The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-14 00:00:00

COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The Earl of Harrovvby
will preside on Friday next at the prize delivery.
ROYAL INSTITUTION Scnoot.—At the annual exami-
nation, just terminated, at St. John's College, Cambridge,
Mr. Rees, pupil at the above school, was elected to a
Wood's Exhibition. Mr. Rees's name appeared second
in the list of the men of his own year. He was first in the
classical part of the examination.

THE SELECT COMMITTEE on railway bills have reported
in favour of the St. Helens and Warrington and Altrin-
cham bills ; also in favour of the bill of the London and
North-western Railway Company, for making a line from
Crewe to Shrewsbury.

EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL.—The total number of
vessels now preparing for the various ports of Australia is
33 ; the total amount of registered tonnage 21,493. The
number of vessels despatched last month from Liverpool,
under the Emigration Act, was 51, and the number of
emigrants 24,202.

NEW CONSULS.—The Queen has been pleased to ap-
prove of Don Juan Arellano Hall as Consul at Liverpool
for the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. The Queen
has also been pleased to approve of Don Giovanni di Ma-
zarredo as Consul at Liverpool for his Royal Highness
the Duke of Parma.
STEAM BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND BALTIMORE.—
American advices inform us, that the bill incorporating
the Baltimore and Liverpool Steamship Company, with a
capital of 41,000,000, had passed. The object of the
charter is to organise a company to build steamships to
run regularly between Baltimore and this port. It fixes
the capital of the company at a million of dollars, but
authorises it to be increased, if necessary, to two millions.
THE NEW AMERICAN CONSUL—HINT TO LIVER-
POOL.—We have noticed the suggestions in various
quarters, that we should welcome the arrival of the new
Consul at the port of Liverpool, by some public demon-
stration befitting the advent among us of one who, de-
servedly, occupies a high position in the Americun re-
public of letters. Mr. Nathaniel Hawthorne has produced
an infinite variety of works, the excellence of which is
attested by the fact, that they are quite as popular in the
old, as in the New World. We know men of the best
judgment and taste in England who regard Hawthorne as
really the first literary man in America, and he certainly
surpasses the American minister, Ingersoll, in this point
of view. And as he is our consul, surely it is the least we
can do to him that honour which was so gracefully paid
to the American Minister, at the Court cf St. James's, by
this great commercial community. Were Mr. Samuel
Holme to take the initiative in the welcome to Haw-
thorne, it would be an act worthy of his mayoralty, and
would be a graceful recognition, •on our part, of the
respect we entertain for the literary class of America, and
the joy with which we hail the improved feeling for
literature and literary men, now manifested by the govern-
ment of the United States.

THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN have been admitted
fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons :—Messrs. Thos.
Mather Ashton, Ormskirk ; George Henry Hope, Sea-
forth ; King Ellison, Liverpool ; John Lonsdale Min-
shun, Liverpool ; Robert Thomas Lodge, Liverpool ;
Alfred Whittle, Liverpool.

LOCAL PATENTS. - The following patents, amongst
others, were sealed during the week ending June 4, 1853:
—George Isaac Jackson, of Castle-street, Liverpool, and
Henry David Jackson, of the same place, for improve-
ments in fastenings for buttons.—Joseph Bentley, of
Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, gun and pistol
manufacturer, for improvements applicable to fire-arms.
A HANDSOME ILLUMINATED ELECTRIC CLOCK has
been erected by the Electric Telegraph Company opposite
their large new offices in Castle-street. which will be
opened for business during the present week. In a few
days the company will, it is understood, fix a ball on the
roof of the building : both the ball and the clock will be
electrically connected with the Royal Observatory at
Greenwich.

LIVERPOOL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY...—. The fourth
and final sessional meeting was held on Tuesday last, pre-
sided over by Mr. Newlands. Thirteen new members
were proposed. Mr. Frank Howard read a paper on
" Photography in connexion with the Pine Arts ;" and,
on the suggestion of Mr. Chadburn, it was arranged that
a general rendezvous of the members would be held at
seven o'clock, on the Thursday evenings, at the society's
rooms.

A 13o.uNicEN ENGINEER, named Lewis, in the service
of the Liverpool Steam Tug Cempany, while in a state of
intoxication at Widnes on Sunday last, met two deaf and
dumb lads, who were conversing by signs. Lewis fancied
they were making fun at him, and commenced beating
them. Some man came 'to the assistance of the poor
'mutes, but in the course of the struggle the drunken man
was thrown down and had his arm broken. At the Pres-
cot police-court on Tuesday, he was fined in 245. 6d.,
and costs, for the offence.

