The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-05 00:00:00

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N !, the) ' laman l Y eavenlY gial;, ceS Lea. brd anti) , rnage of born is and 5 0 com9els tv V'Vu~ kOthilgt I t of $ al Con umbers yea I E.L c oral 511 wher e ed, 11$4 iother 9 • estab' an PO' lone 50 ..•••.. ...----,' rl and pay l' Great ses i 5" reniq djual" His —The WoIC the van': 7. and high rds o f noble ter oil [only vbich, sumes ed to ler to nes& Free lot b 0 vageet [ins the fished Mrs ieno ato of Fetter the itst ith $ (th e iy ;f3 b$ mos t •ectlY el of all o r it roil; iture ,na i " can AC ki 5C 04 LOCAL NEWS THE PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL COMPANY, it laid, seriously contemplate giving up their mail contracts. Tim FRIENDS connected with the Wesleyan Sunday ochool, Pitt -street, held a tea meeting in the school t°°lti, Grenville-street South, on Tuesday evening. JAMES WARD, a landscape gardener, has been com mitted to the assizes, on a charge of uttering a forged inquest for the delivery of six seal skins of leather. DURING 1852 the St. Ann's Dispensary and Eye and ' X ar Institution relieved 9,283 p erson s, at a cost of £350. lie cost of each case was only 7d. YOUNG MAN was drowned on Tuesday night, whilst proceeding in a boat towards an emigrant vessel lying in the Mersey. MR. JOSE P H IC ITCHEN , h o norary secretary an d tree !!lrer of th e St. A nn ' s Di spensary an d E ye an d E ar Institu non , was presented, on Wednesday, by the subscribers and friends, with a service of plate. IT was decided at the County Court, on Friday, in the t e r of " Richard Thomas, tailor, v. J am e s S u t or , cap ,"m that a ship ma st er i s res p ons ibl e f or t h e or d ers Liven by his apprentices. sk LADY on b oar d t h e I s l e o f M an steamer T ynwal d , W hile l on h er voyage f rom D ouglas to L i verpool, on Wed 4411daY evening, was delivered of a fine healthy female SzAmAN, named Sohn Smith, died at the Northern 41 °sPital on Wednesday morning, in consequence of burns rec eived b y hi m two weeks ago, while in a state of intoxt- Cation at a lodging -house in Union-street. •TRE WAVERLEY DRAMATIC SOCIETY will shortly give their third an nua l pe r fo r mance of the series, the Pro ceeds to be p tesen t e d to th e f un d now raising for the relief of th e su ff erers by the wreck of the Queen Victoria. A. SPECIAL SESSION was held in the Session-house, ' h aPel-street on Thursday fort he removal and transfer o f licenses before Mr. J H. Turner and Mr. Geore Holt. There w er e b ut two applicants for transfers refused. TIIE NEXT ANNUAL SHOW of the Royal North Lan- Ipashire Agricultural Society is to be held at Blackburn, In August. Lord de Tabley is president for the current rear. The sum of £286 is to be offered in premiums. A lAREWELL SERVICE was held in the Seamen's Church, Rathbone-street, on Tuesday evening, to bid farewell to several Primitive Methodist missionaries pre `ons to ther departure'for Canada West and Illinois. THE FOUNDATION STONE of a Roman Catholic Educa tional Institution was laid in Hope-street, on Tuesday. MR. JOHN BOVEs and Mr. John Easton have been elected overseers of Wavertree for the ensuing year. DURING the past year, £5OO of the money borrowed for rebuilding Runcorn Church has been liquidated. THE ANNUAL VESTRY MEETING at Runcorn, held on Monday, voted a rate of 3d. in the pound for the ensuing year. CAPTAIN COLLIS, of the steamer Times, was fined at the police-court, on Tuesday, for assaulting police officer 487, on Saturday night, at the Clarence Dock. MR. CARATTI, the Greek merchant who was injured by the recent accident, it is stated, claims pecuniary com pensation from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway to the amount of £20,000. AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT has been Set on foot in Liverpool, chiefly by several captains of American mer chant vessels, in favour of the abolition, on both sides of the Atlantic, of the present practice of giving advance notes to seamen. THE BOARD OF TRADE deem it desirable that the fines on seamen for not taking due care of their register tickets, or not giving satisfactory account of their loss, should in future be enforced by the officers who issue the renewed tickets, without the intervention of a magistrate. THE CUNARD STEAMS- SHIP ARABIA has been thoroughly overhauled previous to her summer cruize. The spon. sons surrounding the paddle wheels have been made more than a foot higher than they were, so that the water may be more freely liberated from her wheels in a rolling sea. NEW MATERIALS.—The Manchester Guardian de scribes two new materials for textile manufacture, one from the south-west coast of Africa, a new species of silk, dyed red, sent by a missionary at Abbeokuta; the other a description of wool of fine quality and a pale buff colour. FATHER NEWMAN, of the Oratory, Birmingham, was to have attended the Romish soiree, at the Concert-hall, on Tuesday last, but he did not, on account of indisposi tion. In his epistle apologetical, he says :—" I trust I will have St. Philip's forgiveness if at this time I remain at home instead of coming to you." COMMISSIONS signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Lancaster: Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—Lieutenant Clarence Horatio Cary to be Captain. Lancashire Hussars—Adolphus Monbert, gent., to be Cornet, vice Hawarden Gillibrand Fazackerley, deceased. DR. IN M AN, THE DLECTION has been di sgrace d by serious riots, which BLACKBURN of this t own , d e li vere d, at the Colleg iateappear to have been sh are d i n a lik e In stitution, on Friday evening, the fi rs t o f a series of two by both parties. Th e S co t t i s h (" l ib eral ") i nhabitants in teresting lectures on the " Philosophy of Sensation." of Brown-street an d J o h n - street were assa i led on Saturday its R u i ns! , ' lie W ill be succeeded by Mr. Scharf, on " Nineveh and evening week. Two lives were l ost , an d £lOO wort h of property damaged. HOUSEKEEPERS are cautioned against a set of persons, JOHN Hp, Peter-street, the cap " r espectable appearance, who are in the habit of calling taro of acoasting smack, was committed to the sessions, 'lender pretence of having business with some one of the on 'Wednesday, for a ruffianly assault upon his wife, to d eca y. and, during the temporary absence of the servant, which he was instigated by jealousy. It was proved that '''` e aculs with whatever article they can lay their hands upon, the surly-looking wretch had kicked and struck the poor seek SPECIAL SESSION of the justices of the peace for woman savagely —even lifting up her clothes to make his ;Le Kirkdale division, was held on Thursday, for the pur- kicks more severe. s e ° e se °f aP - pninting overseers, receiving the names of the ELIZASETIZ CURRIE, a native of Cromarty, in Scot state constables for the ensuing year, and receiving a land, and who resides in Mary's-place, Duckinfield '"rnent of the accounts of the surveyors of highways. street, has completed the 109th year of her age. The A A TentsrtApx from New Orleans mentions that the parish' of Liverpool allows her 9s. 6d. a week, and this is l e : r ica, as well as the Belmont, was burned on the 7th eked out to the sum requisite to keep her tn life by k;„` a c,t• The cargoes of both were 6,000 bales. There friends connected with the Scotch Church, Oldham ,sio7 o ,n some mistake in this, as the owners of the street, of which she is a member. cer r tea here have received no information of it. It is A Mn.. ALLIES, in his speech at the Romanist soiree, teetered that it may refer to the American ship Maine. in the Concert-hall on Tuesday night, said-:—" When he let POLICE COURT on T'riday, a charge was pre- said religion was the only safeguard for the faith and ele e - r", cgainst Robert Pope, an attorney, for having been morals of a people, he addressed them haying the strongest /e o n while pleading a case in court on the 24th March. conviction that religion, in the mind of-a Protestant, was eio;„tlefendant having been summoned in a wrong notyet that thing which enabled a man either to live well et o V e ,en name , a resummons was issued, to be disposed ' or die well." ekTidaY next. ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS TOR WAVERTREE.— lea . A_PY PICKPOCERT, named Mary Ward, wearing a The election for this township, under the public health teo n ' t ? i n dressed in sober-sable, was committed for three act, took place on Monday last. The numbers stood as TOO ( 8 oft the Police-office, on Friday, for picking the follows :—Mr. J. A. Picton, 243 votes ; Mr. J. Kenyon, .I. rs et ..1 an American lady, making the tour of Europe, '160; Mr. P. Hill, 122; Mr. J. Bowers, 158; Mr. H. bus L ew is - Thompson, while' the fair Yankee and her Davies, 120; Mr. J. Wignall, 64; Mr. J. Finland, 84; band were looking in the window of Compton-house. Mr. J. Bradburn, 40 ; Mr. W. _Coward, 37; Mr. T. Il e „ 'Urquhart, 97 ; Mr. H. Halhead, 72 ; Mr. J. Bourne, fo r • Rose's TENDERS with the Health Committee 83 ; Mr. W. C. Casey, 67; Mr. Wm. Hope, 50. The ran emptyingo the middens, under specification No. "3, first five were elected. th e sa follows;-44 To remove the refuse (and deodorize AN ELOQ UENT CORN PORTER —At the meeting of To r m e) to depots within the borough, £9,000 yearly. bou r rnve the refuse by cartage 400 yards beyond the , Liverpool . corn-yorters, - on . Wednesday, one of the . ' art' of the borough, £19,000 yearly." speakers said : ' It was said that the French were going IN THE to invade us, and that Napoleon was going to land an 11° tOrio . TRONi., PLACE.