The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-22 00:00:00

DARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1853.

THE WAR.—A requisition is in course of signature in
Liverpool to the Mayor, John B. Lloyd, Esq., asking him
,o call a meeting to consider the propriety of urging upon

the Government the necessity of efficient support to
Turkey in its present struggle with the Northern Autocrat.
TILE 'MANCHESTER ATIIENMIIM had a narrow escape
from destruction by fire on Wednesday afternoon. The

fire in a large stove in the news-room had ignited the
floor, but some boards having been torn up, the flames
were discovered in time to check their progress.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY TETE Loin-LIEUTENANT.-
4th Royal Lancashire (Light Infantry) Militia : Ensign
T. B. Whitehead to be lieut., vice Phibbs, who retires.—

Artillery Corps of the Royal Lancashire Militia

Second Lieut. J. Millton to be first lieut. • Second Lieut.
W. G. Furnival to be first lieut.; Second Lieut. J. E. D.
Campbell to be first lieut.
MASONS' STRIKE IN THE ISLE OF MAN.—The masons
pf Ramsey have demanded an advance of 3s. weekly on
their present wages, to commence on the Ist of January,
1854, thereby allowing time to their employers to finish
their present contract work. Should the demand not be
complied with by a guarantee to make the advance at the
time required, we believe that an immediate strike is
contemplated.—Moria's Herald.
ROBBING AN EMPLOTER.—John Goodwin was charged
on Wednesday, at the Police-court, by Mrs. Calvert, who

keeps a toy-warehouse, in Bold-stieet, with stealing, on
the 21st ult., a quantity of gold and silver, a dozen knives,
some coral beads, and three pairs of bracelets, in all
valued at £7, from her premises. He had been out of the
way since the robbery until his apprehension on Tuesday.
Remanded, to give the police an opportunity to find some
of the property.

SEAlicirrid SERVANTS' BOXES.—Irt a case heard on
Tuesday, at the County Court, in which a defendant, sum-
moned by his domestic servant, had refused to allow her
to take her box on quitting his employment, his Honour
declared emphatically that a master had no more right to
search a servant's box than a servant had to ransack his
desk, unless, indeed, there were strong grounds for a
suspicion of felony, in which ease, what he did was at his
own risk.
BODY Or A CHILD Pocivn.—On Tuesday afternoon,
about three o'clock, police-constable Hassett, on duty iii
Church-street, Everto'n, found the body of a newly-born
female child, which was lying in the grave-yard of St.
George's Church, 'wrapped in white cloth. Mr. George
Kemp, surgeon, was of opinion that the child hataeen

bornalive,but that death had been caused by suffocation,
from pressure Upon the mouth, the result of aeciaent or
violence.
SUDDEN Dsirn.—On Sunday, last week, 311 r. Saville
Roundell, a gentleman far advanced in years, died sud-
denly at his house, in Bedford-street South. The deceased,
who was Un unmarried man, was somewhat singularin
his manners, but very temperate, and of 'regular habits.
On the servant girl, as usual, taking apt& shaving water,
at eight o'clock on Sunday morning, he made no answer,
and, his door being locked, the inmates of the house be-

&Die alarmed, and a police-officer was called in. The
deceased was found dead in bed, death having resulted
irom serous apoiexy.
CHANGE RINGING.—On Wednesday week, the Liver-
; pool college youths celebratedtheir lefty-third anniversary,
It the Boar's Head, Drury-lauc, the venerable change
ringer, Mr. W. Evans, in the chair. There were present,
Messrs. Churchwardens Hutchison and Came, with Mr.
Clarke, the late churchwarden, and Mr. John Hand, who,
fifty-three years ago, conducted the first peal ever rung in
Liverpool. Mr. Mayor, another veteran change ringer,
and several friends and:admirers of the art, were present.

During the.evening several tunes and courses were rang

on the hand bells, and glees followed each toast.
A COUNTERFEIT Rot-I.—During the last few 'Cola
nights, a woman has•been begging in Oxford-street, Man-
chester, apparently with 4 little child, well muffiedup In
her cloak ; and as she,wes very importunate, and aurfoyed
many decent people, a policeman took her to the police-
station, and it was there found that the baby was wade of

shavings, wrapped:up with rags, into something !like an

infantile. forni She was taken before the magi4trates at
the city police-court; and as she assured the benchikat she
had several reit elindren in the town, and wealid imme-
diately go back to Liverpool with them, she:-was dis-
charged.—Manehesier Examiner.
Mn. GEORiat 'WITHERS, formerly treasurer te the dock
trust, died cm Wednesday morning, after a lingering illness
of several months, at the house of his son, Mr. It. Withers,
he Uplands, West Derby. Deceased held the office of
dock treasurer' for a period of nearly twentryears, having
been appointed in April, 1833. In September or October
last year he resigned his situation, owing to kis advanced
age and deaiTking state of health. On his^retirement the
Dock ComMittee offered him the choice of sum of money,
to be -paid nver immediately, or a superannuation allow-
ance of -MOO per annum ; Mr. Withers-chose the latter,
and he -has therefore only been in the eenjoyment of his
pension for a period of about twelve months. He was

In years of age.
SrmiLrNG A £2O Norm—At the Poßce-court, on Wed-
nesday, Johanna Russell, servant with Mr. Terence

M`CaiAey, of Trueman-stieet, was charged with stealing
a £2O Bank of England note. Six weeks ago the note
was stolen from a locked drawer, by some person who had
taken out the drawer above, and abstracted the note by
thrusting the hand at the back of the drawer. Nothing
further was heard of it until Tuesday evening, when the
prisoner took a £2O note to the house of Mr. Congrieffe,
publican, Trueman-street, in payment of 7s. 2d., which
she owed him. Mr. Congrieffe saidlie could not change
it then, but if she would come in the morning he would
endeavour to do so. Information qyas given to the police,

arid she was taken into custody, 'llr:M`Camley said, as
he was no scholar he could not swear to the note; but he
had received it from a gentleman, who, he thought, would
be hble to identify it. Remanded, in order that this ad-
ditional link in the evidence might te given.

lizAcKpunN Conpone.TioN.The -government of the
town of Blackburn has passsed 'entirely into the hands of
the Radical faction. It was the wont of this faction to
decry the monopoly of power which' hey falsely attributed
to Vie Conservatives. But monophly is only wrong, when
,it is not in the hands of the "Liberals." We confess that
we never willingly apply the term which we have just
quoted to the Radical party, fona.more thoroughly illibe-
ral.set never breathed the air of heaven. This self-styled
"Liberal" party claims to itself the sole right of admi-
, nistering our local affairs—umnicipoi as well as parochial.
It does not signify that consideral3ly more than one-half
of the public rates are paid by Conservatives ; the latter
mist not have any voice whatever in-the government of the
town. It does not signify that Confiervatives notoriously
pay, more than one-half the gross, amount of wages paid
in Illackburn : they must not even presume to ask the

onffx4ges of their own work-people. It does not signify

that -More than one-half of the people of Blackburn are
members of the Church of England: they must content
themselves with a Town Council composed (excluding the
Aldermen,) of a majority of Romanists and Dissenters—a
majority which will, ere long, be still farther augmented.
All this is very exclusive and one-sided ; but it is quite in
keeping with the principles of .modern " Liberalism."--
Bladkburn Standard.

CURIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A TOLICE-OFPICER.—
Police.cfficer 68 (M'Grane) was ton Wednesday charged
by •officer 329 with furious driving. The informant stated

that he was on duty in Great Georg-street on Sunday,

the ethiostant, when he saw the defendant in a white;
chapel, ~Oriving at the rate of a or 13 miles an hour:

In has ~defence, M`Grane said that he and Southwell (a
brother officer) were going to take a jaunt to Prescot,
after they had come off duty on the evening in question,

and thafhe was not driving at a greater speed than fowl
or five miles= hour. The charge, lie said, had been in-
stigated by a malicious feeling on the part of the officer
who had information. He then ,galled witnesses
to prove the easy pace at which the horse was going,
amongst Whom was Inspector Campbell, who said that
retvane was: not going at a greater speed than six or
seven miles an hour. He (the inspector) had noticed the
officers going :down the street, awl he remarked to the
officer who had since laid the information that they were
" cutting it fat." It seems that the officer, who.4id not

appea;rohe on the most friendly terms with M`Grane,
had thought that this remark would justify him in bring-
ing the charge. The inspector explained, however, that
he only meant that they were making a gay appearance.
Mr. Mansfield said he could see no reason why the charge
had been brosght,for. it appeared to him that M`Grane
had not been furiously -driving, and that it was a gross
mistake on the part of 329. Captain Greig, who haid been
called into court to hear the case, said, as it was very de-
sirable that there should be no dissension amongst the
officers, he should remove 329 to the northern divisiozi._

RIIN.CORN meeting was held in
the National School-room, in Runcorn, on Thursday, wllich
meeting was called by the following notice :—" Notice is
hereby given, that the inhabitants of the township of Run-
corn, in the county of Chester, will assemble in vestry, at
the Parish Church, in Runcorn aforesaid, on Thursday,
the 17th day of November instant, At the hour of twelve
.o'clock at noon, for the purpose. of /receiving and consider-
irtg the wish of John Johnson, ,Esq„ which will be then
And there submitted to them, to stop lap as wholly unne-
cessary a certain footpath or highway:leading from a cer-
tain Sark in a road or way called the Greenway, in Run-

corn aforesaid, across a field belonging toGeo. Uried, Esq.,
and another field belonging to the said John Johnson, Esq.,
and ending at certain steps leading down ;into a road or
way called the Holloway, also in Runcorn 'aforesaid, the
said footpath or highway being of the length of 792 yards,
or thereabouts, and of the average breadth, of four feet, or
thereabouts, and situate in Runcorn aforesaid." The Rev.
John Barclay, M.A., vicar, presided. The various clauses
in acts of parliament relating to the matter in laud were
read to the meeting. Mr. John Johnson then, stated that,
in consideration,of the public giving up the footpath in
question, and in lieu thereof, he would thoroughly ,retiair
the road called the Holloway, leading from Runcorn to
Higher Runcorn—that he would make it a good road;
also widen it in some-parts, as well as take off several cor-
ners in the road, which would shorten the distance forty
yards. The alteration, he said, would remove one of the
greatest nuisances they had in or about Runcorn, which
all must confess the Holloway was at present. He would
do All this at his own expense, but he wished it to be tho-
roughly understood that he would be the last person in
the world to take a privilege from a working man—nay, if
he had to walk twenty yards further he would not take
it. By making this alteration, he {Mr. Johnson) would
lose a rental of £7 a year; and if any working man can
prove that he will suffer in the slightest degree by the
alteration, he would at once give it up.—lt was proposed
by Mr. James Carsley, and seconded by Mr. Thomas
Pritchard, " That the proposition made by John Johnson,
Esq., be accepted ; and that leave be given him to stop up
the footpath described in the notice."—An objection was
then made to Mr. Thomas Pritchard, as not being a rate-
payer in the township of Runcorn : the motion was after-
wards seconded by Mr. John Basnett.—An amendment
was moved by Mr. Shaw Brown, and seconded by Mr.
John Bailey, " That this meeting be adjourned until to-
morrow evening, at six o'clock, in order to afford the
working classes an opportunity of giving their opinions
and vote on the occasion?! This amendment was after-
wards withdrawn to make room for the following amend-
ment, which was proposed by Mr. Jonathan Potter, and
seconded by Mr. Mather, " That this meeting be ad-
purned until Mr. Johnson's proposition be laid before the
Runcorn Improvement Commissioners." A division took
place, when it appeared that there were—for the amend-
ment, 41; original motion, 54 ; majority, 13. A poll was
instantly demanded by ;81r. Simpson, seconded by Mr.
Shaw Brown, and the -Vicar adjourned the meeting to the
Town-hall, in Runcorn, on Monday morning. A vote of
s l
thanks to the Vicar was moved by Mr. Whiteway, and
seconded by Mr. Joseph Rigby, for hi and conduct in
the chair.

THE LIVERPOOL STAN

THE ATLANTIC, United States mail steam-ship, Captain
West, sailed at half-past ten o'clock:on Wednesday, with
a full cargo, for New York ; and, at the same time, the
screw steam-ship Andes, with a large and valuable cargo,
for Halifax and Boston
LAW AND PUGILISM

A. fine of £2 and costs was im-

posed by the magistrates, on Tuesday, upon Mr. John
Yates, sen., a solicitor of this town, for an assault com-
mitted by him on Mr. Walter Robert Crouch, a surgeon
to the Northern Hospital. The dispute between the parties
arose from the refusal of Mr. Yates to pay the fee of a
guinea, which Mr. Crouch claimed on the part of a me.
dical friend of his, for evidence given in a case in which
Mr. Yates was concerned.
THE PRESTON MASTER COTTON-SPINNERS nESEIGED
AT BLACKBURN.—The strike at Blackburn, it would
appear, is not yet at an end; and the turn-outs, it seems,
are receiving countenance and aid by physical-force-men
from Preston. On Wednesday afternoon a mob of opera-
tives surrounded the Bull Hotel, in Blackburn, in the
belief that many of the Preston employers were in the
house. These they threatened with summary vengeance
if they could lay hands on them, in the meantime threaten-
ing to burn the hotel. Several of the Preston manufac-
turers, who were in the house at the time, were forced to
escape by the back way, and the mob only dispersed after six
of their number had been permitted to search every room
in the house, and satisfy themselves that none whom they
regarded as obnoxious were in the house,— a lawless free-
dom entirely opposed to every maxim of English law, and
highly dangerous to public safety.

