The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

LORD PALMERSTON having, last week, been (
to Melbourne-hall, in Derbyshire, the property, by inheri-
tance of the noble viscountess, a number of the inhabi-
tants of Derby, headed by the Mayor, forwarded to his
lordship an invitation to a public banquet, to be given in
honour of his visit to Derbyshire. The invitation was
courteously declined.
HIRUNDINE ENTANGLEMENT.—On Saturday, a swallow
was seen suspended from the string of a boy's kite lying
over the tops of the houses in St. Anne-street, having,
whilst on passing, got the tips of some of the longest wing-
feathers twisted in the string. After struggling for a few
minutes, the airy captive managed to release itself, and
mounted to an invisible height, surrounded by its kindred.
SHOCKING AND FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On
Friday afternoon, Mr. Meredith, manager of the Standish
station on the London and North-Western Railway, near
Wigan, while crossing the line, was struck by the buffer
of an engine to which a goods train was attached. The
unfortunate gentleman was cast by the violence of the
collision against the hedge on the side of the railway, and
so severe were the injuries inflicted that he died in an
hour or so afterwards. He had been a long time in the
service of the company.—Preston Chronicle.
PUBLICANS AND BERRSELLERS.—On Friday the follow-
ing persons were summoned before the magistrates for
infringing the Local Licensed Victuallers' Act, and fined
in the sums attached to their respective names, and 4s. 6d.
costs in each instance :—Publican : George Mayer, Mary-
bone, 40s. Beersellers : Richard Haddock, Birkett-
street, 40s. ; John Davis, George's-street, 58. ; Charles
Payne, Frederick-street, ss. ; m. Fowler, Finch-street,
2s. 6d. ; John Lupton, Finch-street, ss. ; George Gillrays,
Back Queen Anne-street, 2s. 6d. • John Henshaw, Green-
street, Paddington, ss. ; William Thompson, Chester-
street South, 40s. ' • Richard Burton, St. Andrew-street,
2s. 6d. ; George Owens, High Park-street, 60s. • Richard
Grice, High Park-street, 2s. 6d. ; James Quins, Raymond-
street, ss. ; James Farthing, Bent-street, ss. ; Edward
Jones, Poplar-street, Breck-road, 2s. 6d. ; Francis Owens,
M`Kee-street, (selling milk,) 40s. The cases against Ca-
therine Crooks, Lower Harrington-street, Thos. Walker,
Phythian-street, Lowhill, Ann Mason, Chisenhale-street,
Thomas Wilson Stanhope-street, Catherine Thompson,
Wood-street, Lowhill, and Joseph Hounslea, Vaughan-
street, beersellers, and Henry Joseph Lancashire, wine-
seller, Paradise-street, were dismissed.
AN EVIL DESIGN FRUSTRATED.—At the Police-court,
on Saturday, Patrick M`Carran and James Crook were
charged with assaulting Mr. John Burnett, of Highfield-
street, grocer, and Mr. Tennis Larkin, of Tithebarn-street.
On Friday night, about eleven o'clock, Mr. Burnett was
passing up Vernon-street, when the prisoners sprang upon
him, and threw him doWn, and Crook was about to strike
him on the head with a stone he held in his hand, when Mr.
Larkin, who had witnessed the assault, ran to Mr. Burnett's
as,,istance. He asked what they were doing to the man, but
the only reply he received was the stone which Crook held
in 'his hand. It struck him on the forehead, causing blood
to flow copiously, and almost stunning him for a few
seconds. He, however, recovered himself, and seized Crook
by the coat-lap, which came away in the struggle. He
took fresh hold by his collar ; and, although the other
prisoner kicked him about the body, and struck him in the
face, he maintained his hold until police-officer 645 made
his appearance and took both men into custody. Several
large stones were found in the torn-away pocket. When
called upon for his defence, Crook said, I was going tip
Vernon-street, about eleven o'clock. I don't know how I
fell into the row ; but somebody struck me and I fell into
it. The gentleman says I lifted a stone against him I
never did at all. Them stones in that pocket I can't 'ac-
count for. I never put them in my, pocket." Veal-ran
made an equally probable defence. When I was going
up Vernon-street," says he, " I see this gentleman (the
other prisoner) lying in the street, and as I knew hint before,
I went to rise him up. That there young man (Burnett)
was lying in the channel. I could not get him up till the
policeman came and took me away." They were convicted
in the penalty of £2 and costs, or, in default, to be com-
mitted for two months each. They were sent *to prison.
THE Arrrrukr. CCOaNTY SESSION is to be held at Preston
ion Thursday, when the chairman for the year will have to
be appointed, the reports of the committee received, the
public accounts allowed, and the various committees
appointed. The Ramshay inquiry expenses will be again
brought before the notice of the court, Mr. Saunders in-
tending to show that the resolution passed in respect to it
at the last session was irregular, and a Tiolation of one of
the standing orders of the court, and therefore in point of
form void and of no effect. The chairman of the consta-
bulary comnrittee is to ask for an advance of £7OO out of
the money held by the trustees of the county constabulary
superannuation fund, to be invested on security of the rates
of the Kirkdale Police Division, at 41 per cent. per annum,
to erect a police station at Garstang. The chairman of
the constabulary committee is to move that the police
force be paid according to the following scale, being an
advance of 2d. per diem to those who receive daily pay
over the scale fixed by the resolution of the court, on 6th
January, 1847, such increase to commence upon the 16th
Sept.. next : _ .

