The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-08 00:00:00

tIION. 'ladies!, 31e arty by the t Long . Sub- Hale of )f 1812, Indian e battle nted, at intro ev. Dr. )iscopal iced to became I of the t place, d. He logans-• reputed Ve now' r Yorko ere was ng th 6 ing his thither. teamer, at that m after ight of ale, his ed him ie until ce thert impor- ing the nd was sign a to the mditiort ither its he pri zeeated freetion went la bare) nts. A tervies/ name. , God ace in apter* g how alas! well re was w re-• nednit Bill 00 ,re or ° e a hio :d, bur bt!l arty LOCAL NEWS. THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WAPPING DocKft are How proceeding most vigorously. A spacious street is in course of formation. THE PRESTON MAGISTRATES tested the other day whether a prisoner was really intoxicated or not by his ability to read a newspaper paragraph. THE OPENING SUPPER of the Duke of Wellington Lodge of Oddfello s was held on Tuesday last, at the New inn, Green-bank, St. Helens. THE EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL during February amounted to 12,990 souls ; number of Australian emigrant vessels, 22 ; registered tonnage of the vessels, 10,490. THE CHALLENGE to plough for £lOO of Ephraim Pickthall, of Urswick, Lancashire, has been accepted by George Cummings, of Farleton. THE REV. J. AspINALL, rector of klthorpe, Lincoln shire, lectured in the town hall, East Retford, Notts,, on Thursday last, on " The educational progress of the age." MR. R. FAIRBAIRN, of London, has made a proposal for deodorising and purifying the sewerage water of Liver pool, and making the sediment very valuable for agricul tural purposes. THE PRESTON TOWN COUNCIL have it under con sideration to pension Samuel Banister, the superintend ent of the borough constabulary, at a salary of £lO4 per annum. THE NEW RAMSEY (Isle of Man) steamer is pro gressing satisfactorily, at Mr. Laird's yard, Birkenhead. It is expected to be ready for the station early in the Summer. THE HOUSE OF MR. r - PToN, 5, St. Jude's place, was entered on Tuesday evening by means of skeleton keys, and jewellery and other property to the amount of more than £4O stolen. BRIDGET O'Bortr, a woman living in Simpson-street, was severely burned on Thursday evening while endeavour ing to extinguish some oakum which had taken fire in the house whilst she was at tea. GEORGE BROVVN, who was brought up on a charge of bigamy, supported by his second wife, a Liverpool dress maker, was discharged on Tuesday last, with an adrnoni. Lion. A SHIP of no tons, to be propelled 137 screws of 60- horse power, intended to ply between this port and Bristol, will be launched from the ship-building yard at Chester on Friday next. She will be called the Amelia. MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, having accepted Ithe handsome offer of a free passage frorn 'the proprietors, it is said will sail from Philadelphia on the 26th of March, in the steamship City of Glasgow. A WOR`FM AN AT PENRHYN QUARRY was overwhelmed last week by many tons of falling rock ; but, in con sequence of the disposition of one of the pieces, he was dug out unhurt. ShRP:I MMONALD. a servant girl, recently discharged from a situation at Wavertree, attempted to commit suicide in her lodgings, Roscoe-lane, on Monday, by taking laudanum. The stomach pump, applied at the Southern Hospital, saved her. DITRBY ELECTION COPZIIITTE7..—The following mem bers have been appointed on this committee :—Mr. Robert Ingham ( chairman:), Mr. William Stirling, Mr. AV. M. E. Milner, Mr. J. Banks Stanhope, and lion. Arthur F. Kinnaird. THE STEAM-Sills' O:Ty or GLAS,GOW left the Mersey for Philadelphia on Wednesday, with eighty cabin passen qets and a full cargo, having, since docking on Saturday discharged and loaded upwards of 1,900 tons, besides undergoing repairs. RAILWA Y AcciDENT.--:Th Friday week, the express train, which arrived at Manchester about three o'clock, : w hen near Atherstone, on the Trent Valley line, came into collision with a cart that was crossing the railway ; the cart was knocked to pieces, but neither the horse nor train was injured. 13 , a rTAL Assmir-;.—Charles 'Williams was brought up tn e Police office or, Tuesday last ; charged with stabbing eorg e .• seit, in a public-house in Dennison-street, •Ilonday. As the prosacutor lay in the Northwas ern lospital, and was unable to appear, the prisoner r emanded for a week. A POOR LITTLE BOY, named .John Davis, apparently not ten years' old ; was charged at the police-office, an Friday, with stealing cotton. The trembling culprit stated that hi s aun t, w ith w h om h e li ve d , sent hi m out to Pick up a living as best he might, The worthy magistrate Very properly sent him to the'llagged School. A DEPUTATION', to present a-memorial from the mer chants of Liverpool, London, .Greenock, Poole, and Bristol, engaged ;n the trade and fisheries of Newfound had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon, en ednesday, at the Foreign-office. The deputation con sisted of Mr. T. H. Brooking, Mr. T. N. Hunt, Mr. T. B. Job, Mr. T. H. Newman, and Mr. Schenk. DERBY ELEOTION.—The Dery Mercury, of Wed nesday last, says :—Agents of both parties have been busily employed, during the last few days, in serving speaker's warrants ; and if only a tithe of those who have had notice to 'hold themselves , in readiness, are sut sequently required to attend, the committee have a long spell before them. MAYOR'S 'IIAN-QUET.—The Ma - 'or gave a large dinner party, on Thursday evening, at the Town-hall, to someof the railway celebrities of this kingdom. The party con sisted of the principal members of the boards of the 'London and `North-western, the !Lancaster and Carlisle, the Chester and Uolyh ea d, an d th e L ancash i re and York -shire railways. THE 'LATE GI.IE—LAND ACCIDENTS. —On Sqtlltdar; week, Ellen "Williams, of No. 1 Court. Kew-street, had her area fractured by the gate of a stable-yard, which +was blown dawn upon her in Kirkdale-road.—A slate fell 'upon •Eliza , Brown, at the door of-her own residence in Leeds -street, and caused' a compound fracture of the - She . wis.conveyed to the Northern Hospital. A 'FALSE ALLaM. —On the morning of Friday last hundreds of people rushed down to the pier-head, under the idea thatthe,Great Britain steamer had arrived in the river. It was found. 'r-owever, that it was H.M. steam ship Encounter, Captain G. W. IF'- O'Callaghan, at present lying in the Slone, which had fired several times, and not t h e leviathan, whose return from Australia is daily expected. ROBBERY AND ARSON.—On Monda - 7 night some thief got access to the bedroom of Mr. tucker, publican, klygeia-street, and locked the door from within. On the door being thrust open, it was found th,6l several lrawers had been ransacked, and a watch, a 'pencil cas!, and other articles stolen. Some clothes had 'een ignite/ by a lucifer match having been thrown amonazt them, but for tunately their dampness prevented the fire spreading. LANCA•SHIF.E d 253 CARLISLE RAILIAV:I".—The self yearly meeting of the proprietors was held on Friday,Mr. Hassell, cifttirman ef the directors, presiding. The report read to the meeting gave a very satisfactory statement of the affairG of the company, and was (with the exceptior of one clause which was teld over) unanimously adopted• A dividend of X 2 per whole, and 10s. 6d. per third shale, was declared, out of the nett profits of the undertaking Lp to the 31st of January last. DEFENCE or LI , VER-700L.—In 1839, it qi7a3 proposfq to spend £Z,OOO in the erection of a new battery, north. west end of the Huskisson Dock, but its commence ment has been delayed; £6,000 was voted -tir it in 1846-7, and 44,000 for the present year. The only ex penditure that has taken place is a payment of -. 4 , - ,000 to the corporation of Lice pool, for using granite in the river wall. The wall is now completed, and it is pro posed to proceed with the .battery. DANGERS OF A CGOAK.—A poor woman, an intending .emigrant, named Margaret .Cosgrove, has been presented from proceeding in the ship in whicli her passage was taken, by an accident which occurred to her on Saturday week. As she was walking along Regent-road, enveloped in a -long cloak, the wind got under it, and twisting her .com ,pletel g.