMMISSI ONER " 1.,1" c ommissioners was held j;itkli sro oln. Present : 31 J. W. Glover, . plt ( ,,°a, R. Penketh, R. ,7 s 'e3 - - It was resolved equence of Mr. Burr the remainder of Of t , ~,Nei . 74 , _PPIY. That in all c Nts: 'cc Nuisance Remov ,Nthai;qeted to institute proc, ' ll 4 ‘ : ei° n and reports havii to t enders for the const alito,hat 28 notice s f rom , ) ti e "a'nees in Green-banli 4 tl c f intention to ir end Part'that Parties and 41N,i,Ke repo r t thereof tipst:sl. Messrs. Moncr (Ol • ; k'c,NDIE and Webste Of a committee Itl4lkht • t he town lamps kt'tab e i 'l the year. Tr die " c,f the Tend paers ving - l b . a . " • Jol the 11 " n, a 7 Iv he - town, and tie est, he received the giee4eaDleed on or befi 4 thi.e'r VEsTur. —1 $411(lI 4 e Usnal meeting on ssin relative to th .4) tTenoliittee, Mr. Br t,g1,53e loth October ‘.l , 0 4/ ; up to the same IN ~,I le e M favour of t he 0.7, 4, 3 not a satisfacto isitt4 not know what she teliortecl that tl lig ~,* the Past week to 111,`1',,q(lren ; total, 567. ther`verichouse was re Ne,were 569 sick cas( pi a In d School; tich,`; oad been brong !took that he had w the Darish-office, I ~'eN , 4, Public -house to 11:vlit llihk. The eon' : aod recommended 14),,s14fants, it appeared tet'iie from the Schools, IvNretornecl. After krth-urtned—the eh ~er inestigated, an 111;1,41 Relief an A r °flihonse t. +l— W as - re ' of sell' 1 was the scene of great rejoicing: , Esq., of Duabury-park, new rnd of Cocken-hall, Durham, ry upon Putforlong Estate. monthly meeting Wednesday, in the lessrs. Sinclair, chairman, R. R. Moncrieff, H. Johnson. S. nttee, in ;h, and 'IN mrtment ) of itc Mr. BnANcu's WINE SALE.--One of the largest lots of first-class wines ever offered to the public in this town, will be brought to the hammer by Mr. Branch on Thurs- The whole, including a small lot of brandies, 1,195 dozens, and includes most of the cele- Res. mounts t, was, on Thursday morning, found in hi 4 )om with his throat cut, and a razor lying on the 'ear him. He had been drinking the whole of the aker, residing in No. 4 Court Rensh bed- g fortnight ENIG;A.TIONFROM LIVERPOOL — The number of emi grant ships which left the port of Liverpool during the month of November was 37, with a total number of 14,732 adults on board, being less by 3,570 than the previous month. This, however, affords no criterion as to the state of the trade, the returns for the last three months of the year always exhibiting a material falling off. PROPOSED NEW DOCKS AT FLEETWOOD.-A few days ago a number of the directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company visited Fleetwood, with the view of seeing what facilities were afforded for in creasing dock accommodation. It is proposed to con struct new docks near the old terminus of the railway, and their formation will be the means of reclaiming a further tract of land from the sea. TILE CUSTOMS LocMEßs.—An official notice was re ceived on Wednesday at the Custom-house, stating that the claims of the Liverpool lockers had been granted; that in future they would rank in the service as salaried officers, and be paid in a similar way to the same class of officers in London. We understand that this result is mainly owing ta the energy and untiring perseverance of one of their own body, supported by the combined influence and assistance of T. B. Horsfall, Esq., M.P., and W. Brown, Esq., M.P. THE GRIZZLY BEAR.—The American ship Lampedo, just arrived from St. John's, N. 8., has brought to this country the largest bear ever exhibited in England. It was captured about twelve months ago in the valley of the Sacramento, whence he was shipped to San Francisco, thence to the isthmus across the Nicaragua route, and was the first passenger that ever crossed on wheels. He weighs upwards of 20001b5., and associated with him is a Californian boar and other rare animals of that country. THE SHOEMAKERS' EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT. — On Wednesday a meeting of the assistants in shoe shops, at which several of the employers were also present, was convened at the Roebuck Inn, Queen's-square, for the purpose of forming a society, by which that object would be more speedily achieved. After passing various resolu tions bearing on the subject, an early closing society was formed, several of the proprietors present rendering their assistance, by contributions to carry out the object. A vote of thanks was passed to those masters who had com menced on Monday to close their shops at eight o'clock, and a general hope was expressed that the few masters who still refuseed to do so would soon see the error of their ways. SUICIDE AT THE QUEEN'S HOTEL.—On Tuesday morn ing James Smith, a native of Aberdeen, who had been in the service of the Canard Company, committed suicide by taking a quantity of prussic acid, in his bed-room at the Queen's Hotel. On a slip of paper lying in the room, was written in pencil,—" The underneath will be understood; had more leniency been shown this would never have hap pened ; disgrace from such a quarter is insufferable." On the person of the deceased was found a letter, directed to his sister, Miss Smith, 34, Chapel-street, Aberdeen, in which he tells her that he had exposed himself to all sorts of bad weather in different climates ; that his constitution was breaking up ; and to be cast adrift upon the world was insufferable. He added, " Before you get this, the hand that wrote it will be cold in death." At an inquest held on Tuesday, a verdict of self-destruction, whilst labouring under temporary insanity, was returned. [The deceased was mate of one of the steamers, but it is not true that he had been discharged.l Sr. HELEN'S WATERWORKS.—These works, which have been constructed by the town commissioners, are now fast approaching completion, and promise to give great satis faction. In a fortnight the whole of the pipes will, it is hoped, be laid down. The works, which are situate on Eccleston-hill, were commenced in November last year, and will cost 212,000. Eccleston-hill is on the estate of Samuel Taylor, Esq., and stands about 240 feet above the level of the town. The water springs from the red sand stone, and has been tested by au eminent analytical che mist, who says, " I have analysed the sample of water sent me for that purpose, and find that it is quite free from iron, and it contains only very small quantities of sulphate and muriate of lime. It is, in fact, very pure water, containing much less foreign water than is gene- rally found in water supplied to towns in this county." The water is pumped from the well by an engine of 47- horse power, with 36-inch cylinder, and is built upon the Cornish principle, by Robert Daglish, Esq., of St. Helen's. The probable quantity of water which can be raised per day is 1,000,000 gallons, and the reservoir, which is an extensive cave, will hold about 1,400,000 gallons, and the mains from the works are twelve inches in diameter. The water from the old reservoirs, a great portion of which is surface water, and the old mains, which have hitherto sup plied the town, will, for the future, be solely reserved for the manufactories of the neighbourhood. SUDDEN DEATIIS.—There were six inquests at the Coroner's Court on Wednesday, nearly all of which were cases of sudden deaths. On the body of Margaret Deane, aged 23, who was servant to Mr. Spencer, Bute-street. On Tuesday morning she was washing clothes, with another woman ; they stopped about noon, and partook of bread and cheese. She then rose to return to the washing, when she was taken suddenly ill, and died before assistance could be obtained. The cause of death was sanguineous apoplexy.—On the body of John Cooper, aged 44, who lived at No. 6 Court, Cooper-street. He was at work on Sunday morning, hoisting wheat, when he suddenly fell down on the floor of the warehouse, and died almost im- mediately. He had burst one of his blood-vessels in the region of the heart.—On the body of James Bewley, who attempted to destroy himself by jumping into the river from one of the ferry-boats, and was suffering under deli rium tremens, from the effects of which he died on Tues day.—On the body of James Dobson, aged 46, of 12, Richmond-row, who died on Tuesday night, from disease of the heart.—On the body of Bernard Dougherty, aged 38, who lodged at 5, William-street, out of Dale-street. He was a day-labourer, and on returning home on Tuesday he partook of a hearty tea. Afterwards, while sitting in his chair, he died suddenly, without even a groan.—On the body of Mary Small, aged 5 years, who lived with her parents, at 12, Mansfield-street. About nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, she was putting a bit of chip on the fire, when her pinafore ignited, and she died the next LORD STANLEY AR PEESCOT.-Ou Thursday, a meeting was held at the Town-hall at Prescot, to devise means of iat ehutuuslung a puouc norary. The announcemen_ Lord Stanley was to take the chair appeared to give in creased interest to the proceedings, and the hall was com pletely filled. Lord Stanley confined his observations to the subject of the library. He spoke of the success of the various public libraries established, and said that there were now 700 or 800 mechanics' institutions throughout the various towns of England, all of which had libraries, larger or smaller, attached to them. Prescot, he added, with a population of 7,000, should not be behind-hand with the rest of the world in that respect. £4OO had been fixed as the amount which would be requisite at first, and £2BO had already been subscribed, with which it was proposed to purchase at once fifteen hundred to two thousand standard works. Then a sum of about £4O would be required for expenses, and subscriptions had been guaranteed to that amount. He should have been glad if they could have made the library perfectly free, but it would be necessary to its efficiency to make a pay ment of 4s. or ss. a year a necessary qualification.