The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-01 00:00:00

TUE LIVERPOOL STANDA_RD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1853.

LOCAL

NEWS.

MANCHESTER is making another effort to raise a statue
to the late Dr. John Dalton.
THE BOROUGH SESSIONS will commence in the new
Assize Courts on Monday morning next,
THE COUNTY COURT having been remodelled and en-
larged, has been reopened for public business.
GRAND MASONIC BALL.--A large and fashionable
attendance is expected this evening at the Town-hall.
MR. ROBERT LAMONT, of Liverpool, had on Friday
an interview with Mr. Cardwell at the Board of Trade.
THE keel of the Manx Fairy, the new boat intended to
ply between Liverpool and Ramsay, will be laid next week.
THREE ROBBERIES were committed on Sunday evening
in the immediate neighbourhood of Toxteth- park, all by
means of skeleton keys.
*WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE.—A fine specimen of the
black maned Barbary lion has just been added to this col-
lection of foreign animals.

TWENTY-FIVE OF THE SNAKELETS, arrived by the brig
Arrow, with their parent, have since been captured alive.
Two only were found dead.
THE SOHO-STREET RAGGED ScnooLs.---Yesterday
evening week Joseph Hubback, Rig. entertained upwards
of 80 of the former inmates to tea.
THE U.S. MAIL STEAM.SHIP ATLANTIC, Capt. West,
sailed on Wednesday, for New York, with a full cargo,
and a fair complement of passengers.
CIVIC BANQUET.—On 'Wednesday evening his Worship
the Mayor. Samuel Holine, Esq., entertained a party of
about fifty gentlemen to dinner, at the Town-hall.
THREE SEAMEN were fined in sums varying from ss.
to 10s., at the Police-court, on Thursday last, for smug-
gling small quantities of foreign-manufactured tobacco.

THE ANNUAL ItErour of the chaplain to the Liver-
pool Borough Gaol states that a larger proportion of
juveniles has entered upon crime than in the year 1850-1.
N EIV Tuc--An iron tug-steamer, of about 100 tons,
the property of Liverpool owners. was launched on Satur-
day from the building-yard of Messrs. Cato, Miller, and
Co.

THE, UPROSTERERS OF LIVERPOOL met at Host Hamp-
son's, Fleet-street, on Tuesday evening, to celebrate the
anniversary of St. Paul, the tentmaker, as one of their
craft.

THE LECTURE SEASON at the Collegiate. Institution will
commence on Friday, when John Lord, E.lq., will deliver
the first of two lectures on the " Heroes of the Refor-

mation,

A SMALL STEAMER IS being built on the Clyde, for Mr.
Maciver, which he intends to use occasionally as a plea-
sure boat, and at other times as a tender to the Cunard
steamers.

ROB ERT RAWLINSON, Esq., superintendent-inspector
of the General Board of Health, will hold an inquiry on
the 16th instant, at Aigburth ; and on the following day,
at Much Woolton.

THE CONVICT FRANCE, sentenced at the last spring
assizes to transportation for life, for the burglary at the
house of Mr. Owens, West Derby, has received her Ma-
jesty's free pardon.

THE METHOOIST CHAPEL in Scotland-road, having
lately come into the permanent possession of the Re-
formers, a tea party was held on Monday evening, when
150 persons sat down.

BLACKBURN ELECTION.—A large number of publicans
and beersellers have been served with Speaker's warrants
by the promoters of the petition against William Eccles,
Esq., M.P. for Blackburn.

EAIIGRA.riON.—The fine packet.ship The 'Queen, hence
for Port Philip, was spoken on the 18th instant, by the
lenorchy, which arrived at London last week, in lat. 47
28 N., lon. 10 W., eight days outer

J. B. NTARTIN, charged with stlgng cotton from ware-
houses beloneing to M. Harbord, in 'Oil-street, Vulcan-
street, and Vaudries•street, several months ago, was on
Wednesday last committed for trial.
GREAT HOMER-STREET WESLEVAN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
—On Monday evening week, the annual tea meeting in
connexion with these schools were held in the school-
room. Upwards of 250 persons were present.

•
Ter THIRD LECTURE of the course on " Protestant
Nonconformists," in connection with the Sunday School
Institute, was delivered in the 'Concert-hall, on Tuesday
evening fast. The subject was'Oliver Cromwell.

A " SOCIAL SOIREE" of the " Reformers" will take
place at the Town-hall, Manchester, on Thursday evening
Nest, to meet the free trade representatives of theboroughs
and of the two divisions of the county of Lancaster.

A HOARY-HEADED MAN, named John Briscoe. belong-
ing to Neston, in Cheshire, •and who came to Liverpool
on Monday last, was robbed of three sovereigns on the
same evening in a house of ill fame in Albion-street.
AT THE USUAL FORTNIGHTLY MEETING of the Archi-
tectural and Archaeological Society, held on Wednesda,
evening, Mr. Verelst in the chair, Mr. E. H. Stri'
a:paper on " Architecture as an Exponent of Civili

)e read

IN THE QUEEN'S BENCH, on Tuesday, a rule was granted
to show cause why a quo -warrant° should not be filed
against Mr. J. Thwaite, calling upon him to show cause
by what authority he held the office of town-councillor for
Blackburn.

THE FUNERAL of the late Mr. Charles Lawrence took
place at St. James's Cemetery on Wednesday, at half-past
ten o'clock, and was quite of a private character. The
remains of the deceased gentleman were deposited within
the Huskisson enclosure.

RAILWAY DAmikez.—Herapath's Journcll states that
the damage done by the continued rains to the London
and North-Western Railway will cost near a million of
money to repair ; and on the'Soutb-Western Railway at
the rate of £l,OOO per mile.

THE LIVERPOOL. BANKRUPTCY COURT was last week
engaged. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurday, in inves-
tigating the validity of a fiat issued against the Hon.
Edward Lloyd Mostyn, the member for Flintshire. Ulti-
mately the fiat was superseded.
ON THURSDAY, .James Beaumont, mate of a vessel
now in port, was robbed of £lB 39., at a public-house in
London-road, whither he had very foolishly gone to
carouse with two well-dressed men, whom he happened
to meet casually in the street.

SCOTCH CHURCH, RODNEY-STREET.—The mnposition
for the erection of an organ in this church has been ne-
gatived. The votes were taken on Sunday morning last,
by each pewholder dropping a piece of paper into the
plate. There were 57 ayes and 15 noes.

FIRE.—On Saturday morning, about four o'clock, a fire
broke out at the Earl Howe public-house, in Trueman-
street ; and in an hour afterwards the premises were
gutted, notwithstanding the exertions of the fire-brigade.
The inmates narrowly escaped with their lives.
ALFRED ADAMS AND THOMAS LAPWORTH, one about
thirteen and the other about fifteen years of age, were
committed for trialat the Liverpool Police-court on Tues-
day last. on a charge of stealing a number of top-coats
from the lower school of the Collegiate Institution.
THE ANNUAL BALL of the Chatham Society took
place on Friday night, at the Town-hall. About 600
ladies and gentlemen were present. The lady patroness
was Mrs. Peter Bourne Drinkwater. The refreshments
were supplied by Mr. Oakes, of Great George
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Saturday week Elizabeth
Wilson, Blundell-strect, attempted to destroy herself by
cutting her throat. •She was taken to the Southern Hos-
pital, where she is going on favourably,. She stated, as
• the reason for her conduct, that she was in fear of poverty.
LLOYDS' SURVEYOR.—The appointment of an ad-
ditional surveyor of shipping to Lloyd's establishment at
`Liverpool having been found necessary, Mr. Senhouse
Martindale has been removed from Southampton to the
4.averpool district. Mr. Martindale is a native of Work-
ington.

-street

SINGULAR A.CCIDENT.-09 Wednesday afternoon, Jas.
Lawler, a young man, a wine porter, was killed by acci-
dentally falling over the banisters of the stairs leading
from Mr. Holbroke's office in Chapel-street, on to the
iron grating below. The deceased was partially intoxi-
cated.

CHARLESOTTER, Esq., a barrister on the Northern Cir-
cuit, has been appointed one of the Examiners of the
Court of Chancery, with a salary of from £1,200 to
£1,500 a year. The place was rendered vacanff by the
promotion of the Hon. C. P. Villiers to the office of
Judge-Advocate-General.
THREE fat cows of the Gelloway breed, one nine years
old, the others four and five, were sent to Liverpool last
week by Mr. Gillespie, Annanbank. The three realised
the remarkable price of £63, being an average of twenty

guineas -each. A lot of blackfaced ewes from the same
farm made 28s. 6d. each.—Dumfries Courier.

