The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-09 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

Mr. Anderson, the Great Wizard of the North, has handed
over to Messrs. Pim and Co., to be applied to the relief of
,the widows and orphans of the crew of the President, the
handsome sum of £2B, being the produce of an evening's
Performance set apart for that purpose.
POSTOFFICE.—The new alterations just made by the Post-
Office are as follow :—The packets from Liverpool for North

America will be once only in the month, instead of t%% ice ;

and, in future, two mails will be despatched in November

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and only one in March. The rates of postage to and from
Panama, or any place on the western coast of South Ame-
rica, are reduced from 2s. 3d. to Is. 2d. when not exceeding
half an ounce ; 23. 4d. when not exceeding an ounce, &c.

FORGERY.-At the house of John Fenton, Esq., at Crim-
iu,le, near Heywood, on
er Thursd a last, r. Jan ol-
Inge, cotton manufactui , of Hey ywood,M w asonath cha C rged with
caving forged a bill of £250, upon a cotton broker at Liver-
pool, some time about ninth last. It appeared, that Col-
'inge went to America in May last, and returned to Hey-
wood about ttn days ago. The charge of forgery was made
out in evidence, and he was committed to Kirkdale for trial
at the next assizes.

WATERMEN'S CHURCH AT WESTON POINT.—We under-
Stand that the Lord Bishop of the diocese intends to conse-
crate this interesting church on or about the 20th instant.
the watertnen of the Weaver Navigation, for whose special
benefit this sacred edifice has been erected, have, we hear,
"Tornenced a subscription among themselves for the pur-
rto
of placing -a clock in the tower of their church, thus af-
rding a striking testimony of their gratitude for the pro-
.liBion making to supply their spiritual wants by the divine
ordinances of the church of God.
HEROIC ACT OF A SAILOR Boy.—On Monday last, as
the Brig William Rathboue was hauling into the Queen's
'"lack, a boy named Huntington, when stepping from the
vessel to the quay, slipped into the water. The poor lad
ld rsou inevitably have been drownd but for the courage of
eter Teller, a boy, an apprentice on board the Colombia,
11,1,?w lying in the King's Dock. He immediately plunged into
Vie water, and with great difficulty succeeded in swimming
,0 the assistance of the drowning youth, whose head he sup-
Ported above water until a boat was taken to their aid. This
Youth deserves the special notice of the Humane Society.
THE TOWN COUNCIL.—The first quarterly meeting of the
new Council will be held to-day, at twelve o'clock. The
first business will be the election of, Mayor. The Council
will then proceed to the election of eight aldermen to supply
Ile places of Messrs. Joseph Hornbv, Robert Roikell,
Thomas
Blackburne, Thomas Booth, 1, i,thard Shiel, Robert
limn, George Holt, and C. H. Jones, who go out of office
Under the Municipal Act. The Council will then proceed to
fix the Mayor's allowance, appoint the three ensuing quar-
terly meetings and the annual officers, pass -tie standing
Orders, appoint committees, &c.

