The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-03 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOI- STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1853.

LOCAL NEWS.

AT A VEGETARIAN SOIREE, in the Concert-hall, on
Thursday evening, 200 people were present.
A GREAT CHESS MEETING is to be held at Man-
chester, on Friday and Saturday next.
YESTERDAY coals were raised in price from 6d. to Is.
per ton. This arises from the determination of the
colliers to have a further increase of wages.
THE EXHIBITION OF THE FLORAL AND HORTICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY Will take place this year at the Botanic
Gardens, Edge-lane, in May, June, and September. The
society is at present in a very flourishing condition.
MR. JOHN BucKLEv, relieving officer for Runcorn,
was incautiously crossing the line at the Sutton incline
on Tuesday, when a train came up, and killed him on
the spot,
THE MAYOR entertained to dinner, at the Town-hall, on
Tuesday evening, the members of the Select Vestry and a
number of other gentlemen. The party numbered up.
Wards of 50.
DANIEL MATHER, Esq., Thomas Darnley Anderson,
t sq., and Francis Alexander Hamilton, Esq., took the
oaths and qualified as justices of the peace for this
borough, on Tuesday last.
IN THE ROLLS Coca-T., yesterday week, the master
granted an injunction against George Merritt, who, in
consequence of some disagreement with the corporation
of Manchester, had threatened to stop the supply of
water to that city.
FORTY ACRES OF LAND, on the north side of Brom-
brough-pool, on the Cheshire shore, have been purchased
by the company for, the manufacture of Price's patent
candles, The works, it is contemplated, will give employ-
ment to a thousand people !
MR. 47, GRANTHAM, C.E., announced to the Polytech-
nic Society, yesterday week, that he intended shortly to
bring his schemes for dock improvement before an impor-
tant body in London. whose opinion would have great
weight with the kingdom at large, and probably with his
townsmen.
A HANDSOME Bible and Prayer-book have been pre-
sented by the clergy, teachers, and friends of S. Paul's
Church Sunday Schools, Liverpool, to William Worrall,
Esq., as a small token of their affectionate esteem for his
'unwearied services to the above useful institution during
a period of more than a quarter of century.
A CIRCULAR was issued on Tuesday morning by Mr.
Coleman, the accountant, announcing a first dividend of
7s. 6d. in the pound on the estate of Messrs. Colin:Tann
and Stolterfoht, who failed on the 10th of January, -and
whose direct liabilities amounted to £153,811. It is un-
derstood that a further early distribution may be •looked
for.— Timts.

FURIOUS Dawes is by far too prevalent a Tractice in
the streets of Liverpool. On Wednesday, at the police
court, a respectable-looking man, named Richard Gil-
grass, was charged with knocking down and running over
a poor woman, named Bridget Barret, in "St. James's-
Street. The woman appeared in court, but in consequence
of her weak state, it was thought advisable'to order her
removal, and to remand the case. Gilgrass was driving
at the rate of fifteen miles an hour through the town.
TKs BODY 'OF CAPTAIN JOHN MACDONALD, of the
Irene, capsized on Pluckington-bank, on the 26th of
Fein-nary last, was found on Tnesday, near Eastham-
Cif. A reward of .£lO had been offered for its recovery.
Decomposition was far advanced, and it•was only by the
clothes and a gold ring that the body could be identified.
The-sum of £6 10s. was found in one of the pockets.
The bodrwas placed in a shell and removed to Ireland
for interment.
lORHETCES IN BIRKENHED.—A cash-box, containing
'money to the amount of £l2O, was stolen at about six
o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday last, from the hotel
'oll4lr.e C. T. Clarke, Chester-street. 'At about the same
Vine an'Saturday an entrance was effected into the offices
'..„(4.31r.41. P. Priest, accountant, Market Cress Chambers,
4311-kentread, which as usual had been closed in the early
v•t of that day. An iron safe, manufactured by Messrs.
and M. Scott, of Tranmere, hathresisted the efforts of
'the thieves until they had brobably been disturbed. The
lafebore marks of a crowbar, or some-such instrument.
'MORE THAN A TON OF CUEAN. COTTON, apparently
'Ouch as vagrant boys and girls steal out of bales, was dis.
'covered the other day by the police, in the marine store
of 'Thomas McLoughlin, Cherry-lane. Two children
"were also seen entering the store with cotton, evidently
.stolen. It appeared that MeLoughlin was convicted half
*year before he got his license, but as no reference was
'made to the police about him, the fact was not known by
the licensing parties at the town-hall. McLoughlin was
sent to the house of correction for two months, and his
license revoked. The other prisoners were sentenced to
`lesser periods of imprisonment.

LIVERPOOL MORTALITY—ORRILZASE.—The mortality
is lower than is usual at the present-season ; the deaths re-
gistered in the week ending on Saturday last having been
'l9O, against an average of 208 in the same week of the
preceding five years. In the parish the deaths were 136,
and in the extra-parochial wards, 34. Diseases of the
lungs caused only 64 deaths. The deaths from zymotic
• diseases were also below the average, being 37. The
mortality from typhus was lower than in any previous
week since the passing of the sanitary act, the deaths
being only 3, all of which occurred in the fever hospital.
i
This s the only instance on record cf a week in which not
.a single death from fever has been registered in a private
-residence.
'NEWS FROM THE AUSTILVLIAN- SHIP PRINCE ARTHUR.
—A letter has been received trom the captain of this
vessel, which left this port I= ',Australia a short time
Since, dated March sth, in which he states that he
reached the equator in 24 days—an •excellent run. The
letter says :—" The ship sails very fast—lo, 11, 121, and
"13 knots are booked, and she has 'done one day 297 clean
between sights. The ship :passes everything we fall in
with. I fell in with and passed a 'Swedish 32-gun ship
Of the Canaries, both of -us on a taught bow line. I
-should say we went two knots to her one-and-a-half at
least. Indeed, sailing is no trouble to her, and I an-
ticipate a very quick passage. We had two births the
•day after sailing, and there are prospects of a dozen or
.more, at the least calculation. 'I have lost one infant,
.aged ten months ; it died from pure exhaustion." All the
rest of the passengers were quite-well.
'A MANCHESTER MERCHANT DET:.INED IN ITALY.—
The Austrian authorities in Italy lately arrested Mr.
'Ferdinand, the son of Mr. A. S. -Sichei, a German mer-
chant long resident in Manchester, new travelling in Italy
on business. He was apprehended at Pavia. a frontier
town of Lombardy, and lodged in prison at Milan, where
he lay 'for ten days, his friends in the meantime not know-
ing where he had gone, and being in the greatest alarm.
He was not permitted to write home -to his father until
the. British Consul had interfered. This letter, dated the
-20th March, reached Manchester on Monday week.
Another son of Mr. Sichel's at once proceeded to London,
had an :interview with Lord Clarendon,:Lord John Rus-
sell, and-several members of Parliament. The same night
Mr. Sichel learned, by electric telegraph, that a courier
"would be despatched next day to 'Vienna. It appears M.
Sichel't visit to Milan was made to-recover a debt, and
it is thought that his debtor, finding it inconvenient to
Pay, found an alternative ready-made in the notorious
suspiciousness of the Austrian police, and -denounced as a
traitor °newt: o probably did not harbour apolitical thought
either oneway or another.
HEALTH :COMMITTEE. —At the meeting an Thursday,
Langsdale in the chair, Mr. Rose applied to con-
tinue under. his present engagement for a mouth, in con-
sequence of his boats, machinery, &c.., not• being quite
ready-. 'He was anxious to commence with the rew plans,
hut \wished to have everything in perfect readiness. In
reply to .a question, the clerk stated that Mr.titose had
not signed his contract. Mr. Johnson thought the con-
tract .earght to be signed, and then the committee might
relax if they thought proper. It was decided •that the
new cotatract price take effect on the sth of May next.
In reference to the watering of the streets, Mr. _Bight=
Said it oeght to be known that £7OO per annum 4510 all
they expended for -that purpose. Mr. Dover said there
Was a rate of only a ld., or rather the ith of a penny,
Paid for watering ,the streets. Mr. Beckwith said, for-
xnerly, every shopkeeper paid 6d. a-week, and had the
Streets properly watered. Instructions were given to ad-
vertise for contracts for watering the streets. Mr. Dover
remarked on the insuffioient accommodation given to the
public in cases where the footwalk was temporarily
boarded off to make alterations in buildings ; he thought
a greater width should be allowed for persons to pass.
Several members coincided, and the borough-engineer
instanced certain alterations in Rater-street, where a
most improper encroachment had been made, notwith-
standing that a remonstrance had been sent. The best
course would be in such cases to give notice to remove
the boarding within the prescribed limits, and if not
attended to, pull it down.

