The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-10 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

1/1,, .411,
k:uag at the Town-hall was last week lowered half-mast,
1•4") alit of the death of Lord Raglan.
.4Ve tion of St James's Churchirch-in-Rush-olme,
4er-t'ea7_ %ea to their *late curate, the. Rev. F. H. Cope, a
sd raga °Lug coffee service, as a testimony of their esteem
eakent
ti,a,retitietrellethoir neae and Liverpool
.Docks (Trust Property of
oek Trustees, &c.) ; the Liverpool Izeirove-
anted the Liverpool Docks Bill, poasnslletsdahe
yst.anding
Tee /47,._raittee of the House of Lords
4t thti'2(SED VICTUALLERS ASSOCIATION held. a meet-
At eb,"'ffiee in Williamson-street, on Thursday , Mr.
Tomes "L'",n!' was unanimously elected a trustee in the room
^ren
nie 1311.4 q, Esq., who resigns.
teei an,,ur the improvement of the town of St. Helen's,
1? Preston roads, and the Manchester, Sheffield,
11sdaftd., -sinre branch railway, received the royal assent, on
,'',,
Pelid
~eace ltd
was the 60th anniversary of American Port all the vessels belonging to that country now
11:4,?tet, NI their flags flying and their ships dressed in the
"Istfd -tialliner• The American houses through the town also
th e " Star-spangled banner.t'
N‘,"tle_s eonitheeetinfig of the Tow.tnteeColuynecreil,roeadn 7ednesday, the
ir<l2cse 415 f r nance commi containing an
tk 'ece tl° a silver box in which was contained the
„ „ri I presented on behalf of the corporation to the
a"•an -Empress of the French.
+a Friday, /N TRH CIIA.NNEL.—On Friday, the ship Cuthe-
ettlateeNtiebece Caine in collision with the coaster Gipsy.
t Pnt back
Ueed on herI OS
h I sof bowsprit, but the former was
h, W
~ffh: voyage.
t,,11 AITCHISON, a Scotchman, who went to the Isle
, veek for employment as a land steward and farm
'`:etti-pLat himself in the loft over the stables of Mrs. Eyre,
Ix'" Cut"- He had been hanging three days before his
t'Slilt, as discovered
ele,taetion, of the Queen's Hotel, Lime-street, has
Reae‘, Letter to Mr. Councillor Pernihongh, calling on him
IY4 the statement which he made
)at the town council,
hod had sanctioned the
N.,.4eßday, that he („Mr-
°e°lsi4iporn. adjoining his ho?Cuse,reof which he complained as
of the refreshments.
elle e, by supplying a portion
le of Pilotstheace was celebrated on Monday
at Hamer's hotel, Woolton,
flit?! oTheilTibwhich took
e pivPvlided to carry the pilots and their
1°,11445:4: Woloilsteesn,waerid -nearly one hundred pilots sat down
li
ke •• A N*? DRUMMOND, aged forty years, a furniture
'
Stanley-street, was found dead in bed on Thursday
pt It is said she was much addicted to drinking.
I,°ltrtoie of a heavy cornice fell with a loud crash from
der storey of the Stamp-office-buildings, Cross-street,
obit vier, on Tuesday morning, upon the pavement below,
Vitof at one
40 feet. A' man passing was knocked
War his injuries were slight.
nth !zzttainzer ItY A BOY.—On Tuesday an intelligent
;,`Paed Michael Smith, was charged before the Police-
-4" lel, "tb having embezzled half a sovereign, the property
et. 4 teitr, Mr. Lloyd, grocer, Pitt street. . The prisoner
; 1-nth of June ast, been out a arcel
cx,"'''teef'%°!,bieh he wa ls
paid half asent sovereign, with
but had not
I,l"av lie was remanded till to-morrow.
caste s last 'enßlileres.—At the Lancaster quarter sessions, on
fiaaet,,.qaaliLl'ltnel Bolden, Esq., of Springfield Hall, It.,,llie-
'•lset-,ess,7 am a magistrate of the county
ta'"theZilleld in Preston, on Wednesday, the following
e/Pare .1116, nZ'as„e_and qualified as magistrates of thecounty:
kagdito :11„'. n• J. Catterall Esq., Golborne Park,
4'11144' " • Robinson, Esq., Settle ; Rev. H. J. Sivtaeloe,
; .Col se' Settle • T. Brooks, ,Esq., Sunnyside,ll2llawwen.,
,AshP horrock: Esq., Low-hill House, Lower arit.
leatood, Esq, Turncroft, Over Darwen , S.
