The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-02 00:00:00

JOINT SECRETARIES OF THE TREASURY.

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HAMILTON.GEORGE A LEXAN DER, LL.D., Dublin University,
eldest son of the late Rev. George Hamilton, and grandson of
Mr. Baron Hamilton. Born 1803; married in 1836, Amelia Fan-
court, daughter of the late Joshua Uhthoff, of Bath. Was
educated at the University of Oxford. A Conservative ; voted
for agricultural protection, 1346. Unsuccessfully contested
Dublin in 1826, as also in Inc) and 1832. Had been again un-
successful in 1835, but was seated on petition. Once more
became a candidate in 1837, but was not returned to Parliament
till he came in for the University in 1842, on the elevation of
Mr. Serjeant Jackson to the bench.
MACKENZIE, WILLIAM FORBES, Peeblesshire, eldest son of
the late Colin Mackenzie. Esq., of Portmore, and Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir William Forbes, of Pitsligo, Bart.

nut KAFFIR WAR.—TWO returns, obtained by Sir
William Molesvvorth, respecting South Africa, have been
printed, by order of the House of Commons. It appears
that in 1850 the number of royal artillery at the Cape of
Good Hope was 204, and that in 1813 the number was
156. Of officers of the royal engineers, in 1843, there
were 7, and of the sappers and miners there were 93 men ;
whilst in 1850, the officers of the engineers numbered 10,
and of the sappers and miners there were 202 men. From
the second return it appears that in 1850 the rank and file
numbered 4068, whereas the number in 1843 was 2684.
The net expenditure for military. civil, and naval esta-
blishments in 1849-50 was £?.92,819 4s, id., and in
1843-44 the amount was -£316,076 Bs, 9d.

FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

A Spanish agent, in the person of M. d'Arnau, is ex-
pected in Paris, charged to support, in the name of the
Spanish Government, the interests of the Duchess de
Montpensier. It is said that the President of the Repub-
lic, making a concession to the remonstrances of some of
the foreign powers, is disposed to pay over the dowry of
the Princesses. Should such be his intention, the case of
the Duchess de Montpensier will be attended with pecu-
liar difficulties, from the fact that her husband invested
her fortune in the French Five per Cents. when at 120 f.,
and then sold out after the revolution of February, at'7of.,
purchasing with the produce one of the estates of the
King, his father, and which estate is at present included
in the property to which the act of confiscation applies.
The President of the Republic is having considerable
embellishments at the palace of St. Cloud, which is to be-
come his summer residence, _ _

M. 13,,cher, who was arrested on Thursday week, is
ordered for trial before the ordinary tribunals on the
charge " of hawking and distributing seditious printed
documents without thename of a printer, and unstamped."
The other three persons arrested are employdes in the
service of a parcels delivery company. They are to be
tried as accomplices.
Several arrests have been issued against persons sus-
pected of complicity in the alleged Orleans plot.
The President gave a second grand state ball, at the
Tuilleries, yesterday week. The number of persons pre-
sent is stated by some at 4000. by others at 6000. The
President a►rived at the palace at nine o'clock, and left at
midnight. Almost all the entire diplomatic and consular
body was present. A considerable number of senators
attended in their new official costume. The attendance
of military men was considerable, and several command-
ants of the Reformed N Guard were present in
their new uniform. It was reported in Paris the follow-
ing day, that the President had, in the course of conver-
sation with Lord Cowley, strongly declared his anxiety
to continua on friendly terms with England. It appears
that he opened the ball with Lady Cowley, and devoted
himself to her nearly the whole of the evening, which is
considered as a further proof that he wishes to conciliate
the good will of the English. A scandalous quarrel took
place at the hill between two officers, the one French. the
other a Spaniard or a Pole, which ended in the expulsion
of one of the parties, after a severe lecture from General
Caurobert.

Grand arrangements are in progress for the fete of the
15th of August, which is to be the most splendid thing
ever witnessed in Paris. It is thought that the presenta-
tion of the eagles to the army will be delayed until that
day, in order to give additional eclat to the ceremony.
The change of ministry in England has created great
satisfaction in Paris, as it is thought that there will not
only he a strong and durable government, hut that
friendly relations between the two countries will be in
better keeping. Rumours are current of an intended
coup de main against Belgium ; but there appears to be
no solid foundation for them. The secretary of the Pasha
of Egypt has arrived in Paris, on a special mission.
The Bulletin des Lois publishes a decree, opening to
the Minister of Finance a credit of 300,000 f., applicable
to the personal expenses of the chief of the state. This
credit is opened as an advance on the sum to be hereafter
allowed to the President of the Republic by a senatus-
consultum, in conformity with art. 15 of the constitution.

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AUSTRIA.

A hurricane passed over Vienna on the 18th ult., tear-
ing up trees and ripping off even the roDfs of houses. It
delayed the mail train from Prague for three hours.
The Imperial Gazelle contains the sentence of Maria
Viehweger, a cigar roller, to four months' imprisonment
in irons and twenty stripes with rods for inciting her fellow-
labourt-rs to strike for wages.
The Vienna police are as active as ever, and an order
has just been issued obliging all lodginghquse keepers,
although they may only let a single bed, to make known
immediately the fact to the police, with every information
about their tenant. In fact, there never was a time, not
even during the most despotic period of the Empire in
France, when policemen intruded more into the concerns
of private life.

ITALY.

