The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-01 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

FREDERICK CRABB, charged at the police-court, on
Saturday week, wifh forgery, was again brought up on
Wednesday. and discharged.
A DEPUTATION from Manchester and Bradford, on the
subject of the soap duties, had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday last.
THE STORM was so violent at Warrington on Wednes.
to day, that the circus of Madame Pabelle was torn from top
b°ttorn. It was crowded at the time ; •but no one was
THE MEMBERS OF THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE at
Warrington have presented Mr. Joseph Edmondson
with a handsome silver watch, as a testimony of their
esteem on his leaving town.
THOMAS GREGORY, Warrington. has been committed
,
Kirkdale gaol for three months, in default of paying a
'lee of £3O incurred by his prosecution of illicit distil-
lation.

A SUBSCRIPTION has bn opened for the widows and
children of those belonging to the steamer Queen Victoria,
who lost their lives when that unfortunate vessel was
wrecked.

PLUNDERING.—Tt has been estimated that in Maccles-
field the large silk manufacturers are annually plundered
to the amount of £15,000, and those of Manchester to the
silent of £20,000, by persons in their employ.
J. A. ACTON, a clerk, in the employ of Sir B. Hey-
ood an magistrates,er of Manchester, was brought be-
pre the on Thursday, charged with obtain-
ing from that firm £3OO by means of a forged order. One
•,30 had been recovered. The accused was remanded.
MAILS rost AUSTRALIA.—There are now on the Post-
office shipping list the names of 15 weasels for Sidney, 13
for Port Philip, 10 for Adelaide, 9 for Van Dieman's:Lmd,
8 for Melbourne, and 4 for Geelong, by all of which mails
lire to be forwarded.
ON FRIDAY, a large meeting of operative coopers was
held at the Vine Tavern in Pitt-street—Mr. Davis, the
society's President, in the chair. The wages of Coopers
tow are 26a. per week, and the object of the meeting was
to secure 30s. or some other amount according with the
demand for labour.

ACCIDENT AT THE ADELPHI THEATRE.—During the
performance of the pantomime at this theatre, on Wed.
besday evening, the clever little daughter of Mr. Appleby,
clown at the Theatre- Royal, was severely burned, her
muslin dress having become ignited while she stood by
One of the " wings." She now lies in a precarious state.

AMONGST THE PARLIAMENTAItY BILLS read a second
time and ordered to be committed, on Monday, were the
Liverpool Borough Court; Liverpool, Crosby, and South-
Port Railway ; London and Northwestern
(Shrewsbury to Newton ;) St. Helens Canal and Rail-
Way ; and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway.

