The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-06-27 00:00:00

GXNERAL IXTELEIGEXCE.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

CAPTAIN GREIG, the head constable, is at present on
leave of abseiice in Scotland.
THE NEXT MAYOR.—It is stated that, at the annual
excursion of the dock committee, on Wednesday, Mr. C.
Turner was distinctly mentioned as the successor to the
present worthy Mayor.
FLOWER Snow.—The second exhibition of the Liver-
pool Floral and Horticultural Society, for the present
season, is announced to take place on Thursday next, at
the Botanic Gardens, Edge-lane.
DRUNXENNESS.—On Monday, Anne Worrall, who has
rarely been sober for some months past, fell into a cellar
in Redcross-street, and was killed.—On Tuesday morning
a woman was found helplessly drunk in Paddington. She
was taken to bridewell, where she died.

MR. STEPHENS, of the Chester and Holyhead Railway
company, has been appointed to the secretaryship of the
Liverpool and Southport Railway Company.

THE SHIP PROGRESS has been chartered by Captain
Bevis, the admiralty agent at this port, for the conveyance
of hay and oats to Varna, for the use of the horses belong-
ing to the British cavalry.
TREAT TO Scnoor, CHILDREN.—The children of the
Rainhill Ragged School were treated to a trip to Liverpool
on Monday, and crossed the Mersey to the Cheshire side,
Where they enjoyed a substantial repast.
IMMENSE STEAMERS FOR A ITSTRALIA.—ModeIs of
four immense screw steamers have been constructed for
a mercantile firm in this town. The vessels will be up-
wards of four thousand tons register, and will form a
Passenger line between here and Australia. These are
exclusive of the six steamers to be built for Messrs. Gibbs,
Bright, and CO.
THE EUROPA. TRANSPORT,—The Danube, screw-
steamer, arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday from Trieste,
bad on board 13 of the surviving crew of the transport
Europa, burnt at sea on the 31st ult., and whom she took
on board at Gibraltar. The Danube spoke H. M. S. Tri-
bune on the 13th, lat. 36 N, lon. 3 E.
CHANGE RINGING.—On Tuesday, the anniversary of
lier Majesty's accession, a peal of Kent treble-bob-major,
consisting of 5120 changes, was rung on the bells of
St. Luke's Church by the united society of St. Luke's
lid St. Peter's.
SHIP-BUILDING AT THE SOUTH END.—The whole of
the land at the front of the river at the Potteries, where
Persons now bathe, has been taken for ship-building pur-
poses. When this site is completed, there will be a con-
tinuation of the finest ship-building yards in the kingdom
in Sefton-street. This branch of commercial business,
which has suffered materially for some years in Liverpool,
is now likely to revive amongst us. One concern alone,
in this town, could have had orders to build 20 ships
during last year if land could have been obtained at a rea-
sonable tenure and price. A large yard is also in course
of construction at Garston, for the Messrs. Getty, who find
there is not land enough for them in Sefton-street.
ORMSKIRK BOARD OF HEALTH.—The fortnightly meet-
ing of this board was held in the board room, Church-
Street, on Wednesday, the Rev. J. A. Kershaw (in the
'chair), and Messrs. Leak, Tisley, Marsden, Sharpies,
Bromley, Goss, and the Rev. Joseph Bush present. The
board proceeded to examine the applications of candidates
for the situation of surveyor, &c., in the room of Mr.
*Manus, resigned. Some communications were read
from Mr. Daglish, of St. Helen's, relative to supplying the
board with another engine and pumps for the waterworks.

WILLIAM TIIORNELY, Esq., nephew of Mr. Thornely,
M.P. for Wolverhampton, has been appointed distributor
of stamps at Liverpool, in the room of Mr. Bischoff,
deceased. The net emolument of the office is about £l,OOO
a year. We believe that the salary will be about £6OO a
year.
STEAM TO DUBLIN.—The City of Dublin Company's
boats have commenced their summer arrangements, under
which one of their first class boats will be despatched from
hence to Kingstown Harbour every evening at 7 p.m.
precisely, from the Prince's-pier Landing Stage.
APPREHENSION OP A MIIRDERER.—On Wednesday, a
man named John Lalor was apprehended in this town
by Constable Barlow, of the Irish Constabulary, charged
with being one of the principals in the murder of Thomas
and Elizabeth Ball, an aged couple, who were murdered
some time since near Newtounbarry, County Wexford,
Ireland.

THE "GREAT MANCHESTER ducal will case" has been
re-opened before the Vice-Chancellor, by a motion for a
new trial, on the two grounds that the verdict was against
the evidence, and that Baron Parke, who had tried the
case, had misdirected the jury. The hearing was adjourned
to the 27th instant.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.—The following honours
have been gained by former pupils at the Collegiate Insti-
tution at Trinity College, Cambridge, Mr. Webster has
obtained a Greek Testament prize, and Mr. Rigby is
placed in the first class ; and Mr. Bishop, to whom the
M`Neile University Exhibition was awarded last year, has
obtained the second place at Christ's College, Cambridge,
with a vacation exhibition.

ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.—On Thursday, Margaret
Evans, a woman of bad character, was charged at the
Police-court, with having robbed John Walter of the sum
of £66, on the preceding night. The prosecutor, a dealer
in potatoes from Bidston, had arrived in Liverpool on
Tuesday, and on Wednesday night, while walking about,
he met the prisoner, who induced him to accompany her
into an entry in Thomas'-street where she plundered him.
She was committed for trial.

