The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-16 00:00:00

1 MR. PETER STUBBS has been appointed bandmaster of I A SPECIAL SESSION of justices of the peace for this
the Carnarvonshire royal militia. I borough was held on Thursday, in the Sessions-house, for
1 OUR TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA.—There are no less the purpose of transferring publicans' licenses.
than 40 vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 37,742 tons, I The CITY OF MANCHESTER screw steamer, Captain
now loading in the port of Liverpool for the different ports Wylie, sailed on Wednesday for Philadelphia, with
of our Australian colonies. seventy cabin, and a large number of second cabin passen-
CIVIC HOSPITALITY.—On Thursday, John Buck Lloyd, ' gers.
Esq., mayor, entertained the officers of the 2nd regiment FLOWER Snow.—The first eibibition of the Floral and
lof the Royal Lancashire Militia, and the Lancashire Regi- Horticultural Society, for the present season, will be held
ment of Militia Artillery, to dinner. The company num- at the Botanic Gardens, on the 25th inst. In addition to
bered about fifty. - the ordinary attractions, two bands will be in attendance.
JEWISH LADIES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—From WIGAN.—On Thursday night two brothers, William
the fifth annual report of this institution we learn that and Davenport Barrow, were drowned in the river
the committee have been enabled during the past year to Douglass, near Wigan. William resided in Sheriff-street,
afford relief to 109 persons, to the amount of £l2B ss. Liverpool, and was a watch-maker by trade. He has left
110., and have also distributed clothing to the amount a widow and one child. His brother, Davenport, resided
of £32 Bs. 5d., besides providing surgical and other aid. in Wigan, and has also left a widow and five children.
A DEPUTATION from the Liverpool Shipowners' Asso- SHIPWRECKS .—The Lena, Captain Patten, which sailed
ciation, consisting of Mr. Mann (chairman), and Mr. from Liverpool on the sth ult. for Quebec, with a crew
Carson (secretary); accompanied by Mr. Horsfall, M.P., of thirteen men, having been wrecked at sea, the crew
and the Hon. H. G. Liddell, M.P., had an interview with were taken off by the Hannah,. Captain Kennedy, which
the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley, of Alderley, sailed on the 7th April, far St. John's, Newfoundland,
on Monday, at the Board of Trade. from Liverpool. The royal mail steam-ship Arabia, Capt.
ST. Siviorra's CHURCH, FALKNER-SQUARE, will be Judkins, reports falling in with the latter vessel on the
consecrated on Wednesday, the 24th instant. His wor- 19th ult. in a sinking- state, and taking off her crew, ten
ship the mayor, and several members of the corporation, in number, in addition to the crew of the Lena, and landed
will attend the ceremony. We understand that a collec- both at Halifax.
tion will be made towards defraying the large amount A DEPUTATION from the Liverpool Pilot Commissioners
which has been expended on the repair and alterations had an interview with the Hon. Edward Cardwell and
of the church. Lord Stanley of Alderley, on Thursday, at the Board of
Ls.uNcn.—A fine new ship, intended for the South Trade. The deputation consisted of Mr. J. Nelson Wood
American trade, has just been launched at St. John's, (Chairman), Mr. David Rowland (Secretary), Mr. Joseph
N.B. Messrs. W. and J. Myers, Son, and Co., of this Cooke (Superintendent), and Mr. William Hughes
town, are the owners. The new ship was named the Matins (master pilot), and was accompanied by the Hon. H. T.
Causino; her measurement is about 920 tons. Captain Liddell, M.P., and Mr. Thomas B. Horsfall, M.P.
Downward commands the Matins Causino. 1 FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, as a number
PRESENTATION OF COLOURS.— On Tuesday the cere- of little boys were playing amongst some timber in Mann-
mony of presenting colours to the Fifth Regiment of Lan- street, Northumberland-street, one of the balks rolled over
cashire Militia took place at Towneley Park, about a mile and literally crushed one of the boys to pieces, and severely
and a half from Burnley. The regiment is stationed at injured two others. The boy killed is named Alexander
Burnley, where it assembled, for the second yearly train- Torrens, and his parents live in Upper Mann-street. One
ing of twenty-eight days, on the 18th ult. It now of the other boys, Richard Hollinshead, residing at 35,
numbers 956 on parade, including all ranks—being almost Sun-street, had one of his thighs fractured, and received
precisely the same as when it assembled for its first train- other severe injuries.
