The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-19 00:00:00

THE STEAMER PACIFIC.

STEAM NAVIGATION.

The last intelligence from America brings no news of the
steamer Pacific, which left Liverpool for New York on the
23rd of January last; and on the other side of the Atlantic,
as well as here, her protracted absence has created considerable
alarm as to her fate. Still, however, strong hopes are enter-
tained that even yet she will make hor appearance at her port
of destination. Various rumours were afloat in New York
when the last advises lett : and the most reliable of these is,
that her machinery having become disabled, she is making her
way slowly under sail, to the nearest port. Others entertain the
opinion that the Pacific has encountered damage from the ice off
the banks of Newfoundland, and has been unable to extricate
herself. In such case there exists no cause for apprehension
that she will fall short of provisions, inasmuch as she went out
with a supply for three months.
As already mentioned previously, the Pacific had on
board, when she left the Mersey, forty- five passengers,
namely, fifteen iu the first, and the remainder in the second
cabin. We subjoin the following accurate list of all :
J. Figuerias, Mr. O'Reilly,
Mr. Wilson, Mr. Charlesworth,
H. C. Shildon, Mr. Charrinaud,
Mr. Lieden, W. B. Symmons and lady,
A. W. Atwater, Wm, Topling,
W. McDougal, S. B. Berridge, lady and child,
Mr. Pauchet and lady, Miss Jordan,
G. N. Cutler, Wm. Peel Reilly,
R. K. Haight, H. Trimmer,
H. Getz, Misses Hock,
Mr. Steere, R. Espie,
I. Barbour, lady and child, Mr. Lappe,
H. Death, G. Jordan,
James Glen. W. Whittaker,
A. Erving and lady, Mr. Codosa,
Mr. Kershaw, Mr. Dorizsna,
Mr. Ridgway, Mr. Wilson,
A. K. Carter, A. Moore,
Mr. Hopf, Le Grand Smith.
Augustus Erving, Esq., is United States Secretary of Lega-
tion to St. Petersburg, and belongs to Hartford, Conn.
He is accompanied by his wife.
Mr. A. K. Carter was in England as the agent of Woods-
worth's planing and spoke making machines, Newark,
N. J.
Le Grand Smith is well known as a theatrical and musical
agent, and had gone to England to engage a company of
actors for Mr. Marshall, the lessee of the Broadway theatre.
Mr. Wilson is the agent of the Perry Anna Company, of
Newark, N. J.
Mr. Ridgway is one of the firm of Howland and Irving,
owners of one of our lines of Liverpool packets.
Mr. R. K. Haight, the proprietor of the St. Nicholas
Hotel, is also among the passengers.
The Pacific's officers and crew numbered one hundred and
forty-one, all told. Their names aro as follows ;
Asa Eldridge, captain. Joseph Small, do.
Hugh Lyre, Ist mate. William Dawcett, do.
Chas. P. Learn, 2d do. 'William Knight, do.
John Webster, 3d do. James Carr, coal passer.
Edgar C. Ds an, 4th do. Edward Collins, do.
J. W. Terry, surgeon. George Gorman, do.
John C. Faulkner, purser. Diodrich Smith, do.
Wm. Bowles, carpenter. John Gray, do.
Peter Leonard boatswain. James McGuire, do.
J. Wilson, boatswain's mate. Patrick McGinby, do.
Peter Ball, helmsman. Thomas Croother, do.
David Donnelly, do. James Fox, do.
Robert Graham, do. Wm. Carver, do.
James Bowfin, do. Patrick Horn, do.
Thomas Cummings, seaman. Michael Dalton, do.
Robert Bell, do. 'Wm. Dowling, do.
Richard Harrison, do. Peter Savage, do.
John Douglass, do. Hugh Garvey, do.
Win. Frasier, do. Thomas Bogan, do.
G. Peter Bolin, do. Ralph Aird, do.
Charles Harrison, do. Matthew O'Connor, do.
Thos. Brown, do. James McVay, do.
John 'Horn, do. Edward McKeever, do.
John Fladnerey, do. Alexander McLean, do.
Michael Currey, do. S. W. Fairchild. steward.
Thos. Donnelly, do. Thomas McGuire, 2d steward.
John Maloney, do. E. I. Sonillette, saloon cook.
Chas. Powell, do. Constan Cnablette, 2d cook.
Geo. Marshall, do. Louis Ogelby, 3d cook.
John Washington, do. Chas. Peckell, 4th cook.
James Richards, do. John Brown, sth cook.
Michael M'Guen, do. Jacob Kobb, pastry cook.
John Kelly, do. John Mills, 2d cook.
Joseph Darber, do. John Oakly, ship's cook.
Lucius Flannerey, ordinary. Edward Fletcher, 2d cook.
Henry Bentour, do. John Dolan, porter.
Win. Edgonton, do, Philip C. Smith, 2d porter.
Cornelius Kennedy, boy. James Hayden, 2d porter.
Samuel Mathews, engineer. James Dolan, 3d porter.
Wm. C. Russen. Ist asst. do. P. C. Smith, storekeeper.
Thos. Jeffiies, Ist do. do. John Brown, messwan.
Martin Parsons, 2d do. do. John Mitchell, do.
Samuel Havens, 2d do. do. James Murray, pantryman.
Stephen Jaffries, 3d do. do. Ph. Smith, 2ii pantryman.
Dennis Sherman, 3d do. do. Jas. Luttrell, 34 pantryman.
John Ball, oiler. Fanny Campbell, ch'inaid.
Ph. Cornelius, do. Elizabeth Smith, do.
Abm. 'Warm, do. John Ferran, butcher.
Owen McDermott, fireman. D. Arnold, firem's ruessman.
Thomas Dowling, do. J. McAllister, c'l pass'radc.
Michael Canning, do. J. Finnigan, boatswain do.
Andrew Middermas, do. John Brown, lst waiter.
Richard Lee, do. Patrick nosey, do.
John Hughes, do. David Jacquin, waiter.
Isaac Elliott, do. James Daley, do.
James Flagan, do. Patrick Hayden, do.
Thomas Riley, do. John Mclatyre, do.
Michael McDowell, do. James nosey, do.
John Clark, do. Thomas 11cGibney, do.
Wm. Jividale, do. Patrick Mahan, do.
Michael Wright, do. Edward Conroy, do.
John M'Coy, do. James McGraharo, do.
John Kiegan, do. Patrick Monaghan, do.
Lawrence Connell, do. Ph. Faulkner, do.
Morgan Keogh, do. John Collins, do.
Duncan ISI Grimes, do. Conrad O'Brian.
Frank Gray, do. John nosey.
James Green, do. Albert Sweeney, do.
Michael Burns, do. John Ross, do.
John Gardiner, do. Conrad Smith, do.
John Stearns, do. .
The insurance on the Pacific is very large, the ',amount on
the ship is 600,000 dols., half in the United States and half
in Europe ; the freight money is insured for 40,000 dols.
Her cargo consisted of six or seven hundred tons, valued at
1,500,000. Most of this was insured. The total insurance
amounts to over 2,000,000 dollars.

TRANSATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS

COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY

(BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE.)
The second March meeting of this court opened yester-

About another month will complete the period of
eighteen years, when the first answer was given to the
question—" Will success attend the project of navigating
the Atlantic by steam ? "—was solved. On the 23rd
April, 183 S, the solution was supplied by the almost
simultaneous arrival, at New York, of the Sirius from
Cork, and the Great Western from Bristol. The problem
of " possibility" was solved, and a demonstration afforded
to the world of the achievements which enterprise, skill,
and courage can accomplish. The lapse of eighteen years
has served to fortify, strengthen the hopes, and verify the
prophecies, which were, at the outset, entertained and
advanced. The subjoined narrative, and the statistics
appended, will show the extent to which anticipations
have been realised, and the change which time has brought
about. We have now fourteen lines of steamers actually
running between the United States and Europe, comprising
no less than forty-two vessels !
Their rise and progress is curious. The Sirius and
Great Western did not long enjoy a monopoly of the ocean
ferry. They were quickly joined by the Royal William
(which made a trip or two), the Great Liverpool, the
British Queen, and President. Soon the Sirius and British
Queen were sold, the President went down, and their
place was taken by a new line, called the Cunard line,
who launched four steamers—the Acadia, the Caledonia,
the Britannia, and the Columbia : they commenced to
run about 1840, and ran from Boston and Halifax to
Liverpool. In 1843. the Columbia was lost—the only
vessel ever lost by the Cunard line; all the lives on board

