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The Roman Catholics are raising funds for erecting a
'chapel at the north end of the town.
The congregation of Trinity Church, St. Anne-street,
'fie presented the incumbent, the Rev. C. Davies, with
'a costly new set of books, for the altar and reading-desk.
, J. W. Harden, Esq., judge of the County Court, Bir-
kenhead, has been elected a magistrate, for the county of
Lancashire.
It was mentioned at the Dock Committee, on Thurs-
day, in proof of the increased supply of money, that £7OOO
had that day been offered to the trust at five per cent.
WIRRAL.—The high constables for the present year are
Mr. Wm. Amery, Little Sutton, for the higher division ;
and Mr. Samuel Lightbound, of Birkenhead, for the lower
division.
On Tuesday, as some person was taking a tea-pot off
'the hob in a house in Chatham-street, it fell on a child
'named Francis Irwine, four years old, who, in consequence,
was seized with convulsions, and died soon after.
On Friday, Mr. J. S. Taylor, of Whitechapel, operated
for cancer on the breast on a female, whilst she was under
the influence of chloroform. The entire right breast was
`removed without the patient • experiencing the slightest
pain.
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting on
Wednesday, it was decided to apply to the Poor-Law
Commissioners for power to build a workhouse in Toxteth
Park. Mr. Roskell gave notice of a motion to enlarge the
orkhonse.
On Tuesday, Mr. Neill, surgeon to the Eye and Ear In-
firmary, operated with complete success in several cases of
strabismus whilst the patients (females) were under the
effects of chloroform.
On Thursday night a fire broke out in a building near
the King's Dock, belonging to the Dock Trust, used as a
smithy and for testing chain cables. The roof of the
building was destroyed, and more damage would have
been done but for the exertions of the police.
About the middle of list month a boy, seven years old,
named William Flynn, living with his parents in Banastre-
street, was toasting some bread at the fire, when his clothes
naught, and he was so severely injured that he died on
Thursday last.
REv: G. FISK'S TOUR IN THE HOLY LAND.—A new
edition'of this popular work is now out at a lower price
(7s. 6d.), with beautiful illustrations from the author's
own pencil. Nearly 5,000 copies have been sold in the
more expensive shape.
On Friday. the body of a man was found in the Bruns-
wick-dock. At the inquest yesterday, it was ascertained
that deceased's name was Richd. Allen, who was a married
man, and resided in Robert-street, Toxteth-park. He
was 54 years of age, and was employed as a ship- keeper.
ATTEMPTED FRAUD.—A few evenings since Mr. Griffith,
of Berry-street, was waited upon by an elderly man, of
mean exterior, who represented that he had a writ for
him from Mr.l Pemberton, of Cable-street, and the
amount he required was 245. The money was not paid,
-and the so-called writ, which was printed in the usual
way, with the signature of the Mayor, turned out to be a
forgery.
CAUTION TO COLLECTORS OF TAXES.—At a meeting
of Commissioners, held at Birkenhead, on Wednesday
last, one of the collectors of the hundred of Wirral being
convicted of having received several large sums of money
on account of the first moiety of assessed taxes, which he
had not accounted for to government, was fined in the
mitigated penalty of ten pounds, and dismissed from
office.
Mr. Reynoldson, who has been practising among us as
a curative mesmerist for three years, and professes to
have cured several severe cases of disease by its agency,
intends to give a course of three lectures, next month, at
the Concert Hall. We are told that Mr. Lawrence Hey-
worth will take the chair at the first meeting. The
lectures will be illustrated by experiments on residents of
Liverpool, who have been successfully and gratuitously
treated.
THE RoscoE CLUB,—Mr. Emerson, whose lectures at
the Mechanics' Institution have excited so much interest,
will open the Discussion Class of the Roscoe Club this
(Tuesday) evening, by a lecture at the Royal Institution.
The lecture-room, by an arrangement with the proprie-
tors, has been placed at the service of the members of the
Roccoe Club. Each member has the privilege of intro-
ducing a lady. The Discussion Class will thus commence
with éclat.
A deputation from the Birkenhead Dock Company,
consisting of Baron de Goldsmidt, Mr. R. Garnett, Mr.
