The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-16 00:00:00

asteml of

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Natuel.

ND RESTITUTTON.-0-A Saturday week, Mr.
,tehmaker, of Byrum-street, missed from his pre-
ses a valuable watch. He lad no reason to suspect any
urieular person, and had given the watch up as lost when
15,„elos; ;' ednesday, he received, bz post, the missing article,
,oh in a small chip box, -with a dirty piece of paper,
I,27wiw,,hin.ell was written, in :a 'bold and fair hand, the xfol-

••
Si r,:"...Th
Shop e Enclosed hes a 'Watch which was tuck out of your
..AloSaturday being the,4rst thing that ever i tnckkin my
roin'dT_,Ppng it will be the last i have bean un Happy in my
God i.nu_nad restiess,pitiow ever sence i neck it•ttusting
"'" torgeve and beging your forgivenuss. _

'EST Pat CAN

iONESTY IS TH

The box was lied with & piece of twine, sealed, and had a
team
R.-enlY I?..oVtage label•on the lid.
-.4"3KR SitTIANCT. The example of the enter Prising.
i--__—`ers at The Genova.. now on her return fromihe Medio _
th-creanan„ bias notiren lost on the steam-ship •owners f.
e ~,,
1in„...-Yrt'ef Liverpool. The Lord Morpeth!'•whose w
--.-t.s are atted ao di gto Mr. Lee Stevens'lystem, no
eWilioodbis,lV!',.tril'''-.....• ge°runcin -pleasant. contrast Wcttith
mews
emotthhaert
- " lerrY-beats and with all other., ,
eantrihntieb to fli_e smoky desecration ,of the3Tersey. No
water
-leAs
0-n-rl, 'tlia_t the owners of The Ear/ of Aucklan ,
ttrials of that
steaufe_ 1., `ham .„.."(t.dition to the successful
rkotktdanllri the invention applied 11 The Creityaeo!
ellr*ZlY, eY her
nab she' - ' with
the view
~_ consumption, the saving.
el (1-'614"
~.._ rsion of smoke; no;
t°'
aseOtiel'coninsoequent
that the
eatujothnoriwtiitehs
oat, ih• :"'Poration of London, after 'compe i
les, f—v entiuns, should have
, Mate for their engine at Billingsgate Market.
preferred the patent smoke-
'-,rivout,kt c
an hp,—A. .A.BE.-017 Monday,nt Manchester, wma,sshheole_d
th,a, 114 respecting the death of Thkoss
..
---..er, Red 30, of Gr enrgate, Slilfnid•
'.oust at 'work, he pricked one of his.fingers with an awl,
Some time ,
41114 Ilifiligiat wound never became entirely healed. He
c
rlillP2ained continually of the pain which he suffered m
lonldfinger, and went to several medical men, none of wto m
afford him relief, as nothing cohlabe ascertained &slat la"._iintneiriate cause of his suffering.: The unfortunate n
v .'•*.' H Taite deranged ; and would 'frequently, err gazing
~...acalltlyunto the fire for $
ome time, rise sud en!y_
IC
„,0111,-in.ziv.to
dtlaie str,,eetcing I.ialkez.A.etiksil,
fused
,_ finger, °' For seve hsehrieki
re:
for v.,_30 up stairs to bed, and o,ooa
.., ,
hdaal;,,teatlonyd,he
made had
up
afini found looking at
his.l,-_ln an the kitchen. He was'—o.-n Sunday moniiug,
wisf_ngervery despairing, ' •
. nt into the kitchen,
I,_'7l‘soine members of the.familY..
okcnchief from a beam in
he vas found hanging by his ne., - -,i)
--e.eseiling, quite dead. The ..1111",-.,__-.- 4f while labouring
'effect; that the deceased had hang•eo lums`
und a verdict to the
'ander insanity.
The magistrates were
...__lkisnssA-t, oi, A POLICEILOT.—
.2,....ed for a considerable time •on Wednesday, ypoilee, in in.evffieeet
86n----1. a charge of assault Preferred
"'-' Thomas F:elly, the complidnant, stated that, shortly:
---“.er'rnidnight o n the night of typ2,thsidte.,
hewasstheaudy.
TIE' near the doo i of his ownyeindenhcade ibnlredliethzika.rsinltinreett:
making to a frie ad with whom . he
