The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-18 00:00:00

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S. \VATERH TO PURCI-I4 IffE3:2l To nSf v he has co Ljverpool nn ill yiehl re also intimates that the Giving a description of the v they produce, and the prices ( he had, gratis, by applying Liverpool, where Plans of tilt will be given. The Circular ah Villas ancl.Conntry Cottages f Persons living_ at a forwarded to. them t their address. IVIFTED, a AI ,I_I_,NATioNAL S( Derby-road a convenient near to the s -rooms, Four and Agent, 4, Derb: CAPITAI s s Fg -- PROPERTY, - 1:1iING SOCIETIES infor Ul a n ttb STRESS fo. TOOLS o .20,( purchaser now ready, and may 19, Clayton square, id every information aber of Suburban ire the Property Circular Ps with BRIDE'S a Certificate w•oald sent to the R A GERMAN PROTESTANT LADY, who has been livinz for the lest rw,. - .. - - • I haeine the ellatze of F SITUATION to TEA C FRENCH. Has no of if required. Address. J. N.. Post is Farnil ificlren, is desir( RMAN ohtnininz he RUDIMENTS of dressing the children. .Ibourhood of the FLTRNIF 4 T-lED HOTTF4 AVANJED to REN 11 Pinale, a well FP fl less ilinn Fon of not for n Gentlemar ommodation 3larch next Particuirtils may required in CLERK ANT) ASSISTAN7' TO MASTER WANTED. 1' TIE GUARDIANS are desirous of appointing a CLERK, who, i n a d dition to Keeping the Books an Accounts relatin z t o t h e Workhouse, wil! he required to Assist the Master in the General Duties of the Establishment. Salary .°5O per annum, with Board and Lod • - Applications, with Testimonials, before TUESDAY. the 18th instant, By order of the Board, Y Uxio tging in the house to be sent to me, on or 2, Elliot-street, Liverpuot, ILLIANI CLEAVER, Union Clerk '9/71 1553. LIVERO DOCKS. TENDERS P PO R I OLIVE' OIL. THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS i are ready receive ]REFINED for the SUPPLY of THREE THOUSAto ND GALLONS D of REFINED OLIE OIL, for the use of their Lighthouses, to be delivered at the Buoy Store, Toxteth Dock, Liverpool, free of all charges, not later than the list of February, 1853. Payment, by banker's bill, one month after the delivery has been found satisfactory. The casks, when emptied, will be returned to the contractor's order. A sample of not less than two gallons to be sent to the Office of the Dock Surveyor, Dock yard, south side of Coburg Dock, not later than the 22nd instant. The samples will be paid for, if required. The Tenders must he sealed, and addressed to the "Chair man of. the Sub-committee for the Marine Department," endorsed "Tender f or Oi l, " and sent under cover to the Secretary. Each sample must bear a mark, which it is requested may not indicate the patty sending it; and the corresponding Tender must contain a similar mark for the purpose of identification. An interval of one fortnight will necessarily elapse between the receipt of the samples and the acceptance of the Tender, in order to afford time for carefully testing the samples. By order, DANIEL MASON, Dock-office, Live r p oo l , 11th January, 1553 Secretary.. NOTICE TO EMIGRANTS. AUSTRALIAN TENT DEPOT, EAST SIDE S'ALTHOCSE DOCK, R. LAMBET, AGEN. OFFICE-13, CORER-PIAZZA'S. GEORGE'S DOCK, T LIVERPOOL. N.8.--Emigrnnts can also be supplied at the Depot with Iron Folding Bedsteads, Chairs, Bedding, Hammocks, with all Im plements requisite for the Emigrant. BANK OF LIVERPOOL. THEFORTY-FIRST DIVIDRND. DIRECTORS of the BANK of LIVERPOOL do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE to the Proprietors, that they have declared.tt HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of per Cent. per Annum, on the increased paid-up Capital Of the Company, (beim; 10s. per Share.) from the Ist of Jnly to the 31st December, 1852 ; and that such Dividend will be paya ble at the Bank of the Company, in Water-street, on and after Friday, the 21st January instant, between the hours of ten and three on each day. Dated at Liverpool, this 11th day of January, 1853. By order of the Board, JOSEPH LANGTO, Manner. Each Proprietor will b e expected, (if re quired N ,) on applying for his Dividend, to produce the Certificate or Certificates of his Shares. The Transfer Books will I inclusive. closed until the 21st instant, _ LIVERPOOL SUNDAY -SCHOOL INSTITUTE. THIS EVENING, (Tu - EsnAy,) the ISth instant. LECTURE on JOHN MILTON, by the Rev. WILLIAM GRAHAM, In the CONCERT -HALL. Chair to be taken b THOMAS BLACKBURNE, Esq., at Half-past Seven o'clock Doors open at a Quarter before Seven. Admission : Body, 3d. Gallery, 6d. ; Reserved Seats, Is. Tickets for the Course may Body, Is. Gd.; Gallery, obtained at the Institute SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL. A T the INSUAL PUBLIC MEETING of the Ix FRIENDS of the SOUTHERN &TOXTETH HOSPITAL, held at the Clarendon -rooms, South John-street, on MONDAY, the 17th January, 1853, W. R. SANDBACH, Esq., in the chair, the following Resolutions were adopted 1. Moved by Mr. J. B. YATES, and seconded by Mr. E. CROPPErt—" That the warmest thanks of this meeting* be given to the President, W. R. Sandbach, Esq.. for the attention he has uniformly paid to the interests of the Institution." 2. Moved by the Rev. H. HAMPTON and seconded by Mr. H. BANNNR—"That the thanks of this meeting are due and hereby given to J. B. Yates, John Job, and Matthew Gregson, Esqrs., Vice-Presidents, for their great attention to the Institution." 3. Moved by Mr. JANIEE SMITH and seconded by Dr. PETRIE —"That the warmest thanks of this meeting be given to Willi am Fisher, Esq., th e T reasurer, John Aikin and Joseph Russell, Esqrs., the Auditors, and that they be respectfully tepuested to continue their effi c i ent services for the ensuing year. ' 4. Moved by SANIUEL JOB, and seconded by Mr. INGRAM— " That the best thanks of this meeting* be presented to the Rev. George Dover, honorary Chaplain, aided by his curates, for his valuable services in the hospital." 5. Moved by Mr. RUSSELL, and seconded by Mr. HARRISON— " That the warmest thanks of this meeting be . given to the honorary medical officers of the institution-for their gratuitous and most efficient services during the past year." 6. Moved by Mr. MARTIN, and seconded by Mr. FISHER— .' That the cordial thanks of this meeting he e to cler and dissenting m i n i sters, for their advocacy o iv f n thethe gy claims of the hospital." 7. Moved by Mr_ it I. 1...--- • —"That 1 and subsc tonged by Mr. ATKIN given to the donors ,erally responded to ended by le offered nded by Mr. C. CHAL• meting be presented tc r uniform attention crests of the insti- ed hV Mr. ING RA M ate the Committee Presidents the cal Dr. to the lark articles." 9. Moved , 1 )) , Mr. I LI N 1 That the b, the house stirs•pnt, to their various tution." ed by the F 'on, for ry Chaplain ng Physician AM, and hanks c 10. Moved by Mr. CRQPF —" That the following get the ensuinz year : Matthew Gregson, John Job, Esq., Joseph Brooks Yates, Esq., James Ingram, Esq., William Fisher Esq., Treasurer John Aikin, Esq., Russell, Es q . , I Auditor! d Rev. Thomas 80, Mr. Harmoor, Banner Mr. Charles Mr. Fdvirard Cropper ?Ir. Robt. Christie Mr. Roger Fisher Mr. John Farnworth Mr. Arthur P. Fletcher Mr. Adam S. Gladstone Mr. Charles Grayson Mr. Thomas Grund Mr. Gilbert Harrisony Rev. OPnrge Soh Dover, He n Grinci rod , - Medical OB , M.D. Honc John Cameron, Esq . , , Physi Air. Joseph Ch,; Mr. O }Surge r. J. L. Minshu rt ll, rl, James Petrie, Esq., M.D., 91 r Samuel Jones r H. liciderness bberds - --- _ xecu. LIST OF DONATIOMS FOn. . Thomas_.anmhhttl:clale, Esq., or i s i of the late William Lassell, Esq. Mayor, beim: proportion T&inniitt:eaubscribeti for Charitybythe Election} 200 0 0 ointoe.mthaismAvOi,oun, '' ' E. — sq . .. ........................... : ...... : -• of the orchestreaLlotP emah,,on tehproceeds of a Performance *Of the ** by the Members . 