The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-02 00:00:00

THE •EALECIION PETITION.

'The following it a copy of the isetition presented y
Mr.. E. Sal F. ELT SON GLADSTONE and'Alr. GEORGE H0.,1,7
Mar, f, 26° die 1853.

A petition of the there-undersigaed electors of the
borough of Liverpae, was delivered in and read; setting
forth, That at the last election of members to serve
parliament for the •horough of Liverpool, the petitioners
were registered electess of the said •borough, and had X.
richt to vote and did vete at the said election ; that-Sir
Erskine 'Perry, rKniert, John Bramley-Moore, Esquire,
Thomas 'ferry Horsfel, Esquire, artd the Honourable
Henry Thomas LiddalLetvere candidates at the said elec-
tion, and that a poll v:ae demanded and taken, and the
said Thomas Berry Horsfall and the 'Hoaourable Henry
Thomas Liddell were at the close thereof-declared by the
returning officer of the said borough to, have the majority
of votes and tc be elected, ,and were returned as members
to serve in parliament for the borough ofiticerpool; that
before and during the said election the saidfThomas Berry
lforsfall and henry Thomas Liddell were and each of
them respectively,ras by himself, his agents, friends, and
managers, guilty .of bribery and corruption, and did re-
spectively by gifts, .presents, money, and rewards, and by
promises, agreemonts, and secrrities for gifts, presents,
money, and rewards, and by other illegal practices, cor-
rupt and procure divers persons :oeing registered electors
of the said borough, -and entitled to vote at-the.,eaid elec-
tion, to give their votes in favour of the said 'Thomas
Berry ;Horsfall and henry Thomas Liddell, or one of
eLraidethelel saidand Tr
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tßheermryrez,"e4
poercs..-
fal l thorn, and to forbear to give them rin favour of Cee said
other candidates, or one of them,; that before, daring,
and
and
a fte
riitehner ysaid
Thomase letio
tively did by themselves, their agente, friends, and par-
tisans, by avers ways and means, eitheroartly or whO',l
at theircharre and on their behalf, directly or indirectly
give, provide, present, and aßaw, and cause and know-
ingly permit•to be given, provided, presented., and allowed
to registered electors of the said borough, and persons •
having a richt to vote at the said el ect io n , money, meat,
drink, entertainment, provisions, and reward, and made
promises, agreemeuts, and engagements to give money,
meat, drink, entertainment, provisions, and reward, to
and for such registered electors and persons having aright
to vote as aforesaid, in order that the said ThomaL Berry
Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell might have and re.
ceive the votes of the said registered electors and pemons
entitled to vote at the said election, and might thereby
be elected members to serve in parliament for the said
borough of Liverpool.; that gross, notorious, extensive,
and systematic bribery, treating, and corruption, were
practised and carried on at the said election by divers
agents, friends, managers, and partisans, of the said
Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henri Thomas Liddell, end
by others employed and sanctioned by them, with a view
to the election of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and
Henry Thomas Liddell, and the election and return of
the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas
Liddell were procured by means of such bribery, treating,
and corruption ; that by reason of such corrupt and illegal
practices, the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry
Thomas Liddell were and are and each of them was and
is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to sit in this present
parliament for the said borough, and the election and re-
turn of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas
Liddell, were and are wholly null and void ; that by
the various illegal and corrupt practices as aforesaid, and
by coercion, intimidation, and other illegal and irregular
proceedings, the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry
Thos. Liddell obtained a colourable majority of votes over
the said Sir Erskine Perry and John Bramley-Moore, and
the return of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry
Thomas Liddell is illegal, and ought to be declared wholly
null and void ; and praying that the house will take the pre.
mites into consideration, and will declare that the said
Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell were
not duly elected and returned, and that the return of the
said Thomas Berry Horsfall and Henry Thomas Liddell I
was and is wholly null and void, and that the house will I
give the petitioners such further and other relief as to the
house shall teem meet.

GENERAL NI

COMPULSORY VACCINATION.—The

to extend and make compuls

ory the

sions in

_ .
tion has just been published. There are 13 pros
the bill, and several schedules of forms. It is proposed
to enact that the father or mother of every child born in
England or Wales after the Ist of August, 1853, shall,

within three months after birth, caus9 it to be taken to
the medical officer of the place and vaccinated, unless the
same shall have been previously vaccinated by some
qualified medical practitioner. Penalties are to be en-
forced for non-compliance with the act.
CORKCUTTERS' STRIKE.—On Wednesday between 400

and 500 journeymen corkcutters, in London, turned out
for an advance of wages. This strike will be severely felt
by the employers, being the most busy time of the year.
In the afternoon the strike bands held a meeting, when
they expressed their determination of not returning to
work until their demands were complied with, alleging
as a reason the increase in the price of provisions, and
that their landlords had raised the rents of their root
that account

• BETTING HOUSES.—The bill for the suppression of bet-
ting-houses has been printed. The penalty on any per-
son keeping a house for the purpose of betting with other
persons, is £lOO, or imprisonment for six months, with or
without hard labour ; on persons receiving money on con-
dition of paying money on the event of any bet, £5O, or
three months' imprisonment ; and for exhibiting placards
or otherwise advertising betting-houses, a penalty of £3O,
or two months' imprisonment. Magistrates and the
Police Commissioners are to be empowered to order a
search of suspected houses.
SINGULAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—As the Great
Western express train which started on Monday from Ox-
ford to London, about a quarter of an hour late, was rush-
ing on at upwards of sixty miles an hour, the crank axie
of the engine broke, by which the whole machinery was
thrown out of order, and the wheels, unable to turn round,
ran sliding along the rails at a fearful pace, in imminent
danger of breaking and throwing the train over. The
wheels, however, stood the strain, and after proceeding in
this way about a mile, the train was brought to a stand
without any accident.
StatKE OF THE HULL POLICE.—An agitation has been

going on for some time past in Hull, to Obtain an advance
of their wages, from 18s. sd. and 16s. sd. a-week to 21s.
sd. and 19s. sd. The Watch Committee have refused to
accede to the request, and the consequence is, that about
30 of the men have resigned, and about 50 refuse to do
duty, but will not resign. The Watch Committee sat
on Saturday week, to receive applications for the vacant
situations, but they had not a single applicant
labourers not being willing to work seven days a-week for
2s. 6d. per day. Letters have been despatched for men
to Nianchester and other large towns, as well as to the
villages in this neighbourhood.