A. CHILD DROWNED IN A BUCKET : CAUTION TO
PARENTS.—On Saturday last an inquest was held before
the Borough Coroner, to inquire into the death of Ellen
noberts, aged eighteen months. Mrs. Grace Roberts, mother
°f the deceased, deposed. that, on. Friday last, she left the
deceased alone in ,her house and went out to hang some
clothes. Having finished her occupation she returned, when
she found the child with its head down and its feet up in a
bucket, which contained about two quarts of suds. She took
It up and sent for a surgeon. The child was quite dead,
having been drowned in the suds. Every endeavour was
made to. restore animation, but without effect. Verdict—
Accidental death. •
THE MERCURY AND THE ELECTIONS.--The wonderful
tiddler of Friday; in expressing his astonishment at the re-
sults of the recent municipal elections, declares that the
choice which the electors have made, " infers so absolute a
forgetfulness of the past—so utter a recklessness of the
future—(is). so gross an act of suicidal folly—that it seems
almost incredible, and would have been impossible had the
electors been left free to exercise their nominal privilege,
exemption from intimidation on the one hand, and corrup-
tion on the other." With all due deference, however, to so
eminent an authority, we are ready to maintain that the
choice made by the electors "infers" no such thing, but pre-
cisely the contrary ; and that there is nothing at all incredible
about it. The electors have repudiated the claims of a set of
rank impostors—thorough quacks—stale, threadbare and im-
pudent pretenders. There is no forgetfulness of the past in
'his, we think, although there may be some little forgetful-
atess of our good Mercury's often repeated diatribes. What
is there in the past to endear one individual of the thirteen
Cejected ones to the electors of Liverpool? Why nothing,
good Mercury We remember well the acts of these men
aud their professions. We have looked them through and
through ; and we like them not. Nor is there anything that
we can see of " recklessness of the future ;" on the con-
trary the electors of Liverpool have shown a pretty manifest
determination, that the future shall not resemble the past ;
and taken the precise means required to carry into effect that
determination. That our contemporary should be wrathful,
under all the circumstances of this shocking disaster to his
party, is little surprising; but we are, we must confess, a
little amazed at the bitterness with which he falls foul upon
the defaulteri of his own party. Has so old a stager as the
Mercury been all this time " coining his wit for drachmas"
ik this good town of Liverpool—mixed up in every dirty
*big intrigue, cognisant of every hollow and fraudulent de-
vice with which their grand imposture, " Liberalism," seeks
to palm itself upon the credulity of mankind ; and can he
still have remained ignorant bow " shabby" and pitiful—
now " Sneaking" and " cowardly" were many of the party
With which he worked ? We cannot believe it. The suppo-
sition is too preposterous to be entertained for a moment.
It is a fact, which all the world—with the exception perhaps
of the Mercury—has been aware of for half a century, that
Your professing reformers—your consummate purists—your
eminent philosophers are not themselves more inconceivably
hollow and shallow than a vast majority of the herd who fol-
'°w them are interested, mean, shabby, and tergiversating.
We have known this long ago i • and were quite prepared to
/see shoals of them deserting their former leaders, and fol-
-I°whig in the wake of conservatism, whenever that cause be-
anie strong enough to stand by itself. Our contemporary,
'however, like all new converts, is a little too indiscrimi-•
"itiug in the fulminations which he deals out. There are
11141,Y " honest and honourable" men of the whig party, who
011 Monday last declined to vote for the chosen candidates of
the radical party ; but it is going a little too far to say that
tll°Be men are no longer to be accounted " honest and
:lonourable." or that;they are " pitiful sneaking beings" who
dare not say their souls are their own at an election.
Ile real fact we take it to be is, that the reformers, or
nominal reformers," who have hung back in the struggle,
were not quite so proud of the fellowship into which whig-
gery has fallen, and would fain drag them at its heels, as the
sage Mercury himself. Men with clean coats, and no itching
skin beneath them, are not anxious to rub against every post
they meet ' • and, although we had rather have seen many of
them evince their disgust at whig uncleanness, by the more
manly course of voting for conservative candidates, yet we
cannot discover any strong ground upon which to complain,
or at all to impeach the motives of their neutrality. "'When
You couipiehend a thief let him steal out of your company"—
IS a maxim. which miny prudent men besides Dogberry have
counselled.

SIGNOR SZCZEPANOWSKI'S CONCERT.--This accomplished
guitarist gave a concert in the Portico Room, last evening.
The company, though not numerous, was very select and
fashionable. The performances went off with great spirit.

THEATRE ROYAL.—Miss Ellen Tree and Charles Kean
commenced a short engagement last evening at this theatre.
The " Lady of Lyons" was played in a manner that delighted
all who witnessed it. To-night " Romeo and Juliet" will
be acted. Ellen Tree's Juliet is the most finished, chaste,
and beautiful impersonation of the present day.

IRON STEAM-VESSELS FOR THE CHINESE EXPEDITION.
—The following is an extract of a letter from Bombay, dated
Sept. 30th, 1841 :—" The Adriana and Medusa started yes-
terday for China. They went off the harbour beautifully.
Sir Gordon Brenner, late commander in China, went on
board of them, and expressed himself much gratified with
them, declaring they were the very thing wanted in China.
With 90 tons of coal, 6 months stores and provisions ammu-
nition, &c., they drew four feet 4 inches in water."
IRON STEAM-VESSELS.—The iron steamers are of more
use than any other ; they draw so little water, and consume
such a small quantity of coal, that their services are incalcu-
lable. The Queen is a fine vessel, but having Hall's con-
densers, she is often out of repair. I wish you could only
whisper to your big wigs to send the iron steamers you have
in Bombay—at least I have read of such things.—Canton
Paper, August.