—On Wednesday night, 'a army on our shores. He did not believe it; but suppose te ctiv 49 thief stealthily walked up the stairs at the de- Napoleon were to land with '50,000 troops on the shores q rei ? Police•station, and endeavoured to enter Captain of old England, was it the merchants who would have to %I ts g i , room- When captured, his excuse was, that-he repel the enemy ? Certainty not. It would be the It) a • " quest of a midwife. He was taken before ' the brawny, sinewy, working men of the country who would tel:&nitrates, and sent to gaol for a month. have to meet them in deadly conflict, and chase them ~I!lt Cotter-Potereas, at a public meeting on Wed- from our sh f or a e k s ;l (Tremendous app . laus t e e .) . Then, c h was a e .. u a tOeveningeresolved that in future they should fa.a t a.l . ' niforna rate of wages, 3s. 6d. per day, and h w a t i tie an ge m n 3 e r h o ? Cer e tai n nly no y t. we Ve o e i r n s g .) They must be L.tktatio ,Q ueeti n communicate their wish to the employers. A well fed and clothed, and their s children instructed and ir,, 'Qg was held last night to select a deputation. It morally brought up." THE GREAT BRITAIN LANDING HER SPECIE.—At the .! likewise resolved that they do not work longer on .iora„ than fi v e meeting of the Dock Committee, on Thursday, a letter diat,,,~ey „ o sir after that hour. was read from Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.. in which te e i ol!.n Shipping Gazette insinuates that the City of they stated that they would esteem it a favour if the a '' ,lo Company care for nothing but quick passages ; committee would allow the Great Britain to land her r .,•••tid th a t t h e me l anc h o l y occas i o n of the loss of the specie on the north side cf the Sandon Dock, next the es'teeen Victo r ia,'' ia ''' Captain Church knew that 'the' Iron graving-dock, and give instructions to their officers not selike, belo ng in g' to a rival company, was making the to allow any person to pass that way immediately before him," passage that night, and was a little way astern of or during the time of landing.—Mr. Evans : They should °tin." and that a desire not to be passed was the cause of get a detachment here.- Mr. Rankin : I think we should ,the imp r ude nce w hi c h l e d to the melancholy catastrophe, give every encouragement to the landing of specie.— The Dublin 'Evening Post takes the Gazette round:y to Mr. G regson t h ought the communication had better be 41 t, both vessel's belonging to the same companay, referred to the chairman of the Watch Committee, who would see that Messrs.- Gibbs, Bright, and Co., were hTEANE?T' kr-rc STEAM-SHIPS. —The Liverpocl and ....'hiladelnh'i Steam-ship '' Compan's steam-ship , City of provided with a sufficient number of the police.—The letter was referred to the harbour-masters' sub-committee. rae ari cileiter a , Captain R. Leitch, left the Mersey fcr Phi s.: e'Phia at a quarter to two on Wednesday afternoon, A PERSON, calling himself " the Very Rev. Canon ha rd 1e47-'ssabin .p - assengers, and a small cargo.—The Cu- Goss," one of the Liverpool Popish Brigade, in a recent redompany's screw steamer Alps, Capt. Wickman, speech at the Concert-hall, said " there was a variety-of on Wednesday afternoon, on her second vo:age t o clerical mountebanks, who went through the . country, no i'il'i'eve' Yor k , matter whether it was the debauched Achill' or the bad h n• e i r th a very full cargo.—The Pacific, Capt. ;Tay (totteseew) departure about nine o'clock on Wed- Gavazzi, and no where eveze they more certain of an en morning, for New York. The British tiaisiastic audience than in the bigoted town of Liver en North kmerican mail steam-ship America, - Leitch, pool. (Applause.) He (Ar. Goss) had the misfortune Wintnander, took her departure hence, on Saturday, for to listen to Gavazei, who wore the habit of his order— tialstnn, with 140 passengers and a large cargo, besides once his honour, but now his shame—and he must confess ' usOal mails, on board, that, were it not for the cross which he wore on his gar ,a st t h -11 0-3' A S CREW- S TEAMER.— () n W e d nes d ay e exe _ ments, from s ee i ng the manner in which he shook his ar ia hair and contorted his countenance, he should have eee ssrs erP e -- was launched from the building . yard of thought he was one of the old furies conjured up for the tu lothe "; chomas Vernon and Son, Brunswick dock, • occasion. In the course of a short time, he had no 1) / that of those beautiful iron screw-steamers, building doubt, this town would be blessed with two other epos tell Carlo firm for the Austrian Lloyd's. She is called the ties, for he believed Lord-Shaftesbury had sent for the can oLs of 250 tons, and sixty-horse power, fled is blessed' Rosa, who was about to exchange her pattens for IS 4OI It i• to the two former vessels, the San Guisto and pumps, and would shortly appear on the English boards." e eere e , e a cco, lately launched for the same company. The (Laughter.) gos ee l n Y ,of christening was performed by Miss - Mary ' r e, tg. --, line niece of Mr. Wm. Morgan, of Clifton, who DUCHY OF LANCASTER.—The annual statement of the vor ep - an c y nn . stlting engineer for the Austrian Lloyd's revenues and expenditure of the duchy of Lancaster for the year ending Michaelmas, 1851, has been laid before 1 11 4 " * LE 111 Parliament. Income : Rents due at Michaelmas, 1851, Pieersd_ s EZTING OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE, OR including £B.lBB 18s. Old. arrears due for 1850, £35,07,4 in......Y, IVlr.4ohn Nicholson presiding, it appeared that 9s. 7-td. ; out-standing arrears due at Michaelmas, 1851, etoeeiVaseti severity of the weather, by generating £8,935 Bs. ad. The following are the receipts during It tgre oe ." and other diseases of the lungs, had raised . the the year ending Michaelmas, 1851 :—Rents and arrears, weeo to t! deaths in the borough from 215 in the preclons £26,139 ls. Lid ; sales, grants, &c., £425 lls. 4d. ; di &est er if,-, in the week ending last Saturday. As oom vidends on stock, £253 1 9 s. 10d. ;casual revenue, £2,777 ,"ars th 11 .tue torrespom?ing week of the preceding-five 2s. 104 d. ; balance over 1850, -£6.402 14s. 71d. ; total in ;tote e increase is 45. Mr. Ashlin stated that the come, £35,998 2s. 91d. The expenditure was as follows : n ee„ °n e in 'Canning -street and Fleming-street, about —Salaries Salaries f principal officers, £6,500. Ss. 4d.; of the law vale oc e ,cae of which complaints had been made, was not officers, £845 7s. 10d. ; of receivers and agents, £177 t , 1. Q 7 the public, but by private funds. th e t riOL 4 19s. sd. ; of stewards and bailiffs, &c., £466 6s. 4d. er e pe st Rg have been busy at work in Liverpool during I annuities and retired allowances, £951 10s. ; donations Weskto 7ee-ln at midnight, on Wednesday, the shop and charities, including stipends, &c., £1,363 Bs. ld. ; 1 4 _, arael .it midnight, outfitte Great Howard_street, law charges. £233 16s. 5d.; surveys. &c., and repairs, ;tots9 o 4pi e k,t, into, and property to r t he value of £5 stolen. £2,688 10s. 6d. • wages, payments to the Commissioners 4 tOursday night, a panel was cut out of the back of Woods and Forests, expenses of manorial courts, land hat or[hates/;-at pawnbroker, 61, Hill-street, Park. tax, rents and audit expenses, -Sec., £4,603 13s. 11d . . ; orate th .n ha d bean raised from the roof of the kitchen, purchase of stock. £832 14s. Bd. ; payments to Privy woeves could not get further, as the inside was Purse, £12,000; balance at Michaelmas, 1851, £5,287 iron. During the night of Thursday, the .3, ei r e ; e frl t e e atta ch arrears discharged, £46 15s. 71d. ; total ex- Of Pitt deo the shoe manufactory of Mr Cartmel peediture, £35,988 2g. 91d. to ghlassl•tri;ebiet,asvwaisnedntweredmbyontheievenso,twhooedtsookwoe.uutlda seem pane . GIRL SHOT IN A SHOOTING GALLERY.