The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-18 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1853.

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PHILHARMONIC HALL.

THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION.
THIS protracted struggle draws its slow length
along, until almost .all interest in the result has
ceased. It was confidently predicted by the friends
of Mr. PERCEVAL, that circumstances had occurred
to prevent his friends coming to the poll—that a
very few days would show a change in the relative
numbers

and the discomfiture of Mr. GLADSTONE
would be complete. Day after day, however, passed
over, each one showing a small gain to the CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, until at length the
smallness of the additions to the poll proved that
apathy had taken the place of enthusiasm, and that
the result ivas to be a re-election, through very in-
difference of the members of the University. It is
at best a melancholy picture, that the centre of
learning, the nursery of the Church, and the school
of constitutional statesmen, should be so utterly
regardless of its character and position, as to select
for its representative a man who has forfeited every
claim to the support of its members. Whether
viewed as a churchman or a statesman, Mr. GLAD-
STONE has not the slightest claim to public con-
In his religious views he is believed to
combine the worst elements which recent contro-
troversies have thrown upon the surface. Extreme
in his notions of ecclesiastical polity, he has co-
quetted with the best interests of the Church,
while in his recent alliance with men verging on
infidelity, he has shown an elasticity of conscience
at which all churchmen may well be alarmed. As
a statesman, he has professed Conservative policy,
while he has joined with the wildest faction for its
destruction ; and, in his present position, he has
left no reasonable doubt that he is capable of pro-
ceeding to any extreme of democratic innovation,
in order to gratify his personal ambition, or his
vindictive spleen against abler men than himself.
Yet, with all these glaring faults, which admit of
neither defence nor palliation, he has received the
votes of such men as Justice COLERIDGE, Sir
THOMAS ACLAND, and Sir STAFFORD NORTH-
COTE ; while many others have been so far forgetful
of the duty which they owe to themselves and to
their country as to refrain from voting against him.
But, whatever may be the result of this election,
his troubles are to come. He has to discover the
wide difference between demolishing one Budget
and being able to construct another ; and he may
be sure that, though he will receive at the hands of
the Conservative party much better treatment than
he deserves, or has a right to expect, his measures
will have to undergo the ordeal of a criticism which
abler heads than his would shrink from encoun-

fidence.

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SPECULATIONS IN THE CORN TRADE.
'WE called attention, a short time since, to an ex-
traordinary speculation going on in the Corn Trade,
by which large shipments consigned to one house
were purchased on the continent, and sold in this
country at a positive loss. It was then stated by
some of our contemporaries, including the Manches-
ter Guardian, that the most probable solution of
the seeming enigma was—either that the Earl of
DERBY, through his agents, had promoted the
speculation, in order to influence the elections
through the country, or that Louis NAPOLEON
was the prime mover, with the object of keeping
down the price of flour in the south of France by
depressing the English markets. We then ex-
pressed an opinion that no such solution was at all
feasible,—it was too large a draught upon com-
mercial credulity, for the advantage to be gained
would be infinitesimal compared with the extent of
the sacrifice, as no amount of individual speculation
in articles so largely in consumption as wheat and
flour could have any sensible effect upon the market
value. It now appears, from the examination which
has taken place before the magistrates in London,
that the whole affair may be attribute 1 to a system
of wholesale swindling, which, for extent and auda-
city, is almost unparalleled in the annals of com-
mercial roguery. A merchant, named PRIES, who
is in custody on the charge of forgery, has been
buying successive parcels of foreign wheat, and
selling or pledging each parcel in order to pay for
the preceding one. Not content with this mode of
doing business, on which the aggregate loss must
have been very heavy, he has resorted to the direct
fraud of selling or pledging the same parcels more
than once; and, in order to accomplish this, has
forged the warrants which gave him an apparent
ownership to the goods. The consequence has
been, that one large house whom he has victimised
has failed for a sum of nearly £400,000, and other
houses have been sufferers to the extent of many
thousands, while it is at present impossible to say
where the mischief of such an enormous fraud may
terminate.

THE EMPEROR OF FRANCE.

