The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-26 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, APRIL

THE Mona' e Herald rays, the painters in the Isle of
Man are .sut "on strike," for advanced wages. The pre-
sent wage is 18s. ; they demand 3s. more.
AN EXTRAORDINARY PIECE OF COPPER, weighing
60 lbs., is now in the shop of Mr. Mayer, Lord-street ; it
was found in the Minnesota Mine, North America.
MRS. CHISHOLM addressed a group meeting at the
Mechanics' Institute, on Friday evening, William Rath-
bone, jun., Esq., presiding. On the platform were a
number of ladies.

THE COTTON PORTERS of Liverpool have asked for an
advance in their wages of 6d. a day ; at present they re-
ceive 3s. 6d. They have also formed themselves into a
mutual protective society.

A SOIREE, attended chiefly by the working classes of
the vicinity, was held on Tuesday night, to celebrate the
opening of the new schools in connexion with St. Angus.
tine's Church, in this town.

THE CONDEMNED CRIMINALS at Kirkdale, Tyrrel and
Williams, have been respited during her Majesty's plea-
sure. Mr. Richard Jones, of Tranmere, having heard that
the convict Williams was without friends, petitioned her
Majesty on his behalf.

THE CUSTOM-HOUSE LOCKERS at Liverpool have pub-
lished, in pamphlet-form, a statement of their duties and
remuneration. They ask to be set on an equal footing
with the lockers in London, who are paid £BO, £9O, or
£lOO, in health and sickness ; while those at Liverpool
receive only £74. £79, and £B9, the salary ceasing when
they are absent from sickness or on leave.
MR. CARDWELL, M.P., at a meeting held in London
on Wednesday, was one of the speakers to raise contri-
butions towards the endowment of additional colonial
bishoprics. He contended that it was the duty of the
members of the church to spread its organisation along
with the people who left these shores for the British
colonies.

MORTALITY IN LIVERPOOL.—In the 'week ending
Saturday last, the registered deaths in LiverpDol
amounted to 179, of which 36 only were in the extra-
parochial wards. The mortality was lower than in any
of the previous 15 weeks, and 22 below the average of the
corresponding week of the five preceding years. The
mortality from zymotic diseases was lower than in any
week of the previous four months. Two children and
two adults died from small-pox. From diseases of the
lungs there were 75 deaths. The beneficial effect of the
milder weather has been experienced chiefly by persons
in advanced life. During the quarter ending the 2nd
3,118 deaths were registered in the borough, including
148 on which inquests were held. This number exceeds
the mortality of the previous quarter by 601.
ANOTHER. 'MURDER has been perpetratedin
Lancashire- Yesterday week, Richard Peddev, a labdur-
er residing in the township of Hambleton, situated be-
tween Garstang and Fleetwood, shot his wife in the
garden behind his `ewn house. He bad been heard to
declare is intention of killing her ; and it is supposed he
filled himself With drink for the purpose. He 'went
straigkt to a OElc-house after the commission 'of the
crime, and told them he had shot his "Bet," though he
could assign no reason for doing so. He then tried to
abbot himself, tut failed. He has been committed to
take his trial for " Wilful murder" at the Lancaster
assizes. -C)Ming so soon after the Garstang murder, this
horrible "case has created a great sensation in the neigh-
bourhood.

LANCAttIRE MILITIA.—Second Regittert of the Duke
of:Lancaster's Own Militia—Lieut. Joseph Withers to be
captain ; =Lieut. James Thomas BOurn'e to be captain ;
Lieut. Alexander Thomas Knight to be captain ; Ensign
Timothy Bristowe Hughes to be lieutenant ; John Downes
Rochfort, gent., to be lieutenant ; Theophilus Robert
Preston, gent., to be ensign-; 'Thomas Pilkington, gent.,
to' be ensign ; Lorenzo Edward •Desmond, gent., to be
ensign (assist-sure.) sth Regiment of Royal Lanca.sbire
Nrilitia—Captain John Towneley to be major. The
Artillery Regiment of the Royal Lancashire Militia—Sir
Duncan Macdougall, late 'Lieut.-Colonel 79th High-
landers, to be Lieut.-Colonel Commandant. 4th Regi-
ment of Lancashire Militia—=John O'Callaghan, Esq.,
ate Captain 62d Regiment, to be Captain.

'WEST DERBY G-UksprAlzs..-=:-The first meeting of the
view board was held on Wedneseay. Mr. Tattersall pro-
sided. The Rev, Mr. Eadnall -was nominated as chair-
man, as was also Mr. Harrison. The vote was in favour
of Mr. Harrison, who immediately took the chair. 'Mr.
H. S. Alpass was elected vice-chairman, by a majority
over Mr. Kirkiss. A letter ,was read stating that the
Rainhill lunatic -esylum war full of patients. The clork
was instructed to have =a division and boundary
of the medical districts in Tosteth- park. 'fir.
Tattersall called -attention to an alleged deficiency it the
weight of some bread obt7...ined by a pauper from "Mr.
Archer, baker; one of the contractors under the hoard for
supplAng bread•. After some discussion the •matte: was
adjourned till ,next meeting, Mr. Archer to 'be•requested
to attment.

Cumin IN SOITTII:''L4:NCASHIRE.—At the:4o;ldale
Quarter SessioustCaptain-Woodford presented the usual
retuirns. The total ntualter of persons taken into custody
in The quarter ending the3lst March last was 2,222. Of
there there -were committed for trial. 233 ; summarily
con victed, Ls2l:; admitted to bail 76; discharged 490.
The number of persons-summoned before the-magistrates
witl tin the -same period by the constabulary to answer
conhplaints vas-1;766, of whcm 1,590 were-yemmarily
con vieted. iOn complaints by parish authorities and
oth era 26116 persons were summoned within the•quarter.
The total number of persons brought before the rnagis-
trat es -in the last . quarter was 6,532, against-8,1-46 in the
cor rponEting quarter of last year, showing a diminution
in t he last quarter of 1,611 offenders.

