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

THE LTVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JA_NCIARY 18, 18.7_,3

CUSTOMS RECEIPTS AT LIVERPOOL.—The receipt of I THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' BALL.—On Wednesday
the Customs at this port for the past year nearly ap- the annual ball in aid of the charitable objects of the Li-
proaches £3,500,000, although it falls short by about sensed Victuallers' Association was held in the splendid
£24,000 of the receipts of the preceding year, which is ' rooms of the Town-hall. A brilliant array of company
accounted for by the annual July reduction in the rate on I thronged the ball-room, upwards of 650 being present, a
sugar, and the holders of tea keeping back from payment ' larger number thaw was ever drawn together on any simi-
in consequence of the proposed reduction in the duties. laroccasion. The mayor, Samuel Holme, Esq., was pre-
The same causes have affected the kingdom generally, as sent, and several of the members of the Town Council.
there is a diminution of £65,687 on the aggregate customs Gribbins' quadrille band occupied the orchestra in the
for the year.
large ball-room, while the pensioners' band, stationed in
TRADE WITH MOROCCO.—The Manchester Commercial Association has received a letter from the Foreign Secre- music. Dancing
ow,
the vestibule, performseodonattiionoteedrvawlistiai vliatrtlieet
y interruptiono f
popular
tary, acknowledging the receipt of a memorial from the Manchester Commercial Association, calling attention to broke up, all being
until nearly three
hacilcrohclkyignrathtiefiemdowrnitiinig,thwohpernoetheeedpioargtsy.
n-
the unsatisfactory state of British trade to Morocco, andaoreewto institutionb e appropriated
io vces
ti npaeirdhyo.f
the
ballthe
stating in reply, that " although representations have the fund for erecting
The proceeds of
road.
already been repeatedly made to the Moorish Government, on the subject, without effect, Her Majesty's Charge
existing in the island of Madeira, through the
the distress CUSTOMS' DUTIES. AT MADEIRA.—In consequence of
d'Affaires and Consul-General in Morocco will, neverthe- .
e which has attacked the vines, a decree has been
less, be instructed to renew his representations, and' to
dlses
dated 12th Nov., making the following alter-
endeavour to induce the Moorish Government to remove published,.
the obstructions to the developetneet of British trade with
at Funchalmerely for
propelled by sails or steam, calling
ations in duties.:—Art. 1. All merchant vessels, whether
Morocco, which are now so justly complained of."
supplies, or to land passengers, shall be exempted from
PRIZE MEDAL.—In the shop of Mr. Broom, silver- payment of custom-house clearances, as well as from the
smith, Lord-street, may be seen a handsome medal, charges for the health office and government visits. Art.
awarded to Mr. Braithwaite Poole, by the council of the 2. Potatoes and pearl barley shall be admitted free of
Institution of Civil Engineers, in London, for the best duty through the custom-house at Funchal. Art. 3. The
essay on economy in the working of railways. The corn- import duty on salt fish at the custom-house of Funchal
petitors were numerous, including many of the most emi- is reduced to 15 per cent. ad valorem. Art 4. The favours
nent engineers, and other scientific gentlemen. The dis- mentioned in the second and third articles are granted for
suasion lasted three sittings, and the premium is the the term of one year, to be reckoned from the day on
highest character of any awarded. On one side is a head which this decree shall begin to be carried into effect.
of the celebrated Telford ; and on
Mena obverse, a repre- Art. 5. All legislation to the contrary is revoked.
sentation of his greatest work, the i-bridge. Around
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was
the edge is engraved, "Braithwaite Poole. Assoce. s
Instn. C.E. Prize premium, 1852."
Mr. Stein, relieving officer, was exonerated from a charge
held on W ednesday, the Rev. W. Badnall in the chair.—
CAPTURE OF A POACHER.—On Thursday, Matthew brought against him.—Mr. James Wood, who was
Robertson was charged with poaching on the preserves of appointed at the last meeting to the office of superin-
the Earl of Sefton, at Croxteth. The prisoner had had tendent of out-door labour, was suspended on a charge
his arm broken by the keepers, and had been conveyed to of drunkenness.—A letter was read from the Poor-law
the Infirmary, from which he subsequently escaped. He Beard, sanctioning the appointment of Mr. and Mrs.
was, however, captured again on Wednesday. It ap- Gough as master and matron of the 'Workhouse—the
geared, from the evidence of the gamekeepers, that on the master at a salary of £lOO, and the matron at a salary of
3rd instant they were in a cover at Frenchwood, when they £6O per annum, and rations.—An inquiry took place
saw two men, whom they subsequently lost sight of ; but, relative to the manner in which Mr. Tomkins, one of the
aft, r a short time, the prisoner was seen coming out of relieving officers for Toxteth-park, performed his duties,
the cover ; the other man had entirely disappeared. the result of which was that the board expressed their
Barnes attempted to seize the prisoner, when the latter dissatisfaction with his conduct. He was suspended from
stepped hack, and presented his toasting-piece at the office.—Mr. Alfred Stephens, one of the medical officers
keeper. Hunt promptly raised his stick and knocked the of Toxteth-park, appeared to answer to a charge of having
fellow to the ground, thus, probably, saving the life of his canvassed for a midwifery case (for which the medical
companion. The prisoner then received several blows officers are paid he fee). Mr. Stephens was acquitted of
from the eamekeepers, and he was conveyed to the head all blame, and the board then adjourned.
gamekeeper's house. Subsequently he was given in charge
LANDING-STAGE FOR LARGE STEAMERS. —At the
of a sergeant of police, who found the prisoner's fowling-
Town Council meeting, on Wednesday, one of the
piece loaded with shop and capped. He was committed ~ for trial at the Kirkdale sessions.
Rounthwaite, manager of the City of Dublin
.Steam-
Mayor's communications" was a letter from Mr.
PROVIDENTIAL RESCUE.—On the 10th instant, when packet Company, calling attention. to an applicaltotunopdrea.-
barkation of passengers to and
near the Smalls, Captain Burn, of the screw-steamer Peli- tented some months since, soliciting further acc
can, from Lisbon to this port, fell in with the brig Cale- tion for the landing and em donia, which, during the recent gales, had been blown from these steamers. He
for the in-
from the banks of Newfoundland. Though the sea was take the earliest opportunity of providing
trusted that the Council would
running very high at the time, Captain Burn managed to creasing wants of
the port in this respect. Only a few
put a portion of his crew on board of the Caledonia, who days ago no less than seven large steamers were waiting i
fastened her to the steamer with a hawser, the crew of to get alongside the small stage. Mr. Fernihough moved
the Caledonia being too weak And exhausted to perform that the memorial be referred to the Finance Committee,
this necessary act. Captain Burn at first wished them to a special committee from which had been appointed to
leave theis vessel, and come on board his steamer ; but take into consideration this subject. The only reason for
as they refused, he determined to take her in tow at all delay had been that they had no surplus income to enable
hazards. They stated that the gale sprung up so sud-
denly and fiercely, that they were forced to run before command of funds, and this would be one of the first
the wind across the Atlantic, with torn sails, and without subjects which they would take up. The Mayor informed
a compass ; while their small stock of provisions made the Council that both Mr. Weightman and Mr. Hartley
them fear that all the horrors of starvation would be had been instructed to furnish plans for the consideration
added to the other ills which had befallen them. Thanks, of the Council, and that these plans were now being pro-
however, to Captain Burn and his crew, they arrived ceeded with.
safely in this port, and will soon be enabled to sail again
LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT.—In the Court of Queen's
for Newfoundland.
Bench, on Thursday, in the case of " The Queen v. Walsh
PAYMENT OF ADVANCE NOTES.—On Tuesday, Messrs. in re Walsh v. lonides," an application for a prohibition to
