The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-15 00:00:00

ME LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1853.

LOCAL NEWS.

THE NEW ROAD from the Cnstom-house to the
Queen's Dock is now laid out and partially opened.

THE REV. S. MINTON delivered his first lecture on
the book of Joshua on Tuesday evening.

MR. GREENALL, M.P., was entertained at dinner at
Warrington on Thursday last.

ME EXPORT OF RAGS from this port to America has
declined immensely of late.

A GRATIFYING INCREASE is exhibited in the number
of daily visitors to the Free Public Library.
A MEETING was held at Bury on Friday week, to ad-
vocate a ten-hours' bill, with restrictions on the moving
power.

LAST WEEK a public inquiry was instituted into the
state of the Bury burial ground. It is proposed to have
a cemetery at some distance from the town.

THE BLACKBURN STANDARD denies the statement in
some of the London papers that Mr. Eccles, one of the
members, was about to resign his seat.

PRINCIPAL SCOTT has been lecturing during the past
week at the Manchester Free Library, on " The great
poetical authors and eras."

ELLIS BARNS, a child two and a half years old, was
burned to death the other day in Blackburn, in the
sence of its parents.

Two IRISHMEN, Thomas Riley and John Mahon, have
been committed for trial at the Liverpool Assizes, for a
desperate garotte robbery at Wigan. Their victim was
Thomas Myers, nail-maker, Downall Green, Ashton.
A WRITER in the Manchester Guardian protests
against the proposal to place the monument to' Dr. Dal-
ton in a private cemetery, and suggests that his public
worth demands " a centrical and conspicuous situation."
ON TUESDAY, at the Police Court, Catherine flukey,
a " searcher" at the Workhouse, was sent to gaol for two
months, for robbing Harriet Jones, a servant girl, of a
variety of articles of wearing apparel.
JAMES CHISNALL, Blackburn, who seems to have hal
a mania for robbing his mother, has been committed to
the sessions for trial. The silver spoons were the last
articles stolen.

THE PROGENY OF A COW belonging to S. E. Boldon,
Esq., of Red Bank, near Lancaster, has been sold for
one thousand guineas. For a calf at eight months old
Mr. B. has refused one hundred guineas.
A CONSCIFNCE- STRICKEN THIEF, who twenty-seven
years ago stole a trifling article from Mrs. Catlow, toy-
dealer, Blackburn, has sent half-a-crown to Mrs. C. as
" restitution."

AT THE EIGHTH ORDINARY MEETING of the Literary
and Philosophical Society yesterday evening week, the
Atev- Arthur Ramsay, M. A., read a very learned paper,
on the practical application of comparative philology."
JAMES MYERSCOUGH was committed for trial at the
Liverpool assizes, on Friday last, at Rochdale, charged
with the manslaughter of Isaac Lowe, herb dealer, his
father-in-lav;r.

Iliadc has advanced to ls. 4d. per gallon in the neigh-
bourhood of some of the woollen cloth mills in Lancashire,
in consequence of a recent discovery that milk mixed with
oil answers the purpose of the more expensive olive oil.
ANN O'NEILL was sentenced to eighteen months' im-
Prisonment, at the Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday, for
stealing £lO5 from James Arbuthnot, a baker, of 76.
Arley street, whilst labouring under the influence of
gingerette, on the 17th December last.

A. PERSON NAMED JANES, a coal-trimr, belonging
to the Pacific, fell into the Huskisson Lomck,e on Saturday
night, while loading coals on board said ship, and received
such injuries that he died on Tuesday morning, at the
Northern
Hospital.
JOAN COLLING of Bacup labourer, aged .60 years, was
on Sunday morning last found burned- to death on the
tlfioor of his dwelling He had fallen on the bars of the
e-grate, in the absence of his wife, while getting out of
bed,

THE SCOTCH papers assert that 30 years ago a vessel
nam the " Highland Lad" was fitted up by Messrs.
Claud d, Girswood and Co., of Glasgow, with a caloric
engine, the invention of the Rev. Mr., now Dr., Stirling,
of Galston, in Ayrshire.
n MARY ROLUINSON, a fine young girl, aged 16, 3 Court
awke-street, went to assist an old woman in attending
on her husband on Monday night; her dress accidentally
'caught fire, and she was conveyed to the Royal Infirmary,
where she presents a frightful spectacle, her neck, chest,
arms, hands, 'Ste., being quite divested of flesh.
AT THE COUNTY COURT, the other day, it was con-
tended that a ring, sold by Messrs. Cohan, the pawnbro-
kers, of South Castle-street, was a " gold" ring, though
they could not swear that a hundredth part of it was
composed of the precious metal. lir. Rime, solicitor for
Messrs.`Cohan, said that in 999 cases out of a thousand
that was what was sold for a " gold" ring.

SERGEANT HEAP, of the county police, Blackburn, in
complying with the request of a letter recently received
'through the post, has ascertained that twenty-five years
ago one of a gang of robbers had confessed to a woman
with whom he cohabited, that he robbed, and then mur-
dered, a travelling Scotchman named David Hevon, who
travelled in Todmorden, Bacup, and Burnley. The body
of the deceased was found in the Rochdale canal, near
'Gariehohne, at the time, when the coroner's jury gave a
-verdict of " Found drowned."

A DISQUALIFICATION FOR CURATES.—The Rev. H.
Stowell, in the course of a lecture on " Habit," which he
gave to the members of the Manchester Young Men's
Christian Association on Tuesday night, denounced the
practice of tobacco-smoking in unmeasured terms. He
said, " Never myself will I hire a curate who indulges in
it. I never now make inquiries for a curate but I invari-
ably ask, is he a smoker of tobacco? if he is, I instantly
reject his application."

