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

LORD PALMERSTON havin

last week, been on a visit

GEXERAL INTELLIGENCE,

TIE WOMAN'S WALK.—Mrs. Dunn's pedestrian fi
Thing 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours—at Noah's Ark, H

of the noble viscountess, ,a
number of the inhabi-
tants of Derby, headed by the Mayor, forwarded to his
lordship an invitation to a public banquet, to be given in
honour of his visit to Derbyshire. The invitation was
courteously declined.

hill, continues to

THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING of the British Asso-
ciation for the Advancement of Science will commence in
Hull on Wednesday, the 7th proximo.

HIRUNDINE ENTANGLEMENT.—On Saturday, a swallow
was seen suspended from the string of a boy's kite lying
over the tops of the houses in St. Anne-street, having,
whilst on passing, got the tips of some of the longest wing-

TILE EARL OF CARLISLE 'has arrived in Egypt. The
noble earl is not expected to return to England before the
close of the year.

THE FLOODS IN OXFORDSHIRE seem to have been not
without some advantage; the farmers are cutting a most
luxuriant second crop of grass.
Sin FREDERICK TEIESIGER, it is understood, is going
to give the public " a full and particular account of the
great Smyth fraud.

..ners twisted in the string _'ter struggi Lor a few
minutes, the airy captive managed to release itself, and
mounted to an invisible height, surrounded by its kindred.
SHOCKING AND FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-031
Friday afternoon, Mr. Meredith, manager of the Standish
station on the London and North-Western Railway, near
Wigan, while crossing the line, was struck by the buffer
of an engine to which a goods train was attached. The
unfortunate gentleman was cast by the violence of the
collision against the hedge on the side of the railway, and
so severe were the injuries inflicted that he died in an
hour or so afterwards. He had been a long time in the
service of the company.—Preston Chronicle.
PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLERS.—On Friday the follow-
ing persons were summoned before the magistrates for
infringing the Local Licensed Victuallers' Act, and fined

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

aN ACT OP PARLIANtENT has just been printed abolish-
ing masters extraordinary in chancery, and giving them
the new title of " commissioners to administer oaths in
chancery in England."

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

in the sums attached to their respective names, and 4s. 6d.
costs in each instance :--Publican : George Mayer Mary-
bone, 40s. Beersellers Richard Haddock, Birkett-
street, 405.; John Davis, George's-street, 55.; Charles
Payne, Frederick-street, ss. ; Wm. Fowler, Finch-street,
2s. 6d. • John Lupton, Finch-street, ss. ; George Gillrays,
Back Queen Anne'street, 2s. 6d. • John Henshaw, Green-
street, Paddington, ss. ; William Thompson, Chester-
street South, 40s. • Richard Burton, St. Andrew-street,
2s. 6d.; George Owens, Iligh Park-street,. 60s. • Richard
Grice, High Park-street, 2s. 6d. : James Quits, Raymond-
street, 65.; James Farthing, Bent-street, ss. ; Edward
Jones, Poplar-street, Breck-road, 2s. 6d., Francis Owens,
M`Re,e-street, (selling milk,) 40s. The cases against Ca-
therine Crooks, Lower Harrington-street, Thos. Walker,
Phythian-street, Lowhill, Ana Mason, Chisenhale-street,
Theirias Wilson, Stanhope-street, Catherine Thompson,
Wood-street, Lowhill, and Joseph Hounslea, Vaughan-
street, beersellers, and Henry Joseph Lancashire, wine-
geßer, Paradise-street, were dismissed.

A SIXGITLAR-ACCIDENT occurred at Cowley School,
near Oxford, on Thursday. Four boys were using the
gymnastic poles, when the centre one suddenly broke, and
striking a youth named Standen in the stomach, so severely
injured him,t hat he died in the course of the afternoon.
SOME HAYMAXERS who were at work in a field at
Mitcheldean,Hants, last week,partook ofbeer which had been
put into a jar which had contained oil of vitriol. Seven
of them died almost immediately, and several others had
a narrow escape. _

MR. LUPT6N. of LEEDS, affirmed, at the laying of the
foundation stone of the new Town-hall, that he spoke
within limits when he said that woollen fabrics of the
value of from £5,000,000t0 £6,000,000 are annually tamed
out of the warehouses at Leeds.
• THE Reformer's .azette mentions the fact that the
convicts Blackwood andllacfarlane, executed for the atro-
cious murder at the New Vennel, Glasgow, expressed a
desire, a few days before execution, to be married. Of
course their desire was not acceded to.
THE Ac co txrs FROM THE Moons, both'if Scotland and
the north of England, generally speak Very 'favourably of
the numbers and vigour of the grouse, and the fineness of
the weather on and since the 12th. Mittsnal quantities of
game are stated by the Scotch papers to have been for-
warded to the southern markets trom the Highlands.

