The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-04-25 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OP THE CANADA

By the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship Canada, Captain Stone, we have intelligence from
New York to the 11th, Boston the 12th, and New York
by electric telegraph to Halifax to the 13th inst.

The Canada lefC Boston at noon on the 12th inst., and
on the 14th, at 1 35, arrived at Halifax, and was detained
until 9 30 a.m. for the embarkation of Vice-Admiral Sey-
mour. On the 15th, in lat. 43.29 N., and long. 58.40 W.,
passed the brig Czar, of Dundee, bound west. On the
16th, in lat. 43.35 N.,and long. 51.40 W., passed the royal
mail steam-ship Asia, for New York. On the 21st, in lat.
46.15 N., long. 23.30 W., exchanged signals with the ship
Huntcliffe, bound west. On the 22nd, at 10 a.m., passed
the ship Lady Gordon, bound east; at noon exchanged
signals with the ship Jacob A. Westervelt, b9und west,itb
and in 1at.5.37 N., long. 14.30 W., exchanged signals
at
the ship Devenport, bound east. On tt e
a.m., passed Cape Clerr ;at 3.30 p.m. passed d
°threroallwmlil
steam-ship Africa, bound west ; and 11.30 p.m. wasy abreast
of Tuskar. On the 21.tb, at 0.17. p.m., they made, the Bell
buoy, at 1.8 passed the Rock-light, and at 1.30 reached
Liverpool.
The Canada brought 391,594 dollars in specie, and 120
passengers.
PASSENGERS.—From Boston :• Mr. J. Norcross and
lady, Miss Smith, Rev. F. Wilson and lady, Mr. Cordukes,
Mr. Tibbitts, Mr. Cameron, Mr. Coldman, Mr. Santiago
Cuchi, lady, and infant, Mr. Berry, Mr. Eseuador, Mr.
Runge, Mr. Trouke, Mr. Tuskar, Mr. Perrin, Mr. Castera,
Mr. J. De Rutti, Mr. Dnpus, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Hill. Dr.
Brown, Mr. Martin, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Pratt and lady,
Mr. Burrin, Mr. Blondell, Mr. Custellani, Mr. Bettelini,
Mr. Curry, Mr. Willis, Mons. Figuiri, ' lady, nurse, and
child, Mr. J. H. Walsh, Mr. F. C. Walsh Mr. Whitman,
Mr. Pollock, Mr. Parker, Mr. Stowe, Mr. Andrews, Gillsby,
Mr. Smith, Miss Johnson, Miss Johnson, Mr. Hayes and
lady, Mr. Johnson and lady, Mr. Palmer, lady; and child,
Mr. Edwards, Mr. Donnald, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Robinson,
Mr. Mills, Mr. Wilder, Mr. Sowerby, Mr. Watersbury,
Mr. Hills, Mr. Hastings. jun., Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Hume,
Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Serens, Rev. J. Griffiths, Mr. Zuigi
de Cuino, Mrs. Benwell and two children Mr. Pullen, Mr.
Cash, Mr. Casey, Mr. Manby, Mr. Ford: Mr. Jones, Mr.
Hargraves, Mr. Sutapart, Mr. C. Aver, Mr. Foster. From
Hallifax : Sir George F. Seymour, Lieut. Forescue, Mr.
Parsons, R.E., Mr. Ashley, Mr. James, Mr. Ratchford,
Mrs. James, two children, and servant, Mr. M•Lean, Mr.
Rankin, Mr. Galton, Mr, Yeoman, Mr. Kincaird.
There were no accounts of the screw-steamer City of
Glasgow, Capt. Morrison, to noon of the 13th. She left
Ale port for Philadelphia on the Ist alt.

Wylie
The screw-steamer City of Manchester, CaPtaiD
arrived at Philadelphia on the Bth instant. oder,
The royal mail steamer Europa, Shannon, eb°soerici
arrived at New York on the Bth instant, and t
at Halifax ou the 14th. a
„
The Guy Mannering, the Washington, the '31'1;00
the VOn Hein, hen,- lrrived at' New York on the. toe,