A, LITTIIPODL " ONE" IN THE MIDLAND
Cot ra-nrros. —The: No:Yire ham Journal narrates the ex-
ploi is of atlrunken swindler, named Eliza Lewes, who was
bro urght nn before the magistrates there a few days ago,
and . who was understood to be from the banks of the
Aft rewy.. 'She stated -she came to -Nottingham, from
inefiela, on Saturday. It appeared that the prisoner
ha, I Seen,carrsing •cn a practice of defrauding any person
grt es, ennugle to beolone. She would go into a provision
sh, op and pretend Lo purchase something to eat, but after
ha riug disposed of it, through the medium of asomewhat
cat teetens throat, she gave the deluded owner to under-
sta ad that she had -no money. She was also it the habit
of visiting public-lnousee, and of there obtaining ale in a
sin tiler manner, for which she had hitherto -received no
put tishrnenethan that of being occasionally euietly kicked
out . About -seven-o'clock on Tuesday night, she was
fou ad by police-constable Newbold., in Milton-street,
veto - much intoxicated; and creating a great disturbance,
in c elasecpaence of which he conveyed her to the watch-
hou te.. The magistrates, as the woman expressed a wish
to g en to Liverpool, discharged her on promising to leave
the I 'own immediately.
Dc tete Coaezarrvna.—Mr. Shand presided at the meet-
ing o a Thursday. The managing forernati's wages in the
warel muse -department--were increased frorne 365. to 355.
per w e.ek. William Bell, an old mph*, •was-appointed
mast& r •of -the magaxined' life-boat —lt was- stated that
comp ensation would be -sought from the owners,of the
steam er Baltic, which ran foul of the bell beacon, on the
14th i aqtant, and sank-it—The assistantroprine surveyor
report ell thateleps had-been taken to rerneee the scheoner,
sunk i s thel-,icteria Channel on the 16th instant —The
dock-g utemen and the landing-stage men's memorials
for Mei msed wages were-referred to the committee.—ln
reply t o Mr. Bighorn,. Mr. Bold, in reference to the
propose d arnica' with the Birkenhead docks, said that the
deputatCoto met-Sir..Joseph Bailey, Baron ,Goldstrid, and
his son, tan W-ednesday, but at present it would not be
desirable tosaymore.---,Mr. Gladstone deprecated privacy
and secrt efy, , as leading to the inference that something
was wrong. There •was nothing like the principle -of
- publicity. Meer, hear.) The matter about which Mr.
Bighorn hetet :asked .a questien was not in any position to
; be reported' upon.: for in pcint of fact, the parties, ,when
the deputation were with them, were not prepared to, say
owl eat price they •would take. Therefore the matter stood
over till next week. Not the :lightest approach had,been
made to the proprietors of the Birkenhead docks by that
-committee. This concluded the business of interest.
HEALTH Coaeutaaexce.—Mr. Alderman lisnasdale pre-
sided at the weekly meeting. on Thursday. The deputa-
tion appointed to visit those, zeaports and large towns: in
England and Scotland in •which railway crossings oc-
curred submitted theeubjoined conclusions :—"lst. That
level crossings on streets in towns, however carefully-
worked and attended, inconvenience in no small degree
the ordinary traffic in the streets. 2nd. That notwith-,
standing such inconvenience, considerations of the bene-
ficial effect on the trade ,of the town which would be pro-
duced lay increased facility of .railway transport may
warrint the committee in sanctioning level crossings in
ertatn localities. 3rd. That all such local crossings'
should,: however, be allowed on sufferance only ; and -
further, that they should only be allowed on condition of
some arrangement being made by which parties interested •
in the traffic of the town may:avail themselves of the rail-
way to facilitate that traffic., 4th. That every level
eroesing should be provided with gates to shut across the
road or the _railroad, as occasion may require, and that
each crossing attended by twogatemen by day and two
by night, and tkat these men should be entirely under the
control of the Council, but paid by the railway company."
A long.discussion followed, which was adjourned till next
meeting. Mr. M-':Gowan read a report from the Rates'
Sub-Committee, recommending that there be borrowed
the several sums for the districts following, to be applied
in works of permanent benefit connected witkpaving

For the parish of Liverpool 00,000
For the township of Kirkdale 5,000
For the township, of Everton
For the township of West Derby
For the township, of Toxteth-park 12,000

The committee further recommended the following rates
IN THE HMI-I/JET OF TEJF. PARISH OF LIVERPOOL.
Rate laid
Fcr 1853-4, for 1852,3.
s. d. s. d,
Paving rate 0 8 in the p0und........ 0 6
Sewer
Water
General

1 3 0 10
IN THE DISTRICT OF EIRKDALE.
Paving rate 1 4
Sewer
Water
Geaeral

2 0 1
7
IN THE DISTRICT OF EVERTON.
Paving rate 1 0
Sewer
Water
General

I 8 1 2
IN THE DISTRICT OF WEST DERBY.
Paving 0 10
Sewer
Water
General

1 7 1 10
IN THE DISTRICT OF TOXTETH-PARK.
Paving 0 10
Sewer
..... 0 4
Water
General
0 6

1 10
The report was unanimously adopted. A report on the
wages of the labourers and workmen employed under the
committee was next read. Mr. Newlands did not recom-
mend any advance
in the rates Of payment, and his report
was adopted.

THE FINANCE CONIMITTEE have agreed to recommend
that the salary of Mr. Shuttleworth, the Town-clerk, be
increased from £2,000 to £2,500 a-year.
THE BODY OF A MAN, name unknown, was found at
Woodend, opposite Runcorn, on Friday night, about ten
o'clock, having apparently been left on shore by a re-
ceding tide.
THE REV. H. P. LINTON lectured on Tuesday even-
ing, at the Church of England Institution, on " Nineveh
in its Historical and Prophetical Aspects." This is the
last lecture of the second series.

THERE is now an afternoon mail from Liverpool to
Preston by the East Lancashire express train, at four
o'clock, the letters for which will be ready for delivery at
Preston at about six o'clock in the evening.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—At the police-office, on Tues-
day, a man named Johnson was remanded till this morn.
ing on the charge of being concerned in the robbery of
£250, from the premises of Mr. Rawsthorne, publican,
Great Howard-street, on Saturday night week.
THE 'WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS. —On Thursdayeven-
ing, a memorial was prcfented from the residents in New
Brighton, in support of leasing the ferry. The subject
was allowed to stand over for the consideration of the
new board.

SurrOseD SILVER ROBBERY.--Elias Alexander and
Miah Davies were brought before the magistrates on
Tuesday, charged with having certain pieces of silver and
gold in their possession of which they could not afford a
satisfactory account. There are tea-spoons, sugar-tongs,
and a quantity of silver such as is used by watch-makers.
MR. PATRICK PIIELAT‘T. proprietor of the Grapes
Hotel, Lime-street, was on Wednesday evening, about
seven o'clock, thrown from his horse at West Derby,
and sustained a severe fracture on the skull, from the
effects of which he died in about four hours Lfterwards.
The deceased was 35 years of age, and unmarried.

THE POISONOUS WATERS OF THE STANLEY Dome
have almost killed the boatswain of the Dutch ship King
William the Second, a brave fellow, named T. Klas Vink.
On Wednesday he plunged in after a companion who was
drowning ; but the poor man stuck so last in the mud at
the bottom that he could not be raised. The boatswain
having remained in the water for some time, is now lying
ill on board the ship.
A REMARKABLE Fisir was captured on Wednesday
in the George's dock. It is a ground fish, after the
fashion of the turbot; measures four feet long by three
wide ; has a mouth of enormous- capacity ; attached to its
belly are a couple of fins, exactly similar to human bands;
and it is said to resemble the " devil fish," found on the
-coasts of Africa and
THE COURT OF INLAI`7I) REVENUE was engaged on
Wednesday in hearing charges against grocers, for vio-
lating the Treasury order, forbidding the sale of coffee
and chicory mixed together, unless under a label inform-
ing the purchaser of The fact of mixture. The court in-
flicted small penalties in about twenty cases. The full
penalty is £lOO.
Is the Court of 'Exchequer, on Monday, in the case of
Thorn v. Bigland, a motion was made to 'set aside the
nonsuit which was directed by Mr. Baron Martin at the
Liverpool Assh:es, and to enter a verdict for the plaintiff.
The plaintiff, it appears, is a soap manufacturer, and the
case arose out of a transaction with 'the defendant, whom
he employed to purchase some oil for him last year. The
Court refused the rule.