ORIGIN OF REFLECTING LIGHTHOUSES.—III the last
Century, at a meeting of a society of mathematicians, at
Liverpool, one of the members proposed to lay a wager
that he would read a paragraph of a newspaper at ten
yards distance, with the light of a farthing candle. The
!wager was laid, and the proposer, having covered the
inside of a wooden dish with pieces of looking-glass,
fastened in with glaziers' putty, placed his reflector behind
the candle, and won his wager. One of the company
marked this experiment with a philosophic eye. This was
Captain Hutchinson, the dock-master, with whom origi-
nate l the reflecting lighthouse, erected at Liverpool in
1763.
THE QUEEN'S ACCESSION.—Tuesday, the anniversary
of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's accession to the throne,
Was observed with the usual demonstrations of loyalty,
and the royal standard was displayed on the steeples of the
churches of St. Martin's-in-the Fields; St. Margaret's,
Westminster; St. Mary Abbots, Kensington; St. Luke's,
and the Royal Hospital, Chelsea; while, at one o'clock, a
grand feu de joie was fired from the mortars in St. James's
Dark ; aud, simultaneously, the guns of the Tower, the
Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, Tilbury Fort, Sheerness, and
other places were fired. The various steamers and vessels
on the river exhibited the colours of all nations except
those of Russia. In this town the royal standard flaunted
from the summit of the Town-hall, while the Custom-
house, and many of th e churches and public buildings, to-
gether with the shipping in the port, were surmounted
With flags and banners.
DEATH OF Mn. BISCROFF.—George William Bischoff,
.NBq., the distributor of stamps for this district, died at
hisresidence, South-hill, Toxteth-park, on Monday morn-
ing, last week. Mr. Bischoff was in the sixty-fourth year
of his age, and had been about five years resident in Liver-
Pool, having been promoted from Leeds, where he had held
a similar situation. He was carried off by an attack of in-
flammation of the chest, supervening influenza, and his death
Was quite unexpected, as he was sufficiently well to attend
to his duties as usual on Monday week. On Tuesday the
flag was lowered half-mast on the southern wing of the
Custom-house, in respect to the memory of the deceased.
kr. Bischoff was a man of high character, gentlemanly
bearing, business talents and experience ; and during the
Lew years that he occupied his official situation thepool, he gained the respect of all with whom came
lb contact.
MAGNIFICENT TELESCOPE.—Dr. Fisher, of Great
George-street, is now the possessor of one of the most
Powerful and splendid achromatic telescopes belonging to
411 y private observatory in the world. The artist is
',lr. T. Cooke, the eminent optician of York, whose re-
fracting instruments have recently been so highly praised
°Y various members of the Astronomical Society, and who
Was so strongly recommended to Dr. Fisher's approval by
several of the most distinguished practical astronomers,
especially by the Rev. W. R. Dawes, Lassell, Hartnup,
Ak,z,raham,and other excellent judges. The object-glass is
6A. inches clear aperture, and 81 feet focal length. The
material of which it is composed was expressly manufac-
tured on the continent, and turned out to be perfectly
Pure and homogeneous. The spherical and chromatic
aberration of this superb double object-glass has been most
successfully balanced, and brought to a state of perfection
that could scarcely have been anticipated. The definition
exquisitely beautiful, being remarkably sharp and
°rilliant, and is allowed by Cooke himself to be the finest
14 quality that he ever made. The magnifying and
illumi-
tlating power of this noble instrument, and its capability
of penetrating into the distant regions of space, are really
surprising. It is furnished with a long range of first-rate
3,:e-pieces, admirably adaptel to every object in the
Heavens, from the sun, moon, and planets, nebulae and
t°,omets, up to the most severe test objects connected with
the Saturnian system and minute double stars. The body
°f the telescope is a massive tube of solid -brass, highly
Polished. Its firmness, elegance, and beauty of workman-
ship, are beyond all praise. For this costly instrument an
observatory is being erected, in connexion with the
doctor's educational establishment, which will be finished
in the course of two or three weeks. Since the above
telescope was completed, a London banker has given Mr.
tCooke an order for another powerful refractor, price five
hundred guineas. _

MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT.--On Tuesday evening a
musical soirée took place at Rainhill, for the benefit of the
National Schools. The principal artistes were Madame
D'Anterny, Mr. Joseph Robinson, and Mr. Armstrong.
Mr. Hirst presided at the piano-forte. We understand
that the soirée realised a handsome sum in aidof the schools.
TRH STEAMER BALTIC.—This fine vessel, one of the
Collins line of mail packets, has just been undergoing a
thorough overhaul and repair at New York (the first
since she was built), and arrived here on Wednesday,
when the passengers drew up and signed a series of reso-
lutions complimentary to Captain Comstock, the ship, the
proprietors of the line, and all connected with the vessel.
The testimonial was presented by John Bloodgood, Esq.,
of Mobile, who had been elected to represent the passengers.

ROYAL, GIFT TO A LIVERPOOL CAPTAIN.--011 Wednes-
day, a simple but interesting ceremony took place at the
Sailors' Home, viz., the presentation, by Mr. James Aikin,
chairman of the Local Marine Board, and on behalf of the
King of Holland, of a gold snuff-box to Captain Bruce, of
this port. The snuff-box, which was elegantly chased,
bore the following inscription :—" From His Majesty the
King of the Netherlands, to Captain Bruce, late in com-
mand of the ship Hibbert, for rescuing the crew of the
Dutch ship Laura and Adele, burnt at sea, 11th Oct., 1852."
ADULTERATING BEER.—Emanuel Ellis, a brewer in
Dryden-street, was charged before the Police-court, on
Friday, with two infractions of the excise laws, relative to
the manufacture of beer. The first was for having in his
possession a pound of quassia; the second, for having
mixed a quarter of a pound of quassia, in fifty gallons of
worts, in the process of brewing. The offences were alleged
to have been committed on the 23rd of May last. After a
protracted investigation, the defendant was convicted of
the first charge and fined in the mitigated penalty of £5O.
CHARGE OF FRAUD AGAINST A LIVERPOOL BANKRUPT.
—On Thursday, an Italian named Joseph Peverelle, who
had been in business in Paradise-street, in this town, as a
general hardware dealer and cutler, was brought before
Mr. Mansfield, on a charge of being privy to alterations
made in certain papers and books, affecting his position
while a bankrupt. From the examination of Louis
Peverelle, of Birmingham, who was uncle to the prisoner,
it appeared that subsequent to the bankruptcy of the latter,
on whose estate he was a creditor, for the sum of £BB 3s.
100, he had been induced by his nephew, the prisoner, to
claim for a much larger amount, in order, as the prisoner
said, that the dividend might make up the sum actually
due. The prisoner was committed for trial on the charge ;
and also another charging him with perjury, by having
given false testimony relative to his affairs while under ex-
amination on oath before the Bankruptcy Court.
THE NEW POLICE BILL.—On Wednesday, a deputation
waited upon Lord Palmerston, the home secretary, for the
purpose of stating to his lordship the strong objections
entertained throughout the country to the County Con-
stabulary Bill now before parliament. The deputation
consisted of the following gentlemen :—From Liverpool:
the Mayor, Mr. Alderman Bold, Mr. Councillor Gregson,
Mr. Councillor Brancker, the Town-clerk ; from Man-
chester : the Mayor, Mr. Alderman Neild, Mr. Alderman
Bancroft, the Town-clerk ; from Salford : the Mayor and
Town-clerk ; from Birmingham : the Mayor, Mr. Alder-
man Palmer, the Town-clerk ; from Nottingham : the
Mayor and Town-clerk; from Blackburn • , the Mayor;
from Devouport : the Town-clerk ; and front Oldham : Mr.
Alderman Little. The following members of the House
of Commons were also present at the interview :—Messrs.
W. Brown, Greenall, Brbtherton E. C. Egerton, Cobbett,
Ashford Wyse, Frank Crossley, Kershaw, Thomas
Crook, Horsfall, Milner Gibson, Sir George Strickland, the
Hon. H. T. Liddell, Bright, Hadfield, and Cobden. The
Mayor of Manchester shortly addressed the Home Secre-
tary, and was followed by-Mr. Heron, town-clerk of Man-
chester, who stated at length the several objections to the
measure entertained by the corporations whose represen-
tatives were present. Mr. Alderman Neild, chairman of
the Manchester watch committee, the Mayor of Liverpool,
and the Lord Mayor of York having spoken on the sub-
ject, Lord Palmerston said that whilst he was not prepared
to admit that the effects of the bill would be as had been
represented by the deputation, and although he might
think that the provisions of the bill would be found bene-
ficial, lie was not prepared to attempt to force any measure
against such strong and unanimous representations as those
which had been now brought forward, and otherwise urged
by the different municipalities throughout the country.
His lordship eventually stated that the present bill would
be withdrawn from the consideration of parliament.