Renee, are..
The American Union, the Arctic, and the senaoryjiltee,
The Livehence.,oo
arrived at New York on the 6th inst.
hence, arrived out on the 7th. The Euroclyden,,rhe Olt
the Bth, and the Antarctic, hence, on the
Ham and Elikabeth hence, arrived at Charleston the
9th• 3."the7lP
inst., the Rajahpool hence at Mobile on the 20th 0014
Sultana and the Britannia hence at New Orleans 4100
inst., and the Intrinsic and the Grandee hence at
on the 2d inst. Liv fet'i
The packet ship Russell Sturgis, from
21, for Bostaketon, was abandoned at sea. The_rdgatPe-.
crew were off by the bark Rainbow, arr"
s"
port on the 10th inst.
nNe
hasw beYeori ksigHne
er d
nd
Lsotan ,eeethne
3dirr3.l3l,°cf.N,Liiil rbe
venThtioe
U.S. minister, and the British' went, i_.nesu whic; tlire
latter admits that free ships make free borbeseclN
British Government also renounces the right of s
.set,sref
the impressment of seamen, so far as US. ; lase
concerned, and considers the restriction as t° "100'
blockade; In return the U.S. GOVernMent ent
strict neutrality and non-interference in the Prlescli
The convention has been negotiated by Mr. Rae O
"-
his own responsibility. 111 Cott
The ship Alliance, at Charleston, loaded In
had been slightly damaged by fire. s 06.0 i
From Puerto Cabello we learn that Congres.„ooo.,
session on the 25th ult., considering the etnanr
in
abundantly;
the slaves. Produce was coming 5,
was quoted at llic. to 14c.; hides, 15c. 010
The Southern Convention, in session at Choreal
recommends the southern route for the Pacific istlic
f the t,
Telegraphic accounts from Washington, °,4„ fies''Ati
state that the Mexican Treaty Bill would pass ,',l",oes,
The indemnity had been cut down to seven Tre''' oat.
the extent of territory to one-half the original ° yot
The steamer George Law had arrived at
with advices from California to the 16th ftlineiric4".
$803,569 in specie. The Star of the West had aw:,,,,re
with $671,489. The accounts from the mines ":4 to
favourable. The news from Lower Californilii- '
effect that the Walker " filibustering" exPew. °
totally disorganized. mot,
From Havana the advices are to the Bth Ins-
was quiet, and freights were advancing.
The advices from Bermuda are to the sth ills.- t.
ship Pallas, from Newcastle, arrived here on the . rr
Dates from the city of Mexico to the 4th have.o7l(l.
ceived. The accounts of the Alvarez insurreetiria
sit
very contradictory. Santa Anna had had sec!ilecefo
mishes, and, some reports say, that he Nos potv
d e°
Other accounts say that Alvarez held a g°ld
which was strongly fortified, and that he NIOII t 7•'
determined resistance. Private letters state tha
Anna would be defeated and finally overthrown.
oceliret
Accounts from Hayti state that differences hadveoetl'eer,
between the Emperor and the French Admiral, the Ot
arising out of some financial demands made /
but which was eventually arranged. were
fete/
Accounts from Curacoa mention that the Ye ere
had entirely. disappeared. Affairs in Venezenla,eeld.
unsettled, and another revolution was anticipaN., diso„;,
The iron ore diggers throughout the whole brio Bye,
in the vicinity of the Washington railroad se- etry•
more county, Md., have been for some days °Dig' Of;
The banks are generally deserted, and the rnenocessllf
derable bodies are passing through the CORntiinY'•
d ally gathering at some point, where speech nw-
cott
ulged. ji l
The ship Alliance, at Charleston, loaded wa ibs -
for Liverpool, took fire on Friday, the 7th ins'
was extinguished with but slight damage.
Was Ate
The brig Eagle, from Halifax for Liverno, t"4
doned on the 2d ult., lat. 411, ion. 60, with five fee
er
"
in her hold, and the crew taken off by the seht,nee ree,
Ellen, from Halifax for Pernambuco, from II"
were transferred, on the 9th ult., to the
bar
which arrived at Boston on the 3d inst.
COJIMERCIAL INTELLIGENC•
~,Ae t
NEW YORK, 11th April.-The 3foney
active, with a plentiful supply, at 7 per cent:w,,°,; of
10 to 12 per cent., four months. All descriPl-
stocks are lower.
AP71600
COTTON.-(From W. P. Wright's Ciretlia. otr
-After the Baltic's accounts were received, the cd'eed fted:
in this market on Wednesday last were sasPearestficiees
sequently during the week the business warsany sh°4
and at very irregular rates ; holders gene were :del
little disposition to force sales, and buyers yestt"i
tempted to operate by an inducement in Price; pricSo 0
the sales were limited to 325 bales, at irregwart op. Po
lot of strict Good Middling Uplands was sold naves, be.,(P
store. The English orders, and limits for adv
rr Ming
either reduced or cancelled, there is no eq,° sales' 01
and, holders showing more desire tom eu'e before_x
market is unsettled, and it will be some da):s The `;itl3-
correctness in quotations can be arrived,%s, of
during the week have amounted to 5,79°„7;er5, 192;ii0
1,252 were for export, 1,123 to home .0911s-i'lle e)11)°5,4'
speculators, and 2,163 bales in transll;;4.
same time has been, to Liverpool, 6,'" cettty'll
Hamburgh, 131: Total, 6,287 bales. „, Aro b
The following is a statement of the Ino"
par, 41.
since the Ist of September last, as eOlll 100
previous three years
1854. 1853. 185 to IPA
Receipts at the ports 2,225.000 2,816,000 2 438,vit
Exports to Gt. Britain, 896,000 1,141,000 '99,,3'n00f- 5' 're
„ France 233,000 263,000 32'm°- Ad
„ other for. ports, 186,000 216 207.--,01,4,
Total exports - 'e,
Stock on hand 620,000 757000 '5.59:-41e sr;
Of which duringThepast week, included * 150/
62. ito
1854. 1853. 2,100 55,00
Receipts at the ports 96,000 54,000 ,W 004) I'4
Exports to Gt. Britain. 57000 41000 noo
97 France
„ ot hr for.prts 9,000 12600 ,041 ,e
Total exports 70,000 61,000 ,‘" decteA:co 0
From which it will be seen that the decrPALI
receipts now amounts to 591,000 bales ; thQ000°5;0601-
exports to Britain, 246,000; to France,
foreign ports, 30,000. Total decrease in Or Pet
A alt" cISI
bales. h
BREA.DSTUFFS.-The accounts to the,,, the
steamer Baltic, from Liverpool, received is
t'
week, although advising a downward teuderiprecei,, per
European markets for breadstuffs, did n° to to .I,;(ii°,tift
trade here from realizing an advance 0f,,, oriorVoyd-10"t.
brl. in the better qualities of flour. 'l,"e„,is Or" ntoe:i
suitable for home use are nearly exhausl7.o4 )/,,,4"'
the Atlantic States, and no fresh supplies °ddle
via canal, can be received before the reArbefit i 61,0
Canada flour has declined 25c. per bri. dian eej,
inquired for, without a change in price. InderasS etv;
declined 3c. to Sc. per bushel, and is in fair e
a so° airot
PROVISIONS.-With decreased receipts se, 00 ;
lative demand for western pork since ourmess 3134.46°,6/I'.,
of 50c. to 621 c. has been established on
materl',,,fdl
while other descriptions are without
included in the sales were 600 barrelsPrin'e-onle'l Plicv•ei
clear remains quiet and nominal at $l-,B'gd 41:101
moderate supply, and, with a steady g°W retfee°
favour the seller. Prime mess and extra ow-iv st"'io'f,f'-';
and quotations nominal. Beef hams are eV4,
held firmly at $l6 to $l7 ; pickled hales; `l4e6
shoulders, sc. to 6c. ; the outside prices tio, 'avrt„,c,t
salted meats sell slowly at 71c. to lac. for "-,lcl, 511, OtV,-
to 54c. for shoulders. Lard is in better detes-a ,ity
have advanced *c. Butter is more plenty, sils-teadY'
easier, with a fair demand. Cheese rule -
moderate home trade inquiry.
Aoll
NAVAL STORES.-Turpentine is ciiiieti-Viireit's;e free i 5
supply, and held at $5 25 to $5 37i- for „
North County. Spirits turpentine has be' pslereatict-
bought at some reduction in price. Prilne,-n AO
scarce and wanted. Tar in re uest, stock carrel. fltarag
and the sales show an advancegof 25c. Perh'oe
Inox.-7A few hundred tons Scotch Plif„;,:ligh4,4l.
at $4l 50 six months. The receipts bel"'
:0"
are quite firm. Bars continue scarce an
sDote fa
have nothing to notice in sheet. per 11),:„;511e,,I;‘,Ite '
FREIGHTS.-To Liverpool: cotton, r
per barrel ; grain in bulk, Bid. to 9.- per To .eo
London : flour, is. 9d. to 4s: per barrei. e
of tbj
Nominal. .111, 011
NEW ORLANS, APRIL 12.-On the reeeir• ed, ere'
ropa's news the cotton market slightly der lin
small sales were made.
CHARLESTON, APRIL 12.-Cotton leas deCb~
to-da

ty.
id;Or• C,1301q
LIST OF THE BALTIC Fb- , sir ;As
When the Baltic fleet, under Vice-A(101/0'1s ve7oPc;
Napier, left Spithead, it consisted of only P;f4,13
war. Reinforcements have since been clesP3 their 0;4
ous times, and several vessels are now °l' the igt
under orders. In the course of a short time I;,refic.
fleet in the Baltic will number 50 ships: f the drce
state of efficiency, irrespective of The vessels oet the
contingent, only a portion of which have Set 0
patched. The following is given as a corre
British fleet in the Baltic :

ggof•
act 4-c0
Guns. Tons' Ilv .
1 Duke of Wellington
131 •• 2616 .• w., gie .4,
2 Royal George 70 'oo'
101 •• 32740'5 •.. 910 ''
ar,A
3 St. Jean d'Acre
4 Neptune
5 St. George
6 Princess Royal l2O
120 .... :172919
.• 820
:5300 '600500
91 •• 3083 ' 82° 4°°
7 James Watt
8 Nile 9191 •• 2599 •• 85„° 45°0
9 Caesar - t
10 Algiers.
01, • • 2765 . • e2(0,610'
11 Hannibal. - •• ‘,613 •• 750 r,A
12 Prince Regent - 2286 . • 750 or ~
13 B4 •• 0 • 750 tiv
14 Majestic
15 Cressy BlBl
.•
.• 9 55183975 .....
656,52?v5, s,,i ,lifiil'
16 Cumberland
2213 •• 6ti 451
17 Boscawen .. 7° •• 1750 •• 500 4
18 Hogue 6O •• 1761 •• oc t 0 441
19 Ajax
60
••
1747 .• 660 360
20 Blenheim'.
21 Edinburgh . ...........
2223
El mn pr
ye
ail en us s
.e . ...... .. .. .. .• .. .. ..... ..
......
...•• 42312:5:0,i 0000_
43Ec::
24 Arrogant.
23 Amphion
26 Dauntless . 33 •• 1570 .• 230
27 Tribune
28 Eurydice...—.
29 Leopard lB •• 1310 •• 220 65i
30 Odin l° 1253 •• 50° 4t
31 Valorous
32 Penelope ................ ••
:.. 16 •• ,616 .. '260 •p-
-/0 00
33 31agicienne ... ........
3t Miranda .................. 4 •• 750 • 00,
.4„.
35 Cruizer.... .. ............. 14 •• 703 • 172 4!..77,
36 Archer ..... 14 •• 1100 •• 17_„ *
37 Desperate ................ 6
•••• 10.1.03 :: re, re:,..1
38 ConfiiCt ................... Z . j2i _ .
~,,
400
39 Dragon ....... ' 1123 • 2u" ,40
40 Bulldog ...... 6•• 1190 •• 16° ;;r0
....... 6 •• 980 •• 165 3t
41 Vulture ..................6 .. 1056 .. 160 2sv
42 Basilisk .................. 3°
6 •• 11i1 •• /50 4,
43 Driver .................... ,
.. —.. „no pv
4454 GRoosrgamono.n.d.
................................ ‘,i.
:: 17 .
._
~.,.,,‘, ,K : : .. ~
,0(5)
?el
4C, Wadiator ................. !
.. 6,,,'
.. io 101
47 Prometheus. .............. :
.. 701
.. 0
48 Janus .................... ,
.. !„„
..
_,,,,„)0
49 Alban .... . .............. :
.. V_"... •';"i )1
20 Lightning for surv• eline• •
~::_. ;619 SP'
Total. ......... 2339

