The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-02 00:00:00

MUSIC AY]) THE DR,VIA.

,-.lter-Trce- Rceue.e.,Anrruz,--mrs.-Tse.,-the performances clurigg:
the past week have been graced by-the lady-like accomplish—
ments-and graces of Miis-Vandenboff's personations of-matis:-
of. her favourite. characters.. Among other of the attractions•
held out was ar new-play entitled "Love and Loyalty," from,
the pen of Mr..W. 3; Robson, This piece was produced esi
Wednesday evening, for.the.first time in Liverpcol, and it was.-
repeated on Friday. As a drama it is stilted and. unequal, the
dialogue now scaring into the-realms of high poetic mysteries,-
in-which stars of watery and, of arid lustre cut conspicuous
fuses ; the style and . thong/it recalling forcibly to mind a
mosaic.in which the sentiments-of authors, acknowledgedly of
high repute, are made to, doyicarious duty for the 'Anreclaimed
ideas of Mr. Robson. In close contiguity with these is fre=
quently a cumbrous -crop of such commonplaces as -leave no •
doubt of their paternity. "-Love-and Loyalty" is unquestion-
ably " a thing of shreds and catches," very tastelessly.und un—
skilfully put together. If file play was indifferent or bad, it
received but little advantage from the style in whichit was
acted . the rant was more fully ranted, and the commonplace.
made still raoreeommonplace by tile noisy and frothy. declama-
tiors of Mr. Loraine; while few of the company dial much to
rescue it from,conderenation..
GRAND CONCERT AT TIE : ROYAL AMPHITREA7
morrow evening a grand miscellaneous concert is to be given:
at this house by the leading artistes who so ably performed in
the Italian operas recently given. in the Theatre Royal-. The.
charges for admission on thiseecasion are low, and we are glad
to learn, from all which can- he guessed, the house will :prove a
bumper. The entertainment deserves that such should be the •
ease.

TAE ESTATE OE MESSRS. HOLMES.

THE ISLE.OF MAN BANK.

MR. MOMAS Avisox,_of-this town, one of the exeoutors.of
the late Messrs. Holmes, in. a. letter to the Manx Swe gives.
the following statement as.. to the present position, of the
estate, and the prospects. of the; eireditors :-
1 might take objection: tothe spirit and tone of some of the•
comments contained in such letters; but I pass- these over,
attributing them to the •natural anxiety which is-felt by the,
Maux creditors upon the.. subject of the proceedings .in this.
country ; and with a view to allay in some measure this,
anxiety., I beg, through, you,. to inform the creditors of the,
present position of the- antics. of the late Messrs.. Holmes. in
this country.
The creditors of the late Messrs. Holmes mey be divided
into the following classes 4—

- let. The noteholder3,
2na. The depositorsdn the Isle of. Man and., this.. county;
and;

3rd. The private ereditors of each of the partners,.in which
light may be considered the members of their family for whom
the late Messrs. lichneswere trustees.
Ist. With respect to: the noteholders. The• rights and
claims of these parties.are at present a matter of litigaßou in
your courts, and the.probability is that such:rights may ulti-
mately have to be decided by the privy council, on appeal ; but
until these rights, are• decided, nothing cam be done as to the
disposal of the rial,property inthe Isle of Man.
2nd. The depositors and ordinary partnership creditors
have, it is presumed, by. this time, brought in: their claims
before the Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood's. . chief clerk in
England ; and it is expected that his certificate, setting forth
the names and amounts of such creditors,. will -shortly be
issued.

3rd. With, respect to the debts due, to the relatives of
Messrs. Hanes, for whom they were• trustees. Some con-
siderable delay has arisen in ascertaining the amounts due to
these parties, and in order to do this it has been necessary to
file additional bills in Chancery, for the purpose of investigating
the accounts. It will yet take some time to pass these
accounts, in consequence of the very loose way in which
Messrs.. Holmes kept their books.. There can be no doubt,
however, that there is a very considerable amount due to
these• parties, and that in fact they will form some of the
largest creditors. ,

With respect to a balance sheet, as suggested by one of your
correspondents, I beg to say that an account of all moneys
received and paid by me previous to the appointment of a
receiver has been rendered by me upon oath, some time ago,
to the Court of Chancery, but such account has riot been
passed, in consequence of the Vice-Chancellor's chief clerk
having been engaged in investigating the claims of the depo-
sitors. I expect, however, that my accounts will be passed
soon after the offices re-open, in October.

Since a receiver was appointed, my duties have in some mea-
sure ceased, but he is bound to submit half-yearly accounts of
his receipts and payments, and he has already rendered two
accounts and paid the balances upon such accounts into the
Bank of England to the credit of the suits.
The principal portion of the personal estate which has been
collected in this country by myself has also been paid into the
Bank of England, and at this time there is about £40,000 in
the bank to the credit of the suits in Chancery, which has
been invested in the consols.

No portion of the real property in England has yet been
realised. The preliminary steps, however, are now bein g taken,
and I expect that in the course of next springthe whole of the
property will be offered for sale.
And now, as to a dividend, I wish most sincerely that I could
promise the creditors an early dividend ; but I fear that vari-
ous causes will prevent this, and one cause among the rest
arises from the state of the laws of your island which preclude
any portion of the assets there being distributed within a
period of three years from the death of the testator ; for the
Court of Chancery will not sanction any dividend of the funds
in the bank until it has ascertained what sums have been re-
ceived by the different classes of creditors out of the funds in
the Isle of Man, so that it may be in its power to put all the
creditors upon a fair footing.
I regret that it is out of my power to give any idea at pre-
sent as to the probable amount of the dividend, as this must
necessarily depend upon the view which the courts here may
ultimately take of the relative claims of tile noteholders (who
claim to be paid in full), and also of the assets, and the claims
of the private creditors of each of the brothers.