- y round, th rew her with e -at violence upon the pave ment, causing severe concussion of the brain. .FALSE CHARACTER% There are many people in Liverpool who would well to be warned by the fact, that in the W orship-sti?eet court, London, last week, Mrs. Somers, a marrierwiloceman, residing in Tem ple-street, Hackney -road was fined £lO for iv' a false character to a servant. In consequence of th g e d i e n fe g ndant's representations, the girl had been engaged by another person, whom she robbed to a large amount, A P O b;CE-INSPECTOR AT TILE EAR. —A beerhouse keeper, named William Oliver, preferred a complaint, at the police.court, on Thursday, againat Inspector Wilson, for assaulting him on the 23rd ultimo. Wilson, it ap peared, had tone to the complainant's Louse to take him into custody for a fine of £1 is. Gd., which be refused to Pay. Mr. Mansfield, in dismissing the ease. said if the Complainant had received any violence, be had brought it entirely upon himself, and certainly deserved it. A COUPLE FR , „;M BOSTON, in Lir _, in Liverpool, the other day, under somewhat eurnstances. The female was the daughter of a IrNicutauic farmer, who had thought proper to elope with her father's Man-servant, and her father's horse. The lover sold the horse at Lincoln, and with the proceeds the truants came The to th is ' torn their intenti on b e i ng to em i grate to Australia. Liverpool. father br ought the Lincol n cons t a bl e w ith hi m to Pro ceeded i a° e found, to his di smay , t h at matters bad nceordin itly tiler that marriage was the best policy • and neal crisiS with all gentleman hurried matters to a I;yrne the paternal re proetasible despatch. The couple received in one breath, ande the and the paternal blessing almost sailed for New York. Sum of £7O. They have since A NOVEL MODE OF Ron„. ,--.7ILY--A singular attempt to steal from a shop window jeweller, Great ins, at the shop of Mr. observed two Caaade on Monday even mYsterious manner Howard-street. The attendant in tlietz;hop move in a very gold dollar pieces toWards the window; and on a more the cause of attraction was found t be (Ite.exanaination through a circular hole in the windo w t pan s e. ick T in e se r t ed prietor of the establishment ran out. and foundh pro. and youth standing on the n outside. lie seized the e T a n brought him within, and left him in charge of w l ) f .y e , He then gave chase to the man, but did not succeed i . capturing him. On his return, he found that the bo bad broken away from his wife. The holes d be en neatly drilled through the plate glass, and the stick of attraction was tipped with bird-lime. re, -were unite - - LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—The half. Yearly meeting of proprietors was held on Wednesday, at the Palatine Hotel, Manchester, Mr. Barnes, M.P., pre. sided. The chairman was happy to say that this company Was on the most peaceable and friendly terms with other companies. He hoped that some arrangement would be come to with the East Lancashire Company, to avoid the necessity of that company making a duplicate line from Clifton to Manchester. The chairman moved a dividend of £1 10s. pe r s h are on the £lOO stock ; and, in the same proportion, on such of the Manchester and Leeds 10 0, £5O, £25, an d £ l2 shares; on the Wakefield, P ontefract, and Goole £5O and £25 shares ; and on the Liverpool and Bury and Huddersfield and Sheffield £5O shares, which have not yet been converted into stock ; of 4s. 31d. on the £l9 10s. shares ; and 2s. 84-d. on the _1.6 P. ext ens i on shares ; and of 3s. 4,1 d. on the West 1 It'di ng £l4 shares. Mr. Riley s it was adopted. The econded the motion, and retiring dire B, 6 , 111 , “. Wilso n , W. Moron, and Jctors (Messrs. . Radcliffe) were re elected NI r, HUM' wen again appointed auditor. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1853. GREAT QUANTITIES Or FAT CATTLE and pigs are weekly being shipped from the Isle of Man for this port. I The export is so great that the Douglas market is very badly supplied with pork. THOMAS ITAZLEHURST was killed on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, on Thursday morning, by a train accidentally running over him near Southport. The deceased was trespassing on the line. His body was horribly mangled. DUMFRIES MUTTON.—There was despatched from Dumfries station to Liverpool last week 665 fat sheep ; and the preceding week 831 were sent off to the same destination. Yesterday 160 fat sheep were forwarded to Newcastle.—Dumfries Courier. A ROUGH FELLOW, named John Thompson Buckley, guilty in the first instance of a most brutal assault upon his wife, was committed for trial, on Thursday, on a charge of assaulting police-constable Cookson, when that officer went to serve a warrant, and take him into custody. THE Stirling Journal remarks, ".we have just seen an engraving of the New Academy, after the plan by Messrs. J. M. and J. Hay, of Liverpool. It is, as our readers are aware, to be situated in Cowane's Yard, and it possesses, we think, very great pretensions to architectural beauty. It is,'on the;whole, a very handsome and beautiful edifice." MARGARET CAVANAGH, a bootbinder, threw herself from one of the Birkenhead ferry boats, about two hnndred yards from the Liverpool side, on Tuesday morn ing last. She was providentially rescued by the exertions of two boatmen. Her father, according to her statement, is a small shopkeeper in Ballymore Eustace, county Dublin, and she had been four years in Liverpool. LATE AUSTRALIAN NEWS includes tidings of the ar rival of the Ticonderoga, with 714 emigrants on board, of whom 300 were returned as laid up with fever, princi pally scarlatina. There had been 100 deaths on the voyage. The ship, crew, and passengers, had all been placed in quarantine. CHRIST CHURCH RAGGED SCHOOLS. —On Sunday week the Rev. H. M. Mosse, formerly curate of Christ Church, Hunter -street, preached a sermon in that place of worship, in aid of the above ragged schools. The col lection amounted to £2O. These schools were founded about three years ago by Mr. Mosse, and the average number of boys in attendance is nearly 70. THE COMMITTEE OF THE SHIPIrEECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY of Liverpool have marked their approbation of the skilful treatment and persevering exertions of Mr. Cripps, stzrgeon, Bootle,—in the restoration of a lad who was immersed under the ice a quarter of an hour—by sending him a note, requesting him to accept five pounds from the fiends of the society. " A PARISH MINISTER," writing in the Edinburgh Adrerliser, indignantly denies Dr. Guthrie's statement, contained in his Ragged School speech at Liverpool, that Scotland is behind several of the continental countries in respect of education. Dr. tGuthrie said that in Scotland not more than one in eleven of the population are edacated; the Parish Minister, taking his own parish and two in its vicinity as examples, maintains that one in fire attend school. THE EAST INDIA SIP LANCASHIRE was launched from Chaloner and Sons' yard, Baffin-street, on Monday last, for James Browne and Co., and Brown and Harri s-ens, merchants, of this town, by whom the vessel is in tended to be employed in the Calcutta trade. The length of the vessel over all is 150 feet, breadth of beam 32 feet inches, depth of hold 213 feet, and registered tonnage -1 3:,5 tons. She will class A 1 at Lloyd's for:thirteen years. The Lancashire is a very fine ship. MANCHESTER t:IND SOUTHPORT RAILAWAY. The annual meeting of shareholders was held on Monday last. Mr. John Stuart in the chair. The expenditure during the past half-year had amounted to .E3117 . Z5.'9d. With regard to the line between Wigan and Southport, sub stantial progress had been made in arranging with land owners. The , contractors had undertaken to complete the line between Burscough and Southport by the Ist September, 18.53, and the remaining portion by the Ist April, 1854. A bill had been submitted'to.parliumeet to authorise a deviation of the original main line between Pendleton and Wigan and the construction of certain branches, and the abandonment of other portions. A dividend was declared at the same rate as the dividend to be declared by the Lancashire end Vcrkshire Railway Company, viz., three per cent. A New 7JODGE.—Yesterdav week, two respectably dressed men, with a midland county accent, walked into the office of Messrs. M'Entagart and Carroll, at the Liverpool cattle-market, and asked the caslikeeprer to give them sovereigns for a five-pound note, saying they came on the recommendation of Mr. Carroll. On , therequisite sove reigns being handed them, the fellow who picked themrup said half-sovereigns would fit better, and threw the five sovereigns into the drawer among •Ebout 200 kindred coins. 'lls:f-sovereigns were then handed them, and they turned upon their heel. Five minutes afterwards the cash keeper observed the rogues leave the , market, and he im mediately suspected that all was wrong. Mr. Carroll was applied to, and knew nothing of them. The gold was counted, 'arid found to be a sovereign -short. A chase was instantly instituted, and the couple of "artful dodgers" were overtaken. Without hesitation, for it would have teen useless, they gave back the gold, and received in return their note, which was very :probably a forgery. They were strangers, and entirely unlrnown. It is to be regretted that a policeman was not in the vicinity to de posit them in limbo for a season. They both appeared to be upwards of 30 years of age. THE ;DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday—Mr. Shand in the chair. The com mittee or warehouse management reported that they had taken several apprentices. A discussion took place on the subject of a superannuation fund, Mr..john Tobin urging that the-subject was worthy of the most mature consider ation:; the men would then be entitled to a certain amount, and the allowance would not be capricious. The com mittee:agreed to direct their attention to it as early as possible.