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

ASSAULTING A POLICEMAN.

COMMITTAL OF TWO WITNESSES FOR PERJURY'
Yesterday, at the police-court, a man named Richard Pierce.
representing himself as a hardware dealer, residing at No. 110
Camden-street, London-road, was charged before the stirlea"
diary magistrate, and F. Heywood, Esq., with an assault on
Police. officer Carlyle, whilst in the discharge of his duty.
Mr. Pemberton, solicitor, appeared for the defendant.
Police-officer Carlyle stated that, about 6 o'clock on Friday
evening last, a man came to the police-office, and said that
had been swindled, awl he (Carlyle) received instruction
from Mr. Clough to go in search of four -,nen. Amongst
other places he went to a beerhouse, in Hotham-street, kept
by a man named James Anderson. He there saw seYci:
men, among them the prisoner, who was sat on a chair,.
Another officer was with him, but he did not collie 'the
the house at first. On looking round at the people in !f,'
house, complainant said to four or five of the men, ‘, thw;
we want you • you had better come down to the Police-office)
The prisoner then said, " You d—d Scotch b—r, neither ).o,.ri
not nor sixteen like you shall take us." Ile then said, "Do you
take me for a thief ?" Complainant replied that be had _
called him a thief. The prisoner then got up and hit 13?yru"as
and
the breast and head, and his hat fell. As coinpla.jazaa7,
stooping to pick his hat up,the prisoner struck
men made their escape from the house.
lay TOY
Cross-examined by Mr. PEMBERTON : I (lid not ,
yourH ecom didpannoyt ,
saaryi dwthhaetn
hle
hand on the defendant, and say to him, " You are a thief, anu
I want you down at the station." What I said was, "I do not
knocked him down. During the time he was dholivinn; the other
mreeet
wilt
tell you what you are." Defendant did not tell me until we
Camden
dshenowst
tail
that youllel iniavtehdie f,
get to the Police-office that his name was Richard Pierce, an
or who he was until we got to bridewell.
Officer 216 was next called, and corroborated Carlyle's state-
ment. After telling Carlyle that he should not take the men tf;)..
Bridewell, the prisoner got up and struck Carlyle. He struc _
him three times, first on the breast, then on the head, and the
in the neck.
tS
'
Mr. PEM BERTON, for the prisoner, denied the complaina,n4
statement, and said that Carlyle came into the house, and pi.
his hand upon the defendant, and called him a thief, and t '
struck him. Defendant was a respectable man, and a stranger
in Liverpool. He (Mr. Pemberton) would call witnesses ta
disprove what the policemen had stated.
James Anderson, the keeper of the beerhouse, in Hothanr„
street, was then called, and examined by Mr. PEsinsaTo!'_
He said that, immediately on Carlyle coming into the hon.,:
he put his band on the defendant and said, " I want you ; Y
are a thief." Defendant said, " What charge have you agalnd,
me? I live at No. 11, Camden-street." Carlyle then
" Come to the office, and then I will tell you the charge."
Aid
lyle would not tell him what the charge was. Defendant
not strike Carlyle at all in his (witness's) house. Carlyle t°°,/
out his stick, and said to Pierce, "I could kill you with this;
Cross-examined by officer Carlyle.—l have been in prist7:
I was here last Friday night. I live with my wife. I an3,t,t
ried to her. I believe she has been married before. 1 Tice
know what has become of her first husband. He may Ti,st
been transported for anything I know. I don't know ,:ye
Mickey Waters, my wife's husband, is transported. I hies
never been convicted for felony at Manchester. I have b
in prison at Manchester.
biage Re-examined by Mr. PEMBERTON.—CarIyIe did not c gni
the defendant in my house with having assaulted him.
sure
am
J of am
Williones, a man who was in the heuse at the tirnelcOP
roborated Anderson's statement th ti3e
In answer to a further question. from Mr. Mansfield, he ~ not
witnesses swore that the defendant Pierce neither struc' et
pushed the officer Carlyle. The evidence having been read
to the witnesses, tO
11'
Mr. MANSFIELD said he had not the slightest doubt or.
the truth of the officer's statement. It was clear to Wald 0.
Mansfield) that the defendant assaulted the officer, an bane
the cause of four men escaping, who would otherwisect the
been arrested on a charge of robbery. By this conoTter the
defendant appeared to be an accessory to the felony afterto
act. Notwithstanding the evidence which had been .0' qbe
the contrary, he had no doubt the defendant was guiltt..eetes
defendant must be tined £5, and the Magistrates also 1.1,, cis'
that the two witnesses, Anderson and Jones, be taken inw
tody, and sent for trial at the next assizes for perjury

ELECTRIC WIRES.—A great stride in submarine e':fo-
neering has been successfully accomplished by the riot
blishment of a telegraph between England and 110110
wires having been carried from Orfordness, on the, distance
of Suffolk, to Schevening, on the Dutch coast,
of one hundred and fifteen miles.
THE GLASGOW GLASGOW PAPERS are boasting of a fe a; be
complished by the steamer Alountainc-er, one (41,0 t;
Clyde fleet, built by Messrs. Thomson, of CIO' be-
Foundry, which, on her trial trip, ran the distancedis,
tween the Cloch and, the Cumbrae lights, with tb,cotes,
advantage of a breeze a-head, in the space of tn`"teua.
or at the rate of eighteen miles an hour. Our one be,
porary goes on to remark that this is "all peeds Vire
creditable to our Clyde builders,
lieve, unparalleled in this country inti water- so
have the greater pleasure in noticing these facts' out
Mersey friends have been lately extolling the ci"
af
ments of their erack river steamer, the CountesS
mere." Now, it is proper the Glasgow folk should
ex"4s
that our " crack boat," the Countess of Ellesrae_ri
frequently run from George's Piot to Runcorn rnear?fer
miles, includin,, calling at the Brunswick etcP '
seconds over 45 minutes: as we obsersT2eve,

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A TENV STONE P;

ing.slip at Eastham

NEWS

s being erected alongside the land-

THE JUBILEE of the London School Union was cele-
brated in Myrtle-street Baptist Chapel, (the Rev. Hugh
Stowell Brown's,) on Tuesday evening last.
MR. WILLIAM HARGREAVES MANIFOLD has been
Razetted as ensizn and assistant-surgeon in the Second
Regiment of the Lancashire Militia.
A GENTLimAx, upwards of 70 years of age, who
resides in Clarence-street, fell from the forecastle of the
Chinese Junk on Friday, and fractured his leg, just above
the ankle.

THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS EXAMINATION takes place
on Thursday next. The Rey. Thomas Jackson, of Stoke
Newington, will preach on the occasion, at St. Peter's
Church.

HUSBAND POISONED.—Martha Walker, of Ashton-
nnder-Lyne. has been committed to the Liverpool Assizes,
charged with attempting to poison her husband, Philip
Walker, by administering to him acetate of lead.
THE COMMISSIONERS OF WAVERTREE have resolved
to lay down a line of pipes from the tank now in course of
formation for drawing off the refuse of the village—the
said Pipes to run down the private lane for 100 yards, and
farther, if found necessary.
THE PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES are reported
to be in a most hopeful condition. At the last committee
meeting, it appeared that a new and gratifying feature is,
that the wives of the Liverpool artizans are found attend-
ing the cheap private baths.
TAE BEN NEV/S.—.A. letter, from a passenger by the
Ben Nevis, speaks very highly of her performances on the
Milevoyage to Australia. The best day's sailing
s ; was 304
285 and 295 miles was common when she had
winds, and she was the easiest ship.
AT A MEETING held at Newington Chapel, Renshaw-
street, on Tuesday, Charles Rob,rtson, Esq., presiding,
it was resolved to promote local petitions to Parliament,
and to memorialise our Town Council also to petition,
against the Education Bill of Lord John Russell.
THE Soctsra, ARMONICA, which was established in
1847, for the cultivation and practice of orchestral and
instrumental mos!: of the best class, held their fourteenth
dress concert at the Mechanics' Institution, Mount-street,
on Wednesday ecenin

...•,111LZ6 iasr•
LITERAT,Y AND DRAMATIC SCICIETIr....-The concluding
lecture of the present season was delivered on Tuesday
evening,Millward, at the society's-rooms, in
*Wilton-street, under the appropriate title of " The Pre.
tsident's Budget."
TIMOTHY CONNOR, o "contractor," for intimidating
WDavid Doar, a brother workman while he was at work on
ednesday mornng, was on Friday bound over in £5 and
two 'sureties of £lO each to keep the peace for one calen-
dar month.

'PEIER, GARLAND AND MARTIN CONNOR, two men
who had conspired to obtain a marine store license under
false Pretences, were brought before the magistrates on
riday, bY Inspector Kelloe, and sentenced each to a
Jordan's
imisonment. Garland is, or was, employed at
Jordan's music-store in Manchester-street.
STRANGE AND FATAL ..4.C'CIDENT.—Durinz the election
Processionil topherdisplay, at Clitheroe, last week, Mr. Chris-
omnibu
Holgate, a very large man, put his head out of an
s, when his great weight overbalanced the vat
g
killin himself and -' . .
injurin- - -

1\ Ely AND I:

nos.—The spirited proprie-
_lel, Messrs. L. Cooper alid
chester , have a stock of articles
1, and coated or enamelled with

ng on the top, as well as

tors of the Co., of Liverpool ant d glass ename
rude horn wroun
ght
glass, which are
and purity, but n,
b are alike wort'
keepers.

etr strength

ily distinguished b
sir elegance and taste, and which

house-

• • TRE NEAVOR, S,klfrEL HOLNIE, Esq.,
Tuesday evening at a dinner given by te Lord Mayor of
was present on
London to about eighty raayors and provosts of the prin-
cipal cities and towns of Great Britain and Ireland,
assembled with a view to aid the efforts of her Majesty's
hro h-
Government by prorga
iff or t .
out the country fornotin the dusionuniform gan
of a moreisation generalug and
Practical knowledge of science and art among sll classes.
A.T T`RE AD.MURNED SPECIAL MEETING of the Man-
chester
Wed.day last-in Manchester, a committee was appointed to
consult and advise with the directors upon the present
and future policy of the company, and to report thereon to
the shareholders at a special general meeting. Messrs.
J. Highfield and W. C. Fosberv, of Liverpool, are among
the gentlemen forming the committee.
THE LOCAL PENSIONERS, under the command of Col.
Swain, have been called out in companies, since the 20th
alt., each compare being under drill fur two days. On
Wednesday they marched through the town, and were
dismissed at the Exchange. Oa Thursday the veterans
had a field-day, and on Friday they were inspected on the
parade-ground, at the Everton barracks, by Colonel Tul-
lough, commander of the whole of the local companies.
WRECZ OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP.—The ship Squan-
dam. emigrant ship, Crookes. for Boston, with 250 emi-
grants on board, went on shore on Wednesday night in a
dense fog, near Port Greenock, six miles S.W. of Douglas,
Isle of 'Man. The crew and passengers were landed. Sae
will scarcely be got off, being on the rocks. Her Majesty's
steamer Porcupine is gone to render assistance. The
Squantuna left Liverpool on T 0.,..,;.,..
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...uesaay.
1.1-11-,2;r.its FIRE PROOF S
—The of
the Utility of these -
saes daiIyAFES. accumulate.certifi Thecates Gutta
Percha Company in London were fortunate enough to
have thei •
r books and a large quantity of valuable papers
enclosed in one of them. After the-fire the books were
tot only found uninjured, but property to the value of
.45,000 in bills, cash, &c., was found perfectly safe. The
test to which the safe was subjected must have been
intense, as the brass work was completely melted from the
front, and there was not a trace to be seen of the knob or
escutcheon.
THE YNGLISEI LANGUAGE IN LAN.O A SHIA E.—Amongst

the anecdotes related of the " sayings and doings" of
some of the militia, in Burnley, this week, we may record
the following. In the early part of last week. the sub-
sequent dialogue as said to have been held between some
officers and a private of: the sth Roval,Lancashire Militia.
in Burnley :—Captain A • " Who cut your hair ?"
Private: " Wor ?" Captain " Who cut you hair ?"
Private : •4 Oi corn'd till wod ye meon." Captain B.
then interfered, and said he would undertake for a glass
of brandy and water to elicit an answer the moment he
Put the question, which was agreed to immediately, when
Captain B. said to tha man, " Who pou'd te', lad ?"
The man instantly
_replied, "My main, to be seur."—
.Preaton..•