day.
NON-PROFESSIONAL. AGENTS AND TIIEIR CHARGES.—The
attention of his Honour was drawn to a case in which a
man named Dickenson was plaintiff, and the amount
claimed was 17s 9d, and in which the plaintiff was induced
to avail himself of the services of a person named Parsons,
not a professional man, as aand conducted the gent, who took out the
case as
summonses,:feed the advocate,l
a kind of intermediate agent, swelling up considerably
the plaintiff's expenses, by charges for his personal ser-
vices. His Honour informed the plaintiff, that if he had
himself come to the offices of the court, he would have
received every information he required from the proper
officers, and have got the summonses, and got the case
heard at a total expense of 2s 11 d : which amount, he was
happy to say, was about to be reduced still further. He
did not see, 'however, that that court could deal with the
matter, as it was a kind of practice, which might have taken
place in connexion with the courts at Westminster, or
any other court. He did not know, however,:that Mr. Par-
sons was not liable to be tried for obtaining money under
false pretences, and he would be very happy to see some
of these parties who represented themselves either as
professional men, or as having some connection with that
court, successfully prosecuted at the assizes. If parties
wished to employ au agent in any case, however small,
it was far safer to employ a professional man who had a
character to maintain and a certain position in connection
with the court in which he practised, by which he was
open to be punished if he misconducted himself, than a
non-professional person who had neither character nor
official position to support. He was afraid that many of
that class of persons were loitering constan' ivh
about
the
passages of the court. He himself had had two or three
of them removed. They being about the passages and
representing themselves to illiterate persons as having
something to do with that court. They had nothing
whatever to do with the court. None of the per-
who were about the passages had anything
to do with the court, or any connection what-
were saved. ever with it, and the only persons to whom suitors ought
Shortly after, a French line, consisting of four steamers to apply, were the persons in the oflices,who were respon-
was established, but after a few trips it was abandoned. Bible to him
elf
or to others.
class of persons He had already directed
Then a Belgian line was organised, and also abandoned. that whenever any of that were
Soon afterward, the first American line of transatlantic that
terwinal
aabportivtattheebpuamfgesatlht;iyousri should be I)•eunsaionvesesd,wfoasr
steamers was inaugurated by the sailing of the Washing- transacted there, to such a
ved n extent that he had t
who had no business there.power
ton for Bremen. She was shortly after followed by the of having an person remo
He should fyurther communicate with Major Greig and
Hermann ; both of which ships run still, with apparent request that gentleman to direct his officers whenever
success and profit. They were followed, at an interval of they should see any persons loitering about the doors of
four or five years, by the Collins line, which launched the court, to have them removed. e was ver sorry
successively the Atlantic, Arctic, Baltic, and Pacific ; that the plaintiff should have lost his money, buty he did
not see what further he could do in the matter.
and are now building the Adriatic to take the place of the FRAUD SUMMONSES.—Tee following committals were
lost Arctic. ordered for fraudulent non-payment of debts, after judg-
Latterly several new lines have been established. The ment had been given by the court :—John Coulthart, Mill-
street,
line, which was started a few years ago street, carter, 14 days ; James Bushell, Tablet'-street,
joiner, 14 days, to issue on the Ist of May; Robert
having lost its two vessels—the Humboldt and Franklin, Loscoe, Bostock-street, 14 days; James Murphy, Hedley,
replaced them by the Arago and Fulton. Glasgow started street, labourer, 14 days; John Morgan, 10-court,e Hilton-
a line of screw steamers to New York, and another line street, lumper, 14 days ; Thomas Honey, 35, Uppr Beau
street, Everton, customs' officer, 14 days ; James Kensey-
on the same plan was shortly afterward started between Liver-street, miller, 14 days; Francis Penrose Cherry
Liverpool and Philadelphia ; without, however, competing 37, Erskine-street, wine merchant, 14 days ;
Thomas
with the Collins or Cunard lines. Quite recently, a screw Froment, 13, Gerard-street, porter, 14 days Wm. Gol-
denstadt, 37, Ashton-st reet, clerk, 14 days ; Michael
line, consisting of the Minna and Brenda, has been esta-
Grove, Hurst-street, Old Swan, rope maker, 14 days, to
blished to run between London, Cork and New York ; they issue in a week ; Robert Goldburn, Maustield.street,
will probably be called the Corkscrews. The Cunard brewer, 14 days, to issue in a week ; John Swan, Sperling-
street, porter, 21 days, to issue
. in a fortnight; Thomas
Company has also begun to run a line between Havre and
New York ; a Belgian company has launched vessels to Murray,
avanag hw,aictehri,seln4hdaaley.ss,tl.::ts:uleabinouarefro,rtln4igdhaty;s E; din
waie
ards
run from Antwerp; and the French are going to run Barlow, Skirving-street, warehouseman, 14 days, to issueu
vessels with warlike names from Havre on their own on the Ist of May ; Hugh Williams, Bootle, 14 d
Robert Birkett, clerk, 14 days ; and Wm. Williams, Wood-
street, carter, 14 days, to issue in one week.
INSOLVENT CASES.—Some insolvent cases were heard,
which were principally unopposed. The case of Mr. H.
Gibbotson, supported by Mr. Bremner, and opposed by
Mr. Simon, was adjourned to April to amend the schedule.
ARRANGEMENT OF BUSINESS.—The following arrange-
ment of business was made during the present court :
Wednesday, March 19, 120 cases ; Thursday, 120 cases ;
Friday, being Good Friday, the court does not sit; Tues-
day, 25th inst., 120 cases ; Wednesday, 26th, adjourned
cases from 20th February, and 10th March; Thursday,
27th, 121 cases ; Friday, 25th, adjourned cases up to eleven
o'clock, afterwards, 71 cases ; and Monday, 31st, 123 cases.
The entire number of cases to be disposed of during this
court is 675.

account.
Altogether we may sum up the ocean steam lines esta-
blished between the United States and Europe in the
following table :

Alma
Bircelone

Arago.. .. Paddle wheel
Fulton.... .

Belgique

Constitution
Leopold 1....

It is stated in the Paris correspondence of the Indepen -
dance, that a regency, will shortly be nominated by the
Empe.or Napoleon, and that the regent will be the Em-
press, assisted by a council, consisting of the Princes of the
Imperial family and great officers of State.
THE hum JunaEs.--Baron Pennefather and Justice
Torrens, on entering their respective courts at the Donegal
assists, were loudly cheered bLthe bar, the grand juries, and
the entire court 1 The learned judges in both cases ex-
pressed their thanks and gratification at so enthusiastic a
reception; these singular and unexampled scenes having
reference, it will be remembered, to recent proceedings in

the Rouse of Commons.
WILLIAM IV. AND ADMIRAL NAPIER !—Mrs. D.
showed me a letter from —, which says, " I went yester-
day, with their Majesties to the private exhibition at
Somerset House, We were received by the president of the
Royal Society, who, among other portraits, pointed out to
the king that of Admiral Napier, who has been command-
ing the fleet for Don Pedro. His majesty did not hesitate
to show his political biss on this occasion, by exclaiming
immediately, Captain Napier may be d—d, sir, and you
may be d— d, sir; and if the queen was not here, sir, I
would kick you down stairs, sir ! ' "—Raikee Journal from