A MODERN MlRACLE.—Recently Cardinal Wiseman
preached in St. Aloysius's, Somers Town. In the course
of his remarks he said, " Within the last few days it has
been my happiness to verify, in one of the religious com-
munities of the Benedictine convent of this city, the in-
stantaneous and perfect cure of a religieuse, who for six
years and a half never left her bed, who was pronounced
by every medical roan who had seen her to have been in-
curable for life, being affected with disease in her bones,
and who, at the devotions to the sacred heart of Jesus. rose
whole, and without a vestige even in outward' marks of
that complaint which existed for that long period."
BCCaNTRIC CITARACTEt..—The Suffolk Chronicle
relates the death of a Miss Mary Finch, aged 49, of Risk-
inghall. She had for the last six years lived alone, and a
leg of pork, which she was known to have bought about
four year's ago, was found in the house at the time of her
death. She kept six or seven cats, which she sometimes
locked up in a room for many days without food.
Although she had sufficient property, she had not allowed
herself common necessaries, and her end was hastened
from want. Six years ago an aunt left her about £-100,
brit she would never go after it, nor would she take it
when offered to her. It is stated that about ten years
ac,o, a day was fixed for her being married, that the dress
and wedding cake were provided, but the gentleman dis-
appointed her, and the dress and cake still remain in
the house.

AN UNFOILIPUNATE LOVER.—On Sunday a clockmaker,
who had for some time paid his addresses to a lovely
daughter of a wealthy chimney-sweeper, thought to con-
summate 'his happiness by making her his wife. The
staff of Trinity Church were in attendance; the spruce
gallant, with punctuality equal to one of his own clock-s,
arrived in a cab at the residence of his " lady love," but
on entering the house was met in a manner well calculated
to cool the ardour of any man not over head and ears in
love. The mother, not thinking him a suitable match
for her daughter, had locked her up in her chamber, and
herself-received the gallant'hridegroom with '" warmth."
All the earnest entreaties of her would-be son-in-law
were of no avail. She was obdurate, and an interview
was positively denied. 'Wearied with 'his perseverance,
mamma lost her temper, seized the poor bewildered lover
by the neck, and, with determined and masculine energy,
turne'd aim out of the house.—Durham Chronicle.

VI:CERURCH FAMILY :•••(@ Sunday an interesting occur-
rence took place in the,tharch at Ternple-Sowerby, con-
netted with the family of Abram Lowthian, the village
tailor. Old Abram, -who was many years-the parish clerk
there, but who had resigned the office to one of his sons,
gavectut the psalms. ; Lowthian was an attentive
hearer; the Rev. John lowthian, vicar of Wharton,
Winsfard, Cheshire, 'his-eldest son, was 'the clergyman
whorreached; Abram; the second son, played the violon-
cello-and joined in 'the-tinging; Christopher, the third
sonovas parish clerk, -anti two other sons mid two daugh-
terefermed part.ef'the choir. The church was crowded
to excess, all the 'frietids and old companions of the rev.
gentleman, who is ona-visit to his native,village, flocked
thither to hear'ffjohniLowthiari" preach. Old Abram
has'hrought up a family of twelve children, six sons aid
six+dgeghters, all of -whom are now living, with the ex.
ception of a son, 'who'died young abroad-six years since.
Abram never had anything but what he worked for with
leis own hands.--Catii&ie Patriot.
RA:LAVAY Tanmc.---The traffic -returns of railways
in tint Unitecr-Kingdonvemounted, for the week ending
ihth!July, to '£362:039, .-and for the corresponding period
of last year to £312f596,- showing an increase of £50,353,
or 16.1 per cent. The increase on the Eastern Counties
Railway amounted t0!V1,561 ; on the Great Northern, to
X7r;B6i3; on the Great Western, to £a,968 ; on the
London and North-Western, to £4',457; on the London,
Brighton, and 'South-roast, -£116; on the London and
BiaokAyall, £96 ; and on the South-Western to £3,323 •
and on the Sout!r=Eastern to £1;471. The receipts on
the ,other lines in theZUnited Kingdom amounted to
4192;214 ; and for the -corresponding period of 1852 to
uletr.39 ; showing an 'increase of .£27;775 in the receipts
of these lines, .whiet, -added to the increase on the
metropolitan lines of-22Z,578, makes tile total increase
4,0;353 over the corresponding week of 1652. The total
receipts from the: istlJanuary to the 16th July amounted
to £8"::677,664; far the -corresponding period of 1852,
=722402 ; showing an,lnivease of -.11954;112, or 12.3
per •cent over the corresponding period of- 1&2.