ing. The men are principally from Blackburn, Rochdale, is
THE PRESTON STRIKE virtually over. The weavers'
Manchester, and Burnley, about 100 being furnished
bal nce sh t issued on Thursday, states that the week's
from the last-named place. The following is a list of the
:income, from' all the distric
its, only amounted to £3Ol
officers : Lieut.-Colonel Towneley; Majors Brandreth
11s. lid. The expenditure, ncluding an allowance of is.
and Towneley ; Captains Fenton (who is also the adjutant),
Greenwood, Weld, Middleton, Kingsley, Lord, Hamerton, per head to 3,967 weavers, was £2BB 3s. 100., leaving a
Brereton, Broadbent, Sagar, and Petre ; Lieutenants
,balance in hand of £l3 10s. 3d. The report stated that
Ward, Dwyer, Searle, Lomax, Holden, and Tweedale.
the districts having ceased to pay their subscriptions, the
for is made
struggle must now cease; but a strenuous appeal All the officers were upon duty. About noon the colours.
more money, to support the operatives until they can
were presented by Lady Caroline Towneley, and received
by Lieuts. Dwyer and Ward, suitable addresses being
resume work, and to pay off the £ll
000 which the exeeu-
delivered on each side. Lieut.-Colonel Towneley then tive borrowed to carry on the movement.
delivered a very spirited address to the men, atid at the OPENING OF A NEW ORGAN.—A new organ, built by
conclusion three cheers were given, and the men proceeded Messrs. Williams and Massey, of this town, was opened at
to their tents and partook of dinner, which Lieut.-Colonel their manufactory in Back Gill-street, on Friday, by Mr.
Towneley had provided for them. Evans, organist of St. Paul's Church, Prince's-park, who
PROPOSED MAGDALEN ASYLUM.—A meeting of those played a selection of pieces by Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn,
favourable to the establishment of this asylum was held, &c., in a manner calculated to show to advantage the
on Tuesday, in the Savings-bank, Bold-street. The meet- capabilities of the instrument.
ing, which was chiefly of a preliminary character, was CAUTION TO ABSCONDING APPRENTICES.—At the
presided over by the Rev. Rector Campbell, and the busi- Police-court, on Saturday, Edward Walker, apprentice
mess was commenced with prayer. The objects of the with Messrs. Vernon and Son, shipbuilders, Brunswick-

meeting and general plan of the proposed institution were
detailed by the Rev. Isaac Holmes. The first object, he
'stated, was to afford a refuge for those unfortunate females
who desired it. The second, to afford them such religious,
secular, and industrial instruction as might be deemed
prudent. The third was to restore to their friends those
who had friends, and to heliS others to an honest liveli-
hood. Mr. Holmes showed the necessity for dealing with
various cases ; and, in the course of his remarks, made
the startling statement, that there were two hundred pro-
stitutes in Liverpool under twelve years of age. In allu-
sion to the disgusting traffic of some who trade in this
species of iniquity ; he said one man in Liverpool derived
from it an income greater than that of the two rectors put
together. This man has eight splendidly furnished houses
in Liverpool, and some on the other side of the water.
And yet the law is so delicate, and lawyers so clever, that
they can apply it to any mortal thing but to the man, and
in too many cases to the woman, who is trading in human
life, and disease and death, every day. Mr Holmes's pro-
position was to raise £l,OOO as a commencement, to take
and open a large house as a refuge, at almost all hours ;
to appoint a chaplain to instruct in religion ; a house-
keeper, &c.; and for committees of visitors consisting of
four persons each, whose business it would be to go abroad
in these numbers to seek out those unhappy women who
are often more sinned against than sinning, and to invite
them to return to virtue. The question was fully discussed
by Mr. Adam Hodgson, Mr. Martin, the Rev. J. R. Conor,
the Rev. W. Pollock, Mr. Gregson, and other gentlemen.