Brice, Friend, and Co., owners of the barque Flying be directed to the plaintiff to prohibit him from further
Childers, were summoned at the Folice.court for refusing proceedings in the Liverpool County Court in an action
payment of an advance note. The clause in the act re. against the defendant for non-delivery of a bill of lading,
farting to the payment of these notes, states that they a policy on cargo, and other papers relating to a cargo;
must always be paid on becoming due, unless it is proved and also for non-delivery of the cargo itself. It was con-
that the seaman is not on board earning his wages. In tended for the defendant, that, as the cargo might be de-
this case the defendants produced legal documents which livered at at any port in the United Kingdom, and had
certified that the seaman, in whose favour the note was actually been ordered to a port in Ireland, the breach of
given, had been committed to gaol at Queenstown by the agreement which constituted the cause of action had not
magistrates there, before the ten days named in the note arisen in Liverpool. Lord Campbell delivered the judg-
had expired, for refusing duty and to proceed in the ship. ment of the court. The prohibition must issue, but with
The notes are made payable ten days after the vessel sails, some modification. As to that part of the breach of the
in order to provide against such an occurrence as that agreement the cause of action was complete in Liverpool,
named above. But Mr. Mansfield's decision was that the and the action was properly brought. But the cargo
note must be paid, so that the seaman who intends to act might be delivered anywhere within the United King-
fraudulently towards the shipowner may now sign articles, dorn, and, in fact, it was ordered to be delivered at
obtain his advance note, and desert immediately ; and if a different port. So far, therefore, there was no breach
Mr. Mansfield's interpretation of the law is correct, it is
very necessary that an immediate alteration of it should of the agreement at Liverpool with respect to the cargo.
be made. The plaintiff must be prohibited from proceeding with
that part of the action which related to the non-delivery
BRUTAL CONDUCT.—On Thursday, Mr. Owen, rotor- of the cargo, but he might proceed as to the rest. The
rim appeared on behalf of a Chinese seaman, named Ho plaintiff might apply to the judge of the County Court to
Ha, to complain of a series of assaults committed upon amend his particulars of action in that respect, and might
him by Captain Black, of the Athol, just arrived from proceed on the amended particulars.
Sincapore. It appeared that the defendant frequently ill-
ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCH2EOLOGICAL SOCIETY.--
used and brutally beat him for the most trivial faults, oc- The fortnightly meeting of this society was held on Wed--
The for by his slight knowledge of the English language. nesday at .the Royal Institution, Mr. H. P. Horner in
On the 6th November, the complainant had given the the chair.—Verious presentations of hooka, plans,
sailors some bread which had been made unfit for the cap- having been made,—Mr. Picton urged the 'desirability Of
sailor table, and when the captain heard of it, he rushed at once depositing their library and portfolio at the rooms
at the poor Chinaman and struck him with his fists several of the Free Public Library in Duke-street, where he pro-
times in the face. He then took up a whip and threatened Liaised that special accommodation would be provided for
to flog him ;ace when the poor fellow fell down on his them.
his Newlands called attention to a gross attack
knees and begged him not to do so, the brutal fellow kicked upon his professional character in the report of the Lon-
him in the face. Mr. Owen called the first and second don committee of baths and wash-houses, in which he
mates, who gave evidence of the ill-usage which the was charged with plagiarising the plans of Mr. Bailey,
Chinaman had received at the hands of the captain. On their engineer. He stated that, till long after his design
the night in question the sailor threw his arms round the was published, he had never seen Mr. Bailey's plan, and
neck of Mr. Wallace, the first mate, and wept for nearly produced the first rough sketches to show that he had hit
an hour. Mr. Mansfield fined the defendant £5, and upon the principle in Edinburgh, when designing a type-
ordered him to pay the complainant's wages, withheld on foundry, so far back as 1842 and 1843. He asked for a
the ground of incompetency.
committee of inquiry to be appointed, that he might be
CONFESSION OF A MURDERER —A named bert set rin the matter.—Chairman and other se-
near Manchester, has given himself up to the
poliman at lice Stalybridge, bersi g
ehtxpressed themselvTe shatready satisfied ; but the se-
near Manchester, on his own confession of being impli- cretary was instructed to write to the London association
rated in a murder committed in 1847. He stated that at to know on what ground such charges had been made.—
the time he had an improper intimacy with the wife of a Mr. J. A. Forrest called attention to the double windows
man named James Brooks, at Godley, near Hyde, and which were being put into Dr. M'Neile's church ; the
that he procured her some arsenic, at her request, which plan effectually excluded all draughts and noise, and,
she administered to her husband in some pddgs. owing to the cheapness of glass, the cost was of trifling
Brooks died suddenly, and an inquest was held onin the amount. Mr. Forrest also exhibited a beautiful specimen
body, when the jury decided that he had died from the of the stereoscope, representing a druggist's shop in mini-
effects of a hurt in the head which he bad received when ature.—Mr. Barry read a paper containing a few facts of
working as a collier. On the strength of this statement architectural and archaeological interest, gleaned from a
the woman, who married Thornley soon after the murder, cursory visit to the three neighbouring churches—Orrns-
was arrested. The remains of Brooks' body were ex- kirk, Aughton, and Sefton. He produced rubbings of
burned, and examined by Mr. Alcock, surgeon, but, as lie several of the monumental brasses, and also of a brass
was unable to detect the presence of poison,
the accused let into the wall of Ormskirk church, containing the fol-
was discharged. But Mr. Alcock subsequently analyzed lowing quaint inscrion :
another portion of the remains that was less decayed ;
and "My ancestors have been interred here, above 380 years
This to be very ancient appears,
he then found arsenic in large quantities. On this dis-
Which, that all men may know, and offer no wrong
covers the woman was again apprehended, and Thornley it is ten perch one foot broad, and 44 yards long. '
and his wife have been committed for trial at the next
Chester Assizes. This was signed by one W. Bostock, as the sculptor, and
referre, e supposed, to the size of the tomb. There
THE Slue Jolter KNoz.—The commander of the ship was a similar one in Aughton church.—The society soon
oJohniai
from Knox t
hhea s
passengers received t hoer,
boardfollowing
th gratifyingat
ship,
duringt es ti rnhoer- afterwards adjourned.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on
voyageArran, from Liverpool :—" Lanalash Harbour, Isle of Thursda, Mr. C. Turner, M.P. in the chair. The
January 13th, 1853. We, the undersigned, acting following
on behalf of the passengers in the' John Knox, which
an almost uninterrupted succession of adverse winds, tenders were
.accepted :—William and J. Norris,
left the Merse . y on the let instant, and has encountered
.
x, ship and Chapman and Callis, for chains ;R. Houlgrane, for
tar •T 1 Hart,torch •k • Mather and Co., sheet
, Thomas me , a
storm, and hurricane up to iron.—Mr Bold asked whether orders had been given to
with conside bl the present time and has met i
to the untiring energy, the ability, the
re e damage and di ' •
cord our testimony 11 r. Hartley to proceed with the dock works at Wapping..
disaster, are desirous to re- it was that Mr. Hartley was going on with the
kind-heartedness of our 1
to the unwearied exertions
than whom a better- man gwa lent commander, I!. Killea, works. stated Mr. Hartley said they were proceeding so far as
making preparations. Mr. Bold wished to understand
weof could not wish to sail with ; clearly whether they were going on just as though the
nmself, his officers, and
crew ; to the attention and abilit of '
s ip ;
foyr
hadour surgeon, and to proceedings of the committee had not been vetoed. Mr.