T TUE BRICKLAYERS are to hold a meeting to-night.
4t is stated that no strike is contemplated, but an appeal
Is to be made for further support to a benefit society es-
tablished amongst the operatives of the trade, and which
Is. at the same time, a trades'-union. There are on an
17arage, about 700 bricklayers in Liverpool, but scarcely
vu of these are yet in connexion with the society.
t ;Ma. NOBLE, THE SCULPTOR, has now added another
j'an3Ph to his list, in a bust statue of the Duke of Wel-
l'atton. just completed—invaluable, if from no other
Piase, from its presenting him in his latest "aspect as lie
As an earnest of what the artist may accomplish,
St IGeorly • 1° his bust of Sir Robert Peel, intended for
our local interests may rest satisfied.
:DiAR. HENRY JONES, the young man who was last week
mmed to bail on the charge of having embezzled
orteirlal to
of money which he had received on account
eery' e aroPrietors of the United Gas Company, in whose.
Chareattlte held Ore situation of a collector, had been dis-
ainPvPesegatr. agail‘ns.hte him,
company did not think proper to
after instituting the most vigilant
tgation in his district.
Cu •
the" j p RATE' recommends, from personal experience,
1. 'awin, receipt for the cure of broken chilblains :-
110'P (4. sweet oil, 3 oz. of Venice turpeatin.e. of
a ard, oz. of bees' wax. Put into a pipkin, and on
B:',"'w fire, Stir with a wooden spoon till the wax is dis-
ita'ved. and the ingredients simmer. It will be 'fit for use
mediately, but the loner it is kept the better it is.
pread
Sat I 1.7 v
13ery thin on a linen rag."
the
-- LETTER.A letter passed through
the r st-of▪
fiee at Over Darwen, the other day, bearing
tha "(min elaborate address :--" Paid. Tins is for
t las as tha kone Sally Riff& what use 2 E Hallifas
ktnialolrie, vsthpeee2
Ddarfen we Gab us Gepsun he Bridge-streete.
lap of The stamp was placed upside down on
, the envelope, where the impression ofthe seal
3 Usually made.—Blackburn Standard.
ce: ons
fequence of the very long passages which vessels
aye
ihad this season in crossing the Atlantic, a great
both ships and men were experienced in New
o,,°rk, • t
`Upwards of 200 vessels are said to have beon due
e 8 tnth ultimo, many ot them from London and Live r-
r"i• At New Orleans, also, a great scarcity of seamen
is reported, and it was impossible to obtain a .crew for
tiverpool at any rate.
ONE OF THE SMALLEST STEAMERS ever built arrived
'kete-on Monday last, called the Alpha. She is a screw
boat, and was built by Mr. Martin. in a joiner and cabinet
maker's shop, at Bideford, on the south-west coast-; from
Whom she has been purchased by tile Liverpool Steam-tug
Company, t,) ply as a tender to their large steamers. The
dimensions ot this little craft are::-48 feet in length, by
7 feet 8 inches beam, and her size is estimated at about
20 tons. Her stylish appearance—on a small scale—has
attracted considerable attention.
THE LATEMr.. THOMAS MUNCASTER.—The Lancaster
Guardian, in noticing the death of our late townsman,
says—" Deceased was a native of Ulverston, and served
his apprentisbip to the printing and bookbinding business
With the late Mr. -Soulby. having subsequently removed
to Liverpool, Mr. Muncaster succeeded, in the course of
a few years, as a bookseller, in realising a very handsome
fortune, upon which' he retired some seven or eight and
twenty years ago. The deceased has several near relatives
in Inverston, and his property, estimated at £IO,OOO, has
been left chiefly amongst them:"
MR. RUSSELL CONCERTS, during the week, have
been well attended by parties anxious to secure the prize
ticket for a free passage to Australia. The prize on Mon-
day night was won by Mr. 'William Hastings, boot and
shoemaker ; on Tuesday night, by Mr. William Johnsen,
311 n•, foreman at the Albert Dock 'Warehouses ; on Wed-
tesdaY, by Mr. William T. Lacey, tailor ; on Thursday.
1.7 Mr. P. Lunt, journeyman baker; and on Friday, by
ZLiss Ann Jane Glover, aged seven years. Mr. Russell,
r,avious to the drawing, announced that he purposes to
tarn to Liverpool, when he will again give five tickets
more for passages to Australia.
jiMELTING OF TEE ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCII-EO-
- (UCAL SOCIETY was held on Wednesday evening, Mr.
tvherelst in the cliair.—A communication was read from
t•• Polytechnic Society, inviting their attendance at cer-
trnrneetings.—Mr. Boult communicated the decision of
I_,?e council in relation to the students' designs.—Mr. F.
i'i4oard exhibited and explained several designs prepared
tl! him for a stained-glass wiudow.—The two papers of
evening were then read,—one being from Mr. R. D.
~l'avrtrell, entitled, "Description of an ancient pillar
14niscovered in taing down the old parish church at Leeds,
c 18382 Theo other was " Notes upon Cologne and its
ahedral.''

, --
141,,rfiRPOOL IN TUB SCOTTISH ACADEMY.—In an
account of the Royal Scsttish Academy, the .Dun?fries
erellt! says :—" Darnley and the Conspirators," deter-
a the murder of Rizzi°. by W. L. Windus, of
Livre erpool, is a kindred wor'r, highly studied, generally
Puin drawing, and an excellent colour; admirable is
the countenance of Rutliven, whose fierce passions are
seen through the gathering shadow of death, and also that
of the ruffian who directs the signature of Darnley. The
murderers
are
seated around a table ,• the 'King-consort is
about to affix his name to the deed, for which the rest are
anxiously expectant ; and a black hound lies in front,
Suggestive of their sleeping ferocity.
beePOSTAL REFORM.—Arrangements, which have long
i.i in progress, are now completed for r9Portant acceleration of the da effecting an
y mail ester,
P;Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberto Mdeen, andn the
°tervening towns. On the Ist of March and thence-
Flirward, this mail will reach Manchester about two hours
er than at present, and Aberdeen about three hours
1 tier. The chief delay in making this very acceptable
1;16 44at Provenaent has been caused by the necessity for erect-
many of the stations an apparatus for receiving the
fg,3, Without the train stopping, so as to admit of the use
11, express trains.
o'
,lie • A similar improvement on the
'land line will, it is understood, follow shortly.
clia,
u,
.-noon RELIRF IN LIVERPOOL.—In the .
tas-e'sß the 12th of February last, there were 2,545
421
~,Of outdoor relief to the unsettled poor in Liverpool,
m1,,,,,,q,en, 2,278 women, and 2,442 children, or a total
toc.."er of 5,144 persons. Of Irish poor, sick or irte-
rie:eable in consequence of the Five Years Residence
rn,t there were in the same week 1,130 cases met by
~,111eF, 290 men, 986 women, and 1,917 children, or a total
~ 02. Of other non-settled poor, irremoveable and
sick, there were 612 cases j 96 men, 557 women, and 825
children, or a total of 1 Sisting of 315 me, 29 ''''.
P. —persons. Casuals 685, con-
persons. This gives Irmen, 812 children ; total, 1,656
aaturtend total of nearly eleven
thousand live hundred
ii )persons relieved in the
week ; and to these £446 was
Air,money, and bread
bestowed of the value of paid,4l22:
ofcemotrhir
ath! frost,
Which deprives so many labourers
bas caused a frightful increase in the number of aeptplinc,anan,ad

