The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-03 00:00:00

THE MA.NUFA.CTURERS ceLancashite met at Manchester Berraseis.—At the parish church of St. Peterson Christ- THE DERBY; RENT DA.Y.—Thursday last being the
on Tuesday, and passed a resolution, pledging themselves inasalay, there were no fewer than eighty-eight christen- rent day of the -Earl of Derby, his lordship's tenants, to
to support the Preston masters in their struggle with ings, and' on the following day, sixty-six. The average is the number of three hundred, were entertained to dinner
their• workmen. about one hundred and fifty weekly, or 7,000 in the year. in the coach-house at Knowsley, in a style of true old Eng-
WaysnTaEr.—An adjourned vestry meeting of the ACCIDENT AT THE LANDING-STAGE.—On Wednesday lish hospitality. Lord Stanley presided.on the occasion.
parishioners of Wavertree was- held at the Lamb Inn, on evening; as a woman, named Taylor, was. attempting to go EVERTON CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—A bazaar,
Friday week, for the purpose of 'receiving the report of the on board one of the Woodside steamers, whilst it was just in aid of the Evertors branch of the Liverpool Church
committee appointed at a former-meeting to inquire as to putting off from the landing-stage, she fell into the river, Missionary Society, was held on Wednesday and Thursday,
the desirability of introducing:the-provisions of the Burial but was.in a few minutes rescued from her perilous position.. in the school-room,- Mill-lane; Everton. The articles for
Act- within the township. The-report and proceedings of THE REV. V. M. WHITE'S LECTURE ON " THE SIGNS sale were useful andernamentali and were chiefly supplied
the burial-ground committee having been read, the former or TITn TimEs."—lt will be seen by advertisement in by the ladies of Everton. Amongst other things was. a
was referred back to the committee for the purpose of another column that the Rev. Verner M. White's lecture beautiful carpet of needlework, whiclew-as exhibited in the
making inquiries relative to some land ajoining the pre- on the- Signs of the Times will be delivered on Friday Dublin Exhibition, and forwarded through. the Rev.. W.
sent churchyard, stated to be for sale, after which the evenine- next. It would be needless to remark upon a Ewbauk. The sale realised upwards of £l2O.
meeting was further adjourned to• receive the report of the subject of so deep interest and importance in the present l BOAT ACCIDENT;—About seven o'clock on Saturday
committee. day as the-signs of the times, and in Mr. White's hands 1 evening two men, belonging to the steam-tug Powerful,
ANNIVERSARY Diers'Ens—The Smiths' Society cele- it will,. we have no doubt, be ably handled. The sudden I were leaving the great landing-stage-in a boat, when the
brated their twenty-first anniversary on Monday, by and dangerous illness of his mother must be regarded as I boat capsized, and' they were immersed in the river.
dining together at the Stanley Arms, Manchester-street- a sufficient apology for any inconvenience and disappoint- They were rescued, after considerable exertion, by Captain
After the usual loyal toasts,. addresses were delivered on ment which may have been experienced on the 22d ult. I Brewster and William Brown, oethe steam-tender Jackal'
the importance of co-operation amongst the working OUTRAGE.—On Tuesday, as Thomas Meadow 1, labourer This makes the seventh person whom. Captain Rrewster
classes ; and the speakers. drew the attention of those in the employ of the Liverpool Dock Trustees, was return- has saved from drowning within the last two years.
present to the great evils that arise from strikes, by their ing to his lodgings, he was assailed by the barking of a CASE OF URGENT. DISTRESS.—The Rev. Edward Hull,
entailing loss not only on the country at large, as well as surly dog; to which he said, " Come, that will not do, incumbent of the Blind Church, has issued an appeal to
to the employers, but particularly on the working classes. I Micky." Two or three men, whooverheard the expression, his congregation and the public generally on behalf of
Afterwards the room was cleared, and the members, with I said, Whom do you call Micky ?" and, without waiting three orphan daughters of a gentleman, who for many
their wives and sweethearts, spent the rest of the for any explanation, struck him, inflicting a wound in the years faithfully discharged the duties of a public office of
evening in dancing. The ball was kept up with the left breast, just over the heart, with a clasp knife. The trust in the town of Liverpool, and who, owing to unfor.
