The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIG.ENCE.

A WomAN, named Isabella Kirkpatrick, aged 56, residing in
a cookshop, No 62, Park-lane, was taken suddenly ill on Tues-
day afternoon, and expired before medical assistance arrived.
THE annual ball of the Chatham Society was held on Wed-
nesday, at the Town-hall, the receipts being devoted to the
Orphan Boys' Asylum. The lady patroness was Mrs. Adam
Hodgson. The attendance was upwards of 700.

ARCHITECTURAL. AND ARCILEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—The
bi-weekly meeting of this society- was held on Wednesday, at
the Royal Institution; Mr. John Hay in the chair. The paper
' of the evening, illustrated by some ingenious and beautiful
models and drawings, was read by its author, Mr. C. Davies;
the subject being "Notes on Isometrical Perspective."
EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Wednesday, at the Police-court,
David Roden was charged by his late employer, Mr. Rawle,
Lord-street, with embezzling half-acrown. The latter, having
some suspicions, watched a customer come out of the shop,
who lie ascertained had bought certain trifling articles. These
he found were partially entered in the shop-book, but the
money in the till did not agree with the book, and hence he
taxed the prisoner with taking the money, which the latter did
not deny, but simply left the premises. There being some
doubt in the case, the prisoner received the benefit of it, and
was discharged.
CURIOUS ACCIDENT TO A VESSEL.—A few days ago, a leak
was discovered on board the ship Pallid's, lying in the King's
Dock, and then in course of being loaded. The leak was un-
accountable, as the vessel had lately been undergoing repairs.
In consequence of a survey made by direction of the under-
writers, the ship was ordered to be discharged. This was
completed when it was discovered that only eight packages
of the cargo on the ground tier were slightly damaged.
The cause of the leak w'as found to be a bolt, which had
been driven in awry while the repairs had been in course
of execution. Of coarse a new bolt was at once substituted,
and the ship made "as- tight as a barrel."
TEMPERANCE IN I'VE SUBIIRIM-011 Tuesday, a lettureon
teetotalism was delivered by Mr: Henry Watts, at Green-lane,
Stanley, near the Old Swan; and was attended by cleanly and
well-behaved working people, of both sexes. The Rev. Mr.
Gardner, of St. Anne's, Stanley; has offered the use of Irig
school-room for meetings, to be held on Sunday evenings, after
church service, over which he has promised to preside; and
the same clergyman, in conjunttien, with several other gentle-
men, is promoting the establishment of a provident fund, to be
ctilled the St. Anne's Savings'-bank: Deposits are to be re-
eeived as low as sixpence per week; on Which bank interest
will be paid, facilities being afforded' for the withdrawal of
money in cases of emergency.

Tztn: SHIP BRITISH EMPIRE.--The- steamer Demerara,
which. grounded a few years since in the' Bristol Channel, was
purchased. by Messrs. J. and R. Wilson, of this town, from tho
underwriters, for £7,000. As a sailing ship; and under the
name of the British Empire, she sailed for the west coast of
South America, and last week she arrived ix the:Channel with
4,500 tons. of guano, at £5 a-ton freight. Her' speed once
reached seventeen knots an hour, and she frevently averaged
fifteen. An action hns been brought against the'editor of the
Shipping Galetk; for admitting into his columne a letter
respecting her,• containing statements said to be untrue, but
which induced: the' underwriters to increase the proinium of
insurance from eight to twelve guineas per cent.

AN ABANDOIOEV MOTThzu.—Margaret and David`• tivking-
ston, mother and song the latter a sharp-looking lad of four-
teen, who had bean remanded from last week, were- again
brought up at the Police-court on Wednesday, when quitea
crowd of females attended to claim their property. FortyLtwo.
pawn-tickets were found in thewoman's possession. Their
plan of robbery was this the woman kept "nix" while her'
son pulled the clothes-miops away,. and then, if no one obsesvedl
them, they stripped theline, and decamped with the property:.
The woman, in her defence, dend that she instructed the'
fry, asserting that he was-very NAN, and that she could not',,
keep him in order. The property pledged was her own, and.
she had been compelled to'adopt flint means of living from
the` fact that she had not seen her husband for six months;,
and she was in great distress':. The magistrate committed her
kr two months. The boy Sta'S'remallaesi for seven days.