, THE NEW CHURCH OF . Sr.. CURY.SosTom.—Thig
os t•
• of ecclesiastical architecture whicl
au dui sPeelme'l Meek-road d ti: west'.
Stands in the fields between.
'Verb y Workhouse, is rapidly approaching. comepletion,
arid is expected to be ready for opening. about the Ist of
111
it may be remembered, was
'' 4Y- The foundation stone,
lab
st Y the lord bishop of the d.itocweislel
hoonvetiolecettphioodfaita Year, so that when finished i
t , ,
iZeLve months in erection.
ryes,ositsomof'st,howGhiocthhiics
every respect a truly noble Ssit.ruCcthil
nave (clerestory),
"Yle known as the early English or decoratedperiod,is
(311110 d I
with 9x y cruciform, and consistsofa
bail aisles, transept, chancel, and chancel aisles. The
us ding is of the bluish-gray Uphollandsitoontehisso
neigh-
8,
all the churches recently erected.
8, urond, With facings (the doorways,
) ef Bath stone. windows, quoins,
IZet MortMoN DELUSION.—On Wednesday,. the ship
of , 4 na sailed "WNW° 1 from the Stanley Dock with upwards
bo.!!', r hundred believers in the book of Mormon on
orr, Proceeding to the City of the Salt Lake, via New
ra0:44,11. All the steerage passengers were of the Moor-. the- 4a`th, es, with one or two exceptions, were those of
shaleohallecond class cabin also. Many of the men were .
u.
but still more were evidently from the agricult
paeltd.is-triatB; as they wore their smock-frocks—some being
li.elied with the labours of the field. All were orderly
ko; quiet in their demeanour. The second-cabin passen-
th,.ll are principally respectable artisans ; they are all, for
Nernost part, from England and Scotland, some from
as11;08, arid only three or four from Liverpool. As soon
wed ship had sailed, the Mormon disciples were to pro-
ii7a to the election of a president, under whose control
ti'etetnattere bet taken cognizance of by the ship's authori-
vow:J.ol4d cHe will be implicitly obeyed ; and
to„ le his turn, appoint captains of fifty and captAins of
q to serve under him.

JOHN REDFERN, a joiner, working on board the ship
Bloomer, in the Bramley-Moore Dock, fell into the hold
on Wednesday, and was mortally injured.
THE Waterford Chronicle states that on Friday nearly
400 emigrants left that city for Liverpool, to take shipping
for America.

THE ANNUAL EXAMINATION of the children educated
at the old-established Welsh charity schools in Russell-
street will take place to-day.
THE MAYOR will give a grand banquet at the Town-
hall on Thursday. The directors of the London and
North-Western and other railway companies have been
invited.

THE FOLLOWING NOTICE, which had much the appear-
ance of a hoax, might have been seen on Friday on the
shutters of certain premises in the Roscoe-arcade :—This
shop will be opened after the frost."
WARNING.—On Tuesday morning a boy about fifteen
years old was crushed between a gig and a cart at the
corner of North John-street. He is now recovering at
the Northern Hospital.
RAW GIN.—W. Buchanan, a porter in the employ of
of Rankin, Gilmour, and Co.. died on Wed,iesday morn-
ing last from drinking a large quantity of raw gin the pre-
vious day.

A RUNAWAY APPRENTICE, John Young, who bad
decamped from his master, Mr. S. L. Samuel, watch
manufacturer, on several occasions, has been brouzht
back from Dublin and sent to jail for a month.

