The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

—...._•_-_-___.
TRE Sum of £20,000 has been apportioned by the
nealth Committee for paving in the various out-townships.
ELIZABETH PTE, 18 years of age, died last week
rat
Preston from loss of blood, occasioned by want of ca e
after having been bled with ten leeches.
TESTIXONIAL.—The ladies of St. John the Baptist's
C'earch, Toxteth-park, have presented their clergyman,
the Rev. James Hassell, with a handsome gold watch
and chain.
VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY.— The newly-enrolled regi-
bleat of royal artillery volunteers assembled on Tuesday,
for
throwonth's training at the depot, at Everton, and went
training a variety of manoeuvres.
A BURGLARY was, a few nights ago, unsuccessfully
attempted in the house of Mr. Alexander Henry, late
111-P. for South Lancashire, at woodlands, near Man-
capturedeue!ter-ne of the burglars, named Morris, was
aft _ .
~._er a struggie.
AT LANCASTER INSOLVENT COURT the deputy judge
`useir„ ha,rged T. Tattersall, of this town, corn-broker; J.
-•"'°wies) victualler ; P. Robinson, of St. Helens, book-
eene
„,i- r' .1.- Collins, of this town, vinegar-manufacturer ;
"'"i ,i' Roberts, victualler. J. Leigh, of this town,
saddler,,„ was remanded for two months.
I,_-AnEit Max.—Now that apples are cheap and plentiful,
-711:1=,' in many instances only half the price of potatoes,
heirmers about Preston have commenced giving them
toorecattle, and it is found that cows will milk better
1 .ta eating aPPles than they will when eating turnips,
P°la,„._toes, man gold wurtzel or other similar vegetables.
,autt STEAM NAVIGA 'o- Ac —Mr Tindal, resident
Zasolicitor for thme Doardr-oisTrade, laid. an information
iicooZll3)3ejt°wheilenuagli,;l3Y' owner of the steamer Invincible,
,„ —verPool and the Seacombe Ferry, for
hoa
imardn, ngtheistlenedge,lll/2 without having a certificate o
•,,,., , -As The case having been established,
the :ter 2°s' " lutiPosed. John Mitchell, the master of
eamer, was fined IWithshilling costs.
ssaßms . s., a , ._ Mr.
tthviii j ACCIDENT happened on Tummy t:o
Worthinanihes'arti•es 'tilde hunting in the Downs with the
fell down dead ' • ;Hie borse, a valuable one, suddenly
vessel of th h ' and ,s supposed to have ruptured some
Mr. jar„,, e-eart• The animal, in falling, rolled upon
of 3,1,„. T 18' who WAS re
r"Ved from the Downs to the house
seasibiLe_ri Day, the trainer at Finders, in a state of in-
jame..7. Though seri° i
'IT Z hOped ~ us y bruised by the fall, Mr.
SleArt:ll , will be speedily convalescent.
\tn,,,,°,lthsideitureEr°byll
taTilkiengsdaYoutsompare personsofaweinnted.orewdoFnatrhn-
e,,ll who, • path estry they forced a strong iron ewhest,
Ihn to Ivh:: Ltl?e registers are kept, out of
%or; l'eu It was firmly built, stnd threw it on the vestryvestry
tempt
tV, without leaving any marks .upon it .11. an
_t-e
4 .c whey had eute€l'
ay Ih. Pen it, they appear to have decampe
without doing any furtnheehr
Bs ti left-"teir retreat seems to have been,hasty, inasmuch
dlitwo
n,,-- eY two crowbars, t. stonegetter s pick, an
----,ons' ham
lif,rt mere behind akin.
`Colonial' ,„sE eraiostrias.—Messrs. Bushby and
.C 0.,, of
raspetheizeseia-urieTngs, have on view a collection of curiosities,
There .tlia of than usnifl;but possessing some very fine
the workmanship of this curious people.
ana a`* eight very large and handsomely-figured, cu Wits,
and intgreat.number it, smaller sizes. The most c
~ri
kelatibloacteresholdlieg articles, however, are the card cases end
Chad worled in silver, and worked, too, so
seenisratedY, Out when held up to the light, the tracery
clition Zr,°°„st as fiat as that of the spider's web. •1n ad-
Laud san-atese, anfltases also made of tortoiseshol4,lvors,
''°z fc'r-wol, there are some very elegant ladies ;cork-
ten:47lla' .and articles belonging to the toilette. The
ehiae4twill intlade a Chinese mandarin's rdbt. s, and a
T. 1•61.4,„..,.'8 c1r0,„,..5, both complete in every annualpartrar-
ateethi -----, NECTIANICS' INSTITUTION.—
The ebgswashelitat the Town-hall, on 3londasT-,-111se.s, t week.
aux ~,,,41r was arcupied by Mr. Meill• tement
aPpea7 1337 Ntr. liirkman, the secretary,
tablisheecld tkat the institution, which has rally JAI beenie es-
-14.o.11;,11. h it
The ex-
Pease, h a Yer, is in a prosperous "'alp •tie receipts
have been a-Tounted to £46 7s. 244., a-F-
-lustaai *'.3 Os. 414., leaving a balance in favotureof the
and ne,...,. °l-I„cf el 6 16s. 2d. Several gentlemen
clergy,of the to
have
oase%ra, °Qtrhood, including some
of
the
th ns titu-
ti calo deliver lectures, for the benefit of
°a) data
°/1 Ivecit.4.te the winter season ; such lectaires toebe given
~,laatt "laY evenings, in the lecture rotnt.