ChASS. Tow.
Paddle wheel.... 2,260
2,250

POLICE COURT

-YESTERDAY

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1831 to 1847.
Cute SERVICE ESTIIRTES.—On Monday morning the
Civil Service Estimates connected with the law and justice
for the year 1856 were issued. The total of the law
charges for England is 464,2831., showing an increase as
compared with 1855 of 7,329/. ; for Scotland, 135,710/.
increase, 9,9431.; and for Ireland, 745,7161. ; increase,
4,6291, making the total for the three branches of the
kingdom 1,350,7091., and the increase, as compared with
1855, 21,9011. The estimate for prison and convict services
is 906,3741., exhibiting a decrease, as compared with
1855, of 11,0761 The total of the estimate is is 2257,083 i.
and the net increase, 10,8251. In addition to the above,'
there are sums chargeable on the Consolidated Fund under
the head " Courts of Justice, &c.," of 160,2451. for England,
96,6821. for Scotland, and 140,5,2/. for Ireland, making,
with the estimates, the total charge of the year ending
31st
March, 1857, fur law and justice, amounts to
2,654,5921.
at ineendiarismiNwegaNsDmlALTesmo.—n AThmuorsstdadyiabneigliicita,l attempt
at
the ATTEMPTED
Grand Parade, by some miscreant, whose design was pro-
videntially frustrated, or the most disastrous conse-
quences to property, and in all likelihood, loss of life,
moreover, would have ensued. The house of Mr. Hawkes-
worth, silversmith and watchmaker, was that attempted
to be burned, the incendiary having dropped a piece of
lighted composite candle into the letter box affixed to the
hall door. The piece of candle, as discovered in the
morning, was about three inches long, there being rather
more than that length of wick—from which the material
of tho candle had been stripped—projecting from it,
charred at the end, and the supposition is that this length
of wick was left to enable the candle to be dropped more
surely into the box. Fortunately the latter was very
deep, so that the lighted wick, as it would appear, was
extinguished by the fall into it, and thus the intent
on the
et the
villain who prepared it was foiled. The property e
premises is of large value, and as we said, not only might
It have fallen a victim to the flames, but the lives of the
inmates would have been imnerilled, not to speak of the
property and life in the adjoining houses. It is to be
hoped that the perpetrator of this atrocious act will not
escape discovery, and richly merited punishment. In any
case the, event would suggest the great desirableness of
using metallic letter boxes, or lining them with plate iron,
to guard against such villany, whether prompted by
malice or the lope of plunder in the confusion of a tire.—
cork Reporter. •

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)

LITERATURE
is

Two SERMONS ON THE EXTERNAL. AND INTERNAL
EVIDENCES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. By the
Rev. John Macnaught, of St. Chrysostom's, Everton.
We have at last been enabled to obtain the perusal of
the two sermons by the just opular divine, whose
name heads this paragraph. The. first sermon, on the
external or historical evidences, which, from its nature, is,
as it can only be, a compilation I
ron? other and
the author
volumi-
nous works; and in dealing with this subject,
has shown his ability and discretion, by not crowding
theit
with unnecessary matter—he has gone straight to
point, which is to prove historically the rationality of h
the
belief in the Christian religion. The subject, thg not
new, we may, nevertheless, yield to the author a claim to
originality, for the lucid and manly manner of dealing
with the question. He gives, in the small space of twenty-
four pages, the reader matter enough to enable him to
have a very tolerable knowledge of toe truth and trust-
worthiness of his religion. In the second discourse, the
author has had more scope for the working of his genit.is.
He has dealt with the matter entirely in his peculiarly
powerful style, appealing to the hearts and understanding
of his people. This liberal minded and philosophical
divine,;bids fair to become a very useful and influential
preacher; he is bold and truth-loving, and will neither
pander to the ignorance, nor yet to the morbid religious
sensibilities, of the age. No man can hear the Rev. John
Macuaught, however much he may differ from him, without
feeling himself stimulated to an honest, manly, and holy
course of We. It is hence why we feel emboldened to
direct our readers' attention to these two sermons. They
will find no reference made to the scriptures—the ques-
tion is wholly maintained without this aid ; thus leaving
the reader to supplement that powerful support himself.
We bid this young divine God's speed; feeling confident
that he will uphold the honour and dignity of his profes-
sion. We hear the rev. gentleman is to preach a sermon
on Good Friday morning, on the " Atonement."

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- -
LIVERPOOL CA.NVASS FOR SUNDAY
- SCHOOL SCHOLARS.

A meeting of clergymen of all evangelical protestant
denominations, delegates from Sunday schools, and others,
was held in the Hope Hall, Hope-street, last night, for the
purpose of receiving the report of a preliminar y meeting
held on the sth of November last, to procure statistical
information relative to the attendance at Sunday schools
in Liverpool, and to consider the propriety of organising a
simultaneous canvass of the borough for Sunday scholars.
The chair was taken by the Rev. Dr. Raffles. Among
those present were—Rev. Messrs. Falloon, Minton,
Parry, Wolseley, Cowan, Dr. Hume, Barry, Bardsley,
Macnaught, Hunt, V. White, Dawson ; Messrs. Macft.,
Buckley, Brown, Harrison, Pilcher, &c.
The Chairman said he could not conceive any purpose
more important than that for which they were then
assembled, and he did not think it necessary to occupy
any portion of their time in any introductory address for
the purpose of illustrating it. He was sure the deep
interest they felt in it, and the vast importance they
attached to it, were the considerations which had
brought them there that night. They had been appalled
at the fearful prevalence of depravity among the juvenile
population of that great town, and they could not be as-
tonished at it, when the appalling fact was announced to
them, that more than half that popu'ation, the children of
the working classes in Liverpool, attended no Sunday
school at all. He was not one of those who ascribed all
the vice and immorality which prevailed among them, to
the want of education, although it had largely to do with it.
Therewere other causes,operating to produce these results,
and among others, perhaps none more powerful than the
so lamentable social condition ofthe poor, and the way
in which the people of all ages, and both sexes, were
crowded together in small apartments. (Loud cheers.)
Living in that sort of indiscriminate way, it seemed alto-
, gether impossible to produce any good or happy results
as to the promotion of good 'morals among them, while
nnr,tinepd. But still they

