The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-16 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

TIER ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY have intimated
that the district selected for their country visit, in 1858.
alld
•
will be Cheshire, North Wales, Stafford, and Salop ,
a strong hope has been held out that the place of meetmv
and exhibition will be Chester.

THE DEAN OF BANGOR, one of a committee for ests•
blishing the Cymro, a Welsh newspaper set on foot with
the view of spreading church principles amongst the dis'
senters of Wales, has been sued in the Court of Queen e
Bench for a sum due to Messrs. Waterlow for printing it.
A verdict was given for £l3O 10s., the amount of the debt.
HEE MAJESTY has been pleased to grant the rank acid
precedence of the daughters of an earl to Miss Mary An'
nette Talbot and Miss Gwendaline Elizabeth Talbot, the
only sisters of the youthful Earl of Shrewsbury, as if their,
father, the Hon. Colonel Charles Thomas Talbot, had lived
to succeed to the dignity of the peerage.

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ST. JOllti'S Cutmen, BinKENnermons were
preached in this church on Sunday by the Rev. a
J. Hamilton, A. 8., and the Rev. T. :Cowan,. M.A.. In'
cumbent of St. Andrew's, Liverpool, after which collections
were made in behalf of the schools connected with St.
John's Church, amounting, in the morning, to £l7
and in the evening, to about tO.

THE ROYAL MERSEY YA.CHT CLUB.—To-morrow Week;
her Majesty's birthday will be celebrated by the BoYd
Mersey Yacht Club, when the opening cruise of the season
will take place. The start will take place from Birkenhead
Ferry, about ten, a.m. The larger yachts are to proceed,
to Kingstown. The first sailing match, for members
yachts only, takes place on the 7th June, for prizes of £s°'
for yachts above 35 tons, and £3O for yachts under 35 tons.
TocivErc SALE.—The sale of timber,. mahogany,
Birkenhead, on Thursday, by Messrs. Holme, Slater and
'Co., was well attended ; the bidding was. spirited, and the
prices realized for the various parcels gave entire satisfac',
tion. The. Honduras mahogany sold remarkably well, an°
a fine log of Cuba mahogany sold at Bs. per foot of one
inch thick, or £4 16s, per cubic foot. This-log was bought'
by a cabinet-umber in Manchester.

CHESTER AND. HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for
the week ending 7th of May, 1854, was as follows
Passengers, parcels; per railway, £2,539 15s. 9cl;
steam-boats, £390 ss. 10d. ; total, £2,930 is. 7d.: ,
£1,426 lls. Od.: totaly including Carnarvon traffic Per
rail, £3,966 6s. 9(1., • steam-boats, £390 ss. 10d, 'Car.
responding week last year, per rail, £3,598 17s. 3d. ; Per
steam-boats; £287 10s. Bd.. Increase, £470 4s. Bd4,

PRGCESTANT REFORINEkTION SOCIETY.—The Youll,f 1
Men's Controversial Class, conducted by Mr. C. '
M`Carthy, special missionary in connexion with the- abode
society, at their weekly meeting, held at the St. Solo's
School-rooms; Birkenhead;. on Saturday evening, Pre,'
sented theft, librarian, Mr: W. Peters, with " Leighton s
Commentary on the Epistles•of St. Peter," in two volumes,
handsomgly bound, in morosto;- as at affectionate test
mony of his valuable services- rendered to the class aa.o
library since their establishment in August last, on his
leaving Birkenhead for a sphere-of duty in the metropolig'
Several members of the class delivered appropriate ad"
dresses on the occasion, proving- the higik estimation ia
which he was held by them, and= how Wply and sin'
cerely they regretted his loss. me. James M`Donald has
been appointed his-successor.

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WALLASEY BIB= ASSOCIATION:-.JThe annual meeting
of this association was held on Thursday, in the large recut
of the Egremont Hotel. The attendance was numerous,
and highly respectable. Mr. Glazebrook occupied the
chair. The Secretary read the report, • from which it 9P;
peared that the fund for the • year wets £142 11s. iv'
During that period 112 Bibles and 51.. Testaments ha
been distributed in the district by the loml society. lue
Rev. Mr.-Elliott, of Seaceinbe; moved thendoption of the
report.- The Rev. Dr. Baylee seconded the motion, and. 0
in the course of doing so;. in allusion to the present COM:
motions, of war among the nations, referred to differodifferentpassages•of Scripture as evidencing the fulfilment of Pr°,.;
phecy, and the working out of the providence of God'
Interestingspeeches were- also delivered by several other
gentlemen.
EA.row-HALL.—We have authority to state that thts
magnificent mansion, the seat of the Marquis of West.
minster, which has for several' years been undergoing
alteration,: and improvements, will be reopened, by 14
lordship's• kindness, for the inspection of visitors, on the
sth of June next. Eaton-hill may be seen this sample'.
in the months: of June, Jury, and August, on Mondays'
Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and
four, by separate •tickets, for house or gardens, to be PO;
cured in Chester at the Royal and Albion Hotels, or 0'
Messrs. Pritchard, Roberts, and Co., booksellers, Bridgf"
street Row ;:at•Pulford, from the master of the school'
and at Aldford, from the landlord of the Talbot Intl'
Foreigners and travellers will be admitted alsa on Thin's;
days in the-same months. Parties who desire-to visit tit
gardens only, will be admitted with • their tickets by the
lodge, at Eeeleston village.—Chester. Courant: co'
INQUESTS-. AT BIRICENHEAD.,---011 Saturday, the
roner for Cheshire held an inquest on the body of William
Slone, an engineer, lately in theemploy of the )3irkenheo.
dock company. The deceased had, while in a state
intoxication, gone into the engine house, when his clurileir
caught fire,. and when found at half-past eleven o'cl.ue•,
was very much injured. He was conveyed to the hospital.
where, after much suffering, he •died on FridaT afternN
th.—The
The jury returned a verdict of accidental
tea named
coroner also held an inquest on-the body of rfr-- al. day
Stanfield, who died very suddenly on the Preeedi d
The deceased lived in Henry-street, and was- emP•oye-1.0
the iron manufactory. On Friday morning he vas in
good health, but about one o'clock le was suddenly tike!
ill, and died almost directly.. The deceased died fri
natural causes, and a verdict to that effect was returi,