greatest spirit and good feeling, the social determination cut, though dangerous, is not deep, and hope is therefore tunate circumstances, are reduced to a state of pecuniary
of "not going home till morning" being pretty generally entertained of his recovery. The offenders were pursued, distress. Their friendi are anxious to raise a fund for the
adopted by the company. but made their escape, and have not yet been apprehended. purpose of placing them in a position to endeavour to
BRICKMA.RING.—The fortnightly meeting of the Liver- Fiaas.—On Tuesday night there were three fires in maintain themselves.
pool Architectural and Archwolop,ical Society was held on different parts of the town. About eight o'clock the Cumsrasss
,Fesrivirres.—On Monday week upwards
Wednesday. The first matter of discussion was a letter hosiery shop of Mr. M`Farlin, Scotland-road, was dis- of seventy persons met at tea in Mr. W. Charlton's school,
on the subject of brickmaking, received by Mr. Verelst, covered to be in flames, and, notwithstanding the exer- Mill-brow, Runcorn, and spent a happy and harmonious
the chairman of the society, from Mr. C. B. Yarrow, a tions olthe town brigade and the West of England engine, evening. All the men and youths in Mr. Elder's large
gentleman of London. Mr. Yarrow draws a very in- the place was gutted in less than an hour.—About the baking establishment were treated by their employer to
favourable comparison between brickmaking in Liverpool same time, one of the furnaces at the cement works, an excellent dinner on Christmas-day.—On Monday, Mr.
and London, the bricks made in the former place being, Pumpfields,, Vauxhall-road, ignited a timber-shed built J. Hollis, hairdresser, Toxteth-park, entertained a select
he says, the worst he ever saw, while those of London over it, part of the roof of which was destroyed, and a party of young ladies and gentlemen, at the same time
are of a superior character, owing to the better class of considerable quantity of the manufactured article. The opening his door and larder to all the most aged and in-
workmen employed, and the mode of management town engines quickly subdued the flames. There was firm within his district. There was a good supply of
generally. The letter also touched on sanitary matters ; also a fire in Faulkner-street, but of no extent. Christmas cheer, and a pleasant evening was spent.
and the writer concluded by saying that he would have THE AUSTRALIAN Mires.—The next contract mails PRAISEWORTHY CONDUCT or THE CAPTAIN or THE
offered some remarks upon cattle and poultry were he for the Australian colonies will be despatched from EußopA.—On Saturday, as the American ship Wyoming,
not afraid of being considered prolix. After a few obser- Southampton on the 4th of January by the overland Captain Dunlevy, was coming up the Channel, one of the
vations from Mr. Picton and the secretary, it was under- route. Arrangements have been made for the despatch crew fell overboard. The mail-steamer Europa, which
stood that the subject should be taken up at the next of the outward mails of the 4th of February, which are to was passing at the time on her voyage to New York,
meeting ; after which Mr. F. Howard read the paper for be embarked on board the screw-steamer Bosphorus, and hailed the. Wyoming ; and, on learning of the accident
the evening on " Ruskin's stories of Venice," vols. 2 and conveyed to Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, the ship the captain promptly ordered the boats to be lowered, and
3, which he criticised with great severity. touching only at St. Vincent. This contract with the by the exertions of the Europa's crew, the men was
HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the usual meeting on Thurs- government will not in any way interfere with the steam- rescued. On his arrival here, Captain Dunlevy stated
day, Mr. Langsdale presiding, Mr. Fresh reported that ship Crcesns from Southampton for Port Philip and Sydney these• facts in a letter, which was publicly exhibited in
the nuisance complained of by Mr. Laird was in course of on the 10th of January. This vessel has no postal en- the Exchange News-room. He also spoke most highly
removal by Mr. Rose, at the rate of between 200 and 300 gagements to fulfil, and will, therefore, merely take out of the generous and humane conduct of all on board of
tons a week, and Mr. Rose intimated that he would be able ship letter-bags. the Europa.
