The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-08 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1853.

GREAT QUANTITIES Or FAT CATTLE and pigs are
weekly being shipped from the Isle of Man for this port. I
The export is so great that the Douglas market is very
badly supplied with pork.

THOMAS ITAZLEHURST was killed on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire Railway, on Thursday morning, by a train
accidentally running over him near Southport. The
deceased was trespassing on the line. His body was
horribly mangled.

DUMFRIES MUTTON.—There was despatched from
Dumfries station to Liverpool last week 665 fat sheep ;
and the preceding week 831 were sent off to the same
destination. Yesterday 160 fat sheep were forwarded to
Newcastle.—Dumfries Courier.
A ROUGH FELLOW, named John Thompson Buckley,
guilty in the first instance of a most brutal assault upon
his wife, was committed for trial, on Thursday, on a
charge of assaulting police-constable Cookson, when that
officer went to serve a warrant, and take him into custody.
THE Stirling Journal remarks, ".we have just seen an
engraving of the New Academy, after the plan by Messrs.
J. M. and J. Hay, of Liverpool. It is, as our readers are
aware, to be situated in Cowane's Yard, and it possesses,
we think, very great pretensions to architectural beauty.
It is,'on the;whole, a very handsome and beautiful edifice."
MARGARET CAVANAGH, a bootbinder, threw herself
from one of the Birkenhead ferry boats, about two
hnndred yards from the Liverpool side, on Tuesday morn-
ing last. She was providentially rescued by the exertions
of two boatmen. Her father, according to her statement,
is a small shopkeeper in Ballymore Eustace, county
Dublin, and she had been four years in Liverpool.
LATE AUSTRALIAN NEWS includes tidings of the ar-
rival of the Ticonderoga, with 714 emigrants on board,
of whom 300 were returned as laid up with fever, princi-
pally scarlatina. There had been 100 deaths on the
voyage. The ship, crew, and passengers, had all been
placed in quarantine.

CHRIST CHURCH RAGGED SCHOOLS. —On Sunday
week the Rev. H. M. Mosse, formerly curate of Christ
Church, Hunter-street, preached a sermon in that place
of worship, in aid of the above ragged schools. The col-
lection amounted to £2O. These schools were founded
about three years ago by Mr. Mosse, and the average
number of boys in attendance is nearly 70.

THE COMMITTEE OF THE SHIPIrEECK AND HUMANE
SOCIETY of Liverpool have marked their approbation of
the skilful treatment and persevering exertions of Mr.
Cripps, stzrgeon, Bootle,—in the restoration of a lad who
was immersed under the ice a quarter of an hour—by
sending him a note, requesting him to accept five pounds
from the fiends of the society.

" A PARISH MINISTER," writing in the Edinburgh
Adrerliser, indignantly denies Dr. Guthrie's statement,
contained in his Ragged School speech at Liverpool, that
Scotland is behind several of the continental countries in
respect of education. Dr. tGuthrie said that in Scotland
not more than one in eleven of the population are edacated;
the Parish Minister, taking his own parish and two in its
vicinity as examples, maintains that one in fire attend
school.

THE EAST INDIA SIP LANCASHIRE was launched
from Chaloner and Sons' yard, Baffin-street, on Monday
last, for James Browne and Co., and Brown and Harri-
s-ens, merchants, of this town, by whom the vessel is in-
tended to be employed in the Calcutta trade. The length
of the vessel over all is 150 feet, breadth of beam 32 feet
inches, depth of hold 213 feet, and registered tonnage
-13:,5 tons. She will class A 1 at Lloyd's for:thirteen years.
The Lancashire is a very fine ship.

MANCHESTER t:IND SOUTHPORT RAILAWAY. The
annual meeting of shareholders was held on Monday last.
Mr. John Stuart in the chair. The expenditure during
the past half-year had amounted to .E3117.Z5.'9d. With
regard to the line between Wigan and Southport, sub-
stantial progress had been made in arranging with land-
owners. The ,contractors had undertaken to complete
the line between Burscough and Southport by the Ist
September, 18.53, and the remaining portion by the Ist
April, 1854. A bill had been submitted'to.parliumeet to
authorise a deviation of the original main line between
Pendleton and Wigan and the construction of certain
branches, and the abandonment of other portions. A
dividend was declared at the same rate as the dividend to
be declared by the Lancashire end Vcrkshire Railway
Company, viz., three per cent.
A New 7JODGE.—Yesterdav week, two respectably-
dressed men, with a midland county accent, walked into the
office of Messrs. M'Entagart and Carroll, at the Liverpool
cattle-market, and asked the caslikeeprer to give them
sovereigns for a five-pound note, saying they came on the
recommendation of Mr. Carroll. On ,therequisite sove-
reigns being handed them, the fellow who picked themrup
said half-sovereigns would fit better, and threw the five
sovereigns into the drawer among •Ebout 200 kindred
coins. 'lls:f-sovereigns were then handed them, and they
turned upon their heel. Five minutes afterwards the cash-
keeper observed the rogues leave the,market, and he im-
mediately suspected that all was wrong. Mr. Carroll was
applied to, and knew nothing of them. The gold was
counted, 'arid found to be a sovereign-short. A chase was
instantly instituted, and the couple of "artful dodgers"
were overtaken. Without hesitation, for it would have
teen useless, they gave back the gold, and received in
return their note, which was very :probably a forgery.
They were strangers, and entirely unlrnown. It is to be
regretted that a policeman was not in the vicinity to de-
posit them in limbo for a season. They both appeared to
be upwards of 30 years of age.
THE ;DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was

held on Thursday—Mr. Shand in the chair. The com-
mittee or warehouse management reported that they had
taken several apprentices. A discussion took place on the
subject of a superannuation fund, Mr..john Tobin urging
that the-subject was worthy of the most mature consider-
ation:; the men would then be entitled to a certain amount,
and the allowance would not be capricious. The com-
mittee:agreed to direct their attention to it as early as
possible.—The harbour-masters' committee reported that
they, cluld not recommend any increase from 183. per
week in the wages of the gate-keepers at the graving
docks. was agreed, upon an application of Messrs.
Barker and Co., for storage ground, to grant the required
accommodation in certain places at the-falueen's, Bramley-
Moore, -and 'Wellington docks, at a charge of one penny
per square yard per week.—A letter 17om Ann Bullen,
Secretary to the British Ladies' Female Emigration So-
ciety, asking permission to use the rooms (temporarily
occupied by the society at the Prince's dock) for dining
same cf the more destitute of the emigrants, was referred.
—An application was read from Mr. G. Bailey to the effect
that government had requested him to send out to one of
the colonies twelve copies of the improved semaphore in-
structions, ,published by Richardson, and drawn up by
the marine surveyor. It was agreed that the surveyor
should,caraply with the application.
LITEMOOL Tows- Couscm.—The Esual monthly
meeting was held on Wednesday at the Town-hall, Saml.
Holme, Es., the Mayor, presiding. The Town-clerk
read a note from the Rev. Thos. Brancker, adkowledging,
on the part of the family, the vote of condolence passed
by the Council on the death of his father.—Mr. Thomson
obtained permission to clear himself from a.charge which
had appeared .in the Liverpool Chronicle, to the effect
that the Dook.Committec had last week sat ,with closed
doors to investigate frauds on the dock and town dues, and
that amongst the latest defaulters was a member of the
Town Council. ;Your hundred barrels of flour purchased
by him had been shipped, and, as it appeared, without
payment of the town dues. But he had bought the flour
to be " delivered free on shipboard," and hence, in his
ignorance of mercantile transactions, supposed that the
party from whom he purchased it would have ,raid all
these charges. He ,had never before shipped a package in
his life, and had never passed an entry. (Mr. Thomson
handed up documents to show that he had been led into
e mistake, as stated.) Mr. Bennett was sure the-Council