CHARGE OF MALICIOUS MIKIEIEF,—At the
head Potiee-court, on Thursday, .Richard Thompson,
owner and driver of a car in that town, was sunnnat
for wilfully damaging a carhelonging to Thos. Brougba',,j
another car-proprietor of the .same place, The amoullt,
damage sustained was charged at £4. The ease was c lnew,
supported by the evidence of a boy named Henry Fq.'„g
runner about the ferry, who stated that he was stapw,73
close to the railings at Woodside ferry, at 20 or 301111011'p
past ten o'clock on the night of the 214th ult., clos!,
complainant's cab, and hearing a noise as of some Per'?
cutting, he stooped and distinctly saw the defendant_A
the- vehicle in different places. Immediately afterv",;;-er
the eab was engaged by Mr. John. Jackson and antis..
gentleman, and the witness followed, it and saw the o'4
Afterwards the boy found a piece of leather on the groar,,
which corresponded with A.hole in the. leather in the '0
The youth was strictly cross-examined, but nothing "ei
elicited to shake his. statement. The witness inent,wri°l'
the circumstance to,another car-driver a few days
wards, who gave information to. the complainant.
John Church, coachTbuilder, who had examined the n3PIOI
vehicle, gave they damage at RA. For the defense
attempt was made to prove an alai. John O'Hara Ote,o
that he engaged the defendant's ear at 25 minutes to
',be
o'clock, and it was ,ten minutes. past that hour wholino•
defendant left his residence at Bidston. Mrs. Evans, pile
keeper, Bidstou.,.deposed that Thompson had a Oafs
in
in her bar at a quarter past ten o'clock on the nigt, the
question, and, that it was half-past ten before le". set
house. Aftereonsultation, the bench said that stiff` 5;,d
proof had been.giv,en.that the damage was committed, A•
gave a verdict for 505., with costs, in favour of the El to
plainant, and, fourteen days, were allowed the defend°
pay the assessment.

LAUNCH' OF TBE ROYAL AL.B.ESA'

WOOLWICH.

• pjbett'
Tin-launch of the screw line-of-battle ship Royal Ebert,
koril
120 guns, took place on Saturday, at Woolwich Do.c" sP!
in the presence of Her Majesty and the royal fainnybor
a vast concourse• of persons. The river never, PeLtlia
presented, such a scene, owing to the facilities for ren
the• vicinity of the launch, both by rail and water ;
mense multitude crowded the dockyard and shores, ,er)'
theßeach was studded with steamers_ and almost fecitor,P";
thing that could float, all crammed with anxious spec—l;'
The South-Eastern, Blackwall, and. North Wooltvich,ere
ways brought down thousands. Numerous star, /00
erected on the Essex shore, opposite the dock,Yar.% wetie,
which an excellent view could be obtained, and Nrin,e;loeq
early taken possession of, white some 30 or more sLeA sove
freighted with visitors, with innumerable yachts 511 A,. 400,
craft, stretched across and filled up the river 0' per
distance. The Fisguard frigate flag-ship and other g°
e•
meat vessels lying off the yard were gaily decorat teso.
flags of all nations. The Trinity Brethren, in their ~ at/3',
yacht, were in attendance, as also the Lord. Mwor"ns f"
Corporation, who had chartered one of the Star
the occasion. The Black Eagle Admiralty yaellt,l:
‘ "
modated a large circle of the aristocracy. Ijse, is
hour the Charlton road presented, an unbroken ore 4.
carriages, which continued till near 1 o'clock. The esiD`i
and cabinet ministers, and the Admiralty, with they; )011',
of both houses of parliament, and families, occupied 1.14)
range of galleries adjoining the royal ho,t,":e oac:44
erections on the other side were devoted to 'er
military, and civil services of the country. q. OA;
kept on the river by the Harbour Master's fieethrole
large muster of the Thames police boats, and the of
navigation of the river was closed at the Pef.,l 11'4e
launch, Shortly after 1 o'clock Her Majeswa sLf
Albert, the Prince of Wales, Princess Royal,
suite arrived in the yard, and were received hY,dO ›t-
artillery, and the loud acclamations of the Pii,el/4
throng. The royal party were then conducted 0
form erected under the bow of the noble ship- ss
announced that high water was near, the Princeoing the
at 140 p.m., performed the interesting duty of 026,41 ter'" Royal Albert." The Royal group then retn,
booth erected at the end of the slip, whence 3.-010'clOr
rupted view of the launch and river could he tbe
The signal was then given for liberating the 51uPaesfel04
shores were knocked away, and amidst the,
oioas,,
cheers from both sides of the river, the firing 2' ;;Is oaea
the playing of the National Anthem by the "3 gPtile
Royal Artillery and Royal Marines, the noblelover, ted
into the river in the most graceful and easy jiLeftef
Royal Standard, ensign, Admiralty flag, unit iet
flying at her bows, fore, main, mizen, and Sterns;
hreore
drifting a short distance up with the tide, she „tionsfitt‘4l
up, and steam-tugs getting hold of her, prePacfli be
made for towing her to Sheerness, where she