WEST DERBY GCARDIANS.—Mr. J. Harrison presided
at the usual meeting of this board, on Wednesday, at the
Workhouse. The other members pi esent were the Rev.
W. Badnall, and Messrs. Allpass, Hayes, .WGee, Lunt,
Craig, Mountfield, Abrahams, Carter, G. Harrison, Roskell,
Wensley, Molyneux, Horsfall, Shaw, Jefilies, andCatterall.
The balance in the hands of the treasurer was stated to be
£216 6s. 9d. Orders were given that application should
be made to the overseers of Evertor. and Thornton, re-
quiting them to pay the balance due from them to the
board by Tuesday next ; the respective amounts due from
them being, Everton £4,20 11.2 d., and Thornton £4 6s. 2d.
The wages of John Taylor, tailor, and Isaac Mullock,
shoemaker, at the Workhouse, were ordered to be 255. a
week respectively, and Messrs. John Getty and Thomas
Brereton accepted as sureties for Messrs. Hood and Scour-
field, contractors for alterations in the hospital. The
tender of Mr. Shaw. of Loudon-road, for locks,was accepted,
and Mr. Stephens, medical officer, requested to attend, the
next meeting of the board, with reference to the case of
Mary Clare.
DENSE FOG AT MANCHESTER.—On Thursday night
Manchester and!Salford was visited by a fog so dense as
to be absolutely alarming. It appears to have tome on
about half-past seven o'clock, and to have continued until
half-past ten. In the vicinity of the canals, and of the
rivers Irwell and Medlock, it was extraordinarily dense ;
and at the Bridgewater Viaduct, and at the Crescent, in
Salford, it-Was found necessary to lead the horses in the
omnibuses, as from the middle of the streets the gaslights
at the sides could not be seen, and there was the greatest
danger,of the vehicles running upon the footpaths. One
of our reporters states, that in proceeding to a lecture
delivered that evening in the Town-hall, Salford, he found
much difficulty in finding the square in which the buihi-
•ing is situate, and that he actually got upon the steps at
'the entrance before he could make out whether thaarge
room of the hall was lighted up or not. The large light
.in the centre of the square assumed the appearance of a
!flickering lurid something overhead ; and the common
lamp-posts could not be distinguished a yard from them.
We have not heard of any accidents occurring clearing the
continuance of the fog, though it seems wonderful that
such is the case.—Mancheeter Courier.

DOCK Commirrda.—The weekly meeting was held on
Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. A recom-
mendation was read from the-sub-committee of works to
let 1,443 square yards of land at the north side of the
canal lock, fronting Lightbody-street, to Messrs. Brandreth
and Co., colour manufacturers, at ls. 6d. per square yard
per annum, for a term sof five years. -After some conver-
sation the recommendation was agreed to.—The surveyor
received the authority of the committee to let the Clarence-
dock dry after Sunday, the 27th instant, for the purpose
of cleansing it.—The sub-committee reported that the
terms of the aorenticeships of Chas. Edward Shackleton,
John E. Leyland, Edward Bowring, and Peter Campbell
had expired, andltheir conduct /haying been satisfactory,
the sub-committee recommended that the secretary be
authorised to put an engrossmedt on their indentures to
that effect. Agreed to.—The sub-committee recommended
that Messrs. Leyland and Bowring, .who have been for
some time acting as landing=elerks, be confirmed in their
appointments, at salaries of £BO a-year ; and that Camp-
bell and Alexander Gordon be:appointed to the office of
landing-cierks, at the same salary. They further recom-
mended that Messrs. Oldfield, Kinnetsley, and Williams
be appointed as additional landing-clerks, at the same
salary. Agreed to.—Mr. Lansdale complained that a
man named Kean had been passed, through Mr. Cowan
being prejudiced against him. A long conversation ensued,
but ultimately the appointments of the sub-committee
were confirmed.—The resignation of Mr. Goldman, one of
the landing-clerks, was accepted, and the appointment• of
threetadditional landing-clerks was ordered.—An applica-
tion from the• men on the landing-stage for an increase in
their salaries, which amount to 20s. per week, was refused.
—On the recommendation of the Harbour-masters' Sub-
committee, the fog bell was ordered to be rung at ;intervals
of two minutes, when required, for the safety of the
steamers arriving at the quay.—lt was ordered that in
future the established firms in the town should be allowed
the use of the large cranes (for fifteen tons or upwards)
on receipt of the signature, of a clerk, and without
requiring the deposit of ksovereign, as formerly.

WARRINGTON DISPENSARY BILL.—The annual ball
in aid of the funds of the Warrington Dispensary, took
placein the Assembly-room, Lion Hotel, Warrington, on
Tuesday. The assembly, owing to a variety of excises,
was not so numerous as on former occasions, but it 'em-
braced members of the most distinguished families in the
,district, and the company presented a most -brilliant ap-
pearance. The following were amongst the number
present-:—Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., Sir Humphrey de
Trafford, Augustus de Trafford, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Ellis
Cunliffe, Mr. and Mrs. Brooke, Major and Mrs. Brooke,
Captain and Mrs. Robert Parker, Mr. Antrobus, Mr. John
Antrobus, Captain Rowley, Mr. France, (77th Regt.,)
Hon, Gilbert Stapylton and lady, W. G. Walmsley., Esq.,,
Mrs.tand Miss Tempest, Hen. A. Lascelles, Mrs. Laseelles,
Sir Philip Grey Geaton, Mrs. and Miss Geaton, -I. J.
Blackburne, Esq., and lady, Miss Blackburne, Miss E.
13Iackburne, Miss F. Blackburn, Captain Wombwell, Mr.
Wilbraham, Mr. E.' Wilbraham, Colonel Blackburne, Mr.