Neleus,
NEW BRUNSWICK CLIPPER, called the
and commanded by Captain Gimber, arrived in
the Mersey during the past week. Her builders are
tlessrs.'l3rown and Anderson, and Mr. Brown, who has
come over with her, is one of those men who rise by genius
andperseverance, having gone through all the degrees of
his profession. The Neleus made the passage in twenty-
one days, She is a full rigged ship, and her spars look
rakish. tier length of keel is 175 feet—over all, about
193 feet ; beam, 35 feet 10 inches.; depth, 20 feet 4
Inches ; old measurement, 1,117 tons. Her model is
eatremely sharp at both ends, with a concave bottom at
her midship section. Her handsome appearance is suc-
cessfully combined with great strength ; and in the latter
particular.she is said to b,• the finest ship hitherto turned
out from any yard in New Brunswick. -She has a top-
gallant forecastle, and deckhouse aft, the latter not yet
furnished. -.She has been expressly designed fot the pas-
senger trade, and carries an upper and lower deck. She
is at present discharging in the Brunswick Dock.
A LANCASHIRE CASE.—Court of -Quee*-'s Bench,
Westminster, June 9.—The Queen v. Pilkington and
Another. In this case a rule had been granted to show
cause why two justices of Lancashire should not issue a
distress warrant upon the goods of W. M'Cue, to enforce
of 19s. 6d being the arrears of a weekl- f
payment •,
y sum o
ls. 61., ordered by two justices to be paid to one Eliza-
beth Gleimes, for the maintenance of her bastard child,
of which the said W. M'Cue was the putative father.
The justices had declined to issue their warrant,upon the
ground that the order of maintenance which it waszought
to Ma in force was invalid. The mother of the bastard
4Child was a married woman whose husband had been
trangPortecl, but he had returned to this country, and pa-
Labited with his wife after the birth of the bastard chill!,
co-
though he had since absconded. Lord Campbell said
tteeeOn'ject of the statutes was, to provide for the main-
theirnef basta dl;' I and to relieve parishes from
mainte r c I..“ren,
this childnacce ; and it would be strange, indeed, if
of shotld be left destitute. and the. putative father the child freed from liability to maintain it, by thelth
asinrndnal3rtlol I:ictor
, ja, c. 101. The other
Pin'enii- Rule absolute. judges expressed

I,l'LEc.r, VESTRT.—The Rev. Rector Campbell pre-
the at
he
~c, meeting of this body on Tuesday. It appets
for
ext, 'lnance Committee are making arrangemen
relief, "Loa of relief in kind in substitution of money_
. as far as it is Practicable. The admission to the
v!trious Sheds during theP
stehaon usei._in
cognsefluewneek v-,ere 896, a larger number
theh °easter, it bad been f the dismissal of the late
first and Daniel agil he second, assistant-
schoalniaster ce
of
that James Bardsley be
Sulltvan t
was reported to he
The t 0?
ofal inmates in the house
sick, cazes. Mr. 3 ames 1). nl9
1,82 e. number
st these there were 528
Illeilyn had been appointed tern-
of his to fill the meth I districtrendered vacant by the
death a his brother.'ea wm Darken. The sub.
heon the naedileaai
th
loss at
IL; ngerra•ents of the house sub-
report on the statements made by Mr. .'N
no last raeeting of the 2 rime I board with reference to
no
11°gging of the boys, eMur'srphv and Marsden, by the
school -
any
d . ms-Aer, Scarratt in which they repudiated
esire on their part to • '
the inquiry. The proceedings
were ,„ , stiffs
--,infirtned.--Ir. Savage was elected a member of
is,' 4naoce Committee.—lt aeared that the average
--a,, Pead
Ot d.,
and at the I,NT per week - in the
Industrial School is 2s. .
M r Willmer gave notice
t6,_ ,
_, orkhouse 21. 3d.-- :
that e ELOUid, at the nest meeting, move the appoint-
,7ot of an assistant to the vestry-clerk, at a salary of
-*.50 a Year.
LECTuaE oN• Amen COn
socia t i o n
tear a disco;
who has bee
TheoccU piedctur by
1,.e

A.,--On Thursday morning, several
1 With the East India and Chiva

ea at the Chamber of Commerce, to
India, by Julius Jeffreys, Esq., F.R.S.,

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pt in the east

P.et`-govern ant:
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14 Which justica was administ
for it, •

care tardy an
beshould be takt
ittd,

owed to

sla-v`ser's!pi
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115riculturists'
1-1' Proper. plc;
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Stru
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t

PeoPle"a

°°°n pie-s-

sident of the chamber

of India as incapable of

ent, and

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continue under the ad

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

LIVERPOOL CASES IN THE ADMIRALTY COURT,—
On Tuesday last the folowing cases were heard, and dis-
posed off :—The Gipsy.—Salvage. This was an action
brought by the steamer Cambria, to obtain remuneration
for salvage services rendered to the Gipsy, on the 27th of
February last. The Gipsy, bound from Charleston to
Liverpool, with a cargo of cotton and turpentine, met
with a violent storm, and when off the South Stack
lighthouse' near Holyhead, being dismasted, came to
anchor and hoisted signals of distress. When the
weather had sufficiently moderated to render it practi-
cable, the steamer went out of the harbour end towed
the vessel in. The only point in dispute was the safety of
the anchorage ground. The property salved exceeded in
value £2400. The learned Judge allotted £1,200.—
The E. U.—Salvage.—This also was a cause of salvage,
and was promoted by 12 men, forming the crew of the
Broadstairs lifeboat, and by two luggers, the Outline and
the Ruby, to obtain remuneration for services rendered
to the E. U., on the 27th of December last, off Margate.
The E. U., bound from Antwerp to Liverpool. anchored
in the Downs, but, by the violence of a gale, drifted,
struck on the Brake-sand, and made water very fast.
The salvors put off to her aid, and, as they alleged, their
services were accepted, and the charge of the vessel was
given up to them. They endeavoured to conduct her to-
wards land; one of the 'diggers remained by the vessel,
lest she should founder, while the other was employed
in carrying an anchor and cable. She was subsequently
abandoned, and found by a steamtug, which beached her,