—At midnight B etezr b een the ob' o ect . of the depredators, for although on Tuesday, Vivian O'Keefe, a respectably dressed young d rawers wer j erausacked, no property was' taken: ~ -kay,,man, about 18 years of age, accompanied by another young man, paid a visit to Maclarert's " Glasgow Shoot ,asio,esePoor, CLOCIC.S. — The disagreement between the ing-gallery," under Mercer's snuff-shop, 7, Murray %teas. Public clocks in Liverpool has ceased to excite street, Williamson-square. They were both in liquor at ti led al " Only from the apparent hopelessness of a re- the time, and were followed by a girl. On entering the septe e eT• A hint, however, may be supplied from what the .prisoner took up a rifle, which bad been loaded with 94ic of Birmingham are doing. From twenty designs powder and ball, and, putting it to his .shoulder, said to 6,',„ 11 far competition, a committee have selected one, the girl, Jane Riley by name, "By G—, I'll shoot you!" tit °"ed by Mr. Francis Whishaw, who, having in view to which the girl replied, in a laughing tone, "0, don't." e forth ii slat eer ornamentation of the town, considered that 1 The prisoner on this fir ed . the gun, and lodged the bullet je c i" , lle would best fulfil the purpose, and chose the sub- 1 in her - shoulder! the wife of the proprietor of the gallery, fi c ,.Qf Hercules relievi ng Atla s o f his b ur d en . T he who was close behind her, narrowly escaping being shot : r are of Hercules is eight feet-hi g h, b earing on h is s h onl- in the head. The prisoner immediately tur ne d very pa l e , ;a celestial globe (a four,faced c l oc k t o b e ill um i nated and ran off ; but his com p an i on was se i zed and kept in i,': bight) five feet in diameter —the whole standin g on a 1 the gallery until th e p o li ce arr i ve d . The girl was imme e;assive-looking pedestal, fi ve feet in height. The clo c k 1 diately conveyed to the Roy a l I n fi rmary, w h en the wound 17:::!ka (Shepherd's electric, as used at Greenwich Obser- ! was found not to be dangerous. The police arrested IS toll &c.) are to be placed within the pedestal, which O'Keefe at his lodgings in Islington about two o'clock. tlf gas W i t pt at all times at a uniform temperature by jets At the police-office on Wednesday morning, the for the t it, in connection with the pipe supplying gas prisoner stated that he had been at the Amphitheatre and ;lithe glob e 6 i o the shaft from the works to be carried up the St. George's - V aults, where he got very drunk. He e hand s , j oo f ti thO Purpose of communicating motion to had no recollection either of going into a shooting-gallery, in, the adoption bron zed metal, end t?„ tu e figure, which is intended to be cast or of shooting any one. The person who . accompanied It accurate' t rsonzed externally, as also the pedestal. the prisoner to the shooting-gallery had since gone to o the electric clock, Greenwich time may Manchester. He .was remanded . for seven days. . The j 3 ( t, oth er 4 of to Birmingham.; and, moreover, father of the prisoner offered bail, stating his son was tot lg h , muaocks belonging to the corporation of the quite a stranger in Liverpool, and had fallen into bad H ein s atte Y tl3e replaced simply by clock-faces ; thus company. The application was dismissed. Asseeated in r s ' , lon only to the parent clock, which may AT THE WEEKLY ALKET4:NG OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE, q o f I ,_ J o Otte case in a house in the centre of the on Thursday—Mr. Turner, M.P., presiding —a report 4 4 :'uro.t mai operations. b ete • Anco oß was produced, and read from the Dock Surveyors, dig. th e in th e n N ED ANNUAL COUNTY SESSION is to be approving of Mr. Grantham's proposed high-level rail. soitamojeweseourt House, Preston, to-morrow. Amongst way. The report advocated a system of constructing th e fts to , ' 5 for consideration are the report of the corn- 1 warehouses on the dock quays, with communication of , o„„r:9illted sth January last, as to the division of between those warehouses on the low-level—only between li o e etn isoi into coroners' districts ; the case and opinion warehouses on the dock estate. Mr. Holden, Mr. Robin teeskas ohi lS to the expenses of the funeral of drowned son and others thought Mr. Grantham's plan could never te t `et of " te cuwn; the representation by the lord lieu- be carried out satisfactorily. in reference to the plan of kc he Dupe connty and the colonel of the 3rd regiment the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Rail no'' of the Of Laueaster's own militia, of the insecurity, way Companies for approaching the north docks, and how t 'es u e s e of Place for keeping the arms, clothing, and far that plan would interfere with any other which might SsBoiele some reeinseee, with an application for an order be adopted in future, a long discussion of a desultory heroeseoosrce Proper ,Flaca for the purpose. Numerous character ensued. Two plans were laid before the com , f .._ . relative to the county constabular moved rnittee, one of a high level railway to two docks to tk, 4 l -tke c hum the sth January last), are also to he accommodate the coal traffic ; and the other of a low level oa dy of ol' e ir acan of the finance committee. The chair- railway, to the Stanley dock. Ultimately a resolution , 9 0 3' ree• county constabulary committee is to move was passed, by a majority of 16 to 2, to the effect, " that 4 0 11 1 t he .. ring allowances and gratuities, to be granted the plan of approach from the railway to the Stanley k tt ill ai'aPerannuation fund, to disabled police officers ; dock, upon the low level, be approved, the high level tolele r? sea move a recommendation for holding a special having been previously approved." It was decided that count of the magistrates of each police division Mr. Hartley'a report should be d• plan of pro to 17es of t r, to examine and audit the contingent ex. posed alterations in the dock offices was approved.—The Ne'Ret it 'e Police of that division, such audited accounts Warehouse Management sub-committee produced an ap a, th_tror allowance to the constabulary committee, plication from the delivery foremen, for an increase of 1 444ht4b41:1. re solutions relate to an increase of the county wages. The sub-committee thought these men ade 11e;.7,11este,!n the Higher Blackburn, Ormskirk, and quately paid by 245. a week. The warehouse-keepers Latistlsle, boilvvisions, the providing a lock-up at New. also craved an advance in their salaries, with which the et.. he at ti I N . a police-station's lock-up at Blackpool, committee did not think it would be proper to comply. A OsiendisoeeYwood, near Bury, and a third at Stretford. recommendation to increase the salaries of the warehouse totllltliilttilitct-helr motion relative to the order of pro- clerks from £9O to £lOO was confirmed. The sub-com to sec he cow. . eseotation of any memorial or petition rnittee recommended that the ledger clerks be classed in 4 ~eot,t9mo!!,oeratlon thereof. The committee on pre. three classes, and that the first class should have their t o es k nie e t o.etlon and discipline are to be empowered salaries increased from £llO . to £l3O per annum, the Ou i te ell ote r o teu• sittings till the annual session in June ; second class from £llO to £l2O per annum ; and that the r e ,Cf p e j.the secretary of state and petitions to both salaries of the third class should be continued as they had 11, 4 4 4 Ci11, ar ` l atoent, against the county rate and expert- been. The recommendation was confirmed. The salary tee o he or n to be submitted for adoption, and the con- of Mr. Austin, principal of the general office at the Albert "Ilstoh.,tue resolution relating to the constitution of dock warehousee, was, on the recommendation of the "'417 conanaitto 14 to be ituther postponed. sub•eonunittee, advanced from 4350 to 4440 per annum. Mr. 'Wm. AI`GEE and Mr. J. R. CHAMBERS have been appointed overseers of Everton for the ensuing year. THE ROYAL CHARTER, declaring Manchester a " city," was received by the mayor of that place from the Home Office on Friday. MARY CURREN BIRKHEAD, sixteen months old, was found dead in bed, on Friday morning, at the residence of her parents, Gomer.buildings, Mann -street. LETTERS for any of the Officers, seamen, and marines serving in any of the ships now in the Arctic seas, will be forwarded by her Majesty's ship Phoenix, if sent to the Admiralty on or before the 14th of April. THE STEAMER CLARENCE, which sailed hence recently for Australia, and sold for £29,950 there, though her value was not more than £11,500, is now plying between Launceston and Melbourne. WARRINGTON.—The following gentlemen have been re-appointed overseers of the poor for the year ensuing : —Charles John Holmes, Thomas Glazebrook Rylands, James Hepherd, and Isaac Picton. THE FRIENDS of the Sunday schools connected with the Baptist chapel in Myrtle-street, celebrated their anni versary on Wednesday evening, by a tea-party in the school-room under the chapel. The Rev. H. S. Brown presided. THE ANNIVERSARY BALL in aid of the funds of the .Jewish Ladies' Benevolent Institution was held, on Tues. day evening last, at the Assembly-rooms, Great George. street. The attendance was large and hizhly respectable. The orchestra was occupied by Mr. Gribbin's band. ON FRIDAY morning, Thomas Moore, carman, was walking along Great Howard-street, when he was observed to fall heavily. Immediate assistance was rendered, but before medical aid could be obtained he expired. An inquest was held upon his remains on Saturday. SEVERAL CASES have arrived by the steam-ship Arctic, from New York, containing machinery for the manufac ture of Col. Colt's fire-arms in this country. They have been forwarded to London for delivery to Col. Colt, for the desired purpose. THE ANNUAL VESTRY MEETING at Warrington took place on Easter Tuesday, in the large room of St. Elfin's Institution ; the Hon. and Rev. Horace Powys in the chair. The accounts, which showed a balance of £l3 due to the churchwardens, were unanimously agreed to. - - A GRAND BANQUET was given at the Mansion-house, London, on Monday night, by the lord mayor. Several members of the government were present, and those who responded on its behalf were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Cardwell. THE MAYOR entertained the Judges, Mr. Justice Cresswell and Baron Martin, together with the grand jury, Queen's counsel, and several of the magistrates, at the Town.hall, yesterday evening week. The part ynum bered 50. The high-sheriff was absent, not having reco vered from a horse accident. THE SCREW STE AIt•SHIP OSMANLI, which is to sail for Port Philip on the 7th instant, has just been fitted with - Beattie's patent screw, which has given such favourable results in the last eight trips of the Frankfort. On Wed nesday she made a trial trip round the Crosby Lightship, which proved highly satisfactory, her steaming being at the rate of nine knots per hour. Two EXPERT THIEVES, named Ellis and Wilson, who, with a small book, thrust ingeniously through the bolt hole, attempted to steal gold watch chains, from the shop window of Mr. Owen Owens. No. 4, South Castle-street, were brought up on Thursday, at the Police-office, and committed to trial. Mr. Owens has lost eight watch chains, it is supposed, in the way described. JAMES CAHILL, a suburban robber, and his wife, have been committed to trial at the sessions by the Kirkdale magistrates, on a charge of committing burglaries. Mr. Owens, saddler, Vauxhall-road, who had purchased riding whip from Cahill for 35., its original cost being seven guineas, was allowed to depart on bail, although he will take his trial at the sessions on the charge of receiving stolen goods with a guilty knowledge. DIOCESE OP MascriEstert.