NEW I3OAT FOR WOODSME TERRY.—Yesterday the
new Woodside ferry-boat was launched from Messrs.
Jordan-and Getty's yard at the south end. The machi-
nery is making by Messrs.'Forrester and Co. The
" Woodside" measures about "120 tons, and will have
steeple disconnecting engines of 70-horse power. She
-will be double-bowed, and is-fitted with a house on deck,
in addition to the ordinary cabins below.
THE"CHALLENIIER"-LIFEHOAT.—Messrs. Richardson
:the spirited and philanthropic projectors of the tubular
lifeboat, are on the eve of departure, in their boat, for
'Calais, from whence they will proceed down the coast of
'Holland, and ascend the Zuyder Zee. This will be The
-tirst instance on record of the Channel's having been
crossed in safety (as we trust will be the case with the
Challenger) by a bottomless boat.— United:Fierviee Gazette.
—[They are accompanied on this, as on the previous occa-
sion, by Mr. Thomas'Eyans, late of the Magazine lifeboat,
Liverpool.)
SHOOTING A'W MAN.—At the Pollee-office on W ed.
nesday, Vivian 'O'Keefe, a respectable-looking young
man, about 20 years of ace, was charged with shooting
at a young woman named Jane Riley, with intent to mur-
der her, in a shorting gallery in Williarasort.square, about
three weeks Ogb. The girl was able to be present, al-
though she wav-still pale and weak. The prisoner was
committed.for. trial at the assizes. Bail 'was accepted.
The prisonerls -father, a literary gentleman in 'Dublin,
was present.

TaANSATMCNTIC STEAMERS,-Tbe United States
mail steam-ship Baltic sailed on Wednesday for'New
York, with ninety-four passengers and a full cargo. The
Liverpool and Philadelphia Company's steamer City of
Glasgow -sailed on Wednesday for Philadelphia, with
ninety-five cabin passengers and a-small cargo. The first
mails by the new line to Canada were despatched on
Tuesday in,:tbe screw steamer 'Genova, Captain Paton.
This vessel'teok out 19 passengers and a full cargo, wad
carries the boomerang, propeller, which will thus have a
fair trial. The royal mail steamer Asia, Captain Lett,
sailed for' New York about -eleven o'clock on Saturday
morning, with a very full cargo arid 101 passengers.

TEE TrkIDER TRADE OF ,'LTVCSPOOL.^It is said that
the quantity of deals and sawn timber, staves, &c., at
Liverpool, is about one-half of the entire imports into
the 'United Kingdom, which last year reached nearly
2,-(;00,0061:rads or tons. The stock on hand of timber
and deals, and woods of all kind, is generally very large,
averaging-alt months' supply, and occupying an immense
apace of ground at the south end-of the town, although
cessed up •to a great height. On the-Ist Feb., 1850, -it
was compttcd that the stock of square timber, deals, &e.,
reduced to feet, was 8,270,251 feet, and occupied a space
of 252,27 Z: square yards.

NORTHERN HOSPITAL.—The election of honorary
surgeon took place on Thursday;ia the Clarendon-rooms,
Mr. R.:78. Anderson in the chair. There were four can-
didates, namely, Mr. W.-PL Manifold, Mr. George Gill,
Mr.-G.. M. Davis, and Mr. James Hakes. Mr. Walter
M,Gregor proposed, and Mr. -J. Irvine seconded, Mr.
Manifold; Mr. W. Preston proposed, and Arr. J. Little
seconded, Mr. Gill ; Mr. J. Leete propcsed, and Mr. ;.T.
Lawrence -seconded, Mr.. Davis ; and Mr. A. Hodson
proposed, -and Mr. E. Cropper seconded, Mr. Hakes.
The poll opened at one o'clock, and closed at three.
upon the-votes being counted, the numbers were declared
as follows :—For Mr. Davis, 301 ; Mr. Gill, 135; Mr.
Hakes,` :I2; and Mr. Manifold,. 99. Mr. Davis was
accordingly declared to be elected.
Hooturoat Towaue—The public of Liverpool will have
an opportunity of visiting, by the-East Lancashire Rail-
way, this interesting locality on Whit Monday, when Mr.
Erving proposes to. give ample accommodation at ex-
tremely low rates, and we trust he-will be liberally sup-
ported. He -is prepared to take the-children of the diffe-
rena schools at what might almost appear ruinous prices,
and committees will do well to enquire his terms. The
ride of about thirty miles, through richly-cultivated fields
and blooming orchards, brings the.visitor to Hoghton
Station. A ramble of about fifteen minutes through the
lanes and woods leads to the Tower. The interior of the
building, will interest the visitor; and the many objects of
rural beauty in the neighbourhood make this one of the
most attractive " cuts " offered for the Whitsuntide
holidays.
AN AFRICAN PRINCE IN LIVERPOOL.,,III the Court
of Exchequer .on Saturday, Captain Swinton, of Liver-
pool, produced, under a writ of habeas OW :pa, Joseph
Can. Ra Bah, the son of an African king, of vast influence
on the coast of his country, whom he had reaeived two
years ago from his royal parent, since which time he has
been sent to school in this town, and has been.carefully
attended to. -It was moved by Mr. Hance, that the
prince should be delivered over to Lady Huntingdon's
Society, with a view to his being educated as a ,Christian
missionary to act as an instrument in spreading the gospel
among his future subjects. Mr. Baron Platt did not
think there were sufficient grounds for removing him from
Captain Swinton ; and it was decided that the boy should
be placed under the care of Dr. M`Neile, who bad taken
great interest in his welfare.

INIPROVEMENT OF ,LIVERPOOL. —At the fifteenth
meeting for the present-session of the Architectural and
-Arebeological Society, at the Royal Institution, on Wed-
nesday evening, Mr. -Charles Verelst in the chair, an
interesting discussion took place on the town improve-
ments.—The Chairman said we should never again have
such a chance of improving Liverpool as at the present
time. Wo had, he said, in this town, no fine public
places or squares, such as the poorest continental cities
possessed • •nothine even similar to Trafalgar-square, in
London.; 114:ray-place, Edinburgh ; or Sackville-street,
Dublin. .Yet Liverpool was most favourably situated for
picturesquenesa and architectural beaut),.—Mr. Joseph
Bout gave a brief summary of the proposed improvements;
Mr. Kilpin praised the report, and satirized the want of
public spirit in Liverpool ; Mr. Jevons and Mr. Henry
Sumners severally submitted suggestions for improving
the locality of St. George's Hall ; and Mr. Picton said he
generally approved of the scheme. He wouid advise that
the corporation should raise £1,000,000 to carry cut the
improvements by debentures. They should be redeem-
able in five years, but not all at once. This would cost
about £25,000 a year, which might easily be raised, if ,
necessary, by a rate of 4d. in the pound.