PucasiNG TESTIMONIAL,.' The Rev. James Philip
Shepperd, the zealous minister of the North. Shore
district, Kirkdale, has been presented by the labouring
poor of his congregation with a pleasing token of their
esteem for him as their minister, as well as a testimony
,of their gratitude for the several institutions he has been
'enabled to establish for 'their benefit, and that of their
•children. The present .consisted of thirty volumes of
books, on religious subjects, each bearing a suitable 'in-
scription. The poor met their minister last evening, and
deputed Mr. Ambrose'Smith (an inhabitant of long-stand-
ing in the district) to present the volumes in theirnsmes,
after which Mr. Shepperd replied in a very affecting ad-
dress. One of the most pleasing features in thispresent
is that it proceeds entirely from the poor—thedeck and
other labourers, who have contributed their pence weekly
for the last four months. It appears that in 'fie short
space of two years this district has been thoroughly or-
ganised ; boys', girls', and infants' schools have been
established, as well as a Missionary Society, 'bible Depot,
and a system of religious tract distribution, sedely by the
untiring exertions of the present minister, and we do
hope that ere long the present small chapel (which is
supported by the united generosity of the Earl of Derby
and the Liverpool Dock Committee) will he supplanted
by a church with suitable accommodation for such an in-
creasing poOr population.

THE MEMBERS Or tIiHE ROYAL MERSEY IrAORIC CLUB
held their monthly dinner and meeting at the marine
station, Birkenhead Hotel, on Tuesday evening ,last. Mr.
Archibald W. Clarke, Manchester. Mr. Henry Schwabe,
merchant, Aigburth, and Mr. Joseph A. Rebinson, of
Liverpool, were,elected members. A decision of the sail-
ing committee was to the effect that the!Stanley yacht,
having violated -sixth rule at the recent match, was dis-
qualified from receiving the prize, which was accordingly
given to the next yacht arriving in time, the Surprise.

SINGULAR 'PLAN OF PICKING ,POO,RETS. -It has
transpired during the past week that four Chester thieves,
named respectively William Hughes, John Davis, Eliza
Hughes, and Mary Ann Hughes, follow the Bishop on all
his visitations throughout the diocese, in the pursuit of
pocket-pitking. On Thursday they -stole a gold watch
from Mrs. Green, of Everton-road, during the late con-
firmation ceremonies at St. George's Church, Everton.
The same gang robbed two ladies .of sums of money in
St. Paul's Church on the previous day. The unwelcome
visitants have been committed.

LIVERPOOL CASES IN THE AUNIIIVILTY COURT.—
On Tuesday last the following cases were heard, and dis-
posed off :—The Gipsy.—Salvage. This was an action
brought by the steamer Cambria, to obtain remuneration
for salvage services rendered to the Gipsy, on the 27th of
February last. The Gipsy, bourid from Charleston to
Liverpool, with a cargo of caton and turpentine, met
with a violent storm, and when oe the South Steck
lighthouse, near Holyhead, being dismasted, came to
anchor and hoisted signals of ,distress. When the
weather had sufficiently moderated 'to render it practi-
cable, the steamer went out of tire harbour and towed
the vessel in. The only point in dispute was the safety of
the anchorage ground. The property salved exceeded in
value X 24,000. The learned ..I;edge allotted £1,200.
The.E. U.—Salvage.—This also was a cause of salvage,
and was promoted by 12 men, farming the crew of the
Broadstairs lifeboat, and by two ic.,ggers, the Ondine and,
the' Ruby, to obtain remuneration for services rendered
to the E. U., on the 27th of December last, off Margate.
The E. U., bound from Antwerp to Liverpool, anchored
in -tide Downs, hut, by the-violence of a gale, drifted,
struck on the Brake-sand,,and made water very fast.
The salvors put off to her aid,-.and, as they alleged, their
services were accepted, and the charge of the vessel was
-.given up to them. They endeavoured to conduct her to-
wards land ; one of the luggers remained by the vessel,
.lest she should founder, while the other was employed
'in carrying an anchor and cable. She was subsequently
abandoned, and found bra steamtug, which beachedler,
• and for which she was remunerated. A tender was .made
sof £2OO, and refused. ,On, the part of the ownerstit-was
• contended, that however good the intentions •of the
-salvors, their services were -comparatively useless, -end
would be amply rewarded by the tender. The •value.af
the property salved was ,X4;195. The learned Judge,
laving characterized the services of the salvors. as most
-meritorious, over-ruled the tender, and decreed 4300.
—The Bravo.—Dr. Addams applied to the Court for a
'`.arrant of arrest against the Bravo, under the following
circumstances :—Atessrs.'Eliedberg and Co., of iLiver-
•pnol, shipped a cargo of salt on board this :Prussian
'vessel, which was bound for -Stettin. Having experienced
'bad weather, she sustained some damage, and a.porthsn
-of the cargo was thrown •overboard. She put into Inver-
noes, and the captain wrote to Messrs. Bliedberg and
Co, stating that he was without funds. They ,replte" d
that he must act according to the laws of the country'
cifke could not obtain funds from his owner., living at a
-distance of three dayie.post, meaning that he should
raise money on bottomry. afterwards sold thacargo,
.and applied the funds to assist in paying the shipwright's
and sailmaker's bills. The-ship having returued.toLiver-
Tool, the present motion was made. The learned, Judge
said that it was a very hard case on the owners, but he
had no jurisdiction. However reluctant he was,to.loeve
the parties without any other remedy than going to
'Prussia, he could net attempt to enforce the authority of
the Court.