you'd acquit Mr. Thomson of any frauduleut intention.
Some correspondence with Mr. James, the assessor of the
lorough Court, was next read. His application to fix the
aslary at its old amount had been declined, but it appercred
that he would offer no opposition to the bill for improving

the jurisdiction of the•courc.—The proceedings of the
Finance Committee comprised c recommendation to ac-
cept the tender of Mr. C. T. Kearsley, for the supply of
coals for one year, from the Ist instant. Recommenda-
tion to the Council to fix the salary of the successor of the
late Sir Thomas Brancker, receiver of town dues, Lc.
Recommendation to E uth or ise the expenditure of a further
sum not exceeding £6,000 in the construction of graving-
docks, sea-walls, and other works, on land leased to Mr.
Wilson, at Birkenhead, Mr. Wilson paying interest at five
per cert. per annum thereon. Recommendation to ap-
point Mr. M. M. G. Dowling to the situation of superin-
tendent of the chain cable testing-machine, vacant by the
death of Mr. William Knowles, at £lO5 per annum. Re-
commendation to increase the salary of Mr. Quick, clerk
to the Town-clerk, from £l5O to £2OO per annum. Re-
solution requesting the decision of the Council as to the
funds required for the purposes of the Liverpool Library
and Museum Act, 1852. Mr. Hornby moved seriatim
the confirmation of the proceedings. A long discussion
took place in reference to the salary proposed to be given
to the receiver of town dues. Mr. Hornby moted that it
be £5OO, and Mr. Parker seconded the motion, Mr. J.
Brarnley-Moare moved, as an amendment, that the salary
be £7OO, and was seconded by Mr. J. H. Turner. On a
division the amendment was lost by a majority 0f29 to 15.
Alderman Dover then moved, as a second amendment,
that the salary he f... 600, which was seconded by Mt. Tobin,
and was carried by a majority of one, the numbers being
respectively 23 and 22. Power was then delegated to the
Finance Committee to select three out of the candidates
for the ultimate selection of the Council. The names of
two new candidates were announced, Mr. Thomas
Brancker and Mr. Warner Shand. Mr. Hornby moved
that the Finance Committee be authorised to expend not
less than £6,000 in addition to the £lO,OOO atready voted
for the construction of a sea-wall and two graving-docks
at Mr. Wilson's ship-building yard. They would re-
ceive 5 per cent. on the outlay from Mr. Wilson,
and could themselves readily borrow it for 34. Tile money
was ultimately voted. The appointment of Mr. Dow-
ling as superintendent of the chain cable testing-
machine was postponed, pursuant to standing orders.—
Mr. Hornby said, at the last Council, a payment of
£3,407 had been authorised for the purposes of the Li-
brary and Museum Act, but they had not directed as to
from what fund this should be taken. if taken from the
surplus income of the Corporation, it would be the means
of stoppigeein n
.tog desired public improvements, whereas the
the money might be raised by a museum rate of seven-
eughtlisof a penny, and he moved that this be done. Mr.
Proctor having seconded the motion, it was agreed to
bnaeakthgee rate a penny, so as to give greater facility in the
collection. A letter was read from the parish authorities,
pay the late demand of £1,475 upon them
for museum rate but hoping that the claim would not
as an
by Mr. Bradt;
persisted in' for the future. Mr. Dover moved,
amendment, that the £3,407 be taken from the
surplus
of 'the Corporation, and was seconded
followed. when a smart but brief discussion
,s
supvp.oLrtely, the motion, which received Mr.
1 t being steeple-chawass
Picton
carried by a majority of 32 to 15.
to etcilay, there was now a general move
go away ; but, on the
members, a sufficient n indignant remonstrance of some
umber remained to constitute a
quorum. The minutes of the dock, the watch, and
courts of law committeesov were half read, and with great
rapidity—were then m
without remark, seconded,
and carried nem. die. At last t were
Council
22 members
present to constitute a quorum, andre theouncil was con-
sequently declared at an end. The Mayor announced
that he would summon a Council for the despatch of the
other bueinees on Wednesday (to-morrow).

AT THE BOSOUGH COURT, MANCHESTER, a man
named Thomas Dowling was committed on a charge of
embezzling various sums of money, the property of his
employers, Mess-s. Barrett and Wilson, calico printers,
to the amount of X 206.

THE LIVERPOOL VEGETARIAN SOCIETY, .on-Mondar
evening, to the ntmber of 170, held another of their novel
entertainments, in the newsroom of the Concert-hall,
Lord Nelson-street. The chair was occupied by James
Simpson, Esq., of Accrington, a vegetarian of forty
rars' standing.
MR. WILLIAM GALE, of London, completed his task
of walking 1,000 riles in 1,000 hours at eight o'clock on
Monday morning,at Mr. Walter Kay's, Pedestrian's Rest,
on the Walton-road, Kirkdale. He Was presented with
an elegant silver telt, made by Mr. J. Rutland, jeweller,
Basnett-street.

The Carlisle Jcurnal says :—" The steam paddle-boat
Bonnie Dundee arrived at Maryport on the 22nd instant.
She has lately been purchased by a company of merchants
in that town, and is intended to ply between Liverpool,
Belfast,and Mary3ort,commanded by Captain D. Glaister,
late of the Dan Claister, of Maryport."
THE CELEBRATED ARCTIC TRAVELLER, DR. REA,
has arrived in town to make preparations for his overland
expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, and to finish
the survey on the northern coast of America. Dr. Rea
will leave early this month, for the northern regions, via
New York.

M. PLUMPTON, a mercantile gentleman of Liverpool,
residing at Holt, brought an action at the County Court
the other day, for damage done by a neighbour named
Jones to his gate and croft. The case caused not a little
amusement in court from the peculiarities of the plaintiff,
who is commonly called among his neighbours, " the
best mayor of Holt"—The case was dismissed.

TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.—The United States mail
steamer Atlantic, iaptain West, arrived here on Wed-
nesday morning, aMut six o'clock, atter a very fine run,
having left New York on the 19th ult. The screw
steamer Andes, Captain Hutchins, sailed hence about
two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, on her second voy-
age to New York, with a very large and valuable cargo.
JOSEPH NICH)LAS, a tin-plate worker at the gas com-
pany's worksho', has been committed for trial on a
charge of stealiig a quantity of sheet-copper from his
employers. A narine store-dealer received it by instal-
ments.