Hartley repeated that they were going on with the pre-
the high qualities of our h•
she not also been
a very superior one, we should not have outlived the fear- paragons ; the works were, in point of fact, going on.
ful hurricane of the 11th instant. Signed,
,chairman. Charles Thomas Ellis
Howitt, William Henry Ellis, John
m. N't Newell, The solicitor said that what was passed by thel committee
was good until it had been annulled. Mr. Big ham thought
ABlreyxdaeo,
dJe.rßLusallobey,W.rohhitoe,CJohhadnwWieeks,tbßoiuorhnaerd,
. iv.
Crispin,oilinlßavis Samue it was adding insult to injury to go on with the works in
the present position of the council and the dock commit-
Alexander Malcornson thought great injustice was being
done to the town and the docks by the stoppage of the
James Lackey, Wm, Paton, James Henry,Thompson,n Samuelul
d
John Sut- works ; and if the council in their wisdom did not choose
cliffs. Y
WRECK OF THE BRIG EDWARD.--TO the list of to meet and decide the matter, it ought to be brought
fly before the public, in order that it might be
ships which foundered during the storms of Christmas prominently
under the direction of that body. After some
last, may be added the brig Edward, of Liverpool, from Further conversation, it was agreed that the chairman and
Carthagena, in Columbia, to Liverpool, with a general dock solicitor should confer with the town-clerk in refer-
cargo, consisting of dyewood, hides, cigars, &c. She had ence to calling a special meeting of the council ; in the
nearly reached her destination, and had taken on board a meantime, the works were not to be proceeded with. A
Liverpool pilot at the Bell Buoy, when the late storms recommendation to re-advertise for tenders for 3000 gal-
came on, which tossed her about in the channel, and lons of oil for the lighthouses (in consequence of a party
eventually caused her to seek shelter in Ramsey Bay, with tendering refusing the contract) was agreed
A. A ter
the loss of nearly all her canvas. She rode at anchor in commendation to accept the offer of Mr. Alexander
the bay for about a week, with south and westerly winds ; Miller, for lithographing a survey of the river, was agreed
but on Thursday morning the wind veered to the south- sin r tender of Messrs. Weber and Co., to supply buoy
west, and blew a heavy gale, which caused her to part sinkers, was accepted. The practice of dock-gatemen band
from her anchors : and having no canvas to stand to sea, others soliciting Christmas-boxes was brought under the
(the captain being on shore at the time), the pilot and notice of the committee, but after a lengthened converse-
crew managed to run her on the beach, about two miles tion the subject dropped. The harbour-masters' sub-
and a half to the north of Ramsey. As the wind changed committee reported that they could not recommend the
to the south-west immediately after she came on shore, of berths at the Sandon Dock for Messrs.
anti as she came on at half-tide, hopes were entertained appropriation
that she might be got off during the next tide ; but whon M'lvers steamers ; but if these gentlemen would give the
the water reached it was found that she had sustained so harbour-master a few days' notice, arrangements wouldb to
much injury that it would be impracticable to attempt to
other b madeusi give them the utmost accommodation. The
ness was unimportant.
get her off without first discharging her cargo. Mr. Wm.
VESTRY.—The Rev. Rector Campbell presided
Watkins, agent to Lloyd's, with his usual promptitude, SELECT
commenced at once discharging the cargo, and removing
at the fortnightly meeting on Tuesday. There were re-
in
it to a place of safety, On Friday the wind again changed
of
to
ported
to be 2,062 inmates
572 sick cases, 58 of these the Workhouse, inclusive
being of fever and 50 of
to the south-east, causing a heavy swell, which swept her .
h
decks, carrying almost everything away, including one of it c ' The Industrial Schools Committee reported that a
her masts, and drove her broadside on the beach, strain- girl named Kelly, a pupil teacher, had been appointed
ing her hull so much that she is now a total wreck.
assistant-schoolmistress, at a salary of £2O a-year, and
she is full of water every tide, that part of the cargo liable
As
rations. Mr Weightman reported that £l.BOO was due
tpoaired! receiveh adtatmhaegdeyew fromoo
dth. ebseai
omge
in
will be
logs,
will more o
or less
i m
receive - to Messrs. nolme on their contract for the new Work-
house buildings, making a total of £71,200. Mr. Brad-
much injury.—Mona's Herald.
INTERIOR OF ST. GEORGE'S HALL, LIVE 0 L ---.-The ley complained of a recommendation by the committee to
interior of St. George's Hall is at present cronwPdend.with a separate the dispensary connected with the workhouse
theside waling buildings, and make two distinct establishments, one for
forest of scaffolding. It is intended to linethe in-door patients, and one for the out-door patients.
as high as the galleries, including the balustrades
polished rose granite dada (which is now fixed) an'dy'a.bite-yaa After a short discussion, it was agreed that the subject
with polished marbles in colours. The balustrades will should be left to the Medical Relief Committee and the
probably be of black marble. The six pairs of doors Building Committee to consult together on the plan,
be
epeioni
hnrgoionzteo, thethe hpaalalellroypeejou.swtobrekewn
iothrdpeiraetde..
glass intro_ when they thought they could come to a proper arrange-
opening
will ment. A long discussion took place relative to the ap-
pointment of a surveyor. Mr. Bradley said the resolu-
ppaoirtt,eorr
call itl. These doors will cost about £3oone may
So
duced between the inner and outer tracery (if oLion which the committee came to on the 31st ult. was,
£l,BOO in all. They are being manufactured bay
of London, from Mr. Cockerell's designs. The ceiling That from the candidates who offered themselves for
the situation of surveyor for the parish, this committee
part all has been entirely remodelled in the ornanaental
, . the Queen's visit. The large panels are bein
the hall Y g
vestry.clerkha.ve not been able to make such a selection as they can
as been
armorial bearings of the kingdom, in every respect recommend to the general board for ap-
cs,__ r P ne, and the principal towns—emblazoned in pointment.", After
submitted
committee had broken up, the
plaster. The
CZltlys. The pendentives of thevaultin are to be enrie'.l.,e*d drew up a report briefly embodying the reso-
lution, for presentation to the board. To that report,
ei coatle
dg groups ps iin low ow relief,
bi 0
with large all •wheel' was eubrnitte on the 7th instant, there was an
g allegorical
amendment moved in the absence of the rector, of Mr.
floor i b •
a ern
WI "tband N M that
ll Y lr. oss,the report should not be
a design
bY Groner, encaustic tiles Y Minton, from
affair. The centre ofn
etrerrel promises to be an elaborate adopted. Mr. Sumners was present and voted, but it
the gangway, which extendslal will be sunk three
around, steps below appeared afterwards that he was not a member of the
down a considerable• Mr. Willis has committee, so that the amendment was carried by four to
sent
portion of the fthreevotes.This straightforward explanation
was a . of
organ, with the bellows, wind chests, and of the 1
sts, and a portion of the 1
1 the r •
p oceedings of the board up to a certain point and
•es The committee are &net
PIP •
to con tr
position ofhaving
will was now placed in the disagreeable
and platform, which will cost tom I act for the case The bellows will be worked byassett bather about £3,000. personally to report that there were not those parties
before eam-en ine 1 • them whom they could recommend as surveyor for
two 8-inch oscillating cylinders turning ag , laving this important town. He thought himself, after mature
without a fly-wheel, that the power may e
mcroarnk, but consideration, the best course they could adopt would be
rapid control. This is probably the
firstbappiie more under
to transfer the whole matter to the finance committee,
steam power to the production of music on record, application
of
'
i and let them take such a course as, under the circurn-
the frightful railway whistle, suggestive of a train stances, they considered advisable. After some remarks
thought of a very different nature. The organ will be then from different members, principally condemnatory of the
largest in the world—some think too large.—The Builder report of the committee, it was agreed to refer the matter
• to the finance committee.

