The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-24 00:00:00

armed to e trowel , •malities , Ausion of Inn, Sir ew see of man , the Esq., of extensive 3rishes of to exceed orty-nine twenty In every, 3 stipend 100 addl e twenty £11,3•50• ; moved annum. ns are to h is to be les which churche3 r c ollegef, L e Earl 01 Colonel it George, Bishop o 1 P. Sir. 1 r )pened to rection o' , s , to b 8 tm bridge' thibitioos 'he sch° l6 he site 01 is centre e 1:0 1 °' Addison, has bet3l3 ing ereflf Unto, ° r3 anists, to Nlissiong: !ir sever s ' of Taal? time Ili han de's/ a speci° l pointed to on WO, been fa t !;d priestud,f d Rudd , • Cage , r for DO' about to ssistedt ° of Wil l ' Anthot? joined la !ached bf ish, ft oo i. 14. itry fo The rrat __ ors. g I addres I'b ° ide also f i t 1 Antbew 1 with r th! Dan t i m ber 0 0 3, and 11 of laclieg' Penni"; an d the r CO untY S gt incoent ing Iv e fte ner at ' a l ops Ao y a ge n e e i r og ut the "d I bona- . 0035 , 01l e' no lie c % rl ic ijoul l , ll 0 1 it we' o r beeU t ot cafe to j , f Gli' f e his. , DO ° ci ford , D 0 with • 't os 0314 nt 0 - o ce " f fio h oi i s oa,. wher v ilel° t the t 1 c / alie6 f h o ie C"" e Li ve Jo be Sit O is c tea beef the v so Le d for pleee a ia 10 bu , cal 11,01‘ .. t oraso e th Ja,f o ol daY' rs' ,- Jae' Lis " Bolo' he he l e t \\C j. 3. i ,„ I6 Q I LOCAL NEWS. --........-........._,.........---.. ----",--------------- MR. JAMES PENN Hartees,of Clarence-street,hasbeea ad mitted a Fello w o f th e R oya l C o ll ege o f Surgeons. b Tux INDIAN Q UEEN ( s i s t er s hip to the M a rco Polo), Ties ay, to M essrs . J ames Baines and Co., sailed on eu esday, for Melbourne, with 361 passengers. Car penter T ues d a y morn in g , the Rev. Henry delive re d an exce ll en t an d impressive on the su bj ect of Missions, to the pupils of Dr. Fisher's address Fisher's educational establishment. Ua raneroxy.—At the Parish Church, Blackburn, on , Whit-M on d ay, 27 couples were united in the holy bands Of m atrimony —a sm a ll e r number than might have been expected from the prosperous state of the times. DEAF AND DI.MSB.—The annual examination of the pupils of the school will take place on Thursday next, at t he Roy a l I nst i tution. This is at al l t i mes a most in teresting exhibition. b MR• CLARK, who for more than seventeen years has R 'ee, l l master of the South Church of England Infant . " •ea ° ol , Cornwallis-street, has resigned his situation, and 1 ; 11 1 leav e a t midsummer. He is about to op en a pr i va t e ethool for the children of the higher classes. 1. TELE Werenwircie, screw steam-ship, seven days `°ln Gib the Liver 001, bound to Genoa and Leghorn, reached raltar on o the 12th inst. She had been aground on coast near Cadiz, and was very leaky, and had, in i'urY to repa „ce4sequence, commenced discharging her cargo prepare irs t A DSTRA LI..N STEANIERS.—T sanli, aence for Australia, arrived at St. Vincent, hescrew-steamer O on the m 29th 4 Pril, in 12 days, and 20 hours. Passengers and crew all bourne,/vee screw -steamer Iron Prince, hence for Mel n arrived at St. Vincent in 22 days. She remained 06 hours to coal, and then proceeded on her voyage. THE ORMSRIRK CATTLE FAIR was held On Monday and Tuesday last week. The cows exhibited on Monday rulwere not very numerous. The demand being great, the ers reali se d a quick sale at very high prices. The a lr? of horses was n o t so great as on former occasions. So ß me of them bein g fine animals fetched high prices. TE CUNARD Co mPANY'S fleet comprises twenty-seven f.rst-class steamers, paddle and screw boats. The paddle steamers are the British and North American mail boats, and the French line to Havre. The screw boats are prin. largest ships are on the linPethteo cipally engaged in plyin g u Cana Mediterranean, da, New but_ ork , and Chagres. A BURGLAR DEFEATED.--A few nights since, an at tempt was made to force '• the money chest in the manager's Offiee of the London and North- a -- estern Railway at the Lime -street station. The iron door and locks were, how ever, of t h e manufacture of Messrs. Chubb and Son, theythe resist e d the great efforts which appeared to have , made to force open the one or to pick the others. ne company hare offered £lOO reward for the apprehen- Edon of the offenders. °AIQs-s-resur RAGGED SCIIOOLS.—OnWhit-Monday, the children were reealed with a tea-party. In the g after buns the infant s (1 40 in number) were treated to tea and 41 ( 1 , irls o anees, &c. I n t h e even i ng a b out 1 50 of the b oys attending the evening and Sunday schools were 'end.ulged with a eimilar treat, and underwent various ex ercises in singing, &c., in which, as well as in their general e'n'aviour, the children manifested great improvement. : 4 2,eer the distribution of rewards, the proceedings were S. Li j e . r ed,bY the exhibition of a magic lantern, by Mr. Tears,"'' eaceeee. The schools have been in operation two under the able supervision of the Rev. S. Minton. Got. F W e il D re t IN DERS.—The comm i ttee o f t h e S a i lors ' Home, te-st Lendon docks, have published a tabuler t:r ptesent ation of th e pro d uce of gold from the diggins, e't?let t o the Sailors' Home by seamen, during the last Is eve l tnontlis (in amounts above £100). Eleven sailors ~300;r,°tight home enaounts ranging between £2OO and abe n „ go sums between £3OO and £400; . four sums eve li - ne nt.? 6 o and under £5OO. One Brown brings over an foe J 0 ; but £6OO, with or without its decimals, is not one l ic n . z the list. Two obtained £750 each, two £940, 1 7 . and the most prosperous £22 . 84. the Lordke°4•sl-11RE MlLlTlA. — Coromissions signed by -- -21 re enneutenant of the county palatine of Lancaster : Trench ,I,foent of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia, Duke erl u gent, Es q ., t o b e capt ain.--5d regiment of the taesntteir e,k,-,;ancaster's Own Militia, Frederic Wm. Earle, , to be lieutenant. -4th, or the Duke of Lan thire e s .`, - !wn Light Infantry regiment of Royal Lance taaratia. John Henrylake, gentleman, to be lieute re:-. Sir George Preston to be lieutenant, vice Fort, e s ' s l i g st e ed ; James Taylor, gentleman, to be ensign and Lances antsureeon.—The Artillery regiment of the Royal Cattliehe,re Militia, Thomas Lediard, Esq., late captain .2,,,l,:eirnenuttoobfe captain ; Captain James Bourne, from the i' l o 4 „ tolle e e Royal Lancashire Militia, to be major.— ne is substituted for the notice which appeared of tlttlie Gazette of the 6th instant : The Artillery regiment te rt e n i tl,Yal Lan cas hi re M ilitia, James Gubbins Archer eCilt zscl , late captain 6th Carabineers, to be captain. The ESCAPE OF AN EeflGAl:el. SHIP.— taa! ,4rneriean ship Connecticut, Mr. W illiams, corn fo,,?eer, which left Liverpool on the 21st of last month ;„!,'''' w York, with about 600 emigrants on board, has j u st'' in reaching Falmouth, after a most five,, e frightfulereodr s round e zo s gu c dar a iaide p ys e s atof being overcome by a succession of ( f ) ter th % towesi. westward of Cape Clear._ Some ne ort s h-w e es t t ti e -e nd' liners terrifically. It continued or : the ship labour ienrstew, e , lvthee hours wind og severely, and there a ue • f days, against it, the master punete.aring, n r i i a chance of beating few hours e h v o en w t e u v a e l r lyback hen a change took forth more furious ti the wind dropped to a calm. In a ; a n e sh edfeorske, stehte-isTa Li i s ran e t v s e t o n i r e m n d b o r u o s k i ! mast g , and the ship carried away her main and foretop , besides sustaining other damage. For three days 411 d nights th ere was no abatement in its fury, the vessel El, " i Pl'ing heavy seas a n d ro l l i ng in a manner to create the P- t !Ott dismay among all on board. Attempts were ade, but unsuccessfull narrowly up for Cork. .In re neraeilq her course she y escaped destruction by ne,ilision. The ship Martha Rae, in attempting to spea k e,.." 11 her got foul of her, and occaseoned . considerable he ~ei.sicihie.' Some pilots succeeded in boarding her off t a. c : l `,l ',lslands, and a steam-tug subsequently coming . Ctan.hail, she was employed to take - the Connecticut in (4 , and she was got into Falmouth. 111etter ee 11 " . erle COMMITTEE.—At the meeting on Thursday, d as read - from the solicitors to the London an ielrth•western Railway Company, stating that . a shop e" trid Ow had been broken by a cart belonging to the le? a l l a PanY, in consequence of the horse taking frightat_a aeeer-cart. The cost of repairing the damage was £2O, to g l u they wished to know who was to .pay. After some te‘,i ve rst:Ton the committee decided that they had nothing h e 4 .° witlethe matter.—Mr. Gladstone said that last week • Look are opportunity of mentioning to the committee, With • ziortnreference to Dale -street, that a fortnight ago the out: B !de of that street was taken up. Last week the . fixation was taken up. Ile had the pleasure and grati- Was tak en stating that this week the centre of the street v .anuvuonu. eis s il i 1,, P• So that they were getting on as fast as I, o _, le.---Nnr. Hodson stated that great portions of eet should mad, Dale -street, and Byrom-street were up at rain s tr mt '' "d expressed an opinion that only one ``eels,a navel he taken up at a time.—The following ', West Derby-road, West Derby-street, lieevertree-road, Scotland-road, Oldhall-street, and Patr 4ternt-street, seere ordered to be paved with square te n e Jatnes Lyens, of Cable-street, had written a letter seat`cne chairman com laining that that street yeas not Wer e t e e e d as it oceht t P o be —Mr. Newlands -said there Po s ; ,` - ' 7 streets watered every week, and he did not pro- P l 6o l. l, (l _ W , a ter Cable -street at all. It appeared that only le g the 4C 1 been allowed in the last paving-rate for water- Oserauj streets, and that it was impossible to carry the aa addition to loany greater length than at present without union the rate. 1 ., ie Itiyti,-' LICENSING - SYSTEM IN LIVERPOOL. .