ROBBBE,Y IN THE 'POLICE-couthneT i
Ann Higgins was brought before magistrates,.--() t '7clesd
non theay
novel charge of attempting to pick Rockets
winhoth:pppoelairceed-
court, on the previous day. The prisoner,
been()ave a passion for such dangerous pastimfeo,rhaavliiteg
ce Previously sent to prison for foura months
offence, was committed for trial.
WILLTA/vi Sayyi w charged at the Liverpool Police-
office. on ?rid"
North- westerr'r il
to defraud that
bLy oanseofth-e officials of the London and
y,.with attempsrg .
comoanY, by travaeZnag in their parliamentary train on
Thursday night, without having received a ticket. The
magistrate ordered him to be fined 205.., with ss. costs, or
imprisonment for fourteen days.
WEST DERBY BOARD.—The weekly meeting was held
on Wednesday, the Rev. W. Badnall in the chair. Thos.
Atkins, the engineer in the house, was dismissed for
alleged improprieties. Several able-bodied paupers, who
had no justifiable reason for remaining in the house,
were dismissed. Mr. James Olney was elected assistant
master to the workhouse, in the room of Mr. James
Woods.
THE LIVERPOOL DISPEN6f,daY.—The annual meeting
of the subscribers and friends was held
on Thursday after-
noon. Mr. Charles Booth, vice-president, was called to
the chair. The operations during the past year have been
on a much larger scale than has previously occurred
since
1846, and the number of patients relieved exceeds that of
the preceding year by 2,840 cages. regret to announce a falling off in The committee
Thu
subscris.
40,000 cases have been attended, at an average expenseptionof
ls. 4d. each.
Sr. ANNE'S DISPENSARY.—On Monday the sub-
scribers and friends held their annual meeting. The chair
was occupied by Mr. Thomas Barton. The alteration
reqng each patient to pay one penny each for their
medicines, had answered extremely well. They com-
menced the year with a debt of £9O lls. 11d., and had
now the satisfaction of announcing that there was a sum
of £96 10s. sd. to the credit of the institution. At the
close of the proceedings several patients were introduced
by Dr. Nottingham.
Sr. HELEN'S RAILWAY.—The line of this company.
from Garston to Warrington, is now fast approaching
completion. The government inspector and a party of
directors have gone over the line, and it is in so satisfac-
tory a state that it is understood it will be opened to the
public in the course of next week. This will give a new
route to Liverpool, in addition to the London and North-
western line, which will also be e.xtemle,d to Alaxchester
on the completion of the Warring•ton and Attrinchain line,
which is being rapidly proce4ed with.—AppicAezyter
Guardian.

NORTHERN Cttecteur.—The following days have been
appointed for opening the commission in the various
towns on the northern circuit :—Lancaster, Thursday,
Feb. 17 ; Appleby, Monday, Feb. 21 ; Carlisle, Wednes-
day, Feb. 23 ; Newcastle, Saturday, Feb. 26 ; Durham,
Wednesday, March 2 ; York, Tuesday, March 8 ; Liver-
pool, Tuesday, March 22.
THE BANKING INTEREST.—A deputation, consisting of
Mr. Henry Clay, of Burton-on-Trent, banker; Mr. Wm.
Rathbone of Liverpool ; Mr. William Fenton, of Roch-
dale ; Mr. Alexander Macgregor, of Liverpool ; and Mr.
Henry C. Beloe, of Liverpool; had an interview on Wed-
nesday with the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell and Lord
Stanley of Alderley at the Board of Trade.
LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The se-
venth ordinary meeting of the session was held on Mon-
day evening, Dr. Dickenson, president, in the chair.
The paper was entitled " Who was Macbeth ?" and was
by the Rev. Dr. Hume. The chairman announced that
the paper for the next meeting was " On the history and
application of the mariner's compass," by Mr. Towson.
MR. ROBERT RANKIN, chairman of the Shipowners'
Association in this town, in a letter to the Times, states
that four ships, the Bourneuf, the Wanota, the Marco
Polo, and the Ticonderoga, on board of which the mor-
tality was so great on the voyage to Australia, were not
sent out by private individuals, but that all of them were
taken up and sent out by the commissioners of emigration.
MUNIFICENT REWARD.—A gentleman travelling from
Lancaster to Preston, on Thursday evening last, lost his
purse, containing £BO. Having telegraphed to Preston,
a porter named John Gill, who had found the lost trea-
sure, went to Preston by the mail train, and handed over
the money to the owner, who generously rewarded the
honest man with a donation of three shillings andsixpence!
ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES.—A lecture upon this subject
T thetoo ktCo
the
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ATidThe Tuesdayaenß,s elcn.osejltvii.eteulcneti.in.o.wgni\eibinnryt. ttpphhri eoe.
proposed
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Banneroovofoemt ses 000 rff
thanks to the chairman, which was seconded by one of
the committee, who took the opportunity to acknowledge
the obligations of the committee and members to Mr.
Banner for the uniform kindness and interest in the in-
stitution manifested by him.
ALTERATIONS AT THE POST-OFFICE.—The letter-box
delivery department of the pest-office has been tempo-
rarily removed to the west side of the building, to enable
the workmen to proceed in carrying out the plans by
which the accommodations of this important branch will
be considerably oxtctided Tt has here th.st
the authorities should place a strone bar, similar to that
adopted at railway-station ticket-offices, by which only
one person can be admitted at a time, and thus do away
with indecent scrambles.
A CONTEMPORARY relates an " extraordinary elope-
ment," which is reported to have startled the neighbour-
hood of the Exchange from its propriety, on Thursday
morning last. The fair dame was a barmaid at a place of
entertainment, frequented much by the corn-dealers.
Her "true love" was a gallant young pilot. The story
is rather spoiled by the admission that the match was not
objected to by the employers of the young lady or her
friends, and the gallant was always received and treated
as the young lady's affianced lover, and as one of the family.
A MAN, NAMED BARKER, three years ago, pledged
various articles of wearing apparel with Mr. Powell,
pawnbroker, Scotland-road, in this town, and the Inte-
rest was regularly sent from Leeds (whither Barker had
gone) to Powell, until September last, when the articles
were redeemed by their owner. Upon examination, it
was discovered that the clothing was damaged. The
pawnbroker refused compensation, and was accordingly
brought before the police magistrate, Mr. Mansfield, on
Thursday last, when Powell was ordered to pay the com-
plainant the sum of 15s. as compensation for the damage.
A CHALLENGE !—The Antelope, for the gold country,
will be despatched from Liverpool on the 23rd of this
month (February), and from Queenstown on the 26th,
for Melbourne and Sydney, calling at Madeira, Cape de
Verds, Cape of Good Hope, and Adelaide. It is confi-
dently expected that she will make the run out in 60 days.
A heavy wager has been made with the owners of the
Marco Polo, which also leaves Liverpool in February,
that the Antelope's passage beats hers. The Antelope
was originally constructed by Messrs. Hodgson, of this
town, but has recently been lengthened amidships by Mr.
Laird.
THE NEW Cotter ExCHANGE.—The Corn Exchange,
Brunswick-street, was on Thursday re-opened to the pub-
lic for the transaction of business. Every precaution has
been taken to avoid accident, the floors being supported
by enormous piers of brickwork set in Roman cement.
The vaults have had their strength tested by being loaded
with weights four times the amount they can ever be re-
quired to carry. The portion now in occupation is less
than one-half of the entire site, which will extend for-
ward to Brunswick-street. The elevation to Brunswick-
street will form one of the largest and loftiest façades in
the town.
THE LATE ROBBERY AT MR. EASTEE'S.—Mary Win-
gate was brought up at the Police Court, on Thursday,
on a charge of being connected with the recent plunder-
ings at the shop of Mr. Eastee, St. George's-crescent.
The prisoner is sister and mother-in-law to Henry Brooks,
late foreman to Mr. Eastee, who has absconded and is still
at large. 'Officer Povey apprehended the prisoner in
Gloucester. Part of the property has been discovered
(no or £'4o worth). The 'woman had sold and pledged
the property in various shops in Gloucester. She was
committed by the Gloucester magistrates, and was after-
wards transferred to Liverpool. Mr. Mansfield ordered
, her to be remanded for seven days.
A TRAVELLER'S " EXPENSES."—At the Liverpool
County Court, on Friday, a case came on, in which
Philip 'Magee was plaintiff, and William Gillard defendant.
The action was brought for £lO 3s. Defendant was a
fish-dealer, and plaintiff was engaged to travel in Scot-
ian to-purchase lobsters and other shell-fish for defen-
dant, at a salary of "£1 per week and expenses."
Plaintiff had received certain sums of money from defen-
dant, of -which he had kept an account, as also of his
expenses. The defence was, that the only " expenses"
which the £1 a week did not include, were travelling ex-
penses, and did not refer to board and lodging. His
Honour thought the agreement was intended to include
every-expense. Verdict for the plaintiff.
ITEAtrPsi COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held
on Thursday, Mr. Langsdale in the chair. Mr. Fresh,
the inspector of nuisances, submitted the yearly statistics
of sanatory operations. Mr. John Lea, formerly of Ash-
leigh, near this town, had an interview with the-committee
relative- to a proposition to be enabled to place sign-boards
on the street lamp-posts, -to indicate the address, occupa-
tion,•&c., of shopkeepers and others. The boards are to
be of one-uniform size, so as not to disfigure the street.
Mr. Lea wanted to negotiate with the committee for the
payment-of a certain sum to be allowed to carry out his
plan. The-committee were not in a position to reply to
his application. The sub-committee recommended the
construction of a sewer in'Cheapside, at a cost-of £220.
ST. PAUL'S .WARD.—A complimentary dinner was
given to Mr. Thomas Savage, (the unsuccessful candidate
for municipal honours at the late election in this ward,)
at Mr. Bulmer's hotel,'West Derby, on Thursday, the
20th ult. About sixty gentlemen assembled under the
presidency of Mr. Troughton ; Mr. P. Robinson acting as
vice. We bear that the friends of the successful candi-
date (Mr. Thos. Godfrey) are to celebrate his return to
the Council, early this month, at the Angel'Hotel, Dale-
street, under the chairmanship of Mr. Councillor Beck-
with, and the following influential gentlemen are expected
to be present-:—Mr. Alderman Dover, Councillors Mellor,
Holden, M'Guffie, 'Hodson, Woodruff, Bigham, Thomp-
son, W. Nicholson, H. Molyneux, J. Nicholson, Ferni-
hough, and the leading men of St. Paul's Ward.
THE PEACE HUMBUG.—The annual meeting of the
Liverpool Peace Society was held in Slater-street, on
Wednesday, R. Rathbone, 'Esc., in the chair. A long
report was read. giving a detailed statement of matters
connected with the objects of the society. The financial
statement showed a balance of £2O 10s. sd. due to the
treasurer.—The meeting of the friends of international
arbitration and peace commenced on Thursday, arMan-
chester. The first meeting was held at the Corn 'Ex-
change, when Mr. George Wilson was elected chairman,
supported by Mr. Cobden, M.P,, -Mr. Bright, M. P.,Slr.
e. B. Smith, M.P.., Mr. Joseph Brotherton, M.P., Mr.
G. Hadfield, M.P.., Mr. Joseph Sturge, Mr. C. Hindley,
M.P., and others. For the speeches, which were of the
usual description, we-have no room; but we have given .a
letter on the subject in another column.
HOLYHEAD PILOTAGE.—We understand that the Sub-
commissioners of Pilotage for the district of Holyhead
have given notice that a new scale of pilotage from their dis-
trict, Approved by the Trinity Board, and assimilating the
pilotage for both the new and old harbours, has been issued
to the pilots of Holyhead, and took effect from the Ist
instant It is as follows: £ 8. d.
'Vessels not exceeding, per register -50 tons 0 7 6
Exceeding 50 tons, not exceeding 100 „ 010 6
100 „ 200 „ 1 1 0
~ 200 , 300 „ 1 11 6
~ 300 „ If 400 „ 1 16 9
„ 400 „ 500 „ 2 2 0
~ 500 „ ff 600 „ 2 7 3
~ 600 „ 700 „ 212 6
~ 700 ~ 800 „ 217 0
~ 800 „ 900 „ 3 3 0
ff 900 11 1/ 1000 310 0
„ 1000 „ Seven shillings far each 100 tans.
Chips not having British registers are to pay one-fourth
more than ships having British registers, except when such
first-mentioned &hips shall, by any order of her Majesty's
most honourable privy council, be privileged to enter the
ports of this kingdom, upon paying the same duties of
tonnage as are .paid by British ships, in which case such
ships and vessels not having British registers shall pay the
like rates of pilotage only as are payable by ships having
British registers.; the said surplus rate chargeable upon
unprivileged foreign vessels is to be paid to the collector
of this corporation's light-dues, attheCustom-honse, Holy,
bead. Ali ships and vessels under any circumstances of
distress are to pay the pilot a further sum of money, to
be calculated according to the extent and circumstances
of such distress and the services afforded. A pilot taken
on board a vessel at the distance of three leagues or further
to the southward and westward of Holyhead, shall be enti-
tled to the following additional pay, provided a clear
understanding shall have been come to between him and
the master of the vessel that his services are accepted,
and that he is to receive such additional pay, and the
same shall have been recorded in the log-book of the
pilot vessel as well as in that of the ship, and he shall
have received a certificate thereof from the master ;
namely, on having a Liverpool pilot on board, off Point
Lynas, and landing the Holyhead pilot there, £3 3s. On
landing the pilot at the Great Ormshead, £4 4s. If a
pilot is taken beyond the limits of his license to Chester
water or to Liverpool, £5 ss. 'With the sum of 7s. 6d.
pep day for every day such pilot may be detained on board
in consequence of the ship or vessel performing quaran-
tine, or detained under any other restriction such ships
may be liable to. Pilots boarding ships and vessels at a
less distance than three leagues from the Head as above
are to receive lOs. 6d. less for pilotage than the above
rates. It is particularly requested that commanders of
ships, on discharging their pilots off Point Lynas, or at
the Ormshead, should be certain that such pilots will be
taken on shore without bejng delayed on board such vessels
or boats as may receive them ; as a pilot will be entitled
to 7s. 6d. per day for every day he shall be kept out from
landing after the day he is discharged from the ship or
vessel he may have piloted, unless it can be proved that
such delay had:unavoidably happened from the violence of
the wind and wen ther,--,Cornarvon Herald.