THE ESTABLIS
W HED CHURCH AND THE
ESLEYA.NS.
Several meetings have been held within the last few
weeks at the Rectory-house of St. James's, Piccadilly,
which have been attended by Lord C. A. Harvey, Mr. 'l'.
Chambers, M.P., Mr. Henry Hoare, the banker, the Rev.
J. E. Kempe, rector of St. James's; the Rev: Dr. Burgess,
rector of Upper Chelsea ; the Rev. Prebendary Hawkins,
B.D. ; and other clergymen and laymen, the object being
to consider " what measures it may be expedient to take
for promoting union with the Church of England on the
part of Christians not at present in active communion with
tier." A committee was appointed who directed their
attention to the Wesleyans—lst, because the Wesleyans
generally disclaim the designation of dissenters ;
because Wesley expressed himself to the last most
strongly against any separation from the Church of
England; 3rd, because the apathy of the Church of
England in the eighteenth century contributed to their
estrangement; 4th, because there existed on the part of
several Wesleyan ministers a wish for spiscopal ordina-
tion ; and sth, because the reconciliation of so influential
a body seemed to be an important first step towards
general religious union. The recommendations of
the committee have been embodied in a petition to convo-
cation, which will be presented at the forthcoming meet-
ing in April. They express an opinion that the retention
by the Wesleyans of their system of class meetings need
not be an insuperable obstacle to their union with the
church—that the usual probationary course shall be
reduced, no longer time being required than may be neces-
sary to enable the Lishop to satisfy himself as to the
qualifications of the candidate—that the property and
patronage of the Wesleyan body shall remain intact—and
that, if possible, the Wesleyans be induced to revert to
the principles of their founder by receiving the Sacrament
of the Lord's Supper in the parish church only. The
petition, after setting forth the advantages which would
result from Wesleyan ministers receiving episcopal ordi-
nation, calls upon both houses to take the matter into
serious consideration. It is stated that this movement
has been set on foot by some well-known preachers of the
Wesleyan body, who desire to become ministers of the
Established Church, but who are at the same time dis-
inclined to sever their connexions with their present
congregations.

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astounding state of facts before them to devise plans, it
God would give them wisdom so to do, for-remedying and
relieving, to the utmost extent of their power, the evils, by
supplying the want. This was not a meeting to ask for
more money. That was not a consideration which ought
to weigh with them. It was not a meeting to provide
morel schools, but to gather children into the schools
which were already provided. He believt
were few, if any, 50h0013 in Liverpool whic_
not receive a far larger amount of children than were
already in them. They wanted, then, to impress
upon the minds or parents the importance of education for
their children, and to bring them under the. course of
instruction which these schools supplied.
The Secretary (Mr. Edmund Buckley) read the report,
which produced a number of statistics, showing that
upwards of 35,000, or equal to fifty-three per cent,
of the children of the working classes of Liverpool
did not belong to any Sunday school, and that
about 44,000, or 66 per cent. of such children, were not in
any school on Sunday the 16th of December last, the day
appointed for making the return of attendance. The
report also detailed the step by which the subject was
first brought forward, and the preliminary committee
appointed.
Mr. John Harrison produced a minutely organised plan
for canvassing the borough, dividing it on the basis of the

The American papers tell us that the immortal Barnum
has shown himself to be nothing but mortal after all. They
tell us he is unable to meet the demands of his creditors
He has published the secrets of humbug a little too SOOD

d there
!h could

municipal wards.
(It may be stated that some of the speakers mentioned
that the committee did not propose to canvass the
children of either Roman Catholic, or Unitarian, parents.)
The Rev. Mr. Minton proposed the first resolution,
which expressed approval of Ow report and the plan, and
recommended the immediate commencement of a simul-
taneous canvass, by the joint co-operation of all protestant

christians.
The Rev. Mr. Dawson seconded the resolution.
A conversation ensued upon the practical details, In
which Mr. Maclie, Rev. Messrs. Wolseley, Cowan, F.
Parry, Macnaught, Dr. Hume, Bardsley ; Messrs. Hall,
Frazer, Ratcliffe, &c., took part.
Finally, the Rev. Mr. Bardsley moved, and Rev. Mr.
Macnaught seconded an amendment, to the effect, that the
simultaneous canvass be made by means of the already
existing agencies of each school.
The original motion was carried by a large majority.
On the motion of the Rev. Mr. Graham, seconded by
the Rev. Mr. Griffiths, an executive committee of twelve
was formed to carry out the resolution; and it was re-
commended that additional schools be formed where