ON TUESDAY there was hunched from the
building-yard of Messrs. Thomas Vernon and

pretty little iron screw-steamer of about 240 tons

Son, a

arthen

and 60-horse power, the first of a series of three vesse.
for the company, known as the Austrian Lloyds. The
'vessel is called the San Giusto. She will go to the Me-
diterranean, and will he placed upon the station between
Alexandria and Trieste. Messrs. James Watt and Co.,
of Soho Foundry, Birmingham, are making the engines.
THE BANK ROBBERY, LIVERPOOL.—At the Court of
Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, Frederick Clarke, aged 32,
was charged with stealing the sum of £3,000 from Robert
'Spencer Humphreys, a clerk in the offices of Messrs.
Brown, Shipley, and Co., in the Branch Bank of -England
on Saturday, the 13th of November, last. Mr. Aspinall
conducted the prosecution, and Mr. J. H. Parry the de-
fence. The jury found a verdict of Not Guilty, and the
Prisoner was discharged.
AT THE RECENT DINNER of the Blue-Coat Brotherly
Society. Samuel Holme, Esq., the Mayor of Liverpool,
remarked that that institution was one of the genuine
fruits of the true spirit of Christianity ; and in travelling
as he had recently done, over classic ground, he had re-
marked, that while magnificent ruins studded the coun—
try, which had been the temples of their gods, while baths,
and
retains,foun and amphitheatres,
mightbe found, the eye
w a
as ratified, nor the hea
delighted, by the sight
of building known to be erected for purposes of charity.
SErrocTioN is LIVERPOOL.—In the Court of Passage,
on Wednesday last, a trial took place, in which Mrs.
Hallom, of Clarence-street, Everton, was plaintiff, the
defendant being Edward Dowling, a clerk in the employ-
ment of Messrs. Moore, soapboilers. The plaintiff sought
to recover damages for the alleged seduction of her
daughter. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff,
damages 4.70. The details of this case are quite unfit for
_Publication. The evidence of George Morris, formerly a
laceman, lately a jeweller in partnership with Mr. Clarke,
was of the most disgraceful character. This person, in
whose employment the plaintiff had been while he was a
iYfedealer, was called by the defendant. On Thursday,
rs- Atkinson applied for a rule nisi for a new trial, and
was
_ directed to make his application after the jury had
been discharged. Messrs. Clarke and Morris have dis-
solved partnership since the trial.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN' AND GREAT
WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANIES. —On Thursday a
numerous meeting of proprietors was held at the Cotton
Sales-room, Exchange-buildings, to receive a report of
the committee of shareholders in both companies, ap-
Pointed at a public meeting held in this town, in October
last. Mr. Wm. Rathbone was called to the chair.—The
committee, in their report, state "That some progress
had been made in the attainment of your object when the
appointment of a select committee of the House of
Commons to consider the whole question of railway
legislation induced the Great Western Company to break
off the negotiation, and await the result of that im-
portant measure. Your committee, then, as their last
resource, deemed it their duty to apply to the board of
trade, and urge upon the government the
the•cbject for which your committee was formed, p,_
out at the same time the advantages to be derived fror,
'Zilarly report of the select committee above referred to
I Orly
might mitigate or suspend a ruinous and perhaps
ria.,,„.
faeil3,ve Parliamentary stiuggle. It is with much satis-
govertt that your committee are enabled to report that the
but Et,, tr`ent not only sympathise with the shareholders,
jest, *:4:ially impressed with the magnitude of the sub-
cemlinisteeprenared, through the medium of the select
suggestion _t°, _institute proper inquiry and receive every
true interests
elusion, will: lei is likely to lead them to a correct con-
gottbe
,„,,,Y freely stated that they considered the
mittee su
identical and couldttl'e- Public and the shareholders were
the coin
i Parties, of th
they should receive- es
e separated."—The Chairman said
d that, if possible, before Easter,
.. Ball Present ex some interpretation, to be agreed to
e guage act, and, if possible, prevent
spoke
f
was admitted I
PeneiVe committees going on and when he
o expens.
Creed ire committees, he might state that it
animal in
.!le two bodies were spending £70,000 per
Y the Parhanaentary proceedings, besides what was
Penses of the Great •He believed the parliamentary sum of of •t 700,000 air. Hall
Western amounted to the enormous
the auditors than that not lessHe moved the adoption of the report.
seconded the motion.—Mr. H. Crossfield, one of
h London and North-Western, believed
two eeumanie £loo,ooo had been spent between the
insist
revenu of
iear
that the parliamentg what the directors were spending ;
Y expenses should be shown in the
tueY were allowed and thus cornpany, and not added to the capital.
exPenses to constantly accumulating. (Hear, hear.) If
the
to go on without interruption, adding
air. Hall a e capital, it would never have an end.—
westernsked whether in the London and North-
Company the parliamentary expenses were
Crossfieldeacpoiutladi
carried to the revenue account, or to capital ?—Mr.
added to
pang this half state that not a single farthing had been
__in the London and North-western Corn-
was agreed Ye to aar.--At the suggestion of the chairman, it
being a pro
Mr. Hall moved
proprietor Edward Cardwell, Esq., (he not
or) to act on the select committee.
sent committee be
a resolution to the effect that the pre-
breefriuested to continue their labours,
and add a number
jointly interested in boetl:c elsewhere of those gentlemen
to effect the object of theerePanies as might be calculated
said he had no objection to shareholders.—The Chairman
assist otbera in the formatioremain on the committee and
after_ that he must discontinue
of in
strong committee, but
. e his services, on the ground
,r his age and other occupations.—The resolution moved
may iii Hallr.
adopted. was seconded by Mr.
uusamously, Elias Arnaud, and

Imports

THE MAYOR has issued an instruction prohibiting the
sale of wines and spirits in the Town-hall at public balls.
THE FOUNDATION STONE of the Salford Athenaeum.
and Temperance Hall was laid on Monday morning.
DR. DUNCAN, the Medical-officer of Health, informed
the Committee, on Thursday, that the birth of children
was not at all dependent upon the state of the atmosphere.
MARGARET LEDWITCH, a married woman, residing at
No. 8 Court, Pall-mall, died suddenly on Saturday night,

from the effects of a drinking bout.
EDWARD JONES, a poor man, was killed accidentally
on Wednesday last at the Wapping Railway Station, in
consequence of being jammed between two wagons.
THE UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMER PACIFIC, Capt.
Nye, sailed hence on Wednesday, for New York, with 40
passengers and a full cargo of fine goods.
THE NOTTINGHAM FACTORY GIRL, whose story was
recently given in the Standard, has been made a countess
by the Emperor Napoleon. Miss (or as she is now called
Mrs.) Howard is now the Countess of Beauregard, and
has got a village which cost £30,000.
A CORRESPONDENT of a contemporary draws attention
to the fact that women-catchers are employed busily at
this time in entrapping young females who are returning
alone and unprotected from public school and other tea-
parties of a like character.
THE. Manchester Guardian tells of two beautiful pic-
tures, by Ary Scheffer, having been purchased, at the
Orleans Gallery sale, by Mr. Agnew, of that town.
They illustrate passages in the " Faust" of Goethe, and
are valued at 500 guineas the pair.
- - •

THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS'
ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY have presented medals to

Captain Nye and the crew of the United States mail
steam-ship Pacific, which recently saved the men from
the wreck of the Jessie, of St. John's.

THE LIVERPOOL RAGGED SCHOOLS.—The annual
meeting is announced to take place at the Theatre Royal
this day, and is likely to be a highly influential and in-
teresting one ; the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, the Rev. Dr.
Guthrie, of Edinburgh, and Mr. Mansfield, our stipen-
diary magistrate, having promised to attend.
THE FORTNIGHTLY meeting of the Liverpool Chemists'
Association was held on Ft iday week, at the Royal Insti-
tution—the president, Mr, Sumner, in the chair. Dr. D.
P. Thomson delivered a most instructive lecture on the
diffusion of vapour in the atmosphere.
A TESTIMONIAL, provided by 4646 females of Oldham,
was presented at a tea-party held in honor of Mr. W. J.
Fox, M.P., on Friday week. The present was a velvet
purse, with 112 sovereigns in it. On the following even-
ing a silver inkstand was presented to Mr. Fox by the
non-electors.

STATE OF THE CHANNEL.—At the last meeting of the
Architectural Society, the secretary, Mr. Joseph Boult,
stated that the channel was returning to its former pre-
carious condition, when the Dublin mail used to be de-
tained many hours from the want of water, and that
some precautionary measures should be adopted.

INTEMPERANCE has seized another victim in Liverpool.
James Wilson, a fireman on board the Pacific steamer,
left the Atlantic Hotel late on Saturday night week in a
state of intoxication. Next morning, he was found in
the Huskisson Dock insensible. He died in the Northern
Hospital on Tuesday.
THE SCRUTINEERS appointed at the annual meeting
of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce presented their
report on Tuesday, by which it appeared that Charles
Robertson, Esq., Joseph Hubback, Esq., W. J. Tomlin-
son, Esq., Edward Higgin, Esq., and P. A. Clint, Esq.,
were chosen directors by ballot. Messrs. A. H. Coglie.
J. E. Naylor, and R. Sheil, had each the same nnmber of
votes. The committee have elected Mr. Sheil.

THE LIFE-BOAT ACCIDENT AT RHYL.—The inquiry
was closed on Monday evening. The jury found, " That
the deceased men were accidentally drowned by the up-
setting of the Rhyl life-boat ; at the same time, the jury
are of opinion that this boat is not suitable for this sta-
tion ; and with respect to the life-belts, they consider that
they were wholly inefficient for the intended purpose."
MEETINGS of the carrying interest have been held
during the last week at Liverpool, Birmingham, Lan-
caster, and Preston, to consider and concert measures for
attaining a more equitable treatment of carriers by rail-
ways, and with the view of applying to parliament for the
introduction of protective and controlling clauses into
any measure for the amalgamation of the great railway
interests.

THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL ALBERT LODGE, NO.
10, of the Loyal Orange Institution of Great Britain, held
a soiree on Monday evening, in St. Silas's School-room,
Pembroke-place. The chair was occupied by Mr. J. C.
Eyton, the deputy grand master of the order. The meet-
ing was addressed by the Rev. W. F. Taylor, Rev. S.
Minton, Rev. W. H. Duck, and other speakers.
MORTALITY IN LrVERPOOL.—During the last week
the deaths in the borough amounted to 200, 139 in the
parish, and 61 in the extra-parochial wards. This •shows
a decrease of 16 as compared with the week preceding, and
of 36 as compared with the average. The decrease has
been chiefly in chronic diseases. A girl eight years old,
died from small pox, never having been vaccinated. A
"gentleman," aged 34, died from delirium treniew.
ADDRESSING LETTERS TO THE JUDGE OF THE COUNTY
COURT.—In the course of Wednesday's sitting his honour
severely commented on the extraordinary conduct of a
person who signed himself John Quayle, M.D., who had
forwarded to him a letter in reference to a case of his
which had been tried in this court. If Mr. Quayle had
any application to make to him, it must be in public and
on oath.

EMIGRATION IN 1852.—The number of emigrants who
sailed from the United Kingdom in the year WU is com-
puted by the commissioners of emigration to have born—
From English ports, 306,279; from Scotch ports, 19,955 ;
from Irish ports 41,441 ; making a grand total of 367,675,
or 1004 a day. Upwards of 66 per cent went to the
United States.; and to Australia 86,901 souls. 229,099
of the emigrants sailed from Liverpool.
AN ACCIDENT happened on the Chester and Crewe
branch of the London and North-western Railway, on
Saturday morning week. One of the rails was displaced,
and was jerked through the bottom of a first-class car-
riage. Providentially one of the gentlemen in the car-
riage had changed from the seat through which the bar
of iron was forced, or he would have been killed. The iron
bar passed between another of the gentlemen's legs.
THE Greenock Advertiser states that a meeting of the
sugar refiners of Scotland was held at Greenock on Satur-
day, Mr. Robert Macfie in the chair, when it was agreed
by a majority to submit to government a plan for refining
sugar under bond, by which it was proposed that all colo-
nial sugar and molasses should be taken into refinery
without payment of any duty ; that all foreign sugar and
molasses should pay to the custom-house the differential
duty, exigible for the time being, until the duties on all
sugars be equalized ; that the differential duty on foreign
sugar, &c., having been paid, the whole of the sugars in
the refinery are thereby reduced to the same level as colo-

nial ; and that the produce of the refinery, when intended
for home consumption, to be charged the duties payable
on colonial sugars.

HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the meeting of this com-
mittee, on Thursday, Mr. Alderman Langsdale was in
the chair. The Chairman said that a writ had been
taken out against Mr. Freme, in respect to the claim
against him for the paving of Oil-street.—A letter from
Mr. John Atkinson was read : it complained of injury
which his property, at the corner of Hurst-street and
Carpenter's-row, had sustained in consequence of the
late dispute between the Dock and Health Committees
respecting the street levels at Wapping. The letter was
referred to the sub-committee of works of the Dock Com-
mittee.—A resolution was passed for continuing, for a
month longer, the temporary arrangement with Mr. Rose
for the emptying of ash pits.
Docic COMMITTEE. —At the weekly meeting, on
Thursday, Mr. Turner, M.P., presided. The Harbour.
masters' Sub-committee recommended that in future
vessels requiring to go into the graving-docks be allowed
to remain ten weeks on the list instead of six. After
some conversation, the matter was referred back to the
Harbour-masters' Committee, it being thought by some
members of the Dock Committee that the proposed
change would not work. Tim chairman said that the
Finance Committee had had a meeting with the Audit
Commissioners, on the subject of a more efficient audit of
the dock accounts, and after the meeting the Commis-
sioners proposed to consult and consider what steps they
would adopt. They had held a special meeting, at which
it had been agreed to recommend to the Dock Commit-
tee, in consideration of the increase of the dock accounts
and the additional labour necessary to an efficient audit,
that the salary of the special auditor appointed by the
Commissioners should be increased from £l5O to :£3OO
a-year. They also requested that rooms should be appro-
priated to their use and that of the special auditors, and
that arrangements should be made by which, at all times,
they could have access to the books and papers. The Fi-
nance Committee recommended that the proposition of
the Audit Commissioners, as to the auditor, should be
carried out so far as it could legally be done, and that the
survyor and secretary should see whether any rooms could
be found in the dock office for the accommodation of the
commissioners and auditors. The chairman said there
were two auditors, one appointed by the Dock Commit-
tee, and the other by the commissioners themselves. It
had always been desirable that the special auditors should
have access to the different checks in the Custom-houe.
The Dock Committee appointed Mr. Bezer, of the cus-
toms, who could only give them his time after the Cus-
tom-house closed at four o'clock. The auditor appointed
by the commissioners themselves was Mr. Moore, and
each of those gentlemen, by act of parliament, had £l5O
a-year, which was paid by the Dock Committee. The
commissioners pressed very strongly upon the Finance
Committee that they (the commissioners) ought to have
the continuous services of one person to check the ac-
counts efficiently, and they thought that, for the conti-
nuous services of a proper person, £3OO a-year would not
be too much. They wished to have the continuous ser-
vices of Mr. Moore, or of any other gentleman who might
be appointed, and recommended that that should be the
salary. Mr. Bezer would continue to have £l5O a-year,
inasmuch as he could only give a part of his services.
It was ultimately resolved to refer the matter back
to the Finance Committee, with instructions to inquire
what the commissioners proposed to do, and whom they
proposed to appoint. The secretary read a communica-
tion from Mr. North, the dock solicitor, as to the powers
of consolidating the debt of the dock trustees, stating that
the powers were comprised in the 29th and nine following
sections of the 11th Victoria, and that difficulties, more
perhaps of a financial than a legal character, seemed to
present themselves at every step. He could not see how
a debt, always fluctuating and changing in amount, pay-
able at various dates, and with interest at different rates,
could be consolidated. The idea of consolidation seemed
to him to be applicable only to a certain fixed and perma-
nent amount of capital of the nature of stock, bearing an
unvarying rate of interest, and payable at the same time.
And it this difficulty could be got over, there was another
which seemed to him to be fatal, for no change could be
made in the general character of the debt, or the securi-
ties for the same, without the consent of every bond cre-
ditor, which, for obvious reasons, it would be impossible
to obtain. He was reluctantly compelled to advise that
the proposed change, however desirable it might be in
itself, was not capable of being carried into effect under
the present powers and circumstances of the trustees.
After some conversation the subject dropped, arid the
fiaaacial bushing was proceeded with.

THE REV. W. F. TAYLOR will deliver the second
lecture of his Anti-papal Series, this evening in St. Johns
Church, subject " The Man of Sin, and Son of perdition."
A HOUSE in Trwell-place, Strangeways, Manchester,
fell into the river Irwell, on Wednesday night, and its
inmates had a narrow escape of their lives.

THE POST-OFFICE AUTHORITIES advertised on Thurs-
day that ship mails for Melbourne would be made up, to
be sent by the steamer Iron Prince, which leaves Liver-
pool on the 22nd instant.
A GIRL, NAMED ELLEN CONDRON, who had been prac-
tising similar tricks i❑ Liverpool, was, on Tuesday, sent
to trial by the Dublin magistrates for perjury, in making
most strange accusations of robbery against different
innocent parties.

ON TUESDAY a large number of workmen commenced
operations for laying down the telegraph from the central
station, at Lothbury, direct to Manchester, the wires to
extend under the turnpike roads.
IT IS SAID the owners of the Marco Polo, for Australia,
intend giving £2OO to the medical officer, and passage
back if desired. Generally the shipowners and emigration
agents pay nothing to the doctors employed.