ROME.—Lords Campden and Feilding have been
making themselves very conspicuous of late in the obser-
vance of Roman Catholic ceremonies, especially this
week, on Wednesday last, in the church of Saints Dome-
nico and S:sto, on the occasion of a young Roman lady's
taking the veil, of the noble family of the Giustinlani.
Lady Campden had accepted the office of godmother to
the newly-made nun, and had previously conducted her
to the Vatican, and presented her to the Pope, in order
to receive his apostolic blessing, before commencing her
monastic career; but being too unwell to take part in the
actual ceremony, Lady Campden deputed Lady Feilding
to represent her in the solemn function, which was per-
formed by Cardinal Barberini. As due notice had been
given for some time before, the church was very full.
Lords Feilding and Campden sat within the altar rails,
dressed very finely in deputy-lieutenant's uniforms;
whilst Lady Fielding, in velvet and diamonds, led her
god-daughter up to the church, and crowned her with a
silver diadem. Crowds of English attended the cere-
mony. and subs( quently repaired to stare at the nun at
the door of the parlatorio, where they were regaled by
the abbess with sweetmeats and ices.—We have bad a
taste of brigandage within a few miles of Rome. A
party, consisting of Lady Dufferin, Lord Gifford, the
Misses Lindsay, and Mr. Swinton, paid a visit last week
to Tivoli, and were on the point of leaving that pictu-
resque place to return to Rome, when they met some
country people coming into the town in the utmost alarm,
who declared they had just been attacked by banditti,
and robbed of the little property they had, besides being
beaten and wounded with knives by their assailants.
As it was already evening, it was not considered prudent
to set out for Rome with the immediate prospect of
being attacked, especially with a preponderance of ladies
in the party, so that an estafette was forthwith despatched
to the capital. stating the case, and requesting that an
escort of cavalry might be sent out without delay. This
was complied with by the police authorities, and Lady
Dufferin and her party arrived safely in Rome about one
o'clock in the morning.—Correspondent of Daily News.

SPAIN.

The Queen has received two autograph letters, one
from her Majesty Queen Victoria. and the other from the
President of the French Republic, expressing their pro•
found sympathy at the late attempt upon the Queen's
life ; for which her Majesty feels the deepest gratitude.
The Spanish government has just issued a decree for
the discharge of certain certificates, amounting to
£600,000, issued in 1828, in satisfaction of claims of Bri-
tish subjects. They will be paid off at 60, though the
price in the market has recently been as high as 66.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA.

The Royal Mail steam-ship Europa, Capt. Lott, arrived
in the Mersey on Sunday, at 2 p.m., bringing 29 passen-
gers. the United States and British North American
mails, and specie amounting to £'208,500.
The Europa sailed from Boston on the 18th, and from
Halifax at 12 a.m. on the 20th. She reports passing the
Havre steamer Franklin on the 24th, and the Arctic
hence for New York on the 26th, at 9 45, a.m., then out
44; hours.

The steam-ship Pacific arrived at New York on the
12th, and the Canada on the 18th. The screw-steamer
City of Manchester, Captain Leitch, sailed from Piffle-
delplia for Liverpool on the 16th, with 22 cabin passen-
gers, 840,000 in specie, and a large quantity of breadstuffs,
seeds, and naval stores.
The steam-ships Daniel Webster, El Dorado, and
United States had arrived at New York with large num-
bers of passengers, and gold dust amounting to nearly two
millions.
The news by this arrival, although not important,
embraces a variety of interesting matter.
Messrs. Winn and Hawkins, of New York, had been
arrested for obtaining money under false pretences.
From Washington we learn that Mr. John Fiennes
Crompton had presented to the President the letter of
recal of Sir H. i3ulwer, and his own credentials of Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of her
Majesty.
Affairs in Congress were unimportant. Debates con-
tinued to go forward in the Senate on the release of the
Irish state prisoners, the doctrine of intervention, and the
abolition of slavery.
M. Kossuth was in the West, making speeches and
receiving donations.
Much indignation was manifested at Mobile while
Chevalier Hulsemann, the Austrian Charge, was there.
He was charivaried at his hotel by a large crowd, con-
sisting mostly of Germans.
From Ohio, we learn that property worth 8250,000 bad
been destroyed by the breaking up of the ice.
From Cleveland, we learn that " great excitement pre-
vailed on the 16th ult., in consequence of the discovery
of the remains of several subjects near the Homoeopathic
College. A gentleman from this state has recognised
among them his daughter, who died only a short time
since. Four or five times this afternoon the alarm bells
have been rung. and at the present moment an infuriated
mob are destroying the windows and interior of the
college. The military are called out, and are marching to
the seat of the riot." A later account states that the
excitement continues ; the mob surrounded the college
all the evening, and fired it several times. The flames,
however, were extinguished without much damage. The
only portion of the remains of the young lady found is the
left side. The college presents a wrecked appearance,
and further trouble is apprehended.
Large numbers of slaves with their masters were emi-
grating from the Southern States for California.
Lola Montes was at Washington, where she was well
received, and her performances liberally patronised.
Catherine Heves was at Savannah, en route to New
Orleans ; and Mrs. Otto Goldschmidt, and her youthful
husband, were at the Round Hill Water Cure Estab

ment.
The news from California extends to the 21st of Jan.
A member of a well-known San Francisco firm had ab-
sconded with a large amount of money. The weather
continued fine, and both miners and farmers were in good
spirits. The late rains and high waters had caused a
cessation of wining on the rivP's: but increased opera-

tions in the high land dry diggings, from which immorl/
amounts of gold were being washed, much of the disc
having been dug and piled up during the past summer
and fall. Quartz workings were progressing, notwith'
standing the lack of sufficient capital amongst thoer
engaging in it, unstable tenure of titles to their claimer
and difficulty in obtaining the best machinery.
The Sacramento Times mentions a specimen of gold'
hearing quartz, which had been taken from Kentuckf
Ridge, near Newtown, of the richest kind. Its weight
was some six pounds, and it was supposed to contain
about 2.000 dollars worth of gold. Some gentlemen cell'
netted with the tunnel at Deer Creek, immediately bolo*
the celebrated gold tunnel, had exhibited some specimen',
of their lead, which indicate a rich deposit in that portioo
of the vein. The quartz is greatly decomposed, strongtl
impregnated with and discoloured by iron, and the sped"
mens full of gold. Mr. Charles Herald, who had been on
a prospecting expedition beyond the Mohave, stated that
he found gold throughout the whole range of countrY,
which he had visited. Even in the Cajon Pass he founa-
p!ace3 which, he believes, may be worked to a decided
advantage.