and for which she was remunerated. A tender was made
of £2OO, and refused. On the part of the owners it was
contended, that however good the intentions of the
salvors, their services were comparatively useless, and
would be amply rewarded by the tender. The value of
the property salved was £4,995. The learned Judge,
having characterized the services of the salvors as most
meritorious, over-ruled the tender, and decreed £3OO.
—The Bravo.—Dr. Addams applied to the Court for a
warrant of arrest against the Bravo, under the following
circumstances :—Messrs. Bliedberg and Co., of Liver-
pool, shipped a cargo of salt or. board this Prussian
vessel, which was bound for Stettin. Having experienced
bad weather, she sustained some damage, and a portion
of the cargo was thrown overboard. She put into Inver-
ness, and the captain wrote to Messrs. Bliedberg and
Co., -stating that he was without funds. They replied
tbat he must act according to the laws of the country,
if he could not obtain funds from his owner, living at a
distance of three days' post, meaning that he should
raise money on bottomry. He afterwards sold the cargo,
and -applied the funds to assist in paying the shipwright's
and sailmaker's bills. The ship 11.67ine returned to Liver-
pool, the present motion was made. The learned Judge
arid that it was a very hard case on the owners, but he
had no jurisdiction. However reluctant he was to leave
the parties without any other remedy than going to
Prussia, he could not attempt to enforce the authority of
the Court.

LU-ERPOOL Tows COUNCIL.—On Wednesday, the ad-
journed meeting was held, Sir John -Bent, in the absence
of the Mayor, presiding. The Markets Committee recom-
mended that the yards and sheds adjoining Gill-street
Market should be let, as they were not required longer for
the purposes of the market.—Mr. Cooper, in moving the
confirmation of the proceedings, explained that the market
was a partial failure, though the income from it was
between £lOO and £3OO per annum. By the proposed
letting an additional £lOO would be obtained.—Mr. Jef-
freys seconded the motion.—Mr. Banner suggested that
the Gill-street Market might be advantageously converted
into public baths.—Mr. Bigham approved of Mr. Ban-
ner's suggestion, which was referred generally to the com-
mittee for consideration, and the proceedings approved.
The Education Committee's reports, ea..c., were confirmed.
The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the goal and
House of Correction Committee, cmprised :—Recom-
mendation to increase the salary of 'Mr. J. M. Wade,
chief clerk, from £llO to £l3O per annum, the considera-
tion of which was postponed at the last monthly Council,
pursuant to the standing orders.—Recommendation that
Mr. C. Cohcannon be appointed permanently third clerk
in the gaol, at a salary of £BO per annum, being the same
salary as that paid to his predecessor.--Recommendation
to increase the salary cf William Buckley, taskmaster,
from £lO6 to £l2O per annum. There was considerable
opposition to the increase of Mr. 'Wade's salary ; but the
increased rermmeration was carried by a rnaiority of 15 to
12.—0 n the proposed appointment of the third clerk, at a
salary of Xi.), Mr. Dover pleaded that the peculiar state
of the money market ought to make the Council pause ;
and Mr. Bigham, urging also the necessity of putting
a check to the present system of advancing salaries,
alluded to the contingency of a European war. The
Proceedings of the committee, however, with the pro-
posed advances, were sanctioned. The minutes of
the Town-hall -Establishment Committee were con-
firmed.—The chief item of the Health Committee's
minutes was the recommendation as to, the terms
on
which the East Lancashire and the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway -Companies shall be permitted to cross
the highways on the level. The crossings were rec._
mended to be allowed on sufference, to be constructed at
the railway company's cost, who were also to pay men
(appointed by the Council) to watch and open the gates
night and day. Mr. IJangsdale moved, and Air. Dover
seconded the adoption of the proceedings. Mr. Parker
moved, and Mr. Bennett seconded an amendment, that
the recommendation be referred back. It having been
decided that members interested in either of the railways
could not vote, Mr. Holt agreed to be the seconder of
the motion, vice Mr. Dover, and the votes were taken.
The amendment was lost by 21 to 2, the two being
Messrs. Parker and Bennett.—Mr. Parker gave notice of
a motion for a return of the slaughter-houses licensed as
private slaughter-houses, with the number of butchers.
licensed for each slaughter-house, together with the
amount of cattle killed.—The proceedings, resolutions,
and reports of the Water Committee, comprised a recom-
mendation to increase the wages of the following ser-
vants viz., surveyor, ss. per week ; superintendent of
distribution and pipe-laying, 55.;; superintendent of turn-
cock, as.; storekeeper. 2s. ; four enginemen, 13s. ; five
stokers, 6s. ; four repairers, ss. 6d..; five dock turncocks,
ss. ; -two smiths, 3s. ; two assistant pipe-layers, 4s. ;
eighteen labourers, 235. ; watchman, Is.: the considera-
tion of which subject was postponed at the last monthly
Council, pursuant to the standing order. It was also re-
commended that William Bryan, one of the clerks in the
treasurer's office, be appointed collector of water-rents
and charges, vacant by the resignation of John Pritchard,
at a fixed salary not exceeding £l5O per annum, with the
usual bonus for good collection.—On the motion of Mr.
Holt, seconded by Mr. Bradley, the recommendations
were individually approved, and the zeneral proceedings
sanctioned, after a protest from Mr. Bennett that, while
small matters were detailed in the reports of the com-
mittee, there was no mention of such large sums as
£7,500 being paid to the contractors, " not by way of
certificate:* Mr. Bannett objected also to the limited
'iders likely to be received for laying down
'eerpool.—The Library and
=re adopted.—Mr.

number of to

pipes from Rivington to Lit,.
Museum Committee's proceedings
.as Woodruff moved, and Mr. John Giadstone, Jun
the adoption of the 1-- '

proceedings

seconded,

nackney carriage, &c., committee's
which embraced the advance of inspectors'
) 31s. 6ti. per week. The nroceec:incs

.s from 30s

mfirmed.—The Bath;
Mr. Thom

Committee's proceedings
on's motion for a select

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COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The Earl of Harrowby
w;11 preside on Friday next at the prize delivery.
ROYAL INSTITUTION ScnooL.—At the annual exami-
nation, just terminated, at St. John's College, Cambridge,
Mr. Rees, pupil at the above school, was elected to a
Wood's Exhibition. Mr. Rees's name appeared second
in the list of the men of his own year. He was first in the
classical part of the examination.
NEW CONSULS.—The Queen has been pleased to ap-
prove of Don Juan Arellano Hall as Consul at Liverpool
for the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. The Queen
has also been pleased to approve of Don Giovanni di Ma-
zarredo as Consul at Liverpool for his Royal Highness
the Duke of Parma.