The result of the meeting was that two resolutions were

passed, the first declaring'that it was desirable to establish
an institution, in connexion with the Church of England,
for the purpose of reclaiming unfortunate females, and
the second appointed a committee, consisting of the rector
and the following clergymen and gentlemen :—Mr. Pol-
lock, Mr. Bardsley, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Hodgson, Mr.
Conor, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Carter, Mr. Moore, Mr. Gregson,
and Mr. Martin, to suggest to a subsequent meeting the
best mode of forming the plan and carrying out the de-
tails of the institution.

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dock, was committed to gaol for fourteen days, for running
away from his employers. His wages were 14s. a-week ;
and after he had absented himself, it was ascertained that
he had obtained work at Mr. Tayleur's building-yard, at
Warrington, for 28s. a-week.
TESTIMONIAL.—Upon the occasion of the Rev. John
Lucas Moore's acceptance of the curacy of the North
Shore district, Kirkdale, and his consequent retirement
from St. Barnabas's Church, a silver inkstand, with a
rosewood writing desk, were presented to him by a few
members of the St. Barnabas's congregation and the
teachers of the Sunday and daily schools, as tokens of
their affectionate regard and esteem. Pleasing remem-
brances were added by the boys and girls attending the
schools. The inkstand bears an appropriate inscription,
beautifully executed, on one side, and Mr. Moore's crest
on the other.
CAPTAIN NrICAY, celebrated in nautical circles, sailed
for Boston in the steamer America, on Saturday. Capt.
M`Kay, by his professional skill as a sailor, renders famous
the clipper ships built by his brother. Since his arrival
here in the Lightning, we understand he has entered into
arrangements with Liverpool houses to build from £150,000
to £200,000 worth of shipping—a proof that he possesses
the proverbial Yankee spirit of enterprise and business
habits If the beauty and capabilities of the Lightning are
to be taken as a criterion of what the new ships will be,
there is little doubt their British owners will have every
reason to be satisfied with them. Captain M`Kay is
expected to return here in a month or two.

ROTATORY LITTIOGRA.PIIIC PRINTING.—Through the
polite attention of Messrs. Maclure, Macdonald, and
Macgregor, we were on Saturday gratified with an in-
spection of their self-acting lithographic press, at work:
The apparatus by which the process is performed, though
complicated in itself, is simple in its operation. It is in
point of fact a happy adaptation of the cylinder printing
machine to obtaining impressions from the lithographed
stone. The stone is placed on a traversing table in the
position occupied, by the forms in letter-press printing ;

MORTALITY RETURNS. The Registrar- General's
Quarterly Return, giving a statement of the births and
deaths in the quarter ended March last, and of marriages
for the quarter ended December, 1853, shows that the
number of marriages in the United Kingdom, during the
latter period, was 97,772, a greater number than has been
recorded in any corresponding period since the Registra-
tion Act came into force (1837), and 3,356 in excess of the
persons married in the corresponding period of 1852.
Among the towns which have exhibited a decrease in the
number of marriages Preston holds a prominent place,
the marriages having declined from 335 to 258. The
number of births registered in the quarter ended March
last was 160,892, being a decrease of 706 as compared
with the corresponding quarter of 1853. The number of
deaths registered in the United Kingdom in the same
period was 111,970, causing an increase of population, in
the quarter, to the extent of 48,922 persons, augmented
on the one hand by the immigration of the Irish, Scotch,
&c., and diminished by the emigration of the English.
The total emigration from all the ports in the United
Kingdom, during the quarter, is stated at 48,565. The
number of marriages in Lancashire, in the quarter ended
the 31st December, was 6,092 ; while the births in the
quarter just ended were 21,368, and deaths 15,661; so that
5,707 persons have been added to the population. In St.
Thomas's district, Liverpool, during the same period,
there have been 346 births and 276 deaths. The deaths
are above the average, compared with those of the corres-
ponding quarters since 1849. Diseases of the lungs have
been the most fatal. The district is at present healthy.
In West Derby district the births were 338, and the
deaths 204, being 19 above the average of the correspond-
ing quarters of the past four years, owing to the preva-
lence of bronchitis and hooping-cough, caused by the cold
and inclement weather during two months of the quarter.