Tvgot fe•
,tare:

TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1854

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE SPECIAL FAST DAY.—Fish Table d'Hotes will be
kept up continuous from one to seven o'clock, at Feeny's
Merchants' Dining Rooms, Slater-court, Castle-street.
Charge, ls. 6d. each.
A LITTLE STRANGER," six weeks old, name and
parents unknown, was, on Monday, found in Gloucester-
street, and taken to the workhouse.
AT THE POLICE-COURT, on Tuesday, Adolph Beer, a
destitute German emigrant, was sent to prison for two
months, for stealing money from a German hotel in Mary-
bone.
THOMAS BERRY HORSPALL, Esq., M.P., has been ap-
pointed deputy-lieutenant for the county of Lancaster.
Alexander O'Farrell, gentleman, has been appointed lieu-
tenant in the 3rd regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's
Own Militia._ . . . .

,OA-311TEL Hotatzithe ex-mayor of Liverpool, is at
gA-'ssi‘ staying at his brother's residence, Windermere.
lie" is fast recoverin from the pleuritic attack with which
„was seized in London.
'At%Lnw
-TBER CORPS FOR LIVERPOOL.—We understand
ilas.Linh aYor is in communication with Lord Palmer-
Pool, respect to raising a volunteer corps for Liver-
proposs!(.L" on hat the Home Secretary views favourably the
Pat
SENTATION.—On Wednesday a purse, containing
ohsovereigns seven shillings, was presented to the
n Woodhouse by a few members of the congre-
site," of All Saints' Church, as a small token of their
nand regard for his indefatigable zeal and attention.
Asisz
Wt, sermon on behalf of the
ivas , and expenses of tuning and repairing the organ,
NC-Lea hed in St. Thomas's Church on Sunday after-
to !est'a',,,..week, by the Rev. Howard St. George, incum-
ts; numge, and a collection made, which amounted
I);
Itsp,c,l;i!a POCKETS.—On Wednesday evening a lady
t r a few minutes at a shop window in. Church.
Zs° when a man, wearing a huge pair of whiskers and
astaelle pushed against her and then walked away.
tolded• iatelY afterwards she missed a purse, containing a
s,rnit g' and a large sum of money.
kis:Tß.—On Wednesday an inquest was held at the
" Rainford, on the body of Jane, widow of
4 rge Mercer late teamster to the late James Birch,
1141 is brewer, of Rainford, who committed suicide by
kori.ng herself with a rope in her own house, on Monday
bAnig• Verdict temporary insanity.
eset-,_lll OF MR. EDWIN ATICINS.—With regret we re-
%st 'ne death of this enterprising gentleman, who for
ie era'with his the Years, in conjunction brother John, who
ter,.e. Present proprietor, had the management of the Li-
p "ci Zoological Gardens, for his mother. In order to
rscar
*mu some new and curious specimens of the animal
plod, Started, in 1852, on the perilous journey of ex-
g the almost unknown tracts of the interior of
leatt Ire had been most successful in his daring ad-
°iertnn't having secured several specimens, syhen. death
s"" him. on a small island on the White River, a
4 of the Nile, in January last. The melancholy m-
iler was communicated to his family by a letter from
W"Js&'s consul at Cairo.
lkiriss--si,l 'JERRY PARISH.—At the annual Vestry of the
West Derby, on Easter Monday, a church-rate
a 4 em the
church was adopted. Mr. George Fosberry
its i,,._'eted warden, in the room of the retiring
qedt-"4„, rid', and Mr. R. Ledger was re-elected. The
rie,l,7d beadle, it was arranged, should have their sola-
rised next year.
, raised
‘,esinA.---Is AGAINST TEAZING ANIMALS.—On Monday
kth last week, about six o'clock, a man, in company
!afs 4aereral other persons, visited the Zoological Gardens,
be slight he might annoy the leopard, in whose cage
teal;,"served a shin of bed. Accordingly, he began to
asirne the joint from one position to another, when the
Istsl7 crouched, and, collecting his strength, darted for-
Ihe „dust as he ma was about to withdraw hi hand
qlls-wial struck hisn claws into it, lacerating its dread-
,
" and causing a torrent of blood to flow.
"‘:Ck. ful "'RXWALLIS-STREET SCHOOLS: BAZAAR.—A very
Sch bazaar, in aid of the South Church of England
e'csx-',,,n,.was held on Tuesday, in the Girl's School-room,
IPecirh"ailis-street. Three of the stalls were supplied with
,k,110,-Lens of the industry of the girls who attend the
‘.11e,',, and r ed oue of the most pleasing features of
eiLilibition.oUmpwards of £7O was received at the tables,
114tfli, j3:e of the admission money. The remainder of the
'''Alli,‘lll ornamental articles were disposed of by auction,
sr, szsaay.
.I"X'S CHURCH, STANLEY.—On Monday and Tues-
se6o,4st week a bazaar was held in aid of the national
~Weze-' attached to the above church. The stalls, which
4rrsaged in the school-room, were presided over by
esc'ith
e congregation, among whom were Mrs. Wm.
*its ton, Mrs. Henry Walter, Mrs. Munday, Mrs. Stone,
'Orrison, and Mrs. Cooper. The articles contributed
tl'ecliteouicilY of a useful character, and reflected the greatest
gt n the fair donors.
4t th,4I,IING IN COLLIERIES.—The two great explosions
pecs,,-`llce Hall Collieries near Wigan, by which, within
lee, 'sr" of twelve months, nearly 150 lives have been
(or Veil, have led the owners to forbid the firing of shots
espr lasting) in the mine. The jury, it will be recollected,
ei,ebssed an opinion that such a course was dangerous.
tettf,"lie a higher price has to be paid (4d. per ton) for
io "g Coals b the wedging system ; but the colliers are
and inY favour of blasting, by which more. coals
eons Higher wages are secured, that nothing like a full
lies,,l4eraent of workmen can be got into the mine ou the
stdsYstens. Colliers have been heard to express great
Aar
to go to work at Ince Hall if they might be
IskiiLd to " fire shots ;" but less wages, though accom-
41el, with greater security to life and limb, are insuper-
aNections to the majority.
eoze,°°ra FROM LIVERPOOL.—On Tuesday the Cunard
for tvkanY's screw-steamer Melita sailed from the Mersey
Ree,ne Mediterranean, with 40 men belonging the 19th
'le/it'le,lit, 27 servants, 38 horses, and 300 tons of govern-
es,,P.Lores. A number of officers sailed in the Mehta,
,Toqa-'lLig Brigadier-General Sir John Campbell, Captain
ela; Snodgrass, A.D.G., Colonel Hastings Doyle, A.A.G.,
(-4p.tilf.l3akenham, Major Ai. rey (quarter-master-general),
ts 4 gin Wortley, C.M. Rifles, Captain Weir, 60th Rifles,
Ptain Butler, 55th Rifles. There are six or seven
toy's the port now undergoing the requisite alterations
Itth the conveyance- of troops, and when completed they
'4 he despatched to Dublin.
rao .TIMONIAL TO HENRY FERNIE, ESQ., OF LIVER-
}If) L.—We had recently much pleasure in recording the
tilil