STEAM BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND BALTIMORE.—
American advices inform us, that the bill incorporating
the Baltimore and Liverpool Steamship Company, with a
capital of .8'1,000,000, had passed. The object of the
charter is to orgar.ise a company to build steamships to
run regularly between Baltimore and this port. It fixes
the capital of the company at a million of dollars, but
authorises it to be increased, if necessary, to two millions.
THE NEW AMERICAN CONSUL—HINT TO LIVER-
POOL.—We have noticed the suggestions in various
quarters, that we should welcome the arrival of the new
Consul at the port of Liverpool, by some public demon-
stration befitting the advent among us of one who, de-
servedly, occupies a high position in the Americun re-
public of letters. Mr. Nathaniel Hawthorne has produced
an infinite variety of works, the excellence of which is
attested by the fact, that they are quite as popular in the
old, as in the New World. We know men of the best
judgment and taste in England who regard Hawthorne as
really the first literary man in America, and he certainly
surpasses the American minister, Ingersoll, in this point
of view. And as he is our consul, surely it is the least we
can do to him that honour which was so gracefully paid
to the American Minister, at the Court of St. James's, by
this great commercial community. Were Mr. Samuel
Holme to take the initiative in the welcome to Haw-
thorne, it would be an act worthy of his mayoralty, and
would be a graceful recognition, on our part, of the
respect we entertain for the literary class of America, and
the joy with which we hail the improved feeling for
literature and literary men, now manifested by the govern-
ment of the United States.

THE SELECT COMMITTEE on railway bills have reported
in favour of the St. Helens and Warrington and Altrin-
cham bills ; also in favour of the bill of the London and
North-western Railway Company, for making a line from
Crewe to Shrewsbury.
EMIGRATION' FROM LIVERPOOL.—The total number of
vessels now preparing for the various ports of Australia is
33 ; the total amount of registered tonnage 21,493. The
number of vessels despatched last month from Liverpool,
under the Emigration Act, was 51, and the number of
emigrants 24,202.

THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN have been admitted
fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons :—Messrs. Thos.
Mather Ashton, Om:skit-1i ; George Henry Hope, Sea-
forth ; King Ellison, Liverpool ; John Lonsdale Min-
shull, Liverpool ; Robert Thomas Lodge, Liverpool ;
Alfred Whittle, Liverpool.

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

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

A DRUNKEN ENGINEER, named Lewis, in the service
of the Liverpool Steam Tug Company, while in a state of
intoxication at Widnes on Sunday last, met two deaf and
dumb lads, who were conversing by signs. Lewis fancied
they were making fun at him, and commenced beating
them. Some man came to the assistance of the poor
mutes, but in the course of the struggle the drunken man
was thrown down and had his arm broken. At the Pres-
cot police-court on Tuesday, he was fined in 245. 6d.,
and costs, for the offence.
THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUE
held their monthly dinner and meeting at the marine
station, Birkenhead Hotel, on Tuesday evening last. Mr.
Archibald W. Clarke, Manchester, Mr. Henry Schwabe,
merchant, Aigburth, and Mr. Joseph A. Robinson, of
Liverpool, were elected members. A decision of the sail-
ing committee was to the effect that the Stanley yacht,
having violated sixth rule at the recent match, was dis-
qualified from receiving the prize, which was accordingly
given to the next yacht arriving in time, the Surprise.
SINGULAR PLAN OF PICKING POCKETS. —lt has
transpired during the past week that four Chester thieves,
named respectively William Hughes, John Davis, Eliza
Hughes, and Mary Ann Hughes, follow the Bishop on all
his visitations throughout the diocese, in the pursuit of
pocket-picking. On Thursday they stole a gold watch
from Mrs. Green, of Everton-road, during the late con-
firmation ceremonies at St. George's Church, Everton.
The same gang robbed two ladies of sums of money in
St. Paul's Church on the previous day. The unwelcome
visitants have been committed.

PRESENTATION.—On Tuesday evening last, when the
Rev. W. Taylor, M.A., the much respected incumbent
of St. John's church, was leaving the vestry at the close
of the service, he was met by a number of young people,
who had been examined by him prior to their confirma-
tion, and by wham he was presented with a very hand-
somely bound copy of Matthew Henry's Commentary, in
three volumes, as a slight return upon their part for the
very great kindness and attention they had received from
him during their examination. The rev. gentleman ap-
peared much affected at this entirely unexpected mark of
the esteem in which he is held.
THE ACCIDENT TO THE SCREW-STEAMER TIMES.--
Thirty-three persons were severely injured, and seven have
died from the effects of the explosion on board this
steamer. 'Three poor women still he at the Pigeon-
house in a deplorable condition. The engineer, in account-
ing for the accident, states that in one of the landings or
compartments of the boiler a portion of the rivets had been
frayed, and, when the pressure was put on, the part that
was thus undurated gave way. At an Inquest on Mon-
day, the jury attributed the accident to 1` the gross neg-
lect of -Tames Haigh, government engineering surveyor, in
not making a proper inspection of the boiler in April last."
A warrant was placed in the hands of the police, with direc-
tions to take Mr. Haigh to Kilmainham.