—The harbour-masters' committee reported that they , cluld not recommend any increase from 183. per week in the wages of the gate-keepers at the graving docks. was agreed, upon an application of Messrs. Barker and Co., for storage ground, to grant the required accommodation in certain places at the - falueen's, Bramley- Moore, -and 'Wellington docks, at a charge of one penny per square yard per week.—A letter 17om Ann Bullen, Secretary to the British Ladies' Female Emigration So ciety, asking permission to use the rooms (temporarily occupied by the society at the Prince's dock) for dining same cf the more destitute of the emigrants, was referred. —An application was read from Mr. G. Bailey to the effect that government had requested him to send out to one of the colonies twelve copies of the improved semaphore in structions, ,published by Richardson, and drawn up by the marine surveyor. It was agreed that the surveyor should,caraply with the application. LITEMOOL Tows - Couscm.—The Esual monthly meeting was held on Wednesday at the Town-hall, Saml. Holme, Es., the Mayor, presiding. The Town-clerk read a note from the Rev. Thos. Brancker, adkowledging, on the part of the family, the vote of condolence passed by the Council on the death of his father.—Mr. Thomson obtained permission to clear himself from a.charge which had appeared .in the Liverpool Chronicle, to the effect that the Dook.Committec had last week sat ,with closed doors to investigate frauds on the dock and town dues, and that amongst the latest defaulters was a member of the Town Council. ;Your hundred barrels of flour purchased by him had been shipped, and, as it appeared, without payment of the town dues. But he had bought the flour to be " delivered free on shipboard," and hence, in his ignorance of mercantile transactions, supposed that the party from whom he purchased it would have ,raid all these charges. He , had never before shipped a package in his life, and had never passed an entry. (Mr. Thomson handed up documents to show that he had been led into e mistake, as stated.) Mr. Bennett was sure the-Council you'd acquit Mr. Thomson of any frauduleut intention. Some correspondence with Mr. James, the assessor of the lorough Court, was next read. His application to fix the aslary at its old amount had been declined, but it appercred that he would offer no opposition to the bill for improving the jurisdiction of the•courc.—The proceedings of the Finance Committee comprised c recommendation to ac cept the tender of Mr. C. T. Kearsley, for the supply of coals for one year, from the Ist instant. Recommenda tion to the Council to fix the salary of the successor of the late Sir Thomas Brancker, receiver of town dues, Lc. Recommendation to E uth or ise the expenditure of a further sum not exceeding £6,000 in the construction of graving docks, sea-walls, and other works, on land leased to Mr. Wilson, at Birkenhead, Mr. Wilson paying interest at five per cert. per annum thereon. Recommendation to ap point Mr. M. M. G. Dowling to the situation of superin tendent of the chain cable testing-machine, vacant by the death of Mr. William Knowles, at £lO5 per annum. Re commendation to increase the salary of Mr. Quick, clerk to the Town-clerk, from £l5O to £2OO per annum. Re solution requesting the decision of the Council as to the funds required for the purposes of the Liverpool Library and Museum Act, 1852. Mr. Hornby moved seriatim the confirmation of the proceedings. A long discussion took place in reference to the salary proposed to be given to the receiver of town dues. Mr. Hornby moted that it be £5OO, and Mr. Parker seconded the motion, Mr. J. Brarnley-Moare moved, as an amendment, that the salary be £7OO, and was seconded by Mr. J. H. Turner. On a division the amendment was lost by a majority 0f29 to 15. Alderman Dover then moved, as a second amendment, that the salary he f... 600, which was seconded by Mt. Tobin, and was carried by a majority of one, the numbers being respectively 23 and 22. Power was then delegated to the Finance Committee to select three out of the candidates for the ultimate selection of the Council. The names of two new candidates were announced, Mr. Thomas Brancker and Mr. Warner Shand. Mr. Hornby moved that the Finance Committee be authorised to expend not less than £6,000 in addition to the £lO,OOO atready voted for the construction of a sea-wall and two graving -docks at Mr. Wilson's ship-building yard. They would re ceive 5 per cent. on the outlay from Mr. Wilson, and could themselves readily borrow it for 34. Tile money was ultimately voted. The appointment of Mr. Dow ling as superintendent of the chain cable testing machine was postponed, pursuant to standing orders. — Mr. Hornby said, at the last Council, a payment of £3,407 had been authorised for the purposes of the Li brary and Museum Act, but they had not directed as to from what fund this should be taken. if taken from the surplus income of the Corporation, it would be the means of stoppigeein n . to g desired public improvements, whereas the the money might be raised by a museum rate of seven eughtlisof a penny, and he moved that this be done. Mr. Proctor having seconded the motion, it was agreed to bnaeakth ge e rate a penny, so as to give greater facility in the collection. A letter was read from the parish authorities, pay the late demand of £1,475 upon them for m us eum rate but hoping that the claim would not as an by Mr. Brad t ; persisted in' for the future. Mr. Dover moved, amendment, that the £3,407 be taken from the surplus of 'the Corporation, and was seconded followed. when a smart but brief discussion , s supvp.oLrtely, the motion, which received Mr. 1 t being steeple-chawass Picton carried by a majority of 32 to 15. to e t c i lay, there was now a general move go away ; but, on the members, a sufficient n indignant remonstrance of some umber remained to constitute a quorum. The minutes of the dock, the watch, and courts of law committeesov were half read, and with great rapidity—were then m without remark, seconded, and carried nem. die. At last t were Council 22 members present to constitute a quorum, and re theouncil was con sequently declared at an end. The Mayor announced that he would summon a Council for the despatch of the other bueinees on Wednesday (to -morrow). AT THE BOSOUGH COURT, MANCHESTER, a man named Thomas Dowling was committed on a charge of embezzling various sums of money, the property of his employers, Mess - s. Barrett and Wilson, calico printers, to the amount of X 206. THE LIVERPOOL VEGETARIAN SOCIETY, .on - Mondar evening, to the ntmber of 170, held another of their novel entertainments, in the newsroom of the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street. The chair was occupied by James Simpson, Esq., of Accrington, a vegetarian of forty rars' standing. MR. WILLIAM GALE, of London, completed his task of walking 1,000 riles in 1,000 hours at eight o'clock on Monday morning,at Mr. Walter Kay's, Pedestrian's Rest, on the Walton-road, Kirkdale. He Was presented with an elegant silver telt, made by Mr. J. Rutland, jeweller, Basnett-street. The Carlisle Jcurnal says :—" The steam paddle-boat Bonnie Dundee arrived at Maryport on the 22nd instant. She has lately been purchased by a company of merchants in that town, and is intended to ply between Liverpool, Belfast,and Mary3ort,commanded by Captain D. Glaister, late of the Dan Claister, of Maryport." THE CELEBRATED ARCTIC TRAVELLER, DR. REA, has arrived in town to make preparations for his overland expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, and to finish the survey on the northern coast of America. Dr. Rea will leave early this month, for the northern regions, via New York. M. PLUMPTON, a mercantile gentleman of Liverpool, residing at Holt, brought an action at the County Court the other day, for damage done by a neighbour named Jones to his gate and croft. The case caused not a little amusement in court from the peculiarities of the plaintiff, who is commonly called among his neighbours, " the best mayor of Holt"—The case was dismissed. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.