PRJDAS.NTATION.—On. Tuesday. evening last, whet the
Rev.V. Taylor, M.A.., the much respected incumbent
of St.,John's church, was leaving the vestry at the close
of the service, he was met by a number of young people,
who had been examined by him prior to their confirma-
tion, and by whom he was presented with a very hand-
somely bound copy of Matthew Henry's Commentary, in
three volumes, as a slight return upon their part ,for the
very great kindness and attention they had received from
him during their examination. The rev. gentleman ap-
peared much affected at this entirely unexpected mark of
the esteem in which he is held.

THE ACCIDENT TO 5' FM SCREW-STEAMER frIMES.—
Thirty-three persons were severely injured, and-seven have
died from the effects of the explosion on *card this
-steamer. Three poor 'women still lie at the Pigeon-
1. house in a depterablecondition. The engineerjia account-
'
•ing for the accident, states that in one of the landings or
compartments of the boiler a portion of the rivets had been
frayed, and, when the pressure was put on, the part that
was thus undurated gave way. At an wiliest on Mon-
day, the jury attributed the accident to the gross neg-
lect of James Haigh, government engineering'surveyor, in
not making a proper inspection of the boilerfrin April last."
A warrant was placedin-the hands of the police, with direc-
tions to take Mr. Haigh to Kilmaialuust.
THE MARCO FOLO:---At the latest datee a newspaper
had been started on-board this outward-baand ship, en-
titled " Sayings and-Xeings on board the-Marco Polo."
Mr. W. H. Fisher writes, " April Still. On the line.
I am very glad indeed that I have come in this ship.
Nothing could be better than her performance, and the
captain is a first-rate fellow." Mr. James Galt, of this
town, has received-a letter from Mr., Thomas Staggs,
Sunderland emigrant, in which be - says, We have
passed several vessels, hut not one has come up with us.
I have not been ,sick at all, and we have had very little
sickness since the day of leaving. We .hate the church
service on board or. Sundays, when the-v7eather is fine.
Considering the large number of passenger, (between six
and seven hundred,; everything proceeds-very orderly."
MR. EDMuNar-Snisv has been appointed office-clerk
to the Runcorn Improvement Commissioners, at a salary
of £45 per annum ; his salary as assistant-overseer sad
collector of taxes had been previously: fixed at £75 per
annum. At the.monthly meeting on Monday week, ten-
ders for the excavating, sewering,.\&c., of Brunswick,
King, Mill, Water, and Queen-streets, were put in by
Thomas Joaies,,John White, Thomas .6Elarper, Samuel
Hughes, George Hunt, and William ,Shaw; the tender of
George Hunt was accepted. Advertisements for a loan
of £1,500, at four, per cent., on security of the improve-
Law: eh
eeeimanpdrotvheemOenldt Qacuta
som t opabney awt ehditha t
ment rate for,.five or seven years,
,woe ordered. The
bßyriadgcelwaauterse
one-third its full, value, was assessed at £1,500 rateable
value.