Another paper says—" The news from the souther!
mines is favourable. The quartz mine at Salt Springs u`
said to be very rich. Dr. Trask has recently found silver
in several location 3, but generally in connexion with gold
in small quantities. He thinks that some of the gold
mines run into silver ones, and may prove very rich. mr'
Trask states, that, in journeying to California, the COol'
pany with which lie travelled found several valuable silver
mines on the western boundary of Chihuahua, and on the
eastern boundary of Sonora, which had been abandoned
by the Mexicans, in consequence of the depredator/
incursions continually made by the Apache Indians. .11
vim
one or two places the ground was literally covered '
ore, which had been left by the miners when surprised hi
the Indians."

A settlers and miners convention met at. Sacramento on
the 14th January, and had continued in session from Of
to day. The members of the convention had passed reso-
lutions, in which they claim that the public domain shalt'
be donated to actual settlers, in parcels of 100 acres ; they
in the settlement of private land claims, " it is the dull
of government to give no more vitality to any concession"
or grant. than it already possesses" under the Mexlc
law, and that no latitude should be given in the conlift"
rnation of such grants; that the Board of Land Comrol'
sinners should not receive the former customs of California
as evidenda in the settlement of titles ; that the swaMP
and tule lands should in no instance be granted in large/
quantities ; that, in regard to city and to'vn lots, 434°,4
occupants should have the right to purchase at nominal
rates.

From Mexico we learn that a proposition for the abo-
lition of the Senate has been rejected in the Chamber of
Deputies by a vote of 59 to 23. The committee of the
Senate, to which was referred the question of protectiO4
the frontier states against Indian invasion, had repoileu
in favour of establishing military colonies near the 10!
between Mexico and the United States. By the speech
of General Arista at the opening of Congress, we are in'
formed that the treasury is in a miserable condition'
The income of the year ending October 22 was, frog'
import duties, 53,673,489 ; from extraordinary sourc.eB,
43'2.794,772; the demands on the Government, exclustr°
of the interior debt, were 5*7.023.239; of this sum were
paid, of ordinary expenses, 55,868.501 ; of extraordinarft
8236.859; leaving a deficit of £1,091,835 due to the
national servants, and other obligations hardly less
imperative.
San Juan advices of the sth ult. say :—" On the night
of the 4th instant occurred the most destructive confil!;
gration in the city of San Juan de Nicaragua which
has ever witnessed. At least a third of the most poPw
lated section of the city has been destroyed by the de;
vouring element. Captain Platt, of the Albany. gent
Lieut. Armstrong with a crew and engine to their HOW',
ance. Capt. Fade, of the Express, with his crew, roPeo.:
&c., assisted, and, through the exertions of those gentl,f
men and their men, at length the flames were arrested.
From San Salvador we learn that, so far as the votes
were known, the election for President was in favour og,
Duenas.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 17. 1852.
We cannot report any new feature in the money mane
The banks appear to be in very good condition, and mercanti
paper is in good requ, st. For the steam-ship Europa steal
exchange %as in good demand, and large soles were made 11
110 to 1104 ; hills on Paris sold at 5.164 to 5.15 ' • Amster
414 to 41i1 • Hamburg 364 to 36id; Bremen 784 to 784.
Messrs. and Co. one or the largest silk hOllSe
t
New York, were obliged to suspend payment yesterday. T 0(
liabilities are about $700,000, and they show a surplus
$140,000 of assets. baV6
COTTON.—Since our report per the Niagara tit! sales ,c
amounted to 15,300 bales. The favourable advices per Paco! j
received 12th instant, produced no effect, being counteract
by the advance in freight, from (id to 4d, the latter rate he'l
paid to-day fora full cargo; prices, therefore, remain the 53,1,0
at this point as last quoted. At New Orleans the market 41,
advanced 4c.. mi Idling being quoted at 74c. to 72c. on the
with sales of 10.000 bales, freight id. On the subject of c'wo
we adhere to our original opinion, namely, that 2,700,000 l'a
have been grown.
BREADSTUFFS.—The market is firm for all descripbo—bi„.
flour. Common State is held for $5; Ohio $5 to .135 64; ALiC„ci
gan, Indiana, &c. $4 94 to $5 25 ; Canadian flour $5 ;
Genessee 124 ; extra do. $5 25 to $5 874; common Soutliox
$4 94 to $5 124_,• corn-meal $3 374 for New Jersey ;_bi
wheat $4 624 to $5. 4000 bushels Southern wheat sold at Ast
3 mos.; Southern white $1 20; 2500 bushels Southern re„"„ji
$1 13, and 5000 bushels of Genessee at $1 20. Corn is st"
at 70 cents for new Southern yellow. Of
PROVISIONS —The market is firm for pork, with salefoe,
$l5 d of old at $l5 50( • old_Fr

new tiIPFS at 415 75c., am. at . 50c.;
$l3 62ic. to .&l3; I 3 75c. new dittoo,ld al i
.814 Pc. Pickled Iwo.
are steady. Sales of shoulders were made at 6ic. to 7e. beef,
in tierces, 9c. Lard is dull, and quoted at 9c. to 93C•
in fair request, prices range from 6
IRON .—We have an improving demand. oo tons Pia
have been od at 321,
ners are for six mvery firm in demandingY ber
onths. •ffssl.--Shipow
rates, and there is a considerable amount of produce offer 0
were
To Liverpool, a vessel filled with cotton at icl; other lots is
engaged by different vessels at the same rate; grain 4id, 5"
now asked; flour Is. 6d. afl
NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 13.--The Pacific's news has giVel9looo
active impulse to cotton, and the (lay's sales have been ola
bales, at an advance of i I
c., the quotation for middling Ce.
n ri
9. The sales of the week have been 42,000 hales, and 11 tit°
have risen during the week ic. to 4c, The receipts at a
southern ports are 112,000 bales ahead of last year. ~as
RiLcE. T
underoN , FEB.the
influencel4.— Co tot
to nt
heo f
Pacific's
,squaa(liivt,rce“s: land
\s'aaCliecHseAwdere 1,100 bales, at 74c. to 74c. Sales brisk at lb'
price.