ioltrable conduct of this gentleman, and we have now
al, satisfaction to announce that a testimonial, in the
tit of an elegant service of silver plate, of the value of
3: ,sapplied from the extensive and rich stock of Mr.
si,in•ait, Glasgow, has been presented to Mr. Penile,
t,est4 the following inscription :—" Presented to Henry
'4a-;',l4'sge of Liverpool, by a few merchants in London,
as.'s Glasgow, Leith, Greenock, Perth, White-
his former creditors, as a token of their high
las, "lon of his honour and integrity, in having, after
-0 oft wenty years, voluntarily paid all their claims
''ratsZni which he had incurred while in business in
tj ;cr. 1854."—Glasgow paper.
lIRBD..kLE SESSIONS commenced on Tuesday, at
were „,Irt -house, Kirkdale. The following magistrates
u
f Assent :—Mr. W. Hall (chairman), Major Bourne,
iadl• ~;, Tinne, Mr. J. W. Harden, Mr. Joseph Pollock,
t
• CI% W. Preston. The usual business relating to the
steet was first proceeded with. A sum of £165 was
l'essin Mr. Clayton, the bridgemaster, for new bridges,
' „„&c., within the hundred, for the ensuing quarter.
Dostei,,44lll Woodford, the head of the constabulary, re-
ticser" the county to be in a most satisfactory state ; he
Ntiai remembered it to be so quiet and peaceable.—The
'how 'ePorts of the state of crime for the last quarter
the following results :—Taken into custody by the
tllatiluularY force, 2,290: committed for trial, 265 ; sum-
convicted, 1,333 ; bailed, 129 ; discharged, 563.
iist4lened by the constabulary, 1,878 : summarily con-
1141its 1736 ; discharged, 166 ; failed to appear, 16 ; war-
•iik,,,granted, 25. Summoned by other persons, 2,46f3:
14ses-'I,IY convicted, 1504; committed for trial, 750; dis-
Tals;,'l6s; did not appear, 49.—The criminal business
L'rell-sliced on Wednesday morning, before the Venerable
rates'con Brooks (chairman), and a full bench of magis-
Net: The calendar contains the names of 82 persons, a
Ilits,,4Paniber than usual. The following analysis will
~1101,"44_,e Condition of the persons in reference to the edu-
's,4 ~,`.2leY have received :—Read and write well, 3 ; read
ute imperfectly, 26; read, 20; neither read nor
4.4;133.
,11.41cE OF THE NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY PORTERS,
R ii Tuesday '
afternoon about 400 of the bookers,
b 4'ers of goods, cranemen, and foremen employed at
NiVis department of the London arid Northwestern
setts4Y, (Waterloo and Wapping Stations,) simultaneously
nit, working. They had several interviews with Mr.
Ovaite Pool, the manager of the traffic department,
~11rosiZe gist of their complaints was, that since the com-
r,s'ici;?,e which followed their last strike, provisions had so
~..44fg41,creased in price that even their present wages were
"serm.e'ent for their family wants. What they required,
N,6,e, was an additional 2s. per week ; that their
Paid weekly instead of fortnightly ; and that on
tisf,i42fs they cease work at five o'clock. After some dis-
,Nen, the additional wages were granted by Mr. Poole,
isi;et to the approval of the directors, though the other
sei,h.'in,estions were left open for consideration, Mr. Poole
,(I'els-o,.ing to accede to the men throwing off work at five
ris unless competing companies would consent to do
ttti)4no• Mr. Poole event the recurrence of such strikes in
obtained from the delegates their consent
citiittZ3n,th's notice being given by the men ere they
etgrn„tile employ. Matters being thus arranged the men
`4e e'n to their work at four o'clock. In the course of
failOY, the men on strike held two meetings, when the
~0t4e54:`„134,1 eOmplaints of the speakers had reference to the
°E the company that they should give a month's
clistyike before leaving their service, while the men can be
k 18T sod. at any time.
(45ta.",,I1ERARY DOG.—Among the many anecdotes and
tot
b-,,e,es, of canine the following may perhaps
ne at-, 'nought unworthy of mention :—Some weeks ago,
‘ss,,„".;eiltion of the writer of this paragraph was directed
111elit"'i8 dog who manifests a peculiar and strong attach-
'l4ClP .5 newspaper establishments, and from observations
alayi)cn the brute's movements, the following statements
Zell
~relled upon for correctness. First of all, it may be
'at "escribe the animal himself. He is a dog possess-
!No°, Pretensions to beauty ; he is of neglected appearance,
~.tacst doleful and 'ef-worn countenance ; but what
hells "in this respect is compensated for in his harmless-
rnand reposeful disposition. Of pure progenitorship,
111(•4(.'allY bipeds, laying claim to high ancestry, he cannot
Pe w-1,1114, boasi, for in him may be said to be concentrated
bst,,,-(ne of the species of Goldsmith's dogs of Islington,,
'Achgaoliongrel, fox and hound, and curs of low degree.
sttees Yhe makes a circuit of the whole of the newspaper
neat erally honouring our establishment with his first
os„''sit- For some hour or hour and a-half he reclines
r4e'l(gra on the one side of the door-way, eyeing with
`'•4l, to trbing glance the passers-by, and each person who
'4lll,l''4e shop. Having thus performed his term of self
`hnin.. Probation, he rises, and proceeds to the next ad-
the,; sr „° °tee, the Standard, where having gone through
eiles:e,Phservance, her epairs to the Mercury, and again
Atbhis apparent ce. Thence he goes to the
tia.s.':ii.and Journal and the Times, at each of which
fhick hoe similarly spends about. the same space of time,
rapletes his daily gyrations. This he has done
!:14Yeewttia%s and if any one doubts it, they may be convinced
0 Ines', demonstration. It has already been said that he
dog quiet and harmless brute; and moreovera thanlfish
;possesses the good quality of not being se
j!acati„ur yet a forward or presumptous one ; for his. mor-
A' C 1441 IVlS'if such they be are not prompted by self-interest.
~.meelittmas frequently been offered- to him, but invariably
ers 11-Is, and declined with a look to ply that by such
4111 to erPrrow is insulted, and no persuasion can induce
heraost peer the establishment. He is, as has been said,y
sstins isti'eeaceful disposition, and evidently, whateverapers
Oe,-,s,larY taste, eschews party politics, as
hisl_lavo.rs.
his 'nrY, Whig and Radical,—he pays de
inercantile taste ireh
bAhbestiBA..he has been noticed invariably to avoid Gore's
is a". By what feelings the p9or brute. may be im-
s- the d 0 of
of speculation, but it is surmisedusthaptalyie
etv.ere4e;_ af some defunct newsman, who the
portal:
es°„tl?e shade of his departed master at th
o;`,L4insMnaliments whence he was wont to vend infoy-
'isla„ "xne world
couraer. and obtain the means for meeting the
Can.