THE HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the Isle of Man
steam-packet company was held on Tuesday, Mr. W. C.
Quigein in the chair. The report of the directors stated
the affairs of the company to be in a most prosperous con-
dition. A bonus of one-fifth shares was unanimously
voted to the shareholders. The liberal sum of £lOO was
unanimously voted towards the relief of the bereaved
widows and children by the recent awful catastrophe at
Kitterland. The present directors. Messrs. T. Bridson,
William Gell, John Winram, 11. B. Noble, and S. Wilson,
were re-elected. The auditors, Mr. T. Bridson and Mr.
J. R. Bowman, were also re-elected.—Mona's Herald.
Tile shares arc £25, upon which sum, for some years, 10
per cent. has been paid. Now, however, the dividend
will be paid upon £39, one-fifth having been added to
each share.

THE NEW MUSIC-HALL, BOLD-STREET.---The building
known as the Old Music-hall in Bold-street, which was
purchased by a gentleman of this town some time ago, has
been remodelled, er rather, it may be said, entirely re-
built. The room now presents an appearance of loftiness,
which will better adapt it to the purposes of public meet-
ings and large assemblies where addresses are delivered by
speakers from the platform. The roof is arched, and
elegant columns rise from the platform end of the room,
on which the arch is supported. The platform, which is
semi-circular, has an appropriate elevation, The interior
is to be fitted up and decorated in an elegant style. A
new entrance has been made from Bold-street. The lower
part of the building has been appropriated to handsome
and spacious shops, which will be a decided improvement
to this part of Bold-street. Mr. lime has become the
tenant of the large hall, at a rent of £4OO a-year.

DEPUTATION TO THE BOARD OF TRADE.-A deputa-
tion from the committee of nev,otiation between the Lon-
don and North-western and Great Western Companies,
appointed at an influential meeting of shareholders, held
in Liverpool, had the honour of an interview with the
Right Hon. Edward Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alder-
ley, at the Board of Trade, on Wednesday last. The
deputation were assured that the Government considered
the subject of railway legislation as of imperial magnitude,
the importance of which could not be overstated. They
were further given to understand that the labours of the
select committee would he devoted to the earnest conside-
ration of this momentous question. The deputation con-
sisted of Mr. Henry Clay, of Burton-on-Trent, banker,
Mr. Wm. Rathbone, of Liverpool ; Mr. Wm. Fenton, of
Rochdale ; Mr. Alexander M'Gregor, of Liverpool ; and
Mr. Henry C. Beloe, of Liverpool.