Public-house wl ien the 'defendant came behind hint and
*l?Alrlt him ea,' sa the shoulders, Rith his stick. 11.. e as, ked„
'441 what that.: us for, 'When the'officer said, " Fll ten.. ou,
and struck him again several mes. His friend rem9n-
lirated with hey officer, Int, on being threatened by liim,
hewent away. !The complainant, who had great difficulty
in ascertaining the defendant's --number, was so seriously
hurt that he wi ant to the hospital, believing that his arm
was' broken. Ife had not suffered to that extent, tut it
Iva.E. so
.severel - coutusedthatatenvas still unable to use
and obliged toe arry it in a sling. The defendantattempted
to prove an alil and stated that the complainant had laid
the charge assn fist him for fearcnbeing taken up far felony.
The magistrate ii said the•case was-an exceedingly Err one,
and-the defend ant must be discos- red the fo-rce- fined
t 5, or be impri coned for' wo months.
EXBEZZLEM ENT BY It COLZECTING CLERK.—Thomas
Win. Riley, la to a clerk .in theeffice of Messrs. lirClime
and Tamplin, Brunswick-street, agents for the British
-and Irish Steal n-packet Cempany, havingg befere the
rnagistrates on, Friday with met accounted for
'various sums of money hich be received. Mr.
'William Cook, the cashierw, • stated that the priscanr had
heen,in their c imploy about twelve months. It WU his
duty to make out accounts, which he sent out by a litoy.
-and 'then calledl for payment,,handing over each day to
thew, whett he received. ,A .day or two ago be ,was
'socking over the books, and a§kel the prisoner about an IP.3_ccalirt, which in the usual -course of business ough_t to
."41'e been paid some time before. Miley said he would For
-and look after it, and accordingly went out, anal ne) e,
letuivied to the office. Upon this inquiriesdwer
audit vi-as found that he had .elate accounted
soforseveral
a the
gums`of money which had been Paid 1°
hiPited. bills, with
cheer sttam-packet offices. .Seversil reeelP . , _ g
isi.j., , • ture attached, .were produced, =Tad
oner s signature
alto
not gi_etlacr a sum a £25 16s,
the ~&taacie, d over to the cashier. lldWI.-''' ''..
Welletahktehiei into custody,
-'''llftter said it was a very.fres,
the, cc
~, eer if it would not '
~
4*. ' right," supposing lie
h thing, and asked
1524' hack:the money. He was .Conini...c'ted for trial. at the
assizes.
sting addition to
..,i pill rk.inny musErx,—Az interes a
India corn; ;4128 collection has been presented by. the East
„4.'....-“1, y. It fists of a set of casts of fossils, obtained Erne
'''e SivAlik
_Hills, (Himalayas) .chie.ll3- by Dr. Falconer.
and Captkin Cautney. The series embraces remains
s-
eth Dinothetimn Indicum, Elephas, (twee species') Al-a
todon, Hippoootamus, Sivatberium giganteum, Camelus,
ektfielopailalis., and of other extinct. nor.._ster animals of a
similar period. There is also a restoration of the Coloss
10,]5-sfAe this, .-un extinct gigantic tortoise, _about nine feet
long,, four feet in height, and five feet vi fide. The casts,
-.41.,,,---4)r uleajsin..Zt•poPtio,
ncaolYtrepresent fragments of. the original
the humerus,-foriustlnchee craniant'
a licirn, the lower jaw,
Cass to which sac% helon'—ect but still sufficient to mark the
clans to the institution, may b Amongst the recent dona 7
a spicier, discoyered in a cargo o oe.T.lunterated a snake and
g ' tnnher frow Nicaragua,
a small epecimenof gold quartz from Mount ,41,1exander, a
aresiniteert oAff t.loctie,s. Pl.. yig-fish, three snakes ,frona Bonny,
.11 i ,cro. egg of the Less Sulphur-crested