Cabin passengers by the packet-ship England, Captain
Waite, iu nineteen days from New York :—His Excellency
Baron de Marechal, Austrian minister, and servant ; L.
Massi, Esq., Consul-General of Sardinia; Mr. Hore, lady,
and family, of England ; Madame Calabre, of Paris ; Miss
Green, of New York ; Mr. Kirwan, lady, and daughter of
Dublin ; Dr. Van Zandt, of Missouri, United States ; Count
Kruggler, of Switzerland ; J. Whitehead, Esq., and E. Gar-
denillas, of Valparaiso; Edward Marshall, Esq., Sheffield ;
J. Howortb, Esq., of London ; E. Hales, Esq., of Montreal,
Upper Canada ; F. Delmage, Hamilton, Upper Canada.
LECTURES ON THE DRAMA.—Sheridan Knowles gave his
fourth lecture on the drama on Saturday last. The poet de-
lighted the audience by his clever readings of various au-
thors, and his explanations of portions of different well_known
dramas. He cut up the critics of the present day with an
unsparing hand. His recitation of " Wolfe's Monody on
the death of Sir John Moore" was exquisite, and drew forth
loud applause. The fifth lecture takes place to-morrow
evening.

FINE ARTS.—We are glad to learn that Anderson's ex-
hibition of statuary is beginning to attract public attention.
We were sure they would do so as soon it was generally
known. Every one that has seen the figures is highly
astonished. They have been visited by some of the first ar-
'ists in Liverpool, and one and all declare they never saw so
~.uch animation in stone. The figures are as large as life,
and as natural as life. The face being an index to the mind,
the artist has brought all his powers to bear upon it with
astonishing effect in all the figures.
SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS AT THE NORTHERN
MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—These concerts are conducted
in a manner at once to please the fancy and elevate the taste,
and, much to the credit of the committee, they have been
" established with the sole object of affording working men
an opportunity of spending their Saturday evenings in a
sober and a rational manner." As these concerts, therefore,
have been commenced with this laudable object, we strongly
recommend the working classes to embrace the opportunity
here held of profitably spending an hour or two on the
Saturday evening, for if they do not, they may rely upon it
that the middle ranks of society will not be so remiss.—Cor-
respondent.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE STEAM-SHIP FORTH.
—On Thursday last, immediately after the return into the
Coburg Dock of the West India mail steam-ship Forth,
Captain Fayrer, from a short trial trip in the river, a seaman
on board, named Daniel M`Millan, was told by one of the
officers to get a warp on shore, for the purpose of securing
the vessel to the quay. In performing this duty he accidentlly
fell from the top of the paddle-house to the spurred platform
below. Captain Fayrer and others immediately went up to
him, but when raised, it was found that his neck was dislo-
cated. Mr. Cameron, surgeon, was sent for, but he ex-
pired almost immediately.
SURVEY OP TILE UNITED KINGDOM, &C.—At the Kirk-
dale Sessions, on Thursday, Captain Tucker, of the Ord-
nance, stated, that an accurate survey of England, Ireland,
and Scotland was at present being made, under a late act of
parliament, and, with the exception of our six northern coun-
ties, was nearly completed. He applied to the bench for the
appointment of one or more persons, in each township of
the Hundred of West Derby, to accompany him in his sur-
vey, precisely to indicate the boundaries of each, and thus
to facilitate the accurate accomplishment of his labours.
The government, and not the county, pays all expenses.—
A petition, signed by Lord Skelmersdale, Rev. J. T. Horton,
and some other magistrates, was presented to the court,
recommending, that the townships of Formby and Simmons-
wood should be transferred from the division of Kirkdale to
Ormskirk ; and the townships of Childwall, Allerton, Gar-
ston, and Wavertree should be transferred from the division
of Prescot to that of Kirkdale. Ordered, that the consider-
ation of this petition be postponed, and that the Clerk of the
Peace, in the meantime, should communicate its contents to
the magistrates in petty sessions in each division, and that
they be requested to ascertain from the various townships,
through the officers thereof, how far such change would con-
duce to their convenience.

