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

LOCAL NEWS.

MANCHESTER is making another effort to raise a statue
to the late Dr. John Dalton.
THE BOROUGH SESSIONS Will commence in the new
Assize Courts on Monday morning next,
THE COUNTY COURT having been remodelled and en-
larged, has been reopened for public business.
GRAND MASONIC BALL.—A large and fashionable
attendance is expected this evening at the Town-hall.
MR. ROBERT LAMONT, of Liverpool, had on Friday
an interview with Mr. Cardwell at the Board of Trade.
THE keel of the l\lanx Fairy, the new boat intended to
ply between Liverpool and Ramsay, will be laid next week.
THREE ROBBERIES were committed on Sunday evening
in the immediate neighbourhood of Toxteth-park, all by
beans of skeleton keys.
WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE.—A fine specimen of the
black maned Barbary lion has just been added to this col-
lection of foreign animals.
TWENTY-FIVE OF THE SNAKELETS, arrived by the brig
Arrow, with their parent, have since been captured alive.
Two only were found dead.
THE SOHO-STREET RAGGED SCHOOLS.—Yesterday
evening week Joseph Hubback, Esq. entertained upwards
of 80 of the former inmates to tea.
THE U.S. MAIL STEAM-SHIP ATLANTIC, Capt. West,
sailed
and a fair on Wednesday, for New York, with a full cargo,
complement of passengers.
Civic BANQUET,-0o 'Wednesday evening his 'Worship
the Mayor, Samuel Holme, Esq., entertained a party of
about fifty gentlemen to dinner, at the Town-hall.
THREE SEAMEN were fined in sums varying from ss.
to 10s., at the Police-court, on Thursday last, for' smug-
gling small quantities of foreign-manufactured tobacco.
THE ANNUAL REPORT of the chaplain to the Liver-
pool Borough Gaol states that a larger proportion of
Juveniles has entered upon crime than in the year 1850-1.
NEW TUG.—An iron tug-steamer, of about 100 tons,
the property of Liverpool owners, was launched on Satur-
day from the building-yard of Messrs. Cato, Miller, and
Co.

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

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

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

ROBERT RAWLINSON, ESQ., superintendent-inspector
of the General Board of Health, will hold an inquiry on
the 16th instant, at Aigburth ; and on the following day,
at bluch WooltOn.

THE CONVICT FRANCE, sentenced at the last spring
assizes to transportation for life, for the burglary at the.
Louse of Mr. Owens, West Derby, has received her Ma-
jestY's free pardon.
THE METHODIST CHAPEL in Scotland-road, having
laltely come into the permanent possession of the Re-
-150 personsrr sat down. a tea party was held on Monday evening, when
BLACKBURN ELECTION.—A large number of publicans
and beersellers have been served with Speaker's warrants
~b 3, the promoters of the petition against
William Eccles,
zsci., M.P. for Blackburn.
washyEMIGRA.TION. fine packet-ship The Queen, hence
for Port Philip, poken on the 18th instant, by the
Glenorchy, which arrived at London last week, in Ist. 47
28 N., ion. 10 W., eight days out.
J. B. MARTIN, charged with stealing cotton from ware-
Louses belotizing to Mr. Harbord, in Oil-street, Vulcan-
street, and Vaudries.sfreet, several months ago, was on.
Wednesday last committed for trial.
GREAT HOMER-STREET WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
'—On Monday evening week, the annual tea meeting in
Connexion with these schools were held in the school-
roorn. Upwards of 250 persons were present.
THE THIRD LECTURE of the course on " Protestant
Nonconformists," in connection with the Sunday School
Institute, was delivered in the Concert-hall, on Tuesday
evening last. The subject was Oliver Cromwell.
place" SOCIAL SOIREE" of the " Reformers" will take
at the Town-hall. Manchester, on Thursday evening
next, to meet the free trade representatives of the boroughs
and of the two divisions of the county of Lancaster.
A HOARY. HEADED MAN, named John Briscoe. belong-
ing to Neston, in Cheshire, and who came to Liverpool
on Monday last, was robbed of three sovereigns on the
tame evening in a house of ill fame in Albion-street. AT THE USUAL FORTNIGHTLY MEETING Of the Archi-
tectural
and Archaeological Society, held on Wednesday
evening, Mr. Verelst in the chair, Mr. E. H.Striperea
Paper on " Architecture as an Exponent of Civilization."
IN THE QUEEN'S BENCH, on Tuesday, a rule was granted
to show cause why a quo warrant° should not be filed
against Mr. J. Thwaite. calling upon him to show cause
by what authority he held the office of town-councillor for
Blackburn.