Cockatoo, laid at ,Ilayton, on the 6th of May. It is not
ReneranY known that artists merely re
qu.ke a- n. introduc-
tion from one of the_committee, or trutees, in order to
avail themselves of the advantages of theei,
institution on
the day, when the rcd •
f th •
esPecial nenett g•,:te public is excluded „or their
1 U1313E11 A r RA
uefore Mr. Justice rxro.N.At the Lancaster•aasizes,
was indicted forh 1 ightanan, Richard Pedder, aged 50,
bash ii, on the oftnavillg murdered Betty Peddcr, at Ham-
-Bth of April 4of APO last. On the night of ,the
Ham-
went into the Shirgelßlackbuyn and William Swarbrick
Inisoner, who was il)V;i9 inn'
M Hambleton, when the
„saiati,and ha was
sa:ldo quo'', game in about a quarter past
wn, asked for a glass of beer, and.
stile in‘nq'ye killed our
Bet?' two this left,
13e; a.,-.114 went to the . Tile men upon the Bet 'net ;" but ,ie
one house, mid shouted,
44 0-f- cf the nee Dose' answered. They then went to
one side, her
The deceased i 11,1 in the garden they found the
n..,,,, __ Angie her back, with her head on
..._a litltkle.drawn nit?, ide of her face, and one leg
Blae• burn thenP `e tile hod
standing• b Went a„__ 3r, and blood on her cheek.
Y the b,,.._
asked hilt how he ''Ya;,-1 thewpari%
oand while Swarbrick was
her, and I will.sh- —.4
it, and jler came up. Swarbrick
of the house, and got some
shoot Mysplf „ 4f, (prisoner) said " I shot
- • Jae then fetched 'a
g
Potato forks and fixed them in
gun out
the ground near the dead b
of the gun on the ground, Zcill'i
thehe put the stock
rorks, with the muzzle towar
Was at this time ~,aid barrel against the
dared •
not stop with him any longdeare; wbuittne
by himself, uass hi
The prisoner
caw the •
of the •
Prisoner leave the forks
i gun into the bush, with 'thil wssatSeh,v4rbriaackd
go and jantbfhe butt
--,is he do .. •
the h•.,,. mice, c muzzle towards him.
and then left the gun and went bto
prisone oust
ha.. 4
ISewfta.3arick then went to the gun, which the
ltr :I„.‘eds., with No. 2 shotiground, and found that it was
, - viisoner carne o, but had no cap on. Shortly after
133' the side of the bad of the house, and laid himself down
Sgift. 1a,.1.„,,.
_, y, laid his arm over it, and wept, and
warb,,i'''eVislinont ten minutes he returned into the house.
Prisoner ° °wed him into the house, upon which the
In 1 • asked him
Ills hand, , . What he wanted ;he had another gun
Jackson and Inch he was loading. Two men, named
...the Prisoner, and ill'
then came in, and took the gun from
re baclY into
thethe prisoner then went out, and dragged
he house a • "
garden all n.,
~ , nd said, She must not he ni
Ufa and vv., 'gat The body was then placed on the
aid, ~ 1 one they were sitting with the prisoner he
eight a have shot her—I won't deny it. At half-past
on the Policenaan arrived, and found the deceased dead
thesofa, bleeding from shot wounds on the left side of
"Idid.eit• The officer apprehended him, and prisoner said,
static, tie, 111 go with you quietly." On his way to the
/ f.„,11 said, "1 shot her out of the kitchen window.
/ MK. g20(1 aim. lam a capital shot. lam happy that
~..ivi it. The ikpd he replied,
.-ne officer asked him what he had done it for, " I don't know." He also said that he
zundlined at the killing place, and shot her dead. The jury
the
Prisoner guilty, but wished to recommend him
RisnilercY if, consistently with justice, they could do so.
telling 4 lid Pas sentence of death upon the prisoner,
mercy him te had no power to hold out the hope of
tO dim, And imploring brim W rreparc for the Went.