--.11.-

WEST INDIES.

The
and the usual mails from the West Indies ill,'
waiilthstesapmeceire Aavnodn
baurrill'ivoetd,
South America. The advices from Chagres extend tnLi
24th Jan., from Jamaica to the 31st Jan., from Barbital'
at
to Stahnethvaanil values
ato the 3(1 ult., and from St. Thomas's to the 9th. 01
onhe Thursday, Royal M
The advices from Jamaica state that the 110°,-1,01
Assembly had not yet closed its sittings, though I'olo
thought that the present session would not last more, the
a few days longer. The import duty bill has received 140
assent of the three branches of the legislature..jo%
alteration whatever affecting British and foreign sblfrot
has been made in the tonnage duty. The roacke" rgef
much depre s depressed. The Demerara crop this year beet,
than in 1850. Planters are less sanguine, owing to 001
root sugar and falling markets. The weather WI, 10;
and the cholera and small-pox, the latter of vrhls 6 the
raged with great virulence in several districts during
earlier portion of January, were rapidly on the dee
40.

ale°
CHILL—The revolution is at an end. The gove,f•oiscei
troops met the insurgents, and a severe battle to '
which lasted from the Bth to the 11th December.a $p
insurgents were defeated, with great loss lle 20)
wounded. About 1700 men were killed, a"—
wounded on both sides.

CARDINAL WISEMAN'S "LENTEN INDULT•"---- r6ll'
ment so called was read on Sunday week in all the cli'yesV3
and chapels in the Roman Catholic "Archdiocese ° jolie
minister," in which it is stated that the Pope he 9
encyclical letters, granting a jubilee on account t).80
many calamities which beset the Romish Claire')
dto,
society.
TIIE BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS for the year LI Frei
the sth of January last, compared with those of t`',-isreo
ceding year, have just been issued. The total 4J2 6
value of exports for the year last past was £68,.=,5,41.4
whilst for the year 1851 they amounted to £o'' r
The total importation of coffee for the last Yetilst'
52,950,1521b5., against 50,803,1521b5. in 1851;
the same periods there were entered for home n4ollls,
tion respectively, 32,564,1641b5. and 31,215 eL'is
Unrefined sugar shows an importation of 7,94 "'„at
for the past year, whilst for 1851 the atne,olll3
6,291.535 cwt. ; the quantities taken for home e'at,,
tion during the same periods being 6,255,574 c-ttin;A',;
6,112.321 cwt. In wines of various deseriptielo 451',10
portation fur the past year amounted to 9,ooB.4'il;pii";re
for the year 1851 it was 9,304,312 galls. The 'l4ls
entered for home consumption in the same nerl-ncin't-10
6,554,429 galls. and 6,684,668 galls. Of spirilstLriog;of
rum, brandy, and geneva, there were imported u';
past year 7,837,674 galls., and in the previnu rerd
7,769,162. The quantities taken for home cort,, 50
during the same periods were 4,766,550 PP'is
4,791,538 galls. As regards the shipping trader oitwor
year last past, there were 32,961 foreign vessel3'tbe 1496,
tonnage of 6,988,233, entered inwards ; whilst in, 10,11,c,
1851 the number was 31,249, with a tonnage of iv; resy
There cleared outwards during the same peri,,°7l3 SWtbe
tively 30.543 ships, 6,483,144 tonnage, and 21'_:"..jeg,re,
5,906,987 tonnage. In the coasting trade, n""etit'aft°
past year, 133,637 vessels, 12,394.902 tonniige
inwards, and 150,950 ships, 13,466,115 tontleP:eA3roe
outwards ; in the year 1851 the numbers 1" ten"
2,3
136.157. tonnage 12,5674 e ,rl,6a3teilto,
unasonefdontshshioidpseesr
015 hf
13,640'526.
lA'acrmaerCeßeOnSuan. frig
__,4o I
merits of it are scattered up and down over bsett
e, I
gloTbile.E
eI
catalogue, would certainly fill a goodly volume' ooh el
no town, however sindl, which has not some Torer,e°
it, and this not only in the principal cathedralwe, ereteS,'
the district, but also in parish churches.tr, PI:0;
abbey so poor as not to have a specimen. s°l.',lleilf;oo,l;
larger fragments exist, as at Paris, in the 1101 Y ab'e
Poictiers, and at Rome, where a crucifix of olef, P: 0
is said to have been entirely made out of it'
all the pieces which could be found were colleetetoe
heap they would form a good ship-load, though 0'4'0,0
pel testifi: s that a single individual was able tc'elclhotr
What effrontery, then, thus to fill the whole
three
fragments, which it would require more than Sn
dred men to carry !—Calvin. erigth
Men are frequently like tea ; the real
goodness is not properly drawn put of them ti"
beer¢ a short time in hot watcrt

LOCAL NEWS.