A NUMBER, OF TNSTANCES have lately occurred of able
seamen paying their passages to Australia, for the sole
purpose of engaging at the high rate of wages now offered
by many vessels to navigate them home or to fore ign ports.
BURGLARY.—On Wednesday night the premises of
Mr. James Chesney, grocer, Commutation-row, were
entered by thieves. Eighteen sovereigns and a canister
of tea were carried off.
'WILLIAM PICKLES was committed for trial by the Miln-
thorpe magistrates on Wednesday, for attempting to upset
a train on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, by placing
a pickaxe on the rails.
THOMAS LowTnIAN, butcher, was convicted at the
police-office, on Thursday, of offering for sale, at his shop,
St. John's Market, two cows' sweetbreads as calves'
sweetbreads, the value of the former being about ld. each,
and of the latter 2s. each. Ile was ordered to pay a fine
of ss. and costs.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Friday morning the Lon.
don mail train, due at Liverpool about four o'clock, did
not arrive until after eight. The delay was occasioned
by an accident at the Stretton station, on the Trent Val-
ley line. A goods train, consisting of 14 or 15 waggons,
ran off the line, and blocked up both lines for several
hours. No person received the slightest injury, neither
was any serious damage done to the engine or waggons.

AN OBLIGING LANDLORD.-A person occupied a house
in Pitt street for three years, but paid no rent for three
quarters. The owner, Mr. J. Blackley, Park-road, not
only forgave him the rent, but gave him three sovereigns
to get rid of him. The tenant left the house, and when
Mr. Blackley went with his men to clean the house, he
found the floors of four of the rooms besmeared with

coal-tar, twenty-four panes of glass broken, the cellar
stairs destroyed, and other damage done.

THE NEW CLIPPER•SHIP STAR OF THE EAST was
launched from the building-yard of Messrs. W. and R.
Wright, on Monday. Length of keel, 206 feet ; length
aloft, 221 feet; extreme length from figure-head to taff-
rail. 237 feet ; breadth of beam, 40 feet 10 inches ; depth
of hold, 22 feet ; and register tonnage, 1,219 tons. The
quantity of canvas will be over 5,500 yards. We pro-
nounce the Star the most splendid ship ever built in this
harbour.—St. John (N.B ) Courier.—[This ship is now
on her way to this port.]

AT THE COUNTY COURT, on Tuesday, his honour gave
an important decision, in the case of Dutton v. Young.
The plaintiff, a tailor and draper, sued Mr. N. M.
Young, book-agent, for £1 10s. 6d., for goods supplied.
The defendant pleaded as a set-off the sum of £2 Is., of
which the plaintiff admitted 155., but objected to £1 65.,
the price of a copy of the History of Liverpool, for
which the plaintiff had subscribed. The subscri►,tion-
book having been produced, in which the plaintiff had
signed his name, the judge decided that any person sub-
scribing for a book, was bound to receive and pay for it
when delivered.
THE ARABIAN.—SALVAGE.—This was an action at the
Admiralty Court, on Monday, brought by the screw-
steamer Phoebe against the Arabian, also a screw-steamer,
to obtain remuneration for salvage services rendered to
her from the 24th to the 26th of June last. Both vessels
were homeward-bound from Constantinople to Liverpool,
with general cargoes. The Arabian, on the morning of
the 24th, accidentally broke her intermediate shaft, and,
having been taken in tow, was conducted back to Malta—
a distance of 250 miles. The principal point in contest
between the parties was the danger to which the Arabian
was exposed. The value of the property salved was
£14,000, and the action was entered for £7,000. The
learned judge awarded £950, with costs.

ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHMOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—
The tenth meeting of the session was held at the Royal
Institution, on Wednesday evening. Mr. Verelst, presi-
dent, was in the chair. Mr. R. Jones, jun., was admitted
an associate member, and Mr. John Ramsden a student
member. In the course of the interesting proceedings, the
chairman made some observations on the students' designs
for the Duke of Wellington's mausoleum, which is to cost
£s,ooo.—Mr. Boult invited attention to Mr. Rennie's
project for a breakwater at the mouth of the Mersey.—
Mr. Picton expressed his opinion that the proposed break-
water would not remove the obstructions in the channel.
Mr. T. S. Scott then read a paper, entitled " Loose
Architectural Notes made in France and Italy, in 1850."
MUSIC AND EMIGRATION.—Next week Mr. Henry
Russell, the celebrated vocalist, will give five of his pic-
torial and vocal entertainments at the Concert Hall, Lord
Nelson-street, and each evening a transferable ticket for
passage to Australia will be drawn for by the audience.
At a cost of mars than a hundred pounds passages have
been secured in the packet-ship Falcon, or other first-class
vessel, to sail in April next, belonging to Gibbs, Bright,
and Co., of this port. We understand that each person
on entering the hal! will receive a ticket, and duplicates of
all the tickets will be placed in a hat or basket. A person
from the audience will then be selected to draw the tickets,
and the seventh number drawn will be the prize. The
price of admission has been fixed at a uniform rate, so
that all may have an equal chance.

BIGAMY AT LIVERPOOL.—On Tuesday last, William
Costello was charged at the Police-court with having
been married to Catherine Flood, at the Register-office,
Brownlow-hill, on the 10th January, his first wife being
still alive. The second wife did not appear. Mr. Sayle,
detective officer, produced a copy from the register of the
first marriage, which was solemnized at St. Peter's Roman
Catholic Chapel, Great Crosby, on the 2d July, 1840.
William Turner, bricklayer, swore that he was present at
the marriage, when he signed the register. The prisoner
and his wife lived together for twelve years, and carried
on business in a provision-shop in Vauxhall.road and
Byrom-street. The prisoner had taken a passage for him-
self, second wife, and one of her cousins, in the Frances,
about to proceed to Australia. He is said to be worth
£1,200, which was acquired by the industry of the first
wife.—He has been committed for trial.

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was
held on Wednesday, Mr. Harrison in the chair..—Mr.
Bennett was appointed to succeed Mr. Tomkins, as re-
lieving officer at Toxteth.—The clerk read a letter from
Messrs. Holt and Rowe, solicitors, on behalf of Mr.
M'Govern, whose contract for supplying bread to the
paupers had, on several occasions, been a subject of dis-
cussion at the hoard. It was to the effect that the atten-
tion of Mr. M'Govern had been called to the report of a
speech delivered by Mr. Kirkus, reflecting very strongly
on the character of Mr. M'Govern, and imputing to him
fraud and robbery. Before taking notice of the proceed-
ing, he wished to give Mr. Kirkus an opportunity of with-
drawing such charges.—The clerk said that, so far from
Mr. Kirkus withdrawing, or making any concessions, he
(the clerk) was prepared to reiterate all that Mr. Kirkus
had said. The proceedings concluded with an application
from the able-bodied paupers, who stated that, if they were
not better compensated for their industry, either in the
shape of rations or wages, they would strike and leave their
work. The announcement created much amusement.

MERCANTILE USAGE. —ln the Liverpool Court of
Passage, on Tuesday, a case of considerable importance
was heard. A custom has obtained in Liverpool that on
all ordinary bills of lading, no matter what their wording
is, even the words " freight paid on delivery" being in-
troduced, the amount is paid less three months' discount,
except where a specific clause is put in, making the
freight payable on delivery less discount. A short time
ago the Zodiac, from Alexandria, arrived at this port,
and her bills of lading being indorsed to Messrs. William
Rathbone and Co., they obtained the portion of the cargo
consigned to them, the freight upon which was £446 6s.
Messrs. Rathbone tendered the captain £441 Os. 11d.,
being the full amount of freight less discount for three
months, which was refused. This amount, however, was
subsequently received without prejudice, and it was
agreed that the decision of a competent tribunal should
be taken on the legality of the custom. The bill of lading
stated the freight was to be paid at a certain rate, but no
time for payment was specified ; and on this a sum of
ss. Id. was sought to be recovered. A verdict was re-
turned for the defendants, Messrs. Rathbone and Co.
THE ASSIZES.—The next assizes at Lancaster will
commence on Thursday, 17th February, and at Liverpool
on Tuesday 224 March. The records in causes to be tried
at Lancaster, and at issue on or before Wednesday, the
24 of February, should be ordered forthwith ; and in those
to be tried at Liverpool, and at issue on or before Mon.
day, the 7th of March, should be ordered on that day.
The last day for making up issues in time for trial at the
next assizes at Liverpool, will be Saturday, the 12th of
March, on which day the records must be ordered. Rule
day after the assizes, Thursday, the 24th of March. The
causes to be tried at Liverpool will be entered in the fol-
lowing order: Ist list, Salford hundred. 24 list, West
Derby hundred or elsewhere. The entry of causes at
Lancaster will close at nine o'clock on Friday morning,
the 18th of February, and at Liverpool at twelve o'clock
at noon on Wednesday, the 23d of March. The causes in
the second list will not be called on for trial before Fri-
day, the 25th of March. The Chancery Court will be
held at St. George's-hall, Liverpool, on Thursday, the
24th of March, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.