rn Appoint
Rank. mentor
Promotion.

After Service
of Three
Yekrs.

kfter further
Serviceof
Four Years.

ERAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE TWENTY-TRIED MI

TING of the British

elation for the Advancement of Science will commence in

Hull on Wednesday, the 7th proximo. '
THE EARL OF CARLISLE has arrived in Egypt. The
noble earl is not expected to return to England before the

close of the year

TILE FLOODS IN OXFORDSHIRE seem to have been not
without some advantage; the farmers are cutting a most

luxuriant second crop of grass.
Six FREDERICK THESIGER, it is understood, is going
to give the public " a full and particular account of the
great Smyth fraud.

- MR. ROEBUCK'S health is so greatly improved as to
enable him to accept an invitation to the cutler's feast.—

Sheffield Independent.
AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT has just been printed abolish-
ing masters extraordinary in chancery, and giving them

the new title of " commissioners to administer oaths in
chancery in England."

HER MAJESTY has been graciously pleased to approve
of the 33d Regiment of Foot bearing on the regimental
colours and appointments the crest and motto of the late

Duke of Wellington.

A SINGULAR ACCIDENT occurred at Cowley School,
near Oxford, on Thursday. Four boys were using the

gymnastic poles, when the centre one suddenly broke, and
striking a youth named Standen in the stomach, so severely
injured him,t hat he died in the course of the afternoon.
SOME HAYMA.REES who were at work in a field at

Mitcheldean,llants,last week,paitoofCofbeer which had been
put into a jar which had contained oil of vitriol. Seven
of them died almost immediately, and several others had

a narrow escape

MR. LUPTON. OP LEEDS, affirmed, at the laying of the

foundation stone of the new Town-hall, that he spoke

within limits when he said that woollen fabrics of the
value of from £5,000,000 to £6,000,000 are annually turned

out of the warehOuses at Leecls,

THE Reformer's Gazette mentions the fact that the

convicts Blackwood and Macfarlane, executed for the atro-

lous murder at the

New Vennel, Glasgow, expressed a,

desire, a few days before execution ,tobe married. Of

course their desire was not acceded to.
THE ACCOUNTS FROM THE MOORS, bOt11:111 Scotland and
the north of England, generally speak very favourably of

the numbers awlyip:6 of thegro-use, and the fineness of
the weather on and since the 12th. Unusual quantities of

game are stated by the Scotch papers to hare.been for-

warded to the southern markets from the Highlands.
Posr OrricE.—lt appears by a parliamentary return
that the present annual return of .postage accruing to
Great Britain on the foreign and colonial correspondence,

conveyed by the several lines of packets, is £479,600
ss. 4d., while the expense of contract for packet-service is
£822,390 per annum.
Dirrosiox OP THE GOSPEL. —A quantity of New
Testaments, printed in the German language, and intended
for the use of the German Church, and with the view of
furthering the Christian religion amongst the Germans
residing in the place, has been imported from Hamburgh
into one of the principal seaport towns in the north of
England, and with the sanction of the government autho-
rities they have been admitted free of duty for that purpose.
THE PROPERTY OP THE HOUSE OP ORLEANS.—The
purchasers of the Orleans property have been served,
through the Register-office of the Chamber of Notaries at
Paris, with a notice that it is the intention of the Prince
of Orleans to sue for the •restoration of their estates, as
soon as they shall be- permitted to plead before the tri-
bunals of the country. The document is in the form of
a copy of the original protest against the decree for the
sale of the property.