DEATH BY BURNING,—An inquisition was taken, on Sa-
turday last, before P. F. Curry, Esq., for the purpose of
investigating the circumstances which led to the death of
Mary Davies, aged IS years. The deceased, it appears, was
housemaid in the service of Mr. Robert Healey, accountant.
On Thursday week she was warned by the cook that she was
sitting too near the fire in the kitchen. Presently afterwards
she uttered a loud scream. The cook looked round and saw
her in flames. The cook endeavoured, by rolling her on the
floor to extinguish the fire, but could not succeed. The cries
alarmed Mr. Healey, who ran down to the kitchen, and, by
wrapping a hearth rug round the poor girl, contrived to put
out the fire. A surgeon was immediately sent for, and every
attention paid to her. She was subsequently removed to the
Infirmary. She lingered on until Wednesday last when she
died. She attributed the accident to a spark or a cinder
having alighted on her dress. Verdict, Accidental death.

GALVANIC PLANT PROTECTOR.—WC saw, yesterday, at
Mr. Cuthbert's, Clayton-square, a curious invention, in

which the galvanic principle is applied to the purpose of
preserving plants from the attacks of worms, slugs, &c.
This ingenious invention, which perfectly secures dahlias and
other delicate plants from the attacks of those voracious
pests of the flower garden—the molluscs, must be highly ac-
ceptable to all engaged in their culture. After a trial of 12
months by the original inventor, not a plant was injured that
had the protection of these galvanic circles, although during
the same period, plants on all sides suffered severely that
were not so protected. The protector consists of a conical
ring of zinc about four inches in height, the top end flanked
off about a quarter of an inch, and cut into numerous van-
dyked points; immediately under is a ring of copper neatly
fitted. It is thus used :—tha bottom of the zinc ring is
pressed into the soil until the lower edge of the copper ring
is about one inch and a half above the surface, care being
taken to inclose within the ring the rods of such plants as
may require them, otherwise the mollusca find a road to the
plant by the rods. The mollusca may crawl up the zinc
with impunity, but on coming in contact with the copper will
receive a galvanic shock, and immediately turn away, or fall
to the ground. If the larger of this tribe attempt to stretch
across and above the copper belt, avoiding contact, they would
be incapable of holding by the points. The protector acts
in wet or dry weather, and is always in action. Its appear-
ance in use is like a flower pot, and its cheapness, utility,
and durability must insure its general adoption. For the
protection of fruit trees, the same principle is applicable.
Strips of zinc and copper are prepared, which being judiciously
placed along the wall, and round the stems of each tree,
effectually preserve them.
THE IRON STEAMER NEMESIS.—This vessel, which was
constructed by Mr. Juhn Laird, of Birkenhead, seems to
have been, according to the last advices from China, par-
ticularly efficient. We find her and her gallant commander,
Captain Hall, busy on all occasions. The following extracts
from the Bombay Times will show how she behaved during
the typhoons, and how well she was employed subsequently :
"The Nemesis, owing to the precautions of Captain Hall,
rode out the typhoon on Thursday in Hongkong Bay in per-
fect safety ; and the second typhoon on Monday iu the Typa.
The left on Tuesday to tow the Sulphur off shore. After the
first typhoon the Nemesis was actively employed. On Thurs-
day she towed the schooner Starling, Lieutenant Kellett, in
from Tongkoo Bay, every thing standing. On the same day,
Captain Hall found, on Kowchow Island, Captain Prichard
and ten seamen, who had saved themselves from the wreck
of the James Laing. Mrs. Pritchard, the captain's wife,
and nine seamen were drowned. He took on board the
Nemesis five of the James Laing's crew, also Mr. Jones,
conductor of ordnance, and nine Siaphis, who had escaped to
the shore from the wreck of one of the prize Chinese war-
junks. Captain Pritchard remained on shore with five of his
men, in the hope of finding his wife's body. They were all
afterwards taken on board the Atalanta. The James Laing
and the transport Prince George went all to pieces. The
Prince George 'a crew were taken on board the Queen. The
schooner Black Joke was also wrecked. Captain Hall took
her crew out of a Chinese boat.
GEORGE CONDY, Esq.—Died, on the 4th instant, aged
54 years, George Condy, Esq., barrister-at-law, and a com-
missioner of bankrupts in Manchester. Mr. Condy was
also one of the proprietors of the Manchester and Sal-
ford Advertiser, which he conducted with consummate
ability for a considerable number of years. His literary
attainments were at once extensive and profound ; he had also
a thorough practical knowledge of music, and was no mean
linguist. The vigour of his pen will long be remembered in
Manchester. The Manchester Courier thus notices his
death :—" As honest a heart as ever beat—as brilliant a
genius as ever shed lustre on the dull and dreary atmosphere
of the community in which we live—is stilled for ever. We
never wrote with less affectation—seldom with a heavier