YOR ent

,f the 1

ttt the I

Lte for the county

4;:.111SII CARDINAL WISEMAN Will, it i

;ent small, the

The great proportion of

is from Dthibir, Scotland.

LIVERPOOI

ion of art with trade.
-The supply of herrings is

h now i-mported into Liverpool

iTioN.—The TE

urn ar

declared by the

examiner of recognisances to be unobjectional
tion will not be proceeded with this session.
DAUGHTER OF GENERAL ROSAS, ex-Go'

pe

Buenos Ayres, with her husband, stayed a few days last
week at the Adelphi Hotel. The mayor, and many of the
merchants connected with the River Plate trade, called to

pay their respects.
TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.—The Pacific, Captain Nye,
sailed on Wednesday, for New York, with 170 passengers
and full cargo.—The Arabia, Commodore Judkins, sailed
on Saturday, for New York, with a full complement of

goods and passengers.
GLEE.—The lovers of glee music should not omit the
'Opportunity of the concert of the Liverpool Apollo Glee
Club, on Monday next, :at the Concert-Hall, in Lord Nel-
sen-street. The patronage of the Mayor will, of itself, be
sufficient to ensure a brilliant audience.

ST. NICHOLAS' CuuF.cn.—We have been requested to
remind our readers that divine service commences at half-
past ten, on every Sunday forenoon, at St. Nicholas'
church. Owing to an erroneous conception of the hoar of
commencing, the 'congregation are sometimes disturbed
by late arrivals.
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—The next conceit is fixed
for the 29th august. The vocalists engaged.nre Mad'lle
Castellan, Bellini, Signor Tagliafico, and Signor

Gardoni. 1Vlar•o and Grisi will
to their departure on their prof

ing in tiverpOol previous
isional tour to the United

States,

STATE ED C

the baptism of three children at

immemorate
r Wrex-

'tthlwa

lepriuciples of stained glass to a

r

'RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Monibtv„ Samuel Gregory, a
'fifter-up, living in Bradford-streel, "Alanchester, was killed
at the Victoria station, as he `was -attempting to pass be-
tween two railway truckS. He was leaving a train from
Liverpool, and when between ithe trucks another train
,came up and struck one of thein.
COMMERCIAL LAW.—OR 'Wednesday, Mr. Florsfall,
M.P., presented the •petitith agreed to at ' the late
conference held ha this to‘vn, at the instance of the
Chamber of Commerce, on the subject of commercial law.
The petition prays for the removal of existing grievances,
by the establishment of permanent local courts, with Com-
pulsory powers and equitable jurisdiction, for the adjudi-
cation of all mercantile ilisputes ; wherein the judges may
consist, at least partialiy,'ef commercial men, and the pro-
cedure be informal.

ORMSKIRK PARtst:-.:Cnuncri.—The Rev. W. B. Ra‘v-
storne, who :has boen-the last three years vicar, on Sunday
week preached his farewell sermons, for the benefit of the
Scarisbrick day schOols and the Ormskirk evening. sehbels.
A collection being,inale after each service, the stunbt£so
was realised. Matiy testimonials have been made by the
parishioners to th'e rev. gentleman, as tokens of the
esteem and afrectibt which they entertained -towards him.
The vaeancy.occaaioned by his resignation will be tilled up
by the Rev. Joseph Bush, late chaplain of Rainhill Asylum.

. -
TTIE VICt-CtiIiNCELLOR'S COURT.—The Thietty Court
opened on Thtursday, at St. George's Hall,Abefore the
worshipful -'3l. James, as Vice-Chancellor, and on
Friday 17 cakes were disposed of. Thete Was a very.
numerous 'bar. Since the late alterations and improve-
ments, the istaztice of the court has been deafly simpli-
fied. It may. not be generally known 'that this local court
possesses ,a.-11n-isdiction, in all cases arising -within the
dtphy, fally•as extensive as the power of tbelhigh Court
of Chancery itself; and would soon beeeirae very useful
and popular if Liverpool attorneys chose to :do their own
work instead of employing agents in London.