SELECT VESTRY.—The Rev. Rector Campbell presided
at the meeting of the Vestry on Tuesday, when the number
°f inmates in the Workhouse, on the 14th inst., was re-
ported to be 2,259. The total number of sick cases was
1'62, including 70 fever and 77 itch cases. The admission
Lo the Vagrant Sheds during the past week had been 853.
The proceedings of several committees were confirmed
Without comment. The following tenders for the supply
°I the Workhouse, &c., for three months were accepted :
Groceries : William Titherington. Coals : R. J. and
Lawrence Kaye. For flour, wheat, peas, and oatmeal,
'Aitter and cheese, and timber, there was but one tender
~,each. It appeared that, by a standing order of the board,
Ix these tenders were opened the Vestry would be obliged
accept them. The opening was therefore deferred till
the next meeting, Mr. Hart, the Vestry-clerk, to write for
tenders in the mean time. A letter was read from
Victuallers'
George Grist, the secretary to the Liverpool Licensed
Association, stating that that body. were about
'0 hold a bazaar on the occasion of their opening the new
Ylum. The Ven. Archdeacon Brooks and the Rev.
tor Campbell had assisted at the laying of .the founda-
tion stone, and the committee thought that they could
i
0w no greater mark of respect to those gentlemen than
requesting the loan of
bate
portraits. After a brief
de? requesting
it was resolved to comply with Mr. Grist's request.
tk letter was read from Mr. Banner resigning his seat at.
`heboard,which,after an unusually short sitting,adjourned.

DOCK COMMITTEE. —Mr. Charles Turner presided at
the meeting on Thursday, and there were present also—
Messrs. Shand, Palmer, Robinson, Brocklebank, Evans,
Gladstone, Healing, Barber, Lockett, Bigham, Holden,
Langsdale, Royden, Rounthwaite, Rankin, and Smith.—
Mr. Bigham, bringing forward the subject of the Stanley
Dock warehouses, understood that they were. nearly com-
pleted, and that the bulk of them could be applied to ware-
housing purposes within ten days. He suggested that, as
the hydraulic machinery would not be ready for some
three months, and as, owing to the value of warehouse
property, the income for that period was a matter of
serious consequence, a temporary hoisting apparatus should
be put up. The Chairman said that, according to the sur-
veyor's report, three-fourths of the warehouses could be
opened in about a month or five weeks. Mr. Bigham said
there seemed to be something wrong about the pillars sent
to the warehouses by the firm whose contract had not
been signed (Messrs. M`Gregor). A large number which
had been sent in were found not to be east of sufficiently
good iron. A letter was read from Mr. North to Mr.
Ar Gregor, calling attention to this circumstance, and
stating that, if the matter were not rectified, the com-
mittee would be compelled to obtain other pillars at the
contractor's risk and expense. Mr. M`Gregor'S reply was
that he had sent down two beams to the dock-yard to be
proved, but that as yet no report had been furnished to
him as to the result of the experiment. After some ex-
planations from the chairman, the matter was referred to
the surveyors, with instructions to see that the work was
efficientyl performed. The Chairman announced that the
plans of the Stanley Dock warehouses were not quite ready,
but that they would be laid before the committee next
week.—The sub-committee produced a list of the staff of
officers and clerks whom they deemed requisite to the new
establishment. They proposed that there should be one
superintendent, to act as chief clerk, at £250 per annum ;
one superintendent's clerk at £150; one warehouse-keeper,
£100; a warehouse-keeper's clerk, £80; one wharfuiger,
£l3O ; three landing clerks, £BO each ; one foreman cooper,
to act as storekeeper, at the current wages ; four foremen
of the hold at 21s. ; delivery foreman, 245. ; two assistant
foremen, 21s. ; eight markers, samplers, and foremen, 215. ;
one messenger, 21s. ; and two gatekeepers. In the general
office, one ledger clerk would be required at £l2O ; one
examiner, £l2O ; one deposit ledger clerk and receiver of
small charges, £l2O ; one manifest clerk and examiner for
the management of Custom-house business, £120; and
eight apprentices at the usual rate of from £3O to £4o'a-
year.—Mr. Robinson explained that it was not intended to
select the candidates at once, but as they were found to be
required. It was the feeling of the committee, however,
that those of the candidates who were already in the Albert
establishment should have the preference. The gross
amount of the salaries recommended exclusive of weekly
wages, Mr. Robinson explained, was £1,430.—Mr. Evans
thought some of the officials described might not be wanted
for a year or two, and that the staff would greatly depend
upon the character and amount of theconteiits
thatof
as
warehouses themselves.—The Chairman explained
their services might be deemed necessary, the committee
would recommend the filling of these offices, and state the
bgereonunrd:adofwas theirm erreecloymtmheendgaetnieornaiofsephartemiee.L.
In ly t Whr:pt.hado
Mr. Smith, the Chairman said that the necessary and im-
mediate appointments would be the superintendent, super-
intendent's clerk, warehouse-keeper, and warehouse
keeper's clerk, a warfinger (to be removed from the Albert
Dock,) landing clerks, ledger clerk, deposit ledger clerk,
and manifest clerk.—Mr. Robinson said that probably
some persons now receiving less salaries at the Albert
Docks would be deemed eligible for the £l2O situations.
The subject then dropped.—The Chairman announced
that, on the previous day, the committee surveyed the life-
boat station at Puffin Island, and found everything in
good order.—A letter was read from Messrs. James
Baines. and Co., complaining that the Canning Dock had
been closed against their vessels in consequence of the re-
quirements of the new works in progress by the surveyor.
Messrs. Baines requested that a permanent berth might
be allotted to their ships, inasmuch as they could engage
to send one out every 21 days, probably one every 14 days.
The letter was referred to the harbour master's committee.
A letter from Messrs. A. and C. Miller, applying for a
piece of vacant land on the Harrington estate, for ship-
building purposes, was referred. The special sub-com-
mittee brought forward, through Mr. Smith, a recom-
mendation that all money received by the treasurer, after
the commencement of the next financial year be paid into
the bank—Approved—The Chairman observed that, except
iv. regard to security, he did not see the advantage of mak-
, 'Mg the whole of the payments through the bank,—This
concluded the general Willem

MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—PubIic an-
nouncement has already been made that the British Asso-
ciation for the Advancement of Science will hold its next
„keeting, its twenty-fourth, in Liverpool, and that, for this
nrPose, St. George's Hall, with all its elegant and
the
accommodations, will be placed at the service of
have
Association. The local committee and its officers
'tave been indefatigable in their exertions to have the
trangements completed in such a manner as shall afford
'Very accommodation to the large concourse of scientific
celebrities who will attend on the occasion. The arrange-
glents for the meeting are as follows :—The general com-
lnittee are to meet on Wednesday, the 20th September, at
o
p.m., for the election of sectional officers, and the de-
ttch of business usually brought before that body. The
Past
of the council, embodying the proceedings of the
Past year, will also be presented. The first general meet-
-114 will be held on Wednesday, the 20th, at eight p.m.,
when an address will be delivered by the president, and
the concluding meeting on Wednesday the 27th, at three
p.m., when the association will be adjourned to its next
place of meeting. At the evening meeting to be held at
el,,ght p.m., discourses are to be delivered on certain branches
Science and opportunity afforded for general conversa-
tion amongst the members. The committees of sections
are to meet daily, from Thursday, the 21st September, to
Wednesday, the 27th, inclusive, at ten a.m. ; the sections
also meet daily from Thursday, the 21st September, to
Tuesday, the 26th, inclusive, at eleven a.m. Repotrts on
1e progress of science, and of researches intrusted to
,in-
dividuals and committees, and other communications in-
ended for presentation to the sections, are to be -forwarded
to the assistant general secretary, at Liverpool, previously
'0 the meeting, accompanied by a statement as to whether
:)t not the author will be present, and on what day. This
to insure a satisfactory arrangement of the business of
n e sections. Reports complete, and careful abstracts of
ether
communications, are to be delivered to the secretaries
'p
the sections before which they are read previously to
e close of the meeting, for publication in the transactions ;
Ifkend as the reports on science may be interesting to more
fictions ions than the one which originally called for them, it
11 desired that the authors should be prepared to furnish
the means of reading them in any other section at the re-
?nest of the president and secretaries of that section. The
},°llowing are sections to which communications may be
,lesented :—Section A, mathematics and physics ; B,
,_""etaistry and mineralogy, including their applications to
N7riculture and the arts ; C, geology ; D, zoology, botany,
Including physiology ; E, geography and ethnology ; F,
:tatistics ;G, mechanical science. Invitations have been
'orwarded to all the corresponding members, and from the
answers already received there is every probability of a
large attendance, which will include some of the most
Amongst
literary and scientific , men in the country.
jj,tonngst others already named, are Sir F. Lyon, Sir R.
bllirchison Dr. Lyon Playfair, Professor Owen, Professor
4orbes, &c 2. A few years ago, one of the largest meetings
the associations was held at Newcastle, there being
abut 2,500 persons present. The forthcoming meeting
Liverpool will, it is expected, from the interest created
V the opening of St. George's Hall, and other circum-
oinnees, be considerably larger, and the affair altogether
tera much more brilliant character. The committee are
ost anxious to elicit information from every person, how-
et humble, who may have any new fact or suggestion to
communicate relating to art or science. Such persons,
Nether they present their ideas in a written form or
h`Ttolunicate thesec orally, will receive eve assistance
023,1 the local m retaries, and others connected with
association,

SIR ROBERT PEEL.—The house in Fish-lane, Black-
burn, in which the first Sir Robert Peel was born, is now
being pulled down, for the purpose of some improvements
which it is intended to make in that part of the town.
A SALE OP FLORENTINE ScuLPTunE, the property
of Signor Ticci, will be offered for sale this day, to-morrow,
and Thursday, by Mr. Branch, at his salerooms, in
Hanover-street. Florence has ever been distinguished
for productions connected with art and literature, and the
collection which Mr. Branch has to sell contains we un-
derstand some gems of art worthy the attention of con-
noisseurs.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday afternoon a boy, ten
years of age, named John Reay, living with his parents in
12 Court, Prince 'William-street, was accidentally killed by
a cab passing over him in Park-road. He came running
down Dexter-street, and attempted to cross Park-road,
but he was knocked down by the cab, and before the
driver could draw up the vehicle passed over his back.
FOUNTAINS AT THE DOCKS.—There have been recently
erected along the line of docks, extending from George's
to the Clarence, a number of fountains, supplying pure
water for drinking, with metal cups attached to the
fountains, so that persons passing along can slake their
thirst at any time. These fountains have been erected
at the expense of Mr. Mellor, and the water supply is
provided by the water committee without charge.
ALARM THROUGH IGNORANCE.—On Tuesday last, a
man named Jack, while engaged in digging a hole for the
insertion of a post, in a yard at Bootle, came upon a box
containing bones, which he and his neighbour gossips con-
sidered to be the remains of a child, and they, in accord.
ance with this conjecture, took the necessary means for
having an investigation into the facts of the case. Medical
examination elicited that the bones were those of a dog.
AMATEUR CONCERT.—On Tuesday evening, an amateur
concert was given at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street,
under the patronage of the Mayor and Mr. Charles
Turner, chairman of the Dock Committee, and Mr. G. H.
Horsfall, in aid of the wives and families of the soldiers
and seamen who are engaged in the war with Turkey.
The vocalists were members of the various trade societies
in the town, and their services were given gratuitously on
the occasion. A handsome sum was realised for the
charitable purposes the promoters of the concert had
in contemplation.

CHURCH BUILDING.—There is now in the shop win-
dow of Mr. Mayer, silversmith, Lord-street, a handsome
trowel. On the upper side is a view of a church, and
underneath the following inscription :—" Presented to
Hugh Tennent, Esq., by the Wellpark congregation and
friends, on the occasion of his laying the foundation stone
of a church, to be erected for their accommodation, at his
sole expense. Glasgow, June, 1851."—The church is
being built from designs by Messrs. Hay, architects, of
this town. It is said that Messrs. Hay have orders for
building no fewer than 70 new churches in different parts
of the kingdom.

LIVERPOOL SIINDA.Y-SCHOOL UNION.—On Tuesday
evening, the delegates and teachers of the Liverpool Sun-
day School Union had a tea-party in the Hope-hall, Hope-
street, at which Mr. J. R. Jeffery presided. Reports in
connexion with the schools to which they are attached
were read by the following representatives :—Mr. J. Har-
rison, Hygeia-street Sunday. school ; Mr. Walter Thomp-
son, Crescent ditto • Mr. Brown, Mount-pleasant Presby-
terian ditto ; Mr. eodfrey, Myrtle-street Baptist ditto ;
Mr. Fownes, Toxteth-park ditto ; Mr. Wood, Wavertree
ditto ; Mr. Hanmer, Bethesda ditto ; and Mr. J. Brown.
From the report it appeared that the various schools in
the union were not only prosperous, but had excellent
prospects of future usefulness. Addresses were delivered
by the Rev. Mr. Cranbrook, the Rev. Mr. White, and the
chairman, and the proceedings concluded with singing
and prayer. A series of meetings in connexion with the
union were announced to be held every Tuesday evening
at the Sunday-school Institute, Mount-pleasant.
PLATFORM INDEX AND SIGNAL POE RAILWAYS.—A
very ingenious and useful invention has been brought out
and registered by Mr. John Sinclair, of Waterloo, super-
intendent of the permanent way on the Liverpool, Crosby,
and Southport line. The invention consists of an index
and signal intended for placing upon the platforms of
railway stations. The index shows the times of departure
of the successive trains throughout the day, and the places
to which they go ; and above these is a signal-bell for the
porter to ring when the trains ought to start. The index,
after the departure of each train, is set to the proper time
for the next by the porter simply moving a small cylinder
by means of a key or winch ; and the places are shown by
raising and fixing an " arm" on which the names of the
different towns are painted, which is done by a lever. It
is intended that the apparatus shall stand about seven
feet six inches high on the platform, to be conveniently
seen ; and it seems well calculated to save trouble to rail-
way employe's and to persons travelling, as the necessity
of asking and answering a great many questions will be
prevented by its use.