GROWING.—On Thursday last, a
meeting was held at the Snig's Foot Inn, Ormskirk, to
take into consideration the propriety of extending the
growth of flax in that neighbourhood. Geo. Smythies,
Esq., of Bickerstaffe-hall, was in the chair. Mr. Spence.
of Manchester, was in attendance, and stated the requi-
site means of procuring a healthy and abundant crop.
He proposes to erect machinery for scratching in the
neighbourhood, if the farmers will undertake to grow
fifty Cheshire acres annually. For this he will give £l6
per acre. The following undertook to grow at least the
following quantities respectively :—Sir T. G. Hesketh,
2 acres ; Mr. Smythies, 5 ; Mr. Bell, Moshorough. 2;
Mr. J. Pye, Halsall, 1 ; Mr. R. Whalley, Lydiate, 1;
Mr. Twining. Parbold, 2; Mr. Balshaw, Hill-house,
Altcar, 3 ; Mr. Holixe, M fling, 1 ; Mrs. Richardson.
Rainford, 1 ; Mr. Hooper, Melling, 1 ; Mr. Sharpies,
Rainford, 2; Mr. W. Holcroft, Burscough, 1; Mr.
Tasker, Billinge, 1.

inMa. J• Pools has been chosen to the office of honorary
intgeo hto the Eye and Ear Infirmary, Mount-pleasant,
cant y the death of Dr. Edwards.
CA, rr
tae
AIN JOHN Sumer. of Prescot, has bequeathed for
er.nse of her Majeety'e Royal Military College, at Chel-
-7,,, upwards of £lB,OOO.
wifkl4.s.—On Sunday morning, a beam communicating
te','_u_rne flue of lqr. Whitworth's premises, in Rigby-
snr,.caught fire, hut the flames were subdued by the
l'angade before any material damage was effected.
ta tvr MAGISTRATES.—The names of N. D. Milner,
ilaltkaef Moor, and Peter Rylands, Esq., of Warrington,
(30,2,7 "n Placed on the commission of the peace for the
el of Lancaster.
ItElr
t/f the . Poetic! A WEST delivered the sixth lecture
s A.
the Con urse on the Popes and Institutions of Rome, at
tae
Sunday
Lord Nelson-street, in connexion with
undat School Inetitute, on Tuesday evening.
FATAL'er ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday evening last, as
eeeage enekburn, a painter, was employed in painting an
frettlPiell house in Whitechapel, he accidentally fell
letyLue tun of a ladder into the street, and was killed.
oifet;TL..ARY--On Tuesday night, an entrance was
street u into the public-house of Mr. Cooper, Bath-
Aftee , through the skylight. Forty-eight sovereigns and
"Pence in farthings. with two purses, were stolen.
lateeroettcet. MUSEUM. Dr. Kahn's Anatomical
Total, £237,181 Total, £208,312
elle)
at the and G Illery of all Nations, is now being exhibited After deducting £24.406 tor amounts owing on the 31st
°tie crooms, Old Poetoffiee-place, Church-street, and is December last, the balance of income over the expenditure
'Of the ,tl2e most instructi
ve and amusing entertainments for the four years is £4,462. The bond debt on the water
4'e Kind ever witneseed.
account now amounts to £932,178, for £207,150 of which
ten eAt'lt FROM CUSTODY.—On Tuesday afternoon, a sum bonds have been issued since the 31st. December,
in _named John Berry, a well-known character, who was 1850. During the past year £61,687 have been paid on
Ar4tody for assaulting the police in a disturbance in the Rivington account, including .£39,834 for pipes.
pitai 'all
-road, made his escape from the Northern Hos-
With where he had been confined since the occurrence, BURSTING or A BOILER A T OLDHAM.—On Tuesday
-17 a fractured arm. He has not since been captured.
l
a2O-horsethe a power
nn high-pressuren_mil steamest_ engine
till, Old-
ineaßtocuttes oer ROMANISM.—The Rev. F. Parry, 8.D., ham.bmeburst d Cotton-mill,
It destroyed them brickwork extending over a third
locoed dent of St. Clement's, Liverpool, delivered the
of one side of the mill. It overthrew the chimney, 40
the n °r the course of lectures against the doctrines of
test.uniish Church, in connection with the Preston Pro- feet high, which
nf fell upon row of cottages, and de-
strrtved two them, besides knocking out'
the' windows
ee 4." t Association, in the Parish Church, on Wednesday eala
and doors of three others. Mary, theg
wife of Thomas.
Ai IL un the subject of "creature worship."—Preston Ai lot
Newton, one of the cottagers, and Sarah Ann, his infant
be
dis,,.-"ltget NURSES.—On Wednesday afternoon, the daughter, were severely bruised and scalded, and vied
letreefol spectacle of two nurses in a disgusting state of within n short time of the accident.t Mrs.
tWherifgohret,hewando
the Xlcation was witnessed in Catherine-street. One of was in Newton's house, wasalsos tuck on
eh 4 actually fell down on the pavement, with a fine and so seriously wounded, that she is hardly likely to re'
pith 0f twelve months old in her arms. Her companion cover. James Howarth,
. the engineer, and John Gate--
side, a workman in the factory, are both badly hurt, and
1 difficulty maintained her equilibrium. A. crowd
collected, it is doubtful if they will recover. The boiler was lifted
prett and, as might be supposed, their opinion was
ALfteeidediv expressed. up in exploding and carried a distance of 40 yards east,
while the back end of it was carried over a double row of
11.10. 'II elePreD SUICIDE.—On Tuesday last, at mid-day,
.%11._ ag woman,cottages to the west. The boiler had been recently pur-
named Elizabeth Hewson, tesiding in
chased, but was an old patched-up one, and probably gave
elk .street, in this town, jumped twice from the Woodside
way from inequality in the strength of the plates under a
clie:lttio the river, with the intention of committing sui-
high pressure.
also was was rescued by three or four females who were
ond lag near. She was given in charge to a police-officer, AN UNNATURAL FATHER.—On Friday Mr. Edward
be was subse uentl sent home. In answer to inquiries, Heath, chairman of the Industrial Ragged School Com-
a Would .cl y
pass:tlld give no explanation of her conduct. mittee, in Soho-street, appeared in the pto