'TOWN 'I3IPROVE-31E-NTi—The alt'eragons at the Post-
office are -now nearly completed, and ' the new letter
delivery:department will be opened to the -public in a few
days. The premises at the corner •of -.Lord-street and
Whitechapel, will be razed in abotit a month, and new
buildings erected. The corner shop vigil be rounded off,
and-thesitole frontage made to Tec6cie about 18 feet in
Lorcl,street and 14 feet in Whitechapel. 'The building at
:presc(nterecting in Water-street, antrfsrmerly occupied
'by the London and Liverpool Fire Insurance, progresses
rapidly, and will form a handsome -improvement. Some
alterations are also contemplated in' the buildings at the .
bottom,ef Water-street, in order to .gilte a greater breadth
Hof thoroughfare.
ANCSIOR ASSURANCE CONCP'Atcy;---,On Wednesday the '
annual meeting of this company was-beld in London. An
abstract of the accounts was subiiitted, from which it I
appeared that the total receipts ofihe company for the
lattlir.ancial year amounted to f..44A41 17s. ld., and the
expenditure and investments to £86,032 Bs. 6d., leaving
atibe bankers' a balance of Zi01.9.,35. 6d. The company's
assets and liabilities, balanced by the sum in bank,
amounted to £116,191 14s. Od.-31r. Tindal Atkinson
nest-read the report of the directom„ which gave a most
encouraging account of the increase sf the business. The
-company was at present doing nearly £20,000 per annum
Of new business ; and there .was'..every reason to expect,
iii4ng from what they had done, that in the next year
they would be able to double thatatnount of business.
RufaiA.l. SOCIETIES.—A meeting of working-men was
•lickl in the Concert-hall, :on Thursday, to hear the first
pearly report of the Operative; Porters' Burial Society.
Preadmission to this :society issinpence a month, arid
When a member dies his reisliveareceive £5 to bury him.
:There are at, present 800 members in the society, which
appears to be convulsed by intestine feuds, for a fierce
work warfare at the meeting was waged between an ex-
,preSiZent and Mr. Cornett. .Froructlie report we gathered
thatthe receipts have amounted. to XllB lls. 3d., and the
expenditure to £ll4 Os. 3d.•;'butinstead of burying mem-
bers the funds seem to bave'been,speht on posters, publi-
cans, and local patriots during the late cotton-porters'
_strike. This was the rause,of' the:dissensions which :are
likely to bring the burial .club. to a premature dissolution.
'A SERIOUS CASUALTT took placeon the river on Wed-
nesday afternoon, which resulted indhe death of a labour-
ing .man, named Michael Hastie. At one o'clock,
labourer, named McCormack, .waS-bathing near the river-
s4ll,l,.7at the Birkenhead docks, acid happening to get out
of hisdepth, and not being able:to-swim, he was on the
• pointaf drowning. His perilous4itnation was witnessed
by Ilastie (a friend and nriglibcr•nr),- who plunged into the
water with the view of saving theidrowning man. Upon
Hastie reaching 'M'Cormack the. late'', in his struggles
for,life,desperately clung twills-friend-, and being a strong,
powerful man, his weight and -tenacious grasp overpowered
the,nOble efforts of Hastie, who soon became exhausted,
and”.sank beneath the water. No 'time was lost by the
persons on shore in reaching 'the. two men, but, before
assistance could be rendered, Ilastiewm a corpse. AfOor,
maek;ivas rescued, and at first very little hope was enter-
etained,of restoring him ; but he iis.nomout of danger.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, tac boatmen, named
Nichidis Mackie and John Murphy,r7ho were about to
take a -woman to a vessel in the 'Birkenhead Dock, fas-
tened their boat to the Birkenhead steamer Vernon, then
3ring. ut 'the landing-stage, in order Mott they might by
this meale be towed into the middle of the river. As soon
As'theyhati made their boat fast, the .f.uncorn steamer

Itercuiles-came alongside of the Vernon. The men imme-
Matelyijiimied on board of the latter .steamer ; and, when
In the act,of assisting the woman up, the‘cponsons of the
two• stamens came into collision, frightfn.ll 3. crushing the
woman. ~She was immediately brought up.-)11 the landing-
stage and ~caaveyed to the Northern 'Hospital, but she
died before reaching that institution. The ',deceased, whose
name was Grace Johnson, lived in. Formby,-terrace, Great
Howard-street, and was the wife a seaman who was
intending to.sail to Ceylon on the Aa.y of the melancholy
occurrence.