MR. H oltsr ALL AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF
DERBY--Our readers, says the Derby Mercury, have not
forgotten the Radical "demonstration" on Easter Monday
—that happy medium between the charity-school proces.
sion, and the public entry of Cook's equestrian troupe,
or Wombwell's menagerie ! though wonderfully deficient
in the " gorgeous pageantry" of either of the latter.
" The dinner" which followed, appears to have been
-chiefly remarkable for its dulness, and for the utterance of
all sorts of-silly things, varying between harmless swagger
and petty scandal. As a matter of course, Mr. Horgan
was not there ; and the opportunity of saying behind his
back everything which could damage Wan with the parties
then present, was too good to he lost by his gallant op.
ponents, According to the published reports, free use
was made of his name; and observations, said to have
been made by him in ordinary private conversation, were
adduced in distorted shapes, for the sake of disparaging
him to the utmost, in the eyes of the Radical gourmands.
Assertions made at this dinner, have led to a corres-
pondence between Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Bass, and also
to an interchange of letters between Mr. Horsfall and
Messrs. Bass and Heyworth. The firm and gentlemanly
tone of Mr. Horgan, in his letters, contrasts most strongly
with the evident want of candour which characterises
those of his correspondents—Mr. Heyworth's especially.
and we feel more than ever ashamed of the pitiful substi-
tute we have got, for the man who really did do credit to
the constituency. We do not envy Mr. Bass the position
in which he stands after this correspondence ; and his ex.
pressionz of personal esteem for Mr Horsfall, we have no
doubt that gentleman will be able to appreciate at their
proper value. That Mr Lawrence Hcyworth should
either say or do anything extremely foolith—and " with
the greatest possible effrontery," too—is matter of sur-
prise to nobody. How he has riggled, and shuffled, and
hesitated, in his correspondence with Mr. fLrafall ; de-
nying a portion of what the newspaper reports had attri-
buted to him, and endeavouring to face out the remainder
as " bold as brass," or, at most, offering a sort of left.
banded expression of regret, when driven into 14 corner,

LAUNCH OF THE STEAM-SHIP
BRAZILIERA.

The port of Liverpool has long been especially iden-
tified with the trade between this country and the
Brazils ; and one of the most important steps for the
advancement of this trade has recently been taken, in the
establishment of the South American and General Screw-
steam Navigation Company. The company has started
under very favourable auspices ; an ample capital has
been subscribed, and it is intended that steamers shall
leave the company's depot, at Birkenhead, twice every
month. Accordingly the company, with great judgment,
selected Mr. Laird as builder, and the first of the line
was launched on Saturday from Mr. Laird's yard, at Bir-
kenhead, amidst an immense concourse of spectators,
including many ladies. Amongst the numerous company
were Admiral Grenfell, Messrs. Thomas Littledale, and
John Bramley-Moore, Captain Schoenberg, the Mayor
of Manchester (Robert Barnes, Esq.), the Bra-
zilian Vice-Consul (Mr. Braga), Monsieur Dupuy
de Lolme, the French naval architect, the Portuguese
Consul (Mr. De Costa), Messrs. Miles Barton, Thomas
Bold, F. S. Hull, A. H. Wylie, A. Holme, Had-
field, W. Scott, Atherton, De Castro, Fleming, Gibbs,
Gardiner, Hobbs, Jackson, Jennings, W. A. Mills,
Mayson, J. D. Murray, Ogden, Parsons, Pinder,
Peet, Schuster, Schwabe, Thomas R. Smith, Hamilton
Laird, J. Stuart, Bingley, Woodcock, J. A. Turner, &c.
The time fixed was twelve o'clock at noon, and the inte-
resting ceremony of naming was performed by Miss
Grenfell, daughter of the Admiral, and whose mother
was a Brazilian lady. Owing to the number of persons
on board, and to the strength of the wind, she heeled a
little over to the eastward on reaching the water, but she
quickly recovered, vibrated for a minute or two, and then
settled evenly on the water, so as, to use a graphic ex-
pression, which subsequently fell from Captain Schom-
berg, "to cover her own shadow." Leaving her quietly
floating amongst the wreck of the staging, the assembled
company, to the number of upwards of five hundred, be-
took themselves to one of the Dock warehouses, where Mr.
Laird ha hospitably provided a sumptuous dejetine, which
was supplied by Mr. Hillier, of the Monk's Ferry Hotel.
Mr..l<ine Lam) presided, and at the conclusion of
the repast, after the usual loyal toasts, proposed " The
Emperor of the Brazils," regretting that a family be-
reavement had deprived them of the contemplated com-
pany of the Brazilian Minister.
Admiral GREEFELL aeknowledged the toast.
Captain SCHOMBERG, in responding to the toast of the
Army and Navy, observed that there was nothing he
could say which could add to the celebrity of the
constructor of .the noblo ship which they had seen so
beautifully launched. She was destined to bring us close
to a far country by extending the bands of commerce
and friendship, for with commerce friendship must be
allied.

Mr. W. MOON gave " Success to the American and
General Screw Steam Navigation Company," long in
name, short in voyages.
Mr. J. A. TURNER, chairman of the company, re-
turned thanks. He knew not what right he had to occupy
so prominent a position in so important a community as 1
Liverpool ; but he spoke confidently, because he knew
the men of Manchester whom he represented on this
occasion took up heart and soul any question either of
national importance or of local interest. He was satisfied
that they ;could carry forward vigorously, economically,
and determinedly, any scheme they took in hand. Though
this scheme might not be patronised in Liverpool by a
large number of shareholders, he was persuaded that the
people of this port could not fail to take an interest in a
company whose' object was to unite the most important
part of Great Britain with one of the most rising coon.
tries on the face of the globe. So long as he was chair-
man, nothing should take place which would not work
to the benefit of the shareholders. The prospects of
success were •great. Amongst its advantages he might
mention that the government of Brazil had conceded
to this company the same rights and privileges which
were extended to the West India Company's line of
packets. He considered the new line would prove
one of the peace continuers with Brazil as regarded
this country. Having expressed an opinion that the
Brazilians had txiken an honest course in their endeavours
to put down the slave trade, and regretted the jealousy
with which they looked upon our large force in that
quarter as spies upon her actions, he stated that if Brazil
had felt any hesitation in that matter, she could not en-
tertain the" same feeling with respect to the steamers of
this line, which would be messengers of peace and and
goodwill between England and herself.—(Applause.),
The toast of " The French and Brazilian navies" was
responded to by Admiral Grenfell and Monsieur Dupuy
de Lolme, the celebrated French naval architect, and
constructor of the steam-ship Napoleon. The latter, who
spoke in French, said he availed himself of this occasion
to express his high estimation of Mr. Laird's talents as a
skilful shipbuilder. He had just added to his numerous
list of remarkable iron ships the splendid hull of the
Brazileira, the launch of which they had recently witnessed.
He was especially -rejoiced at the opportunity he had thus
presented of expressing publicly to Mr. Laird his thanks
for the liberality with which, for many years, he had
communicated to him the result of his studies and expe-
rience. He first came to Liverpool in 1842, and presented
himself to Mr- Laird, whom he then knew only by name.
On making himself known as an engineer of the French I,
navy, Mr. Laird, without reserve, explained the principles
of his ships, and gave him all the particulars of their con-
struction. He took bank to France documents which
were immediately taken up by the French shipbuilders of
the Mediterranean -fleet, and which were subsequently
made available by many others. He, therefore, on their
part, as well as his own, presented his thanks to Mr.
Laird, and also to the shipbuilders and engineers of this
country generally, for the perfect courtesy with which he
had been received a second time by them.
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Mr. LAIRD responded. He expressed his regret at the
absence of his friend Mr. C. W. Williams, who gave him
the order for Isis first vessel, in 1829, and also for his se-
cond. He could not tell what bad become of the first
vessel : but the second was as good as when she left this
port in 1833. Another gentleman to whom he felt d
rous of alluding was Mr. Smith, the partner of his late
respected friend. Mr, Andrew Lowe, who gave him his
third-order for a ship which went to the United States in
1834, ^nd she is now in-as good order as nineteen years
ago. <He felt gratified by the statements of Admiral
Grenfer. and Captain Schemberg, respecting the vessel he
had justlaunched. All hacould do was-to obtain the best
models, -'7uy the best iron, and pay the best wages. Hi-
stherto he .bad been successful with nearly one -hundred
vessels he had launched within the past twenty-five
years, and .trusted that he should be as successful with
the next loydred. (Hear, hear.) To his son, who had
made the drawings of the vessel, and to all whose labours
had been directed to the completion of the various ships
launched from his yard, he felt grateful, and returned ills
best thanks. Ip conclusion, he proposed " The Ladies."
Mr, PAasoNs responded.