LeVERPOOL Toww Coutem.,.—On Wedneetlay, -the ed.
journed meeting was heldoSir John Bent, in the absence
,of.the Mayor, presiding. The Markets Committee recom-
mended that the yards and sheds adjoining Gill-street
Market should be let, as they were not required longer far
the purposes of the market,—Mr. Cooper, in moving the
confirmation of the proceeding-s, explained that the -market
tlvas.a partial failure, though the income from it .was
between £lOO and £306 per-annum. By the proposed
letting an additional .41,00 would be obtained.—Mr.Jef-
freys.seconded the motion.--z-Mr. Banner suggested that
theCill-street Market might be advantageously converted
Into pablic baths.—Mr. Bigham approved of Mr- Ban-
laaeasuggestion, which was .rei;erred generally to the emu-
mittee for consideration, and the proceedings approved.
The Education Committee's reports, &c., were confirmed.
The proceedings, resolittiona,„and reports of the goal and
House of Correction Committee, comprised :—Recam-
mendati&n to increase the salary of Mr. J. M. Wade,
chief clerk. from £llO to £l3o.per annum, the considera-
tion offwhich was postponed at- the last monthly Council,
pursuant to the standing orders.—Recommendation that
Mr. C. 'Concannon be appointed .permanently third clerk
in the gao: at a salary of £BO per annum, being the same
salary as-that paid to his predecessor.—Recommendation
to increase the salary cf William Buckley, taskmaster,
from £l.OO. to £l2O per annum. .There was considerable
opposition to the increase of Mr. ;blade's salary ; but the
increased renumeration was carried by a majority of 15 to
12.—0 n the.proposed appointment,of the third clerk, at a
salary of 4fic), Mr. Dover pleaded that the peculiar state
of the money market ought to make the Council pause ;
and Mr. Bigham, urging also the ,necessity of putting
a check to tke present system of .advancing salaries,
alluded to the contingency of a European war. The
Proceedings of the committee, however, with the pro-
posed advaneeg, were sanctioned. —The minutes of
the Town-hall tEstablishment Committee were con-
firmed.—The chief item of the Health Committee's
minutes was the recommendation as to the terms
on which the East Lancashire and the Lancashire and
Yorkshire RailwaytCompanies shall be permitted to cross
the highways on the level. The crossings were recom-
mended to be allowed on sufference, to be.constructed at
the railway company's cost, who were ales to pay men
:appointed by the Council) to watch and open the gates
rilight and day. Mr. Langsdale moved, and Mr. Dover
seconded the adoption .of the proceedings. Mr. Parker
moved, and Mr. Bennett seconded an amendment, that
the recommendation be referred back. It having been
deolded that members interested in either of the railways
could not vote, Mr. Holt agreed to be the seecnder of
the motion, vice Mr. Dore:, and the votes were taken.
The Amendment was lost by 21 to 2, the two being
Messrs. Parker and Bennett.—Mr. Parker gave notice of
a motion for a return of the slaughter-houses licensed as
private • slaughter-houses, with the number of butchers
licensed for each slaughter-house, together with the
amount of rattle killed.—The proceedings, resolutions,
and reports of the Water Committee, comprised a recom-
mendation to increase the wages of the following ser-
vants : viz.., surveyor, ss. per week ; superintendent of
distribution and pipe-laying, ss. ; superintendent of turn-
cock, 39.; storekeeper. 2s. ; four enginemen, 13s. ; five
stokers, 65.; four repairers, ss. 6d. ; five dock turncocks,
ss. ; two smiths., 3s. ; two assistant pipe-layers, 4s. ;
eighteen labourers. 235. ; watchman, ls, ; the considera-
tion of which subject was postponed at the last monthly
Council, pursuant to the standing order. It was also re-
commended that William Bryan, one of the clerks in the
treasurer's office, be appointed collector of water-rents
and charges, vacant by the resignation of John Pritchard,
at a fixed salary not exceeding £l5O per annum, with the
usual bonus for good collection.—On the motion of Mr.
Holt, seconded by Mr. Bradley, the recommendations
were individually approved, and the general proceedings
sanctioned, after a protest from Mr. Bennett that, while
small matters were detailed in the reports of the com-
mittee, there was no mention of such large sums as
£7,500 being paid to the contractors, " not by way of
certificate." Mr. Bennett objected also to the limited
number of tenders likely to be received for laying down
pipes from Rivington to Liverpool.—The Library and
Museum Committee's proceedings were adopted.—Mr.
Woodruff moved, and Mr. John Gladstone, jun., seconded,
the adoption of the hackney carriage, &c., committee's
proceedings, which embraced the advance of inspectors'
wages from 30s. to 31s. 6d. per week. The proceedings
were confirmed.—The Baths Committee's proceedings
were sanctioned.—Mr. Thomson's motion for a select
committee to inquire " as to frauds or evasions with refe-
rence to the payment of town dues, and to report upon
the best means for the prevention thereof," provoked
some little discussion. It was seconded by Mr. Dover,
but opposed by Mr. Bingham, on the ground that the
Dock Committee themselves, next session, intended
taking action in the matter. Mr. Bingham took the
opportunity of stating his belief that, in the export and
import trade coastwise, the frauds upon the town dues
amounted to at least fifty per cent. Mr. Thomsons'
motion was neither lost nor won, as the members, during
the conversation upon it, gradually glided out of the
room ; and, when the chairman rose to put the amend-
ment, there being " no Council," the proceedings came
to au abrupt close,

WEST DallaYt GrARDIANS.-11IE. i I-197es presided at
the meeting on Wednesday, when the clerk was ordered
to cancel the indentures of a boy apprenticed from the
Work-house, to a man in Warwick-street, named Richard-
son, by whom he .was badly treated. *Leave of absence
for a fortnight was granted to the chaplain. A letter
was read from Mr.t-Fitzpatrick, medical . officer for West
Derby rural district, in reference to an °seer of the beard
requesting the medical officers to furnich.weekly returns.
Mr. Fitzpatrick-stated that only 20 returnsnwere attributed
to him during the year, whereas he had furnished 37, and
during his connection with the Union. :41-.years' he con-
sidered that he had ,tarnished his returns with as much
punctuality as was. consistent with a due regard to his
duties. Mr. Wensley moved that a copy of the letter be
sent to the Poor-law. Board.