SOME CUMOIS REVELATIONS have been made by Mr.
Newdegate, in the Commons' debate of Thursday, rela-
tive to the tries of the Manchester dyers of silk. The
liquor is mixes, it seems, with shumac and other adulte-
rations, to brirg up the weight.
LANCASTEI AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The half-
yearly meetii of proprietors was held on Friday, at the
Lime-street ,tation, Mr. E. W. Hassell in the chair.
The stat emerl: of the traffic account showed a net balance
of £57,396 9, lid., out of which the directors recom-
mended a dividend to be paid at the rate of S per cent.
per annum, having a balance to be transferred to the cur-
rent half-year of £7,711 Os. hid. The directors reported
that all differences with the Scottish Central Railway
'Company were at an end. The report and accounts were
adopted, ant the dividend sanctioned.
THE AN2,IJAL MEETING of the Liverpool Auxiliary to
the London Religious Tract Society was held on Friday
night, at tie Concert-hall. Councillor T. D. Anderson
presided. The past year, it was stated, has been the
most flourishing in the annals of this auxiliary- A col-
porteur hid been employed in Liverpool for the last
eleven moat's, and the increase alone in the number of
tracts distibuted was:110,000. There had been given to
packet-shPs 9,135 pacquets of tracts. Various inter-
esting aderesses were delivered, including one by the Rev.
P. S. Sattry, the deputation from the Parent 'Society.
THE \VA LLASEI,COMMISSIONERS held their monthly
meeting en Thursday evening ; Mr. Holland in the chair.
It was resolved not to int:rfere with the footwalk in
Green-lace. The much complained of nuisance at Sea-
combo ferry was ordered to be removed, at a cost of £4O.
10s. With regard to the proposed alteration of Tobin-
street, tie estimated expense of which is £337, the matter
was rePrred to the Improvement Committee, with full
powers •0 act. Mr.. Halliday presented a memorial from
nearly tOO inhabitants of the parish, urging upon the
Commissioners the necessity and propriety of taking and
workin: Seacombe ferry, which is now to let. Messrs.
Hollani, Littledale, Hill, Harrison, Cunningham, Coul-
burn, !rid liallidarwere appointed a committee to take
the natter into •consideration. Mr. Coulburn stated
that dere were things about sSeacombe ferry which ren-
dered it absurd to entertain such a subject. That
ferry lad only been able to keep up its stock. The taking
of the ferry would entail a loss of not less than £l,OOO
a year to the parish. He condemned the proposition
altogether as a suicidal act.

THE 'ROYAL MEHOEY YACHT CLUB.—At a numerous
meeting of this club, held on Tuesday evening, Thomas
'LittWale, Esq., in the chair, the Secretary read a letter
from the Secretary-of the Admiralty, containing informa-
tion :hat " vessels belonging to the members of the vari-
ous yacht clubs in England would •bellermitted to enter
the torts of Spain •on the same footing as vessels of the
state, provided they are unconnected with trade." This
Metter was received with much satisfaction. The Com-
modore moved, -seconded by the Cup-bearer, " That the
officers of any of her Majesty's ships at this port shall
have free admit tance,into the rooms of the club as hono-
rary members." RA-7as also resolved, '' That members
dine together at the .marine station, 'Birkenhead Hotel, at
the text meeting, on the sth of April." A proposition was
made for consideration at the next.meeting, " That the
publ c ball be held in the course of the present year, in
the'Town-hall rooms, by permission of the Mayor, the
proceeds to be devoted to the Bailor' Home." The
Commodore and other officers having-vacated their seats,
Mc. J. C. Fernihough,common councilmen, was elected
to the chair. He passed a high eulogium upon the man-
ner in which the affairs of the club ,were conducted ; a
vote of thanks was passed to the officers for their services,
which was carried unanimdusly, end they were all re-
elected :—Commodore, Mr. Thomas •Littledale; vice-
commodore, Mr. B. Heywood.jones.; rear-commodore,
Mn- Jonathan Grindrod::; treasurer, Mr. ..Richard Kay ;
secretary, Mr. Melling ; cop,bearer, Mr.:Edwd. Fletcher;
and the auditors, Mr. T. Wilkinson Tetley and Mr. B.
Platt.

JoH,N ASHWORTH AcYON, a person most respectably
connected, and formerly in the bank of -Sir Benjamin
Heywood and Co., at Manchester, has been charged
with having fraudulently obtained possession of some
bank of England notes, and is remanded till to-morrow.
The :Manchester Guardian gives an outline of -the circum-
stances::—The prisoner was ,for six years a clerk in the
bank of Sir Benjamin Heywood and Co., whose service
he quittzd at Christmas last, and since that time he has
carried on business as an accountant and insurance agent,
under the firm of John Ashworth Acton and Co., 5,
Princess-street. On the 21st of. June last, Sir Benjamin
Heywood and Co. received a Getter purporting/0 come
from Mr. gowarti, of the Waterloo Hotel, near Liver-
pool (who banks with the firm), requesting them to send
him £3OO in bank notes, to be left for him at the Stork
Hotel, Liverpool, where he would call for them. In
accordance .with this instruction, that.sum was remitted,
in six bank .of England notes of 450 each. When Mr.
Howarth in due course sent his passbookto be made up,
it was foand that he had written no such letter, and that
somebody, lay means of the forged order, had fraudu-
lently obtained .possession of the £5OO. Of course Sir
Benjamin Heywood and Co. instituted, careful inquiries.
They discovered •that three of the six notes had found
their way into the bank again, and that three others of
similar amount had been taken out. Ultimately, two of
these notes were traced to the British Mutual Assurance
Society, and it was found that they had been remitted to
that society, in London, by the prisoner, who was their
agent in Manchester.

HEAurn Commraurr..—Mr. Alderman lengsdale pre-
sided at the weekly meeting on Thursday, when the
medical officer of health reported a continual increase in
the mortality of the borough, the deaths registered last
week having been 263, showing an increase of L 3 over the
preceding week. It was resolved to print 500 copies of
the annual report of the medical officer. Instructions
were given to the borough engineer to repair and sewer
that portion of the Wavevtree-road between Edge-hill
church and the railway bridge, and to communicate with
some parties in Grey-street and Windsor-street, in the
Park, who complained of 'damage done to their property
by the process of blasting in making the sewers. An ap-
plication from David Roberts, to be allowed an opportu-
nity to test his machine for cleansing sewers, was granted,
A deputation was appointed to mait upon the directors of
the railway companies, in order to endeavour to induce
them to co-operate with the committee, and assist them
in removing the night bOll at a lower charge. The com-
mittee next proceeded to consider a recommendation to
advertise for tenders for emptying ashpits and privies on
the following alternative conditions.:-1. To remove the
whole outside the borough to a distance not less 40Q
yards from the boundary—a separate tender being re-
quired for the parish of Liverpool, and each of the out-
townships. 2. The whole to he removed to the depots,
either within or without the borough, at the option of
the contractor; the site of such depots as are within the
borough to be specified. 3. Tenders for the same work
as above to be embraced in one contract. 4. Similar ten-
ders to the above, except as to the operation of sweeping,
which the contractor is not to provide for. Mr. Newlands
said there was a street tender to be obtained afterwards
for the sweeping part. It was merely removing the
sweepings, which still remained as it was. It was resolved
that tenders be advertised for.