ARRINGTO,N MSpyr.sAirs. BThr, annual hall
in` aid ot the tum s ot the dispensary took place in the
assembly-room of the Lion Hotel, on Tuesday evening
last. Nearly 200 persons were present, and although this
number was not quite so large as on some former occa-
sions, the assembly was of a very brilliant character.
Among those present were the Mayor and party, the
Countess of Sefton, Sir Thomas and Lady Arabella
Hesketh, the Hcn. A. Cathcart, the Hon. Gilbert
Stapleton and lady, John Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P.,
Mr. Eustace Wilson Patten, George Cornwall Legh,
Esq., M.P., and lady, Thomas Lyon, Esq., lady, and
party, Mr. Thomas Henry Lyon, R.N., Lieut. John
Blackburne, E. [ A., Captain Harper, Captain and Mrs.
E. Legh, William Allcard, Esq., William Beamont,
Esq., J. F. Marsh, Esq., Dr. Sharp, Dr. Kendrick, &c.
Horabin's quadrille band was engaged, and dancing was
kept up with great spirit.

NORTH WESTERN AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS.
—A deputation from the committee of negotiation be-
tween these companies, appointed at an influential meet-
ing, held in Liverpool, had an interview with the Board
of Trade on Wednesday last. The deputation were
assured that the Government considered the subject of
railway legislation as of " imperial magnitude, the import-
ance of which could not be overstated." They were fur-
ther given to understand that the labours of the select
committee of the Rouse of Commons, appointed by the
late and strengthened by the present Government, would
be devoted to an earnest consideration of this momentous
question, a satisfactory solution of which would be most
gratifying to the Government, and that, profiting by the
experience of the past, it was thought a course might be
devised which would for the future put an end to ruinous
contests between rival companies, having a regard to the
interests of the shareholders and the public, which were,
in fact., identical.

SE=LECT VESTRY.—The Rev. Rector Campbell pre-
sided at the meeting of this board on Tuesday. The clerk
announced that Mr. Baxter had resigned his seat. Mr.
W. H. Weightman had offered himself as a candidate for
the office of architect and surveyor ; and the committee
had resolved to issue another advertisement, inviting
tenders for the surveyorship, the salary to be £3OO a-year,
and the hours of attendance from ten to five o'clock daily.
The proceedings of the Workhouse Committee stated that
the storekeeper and bookkeeper of the house not having
been granted board according to the terms of his appoint-
ment, had been allowed £2O per annum instead. The
matron having no objection to a reduction of £25 in her
salary, providing she were exempt from the duties of
clothing storekeeper, a change to that effect had been
made. Twelve applications had been received for the
Office of district medical officer, and the number had been
reduced to the following six gentlemen :—Messrs. Bar-
nabas Barrett, W. H. Pearse, John A. Sommers, E. B.
Durkan, David P. Thomson, and John Newton.

Dom CommerrEn.—Mr. Charles Turner, M.P., pre-
sided at the meeting of this committee on Thursday. A.
plan for placing close weather boarding to the sheds west
side of Queen's dock was recommended to be carried into
effect.—Tenders were accepted from T. B. Chaffers for
flagging the sheds south side of the Coburg dock, and
from Joseph Gorst for a driving-strap for machinery used
at the dock works.—A reduction was recommended in
the charges for watching the lights on board ships, the
charge to be in future 2s. for the first hour, and 6d. for
each hour afterwards.—Tt was recommended that 40s. be
eiven to'William Lewis, the dock-gateman at the Coburg
dock, for rescuing a person from drowning, also a sum
awarded to him as a gratuity on a former occasion, which
he had not received. It was stated that Lewis had saved
the lives of four or five persons.—A letter was read from
the surveyor to the corporation. accompanied with a plan
for a landing-stage at the Prince's-pier for sea-going
steamers. The proposed stage will be of great length,
and placed opposite the Seacombe basin. Mr. Bigham
thought the council had nothing to do with it; it was a
matter for the dock committee. Mr. Evans argued that
the council, who received the town dues, ought to con-
struct the stage, which was for the use of the public.
A LIVFIWPOOL MAN-CATCHER.—At the Police-office
on Friday, a heartless fellow named Peter Duggan, who
lives by plundering emigrants, under the•cover of being a
lodging house keeper, was charged by a poor Irish lad
about twelve years of age, named James Hunter, with de-
frauding him of £4 16s. The boy stated that his father
resided in Upper Canada, he had.received the money to
proceed out to him, and on the previous day he arrived in
this town for the purpose. 'He met with a person who
took him to the prisoner's house, and from 'questions put
by the prisoner, the lad told him the object for which he
had come•to Liverpool, to which Duggan said 4'40 yes,
come with me, I'll get you a passage." He then took the
boy to Shaw's office, in Waterloo-road, and asked what
the price of a passage was. was told £2 Its., which
he said he could not pay, but he would consult a person at
the door. iHe then run off and left the poor lad without
a farthing. ,Officer Kehoe, remarked that the-system of
plundering emigrants was now practised to a great extent.
The police had now a girl, about •1b years of age, who has
been left completely destitute, having no later than the
previous day, entrusted the whole of her money, about
£lO, into the hands of a man who said he would purchase
her all she wanted for the voyage. He took her to Bris-
coe's shop, which, under some pretence he soon left,
taking with him the girl's money, and never returned.
The girl was sent for, and on looking at the prisoner, she
said she thought he was the man who robbed her, but he
then had different clothes on. The prisoner was remanded
for a week.

RIBBONISM 'IN ENGLAND.—WitiIin the last few days,
some very startling discoveries have been made, which
show that ribbonism is in operation in almost every ,con-
sidefable town in England and Scotland. Some weeks
since, two or three parties were apprehended in Ireland
on suspicion of being delegates, about to attend a ribbon
conference. ln -their possession a number of documents
were found, which showed that an extensive correspon-
dence was carried on between ribbon societies in several
large towns in England ; that national delegate meetings
were held at stated periods, and that representatives from
all parts of the country attended. The apprehension of
these parties, (one of.whom as delegate from Liverpool,
the other from Manchester,) was followed by the capture
of others in Dublin, with whom, also, documents belonging
to, and corresponding with, officers of ribbon lodges in
'Liverpool, Manchester.'Glasgow, Warrington and other
places were found. 'Warrants were then issued by the
'lrish authorities, and placed in the hands of two detective
officers of the Dublin police, who arrived here on Satur-
day week, and, on the same night, apprehended William
Robinson, lodging-house keeper, No. 22, Westmoreland-
street, in whose possession several documents relating to
ribbonism were found. 'Robinson is the reputed captain
of a ribbon lodge. On Monday last, a man named Hugh
Matheson was apprehended at 'Warrington. The ccrres-
pondence found at Warrington comprises letters from
ribbon lodges in some of the principal towns in the king-
dom. 'The officers also had warrants against parties in
Glasgow. Robinson and Matheson were sent to Dublin
on Wednesday evening.
DEFICSENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—On Wed-
nesday, his worship the mayor, 'Samuel Holme, Esq., sat
in the Sessions-house, to hear informations against per-
sons charged with the use of improper weights, scales,
&c. His worship alluded with regret to the numerous
and systematic frauds practised in Liverpool. He said
The frauds are those practised by shopkeepers who genet.-
ally supply, in very small quantities, the poorer classes
with such articles as tea, sugar, butter, and, in many
instances, butchers' meat. There is also much and deli-
berate fraud practised by retail dealers in coals, an article
of great necessity, particularly at this inclement season of
the year. It has come to my knowledge that the most
shameful adulterations are systematically practised by
numbers in this town, and particularly upon the poorer
classes. By accelerating beams, by false weights and
yerkitnyow which is acquiredledge that from
in l
measures, by placing butter, lard, and other substances
undoenrgonpreascctaiclee:
it
anhdahsycothmaet
tdoemxt
5 to 30 per cent. is constantly abstracted, and the opera-
tive and the poor labourer, who earn their bread by the
sweat of their brow, are in a most inhuman manner
fleeced out of their earnings by a system of dexterous
chicanery which they cannot themselves detect. The
system is general amongst shops of a very low description,
and which profess to sell at prices that cannot be remu-
nerative to themselves." The informations were laid by
Mr. Fell, chief-inspector, and proved in evidence by
Messrs. Kissack and Edwards, out-door inspectors.
Twenty-four persons were summoned, and in each case
the party was fined; three were convicted for having a
half-penny, fastened with grease, under the selling scale;
eight for having pieces of lead, bacon, or butter under the
selling-plate, some being more than an ounce too heavy.
The re-
The culprits were chiefly grocers and provision dealers.
In the case of two coal-dealers, the selling scale was
rmeaspinedcetirveolyf
t6helbss.omamnodns2eslbws,oretooforhealivgyh,t
weights :
twenty-four weights were produced, deficient eighty-nine
ounces, or an average of more than three-and-a-half
ounces Of the penalties, three were fined in sums of
£2, nine £l, nine 55., one 2s. 6d., and two Is., the costs
varying from is. to 4s. 6d.