—The United States mail steamer Atlantic, iaptain West, arrived here on Wed nesday morning, aMut six o'clock, atter a very fine run, having left New York on the 19th ult. The screw steamer Andes, Captain Hutchins, sailed hence about two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, on her second voy age to New York, with a very large and valuable cargo. JOSEPH NICH)LAS, a tin-plate worker at the gas com pany's worksho', has been committed for trial on a charge of stealiig a quantity of sheet-copper from his employers. A narine store-dealer received it by instal ments. SOME CUMOIS REVELATIONS have been made by Mr. Newdegate, in the Commons' debate of Thursday, rela tive to the tries of the Manchester dyers of silk. The liquor is mixes, it seems, with shumac and other adulte rations, to brirg up the weight. LANCASTEI AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The half yearly meetii of proprietors was held on Friday, at the Lime-street ,tation, Mr. E. W. Hassell in the chair. The stat emerl: of the traffic account showed a net balance of £57,396 9, lid., out of which the directors recom mended a dividend to be paid at the rate of S per cent. per annum, having a balance to be transferred to the cur rent half-year of £7,711 Os. hid. The directors reported that all differences with the Scottish Central Railway 'Company were at an end. The report and accounts were adopted, ant the dividend sanctioned. THE AN2 , IJAL MEETING of the Liverpool Auxiliary to the London Religious Tract Society was held on Friday night, at tie Concert-hall. Councillor T. D. Anderson presided. The past year, it was stated, has been the most flourishing in the annals of this auxiliary- A col porteur hid been employed in Liverpool for the last eleven moat's, and the increase alone in the number of tracts distibuted was:110,000. There had been given to packet-shPs 9,135 pacquets of tracts. Various inter esting aderesses were delivered, including one by the Rev. P. S. Sattry, the deputation from the Parent 'Society. THE \VA LLASEI , COMMISSIONERS held their monthly meeting en Thursday evening ; Mr. Holland in the chair. It was resolved not to int:rfere with the footwalk in Green-lace. The much complained of nuisance at Sea combo ferry was ordered to be removed, at a cost of £4O. 10s. With regard to the proposed alteration of Tobin street, tie estimated expense of which is £337, the matter was rePrred to the Improvement Committee, with full powers •0 act. Mr.. Halliday presented a memorial from nearly tOO inhabitants of the parish, urging upon the Commissioners the necessity and propriety of taking and workin: Seacombe ferry, which is now to let. Messrs. Hollani, Littledale, Hill, Harrison, Cunningham, Coul burn, !rid liallidarwere appointed a committee to take the natter into •consideration. Mr. Coulburn stated that dere were things about sSeacombe ferry which ren dered it absurd to entertain such a subject. That ferry lad only been able to keep up its stock. The taking of the ferry would entail a loss of not less than £l,OOO a year to the parish. He condemned the proposition altogether as a suicidal act. THE 'ROYAL MEHOEY YACHT CLUB.—At a numerous meeting of this club, held on Tuesday evening, Thomas 'LittWale, Esq., in the chair, the Secretary read a letter from the Secretary-of the Admiralty, containing informa tion :hat " vessels belonging to the members of the vari ous yacht clubs in England would •bellermitted to enter the torts of Spain •on the same footing as vessels of the state, provided they are unconnected with trade." This Metter was received with much satisfaction. The Com modore moved, -seconded by the Cup-bearer, " That the officers of any of her Majesty's ships at this port shall have free admit tance , into the rooms of the club as hono rary members." RA - 7as also resolved, '' That members dine together at the .marine station, 'Birkenhead Hotel, at the text meeting, on the sth of April." A proposition was made for consideration at the next.meeting, " That the publ c ball be held in the course of the present year, in the'Town-hall rooms, by permission of the Mayor, the proceeds to be devoted to the Bailor' Home." The Commodore and other officers having-vacated their seats, Mc. J. C. Fernihough,common councilmen, was elected to the chair. He passed a high eulogium upon the man ner in which the affairs of the club ,were conducted ; a vote of thanks was passed to the officers for their services, which was carried unanimdusly, end they were all re elected :—Commodore, Mr. Thomas •Littledale; vice commodore, Mr. B. Heywood.jones.; rear-commodore, Mn- Jonathan Grindrod::; treasurer, Mr. ..Richard Kay ; secretary, Mr. Melling ; cop , bearer, Mr.:Edwd. Fletcher; and the auditors, Mr. T. Wilkinson Tetley and Mr. B. Platt. JoH,N ASHWORTH AcYON, a person most respectably connected, and formerly in the bank of - Sir Benjamin Heywood and Co., at Manchester, has been charged with having fraudulently obtained possession of some bank of England notes, and is remanded till to-morrow. The :Manchester Guardian gives an outline of -the circum stances::—The prisoner was ,for six years a clerk in the bank of Sir Benjamin Heywood and Co., whose service he quittzd at Christmas last, and since that time he has carried on business as an accountant and insurance agent, under the firm of John Ashworth Acton and Co., 5, Princess-street. On the 21st of. June last, Sir Benjamin Heywood and Co. received a Getter purporting/0 come from Mr. gowarti, of the Waterloo Hotel, near Liver pool (who banks with the firm), requesting them to send him £3OO in bank notes, to be left for him at the Stork Hotel, Liverpool, where he would call for them. In accordance .with this instruction, that.sum was remitted, in six bank .of England notes of 450 each. When Mr. Howarth in due course sent his passbookto be made up, it was foand that he had written no such letter, and that somebody, lay means of the forged order, had fraudu lently obtained .possession of the £5OO. Of course Sir Benjamin Heywood and Co. instituted, careful inquiries. They discovered •that three of the six notes had found their way into the bank again, and that three others of similar amount had been taken out. Ultimately, two of these notes were traced to the British Mutual Assurance Society, and it was found that they had been remitted to that society, in London, by the prisoner, who was their agent in Manchester. HEAurn Commraurr..—Mr. Alderman lengsdale pre sided at the weekly meeting on Thursday, when the medical officer of health reported a continual increase in the mortality of the borough, the deaths registered last week having been 263, showing an increase of L 3 over the preceding week. It was resolved to print 500 copies of the annual report of the medical officer. Instructions were given to the borough engineer to repair and sewer that portion of the Wavevtree-road between Edge-hill church and the railway bridge, and to communicate with some parties in Grey-street and Windsor-street, in the Park, who complained of 'damage done to their property by the process of blasting in making the sewers. An ap plication from David Roberts, to be allowed an opportu nity to test his machine for cleansing sewers, was granted, A deputation was appointed to mait upon the directors of the railway companies, in order to endeavour to induce them to co-operate with the committee, and assist them in removing the night bOll at a lower charge. The com mittee next proceeded to consider a recommendation to advertise for tenders for emptying ashpits and privies on the following alternative conditions.:-1. To remove the whole outside the borough to a distance not less 40Q yards from the boundary—a separate tender being re quired for the parish of Liverpool, and each of the out townships. 2. The whole to he removed to the depots, either within or without the borough, at the option of the contractor; the site of such depots as are within the borough to be specified. 3. Tenders for the same work as above to be embraced in one contract. 4. Similar ten ders to the above, except as to the operation of sweeping, which the contractor is not to provide for. Mr. Newlands said there was a street tender to be obtained afterwards for the sweeping part. It was merely removing the sweepings, which still remained as it was. It was resolved that tenders be advertised for. PROTECTION.—WhiIst these is great diversity of opinion regarding the policy of protective duties on f ore i gn im ports, there can only be one opinion respecting p ro t ec ti ng W ourselves against fraud. e are induced to make these remarks from observing, that when an article ( of general consumption obtains as near as possible to' perfection • when then the manufacturer begins to get a return for the capital and time expended in experiments fo r im proving the article by the incrfasing patronage of a dis cerning public, no sooneris this obvious than there ar i ses unprincipled parties ready to step in and foist upon the public their inferior article for the improved one. Such an attempt is now being made on t he i i " GLENFIELD P ATENT STARCH." Having, from its' intrinsic superiority, got into almost universal use, sothe inferior starch manufac turers (unable otherwise to. sell their articles) are putting it up in packages closely imitating the Glenfield, to the great annoyance of the consumers. Fortnnately, however, for the public, Mr. R. Viotherspoon, the manufacturer of the Glenfield Patent &Arch, has obtained in the C ourt of Chancery injunctions! against two of these fraudulent dealers ; and also a/general understanding that similar injunctions would be i granted against all such malpractices, if their labels bort even a colourable imitation of the original Glenfield Patent Starch. The reports of these injunctions appeaod in the London papers at the time. The manufacturer of the Glenfield Patent Starch has had when they testimonials froti the laundress of the Royal Laundry ; i r c e u s lac to ask for most of the n6bility ; the Lady Mayoress of London ; &c., &c.; whip all set forth its excellent qualities in a very flattering# manner. The consumers of starch need not now apply to Lord Derby or any other statesman for o ch g em pa se rt l protection mak e purchases --the y of the Glenfield Patent Starch, and to see that the name, R. WotherApoon, is on each package, as without which ca st n arc p h r , o b te y c b t none is genuine. We therefore close with . expressing the hope that' fair readers will adopt this popular article, when they want their laces, linens, &C., 6cc., done up in a superior manner. We see the Glenfield starch is sold in almost every shop. A FACT FOR TEETOTALLERS.