THE SHIP ALBATROSS. - Letters were received on
Tuesday from passengers in the above vessel, under date
Dec. 9th. The Albatross sailed from Liverpool on the
15th November, and experienced a violent storm when
crossing the channel, which kept her beating about for
nearly a week, and so strained her that at one time it was
feared her masts would have to be cut away. Fortunately,
however, the gales ceased, and she proceeded on her
voyage until, on the 9th of December, she was near the
coast of Africa, on the point of crossing the line. It was
then hoped that she would complete her voyage about a
fortnight sooner than was originally expected. The pas-
sengers express themselves perfectly satisfied with the
captain and the officers, who treated them with much
consideration and kindness. Much inconvenience bad
arisen from the misconduct of some of the first-class pas-
sengers. No wines or spirits were served to either second
class or steerage passengers, but unfortunately several of
the first class got intoxicated and conducted themselves
in a most disgraceful manner, so much so that the cap-
tain had to put two of them in irons. With these excep-
tions everything on board was satisfactory.—Cork Con-
stitution.

GENERAL NEWS.

THE MURDERER CHRISTIE was executed at Aberdeen
on Thursday morning last.

THE COAL AND MINERAL MINES in South Stafford-
shire are being rapidly exhausted.
The MARLBOROUGH, 130, screw, three-decker, was
launched at Portsmonth on Saturday.

THE Jewish Chronicle states that Lord Aberdeen is now
in favour of removing the Jewish disabilities.
THE HEALTH or LONDON has not been so good during
the last ten years as it was previous to that time.

AN ELIGIBLE Pince OF LAND has been secured for
a new School of Design in Sheffield, and £1,300
subscribed.

JOSEPH DANIEL, apprentice to a chemist at Penrith,
poisoned himself with prussic acid, solely, it is said, with
the view of annoying his master.
AN OFFICER who was instrumental in rescuing a lady
from a runaway horse in the Regent's Park, London, has
won her fair hand, with £20,000.
THE WIFE OF GEORGE BERRY, butcher, Bawtry,
Lincolnshire, was, on Sunday week, delivered of three
fine boys. Mother and children are doing well.
Much ANXIETY prevails among the friends of the
officers and others of the 40th Regiment, which sailed
from Cork in July last, in H.M. steamer Vulcan.
MR. HENRY BEVERLEY, lessee of the Queen's Theatre,
at Hull, has been fined in the mitigated penalty of £5, for
performing a ballet called " La Statue Blanche."
The BENGAL, new screw steamship, built on the
Clyde for the Peninsular and Oriental Company, attained,
on her trial trip last week, a speed of 16 miles per hour.
SALE OF AN ISLAND.—At a public sale in Edinburgh,
a short time since, the island of Eday. Orkney, was
knocked down to an English gentleman, a Mr. Hebden,
for £lB,ooo,—the uuset price.
THE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY have taken
on lease, for a term of 99 years, thirty-five acres of land
belonging to Dulwich College. It is intended to form
this land into a carriage-drive.
SIR ROBERT PEEL has presented a portrait of John
Knox to the library of Geneva, and it has been received
by the disciples of Calvin with marked pleasure. It is
copied from the portrait at Holyrood.
NEW YEAR'S GIFT.—On Saturday week, nine hundred
unmarried persons, resident at St. Leonard's, Colchester,
received a new year's gift of a penny roll, bequeathed to
them by an eccentric individual in days of yore,
THE TELEGRAPH WIRES now being put up on the
Caledonian and other railways, are erected at a cost of
less than £5 a mile ; whereas the older telegraph, on the
North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow lines, cost
nearly £2OO a mile.

SHAMEFUL Hoax.—An uncommon occurrence has
caused a great sensation in the neighbourhood. About
two months agn, Elizabeth Howells, a respectable farmer's
daughter, left Llanerfyl to go into service at Liverpool
where she remained till Thursday last. On that day her
uncle, a farmer, in Llanggadfan, received a letter, an-
nouncing the sudden death of his niece, and that she had
requested to be buried with her deceased family in the
churchyard of Llanerfyl. He immediately gave orders to
make ready a grave for her ; and proceeded to Liverpool,
in company with an innkeeper from the said village. On
the following day, another uncle, a farmer in Llanfair,
hired a horse to Oswestry, to meet the train, the distance
being about thirty miles, and was there in readiness wait-
ing the funeral of his niece expected from Liverpool that
morning ; but, to his surprise, she came to him alive and
well, in company with her uncle and the innkeeper, who
had gone to Liverpool for her body. She was no doubt
delighted to find herself alive, and returning home to see
friends who had made great preparations for her funeral,
intending to give tea to the large multitude of people who
purposed being present at her interment on Saturday,
when she herself hurried to the churchyard, to prevent
any more tolling of the bell, and to see her intended
grave, which had been opened in readiness for her.—
North Wales Chronicle.