ENFIELD.—the-tweifth estate, purchased for allotment
amongst the shareholders of the Conservative Land
S6ciety, has just been made, at the ancient market town
of Enfield, Middlesex, on the Eastern Counties railroad,
close to the old edifice occupied by the Earl of Essex, now
used as the station. Enfield is remarkable for its salubrity,
the soil being gravel, and is celebrated as the residence of
Edward VI., and afterwards 'of Queen Elizabeth, who
held their courts at "this place.

Trarrtuva BRIDGE is being prepared at the
manufactory of Messrs. Robt. Stephenson and Co. in this
town, for the railways on the Nile at Bentra. The trains
will pass along the top of the tube. A footpath will be
made on each side of the rails. The bridge will be twenty
feet above the ordinary level of the water, and the centre
portion of it is constructed to swing on apivot, so that the
boat traffic maybe secured during the rising of the Nile.
The different pieces will only meet at the point of their
destination.--Newcasile Journal.

TILE Dun it ELECTION.—We understand that, in eon-
sequence of certain proceedings which have been taken
out against the Conservatives (relative to the late Derby
election), measures are preparing and writs have been
issued for the purpose of bringing to justice some of the
pure men of Derby, professing Radical politics ; and we
en state that other parties residing in the borough of
'Shrewsbury, also Radicals, will come under the authority
.of the' law, for their mal-practices at the late election, and
for purloining certain letters and papers belonging to Mr.
John Frail.—Eddowes' Journal.
A WOMAN GAGGED.—One day last week, the residents
in sMarketgate, Arbroath, and its immediate vicinity, were
not a little surprised at the intelligence that a married
woman, in that generally quiet and decorous street, had
been gagged by her husband. 'Such on inquiry we find

Chief constable i'soo per an.i • • I
Assistant ditto .€2OO ~ '250 per an. 1.4100 per an.
Superintendent .elOO „ .x 930 „ .€ I 5 0 „
Chief clerk .4100 !el3o „. ..4150 •
Sergeant
AssistantlnBpector clerk
,liemssss 22dd diem.,
35 2d ~ !3s 5d „ 3s 8d 99
Coos,t,able, 12
3rd „2s6d ~ • .sntdcl, 2.
class 293 97dd ~,,
1,25 10d ,•25 1id..,,
With 2d. per diem for the class of merit.—The chairman .
Of the visiting justices of Lancaster Castle to move that a
sum not exceeding £9OO be ,granted to carry out the
alterations in Lancaster Castle, as recommended by the
committee on prison accommodation and discipline.
WEST -DERBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was
held on Wednesday. Present :—Messrs. Alpass (chair-
many, Heyes, Roskell, Jeffreys, 3lountfield, Brown,.
3felyneux, James Birch, 2erGee, Wensley, Abrahams,
Smit)i, Shaw, Kirkus, Medea/f, Horsfall, Craig' Carter,
and-the Rev. BadnalL A report was read from -a
deputation of the board appointed to visit the pauper
lunatics chargeable to the•urnon in the Lancaster mid
Rainhill asylums. In the Lancaster asylum there were
31 lunatics chargeable to the union, namely, 16 males
and 16 females ; and in the .Rainhill establishment 68,
of whom 24 were males and 44 females. They were all
kept in a satisfactory state, and, so far as could be judged,
properly confined. In consequence of two lunatic paupers
bearing the. same name, a mistake had arisen, and -one
of them had been improperly- charged to the West Derby
Union., instead of to the parish of Liverpool. Instructions -
were given with reference to the money being refunded.—
A letter was read from the poor-law board. It acknow-
ledged the letter of the 11th instant, enclosing an extract
from the minutes of the guardians, in which they re-
quested the poor-law board to reconsider the proposal
that the medical officer of the ,hospital should reside at
the establishment. The board regretted to be unable to
accede to the wishes of the guardians, as there were
serious obstacles to the proposal, which the board had
requested the poor-law.. inspector of the district to explain
to them- when he had a conference -with the guardians on
the subject, which he would do :at the earliest possible
period. Mr. Wensley proposed that Mr. Lister should have
a copy of :the letter, but after some discussion it was put
and lost. .A letter was read from.: Mr, Clayton, architect,
explaining why some delay had occurred in the completion
of the hospital, the reason being that some of the work-
men had not -executed their work ins proper manner, and
it would have to be redone. The clerk was directed to
communicate:with Mr. Clayton on the subject. This being
the whole of the business, the boarladiourned.