every otherartie

AN: EVIL DESIGN PnUSTakTED.—At the Police-court,
on Saturday, Patrick M`Carran and James Crook were
charged with assaulting Mr. John Burnett, of Highfield-
street, grocer, and Mr. Tennis Larkin, of Tithebarn-street.
On Friday night, about eleven o'clock, Mr. Burnett was
passing up Vernon-street, when the prisoners sprang upon
him, and threw him down, and Crook was about to'strike
him on the head with a stone he held in his hand, when Mr.
Larkin, who had Witnessed the assault, ran to Mr. 13urriett's
assistance. He asked what they were doing to the man, but
the only reply he received was the stone which Crook held
in his hand. It struck him on the forehead,ransing blood
to flow copiously, and almost stunning him for a few
seconds. He, however, recovered himself, and seized'CroOk
by the tott:l4, which came away in the struggle. Ile
took fresh hold by his collar ; and, although the other
prisoner kicked him about the body, and struck him in the
fare, he maintained his hold until police-officer-£45 ;nude
his appb'arance and took both men into custody. Several
large stones were found in the torn-away.pocket. When
called 'upon for his defence, Crook said, " I was going up
Vernon street, about eleven o'clock. I don't, knew how I
fell'int© the row; but somebody gtturk me and I fell into
it. the gentleman says I lifted -.et stone against him : I
never did at an. Them stones in-that pocket I can't ac-
Tount for. I never put them in my pocket." 111`Carran
made an equally probable defence. " When I was going
up Vernon-street," says he, I see this gentleman (the
-rtker prisoner) lying in the street, and as-I kgew him before,
cl went to rise him up. That there youngnan (Burnett)
'was lying in the channel. I could not get him up till the
-policeman came and took rne.away." They were convicted
m the penalty of £2 and costs, or, in dofault, to be com-
mitted for two months each. They were sent to prison.

'REGIBTRATIO-N OF ASSURIN'OIIS.-A

Post OFFICE.—It appears by 'ps.rliamentary return
that the present annual retniii of postage accruing to
Great Britain on the foreign and colonial correspondence,
'Conveyed by the several lines of packets, is £479,000
ss. 4d., while the expense of contract for packet-service is
£822,390 per annum.
DIFFUSION OF Int GrOttlL. A quantity of N'ew
Testaments, printed in the Getman language, and intended
for the use of the German Church, and with the view of
furthering the Christian religion amongst the Germans
residing in the place, has 'been imported from Hamburgh
into one of the principal seaport towns in the north of
England, and with the sanction of the government atitho-
rifles they have been admitted free of duty for that piirpose.
THE PROi.narlc vns House or ORLtA:lita.—The
purchasers of the oi,leans property have been Served.
through the Register-dffice of the Chamber of Notarie
Paris, with a 'notice that it is the intention of 'the
of Orleans to sue for the restoration of their estates, as
soon as they shall be permitted to plead before the tri-
bunals of the country. The document isin the form of
a copy of the original protest against the Claret for the
sale of the property.
ENFIELD.—The twelfth estate, parchased'for allotment
amongst the -Shareholders of the Conservative Land
Society, hasjnst`been made, at the aniiciirmarket town
•of Enfield, Middlesex, on the Eastern 'Counties railroad,
close to the old'edifice occupied by the Earl of Essex, now
used as, the station. Enfield is remarkable for its salubrity,
the soil. bPing gravel, and is celebrated' as he residence of
EdWard TI., and afterwards of Queen Elizabeth, who
held their-cdarts at this place.

been printed.