"38 chit RORRERY.—On Thursday, James Anderson
linto rged with knocking a gentleman down, and robbinng
edzief Aabout 140., in Hoo-street, about _
.half_past ten o
ii.-a
-ft.,,,, Y Mr. John Sergeant, ,estanet-maker, 19,
'alat C„ cet, who is engaged at the Amphitheatre
'"'.'.., rile u„'4.,as , Passing along Roe-streetimiten two Amphitheatre, stated
'4lstatet; t° 111 M. Ile pushed them away; and wentfollowed n ,17
14 Ist'- (I°`ll Rood-street, when he was
_hiurTi
clewh, :Goner and four other men, Who knocked 'llife '4,11, rifled his pockets of about lAs.,
it lis.„11•4. snuff-box While down, the prisoner told
together withhima
th... ,
~Ulade th
2,7"8`... t.. ir e least resistance. he would cut his —7—,
-',l the He immediately ave infortuation.to the_ police:
stso, Prisormr was apprehended is art in Ps_acY li°e
111174taine piaengi. Ilegenitom it ar;:rectrial at the sessions.
7"ll.llbeerel°
he
Was
concealingtn himstreTalliseokfnolufendahm'd
utor
Ihlien nil!!;r• oy LATE.—A quantityof silver Pl_ate was
s..4lYers -m the 18th ult. front. tile, house of Mrs. Elizabeth.
A Otke La WiCIO
1)1+ 4.lSta„, Widow lady, residing in ,0. 66, Grove-street.
-rts,
,b,,,,ang every inqutry, no lidings of the stolen
vi.„74 a 24'4! obtained till the .28th (of the same moureth.,
t in Banast
-`qi-ct tr" laforined a police-officer, on du 3'
ii - r
all- the pox her , brother had seen a'
, . sessio quantity of sNe plate
mild Richard Dunn and
ii 4-1,10, Singio_ fl. of two boys Ta
s hm
szau, on inquiry, it tuned out that tnahemted,wo
Ise/ticetl4- i 1 -, the plate to a man and his if
ilitt-Gt-listrveesY, John and Bridget rarNulty,. residing in
hh. I,BjPeet, for 88. The fem• were taken. into custody,
oYn,
whiZday 1::;8' , brought before the-police magistrate,
l'esC,.. (.1:ly aceit, were remanded. _ t
lap,
last, on
in-,,-satioo -eY were again :brought , and after an in-
?haifort tile two boys and Johz_ M
leasele*Nulty
ial, the ' trate refusing to re
'Nulty were corn-
It' liiB . ma
discharged.
4 . 11
Wife
was
o —The members held
ot;tlr al inlit,?l'°oll-kPuic S c'lirr.r.
at the Royal Insta-
-ti,_'o4. °,,,,-"IY meeting on Tztesdaffilagt,
It appears
• -,at t ine tiger - Corey
13(.43 he soviet wBB.°
stesay:pre4TOSS, and now.
of
sa,_ ova,.Y Is making It.-. 0.--;
)190 members. Some
,r,t,ee.t, and on coloured glass were exhibited --excellent specimens
• led by Mr.
nsR t, . a brief discussion
to whether gutta
h en'etr experience in the ma
..enttcaticrd,as several_ members
se. Mr.
° a —lll4
be
made
available
;f°r
this
PlCturra views in
the exhibited a
portable
appmauu for ta i gpresented
)Y liPeb air, and called attentionto a camera,
'ILI Atk*
`, I)tated . nison to the society. Flt has
itsbeen recently
callid, :after inventor,
14/liltitteseln J'ranee' and
drris 'then -read a paper on the
Il; of°L... 31rT. lbot,yand an-interesting discussion
tifeen;' Gs to th F°x
'alit of Mr. 'Mot to several of h
la, eries claimedereal rig It seemed to be the opinion
the . by him. .he , recently
kia4.4- 'nesting however, that ?by -the permissiontohis
process,
,lt ILY Ilr• Talbot, likenesses
IGses '-'y Multiplied to any extentisbnt n
t:ef sale according
not for the pur-
tedhe
Was-.'"NtrE'r AT THE Town-arsaz.-4-en W..'A"enesthdaetyain
It :sfilAfttl the Mayor, Samuel 11010.4, Esq.,
oing the Earl
li5t5,,,,-__ •
hT•tn,--a..--uished party
Mr.
h. --`-r,i, bY, Sir John Heron 1,-raril„Bawnrt,.,..p.,
Bl,x,m,_'•• Liddell, M.P. Mr. William Eawara Cust, Sir John
ence Heyworth, lA,r
kAil,,,,
_, Admiral Grenfell,Fie"idAreile/atieueßevoi-1311153rwis Ashton, the
tor
10.1145411, Rev. R. M. h 'mr, .1;11. Turner, Mr. C.
I\4:l;kettlerk, Mr. HentLA.smton,rd
Cropper,
Mr. Hardman
),
lt‘leilkl''Car.P\tell ;yinnesil_letc_ Fletcher, Ca. ptain German (Prestotonn
G Thompson, Mr. Johnston
aiL'lughes (Kinmell), M. - _
4-117%-ltall), Mr. H. Littledale, Mr. T....,littledale, r.