EANQUET AT THE TowN.HALL.—The Mayor, on
Ihiarsday evening, gave a grand banquet at the Town.
41 to the members of the Liverpool Chamber of Corn-
eti,(4e4the deputies from the commercial associations of
on the '.l n and towns who are attending the conference
other fc'eMet of the mercantile law of the kingdom, and
present,:—.F h'een. The following is a list a the gentlemen
Arnott, Esq, Mayor of Liverpool (in the chair); J. R.
Esq., LiverprZ Addison, Esq., Bradford; John Aikin,
Henry Aldrich, E 9 Henry Ashworth, Esq., Manchester ;
BLaivreberpro,olE;s:r,anziiv;e'r',B--toirtcester, ; Thomas Bauch, Esq.,
, Esq., Liverpool ; William
Livergpo Bi!,olohkoes,
Liverpool; William e:iolh; Ralph Brocklebank, Esq.,
F. A. Clint, Esq
q., Worcesttesr
.EDsLierHEudderseld ;
00l ; William Dent, Es °-
; John Darlington,
, sq., ,Liver-
Esq.,EvansAlexq.' Worcester ~ T.
Bradford ; Edward
B. Forwood, Esq., Liverpool •
Liverpool • Thos. B. HorsfaU, ,Es,., tdver Finlay, Esq..
Higgin, Act., Liverpool; Edward HeatelfP7l; Edward
pool ; the Rev. David James • Fran • /4 ' sq.. Liver.
Worcestert cm vne, .Lamm'
don ; J. W. Lea, Esq., ; W. ,y-
Esq., Liverpool ; Henry Hanmer Leycester, Esq.,t:::
London ; Joseph —a.comson,
don ; Leoni Levi, Esc!,
Esq., Liverpool ; William Potter, Esq., ditto ; J. p.
Palmer, Esq., ditto ; James Procter, E '
EO., ditto • Air.
Commissioner Perry, ditto ; Charlesßobertson, Esq.,
ditto • Robert Rankin, Esq., ditto ; Malcolm Ross, Esq.,
Manchester ; Francis Shand, Esq.. Liverpool ; James
smith, Esq, ditto; Samuel Stitt,
Esq.,
ditto;ditto Jamesen
A. Tobin, Esq., ditto; John Torr,
Bristol ,; ry
Winch. Esq., ditto ,• John Cox, Esq., •
Robert
Lang, Esq., ditto ; James Hassell. Esq., ditto;Charles
Holland, Esq., Liverpool. The Rev. David Jamesoffi-
eiated as chaplain. Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel,
furnished the dinner in elegant style. Mr. Holden's
Party of vocalists were present. In acknowledging the
toast, " The Tribunals of Commerce Committee, of
London," which was prcposed by the mayor, Mr. Francis
Lyne, of London, said be was commissioned by Lord
Beaumont, the president of the London committee, to
say that his lordship received the invitation to be present
with a great deal of pleasure, and it was a matter of pain
to him that circumstances over which he had no control
deprived him of the power of coming to Liverpool on this
important occasion—by none estimated of more im-
portance than by his lordship. (Hear, hear.) His
lordship felt that the commercial community had now
taken up a position of considerable importance before the
world—of importance because Liverpool had come for-
ward, and, by her movement, had declared in the face of
the empire that a system invented for the creation of cogs
and not the due administration of justice was not com.
Aatible with the feelings of Englishmen, (Applause.)

THERE are one hundred strict vegetarians in Liverpool
and its neighbourhood.

A NOTORIOUS DRUNKARD, named Elizabeth Clarke,
47 years old, was found dead on the step of a house in
Dalton-street, shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
A MARRIED WOMAN eloped from Rossendale the other
day, with a single man of the neighbourhood. The crea-
ture took with her the wages of the children, which they
had just received, and all the clothes which were at hand.
FIRE IN THE SALTHOUSE DOCK.—On Friday, a fire
broke out on board of the ship Sea Nymph, lying in the
Salthouse dock, and loaded with cotton, oakum, and other
inflammable articles.

THE LONDON ART-UNION.—The prizes were awarded
on Tuesday. The Liverpool subscribers who have been
successful are—Mr. F. Parker, work of art, worth £4O;
Mr. B. B. Drinkwater, tazza in iron, modelled from a
Greek design ; and Mr. W. Ashcroft, Parian statue of
" Solitude."

LIVERPOOL PHILOMATRIC SOCIETY.—OR Thursday
evening, the twenty-eighth session of this society was
brought to a close. Mr. James Spence was elected the
president of the society for the session 1/353 54, and Mr.
John M`Diarmid, vice-president. The Philomathic So-
ciety was instituted in 1825.
A GOLD SsuFF-Box was presented on Thursday even-
ing, by the workmen in the employ of Messrs. Ewart,
Myers and Co., to their manager, at the Brunswick
Hotel, Hanover-street, on the occasion of the marriage
of Jos. Myers, Esq., to Miss Ashton. About forty sat
down to dinner.

THOMAS ICoKEL, while being brought from Manchester
to Liverpool en route for Dublin on Monday, leaped from
the train at its entering the tunnel, to escape the police-
man wilt) had apprehended him on a charge of robbery.
He was much injured, but sought concealment in a ditch,
to which he had crawled. He v, as taken to the Royal
Infirmary.

AN OLD MAN named Edward Lynch, living with his
son in Stanhope-street, aroused the denizens of the house
in which he lived on Tuesday at midnight by his cries.
When his son and daughter asked him where he felt the
pain, he put his hand to 'his side on the spot where lie
had received a sword wound on the coast of Africa. He
then expired.