—Last week the deaths of four males and one female were registered in Liverpool, from the effects of " excessive drinking." THOMAS AINSWORTH CROOK, Esq., Richard Ashton, Esq., and Edmund Grundy, Esq., have been appointed deputy-lieutenants for tbe county of Lancaster. THE TELEGRAPH, a steamer of 850 tons, 247 feet in length,27 in breadth, and 15 feet deep, has been launched on the Clyde. She is to run between Liverpool and Belfast. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Friday morning, William Jerrard, aged 46, a porter at Edge-hill station, was so severely crushed between the buffers of two railway carriages that he died at the infirmary in the evening. LIVERPOOL ELECTION PETITION.—Upwards of 100 persons have been summoned to give evidence before the parliamentary committee about to inquire into the charges of bribery and corruption at the Liverpool election. THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAS MAIL STEAM SHIP CANADA, Stone, commander, took her departure for Boston, on Saturday, with about 100 passengers and a full cargo, besides the usual mails on board. REPRESENTATION OF CLITHEROE.--Richard Fort, Esq., of Read-hall, late a director of the East Lancashire Railway, is spoken of as the new candidate in the Liberal interest for the vacant seat for this borough. FIRE. — On Saturday morning, at an early hour, a fire broke out in the timber-yard of Mr. Wells, Bridgewater street. The fire-brigade were quickly on the spot, and succeeded in subduing the flames before much injury had been done. SIMEON LORD, a young man, was brought before the magistrates on Thursday, charged with obtaining large sums of money by false pretences and forged cheques on banks. He has been removed to Bolton, the scene of his dishonest practices. MR. GIRDS, of Bristol, the railway director, killed at the recent accident on the Great Western, is said to have had a presentiment for some time previously that he would meet with some mishap, in consequence of which he insured his life for £lOOO. ON Sr. DAVID'S DAY the children of the Welsh Schools in Russell-street were examined in various branches of education, in the presence of a large number of subscribers and friends of the schools. The chair was occupied by Mr. W. Chambers. REPRESENTATION OF BLACKBURN.—Mr. Eccles hav ing been unseated, Mr. W. Ilornhy is spoken of confi dently in the Conservative interest, and Lord Duncan and Mr. Fielden (son of the late Sir W. Fielden) are mentioned as likely to offer in the Liberal interest. THE PASSAGE FROM DUBLIN TO LIVERPOOL.— CHILD STARVED TO DEATH.—A little girl, aged 4 years, named Hannah Leighton, who arrived in Liverpool by one of the steamers from Dublin, was on Saturday brought to the Northern Hospital, almost dead from exposure to cold. She died shortly after her admission. A DEPUTATION from the City of Dublin Stearn-Packet Company waited on the President of the Board of Trade, on Tuesday, with reference to a bill before the house, seeking limited liability to their own newly-raised capital. Mr. Cardwell said that the whole subject of the law of partnership was under the consideration of the govern ment. THE ANN CHESHIRE, a fine thirteen years' ship of 750 tons, was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Brundrett and Whiteway yesterday week. She is in tended to sail on her first voyage to San Francisco, under the command of Captain W. Whiteway, late of the Un daunted. THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW CLIPPER-SHIP STAR OF THE EAST, from St. John's, N. 8., on Saturday, created quite a sensation among the nauticat• men of Liverpool. She accomplished the passage adtuls ,he Atlantic in twenty days, in spite of heavy north-east winds. This is deemed the most rapid passage yet made by a sailing ship. THE DEFENCE Or LIVERPOOL.--The war-steamer Encounter, of 14 guns, which arrived in the Mersey on Monday, returned to Portsmouth on Saturday, to give place to a steam-ship carrying more guns, which is daily expected to arrive from Portsmouth for the purpose of being stationed in the river as a marine station guard for the port. A DEPLORABLE 'WRECK took place on Saturday week, near Ulverstone. A vessel called the Vigo, Mr- Gillead, master, belonging to Cardi„.•sn, was overtaken by the gale and hurled on the coast near the north end of Walney Island. The fearful sea that broke over the ill-fated vessel entirely destroyed all chance of the unfortunate crew reaching the shore. DEPARTURES FOR AUSTRALIA.—The screw-steamer Antelope took her departure for the Antipodes this morn ing, a slight accident having prevented her steaming aut on Saturday. Great interest is felt in the issue of the race between this vessel and the flying Marco Polo, which has made the quickest passage on record to Australia and back, and which is advertised to sail to-morrow (Wednes day.) We beg to call attention to the novel exhibition of Dr. Fisher in our advertising .columns. On Tuesday evening, March 15, he will repeat his exhibition of the Dissolving Views at Cornwallis•street Schools, which gave such uni versal gratification lately at the Collegiate Institution. We can promise all who go a rich treat .; and the object being a charitable one, will, we hope, swell the attendance on the occasion. INTERESTING CEREMONY AT SILAS' CHURCH.—On Friday afternoon, the Rev. - S. Minton baptized his infant son in the presence of a large number of his friends and several members of the congregation. The sponsors were the Hon. Mrs. Edward Cropper, the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, and the Rev. A. Cave, formerly incumbent of St. Philip's 'Cburch, in this town. The child was named Hugh M'Neile. THE AFRICAN MAIL STEAM-SHIP COMPANY have made arrangements to establish a semi-monthly mail to the west coast of Africa, to sail from Liverpool on the 10th of each month, the existing service from London on the 24th of each month being continued. The vessels composing the new line are to be called the Northern Light, the Southern -Cross, and the Pleiades, and the first will sail in October next. They will be of iron, of 1,100 tons burthen and :L , OO horse-power, with screw propellers.. A ROMANCE OF LIVERPOOL.—The Times of l as t wee k contained the following advertisement :—" To H. John stone, of Liverpool.—Contrary to promise, no letters have been received by F. R. from H.J. since the friends met in the north en the 16th and 17th of October, 1852, when the treachery was explained, and the friends were reconciled. 11. ff. is requested to write immediately and fully. F. R. remains at home to receive the letter. H. J. should be very cautious and careful. Look to the future with Margaret, the sea lads, and the sailor boy. F. R. will assist.' THE GALE or SATUILDAY week was severely felt at Chester, where the tide rose higher than it has ever been remembered to do before.; at Cullercoats, in Northum berland, where two 'fishermen were drowned; on the Tyne ; and on the Cornish and Devonshire coasts, which were the scene of many casuallies. The fishing smacks sustained much damage.; and in some places the tide rose so high as to create much mischief on shore.. At Porti nallaen the gale was terrific:; and two vessels, the Linnet, Jones, master, and the New Gift, both of Liverpool, foundered. FEARFUL RAILWAY Acet!anNir.—TimEn LIVES LOST. —About six o'clock on Friday night the express train from the north, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, ran off the line at Dixon Fold, near the Clifton .Junction. The engine-driver, Croston, the ." coker," Simmons, who were on the engine and tender, and a child named Barber, aged three years, were killed. The deceased child, its father and mother, the father being a member of the firm of Barber Brothers, Manchester, a little boy aged six, their son, and two servant girls, were in the carriage next -to the tender. They were all more or less injured ;as were the passengers in the other carriages. SUDDEN DEATH OF A lAVER.POOL LADY.—The War wick Advertiser says, an inquest was held at the Town hall, Leamington, on Thursday last, upon view of the body of Mrs. Martha Hemingway, who was found dead the preceding morning, at her residence, R-gent.grove. The deceased was forty-seven years of age, and was the wife of a Liverpool merchant ; and, from the evidence of her daughter and servant, it appeared that she had been suffering from a diseased heart, which was also the opinion of Mr. Watson, as far as he could judge without a post oroetem examination. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased had met with her death from natural causes. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the meeting on Wednesday, the Rev. Mr. Badnali presiding, the com plaint of the head constable against Dr. Gillmour, for not attending to a ease in which he was summonecir was re ferred to the guardians of Toxteth-park.