The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-11 00:00:00

OZESZIRE AN]) WALES.

f Wirral
mr. R.
f took qttarterlY Wapentake Court for the h
Place on Monday, at the Tranmere Hotels,
rial by ja„.:.,..
tt'ce, the stevrard. There were seventeen cases entered for
aarbeedfore
. few pounds
liTtltrit statuary in Birkenhead-park is about to be removed by
laid ul°lrd,oll,k)f Edinburgh, to whom it belongs.eve
r to the POI
What i` 11 the commissioners would preserve .1,11 eertaiuly a considerable attraction.
week b 'le!, harbour works at Holyhead were
other
1 and several _
getle Y Slr Charles Wood, Mr. Rendel
much pleased
with uraaeen, all of whom expressed themselvesmaking
in carrying
inspected last
ezt the rapid Progress the contractors are
Isla.
iilenairalty plans.
d
'4
iia, %,114z tiatti,3°x, organ-builder, Maccl
ssel
or " sounde
41"'
ea l'iPe, a-4, lie was in the act
"voicing"ofvhen, from, somepenetrated
has met with
Vit'l'inr'aN °llZilatiedish?:r etaor, it,an‘d gradually _
great ago/14.
ON Th,..3%
re-
ly aPP
4fter three weeks' illness he expired, suffering
heederBk, the man C rran, who was recently
t extensive
laought before
I\lbberiews' /13Pielon of be* gr)concerned in the
witnesses
tile Iliagisrt4 Plate at Birkinenead, was again h
were tsk kes, when the depositions of the several
1 at the next
Chester:'. and he wag committed for trial Two ~
,satees.
wakes one
brought
day las,,,s4tl;s from Macclesfield went to Alderle
,114aled jr,&e.4. and whilst in a shooting
loaded rifle
"11', delihe-'4lll Harableton aged 17, took R marklaud,
aged 15. Weis fir at the other named Williamoor
lad's left
gallery
aoYne of them,
e.te, and loe,n,e l'illet entered the angle of the
't'ar,the vse'r la his brain. He was removed_
d Hambleton was
'`ea into 44141 Union Workhouse, an
AT a „ ellStod,
in a
,it of '`rineatii"
ed five ears g
1.)o the hospital
izito soaistubtiii,srnou WednesdaT,
window
d four storeysouz 1;oi
four
'3'eloclt4iT, teet' and' ,Zitlt Or
ao raelawtion's house
Lila out- of thee Morning Heosaid that his aunt 8.
The little
fell°,
ta or,the house, and she was gone to a sale.
him to
41, anass'f. have been asleep all this time, as putthey
but could not
reeoliee, atter having sound sleep lie awoke,had turned
he had not a
bp.: ', anythiug ab t • •
examined
raise upoa Nan ell it. When
wooosi .
!lieetiogs. OTI Fteart--At the Birkenhead Commissioners'produced the
fol-
'Nee,' °lt TnesdaY, the 1, Committee
15s sad.;
18.. account "Reels. Ferry
£2 842 •
1 ''l t 2 838 A •pta for August, 1854,,
' 31st August,
44' cf ,s. 7d.; receipts from 24th April to
working ex-
'easis I'7ll 8. 7(1. • 1855 022 16s. ra.R;gB4s sold'
e 152,,, and rent for the saine'period, 1854, ,---• n * for
£lor, 4s• %. The steamer Eliza Price had
beeairs ; £lOO
4.4-.l;usenfrteer having t7OO spent upon her e
in
repairs;
Apstorekeeper
N, bee,
bin!,,,iv.ea for her hire at Rock
Ferry.received or used
f
',a;P ,romted, no accounts of stores
the Chairman of
them,,i,.,P eviouslY kept. Mr. Harrison, e
m____
_t•
.(I,,lJoais ,tee„thought they ouelit to sell sore
_y°.re u
:"rtrsa' sow that the new ones'were nearly read
demand for
LIIIPPit.iIitI)IXO, INT W 11 PORTS
The great
of the
'L' of Z 3 caused bi the abstraction .for the purposescustomarY
''atiels°olfattge, an amount of tonnage from
_theees,
given an
4st.ss to Zt.e',ll.as, in common with others ni
1 h paorts. Anfar
ate nano the salPping trade in the Wen
b or are, buildiog,
,_these of _of vessels than usual have been, In Newport
rat
ahtirße 4,044 greatly increased size ipllePd°:"
and at Neathoand
qn:lleeat
vezeolf is nearlyt rangefinis
between 3
t be corn-
thted, wr'illtBi,„bli,rdell h:Tienen coommenced, aneisheing given
°re Beve,olier o g vessels, 100 feet over all being now the
14 o,ifu-'l, elay. An increased length is al
being now the
re
siiltil Of O,4tY COaSting vessels, 100 feet ovg*not range toed,
aulect. N:leirootier or brig that formerlyen
.3,
ti been launc
krilb°hre are tollfv„erY fine vessels have recently
Mr. Chur-
too h,i-ki. N ouow ere long.
