The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-16 00:00:00

have -- k' latter i at-go v( in - M.IAU.) certadays the w( Dl at all times i as ocew duty. AN ACCIDENT, ilk consequences, occurred to Friday e Tternoon. Tli ,t be 1 Vehicle irom, in which we was much trampled within a hair'. [le conk 3iill ~c m en ?, i is, came in contact with a seated two medical men. The child by the horse, and the wheel went gentle- by hirin PTIr taken by tile NViLvr Her Ear since. 1 Woman in ISLE OF ho lived 1 to the driver, th the humanity to extent of injury, if not disposed to render assistance, Trn Docs FRIUDS.-It is alleged that, after the '"ters had retired from the meeting of t' last week, a mire into the art. Mittee, alleged frauds by non has been put into the the system. It is said that the fraud a - Year. By the savino• " create a sinking bonds. Aft.rw committee increase the salary o 'sation ,ent o. (Inc rw Customs Bill Messrs, Colb decided that, for the present. REMOIV: / hid to Pattie On Weil, Sir Sho„'"„ Enclosed hes a Watch which was tuck out of your lif t " I ' S aturday being the first thing that ever i tuck in my mitclad oneing it will be the last i have bean un Happy in i . ny God had a restless pillow ever sence i tuck it trusting 1-forgeve and beging your forgicenuss. HONESTY IS THE BEST 'POLECAT. sealed, and had a ;:llilehOt. was tied with a piece of ta 4,PellaTaiostage label on the lid. ~,"31°.kt NIJIS INCE.—The example of the enterprising I „._ - "Lters of the Genova, now on her return from the 11Iechf iieean, has not been lost oa the steam=ship owners o pott of Liverpool. The Lord Morpeth, whose fur ,tial ace fitted according to Mr. Lee Stevens' system, now .•evio%til,,,itsiiciae sfterikying and pleasant 'contrast with the other t 'contribute to -boats, and with all other steamers that the smoky desecration of the Mersey. No `utwt)._. tquenr4otnhen., that the owners of The Earl of Auckland, Amer, have addition to the successful trials of___ that sitottelaiaih invention applied to The City of ~ also with `cara* , b y he , the view to . ascertain, more ac %Pon the s -a r eeestuription, thetavang of fuel consent 'of the Corp "version of smoke ; nor, that the . authorities . other • tin f London,after competition with in ve „, a_ "'lousy shoal% have preferred ferred the patent smoke- o Larnace for their engine at Blilings,gate Market. all ,a i r a l•Ta ULAll CASE. —On Monday, at Manchester, was held quest respecting the death Salford. Topham, shoe..., %alter, aged 30, of Green -gate, Some time age, vvhilst at 4 114 the slightw-k, he ricked one of his fingers with an awl, ..,„_ottL never became entirely healed. He —:wl3lained continually of the pain which he suffered Irein. unmetd went to several medical men, none of whom 4 , affo him relief, as nothing could be ascertained ae to i',L,Ldiate cause of his suffering. The unfortunaterc . kan , _7`u , ' Me quite deranged ; and would frequently, after gazin,, vacantly into the fire for some time, rise suddenly nd oh into the street, vin like a child, and shrielamg, ‘ °la, my finger." For ev several weeks, lately, he bed re reat,to g° 14 1) stairs to bed, and a bed had to be Tie up a L. °l ' a-ma in the kitchen. He was often found looking rning t , Zhhis ....e-ger in a very despairing way. On Sunday mo en sonic members of the family went into the - kitchen, e e l was found hanging by his neckerchief ro verdict to the f m a.heam in e ceiling, quite dead. The jury found a _ __ e _ abouring effect that the deceased had hanged himself Wail 1 Mader insanity. 131 s MISSAL OF "A POLICEMA.N. — The magistrates were nesday a d in investi '"ga. get' for aconsiderable time on NV e . It a ch arge of assault preferred against phhice-officer 36°. Thomas Kelly, the complainant, stated that, shortly midnight omthenight of th 29th ult., he was stand --bg near the door atfilis own residen h ce d i b n e G ea re arin etita k m in -s g tr in eet a , w ' ul t,,,, i ,„eg to a'frierid-with whom he a ..-4...._aaue-honse, when:the defendant came behind him and 1, --4. 'elt him across the shoulders with his stick. He asked ' 4ll what that was Tor, severale officer said, "fril tell you," arid struck hi m again times. His friend remon strated with the •offieer, but, on being threatened by him, he went away. 'The complainant, who had:great difficulty In ascertaining the defendant's number, was so seriously hurt that he wout-to the hospital, believing that his arm W broken. He bad not suffered to thgt-'t. was so severely, contused that he was and obliged to carry still tinulteblentet' butt i i t t , it in a sling. The defendant attempted to prove an rdibie.ar.d stated that the comiii the charge against .him for fear o being taken zip ainant had laid The magistrates said the case was a for felony. .fi eediacgly gross one, and the defendant -must be eZ, or be imprimmeal for two dismissedthe-Tome and fined EMBEEZmonths. LEMENT BY A COLLECTING OLEEK.—Thomas Win. Ril ey, late a clerk in the office of M ess es M'Clune and Tamplin, Brueswick-street, agents for the British and Irish -Steam-packet Company, was .charged before the In agistrates on Xiiiclay with not having accounted for various sums a 'money which he had. , received. Mr. William Cook, thecashier, stated that the prisoner had been din their •eaniiley about t we l ve months. It was his uty to _make out. accounts, which he sent out by a boy- Tnd then called .for payment, handing ,over each day to ihei'idtuess.what .:Ite received. A day or two ago he was . _ °° "' l l'lg over the-boaks, and asked the prisoner about an i'''calt, which in the usual course of business ought to uave been paid some ti me b e f ore. Hil ey sa i d he wou ld go a nd look after it, and accordingly went out, and never tetilrned th the office. Upon this inqUiries were made, and it was found that he had not accounted for several m e 'of money which had been paid to laiinat some of the the st eam-patket. - offices. Several reeeipte:d bills, with ,_ Prisoner's • signature attached, were produced, malting i a l l '°,, gether a sum of E 25 16s. 11d., which the prisoner had th°,,,' handed() -er to' the cashier. When takuntto custody,es lc th e . manor Lid it,mas a very foolish thing, and . a. _ a n ; a s"mer if it •wottid not be " all ght " supposm, he the money. He was committed ' fortrial at the assizes_ ...,. E l ' t India C°m " Tam llEanr• 3lrsirm.—An interesting .addition ,to Lads collection has been presented by the Pany. It consists of a eet of casts of fossils, as oll ß ta:a Falconer the Sividik Hills, (Himalayas') ehiellY, by Hr. Falconer of ned from and Captain Cautney. The series embraces -.l*-- mas. the Dinotherium Indicsun, Elephas, (three species,) 1 c , todon, Hippopotamu.s, . Sivatherium giganteum, Came'll'' Catnelopardais, and of other extinct monster animals of a similar period. There is.also a restoration of the•Oolosso chelys Atlas, nu extinct *gaiitic tortoise, about,niae feet long, four feet in height, and five feet wide. Thc casts' for them ost part, only represent fragments of the , oiginal animals —a portion of the.craniurn, a horn, the lower .aw, the humerus, for hastance,---but still sufficient to amatkjthe _Class to which each belonged. Amongst the recent ,clona , Clans to the institution, may be enumerated a snake and . aspider, discovered in a cargo of timber from Nicer , a small specimen of gold,quactz from Mount Alexander, a specimen of the Flying-fish, Ahree snakes from Ronny, 1, , _Western Africa,) an egg of the Less Sulphur-crested - t '9..ekatoo, laid at I:luytn, on the 6th of May. Ito m o t gene ~lly known that artists merely require an intrduc tion 'from one of the committee ; or trustees, in order ti• avail t.laemselves of the advantag-es a the -day when th- •- - -especial lenefit. "beforeNritnru AT HAUTILETON.---At the Lancaster assizes, Arr. Justice Wight/Ilan, Rivhard Pedder, aged 50, :,.!_aes in_dicted for having murdered Betty Pedder, at Ham 1518,tiOn, on the 20th of April last. On the night of the 'it 0 - - A-Pri); George Blackburn and William Swarbrick -ent into the Shovels Inn, in Hambleton, when the vPi_risox. n,ne,r,,wh:. ) w as . iii liquor, catne in about a quarter past piesai4, -4 Val. !ng sat down., asked fora glass of beer, and .itm a v i t i Killed our Bet.'! The two men upon this left . 