—The Rev. Mr. Moore, chaplain, and Mr. Gough, the governor, in re porting on the state of the schools, stated that the boys requireei more employment, and that the girls' school was far from satisfactory.—Mr. Kirkus declined to pursue his motion for an increase of salary to Mr. Whitehead, assist ant-overseer, on the ground that the majority of the Board, he knew, were against him.—The poor-law in spector intended instituting an inquiry on Wednesday, the 16th instant, into the alleged misconduct of Mr. J. B. M`Govern, bread contractor. LIVERPOOL GLEE AND MADRIGAL UNION. - This society—of whose first essay before the public, in October last, we pronounced a very favourable report—gave its second performance in the Lecture-room of the Mechanics' Institution on Wednesday evening last. We were glad to see so numerous and respectable an auditory, as it gave reason to believe that the public taste for the class of music of which glees and madrigals form the principal part, is reviving, and warranting the expectation that ere long, by the well sustained efforts of such societies as this, the compositions of our fine old English composers may become as popular as they used to be. Certainly, no programme of a performance of music can be more pleasing at once to the unlearned and the learned in that science, than when it is plentifully ir.terspersed with the compositions of our English writers, as was the case on Wednesday evening. Purcell, Gibbons, Douland, Morley, Webbe,—were represented ; nor were Sir Henry Bishop, Mendelssohn, Converso, &c., forgotten. The pieces by these composers were well sung by the members of the society, and many of them encored. Those which gave the greatest satisfaction were " Row, gentle gales," by Bishop ; " Sing we and chaunt it," by Morley ; " When all alone," by Converso ; and a Trrolese melody, har monised—" Come, brothers, tune the lay." The last of these gave great delight. A four-part song by the con ductor, Mr. C. J. Jones, " Up, quit thy bower," was very well received, though not sung altogether with the spirit which distinguished the performance of most of the other pieces. The performance was diversified by longs by Miss Santley and Mr. Charles Santley, both of which were encored ; a quartett, by the Misses Beer (four sisters), beautifully sung, and encored ; a violoncello solo, by Mr. Lidel ; a piano -forte solo, by Mr. C. J. Jones; and a duet by both these gentlemen. These were all performed admirably, both of the performers being evidently masters of their respective instruments. Alto gether, the concert was highly successful ; and we under stand that another performance of this society is intended to be given in the course of a few weeks, and if it should be as successful as its two first efforts, it will have no cause to conapl!lin of went of appreciation on the part of the public. GENERAL NE WS. A PENSION of £2OO a-year has been voted to the widow of Dr. Rice by the governors of Christ's Hospital. THE CLERGY RESERVES IN CANA DA.—A Parliamen tary document has been issued, showing that the number of acres originally appropriated was 3,346,252. The number of acres unsold, 1,574,600. The probable value of the clergy reserves remaining unsold was £430,482 10s. EARTHQUAKE.--A slight shock of an earthquake was felt at Inverness and in various parts of the Highlands last week. At Ness Bank it was distinctly felt at about half-past 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and was ac. companied by a low murmuring noise, as if a carriage was passing along the road. At Culloden it was felt very per ceptibly at. 3 o'clock p.m., at ticles of furniture having bee❑ shaken rather violently in several of the towers of Cullo den-house for a few seconds. AT NORTHAMPTON ASSIZES, Oxen Wilson, aged 70, keeper of a beer-house at Pytchley, was found guilty of arson, in setting fire to the dwelling-house of Mrs. March, who kept the only lic2nsed public-house in the village. The prosecutrix, her son, and maidservant, were in bed at the time, but escaped, though the house was burnt down. A rivalry in trade appears to have been the motive that led to the crime, which was clearly proved, and sentence of death recorded against the aged prisoner. THE ROYAL NURSE.—A Glasgow paper asserts that a Highland woman has been selected to act as nurse to the expected Royal infant, and not a Welsh woman, as was reported. It says :—" A physician in Inverness has been entrusted with the important task of selecting a Highland nurse for the expected Royal stranger. This delicate commission he has been enabled to execute, having already despatched to head-quarters a healthy young married woman from the immediate neighbourhood of the northern capital. HOLYHEAD BREAKWATER.—A distressing accident has happened at these works. Two men were employed staging on the north breakwater, when one of them, who went to fetch a saw, had not proceeded far when he heard cries of distress, and saw his fellow-workman struggling in the water. The sea was running high, and the wind blowing strongly from the north-west, so that, though every ex ertion was made, he was drowned ere the boatmen could reach the spot. The deceased, Howell Morris, was a fine young man of 21, a native of Anglesey. ARRIVAL OF AUSTRALIAN GOLD.---In the course Of two days last week, four ships arrived i❑ the River Thames from Australia, with the large amount of £1,342,712 of gold on board, or 354,648 oz. This is the largest amount that has arrived almost at one time. The vessels were the Roxburgh Castle, with 170,000 oz., of the value of £60.4,000; Chousingee, 63,713 oz., £255,000; Three Bells, 77,803 oz., £311,212 ; and Alert, 43,132 oz., £172,500. A strong force of the police attended the re moval from the ships in the docks to the cellars of the Bank of England. Vessels with as valuable a freight are expected daily to be reported in the Channel. NEW WAY OF LAUNCHING VESSELS.—An iron ship builder, at Havre, Mr. Nillus, has hit upon a mode of launching his vessels, which, from its novelty, has excited a good deal of attention. The parts of the vessel are con structed in the workshops, and then put together on a floating "dumby," consisting of an old twin steamer, which has great stability, from its peculiar form. When finished, the water is admitted into the " dumby" by sluices, and now the vessel rises like a phoenix from its ashes, and is floated off without any risk usually attending launches in the ordinary way. The " dumby" ran either be raised by being pumped dry, or it can be put on the wayi, where the tide will leave it at low water. TRANSPLANTING WHEAT may be resorted to in March (not later) with certain success of obtaining even a larger produce than by the ordinary process of sowing. if the weather should prove dry, no fears need be entertained, as nothing grows freer from transplanting than wheat. The more the land is trodden before and after the process the better—in short it should be persisted in. Experience justifies the propriety of thinning what are commonly called full crops of wheat, for the purpose of being trans planted on well prepared land. The expense of dibbling will be fully made up by the saving of seed. and the extra produce of the crops wh►ch are thus thinned and trans planted. A NEW P A DDLE-WHEEL, in use on some of th e American rivers, is thus described in an American paper : " But there is one circumstance in regard to this boat which is of more consequence than its superlative finery, and which is recommended to notice by its practical utility; and that is the novel construction of the wheel, and the peculiar arrangement of the buckets, or paddles. The wheel is of a vertical construction, and the paddles are attached to one another by rods moved by an eccentric, so that they strike the water edgewise, or perpendicularly. They make, therefore, smooth water after them, and there is said to be no loss of power occasioned by striking or lifting the water after the wheel, as it is immediately thrown off from the centres of the paddles. These pad dles are concave in shape, have forty inches in dip, and five of them are immersed in the water at a time. But whether the revolving motion communicated to them does not really impair some of the inflexible force which be longs to paddles constructed upon the old plan, remains to be tested by experience." FATAL EXPLOSION.—On Saturday week an awful ex plosion of gas occurred in a provision-shop, in Bucking ham-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, occupied by Mr. Wil liam Walker, an engine-wright. There having for some days been an escape of gas, Mr. Walker determined to examine the meter. He took a lighted candle and opened a trapdoor which communicated with the place. The gas, which had been some time accumulating, immediately ignited, and caused a tremendous explosion, shaking the building to its foundation, and scattering bags of flour and other goods in all directions. The counter was torn to pieces, the shop windows blown out, and the building greatly damaged. Mrs. Walker was carried nearly out of the shop, and was taken up in a dreadfully mutilated state. Her husband, too, was rendered insensible, and both were conveyed to the infirmary, where both Mrs. Walker's legs were amputated, and she lingered till Tuesday morning, and then died. Her husband is re covering. A girl who was passing the shop was dreadfully cut in the face by some broken glass, but she is recover ing, though greatly disfigured. LIABILITY OF SH IP• OWNERS.