Mr. J. Bailey, Mr. Maynard, and Mr. Rendel, had an in-
terview with the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods
and Forests, on Tuesday, at their office in Whitehall-
place. A deputation from the Dock Commissioners of
Birkenhead, consisting of Mr. Wain, Mr. Pike, and Mr.
Cole, had also an interview on Tuesday with the Com-
missioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests.
The Right Hon. Sir Thos. Wilde, Lord Chief Justice
of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster,
has appointed Morris Charles Jones, of Liverpool, in the
county of Lancaster, gentleman, to be one of the perpe-
tual commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of
deeds to be executed by married women, under the act
passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for
the substitution of more simple modes of assurance. in
aid for the county of Chester.
PROFESSOR SIMPSON'S NEWLY-DISCOVERED SUBSTI-
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effected ETHER.—A very difficult case of delivery was
on Thursday morning last, by Dr. J. Hunter
Robertson, of Birkenhead, whilst the patient was under
the influence of chloroform. The female, on her reco-
vering, was astonished and delighted to find that she had
brought into the world a living child. Although chloro-
form has been thus used by Dr. Simpson of Edinburgh,
first_ case of. _the kind which has
occurred in England.
LAUNCH OF THE EMPRESS.—OR Tuesday, a beautiful
ship called the Empress, was launched from the yard of
the builders, Messrs. P. Challiner and;Co., Baffin-street.
She was built for Messrs. Cotesworth, Wynne, and Lyne,
to run between this port and Pernambuco, in conjunction
with the Seraphina, belonging to the same parties ; and
will, we have no doubt, prove a most acceptable addition
to the trade. Her dimensions are :—length of keel, 118
ft. 8 in. ; beam, 25 ft. 8 in. ; depth of hold, 16 ft. 6 in. ;
burthen„ new measurement, 332 tons ; old ditto, 361 tons.
THE'DECEASED PARISH AND POLICE OFFICERS.—We
understand that her Majesty's government have granted a
sum of money, though small, for the purpose of relieving
the necessities of the widows and orphans of those officers
of the parish and police who lost their lives in consequence
of taking the fever in the discharge of their duty. We
believe that the distribution will be confided to the Rectors,
Mr. Rushton, and Mr. Austen, the Assistant Poor-Law
Commissioner. The distribution could not be confided to
better hands. We wish the extent of the funds was greater.
The sum granted is the amount of one year's salary for
each.
CONCERT-HALL.—To-morrow evening a concert will
be given at the Concert-hall, at which, amidst a rivalry
of local talent, Miss Saunders, a vocalist high in public
estimation, but entirely new to a Liverpool audience, will
make her debat, aided by Mr. Geo. Holden, Mr. Ryalls,
Mr. Wallworth, Mr. Hasswell, and a chorus of thirty
performers. The object of the concert is to augment the
funds of the Early Closing Association—a body whose
laudatory workings and beneficial exertions deserve high
commendation ; and we trust a discerning public will, by
their attendance, aid a cause so salutary and necessary.

SUICIDE BY A MAN UNKNOWN.-011 Friday a man

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unknown_ committed suicide in the house of Edward

Mitchell, piblican, West Derby Road. He had been
~Xediginff at the house from the previous Monday, and ap-
pears .c to be in very depressed spirits—stating that his
son had robbed him of £52, and gone to America. He
used to lie about on the forms during the day, and often
called out " Oh, Jemmy ! how could you leave me. At
half-past Bon Friday night, he was found suspended by
the bed-post and quite dead. The inquest was held this
day, and at the conclusion of the case yesterday, the jury
returned a verdict to the effect that;deceased destroyed
himself whilst labouring under temporary insanity. He
was a drover, and was about 45 years of age.
THE NEW PACKET-SHIP IVANHOE.—This fine new
packet-ship Ivanhoe, belonging to the black star line, ar-
rived at this port on Friday from New York. She left
that city on the. 9th instant, and has made her first passage
across the Atlantic under seventeen days. The Ivanhoe
was built in New York, under the superintendence of her
commander, Captain Edwards. She is 176 feet long, with
a good breadth of beam, and registers 1,200 tons. In her
construction she combines in an eminent degree those
desirable requisites to a ship, great strength and ample
capacity. The beauty of her proportions, with her finely-
moulded bows and clean, sharp run aft, at once stamp her
as a fast ship. During the trip across the Atlantic she
encountered several strong northwest gales, and on every
occasion performed admirably, the ship being very dry
and steering remarkably well. Her cabins are fitted up
with much taste and judgment, and are well ventilated.