MR. LEA AND THE LAMP POSTS.-At the Health
Committee on Thursday, Mr. Hughes, the deputy town-
clerk, read a long communication from Mr. Lea. He
stated that his purpose was to introduce the system by
using only those lamps established in business thorough-
fares. After faithfully performing a variety of gratuitous
public services, the remainder of the boards or banners
will be devoted to the uses of the local trading commu-
nity, each individual of whom will be permitted to record
simply his or her name, address, and occupation, without
ever admitting, for any consideration, the slightest expres-
sion of an empirical or " puffing" character. A letter
was read from Mr. John Reay, secretary of the Guardian
Society. The committee of the Guardian Society were of
opinion that the adoption of Mr. Lea's plan would be
highly objectionable and inexpedient, and ought not to be
sanctioned. The committee suggest the desirableness of
having extended throughout the borough the plan now
only partially adopted of naming the streets upon the
lamps in the form now used, with the addition, where
practicable, of stating upon the lamp, say at the bottom
of Bold-street, " Bold-street, leading to Slater-street."
This they apprehend was within the province of the
Health Committee, and need not be interfered with by a
private individual. The consideration of the subject was
deferred to Thursday next; whatever decision the com-
mittee came to it would be banded over to the Watch
Committee.

A NAUTICAL SCHOOL, as will be seen by advertise- I
went, is to be opened at the Sailors' Home.
A LARGE DoG, in a state of madness, was shot, on
Monday week, at Speke ; but not until it had bitten a
number of dogs, a cow, and a sheep.
THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN MAIL STEAM-
SHIP ARABIA, Judkins, commander, took her departure
hence on Saturdoy, at noon, with about sixty passengers
and a large cargo, besides the usual mails.
MISS EMMA JACKSON'S FIRST GRAND CONCERT will
take place to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, in the pre-
sence of the Mayor. The list of vocalists is respectable,
and the programme is selected with taste.
COTTON FROM TRINIDAD.—We have had submitted to

us a very beautiful sample of cotton, grown in the island
of Trinidad. This island presents one of the finest cotton
fields in the world.—Manchester Examiner.

JOHN WATSON, aged forty-four years, fell into the hold
of the ship Loodianah, while lying in the Canning Graving-
dock, on Tuesday, and received injuries which caused his
death on Friday.

Two MEN, HALL and POWELL, chr.rged on Saturday,
at the Borough Sessions, with stealing wool from bales,
the property of Mr. Henry Brownett, were convicted and
sentenced, the former to fifteen, and the latter to twelve
months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
THE DEAD:BODY of a full-grown female child was found
on the waste ground in Canning-street about eight o'clock
on Saturday morning. An inquest was held on Monday
(yesterday) before the Borough Coroner, when a verdict
was returned in accordance with the facts.
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR, on Thursday evening last,
invited a select party of gentlemen to meet Colonel and
Major Burns, who are here on a visit to James Aikin,
Esq. Mr. George Holden's glee company sang appro-
priate glees from the Scottish bard.

JOHN MITCHELL, fireman on board the tug steamer
Athens, was found dead in the engine-room on Saturday
morning. It is supposed that he had been accidentally
struck by a portion of the machinery. An inquest was
held yesterday, when a verdict was returned " accidentally
killed."

REEL CARRIAGE.—Mr. Hewitt, superintendant of the
fire-police, has just invented a hose-reel carriage of great
beauty and utility. It will in most cases render the taking
of engines to a fire unnecessary. He is sending models to
the New York and Dublin exhibitions.

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN WaS so satisfied with the
services of her last Welsh wet nurse, that she is desirous
of engaging another for her approaching confinement.
and, if possible, from the vicinity of Bangor.—North
Wales Chronicle.

THE AMPHITHEATRE.—The grand somersault contest
of England against the United States terminated on Sa-
turday in favour of the Englishman, Mr. Barnes having
thrown on that night 76 somersaults, which made a total
of 393 ; while Mr. Franklin, who on that night only threw
58, completed altogether but 313 somersaults.
THE NUMBER OF EMIGRANTS who left this port dur-
ing the month of January was 5,137, a fewer number than
in any month since 1847. From the Government Emi-
gration Depot, Birkenhead, the Derry Castle sailed on
Monday, having 360 souls on board, of whom 250 were
single women, chiefly Irish ; and the Sea on Thursday,
with 310 souls on board. The Empire of the West will
sail thence to-morrow, the John Fielden next week,
besides four or five others in the course of the month.

COLLISION.—On Thursday, Mr. Pa!grave, attorney,
appeared on behalf of Capt. Thos. Barber, of the schooner
Undaunted, to claim £4B from/Owen Jones, the pilot in
charge of the Spanish brig Justitia, caused by the neglect
of the defendant. On Tuesday they were about to pro-
ceed into the George's gut, when the Justitia was struck
by the steam-tug independence, which was backing out
from the pier, and driven into the Undaunted. Mr.
Mansfield said there was no blame to be attached to the
pilot. He should, therefore, dismiss the case.
FRAUDS BY OMNIBUS CONDUCTORS. —At the Bo-
rough Sessions, the other day, six of Messrs. Busby and
Company's omnibus conductors were tried, upon separate
indictments, for embezzling money belonging to their
employers, which they had received as fares whilst in the
conduct of the company's omnibuses. James Davidson
was sentenced to six months, Henry Holden to two
months, and Thomas Butler, William Corless, and Jas.
Wright, to four months' imprisonment each, all to hard
labour. A systematic process of plunder has been going
on for a length of time.
A PUBLIC DINNER was given, 'at the Lion Hotel,
Warrington, on Wednesday last, to Gilbert Greenall,
Esq., M.P. for Warrington, by the Tory portion of
his constituents. The number present was about 160.
John Clare, Esq., of Grappenhall, presided, supported
on his right by the guest of the evening, Gilbert
Greenall, Esq., M.P., the Hon. and Rev. Horace
Powys, rector of Warrington ; and on his left by J.
Perrin, Esq., Mayor of Warrington. The chairman, in
proposing Mr. Greenall's health, referred to the contem-
plated opposition to his re-election, and expressed his
hope that they would return him as their member until he
was as grey as a badger. (Loud laughter.)