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They therefore su

THE ANNUAL COV/irTt SESSION IS to be held of Prestot
on Thursday, when the-chairman for the year will have to
be appointed, the reports of the committee received, the
public accounts allowed, and the various committees
appointed. The Ramshay inquiry expenses will be again
brought before the notice of the Mu t, Mr. Saunders in-
tending to show that-the reSolutiOn passed in respect to it
at the last session /gas irregtilar, and a violation of 'one of
the standing orders of the conrt, and therefore in point .of
form void and of no ,effect.
_Tire chairman of the ,consta-
bulary committee is to ask for an advance of £7OO out of
the money held by the trustees•of the county constabulary
superannuation fund, to be invested on security of the rates
of the Kirkdale Police Division, at 4 per cent. per annum,
to erect a police station at Garstang. The chairman of
the constabulary committee is to move that the .police
force be paid according to-the following scale, being an
advance of 2d. per diem to those who receive daily pay
over the scale fixedhy the resolution of the curt, on 6th
January, 1847, such increase to commence upon the' 16th
Sept. next :

As ladiv TUBULAR BRIDGE is 'being prepared at the
nianufactOley of Messrs. Robt. Stephenson and Co. in this
town, foethe railways on the Nile at 'Bentra. The trains
wily pass along the top of the tune. A footpath will be
made on each side of the rails. Thiloridge will be twenty
feet aidOVe the ordinary level of Pre water, and the centre
portion of it is constructed to swing on a pivot, so that the
boat teaffic may be secured during the rising of the Nile.
The 'different pieces will only meet at the point of the
delitination.—Newcastle Journal.
brE, DERBY ELECTION.—'fife understand that, ill:con-
Sequence of certain proceedings which have been taken
'Out against the Conservatives (relative to the late Deiby
-eleefion), measures are preparing and writs have bum
issued for the purpose of 'bringing to justice some of the
pstre men of Derby, professing Radical politics ; and we
•cavi state that other patties residing in the borough of
Shrewsbury, also Radicals, come under the autiority
of the law, for their malvaCtices at the late election, and
for purloining certain letters and papers belonging ito Mr.
John Frail.—EddoweaVournal. _ _

On Appoint- after Service,After further
Rank. merit or of Three 1 ServiceOf
Promotion. Years. Four Years.

Chief constable '509 per an. .. ..
Assistant ditto £2oo „ £250 per ati. £3OO per an.
Superintendent .elOO ~ ,130 „ .€l5O • „ •
Chief cleft A3IBO „ 1.€130 , ,:el5O ,
Inspector .. 4B 2d v them 4s 8d ,-) diem 56 2d IF. diem
Assistant clerk 4B 2d „ 4s 8d „ 5s 2d .„
Sergeant._... 36 2d ~ 3s 5d „ 3s 8d „
Constable, lat class 2s 9d ~ 2s 10d ~ 2s lid „
~ 2nd.,, 128 Id „ I .. ..
9 • 3rd. „ 12s 6d ~ . •

A WOMAN GiGGED.—One day last week, the residents
in Marketgate, Arbroath, and its immediate vicinity, were
not a little surprised at the intelligence that amarried
woman, in that generally quiet and decorous street, had
been gagged by her .husband. Such on inquiry we find
was literally true ; the poor woman, who is, 'however,
volubly inclined, having been kept by her husband gagged
for the long period of-24 hours. We are not aware if the
case has been investigated by the authorities ; but, what-
ever the demerit of the woman, the gagging is certainly
an act of cruelty.—Arbroath Journal.
UTILITY OP THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.--Last Tues-
day week, a friendd ours, who is at Amsterdam, sud-
denly bethought -himself that he wanted 8100. Re
walked to the electric telegraph and gave his message to
that effect, which was to be forwarded to Liverpool. This
was at twelve o'clock. At six, when he was dining at his
h?tel, a gentletapvakthe door introducedu gentleman,

With 2d. per diem for the class of merit.—The chairman
of the visiting justices of Lancaster Castle to move that' a
sum net exceeding £9OO be granted -to carry out 'the
alterations in Lancaster Castle, as recommended by the
committee on prison accommodation and discipline.