4 ..l s lei g h , D.,,Y . r,etit to th e Prisoner's house, and shouted, 7. _ne.back 0 7.4, • hi l- no one answered. They then went to o- of th e d ell se,- and in the Warden they one side lying on , her teattle4 found the her lack, with her head on a littl e d r . sawn np to l,,:ts? the side of her face, and one leg Blaekhnra the vc ,4l' bad of and blood on her cheek. standing by the bod theawaY, and while Swarbrick was asked him how ke,dicl it; Prisoner came up. -Swarbrick her, and I will shoot ray 'oalfri,(:•l of the house, and got s(-)8-''' he (prisoner) said, " I shot He then fetched a gun out the ground near the deadinehLotato forks and fixed them in of the gun on the ground, He then put the stock forks, with the muzzle t —'4 an dY.laid the barrel against the was at this time by himsel7d: prisoner S av e not stop with him h iniself. The prison iousbthe witness S e war , h i d and of •‘v,Ple Prisoner leave the ford -s, a zr, ba w le and jamb at the butt ,:g, ~t'a gun into the bosh, with the go a le towards him• iLI he did twice, and then left UT azz and went into 4-• gun the hollse. Swarbri k then the Prisoner had I c en went to the gun, which loaded _.,, eft on the ground, and found that it was th e 'n', 'Mu No. 2 shot, but had no cap on. Shortly after by trirts9ner came out of the house, and laid himself down e side of the body, laid his ' • and wept, and after l ayin arm over it, SWaT briek gab ° ll t ten minutes he returned into the house. Plisoner ask l (l d him into the house, upon which the in hi s h a ' 11 1111 what he wanted ;he had another mud_ Jackso n ~ which he was loading. Two men, named and tr' he gun from the prison -. 1 11, then came in, and took t ed th e b r , Pr, and the prisoner then went out, and dragg . th - ` 1 3" into the house d 'd " She must not he ui e g arden au . ~ ,an sal , laced on the sofa, and • • Wile • The body was then p said c s while they were sitting with the prisoner he -,,_, I have shot her --I won't deny it." At half-past 0 1 ,,9 1 t a Policeman arrived, and found the deceased dead the the sofa, bleeding from shot wounds on the left side of "1 ,• ak e: The officer apprehended him, and prisoner said, nut it ; saki go with you quietly." On his way to the he i; ‘c I s hot - the kitchen stationl-4,0- her out of en window. -•-•", good al I • alshot. lam happy that tn. am a capital I did it " • The officer asked him what he had done it for, and he replied, " I don't know." He also said that he aimed at the killing place, and shot her dead. The jury found the he: • It bt • hed to recommend him to . er . gui y, u wis Hi s 1,,.." - '3; .If, consistently with justice, they could do so. tAin " 41 P Passed sentence of death upon the prisoner, ,--ung,hilai that he had no power to hold out the hope of `" ere 7 to, hke, and implorin g him to prepuo for the worst. general NIA the institution on excluded for their ) REST 'T I 0 N.—On S eilmaker, of Byrom-street. .e received in a small chip hi Lrday week, Mi ;ed from. his .pre ispeet an, a the watch up as lost whe Ds, with a dirt _ bold and fair hand, the fol- jiece of paper AUGITST 16, 185 ms, and he be att Do - ck C,om- of the A. clause al check mit to £30,000 I,.effected, it is proposed to off the docl beifig read, th, hey would no ERRIES. lases Co: .stoners 1 )wed Ty to 1 the oath is from Di ith this session. LL RosAs, ex-G husband, stay& inenos Ayres, w •eek at the Adel' chants connected with the Rive Pay their respects. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS — sailed on Wednesday, for Nev and full cargo.—The Arabia, Commodore Judkins, sail on Saturday, for New York, with a full complement ( a,cific, Captain N; York, with 170 The lovers of lould not imit the icert of the Liverpool Apollo Glee the Concert-Hall, in Lord Nel will, of itself, be We have heen req. RAILWAY ACCIDENT fitter-up, living in Br tt the Victoria station .s he was at tweeze two railway tri: Liverpool, and when between the came up and struck one Of them. trucks another trait COAdIERCIAL LAW.—On Wednesday, Mr. Ilorsfall M.P., presented the petition agreed to at the . lat( .ference held Chamber of Commtrce, on the Subject of commercial law The petition mass for the removal of ting grievances by the establishinent of permanent local courts, with com pulsory powers 'and equitable jurisdiction, for the adjudi cation of all meitantile disputes; wherein The judges may consist, at least partially, of commercial men, and the pro cedure be informal. _ _ OnmsitiA/Z PARISU Cnrncu.—The Rev. W. E. RAW storne, who has been the last three years vicar, on Sunday week preached his farewell sermons, for the benefit of the Scarisbrick day schools and the Orruskirk evening schools. A collection being made after each service, the sum of £5O was realised. Many testimonials have been made by the parishioners to the rev. gentleman, as tokens of the esteem and affection which they entertained towards him. The vacancy occasioned by his resignation will be, filled up by the Rev. Joseph Bush, late chaplain of Rainhill Asylum. The VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—The Duchy Court opened on Thursday, at St. George's Hall, before the worshipful W. M. James, as Vice-Chancetor, and on Fiiday 17 cases were disposed of. There was a very numerous bar. Since the late alterations and improve ments the practice of the court has beeirgreatly simpli fied. It may not be generally known thatthis local court possesses a jurisdiction, hi all cases arising within the -duchy, fully as extensive as the power of the high Court 'of Chancery itself; and would soon become very useful and popular if Liverpool attorneys chose to do their own work instead of employing agents in London. TowN IMPROVEMENTS.—The alterations at the Post office are now nearl4 , completed, and the new letter delivery department will be opened to the public in a few" days. The premises at the corner of Lord-street and . Whitechapel, will be razed in about a month, and new buildings erected. The corner shop will be rounded off, • and the whole frontage made - to recede about 18 feet in Lord-street and 14 feet in - Whitechapel. The building at present erecting in Water-street, and formerly occupied by the London and Liverpool Fire Insurance, progresses , rapidly, and will f6rin 'a handsome improvement. Some alterations are also' contemplated in the buildings at the bottom of Water-Street,- in order to give a greater breadth. of thoroughfare. ANCHOR ASSVRAWCE COMPANY.—On Wednesday the annual meeting of 'this Company was held in London. An abstract of the -accounts •was submitted, from which it: appeared that the total 'receipts of the company for the . last financial year - amounted to £44,444 17s. ld., and the expenditure and inveStrnents to £38,932 Bs. 5d., leaiing at the bankers'V balance of £5,512 9s. 6d. The company's assets and liabilities, - balanced by the sum in . bank, amounted to £116,191 14s. 6(1.-31r. Tindal Atkinson next read the 'report of the directors, which gave a mist encouraging ,aemmt of the increase of the business. The company was at present doing nearly £20,000 per annum of new buSiness ; and there was every reason to kx,pect, judging from what they had done, that in the next year they would be - able to double that amount of business. BURIIL SCYCIETIES.—A meeting of working-men was held in the Concert-hall, on Thursday, to hear.the first quartefiy report of 'the Operative Porters' Burial: Society. The admission- to this society is sixpence a month, and when a member -dies his relatives receive £5 to bury him. There are at present 800 members in the society, which appears to be convulsed by intestine feuds, for a fierce wordy warfare 'at the meeting was waged betw een , an e_ president and , Mr. Cornett. From the report we.gathered that the receipts, have amounted to £llB lls. 34., and the expenditure 4a£114 Os. 3d.; but instead of burying mem bers the funds seem to have been spent on posters, publi cans, and local patriots durinc , the late cotton-porters' strike. 'This 'AVM the cause of the dissensions :Which are likely to bring Iheturial club to a premature dissolution. A Sznrous la&suAntY took place on the river , on Wed nesday afternoon, which resulted in the deathof a labour ing man, 'mined Michael Hastie. At one o'clock, a labourer, named M c Cormack, was bathing near the river walL'at the =Birkenhead docks, and happening' to get out of his depth, and not being able to swim, he was on the point of drowning. His perilous situation was witnessed by Hastie (a friend and neighbour), who plungectinto the water 'with the -view of saving the drowning man. Upon Hastie reaching McCormack, the latter, in ;his struggles for life, desperately clung to his friend ; and being a strong, powerful man, his weight and tenacious grasp overpmerecl the noble efforts of Hastie, who soon became exhausted, and sank beneath the water. No time was lost 'by the persons on shore in reaching the two men, .but, before assistance could be wondered, Hastie was a corpse. 'M'Cor mach was rescued, .and at first very little hope was:enter tained-6f restoring him ; but he is now out of danger. FAr ACCIDBNI.