WEST DEADY Guamoraom—The following guardians were
present at the meeting on Wednesday:—the Rev. William
Badhall, chairman • Messrs. Ilitrrison,. Lunt, Morris, Siddeley,
Pickup,. Mountfield, Edward 74 Medoalf, Almhams, Shaw, Pitts,
Wensley, Roberts, Clayton, Birch,-Pi tteurand Mullins. The
balance in the treasurer's hands ,was foundi to be £705 Bs. 4d.
It wat,resolved that the Poor-Inw,Boarctbesegnested to cause
new aveirsges to be taken for the union:. A further letter
having I.)een received from the. Poor-law Board, objecting to
the inc:se proposed by the ggurdians to• be made in the
salaries of Messrs. Allen, Lathanqand•Barnett.it was resolved
that the Dor-law Board be requested to instruct the Poor-law
Inspector to, make inquiry into the.cirenmstancesstmder which
the guardians consider such increase= necessary.. The number
of pauperettlieved last week were 856 in.door;.and 3,664 out-
door, total 5-64, as compared with the corresponding week in
last year. .

ATTEMPT Tso DROWN A YOUNV Womitx.—Ott Monday,
Henry Mabomed, a young man, apparently. of foreign extrac-
tion, was charged, at the Manchester Police-court, with
attempting to,drown a young womattil.nanied, Ellen Grady.
She stated thltt the prisoner had A.ept her company for a
short time. .Ibont ten o'clock on Sunday night,. he came
to the house cf her aunt, in Ashley-latte,,where oilsr resided,
and asked her tO'have a walk. They walked for sonardiStauce,
when he made some indecent proposals to her, which: Ate in-
dignantly rejeti-Al. He then threatened ghat, if she resisted,
he would drownber; upon which she rinvaway dolma: street
leading to the river Irk, into which the • prisoner pushed her.
She went over head,. bat managed to scramble to the side-, and
shouted for assistance, when a man came-and helped her out.
The prisoner thenttnade off, but the policetooklim,outt of bed
in his mother's house. The case was remanded for the-attend-
ance of the man was, had taken complainant/out of thtrwa.ter.
ROBBERY OF DELVPIIRY STOCK.—George- and; Agnes
Macgregor, a welt-tliessed couple, who reside in apartment* at
14, Christian-streA.were charged at the Bdlire-courtion+Wed-
nesday, the former-with receiving goods-from Messrs-, ebo4c
and Townshend, Byrom-street, and the latter as an- a 0301.11-
plice. Detective Scott stated that he searched the psisenei%
lodgings, where Imdocand a great variety of 'articles ceetnectel '
with the drapery business, and a number ofpawn-tickets..
Taylor, Cook and Townshend's manage; itlentifiedsevoral; of
the articles, and saieDthat they bad lost a considerable •amount
of property lately, anon which was upwards of £l2. worth t
of furs. The make prisoner had been in,:their empllin two; t
months. Mr. Fairhurst, pawnbroker, St. Anne-streetistatel
that some coburg Vieth was pledged with= him on the • ISth, of 1:
December, and that...on:Tuesday, he received an envelope-byl.
post, containing a slip of paper and the tiaket, on which,was.
written, in referencatto: it, "Lift this the moment you getit.".
Shortly afterwardt_Detective Scott enters& the show.whenthe
stated the case to hint.. He could not recognise the female
prisoner as having- pledged the cloth, but his, shopman swore
to her servant glib The handwriting of. slip,transatittel ,
to Mr. Fairhurst waenoserted to be that ofe the -prisonery.by
Mr. Taylor, but het -would not positive* swear -to. it. Mr_
Woods, pawnbroker,.. Whitechapel, produced a via-ovine
pledged with hina,.butbe could not swear:to eitherprisoners.
The servant girt; deposed that she pled, several -of the ;
articles produced incoourt, and said that ..Mrs.- Macgregor
had told her she halt purchased some of them at Cook and ;
Townshend's. The .magistrates remanded! the male anlidis-
&urged the female.-prisoner.—On Friday-, Agnes M`Gragor
was again taken into,eusttaltr. Edward Jenkins, an assistant
at the prosecutorsc.stata that some time ago he had met the 1
male prisoner in the, pass adjoining: thik tshopi..andissaava
box under his nem, Witness said to the prisoner, " That's,
the box I've been: looking. for." The prisoner said, " Oh, I '
have had it given.rae by Mr. Taylor, the manager." Such
however, was mat the- fact. An assistant to Mr.
'Woodruff,.
pawnbroker, saidahat theteanale prisoner.Oedged the viatorine•
produced on the- i$ h, Dttember. Both:prisoners were;com,
mated for trial at thc,sessigue. [Upwards of-100 pawn-tickets•
were found at the-prisoners'' residence, referring to articles of
drapery pledged in.Lireepeel, Manchesteri-Glitsgow, and3Titiv-
castle-upon-Tyne:j