—The Rev. T. W. Sampson, the vicar, then addressed the meet ing, dwelling on the benefits of reading. He then an nounced the various donations promised, amongst which were the Earl of Derby, £100; Lord Stanley, £100; Sir Thomas Birch, Bart., £5O; Richard Willis, Esq., £5O; and the Rev. T. W. Sampson, Rev. J. S. R. Evans, J. Birchall, of King's College, Cambridge, £lO e ac h. —On the motion of Mr. Wm. Pilkington, seconded by Mr. Ward, a vote of thanks was passed to Lord Stanley ; and this terminated the proceedings. DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Turner in the chair. A conversation took place as to the wages paid to the street-sweepers in the employ of the Dock Trust. The Chairman stated that the men were paid at the rate of 2s. 6d. a day. Mr. Langsdale said that the men employed to perform similar work for the Health Committee were only paid ls. 6d. formerly, but now Is. 8.1.; some of them were, however, very old men, and perhaps not so efficient as others that might be obtained. It was agreed that the matter should be referred to the Harbour Masters' Committee.—The Committee of the Marine Department recommended the appoint►nent of William Barrow as clerk in the office of the harbour master at a salary of £BO per annum, in place of James Williams, resigned.-.-A recommendation to ap point a scale-beam maker to adjust the beams, &c., used in connexion with the Dock Trust was agreed to.—The Secretary read a communication from a number of the principal shipowners and agents engaged in the foreign steam trade at this port, submitting to the consideration of the Dock Trust the inconvenience and loss they sus tained by the detention of their vessels on arrival in port, arising from the want of greater accommodation at the lock-up sheds. There were 26 screw steamers at the Nelson-dock employed in the foreign trade, which were making not less than four, and some of them 16 voyages within the last eleven months, showing an aggregate amount of registered tonnage of 46,300, on which dock dues had been paid. They all discharged at the Nelson dock, and there were only four lock-up sheds for their accommodation. Ultimately the matter was referred to the Harbour Masters' Committee.—The Chairman called attention to a resolution of the Finance Committee of the Town Council relative to landing -stage accommodation for sea-going steamers. An application had been m __a& to he Dock Committee to know What extent of space at the boundary wall of the Princes's-dock would be given, in order to afford access to the proposed landing -stage. The Chairman further stated, in explanation, that he, together with the deputy-chairman and Mr. Lockett, had two con ferences with the Finance Committee on the subject. They met Sir William Cubitt, who proposed an improved plan of landing-stage for channel and sea-going steamers, to have two decks, of the length of 1,000 feet. The ex- pense was £130,000 at the taking the average, but going into it, however, it was necessa they should put it, in order that con ite, about £140,000 £150,000. Before to ascertain where nient access might .esent width of the I sufficient access, the width The plan proposed in wall 15 feet, which feet wide, and would Hon. Less than that thrown back 15 feet, d' 35 feet between the • _ .nsit sheds. The stage was It was quite clear tlu —e s-parade would not atu— f the pier being only 30 feet •.. committee was to throw back t would then leave an annrcianh A le corporation, and de, as all the vessels the present no advanta A. long con tcr an increase ,Ite.,also stated 1 lf cl./ /GI inane C TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1853. Pennin J. Mar that Mr. Whittle be requested, .ow's illness, to superintend the es for the ne 4 , ,istrates rs be advertised rs, complaining been received, 'en to the solved, that it be referred Ind ever n Mr. Mercer and nmendat greed to, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COALALER-CIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. LIE Go-AHEAD AGE.—The railroads of the United Kingdom are now carrying passengers at the rate of fifteen hundred million miles a-year--equal to eight times a-year to the sun and back again ! GREAT MoRTALITY and consequent distress prevail in Ramsey. Scarlatina is carrying off the children, and English cholera many adults. A soup kitchen has been opened. BELGRAVIA. was, on Tuesday night, suddenly enveloped in darkness ; to use the words of a cabman—" The lamps vas lit, and all at vunse they vent out like vinkin." No explanation is given of the awkward occurrence. THE CABINET, it is understood, is now busily em ployed in preparing its promised measure of Parliamentary Reform, and not even the pressing interests and harassing perplexities of foreign politics will prevent its being brought forward early in the session.—Economist. A CORRESPONDENT of the Glasgow Free Press states that whilst Mr. Sheridan Knowles is lecturing and preach ing with great vehemence against Popery, his son, Mr. Richard Brinsley Knowles, a gentleman of high character and great attainments," has become a Roman Catholic. LIE MASTER OF THE ROLLS, on Friday, ordered the sum of £250,000 to be transferred to Mr. Mackinnon, M.P., and family ; and, also, that the additional sum of 00,000, and estates in Lancashire and Surrey, should be transferred in the same manner, on or before the first of May next. fSTIIMIIS OF DARIEN.—We understand the most gra tifying intelligence has been received respecting the pro gress about being made in perfecting Sir Charles Fox's plan for crossing the Isthmus of Darien. The English government is to lend the most ample assistance ; America has promised its entire co-operation ; and Sir Charles Fox is now in France, in full expectation of obtaining the approval and patronage of the Emperor. Mining Journal. PRESERVATION OF STONE.—I think the publication of the following recipe for preventing frost from acting on newly-used Bath and Caen stone would be of service to the architect, builder, and operative. I have tried it four winters, and found it successful :—Take fresh burnt lime and mix it to the consistence of whitewash : to one gallon of this add one pint of common salt and a quarter of a pound of alum. This is to be used similar to whitewash, and is to be put on as soon as the lime is run, while it is yet warm, and is then to be dragged off in the spring. I have found this to answer well on blocks of stone fresh dug, which usually feel the effects of the weather first when they are equally exposed.—Correspondent of the Builder. THE NAwan OF SITRAT.-Among the passengers by the Ripon with the India and China mail, were several per sons belonging to the suite of the Nawab of Surat, who came from Bombay to Suez in the East India Company's steamer Ackbar, and, in order to shorten the sea voyage to England, proceeded from Alexandria to Trieste in the Austrian packet, accompanied by several of his friends and servants. The rest of the suite came home in the Ripon. Surat was the first place at which the Mogul Emperors allowed the English to establish a factory in India. The principal persons in Surat vvere fire worshippers. The Nawab's servants were dressed in the picturesque costume of their country ; one of them spoke English fluently and grammatically. They cooked for themselves on board the Ripon. The only thing they would eat which had been touched by Christians was bread. They killed the fowls they ate, and cut the throats of the sheep which furnished flesh for their own table. The Nawab's object in visiting England is to prosecute some claim which he has on the British Government. PROFESSIONAL PERJURY.—A man fell down stairs and killed himself at Stow-on-the-Wold some time since, and a surgeon named John Mageniss gave the following evidence on the inquest :—" I was called in to the deceased at two o'clock in the morning of Thursday last, and found him dead, lying upon his back on the bed, dressed. The body was cold. There were no marks of violence. I knew deceased when in life, but never attended him profession ally. From my knowledge of him, the circumstances as detailed in evidence, and having seen him after death, in my opinion the cause of death was a disease of the heart, probably accelerated by the fall, and the state he was in." It subsequently transpired that this surgeon had not seen the man at all. The coroner remonstrated with him for volunteering such a false statement upon oath, but the surgeon replied that he had got his guinea for his evidence, and he meant to keep it. A warrant was then issued to apprehend him on a charge of perjury, and it was satisfactorily proved before the magistrates that he really had never seen the deceased. The defence set up was that he was drunk. He was committed for trial at the Gloucester assizes. THE WONDER OP THE AGE.