out with all expedition.
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ARTIFICIAL WOOD.—MM. Bathe and Pciti:itioalrg
ceeded in making a kind of papier mache, if "a ...14
allowed to use that term, quite different fronl „2310.07 z
hitherto produced. They mix sawdust of sevef o°ol
with glue, and work the mixture into a sort 0. 010,
seuctscietaht
mass, which can be moulded into any desirable Orqlle Pwc
dal
lc iv
usly dry,nbtai it is tiannnimeditiantianpencfuliar way. 000,
said to be very beautiful.--Minings) J rnal• esil°l)
Jots .ottir oc
AMONG THE MILITARY SKETCHES and car? ~, a fre
seen in the Paris picture-shops, one repreinN.
semi the ftad
army on the Danube has lately appeared, ~ ein- ille
ing apostrophe to Russia at the foot " Yon have 0010
us of the frost of 18121 we will make you re'' ~,,,pr
thaw of 1854." xr A (siiii,
A WISE JIIDGE.—A certain judge out I,„e-the fo ./
fellows, those Western judges !), it is said, y"Tedibilititlie
ing interroPiories to witnesses to test thVijo';,, or ' 11l
" Witness-, do you take a newspaper for 1 0140 oticP
answer be " Yes," " Have you paid for it r to giyeea to
either case his Honour instructs the J, it it eatitl
credit to their testimony as they 11131 tll4---
under the circumstances.

TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1854.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS-TUESDAY, MAY 9.

PIITATIONS TO FOREIGN STATES.—Lord CAMPBELL
moved the second reading of the Unauthorized Negotia-
ns Bill, which proposed to extend the criminal law, and
...iubject persons guilty of the practices set measure in the
I_ll.l._to the penalties of a misdemeanour. The ,he
was based on the acknowledged principle of the law
of nations that official intercourse between States could
~ '
'4I.Y. be carried on by the governments of those states, or
Ministers and agents duly authorized to conduct such
Leriotiations. In England the departure from this prin.
Plc had been considered as a breach of the royal prero-
pitive. In America its violation was punished much in
e same way proposed by the present bill, except that
the penalties were more severe. In the United States, in
the Year 1799, a certain doctor had been detected in in-
t affecting
with the French Government on matters of State
the common interest of the two countries, and
thesa act in question had passed the legislature with the
of Jefferson and Adams. Similar attempts at
Ltiternational interference had at various times been made
in England and had escaped punishment, and very recently
a deputation of undoubted loyalty, had proceeded to Russia
4
r Confer with the Emperor Nicholas on matters of grave
illPertanee. It was to restrain such unauthorized inter-
,crence that he as head of the common law of the country,
),,,ronght forwar'd this measure, which he hoped their lord-
would allow to be read a second time.—Lord LYND-
p—,II„EsT, in a speech of considerable length, pointed out
objections to the bill, and thought the recent
bourne Y of the depilation from the Society of Friends to
tit; Petersbtuv, who had gained nothing but ridicule for
,Ace,ir Pains, ought not to be treated in so serious a way.—
'After some further discussion the bill was read a second
time, and ordered to be referred to a select committee.
Their lordships adjourned at eight o'clock.