cvas Ifterally true ; the poor woman, who is, however,
vehibly inclined, having been'kept by her husband gagged
for the long period of 24 hours. We are not aware if the
'case has been investigated by the authorities ; but, what-
ever the demerit of the woman, the gagging is certainly
an act of, cruelty.—Arbrodth Journal.
UTILITY OF TUE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.—LISt
Tnes-
day week, a friend of ours, who is at Amsterdam, sud-
denly bethought himself 'that he wanted £lOO. He
-walked to the electric telegraph and gave his message tc
that effect, which was to be forwarded to Liverpool. Th:
'was at twelve o'clock. At si., when he was dining
hotel, a gentle tap at the door introduced-a gentleman,who bowed and said, " "lave I the honour of addressing
Mr. —?" To the answer, " Yes," he reiZed, " 1
merely called in consequence of a message from our Lon-
don correspondent, to leave with you this cheque for £100."
This is really marvellous amongst all the marvels of this
marvellous age.—Lincobtshire Times.
LORD 1117NTINGTOWER.--411 the Court of Bankruptcy,
last week, this individual 'tame up to pass his examination
on accounts containing the following items:—Debtor—
To creditors, £3,106 ; ditto on debts under former bank-
ruptcy renewed, £8,766 ; 'ditto under insolvency, £2,513 ;
liabilities under insolvency, £4,650; cash from relations,
£3,395. Creditor—ProPertY given up to assignees, £l2O ;
doubtful debtor, £150; liabilities as per contra, £42,260 ;
ditto, £4,850 ;
(lfrawom.co.isatn,
t,ttgary6ol:
113/.2,44e pxpenses, £728 ;
NIAGARA FALLS AHD LARB ERIE.—PrOt°
house expenses
£3,367. The bankrupt passed.
the eminent geologist, 'discredits the opinion advanced by
some, that the gradual
away of the rocks of
Niagara Falls may possibly result in draining Lake Erie.
In a recent lecture he remarked :—" They will not halt at
their present station, but retreat slowly and surely about
fjesnlYsor43;illilmBsan3):
two miles further, when they will stop again for an un,
'known period, and probably-for ever, since at this place
the hard limestone will form both base and top of -the
-falls, and thus stop the destruction of the rock. Some
'have thought that they woad finally reach Lake Erie, and
'that then the lake would'
be 'completely drained. Such
an event is impossible. At the point already mentioned
'the torrent will gradually wear away the surface of the
'limestone, forming a rapid, and -thenceforth Niagara will
be one of the lost wonders of the world.”—Trashingt°4
'Union.