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

RAILWAY DAMAGE.—Herapath's Journal states that
the damage done by the continued rains to the London
and North-Western Railway will cost near a million of
money to repair ; and on the South-Western Railway at
the rate of £l,OOO per mile.
THE LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT Wag lest week gaged, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurday, ininves-
tigating the validity of a fiat issued aerinst the Hon.
Edward Lloyd Mostyn, the member for Flintshire.
Ulti-
niately the fiat was superseded.
ON THURSDAY, James Beaumont, mate of a vessel
~"Iv in port, was robbed of £lB 35., at a public-house in
a-dondon-road whither he bad very foolishly gone to
carouse with two well-dressed men, whom he happened
to meet casually in the street.
SCOTCH CHURCH, RODNEY-STREET.—The proposition
for the erection of an organ in this church has been ne-
Fatived. The votes were taken on Sunday morning last,
Dv each pewholder dropping a piece of paper into the
Plate. There were 57 ayes and 15 noes.
FIRS.—On Saturday morning, about four o'clock, a fire
broke out at the Earl Howe public-house, in Trueman-
etreet ; and in an hour afterwards the premises were
gutted, notwithstanding the exertions of the fire-brigade.
The inmates narrowly escaped with their lives.
ALFRED ADAMS AND THOMAS LAPWORTH, one about
thirteen and the other about fifteen years of age, were
committed for trial at the Liverpool Police-court on Tues-
day last, on a charge of stealing a number of top-coats
from the lower school of the Collegiate Institution.
THE ANNUAL BALL of the Chatham Society took
place on Friday night, at the Town-hall. About 600
ladies and gentlemen were present. The lady patroness was Mrs. Peter Bourne Drinkwater. The refreshments
Were supplied by Mr. Oakes, of Great George-street.
Wilson, ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Saturday week Elizabeth
Blundell-strect, attempted to destroy herself by
cutting her throat. She was taken to the Southern Hos-
pital, where she is going on favourably. She stated, as
the reason for her conduct, that she was in fear of poverty.
tILLOYDS' SURVEYOR.—The appointment of an ad -
itional surveyor of shipping to Lloyd's establishment at
Liverpool having been found necessary, Mr. Senhouse
Martindale has been removed from Southampton to the
Liverpool district. Mr. Martindale is a native of Work-
ington.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday afternoon, Jas.
Lwler, a Young man, a wine porter, was killed by acci-
f:dentally falling over the banisters of the stairs leadin
rorn Afr. Holbroke's office in Chapel-street, on to thg e
Irond. grating below. The deceased was partially intoxi-
cate

lIARLES OTTER, Esq., a barrister on the Northern Cir-
cuit, has been appointed one of the Examiners of the
Court of Chancery, with a salary of from £1,200 to
1,500 a year. The place was rendered vacant by the
Promotion of the Hon. C. P. Villiers to the office of
Judge-Advocate-General.

THREE fat cows of" the Galloway breed, one nine years
old. the others four and five, were sent to Liverpool last
week by Mr. Gillespie, Annanbank. The three realised
the remarkable price of £63, being an average of twenty
Ruineas each. A lot of hlackfaced ewes from the same
farm made 28s. 6d. each.—Dumfries Courier.