VenroAal', nadfield House Over Darwen ; J. Whitak
Co Itacup ; Rev.' T. R. Baldwin, Vicarage, LeY-
tea.' r,
t 'l/4tt, it ~i,""°llar.—ln the ,case of B. lackhurst v. Jenks, on
e.
aece as stated that the -plaintiff, a teacher, and Isom
k'ted(lefv'e 111,,ta, !It, became acquainted, a year or two back, with
e
4,,„e--, a retired iron merchant, and for whom
'esta-'ect debts on ten per cent. commission. Jenks
_
Ver. imacs.c.,werl.„:_ him £l5O, which he wished
Cesar,, Aackhurst, on this, introduced him to a relative
n°Eat air ame: an attorney,by the defendant'sidesire,
who,tcryl~e assizes, in July, 1854,
jleitiLf.tireet against, ems,
teeY turned fevierdict for Jenks to the amount df
"ay. I\7l regt being-void by reason of the statute of &mita-
-IQSth'eu the aetion was decided, and the partiinestenwededre
414100311 rt, the plaintiff asked the defendant if he intended
.comniimsion of ten per cent., on which the
rt'l „, No Hence the present action.
.His
.honourr
vtetee,_".o-leitiff if he was in the habit of gettingmteLthPiele
'vtesion when, en attorney was employed,
,4,t'veet„lqa`H„ Yin the neative.. His ho t'
thought
'l%telo:morneys enough in Liverpool wnithout third parties
Ckt.:l' for them, and he thought a verdict for te2 2s.
heidN"Y 'compensate the plaintiff for his trouble.
°4l/I 80 HEALTH.—The monthly mes,,ing was
anneal/ A.l3‘
°P
• h Hotel:
?.44. ay, at the Aigburpresent:—Messrs.
411:QkLklan), Chaloner, Bevan, P itt Morris, and Watts.
(1" ;411 c lleil -Ettention to the subject tof coal-vaults and
teing-projected der the footways. He sub-
Zhrnos
lelnd planaseeardouplinted b the Liverpool Health
amounty for theprivilege of
to tOthet,elll. A'ftaer a short conversation, the matter was re-
leee'ecomnaittee of works, to report at theneatmeeting.
ee:)(41 was received from certain inhabitants in Aigburth
Oe:eelaileing- of the disgraceful and unhealthy stiattewasof
bye
rtioty:trco friatz:;:rwt of r zixtiairliadsdrrticam
t tits.es. to the
•teLl,:l-,o report upon it. minutes of the-.finance and
jk,t,iernmittee were' read, from which it appeared that pro-
LftSej':4l been taken in reference to opposingetertam ob-
tat‘7lee'erisions of the General Health Rill. The framer
`"ek! .vs to modify it so far as related to the
&. This being the whole of thO
" -4 adjourned.
gal:nei,da:l.;the weekly meeting, on
11'-"a,,,, (tie -veltDlAli S.
Ai easi,, ",) Eaardians present w. ere Mr. Joseph Harrison,
".(•41+.`-°. 46 '°Brs Batten, Kidd, Siddeley, Brandritt, Pickup,
k-tiTel(L, Lunt, Edw.ards, Roberts, J. Birch,
rtEd .th., k calf, Ledger, Fitzpatrick,
-Shaw, and
kittleie:),be Aiej',4lane: e in th hands of the treasurer was re-
ke-?'lers I,,Z:e. 3d. It was resolved that, in-consequence
Zt'titeZrfs ofli;"e' been received Workhouse
for the supply of potatoes,
of and Hospital be.empowered to
13:two months, many as may be required for the
6, e -.4 est bi ."" 8' as resolved that the letter
1;e ooe 1 a lishments. It was
the Board Board dated the 3rd instant, ipen the 61.1.he-
ttNibetit;a1i7, end Maintenance
with junztles'in
triie uion ocorkmhmotree,e its enclosure,
committee, to report to this board
tlIS'4,;. the was ordered that the clerk prepare a. return,
1. and aaloant expended on account of building, fur-
Zts4 4ttings, at the Workhouse and Hital, for the
V( t
. 25th March, 1855. The number of
~44f4ltii "'Len the Workhouse was 13,increase
ttleorresponding week in last? year. The.number of
i'mPers relieved were 3,514, showing an: increase of
eiperresPOnding week f last year. The amount of
,46e"ee ""e4 in out-door relief was £2lB 18s. nd.