—CASSELL'S WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED PAPER, price One Penny, containing eight pages, the same dimensions as the " Illustrated London News." Number 1., though bearing date December 31, will be ready for delivery December 14. It will be pub lished thus early to afford the public an opportunity of purchasing what will be unhesitatingly confessed the greatest achievement in the history of cheap literature. Notwithstanding the low pirke at which this paper is pub lished, the first writers and artists will be engaged upon it. No. I. will contain "The Arctic Crusoe : a Tale of the Polar Seas," by Percy B. St. John ; with a splendid Engraving of Young Robinson and Stop in the Cave, from a Drawing by G. F. Gilbert—" Christmas and its Asso ciations," with two large characteristic Engravings by H. Linton, from designs by Kenny Meadows —" Joel Kirk ham's first Experience in the American Backwoods," by William Howitt—Portraits of Prince Menschikoff and Prince Paskewitsch, with brief Notices—" The Russian People," with engraved costumes of the various orders— Engraving of the Turkish and Egyptian Fleets—ditto of the Sultan's State Barge—History and Curiosities of Almanacs, with Engraving—Chess, with engraved Prob lem—" How Young Newman was Cured of a Water cure"—Scientific Miscellanies, &c. Orders for this re markable paper should be immediately given to any bookseller or newsvender. SUICIDE OE A YOUNG FEMALE.—A melancholy and disastrous occurrence, calculated to give rise to most pain ful feelings, occurred on board the Laurel steamer, during the passage, on Friday night, from Glasgow to this port. From the account of the occurrence which has reached us, it appearS that a person, who has attained some notoriety for keeping a house of an abandoned character in Queen .. . street, engaged passages, from Glasgow, for six or seven unfortunate young females on the occasion referred to. During the course of the voyage the party indulged rather freely in wine, and their conductor, perhaps apprehending that some accident might occur, succeeded in inducing them all to retire for the night, with the exception of one of the females, named Elizabeth Nixon, belonging, it is said, to Holywood. She had been in the cabin saloon for some time, and in consequence, it would seem, of repeated requests that she should go to rest like her companions, she went on deck between eleven and twelve o'clock, while the vessel was off Ailsa Craig. She was followed on deck by the female who had the party in charge, and while the latter was requesting the intervention of an American gentleman, who was on deck, in order to induce her to go below, she suddenly caught hold of a portion of the rigging at that part of the vessel, and flung herself overboard into the sea. The vessel at the time was going at full speed, and all exertions to rescue the unfortunate creature, who thus met an untimely and premature end, were entirely fruitless.—Belfast Northern Whiq. SECURITY FOR THE WORKING-CLASSES.—lnstances are of almost every-day occurrence, by which the families of industrious artisans" are plunged into deep and often irremediable distress, through the destruction of their little property by fire, occurring either in the . factories where they work, or in their own dwellings, where they are much - more exposed to risk from the - carelessness of inmates or near neighbours. Hitherto the poor man has not had an opportunity of protecting himself against los: by having recourse to_ Fire Societies , owing to . _ the tables - of risks not being calculated below a certain sum : so that a mechanic who might desire to insure his house- hold furniture, or the tools employed by him in his trade, say to the amount of twenty or thirty pounds, could not do so without paying as much as his rich neighbour for insuring two or three hundred pounds. This is the true cause why the working-classes have not largely availed themselves of the benefits of fire assurance, so widely extended amongst the wealthy. We are gratified, there fore, to perceive, by a prospectus of a plan from the Atheneum Fire Office, that the directors of that office have resolved to extend' the advantages of fire assurance, so as to enable the poorest man to protect himself from . loss by effecting a small insurance at an insignificant cost. Some idea may be formed of the inexpensiveness of the means of security, when we say that for a quarterly pay ment of sixpence (less than one halfpenny per week) an assurance may be effected with the Atheneum Fire Office for £3O, upon household furniture, or for a quarterly pay ment of one shilling the assurance will include a sum upon a workman's tools. We have great confidence in this plan, which, we doubt not, will be taken up eagerly by those classes for whose benefit it is designed, based as it is upon sound commercial principles, and ;philanthropic regard for the protection of the working-classes.—Sunday Times THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CATTLE SHOW in London commenced on Tuesday. It was only " less splendid" than that of last year, but in usefulness, and in an im proved character on points of real importance, a decided advance was discernible. The short-horns were the prin cipal features of the show, and carried off two gold medals competed for in the cattle classes. The attention of the visitors was early directed to one huge animal, which towered about two feet higher than all his neighbours —a five-and-a-half-year-old ox, bred by Sir Harry Verney from the stock of Mr. Hayter, of Linslade, near Leighton Buzzard. Much had been said beforehand of the extraor dinary qualities and symmetry of this animal, but it is fair to say that a comparison of his appearance with that of other animals in the exhibition did not bear out the praises. His proportions were on a colossal scale, it is true ; the ordinary specimens of the breed seemed quite dwarfed in his presence; but, on the other hand, there was an absence of all those " points" which are so much desiderated by connoisseurs. Instead of the rotund, barrel-shaped form, which is esteemed the perfection of good feeding, this animal presented ridges of bone, his skin being flabby about his loins, and there was an absence of symmetry which must have struck the most superficial observer. As might have been expected, no prize was awarded. A very different picture was presented in a red and white ox, exhi bited by Mr. Stratton, of Broad Hinton, near Swindon, Wiltshire, aged three years and nine months, to which was awarded the first short-horn prize and the gold medal, as the finest ox in the exhibition. It is remarkable that Mr. Stratton has also gained the first prize in the class of steers a year younger, and that last year he was equally successful in carrying off the gold medal, the first prize in the first, as well as the first prize in the second class of short-horns ; and that the animals which gained the prizes in the two years were all by the same sire." The Devons made a fair appearance, but the Herefords were fewer in number and deficient in quality. The mustei:Of Scots were unusually poor ; there were, however, some really excellent first crosses. Among the sheep, South downs came first, the other pure breeds being scarcely up to the average. The pigs were as fat as usual ; Mr. John Coate, of Hammoon, and Prince Albert dividing the prizes: A show of roots by the Royal Dublin Society were especially noticed, as showing the luxuriant green crops produced by the fertile soil of the Emerald Isle. The collection was magnificent, embracing all the different varieties of mangold-Yrurzel, turnips of various kinds, sugar-beet, parsnips, White and red carrots, potatoes, field onions, flax-seed, ar.d several remarkable specimens of ad-cabbagA.- Brae of these roots were euriosit LIBERAL EXCLUSIVENESS.—Not a single Conservative has been placed on the finance committee of the York corporation ! ! And Mr. Alderman Rowutree, very inno ceatty said, it was all right, as there was no party feeling in the council ! !—Yorkshire Gazette. S CFFOCATION.—A remarkable case occurred at Elsecar, near Barnsley, last week, a woman,. her two children, and a lodger in the house, having been destroyed by the escape of fumes of cyanide of potassium into the house during the night time from an adjacent blast furnace. THE O'CONNOR SWINDLE. —At the Lord Justices' Court, on Saturday, the official managers appointed to wind up the affairs of the National Land Company, were appointed to execute conveyances of the several allotments of the O'Connerville estate at Rickmansworth, in Hert fordshire, to the allottees, in the place and stead of Mr. F. O'Connor, who had been found a lunatic CAPTAIN WARNER, so well known . for his invention of what was -milarly. te- 'd a [ADVERTISEMENT.I DAYLIGHT REFLECTORS. TO TILE EDITOR OP TILE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. am instructed by M. A ÜBIN CHAPPUIS, the Proprietor of the Patent Reflector Factory, 10, St. Mary-axe, London, to request the insertion o f the following statement, the greatest part of which has already appeared in several of the London and of the country newspapers, namely, Times, Daily News, Advertiser, Observer, Atisenteuin, Builder, 4.e. Having performed this duty, I feel confident the Liverpool public will very soon detect on which side there is truth, right, and might.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, E. BENOIST, Manager of the Patent Reflector Branch Establishment, 6, Old Postoffice-place. Liverpool, 26th November, 1853. P 8.0 TES TA IVY REFORMATION ____ SOCIETY. WORKLNG MEN'S BRANCH pop . med the "long range," died sud- .ne st resolution, _ r. arsonage sa id h e denly last week, having been a d a y previously in the ap- would explain the principles and object of the Reformation .... parent enjoyment of health. It appears that recently Society. " Its name," he. observed, "is significant, and Captain Warner was very sanguine of coming to some carries our thoughts to the dark days of Bloody Mary, who, according to the. undeniable testimony o f th e his arrangement with the Turkish G overnmen t f or th e use o f t his invention; and whether th e exc it emen t ar i s i ng f rom orian Hume, put Cranmer, an d L a ti mer, an d Ridl ey, and this expectation had any conne x i on w ith hi s su dd en d ea th I many other excellent men to d ea th f or th e i r P rotestant is not known. 