-- Mr. eenie`h, one of the clerks to the magistrates, gave t o ie 4 .. ce . recently before the select committee, now sitting Inycluire into the licensing system generally. Mr. L t lle h er gh shake to the system in Liverpool, and said that her,lesent system was based on no principle, and was I:0 •,,-•°re various, uncertain, dissatisfactory and capricious. ke z r s ° , l edy this - he would take away the power from the 4 tit[ l l , - , l. tee, and give it to the excise or some other ueec e '" , Y who would have no discretion, but to grant a of ayes 10 eve r y applicant,_ without reference to residence, annually, say £lOO, atie .aclied r e spectability, i paying Xineh, t ving security for . t the pa of penalties that fever,ln inflicted ', be • on him, and the penalties should be • housee en 2 ;* ,so beer-house license to be granted, and Mr. b • -r g ,l tt • k that the number of public- . , 4 4 ( 1 L Slot he greater than t ee nem would tee,,'eer-houses now, while the charge for licences ilk! Un i I ' ber of public -houses eta4_er theist far more respectable generally. Mr. Wybergh bu t that several brewers were on the watch committee,a Cris ' no ne on the bench ; and he furnished tables ot . thi:!iin v nal nature respecting licensed houses. There are In aool 32 public-houses, and 57 beer-houses. in which b s air.'s are harbouredthe following is a statemen t'll ,:futPerintendent Clough, of the company he found .4 " I I night last month, in the following houses : 7 6 , • S . : • • w ~ v . . .5 . F.lilabeth 11 E , : -C °. 2 Id o -reyfr , ~ . ...,• cz :.. ~c . .. J al gSOn . s , wilTa" 011 aInsOn-gcl. 0.. 0.. 4.. a.. 3( 3 ) • 51 4 ._ es ard, 1/..Kon-square.. 6 .• 3 0.. 0 .. 33 .. 40 47 8 e8 tiruoi, nua mson-sq... 4.. 0.. 3.. • • _• • „ vvr'p Parr in -, Pn, D awson-st.. 2.. 0.. 5.. .. 75 . . !..?. (' 'lain nime-non, C harles-street 0.. 0.. 14.. 0..18 • • Tt. i i .erg e Ev. Jaen, M urray -street 3.. 1.. 2.. 3.. 50 ... ',, T o L ßgiar i i s'ar, Leper Dawson-St. 0.. 0.. 0.. 0..10 . • 112 li 'te be oon, Whitecliapel .. on 0. .9.. 0 . 18 . • Ti: I,cetitip,:,,,,rhonse, B lundell-0.. 0.. 0..20.. () .. 100 .. 126 Ylery-e6osseutn, Paradise-5t.150.. 100 .. ISO , i.shotto,_,reat y h arlotte-street. 10.. 20.. 0.. 1 .. 130 .. 1(2(2 Crastt%aterloo.road..., 10.. 0.. 6.. 0.. 70 .. ti 6 vr s ' n,egent's-road 30 0.. 5.. 0.. 130 .. 1 65 4b.ter ie the e ' Ge v. , Regent -road '''''''''' e .. 0.. 0.. 0..90.. 97 1 -LI: OWL '''''''' 1 • • Is PONVER.—The secrets of nature, whe zie4t„--e ills - f ir more extended or minute workings, never - nt it • - e fully under observation than in our own time, 0 is 14 er t , now ch aracteristic of men of science, not only to 4 ed e s hut th e Do n to control. The value of this knowledge ge e h,. power is strikingly illustrated in the cultivation of ajus' t /f A L I , . H A la , strikingly it was reserved . for modern l itl li eel i 0 7. ,°,ring under the dominion of science . . That ) 1 g th e L ne subject connected with its restoration, was oto Object of the most persevering solicitude ; but s Pree,.'s to the enterprise of C. and A. OLDRIDGE, "Ileed':lration (the Balm of Columbia) is not only pro `esti° but distributed through most of the British pos sl.°WteriB',bY whi li baldness disappears, and a luxuriant . Vettei_enothes the hrow that but lately bore a few thinly , dly i", lOCkS. Many a gentleman ;chase head was ra w-,l_o,e'th..eoVer.ed hi n al% 2os its natural ornament, has, by the use of this in s locks, and found them curling oie i , ti Lin their wonted luxuriance ; and many an elegant ti!leainewl'o was dismayed at the diminution of her most ~,e, !'"part ration, has, by applying this active restore g4i a , n -II n ,„ee a salutary vigour to her tresses, which have 4 tes rn 've , d and wantoned in exuberance and beauty. I).()v'n hr " S 13 Aeer causes Whiskers and Eve-brows to eL e es n.e,Sents the hair from turning grey, and completely p, i v, from scurf. Sold wholesale and retail by the ti ° 4 o, e n ` d a ii ; s 13, Wellington -street North, Strand, Lon p„ e v e ,,,, y most of the respectable perfumers and medi -04). "'ets. P r i ce 3s. 6 , 1., 65., and lls. per bottle. No ‘: be Prices are genuine. he public are requested tleet°4 their guard azainst counterfeits ; ask for Oen li°0(10 s BALM, 13, Wellington-street North, Strand, 4 tine rl • Sold wholesale by Ige.”l-5, RAIMES and Co., q-!treetr Liverpool. THE A LUNATIC, named Bibby, has escaped from the asylum, Brownlow-hill. He is forty years of age, and wears the workhouse apparel. THE HON. E. M. L. Mosrrs, M.P.—On Wednesday, at the Liverpool Bankruptcy Court, this gentleman was adjudicated a bankrupt by Mr. Commissioner Perry. ROBBERY.—A gentleman, who had lately returned from Australia, had his pocket picked of a pocket-book, con taining £4OO in Bank of England notes, whilst crossing George's-bridge from the landing-stage, on Tuesday. RUNCORN.—The Board of Guardians of this union have recommended Mr. Henry Coleborne, relieving-officer, to the registrar-general for the appointment of registrar for the Runcorn district. WAX FLOWERS.—Some very beautiful wax flowers, at the floral show, on Thursday, were contributed by Mrs. Green, Myrtle-street, but were not intended for compe tition. They were much admired for their fidelity to nature. MR. ISAAC DAVIES, mate of the City of Dublin Com pany's steamer Roscommon, has been presented with a handsome silver medal from the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society, for his exer tions in saving several of the crew and passengers of the Victoria steamer in Dublin bay. ADULTERATION OF GUANO.—It appears that the adulteration of guano is largely carried on in thisf town. The principal materials used are damaged Roman cement and gypsum, liquid manure from horse refuse being poured over the mixture to impart a smell similar to that of orthodox guano. It is stated that one bag of guano is by this process mysteriously multiplied into twelve or fourteen THE COUNTESS OF ELLESMERE, the fleet and favourite Runcorn steamer, built by Mr. John Laird, ran a race, on Tuesday, with the Mona's Queen, built by Messrs. Thompson and Co., of Glasgow, for the Douglas station. The race was from the Pierhead to the Formby Light ship, and the Countess was the victor by two-and-a-half minutes. The Countess is 350 tons burden, and 80 horse power ; the Mona's Queen, 500 tons, and 220 horse. ORMSRIRK POLICE.—On Tuesday, George Smith, a labourer, of Formby, was charged with setting fire to a quantity of gorse on Formby-moss, on several occasions. He was committed to Kirkdale gaol for trial at the assizes. —An Irishman, named John Wilson, was on Wednesday charged with stealing a watch from the person of Thomas Birch, of Scarishrick, on Sunday ; and also charged with stealing 13s. and a handkerchief from the person of Henry Strong, corporal of marines, of Ormskirk, on Monday. He was committed for trial. • THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—On Monday last, nearly 6,000 people visited the gardens, and the attendance has been proportionately good during the whole of the week. The dissolving views of Professor Buck (who has been re engaged) have elicited rapturous applause. The novelties for the present week are Herr Nicolo Deulin and his infant sons; also his highly-trained troupe of dogs and monkeys: —the fireworks, the maze, the gymnasium, Herr Vogel's shooting, &c. This evening, we perceive, an extra dis play will be given in honour of her Majesty's birth-day. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last, Mr. Statham, deputy railway-coroner, held an inquest on the body of Wm. Falkner, aged 27 years, in the employ of the Lon• don and North Western Railway Company, at the Wap ping tunnel. The deceased was going up the tunnel, with one of his fellow-workmen, when they heard a train coming down. The deceased went on the down side, and stood close to the wall, where there is very little room. A man, named Owen Roberts, was standing on the break at the side of the waggons, pinning it down, and at the same moment, not seeing the deceased, they came into collision, Roberts was knocked off the break, and the wheels of the last waggon passed over his foot. The de ceased was knocked down, and the wheels of the waggon passed over his body. They were taken to the Southern Hospital, where the latter died, in a very soon afterwards. WHITSUNTIDE EXCURSIONS.-0a Tuesday, 3,800 per sons arrived at the Tithebarn-street station, Liverpool, by cheap special trains. There were similar arrivals of pleasure-seekers on Wednesday and Thursday, but the numbers were not so considerable as on the day preceding. The following are the number of excursionists who have arrived at the Lime-street station, by the cheap trains on the London and North-western Ra - ilway :—Monday, 4,804 ; Tuesday, 1,350 from Manchester ; Wednesday, 1,500 from the same city ; Thursday, 1,800 from Man chester and Stockport, and about 500 from Bolton. In the course of the week many people from Wales have visited Liverpool, having come by the Birkenhead, Lan cashire and Cheshire Junction line. CHANGE RINGING.