In Preston the births were 722, and the deaths 504. The
population of Preston has considerably decreased during
the last six months, owing to the cotton mills being closed.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on
Thursday, Charles Turner, Esq., presiding. There were
also present Messrs. Rounthwaite, Bigham, Holden, Ran-
kin, James Holme, Gladstone, Romilly, Gregson, Evans,
Shand, Barbour, Lockett, Royden, Smith, Brocklebank,
Palmer, Robinson, and Langsdale. The regulations for
traffic on the new line of railway along the docks were
submitted. The rules, among other things, enjoined that
no wagon is to stand on the line of railway north of Hill-
street, under a penalty of £5 for each offence. No train
to consist of more than four wagons when loaded with oak,
and not more than six wagons when loaded with deals.
No train to follow another at a less distance than 500 yards
apart, under a penalty of £5. No wagon to be allowed to
discharge its cargo north of Hill-street, except under spe-
cial circumstances. No two wagons to stand on the line
at the same time to unload, under a penalty of £5. The
charge to the companies using the line to be one shilling
for each loaded wagon. It appeared that a copy of these
regulations had been sent to the directors of the London
and North-western Railway, and the other companies, and
a*reply from Mr. Braithwaite Poole, on behalf of the Lon-
don and North-western company, was read. Mr. Poole
contended that one shilling per wagon was too much, and
suggested that sixpence per wagon was sufficient. After
some discussion, the whole question was referred to the
committee of works. A letter from Sir William Cubitt
was laid before the committee. It was to the effect that
the wall near the proposed new landing-stage, which the
committee had agreed to set back at the expense of the
corporation, should be proceeded with at once. The letter
was referred to the sub-committee of works. A recom-
mendation of the surveyor to allow Prince's Dock to run
dry on the Ist of June was confirmed. An application
from the library and museum committee of the corpora-
tion, to the effect that a copy of all maps and plans
respecting the docks, made by Mr. Hartley, the engineer,
shmild be forwarded to the library, was acceded to. An
apphcation from Messrs. M'Clune and Tamplin, to be
allowed to lay down a tram-road along the quays, for their
steamers in the Nelson Dock, was referred to the harbour-
masters' sub-committee, the chairman remarking that the
committee would never consent to allow any private indi-
viduals to lay down a tram-road on the public quays. The
chairman next called the attention of the committee to the
question as to whether the new warehouses at the Stanley
Dock should be worked by the committee or be let to
private individuals. Mr. Robinson, before the general
discussion was gone into, entered into a number of statis-
tical statements, respecting the working of' the Albert
Dock warehouses, and showed that the committee had
realised six per cent. per annum on the outlay, and he
contended that this fact was strongly in favour of the
committee themselves working the Stanley Dock ware-
houses, instead of letting them to private individuals.
The outlay at the Albert Dock warehouses was much
greater than that on the Stanley Dock warehouses, and
the per centage on the latter might therefore fairly be
calculated at more even than the Albert Dock warehouses.
After some preliminary discussion as to the relative cost
of the two sets of warehouses, Mr. James Holme said, it
would be more advantageous to the estate to let the ware-
houses to private individuals than for the committee to
work them themselves. He believed that if the committee
would put these warehouses up to public competition, they
would let them for more money than they could ever
expect to make themselves, they would save themselves a
great deal of detail, and they would, in such a case, not
unduly interfere with private interests. Mr. Rankin, Mr.
Smith, and Mr. Royden, severally opposed Mr. Holme's
proposition. After some further discussion, the chairman
called upon Mr. North, the solicitor, to state his opinion
as to the legality, or otherwise, of letting the warehouses
just referred to. Mr. North then read an opinion on the
point, which, he said, he had drawn up, after carefully con-
sidering the question. After setting forth the various
dock acts, which stated that the committee had no power
to let the docks, he was of opinion that as, by these acts,
they had not power to let the docks, neither had they
power to let the warehouses, which seemed to him to be
essentially the same as letting the docks. He was also of
opinion that the same particular act of parliament, which
authorised them to build the warehouses, rendered it
obligatory on the part , of the dock committee to work
them. He was therefore of opinion that it would be illegal
to let them. The committee then decided that, as in the
opinion of the dock solicitor, they could not legally let the
warehouses, the warehouse sub-committee be instructed to
take steps for the management of the Stanley Dock ware,
houses, and the further discussion of details was postponed
to the next weekly meeting. This concluded t_be- general
business.