[OCTOBER 2, 1855.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIiC* caapsfi,t_aulei,
gisrßererßi
wsg:gays t:ohdrwekshico3nilici tthaeerodrll:9Settdshapteu
ioecns
e. mailSundaThs s ty:l7av
ne:tlihiciapbv
erAotti
intelligenceltt
at
l
le
Mr. Harris, the United States consul at Japers,a, treA
Washington charged with making a new commercial
tor
with Spain, the former treaty being of no value in con eq, the
graTthioenNtoewEn'Yrooprke
oHonetrtanludess.tates that a steady s,treami
of the way in which the tonnage duties were le
Ths.seo,Bpalmtic.,
on
nentchee fio9rtNh e L.York, was passed be, tlhoel:thies tic
royal monopolies. hingtea
The commission which has been sitting at Was
effect some reforms in the navy, have struck offal arge
lotieaci
of names, which will afford opportunities for the ""otioes
competent juniors. Among the anticipated prom
that of Lieut. Maury to a captaincy.
of CoarpentanienilD,
AainoinetleCrohandnidviccko.,,sfopranrihereltes-
had comn?itte a far
The yellow fever was on the decline' there ,red
folk, for the forty-eight hours ending on the 17th,
3_, erne,
forty-eight deaths. At Portsmouth, during the s 3'` tat
the number of deaths was only seventeen-
few new cases in either of the cities, and ilnlie:eeraelcrieirt%ael'
Portsmouth the disease had altogether disappeared.
iv.„, eele
Orleans the deaths during the week ending. the 17th e'
of whic 150 were from yellow .
A fatal fight had atfever the St. Nicholas dge
York. Twp of the boarders, Capt. J. J. Wright au
lee
S. Dean, were seen talking together, in an excited o,llloe
the bar-room. Suddenly Capt. 'Wright drew from e. la
a cowhide, with which he struck Mr. Dean in the I/ ode,
stantly the latter drew from a sheath which he earl' peel
'e
his vest a large bowie knife, the blade of whie,lele"eeesociget
almost to the hilt in the side of his antagonist. Thatch to
.1
man immediately dropped the cowhide and atteliPireeld`;
away, but was followed by his antagonist, who agaiar reak..rija-
ochim
uvgi
violence.
in
te
nthhei
eme.
bcy abdomen. Capt. Wright
cNosi
r;;;htM andreo.
prevented
vafeleinnit,vea sde
exhausted
Ifsiutee
ur;
e:freet.lice:ll74
another thrust with the knife at his d sarY,3`•
a ser er v,„01
blood, to the floor, and was conveyed to his role,
attended by several physicians, all of
wounds to be mortal. Mr. Dean, in making ti2eft-telte'•
with the knife, cut himself severely in the thigm,-,,,,,50- ete
conveyed to a room in the hotel, where•the wotia_,%ette• eel
Meeeico.—Affairs, were still in a very nnsettle%-ilii,'ae-
government of Carrera was decidedly unpopular, t'el and the
Cruz and Zacatecas its partisans had been attacPmerieloot
prominent.
hearaneotm
ide:
add
apnleyiettneaiti.hfoerA.:tutthpineap,
asp
rostr ters of the plan of et yntia' te ea(
earser!urntncetyds,
thAiel
al
wtv acarsaerlzNi,.ieatriplapenl ejimototti:jojetegailile
fled his disposition to deliver the governmeut
of Alvarez. Newspapers had multiplied in anerle'areen
at the capital since the flight of Santa Anna. 111e,,e7e clo'le
with proclamationeof the new officials. Every Per—tatiP'o
with authority seems to impose such laws and rail
ref
he thinks fit. Carrera, had issued an address to th re,'
which he develops his policy. He proposes to faDtrs:
and
yiny 3
esttahbelisfohmtnihaetioNiatfioorn a morerddesirable
a obrecilererdist,tr.?:.
generally. General Gadeden, the United States Ia
eiet
the only diplomatic representative who had failed tale `':9
Provisional President and congratulate him on his 'lie
to power. The omission had caused much 8°401?
comment. Generals Pero& and Guitau had beell rerlllll,
soners at San Luis Potosi. A. party of the gettiree4
troops, numbering one hundred and forty were a't‘ ss.
the Federalists near Reynosa,- and routed' with ea et°ro, "eye
killed, 30-wounded, and 40 prisoners. General uney }Pit
1,800 troops, was at Matamores- and would er°",eogee
pounce in favour of the Federalists. General. Bel tat
e
Slave was at the head of the liberating force lac, v eel?
and refused to acknowledge the' provisional e'deiie
underCarrera. He took possession of the citye
hsl
was approved of by the inhabitants. aliens. C.
Cr-nee—We have advices to the Rtli. Aseass'' Ale e
become rather frequent. Among the victims, sl"asi-eoaKeng
Backlesese; the British Commissioner to the gise'
the
,to
sion for thesuppreesion of the Slave Trade: ne„' rbe
at his house-after dinner, with a Mr. Callaghan, ra
ing of the'3lst of last week, when a gang of Pelloisese-tbe
accompanied by two hite. eu, entered, the 131`teo
secured the• servants, in the outer apartmente; teoP-eue
ruffians (negroes) entered the room in which 01/ till fie
men were, and commenced to tie their arms belopoow,vd,
also to gag- them. Callaghan, who Must, Iron' ilia ate
count, have been very frightened, was throwilO'.,o4o". Pi
uhlisfoairtinuns
attieed,r-
imeikdh,
ohuises watchmade
atakmeonrefrmomanfulirsr-ttt
attempted first to- throw his assailant on tht„.e;toy'veir
finding the lattt.rrwas- too powerful a roan for eitte
he next endeavoured to, take awaythe ineuLea'
Wteu
hilst attempting- this,. Deckhouse eceivecli
left side, which splintered one of his ribs, Pe'''- cl trehe:g.or
through his lungs -and spleen, and in about fourhe.ai, oeity.
He was attended. in, his last hours by the 1314-tlrliy
General and by the- very first surgical talent er cone
The murderer Intd;a11• his confederates had been p
of
The funeral of the, deceased was attended by !fla'" Oct
seek
personalGovlle. rrinoodfffis
ariitlsA;
,rat
afordeignmil e
de:nos:lei
I,avaan.d.
fearu
Santa Anna was at Puerto Principe, the vessel in. ss
was voyaging having. had to take refuge at Neuss. ' e 3'oo
correspondent of a Washington paper states that Saar.s
eatfr
is worth about $7,000,000.
thatA cm
yellowun
ffee,
merce was dull, and. money- very scarce. C°
Beeea
been sustained at 81‘Zet to sl‘2.se on the 2,3 d fell to
•
ts ffreovmer Port-..aeux-isPtedeinceam. toongtheth2estslll,44lcll4:
• ~,t; 10,
COMM.ERCIAL. IXTELLIGEe rare
Vo°' With net'
NEW •,1;,
The demand for nacney still continued hll-iltifa're, an
little firmer, and the: supply of capital 1)t-erec-Allets'
class commercial paper may be quoted at 7fo .Pte ,t the
second-class, or long datesell- per cent. In Whir'
had been a pretty large business- done for theffi'peet.CAlt;
following prices on London, 9.1 to 93- Pe!. 'short s'o
Paris, &c., 5f.13 to tif.l24. 60 days, and 5t..81- eeig
Hamburg, 361- to 30; Bremen, PZ9i- to 791. so v,
Coin-ore—The market has continued depresse" eer,
last,.and prices are nominally 11-,. to.l of a cent lo
gooti
is scarcely enough doing, however, to establish it lee eel
The sales for the three days are estimated at 3,5, tss:3o
The official statement of the cotton crop ca niieeed ,
States for the year ending August 31, 1855, was I the P."
Yew York on the 15th Sept. The total, receipts at
-Fill
•
amounted to 2,644,333 bales.. os,
Export to Foreign Ports, from Sept. 1, 1854, to 0,
To Great To To North Other. T°%Britain. France..of Europe. FnForts
138 49
Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales; f/.,1•V
1,549,716 1409.,931. 135,208 141
Tiatal last year 1,603,750.1 374,058 165,172
Decrease..ase 73 29,972 2r
r e

Messrs. Talcott, in their circular of Septem,
TIL reviewing the course of prices, during the
find a remarkable combination of unexpect(
3ncing and controlling. the. Liverpool marl
early excess in exports-from this. side was kepi
winds, reducing the- stocks. of American h
market as noted above to 1154500 bales on till