SOME THINGS -KUIWN IN THE DUBLINtEXHIBITION.
—Glasgow is an extensive contributor ; and,although she
did not send her Lord Provost to the opening ceremony,
she forwarded a greater number of articles than any
other town or city except Dublin. Among the most use-
ful of the many excellent articles shown was, two sets of
dental forceps, patented by James A. Young. of A. S.
Young and Son, surgeon-dentists, 185, Buchanan-street,
.Glasgow. These reduce to a minimum the pain of the
.extraction of teeth °Tracts, and ought to be mere eaten-
.nively known. Then, there was 111`Bridels patent
,thecking loom, the agent for which in Prestonis Messrs.
J. and J. Atherton, and which is yet destined to be
better known in the mangfacturing districts of Xngland.
(rhis, with all the other specimens of machinery,
are shown in operation, and the Scottish girl from the
banks of the Clyde who .presides over this loom.of the
enterprising Messrs. M'Bride and Co., of Glaseciv,, is a
cvery fine specimen of the ,elass to which she belongs.
Messrs. Henry Pooley and .Jon, of the Albion foundry,
Liverpool, exhibit their patent dormant platform machine,
as ,used in the merchandise ,department of the London
and North-western and other railways, and for geafral
weighing in warehouses; varioun other kinds of the weigh-
ing machines ; counter scales, the computer balance, the
bank weighing machine, and the meighbridge machine for
common.road and railway waggons. Simple in workman-
ship, and of good workmanship, the Messrs. Pooley's
machines are the finest specimens of the kind weever saw.

Co (4 n
hl
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Thursday.—An
Sha
applicationn d ,p r esi d ed
fromat ththeeweiceviy:
meeting
Mr. Maynard to be allowed to extend the premises at
Nova Scotia, occupied as a seanian'e reading-room
school, was granted.—A report was read from the super-
intendent of the Albert Dock, relative to the strike of the
operative porters. The porters at tbe Albert Dock re-
ceived 3s. 6cl. a day. Mr. Bigham had received offers
from men to work for 18s. per week. The Chairman said
the porters wished to make it imperative to give 4s. a day
to all who were employed, and that no natua was to be
taken except from the club. That was a principle they
could not recognise. No resolution was come to upon the
matter.—Mr. Bighaua stated that a letter was read at the
last meeting, (he being absent,) from Giannacopulo and
Co., in which they say that he (Mr. Bigham) " made a
statement calculated to be highly injurious to them, and
in itself so completely devoid of truth that, in justice to
themselves, they felt it necessary to give it their most
distinct denial." He stated not only what he conceived
to be correct, but what was correct as before the corn.
mittee at the time. Mr. Tobin : Did these parties send
in a manifest ? Mr. Bigham ; Yes; and it was a mani-
fest signed by themselves. Mr, Tobin conceived that was
a strong circumstance. Mr. Bigham : I don't think there
was an intentional fraud. The Solicitor stated, in refer.
ence to the matter, that a clause had been carefully pre-
pared, and submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury,
but no answer had been received.
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HEALTH COMMITTEE.—Mr. Alderman Lsngsdale pre-
sided at the meeting on Thursday. A petition was pre-
sented from the inhabitants of Edge-hill and its vicinity,
complaining of the water-carts not visiting those locali-
ties.—The paving of Washington-street was postponed.—
Mr. Beckwith observed that on the committee there
were sixteen members, yet they frequently had the
attendance of only five or six, and he suggested that
those parties who did not attend should " be struck off."
—Another letter was read from Mrs. Lowndes, the widow
of a porter in the service of the corporation, who had died
suddenly, asking for a trifling pecuniary advance. Mr.
Moss spoke in favour of the request being conceded.—Mr.
Beckwith (sarcastically): " Well ! but you know there
are no funds for this ; there were to give to the town-
clerk an addition of five hundred a year."—Mr. Moss
brought before the committee the subject of smoke
nuisance.—The borough-engineer explained that by proper
remedies being- adopted, in nine cases out of ten all the
grievances complained of might be remedied. The sub-
ject was referred until next week.—An application from
Mr. Rose for an extension of time to fulfil his contract
was brought before the committee.—Mr. Rose was intro-
duced, and explained the position in which he was placed.
He said he was in a " fix," and could not help it. He
merely asked for a fortnight's time, and any other of his
competitors in the contract would have asked for six
months.—Ultimately the time asked for was conceded.—
The subject of an application from Ur, Newlands, the
borough-engineer, for leave of absence to go to Germany
tv recruit Ilia health, was complied with,

THE LTVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1833.

AT THE APOTHECARIES' HALL, on Thursday last,
Mr. James Fielden Steward Shaw, Lancashire, and Mr.
William Hewitt, of Liverpool, passed their examination
in the science and practice of medicine.
A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.—The police
have received instructions to prevent ginger-beer and
confectionary stalls being placed on the high-road in the
vicinity of the Botanic-gardens on Sundays.

ICES.—Those who desire the cooling influences of these
seductive luxuries should visit the Merchants' Dining-
rooms, near the Exchange. The proprietor has announced
a collection of unique flavours.