1,4,105t1, Mr. G. Hall Lawrence, ".Mr. a ~X. oss, Mr. T. E.
Ilsnr,,,;lllfichard Naylor, Mr. Daniel Nan, M. r. George
kr. elciveall, M_ r. Pedder (Preston),intern Protte_r, It.A.;Zrls, teplmr Ra don, Mr. William Ratiinone, 3 r._y_Vr. „„tiharre,lack, 11r. Fwrancis Shand, Mr. John Stewa.rt, Mr-
l'elnosor,-4141#,„41'5,Mr. J. A. Tobin, all .
'eau 1 - ,arag.„. ~,, •
--cAit- r•Aclasn 13.„ ,au/, Mr. J. NWalker,..l",;..Cyhaw oursn,„ •-^ia-son and Mr. Fralle/S ne roodles. n-
alrhe pee. taA.l, , ,
SOCIETY. - tt
° -'-'; bled. 'ND AacszoloGlO.L.
nt
oeneicolt°3ll4,4lty....-ing for the PreGe
was held
..„9‘, sessThe chair was
-tio*''' by "diun, on Wedna--y. tout. Mr.
' ehlst' the Pfires presented
to the e tk,%,e,,, Charles Vere
e'ktfet ' "Itv announced the donations,: °Ps k - the
rpa,.4., 3r k,..., r
amongst which .were lila- hi:' of •va,--llng the recess, a va-
tectud)artolic7las„,„.
,learned societies' proceed,.
nave of.the archi-
-4.: ,of y• sasid engravings illloati-
,a,„„couipara-
-I"ve itre'erliee, and. a diagram showingeir7rpo.l.
.and.
;:h...c10a. se
~...(31%tolanage- of the Ports of
p;.7cuttda.,;."``Go stated that the British A-ssooiat4ll. Thetl
l`.4snn_ident th—e.„°°,_ht their next meeting in this town-
ts,ve(led te7rtrvesed the openingakre-a-Atioin;W:weilthhee
pet 0, whuft, ~ otiee the architectural
at - and I,ll,tew
' !ore, _:‘, ow.ev4r, have not been greent; „ Theasew
4i4sie.h4;ll.geatiomsefsr future imProvemh
acv to hn''
~,,_, 110t1,4baseet, a few churc es, ani.„,„,„aisosse
thkh" kay ),--,--utn, ore the principal ones, and r"'77,:r.
iZa ccba,...43.1' have added very much, yet nes? JaBlSsorle.
4 88i°11 Pe town improvements, and . .
I:;:lcjetylithp°l4 the adornumeurit of it. I cannot but think U
aftla the?,Y eftgratulate ;itself upon its excellent report
sqhTet th4uProrenaent of 4tbe town having contrilsta..ted to
the.
Iss-4Get e attention f thoo taking an interest in
ghat'
' and 1 1,3...- ° - e • much
loj'et t, c —.eve it will farm the basis of
day the
ak.h..4 eo 1-'e
has
I -noire' that this very .
tt, oil has decided apply for an act of parl-
talc' to Iltahle it to make a new street from St. Georges-
stsfl 11 oorfield, to wtiden litatton-garden, the lower
a.
,evei,'` •tiairdman-street, and .the lower. end of V.%Vvher.
Us seePease4e are all steps in the right direction. 'Mot What commerce io, there art flourishes. Now let
he 41... e R2OO Liver Pool can do. 'We are goingt tavv.,7' sne„'"'", -)- Let us spend it •wfullY firs- , bb)ut slpetenidt
1116E* Trent FT as to contribute to the adornment of
and
,asei,-;:ate F.e 1.4 one spot in this town, that with care d. 4 ..ect -11*uditure, might be made .one of the finest
Nis ural -
scarcely say,
the tie to features in the weld. I awed fall f
444144 the BPace aSt Genrge'S Vali' Theo
li , which fns roun .
many ,to be so great a
.1c4.1441, l'tttio"B.„l"._.° actsaeenniimedisttans°t element- .iu its favour;
zo4
h 4 the
wnug Unit deformity, St Ni 'I ou,,'"rat Period of English tecture
JohnlaChurch. , built
Gothic
°mined by'
the -Pk air" Of the humest professors of tiaLs /rein
sstoo* evel asphalted dace, nights of
—4(lia`l°rate..the isigh levels, giving the reality of use to
'lch LIN as-" 7; bY placing around it other public
y require,
1:4,7 a free lie wants of the community
) * ,-,',"f* 8t 1-turarY, the Derby Museum, a
•cti "'lee ' "{Ain' literary and scientific institutions,_
new church,
4 14i, fi, a.„4„. ,
c 1, 'llrrou„A '4IMT rooms, lecture rooms,. Picture gal-
the Place
,s'eeclest eo, ne,,„,,ed by balustrades like those in
"Nhsl'al, pa`lo? 11l Pulls, Rostral candelabra, a fountain,
ti bey uly I,:vt°44s with statues, and vases. England,
it elte 44 Ulan an othe t - uses such decora
tUlly. n_ Y r coun
tNr...., Ihtere--, `-'9e eituation urgently calls for them,
'' a 11 theniation of the suare columns of St.
ikPaltc*AeliCh'rilay The effect to the building would be ex-
ikht Ile ...