REvrEw.—A. reTiew of the tleet nov7 assembled
at &pithead has beery -fired for this day, dependent upon
the state of the weather., thi• Queen's health, and foreign
affairs. The following is a list of the force to be collected :
Duke ,of Vellingten..l3l gums, screw three decker ; Nep-
tune, JZI guns, sailing three-decker; Wat3rloo, 120
guns, -sailing three-decker ; Queen, 116 guns, sailing
three-decker; St. Jean ,d'Aere, 101 gene, • screw two_
d eckec; AgEmnemnop,: 91 41:ria, screw two-.decker ; Prince
20 guns, sailing two-decker; London, 90 guns,
o-aecker ; Bletheina, GO guns, screw two-decker ;
sißlaeiolggineUget:7lo guts, screw two-decker; Edinburgh,7lß guns,
screw two-decker; Ajar, :SE guns, screw two-decker;
Impinletsse.,-,50 guns, screw-ft:gate ; Arrogant,: guns,
screw-frigate:;: Sybille, 46gutne, sailing-frigate; Amphion,
31 guns. screw-frigate ; Tribune, 30 guns, screw4sigate ;
Sidon, 22 guns. paddle-frigate;alightlyer.2l guns, screw-
frigate ; TerriLle, 21 guns, ,paddle•frigate Odin, 16
guns, paddle-frigate ; Encounteg;l4 guns, screw-.corvette;
Leopard, 12 guns, paddle-frigate; Desperate, -IS guns,
ccrew-corvette; f3arracouta. 6 guns, paddle-sloop;', le- sloop ;
vius, 6 guns, paddle-sloop ; Banshee, 2 guns, express-boat.
EXTRAORDINAV PROCEEDIII..--We hear that on
Saturday last Mr. Ackroyd, of Stourbridge, and dlr. I
Ce-rge Robinson, .solicitor, of this town, while -com-
paring a list of the proprietary of ,tlie -Shrewsbury aiA
.Birmingharn Railwa:- Company witil! the transfer book,
made discoveries of a nature whieh induced them ijo
have :the books seated up, and whieh, it is said, are
likely to cause a further resort to ;legal proceedings.
On Manday morning, Mr. Geach, wise ,is a director of
the company, Mr. R. :-Scott, Mr. Aelcrosid, Mr.•Collis.,
and Mr.tG. Robinson ns,ct at the comparty-s offices, and:,
demanded that the books-should be delivered to them, as
they saki, for further exarcination. Mr. Mr. Joseph
Walker, :and Mr. Knox were, we hear, at tie offices in ,
the course•ac the morninv, and the further iimpection of
the books wag refused by Knox, no weer from the
board ,of 4-rectors for thatvurpose having haat: obtained,
and without Ikes order the inspection could .nat, it was
alleged, ,be ,partaitted. In consequence Mr. (Geach and
his friends sent for Mr. ;Hurter, foreman to Messrs.
Chubb and Conse;vvho,required.a written indemnity), and
directed him ,to larpen the safe aontaining- the key .Gf the
closet in which ttheibooks were kg-st. This was done, and
the safe containing the honks opened. The books,were
at first deposited ,voith the police, but afterwards traas-
mitted to Landon. *Colonel How and some of /Lis
.officers were called in, res order to .prevent any breach a
:the peace. This remarkable proceeding has given owe.-
s ion for many rumours.—Wolverhapiteon Chronicle.

ELOPEMENT.—We cotieed last week that an officer of
the:3sth regiment had rim oil" with the ,v.rife of a baronet,
residing in the north of Devon, under eizeumstances of a
very ,di: graceful character. There is no doubt of the
truth of the statement ; the otticer is Captain Berkeley,
of the above-named regiment, and his unfortainate com-
panion in guilt Lady Wrey, wile of Sir Bourchier Wrey.
It appears that this man is now Stith his regiment, and
still wearing Her Majesty's uniform, though itis c:urrently
reported that he will be obliged to leave the army ; and
the lady, it is said, is in London. Sir Bourchier Wrey,
Bart., has recently been staying at his marine residence
in Barnstaple. Per some few weeks past Captain Berke-
ley, of the 35th, son of Sir George Berkeley, had been
visiting at the house of the honourable baronet, whose
hearty hospitality is only surpassed by his high-minded and
unsuspecting candour. This town became agitated on
Friday with the startling and painful intelligence that this '
guest of the honourable baronet's—the man who had been
receiving his hospitalities—had taken the opportunity of
domestic intercourse thus afforded to him to draw from
her conjugal duty the wife of his friend ; that she had, in
fact, that morning eloped with her paramour. They
drove off, it would appear, about half.past one on that
morning to Barnstaple, and from thence to the Tiverton
station of the Great Western Railway. Their course
from this point we are not curious to trace. That this
lady should have left in such a manner, and for such a
man, a home replete with all the earthly good that earthly
wealth can furnish, a husband dotingly fond of her, and
without the shadow of the causes usually assigned in such
cases, is an aberration of conduct only to be charitably
covered by a verdict of temporary insanity. Report says
that already has the dreadful hallucination passed away,
and reconciliation sought. 'We give, of course, simply
report, but it is highly probable that such is the case, as
we know that such must be the course the moment the
mind recovers its equilibrium. Sir Bourchier returned
thatssmeevening toTawstock Court.—Eveter Flying Post,

March

STRUCK

church of Bodenham, Here
lightning on Tuesday
being performed within the ed

ae marriag

Two women and two

children among the spectato

ster of

to two

RICHARD CROSS, aged 50, who was
Whitehurch, pleaded guilty, at Shrewsbury assize,
charges of stealing post. letters, containing bills,
and securities to the amount of X 2,000, and was sentenced

to ten years' imp

onment

PORPHYRY FOR THE CRYS

PALACE

case of

,ens of Swedish porphyry

.om the Royal

. .
at Elfdal has arrived in England. These specimens in-
clude 15 distinct varieties, some of great beauty. They
have been presented to the Crystal Palace Company by
Mr. Charles:Henry Edwards.

PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.—The Govern-
ment balance-sheet has been published of the public in-
come and expenditure for the year ending the sth of July
last, with the balances in the Exchequer. The income
was £54,249,141 3s. 81, and the expenditure £50,680,516
75., leaving an excess of £3,568,624 16s. Bd. On the sth
of July, 1852, the balances in the Exchequer were
£6,492,731 6s. 10d., and on the sth July last, £5,112,639
ss. 9d.

TRANSPORTATION.—A new clause has been added to
the Government Bill by the Lord Chancellor, the object
of which is, that Her Majesty may grant licenses to be at
large to convicts under sentence of transportation ; the
holder of the license is not to be imprisoned by reason of
his sentence, and, if the license is revoked, the convict
may he apprehended and committed to prison. By the
bill as it now stands, penal punishment is to be awarded
in the cases of persons liable to transportation for 14
years. The new law is to take effect from the Ist of
September next.

EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FACTORIES.—The bill
brought in by Lord Palmerston and Mr. Fitzroy, further
to regulate the Employment of Children in Factories, and
lust printed, provides that no child shall be employed
before six in the morning nor after six in the evening,
except between the 30th September and the Ist April,
when they may be employed, under certain regulations,
between seven in the morning and seven in the evening
Children are not to be employed, under 7 and 8 Vic

recovering lost time, after seven in the evening
hours of employment of children not to be in any case
extended beyond what is at present lawful.

MAILS TO AUSTRALIA.—The next mails for Australia
will be forwarded by the Vimiera sailing vessel, the owner
of which has entered into a contract for that purpose with
the postmaster-general. This vessel is appointed to be
despatched from Plymouth on Friday next, after the
arrival at that place of the north mail, and all letters and
newspapers for South Australia, Victoria, New South
Wales, and Van Diemen's Land reaching Plymouth pre-
vious to her departure, and not addressed to be sent by
any other vessel, will be forwarded by the Vimiera. The
packet-rates of postage will be chargeable on letter

trans-

witted by the Vimiera, but no charge will be made upon
newspapers. The mails to be conveyed by this packet
will be made up in London on Thursday, and at Plymouth
on F►iday.
MANSLAUGHTER AT LEEDS.—A painful occurrence
has just taken place on the premises of Mr. Barker, of
Kirkgate, Leeds, the result of which is the death of a
journeyman plumber, named Wallace Waddington, aged
21. On Saturday morning the deceased made use of some
annoyine and irritating expressions towards an apprentice
named Peter Dawson ; a war of words ensued between
them, and, in a moment of passion, Dawson seized a
long brush, and struck Waddington over the head with
it, thereby fracturing and indenting his skull. The in-
jured man was at once removed, and medical aid pro-
cured, but he only lingered until the following day, when
death put a period to his sufferings. Since then a coroner's
inquest has been held on view of the body, and, after
hearing the evidence, which showed that the deceased
was the aggressor in the first instance, they returned a
verdict of manslaughter against Dawson, who was forth-
with committed to York Castle for trial at the assizes.
AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF THREATENING has oc-
cupied the magistrates of Corsham, Wiltshire, occasioning
some protracted investigations. The prosecutor was the
Rev. Dr. Horlock, vicar of Box, and the prisoners were
Henry Sprague, son of Dr. Sprague, late of Box, and
Benjamin Bullock, sexton. Anonymous letters of a most
insulting and threatening kind had been, for a length of
time, mysteriously conveyed to the vicar and his family,
and to persons in the neighbourhood. One was ad-
dressed to a young woman named Elizabeth Smith, " If
you will make a cake, and buy at a chemist's one drachm
of arsenic, and put it in it, and send it to Miss Horlock,
with a note from yourself, I will give you £lOO, which
will make you and your relations quite rich, and you will
need not remain in service no longer." A similar letter
was sent to another woman. A number of witnesses
were called to prove the handwriting ; and the magistrates,
after a private consultation, discharged Bullock, and com-
mitted Sprague to take his trial at the next assizes.
TAXATION OF THE CLERGY.—Mr. Apsley Pellatt, the
Dissenting minister for Southwark, having complained
that the clergy do not bear their fair share of the public
burdens, three letters have appeared in the Times, from a
Norfolk rector, a Suffolk rector, and a Kentish vicar,
giving the following statement of the amount .to which
their incomes were charged in 1852 with state and local

taxes :

Norfolk I Suffolk I Kentish
Rector. I Rector. Vicar.

INCOME

s. d.l s. d. s. d.
319 13 10 475 0 0 268 0 0

STATE TAXES.
Property Tax on Glebe &
Tithe Rent Charge.... I 9 6 6: 12 7 6 9 13 4
Ditto, on Rectory House' 1 9 21 1 16 7
House Tax
Land Tax 7 4 0 26 8 0 5 0 0
Assessed Taxes
Duty on Insurance
LOCAL TAXES.
Poor Rate 22 16 10, 67 10 3 17 12 6
Highway Rate 8 1 71 8 8 9 4 19 6