—OH Tuesday, two boatmen, named Nicholas Mackie and John Murphy, who were about to take a - woman:to a --vessel in the Birkenhead Dock, -fas tened their boat -to the Birkenhead steamer Vernon; then lying•at the landing-stage, in order that they might by this means be towed into the middle of the river. As soon as they had made their boat fast; the Runcorn steamer Heroulestame- alongside of the Vernon. The men imme diately jumped on board of the latter steamer ; and, when le woman up, the sponsons of the ftfully crashing the TI the fiet at assisting o steamers came into collision, woman. She was immediately brought upon the landing stage and .00liveyed .to the Northern Hospital, but she died before reaching that institution. The deceased, whose name was Grace Johnson, lived in Formby-terrace, Great Howard-street, and was •the wife of a seaman who was intending to sail to Ceyl cu. on the day of the melancholy occurrence. WEST DERBY GITAMDFLICS.—On Wednesday, at the weekly meeting, Mr. Alpass presided. A communication from the governor of the Workhouse was read, impressing upon the guardians the necessity of selecting, in their appointment of officers, persons fully calculated to dis charge their duties. A.conversaion ensued, which resulted in a resolution to ?equest the . poor-law board not to con firm f or t wo months the appetatment of Mr. Mame, the lately-elected aSsistant-master, ,till his efficiency could be tested. A communication was read from the poor-laiv b oard, acknowledging the receipt of a letter from Mr. Cleaver, relative to the proposal of the guardians that Mr. Lister, the medical officer of the union hospital, should - .reside in the establishment, ' They declined to give any opinion upon the subject at present. After considerable cliscussion, a resolution was passed, expressive of dissatis faction at the result of the corresponllence, and requesting the poor-law board to call Avon Mr. Lister to resign. :Does COMMITTEE.—Mr, Shand presided at the weekly meeting of this committee on Thursday, when the sub committee of works reported that they had made arrange ments to purchase from Mr. R. Edwards, of Liscard, some property in Sparling-street, required in connection with the new docks at Wapping. Instructions were given to the surveyor to repair the bridge at the north end of the Brunswick Dock, on giving a week's notice to that effect. John Fry was appointed assistant at the transit sheds, Albert Dock, and Joseph Armitage at the tele g raph, Point Lynas. Thomas Walker, gate man , a t th e Collingwood Dock, was dismissed. Mr. Evans called attention to the undue delay at the Stanley Dock warehouses. The Chair man said the matter had been already before the sin. veyors. The Surveyor said the fault was that the con tractors were net . gOing on fast enough. There was a deficiency of granite ; the time would be up in November, when, if the work was not being properly proceeded with, there would be a fine of 15 per cent. on the contractor, amounting to more than £3OOO. Mr. Bight= said the trust was suffering severely, as the Albert warehouses were full; and, if the new warehouses were ready to re: ceive goods, they might be getting a high rent for them. Mr. Evans : The commerce of the, port requires them, as all the warehouses are full. A letter from Mr. William Ashton Clayton, complaining that' vessels were entered for the graving docks before being announced as having arrived at the port, was read ; also, a report from the harbour-master, denying that vessels were so entered, except in one or two instances of rare occurrence; and when those were detected, they were struck off the list. The matter was ultimately referred to the Harbour master's Committee. A letter from the Corporation sur veyor, relative to an alteration of the crossing. at the south-west side of George's Dock, was referred to the Committee of Works. A letter was read from the clerk to the Health Committee, calling attention to the necessity of the Dock Trust proceeding with the works at a certain portion of the Wapping Dock, namely, Hurst-street and Mersey-street, without delay. A conversation followed on the subject of the levels at the Wapping Dook—a mat ter which was recently in dispute between the Health Committee and the Dock Trust. The Chairman consi dered the terms exacted by the Health Committee unrea sonable, when Mr. Bight= replied that they had been confirmed by the Council, and therefore anything unrea sonable lay with them. Mr. Tobin said that no protest was made by the Dock Committee when the proceedings came before the Council, though he was not prepared to say that the Health Committee had acted in an arbitrary manner, as he was ignorant of the merits of the case. The matter was ultimately referred. Club, on Monday next; son-street. sufficient to The patron insure a brilliant audience .e of the ue service commences at ho Nichol anday forenoon, at St concert ST. NICHOLAS' CHURCH remind our readers that d, past ten, on every church. Owing to an arrivals PIIILHARMOI*ZIC Castellan, Mad Gordon ario and Grisi will L Scotland LIVERPOOT 1, and 11€ lrwen, were cha Chadwix id lea\ !win. NV ) cwt. of nler and store We into oust when th to him to sel id Irwen was taken into custody. Inspector Kehoe said that White was carrying on the store, although the license had been revoked since the 3d of June last. The license was taken in her husband's name, Edward White, but revoked he went to sea. and she still earth t to be correct girls Spullen and 310! vas committed for two nu khan were discharged, ai Landed until to-day. Elizabeth Gibbon, a your tdy of considerable iaidy educated, am 22 years of a Limy, - the Oti bony Fl He wooed, and wane ntiri nirandc c+AtAt 1, would have been in tl The number of names pub• the doors of the church& on tht first and second Sundays This number is made up in Householders Kivkdale 411 1858 ; and fre Angguus is about 19,291 manner : in Liverpo - 01, 12,666; in Everton, 977; in ; in West Derby, 885 ; in Tosteth-park, 2605, of whom about 1001 are alsO The number of names on the revised lists, last year, was 17,315, so that this gives an apparent increase of 1976 votes, of which about 400 are those of freemen. All persons who are entitled to be on the register should see that their names are really there, and should take some pains to keep them there, at, athne en questions of tI e gr,.._atsst importance are likel, come before the country, including the new Reform bill, which may make or mar governments, and may possibly produce a dissolution ; although parties who compound for their own - rates are not eligible to be placed on the regis• ter, parties - whose lancnords compound for them are per• fecili eligible. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of persons in Liverpool belonging to these two eltissts whose names are not on the register, but who may obtain the right to - vote by sending in their names before the 25th of August, after which day no claims can be made. EAST LIIVCASZIRE.—The ordinary half-yearly meeting, of the proprietors of this railway took place on Wednes day, at the Bury station ; Mr. Thomas Dugdale, the chair man of the directors presiding.—The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said the directors had come to the determination, on this occasion, to recommend a divi dend after the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, taking £974 from the reserve fund. During the past half-year they had paid off loans amounting to upwards of £40,000, the prin cipal portion bearing interest at 5 per cent., and had re borrowed :about that amount at 3- per cent. The work ing expenses had been less by ti per cent. than during the half -Fear ending with the year 1852 ; and this reduc tion hail enabled the company to obtain an additional profit of £10;.103 for the last half-peak, by a total increased ex penditure of only £2,150, as compared with the same pe riod of 1852. The average weekly increase in the receipts for the present half-year up to 'August 7, was £s64.—Mr. Riley, director, seconded the motion, which was carried without a word of discussion.—A dividend was then de clased after the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, for the past half-year, on the 6 per tent. capital of the company, tf 6 per cent. per annum, on the amount called up of the preference fifth shares ; and of three per cent. per annum, cn the- ordinary stock of the company. TRAFFIC TO xnE ISLE • ov MAN.