ttn. STRIPPING.—As a female was passing a narrow ask the advice of the presiding magistrate, unoliderce-court the fol-
nem ge la Parliament-place, Huskiseon-street. on Wed- lowing circumstances :—On Thursday, a poor, miserable,
yeet ofaY afternoon, she observed a fine little boy, about four half-starved little boy, about nine years
age (who was
shirt 0f age, standing shivering in the cold, with only his produced in court). was brought to the institution by a
Ulm.' cap, and shoes on. 0(1 being questioned, he stated little girl, who asked Mr. Heath and Mr. Hubback to
hi: a Weman had stripeed him of his clothes, and given admit him into the institution. The girl stated that the
.` a halfpenny. He said he lived in Penrith-street. father of the boy had lived in Hoekenall-alley, with a
11e wee
woman who was not his wife, and that, owing to a quarrel
$
t taken to the police-station,
'lt i ' PAUL'S CHURCH.—CONTROVERSIAL LECTURES.— which arose between them, they closed the house and left
toolseslicv "alit eight months since these lectures were the boy destitute. For some time he slept on the steps
the "'enced, being delivered each Thursday evening, and of the different houses in the court, and was fed by the
eetLate still continued with the best results. Frequently scraps given to him by the neighbours. Hearing of the
eei,,ee.egations of 3.000 souls, attentively listening, not institution in Soho-street, they had thought it advisable
Of ''o exposure of error, but also to faithful exposition to send him there. The committee of the institution
deiloseel truth. Mr. Taylor, incumbent of St. John's, were overwhelmed with similar applications on behalf of
'll'ets the lecture next Thursday on the Inquisition. children deserted by their parents, and he (Mr. Heath)
pastIGRWAY ROBBERY.—On Friday night, about half- wished to know if the magistrates could not punish those
le eieht o'clock, Mr. Thomas Kelly, of Eden-terrace, parents who so cruelly deserted their offspring ? Mr.
I,trldfield-street, Bootle-road, was assaulted about fifty , Manefield said that the magistrates could not interfere
by t s from Birch's public-house, while on his way home, i unless the case first came under the notice of the parish
It
‘;'," men and a lad, who tore his clothes to pieces, and : authorities, who should relieve the child, so that a debt
hie Ilk' watch and what money he had in his pockets. I would be incurred. The father could then be summoned,
thatr , matter of complaint that no police are stationed in 1 and, if the case of desertion was proved, be ordered either
4 locality.
' to pay for the support of his child, or, in deault of pay-
pree_°"MoNtset.—A religion that was begun in falsehood, ment, be imprisoned.
paat'!orted by temporal promises, and supported by im- CHURCH OF ENGLAND NORTH SCHOOL.—On Friday
the ~"_, has arrived rather sooner than we expected at evening an interesting meeting took place at the Church
haeyeont of turning man into the brute. The cry of the of England North School, Bond-street. This large
peeZl,o9sness at the only spot where the principles have school has eight apprentices, two of whom, Messrs. W.
Christ d due development, has been heard throughout and G. Robertson, are about to emigrate to America.
Chris "Ignne ; and the polygamy of the Turks has been This circumetance has called forth a warm expression of
aede,", Into the shade. The Rev. Mr. Lowe, of St. sympathy and attachment from the pupil teachers and
1,1818 to lecture on the subject on Monday evening next. scholars, who presented them with a purse containing a
We Zit A.SSESSORSHIP OF THE COURT OF PASSAGE.— few pounds and the followine address :—" To our dear
Ward happy to announce the appointment of Mr. Ed- friends, William and George Robinson. The time is fast
tiege, James to the office of Assessor of the Court of Pas- approaching when you will exchange your native land for
Tea
_rendered vacent by Mr. Crompton's promotion. the New World. We sorrow in parting. We shall
ofte4'etiointment of Mr. James was one of the last acts always think of you with Christian and affectionate regard.
eiliutu Truro, as chancellor. We believe the appointment Many happy hours we have spent in your compeny, and, if
town generally generally acceptable to the inhabitants of the we meet no more on earth, let us hope that we may all
eesitiomr- James having long occupied a high professiurl one day take shelter in that ' haven of rest' which our
LA iqn„,.. Blessed Redeemer has gone to prepare for us. We cannot
itatee ,-,SHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—The report find words to express all our good wishes for your future
lippii' that the balance of revenue for the past half.year success and happiness ; but we beg your acceptance, as a
The
~'.tble to dividend and interest amounts to £273,403- token of our esteem, of this purse and contents. We bid
Der sent 'rctors recommend that a dividend at the rate of 3 1 you heartily farewell, and our prayer to God is that you
let
e. per annum, less income-tax, be declared, leav- I may have a ph asant voyaee and reach your distant home
acceanrPlus of £19,940 to be carried forward to the next r i„afetv.,, Mr. W. Robertson returned thanks. He
eeeprie:.. after deducting the necessary reserve for the fifth wished they deserved all that had been said in their
Itthenn,t°t's and allowing interest nn the accumulated favour. They should never forget the events of that
Tur.Lthf that reserve at the rate of 4 per et. per annum. evening. Bond•street and its associations would always
held O,,29eMFIRTII SUFFERERS.—A public meeting was Ibe a fertile spot on their memories. They hoped still to