DR. WISEMAN IN MANCHESTER.—On Wednesday
afternoon, the so-called Cardinal Wiseman arrived in
Manchester. On Thursday evening he lectured on the
relation between the arts of design and the arts of pro-
duction, at the Corn 'Exchange. During his stay in this
neighbourhood he was the guest of Sir Humphrey de
Trafford, at Trafford Tark. He was announced to preach
in the morning and evening of Sunday last, at Salford.
MEN DROWNED e.t SEA.—During the passage of the
packet-ship Daniel Webster, which arrived on Tuesday
night from Boston, a seaman having fallen overboard, a
boat with four men in it was lowered, and an endeavour
made to save the unfortunate man, when, just as he
was reached, the boat upset, and three out of the four
composing the boat's crew were drowned. The man who
fell overboard was also drowned.
NtleoctAricrNs have been in progress between the
London and Yorth-western and the Shrewsbury lines of
railway, for the purpose of putting a Stop to the ruinous
competition which has so long existed between them for
the Liverpool traffic. They are not yet concluded, how-
ever, the 'Shrewsbury company wishing, instead of the
equality of fares to which their rival would agree, to
charge a less passenger fare to Liverpool than the North-
western. A private gentleman has difered to lease the
Shrewsbury lines, giving four per cent. per annum.
THE UNION OF THE LIVERPOOL A-ND BIRKENHEAD
DOCKS wasegain under the consideration of the conferring
deputation from the Liverpool Dock Committee, and
Baron Goldstnid. Mr. F. Goldsraid, and Sir Joseph
Bailey, en Tuesday last, at Mr. Torner's residence, in
Park-place, St. James's-street, London. The negotia-
tion is said to be adjourned for a week, in order to give
time for ascertaining the views of the entire body of pro-
prietors in the docks and the dock warehouses at Birken-
head, as to the price they would -he disposed to accept for
their property.
TRAGEDY AT BOOTLE.—On Tuesday last, Sarah Jones,
a -fine young girl of 17 years, belonging to Chester, was
shot onintentionally by Edwin, a youth ten or twelve
years of age. son of her master,-Mr. Abraham Wren, tea
merchant, Baliol-road. Bootle. The boy had found the
pistol in a drawer, and the girl happening to enter the
room in which he was, he playfully raised the instrument,
and remarked that he would shoot her. She replied that
he inest not do anything of 'the sort, when the youth
thoughtlessly pulled the trigger, and the contents of the
.pistol entered her body. The ball is supposed to have
lodged in the hip of the unfortunate young woman. She
lingered in great agony until Thursday, when she expired.
Are EXHIBITION OF Tale-ELECTRIC LIGHT, by W. E.
Staite, Esq., took place in the theatre of the Royal
Institution, on Friday evening. In the absence of the
mayor, Mr. Sumner, druggist, took the chair.—Mr.
Staite, before exhibiting his -wonderful, yet simple, appa-
ratus, gave a brief lecture upon the principles of electri-
city, illustrating his propositions by several beautiful and
-conclusive experiments. The brilliant light is only about
the sire of that given by an ordinary gas-burner, but in
the-extreme, so indeed that to look upon it was like
looking at the sun ; and, byy-means of a glass prism, the
elementary solar or rainbow-like rays were thrown -on
the•wall. It will illuminate the Mersey over to Wood-
aide, together with all the-approaches to the Landing-
stage. The Dock Committee have resolved to avail
themselves of Mr. Staite's elaborately-matured scientific
triumph, which to-morrow night will be put in operation.

CAMIIDATES FOR AMCRICAN CITIZENSHIP.—The
1 packet ship Universe, Capt.. Bird, from Liverpool, which
arrived yesterday, has favoured us with the following sta-
tistics of his passengers :—Whole number 576 ; of whioh
.383 are males, and 242 are females. Of the former there
are .10 farmers, 4 tailors, 1 carpenter, 1 barber, 1 wheel-
wright, 2 railway clerks, 3 storekeepers, 1 carter, 3 wool-
len manufacturers, 2 carriers, 3 butchers, 9 colliers, 1
jeweller, 3 weavers, 1 machinist, 2 engineers, 1 mason,
1 builder, 1 blacksmith, 1 painter and gilder, 1 gardener,
2 bakers, 4 miners, 3 millwrights, 1 limner, and the re-
mainder of the adult males are labourers. Of the females
S 2 are-dressmakers, and the remainder servants. 38 are
natives of Germany, 2 of Holland, 39 of England, 1 of
Scotland, 22 of Wales, 4 of the Isle of Man, 461 of Ire-
land, and 9 citizens of the United States—all in good
health,—New York Herald, Aril 16.
Loss= oF TWELVE LIVES.—On Saturday week the
Richardson, Captain Carruthers, while on her passage
from Whitehaven tor Liverpool, where she was proceed-
ing -to be loaded with an outward cargo, ran ashore at
Duddon. Carpenters were immediately engaged and set
to work, who platformed her, and on Saturday she was
got off the beach, and taken in tow by a steam-tug, with
the intention of being taken round to Whitehaven. The
vessel was making so much water that the carpenters and
crew became greatly alarmed. The vessel appeared to be
sinking, and the men jumped into the boat before she
was lowered into the water. In consequence of the hurry
and confusion, the ropes by which the boat was fastened
were not properly loosed, and it fell bead foremost into
the sea, the whole of the men, 18 in number, being pre-
cipitated into the water. Six of •them, including the
captain and mate, were rescued, but the other twelve
were consigned-to a watery grave. The vessel did not go
down far upwards of an hour after the men left her.
WEST DERBY, GrARDTANs.—At the meeting on Wed-
nesday, Mr. Alpass presided. It was stated that the
schoolmaster, inconsequence of ill-health, would not be
able to resume his duties for several weeks. As the boys
are in disorder, the governor suggested the propriety of
appointing a temporary schoolmaster, which was agreed
to. The house was reported to be crammed, and many
old people were in. -Mr. Shaw complained of the butter
recently supplied, which had been " shameful." The ale,
too, was unfit for use. Mr. Roskell, to avoid getting bad
ale and to economise, suggested that a brewery might be
established on thepremises. The matter was-referred to
the Visiting Committee. It was resolved, "'That a call
of 25 per cent. upon the declared averages be Dow trade
on the several townships in the union, to be paid on or
before the 17th day of May pert." Mr. Shaw moved,
" That no in-door paupers -be tent out of the house to
labour under the Test Committee." Carried...—The
offer of the Liverpool -Corporation, with regard to the
boundary of the site of the West Derby Union Hospital,
was accepted, " providing that the work be proceded with,
and the boundary ascertained forthwith." Mr. Archer,
baker, appeared before the board.; and in explanation of
a pauper having been supplied with bread deficient in
v./eight, stated that the affair arose entirely from the mis-
take of a fresh shop-keeper. Mr. Tattersall expressed
himself satisfied.—With regard to the Union Hospital, Mr.
Mc.4Gee said the brick work all over was disgraceful. He
thought a blind man would do better work. Both the
architect and the builders were, in his opirrion, to blame.
Mr. Cooper's tender for a new board-room and altera-
tions was accepted. Mr. Heyes's motion, that £6 a-year
be paid for the use of a relief office for the Crosby district,
was negatived.

UNION OF THE LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.
—At the Dock Committee, on Thursday, Mr. Gladstone
(who was chairman) stated that, according to an arrange-
ment of the committee, Mr. Bold, Mr. C. Turner, and
himself proceeded to London as a deputation, and they
met Baron Goldsmid, his son, and Sir Joseph Bailey, on
Tuesday last. A. good deal of conversation took place in
reference to the purchase of the Birkenhead Docks ; but
as those gentlemen were not authorised to act for other
parties, at their request all proceedings were postponed for
a week.—Mr. Bold said they might be prepared to make
their report that day week.—Mr. Bigham remarked that
all they could say up to that time was that the proprie-
tors of the Birkenhead Docks had gathered from the Dock
Committee the fact that they were ready to buy without
giving them anything in exchange for such knowledge.
The committee did not know whether the proprietors
would sell, or at what price ; but the proprietors had
gathered from the Dock Committee that they were ready
to purchase. He thought so far they had got the best of
it,---Mr. Bold said they gathered from them so far that
the gentlemen who met them, and they were largely in-
terested, were prepared to sell. It did not follow that the
tuere prepared to buy. It had been considered ad-
visablesha. to appoint a deputation in consequence of several
shareholders, having a large interest in the undertaking,
tavvh_ios_hsoei.nwghtoo .beet them.—Mr. Bigharn understood that the
op intment of a deputation was consented to with a view
to negotiate with the company ; whereas it appeared that
partiea.—Mr.
dependent paPen seen on the subject were merely in.
would lead to negotiation.)
Bold : They are very important
negotiate ---mr Bigham : It appears they had no power to
ootlidatsioanid.ltr.hTadobtainkeanskaecdowurhseetwhich
s
the disadvantage of the public knowing that the Dock
Committee were willing to buy. He apprehended that
the deputation was
appointed with that intention. The
only thing was the question of price, and nothing definite
would be done without
It was not a question whether
being brought forward.
rtihey were to buy or not ;
it was a question of price._N fo. Bight= thought the
committee would have objected
sa deputation had they
been aware that the three person
authorised by their body, but acted to be met were not
n
sibility.—The Chairman said that as to
their own respon-
o what the deputa-
tion had done, there was nothing at
at all affect the position of the Doc present
Committee which could
had not gathered anything from them astowia ; they
were disposed to give, and a report would be laid before
they
the Dock Committee on the subject.—The deputation
were not in a position to say anything further at present,
but ti,crc mig4 be oomahing next Thursday,

THE ILLEGITIMATE CHILD Of Margaret Thompson, 7
Court, Pall-mall, was suffocated in bed on Tuesday night.
The mother had been to the Colosseum, and came home
at midnight, drunk.