on Friday,
of Bridget
Ca,,€l al ;„ Olt IN BIRICENHEA.D.—
body o'
~d had
fol."'"1, ki,,,i•-„Tlest at the Victoria Inn, on the The deceased spat
bio„,,aorne time '0 Years a domestic servant.
frequentlitai
at
bii.'• A j''''e l'ast been in ill health, and___er Hospital at
he did not obtain relief, she went home.
quitenheadeA weeks ago she went into theeer:v
ii f she t
weir.' several
4oterbalist rut: as she did not obtain
.rings ve her eup to the
tike ;,'„of alediicling in Morpeth- la
buil several doses.ay
d morning
ihe Ce' her Ole, of which sheteo
on
friends Thurs to her assist
••
kcanae wea 4. About four o'clock
her
ed she expired.
llie' '4.lt ber 1.55, mid called some ofhe procured the remains of
a Lyellee 0w75 I2o.edical aid could
ssession
the deceased
froTtle of olLt.ollties took into their Prom
urea for
itted to Mr.
ehllttllo herharoo which had been p.t
ed i was suhomus
in its cha-
Netercni, `"Ilo herbal
itl
0 question,
.a:-ne was innOnarm
1 to the de- ,
ceasq:k!'l.; NvNieihat the medicine good nor
_el
edi al attendance.
The ja„,,lei oa,ThiL4te done neitn
, _roper m- •
Etee'Ttetern, to have hut P
tural death. _
This town
ne,t, _ toz,r 0 ' a terdict of natural
missioNEßl.
eful con-
gliet. ',l,,tuess2 Ilt s-coRN C°3l or such disrao
onents,
cers; uots",4_, so warm a contest,
kicking their o
ppbowling
like 'il., th,::":loners rnight be seen
drunk •at times , e
asses
o,7„atetio,,, and reeling ,
' vehicles Rer
litage4 •in ualingeYike goats. All the town 8
unable to
Z. 4 -, or a coaveyinF.r those to the poll who e
werNot a stone
b,,m„ left b„"? drunk to the through a crowd. 0
ore votes
1-„.41 0,-.l(orned by each party. There were 16. m
officer
at
seine,le VI were ever before polled.
the he returumoftly before
it elnk g?v.e rough state un oAfir. p011..W o e Sdheelared they
4-11' riot servel if elected, Mr. Josiah Rigby and Mr.
its Handley Handley
-were nominated in their stead. This ac
r Josiah Rie.by he
~eia,,3 for the large number of votes for il . _. ,
iher,„,° oh both party's lists. The following was the stpt of
iitcsi at its close :--For Josiah Rigby, 1,209 votes ; "William
•it'htrilt trundrit, 763 ; Robert Cheshyre Whiteway, 691;
1. l'e4l,in 646 ; John Anderton, 641. ; Thomas Johnson,
Ty ',;aoles iti,.....hy 638 ; John Johnson, 01; Thomas Hand-
dles"4 ; Sani-uif Collier, 549 ; William Stelfox, 505.
