The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-20 00:00:00

THE APHICAN STEAM COMPANY have declared a dividend
for the half-year ending the 31st of October, at the rate of
seven per cent. per annum, free of income-tax.
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THE MANCHESTER AND. LIVERPOOL AGRICULTtRAL
SOCIETY, at a special meeting held on Wednesday at War-
rington, decided to hold their annual meeting next year at
Wigan.
MR. JOSEPH BALDWIN, who for the last ten months has
been Comptroller of Customs at Liverpool, has just been pro-
moted to the Collectorship of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
ON Monday, a notice was posted in the Underwriters'
Rooms, to the effect that unless Liverpool shipowners dis-
played more alracity in tendering for the government emi-
gration, they would soon not have any opportunity of doing so.
A BOAT CAPSIZED in the river on Tuesday afternoon with
several persons on board, all of whom were saved by the third
mate of the American ship James Nasmyth, with the excep-
tion of a woman aged 22, named Jane Powell, who resided in
Blenheim-street, Scotland-road.
LIVERPOOL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—On
Thursday, the eleventh of the series of friendly addresses to
young men in connexion with the above association was deli-
vered by the Rev. John Kelly, in the Bible Repository, Slater-
street. Subject—" The young man impressed with the im-
portance of the age in which he lives." There was a large
attendance of young men.
AT St. Helens petty sessions, last week, Mr. E. Oliver, of
Liverpool, was summoned for £lO, for a poor-rate for a coal
mine in the township of Rainford. An objection was taken
that Mr. Oliver was not rated, and that it was not proved that
he was one of the firm of Holdsworth and Co. mentioned in
the rate-book. Several other objections were also raised,
which were valid, and the case was dismissed.

SUDDEN DEATH.—On Thursday evening, a man, nearly
seventy years of age, named Nicholas Welsh, who obtained a
precarious livelihood by dancing in the streets, was taken
suddenly ill in Standish-street. A police-officer took him into
a house, where the occupiers gave him some wine, and the
officer fetched Mr. Syers, surgeon, from the Vauxhall Dispen-
sary. He, however, grew worse, and died the next morning.
LAIRD'S MOIZTIILY EXPORT Lis.r.—We find from this list,
that, in September, the export of coal was as follows :
From Northern Ports
Yorkshire „ ...... ....,...,.. ......
” ,_,.
„ Liverpool „
Severn „ . . 107,644 „
„
„ Scotch „

Total .',...,-..... .............. 467,799 tons
Tilt SoraiD DIIES.—The time fixed by the Danish govern-
ment for the opening of the .conferences on the Sound Dries is
today. Prussia will be represented there by her resident
minister in Copenhagen, 'Count Oriolla. It seems probable
that most of the governments invited will respond to the in-
siltation by deputing their representatives to attend:; but in
ill probability their instructions will for the present .be con-
fined to the hearing of proposals, on the 'communication of
which to the home governments special instructions will be
issued.
REGISTRATION o Snirs.—The Registrar-Genaal has just
issued a circular letter, addressed to the owners of ships who
have not obtained `their official numbers accerd
this
will ing to
hav the
e
requirements of the Merchant Shipplng Att; '
the effect of ascertaining whether all the vessels retained upon
the register are insexistence, and will test 'the 'correctness of
the statistical returns relative to the amount of our shipping
retained upon the register. All registered ',vessels, of what-
soever tonnage, f.retaining their Certificates of registry, are
required to havedistinct official numbers, and to render up
their certificates of registry when no longer in a condition
for service. .
A SERIEE f.A.-T MANCIIESTER.---.Apintial strike of factory .
operatives Imetaken place at Manchester. in consequence of a
threatened -ridstction of wages. The C/xardiart says—" in ,
accordance With the statements at the It eeting of self-acting
minders and'. piecers, on Wednesday, those classes of hands, at
fire Mills, did not go to work .on Thursday morning; and, as
we understand, the machinery in 'those establishments was
standing. They are those of Messrs.-Kennedy and Co., Great
Ancoats-street • Messrs. Kelly. and.Ttihnour, Bradford-road;
Messrs. W. P. Clarke and -Co„ 13eswick-street ' - Mess ~.