BLASTING WITH GUNPOWDER.—At the sixth ordinary
meeting of the Literary and Philosophical Society held
last week at the Royal Institution, Mr. J. J. Moss read an
account of an explosion in a granite quarry, at the village
of Furnace, on the western shore of Loch Fine, on the 29th
of September last, and exhibited a ground plan of the
quarry. A shaft was driven into the solid rock, to the
depth of sixty feet, tw,; horizontal arms proceeded from
it, each seventeen feet long. The shaft and arms were
three feet six wide and high. At the ends were lodged
3,0001h5. of gunpowder, in two parcels of 1,3001b5. and
1,7001b5. each. The whole was secured by masonry, set
in Roman cement, and the shaft, besides two inverted
arches turned in it, was loaded to the mouth with stones,
gravel, and sand, to prevent the escape of the powder that
way. The trains were fired by a galvanic battery, beating
platinum wires to redness in the centre of the powder.
The explosion was grand in effect, hut not very loud, con-
sidering the quant ty of powder. It threw down from the
quarried front of the cliff (which was eighty feet high)
between 30.000 and 40,000 tons of fine blocks of
stone, so that it was most successful. The expense
was small. The sinking the shaft and galleries cost
£94, at .£1 per linear foot ' • and the 3,0001b5. of powder,
or sixty barrels, cost £6O. So well was everything cal-
culated, that, though some of the houses of the little vil-
lage of Furnace are within a few yards of the quarry, not
a pane of glass was broken, nor a slate of their roofs
injured.—ln the course of the discussion. Mr. Towson re.
marked that the effects were most terrific where powder
exploded in slightly confined places, such as buildings or
ships ; but in those cases where powder was used for
blasting purposes, its whole force appeared to be expended
in removing the great obstacle in its way, and its effects
were scarcely felt beyond its immediate neighbourhood.

Ma. JOHN SCOTT, of Malton, last week killed an ox
measuring from the horns to the tail nine feet, and weigh-
ing, whilst alive, I ton 8 cwt. 2 qrs. The animal was
bred on the neighbouring moors, and had been fatteLing
for nearly two years.
A " DEAF AND DUMB SWINDLER," in Newcastle gaol,
was dipped the other dry in a hot water bath, seven feet
deep. Not knowing the depth, and finding that he was
going down, he took fright, and bellowed for assistance in
a fine Irish brogue.
THE Observer " understands" that the government
have lately been making inquiries at the various railways
as to the facilities which could be afforded for the con-
veyance of troops, horses, and artillery, in the event of
any sudden emergency.
SAD ACCIDENT.—The eldest son of Colonel Eden,
while out shooting at Battlesden, on Saturday; was acci-
dentally shot in the leg by his companion, a son of Sir
John Walsham, and a main artery having been wounded,
he died in a faw hours.

THE Nautical Standard announces that the much-
vaunted French steam-ship Napoleon, the " model
steamer," has suffered so complete a derangement of her
machinery as considerably to damp the sanguine expecta-
tions formed regarding her.
AT THE DERBY POLICE-OFFICE the other day, the
Mayor asked a prisoner named Hawler what he had to
say in his defence. " Nothing : only my father is blind."
His Worship said he was not surprised to hear that, when
he had such a wicked son.

HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting on
Thursday, a letter was read from Mr. James Rose, of
Birkenhead, calling attention to a new plan of deodorising
by means of peat charcoal. Mr. Rose offers to deodorise
all the middens in Liverpool for a period of fifteen years,
for £BO,OOO, on condition that the committee will spend
£50,000 in erecting tanks, and also construct 1,500 ad-
ditional water closets. A short conversation followed,
but no resolution was come to. Mr. Moss said he had
been intrusted with a memorial which contained some
valuable suggestions in connexion with allowing the rail-
way company to cross certain streets at the north end of
the town The memorialists did not object to the company
crossing the streets at a low level, but they proposed the
opening of streets on land belonging to the company,
one of which would form a communication between Athol-
street and the Nelson Dock, and remove many obstacles
which had been suggested, besides improving the value of
the property in the neighbourhood. The chairman
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the deaths in the borough, for the week ending the Bth
Instant. were 147, and in the extra-parochial wards, 67 ;
total, 214: being 12 more than in the previous week, and
11 less than in the corresponding week of the five prece-
ding years. Although still below the average of the season,
the mortality of the week was higher than in any previous
week since the end of September. Of 44 deaths from
zymotic diseases, 14 were from typhus ; hooping cough,
12; measles, 5 ; croup, 5 ; scarlatina, 3 ; erysipelas, 1. The
deaths from hooping. cough were more numerous than in
any week of the two and a half years preceding. Two men
died from delirium tremens, and a woman from rheumatic
fever. The mortality for the last quarter was below the
average, being 851 less than in the previous quarter, and
702 less tban the average of the same quarter of the pre-
ceding five years.

A wFuL DsArFr.—A quarrel arose at &afford last
week, between two females, whilst cleaning door-steps.
In one hour afterwards one of them (Ann Atkinson) was
a corpse. The verdict of the coroner was, " Died from
mental excitement, caused by a quarrel."
To CURE CHILBLAINS.—Soak the feet in warm water,
made quite salt, then rub the parts affected with palm
oil, and hold the feet to the fire, drying the oil in. One
application will usually cure, and two trials are said to
produce, in any case, a certain cure.

REMARKABLE ABSTINENCE.—Mrs. Hannah Harvey
died at Eggington, a few days since, aged 60. For full
six weeks she subsisted on cold water, excepting half a
tea-cup of milk received once, and three or four tea-
spoonsful of tea received as many times during the six
weeks.

ARCTIC ERPEDITION.—There is no doubt that another
expedition will shortly be fitted out for the purpose of
conveying supplies to the ships already engaged in the
exploratory service in the Arctic Seas. It is probable
Commander Inglefield will be engaged in it, with the
rank of captain.

A MOST DARING ROBBERY was perpetrated in Not-
tingham on Friday. In one of the busiest thoroughfares
of that town, in the open day, three ruffians knocked
down an elderly person, the bookkeeper to a lace firm,
and stole from a bag which he carried £2O in silver and
£5 in gold.

A FRENCH NURSERY MAID, named Lafrille, while
in the act of hailing a cab in the New Road, London, the
other day, fell down dead.—Another French woman,
Sarah Lacohee. residing in Marylebone, went to bed
quite well on New Year's Eve, and on the following
morning was found dead.

ENORMOUS SWINDLTNG.—On Tuesday much surprise
was excited by the announcement of the failureof Messrs.
Collmann and Stolterfoht, of London and Liverpool, with
liabilities amounting to about £300,000 ; a most respect-
able house connected with the grain trade, and a branch
of whose business has been conducted here. The event
has been occasioned solely by a series of frauds and for-
geries committed upon them, in connexion with which
Mr. Robert F. Pries, a 'merchant of Crosby-hall Cham-
bers, engaged in large corn transactions, has been already
examined by the London magistrates. The various sums
obtained by him from Messrs. Collman and Stolterfoht
are stated to have reached a total of £BO,OOO ; and, with
the exception of these advances, which were made upon
forged bills of lading and other documents, the firm was
in a prosperous state, with a free capital of about £40,000.
It is hoped, therefore, that the loss to the creditors will
not be serious. The entire extent of the delinquencies
with which Pries will be charged is not yet known, but it
appeared, from the police examination, that two other
houses have suffered to the extent respectively of £3,000
and £lB,OOO. It is supposed that they will reach the
enormous sum of £35,000. The £lB,OOO was advanced
upon forged corn-warrants by James Holford and Co.,
New Broad-street. The prisoner was apprehended at the
station of the Northwestern Railway, on Saturday, just as
the train was about to start. He was in one of the first-
class carriages, and had a ticket for Newcastle. The offi-
cer asked him to give up whatever property he had, and
he handed a canvas bag containing £lOl Ils. 9d. The
police are still busily investigating the case. It is consi-
sidered that, in the investigation of the above affair, a
solution will arise of the origin of certain large purchases
of grain at foreign ports, on English account, at various
intervals during the past year, and which, inasmuch as
they were made at prices which involved a loss in our
markets, have given rise to conjectures that they could
only have been carried on for political objects. In con-
nection with this failure, we have to announce the stop-
page of M. E. N. Werthemann, of Amsterdam, Mr. Pries'
correspondent in that city. The amount involved is sup-
posed to be large, probably exceeding £40,000. The paper
of a very respectable, though small, foreign house, con-
nected with Messrs. Coltman and Co.'s misfortunes, has
been taken up by other parties, and thus there will be no
loss to the general creditors.