.thy for as they would be placed upon the
ilut .the Rh 7 columns, and thus receive abundant
tllc4h %eh e et tlie Portico behind would throw them
se 41-8 itt anthig and almost
Is'otilad h front limill
4 -as• 1' ould ha ---Y call for some real
*caleffect. Two bare
IPAlim aant, hi ve statues thereon. We have good and
AI 'd
*Oll4 B„ ,T4Liv rpool, and a small sum annually
.litilit,Zc'ratioit:' L" Liver
with this chaste and beene-
-11 e snei '---1111. pistonitch wanted, and intended by tn
etkr qv% • then 1)4 Ott, aLlon., read an interesting rawer m;
LAtr. /1,-64 excursion to Beeston, Banbisry, and
kind ' and -.flaw--
aft h also `", voted to afr, Picton for his
'ttr wi,.. ill Mr. Tollemaehe of Peckforton, for his
'''4oa tt:rl3l.oettt. the society to inspect the castle,
ugs terminated,

ROYAL M7RSEY YACHT Cmat.—At the monthly meet- '
lag on Tuesday, it was determined to hold a ball this
season, which will take place as soon as the arrangements
can be made. There were seven new members elected;
and previous to the meetinc, the members sat down to
dinner at the Birkenhead Hotel. The members will hold
their meetings during the winter months at the club-
house, Duke-street, to commence in November. The
yachts are now laid up for the season.
CULIOUS DEATH OF A CHILD.—An illegitimate child,
about ten months old, named Elizabeth Maddox, whose
parents reside at No. 21, Lydia Ann-street, died on Wed-
nesday under the following rather singular circumstances.
While at tea, the mother, who had the infant on her knee,
gave it a bit of a mutton bone to suck, and in a short time
afterwards the child appeared to be choking. The woman
did not know what to do, and ran off with the child to Mr.
Woods, a druggist close by. He put his finger into the
child's throat and said he felt a piece of meat in the wind-
pipe, and then returned the infant to its mother in a lifeless
state. An inquest was held, when a verdict of " Died by
suffocation" was returned. In recording the verdict, .the
coroner expressed his disapprobation of the treatment which
the child had received from the druggist.
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting,
held on Wednesday, at the workhouse, Mr. Harrison pre-
sided. The other guardians present were the Rev. W.
Badnall, Messrs. Allpass, Heyes, Wainsley, Lunt, Abra-
hams, Craig, Roskell, Medcalf, Tattersall, M`Gee, Horsfall,
G. Harrison, James Birch, Jeffries, Xirkus, Dry, Davies,
Owen, and Mountfield. The balance in the hands of the
treasurer was stated to be £317 13s. 10d. The sum of
£6-1.6 4s. Bd. was ordered to be repaid to the public loan
society. It appeared, from the proceedings of the work-
house committee, that spirituous liquors had been intro-
duced into the house, and it was resolved that legal pro-
ceedings should be taken against the offending parties. A
pauper, Jane Hunter, with two children, having applied
to be sent out to New London, Canada, it was agreed that
the consent of the Poor-law Board should be requested
with reference to the guardians defraying the cost of her
emigration, Tenders for the supply of best seconds bread
until the 25th March, 1854, were received from Mr.
Ambrose Archer, at the rate of 21d. per lb. Mr. Cape was
appointed clerk and bookkeeper to the hospital, at the
salary of £3O a year, with rations ; and the clerk was
directed to take proceedings against Mr. Rose, for the re-
moral of a naisance caused by the deposit of night soil in
Sefton-street, Toxteth-park. On the motion, of the Rev.
W. Badnall, the following resolution was unanimously
agreed to -•:—" That this board, from an anxious wish to
co-operate with the authorities in Liverpool in devising
and adopting measures for arresting the progress of Asiatic
-cholera, do hereby request the medical officers of such
parts 'of this union as are situate within the.borough of
' Liverpool, to make a daily return of all cases of Asiatic
eheilera occurring in their respective districts to the Medi-
cal-officer of Health for Liverpool, at the public-offices,
Cornwallis-street ; and, further, that the relieving-officers
• coo report to this board any nuisance which they may con-
, Sider injurious to public health,or the filthy condition of
any lodging or other dwelling:house of which they may
have knowledge." After the transaction of some other ,
routine business, the board adjourned.