WEST DERBY .GETARDIANEL—The weeldy ineeting was
held on Wednesday. Present :---Messrs. Alpass (chair.
man), Heyes, Roskell, Jeffreys, Mountfield, Brown,
Molyneux, James Birch, M`Gee, Wensley, Abraham,
Smith, Shaw, Kirkus, Medcalf, Horsfall, Craig, Carter,
and the Rev.-Win. Badnall. A report was read from as
deputation Of -The board appointed to visit the pauper
lunatics chargeable to the union in the Lancaster and
Rainhill asylums. In the Lancaster asylum there were
31 lunatics • • chargeable to the union, namely, 15 males
and 16 females; and in the Rainhill -establishment 68,
of whom 24 were males and 44 females. They were all
kept in a satisfaetory state, and, so far-as could be judged,
properly ,confined. In consequence of two lunatic paupers
bearing the-same name, a mistake had arisen, and one
of them had been improperly charged to the West Derby
Union, instead of to the parish of Liverpool. Instructions
were given with reference to the money-being refunded.—
A letter was read from the poor-law board. It acknow-
ledged the letter of the 11th instant, endlosing an extract
from the minutes of the guardians, in which they re-
quested the poor-law board to reconsider the proposal
that the medical officer of the hospital ,should reside at
the establishment. The board regretted to be unable to ,
accede to the wishes of the guardians, as there were
serious obstacles to the proposal, which.the board had
requested the poor-law inspector of the district to explain
to them when he had a conference with the guardians on
the subject, Ivlaiela he would do at the earliest possible
period. Mr. Wensley proposed that Mr. Lister should have
a copy of the letter, but after some discussion it was put
and lost. A letter was read from Mr, Clayton, architect,
explaining why acme delay had occurred in the completion
of the hospital, the reason being that some £f the work
men had not executed their work in a propenmanner, and
it would have to be redone. The clerk was directed to
communicate witleMr. Clayton on the subject. This being
the whole of the business, the board adjourned.
A BRUTAL FATIIIM—At the Manchester Police-court,
on Thursday, John Egan, a shoemaker, was Charged with
starving two of his children, and with having-,violently
assaulted a third. Ahead ten o'clock on Wednesday night,
two police inspectors visited a house in Dyke-Street, off
Angel-street, where the .prisoner resided, and on 'breaking
open the door and going into the garret, found two chil-
dren, aged three and fee years respectively, who had been
locked up in the house ail day without food by their fa-
ther, the prisoner. There was no fire nor light in the
house, no furniture nor hed for the children to lie sown
upon, and they presented the most miserable and wretched
appearance. The pollee •toak the children to the work-
house, and afterwards apprehended the prisoner roiling
about drunk in the street. The officer further charged
the prisoner with having brutally assaulted his eldest
rehild, a boy about 12 years.of age, on Monday. The boy
presented the most lamentable eppearance, looking ems-
eiated, and reduced almost to a slaileton from starvation.
lea had a couple of black eyes, one .of which was entirely
closed in consequence of a kick he:had received from the
prisoner, his father. He stated 'that on Monday his
father came home nearly intoxicated; and called him in
from •-the street where he was playing. After he entered
the house, his father fastened the door, and commenced
to beat him most unmercifully, making him black and
blue all over, and causing him the injuries which were
visible .on his face. A woman who lived next door
spoke to the general brutality of ids condnct to his wife
and children, and his wife said that he was frequently so
violent that she had to run out of the house when she
saw him tolling home. He often went out and left her
and her children without a morsel of food to eat. The
prisoner said if he worked a whole week he could earn
from £1 to 235. Mr. Maude sentenced him to hard labour
for six calendar months ; in the meantime his wife and
children would be taken to the workhouse.
THE EXECITTIOR OF RICHARD PEDDRR, RS we learn
from a third edition of the Preston Pilot, took place on
Saturday, at Laneaster. The unhappy man was :convicted
at the assizes recently held in Lancaster, of the murder of
his wife, and the crime and its consequences were marked
by circumstances of great atrocity. The murder was coin-
witted at Hambleton, on the 18th of April last, and from
the evidence adduced on the trial, it appeared that Pedder
had lived a very abandoned life, and, from his quarrelsome
habits, had become a terror to the neighbourhood in which
he lived; and he and his wife bed had repeated and violent
quarrels. On the day on which he perpetrated the foul
deed, he had been drinking deeply, and about six in the
dso,manedofpetdhdemer
evening he went to a public house, and told the company
there, that he had " shot his Bet," which turned out only
who otre
was taken into euetody. On the way to the station the
went as
ththesee,
1313yoirn lying odnie;7llwpaoSll ftohune g rod by
Prisoner admitted that he had committed the horrid deed,
and appeared to gloat over it with a fiendish satisfaction,
repeating again and again that he was a good shot, and
had aimed at the killing place. This tale he subsequently
changed, and to the last maintained that he had shot wife
accidentally. After his condemnation, a petition was got
up for a commutation of his sentence, signed by 500 per-
sons ; but the law was allowed to take its course. During
the past week he seemed to be most affected by his awful
position, and in his conversations with the Rev. Mr. Rowley,
the prison chaplain, he admitted the enormity of his by-
gone course of life, and said he hoped his fate would be a
warning to others, and induce them to avoid gambling,
sabbath-breaking, and drinking. Prior to his execution,
he was asked several times to confess his guilt; but he per-
sited to the last in saying that he did not shoot his wife
willingly. At twelve o'clock, the noose having been ad-
justed by Calcraft, the executioner, and all the preliminaries
having been gone through, the Chaplain read the service
for the dead, which having been concluded, the wretched
man fervently ejaculated, " Lord Jesus, receive my soul ; "
the executioner drew the bolt, and the world and its cares
speedily closed over the unhappy culprit, who expired with
scarcely a struggle. The body was allowed to hang till
one o'clock, when it was taken down, to be buried within
the precincts of the gaol. A large concourse of people was
Present, to witaees the execution.