TEMPERANCE 3VEI,3IZE associteau has.
been recently formed. under the designation of the " Christian
Alliance for the Suppressiirn of Interupprunce, and, fbas- Pro-
earing the Better-Observance of the Sabboth:!- John ezopper,
ißsq., is the preskitint„ar..l several gentlemen have assooiated
themselves with, the moxtment. The hatoguration. meeting
was held on Wednesday, at the Tentoniethall.l.Reginald,Rail-
eliffe, Esq., in thek-ohair- There was a.good- attendance,. and
the claims of tha_ussocintion to public support were adroaated
by the Rev. J. Rs Rutherford, of Newcsatla Hd3 stall that ha
was a teetotaller- of-twoosty years' standing, and,. that, .during
that period, he had', often travelled threethousandmiles• in a
week, and spokomes.often as six times-a:day; but stilllre newer
required the "drop"' to,strengthen hisabdy.. Although suffer-
ing from a cold,.htthad.no doubt that a4lripping sheet,.aaeton-
panied by applications of cold water,_both-outwaada...auci in-
wards, would sown, came his system: to, flow with. its. accus-
tomed vigour. The working men c' this, country:ought, at
least, to have Saturdzy afternoons at. their:disposal'. for im-
proving their minds, and worshippin,g,the Almighty ill his
own works. Men their could betteriattlird,to deriato.the whole
of Sunday for religions purposes. it was said, ha- continued,
that the Mainerlaw would interfere-withour rig.‘litsasaltritons.
What would be.the popular opiniona nsuan ware-discovered
manufacturing: gunpowder in ono• of ?.our, populous. cities ?
Why, he wouldi be prosecuted, andiwhhn, his. aenviaticsa came
about, the people would exclains,_"-Serve him: right."' HOW,
then, can wt,e.altaly stand by aud,witness the degradation and
ruin of our countrymen by an insidious .liqtiory.which is per-
mitted by law,to be retailed at e7erystreet. corner?. No, said
he, when men, infringe on the liberties of their fellows, the
Popular yoke-declares that they.oughttobn.puuiShed., and. this
is a law founded on Holy Writ itself..