441e,Nal e."°.LestieTne.—The weekly meeting was held
_on
),„.41r• Charles Turner in the chair. The
I:?atnniei_r
t'•%13.! lent were Messrs. Shand, -Palmer, Brookle
golden, Hubback, Bold, Smith, Lockett, J
ecattc4,kaeltg, Robinson, Evans.—The sub-comniittee of
tie Zltts." aothing to- a
rt.—The marine department sub-
NYl‘re, 'amended that the usual visit of_ inspectionl to
the
i'potlt,,oet‘lights should take place on the 271
1,1,"3 leave the south end of the Prince's instant,
t nine
i4ldher vil`c 14°raing. The members of the c9unclla.an.d. o.f
e 1 th ee h_bodies are to be invited.—The chairman :said
eetint4taat7,„essarY to uame a day betweenagain Bthnud the
t
'4) revise the list of dock voters st the next
e',N,Lthe members of the dock committee.—Mr. Lockett
e?f therevisionshould be given for upon
ted • laNe dockere were great complaints. The'
names
'aeled that ee,, ratep.ayers were omitted.—The chairma
noUees had. been iven. _ G___ellemmesen.
t at the'
Smith 'll, to see if it containedes their
bee door of the dock offic too, twhaser
ere ,'Aiis,;;"°oll.l.—Friday, the 13th by pie ehairtna,-Tatm 1.1. the list, and Mr. Shand
.nuai:an._
Arr. Smite,"kd,,,,th, revise the list with the ehai_
1414 of office ee,„!_rne another matter just allur ded to
ot should es .thee firegia have to ballot eight members .to
Zell Might have'lie of August. was desirable the
te4ed, or to civet ether t;,7caiently early,. so that the rate-
r• er re the retiring members re-
fceget.--It sera', et. —43abe succeed them on the Ist
""e 19th • zerl rs.t° sace dbe fixed
'lll' Indant• The g that the ballot should
-Ream -e -era' business then terminated.
te'Sda COX3fITT L-
eY, Mr Lan IR eeld its weekly meeting
.on
1/211,44 'Weser. 'll gsdale in the &air • there were also
Kv,Gerufa,
,loss, Beckwith, Fleining, Crosthwaite,
11ii bor !.donnson, and Henderson. Mr. New-
ea 4 0 °ago engineer, who had returned from the
days pre,ious, attended the board in his official
~
teek .‘"Lr- Mess in congratulating Mr. Newlanadnedsor 1 b
P he
INtAkerrr t. remarked that he (Mr. Newl had
.
k.ol:4l"wnitinh
-expressed a hope
gthaednty exceedingly valuable to his country, in
ernment
would appreciate of the troops, ancLexpre
appreeiate his valuable services. as they
acki tto do- The chairman also expressed a similar opinion,
'eam , the The
of the board he was sure must feel de-
oVo see Mr. Newlands safe back among -them again.—
;ItetieZßh engineer, building surveyor, and inspector of
Ne. TePoeted various particulars of the operations
,V_several departments during the week. A me-
eiki7 read from inhabitants of Waterloo-road and
b Ugh 4k complaining of want of water in the streets
„nresent sultry weather.—lt was agreed that the
OW '''ngineer should attention to the matter as
of
thgeilrehistslputat
en,
It i consisting
‘44letvle. Jffel7 taringt LodgesF. l'ar. ry Mr. J. Boult, and other
111191 at 'el.iident's -lane, epper. Parliament-street,
,I`4.ltic 444Y1 Waited upon the committee to complain .of
C:eth,Le arising from the material used in filling up the pit,
''.;ra7°r, known as the " Figure-of-Eight Pits.' —lle
V,,,usured the deputation that everything woulc.l e
ee,;l.oe the evil complained of as speedily as possible.