WEST DRRRY GUARDIANS.--0121 Wethle#l93
weepy meeting, 'Mr. Alpass presided. A cowmunication
from the goverhorkf the Workhouse was read,;irepressing
upon the guardians the necessity of selecting, in their
appointment of officers, persons fully calculated to dis-
charge their duties. ,A conversation ensued, whith resulted
in a resolution to request the pobr-law hoard not to con-
firm for two months the -appointment of Mr.,l-y'me, the
lately-elected assistant-master, till his etheieney.w.ild be
tested. A communication was read from the poor-law
board, acknowledging the receipt' of a letter from _Mr.
Cleaver, relative to the proposal of the guardians that -Mr.
Lister, the medical *Leer of the union hospital, shenid
reside in the establishment, They declined to give any,
opinion upon the subject at present. After considerable
discussion, a resolution Was passed, expressive of dissatis-
faction at the result of the :eorrespondence, and requesting
the poor-law board to call p.pon Mr. Lister to resign.
Dock COMMITTEE.—Mr. Shand presided at the weekly
meeting of this committee an Thursday, when the sob-
committee of works reported that they had made arrange-
,ments to purchase from Mr. R. Edwards, of Liscard, some
property in Sparling-street, required in connection with the
new docks at Wapping. Instructions were given to the
surveyor to repair the bridge at the north end of the-
Brunswick Dock, on giving a week's notice to that effect.
John Fry was appointed assistant at the transit sheds,
Albert Pock, and Joseph Armitage at the telegraph, Point
Lynas. Thomas Walker, gateman, at the Collingwood
Dock, was dismissed. Mr. Evans called attention to the
undue delay at the Stanley Dock warehouses. The Chair-
man said the matter had been already before the sur-
veyors. The Surveyor said the fault was that the con-
tractors were not going on fast enough. There was a
deficiency of granite ; the time would be up In November,
when, if the work was not being properly proceeded with,
there would be a fine of 15 per cent. on the contractor,
amounting. to more than £3OOO. Mr. Bigham said the
trust was suffering severely, as the Albert warehouses
were full ; and, if the new warehouses were ready to re-
ceive goods, they . might be getting a high rent for
them. Mr. Evans : The commerce of the port requires
them; as all the warehouses are full. A letter from Mr.
William Ashton Clayton, complaining that vessels were
entered for the graving docks before being announced As
having arrived at the port, was read; also, a report from
the harbour-master, denying that vessels were so entered,
except in one or two instances of rare occurrence; and
when those were detected, they were struck off the list.
The matter was ultimately referred to the Harbour-
master's Committee. A letter from the Corporation sur,
veyor, relative to an alteration of the crossing at the
south-west side of George's Dock, was referred to the
Committee of Works. A. letter was read from the clerk
to the Health Committee, calling attention to the necessity
of the Dock Trust proceeding with the works at a certain
portion of the Wapping Dock, namely, Hurst-street and
Mersey-street, without delay. A conversation followed
on the subject of the levels at the Wapping Dook—a mat-
ter which was recently in dispute between the Health
Committee and the Dock Trust. The Chairman consi-
dered the terms exacted by the Health Committee unrea-
sonable, when Mr. Bigham replied that they had been
confirmed by the Council, and therefore anything unrea-
sonable lay with them. Mr. Tobin said that no protest
was made by the Dock Committee when the proceedings
came before the Council, though he was not prepared to
say that the Health Committee had acted in an arbitrary
manner,. as he was ignorant of the merits of the ease. The
matter was ultimately referred.