Clarke and Brother, Piercey,street-• and Mr. Sharp (Stew;
i'dington .Sills) Pott-street. We :have not yet heard :limy
Tellable statement as to the number ef hands who were em-
-ployed'in these mills. There was net, during Thursday, any
treitementin the district within which the mills named are
'comprised.; nor was there any gathering of the old hands
round. the -premises or 'elsewhere. f.'Jmall knots of the ;einem-
ployed would of course or,casionallygather at different .peints,
if but they soon separated. :At Messrs. Richard Birley and
(o is Charlton Mills, Ralme..street, Oxford-read, about
svhicli .300
hands-Itruck work at moon on Thursday, the time
thtirtietice expired. The hands 'employed by the 'Hanover i
Mill Company also :(we -understand) stopped work .is noon.
It was-Tranoured that a portion -6€ the hands at Messrs. W.,
:and W;Stirlings', Lower Meseloy-street, were 'under motice,,
wbieh ..would expire at noon on Thursday ; but on inquiry'
• during the afternoon, we learnedihat all the hands 'were 'tt'
workses usual. The hands in 'two or three other -Mills Were
:nuof,Tt-tihrmionmexinow,ssiefeoaknr,yanyhadaysn3oA.tebictip.beengnzimsTcllonocilsesE•
said2to have received notice; I.t,tisose notices do net expire
"The following , letter i
nt.o—a.s to
time
determistatien
‘bas.,been received from the British consul at -ft. "Vincent-by,
the.ormers of the Adromache (Messrs. Holderness-and Clio,
'tani,cl- Liverpool), in reference:to the loss of that Wessel- :
Bri
tiShConsalat.s' St. Vincent, Cope.d W eerds,
october 27,1855.
Sirs,—l regret I have-to announce to you the less of your >I
sue, the Adromache. -Sheitoindered at sea 'on -the:I2111:1
inst.,'in lat. 26 47 N., and 10n.126 30 W„ on her homeward -:
passrge from 'Melbourne, on the -coast of Africa. It appears ;!
..thatthe crew had suffered-severely from the coast fov-ertand
that the master, Jacob Tate, tand the carpenter hid died of
that ifisease—the former .ontoard the Andromache, on the
7.5 th inst., -and the latter .while the vessel was lying receiving
' her.icargo. The remainder of .the crew saved themselves -in
the long boat, and afterhatine been fifteen days :at texiii-lrer
-theykwere enabled to Teach the island, but in a most distress-
,;ing-state. They had all -stiffered extremely from -the fever;
• and-'the constant exposure in ,an open boat for so many days
-Without sufficient nourishment had reduced them to the last
-stagetof exhaustion. I am 'happy to say thatthorels every
i hope that they will all, with ~ititdicious treatment,Tecover.
"Irour'sbedient servant, Twos. MILLER, 131.B.M.,Constil.
'ARTILLERY PRACTICE ,AT.."trlrE NORTII FOST.--ItSte, VI
"Thursday, the inhabitants were disturbed by reports .of:a
I beavy•cannonade from the .xlireetion of the entrance to' the
.Mersey. Many people inmgined'that the rumoured -invasion
,ofEngiand by the Ruesliansinid actually commenced. Others,
supposed it must have proceeded.tfrom the expected Australian
:packets, two of which werodue.; and not a few came to the
conclusion that Brother. Jonathan lad taken a hold initiative
by attacking Liverpool, It afterwards transpired that the
officers of the Lancashire Artillery Militia at present. doing
,garrison duty at the North -Fort, desirous ofetsciplining their
mein under every ciromustance,auddenly ordered the,assernble
•to be -sounded. In three minutes the men were .at their
:various-stations, and on the command being given, nineteen
:rounds were fired from the great guns, with scarcely 'a
'moment's intermission. The experiment was held to he quite
-satisfactory, and creditaldleto,the men and officers.
!RROMERA.GE IN FRLECE.—TheXhamb of Commerce at
Newcastle have addressed: memorial to ther e President of the
'Board.of'Trade on the subject of:the brokerage duties leVied
in :France, pointing omit that .while French shipmasters .are
allowed-to select their own brokers, or to employ no broker at
all in-this country, English shipowners are compelled :in
France to.employ certain Isretkerslicensed by the govermaient,
and •to?pezr them certain duties:fixed by the state; and also
.drawing the attention of the governmsait to the fact thateoal-
daden tvessels entering Ilarre, 'Fecamp, and Hardeur pay
,higher rates of brokerage than and higher titan
even collies do in the other ports of :Trance. The memorial
;also submits that the compulsory brokerage system complffized
•of.,.if, not.,at variance with the 'letter, is,et least opposed to the
spirit of the Commercial Treaty of .1826pbetween Great Britain
and Franceoud which, by Article 1,, evidently comteeaplated
permhecefrtho heavier burdens on:navigation were to 'be
permitted .in ',the lote country than' iwthe,other.— Gategead

Observer.