ay:etailea, after thanking the committee, withdrew.—
vi;`,. stated that Sir Benjamin Hall had consented
I:,A. NC" General Health Bill all the suggestions made
rnittee. The Law-clerk stated that, as regarded a
I;XLitteerse°l an open drain near the north docks, the Dock
eer'segreed to do all that was required.—The Me-
Vtie" lea; °,' Health reported that the mortality of the
qkie'eu•--4.,,alightly below the average of the season. The
Okitae—e, Ted last week were 229, the corrected average of
i't‘te,:iet of former years being 236. In the parish the
ckk,„111e,c14:1,7, and in the out-townships 82 Diseases of the
VA.,,,L2, 'caused a mortality of 53, including from hoßing-
&ni measles 9, typhus 8, diarrhoea 6, scarlatina 5,
ie‘INIL The mortality from hooping-congh and
diet,was higher -than in any week of the preced-
ertikiTiltila ; 70 deaths were caused by diseases of the
111 g consumption. Two males, aged 30 and 40,
trentens.--The subject of the alleged en-
ttNi,,mylleeu_Ythe Dock Committee on the road at the south-
-I''l the Custom-house came again
.under
Beckwith saw no reason to deviatef from It
moved a resolution to that e t r.
'eGlrouirled an amendment, that the matter be referred
ta aft 'engineer and the dock surveyor, and. that the_
Itt,,,k (e, et:Warda brouht before the committee.—ln
ttNlittlitt (leviesttilo°4 bY Mr. Shell, the borough-engineer stated
1,14 4,411 int .11 from the plan laid down by the committeea
Nole4;:ae 4,,,,,rYleetnent of the rights of the public.—On
It °tee Xen of Mr. Beckwith, requiring adherence to
rt_ve 17.21, was carried by a majority of 7 to 4.—Mr.
tthahet at the next meeting he would bring
Propriety
'Ad
.!ssistant.e of advancing the salary.ofi
ngui. so nuancia
tasliosed of, the meetng broke up,

THE emu'',Tort or THE SEAS, belonging to Messrs. Jas.
Baines and Co., sailed on Thursday, on her second voyage to
Melbourne, with a heavy mail, 500 passengers, and a full cargo,
in which is included several railway carriages, and a quantity
of iron rails, for the railway between Geelong and Williams-
town.
THE LIVERPOOL BAYKs.—The Union Bank has declared a
dividend of 3 per cent. on the capital stock of the company
for the last half-year.—The Royal Bank, on preference shares,
has declared the payment of interest after the rate of 6 per
cent. The Borough Bank has declared a dividend of 7 per
cent. on the paid-up capital of the company, for the last half-
year.
COUNTY VOTERS.—Persons entitled to vote in elections for
the county would do well to remember that their claims to be
put on the register must be sent to the overseers of the parish
in which their property is situate before the 20th instant.
Those already on the list, and who may have changed their
residence, must also give the overseers notice of their proper
place of abode.
SERIOUS ASSAULT.—A Greek seaman; named Antonio
Fascoritch, was taken into custody on Friday, for assaulting
Michael Hanley, a labourer, in the Bramley-Moore Dock.
Pascoritch struck Hanley a violent blow on the head with a
lump of coal, inflicting a severe wound on the head. The in-
jured man was conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where the
wound was dressed.
AT some vitriol works at Ratcliffe-bridge, Lancashire, on
Wednesday night, Robert Chadwick, one of a set of men work-
ing during the night onlk, was found lying on the floor in a
quantity of vitriol, about two inches deep, which had flowed
over from one of the boilers. He had stumbled and fell, and
a suffocating gas had generated with such rapidity, that be
could not rise again. He was nearly insensible when rescued
by his fellow-workmen, and survived a few days only.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, Thomas Eves, aged
nine years, son of Peter Eves, was playing with a number of
other youths about some timber heaps at the south end of the
town, when a large piece of wood fell and crushed him very
severely, He was promptly removed to the Southern Hospital,
where it was ascertained that the lower part of his body and
his thigh had been dreadfully crushed. Nothwithstanding
every exertion to safe the life of the young sufferer, he died at
an early hour on the following morning.
DETERMINED SIIICIDE.—On Tuesday, an inquest was held
tnn the body of Robert Bullen, aged 47, late a bailiff in the
County Court, who died from the effects of a wound of the
throat inflicted by himself, it appeared that in March last
the deceased cut one of his fingers, and, inflammation ensuing,
was told by a medical man that amputation would be neces-
sary. This preyed so ranch upon his mind that he cut his
forearm very severely with a razor, with the intentien of
bleeding himself to death. This dttempt on his life failing,
he inflicted the wounds from the effects of which he died a
few days since. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."