THE SHIP MAJESTIC, belonging to Messrs. Horsfall,
of this town, is now lying in the Queen's Graving-dock,
with all her frame and top timbers exposed. The Majes-
tic was built by John Haws, Esq., of St. John, N.B. ;
and though upwards of fifteen years old, is as strong as
when first set afloat.

DREADFUL DEATH.—At noon, OR Tuesday, James
Findlay, on going to his house in Russell-place, Warren-
street, could not get admission. On entering by the
window, he found his child asleep on a table, and his
wife, Wilbelmina Findlay, lying in the lobby, with her
clothes on fire. She had been dead for some hours.
JOHN GIBSON. THE SCULPTOR.—" Roma," a corre-
spondent of the Builder, relates that years ago the King
of Bavaria, after visiting Gibson's studio, inquired if
there was anything he could do for the sculptor. The
reply was, that his Majesty could confer one favour,
namely, accompany him to the neighbouring studio of
the sculptor Wyatt, in order that a brother artist—some
would say rival—might also have the aid of royalty.
LIABILITY OF A WIFE RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS
FROM HER HUSBAND.—Elizabeth Brooks, who was con-
victed at the Liverpool sessions of receiving goods be-
longing to Mr. Eastee, knowing them to have been stolen,
has had the conviction quashed on appeal to the superior
criminal court in London. Mr. Baron Parke said it was
perfectly clear that a wife receiving stolen goods from her
husband could not, under any circumstances, be an offence.
SUICIDE OF A LETTER CARRIER IN THE ISLE OF MAN.
—On Wednesday morning, Thomas Shimmin, letter
carrier, of Douglas, was found hanging by the neck in his
bedroom, dead. Deceased had been much annoyed by a
regulation at the Post-office, by which he was to be re-
moved from a district of the town in which he had
delivered letters, &c., for about eleven years, and placed
on another district.

LAUNCHES OF MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL
STEAMERS IN THE CLYDE.—The 'reenock Advertiser
states that on Monday there was launched from the yard
of Messrs. John Wood and Ca, Port-Glasgow, a fine
wood screw schooner, named the Josefina, owned by
Messrs. Salomon, Moro, and Leon, of Manchester, and
intended for the Brazilian coasting trade. Immediately
after the above, Messrs. John Reid and Co. set afloat a
beautiful iron screw ship of HU tons new measurement.
She was with due ceremony named the Olinda, by Miss
Isabella Anderson. This vessel has been built for the
South American and general Steam Navigation Company,
and is to ply between Liverpool and the Brazils. Messrs.
Caird and Co. are to fit her with a pair of oscillating
engines of 200-horse power.
THE LIVERPOOL 'Firer ateN.—lt is said that the mayor
of Liverpool, some days ago, received a communication
from Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for the
Home Department, requesting to be furnished with a
statement of the number of voters entitled to vote in the
election of members of Parliament for the borough of
Liverpool; the nunTher of persons voting as householders ;
the number voting as freemen ; and the number, if any,
voting in the double capacity of freemen and householders.
It is stated that this communication has some reference
to the new Reform Bill about to be introduced by Govern-
ment.

DOCK Comte:yr-cm—On Thursday, 11fr. Gladstone
presided. Applications for an advance of wages from the
Landing-stage men and the Dock-gate men were not ac-
ceded to. It was stated that, weather permitting, the screw-
pile beacon would be erected on Littleßurbo Bank, on Mon-
day. In pensioning Moses Owen, an old 'dockgateman, it
was stated that formerly there was a fund available for the
purpose -which had accumulated from penalties for infrac-
tions of the Dock laws. The fines now went to the Bo-
rough furid. Mr. Bigham said that if the Dock Committee
now got the fines, the fund might be increased by penalties
for Dock-frauds. Mr. Robinson gave notice that next
week he'would move for the appointment of Mr. Langs-
dale on the Warehouse Management -Committee. He
added that it would be necessary to 'increase the rates on
produce, in consequence of the advanced wages paid to
the labourers at the Albert warehouses.
Thu AFRICAN LINE OF STEAMERS.—The African
Steam-ship Company's mail packet Hope, Commander
Bowen, built by Mr. Lsird, of Birkenhead, sailed
on-Sunday week, with mails for Madeira, Teneriffe, Goree,
Serra Leone, aid the West Coast of Africa, in charge of
Lieutenant Pearce, the mail agent. This is the first voyage
of the Hope, which is a sister ship to the'Fcith, belonging
to the same enterprising company. `Like the others, she
-is-constructed of iron, snd is of 900-tonsburthen. She is
provided with iron tubular masts, which admit the top-
masts into them, and allow the -ship to be made snug
when encountering strong adverse winds—an arrangement
proved to be both advantageous and economical for this
service. Her diagonal cylinder engines (on the same plan
as those so successfully adopted in the Cape steamers), ere
'constructed by Mr. George Forrester, of. Liverpool ; they
are.of 200-horse power, and revolve her three-blade pro-
peller 52 times per minute, with a consumption of 15 tons
-of fuel in 24 hours. The boilers of the Hope are placed
one in each wing, and either can be used separately. Her
feed engine (commonly called a donkey engine), besides
Ming the boilers, can be readily adapted to washing decks'
or extinguishing fire. The Hope is fitted with a telegraph,
! having one dial on deck and another in the engine-room.
,When any alteration of the steam-power is required a
movement above strikes a bell below, and the dial hand
points immediately to " Go ahead,"•" Back astern,",&c.,
-so that all the hoarse bawling and occasional error by the
ordinary mode is avoided. -The arrangements below
-enable the engineer to command at one viaw the entire
economy of the engines and boilers. The Hope has a full
and valuable cargo, including a large amount in specie
and a great quantity of gunpowder for different ports.
IShe next homeward packet, the European, Capt. Groves,
is due at Plymouth on the Nth of May.