to remove it altogether. in a month. It was agreed that ENCYCLORAMA. OF AMERICA AND MISSISSIPPI.—When CARRIAGE OF RAILWAY PARCELS.—In the County-
Mr. Rose be required to remove the entire heap by the we first called attention to the merits. of this gigantic court, last week, an action was tried, Lancashire and
20th of January, the clerk being directed to get an under- painting, and the practical experience brought to bear Yorkshire Railway v. Cannon, for the recovery of £2 for
taking from Mr. Rose to do so.—The Medical-officer re- upon its illustration by its spirited proprietor, we felt con- the carriage of eight barrels of fish, belonging to the de-
ported that the progressive decrease of atmospheric tem- fident it would not long escape the discernment of all fendant, on the 17th of August. Mrs. Cannon said that
perature has been accompanied, as in the previous four classes, and we are happy to find our predictions satisfac- the fish was to be forwarded to her on Thursday, but on
weeks, with a corresponding increase in the mortality from torily fulfilled : the audience attesting by their applause the Saturday evening it had not arrived, and she made
disease of the lungs, which, as well as the general mortality the high gratification they receive. As it is probable We some inquiries from a young man in the employ of the
of the borough, was greater during last week than the ten may not again be favoured with a panorama whose subject company, and he said that the barrels had been there
months preceding. The deaths from all causes were 262, will illustrate the beautiful scenery of the " Great Father since the previous day. A verdict was given for the
being fifteen more than the week previous, and twenty-six of Waters "—to the valleys of which, at least, ten thousand plaintiff, his Honour remarking that if the defendant had
more than the average of the same week of the preceding persons emigrate, monthly, from this port alone—we would sustained damage she should bring an action against the
six years. The deaths from diseases of the lungs were 129, strongly urge upon parents the propriety of indulging company ; but in the present instance she was clearly
being nearly one-half of the total mortality, and more than themselves and their children, without delay, by an excur- bound to pay the company for the carriage.
in any week, with one exception, of the six previauS years. ' sion from the " Falls of St. Anthony to the G ulph of
The deaths from these diseases were fifty-five above the Mexico."
average; and, if this excess be deducted, the mortality SLEEPING IN CHAPEL.—A considerable sensation was
from all other causes is shown to have been last week created on Christmas evening, occasioned by strange
twenty-nine below the average of the corresponding week sounds, which were heard issuing from the chapel of the
of former years. From zymotic diseases the deaths were , Rev. J. Kelly, corner. of Field-street, Everton. Conjec-
fifty-six, about the average number. They included fifteen tures of unearthly agency were rife among the pedestrian
from 'looping cough, thirteen frointyphus,five from cholera, • throng, who, listening to the unexpected and inexplicable
four from diarrhoea, three from scarlatina, two from ' noises, gave expression to their opinions and passed on.
measles, one from influenza. No death was registered Entrance being at last effected into the chapel, the sounds
from smallpox. Delirium tremens was fatal to a male, ! were discovered to proceed from a little girl, who, having
aged thirty-five. The injurious influence of the ex- I fallen asleep during the service, was unobserved by any of
treme cold, upon persons in advanced life, is shown by the ! the congregation, and being also aecidentally,overlooked
fact that the deaths above the age of sixty amounted to by the chapel-keeper, was locked in. The unintended
forty-two, a greater number than in any previous week, rprisoner, on being released, flew, rather than ran home,
with one exception, since January, 1848. The mean tem- . none the worse for her imprisonment, though dreadfully
perature of the week was 37 3-10th degrees, three degrees frightened. The strange noises which first attracted
below the average of the same week of the preceding seven notice in the street were caused by the child wandering
years. The medical officer submitted a letter received ! about the chapel in search of a place of exit, in the course
from the General Board of Health, with documents, show- of which she several times stumbled against the pew doors.
ing the advantage in a pecuniary, as well as a sanitary LAW OF THE ROAD.—On Wednesday, Mr. R. Fowles,
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tality in Liverpool, the deaths being about forty-eight in I ring, confectioner, Quadrant-buildings, Lime-street, for
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theear County-court proprietor,
1,000, had induced the board to send down the inspector damage done by a cart belonging to the latter to a car
to examine into the cause of the mortality. Dr. Duncan belonging to the former. From the evidence it appeared
wrote a letter in reply to this communication, showing , that on the 26th of October last, the two vehicles came
that the board fell into a mistake, the number of deaths into collision in Lord-street, by which one of the car
which they quoted being the deaths in the borough, whilst wheels was knocked off, and the car upset, to the danger
the population with which they compared them was that I as well as to the annoyance of the party who was in it at
of the parish. The number of deaths amounted to not the time. • The question turned upon whether the car was
more than thirty-four in the thousand. Last year the on the proper side of the road at the time the accident
number was 11,150 out of a population of 309,000, showing occurred. His Honour adjourned his decision till the 13th
only a fraction above twenty-eight deaths in the thousand. of January, expressing a desire that some witnesses might
Mr. Stewart presented a copy of the new Sanitary Bill to the ; be produced, who were neither car-drivers nor carters, as
committee, stating that the Town-clerk was very anxious I that sort of persons seemed to make a practice of swearing
that it should receive the sanction and approbation of the ' diametrically opposite to each other in such cases.