GENERAL NEWS.

DURING the past year the total number of fires in Lon-
don was 923.

THE AMERICAN MINISTER visited many of the manu-
factories at Birmingham while there last week.

Ma. ROEBUCK, M.P., is now undergoing the cold
water cure at Dr. Gully's establishment at Malvern.
JOHN WILLIAMS, the eighth victim to the Oxford rail-
way accident, died, on Monday, in the Radcliffe Infirmary.
A VALUABLE BED OF IRONSTONE has been discovered
in Kirkgate, the busiest streetin Leeds, by someexcavatora.
MESSRS. CAIRD AND Co., engineers, Greenock, have
advanced the wages of their labourers one shilling per
week. _

MR. H. BROWN, Al P., has given notice of a motion,
in the House of Commons, with respect to railway acci-
dents. _ _

OF THE NUMBER of 968 deaths of Roman Catholic
children in Glasgow, last year, 253 were the result of
small- po x.
THE KING OF PRUSSIA has conferred the order of
merit in the arts and sciences on the Right Hon. Babington
Macauley.

RICHARD COBDEN, ESQ., M.P., has promised to pre-
side at the annual soiree of the Mechanics' Institution at
Holrnfirth.

THE SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY has been blocked
up near Perth, by a landslip, the snow from the mountains
having melted.

MISS PENNELL, Massachusetts, has been appointed
professor of the Latin language and literature in Antioch
College, Ohio.

THE CULLODEN AND ROTHESAY CASTLE STEAMERS
are being repaired at Dumbarton, and fitted for the Aus-
tralian coasting trade.

ELI CROWTHER, a clerk in the Leeds postoffice, is in
custody, charged with stealing a letter containing a £5
Bank of England note.

BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—At the half-yearly meeting,
held on Friday, a dividend of £2 12s. per cent. for the
half-year was declared.

THE EARL or TYRCONNEL died very suddenly on Tues-
day last from apoplexy, at his seat, Kiplin Hall, near Cat-
terick, in his 63d year.

THE blacksmiths, farriers, and cartwrights of Greenock,
have agreed to shut their places of business on Saturday

Miss GLYN gave readings lately, from " Anthony and
Cleopatra," before the inmates of the Edinburgh Royal
Asylum for the Insane.
GENERAL RosAs, the ex-dictator of Buenos Ayres, has
just taken Rockstone House, in the Polygon, Southamp-
ton, for a limited period.

W. WARNER, jun., Esq., ex-mayor of Wolverhamp-
ton, gave a dinner, on Friday last, to the borough police
force, to the number of 37.

SUPPLIES FOR THE DIGGINGS.—An order has been
received at Perth for 800 tons of oatmeal, and 500 pairs of
miner's boots, for Melbourne.
THE RECTOR OF WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, has offered
three prizes for essays by working men, on the best way to
improve the labouring classes.
THE SCOTTISH BURNS'S CLUBS have been holding
their anniversary meetings—the 25th of January being
the birthday of the national bard.

MR. PETO, M.P., having purchased the building of the
Diorama, in Regent's-park, for a Baptist Chapel, the con-
tents were last week put up for sale.
AT GLASGOW, on Saturday week, a boiler burst in the
establishment of Messrs. Forrest and Co., killing a \Tech-
man, and shattering the building to pieces.
A THIEF made his way to the dressing-room of Drury-
lane Theatre, one day last week, and stole some of the
performers' clothes, while they were on the stage.
MR. CHARLES BAILLIE, deputy-advocate, will proba-
bly be appointed sheriff of Stirling, vacant by the ap-
pointment of Mr. Handyside as solicitor-general.
JOSEPH CALLACHAN, aged 20 years, a convict from
Glasgow, under sentence of transportation for seven years,
committed suicide on Sunday week in Millbank prison.
PRICE OF Ice.—Amongst the various articles that have
advanced in price through the weather, is ice, which has
risen from 14s. a ton to 18s. per cwt., within four:months.
DEFENCES OF DOVER--Two more companies of the
Royal Artillery will be shortly added to the two now sta-
tioned in this garrison, and 240 guns will be shortly
mounted.

THE EARL OF ZETLAND, whose countess is a teetotaler,
has engaged a teetotal lecturer to labour amongst the men
employed in his iron and stone works, at Marsk, near
Redcar.

THE Inverness Courier says that the hills all around
are covered with snow, and so heavy was the fall between
Blair Atholl and Dalnacardoch, that the mail northwards
stuck fast.

THOMAS DAir,Eir, butcher, Low Verne!, Greenock, for
cruelly and wickedly wounding a cat with a knife, was
fined at the sheriff's court, last week, in the sum of
10s. 6d., besides costs.
ARTHUR TAYLOR, shipcarpenter, aged 79 years of age,
fell into the hold of a vessel at Port Glasgow on Monday,
and sustained a fracture of the skull. He expired almost
immediately.

WHALES descend perpendicularly from 4,200 to 4,800
feet ; at the latter depth a large whale would have to sus-
tain the pressure of 211,200 tons distributed over its
entire surface.

The Times of Friday contains the following singular
advertisement :—" Corruption's dead ; the victory is ours.
Virtue no longer of Vice shall pardon beg. Incorrup-
tible.—E. J. W."

AT GREENOCK, on Tuesday evening, a girl, eleven
years old, was feeding a little infant six months old, when
the child exhibited symptoms of choking, and expired in
a few minutes.

CAUTION.—The proprietor of a brewery at Newcastle
has incurred a penalty of £2OO for using barley instead of
malt to colour his beer, and another of £5OO for attempting
to bribe an Excise-officer.

A DISABLED SOLDIER NAMED BISSETT, belonging to
Plymouth, who worked his way out to Australia, has sent
home £lOO to his mother, and is about to return himself
with 100 ounces of gold.
THE EARL 6F SHREWSBURY.—The Pope has conferred
the dignity of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Pius
IX. upon the young Earl of Shrewsbury, who is now at
Rome.—Dublin Telegraph.
THE BODY OF A WOMAN, supposed to have been mur-
dered, has been found in the Avon, about seven miles
from Bristol. She has been identified as the wife of a
corporal of the 48th regiment.
iHCONSEQUENCE.OF THEIR RECENT STRIIKE,the sailors
belonging to Maryport and Harrington have obtained an
advance of half a guinea per voyage to Dublin and back.
'Tbey now receive four guineas.
AT THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING of the Ayrshire So-
ciety, held on Tuesday, in Glasgow, in 'honour of the
'birthday of Burns, Lord Eglinton presided, and Sir James
Campbell filled the croupier's chair.

'ffonninLE BRUTA'LITY.—At Glasgow. on Saturday,
some miscreants set fire to an unfortunate woman, who,
in a state of intoxication, had taken refuge in a common
staircase. Three persons are in custody.
A 'FIREMAN on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
has been apprehended on a charge of stealing £6O from a
luggage van. He was spending money profusely in a pub-
lic-house at the time of his apprehension.

A POST-OFFICE DEFAULTER.—Some consternation has
been caused at the General Post-office, owing t o an offi-
cial, in the receipt of between £5OO and .£OO a year,
having been detected in committing frauds.
THE BOILER of a locomotive burst with great violence at
the Newcastle station of the York and Berwick Railway,
on the afternoon of Sunday week. The only person seri-
ously injured was the driver of another engine.
LORD J. RUSSELL has instructed Mr. Drummond Hay,
consul-general at Tangiers, to use his best endeavours to
induce the government to remove obstructions to the de-
velopment of our trade with the empire of Morocco.
THE REV. EDWARD J. CRAPLIN, one of the Fellows
of Magdalen College, Oxford, was on Monday last week
found dead in bed. By the evidence given at the coroner's
inquest there was no doubt that he died of apoplexy.
THE Lancet gives a startling account of the result of
its analysis of livers pots of preserves. Copper was de-
tected in large .quantities in the case of green gages, the
fruit entirely owed its colour to the presence of that metal.

THE Brechin Advertiser announces the fact, that a
greater number of salmon have 'been seen in that neigh-
bourhood of late than was ever done before in the memory
of the " oldest inhabitant." A brilliant season is ex-
pected.

'Sum has been the mildness of the season, that in the
kitohen gardens of the Marquis of Bath, at Longteat-
house, a second crop of apples and pears has been pro-
duced. Three weeks ago strawberries might be seen in
the open air.