—Tn the Sheriffs' Court, .on Friday, a gentleman, named Hill, obtained a verdict against Mr. Roskell, the owner of the Asia, for breach of 'contract. It appeared that in June last, the defendant, whose vessel was then lying at Adelaide, contracted to convey the plaintiff, his wife, and family, to London, as .ruddy passengers, supplying thorn with provisions. Scc., of the 6rst quality, medical comforts, ice., in consideration of a payment of £130; he, however, failed, inasmuch as there was a deficiency of water and medical comforts, there was no milk, an insufficient supply of bread and pre served tin meats, and other comforts and luxuries to which first-class passengers were entitled, the result being that plaintiff and his family suffered severely, and one of the children, from want of medical comforts, contracted scurvy, and was not yet recovered. Captain Roskell and the ruddy servant gave testimony that the passengers were amply supplied, except interrupted by stormy weather; I the passage had been very tempestuous, and the sheep, pigs, and other stores provided for the passengers' use, were washed overboard, and could not be replenished until the vessel reached Bahia. The judge considered de fendant had not fulfilled his contract. Verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, £3O. THE CHISHOLM EMIGRATION.—Having received a letter a short time ago from a friend in Melbourne, I am advised to forward you some extracts from it, and I have no doubt they will be interesting to a large portion of your readers. The writer is a young man who sailed from London 12th June, 1852, in the ship Scindian, chartered by the " Family Colonization Society," otherwise Mrs. Chisholm. He is well qualified to judge about much he speaks of, having been engaged here as clerk in a firm connected with the building trade. His letter is dated November 15th, 1852. He says :—" We arrived here Oct. 14th, after a tedious and disagreeable voyage, but my two previous letters by homeward bounds will have prepared you for this, and after a good experience now, T have no hesitation in saying the Society under whose aus pices we came out is a dead --. Our captain, a good, kind-hearted man, and one who has be e n l ong engage d i n the trade, says he has brought out to this colony soldiers, convicts, and free emigrants, all of whom were much better treated than we were.' Talk of ' grouping' and attention to morality during the voyage,'—there was no such thing. The emigrants elected me chaplain, and I read prayers regularly ; being also referee, &c. in all sorts of disputes, having many disagreeable duties to perform. We lost four fellow-passengers during the voyage, and I am very thankful to God that no epidemic broke out ; else, in our crowded state, it is fearful to contemplate the con sequences. We paid 4s. to be conveyed to Cole's Wharf, about eight miles from where the ship lay, besides paying ror our luggage. The crowd here was immense, and I had not been ashore half-an-hour when my carpet-bag was stolen, in which was my diary and many other things I intended sending you ; the thief was caught, and is to be tried in two days, when my property will be restored, no doubt. You know the Society says,—' Tents are pro vided for the emigrants upon landing, in which they can stay until they obtain employment.' The tents provided for us were of a wretched description, and only sufficient to hold the females and children by hard squeezing, the men keeping watch and ward outside on the ground or on their luggage."— Correspondent of The Builder. BURNING OP DONCASTER CHURCH.—On Monday morning last week, about one o'clock, it was discovered that the fine old parish church of Doncaster was in flames. About two o'clock the roof of the nave fell in with a tremendous crash. With the roof of the nave fell also the greater part of the west end of the building, carrying along with it the fine perpendicular window, considered by Rickman one of the finest in England, and only within the last six months filled with stained glass, at a cost of £7OO, in perpetuation of the memory of t!:e late Sir William Cooke, of Wheatley Hall, near Doncaster. Over the beautiful south porch was the church library, containing many rare and valuable ecclesiastical works, including a folio Polyglot Bible in fine preservation. The flames reached this part of the building soon after the fire broke out, and in consequence of the inflammable character of the materials, it continued to burn from first to last with great brilliancy. About a quarter past two the south side of the roof of the chancel dropped through. The lower part of this structure now became ignited, and the flames were seen through the lower tier of windows shooting up towards the belfry floor. For a few minutes the fire was impeded by the belfry floor, posed of very strong oak beams; a little time a nd the roof of belfry was in a blaze. About half-past twoo f t ' h bells, the tower fell en masse. The beautiful peal e o d which was com posed eight suspended weighing altogether about six tons, contiiiiu but for some time longer on their substantial supporters, another, or, at ultimately they dropped down one into the urnin least, such portions as were not melted,three g a courageous mass beneath. At about a quarter. to effort was made to save the parish registers, and the greater part of the books, though much burnt, and the rescued. Near the vestry was communion plate, were the celebrated organ, by Harris, allowed t be one o f th e e finest in the country, • nd which was in the course of re erection. Every article of this invaluable i ns t rument was consumed. In the short space of three hours this extensive, antique, and handsome edifice, regarded as a type of parish churches of the perpendicular style—for centuries the pride and the boast of Doncaster— was re duced to a heap of ashes. The total loss of property by , this calamity is estimated a t XlOO ,OOO, and no part of the 1 Sacred edifice was insured. A WRITER in the Singapore Free Press recommends he use of the leaves of the coffee plant as a substitute for he berry. AUSTRALIAN GOLD.—In the course of Wednesday and Monday, four ships arrived in the Themes from Australia, with the large amount of £1,342,712 of gold on board, or 354,64 S oz. A WONSAN'S STRIKE.—The women in a tobacco manu actory at Marseilles, 1,200 in number, have left their work because they are required to use a knife instead of a pair of scissors in cutting the ends of the cigars. THE SAILORS' STRIKE AT SOUTHAMPTOti.—SeveraI Of the seamen on strike at Southampton have given in. They have applied to the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany for employment at their former wages, and have ob tained it. QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.—The annual accounts of Queen Anne's Bounty for the year IS3I have just been issued. The receipts were £204,129 10s. 10d., and the disbursements £204,332 6s. sd. Tile first fruits in arrear were - .E'49 4s. Sd., and the yearly tenths due £G2 10s. Id. THE CAPE.—The G , neral Screw Company's steamer, H e llespont sailed from London on Tuesday, with £40,000 in specie, 200 tons of cargo, at £l2 per ton, and about seven passengers. THE 2ND ROYALS. — The 2nd detachment arrived at Corfu on the lith ultimo, by the Poictiers, in fifteen days, from Cork. The other transport, with the remainder of the Royals, was daily expected, but had not on the 19th made her appearance. SPURIOUS NUGGETS.—.. 3 k quantity of spurious gold-dust and nuggets, manufactured in England, has been circulated in South Australia, and are so well prepared by the electro gilding process that great difficulty is experienced in de tecting the fraud. THE RAILWAY KING.—The sum on the third suit expected to be recovered by the York and North Midland Railway Company, of Mr. Hudson, is about £16,000, making upwards of £75,000 altogether, exclusive of expenses. Mr. Hudson has given notice of appeal against the former decision. MILITARY ENCAMPMENTS.—Ascot Heath is being surveyed for the purpose of selecting the most eligible po sition for an encampment of 7,000 of the household bri gade and regiments of the line, in May and June next ; surveys have also been made in the Great Park, Hounslow, and at Bagshot Heath, where it is intended to encamp as many regiments as can be spared from all the military stations in the country. INDIA. AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The mails which were dispatched on Friday, rid Southampton, per steam ship Indus for Egypt, India, China, and Australia, were the largest that have as yet been forwarded, comprising no fewer than 163 boxes, besides several bags, with a portion of the mails that were on board the steam-ship Australia, and which have been forwarded by the Overland India Mail, viii Singapore. THE AUSTRALIAN SCREW STEAMSHIP made a third trial trip on Saturday, at Plymouth. Captain Lowe took her several miles beyond the Eddystone, submitting her engines, in which the defects would appear to be, to a fair and proper test ; the result of which is so far unsatisfac tory, that the vessel is further detained, and will have again to go into dock to attempt a remedy of defects. A WIFE STAKED AT CARDS.