Tx-, Masco Foeo.—At the latest dates a newspaper
had been started on board this outward bound ship, en-
titled " Sayings and Doings on board the Marco Polo."
Mr. W. H. Fisher writes, " April Sth. On the line.
I am very glad indeed that I have c,me in this ship.
Nothing could be better than her performance, and the
captain is a first-rate fellow." Mr. James Galt, of this
town, has received a letter from Mr. Thomas Staggs, a
Sunderland emigrant, in which he says, "We have
passed several vessels, but not one has come up with us.
I have not been sick at all, and we have had very little
sickness since the day of leaving. We have the church
service on board en Sundays, when the weather is fine.
Considering the large number of passengers, (between six
and seven hundred,) everything proceeds very orderly."
Ma. EDMUND SHAW has been appointed office-clerk
to the Runcorn Improvement Commissioners, at a salary
of £45 per annum ; his salary as assistant-overseer and
collector of taxes had been previously fixed at £75 per
annum. At the monthly meeting on Monde), week, ten-
ders for the excavating, severing, &c., of Brunswick
King, Mill, Water, and Queen-streets, were put in by,
Thomas Jones, John White, Thomas Harper, Samuel
Hughes, George Hunt, and William Shaw.; the tender of
George Hunt was accepted. Advertisements for a loan
of £1,500, at four per cent., on security of the improve-
ment rate for five or seven years, was ordered. The
Bridgewater trustees and the Old Quay Company, which
by a clause in the improvement act was to be rated at
one-third its full value, was assessed at £1,500 rateable
value.

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.-Mr. Heyes presided at
the meeting on Wednesday, when the clerk was ordered
to cancel the indentures of a boy apprenticed from the
Work-house, to a man in Warwick-street, named Richard-
son, by whom he was badly treated. Leave of absence
for a fortnight was granted to the chaplain. A letter
was read from Mr. Fitzpatrick, medical officer for West
Derby rural district, in reference to an order of the board
requesting the medical officers to furnish weekly returns.
Mr. Fitzpatrick stated that only 20 returns were attributed
to him during the year, whereas he had furnished 37, and
during his connection with the Union, 4i years, he con-
sidered that he Lad furnished his returns with as much
punctuality as was consistent with a due regard to his
duties. Mr. Wensley moved that a copy of the letter be
sent to the Poor-lax Board.

SOME THLNGS SHOWN IN Will DUBLIN EXHIBITION.
—Glasgow is an extensive contributor ; and, although she
did not send her Lord Provost to the opening ceremony,
she forwarded a greater number of articles than any
other town or city except Dublin. Among the most use-
ful of the many excellent articles shown was two sets of
dental forceps, patented by James A. Young, of A. S.
Young and Son, surgeon-dentists, 185, Buchanan-street,
Glasgow. These reduce to a minimum the pain of the
extraction of teeth or roots, and ought to be more exten-
sively known. Then, there was M'Bride's patent
checking loom, the agent for which in Preston is Messrs.
J. and 3. Atherton, and which is yet destined to be
better known in the manufacturing districts of England.
This, with all the other specimens of machinery,
aro shown in operation, and the Scottish girl from the
banks of the Clyde who presides aver this loom of the
enterprising :Messrs. M'Bride and Co., of Glasgow, is a
a very fine specimen of the class to which she belongs.
Messrs. Henry Poole}, and Son, of the Albion foundry,
Liverpool, exhibit their patent dormant platform machine,
as used in the merchandise department of the London
and Nerth-western and other railways, and for general
weighing in warehouses; various other kinds of the weigh-
ing machines ; counter scales, the computer balance, the
bank weighing machine, and the weighbridge machine for
common road and railway waggons. Simple in workman-
ship, and of good workmanship, the Messrs. Pooley's
machines are the finest specimens of the kind we ever saw.
Dona Coaratirrsg.—Mr. Shand presided et the weekly
meeting on Thursday.—An application from the Rev.
Mr. Maynard to be allowed to extend the premises at
Nova Scotia, occupied as a. seaman's reading-room and
school, was granted.—A report was read from the super-
intendent of the Albert Dock, relative to the strike of the
operative porters. The porters at the Albert Dock re.
ceived 3s. 6d. a day. Mr. Bigham had received offers
from men to work for ISs. per week. The Chairman said
Thatutic waswas c a
come to upon the
principle they
the porters wished to make it imperative to give 4s, a day
to all who were employed, and that no man was to be
could
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matter.—Mr. Bighamstated that a letter was read at the
last meeting, (he being absent,) from Giannacopulo and
Co , which
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he (Mr. Bigham) " made a
injurious to them, and
statement they
calculated s ato be highly
in itself so completely devoid of truth that, in justice to
themselves, they felt it necessary to give it their most
distinct denial." He stated not only what he conceived
to be .correct, but what was correct as before the corn.
mittee at the time. Mr. Tobin : Did these parties send
in a manifest ? Mr. Bighain : Yes; and it was a mani-
fest signed by themselves. Mr. Tobin conceived that was
a strong circumstance. Mr. Bigham; T don't think there
was an intentional fraud. The Solicitor stated, in refer.
ence to the matter, that a clause had been carefully pre.
but no answer had been received.
pared, and submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury,

HEALTH COMMITTEE.—Mr. Alderman Langadale pre-
sided at the meeting on Thursday. A petition was pre-
sented from the inhabitants of Edge-hill and its vicinity,
complaining of the water-carts not visiting those locali-
ties.—The paving of Washington-street was postponed.—
Mr. Beckwith observed that on the committee there
were sixteen members, yet they frequently had the
attendance of only five or six, and he suggested that
those parties who did not attend should " be struck off."
—Another letter was read from Mrs. Laxvndes, the widow

of a porter in the service of the corporation, who had died
suddenly, asking for a trifling pecuniary advance. Mr.
Moss spoke in favour of the request being conceded.—Mr.
" Well but you know there
Jere were to give to the town-
Lundred a year."—Mr. Moss

Beckwith (sarcastically
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AT THE APOTHECARIES' HALL, on Thursday last,
Mr. James Fielden Steward Shaw, Lancashire, and Mr.
William Hewitt, of Liverpool, passed their examination
in the science and practice of medicine.
A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.—The police
have received instructions to prevent ginger-beer and
confectionary stalls being placed on the high-road in the
vicinity of the Botanic-gardens on Sundays.
ICES.—Those who desire the cooling influences of these
seductive luxuries should visit the Merchants' Dining-
rooms, near the Exchange. The proprietor has announced
a collection of unique flavours.