di% Corbett, Miss Corbett, Mr. G. Shakerley, Mrs. and Miss
Dora Shakerley, Mr. Hannan, Mr. Bali and Mr. Scott,
`(34th Regt.;) Lieut. Mostyn )wen, E. H. Grey, Esq., A.
Potts, Esq., .John Shairp, Esq., Mr. and Lady Adelaide :de
'Trafford, the Missetie .Alderser, Alderman Perrin (ex-
Mayor), and the Misses Perrin, S. B. Chadwick, Esq., and
Miss Whiteway, Jas. Maroon, Esq., and party,. Rev..G.
Eaton and-Miss Eaton, Miss Robinson Appleton (Widnes),
.John Litton, Esq., Alderman Pierpoint and lady, Mrs.and
Miss Gaskell (Birchdale), John Broadhurst, Esq., Chas.
Broadhurst, Esq., Mr. John Haddock, the Misses Haddock,
George Arldngstall, Esq., Dr. Kendrick and lady, Mr. C.
White, Alderman White, Mr. and Miss Churton, MT.
Spinks,'Mr. J. -H.. Seed and lady, Miss E. Green, Mr. John
Crosteld, Mr. S. M. Webster, Mr. S. Reynolds, Miss
Thorpe, the Mayor, (P. Rylands, Esq.,) Miss Wraff, Thos.
Giddes, Esq., and lady, Wm. Nicholson, Esq., lady, and
party, Jas:Nicholson, Esq., and lady, T. F. Lawe, Esq.,
Jas. Stanton, Esq., Miss Stanton, Henry Stanton, Esq.,
and 'lady. The refreshment rooms, under the superin-
tendence of Mrs. Thorpe, of the hotel, were thrown open
shortly .before twelves:Mock, and fully sustained the repu-
tation of the hostess. Horabin's qmalyillo band was in
attendance.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR BOOTLE.—On the night of
Thursday last a fire broke out in the flour-mill in Bootle-
, lane, occupied by Mr. Thomas Bollard, ancbknown in the
neighbourhood as Bollasd's Mill. The mill was a very
extensive-one, grinding lay eleven pairs of stews, driven
partly by wind and partly by steam power, the windwill
portion consisting of a lofty tower nine stories In height,
closely adjoining to which wwas an extensive granary five
stories high, and at the north-east side of this ;was the
steam-engine .and boiler-house, and on the farther side
was an additional granary and stables; the whole occupy-
ing part of a .field. At about a quarter before eight
o'clock smoke was observed issuing from one of•themm-
dows on the fourth or fifth . floor of the circular tower;
when an alarm of fire was immediately given, and mes-
sengers were despatched to lAverpool for assistance.
With the least possible delay, -Mr. Hewitt and -the fire
brigade, and the agents and snpetintendents of the fire
insurance offices and their men, were on the spot.; bqt,
before their arrival, the fire had attained such ascendency,
•as to defy all efforts to extinguish it. Exertions were,
therefore, in the first ,instance, directed to saving some
-valuable horses, which were in the stables, and in doing
;this the assistants were happily successful, as well as in
saving some pigs. About nine o'clock the fire had
reached its greatest force, and was burning with terrifit
fury. At this time the fear upper stories of the mill
tower, together with the maehinery.on its top, including
the,sails, presented a dense and glowing mass of raging
flame, ever and anon bursting :out with increased vigour
and volume, as the timber and other combustible matters
on the different floors successively gave way, the fiery
mass being greatly augmented by die gallery and stairs
which externally surrounded the tower, and, also loy flames
from the large granary first referred to, Long after every
vestige of combustible matter had been ,consumed in the
four or five upper floors of the tower, the ponderous arms
of the huge sails continued poised on the summit of the
building, swaying in such a manner as to convey an idea
of imminent peril to the under buildings, and those work-
ing beside them : at length, the supports, gradually
weakened, gave way, and the massive arms, drawn back-
wards by the weight .of the tail-wheel and its connecting
machinery, fell over, and rested securely across the roof-
less wall of the tower, Shortly after this, the tail-wheel -
,and some of its fastenings -fell to the ground with a crash,
thug removing every immediate source of danger, and
allowing free scope for the exertions of those who were
labouring for the safety of the remaining property.
Shortly before eleven o'clock the fire had nearly exhausted
itself, and became gradually extinct. Soon after the
fire broke oat, Captain Greig, the head constable, was on
the spot, and rendered valuable assistance by his advice
and directions to the police, who exerted themselves most
vigorously on the occasion. There were about thirty
police-officers present, headed by Superintendent Ride
and two inspectors. Mr. Duncan, the engineer to the
water works, also rendered valuable aid. Mr. A. Stone
and Mr. Warburton, of the Norwich Union Fire Office,
and several other gentlemen connected with fire insurance
companies, were present. Mr. Coutes, of the Industrial
School, had the boys belonging to that establishment out
with their hose, but it not being of sufficient length they
were unable to render any assistane,e. A great portion of
the flour had been removed from the building, and un-
principled parties were carrying it off. Mr. Warburton,
agent of the Norwich Fire Insurance Company, informed
Mr. Coutes of the circumstance, when he immediately set
the boys to carry it inside the gates of the school. The
damage will be only partially covered by insurance ; in
the Norwich Union office to the extent of £3,000, and
about £2,000 in the Phoenix. Nothing is at present known
as to the origin of the conflagration. The mill was burnt
down about twenty-three years ago, and at that time it
belonged to Mr. J. Shaw. We have heard that it is not
intended to refit that portion of the motive power which is
dependent on the wind for its action ; but that the four
upper stories of the tower are to be taken down, and the
Whole of the machinery to be adapted to steam-pmer.