URT.—On Wednesdal
nosROBBERY IN THE POLICE-Ce
Hia•ginS was brought
pick pockets in the police-
-1 charge of attempting to
before the magistrates,
cou .
to revn the previous day.
ous pastime, having
who appeared.
been % a prisoner,
ge
Dr. Passion for suchTdhaen
offenc.e.:losusly sent to prison for four months for a like
WILLIAIr mmitted for trial.
h Liverpool Police-
office, on Fria
SAvtLwas charged at
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North- we steraa?' b 7
defraud that
oomPanYl by tra one of the officials of the London and
ryaellirnaY, with attempting Thursday night, vrithloV
d ticyket. The
in their par.ll.viaemetnaotar train on
magistrate ordered him to by:lette2os.,e with ss. costs, or
imprisonment for fourteen days.
WEST DERBY BoAun.—The weekly meeting was held
on 'Wednesday, the Rev. W. Badnall in the chair. Thos.
Atkins, the engineer in the house, was dismissed for
alleged improprieties. Several able-bodied paupers, who
bad no justifiable reason for remaining in the house,
were dismissed. Mr. James Olney was elected assistant
Master to the workhouse, in the room of Mr. James
Woods.
THE LIVERPOOL DISPENSARY.—The annual meeting
of the subscribers and friends was held on Thursday after-
noon. Mr. Charles Booth, vice-president, was called to
the chair. The operations during the past year have been
On a much larger scale than has previously occurred since
1846, and the number of patients relieved exceeds that of
Bret to announce a
the preceding year bylin2,B4o cases. The committee
re
fal off annual subscritions.
40,000 cases have been atteng ded,in at an average expepnse of
ls. 4d. each.
S. ANNE'S DISPENSARY.—On Monday the sub-
scribers and friends held their annual meeting. The chair
Was occupied by Mr. Thomas Barton. The alteration
requiring each patient to pay one penny each for their
medicines, had answered extremely well. They com-
menced
the year with a debt of X9O lls. lid., and had
now the SatiSfiCtioll of announcing that there was a sum
of Z 36 10s. sd. to the credit of the institution. At the
close of the proceedings several patients were introduced
by Dr. Nottingham.
ST. HELEN'S RAILWAY.--The line of this company.
frora Garston to Warrington, is now fast approaching
completion. The government inspector and a party of
directors have gone over the line, and it is in so satisfac-
torY a state that it is understood it will be opened to the
tuiblic in the course of next week. This will give a new
r(lote to Liverpool, in addition to the London and North-
Western line, which will also be extended to Manchester
ILI!! the completion of the Warrington and Altrincham line,
proceeded with.--Manshester
w4ich is being rapidly LrUardjan,

NORTHERN CIRCIIIT.—The following days have been
appointed for opening the commission in the various
towns on the northern circuit :—Lancaster, Thursday,
Feb. 17 ; Appleby, Monday, Feb. 21 ; Carlisle, Wednes-
day, Feb. 23 ; Newcastle. Saturday, Feb. 26 ' • Durham,
Wednesday, March 2 ; York, Tuesday, March 8; Liver-
pool, Tuesday, March 22.
THE BANKING INTEREST.—A deputation, consisting of
Mr. Henry Clay, of Burton-on-Trent, banker; Mr. Wm.
Rathbone of Liverpool • Mr. William Fenton, of Roch.
dale ; Mr. Alexander dacgregor, of Liverpool ; and Mr.
Henry C. Beloe, of Liverpool; had an interview on Wed.
nesday with the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell and Lord
Stanley of Alderley at the Board of Trade.
LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The se-
venth ordinary meeting of the session was held on Mon.
day evening, Dr. Dickenson, president, in the chair.

The paper was entitled " Who was Macbeth ?" and was
by the Rev. Dr. Hume. The chairman announced that

the paper for the next meeting was " On the history and
application of the mariner's compass," by Mr. Towson.
MR. ROBERT RAN KIN, chairman of the Shipowners'

. -
Association in this town, in a letter to the Times, states
that four ships, the Bourneuf, the Wanota, the Marco
Polo, and the Ticonderoga, on board of which the mor-
tality was so great on the voyage to Australia, were not
sent out by private individuals, but that all of them were
taken up and sent out by the commissioners of emigration.
MUNIFICENT REWARD.—A gentleman travelling from
Lancaster to Preston, on Thursday evening last, lost his
purse, containing £BO. Having telegraphed to Preston,
a porter named John Gill, who had found the lost trea-
sure, went to Preston by the mail train, and handed over
the money to the owner, who generously rewarded the
honest man with a donation of three shillings andsiYpence!
ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES.—A lecture upon this subject
was delivered on Tuesday evening, in the News-room of
the Church of England Institution, by the Rev. Professor
Linton, of St. Aidan's College. Mr. Harmood Banner
took the chair. The Rev. J. K. Went proposed a vote of
thanks to the chairman, which was seconded by one of
the committee, who took the opportunity to acknowledge
the obligations of the committee and members to Mr.
Banner for the uniform kindness and interest in the in-
stitution manifested by him.
ALTERATIONS AT THE POST-OFFICE.—The letter-box
delivery department of the post-office has been tempo-
rarily removed to the west side of the building, to enable
the workmen to proceed in carrying out the plans by
which the accommodations of this important branch will
be considerably extended. It has been suggested that
the authorities should place a strone bar, similar to that
adopted at railway-station ticket-offices, by which only
one person can be admitted at a time, and thus do away
with indecent scrambles.