Hoama's BANw, Ism 'or MAN.—Much dissatisfaction is
expressed at the late "break down " of a suit in 'the Manx
Chancery-court, in which an action was brought to recover the
penalty of £30,000, on a certain bond given by the late• James
Holme, for the payment of notes issued by the bank under
the license of the Clerk of the Rolls, and the Receiver-
General of the Idle of Man. It is supposed that an appeal
will ultimately have to be carried to the House of Lords.
The money realised from the personal property and assets of
the deceased, at present, cannot be much less than £lOO,OOO,
and it is suggested that £77,000 should be set aside to meet
preferable claims in dispute, and costs.
JuvriatE BIIRGLARS.—At the Mice-court, on Friday,
two lads, named William Collier and John M`Glone, were
sent to-gaol for three months, for the' ollowing impudent bur-
glaries. At three o'clock on Friday morning they were ob-
served,to go to -the house of a Mrs. Thompson, in Gildart-
gardens, to open the shutter, take out a pane of glass, and
,steal a•oap. They then went to Ring's sugar refinery, in
Ford-street, where they stole a 'coat and waistcoat belonging
'to -some of the men who work gill night. The latter articles
were soon missed, information 'was given to the police, and
the 'prisoners were taken into castody with them in their
possession.

STEAM FROM LIVERPOOL 71..0 HAVANA.—The Havana, a
'magnificent screw-steamer, of 1,500 tons, built by Mr. Laird,
is to be despatched on the Iz'7th inst., under the Spanishilag,
by Messrs. G. H. Fletcher •and Co., of Covent-garden, in'this
'town, as the pioneer of a line of steam vessels to sail monthly
between this port and Havana. The Havana, which is-under
the command of Commander Grinda, R.N., has been construct-
ed especially for this trade, and is expected to achieve another
victory for her eminent builder. The cabins are replete with
every possible convenience, and the passengers areTrovided
for in the most comfort:l%le manner.
THE HAT HARVESTriS now general in this distritt,,and the
crop promises to be most abundant, notwithstanding'the late-
ness of the spring. Intthe various townships in the vicinity
of Liverpool, including West Derby, Knotty Ash, and the
Prescot and Knowsley districts ; also Walton and the sur-
rounding country, The grass is nearly all cut, and a consi-
derable quantity of hay has already been housed, The yield
is above an average,'the grass being very thick at she bottom,
and moreover better in quality than in former years, the late-
ness of the season having contributed to its shoding up ra-
pidly under the influence of the genial weather NVhich we have
had during the last few weeks, and being cut before it could
be parched by drought. The corn crops look remarkably well
especially the wheat, which is generally strong, and in full ear'

EXTRAORDINKHY CHARGE AGAINST A JEWELLER.—Isaac
Cohan, a silversmith, of Park-lane, was brought up at the
police-court, on Thursday, charged with buying stolen pro-
perty. It appeared that Mr. James Smith, a person connected
with the American snail steamers, lost a gold watch value £lB,
whilst he was intoxicated in Jamaica-street, on Saturday night.
Subsequently a boy, named Sloan, gave the watch to a well-
known thief, named Peter Duff, who sold it to Cohan for £l.
The police made inquiries from Cohan, who atfirst denied all
knowledge of the watch. They got hold of two boys, however,
who had seen him purchase it from Duff, and confronting
them with him, obliged Cohan to confess that he had pur-
chased it. The police then threatened to search the premises,
when ,he told them that it was no use, as -he had already
melted dow,i Sloan. and Cohan were two.-
mitted for trial.
ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.--A saUing,amatch for the
grand Challenge Cup, of £lOO value, will take place to-day,
on the Mersey. The Cynthia won this prize in 1853, and it
was won from her by the Coralie last season. The following
is a list of the-yachts at present entered —Coralie, 35 tons,
Mr. A. E. Byrne; Zilla, 21 tons, Mr. G. Harrison ; Surprise,
16 tons, treasurer R.M.Y.C. ; Seabird, 33 tons, honorary
secretary R.Mt.Y.C.; Windward, 16 tons, Mr. W. Sinclair ;
Mirage, 18 tons, Mr. G. Woodward ; Spray of the Ocean,
8 tons, T. Brassey, jun. The Iron Dulee:City of Dublin
Company's steam-ship, will, we understand, ,be granted for
the use of the members and their friends to:- accompany the
race. The club held their monthly dinner et'the marine sta-
tion, Birkenhead Ferry, on Tuesday, the rear-commodore pre-
siding, Six new members were elected and others proposed.