DEATH IN THE BOROUGH GAOL.-On Tuesday Mary
Irving, a prisoner under sentence of eighteen months'
imprisonment, for felony, died of pulmonary consumption.

THE SHIPWRIGHTS AND THEIR APPRENTICES.—On
Wednesday, Gray, Martin, and Watmough, apprentices to
Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co., shipbuilders, appeared to
answer for refusing to work. Mr. Cato said that on the
Bth of this month a great number of apprentices - 50 or
60 of them—assembled at the yard gate, having discon-
tinued working. He asked them the reason, and they
said it was because Mr. Audley, one of the partners, had
discharged one of the apprentices who had refused to be
bound. They said they would not allow him (Mr. Cato)
to bind his apprentices, as it was contrary to the regula-
tions of their society. He replied that he would see who
was master then, for he would have no apprentices in his
yard who were not bound. Since that time they had ab-
sented themselves from their work. Mr. Booth said the
defendants deserved to be severely punished, and sent
them to prison for 14 days.
THE RESERVOIR AT Buity.—ln the Court of Ex-
chequer on Thursday, in the cases Mucklow v. Whitehead,
and Openshaw v. Whitehead Mr. Gray appeared to show
cause against a rule obtained for the purpose of obtaining
an order to the Master to review his taxation. The actions
arose out of circumstances connected with the Bury reser-
voir, and the same attorney had acted for both plaintiffs,
there being but one defendant. The Master, on taxation,
had divided the charge for " drawing brief," which was ls.
per folio, between the two plaintiffs, and allowed for two
copies. The learned counsel contended that this was the
proper course to be adopted, seeing that the circumstances
in both cases were alike, and that one brief was only a copy
of the other. The question was an important one, and
had not yet been settled.—The Chief Baron said it re-
minded him of the Baltic risks some years ago, in which
there had been twelve actions against one defendant, the ,
same attorney appearing for all the plaintiffs. Could it be
supposed that he could fairly charge for drawing twelve
briefs, each of which was precisely the same ? He thought
not.—The Court would consult the other judges before
they gave judgment on so 'important a question.
ALLEGED CONFESSION OF MIIRDER.—A paragraph
has been making a round of the newspapers to the effect,
that a young man, named Thomas Jarrett, residing in
Smithdown-lane, Edge-hill, Liverpool, surrendered him-
self at the Sackville-place Station-house, in Dublin, and
said that be had shot a young man, named Thomas Wil-
liams, also residing near the Edge-hill Station. We have
been requested to state the following, which are, we under-
stand, the facts of the case :—On Wednesday week, the
young man, Jarrett, a mere youth, went over to Dublin
on a pleasure excursion, and on the following day, while
walking about the city, he felt fatigued, and entered
an eating-house, where he had some refreshment, and also
some drink. He recollects two or three men being
present while he was drinking, and, also, of suddenly feel-
ing a giddiness come over him, when he rushed into the
street. Beyond this he remembers nothing, for from that
moment he lost all recollection of what took place, and
'remained unconscious up till Saturday se'nnight, although
attended by two medical gentlemen. On recovering his
senses he gave the address of his relatives, some of whom
went to Dublin for him; and, es 'he was immediately
given up to them by the Dublin authorities, by whona be
had been detained for safety, lie was brought home. No
murder, such as alleged, has been committed.
FAGGOT VOTES FOR NORM LANCASHIRE.-..-1H the
Court of Common Pleas, on Thursday, the case'of Moor-
house and others v. Gilbertson, was heard. This was an
appeal from the decision of the revising barrister of North
Lancashire. The appellants were the owners of undivided
shares in freehold property in Preston. A portion of this
property was let under agreement that the tenant should
pay 40s. a year for it to the landlords, on the terms that
they should pay the poor-rates, water-rate, and local board
of health rate. The revising barrister held that the annual
value did not amount to 40s. a year, but 'that the real an-
nual value was 405., minus the rates. On this decision a
number of votes now depended, and the joint owners ap-
pealed from it. The counsel for the appellants contended
that the revising barrister was wrong: that a clear yearly
value of 40s. gave the vote, from Which the public rates
and taxes wreranot to be deemed to be charged. The Lord
Chief Justice.—What would the -tenant have paid, if he
had to pay this own rates ? He would have paid, less the
rates. The'value, then, taking the rental paid as the value,
is under 405., and the landlord has not 40s. a year to dis-
pend. Mr. James contended he had; for, though he paid
the tenant's rates, he had the money to dispend in so
doing. The Lord ?Chief Justice.—That might be a good
argument against complaints of agricultural distress.
'" What do you let your land for ?" Oh, only 15s. an
acre," says the complaining landlord The answer would
43e, "That means 20s. with the poor-rates:' That would
be another fallacy on behalf of the agriculturists—the
-higher the poor-rates, the more they would get for their
'rent. The Court were of opinion that the tenant's rates,
being paid by the landlord, must be deducted. All the
landlord got was '4os. for 'the land and for an agreement to
pay the rates, which was the same thing as though he had
agreed to pay for the tenant's beer. He did not receive
40s. a year for his land. The revising barrister had no
very difficult task in 'deciding on this question ; and that
moderately difficult task he had performed very well, and
had come to a right •conelnsion. Judgment for the re-
spondents, with costs. . .