A CONTEMPORARY relates an " extraordinary elope-
ment," which is reported to have startled the neighbour-
hood of the Exchange from its propriety, on Thursday
morning last. The fair dame was a barmaid at a place of
entertainment, frequented much by the corn-dealers.
Her "true love" was a gallant young pilot. The story
is rather spoiled by the admission that the match was not
objected to by the employers of the young lady or her
friends, and the gallant was always received and treated
as the young lady's affianced lover, and as one of the family.

A MAN, NAMED BARKER, 'three years ago, pledged
various articles of wearing apparel with Mr. Powell,
pawnbroker, Scotland-road, in this town, and the inte-
rest was regttlarly sent from Leeds (whither Barker had
gone) to Powell, until September last, when the articles
were redeemed by their owner. Upon examination, it
was discovered that the clothing was damaged. The
pawnbroker refused compensation, and was accordingly
brought before the police magistrate, Mr. Mansfield, on
Thursday last, when Powell was ordered to pay the com-
plainant the sum of 15s. as compensation for the damage.
A CHALLENGE !—The Antelope, for the gold country,
will be despatched from Liverpool on the 23rd of this
month (February), and from Queenstown on the 26th,
for Melbourne and Sydney, calling at Madeira, Cape de
Verds, Cape of Good Hope, and Adelaide. It is confi-
dently expected that she will make the run out in 60 days.
A heavy wager has been made with the owners of the
Marco Polo, which also leaves Liverpool in February,
that the Antelope's passage beats hers. The Antelope
was originally constructed by Messrs. Hodgson, of this
town, but has recently been lengthened amidships by Mr.
Laird.

THE NEW CORN EXCHANGE.—The Corn Exchange,
Brunswick-street, was on Thursday re-op, ned to the pub-
lic for the transaction of business. Every precaution has
been taken to avoid accident, the floors being supported
by enormous piers of brickwork set in Roman cement.
The vaults have had their strength tested by being loaded
with weights four times the amount they can ever be re-
quired to carry. The portion now in occupation is less
than one-half of the entire site, which will extend for-
ward to Brunswick-street. The elevation to Brunswick-
street will form one of the largest and loftiest fasades in
the town.

THE LATE ROBBERY AT MR. EASTEE'S.—MBI7 Win-
gate was brought up at the Police Court, on Thursday,
on a charge of being connected with the recent plunder..
ings at the shop of Mr. Eastee, St. George's-crescent.
The prisoner is sister and mother-in-law to Henry Brooks,
late foreman to Mr. Eastee, who has absconded and is still
at large. Officer Povey apprehended the prisoner in
Gloucester. Part of the property has been discovered
(no or £4O worth). The woman had sold and pledged
the property in various shops in Gloucester. She was
committed by the Gloucester mazistrates, and was after-
wards transferred to Liverpool. Mr. Mansfield ordered
her to be remanded for seven days.
A TRAVELLER'S " EXPENSES."—At the Liverpool
County Court, on Friday, a case came on, in which
Philip Magee was plaintiff, and William Gillard defendant.
The action was brought for £lO 3s. Defendant was a
fish-dealer, and plaintiff was engaged to travel in Scot-
land to purchase lobsters and other shell-fish for defen-
dant, at a salary of "£1 per week and expenses."
Plaintiff had received certain sums of money from defen-
dant, of which he had kept an account, as also of his
expenses. The defence was, that the only " expenses"
which the £1 a week did not include, were travelling ex-
penses, and did not refer to board and lodging. His
Honour thought the agreement was intended to include
every expense. Verdict for the plaintiff.