MAN FOUND DROWNED.—Yesterday morning, about
six o'clock, the body of a man, unknown, and bearing the
appearance of a labourer, was found in the George's Dock
Basin. The body was taken to the dead-house. An in-
quest will be held to-day.

WE understand that the Postmaster-General has, at
the request of a number of the inhabitants residing in the
district hitherto called Cabbage-hall, assented to the name
of the Post-office there being changed to that of Anfield.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—We have the pleasure of
announcing another University distinction obtained by a
pupil of this Institution. Mr. Rigby, who was elected to
the Canning Exhibition last year, is placed in the first
class at Trinity College, Cambridge.
MISSIONS.—On Thursday evening a public meeting
will be held in the Collegiate Institution, in aid of the
Patagonian Church Missionary Society. A deputation
will attend for the purpose of detailing missionary labours
now being made on behalf of the native tribes of South
America.

MERCHANT SHIPPING BELL.—A deputation from the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com-
pany had an interview on Saturday with the Right Hon.
E. Cardwell at the Board of Trade, on the subject of the
Merchant Shipping Bill, The deputation consisted of the
Earl of Yarborough, Mr. C. Turner, M.P., Mr. C. Leach,
M.P., Mr. Allport, Mr. Stable, and Mr. Parker.
A FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION, which occurred at the
factory of Messrs.. Marshall and Son, Stockport, on
Saturday morning, scalded two men named John Marley
and Benjamin Dawson, in such a serious manner that
they died before they could be rescued from their situation
in the boiler hcle.

PRESENTATION.—At a meeting of the officers of the
Public Bakers' Association, held at the house of Mr.
Williams, on Thursday evening, an elegant silver snuff-
box, lined ,cwith gold, was presented to Mr. Hugh Kinrade,
their late president, as an acknowledgment of their res-
pect for his services in conducting their affairs.

ROYAZ. AMPHITHEATEE.—Mr.Josh. Silsbee, the Ame-
rican comedian, has been playing daring the past week in
several of his favourite characters. His delineations of
Yankee character are exceedingly rich. On Friday
evening he took his benefit, in Sam Slick," and as
Detteronomy Dutiful, in the " Wool Dealer." On
Saturday evening he appeared tfilr the last time. During
the present week a series of tragedies will be presented,
in which Mr. J. H. Andersen will appear.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A. DOCK LABOURER.—Yesterday
an inquest was held before the borough coroner on the
body of a man named Neil Callaghan, who died on Satur-
day morning last, from the effects of an accident he met
with on Friday, the 3d instant. On the afternoon of
that day deceased was assisting to discharge stones from a
schooner, lying inGeorge's Basin, when the handle of the
crane caught the deceased, and knocked him into the
basin. His scalp was fractured, and he also received
other internal injuries. 'Verdict, accidental death.
THE Glasgow•eiti3en, of Saturday, informs us that a
bottle containing the following, written in pencil, was
picked up on Wednesday last, on the shores of Dunoon,
by Peter Morris:—"nth December, midnight, midst of
the Atlantic, on board the Rover, of Panama.—Dear
friends in Liverpool, should this, our only means of trans-
port, reach you, we are at present tossing iu the billows.
John, I believe, is very ill. We will put in as soon as
fair weather comes.; and should this meet the eye of my
dearest wife Mary, let her know that/ am well. Captain
is in good spirits.—l am, John Thomas, jun."
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AItUSEMENTS.—The grand concert of the Philharmonic
Society takes plane this evening, and the names of Botte-
sini, Herr Tischek, and Mad'lle Biiry, announced in the
prograceme, meet secure for it an avalanche of patronage.
The manager et the Theatre-Royal has announced en
amateur ,performance, on Saturday, for a benevolent pur-
pose; and at the Royal Park Theatre, Mr. Charles •Pitt is
appearing this week in some of his favourite characters.
To-.night he performs Richelieu, 'under distinguished
patennge. it the Zoological IGardens, the variety
of entertekiments is daily attracting crowds, who
enjoy the music and dancing -al fresco. At the
Rock Ferry, the Chinese Junk divides the interest
with the .beantiful scenery around.; while at Eastham
Ferry the Catageloseum performs its mission of exciting
laughter. Jrlsose who seek moredistant joys will shortly
have the-cheap railway trips to•ehable them to visit the
aarap at Chobham.