THE elevation of the Nephew of NAPOLEON BUONA,
PA RTE to the Imperial throne has been effected by
so regular a gradation of circumstances,—the public
mind has become so prepared for each successive step,
as almost a necessary consequence of the one which
preceded it,—that we have hardly been sufficiently
awake to the results and the dangers to the peace of
Europe which may possibly spring from such a reali-
sation of personal ambition. It would seem that the
subject excited some attention among the Three Great
Northern Powers, as a somewhat unexpected delay
took place in the coveted recognition of Louis
NAPOLEON'S inflated title, and the smaller powers
of Germany waited until Russia had taken the ini-
tiative. This, after all, may be but the formality of
etiquette, purposely delayed, in order to appear not
over anxious for legitimate thrones to fraternise
with a mushroom monarch ; and it has evidently
galled the pride of Louis NAPOLEON, who has
also been thwarted in his matrimonial speculation.
We in England, however, have more to do with
those belligerent propensities for which Frenchmen
are never unwilling to find an occasion, and it may
require more than the skill of Lord JOHN RUSSELL
to avert the consequences which recent events in
Europe have rendered more alarmingly possible, if
not probable. It will be remembered that Louis
PHILIPPE, from policy as well as inclination, was
the personification of peace; and under his sway
France, in alliance with England, proved an effec-
tual counterbalance to the growing desires of Russia
and her northern allies. In LOUIS NAPOLEON,
however, no other idea is identified than that which
made his name alone a passport to the throne, and
under his rule France has nothing in common with
England, but, on the contrary, a remembrance of
humiliating defeats, and an increasing anxiety to
wipe out the stain which was so deeply imprinted
at Waterloo and consummated at St. Helena. The
means have been slowly but surely accumulating, a
vast standing army is maintained in the greatest
efficiency, and a powerful steam navy has been
added, to leave none of that difficulty which the
uncle found so insuperable in his flotilla at Boulogne.
It is true that no overt act can be pointed to as one
which would justify an alarm for the national safety;
but when did Frenchmen want a pretext, or wait
for provocation, if the demand of their leader was
for military attack ? We, however, know that the
policy which has ended in seating the adventurer of
Strasbourg and Boulogne upon the throne of
France, has also placed within his grasp a power
for evil against which we cannot be too well pre-
pared. Should the opportunity offer, it requires
but a word from him : he has but to cry, " ' Havoc V
and let slip the dogs of war;" and there is nothing
in all his antecedents which offers the slightest
guarantee of his being restrained from saying that
word through any feeling of good-will to England.
The illustrious hero who now sleeps with the dead

has more than once raised his warning voice against
the supineness of our Whig rulers, who allowed our
national defences to fall into decay ; and it was left
for the late Administration, who nobly persevered
in their measures, to commence the necessary steps
for placing this country in a proper position. It is
to be hoped, however, that the present coalition
Cabinet is alive to the importance of continuing the
work so well begun. An order in Council has been
issued for raising the number of the militia defi-
cient in the levies of last year ; and we understand
that orders have been received by the commanders
of the several local forces, for the staffs under their
respective commands to hold themselves in readi-
ness to be called on if required. It is by far the
most prudent policy to be prepared beforehand, and
it may have the effect of averting the danger which
a want of preparation might have precipitated.

COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY.

IMPORTANT TO EMIGRATION AGENTS

In the case of KENNEDY V. Fox, his Honour gave
judgment this morning. The learned judge said it was
an action brought by a person, • not authorised as a pas-
senger broker, to recover a sum of money for himself, or
for certain emigrants, as commission for the trouble and
expense he had been put to in procuring passages to
Australia. It was objected on the part of the defendant,
that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover under the
15th and 16th Victoria, cap. 44, and he (the learned•judge)
was of opinion the objection was well founded, for that
act was intended as a protection to passenger brokers;
and under the 67th section of that act no person whatever
was entitled to recover, either from a passenger broker
or any other person, any commission or fee for services to
emigrants, unless acting with the authority of a broker.
He considered that the interpretation which he put upon
the act was such as the terms permitted, and such as
justice required. Mr. Pemberton was for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Hime for the defendant,

ACTION AGAINST AN ATTORNEY.