64 12 6,132 14 6 59 _ 9 5

Per Centage on Income,
about

ARREST OF A RAILWAY TRAIN.—A most extra-
ordinary method of executing the powers of the law,
was put in operation at the Newfoundwell station of the
Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway. The collector of
county cess, Mr. Simpson, had made repeated applica-
tions for the payment of the county cess due on the lands
and premises held by the company, but could not succeed
in obtaining payment. Accordingly, being bound to
lodge the amount of his warrant on the first day of the
assizes, unless he could show that any part of it was
irrecoverable, and that he had used every necessary
exertion to recover it, Mr. Simpson, attended by a body
of his assistants, met a train at the Newfoundwell station,
and then and there producing his warrant he took
possession of the train and all it contained. There were
six grand jurors travelling by it to attend the Dundalk
assizes, which were open at 10 o'clock, and in ordinary
course they would have been barely in time to be sworn
in. Remonstrances with the collector were all in vain ;
the county cess he must have, and the train was not
allowed to move a peg until his demand was satisfied.
Then the lost time bad to be pulled up by increased speed,
and the released engine again snorted along the line which
had just been freed from the payment of a county cess
until the next assizes.—Louth Advertiser.
THE HULL BRIBERY COMMISSION.—This commission
is still sitting. The following letter from Mr. J. B.
Moore has been put in as evidence —" Liverpool,
Gth April, 1852. Dear sir,—ln reply to your letter of the
2d inst., I agree with you that it is better we should un-
derstand each other clearly, before an election comes on,
with regard to money matters. I shall stand to my pro-
position mentioned to the deputation at Normanton, as
named in your letter, namely, to go as far as £1,200 for
the leg.al expenses of the election—not necessarily that
this sum should be expended—but I will, if that sum be
required, go thus far and no farther; and I agree to incur
no other responsibility. I am wholly unacquainted with what
will be required, having no experience in these matters.
If the expenditure in this matter should exceed the above-
named ruin, the gentlemen in Hull must undertake to
exonerate me from all further demands. Being a stranger
I could not, with any judgment, select an agent, and
would leave this and the entire management of the election
in the hands of a committee. I think to provide against
st contest, the electors should subscribe a sum equal to the
positive requirements for fighting a gond tight. The can-
didates here are only responsible for £5OO each. In offer-
ing myself to represent your borough, I beg to say I have
no personal interests to serve, and having plenty of leisure
tc devote to your services, I will come forward to stem
the democratic torrent which threatens the country, and
•the destructive policy which has been carried out, and to
inddge an honourable and laudable ambition.—Yours,
truly, J. Bramley-Moore." One witness stated "In 1817
he was chairman of the Sculcotes committee for Brown
and tZaines: was in correspondence with the National
Club, for a second blue candidate : Sir Robert Inglis was
written to on the subject, and he took considerable pains
to find,a candidate; he ultimately, however, handed over
the lettcc• to the National Club, and they named Mr.
Sands,sof Liverpool; but when Brown came down the
correspondence with the National Club ceased. ,
GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Southampton cor-
respondentof The Morning Herald, under date of Friday,
says :—The,tide of emigration from this port has, since
iiks commencement, been one continual stream of de-
ipaetures to,the land of gold, and two large ships are now
in dock preparing to sail, with passengers anxious to
reach the shores of Australia. The Athenian, a barque,
of tons, will i'leave on Monday for Sydney. She has
embarked 140 passengers, but is capable of accommodating
206, statute adults, the whole of which she will, doubt-
less, receive prior to her leaving. Another large ship,
Credenda, of '9OO tons register, is also in preparation to
depart for Geelong. "This ship, which is capable of ac-
commodating 335 stettate adults, bas her berths built up
midships, which arrangement, doubtless, gives more
room for the admission of air from the various port-holes,
and thereby considerably improves the ventilation of the
ship. The Herefordshire, 1600 tons, will leave this port
for Sydney Orr or about the,itith August. Her passengers
will consist prilcipally of railway labourers. The Pekin,
for Melbourne, 562 tons, also leaves on the Ist August ;
and the Epaminotalas, 1171 tons, will leave on the Gth
proximo, for Adelaiee. The government commissioners
also took up two other ships yesterday, the Poiters,
756 tons, which they intend fitting out for Port Philip, to
sail on the ith of September, and the David Malcolm,
536 tons, for Adelaide, on the sth of the same month.
It is fully expected that both these vessels will embark
their passengers at this port. Since the first ship left
Southampton docks under the surveillance of the govern-
ment commissioner of emigration, upwards of 6,000 per-
sons have left this country from this port for the. Australian
colonies. Of these nearly 5,000 were English, the
remainder Irish, and a small portion Scotch. The first
government emigration ship left hero on the lith of
January, since which time nineteen first-class vessels
have departed from these docks. The arrangements
have been, as requirement suggested, improved consi-
derably, and the whole of the emigrants on board the
Athenian seemed perfectly happy in their floating habi-
tation, and cleanliness and order were to be particularly
observed,

summer resort at Hoxton, ncE
by fire on Wednesday morninz,

don, w

J
were seven horses, and although strenuous c
used, not one could be saved.

DEATH IN AN OMNIBUS.—An awful instance of
uncertainty of human life occurred to Mr. Jeren
Davis, Poland-street, Oxford-street, Loudon. He got

an omnibus to go into the cit
lane, fell back and expired.
from a diseased heart.

upposed

tention

NEW Law COURTS.—It is said to be the IL._
the government to have the new law courts erected in-
rnediately adjoining the houses of parliament, and not
generally expected, in the vicinity of Lincoln's-in,
that the courts will continue to sit at Westmin
term, as heretofore, the well-known inconvemen

the present courts

being remedied

DISGUSTING.—On Saturday, a person named Thomas
Ward, of West Retford, was at a public house, in East
Retford, and offered a small wager that he would drink
ten pints of ale in a short given time. The wager was
accepted, and he proceeded to the accomplishment of the
task. He won his wager, but was taken suddenly ill, and
a surgeon was obliged to be sent for, who administered
an emetic, and under his treatment he recovered.