1 MEETING OF THE DUKE a WELLINGTON AND FIELD-
MARSHAL BLUCHER.-111 our advertising columns it
will be seen that the fine picture, painted by T. J. Barker, i
of the meeting of the two illustrious military chiefs, at Lx. '
BELLE ALLIANCE, on the evening of the Battle of Waterloo,
is now on view, at the Lyream, in Bold-street. The sib-
ject is one which has often been referred to in story, and
several versions of the inlikient are given ; but, as a pictorial
scene, it was reserved for Mr. Barker, and that artists
treated it with his williknown tact and artistic skill. The
picture consists of two principal groups, the first consist-
ing of His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Lord Arthur
Hill, (afterwards lord Sandys,) and the Hon. henry
Percy; the other being Field-Marshal Blucher, 'general
Gneisenau, the son of Field-. Marshal Blucher, one or two
other Prussian effirers, and an orderly. All the members
of both groups are mounted, the Duke on his celebrated
charger " Copeiiiragen," and Blucher on the horse he had
ridden throughout the day. All the parties ar.d animals
are portraits, vepied from well authenticated, and good
likenesses. Inpoint of artistic treatment the*cture is a
very fine one; 'the grouping and general effect being
managed wilt. a fine eye to pictorial combination. In
colour, the elfect of twilight (somewhat nferred by the
glare of lighteander which the picture is shown) is truth-
ful, and in fits solemnity contrasts expressively with the
dimly seen . action, and smothered conflict 'of the back-
ground, the' distance of which is luridly lighted up by the
flames of the farm-house of Caillou. The ,sky is clear,
transparertt, and serene, of a deep, cold loluetene, relieving
the fiery .glare of the battle-field. The drawing, and
varied yet curbed action of the horses are masterly ;
the sabered energy expressed in the easy calmness of
the DukOs countenance contrasts finely with the eager
and impetuous spirit of the veteran Penssian ; and, as a
whole, the picture will bear favourable •tomparison with
most pittares of the day. From the powerful massing of
its parts and of its light and shadow, itis well adapted for
producing an effective engraving, and int-the hands of Mr.
C.. 1. Lewis is certain to turn out a pleasing and impres-
sive work of art.
DARE.DFHL ACCIDENT AND Loss Obi &we IN PRESTON.
—En ,connection with the turn-out iin Preston, there
occurred, on Monday night last, an aceident of an alarm-
ing and fatal character. About seven ,o'clock, the card-
roonilands, now out on strike, assertibled at the Corpora-
tion 'Arms, Lune-street, Preston, to-receive the weekly
allowance of the union. The landlord; Mr. T.Worthington,
refits& them the large room in front sef the house, which
they lad used on two previous occasions, and would grant
them only the use of a hayloft over k a-coach-house in the
yard. This room, which is only about five yards square,
and-esmmunicates with a still smallevene over the gate-
way, was densely crowded by the i heads assembled to
receive money, no fewer than .200,ariit is supposed, being
congregated therein at half-past Z.o,okek, at which time
the '1 under the centre of the ;flooring gave way.
Those who were in the room werepprseipitated into the
coact--house below, the gates of svhielowere locked. It is
impossible to describe the corrfuSionithat ensued. The
committee, in the smaller room, werearrer-stricken, and
' made their escape through the wirkiew, by means of a
ladder, into Wharf-street ; bat 'as •the :gates were locked,
theyseould render no assistance to ,the shrieking mass of
men, women, and girls in the teoacb-house. When at
length the gates
,were opened, a ,dreadkil sight presented
Reel. The flooring was parted an theireiddle, the broken
sides resting on.the floor of the eoaeh,heuse, and the sides
that ha.d been wrenched from the wells leaning against
the letter at an angle of about 45`.). atirl named Smalley,
14wears of age, died immediately onsbeing removed to the
kitchen of the inn. Jane Broadhenthall her thigh broken,
andsnow lies at the house of recovery in a precarious con-
ditior., from the effects of that and °thee injuries. Another
woman, living in Marsh-lane, and as girl, residing in
ApPletm-row, are not expected to survive the injuries they
hove-received. Many other persons have had arms, legs,
or ribs broken, and nearly all were, tireofircilly crushed—a
greabonany being taken out of the ImiliEng in a state of
insensibility. We have heard also of two or three extra-
ordinary escapes. A woman, with a- chiral in her arms,
received no injury at all. Another woman, who also had
a•childin her arms, let fall her infant, and clung to a hook
in Chevron, from which she remained: suspended till her .
strength was exhausted, and ehe was obliged to let go her '
boOd,,hut neither she nor her ,child,rceeived the slightest
injury. Several gentlemen promptly attended the sufferers,
and reildered the most active assistante.
ThE ALPACA MANUFACTURE. - " Sixteens years ago—
that is le say, in the year 1836--ra hnge pile of dirty_
lookinpstrks, filled with some fibrous materials, which
bore a string resemblance to superannuateitlorse-hair, or
frowsy elexgated wool, or anyeliie.• elseinnpleasant and
tutattraetios, were landed at Liverpool. GAThen those
queer-gook:mg bales had first arriaed, ,orill, what vessel
brought,saud for what purpose intended, the very oldest
warehouseman in the Liverpool do& coUldfitisay. There
had been.opce a rumour, a mere witenhouselnan's whisper,
that thelbales had been shipped from South America on
spec., and•cweeigned to the agency of C. W. arid F. Foozle
and Co. Bat even this seemed to lave 'betle..'iorgotten ;
and it was agreed on all hands that the three hundred
and odd SKI:, of nondescript hair-wool wee .a perfect
nuisance. The rats appeared to be tin only Roadies who
at all appravee of the importation, mad. to ;them it was
the very finestiinvestment for capital that .bail bow/known
in Liverpool filiox their first ancestors bad .nitrated
thither. Well, those bales seemed like to 4'o,4TO:di to
dust, or to lae ,bitten up for the partioslar ame,of the
female rats. BroLers would not so moth ras dook at; them.