VICTUALLERS' NEW ASYLUM.—The magnificent new
charitable institution built by the Licensed Victuallers'
Association in this town, in the West Derby-road. is to be
opened next month with a bazaar and fancy fair, which
promises to be one of the finest which has ever taken place
in this town. There is also to be an exhibition of paint-
ings, models, machinery, &c. The building itself, in aid
of which the funds from the bazaar are to be devoted, is
now nearly finished. It will form one of the most hand-
some and striking of our charitable institutions.
SALUGGLING.—The screw steamer City of Manchester,
which arrived here a few days ago from Philadelphia, has
been since her arrival in possession of the customs autho-
rities of this port, a quantity of foreign manufactured
tobacco, weighing upwards of 2 cwt., having been found
by the rummaging officers concealed on board shortly
after her arrival. No owner has been found for the tobacco,
the possession of which is denied by all parties connected
with the ship, and the result is that a serious inconve-
nience will be sustained by the owners from the strict
surveillance which the customs officers are necessarily
compelled to exercise, and yet the owners have no remedy
against the smugglers for the loss which the ship sustains.
Since the discovery of the tobacco, a lot of bedding, &c..
left behind them by the fore cabin passengers, and which
the chief steward claims as his perquisites, were sold by
him to a person who deals in such articles. On the beds
being brought ashore they were examined by the patrol
inspector, who found upwards of 9 lbs. of tobacco concealed
in them.
THE DUTCH RHENISH R. 4 nwer.—On Tuesday,. a
special meeting of the shareholders was held at the
Clarendon-rooms, for the purpose of receiving from the
English commissaries a statement of the accounts and pro-
gress of the works, and giving them such instructions as
might be necessary to properly represent their interestsat
the general meeting which was to be held in Amsterdam
yesterday. Mr. Charles Holland presided, and reviewed
the prospects of the undertaking. He said the accounts
showed a receipt from traffic of £62,257, while the
expenses of working were £25,633, or about 41 per cent.,
leaving a net result of £36,624 as profit on the working of
the 57 miles—very close on 5 per cent. on the original
cost of £750,000. At the meeting a proposal would be
made to pay a dividend of one florin or 20d. per share on
the 93,504 shares entitled to it. 57 miles only of the rail-
way were now made, and a large extension of traffic might
be confidently anticipated when the line was completed
through its whole distance of 102 miles. He then showed
that the future calls, after this year, would be considerably
deferred, and concluded by moving the adoption of the
accounts ; and that the English commissaries and directors
now retiring—viz., Messrs. Bouch, McGregor, and Ilesle-
den—be recommended for re-election ; also, that the thanks
of the meeting of the shareholders be presented to the
Dutch commissaries and directors for their attention to
the interests of the company; and that the proxies
entrusted to the English commissaries be held at the
annual meeting by Mr. H. C. Beloe. These resolutions
were agreed to, and the meeting adjourned.

MINIMAL NATIONAL ScrrooLs.—On Tuesday a grand
soiree musicale, the proceeds to be applied in aid of these
schools, was held in the school-rooms, Rainbill, and was
patronised by Lord Stanley, M.P., Sir Thomas B. Birch,
Bart., and Mrs. Willis, of Prescot. The day was cele-
brated as the school anniversary, and the children were
allowed to participate in the proceedings. Early in the
day all the pupils, to the number of about 150, were taken
on an excursion to Hale, where they were permitted to
view the hall and grounds. They were also provided with
buns, milk and other refreshments. The juveniles were
attended by a band, and on reaching Hale they were met
by the Rev. W. Stewart, the incumbent of Hale Church,
and they were accompanied by several gentlemen of Rain-
hill and the neighbourhood. The schools have been in
existence for a period of fifteen years, and have been
largely instrumental in educating the rising generation of
Rainhill, and promoting the general welfare of the inha-
bitants. Recently the schools have undergone some
alteration and improvement. This has necessarily involved
additional expense, to meet which the committee are now
exerting themselves to obtain further support. The soiree
MIS as successful as the most sanguine of its promoters
could anticipate, the room being crowded with a large and
most respectable audience. An abundance of refreshments,
with tea, coffee, &c., were provided, and after the concert
the company engaged in dancing, Mr. Gribbin's quadrille
band having been engaged for the occasion.
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The usual meeting was
held on Wednesday. The Rev. W. Badnall presided, and
there were present Messrs. J. Harrison, Ledger, Daly,
Kirkus,' Morris, Alpass, Wensley, Saddelby, Abrahams,
Lunt, Shaw, Appleby, Magee and Hayes. Two cases were
brought before the board where the relieving-officers of
Liverpool had refused relief to paupers, although pauper
warrants had been taken out against their husbands,
because, notwithstanding the paupers resided in Liver-
pool, the husbands lived in Everton. Several guardians
considered that the Liverpool officers had outstepped their
duty, and expressed a desire that their conduct should be
reported to their superiors. Warrants, however, were
ordered, and relief granted, chargeable to the township
of Everton. The several quarterly payments were read
over by the clerk, after which Mr. Appleby said, "I find in
that list the names of Robert Birch, Thomas Birch, and
James Birch; they are three brothers—two of them
guardians, and the amount paid to them is £6OO 7s. ad,
I shall make no reflection on that, but shall ask the clerk
a question, viz., Has a guardian a right to supply books
to the board ?" The clerk ,at a subsequent period of the
meeting, referred to the several clauses in the lists of
Parliament bearing on the subject, from which it appeared
that the guardians so acting were deemed liable to a
penalty of £5 by the first act, and £lOO by the second.
No motion or discussion took place on the subject. The
Visiting Committee were appointed as a deputation to
confer with a deputation appointed by the surveyors of
highways, relative to employing the paupers in breaking
stones. By the governor's report it appeared there were,
589 paupers in the Workhouse, and for the corresponding
week last year there were 659. The usual cheques for the
relief of the out-door poor were voted, and the board
adjourned.

-NC:WU-WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Wednesday, an ex-
traordinary general meeting, over which Lord Chandos
presided, was held at the Euston-square station, to approve
of the following bills, promoted by the company :—" A
bill to reduce the capital, and define the undertaking of
the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company:'—
" A bill for the lease of the undertaking of the Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, and
to authorise, until the granting of such lease, traffic
arrangements between the said two companies, and also
between the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire
Junction Railway Company, and the Chester and Holyhead
Railway Company, and for other purposes."—" A bill for
authorising the transfer to the London and North-
western Railway Company, of the Haydon-square branch of
the London and Blackwall Railway, and for other purposes,
and of which the short title is, The London and North-
western Railway (Haydon-square) Act, 18544' " "A bill to
amalgamate the North Staffordshire Railway Company
with the London and North-western Railway Company."
"A bill for authorising traffic arrangements between the
London and North-western and North Staffordshire Rail-
way Companies." " A bill for determining the existing
lease of the West London Railway to the London and
North-western Railway Company, and for enabling the
last-mentioned company and the West London Railway
Company to enter into fresh arrangements for the sale or
lease of the undertaking of the West London Railway
Company to the London and North-western Railway
Company, and for the settlement of all disputes between
the said companies, and for other purposes.' " And a bill
for making a railway from the London and North-western
Railway, near Stockport, to Disley and Whaley Bridge, all
in the county of Chester, and for other purposes." Which
bill contains certain permissive powers connected with the
working of the railway to be thereby authorised. The
chairman entered into a detailed statement of the objects,
&c., of the several bills, and, after replying to questions
put by various shareholders, motions for the approval of
the several bills were put and carried. In reply to a
question, the Chairman stated no call would be made on
the £lO and £2O shares without further notice being given.

HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.—
A special general meeting of the members was held on
Thursday, in the Clarendon-rooms ; John Poole, Esq., in
the chair. The business, as stated in the circular, was—
" To receive the repor of the delegates who were appointed
' to assist in framing a new code of laws, and in making
such further arrangements as may be neccessary for the
completion of the union.' Also, to make such provision
for contingencies, on the subject of union, as the meeting
may think necessary."—The following resolutions were
passed That the report be adopted, with the excep-
tion of law I, subject to such revision as may be thought
necessary, at a joint meeting of the members of the two
societies.-2. That on the subject of a name, two princi-
ples only appear to be equitable, viz., the avoidance of the
names of both uniting societies, as suggested in the former
report, or the union of both, as suggested in this, either
of which principles the society is prepared to adopt ; but
as it does not, on the one hand, insist on the retention of
its own name merely, so it will not, on the other, accept
the name of the society proposing to unite with it.-3.
That in the event of any difficulty arising, on the part of
the Literary and Philosophical Society, respecting this
report, or even in the event of unnecessary delay, this
society is prepared to extend its basis of operations from
local to general, on the two great principles of both reports,
viz., increase of desirable members, and sectional working ;
and the council are hereby authorised and directed to take
such steps as may be necessary to provide for this contin-
gency, their arrangements to be submitted to another
special general meeting of the members.-4. That the
corresponding secretary be directed to forward a copy of
these resolutions to the secretary- of the Literary and
Philosophical Society.—A vote .of thanks to the chair-
! man was carried by =Lunatic, and the meetiug brekt up.

COMMITTAL OF A GANG OF THIEVES.—On Friday la*
two youths, named Patrick Garrity and Henry Mercer,
and Eliza Shields, an old woman, with whom they lived
in Henry Edward-street, and Bernard M`Goveran, marine
store-dealer in Marybone, were brought before the Police-
court, charged with being concerned in two robberies. On
Wednesday night the house of Mr. Swanwick, 51, White-
chapel, was broken into through the back of the premises,
and shoes, boots, a loaf, some butter, cheese, &c., were
stolen. On the same night the back portion of Mr.
Hunt's, Star Hotel, Williamson-square, was entered by
forcing the outer ashpit door, and afterwards breaking a
pane in the kitchen window. Articles very similar to
those taken in the other robbery were stolen, and, in addi-
tion, a large copper kettle was taken away. Detectives
Sullivan, Scaife, and Duggan were despatched in search
of the delinquents on Thursday morning, and they com-
menced by visiting the marine store-dealers. At M`Go-
veran's shop they saw the prisoner Garrity, and in the
shop discovered the copper kettle stolen from the Star
Hotel, beaten together, the tap broken off, and concealed
in a sack. Both the prisoners were taken into custody,
and the detectives proceeded to the house in Henry Ed-
ward-street, where most of the stolen property was disco-
vered, including the loaf of bread, the butter and cheese,
just as taken from Mr. Swanwick's. The prisoner Mercer
and the old woman, who were on the premises at the
time, were apprehended, and the property taken charge of.
The stolen property was identified; and Sullivan said that
Shields had kept a notorious house for thieves for some
years, but the police had hitherto been unable to bring
home a case to her. M'Goveran, at first, denied that
there was any of the stolen property on his premises, and
he never kept a book of his purchases. All the prisoners
were committed for trial at the sessions.
3,II;TINY ONBOARD THE FIDELIA.—OR Tuesday last,con-
sidemble interest of a painful kind was excited by a rumour
that a serious mutiny, attended by outrage, had occurred
on board the emigrant ship Fidelia, Captain Dixon, on
the eve of' her departure with emigrants for New York.
The vessel belongs to Messrs. Baring Brothers, and the
seeming importance of the matter was enhanced by
numerous statements as to the extent and nature of the
misunderstanding ; all the information that could be
gleaned on the subject, however, tended to an impression
that the outbreak was not in itself of any very great con-
sequence. Thirteen of the crew were apprehended on a
charge of mutiny and lodged in Bridewell ; and it was
ascertained that the chief mate and one of the crew had
been seriously wounded in the affray. On the following
day (Wednesday), an investigation into the case was pro-
ceeded with before D. Neilson, Esq., at the Court-house,
Wallasey, where the following men were arraigned, viz.—
Martin Madden, George Chase, James Henderson, John
Gardner, George Keen, Edward Hyland, Joseph Edwards,
Charles Brown, Martin Finlay, Lawrence M'Cully, Wm.
Wilson, James Burns, and Benjamin Franklin. John ,

Tan Common°NEß of the London Insolvent Court, on
Friday, ordered the discharge of Mr. J. P. Somers, late
M.P. for Sligo. He had been in prison since the Bth of
March.
RISE IN THE PRICE or NEWSPAPERS.—During the-
last few months the price of paper has been augmented•
upwards of six per cent. In: consequence, a movement
has been originated in Glasgow to raise the price of news-
papers by one halfpenny each, The Birmingham Jour-
nal has already added the halfpenny to its price. The
New York Herald has raised its price from two to
three cants a copy, and the Tribune intends doing so.
WINDSOR COUNTY COURT.—His Grace the Duke of
Newcastle was sued in this court, on Wednesday, by Mr.
Parkyns, of the George Inn, Eton, for £6, being the value
of one dozen of champagne, supplied some two or three
years since at the Eton Regatta. The -claim was opposed
on the score of excessive charge; and his Honour reduced
the amount to £5 with Court costs.
AN ACCIDENT that might have proved serious occurred
to the Bishop of Oxford, as he was riding, with his son,
in a Hansom cab to the Eton festival. A carriage, run
away with by two horses, frightened by the falling of the
splinter-board, came in violent collision with the cab.
His lordship saw what was about to happen, and he and
his son opened the doors and jumped out of the cab just
before the collision occurred ; the driver also showed great
presence of mind, got down from his perch, and secured
his horse from plunging. Both the cab and carriage were
considerably injured•by the collision.
BABY SHOW.—At a recent baby show, at Bytown,
Canada, there were but two babies presented, one sixteen
and the other seventeen months old, each of whom received
a prize. After some appropriate speeches by the judges,
one of the lucky mothers made the announcement that
" she should have another baby to show at the same time
and place next year, if there was a premium to be given,"
which caused rounds of applause.
MUEDER.—A young farmer of the neighbourhood,
named Samuel Adcock, was found on Sunday morning, last
week, lying in a ditch beside the Leicester and Hinckley
turnpike-road, murdered by a pistol-shot wound behind
his ear through the head, and his pockets rifled. The spot
is a lonely part of the road, but two miles from the
deceased's farm-house, where he lived with his brother
and sister, and three miles from Leicester. The deceased
was six feet high, and from the upward direction of the
wound, the murderer is supposed to have been shorter. No
clue, as yet, appears to the murderer.
ATTACKING A JITDGE. —ln the Marine Court of New
York, on the Ist inst., Judge Phillips, who looked pale, and
bore evident marks of having met with some illtreatment,
on ascending the bench announced that the business of
the court would be adjourned until the following day,
stating that he had been attacked that morning by six
ruffians, who severely beat him as he was on his way to
the court. _ This announcement caused considerable excite-