Tire 11eelth of Messrs. Fawcett and Co., the builders
of the engines of the Faith, Forerunnsl, and Countess of
Ellesmere, and wile are constructing those of the Brazi-
leira, was responded to by Mr. INIAN;g, a member of the
firm.

The CHAIRMAN noxt gave the health of Captain
Green, who, in returning thanks, expressed a hope that
he should only be as suczessful with this auxiliary screw-
steamer as he had hitherto been with sailing ships. The
directors would fit the BrAzileira in the most superior
manner, and would endeavour to avoid the necessity of
those complaints which had xecently been made against
certain ships.
The CHAIRMAN gave " The Brazilian merchants of
Liverpool," coupled with the name of Mr. Bramley-
Moore.

Mr. BRANfLEY-MOORE, as one of the oldest Brazilian
merchants in the room, said he had no hesitation in de-
scribing his connexion with Brazil as the most satisfactory
which could exist. The Brazilian character was one of
kindness and affection ; a traveller might pass through
the country without a dollar in his pocket, for be would
be received at every house with hearty welcome. (Ap-
plause.) The country had been prosperous and increasing ;
and he hailed the advent of this company with joy, as
Brazil would be more closely than ever connected with
this country. (Cheers.) He wished the line might be
successful to the merchants, and highly remunerative to
its spirited proprietors and shareholders. (Cheers.) He
felt proud of his connexion with Brazil, which stood alone
as a spot on the whole of the American continent where
there had been no repudiation, but which, through all its
trials, and struggles, and difficulties, had always scrupu-
lously discharged its obligations. (Applause.) In con-
clusion, Mr. Bramley-Moore returned his thanks for the
compliment paid to the Brazilian merchants. The re-
maining toasts were, " The Brazilian Vice-Consul," ac-
knowledged by Mr. Braga, and " The Press," which
was responded to by Mr. Sherlock, proprietor of the
Mail, and by Mr. Blake, of the Liverpool standard.
The dimensions of the Brazileira are :—length, 230 feet ;
beam, 30 feet ; depth of hold, 14 feet ; height of spar deck,
8 feet ; making a total depth of 22 feet ; tonnage, old
measure, 1,014; new rule, about 1,300. She has engines
of 200 horse-power, with very large boilers by Messrs.
Fawcett and Co., something similar in plan to the Faith.
one of the new line of African mail steam-ships which
arejust now attracting so much attention. The Brazileira
has a spar deck from stem to stern, with excellent accom-
modation for passengers; having berths for about ninety
first-class, and twenty second-class, with good arrange-
ments for the officers and crew, and store-rooms for all
sorts of provisions, &c. The saloon, which is at the fore
end, is in the form of a T, and is ventilated, as are all the
berths, cn the most approved plan, adopted in the Penin-
sular company's vessels. The mode of ventilation is on
Mr. Rubinson's patent, which is invaluable when applied
to vessels sailing alternately in hot and variable climates.
The panels of the berths are formed something after the
plan of Venetian blinds, with the difference that the strips
of wood are upright fixtures. In the inner side is a simi-
lar eonstruction, fixed on a slide, which, moved backwards
and forwards, opens or closes the vents at pleasure. There
is a small saloon aft, with a double row of st,te-rooms,
and with a well-ventilated passage between, leading to the
stern of the ship, and fitted with sofas as a kind of loung-
ing-room. The passage extending the whole length of
the deck, a thorough ventilation can be obtained by open-
ing the windows in the stern. She is more strongly
built, both in iron and wood, than any vessel hitherto
launched from Mr. Laird's yards. Si-he is subdivided by
seven bulkheads, all water-tight, and the engine-rooms,
kelson, and engine bearers are of great strength. The
engines and boilers will be placed amidships, with a pas-
sage on each side leading to the after sleeping-rooms.
The Brazileira is of much greater power, in proportion,
than the African vessels, and is expected to be much
faster. She will be rigged as a barque, with larger lower
masts than usual, the fore and aft sails laced to the booms
on the American plan. Captain Green, well known in
the South American trade, has been appointed to the
command. . The Brazileira is fitted with Brown's patent
capstan, riding-bits, and anchor-stopper; and with

26, 1853.

Honnible's patent anchor. The cables, which are of re-
markable strength, are made by Messrs. Henry Wood
and Co. . _

The Olinda, for the same company, was to be launched
yesterday, at the yard of Messrs. John Reid and Co., of
Port Glasgow.
The Lusitania, the second vessel built by Mr. Laird
for this company, is alongside the Brazileira, and will be
ready for launching in about six weeks. She is of the
same dimensions, but slightly improved in model.
The Olinda is advertised to leave Birkenhead Docks on
the 24th June, and the Brazileira on the 24th July, for
Lisbon, Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio Janeiro, and Monte
Video. The Olinda is commanded by Captain G. H.
H cram.

A LIVERPOOL GENTLEMAN SWINDLED

IN PARIS.