A WARNING.—At the Ipswich assizes, on Wednesday,
Mr. Cook, a member of the corporation of that town, was
sentenced to twelve months' hard labour for having know-
ingly defrauded the gas company by using gas in his
plumbing shop direct from the main instead of from the
meter. His foreman was called as a witness for the
defence ; and, as he swore to having himself made the
" bye-pipe," the judge, Sir John Jervis, ordered him to
be taken into custody, and afterwards sentenced him to
the same punishment as his master.
- - -

CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—An unsuccessful attempt
to launch the screw two-decker Caesar, 90 guns, from
Pembroke Dock-yard, was made on the 21st. The vessel
started on the instant the dog-shears were struck down,
• •

.tided with a speed th-at appeared to he irresis-
tible, out received a check in her career before she had
floated, which completely stopped her progress. An exa-
mination of every accessible part was made without dis-
covering the cause of the failure. Each tide since attempts
without success were made to start the ship, and she now

in a very precarious position.
HOLYROOD PALACE.—Her Majesty's Chief Commis-
, Wooas end Forests has at length agreed to an
arrangement of a character very favourable to the public,
with reference to the opening of Holyrood Palace. Tn-
stead of the present unsatisfactory mode of banding per.
sons about from one exhibitor to another, and leaving the
amount of the gratuities to the discretion of the visit,

sinner

will be

a small fixe

~übstituted ; this will be paid t
one receiver, and no other payment will be requisite
One important part of the arrangement is, that the palac
will be open every Saturday without any charge.

•
CHARITABLE TRUSTS.—The land settled on charitable
trust in Eneland and Wales consists of 442,015 acres of
freehold ; the personal property so settled amounts to
£6,668,509, and the rent charges on land granted for
charitable purposes to £79,930. The total income of
these different properties is estimated at £1,209,395, and
their total value is computed at fifty millions, or nearly
one year's net revenue of the United Kingdom. The
gross income of charitable educational endowments is
£312,544. Of charities, 13,331 are under £5 a-year ;
4.641 are above £5 and under £lO a-year ; 3,908 above
£lO and under £2O ; and 1,866 above £2O and under £3O.
This immense mass of property, amounting in all to
28,840 trusts, is subject to grievous disadvantages : there
is every temptation to mismanagement and malversation,
and no tribunal able to correct it.

THE REPEALED DUTIES.—The Commissioners of Cus-
toms have caused an amended list of articles of foreign
merchandise not now subject to duty on importation into
this country. which has been prepared by the Inspector-
General of Imports and Exports with reference to the
recent resolutions of the House of Commons, showing the
denomination under which each article should be de-
scribed on the official documents, to be printed and
furnished to the collectors and controllers, and other
principal officers of Customs at the several ports through-
out the kingdom for future government, in lieu of those
formerly in use. In transmitting this list of goods on
which the duties have been repealed, they have been
directed to observe, that every description of glass is to be
entered by weight, and that bottles imported containing
goods are to be deemed as packages, and exempted from
entry for thl duties.
MOCK PEERAGE.—The nobility of the order of the
Grand Star will sit in council on Wednesday, (to-morrow,)
at three o'clock, at the mansion of the noble Alpha-
Atlantis, Hyde-park, to discuss the merits of identified
candidates of the noble order for installation, who peti-
tioned the court previous to March last. Also to receive
presenteions, by nobles elect, of candidates for identifi-
cation, whose petitions show that they are eligible to
support the exalted rank of a noble elect, by living and
having lived, for the previous ten years of their presen-
tation, as independent gentlemen, and keeping an estab.
lishment in that character, at no less an expenditure than
£5,000 annually, and giving to charitable purposes no less
a sum than £lOO annually, or one sum of £l,OOO, and are
prepared to continue the same expenditure out of a certain
income in support of the distinguished character of the
noble order, and subscribe liberally to the encouragement
of literature. Hereditary titles have no preference over
commoners for election, as no one can be installed a
" noble elect," except from his own personal merits.—
By command, E. de; Mecenas, Under-Secretary.—Covrt
Journal.