ment, which was greatly increased when a legal gentleman,
named Busteed, stated that some men, answering the
description of those who had assaulted the judge, had at-
tempted to get into his house at a late hour on the pre-
vious evening. It is supposed that the assault on the
judge originated from a decision in a case on the previous
day. Before leaving the court his honour armed himself
with a revolver.
DEPLORABLE SCENE.—Mr. Godwin, who has lately
published some of his experiences of London homes, tells
that, when visiting one miserable room, he by chance
opened the cupboard, and was startled to find upon one
of its shelves, shut up with the bread and the tea-pot, the
uncoffined body of a child. The little limbs were decently
disposed, and covered with a cloth, and on a shelf above,
as they put over a peer his coronet, or a warrior his arms,
there was the little house-fairy's cracked mug, with its
golden label : Mary Anne. She lay there till her coffin
could be earned. Not many weeks before, the mother of
that household had perished, and had been kept in the
room for a fortnight ; the work-room, eating and sleeping-
room of the widower and a family of children
NEW Russisx Losx.—On Monday, an announcement
was made that a new Russian loan of 50,000,000 silver
roubles, or £7,000,000 to £7,500,000 sterling, is proposed
for subscription in Holland, under the auspices of Messrs.
Hope, of Amsterdam, and Messrs. Steiglitz, of St. Peters-
burg. The subscription price is fixed at 93 per cent., in a
five per cent. stock, to be paid up in full on or before the
30th July, without deduction for interest. The sinking
fund is to be 2f per cent. per annum, and the bonds are
to be drawn by lot for redemption, if the market price be
above par. The interest, it is proposed, shall be paid in
April and October in St. Petersburg and Amsterdam, at
the rate of 31d. per silver rouble. Of course no English
capital can flow into, nor will the English market be open
to, this loan, the object of which is to enable the Czar to
persevere in his course of unjustifiable aggression.
TICE GODIVA PROCESSION, COVENTRY.—This triennial
spectacle took place on the 19th with the utmost eclat
To please the "most fastidious," it was announced that the
Lady Godiva should appear in robes in place of the tigh
dress and skirt as heretofore. So many, however, were i
favour of the original costume, that a second lady was prep
nailed upon to attend from the Royal Academy so attired-
and the most rapturous applause greeted her in all
directions. It was impossible to take exception to her ap-
pearance in any respect, and it was admitted on all hands,
on no previous occasion has this spectacle taken place in
so correct and orderly a manner. This lady was preceded
by a splendid banner, bearing the words—" With the pure
all things are pure." Both ladies sustained the character
admirably, but the one who adopted the original costume
was most unmistakeably the belle of the day. The weather,
with the exception of the first half-hour, was propitious,
and everything passed off as pleasantly as could possibly
be desired.