EETRA-ORINA.RY ROBBEET WATCTIEB.—At the Po-
Roe-court, on,Friday, Edward Froste, well known as a clever
thief, and Joseph and Mary Ja.ekson, mother and son, were ,
charged with hewing in their possession ''-' number of stolen I
watches. William Laycock, a detective :officer, said that,
about three weeks ago, a man named was
and ring. M`Callail
watchdrugged
at a house in ,Lime-street, and robbed of A
He was -so much-injured that he was fret taken to the hospital,
but for some time beck he has been at his bowie in Lime-kiln-
lane, where he now. lies, too ill to be removed. :FVOIII informa-
tion he (Laycoch) ,received from. Messrs. Smith and Ham-
mond, pawsbrokers, of Soho-street, he anent on Thursday to
a beerhouse, 17, Charles-street, kept by the female prisoner,
and where the two male prisoners lived. At first some peo-
ple in the house said that Froste was not isa, baton going up
to a room upstairs, the three prisoners were caned there,
looking very ranch confused. A watch was found.in Froste's
pocket, two in that of the lad Jackson, and a gold one in the
female prisoner's bed. Both the male prisoners said the
watches were their own. Two other detectives proved that
they found in a basket, concealed amongst some feathers,
several watches, and amongst some ashes under the grate they
also found nine more. A time-piece was also found in.one of
the parlours. When taken into custody the female prisoner
said she gave 17s. for it, then 12 as., and then £3. On -see-
ing the detectives Froste attempted to escape, but was•cap-
tured and handcuffed, cud on seeing Grisenthwaite (cue of the
officers) looking at the grate, be said, " You needn't look
,there, you'll find nothing." He also said that if they had
,come a few minutes earlier they would have caught two men
who had left the watches. Several of the stolen watches
were identified by persons who had been robbed of them in
-the street, and a gentleman from Messrs. Litherland and
Davies, in Bold-street, identifiedthe time-piece as having been
stolen from their shop about seven o'clock last Monday even-
ing. The case was remanded for a week, the magistrate, Mr.
,1 J. A. Tobin, refusing to take bail for the Jaeksons.
DocK COMMITTEE.—Mr. Charles Turner presided at the
weekly meeting, on Thursday. The other -members present
were Messrs, Shand, Brocklebank, Robinson, Chaloner' Mon-
del, Holden, Hubback, Rankin, Anderson, Gregson, and James
Hohne. The principal subject of discussion was the appoint-
ment of Mr. Piekthall, a cargo ledger clerk, to the situation of
warehouse-keeper in No 1 Albert Dock warehouse. A letter
was read alleging that Mr. Piekthall was appointed to the
situation over the head of Mr. Benson, in consequence of his
being the nephew of the chairman of the sub-committee, with
whom the appointment rested. After explanation from Mr.
Robinson, Mr. Piekthall's uncle, and from Messrs. Holden and
Hubback, the other members of the committee,- the appoint-
ment was confirmed. The committee also recommended that
the rates of charge in the Stanley Dock, for coal, be 9d. per
ton, and for other merchandise, ls. per ton. Approved. The
harbour-masters'sub-committee reported that the new enclosed
shed, on the east side of the Salthouse Dock, was now ready,
and had been used for the reception of outer cargoes. The
chairman intimated that Messrs. Imrie and Tomlinson, who bad
used the shed, said it was one of the most beautiful sheds they
ever saw, and, in their opinion,it would be of the greatest advan-
tage to the shipping of the port. Mr.Mondel: It is an admirably
constructed shed. A communication was read froin Messrs.
Caleb Grimshaw and Co. about appropriated berths, shOwing the
advantage of those berths to the dock estate. Referred to the
harbour-masters committee. A letter was read from Messrs.
Fleming and Clay, trade assignees to the estate of Messrs.
Rennie, Rankin, and Johnson, stating that they could let the
building yard of the firm, upon which they bad expended about
£6,000, if the Dock Committee would enable them to grant a
five or seven years' lease. Referred to the committee of works.
Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr. William Mann, and Mr. Ander-
son, who had been re-elected members of the Dock Committee,
at the last meeting of the, council, were re-appointed members
of the several sub-committees upon which they had previously
acted. The general business then terminated,

COMMISSIONS signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County
Palatine of Lancaster.—John Bramley Moore, Esq., to be
Deputy-Lieutenant; John Hickinbotham Chambers, Esq., to
be Deputy-Lieutenant.