Ma. BEADLEY •AND THE SELECT VESTRY.—At a
• •recent meeting of the parochial finance committee, the
1 following resolution was passed :—" Mr. Bradley having
'called the attention .of the committee to the following
• statement, reported to have been made by Mr. Hodson, in
• a speech delivered*by him at a meeting of the Town
'Council ; resolved, 'that the churchwardens be requested
'to convene a meeting of the general board as early -as
practicable, for the purpose of considering whether any
. and what steps should be taken by the board with re-
: Terence to the foregoing statement.' In pursuance of
this resolution, a special meeting of the Select Vestry was
.held on Tuesday, in the Parish-offices at Brownlow-hill.
The Rev. Rector Campbell presided, and the other mem-
bers were Messrs. -Came, Hutchison, Gardner, Shaw,
Blain, Hand, Mellor, Denton, Bradley, Moss, Hughes,
Whitty, Crawford, and Savage. The resolution of the
finance committee having been read, Mr. Bradley stated
that he wished to put himself right with the board, on
public grounds, inasmuch as Mr. Hodson had charged
him, in his public capacity, with using his influence at
elections. He thought that the charge was one which,
.in a certain sense, involved the character of the board,
and he thought it was-incumbent on them to form a sub-
committee to inquire into the allegations. The Chairman
gavelt as his opinion that the charge was of so vague a
character that it was almost impossible 'for the' board to
take notice of it—that :it specified nothing, and that, if
the board were to take am an inquiry of that nature, it
ought to be upon some :specific charge. •He thought Mr.
Bradley should apply to Sir. Hodson for the particulars of
the charge against him,-and that then the board would be
in a position to take the matter up, if. he . felt that his
character was affected by it. Mr. Carne and Mr. Hutchison
both expressed similar views. Mr. Moss said that he
viewed the matter in the same light that Mr. Bradley had
done, and that Mr. Hodson's charge would .reflect upon
the board if they did not snake an inquiry' into it. He
thought the case of Mr. Bradley and the attack on the
reverend, chairman were not at all parallel, inasmuch as
the remarkaanade by Mr. Gladstone were merely advanced
as an opinion—an opinion in which he (Mr. Moss) en-
tirely agreed. A general conversation followed as to the
,course which -the vestry should take ; and Mr. Denton
anoved, seconded by Mr. Came, " That no question, affect-
ing tins boardoor any member thereof, being at present
'before this meeting, resolved mat it be now• adjourned
iine die." More conversation ensued; and, eventually,
the folloWing was unanimously carried :--" Certain obser-
vations having 'been made by Mr. Hodson at the last
eouneil meeting,- which are believed by Mr. Bradley to
affect his character as a member 'of the` select vestry,
resolved that this meeting cannot entertain the question
in its present form." The vestry than adjourned.
SOTIffilPolIT TOW HALL.—The Judge of the Liverpool
County Court gave judgment, on Tuesday, in the cane of
Mr. Stanley. He said, " This was an action heard at-the
last witting of the court, and it was brought to recover
the amount of certain work done by the plaintiff in and
about the erection of the town-hall and police-offices, in
Southport, under the following circumstances:—By the
Southport Improvement Act the defendauts were elected •
a body corporate, and were ,authorised to snake the erec-'
tions above-mentioned; and by sec. 43 they were autho-
rised to enter into the necessary contracts, but it was
provided that-every such contract should be an writing,
and under the sommon seal of the corporation. On the.
18th of June, 1852, by articles,of agreement the defend-.
ants entered into a contract with the plaintiff for the
erection of the town-hall, police-offices, &c. And the
plaintiff agreed thereby to complete such works, :and to'
find all the materials and labour, and execute the
works according to 'the drawings and specifications
prepared by Mr. Witimell, and signed by the chair-
man of the improvement committee. The articles
of agreement were under the common- seal of the
.corporation, and the specification signed by the chair-
man, and identified by the signature of the plaintiff, was ;
also proved. Whilst the building was 'in progress the 1
defendants resolved to make use of a new warming and
ventilating process, and contraeted with Mr. Leigh, an
ironmonger, to heat and ventilate the sessions board-
room, cells, &e., in the town-hall, for the sum of £B6.
The adoption of this apparatus involved certain alterations
from and additions to the original plan and specification.
The plaintiff performed the extra work ; but no written
instructions were given for such alterations and addi-
tions. The action was brought to recover the expense
attending these alterations and additions, and no qaes-
tion was raised as to the amount. But the defendants
objected, firstly, in fact, that the contract for these
alterations And additions was made not with them,
but with Mr. Leigh. Oa this point, however, lam clearly
of opinion on the facts proved, that the contract for
these extras was with the defendants ; and I should have
no difficulty in saying that the defendants were liable, if
there was nothing in the special contract or the general
law to prevent the plaintiff recovering in this action. The
defendants objected, secondly, that by the terms of the
special contract, the plaintiff could not recover ; and a
clause in the specification was relied on by the learned
council for the defendants. That clause provided that, if
the commissioners should be desirous that any alterations
or additions should be made, and should give to the
contractor written instructions to that effect, the con-
tractor should execute the building so varied, and the
value of such alterations and additions should be added
to the cost price. But the contractor should in no case
be entitled to any payment in respect of alterations or
additions unless such written instructions should be given.
The plaintiff's advocate objected that that contract did
not come within the meaning of the word " specification "
referred to in the articles of agreement. But I can have
no doubt, after reading that document, that the parties
intended the whole of it to be incorporated by reference
page is signed both by the plaintiff and the
in the articles. It commences by term, 'A Specifica-
tion,' and each
chairman of the commissioners. I therefore think that,
in accordance with the doctrine laid down in Morgan v.
Morgan a Bingham, the written instructions were a condi-
tion precedent to the recovery for the extra work, and such
written instructions not having been given, I can come to
no other conclusion than that the plaintiff cannot recover.
Indeed, if the written contract had not been so precise,
this being the case of a corporation, there might have
been difficulty in saying the plaintiff could recover. But
it is unnecessary to enter into this point. I therefore
direct a non-suit to be entered." The learned judge subse-
quently added, addressing Mr. Johnson, °Of course, Mr.
Johnson, you will understand that this decision is given
upon that point of law, and not upon and plefition of fact,"

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

IxcrxDunism.—Several cases have lately occurred
Devonshire of a somewhat extensive character.
The Sun calls the Times " England's not(
brazen weathercock."

THE OLDEST VESSEL in the French fleet is the Ocean.
She was launched in November, 1790, and is consequently
D 3 sears old. Her last thorough repair took place in 1836.