PROTECTION.—WhiIst these is great diversity of opinion
regarding the policy of protective duties on foreign im-
ports, there can only be one opinion respecting protecting
W
ourselves against fraud.
e are induced to make these
remarks from observing, that when an article( of general
consumption obtains as near as possible to' perfection •
when then the manufacturer begins to get a return for
the capital and time expended in experiments for im-
proving the article by the incrfasing patronage of a dis-
cerning public, no sooneris this obvious than there arises
unprincipled parties ready to step in and foist upon the public
their inferior article for the improved one. Such an attempt
is now being made on t
he ii " GLENFIELD PATENT
STARCH." Having, from its' intrinsic superiority, got
into almost universal use, sothe inferior starch manufac-
turers (unable otherwise to. sell their articles) are putting
it up in packages closely imitating the Glenfield, to the
great annoyance of the consumers. Fortnnately, however,
for the public, Mr. R. Viotherspoon, the manufacturer of
the Glenfield Patent &Arch, has obtained in the Court of
Chancery injunctions! against two of these fraudulent
dealers ; and also a/general understanding that similar
injunctions would beigranted against all such malpractices,
if their labels bort even a colourable imitation of the
original Glenfield Patent Starch. The reports of these
injunctions appeaod in the London papers at the time.
The manufacturer of the Glenfield Patent Starch has had
when they
testimonials froti the laundress of the Royal Laundry ;
irceuslac to ask for
most of the n6bility ; the Lady Mayoress of London ;
&c., &c.; whip all set forth its excellent qualities in a
very flattering# manner. The consumers of starch need
not now apply to Lord Derby or any other statesman for
ochgempasertl
protectionmak e purchases --the y
of
the Glenfield Patent Starch, and to see that the name,
R. WotherApoon, is on each package, as without which
castnarcphr,obteycbt
none is genuine. We therefore close with. expressing the
hope that' fair readers will adopt this popular article,
when they want their laces, linens, &C., 6cc., done up in
a superior manner. We see the Glenfield starch is sold
in almost every shop.

A FACT FOR TEETOTALLERS.—Last week the deaths
of four males and one female were registered in Liverpool,
from the effects of " excessive drinking."

THOMAS AINSWORTH CROOK, Esq., Richard Ashton,
Esq., and Edmund Grundy, Esq., have been appointed
deputy-lieutenants for tbe county of Lancaster.
THE TELEGRAPH, a steamer of 850 tons, 247 feet in
length,27 in breadth, and 15 feet deep, has been launched
on the Clyde. She is to run between Liverpool and
Belfast.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Friday morning,
William Jerrard, aged 46, a porter at Edge-hill station,
was so severely crushed between the buffers of two railway
carriages that he died at the infirmary in the evening.

LIVERPOOL ELECTION PETITION.—Upwards of 100
persons have been summoned to give evidence before the
parliamentary committee about to inquire into the charges
of bribery and corruption at the Liverpool election.

THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAS MAIL STEAM-
SHIP CANADA, Stone, commander, took her departure for
Boston, on Saturday, with about 100 passengers and a full
cargo, besides the usual mails on board.

REPRESENTATION OF CLITHEROE.--Richard Fort,
Esq., of Read-hall, late a director of the East Lancashire
Railway, is spoken of as the new candidate in the Liberal
interest for the vacant seat for this borough.
FIRE.—On Saturday morning, at an early hour, a fire
broke out in the timber-yard of Mr. Wells, Bridgewater-
street. The fire-brigade were quickly on the spot, and
succeeded in subduing the flames before much injury had
been done.

SIMEON LORD, a young man, was brought before the
magistrates on Thursday, charged with obtaining large
sums of money by false pretences and forged cheques on
banks. He has been removed to Bolton, the scene of his
dishonest practices.

MR. GIRDS, of Bristol, the railway director, killed at the
recent accident on the Great Western, is said to have had
a presentiment for some time previously that he would
meet with some mishap, in consequence of which he
insured his life for £lOOO.
ON Sr. DAVID'S DAY the children of the Welsh
Schools in Russell-street were examined in various
branches of education, in the presence of a large number
of subscribers and friends of the schools. The chair was
occupied by Mr. W. Chambers.

REPRESENTATION OF BLACKBURN.—Mr. Eccles hav-
ing been unseated, Mr. W. Ilornhy is spoken of confi-
dently in the Conservative interest, and Lord Duncan
and Mr. Fielden (son of the late Sir W. Fielden) are
mentioned as likely to offer in the Liberal interest.

THE PASSAGE FROM DUBLIN TO LIVERPOOL.—
CHILD STARVED TO DEATH.—A little girl, aged 4 years,
named Hannah Leighton, who arrived in Liverpool by
one of the steamers from Dublin, was on Saturday
brought to the Northern Hospital, almost dead from
exposure to cold. She died shortly after her admission.
A DEPUTATION from the City of Dublin Stearn-Packet
Company waited on the President of the Board of Trade,
on Tuesday, with reference to a bill before the house,
seeking limited liability to their own newly-raised capital.
Mr. Cardwell said that the whole subject of the law of
partnership was under the consideration of the govern-
ment.

THE ANN CHESHIRE, a fine thirteen years' ship of 750
tons, was launched from the building yard of Messrs.
Brundrett and Whiteway yesterday week. She is in-
tended to sail on her first voyage to San Francisco, under
the command of Captain W. Whiteway, late of the Un-
daunted.

THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW CLIPPER-SHIP STAR OF
THE EAST, from St. John's, N. 8., on Saturday, created
quite a sensation among the nauticat• men of Liverpool.
She accomplished the passage adtuls ,he Atlantic in
twenty days, in spite of heavy north-east winds. This is
deemed the most rapid passage yet made by a sailing ship.

THE DEFENCE Or LIVERPOOL.--The war-steamer
Encounter, of 14 guns, which arrived in the Mersey on
Monday, returned to Portsmouth on Saturday, to give
place to a steam-ship carrying more guns, which is daily
expected to arrive from Portsmouth for the purpose of
being stationed in the river as a marine station guard for
the port.

A DEPLORABLE 'WRECK took place on Saturday week,
near Ulverstone. A vessel called the Vigo, Mr- Gillead,
master, belonging to Cardi„.•sn, was overtaken by the
gale and hurled on the coast near the north end of Walney
Island. The fearful sea that broke over the ill-fated
vessel entirely destroyed all chance of the unfortunate
crew reaching the shore.

DEPARTURES FOR AUSTRALIA.—The screw-steamer
Antelope took her departure for the Antipodes this morn-
ing, a slight accident having prevented her steaming aut on
Saturday. Great interest is felt in the issue of the race
between this vessel and the flying Marco Polo, which has
made the quickest passage on record to Australia and
back, and which is advertised to sail to-morrow (Wednes-
day.)

We beg to call attention to the novel exhibition of Dr.
Fisher in our advertising .columns. On Tuesday evening,
March 15, he will repeat his exhibition of the Dissolving
Views at Cornwallis•street Schools, which gave such uni-
versal gratification lately at the Collegiate Institution. We
can promise all who go a rich treat .; and the object being
a charitable one, will, we hope, swell the attendance on
the occasion.