Erp THURSDAY, Milk 11.
-ayst •oF TRANSPORTS.—The Earl of ELLENIIO-
- " called attention to the enormous expense which
been glread incurred in transporting troops to Tar-
eY, and wished to know whether the government 'were
prepared to lay the details of these expenses before the
use.—The Duke of NEWCASFIE said that no'objection
„ti2ltdebe made to produce the returns when the proper
Came, but the money voted, in these estimates had
°tl,V6t been expended.
Nt„l, ARO MENT OF ODESM.—In answer to the Earl of
fircianesbury, the Duke of NrWCASTLE said that despatches
been that mornin received from Admiral Dundas,
the
contents of which had' been anticipated by the corres-
l'uLidence of the newspapers.
be passed
Militia Bill was read a first time, and ordered to
The
through all its remaining stages on 'Friday.
Bill
1,7 Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management
,oas read a' second time on the motion of the Bishop
311.°ItD.—Their lordships adjourned at eight o'clock. of

FRIDAY, APRIL 12.
roTheir lordships met at one o'clock.
MILITIA.—On the motion of the LORD CHIN-
'LLOR, the Militia Bill was read a second time.—The
standing,, orders were then suspended, and the bill was
passed through committee, read a third time, and passed.
ROYAL ASSENT.—The Royal assent:was given by corn-
t: ion to the following bills :—The Intome and Property,
E, xchequer-bffis (£18,024,100), Highways (South
''es), Valuation (Ireland) Act Amendment, Commons
Enclosure' Ministers' Money, &c. (Ireland), Church Bail-
la Acts Continuance, Militia, Radcliffe and Pilkington
1)-7.0 Warrington Improvement and Market, Liverpool
nee Superannuation Fund, Liverpool Sanitary and ether
Low Acts, Bolton Gas, Southport Waterworks, and
other private bills.
,-nng
°nCII BUILDINGS —The house went into committee
Church Buildings Act Amendment Bill, 'when
Ninson proposed an amendment on the first ttlause,
limiting the operation of the bill to the city of London.—
The Ran of HARROWItY, on 'the contrary, thought that
e bill was looked upon with unnecessary alarm, and
` the house to make its application general.—The
Bishop of OXFORD agreed with Lord Nelson that it would
safer to try the experinient proposed by the bill in
London, before extending it to the country.—The Bishop.s
LONDON and LINCOLN supported the clause as it origi-
stood, while. Lord FITZWILLIAR thought their
to in would do wisely in adopting the amendment.—
After considerable discussion, the amendment was re-
lectpa
on a division by a majority of 1, the numbers
i',,lng—For the original clause, 28 ; for the amendmenTheirt,
The remaining clauses were then agreedlo.—
lordships adjourned at a quarter past seven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—TUESDAY, MAY 9.
A Nnw Winer was ordered for Hertfordiddre in the
l'oern of Mr. Halsey, 'deceasd.
PBT/TIONS against the -sale of intoxicating liquors on
Sunday were presented ;by Mr. 'W. Bnown, from the
guardians of the West Derby Union, Lancashire ; from
the ratepayers and inhabitants of Urmston, Lancashire ;
from the members and -congregation of thenFe Gospel
Chapel, Stretford. Petitions were present praying for
au, inquiry into the allegations of the Preston petition, by
Mr. T. Dinecoars, from several plates ;, by Mr. RicAnno,
from the Society of Hollow-ware Pressers, in the Stafford-
shire Potteries; -by Mr. "H. G. LAseeron, -from various
Operatives ; by Mr. .COBVErT, from different ',committees
of powerloom weavers and spinners of Oldham ; also from
' the powerioom overlookers of Manchester and Salford ;by
• Mr. WICKHAM, from •various operatives of Bradford,
Yorkshire; and by Mr. Ho SSFILL, from various operatives;
by Mr. PILICINIG'rON, -from various dissenting congrega-
tions and dissenting ministers of Blackburn, in favour of
opening the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge to all
denominations of Dissenters ; by Mr r,C11131121,T, signed by
19,000 persons of Lanea'shire and Cheshire, in favour of
Viative interference in eoal-mines,hem; also, from
and shortening the
.01 of labour of the b
stratio
`boys employed in t
mquestion
, RAN
against the Medical Regin Bill.
Ran CoALS CONTRADP—In reply to a q
ether coals were prohibited as contraband of war, from
F,.,Ug conveyed by nentraksessels to a Russian port. Sir
y; GRAHAM said, the commanders of Her Majesty's ships
Zee instructed to exercise .a sound discression in such
ton :use
with rderence both to the port of destination and
,„__use to which the commodity was to be applied.
1 ',r-'' Exchequer-bills Bill V.:10,024,100) was read a third
nue, and passed.
THE MALT DUTY.
The
in report of the Committee of Ways and Means
ad-
dig umn brought up, upon the -resolution granting an
:211uty on malt, Mr. E. BALL moved that the _word
agtolrt',_
,' be expunged from the resolution. He was
the
-L-,"'"cu at the announcement ,of the Chancellor of
th„ Exchequer, that he proposed to add 50 per cent. to
thve melt-duty, which would re-open a party warfare, on
lo question of free trade or protective duties, whichfhe
Del 'Sila
The terminated.
'anther unAnicELLon of the EZICREQUER, diSseliting alto-
-and ' from the doctrine that the addition to the mali