HEALTH COMMITTER.—The weekly meeting was held
on Thursday, Mr. Langsdale in the chair. Mr. Fresh,
the inspector of nuisances, submitted the yearly statistics
of sanatory operations. Mr. John Lea, formerly of Ash-
leigh, near this town, had an interview with the committee
relative to a proposition to be enabled to place sign-boards
on the street lamp-posts, to indicate the address, occupa-
tion, &c., of shopkeepers and others. The boards are to
be of one uniform size, so as not to disfigure the street.
Mr. Lea wanted to negotiate with the committee for the
payment of a certain sum to be allowed to carry out his
plan. The committee were not in a position to reply to
his application. The sub-committee recommended the
construction of a sewer in Cheapside, at a cost of £220.
ST. PAUL'S WARD.—A complimentary dinner was
given to Mr. Thomas Savage, (the unsuccessful candidate
for municipal honours at the late election in this ward,)
at Mr. Bulmer's hotel, West Derby, on Thursday, the
20th ult. About sixty gentlemen assembled under the
presidency of Mr. Troughton ; Mr. P. Robinson acting as
vice. We hear that the friends of the successful candi-
date (Mr. Thos. Godfrey) are to celebrate his return to
the Council, early this month, at the Angel Hotel, Dale-
street, under the chairmanship of Mr. Councillor Beck-
with, and the following influential gentlemen are expected
to be present :—Mr. Alderman Dover, Councillors Mellor,
Holden, M'Guffie, Hodson, Woodruf, Bigham, Thomp-
son, W. Nicholson, H. Alolyneux, J. Nicholson, Ferni-
hough, and the leading men of St. Paul's Ward.
THE PEACE HUMBUG.—The annual meeting of the
Liverpool Peace. Society was held in Slater-street, on
Wednesday, R. Rathbone, Esq., in the chair. A long
report was read, giving a detailed statement of matters
connected with the objects of the society. The financial
statement showed a balance of £2O 10s. sd. due to the
treasurer.—The meeting of the friends of international
arbitration and peace commenced on Thursday, at Man-
chester. The first meeting was held at the Corn Ex-
change, when Mr. George Wilson was elected chairman,
supported by Mr. Cobden. M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr.
J. B. Smith, M.P., Mr. Joseph Brotherton, M.P., Mr.
G. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Joseph Sturge, Mr. C. Hindley,
M.P., and others. For the speeches, which were of the
usual description, we have no room ; but we have given a
letter on the subject in another column.
HOLYHEAD PILOTAGE.—We understand that the Sub-
commissioners of Pilotage for the district of Holyhead
have given notice that a new scale of pilotage from their dis-
trict, approved by the Trinity Board, and assimilating the
pilotage for both the new and old harbours, has been issued
to the pilots of Holyhead, and took effect from the Ist
instant. It is as follows : £ a. d.
Vessels not exceeding, per register 50 tons 0 7 6
Exceeding 50 tons, not exceeding 100 „ 010 6
„ 100 „ PI 200 „ 1 1 0
„ 200 „ ft 300 „ 1 11 6
19 300 /9 !I 400 „ 1 16 9
ft 400 „ It 500 „ 2 2 0
If /I 500 „ 600 „ 2 7 3
If 600 „ If 700 „ 212 6
700 „ If 800 „ 217 0
„ 800 „ If 900 „ 3 3 0
I, 900 „ „ 1000 „ 310 0
„ 1000 „ Seven shillings for each 100 tons.
Ships not having British registers are to pay one-fourth
more than ships having British registers, except when such
first-mentioned ships shall, by any order of her Majesty's
most honourable privy council, be privileged to enter the
ports of this kingdom, upon paying the same duties of
tonnage as are paid by British ships, in which case such
ships and vessels not having British registers shall pay the
like rates of pilotage only as are payable by ships having
British registers ; the said surplus rate chargeable upon
unprivileged foreign vessels is to be paid to the collector
of this corporation's light-dues, at theCustom-house,Holy-
head. All ships and vessels under any circumstances of
distress are to pay the pilot a further sum of money, to
be calculated according to the extent and circumstances
of such distress and the services afforded. A pilot taken
on board a vessel at the distance of three leagues or further
to the southward and westward of Holyhead, shall be enti-
tled to the following additional pay, provided a clear
understanding shall have been come to between him and
the master of the vessel that his services are accepted,
and that he is to receive such additional pay, and the
same shall have been recorded in the log-book of the
pilot vessel as well as in that of the ship, and he shall
have received a certificate thereof from the master ;
namely, on having a Liverpool pilot on board, off Point
Lynas, and landing the Holyhead pilot there, £3 3s. On
landing the pilot at the Great Ormshead, £4 4s. If a
pilot is taken beyond the limits of his license to Chester
water or to Liverpool, £5 ss. With the sum of 7s. 6d.
per day for every day such pilot may be detained on board
in consequence of the ship or vessel performing quaran-
tine, or detained under any other restriction such ships
may he liable to. Pilots boarding ships and vessels at a
less distance than three leagues from the Head as above
are to receive 10s. 6d. less for pilotage than the above
rates. It is particularly requested that commanders of
ships, on discharging their pilots off Point Lynes, or at
the Ormshead, should be certain that such pilots will be
taken on shore without being delayed on board such vessels
or boats as may receive them ; as a pilot will be entitled
to 7s. 6d. per day for every day he shall be kept out from
landing after the day he is discharged from the chip or
vessel he may have piloted, unless it can be proved that
such delay had:unavoidably happened from the violence of
the wind.nod reptkr.—Carnarvon Herald.