MAN FOUND DROWNED.—Yesterday morning, about
six o'clock, the body of a man, unknown, and bearing the
appearance of a labourer, was found in the George's Dock
Basin. The body was taken to the dead-house. An in-
quest will be held to-day.
WE understand that the Postmaster-General has, at
the request of a number of the inhabitants residing in the
district hitherto called Cabbage-hall, assented to the name
of the Post-office there being changed to that of Anfield.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.---We have the pleasure of
announcing another University distinction obtained by a
pupil of this Institution. 'Mr. Rigby, who was elected to
the Canning Exhibition last year, is placed in the first
class at Trinity College, Cambridge.
MissloNs.—On Thursday evening a public meeting
will be held in the Collegiate Institution, in aid of the
Patagonian Church Missionary Society. A deputation
will attend for the purpose of detailing missionary labours
now being made on behalf of the native tribes of South
America.

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

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

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Mr. Josh. Silsbee, the Ame-
rican comedian, has been playing during the past week in
several of his favourite characters. His delineations of
Yankee character are exceedingly rich. On Friday
evening he took his benefit, in " Sam Slick," and as
Deuteronomy Dutiful, in the " Wool Dealer." On
Saturday evening he appeared for the last time. During
the present week a series of tragedies will be presented,
in which Mr. J. H. Anderson will appear.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A DOCK LABOURER.—Yesterday
an inquest was held before the borough coroner on the
body of a man named Neil Callaghan, who died on Satur-
day morning last, from the effects of an accident he met
with on Friday, the 3d instant. On the afternoon of
that day deceased was assisting to discharge stones from a
schooner, lying in George's Basin, when the handle of the
crane caught the deceased, and knocked him into the
basin. His scalp was fractured, and he also received
other internal injuries. Verdict, accidental death.
THE Glasgow Citizen, of Saturday, informs us that a
bottle containing the following, written in pencil, was
picked up on Wednesday last, on the shores of Dunoon,
by Peter Morris:—" 28th December, midnight, midst of
the Atlantic, on board the Rover, of Panama.—Dear
friends in Liverpool, should this, our only means of trans-
port, reach you, we are at present tossing in the billows.
John, I believe, is very ill. We will put in as soon as
fair weather comes ; and should this meet the eye of my
dearest wife Mary, let her know that lam well. Captain
is in good spirits.—l am, John Thomas, jun."

Amusrm ENTs.—The grand concert of the Philharmonic
Society takes place this evening, and the names of Botte-
sini, Herr Pischek, an Mad'lle Bury, announced in the
programme, must secure for it an avalanche of patronage.
—The manager of the Theatre-Royal has announced an
amateur performance, on Saturday, for a benevolent pur.
pose; and at the Royal Park Theatre, Mr. Charles Pitt is
appearing this week in some of his favourite characters.
To-night he performs Richelieu, under distinguished
patronage. —At the Zoological Gardens, the variety
of entertainments is daily attracting crowds, who
enjoy the music and dancing al fresco. —At the
Rock Ferry, the Chinese Junk divides the interest
with the beautiful scenery around ; while at Eastham
Ferry the Catageloseum performs its mission of exciting
laughter.—Those who seek more distant joys will shortly
have the cheap railway trips to enable them to visit the
camp at Chobham.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—A FORTUNATE ESCAPE
FROM MATRIMONY.—At the Warrington County Court
the other day considerable amusement was caused by the
case of Longshaw v. Dootson. Mr. Longshaw, who
keeps the Vine Tavern, Market-street, brought a claim
for the restitution of a gold watch and musical snuff-box,
feloniously kept or taken from him by Miss Maria Doot-
son, and now in possession of her father, Mr. Dootson,
farmer. He said Miss Maria (or Maria, as he persisted
in calling her,) and he were in company, and she par-
ticularly requested him to let her wear the watch for
a week. He consented to let her have it for that time,
but said he would not part with it altogether, as it had
been been his late wife's, and he promised to keep it for
her sake. Miss Maria gave a very different version of
the affair, affirming that the articles were love-gifts, and
that, when the match was broken off, she went to Long-
shaw's and offered him the articles, but he refused to take
them saying—" I'm not a child to take back my play-
things ; I gave them to you, whether you have them
or not." She therefore took them back. Ultimately the
case was adjourned.

LIVERPOOL AND
tThrieECSoOuCnlcEir YofoythAeßTSSo.creTtyhafe confe-
renceArtsgmedembbyers of that society and the representa-
ttbaievatewkseoreflanatrhetreeaheneadauclavteiodnaaelaidnasyt,ituiatioinoshtah-rsoturgeet
.tltdheeipchoui country,
fully attended. Mr. Cole, as chairman of the
tivee from various institutions in the Union were present.
presided. One hundred and sixty representa-
cO.ausnyceilr,y .
Each speaker was limited to five minutes, and the chair-
manhundred
average
duration of something less than three minutes and a half.
leeasschthwanithonaen
and
d six announced
speeches a t
hadt e close
been thatma dneo,
The ,nacres of Mr. Edward Baines, of Leeds ; Dr. Hud-
son, Manchester; Mr. Ewart, M.P. ; the Rev. I. S.
Howson, Liverpool ; and Mr. Nicol, Lirerpool ; are men-
tioned by the metropolitan press as amongst those who
took en active and important part in the business. With
reference to the subject of class instruction, it was resolved,
on the proposition of the Rev. I. S. Howson, of Liver-
pool, That it is desirable that the training schools of
this country should introduce into their courses of study
a more thorough knowledge of the natural and physical
sciences, and a system of instruction in art, and that
the Council of the Society of Arts be requested to forward
this resolution to the President of the Council of Educa-
tion, and to the various training institutions." A public
dingier of the members of the Society of Arts and of the
representatives of the Institutions in Union was held in
the evening at the Freemasons' Tavern ; Lord Granville
presided. Speeches were made by the Dean of Hereford,
Dr. Lyon Playfair, Lord Granville, Mr. Hutt, M.P., Mr.
G. Knight, Mr. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Slaney, and Mr. S.
Holme, the Mayor of Liverpool, whose name was coupled
with the mayors who were present. In responding, he
said he conceived it his highest privilege and his bounden
duty to promote the cause of practical education. The
railways, the electric telegraph, and the other facilities of
modern times, were all working with the most salutary
results upon the minds of the people; and he trusted that
Liverpool, as it had already surpassed the metropolis in
its maritime development, would also do €0 with reference
to the question of education. If the metropolis did not
move in that voluntarily, it would be compelled to do so.
(Cheers.) This speech terminated the proceedings of the
day.—On Thursday morning the Lord Mayor of London
held a grave conference at the Mansion-house, the evening
being devoted to the lighter labours of a conversazione.
The conference assembled in the long parlour, and con-
sisted of nearly all the mayors who had attended the ban-
quet of the previous evening, and Mr. Cole and Dr. Lyon
Playfair. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor took the
chair, supported by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Lords
Provost of Glasgow and Edinburgh, Lord Mayor of York,
and the Mayor of Liverpool. The mayors explained, the
position of educational affairs in their respective towns.
Mr. Samuel Holme stated, that in Liverpool schools had
been successfully established; sixty thousand pounds are
annually spent on educational objects; and the working-
classes exhibit marked improvement as compared with
their predecessors of thirty years since. Workmen can
now understand the most elaborate plans, and have actually
become critics on the designs of their employers. At the
conclusion of the conference, an invitation was accepted
to dine with the Mayor of Southampton on Monday (yes-
terday).—On Friday the members of the Society of Arts,
the representatives of the literary, scientific, and mecha-
nics' institutions in union with that body, and many of
the mayors invited to the recent hospitalities at the Man-
sion-house, went down to Sydenharn in a special train
provided for their accommodation, to visit the works and
grounds of the Crystal Palace Company. The Daily News
states that only one of the mayors, his Worship of Liver-
pool, showed himself with the excursionists, his brethren,
it was presumed, having waited upon the movements of
the great central sun, who drove up in his carriage to one
door as the delegates departed by another.