100 0 0 Society.. . De cember, Liverpool Philharmonic 70 0 0 * all, ESq• .•.• •• *************** ThW. R. Sancit;aCii.,..,,' ************* omas Derry Hollis(' ************************** John Aikin, Esq. Robert Christie, i'',i . : ********** • : *************** Roger Fisher, Esq. ********************************** Joseph Mann, Esq. ............................ Mrs. Elizabe th Harrison ." ........... DMembers of the Olympus Cricket 'dftji; ...... aniel Bell, Esq .................. ."• James Crell!n, E5q..... ... , .......... Fine levied upon Servants of Messrs. iii*e.. Miss Wilbraham . ............ ..... ..... G. M. B rowne, Esq. ................. Mrs. Holm e Ladies Thank-offering, per Ilev.Geor William Rath! , one, Esq. Bartholomew French, Eso 50 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 0 1 10 0 1 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 4 ) 0 0 irqu ,;ci 'ge -- _ - ---,..T.,.....,„„ ...... RAILWAY ASSESSMENT.—The Lancashire and York_ shire Company was rated in November last for a portion of the main line and the branch passing through liorbury. The rateable value of the main line was fixed at £l3OO Per mile, and the branch at £2OO per mile. The corn- Deny appealed recently against the rate to the West Riding ses sions at Wakefield • the case occupi e d near ly three "!3:8, and th e court allowed the appeal with costs, and ordered the rating o f th e main line to be reduced to 4750 resullolEf', end that of the branch to £5O per mile.—The pany, aftethe appeal of the Shrewsbury and Chester Com of the total lengthened inquiry, has been the reduction £125 per toiliess.essment at Ruabon from £977 to £631, of a reduction to and in Gwersyllt from £464 to £293, of Thentary cost of 125 per mile. — The est i mate d parlia branches to Clif ton • Ske d the East Lanc as hi re Company ' s proposed liport an ln - The Cleretand leSrasldfoaired i x s 8 £ 1, 1 0 3 0 0 0 ,?00, and of th ose If crald te lls of the loss o f ^arelessn eas of th e ' - "heel r e , . captain, who sto o d - ...a ic Inn. a..---, • TERRIBI teatner by the unon the pilot-house. tF lotions in a mine dation he rang tr.,. " back her." The eng, boat parted in the centre e, , arld a ro s c_k_ app--;a-4 head, in trepi. anead" and ene to both bells, and the I GRAN EST CONCERT ROOM IN THE WORLD THOMAS'S UNRIVALLED BAND, TVINTER CONCERT PROMENADE EVERY EVENINO ONE SHILLING. PHILHARMONIC HALL TO CORRESPONDENTS. --When the salary is paid quarterly it is usual to give ce; or a moot Vs notice, monthly, the notice depending in a great measure on the t. , rvals of payment We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communications on subjects of local or general interest ; and if ourfrinds will be good enough to authenticate the same by their signa tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged. THE LIVERPOOL STA_NDARD, UESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1853. has more than once raised his warning voice against the supineness of our Whig rulers, who allowed our national defences to fall into decay ; and it was left for the late Administration, who nobly persevered in their measures, to commence the necessary steps for placing this country in a proper position. It is to be hoped, however, that the present coalition Cabinet is alive to the importance of continuing the work so well begun. An order in Council has been issued for raising the number of the militia defi cient in the levies of last year; and we understand that orders have been received by the commanders of the several local forces, for the staffs under their respective commands to hold themselves in readi ness to be called on if required. It is by far the most prudent policy to be prepared beforehand, and it may have the effect of averting the danger which a want of preparation might have precipitated. TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 18, 1853 ANOTHER VICTIM TO ROMISH TYRANNY. WE were enabled to announce last week the intel ligence received by electric telegraph of the death of FRANCESCO MADIAI, one of the victims of the intolerant tyranny of Rome, as exercised by her tool, the GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY. We have no oc casion to enter into a lengthened statement of the alleged crime for which the, innocent couple, MA DIAI and his wife, were condemned to the punish ment of the galleys for a series of years. All the world must be familiar with that glaring act in which Rome wrote herself down anti-christian,—in which she verified her claim to the worst which her enemies have laid to her charge. History is thickly stained with instances of the demoniac tyranny with which Rome persecuted her victims, and submitted the unbelievers in her strange doctrines to the most diabolical tortures. It was a system which would have disgraced the wildest hor.le of savages, but time had somewhat dimmed the horror of the pic ture, and too many were inclined to attribute much of the enormity to the barbarity of the age in which such deeds were perpetrated. The age of martyr dom, it was believed, had long since passed away, and though Rome had lost none of that pestilent heresy which made the adoration of the images of saints a substitution for the worship of the DEITY, and the intercession of the VIRGIN MARY an equi valent for the mediation of the REDEEMER, it was at least supposed that she had become more civilised in the mode of propagating her soul-destroying errors. It was all a delusion, and Rome, through her minion LEOPOLD, the GRAND DUKE of Tus- CANY, has testified to the world at large that she is unchanged and unchangeable. She has all the will, and lacks only the power, to perpetrate the most barbarous enormities of which history accuses her. She is only wanting the means to fill the cup of her infamy to overflowing, and arouse the wildest spirit of vengeance from common humanity, in order to crush such a concentrated pest-house of thefoulest crimes, which is blazoned forth in the blasphemous mockery of Christianity. This poor Italian couple, of whom the blood of one, and the still lingering pains of the other, cry aloud to heaven for vengeance, had no other accusation against them but that of having read the Divine Revelation to all man kind. They did, indeed, but receive the glad tidings which should be to all people—for there was not a particle of evidence that they attempted to dissemi nate the glorious light of the gospel, or make prose lytes—and for this, which is the inherent right of every soul born into the world, the foul demon of Antichrist, of which Rome is the incarnation, awarded them a punishment exceeding in severity that usually allotted to felons. This is no highly coloured picture drawn by enthusiastic partisans to serve a political object, but a naked fact, patent to all the world, and standing out in its glaring de formity. It is no longer an accusation, for which argument may interpose a palliation, but a damning record,which no sophistry can wipe away, that Rome, in the nineteenth century, in this age of civilisation, is animated by the same spirit which justified the persecution of the Albigenses, and