THE NEW RESERVOIR at Kensington, which covers an
area of three acres, and is computed to hold eighteen mil-
lions of gallons, was opened on Wednesday, the water
being turned in from the Green-lane works. It is entirely
covered in, the roof being supported by iron pillars, and
is one of the finest things of the kind in the kingdom. It
adjoins the old reservoir, which is also to be covered in.
WARRINGTON.—A public. meeting, for the establish-
ment of a public museum and library on a proper footing,
was held at Warrington on Thursday. The mayor, Peter
Rylands, Esq., presided ; and amongst the speakers were,
J. W. Patten, Esq., M.P., the Hon. and Rev. H. Powys,
the Rev. Richard Greenall, Lord Stanley, the Rev. R A.
Mould, and several members of the Town Council. The
resolutions were passed unanimously.
CLOSING OP CHURCHYARDS.—The order fo'r closing
the churchyards of Liverpool, recently made by the Privy
Council, has been carried into effect in those cemeteries to
which the order refers against interments generally, but
where there are family vaults and private graves, not
over-crowded, such can still be used.
LECTURE ON WAR.—The Rev. C. C. Lowndes, son of
Mr. M. D. Lowndes of Liverpool, last week delivered a
lecture upon " War," before the members of the Church
of England Religious and Literary Institution, in the
Athenaeum, Carlisle. The rev. gentleman throughout was
listened to with deep attention, and the audience showed
their appreciation of his admirable lecture by frequent
and loud applause.
A TEA PARTY, in connexion with the Herculaneum
Sabbath-schools, attended by upwards of three hundred
persons, was held in the school-rooms under the chapel,
Mersey-view-street, Potteries, on Tuesday evening. The
enjoyment of the festivity was much heightened by the
exertions of several ladies and gentlemen connected with
the various musical societies in town, who volunteered to
perform a series of choruses from the oratorios of the
"Messiah," " Samson," and the " Creation."
GALLANT RESCUE.—One of the Woodside boats had
nearly reached the landing-stage, on Monday, last week,
when a youth, in endeavouring to leap ashore, fell into
the water. Thomas Doyle, one of the landing-stage
porters, at once leaped after the boy, and succeeded in
getting hold of him ere he sunk. A life-buoy was thrown
out, and with this assistance Doyle was enabled to sup-
port his charge until both were drawn out of the water.
Doyle, who is a middle-aged man, has frequently rescued
parties from drowning.
LIVERPOOL REFORM ASSOCIATION.—The first annual
meeting of this association was held at the Royal Hotel,
Dale-street, on Tuesday. The report, which was read to
the meeting, commenced by declaring the necessity felt by
the association for not disclosing all which could be
revealed, and inferentially proving the propriety of dis-
playing what could not be disclosed—viz., a good case for
the association. It concluded by inculcating union and
energy among the members of the association.
ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—
The fortnightly meeting of this society was held on Wed-
nesday. Mr. Bowden, of Bristol, exhibited specimens of
brilliantly cut glass, prepared according to his process.
Mr. Edmundson, St. Helen's, exhibited many specimens
of plain and ornamental window glass, as manufactured
by Messrs. Pilkington. These he presented to the society,
together with a volume of ornamental designs. Mr. Hig-
gins read a paper on the "Entity of the lonic order." A
petition to the House of Commons was adopted in favour
of the application of the decimal system to currency,
weights, and measures. The petitioners, in speaking of
the present system, say they " have frequent experience
of the great inconvenience which is thereby occasioned in
land surveying, in the measurement and value of artificers'
work, &c., and in the application of science to practical
architecture and construction."
Ges IN RIO JANEIRO.—The new gasworks in Rio are
now in operation, and part of the city was lighted for the
first-time on the 15th ult. The erection of the works, and
the general conduct of the undertaking, have been under
the management of Mr. W. Bragge, a gentleman well
known in this town, who formerly filled the office of
engineer to the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Railway, and who is now engineer-in-chief of the Rio and
Petropolis Railway. The gas is made on the hydro-carbon
principle, and at the works there are four holders (telescope
form) 75 feet in diameter by 42 feet high. Already thirty
miles of mains have been laid, leaving only ten to be still
accomplished. It is proposed to adapt the gas to culinary
purposes, on an extensive scale—an arrangement which,
in a climate like that of Rio, will be highly appreciated.
A RUFFIANLY Sox.—On Tuesday, James Murphy, a
middle-aged man, was committed for trial, for perpetrat-
ing a murderous assault on his mother, a blind widow, 64
years of age. The son had insured her life subsequent to
the father's death, which took place about six weeks ago.
On Friday fortnight the prisoner left home in company
with a young man, and returned at eleven o'clock at
night brutally intoxicated. He began to be violent, and li
on his mother requesting him to be quiet, he struck her
over the face, and knocked her down, and, whilst on the
floor, he pulled her about by the hair of her head, a large
quantity of which came off. Two neighbours came in to
her. assistance ; and she was taken to the hospital on the
Monday following. The prisoner expressed his sorrow
for the assault he had committed, and stated that he
would, if liberated, support his mother ; but the magis-
trate said that, in justice to the public, he must be sent
for trial, as such acts of brutality could not be tolerated.
AN EXPENSIVE HOUSE.—Most of our readers probably
are acquainted with St. George's-hall in Liverpool, one of
the most magnificent buildings in the world. Its vast
proportions, its architectural beauty, and the multiplied
accommodations afforded by its internal arrangements
have naturally excited the admiration of all who have
inspected that splended monument of Mr. Elmes's genius.
Of course such a gorgeous structure must have cost a very
large sum of money ; but profuse as has beeb the expendi-
ture on this civic temple, we are astounded when we find
it stated that an equal sum has been wasted on the so-
called ventilation of the Houses of Parliament ! Yes, the
snm of £250,000,—a sum that would have built 10 edifices
equal to our noble parish church—a sum that would have
constructed 250 schools, or stored 250 free libraries—has
actually been squandered on the ventilation of West-
minster Palace. This almost incredible fact rests upon the
authority of Mr. Peto, one of the contractors for the erec-
tion of the palace.—Blackburn Standard.

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INFLUX OF GERMAN EMIGRANTS.—In our streets, and
more especially in the neighbourhood of the docks, hun-
dreds of persons, of both sexes, adults and children, and
of almost of every country, and clad in quaint costumes,
may be seen perambulating, either in search of voyage
equipments and necessaries, or with the view of killing
time until the ships which are to convey them to their
destination are ready for sailing. Between Friday and
Tuesday last upwards of twelve hundred persons arrived
here, via Hull, en route for the United States of America,
the majority of them being bound for New York. Out of
this number seven hundred have been lodged in the well-
known establishment of Messrs. Sabel and Cortis, in
Moorfields. The great bulk of these will be shipped in
vessels owned or chartered by the above-named firm, Such
are the facilities given to emigrants at this port, that the
whole of this great number of persons will set sail before
the close of the week. From an inspection of the estab-
lishment of Messrs. Sabel and Co.' we are enabled to state
that ample provision is made for the health and comfort
of emigrants, cleanliness and ventilation being especially
attended to.---Liverpool Times.
APPREHENSION OF A ROBBER.—The circumstances
connected with the extraordinary and daring robbery
committed about thirteen months ago, at the shop of Mr.
Howard, jeweller, Corporation-street and Market-street,
Manchester, cannot have been forgotten. A man, it will
be remembered, entered the shop in the middle of the day,
when no one was on the premises but Miss Howard, and
whilst drawing her attention to an address card which he
had brought with him, he suddenly put his arm round her
neck and garrotted her, leaving the young lady senseless
on the floor behind the counter. After this, he and accom-
plices plundered the counter, window, and drawers of the
shop of valuable jewellery and plate, with which they coolly
walked into one of the most crowded thoroughfares of
Manchester, and effected their escape. Mr. Beswick, the
chief superintendent of the detective police, made every
exertion to trace the offenders, and several men were appre-
hended, against whom there was evidence of complicity in
the affair, and one of whom was ultimately transported,
but the man who was the chief agent in the robbery, and
who used Miss Howard so brutally, succeeded in eluding
pursuit up to the present time. Mr. Begwick had reliable
authority for believing this man to be John Goldsmith,
who was at that time living in Birmingham, but all efforts
to apprehend him proved unavailing until a few days ago,
when he fell into the hands of Mr. Stephens, superinten-
dent of the Birmingham police. He was brought to Man-
chester on Wednesday, where Miss Howard picked him
out from several other prisoners at the Town-hall, although
he endeavoured to contort his features, but she was not
then sufficiently confident to be able to swear to him. Mr.
Maude commented upon Miss Howard's apparent uncer-
tainty as to the prisoner, and said he thought he had bet-
ter be remanded for a week.
CHARGE OF MURDERING A SISTER...-0131 Wednesday
last, an inquest was held on the body of Mary Ann Eaton,
a girl 16 years of age, the circumstances of whose death,
which involved a charge of murder against her brother,
Wallace Eaton, were given in the Standard last week.
When before the coroner, the mother retracted nearly all
that she had said before the magistrates on the previous
Thursday. She stated that on the day on which the
quarrel took place the prisoner merely tapped the deceased
on the shoulder, and her foot caught in her dress, which
threw her down, and the table fell upon her. "He did
not mean to hurt her, he was too fond of his sister for that."
She denied that she had said that she saw the prisoner
kick the deceased, and said that she did not remember hav-
ing said she saw him jump upon her. The deceased had
been complaining ever since she was 13 years of age. The
witness gave her evidence with obvious reluctance. The
coroner, in remarking upon that point, said that she pro-
bably wished to deceive both him and the jury, but it
might turn out that she had deceived herself. A girl,
about 16 years of age, named Mary Kelly, stated that she
saw the quarrel, but had not seen the prisoner kick the
deceased. She saw her fall, and the old woman and the
table fall on the top of her. Mr. P. W. Leather, surgeon,
said the deceased had been long in a jaundiced state, but
the immediate cause of death was rupture of the spleen,
which might have been caused by a kick or a heavy body,
such as the table or her mother falling upon her. If she
had not received the injury she would ultimately have died
of disease of the liver ; and if the rupture of the spleen had
not been perceptible, he should have inferred that disease
of the liver had produced her death. The coroner, after
reading over the girl's dying deposition to the jury, said
he was only surprised that the other brother, William, had
not been committed for the assault as well as Wallace, for
he had gone up to her when she was confined to her bed
by the injuries which Wallace had inflicted, and he had de-
liberately struck her in the face. After a short consulta-
tion, the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against
Wallace Eaton,"