oxy, thus sustaining value during a period ,
commercial and political. circles, when the qua
be at sea from American ports was 311,000 1
. vices from LiverpooLaf heavy imports, for tly
the 2nd of March, was .reaeived, simultaneous)
nouncement of " the • death. of the Emperor
event which being then, considered as favour
settlement of the Eastern. question, gave con
mercial circles, aril.: an. impetus to specub
moment that these expectations were proved
commenced the steady:lopping off in the recei
and exports to Great Britain, in the face of
and increasing consumption, which gave rim
lation, running up the price of middling Orb
the 3rd April, in this market, to 121 c. on the
from ii d., in Liverpool,. on the 2nd of March,
June, with sales during the thirteen weeks,
mencement of the . reaction, of 1,263,720 1
1 720,900 were for consumption, 56,780 eipol
taken by speculators.. There was then every
further advance,,as the deficiency in supply 4
but the market- paused,. speculation was exlat
trade holding large stocks retired from the sc' , 0 :11
ment ; a gradual yielding in prices followed, ancl°"6ool,clii`i.
hence per Pacifies of June 12th, of a partial rise ilnce4',.'Nlj:o
southern rivers, an. extraordinary reaction catel,,rie 0 liae;i•
ended on the .3rd. August, in establishing. r., dew., tiiis:,'lejg,
lb. from the :highest point in Liverpool, whilC em Diati'Kt
the accounts .from Liverpool continued of a,disoPSolPotlp
ratter, and the position of the growing crop f 5" two c‘t
with occasional slight fluctuations, have meow" pros'. jit
pound. In,regard to the future, me have eve*. .40-e'
safe and remunerative trade. clei`P
BauadaszoßPs.—ln consequence of the lale-„1,9A
the lower grades of State flour for the. French l'P'ep'
had advanced 25e. per barrel in better qualities pi?
i slight decline in the value of the inferior and bederP,4scoo
thus approximating more nearly than. for a con?le tol,:j y
of time, In wheat there has been some extensic,eaoiti
in western descriptions, to arrive. Prices "Cl"Ve 4,0 S
about Sc. per bushel higher than on this day stiPioo'
corn was without change in price.
.eBOVISIONS.—The demand for pork was 1 c1ec.,4,,,t,
soli, rocr,lt fr
light, and buyers seemed inclined to wait for 'beef
o.: P-
purchasing to any considerable extent. Thetle cloil3l' a ale
naained firm at the late advance, but with lit- a, Old,
was dull. Cheese firm, and in fair demand. derasPore
SALT.—For salt there continued a good
~eirts fd
market was buoyant; prices, although the re' Rd at
no%icsi
retained an upward tendency. oito 31 ti
COAL.—Liverpool continued scarce, algajoitS iiii,lli
prices. 100 tons cannel, afloat, sold Preli,s. oiia ir
$11,50; and an invoice of Orrel, $9, 4 0301, tiro del ~, nlO „ea
Inox.—Scotch pig was in small supPlY, , llavia'bat ,
300 toll , final, 0,1
and stocks diminishing, only 200 to :1,
,hands at $35, cash, and $37, 6 months.
(1.13•1 OP' P
ep 000 i
quiet. Scrap was very scarce, and wan,te„le Perhive el,,
FEEIGHTS.—There was a slight cuoat.o7_lo ore! rrev,l
that of an improved tendency. We tin ad, perabd. per 100.1
cotton, 9-32d.t0 5-16 d. per lb. ; flour, 25%saos. uar lb.; t
Bd. to Btd. per bushel. To London : im :4c
of tl'ea,t',
grain, lad, per bushel. To Havre ; CFp.tton, =•-• I) 0_440-
50c. per barrel ; grain, 10c. per bushel.,oo; salesavitisre. la
NEW ORLEA.NS, SEPT.I4,—SaIeB. 2,0 1
RO° bales,
If
17,000 bales ; receipts of the week, --,„, 7,000 "b. les.
corresponding week last year ; stoe_i,,s;3,ooo 30.40,
15.16 d.—SEPT. 15 : Market steady•,."..„,. Sales
~.
to Liverpool, igd.—SEPT. 17: Cotton
firm,
Middling quoted at 91e-
_...........,
~ sort',
se7q;ts„°: s frlitePt.
THE magistrates acting in the bye
~,,irit 1. I.,es ace ~a _
South Shields have withdrawn the i
lubFusic
isa,uloioted gipe,atrio,
public-houses in those towns whercii
in the ' onee,s;l
THE traffic returns of railway se 22, Oa
publis
• hed for the week endin,g S pvteenlboefr 1854, to r
oc f°
£435,367, and for the corresponding i el*
showing an increase of £46,840.
.i5.,.5....-The.t...1,0500,00
RAI-.L,' sas follows' gds Of
019
CHESTEIi AND HOLYHEAD
week ended September 23rd,185p w.a__ts; 086 .3..:440,,
rcek4,
parcels, &c., £4,122 18s. 51; st! re.-0...'
a of; ~ •• V
u roarvoil `l-`,..:ers,loo.fin
or
_pas _ .....,. ; x 6,
£2,310 Bs. 8d • total, including
• 2 •ek lot Year ' 9'. l'
19s. 10d. Corresponding we 088 ' troffie'
&C., £3,714 7s. 9d. ; steam-bonagts,onrowou
£1,662 10s. 6d.; total, inclucli_. ""'•
Bs. ld. Increase, £ll5l ID. 9a