—On Saturday week the liona's Queen, under the temporary command of Mr. Grier, after having been repaired from the recent accident to one of her paddles, went round the Floating Light4hip for the purpose of • testing her machinery, previous to resuming her place on the station between this port and Douglas. The trial was in every respect satisfactory. On Monday she started from the George's Pier, with a large number of passengers, • the majority of whom were cheap excursionists. On Tuesday she left Douglas Bay at twenty minutes past nine o'clock. The morning was serene. The sea was smooth as glass, and even on rounding Douglas head there was not a ripple to be seen. The passengers were landed on the George's Pier at three o'clock, - the passage having occywied a trifle more than five hours and a half. The patent floats with which her paddles are fitted, and the ease with Which her engines work, cause her to go so steadily that the vibration usually felt on -poin t ;-g-,0h4,- steamers is so completely done away with that even the most delicate in stomach need not be afraid to risk a trip with her throug,ltrear of being sea-sick. On 'Monday no fewer than six steamboats, all freighted withpassengers, arrived at Douglas,—the Mona's Queen, the Ben-my- Chree, and the King Orry, from Liverpocil; the Cambria, from Fleetwood-- the Morecambe Bay Queen, from More cambe Bay ; and' the Queen, from Dublin,—landing the largest number-of passengers ever put on 'terra firma at Douglas in one day. _ - NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—At the half-yearly ge neral meeting on Friday, after the usual preliminaries, the chairman, MajorLGeneral Anson, said he - regarded - the statement as eminently satisfactory, and stated that the directors had resolved, with the sanction of the -proprie tors, to cease 'charging to revenue the additions to stock and works required to" ncrease traffic, and that the balance of this account 'should'ne transferred to the debit of :ca pital. ' He contended that it was imposilble to close the capital account of such-a line at present; - seeing that the system was not yet developed. The great object of the directors was to obtain a fixed dividend. Alluding to the parliamentary contests of the session, he said this com pany had no reason to complain of the results, though they had been attended with great•expense ; but le.complained of the deciSion of the committees of both houses being capricious and inconsistent. The amalgamation with •the Midland - hall , been quashed, because it would place. oo much power in the hands of the companies. Their fears totally 'groundless ; but the same thing was .autho rised to be done for a limited number of years, by means of working agreements. He had not entertained any r, that the amalgamation with the Nord' ,ny would be granted, and that the oubt, 110 , tafordshire Con nion with fl !Midland would be as I under the sanction of an act 'of parliament. No arrange , nent had yet been arrived .at with the Great Westerr Company, and with respect to the Shrewsbury line, In if it was _ tinder investigative. Ever :e he had been connected with the company he had whole MI felt the deepest interest in it he returned to this tountl would give h liarclinan Ear helloped he should liUv eater satisfaction srs. Pierpont e(1 regret tisn's resignation. ••Some disCusfiion took place upon 31 Locke's request foi tatement showing a comparative mMd/1" zat Wolverton and Crewe. Mr. expense Glyn su . s gested the question should stand over, as a com mittee was sitting on - the subject, anti Mr. Locke expressed himself satisfied. The-report, after some further debate, was , then adopted, and the routine business having .been disposed of, the.meetink adjourned at half-past two. H4I.4_LTII COMXITITE. — The weekly meeting was -held on Thursday. Picient: Messrs. Langsdale (chairman), Moss, Dover, Fleming, Beckwith, Nicholson, Johnson, Halheati, Hodson, Gladstone. 3l`Nicol, and Godfrey. Mr. Newlands, the borough engineer, reported-various particu lars of the work done and in hand in his department. Mr. Fresh, the inspector of nuisances, reported the emptying of 1139 cesspools, the inspection-of 88 nuisances complained of by inhabitants, and the reference of 44 others to the bbrough engineer for remedy Icy drainage, &c., with a detail of theother operations of his staff, including particu lars of a sanitary examination of 1732 court houses and .D. 72 cellars,•formerly cleared of inmates, in the lower parts of the town. The medical officer reported that the returns for the week showed the mortality :to be . still much below the average ,of the season. The deaths in the borough, were 170 fewer than in any corresponding week of the six previous years, anti 62 less than the average, excluding the cholera of 1849. From diseases of the lungs and consump tion the deaths were only 37, a smaller number than in any week of the three years preceding, Bowel complaints caused 37 deaths. In the same week of last year, when the temperature was three degrees higher, the morta lity from bowel complaints was more than double, the deaths being eighty-six. At the same time the general mortality amennted to -286, being 116 more than in the last week. Typhus last week caused only four deaths; measles, scarlatina, and hooping cough each five ; chicken pox one. One death was registered from delirium tremens. The medical officer reported that he had inspected the premises of Mr. Thomas Irvine, lard refiner, Henry-street, and he was of opinion that the com plaint of the inhabitants relative to a nuisance was well founded. It had existed for two or three years, so far as the complaints of the inhabitants were concerned, but hitherto there had not been sufficient evidence as required by the provisions of the Health Act. In reply to a question, a member of the committee said it was the fat from the slaughter-houses which was refined, and it was full of maggots.—The chairman said he believed it was the fat rendered down, put into small kegs, and sold for lard.-- Mr. Godfrey understood it was used for engineering pur poses.—Mr. Moss : You should be cautious in putting it in that way.—The Chairman : I have been told so. He added, that he understood it was meat in a state of putre faction.—The clerk, on being referred to, read the clause in the act of parliament, from which it appeared that the nuisance complained of came within the jurisdiction of the committee. It was agreed that the usual notices should be given by the clerk, with a view to the abatement of the nuisance.—The Borough-engineer brought forward his estimates as to the paving of Wavertree-road, between Duke-street, Edge-hill, and the railway bridge. If paved with square sets alone, the expense would be £5048 65.; with square sets and wheelers, as suggested by Mr. Glad stone, £6991; and with macadam, having 12 feet of square sets on each side, £4156. After a ,short discussion, the subject was postponed for a week.—A memorial from several inhabitants of Castle-street, relative to the wet state of their cellars, which they attributed to the disturb ance of the water-pipes in taking up the ptreet pavement, ne referred to the borough-engineer. iND TSTY tl nodal for WEAR VII Bravo ! thaw R ENGLISII cncCeeded SUOIC33 3UtT A wn smoke, as way compan boil of acontract for rails. BOWLING Exr WAS 1117M01711E1 .na) tha h fleet in Besi 1 to Vol:trio. de Bra s well as --0.- )f Prussia has granted the enee to M. Leoni Levi for his w or nercial law of the world. RAILWAV.- the rate of 6 per ccnt. lion Grenadier Guards Idyll , down a lance ( Ily unknown in hex BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY : 1 , 7 have the dissatisfied si ;THONG aiolders % magistrate in possession of certain important DOOR: he company, but they have changed all the locks.— .epath. .ENT.—From the 30th c November next furnaces in the metropolis are to consume Is between London le empowera and Richmond Bridges. Constables ma: to enter and inspect furnaces and steam engines THE CRILLINGTON IRON COMPANY, at the re assizes, obtained a verdict, by consent inst the Stafford of the action was the repudia RDIXART cricket match Holbeach, Mr. Rippin, a blind watchmaker, made bet with Mr. H. Ellis that he would bowl him out in balls. Mr. Ellis very confidently took the bat, but maker soon"wound him up" by linoclar . s with the thirteenth ball• ly, there is no epi lick list. - Boti narriage has been appointed to .t workmen were GREAT NDUSTRIA considerable stun of COMPLIMENT TO for the ( SYMPATHY WITH ROYALT 1 'hrnl-1 rt, and wisi ' THE LONG VACATION. — commenced, but not the 1 ial hid to prevent the d( real mortal ENERAL COMMERCIA.T., ADVERTISER rnal int se. and rt Jour Plr LORD MAYOR of London has ction of heal Ci ldv Adz w what mi day, the long vac £1 7s. 9d. from a young lady, and it was taken on II NEW .Loci.