OiZY.
ITlleie secoL14111) CLA.r GIITON HOUTICULTIIRALhIOiCornETi-vr.e—d.
eio.la in ~!li_nial exhibition of this society was
afternoon having proved
ttre %le aii'r_enhead Park. The .
promised, the assem-
'ling„..,....., ..,
Ptirs'ekla 1,111%Y than the morning
_.,..,___„
`, c'' the eeh" '•1 c"n•I'''''••":"-' --
had resulted in
flol,-‘• a.,•
~ °lts of the committee, which•
ho
44,1:4 '1111:114,11' 'P
'L.:4 ....,1 Lo.-Koultu.al enc. 2
""imlilia,
1111,1.tlis,„,s‘q_esPecially the fusehias, ,Petunias, actors,_so_i_as
t'lla4t`t l' li: eleeedingly rich and beautiful. The
fundiolb-
asketstile %'"
.
, ~Ileazley elicited general admiration,a
___
taste
,„°,‘ ihave:',lz,e, for single specimens and groups.Of
o lin uch
showe'q beui,' "I,,ere were three, each exhibiting.ne
which
awardcleeeire 4.1.1°, (oat it was difficult to determi
ultimately
tellt 8,;`,.' !O kr. ti,,Palia. The prize, however, vassme
magnifi.
apple_evennens
s,
ova:. te
h Y. Ip• fruits there were so
guavas,
speeit:;ePears, &e. it,,ls eslting. of melons, grapes,
splendid
health 11 of white r.a
e. over gained the prizefora
large
and
t„e 3' contributior-s lile. There were also very
4;4 of the district
the cot-
o_ general ga produce from. ,
_„..
14
the
gardens
of
sThe flowers and frUits were principally
11
The Berson, Beaale3tYi, elkstrsa;ljoaeks°;l4la•, Clover, M'Kepneon,.
botitallow Was considered -thr' Ravenseroft, and Robin
hseld,
tto,,,as to the number and ce 11C19s successful hithertos
and
i'er of prizes awarded. on ition of the specimen ,
irlot,eliagbf.a.s.xcaTtort 4.1` BEntivG
vestry
efittoll:ae 4 tallonhabitants and l r°lc.
An adjourned[,uton,
for the
Lug step ;
s .ai referent nYters of
Bee
int defalcation
}cell eaetf The collectors of the district johlsi reDeakin, jun., was
•Icevs• it,4. Ittuel IlerrY Hotiel, on Monnda
last.
resTehnt
N 1)0'04' ai there hawilt been the chair on the_ Fghway
the ~ rates
tte , but the ,n, some deficiencies in the h
had written
'oho b ,1,- kr. p• 1,
.Se.had been made up. He
apprehension of
Natt akin ;.. le ueti, in refer to the t
the
der .r was u're but the latter had •informed him that
defalcations.
at tfielti the pa't3Fether out of their h nds, as the
ssed
sosiielliaist nieej'_er of the assessed taxeas. A motion was
siopuald be
t\ece443.1,,, frot`ii.F.C, he
effect that Mr. Dalcin, Sen
s quite un-
%tili,44tl,', lie 1,44.1.4.1t,°1ce ; but he understood that was
• tion to re-
kr" lie hatrievetl f`lll had expressed his determination
and
„_ bakiu heea i'llt bakin sen was a man of integrity,
tion f
I." crenorn was 4,, litY obi cep
1. The reslgna
On ~,-,111af,3 ordi yoi neg igence.
persons
oV;‘„;lTii „..--'-' a)? tvizlY accepted, and the following
Richard Ox-
Rot •"'eapae°'4B, tee ,__'•l•4..cancy :—Robert Dobson,noattend in his
tik_fe was
n:3:,expiaioldlr. Speddig? who didthatintheassessedtaxtys
Z°:ter4tit:,l thuelorielle''Y. tlPaeTeleiatidnfallen upon
£le7Br. op
The
e p„ ent wouic‘ defteiency would be about
ent upon all
Iseet ,`,,'Perty, , therefore make a resassess.m
With re-
c't t) ' the klers ' in the district. t
h•e Q on and farmers .