WILLIAM ALFRED RUSSELL, SiX months old;son of Mr.
Joseph Russell, ship-broker, Mill-street, was found dead in
bed at two o'clock on Friday afternoon. At an inquest on
Saturday, a verdict of " Death from natural causes" was re-
turned.
THE LATE ARCHDEACON BROOKEL—We understand that
the statue of the late Venerable Archdeacon Brooks, executed
by Mr. Macßride, is not yet ready for public inspection, owing
to its being not quite finished, and the absence of the artist
from Liverpool.
AN INQUEST was held on Saturday on the body of a seaman
named William Pollock, aged 20 years, a native of Belfast,
who was landed from the American ship Assyria, at the
Bramley Moore Dock, on Monday, and died in the Northern
Hospital on Thursday. The jury returned a verdict that
death arose from natural causes.
ON SATURDAY, Elizabeth Parry, the wife of a labourer, re-
siding in Ashley-street, was accidentally burnt while sitting
at the fireside nursing her child. Having advanced too near
the fire, her clothes ignited, and before the flames could be ex-
tinguished she was severely burnt all over her body. She was
conveyed to the Southern Hospital, and is progressing favour-

ably. )
SESSIONS.—The following are the dates of holding the va-
rious sessions for this county during the next year:—Lancas-
ter, Dec. 31st, April 7th, June, 30th, and Oct. 13th ; Preston,
Jan. 2nd, April 9th, July 2nd, and Oct. 15th ; Salford, Jan.
7th, April 14th, July 7th, and Oct. 20 ; Kirkdale, Jan. 15th,
April, 22nd, July 15th, and Oct. 28th. The annual sessions
will be held on the 26th of June, and the adjourned annual
sessions on the 11th of Sept.
The Guiding Star, which left Liverpool in January last for
Melbourne, with nearly 500 passengers on board, and had not
arrived at Melbourne up to the 80th August last, is now
posted at Lloyd's as a missing ship. She had a. miscellaneous
cargo, which, with the ship, was insured for a large amount.
She was last spoken by the Boston barque Kate, Captain
Hastings, in latitude 16 6 S., longitude .33 48 W., and has
not since been heard of.

BLooKs and copper plates, 34 in number, for making the
different parts of forged bank notes, were last week disco-
'vered at the bottom of a cesspool in the yard of a solitary
cottage at Headley-heath, on the Alcester-road, near Bir-
mingham. The cottage, in May last, was occupied by a
notorious individual, named William Mayner, late of Birming-
ham, who, at the last Warwick assizes, was convicted, and
sentenced to six years' penal -servitude, for receiving stolen
goods.
14iseAscHoer Guar ActrenaT.—A few days since, as Mr.
W. Brown, son of Mr. J. C. Brown, solicitor, of Holsworthy,
in the north of Devon, was out shooting, he met with the
following serious accident. He was in company with a gentle-
man named Yule, and was getting over a hedge, when Mr.
Yule, who was about to'follow him, tried to uncock his gun,
but the hammer slipped from his fingers and the gun went off,
discharging nearly the whole of the contents into Mr. Brown's
thigh, shattering it in a frightful manner. Mortification has
since set in, and "there are no hopes of Mr. Brown's recovery.
A DrsHONEST SERVANT.—On Friday, a gold watch and
chain, and some -valuable articles of wearing apparel, were
missed from a public-house in the neighbourhood of Cabbage-
hall, and suspicion falling upon a servant girl who had left
the previous day, information was given to the police, which
led to the girl's apprehension on Saturday afternoon, at a
lodging-house in Grafton-street, with the missing watch and
chain, a ham, the articles of clothing, and other stolen pro-
perty, in her possession,
SIIOCKIWG OCCURRENCE.-011 Saturday morning, a most
painful occurrence, resulting in the death of a young man
named Nathan Bentley, happened atlhe new mill belonging
'to Mr. ,:rhoma.s Miller, in Newhall-lane, Preston. He was
engagedin oiling some machinery in the carding-room, when
the dangling ends of his neckerchief were caught in the
wheels,,,and his head was drawn tightly to the machinery-.
The'engine was stopped as soon as possible, and the kerchief
being,cut he was detached; but -he was quite dead, having
been-strangled almost instantaneously.