—A new lock is stated to have 1 entirely new Principle, electro-magnetism being the agen employed, so that very great security is considered to b gained, without the multiplicity of parts of which mos other locks are composed, The most simple form of till invention is a plate of soft iron attached to the door which, when shut, is in con poles of an electro stening of the lock being f the circuit, anc ignet, the opening and beted by the making and brE vith the any number of locks throughout theehouse may be secure( or opened at the same instant. — Shipping Gazette. DEFACING VIE COIN.—In the Government bill, jus printe of th( of defacing the declared that a practice has arise in of the realm by stamping the same fo: of them than the ravings of - it disgraceful superstition.- - - Sunderland Herald. • AN ELOPEMENT.—Abundant food has been supplied during the past week to the quidnunes of Sunderland, by an elopement from that town. The gallant - advertising purposes. Any person stamping names or words on coin shall in England or Ireland be guilty of a misdemeanour, and in Scotland of a crime or offence, and liable to a fine or imprisonment, or fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the Court. A tender of coin so defaced is not to be a legal tender, and any person tendering or uttering such coin will be liable before two justices to for- feit and pay any sum not exceeding £2. SELLING A WIFE.—An extraordinary instance of selling a wife occurred at Bodmin Cornwall, last week. A couple came to the superintendent registrar to be married, their bans having been previously called before the board of guardians. The registrar having heard that one of the applicants had been married before, cautioned them, and told them that, if it was the case, they were rendering . themselves, by a second marriage, liable to transportation. 1 The man then produced before the registrar a document from another man, who was the husband of the woman, in which she was assigned over to him for a sovereign. The registrar thereupon refused to marry them, and they went away much disappointed. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The tenth public drawing took place at the offices, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, on Saturday, in the presence of Viscount Ranelagh, chairman, the Rev. Dr. Worthington, and Mr. Cribb, mem bers of the executive committee, the officers of the society, and shareholders from all parts of the country. Ninety two members were drawn : the holders residing in Sussex ' Kent, Surrey, Essex, Suffo lk, Middlesex, Westmoreland, Hampshire, Durham, Staffordshire, and Yorkshire. The secretary announced, that 5,469 shares, representing a ca pital of £283,450, bad been taken, and that 40 shares, in addition to the numbers drawn, would be placed on the order of rights, by seniority. The next. public drawing is fixed for Wednesday, the 7th of September, in Freemasons' Hall, Viscount Ranelagh in the chair. At the fourth quarterly general meeting of the members, and the anniversary of the commencement of the Conservative Land Society, the allotment of the Brockley-hill park es tate,West Kent, and Hertford estates, will take place next Thursday. SUPERSTITION AT MIDDLESBOROUGIL—AD Old woman, who had the misfortune to be very . poor, applied to an acquaintance for the loan of a little money, but the latter , was unable to lend her any. Soon after, two of the person's children that had been applied to became affected with a disease very prevalent among children, and, if gossiping rumour is to be believed, pined away into perfect " atomies: The report was then raised, and rapidly circulated, that the poverty-stricken woman was to blame—that she had, in fact, bewitched her neighbour's children out of revenge for not getting what money she wished. So intensely was this feeling entertained, that on Monday night a large mob of people assembled before her door, with menacing cries of "Pull her out," "Burn her," &c. ; and to quell the disturbances, four police officers had to be brought from Stockton. They captured six or seven of the rioters, and placed them in "durance vile;" and it is to be hoped the authorities will continue to show that they are deter mined to protect the very poorest of the community, so n Sir I I_RA 1, which, al said to be " a distinguished member of the College of Surgeons," and his accomplice is the daughter of a highly respected ship-owner. There seems to have been some objection on the part of the relations of the young lady to the match, but as almost invariably happens in such cases, a little persecution only served to heighten the at tachment. The lady was removed to a short distance from the town, but the same love which laughs at lock smiths, here held space in contemptuous abhorrence. Thpr ThPV 617PrP fIPfPriTIiTINI to have each other and for the pnipose of putting it beyond the power of —ls to prevent the realization of their wishes, they agreed to elope Time with them was an object, and they accordingly selected, as the place most suitable and _ by his estates, pport of the :e from an c 1 named Reed ; t .ed at Wiiicl he eve lege as a: commoner, under Dr. Goddard. His bills not being paid, he left Winchester in 1810, and was advised by Dr. Goddard to proceed to London, and call on the i%larchiOness of Bath, who, With Lady Isabella ThynnE had been accustomed to visit him when at school. Th marchioness refused to give him any information snectinx his moth to the amount of ELMO or £l5OO in notes, which had been - left- him by the mother. Shortly after this he travelled, assumed the profession of a lecturer on educa tion, and afterwards came to England, where he became acquainted with the nature of his claim, and made the communication to the tenant of the estate. It is not necessary to follow the plaintiff through a detail of cir cumstances, the falsehood of which became gradually apparent under the searching examination of Sir F. Thesiger. It will be sufficient to proceed at once to the startling termination of one of the most singular cases that has ever been brought into a court of justice. The first decisive blow given to his story was when it was shown that a letter in his handwriting, sealed with the Smyth seal, was dated the 13th of March, he having before sworn that he did not obtain an impression of the seal before the 17th, and had then to get it engraved. What defence he would have made at this point in the evidence it is impossible to say ; he turned pale, and re quested permission to retire. At this moment, when the skill of the counsel had brought the witness to a stand ' still, an electric telegraphic message from London brought the news that the police had discovered that the plaintiff had applied to an engraver at 361, Oxford-street, in January last, to engrave the Bandon crest on the ring which had been produced as a relic, and the words "F. Cooking" on a brooch, which he had sworn he had had in his possession as'another family relic for years. Upon this a dramatic scene occurred. The plaintiff admitted that this was true, and Sir F. Thesiger sat down deeply moved. The court was hushed in silence. After this Sir F. Thesiger rose again, and said he should not spare his feelings longer. He then elicited that at the time he (plaintiff) had sworn he was ill (for 18 months in 1811) the plaintiff had been lying in Ilchester (Somerset) gaol, under sentence for horse-stealing. He had been sentenced to death, but the sentence was com muted. The plaintiff was then ordered into custody on a charge of forgery and perjury. Mr. Bovil having thrown up his brief, and expressed his regret at his having had anything to do with the case, Sir F. Thesiger said he had no doubt that Mr. Shad well and Mr. Catlin (the attorney) had been both grossly imposed on. The plaintiff was then removed in custody to Glouces- ter gaol. The Globe contains the following, in reference to the above, which arose out of an audacious attempt made by an impostor to establish a claim to the heirship of two baronetages, involving property to the amount of £20,000 a year : - - - - ` Certain apparitions have a periOdical right of an. A hot summer, a shocking . murder, a ch( kiss rebellion, a bad harvest, or a great swindling clain to family title and estates, are incidents to be_ eipecte from time to time ; and the great case of ' Smyth vent Smyth and others,' at Gloucester, which takes its place - ' worthy of being a nine days' wonder ne series, is as .