BELoiteq.—The Chamber of Representatives of Belgium
has finally voted, by a large majority, the law authorising
the extradition of political offenders. All the amendments
were rejected.
THE QUEEN'S BOUNTY.—On Monday her Majesty's
Bounty Money was distributed by her Majesty's sub-
almoner, Dr. Jelf, and Mr. Hanby, at the Royal Almonry
office, Whitehall-yard. The sums given were from 5s and
upwards ; the recipients were principally blind, and averag-
ing in age from 70 to 90 years.
The Court Journal says the Right Hon. George R )bert
Dawson, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Customs, lies,
we are sorry to say, in a hopeless state of health at his town
residence. Mr, Dawson was seriously attacked in the early
part of the week, and no hopes of his recovery are enter-
tained. The right hon. gentleman is brother-in•law to the
late Sir Robert Peel, and was well known in parliament
under the sobriquet of " Derry Dawson."
SUICIDE OF A COMEDIAN.—On Monday morning the
coroner for Surrey, received information of the death of
Mr. J. Griffiths, a comedian, aged 40 years, who resided
in Valentine-place, Lambeth. It appeared that the wife
of the deceased went out on an errand, and left him in
bed. On her return she found he had deliberately drawn
a razor across his throat, indicting a frightful gash, by
which the windpipe and carotid artery were divided, and
the head nearly severed from the body. Nothing at
present has led to the discovery of the cause.

needful.
The proceedings closed with thanks to the chairman

TRADE REPORT.-T MAY

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IVERPOOL

Corrom : The cotton mnrket to day has again ruled quiet,
he demand has been inactive, the offerings fair, and prices
ire slightly irregular. The sales—including 200 Egyptian,
1; 500 Surat, 41d—are repotted 4,000 bales to