GENERAL INTELLIGEIME%

BURGLAR Y.—On Friday night the offices of Messrs
H. C. Smith and Co., 6, New Quay, Prince's Dock, were
broken intol, and all the drawers and.safes opened; but, THE LORD Ma.vm of London has sent invitations to
as they keep no cash there, the thieves were-disappointed. the whole of the Yorkshire Mayors to a grand banquet tO
HEALTH on- THE TowN.—The medical officer of health be given next month to the Mayor and Corporation of
reports that, in the week ended 15th April, the-deaths Leeds.
registered within the borough amounted. to 233, being GOVERNMENT, respecting the cry of justice to Sootland,
twelve less than in the previous week, but about ten per has determined to purchase, at a cost of £7,000, a-site-for-
cent. more than the average of the same.w,eek of the pre- an Industrial Museum at Edinburgh.
ceding six years. The excess above the average is chiefly THE BEARDED MOVEMENT.—NOTICE EXTRAORDP
owing to consumption and diseases of the-lungs, which NARY.—The Patriot- states, the following was seen on
caused 92 deaths last week, against an average of 6O The the doors of one of the churches in the City-road. yester-
mortality from zymotic diseases fell to 54. from 77in the day :—"lt is particularly requested that moustaches be
previous week. Seventeen deaths were caused by measles, not worn in this church during Divine service."
12 by hooping cough, 7 by diarrhoea, 6, typhus fever, A GREAT FACT.—At a meeting of the City of London
2 scarlatina, 2 cholera, and 1 small-pox. Ragged Schools, held in the Institute, Mr. Alderman.
THE REAP TESTIMONIAL—From an advertisement we Wire said he could tell, from his experience of the. city
perceive that Mr. Reay, the indefatigable secretary of the prisons, that since the establishment of the ragged schools,,
Liverpool Guardian Society, is to be presented with a juvenile crime had diminished 50 per cent.
public testimonial of the estimation in which his services CHEAP BREAD.—Mr.. Pepper, of the Polytechnic,. has
are held. For the last sixteen years Mr. Reay has devoted beaten the Frenchmen in the new bread-making process,
his attention to the onerous duties of his office, and and produced 71b. 4oz. more bread from a sack of flour
through his exertions and tact the objects of the society than they can. The secret, he says, is simply to use a
have been greatly forwarded, and the interests of the pub- proportion of rice with the usual materials. The-bread,
lie have been protected. thus made will keep moist and sweet for a longer period-
THE SANITARY RATES.—At the meeting of the Health than the ordinary kind, but its nourishing qualities are.
Committee on Thursday, the Rates Sub-committee pro- fifty per cent. less, weight for weight.
duced a report as to the rates which they recommended to A NOTABLE HISTORICAL FACT.—Wheat was first sown
be laid for the ensuing year under the Sanitary Acts. In in the North American colonies in 1602, on the Elizabeth
all the townships there was an increase in the- paving-rate Islands, in Massachusetts, by Gosnold, at the time he ex-
-1 ecommended, as compared with last year, alai in some plored that coast. That has been just 252 years- ago, and.
townships a slight increase in the general rate. The since that time so great has been the increase of this
ground for recommending the higher rate was understood cereal, that in the year 1849, according to the census of
to be the increased cost of materials and labour. A short 1850, the product amounted to 100,503,899 bushels.
conversation ensued, in course of which the chairman TICKETS OF LEAVE.—The Glasgow Commonwealth
suggested that as it was not necessary to pass the rates complains that some thirty ticket-of-leave men have been
that day, the subject should stand over for a week, so allowed to return to Glasgow without any notification to
that the members of the committee might have time to the police; and intimates that these men are engaged in
consider it fully. This suggestion was adopted. their old practices, which they are enabled to pursue with
THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SHIP now lies in the great safety because the policemen are not aware of their
Wellington dock, preparing for her departure to Mel- presence in Glasgow.
bourne on Saturday next. Since her last arrival in Liver- AN ABSENT RECORDER.—On the opening of the
pool many improvements have been made, more especially Northampton borough sessions last week, the Recorder
in the arrangements of the baths, and other conveniences was missing; judge, attorneys, officials, and juries—grand
upon which the comfort of passengers so much depends. and petty, waited for three hours, and a telegraphic mes-
The ventilation throughout is admirable. With the ex- sage was sent to the absent gentleman's town residence;
ception of a few tons for the use of the cooks, the Great but no Recorder came, and at length the court was
Britain is coaled entirely with anthracite, as the experi- adjourned. At half-past six the Recorder arrived, and
ence of the last voyage fully proved its superiority. It is stated that the sessions had wholly escaped his memory.
now pretty generally known that the Great Britain is no THE DIVERS MEASURES NUISANCE.—In Hertfordshire
longer to be the only steamer of the " 'Eagle" line, or, attention has recently been called to- the prevalence of
rather, the only steamer managed by Messrs. Gibbs, three different corn measures, under the one name of
Bright, and Co. These gentlemen have, we understand, load," consisting severally of three quarters, four guar-
formed a company to run a regular line between this port ters, and five quarters. This anomaly of local measures
and Australia, under a royal charter, with limited exists all over the kingdom. It renders the returns of
liability. Connected with this arrangement and other prices from markets often deceptive, and worse than
matters of importance, Captain Matthews will, for this useless. Here, again, agricultural statistics would bring
voyage, remain at home, and the Great Britain be under the folly into high relief. The remedy lies in a universal
the command of Mr. John Gray, the late chief officer. grain by weight—a change to a decimal system of weights
Short as the passage of the Great Britain was on her last and measures, and the compulsory teaching of the decimal
trip, sanguine expectations have been formed that she system in every parish school in the kingdom.— The Field.
will make the passage on this occasion in fifty-five days, INCONVENIENCE OF EXCESSIVE BULK.—Mr. Colwell,
being ten days less than the time occupied in her last a gentleman of enormous size, standing upwards of six
voyage out. • feet, and weighing, it is said, 22 stones, was summoned
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting, to Lambeth Police-court, on Tuesday, for the sum of 61,
on Thursday, Mr. Alderman Dover, in the absence of Mr. being the balance of a fare due to a cab driver named Geo.
Alderman Langsdale, presided ; and the following mem- Perrin. The question turned upon a counter-statement
hers were present :—Messrs. Gladstone, Moss, Beckwith, as to time lost in waiting, and the weight of evidence was
Godfrey, Fleming, Nicholson, Johnson, Stewart, Holme, adjudged to be in favour of the complainant. Accordingly,
Halhead, and Henderson. The contracts for clothing for Mr. Colwell had to pay the 6d., and costs to the amount
the inspectors of scavengers and those in Mr. Fresh's de- of ss. 6d. in addition. He stated he was much annoyed
partment were ordered to be advertised for. The annual by cabmen refusing to take him in their vehicles on
report, setting forth the amount of rates levied on the account of his size; and that, in revenge against the
borough and the different townships for the previous year, whole fraternity, he was in the habit of keeping them
and also the amounts contemplated to be levied for the waiting for nearly fifteen minutes, as the law allowed him
current year, was brought up and read. In each case an to do. On this occasion it seemed he overdid the thing,
increase was recommended upon the preceding year's rates. and kept the cabman sixteen minutes.
A draft of the bill, in reference to the crossings, &c., at the MIGRATION OF MORMONS.—The Belton Rouge Advo-
north docks, of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, cate (United States) says :—The John Simonds, a three-
received from the town-clerk, with a letter from the same decker steamer, running to St. Louis, passed our landing