L THE HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the Isle of Man
steam-packet company was held on Tuesday, Mr. W. C.
Quiggin in the chair. The report of the directors stated
the affairs of the company to be in a most prosperous con-
dition. A bonus of one-fifth shares was unanimously
voted to the shareholders. The liberal sum of £lOO was
unanimously voted towards the relief of the bereaved
widows and children by the recent awful catastrophe at
Kitterland. The present directors, Messrs. T. Bridson,
William Gell, John Winram, H. B. Noble, and S. Wilson,
were re-elected. The auditors, Mr. T. Bridson and Mr.
J. R. Bowman. were also re-elected.—Mona's Herald.
The shares are £25, upon which sum, for some years, 10
per cent. has been paid. Now, however, the dividend
will be paid upon £39, one-fifth having been added to
each share.
THE NEW MUSIC-HALL, BOLD-STREET.—The building
known as the Old Music-hall in Bold-street, which was
purchased by a gentleman of this town some time ago, has
been remodelled, or rather, it may be said, entirely re-
built. The room now presents an appearance of loftiness,
which will better adapt it to the purposes of public meet-
ings and large assemblies where addresses are delivered by
speakers from the platform. The roof is arched, and
elegant columns rise from the platform end of the room,
on which the arch is supported. The platform, which is
semi-circular, has an appropriate elevation, The interior
is to be fitted up and decorated in an elegant style. A
new entrance has been made from Bold-street. The lower
part of the building has been appropriated to handsome
and spacious shops, which will be a decided improvement
to this part of Bold-street. Mr. Hime has become the
tenant of the large hall, at a rent of £4OO a-year.
DEPUTATION TO THE BOARD OF TRADE.—A deputa-
tion from the committee of negotiation between the Lon-
don and North-western and Great Western Companies,
appointed at an influential meeting of shareholders, held
in Liverpool, had the honour of an interview with the
Right Hon. Edward Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alder-
ley, at the Board of Trade, on Wednesday last. The
deputation were assured that the Government considered
the subject of railway legislation as of imperial magnitude,
the importance of which could not be overstated. They
were further given to understand that the labours of the
select committee would be devoted to the earnest conside-
ration of this momentous question. The deputation con-
sisted of Mr. Henry Clay, of Burton-on-Trent, banker,
Mr. Wm. Rathbone, of Liverpool; Mr. Wm. Fenton, of
Rochdale ; Mr. Alexander Al'Gregor, of Liverpool ; and
Mr. Henry C. Beloe, of Liverpool.
WARRINGTON DISPENSARY BALL.—The annual ball
in aid of the funds of the dispensary took place in the
assembly-room of the Lion Hotel, on Tuesday evening
last. Nearly 200 persons were nresent. and although this
number was not quite so large as on some former occa-
sions, the assembly was of a very brilliant character.
Among those present were the Mayor and party, the
Countess of Sefton, Sir Thomas and Lady Arabella
Hesketh, the Hun. A. Cathcart, the Hon. Gilbert
Stapleton and lady, John Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P.,
Mr. Eustace Wilson Patten, George Cornwall Legh,
Esq., M.P., and lady, Thomas Lyon, Esq., lady, and
party, Mr. Thomas Henry Lyon; R.N., Lieut. John
Black burne, El A., Captain Harper, Captain and Airs.
E. Legh, William Allcard, Esq., William Beamont,
Esq., J. F. Marsh, Esq., Dr. Sharp, Dr. Kendrick, &c.
Horabin's quadrille band was engaged, and dancing was
kept up with great spirit.
NORTH WESTERN AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS.
—A deputation from the committee of negotiation be-
tween these companies, appointed at an influential meet-
ing, held in Liverpool, had an interview with the Board
of Trade on Wednesday last. The deputation were
assured that the Government considered the subject of
railway legislation as of " imperial magnitude, the import-
ance of which could not be overstated." They were fur-
ther given to understand that the labours of the select
committee of the House of Commons, appointed by the
late and strengthened by the present Government, would
be devoted to an earnest consideration of this momentous
question, a satisfactory solution of which would be most
gratifying to the Government, and that, profiting by the
experience of the past, it was thought a course might be
devised which would for the future put an end to ruinous
contests between rival companies, having a regard to the
interests of the shareholders and the public, which were,
in fact, identical.
SELECT VESTRY.—The Rev. Rector Campbell pre-
sided at the meeting of this board on Tuesday. The clerk
announced that Mr. Baxter had resigned his seat. Mr.
W. H. Weightman had offered himself as a candidate for
the office of architect and surveyor ; and the committee
had resolved to issue another advertisement, inviting
tenders for the surveyorship, the salary to be £3OO a-year,
and the hours of attendance from ten to five o'clock daily.
The proceedings of the Workhouse Committee stated that
the storekeeper and bookkeeper of the house not having
been granted board according to the terms of his appoint-
ment. had been allowed £2O per annum instead. The
matron having no objection to a reduction of £25 in her
salary, providing she were exempt from the duties of
clothing storekeeper, a change to that effect bad been
made. Twelve applications had been received for the
office of district medical officer, and the number had been
reduced to the following six gentlemen :—Messrs. Bar-
nabas Barrett, W. H. Pearse, John A. Sommers, E. B.
Durkan, David P. Thomson, and John Newton.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—Mr. Charles Turner, M.P., pre-
sided at the meeting of this committee on Thursday. A
plan for placing close weather boarding to the sheds west
side of Queen's dock was recommended to be carried into
effect.—Tenders were accepted from T. B. Chaffers for
flagging the sheds south side of the Coburg dock, and
from Joseph Gorst for a driving-strap for machinery used
at the dock works.—A reduction was recommended in
the charges for watching the lights on board ships, the
charge to be in future 2s. for the first hour, and 6d. for
each hour afterwards.—lt was recommended that 40s. be
given to William Lewis, the dock-gateman at the Coburg
dock, for rescuing a person from drowning, also a sum
awarded to him as a gratuity on a former occasion, which
he had not received. It was stated that Lewis had saved
the lives of four or five persons.—A letter was read from
the surveyor to the corporation, accompanied with a plan
for a landing-stage at the Prince's-pier for sea-going
steamers. The proposed stage will be of great length,
and placed opposite the Seacombe basin. Mr. Bigham
thought the council had nothing to do with it; it was a
matter for the dock committee. Mr. Evans argued that
the council, who received the town dues, ought to con-
struct the stage, which was for the use of the public.
A LIVERPOOL MAN-CATCHER.—At the Police-office
on Friday, a heartless fellow named Peter Duggan, who
lives by plundering emigrants, under the cover of being a
lodging house keeper, was charged by a poor Irish lad
about twelve years of age, named James Hunter, with de-
frauding him of £4 16s. The boy stated that his father
resided in Upper Canada, he had received the money to
proceed out to him, and on the previous day he arrived in
this town for the purpose. He met with a person who
took him to the prisoner's house, and from questions put
by the prisoner, the lad told him the object for which he
had come to Liverpool, to which Duggan said " 0 yes,
come with me, I'll get you a passage." He then took the
boy to Shaw's office, in Waterloo-road, and asked what
the price of a passage was. He was told £2 155., which
he said he could not pay, but he would consult a person at
the door. He then run off and left the poor lad without
a farthing. Officer Kehoe, remarked that the system of
plundering emigrants was now practised to a great extent.
The police had now a girl, about 15 years of age, who has
been left completely destitute, having no later than the
previous day, entrusted the whole of her money, about
£lO, into the hands of a man who said he would purchase
her all she wanted for the voyage. He took her to Bris-
coe's shop, which, under some pretence be soon lett,
taking with him the girl's money, and never returned.
The girl was sent for, and on looking at the prisoner, she
said she thought he was the man who robbed her, but he
then had different clothes on. The prisoner was remanded
for a week.