1 principles. By Protestant principles we s i mp l y mean SHARPERS IN A RAILWAY T RAIN , &c.—No fewer ,those leading doctrines of th e G ospe l w hi c h were disentombed and brought to light f rom th e sepul than six "schools" or gangs of Lond on sharpers have been chre in which Rome had buried them. Not t o enumera t e making the tour of Scotland this au t umn , an d pl ay i ng a t a thimbles, cards, and other fraud u l en t games , t o en t ra p all, which would occupy much time, he h a d se l ec t e d th e the unwary, both in railway trai ns , an d a t f a i rs , mar k e t s, following :—Man's total ruin by sin ; th e e ff icacy and other places of public resort. 'Their tricks are sup- of the Holy Spirit to quicken and convert his ported by great skill and address, and there is reason to soul; man's acceptance , first and last, before God only believe that their visit has proved a very lucrative one.— through the merits of our Saviour Christ; the sanctifie s - Scotsman. tion of the believer ; the freeness and sovereignty of DEATH FROM THE BIM OF A RAT.—An i nques t was grace : these, and other kindred truths, constitute, in our held on Friday, at Bristol; on the body of John Thomas judgment, the distinguishing doctrines of our never-to- Barry,be-forgotten Reformation. To establish these principles, aged six months. A fortni g ht ago th e mo th er was awoke by the cries of the infant, an d, on li g hti ng a can dl e, our English forefathers willingly shed their blood, rather she found that the child had been bitten by a rat just than submit to Rome, because they could not surrender under the right eye. There w ere mar k s rema i n i ng o f th e justification by faith alone, or admit of an y b u t th e one rat's claws and teeth, and al s o a grea t quan tit y o f bl oo d . Mediator; neither could they believe bread to be fle s h, or wine to be blood; they could not bow d own t o i mages , or The jury returned a verdict, "That th e d ecease d died, from injuries occasioned by the bite of a rat." speak of purgatory except as a pernicious delusion; and they would not ascribe to a fallible man the unerring ACCIDENT TO TWO BISH OPS .—O n F r id a y, as th e Bi s h op wisdom of the one living and true God. I n thi s sense of Natal and Graham's Tow n were proceeding to Cuddesdon Palace, to meet a party a t th e Bi s h op o f O x f or d' s , th e we are Protestants, and every upholde r o f scr ipt ura l t ru th will protest against Popish errors and corruptions, whi c h carriage was upset near Wh ea tl e y, an d th e r i g ht rev . brethren were extricated f rom th e i r per il ous s it ua ti on b y are as irreconcilable with the word of G o d as th ey are being helped out through the window, as the door could destructive of immortal souls. , Our movement is not be opened. Their lordships sustained no i n j ur y, an d based upon Holy Scripture, and i n un i son w ith th e recorded sentiments of the Establi s hed Ch urc h ; f or as the Bishop of Oxford's cornage, returning also from Oxford, reached the s pot s h or tly a ft er th e acc id en t , th e i r we conceive that the great r eli g i ous p r i nc i p l e o f th e Protestant Reformation i s pl a i n ly s t a t e d i n th e s i xt h lordships were enabled to proceed to their destination without much delay. article of our Church. It is thi s : "H o l y S cr i p t ure con- TIME'S INROADS ON THE B ENCH .—Durin g th e l as t taineth all things necessary to salvation ; so that whatso taken place among the ever is not read therein nor m a y b e p rove d th ere b y, i s four years great c h anges have , ud not to be required of any man that it should b e b e li eve d ges of our j Supreme Court. We believe that so many as an article of the faith, or be thought requisite or neces sho app rt a t o period si ments t the be nce thencommch ha encementve not occurof r the Court in ed within so sary to salvation." We hold that it is the right of every 1552. No fewer than nine j u d ges h a ve taken th e i r sea t s man to hold and exercise his private judgment upon Scrip on the bench since the be g i nn i ng of the year 1850, i n ture, which is the only infallible rule of faith. Conse , place of the following seven members of the Court, viz., quently, we sympathise with our Roman Catholic f e ll ow - Lord President Boyle, Lords Jeffrey, Dundrennan, Mac- : townsmen, who are under the dominion of a system w hi c h kenzie, Moncreiffi Anderson, and Fullerton, who ha v e 'has ever been hostile to the word of God : th e y h a t e th e been removed by death ; and two other judges, viz., Lord s light, their deeds and intentions being evil ! Wh en i Martin Luther, the great reformer, gave to the wor ld Medwyn and Cunninghame, who have resigned.—Scottish Record. i his translation of_ the New Testament, the historia n re- _ .. ___ marks, "The Reformation was thenceforward taken COST OF A PEERAGE.-A pa r liamentary return has of his h a n d, God showed himself, and man was seen as been printed of the perso ns t o w h om , and for what ser - vices, the sum of £420, ch arge d i n th e c ivil contin g e nc i es nothing !" And our confidence i s no t i n man , b u t i n th e for 1852, was paid, and th e names o f th e se v e ra l p ersons j use of those weapons whi c h are m i g ht y th roug h G o d to the pulling down of strongholds. We are determined receiving the same for the patent creating General Lord not to 'heed those who advisequietness, and counsel Fitzroy Somerset a baron of the United Migdom. The Crown-office charges amount e d t o £390. 15 s . 4d., and th e peace with Rome. N o , th oug h we l ove R oman i s t s, yet authority for the same-is stated " ancient usage." o f we hate Romanism and detest it, and our cry, as that sum £l5O. 2s. went to th e St am p-office ; £lO4. Os. 10d. we oppose Popi s h su p ers titi on an d t yranny, s h a ll ever to the Royal Household. S ome o f the items are curious. be, "No peace w ith R ome !" S ome o f our P rotestant The payment to the Lord Ch ance ll or , G r eat Seal fee, i s brethren fancy that P o p er y h as c h ange d , an d say t h at she is not now in the 19th century what she was £2. 6s. Bd.; the Clerk of the Hanaper has £24. 13s. 4d. ; in the days of her Innocents and her Hildebrands. the deputy, £l. ls. ; the Lord Chancellor's pursebearer We doubt not their sincerity ; but we believe it to £5. ss. ; the porter to the Great Seal, £l. ls.; gentlemen be a delusion, and we propose to use means calculated to expose this miserable deception, too successfully gated to ditto, £6 ; sealer, £ l. 2s. 6d. ; deputy ditto, 10s. 6d. • ; tised upon the credulous by the crafty advocates of Popery. Chaffwax 6d. ; deputy ditto, 10s. 6d. ; principal' Usher of' Scotland, £6. 13s. 6d. ; Scotch heralds, £l6 English ditto, £36; Earl-Marshal, £5 ; Garter-King-at- Something in this direction is already accomplished at our North Institute, where weekly above 600 persons, chiefly Arms, £2O, and the gold embl azone d s ki n an d b oxes t o men, are instructed in Protestant principles. We are hold the patent and seal co s t £9. Th e P a t en t- o ffi ce charges amounted to £29. 18s. 6d. By the Attorney-. about to form a Tract Distribution S oc i e t y, t o l en d tracts on the idolatry, treason, immorality, absurdity, crue lt y, General, £2O, for app r o v i ng , se ttli ng, an d s i gn i ng t h e and riestcraft the h ystem ! In to Queen's warrant for her Majesty' s s i gna t ure , accor di ng t o the disloyalty of of Popish Popis priests, s he read from reference Dr. Cahill's " ancient usage." By the Clerk of the Patents, to the lecture on the Social Condition of Ireland the following. Attorney-General, £7. 7s. 6d., by " ancient usage," and extract :-" I perceive now there is no slander or articles £l. 10s. stamp duty on warrant. By the engrossing-clerk, £l. ls., for engross i ng th e warrant and for parchment. against us in the Times. And do you kno w w h y ? Because Napoleon 111, stands at the head of 500,000 men . Baron of the United Ki ng d om. In this man ner £420 was expended in the creation of a * * * Austria has turned the Times newspap er • • BRISTOL POULTRY Sno w .-Th e annua l s h ow o f poultry for Bristol and the West of England in connexion with the Bristol Agricultural Association was held on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, at the Great Western Railway terminus. The attendance each day was very large. The liberal premiums offered attracted exhibitors from all parts of the kingdom. Judging from the prices affixed to the pens, the rage for Cochin China fowls seems to be as great as ever. One pen of four birds was labelled £lOO, and several other pens wese respectively m irked £3O, £4O, and £5O. There was a good supply of turkeys, ducks, geese, &c. TRACT DISTRIBUTING.