at the

THE STEWARD OF T

ttlemen entertained M

,he Great Britain, to suppe

Seabrow, or

'espect towards the old
low sailing out of Li

Mr. James Dix

GREAT BRITAIN

-A numi

John Nott, chief steward of
at the house of Mr. Robert

The Stesvar

st stewards
morate the

Benefit Society

and one of the fothiders.
Lrd of one of the Cunard

the chair, and the Tice

by Mr. P. O'Hanlon

MARINE-STOLE DEAI
Mary Monaghan, and Henry Irwen, .1%

—Maria White, Ann Spullen,
zed, before

the magistrates, with
of Messrs. Howard, H
Detectives Scott and Scaif

ling, ropes from the warehouse
and Co., in Gibraltar-row
stated that tl
id leave about
Maria White. The cal
e taken into custody

come into Chadwickstref

two cwt. of
1--r and

the parties in the store _ , when the
former stated that the ropes had been given to him to sell
by Henry Irwen, who was warehouseman to Messrs.
Horsley and Co. This turned out to be correct, and Irwen
was 'taken into custody. Inspector Kehoe said that White

was carrying on the ;tore, although the license had been
revoked since the 3d of June last. The license was taken
in her husband's name, Edward White, but when it was
revoked he went to sea, and she still carried on the busi-
For this offence she was committed for two months ;
girls Spullen and Monaghan were discharged, and the
warehouseman, Irwen, remanded until to-day.
SINGULAR ELOPEMENT.—Elizabeth Gibbon, a young
lady of considerable personal attractions, 22 years of age,
highly educated, and the daughter of a deceased major in
the army, the other day eloped from Dublin with a man

named Anthony Flan
her father's residenel

Lirf flats, near to
anigan) became

acquainted with his inamorata. He wooed, and wooed
successfully ; and the lady yielded ; and, as already stated,
eloped with him. Her friends sent a relative in pursuit.

lnd consorting tc

that ye

:1 to New Yorl

they were indissolublN
Satiitd

The lady

is said, would

Lth the e

. ,
right, of some £5OO or. £7OO per year, bat this she has
signed -over in consideration of a large stun to 'be given to
her as :her marriage portion. • . •
Venus FOIL LlVERPOOL.—The.tiumber of names pub-
lished in the overseers' lists on the doors of the churches
on the first and second Sundays in August, is about 19,291.
This number is made up in the following manner :