THE NEW PASSENGER AOT.—TMPORTANT !DECISION.
—On Tuesday, Mr. Mansfield delivered judgment in a
case of considerable importance as affecting the rights of
emigrants and passenger agents.—On Friday last Mr.
'Edward Whitley, solicitor, appeared before the bench in
support of a summons which had been taken out by
two emigrants aeainst the well-known firm of Messrs.
Pilkington and Wilson, to recover a sum of 41 each,
which had been paid by them as a deposit for a passage
in the ship Lochiel. It was admitted, for the purposes of
the case, that the contract was duly made, that the money
sought to be recovered was paid by the plaintiff, and that
he was in readiness to proceed-upon the voyage on the
day mentioned in the contract. The contract itself had
also been put in, and the day fined for the departure of
the vessel was the 10th April. There was an endorse.
ment on the contract, the purport of which was that the
passenger was warned not to leave home to repair to the
place of embarkation until he had received notice that it
was time to do so. The plaintiff receiving no notice before
the-fixed day of departure, presented himself at the place
of embarkation on that day ; but now it appeared the
vessel would not sail till the 30th. The question, there-
fore, said Mr. Mansfield, was whether, under the circum-
stances, the plaintiff was entitled tc have:back his money
paid, and compensation. He was inclined to think that
a delay of .20 days before the commencement of a voyage
of several months could hardly be considered, under the
circumstances, to have been intended-by the statute. He
was the -further confirmed in this view by the notorious
fact that few ,ressels were so fortunate in the punctual
arrangement of the vast and complicated machinery that
must be put in motion to fit out and man and store them
for a voyage to the antipodes as to be able to depart
upon the precise day anticipated by the owner and the
charterer. It mist be remembered that the delay was
against-the interest of the charterer and owner, that the
subsistence money alone for many passengers was a severe
penalty incurred-by the charterer, and that the legislature,
having in view the difficulties he had to contend with in
clearing his ship outwards, might have considered that
the interests of the.public would be better served by per-
mitting a short delay in the performance of the contract,
rather than by giving e power to one party -to rescind it
altogether, which in most instances would retard the
sailing of the ship-still-further, or tend to raise the price
of passages by making the voyage ruinous to the-charterer.
The summons must be ,dismissed.—Mr. Hull -said the
object of both parties had been to lay the faets'elearly
before the court, in order to obtain a decision on a question
so important to this mercantile community. Messrs.
Pilkington and Wilson had .returned the two intending
emigrants their money, as they intended remaining in
their native country.
MERCANTILE CONFERENCE iN LIVERPOOL.—At this
great conference, held in the Cotten Salesroom on Friday,
" to consider the state of Mercantile Law and the Judicial
System of the United Kingdom," the Mayor presided.
Deputations were present from London, Manchester,
?otteries, Worcester. Bradford, Bristol, &c. Letters
of approval were read from Chambers of Commerce, &c..
in Belfast, Greenock, Southampton, Plymouth, Stockton,
Dundee, and other places. The resolutions adopted were
as follow :-Ist, moved by Mr. Thomas Berry Horsfall,
seconded by Mr. Leycester, of London : " That the
grievances under which the trade and commerce of this
country labour, in respect of the anomalous state of
mercantile law, and the imperfect working of the judicial
system, demand immediate consideration.; and, in order
to insure the efficiency of any remedial measures, it is
essential that theyshonld be suggested or approved by the
classes for whose benefit they are intended, and by whose
experience they ought to be tested : that, as the most
important interests of the empire are now indissolubly
associated with its commerce, whatsoever tends to inter-
pose hindrances to the freedom and safety of its operations
is contrary to all sound principle and ought to be removed."
—2nd, moved by Mr. Henry Ashworth, of Manchester,
and seconded by Mr. Malcolm Ross, of Manchester -
—" That the efforts of the London Law Amendment
Society, in the cause of law reform, are gratefully recog-
nized by the trading classes ; and that the proceedings of
the conference held in London, in November last, so far
as relates to the assimilation and consolidation of the
commercial laws of the United Kingdom, are formally
approved and adopted by this meeting. 3d, moved Mr.
Leone Levi and seconded by Mr. Lang, of Bristol "'that,
beneficial as the measures recommended by the London
conference prove to be when carried out, they do not
provide a remedy for the more immediate and pressing
evils of which the trading classes complain, and which
are only partially touched by the provisions of the recent
Common Law Procedure Act." 4th, moved by Mr. Charles
Holland and seconded by Mr. Lyne : " That the remedial
measures best calculated to put an end to the evils com-
plained of point to the establishment of permanent local
jurisdiction,
within with compulsory powers and equitable
within towns and districts of certain extent, for the adju.
dication of all mercantile disputes, wherein the judges
theshould
procedureconsist
b,
ea at
informal,least
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f oc
rmen,ei and
tri-
bunals of commerce, whose working in every country
where established has been successful and satisfactory."
—An amendment was proposed by Mr. Harry Ashworth
and seconded by Mr. Malcolm Ross, but only three hands
were held up in its favour. It was to this effect : " That
arbitration in questions of account should be made com-
pulsory ; and that the modifications of the existing tribu.
nals, so as to adapt them to the exigencies of the general
commerce of the country, would go far to remove the
evils complained of."-sth, moved by Mr., Coxe, of Bris-
tol, and seconded by Mr. Lea, of Brytol : ' That petitions
to both houses of partiament, setting forth the substance
of the foregoing resolutions, be pr" epared for the signature
of the chairman and deputations.—Mr. 4shworth moved
a vote of Nuke to the mayor, and the proceedings ter-
minated.

THE Manx Sun asserts that Louis Napoleon intends
visiting the Isle of Man in July next.