An account was given in January last of an Englishman
having been swindled out of a rather large sum of money
by some professional sharpers whom he met at a ball at
the Casino Paganini. Yesterday the Tribunal of Correc-
tional Police proceeded to try the cheats ; they are four in
number, and are named Lasselin, alias de Lastella; de
Beaufort ; Picot, alias Vicomte de Saint Oran, and Ba-
taille ; but only Bataille appeared, the others having taken
to flight. The Englishman who was swindled, a Mr.
Alfred Hulton, of Liverpool, did not appear, but the
deposition he made before the commissary of police was
read. It stated that on Sunday, the 2d of January last,
he went to the ball at the Casino Paganini, and got into
conversation with a girl who had accosted him. He offered
her refreshments, and while they were partaking of them
she was joined by the accused and two other women.
One of the men spoke English, and the conversation soon
became general. A considerable quantity of spirits was
consumed, and he became so intoxicated as not to know
what he was about. The next morning, between seven and
eight o'clock, he found himself, after having been asleep,
in a room in the restaurant of the Maison Doree, and was
told that he had been playing at icarte with the companions
he had picked up overnight. The three women were
present. On the previous evening he had about 250 f. in
his pocket, and he now found that he had only sf. or 6f.
The men told him that ho owed them 14,000 t. for losses
at play. Not suspecting they were swindlers, he drew
five checks on Messrs. Rothschild for B,ooof. as a payment
on account. A few hours later two of the party, who
stated their names to be de Lastella and de Beaufort, went
to him at his hotel, while he was in bed, and stated that
Messrs. Rothschild had refused payment of the checks
because they bore his private instead of his commercial
name. They then procured pens and ink from a waiter,
and, locking the door of the room, compelled him with
menaces to sign a check for 8,000 f., and to give a promis-
sory note for the remaining 6.000 f. They immediately
presented the check at Messrs. Rothschild's, where it was
paid. De Lastella subsequently called several times
on him to obtain payment of the promissory note,
but he pretended that he had not received funds
from England ; and having learned from several women
who frequented the Casino that the men were swind-
lers, he laid a complaint against them. It was
at first suspected that the women were accomplices
of the swindlers, but on investigation this turned
out not to be the case, and their evidence was taken.
One of them named Marie Petit stated that at the ball on
the 2nd of January, the accused Bataille accosted her,
and took her to the Englishman who was drinking with
Lasselin, Picot, and two women. One of these women
was an ex-actress, named Nouvion, but nicknamed the
Marquise, and the other was her niece. The party drank
hot wine, brandy, and beer. Lasselin proposed to the
Englishman to play at some game, and he consented.
They began bv playing for sf. a game, but soon got up to
2 louis ; and Lasselin constantly won. When the play
was over, the Englishman, finding all his money gone,
wished to leave, but Lasselin said, " No, no, you must
come and sup with us !" and he whispered to his com-
panions. "We must not let him go." The whole party
went to the Ma:son Doree. and Lasselin, Picot, and Beau-
fort retired to a seperate room, as if to deliberate on
something. While they were away, the witness observed
that the Englithman was completely drunk ; his face
was flushed, and he talked incoherently. When
Lasselin and the others rejoined them, the supper
was served. The Englishman scarcely ate anything, but
drank a good deal of champagne. Lasselin went out for
a pack of cards, and on his return he began to play at
icarte with the Englishman. He won large sums from
him. After two hours he:gave his place to Bataille, and
the Englishman again lost. Beaufort likewise played
with him and also won. While the play was going on,
the men plied him with champagne, and Picot sat at the
door to prevent the waiters from suddenly entering.
Whenever the losses of the Englishman amounted to
I,ooof. or 2,000 f., they made him sign checks on Messrs.
Rotchschild. Lasselin refrained from drinking in order
to remain calm, and it was he who took care of the
cheques. In the morning the party broke up. The
Englishman seemed anxious to play, and before he began,
be, in reply to some observation that was made, produced
bills on Messrs. Rotchschild to prove that he was able to
pay any losses. The next evening at the ball Lasselin
gave witness 100 f., and said he would give the same sum
to each of the other two women. He then stated that he
had received B,ooof. from Messrs. Rothschild, and that he
had given I,ooof. to Bataille, I,ooof. to Picot, 1,500 f. to
Beaufort, and that, after deducting 300 f. for the girls,
there would remain 4,200 f. for him. Bataille, in his
defence, denied that he had taken any part in the swind-
ling, and said that the I,ooof. had been advanced to him
as a loan, not as his share of the booty. The tribunal
condemned him to two years' imprisonment, Picot to
three years, and Lasselin and Beaufort to five years' im-
prisonment. The two latter also to five years' interdic-
tion of civil rights.—Galignani's Messenger.

Moan GOLD.—The Ballarat arrived at Plymouth, from
Melbourne, on Thursday, whence she sailed about the 6th
of Jan., with 78,114 ounces of gold, valued at £312,000.
A BLACK CREW.—The crew of the screw-steamer Cal-
cutta, now lying in the Southampton Dock, and which
brought home the last Mauritius and Cape Mail, are
nearly all blacks. There are nearly eighty of them, con-
sisting of Lascars, Arabs, and Negroes.
A GOOD WlFE.—Thomas Neile, residing in Gifford-
park, Edinburgh, died, on Saturday week, from the effects
of a dose of laudanum, administered to him by his wife,
in some whisky, in order to keep him quiet and enable her
to get to the theatre.
SHIP-BUILDING ON THE CLYDE.—The Admiralty pro-
position to establish a branch on the Clyde for the build
ing of steam-ships for the Royal Navy has met with de-
cided opposition from the mercantile and shipping interests
of Glasgow. They think it would interfere with the
ordinary business of the port.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—As the Southwestern Com-
pany's steamer Wonder was proceeding from Havre to
Southampton, a lady passenger jumped overboard in mid-
channel. She was kept floating, through the lightness of
her dress, for nearly ten minutes, and when the boat
reached her, her head was under water. Every means
were used on board to restore animation, and without
success. The lady's husband and another relative were
on board. It is supposed she contemplated suicide, but
the motive for the dreadful act was not known.
ACCIDENT TO THE CAIRNGORM.—A serious accident
happened to the ship Cairngorm, Captain John Robert-
son, on her outward voyage to China. When about 150
miles west of Ushant, she suddenly encountered a heavy
sea, which caused her to roll and pitch violently, and her
mainmast head snapped short off, carrying with it all
above, as also her Inizentopmast. This compelled her
commander to bear up for Lisbon for repairs, and, by the
last advices, it was stated that he would be able to re-
sume his voyage about the 22d or 23d instant, and in that
case the Cairngorm would arrive in China in time to bring
home the first instalment of the new teas.

TOTAL. DESTRUCTION OF A FACTORY.--Orl Friday
morning, the large five story mill situate in Gaol-lane,
Halifax, was destroyed by fire. The mill was owned and
partially occupied by Messrs. Leyland and Highley, card-
makers. Their works were in the lower portion ; other
floors were variously used by different parties for weaving
and spinning Furrow, &c. Some portions were occupied
by Mr. Joseph Wood, and by Mr. Illingworth. The fire
originated at between two and three o'clock in the morning
of Friday, and in about Owe hours the whole was a
wreck. In intensity and the rapidity of its progress it has
had no precedent in this neighbourhood, and indeed it is
the surprise of every one to Account for the speed with
which story after story yielded to the rapidly absorbing
and destructive element. Now that the blaze is ex-
tinguished the amazing power of the fire is wen, for of
roof, flooring, machinery, and goods, not a vestige re-
mains in its original position ; all that are not consumed
are lying in one sad heap between the tottering walls of
what but a few hours before was a fine, solid, substantial
building. The effect upon the outer walls also is astoni,h-
ing. Blackened stones, empty windows, the whole shaky
and dangerous. All that now stands will have to be
pulled dawn, and the work of conOructiop commenced
de HOC°. The might of the fire we h[tVe lid beard staled.
The mill runs east and west, and at the time above stated
the fire commenced at the east end of the building, and
in the bottom floor. The wind was in the east, so that
little chance was given after they had once started for
quelling the flames, so that speedily, as we have stated,
the whole was a ruin. The chimney was detached, and
still stands, as also does the boiler and engine-house.
The owners, it is said, are insured to only one-half the
value of their lost property.
TMPRISONMENT OF Two ROMISH DIGNITARIES.—Dr.
I.Tilathorne, Romanist Bishop of Birmingham, and Dr.
Moore, president of Oscott College, situate within a few
miles of that town, Lave been arrested, and are now con-
fined in Warwick gaol, under circumstances which have
created a most painful sensation in that neighbourhood.
It appears that some years ago, when Dr. Walsh was
Romish bishop of the midland district, Mr. Brown Mos-
tyn, a Romanist gentleman, expressed a strong desire to
endow a mission in Oxfordshire, and having selected
Radford as the locality most in need of assistance, he
transferred eighty shares in the Monmouthshire and Gla-
morganshire Banking Company into the names of the
vicar apostolic of the midland district end the president
of Oscott College for the time being, whoever he might
be, as trustees of the charity. In this way the trust de-
volved upon Bishop Utlathorne and Dr. Moore, and they
became ex officio trustees of the property, hut without
possessing one farthing beneficial interest in the transac-
tion. About two years ago the bank failed, with heavy
liabilities, and Bishop Ullathorne and Dr. Moore entered
into an arrangement to pay £l,OOO,
which they bop-for that purpose, under the expectation that no furtherowed
claim would be made upon them. Notwithstanding their
was their
hopes, a call of £6O per share, minus the 1'
made upon them, amounting to £3,800. Notice of pay.
went was served, and an answer aas returned that it was
utterly impossible for them to meet the demand_ ; that the
money already paid bad been raised from friends, at great
inconvenience; and that all they could do would be to
surrender the actual personal property of which they were
possessed, including their library, amounting to about
£2OO. This proposal was refused, under the hope, it is
presumed, that the money would be raised by subscription.
Proceedings against the bishop and the president were
instituted, and
both gentlemen have been arrested and
imprisoned. It is stated that they have no alternative
but to pass through the Insolvent Debtors' Court, as the
only means of obtaining their discharge, unless, indeed,
persons who sympathise with them in their misfortunes
raise the amount necessary to parehasetheir liberation.— I
Sunday Time/.