AN INFORMATION has been filed by the Attorney-
General against the Archbishop of York, in his character
as visitor to a charity at Hemsworth, in Yorkshire.
How is IT USED ?—The Lancet states that in 1840
only 5501b5. of the poisonous and bitter drug, mu vomica,
were imported, while in 1852 nearly as many tons reached
our market —Daily Paper.
THE POULTRY MINIA,—A cock has been sold within
this year for £lOO, and twenty-two fowls have realized by
auction £420. A pair of Toulouse geese have fetched £5O,
and ducks proportionate prices.
A MEETING OF EDITORS, authors, publishers, and
printers, was held at Philadelphia, on the 19th of October,
to deliberate upon the ways of raising money to erect a
monument over the grave of Benjamin Franklin.
ANOTHER VACANCY ON THE SCOTTISH BENCH.—Lord
Fullerton, Judge of the Court of Session, has resigned.
The vacancy, it is said, will be filled up by the

ment of Mc..Hercnles Robertson. . .
•
"IT will be recorded," says the. Gateshead Observer

"among the memorabilia of the epidemic of 1853, that
the three months within which it occurred yielded but
four cases and four prisoners for Newcastle quarter ses-

THE POPULATION OF BRITAIN' it is calculated, has de-
creased during the summer. In the quarter ending Sep-
tember 30th, 87,467 emigrants sailed from the ports of
the United Kingdom ; of these 63,600 sailed from Liver-
pool.

LORD RECTORSITIP OP GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.—On
Tuesday last, the Right Hon. the Earl of Eglinton was
re-elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, in
opposition to Mr. Alfred Tennyson, who was brought for-
ward by the Radical party.

Bnrion ARTISANS IN Russte.—A gentleman holding
a situation in the Russian dockyard at Cronstadt, who has
just arrived at Portsmouth, states that the whole of the
British artisans in that and other govermeutal establish-
ments in Russia., of whom there are a large number, have
been discharged.

THE TIMBER TRADE has so rapidly increased in Van
Diemen's Land that orders have been sent to England for
as many as fifty sawmills. Cutting and splitting, says the
local Cieionise, is a mode more remunerative than gold
mining. The average of the weekly earnings of diggers
bears no comparison with an equal number of our Huon
sawyers. This is a well authenticated fact.
THE BOMBAY MAIL-PACKET SERVICE —We are en-
abled to announce that the terms of a contract for a mail
service between Bombay and Aden are agreed to between
the Government and the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany. The payment for this line has been fixed at the
same rate, viz., 2s. 6d. per mile, that the company receive
for the other branches of their mail contract between this
country, India, China, and Australia.—Standard.
GREAT POULTRY EXHIBITION AT DERBY.—The first
annual exhibition of poultry, for Derbyshire and the Mid-
land Counties, was held on Wednesday, in the County
Hall, Derby, which was fitted up in double tiers of pens
for the purpose. The buff and cinnamon Cochin Chinas,
of which there were no fewer than ninety-six pens, formed,
with the Dorkings, Spanish, and gold and silver Hamburg
fowl, the chief features of the exhibition. The company
was numerous and brilliant, and great interest seemed to
be excited by the show.

MADLLE.SOPHIE CRUVELLI has signed an engagement
with the Opera for two years at a salary of £4,000 sterling
a year. She is to choose her own parts, to play only twice
a week, and to have font months' vacation each year. In
case she is called upon to sing three times a week, the
extra night is to be paid £6O, A separate engagement is
entered into for two months of her conge; during the uni-
versal exhibition of 1855, at the rate of £l,OOO per month,
so that the salary for the second year will, in fact, be
£6,000.---Galignani.
COST OF A PICKPOCKET TO THE PUBLIC.—The Rev.
Mr. Clay, the Chaplain of the Preston House of Correc-
tion, estimates the loss caused to the public by fifteen
pickpocketsowhose careers he has traced, including the
value of the property stolen, expenses of prosecution, and
maintenance in gadl, at £26,500. That is to say, the
country. has been at an expense of £1,766 for each of these
worthies : a sum, one tithe of which, if judiciously applied
at the proper time, would probably have sufficed to make
them useful members of society,
COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—
On Wednesday morning, a very dangerous collision occnred
on this 'railway, about five miles south from Doncaster.
The axle of a goods truck having broke while the train
was in motion, the truck was thrown across the line of
rails. Almost at the same instant, the express train from
London dashed into the dislocated train, at full speed.
Its engine was capsized, and three of the passenger car-
riages were thrown off the line. Great alarm was neces-
sarily excited, but fortunately no life was lost, nor was any
very serious injury sustained.
A PARISIAN CELEBRITY.—One of the celebrities of the
public balls of Paris was buried on Tuesday, having been
carried to the grave from her hotel in the Rue Caumartin.
Mademoiselle Olympe, employed as a boot-binder, about
two years ago, never missed a ball at Asnieres or Mabille's,
and at the former place she so captivated a German baron
that he married her. He died about eight months ago,
leaving her from 30,000 f. to 40,000 f. a year. After his
death she became melancholy, and her health declined.
She went out on Sunday to drive in the Bois de Boulogne,
and, on the return 'of the carriage to the hotel, the foot-
man, on letting down the steps, found that his mistress
did not alight. She was lying dead on the seat. She had
only reached her 22nd year.—Galignani's Messenger.
DARING BURGLARY.—The family of Mr. Young, South-
street, Peckham, all went to church on Sunday night
week, leaving only a servant girl in the house. A gentle-
manly dressed young man called, inquired for Mr. Young,
and, being told he was out, expressed a wish to write a
note to him. The servant girl, who was alone in the
house, hesitating at this, he seized her by the throat and
carried her into the parlour, threatening to cut her throat
if she made an outcry. He then let in two men, who
bound the girl hand and foot. They made her tell where
the plate and other property, to a large amount, were de-
posited, which they succeeded in carrying off. On the
return of the family they were unable to get into the
'house, and a ladder having been procured, the servant was
found thrust into a cupboard.
CHOLERA'S HIDING-PLACES.--Notwithstandinx the
sharp look-out Which has been kept for breaches of the
lodging-house regulations, a considerable number of the
, Irish who burrow' about the east end of the town have
contrived to elude the vigilance of the police for some
time. On. Monday last the keepers of ten of these houses
were brought before the magistrates, and fined in sums
varying from five to twenty shillings, which, in every in-
stance, was paid. They were, all Irish, and brought for-
ward every sort of excuse for the state In which their
premises• had been found; but the lucrative returns of
their vocation wonl.l have been the most honest reason
they.could adduce for crowding seven, eightor ten human
beings into the spaceavhich should have been allotted to
three or four. From:a calculation made by the clerk, and
not Objected to by one of the defendants, it was plainly
shown that for two rooms, each about the size. f a sentry-
box, not less than one guinea per week was drawn ! One
of these holes had.not even a window, and yet two beds
were stuck into it. Inemany of the beds four sleepers
were found, " all lying," as the officer said, 'head and
tail," and in other cases ''shakedowns," and beds were in
the same, apartment, filled with both sexes and all, ages.—
Sunderland Herald.
LORD RYRON'S ESTATE..—HOBHOUSE v. BLAY L. This
was a suit to administer the estate of Lord Byron,-and it
came before the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, on 'Wed-
nesday, upon further direetions. The question argued
was whether the costs of the. incumbrancers (seventeen in
number) ought to come out of. the residuary estate, or out
of certain accumulations of income. A second point arose
out of a passage from a letter written by Lord Byron •to
Mr. Leigh Hunt, in reference to ,a legacy coming to him
from Mr. Pereril-Shelley. This passage was as follows:
—" I knew you long before Mr. S, knew either you or me,
and you and one or two,more of his friends are the only
ones whom I can at all reflect upon as men whose ae-
quaintance was honourable and agreeable. I have one
thing more to state, which is, that from this moment I
must decline the office of acting as is executor in any
respect; also all other .connection with his family or any
of its branches, now or ,hereafter. There was something
about a legacy of £2,000 which he had 'Aft me. This, of
course, I decline, and the =ore so that Ih will ear that his
is admitted valid, and I state this distinctly that, in case
of anything happening to me, any heirs may be instructed
not to claim it.—Yours ever truly, N. B." It,was doubtful
whether Lord Byron's executors, •to whose knowledge this
letter had ,come within a comparatively recent period only,
were justified in not receiving the legacy therein men-
, tioned. The argument was not concluded when his honour
rose.—lt was continued on the following day, when the
Vice-chancellor directed certain inquiries relative to the
legacy left ,to Cs lordship by the will of Mr. Percy B.
Shelley, and respecting the costs of the various encum-
brancers on the shares of the appointees of Mr. Leigh, the
residuary 'legatee.
REVELATIONS OF LONDON CITY EXPENDKURE.—The
following items of information were given before the City
Corporation Commission on Tuesday, by Mr. J. H. Elliott,
a member of -the Court of Common Council :—The City
Sewer Commissioners arc a separate body. They are, to
some extent, at present, subordinate to the Metropolitan
Commissioners, The area of the city is not above a square
mile. Our 'sewers amount to about fifty miles. Our
paving is unrivalled throughout the world, and the com-
missioners sit upon the spot, and are readily accessible.
In the metropolis each of the police-courts cost £2,000
a year, but our two police-courts, with unpaid magistrates,
cost £2,500 a year each, which would be ample to provide
for the payment of two police magistrates. It appears,
from a recent return, that the corporation has 151 officers,
commencing with the recorder, whose gross salaries
amount to £46,000, or an average of £3OO a year each
officer. The expenditure of the city in the year 1852, for
municipal purposes alone, amounted to about ss. in the
pound upon the whole rental of the city, reckoning the
rental at £1,000,000 per annum ; or, in other words, it
amounted to a rate of £l7 per house. About £146,000
of that sum was derived from [the city tolls, and various
sources of city taxation, and about £120,000 from rates
and direct taxation. In 1862 the paving, lighting, sewers,
and police in Marylebone amounted to 2s. 3d. in the
pound, and the rates in the city for the same purposes
were a trifle more than 2s. 3d. in the pound. It is the
custom of the corporation, whenever a tax is becoming
unpopular, to make it fast by act of parliament, and to
devote the proceeds to some good purpose. Thus, the
sheriff's fines are now devoted to the establishment of a
Freeman's Orphan School. The coal-tax of ls. Id. per
ton yields pretty nearly £200,000 a year, but the corpora-
tion has not the control and expenditure of that large sum
of money. The corporation only retains for its own use
about as much as is yielded by a fourpenny tax out of the
ls. ld. The rest goes, I believe, under the control of the
Woods and Forests, for improvements beyond the city.
In answer to the question, Are you aware of any public
improvement which has been promoted by the corpora-
tion ? Mr. Elliott said : I am not aware of any great
public improvement that has ever been suggested or
carried out by the corporation of its own accord. In
fact, of any great comprehensive scheme of public im-
provement they appear to be incapable. The only new
street of any importance Which they have undertaken is
that of New Cannon-street.