prompted the massacre of ST. BARTHOLOMEW. It is only that the arena is contracted, that for wide Christendom her absolute controul is limited to the petty domain of Tuscany, or such scenes would bti too common even to be recorded, and we should again see the time when Sighs and groans and shrieks that rend the air Are made, not marked. In England her surpliced tools may speak with bated breath and whispering humbleness, but it is only the craft which teaches them to bide their time; and though in France and Austria they have more swing, they are there Considerably checked by that under current of democratic tendency which may break out, as it has done before in Paris and Vienna, and endanger the thrones of the respective Emperors. There priestcraft is but an to military desp ot i sm, and its harpy claw aid s are there fore muffled for a season, yet still responsive to the same truth, which cannot be too often echoed, that Papal Rome is as sanguinary in her desires and as unmitigated in her ferocity as ever she was in her worst days. It is only a few years si nce we had account s of the discovery by Capt. HARRIS Of the ki ng d om of Shoa, in the interior of Africa, in which some remains of Christianity were still preserved, but so debased by barbarism, that its worshippers offered human sacrifices. Does Rome, with all her advantages of civilisation and refine ment, offer a better picture to the view ? She had glossed over her enormities with the veil which had been woven by Jesuitical cunning, but the oppor tunity for gratifying her true spirit has been afforded her by the little Potentate of Tuscany ; she has thrown aside the veil, and now stands exposed to the world in all her hideous deformity, not one whit ch,aner than the naked Christian savages discovered in the middle of Africa. But why say all this in England, where the apologists for the persecutions committed in Florence are admitted to sit as legislators—where the professors of this foul doctrine are actually Ministers of State—where the public money is voted to educate and maintain the priests who propagate this pestilent heresy —and where every - - encouragement, short of sacrificing the Reformed Church to their rapacity (and this may soon be done in Ireland), is given by the men now elevated by faction into power ? The Protestant subjects of QUEEN VICTORIA are not sufficiently alive to the dangers which threaten them, and it is only the occurrence of such an event as is now recorded which excites due attention. But Rome has for years past been insidiously extending her influence, deeming no degradation too low, if by stooping she may advance one step towards her object. Her priests, her mass-houses, her nunneries, and other means of perversions have been considerably in creasing in numbers in this country, while in Ireland, with her own friends in power, and reli gious liberty made the pretext for the surrender to her of every claim, it needs some more decided action than has hitherto been taken even to main tain our own position against such a wily and un scrupulous antagonist. A letter from Florence, which has been subse quently received, throws a doubt upon the report of the death, but it cannot remove the stigma upon either Rome or her of sacer tool. If e i t h er of these victims dotal tyranny has b een spared, it is owing otwhs on the part of th e i r persecutors, who, to n no itmetracnyding the continued their persecution with relentless V'indic- lave been requested to Teticlvantages afforded by this the advertisement in our front s re ti mL tu ili t vl i d o E page. There will be no print given this year, but all the n ß o , r u:r s ° r i e s e a A t d eRrTs forth of n funds will rangeevoted to augment the number of prizes, which will g from £4O down to £5 each, and we un derstand will average one to every fifteen subscribers. COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY. IMPORTANT TO EMIGRATION AGENTS. In the case of KENNEDY V. Fox, his Honour gave judgment this morning. The learned judee said it was an action brought by a person, not authorised as a pas senger broker, to recover a sum of money for himself, or for certain emigrants, as commission for the trouble and expense he had been put to in procuring passages to Australia. It was objected on the part of the defendant, that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover under the 15th and 16th Victoria, cap. 44, and he (the learned judge) was of opinion the objection was well founded, for that act was intended as a protection to passenger brokers; and under the 67th section of that act no person whatever was entitled to recover, either from a passenger broker or any other person, any commission or fee for services to emigrants, unless acting with the authority of a broker. He considered that the interpretation which he put upon the act was such as the terms permitted, and such as justice required. Mr. Pemberton was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hime for the defendant, ACTION AGAINST AN ATTORNEY. SILBODEN V. BOGGLE.—This was an action tried before his honour on Saturday, in which the plaintiff, who is an auctioneer in this town, sought to recover •from the defendant, an attorney in South Castle-street, the sum of £lO, for money lent and money had and received under the following circumstances :--It appeared that some time ago a person named Kelly, formerly one of the police force, having disagreed with his wife, I( ft her, and deter mined upon selling his furniture. Accordingly Silboden was instructed by Boggie to remove the goods to the auc tion-room of the former, and prepare for the sale of them. Shortly after, Silboden was sent for by Boggie, and asked to advance £lO, which he did, and took defendant's acknowledgment for it. A few (lays after, at the instigation of Kelly's wife, through Arr. Pem berton, solicitor, it was agreed to give up the goods to her, on the costs of removal and expenses being paid. It then came out that neither Kelly nor his wife had authorised Boggie to borrow the £lO. The goods were given up, and the present action was brought. The defence was, that the money was re quired by Boggie for work and labour done by him as attorney for Kelly. The case occupied the greater por tion of the day, Sir George Stephen being for the plain tiff (instructed by Mr. Hughes), and Mr. Simon for the defendant (instructed by Mr. Davies). His honour, this morning, said he had carefully looked over all the papers and evidence connected with the case, and after a careful consideration of all the circumstances connected with it, he was of opinion that the plaintiff was entitled to recover, and that the defendant must seek his remedy from Kelly. A verdict was then entered for the plaintiff for £lO. COLLISION This was an action brouebt by Mr. Richard Davies, car proprietor, against Mr. Thomas Ford, omnibus pro prietor, to recover the sum of £9 for loss and injury done to a car belonging to the plaintiff. Mr. Hill appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bretherton for the defendant. It anpeared that on the evening of the 20th Nov., a little after 7 o'clock, a collision took place between the omnibus of the defendant and the car of the plaintiff, near the Northern Hospital, in Great Howard-street. According to the evidence of the witnesses for the plaintiff, including police-officer No. 505, it appeared the car was on the proper side of the road, and the driver of the omnibus en tirely to blame, but five passengers on the omnibus proved the contrary, and considered the car-driver at fault. His HON:C;UR said he would look at the spot where the collision took place, and deliver his judgment on Wednes day morning. ASSAULT,—BITING A THUMB OFF. BAnvics V . DERBYSHIRE.