-ortuy any. Before the trial there were preliminary announce ments of some marvellous overhauling of title deeds, famik deeds, family wills, pedigrees, and heirlooms. Althougi doubts were thrown upon the probable success of the claimant, Sir Richard Hugh Smyth,' and Sir Fitzroy Kelly did not hold a brief in the cause, the preparations indicated a formidable case. If not the true heir, Sii Richard was at all events to be an unfortunate man. sur• rounded with a halo of romance. • But now when we boo back upon the case from the point where it terminates, NS can understand the whole story well. ". Towards the end of the last century a mischievoi iario is .1 boy,' to use his own designation, found himself in tl and 'some obscurity about this part of the youth's lift together with opportunities which he appears to hav enjoyed of sportive intercourse with young persons ( titled families, is enough to suggest the possibility tha there might have been some irregularity in his birtl Ambitious instincts pointed out to him a higher destiny tion—he could not, and would not, be the son of a Cal penter ; but, as he had only a carpenter as his ostensibl father, he was fain to look out elsewhere. For some Will shire or Somersetshire reason, he appears to have had t predilection for the name of Smyth, or Smith, which itself offers a wide choice of genealogies ; and it turns o that at different times he had professed to belong to tl different families of such name—the Smyths, with the or Somers( i, of Carrington. At last he' decided hi favour of Somersetshire house, and contented himself with a bar T-Tl7 Mary M the pa of the STA place on Sunda MIDLA.N, he 214 instant. -- , lllr. Bell, the secretors' of th IiAILNVAI Midland Company, will, it is said, early in autumn, take seat at the board ; to be succeeded as secretary by Mr. yalars, the general manager. The office vacated by Mr. -s will be filled by Mr. Aliport, at present the ma .ger of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. These changes, it is added, may be expected early in autumn. LONDON AND SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY. —The half yearly meeting of the London and South-Western Railway Company was held on Wednesday. The report . of the directors was agreed to, and resolutions declaring a divi- dead of 3t per cent., and authorising the construction of a double line from Dorchester to Exeter, and a double line from Southampton to Exeter, were agreed to. The half yearly meeting of the New South-Western Steam Navi gation Company was held immediately afterwards, when a dividend of 5 per cent. was declared. FIRE IN LONDON.—One of the most extensive fires that has occurred in the metropolis for some time broke out on Wednesday morning, a few minutes before one o'clock, in the premises of Messrs. Kirkman, piano-forte manufac turers, Dufour's-place, Broad-street, Golden -square. Pro perty valued at several thousand pounds sterling was laid in ruins, and between seventy and eighty workmen were deprived of their tools and thrown out of employment. The flames, which raged five hours, communicated to several of the adjoining premises. The cause of the con flagration is not known. THE OMNIBUS TRADE. — Few who have not specially considered the subject are aware of the importance of the omnibus trade as a means of conveyance, of traffic, and even of revenue. In the London trade alone there are 1200 omnibuses, employing 12,000 horses and 6000 omni bus servants, including cads, ostlers, helpers, &c. The yearly wages paid to these men amounts to no less a sum than £-136,800, and the yearly consumption of corn, hay, and straw amounts to £501,800 per annum. The revenue received by the government from the omnibuses is very considerable. Each omnibus p a y s a y ear ly license which costs three guineas, and a mileage per omnibus which amounts to £l2O per annum.—Morning Herald. Thu COMMISSION OP INQUIRY into bribery at the Canterbury election has closed its sittings. A curious fact came out during the proceedings. Mr. Coppock, in his examination, produced a brief, Which he said was the one prepared for the defence of Sir F. Kelly, in 1843. He Produced it to show that it was intended to prove that the expense of the election was only -f,500, when it was in reality much more. Sir Fitzroy Kelly said he believed This paper to be the brief prepared for his defence, which was 'placed in the hands of Mr. (now Sir Alexander) Cock burn. It was lost from the committee-room on the third said, E CRYSTAL explained l hereafter. LPALACEeom .—The first ordinary T u day of the sitting. H ow it 'came i n t o the hands of Mr. Coppock, the solicitor employed against him — how a si solicitor could come int o p ossess i on o f his opponent's brief, and not immediately return it to its proper owner , must, he general meeting of this company took place on Monday last, at the London Ta v e rn , M r . S. Laing, M.P., in the COMPANY: chair. The secretary, Mn. Grove, read a report, which stated that with regard to the state of the works and the general progress of the undertaking, the directors had only to repeat their conviction that everything was pro gressing towards a favourable result. The only operations of any great importance remaining to be accomplished in the building were'those connected with the covering in of the central transept, which had been alreruly commenced, ( and one of the ribs fixed in its place. The statement of accounts to the-7th of. July last showed that the receipts amounted to £501,1595 12s. ld., and the payments to £440,550 6s. 9d., leaving a balance of £61,045 ss. 4d. The chairman, in moying the adoption of the report, said there was not the slightest doubt that the building would be completed and ready for opening by the time specified. THE FRENCH EMPEROR AND THE FOET. — The poet Jasmin dined on - Saturday at St. Cloud. In the evening he was asked'by the emperor and empress to recite some verses.. He improiised, as is his wont, in his native Languedoc patois, then translated into. French, and after wards repeated his composition in the original Languedoc. The peculiar beauties of Jasmin were thus, in a great measure, made intelligible to his audience, and made a great impression upon their majesties. When the poet perceived that his august hearers were in a melt in g mood, 'he suddenly asked - the emperor for the unconditional par don of his fellow-townsman the ex-quester Baze, a native of Agen. The emperor paused for a few moments at this -unlooked for, and - as it might have been supposed (for Napoleon 111. is not - in the habit of improvising pardons) ill-timed boldness, and then said—" Jasmin, I grant your _ . request, and if M. Baze should ever intriguf, against me , I shall bold you and your poetry res p o nsible. TITS END SANDTrITIES TITE "J. Bonus, Presbyter," the idol-priest of " Our Lady of Grace of Acton," whose characteristic appeals to the " charity" of the " faithful," have been occasionally noticed in our column* in a letter to the Catholic Standard, adverting to what he conceives - to have been a "quiet sneer" on the part of the editor - respecting " our lotteries and raffles which are art favourit the.P- " Ineticbi of " raising t apists, delivers himself of the following' dictum 01 Jesuit morality :—" With regard to the principle of such affairs, I question if your condemnation of it would be quite as strong as his whose name' is subscribed; but it is Eten highly legitimate t o ;profit by the toleration of a lse principle, otherwise .our wisest and holiest men, secular and ,ecclesiastical, 'are as mistaken as my poor little humble felf." The edit3r in a nostscript—evidently n a great fright lest his orthodoxy should be questioned— leclares that he, has never " said one word against lotteries, ~, a files, or any . other such mode of raising , funds for PASSIxci TOLLS.