INTERESTING CEREMONY AT SILAS' CHURCH.—On
Friday afternoon, the Rev. -S. Minton baptized his infant
son in the presence of a large number of his friends and
several members of the congregation. The sponsors
were the Hon. Mrs. Edward Cropper, the Rev. Dr.
M'Neile, and the Rev. A. Cave, formerly incumbent of
St. Philip's 'Cburch, in this town. The child was named
Hugh M'Neile.
THE AFRICAN MAIL STEAM-SHIP COMPANY have
made arrangements to establish a semi-monthly mail to
the west coast of Africa, to sail from Liverpool on the
10th of each month, the existing service from London on
the 24th of each month being continued. The vessels
composing the new line are to be called the Northern
Light, the Southern -Cross, and the Pleiades, and the first
will sail in October next. They will be of iron, of 1,100
tons burthen and :L,OO horse-power, with screw propellers..
A ROMANCE OF LIVERPOOL.—The Times of last week
contained the following advertisement :—" To H. John-
stone, of Liverpool.—Contrary to promise, no letters
have been received by F. R. from H.J. since the friends
met in the north en the 16th and 17th of October, 1852,
when the treachery was explained, and the friends were
reconciled. 11. ff. is requested to write immediately and
fully. F. R. remains at home to receive the letter.
H. J. should be very cautious and careful. Look to the
future with Margaret, the sea lads, and the sailor boy.
F. R. will assist.'
THE GALE or SATUILDAY week was severely felt at
Chester, where the tide rose higher than it has ever been
remembered to do before.; at Cullercoats, in Northum-
berland, where two 'fishermen were drowned; on the
Tyne ; and on the Cornish and Devonshire coasts, which
were the scene of many casuallies. The fishing smacks
sustained much damage.; and in some places the tide rose
so high as to create much mischief on shore.. At Porti-
nallaen the gale was terrific:; and two vessels, the Linnet,
Jones, master, and the New Gift, both of Liverpool,
foundered.
FEARFUL RAILWAY Acet!anNir.—TimEn LIVES LOST.
—About six o'clock on Friday night the express train
from the north, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway,
ran off the line at Dixon Fold, near the Clifton .Junction.
The engine-driver, Croston, the ." coker," Simmons, who
were on the engine and tender, and a child named Barber,
aged three years, were killed. The deceased child, its
father and mother, the father being a member of the firm
of Barber Brothers, Manchester, a little boy aged six,
their son, and two servant girls, were in the carriage next
-to the tender. They were all more or less injured ;as
were the passengers in the other carriages.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A lAVER.POOL LADY.—The War-
wick Advertiser says, an inquest was held at the Town-
hall, Leamington, on Thursday last, upon view of the
body of Mrs. Martha Hemingway, who was found dead
the preceding morning, at her residence, R-gent.grove.
The deceased was forty-seven years of age, and was the
wife of a Liverpool merchant ; and, from the evidence of
her daughter and servant, it appeared that she had been
suffering from a diseased heart, which was also the
opinion of Mr. Watson, as far as he could judge without
a post oroetem examination. The jury returned a verdict
that the deceased had met with her death from natural
causes.

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the meeting on
Wednesday, the Rev. Mr. Badnali presiding, the com-
plaint of the head constable against Dr. Gillmour, for not
attending to a ease in which he was summonecir was re-
ferred to the guardians of Toxteth-park.—The Rev. Mr.
Moore, chaplain, and Mr. Gough, the governor, in re-
porting on the state of the schools, stated that the boys
requireei more employment, and that the girls' school was
far from satisfactory.—Mr. Kirkus declined to pursue his
motion for an increase of salary to Mr. Whitehead, assist-
ant-overseer, on the ground that the majority of the
Board, he knew, were against him.—The poor-law in-
spector intended instituting an inquiry on Wednesday,
the 16th instant, into the alleged misconduct of Mr. J. B.
M`Govern, bread contractor.

LIVERPOOL GLEE AND MADRIGAL UNION. - This
society—of whose first essay before the public, in October
last, we pronounced a very favourable report—gave its
second performance in the Lecture-room of the Mechanics'
Institution on Wednesday evening last. We were glad to
see so numerous and respectable an auditory, as it gave
reason to believe that the public taste for the class of
music of which glees and madrigals form the principal
part, is reviving, and warranting the expectation that ere
long, by the well sustained efforts of such societies as
this, the compositions of our fine old English composers
may become as popular as they used to be. Certainly,
no programme of a performance of music can be more
pleasing at once to the unlearned and the learned in that
science, than when it is plentifully ir.terspersed with the
compositions of our English writers, as was the case on
Wednesday evening. Purcell, Gibbons, Douland, Morley,
Webbe,—were represented ; nor were Sir Henry Bishop,
Mendelssohn, Converso, &c., forgotten. The pieces by
these composers were well sung by the members of the
society, and many of them encored. Those which gave
the greatest satisfaction were " Row, gentle gales," by
Bishop ; " Sing we and chaunt it," by Morley ; " When
all alone," by Converso ; and a Trrolese melody, har-
monised—" Come, brothers, tune the lay." The last of
these gave great delight. A four-part song by the con-
ductor, Mr. C. J. Jones, " Up, quit thy bower," was
very well received, though not sung altogether with the
spirit which distinguished the performance of most of the
other pieces. The performance was diversified by longs
by Miss Santley and Mr. Charles Santley, both of which
were encored ; a quartett, by the Misses Beer (four
sisters), beautifully sung, and encored ; a violoncello
solo, by Mr. Lidel ; a piano-forte solo, by Mr. C. J.
Jones; and a duet by both these gentlemen. These were
all performed admirably, both of the performers being
evidently masters of their respective instruments. Alto-
gether, the concert was highly successful ; and we under-
stand that another performance of this society is intended
to be given in the course of a few weeks, and if it should
be as successful as its two first efforts, it will have no
cause to conapl!lin of went of appreciation on the part of
the public.

GENERAL NE WS.

A PENSION of £2OO a-year has been voted to the
widow of Dr. Rice by the governors of Christ's Hospital.
THE CLERGY RESERVES IN CANA DA.—A Parliamen-
tary document has been issued, showing that the number
of acres originally appropriated was 3,346,252. The
number of acres unsold, 1,574,600. The probable value
of the clergy reserves remaining unsold was £430,482 10s.

EARTHQUAKE.--A slight shock of an earthquake was
felt at Inverness and in various parts of the Highlands
last week. At Ness Bank it was distinctly felt at about
half-past 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and was ac.
companied by a low murmuring noise, as if a carriage was
passing along the road. At Culloden it was felt very per-
ceptibly at. 3 o'clock p.m., at ticles of furniture having bee❑
shaken rather violently in several of the towers of Cullo-
den-house for a few seconds.

AT NORTHAMPTON ASSIZES, Oxen Wilson, aged 70,
keeper of a beer-house at Pytchley, was found guilty of
arson, in setting fire to the dwelling-house of Mrs.
March, who kept the only lic2nsed public-house in the
village. The prosecutrix, her son, and maidservant, were
in bed at the time, but escaped, though the house was
burnt down. A rivalry in trade appears to have been the
motive that led to the crime, which was clearly proved,
and sentence of death recorded against the aged prisoner.
THE ROYAL NURSE.—A Glasgow paper asserts that a
Highland woman has been selected to act as nurse to the
expected Royal infant, and not a Welsh woman, as was
reported. It says :—" A physician in Inverness has been
entrusted with the important task of selecting a Highland
nurse for the expected Royal stranger. This delicate
commission he has been enabled to execute, having
already despatched to head-quarters a healthy young
married woman from the immediate neighbourhood of
the northern capital.

HOLYHEAD BREAKWATER.—A distressing accident has
happened at these works. Two men were employed staging
on the north breakwater, when one of them, who went to
fetch a saw, had not proceeded far when he heard cries of
distress, and saw his fellow-workman struggling in the
water. The sea was running high, and the wind blowing
strongly from the north-west, so that, though every ex-
ertion was made, he was drowned ere the boatmen could
reach the spot. The deceased, Howell Morris, was a
fine young man of 21, a native of Anglesey.
ARRIVAL OF AUSTRALIAN GOLD.---In the course Of
two days last week, four ships arrived i❑ the River
Thames from Australia, with the large amount of
£1,342,712 of gold on board, or 354,648 oz. This is the
largest amount that has arrived almost at one time. The
vessels were the Roxburgh Castle, with 170,000 oz., of
the value of £60.4,000; Chousingee, 63,713 oz., £255,000;
Three Bells, 77,803 oz., £311,212 ; and Alert, 43,132 oz.,
£172,500. A strong force of the police attended the re-
moval from the ships in the docks to the cellars of the
Bank of England. Vessels with as valuable a freight are
expected daily to be reported in the Channel.