—On Tuesday the Lord Bishop of Manchester licensed the Rev. Peter Fox, 8.A., to the stipendiary curacy of the Parish Church of Ley lend, on the nomination of the Rev. Thomas Rigbye Baldwin, the incumbent. His lordship has appointed Friday next for the consecration of the new church at Holcomb, near Bury, A YOUNG ISRAELITE, about 22 years of age, a native of Poland, and educated in the College of Rabbles at Warsaw, was baptised on Good Friday, in St. Bartho lomew's Church, Salford. The Manchester Courier remarks, on the coincidence, that the clergyman who officiated, the Rev. Moses Niargoliouth, curate of that church, is himself a converted Jew. •A HINT TO WORKMEN ON STRIKE.—At the Romanist soiree in the Concert Hall, the other evening, Mr. D. Parsons, M.A., of Oriel College. Oxford, said : " He was of opinion, if the Roman Catholic faith was predo minant in this country. they would not have the strikes which they now heard of ; they would not have masters set against men, and men against masters, for the church would step in and settle the matter." ELECTION OF GUARDIANS FOR THE WEST DERBY Union.—The voting papers will be delivered on this day, Tuesday, collected on the 7th, and the votes cast up on the 9th. The result will be declared in a few days after wards. The opposition is confined to five townships, namely, West Derby, Toxteth-park, Kirkdale, Orrell and Ford, and Thornton. The candidates nominated in these townships are as follows :—West Derby : Robert Wandby Kirkus, James Barton, Thomas D. Walker, William Bowman, Samuel Lunt, John Abrahams, Thomas Tattersall, James Wensley, Thomas Corkhill, and John Pownall. Toxtetk park : Joseph Harrison, Abraham Horsfall, Charles Batten, David Craig, George Gragg Samuel Sititicluy, William ',Smith, John Kidd, Arthur Grindrod. Horace S. Aipass, Joseph D. Carter, William Mountfield, Richard Miller, John Lathbury, Thomas Smith, and Gilbert Harrison.—Kirkdale : Thomas F. Roskell, Thomas W. Taylor, and Thomas W. Thornton-: Christopher Richmond, jun., and Joshua Bolshaw.—Orrell and Ford : Edward B. Barton and William Knowles. AT THE WEST DERBY ANNUAL VESTRY, held on Monday in the church—the Rev. John Stewart, the rec tor, presiding—the accounts showed that the total amount arising from the church-rates, on hand, at the commence ment of the year, was £279 19s. 11d., of which there had been an expenditure of £155 16s. 10d., leaving a balance of £123 12s. 3d. This sum, it was stated, would, in all probability, meet the expenses of the ensuing year, and thus prevent the necessity of levying a new rate. Mr. Chisnell and Mr. Ledger, the churchwardens of last year, were re-elected. The annual Easter Vestry of the rate payers was held on Tuesday morning, when Messrs. John Whitby, James French, James Wensley, Thomas Tat tersall, John Abrahams, and Thomas Brakell, were elected overseers. Mr. Thomas Crosby, of West Derby village, was appointed honorary assessor of the rural division. The following gentlemen were appointed the highway surveyors : Messrs. Bold, Anthony, Jones, Johnson, French, M`Knight, Shaw, Molyneux, Bevan, Mather, Orred, Fletcher, Harrison, Crosby, O wen , Kenyon, Wagstaff, Lowndes, Chisnell, and Leather barrow. AT THE MEETING OF THE WALTON EASTER VESTRY, on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Leigh presiding,—the ac counts showed a balance in hand of £5 3s. Did. Mr. Pitts stated that there was -not sufficient room in the body of the church for the accommodation of the parishioners. The chancel and the galleries were taken up by the faculty-holders, to the exclusion of the general body of ratepayers. He introduced the subject with the ;view of testing the right of the claim made by the faculty-holders. Ultimately it was decided that a depu tation should wait upon the archdeacon, for the purpose of consulting with him on the steps necessary to be taken in the matter. The deputation to comprise the rector, the churchwardens, and Mesara, North, Johnson, Statham, Pitts, and Tristram. Mr. Pitts next complained of the inefficiency of the choir of the church. He did not grumble at paying them 100 guineas ; he would like to see it 120. But-the parish had been taken in by them. It was decided to provide the organist with some music books, and the matter dropped. The allowauce to the beadle was increased from £l2 to £lB a-year. Mr. Ros kill, and Mr. Henry Harrison, of Walton, were elected churchwardens. A penny rate was carried, in order that the churchwardens might adopt means to strengthen the roof of the church. AT THE ANNUAL EASTER VESTRY of the parishioners of Liverpool, held on Tuesday—the Rev. Rector Camp ' bell presiding—the churchwardens' statement of accounts was adopted, although Mr. Urquhart moved that they be referred back to the churchwardens, and when his amend ment was lost demanded a poll. The accounts showed a balance to the debit of the pariah of 1,848 19s. They could not propose the election of members of the Vestry till April. so that the vacancies would have to be filled up at an adjourned meeting (which wiii be held to•day). Mr. C. Frederick Came, and Mr. Robert Hutchinson, were , elected churchwardens for the ensuing year; and Messrs. John Brancker and Peter Bourne Drink water, sidesmen. Mr. Charles Willmer, Mr. Joseph Gardner, Mr. Shake shaft, and Mr. John Hand, were elected overseers. Mr. James Brownbill and Mr. John Williams were chosen churchwardens for St. Paul's Church, and Mr. George Nickson and Mr. Thomas Gregory for St. John's Church. The vestry resolved to grant a rate of 2d. in the pound, the same as last year. An amendment by Mr. Urquhart, that the term voluntary rate "be substituted for "church-rate" was not put by the chairman, as it was contrary to law. The grant of £7O in aid of the V services at St. Paul's Church was increased to £9O. Mr. Roberts proposed that the salary of the curate of St. John's Church be raised from £lOO to £lBO per annum. This was strongly opposed by both Mr. Dover and the chairman, and the matter WBb ultimately adjourned. It was stated that nothing bad been done for the restoration of the chimes of St. Peter's Church. TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. J. WRIGHT.—The super. intendents and teachers of the Sunday school connected with St. James's church, Latchford, Warrington, on Thursday evening, presented to their esteemed pastor, the Rev. J. Wright, 8.A., a pleasing testimonial of their affection for him. A large party assembled in the school room at the tea party, and found the room tastefully de corated with evergreens, artificial flowers, &c., the work of the female teachers. 'Various texts of Scripture, formed of leaves, &c., were arranged along the wails, and a dis criminating use had been made of flags and draperies. The Rev. Mr. Wright, with his family, attended as in vited and honoured guests, and found themselves sur rounded by many who were made happy by their presence. Mr. Smith was called to occupy the chair, and after he had very briefly stated why they had met, Mr. Hill ad vanced from the body of teachers with a copy of Bagster's Comprehensive Bible, handsomely bound in antique purple morocco, with a silver shield on the back, bearing the following inscription .—" Presented to the Rev. James Wrigiit, 8.A., incumbent of St. James's Church, Latch ford, as a testimonial of esteem and affection, from the Sunday school teachers. March 10, 1853." Miss Smith, Miss Robinson, and Miss Dowling, next handed up a neat pocket communion service of silver, bearing a similar inscription, cushion, and a lengthy address, beautifully written on parchment, with ornamental gilding, &c. These were presented by the chairman to Mr. Wright, who addressed the assembled teachers in terms of affec tionate response. Several short speeches were then de livered, a number of hymns were sung. Mr. J. W.lsher wood presiding at the pi a no.forte, and the proceedings of avery pleasant evening were CIOSed abort lialf-past ten o , elock.—Nancheder Courier. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1853. LAST WEEK there was despatched per railway, from Dumfries to Liverpool, 1,455 sheep and 32 fat cattle. ON MONDAY NIGHT WEEK a fire broke out in the timber-yard, &c., occupied by Mr. Leyland, Miles-street, Toxteth-park. The loss about £l5OO. THE LIVERPOOL POLICE have received; Intimktion of forty cases in which wandering thieves have stolen coats off hooks in lobbies during the past two or three days. THE CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM COMPANY have sanctioned an advance in the wages of their workmen from 19s. a-week to 225. JAMES PATTEN, Thomas Dunlevy, and Thomas Gag ban, three notorious comers, on the first of whom eighteen base half-crowns were found, have been committed for trial by the magistrates. THE REV. DANIEL DAVIES, of Swansea, delivered a lecture on Uncle Tornie Cabin, at the Concert-hall. on Wednesday evening, in aid of th e f un d s o f t h e W e l s h Baptist Chapel, at Birkenhead. RIPE STRAWBERRIES were on Tuesday exhibited at Mr. Taylor's, St. John's Market, grown at Hoghton. Some roots of potatoes, from Woolton, with green stems attached, were also shown. THE NEWS FROM TRIESTE, per Overland Mail, an nounces the death of Captain Loch, R.N., of the Win chester, whilst heading an attack upon a formidable band of robbers, near Donabew. Captain Loch was well known in this town. LIVERPOOL PENITENTIARY.—At the forty-second an nual meeting of the subscribers, on Tuesday, it was shown that no less than 556 females have been rescued by its in fluence from a sad and destructive course of life, and have become useful members of society. Its funds are low. THE RATEPAYERS OF EVERTON, St their annual meet ing, on Wednesday, appointed the following gentlemen overseers :—Mr. Wm. M'Gee, of Church-street, Ever ton ; Mr. James Robinson Chambers, Mr. Henry Edwards, and Mr. Wm. Hunter. Mr. Chambers is one of the retiring overseers. THE RATEPAYERS OF BOOTLE. CUM-LINACRE, at their annual meeting, on Monday, agreed that a rate of fivepence in the pound would suffice for the next twelve months. Mr. Donally was re-elected surveyor of the highways for the ensuing year. Mr. W. Knowles, Mr. C. Musker, and Mr. Thomas Williamson were appointed overseers. THE KNIFE was brought into extensive requisition on Wednesday by Antonio Prae, a Spanish seaman on board the Chrysolite, who attempted to stab a young woman, a servant in a boarding-horse in Litherland. alley, and also a shipmate residing in the same house. At the police-court the dangerous scoundrel was ordered to pay a fine of £5 or be imprisoned two months. TEIE Wigan Times announces the demise of James Little, an eccentric bachelor of 63 years, at Chowbent, in whose house £2,800 was found concealed in various sly corners. The deceased lived by himself, without a servant. £BOO in gold was found in some rags covered with chips. He was the last surviving member of a penurious family. ' A YOUNG MAN, named William Maxwell, adopted a somewhat bold stroke to gain a suit the other day. Walking into the shop of Mr. Thomas Caine, outfitter, Sir Thomas's-buildings, he asked tobe fitted with clothing. He tried a coat and vest on, and whilst the shopkeeper was speaking to a third party he seized his opportunity, bolted into the street, and ran away. He was, however, apprehended in less than half an hour, and by the police magistrate committed to take his trial. A VERY LAUGHABLE JUVENILE TURN-OUT occurred on Wednesday, when a number of youths employed as assistant soap-boilers in the Victoria engine -works, Kirk dale, struck work—demanding ss. a week, whereas at pre sent they receive only 3s. 6d. or 4s. In a brief time their places were supplied by other lads. In the afternoon the young turn-outs assailed the " knobsticks," but the sight of the foreman with a big cudgel made them take to their heels. The indiscreet boys have been obliged to look out for work elsewhere. A " SWELL" FOR THE DIGGINGS.—At the Nisi Prins Court the other day, a person named Wray, the plaintiff in a case, caused some merriment by his personal " revelations." He deposed :—I was going to Australia to start as a merchant. Had prepared certain boxes for the occasion, including sixty shirts and sixty collars, partly made for the occasion. Three doze, shirts I bought at Silver's in Cornhill: the rest were those in my ordinary use. I had also procured thirty pairs of boots for the occasion, which I intended to wear. Sometimes wear three pairs in a day. The value of these boots was 255. a pair. My ordinary wardrobe consists of twenty or thirty pairs of trowsers.—(Laughter.) AT THE MONTHLY MEETING of the Polytechnic So ciety, yesterday evening week—Mr. P. H. Horner in the chair—a communication was read from Mr. Boult, the secretary of the Architectural and Archaeological So ciety, inviting the attendance of the members of the Po lytechnic Society to the next meeting of the first-named society, to be held to-morrow, when the special committee upon local improvements will report upon those altera tions of the town which they think are more immediately requisite. Mr. Grantham took the members of the society to task for being too modest : the two last papers were read by strangers. Dr. Hume argued that this fact was a sign of prosperity. He then read a paper by Signor Grispi, a native of Italy, on cameos, describing their history, and different kinds. Dr. Hume then introduced Signor Grispi to the meeting. An interesting discussion followed, after which Mr. Frank Howard exhibited some drawings of antique sculpture by his father. TO•MORROW EVENING the report upon local improve. ments will form the theme of (we doubt not) an interest ing discussion at the meeting of the Architectural and Archmological Society. The following cre stated to be the chief recommendations of the report :—lmproved communications between the Town-hall and St. George's hall ; a route for the relief of Oldhall-street and of North and South John-streets ; an improved line of streets from the Landing-stage to the Lime-street Railway Station, and from that station to the north end of the town ; the improvement of Marybone, and continuation of Scotland road and Vauxhall-road.; the provision of better ap proaches to the town from the suburban districts, Bootle, Walton, West Derby, Wavertree, and Aigburth, with cross communications from one suburb to another; and the amendment of the access from the town to Everton, the defects of the present route being seriously detrimen tal to the prosperity of that locality, now that it has lost its rural prestige : nor are our Cheshire neighbours ne glected, much attention having been given to the promo tion of their convenience. THE LABOUR STRIKES.—To the ropers, we believe, belongs the honour of having began the present move ment among working-men for an advance of wages. On mere request, they obtained an advance of 2s. a week in their wages. The Dock Committee have advanced the salaries of warehouse and cargo ledger clerks. The direc tors of the City of Dublin Steam Company have sanctioned an advance in the wages of their seamen, from I9s. a week to 225. The bricklayers sent a circular to their employers requiring a like additional sum, threatening to strike if their requests were not complied ith. They are san guine, however, of success, owing no the great extent of building in the borough now in progress. The town, the other night, bad nearly been left in total darkness. The lamplighters, if not other of the einpkyles in the service of the gas company, applied for an increase of 3s. or 4s. per week. They were met with a flat refusal ; and, think ing better of the matter, the threatened strike did not occur. The agricultural labourers in Ireland are com bining in order to get an advance of wages. In many districts in England the agricultural workmen are also making efforts to obtain an increase. T.HE COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR WIGAN.—The adojurned inquest was held on Saturday. Mr. William Lancaster, mining inspector for Scotland, and formerly manager of the Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Company's works, and a sinker of this very mine, was present. Mr. W. Laird stated that the directors were anxious that the matter should be thoroughly examined. Mr. Dickenson, the government inspector, was of opinion that nearly the whole of the rise workings were in a foul state at the time of the explosion. Probably the firing of a shot might have ignited the gas, and caused the accident. There appeared to have been no qualified person appointed to fire the shot, and the caution which the rules enjoined seemed, by the evidence, to have been systematically broken. Smokers appear to have used their pipes, which was against the rules. The management of the pit ap peared to have been divided between Mr. Darlington and Mr. Jones, the latter having to receive his orders from the former. Very little discretion, indeed, seemed to have been entrusted to the underlooker : he was not permitted to repair a broken slide without calling in his superior. If Jones was competent to fill the important position of underlooker of these extensive workings, he was competent. in hi s o pi n i on , t o ma k e the necessary repairs in the shaft without ;calling in Mr. Darlington, who was a young man, and who did not appear to have been in the workings for at least a month before the acci dent occurred. The inquest was adjourned to Thursday morning next. A public meeting is about to be held at Wigan for the purpose of appointing a committee and taking steps for raising a fund, by subscription, for the relief of the widows and families of the unfortunate men who were killed by the explosion. Mr. James Darlington, general manager of the works, has headed the subscription list with £5O. LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL.—At the next monthly meeting, to-morrow (Wednesday), the following subjects will be taken into consideration :—The proceedings of the Finance Committee, comprising a 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 ; recommendation to in crease the salary of Mr. Alfred Quick, clerk to the Town clerk, from £l5O to £2OO per annum ; recommendation, pursuant to the direction of the Council, of the following gentlemen, as respectively fitting for the appointment of receiver of town-dues, anchorage, &c., namely, Mr. William Huson, Mr. Nathan Litherland, and Mr. S. Warner Shand ; returns of the overseers of the assess ments in the several parishes and townships within the borough, preparatory to the laying of a rate under the provisions of " The Liverpool Library and Museum Act, 1852;" rep or t on th e report o f a su b -comm i ttee of magis . trates on the subject of granting licenses to marine-store dealers ; the laying of a rate under the provisions of " The Liverpool Library and Museum Act, 1352;" The pro ceedings of the Watch, Lighting, Fire-police, and Fire prevention Committees, comprising proceedings prepara tory to laying a fire-police rate, not exceeding one half penny in the pound; proceedings preparatory to laying a watch-rate, for the year 1853-4 ; the proceedings and re ports of the Church Expenditure Committee ; the pro ceedings of the Water Committee, comprising a recom mendation to increase the salary of Mr. Capes Ashlin, treasurer, from £6OO to £7OO per annum, the considera tion of which was postponed at the last monthly Council; recommendation to increase the wages of other clerks, &c. The following motions, of which notices have been given :—By Mr. Arthur Henderson, " That a road be cut through the Newsham-house estate from West Derby road to London-road, and that the land be leased for building purposes." By Mr. Thomson, " That a speci,l committee of the Council be appointed to inquire into and report upon the charge made by Inspector Kehoe that Mr. Thomson, in the capacity of councillor for the borough, had interfered with him in the discharge of his duty as a police-officer, and that such committee have power to examine all books, reports, papers, and docu ments connected with the police-force, and that reporters be permitted to attend such inquiry." MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE AT SEA A VESSEL RUN DOWN. - - IThe steamer Minerva left Liverpool on Tuesday after noon, and had proceeded on her voyage to Belfast to about midway between the Calf of Man and the South Rock Lighthouse, when a vessel was observed right under her bows, and so close that to escape collision seemed im possible. The hour was about ten o'clock, the weather had been very hazy, and the ill-fated vessel had, it is stated, shown no light till the steamer's bowsprit was almost over her bulwarks. Then a lantern was raised up from her deck ; but, previous to that, the helm of the Minerva was put hard-a-port, the engines were reversed, and every effort made to avoid the collision, but without avail. They came in contact, and in the space of a second the ill-fated vessel and her crew were engulphed. No trace of either could be seen, notwithstanding the most diligent search. The chances that one out of all on board escaped to tell the tale are slight indeed. The name of the vessel is unknown. Captain Lyall, of the Minerva, in his statement, said : All I could observe was that she had two masts, and that no light was shown until imme diately before the accident took place. As soon as the light was observed the helm was put hard-a-port, and the engines stopped and backed, but not with the desired effect. One of our boats was, as soon as practicable, lowered, and every effort made, but no vestiges were to be found. The Minerva has not sustained the slightest damage. Arrived in Belfast at 450 a.m., on Wednesday. At the Belfast police-court, next morning, Capt. Duncan said : Your worship, I was on my passage from Liverpool to this port, last night, on board the steamer Minerva, and when about fifteen miles northward of the Isle of Man, the steamer came into collision with a schooner. A few minutes before the collision, I was standing at the forward part of the steamer, and saw a vessel coming from the northward. We were then nearing the South Light. Shortly afterwards the collision took place, and no effort was made by those in charge of the steamer to save those in the schooner. The Minerva was in charge of the mate at the time ; and I called, before the collision, to two of the hands standing on the bridge, " For God's sake shift your helm," but no change was made in the steamer's course. I just then heard a voice from the schooner cry out, " Oh ! this is murder," and she then went down. (Sensation.)—Mr. Verner : Where was the captain of the Minerva at this period ?—Capt. Duncan : The captain was below, and the steamer was in charge of the mate. I could not say whether the mate was on deck at the time of the disaster or not; but I saw the captain on deck afterwards. There were no exertions made at the time of the occurrence to save the people in the schooner. The steamer was going at the rate of about twelve knots an hour ; she, at any rate, ran at about that rate from the time she left Liverpool until she arrived at the scene of the disaster.--Mr. Verner: Could the schooner have been seen at a distance from the steamer ? Captain Duncan : She could have been seen visible at a distance of two miles. It was about a quarter to eleven o'clock when the collision took place. The Minerva had lights up, but the schooner was so close when I observed her, that I could not see whether she had any lights up or not. I may now state it as my opinion to your wor ship, that, had those on board the steamer been doing their duty, the disaster would not have taken place. (Sensation). There was a man at the helm at the time, but it was not shifted when I gave the alarm. The Minerva was obliged to stop after the collision, and a boat was lowered from the steamer after the collision, merely to see if she was injured. The schooner and all on board of her had disappeared some time before this. (Sensation). A few minutes after the collision, I saw two men swimming near one of the paddles of the steamer, but they were not saved. I myself belong to Belfast, and am of the seafaring profession.—Mr. Verner : About what size was the schooner ?—Captain Duncan : About 140 tons burthen, your worship.—Mr. Verner : Did you see any name on her, or do you know to whom she be longed ?—Captain Duncan : I have no idea of either.— Mr. Verner : For the present, Captain Duncan, your statement will suffice. Were there any persons near you at the time of the disaster ?—Captain Duncan : There was another man, a passenger, who, I know, belongs to Belfast.—Mr. Verner : Then, Captain Duncan, we shall proceed to investigate the entire transaction in this court, to-morrow, at one oclock, when we shall receive this and any further statement you may have to make ; and we shall also be prepared to take up the evidence of such other persons who were on board the steamer at the time as may be able to throw light on the transaction. The inquiry into the circumstances was resumed at Belfast on Thursday, and the result was that the captain was required to give bail to appear when called, himself in £lOO, and two sureties in £5O each ; the mate to give bail, himself in £5O, and two sureties in £25 each ; and the two lookout men, themselves in £2O each, and two sure ties in £lO each. STUMP ORATORY OF THE POPE'S BRI GADE IN LIVERPOOL. The columns of a contemporary of Friday are flooded with the eloquence of the Liverpool Romanists, elicited, in the first place, at the annual dinner of the falsely-called " Irish Catholic Club," yesterday week; secondly, at the laying of the foundation stone of a Romanist Institute. James Levingstone, Esq., who was the chairman at the Popish banquet, in proposing the first toast, the health of Pius IX., commenced with a very capital joke. " Ca tholics, and Catholic countries," he said, " particularly that sunny country over which our beloved spiritual head reigns as a temporal prince, have been maligned, tra duced, and grossly misrepresented. They have been falsely charged as enemies to progress, suppressors of learning, and opposed to the spread of science, the fine arts, and literature. We, as Catholics, know how foul and false such charges are !" With increasing temerity Mr. Levingston proceeded to say :—" In literature, who have been ever foremost ? The popes, the cardinals, and the sanctified bishops of the propaganda." The final burst of the chairman being, "On the throne of our hearts, as the supreme head of our holy faith, he shall always sit enthroned there until our pulse shall cease to throb in the glorious religion in which we were born, in