on account
~,,,tletcaeen,s ~.s Y collected by John Dakm, sem,
paid
up. A
14PahlZettssions'es, all the deficiencies had been
had been
lita: lae'lLss.ll3B.e as to whether the ratepayers
with John
re fu , tee, j..-..., in hot securing a guarantee
the person had
/101„.111aelf
,I_,Ut the chairman explained that
un-
seeera to troro in
r. 4. ascollector before the magistrates,
h mount of
keetintti to he epaers.a
fixing t e a
„ Is. resolution
come to, and the
IL litki ile4en bY mture collectors was
sNes-14,41,-'reke up.
Wednesday,
..- on
.oeicieg -4.° 1401::%L YACHT
CLUBof the value of £5O,
Igo DiAce okatch for the challenge cup! .
third contest of the
yachts
The 11 the uers
being the
ed to accompany the a
aN,11(1 i1:‘,,,41er Satellite, engag--
Pier, Liverpool, shortly
sib Itter olie`4:se, left the Prince's
anumerous company,actna.c
4' ilirk ° clock, having embarked.
to the lovers -.:of
yachtsti
tti, ores ellhead
e Slipan addition
ompetmg
11*1
.3
made
'clock the c
Irtz • • About two 0
Spray Yacht.
Owner. 7
SPr4
I;.f •• • ''''''' ••••• • . A. Bower . _
.... 71
h_
e, the Ocean•
.•.Thos. Brassey, Jun: 4l
it
Elet„giectuall , ...... _
...
W. L. Sutherberry .... tic
''
''
''
'''''
• *•*'"••••111,, os. Wilkinson .:• e,. 14i
f‘.l,course was •••
••
•i. I. '''' . iv. and C. Wrenbali
Ferry round
sthoat a o lows :-.-Prou, Monks' d a flag
4,_._e stationsd
roun
flag
N, iiia._ aed off the off Eastham thence
Dngle, b k ' d the Eastlmmdlirect
Zklill7,/:,ce back round the Er ac roun
returning 1
1.<4'',1
theb Ingle flag-boat,
and the flag-boat
t °lf th 'Passingl, be
the shore
keu,c, e c üb-house 1 •the lastentioned flag-
hoOr Nhoard , , leaving
per ton. A
ear ‘'e, aee, pe , hand
'tine—one minute
Unfortunately,
, is,,, , wit rnaPs, Was never witnessed.
Electric
111411.' 4Wabe,ll Off the Di 1 last round, the
this
°, frO•",le,r throat hng e, on the
il remedying _
41141 4qt ' "le f atilYards
adw
her position, and,
th,, ea akain oremost boat she faltered
1 t was admirably
filiit_iltsl; tiie4ll. a, 'tleleeyuloYe7ouit.d Ev:l37 yacht
_
il tir p.rieog•es!
Iptl,„,kii*a tfetel• IN'as surprising. They arrivedn
aatotNl,e final
the
cap ttps,,tn. theepler in which they are give . b
minutes. The
the,,m4t ILael,.; her
three not bein„ a • n• s many min
the
eV 1,1 bly,'"'i, t', beta ; but inasmuch as the Electric
wonseasons,
toem,-111gfis•,; ,it has to be won two consecutive
In the
.. 014vorlts'11,1,0ther trial for the same p_iz •
rht,ebelonging
boarcitttalk ' aneheere let off from the Jessica yac
etia • on rthl• Cost red off Birkenhead.
the local
.4,,,.ak1erm.. asso IBBIONERS.—At the meeting of
under the
1,-`raiti.••‘loa a•Y, 111 is
proceeded to bring
koe, ,4 l Of th_ r. renny
u " That a
N, 541 o'e ap.,,. board a motion,
.as follows : . .