A BunTsa, TATHEn.—At the Manclester Police-court,
on Thursday, -John Egan, a shoemaker, was charged with
starving two -of his children, and with having violently
assaulted a third. About ten o'clock on Wednesday night,
two police inspectors visited a house in Dyke-street, off
Angel-street, where the prisoner resided, and on breaking
open the door end going into the garret, found two chil-
dren, aged three And five years respectively, who had been
locked up in the .house all day withoutfood by their fa-
ther, the prisoner- There was no fire nor light in the
house, no furniture nor bed for the children to lie down
upon, and they presented the most miserable and wretched
appearance. The police took the children to the work-
house, and afterwards apprehended the prisoner rolling
about drunk in the street. The officer further charged
the prisoner with having brutally assaulted his eldest
child, a boy about 12 years of age, on Monday. The boy
presented the most •lamentable appearance, looking ema-
ciated, and reduced almost to a skeleton frona.starvation.
He had a couple of black eyes, one of which was entirely
„closed in consequence of .a kick he had received from the
prisoner, his father. He stated that on Monday his
father came home nearly intoxicated, and called him in
from the street where he was playing. After he :entered
-the house, his father fastened the door, and commenced
to beat him most unmercifully, making him black and
blue all over, and causing him the injuries which were
visible on his face. —A woman who lived next door
spoke to the general brutality of his conduct to his -wife
and children, and his wife said that he was frequently so
violent that she had to run out .of the house when she
saw him coming home. He often went out and left her
and her children without a morsel of food to eat. The
prisoner said if he worked a whole week he could earn
from £1 to 235. Mr. Maude sentenced him to hard labour
for six calendar months ; in the meantime his wife and
children would be taken to the workhouse.
THE EXECUTION Or RICHARD PEDDER, as we learn
from a third edition of the Preston Pilot, took place on
Saturday, -at Lancaster. The unhappy man was convicted
at the assizes recently held in Lancaster, of the murder of
his wife, and the crime and its consequences were marked
by circumstances of great atrocity. The murder was com-
mitted at Hambleton, on the 18th of April last, and from
the evidence adduced on the trial, it appeared that Pedder
had lived a very ,abandoned life, and, from his quarrelsome
habits, had become a terror to the neighbourhood in which
he lived ; and he and his wife had had repeated and violent
quarrels. On the day on which he perpetrated the foul
deed, he had been drinking deeply, and about six in the
evening he went to a public house, and told the company
there, that he had " shot his Bet," which turned out only
too true, as the poor woman was found by some of them
who went to see, lying dead upon the ground, and Pedder
was taken into custody. On the way to the station the
prisoner admitted that he had committed the horrid deed,
and appeared to gloat over it with a fiendish satisfaction,
repeating again and again that he was a good shot, and
had aimed at the killing place. This tale he subsequently
changed, and to the last maintained that he had shot wife
accidentally. After his condemnation, a petition was got
up for a commutation of his sentence, signed by 600 per-
sons ; but the law was allowed to take its course. During
the past week he seemed to be most affected by his awful
position, and in his conversations with the Rev. Mr. Rowley,
the prison chaplain, he admitted the enormity of his by-
gone course of life, and said he hoped his fate would be a
warning to others, and induce them to avoid gambling,
sabbath-breaking, and drinking. Prior to his execution,
he was asked several times to confess his guilt ; but he per-
sited to the last in saying that he did not shoot his wife
willingly. At twelve o'clock, the noose having been ad-
justed by Calcraft, the executioner, and all the preliminaries
having been gone through, the Chaplain read the service
for the dead, which having been concluded, the wretched
man fervently ejaculated, Lord Jesus, receive my soul; "
the executioner drew the bolt, and the world and its cares
speedily closed over the unhappy culprit, who expired with
scarcely a struggle. The body was allowed to hang till
one o'clock, when it was taken down, to be buried within
the Precincts of the gaol. A large concourse of people was
Present, to witoose the execution.