which we were educated, and in which we shall breathe our last sigh, with a sure hope of the promise made by our Divine Master to Peter, and his worthy successor Pius the Ninth. Gentlemen, I give you The health of our Holy and Spiritual Father, Pius the Ninth.' "—(Drunk with loud cheers.) Then followed the health of the Popish bishop in Liverpool, whose reply to the compliment was remarkable only as a somewhat leaden attempt to be witty. " Your chairman," said the Brummagem bishop, " has been far too complimentary, and, with your permission, I will bring against him a heavy charge for a high crime and misdemeanour. (Laughter.) What I mean by this is, that he has put me in the stocks ; and I ask you whe ther that is not a crime which should be visited with con dign punishment. (Laughter.) However, as I have had little experience in criminal matters—(remember, here is a Romish priest disowning " experience in criminal matters ")-1 beg leave to hand the case over to my friend Mr. Aspinall—(renewed laughter and cheers)—and feel sure that he, by his legal skill and eloquence, will make far the best of the cause." In proposing " The Illustrious Hierarchy of Ireland," Mr. J. B. Aspinall drew a fancy picture of Romanist unity. Forgetting the cry of the Yankee Archbishop Hughes, who said, ' For God's sake keep the Irish at home, or they will all become Protestants," and oblivious of a sham Irish bishop in Wicklow, who has recently advocated the necessity of emigration as the only means of keeping Protestantism from becoming universal in that unhappy country, Mr. Aspinall exclaimed, in the excitement of his after-dinner enthusiasm :—" From the highest to the lowest of the Irish hierarchy the flocks were found following them with the same love and affec tion, and treating them with the same respect ; and even when the Irish people left their own country, and were separated by distance and time, they became, if anything, more united in love and respect for their clergy than when living at home."—The Rev. Mr. Hickey acknowledged the toast, and expressed a hope that they would all endea vour to preserve in its purity that faith given first to St. Peter, and subsequently propounded by St. Patrick. If Ireland was not what one of the grea t es t o f men h a d sa i d, "First flower of the earth, First gem of the sea," in a political sense, at least her bishops had done all in their power to make her the first flower in the garden of God's Church—the brightest gem in the crown of Catho licity. (Applause.)—The Rev. Mr. Brown congratulated the Club on its success. " Great good had already been accomplished in a religious point of view, and as regarded their political influence, he need not remind them of the last great struggle in this town. (Hear, hear.) He hoped that on the next occasion which occurred they would be found at their posts, and make their power felt more than ever it had been before. No one could doubt the truth of what had been frequently stated, that they would be res pected and cared about in this country only so much as they were feared. (Applause.) That was, after all, the great secret of O'Connell's power, and would be found to be the great secret of their own."—Mr. Doran said, as the Club had acknowledged the principle of encouraging edu cation, it might be well to state that there were in Liver pool about 60,000 little children without the means of education. A vast proportion of these belonged to the Catholic part of the community."—Mr. Aspinall, once more upon his legs, asserted that " in a political point of view, the Club had conferred upon them a benefit of which they availed themselves at the last ele.cticn. It had shown those with whom th e y generally acted that, as sure as they are alive, if they thought they could bring for ward any one with a chance of carrying him without the consent of the Catholics, they would find out their mis take." (Applause.)—The Chairman coincided with the modest declaration. " They had now acquired a position in this town, politically speaking ; and he believed if Sir Thomas Birch were to come down to-morrow, and appear before the electors, unless be expressed hi s sorrow for the vote he gave on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, he would br rejected." (Cheers.)—Towards the close of the night, Mr. John Yates, jun., proposed the toast of " Civil and religious liberty," which was received with loud applause. "Notwithstanding all that had been said, the principle of civil and religious liberty was near and dear to the Catholic heart, and he should be ashamed if he thought there was anything in their creed to pre ven t hi m enterta i ning such an opinion."—The band in attendance having played "The last rose of summer," Mr. William M'Courtaen said " they were sometimes designated as sectarian bigots, and it was said they would not allow persons who differed from them in religion to attend their late soiree • but they were well awar e th a t suc h was nct the case. 'He spoke the feelings of his own mind, and said the happiest hours of his life were spent amongst those who differed from him in creed and country ; and it was a pity there was not a more general assimilation of all sects, thereby to frustrate wthieshhtoo k od. e vr ep ink er in ee g d b s ig i o n tr i y gn o o f r j a o l u ic r e o ne r e e a n ch so o u t l h - e s r. av , els,(4lo . plause.) has a ; NEW CLYDE S HIP FOR THE LIVERPOOL AND CON. STANTINOPLE TRADE.—We learn from the Glasgow the building yard of Mr. Alex. Denny , at Dumbarto n , yesterday week. She was named the Melita, and is i n- Citizen of Saturday, that a fine vessel was launched from tended, we believe, for the Liverpool and Constanti nop l e trade, on which she is expected to enter in about three weeks. Her dimensions are : — Length between perpen depth full p o o o p and forecastle, the former being 90 f eet in length, which gives very extensive saloon accommodation. She is to be fitted with a pair of oscillating engines (geared) of 180 horse-power, by leisr3 !iamb and Clark 0 f Greenock GENERAL NEWS. A FINE RIDING MARE, the property of the late Ed. ward Boyd, Esq., Merton Hall, Newton• Stewart, died a few days ago at the great age of 43 years. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—Letters for any of the officers, seamen, and marines serving in any of the ships now in the Arctic seas, will be forwarded by H.M.S. Phoenir, if sent to the Admiralty on or before the 14th instant. THE " STRIKES " of working men are not confined, we observe, to Liverpool. The Ayr papers announce that the operative shoemakers in the West of Scotland have turned out, and demand higher wages than their em— ployers are willing to give. Builders have been obliged in the same district to succumb to the wishes of their workmen. A mw Laa was FEAST.—On entertainedaE b A I s e T f . e - -a feature rne of ft Mon, thae d po a uc y cb al i s public i as was n week, wnae sr taht a 14, tSir e juice of the grape and other alcoholic sti mu l ants h a d wick.G e A or George Grey e O r y T e been dispensed with, and a staunch teetotaller in practice and precept was invited to preside over the festi v i t i es o f the occasion, in the person of Sir Walter Trevelyan. About 2,000 persons were present. POLYGAMY.—Joseph Wardle was, in September, com mitted to Gloucester gaol, to await his trial for bigamy. It has since been ascertained that he has married as many as six wives, all of whom are now living ; namely, one at Manchester, two in Staffordshire, one in the Isle of Man, the fifth at Birmingham, and the last at Dymock. His plan appears to have been to obtain a sum of money from each newly-made bride, and then desert her. AN EARTHQUAKE, the effects of which was felt along the valley of the Usk in South Wales, to Brecon and Crickhowell, occurred about half-past 11 o'clock on Sun day night week. It was preceded by a low rumbling sound, and the shock made chairs to roll and beds to shake. A toll-keeper, near Abergavenny, states that his bed was first raised, and then rocked with such force that he thought his cottage would have fallen. SHIPBUILDING ON THE WEAR.—During the past week four very fine vessels have been launched in Sunderland. One of these vessels, the Kangaroo, is, in nautical par lance, "to lick everything afloat." She is for the Aus tralian trade. It is stated that she has been brought to a sharper point than any other merchantman hitherto built in Sunderland. The other three vessels are—an East Indiaman, an Australian trader, and a vessel for the Me diterranean trade. STRIKE OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS.—On Mon day, last week, the agricultural labourers of Chipping Warden, a village near Banbury, struck work. The men have been paid Ss. per week for working from 7 to half past 5 o'clock. The masters required them from Monday last to work from half-past 6 to a quarter to 6, for which they proposed to pay them 9s per week, being an advance of ls. The men refused the terms, and determined to hold out in a body. The farmers are determined to have their proposal acceded to, if they advance the pay. ANOTHER CHURCH BURNT. —On Saturday week another church was destroyed by fire, that of St. Hilary, near Penzance, so far as can be ascertained, from the neglect or rather carelessness of the sexton on Good Fri day. who, scraping out the red-hut cinders, left them unheeded close to a supply of coal, which speedily ignited.. The conflazration was first observed about three o'clock in the morning, and at that time had made very consider able progress, for at four o'clock, or a quarter past, the whole of the roof had fallen in. WHOLESALE PAUPERISM.