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THIZ NEW MARKET it SOTOI4ITORT.—At the late meet-
ing of the Southport commissioners, Mr. Wright's offer ofs
---'2,a309 yards of land, opposite the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bailray Station, was considered. Some discussion arose -as to
'continuing the Old Market, "which has only 800 yards of
ground. It was decided' that,,lt was desirable to canthstre it
-until the expiration of the -lease. The ground rent of the
'New Market is aid. per yard, -or £33 a-year ; but the tolls
bare been £l7 in 12 weeks. the lease of the New Market is
for -99 years, but the commissioners hope to get the ipaeeex-
tended to 999 years.
Tnarr AT AIGECJITH.—er. Saturday, Edward Parry,,an
ostler, was charged before *the county magistrates, --at-the
wart in Lime-street, with --steeling three ducks, the property
of Messrs. Bath Brothers, -onnibus proprietors, at •feightirtli.
rile prisoner was anostler in 'the employ of Mr. rhiiipsawho
-As stables in the same- yatdovith Messrs. Bath, and oullon-
'day he was discharged in -consequence of being-drunk-on the
-.3revious night. Upon 'leaving the place he decamped with
three ducks, which were found in his possession,or. the same
-day, at the stables of Castles liotel, Garston. W was- com-
nnitted to gaol fcee two mor.ths.
FIRES.—A fire broke -out on Sunday 'morning, ~abont-six
o'clock, in the slop -of 'Mr. Thomas Foekes, Ratcliffe:street,
Brunswick-roads but the canines were quickly-on the spot,
and the flames were subdued in a few minutes. The-damage
is estimated at about s£4o.—Two 'small fires occurred on
Saturday. 031 C in the morning, about nine, in a-cotton-Shed,
owned by Mr. Howell, in Great Howard-street,,but which n:as
. subdued by a Tow buckets el water before the fire brigade had
, time to arrive. The-vecemd fire broke out 1
,amNeort?Bird
some
, oakum in a taw rented-by Mr. Philip Doyle, in
street. It was also extinguished before damage-was occeSiened.
Tun VENETIAN -SCHBW COMPANY.—it is in -contempla-
tion, we understand, teeferra a company under the powers of
the recent act, with limited liability, to aleeelope the :advan-
tages of F'isher's (patent) Venetian screw, -which has been
tried against the best auxiliary screws that hare hitherto ap-
peared. Its peculiaradvantages are said to be the production
of increased speed, -with a-Mminution in the :consumption of
fuel. So confident' is the inventor of the superiority of his
screw, that he is.prepared, we are told, to guarantee -that it
shall beat any screw that can be tried against it, :or 'to have
nothing for his trouble.
THE Cerra SERVICE -mg LIVERPOOL.--A. -vacancy for a
clerk in the General Business Department of the, Liverpool
Custom-house-has been occasioned by the removalirom office
of Mr. T. Coyle; and -another in the long acorn :by the re-
moval of Mr. j. Sumner. The salary of each is 110 per an-
num. Severalappointmente have been, made during-the past
week. Mr. W. C. Barchall has been appointed -a clerk for
general business.; -and aEs Charles Eblarell has obtained an
extra weighershipaand 'airs Thomas Humphreys :has been
appointed a beatman. ~Mir. 'IV. P. Griffiths, formetly of the
Liverpool Pest-office, has been promoted from -the Inland
Department of the General:Post-office to that of -the. Account-
ant and Receiver-general's iDepartment.
THE SEWELIGHOT LIVEMPOOL.—The Health 'Committee
have just issued a -tabular-report of the existing-state of the
borough sewerage. The report has been prepared hy Mr.
'Newlands, the 'borough- engineer, with his atonal -care and
:accuracy. It is -Siniple% yet comprehensive, exhibiting an
:alphabetical list-of all:the-streets, the length of each street,
!the extent of sewn -age- executed in each cif them,. in which
-sewers to any extent- exist ; the character of !those-sewen, and
atheir depth below the -surface at particular specified 'points.
;From their plan, ;these tableeadmit of cassia and satisfactory
consultation, and Itry their: resistance any -one can-at once
determine the :exact -extent of Available sewerage .in,aras dis-
&jct. A valualdeaddition terthe work would be &summary
acf the whole, shoeing at-a 'glance how many streets,there are,
slat-at length of them 4s:adoptedAnd sewered,.and a statement
of the sum already spent .in-erying out Mr. Newlandk ad-
mirable plan of sewerage.