Dealers ceraldn't make them out. Manufacturers-shook
their heads at the clrare mention of them itirk.Me the
agent of C. W. and i,IP. Foozle and Co. felt sevite.safeuge at
the sight of the iuveice and bill of lading, aud ewe she
to their clerk about shipping them out to South America
again. One day, we won't care what day it was, or ever
what week, or mouth, ttkough things of fiir lessmatioesal
importance have beenchronicled to the very halfaeinnte
—one day a plain, businees-looking young mate with an
intelligent face, and a.quiet, reserved manner, was walking
alone through those same warehouses at Liverpool, ,when '
his eye fell upon some ,of the superannuated lame-hair
projecting from one of thettigly dirty-looking hales; some •
lady-rat, more delicate thee: grer neighbours, had foundiit
rather coarser than usual, and had persuaded her lor4l.find
master to eject the portion .frein her resting place. Am
ffriend took it up, looked at iitssinelt it, rubbed it, pulled it
rollout ; in fact, he did all but -toste it, and he would have
tone that if it had suited his -purpose, for he was ' Yorie-
/Wile? •Having held it up to 'rite light, and held it away
leers the light, and held it In ell sorts of positions, and
done all sorts of cruelties to it, as though it had been his
moateleaclly enemy, and he was feeling quite vindictive—
be platted a handful or two in iris pocket and walked
co:WV:away, evidently intending toipsit the stuff to some
exeradating private tortures at home. What particular
experiments he tried with this fibrous substance I am not
exactly ;tura-position to relate, nor dots it much signify ;
but the sequel was, that the same quiett, business-looking
man was ,seea to enter the office of C. W.. and F. Foozle
and C 0.., and ask for the head of the firm. When he
asked that portion of the house if he woald accept of
eightpenee per pound for the entire contents of the three
hundred and odd frowsy, dusty bags of nondescript wool,
the authority interrogated felt so confounded, that he !
could not have told if he had been the head or tail of the I
firm. At first he fancied that our friend had come for
the express purpose of quizzing him ; then that he was 1
1 an escaped lunatic, and thought seriously of calling for I
the police ; but, eventually, it ended in his making over
to him the bill of lading for the goods in consideratioe. of
the price offered. It qui
wasquite an event in the little dark
office of C. W. and F. Foozle and Co., which had its
supply of light (of a very inferior quality) from the grim
old churchyard. All the establishment stole a peep at the
buyer of the ' South American stuff.' The chief clerk
had the curiosity to speak to him and hear him reply.
The cashier touched his coat-tails ; the book-keeper, a
thin man in spectacles, examined his, hat and gloves ; the
porter openly grinned at him. When the quiet purchaser
had departed, C. W. and F. Foozle and Co. shut them-
selves up and gave all their clerks a holiday. But, if the
sellers had cause for rejoicing, not less No had the buyer.
Reader, those three hundred and odd bales of queer-looking
South American stuff contained `alpaca wool,' at that
time entirely unknown to our manufacturers, and which
would still have been but for the fortunate enterprise of
one intelligent, courageous man. The bold manufacturer
was Mr. Titus Salt, in those days a mere beginner, with a
very few thousands to aid him in his upward career, but
at present one of the wealthiest amongst the wealthy men
of Bradford, in Yorkshire. His fortune has been altoge-
ther built up by the aid of this same alpaca, to the manu-
facture of which he has for the last dozen years devoted
the whole of his time and energies."—Household Words.

The Taurus screw-steamer, arrived in the Mersey on
Sunday, from New York.
A PUBLIC MEETING, held in the Manchester Town-
hall on Wednesday afternoon, resolved to invite the Right
Hon. W. E. Gladstone to a public demonstration to-morrow
(Wednesday).
MR. JAMES C. FORSYTH has absconded from New York
in the steamer Atlantic, for Liverpool, having taken with
him between 100,000 and 150,000 dollars in cash, the pro-
perty of his father and father-in-law.
SHERIDAN SOCIETY.—On Wednesday, the members met
at the Brunswick Hotel to dinner. The chair was occu-
pied by Mr. Samuel Edwards, and the members were com-
plimented upon the efficiency of the society.
Tire WINTER COURSE of controversial lectures at St.
Paul's Chum]. commenced on Thursday. The Rev: Dr.
M'Neile prevled, the subject being, " How the Church of
Rln.te spade the Gospel of Christ."
AMERICAN MAILS.—On Wednesday, the United States
mail steam-ship Atlantic, Capt. James West, sailed from
the Mersey for New York, with the usual mails for the
western continent, 200 passengers, and a full cargo of
valuable merchandise on freight.
WILLIAM WILKINSON, master of the flat Mercator, fell
overboard, on Friday afternoon, off the Trafford Dock, and
was drowned. There was no one but his wife on the flat,
and she could not render him any assistance. The body
was found on Saturday morning, at low tide, lying on its
face, outside the Cockle Slip.
Car-rms.—On Saturday afternoon, a girl named Mary
Eagan, living in Lace-street, was pilfering sugar from a
lorry standing in Back Goree, when she had her foot so
severely crushed, by one of the wheels passing over it,
that, when carried to the Northern Hospital, amputation
of three toes was found necessary.