—On Whit-Monday, the united societies of 'St. Nicholas's and St. Luke's, in this town, ascended the tower of St. John's church, Preston, and rune on that musical peal of eight bells a true peal of grandsire triples, consisting of 5,040 changes, which was performed in a masterly style in three hours and fifteen minutes by the following persons :-- , John Brooks, treble-; William Worthington, 2d ; James Heron, 3d ; Peter Brooks, 4th ; Richard Williams, :sth; William Heron, 6th ; William Thistlewood, 7th ; James Cave, tenor. The peal was ably conducted by Mr. William Thistlewood. Weight of the tenor, 25 cwt. The company afterwards opened a splendid new peal of hand-bells, manufactured by Mr. V. Thistlewood for the rinzers of Wallasey, Cheshire, the gift of W. Chambres, Esq., churchwarden. • HEALTH OF THE Tows.—The medical officer reports that the deaths registered in the borough during the week ending last Saturday, were the same in number as in the previous creek, namely, 189. The average mortality of the five preceding years was 128, nine more than that of last week. The total deaths from zymotic diseases were 31, including—from hooping cough 14, typhus 5, bowel complaints 5, croup 3, and 1 each from measles, erysipe las, and chicken-pox. For the first time for nearly three years no fatal case of scarlatina was recorded. The low temperature of last week had the effect of increasing the mortality from diseases of the lungs, which amounted to 71, a greater number than in any of the four previous weeks. The deaths of two individuals were registered from delirium tremens and excessive drinking, namely, a victualler, aged 19, and an unmarried female in good cir cumstances, aged 47. FETE ON BOARD THE TENERIPFE.—On Thursday Messrs. turns and Maclver, proprietors of the fine new screw-steamer Teneriffe, gave a grand entertainment on board to nearly all the Greek merchants of Liverpool and Manchester, preparatory to her starting on her first voyage to Alexandria, Egypt. Mr. Charles Maclver occupied the chair ; and, after the usual loyal toasts, proposed " Kine Otho and Queen Amelie of Greece, and the Hel lenic Constitution," which was responded to by Mr. D. N. Giannacopulo. the Greek Consul, who proposed " The health of Mr. Charles Maciver, and success and pros perity to the company which he so ably directs, and to British steam navigation generally." The party went on board at eleven o'clock forenoon, and after a short cruise returned about half-past six in the evening. ROBBERY hY A WORKMAN.—At the 'Police-court, on Tuesday, John Wilkinson, a joiner, was charged with stealing a hat, a muffler, a quantity of silk, several shoes, and other articles, from the premises of Messrs. Frisby, Dyke, and Cc., Lord-street. For some weeks past the prisoner has been employed under Messrs. 'William Jones and Co., to execute some repairs on the premises of the prosecutors, in the course of which time a hat and muf fler belonging to one of the young men in Messrs. Frisby and Co.'s employ 'had been stolen from the dining. room. On Tuesday morning the prisoner was given in charge, on suspicion of breaking open a box belonging to Messrs. Frisby, Dyke, and Co., and in his possession was found a bottle of lavender water, which was identified. His house was searched, and the hat and muffler and a large amount of other property was found, all of which was identified. The prisoner was sent for trial. Paosrucrs OP lANA•mA.—We take the following from the San Francisco Herall of the 23d March There is every probability of the Panama Railroad being com pleted, as promised, by the end of the present year. A number of steam lines, in addition to those already in operation, will by that time ,converge on the Isthmus, and swell the tide of population already pouring over it. Aspinwall is already the terminus of two lines of first-class steamers from New York ; one from New Orleans; the new Cunard line from Liverpool, vid New York ; the Royal Mail Steamship line direct from Southampton; the new British line from New York, aid Savannah, Bermuda., and Jamaica. In addition to these, a French company, under the auspices of the Government, are building a number or steamers to run between Cherbourg and Aspin wall ; two English companies are about to put on lines from Pan ama to Australia—making no less than nine li nes of first- c l ass steamers centring on 'the Arlantic side of the isthmus. F rom P anama now rad i ate a line of steamers to Valparaiso, two lines to San Francisco, and two more are contemplated to Australia—making five in all. The Isthmus of Panama alone, then, will, by the time the rail road is completed, be the converging point for 14 lines of steamers." FREEMASONRY. — The annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Freemasons was held at the Adelphi Hotel, on Wed. nesday. A larger number of the brethren assembled on the occasion than has been known for many years. The craft lodge was opened in the three degrees by Brother Thompson, W.M. of St. Georges Lodge of Harmony, No. 35, assisted by the worshipful masters of the senior lodges in the province. The several lodges were then called upon for their dues to the grand lodge and the fund of benevolence. The grand lodge then entered in processional order ; meanwhile a solemn march was played on the organ by Brother John Mohnen', jun., P.G.O. Prayers were then offered up by the P.G. chap lain, and the grand lodge was declared open by the deputy provincial grand master. After the transaction of the usual business of the province, a court was held for the admission of candidates for the West Lancashire Masonic Institution for the Education and Advancement in Life of Children of Distressed Freemasons, and the transaction of the business of the institution, The minutes and pro ceedings of the several committees were read by the hon. secretary, J. J. Banning, and confirmed. With the sub scriptions and donations received at the meeting, the funds now exceed £l,OOO. The grand lodge was closed, and the officers retired as on entering. The craft lodge was afterwards closed by the W.M. of lodge 35. At four o'clock the brethren assembled at the banquet, where a number of toasts were given, and glees and songs sung. SINGULAR RESTITUTION.—The enclosed letter has been received.by the Mayor, who has placed the half sovereign in the poor-box : "The writer of this was some time ago in Liverpool, and was reduced to a very destitute condition whilst there. In passing through some of the graving docks he chanced to see some pieces of copper sheeting, nails, &c., beneath a vessel under going repairs, which he secreted, and afterwards sold at a marine-store. He did the same five or six times afterwards. The value, taken in this way, may have amounted to 4s.—at the utmost, 6s. " :end, for want of having the means to pay for lodging, he was some nights necessitated to walk the streets, and, whilst doing so in the evenings, he met with two or three crocks or water-pans outside the houses, which he sold i n a court, i n an adjoining street, by pretending that his mother was in distress, and was obliged to sell them, &c. The value, taken in this way, may have amounted to Is.—at the utmost to Is. r.d. "And, if the writer of this knew either the owner of the pieces of copper or the pans, he would gladly make restitution ; but, a s he does not, and cannot find them ,out, he would be greatly obliged to the Ma) or of Liverpool to have the enclosed half sovereign disposed of in such a manner as he would thi n k most suitable, under the circumstances detailed above; and, in case he did not succeed, to distribute it to . a few of the most deserv ing, honest poor he knows of, for which favour the writer will be very thankful." The signature " Metanoite Hamartolos " ;" Repent, 0 sinner,") is appended in Greek character. LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 24, THE DERBY MUSEUM.—This interesting exhibition has been visited by a large number of the Whitsuntide excur sionists during the week, the attendance being 3,070 on Monday, and 2100 on Tuesday. On Wednesdays the ex hibition is closed except to artists. On Thursday the number of persons was 1440. SHIPS FOR AUSTRALIA.—The total number of vessels now preparing for the various ports of Australia is 41, and the total number of registered tonnage is 26,839. The sailings from this port from the 12th to the 18th instant, have been four vessels for Melbourne, of an aggregate tonnage of 2,329 tons. DEATH FROM DRINKING.—Sarah Hamlet, a prosti tute, residing in Jervis-street, was put to bed drunk by one of her neighbours, on Monday night last week, and as she did not make her appearance as usual on Tuesday morning, the house was opened, and she was found dead in bed. In appearance she was a remarkably fine young woman, and is said to be respectably connected. She was only twenty-four years old. Dr. Kemp made an exami nation of the body, and found the cause of death to have been apoplexy, caused by excessive drinking. FORGERY ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK. Matthew Mudd, who was remanded from last week, on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the North and South Wales Bank of the sum of £3OO, and John Brown, who was examined before the Lord Mayor at the Man,ion house, London, on the charge of committing the forgery, were brought up on Friday for examination at the Police court. \lr. Hull, solicitor to the bank, recapitulated the statement made by Mr. Clough last week, and in the absence of any further evidence the prisoners were re manded for seven days. When before the Lord Mayor, in London, Brown stated that the £3OO was his own. A MEETING OF CORN 'WEIGHERS was held on Friday at the Tradesman's Club-room, Circus-street, for the purpose of making final arrangements for a uniformity of their wages. There was a large attendance. Mr. James Walsh presided, and introduced the business. He read the following list of the employers who had consented to pay 4s. per day :—Wm. Healing and Co. ; Pickering Brothers ; Cunliffe, Paton, and Co. ; A. and G. Martin ; Gradwell and Pyke ; John Doherty ; James Wilson; John Lynch and Sons ; Hugh Eaton and Co. ; D. J. Fynney ; Richardson Brothers ; Ross T. Smyth ; Patterson Bro thers ; Charles Campbell ; 11. R. Plaw ; John Bald ; S. R. Graves, George Borthwick ; George and S. Pimm ; Nicholson and M`Gill ; Maxwell Brothers; William M`Kinstry ; W. and T. Tomlinson ; William Lowe and Sons ; John Tomlinson ; John and T. Scott ; G. Eggers and Tetley ; J. and S. Scott ; T. Mather ; R. Christie ; Verdon and Cullen.