0_
h• the corporatio.n f.
ertokl.the ePzulutN to confer wit
i g this district with L.iveie.er.
kttlo 11)11 ipitleinal pittirPol riseeYs oafondut.toinreport to the beoardth
thought it
ti,411 h; the7,l_lclog the matter he said that he
duty to the
!t4e siabstaOst way for hire to disehar
dgetails of the grel,t
lac the ,tadolreang from entering into the e
He thought this
lN`Wo•fold forth in the resolution.
t imperfectly
ha t,„ 43 to , reason tha as himself bu
as unwil-
ekt Illtei4 t'le eletal t d that he w
That
Plat diva e eith 18 a present ,an .
ny way.
'hat .4i,it'lltage w erself or that body in a
rancrement to
ep, ts, sict, " as likely to arise from the ar, a
note b doubted,
ose tbe 311,1,41_ !tell as to Birkenhead, could n
bringing
NI thattl.l too saidgreat be effected on terml.
' own opinion
tly,N(l oillbei ‘,70,T increase of taxation. 1
itihserwise by it,
Itkt:l;esks
oerillg iu'''
ogr:tratiler favoured AheannaD.e _
131 d to carry out
kloo'.l)etteriArovereenTeLtilemzedpialited for that side nfetil.
toe, Ile ha,all they could in their present isolated
been
oil:
ei7k IR le,VOr ta 110 dOtdat that most of the members had D
ar‘lita site nig tenlAtks made the other evening by the chair-
s
!ll'at liaation-lephead Commissioners upon the subject theofd,l3e
rtpllaitt.lnessib`iel
oliatlto‘aVll with Liverpool and °
had there so
i`Zei,,neci 01xle of thentrati
ainnYpt-Liint! ton whatconsider, and which was
Nt tiitiit•, it ‘4,181e Ineeting of he. commissioners wasatehouat.
4!tb._tit 4 a esti
n mated -no doubt with sufficient'rlia-
-111 eost al e'f 200 000 had been expended in pa .
Illirt>o:' That gi l't•
it been expended in
'eS, Wollid L
_gavel laced had
in a different position
na pthem

Tons.

from that which they now occupied. From the imperfect in-
formation he possessed, and from the reason he had before
urged, he should prefer, if possible, to have his resolution for
the appointment of a committee taken sub silentio. No
doubt the committee would give to the subject all the atten-
tion which the importance of it deserv4d, and that they would
come before the board with the matter so digested as would
enable them to come to a conclusion which would be satis-
factory to all parties. He would, therefore, propose that the
resolution be passed as it stood upon the paper. The resolu-
tion was seconded by Mr. Colborne, and the word "terms"
being substituted for " expediency," was unanimously adopted.

ON Saturday afternoon, whilst the train which arrives at
Aberdeen at 5.65 was near' Newton-hill station, the train
was fired at by a person from an adjoining field. One of the
carriages bears marks of shot, and the guard was a good deal
injured about the legs.
A FEW days ago a spark from the engine propelling a cheap
trip from Sheffield fell in a field of standing barley on the side
of the .line, and set it on fire. The blaze was observed by
some children, who immediately . raised an alarm, and some
men proceeded with scythes, &c., cut it down, and stayed the
progress of the fire before any serious amount of damage was
done.
RAILWAY RACING.--A correspondent in Philadelphia says,
" I enjoyed the pleasure of a locomotive race on one of the
western railways last week. Two roads ran closely parallel to
each other for about five miles, and two express trains acci-
dentally emerged at that point at the same time, when each
driver opened out his animal at the greatest possible speed.
Notwithstanding the weather was so intensely cold, all of the
car windows were thrown open, and the greatest enthusiasm
was manifested by the passengers on both trains. Ladies
waved their handkerchiefs in the wildest delight, and the men
shouted with an energy that would have made an Indian blush.