SINGULAR CHARGE OF FORGERY.—Richard Woosey.
known as a " cad" or " jackall" to low attorneys, and
who was one of the informers against the Messrs. Busby's
omnibus conductors, was on Friday taken into custody,
on the charge of forgery, under the following circum-
stances :—ln a case " M`Nulty v. Rees," in the Court of
Passage, the plaintiff was nonsuited on his own evidence.
On the brief being placed on the table, Woosey took it
up and altered the figure of 1 in the barrister's fee to that
of 2, thus making it appear that two guineas, and not
one, had been paid to the advocate. A learned barrister
gave intimation to the judge, and Woosey was subse-
quently apprehended and lodged in bridewell.
NEW SHERlFFS.—Cumberland, Francis B. Atkinson,
of Rampsbeck Lodge, Esq. ; Cheshire, John Hurleston
Leche, of Carden Park, Esq. ; Derbyshire, Sir John
Harpur Crewe, of Calke Abbey, Bart. ; Lancashire, John
Talbot Clifton, of Lytham Hall, Esq. ' • Shropshire, A. C.
H. Percy, of Hodnet Hall, Esq. ; Staffordshire, Edward
Buller, of Dilhorne Hall, Esq. ; Warwickshire, Sir W.
Edmund Cradock Hartopp, of Four Oaks Hall, Sutton
Coldfield, Bart. ; Westmoreland, John Wakefield, of
Sedgwick. Kendal, Esq. : Yorkshire, Andrew Montagu,
of Melton Park, Doncaster, Esq. Anglesey, Wales,
Richard Williams Prichard, of Erianell, Esq. ; Carnarvon,
Robert V. Wynne Williams, of Llandudno, Esq. ; Den_
b igh, P. Wynne Yorke, of Dyffryn Aled, Esq.: Flint, W.
Dod, of Llanerch, Esq. ; Radnor, Jonathan Field, of
Esgardrainllwyn, Esq.
TN A CASE at the County Court, on Thursday last, in
which Edward Pulford, flour-dealer, Prussia-street, sued
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want of skill had been proved, and plaintiff had not taken
proper means to cure his horse when the lameness showed
itself. He cited a case in point, where a man having a
sore eye had gone to a horse-doctor to get cured. (Laugh-
ter.) The " surgeon" applied the remedies he made use
of for his ordinary patients, and the result was that the
man lost the sight of that eye. He brought an action for
damages against the " doctor ;" but the jury nonsuited
him, and a very learned authority designated him as " an
ass !" (Laughter.) His Honour nonsuited the plaintiff.
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION.—The annual meeting of the
proprietors was held on Friday : Mr. W. R. Sandbach
presided. Present we observed the Rev. Rector Campbell,
the Rev. Dr. Raffles, the Rev. J. H. Thom. Mr. R.
M'Andrew, Mr. Drinkwater, Mr. Theodore W. Rath-
bone, and Mr. Harmood Banner.—The Chairman read a
review for the year of the state and progress of the insti-
tution. Some fruitless negotiations had taken place,
with the view of adding Alr. Mayer's collection of Egyp-
tian antiquities to the museum. The museum continued
to be visited by the public in large numbers on the free
days of admission. 21,230 had been admitted in the
course of the year. The chairman referred, in very com-
plimentary terms, to Mr. D. Turner, the principal, who
has just brought out a second edition of his Notes on
Herodotus. The total receipts of the year had been £689,
and the expenditure/£636. Mr. Drinkwater said he was
the first individual to set that institution a-going ; and it
grieved him to the heart, a short time ago, to think that '
they were going to part with it ; but there was no occa-
sion to evoke old grievances. The committee were re-
elected, with the addition of Mr. J. Bramley-Moore and
Mr. Mayer.

THE GREAT TOY ROBBERY. At the Borough
Sessions, on Saturday, before Mr. Recorder Henderson,
Thomas Hall, Elizabeth Hall, and Wm. Henry Brooks,
of Wolverhampton, were charged with receiving a large
quantity of toys, the property of Mr. Eastee, of St.
George's-cresent, knowing them to have been stolen.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson defended Thomas Hall ; Mr.
M'Oubrey defended the female prisoner. Brooks was
undefended. The circumstances of the case will be fresh
in the recollection of our readers. Mr. Atkinson, on
behalf of his client, contended that none of the property
had been traced to his possession ; that he had born can
exemplary character for seventeen years ; and that Mrs.
llall, who was his second wife, stole goods unknown to
him. The lad Brooks staled, in his own defence, that
he had received the few articles which had beer traced to
his possession from his father (the principal in the case,
who is not in custody,) in liquidation of some money
that was owing to him ; and t hat he had not the remotest
idea that they were stolen. The jury acquitted Thomas
Hall ; but convicted the old woman and young Brooks.
The former was sentenced to two years' imprisonment,
and the latter to six months, with hard labour. Beforo
leaving the dock, " he thanked his honour for the lenity
he had exercised towards him, and expressed a hope that
he should never have the pleasure (the lad meant mis-
fortune) of seeing him again."

GRAVE CHARGE AGAINST A LIVERPOOL ATTORNEY.
—Strange disclosures were made lately in the Insolvent
Debtors' Court, at Lancaster, reflecting gravely upon the
character of a solicitor in considerable practice in this
town, and who lately occupied a more prominent public
position. A widower. with large pretensions to religion,
who resided within a few miles of this town, lately found
it unpleasant or inconvenient to discharge debts to the
amount of X7OO, which, although possessed of £3,000, he
was unwilling to meet. He sought the advice of the
solicitor in question, who put him up to a " dodge," by
which he would be saved from paying a shilling. This
was to get a wife, and settle all his means upon her. An
advertisement, in the following terms, shortly afterwards
appeared in a London paper :—" Wanted a Wffe.—A
respectable, middle-aged, active, healthy, and religious
man is desirous of entering upon the holy state of matri-
mony with a lady of religious character, not more than
thirty years of age. Property is not a consideration with
the advertiser, although it would not be considered a dis-
advantage. His chief if not only anxiety is to secure a
wife of good properties in herself, and whose sole desire
would be to make her home happy, and her husband and
family, should they be blessed with any, content and
comfortable. if by means of this advertisement the
writer should be so fortunate as to make the acquaintance
of a lady likely to be a helpmate to him in passing through
this world of trouble and care, he is prepared to make a
marriage settlement of £B,OOO upon her, and would desire
immediately to make a marriage contract!' A lady from
the Isle of Wight was caught, after the first bite had
escaped the hook. Shortly after the marriage the bride-
groom was torn from the side of his bride, and carried off
to a debtor's prison. The commissioner, in sending Mr.
Snig back to gaol for twelve calendar months, expressed
his great regret that be had not also Mr, Hook within his
jurisdiction.

GENERAL NEWS.

THE NAVY.—It is rumoured that the Admiralty in-
tend commissioning six first-class steamers immediately.
THE North British Mail states that gold has been
found upon the Duke of Hamilton's property, at Arran.
FOR the first time these two years, snow fell in South-
ampton on Wednesday.
MURPHY DONOVAN, aged six months, died the other
day at Ratcliffe from the deleterious effects of a composi-
tion ornament sold at the shop of a confectioner.
HADDOCKS.—Great complaints are made by fishermen
of the growing scarcity of haddocks, and that the supply
of that fish is not one-half of what it used to be a few
years since.

TROUT FISHING.—On Saturday week a lady captured,
in Windermere, a trout weighing upwards of a pound and
a half, while it was endeavouring to swallow a perch half
as large as itself.
A VERY PLEASANT PAPER on the life and writings of
Oliver Goldsmith, was read last week, by G. E. H.
Vernon, Esq. M.P., to the members of the Newark
Mechanics' Institute. Mr. Vernon is a relative of his
Grace the Duke of Newcastle.
THE NEW GRINNEL ARCTIC EXPEDITION, which is
shortly to proceed from New York in search of Sir John
Franklin, is to be commanded by Dr. Kane, who believes
that Sir John still exists and can be rescued
ROWING MATCH.—A match in four-oared gigs has
been made between the Perth, Leven, and Glasgow pullers,
to come off on the Gareloch, in the end of June, for a
sweepstakes of £lOO, for the championship of Scotland.—
Glasgow herald.

DOMESTIC ECONOMY.—A lady was economically in-
clined, and, in cutting out some shirts for her husband,
resolved that they should not descend much lower than
his hips. She wound up her arguments by observing that
linen was a very expensive article, and that she could not
see what on earth was the reason that people should stuff
so much capital into their pantaloons.
THE LARGEST MERCHANT STEAMER in the world,
the screw steamer Himalaya, of 3,600 tons measurement,
designed and built at Mr. Mare's establishment, at Black-
wall, for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company, will be complete for launching next month.
She is to be propelled by screw machinery of 700-horse
power.