A DUBLIN " Boy," named Patrick Segriffe, notorious
for his attachment to shirt-stealing, has been sent to gaol
for a month, for steqlina, a shirt from the shop door of
Mr. John Dyke, draper, Tithebarn-street.
THE FLOURISHING TowN OF ST. HELEN'S, which was
formerly in the parish of Prescot, has been constituted a
parish, independent of Prescot. All opiscopalian mar-
riages within the parish boundary must be sclemnised at
St. Mary's Church.

MONA'S QUEEN, a splendid new steamer, built for the
Isle of Man line, anchored off Ramsey at seven o'clock
on Tuesday morning last, having passed the Clough
lighthouse, six miles from Greenock, at five minutes past
ten the previous evening.
WHO BUY VALENTINES ?--It is estimatad by a certain
stationer, that out of every twenty-one valentines sold,
twenty are bought by the " fair sex ;" the other, usually
by some " fast gent," is in mist cases a caricature, in-
tended for another " gent" equally " fast."

A NARROW ESCAPE.—On Saturday evening week, as
Mr. 011ivant, silversmith, of Exchange-street, Manchester,
was counting the money in his cash-box, a man entered
the shop and ran away with a fistful' of notes worth
£1,500! His foot slipped, and he dropped £1,300 of the
money, but got clean off with £2OO.

KNOCK-DOWN ROBBERY.-At nine o'clock, on Monday
morning, two men entered the shop of Mr. Samuel,
Waterloo-road, knocked down the servant girl with a
life-preserver, and ran off with the cash-box, which
fortunately did not contain anything of value. The girl
was taken to the Northern Hospital.

THE FINE ARTS.—We understand that John Pember-
ton Heywood, Esq., has purchased the elegant statue of
the " Industrious Girl," by Signor Fontana. She wears
a wreath of flowers of the cotton plant, and is engaged in
winding a bobbin. This elegant statue attracted great at-
tention at the late exhibition of the Liverpool Academy.

JEWISH LADIES' BENEVOLENT INSTITITTION.—The
fourth annual meeting was held on Sunday week, at the
Synagogue chambers, Hardman-street; Mrs. Hart, lady
president, in the chair. The receipts for the year were
£66. There had been expended, in relief to twelve cases
of confinement, £l5.

THE FRIENDS OF TOWN MISSIONS will be gratified to
learn that the gratuitous services of several gentlemen,
chiefly from Liverpool, have been engaged in aid of the
Prescot Scripture-reader Fuld,. A course of lectures, to
be delivered in the school-room of Plumb's-house, were to
commence last night with one by the Rev. J. England,
M.A., on " Terrestrial Phenomena."
DETENTION OF LETTERS 'BY A POST-OFFCE CARRIER.
—Jeremiah Browne, a letter-carrier, was brought up
yesterday week, and again on the day following, at the
Police-office. for the above offence. The prisoner, who
stated that the non-delivery arose from fatigue and illness,
was remanded for a week.

OA Thursday week, a very young child, b,longing to
Thomas Owen, of Haydock, gamekeeper of Thomas E.
Legh, Esq., of Golborne-park, got near the kennel of a
savage yard dog. The animal sprang on the child, bit its
ear off, and made several severe wounds on different parts
of its body. The dog was immediately shot.
A MURDERER APPRETIENDED IN LIVERPOOL.—On
Wednesday Henry M'Erlam was apprehended in this
town, on a charge of shooting Patrick M'Carron, on the
13th of July, 1847, at Town, county Antrim. After the
commission of the offence, the prisoner escaped to
America. He returnedto Treland, to see his friends, and
was about returning to the United States, on board the
steam-ship City of Glasgow, when he was apprehended.

Is A Kiss AN ASSAULT ?—On Thursday Wm. Hamil-
ton, a porter at the Lime•street Railway Station, was
brought up at the Police office, charged with having
walked into the house of a Mrs. Griffiths, in Sandon-
street, ascerded the stairs to that lady's bedroom, where
he found her asleep, and, having kissed her gently on the
cheek, decamped. the defendant pleaded that he had
gone to the house to search for a roan named Griffiths,
who was employed on the line. Mr. Wybcrgh said the
charge was for an assault, but he hardly thought that a

kiss, such as described, came within the term "assault."
It was more a case of trespass, and as such the prisoner
was liable to an action.—Discharged.
THE YACHT SWAN, harper, master, (which excited so
much atte►►tion while fitting out in the George's Dock,)
belonging to our townsmen, Messrs. Moss, Butler, and
Co., sailed on Saturday week, for Melbourne. She is
only 36 ►ons N.M., and will carry about 60 tons over and
above all her water and other stores. She takes out a
crew of five men only. -She was built for the Right 'Bon.
the Earl of Mountcashel, by White, of Waterford. and

was one of the fleet of the Royal 'Western Yacht
where she distinguished herself by winning several cups.
Since she left, a good deal of interest has been caused by
the sailing of another yaCht, the Corsair, Captain Kreft,
froin Southampton, on Monday week, for the same port;
but she is a vessel double the size of the Swan.

DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting, on Thurs.
lay, Mr. Shand in the chair, the sub-committee of works
submitted a plan for the extension on the east quay of the
Euskisson Dock of shed aecommodation for the Arnericen
nitil steamers. Referred tolhe committee to carry out.—
As application from Brown,-Shipley, and Co., for fires in
certain dock nuts, was granted so far as regarded the
steamer docks.—Someapp6intments to subordinate situa-
tions at the Albert Dock were confirmed ; also the fol-
lowing scale of wages to be paid to apprentices :—First
year. (weekly,) Bs. ; second, 10s. ; third, 13s. ; fourth,
IGs. ; fifth, 19s.—An application from the gatekeepers of
the Queen's and Sandon Graving Docks, for an advance of
wages, was refused.
Da. I.VisrmAN IN LIVERVOOL.—A report got abroad
that "his eminence" would preach on Thursday morning
at Copperas-hill Chapel, and from an early hour the streets
in the vicinity were crowded. 'The chapel was speedily
; tut the "cardinal" neither officiatedf nor preached.
At the conclusion of mass, it was announced from the
altar that the laity were to retire. With the exception of
scarlet coif and stockings "his eminence" did not wear
any of tte cardinal insignia, being merely attired in his
archi-episcopal costume. It is stated that the Right Rev.
Pr. Brown, the Roman Catholic Bishop in this district, is
in a bad state of health ; and this, together with his ad-
vanced years, has prevented an active discharge of the
duties of h's office. To remedy this, the appointment of
a coadjutor bishop to assist Dr. Brown has been resolved
upon, and Dr. Wiseman attended to preside over the
chapter(sail to be the first since the xeformation). It is
reported that the Rev. Dr. Roskell is to be the new prelate;
but the result cannot be known until the proceedings have
been confirmed by the pope.

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting on
Wednesday, the number of paupers in the workhouse was
stated to .be 744.—A letter was read from the poor-levy
board sanctioning the salaries which the guardians pro-
posed to pay the medical officers of the union. A com-
munication was read from the poor-law board respecting a
letter which that body had received from Henry Johnson,
one of the medical officers of the union, and requesting
the guardians to furnish them with some observations on
the matter. Mr. Johnson complained that the guardians
had not paid him a sum of X 2 for a midwifery case, in which
extra services were alleged to have been rendered.—Mr.
Roskell contended that Mr. Johnson was fully entitled to
the £2, and made a proposition that that sum he paid,
which was seconded, put to the vote and lost. The clerk
was instructed to inform the poor-law board that the guar-
dians deemed the sum of 10s., the usual fee, quite sufficient.
Mr. Shaw moved that the following gentlemen form the
labour-test committee::—Messrs. Sutton,: Thomas Birch,
Bolshaw, Abrahams, Jeffreys, ancl Molyneux.—Mr. Reyes,
as an amendment, proposed that Messrs. Miller, Harrison,
Shaw, Kirkus, James Birch, and Hey es, form the commit-
tee. The motion of Mr. -Shaw was carried. Mr. Harrison
moved that Mr. Downes, the taskmaster, make a weekly
return to the labour-test committee of the labour, 80.,
performed by the paupers. Mr. Kirkus gave notice that

would move that 'the salary of Mr. fohn Whitehead,
,Tistant overseer of West Derby, be increased to £l5O