EXTRACMOINARY CASE.-14. !FORTUNATE :ESIMPE
Mehl MATCAMONY.—At the -Warrington Courty Court
the other day considerable amusement was caused by' the
case of ,Longshaw v. Dootson. Mr. Longshaw, who
keeps,the'Tine Tavern, Market-street, brought a -claim
tar the restitution of a gold wateh.guid musical-snuff-box,
feloniously-kept or taken frouvhimby Miss Maria. Doot-
son, and,now in possession of herrfather, Mr. Dootson,
'farmer. rile said Miss Maria (or _Maria, as he persisted
in 'calling her,) and he were in conampany, and she par-
ticularly rrequested him to let her wear the watch for
4 week. He consented to let beri.have. it for that time,
'hut taidle,would not part with it altogether, as, it -had
been been his late wife's, and he promised to keep it for
ler-sake. Miss Maria gave a very different version of
the affair, -affirming that the articles were love-gifts, and
'that, whert-the match was broken ciE, she went to Lang-
whaw's and offered him the articies,hat he refused to take
'them saying—" I'm not a child 'to take back my play-
thinga .gave them to you, whether you have them
'or not," :She therefore took them lack. Ultimately the
case was.adjourned.

LIVERFROK, AND THE SOCIEWIC.Crr ARTS.—The conic-
rrerace arranged br the Council of the Society of Arts,
between the members of that society and the representa-
tives of the educational institutions throughout the country,
took
,place.on Wednesday, in John-street, Adelphi, and
was.very fully attended. Mr. Cole, as chairman of the
:council,, presided. One hundred and sixty represents_
ties from varkmd institutions in thei,Vrrion were present.
Each speaker was limited to five minutes, and the chair-
duration .0 the
at, dg close
les been
than that
aine: less than
n
with aen hundred
aver&ge
Ilbe„nanies of Mr. Edward Baines. ,of;,Leeds ; Dr. Rod-
three minutes and a half.
aninaen,sianxlpeufnechsocedmeesatthhi
son, Manchester; Mr. Ewart, M.P..; the ,Rev. I. .S-
-veypool ; and Mr. Nicol, Liverpool ; are men-
tioned .metropolitan press as amongst those who
took an activeand important part in the business. With
reference to the sc.bject of class instructiontit was resolved,
on the proposition of the Rev. I. S. Howson, of Liver-
" That, it ,k desirable that the training schools of
thie.eacutry should introduce into their.coerses of study
a more thotongh 'knowledge of the natural.and physical
sdeeeee, and ,a -system of instsuctie,n in art, and that
the Cmacil of the -Society of Arts be requested to forward
this resolution to , the President of the Couucitel Educa-
tion, aud• to thevarious training institutions:" A public
dinner of the members of the Society of Arts and of the
representatives of the Institutions in Union was held in
the evening at the ,Freemasons' Tavern • LordiGranville
presided. Speeches were made by the dean ofileteford,
Dr. Lyon :Playfair,:Lord Granville, Mr. Hutt, Mr.
G. Knight, Mr. ;Swart, M.P., Mr. Slaney, and Mr. S.
Holme, the Mayor of. Liverpool, whose name was coupled
with the mayors who were present. In responding, he
said he conceived it his highest privilege and his bounden
duty to promote tie ,cause of practical education. The
railways, the electric telegraph, and the other facilities of
modern times, were all .svorking with the moat salutary
results upon the ,minds of the people; and he trusted that
Liverpool, as it had already surpassed the metropolis in
its maritime development,.would also do so with reference
to the question of education. If the metropolis did not
move in that voluntarily, it would be compelled to do so..
(Cheers.) This speech terminc4ed the proceedings of the
day.—On Thursday morning the Lord Mayor of London
held a grave conference at the Mansion-house, the evening
being devoted to the lighter labours of a conversazione..
The conference assembled in the long parlour, and con-
sisted of nearly all the mayors who had attended the ban-
quet of the previous evening, and Mr.. Cole and Dr. Lyon
Playfair. The Right non. the Lord Mayor took the
chair, supported by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Lords
Provost of Glasgow and Edinburgh,, Lord Mayor of York,
and the Mayor of Liverpool, The mayors explained the
position of educational affairs in their respective towns.
Mr. Samuel Holme stated, that in Liverpool schools had
been successfully established; sixty thousand pounds are
annually spent on educational objects; and the working-
classes exhibit marked improvement as compared with
their predecessors of thirty years since. Workmen can
now understand the most elaborate plans, and have actually
become critics on the designs of their employers. At the
conclusion of the conference, an invitation was accepted
to dine with the Mayor of Southampton on Monday (yes-
terday).-012 Friday the members of the Society of Arts,
the representatives of the literary, scientific, and mecha-
nics' institutions in union with that body, and many of
the mayors invited to the recent hospitalities at the Man-
sion-house, went down to Sydenham in a special train
provided for their Accommodation, to visit the works and
grounds of the Crystal Palace Company. The Daily News
states that only one of the mayors, his Worship of Liver-
pool, showed himself with the excursionists, his brethren,
it was presumed, having waited upon the movements of
the great central sun, who drove up in his carriage to one
door as the delegates departed by another.