—Many energetic speeches were deli vered. and ultimately the following resolves were passed : 1. 'Will you promise to refuse to work for less than four shillings per day as a corn weigher. 2. Will you promise ' not to allow yourself to be kilt to a warehouseman while weighers are on the street seeking employment. 3. Will you promise not to take the place of any weigher who may refuse to be lent as above. 4. Will you promise not to take the place of any weigher or weighers who may turn out for four shillings per day, and will you refuse to work in the firm until the men turning out be re employed. 5. Will you promise not to give weights from your book to any person who will require them if he does not have a weigher to take weights as the goods are weighed. If the demand made, namely, four shillings per day, be not conceded, it was resolved that no weigher should resume work on Monday. BURNING OF A COTTON FACTORY.—The cotton factory on the North Shore was burnt down on Tuesday night last. This building stood alone, with the exception of a few low cottages, and a shed in its vicinity, and could, therefore, he seen from every point around as a solitary object in the landscape. Being, at the same time, exten sive and lofty, and pierced by a hundred windows, it facilitated in every way the extension and the intensity of the flames- The fire broke out a few minutes after nine o'clock, in the waste room in the upper story, and the flames ran rapidly along that floor from one extremity to the other. The presence of cotton, oil, twist and other combustible substances served to conduct the fire from floor to floor, and in less than half-an-hour the Eames raged from the basement story to the roof. Every window and doorway seemed a furnace, and the whole -sky was so brilliantly illuminated, that parties at George's-hill, Everton, and New Brighton, Cheshire, could see to read by the light. Nothing could be more grandly beautiful than the appearance of Everton. Every house seemed painted in golden light, and the face of the crowds collected along the rising ground were quite visible to those standing on the canal banks. The sight was equally picturesque in Cheshire; and in the immediate vicinity of the fire there could not be less than 100,000 people collected on the elevations, in the open spaces, and on the roads around. Their up turned faces had an extraordinary appearance, of regret, anxiety, and curiosity. The police, under Chief-superintendent Ride, and his inspectors, kept admirable order. No accident occurred. 'On the first alarm, the engines of the fire police and the West of England were on the spot : and Mr. Duncan was one of the first in attendance. There was only one small main at this distance from the town, and there was no -water in the canal ; only a few engines, therefore, could be worked, and it was quite unnecessary that there should be any more, for their limited service was confined to the preservation of the cotton shed to the north of the mill and the adjoining cottages, neither of which was ever 'really in danger. The firemen, however, acted as if there was danger ; and Mr. Hewitt placed himself in a position to preserve this property under the most adverse circum -stances. The fire in the mill defied opposition ; and the walls by ten o'clock had partially fallen. Ever and anon -disturbed flame shot up momentarily ; but the destruction by that hour was complete, and all further danger removed. The poor people in the cottages belonging to the mill, were told in vain that there was no danger; but they -refused to credit assurances of -safety, and hurried their little property out of their homes. The factory, which was called the North Shore Mrll, was originally built in 1836, by Messrs. Turner, Garstangs and Newton, and has teen working for fifteen or sixteen years. It consisted of two parts or wings, each seven -stories high. In 1851 it was sold by the then proprietors—Mr. James Aspinall Turner of Manchester, Mr. Garstang, of the same place, and Mr. North, of Everton—to Messrs. J o h n an d Alexan der Brogden, members of the firm of railway contractors of that name, who have worked the mill with spirit ever since. The fire originated in th e was t e room; an d was caused, it is believed, by spontaneous combustion among the refuse cotton, used, probably, in cleansing the ma chinery, and, therefore, saturated with oil. The hands had been enjoying the Whitsuntide 'holidays : the canal, from which the steam-engine derived water, being let run dry., to enable the Earl of Derby to carry a sewer under it at -Bootle. During the cessation of the machinery, some -repairs and alterations were being done by Mr. Mackerell ; but his men used ne lights, and had left at the usual hour on Tuesday evening. The cotton-shed contained about £20,000 worth of cotton, and, although the fire-police braved the flames resolutely in protect ing it, there was no danger, for the -wind, being easterly, turned away the flames; a circumstance which, in addition to the fineness of the night, enabled the people ' of Everton to have an admirable view of the devastating element. The amount of loss has been grossly exagge rated. The-insurances effected on thebuildings, machinery, &c., were for £32,000 ; and, no doubt, this was the value estimated on the first cost; but, as such property has increased in value within these two years, the loss may be set down at £40,000. The property is insured in the following offices: —Phoenix, £8,000; Atlas, £4,000; North British, 3,600.; Alliance, £3,000; Royal Exchange, £2,500; Royal, £1,500.; Sun, £1,500 ; County, £1,500 ; London Union, £1,500.; Imperial, £1,100; London Assurance, £l,OOO. The mill hands, however, are the great sufferers, for 1000 of them have to seek employment elsewhere. DOCK COIZMITTEE.—Mr. Shand presided at the weekly meeting on Thursday.—The committee of warehouse management recommended the appointment of Mr. Kidd, to the office of ledger clerk. Contirmed.—An application for permission to use a small engine on board a steamer in in one of the docks, for discharging and landing cargo, was complied with. Mr. Bold said the engine would save the labour of five men, besides giving greater dispatch, and it was likely to come into general use.—lt was re commended that the salary of Mr. Joseph Garnias, super intendent of the timber quays, be increased from £9O to £l4O per annum.—The secretary read a resolution of the Health Committee, stating that a complaint had been made by the medical officer of a nuisance from bones lying on the quay of the Clarence Dock. The matter was referred to the Harbour Masters' Committee.—Mr. Bar ber called attention to the discussion at the last meeting. On that occasion the solicitor, in answer to a question, led them to suppose there was no power in the rate payers to inspect the books and accounts of the dock eetate. The solicitor had since discovered that he was in error on that point, and that the ratepayers had such power. The solicito r w i s h e d t o di sa b use M r. Barber ' s mind upon the subject. He did state that ho had found, in an old act, a clause giving power to the ratepayers to inspect books, accounts, and other proceedings. It was passed in 1762. The clause had, however, no bearing upon the question which had been raised, and, if use d a t a ll, i t had reference to an inspection made, through the chair man, at the time when the accounts generally of the trust were to be inspected there. The solicitor read the clause, which is the 33rd of the 2nd George 111., " That the said trustees shall keep, or cause to be kept and entered in proper books, minutes of their proceedings, and fair, just, and true accounts of the re:leipts and disb ursements which ' shall be received or expended by them in consequence of this act, which books of account and other p rocee di ngs shall be epened at all convenient hours of business to the inspection of all persons chargeable with and liable to the payment of the said duties." In reply to a question, the solicitor said that only one instance had occurred of such inspection during twenty years. After a long discussion, Mr. Gladstone gave notice that he would, at the next meeting, bring forward the motion he had previously submitted, as to members being furnished with infor mation in connexion with the trust, merely leaving out the word " verbally."