THE BOSTON TowN COUNCIL had a dispute, at their
last meeting, with respect to 200 copies of the sermon
preached by the vicar on the occasion of the death of the
Duke of Wellington. They have been printed, it seems,
at the municipal cost, and now the corporation does not
know what to do with them.

NATIONAL EDUCATION.—A royal letter is in course of
being forwarded by the Archbishop of Canterbury (by
command of her Majesty) to the clergy of the various
parishes in England and Wales, ordering collections to be
made on behalf of the National Society for the Education
of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church.
THE BTH HUSSARS.—The Nottingham correspondent
of the Times reports a fracas between a number of the
mechanics of that town and a party of the Bth Hussars,
said to have taken place on Sunday evening last and the
three following days. Beyond a few broken heads, no
damage was done. The local papers are silent on the
subject.

HORRIBLE DEATH IN ARGYLESHIRE.—On Thursday,
George Campbell, a farm servant, was found lying on the
road under his horse, which was upon its back, with the
cart upturned. No outward marks of violence were upon
his body, saving a mark upon his breast, caused no doubt
by the severity of the struggle to obtain his freedom.—
Scotsman.

THE CARRIER FROM BRAEMAR TO PERTH, overtaken
by a storm at Cairmwell one day last week, was obliged
to abandon his carriage in the snow. Some days after-
wards the van was dug out of the snow, and there was
found the faithful dog, alive, and in charge of his
master's property, which he had watched for two days
and two nights.

EXECUTIONS.—The execution of Waddington, for the
murder of his illegitimate child at Sheffield, took place at
York, on Saturday week.—The execution of Henry
Horler, for the murder of his wife, took place at the Old
Bailey, London, on Monday.—The execution of Barbour
was postponed for further inquiries, which resulted in
confirmation of his guilt.

A SrRANGE DISEASE has made its appearance amongst
children in some parts of the fens. It is not contagious,
but appears to arise from atmospheric causes, or from the
condition of the earth. The disease is accompanied with
great prostration of strength and glandular swelling, and
those attacked recover very slowly from the effects ; some
have been taken off very suddenly.

WORKING MEN'S CHURCH ASSOCIATION.—The an-
nual meeting was held at the Collegiate Institution, on
Tuesday, and was numerously attended. The Rev. Rec-
tor Campbell was in the chair, and on the platform were
the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, Rev. Dr. Baylee. Rev. W. Pollock,
Rev. H. Hampton, &c.—The Rev. Rector Campbell 'ad-
dressed the meeting at great length. The great object of
the Working Men's Church Association, he said, " is to
bring the Gospel home to the doors of the people. This
is the great work we have to do, and to do this thoroughly
the number of clergy ought, perhaps, to be doubled. The
Gospel, as has been well observed, must be preached in
courts and alleys. or the church-bell will sound in vain."
The Rev. Dr. M'Neile next addressed the meeting. Re-
ferring to the pew system in the churches connected with
the establishment, he said, " Well, whose fault was it,
then,—whose fault was it that the State had degenerated
from the old practice, and had not supplied accommoda-
tion for the people such as the people should have, and
had thrown us upon inventions and contrivances to eke
out the miserable incomes of ministers of God, by charg-
ing people for seats in the church ? And then it came to
this, the man who could give the most money got the
best seat. That was free-trade. To be sure, sell in the
dearest market, and buy in the cheapest ; and here came
a man to the parson and said he would give 30s. for a
seat, and with the gold ring on his finger he gets a seat.
Another poor man could only give 45., and his seat was
under the gallery. That was the way it was. And whose
fault was it? Oh, those Radicals! Those Radicals, he
said, who had hindered the State, the British State, from
holding its original, all• Christian tone, and keeping its
Church as wide as the State. They grudged the Church's
means, they did not believe the Church's doctrines ; they
had power in the State, and they exercised it to divide, to
separate ; and, under the name of religious liberty, the
poor of England had been deprived of the liberty of going
to the Church of England." The Rev. Dr. Baylee gave
some interesting details in connexion with the progress of
the association. The first effort made was in August,
1851, in an address to the working classes. Thirty-one
thousand of these addresses were delivered. Subsequently
a second address was drawn up, and circulated among the
middle classes, as well as a handbill ; 62,000 papers being
thus circulated amongst the public. They had had seve-
ral small meetings, both within doors and in the open air.
To the Mayor the society were under obligations for the
use of his large premises, in which to hold their meetings.
They had been able to hold twenty-eight meetings in the
first half of last year. They had received pecuniary as-
sistance in this way even from the very poor. They next
formed a district, association, of which the clergyman of
each district was the patron. All subscriptions of two-
pence, and under, went to the employment of clerical
assistance, and this had amounted to £221 13s. 9d. during
the year. The minister of the district always had the
choice of that assistant, which ensured his co-operation.
And in addition to this current fund, which was applied
to the employment of ministers, without any deduction,
the subscriptions above t...ropence formed a sinking fund,
by which they had realised during the year the sum of
£73 12s. 3d.—A collection having been made, and the
benediction pronounced, the meeting broke up at nine
o'clock. The collection amounted to £ll 15s. Ord. ;
£3 Ils. 6d. was received in the room from "Anonymous,"
and £5 next morning from Mr. Cunard, making a total
of £2O 69. 61d. ; and it is hoped that further contribu-
tions will yet be received.

MELANCHOLY OeCURRENCE.—A young man, a pas-
senger on board the Star steamer to Gravesend, was lean-
ing over the bulwark, pointing out to his sister the ship
in which they were going to emigrate the next day, when
he fell overboard, and though ropes and buoys were
thrown out, and a boat lowered, he never rose again to
the surface. The distress of the sister may be imagined.

SHIPBUILDING ON THE WEAR.—During the past year
142 vessels, of an average tonnage of 3981, and of an
aggregate of 56,645 tons, have been launched from the
building-yards on the Wear, showing an increase on the
preceding year of 4,822 tons, and a decrease of four ves-
sels ; and an increase in those years on the aggregate
amount of tonnage 0f12,312 tons,or upwards of 25 per cent.
ROBBERY BY A FOOTMAN.—On Tuesday, a man ser-
vant absconded front St. John's-terrace, Regent's Park,
London, carrying off with him several dozens of silver
spoons, three forks, a silver mug, three silver waiters,
and several other articles of plate, marked with crest,
" An Indian kneeling, and presenting a sword ;" a quan-
tity of other plate, without the crest, and a quantity of
apparel.