aPirit -duties was a burden cast upon the landed
''unrestnvow, declined to enter upon the questions, because it
40.13;nebreelay vairtual breach of faith with' the house. This
/Pro .fortnd vote authorizing the revenue
fairjB,_ to Prevent the evasion of the duty by the commo-
cu.'? being withdrawn out of bond. After a shored22t_mn upon tliiii point, the amendment was negati by
T.V‘4,3; and thus resolution, withothers., was agreed to.
ttiosnE ORANGE RIVER SOVEREIGHTY.-I.lr. AzaLEY.
vot,'l,,ed .an address to Her Majesty, praying that she
Promulgation
pleased to rconsider the order in Council for the
illulgation of, a proclamation abandoning all sovereignty
overmouth
the Orange River territory and its inhabitants, in
le-11th Africa. His object, •he said, was to vindicate the
-•-•"'t of the people of this country to have a •voice in the
aai, of the dominions of the Crown.—Mr.. F. PEEL
goZtheYhad only carried out the intention of their pore
Meetly
to-', who had resolved to abandon the Orange terri-
,'LY ; audit was considered that the Crown was pe
ir country to take this course without an act of Parliament,
beluga peculiar one, not acquired by toloniza-
tic? u, but by conquest. After some discussion the motion
was withdrawn.
4:l‘u, u UnivnerrEs.—Mr..lleLL obtained leave to bring
• thea mil to extend the rights /enjoyed by the g
raduates of
the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, in respect to
• Practice ofmedicine, to the graduates of the University
of London , .1)
Cn • '
fi„ -1:711411-BATEFL—ALT. A ACKE moved for leave to bring
‘ hates
bill to relieve Dissenters from the payment of church-
,s in England and Wales, briefly explaining the
Irret of the measure.—Mr. HAnninLy opposed the motion,
~„e,..}k Was supported by Sir W. CLAY, Lord PALMERSTON,
xr!lr. HEYWORTH, and agreed to.
ECZDIOAL 'RELIEF.—A motion by lilr. PIGOTT for a
i,t•-.ommittee to inquire into the mode in which medical
creliefs administered in the different :unions in England
ales, was agreed to. • _
leg:lU. STEALING.—Mr. DIGBY E ratOint obtained
rg„_-'e to bring, in a bill to make fraudulent dealings with
Itrd to bills of exchange felonious hi certain eases, refer-
,rig totases, and particularly a very recent one, where
&rands had been
,practised upon incautious young men,
Which the existing law could not punish crimmallY.
The house adjourned at half-past eleven o'clock. ,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10.
tam
against the Friendly Societies Bill, many of
Zeni objecting epeeially to the third and fourth clauses,
"ere presented by Mr. Bnown• (37), from the boilermakers
, 111 Derby, Birkenhead, Chester, Blackburn, London, Leeds,
•, • . bradford,. Northampton, Southampton, and other places ;
. : : , j:,.lir. DIGBY SEYMOPE, from Droylsden., in the county
• .. • 4 Lancaster ; by Mr. }LINDLEY, from the inhabitants-and
. wverlookers of Ashton-under-Line, and sawyers, plumbers,
tail
~,• - eh cirs, metal planers. and hearners and finishers of Man-
, co"ter and Salford,' Ancient Order of Foresters, New-
, A nArtelion Methodist Sunday School teachers,Tooley-hill,
utt;'United Free Gardeners, Ashton-under-Line ; boiler-
United
"ra, Dukinfield ; gardeners, and fine spinners, Mau-
-1 ester ; 29 from Ashton (one signed by 2,788 persons),
4r :en?. the Fidelity Sick and Burial Society, the Prosperity
p.,_letY, the Good Samaritan Society, the Industrial, the
Teteoa.,ntheopic, the Parish Church Sunday school,
Aithe. St.
them" -,.._ Sunday school, the Ancient Shepherds, the hion,
lt,-, ',rand United • Order of Odd Fellows, -the' Ashton
kirope, the Self-supporting Female Artists, the Wanderers'
10-fule, the Industrial and Modern Druids, the Good
n;h:rti, the Female Florists, the New Improvement, the
' d -Puerds, the Philanthropic Order of Brethren, the. In-
' Methodist Sunday schools, the Hope Soo_cietyci
pelollumane, the National Independent Order f
ws, the Honest View Society, the Originali Societies,the
perseverance,alg and the Purity Sick and Burial
fro:nc from Hyde containing 2,144 signatures,
kr. eitTraton and one.
Littlehouse and Ashton-under-Lyne;
female
. ofnee lati
kenos_ ETriAar, from Stalybridge, the male and
Association
of the Middleton Burial Society; Protestant
t and
cm, Ancient Order of Foresters, presiden
rneetrs of united societies, and various orders in public
frornin4E, signed by the chairman ; by Mr. TOLLEMACUE,
.• • Ch the Society of Foresters, in the district of South
. . egh„.„
'•• fromewib:. and Nantwich •by Mr. PARSER,' from 58,°°°
s - 'rs of the burial clubs of Preston ; by Mr. CORBETT,
Oldh
kaker a
m, numerously signed; also from the waggon-
derto 8 of Iklanchester from the Burial Sodiety of Chad-
ne the Odd Fellows of H ni wood . the glasscntters
o n ,
tlie anchester, the Free Gardeners of Saddleworth, and
Tow Free Gardeners of Oldham district ; by Mr. l'afrinet-
'Jotted
l' • ' from the Order of Rechabites, and from the Grand
131, Order
• 4-urcrE from the
Odd Fellows, Blackburn ; by 1141'.
!Vow b, trom the various benefit societies of Clitheroe,
141luentila .1,400. persons ; also from the ratepayers, and
InhabltAnts of WhallY, signed 4 gsco persons i