' POSTAGE OF MERCANTILE CIRCULARS.—The following
letter, relative -to the postal transmission of'snercantile cir-
culars has been -published :—" The Postmaster-General has
decided, upon a --reconsideration of the question, to admit
mercantile prices current to the privilege of registered
newspapers, for transmission abroad ; and . any renewed
application which may be made on behalf of prices current,
which have been. declined by the Postmaster-General as not
entitled to the larivilege, will be at once submitted to
Lord Canning. In the meantime, prices current, purport-
ing to be periodicals., may be sent to the United States
at the ' periodical' rate, one in each cover. They can,
of course, be also sent to the other countries ,referred to.
It must be understood, however, that the department cannot
ensure that these publications shall be regarded as periodi-
cals' in the countries to which they may be sent"—(Signed)
T. HILL, General Post-office, London, 4th July.
THE LATE ROBE] T OF BANK NOTES IN LIVEK?OOL.—
In one of the superior courts last week, an action was
gained against Brown, Shipley, and Co., (nominally against
the Bank of Englasulh by a Frenchman, St. Pahl, who
cashed, in Paris, a stolen £5OO note, and claimed to have
the note honoured. The evidence was complete, that the
Liverpool pollee had served on St. Paul, as a well-known
money-changer in Paris,,notice of the robbery, of the,mim-
ber of the note, ,&c.:; that the note was cashed after -that
notice had been served; and the excuse is, that there are so
many of such notices, St. Paul and his clerks could notread
all, and had no memory of this particular notice ! Wedo
not, says a contemporary, remember so excessively stupid and
wrong a verdict ; and we are disposed to attribute the
verdict to the manner of -the Chief Justice (Jervis), who
ridiculed the witnesses, among others, Keogh, an active
officer of the Liverpool police, with whose brogue" his
lordship found facetious fault. 'Verdict for the plaintiff, £534.
Execution to be stayed, but no peints reserved.
SUDDEN Mum OP A PUBLICAN.—John Lynch, publican,
33 years of age, Fontenoy-street, was found dead in bed at
about one o'clock on Friday morning. On Monday, some men
were drinking in his house, and one of them called for a quart
but finding that his customers
of ale, which was supplied;
would not pay, he took back the liquor, when one of them,
Anthony M`Teigh, a private in a militia regiment, took up a
tumbler, and threw it at the landlord, striking him in the
mouth, breaking two of his teeth, and cutting him severely in
the lip. The offender was taken into custody, and was brought
up before the magistrates on Tuesday for the assault, when
the deceased appeared against him. The result was, that the
militiaman was fined 20s. and costs, or-to suffer a month's
imprisonment in default of payment. 'Subsequently, the
deceased was affected with nervousness, and remained in bed
all day on Wednesday ; but as it was supposed that his ill-
ness was -the effects of drink, no medical man was sent for.
ST. MATTHIAS' SonooLs.—On Tuesday, the children at-
tending the schools connected with St. Matthias' Church,
Great Howard-street, and a large number of friends and
visitors, sat down to tea in the schoolrooms, which were taste-
fully decorated for the occasion. The Rev. Vincent Sheldon,
the incumbent, presided, and opened the proceedings with an
address showing the necessity of education in that neighbour-
hood. and detailing the improvements that had been made in
One of the schoolrooms. The education given in the schools
was passable, but far from sufficient. He found that the low
rate of payment now made by the children, threehalfpence
and twopence, produced during the last year £76 es. 4d. The
total expense of supporting the schools during the year was
£lB6 2s. 10d. The excess was partly met by subscriptions
and donations, and by an annual grant of £6O from the old
churches committee, leaving, however, a balance of £26
against them. The committee had resolved that the rates of
payment shall be raised ; that the number of paid teachers
should be increased, and that the quality of education should
be improved. He concluded with au earnest appeal to the
audience to assist in carrying out the object they had in view.
The meeting was also addressed by the Rev. R. Watson,
vice-president, a Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge, and
several other clergymen. During the evening a number of
glees and rounds were sung by the children.