the ink is supplied io the stone by roller; occupying an
analogous place to those used in inking the type; the
paper is fed in by hand, seized by self-acting grippers, and
carried by a cylinder, composed of cylindrical rollers, over
the inked stone, and is again delivered in a printed state
on a table immediately under that from which it has been
supplied. Thus in all these respects passing through a
series of operations strictly similar to those of machine
letter-press printing. The chief advantage gained in this,
as in that other process, consists in celerity of working.
This will be readily understood when it is stated that by
printing at the usual lithographic press, for a post or demy
sheet 200 impressions per day is reckoned gre4 work : by
the self-acting machine, which is patented, 800 unpressions
can be worked off in an hour. A rapidity which enables the
proprietors of the patent machine not only to cheapen the
price of their printing, in a very great degree, but it also
gives them the means of executing orders where large
numbers are required, within a short space of time, which
could not be undertaken by the ordinary process of litho-
graphic printing. We may add that the work is in all
respects equal to that produced by hand labour, at least
for writing, map, or plan printing.
HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.—
The Rev. J. S. Howson presided at the meeting of this
society, held at the Collegiate Institution, on Thursday.
Mr. Gawthrop gave an interesting description of some
old Chester newspapers, one of which contained an account
of the battle of Bunker's Hill. Several old books and
curiosities were exhibited by other gentlemen, after which
Mr. Picton read a lengthy paper on old Liverpool news-
papers, commencing with Williamson's Liverpool Adver-
tiser, published in 1756. A vote of thanks having been
passed to Mr. Picton for his interesting paper, Mr. Stone-
house exhibited a piece of lead water piping which had
been gnawed nearly through by rats. He also read an
extract from a fragment of The Morning Post, of 1808,
giving an account of the entry of the Russians into
Finland, and showing that similar pretensions were put
forward by Russia at that period to those which the Emperor
had recently made public. The extract was as follows :
" The Russians entered Finland the 22nd February ; their
force is estimated at between 30 and 40,000 men. The
Swedes had not collected above 20,000. The irruption
into Finland has been followed by a declaration on the
part of the Emperor of Russia,in which, after some general
expressions of his imperial majesty's friendship and regard
to his Swedish majesty's person and government, he de-
clares—' That having contracted engagements which
urgently call upon him to contribute all in his power to-
wards accelerating a solid and lasting peace for the con-
tinent of Europe, he feels himself under the necessity of
taking provisional possession of Finland, until his Swedish
majesty shall think proper to adopt a new and wiser sys-
tem of politics.' Previously to passing the Swedish frontier,
the Russians issued proclamations addressed to the Swedes,
inviting them to rebel against their king, and promising
them that their diets should be frequently assembled, their
privileges extended, and plenty flow in upon them."
Thanks having been voted to the gentlemen who had pre-
sented donations to the society, and also to the chairman,
the proceedings terminated.
CAUTION TO DRUGGISTS. —On Tuesday an inquest
was held 'on the body of a child named Henry Eller,
whose parents reside at No. 1, Peover-street. The infant,
it appeared, was unwell on the previous Saturday evening,
when its mother, Henrietta Eller, a German, with an im-
perfect knowledge of the English language, sent the
daughter of a neighbour, named Dorothy Walberd, also a
German, to the shop of Mr. Thomas Andrews, druggist,
49, Richmond-row, for two-pennyworth of syrup of
rhubarb. This girl, who was about twelve years of age,
and gave her evidence through an interpreter, stated that
she took a cup with her for the medicine, and saw Mr.
Andrews, whom she asked three times for syrup of
rhubarb, and told him it was for a child about four weeks
old. The druggist took the precaution to label the cup
" syrup of poppies ;" but the mother of the child, not
understanding the language, or the nature of the medi-
cine which had been sent, administered a teaspoonful to
her infant, thinking it syrup of rhubarb. This was about
eight o'clock on Saturday evening, and in a few minutes
after receiving the medicine the child fell asleep, but awoke
for a short time about twelve o'clock, after which he again
fell asleep, and the mother discovered him to be dead on
her breast between three and four o'clock on Sunday
morning. She awoke her husband, Charles Eller, and he
went immediately to Dr. Nottingham, who sent him to
St. Anne's Dispensary, Rose-hill, for a surgeon, who,
upon seeing the child, said he had died from syrup of
poppies. The coroner, P. F. Curry, Esq., on hearing this
evidence, suggested that a post mortem examination
should be made, and the inquest was accordingly ad-
journed until Thursday, when Mr. David Pollock, the
house surgeon of St. Anne's Dispensary,' was examined.