by Mr. Ginsoic, from the Makers-up Sociefroty, Ma
thenche Roy ster ;
from the Stonemasons Society, Salford ; m al
British Free Lodge of Odd Fellows, Manchester ; from
the Victoria Lodge of Odd Fellows, Manchester ; from the
Lancasterian Burial Society; from the Failsworth Friendly
Society; from a public meeting held at the Corn Exchange,
Manchester; and from delegates appointed by 750,000
members of burial clubs, chiefly in Lancaster, Cheshhe
tire,
Yorkshire, and Derbyshire; by Mr. KERSIIAW, from
boroughs of Stockport, of Cheadle, Handforth,
and Hazel Grove, in the county of Chester; from the
Stockport district of United Free Gardeners ; from the
Preston district of United Free Gardeners ; and by Mr.
HEYWOOD, from the Sick Societies of Barrowford,
Lancashire.
Petitions against the sale of intoxicating liquors on
Sundays were presented by Mr. TOLLEMICHE, from
Birkenhead, Winsford, and Over, in the county of Chester ;
by Mr. LIDDELL, from the congregation of the district
of Christ Church, Liverpool
Petitions were also presented by Mr. HINDLEY, from
the Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Ashton, unde r
r
corporate seal, in favour of decimal coinage
HORSFALL, from the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, in
favour of the bill to enable execution to issue in any part
of the kingdom under a judgment obtained in any court
in England, Scotland, or Ireland, and to amend the law
as to serving of process in the united kingdom.
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.—On the order for going into
committee on the Friendly Societies Bill, an amendment
was moved to refer it to a select committee, and after a
long discussion the amendment was adopted.
ELECTION EXPENSES.—Mr. Hymn moved the second
of
reading of the Hustings Expenses Bill, the principle
wliich was to relieve candidates from these expenses.—
Several members opposed the bill, and on a division it
was thrown out by a majority of 156 to 59.
MEDICAL PRICTITtONERS.—The order for going into
committee on the Medical Practitioners (No. 2) Bill was
opposed by several members, and on a division the bill was
thrown out by 120 to 71.
THE SUGAR Drrlns.—The house having resolved
itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, Mr. WILSON,
in moving certain resolutions regarding molasses and
sugar, explained the distinctions proposed to be made in
the scale of duties on sugar, wiith relation to the standard
of quality, so as to adjust the duties in proportion to the
quantity.of saccharine matter. The resolutified on regard
Navas ing
molasses, after discussion. as slightly modi, and was
then, with a resolution relating to sugar used in breweries,
agreed to .—The house adjourned at half-pa4t five o'clock.

THURSDAY, MAY 11.
HDCVELWATS.—Mr. PEEWEE moved the second reading
of the Highways (District Surveyors) Bill, briefly explain-
ing its object and provisions.—Mr. Mmts objected to the
further progress of the bill, and moved to defer the se-
cond reading for six months.—ln the short discussion
which followed, the necessity of legislating upon the
eed to, and
subject of highways was insisted upon and pressed upon
the government.---The amendment was agr
the hill was consequently thrown ott.
The Gaming-house Bill was read a second time, and the
Witnesses Bill went through committee.
thavEnanki. REFORM.—The house went again into com-
-mittee upon the Oxford University Bill, beginning wlth
the 11th clause, which fixed the date of election of tile
Hebdomadal 'Council on the *first day of Michaelmas
Term, 1854.—0 n the 18th clause, which enacted of vihat
rsons -the Gagregation should be composed,
HEArncomt moved, for "tutors of colleges and hulls,
masters of -private halls, and residents, with certain
qualifications," to substitute " all residents."—This pro-
position gave rise to a long debate, and, upon a division,
Sir W. Hoetlicote's amendment was carried, by 13
the
8 to
104, against the government.—The 19th clause, asqo
promulgation of statutes in Congregation, having been
agreed to, after another division, the chairmanwas or-
' deredleteport progress.
The Church Building Acts Amendment MI went
throughmommittee.
Bill and the Navy ray, &c.,
The Manning the Navy
Bill, were read a second time, after Sir J. GRAEIEL had
given a brief exposition of their nature and effects.
RAIDWAY MANAGEMENT.—The consideration of the
amendments made in-oommittee on ton Railway and Ca
wh n
ic al
Traffießegulation Bat gave rise to a cversation, i
some members characterised the measure as ;'a practical
nullity, and others denounced its provisions awarbibrary.:--
Mr. CARDWELL defended the bill, repeating the descrip-
tion had already given more. than once of its objects
and provisions.
The house adjourned at twenty minutes past cue o'clock.