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—We understand that the
band and chorus of this society has been engaged to assist
at the opening of the Dublin Exhibition.
THE SCRUTINY, which closed on Friday at Birken-
head, showed that Mr. Sweeney had been elected assistant
overseer by a majority over the rival candidate, Mr.
Shillinglaw.
THE REV. ROBERT SPENCE, M.A., of Renshaw-
street Chapel, Liverpool, has accepted a call to Ward
Chapel, Dundee, and his farewell sermon will be delivered
on the first Sunday in June.
THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN MAIL STEAM-
sIur CAMBRIA, Lang, commander, took her departure
hence for Boston, on Saturday, with 105 passengers and
a full cargo, besides the usual mails on board.
A BAZAAR, for the sale of useful and ornamental ar-
ticles, will be held in Mr. Walker's new rooms, 55,
Church-street, on Monday and Tuesday, the 9th and 10th
instant, in aid of the funds for the erection of Windsor-
street chapel and schools.
A FINE BARQUE, named the Joannah Boag, was
launched from the shipbuilding-yard of Messrs. Sloan
and Gemmell, Ayr, on Wednesday. She is the property
of Neil Boag, Esq., Belfast, and will carry a general cargo
from Liverpool to San Francisco.
THE LYRE AND THE SWORD.—An agreeable entertain-
ment, under this title, was given at the Collegiate Insti-
tution on Friday evening, by Mr. W. H. Grattan, of
London. It consisted of selections from the poetical
compositions of the warrior-poet Korner, set to music by
Weber, Himmel, and others, and sung by the lecturer as
illustrations of the history and character of the writer.
A TEA-PARTY, for the benefit of the United Charity
Schools, Ormskirk and Hurleston-green, Scarisbrick, was
held in the town-hall, Ormskirk, on Wednesday last,
under the patronage of the ladies of Ormskirk and the
neighbourhood. The Rev. W. E. Rawstorne and J.
Culshaw, Esq., addressed the company. The proceeds
of the tea.party amounted to £9.
A FAMILY OF ROBBERS.—On Friday Michael Coy,
Peter Kienan, Catherine, and James Kienan, the latter
father, mother, and son, were committed for two months,
to hard labour, for breaking into a beerhouse, in Great
Richmond-street, on the 21st ult., and stealing £2 10s.
When apprehended, plaster of Paris moulds, for coining,
were found in their possession.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE BRUNSWICK DOCK.—On
Friday morning, a man named Michael Lerner, residing
in Lower Harrington-street, Toxteth-park, fell into the
hold of the ship England, now lying in the Brunswick
Dock. He received a compound fracture of the right leg
and left thigh, together with other injuries. He was
taken to the Southern Hospital, where he died yesterday
morning about one o'clock. An inquest will be held on
the body to-day.
THE MA MMOTH STEAMER.—The dimensions of the
iron steamer about to be built by Mr. Scott Russell for
the Eastern Steam Navigation Company are :-620 feet
long, 100 feet beam, 6,000 horse-power, and 12,000 tons
burthen. She is to he propelled by four paddles and a
screw. The horse-power will be proportioned as fol-
lows :-2,000 for the screw, 2,000 for the midship paddle-
wheels, and 2,000 for the fore paddle-wheels. The en-
gines, which have already been contracted for, are to be
constructed immediately.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD SHIP.—On Saturday
afternoon, a seaman, named Richard Smith, belonging to
the packet-ship Isaac Wright, now lying in the Waterloo
Dock, fell down into the hold of the vessel, and died im-
mediately from the injuries he received. It appears that
about three o'clock the deceased was coming round the
end of a boat that was on the house on deck. There had
been some rain, and the deck of the house was slippery.
The deceased caught his toe against the end of a plank,
and fell into the hold head foremost, down the main
hatchway, a distance of more than thirty feet. His skull
was dreadfully shattered.
The GREAT Exstrnertoet OF DUBLIN.—The dis-
tinguished party who will be the guests of his Worship
the Mayor of Liverpool to-day, will include some of the
chief literary ornaments of the age, besides other per-
sonages of note in the United Kingdom. The Lord
Mayor of Dublin, the veteran General Lord Gough,
Judge Haliburten (" Sam Slick,"), Sir John Kingston
James, Sir Edward M'Donnell, and Professor Kane are
expected. Mr. Roney, the indefatigable secretary of the
Exhibition, will-also be among the guests. The directors
of the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company kindly
conveyed the committee of the Industrial Exhibition to
, Liverpool, by one of their first-class steamers, from
Kingstown, yesterday evening, which was not one of the
regular nights of sailing.
THE WAGE-S MOVEMENT.—The painters have suc-
ceeded, or, as reported, partially so ; but to such anextent
that general concession must be the result. The shoe-
' makers may also be said to have gained their point, the
great majority of the respectable employers having con-
' -rented to the asked-for allowance. The -names of the
•consenting and non-consenting parties have been pub-
lished. The plasterers' labourers, who wish an advance
of2s. per week, have published a characteristic " appeal to
the public," having failed with the masters. The cabinet-
makers have gained all they asked for. The tailors, who
were successful in their agitation, hold delegate meetings
-every Tuesday evening, consisting of men representing
the trade in different neighbourhoods; and these legislate
for their brethren, and form a tribunal to which all ap-
peals are made. The gas-fitters, it was said, had made
another movement, but this-would seem not to be the case.
'LANCASHIRE MILITIA.-4th Regiment of Royal Lan-
cashire Militia,—Thomas Robbins, gent., to be Adjt.
4th or the Duke of Lancaster's Own Light Infantry
'Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia,—Adt. Thomas
Robbins, late Lieut. sth Dragoon Guards, to serve with
the rank of Capt. The Artillery Regiment of the Royal
Lancashire Militia,—Thomas Atchison, Esq., late Cant.
Royal Artillery, to be Major. 2d. Regiment of the Duke
of. Lancaster's Own Militia.—Matthew Ford. gent., to
be• Lieut. Hewett Massey Dillon, gent., to be Ensign.
The Duke of Lancaster's .Own egiment of Yeomanry
Calvary, Bolton Troop,—lee Gendre Nicholas Starkie,
gent., to be Cornet. sth regiment of Royal Lancashire
Militia.—Charles Hamilton Fenton, Esq., to be Adjutant;
Adjutant Charles Hamilton -Fenton, late Captain 9:h and
53d Regiment of Foot, to serve with the rank of Captain;
James 'Greenwood, Esq., to be Captain ; John Weld,
Eiq., to be Captain ; Ralph Holden, Esq., to be Captain;
John Joseph Middelton, Esq., to be Captain ; Thomas
Goulburne Parker, Esq., to be-Captain ; Edward Petre,
Esq., to be Captain ; George Reeks Skingley, Esq., to be
Captain ; William Lister Sager, Esq., to be Captain;
John Pickup Lord, Esq., to he Captain ; Frederic Broad-
bent, Esq., to be Captain ; Philip Gilbert Hammerton,
gent., to be Lieutenant ; Antony Buck Creek, gent., to
be Lieutenant ; Edward Francis'Ward, gent., to be Lieu-
tenant • Daniel Grant Brereton, gent., to be
i Lieutenant ;
Wm. Miller Coultate, gent., to be Surgeon.
THEWILLIAM TA PSCOTT NEW AMERICAN SHIP.—Mr.
William Tapscott, who has long been :known in the emi-
gration trade here, has just added to hie line of packets a
new ship, bearing his own name, which., for a combination
of all the varied and peculiar beauties of modern marine
architecture, certainly stands unsurpassed. The William
Tapscott is a full three-decker, of 212 feet in length.
ier beam is 42 feet 6 inches, and her depth " to the
skin", 29 feet 6 inches. In the deck ample opportunity
,has been afforded for light and ventilation to the 'tween
decks, and this important object has been a primary
study. The plans of Mr. Tapscott, founded on his
lengthened experience, have been adopted throughout
with admirable effect. .On deck there is a spacious hos-
pital, lour galleys for cooking, one of the latter fitted for
' the purpose of serving the second-class passengers with
provisions in a cooked state. The after-part of the main
deck is permanently fitted into state-rooms for two and
four persona each. Every room is lighted from the desk,
the hatches, and by-side ports. There are excellent tables,
and there •is every convenience for washing, Rsc. ; and, in
addition to the water-closets on deck, which are twelve
in number., permanent ones are also fitted here. The
forward portion of the vessel, as well as the lower decke,
is devoted to steerage passengers, for whom portable
iron beds are provide& Wind cents and other ventilators
are carried throughout. The height between-decks is
seven feet eight inches. The dead lights, which are in-
serted at every few feet in the upper deck, throw their
rays on similar ones in the main deck, and thus every
portion of the ship is rendered cheerful. She is estimated
to carry about 850 passengers, namely,-200 second
cabin aft, 250 forward on the main deck, and 400 on the
lower deck. The William Tapscott was built under the
personal superintendence of her commander, Captain
Cornish, by Messrs. Trutant, Drummond, and Co., of
Bath, who will be remembered as the builders of the suc-
.eessful packet-ships Continent, Saratoga, &c.
SELECT VESTRY.—The Rev. Rector Campbell presided
at the fortnightly meeting on Tuesday.—Mr. Hart read a
communication from Mr. William Mason, dated from 17,
Marybone, stating that, in consequence of circumstances
which had occurred since his election as a member of the
board, he was incapable of serving the ( ffice, and he
regretted to be obliged to resign. Mr. Moss and Mr.
Gardner gave notice that they would each nominate a
person to fill the office. Mr. Willraer believed it was
usual for one of the churchwardens or overseers to fill up
those vacancies. Mr. Moss : I protest against that. I
believe you are one of the overseers. The Chairman said
that Mr. Willraer meant to nominate. It was only a
lapsus lingoes.—The report of the Workhouse Committee
stated that Mr. Willmer had been elected chairman, and
that the number of persons in the house on the 20th of
April was 1959, and the number of sick 568. The com-
mittee recommended the accepting of the only tender
received for taking down the old chapel and building it
upon a different site, with schools underneath, and addi-
tions to the women's ward besides, which was one from
Messrs. A. and G. Holme, for the sum of £4,623.—Mr.
Power was elected wardmaster. In recommending him,
Mr. Moss said he had been for several years at Walton-
hall establishment, and had recommendations from seve-
ral medical practitioners in this town. He was a teeto-
taller. Mr. Gardner : He is not any better for that.
Mr. Mellor thought it was rather worse that he was a
teetotaller, for he might break out again.—The Messrs.
Holme's tender was accepted.—The Industrial Schools
Committee reported that the Venerable Archdeacon
Brooks had been appointed chairman, and Mr. Gardner
vice-chairman. Three boys had absconded from the
schools. The committee had resolved that an application
for the attendance of the band of the Industrial School
with the militia, in May next, could not be acceded to.—
Mr. Moss suggested the propriety of flagging the areas of
the Industrial Schools, and Mr. Johnson of the road
round the Workhouse to the Mount-pleasant side. Mr.
Bradley : They are short of money now. Very shortly
you will have an increased rate for these little matters.
Mr. Moss : I think Mr. Bradley's remark is exceedingly
improper.—The Vestry-clerk read a letter from Messrs.
E. and B. Jones, stating that they had committed an
error in their tender for lead work at the Industrial
Schools, and they asked to be furnished with a copy of a
blank form, in order that they might make a fresh tender.
Referred to committee.—As to the medical state of the
Workhouse, everything appeared to be in excellent order.
Mr. Bradley stated that the only deficiency he saw was
connected with the itch wards. He suggested the desira-
bility of having a sulphur-bath for that department.—
Mr. Hart commenced reading a communication from Mr.
Parker, brewer, containing an offer to supply the Work-
house with ale, porter, and barm on certain terms. It
appeared there was another from Mr, Moore, Referred
to the committee.