SILBODEN v. BOGGIE.—This was an action tried before
his honour on Saturday, in which the plaintiff, who is
an auctioneer in this town, sought to recover from the
defendant, an attorney in South Castle-street, the sum of
£lO, for money lent and money had and received under
the following circumstances :—lt appeared that some time
ago a person named Kelly, formerly one of the police
force, having disagreed with his wife, left her, and deter-
mined upon selling his furniture. Accordingly Silboden
was instructed by Boggie to remove the goods to the auc-
tion-room of the former, and prepare for the sale of
them. Shortly after, Silboden was sent for by Boggie,
and asked to advance £lO, which he did, and took
defendant's acknowledgment for it. A few days after,
at the instigation of Kelly's wife, through Mr. Pem-
berton, solicitor, it was agreed to give up the goods
to her, on the costs of removal and expenses being
paid. It then came out that neither Kelly nor his
wife had authorised Boggie to borrow the £lO. The
goods were given up, and the present action was
brought. The defence was, that the money was re-
quired by Boggie for work and labour done by him as
attorney for Kelly. The case occupied the greater por-
tion of the day, Sir George Stephen being for the plain-
tiff (instructed by Mr. Hughes), and Mr. Simon for the
defendant (instructed by Mr. Davies). His honour, this
morning, said he had carefully looked over all the papers
and evidence connected with the case, and after a careful
consideration of all the circumstances connected with it,
he was of opinion that the plaintiff was entitled to
recover, and that the defendant must seek his remedy
from Kelly. A verdict was then entered for the plaintiff
for £lO. COLLISION.
_ _ _

This was an action brought by Mr. Richard Davies,
car proprietor, against Mr. Thomas Ford, omnibus pro-
prietor, to recover the sum of £9 for loss and injury done
to a car belonging to the plaintiff.
Mr. Hill appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bretherton
for the defendant. _ _ _

It appeared that on the evening of the 20th Nov., a little
after 7 o'clock, a collision took place between the omnibus
of the defendant and the car of the plaintiff, near the
Northern Hospital, in Great Howard-street. According
to the evidence of the witnesses for the plaintiff, including
police-officer No. 505, it appeared the car was on the
proper side of the road, and the driver of the omnibus en-
tirely to blame, but five passengers on the omnibus proved
the contrary, and considered the car-driver at fault.
His HONOUR said he would look at the spot where the
collision took place, and deliver his judgment on Wednes-
day morning.

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Ime appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Aspinall (instructed by Mr. Woodburne) for the defen-
dant. The plaintiff is a journeyman ship-joiner in this
town, and the defendant a farrier, living in Wood-street.
It appeared from the evidence, that, on the night of the
23rd of August last, the plaintiff and a friend were spend-
ing the evening together, and having had some drink,
went to a public-house kept by a person of the name of
Forsyth, in Wood-street, about half-past twelve o'clock.
Shortly after the defendant, the landlord, and some others,
entered the house ; a quarrel ensued, and the plaintiff was
knocked down by the defendant, and, after some fighting,
the defendant got the thumb of the plaintiff into his
mouth, and nearly bit the end of it off. The thumb had
caused the plaintiff to be very ill for several weeks, and it
was not yet well.

Mr. Aspinall addressed the court in behalf of the defend-
ant, and contended that the plaintiff had behaved very
indecently, and had brought the accident upon himself.
He called Thomas Woods, who said he was agent in
Liverpool to Mr. Jubb, oilman, of New York, and who
was with the defendant on the night in question. He
gave quite a different account of the affair to that deposed
t) by the witnesses for the plaintiff; but, in cross exami-
nation, he did not give a good character of himself, admit-
ting that he often spent his nights in a brothel in Leigh-
street. Another witness, named James Richards, a joiner,
living in Fleet-street, was next called, but his evidence
differed from all the others. The learned Judge said he
believed the witnesses for the plaintiff, but did not believe
those called on the part of the defendants. He designated
the assault as most gross, unmanly, and brutal ; and,
though he was willing to encourage manly and fair con-
tests, he would discourage all such cases as that. He
then ordered a verdict to be entered for £7 lBs., expenses
to which the plaintiff had been put, and £2O damages in
addition. ANOTHER COLLISION CASE.