—Mr. Bigham said he had that day men tioned in the Finance Committee that he wished to bring forward an important matter, in hopes that it would reach the general committee, and through that committee the public, but he was unable to get any attention paid to it ; he alluded to the dock frauds. The committee must not, therefore, blame him if he menticned the names of certain firms when the proceedings came before the Council. He had repeatedly mentioned it within the last week or two in the Finance Committee, hut the reply was " Pooh, pooh," and no action had been taken. There was a list now of persons who had been guilty of these frauds; one of them paid £5O to get out of the difficulty a short time ago, but since that time his name had been four times in the list. It seemed as though some parties were deter mined not to pay the legal rates. Mr. Robinson suggested the desirability of posting the names of the defaulters outside the Custom-house. Mr. Tobin thought that, if there were such gross cases as had been stated,some strong reason should be given why proceedings were not taken. Mr. Evans asked whether, supposing a member knew of information, in things, would he be allowed to ask for in order to institute an inquiry ? There were abuses ex isting, and it might be members were neglecting their duties, but no other member must go and make an in quiry. Mr. Bigham was asked to name the party alluded to who had paid the £5O, when he replied that he was not quite certain about the exact amount ; it was, he believed, £2O or £5O, and the firm was Giannacopulo and Co., Greek merchants. Mr. Malcolmson thought they should act with caution, and was understood to refer to irregu larities by Custom-house clerks. Mr. Molyneux said there was a disinclination on the part of the Finance Committee to look into the matters referred to, but they had not yet had sufficient time, The matter then dropped, GENERAL NE WS. A LAPLAND GIANTESS, measuring seven feet two inches, and weighing twenty.four stone fourteen pounds, is being exhibited at Aberdeen. C. ROBINSON, ESQ., of Plympton, exhibited at South Brent fair, a cow and calf; the former two feet eleven inches high, and the latter, which is ten months old, twenty-four inches. THE MAGNIFICENT CHURCH OF BOSTON was re opened on Thursday, after a reparation and repewing which had cost about £4,000, the, whole of which was raised by voluntary contribution. THE MILITIA.—In consequence of the number of men who have volunteered from the militia into infantry regiments of the line about to proceed to foreign stations, it has been found necessary again to e nro l men f or the i first-mentioned service, n order to fill up the vacancies. FATAL FIRE AT BRADFORD.—An alarming fire broke out on Tuesday morning, at the worsted mill of Messrs. Walker and Co. The mill is left a complete wreck, and it is reported the loss will amount to £15.000 or more. Four men were killed, two remain in the ruins, and six were taken to the infirmary severely wounded. HATCHING.—A novel mode of hatching chickens has been put into operation in Lincoln, on the premises of a fellmonger. The eggs are placed in water, which is kept up to the requisite warmth by means of a solar lamp ; and many fine chickens thus hatched are running about the premises. • KOSSUTH has made the avowal that he is, in several countries, but not in England (!), laying up materials for making war against Austria. Messrs. Cobden and Bright, the especial mouthpieces of the Peace Society, take the part and speak much in praise of this belligerent Hun garian. Can the force of inconsistency or " humbug" go beyond this ?—Church and State Gazette. CURE FOR ERYSIPELAS.—The editor of the Salem Observer gives a public cure for erysipelas, from which lie has been a great sufferer. He says " a simple poultice of cranberries, pounded fine, and applied in a raw state, has proved in my case, and a number also in this vicinity, a certain remedy." In this case the poultice was applied ' on going to bed, and the next morning, to his surprise, he found the inflammation nearly gone; and in two days he was as well as ever. ANOTHER BOILER ExrtostoN.—A boiler burst on Saturday week, at the fire-iron and glass-cutting factory of Messrs. Davis, of Dudley, killing four persons, and it is feared fatally injuring a fifth, and some others seriously : —" The effects of the explosion on the factory are altogether ruinous, the building being wholly destroyed, together with all the machinery, which was blown into the air, and scattered over the houses adjoining • in many cases the large masses of iron, some weighing five hundred, six hundred, and even seven hundredweight, falling on the houses and breaking through the roofs. The engineer, named Joseph Millward, was blown to a great height in the air—probably nearly 100 feet—and, falling on the roof of a house about eighty feet from the factory wall, his weight carried him through the slating and ceiling of the attic to the floor of the room. The unfortunate man was not dead when he was found in the room nearly half an hour after the explosion, but did not survive more than an hour. Besides the engineer, there were killed—Elias Sheldon, about twenty years of age; Peter Ellis, who has left a widow and five children; and George Stokes, a married man, with no children. The remains of the poor fellows are shockingly mangled." FORM or CHIMNEYS.—Some very elementary con siderations will show that a greater momentum is ob tained by a chimney increasing in size upwards, and thus allowing the air to expand. If a person blows in at the expanded end of an ordinary straight trumpet, he will find that there is a great expenditure of wind to no 1 ur pose, the force being entirely lost, and no vibration pro duced in the metal. But if he turns it round, and blows in at the small end, he will find that a small quantity of air forced in will produce a powerful vibration through the whole length of the instrument. They same thing takes place in chimneys, which are only a peculiar kind of wiod instrument; a gradually increasing width pro ducing a greater " draft ' than a straight or contracted flue. From this, it follows that the mouth of the flue next the fire must be as small as is practicable, and ex pand upwards from this point. The best known exam ple of the working of this principle is in the advan tage of the register-stove over the old-fashioned, wide mouthed " inverted funnel" shaped flue, which was from time immemorial placed over every fireplace ; the register-stove has a small mouth and an expanding flue above. It is high time that we went to the root of the matter, or, in other words, to the place where smoke first enters a flue, and not where it escapes.— Correspon dext of The Builder. MURDER BY A 130 y.-A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against a boy, named Edwin Hucker, under ten years of age, of Keynsham, near Bristol, who, it appears, pushed another boy, William Saunders, a companion, into the river Avon, when he was drowned, in the presence of a third boy, named Evans, who told his relations that he was in the meadow, and saw Hucker there lying down on the grass, and that the little boy Saunders came up and jumped on to his neck, at which Hucker got into a passion, and said he would hit his head off. Evans further stated, that about an hour after. wards he saw Saunders on the bank of the river picking some sorrel, which grew on its edge, and that Hucker, who was behind him, pushed him into the river, and said, "D— it, he's in the river." Evans likewise stated, that the copper mills were a little way off, that there were people there, and he was running to get some one to pull out Saunders, whom he saw struggling for five minutes, but that Hucker would not let him do so, but, on the contrary, held him down by his pinafore, and said, that if he offered to go, he would push him in also, and jump in himself. After this, Rucker followed him nearly as far as Stoates-hill, and told him not to say any thing about it, and he would give him something on the Friday, which was the reason why he did not tell where Saunders was when he was missed at first. The body was found some days afterwards, but in such a state of decomposition that it would not have been reco gn i se d b u t for som e peculiarity in his boots, and a bag found in his pocket. L ha A C s C O Y b n e t of t h the amountparliamentary legacy dutypub- lished, e d o n i £ 18 1 5 , 2 3 , 08 .f 0 4 5 6 5 ,5 3 5 5 2 . e ali n inus p T a : i E d rse a .t— s ur f n4" ollows :—Capital in Great Britain o lo n d wi ; lic le h ga le e g y ac d v u d ty ut ; 35 total 3 t 1 . amount of capital on which said duty has been paid since 1797, .C 1,657,064,075 Os. 2d., and total amount of duty paid within that period on such capital, £47,401,273 9s. duty paid was t thereon, In Ireland, in the year 1851, the amount of capital on which legacy duty was paid was £2,432,258 17s. 5d., and the duty £58,444 Bs. 4d. ; in 1852 , capital , £ 2,570,237 10s. 7d., and the duty paid thereon £ 61,513 Os. Ild. The amount of duty paid in 1851 on probates and lett er s of administ r ation in Ireland was £ 66 , 0 7 5 , and in 1852 the amount paid was 67,877. The amounts of revenue received in the united kingdom in 1852, for stamp duties on -lega cies, & c ., are as follows :—England and Wales, stamp duty on legacies, £1,225,212 Is. 5d.; on probates, &c., £996,995 15s. 6d. In Scotland, stamp duties, on legacies, £92,849 19s. 3d.; on probates, &c., £70,429105. In Ireland, stamp duties on legacies, £62,273 16s. 11d. ; on probates, &c., £67,887. The total amount of duty re ceived since 1797 was: on legacies in England, £44,736,159 7s. 61. ; in Scotland, £2,870,902 15s. 7d. •, and in Ireland £ 1 , 2 75,720 9s ld. Grand total of legacy duty paid since 1797, £48,882,782 12s. 4d. ; duty on probates, adminis trations, and testamentary inventories, in England, £35,660,888 12s. 2d. •, in Scotland, £2,041,386 Os. 2d. ; and in Ireland, £1,693,595 Bs. 10d. Grand total of duty on probates, &c., since 1797, £39,395,870 Is. 2d. COUNTY COURTS.