-On Tuesday, a deputation from the committee of the Society for Irish Church Mis sions to the Romanists waited, by appointment, upon Viscount Palmerston, the Home Secretary, for the purpose of presenting the memorial of the society, praying for an inquiry into the circumstances which have lately taken place in Dublin in reference to the decision of Mr. Hugh O'Callaghan, the police magistrate, in the case of William Smith ; and also into the instructions given by Colonel Browne to the police inspectors in the matter of the placard exhibited in front of the society's office in Rutland-square. Te members of the deputation were :-Viscount Lilford, General Sir Peregrine Maitland, G.C,8., Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Admiral Hope, C. 8., Colonel Alexander, Mr. John Beckett, Rev. R. Rickersteth, Rev. E. Auriol, Rev. H. H. Beamish, Mr. John Bridges, Rev. C. J. Goodhart, Captai n Kelly, Rev. Dr. Armstrong, Rev. Thos. Nolan, Rev. M. M. Preston, Rev. A. J. Ram, and the Rev. W. Marrable. The memorial was signed by the Duke of Manchester, presi dent of the society, and forty-five of the vice-presidents and members of the committee. The Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., introduced the deputation to his lordship, and the Rev. Mr. Bickersteth explained the circumstances under which Smith, for offering a handbill to Mr. O'Brennan, was ordered by Mr. O'Callaghan to enter into recognisances to be of good behaviour, and read the closing paragraph of the memorial, which was as follows :-" Your memorialists humbly pray that your lordship will institute an inquiry into the circumstances which have lately taken place in Dublin, in reference to the decision of Hugh O'Callaghan, Esq., the police magistrate, in the case of William Smith, for a constructive assault ; and also into the instructions given by Colonel Browne, commanding the metropolitan police of Dublin, to his inspectors, in the matter of the placards recently exhibited in front of the Society for Irish Church Missions to the Roman Catholics in Rutland square. A conversation ensued, during the course of which Lord Palmerston observed :-" I think it is absurd to say that a man distributing things of that sort is com mitting, or likely to commit, a breach of the peace. The breach of the peace is committed by those who may be made angry by it, and who cannot keep their temper." Ultimately he was understood to say that he would inquire into it. The deputation then withdrew it also ; Bulwer was turned out at forty-eight hours' notice from Spain, in consequence of his interference with the Catholic worship._ We have now seven Catholic thrones ; tholic family,Nle may expect an eighth. So, as God is just, we may expect the triumph of the true faith!" He continued : Mark the language of this loyal priest. Now, Napoleon is still at the ileaa of his 500,000 Frenchmen, and yet the Times has written against Popery • and in last Friday's paper it represents the Roman Catholic Church as rampant rather than triumphant throughout the whole of southern Europe, and tells us that the Papal Government is exe crated by its own immediate subjects ; and that it needs but the first burst of war to shatter the system on its very centre. Now, let us ask, where is the fear, on the part of the Times, of Napoleon, or his French soldiers? But the Times says more :—" There is no stronger revolutionary element in the European system at the present time than the growing despOtism of the Roman priesthood." Is it to succeed ? No. " Whether it will be chastened by the immediate action of the persons aggrieved, or whether it will fall to pieces in the presence of great political events, it is not for us to determine, but fall it will, and that ere long !" Where is Dr. Cahill's triumph of the true faith? Allow me to ask, what are we to understand by Dr. Cahill's allusion to Napoleon's 500,000 men intimidating the Times? I believe it may be thus interpreted. Dr. Cahill hopes that there will be a war between France and England, and that France will conquer England, so that his Church may have a chance of recovering her long lost supremacy in ourbeloved land. The priests of Rome are dangerous subjects,--and we cannot wonder at their sentiments w h en we ca ll to mind the fact that their sworn fealty to the Pope must neces sarily destroy their allegiance to the Queen. Nay, mo re , it is their opinion that our Sovereign's title to the throne of England ought not only to be set aside, when an effort to that effect can be safely and successfully ventured on, but cannot be legally ratified by the coronation, inas ' much as that ceremony was wholly invalid, having been performed by a Protestant and heretical Prelate ! What can we expect from men of such principles ? And if you doubt that they hold such principles, hear the oaths taken by Jesuits on being admitted to that society. Mr. Parson age then read the oath taken by Jesuits, laying particular stress upon the following words—" he (the Pope) hath power to depose heretical kings, princes, states, common wealths, and governments, all being illegal without his sacred confirmation, and they may be safely destroyed." These are the men who put themselves forward as the advocates of liberality and philanthropy. Their charity is akin to that which Cardinal Bellarmine, in his standard work on Maynooth College, explains in the following significant language : " When heretics (Protes tants) are strong, they should be committed to God ; when weak to the executioner, because it is an act of kindness to obstinate heretics to take them out of this life, for the longer they live, the more errors they invent, the more men do they pervert, and the greater damnation do they acquire unto themselves." And in Liverpool there are Romanists who are not quite divested of this sanguinary spirit of persecution —men who countenanced that shameless perverter of history, the vindicator of the diabolical and bloodthirsty cruelty of the infernal Inquisition ! Yes, our Roman Catholic townsmen heard, with delight and cheers, the following, among other statements, from Mr. Northcote: "The inquisition made use of torture, as one of the judicial means of getting at truth; and it is not to be denied that the inquisition did deliver heretics (Protestants) to the arm of the secular power, knowing that they would be put to death I" What can we think of men who presume to vindicate this seven-headed monster, which destroyed not less than fifteen millions of human beings ; who justify the massacre of the Albigenses, the most peaceful, industrious, and godly people on earth, who were persecuted, pillaged, burnt out, and murdered, simply on account of their religion ! When such men are applauded for falsifying history, and misrepresenting Protestantism, are we to be idle? No; we resolve, through Divine assistance, that our efforts will never cease until we convince every work ing man in Liverpool that Popery is essentially what it ever was ; that it inspires its votaries with a similar spirit to that which of old led to the murder of Cobham, and to despoiling the grave of Wickliffe, and which has been ready, in every age, with the fire and faggot, to put to death every one who dared to dissent from its tenets. Look at the priests in Ireland, who endanger the lives of harmless men by publicly denouncing them in their chapels. No wonder that the laity should drink in . the same spirit, for, like priests like people ; therefore they cheer the advocate of torture and murder, even of the horrible Inquisition ! In speaking of such a system, we cannot use gentle terms. " Away with charity that soothes a lie, And thrusts the truth with scorn and anger by; Shame on the candour and the gracious smile, ry Bestowed on them that light the martyr's pile." Come then, Protestant townsmen, unite with us in our efforts. By the noble army of martyrs, by the sacred ashes of confessors, and by the scattered dust of a thousand witnesses for the truth, who died rather than crouch to Antichrist, be staunch in defence of the Protestant reli gion and the liberties of England.—(Great applause.) Mr. Wm. CLARKE seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Taos. WORRALL (missionary) moved the second resolution, to the effect that "the meeting, being fully per suaded that Popery is the great apostacy, and contem plating the large amount of good which is likely to result from the operations of the Liverpool Working Men's Branch Reformation Society, in exposing the same, desire to give it its cordial support." Mr. Worrall referred to Scripture for proof that Rome is the seat of apostacy, that the Pope is Antichrist, and that the Church of Rome is apos ate. He then invited the working men to join the Reformation Society, and to bring Romanists to its meet ings, to defend the doctrines of their church, from time to time; but not to brine men like William Georee WEwan, but honest, sincere IZOnTanis3. To show them what he meant, he would read to the meeting the " Recantation of William George M'Elvan," written with the latter's own hands, and presented by him to the Rev. W. F. Taylor. Mr. Worrall then read as follows : " Having been led, by hasty and unfounded data, to re ceive the doctrine of Transubstantiation, and having had reason, from more mature judgment, to eonsiner it as imposition, and as a traffic in the souls of men, I consid it my duty to declare that I now abhor that Christ-killb doctrine; and that I am sorry, to the bottom of my heal that I should have ever lent myself to the support of a soul-destro beg, in the spirit of deep error, and to declare my humiliation, to re= conviction that the by the Church of idolatrous in practi connected myself I regret that I should everha , Deicides, who profess to,adore the God, and than to eat him ! 1 wish to be reconciled •to the Protestankehurch of 'England, as a branch, qf the Catholic Church of God. As part reparation of my error, lam willing-to make this:a public statement.,-7-William George 31`:Qwan, formerly master of St. Mary:s..school, Kirkdale." lar,.WoJuLtax alicl—Some hw d: ! 