A NEW ANESTHETIC is announced in the Common
Puff Ball (Lycoperrlon Protens). The anxstlietic pro-
perties of this well-known production was recently spoken
of by Mr. Richardson at a meeting of the London Medical
Society. The properties mentioned appear to have been
known in some country districts where bees are stupified
by this agent previous to the honey being taken from the
hives. Having observed this fact, Mr. Richardson was
induced to try the powers of thel puff-balls on cats and
dogs. The result accomplished was exactly the same as
if tether or chloroform had been employed. Even surgical
operations have been performed on animals to whom the
new anaesthetic had been previously administered. The
inhale
the of administering is by allowing the animal to
the fume of the dried fungus while in a state of ignition.
The Athenceunz states that Mr. Richardson inhaled the
fumes himself, and found the same effects follow as from
chloroform. "It is curious (says our contemporary) that
this fungus, which emits these narcotic fumes, may be
eaten with impunity, and that it is amongst those which
Dr. Badham has recommended in his recent work to be
eaten as the esculent fungus of Britain. No chemical
principle has yet been detected to account for these very
curious effects." We may observe that there are many
agents in medicine which save or destroy according as
they are administered. Some may be swallowed with
impunity which would ensure certain death were they
made to enter the system by the blood and absorbent
vessels. It is well known, too, that the poison of the
serpent, which kills by being infused into the blood, may
be taken into the stomach without evil results ensuing.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT TILE POWERSCOURT WATER-
FALL.—An aclident of a most distressing nature occurred
at this favourite place of resort on Saturday, the 16th ult.,
whereby Mr. James Bostern, of Manchester, lost his life
under the following painful circumstances—lt appears that
he, accompanied by his friend Mr. Reuben Levy, left Man-
chester for the purpose of making a tour in Ireland, and
on the above motning left Dublin for the purpose of
seeing the dargle and waterfall, at which latter place they
arrived at about half past two o'clock. Mr. Bostern in a
short time after began to climb the rocks on the south
side of the Fall, entirely against the wish of his friend,
who remonstrated with him on the impropriety of his
doing so. When he bad got up some distance he sat down
and smoked a cigar; after which he began to return, took
off his hat, and threw it down ; upon which Mr. Levy-,
who was lying on the bank, stood up for the purpose of
getting it, as it was blown towards the stream by a sudden
gust of wind, and, on getting into the rocks at the foot of
the Fall, the first thing he beheld was the mangled and life-
less body of Mr. Bostern at his feet. It is supposed that,
in attempting to get to the edge of the cliff (after throw-
ing down the hat), for the purpose of getting a view down;
he overbalanced himself, fell on the under ledge of rock,
and from thence dashed to the bottom and was killed in.
stantaneously. An inquest was held on the body on the
following Monday, when the jury returned a verdict of ac-
cidental death by falling from the cliff of rock at the side
of the Waterfall, which he had ascended contrary to the
wish of his friend. Mr. Levy also stated on his exami-
nation, that he did not even hear a shout or moan from
the deceased, or had he the slightest knowledge of his fa 11..,
ing until he met the lifeless body on the rocks at the base
of the Fall, with one leg partly in the water.
A CRYSTAL PALACE' FOR BIRMINGHAM—On Tuesday,
a meeting was held in Birmingham, the object being the
provision of some place of recreation suited to the require-
ments of a large manufacturing population. The Mayor
occupied the chair, and most of the leading manufacturers
and merchants were present, besides the principal members
of the Town Council. Mr. Beale gave an outline of his
project, which embraces a public park, the erection there-
upon of an inexpensive but suitable building—in fact, a
miniature crystal palace—fittingly ornamented with
statuary and ,•-crks of art • the scheme to be carried out
by the public, and accessible to them free of charge. The
chief difficulty hitherto in the way of accomplishing this
object has been to obtain a suitable site, in consequence of
the enormous and rapidly increasing price demanded for
the land. Six miles from Birmingham, on the old road to
Lichfield, stands the pleasant little town of Sutton Cold-
field. The most remarkable fact about Sutton is that it
is probably the richest place in the kingdom.
Closedelightfully di..
to it runs ai
together
oisigpwel etohnotedi
ri dawnpidta
with some
kasot
oef
tri).3e,2ol:llo6tohaoi csoroe
belows up
gs to the town
The place i
eoovitfeelricSestuireldteiodscneow'r corporation, who manages 't
hg
invested.
usefully as they have power to
schools and worthy maidens
and the inhabitants graze their
access to their noble park. But •
the people find something wanting—they in the funds or
oisvefirnneed
prbeypeartyselatts.
do. They have establi,hed
receive marriage portions,
cattle upon and enjoy the
withll thwiasngtoaodrafiolrwtaun e
the London and North-Western Compnv obtained railway
act to construct a line some years since, but they suffered
their powers to expire without making the railway, and it
is understood that they have abandoned the scheme. Mr.
Beale now proposes to provide Sutton with a railway in
consideration of certain concessions made by the inhabi-
tants to Birmingham, the principal one being to con-
cede to that town, for a term of 999 years, some 300
acres of the park, at a nominal rent ; so that,
as Mr. Beale expressed it, this marriage cf poor Bir-
mingham to rich Sutton may be made mutually advanta- .0 4
geous. The people of Sutton have so far welcoznedfigg: L '
project, and as Mr. Beale unfolde I his plan, at ttrOftectri) p
on Tuesday, it met with the hearty approbation of It
. , -
who heard it. The result of the meeting was, that on_tile 1--
motion of Mr. Alderman Muntz, the plan was:leteibielfr- -,:r.
and approved, and a committee of five gentlemen:airt*-
appointed to confer with the corporation, in order thic4l
details may be arranged, and no time lost in carrying out
the project.

/

LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK.

PACKET OF THE 16TH AUGUST,

The splendid new American Ship

ARABIA,

J. P. BOUTELLE, Commander;

1,400 tons register; coppered and copper-fastened ; now on her

first voyage, and a most eligible conveyance.—For Freight or

Passage apply to

BOWMAN, GRINNELL, and CO,

THE
-4. LIVERPOOL AND PHILADELPHIA
Vte,,,,_' STEAM-SHIP COMPANY'S
, dA
- AZ! W., Iron Screw Steam-ships
Tons
CITY OF GLASGOW 1610.. Capt. W. WYLIE,
CITY OF MANCHESTER 2'09. Capt. R. LEITCH,
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA (new) 2200.. Capt. W. WYLIE,
CITY OF BALTIMORE (new) 2200.. Capt. R. LEITCH,
Are intended to sail as under :
FROM LIVERPOOL 1853.
CITY OF MANCHESTER .... WEDNESDAY .. 24th August.
9Fly OF GLASGOW WEDNESDAY ..14th Sept.

CITY OF MANCHESTER WEDNESDAY ..12th Oct:
FROM PHILADELPHIA. 1853.
CITY OF MANCHESTER SATURDAY.... 30th July.
CITY OF GLASGOW SATURDAY.... 20th August.
CITY OF MANCHESTER SATURDAY.... 17th Sept.
CITY OF GLASGOW SATURDAY.... Bth October.