official, was laid before the committee. The Town-clerk yesterday, with about 800 emigrants on board, all bound
stated that clauses 9 and 10 embodied the agreements for the Mormon settlement at Utah. They are composed,
come to by the committee with the railway company, and we were told, nearly exclusively of English and Welsh
provided all the protection which the committee insisted converts to the Mormon religion and morality (or immo-
upon on behalf of the public. The clerk remarked that all rality), under the guidance of one of the Latterday Saints,
the level branches had been conceded. The committee who has been on a missionary tour to Great Britain.
then adjourned. About half, or more than half, the number were women,
DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting, on Thurs- mostly young and buxom-looking lasses. What were their
day, Mr. Shand, vice chairman, in the absence of Mr. views of spiritual matrimony we did not ascertain.
Charles Turner, the chairman, presided, and there was a SALARIES IN PUBLIC OFFICES.—The annual account
numerous attendance of members. The finance com- made up under this title has been presented to parliament.
mittee's proceedings stated that the committee had It shows the effect of changes made during the year 1853.
resolved that the rate of interest be 44 per cent. per an. The chief item of increase is set down to the Post-office,
num for three years, and 4t- per cent. per annum for more in which department 1,220 more persons have been en-
lengthened periods, on all loans and renewals. In refer- gaged, at salaries amounting to £26,358 ; the convict
ence to the subject of warehouses at the Stanley-dock, establishment also has 109 more servants than in the
Mr. Rankin moved a resolution to the effect that the sub- Previous year; the Customs, 67; Stamps and Taxes, 59.
committee of warehouses be requested to furnish and On the other hand, the Excise has 207 less, and the con-
submit to the general committee, on the 4th May next, sequent saving in that department is £24,734 ; but there
11 an estimate of the probable nett income and rent which is an increase in the same department, itider the head of
may be derived from the north and south stacks of ware- "expenses,"
. to the extent of £15,748.The general result
houses at the Stanley-dock,respectively based on the exist- is an increase of 1,478 in the number of persons employed
ing scales of dues and charges at the Albert-dock ware- in some of the public offices, and a diminution of 236 in
houses. Mr. Robinson asked whether they were to have the number employed in others ;in money, an increase of
a permanent rate, or fluctuating rate, as in the case of the expense in the one set of offices to the extent of £105,672,
warehouses out of doors. Mr. Smith said there was only and a decrease in the other to the extent of £48,013.
one of threeprinciple for the adoption of the committee; they MILITARY AFFRAY.--A serious fight took place in
must either adopt the principle of the Albert warehouses, Winchester, on Sunday week, between about 150
let the warehouses off, or get some party to undertake the soldiers belonging to the 88th Regiment and the Hants
working of them on commission ; and the object at the militia. It appears that the regulars had been sneering
present moment was to obtain information as to which of at the awkwardness • and unsoldierlike qualities of the
these three plans was the best. Mr. Hohne thought it militia men, the consequence was a desperate fight with
necessary that the committee should be informed as to the fists, sticks, stones, and soldiers' belts, a terrible weapon,
cost, or, rather, the salaries paid at the Albert warehouses, with its large metal buckle. Several soldiers were taken
and moved that a return be furnished of the number of the to the hospital dreadfully, and, it is feared, fatally
officers and servants employed, the nature of their occupa- wounded. The militia men were victorious, as they
tion, and the salary received by each attached. Mr. numbered two to one over the regulars. The policemen
Brocklebank thought the motion premature, before they were too few to interfere to stop, or even to mitigate, the
came to the decision whether they would themselves work disgraceful affray.
the docks or let them, for if the latter course were adopted, A SPREE.—At the Central Police-court, Glasgow, great
and the information went forth to the public, it would be merriment was created by the introduction of a red-
s guide to any persons choosing to offer for the renting of whiskered man, named John Blyth, and his wife Eliza,
the warehouses. After a desultory conversation, the "a douce-looking, middle-aged couple, dressed in each
motion of Mr. Rankin with Mr. Holme's addition having other's clothing." John came first, in petticoats and
been carried, it was agreed to leave the subject in the short gown, and bare. feet. Next came Eliza, breeched
hands of the sub-committee to procure all such informs- and booted, with the coat over all ; but she deeply felt
tion as they can obtain relative to it. The harbour-master's her position, and as she seated herself alongside the other
committee recommended that accommodation be sup- figure, and completed the strange picture, she cried
plied for the herring trade at the north-west corner of aloud, while the whole court were convulsed with
George's-dockbasin.The committee shortly after adjourned. laughter. The foolish couple, it appeared, resided in
WALTON PARISH.—The annual vestry meeting was High-street; that morning they had been indulging in "a
held on Tuesday, the Rev. T. G. Leigh, rector, in the chair. glass," and were so exceedingly merry that, when about
The accounts, which showed a balance of £l4O to the credit to retire, they donned each other's clothing. Their land-
of the parish, were passed unanimously. Messrs. Roskell lady said if they would go out to the street in that state
and J. Fallowes were appointed churchwardens for the she. would stand a gill, and they had gone out in search
ensuing year. There was a long discussion on the subject of the gill, when they were surrounded and taken to the
of private individuals holding pews in the church, alleged office. The husband was fined 7s. 6d., while Eliza was
to be the property of the parishioners generally, and re- dismissed with an advice.
ceiving rents for them. It was stated in explanation by DEATH IN A TUN.—Mr. Charles Dick, brewer, has three
the chairman and Mr. Churchwarden Roskell, that, in large stock tuns placed in his yard at the back of the count-
-1810, when the parishioners refused to enlarge the church, ing-house, one of which had been emptied about a fortnight
certain individuals were allowed to erect the chancel and ago, and required cleaning previous to being used again.
additions at their own expense, they being allowed to hold Mr. Dick had issued strict orders that, before going into
certain pews. It was alleged that, under such circum- them, the men should lower a lighted candle through the
stances, there would be great hardship in depriving them hatch to ascertain whether or not the air was strong, and
of the property. Ultimately the following resolution was requiring to be purified by pouring in water. A man
adopted :—" That the vestry request the chairman to corn- pamed Bird, after having descended into the tun for the
municate with the Chancellor of the Diocese, on the purpose of cleaning it, fell to the bottom in a state of in-
question of the pew right in the parish church, which was sensibility. His companion, Boyle, went down almost
mooted at the late Easter meeting, and inform him of the immediately after having given the alarm, and was also
proceedings thereon taken, with the result; and request suffocated. Three men went down one by one, but they
, him to take such steps thereupon as he may think fit to were rescued in a greatly exhausted state by another of
bring the matter to a more satisfactory conclusion." A the brewers, who took the precaution to go down with
church-rate of a halfpenny in the pound was proposed and ropes for the purpose of having them pulled up, at the
carried without opposition. risk of his own safety. Bird and Boyle were both dead
WAVERTREE BOARD OF HEALTH.—At the meeting on before they could be brought up,—Edinburgh News.
Monday last week, there were present, the Rev. W. Bad- - FAMILIES OF THE NOBILITY.—Mr. Doubleday, in his
nail, who was re-elected chairman, and Messrs. Anderton, work, "The Law of Population," states that luxury and
Bowers, Davies, Murray, Witham, Gore, Chaffers, and high living destroy population, while solid and moderate