0 after. Mr,. M`Ewtui gave in this recantation, he (Mr. W.) was informed by his friend Mr. Bennett of very inconsistent conduct practised by this same professing penitent. Consequently, he was not received into fellowship with the Church of England ; and now this same re c antation-writer i s com i ng , fo rwar d , Ox Thursday evening a meeting of the above society with unblushing:effrontery, to dispute about religious doc was held in the. Toxteth-hall, Mill-street. The chair was trine. He thought such a man's conduct should be ex occupied by Captain Purnell. Having called upon Mr. posed ; therefOre ; he made these remarks. After stating Ware to open the proceedings with prayer, the Chairman that they feared ino man, but did not like to encourage made a few remarks upon the nature of the association, impostors, Mr: %%Tall moved the second resolution. showing that its object was, not to war with individuals, Mr. EATON seconded it, and it was carried unanimously. but with principles ; not to injure the victims but to Mr. WARR moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, destroy the Popish system itself,—and then called un which Mr. Grindrod seconded, and the meeting separated Mr. J. Parsonage to move the following resolution:— after singing the doxology. "That the events of our own times and country bear con- Several . working-men afterwards gave in their names as elusive testimony that the system of Papal power or the members. Romish religion remains unchanged in all those features ...........-- which render it dangerous to civil and religious liberty." Before 1 . - oke to the r- f'^-- Ai- P---- LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL --T A MONTHLY and'special Council was held on Wednes day, at the Town-hall, the Mayor, J. B. Lloyd, Esq.,. in the chair. MB. BRADLEY'S CASE. The MAYOR announced that the first business was to receive the report of 'the sub-committee appointed to i n .. quire into the charges against Mr. Bradley. The report is as follows : The special committee appointed by the Council on the 9th instant. "to inquire into the charges preferred against Mr. Edward Bradley, a member of the Council, relative to the course pursued by him at thtrecent election for Vauxhall Ward, as to wnich it is alleged that he unduly and improperly used his posit.on of a councillor and member of one of the committees of the Council, to influence a voter named Stop ford, as to giving his vote at such election, and to report thereon,"—unanimously report to the Council, First,—That Mr. Bradley being a member of the Water Committee, and of the Financial Sub-Committee of that committee, became cognizant of the names of persons in ar rear for water-rates in the several Wards; Secondly.—That a meeting of the Financial Committee of the Water Committee was held on the 21st ult., and attended by Mr. Bradley; and it was proved that he, at this meeting, made extracts from the list of persons so in arrear. and residing in Vauxhall Ward ; Thirdly,—Thai deoreSt4pford, a voter in that Ward, was one of the persons included in the list of those in arrear for water-rents; and that Mr. Bradley did, when canvassing Stopford for his vote, at the recent municipal election, un duly and improperly use the knowledge of that fact which he had obtained as a member of the Water Committee, and of the financial Sub-Committee of that commi►tee, for the purpose of inducing Stopford to vote for a particular candi date at that election. Your committee submit with this report a transcript of the shorthand-writer's notes of the evidence adduced, upon which, the committee observe only, that, witnesses having been called to disparage the character of Stopford, other witnesses of undoubted character and re spectability were called in reply, all of whom, having known him for many years—speak of him as a sober, hard-working, well conducted man, and as one upon whose honesty and truthfulness every reliance may be placed. J. BRAMLEY-MOORE, Chairman. 29th Nov., 1853. Town•hall, Liverpool, , , On the motion of Mr. S. lioLmE, the report was adopted non. con. A good deal of desultory conversation on the subject ensued, arising out of an attempt by Mr. Dover to be heard in defence of Mr. Bradley. It transpired that no farther steps would be taken against Mr. Bradley by the Council, but that his name would be omitted from all committees. Mr. Mann was appointed to the Church Expenditure Committee, and Mr. Earle was elected a member of the Water Committee, and of the Literary and Museum Committee FINANCE COMMITTEE. — The proceedings comprised a resolution of the magistrates recommending that the sala ries of two clerks in the office of the clerks to the magis trates be increased, namely, Mr. Jacob 'Walter, from £l3O to £lOO per annum, and the salary of Mr. Richard Ellis, from £llO to £l4O per annum, also, a recommendation that the sum of £l4O be paid out of the surplus income for the improvement of Cable-street.—Mr. HORNBY moved the confirmation of the proceedings, with the exception of the proposed increase in the salaries of two clerks in the office of the magistrates' clerks, which would stand over for consideration at the next meeting.—The proceedings were confirmed. WATCH COMMITTEE.—In moving the adoption of these proceedings, Mr. ToBIN thanked those gentlemen who had interested themselves in raising subscriptions on behalf of the families of the two police-officers (Wheelan and 'Walsh) who had lost their lives in the public service. The amount contributed had been increased by Mr. Mans field, the stipendiary magistrate, who subscribed £2O, and a further contribution had heen made by the Steam-tug Company. The committee had ordered that one of the widows, who had two children, should receive 125., and the other, who had one child, 10s. per week. Docs COMMITTEE.—Wr. TURNER, in moving the con firmation of the reports, called the attention of the Finance Committee to the inconvenience caused to the channel steamers in consequence of the removal of the small land- ing-stage from the Prince's-pier. He understood that it would only be temporary; but those connected with the channel steamers had applied to the Dock Committee for the use of tlii ho•cr. fn. of landing the passengers. The Dock Committee expressed their regret that, in consequence of the accommodation river s' vide the required facilities for the channel 'steamers at the large Landing-stage, without interfering with the river steamers.—Mr. HORNBY, chairman of the Finance Com mittee, stated that every exertion should be made to ex pedite the completion of the stage, and, if any temporary accommodation could be supplied, the Finance Committee would take care that it should be done.—With reference to the risk incurred in crossing the river, for the want of some protection in fog,—Mr. C. TURNER said the matter had not escaped the attention of the committee, but it was attended with extreme difficulty. As a proof that the Dock Committee were anxious to do everything in their power, he might mentionthefact that,including the interest of money, the Landing-stage Committee did not get one farthing advantage. The stage would cost from £4,500 to £5,000 a year.—The proceedings were confirmed. COURTS OF LAW COMMITTEE—The proceedings stated that Mr. Cockerell, the architect employed at St. George's hall, had been authorised to procure transparencies for the windows, for the purpose of seeing the effect ; that he had submitted designs for the concert-room, which had been approved, along with a design for figures to be placed on the pillars at the entrance of the gallery ; that he had been authorised to employ Mr. Kelly, of London, to model model the enrichments for decoration ; and that he had been empowered to alter the south end of the concert room, and to finish the east approaches.—The MAYOR suggested that, inasmuch as the workmen had now com menced laying the floor, and would immediately proceed with the erection of the organ, and as considerable noise would be made for the next few months, the Recorder (Gilbert Henderson, Esq.) had stated that he would hold the Quarter Sessions, between the present time and March, in the old Nisi Prins Court, near the Exchange. LUNCH FOR COUNCILLORS.—The MAYOR said he would take that opportunity of stating that, for the con venience of members of the council, he had directed that, from one to two o'clock, on the days the Council met, refreshment should be supplied in the ante-room. GAOL COMMITTEE.—The proceedings of the Gaol and House of Correction Committee comprised a recommenda tion to accept the tender of the representatives of the late Mrs. Aldersey, for supplying the gaol and bridewells with bread, oatmeal, and peas ; and of Mrs. Catherine Close for butcher's meat. The report stated that Mr. Jamieson, the Governor of the Gaol, had not yet given in his bond; and it also contained a recommendation to take steps for procuring a reformatory hulk for juvenile convicts, and to request the co-operation of the Shipowners' Association in the attainment of the object. LIBRARY AND MUSEUM COMMITTEE.—The minutes contained a description of the recent enlargements and improvements at the library, together with a recommen dation to appoint Mr. William Roulston superintendent of the lending libraries, at a salary of £lOO per annum. Mr. PICTON, in moving the adoption of the proceedings, ex plained that the Roulston appointment must stand over, so far as the salary was concerned, according to standing orders. BATHS COMMITTEE.