THE SZ:Kwi--ScnooL T.uesday, the sixth
of the wiutep course of lectures,in conneetion.with the Sunday-
School ItAtitute, was delivered; at the Concert-hall, by the
Rev. J. Cranbrook, of Liscard.i. The chair was occupied by
J. C. Evart,. Esq. , M.P. The-subject orthelecture was, "Dr.
Arnold, anid Education." Mr,liwarts, in. the course of some
remarksson, education, said::—llewas well: aware of the diffi-
culties,sarrounding it, but behoped they would be overcome
in a u-i4aner satisfactory ta.all ; parties,_ and that Christians of
all denominations would eurdially•unileia the blessed work 66
devising some means of edncating the poorer classes of the.
pecpleof England. The rising ;;:enecation. bad certainly greater,
nd'iantages than the preceding one. Some years ago, the,
counting-houses in thisiown seldom, closed before ten o'clocb
umv, they were seldom,open„ after Else;, and Saturday. was half
az holiday. The shops,..tooi were now closed much earlier,,and
the young people of both.sexes. bad more leisure for rational
amusement and improvement of their minds ; lectures,. such
as this evening, were almost weekly given on.popular subjects..
In this hall, toa,,vvere weekly concerts, at prices within the
reach of almost every one,, and they had the opportunity of
hearing the finest organ is the world in St. Georg-es...hall—all
which tended to improve the taste of the people for music.
They had, also,.a free Public library, with a valuable collection
of books, both: for amusement and instruction. lie hoped his
young rinds would avail themselves of these advantages,
and bear hal mind, that "if the spring put forth. no blossoms,
in summer there would be no beauty, and in autumn no fruit:
so, if youth be wasted away without improvement, manhood
would be. contemptible, and old age miserable." But while he
earnestly pressed upon them the advantages of education, let
them never neglect the religious part of it, nor forget what
are generally called the common maxims of life. Most of his
hearers would be well acquainted with the works of one of
the most powerful writers in the English language—he meant
Dr. Johnson—and they would probably recollect that beautiful
composition of his, the Life of Savage. Now, Savage was a
man endowed with the greatest abilities, which would have
fitted him for any situation ; but those abilities were obscured
by the most vicious and dissipated habits. In summing up
the life of Savage, Dr. Johnson says:—" Let those. who, in
confidence of superior abilities or attainments, ~liaregard the
common maxims of life, be reminded by this 100 e of Savage,
that nothing will svplw the want of prudence ;•. and that
negligence and irregularity, long continued,,, will wake know-
ledge useless,. azt vuius contemptible."

[JANUARY 29, 1856.

Mu. NxGIITINGALE has been appointed judge of the Waterloo
coursing meeting, fixed for the 20th and 28th of February.
THE sth Royal Lancashire Militia, now in Ireland, gave
during the last week 200 volunteers to the line, which entitles
no less than three officers to commissions in the line.
A DETACHMENT of the 3rd light dragoons and the 10th
lancers, comprising 35 men and 75 horses, arrived at this port
on Thursday, in the steamer Prince, from Dublin, and were
forwarded to the camp at Aldershott.
O.S Monday, Mr. Robert Mullen, barrister-at-law, one of the
Municipal assessors, spent the evening with some friends at
Phibsborough, and was in the enjoyment of his usual good
health ; but on leaving it about eleven o'clock, when in the act
of wishing a lady good night, he dropped dead from an apo-
plectic attack.

BARTON, IRiAM,AND HIGGINSON ESTATE.--At a dividend
meeting held on Thursday, in the District Court of Bankruptcy,
before Mr. Commissioner Stevenson, a further dividend of 4(1.
in the pound was declared on the estate of these bankrupts,
making a total dividend declared up to the present of Os. id.
in the pound.

Mn. PILIC/NGTON, adverting at the last meeting of the
Preston guardians, to the manner in which the accounts had
been kept at the county workhouses, said that when he first
came to Ashton they actually had no books, and they kept
their money in a jug.

JOHN MIDDLETON AND JOAN HOWARD, both grey-
hended men, lately employed as letter-carriers in connection
with the Manchester post-office, have been committed for trial
at the sessions for misdemeanour, in having received letters for
delivery which they had neglected to deliver according to the
regulations.
VILLAGE LECTURES.—On Wednesday, Mr. J. A Picten
delivered his lecture on "Paris," in the Assembly-room of the
Coffee-house, Wavertree, being the second of a course of sib
lectures which are being delivered there for the benefit of the
working classes. The chair was occupied by Mr. Swindon,
and there was a regrettable attendance.. Mr. Pictou illustrated
his lecture by a number of excellent photographs.