heart, than we do at this moment in attempting to pay a hur-
ried and passing tribute to the memory of poor Coudy.
Though rival journalists, and opposed to his political creed,
we were united to him by a sincere friendship in the ordi•
nary relations of social life ; and we refer to that part of our
present number in which his death is recorded with that
sorrow which deceased worth can alone excite. Whether
regard be had to his lofty talents, or to his social virtues, we
can say, with perfect truth, we could have better spared a
better man.'

EXTENSIVE FIRE AT MANCIIESTER.—On Saturday even-
ing, about seven o'clock, a fire was observed in a cotton-mill
in Jersey-street, Ancoats, Manchester, occupied by Messrs.
Copley, Barrow, and Co., and Messrs. Williams, Pooley,
and Co. The fire raged with the greatest violence for an
hour and a half, at the expiration of which the whole build-
ing, machinery, and stock, were totally destroyed. The
premises are valued at £20,000, and we understand are in-
sured for the full amount. The mill was closed at half after
four on Saturday afternoon, when all was left in order, and
the first appearance of any fire was observed in the third
story at seven, when the fire police were immediately sum-
moned, but, notwithstanding their exertions, there is nothing
now to be seen but a heap of ruins. We are sorry to hear
that 250 workmen will be thrown out of employment by this
calamity. The night was extremely calm, or had there been
the slightest breeze, the destruction of property in the neigh-
bourhood must have been immense.. Up to yesterday af-
ternoon the origin of the calamity was involved in mystery.
It is rather a singular circumstance that the fire which oc-
curred to-night took place within a few yards of the manu-
factory at which eight workmen lost their lives by the explo-
sion of a steam boiler.

LECTURES ON THE ANCIENT MINSTRELSY AND NA-
TIONAL M SIC of ENGLAND.—Mr. Thomas Venables will
commence a course of lectures on this highly interesting
subject, at the Literary and Scientific Institution, St. Anne:
street, on Friday evening next, the 12th instant. Mr. V.'s
object is the patriotic one of proving that the people of this
country have a distinct style of their own in music, of a
date as early as that of the national music of other countries.
In proof of this, he brings forward specimens of well-authen-
ticated English airs, contrasts them by the performance of
Welsh, Irish, Scotch, Italian, &c. national music, and di-
lates on their distinguishing features. Many of the speci-
mens are of great rarity and beauty, and will doubtless be
exceedingly well sung by Miss S. Venables, his talented
daughter ; others are arranged as duets, trios, &c., and will
be sung by gentlemen amateurs. Amongst the ancient airs
most admired in Mr. Venables' lectures, we may notice
" Chevy Chace," and " Shall I go walk," from the virginal
book of Queen Elizabeth, both of which will be sung by
Miss S. Venables ; as also her Italian polacca, " Son Ver-
gin," from I Puritani, introduced as a specithen of the mo-
dern school. Mr. Venables has delivered his lectures with
great success to many public institutions, and under the im-
mediate patronage of several of the clergy. The members
and visitors to the institution may anticipate a highly enter-
taining and intellectual treat.

ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. The officers and
brethren of the Lord Wortley Lodge, No. 725, of the Ancient
Order of Foresters, met on Wednesday last, at the house of
host Belshaw, Greyhound Inn, Great George-place, when
they presented to brother George Corlett, P. C. R., a silver
medal, as a testimonial of the esteem in which his set vices
are held by the order.

CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—NS the winter season ap-
proaches, housekeepers cannot be too cautious in attending
to the fastening of their doors and windows, as the light-
fingered and footed gentry have commenced their avocations
for the season. On Saturday night some adroit thief con-
trived to secrete himself in a house in Islington, through the
negligence of the servant in not closing the door whilst she
was out for a few seconds upon an errand. He remained in
the house till the family had retired, and then he commenced
preparing to carry off whatever struck his fancy ; but lie was
obliged to decamp rather hastily by the back door, being
alarmed by a party unexpectedly going down stairs. Similar
cases have occurred in different parts of the town.

PRESERVED MEATS.—In another column we insert Mr.
Gamble's advertisement offering his preserved meats to pub-
lic notice. Mr. Gamble's mode of preserving, whilst differ-
ing materially from all of those hitherto known, is superior
to them in manner in which the natural flavour of the article
is retained, and in the comparatively inex pensive ease of the
process. We understand that he is enabled to make packa-
ges of preserved meats varying from one pound to five hun-
dred ; and that he is at this moment engaged upon a govern-
ment order for a considerable number of packages of the
largest class. Several of the leading steam packet compa-
nies, we understand, are about contracting with him to sup-
ply their vessels.

IMPUDENT OBBERY.—Yesterday, an old acquaintance
of the police, named John Howell, was examined before Mr.
Maxwell, on a charge of having stolen a parcel containing
14 lbs. of coffee, and 2 lbs. of tea, under the following cir-
cumstances. On Saturday, Mr. Bentham, of Tythebarn-
street, delivered the parcel in question to James Wilson, a
carrier between Liverpool and Onnskirk, to be conveyed to
Mr. James Campbell, grocer, in Ormskirk. Wilson pro-
ceeded afterwards into Ranelagh-street, where he stopped
and put the parcel upon the ground for the purpose of re-
placing the packages in the cart. The prisoner coming up,
took the liberty of appropriating it to himself, but being ob-
served by Mrs. Williams, who gave an alarm, he was fol-
lowed by Wilson, who apprehended him with the property in
his hands. The defence of the prisoner was, that a man
whom he did not know bad given him the parcel to carry.
He was committed for trial at the next sessions.

WOODSIDE FERRY. A parliamentary committee has
been formed by the Birkenhead Police Commissioners,
for the purpose of framing a bill and making applica-
tion to parliament for power to enable the inhabitants
of Birkenhead to purchase the Woodside Ferry from the
Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company. Joseph Mal-
laby, Esq., the commissioners' law clerk, is instructed to
draw up the bill, and the following gentlemen are appointed
the committee to consider the clauses :—J. D. Case, Esq.,
Mr. Wm. Cole, Mr. Laird, Mr. D. Appleton, Mr. Stans-
field, Mr. J. S. Jackson, Mr. Laycock, Mr. Pim, and Mr.
J. H. Greene. At a meeting of the Birkenhead oommis-
sioners on Tuesday, the following resolution was adopted :
" That the law clerk take such proceedings as he thinks ne-
cessary for the purpose of bringing to a conclusion the
contract of Mr. F. R. Price (lord of the manor) and the
railway company, and that he employ such assistance as may
forward the object ;—that a committee be appointed to con-
sider for what objects application should be made to parlia-
ment in the ensuing session, and to report thereon, with such
notices to be prepared by the law clerk as may be necessary
to forward all the purposes for which such application should
be made."