—An application for the use of the baths had been made on behalf of the Irish and German emigrants, and had been refused. Williamson, the keeper of the Pier-head Baths, had been reprimanded for intoxi cation. A discussion arose upon a resolution of the com mittee to expend the sum of £220 on the Pierhead Baths, chiefly in procuring new zinc linings for the baths, piping, &c. Ultimately the resolution was adopted. The Coroner's account, amounting to £7l 6s. 61, was allowed. A letter from the Chaplain of the Borough Gaol, request ing a revision of his stipend, which amounts, in all, to £3OO per annum, was referred to the Gaol and House of Correction Committee. A letter from the Committee appointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, to make ar rangements for holding their next meeting in Liverpool, and requesting the Council to grant the use of St. George's hall for the occasion, was referred to the St. George's-hall Committee. A memorial from a number of waiters protesting against the practice of the servants engaged in the Town-hall hiring themselves out as public waiters was referred to the Town-hall Establishment Committee. This concluded the business, and the Council rose. DR. McNEILE'S LECTURE AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. ON Friday evening a lecture was delivered at the Col legiate Institution, by the Rev. Dr. M'Neile. The subject was " The Jews and Judaism ;" and the lecture, which continued for two hours, was most attentively listened to by a large and intelligent audience. The Rev. lecturer began by an eloquent introduction, hi which he gave a rapid but convincing outline of the value and importance of Christianity. He next adverted to the tendency of in quiry in the present age as being peculiarly disposed to build only on ascertained facts. Even there, however, much, he contended, must be taken for granted, other wise no conclusions could be made to follow ; thus, the astronomer reasons upon the phenomena of gravitation, and if its fundamental principles be not admitted, the reasoning built upon them must fall. So of other sciences. In the matter of which he intended to treat on the present occasion, he also should proceed upon recognized and ascertained facts. He should begin with the Jews, men, women, and children; all of them having their peculiar characteristics. In every country and in every climate e Jews are to be met with, and i n every place they v exhibit characteristics of their o wn . 4. belonging to the place in ; ,, Tidilii j y ‘u ar e e l f i nn as d • i i t lo w r e a r i e v , they like travellers, so j ourn i ng for a time, and, having settled their affairs an d accomplished their mission, about to return home. Th ey h ave no home, and this peculiarityis found to be r ecor d e d of them in' the history of every They may be said, in fact, and this bondage arises tions contained in i u x ntar h u y n dr at e ta d c a h n m d en thi t rt to ee t n h p e r r ec eg e ul p t a t:. The principal of these precepts, however, he should only allude to, and they were three in number. The first related to the use of phylacteries ; the second, to the im portance attached to fringes, or borders on the garment; he third, to the indispensable veneration in which the of every count y out of their vc sign on the door-post is held. He then entered into a minute description of the various peculiarities of each. Such matters, he admitted, might be looked on as frivolous by some, but he looked on them _as having peculiar it in reality 10°1 significance, anu annuugia ~.. m ayi .. 6 ._ : -,, Ai like absurdities, they were not n any degree more frivolous or absurd than many of the practices which were observed among Christian mvn, In illustration of this, he read a small hand-bill, issued ,by some one professing to unravel the raysteries.offate and fortune by astrological rules. It was addressed to the community of Liverpool, and watt • issued, he said, in the year 1853. Such announcements ought to make them pause ere passing too ready and ' sweeping a condemnation on the frivolities of the Jews , Another peculiarity which pointed out the Jews from all other people, was the protracted and bitter suffering taL which they have been exposed by Christians and religious professors of different denominations. Our own country had had a share in the guilt of this persecution, but iit the records of the Spanish Inquisition were to be read its~ bloodiest pages. Yet another peculiarity of the Jews, was their unity of hope : through persecutions and disappoint ments, they still look for the coming of the Messiah, anir with Him they look for the advent of such a change iir - their physical condition, as can only be brought about by the agency of omnipotence. He then read a long extract: - from the writings of Theodore Parker, relative to the non fulfilment of the prophecies which had foretold the coming of the Messiah, in which that writer contended that they could not be applicable to the earthly mission of Jesus of _ Nazareth. The reverend lecturer showed that the prophe cies concerning the coming of the Messiah h a d on l y b een partially fulfilled by the coming of Christ, and that they would be fully realized on His second coming. He characterised the sophistry referred to as one of the most daring and dangerous forms in which modern infidelity had presented itself. In all their usages the Jews refer to a written revelation, and recognise the full value and importance of vicarious sacrifice in working out the scheme of salvation. The latter peculiarity he traced with muck-- ingenuity of reaso n i ng , from the sacrifice of Abel to the sacrifices of Abraham, and those inculcated under the , Mosaic dispensation. He concluded by again referring tar the fact, that after 18 centuries of persecution, the Jews retained their affection for the prescribed usages of their fathers, and their ardent hope for a fulfilment of those prophecies which had pre-indicated their past and present position. He likewise adverted, in eloquent terms, to the Bible of the Hebrews, as the complement or first volume of the New Testament, which, read by itself, was in some degree imperfect, but read in connexion with the Old - Testament, it becomes clear, comprehensive, and convinc ing. As already stated, the lecture was listened to through out with much attention, and at its conclusion the reverend doctor was warmly applauded. THE LATE MESSRS. HOLMES' S BANS, ISLE OF MAN. LIE Isle of Man Steam-packet Company being one of the largest depositors in the island, their agent, Mr. Edward Moore, announced a meeting of the shareholders and other depositors to be held in Douglas, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of affairs.. The meeting was held in the Wellington-hall, and was -- attended by about 200 persons. Mr. W. Canister, of Ramsey, presided. Mr. IiARRIs said he would not vouch for the correctness of any one figure or any one statement he might utter, because he was not in a position to do so. He had merely gleaned his information from Mr. Avison, of Liverpool, who had rendered him every assistance. He then pro ceeded to state that Henry, the father of the late Messrs. Holmes, carried on business, with his three sons, up to - 1809, at which time he left the concern in their hands.. In 1826, the elder Holmes died, leaving the whole of his estate to Henry, John, and James, subject to the payment of three legacies to his three daughters. One of these legacies, amounting to £6,440, had been paid ; the other two, amounting to £12,000, were a charge on the property in Liverpool. The three sons carried on business with satisfaction to themselves, and possessinr , the confide nce of the people of Liverpool and the I s l e ofb Man, up to the year 1843, when they became lenders of money on railway scrip. They continued to advance money to a large amount during the years 1815,1846, and 1847; and it was supposed they had suffered losses amounting to £200,000 by trusting brokers who did not understand the business better than themselves. Mr. Henry Holmes died in January, 1848, and by his will he devised the whole of his property to his brothers John and James, and upon their death he left his property to Mr. Isaac Holmes, and on. his death to his family, numb er i ng e l even children. The-- property was enjoyed by John and James up to the time of the death of the former, who left all to James. After alluding to the fact that proceedings had been taken on the part of Mr. Isaac Holmes in the Court of Chancery, and that a bill had been filed at the instance of Mrs. Denison and others, he adverted to the sum of £12,619 which bad been taken off the island from the bank. That sum was placed to the credit of Mr. Avison and Mr. Boardman, in a Liverpool bank, and was ready to be re turned, providing leave was obtained from the Court of Chancery. After referring to a few more matters con nected with the estate of the late firm, Mr. Harris the n proceeded to lay before the meeting the following state ment of the assets and liabilities, during the reading of which many of the depositors expressed their opinions on. the value of the property, &c.:— LIABILITIES, A 647,203 201,000 5,000 20,000 5,000 £279,479 ASSETS, THE PATENT REFLECTOR QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Si my country customers were in possession of those facts which are patent to my London connexion, I should rest satisfied with the publicity given to my letter of the sth instant, but for their sakes it is necessary to expose the equivocations of my opponent, and having done so, I shall take no further notice of anything which may emanate from him. Now "mark how a plain tale shall put him_down :"-- 1. The name of Troupeau's late agent is Emile Chappuis. 2. My name is Aubin Chappuis. 3. I do not even know TrLupeau, nor have I ever owed him a farthing. 