THE EARL OF SEAFIELD was, on Wednesday, elected
Scottish representative peer, in the room of Lord Saltour
deceased. •

TITE RODERICK DUTY has arrived in the Clyde from
Port Philip, whence she sailed the 11th of August, with
450 ounces of gold, valued at £l,BOO.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE: ROYAL COMMlSSlON.—Com-
missioners will be appointed in a few days to inquire into
the general state of the Post-office, and also to take evi-
dence with the view of establishing a uniform rate of

oceanic postage.
A VETERAN DIPLOMA TIST.—A letter from Copenhagen
of the 7th says :—" Sir Henry Watkin Williams Wynn,
who, since 1817, that is; for thirty-seven years, has been
Minister Plenipotentiary of England at the Court of
Denmark, has, on his own demand, been recalled, and in-
tends into retire into private life."
TFIANKSGIVING.—WedneEday was set apart as one of
solemn thanksgiving in Neweastle for its deliverance from
cholera. It was very generally observed, and services
were held in the various churches and places of worship
in the town. The past two weeks of dry frosty weather
has materially improved the public health of the district,
and, with the exception of one or two of the Smith Dur-
ham villages, it seems nearly clear of this fearful malady.
MURDER THREE YEARS AGO.—On Tuesday evening a
man named Edward Macdonald, who had escaped justice
three years ago, having been charged with a murder in
Airdrie, was put on board the Glasgow steamer at Belfast,
in custody of one of the Airdrie police officers. He had
been lost sight of until within the last few weeks, when he
was traced to Dundalk, and arrested there. The identi-
fication was complete.
THE SPINISHJOURNALS state that the French aeronaut,
M. Arban, who made an ascent from Barcelona more than
two years ago, and who was believed to have fallen into
the sea, and to have been drowned, has made his appearance
again. An Alicant letter says that his balloon went over
to Africa, where he was seized and made a slave, and that
after he had continued in slavery for two years, he effected
his escape.
SUICIDE OP A. SURGEON BY PRUSSIC AClD.—Another
suicide of a medical man by prussic acid is reported. Mr.
Francis Champneys, surgeon, No. 112, London-wall, was
found by his landlady's daughter dead in bed, on Monday
morning. He had taken a quantity of the strongest prus-
sic acid, one drop of which in the eye of a dog would be
sufficient to destroy its life. He had never been known to
be depressed in spirits. A verdict of temporary insanity
was returned at the inquest.
SCIENTIFIC USES OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—
The Royal Observatory at Brussels has just been placed in
electric communication with the Royal Observat,ory,
Greenwich, for the purpose of facilitating the determination
in a direct manner of the difference of longitude between
the two establishments. This operation is one of extreme
delicacy as well as of great importance to geodesy. The
electric communication is made in such a manner that
every oscillation of the pendulum at Brussels will be re-
presented with accuracy at Greenwich, and vice versa.—
Daily News.
DOVERING.—In the course of an application made at
the Guildhall by a body of waiters, who considered them-
selves insufficiently paid for their attendance at the Lord
Mayor's banquet, it came out, that among other causes of
complaint which they had against the purveyor of the
civic feast, was that of having been kept in a state of
painful sobriety by the practice of " Dovering." Sir
Peter Laurie inquired what they meant, and received the
following explanation:—" Why, sir, the half-bottles are
used to fill up others, which are sent up to the table again
as unopened bottles ; and this is what we call Dovering.' "
This has been contradicted.
SUNDAY TRADING.—The Mayor of Wisbeach has ad-
dressed a letter to the employers of labour in the neigh-
bourhood, in which he relates his own praiseworthy exer-
tions and partial success in inducing the tradespeople of
the town to give up Sunday trading, and solicit their co-
operation in putting an end to it altogether. He was met
by the tradesmen, he says, in a spirit of kindness ; and
they admitted, with hardly an exception, that they should
be glad to discontinue trading on the Sunday ; and stated
as the chief obstacle to their taking such a course, that
the labourers could not purchase their goods until that
day, in consequence of not receiving their wages until too
late on the Saturday evening before.
MATRIMONIAL.--Recently, at Rugely, in this county,
a worthy couple appeared before the altar, at the parish
church, to take each other for " better for worse," when a
rival fair one presented herself, asserted her superior claim
to the bridegroom, and expressed her determination to
prevent the interesting proceedings taking place unless
she was substituted for the female about to be made a
wife. A " scene" ensued, in the course of which the
" feminines" freely abused each other ; the favoured one
eventually requested to be informed of the ground on
which her rival founded the justice of her claim to the
hand of her bethrothed, and was made acquainted with
the fact, in no very choice words, that the discarded beauty
was in expectation of a second edition of her faithless
lover. This she considered a full and reasonable satisfac-
tion for her interference ; but the expectant bride silenced
her opponent by declaring that she was in a similar situa-
tion. The clergyman and clerk vainly endeavoured to
persuade the • objector to leave the sacred edifice, and as
their advice fell unheeded, she was forcibly ejected, and
the marriage was duly celebrated. As the disappointed
woman was being removed from the church, she exclaimed
with great earnestness, " Never mind, she won't live long,
and I shall have him after all,"—a hope indeed " forlorn."
—Wolverhampton Herald.
MELANCHOLY STORY.—A female vocalist named Fisher
lately committed suicide at Leeds. Inquiry into the case
shows that the deluded young woman was induced to wait
upon a professed sorceress some months back, to test her
powers of locking into futurity. The deceased was then
informed that a gentleman would present her with a bunch
of flowers, and that soon after he would make her his wife.
It so happened that after a concert at which she soon
afterwards sang, a bouquet of flowers was presented to the
deceased, which, though a very common act of kindness
towards a favourite female vocalist, no doubt at once fixed
in her mind a firm belief in the fortune-teller's pre-
diction. Miss Fisher again waited upon her, and was
told that she must burn a certain quantity of spirits at
midnight, for a stated number of nights, after which her
future husband would be shown to her, and further re-
velations of coming events would be made to her, but was
at the same time assured that the gentleman was very
rich, and that she would ride in her carriage before three •
months had passed. She was further told that her lover
would come for her in his own- carriage. The wild and
fallacious hopes excited by these pretended predictions,
being of course eventually blighted, the succeeding bitter
mortification and disappointment, together with the em-
barrasment consequent upon the expensive preparations
for the anticipated marriage, were amply sufficient to
destroy the balance of a credulous and sanguine mind.
WATERLOO LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—The second
annual general meeting of the proprietors in this company
was held yesterday at the offices of the society, No. 366,
Strand, for the purpose of receiving the report, and upon
other business ; Mr. J. Bishop in the chair. Mr. T. G.
Williams read the report, which stated that the new
business transacted by the corporation during the past
year has exceeded that of the former year by upwards of
100 per cent, the number of policies issued being 400,
assuring the sum of £142,304, and producing the annual
income of £4,787, making in all 603 policies granted to
this date; assuring the sum of £214,263, and producing an
annual revenue of £7,162. The average amount assured
under each policy is £355 6s. 7d., the annual premium for
each being £ll 17s. 4d. This company has therefore
secured to itself, in less than two years, a large income,
amounting to upwards of £7,000, irrespectively of that
derivable from investments. During the plat year £19,000
has been invested, which makes the amount upwards of
£25,000. The report, after noticing that the claims
during the year had only amounted to £6OO, concluded by
declaring a dividend of six per cent, free of income tax.
The chairman moved the adoption of the report, which
was seconded by Mr. A. F. Jackson, and carried unani-
mously. The retiring directors and auditors having been
re-elected, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman,
and the meeting separated—Morning Chronicle.
AN ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—On Thursday, Henry
Dobbs, a waiter, belonging to Newcastle, a respectable-
looking young man, was brought before the Tynemouth
borough magistrates, charged with shootingovith intent
to kill, a female of the name of Margaret Musgrove Beau-
mont, a domestic in the Commercial Hotel, in North
.Shields. It appeared that Dobbs was engaged to be mer-
ited to the young woman, and she had written him a letter
.asking him to come down to Shields on Sunday. With
this he had complied. Some words, however, had taken
place between them when they met, and she bad left him
about half-past six in the evening in bad temper. Dobbs,
called at the hotel during the course of the evening, and
found her in the kitchen with another young man. They
had treated him very improperly, and Beaumont had torn
the letter abe had written him out of his hand, and burnt
it. Dobbs deft Shields very much exasperated, and next
morning bought a pistol and some powder and shot in
Newcastle, and came down to Shields next day with the
purpose of destroying Beaumont if she remained shy with
him. Upon his going into the kitchen she treated him
with disdain, and he immediately pulled a loaded pistol
from his breast, and deliberately fired it at her. She for-
tunately, was stooping at the time, and the charge grazed
the back part of her bead and set fire to her cap. Dobbs
was immediately secured, and upon being searched a quan-
tity of powder, shot, and percussion caps was found upon
him. He made no secret of what his intentions had been,
and was committed for trim.
RESPONSIBILITIES OP LONDON SHERIFFITOOD: FINING
RECUSANTS.—At the City Corporation Commission, or
Tuesday, in answer to the question what is the reason that
persons pay the fine in order to avoid serving as sheriffi
Sir I. Patteson replied : A general desire to sever oneself
from city offices, and a dread of the trouble and annoy-
ances which it occasions. I cannot say what the expenseh
are, not having served. I cannot develops the
but I believe that the election of sheriffs depends much
upon persons who are desirous of obtag .
ds
plan tom
shrievalty, and who, for that reason,
eriffs are often the same
to become sheriffs. The induce their friends
is clear that they
:earsnOther's hands. My friend
persons for a number of
play very much into one a
3under-lsnhd
it'
Mr. Peto, the member
for Norwich, was nominated, and
elected sheriff in 1849 or 1850, altogether without his
consent but he pleaded h'of
privilege
knowledge and ,
Parliament, which the
to
Corporation was very unwillingly
compelled _.
Admit. My father was elected, and paid the
fine.
My brother also was nominated, but, fortunately
for himself, was never elected.
he fine, if paid imme-
diately upon nomination, is £4OO, but upon election it is
1:600. In the year 1814 and 1815 the fines amounted to
£16,000, which was stated at the time to be N7anted to
the expenses of an entertainment pay
to George the Fourth,
the King of Prussia, and the Emperor
of Russia, after
the war. Of course, I know nothing of
so stated. I also wish to direct
appropri-
ation of these funds.attention to the Up to the year 1830 those fines
were paid over to the general funds •
of the city, but on
the 10th of December of that year the Court of Common
Council resolved that in future all sheriffs' fines should
form a fund in the hands of the chamberlain, to accumu-
late at interest, to be applicable, under the authority of
the Corporation, in aid of objects of public improvement
or utility, or of a charitable nature, within the city. This
has always appeared to me to be putting a plausible face
upon the extortions they practised. But so little concerned
were they in the matter that, though they levied a fine
from Sir C. Price, in 1836, it was not appropriated to any
fund until after a return on the subject was moved for in
Parliament in 1848. I can only express a hope that, if
the livery are to continue to exercise these powers, there
will be some description of appeal-provided for gentlemen
whc, ivec improperly elected to these offices,