DISGUSTING AFFAIR.--Orr Friday last, an Irish la-
bourer, residing in Drygate-street, having got himself a
little elevated, forthwith determined to enlist in the
service, and accordingly ghortly after took the
bdb. On reaching his domicile on Saturday last, Pat re-
lated the affair to his better
half, when she, like a loving
wife, -thoughtfully considered how her husband could
escape from the clutches of the soldiers. Her confidential
friends were immediately called in to deliberate, and after
a short discussion it was resolved that Pat's right eye
should lee sacrificed, thereby disabling him from being a
soldier. 'The unthinking wretches instantly put the reso-
lution 'into force by attacking the man, who was still
under -the influence of liquor, and knocking him down.
Alternately, the women—but more espeeially the man's
wife—made unsuccessful attempts with -their fingers to
gouge or tear out Pat's eye—the poor -man meanwhile
making the'best resistance he could against such inhuman
treatment. -The police by this time were apprised of the
occurrence, and proceeded to the house; but the " oculists"
had fled. The man was brought to the central police-
office, and attended by the surgeon of the establishment.
The eye which‘had been experimented upon•was severely
bruised round the optic, the lids were much swollen and
discoloured, and -his face scratched in various places.—
North British Daily Mail.
THE NEW ACT TO ABOLISIT TRANSPORTATION will
come into force on Thursday. After the commencement
of the act (from and after the Ist of September), -no per-
son is to be sentenced to transportation except for life or
fourteen years or upwards. Any person who might have
been sentenced to transportation for a term less than
fourteen years is to be liable, at the discretion of the
court, to be kept in penal- servitude. Persons liable to
transportation for fourteen years or upwards, or for life,
-may still be sentenced to transportation, or to penal servi-
tude instead. The following terms of penal servitude are
to be awarded instead of the present terms of transporta-
tion :—lnstead of transportation for seven years, or for a
term not exceeding seven years, the penal servitude to
be for a term of four years. Instead of any term of trans-
portation exceeding seven years, and not exceeding ten
years, the penal servitude to be not less than four, and
not exceeding six years ; instead of transportation exceed-
ing ten, and not exceeding fifteen, penal servitude for not
less than six, and not exceeding eight years ; where it
exceeds fifteen years the penal servitude to be not less
than six, and not exceeding ten years ; and instead of
transportation for life, the penal servitude to be for the
term of life; and in every case where, at the discretion of
the court, one of any two or more of the terms of trans-
portation might have been awarded, the court shall have
the like discretion to award one of the two or more terms
of penal servitude in relation to such terms of transporta-
tion. There are three clauses in the act with respect to
tickets-of-leave in the United Kingdom, and the system
is to be tried for the first time in this country. It is now
declared to be lawful for her Majesty, by an order in writ-
ing under the hand and seal of one of her principal Secre-
taries of State, to grant to any convict now under sentence
of transportation, or who may hereafter be sentenced to
transportation, or to any punishment substituted for
transportation by this act, a license to be at large in the
United Kingdom and the Channel Islands,• or in such
parts thereof respectively as in such license shall be ex-
pressed, during such portion of his or her term of trans-
portation or imprisonment, and upon such conditions in
all respects, as to her Majesty shall seem fit ; and it shall
be lawful for her Majesty to revoke or alter such license
by a like orler, at her Majesty's pleasure. So long as
such license shall continue in force and unrevoked, such
convict shall not-be liable to be imprisoned or transported
by reason of his or her sentence, but shall be allowed to go
and remain at large according to the term of such license.
On a license being revoked, the convict may be appre-
hended and committed to prison. After the commence-
ment of the act, persons convicted of larceny after pre-
vious conviction for felony are not to be liable to trans-
portation. The act is not to affect the discretion of cri-
minal courts as to alternative punishments, which may
be in addition to the punishment substituted for
transportation.

Dune's

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

hill, continues to attract much attention, great numbers
of people visiting her. She has accomplished about four-
sixths of her task, and is very confident of success.—
Wolverhampton Chronicle.
THE BEE SEASON.—Perhaps the present season has been
the most remarkable for Bees known in this district for
many years, the honey season having ceased on the 18th
of June, the Bees having only worked and accumulated
any honey on six days since that time. I have only had
five swarms from eighteen hives, and those between the
7th and 15th of June, though there were many May
swarms about here, within a circuit of a few miles. In
three of the swarms, at the present time, there may be
ten pounds of honey altogether ; the other two have died
this week of starvation ; the hives being full of Bees and
comb, but not a particle of honey.—A COUNTRY RECTOR.
—ln Cottage Gardener.
MATCH-MIRING GUARDIANS.—An amusing instance
of the Benedictine propensities of a board of guardians who
flourish on the banks of the Humber was revealed at a re-
cent meeting of that respectable body. The.question was
asked whether the recent marriage of the schoolmaster and
schoolmistress was not contrary to the terms of their en-
gagements. In answer to this interrogatory, it was stated,