RATES OF PASSAGE FROM LIVERPOOL.
Cabin, in Two-berth State-rooms, Twenty Guineas each.
Three-berth •
Four-berth 9.
If Fifteen
Thirteen
Including Provisions and Steward's Fee.
All having the same privileges, and messing together.
A limited number of Passengers will be taken at Seven Gni-
neas, including as much Provisions as required; and these
Passengers are hereby informed, that in order to satisfy the
requirements of the Government Officers, the date filled into
their contract tickets will be in every case the date of the day
preceding the fixed day of sailing.
ThEseSteamers carry "Phillips's Patent FIRE Annihilators.”
An experienced Surgeon is attached to each Steamer.
RATES OF FREIGHT.
Dogs at .e 3 each.

Freight on Fine Goods, .e 4 per Ton ; and Unmanufactured
Goods, &c. will be taken subject to agreement, payable here
or in Philadelphia, at 84.80 c. per pound sterling.
Apply in Philadelphia and New York to Thos. RICHARDSON;
in Belfast, to RICHARDSON BROTHERS and Co. ; in Glasgow,
tO PATRICE HENDERSON and CO. ; in Dublin, to CORNELIUS
CARLETON ; in London, to EDwARDs, SANFORD, and Co.,
for passengers, and PICKFORD and Co., for goods ; in Paris, to
FREDERICK REDFERN, 8, Rue de la Paix ; in Havre, to W.
DAVIDBON; in Manchester, to GEORGE STONIER; and in Li-
verpool, to

RICHA RDSON BROTHERS and CO.,
22 and is, Toyer-bilikijiip. •

LIVERPOOL AND BELFAST.
• adtg ..
smsl The splendid iron Steam-ship
BLENHEIM
is intended to sail from LIVERPOOL for
BELFAST, (With or without a pilot,) from the Clarence
Dock : namely,
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, at 10 o'clock, Evening.
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, at 12 o'clock, Midnight.
SATURDAY, Aug. 13, at 4 o'clock, Afternoon.
THURSDAY, Aug. 18, at 10 o'clock, Evening.
TUESDAY, Aug. 23, at 12 o'clock, Midnight.
SATURDAY, Aug. 27, at 4 o'clock, Afternoon.
August.
LANGTRYS 6th, 11th, 16th,
LANGTRYS and'CO.,2o, Water-street, Liverpool.
IT Ea
and °PO tL T
h
Leaving BELFAS2Totfhoi:,,LS

For BELFAST.

. .
The BELFAST STEAM-SHIP COMPANY'S
"4'4VA ;tI6IW- splendid and powerful new Iron Steamer
TELEGRAPH,
LEITCH, Commander,

HUGH -
Is appointed to sail, (with oprowciKt,hout a Pilot,) from NELSON-
From LIVERPOOL to BELFAST.
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, at 11i o'clock, Evening.
WEDNESDAY, AUg. 10, at 12 o'clock, Night.
MONDAY, Aug. 15, at 8 o'clock, Evening.
FRIDAY. Aug. 19, at 11¢ o'clock, Evening.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, at 12 o'clock, Night.
MONDAY, Aug. 29, at 7 o'clock, Evening.
And from BELFAST to LIVERPOOL
On the 3d, Bth, 12th, 17th, 22d, 26th and 31st August, at a
Quarter-past ward's, Evening.
. Cabin Fare (Including Ste Fee),l3s. ; Steerage, 4s.
Apply to GEORGE M'TEAR and Co., Belfast, or to
GRAINGER, BRISTOW, and JOHNSON,
34, Chapel-street, Liverpool,

CHIEF-CABIN PASSAGE to HALIFAX and BOSTON,
TIVENTY-FIVE POUNDS. SECOND-CABIN PAS-
SAGE, FIFTEEN POUNDS.
CHIEF-CABIN PASSAGE to NEW YORK, THIRTY
POUNDS. SECOND-CABIN PASSAGE, TWENTY
POUNDS. These rates include Steward's Fee and Provisions,
but without Wines or Liquors, which can be obtained on board.
Dogs charged Five Pounds each.

These Steim-ships have accommodation for a limited num-
ber of Second Cabin Passengers.
Apply, in Haliffix,to SAMUEL CUNARD; in Boston, to S. S.
Y LEWIS; in New ork, to EDWARD CUNARD; in Havre
and Paris, to HoNALD CURRIE; in London, to J. B. FooliD,
52, Old Broad-street; in Glasgow, to G. and J. BURNS;
and in Liverpool, to
_ D. and C. MAC JIVER. 14. Water-street.

_ . ,
NOTE.—AII Letters and Newspapers intended to be sent by
these Vessels must pass through the PostotEce, and none will
be received at the Agents' Offices.

The owners of theie ships will not be accountable for gold,
silver, bullion, specie, jewellery, precious stones, or metals,
unless bills of lading are signed. therefor, and the value thereof
therein expressed.
Passengers will be charged freight on theirpersonalluggage
when it exceeds half a ton measurement.
To prevent disappointment or difficulty,Passengersare
respectfully informed, that Packages of Merchandise will not
be allowed to be shipped as Luggage,or with their Luggage.
Passengersa re not permitted to go on boardby the Steamer
thst takes the Mail.

Parcels will he received at the Office of the Agents here until
Six o'clock on the FRIDAY EVENINGS previous to sailing.

The AMERICA, for HALIFAX and BOSTON, will start
on SATURDAY next, the 6th instant. The Steam-tender
SATELLITE will leare the LANDING-STAGE, opposite the
Baths, George's Pier. at Nine o'clock, Morning, of that day,
with the Passengers for the AMERICA.