THE LEEDS MECHANICS' INSTITUTIONAND LITERARY
Souza-sr( has flourished to such an extent that it was pro-
posed, at the annual meeting on Monday week, to erect a
proper aaite of rooms, at a cost of £lo,ootl. There are
2,166 members and subscribers.
AT THE ELECTION OF A SEXTON for the parish of St.
Peter, Derby, last week, the poll was kept open for three
days ! Then only did the Mayor's candidate withdraw.
seeing that it was useless to prolong the fight longer
against the scar and his supporters.
A LITTLE Boy, son of a farmer at Upper Newton, near
Pontesbury, has perished in a singular way. He got into
a bin with a dog to hunt mice ; while poking about with
a stick. he caused a sack of corn to fall upon himself, and
his head was forced down between his knees.
A CHANGE.—AbOIIt twenty years ago a young man
entered London almost penniless, having travelled from
Providence, U.S. in search of his fortune. He obtained
an engagement in a mercantile house. the principal of
which has recently died and left him X 50,000.
SOME SCOTCH GENTLEMEN have taken umbrage at
the disposition of the Scottish portion of the royal arms,
in thestandards displayed inEdinburgh, and have appealed
to the Earl of Kinnoul—Lord Lyon King of Arms. The
Times in a leading article laughs at their patriotic plaint.

THE DUNFERMLINE CORRESPONDENT of the Fife
Herald says—" There is a man in Grange Bank, who has
regularly fallen down a stair every Hansel Monday since
the Reform Bill times (1831). He has received his cus-
tomary tumble this year, too, but his neck is not broken
yet."

THE WAX-WORK EXHIBITION in Shoreditch, London,
the property of Mr. Peter Bianchi, was almost entirely
destroyed by fire on Monday morning. The loss must be
at least £l,OOO. Mrs. Bianchi, an old woman of 72 years,
threw herself out of her bedroom window, and was fear-
fully injured.

THE COAST DEFENCES.—Magazines are ordered to be
constructed on the Gosport lines, as also on the Hilsea
lines, and a strong gateway is forming on the latter, on
one of the old sites. Some earth-works will be speedily
thrown up at Gomer-pond, Browndown, preparatory to
the erection of a permanent fort. The martello towers
on the Sussex coast are to receive an armament forthwith.
Portsmouth Times.

THE "FAST" YOUNG MEN.—It is rumoured in Lin-
coln that one of the ring-and-chain-ornamented clerks in
the Great Northern Railway Station in this city, has sud-
denly decamped from his employment, leaving a very
serious defalcation in his cash accounts.—Lincolnshire

Chronicle.
TILE GREAT CORN SWINDLE.—At the Mansion-house,
on Tuesday, Robert Ferdinand Pries was committed on
the first charge made against him, of having feloniously
forged accountable receipts for goods, namely, 7313 quar-
ters of wheat, and uttered the same, knowing them to be
forgeries ; other charges have yet to be completed.
JANET KEDDIE, OR JOHNSTONE, a woman residing at
Cupar-Fife, on Tuesday evening, brutally murdered her
own child, a boy five or six years of age, in a drunken
frenzy. She had been drinking for some days, and, irri-
tated at the poor boy's refusal to go for more whiskey, she
strangled him. Her husband is a book distributor.
A FEARFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT, which occurred at
New Cottam Pit, Derbyshire, on Friday morning last,
caused the loss of seven lives. As the men were being
lowered, the ring linking the chain to the wire rope
snapped asunder, and they were all dashed to the bottom
of the shaft. Except in one case death was immediate.

A DARK PICTURE OF NEWCASTLE.—The Newcastle
Chronicle thus describes this " canny town :"—" Our
alleys are swarming with thieves, our finest streets are
infested by beggars, and barricaded by hawkers of small-
wares, the lamps are worse lighted, the streets worse kept,
and the whole town more disorderly than most other towns
of the same importance in other parts of the kiugdorn !"
A SANGUINARY AFFRAY took place between several
Irishmen, at Ilkeston, Derbyshire, on the morning of
Sunday week. William Bowskill, a framework knitter,
and a native of the village, was assaulted by the party
without the smallest provocation, and brutally murdered.
One of the party struck the unoffending man with a rail;
he was also struck with a poker, and lastly he was felled
with a coal hammer.
—„

VI
SMOKING IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES.—At Dartford
petty sessions, William Curtis Edmonds, a gentleman, was
fined 10s. and costs for smoking in the South-Eastern
Railway carriages. He was the holder of a first-class
annual ticket, and had been in the constant habit of
smoking. The company, however, have determined to
put a stop to the practice, and, after giving him warning,
made him the first example.
WAR WITH THE CAFFRES.—At the Mansion-house,
London, on Monday, a dispute was adjusted between two
Caffres and Mr. Simpson, of the Crernorne Gardens. They
had been engaged to perform at the rate of " a cow a
month, and to be taken back atter a certain period to
their own country. They imagined that it was to be a
bullock." which is more valuable, but the contrary was
ultimately made dear to them. as also the undertaking
that they should be sent back to Africa.
LAMENTABLE DEATH.—The only son of Mr. Wittom,
of Ramsey, died at Eaton Socon, on Saturday week, from
the effect of a wound caused by a schoolfellow, who in a
joke intended throwing a piece of bread which he bad in
his hand, together with a knife (being at lunch). By
accident the knife slipped out of his hand, and penetrated
the artery of the thigh, which bled much at first, but was
stopped shortly after ' • but, subsequently breaking loose
again, the boy bled to death.

ALARMING MORTALITY.—A low fever has broken out
at Croydon, according to the medical men, produced by
the unhealthy state of the weather. In many cases it
has proved fatal, and is spreading so fast as to raise a
panic in the town. A very searching inquiry is going on
by the General Board of Health. Dr. Southwood Smith
and other eminent medical gentlemen have visited the
town, and there can be no doubt that the mortality has
been caused by the defective drainage, especially in the
upper part of the town.

• - -
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Saturday morning, one of
the servants in Stratheden House, the mansion of the
Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, at
Knightsbridge, made a desperate attempt at self-destruc-
tion, by cutting her throat with a table-knife. She was
removed to St. George's Hospital, where, from the very
dangerous character of her wound, her recovery is
doubtful. This horrible mode of self-destruction has of
late become very prevalent among suicides, as there are
four cases of the same nature at present in the above hos-
pital, viz., two men and two women.
INFANTICIDE--TWO shocking cases of child murder
are reported. At Agar town, London, an infant was found
in a garden crushed to a mummy, it is supposed by placing
it between two boards, and pressing it with heavy weights.
The other case is that of Eliza Pallinger, a girl only 15,
residing in the midst of a den of wretchedness, at No. 3,
Claren-place, Camberwell, who has been committed for
the murder of her new-born infant. On hearing of which,
and having its paternity disputed by another man, the re-
puted father, James Brown, aged 40, committed suicide
by cutting his throat.

ELOPEMENT.—Much excitement has been caused in
the neighbourhood of Stourbridge, by the elopement of a
medical man in the neighbourhood with the daughter of a
big hly respectable glass manufacturer of that district. The
mate delinquent has long enjoyed an excellent practice,
is married, and has a family of four young children. The
lady, who is only eighteen, was visiting a relative in Bir-
mingham, and on Friday se'nnight, under pretence of
visiting a friend, left the house, and was not heard of
until her father received, on Wednesday morning, a letter
from her, dated Lisgard, Ireland, expressing her determi-
nation to continue with her seducer, and that a search
after them would be fruitless.
A CHILD OF MYSTERY.—Some time since a lady called