GENERAL NEWS.

SCOTCH MORALITY.—It is stated that 30,000 of the
people of Glasgow get drunk every Saturday evening.

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SOME HENS belonging to a gentleman at Wayne, which
were constantly supplied with lime-water, have lately laid
four times the number of eggs they did formerly.
CHEPSTOW TUBULAR BRIDGE is at length completed,
and after having undergone an examination by the Govern.
ment Inspector of Railways, has been certified to be fit
for traffic.

PROTESTANTISM.—Since the last published account,
dated March sth, eighty-two more have renounced the
errors of Romanism in St. Paul's, Bermondsey. Many
more have it in contemplation to take the same step.
OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAIL.
wxy.—The third section of this line, from Evesham to
Wolvercot, near Oxford, will be opened on the 7th of
May, instead of the 2d, as recently announced.
PROSPECTS OF THE BAR.—As an example of the de-
clining state of the learned profession, we may mention
that no less than 22 sets of chambers are now to be let in
the Middle Temple alone, which numbers 250.
VALUE OF WASTE PAPER.—A sum of not less than
£12,000 to £15,000 annually will be saved to the country
by the recent order, requiring all Government offices to
return their waste paper, &c., to the Stationery Office.
THE BISHOP ELECT OF LINCOLN.—On Tuesday a
silver salver was presented to the new bishop of Lincoln
by the teachers and children of the schools of St. James's,
Westminster, as a small token of their affection and
gratitude.

EXTRAORDINARY DIGESTION. —On cutting open
cow at Homeburn, a few days ago, there was found in its
inside a large table knife, which, with the exception of
a small portion of the point protruding between the ribs,
was in good condition, and not at all corroded.
THE Nottingham Journal announces the fact that a
proposal is afoot in the metropolis of the lace district to
establish " a general commercial exchange," to be go-
verned and managed upon the same principles as are ob-
served in those of Liverpool and Manchester.
THE SHAKSPERE FESTIVAL —A. demonstration in
honour of the natal day of Shakspere took place on Tues-
day at Stratford-upon-Avon, and was celebrated with all
due honours. An immense number of " pilgrims" to
the shrine of the poet came into the town from Birmir e-
ham, Oxford, and the surrounding neighbourhood. In
the evening a dinner took place at the Town Hall, at
which Mr. B. Webster presided.
A GOVERNMENT BILL was printed, on Thursday, to
consolidate the London and Edinburgh Gazettes. The
reason is, the great expense at present incurred by reason
of the separate publication and management of the two
Gazettes. After the passing of the bill, the Gazette, to
be called the London and Edinburgh Gazette, is to be
published in London, and a permanent agency in Edin-
burgh.

STEAM BETWEEN GERMANY AND AMERICA.—MeSSIS.
Fritze and Co., of Bremen, are on the eve of commencing
a spirited competition against the two United States
steamers, Washington znd Hermann. They intend to run
the two steamers, Hansa, 2000 tons and 1,000 horse-
power, and the Germania, 1,600 tons and 600 horse-
power, which they recently purchased from the German
fleet, between Bremen and New York. They will start
once a month, and take the same course and touch at the
same places as the United States steamers.
PREMATURE BALDNESS.—Mr. J. Sergeant, bookseller,
of Linton, Cambridge, has made public a curious case of
a young man named Haylock, of Ashdon, whose hair came
off entire from some very unaccountable cause, and left
him in a state of premature baldness. He purchased
from Mr. Sergeant several popular preparations, which he
applied, but without any effect whatever. At last, how-
ever, he made trial of the macassar oil of Messrs. Row-
lands, of London, and exhibited to the most incredulous
the proof of its efficacy in a thick crop of hair. Mr. Ser-
geant permits a direct reference to him on this very inter-
esting fact.—The Observer.
ADULTERATION OF COFFEE.—The Lancet of last week
contains a remarkable statement of the extent and manner
in which the recent regulation for preventing the adultera-
tion of coffee is being evaded. Out of 34 samples, all
purchased as coffee from as many shops in the metropolis,
only three were found to be genuine, the proportion of
chicory in the majority of cases being equal to about 50
per cent., while in some instances there was scarcely any
coffee whatever. Ten of the adulterated samples were
altogether without the required label, stating them to be
a " mixture of chicory and coffee," and in those where it
existed it was generally concealed from immediate obser-
vation by the mode of folding the wrapper.
THE COINAGE.—A Parliamentary paper, just published,
contains an account of all gold, silver, and copper moneys
of the realm coined at the Royal Mint from the Ist Jan-
uary to the 31st March, 1853 :-4,304,227 sovereigns were
coined in that period ; their value was £4,304,227 2s. 3d.,
and their weight 92,1181 b. 3oz. 9dwts. 16gr. Half.
sovereigns coined—number, 62,260 ; weight, 6661 b. 20z.,
19dwts. lOgr.; value, £31,130 Bs. 4d. ; making the
total value of the gold coinage during the quarter
£4,335,357 10s. 7d. Of silver money, 382,214 florins were
coined, to the value of £38,214 ; 847,440 shillings, value
£42,372 ; 483,120 sixpences. value £12,078 ; 4,158 four-
pences, value £69 61.; 4,488 threepences, value £562d. ;
4,752 twopences, value £39 12s. ; 7,920 silver penny
pieces, value £33—total value of the silver coinage during
the quarter, £92,862.
CHEAP LAW.—In the Insolvent Debtors' Court the
other day, some information was given respecting the
comparative expense of the superior and county courts.
The commissioner having remarked that the action in the
case before him had been brought in one of the superior
courts, he wished to know the difference in the expense of
going to the superior and the county courts. An attorney
' stated that, in cases under £2O, judgment could be ob-
tained now in a superior court,' where no appearance
was entered, for £2 165., whereas in a county court it
would cost £4. Another attorney said that in the county
courts the fees out of pocket were upwards of £3, and in
the superior courts only ss. For a summons to £2O
in a county court the fee was £1 135., and the hearing
fee upwards of £3, even by consent, whereas in the
superior court an order could be drawn up for 4s.
ELECTRICITY IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—In the
course of the last few days an electric telegraph station has
been opened adjacent to the lobby, by the Electric Tele-
graph Company, for the use of parties engaged in parlia-
peen tary proceedings, and direct telegraphic com munication
is thereby obtained with all parts of the country, and
intelligence transmitted to the provinces of divisions and
debates. Operations were commenced for placing an
electric clock over the principal entrance to the lobby,
and a general system has just been introduced of notifying
to members in all parts of the house the precise moment
of a division by the electrical ringing of 30 bells in various
directions, the bells being set in motion by an apparatus
in charge of one of the officers of the house at the lobby
door. Wires are also being carried from the house to the
Carlton, Reform, and other clubs, for the intercommuni-
cation and information of members.