'FRIDAY, MAY 12.
Petitions against the sale of intoxicating liquors on the
Smiday were presented by Mr. HOSSFALL, from Islington
Preibyterian Church, and the districts of St. Barnabas,
St.-Stephen's, St. Bartholomew, and St. Andrew's, Liver-
pool; by Mr. G3LE%NE, from the guardianshoard of
' the
gua r Ladiansncas-
ter Union ; by Mr.. HEYwoon,oc from the
Haslingden, Lancashire; and by Mr. CICESTSCAM, from
Southport, Hesketh, and Formby, in ;the county
ofLancaster.
;Petitions were also presented by the Margins of GRANBY
from. inhabitants of Manchester and Salford, against
the Friendly Societies' Act.
RUMOURED OtPTURE or CRONSTADT.—,-In _reply to a
qwestion, Sir 4: GRA.HAM said, he had received; no account
wlmtever, by telegraph or otherwise, that -Sir C. Napier
had attackedandtaken Cronstadt, and he had "no doubt,
Nen letters 'be had received that morning from Sir
Charles, that there must be an error in the report. The
account of the capture of twelve Russiantransports (with-
out troops), near-the island of Serpenti, was•corrett.
EDUCATION' NI SCOTLAND.—On the order for the second
reading of the Education (Scotland) Bill, lir.--Snuutio
moved to defer -the second reading for six months.—The
amendment waseecunded by the Earl of DA.L.REITSI, and,
after a long kliscussion, which occupied nearly the sit-
. ting, -the house divided, when the lumbers 'were—
ty foagainsr thet
second reading, 164; against it, 193: majori
the government, O. The bill was accordingly rejected.
The Canal and Railway Traffic Regulation 13111 was
read a third time 'and passed, after two motions -kr ad-
journment had been defeated.
The Registration of Births (Scotland) Bill was ..recd a
secondtime.
The WitnesseS'.Bill was read a third time and passed.
The house adjourned at two o'clock.

PHOTSBTiIiIT ASSOCIATION.—On Wedneeday, the•lBth
annual meeting of this association was held in the lame
room of Exeter:hall—Lord Viscount
Ord,BernaM.P.,in the
chair. The chairman, in the course is addreas,
informed the naeeting.that he looked forward t the speedy
destruction of Maynoeth College, as it wonldbe proved
before the Royal ,Comnaission,- at present inquiring into ,
the management of tint establishment, that it was, edu-
cating priests, not only ;for the Roman Catholics of llre-
land, but also for those of -England, Scothland,
exposure
Roo
d
colonies. There woultl,-too, he said, be suc an
made in the House of Lords of national education-in Ire-
land as that system could never survive, and that ulti-
mately the British public -mould insist on an act for • the
inspection of nisunertes. The report, after mentioning
that the association had been founded on the principles of
the. Reformation, and on those embodied in th
inclination •
tto unprotestantise both the Church and the constitartion,
,;proceeded to detail the various modes in‘'Which it acted,
and its operations for the last year. They had, it stated,
petitioned parliament against the endowment of May- •
, against the Oaths Bill, ...egainst paying Romish
nooth
chaplains in government prisons, and in favour of the
inspection of nunniries: They had also held public meet-
inge, delivered lectures, and, distributed publications to
counteract Popery, the present aspect of which called for
great end continued efforts agaiuetdt. T hincome•ondf the •
association had been £842 2s. 114„ -end h expenditure
£8261.05. 10d., leaving in hand a balance of £l5 10s. ld.
The report also stated that several loctl association
of s had
been formed during the past year in different parts the
kingdom—An evidence of a Protestant spirit pervading the
,country, and proceeded to state that the press was, in the
present day, one of the most important engines for good
,or evil; and that the emissaries of the Church of Rome,
aware of its -power, had worked and managed it but too
sticcessfully for their own interests, whence it had hap-
pened that Protestantism had suffered, not only from the
Attacks of journals avowedly Roman Catholic and Trac-
tarian, but from those also where, though Popery had not
teen openly avowed, a secret influence had been at work
to keep Protestantism in the background, discourage its
advocates, and repress their efforts. On the motion of Mr.
W. IL Peters, seconded by the Rev. Mr. Miller, thew report
was adopted. The meeting was subsequently ad dred by
Rev. Is
Stowell, Rev. C.Triest, Rev. J. Minton
the
, and other
gentlemen, and concluded with a vote of thanks to
chairman.
DIE GREAT BeiTsm—This fine vessel is /lOW in the
Sandon Graving-dock, undergoing the repairs which her
late accident has rendered necessary. She has been sur-
veyed, and the amount of damage she has sustained hag
been found to be but trifling, and will not require much
time to have it repaired. The Great Britain left Liverpool
on the 29th April, and the-same night, when off 'the coast
of Anglesea, about eight miles from the Skerries, and in
twenty-six fathoms (156 feet) depth of water, a shock was
felt on board, attended with a loud noise ; the engines
stopped for an instant, and then resumed working. It was
soon discovered that the vessel was making water, and that
the gak proceeded from that part of the stern post through
which the shaft of the: screw works, and; unable at the
time to account for the leak, it WAS supposed that the shaft
had swelled with the heat, and had forced the bush, the
circle of metal in which the shaft works, out of position.
The captain very properly returned to port, though with
no very enviable feelings, for so unfortunate a beginning to
his first voyage as commander was very dispiriting. The
cause after accident was not discovered 'till Thursday,
when,careful examination on the part of the surveyors,
it was found that she had been in contract with a sunken
wreck, and the screw must have become, -for an instant,
entangled with part of the wreck, which accounts for the
shock and stoppage of the engines. The keel and side o
the vessel, as well as one of the fans of the screw, bear
evident marks of the collision, but the injury to the hull
is, fortunately, of little consequence, only a few rivets
being started, and she will be ready to proceed
on her voyage as soon as there is sufficient water
to liberate her from dock. Subjoined is a copy of
the surveyor's report, which was exhibited in the
Underwriters' Rooms : " The undersigned having
been requested to survey and report on the damage
done to the screw-steamship Great Britain, J. Gray,
master, bound hence to Melbourne, having returned to this
port on account of the stern-bush getting out of order,
and the ship making a deal of water in consequence. e
O th n
the 11th May, 1854, attended the vessel, lying dry in
Sandon Graving-dock, and found on the port side evident
signs •of the vessel having bdn in contact with some
hard substance under water, and, from appearances, a
sunken wreck, for, on examination, found the port side
scraped, grazed, and • slightly gouged in various places
from forefoot to the fan, which had a piece knocked off the
edge ; the wood keel from the foremast forward more or
bruised ; several of the bolts fastening the keel started
less
and leaking ; the keel aft from the fan about ten feet for-
ward bruised, and several of the bolts started ; and under
the port counter one plate indented and one rivet out,
reported to have been done at the same time. Recom-
mended the stern-bush to be taken out to examine the
shaft; the started bolts replaced with new, and the keel
r and the bush-shaft and iron work to be replaced
repaired
rPraeipredaired under the direetiode e
ELLf the enuveyorgineers. Signed
the
,
W. ALEXANDER; W. C. MITCH, Ss for
Liverpool Underwriters Association,