ADELPHI THEATRE.—The proprietors of this favourite
place of amusement still continue to reap the public re-
ward nightly bestowed on their spirited exertions. and
each succeeding evening brings forth greater novelty. Mr.
Batty seems determined to please, and if we may judge
from the plaudits of crowded auditories with which each
act of the circle is greeted, and the entertainirg effects
produced by the merry conceits of two admirable clowns.
Messrs. Adrian and Bullock, he has fully achieved the
desired object. The equestrian performances during the
past week have found in the efficient persons of Messrs.
Bridges, Wells, Powell, Hendrick, Mesdames Valentine
and Barrand, and Miss Wells, aided by Messrs. Stephens,
Thorne, Jameson, and Hennings, the celebrated vaulters,
a combination of talent rarely surpassed, if ever equalled.
To this was added the grand hippo dramatic representation
of " Damon and Pythias ; or the Merchant Steed." It
is a great improvement upon the equestrian spectacles
which has of late been brought out in this town, being
placed on the stage with most consummate and artistic
skill, as regards tableaux and general effect.
A NOBLE DUKE AND HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Professor
Holloway has lately been honoured with the personal
thanks of one of the most renowned dukes of the realm,
who, like the Earl of Aldborough, has been cured of a
liver and stomach complaint of some year's standing, at-
tendant with great weakness and debility, by the means
of Holloway's celebrated pills, and this after physicians'
skill was tried in vain. Dropsy, Paralysis, Asthma, and
diseases of the lungs, have nearly all their origin in die-.
-ordered livers and stomachs, which a few timely doses of
Holloway's Pills will cure.
Determination of blood to the head, apoplexy, &c. ef-
fectually prevented by the occasional use of Frampton's
Pill of Health, which, by strengthening the action of the
stomach, and promoting a healthy and regular digestion
of the food, prevents a recurrence of those symptoms of
this alarming disorder, giddiness, oppression of the brain,
singing noise in the ears, head-ache, &c. They are an
excellent aperient, without griping or prostration of
strength, create appetite, relieve languor, and invigorate
the spirits ; while, to the free liver or sedentary, they offer
great and important advantages. Sold by all vendors of
medicines. Price Is. 1. d. per box. See the name of
" Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the govern-
ment stamp.

THE CITY OF MANCHESTER.—Our good neighbours of
Manchester bother us sadly with the pertinacity with
which they poke their new acquisition of " city " in our
faces. The worthy Mr. Jeames's fellow servants could
scarcely see their quondam comrade in plush dignified
amongst noble and right honourable provisional commit-
tee-man, as " Jeames, Esq.," with a feeling more strange
than is created by the perusal in the Manchester papers
of the constantly recurring expression "our city," &c.
They might spare our envious feelings for awhile, until
we get used to our humble position.
ESPARTERO IN LlVERPOOL.—Espartero, Duke of Vic-
tory, the celebrated general of the Spanish force against
Don Carlos, in the civil war which determined the succes-
sion of Donna Isabella to the throne of Spain, and who
has for some time been an exile in this kingdom, is at
present the guest of Sir Arthur Ashton, of Ashton Hall,
Cheshire. On Tuesday morning he arrived with his suite,
by rail from Preston Brook, at the railway-station in
Lime-street, and immediately proceeded to the Adelphi
Hotel, where he took lunch. He afterwards visited St.
George's Hall, the Docks, St. James's Cemetery, and
other objects of interest in the town, and appeared very
much pleased fat all he witnessed. He returned to the
Adelphi Hotel in the afternoon, and left town again by
railway, at five o'clock.
ENGLAND'S RULING POSITION GRATIFIED.—We de-
light in monstrosities. The exhibition of a murderer
would attract a concourse of gazers, whilst the sight of
" a good man suffering under adversity " would fail to
draw. A showman in the neighbourhood of Queen's-
square, gifted with a thorough appreciation, has in his
window, as one of the notable things to be seen inside, an
announcement of " the identical panther which attacked a
gentleman in his gig near Huddersfield." What a hit
Wombwell would make, if some day, the lion, which per-
mits a female keeper to put her head into his mouth, and
draw it out again, was to take a fancy to snap off the same
delicate morsel, by way of lunch ! Who could resist an
invitation to see the hidentical lion, which bit off the
young 'oman's head as was his keeper "?