at a house in Halifax, closely veiled, and desired to be
provided with lodgings for a short time. She was accom-
modated, and at midnight gave birth to a child ; but
managed. even during the most trying period, to keep
herself so closely veiled that even the doctor who attended
her would not be able again to identify her. Soon after,
she left for the south of England, first liberally paying for
what expense she had incurred, and promising to send 4s.
a week for the support of the child. The money has since
bedo regularly forwarded, but no tidings has since been
received of the lady, although every effort has been made
to communicate with her, as the child is dying.
THE BOTTLE QUESTION.—On Tuesday last, at the
Sunbury Petty Sessions, John Wayte, of the Angel and
Crown Hotel, Staines, was summoned before the magis-
trates, to answer an information by Mr. Gregg, inspector
of weights and measures, for having sold a certain quan-
tity of beer, as and for one quart and one pint, and in the
sale thereof did use certain vessels or measures other than
those authorized by law, the quart being deficient 12
ounces 14 drachms, and the pint 6 ounces and 7 drachms
deficient. The case was argued for nearly three hours,
when the magistrates retired, and, after a short absence.
returned into court, when Colonel Wood (the chairman)
said the court was unanimously of opinion that the infor-
mation had been sustained, and convicted Mr. Wayte in
the penalty of 40s. and costs.
A FRAUDULENT ATTORNEY.—A case of impudent
fraud was brought to light in the Nisi Prius Court,
London, on Monday, last week. Mr. Smith was
the executor of Mr. Torkington, a creditor on the
estate in Chancery of a bankrupt, named Thrapp, for £35.
Last year a final decree was made by the court to pay all
the creditors in full. Mr. Chandler, an attorney, heard
of the order through " the office of the official assignee,"
and offered to obtain the money for Smith, paying him
£3O, and retaining the remainder as costs. This was
assented to ; but some time after the plaintiff learnt that
interest had been paid on the whole time the debt re •
mained unpaid, amounting to upwards of £2O. On ap-
plying to Chandler he admitted as much, but asserted he
had bought the debt for £3O. This Smith denied, and
sued for the amount, which a jury immediately gave him,
Baron Platt twice declaring it a most impudent fraud.
INDIA MAILS.—The Government having concluded a
new contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Na-
vigation Company, for the conveyance of mails, by
packet, vid Southampton, to Malta, Egypt, Ceylon,
India, and China, twice in every month, instead of once,
as heretofore, mails for the above-mentioned places, as
well as for Gibraltar and the lonian Islands, will in future
be despatched from London, by the route of Southamp-
ton, on the morning of the 4th as well as on the morning
of the 20th of each month. Mails for India, &c. (including
China) will also be made up, for transmission rid Mar-
seilles, on the evening of the Bth and 24th of every month.
When the 4th or 20th falls on Sunday, the mails, yid
Southampton, will be made up in London on the previous
evening ; and when the Bth or the 24th of the month falls
on Sunday, the mails, rid Marseilles, will be made up in
London on the evening of the following day.
SHOCKING BRUTALITY.—At the district petty sessions
at Devizes, John Webb, Market Lavington, was charged
by Mr. Stratton, of Gore-farm, with cruelly illusing his
four children, the eldest of whom is only eleven years of
age. The poor children had recently lost their mother,
and since her death they had been entirely at the mercy
of a drunken father. An intelligent, pretty looking girl,
about eight years of age, in a very timid manner, said
that her lather, night after night, had come home drunk,
taken her out of her bed, beaten her, and thrown her
across the room. Their grandmother had seen the bed-
clothes on which they had lain saturated with blood.
The magistrates considered that the defendant was unfit
to have the care of his own children, and as he was not
disposed to allow any portion of the income he received
for their maintenance, they required him to find two sure-
ties of £lOO each, in addition to his own surety of £2OO,
to keep the peace. A 3 the sureties were not forthcoming
he was committed in default. While in prison his income
will be applied to the maintenance of his children.
CHINA FOWLS PRESENTED TO THE QUERN.—By the
last steamer from the United States, a cage of very choice
domestic fowls was brought to Queen Victoria, a present
from George P. Burnham, Esq., of Boston, Mass. The
consignment embraced nine beautiful birds, two males,
and seven pullets, bred from stock imported by Mr.
Burnham direct from China. The fowls are seven and
eight months old, but are of mammoth proportions and
exquisite plumage—light silvery grey bodies, approaching
white, delicately traced and pencilled with black upon the
neck hackles ani tips of the wings and tails. The parent
stock weigh at maturity upwards of 23 lbs. the pair, while
their form, notwithstanding this great weight, is unexcep-
tionable. They possess all the rotundity and beauty of
the Dorking fowl ; and, at the same age, nearly double
the weight of the latter. They are denominated Grey
Shanghaes, (in contradistinction to the Red or Yellow
Shanghaes,) and are considered in America the finest of all
the great Chinese varieties. That they
are a distinct race
is evident from the accuracy with which they breed, and ;
the very close similarity that is shown am.ons I
the whole of these birds being almost precisely
es . alike in
They are
form, plumage, and general characteris
said to be the most prolific of all the Chinese fowls. At
upwards 0
the time of their shipment these birds weighed about 20
lbs. the pair.
For
Proving, of Winchmoref
of this
FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTII..—'`
nine years' (writes Mr. Th"jearsienced the efficacy
Hill, Middlesex), I have exppreviouslyhad longbeen afflicted
with headache and md.igestion;mobutt a,frtend hlanvionwg
lof Frampton in-
duced me to make a on s Pills,
in-
form you that a few doses gave me great relief ; and
during this long period of time I have taken them in
preference to any other medicine ; and I have the happi-
ness of saying that I never bad a better state of health,
which I attribute to Prampton's Pills. I beg further to
add, that this medicine is in general use by my family,
and we know of nothing to equal it." In anv case where
an aperient medicine is required, they need only be tried
to be universally adopted. Sold by all medicine vendors,
Price ls. lid. per box. See the name of " Thomas Prout,
229, Strand, Loudon," on the government stamp,

HYDROPHOBIA.—The Banffshire Journal relates the
particulars of the ravages committed in a sheep-fold is
that neighbourhood by a dog in a rabid state. He bit
several, killing four on the spot, and attacking the master,
was himself killed. Afterwards seven others of the sheep
which had been bitten exhibited the signs of hydrophobia,
and were shortly afterwards obliged to be killed.
OUTRAGE ON THE HULL RA' LViTAY.-11111. Duffill, of
Beverley, who was robbed and thrown out of the carriage
of a train last week, between that town and Hull, has died
from the injuries received. At the magisterial investiga-
tion, on Saturday, when Holliday, a cowkeeper, was
brought up on the charge, a porter, who was standing a
little way ahead of the train, stated that he saw Mrs. Duffill
put her head out of the carriage and call " Thief, thief."
The next moment a hand was- put to the handle of the
door, which flew open, and Mrs. Duffill either jumped,
fell, or was thrown out. She was insensible, and con-
tiuued so until her death on Monday morning about eight
o'clock. When the train was slackening speed, on ap-
proaching Beverley, a man was seen to jump out of the
carriage and run off, It was not known at the time who it
was, but Holliday was subsequently apprehended.
THE MADTAI PERSECUTION.—A great meeting of the
Protestant Alliance, on behalf of the Madiais, was held
on Tuesday at Exeter-hall, presided over by the Lord
Mayor. The chief speakers were the Earl of Cavan
and Mr. Baptist Noel. His lordship, who was one of the
deputation to Florence, stated that the mind of Frail-
cesco Madiai was at times affected by his solitary impri-
sonment. He had asked to be allowed the ticking of a
watch, or anything to relieve it, but was refused. Three
resolutions were adopted—first, expressing theindigna-
tion and regret of the meeting at Christians being.ma-
mured in dungeons for reading and distributing the Bible ;
secondly, conveying the thanks of the meeting to the
Earls of Roden and Cavan, and Captain Trotter, for act-
ing as a deputation to Florence, and urging the govern-
ment to take the matter up by withdrawing its represen-
tative from Tuscany; thirdly, adopting petitions to the
Queen for the repeal of the endowment of Maynooth,
and a commission of inquiry into all nunneries and con-
vents.

TROOP-SHIPS AND CONVICT-SHIPS.—The Lords of the
Admiralty have issued the following important notice re-
specting the manning of ships freighted by Government
yance of troops to our different foreign pos-
'-o for the conveyance of con-

for the e

That in consequence of freightships for the
conveyance of troops and convicts being now taken up by
the register ton new measure instead of the old measure,
as formerly, the number of men in freighted ships con-
veying croups sh.n um, no less than at tne rate ot tour
men for every 100 tons, and in proportion for the frac-
tional parts of 100 tons, and two boys to every ship ; that
the number of men in convict-ships shall not be less than
at the rate of nine men for every 200 tons, and in propor-
tion for the fractional parts of 200 tons, and two boys for
each ship ; that the crews in all cases, exclusive of the
boys, shall consist of not less than one-half of able sea-
men before the mast, and the remainder of officers and
ordinary seamen who have been at sea ; that ships char-

tered for the conveyance of stores shall be manned as in
the mei chant service."