NEW WAY OF LAUNCHING VESSELS.—An iron ship-
builder, at Havre, Mr. Nillus, has hit upon a mode of
launching his vessels, which, from its novelty, has excited
a good deal of attention. The parts of the vessel are con-
structed in the workshops, and then put together on a
floating "dumby," consisting of an old twin steamer,
which has great stability, from its peculiar form. When
finished, the water is admitted into the " dumby" by
sluices, and now the vessel rises like a phoenix from its
ashes, and is floated off without any risk usually attending
launches in the ordinary way. The " dumby" ran either
be raised by being pumped dry, or it can be put on the
wayi, where the tide will leave it at low water.

TRANSPLANTING WHEAT may be resorted to in March
(not later) with certain success of obtaining even a larger
produce than by the ordinary process of sowing. if the
weather should prove dry, no fears need be entertained,
as nothing grows freer from transplanting than wheat.
The more the land is trodden before and after the process
the better—in short it should be persisted in. Experience
justifies the propriety of thinning what are commonly
called full crops of wheat, for the purpose of being trans-
planted on well prepared land. The expense of dibbling
will be fully made up by the saving of seed. and the extra
produce of the crops wh►ch are thus thinned and trans-
planted.

A NEW PADDLE-WHEEL,
in use on some of the
American rivers, is thus described in an American paper :
" But there is one circumstance in regard to this boat
which is of more consequence than its superlative finery,
and which is recommended to notice by its practical
utility; and that is the novel construction of the wheel,
and the peculiar arrangement of the buckets, or paddles.
The wheel is of a vertical construction, and the paddles
are attached to one another by rods moved by an eccentric,
so that they strike the water edgewise, or perpendicularly.
They make, therefore, smooth water after them, and
there is said to be no loss of power occasioned by striking
or lifting the water after the wheel, as it is immediately
thrown off from the centres of the paddles. These pad-
dles are concave in shape, have forty inches in dip, and
five of them are immersed in the water at a time. But
whether the revolving motion communicated to them does
not really impair some of the inflexible force which be-
longs to paddles constructed upon the old plan, remains
to be tested by experience."

FATAL EXPLOSION.—On Saturday week an awful ex-
plosion of gas occurred in a provision-shop, in Bucking-
ham-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, occupied by Mr. Wil-
liam Walker, an engine-wright. There having for some
days been an escape of gas, Mr. Walker determined to
examine the meter. He took a lighted candle and opened
a trapdoor which communicated with the place. The gas,
which had been some time accumulating, immediately
ignited, and caused a tremendous explosion, shaking the
building to its foundation, and scattering bags of flour
and other goods in all directions. The counter was torn
to pieces, the shop windows blown out, and the building
greatly damaged. Mrs. Walker was carried nearly out of
the shop, and was taken up in a dreadfully mutilated
state. Her husband, too, was rendered insensible, and
both were conveyed to the infirmary, where both Mrs.
Walker's legs were amputated, and she lingered till
Tuesday morning, and then died. Her husband is re-
covering. A girl who was passing the shop was dreadfully
cut in the face by some broken glass, but she is recover-
ing, though greatly disfigured.
LIABILITY OF SH IP• OWNERS.—Tn the Sheriffs' Court,
.on Friday, a gentleman, named Hill, obtained a verdict
against Mr. Roskell, the owner of the Asia, for breach of
'contract. It appeared that in June last, the defendant,
whose vessel was then lying at Adelaide, contracted to
convey the plaintiff, his wife, and family, to London, as
.ruddy passengers, supplying thorn with provisions. Scc., of
the 6rst quality, medical comforts, ice., in consideration
of a payment of £130; he, however, failed, inasmuch as
there was a deficiency of water and medical comforts,
there was no milk, an insufficient supply of bread and pre-
served tin meats, and other comforts and luxuries to which
first-class passengers were entitled, the result being that
plaintiff and his family suffered severely, and one of the
children, from want of medical comforts, contracted scurvy,
and was not yet recovered. Captain Roskell and the
ruddy servant gave testimony that the passengers were
amply supplied, except interrupted by stormy weather;
I the passage had been very tempestuous, and the sheep,
pigs, and other stores provided for the passengers' use,
were washed overboard, and could not be replenished
until the vessel reached Bahia. The judge considered de-
fendant had not fulfilled his contract. Verdict for the
plaintiff. Damages, £3O.
THE CHISHOLM EMIGRATION.—Having received a
letter a short time ago from a friend in Melbourne, I am
advised to forward you some extracts from it, and I have
no doubt they will be interesting to a large portion of your
readers. The writer is a young man who sailed from
London 12th June, 1852, in the ship Scindian, chartered
by the " Family Colonization Society," otherwise Mrs.
Chisholm. He is well qualified to judge about much he
speaks of, having been engaged here as clerk in a firm
connected with the building trade. His letter is dated
November 15th, 1852. He says :—" We arrived here
Oct. 14th, after a tedious and disagreeable voyage, but
my two previous letters by homeward bounds will have
prepared you for this, and after a good experience now, T
have no hesitation in saying the Society under whose aus-
pices we came out is a dead --. Our captain, a good,
kind-hearted man, and one who has been long engaged in
the trade, says he has brought out to this colony soldiers,
convicts, and free emigrants, all of whom were much
better treated than we were.' Talk of ' grouping' and
attention to morality during the voyage,'—there was no
such thing. The emigrants elected me chaplain, and I
read prayers regularly ; being also referee, &c. in all sorts
of disputes, having many disagreeable duties to perform.
We lost four fellow-passengers during the voyage, and I
am very thankful to God that no epidemic broke out ; else,
in our crowded state, it is fearful to contemplate the con-
sequences. We paid 4s. to be conveyed to Cole's Wharf,
about eight miles from where the ship lay, besides paying
ror our luggage. The crowd here was immense, and I
had not been ashore half-an-hour when my carpet-bag
was stolen, in which was my diary and many other things
I intended sending you ; the thief was caught, and is to
be tried in two days, when my property will be restored,
no doubt. You know the Society says,—' Tents are pro-
vided for the emigrants upon landing, in which they can
stay until they obtain employment.' The tents provided
for us were of a wretched description, and only sufficient
to hold the females and children by hard squeezing, the
men keeping watch and ward outside on the ground or on
their luggage."—Correspondent of The Builder.
BURNING OP DONCASTER CHURCH.—On Monday
morning last week, about one o'clock, it was discovered
that the fine old parish church of Doncaster was in flames.
About two o'clock the roof of the nave fell in with a
tremendous crash. With the roof of the nave fell also
the greater part of the west end of the building, carrying
along with it the fine perpendicular window, considered
by Rickman one of the finest in England, and only
within the last six months filled with stained glass, at a
cost of £7OO, in perpetuation of the memory of t!:e late
Sir William Cooke, of Wheatley Hall, near Doncaster.
Over the beautiful south porch was the church library,
containing many rare and valuable ecclesiastical works,
including a folio Polyglot Bible in fine preservation. The
flames reached this part of the building soon after the
fire broke out, and in consequence of the inflammable
character of the materials, it continued to burn from first
to last with great brilliancy. About a quarter past two
the south side of the roof of the chancel dropped through.
The lower part of this structure now became ignited, and
the flames were seen through the lower tier of windows
shooting up towards the belfry floor. For a few minutes
the fire was impeded by the belfry floor,
posed of very strong oak beams; a little time and
the roof of
belfry was in a blaze. About half-past twoof
t'h bells,
the tower fell en masse. The beautiful peal
eod
which was com-
posed
eightsuspended
weighing altogether about six tons, contiiiiu
but
for some time longer on their substantial
supporters,another, or, at
ultimately they dropped down one
into the urnin
least, such portions as were not
melted,three g
a courageous
mass beneath. At about a quarter. to
effort was made to save the parish registers, and the
greater part of the books, though much burnt, and
the
rescued. Near the vestry was
communion plate, were
the celebrated organ, by Harris, allowed t
be one of the
e
finest in the country, •
nd which was in the course of re-
erection.
Every article of this invaluable instrument
was consumed. In the short space of three hours this
extensive, antique, and handsome edifice, regarded as a
type of parish churches of the perpendicular style—for
centuries the pride and the boast of Doncaster— was re-
duced to a heap of ashes. The total loss of property by ,
this calamity is estimated at XlOO,OOO, and no part of the 1
Sacred edifice was insured.