--A letter frDni the Hon. H. Manners - Sutton to the Home-office, statee the reasons which have induced the Shipping Dues Coutniissioners to defer their report •on Taping dolls. -Mr. Sutton; after explaining that the commissioners had visited Dover, Whitby, and Bridlington, and stated that they deemed it premature to _make suggestions as to their future management, thus proceeds :—" We art:indeed of opinion that, in each of 'the three.eases which we have investigated, the " Passing Toli" is a sp4cial tax levied epon parties wk.) do not receive from the application of the tax any adequate benefit. These tolls are, however, in each instance, burdened with heavy debts, incurred under the authority of :acts of parliament, and for these debts, in two . cases out of the three, the "Passing. Tolls" form practically the sale security. But the question as to the mode in which unjust or impolitic dues, thus lurdened, should be dealt with is one of great magnitude. We believe that there are elsewhere charges on whips, or on % goods carried in, ships, levied upon parties who do not receive from the application of these taxes any adequate benefit, but which form a part, if.not the whole, of the security for debts contracted' under 41 statutable authority, and :it is probable that the amount of these 'elterges and debts is considerable. We :have not, 'indeed, as yet, had. either time 'or opportunity to .obtain accurate information upon this subject, but it is clear that the principle upon which any suggestions with regard to the " Passing Tolls" and the debts secured upon them might be founded, would be likewise applicable to the other charges to, which we -have referred. Again, in two ,cases out: of the three, the future maintenance of the liar boUrs, no less than the -lights of the creditors, .depends on 'the " Passing Tolls," and it would, in our judgment, be premature to enunciate a principle of dealing with 'har bours thus situated, until we are more accurately informed With regard to the number -and the nature of the cases -to which the application of such a principle wordd extend. We think, moreover, that it would be desirable to - submit to her Majesty at the same time, and in the same report, bur recommendation with respect to all the charges on ships, or on goods carried in skips, which are levied at each of the harbours to which we have referred, as well as those which are collected elsewhere for their maintenance. At Dover, both fees and duties are levied'on ships, and on goods carried in ships, which form part of the borough fund ; and at both Dover and at 'Whitby a local „coal duty is collected in aid of the rates for paving, watching, light ing, &c. Each of these taxes forms part of the security for the debts of the corporation, and lighting and paving commissioners respectively. Now the system which town dues, &e., are levied on ships, or on goods carried in ships, and applied to town or municipal purposes, prevails in many, if not the majority, of the principal ports of the United Kingdom. The annual amount thus levied and expended is - not at present accurately known to us, but it may probably be estimated at approaching half a million per annum ; and the debts secured on these town dues, &c., are undoubtedly large, probably proportionate to the revenue. This subject, then, is one of great importance, not only to shipowners, but to the public ; and we feel that at this early stage of our inquiry, and with the in complete information which we at present possess, it would be premature, and might prejudice the deliberate consideration of the whole subject, if we were to submit any specific recommendations with regard to the above mentioned charges levied at Dover and Whitby, forming, as they do, but a small branch of an extensive and com plicated question." The report concludes by stating that the commissioners are busy obtaining information on the points referred to above, and that they vvera about to pro ceed on a tour 4f inspection ty th ‘ _vat optports,-.-Sunder land News. the cathedral cite Durham ie necessary arrangements, they accordingly proceeded' thither ; but what was their mortification, to find on their arrival that the Bishop and all the clergymen were away .at a visita- "ndaunte )y this rebuff to their fond anticipations, they determined to; try another place, and so hastened by first train to Newcastle. But there too a misfortune awaited them which they had not calculated upon. .They did not arrive in the " canny town" till after twelve o'clock—of course a con siderable time too late for the marriage rites to be cele bribed that thty. What was to be done P they had gone s( Aftei liavi Yes—th dared so . much, would they not hied, the marriage was duly , pair came back their way rejoicing, vertiser. )erformed, and the happy '—Durham Ad- ACTION AGAINST TILE HON. MR. LIDDELL, M.P.— An action was tried at the Croydon Assizes, on Tuesday in which the plaintiff, named Morris, sought to recove] damages From the Hon.. Mr. Liddell, on a declaratior meat, a second fa Ltion, and a third for libeL The plaintiff had been engaged as valet to the defendant far a considerable period, and at the time the occurrence took place he was staying with him in that capacity at Ravensvrorth Castle, the seat of Lord Ravens worth,.father of the defendant. On the night of the 31st December the 4efendant and his lady retired to their bed room, the door of which was left ajar, and about three ,D clock in the morning Mr. Liddell, having occasion to go into the dressing-room adjoining-the bedroom, discovered that some person had been there while he and Mrs. Liddell hiad.been asleep, and that a considerable quantity of vet valual)le jewellery, :and £lOO in money, had b from own dressing-case, and that a great deal of simila property had also been taken from aloOic belonging to Mrs. Lidel4ll. The,police were called in, and the plaintiff was ' taken into custody on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery.; but after undergoing one or two examinations before . a magistrate he was discharged, and he brought the present action to recover damages for what was alleged to be -his .illegal detention , under the circumstances. The evidence to support the -count for libel went to show that a person acquainted with the plaintiff wrote to Mr. Liddell, informing him that lie had applied to the plaintiff for some motley he owed him, and that he told him he could not pay 'lam, because Mr. Liddell had .a.et paid him his wages, and inquiring whether this was true.; to which ' Mr. Liddell wrote in reply that he had discharged the plaintiff on account of his being implicated in a robbery ' to a large extent at Ravensworth Castle, but that he had I: paid him all the wages to which be was entitled,. For the defendant, it was urged, that taking the plaintiff into • custody was the act of the police, that there was reason able cause of suspicion that the plaintiff was a person concerned in the robbery, and that the letter which I formed the subject of the third count did not amount to a libel. . The jury returned a verdict for the defendant upon the ,two counts for the malicious prosecution, and upon the count for libel they gave a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £5. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS, A MOST EFFICIENT REMEDY FOR 111 LE, INDIGESTION, AND DEBILITATED CONSTITUTIONS. —The extraordinary powers of this medicine, in curing dis orders of the stomach, bile, indigestion, and liver complaints are wonderful. Thousands whose lives were a !written to them, whilst suffering from these complaints, are now enjoy ing the best of health by taking these invaluable ' pills, and strongly recommend their use to others similarly A few doses give relief, and a continuance of them for a short time effects a perfect cure. Persons whose constitutions , have been weakened by long resid ence in hot climates cannot • have a more certain remedy to restore them to robust health than Holloway's Pills. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. Extract of a letter written by John Molard Wheeler, Esq., Collector of been handed , b , y his brother, a t Customs, Jamaica, having Swindon, to Mr. I'rout, for publication:— I know you have' never had occasion to take lilairs Pills, but let me emphati cally tell you, in mercy to any friend who may suffer from' gout, rhueinatic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, or any branch of that widely-allied family, to recommend their using then]. In this country they are of wonderful efficacy ; not only am I personally awa re of their p o w e rs , but I see my . friends and acquaintances receiving unfailing benefit from 'their use. I would not be without them on any account. taken in the early stage of disease they dissipate it altogetherit : if in a later, they alleviate pain, and effect a much B cure, than by any other means within my knowled ge r ed g n ie hi r by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout th London Ki ng d om, MO 2s. 9d. per box I Dietey in lieu of a Rr vark of the country' on artificial memory, comes into court with title, family Bible, clergyma certificate, titled lady witnesses, able attornies, and coup of standing at 'the bar. Among the documents is purporting to be an autograph genealogical declaration the late Sir Hugh Smyth, declarinc , "Richard Hu • Smyth" to be his legitimate son and heir; and the tale the lost heir runs_ thus : He . was the son of a first m , . _ in every sc riage, which the Sir 1 the victim of a ' ichard traA rscally butler lately, but an imperfect knowieuge or Ms owu 1.1111.11, had but recently discovered a beloved half-brother and uncle. He so tier succeeded with certain ladies as to c vince them of his true heirship; and thus he entered court the hero of a romance. "It is under cross-examination that the case