IRISH POOR.—The number of passengers by the Irish
steamers to this port, during the week, are as follows :
Men. Women. Children. Total.
Cabin passeng4s 162 .. •71 .. 22 .. 256
Emigrants to the United
States and Canada 714 .. 590 .. 319
Paupers
Jobbers. 341 ..

. 1523
. 628
. 341

In the absence of any suitable asylum for emigrants, they
are to a great extent mixed with the paupers, in the very
worst parts of the town ; and there can be little doubt that,
during their temporary sojourn, the seeds of disease are
amply deposited for the subsequent melancholy harvest of
ship-fever, pestilence, and death, which these unfortunate
people carry with them to their future home, too frequently
their grave. No means have yet been devised for dealing
with the mendicant class.
At a time of monetary pressure, like the present, loud
complaints are made by the shipowners of the state of the
law respecting payments of freight on cargoes hypothecated
to the East India Company. Freights to the amount of
I'24,ooo'llre said to be owing by the honourable company
on cargoes claimed by them in Liverpool alone, not one
sixpence of which can the shipowner obtain either in
money, meal, or malt. A shipowner should be put on the
same footing as a railway carrier, and payment made in
cash on delivery of goods. Now is the time for shipowners
to press for an amendment of the law, as it is clear mer-
chants are too ready to put whatever construction they
think proper on both law and custom to suit their own
convenience. The custom of Liverpool was to pay India
freights two months after arrival; the East Tndia Asso-
ciations altered it lately, by resolution, to two months
after delivery, or an allowance of two months' interest for
cash.

STRANGE AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morn-
ing, a labouring man, named George Cooke, was found
dead at the bottom of Railway Tunnel shaft, in Pem-
broke-street. Both his thighs and one arm were broken.
The depth of the shaft is about 65 feet. It appeared that
the deceased came from Ayrcastle, in Staffordshire, in
search of work ; and, on Monday morning he and another
man went to the shaft, but did not get employed. About
noon they proceeded to a public house, in London-road,
and remained the whole of the day. A quarrel took place
between the deceased and a man named Henshaw, during
which some blows were struck, but they afterwards be-
came reconciled. They all left the house together, and
walked the streets till two o'clock in the morning, when
they proceeded to the shaft in Pembroke-street. The
deceased then strayed away, and nothing more was heard
of him until he was found dead at the bottom of the shaft.
He had climbed over the palings which surround the shaft,
and it is supposed must have fallen in accidentally.
LIVERPOOL WINTER ASSIZES.—The winter assizes for
the southern division of this county are to open, at Liver-
pool. on Saturday, the 11th of December, before Mr.
Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Coltman. There are
already upwards of eighty prisoners for trial. Of the
prisoners for trial, four are charged with murder, four
with infanticide, twenty-one with burglary, and no less
than ten with stabbing. There are eight charged with
manslaughter, one with intent to murder, five with
bigamy, and twelve with robbery from the person : five
charged with forgery, one with horse-stealing, one with
calf-stealing, one with night-poaching, one with receiving
stolen property, one with making a false declaration, and
two with perjury. There are also six mint cases: Of the
four cases of murder. one is that of James Dwerryhouse,
the maniac who killed the young woman at Knowsley,
who is still in the Lunatic Asylum, and we believe will not
be brought before the court. A second case is that of
Robert Pilkington, charged with the murder of his wife,
at a village near Bolton ; a third, that of Ann Mather,
for poisoning hei husband at Warrington, and the fourth,
the case of Joseph Speed, remanded from last assizes,
charged with killing two or three of his children at Man-
chester, and attempting to murder bis wife.
THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE, BIRKENHEAD.—On Wed-
nesday last the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, D.D., paid the
Theological College a visit, and was received by the
Principal, the Rev. Joseph Baylee. The students assem-
bled in the chapel at twelve o'clock. and all being in
readiness, the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, with the Rev. Joseph
Baylee, and other visitors, entered the chapel. Prayer
and an excellent discourse on the 2nd chapter of Hebrews
were delivered by the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, which 14sted an
hour. At one o'clock, dinner was announced, the party
consisting of the Rev. Dr. M'Neile ; the principal, the
Rev. Joseph Baylee ; the secretary of the college, Captain
Groves ; the Revs. Hirsch, J. A. Page, Dr. Poggi,
and resident students of the college. After the repast,
the Rev. Dr. M'Neile visited the new chapel, the libra-
ries, the reading-room and bed-rooms, and expressed
himself pleased with the arrangements and domestic com-
forts of the establishment. Dr. M'Neile, in his address
to the students, explained to them the very great advan-
tage they had over the students of other universities ; for
they, the students at Birkenhead, were putting into prac-
tice, by their district visiting, the theoretical knowledge
they obtained at their divinity lectures. The students
seemed highly delighted, and felt fully the very just re-
marks of the rev. doctor, that, at the time of ordination,
the students would understand the management of a
parish, and thus be of very great utility to their incumbents,
and at the same time a blessing to the church of Christ.
IMPORTANT TO SURVEYORS AND ENGINEERS.-At the
Birkenhead County Court, a case was brought up for
final decision on Tuesday last, which had previously ex-
cited considerable interest amongst this class of gentle-
men. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. West,
surveyor to the Wallasey commissioners, finding that the
published map or plan of the parish was incorrect in
many points, employed a surveyor named Davis (who
had previously made application to him for employment)
to survey certain lines and places, with the view of ascer-
taining whether the defects could not be remedied without
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and stated at the same time that he could much ea. ie;
make a new survey than correct the old plan. Mr. West,
it appeared, then engaged him to make a new survey ;
but before he had completed the whole of the parish; he
(Mr. West) countermanded the order, and desired Davis
to complete the plans as far as he had surveyed. Mr.
West subsequently gave to a Mr. Unwin a promissory
note on account of Mr. Davis, conditionally that the plans
were completed to his satisfaction. For this amount Mr.
Unwin sued, but was nonsuited. He then proceeded on
another ground, and was also nonsuited. Mr. West,
having in the meantime discovered some inaccuracy in
the plans, offered £l5 to end further trouble. This
amount was refused, and an action commenced for £2O,
the amount charged being £23 3s. 6d. ; but, on a further
examination of the survey, it was found so incorrect, that
Mr. West resisted the whole amount, and the case was
brought before the court on the 23d ult. On hearing the
case, his Honour decided that it should be left to the
arbitration of Lieut. Lord, by whose award in the matter
he would abide, and on Tuesday his award was handed
into court. Lieut. Lord (who heard the evidence of Mr.
Gage and others, who had inspected the plan and tested
it) was of opinion that the plan was totally incorrect, and
therefore the claim was dismissed.
BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION.—Great dissatisfaction has
long been felt by many persons engaged in building oper-
ations with the enactments of the Sanatory Bill, and with
the recommendations and requirements of the Health Com-
mittee of the Town Council. They have in consequence,
we understand, formed themselves into an association for
the protection of their interests, and for the purpose of
obtaining the amelioration of such of the regulations as
are in their opinion needlessly arbitrary and costly.
Everybody is now agreed that it is of vast impor-
tance to the well-being of Liverpool that its sanatory
condition should be improved, and no one more so than
the proprietors of houses in the town; and those who make
their living in its different branches ; as, of course, the
more inhabitants who settle here, the more dwellings, &c.,
will be required. The builders feel, however that the au-
thorities have been ill-advised, and require the observance
of certain modes of construction which, without being es-
sential to the attainment of their object, add needlessly to
the cost, and, consequently, to the rent of houses. Our
excellent stipendiary, in his desire to enforce the law, and
to dispatch business, is thought not to give to the repre-
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ons were appealed against they would be reversed, and
that eventually, Mr. Rushton would be disposed to modify
his hasty judgments. Appeals, however, involve costs,
and it is justly thought that an outlay, which tends to the
benefit of builders generally, should be borne by the body
at large, and not by individuals. An adjourned meeting
of the association was held at the Brunswick Hotel, on
Friday evening, when the rules which had been proposed
by the committee were adopted, together with several re-
solutions, which appear in our advertising columns. In'
the course of the evening several illustrations were given
of the arbitrary character of the Sanatory Bill, and of the
recommendations of the Health Committee. The meet-
ing, which was numerous and highly respectable, separated
well pleased with the prospect of security which the for-
mation of this association promises to afford them.—From
a correspondent.