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Two o'clock, p.m.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.
MARSEILLES, APRIL 25.—The Indian Mail arrived
here this evening at 8 o'clock.

PARIS.—At the Paris Bourse, on Monday, Threes
closed 80.55 ; Four-and- Halves 103.40. Railway Shares
firm, and some advancing_
SPAIN.—MADRID, APRIL 20.—Threes
SWITZERLAND.-ZURICH. APRIL 23.—Six persons
were killed at Fribourg; one of the insurgent chiefs
among them. Colonel Perrier is to be tried by court-
martial. The state of seize had been proclaimed.
TURKEY.—Constantinople at:vices of the 15th report
that the state of affairs was satisfactory, and the negocia-
tions were progressing favourably.
The French Envoy was received by the Sultan with
marked attention. The presence in the capital of the
French and English Envoys has had a strong and favoura-
ble influence on the progress of affairs.
On the 15th the British fleet was still at Malta. One
of her Majesty's steamers had just arrived from Constan-
tinople with despatches from Lord de Radcliffe for Admiral
Dundas. The same steamer carrying despatches for the
British Government was to leave for Portsmouth on the 16th.
ST. PETERSBURGH. Exchange on London be-
comes more favourable. Late quotations 37 15-16 to
38 1-16 ; and hence it had fallen to a point at which, if
the navigation there opened, some remittances would pro-
bably be made to this country.

LONDON STOCK & SHARE MARKET.-THIS DAY.
NOON QUOTATIONS.

THE FUNDS.—Consols for Account, 1001 ; Ditto for
Money, 1001 ; Bank Stock, 2261 6 ; Three and a
Quarter per Cent., 103:
RAILWAY SHARES.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 771 i;
London and North Western, 1194 4 184 ; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 30 ; Midland Stock, 741.

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.—This DAY.
NOON QUOTATIONS.
Eastern Counties, 131 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
771 ; London and North Western, 1198 1; Sheffield
Pref., 11; Midland, 741.

LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—THis DAY.
NOUN QUOTATIONS.

Midland, 75.

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
Traffic returns, £9,234 7s. Id. Corresponding week
last year, £7,698 17s. 71d.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Meridian, frotu Ceylon ; Ardencraig, from Mauritius ;
Patin and Brothers, from Demerara ; Westminster, and
Concord, from Belize ; Prince Aibert, from New York ;
Lightning, from St. Michael's ; Roman, from Alexandria,
—all at Gravesend 25th inst.

Java, and Owen Glendower, from Bombay; Garland,
from Jamaica ; Wellesley, from Calcutta ; Cambrian,
from Jamaica,—all at Deal 25th inst.
Eclipse, from Liverpool, at Ostend, 20th inst.

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—THIS DAY.
We have still to report very limited receipts of grain
coastwise or from Ireland ; but, with a partial change of
wind, the imports from abroad have been considerably
increased since Friday; America, Europe, and Egypt,
collectively, having furnished, during the week ending
yesterday, an abundant supply of Wheat, Indian Corn,
and Flour, with a fair arrival of Beans ; the exports
within the same period rather exceeding the average of
past weeks recently.
There was a fair attendance this morning of buyers of
Wheat and Flour from the country. Owing to the
arrivals during the week, there was a good show of Wheat,
for which there was a steady demand at the prices of last
Tuesday. but white American was a trifle dearer. For
Flour there was a fair demand, at previous prices. Prime
yellow Indian Corn was rather scarce, and commanded
higher rates, but white being in good supply, the turn
was in favour of the buyer. In Oats a dull trade, without,
however, any alteration in value.

" CARDINAL" WISEMAN and a friend perhaps
"Milor" Serle—visited the British Museum on Thursday.
The increasing coarse obesity of the former self-denying
man was matter of general comment among the few per-
sons present. The cardinal's companion bore ample
signs, too, of exceedingly good living; but there was
more refinement in his air, which was suggestive more of
the nice epicurean than the merely huge feeder.
GOLD.—Taking the cube yard gold at £2,000,000,
which it is in round numbers, all the gold in the world
at this estimate might, if melted into ingots, be contained
in a cellar twenty-four feet square and sixteen feet high.
All our boasted wealth already obtained from California
and Australia would go into an iron safe nine feet square
and nine feet high. So small is the cube of yellow metal
that has set populations on the march, and roused the
world to wonder.

EXTRAORDINARY FREAK.—On Saturday afternoon,
man, apparently labouring under some intense excitement,
commenced stripping himself of his clothes in frontof the •
Royal Exchange, London. When stark naked, he danced•
on the pavement for some minutes, the bystanders ap-
parently petrified, and not interfering. There were no
police. After some time he darted off at full speed up
Cbeapside, to the great consternation of the passengers of
this crowded thoroughfare. He bad, in all probability,
made his escape from a lunatic asylum.

ENCAItIPMENT.—The great encampment at Windsor is
in process of formation. On Monday morning a detach-
ment of the Ist battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards, under
the command of Captain the Hon. J. Jocelyn, marched
from Windsor to Sunningdale, near Ascot-heath. This
detachment, with others from various regiments, will
'commence operations forthwith, under the instructions
of Lieut.-Colonel Vicars, of the Royal Engineers. The
encampment will be made on Chobham-common, which
is situate between Bagshot and Ascot-heath. The regi., -
ments are expected to arrive on the ground at the latter
end of next month or the beginning of June.
A SCOTTISH BEADLE.—One of the clergymen of a
populous parish in Ayrshire, who is not less celebrated
for his pulpit exertions than for his bonhomie and obliging
disposition, was lately to officiate for a brother who has
the pastoral care of the flock of a neighbouring parish.
The circumstance being known attracted a large attend-
ance, as many were eager to hear an orator so famed. As
the popular preacher was ascending the pulpit, the beadle,
solicitous that he should not disappoint the anticipations'
of the people, clapped him encouragingly on the back,
and whispered, " Now, sir, do as weel as ye can, for the
folks here have great expectations of you !"—Kilmarnock
Journal.