on official authority, that the schoolmistress was engagea
on the express understanding that she was to be married
to the schoolmaster ! We were not previously aware of
any such beneficent regulation having emanated from the
poor-law board, but it is obviously calculated to popularize
that department, at least among the sisterhood of school-
mistress. If the system were properly developed, it would
quite upset the recent scheme of emigration for female
teachers.—Sheffield Times.
Tun BUILDERS' STRIRES.—At a numerous meeting of
the builders of the metropolis, held on Thursday, it was
unanimously resolved :—" That inasmuch as labour, like
every other article, has its market value, varying accord-
ing to circumstances, it is not expedient either for work-
men or employers to attempt to establish a standard rate
of wages. That neither the present state of the labour
market nor of that of the markets for provisions render
necessary an advance of wages at this time. That the
amount of wages now generally paid is, in the opinion of
this meeting, fair and ample, but that there can be no ob-
jection to superior workmen being remunerated according
to their respective merits. That it is matter' 'of great
regret that partial strikes are taking place, and thus great
injustice is being done to individual tradesmen."
REGISTRATION OP ASSCRINCES.—ii report from the
select committee on the Registration of Assurances
Bill _has been printed. Three bills were referred to
the committee a—A bill for the registration of assurances,
a bill to facilitate the sale and purchase of land, and a bill
to facilitate the transfer of land in Ireland. The com-
mittee, in the first instance, proceeded to consider the bill
on the registration of assurances. The advanced period
of the session prevented the committee from extending.
their inquiries. A scheme of "title" or "legal ownership"
had been brought before the committee, which would
appear to fulfil the most important condition of registra-
tion. They consider the scheme worthy of further and
more careful consideration. They therefore suggest the
immediate appointment of a commission for the purpose
of considering the subject of registration with reference to
facilitating the sale and transfer of land, in order that a
bill for effecting the object may be brought into parlia-
ment at the commencement of the next session. The other
bills will furnish important suggestions for the considera-
tion of the commissioners.
COMPULSORY VACCINATION.—By the new act further
to extend and make compulsory the practice of vaccination,
parishes or unions, if need be, are, within six weeks of the
passing of the act, on the 20th inst., to be divided into
districts for the purpose of vaccination, and places are to
be appointed for the performance of the same, and notice
is to be given, the object being, as described, of affording
increased facilities for the vaccination of the poor. The
parents and guardians of children, born after the Ist of
August, 1853, are to have such children vaccinated within
three or four months after the birth, and the children are
to 'be taken for the inspection of the medical officer, on the
eighth day after the operation, to ascertain the result of
the same. A certificate is to be given of successful vacci-
nation. In case a child should not be in a fit state for
vaccination, the medical officer is to deliver a certificate to
'that effect, to be in force two months. The compulsory
part of the new law is contained in the ninth section,
which enacts that the registrar of births and deaths in
every sub-district shall, on or within seven days after the
registration of the birth of any -child not already vacci-
nated, give a notice in writing, in the form prescribed, to
the father or mother, or to the person having the care of
the same, that the child is to be vaccinated, with a notice
when it can be done, and if the father or mother, or person
having the care of it, shall not attend to have it performed,
or shall not on the eighth day after the vaccination take
the child for inspection, such father or mother, or person,
shall forfeit a sum not exceeding 20s. The penalties im-
' posed by the act are to be recovered in a summary manner.
"THE EMPRESS OF PURGATORY."—The following ex-
tract from the blasphemous stuff which the pervert Faber
has put forth in a book of devotion" lately published by
him, will serve to 'illustrate the extent of that " strong de-
lusion" under which apostates from the true church and
the true faith are brought motor " believe a lie :"—" Look at
that vast kingdom of Purgay, with its Empress mother,
Mary. All those countless throngs of souls are the dear
and faithful spouses of Jesus. Yet in what a strange
abandonment of supernatural suffering has His love left
them ! 'He 'longs for their deliverence—He yearns for
them to'betransferred from that land, perpetually over-
clouded-by pain, to the bright sunshine of their heavenly
home. Yet he has tied His own hands, or nearly so. He
gives them no more grace; He allows them no more time
for penance : He prevents them from meriting ; nay, some
have thought they could not pray. How, then, stands the
case With the souls in the suffering church ? Why, is it a
thing to meditate on when we 'have said it—they depend
almost mere on earth than they do on heaven ; almost more
on us than on Him ; so he has willed it on whom all de-
pend and without whom 'there 'is no dependence. It is
clear then that Jesus has His interest there. He wants
His captives released. Those whom He has redeemed He
now bids us redeem, us whom, if 'there be life at all in us,
He has already himself redeemed. Every satisfaction
offered up to God for these suffering souls, every oblation
of the Precious Blood to the Eternal Father, every mass
heard, every communion received, every voluntary penance
nudergone ; the scourge ; the hair hhirt, ; the prickly chain ;
every indulgence gained, every Jubilee whose condition
we have fulfilled, every 'De Profundis whispered, every