Ottrp4e Thursday, in the Manchester Town-hall, for the keep up a correspondence with Mr. Bowes, whom they
Itlffeeet of instituting a subscription for the benefit of the looked upon as their greatest friend on earth. Mr.
keer; Bby the late catastrophe at Holinfirth. The Bowes addressed the meeting, and the proceedings closed
Sir JoZg was addressed by the Lord Bishop of Manchester
with prayer.
tee tithe Potter, Mr. T. Baz'ey, the Rev. Canon stowell,, MOVEMENTS OF TRANSATLANTIC STEAM-SHIPS.—
411 d a ers• Upwards of £1,300 was raised at the meeting, The United States and Liverpool Mail steam-ship Arctic,
leriptie"rnmittee was appointed to receive further sub- Luce, commander, sailed from the Mersey on Wednesday.
4 "s•
ti "Its B at 115 p.m., for New York, with 19 passengers and a full
mart,t4, ETWEEN BRADFORD AND MANCHESTER AND cargo. The British and North American Royal Mail
:hils tr)01---With the present week, two additional steam-ship Asia, Judkins, commander, sailed from the
nesterave been established between Bradford and Man- Mersey at 12.45 p.m., on Saturday, for New York, with
ietttl yetZ",d Liverpool, the spirit in which the Lancashire the usual mails, a very large and valuable cargo of British
ariti shire Railway Company have met the post-office and foreign manufactured goods, and 93 passengers. The
v'ellitioB r having enabled them to afford these additional United States' Mail steam-ship Pacific, Nye, commander,
e," ee '3 the public. The new arrangement will be a with the mails of the 21st ult. from New York, may be
"4 tie; "'lenient one, and will effect a considerable saving expected to arrive at Liverpool to-night or to-morrow
1/401:' °bare especially in the correspondence with Liver- morning. The steam-ship Washington, Captain Floyd.
See )3raqford Observer. arrived at Southampton on Sunday from Boston to load
...e, etteN De .
gee ce_ DEATH OF MRS.CUMMING, AT MANCHESTER. for New York, for which port
r she will leave, taking the
11! , ado muting, of Buxton, the widow of the eentleman usual mails to-morrow, (A eenesday.) The Peninsular
aAtew""lot six weeks ago, so unfortunately lost his life at and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Sultan,
led with his
sigh the
tk s little son, while boating on the Derwent, Captain George Brooks, sailed from Southampton on
ght tle Commercial Inn, Manchester, on Tuesday
Sunday morning with ship letter-bags for Gibraltar,
!I 'eclat ‘, Was on her way to Scotland, and had only Malta, and Constantinople. The Euxine, Captain R. W.
Itt eeeioillne inn that day by coach from Buxton. Feel- Evans, from the same ports, will he due at Southampton
ee'res found
her arrival she went to bed, and soon after about the 7th of March. The Iberia, C. F. Burney,
,°rtua.9 necessary to send for medical . aid. The R N., commander, sailed from Southampton on Friday,
greibrut,t's7 lady expired in the course of the night. with the usual mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz,
leffgon, efs'--Inquests were held on Friday on John and Gibraltar; and the next mails from the Peninsula
teteertei f 45. Hotham-street, 61 years of age, who had will be brought by the Montrose, Captain John Bowen,
it died a`°rn disease of the brain and a paralytic stroke, dee at Southampton on the sth proximo. The Royal
the,4, teeter' Thursday night, after falling down stairs while Mail steam-ship Thames, Captain Abbott, will leave
.t"gtiter 'of intoxication.—On Catherine Evans, the Southampton this day (Tuesday) with the mails for the
hot °,l_ a labouring man, residing at 9, Mill-road, West Indies, Gulf of Mexico, Spanish Main, and Central
'tt.tea winW°o was scalded to death by pulling a cup full of America.
lee; decease and on William Turner, 32 years of age.
Wheels efeeel was driving a float, containing twenty half-
that hie foPorter, along the road near George's Dock,
'0 see °t slipped and he fell beneath the wheel. He
‘ll,4iiett.atsirrelY crushed as to occasion death. WAVERTREE.—At a meeting of the ratepayers, on Thurs.
111 Oar, PAN ABSCONDING DEBTOR.—Mr. Roby, day, the Small Tenement Rating Act was unanimously
tetteee taheeared before Mr. Commissioner Stevenson, adopted, by which the poor-rates of houses not exceeding
telf'l4t aankruPtcy Court, on Thursday, to apply fort a £6 a year must be paid by the owner instead of the occu-
tea vet, whgainst Mr. Alexander Stitt, coal-factor, of pier. The meeting afterwards proceeded to make a return
teeitiler, andwas then on board an emigrant ship lying in of twenty men within the township qualified and liable
foe atnade about to sail for America. The application to act as constables.
tOltfiardeba :in behalf of Mr. W. Hinde, master mariner, WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The usual meeting was
o4tday, 0 155., due for coals. Stitt had left Belfast held on Wednesday, Mr. Roskell in the chair. The ha-
tillateZ* Thrney'ons. having converted all his effects into lance in the treasurer's hands was reported to be £2982
I,a,e 41,1/ to Lever
being apprised of this movement, 18s. 6d. The following cheques were ordered :—Mr.
art ~.'etian verPool, arriving on the morning on which Allen, £75 ; Shaw, £3O ; Potts, £95 ;Shearson, £22. It
itscestetivae ;It Was.made. His Honour granted a warrant, was agreed that the hospital in Erskine-street be taken
Its pee oh ho mediatel executed. The defendant was for an additional twelve months, commencing on the Ist
,ttit Isvered It'd the vessel, and the whole of the debt November next, at a rent of £lOO per annum.
ilitteetifeet, °Y the fortunate creditor.
eeale DOCIC COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on
I,.'theeak We. terwor BILLS in group A include four
Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner, chairman ; also present,
4eee.as.ii.