3CIOUSES Briar ass .BEFV-a-B.—Xt the Police-court, on
Wednesday, eight heads of--chemical works,, eeaperiee, gas
-works, &c., were summoned, at ithe instance of -the Health
• Committee, for depositing noiserae and unwholesome refuse
,upen vacant ground, in the neighbourhood of Boundaiff-
street, north end, hetweeraGratt:Howard-streetand the, East
;Lancashire Railway. Vlie .names of the parties summoned
were, tun Richardson, 'William, &them, William Callaghan,
.John Tinkler. Thomas iGibbousi (a carter,) Thomas Aspinall,
(a ,carier,) James 3inspratt and,Sons, and John Hopwood
I appeared
as
n. - ir. M`Golvan, , clerk 7.t0 the Health Committee,
I ea
prosecutor. Dr. iDnutan said he had inspected
1 the district in question. lie -saw -,..a very large eptaintity.of
' refuse there from chemical vorksaaid gas works ; and it gave
out -unwholesome gasses, which, -in his opinion, must he very
injurious, to health. The inhabitants living near complained
of the smells, and they stated that 'much illness had been
caused in-their families by them. The quantity of deposit was
very considerable • hi fact, it formed:embankments to many
streets. When he was there Sae sawit smoking, and in one
part there -was a pool of water. Ultimately, Mr. Bean in-
flicted a fine of 20s. and costs uponseach. At the suggestion
of Mr. M`Gowan, in the cases against Gibbons and Asph.ll,
the carters, the fine was mitigated to ss-Each and costs.
A BEG-GING %.LETTER IMPOSTOE.—At-the Police-court, on
Tuesday, a respectably-dressed young manswith a large beard-
and moustache, ayes brought up in existocly of Detective Thom-
son, charged with having attempted to -impose upon several
gentlemen of this:town by means of a forged petition. The
officer said that -in:consequence of information lie had received,
he kept a look-out for the " gentleman," and on Monday morn-
ing met and apprehended him in Fox-street, 'when upon him
was found the following document :—" This is vto eertify that
the bearer hereof, Mr. John De Castro, who !is ,a native of
America, was a paAsengerson board the brig Tay,,which vessel
was lost on her paesagelvom Quebec to Swansea,-South Wales.
'The said Mr. De Castro, with eleven of the crew, were landed
'in this port by Captain :George Brown, of the barque Mary
Ann. Through this melancholy catastrophe he has last all
his .effects, consisting of fursalear-skins, hides, &c.,:amaunting
to the value of 5,000 dollars. Therefore, in consideration of
his great loss, I think it my duty to grant him thiseertificate,
thinking it may enable him to realise a sum sufficient to pro-
cure the necessaries and defray the expenses of a passage to
his native country. Given under my hand at Douglas, Isle of
Man, this 20th day of September, 1855. George Brown, mas-
ter of the brig Mary.—The foregoing statement is truly cor-
rect. Robert Quayle, Harbour Master."—Here follow the
names of James Baines, £1; F. Shand, 10s.; William Clare
and Son, 10s., and a dozen others, all of which were forgeries.
The prisoner was committed to gaol for three months.
HISTORIC Socuirr.—The first sessional meeting for the
consideration of scientific subjects, was held on Thursday, at
St. George's Hail, Dr. Thom, president, in the chair. Mr.
Whitehead exhibited a beautiful specimen of the "volute
punctata," a very rare description of shell. Mr. Sansom
exhibited a print of a highly-magnified photograph of the
" navicula angulata." Dr, Hume exhibited an instrument of
singular beauty and interest, illustrative of the theory of
motion ; and it illustrated also the motion of the earth. Mr.
J. G. Jones, secretary and accountant of the Collegiate Insti•
tution, proceeded to explain a " patent Abacus" invented by
him, which by enabling the school-master to put before his
pupils every combination of addition sums, by a simple move-
ment of a slide, whilst an index points out the page in the
key containing the answer, affords time to the scholars for
that continuous practice which is necessary to celerity and
accuracy, and enables the teacher to devote more time in
-explaining the principles of the science. Several Blue-Coat
boys were in attendance, under the care of their master Mr.
Wood, and worked out the sums set before them by means of
the abacus with marvellous rapidity and accuracy, doing
credit to themselves and to their teacher. Mr. Wllveen, Mr.
Wood, Mr. Finlay, and several other gentlemen testified to
the utility of the invention, and the meeting was unanimous
in expressing its approbation of it. Mr. Meeson exhibited 16
or 16 prints of photographs taken in the Crimea by Mr. Fen-
ton, being a portion of the collection now exhibiting at the
Old Post-office, High-street. After inspecting the prints the
members separated.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.