PRESCOT FLOWER AND POULTRY SHOW.—On Wednesday
the third annual Floral, Horticultural, and Poultry Exhibition
took place in a large field at Parkside, Prescot. It was made
a holiday in Prescot, all the shops in the town being closed,
and the church bells rung merry peals at intervals during the
day. A numerous assemblage of ladies and gentlemen gave
additional interest to the scene, and two excellent bands of
music also imparted much animation and pleasure to the day's
proceedings. The company, which was estimated at several
thousands, consisted to a great extent of parties from Liverpool
and the neighbourhood, who continued to arrive in succession
at Huyton, by railway, and who were conveyed thence to
Prescot by omnibuses, and other conveyances, which ran
during the day. The exhibition of flowers was in every respect
equal, if not superior, to that of the two former years, whether
as regards the quantity, variety, or quality. There was a
choice variety of fruits. In vegetables there were some mon-
ster specimens, more especially in rhubarb, lettuce, and cab-
bages. There were also some fine potatoes, the Earl of Derby
carrying off the prize for the best kidneys. The show _of
poultry was superior to any that had preceded it. The exhi-
bition included noted breeders from distant parts of the
country, as well as the immediate neighbourhood.

PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

TUESDAY.

THE LATE LORD RAGLAN.—After the Clerk had read her
Majesty's most gracious message, informing their lordships
of her intention to confer a signal mark of her favour on the
widow and heir of the late Lord Raglan, Lord PANMIIRE
moved an address, in answer to her Majesty's message, and, in
doing so, reminded the house of the distinguished services and
glorious career of the soldier whose memory they were now
called on to honour. In his death it might be truly said that
all England had to lament the loss of an intrepid soldier, a
great commander, an accomplished gentleman, and a noble
and distinguished citizen. The address was, as usual, the
echo of the message.—Lord DERBY said he was most anxious
to take the earliest opportunity of expressing his concurrence
in the graceful tribute which Lord Panmure had paid to the
memory of the gallant commander whose career had shed ad-
ditional lustre on the annals of the noble house from which he
sprang. Of his military qualities it would ill become him
(Lord Derby) to speak, but he would assert that few men
placed in the position recently filled by Lord Raglan would
have so completely overcome the difficulties and embarrass-
ments of a divided command, and thus consolidated the feel-
ings of mutual confidence and goodwill which happily existed
between the allied armies. IrAconchision, he begged most
cordially to support the address.—Lord HARDINGE, after an
intimacy of fifty-six years, was most anxious to bear testimony
to the great merits of Lord Raglan, whose powers and abilities
he was convinced were much higher than they were commonly
supposed to be.—The Duke of CAMBRIDGE and Lord CAR.
DIGAN declared their conviction that Lord Raglan had evinced
great tact and capacity in a most difficult position, and were
followed by Lord GALLOWAY, the Duke of BEAUFORT, Lord
ELLESMERE, Lord GRANVILLE, and Lord BnouGuead, each of
whom spoke in the highest terms of Lord Raglan's merits.—
Themotip was then agreed to nem. con.

The Friendly Societies Bill, and the Woolmer Forest Bill
were read a third time and passed.
Their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes to seven

THURSDAY.

On the motion of Lord St. LEONARDS, further returns were
ordered of the number of convicts who had received tickets of
leave.

The Marquis of BREADALBANE reported that their lord-
ships' address, in answer to Her Majesty's message respecting
provision to be made for the widow and son of the late Lord
Raglan, had been most graciously received.
RECRUITING FOR THE ARMY.—The Earl cf ELLmino-
ROUGH urged many objections to the proposed plan for
giving double pay to the soldiers on service in the Crimea.
He expressed a preference for the introduction of some relax-
ation in the existing restrictions upon enlistment, which he
considered uselessly stringent, as well as in the present regu-
lations respecting allowances, stoppages, and other arrange-
ments whose effects were harassing or injurious to the men.—
Lord PINMIRE defended the plan of the Government, but
intimated his consent to a modification by which the soldiers
would be permitted to receive at once sixpence out of the
additional shilling of pay per diem in the character of a field
allowance.

The School Grants (Security for Application) Bill was read
a second time.—The Accidents on Railways Bill was reported
with amendments.—The Union Charges Act Continuance Bill
was read a third time and passed.
NAVAL CADETS.—The Earl of HARDWICKE called atten-
tion to the deficient provision now made for the instruction
of naval cadets in the Royal Service. He suggested the re-
establishment of the Navy. College existing in 1832.—Earl
GRANVILLE intimated that some communications had been
exchanged with the First Lordcof the Admiralty on the subject,
and without making any 'pledge as to the suggested college,
stated that the number 'of naval instructors employed in the
service would be materially increased.—The subject- 4ropped,
and their lordships adjourned at a quarter to 7 o'clock..