RIBBONISM IN ENGLAND.—Within the last few days,
some very startling discoveries have been made, which
show that ribbonism is in operation in almost every con-
siderable town in England and Scotland. Some weeks
since, two or three parties were apprehended in Ireland
on suspicion of being delegates, about to attend a ribbon
conference. In their possession a number of documents
were found, which showed that an extensive correspon-
dence was carried on between ribbon societies in several
large towns in England ; that national delegate meetings
were held at stated periods, and that representatives from
all parts of the country attended. The apprehension of
these parties, (one of whom as delegate from Liverpool,
the other from Manchester,) was followed by the capture
of others in Dublin, with whom, also, documents belonging
to, and corresponding with, officers of ribbon lodges in
Liverpool, Manchester. Glasgow, Warrington and other
places were found. Warrants were then issued by the
Irish authorities, and placed in the hands of two detective
officers.of the Dublin police, who arrived here on Satur-
day week, and, on the same night, apprehended William
Robinson, lodging-house keeper, No. 22, Westmoreland-
street, in whose possession several documents relating to
ribbonism were found. Robinson is the reputed captain
of a ribbon lodge. On Monday last, a man named Hugh
Matheson was apprehended at Warrington. The corres-
pondence found at Warrington comprises letters from
ribbon lodges in some of the principal towns in the king-
dom. The officers also had warrants against parties in
Glasgow. Robinson and Matheson were sent to Dublin
on Wednesday evening.