—When it is considered that since the establishment of the county courts, in 1847, to the 31st of December, 1851, the amount sued fcr therein is £6,777,372, the importance to the trading community of a means being afforded them of ascertaining the names of the parties against whom judgment has been given in these courts is obvious, particularly as there are 499 county courts established throughout England and Wales, in any of which persons may consent to a judgment under the lth section of the 13th and 14th Victoria, chap. 61, although not resident in the district of the court, so as to conceal the fact from their neighbours. For the protec tion, therefore, of trade, and in pursuance of the 15th and 16th Victoria, chap. 54, the commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have established an office in Landon (I, Parliament-street,) in which the names, addresses, and occupations of all parties against whom judgments have been entered, for £lO and upwards, in the county courts since their establishment, and which are still un paid, as well as of those persons against whom judgments are entered at the present sittings of the courts, are re gistered in alphabetical order, so as to enable any person to discover whether a person applying for goods on credit has an unsatisfied judgment standing against him. The entries are so arranged that a search can be made with great facility and rapidity. [This will no doubt operate very beneficially as a check upon men who repudiate pay ing their debts without legal compulsion, and rely upon the ordinary secresy of such transactions to contract fresh debts, and leave their creditors to the expense and delay of legal proceedings to obtain their just claims.] ROMANTIC FREAK.—The ancient adage, " there's many a slip between the cup and the lip," was curiously verified the other day by a singular nuptial freak within the walls of our old parish church of Holy Trinity. We would not wish to increase the bitterness of the quasi bridegroom's disappointment, and, therefore, refrain from giving his name, contenting ourselves by introducing him, pro tern, as Mr. Peter Simple. The story is brief, and may be told in a few words. It happened one day that Peter fell in " with a canny Scotch lassie fra yont the Tweed." He met her glance, and the soft witchery of her smiles overpowered him—he listened to her voice —what exquisite melody. Peter felt that he loved her, his palpitating heart told him so. Somewhere Disraeli, in °nerd his novels,says, "there is no love, but love atfirst sight," and such glorious love was Peter's—burning, in tense, as the passion that glowed in Romeo's breast, and fired the soul of Faust. He whispered to her his love, and thrilled her ear with delicious vows. She yielded him her hand and heart, and they became all in one to each other ; so happy, indeed, were they in each other's society, one might almost say of them " They should have lived together deep in woods Unseen, as sings the nightingale." Weeks flew by, and the nuptial hour was fixed. It was a beautiful morn i ng — an d th e sun s h one as it oug h t to shine on w e ddi n g days—warmly and b r i g htly. Th e marriage b rea kf as t was conc l u d e d, an d th e b r id e was pre sented by her happy mother with a hands ome d owry, amidst the greetings of her friends. To c h urc h t h ey went; a larger group of spectators than ordinary were gathered for there were several other weddings that morning, and the sun-light streamed down upon them through the gorgeous tinted windows with a mellow blaze. " Wilt thou have this man for thy wedded hus band ?" said the priest, distinctly and solemnly, and the echo of his voice vibrated through the " long drawn aisles." There was a hush amongst the spectators as they peered into the face of the blushing maiden, when, to their infinite surprise, she stepped back a pace or two, and, in a voice of desperate firmness, answered, " I will not ! " and quietly disappeared. Still the sunlight streamed in through the gorgeous coloured panes—but a shadow fell on Peter's brow, as he stood bewildered, gazing on the scene, lamenting " Love's Labour Lost ;" whilst the worthy priest was scarcely less astonished than the reverend monk of old, who felt the weight of Petru chio's fist,—Thal Packet, - 1853. A COMPANY entitled the Peninsular Mining Company has been formed for the purpose of working l ea d an d copper mines recently discovered in the north of Spain, and eenerally for the prosecution of mining purposes in the Peninsula. A WRITER in Home Thoughts for May, says :—" We have seen Louis Blanc in the streets of London frequently. His figure and stature are those of a boy of twelve, but his head is a remarkably fine one. It was Louis Philippe who declared that the History of Ten Years, by Louis Blanc, acted like avolleyon thebulwarks of the loyalty of France." THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM.—The 2d company of the Royal Sappers and Miners, under the command of Capt. J. W. Lovell, Royal Engineers, have proceeded to Chob ham, to be employed in sinking wells and forming such necessary accommodations of a temporary character as may be considered indispensable to a camp which will be occupied by from 5,000 to 10,000 men. GLASS PIAZZAS FOR THE STREETS.—The Builder sug gests the erection of glass piazzas over the flagways or footpaths on both sides of the streets. They might be formed by a series of ridge and furrow roofs, placed one beside the other in succession, after the fashion of the Crystal Palace, and supported on iron columns. These, if carried on continuously, in front of the houses and over the crossings, would be highly ornamental, while they would be also undeniably of public utility. - - TRANSATLANTIC STEAM-SHIPS.—The Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's steam-ship City of Manchester, Robert Leitch, commander, sailed on Thurs day afternoon, for Philadelphia, with 177 cabin passen gers and a moderate cargo. The United States mail steam-ship Arctic, Luce, commander, took her departure hence for New York at 4 12 p.m. on Wednesday, with 120 passengers and a fair cargo, besides the usual mails on board. Among the passengers were Mr. W. C. Rives, American Minister at Paris, and his family. SENTENCE OF DEATII.—A man named M 4 Gowan, has been sentenced to death by the High Court of Justiciary of Edinburgh, for having caused the death of an old man, named M'Guire, at Irvine, in Ayrshire, in October last, by stabbing him with a knife. As the evidence adduced tended to show that the murderer was incited to the deed by a suspicion that the deceased had a hand in blasting his happiness, by causing his son to run away with Mrs. M'Gowan, the jury recommended him to mercy. The Loed Justice General promised to forward the recommen dation to the proper quarter. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER. —The jury empannelled to inquire into the deaths of John Thompson and Joseph Sykes, engine -driver and stoker, by the recent accident on the York and North Midland Railway, when the engine ran off the line, have returned a verdict against the directors. The inquest had been adjourned from the 6th ipstant, to allow of the road being inspected by Captain Gallon, of the Board of Trade, who gave his opinion that the line was in such a condition as not to be safe for engines at a high speed. " If he had been requested to report on the state of the road, not knowing of the accident, he should not have re ported that it was safe for the public to pass on with the present traffic going over it." The jury returned their verdict after twenty minutes' deliberation. A sufficient number agreed, but there were two dissentients. ROMANTIC SUICIDE.—On Wednesday morning the body of a young man was discovered in a small copse near the Crystal Palace, with his head blown to pieces, and a new rifle pistol lying by his side. The deceased's name was Lawrence Cooper Mason, aged 17, and for the last four years he had been in the employ of Mr. Attwell, butcher, of Camberwell, and had carried on a corres pondence with his young mistress, only 14 years of age, which his master had endeavoured to put an end to, which induced him to leave his service. Two letters were found on his person, the first of which was addressed to his master, and was as follows :—" Sir, I have been in your service upwards of four years, and I must say I have met with every encouragement I have wished for until lately. As I am to be separated from the sole object of my affec tions, there is no comfort for me in this world. My heart is ready to burst with grief ; in fact, my agonies at the present time are more than I can bear, and therefore I am determined to ease myself of them by taking my own life." THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY drew a full concourse of sympathisers at the annual meet ing at Exeter-hall, yesterday week, the great room being crowded in every part. The attendance was stimulated by the expected presence of Mrs. Stowe, who was received by the audience standing, excited to a " tremendous pitch," and it was minutes before the cheers, with which the hall rang again, had sufficiently relieved them. When she withdrew, the same honours were paid to her, every one standing up and cheering with heart and soul. Pro fessor Stowe, the Rev. C. Beecher, and the Rev. S. \Verde, a black minister from Canada, were added to the committee of the society. The professor told the meet ing that speechifying in Exeter-hell was of little use ; but if they really wanted to put down slavery in America, they must bring free labour into competition with slave labour ; and, if the English could not make as much profit by using free cotton as slave cotton, they must be content with practising a little of the denial they so properly preached to the slaveholder. THE MILITARY ENCAMPMENT at Bagshot will soon be effected. Lieut.