—A recent French paper reports a case in which a lady brought a suit for a divorce against her husband. It was proved that on this occasion the wife had been staked at cards, and the key of her room handed over to the winners. In the first case, she escaped by jumping out of the window, and in the other the winner was too much intoxicated to be dangerous. THE Stirling Adrertiser furnishes a rare orthographies' curiosity, received by the owner of a small property in a neighbouring village from an indignant tenant :—" Jeny wury 9th, 1853.—Sir,—this cums to see why that ar not onester about the hose for ma father giv up the hose on hansolmundy to your mother no mor at prsent bet your servent." The epistle was sealed with soap. THE NEW JEW BILL was issued on Thursday. There are six clauses, to the effect that in the abjuration oath, when administered to the Jews, the words " upon the true faith of a Christian" are to be omitted. Persons professing the Jewish religion are to make a declaration. Such persons are not to hold certain offices in the State, or in the Church. nor are they to present to benefices in right of office. Further, it is proposed to enact that Jews are not! to advise in the appointment to offices in the Established Church. SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, the four o'clock passengertrain from Tynemouth, on the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway got partially off the line, after clearing the Willingto❑ viaduct, on its way to New. castle. The engine, tender, and van were thrown over the embankment, killing the engine-man, and seriously injuring the stoker, who has been taken to the infirmary. The guard is hurt. The coupling-chain broke, or the entire train would have been thrown over, and many pas sengers killed ; several are bruised. EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.—The London and. North-Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, East Lanca shire, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail way Companies have given notice " that their agents will in future cease to collect goods, except shipping goods for Liverpool, at S o'clock, a.m. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.-At Briston, in Norfolk, last week, a female servant, 26 years of age, in the employ of the Rev. J. Bird, was missing in the morning. On iiro ceeding, however, to the footman's room, which is reached by steps and entered by a trap door, she was dis covered with the footman, both presenting the most dreadful appearance, being black in their faces, and foam ing at the mouth, in consequence of the lad having lighted a charcoal fire in a moveable stove and shut down the trap door, leaving the room without any ventilation, The female expired in a few minutes, but the lad was so far recovered as to be able to give his evidence at the inquest. GREAT SNOW SQUALL.—The whole range of the Lin colnshire and Yorkshire coast, from far above Flam borough Head to below the Wash, was, on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, visited by the most destruc tive snow storm that has been experienced off that part of the kingdom for some years. The consequences to the shipping engaged in the collier and coasting trade was most disastrous, as many as a hundred vessels having been driven ashore. The Hull Packet says that intelligence was received of thirty vessels being on shore to the north of Spurn, but the most likely supposition is that during the snow showers the captain had mistaken the Swatch. way—a cutting in shore at Spurn—for the entrance to the Humber. DREADFUL AFFAIR IN CANTERBURY.—George ley, a millwright by trade, has made an attempt upon the life of his wife, and then committed suicide by cutting his throat nearly from car to ear. He has evinced a slight aberration of mind for some time time past, but retired tc rest with his wife on Sunday, apparently much better than he had been. Shortly after 5 o'clock on Monday morning, the wife of the unfortunate man was awoke by his attempt ing to cut her throat with a razor; she immediately cried out, " Oh, dear George, what are you doing ?" and rush ; ing out of the room, ran to the house of a neighbour, the blood at the time streaming profusely from the extensive gash made in her neck. Assistance was soon procured ; when, upon proceeding to the bedroom, a dreadful scene presented itself, the man was lying a corpse, surrounded by his own blood, having nearly severed his head from i his body. EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT.—Salisbury has been the scene of considerable excitement, in consequence of a discovery that Mrs. White, of the Wheat Sheaf Commer cial Inn, had decamped with no less than £5OO belonging to her husband. Mr. White having lately resolved upon quitting business, a purchaser came forward in the person of Mr. Perman, for £5OO. On Saturday the money was paid, and Mr. and Mrs. White proceeded up-stairs to place it in some safe depository. She unlocked the secret escritoire, into which she dropped the cash. Mrs. White then apparently locked the bureau, and gave her husband the key, desiring him to go and make merry down stairs with some of his old customers for the last time as land lord. He unsuspectingly complied, and shortly after wards the wife left the house in her walking dress t o v i s i t a friend or two in the city, promising to return again shortly. As she did not return, the husband's suspicions were aroused, and it was ascertained that she had taken her departure for London. The bureau was found un locked and the escritoire empty, the wile having abstract ed the money, besides some pounds of her own, and some articles of wearing apparel. Some months ago, a dashing corporal in the recruiting service was quartered at the Wheat Sheaf, and his affable conduct to the landlady was the subject of general remark. He recently purchased his discharge, and about a fortnight ago left Salisbury for London. He was in the city that day, whence he took the train for London. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—A most fearful accident hap pened on Thursday evening on the York and Berwick line. The four o'clock train from Tynemouth to New castle had crossed the Wellington viaduct, which passcs, over a valley near Wallsend at a considerable height, when the passengers were thrown together, the engine, tender, and guard's van having broken the coupling chain and gone over an embankment a distance of some 15 feet. It was found that the engine had fallen upon William Stephenson, the engineman, and killed him on the spot, crushing him in a most frightful manner. The stoker and guard were injured, but not seriously. Several of the passengers received bruises, but none were seriously hurt.—Two accidents, one of them terminating fatally, have occurred on the South Wales line. On Wednesday, at Pencoed, near Bridgend, ran old man, named Daniel Jones, crossed the line, when he was struck by the engine, eightr the....____.. and the train passed over his head, which was crushed in a most frightful manner. The other accident happened from a collision between a passenger and a goods train near Swansea. The luggage engine, being the heaviest, overpowered the passenger train, which . was thrown back with considerable violence, and the engineer and stoker' were much hurt, though no bones were broken. Several both a_tesrind sides o line, f by th e serious tra in li collision ntos a South i ballast tookE, train i the ch of the passengers also received severe bruises. —On Friday m o o f rn a in g g oo a ds the line Merstham s zi ta e t n io w n :ere n inj t u i r e ed, o a u nd i blocked up by the debris. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. MUSICAL SOIREE. —Mr. Joseph Robinson will give his annual soiree musicale at the Philharmonic-hall, on Fri day evening first. It will be under the patronage of his worshipful the mayor. Rarely have a Liverpool andience the opportunity of listening to such a host of talented artistes as Mr. Robinson has retained for the occasion, and we trust the public will show te themselves deffort c . apable of appreciating the praiseworthy and spirt THEATRE ROYAL.—The music-loving part of the com munity were attracted to this place of amusement during the past week by the operatic company, the performances concluding each evening with Douglas Jerrold's comedy of " St. Cupid." THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE has now become the scene of " Uncle Tom's Cabin" and the comic panto mime, which have been transferred to this place of amuse ment from the Theatre-Royal. Nightly they have been played to admiring audiences during the past week. THE SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS, which are wonderfully varied considering the small charge for ad mission, still continue to be crowded. The org,anoplionic band appeared on Saturday night last.