MODERN SITTING-ROOMS.-It is every day becoming
more common to see houses for the middle classes built
upon a certain plan, the characteristic feature of which is
this,—that the chief sitting-room is below ground. AY.
some time past, my attention has been daily arrested by
observing the injurious influence which these under-
ground sitting-rooms exert upon the health of thi: !nh-
bitants' and the benefit which such persons have expe-
rienced when I have induced them to move into the higher
apartments of their houses. Seeing this evil plan of
house-building decidedly on the increase, T cannot longer
refrain from calling attention to the subject ; and I ask
those gentlemen who are concerned in designing and
building these dwellings, what advantages they can bring
forward, as corsequunt upon the arrangement I have
mentioned, which will at all bear comparison with the
disadvantages.— Correspondent of The Builder.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH POSTMASTERS.—A corre-
spondent says, that having occasion to correspond with-
provincial postmasters. he found that it cost him three-
pence every time for postage, even if the correspondence -
was about errors committed by the post-office—viz.. one
penny for the pre-payment of his letter to the postmaster,
and twopence for the reply, because the latter was always
an unpaid letter. On inquiry he found that provincial
postmasters are allowed by the post-office department the
postage on all unpaid letters Gent to them on the business
of the public, but not the postage to prep:_ky for the
efficia! reply, consequently the latter is always sent unpi;...
The most economical course, therefore, for the public to
adopt is to send letters to provincial postmasters unpaid,
and enclose a postage stamp for the official reply. By this
means a person can correspond with a country postmaster
for a penny instead of thrtepence, the usual cost of such
wresponcli.pve.

ERAMPTON S PILL OF HEALTH.—" For upwards of
nine years, (writes Mr. Thomas Province, of Winchmore
Hill, Middlesex,) I have experienced the efficacy of this
excellent Medicine. I had long previously been afflicted
with headache and indigestion ; but a friend having in-
duced use to make a trial of Frampton's Pills, I now in-
form you that a few doses gave ere great relief; and dur-
ing that long period of time, I have taken them in pre-
ference to any other medicine ; and I have the happiness
of saying that I never had a better state of health, which
attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg further to add, that
this medicine is in general use by
my family, and we
know of nothity to equal it." In any case where an
aperient medicine is required, they need only be tried to
be universally adopted. Sold by all medicine vendors.
Price ls. lid. per box. See the name of "Thomas Frout,
29, Strand, London," on the government stamp.
TESTIMONIALS OF MEniT.-11 is not perhaps generally
known that both England and Ireland are principally in.
debted for their supply of the hest starch from Scotland.
The Glenfield Patent Starch hasltbeiesnpleeearsyinlgartgAoellynpoaw-
tronised in the metropolises of the three kingdoms,
besides most of the principal towns in each ; in fact, it is
now almost universally used.
of merit being acknowmlaccingyedyeainrs
hiinght aßecoey'a thisAs
sundry
Majesty's Laundress there has deemed
public, and to the Manufacturer, to
itat starchhßeric
dutyh hasonmbeendto Her
theer used
p u}:,
issue her opinion of its merits, in the shape of a testi-
monial. The granting of this by Her Majesty's Laundress,'
is pre-eminently one of those ovations which we look upon with unfeigned
seen testimonials pleasure and admiration. We have
presented for articles which were
principally got on by the parties themselves. On the
other hand, we have seen articles of merit presented with
testimonials, (such as the present) to which they were
clearly entitled, and which they had justly earned. Of
this latter class is the one upon which we are commenting.
It is satisfactcry to the public, that the testimonial here al-
luded to is from a source of whose high principle there-
can be no doubt, and whose sole aim and object of issuing
it is for the public good alone. We might have entered
into a long article on this subject, and noticed various-
others testimonials from the laundresses of the principal
nobility, but we think we have said enough to
convince
any of our readers who are anxious to adopt so important
an auxiliary to add to the clear and beautiful appearance
of shirts, &c., which is so becoming.
We would there-
fore cordially recommend our fair readers to make at
least one trial of the Glenfield Patent Starch, the favourable
results of which we entertain the moat sanguine hopes.
We observe it may be had of any shopkeeper is town.

STEAM TO
BRAZIL AND THE RIVER PLATE.
The SOUTH AMERICAN and GENERAL
- STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S new
and powerful Screw Steam-ships
BkAZILEIRA 1100 tons.. DANIEL GREEN, Commander.
LUSITANIA llOO tons.. JAMES BROWN, Commander.
OLINDA llOO tons.. G. H. HARAM, Commander.
BAHIANA l5OO tons..
Are intended to sail from BIRKENHEAD DOCKS to RIO
JANEIRO and MONTE VIDEO,_ calling at LISBON, PER-
NAMBUCO, and BAHIA, as under :
OLINDA 24th June.
BRAZILEIRA 24th July.
LUSITANIA
Returning the same route.
The ARGENTINA, 400 tons, 120-horse power, will be ready
to take the line between Monte 'Video and Buenos Ayres, in
connection with the above, thus affording a through transit
both for Goods and Passengers to Buenos Ayres.
These Vessels have been built on the most approved models,
expressly for the Brazil trade, and are expected to be very fast.
The Commanders are men of experience ; and the general
arrangements for Passengers will be found most complete.
For terms of freight, plans of cabins, or other information,
apply to the Brokers of the Company,
MILLERS and THOMPSON,
TOwer-buildings West, Liverpool,

THE
LIVERPOOL AND PHILADELPHIA
001 STEAM-SHIP COMPANY
4&ifitlk Intend sailing their Favourite Iron
Screw Steam-ships as follows :

Toris
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA (new) 2200.. Capt. R. LEITCH,
CITY OF MANCHESTER 2'25. Capt. W. WYLIE,
CITY OF GLASGOW 1610.. Capt.K.MORRisoN,

FROM LIVERPOOL : 1853.
CITY OF MANCHESTER WEDNESDAY ..18th May.
CITY OF GLASGOW WEDNESDAY .. Bth June.
CITY OF MANCHESTER WEDNESDAY .. 6th July.
CITY OF GLASGOW WEDNESDAY.. 27th July.
CITY OF MANCHESTER WEDNESDAY .. 24th August.

FROM PHILADELPHIA. 1853.
CITY OF MANCHESTER SATURDAY ....23rd April.
CITY OF GLASGOW SATURDAY .... 14th May.
CITY OF MANCHESTER SATURDAY ....11th June.
CITY OF GLASGOW SATURDAY.... 2nd July.

RATES OF PASSAGE FROM LIVERPOOL.
Cabin, in Single State-rooms, Twenty Guineas.
1, Double fa Fifteen If
~ Forward , 9 Thirteen „
Including Provisions and Steward's Fee.
All having the same privileges, and messing together.
A limited number of Passengers will be taken at Seven Gui-
neas, including as much Provisions as required; and these
Passengers are hereby informed, that in order to satisfy the
requirements of the Government Officers, the date filled into
their contract tickets will be in every case the date of the day
preceding the fixed day of sailing.

These Steamers carry "Phillips's Patent FIRE Annihilators."
An experienced Surgeon is attached to each Steamer.
RATES OF FREIGHT.
Dogs charged aE3 each.
Freight on Fine Goods, 60s. per Ton ; and Unmanufactured
Goods, &c. will be taken subject to agreement, payable here
or in Philadelphia, at 34.80 c. per pound sterling.
Apply in Philadelphia and New York to THOS. RICHARDSON;
in Belfast, to RICHARDSON BROTHERS and Co.; in Glasgow,
to PATRICK HENDERSON and Co. ; in Dublin, to CORNELIUS
CARLETON ; in London, to EDWARDS, SANFORD, and Co.,
for passengers, and BICKFORD and Co., for goods ; in Paris, to
FREDERICK REDFERN, 8, Rue de la Paix ; in Havre, to W.
DAVIDSON; in Manchester, to GEORGE STONIER; and in Li-
verpool, to
RICHARDSON BROTHERS and CO.,
12 and 13, Tower-buildings.