Rishton. The following committees were appointed : living, or even under-feeding, increase them. The same
Finance—Messrs. Murray, Bowers, and Gore. Public doctrine is very ingeniously advocated by Mr. Hugh Miller,
Works—Messrs. Rishton, Chaffers, Murray, Gore, Ander- in his " Schools and Schoolmasters.' Mr. Doubleday
ton, and Bowers. Nuisances—the whole board to con- considers that aristocracies and royal families degenerate i
stitute a sanitary committee. An extension of the sewerage and cannot sustain themselves. The Leader, weekly
through Mill-lane to Olive-mount, on plans recommended journal, to refute this doctrine, takes up the peerage-book
by Mr. Newlands, the borough engineer, was determined and counts the number of the various families. We
on. In consequence of a memorial from Mr. George subjoin a few :—The Marquis of Tweeddale has had 14
Stubbs, and other inhabitants, complaining of the stench children ; the Marquis of Westminster 13 ; Viscount
from the premises of Mr, Ashcroft, Mr. Young was Arbuthnot 13 ; Marquis of Camden 12 ; Lord Camoys 12 ;
directed to take steps for the abatement of the nuisance. Lord Clonbrock 12 ; Lord Ruthven 12 ; Marquis of Aber-
The wages of the labourers on the highways were raised corn 12 • Lord Valentin 11; Marquis of Salisbury 11;
from 2s. to 2s. 6d. a day. Duke of Sutherland, 11; Lord Wilton 11; Lord Roston
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the first meeting of 11; Lord Clinton 11; Duke of Rutland 10; Lord Talbot
this body since the annual election, held on Wednesday, la It is needless to continue. If luxurious living were
the Rev. W. Badnall was elected chairman, by a majority the cause of the depopulation, as Mr. Doubleday's theory
of 16 to 9 ; Mr. J. Harrison, vice-chairman, by 12 to 11; requires, these instances of large families occurring in
and Mr. Roskell, deputy vice-chairman, by 15 to 8. The luxurious circumstances would be inexplicable.
other gentlemen proposed for the respective offices were CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.—"We have nothing
Mr. Alpass (twice nominated). and Mr. Reyes. In the to rebel for. We have as much political freedom as we
transaction of the usual out-door business, it was agreed can desire. If such an invasion as the one proposed were
to allow certain paupers not belonging to the union, who attempted, we would be under the painful necessity of
have become chargeable, 2s. a week for a fortnight, and once more teaching the invaders a salutary lesson that
then to remove them to their places of settlement. From would induce them in future to attend to their own affairs.
the weekly return it appeared that there were 641 paupers The people of Canada would.rise up against them to a
in the house. During the week there were 27 admitted, man, thus giving them an opportunity of seeing our
45 !discharged, 1 birth, and 4 deaths. A discussion took unanimity. We are quite satisfied with our present con-
place as to the difficulty of interring two dead paupers in dition, nor have a desire, at present, to change for any
consequence of the closing of the necropolis, and sending other. If in time to come a change should be deemed
the bodies to Walton. It was stated that the paupers necessary, it will not be annexation. We are as closely
attending the funerals at the necropolis were often intoxi- connected, politically, with the United States as we ever
sated at the grave, and came home deplorably drunk. A
shall be. We are nearly as closely connected with them,
committee on the subject was appointed. The appoint- in a commercial point of view, as the State of New York
ment of the different committees were conducted amidst is with Ohio ; and, except a commercial connexion, we
confusion and uproar, during which gross personalities will have no other. We will make no connexion with
were interchanged. Ultimately the following committees them that will empower the slave-driver to make Canada
were appointed, the chairman, vice-chairman, and deputy a hunting ground. Human flesh and blood shall never be
vice-chairman being ex officio members of each : bartered in Canada like the beasts of the field. The bay-
Finance : Messrs. Appleby, -G. Harrison, Medcalf, Birch, ing of bloodhounds shall never echo through our woods.
Alpass, Heyes, Shaw, Whitty, Kirkus, and Edwards. If Mitchel wants ' a plantation of fat niggers to flog,' he
Hospital : Messrs. Shaw, Horsfan, Abrahams, Appleby, will have to seek it in some other place than Canada. If
Alpass, Batten, Lunt, and Wensley. Visiting : Messrs. Canada ever became a State of the Union, it will not be
Kirkus, Shaw, Lunt, Alpass, Wensley, Horsfall, Carter, until its soil became soaked with blood. It is as well that
Morris, Edwards, Heyes, Whitty, and Jeffries. Sanitary : our would-be invaders should know this explicitly, once
Messrs. Abrahams, Wensley, Birch, Jeffries, Hyde,Whitby, for all. When we wish to change our present form of
Appleby, Morris, Batten, Carter, Mountfield, Heyes, government, we will set up on our own account. At all
Richmond, Lightbody, and Alpass. This terminated the times we shall be glad to live on terms of friendship with
business of the meeting, and the board shortly afterwards the Government and people of the United States, if possi-
adjourned. ble, and if not, we will do the best we can to take care of
NEW TRIAL.—The case of Greenfield v. Sykes was ourselves, which we have no doubt of being well able to
brought before the Court of Queen's Bench on Thursday. do."—Toronto Colonist,
This was an action in which the plaintiff sought to recover A LADY IN " THE HOUSE."—In the sitting of the 23d
damages for an assault and false imprisonment. The ult. a member of the Ohio Senate moved for a suspension
defendant pleaded not guilty by statute. At the trial, of the rules, in order that Mrs. Severance might present
which took place before the judge of the Passage Court of a memorial in favour of allowing women the elective
Liverpool, the defendant sought to give in evidence that franchise and equal property rights, and follow it by such
a felony had been committed, and that there was reason- remarks as she might wish to offer. The motion was lost,
able ground for suspecting that the plaintiff had corn- but was immediately renewed by a statement that Mrs.
mitted it ; but the judge refused to admit this evidence, Severance only wished to present a written memorial l not
as was alleged, either under the plea of the general issue, accompanied by remarks. Mr, Lee observed, that there
or in mitigation of damages. The plaintiff obtained a was a certain Eastern Kin whose rules were so rigid as to
verdict with £4O damages; but subsequently a rule was insure the death of him who should appear before him
granted for a new trial, upon the ground that the evidence uncalled ! but a woman came with a petition, and not only
was his severity disarmed, but her request was granted,
had been improperly rejected. It appeared during the
ewsveasennantteoo,whtheaegrhhoeepaledfdo.f the kingdom. So would it be with the
argument that there was a decided difference between the
counsel on either side as to what took place on the trial,
and the difficulty did not seem to be cleared up by the to, Theand
tmotionhe Ohio - to
Senatel ist e n tg
gave
I,Mrs.et
hSeverancee
strictest
notes returned by the learned judge. Lord Campbell attention to her reading, which occupied three-quarters of
said, he should be much pleased to assist. the Passage an hour. Her quiet manner, as well as the force of the
Court of Liverpool in the administration of justice, but in arguments and the happy manner of their presentation,
this instance he could not tell what points had been evidently made a pleasant impression in behalf of the ex-
decided. The counsel differed both as to the law laid tension of woman's activities. After its reading, Senator
down, and also as to the facts ; and the report did not Foot (of the same city with Mrs. Severance) moved that
the memorial be laid on .the table and printed. The
tof law
trial which
islisbfyeehnimdec(Lidoerdd. CaThmpebreelli)nuas to
thtehreefP°ore, be a new point
Senate agreed to it. Dr. Harriet K. Hunt is to speak to-
-the costs to abide the event. Mr, Justice Wightman morrow evening in the Second Presbyterian Church., the
said he was of the same opinion, and upon the same
Rev. L. H. Hitchcock, pastor, on the subject of " Woman
.RS a Physician ground. Rule absolute for 9 new trial, "—New nrk Trilosne,

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