bre down. The accomplished baronet, professor of mnemon cannot remember a variety of essential circumstanc cannot sell the names of his nearest friends, calling : , 1.1--L Knox • Lora IN ox ; comesses isizu Liv imasuac,.. ~.... picture was that of his mother, and a Mrs. Forland gave him ; avowed that he preferred to spell ' vicissitude ‘viacitudes ;' justified the spelling of 'sett asside' on tl authority of old authors ; showed as a mark by which a lost heirs ought to be discoverable, scars on his rigl hand, probably the remains of scrofulous disease; pr( duced a box in court which was to contain a family sea though no seal was in it ; produced another seal with family motto of ' Qui capit capitur,' engraved . ' Qt cupitcapitor.' The nature of the case was becomi third day, Sir Frederick Thesiger, the rightful owners of the title, asked the plaintiff how a letter which he wrote, and which he dated on the 13th of March, and sealed with a Smyth 'Seal, could contain the 1 impression of a deed which had not been obtained before ; the 17th of that month ? Sir Richard Hugh Smyth turned pale, and asked permission to leave the court 'to recover himself.' Sir Frederick objected ; and at that moment, by ; an accident which would be 'unnatural' in a melo-draina, atelegraphicmessagehad arrived from London, announcing i whom ' Sir Richard' had employed to makei ; • that the police had discovered an engraver in Oxford-street, ris ree old man confessed that this charge . of . ner to family relics. Amidst a deep silence forging the court, was gaol—not for the first time ; true. The last heir and plai be nt i i s tf a t ble and audacious action The defence of this unwarran a IrveasturliediedacoliTict." for the threw np their briefs in issai isd tao3lieauvnegcol,sidt3s,,eavieldrala t n i l l i o l u ie s ; a . nd pounds. The defen dantAt the time when the counsel. d . _ rd of fifty . The defence, we understand, would have been i t i l e iis sses rem to a l la e b x l a e m e m as . ed e tl f i e e r re u r ie ema pla n i i i e ltiff up e A n a d e s ighty defendants. of the most com pl e te kind. It would have be en prove d b y Mr. Herapath, the analytical chymist of Bristol, that the deeds were forgeries, the ink and the sealing wax being of modern date, and another peculiarity, not hitherto noticed, would have been established in the seal. The distinctive mark of the barontage is, as our readers are aware, a blood. hand, and this hand is al ways engraved upon: a small shield, which is placed upon the family bearings. In making the seal ordered by the plaintiff the engraver was only able to get in upon the small shield a hand with three fingers and a thumb, and the fourth finger is likewise deficient in the impression uil. n the deed. The Bishop of Gloucester and B r i sto l has ascertained that Dr. Verney Lovett, who was alleged to have married Sir Hugh in Ire land, did not take his degree of D.D. until 1809, which was ten yea rs a ft er th e alleged nuptials. It has also been ascertained that on the day of the alleged interview • h Sir John Smyth, Mrs. Wray was not at Heath-house,Nrintor did the baronet go out at all. The prisonesrhisu,chhotwheavt homee service,subse quently, whilewashe seen near the lodge-gate. We hear also that it howeverrwould establisheddgetolkngelding a rese rfle T re e d t e , the titioatown plaintiff hitlhe ei l ne trial,f left have been gb i ee l a ie nn in 1814, he was in Bath keeping a school in accused while there of an abomi admitted to bail, which bail he ce th , at an h d e N% w ,as as n ij a ad bre m o e ff a e d n' ran from and forfeited. A to of theevent his separation . from his then wife, Ma was who had it is 'Said - before her m • ry Ann Whittick, arrutge lived ' i service 4- Asbton-court, and who subset l ' 11 a " equent y, beyond all doubt, D ull eY, county 311 Maddock in_ of so it I-1 . arcort of 1 arid William IN creased to £3lO 5 ; Wales, formers C2ll flaw C2ll _ a n c ourt with £lOO per annu ed in like manner for th we should not have hm.,.,4 nn_ .ch and Stai HOETICULTUI FLOWER IiARDEIS hich hale nor so IT( ley for a --`'...--- _ tlr 3limrns. The cor ppears that in the co ler, had his fjttentic On WO-5 T him, obsery orough ed that his ban Itained with . blood. lln 9, field. nn'l d the 'he nU forty yE )f Arrnon. ,—On is nd of t 'use was Le Duke the ITI 3' routed upwarc it improvement npol lay the whole of th the ell":,r - ° 1 1 More so than if made, will Yester- 'len regime out, which have been thrown up round the camp W ere torte stormed and grand field-day. To-day will also witness the performance of a grand sham battle, and to blown up by gunpowder, du ring marrow the same again. the operations of the This latter day will be the last field-day which is ever likely to take place at ellobbam, since next year the whole of the common will be enclosed. O n Th urs d ay the troops will rest, and prepare for their march. On Friday the first division leave, and on Saturday evening the whole encampment will. bout t The when it w RCCI R. Arden, B 1, Tl. A., Curate of N irtin ..• I . l_ • _ Vica klei. ackton-on-Te Rev. G. 13. 11 to Agbadoe, Co - Rev. J. Dowdsley, to the Curacy of Killiailet near Worth irq! E. K. Elliott, M CI .A., t o t h e Rectory . Rev. J. r n. renwick, M.A., to the Incurnbi Church, Needwood, Staffordshire. Rev. G. J.Giii,B.A., to the I ncumbeacyot Cox Rev. H. Gipps, M.A, Canon Residentiary of dral, and Vicar of Corbridge, near Hcx)-- of Horncastle, Rev. F. Gipps, M.A., Curate of Rota, C°Ftrbevri.dle.'Ar''e.arGrieffixthha,ml3 hire ..A., to the C uracy near Conway, Caparyons. lamilton, to t Wexford if H.M.S m, to tt Co. Kerry. orth, Wilts on, near ,th.irol Co. Longford. ,t' Broadwater, of Christ ey, Somerset. ~ . arhsle Cathe a the Vicarage Le Vicarage of .-, Curacy of New Ross, county Hemphill, to the Curacy of Temp . - Tipperary Rev. J. S. Hill, M.A., to the Curacy of Si Salon. Rev. A. J. Maclean, M.A., to the Rectory of Charlcomb, Somerset._ _ Rev. F. P. Le Maitre, 8.A.. to the f near Staplehurst. , R ev . P. S. Newell, to the Rectory of East Lydrord,Somerst Newall,the Vicarage of Clifton-spot. Dinsmore, with Brownsover annexed, near Rugby. Rev. M. O. Norman, 8.A., to the Rectory of Harty, Lei cestershire. _ Rev. Nunn, 8.A., to the Rectory of Thorndon, near Eye, Suffolk. Rev. G. A. Oldham, 8.A., to the Curacy of Dorking, Surrey. Rev. N. Proctor, to the Curacy of Tralee, county Kerry. Rev. C. M. Robins, M.A., to the Incumbency of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Crockham-hill, Westerham. Rowlands, 8.D., Fellow of Queen's Colle:re, and Rector of St. Botolph, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Grim_ Norfolk:. Curacy of Appledore, s newly-appointed examining Ch apla i n, to the Vicarage Ven. J. Sandford, 8.D., Ar c hd eacon of Coventry, his lord_ pp with Hollow annexed, near Worcester. Rev. J. A. Sellar, M.A., late Assistant Master at Trinity College j Glenalmond, to a Canonry in Perth Cathelral, and to the Rectorship of the C a th e d ral Gra.— • - Rev. W. P. Treveylan, 8.C.L., to the Pt Broomfield, Somerset. Rev. C. W. Underwood, M.A.. to be Vice- Collegiate Schools, Liverpool. Rev. J. A. Wanton, 8.A., to the CL. Rev. T. Wodehouse, 8.A., to the Edmund, Vobster, Somerset. Rev. W. F. Young, to the Curacy of Ballysheehan, cc Tipperary. now. ual Curacy of icy of Tont Principal of thi edge, Kent Curacy of St C 111.71101 EXTENSION AT STIEPPTELD.-111C Rev. Canon Trevor continuing to be excluded by the vicar from the parish pulpit, notwithstanding his election as parish chap, lain by the trustees, the inhabitants have determined-I build a church, to be called St. Andrew's 0— vicinity of Sharrow, where a large and inir Jinn is rapidly - - 'll, in 1-1 ant pot NEW CHURCH. AT BILOOKLEY-lIILL FAILS, 1'( RILL—The C,andnsoervatiTe Land S oc i e t y has reserved a p rtion of l, on_the smm - tal.4 111. r o the urYstal u Tx_ It of the Ifr oc kl ey- hi ll Ps a ... iuuce, tor the site of a new I chump subscriptions for the endowment have been al romised by many sharehomem The proposed Church will be surrounded by an ornamental garden, with walks, shrubberies, &c., f or the special nice of the allottoes on the terrace, which commands' one of th e fi nest views in 1 all Kent. RESTORATION Or CA.I3 ( • - - 'IsLE CAT were recei ?dies .oere were four eompetitorb , As. Dove and Vagey, for £11,631. 7s. 7d., were the su ssftd parties, their offer being £5,000 below the highest. The alterations contemplated are extensive. Th, ceiling of the choir is t o hp i ciredat" . ceiling rector ) on without interini NOBLE EXAMPLE t, son of the Arehbishop-Z Cathedral church .of Yorli flees in the neighbono,,,„A h. A-8.7 value £l9O, Dean anclChap, AND GI