I:leaseholders in Liverpool, 12,555:; in Everton, 977; in
.Eirkdale 411; in West Derby, 885 ; in Toxteth-park,
1858 ; and freemen, 2605, of Whom about 1000 are also
householders of £lO and upwards. The number of names
on the revised lists, last year, Was 17,315, so that thi4 gives
an apparent increase of 1976 votes, of which about 400 are
those of freemen. All persons who are entitled to be on
the register should see that their names are really there,
and should take some pains to keep them there, at a time .
when questions of the greatsst importance are likely to
come before the country, intruding the new Reform
which may make or mar governments, and may possibly
produce a dissolution ; although parties who compound for
their own rates are not eligible to be placed on the regis-
ter, parties whose landlords compound for them are per-
fectly eligible. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of
persons in Liverpool belonging to these two classes whose
names are net on 'the register, but who may obtain the
right to vote by sending in their names before the 25th of
August, after which day no claims can be made.
Eisr LANC,Asins,E.—The ordinary half-yearly meeting.
of the proprietors' of this railway took place on 'Wednes-
day, at the Bury station ; Mr. Thomas Dugdale, the chair-
man of the'directors presiding.—The chairman, in moving
the adoption 41 the report, said the directors had come to
the determinati4n, on this occasion, to recommend a divi-
dend after the-rate of 3 per cent. per annum, taking £974
from the reserve fund. 'During the past half-year they had
paid off loans amounting to upwards of £40,000, theb prin-
cipal pottion 'bearing interest at 5 per cent.,•and had re-
borrowed about that amount at 3t per cent. The work-
ing -expenses had been less by 2i per cent. than during
the half-year ending with the year 1852; and this reduc-
tion laidttiabled the company to obtain an additional profit
of 01.003' for the last half-year;by a totarincreased ex-
pendttute '6f only £2,150, as compared with the same pe-
riod 01'1852. The average weekly increase in the receipts
for the 'present half-year up to August 7, was £s64.—Mr.
Riley;,"director, seconded the motion, which was carried
witliont'a word of discussion. dividend was then de-
clared 'after the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, for the
past lA-AU-year, on the 6 per cent. capital 'of the company,
of 6 ur cent. per annum, on the amount called up of the
preference fifth shares ; and of 'three per cerit.Ter annum,
.on -the 'ordinary stock of the 'company.
TELEFIC To TUE ISLE OF MAN.—On Saturday meek the
Illonals Queen, under the temporary command of Mr.
'Gila, after having been repaired from the recent accident
to of her paddles, went 'reund the 'Floating Lightship
Tor the purpose of testing .her machinery, previous to
'resuming her place on the 'station between 'this port and
Denglas. The trial was in--every respect' satigfactory. On
Monday she started from the George's Pier, with a large
num-ber of passengers, the 'majority of whom were cheap
excursionists. On Tuesday the left Douglas Bay at twenty
Mint:des past nine o'clock. .The morning was serene. The
sea-o-as smooth as glass,. aril even .on rounding Douglas-
. heal there was not a ripple to be seen. The passengers
_
-we!

landed on the George's Pier at three-o'clock,-the
zassage having occupied a trifle more than five hours and
a half. The patent floats irifh which her paddles are fitted,
and the ease with which her engines work, cane her to go
'so -steadil that the vibration usually felt on sea-going
-steamers is so completely -done away with that even the
most delicate in stomach• need not be afraid to risk a trip
With her through fear of 'being sea-sick. On MoLday no
fewer than six steantboats;idl freighted with passengers,
arrived at Douglas,—the-.Mona's Queen, the Men-my-
"Gime, and the King Orry, from Liverpool; the Uambria,
frsm Fleetwood ; the Morecambe Bay Queen, from More-
•carmbe Bay ; and the Queen, from Dublin, —landing the
largest number of passengers ever put on terra firma at
Douglas in one day.
NORTII WESTERN RA.IIWA.Y.-At the half-yeariy ge.
'nand meeting on Friday, -after the usual preliminaries,
the chairman, Major-General Anson, said he regaraltid the
-statement as eminently satisfactory, and stated that the
'directors had resolved, with the sanction of the prrcprie-
tors; to cease charging to revenue the additions_ to `stock

.anifworks required to increase traffic, and that the balance
Of 'this account should be 'transferred to the debit -of! ca-
pital. He contended that-it was impossible to close-Ithe
capital account of such aline at present, seeing that the
-system was not yet developed. The great object .Of the
directors was to obtain a fixed dividend.. Alluding' to the
paalamentary contests •of the session, he said this • com-
pany had no reason to complain of the results, though they
-,halnPbeen attended with great expense ; but he complained
of 'the decision of the committees of both houses being
,2apiiielons and inconsistent. The amalgamation with the
Midd had been quashed,-because it would place too
much power in the hands of,-the companies. Their -,fears
-were 'totally groundless; but,the same thing was ;autho-
rised 'to be done for a limited-xximber of years, by means
of working agreements. He had not entertained any
doubt, however, that the amalgamation with the North
Staffordshire Company would .he granted, and that the.
union with the Midland would-be as perfect as if it was
under -the sanction of an act,of,parliament. No -arrange-
ment-had yet been arrived at •with the Great Western
Company, and with respect to-the Shrewsbury line, he
would say nothing, as the facts •were all before the public,
and the whole matter was under investigation. Ever
since he 'had been connected with the company he had
felt the:deepest interest in its success. Some day, when
returned to this country, he "loped he should have an
that ,connezion, for nothing.