BLEASDALE v. Buser.—This was an action brought
by the plaintiff, a car proprietor, to recover £6 15s. for
damage done to the horse of plaintiff in consequence of a
collision with an omnibus belonging to defendant on the
13th November last, in Islington. As usual the witnesses
on one side in this case 'attributed the blame to the
driver of the omnibus, whilst those on the other side were
of opinion the driver of the car was wholly in the fault.
In this case also his honour reserved his judgment to
Wednesday morning, in order that he might view the
spot where the collision !iappened.
The court rose at half-past seven o'clock.

CHESHIRE MILITIA. -We are informed that the
Militia for this county will be called out for training on
the 24th inst.

REPRESENTATION OF PRESTON.—The rumours that
last week prevailed in this town respecting the declining
health, and afterwards the death, of Sir George Strickland,
were not without their effect on many of our old elec-
tioneerers, and at least half a dozen candidates were named
for the honour of being his successor. Mr. Grenfield,
Mr. German, Mr. Fort, Mr. Horsman, Lord Duncan, and
others, were fixed upon, and in more than one instance
steps were taken for providing us another representative
without loss of time—Preston Chronicle.
DISTRESSING DEATH OF A CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICER.
One day last week Mr. William Richard Robinson, a
custom-house officer, accidentally fell into the Prince's
Dock, whence he was rescued, and immediately conveyed
in a cab to his dwelling in Longville-street. Notwith-
standing the adoption of remedial measures, he continued
to get worse, and died on Sunday from congestion of the
brain, caused by immersion in the water. An inquest
will be held on the deceased to-clay. He was a married
man, and has left a wife and family to lament his
melancholy death.

ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH, CHORLEY, in the parish of
Wilmslow, Cheshire, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop
of Chester, on Wednesday. It has been built and en-
dowed by voluntary subscription, and contains accommo-
dation for 300 persons, nearly half of which is free. It
has been erected with a view to its enlargement at some
future time, when the wants of the neighbourhood may
require it. After a sermon by the Bishop, the sum of
£162 was collected, in aid.of a fund for liquidating the
debt incurred by the committee beyond the amount sub-
scribed, notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of
the weather, which prevented the attendance of many
who would otherwise have been present.
LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—The report of
the committee, to be submitted to the annual meeting to-
morrow, shows that, notwithstanding the deficiency in
subscriptions of £258, for a box and thirty-eight stalls
which have not been paid for, (and which it is proposed to
recover by legal measures,) the liabilities of the society
have been reduced to the extent of £5OO. Owing to the
non-payment of subscriptions until late in the year, some
loss of interest is occasioned. In order, therefore, to
place the payment of subscriptions upon a more equitable
footing, the committee recommend the following bylaw to
be adopted :—" Proprietors not paying their subscriptions
within thirty days after the annual meeting, shall be fined
Is. per seat; if not paid by the Ist of April, 25.; and an
additional fine of Is. per seat for every month during the
remaining part of the season that the subscription may be
in arrear." The committee recommend the subscriptions
for 1853 to be fixed as follows :—£3. 3s. each upon boxes
and stalls; £2. 2s. front gallery places; and £l. ls. back
ditto. The terms for annual subscribers to the stalls, £4.
4s. ; namely, £3. 3s. subscription, and £l. Is. for the use
of each stall. Proprietors to be allowed to nominate any
resident gentleman for the season, upon payment of ss.
for each nominee, as heretofore. The number of concerts
to be eight, as last year. In lieu of the items of £2OO
voted to Mr. Su 'low, and £127. 3s. 2d. for "rent and
office expenses," a charge of £3OO per annum will, in
future, be made under the head of " office expenses," and
which amount will include " rent, taxes, and clerks'
salaries," as well as the usual compliment of £2OO to
Mr. Sudlow, for his valuable services, voted in very flat-
tering terms by the society, at its general meeting in 1851,
which, however, the committee find has been subject to
several deductions, not intended by the vote, and which,
in justice to Mr. Sudlow, ought to have appeared in for-
mer accounts as separate items. These will also be com-
prised in the allowance of £3OO, an arrangement which,
though unattended with any pecuniary benefit to Mr.
Sudlow, is more agreeable to his feelings, which the com-
mittee have had much pleasure in consulting on this occa-
sion. The committee consider that the best thanks of
the society are due to the practical members for their
valuable and efficient services during the past year. The
receipts for the year are stated at £5,416. Ils. Ild., and
the payments, £4,984. 4s. 9d.