NAVY PAY, &c., BILL.—A clause of this bill, reciting
that it is desirable to give encouragement and facilities to
all who may be desirous of entering Her Majesty's navy,
provides that it shall be lawful for any servant to join the
navy, though the term of service for which he may have
been hired shall not have expired ; and a justice shall ad-
judge him a reasonable proportion of his wages for the
time he has actually served, and make an order for the
payment, and, if not paid in four days, a warrant shall be
issued for levying the same by distress and sale of the
master's goods,
THE WRECK or THE ERCOLANO.—We have been fa-
voured with softie details of the loss of the Ercolano, the
ship in which Mr. Halsey was a passenger, by Captain
Townshend, R.N., M.P., who had them from Sir Robert
Peel :—The latter said that, feeling ill from the motion of
the vessel, he was sitting in his carriage, which had been
moved to midships on account of the heavy rolling of the
sea, smoking a cigar, when suddenly, and without the
slightest warning, a collision occurred. A large vessel (the
Sicilia) came upon them at the rate of 11 or 12 knots an
hour, running for eight or nine feet into the Ercolano, and
literally " doubling her up," The collision was so sudden,
and death so imminent, that there was no time for con-
sideration: Sir Robert had just time to spring out of his
carriage before the funnel of the steamer and the apparatus
of the galley fell against it, and threw it overboard. To
take off his coat, his trousers, and his boots was the work
of a moment. His servant was standing by him—an old
and valued servant, much attached to him ; and in that
awful moment Sir Robert found calmness enough to say a
few words to his faithful servitor,—" Good by ! God bless
you! Nothing can save us ! In a few minutes we shall be
in the other world ; but be comforted, I hax-e made a provi-
sion for your daughter" (the old man's only child). The
old servant said he would never leave his master; but Sir
Robert, feeling that there was no chance for either of them
except in prompt and individual activity, exclaimed, "You
cannot help me Do the best you can. I shall jump into
the sea ; " and then took a strong leap to escape the eddy
caused by the sltking vessel, which he happily cleared.
In the sea Sir Robert got hold of something, which he
supposes to be the bowsprit of the Sicilia, which was car-
ried away at the moment of the collision. Then he got
hold of a chain, and finally of a piece of the wreeic, to
which he found three other persons, one of whom he thinks
was his old servant, were clinging. In this posltion he
remained, the sea rolling heavily, for three quarters of an
hour. One by one his companions relaxed their grasp on
the floating portion of the wreck and dropped 'exhausted
into the 'sea—their grave; and at last he alone remained
holding on till he was picked up by a boat belonging to
the vessel which had run them down. Till 'that moment
Sir Rohert never lost consciousness or self-command, but
once•on board the boathe sank into a state of insensibility
from which he was restored in the engine-room of the
Sicilia. Sir Robert says he heard the cries of people in
distress from the Ercolano before she sail, and he thinks
'that lives might have been saved if proper means had
'been taken. M. Halsey and his family, and many other
-passengers, he believes, were below 'in the cabins, in all
'probability asleep, at the time of the collision, and the
doubling up of the vessel would prevent them from get-
ting on deck ; but Sir Robert thinks that if the Sicilia
had remained about the spot till daylight she might have
icked up some of the passengers, who would probably
have been washed out and found clinging to the wreck.—
Hertford Mercury.