—On Tuesday an extraordi nary scene presented itself at St. Pancras workhouse, nearly two hundred families demanding admission. It appears that the paving -board resolved to carry out the powers of their act of parliament, and cause the removal of all the stalls which have for the last quarter of a century occupied the western side of Tottenham-court-road. The requisite notice to the stallkeepers having expired, they were removed on Monday. The entire staff of relieving officers were engaged the whole day in affording temporary. relief, pending inquiry into the cases. LAW REFORM.-It is said that the Lord Chancellor's scheme for the revision of the statutes is fourfold. He intends, first, to expunge from the statute-book every enactment which has either expired, or become obsolete,. or been repealed, so that it may be known with certainty what portion of the written law is still in force; secondly, to classify the existing enactments according to the par ticular subjects to which they relate ; thirdly, to con solidate into sirgle acts the disjecta membra thus classi. fled, and, in so doing, to simplify their language, to strike out superfluir es, to remove inconsistencies, and to introduce, as far as possible, a systematic arrangement ; and fourthly, to devise some machinery for correcting the errors of future legislation. CLEOPATRA'S N EEDLE.—Mr. Anderson, a director of the Crystal Palace Company, has been disappointed in his attempt to obtain Cleopatra's needle, it appearing now that the needle is actually built into a part of the sea wall and ramparts forming the fortification of the city of Alex andria, and to pull down so much of the fortification as would be required to disinter the obelisk, and to launch it, and afterwards to rebuild the wall, would not only occupy a great space of time, but must involve a consider able amount of expense not originally anticipated. In addition to these circumstances, it is stated that the Vice roy himself has a very strong objection to a breach of such a nature being made or left open for any time in the pre sent state of European politics. MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL.—The Government bill to amend various laws relating to merchant shipping has just been printed. It extends to 63 clauses on several matters connected with the merchant service. There is an analysis to the bill, showing that it has reference to light and other dues on shipping, to the formation of " the Mercantile Marine Fund," to manning and vo lunteering into the navy, desertion, &c. There is a clause by which it is declared expedient to give facilities for obtaining seamen in the Australian colonies. It is proposed to enact that contracts may be made with natives in India, under certain conditions, binding them to go to Australia, and thence to serve in other ships in the united kingdom. The new law is to be called "The Merchant Shipping Law Amendment Act, 1853." It is proposed that it shall take effect on the Ist of August next. A MAN WITH MORE THAN FIVE WIVES !—An Irish paper gives a sketch of one Robert John Hawthorn Coch rane, alias Harbison, who pleaded guilty to the charge of bigamy and perjury at the last Armagh assizes :—" He was married about eight years since to his first wife, Alice Whitten, with whom he remained about two years. He then married a girl named Moore, with whom he lived for a short time, leaving her minus any valuables she possessed ; and, a short time after, formed another ma trimonial alliance with a girl in Ayr. His first wife went to Ayr and gave information, when he was indicted for bigamy at the next assizes of Ayr, to which he pleaded guilty, and got twelve months' imprisonment. The next marriage of his known of was with a very respectable girl in the neighbourhood of Rathfriland, to whom he was married in the registrar's office, Banbridge, in July last. He then got hold of about £2O, with which he decamped, taking with him a very young and decent farmer's daughter in that neighbourhood. He was pursued by her friends, and overtaken in Liverpool, when she was rescued from him, and sent off to America. He again returned to Ireland, to pursue his old trade, and his next exploit was that he courted a girl in Markethill, young and re spectable, and was married to her in December last, in Armagh church. He was then indicted for bigamy and perjury, to both of which indictments he pleaded guilty, and got the severe (?) sentence of fifteen months' im prisonment, not with hard labour, for both crimes. A POSTAL DELUGE. — ApsIey-house was closed on Saturday week, to the further admission of visitors, who have for so long a time been admitted to view the old dispatch-box, on which the records of so many battles had been written, and the unostentatious bed on which the great Duke so long took his nightly rest. More than 150,000 persons, of widely varying social ranks, have passed through the rooms without confusion, and without a shadow of crowding. Much of this satisfactory result is owing to Mr. Mitchell's admirable arrangements. The first announcement of the public opening of Apsley house, with the direction to appl y to Mr. Mitchell, brought down a perfect avalanche of letters upon 33, Old Bond-street. The postman came staggering beneath the burden, and the officials sent in all haste to ascertain what extraordinary correspondence Mr. Mitchell had entered into. Due explanations having been given, an extra postman was at once put on between St. Martin's le-Grand and Bond-street, and so vigorously did he per form his duties, that, in the course of a week, he poured in upwards of 50,000 enveloped applications. An office directly devoted to the Apsley.house business was at once opened, and a staff of clerks forthwith set to work. In a day or two, however, it became evident that a great proportion of the applicants could not be attended to. Their letters were, nevertheless, received, duly opened, folded, neatly docketed with name and date, and tied up in closely squeezed bundles of five hundred each— bundles which, it is needless to say, accumulated in a far greater proportion than the daily batches of tickets issued could clear away. The simple principle observed in dis tributing the orders was that of first come first served, and the plan of dispersing the periods of admission by half-hours over the day was at once novel, ingenious, and useful. A SIGNIFICANT FACT.—One of the most important facts connected with the present age is the unparalleled increase of the Anglo-Saxon race in numbers, wealth, and influence, within the last 200 years. In the early part of the 17th century, England, Wales, and Scotland numbered only about 6,000,000, and as a nation was classed amongst the second-rate powers of Europe. Now, at the present time, the English language is upwards of 60,000,000, scattered over every island and continent of the earth. Great Britain now stands . first in the order of nations, holding territory and swaying power e h thus discoveriesgrow n in powerfulthe arts r n t d s w ha h s o s in every quarter of the globe, sending forth her fleets of merchant ships, which encircle the ocean with her corn. stable in a comparative short period, we trace its. surpass merce. And m easure to the work of time, aided ing progress in a great . These powers, which have done so much and guided by the inventive genius and persevering energy energy inherent and sciences and . mechanical. appliances have been valuable auxil i aries in achieving that greatness which be longs to her. for Britain, were not allowed silently and unobtrusively to take their places in the category of the inventions and discoveries . of the nations, without being tested by that severe scrutiny which public o inionexercises as its right, in proving whether they are worthy P of its regard. A c ase in point is . that of the Glenfield Patent Starch, an article while i n h e ß r r si t o a ni ns, of domestic utility now enjoying the universal favour of the people. When the inventor first introduced it to the public notice, it was maligned and run down by interested parties to a very great extent, as unworthy of the public patronage ; but the manufacturer, being aware of the fact that its qualities excelled those of any other Starch in the market, and unheeding the rude outcry raised against it, persevered in laying its merits before the ladie s o f B r i ta i n, and now, after a few years industrious exertion, he is re warded by seeing it nearly universally used by the public throughout the kingdom, and large shipments,of it - almost daily exported to our colonies, and other countries Mier° the English language has extended. A trial from those who have not had the pleasure of t es ti ng i ts qual i t i es is enough to ensure its constant use in their laundries, while no trouble will be felt in procuring it, as almost all the grocers, druggists, &c., in this, as well as In all other towns in the kingdom, keep it constantly on Rttl@, PO great is the increasing demand for it.