-General Lord Seaton will command in chief. The following particulars have been published : " The troops consist of four regiments of cavalry, twenty four pieces of artillery, and three brigades of infantry, each under the command of a Major-General. The first infan try brigade will be formed of three battalions of Guards, the second and third each of three battalions of the line. The whole force will amount to about 8,000 men, with 2,000 horses ; and after the troops composing the first division have had three or four weeks' practice in field evolutions, they will be replaced by a similar force for the same period. The Sappers and Miners from Chatham will form part of the force encamped ; field-works and entrenchments will be thrown up, and bridges of pontoons, in which the merit of recent inventions may be tested, will be thrown over some narrow portions of Virginia Water—a lake which, as is not, perhaps, generally known, owes its existence to the labours of the army which fought under the Duke of Cumberland at Culloden." AN EXTRAORDINARY SHOT.—" What is in the blood will never come out of the flesh," is an axiom fully illustrated in the case of a son of Mr. Charles Tester, of Balcombe, who a few years since, while shooting on his father's land, burst his gun, and so sadly injured his left hand that it was obliged to be amputated below the elbow. Still true to the sport he continued to use the trigger, and one day while out with his brother and Sir Percy Shelley, about two years ago, a rabbit started at his feet. and suddenly raising his right hand to point it out, he received the full charge from his brother's gun. He very coolly went home and ordered Dr. Smith, of Crawley, to be sent for, deliberately preparing for a second operation, which was skilfully performed ; but even now he does not give up his favourite sport, and having two wooden hands, continues to raise his gun to his shoulder by laying it across the stump of his lift arm, pulling the trigger with his other artificial hand, and with such skill that a rabbit seldom escapes his aim, and one evening during the winter, he actually fetched down a woodcock on the wing in good style.—Brighton Gazette. VAGRANT CHILDREN.—A parliamentary return gives the number of children below the apparent age of four ' teen found by the police " at large" as mendicants or thieves. Of such children, ninety-four were found in the various metropolitan districts, in whose cases it was im possible to find or trace their connection with their parents. The parents of 231 children "at large " were found, and appeared to be in a condition of life to main tain and educate them ; while it was found that the parents of 580 of such children were capable of at least contributing to their maintenance and education. Of 411 children, it was notorious that their parents sent them to beg, and live in idleness and profligacy on their earn ings. The total number of children "at large" in Lon don amounts to 1,316. Joined to this return is a similar statistical account of the children under fourteen found by the police in lodging-houses as mendicants and thieves. Of such children, forty were found without parents ; the parents of 105 were able to mai n t a i n th em , and the parents of 1,190 were able to contribute towards their support; and 433 were purposely sent from their homes to beg. The total number of children in lodging-houses was 1,i82, which number, added to the number of chil dren "at large," gives a grand total of 3,091 juvenile mendicants and thieves. WORK Fon GAOLS.---I think it right and necessary that there should be in gaols some degraded kind of hard and irksome work, belonging only to gaols. I don't think Mr. Hill's punishment of cleanliness and discipline, and no beer and no tobacco, half enough for the regular hands. I think it a question by no means to be left out of view— What kind of work does the determined thief, or the de termined swindler, or the determined vagrant most abhor? Find me that work, and to it in preference to any other, 1 act that man relentlessly. Now, I make bold to whisper in Mr. Hill's ear the inquiry whether the work best an swering to this discription is not almost invariably found to he useless work. And to such useless work, I plainly say, I desire to set that determined thief, swindler, or va grant, for his punishment. I have not the least hesitation in avowing to Mr. Hill that it is a satisfaction to me to see that determined thief, swindler, or vagrant sweating pro fusely at the treadmill or the crank, and extremely galled to know that he is doing nothing all the time but un dergoing punishment.-1 have a very strong idea that he is sent to prison rightfully, for that purpose ; and I have no idea whatever that he is yet entitled to the privilege of being taught a trade, or that his life out of that place has established its claim within that place to work as men work who are not despoilers of their kind.—Dickens's Household Words. A FRIGHTFUL SCENE NEAR LEEDS.—A few days since, the inhabitants of Bramley were much alarmed on finding a young man, who had been for many years out of health, almost reduced to a skeleton, and of late scarcely able to walk, standing upon the chimney of a house three storeys high. This young man, a mason, received an injury on the head by a fall from a high building several years ago, and as he advanced in years he continually grew worse, and at length was compelled to give up working. He is subject to fits daily, and after one of them he was seen, in the absence of his parents, on the roof of a house adjacent. He then got upon another house of three storeys high adjoining, and when he could get no higher, immediately mounted the chimney, and there stood for about three quarters of an hour. He then commenced reading in a stentorian voice, which soon drew the people out of their houses to ascertain the matter. The terrified spectators shouted to him, but he heeded it not. All were afraid to attempt his rescue, as their own lives must thus become a sacrifice ; but at length some persons volun teered to make the attempt, and obtained a ladder and went up to him. but, as soon as they endeavoured to touch him, he took a brick from the chimney upon which he stood, and swore he would throw it at them. TheAt people shed many tears, especially the females. length the young man's father came, and fearing no hazard ascended the ladder, ran up the roof of the house to the chimney, and ordend his son to come down, but he replied that he would not, and that he would kill him. The father was about to resort to physical means, but the son said he would leap down. The father shouted " No," and the son immediately replied that he would go down the chimney, and just as his father had thrown o ff hi s coat, he was, head-foremost, commencing his descent. His father caught hold of him, brought him from the chimney, and held him down across the roof, and then about a score of spectators went to his aid, bound the unfortunate young man hand and foot, and let him down by two long cart ropes. He is pronounced to be in an unsound state of mind, and steps Are being taken for his future safety .—Leeds Mercury. Tur. MASTER of Shepton Mallet Union applied to the guardians, last week, for leave to hire men to do the necessary work of the poor-house, the paupers having all departed. FROM A PARLIAMENTARY RETURN, recently issued, it appears that there have been 24 members unseated for bribery, distributed over 18 boroughs. Of these six have been caused by the demise of members, three by disputes about returns, and five by acceptances of office. THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON has invited the mayors of the different towns in England and Ireland to dinner on the 7th of June, to be followed on the following day by a conversazione relative to the promotion of science and art throughout the empire, in deference to her Ma jesty's wishes. DESTRUCTION OF A FACTORY.—OR Friday week, an immense new weaving shed of one story in height, belong ing to Messrs. Radcliffe Brothers, cotton manufacturers, near Rochdale, covering 10,000 square yards of ground, only partially covered in, was blown down by a gust of wind ; and about £2.000 worth of property was destroyed. The builders were at work, but all of them escaped alive, though some few sustained rather severe bruises. THE MURDER AT BACTON RECTORY.—The police have succeeded in apprehending a man who is supposed to have been the perpetrator of the horrible murder of Maria Steggles, the aged housekeeper of the Rev. E. B. Barker, at Becton Rectory, on the morning of Sunday, the Bth instant. He is a labourer, named W illiam Flatt, about 20 years of age, and lived in the village of Bacton. His character is a very indifferent one, and he appears to have been several times summarily convicted by the ma gistrates —once for stealing lead from the parish church. THE Dumbarton Chronicle records and moralises upon the ceremonies attending the arrival of Lord Cowan, judge of assize, at Inverary, in the following striking way : Having met his lordship at the extremity of the burgh, " the authorities," says that journal, " formed themselves into order of procession, entered the town, accompanied by a large crowd, preceded by halbert-bearers in their red coats, and two trumpeters, whose thrilling notes in the stillness of this peaceful retirement must have struck such terror into the inmost recesses of the hearts of the guilty prisoners, if heard by them, as must vividly recal to them the days of their former innocence, if any ray of the light of conscience were yet flickering within them 1" AN AFRICAN PRINCE.