DISASTROUS ACCIDENT.—On Thursday, a serious acci-
dent happened to Miss Ricardo, the daughter of Mr.
Ricardo, M.P., at Windsor. Two ponies, whick she was
driving in a carriage, were frightened by a railwEll, whistle
and ran away. Miss Ricardo was thrown out with consi-
derable violence, but escaped any serious injury. The
lady's maid had her leg entangled with the hind wheel or
springs : it was broken below the knee, and had to be
amputated, but she died on Saturday morning.

AN EMIGRANT POISONED.—The Glasgow Citizen re-
lates a lamentable occurrence which took place in that
city on Saturday week. A respectable young man, who
had engaged a berth at Liverpool for Australia, feeling ill,
went to a neighbouring apothecary's shop, where a young
medical student had been left temporarily in the absence
of the proprietor. In a mistake the young man got a
mixture of belladona, or deadly nightshade, and monks-
hood or rwolfsbane. The patient expired in the course of
an

UNCLE ToM.—A NEW RENDERING.—A niece of the
Rev. Dr. Thomas Guthrie of Edinburgh was collecting in
Brechin last week for the Uncle Tom Penny Offering, and
in going to an old woman said, " Welt, Clemie, I am col-
lecting for Uncle Tom, and its just a penny." The ancient
dame had never heard of Mrs. Beecher Stowe's famous
hero,. so she held up her hands in amazement, exclaiming
—" Preserve's fat in a' the earth's corn ower per Uncle
Tam, that ye're needing' to seek a penny till
Daily Mail.
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MELANCHOLY - ----
- ACCIDENT.—A melancholy accident re-
cently occurred at Malta. Some short time since Miss
Drummond, the eldest daughter of the London banker,
was
ride, when she was thrown violently and
broke her law. She was removed to her hotel, where
medical
assistance was called in, and the sufferer was
doing as well as could be expected. At four, a.m., of
the 29th, she awoke her nurse, and, feeling unwell, her
medical man was sent for, but before he arrived she was
a corpse. The lady was iu her 33d year.
enjoying
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TERMINABLE ANNUITIES.—A memorial, signed by the
chairmen of 61 leading assurance-offices, representing a
capital of £100,000,000, has been presented by a deputa-
tion to Lord Aberdeen, setting forth the glaring injustio
of the operation of the income-tax on the pu chasers o
terminable annuities.
THE HUMAN FAMILY.—Frora a statistical paper, just
published, it appears that the the human family numbers
700,000,000 ; and that its annual loss by death is
18,000,000, which produces 624,000 tons of animal matter
which, in turn, generates, by decomposition, 9,000,000,000
cubic feet of gases, which are cleared away by the atmo-
sphere by vegetable matter decomposing and assimilating
them for their own uses.
SINGULAR ROBBERY.—Joseph Rogers, a miller, hag
absconded from Whitehaven, charged with stealing a
cash-box containing upwards of £9O. He is a native of
Egremont, in Cumberland, and on New Year's-eve was
seen in a small plantation near that place looking
anxiously about him, but, finding that he was observed,
he made a pr,?cipitate retreat, and on the spot where he
bad been standing was discovered between £5O and £6O
in gold and silver.
MELANCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE.—On the 17th Decem-
ber, Duncan Brodie, aged 21, left his father's house at
Glenfalloch (head of Lochlomond), for the purpose of
visiting a near relation at Lochgoilhead. He crossed
Lochlong, at the ferry of Collesson, in good health ; but
in passing through the glen at the back of " The Cob-
bler," it is supposed he had been overtaken by the storm,
as he was found dead on the 2nd instant, within a mile or
so of Lochgoilhead.

TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF YELLOW FEVER.—In conse-
quence of the awful mortality amongst the officers and
crew of the Dauntless, 33, screw-frigate, Captain Hal-
stead, at Barbadoes, the letters from that ship are com-
paratively few ; but those which have come to hand are
heart-rending in the extreme, for up to the 16th of De-
cember no less than 120 out of a ship's company of 330
had been attacked, and of these 50 had died ; the officers
being the greatest sufferers.
A DISAPPOINTED BRIDEGROOM. A young couple
about to be married, and twice proclaimed, had fallen
out, when the woman prohibited the third proclamation
of the bans. The youth, however, not satisfied with this
summary turnoff, very cowardly attacked his intended,
assaulting her in such a ferocious manner that several of
her ribs are said to be broken. The case is at present
under the authorities, and it is not unlikely that he may
pass the time proposed for the honey-moon in a very
different quarter.— Fifeshire Journal.
A JUDGE COMMITTED.—At Bow-street Police-office,
last week, John William Molloy, who described himself
as a late colonial judge, and looked about sixty years of
age, was committed for trial for obtaining money on the
security of a forged cheque. The prisoner said he was
formerly Solicitor-General at Bermuda, and subsequently
(in 1825) judge of the Supreme Court at Newfoundland,,
to which he was appointed by Lord Bathurst. He con-
fessed that he had been committed several times for mis-
demeanours, and once to three months' imprisonment.
A STAFFORDSHIRE GENTLEMAN, writing home from
Sydney, says :—Our gold discoveries appear at length to
have produced some effect on the people of the United
Kingdom. It is sincerely to be hoped that great numbers
of our countrymen at home will turn their attention to
this wonderful country. My firm persuasion is, that
there is abundant room and most remunerative employ-
ment for hundreds of thousands of able-bodied working
men and women for many years to come. Wages of all
kinds are rising fearfully ; female servants, £2O to £25 a
year and board.

IMMURING OF A YOUNG LADY IN A PUSEYITE CON-
VENT.—The Morning Advertiser mentions a case in
which a young lady of fortune, the daughter of one of the
partners in an eminent metropolitan monetary establish-
ment, has been induced. by Tractarian influence, to enter
a convent belonging to Dr. Pusey, in Regent's-park. Her
father has revoked a great portion of his will, but allows
her £4OO a year, and of this £360 is claimed by the lady
superior. The young beefy, it is stated, has now no other
dress than a coarse linsey-woolsey gown, in which she is
daily to be seen scrubbing the floors of the convent.
A DRUNKARD'S REVENGE..--One Peter Carroll, a
strange, drunken fellow, has been committed for trial at
the assizes, on a charge of scuttling a steamboat. Turned
out of a public-house in the Low-street, Sum'erland, he
threatened to make the landlord rue. Shortly afterware's
he got on board a steamboat in the Wear, of which the
landlord was part owner, and, it is alleged, drew up a plug
or tap in the bottom. He then returned to shore. The
engineman and stoker, when they went on board, found
the vessel sinking, and were glad to retreat with their
lives. In a few minutes she went down.—Gateshead
Observer.

QUART AND PINT BOTTLES.—On Saturday, at the
Brentford petty sessions, William Bayliss, landlord of the
Railway Hotel, at Twickenham, appeared to answer an
information laid by the inspector of weights and measures,
for selling a certain quantity of beer in quart and pint
bottles which were not of the imperial measure. The
bench said, as hundreds of people, with their eyes wide
open, were in the habit of purchasing these bottles, well
knowing they did not contain the full measure, they
should not convict the defendant. The agents of the
brewers who supplied the publicans were the parties in
fault, if any.—Daily News.