(BEFORE MIL w. DIXON.)
Conrous CASE.—A semi-clerical looking young man of
tall stature, dressed in shabby-genteel black, and whose
name'; vas given on the charge sheet as James Goodlad,
was charged by a female, named Bridget Ryder, with
having picked her pocket of a shilling. The story told
by the female was this :—She had known the prisoner fur
some time, and they had been on friendly terms. On
Monday they went into a public-house in Sheffield-street,
and although they were not natives of the Sister Island,
they agreed to have a " Patrick's pot" together. They
had some drink, and after that the allegation was that the
prisoner took the shilling and decamped with it, treating
another "young lady "to half a gallon of ale. The pri-
soner, whose address was of a superior description,
denied the charge, and said he could bring witnesses to
prove that the complainant asked him for a " Patrick's
pot," but as he refused to comply with her request, she
threatened to charge him with the offence, and she did so
when he entered the street. He asked to be remanded
for the production of the witnesses. He was remanded
accordingly.
'run END OF A BASKET or Nurs.—A green-lookingyouth
named Michael Meally, charged a fellow, named Nicholas
King, with having robbed him of 2/ 10s, and also with
having violently assaulted him. The story told by the
Astronomers, it is said, expect the appearance this year
complainant
of the comet of 1556, called Charles V., and so named from
s
IP ea' i nr t,-
having, according to some historians, caused that monarch
nai
appearance.
amount in its details
ofhis as
ee hism p
went to this :—He was in the habit of selling
which
ed appears
tor iB4dBi,n
hl
n2t6 li
t,
It is the
to abdicate and retire to the Convent of St. Just.
colltheesiar utthsiningst,hwe
istthreeZr,. apnwdyheer,uasetdrutiot ddeeaallfeorr
in Queen-
eaennd.
identical
square, (goodness bless him, for he was a good man.) in 995, an i . , a
sroenituernsavw,as
good, and he resolved to make hay whilst the snn shined. comet, by the eccentricities of that epoch. The new
Trade in chesnuts for some time past, was excessively did Lot answer the call, frightene perhaps, as a mo_narehical
wandering star,ts
He saved up 2/ 10s, and resolved to progress in his trade, calculations of the savons do not, however, admit of much
by purchasing a box of oranges and other matters in that doubt as to the present nearness of its visit.
line, giving up the nut trade, as he found it declining. He
washed his face, put on a clean " flag," (a shirt,) clapped
the money in his pocket, and proceedd towards Queen s- determined act of suicide wasi . .
committed at Kammerer s,
Stores, 14, St. 11 artin s-court, Westminster.
square, in order to embark his capital in the orange line. FRIGHTFUL SU!CIGE —On Sunday mot nine,
On his way, he met a countryman, and they agreed just
to smother their shamrocks in a bumper of " Parry's ment, named Francois, g
oh on to the stone coping of the
brown ale," so in they went to a public-house, and called Swiss Stores,
in St. Martin's-eourt, and, with a
after 12 o'clock the head cook in the establish-
parapet of the hoilitsaete
d himself on to the stone flags
for half a gallon. The prisoner and a friend entered im- loud shout, precipitated
mediately after, and as Parry's beverage began to warm
the complainant, he gave them a " glass a piece." Ile itched
Bartlett, who was passing, and knocked her down. Ile t _sased ratio of our wheat prices operated much
on his head, and completely crushed his skull. t 4 _ transacti ins ; the elritent of business in this •
then had occasion to go out, when the prisoner and his p.
beneath. In his descent one of his legs struck a Mrs.
grain,
therefore, proves very restricted, and though some extra
friend followed him—the prisoner seized him by the arms, The sp brought about by extensive losses
and the other robbed him of the 21 10s. As soon as the nary embarrassment, choice qualities of white and red American, as well as per,
money was taken, the prisoner gave him a violent blow through betting_ ony _ horse racing. feetly sweet Baltic, fully supported the advanee made on
On Saturday last the steam-ship
on the eye, knocked him down and kicked him violently. REDAN MASSE
suicide i su p sed to have beeenroccnaoswionnedasby„piteecdua-n
.i: Friday, the general runs of all descriptions scarcely main,
This ga an young ()Meer on landing at the
- moth" tamed that day's the trade ol s•ti witbf.-t
improvement, o i g
animation. Although there was a fair attendance e. iarmers
(plirie had marks of considerable violence on the face.) The Andes, from Balailava to Spithead, put into Ply
this morning., a moderate show of samples only appeared
Th'esonperristohneenr got away, but was subsequently arrested. Having encounteroefd
tshtreonlg9hthe,adbwetitnds
kfrom Goibraltar, and
was remanded for further evidence.
with
thandmnnitmtepdiaitohaaett,hheuthdaedeih3deehnadveiningkirnognabnedd btepeinagetde,;icaisesnety,of coals. Amongst her passeneers was Lieu-
fautr sale, and the transactions in home wheats were restricted,
fihgimht.lugge
Custom-house was loudlyllt cheered. Ile appeared in good prices varying from lOs 6tl to Us per 701bs. Flour
health, but walked on crutches, the left thigh and leg being 6 6 puT OUT THE LIGHT4AND THEN."—John Turner was reu
Although eighteen years of age, he does
brought up on a charge of having stolen two cab lamps
a vehicle in Netherfield-road. Policeman 187 metmeets a retail sale at rates scarcely equal to the close of
the.past week We advance our quotations for barley -
evidently useless. •
prisoner in Netherfield-road on theoats Idper bushel,
beans 6d
.per qr., o:tme-'
prime ._
not look so much by a year or two. lie received the greatest load, upon those of this day se'unight, but th
ftheromp r previous night,
carrying two lamps ; he asked him where he got them,
t o attentiontak e
uapn dhki
his
ness from (lens al who invited him
G 1 Eden, • •
qivarters (haling his stay at Government- en. t-
and the prisoner replied that he was taking them home toeach of these articles is the reverse of lively
clean. This not being satisfactory, the constable insisted was • offered to-day much more freely
on his going back and showing him where he got them. house, but this invitation the young soldier, from motives of sumptive demand being exc
The prisoner at once ~ put out the lights and then"— delicacy, declined. He is at present staying at the Royal gave way is per qr. .In co
ran away He was captured in the fields, after a sharp Hotel, Ds,vonport, accompanied by Dr. W. Clegg, of the r --c.ond market will 1-
chase. It was discovered that the lamps had been taken medical staff. Lieut. Massey embarks oa Monday for his
from a cab in Church-street, Everton. The prisoner was family residence, Dublin.
committed for one month. ANOTHER BURGLARY IN YORIESHIRE.-011 Saturday
THE CHARGE OF Broastv.—Thomas Kidna, who had
morning a burglary of a most desperate character waste
been remanded on a charge of bigamy, was brought up.perpetrated at the house of. Mr. Frederick Birtles,p
The prosecutors failed to produce evidence of the first stone merchant, Handsworth Quarries, near Sheffield.
marriage, and the prisoner was discharged.
Mr. Birtles occupies a lonely house near his quarries ;
THE BURGLARY IN BYRODISTREET.—George Barnwell, about half-past one o'clock on Saturday morning his wife
alias James Shaw, Henry Burford, John Connor, and was awoke by a noise of persons boring at the cellar
Patrick Burns, who were remanded on the above charge, kitchen door. She informed her husband, who sleeps
were brought up, and the evidence being perfected, the in the room over the cellar kitchen, and he instantly
prisoners were fully cam,nitted far trial. jumped out of bed. The robbers heard the noise
and at once took to their heels. Mr. Birtles slipped
on his trousers and ran atter them, leaving the door
unfastened. He caught one of them in a field at a short
distance, and the man immediately called out for
Mr. Birtles down. One of them, who was armed with a
life preserver, (a pliable stick, with a large lump of teal
at the end,) placed his foot upon Mr. Birtles' throat, an
assistance. A second man ran up, and the two threw
said to the other, " We have - the ---,- fast now, you go
entered the bedroom where Mrs. Birtles and the youngest
child were in bsd, all wearing crape over their faces, and
sou e,
Meanwhile Mr. Birtle
proceeded
es
afterof a rate
formate for
and ransackto
rtahnesatickoutshee.'h' In the meantime six men
li ERNMENT CHURCH-RATES BILL.—
Grey's amendments (to be moved in committee ert Sir v,
esc4:prieEd and_oy raised an alarm, on which the robbers UN,
Clay's bill) have been printed with the votes. Accordin
ut shees ,e ox at, i
rt
ahtei
adni socfo n
twot i n uyaenacr
refusal of the vestry to make one, the impost will cease ii
that parish. Again, a conscientious objector to church
rates may declare, in writing, that he is not a member 0,
to these
years, n e
the Church of England, and he will be ipso facto exempt,
but then he will be disqualified from voting at vestries on
worcalat
any question touching church-rates. Where rates have
ceased, the incumbent and churchwardens, are authorised
to let such pews as the churchwardens 'have power to
assign to inhabitants at yearly or half-yearly rents, accord-
ing to a scale to be fixed by them, but to be approved by
the ordinary. Rent-charges may also be given by will
to incumbents and churchwardens in trust, to defray
charges now provided for by rates, notwithstanding the
enactments of the act of George 11., chap. 36, (the Mort-
main act,) but no rent-charge or charges given to any one
church must exceed tlcio a year. For the above purposes,
the rector and wardens shall be a body corporate with
perpetual succession. We subjoin the form of declaration
already referred to :—" I, A. 8., of C. D., hereby declare
that lam not a member of the Church of England." It
is understood, however, that no religious disability is im-
posed in consequence of this declaration, but that, on the
contrary, such persons may at any time, at their option,
receive the sacraments of the church, and gassed tives
of any other right or privilege, to which pfecarve
men are entitled. The disqualification imposed is simply
a civil one, and its extent has already been specified.

x, a most

id to 61,
he trade.