_tetle;rrworks ; viz., Liverpool Corporation, Messrs. Shand, Brocklebank, Gregson, Chaloner, Clax-
-84 Ile
_uo popition, Sunderland, and Merthyr
ton, Hall, Barber, Lockett, Malcomson Bigharn, Roy-
ce IN._ et l',astnittee to whom these are entrusted
den, Rankin, Nicol, Bold, Langsdale, Robinson, Moly-
Ifil.cee, ;(1) ; Alderman Copeland, Stoke-upon-Trent,
neux Tobin, and Evans.—The Chairman submitted a
C4,44)441011( • ee W. Evans. North Derby p;
Sir E.
statement ent showing' that if the foundations of warehouses
teamWsll.4; qi 'er. Collins, Knaresborough ; Mr. Bell,
on the west side of the new dock at Wapping were put in
tteei!Sth Live! Thos. Birch, hart., Liverpool ; Mr.
now, irrespective of any alteration at the King's Dock,
tesDoei erletant.°l•TheThe committee
. meet on
. Monday,
the cost would be £8,390; but if put in after the comple-
%Lc, aeeleibser Bills in group C include the
tion of the dock, irrespective of the alterations on the east
it • 4:4 the Sted Museum the Runcorn Improve-
et4tris 'he e ckton Extension'wall, the cost would'
be £lo,723.—After some converse-
-NI ,eh . coran.i., and. Improvement
tion the discussion was deferred.—The committee, who
It ow
•lest e Mee consists of Captain the Hon. A Net , Alf euurdh
kink, tiod r. 8. .i.: (chairman) , Sir Jephson Notre s,
preventing the evasion of the dock dues, recommended the
'lnc ee kr, Thteavies, Carmarthen ; Mr. Milner,
establishment of a check office, to which should be attached
tlete_ ehuese_wv• Goold, Limerick County. Day of
a chief clerk, at a salary of £l5O per annum, and two
*Zhe'cl'll op :ay the 18th instant, at one o'clock.
assistant clerks, at salaries of £BO per annum each.—
sgitt,alu Er. ti„...lmkuroor. CAPT./arr.—lntelligence has Messrs. Beadle, Morton, and May, were appointed to fill
i... irkll.ride7_al) Gibb, of this town, of the suicide of thc.se offices.—The Secretary read a notice which had been
ht.:44,...,1)115t
8.,.,!! the ship Tory, a vessel owned by Mr. prepared relative to the evasion of the dock dues. It was
414%74 to ea haa'',lnntt from Singapore for Bombay, the to the effect, that in future a reward of £5O would be given
4404; 8(44 ;lioeen drinking for several days to excess, to any person who should give such information to the
ititetNi 48 the tee Powder in
.the cabin, A terrific ex- Solicitor as would lead to the prosecution of any person
"•-,,,.‘t'e 44°. d the ult, by which M' Bride was seriously guilty of evading dock dues. From the commencement
(ilia ells.
be
le_ vessel set on fire. The captain, in an of the new system in March, the dock laws will be strictly
!tliZeiiltri?e opas pl'eq :moons of the boats, but, in cut enforced by prosecution before the magistrates, and the
cl hitlitaineseued. e.Titated into the water, and wasting heaviest penalties claimed.—Mr. Brocklebank suggested
1a..i4 hi,,,howay_ he fire in the ship was extinguished : that there might he danger of people informing against
lae;ed pat his epee, notwithstanding the attentions paid themselves. (Laughter.) The Solicitor was asked
ilktetiPicliilack to Penang,
survived but a few hours. The whether, supposing there were 20 packages on which dock
-elde !'re (It. that Where an inquiry was held, the dues had been evaded, would each package be liable to the
I; litan riukin eantain had died from the effects of penalty ?—The Solicitor was of opinion that it might be
fry tett • e, together with injuries received by the contended that a penalty attached to each package.—Mr.
11a!t tOttb 17)r_
Barber wished to know whether the Solicitor thought the
;4 6,,,,zwitilli,,iee,Zredttaatus'AssociAriorr.—A deputation penalty could be enforced on a single package ?—The
..-ati‘nuleiil, stipenvdicitauryallemras' Association had an inter-
gistrate on Wednesday, to Solicitor thought it might.—The Chairman said it had
era oeti'Lnia nofice th been agreed to send a copy of the report of the Committee
9giler °1 a i e great evil of Sunday tradin
number. of licensed to the merchants, accompanied with a circular, which was
44144- 1-84 Pod beer. and growing
tiotk.oilt:_ilt nit 1.4, house keepers chartng. the prohibited read by the Secretary. It was to the effect, that in order
to render more effectual the check provided by the new
diary business Persons
was g doing this nefarious and system, it will be necessary that the marks and numbers
Ila. tlej_
_and it ; Placed in the hands of the of goods shipped should be particularised on the back of
ooh
~ as clearly in
that the
7 bor4 troto this
or the poorer classes was ter' h b'll h' hth dk d aid in the same man-
t e i on wic e oc nes are p ,
1041%4r deehr (!ause, while the respectable publican
ner as they now are on the cocket.—A letter from W. and
6214; ov itutilDnittred. but much discouraged inTine J. Trer,and other
_infientia! !percentile firma,
be
t,t74l%tcptitetineuM, by the continuation, with imps- praying that the by-law requiring a watch_ to_ kse.pt on_
It. t 0 fir. wrill I" °PPOSed to the law v•
f t •mansfield admitted the and
ex i
sloe
nhe
ei s best
and hardware, &c., lying on the dock quay, might be rescinded.
4 41%4 Itri
gi . ti,.. nie* now brought u d his '
et notice. They considered it unnecessary, since fires and lights had
been allowed on shipboard. The letter was referred, as
go 1,--v best consideration of then
matter, and, also a letter from Messrs. Beckett, asking compensation
1, al con
"Med/ riiidlY to administer the law, aforthbeeipngrificabligactok.quit their premises et the north end

THE LIVERPOOL WATER ACCOUNT.—An abstract of
the receipts and disbursements of the Liverpool water
account for the year 1851 has just been published. From
this we learn that the income and expenditure have been
as follows : Ineome. Expenditure.
1848 .. X 55.827
1849
1850
1851

PUBLIC MEETINGS.