THE MISSES SHARPLEY.—The case of these two un-
fortunate young women, who attempted, some months
ago, to starve themselves to death rather than apply to
the parochial authorities of Marylebone for relief, has
again been brought painfully before the public. For the
last three or four weeks they have been in Windsor Union
workhhouce, and on Wednesday they were taken before
Captain Seymour, one of the county magistrates, charged
with refusing to make a shirt, when asked to do so by the
matron, acting under the Board of Guardians. Having
nothing to say in their defence, they were committed to
Reading Gaol for fifteen days, with hard labour.—Daily
News.

A NUGGET FOR THE QUEEN.—Among the many spe-
cimens of gold on board the steamer Australian, arrived
at Plymouth. the finest is a mass of ore, weighing 340
ounces, called the " Royal Victoria Nugget of Australia,"
which has been forwarded by gentlemen in Victoria,
under charge of the Admiralty agent, as a present to her
Majesty the Queen. This splendid specimen of virgin
gold was found at the Bendigo Diggings, in the beginning
of September, and was forwarded to Melbourne for sale
by a person who is said to have purchased it from the
finder for £l,lOO. It was advertised for sale by auction ;
but, before the day of sale, was sold privately to a gentle-
man connected with the local government for £1,500.
DISCOVERY OF OLD COINS.—An old cottage on a
farm at Tenter-hill, in Whittingham, a portion of the
glebe of Woodplumpton Church, was lately undergoing
some repairs, when the workpeople, in removing the
thatch, came to a piece of old woollen cloth, containing
a large number of silver coins. They are 301 in number,
and comprise crowns, halfcrowns, shillings, and sixpences,
of the reigns of Philip and Mary, Elizabeth, James 1.,
and Charles 1., Sovereigns of England, and some Spanish
coins of the reign of Philip IV. From the circumstance
of none of the coins being of later date than the reign of
Charles 1. it is conjectured that the hoard had been con-
cealed by some careful housewife during the troubled
times that marked the later years of the reign of the first
Charles.

TELEGRAPH LINES.—The extent of telegraphic com-
munication in operation at the beginning of the present
year may be estimated at nearly 40,000 miles. Of this
amount there were nearly 4,000 miles in Great Britain,
of which 100 miles only were underground, with about
400 or 500 miles in course of construction in England,
Scotland, and Ireland, and as many more projected. In
America there were 20,000 miles of telegraph completed
and in operation, with 10,000 more in process of con-
struction. Russia has just commenced her system of
telegraphs, between St. Petersburgh, Moscow, and Cra-
cow, and the ports of the Baltic and the Black Seas.
About 4,000 miles are about to be constructed in India.
The only unsupplied portions that will soon present them-
selves on a telegraphic map of the world will be Australia,
Africa, and China.

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a report that the house was haunted, and the ghost had
both been beard and seen. A member of the force had
been induced to go and examine the house the other
night. He carried a lighted candle in his hand, and
when he reached the top of the stairs, some swaggish
current of air blew out the light, and down came Dog-
berry in a state of the greatest consternation, and re-
ported that the ghost had blown the candle out. The
crowd believed it. Next night the house was again
searched, but no spectre crossed the floor; it was deemed,
however, judicious to board up every crevice, and nail
down the windows, and barricade the door.

DISCOVERY AT MACCLESFIELD.—In the course of ex-
cavating for an artificial lake at Mr. Broad's pleasure
gardens, on the margin of Dane's Moss, the proprietor
has discovered an ancient stone pavement, five feet from
the surface, under a peat or moss, upon a little gravel or
fine sea sand. This pavement Appears to be in good
preservation, and evenly laid. The stones vary in size,
and are similar in form to those common in our streets,
but are of a white hard nature, and when broken are
something like the spar-stone of Derbyshire, but they
are apparently of a different kind to any stone in the
neighbourhood of Macclesfield. Many different kinds of
gsupthpeosepda,stdfidewa
pebbles have been found ; also a very large tree root,
with a small embankment around it, on which the pave-
ment was laid. It remains for the antiquaries of Lanca-
shire and Cheshire to solve this mystery, which has ex-
cited some interest in the neighbourhood.
OVERFLOW OF THE THAMES.—On Monday afternoon,
shortly before high-water time, owing
.to the excessive
showers of rain whichwlhiiacvhe,
days, the water ran off the hills above bridge in such vast
bodies as to cause the river Thames again to overflow its
banks in many places,
amount of damage, to say nothing of the in-
considerable
convenience occasioned thereby. On the Surrey side of
the river the water rose some feet in the public thorough-
fares. On the Middlesex side most of the wharves along
Millbank-street were some feet deep in water. The corn
fields on the two sides of the South-Western Railway, for
miles in extent, were described to present immense sheets
of water, resembling rivers of no small magnitude. This
has been occasioned by the two-fold cause of the rise in
the river and the great fall of rain—the former preventing
the land-water from effectually draining off into the
Thames. afaslleinnaydubrein

EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE.—A female of the sect
of Johanna Southcote was married at St. Peter's, Wal-
worth, on Monday week, to a priest of the same per-
suasion, when an extraordinary procession to the church
door took place. Some of the males wore jackets of light
material, others a species of coronet, and several singular-
looking caps, while around the waist, and across the shoul-
ders of most were polished leather, and other bands and
belts, inscribed with, apparently, cabalistic and zodiacal
characters. The females, about twelve in number, were
attired in white, with various singular decorations, and,
from the head of each depended a long showy veil. 'in
this singular procession were borne sixteen various ban-
ners, comprising the standard of England, the unit jack,
one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel, one of tbe Arm,
and one of the moon and stars. In the midst hiltbefiD.
was a sort of shepherd's crook ; and the bridegroom,tlt7r
together with his companion, headed the procession, re
on his shoulder a species of mace, surmounted by a crink.
son velvet cap with gold fringe.

Obina.

Having a large portion of her cargo engaged, will
be despatched on the sth February.
For SHANGHAE,
The NERBUDDA.

k All goods to be specially agreed for before shipment.
For SHAN GHAE,
The GEFFRARD.

With immediate despatch.
For HONG KONG and WHAMPOA
The SORATA.

T terms, &c. apply to

Rustrafia

W. and J. TYRER,

Avow lying in the Prince's Dock, and will sail this
month.
For SYDNEY, direct, •
.4) tilLa‘ e The well-known teal.;-built Barque PSYCHE,
E. ht. CASTLE, Commander ;
500 tons bur
then; has room for a few pashenaers in the cabin
at .e3O eack—Appiy
to Mr. H. G. Holirors, Lloyd's, London
to the Captain,
on board ; or to
HENRY FOX,

0 ',./k)<, ‘,

2, King-street, Liverpool

IHE " FOX" LINE OF

AUSTRALIAN PACKETS
_ •

ESTABLISHED A QUARTER OF A CENTURY

For
Sydney, direct

Tons. To sail
. 900.. Feb. 1