FIRE IN SHIPS.—To extinguish fire in the hold of a
ship, nothing more is required than a cask of common
chalk in the bottom of the hold, connected with the deck
by a small pipe, and a three-gallon bottle of sulphuric
acid, which, on the alarm of fire, being poured down the
pipe, will generate a sufficient quantity of dense smoke
(in which flame cannot exist) to extinguish any fire, how-
ever large. Flame cannot exist in carbonic acid gas.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—A declaration of insol-
vency was filed in London at five minutes to n o'clock.
The fact was communicated by electric telegraph to a legal
firm in Bristol, by whom application was made in the
matter to the Court of Bankruptcy in this city, which was
heard and disposed of by Mr. Shum Tuckett, the Regis-
trar, and the solicitor left the Court at ten minutes before
twelve at noon.—Bristol Gazette.
HUNTING ACCIDENTS.—The Hon. Henry Pepys, son
of the late Lord Chancellor Cottenham, met with rather a
severe accident, while hunting nearAylesbury on Saturday.
Mr. Pepys' horse fell, and the young gentleman dislocated
his collar bone and fractured his wrist. Mr. E. B. Farn-
ham, M.P., was hunting a few days ago with Sir R. Sut-
ton's hounds. when an old bridge gave way as he was pass-
ing over it. The back of the horse Mr. Farnham was
riding was broken, but he himself escaped unhurt.
A SHIP ON FIRE.—On Tuesday morning, off Dungeness,
a fine schooner, called the Zelinia, Viand, master, bound
to London from Nantes, with wine and a general cargo of
merchandise, took fire. She at length took the ground
between No. 3. and No. 4 stations, some four miles to the
westward of the Ness. The fire had obtained, however,
too powerful a hold to admit of her preservation. The
flames continued to extend over the vessel until at length
she was burnt to the water's edge. The crew and all who
assisted in endeavouring to stay the conflagration, succeeded
in reaching the shore in safety, not a life being lost.
A MURDER was committed on Tuesday morning on the
high road between London and Rumford. Mr. Toiler, a
commission agent, living at the latter place, was met by an
ill-looking tramper who, felled him to the ground with a
stick, and his cries bringing assistance, the murderer took
out a clasp-knife, and cutting his victim's throat from ear
to ear, made off, but not till he had been recognized by a
labourer and his wife in a neighbouring field, who gave
immediate information to the police. Losing his way, he
returned to within three hundred yards of the spot of the
murder, arid was at once captured and placed in gaol. His
name is Saunders, a native of Mortlake, in Surrey; and
it is supposed his object was to have robbed the deceased.
SALT WATER JUSTICE.—On Saturday a waterman
named Hamly undertook to convey a sailor's wife, with
her husband's clothes, on board the Magicienne steam
vessel in the Sound, for 2s. In going through Plymouth
Sound he carried away his mast, when he threatened the
woman that, unless she paid him for the damage, he
would take her to sea. In passing the Vulture, steam
vessel, the woman gave an alarm. Pursuit was given, and
the boat was soon brought alongside, and the waterman
taken on the quarterdeck, made to refund the 25., and
threatened, if he did not speedily make his exit, he should
undergo summary punishment from the crew. His next
appearance was at the stern of a rigger's launch, having
prevailed on the crew to take him in tow. As soon as this
was perceived from the Vulture, a boat rowed after her and
told the tale. The fellow was immediately cut adrift, and
when last seen by them he was adrift in Cawsand Bay.
HOMES AND THEIR ESSENTIALS.—If homes are your
province, whatever is allowed to be done by law, or for
the want of proper laws to prevent it being done, for mak-
ing dwellings truly homes, is in your province : if dwell-
ings should be a home of enjoyment, the essentials for
happiness should be there. The first is, the health of the
individual. The health of the people is the first require.
ment of the law of mutual interests. The first essential
for health is pure air : no one should be denied it. Next
necessary is pure water for consumption, and plenty of it
for cleanliness. No man or body of men should have a
monopoly in its supply. Good sewerage and facility for
clearing away all animal and vegetable refuse. Have we
these necessaries ? and why have we not them ? Not be-
cause there is not sufficient intelligence or ability in the
people to provide them ? No. It is because there are
vested interests in existence incompatible with the com-
fort of the people, i. e. those who have but a common in-
terest: those who have a separate interest are not the
people, but from the people holders of invested interest ;
because those who have vested interest have the power of
making the laws affecting the lives and property of all;
while the great bulk of those who have but a common in-
terest in mutual justice have no voice in making these
laws, though they are subjected to them. If homes are
your province, then ethics and politics must be your pro-
vince, while right morals and right laws are necessary to
make dwellings homes.—The Builder.

FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETIES AND OLD COACHING
TOWNS. —No place in England suffered more severely by
the introduction of the railway system than the town of
Hounslow, so well known to every traveller on the great
western highway in the good old times of " the road."
Nearly three hundred coaches were driven off the road by
the monopolist locomotive, and Hounslow, the liveliest,
became one of the dullest towns in the kingdom. Pro-
perty in the town, which in the busy coaching times rea-
dily realized from £4 to £5 per foot frontage, has been
depreciated at least one-third, and the good folks, of
course, for a long time fervently blessed the railway. But
having in the interval taken to economical studies, in their
meditations on the past, they begin to hail the destroyer
as the probable restorer of business to the place. With
a healthy situation, a convenient distance from town, a
good line, as railways go in this quarter of the globe,—a
station to match, and very numerous inquiries after build-
ing lots, the good people find that they are not quite ruined
yet. They have left off sighing, and begin to hope for
better times coming. This hope has been considerably
raised of late, in consequence of the agitations by, and
purchases of land on behalf of, Freehold Lind Societies.
The right hand of welcome has been held out to the pro-
moters of these societies, and there is every prospect of
the movement being mutually advantageous. The Con-
servative Land Society have purchased a valuable estate
adjoining the railway station, which, in the course of a
very few months, will add a little town of elegant first-
class houses to Hounslow. A public meeting, presided
over by Mr. Farrall, of Isleworth, was held on Friday
evening, when Colonel Dickson, Mr. C. E. Lewis, the
solicitor, Mr. Gruneiser, the secretary, and Mr. Morgan,
the surveyor, attended as a deputation to explain the
principles and plan of the society. After a very full ex-
planation, resolutions approving of the principles, and
pledging the warm support of the meeting in favour of the
society, were passed, and a considerable number of addi-
tional shares were at once subscribed for. In the course
of the proceedings it was significantly remarked that
" Hounslow must not now look any more to the High-
street, but to the Railway Station and the Freehold Land
Societies, to recover her ancient prosperity."
SHOCKING MURDER IN DEVONSHIRE.—A murder was
committed on Sunday last week at Ciayhidon, Devon, on
the Black down Hills, about five miles from Wellington,
in Somerset. Mr. William Blackmore, who lived at
Clayhidon Mills, near the village, was a land surveyor and
tax collector. He was 53 years of age, was married, and
had one son. He had been out collecting tithes on the
Saturday, and in the evening went into the White Horse
public-house, where he drank rather freely in company
with three labourers, named George Sparks, Edmund
Sparks, and James Hitchcock. They left the public-
house together about one o'clock on Sunday morning,
and at four o'clock the body of Mr. Blackmore was found
by his son and a servant-man lying across the road in a
dreadfully mangled state, and his purse, with two £5
notes in it, lying by his side. The head was severely
fractured, and there were other injuries on the body.
Suspicion at once fell upon the throe men with whom he
had been drinking, and the police proceeded to arrest
them. George Sparks lodged with his brother about half
a mile from the deceased's residence, and when the con-
stable went to him he was in bed. He at first denied any
knowledge of the crime. The officer then requested him
to put on the same clothes as he wore that morning, and
on the waistcoat there were spots of blood. On searching
the house, the policeman found ten sovereigns and a half,
wrapped up in a piece of rag. While searching the house
several persons came in and began to talk to the prisoner
about the murder. At last he said, " It's no use to care
or to think any more about it ; for I would as soon tella the
seat
and whole of it as not." The prisoner then got up from his sea
and took up a pair of fire tongs, saying,
did it. I struck him backhanded, " Thisl thinkis the
1 killed
him the first blow, but I struck himtdwiceafter that."
He further said, he struck the deceased with a
portion of
a pair of fire-tongs, which he brought away with him
from the White orse, and which was subsequently
found in a river near the spot at which the murder was
committed. He subsequently exonerated the other pri-
soners from any participation in the crime. The only
suspicious circumstances against Hitchcock were these :
on his great coat were spots, which some said were blood,
but others said they did not think they were. Near to
where the body was found were footmarks also, which cor-
responded with Hitchcock's boots. The jury returned a
verdict of " Wilful murder" against George Sparks and
James Hitchcock, and they Were at once committed for
trial at the assizes.

I SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Two o'clock, p.m.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

PLYMOUTH.—.A. corporal and two privates of the 7th
Rcyal Fusileers lost their lives in the snow on Dartmoor.
on Saturday night. The privates' bodies have been
found. In some parts the snow was eight feet deep.
SOUTHAMPTON.—The Queen of the South, which sailed
yesterday for the Cape and India, took £60,000 in specie,
70 passengers, and a full cargo.
PARIS, MONDAY.—The Legislative Chambers were
opened on Monday, by the Emperor. In his speech he
said, his Government bad decided to diminish the national
expenses, to reduce the army, and to reserve and apply to
useful purposes the resources of the Country—to keep up
a good understanding with foreign powers, and to prove to
the incredulous, that when France expressed her intention
to remain in peace, she must be believed strong enough
not to be afraid. The effective number of the army, which
was last year reduced by 30,000 men, will this Lent be
again diminished by 20,000 men. To those who regret
that liberty had not greater influence in the Empire, he
said, " I will answer that liberty never assisted in raising
a lasting political edifice, but it crowns the edifice when
time has consolidated it."

The Emperor and the Empress, who accompanied him,
were loudly cheered at the close of the speech. At the
Bourse the address made a favourable impression. Threes
closed, 80.35 ; Four-and-a-Halves closed, 105.85.
The Corn market is very dull, the reports from the
departments being unfavourable to business ; prices are
almost stationary, at last week's currency.

HA VRE, /ATONDAY.—The Cotton market has improved ;
considerable sales are reported at full prices. The Sugar
market is quiet; but there is some activity in Coffee and
Indigo.

VIENNA, JAN. 12.—A military cordon has been drawn
round Ticino by Austria.

Nothing new from Montenegro. The Turks keep their
position on the frontier.

ITALY.—MiIan was subjected to a most rigorous state
of seige. Piedmontese, Englishmen, and Tessinos were
among the prisoners.

LONDON STOCK AND SHARE MARKET.
THIS DAY, ONE O'CLOCK.
Consols for Account, 99k; Ditto Money, 991 I; Three
and Quarter per Cents., 1033

LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.-THIS DAY,
NOON QUOTATIONS. .

Eastern Counties, 13,k ; Gooles, 23t ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 78a ; Leeds Northern, 16; Midland, 781 1.

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.—This DAY

NOON QUOTATIONS.

British Australian, pan. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
781. ; London and North Western, 1204, a; C. qrs.,
19.16, p.m. ; Manchester and Lincolnshire, 30i ; Midland,
781; South E. and Dover, 24 1-16.

-,•.
LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET,

;THIS DAY.

The frost noticed in our last has since continued with
great severity, and a light coating of snow covers the
country in all (directions. Simultaneously, arrivals from
abroad have fallen off into all the ports of the kingdom;
no more of any consequence can be looked for from the
Baltic till the re-opening of navigation. Supplies from
America are of late limited, and, from so much being
diverted to other foreign markets than England, likely to
continue so for some time, especially while our prices are
so lunremunerative : through the Mediterranean only we
can look for early and continuous importations, and those
at present on the way we consider less in quantity than
this time last year. The general tone of the trade
throughout the United Kingdom was firmer, at the close
of the week, markets inclining dearer: we had yesterday
a good demand for Wheat and Fluur, at further improve-
ment in value, millers and bakers purchasing more freely;
little was, however, done in speculative transactions on
the spot, or in cargoes of wheat on passage. We noticed
somewhat more inclination to purchase cargoes of Indian
Corn, at late prices, but buyers unwilling to give any
advance.

The imports we have received since Friday are very
slightly increased, and we have not a single arrival from
America during the week ; the exports of wheat and flour
are pretty liberal.
The market to-day was pretty well attended, but the
extreme firmness of holders has checked any extensive
business in wheat. An advance of id. per 701bs. is how-
ever established since last market day, and in flour the
transactions have been to a fair extent at a proportionate
improvement. Oats and meal steady, the latter at 6d.
advance. Little done in cargoes afloat.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Louisa, from Pernambuco, at Gravesend, 14th Feb

Telegraph, hence at Bayonne. 9th Feb.
Margaret, hence at Havre, 10th Feb.
Victory, hence at Nantes, 12th Feb.
St. Jean Baptiste, from Marseilles for this port

BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES.—A report of the Com-
mittee of Public Baths and Wash -houses in the metro-
polis, states that there has been an aggregate of upwards
of 3,000,000 washers and bathers during the last five
years. In 1848—the first year of the period in question
only one establishment, that of Goulston-square,
Whitechapel, had been opened to the public, and for
bathers alone. The number under this head was 48,637.
In 1849 there were two establishments, which have re-
turned for that year 297,831 bathers, 9,070 washers. Ia
1850 there were three establishments, which gave acco-
modation to 509,200 bathers, and 60,154 washers. The
increase under the last head is not a little remarkable.
In 1851 there were five establishments-647,242 bathers,
and 132,251 washers. Finally, in the year 1852, with
seven establishments at work, the returns are swelled to
800,163 bathers, and 187,580 washers. The receipts for
the last year, in the metropolis alone, have amounted to
the very considerable sum of £13,413 7s. 2d.—a sum
quite large enough, we believe, to meet all the expenses
incurred.

LYNCH LAW ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.—
On Friday, immediately after business commenced, con-
siderable excitement was created in the neighbourhood of
Capel Court by a mob of boys and idlers following and
hooting a person, originally, no doubt, of gentlemanly
appearance, but all bespattered with flour and rotten eggs.
It appeared that the members of the Stock Exchange had
been " Lynching" a defaulting speculator, who had been
defrauding a respectable broker to the extent of £l,OOO.
It was further stated that lie had been carrying on his
game for some time past, that he prefixes " Rev." to his
name, and resided in one of the old-fashioned mansions
between the Foundling Hospital and the British Museum.
On making his appearance at a broker's office in the
morning, he was invited to visit the exchange, when he
rather hesitatingly refused ; but, after some parleying,
was persuaded to go. His reception had been previously
arranged, and, as soon as he made his appearance, a
signal was given, when he was most unceremoniously
rolled in the sawdust, and afterwards literally covered
with flour and rotten eggs. Being in that condition
kicked into the street, his appearance very soon at.
tracted a questionable retinue of followers, who, learning
the nature of the case, evinced but little sympathy for his
misfortunes, hounding him on until with great difficulty
he gave them the slip, and managed to get clear away.
We understand he was in the habit of employing one
house to buy and another to sell the same stock ; and
that in some instances he had recommended himself to
brokers by stating to them, that having attended the
dying moments of dear friends of theirs, who described
them as persons on whose activity every reliance could he
placed, he was determined to employ them in laying out
a few thousands he had by him to advantage.