49,362 i,319,/
760,g
26,506 /
• •
StP , giol
,
abet 000tgi
e Past sift.,
Led everr-i;
!ket,
pt out b),,•r-
in the sfer
of
he 23rd - i''
4001
of dePleir,ollP,if
uantitY
) bales. 'ell
the we641,1"-tl'
usly
T Of l'tz-tiley
[ruble t9_ i
mfideve6
d t liftper
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eli -;
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a wor on
;e to ac,.ot" ;11
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f
leans- •.•-tope,„ j 0
e 12011
h, te,"1"10 —CY
froaa- the
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bales, :ofo.
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LOCAL LATT.ELLIG_ENC_E.
_.____._._.......___ ran°. the last few weeks, parties have knocked off and
men away several hundred brass door-plates from gentle-
rss'lell'honses and shop doors.
REY. GEORGE PERRIN, B.A. has been licensed to the.
aln.aq "AU-Souls, in the district of Vauxhall, on the nonn-
ation of the Rev. Dr. Hume, incumbent.
„ IRA electors of South Toxteth Ward have resolved o
F.tlainate Mr. James H. Smith, timber merchant, as a candidatej
iir. the representation of that ward, in the place of Mr.
Zan,
title
has left Liverpool. W. frequeBsus. BUSBY & Co., omnibus proprietors, who have been
on p •ntlY charged of late with cruelty to their animals, were
obwr,,_Y fined 20s. and costs for using a horse in one of their
A e,s, which was not fit to work.
corapg'lstsny, the highest in the town, has recently been
l'esf`Led at the works of Messrs. John Hawkins and Sons,
34 fee°tll.• Its height is 258 feet; its width, at the foundation,..t.
118;) and 44,000 bricks have been used in building ir
the -- new buildin Mechanics' Institution, at Manchestteo cost,
th4l,rnoses of the
21g the site and internal fittings and furniture, notnlebses
elleetleet.d with an
elxthiisbittoiobile finished by June next, and is t
13 sta+l/41az3r, the inspecting field-officer of this district, it
ral, and
.7, will
the the brevet rank of major.-
eeeil7ciajuu the command. Rumour says he isgetonebe sue-
ice la `s' COL Bell, a Peninsular officer, who has seen ser-
-1,„ the Crimea. t,,,, &LITT " -D
fr -aett,
_, oalin THE MEDINA.-Ou Tuesday, William
ainl,th Tl 6, son of Mr. Bennett,
found byte
died
b him and
buauroler spprvevn.:f swallowing ar!enlivc, f
t,its of the al (lhoms George's
....heo.died last week), on
~,, =sc.teru A aledina, in lfo k•
-Port of thea 'Pin PRESTON JUNCTION RAILWAY.-The
revenue , directors of this company states that the net
after for the past
pa
the • half-year amounts to £26,62aon,dwolatihcehr,
sthaotgitoienr ovin Interest of the unliquidated debt
14, iltitner,rocetnidte a, dividend on the share capital little verpsoi Rop,
etea • per annum.
la,ieuts.'littalle 13th, T-transport arrived
eMaapltt.al,
vforoondihLait
Blgns is„;.-,erse. wOrlnging, fromwA.lttaltnaat,
:rurnPreneh, i o ,
Greg--Goeu(le'hA,ls exied, Lopark, and Wood ; En-
enseiers; Surgeon ell, Brutton, Burignos3o-nne,\Dvailttkoinn,s,Coapned,
stantin ' twO soldiee! en and famd3,Payin
:, Riberden,. Wilkinson ilk
to beA._ OPle on the
0,,,,and 24 hay-mowers, aas:tiderleGftrafnort ;CDonr..
Uudertaking rlll*
In t2ealleci the
A,,S in course of organisation at Liverpool,
Con-
te shares. ,rtairic?.n Company, with a capital of £250,000
1,ani.0%
44,,11;5t
troritilsthsteolzinis to
exchangecarr on the barte trade with
A.fri 'non of t,, . rnanufactures, and .
foarl
so Man
to hestr
stimulateco tt othens
ah• ea, sea, ue Indigenous and perennial cotton of Western
- kugh prfae Specimens of which lately imported have realised
A LI -ce.
~,IVese r.,RPoor,
ED -We learn from the
gel,„ -rea,,, GENTLEMAN KILL
gig
'rrt.o,,,, Delta that, on the Ist. of last month,
.Mr.
z,whale arAndersson, of this town, was thrown. out of his
bons°''eq, o,rigng the air after a fit of illness, in theenvtoirothnes
e earls. After the accident, he was conveyed
the re?if his brother, Mr. George Andersson, but tehreyiwvhaeseilmo!
DoSsibie.e isle bar
passed over his head, his recov
Sanders
411(42424)Z served
broke
1,14 atx thg UM' his time in the house of Messrs.
ewoafsiadseodnefiadthe.ntial clerk in a house in New
n„l'r ,QTRAND-STREEr.-On Tuesday morning,
rotber",,s" In a warehouse belonging to Me 'Atte and Co., in Strand-street,
slstiu Bof the building, and of some Wapping.sheds at rear, con-
efire was for i
Fromg,Baringa fi
thee
sokeof cotton, corn, sugar, molasses, &c., the to the I
but, owing
effot, tiine of a very alarming character ;,_e -flames were
ettit,,,,s_lfikr. Hewitt and the fire brigade, to
the --%"sereni,ed .th comparatively little darnage,estthiemavtaeldue
al !
--40,0 r" aandise in the warehouse being-
-467, whilst there was only about £2,500 destroyed.
held on Thursday, on
iIIeh4„B44;,PGIITER.-An inquesfwas
of black man living in ,
151.64 01 Plarriet Larkin,
teeei-VUI-street, who had died wife
ife
freni
Saturday night.
who
l'erclicet" .f!'om him while quarreleliung a the effects of a kick
loos
t rned against Larkin,f
was eu 13' ' Manslaughter" itvest.ktuttted for trial. Itwuas-asrdprorieldt
pinrotvhoeeatcourseon ,
.i;thae
been Igation that he had receive g
blskB4vagely assaulted by the deceased before striking a
liotr,
zeirite -az:a_ _The
inhabitants of Southport are
.in good
had
of this bathing-place, lavicillognkey-
tirivbeserit season etat prosperityasever known. . Some of the_
by taking
kit have laadt £2 a-day with their carriages,
44..
oes. short rides;
beneath its
and a tea tent in Neville-street has been
eallry lifted by thousand persons a-day taking tea
by f as' • B(nne good wives have made a pound in an afternoon
FriZtiralshing het water at 2d. a head for tea-pasties.
ani, 'ow Lauiriain."-At the Police-court, on
,„,_ Y, Tour men named Tovey, -Murphy Abbott, and Hurfl-
.'"reY, were charged with riotous and n ' •
Copperas-11111,0n Thursday . h indiscreet behaviour in
Police-officer, they esea 4-. mg t. When first stopped by a
but as they mistook a Peth into Any Pembroke-place;
one of their comrade 11°
pother
s, the were
to naake a satisfactor .-an^lice-officer's whistle for that of
RAIL,i, Y defence, la
rr Cottisiox.-_,,,,,, Captured. Not being able
coin were fined 20s. and cost-.
ccrington, due As
Manchester at
the East Lau thle.lsppaausse.ioignerThturarsindayf,roomn
seat tau casulre Railway, was approaching the Suinmer-
s on, about half-past 12 o'clock, it was driven against a
goodseallisiotnrainlready in the station, so as to cause a . serious
knock.-_,• ia. van and three waggons of the goods train were
vaa
seat te Pieces, and the guard of the latter, who was in his
p,._ , the rear' and
the train, was killed. A second-class
ti.l7lziellevre carriage was somewhat broken, the passengers_
Ndalel_., s slit& *ng some injuries from blows caused by the
, ir:toPpage. •
I.are,a,_'• CRILDREN SMOTHERED.-011 Wednesday, the
"qll, qrl4-L1 coroner held inquests on three infants, who had been
,4taere,(l hY the negligence of their mathers. The first was
1,`7, I.ran Sutcliffe, seven weeks old, wilose parents reside at
44 I `"Lngten-road. The mother, when rising on Tuesday,
aild eft tb
wh -e child in bed, covering its face with the bedclothes,
Ns dean she went up-stairs in about an hour afterwards it
Parer,isl the second was a child fourteen days old, whose
three lu,'Ne 111 10 ourt, Naqi-grove; and the third a child
resi4 aths old, na d William Gray, the parents of whom
Ilittellazn's? itaarLir•ilsiilereet, the deaths of both children having
manner to the first.
i 5;,... . ceting of ,_
___
4t
the
ni Ytelltlt.'""ThnlaV Archdeacon Brooksmprr.essihdaewd
inieZeu giat infuTraealtlect Vestry on Tuesday. a uuralenrZt(lle viii red AT had
been.
mended hat
estitnte I • ates authorrtrieeseetoivesdentdhatto it
Liverpool
the
Nevite hc'w thettite °pia,' • rtsh, Germans, and oßticimerrsd,baendtarkeecnomas-
ook pja - ' eStry Cull of the Poor-law
n ee relative 8 011 id act.-A long and angry discussion
n°re Wht° the appointment of an inspector of re-
taer 1%1 of „ hen a motion of Mr. Woodruff's, "That the
sal d was lost
eseln(led ''
- PreriiMs meeting Sn the subject should. be
c0m,,,,/rtres. of „
.uy one vote. The subje_ct of increasing
tat, 'eueving officers was referred to the Finance
an ad No 114,0 r,
-On Thursday
'yr, --uress t -, karRISTIAN. Assoc/Arlo
" The
I°3lll-11 Aran ':)
3'°ung men, the subject onf•Nrwy.ll,,i,cwh
st,„,e le,. A. C to a Foreign C.ou t
yda,selsilvaeteredr.
la''aet. beferZ" "rornar, M.A., at the Bible Depositaoswr
''o the ` a nutnerous audience. T.hneAlenicteurircaer,aanfdteAr
tailslrturfudal--
Nt likelycovery of the gold-fields a
powerful
alsZisss i4tp make those thecountrzetheimtpwoortamnocset
of
ltaq raira:e world, dwelt upon
CimMilaqtlh
~lng to those distant lagndsoutbaeisn
tlie Taier the truth, gmaesr messengers from
fnrionmg
withy the
-4111. t • • glory,goin
and. to labour.
htaim_ NI 0 manifest Hissd
which is
itg Oblhed billeat of the glortous reign ah - int-
-4S '''
as
Y christ upon the earth.Et so son to be
b alesas Nile of the Young Men'sfor such work.
Christian eAssociationsooner,
P. plttl?4, 1/r Preparing young
men On Tuesday, the
cases, said
,that ,Plita 1141 E, AND DEATH-
number of
hold wee v 3 'sq., after disposing of a
ekilted Y.of th into w
Irlih he examine
iy ac-
r ' raasi eare ago he had been asked by Colonel
.Williamsdhad
eeu„ 40 e cases of death
ith.'"fith.l4 drunkenness. He did nst then keep 01(1 h., Is kind, but h had since been led to do ,aaind he
a,,,41, tit,;;:two o tof ever four of the deaths whichehveenhgado
des
'lll4 a-,,Pto :er isycaused ; nay, the might ga.es'er'S;:,ssa.Y that the proportion was three in every five
Of `ed that'::, in fact, was the. proportion in the casasinveesarsti-
apparently about fifty years
dear (4.43-• One of the inrY,
'-,,,i, 'deed -Area th t h had not tasted drin_k
Ifoarndtwheandtsyailed
s th__, s a e
hi,1'01144`," he had been the captain of a
s'i4elf the 'World in comfort and h
he
security, ivstE.eNlivtlyt .withyears pleasureof aagnteyo,
an hatt nd guis passengers ; that
u.thArs,,lle was sound anfdtiliieealutlrlyy,maennddelis.
,„' t,L-ger. Another o
,v4tr,,„,,otauer ,of twenty-one yea keriellbedtohilmwseelmf also
Sevheraleoetheorf
Ne 'glen in the box appeared desirous
Nltte°roneraisd were evidently most . .
os tt
at
sann tdo
catchl
to favourt e eye
the
:litieneNvith a few xemarks in the same vein , lad theihr elbo-
`Qedist„,aM the proceedings were brought to a dese together y
sona -‘,1041. of the jury.
1514%41,14,1tvLtr BRITAIN steam-transport arriv_ Malta,
I toan,
‘GRLI,
%,,r,,;
'tai; ?pl. and Gibraltar, on the 15th alt,, leaving
t21'4'4.P.4 eajta Ensigns Darville,
.lArns,sillstautteillusgsarge,een
....orh,„-n-aeik_'' titivates of the 18th ,
kftint...4 %ail-Allis Gumming and Grubbe,. 9th ;
Ensigns' 'veil 8, aui
Lathah',,alski 'Twining , lant;
Ensigns Bayley,
lutr, 4tstley:bl! kid Vaughan, 33rd ; Lieutenant
for t'C',,anl Su,i4Zlcld, and Scott,
and
lieCuureteenrsivy.e-cleel:
itil -1- kjrnh,„!, 30th; EnsignTo4i9vtnhsenEd,nlsisgtnills Ade ;
Parr,gley
2114 Li Inca lc' 44eiatenaart De Bourbell, CornetosuWardinssta;
h.. bravm.ragooris; Travers, sth Dragoon
T ; W-1"8 ; 'Webster fith Hussars ; CocsliburenohlDlti.ybcHdaluse:
bath'. j .1.8'14113 17th ' • Assistant- urg
11 6 D•ra-
kt,o4 •••deutena
4.
'' Laneerg
' C rnet Wethere- ' and 613
IllioeBothttiLi.eu.tennantlVldNteetle,llld3the Light Dragoons ; ,
Cho left rissluned officers and privates of var.niogusinregaidmagosa-
CDtaia Von b] on the 16th, convey
aU'Arkeen 13enables, 91th; Assistant-Surgeon
three artillerymen,
4 % erlss, Captain and Mrs. Holder,
\t/ Malteseconveying
93rd;
tq,, ZST Dent and On
Wednesday,
William Badnal
e'ent GuanDia.Ne.-On there were 4
N,llle, the weekly meeting, the Bev.
livOtle, ,b)
.11,1essrs. Mountfield, Lunt, Abrahams, Siddeley,
II N ' "'au wards, Pickup, Roscoe,
a, 3-, pat
P' ... . ••_- -ni _ the treasurer's
liemai., wa
.. s, and Shaw. lne °mance
Cant!, Ledger, Birch,
lo "teti 8 ".',5134. Bs. lid. It was resolved
otfhaGtrepartocceerdoisnbgys, evs,%Delagainst the overseers of the poor
N4,4hp DaYment of the arrears of call now due from that
Ctili.`he sa,' aild that the overseers of Thornton hegii•vegenueshtyediutro. 51,,1% th-`ears due from them. Notice
hiNei,t he would, at the next meeting,
10kt t1,,11k visit of his Royal Highness t
hwmea bo
Duke to, f o
Cameth
th;Di.tuil Iverpool, the inmates of the Workhouse and
f? 1, iiif theeS.,egaled with roast beef and plum
oi-pudding and
y
't .e -13' of such visit should happen tlieetin d the day lunge
~g of the boar , . _
d in the Workhouse and
4,Ditai ~.,0,44 paupers were reheae of such meeting be
(I ~ '"a 3 323 received out-door relief,
eor raahi,, ,
of 33 in-
being an increase during the last
Item! 440 ~,g a total of 3,981, _
''' in 1 ..il, out-door, compared with the corresponding
bAri, taste Year. 110 -I°tS -
Monday evening, man
NI steed IRcoater A.NcE.- On
lolled at
drn a cab lie door of the George
onceto the neares
litre
ikists , t,,ad requested to be driven at .
Heaton, where
Hotl, Dale-astreett,
hie j(llie.h "rle was taken to the shop of Mi.
ta'llt'red dad taken quantity of laudanumd.
size ,rlg ab,,Z. Dtch, 'upon which he produce
hour
r'
if---' a clnareer of pint, and said, " A bottleful this
aMbOttilleeactooni-1
::04teti,i 4tBianidz. 11,e had takena it about a quarter of au 'ekat• e epr, ,PIY to Mr. Heaton, who asked if he had been 12414 ve, th -', and taken it on purpose, he replied_ in thee
lie lia tulgh he gave no reason why he had taken it. 1-1
Iva ed
qoa. 8 the.. lu union-street, but would not give his name.
flairch.Durau taken to the Northern Dispensary, where the
thrl' 81nellini) Was applied, and a great quantity of a darkn
four ilie euair.,g_
.ts.trongly of opium, was removed;
edbiunt
aboute
Of a 4 °111•13 after nO account of himself, and di
tieke,,,, had t,, ards. The deceased, who was about 28 years
'Yea`" in tae appearance of a seaman, an.had an anchor
tevetCsday it r.ru in Indian ink. At and inquest held on
-se of ' ;"; 0 J4rY retur
teen
a verdict of " Died from an
'3'41111. but hOWntaken no evidence to show,"