TIIE HISTORY OF EynorE.--On Wednesday, Professor
netslag, formerly of theiTniversity of Rostock, and the author
of " Political Sketches," delivered, at the Mechanics' Institu-
tion, an introductory lecture' to a series he is about to deliver
on the " History of Europe since the Congress at Vienna."
He surveyed the condition of Europe during the feudal system,
and the different causes which, operating n different ways
thvoughcmt European nations, padually developed those posi-
tions- of social progress and political' freedom IPII which those
nations were found at the close of the last century?
Miry Jeffs x F. QUICK, of Parker-rtreek has on show a mag-
nificent cake basket, of an oval fornr,-elaborately chased with
vine leaves and grapes, which bears the following inscription :
—" Presented to the Misses Campbell by the' scholars of St.
John the itraptlA'. ge.hool, A.D. 1856." Also; a sugar basket,
of a novel form,. namely, an urn, of opal riass; With siker fit-
tings, and engraved, "Presented to Mrs.-A% Minton, by the
scholars of St.- John the Baptist's School,- 1850," A
very handsome sugar sifter, of the Albert pattern,- accom-
panies the latter article, and is engraved With-the' name. of
Mrs. A. Minton:

EXTENSIVE IZoIIREST.--Williarn JOIiIIStORS. John- Floody
and William and-James Hadfield (brothers), were'brought up'
st the Police-court. on- Friday, on remand on a charge'of steal
ing a trunk from theCestom-house depot, containingproperty
to the value of 1Z69:- The only evidence against Johnston,
was that he had tried to sell, at Mr. Washington's • shop,.
Oldhall-street, a q-cantity a valuable jewels. When asked
where he got them, he!said-,."1 found them at low-water; neat
the Prince's Pierheask-amongA the sand." Mr. Washington
stated the jewels had allltheappearance of having been covered
up with sand and salt-water. Johnston, who was accordingly
discharged, had the assartnice- to for the jewels, whieb Were'
:sworn to as being the prosecutor.* property. The otßerpri.;
soner's were committed fer trial. The property recovsred is
valued at £320, and that missing al about £2BO.
CO3IPLETION OF TIIE LsttkaPoont, CORPORATION IVATVe
-00n.K5..---On Monday, at the Palatine Hotel, Manchester, -a
edrtifitate, acknowledging 141,6 completion of the last contract
for-this work, was given to'3lessrs:. Miller and Lawton, the'
eoritractors, by :Mr. Thonnie•Hawkeley, the engineer. The
contractors made their total aorount toile £51,288 Ils. ld., of
*shill- they received £33,000.--- The remaining balance of.
£1,8;288,11*. ld. contained someitemowisich were disputed by".
Hughes, the Deputy Town-clerk, of Liverpool, with whom,
there-was- also Mr. Statham, the•resident engineer. It was-
expected that the items wouldi be investigated by the exami-
nation'of witnesses who could spook. to the various measure-
ments,4,-&-..;: but on its being &lawn that Mr. Hawksley had
an independent record °Loll that had-been done, both parties
agreed' the accounts to his,decision.). The certificate
of abechite completion is to be given• when the reservoir is
full, wilidhio everted to be the casein wweek or two.
ST. ANNE'S' DISPENSJ,II37.-11ae,annuat meeting of the
subscribers-was-held on Thursday, atilt-he-Institution, in Rose-
hill, forthepurpese of receiving the-'treasurer's accounts for
the' past and electing the committge-for the present year.
The meetitig:was, presided over by thermayor,. John Stewart,
Esq., whe,'after stating that he had g"mat pleasure in lending
the aid whieh"his,position enabled him to de tb-an institution
which seemed to- him to be of so meritorous and useful a
character,. tailed upon the honorary secretary and treasurer,
Mr. Joseph -iiitehes, to read the report-, - from, which it ap-
peared that?' the- receipts and donations- &wing the year
amounted td4e.,488, 2s. 3d., the expenditure-to"g140 12s. 4d.,
and the limber of patients to 11,310. The number of deaths
which occurred was 32. A. and, what is very remarkable, the
average age -attained in these 329 caseu"was' only 13 years
and 9 maim- In. the eye and ear department,.2;*s patients
were treated daring the' past year ; of tlese,..7llwere cases of
cataract, a geese well known to be so fatal' to, vision. The
importance of the institution in connectianuwitio th:3s disease
is more especial/Iy, noticed in the summer monthsi.wben many
patients from. distant places in England, Wales;. and Ireland,
as well as thoceof the-town and neighbomhooiseek relief at
this charity. The-remainder of the proceedings- were of the
usual routine ammeter:

COTTON rneavN•nazza‘—Mr. Clegg, ofillaneliester, is in
Naples, endewouring. to organise an extensivelsrowth of cot-
ton by free labour, partly with a commercial.and partly an
anti-slavery views- A. letter from Naples, inithe•Dizily News,
says :—" The TWeSicilirs• would in every respoct be admirably
adapted for the .caltivation• of cotton. The-average rental of
land is not higb,,ond,of sandy, swampy grosmdysuited to the
object proposes4verrlow.. Of such land, toorthere• is a vast
quantity lying almost waete. on the shores ofitheAdriatie from
Lecce t between Torre delli-Aanunziata and
Castellamare, and, other parts. Cotton,- too,. is actually
grown both in Sicily. and. on the continent,.so•that. the experi-
ment would nett be new,. awl, it has entiralyil: succeeded. In
Sicily, about .940000001ba„ are grown annually, half. of which
is exported to Napies;.and the other half is- consumed in the
island ; in the continental part of the- kingdom about
2,200,0001b5. ar.o-r,rown. and consumed, while.B6lo,o6lalbs. are
imported from. Now Orleans; The annual produce of the king-
dom is therefore- about 4,W0,0001.b5., while the annual con-
sumption is abont5,000;0001bs. In proof of tht yetgreater ca-
pabilities of the country,.a letter from a Sicilian merchant now
before me, S3V/31.-1.-‘ Notwithstanding the great consumption,
it would not ht., difficult to export a aparitity, of cotton.'
This report is-eminently encouraging to the project of Mr.
Clegg ; and ail,that is wanting is a little oapital. and enter-
prise—just what the Neapolitans have not."-
MANCHESTM3:COMMEMCIAL ASSOCIATIorn—At the annual
meeting of this association, on Monday, last week; the chair-
man, Mr. J. Aspinalt Turner, said he felt assured that the
members of thisassoeiation, while regretting_the dire evils of
the war in which. we were engaged, had been fully sensible of
the justice and-propriety of this country entering into the
contest. Thepeople of Manchester had borne cheerfully the
sufferings entailed by the struggle, and beavas quite satisfied
that if there-should,exist any necessity for. vigorously prose-
cuting it stilt :further,. this community would. continue to
exhibit the mine.- feeling. The state of- mercantile affairs
during the past, year had not been so disastrous. as might
naturally hare -been, expected. Although, the. experts from
this country 'during; the past year had notbeen.generally re-
munerative, flesh was in some degree mitigated. by the gene-
rally favourable. results of returns ; and he-believed the mer-
chants, at all.events,. had not had a veir unprofitable year,
although intsome, quarters there might hare been, difficulties
and loss. TA the -manufacturers he thought the- result might
have been different ;. but to the operative-classes,. he believed,
it had been. a comparatively prosperous- year,. for, although
provisions had. been. high in price, employment had been
pretty constant. He. expressed a hope tliat. any peace which
might be ma-eluded womb' not deprive us -ot. the great advan-
tages that hmkbeen. gained by the openiagaafttheitlack Sea to
our commeree.-. In. reference to India,. he was glad to see
signs of progress-there by the construction-of railways ; but
he feared we,hadnot yet in authority theeight class of men
to develop,the resources of the country._
DOING A.ADIIN. —Not the least among, .the. notabilities of
Liverpool is a collector. of accounts, whose-hat:di metallic form,
mounted uppn.a wiry pony, and surmounted by a face redo-
lent of smiles,_ is as well known as the, Nelson Monument.