per annum

GENTLEMEN.—There is no article of dress a gentleman
is so particular in regarding as his shirt, which, if imper-
fectly dressed, is more annoying than any other part of his
apparel. In order to obviate this, every gentleman should
see that his Laundress uses only the GLENFIELD PATENT
STARCH, " used in the Royal Laundry." which far sur-
passes any other for giving a fine CLEAR ELASTIC Fr NISH.
The Glenfield Patent Starch has long been the principal
Starch used in this country, and it has never been equalled
°Luny other for its fine ELASTICITY, CLEARNESS, and
9.
eutdul GLOSS. The benefits of using this Starch are
touiliforrnity of its stiffness, and at the same time pos-
sessing
Glenfield
wear an elasticity which yields with the motion of the
er, thereby preventing the shirt front from going out
uninfluenced
of its Positio and the collar from lying over, which is the
case invariablit
This STAR
off dam
St when other kinds of Starch are used, The
rch has also the important quality of being
Laundries dampness of climate or lapse of time.
of
the
SOLELY used in the Royal Laundry ; the
the Lady Af.::re_ most of the Nobility ; the Laundry of
WaShifig 'Waite:l;r London ; and by most of the Public
timonials in favour
towns; from all of n 9 in London and the provincial
"Idiom we have seen very flattering tes-
the recommendation °f these Glenfield Patent Starch. On
these authorities, we have every
confilence in urging
you, for your own comfort and
satisfaction, to requesti=
your rd Laundress to use no other,
to is concerned. For
at least, in so far as
your information, we beg state that the Glenfield
Patent Starch may be obtained
Shopkeepers in town and vieinit of
all, or nearly all, the
of part of the Testimonials we Za, who will also give a list
have,
to ask for the
above alluded to. It
will be necessary in making
purchased
Glenfield Patent Starch, and to see that the Manufae•
turer's name, R. Wotberspoon, is printed
on each packet ;
without which, none is genuine. This caution is necessary
as certain parties are endeavouring to palm off. an iofe-rior
article with a colourable imitation of the label of the
genuine. However, some of these parties have already
been stopped, by the order of the Lord Chancellor, but it
may yet be as well to see that the maker's name, R,
Wotherspoon, is printed on each label.

MR. WILLIAM HEW.TT, of Liverpool, has been ad-
mitted a member of the loyal College of Surgeons.
The Preston Chronicle complains of the defective postal
arrangements between tint town and Liverpool and Man-
chester.
MORMONISM.—The average attendance on Sundays at
the Mormonite meeting house in Liverpool, we regret to
state, is estimated at 500.
MANY of our readers will be gird to perceive by our
advertising celumns, that Mr. Ferny, the Soyer of our
northern metropolis, is clout to intr)duce the continental
system into his new restatrant.
IVAN SWEN ANDREA EIERFORD, Gent., has received
the commission as Ensigr in the Ist tegiment of the Duke
of Lancaster's Own Militia, signed by the Lord-Lieute-
nant of the County Palatine of Lancaster.
THE Dumfries Courier states. tiat the fine estate of
Fairgirth, in the Stewartry of Kioccudbright, has been
purchased by private bargain, by Villiam Hilton, Esq.,
Manchester, for the sum d £22,006
THE REV. HUGH STOWELL BRCWN has handed over
to Mr. Thomas Orford the sum of a 16s. 63., the pro-
fits of his lecture on the state of reigious freedom on the
continent, delivered in aTcl of the vidows and orphans of
the sufferers by the explosion of till brig Lily.
THE KNIFE.—On Monday forming, about three
o'clock, a man named Murphy vas attacked by two men
and two women in Waterloo-rood. They demanded
drink from him. stabbed him will .a knife in the back
and on the head, and afterwards rcbbed him of is. sd.

CHURCH MrssroNs.—The Rev Mr. Ryle whose tracts
have hail such extensive circtlatiol. and Rev. F. Close of
Cheltenham, with Revds. IVessrs. Cooper and Fox will
be the Deputations for the Churci Missionary Society in
Liverpool at the ensuing asnivetsary on the last Sunday
in April next.

A LITHOGRAPHED FACSIMILE of the coffin-plate on
Nelson's coffin has been pr..sented to the free library by
Mr. G. S. Russell, of Nth Jchn-street. By the style
of the engraving, &c., it affores a singular testimony to
the wonderful progress nude in the decorative arts in the
space of less than fifty years.

SußscauT•rov has been opened on behalf of the
family of the late Captaii A. Church, commander of the
queen Victoria. The deceased had been in the employ
of the City of Dublin Seam-packet Company for upwards
of 23 years. The comlany have headed the list with the
donation of £lOO. Th, subscription list lies at the Ex-
change News-room.

LIVERPOOL CAMBR AN SOCIETY.—The members and
friends intend celebraing their 46th anniversary on St.
David's Day (to-day). It is the intention of the members
to present their surged], Nicholas Marsh, Esq., Mount-
pleasant, with a handome service of plafe.
DOMINO ANTONIO, a Spanish sailor, was charged on
Friday, at the Police.,ourt, with having broken into the
chest of a fellow-seanan, and stolen a quantity of apparel
and some money ther:from. The offence was committed
while the vessel was ling at Bristol, whither the prisoner
was accordingly sent:o be dealt with by the authorities
there.