BABY SHOW AT MANCHESTER.—The Manchester public
were invited to a baby show at the Pomona Gardens, on
Saturday, when there were nearly three hundred competitors.
The prizes were eight, varying from £3 3s. to £l4 145., giving
a total of rather over £6O. The children were brought from
all parts of the kingdom. One baby had carried a prize at
Boston, in Lincolnshire, about a month ago. The grandson in
arms of a late M.P. for one of the metropolitan boroughs was
the winner of a silver teapot.
THE pupils of the Rev. Mr. Ramsay's school, Hayman's-
green, West Derby, on Wednesday presented Mr. W. R.
Burgess (son of Dr. H. Burgess, the editor of the Clerical
Journal, and Journal of Sacred Literature), who has for
the last two years acted as Mr. Ramsay's assistant, with a
handsome timepiece as a token of their appreciation of his
judicious instruction, and uniform attention and kindness
towards them ; as well as of their regret at the severance of
the connexion which has so long subsisted between them.
SUDDEN DEATir.—On Wednesday, an old man, named
James Price, expired very suddenly at his residence, in No.
17 Court, Saltney-street. He was engaged as shipkeeper on
board the Coronet, lying in the Bramley-Moore Dock, and a
short time before his death had partaken of a hearty supper,
and appeared then to be in good health. Soon after he went
to the ship he was going to slacken a hawser, when he was
suddenly seized with a fit and coughing, and, though he was
immediately carried home, he died before a medical man
arrived.
A MAN KILLED BY A BULL.—On Tuesday, James Carroll
died at the Royal Infirmary from injuries which he received
from a bull. The deceased was about sixty years of age, and
was employed on the farm of Mr. Peter Pilkington, at Aller-
ton. On Saturday he was taking a bull into the shippon, and
struck it with a pike. This seems to have irritated the ani-
mal, for when the deceased went, shortly afterwards, to put
the chain on, it turned upon him, knocked him down, fell
with its knees upon him, and gored him in the bowels. When
taken to the infirmary, it was found that he was suffering
from lacerated wounds on the abdomen, and he expired on
Tuesday.
A DANGEROUS PLACE.—On Tuesday, the coroner held an
inquest on two boys, named Thomas Valentine and Roderick
Pinto, who were drowned on Saturday in the Old Graving
Dock, near the Potteries, at the south end. Inspector Camp-
bell stated that the place was a very dangerous one, several
persons having lost their lives in it. Mr. Fresh, the inspector
of nuisances, stated that it had formed part of the Hercula-
neum estate of the Birkenhead Dock Company, and they
could not interfere with it; but now, having come into, the
hands of the corporation, it would be either filled up or suffi-
ciently protected by railing. The jury returned a verdict of
" Accidental death."

GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL.—We copy the following from
a New Zealand paper:—" The steerage passengers per ship
Grassmere, of Liverpool, from London to Port Cooper, have
written a letter to the commander, Captain John Yeo, express-
ing their feelings of gratitude for his great kindness and
attention to them during the voyage. The cabin passengers
have acknowledged their appreciation of his worth in a simi-
lar manner, and have also presented •him with a very hand-
some diamond ring, bearing the following inscription :--` To
Capt. John Yeo, from cabin passengers per Grassmere, from
London to New Zealand.' "
TEMPERANCE FESTIVAL.—On Monday last week, the
workmen and friends of Mr. Samuel Quilliam, Elliot-street,
sat down to a sumptuous repast, to celebrate his 21st anniver-
sary as a tee-totaller, in Hope Hall, Hope-street. The chair
was filled by Captain Cushing, of the Sailors' Home, who said
he had been a total abstainer for the last ten years. Mr.
Quilliam spoke at considerable length, showing, by reference
to his own personal experience, the great benefits of total ab-
stinence. He had been a total abstainer from all intoxicating
drinks, tobacco and snuff, for 21 years, and was benefited in
body, soul, and circumstances, showing that it was the best
means to promote health, wealth, and prosperity for the
working man. The meeting, which numbered about 100
individuals, was much enlivened by various pieces sung by the
choir of the " Band of Hope."
STABBING.—A striking instance of injury inflicted under
the effects of ungovernable passion was heard at the Police-
court on Wednesday. John Robinson, a middle-aged, dimi-
nutive carter, living in Chaucer-street, Rose-place, was
charged with stabbing Mr. Hughes, a joiner, who resides at
No. 28, Great Homer-street. There had existed some ill-
feeling between the parties in consequence of the prisoner
entertaining a jealous feeling about his wife and Hughes. On
Saturday evening, a little after six o'clock, Hughes went to
the lodgings of Robinson, and some angry words arose between
them. They quarrelled and fought, and the prisoner rushed
at Hughes, knocked hint down, stabbed him in four places in
the back and right side, and then threw him down a flight of
stairs. The noise attracted the attention of George Swaine, a
bottler, who lodged at the same house, and he went for
assistance. He soon returned with police-officer Duckett, and
they found Hughes lying in a channel outside the house, wel-
tering in his blood. They took him to the Northern Hos-
pital, where he still ies in almost a hopeless state.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.—On Thursday, before Mr. Commis-
sioner Stevenson, Samuel How, late of the firm of How, Hat-
ton, Green, and Co., cotton brokers, of this town, came np for
his certificate. He was unopposed, and obtained an imme-
diate certificate of the second class.—The last examination of
Anthony O'Donnell was adjourned until the 11th October.
—Before Mr. Commissioner Perry, Louis Ahlborn, toy dealer,
and William Backhense, passed their last examination unop-
posed, and the certificate meeting was appointed for the 24th
October in each case.—George Bateman, printer and hotel-
keeper, of Liverpool, came up 'for his certificate. He was
opposed on the ground of an alleged fraudulent preference 'by
the bankrupt to his wife's aunt, after having agreed to pay
Mr. Roose a :monthly sum in discharge of his debt, by which
the aunt was enabled to carry off the whole of the bankrupt's
assets, to the prejudice of all his other creditors. Another
ground of opposition was the absence entirely of book-keeping
so far as the hotel wss concerned. His Honour said that on
the first ground of objection alone the bankrupt deserved
punishment, and as far as he could see he had acted unfairly
towards Isle •creditors in reference to his books. The certifi-
cate would 'therefore be suspended for two years, and when
granted, to be of the third class,
FUNERAR, .or TUE REV. J. J. HORNBY.—On Saturday
week the funeral of the late rector of Winwick took place, the
procession leaving Winwick Hall, about eleven o'clock, in the
following order :—The clergy, amongst whom were the Revs.
John Cross, Oswald Penrhyn, J. Slade, D. M. Boyle, Philip
Champness, Ellis Ashton, Prank Hopwood, and Edward
Hornby ; Mr. Sharp, of Warrington, the medical attendant of
the family, and Mr. Beamont, solicitor; the coffin, borne by
the tenantry:; Messrs. Cunningham and Owen, undertakers,
Warrington, and Messrs. Garnett, walking by the coffin ; Sir
James Hornby, Colonel Hornby, the Rev. William Hornby,
Edward Hornby, Esq., the Rev. Edward Hornby, Geoffrey
Hornby, Esq., and Captain Hornby, were chief mourners.
The Lord Bishop of &dor and Man and the Right Hon. Lord
Lilferd, Colonel Stanley, and'Adam Hodgson, Esq., John Daly,
Esq., and Mr. Penrhyn, Mr. Milein Selby (agent to Lord Lil-
ford,) and Mr. W. Hale (agent to the Earl of Derby,) the
male and female-servants. The coffin was made of polished
Wisawick oak, and bore the following inscription :
The Rev. James John. Hornby, Rector of Winwick ; born nth
August, 177:; departed this life September 14, 1855.