DEFICIENT WEIGHTS AND MBASURES.—On Wed.
nesday, his worship the mayor, Samuel Holme, Esq., sat
in the Sessions-house, to hear informations against per.
sons charged with the use of improper weights, scales,
&c. His worship alluded with regret to the numerous
and systematic frauds practised in Liverpool. He said :
"The frauds are those practised by shopkeepers who genet.-
ally supply, in very small quantities, the poorer classes
with such articles as tea, sugar, butter, and, in many
instances, butchers' meat. There is also much and deli.
berate fraud practised by retail dealers in coals, an article
of great necessity, particularly at this inclement season of
the year. It has come to my knowledge that the most
shameful adulterations are systematically practised by
numbers in this town, and particularly upon the poorer
classes. By accelerating beams, by false weights and
measures, by placing butter, lard, and other substances
under one scale, and by that dexterity which is acquired
in long practice, it has come to my knowledge that from
5 to 30 per cent. is constantly abstracted, and the opera-
tive and the poor labourer, who earn their bread by the
sweat of their brow, are in a most inhuman manner
fleeced out of their earnings by a system of dexterous
chicanery which they cannot themselves detect. The
system is general amongst shops of a very low description,
and which profess to sell at prices that cannot be remu-
nerative to themselves." The informations were laid by
Mr. Fell, chief-inspector, and proved in evidence by
Messrs. Kissack and Edwards, out-door inspectors.
Twenty-four persons were summoned, and in each case
the party was fined ; three were convicted for having a
half-penny, fastened with grease, under the selling scale ;
eight for having pieces of lead, bacon, or butter under the
selling-plate, some being more than an ounpe too heavy.
The culprits were chiefly grocers and provision dealers.
In the case of two coal-dealers, the selling scale was
respectively 6 lbs. and 2 lbs, too heavy. The re-
mainder of the summonses were for light weights :
twenty-four weights were produced, deficient eighty-nine
ounces, or an average of more than three-and-a-half
ounces Of the penalties, three were fined in sums of
£2, nine XI, nine 55., one 2s. 6d., and two le., the costs
varying from Is. to 4s, 6d.