THE GREAT ENCANIPMENT. Captain Blackwood
Price's field-battery, quartered at Sborncliff, have received
orders to hold themselves in readiness to join the camp to
be formed on Chobham-common, near, Windsor,:in the be-
ginning of June next. The battery is composed of 6
guns, 85 horses, and 138 non-commissioned officers and
men. The officers who will accompany it to camp are
Captain Blackwood Price, Captain James R. Gibbon.
Lieutenant Francis Miller, Lieut. Frederick S. Seale,
Lieutenant Charles Lennox Tredcroft, and Assistant.
Surgeon William Perry. Captain F. A. Campbell's field-
battery at Chatham, of similar strength, has also been
ordered to join the camp at the same time. The 6eh
Dragoon Guards (carabineers), under the command of
Lieut-Colonel H. R. Jones, at present stationed at Can-
terbury, and the 13th Light Dragoons, under the com-
mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E. Doherty, at
present stationed at Hounslow, will form a portion of the
Cavalry Brigade.
OPERATIONS OF THE NEW LEGACY DUTY.—The full
bearing of the application of the legacy duty to land we pre-
; sume the Chancellor does not see. and, therefore, we
will say a word or two on it. Beyond a certain affinity
the legacy duty is 10 per cent. " Well," many may say,
" we would not mind giving up to the Chancellor of the
Exchequer 10 per cent. of the estate if any one would
leave us one." That is very well in its way, but just let
us look at the arithmetical operations of the tax. The 10
ver cent. is not a 10 per cent. of one or two years' in-
come, but 10 per cent. of the value of the property,
which to avoid inconveniently sacrificing the principal,
says the Chancellor, he consents to spread over 8 years'
rent. Now, much of our landed property pays only 2to
2f per cent. For simplicity of calculation say 2 per cent.
Thus for 8 years the fortunate legatee receives only 2-
10-8-4 per cent., the other 1k going to the crown, or
out of £l,OOO per annum he receives £375. But suppose
at the end of 4 years this legatee should die (no unlikely
occurrence), and leave his property to a second party,
removed as far in blood propinquity from him as he was
from the first testator, a second 10 per cent of the value
of the same property will have to be paid during 8 years,
the first being also in the course of liquidation. For
remember, Mr. Gladstone says the two duties co-exist.
I Then for 4 years the two 10 per cents. will make up 24
per cent. annual charge, or 4 per cent. more than the
rent. So that the second legatee would have to pay a
per cent. instead of receiving anything from the coveted
legacy—that is, in place of an accession to his income of
£l,OOO a year, or even £375, the happy man would have
to pay annually for duty £250 a year. A few such lega-
cies, as Pyrrhus said of his victory over the Romans, and
he would be undone.—Herapath's Journal.
PLAGIARISM.—There can be nothing more disagreeable
to a person than being imposed upon by "false pre-
tences," nor can anything annoy one so much as being
made the dupe of some unprincipled designer. Yet such
is the case, and among the commercial community too;
for no sooner does a party, by devoting his capital, ex-
perience, and attention, in bringing some article of manu-
facture to perfection—no sooner does he earn for his pro-
duction a justly entitled reputation, than some unprin-
cipled persons immediately get up some base imitation,
having nothing further to recommend it than its appro-
priated name. We are led into these few remarks by
seeing before us Two Packets of the (now all but) univer-
sally known Glenfield Patent Starch ; and so much alike
are they to a casual observer, that we, by outside appear-
ance, would think they were the same; but, on closert
IL
inspection, we notice (which is the only difference)
e that
the one wants the well-known name of
on the packet. This is the spurious: and to WOTHERSPOONsuch an
extent has plagiarism gone, as regards woodcut, type,
&c., without close observance you could scarce know the
one from the other, so far as externalappeances are
concerned ; as for internal, we can easily imagine what
rubbish it must be composed of, and that purchasers, to
their regret and annoyance,
will at once discover it when
applied to Linens, &c. 'We are gratified to observe from
the London papers that Mr. Wotherspoon, the manufac-
rer of the Glenfield Patent Starch, has obtained injunctions
in the Court of Chancery against these parties, which will
in all probability put an end to the fraud.
llrawuid.lenWdeaarheanqduiitne
aware that no respectable merchant
carrying out such base imposition, but to such an extent
has it gone that it is actually sold to merchants as the
p
original, and they and theublic generally should be
particular in observing that the original and only 211anu:
facturer's name, R. WOTHERSPOON, be distinctly printed
on every Packet—without this none is genuine. It can
14 obtained at most shops in town.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

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

PARIS, MONDAY. APRIL 2.—At the Exchange all
Funds rose. Threes closed at 81; Four-and-a-Half,
103 60. Railway Shares were in good demand, with a
tendency to further improvement at the close.
SWITZERLAND.—BERNE, MARCH 29.—A despatch
from the Federal Commission reports that the Austrians
have a military post near Stabbis, on a territory which is
considered as belonging to Switzerland. The Council
met to inquire into the affair.
SPAIN.—MADRID, ARIL 27.—There had been some
sharp discussion in the Chambers. Salamanca and Suero
bad fought a dtel.—Threes, 44.
The Continental Advices received on Monday showed
a rather unfavourable tendency in the rates of Exchange.
AUSTRALIA.—The fortnight later advices from Vic-
toria, received yesterday, are very satisfactory.

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, JAN. B.—Nothingof much im-
portance in the shape of gold discoveries.

AUSTRALIAN MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY..-011
Monday, after some discussion, the meeting adjourned to
the 23rd, when the Directors would be ready to discuss
the future prospects and management.

LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY.
NOON QUOTATIONS.
Eastern Counties, 131 : Leeds Northern, 161 ; Mid-
land, 76 76 13-16 ; York and North Midland, 31; ;
North Western, SI ; Leeds Bank, 23k.

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.—THIs DAY.
NOON QUOTATIONS. _ _

Chester and Holyhead, 24; Eastern Counties, 13h
East Lancashire, 188 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, sog ;
Midland, 761 ; South Eastern and Dover, 23; Union
Plate Glass, 38k.

LONDON STOCK & SHARE MARKET.-THIS DAY.
NOON QUOTATIONS.

THE FtiNns.--Consols for Account, 100 l 1 ; ditto for
Money, 100&-K ; Three and Quarter per Cents., 1031 I ;
Bank Stock, 228 7. Foreign Stock—Mexicans, 271-.
RAILWAY SHARES.—London Stock, 120 + ' • Midland
Stock, 761 t ; North Staffordshire, 131-; South Eastern
and Dover, 761 I; Caledonians, 67 1 ; ditto Preference,
108; Eastern Counties, 631 R-; Northern, 16+; North
British, 351 6 • Great Northern, 90 1 891; Great
Western, 921 f; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 80+ 11;
London, Brighton, and South Coast, 105+ 6; London
and South Western, 911; York, Newcastle, and Berwick,.
10; York and North Midland, 63 4- 2t.

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
TRAFFIC ItETIMNS.—TotaI for the past week,
£9,625 Ils.

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—Tnis DAY.
At this day's market we have bad a moderate attend-
ance of the trade, and with fair fresh arrivals of Wheat
and Flour from the States and advices of !increasing ship-
ments from thence we have experienced an exceedingly
dull sale for most articles of the trade; Wheat has de-
clined id and 2d per 701 b., and Flour fully 6d per barrel,
without leading to more than a limited business. N.
change is reported in the value of either Grain or Oatmeal,
but the same dullness pervades the whole.
The arrivals into this port during the week continue
extremely light, both coastwise and from Ireland ; those
from the United States, however, include a tolerable
supply of Wheat, a liberal import of Flour, but one
parcel of Indian Corn thence, and none of the latter
article from any quarter; the accessions from Europe
and Egypt, fresh in for to-day, being generally upon a
very moderate scale, while the exports, particularly of
Flour, are fair in amount.