—Among the passengers by the Severn, which arrived on Tuesday at Southampton, was Prince Sidi, the son of a powerful African chieftain over the Trarzas people, who trade with the islands and por tions of the African continent which form the French colonial establishments between the Senegal and Gambia rivers. His object is to visit Europe, and in this he was prompted by his own curiosity, and had: his father's con sent. He is a fine young man, about twenty years of age, with rather Arab features. His language is Arabic, and his religion Mahomedan. His dress bore the symbols of rank and power. Prince Sidi speaks a little French. While at Southampton he visited Netley Abbey am': other places, but betrayed no emotion. He was fond of smoking. He left for Havre on Wednesday. SINGULAR ACCIDENT AFTERAMARRIAGE CEREMONY. —On Tuesday, Riffle the carriage which conveyed the bridesmaids who officiated at the marriage of Miss "Nal ders, Croydon, was returning through Bedington-park, the pole splintered, and on reaching Croydon it entirely broke. The consequence was that the horses got fright ened, and dashed down the street at a furious rate. They afterwards ran into a house projecting at the further end, carrying away the entire front, which was of lath and plaster. A little child that was inside was so seriously injured that its life is considered in a precarious state. The horses were extricated, and the bridesmaids received no injury, though, as might be expected, they were much frightened. The coachman was slightly bruised. EXTRAORDINARY ASSAULT ON A LADY.—A CBSC of a singular nature occurred a few days since on the Stour Valley railway. Miss Prince, a young lady of most re spectable family connexions in Dudley, got into a first class carriage at the New-street station to proceed by a train for Dudley. Shortly after the train started, and im mediately on its entering the tunnel, the door of the carriage in which Miss Prince was sitting alone was opened, and some one entered and took hold of her arm. She screamed out, and the person said he did not want to hurt her, and toll her not to be alarmed. The man seized hold of her, and, after a struggle, kissed her. A. knocking was then heard in the other partition of the car riage, and the man got out, but not until Miss Prince had felt that he had on a belt, and that his coat buttons were very large. In a few moments after the train emerged from the tunnel, and on reaching Dudley Port, Miss Prince made a complaint of the treatment she had received. The company instituted an inquiry into the circumstance, in consequence of which the guard Hayes was discharged from their service ; and the relatives of Miss Prince hav ing made a representation to the Northwestern Railway Company, it was determined to prosecute him for the offence. The case was ultimately brought before the ma gistrates, when Hayes, who had been aprehended at his residence in Wolverhampton, was brought up in custody. The prisoner having previously admitted that he had com mitted the offence, the bench inflicted a penalty of £5, which was immediately paid.—Eirminykant Journal. MURDER BY A WlFE.—Early on Tuesday the inha bitants of St. Leonard's-on-Sea were thrown into a state of excitement by the report that during the night a man named Stephen Smith had lost his life in an altercation with his wife. The deceased was a shoemaker, living with his wife in a room over some coach-houses in the Harold mews, St. Leonard's-on• Sea. On Monday evening de ceased and his wife were seen in a beer-shop ; they ap peared to be on very friendly terms. They were seer. returning to St. Leonard's shortly before twelve o'clock. This was the last time they were seen together. In twenty minutes after this the woman fetched a pint of beer, which she did not take home. Shortly after one o'clock she called a neighbour, named Mary Cope, stating that she had stabbed her husband. This person ran for a sur geon, who was on the spot in ten minutes. On bis en tering the room Mrs. Smith exclaimed, " I have killed my husbavd. I knew it would come to this." She fur ther said that the deceased was always jealous of her; they had been out together to Hastings, and in coming home she "gave him the slip," and did cot get home until after him ; that he spoke to her, and she then threatened to " do for him," upon which he opened his waistcoat and said "Do it." She then took up a knife, having a very sharp point, from deceased's work-seat, and stabbed him in the chest, afterwards throwing the knife out of the window upon a dungheap. From this wound he died in about a quarter of an hour. An inquest was held on the body, and a verdict of " Wilful murder" returned. The accused woman has been of a loose character, of drinking habits, and possessed of an ungovernable temper. TABLE MOVING IN LONDON.—Mrs. Beecher Stowe— Uncle Tom's Cabin—Dockyard Corruption, and Hat and Table Moving ! Between these it is really enough to lose one's senses. I must, however, give the palm of being the greatest " bore" to the last named Yankee notion. You can scarcely go into a room without seeing three or four people standing all round a table, motion less, like so many painter's dummies, with their hands on the leaf of an old hat, which you are assured will begin to gyrate presently, if you have patience to wait ; and then you are asked if you are " highly magnetic," if you are a medium, if you believe in " Rappers," by persons whom on other matters you would readily believe to be sensible, well-informed men ; and you hear all sorts of absurd theories broached about the magnetic fluid which per forms these wonders, but which, assuredly, in pheno mena, action, or force, has not the smallest affinity to any exhibition of the electric agency in its various forms, whether as tense electricity, electro magnetism, or gal vanism. Hitherto I have been always too late or too early for the sight ; the hat has just been moved, or I hear that it has done so after my departure ; and hence I am led to believe that I am a highly " anti-magnetic " per son. I must, however, admit that I have met many per sons who have informed me that they have witnessed with their own eyes these most curious manifestations. Among others, Thackeray has just returned from America, full of hat and table moving and spirit rapping. lie stoutly maintains that he believes in them all ! No less a person than the Bishop of Oxford had a seance may netique the other evening, when his lordship, with the aid of Chevalier Bunsen and thee others, managed to make his broad brim shovel move round with great rapidity. A great number of literary people are dabbling at it, and much valuable time will be lost to society, I fear; for the ex periment, even when most successful, requires at least half an hour to move a hat, and so on in proportion for a table. If the thing be true, we can do wonders, for if three can make a hat move, a thousand ought to move a house; in fact, there can be no bounds to this power if the force really exists in individuals, and is multipied by con ' tact. Men of science laugh, but the faith gains ground nevertheless.—Daily Repress. THE CANTERBURY COMMISSION. Messrs. Slade, Anstey, and Burcham have opened the commission of inquiry at Canterbury. The first witness was Alderman Brent, who had always taken a part for the Liberal can didates at elections for the city. "He had had good ap pointments given to him for four of his sons, and he himself had been appointed deputy-lieutenant of the county. The first appointment was given to one of his sons about seventeen years ago • the second about four teen years ago ; the third about three years ago ; and the fourth just as the Whig government went out, and before Lord Derby's Government came in." He had obtained appointments for the sons of other voters, and handed in a book of the disbursements on behalf of the Liberal can didates in 1847. Jonathan John Rutter had the spending in that year of £l,BOO on behalf of Lord Albert Conyng ham and Mr. Smythe, the Liberal candidates. He stated without any circumvention that he gave money to one man to bribe thirty voters, and likewise three others for a similar purpose. ' I never bribed a single voter myself, but I gave other men money, and I knew they wer e going to bribe with that money perfectly well." (Sensation.) CO'onel Romilly, the Liberal candidate in 1851 and 1852, was not inclined to be so open. All his expe ns es _vs'ere paid, hut he has no legal knowledge by who'll._ The Hon. Butler Johnstone and Mr. Gipp s, the unseated members, acknowledged to having spent respectively £1,300 a n d £5OO. The latterh accordingwFaosrrbaesid3biascekketiouiel,r.tGheipmpsa,nager o fa to promise, by . fund for his party. Mr. Johnstone said he was afraid of the long o ' o ' , B ain ifr , o i n n s s p u u p r i s w e r '; boeflioienrgisnogn.tioo.itahe w:3slairrc\l\iliouniaestris of Con y Somerville. Dlr. Pilcher, steward to the Marchioness, waited on Sir William at the Fountain, who then said to him, will lose my election before I will do these acts messengers' tickets that lost of bribery ; it was giving Mr. Strutt his seat for Derby." Saunders mention e d th e name of f(oLuarug hte voters.r bribed in 1847, w ith money received from Ru )ti tt ' e a r t) l" . haeu 3 hr l jac r de . Pout had spent the 4:1,700 for Neressrs. Johnstone and Gipps in money bribery and colour-tickets. " Thought there was as much dirty work on one side as the other." Eviden ce was given by other witnesses of a lavish ex penditure of money in bribery on both sides, that quite put St. Alban's in the shade. Hundreds, and, in some cases, even a thousand pounds appears to have been dis posed of without any check on the parties employed, who, though unable to recollect the parties bribed, de clare, with great gravity, none of the money stuck by the way. Lord Pelham Clinton was a candidate in 1847, with Mr, Vance. His expenses were paid by Major Beresford. Mr. Alderman Brent, recalled, said—" He paid the balance of the amount he received for the ex penses of the election of 1850 to Mr. Coppock, who was then acting, he had an impression, for Colonel Romilly, The balance paid to Mr. Coppock was £lOO, and not £2OB, and he (Mr. Brent) retained in his own hands the remainder for contingencies," (Laughter.)