The funeral sermon was preached by. the Bishop of Sodor and
Man, who was assisted in the preliminary service by the Revs.
Mr_ Gibson and Mr. Pigott. The church was filled with pa-
rishioners, who appeared to be deeply affected at the loss of
their excellent pastor. The deceased rector was the son of the
Rev. .Geoffrey and the Hon. Mrs. Hornby, sister of the late
Earl .of Derby. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge, and
commenced his ministerial career as curate of Penwortham,
near Preston, receiving the gift of the living of Winwick from
the late Earl of Derby, on the death of his father, the Rev..
Geoffrey Hornby, about the year 1812. His loss will be se-
verely felt by his parishioners.
DOCK COMU/TTVE. —Mr. C. Turner presided at the meet-
ing on Thursday. An application was made by the surveyor
for permission to let the Morpeth Dock run dry ; and in con-
nection with the -same subject, a correspondence was read
from Mr. Bramah and Captain Hookey, which showed that
the other docks, were the water withdrawn from the Morpeth,
would not stand the increased pressure without danger to
the works, and that one of the channel walls was consider-
ably cElapidated. The Birkenhead sub,committee of ware-
houses presented a report from Messrs. Whiteman and
Hartley, surveyors to the corporation and;dock estate, which
consisted, however, of little more than an inventory of the
appliances for shipping,,Sze., at Birkenhead, and an announce-
ment of the fact that the docks and warehouses were ready
for occupation in accordance with the dock act of 1855. A
letter frem Mr. Sloman, secretarys to the Birkenhead Dock
Company, stating that vorli hadn been commenced for fitting
the Birkenhead dock warehouseso with thirteen hydraulic
cranes ; Messrs. Armstrong and
nery, and little remained to be done hadb put ,up the machi-
.hegsned 'the completion
of a well and the erection of an engine kw:lt the works
had been suspended iu consequence of the re
Moses Housley and Co. to proceeed with the well of
according
ac
to contract. The whole of the matters relating toßirrklienig-
head were referred to the wanks committee. A letter was
read from Mr. Jones, resigning the situation of assistant to
the marine surveyor. The resignation was accepted, and it
was decided to grant him a superannuation of £l2o.—The
Chairman, alluding to the visit of the Duke of Cambridge,
suggested that a sub-committe should be appointed to make
arrangements for the embarkation, the decoration of the
landing stage, and the illumination of the dock offices. The
committee appeared to coincide with the chairman in the
advisability of appointing a committee to make the necessary
arrangements, and to co-operate with the comptroller of
customs and the postmaster upon the subject of illuminating
the Custom-house buildings. This closed the general business.
THE RECENT ComwoN.—The Llewellyn steamer, belong-
ing to the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, which
came into collision with the ship Lady Sale, Cook, of St.
John's (Newfoundland), from this port for Maranham, on the
22nd inst., lost her foremast, and was cut down to the water's
edge. The depositions which have been taken from each
party furnish the following details on the subject of their
coming in contact :—Captain Cook, of the Lady Sale, says—
" The Lady Sale sailed from this port on the 19th, with a
general cargo of merchandise, &c., and that the ship was 756
tons. The collision occurred, to the best of his belief, about
4 30 on the morning of the 22nd inst.—it was the second
mate's (Mr. Carry's) watch at the time. She was on the star-
board tack, beating up the Channel, between Holyhead and
Kingstown, wind about W.S.W., very light breezes, with
thick foggy weather. About 430 a.m., second mate called on
hands. On coming on deck, I saw a steamer's lights about
half a mile distant. She was abeam to leeward, steering
right for the Lady Sale, all three lights being apparently
visible, and coming upon us very fast. I hailed, and so did
the second mate and the crew, and the fog horn was blown,
but no answer was heard from the steamer. She kept her
course, and ran into the Lady Sale's port bow, carrying away
part of stem, cutwater, jib-boom, and caused other damage
forward. The Lady Sale's anchor was carried away and
hooked on to the steamer's starboard sponson, and brought
them both up alongside. I jumped on board the steamer, as
no person would give her name. I found her to be the City of
Dublin Company's steamer Llewellyn, from Holyhead for
Kingstown. After lying alongside for nearly 30 minutes,
and finding that neither vessel made water, we parted, and
I put back to Liverpool to repair the damages."—Captain
Kean, of the Llewellyn, says,—" The first I saw was a light
two points on the starboard bow, close to. I called out I
' Hard a-starboard—stop her,' which was done instantly.
then saw another light nearly right a-head, coming out of the
mass of fog. Soon afterwards a large ship struck us on the
starboard side, almost half-way from the paddle-box to our
stem. She came stem on, cutting us down to the water's
edge, carrying away the foremast by the board, and doing
other considerable damage. The first light that was seen
proved to be on the port quarter of the ship, and the second
on the bowsprit end. We lashed both ships together to ascer-
tain the damage done to each, cleared away the wreck, and
secured the upper works as well as we could, and, finding
that neither ship made water, we parted. The Llewellyn,
which was carrying the mails-and passengers, reached Kings-
town at 7, a.m,

IT is said the whole of the streets throughout the borough
are to be re-numbered at the end of this year.
THE royal mail steam-ship Canada sailed on Saturday for
Halifax and Boston, with the usual mails and about 180 pas-
sengers. Amongst the passengers were the Hon. Mr. Hincks,
of the Canadian legislature.
SUDDEN DEATH.—On Saturday last, a man named John
Jones, a carter residing in Northampton-street, was suddenly
seized with pains in his bowels and with vomiting, and suf-
fered so severely that he died in a few hours.
Women FOUND DROWNED.—On Sunday afternoon, the
body of a woman was found floating in St. George's Basin.
She had the appearance of being a market woman, but no-
thing was found on her person to lead to her identity. The
body was removed to the dead-house.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday night, a little before
twelve o'clock, a man, 61 years of age, a ship-keeper, named
John Dyer, residing in Victoria-place, Saltney-street, fell
down stairs, while in a state of intoxication. He sustained
such injuries as to cause his death in about two hours after-
wards. . _

A HANDSOME silver snuff-box is now in the shop window of
Mr. Hausburg, Church-street. It bears the following inscrip-
tion :—" Presented by Lieutenant-Colonel Oakeley, and the
officers of the 56th Regiment, to Captain H. T. Cox, com-
manding the steamer Imperatrice, in testimony of their high
appreciation of his kindness and attention during their passage
to the Crimea. August, 1855."
ON Sunday morning, about half-past ten o'clock, as a female
was standing in the roadway of Soho-street, a horse and
shandry passing at the time knocked her down. The driver
was able to pull up in time to prevent the wheels of the
vehicle passing over her body, and she escaped with a few
bruises about the head and face, and was able to walk home.
LAUNCH OF A. SCREW STEAMER.—On Thursday there was
launched from the yard of Mr. John Laird, at the Dingle, a
fine screw steamer, called the Borysthene, built for the Mes-
sagerie Company of France, and intended to ply between
Marseilles and Constantinople. She is 240 feet long, 33 feet
wide, and 23 feet in depth, and will be supplied with two en-
gines of an aggregate power of 220 horses, by Messrs. Fawcett,
Preston, and Co.

IMPUDENT THEFT.—John Macguire, one of the numerous
vagabonds who haunt the dock quays, was charged at the
Police-court, on Friday, with stealing 251bs. weight of copper
nails from the ship Express, lying in the Brunswick Dock.
The robbery was committed at six o'clock that morning, while
the captain was taking a stroll on the quay. The prisoner,
who was well known to the police, was sent to gaol for two
months.

COLLISION IN TILE MERSEY.—On Wednesday, a collision
took place on the river between the American ship Invincible
and the Dublin mail steamer Trafalgar. The Trafalgar was
at anchor, and the Invincible, which was being towed up the
stream, drifted against the steamer, both vessels sustaining
considerable damage by the collision. The steamer slipped
her chain, and both vessels drifted down the river, but they
were followed by some steam-tugs, and got to anchor.