He said he was called in to see the deceased on Sunday
evening, but was unable to say then what was the cause
of death. He had since made a post mortem examina-
tion, and found the cause of death to have been hydroce-
phalus, or water on the brain, the result of purely natural
causes. The surgeon was questioned at some length by
the coroner as to how he formed the conclusion that it
was the result of purely natural causes. The surgeon re-
plied that he considered hydrocephalus a natural cause.
Supposing a child was labouring under hydrocephalus, and
syrup of poppies (which was known to be a poison) had
been administered, he was prepared to say that he found
appearances, on post mortem examination, which would
warrant the opinion he had expressed. There would be
about a tenth of a grain of opium in a teaspoonful of syrup
of poppies—about nineteen or twenty drops. Mr. An-
drews, the druggist, then stated that he had supplied the
girl with what she had inquired for, and had affixed a
label on the cup at the time. The coroner observed, that
when they last met on this case, he took the opportunity
of stating that it was one of such importance to the public,
that he deemed it requisite to have the body examined as
to the cause of death, and to give the party who had sold
the medicine an opportunity of supplying his reason for
giving it under circumstances so devoid of care. It was
quite clear that the verdict they would have to give, if
they believed the evidence of the surgeon, would not . in-
volve him in any criminal responsibility. He was anxious
that his observations should go forth to the public in this
case, not with any ill-feeling towards druggists, but that
they might be made aware of the fact that they ought not
to sell poison to a child. The jury then returned a ver-
dict of " Died from natural causes," and an opinion was
expressed that the syrup of poppies was too commonly
administered by druggists in this town as a curative for
nearly all kinds Qf 4i,seme among Wants.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER

TOURISTS are already flocking to the Lakes of Killarney
in large numbers.
AMONG THE CREDITORS on the estate of Mr. Charles
Mathews, the comedian, are the Marquis of Abercorn for
£2,500, and the Marquis of Normanby, £3OO, money lent.
LOCUSTS have, appeared in the province of Cadiz, Spain,
and threaten the crops with great injury. Measures have
been taken by the authorities to destroy them.
IN% THE YEAR 1853 there were 15,498 persons COM-
. mitttd for trial in Ireland. Of this number 8,821 were
convicted, and 3,142' acquitted. In the other cases there
was either no prosecution, or no bill found.
FIRE -ENGrivEs.—ln Cincinnati a fire-engine, worked by
steam, is used with much success. It is only four or five
tons, and'steam can be- got up in the short space of seven
minutes. It is proposed to provide New York with similar
engines.
THE FRENCH' AT CARTHAGENA.—A French squadron
of six sail, consisting of three steam-sloops, one frigate,
and two 20-gun brigs, was at Carthagena on the 12th ult ,
for the purpose-of enforcing a claim of $60,000 made by a
French subject for flour destroyed by order of President
Herrera at Camana a few years ago.
CAN exports in 1852 were £3,251,393 ; in
1853 they reached £5,502,725. Our imports in 1852 were
£5,071,623 ; in 1853 they amounted to £7,995,359. Great
Britain figures at £2,888,290 in the table of exports ; the
United States at £2,226,096. In the table of imports Great
Britain is down for £4,612,642, the United States for
£2,953,605.—T0r0nt0 Globe.
THE GOLD' OF VICTORIA.—The Melbourne Argus con-
tains some statistics of the gold-field of the Victoria dis-
trict for the-year 1853, being the second year of its pro-.
duction. The- total produce, for the two years, of this
district alone; is given as £25,000,000. _ _

THE VACANT-SEAT ON THE SCOTCH BENCH.—Chas.
Neaves, Esq:, advocate, the Solicitor-General for Scotland,
under the government of Lord Derby, has been selected
to fill the vacant seat on the bench. This appointment
will afford unqualified satisfaction to the legal profession
and the public generally.—Scottish Record.