A WRITER in the Singapore Free Press recommends
he use of the leaves of the coffee plant as a substitute for
he berry.

AUSTRALIAN GOLD.—In the course of Wednesday and
Monday, four ships arrived in the Themes from Australia,
with the large amount of £1,342,712 of gold on board, or
354,64 S oz.
A WONSAN'S STRIKE.—The women in a tobacco manu-
actory at Marseilles, 1,200 in number, have left their
work because they are required to use a knife instead of a
pair of scissors in cutting the ends of the cigars.

THE SAILORS' STRIKE AT SOUTHAMPTOti.—SeveraI Of
the seamen on strike at Southampton have given in.
They have applied to the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany for employment at their former wages, and have ob-
tained it.

QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.—The annual accounts of
Queen Anne's Bounty for the year IS3I have just been
issued. The receipts were £204,129 10s. 10d., and the
disbursements £204,332 6s. sd. Tile first fruits in arrear
were -.E'49 4s. Sd., and the yearly tenths due £G2 10s. Id.
THE CAPE.—The G,neral Screw Company's steamer,
Hellespont sailed from London on Tuesday, with £40,000
in specie, 200 tons of cargo, at £l2 per ton, and about
seven passengers.

THE 2ND ROYALS.—The 2nd detachment arrived at
Corfu on the lith ultimo, by the Poictiers, in fifteen days,
from Cork. The other transport, with the remainder of
the Royals, was daily expected, but had not on the 19th
made her appearance.

SPURIOUS NUGGETS.—..3k quantity of spurious gold-dust
and nuggets, manufactured in England, has been circulated
in South Australia, and are so well prepared by the electro-
gilding process that great difficulty is experienced in de-
tecting the fraud.

THE RAILWAY KING.—The sum on the third suit
expected to be recovered by the York and North Midland
Railway Company, of Mr. Hudson, is about £16,000,
making upwards of £75,000 altogether, exclusive of
expenses. Mr. Hudson has given notice of appeal against
the former decision.

MILITARY ENCAMPMENTS.—Ascot Heath is being
surveyed for the purpose of selecting the most eligible po-
sition for an encampment of 7,000 of the household bri-
gade and regiments of the line, in May and June next ;
surveys have also been made in the Great Park, Hounslow,
and at Bagshot Heath, where it is intended to encamp as
many regiments as can be spared from all the military
stations in the country.

INDIA. AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The mails which
were dispatched on Friday, rid Southampton, per steam-
ship Indus for Egypt, India, China, and Australia, were
the largest that have as yet been forwarded, comprising no
fewer than 163 boxes, besides several bags, with a portion
of the mails that were on board the steam-ship Australia,
and which have been forwarded by the Overland India
Mail, viii Singapore.
THE AUSTRALIAN SCREW STEAMSHIP made a third
trial trip on Saturday, at Plymouth. Captain Lowe took
her several miles beyond the Eddystone, submitting her
engines, in which the defects would appear to be, to a fair
and proper test ; the result of which is so far unsatisfac-
tory, that the vessel is further detained, and will have
again to go into dock to attempt a remedy of defects.
A WIFE STAKED AT CARDS.—A recent French paper
reports a case in which a lady brought a suit for a divorce
against her husband. It was proved that on this occasion
the wife had been staked at cards, and the key of her room
handed over to the winners. In the first case, she
escaped by jumping out of the window, and in the other
the winner was too much intoxicated to be dangerous.
THE Stirling Adrertiser furnishes a rare orthographies'
curiosity, received by the owner of a small property in a
neighbouring village from an indignant tenant :—" Jeny-
wury 9th, 1853.—Sir,—this cums to see why that ar not
onester about the hose for ma father giv up the hose on
hansolmundy to your mother no mor at prsent bet your
servent." The epistle was sealed with soap.
THE NEW JEW BILL was issued on Thursday. There
are six clauses, to the effect that in the abjuration oath,
when administered to the Jews, the words " upon the
true faith of a Christian" are to be omitted. Persons
professing the Jewish religion are to make a declaration.
Such persons are not to hold certain offices in the State,
or in the Church. nor are they to present to benefices in
right of office. Further, it is proposed to enact that Jews
are not! to advise in the appointment to offices in the
Established Church.

SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, the
four o'clock passengertrain from Tynemouth, on the York,
Newcastle, and Berwick Railway got partially off the line,
after clearing the Willingto❑ viaduct, on its way to New.
castle. The engine, tender, and van were thrown over
the embankment, killing the engine-man, and seriously
injuring the stoker, who has been taken to the infirmary.
The guard is hurt. The coupling-chain broke, or the
entire train would have been thrown over, and many pas-
sengers killed ; several are bruised.

EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.—The London and.
North-Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, East Lanca-
shire, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail-
way Companies have given notice " that their agents will
in future cease to collect goods, except shipping goods for
Liverpool, at S o'clock, a.m.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.-At Briston, in Norfolk, last
week, a female servant, 26 years of age, in the employ of
the Rev. J. Bird, was missing in the morning. On iiro-
ceeding, however, to the footman's room, which is
reached by steps and entered by a trap door, she was dis-
covered with the footman, both presenting the most
dreadful appearance, being black in their faces, and foam-
ing at the mouth, in consequence of the lad having
lighted a charcoal fire in a moveable stove and shut down
the trap door, leaving the room without any ventilation,
The female expired in a few minutes, but the lad was so
far recovered as to be able to give his evidence at the
inquest.

GREAT SNOW SQUALL.—The whole range of the Lin-
colnshire and Yorkshire coast, from far above Flam-
borough Head to below the Wash, was, on Wednesday
night and Thursday morning, visited by the most destruc-
tive snow storm that has been experienced off that part of
the kingdom for some years. The consequences to the
shipping engaged in the collier and coasting trade was
most disastrous, as many as a hundred vessels having been
driven ashore. The Hull Packet says that intelligence
was received of thirty vessels being on shore to the north
of Spurn, but the most likely supposition is that during
the snow showers the captain had mistaken the Swatch.
way—a cutting in shore at Spurn—for the entrance to the
Humber.