little alms doled out to the poor who are poorer than our-
selves, and, if they be offered for the-intention of these dear
prisoners, the interests of Jesus are hourly forwarded in
Mary's kingdom of Purgatory."
BETTER OBSERVANCE OP THE LORD'S DAY.—It is
a wonderful thing to contemplate hew good principles are
sometimes seen to prevail even among men who are not
good. A vast change has taken place -in London with
reference to the observance of the :'Sabbath, within the
last 30 years ; a change, the production of which is not to
be traced to any human agency. At the period of the
battle of Waterloo, the parks were -thronged from one
o'clock to five each Sunday with . people of rank and
fashion. - Now, no one is seen there of higher class than a
man of the turf, or a woman of doubtful character. At
the same period, Sunday was the great day for dinner
parties at the west-end. Now that - practice is also
abandoned, or left only to the: least respectable of the
wealthy classes. And the same change is still going on.
A day or two since, we saw the following Advertisement
in an Edinburgh newspaper ;---". Roslin -Chapel and
Castle.—By order of the proprietor, the Chapel and Castle
of Roslin are not in future to be exhibited to any one on
Sundays. They will be shown as formerly on every lawful
day." But this was in Scotland, and it may be,said, that
'the change is easily accounted for. Well, the next news
of the same sort comes from France. A steeple-chase is
-announced to be run at Dieppe, and in France all events
of this kind are usually allotted to the Sunday, when the
most people can be present. But now, strange to.say, it
`has'heen resolved to cdter the day to Thursday,: especially
with reference to those whose religious feelings would be
violated by a Sunday given to racing. This is quite a new
feature in French festivities. But this is not all. Prom
the-,very ends of the earth come the same tidings. The
latest accounts we have seen of the movements. of the
insurgents in China dwell on the vast benefit which the
300,000,000 of Chinese will derive from the establishment
of the Sabbath among them. These ameliorations, flow-
ing from -Christianity, but not traceable to a real conver-
sion of heart, are very wonderful. They scarcely fall in
with any known theory; and the just and accurate
appreciation 'of them must be left to that day when
Christ's followers shall see face. to face, and k
as they are known.—Record.
DARING BURGLARY AT LORD DENMAN'S SEAT IN
DERBYSHIRE. —On Saturday week, information was
received in London of a most daring burglary at the seat
of Lord Denman, at Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, where
property and cash to the value of more than £5OO were
stolen. Amongst the missing articles were the massive
gold box presented by the Corporation of London, and
containing the freedom of the city, and also a pair of can-
dlesticks, which had teen presented to his lordship by her
Majesty. The burglary was effected either on Wednesday
night or Thursday morning, and the thieves not only took
the cash-box, with some gold and silver, but a handsome
gold watch, which was in one of his lordship's waistcoats,
was.taken also. Amongst the list of the property stolen
is a gold box, value £lOO, containing coronation medals of
George IV, William IV, and. Queen Victoria. The whole
of the valuable property has been recovered. A footman
in the service of his lordship was suspected, and taken into
custody on the charge. Since then the mystery attendant
upon the robbery has been cleared up by the apprehension
of the real offender. On Saturday morning, a man, dressed
in the garb of a mason, presented himself at a paavnbroker's
shop in the city of York, kept by a person named Chapman,
and offered for sale the lid of a silver inkstand, stating
that he found it on the road.' The shopman, discrediting
the story, and suspecting it to have been stolen, detained
the man until the arrival of the police, who at once took
him into custody. On the prisoner being searched, the
remaining portions of the inkstand, together with the gold
lining of the box which contained the parchment of the
freedom of the city of London, presented to Lord Denman
by the corporation of that city after the trial of Queen
Caroline, as also the gold medals, were found in the pos-
session of the prisoner, and the silver candlesticks were
found at the place where the prisoner had passed the night.
The man, who gave his name as Simpson, gave the follow-
ing account of himself;—He had been working as a stone-
mason at Birkenhead, and on the Saturday previous to the
robbery he was at Liverpool, where he remained till Mon-
day, and then proceeded to Manchester. From Manchester
he went to Bakewell, a place about three miles from Lord
Penman's residence, where he arrived on the Wednesday
evening. At this place he partook of some refreshments,
his account in explanation of his wandering in
thisw way
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about the country being that he was in search of
Having-no sleeping place, and passing through 3liddleton
on Wednesday night, he turned into the grounds of the
noble lord to pass the night there. On reaching the hall
he found the door partially open, and as the family had
retired to rest, it being then past midnight,. he
.wept in,
and passed into the drawing-room, whence he took the
Property. When about to make a further incursion up
stairs, he was disturbed by a noise, and beat a hasty retreat.
He hastened forward on his way, and concealed the spoil
in his bundle until his arrival in York, where he was ap-
prehended about ten o'clock. The man was a stranger to
the locality of Middleton, and stated that none of the
servants had any participation in the robbery, which he
declared was quite impromptu, suggested by finding the
hall door open. The pnsoner was taken before the ma • .
triter et Bakewell on Thursday, end committed.

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