The race proved a " dead heat," and I sighed to think that it
had not been made for the best ' three in five.' "

SUICIDE OP A PAWNBROKER.—On Saturday morning a
most singular and determined act of suicide was committed
by Mr. Hall, pawnbroker, near the Middlesex Hospital. It
appears that, shortly after the shop opened, one of the young
men having occasion to bring into requisition that portion of
a pawnbroker's premises known as " the spout," was asto-
nished to find that some pledges which had been thrown
down for a customer, who was waiting to take them out, did,
not reach their destination at the bottom, and on investiga-
tion it was discovered that the cause of the stoppage was the
dead body of the employer, who was found suspended in the
centre by the neck, from the cord employed in pulling up
parcels from the shop to the warehouse. Mr. Hall was of a
sedate and scientific turn of mind, but no cause is assigned
for his committal of suicide.

SHIPBUILDING AT NEW YORK.—The total amount of
tonnage on the stocks, including vessels just commencing, is
something over 20,000 tons, comprising 18 vessels of all de-
scriptions, and including two steamships, four ships, five
steamers, brigs and barques, and three schooners. The
two steamships are the Adriatic for the Collins line, and the
Cornelius Vanderbilt for the Vanderbilt line of Havre—both
of enormous size. At the Westervilt yard, there was building
for the New York and Liverpool trade (Mr. Wm. Tyson) a
ship of 1,600 tons. At Webb's yard, a ship of 1,400 tons for
Williams and Guyon was building under the superintendence
of Captain Edwards. Mr. Steers is proceeding rapidly_ in the
construction of the huge steamship the Adriatic, building by
him for the Collins New York and Liverpool line, and ex-
pects to have her ready for launching by the Ist or middle of
March next. She is building under the superintendenee of
Captain Luce. She will have oscillating engines of immense
power, which are constructing in the Novelty Iron Works. At
Green Point, Mr. Simonson is pushing forward to completion
his great steamship called the Cornelius Vanderbilt, 3,600
tons burthen, for the Havre line. She will have two beam
engines, which are building at the Allaire works. This vessel
will be built with prodigious strength, and be finished in a
style of elegance unsurpassed.
SUICIDE.—Mr. Matthew Wood, aged 42, has committed
suicide by taking five or six ounces of cyanide of
potassium, used by him for photographic purposes. The
deceased, who had held a lucrative post in the mail de-
partment of the general post-office, had applied to be elected to
the head of that department, which bad become vacant some
months ago. The result of the application was, that he was
placed on probation for six months. During this period he
became very desponding, as he found out that he was not
fitted to fill the onerous duties of the situation. As the time
passed on he gradually became more and more depressed, and
several times exclaimed, " It must be either success or prussic
acid." There was nothing beyond depression of spirits, how-
ever, that could induce his friends to suppose he would actually
commit suicide. At the expiration of the probationary six
months, upon going to his office, he discovered that he was not
confirmed in the-appointment, not being considered sufficiently
.competent. He returned home to his house in St. John's-
wood, apparently broken-hearted, and retired to his bed-room
about half-past five. His non-appearance before eight o'clock
induced his housekeeper to go up and call him, and, upon re-
ceiving no answer, she had the door opened. The deceased was
then found lying on his bed in a sleeping posture, but quite
dead, life having been extinct some time., A small piece of
paper was found near the body, on which was described the
property of the deceased, and the money due to him by the
Post-office. Verdict, insanity.
THE MILITrA.—Two fresh returns have been published re-
lating to the Militia, on the motion of Colonels Buck and
Duncombc. The one shows that on the 30th of June, 1855,
the strength of the English militia was 1,764 officers, 2,123
sergeants, 780 drummers, and 29,885 rank and file present,
and 272 officers, 122 sergeants, 21 drummers, and 6,048 rank
and file absent. The strength of the regiments on foreign
service, on the 30th June, was 198 officers, 286 sergeants, 95
drummers, and 4,608 rank and file. This makes a total effec-
tive force of 2,234 officers, 2,531 sergeants 896 d reromes,.