—This was an action to re cover damages for an assault. The damages were laid at £5O. Mr. Rime appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Aspinall (instructed by Mr. Woodburne) for the defen dant. The plaintiff is a journeyman ship-joiner in this town, and the defendant a farrier, living in Wood-street. It appeared from the evidence, that, on the night of the 23rd of August last, the plaintiff and a friend were spend ing the evening together, and having had some drink, went to a public-house kept by a person of the name of Forsyth, in 'Wood-street, about half-past twelve o'clock. Shortly after the defendant, the landlord, and some others, entered the house; a quarrel ensued, and the plhintiff was knocked down by the defendant, and, after some fighting, the defendant got the thumb of the plaintiff into his mouth, and nearly bit the end of it off. The thumb had caused the plaintiff to be very ill for several weeks, and it was_not yet well. Mr. A . Spinalfaddressed the court in behalf of the defend ant, and contended that the plaintiff had behaved very indecently, and had brought the accident upon I.imself. He called Thomas Woods, who said he was agent in Liverpool to Mr. Jubb, oilman, of New Yo r k, an d w h o was with the defendant on the night in question. He gave quite a different account of the affair to that deposed t,) by the witnesses for the plaintiff ; but, in eross• exami nation, he did not give a good character of himself, admit ting that ha often spent his nights in a brothel in Leigh street. Another witness, named James Richards, a joiner, living in Fleet-street, was next called, but his evidence differed from all the others. The learned Judge said he believed the witnesses for the plaintiff, but did not believe those called on the part of the defendants. He designated the assault as most gross, unmanly, and brutal ; and, though he was willing to encourage manly and fair con tests, he would discourage all such cases as that. He then ordered a verdict to be entered for £7 18s., expenses to which the plaintiff had been put, and £2O damages in addition. ANOTHER COLLISION CASE. BLEASDALE a. BIISBY.—This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a car proprietor, to recover £6 15s. for damage done to the horse of plaintiff in consequence of a collision with an omnibus belonging to defendant on the 13th November last, in Islington. As usual the witnesses on one side in this case attributed the blame to the driver of the omnibus, whilst those on the other side were of opinion the driver of the car was wholly in the fault. In this case also his honour reserved his judgment to Wednesday morning, in order that he might view the spot where the collision .liappened. The court rose at half-past seven o'clock. CHESHIRE MILITIA. -We are informed that the Militia for this county will be called out for training on the 24th inst. REPRESENTATION OF PRESTON.—The rumours that last week prevailed in this town respecting the declining health, and afterwards the death, of Sir George Strickland, were not without their effect on many of our old elee tioneerers, and at least half a dozen candidates were named for the honour of being his successor. Mr. Grenfield, Mr. German, Mr. Fort, Mr. Horsman, Lord Duncan, and others, were fixed upon, and in more than one instance steps were taken for providing us another representative without loss of time—Preston Chronicle. DISTRESSING DEATH OF A CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICER. One day last week Mr. William Richard Robinson, a custom-house officer, accidentally fell into the Prince's Dock, whence he was rescued, and immediately conveyed in a cab to his dwelling in Longville-street. Notwith standing the adoption of remedial measures, he continued to get worse, and died on Sunday from congestion of the brain, caused by immersion in the water. An inquest will be held on the deceased to-day. He was a married man, and has left a wife and family to lament his melancholy death. ST. PHILIP'S CIHTUCH, CHOHLEY, in the parish of Wilmslow, Cheshire, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Chester, on Wednesday. It has been built and en dowed by voluntary subscription, an contains accommo dation for 300 persons, nearly half of which is free. It has been erected with a view to its enlargement at some future time, when the wants of the neighbourhood may require it. After a sermon by the Bishop, the sum of £162 was collected, in aid of a fund for liquidating the debt incurred by the committee beyond the amount sub scribed, notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather, which prevented the attendance of many who would otherwise have been present. LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—The report of the committee, to be submitted to the annual meeting to morrow, shows that, notwithstanding the deficiency in subscriptions of £258, for a box and thirty-eight stalls which have not been paid for, (and which it is proposed to recover by legal measures,) th e li a biliti es o f t h e society have been reuced to the extent of £5OO. Owing to the non-payment of subscriptions until late in the year, some loss of interest is occasioned. In order, therefore, to place the payment of subscriptions upon a more equitable footing, the committee recommend the following bylaw to be adopted :—" Proprieto rs no t pay i ng their subscriptions within thirty days after the annual meeting, shall be fined Is. per seat; if not paid by the Ist of April, 25.; and an additional fine of Is. per seat for every month during the remaining part of the season that the subscription may be in arrear." The committee recommend the subscriptions for 1853 to be fixed as follows :—£3. 3s. each upon boxes and stalls; £2. 2s. front gallery places; and LI. Is. back ditto. The terms for annual subscribers to the stalls, £4. 4s. ; namely, £3: 3s. subscription, and £l. ls. for the use of each stall. Proprietors, to be allowed to nominate any resident gentleman for the season, upon payment of ss. for each nominee, as heretofore. The number of concerts to be eight, as last year. In lieu of the items of £2OO voted to Mr. Su'tlow, and £127. 3s. 2d. for "rent and office expenses," a charge of £3OO per annum will, in future, be made under the head of " office expenses," and which amount will include " rent, taxes, and clerks' salaries," as well as the usual compliment of £2OO to Mr. Sudlow, for his valuable services, voted in very flat tering terms by the society, at its general meeting in 1851, which, however, the committee find has been subject to several deductions, not intended by the vote, and which, in justice to Mr. Sudlow, ought to have appeared in for mer accounts as separate items. These will also be com prised in the allowance of £3OO, an arrangement which, though unattended with any pecuniary benefit to Mr. Sudlow, is more agreeable to his feelings, which the com mittee have had much pleasure in consulting on this occa sion. The committee consider that the best thanks of the society are due to the practical members for their valuable and efficient services during the past year. The receipts for the year are stated at £5,416. lis, lid., and the payments, £4,984.45. Pd. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION Trus protracted struggle draws its slow length along, until almost all interest in the result has ceased. It was confidently predicted by the friends RCEVAL, that circumstances had occurred of Mr. PE to prevent his friends coming to the poll—that a very few days would show a change in the relative and the discomfiture of Mr. GLADSTONE would be complete. Day after day, however, passed over, each one showing a small gain to the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, until at length the smallness of the additions to the poll proved that apathy had taken the place of - enthusiasm, and that the result was to be a re-election, through very in difference of the members of the University. It is at best a melancholy picture, that the centre of learning, the nursery of the Church, and the school of constitutional statesmen, should be so utterly regardless of its character and position, as to select for its.representative a man who has forfeited every - - - claim to the support of its members. Whether viewed as a churchman or a statesman, Mr. GLAD- STONE has not the slightest claim to public con fidence. In his religious views he is believed to combine the worst elements which recent contro troversies have thrown upon the surface. Extreme in his notions of ecclesiastical polity, he has co quetted with the best interests of the Church, while in his recent alliance with men verging on infidelity, he has shown an elasticity of conscience at which all churchmen may well be alarmed. As a statesman, he has professed Conservative policy, while he has joined with the wildest faction for its destruction ; and, in his present position, he has left no reasonable doubt that he is capable of pro ceeding to any extreme of democratic innovation, in order to gratify his personal ambition, or his vindictive spleen against abler men than himself. Yet, with all these glaring faults, which admit of neither defence nor palliation, he has received the votes of such men as Justice COLERIDGE, Sir THOMAS ACLAND, and Sir STAFrORD NORTH COTE ; while many others have been so far forgetful of the duty which they owe to themselves and to their country as to refrain from voting against him. But, whatever may be the result of this election, his troubles are to come. fie has to discover the wide difference between demolishing one Budget and being able to construct another ; and he may be sure that, though he will receive at the hands of the Conservative party much better treatment than he deserves, or has a right to expect, his measures will have to undergo the ordeal of a criticism which abler heads than his would shrink from encoun- tering, SPECULATIONS IN THE CORN TRADE. WE called attention, a short time since, to an ex traordinary speculation going on in the Corn Trade, by which large shipments consigned to one house were purchased on the continent, and sold in this country at a positive loss. It was then stated by some of our contemporaries, including the Manches ter Guardian, that the most probable solution of the seeming enigma was —either that the Earl of DERBY, through his agents, had promoted the speculation, in order to influence the elections through the country, or that LOUIS NAPOLEON was the prime mover, with the object of keeping down the price of flour in the south of France by depressing the English markets. We then ex pressed an opinion that no such solution was at all feasible,—it was too large a draught upon com mercial credulity, for the advantage to be gained would be infinitesimal compared with the extent of the sacrifice, as no amount of individual speculation in articles so largely in consumption as wheat and flour could have any sensible effect upon the market value. It now appears, from the examination which has taken place before the magistrates in London, that the whole affair may be attribute.] to a system of wholesale swindling, which, for extent and auda city, is almost unparalleled in the annals of com mercial roguery. A merchant, named PRIES, who is m custody on the charge of forgery, has been buying successive parcels of foreign wheat, and selling or pledging each parcel in order to pay for the preceding one. Not content with this mode of doing business, on which the aggregate loss must have been very heavy, he has resorted to the direct fraud of selling or pledging the same parcels more than once; and, in order to accomplish this, has forged the warrants which gave him an apparent ownership to the goods. The consequence has been, that one large house whom he has victimised has failed for a sum of nearly £400,000, and other houses have been sufferers to the extent of many thousands, while it is at present impossible to say where the mischief of such an enormous fraud may terminate. THE EMPEROR OF FRANCE. Tx a elevation of the Nephew of NAPOLEON B uoNA PARTE to the Imperial throne has been effected by so regular a gradation of circumstances,--the public mind has become so prepared for each successive step, as almost a necessary consequence of the one which preceded it,—that we have hardly been sufficiently awake to the results and the dangers to the peace of Europe which may possibly spring from such a reali sation of personal ambition. It would seem that the subject excited some attention among the Three Great Northern Powers, as a somewhat unexpected delay took place in the coveted recognition of LOUIS NAPOLEON'S inflated title, and the smaller powers of Germany waited until Russia had taken the ini tiative. This, after all, may be but the formality of etiquette, purposely delayed, in order to appear not over anxious for legitimate thrones to fraternise with a mushroom monarch ; and it has evidently galled the pride of LOUIS NAPOLEON, who has also been thwarted in his matrimonial speculation. We in England, however, have more to do with those belligerent propensities for which Frenchmen are never unwilling to find an occasion, and it may require more than the skill of Lord JOHN RUSSELL to avert the consequences which recent events in Europe have rendered more alarmingly possible, if not probable. It will be remembered that LOUIS PHILIPPE, from policy as well as inclination, was the personification of peace; and under his sway France, in alliance with England, proved an effec tual counterbalance to the growing desires of Russia and her northern allies. In LOUIS NAPOLEON, however, no other idea is identified than that which made his name alone a passport to the throne, and under his rule France has nothing in common with England, but, on the contrary, a remembrance of humiliating defeats, and an increasing anxiety to wipe out the stain which was so deeply imprinted at Waterloo and consummated at St. Helena. The means have been slowly but surely accumulating, a vast standing army is maintained in the greatest efficiency, and a powerful steam navy has been added, to leave none of that difficulty which the uncle found so insuperable in his flotilla at Boulogne. It is true that no overt act can be pointed to as one which would justify an alarm for the national safety; but when did Frenchmen want a pretext, or wait for provocation, if the demand of their leader was for military attack ? We, however, know that the policy which has ended in seating the adventurer of Strasbourg and Boulogne upon the throne of France, has also placed within his grasp a power for evil against which we cannot be too well pre pared. Should th e opportunity offer, it re qu i res but a word f rom hi m : h e h as b u t t o cry, " ' H avoc !' and let slip the dogs of war;" and there is nothing in all his antecedents which offers the slightest guarantee of his being restrained from saying that word through any feeling of good-will to England. The illustrious hero who now sleeps with the dead Fractures, compound simple 106 Dislocations Concussion of brain & fracture of skull. 