committee, and that it should be printed and placed in the RAVISHED BEAUTY.—On Wednesday last, a diminutive
hands of the members of the Council. One of the clauses of slovenly-looking man, named John Hodson, brought a
the bill provided that all parties building houses should be charge before the Police Magistrates against Michael
compelled to carry drains from them into the main sewers, Devine, a publican in Scotland-road, for having assaulted
which would be laid down by the committee, but a charge I him by cutting off his hair and whiskers, on the 2nd of
would be made upon the owners of property on each side last month. It appeared that the complainant had been
of the street. The bill was approved of.—lt was intimated I a consenting party to the denudation of which lie now
that the Parliamentary Committee, in order to obtain a I complained, and had received threepence as a fee for his
locus standi, were going to oppose the bill for which the I submission. It was also averred that he had, for the sake
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company had given ! of drink, on different occasions submitted to degrade-
notice, but they were, at the same time, disposed to grant I tions, such as being tarred, or drenched. with water. In
the company proper facilities for their line under whole- I the present instance he said he had been discharged from
some regulations.—A memorial for an increase of salary I his employment in consequence of his looking as if he had
was made by Mr. Blades and Mr. Sainsbury, the surveyors just made his escape from gaol. Mr. Wybergh, the ma-
for the north and south districts, the salaries of their pre- i gistrates' clerk, said it was not a case of assault—the
decessors having been much higher than theirs, whilst the ' complainant could only bring a civil action for loss of
duties had considerably increased. It was stated that their beauty and loss of work. The case was dismissed.
present salaries were £l3O a year, whilst their predecessors A FM—DIFFICULTY AND Co_ r ore— On Wednes-
had £l5O. Mr. Moss moved that the salaries be advanced , day last, a case was brought before the County Court, in
from £l3O to £l5O. Mr. Halhead seconded the motion, ! which Mr. W. Evans, of Knotty Ash, • sought to recover
and, after some conversation, it was carried unanimously. the sum of £1 10s., from Mr. Mark Noble, omnibus pro-
A memorial was read from a number of the inhabitants of ' prietor, Old Swan, being the value of a basket and its
Tithebarn-street, complaining of the nuisance occasioned contents, alleged to have been lost under the following
by Messrs. M`Fie and Sons' sugar manufactory. Mr. New- ! circumstances. On the evening of the 21st Nov., Mrs.
lands stated that Messrs. M`Fie and Sons had made exten- Evans, a Welsh woman, with but an imperfect knowledge
sive alterations in the premises in order to abate the nui- of English, had made some purchases, and got on Mr.
since, but they had not the desired effect. The Chairman Noble's 'bus near St. John's *Market. Her purchases were
intimated that lie had received a memorial from the inha- i in a basket, which she gave to some person that she
bitants of property in the neighbourhood of the vacant believed to be the omnibus conductor, to hold while she
ground opposite Commutation-row, in Islington, complain- got up on the outside. The night was very " foggy," and
ing -of the injury which was done to their property from Mrs. Evans rather "confused.' After passing Kensing-
the assembling of disorderly people upon it, and the exhi- ton, the omnibus ran against a post, and some of 'the
bition of Punch and Judy, and other nuisances. passengers and luggage were thrown off, Mrs. Evans
DOCK COMMITTEE. —Mr. Charles Turner presided at amongst the rest. On the 'bus being set to rights, Mrs.