—.sm.,. bnows that the total
number of rank and file embodied in England on the 14th of
March. 1855, nninnntod to. A. 1,104; the total number embodied-
on the 14th of April, 1855, to 30,945 ; the quota of volunteers
to the regular army to 13,021, and the portion of the quota
given by all regiments to the regular army to 11,268. In
Scotland the number of rank and file embodied on the 14th of
April, 1855, wa5.5,119 ; the quota of volunteers 1,693, and the
portion of the quota given by all regiments to the regular
army 886. In Ireland 15,119 rank and file were embodied on
the 14th of April ; the quota of volunteers to the army was
4,736, and the portion furnished to the line by all the regi-
ments, 2,353. Thus the grand total number of rank and file
embodied ou the 14th of April, 1855, would be 51,183 ; the
quota of volunteers to the line 19,450, and the quota furnished
by all the regiments 14,507.
ATTEMPTED MURDER NEAR BRISTOL.—At daybreak on
Thursday, the policeman on duty at the Bedminster turnpike
gate, near Bristol, heard violent cries of murder proceeding
from the Victoria beerhouse, situate a few yards from the gate
on the high road from Bristol to the west of England. On
going to the spot he found the landlord of the house, a man
about 60 years of age, named John Robbins, standing at the
door with his throat cut. Blood was copiously flowing from
the wound, but the injured man had placed a handkerchief in
the. wound, which to some extent prevented hwinorrhage. It
appeared that Mrs. Robbins, being in a state of intoxication
on 'Wednesday night, her husband refused to sleep with her,
and retired to rest in another room. During the night Mr.
Robbins heard his wife (who is also nearly 60 years of age)
threatening his life, but as this was of no unfrequent occur-
rence when she was in liquor. he did not feel alarmed. Early
on Thursday morning, however, Mrs. Robbins entered his bed-
room, and cut her husband's throat with a razor, but fortu-
nately the principal vessels are not separated, and hopes are en-
tertained of his ultimate recovery. It was deemed. advisable,
however, to take the evidence of the injured man and several
other witnesses, after which the wife was fully committed to
take her trial at the nex Somerset assizes. During the exami-
nation, the woman behaved in a most violent manner, and fre-
quently expressed her regret that the attempt at murder had
proved ineffectual.
THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER.—The sum already ex-
pended upon the new Houses of Parliament has been
£1,663,944 ; and Sir C. Barry having been asked to state what
additional works he proposes beyond those already sanctioned,
has sent in plans and designs of real magnificence, which, if
adopted, will make the total cost £2,595,511, exclusive of the
cost of constructing the law courts elsewhere, as Sir Charles
proposes to pull down the present unsightly edifice, and to
transfer the courts to Lincoln's-inn. Sir Charles proposes to
pull down the south side of Bridge-street, and to run a new
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noble Victoria-tower. St. Margaret's Church, near 'West-
minster Abbey, has been long denounced as an eye-sore ; and
Sir Charles proposes to pull it down and rebuild it near Tothill-
street. Lastly, he wants additional space opposite the Victoria-
tower, to enable the spectator to follow it to its altitude with-
out incurring the danger of dislocating his neck ; and, for
this purpose, he proposes to pull down the houses opposite the
Victoria-tower, and to make a small oblong enclosure in Old
Palace-yard, containing shrubs, trees, and a statue of Queen
Victoria. These additional buildings might be completed
within four years and a half from the present time.
A BLAZE OF JEwns.—The Paris correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian, in an account of the Paris exhibition,
thus describes the lustre, or hanging chandelier of M. de
Bourgoin,e' minister from France to Bavaria under the reign
of Louis Philippe, and since then minister from France to
Spain. He says :—" This lovely piece of workmanship hangs
in one of the upper galleries, opposite to the Pie tra dura and
mosaic works of Florence and Rome. The mounting of it is in
gilt bronze, of the style and time of Louis XVl.'s reign—a
period, be it remarked, far too much neglected in the way of
decorative art. For its other materials it is composed of rock
crystal and precious stones from every part of the world. For
the exact and arithmetical part of the description, I will pre-
mise that the central column of the chandelier is one metre
seventy-five centimetres (about 3 feet 6 inches) high, and is en-
tirely formed of pieces of rock crystal of extraordinary size.