4. In January last I became the purchaser of the business, 10, St. Mary-axe, as the name affixed to the door, bills, &c., shows. 5. lam the sole manufacturer of reflectors residing thereat. Of these facts Troupeau is as well aware as I am myself. Lastly, in vindication of my rights, I am bound to declare that I am the only manufacturer of the "MYRIASTRACTIC," OR PERFECT APPARATUS FOR THE DIFFUSION OF LIGHT, FREE FROM THE GLARE OF ALL OTHER REFLECTORS, AND IMPENETRABLE TO AIR OR WATER, FOR WHICH LETTERS PATENT WERE GRANTED 20Ttr APRIL, 1853, the Solicitor-General having set aside the opposition of the said Troupeau, the proprietor of a pretended patent. which is practically invalidated by the fact of his having sold to the public the very article for the preceding twelve months.—l am, gentlemen, yours respect fully, AUBIN, C;HAPPUIS. London, 26th November, 1853. The very identical stories (I - ought to say perversions of truth) have been hawked about London for the last twelve months, merely resulting in the defeat and confusion of the originator. In order to silence him once for all, I now chal lenge him as follows : I hereby pledge myself to pay M. Troupeau the sum of five hundred pounds, by check on my bankers, if he can succeed in obtaining an injunction to prevent my manufacturing the Daylight Reflectors. Further, I authorise my Liverpool manager, E. Benoist, to furnish his customers w►th a legal undertaking, whereby he will, in his name and mine, promise to refund any moneys paid him for reflectors, together with fifty times the value as damages, if the said Troupeau should at any time bring any action against them to enforce the removing of reflectors sup lied by me; and, lastly, I will undertake to defend them in any such action whatsoever. RITENT REFLECTOR FACTORY, 10, ST. MARY AXE, LONDON. AUBIN CHAPPUIS. FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH.—" For upwards of nine years, (writes Mr. Thomas Province, of Winchinore Hill, Middlesex,) I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine. I had long previously been afflicted with head ache and indigestion ; but a friend having induced me to me greatofFramp Frampton's Pills, I now inform you that a relief; and during this long period of time I have taken them in pref erence t o an y other medi cine; and I have the happiness of sa yi ng th a t I never h a d a f m ew ak t e los a es trial rave iai better state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg further to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and we know of nothing to equal it." In any case where an aperient medicine is required, they need only be tried to be universally adopt e d. S o ld by all medicine vendors, Price is. lid. per box. See the name of "Thomas Pront. 229, Strand, London," on th e govern ment stamp. TAxcettous Tuatora ON THE HEAD OF A P4asoN 73 YEARS OLD.—Extract from a certificate, made by Mr. Alexander Ayson, dated Marklands, N. 8., Nov.,. hereby certify that P was afflicted with a tumour on the head, which tee faculty termed cancerous, and that I was in the Perth Infirmary for some time under most eminent medical men, but deriving no benefit from their treatment, I left and was induced to. try Holloway's Ointment and Pills; after -using them. for a, short period the began to disperse - , and, kt. is now perfectly cured,,altitgusbitntn.7,3. years of nge." ADVERTISER. Creditors in England Interest on deposits Notes in circulation Bits falling due Claim of Mr. Isaac Holmes, Overdrawn accounts Rent due on island_ Interest on mortgages Deb s in England Real property in England and Isle of Man (less .4'12,000 due Mrs. 'Whittaker and Mrs. Denison) 121,36) Mortgages 25,800 Stock in island 4,417 Household Furniture in Liverpool .. 2,189 Farm stock and stock-in-trade on island 3,000 Cash in Messrs. Leyland's bank 7.184 Railway stock 18,641 Cash in bank in name of Messrs. Avison and £6,026 2,000 370 4,115 Boardman Stock in Wick and in transit Cash in Bank of Mona Cash due by a debtor . 12.619 1,000 2,257 3,609 4E114,587 The estimate of the assets were considered to be extremely low ; and some gentlemen were of opinion that the real property on the island would realise £lO,OOO more than what it was estimated at. Mr. Harris said that there was some real property in Wick which was not accounted for and which some gentlemen were of opi n i on was wort h' £6.000. The CHAIRMAN remarked that it had been stated that the books of the firm in England had not been balanced for years ; to which Mr. Harris replied that such state ment was perfectly true. Mr. DUMBELL said the security of Messrs. Henry, John, and James Holmes was not altered, and was good for every note issued ; and, therefore, it was to be lamented that poor people should part with their notes under 20s. in the pound. He moved " That the following gentlemen be appointed a committee to represent the creditors of the estate, and be authorised to take such steps as they may deem necessary for the interests of the said creditors, namely, G. W. Dumbell, Douglas ' • F. B. Clucas, Ramsay ; W. F. Moore, Tromode ; W. Gel, Douglas ; and W. Cal lister, Ramsay." The CHAIRMAN said that they had the comfort of knowing that the assets would bring £214,000. The proposition of Mr. Dumbell was carried, and the meeting was unanimous in advising that dividends of the estate should be declared as early as possible, Mr. Dumbell stating that there were persons who had not one shilling, as they had depended on Messrs. Holmes's bank. MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL, AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. A MEETING of the committee of this society was held on Tuesday, for the following business, v i z ., Warrington,theinspeetrs' reports of green crop s grown. uTeosdraeye, receive at e this year; to revise the list of rules. and prizes ; to fix upon the heads of a report, and on general business. There were present Dr. Wilson, of Norton, (who was ap pointed chairman); Messrs. E. J. Pemberton, W. T. Pownall, Whittingham ; Joh n Bi rc h, Roge, Edwards, Baxter, Mercer, and Law ; Messrs. Dixon and Bothwell, (inspectors of farms); Mr. J. Green, (treasurer) : and Mr. H. White, (secretary.) Mr. Thomas Atherton, of Speke, a member of the society, was also present. After hearing the reports of the inspectors, the following awards were made in Class 2, (green crops grown in 1853,) the prizes for which are to be paid at the annual meeting in 1854:---.. SWEDISH TURNIPS. — Thomas J. Langford Brooke, Esq., of Mere Old Hall, near Knutsford, the society's silver medal. Weight of crop, 33 tons per acre. Eight acres. To Mr. John Birch, of Orrell, near Liverpool. Weight, 42 tons 8 cwt. 2 qrs. 8 lbs. Four acres. To Mr. Thomas Atherton, Speke. Weight, 48 tons 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 12 lbs, Two acres. To Mr. Robert Birch, Netherton. Weight, 30 tons 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 8 lbs. _ Atherton, e a r c t r oa, Spek e. to Tu n n s i4 l l 6 P c s w . T. T l o q M r. r 2 . o Th lb o sT as F WC M ei°g A lih ri t : 2l.o :, WURZEL—To Mr. Robert Birch, Netherton. all'reeisght,Tsoo Mr.ton s m pe o r mas acr, A e th o e f rt t o h n e . lo \ n v g ei r g ed ht, k s in 2 d ion W s l o g cwt. 2 qrs. 8 lbs. per acre. Long red kind. To Ditto, globe mange! wurzel. Weight, 35 tons per acre, CAREOTS. — Mr. John Balshaw, of Hill-house, Altcar, near Ormskirk. Weight 29 tons 17 cwt. 1 qr. 16 lbs. CLASS 3. STACKING.—The prize was divided between Anthony Rimmer, labourer to Mr. James Birch, of Sefton, and Joseph Gilbertson, labourer to Mr. John Lathbury, of Toxteth-park. The committee entered upon the revision of the rules, and resolved. That the next annual meeting and show of cattle be at Altrincham, on Friday, the Bth September. That the Earl of Stamford and Warrington be invited to be presi dent of the society for next year, and, in the event of his_ declining, that Lord Stanley (of Knowsley) be solicited to fill that office. _ . Several gentleman, chiefly resident in the neighbour hood of Altrincham and Manchester, were nominated as vice-presidents. _ Alterations and additions were made to the general rules, viz., empowering five members of committee to call a meeting of the committee at anytime by requi s iti on to the secretary;—fixing that a meeting of committee shall be held yearly, in the first week in December, to pass the treasurer's accounts, to award th e p r i zes i n class 2, and to revise the list of rules and prizes ; — directing that the two -members of committee who havr 'l .e attended the fewest meetings shall go out annually, and shall not be eligible for re-election that year. It was . resolved that there should be a pl oug hi ng ma t c h and draining match about March next; the prizes and regulations for which are to be fixed at the next meeting. Mr. Dixon, of Hopwood, who seconded the proposition, offered three guineas towards the expense of the same. There appeared to• be a general wish that the matches should come off in the neighbourhood of Altrincham, and that both should be on the same farm, or near together, if land can be met with so circumstanced. Grass land will Me only alteration at present made in the prize listis , - remiums for bulls. The amount ag t i r ed t r ii h tm Is unaltered, but prizes are to be given in ;L ev 9 , 4 k for the se con d b es t so that some of the pritts have had t o b e reduced. - _ _e place a few days before the initfi t uf- ,-- , if it can be so arranged, on the day on Isdfitil; • general meeting is held for awarding -, cultivated farm, long servitude, &c. nother trial of should The next meeting of the committee was the 27th of January, at the Unicorn Inn, ► -