who bowed and said, " Have I the honour tf addressing
Mr. —?" -To The answer, " Yes," he replied, " I
merely called in consequence of a message.from our Lon-
don correspondent; to leave with you this cheque for £100."
This is really marvellous amongst ail the-marvels of this
marvellous age.--,Lincolnshire Times.
Loan HIINTINGTOWER.--111 the Court oi Bankruptcy,
last week, this individual came up to pass his examination
on accounts containing the following
To creditors, 23,1136-; ditto on debts • under 'former bank-
ruptcy renewed, £8;766 ; ditto under insolvency, ;82,513 ;
liabilities under insolvency, f. 14,650; cash :from relations,
£3,395. Creditor-" Pro items t---Debtor
PertY given up tovssignees, £l2O ;
doubtful debtor, £150; liabilities as per contra, £42,260 ;
ditto, £4,850 ; law cost, £960 ; trade expenses, £728 ;
house expenses (from January 1, 1849,' to =July
.e 3,367. The bankrapt passed. 6,1853),
NIAGARA FALLS-147D LAKE ERIE,—PrOfrSSOr
The eminent geologist; discredits the opinion-advanced- by
some, that the gradual wearing away of the rocks of
'Niagara Falls may poniibly result in draining Lake Erie.
In a recent lecture. he -remarked :---" They Will not halt at
their present station, Ind retreat slowly and strely about
two miles further, when they will stop again for an um-
kown period, and-probably for ever, since -at this place
the 'hard limestone wii form both base anti top of the
and thus stop the 'destruction of the rock. Some
have-thought that they would finally reach Lake Erie, and
that then the lake would be completely drained. ''Such
an event is impossible. At the point already mentioned
the torrent will gradually wear away the surface of the
limestone, forming a rapid, and thenceforth Niagara will
be one the lost wonders ..of the world."—Washington
Union.

DISERRITING ArPAin.--On Friday
Last, an rich
bourer, residing in Drygate.street, having got himself a
,F
little elevated, forthwith determined to enlist in the
H.E.I.C. service, and accordingly shortly after took the
bob. On mching his domieile on Saturday last, Pat re-
lated the affair to his better half,
when she, like a loving
wife, thoughtfully considered bow her husband could
escape from the clutches' of the soldiers. Her confidential
friends were immediately called in to deliberate, and after
a short discussion it was resolved that Pat's right eye
should be sacrificed,.thereby disabling him from being A
soldier. The unthinking wretches instantly put the reso-
lution into force 0;)y attacking the man, who was still
under the influence -of liquor, and knocking him down.
Alternately, the women—but more especially the man's
wife—made unsuccessful attempts .with their fingers to
gouge or tear out Pat's eye—the poor man meanwhile
making the best resistance he.could against such inhuman
=treatment. The police thy this time were-apprised of the