64 Submersions Wounds, head and face various parts Contusions Burns and scalds Sprains ..... Medical cases Surgical „ Total Amputations.... Cured Deaths ........ Relieved (1.P.).. Left at own request Irregular The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. HARMOOD BANNER, and unanimously adopted. Thanks crere also unanimously voted to the president of the year, Mr. Sandbach ; to Mr. J. B. Yates, Mr. John Job, and Mr. M. Gregson, the vice-presidents ; to the treasurer (Mr. 'Wm. Fishes.), and Mr. John Aikin and Mr. Joseph Russell, auditors ; to the Rev. G. Dover, the honorary chaplain, and his curates, for their services to: the honorary medic a l offi cers ; t o th e Bi s h op, cler gy, and dissenting ministers, for their advocacy of the claims of the Institution on the public ; to the donors and subscribers ; to the ladies who had kindly furnished linen and other articles; to the house surgeons and matron. On the motion of Mr. CROPPER, seconded by Mr. INGRAM, the usual officers were appointed. Mr. M. Gregson was appointed President for the ensuing year, and Messrs. Job, Yates, and Ingram, Vice-Presi dents, and a most respectable and efficient committee. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE OF A FEMALE IN LIVERPOOL. About six months ago, an unknown lady from London opened a shop in Cases-street, Liverpool, for the sale of tobacco and cigars. She was somewhat good-looking, and her amiable deportment soon made her a general fa vourite with her neighbours, among the most inquisitive of whom, however, nothing could be learned as to her antecedents. She represented herself to be a married woman, and gave her name as Mrs. Crown, to which address many letters came by the post. About a fort night ago, it was observed with regret that she had begun to indulge in drink, and a moody melancholy seemed to have settled on her mind. In the meantime she had parted with her little servant maid, so that she was left alone in her dwelling. She got an humble but respectable married woman in the same street to come and assist her occasionally in cleaning the house, and to this person she at times revealed a sentiment or two contained in the letters she was in the habit of receiving, which, she said, were from her husband, who was a commercial traveller. On Sunday morning Mrs. Crown had her shop opened as usual, and about one o'clock she requested the neighbour, to whom we have referred, to bring her a noggin of gin, remarking, when it was brought, that she should " drink that at least, though she might never drink any more." At three o'clock Mrs. Crown was again seen by her neighbour, and up to this time she had taken no dinner, although some beefstakes had been prepared for the pur pTse. In the morning it was observed that :she had re ceived a letter by the post, and after its receipt she did not appear to be in very high spirits. About five o'clock her neighbour's little boy wandered into the shop, and seeing that the mistress was not present, he sat down on a chair outside of the counter. Some time elapsed, and still the lady did not appear ; and, as he had found the shop door wide open on his entrance, he thought some thing must be wrong, and alarmed his mother. The two immediately instituted a search, extending over the whole dwelling, from the cellar to the garret, and on the narrow stair leading to the latter the little boy stumbled upon what to him seemed the body of a woman. His cries brought the child's mother to the spot, and she ran for her husband, who in turn called a police officer from the street. On their proceeding to the garret staircase, the unfortunate woman was found in a sitting posture, near the top of the flight, . suspended by the neck from a cord fixed to a balustrade, immediately overhead. When found, the body was perfectly cord, and life quite extinct. The deceased had told some of her neighbours only recently that she was twenty-five Sears of age. A large collection of letters have been found in the house by the police authorities, but it would appear that the decease], previous to the commission of the rash act, destroyed all those portions of them which might have afforded a clue to the whereabonts of her mysterious correspondent, who never was known by any of the neighbours to make a personal visit. None of the envelopes could be found, and the letters are neither dated nnr subscribed in the usual form. They are intelligently and even well written, and are generally signed, " yours affectionately. Will," or "yours very truly, William F." An inquest will be held on the body of the unfortunate woman this day (Tuesday). THE LECTURE ON MILTON, as part of a course on Pro testant Nonconformists, is to be delivered by the Rev. Wm. Graham, at the Concert-hall, this evening (Tuesday.) SINGULAR EXHIBITION AT ST. ANNE'S CHURCH, OLD SWAN.—A correspondent informs us that, on Sun day forenoon, three or four Irishmen entered the church just previous to the commencement of Divine service, and under the impress!on that they were in a Romish mass-house, approached the communion rails in front of the communion table and commenced a ser i es o f ex ternal evidences of devotion, anythi an g odm b erh u aa t ,n.u g a r e at b i o fy y i ) n : e to the members of the true faith. On the arrival of the incumbent at the reading-desk, he was some what astonished at the intrusion, and some delay took place before the offendpearvsemcoeundltedlitbgoheturle:mseoeodl,dtlediinetserafenrd ence of the police being rendered necessary, D les ra a w n i d n thr S e C e E J N u E ve — ni I should like to be a beautiful Columbine, and ride about in a gold car drawn by white doves !" Au gus t us: " and SCENE.--Drawing - n r e o o a m totil r i . ibe f ea t r ( r % lt r ehiga t enu b oi e on.l P ,d a 3C n l t ia oro w.y i n m . ~e a ,— g roiedt rw nle l hz a e o on k lweet s hf rA w e en t l ds should ihnotwo rle a 1 i m k s to shouldof l dazzlingbikee mt ptplilnegultimate particles or anrl presenting gentlemen butter TIRED RAZORS.