Lynagh did not appear, as his wound prevented him STEALING FROM THE CHANCELLOR OP THE Ex-
quitting the hospital. The origin of the fracas, collected 1 CHEQUER.—At the Middlesex Sessions, on Monday,
from the evidence of the various witnesses, appears to be Joseph White, aged 60, described as well educated, was
this ,—The Fidelia wentr into the river on Friday morning Indicated for having stolen 41b. of coal, value 2d., the
week, and the crew came on board on that day, and on property of the Right Hon. William Evart Gladstone,
the following Saturday and Monday. On Monday after- M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer :—" Christopher Fors-
noon a quarrel arose between the second officer and Martin ter, a footman in the service of Mr. Gladstone, at his
Madden, and, in consequence of what occurred, the men establishment in Downing-street, said the prisoner was in
refused to go in the ship ; Fynagh, who acted as spokes- the habit of going there twice a week to receive soup
man, stated that they wanted to go ashore. He con- which was given to him out of charity by direction of Mrs.
plained also of having too little to eat. The captain, who Gladstone. It was noticed that every time he called he
happened to be on board at the time, refused to comply went into the cellar ; and on his calling on the 25th ult.,
with their request, but gave them to understand that if witness hid himself behind the cellar door to ascertain
they did their work properly, they should have plenty of what the prisoner wanted there. The prisoner entered,
food, and be treated well. Next day the captain went on and witness saw him fill his pockets with coal. He stop-
board, with the government emigration officer, and the ped him, and made him empty the coal he had taken on
men were mustered; but still they refused to proceed in the floor. He then gave him into custody. The jury
the vessel. The chief mate went forward, and said, "Come, found the prisoner guilty. A witness named Woodman,
men, come forward, and go to work, and let me get the who said he was a Scripture reader, gave the prisoner a
ship ready to go to sea this tide." Several of them moved good character. Mr. Witham thought this a bad case.
forward as if to go to work. Lynagh said he would not The prisoner went to receive charity, and repaid the kind-
go to work, and added that he would cut the first man ness shown him by taking an opportunity of committing
that asked him to go to work. A scuffle ensued between petty thefts. Such conduct shut the doors of charity :
the mate and Lynagh, when the latter drew his knife, and he did not think he should be doing his duty if he
and, after a struggle, stabbed the mate in the thigh. A did not sentence the prisoner to six months' hard
general melee ensuing, the captain interfered, and fired a labour."
revolver pistol (as he himself says) into the rigging, above Tina ALKALI TRADE.—The manufacture of alkali has
the heads of the combatants. There was also another become a most important branch of industry on the banks
pistol fired—the men say by the captain, though he denies of the Tyne. There are several large firms engaged in its
this—and Lynagh was wounded. The men then, at the manufacture upon this river, under whom many hundred
captain's command, gave up their knives to him, and the men find employment. In consequence of the present
police—who had gained intelligence of the event by two state of Europe, it seems that the manufacturers in Ger-
men jumping overboard—having boarded the vessel, soon many, and the other countries receiving their supply of
afterwards the wounded men were removed, and the rest soda from England through the Baltic ports, are in a very
of the crew made prisoners. Evidence was given by two depressed condition, and in consequence of this state of
passengers, tending to show that the second mate had be- affairs, the price of soda has fallen 20 per cent. on the Tyne
hayed with great roughness to Madden. The prisoners since the declaration, and most of the large houses have
were discharged, the magistrates being of opinion that heavy stocks in their warehouses. The prices of soda have
there was no material evidence against them. It is under- also fallen in New York, the entrepot of soda of English
stood, however, that proceedings will be taken against manufacture with the western hemisphere. Some time
Lynagh, as soon as he is sufficiently recovered, on the before the declaration of war a Tyne house entered into a
charge of stabbing the mate. A medical certificate was contract to make a large quantity of bleaching powder for
handed in, to the effect that the latter would be confined St. Petersburg. In the present state of things the contract
to the hospital for at least a week longer, and another that cannot be completed.
Lynagh could not be removed for four or five days. NEW REGULATION ON EXCHEQUER-BONDS.—In the
LIVERPOOL BEERHOUSES.—George Glover was charged act of parliament which has just received the Royal assent,
on Friday with, harbouring thieves. Inspector Bates, of new regulations are made as to Exchequer-bonds. For
the detective force, stated that on Monday evening, about £2,000,000, the Treasury, in the first instance, may issue
a quarter before seven o'clock, he visited the house of the Exchequer-bonds bearing interest from the Bth of May
defendant, in Bennett-street (off Christian-street), and last, at £3los. per cent. per annum, to be paid off at par
found five thieves drinking and playing cards. Some of on the Bth of May,' 1858, to any person who may have
the persons lived in the house.—Detective-officer' Carlisle subscribed for such bonds at a price not less than £9B 15s.
said that on the 15th of April the defendant was brought per centum, to be paid at the rate of £lools. if in money
up on eleven informations, and fined forty shillings and or in Exchequer-bills at par for every £lOO so subscribed,
costs, with the promise that he would leave the place. and all such Exchequer-bills so subscribed shall be deli-
He visited it on the previous day and found thieves there. vered up to be cancelled. Such parties, their executors,
The defendant offered to give up the house if allowed to &c., as have subscribed for any such Exchequer-bonds, and
escape :—Mr. Superintendent Clough said, with regard to shall have made a deposit of £lO per centum on the Bth,
giving up the place it was altogether ridiculous ; a num- .9th, or 10th of May, 1854, and shall pay the further instal-
ber of informations had been adjourned before on the ments in completion of the price at the following times—
same promise, until they had amounted to some eight or viz., "£3O per eentum on the oth of June next, £2O per
nine, on the last of which the defendant was convicted. centum on the 11th July next, £2O per centum on the Bth
If there was one place in Liverpool more notorious than of September next, and the remaining £2O on the 17th of
another for harbouring thieves, and not only for harbour- October next," shall, on completing such subscription, be
ing them but assisting them in planning robberies and entitled to the bonds for which they have severally sub-
disposing of the stolen property, it was this. In one scribed, and interest at the rate of £3 los. per cent. from
instance, he had had to apply to the court for a search- the day of payment up to the respective days on which
warrant to search this very house in quest of property the instalments fall due shall be paid to such parties as
which had been stolen from the house of Mr. Wardell, of shall pay the instalments at an earlier period, and, unless
Chester, during the race week of the year 1852. Sub- such parties so subscribing shall pay the whole of such
sequently a gang of thieves had been convicted for the instalments, the deposit and instalments actually paid
robbery of Mr. Brocklebank's clerk, in Evertbn. One of shall be forfeited, and no bonds shall be issued on account
the parties, who had been sentenced to transportation, of such subscription. The act received the Royal assent
wrote to him saying that he had a communication to on the 16th inst., when the 9th had expired—the first day
make. This man's statement was to the effect that the of payment.
principal part of the property stolen from Mr. Wardell's THE LAST OP CANVASS-TOWN.—It would be almost
was secreted in a ditch, in a plantation about two miles useless to attempt to convey to the English reader's mind
from Chester, and that the more portable articles had any correct conception of the utterly squalid appearance
been disposed of to this Glover. He (Mr. Clough) sent of this place. If he remembers the crime-teeming quarter
two men to make search : and, at the very place named, of St. Giles's before its filthy courts and alleys were swept
the massive silver trays of Mr. Wardell were found. Now, away, he may form some conception of the locality. Can-
this being so, no reasoning man could doubt that the vass-town has latterly borne to Melbourne pretty nearly the
other part of the felon's statement was true. There was same relation. But even then there are some nuisances,
another set of burglars, headed by a fellow named Tom incapable of description here, that leave its illustrious
'klatch, who were known to resort to Glover's house for a rival far behind in the race. It is a small town of tents,
considerable time. Mutch had been apprehended with a situated upon the declivity. of a slight hill, in dry weather
boring machine upon him, by means of which a hole had piled over with dust, and m wet embedded in mud. In
been cut out of the door of Mr. Hornby's house, Sand- many of these canvass dwellings, with only one room,
lane Cottage, and upon the evidence of this machine, three roost, as it were, two or three families, both sexes
principally, Match was convicted. On a previous occa- being huddled promiscuously together. It has its own
siod Match had been apprehended and brought be- stores, its eating-houses, and its boarding-houses, each ex-
fore the late Mr. Rushton on a charge of being con- hibiting a kind of noble emulation as to the amount of
cerned in the robbery of the public-house of Mr. Thorn- squalor with which they should be enabled to disgust the
ton, Mile-end. An entrance had been effected into the passer-by. In the morning may be seen before the va-
house by a circular piece being cut out of the door, and rious tents clustering swarms of half-dressed women and
from the till had been stolen money to the value of £35., children busy cooking their breakfast at their small
all in five shilling pieces. Mach, along with others, hay- stoves ; while around them are gathered all the accom-
ing been at the house on the previous night, was appre- panying features that mark the hovels of an Irish village.
hended ; the charge of robbery failed against him, but he But the worst feature of the locality is, that it has long
was fined £5 for an assault upon the -police at the time been the very nesting-place for the hatching of much of
they were apprehending them. In one hour after the fine the crime of Melbourne. Every second tent almost was
had been imposed, this identical Glover paid the fine in a sly grog-shop, where the rough inhabitants went to
five shilling pieces. He (Mr. Clough) had repeatedly told spend their ill-earned gains—the fruit of criminal plans
his officers that he would report them if they did not follow first matured here. Thence used to emanate those night
up the case in such a manner as would have the effect of prowlers whose trade it was to stop and rob the wayfarer,
having the licence taken away.-r-Mr. Mansfield inflicted quietly returning to his home at night. In a few days
the penalty of £lo.—James Anderson, Christian-street, this nuisance will be no more, since it is to be removed by
had also been summoned for harbouring thieves, The the Ist of April, and many of the owners have already
information was brought by detective-officer Carlisle, cleared off their tents in consequence of a notice from the
who stated that on. Monday evening, the 19th instant, government to that effect. It is true that there have
he found four notorious thieves in the house. The been always dwelling in Canvass-town some persons ply-
landlord himself had been convicted.—Detective In- ing a regular respectable business, and a few unfortunates
spector Kehee said Anderson was a convicted thief, actually driven there for shelter. But, with the increas-
and had narrowly escaped being committed for per- ing accommodation that the colony now offers, the neees-
jury in denying this on oath.—Detective officer Scott sity for the existence of such a place has been utterly
said Anderson and Glover's houses were near together ; swept away. For some time past houses have become
and Inspector Bates added that when the officers went to plentiful, and those who were forced six months since to
Glover's, in one case, they found the thieves at Anderson's fix their residence in this wretched, spot—the centre of
in another.—Mr. Mansfield said such places must be sup- loathsome scenes, and the haunt of vile characters—may
pressed, and imposed the like penalty as in tht previous. now secure a comfortable lodging at a comparatively rea.
ease—£lo, sonable rate, Melbourne