A CANNIBAL Ar lIomE Isherwood was
charged, at the St, Helen's sessions, on Tuesday, with
biting off part of de nose of Joseph Wood, at Sutton,
and also with bithg the finger of Sarah Wood, and
assaulting James good. Joseph Wood was unable to
attend, and his case was adjourned. The prisoner was
fined in each of theother cases, or in default four months'
imprisonment.

COMPLIMENTARr DINNER.—On the evening. of Friday
a party of gentleman dined at the Brunswick Hotel, (Mr.
Whiteman's,) on tle occasion of six young officers enter-
ing the Excise. Jr. Mitchell, supervisor of the first
district, occupied the chair; and Mr. Chadwick, import
surveyor, officiated as vice-chairman. The viands and
wines were of tie most recherche description, and the
proceedings were :haracterised by much good feeling and
harmony.

THE THIRD OIDINARY MEETING of the Warrington
and Altrincham Junction Railway Company was held at
the Clarendon-r(oms on Tuesday last, C. Ho!land, Esq.,
in the chair. Ile director 3 confidently rely on the line
being c)mpletedand ready for traffic before the next half-
yearly meeting. The directors intend to make a further
call, payable in :tpril next, after which the company will
be in a positiot to take up money on loan. The report
was adopted.

SINGULAR CksE.—An emigrant ship from Liverpool
lately put into 3eaumaris under these circumstances :
After it had failed, the ship was boarded by a steam-
vessel, and forty-two additional passengers put in. The
captain remonirated with the parties concerned., on the
ground of want of accommodation for such a number, but
with no effect. He therefore made for ileautnaris, and
the broker w)o had shipped the surplus number was
served with two summonses to appear before the magis-
trates, when 113 was fined in two penalties of £5O and £3O.

" HEAVY I\,.Era.L.'”—At the Police-office, on Fridays
James M'Carthv, marine-store dealer, in Harrison-street,
was charged with being in possession of a quantity of sheet
lead and a bras preserving pan, knowing them to have
been stolen ; and Margeret Raney, an elderly woman, with
being concern:d in the robbery. The magistrate com-
mitted Wearthy for one month, and ordered his license
to be revoked. The woman, who was discharged, is
known among her confreres by the appropriate title of
" Scrap Nelly," and it would appear that the thief was
one " Patty Joyce," who was not forthcoming-
STEAM-BOAT CARES.—Messrs. Colborn and Pritchard,
owners of the New Brighton steamers, were charged, at
the Police-office, on Thursday, with allowing the steamer
James Atherten to carry passengers, not having the li-
cense on board at the time. Fined Is., and as. costs.—
James and Alex. Bremner, owners of the steam-tug
Modern Athens, were charred with allowing .her to carry
passengers, she not being licensed for the same. Fined
405., and 4s. 6d. costs ; and John Hughes, master of the
vessel at the time, Is., and Is. costs.
CONVERTS Friom •POTERY.—Three persons publicly
abjured the errors of Popery on Sunday evening last, at
the church of St. James', Latchford, 'Warrington, and
were received into communion with the Church of Eng-
land, by the Rev. J. W. Wright, incumbent. An excel-
lent sermon was preached on the occasion by the Rev.
J. W. Harden, vicar of Condorer, Sslop, when £9 was
collected for the s
Society for Irish Church Missions.
TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.—On Wednesday after-
ternoon, the United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Capt.
Comstock, sailed from the Mersey with the usual United
States and Canadian mails, 36 passengers, and a large and
vuluablc cargo on board. Amongst the passengers was the
Padre Gavazzi. At an early hour on 'Wednesday morn-
ing, the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-
ship Africa, Captain Harrison, arrived in the Mersey,
with advices from New York to the 9th instant, and mails
and passengers. The British and North American Com-
pany's screw-steamer Andes, Captain Hutchings, arrived
here a little before ten ci!cicck on Tuesday night, on her
first return voyage from New York. The Cambria, hence
for Boston, was passed on. Monday morning. The Andes
brought no passengers, bet a large miscellaneous cargo.