LICENSING SESSIONS.—The magistrates for the borough
held a special sessions at eleven o'clock on Friday, for the
purpose of granting and transferring publicans' licenses.
There were present Mr. John Holmes, Mr. Booth, Mr.
Houghton, Mr. Earle, and Mr. Rathbone. Only one case
of interest occurred. It was one in which Mr. Martin
Bromley applied to have a license transferred from Mr.
Moore. The premises arc situated in Suffolk-street. The
application was opposed by Mr. William Percival, on his own
and on the part of a great number of the owners and occu-
piers of property in Duke-street. Several grounds of objec-
tion were urged, the principal of which was, that the door of
the place opened into Duke-street, and that a nuisance would
consequently be created there. A very long discussion took
place, which ended in Mr. Bromley undertaking to remove
the door from Duke-street into Suffolk-street before Decem-
ber, and the transfer to be kept in the hands of the magis-
trates' clerk till that condition be fulfilled.
THE WOODSIHE FERRY CASE : WALKER V. JACKSON.
--On Thursday, in the Court of Common Pleas, Mr.
Knowles moved for a new trial in this case, on the ground
of misdirection, or for leave to enter a nonsuit. The action
was brought against the defendants as owners of the ferry
from Woodside to Liverpool, across the Mersey, and the
declaration alleged, that a phaeton, containing watches
and jewellery-, had been delivered to the defendants to
carry and land safely, for hire and reward, and that the
defendants had failed to discharge their duty, by which
reason the, watches had been partially injured. After de-
tailing the circumstances of the case, which were pub-
lished in our paper immediately after the trial, Mr.
Knowles contended, that the plaintiff had secretly put on
board the ferry-boat a quantity of valuable goods, under
the pretence of there being only a carriage, for which a
small freight was demanded by the defendants. If, how-
ever, as there was no proof of any carrier's notice to the
plaintiff, the court should think that the defendants were
liable for whatever the contents of the phaeton might be,
then it was submitted that they were not delivered to be
carried and landed, but only carried across the ferry. The
acts of landing and embarking were, by the practice of the
defendants as ferry owners, in which capacity they were sued,
discharged at the expense of the passengers, who generally
employed the defendants' servants for that purpose, at their
own costs and charges. That being so, the defendants could
not he said to have undertaken to carry and land the phaeton
and its contents, and were not, therefore, liable for any in-
jury sustained in the act of landing. They could not be held
responsible for act of negligence or carelessness, moreover, if
they were bound to land, inasmuch as the injury was caused
by the concealment from them of the actual weight of the
carriage by the plaintiff. So that, looking at the whole case,
in no point of view could the verdict for the plaintiff be sus-
tained. Rule nisi granted.

RUELTY OF A FATHER TO HIS CHlLDREN.—Yesterday,

at the police-court, a miserable-looking elderly man, named
Thomas Ball, was brought before Mr. Rushton, by warrant,

at the instance of the overseers of the poor, to answer a charge
of shameful neglect and maltreatment of his children. Mr.
Evans, of the poor's office, stated that two children of the
prisoner's, whom he had neglected and treated in a manner
which would be detailed by Mr. Rowland, were now in the
workhouse. Mr. Rowland, relieving officer, said that on
Friday last, while he was in Chisenhale-street, his attention
was called by the female witnesses present to the condition
of the children alluded to. He found them in a cold damp
cellar, in which there was a very small tire apparently but
recently lighted. There was no furniture in the place,—
the only articles being a cellar-lid, and a box in which a
young child was lying. There was a small quantity of
straw in a corner. The prisoner's wife had died a short time
ago ; and he was now employed at his trade as a shoemaker,
by a Mr. Jones, and earned considerable wages. The
children were in a miserable state of filth and destitution.
and he had them removed to the workhouse. The female
witnesses, who were neighbours of the prisoner, said that his
wife died in May last, and that lie then sold every thing he
had fora trifling amount—including the little bedding of the
poor children, and drank all the money. One of them said
that she found the children huddled together• one cold and
rainy night without food or fire. and only a few rags pinned
round them. He never came home till eleven or twelve at
night, leaving the children to go to sleep when they liked,
and if they did not let him in the moment he knocked, he
beat them without mercy. He had three children. One of them
could earn her living. The other two who had been taken to
the workhouse were of the respective ages of nine and five
years. He was always drunk, and played cards at the public-
house. r. Rowland said the person for whom the prisoner
worked was a shoemaker as well as publican, and was very
shy of giving his evidence, owing. as he (Mr. R.) believed,
to the fact, that the prisoner spent most of his earnings at
his house, At the time the prisoner's wife died, he was
receiving relief from the parish, and he believed he had be-
haved shamefully to the poor woman. The prisoner said he
did not earn as much as was stated. Mr. Maxwell, the
sitting magistrate of the day, said that the prisoner's conduct
had been most disgraceful and inhuman, and ordered that he
should be imprisoned for a month. We are informed that
Mr. Rowland, the moment he saw the condition of the
children, had them relieved with food and other necessaries,
until they could be sent to the workhouse.
A SAILOR'S Fusitun.r..—As recorded in another column,
Daniel WMillan, a fine promising young man, aged 24, an
able seaman of the West India mail steam-ship " Forth,"
Captain Fayrer, was accidentally killed on Wednesday, by
falling from one of the paddle-boxes. The body of the de-
ceased, who died alu.ost instantly from injury of the
vertmbrte, was taken on board the vessel, and there remained
for the holding of the coroner's inquest on Saturday, it being
determined by Captain Fayrer, as a mark of respect to the
memory of the deceased, who was a favourite with all on
board, that he should be buried from the ship, and followed
to the grave by his shipmates. A neat coffin, with a plate
on which his name, age, and day of his death were inscribed
had been provided; and shortly after the coroner and jury
had viewed the body, and the order for interment was given,
the incoffining took place on the main deck, a temporary
screen being made from the gaze of intruders by a large
British ensign. This office of humanity done in a most