;THE EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY.

The annual meeting of the subscribers and supporters
of the above valuable • and truly philanthropic institution
was held yesterday afternoon in the Clarendou-roonas, in
this town.
The Rev. IV
the chair

HESKETH, of St. Michael's, occupied

Mr. Jos. IlanwEN, the hon. secretary, read the report
of the committee, from which it appeared that upwards of
7,300 patients have received relief, being a considerably
larger number than that of any previous year. In addi-
tion to the above 137 important operations have been per-
formed by the skilful medical officers attached to the in-
firmary, which have been attendod with the most com-
plete success. Amongst the various interesting cases
alluded to may be mentioned, as evincing the different
periods of human life to which the benefits of this useful
but unostentatious charity extend, that of an old man of
upwards of 73 years of age, who was totally blind, and has
had the sight of both eyes restored to him ; also that of
an infant born blind, who, being the child of a poor
soldier about to be draughted to another part of the
country, underwent an operation at the age of three weeks,
and was restored to its grateful and delighted mother with
perfect vision. The report concluded with an appeal to
the benevolent for their aid in clearing off the debt which
has so long been an incubus upon the charity, and which
still continues, though reduced in amount.

Mi. HENRI' CROSFIELD, the treasurer, then read the
annual statement of accounts. He said that although
great economy had been exercised during the past year,
there still remained a balance of £l4l 9s. 6d. against the
institution, and expressed a strong desire to see the charity
placed in an unencumbered position, believing that the
committee would then be able to extend its benefits very
largely, with little increase to its annual expenditure. He
alluded to the valuable services of the late Dr. Edwards,
who had devoted his time and talent in promoting the
objects of the charity. He suggested that some tribute
should he paid to his memory.
Mr. ISAAC HADWEN moved the adoption of the report,
which was seconded by Mr. NEIL, who drew a pleasing
contrast between the state of the Institution at the
present time and what it was twenty years ago. Then the
income of the Institution was only £7O, one-half of which
was paid for rent of the hospital. At presentithe Institu-
was in possession of an excellent and admirably adapted
building, worth about £3OOO, and had an income of about
£7OO a-year. After referring to the great increase of
cases treated at the hospital, partly to be attributed to
the Institution having become better known, the
speaker concluded by seconding the resolution, which
passed unanimously.
Mr. HARMOOD BANNER moved the thanks of the
meeting to the donors and subscribers, which was
seconded by Mr. JAs. HoLME, and adopted.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr.
PooL, the thanks of the meeting were given to the patrons
and other officers for their past services,—and they were
reappointed, with the exception of the substitution of the
name of the present mayor for the late mayor.
Capt. GREIG moved a vote of thanks to the hon. medi-
cal officers, which was seconded by Mr. ISAAC HADWEN
and carried.
After the adoption of an alteration in the laws of the
Institution, and passing a vote of thanks to the chairman,
the meeting separated.

SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL,
-.•-

The annual meeting of the friends and supporters of
the above excellent Institution was held yesterday, at
noon, in the Clarendon Rooms, W. R. Sandbach, Esq.,
in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, proceeded
to read the report, from which it appeared that though
the number of patients has not been so great as in the
year 1851, the severe cases have been more numerous ;
but the number of deaths has been very much lower, the
per centage in 1851 having been 2.36, and in 1852 only
1.73.

The committee would feel equal pleasure in referring to
the financial affairs of the Hospital. At the beginning of
the year 1852 the Hospital was in debt to the extent of
upwards of 4900. The debts now do not exceed £4OO.

HOUSE SURGEON'S REPORT,

Fractures, compound

simple

Dislocations

Concussion of brain & fracture of skull. 64

Subinersionq
Wounds, bead and face
„ various parts
Contusions
Burns and scalds
Sprains
Medical cases
Surgical „ .

Total
Amputations..
Cured....
Deaths .
Relieved (1.P.).........
Left at own request.....
Irregular ..

O.P
20
86
27
4

43 .. 344
33 .. 452
77 .. 268
21 .. 74
46 .. 121
144 .. 49
245 .. 208

The- CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report,
which was seconded by Mr. iIARMOOD BANNER, and
unanimously adopted.