the weekly-meeting, on Thursday, when the sub-committee Evans was placed inside for the rest of the journey, the
of finance reported that they could not recommend any defendant's son, who was conductor, promising to take
alteration in the system of charging the graving dock care of her basket. On arriving at Knotty Ash her
dues, as requested in an application from the Shipbuilders' basket was not to he found, and she therefore brought the
Association. The chairman intimated that, as regarded present claim for the value of its contents. For the de-
the proposed new landing-stage for seagoing steamers, the fence a witness was called who proved that the plaintiff
finance committee of the town council were anxious to had admitted that she thought she had left her basket
have a reply from the dock committee on the subject of the with a boy at the market. His Honour, having elicited
land required at the west side of the Prince's dock, in from the plaintiff that she bad not seen her basket at all
order that they might make a recommendation to the after getting on the omnibus, decided that she must be
council at the next meeting, the resolution of the finance non-suited, but she was not amerced in costs.
committee being subject to confirmation or rejection by
WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.— The weekly
the council. At a meeting held by the finance committee meeting was held on Wednesday, at the West Derby
on the 23d ult., the chairman of the dock committee, ac- Union Workhouse, Mr. Joseph Harrison in the chair, and
companied by Mr. Lockett, attended and stated the pro- the other members present were Messrs. Reyes,
position made by the trust, that they would throw back G. Harrison, Craig, Mountfield, Abrahams, Roskell,
the boundary wall of the Prince's dock to the length of M'Gee, Smith, Brown, Roberts, Horsfall, Lunt, Kirkus,
1,000 feet, for giving access to the stage. The finance com- Medcalf, Jeffreys, and Carter. The governor's report
mittee were of opinion that it would be necessary to throw showed the number of paupers in the workhouse during
back the wall the whole length. The dock committee the past week to be 669, being 63 fewer than the corres-
were willing. to throw back the wall to the extent of 15 ponding week of halt year ; there were 13 paupers admit-
feet the whole length, and give half the land, provided the ted, 22 discharged, and 1 death, during the week.—On
corporation would give land on the west side of George's the motion of Mr. Abrahams, it was resolved: that the
dock equivalent in value to the other half. The finance new board room should be insured in the Royal Insurance
committee, upon that, passed a resolution to the effect Company for £soo.—Mr. Clayton, architect, reported that
that, inasmuch as the proposed landing-stage to be con- the contractors for completing, the new hospital would
strutted at the expense of the corporation was for the proceed as speedily as possible with the work upon the
advantage of all classes, the land required ought to be discontinuance of the frost —Mr. Horsfall begged Mr.
given without payment ; but, being strongly impressed of Clayton to get as many men as he could upon the build-
the benefit that would accrue to the port, they will, not- ing, for he was confident that the washhouses would be
withstanding, recommend to the council, rather than these wanted before they were ready.—Communications were
advantages should be lost, to consent to a money payment read by Mr. Cleaver from the poor-law unions of Anglesey,
being made by the corporation in respect of half the Chester, and Doncaster, notifying to the West Derby
additional land required for the purpose, or exchange any Board that they had determined upon discontinuing in
land on equitable terms in respect of such half, the cor- future relief to non-resident, and non-settled paupers.
poration not being willing to part with any portion of the Mr. Cleaver was instructed to write to the three boards,
land on the west side of the George's Dock. In reply. to a requesting them to accept the paupers that would be
question, the chairman explained that the finance corn- affected by the change.—The board then adjourned.
mittee agreed to pay for half the land, instead of binding ST. PAUL'S Cuurien NATIONAL ScnooLs.—On Tues-
themselves to give in exchange half in land at George's day evening a tea-party, in aid of the building fund of
dock. The land required would be about 1,600 yards, the proposed new schools in St. Paul's district, was held
and the finance committee wished to retain the option of in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, which was deco-
paying for half in land or money.—Mr. Robinson asked rated for the occasion with banners and evergreens. The
whether Mr. Maciver had not said that the stage would be attendance was numerous ; and on the platform were
of no use to ocean steamers. It would be simply for the the Rev. W. Maynard, Ulf Rev. George Read, the Rev. J.