DREADFUL AFFAIR IN CANTERBURY.—George
ley, a millwright by trade, has made an attempt upon the
life of his wife, and then committed suicide by cutting his
throat nearly from car to ear. He has evinced a slight
aberration of mind for some time time past, but retired tc
rest with his wife on Sunday, apparently much better than
he had been. Shortly after 5 o'clock on Monday morning,
the wife of the unfortunate man was awoke by his attempt-
ing to cut her throat with a razor; she immediately cried
out, " Oh, dear George, what are you doing ?" and rush-
; ing out of the room, ran to the house of a neighbour, the
blood at the time streaming profusely from the extensive
gash made in her neck. Assistance was soon procured ;
when, upon proceeding to the bedroom, a dreadful scene
presented itself, the man was lying a corpse, surrounded
by his own blood, having nearly severed his head from
i his body.

EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT.—Salisbury has been
the scene of considerable excitement, in consequence of a
discovery that Mrs. White, of the Wheat Sheaf Commer-
cial Inn, had decamped with no less than £5OO belonging
to her husband. Mr. White having lately resolved upon
quitting business, a purchaser came forward in the person
of Mr. Perman, for £5OO. On Saturday the money was
paid, and Mr. and Mrs. White proceeded up-stairs to
place it in some safe depository. She unlocked the secret
escritoire, into which she dropped the cash. Mrs. White
then apparently locked the bureau, and gave her husband
the key, desiring him to go and make merry down stairs
with some of his old customers for the last time as land-
lord. He unsuspectingly complied, and shortly after-
wards the wife left the house in her walking dress to visit
a friend or two in the city, promising to return again
shortly. As she did not return, the husband's suspicions
were aroused, and it was ascertained that she had taken
her departure for London. The bureau was found un-
locked and the escritoire empty, the wile having abstract-
ed the money, besides some pounds of her own, and some
articles of wearing apparel. Some months ago, a dashing
corporal in the recruiting service was quartered at the
Wheat Sheaf, and his affable conduct to the landlady was
the subject of general remark. He recently purchased
his discharge, and about a fortnight ago left Salisbury for
London. He was in the city that day, whence he took
the train for London.

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—A most fearful accident hap-
pened on Thursday evening on the York and Berwick
line. The four o'clock train from Tynemouth to New-
castle had crossed the Wellington viaduct, which passcs,
over a valley near Wallsend at a considerable height,
when the passengers were thrown together, the engine,
tender, and guard's van having broken the coupling
chain and gone over an embankment a distance of some
15 feet. It was found that the engine had fallen upon
William Stephenson, the engineman, and killed him on
the spot, crushing him in a most frightful manner. The
stoker and guard were injured, but not seriously. Several
of the passengers received bruises, but none were seriously
hurt.—Two accidents, one of them terminating fatally,
have occurred on the South Wales line. On Wednesday, at
Pencoed, near Bridgend, ran old man, named Daniel
Jones, crossed the line, when he was struck by the engine,
eightr the....____..
and the train passed over his head, which was crushed in
a most frightful manner. The other accident happened
from a collision between a passenger and a goods train
near Swansea. The luggage engine, being the heaviest,
overpowered the passenger train, which
.was thrown back
with considerable violence, and the engineer and stoker'
were much hurt, though no bones were broken. Several
both a_tesrind
sides
o line,f by the
serioustra in li collisionntos a
South
i ballasttookE,
train
ithech
of the passengers also received severe bruises.—On
Friday moofrnainggooads
the line
Merstham
szitaetniown:ereninjtuireed,oaundi
blocked up by the debris.
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

MUSICAL SOIREE.—Mr. Joseph Robinson will give his
annual soiree musicale at the Philharmonic-hall, on Fri-
day evening first. It will be under the patronage of his
worshipful the mayor. Rarely have a Liverpool andience
the opportunity of listening to such a host of talented
artistes as Mr. Robinson has retained for the occasion,
and we trust the public will show
te
themselvesdeffortc.apable of
appreciating the praiseworthy and spirt

THEATRE ROYAL.—The music-loving part of the com-
munity were attracted to this place of amusement during
the past week by the operatic company, the performances
concluding each evening with Douglas Jerrold's comedy
of " St. Cupid."
THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE has now become the
scene of " Uncle Tom's Cabin" and the comic panto-
mime, which have been transferred to this place of amuse-
ment from the Theatre-Royal. Nightly they have been
played to admiring audiences during the past week.

THE SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS, which are
wonderfully varied considering the small charge for ad-
mission, still continue to be crowded. The org,anoplionic
band appeared on Saturday night last.

Australia.

LINE OF PACKETS FOR AUSTRALIA.
Has made large -engagements for cargo, and will have imme-

diate deipatch,
For MELBOURNE,
ItAk\
- The splendid British Ship
LORD GEORGE BENTINCK,
„, Captain JOSEPH ROBINSON ;
528 tons, A 1 at Lloyd's. This superior ship has excellent ac-
commodations for a limited number of first and second cabin
passengers, and is well knowirfn this port for her safe and rapid
passage; loading in the P'rince's Dock.—Apply to Messrs.
WILLIAM FISHER Bar. ; or,
I'ESWORTH, WYNNE and LYNE.
Goods can he engaged by the above Ship to include expense
<I Lighterage to th Whqrf at Melbourne.

Is filling up.—All goods to be alongside on or
before Thursday next. the 50th instant.
For MELBOURNE,
1 4 The splendid new fi -class Russian-built Ship
'4'%i
l:, V, N I
4441Lw1v-7
, ~ tain ALBut.ctiT
284 tons. is a first-rat nveyance, and a vessel of very great
speed : loading in G ortre's Dock.—Apply to
COTESWORTH, WYNNE and LINE.

- The very fine frigate-tinift Dutch East Indiaman
,it4S.
irefir,JAVAAN,
Ca in G. T. TEINSMA ;
V 1
-1 736 tons. T s splendid ship is the fastest vessel
of the Dutch fleet, and presents a most unexceptionable con-
veyance for goods and passengers.—Apply to
COTESWORTH, WYNNE, and LYNE.

FOR. SYDNEY, Direct,

-Ora.,

Carries no Steerage,and only a few Cabin Passengers,
For MELBOURNE, Direct,
The new A 'I Liverpool Clipper-built Brig
~..„.4 SKERRYVORE,
Alt, . 350 tons burthen, now on her first voyage,
...,. GEORGE `EBB, Commander, .

(Who has had great experience in the Australian trade.)
This vessel has most superior accommodations for ten first-
class cabin passengers only. From her very fine model—her
lines being similar to thosatif the GEORGE IV. and COLUMBUS
—it is confidently expect‘d she will make the passage in less
time than any vessel extant.—For rate of passage, &c. apply to
the Captain, on board, in Prince's Dock, or to
CROZIER BROTHERS and CO,
34, Tower-buildings West.

For MELBOURNE,
The fine fast-sailing Brig
e 4 STANDARD ;
kg,..vial A I at Lloyd's, and copper.fagtened; is 227 tons
-register ; delivers goods 'at the Wharf; will be
despatched without delay, and is expected to make a quick
passage; loading in George's
„D6'ck, and has room for a few
passengers.—Apply to

.7.),AtES ROBSON,

0, Water-street.