Thanks were also unanimously voted to the president
of the year, Mr. Sandbach ; to Mr. J. B. Yates, Mr.
John Job, and Mr. M. Gregson, the vice-presidents ; to
the treasurer (Mr. Wm. Fisher), and Mr. John Aikin
and Mr. Joseph Russell, auditors ; to the Rev. G. Dover,
the honorary chaplain, and his curates, for their services ;
to: the honorary medical officers ; to the Bishop, cler-
gy, and dissenting ministers, for their advocacy of
the claims of the Institution on the public ; to the
donors and subscribers ; to the ladies who had kindly
furnished linen and other articles; to the house surgeons
and matron. On the motion of Mr. CROPPER, seconded
by Mr. INGRAM, the usual officers were appointed. Mr.
M. Gregson was appointed President for the ensuing
year, and Messrs. Job, Yates, and Ingram, Vice-Presi-
dents, and a most respectable and efficient committee.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting
separated.

MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE OF A FEMALE
IN LIVERPOOL.

About six months ago, an unknown lady from London
opened a shop in Cases-street, Liverpool, for the sale of
tobacco and cigars. She was somewhat good-looking,
and her amiable deportment soon made her a general fa-
vourite with her neighbours, among the most inquisitive
of whom, however, nothing could be learned as to her
antecedents. She represented herself to be a married
woman, and gave her name as Mrs. Crown, to which
address many letters came by the post. About a fort-
night ago, it was observed with regret that she had begun
to indulge in drink, and a moody melancholy seemed to
have settled on her mind. In the meantime she bad
parted with her little servant maid, so that she was left
alone in her dwelling. She got an bumble but respectable
married woman in the same street to come and assist her
occasionally in cleaning the house, and to this person she
at times revealed a sentiment or two contained in the letters
she was in the habit of receiving, which, she said, were
from her husband, who was a commercial traveller. On
Sunday morning Mrs. Crown had her shop opened as
usual, and about one o'clock she requested the neighbour,
to whom we have referred, to bring her a noggin of gin,
remarking, when it was brought, that she should " drink
that at least, though she might never drink any more."
At three o'clock Mrs. Crown was again seen by her
neighbour, and up to this time she had taken no dinner,
although some beefstakes had been prepared for the pur-
yrse. In the morning it was observed that ;she had re-
ceived a letter by the post, and after its receipt she did
not appear to be in very high spirits. About five o'clock
her neighbour's little boy wandered into the shop, and
seeing that the mistress was not present, he sat down on
a chair outside of the counter. Some time elapsed, and
still the lady did not appear ; and, as he had found the
shop door wide open on his entrance, he thought some-
thing roust be wrong, and alarmed his mother. The
two immediately instituted a search, extending over the
whole dwelling, from the cellar to the garret, and on the
narrow stair leading to the latter the little boy stumbled
upon what to him seemed the body of a woman. His
cries brought the child's mother to the spot, and she ran
for her husband, who in turn called a police officer from
the street. On their proceeding to the garret staircase,
the unfortunate woman was found in a sitting posture,
near the top of the flight, suspended by the neck
from a cord fixed to a balustrade, immediately
overbepd. When found, the body was perfectly cord,
and life quite extinct. The deceased had told some
of her neighbours only recently that she was twenty-five
years of age. A large collection of letters have been found
in the house by the police authorities, but it would appear
that the deceased, previous to the commission of the rash
act, destroyed all those portions of them which might
have afforded a clue to the whereabonts of her mysterious
correspondent, who never was known by any of the
neighbours to make a personal visit. None of the
envelopes could be found, and the letters are neither
dated nnr subscribed in the usual form. They are
intelligently and even well written, and are generally
signed, " yours affectionately. Will," or "yours very
truly, William F." An inquest will be held on the body
of the unfortunate woman this day (Tuesday).