COTTON STATEMENT.-SEPT. 1, 1855, TO MAR• 5,185 G

Receipts.

!Total Exports to Stock and on
Exports to 1 Great Shipboard.
Foreign i Britain.
Ports. i

2,305.293
1,612,141

1,509,283
1,116,151

914,743
789,000

UGAR: The demand continues

business has been done at very extreme rates the transac-
t' ons comprise 620 hhds Demerara, chiefly at 35s Gd to
335 9,1, including vacuum pan at 41s, 50 hhds St. Lucia at
36s 64 to Hs sd, 230 mats Mauritius at 335 61, 1400 bags
Pernams at 235 from the quay, 600 bags Bahia at 23s 6d,
250 boxes Havana at 21s Gd for low brown, to 24s in bond
for good brown, and 30 hhds Porto Rico at 378 per cwt.
MOLASSES : A. considerable business has taken place,
550 puncheons Cuba Muscovado having changed hands, but
the price has not transpired, and 20 puncheons St. Lucia at
163 6d per cwt.
Rum: 100 puncheons Demerara have been taken at
previous prices, and 40 puncheons Leewards at 25 per gallon
proof

'ES : Nothing has occurred

1 61 per

ILL-USAGE To WIVES.—John Scoffield, a person of
respectable appearance, was brought up on a charge of
having violently assa,ilted his wife, Mary Scoffield, at
their residence, Pellew-street. The woman is at present
confined in the infirmary, in consequence of
the injuries inflicted on her. From the evidence
of a policeman and a pretty little girl, the
daughter of the prisoner, it appeared that he and
her mother had a quarrel the previous night, when he
struck her violent blows on the head with a chimney
ornament, and cut her severely. A certificate from the
infirmary surgeon was put in, and it appeared the woman
was not in a state to be able to attend. The prisoner was
consequently remanded.
A powerful, brutish-looking fellow, named James
Derbyshire, a nightman, was charged with
this having e
the
com-
mitted a violent assault on his wife. In cas
woman was also confined to her bed from the
could effects
nootf
the injuries she had received, and therefore
attend. This prisoner also was remanded.
DROWNING A SHAMROCK, AND NEARLY DOING THE SAME
Fon A POLICE/JAN.—A. powerful.lookin hg young
assaulted
police officer 587. The constable said he found the
prisoner " rolling " drunk in som
w e
afields
The near the
was
Park,
where there was a large pond ofprisoner
shouting and tu and would probably have
mbling about,
fallen into the water. As soon as he
he told the
prisoner to move on, and go home quietly, asked,
" who are you ? " at the same time seizing the constable
by the neck. He told him he was a policeman, and advised
him to go home. The prisoner refused, and stated that
he had just drowned his shamrock, and that he would do
the same to him, with this difference—that whereas it was
in whisky he had smothered the " herb," but he would
"do the job " for the constable, by flingin
tiogn for him into the
th,
pond of water. Not having any inclinaba
the constable took him into custody, when
,the assault w
officer
as
committed, and the fawas proved byrother
of the complainant. The prisoner said it might have
happened as stated, for he could not tell any thing about
it, being totally oblivious of any thlig of the sort. His
lOs for the assault, or to be imprisoned
Worship fined him
for 7 days.

demand for

Indian corn

md the

ettlingly limited, prices
of Good-Friday,
this week,

sequence
held here

Sir George

I exports from the 11th to the 17th March, 185 G
meiusive From Ireland, '225 qrs wheat, 120 qrs barley.
62 qrs malt, 103 qrs oats, 50 qrs Indfan corn, 225,6 sacks
oatmeal, 526 sacks flour; Coastwise, 21 qra wheat, 280 (Fs
barley, 473 qrs malt, 1,361 qrs oats, 4 qrs beans ; United
States, 1,320 gra wheat, 2,674 qrs Tinian, corn, 2,000 brls
of flour; Europe, &c., 2,536 qrs Wheat; Egypt, 2,270
qrs flour, 1,089 qrs bans, 52 qrs Indian corn. Total, 6,372
qrs wheat, 400 qrs barley, 535 qrs malt, 1,464 qrs oats,
10,03 qrs beans, 2776 Indian corn, 2,25 G sacks oatmeal,
526 sacks flour and 2;000 brls. Exports to foreign parts ;
187 qrs oats, 12 sacks oatmeal, 12 brls flour : Ireland, 813,
6 qrs beans, 4,331 qrs Indian corn, 543 sacks flour, 830
brls flour ; coastwise, 17 qrs wheat, 23 qrs Indian corn,
15 Indian corn meal, 13G sacks, flour, 168 brls flour
P"

Arrival

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