THE PEACE OF AuGsnuu6.---The-German Protestants
celebrated on Wednesday the 300th anniversary of the Peace
of Augsburcr, by which the differences between the Romish
Church and the Protestants in Germany were settled, and the
free exercise of their religion granted to the latter by the
Emperor Charles V. Divine Service, in commemoration of
this event, was held in the German Church, Sir Thomas's-
buildings, and a very elaborate historical sermon preached by
the Rev. D. J. Hirsch to a numerous congregation. The so-
lemnisation of the German Reformation will take place, as
usual, on the 31st of October, whilst the Peace of Augsburg is
commemorated only every hundred years.
ALLEGED ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS.—At the
Police-court, on Saturday, before Mr. Mansfield, William
Whalley, Custom-house officer, was charged with having
firearms in his possession for unlawful purposes. Another
Custom-house officer, named Jdmes Routledge, stated that
a few days age he caused the prisoner to be suspended in
consequence of intemperance, and that morning he was
informed that Whalley had firearms in his possession. Sus-
pecting that he had some evil intentions towards himself,
witness gave him into custody, and on being searched there
were found upon him a pistol and canister of gunpowder. The
prisoner stated that he had taken these dangerous materials
from his own children, and that he had no intention of doing
the prosecutor any harm. Mr. Mansfield ordered his imme-
diate discharge.
ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF A DITTCM SEAMAN:—On
Saturday morning, about six o'clock, Robert Jones, a night,
watchman at the works adjoining Birkenhead Ferry, observed
a person floating in the river, at a distance of about 160 yards
from the shore, apparently in an exhausted state. Jones
promptly obtained assistance, and having procured a boat,
rowed to the rescue of the drowning man, whom they found
on the point of sinking. He was soon conveyed to Birken-
head Ferry, where the usual means were resorted to, and after
some time the rescued sailor was able to give an account of
himself, although rather unintelligible, on account of his
being a Dutchman, and being but slightly conversant with
the English language. He stated that a few weeks ago he
arrived in an American ship from Baltimore, U.S., and on
Friday was shipped by a boarding-house keeeper on another
American vessel, for a voyage to New Orleans. The ship was
lying off Tranmere Ferry, and af.tbree o'clock he was put on
board. Early on Saturday he was roused from his berth and
interrogated by the captain and the mate, who took an objec-
tion to his proceeding with the vessel, which was then on the
point of leaving the Mersey. He remonstrated, but in vain ;
and after being severely beaten, he was thrown, along with
his bundle of clothes, into the river, and left to his fate, the
vessel at 'the time taking her departure for her destination.
The immersed seaman endeavoured to save himself by
swimming, but his strength failed, and he was just sink-
ing when he was seen and rescued by Jones and his corn-
! panion. At the police-office he gave the name of John
Bread, 24 years age, but he could neither tell the name of the
American vessel from which he had been ejected, nor that of
the boarding-house keeper who had shipped him. He was
referred to the Dutch Consul at this port.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—At the Police-court, on Saturday, a
respectable-looking young woman, named Jane Venables, was
charged with attempting to drown herself ky jumping into
the river from the south end of the Landing-stage. On Tues-
, day she was observed to go on the Landing-stage, where she
rolled her shawl round her head and jumped into the river.
Her clothes kept her above the water, and some boatmen
rescued her before she had been in the water more than about
three minutes. She was then conveyed to the Northern Hos-
pital, where she remained until Saturdw. Mr. Wall, the
louse-surgeon of that institution, stated that when she was
received into the hospital she was suffering from the effects of
an immersion and great mental distress. When in bridewell
she told Mr. Parkinson that she came from Little Walton,
about two miles from Warrington, where she had been in the
service of a man named Joseph Long 'Shaw, formerly the
driver of an omnibus. She left this situation in consequence
.of his attempting to take improper liberties with her. Since
then she had `been at Eastham ; and on Tuesday she returned
to Liverpool, where she met with a woman who offered to
carry her bundle for her. The bundle contained three dresses
belonging to the prisoner, a shawl, and other articles of cloth-
ing, besides a sovereign of money, which was all the poor
girl possessed in the world. After getting the property into
her possession the woman made off with it, and left her desti-
tute in the street. In a state of frenzy, and not knowing
what she was doing, she then ran down to the pier, and at-
tempted to destroy herself in the way described. As she ex-
pressed her regret for her conduct, Mr. Mansfield discharged
her, and gave an order for her carriage to be paid back to
Warrington, and 10s. to be given to her to purchase clothes
with.

EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL.—The total number of
vessels which have left this port for all foreign ports during
the quarter, just ended has been 77, of .an aggregate tonnage
.of 85;767 tons, and having on board a total number of 28,362
emigrants. Of these 19,612 have proceeded to the United
States, 1,385 to Canada, 327 to New Brunswick, 234 to
Sydney, and 6,006 to Melbourne. This number, which,
however, does not include those who have taken their depar-
ture hi short ships, 'not under Government inspection, shows
a diminution of about one-half when .compared with the
corresponding quarter of 1854. In the month just ended,
the number of emigrants who have left Liverpool for all
foreign ports has 'been 9,487, of whom 1,708 only have pro-
ceeded to the Australian ports, and the remainder chiefly to
the United States. This number is almost exactly one-half
as exhibited in the return for the corresponding period in
last year. The following are the vessels Ivlieb have been
despatched from Liverpool during the mouth, for Australian
ports I—The Lightning, of the " Black Ball" mail line, for
Melbourne, with 50 cabin and 358 steerage passengers ;
Gipsy Bride, of the " Mersey" line, for Melbourne, with 22
cabin and 244 steerage passengers ; Red Jacket, of the
" White star" mail line, with 22 cabin and 263 steerage pas-
sengers 4 Fortune (Government ship) for Moreton Bay, with
224 emigrants ; Indian ‹ireen, of the " Black Ball" Tine, for
Hobart Town, with 90 emigrants ; and the Bee (Government)
for Sydney, with 430 emigrants on board. The Schomberg,
which wM proceed on her first voyage to the antipodes on
Friday neat, under the command of Captain Forbes, went
into the river on Saturday. She is rapidly filling with pas-
sengers, and will carry out a large number. The metal main-
yard has been zompleted by Messrs. Cato,' Miller, and Co.,
and has been placed on board. It weighs 9 tons, 9 cwt, 171b5.,
and is thus about 21 tons lighter than the wooden one. Had
more time been allowed to the builder, to obtain the right
description of iron plates, we are informed that a still further
saving in weight, to the extent of 2 tons, might have been
effected, without any diminution, but rather augmentation,
of strength. The result is, therefore, one of great import-
ance, and may possibly lead to the general adoption of iron
spars. The dimensions are 112 feet long, 28 inches diameter
at the slings, and 14 inches at the yard-arms.
LivEnroon Towar Cousr.m.—At the meeting to-morrow,
the following subjects will be discussed:—The proceedings of
the Education Committee, comprising a recommendation to
appoint Jane Elliot first mistress of the North Infant School,
at the salary of £5O per annum ; and Sarah Rigby second
mistress, at the salary of £3O per annum, being the same
salary as that paid to their respective predecessors, the con-
sideration of which was postponed at the last monthly council.
The proceedings of the Gaol and House of Correction Com-
mittee, comprising resolutions of the magistrates, appointing
adddttional male and female discipline officers for the new
gaol at Walton, in accordance with the recommendations of
the magistrates, approved by the Council on the Bth of August
last. The proceedings of the Gardens Committee, comprising
appointment of John Davies as lodge-keeper at the New Park,
at the wages of £1 per week. The proceedings of the Water'
Committee, comprising, recommendation to accept the tender
of Messrs. D. Y. Stewart and Co., for iron pipes ; recom-
mendation to accept the tender of George Thompson, and Co.,
for the construction of the Knowsley Reservoir, and works,
connected therewith; recommendation to enter into an agree-
ment with the Chorley Waterworks Company, under the
powers of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Act, 1847,
and for the ultimate transfer of the undertaking of that com-
pany to the Corporation. References to a committee or com-
mittees of the whole, or part or parts of the Liverpool Im-
provement Act, 1855, containing powers for the purchase and
appropriation of land adjoining Shaw's-brow, as a site for the
Free Public Library and Museum ; and powers to make bye-
laws for regulating landing-stages, &c., regulating and licens-
ing boatmen, mooring vessels in the river, and with reference
to the duties of Water-bailiff. Report of the special, com-
mittee on the purchase of the Birkenhead Docks, comprising,
recommendation to purchase the North Reserve for the sum
of £100,000; recommendation to adopt the principle of incor-
porating the townships of Birkenhead, Claughton, Liscard,
Wallasey, and Tranmere with the borough, subject to a satis-
factory adjustment of details as to each township. The
Mayor's communications. The following motion, of which
due notice has been given by Mr. Councillor Woodruff :—That
it is expedient that the public be admitted to the meetings of
the Council, under suitable regulations ; and that it be an
instruction to the Law Courts and St. George's-hall Com-
mittee to report whether the concert-room, or some other
room in St. George's-hall, can be made available for such
meetings, and what accommodation can be provided for the
public.