ASYLUM FOR ORPHAN Boys.—The annual meeting
of the supporters was held on Wednesday, in the Claren-
don-rooms, the Mayor, ISannuel Holme, Esq., in the
chair. Mr. J. M. Banner read the report. Forty-two
boys have to this time been admitted ; about £4,400 has
been received, and wlien the Asylum is ready for occupa-
tion it is hoped that the whole of the £6,000 required for
its completion will be in the treasurer's hauds.—Mr..
Bibby, the treasurer, read the statement of accounts.
After an expenditure of £-1.74 183. Ild., a balance re-
mained of £5B is. id. The Rev. Rector Campbell, Mr.
11. 9anner, and other gentlemen, addressed the meeting.
It was announced that the Mayor had given the unsoli-
cited donation of £5O.
Loss or THREE EMIGRANT 'Sores.—During the last
week, Lloyd's have been apprised of the total loss of
three emigrant ships, while on the outward-bound passage
to Australia, with nearly 1000 passengers on board, the
whole of whom escaped, with the exception of two or
three persons. The names of the vessels are, the Sir
Fowell l'...uxton, from London, bound to Port Philip ; the
Eglinton, also from the Thames; and another vessel,
reported to be the Australian Express, from Liverpool.
The loss of the Eglinton took place on the night of the
Bth of September, about 30 miles northward of Free-
mantle (on the coast of Australia). Two passengers and
the boatswain met with a watery grave. The other vessel,
the Australian Express, was wrecked also on the Austra-
lian coast, 200 miles southward of the Heads, near Syd-
ney; all were saved.
THE LAW or -SHIPPING NOTES.—On Wednesday Mr.
Owen appeared at the Police-office, on behalf of Joseph
Spradlow, to claim from Messrs. Hatton and Cookson,
the owners of the brig Lily, payment for an advance note
which he had discounted for a seaman who sailed in that
vessel. Mr. Aspina'.l, for the defendant, admitted that
the seaman had sailed, but he said the vessel was wrecked
before the ten days after which the note was made payable
had expired, and he contended that the note was not pay-
able unless the seaman was earning wages at the time of
the presentation of the note by the discounter. Mr.
Mansfield said he had had a discussion with the judge of
the County Court respecting the interpretation of the act,
and they had agreed it would be better to refer the matter
to the Board of Trade, end get the opinion of the law
officers of the Crown on the subject. He had communi-
cated with Mr. Cardwell, and he would postpone his de-
cision on this case until he received an answer.

GUARDIAN SocrETY.—The anniversary of this society
was celebrated on Thursday evening, by a dinner at the
Royal Hotel, Dale-street. and was honoured by the pre-
sence of Samuel Holme, Esq., mayor. Mr. J. H. Smith
presided, and the vice-chairmen were Mr. Hugh H. Gib-
son and Mr. M`Millan. Amongst the gentlemen at the
principal table were Mr. Alderman Parker, Mr. Allred,
Mr. Councillor Thomson, Mr. Councillor Woodruff, Mr.
Evans, solicitor to the society, and Mr. E. Roberts.
There were also present, Messrs. Richard Bissington,
vice-president of the Leeds and West Riding Society for
the Protection of Trade, and Mr. Johnson, secretary of
that society. The report stated that during the past
year the sub-committee have issued 40,523 circulars,
containing the names of upwards of 1,000 persons against
whose fraudulent practices it was necessary to caution the
members.

IMPROVED ANCHORS.—The report of the Anchor Com-
mittee has at length been issued, and as it embraces many
matters of importance connected with the Royal navy and
commercial marine, we give the list of those inventors
who supplied anchors to be tested, in compliance with the
circular of the Admiralty, in the order of merit as they
stand in the report :—Trotman, first; Rodgers, second ;
Mitcheson, third ; Lenox, fourth ; Honiball, fifth ; Aylen,
sixth; Admiralty, seventh; Isaacs, Bth. It was sug-
gested to the committee during the trials, that, from their
superior holding properties, anchors on Porter's principle
were fully equal, for all general purposes, to much larger
anchors on common plans; and as this appeared to the
committee to be a question of vast importance to the
shipping interests, they felt justified in so far deviating
from their original design, as to subject Trotman's anchor
(which proved to have greater holding powers than Honi-
ball's or Porter's) to trials with anchors on the Admiralty
plan, of the respective weights of 30, 35, and 40 cwt.,
(stock included,) on the parade ground, and of 31 cwt. on
the beach. The results, as shown in the appendices of
the reports, left no doubt in the mind of the committee,
that, in regard to holding power, with a steady equable
strain, Trotman's anchors are fully equal to Admiralty
anchors of at loot 24 per oent. greater weight.