ST. PETER'S CHURCHYARD.—At the meeting of the
Health Committee on Thursday some slight discussion
took place upon a proposition of Mr. Henderson's, with
regard to the opening of a foothpath through St. Peter's
churchyard. Mr. Henderson remarked that the arch-
deacon had no objection to it. Ultimately, however, it
was decided to consult with the churchwardens and other
parties through the medium of the Finance Committee ;
the general opinion being in favour of opening the patio"
THE SHIP NELEUS FOR Ausralmi.—This vessel
sailed on Wednesday at noon with mails. The Neleus
took ten first-cabin passengers, 30 second-cabin, and about
1,400 tons of cargo—a great quantity more, which had
been offered to her managers, Messrs. Couit, Scott, and
Roxburgh, being shut out. The mail, the largest ever
conveyed frem here, and which weighed between 30 and
40 tons, was taken on board during the last three days,
and comprised about 34,000 letters and 62,000 newspapers,
filling 238 large bags. The list of the numbers and the
destination of the mail made up in Liverpool are as follows :
For Letters. Newspapers.
Melbourne 17;261 30,000
Sydney
Adelaide 2,790
Geelong
Xing George's Sound, Wes- .
1,200
tern Australia
'can Dieman's Land I7OO
New Zealand

The remainder of the mail was made up in London,
EVANGELISATION or ICELAND.—A meeting was held
on Friday in the new hall, Clayton-square, for the purpose
of hearing the statements of several of the ministers en-
gaged in the recent mission to Ireland. :The meeting
having been opened by player, the Rev. Samuel Minton
took the chair, aild in tovery clear and lucid address ex-
plained the objects which had called them together.
Messrs. Dickenson ant Kerr gave interesting accounts of
their visits to the sister country, and of the treatment
they received, the details of which have been already pub-
lished. The meefing closed with the usual vote of thanks
to the chairman and the speakers.
THE FEMALE PENITENTIARY.—We regret to under-
stand that the flints of this useful and plzilanthropit:in-
stitution have been found inadequate to its efficient sup-
port, and that-it is now nearly £5OO in debt. Crippled
exertion has -been a necessary consequence of this in-
adequacy of funds, and numbers of the unfortunates who
have expressed.a desire to relinquish theilreadfulilife they
are compellet to lead, have been unavoidably 'refused
admittance to the penitentiary. In a wealthy tom like.
Liverpool, nhere it is known there are fully 5000 of the
unhappy victims for whose reform the penitentiarraxists,
it is to be regretted that the charity should be spill sup-
ported. As instance of the :desirableness of such an
institutiou,'we may state that, •one ToungVcoman, only
20 years of age, who lately died" in one of our public
hospitals, from the severity of burns she sustained by her
dress taking fire, on her deathbed said, tin the house
whence sloe had come there wire tWenty-seVen girls, pur-
suing the same debasing and destructive course of life
with Out in which she had met her untinuily fate. To
supporethem in furtherance or the objects of the institu-
tion, the committee are very desirous of increasing the
earnings of the inmates, and -solicit washing and needle-
workeas occupation for them. A book lies eft this office to
receil a the names of donors or subscribers. Subscriptions
will idso be gladly received at the office •nt Joseph King
and Seas, in Union-court, Castle-street, 'treasurers to the
institution.

FICIPAL REGISTZATION 031J4T.--The proceedings
in this court took place on Friday and Saturday. The
Maytx complained of the wholesale manner in which the
objections had been maile, and said he Itrusted that the
Legislature would take:Wthe ,question with a view to its
retrztdy, and hoped that 'than inhabitants generally would
support an applicationler that purpose. Mr. Buckmaster,
oWthe part of the Conservatives, aggianfered to withdraw
all-rne objections on tkir side if the -other party would do
thesame • but, the offer not being reslunded to, the busi-
ness of the court Aa3againvesumed. The revision of the
county list being am-Anted fbr Monday, the Mayor stated
that he must of neces%ity adjourn theteourt for all names
beyond the letter J, au Rodney-Street Ward, until Wed-
neiday next. The 441/owing are statdcl-to be the results 'of
,the revision of the Parliamentary Lit.:—Old Freemen—
Lit-eral objections, ;503; sustained-^365. ainst 238 voters.
Conservative objections, 36 • su 26 against :26
.weters. Total .nunlai•er of voters,2264t; less by dead men
said others whohare left the (AM,. la. Total number 'of
Pxeemen struck, ak 167. Conservative objections;tS.
The Freemen's: 3t for 1852 contained 2,416 voters. !in
' 1E153, before the revision, the .number-was 2,565 ;of these
."264 were struckliVieaving 2,301, the decrease on thei st
115. Thellibwing are thexesilts of the objections
for the Farliamentrcy Borough :--Conservative objections,
i 431; sustained, 439 ; withdrew, 1.08. The Raidinals
made 924 objections, sustaineds27;4vithdrew 75--Of tb.tse
129 persons were Objected to by !bdtb parties : leai7ing a
(Conservative gain 61 112. The results in the out townkkips
are as follow :—Kiri-dale: 67 Radical objections made, 44
.withdrawn, .13 sustained. Ererten.: 225 Radical clajee-
tiens, 126 sustaintld, 70 allowed an ,appearance, '9o,With-
Arawn. .43 Conservative objections, 34 sustained,! 14 al-
lowed on appearance, 4 withdrawn. West Derby 91
Itlftlical :objections, 431 sustained, !14:allowed on appear-
-snet-;33 °withdrawn- 90 Consercative,objections, 35-ans-
tabled,. 22 allowed.= appearance, 33,iiiithdrawn. Totteth-
pat h: Radical blieetions, 159; sustained, 87 ; withdrawn,
49:; allowed on appearance, 23. Coneervative objections,
141; struck out„ 724 withdrawn, -37 ;:iallowed onappear-
anees27._

U.-ex Coanirricm7--At the usual- snseeting, on Titers
day, there were present Messrs. i7h.Trier .(chairErtaa)
Eobiason, Brocklehmk, Evans, Gregsoe Chaloner Steele'
Bigh Bosyden, Rankin, She:4, Barber:Svdith'
Tobin, Rounthwaileomd Littledale. Harbour-master
reported the want ,of additional gatemen at the-Sodam
Deek,,and recommesided that two be,adt:ed to the•presert
staff. —The resignation of a gateman ,eemployeditha the
Salthouse 'Dock, was accepted.—Mr. Lfliesepli \ Wood :avas
appciinted, nuistenef• the Coburg Doe The .place .of afr.