THE LECTURE ON MILTON, as part of a course on Pro-
testant Nonconformists, is to be delivered by the Rev. Wm.
Graham, at the Concert-hall, this evening (Tuesday.)
SINGULAR EXHIBITION AT ST. ANNE'S CHURCH,
OLD SWAN.—A correspondent informs us that, on Sun-
day forenoon, three or four Irishmen entered the church
just previous to the commencement of Divine service,
and under the impression that they were in a Romish
mass-house, approached the communion rails in front of
the communion tables and commenced a series of ex-
ternal evidences of devotion, anything but gratifying
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to the members of the true faith. On the arrival
of the incumbent at the reading-desk, he was some-
what astonished at the intrusion, and some delay took
place before the offenders could be removed, the interfer-
ence of the police being rendered necessary,
three Juveniles and one at the Piano. Mary: " Oh! how
SCENE.—Drawing-room after the Pantomime—Present
I should like to be a beautiful Columbine, and ride about
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in a gold car drawn by white doves !" Augustus: '
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gentlemen !"
shave well. By microscopic examination, it is found that
the tired razor, from long stropping by the same band,
fibres of its surface or edge all arranged in one direction,
like the edge of apiece of cut velvet; but, after a month's
rest, these fibres re-arrange
fibre supporting its fellow—and hence
cutting the beard,
in.tegrl of being forced down flat without '
cutting, as when
laid by.
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THE GRAND MASONIC BALL.--WC have now the
satisfaction of stating that the arrangements for this
grand ball, which is to take place on the Ist of February,
are progressing most satisfactorily, and promises to be,
as it was last year, the ball of the season. The brethren
will, of course, appear in their full masonic clothing ; but
the uninitiated will be admitted, there being no mystery
or " secret" involved in the social relations of the fra-
ternity. The object of the ball is charity, which is the
first principle of the order—for the benefit of the West
Lancashire Institution for the education and advancement
in life of the children of distressed brethren. We should
state that the honorary secretaries attend daily, from
four till five o'clock, at the George Hotel, for the purpose
of issuing tickets.

THE FRIEND OF THE CLERGY.—A sermon in aid o
the funds of this institution will be preached on Sunday
evening next, in St. James's Church, Toxteth-park, by the
Rev. J. E. Cox, of Bishopsgate Church, London. This
institution was established with the object of making some
permanent provision for the widows and orphan unmarried
daughters of clergymen of the Church of England, and also
to extend relief to clergymen under circumstances of tem-
porary difficulty. The number of clergy in England and
Wales amounts to more than 16,000. It is believed that the
aver age income of by far the greater number is not above
£lOO per annum. Whilst it is with a blush that such a
statement is made, is it not at the same time the strongest
appeal in behalf of a society which seeks, in some small
degree, to remedy the consequences
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MT TRlP.—This
I. P.
Hughes,T h
Company. proceeded
last. There
Sa-
turday afternoon _ were on board Captain
new schooner,thesecoonndtohte theA Admiralty
tthreiaik-ftrriicpanonMall
T'Arch, marine overlooker for the company ; Mr. Water-
, n a THEn
n , under-surveyorSCbßotEhfrom STEAMERaonn
Somerset
draughtsman, FAITH.—TRIAL
Ar
engineer,erset-house ; Mr. John Laird,
the builder; Mr. Preston, of the firm of Fawcett, Pres-
ton, and Co., the engineers ; Mr. Douglas Hebson, and
others. The Faith left Birkenhead Dock a little before
two o'clock, and proceeded to New Ferry, returning
along the Liverpool side. In going down the river, she
had a run of a mile with the Britannia and the Sylpb ;
she speedily overhauled both of them. The Faith was
closely followed by the barque steamer Ocean, and she
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the lead until she approached the north-west lightship,
when the Brian passed her, the distance run being about
eleven miles. The Faith is 208 feet in length, by 30 feet
beam ; her measurement is about 940 tons ; on her trial-
trip she carried 550 tone dead weight, as cargo. Her
machinery is two 42 inch cylinders, with an aggregate
computed force of 110 horse-power. She did the distance
from the Rock Light, about 112 miles, in one hour and
fifteen minutes. The vibration, observable in screw-
boats. was not observed at all by those on board. A
handsome entertainment was given to those on board in
the grand saloon—Mr. John Laird in the chair. The
Hope, the third boat being built for the Africa* Mail
Company by Mr. Laird, will be launched on the 28th inst.
Mr. Laird has, at present, eleven steamers on hand.