—Barbers often tell by u s th t e ha s t a r m az e or h s and e: tired of s h av i ng , but if laid by for 20 days, they will then shave well. By microscopic examination, it is 'found that fibres thean d tiinr o et f dh i e t r s asz s ao u rnr rf e a f c rd e oirm o e r c e t longi d o g n e sahtlarlos arranged like the edge of apiece of cut velvet.; but, after a month's rest, these fibres re-arrange thetr.F. , elyes heterogeneously, crossing each other, fibre supporting its fellow —and I i n .tond of being forced dawn ience cutting the beard, a saw-ice edge each flat without cutting, as when laid by. THE EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY. The annual meeting of the subscribers and supporters of the above valuable and truly philanthropic institution was held yesterday afternoon in the Clarendon-rooms, in this town. The Rev. W. HESKETH, of St. Michael's, occupied the chair. Mr. Jos. HADWEN, the hor of the committee, from which it a secretary, read the report eared that upwards of being a considerably In addi. 7,300 patients lave received r larger number than that of ous year. tion to the above 137 important operations have been per formed by the skilful medical officers attached to the in firmary, which have been attended with the most com plete success. Amongst the various interesting cases alluded to may be mentioned, as evincing the different periods of human life to which the benefits of this useful but unostentatious charity extend, that of an old man of upwards of 73 years of age, who was totally blind, and has had the sight of both eyes restored to him • also that of an infant born blind, who, b e i ng th e child of a poor soldier about to be draughted to another part of the country, underwent an operation at the age of three weeks, and was restored to its grateful and delighted mother with perfect vision. The report concluded with an appeal to the benevolent for their aid in clearing off the debt which has so long been an incubus upon the charity, and which still continues, though reduced in amount. Mr. HENRY CROSFIELD, the treasurer, then read the annual statement of accounts. He said that although great economy had been exercised during the past year, there still remained a balance of £l4l 9s. 6d. against the institution, and expressed a strong desire to see the charity placed in an unencumbered position, believing that the committee would then he able to extend its benefits very largely, with little increase to its annual expenditure. He alluded to the valuable services of the late Dr. Edwards 'e who had devot eci his time and talent in promoting the He suggested that some tribute objects of the charity _ . should be paid to his memory_ Mr. ISAAC HADIVEN moved the adoption of the report which was seconded by Mr. NEIL, who drew a pleasin contrast between the state of the Institution at the present time and what it was twenty }•Pars ago. Then the income of the Institution was only £7O, one-half of which was paid for rent of the hospital. At presentlthe Institu was in possession of an excellent and admirably adapted building, worth about £3OOO, and had an income of about £7OO a-year. After referring to the great increase of cases treated at the hospital, partly to be attributed to the Institution having become better known, the speaker concluded by seconding the resolution, which passed unanimously. - Mr. LlAR:moon BANNER moved the thanks of the meeting to the donors and subscribers, which was seconded by Mr. JAS. HOLME, and adopted. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. PooL, the thanks of the meeting were given to the patrons and other officers for their past services,—and they were reappointed, with the exception of the substitution of the name of the present mayor for the late mayor. Capt. GREIG moved a vote of thanks to the hon. medi cal officers, which was seconded by Mr. ISAAC HADWEN and carried. After the adoption of an alteration in the laws of the Institution, and passing a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL, The annual meeting of the friends and supporters of the above excellent Institution was held yesterday, at noon, in the Clarendon Rooms, W. R. Sandbacb, Esq., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, proceeded to read the report, from which it appeared that though the number of patients has not been so great as in the year 1851, the severe cases have been more numerous ; but the number of deaths has been very much lower, the per centage in 1851 having been 2.36, and in 1852 only 1.73. The committee would feel equal pleasure in referring to the financial affairs of the Hospital. At the beginning of the year 1E52 the Hospital was in debt to the extent of upwards of 4900. The debts now do not exceed £4OO HOUSE SURGEON'S REPORT. O.P 20 86 27 4 77 .. 208 21 .. 74 46 .. 121 144 .. 49 245 .. 203 SHIPPING TO AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OUT OF THE GREAT BRITAIN. By the Formosa, which left Melbourne on the 15th No- v2rnber, we have received the gratifying intelligence of the arrival of the - screw-stearaer Great Britain at Melbourne, on the 10th of November, aft splendid run from the Cape of Good Hope of twenty-four day r average Her engin speed having been 248 miles per (lay. hayed admirably, and there was no occasion to stop them during the whole time. The passengers expres° highest gratification at their voyage, and addresses signify_ :ed the ing the same were presented to Captain MATTHEWS from each cabin. When the Formosa left, Captain MATTHEWS was busily engaged in landing his passengers and dis charging his cargo, and notwithstanding the difficulties he had to encounter, he expected to be able to start for Sydney on the lith, without requiring a further supply of coals, although there were some ready for him. He ex pected to leave Sydney on the 20th of December, and Melbourne on the Ist of January, on his return to Liver pool. The Rip Van Winkle, which left this port for Port Philip on the 2nd of August, arrived out on the 10th of November The Ticonderoga , which left 13ir Augu s kenhead on the with emigrants, arrived in Port Philip Bay on the 3d November, but was placed in quarantine, having buried 120 passengers, and having 200 more who were The Roxburgh Castle had sailed from Selbourne pre- vious to the departure of the Formosa, with gold on board to the value of £700,000 for this port. LATEST FOREIGN. SOUTH AEI ,RCA The Royal Mail steam-ship Tay, arrived at Southamp ton, has brought the Brazilian mails, with intelligence from Buenos Ayres to the 2nd, and Rio Janeiro to the 15th of December. I BUENOS AYRES.—By the latest advices from the River Plate, the Argentine Republic seems in a most unsettled state. Another disorganisation has taken place, and it is difficult to conjecture what the end will be. By the steamer Parana, which has arrived from Monte Video, it appears that a small craft bad arrived from Gualegaychu, ratifying the news of the triumph of Hornos ; adding that he was on the frontier of Entre Rios, and that his force now amounts to 4000 men. A report has got into circu lation that General Benavides has been deposed from the government of San Juan, and that Signor Yanzi is rein stated in his place. PORTUGAL. By the steamer Tay, we have intelligence from Lisbon to the llth instant. A letter under that date says : The Chamber of Deputies has not yet been able to " con stitute" itself (as the Portuguese phrase expresses it), for want of a sufficient number, only 63 members having presented themselves, whereas 66 . is the mi n i mum requ i re d . The emigrant ship Africa went down to the entrance of the Tagus yesterday, and was to sail this forenoon, wind and weather permitting, but as it is now blowing fresh from the westward, with a very high sea on the bar, it is doubtful whether she will be able to get out to -day. INDIA. The overland mail, which has just arrived, has brought intelligence from' Calcutta to the 7th December, Bombay 16th December, and China 29th November. Everything remains in abeyance in Burmah, except the daily bill of costs. Sir J. Cheape, with 7,000 troops, re mains inactive at Prome, threatened by, and for the last four weeks awaiting the attack of, a rabble force of Bur mese actually inferior in number to his own, and his troops, though in the midst of a country swarming with bullocks, are living meanwhile on salt junk, forwarded from Cal cutta, in insufficient quantities and at agreat expense. On the 21st Pegue was retaken by a force of about 1,200 men and two guns, commanded by