occurrence, and proceeded to the house, but "oculists"
'had fled. The man was 'brought to the 'central police-
office, and attended by the surgeon of the establishment.
Toe eye which had been experimented uponAvas severely
brpised round the optic, the lids were much swollen and
discoloured, and his face scratched in various places.—
No.r,th British Daily Mail.
THE NEW ACT TO ABOTISIT TR ANSPORTA-TXON Will
come into force on Thursday. After the commencement
of the act (from and after the Ist of September), xio per-
son is tote sentenced to transportation except for life or
fourteen years or upwards. Any 'person who might have
been sentenced to transportation for a term less than
fourteen years is to be liable, at the discretion of the
court, to be ',kept in penal servitude. Persons liable to
transportation for fourteen years or epwards, or for life,
may still be sentenced to transportation, or to penal servi-
tude instead. T.he following terms of penal servitude are
to be awarded instead of the present terms of transporta-
tion v--Instead of transportation for seven years, or for a
term not exceeding Jseven years, the penal servitude to
be for a term of four years. Instead of any term of trans-
portation exceeding seven years, and not exceeding ten
years, the penal servitude to be not less than four, and
not exceeding six years 1 instead of transportation exceed-
ing ten, and not exceeding fifteen, penal servitude for not
less than six, and not exceeding eight years ; where it
exceeds fifteen years the -Renal servitude to be not less
than six, and not exceeding ten years ; and instead of
transportation for life, the penal servitude to be for the
term of life ; and in every case where, at the discretion of
the xawt, one of any two or more of the terms of trans-
portation might have been awarded, the court shall have
the like discretion to award one of the two or more terms
of penal servitude in relation to such terms of transporta-
tion. There are three clauses in the act with respect to
tickets-of-leave in the United Kingdom, and the system
is to be tried for the first time in this country, It is now
declared to be lawful for her Majesty, by an order in writ-
ing under the hand and seal of one of her principal Secre-
taries of State, to grant to any convict now under sentence
of transportation, or who may hereafter be sentenced to
transportation, or to any punishment substituted for
transportation by this act, a license to be at large in the
United Kingdom and the Channel Islands, or m such
parts thereof respectively as in such license shall be ex-
pressed, during such portion of his or her term of trans-
portation or imprisonment, and upon such conditions in
all respects, as to her Majesty shall seem fit; and it shall
be lawful for her Majesty to revoke or alter such license
by a like order, at her Majesty's pleasure. So long as
such license shall continue in force and unrevoked, such
convict shall not be liable to be imprisoned or transported
by reason of his or her sentence, but shall be allowed to go
and remain at large according to the term of such license.
On a license being revoked, the convict may be appre-
hended and committed to prison. After the commence-
ment of the act, persons convicted of larceny after pre-
vious conviction for felony are not to be liable to trans-
portation. The Pet is not to affect the discretion of cri-
minal courts sa to alternative punishments, which may
be in addition to the punishment now substituted for
transportation.

T 3E LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMAIERCIAL ADVERTISER.

ttract much attention, great number
er. She has accomplished about four

sixths of her task, and is very confident or Success.—
Wolverhampton Chronicle.
TEE SEAsoN.—Perhaps the present season has been I
the most remarkable for Bees known in this district for
many years, the honey season having ceased on the 18th
of June, the Bees having only worked and accumulated
any honey on six days since that time. I have only had
five 'swarms from eighteen hives, and those between the
7th and 15th of June, though there were many May
swarms about here, within a circuit of a few miles. In
three of the swarms, at the present time, there may be
ten pounds of honey altogether ; the other two have died
this week of starvation; the hives being full of Bees and
comb, but not a particle of honey.—A COUNTRY RECTOR.
—ln Cottage Gardener.

MATCH-MAKING GUARDIANS.—An amusing instance
of the Benedictine propensities of a board of guardians who
flourish on the banks of the Humber was revealed at a re-

cent meeting of that respectable body. The question was
asked whether the recent marriage of the schoolmaster and
schoolmistress was not contrary to the terms of their en-
gagements. In answer to this interrogatory, it was stated,
on official authority, that the schoolmistress was engaged
on the express understanding that she was to be married
to the schoolmaster ! We were not previously aware of
any such beneficent regulation having emanated from the
but it is obviously calculated to ws-- '
thr

-Ipartment, at least among sisterhood of school-
_Aress. If the system were properly developed, it would
quite upset the recent scheme of emigration for female
teaehers.—Sheffield nmes.
THE BIIILDERS' STRIKES.—At a numerous meeting of
the builders of the metropolis, held on Thursday, it was
unanimously resolved 1--" That inasmuch as labour, like

as its market value, varying accord-
ing to circumstances, It is not expedient either for work-
men or employers to attempt to establish a standard rate
of wages. That neither the present state of the labour
market nor of that 'of the markets for pt.ovlsions render

amount of wages now generally paid is, Irk the opinion of
this meeting, fair and ample, but that there can be no ob-
jection to superior workmen being remunerated according
to their' respective merits. That it is matter of great
regret that 'partial strikes are takitig place, and thus great
injustice 'is 'being done to individual tradesmen."

report from the

the committee :---A bill for the registration of assurances,
A bin to facilitate the sale •and purchase of land, and a bill
to facilitate the transfer Iff land in Ireland. The com-
mittee, in the first instantb, proceeded to consider the bill
b'n the registration of aSgarances. The advanced period

'their inquiries. A scheme of "title" or "legal ownership"
had been brought 'btfore the committee, which would
appear to fulfil the most important condition of registra-
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