feeling manner by a few of those to whom he was
best known, the tars of the "Forth," and all the youths.
were mustered in a line on the quarter deck by their officers.
They were all in plain but handsome uniform ;—blue
jackets and trousers, and, (in lieu of vests,) blue Gurnsey
frocks, with the name " Forth " in white needle-work
across the breast; and glazed hats with black silk bands,
lettered also with the name of the ship in gilt. We
do not remember to have seen a body of finer or hardier
looking men, and the quarter-masters and youngsters, also
in blue uniform, but without vests attracted equal attention.
Captain Fayrer and his officers were dressed in blue naval
suits, with gold lace at the cuffs. The body was deposited
on tressels on the quay, and shortly afterwards was mounted
on the shoulders of six of the tallest seamen—four others,
who afterwards released them, acting as pall bearers. The
remainder of the ship's crew followed two and two, inclu-
ding the boys, and behind them Captain Fayrer, and his
officers, also two and two, and several gentlemen connected
with the ship—in all, 33 or 34 in number. The place of in-
terment being at Stanhope-street chapel. the course was di-
rectly eastward from the ship, and past St. James's Church
to the gate. The coffin was covered by a large British flag,
and the procession moved onward at a slow and solemn pace.
The spectacle being unusual, and the occasion one that called
forth the deepest sympathy for the untimely fate of the de-
ceased, the street, though in a comparatively remote part of
the town, was crowded from side to side by spectators, prin-
cipally females, most of whom had heard of the manner of
the deceased's death, and gave vent to their feelings—asso-
ciated with all thier predilections for a sailor, by the frequent
exclamation of " Poor fellow !" It was stated that the de-
ceased was to have been married on the following day, and
a homely-clad young woman, in tears, and apparently
deeply affileted, who, with some female companions,
closely followed the procession, was pointed out as
the object pf his affections. The body was carried
into the chapel, in which a considerable number of
persons besides those in the procession took their seats.
The clergyman—owing, we presume, to some mistake—did
not, however, arrive for a quarter of an hour or 2U minutes
afterwards. The burial service being read, the body was
carried into the adjoining cemetery, and, with the usual ce-
remony, deposited in the grave, which was closely surround-
ed by all who had formed the procession, and many others.
The female before noticed and several of her friends wept
bitterly as the earth was thrown on the coffin ; and the pro-
cession immediately rethrned to the ship, but in inverted
order, Captain Fayrer and his officers taking the lead. The.
funeral—strictly silent and unobtrusive—was marked by
great solemnity and decorum, and appeared to convey to a
no inconsiderable multitude a lesson of morality not soon be
be forgotten. in the affectionate respect shewn by British
seamen to the memory of a departed shipmate. The deceased
was, we learn, a remarkably good-iooking, active, and well-
disposed young man. He was a native of Glasgow ; has
long been employed in the steamers between that port and
this, and more recently in the line pf Halifax and Boston
steam mail-ships.

BLAKESLEY THE MURDERER.—On Tuesday last Sheriff
Magney and the ordinary of Newgate communicated to
Blakesley that his execution was fixed for Monday, the 15th
instant. He received the communication as if he expected .
it, and seemed no degree agitated. He has been in good
health since trial, and has been constantly engaged in
conversation with the ordinary.