-channel steamers. Was it necessary to make snch an B. Lowe, the Rev. Di. Hume, the Rev. John Jones, and
arrangement merely for the channel steamers ? Cattle the Rev. S. B. Sutton. After tea, the Rev. George Read,
could not be landed at the Prince's-pier, as these vessels in the absence of Mr. Alderman Bold, was called to the
always went into dock.—The Chairman reminded the com- chair, and, after engaging in prayer, proceeded to explain
mittee that a most distinct offer was made to the corpo- the object of the meeting. He regretted Mr. Bold's
ration for an equvalent in land at George's dock, and they absence, both because he was the alderman for their
wished to retain the power of either giving money or land. ward, and a true Conservative Protestant. He had re-
Mr. Littledale said a state of things might arise in which ceived a letter of apology from that gentleman, mom-
they desired to exchange yard for yard.—The Chairman Fulled by a request that his name should be put down
replied that there was to be an equivalent, and the land for a donation of £5 in aid of the building fund. (Cheers.)
exchanged would be subject tothe valuation of Mr. Stewart. Some of them would know that, there had been a Smiday
Some further conversation took place as to who would be school in connexion with St. Paul's Church for many
liable for the removal and the building of the wall at years, mainly supported by an old friend, Mr. William
Prince's Dock, when the , chairman explained that, as Worrell, but as he was no longer a resident in the town,
nothing was said by the corporation, they would have a it had been found necessary to convene a meeting to
right to do it—The surveyor said the cost of building the answer a two-foldpurpose —first, to afford an opportunity
wall would be about £3OO or £4oo.—Mr. Barber moved of advocating the support of the Sunday schools, and, at
that the equivalent given by the corporation be not in the same time, to endeavour to excite an interest in some
money, but either the land on the west of George's Dock, strangers to the district, on behalf of the schools which
the Corporation Dock, or west side of the
.Queen's Dock, they proposed to build in that district. It was a poor
at their relative values.—The amendment was seconded district, inhabited chiefly by the labouring classes, and
by Mr. Evans, and, on a division, lost by 9 to 7.—The contained about 8,000 souls. Nearly 4,000 of these were
recommendation to agree to the proposition of the corpo- Roman Catholics, and more than 4,000 were Protestants ;
ration was then confirmed, an opinion being given by the but in that district there had never been a Protestant
solicitor, in reply to a question by Mr. Evans, that the' school for the children of the poor, They, were now
corporation must take down the wall and rebuild it at making an effort to remedy this state of things ; and he
their own expense.—A report was read from the solicitor was happy to say that, although some merchants had not
in reference to giving receipt stamps for dock dues; the attended to their duty, there were many who had kindly
solicitor was of opinion that the dock trust was bound by come forward and given subscriptions for the object. The
law to give receipts, if required, for all moneys paid to Earl of Derby's name was at the head of the list for a
them exceeding M. The report included several sug- subscription of £25 ; and amongst the names of other
gestions as to the best mode of carrying out the plan of gentlemen who had given liberally was that of Mr. Edmund
givir.g receipts ; the most practicable being that parties Molyneux, who had given them £lOO. (Cheers.) The
should write a duplicate on stamped paper where the chairman then read a letter which he had received from a
amount was above £'2. The solicitor having stated that professed high Churchman, or Puseyite, expressing his
there was no legal objection to resuming the practice of antipathy to tea parties for such objects, describing the
giving receipt stamps,- it was referred to the Finance tea-party system as contemptible, mean, and selfish, sir-
Committee to give the necessary directions.—Mr. Little- critically adding, " that no doubt many clergymen would
dale called attention to the desirability of some power be -present, with the usual stock-in-trade of no-Popery
being vested either in the Dock Committee or the corpo- humbug, *Protestant nonsense, and Orange clap-trap."
ration as to the regulation of vessels lying in the river. The chairman concluded his remarks by calling upon the
That day a serious accident had occurred during the fog, meetingto exert themselves in aid of the object for which
one of the Woodside boats being cut down to the water's they were met together.—The Rev. J. B. Lowe then
edge by a collision with a vessel lying in the river. He delivered an address on "The Duty of Sunday-school
had.made inquiry, and ascertained that the water bailiff, Teachers ;" after which the Rev. Dr. Hume made some
who had a certain control as regarded the river, possessed very true remarks on " The Right Use of Money."—The
no power of interference in such cases. The solicitor said Rev. S. B. Sutton also spoke on " The Advantage of
there was no direct power vested in anybody.—Mr. Little- Protestantism to the Working Classes ;" the Rev. W. F.
dale thought, there should be some such power, seeing Taylor on " The Blighting, Withering Influences of
that so many accidents occurred.—The Chairman agreed Popery .