His imperturbable good-humour, notwithstanding the dis-
agreeablenature of his avocation, hassemetimes laid him open
to practicaldokes„ At one time he rode. about all day, with a
card fastened, to. him, on which was-printed. in conspicuous
letters,, "Tull to the bung ;" at othentimes,.the animal which
he has. kft in: some convenient gateway,. and. which is said to
be a better Christian than himself,from.being oftener on his .
knees,.has. been removed by a wag to.another resting-place.
One ilayllast week the pony was leftiat the corner of Drury--
lane,winle. the rider adjourned to .m. celebrated hostelry ad-.
joiningi.where, finding the ale deserving of its reputation, his..
stay was. somewhat prolonged. This. ex,cited compassion for,
the pony,. which was exposed to, a, heavy rain, and attempts,
wereinade to find him shelter inn cellar, but the intelligent:
beasb.refused to descend until a sack being thrown over his-
headihe was lowered into the place of concealment. On the-
re-appearance of the collector;_ he• inquired in vain for- the-
whereabouts of his steed, anal; an. the advice of one of! his
friends,. proceeded in a car to.the Rose-hill station; thence he
was-sent to Major Greig, where being alike unsuccessful, it
was.su=ested that as the anitnathad long been used to dunning,.
he-might have gone on his own; account to some of thaplaces.
where a few pounds were still...due. A search in this direction,
proved also vain ' the car. was. dismissed, and the- steedless.
• rider repaired to his home., In the meantime tbsrpony bad.
been released from dunusce vile, and conveyed to his own.
stables, where the next morning be was found by- his ownor,
unable to give an account of his wanderings.
Tax CASTLETOWN (NU. OF MAN) STEAM, If.,AxicLuxos
COMPANY.—On Moaday, last week, at the Court-house. in
Castletown, the shareholders of this company held their annual
meeting. Two previous meetings of the shareholders luol oc-
curred, at which the directors for the eighteen months last
past made their report. It appeared that from the Ellen
Vannin's coming upon, the station, at a late-period of the season
of 1851, from a serious accident occurring Wiser machinery in
the best of the season of last year, her long delay for repairs,
the large expenses incidental thereto, and various other cir-
cumstances Inseparable from a new undertaking, the company
was considerably in debt. The total claims upon the company
for balance of account current, and for the original purchase of
the boat, are under £3,000. As an offset to these claims, the
assets, ohoses in action, and Holmes's notes in the hands of
the directors, amount to some £4OO or £500; and besides
these, there are some £l,OOO of unpaid shares sold, and about
the same amount of shares unsold ; so that the real defalcation
the company is much less than the claims upon it. Under
these circumstances, it had been resolved, at a previous meet,
ing of the shareholders, to continue the boat on the station till
October next, further to experiment for her future success,
On Monday considerable change was made in the directorship.
The following is the list of new directors, viz B. F.
Wilby, James Burman, Esq., Mr. Thomas Boyd, Mr.
Walter Brown, and Mr. James Mylchreest. Messrs. Robert
Quayle and John M'Meiken were elected auditors..—To-day
the half-yearly meeting of the I)ouglas Stoava-packet Compauy
will be hold at the office in Douglas, when it will be proposed
to sell two of the company's boats, and make arrangements. OA'
the baling of another fast first-class vessel.