The form of the whole is a triple crown, the largest circle of
which measures 4i metres (about five yards) in circumference.
These crowns are composed of fruits and flowers, all more or
less represented by curious and precious stones. For in-
stance, in the largest crown-circle the grapes hanging in
clusters from under golden leaves, are some of amethyst, some
of lapis-lazuli, according as the harmony of colours required
darker or paler shades. The greengages (and these have a
beautiful effect) are in uncut emeralds, or round lumps of
chrysophrase ; small mirabel plums are topazes ; and there are
dark purple plums, which are figured by fine nightshade-
tinted amethysts. In the smaller flowers that are intermixed
with all these treasures of Pomona, you distinguished gems
such as pearls, rubies, and sapphires. Several hitherto hardly
known minerals have been used in this curious and splendid
work of art; for instance, to reproduce sufficiently the vary-
ing tints from pink to crimson necessary for red apples,
strawberries, &c., and for certain flowers, large use has been
made of a mineral called Quincites, from the fact of its prin-
cipal bed having been discovered at Quincy, in the department
of Seine and Marne. But it is in the smallest of the circles—
the lower one, two metres round—that the most exquisite
workmanship is visible. There is there a bunch of lilacs, made
of small amethysts, that would be a coiffure for the queen of
an eastern tale ; there are bright blue butterflies in lapis,
forget-me-nots of turquoise, and lilies of rock crystal, that
dazzle you with their prismatic flames. Then, too, the way in
which each fruit or flower is mounted is a marvel in itself.
Here silver is used, there gilt bronze, there the dark-tinted
bronze of Florence, on the contrary, according as each colour
suits best the opal of white currant or pale grapes, the violet
of the plums, the moss roses of pink quartz, the cornetisu apri-
cots, or raspberries of garnet of blood-red. Altogether, many
marvels such as this lustre do not exist in the world.

BIRTHS, lIIARI?LiGES, and DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

On the 21th ult., the wife of Mr. W. Atkinson, farmer
Thornton, near Poulton-le-Fylde, of her seventh son, all of
whom were born on a Friday.
On the 31st ult., in this town, Mrs. Charles Barnes, of a son.
On the Ist inst., the wife of Mr. G. Cohen, of a daughter.
On the Ist inst., in Dingle-lane, the wife of James R.
Brougham, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter.
On the 2nd inst., at Plas Madoc, North Wales, the wife of
G. H. Whalley, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 2nd inst., at Charleville, Enniskerry,. county Wick-
low, the Vicountess Monck, of a son.
On the 2nd inst., at Mersey-view, Lower Bebington, the
wife of Mr. Eobert Woodcock, of twin daughters.
On the 3rd inst., at Stackpole-court, Vicountess Emlyn,
of a son.

On the 3rd inst., at Cavendish-place, Park-road, Mrs. E•
Johnson, of a son. _

On the 3rd inst., at Wavertree. the wife of Mr. Fingland,
of a daughter.
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On the 3rd inst., at Seabank, Liscard, Mrs. W. J. Powell, of
a daughter.

On the 3rd inst., at Wavertree, the wife of J. Simon, Esq.
barrister-at-law, of a son.
On the 3rd inst., the wife of Mr. Henry Samuel, St. James's-
street, of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., the wife of Dr. Gilmour, Park-road, of son.
On the 4th inst., at Prospect-hill, Higher Tranmere, Mrs.
Thomas Sumner, of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., the wife of Mr. John Kenolty, shoemaker
Eldon-place, of three daughters, all living and well.
On the sth inst., at Horton-villa,New Brighton, prematurely,
Mrs. Samuel Baker, of a son, who only survived a few hours.
On the 7th inst., at Derby-house, Rock Ferry, the wife of
Alfred Turner, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Arno-road, (Mon, the wife of Captain
E. Coulthurst, of a son.

On the Bth inst., at Richmond-terrace, the wife of William
Kilgour, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 9th inst„ at 44, Oxford-street, Mrs. John
M`Laughlin, of a daughter.