General Godwin, in person. Our loss is stated at 45 killed and wounded. Intelligence (distinctly ascertained) has been received by way of Arracar., that the Burmese are erecting strong stockades on their own side of the Aeng Pass, for which the abundance of teak in the neighbouring forests affords them every facility. There has been a considerable fall of rain from Madras all across to Bombay, and so to seaward, betwixt the 3rd and Bth of December. Betwixt the 6th and 7th eight inches fell in the Deccan--a thing almost unprecedented at this season of the year. The Governor-General con tinues at Calcutta. We have heard nothing of the move ments of the Commander-in• Chief of India for the past fortnight, and are not aware whether he be in Thibet or on the western side of the Himalayas. The Governors of Bombay and Madras are at the seats of their respective governments. Trade has been rather dull, in consequence cf an apparent absence of demand from the interior and other circumstances. CHINA. A letter from Hongkong, dated 29th November, says : —" Within the last few days it is reported that the Im perial troops had gained a decisive victory. " The rebellion is exciting attention in the north, but as yet there has been no interruption to trade. " The transit through the disturbed districts appears to be less obstructed. " We have to notice an attack on two officers of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Singapore on the Cawloon shore, opposite Hongkong, from which they narrowly. escaped with their lives. The prompt interfer ence of Captain Massie, the senior naval officer, led to the capture of the delinquents, and the recovery of the stolen property. " A.dvices from Singapore mention the Panama and Ge, trade, with Coolies from Amoy, having put in there, in consequence of disaffection and revolt among the Coolies. On board the Gertrude the captain and officers were severely wounded, and several of the Coolies were shot. The Panama had proceeded on her voyage. "Emigration of Coolies to the West Indies is being carried on to a great extent at Amoy, and lately at Na moa, from the difficulty of procuring a sufficient number at the former place. "In Canton the demand for imports has not been ex tensive. Tn exports a fair business has been done." EGYPT, A letter from Alexandria, under date of the Gth Jan., :—The Pasha's new iron steam-fi igate, Faid Gehad, arrived here last week in 68 hours from Malta, the shortest passage hitherto made from that island being in 80 hours. This steamer has been much admired by all who have seen her, but Abbas Pasha's curiosity has not been ex cit&l, and, in lieu of coming down to Alexandria to in spect her, he has started on a tour of inspection to the upper country. The Faid Gehad brought out from Eng land a number of railway platelayers, and others have arrived from France, for the purpose of at once laying down the rails on the line between Alexandria and Kaffer Lais, on the Nile, so that it is expected this portion will be completed before the present year closes. This will be of very great advantage, as all the annoyances and delays arising from the navigation of the Mahrroodeeyeh Canal will thus be avoided. The anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Mahomed has just been celebrated at Cairo with the usual festivi ties, and the extraordinary ceremony of the Doseh was performed on the 21.1 of December. On this occasion a number of dervishes and other Musselman devotees place themselves on the ground side by side, as c l ose l y as pos sible to each other, with their backs upwards, and the Sheikh, or chief of their religion, passes over them on horseback. None of the men thus trodden upon showed signs of being hurt. TKO GRAND MASONIC BALL.—We have now the satisfaction of stating that the arrangements for this grand ball, which is to take place on the Ist of February, are progressing most satisfactorily, and promises to be, as it was last year, the ball of the season. The brethren will, of course, appear in their full masonic clothing ; but the ,uninitiated will be admitted, there being no mystery or "secret'! involved in the social relations of the fra ternity. The object of the ball is charity, which is the first principle of tha order—for the benefit of the West Lancashire Institution for the education and advancement in life of the children of distressed brethren. We should state that the honorary secretaries attend daily, from four till five o'clock, at the George Hotel, for the purpose of issuin; tickets. THE FRIEND OF THE CLERGY.—A sermon in aid o the funds of this institution will be preached on Sunday evening next, in St. James's Church, Toxteth-park, by the Rev. J. E. Cox, of Bishopsgate Church, London. This institution was established with the object of making some permanent provision for the widows and orphan unmarried daughters of clergymen of the Church of England, and also to extend relief to clergymen under circumsta nc es of tem biu blush i t s h n at ot s above uc h a x statement is made, is it not at the maple time the stron ges t porary. difficulty. The numbe r o f c l ergy i n 'England and Wales amounts to m ore th an 16 , 000 . I t i s b e li e ved that th e aver ()(; g per e r income annu m. of 1) r Whilstfo r the i t iis with greater nu mber a, appeal in behalf of a society which seeks, in some sma ll degree, to remedy t h e co nsequences of su c h a state of things ? If they have sown unto us spiritual things, is it a - great matter if they shall reap our worldly things ? the second of the fleet of the African Mail ceeded on the Ad _ - - THE SCREW STEAMER FAITH.—TRIAL TRIP.-ThiS miralty trial-tri p onSa turday afternoon last. There were on hoard Captain - :ii . ch , marine overlooker for the company ; Mr. Water ,aann, under-surveyor and draughtsman, and Mr. Hughes, engineer, both from Somerset-house ; Mr. John Laird, the builder ; Mr. Preston of the firm of Fawcett, Pres ton, and Co ., the engineers ; Mr. Douglas Hebson, and others. The Faith left Birkenhead Dock a little before two o'clock, and proceeded to New Ferry, returning along the Liverpool side. In going down the river, she bad a run of a mile with the Britannia C ne o w mp sc a l n w y r p e r r 0 , she speedily overhauled both of them. The Faith was closely followed by the barque steamer Ocean, and she had an exciting run with the Drogheda steamer Brian Boirhime, both powerful paddle-boats. The screw kept and the Sylph the lead until she approached the north-west lightship, when the Brian passed her, the distance run being about eleven miles. The Faith is 208 feet in length, by 30 feet beam ; her measurement is about 940 tons ; on her trial trip she carried 550 tons d ea d we i ght, as cargo. Her machinery is two 42 inch cylinders, with an aggregate hand.e 28t h inst. computed force of 110 h orse-power. She did the distance from the Rock Li g ht, a b out 11i miles, in one hour and fifteen minutee. The vibratio n , o b serva bl e i n screw boats, was not o b served at all by those on board. A handsome entertainment was g i ven to t h ose on b oar d i n the grand sal oon —M r. J ohn Laird in the chair. The Hope, the thi r d b oat b e i ng built for the Afr i can Mail MCompanyLaird by ha s IN , I a r .t present, Laird, wil e l le b y e e l nsteamers on th F 1151 0, itell t :) ii!VG ei rest a ueJ :e, fa r p r el t s to o l I t , fie; edfaf rum b~ Ove r el) ch 2 .Ver or „,,v 1 1,1 0 ' s- fife ryled 0 1; 0 111 f •Tfic Ft i 9 cto . ol r f , ef.,l iortlol