'" and the Rev. W.' Maynard on " The Blessed-
with him, that a power over the river was desirable.— ness of Christian Union." During the evening several
The.matter dropped without any resolution being, adopted anthems were sung by the choir of St. Paul's Church, and
enthe.subject, -a collection made for the benefit of the schools.

GEYERAL INTELLIGENCE.

IN CnEISTMAS WEEK, the Great Western Railway took
to London four tons of misletoe.

Stn. JAMES RrvEns, Bart., has been bound over to keep
the peace at Bath, he having been guilty of riotous and
disorderly conduct.
Mr. WARREN, ¢C.; has, it is said, recently declined an
offer, from an eminent publisher, of 2,500 guineas for a
new novel. .

ELIZABETH HOLLY, respectably connected, who, with
her married sister, was committed for trial at Colchester,
for shoplifting, has been sentenced to four months' impri-
sonment. The sister was acquitted.
A Youryck WO3IIN was recently;so much alarmed at the
noise caused by a riot in the streets of Newton Stewart,
Wigtonshire, as to lose her reason, and having utterly
refused all sustenance, she has since died.

Br 31.E.ucs of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites, astrono-
mers have proved that light travels the whole diameter
of the earth's orbit in sixteen minutes and, consequently,
that it has a velocity of 200,000 miles in a second.
LIE NUMBER or CIGAES of home manufacture sold in
Austria before 1841 was only twenty-eight millions per
annum. It is now eight hundred millions per annum, be-
sides one hundred and fifty millions imported from abroad.
AFTEE an interval of three hundred years, a Roman
Catholic priest has been established at Haddington. He
officiates in a granary loft : the use of the Assembly-room
was flatly refused. [Haddington was the birth-place of
John Knox, the famous Scottish Reformer.]
TILE BODIES of nO less than five infant children have
been discovered " built up " in the fire-place of a cottage
at Ditchling, Sussex. A former female occupant of the
cottage has been apprehended on the charge of wholesale
infanticide.

PRINCE ALBERT, Chancellor of Cambridge University,
being pleased to give annually a gold medal for the en-
couragement of English poetry, the Vice-Chancellor gives
notice that the prize will be given this year for the best
poem on "The Chinese Empire, in reference to its past
history and impending changes."
THE TowN COUNCIL of Edinburgh have unanimously
agreed to address a memorial to the Lord Advocate, urg-
ing the Government to bring in a bill, during the ap-
proaching session of Parliament, for the establishment of
an efficient system of registration of births, marriages,
and deaths iu Scotland.

AN intelligent young Esquimanx, who officiated as
pilot to one of the searching expeditions, and who has been
educated in this country at the expense of the Admiralty,
was recently baptised in St. Martin's Church, Canterbury.
One of his sponsors was Mrs. (Cell, daughter of Sir John
Franklin. His name is now Erasmus Augustine Kal-
lihirua.

A MAN DROWNED IN A VAT OF ALE.—Last week a
man, named William ',apish, brewer to Mr. Denby, of
Selby, was found drowned in a vat of ale of about 400 gal-
lons. The deceased, it is supposed, had fallen in whilst
attending to his duties, about three quarters of an hour
before he was found. An inquest was held on the body,
but nothing beyond tile fact of the man being found
drowned was elicited.—Torkshireman.
TEA AND COFFEE.—A few evenings since, (says the
Lancet,) at the London Medical Society, the president re-
ferred to a case in which tea drunk in the morning, and
coffee in the evening, always produced ill effects—the re-
verse none. The cause is probably this, that the stomach,
needing a nourishing beverage in the morning, finds it
in coffee only. Needing none after dinner, it obtains a
mere stimulant in tea.

TRAVELLERS from St. Petersburgh state (in the Ham-
burgh News) that in the shops of that city are sold maps
of Constantinople, in which the Turkish capital is divided
into Russian police districts. A copy of this map, which
was brought to Vienna, produced a great sensation, as it
is well known that at St. Petersburgh no person can sell
maps or engravings without the authorisation of the
Government.