THE CENSUS oar 1851.—The first portion of the
census returns for 1851 has just been issued, from which
we glean the following :—The total number of the popu-
lation returned was 21,121,967, of whom 10,386,040 were
males, and 10,735,919 females. On the night of the
census 12,924 people are believed to have been sleeping
in barges, 9,972 in barns, and 8,277 in the open air or
under tents. In Great Britain the number of families
has risen from 2,260,802, in 1801, to 4.312,388 in 1851.
The last halt-century has seen 1,815,567 " new lines of
families " established in England, while in Scotland the
number has increased from 364,079 to 600,098, notwith-
standing the migratory propensities imputed to its inha-
bitants. The number of "inhabited houses " in Great
Britain was returned at 3,648,345, against 3,446,797 in
the last census, and 1,870,476 in 1801. Omitting deci-
mals, we might state that there was 1 family to a house, 5
persons to a house, and 4 persons to a family. Of villages,
that is to say of " places having defined boundaries and
separately returned in population tables," there are
17,150; while of genuine towns there are in England and
Wales 580, in Scotland 225, and in the Channel Islands
10. The " British isles " are five hundred in number,
though only 175 were found to be inhabited on the morn-
ing of March 31, 1851. Of these islands we have a list,
with their names and population. Great Britain had
over 20 millions of inhabitants, and Ireland over six
millions; Anglesea, Jersey, the Isle of Man, and the Isle
of Wight had each more than 50,000; and Guernsey,
Skye, and Shetland over 20,000. From these,
rapidly to classes with 10,000,

end ver

THE LIVERPOOL LETTER-CARRIERS.

(From a Correspondent.)

No department of the civil service has become so
notorious for paltry economy as the Post-office ; and this
economy is brought to bear chiefly upon that most
laborious and deserving portion of its servants, the
letter-carriers. The numerous petitions lately presented
to Parliament, from this class of men, have revealed facts
respecting their scanty wages which the public could
scarcely credit. The present promoters of the system
appear to have no regard for the merit or ,well-being of
their servants, in order to carry out this wretched theory.
In proof of this we need only go to the Post-office in this
town, where we shall find ab Jut seventy letter-carriers, in
a worse condition, as regards pay, than the commonest
labourers at our docks. Their wages are only 2s. lOid.
per day, or £1 for seven days' work, while dock la-
bourers receive from 4s. to ss. per day, and are only
employed six days in the week. Another bad feature in
the case of these carriers is, that no distinction is made
between the oldest hands and the most recently ap-
pointed ; the men who have been but a few weeks in the
service receive the same as those who have been employed
from ten to thirty years. This is great injustice ; and the
more so, when it is borne in mind that the rules of the
department are so strict, and the duties so responsible,
that none but the most attentive, honest, and meritorious
men could retain their situations for so long a period. It
can scarcely be wondered at, under this state of things,
that the Post-office has become so notorious for lost and
stolen property. Seldom a year passes without two
or three being transported from this office for embez-
zling money-letters. It would be well for the public to
bear in mind, that in no case is the Post-office respon-
sible for lost property; so that it is a matter of no con-
sequence to the authorities, in a pecuniary point of view,
what amount of money is stolen by their officials ; the
poorer classes ought to remember this in particular, for
they are the sufferers in the majority of cases. But to
return : How is it that the London letter-carriers are so
much more favoured than their brethren in this town?
The authorities recognise among them seniority and merit,
by giving progressive wages, from 235. to 30s. per week ;
besides, they are clothed, superannuated, and frequently
promoted to superior situations, privileges totally un-
known amongst their brethren here. Why this remarkable
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siderable extent, be the same. If so,-..then why this ex-
traordinary difference ? Why give seventy men in Liver-
pool 20s. a-week for performing duties exactly the same
as those in London, for which a similar class of men
receive frcm 3s. to 10s. per week more? There can be
no satisfactory solution to these questions, except upon
the hypothesis that, if they make one provincial town
approximate somewhat near the metropolis, all the rest
would demand the same. This is, no doubt, the secret of
the whole matter; and yet how absurd. Surely, the largest
towns have the strongest claims ' • and are the carriers of
such a town as this to be refused a just compensation for
their responsible duties, because, if granted, it would
cause general dissatisfaction amongst their provincial
brethren ? Surely not. We would suggest that the men
in each particular town be remunerated in proportion to
the responsible and arduous nature of their duties. This
would be true economy. With the letter-carriers, as a
whole, it is not a question of labour ; the grounds upon
which they ought to be better paid is the weighty respon-
sibility of their duties ; for it is a well-known fact, that
an immense amount of property is daily under their ccn-
trol, especially in such a town as this. Why not, then,
have them proportionately paid, so that they may main-
tain their position in society with decency and respect.