THE CENSUS OF 1851.—The first portion of the
census returns for 1851 has just been issued, from which
we glean the following :—The total number of the popu-
lation returned was 21,121,967, of whom 10,386,040 were
males, and 10,735,919 females. On the night of the
census 12,924 people are believed to have been sleeping
in barges, 9,972 in barns, and 8,277 in the open air or
under tents. In Great Britain the number of families
has risen from 2,260,802, in 1801, to 4,312,388 in 1851.
The last halt-century has seen 1,815,567 "new lines of
families " established in England, while in Scotland the
number has increased from 364,079 to 600,098, notwith-
standing the migratory propensities imputed to its inha-
bitants. The number of "inhabited houses " in Great
Britain was returned at 3,648,345, against 3,446,797 in
the last census, and 1,870,476 in 1801. Omitting deci-
mals, we might state that there was 1 family to a house, 5
persons to a house, and 4 persons to a family. Of villages,
that is to say of " places having defined boundaries and
separately returned in population tables," there are
17,150; while of genuine towns there are in England and
Wales 580, in Scotland 225, and in the Channel Islands
10. The " British isles " are five hundred in number,
though only 175 were found to be inhabited on the morn-
ing of March 31, 1851. Of these islands we have a list,
with their names and population. Great Britain had
over 20 millions of inhabitants, and Ireland over six
millions ; Anglesea, Jersey, the Isle of Man, and the Isle
of Wight had each more than 50,000 ; and Guernsey,
Lewis, Skye, and Shetland over 20,000. From these,
however, we descend very rapidly to classes with 10,000,
1,000, 500, 400, 100, 40, 30, 20, and 10 inhabitants each,
till we finally get to a man with an island all to himself.
The name of this British Selkirk we cannot give, but
his abode is called Inchcolm, and is apparently a territo-
rial appenage of Fife. The report contains nearly 1,000
Pages of condoled and analyzed matter.

THE LIVERPOOL LETTER-CARRIERS.

(From a Correspondent.)

No department of the civil service has become so
notorious for paltry economy as the Post-office ; and this
economy is brought to bear chiefly upon that most
laborious and deserving portion of its servants, the
letter-carriers. The numerous petitions lately presented
to Parliament, from this class of men, have revealed facts
respecting their scanty wages which the public could
scarcely credit. The present promoters of the system
appear to have no regard for the merit or well-being of
their servants, in order to carry out this wretched theory.
In proof of this we need only go to the Post-office in this
town, where we shall find ab•)ut seventy letter-carriers, in
a worse condition, as regards pay, than the commonest
labourers at our docks. Their wages are only 2s. Ind.
per day, or LI for seven days' work, while dock la-
bourers receive from 4s. to ss. per day, and are only
employed six days in the week. Another bad feature in
the case of these carriers is, that no distinction is made
between the oldest hands and the most recently ap-
pointed ; the men who have been but a few weeks in the
service receive the same as those who have been employed
from ten to thirty years. This is great injustice ; and the
more so, when it is borne in mind that the rules of tbc
department are so strict, and the duties so responsible,
that none but the most attentive, honest, and meritorious
men could retain their situations for so long a period. It
can scarcely be wondered at, under this state of things,
that the Post-office has become so notorious for lost and
stolen property. Seldom a year passes without two
or three being transported from this office for embez-
zling money-letters. It would be well for the public to
bear in mind, that in no case is the Post-office respon-
sible for lost property; so that it is a matter of no con-
sequence to the authorities, in a pecuniary point of view,
what amount of money is stolen by their officials ; the
poorer classes ought to remember this in particular, for
they are the sufferers in the majority of cases. But to
return : How is it that the London letter-carriers are so
much more favoured than their brethren in this town?
The authorities recognise among them seniority and merit,
by giving progressive wages, from 235. to 30s. per week ;
besides, they are clothed, superannuated, and frequently
promoted to superior situations, privileges totally un-
known amongst their brethren here. Why this remarkable
distinction is made is a mystery; for the duties and re-
sponsibilities of both classes of men must, to a con-
siderable extent, be the same. If so, then why this ex-
traordinary difference ? Why give seventy men in Liver-
, pool 20s. a-week for performing duties exactly the same
as those in London. for which a similar class of men
receive front Zs. to 10s. per week more ? There can be
no satisfactory solution to these questions, except upon
the hypothesis that, if they make one provincial town
approximate somewhat near the metropolis, all the rest
would demand the same. This is, no doubt, the secret of
the whole matter ; and yet how absurd. Surely, the largest
towns have'the strongest claims ; and are the carriers of
such a town as this to be refused a just compensation for
their responsible duties, because, if granted, it would
cause general dissatisfaction amongst their provincial
brethren? Surely not. We would suggest that the men
in each particular town be remunerated in proportion to
the responsible and arduous nature of their duties. This
would be true economy. With the letter-carriers, as a
whole, it is not a question of labour ; the grounds upon
which they ought to be better paid is the weighty respon-
sibility of their duties ; for it is a well-known fact, that
an immense amount of property is daily under their con-
trol, especially in such a town as this. Why not, then,
have them proportionately paid, so that they may main-
tain their position in society with decency and respect.