THE MANCHESTER AND SALFORD EDUCATION BILL.
—Sir John Pakington, it is said, has declined the request
of the Manchester and Salford Education Committee to
take charge of their bill in the approaching session of
Parliament, on the ground that, although concurring in
the general principles of that measure, he is unable to
adopt the plan proposed by the committee for the religious
instruction to be given in those schools not connected with
any particular denomination of Christians.
NEW WARLIKE MISSILES.—A trial was made last
week, at the Isle of Wight, of a certain description of
shell, the secret of which is said to be entirely confined to
the British Government. The Gorgon steamer was em-
ployed for the purpose, and the practice is described as
terrific. The steamer lay about 900 yards from the rocks,
and such was the fearful character of the fire, that the
bursting of every shell brought down whole tons of ada-
meat. It is calculated that no ship of the line could have
kept afloat ten minutes under so terrific an explosion.
SIXTY HEAVY GUNS are to be mounted at the battery
now erecting at Sconce Point, on the Isle of Wight, to
guard the entrance of the Solent sea. Thirty guns are
mounted at Hurst Castle battery, opposite the Isle of
Wight, on the Hampshire coast. There is also to be
another battery erected about a mile and a half distant
from Sconce Point, at a place called Cliff-end. '['his bat-
tery will be directly opposite that of Hurst Castle. These
fortifications, when completed, will render the passage of
the Solent by a hostile fleet impossible.
THE RUSSIAN FLEET.—We have the best authority
for stating that the Russian High-Admiral, having re-
cently insplkted the Czar's Baltic fleet, one-half of the
ships were at once condemned as worthless, and it was
determined to build, on contract, a number of screw
line-of-battle ships—one account says no less than thirty !
We may possibly find some of these contracts taken in the
Clyde, or the Thames, and may safely calculate upon a
portion of these vessels being built by the Americans.
But it will take at least two years to get so large a fleet
fit for sea, even if the cash is forthcoming.—Daily News.
THE ARCHZOLOGY OF THE FIERO ISLES.—At the
quarterly meeting of the society of Northern Antiquaries,
held at Copenhagen, Mr. Hammerhaimb, who last summer
undertook a voyage to the Fiero Isles, to collect materials
for a popular archaeology of those islands, exhibited speci-
mens of a detailed special map, on which he had collected
a-number of names of places handed down from the ear-
liest times in the Faro dialect, which is an offshoot of the
Icelandic or old Norse. These charts will be added to the
collection contained in the society's archives. Professor
Rafn communicated some observations on Runic stones in
various provinces of Sweden and Norway, in which Eng-
land or the Western countries are mentioned. Among
these was one in memory of a Swede, who was buried at
Bath, and another of one who died at Leith.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—The damage caused
to the 'Exeter and Crediton Railway, of which the Bristol
and Exeter Company have the management, by the extra-
ordinary floods on the 19th ultimo, has been found to be
of so extensive a nature as to render it necessary for that
company to issue notices to the public, stating that the
traffic will be suspended till further notice. In many
places the rails are altogether washed away ; and at one
spot the whole of the sleepers and ballast were swept off
some distance into an adjoining field. During the period
of the closing of the line the travelling from Exeter to
Crediton will be performed by four-horse coaches, which
proceed thence to Barnstaple. The North Devon Rail-
way, which is being constructed to join the Exeter and
Crediton line at the latter place, also suffered frcim the
same floods.

MARRIAGE PROOPS.—A commission WAS applied for
in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, on Wednesday week, to exa-
mine witnesses in India, France, and Scotland, concerning
the marriage of Dr. Peter Cochrane with Abeem Bebee, an
Indian lady of rank, alleged to have been performed by a
native priest in India. Since this alleged marriage, Dr.
Peter Cochrane had married again, and, having had
children by both marriages, a question of legitimacy
arose. The person seeking to obtain the commission was
Mrs. Moorhouse, daughter of Dr. Cochrane and the Indian
lady ; Mrs. Moorhouse claimed under her father's will, as
the legitimate child. Sir R. T. Kindersley refused the
commission to India on the ground that, as the Bebee had
expressed it, " all the parties were dead, and the docu-
ments- eaten by the white ants;" the commission to
France, and. Scotland was granted.