White 4.uperannuatesik at a salary of /1150 per annum,
and £3O for :a house.---A letter from the Strough Coranei,
to the effect that,slurhgg an inquest reef:n*ll4d on the
body ctf (Henry Cooperi.who was drowned iin• the Stanley
Dock, tarns said that; t.ad there been a lifegouoy available,
his life Might have been-saved, and calling Attention to the
want of ailife-buoy,,at,such dock, was referral to the Her-
bour-raasters' Committee.—Mr. Smith called attention to
the state of the ~new street at Wapping, will& had not yet
been alopivi ; the thrtry through it was very.great, and;
if not conpleted soon,at would be in ,such situation
before being :adopted., sto require repaving. The land'
for its completion was 'required from the London aud
Northwesterx Railway (Company, and he thought: some
steps should ,be adente ;to get possession of
Chairman said that many applications had been made
the property; -the 'company did not refuse to ;eve :Wily,
but they said theyeeedictnetolo so until the newnildings
in course of eoction were eeompleted.—Mr. Smith said
the Dock Trust !bad given them up possession otall they
required, and it wras theirdnty to let the Dock Trot have
the portion of laud which they wanted.—The Chairman
said the company toad .erected4tertain buildings to flahle
them to remove their'busineas-E-om one side of the street
to the other. The .early question was whether they had .a
reasonable time.—ltir. Shand ftheught they were a little
cavalier :in the matter.--4ln reply to a question, it was '
.stated that the Watt 'Committee had refused to it
:tite street. The secretary was instructed to write to e
sompany, pointing oat the inconvenience the Dock Trust
was suffering from not being put in possession of the
buildings. This was the erhole of the general business.
ZiIIGRATION FROM Lire ar004.--4he vessels which
have been cleared during the week fpr Australia, United
States, Bc., under the inspection of the Government Emi-
gratieo-officers of this port, with the names of their cap-
tains and agents, places of destination, and number of
semigrantA on board, are as follow :--;For New York :
The Jaccb Westervelt, 1,533 tons, lioodless, master,
despatched by Messrs. Guion and Co., isitli4l9s passengers
on board:; the Columbia, 1,168 tons, Bryer, master, de-
spatched by Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., 487 pas-
stager's ; 'the Cornelia, 1064 tons, French, master, de-
spatched Messrs. Grimshaw and Co, 454 passengers;
the Centueices, 1064 tons, Coventry, master, despatched
by Messrs. Eote and Boult, 387 passengers ; the Ameri-
can Union, • loldB tons, Kelly, master, despatched by
Messrs. Bowman., Grinnell, and Co., 686 passengers ; the
De Witt Clinton, 1,082 tons, Funk, master, despatched
by Messrs. Galan and Co., 594 passengers. For New
Orleans : The Rlanehe, 965 tons, Rudolph, master, de.
spatched by Messrs. Fernie Brothers and Co., 403 ps.ssen.
gers. For Boston: The Meridian, 1,453 tons, Man-
son, master, despatched by Messrs. Train and Co„
232 passengers. For Philadelphia : ; The Shaeica„
maxon, 1,090 tons, West, master, despatched by Mr.
J. M'lrenry, 232 passengers. For Melbourne : The
Martaban, 843 tons, MBride, master, despatched by
Messrs. Millers and Thompson, 94 passengers. The Mar-
taban took her departure some time ago, but was obliged
to put back. For St. John's, N. B.: The Middleton,
996 tons, Nicholas, master, despatched by Messrs. Fernie
Brothers and Co., 293 passengers. The number of emi-
grant ships, therefore, which have cleared out during the
week has been eleven, of an aggregate tonnage of 12,984
tons, and with a total number of 4,557 persons on board,
irrespective of those who do not come wider the supervi-
sion of the Government officers. There is an evident lull
in the Australian passenger trade, which is evident from
the fact that the splendid new ship Guiding Star, belong.
ing to Messrs. Millers and Thompson's " Golden Line" of
Australian packets, has been, for the present, transferred
to their American line of packets. The beautiful new
ship Aerolite, belonging to Messrs. Baines and Co.'s
" Black Ball" line of Australian packets, will take her
departure from the Mersey this day (Tuesday), with a full
cargo of valuable goods, for which the freight of £6 per
ton has been obtained, and sixty first and second class
passengers. The Mooresfort, one of Messrs. Pilkington
and Wilson's " White Star" line, 2_,300 tons, and the
Salem, 1800 tons, of the celebrated " Fox" line of Austra-
lian packets, will also sail in a few days.