THE AcHTELI CASE.—In the Court of Queen's Bench,
on Wednesday, judgment was given in the case of
" Achilli r. Newman," on the motion for a new trial.
Lord Campbell said, we are of opinion that the rule for a
new trial must be discharged. The defendant had pleaded'
two pleas, one of " Not Guilty," and the second of
" justification ;" but the Court were of opinion that on
both pleas the verdict must be for the Crown. On the
plea of justification it was necessary that the defendant
should have proved the whole of the charges, and having
failed in doing so, under the Statute of the 6th and 7th
Victoria, the defendant was not entitled to the benefit of
the one charge that had been proved, and the jury were
therefore right in their verdict, which could not be dis-
turbed : but the Court, in considering the measure of
punishment, would look into the facts and see whether
the evidence adduced by the defendant was an aggravation
or mitigation of punishment. It had been urged that the
object of the defendant was for the public good : but the
jury had found that only one of the charges had been
proved, and it was not proved that the libel was for the
public good. He proceeded at some length to comment

upon the arguments of counsel, and the evidence with re-
gard to the charges. Some of the charges had never been
attempted to be proved, and, therefore, it must be taken
to be admitted that, even if there was a new trial, there
must be a verdict against the defendant; and the only
effect would be, that the defendant would again have to
be brought up for judgment. Even if they were of opinion
that the evidence preponderated against Dr. Achilli, still
they would be bound to pass sentence on Dr. Newman.
They must, under all the circumstances, discharge the
rule, and Dr. Newman would have to come for judgment,
on Monday.

" OUR LADYE OF GRACE."—AS a specimen of the pro-
fane character of the Mariolatry which the Romish Church
has substituted for the faith and worship of Christ, we
transcribe the following advertisement which appeared in
the Tablet :—" Our Ladye of Grace of Acton.—Our
Ladye of Grace of Acton has well nigh 100 poor children,
but she has no funds for either school or teacher. Our
Ladye of Grace at Acton has a priest with a cure of 1,500-
souls, chiefly poor labouring men and women dispersed
through the villages of Acton. Ealing, Turnham-green,
Chiswick, Sutton, and part of Brentford ; but she has nei-
ther church for her people nor rectory for her priest. Our
Ladye of Grace of Acton sits in her poor damp cellar weep-
ing. Such the sole shelter she has for herself, her children,
her people, her priest—aye, even for the glorious presence
of her son ! Oh !—' vos omnes qui transitis per viam'—
can you do nothing for our Ladye of Grace of Acton, noble
and rich ladies and gentlemen, with pleasant houses, and
bright, fair, happy children—converts who owe your hap-
piness to this same sweet Ladye—good Christian people
all, who profess yourselves servants of Maryc ? Money
will console her—money will teach her poor neglected
children—money will build a church for her people and a
tabernacle for her son—and nothing but money will do these
things. Ah ! send, then, some aid, even though the most
trifling—even a postage stamp ! Never was need more
dire than this. Treasurers, &c. The same charitable
ladies will also be happy to receive any little presents for
a raffle which is in hand, or to dispose of tickets in it at is.
each. The raffle will be completed in 3,000 subscriptions
for upwards of ten prizes, all useful and many valuable.
Or, both donations and applications for tickets will be
received by the Rev. J. 8., &c. A complete list of bene-
factors will appear in the Tablet."
THE BILL-SVVINDLERS have had a check which they
little expected in the Court of Queen's Bench. The facts
of the case are as follow :—The parties were Casey n,
Arden. The Rev. Francis Arden last spring was in want,
of money, and was induced to answer an advertisement
inserted by " Zeta" in a Cambridge paper. " Zeta"
turned out to he " A. Graham, of Duke-street, Portland,.
place," alias James Whalley Gardiner, who had been
convicted some short time since at the Old Bailey. After a
correspondence, in the latter end of April, A. Graham
expressed himself satisfied with Mr. Arden's explana-
tions, and inclosed a stamp and the form of an acceptance
for £l5O, which was duly copied out and returned to him
by the defendant. Receipt was acknowledged, and a
promise made that the money should be obtained from a
" capitalist" with as short a delay as possible. This
" capitalist" was ostensibly one Robert Thompson, but
really a gentleman who seems to have been known as
"Little Tommy Casey," an insolvent debtor, a defaulter
as collector under the Income and Property Tax Act, and
a part proprietor in the " National Sweep and Betting-
office" in the Haymarket. Four names appeared on the
hack of the bill—those of Graham, Crutchley, Thompson,
and Casey. Casey, as indorsee and holder of the bill,
brought the action. Crutchley was proved to be !I noto-
rious gambler. The strangest part of the transaction was
that Thompson indorsed over the bill to Casey, Thomp-
son and Casey being one and the same person ! A wit-
ness who had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act, and
not paid a farthing to his creditors, deposed that in his
presence Thompson indorsed to Casey, and that at the
same time Casey took out money from Ins strong box and
handed it to Thompson ! It was proved, by the evidence
of William Phipps, secretary to the Lambeth Waterworks
Company, that the letters produced and signed " Robert
Thompson," were written by Casey, the plaintiff, who
had been one of the collectors to the company. The case
ended with a verdict for the defendant : and the presiding
judge, Baron Platt, ordered the bill to be impounded, that
it might serve as the foundation for an indictment for
conspiracy against the gang of swindlers who have been
too long allowed to infest the town.

FRIGHTFUL COLLISION AT SEA.—A fearful and fatal
collision between two vessels, took place in the English
Channel on the boisterous night of Friday week, about
nine o'clock, somewhere between the Lizard and the
Eddystone Lighthouse. The Herald, which was bound
to London, was about 400 tons register, and was com-
manded by Mr. Vertue, an experienced mariner, and
manned by a crew of seventeen hands. The vessel with
which the Herald came in collision was a schooner, which,
at the time, was supposed to have received the greater
amount of injury, being perfectly dismantled and other-
wise distressed. Bad weather, however, came on soon
after the vessels got clear, and in a few hours afterwards,
it was discovered that the Herald, which for some time
appeared to have escaped essential damage, was in a sink-
ing state. Between five and half-past five all were
thrown into consternation by water being observed above
the lower deck ; chests and cases of the cargo were float-
ing about. The master ordered the pinnace to be low-
ered, but on attempting to get it over it stove between the
round-house and main rigging. The long boat !vas then
cut adrift, but from some reason or other it continued in
the stocks • and before it could be got out
te
the
starboardslllp made a
plunge head foremost, settled down on_e,
wbiodalet in
tth?hershotpoeokthtaot
and gradually disappeared. Most of the untortunate fel-
lows who perished got into the lokng,
she would float clear of theviwnrge
tchemselveso
the gig with a view of preset Neither were
buoyant, having been stove as the ship rose after the first
plunge, and with their unhappy occupants they perished
with the ship. One of the crew, named Gardener, was
washed out of the long. boat, and he has little recollection
of the painful scene which followed. From the position
in which he found himself he must have struck out swim-
ming ; recovering himself, he contrived to get hold of a
spar, and managed to keep hold of it till daylight, when he
perceived another of the crew, Benjamin Ward, who was
clinging to a part of the round-house, which had parted
from the ship when she went down. Gardener, perceiving
that it was capable of supporting him also, swam towards
it, and gained it, upon which they contrived to keep them-
selves out of the water. As the morning advanced they
saw several vessels, but they were all standing away from
them, and apparently did not notice their critical position.
About nice o'clock they at length, to their great joy, ob-
served a ship bearing down towards them. For some time
they were kept in a state of painful suspense as to whe-
ther she perceived them ; but their fears were dispelled,
and by twelve o'clock she had come near alongside of
them. At that time the two poor fellows were in a most
exhausted state, Ward especially, who from his reduced
state had some difficulty in keeping on the timber. On
the ship nearing them, she threw a deep-sea line to them ;
but Gardener, perceiving the rate the vessel was going
through the water, and that Ward, from his exhausted
condition, could not keep hold of it, urged him, not to
seize it. The poor fellow, however, was too eager to save
his life. Gardener said he would not take his advice; he
Tehearvdee vessel then
s
wa
took hold of the line, and, being unable to beer up against
the rush through the water, he perished.
lowered a boat, and, after seauveexertion,
picked up, the part of the channel being about thirty
miles off the Start.

STEAM FROM LIVERPOOL TO AUSTRALIA.
To be despatched early in .llarch.
For PORT PHILIP,
(Calling at MADEIRA, ST. VINCENT, ST. HE.
LENA, and the CAPE OF GOOD HOPE,)
The splendid first-class Screw Steamer
OSMAN LI,
800 tons burthen, 100 horse power,
JOHN Locxa, Esq., Commander,
(Who has had several years' experience in the
command of screw Steamers.)

The OSNIANLI was built by Mesirs...Alexander Denny and
Brother, of Dumbarton, and is expe dto make the passage to
Port Philip in less than sixty day which is fully justified by
the performances of the screw earners in the Cape trade.
She will only take first second cabin passengers, the
number of which will be ictly limited, and carries an ex-
perienced surgeon.
The qualities of thi noble ship have been well tested during
the late tempestuous/voyage to and from the Mediterranean.—
For freight or passage apply to the Owners, Messrs. VIANNA,
JONES, and CHAPPLE, or

HENRY FOX, 2, King-street.