RELIGION: IN Russia.—The Ecclesiastical Gazelle of
Vienna states, upon the authority of authentic documents,
that in White Russia, in 1833, 33,000 persons were con-
verted to the Greek religion. The means of seduction em-
ployed were distributions of brandy, and to those who
resisted the temptation an application of the knout. The
Governor of the province received from the State a rouble
for each convert.
ECONOMY OF TIME.—A writer in the Christian Times
complains•of " feminine impropriety" at the Exeter Hall
meetings. He has been much struck with the indecorum
of a number of the ladies in working the whole time.
" To sit working on various sorts of female work, in front
of the speakers, under their very eye, all the time of the
report being read and the resolutions moved, does seem
to me something in very bad taste, to say the least."

A FEMALE PARISIT OVERSEER.—Miss Sarah Matilda
George was recently nominated at a.vestry meeting as a
fit and proper person to fulfil the duties of overseer of the
poor.or Misson, Notts, and the Retford magistrates have
made the appointment. Miss George subsequently attended
a vestry meeting, declared her willingness to fulfil the
duties-, and received the balance due to the parish from the
outgoing overseers.
A USEFUL CLERK.—A New York letter to the Mobile
Tribune says,—" There is a remarkable man connected
with the Custom-house here, a Spaniard. His business is
to receive and test money. He will pour the contents of
a bag of gold and silver coin into a scale—for it is weighed
not counted—and in a trice announces the amount in dol-
lars and cents ; then running his fingers through the
shining pieces, and applyin., his nose to them, immediately
takes out every counterfeiecoin. He was never known to.
make a mistake in pronouncing money good or bad, and.
his infallible instinct for deNcting the spurious metal is.
located in his olfactory organs."
A WARNING.—A few days since .Leeds was visited by-
a heavy thunderstorm. A workman at a new Romish
masshouse, which is being built at Richmond-hill, was
struck dead, the lightning tearing his clothes to shreds -
.four men beside him were thrown to the ground, and
three of them dangerously injured ; two men a few yards
off, and working, one at the top and another at the- bot-
tom of a new well, were frightfully injured—the. man at
the top having his thigh fractured, and the other at the
bottom being crushed almost to a shapeless mass by stones
and timber, which fell into the well from buttresses which
the lightning knocked down.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH has long been in operation
between St. Petersburg and Warsaw, and for some time
numbers of men have been employed in completing the
line, which is to extend from Warsaw to the Prussian
frontier. But in order not to lose time while the works
of the latter are going on, the Czar has caused the portion
already constructed to be connected with the Prussian
telegraph near Myslowitz, and by this means St. Peters-
burg is placed in direct communication with the capitals of
Western Europe. There is no longer any reason why the
embarkation of a regiment at Southampton, or the depar-
ture of a ship from Portsmouth, should not be known in
the Russian capital before either can get out of the Chan-
nel. There is, howeirer, no reciprocity of advantage. The
Russian line is not open to private dispatches.
SINKING OF THE ERICSSON STEAMER.—WO learn by
the New York papers that during the storm which was
raging at the time the Arctic steam-ship left, the caloric
_steamer Ericsson was sunk off Jersey city. It appears
that the vessel had been out on a trial trip. While return-
ing up the bay, and while some of the firemen were
heaving coal ashes out of the side port, which is a very
large one, the squall struck her, healing her down to star-
board, putting the .-port under water, through which she
gradually filled, and sank within 300 yards of Jersey city,
with the upper decks about four feet under water. The
small boats of the Asia, lying at the Cunard dock, were
immediately despatched to the aid of those on board.
Small boats also came from neighbouring vessels, and
steam-tugs also came to her relief. One of the Jersey city
ferry-boats, the Jersey, City, Capt. Price, also went off to
her ; but as there were only a few persons on board— it
being a trial trip—they were got off in season, and before
the ferry-boat arrived. With the company onboard there
were several ladies, who were much frightened by the acci-
dent, as well they might have been, for it was a disaster
which would no doubt have resulted in great loss of life,
had she been further from the shore and the assistance she
received. The Herald says : "Those on board of her
were much pleased with the result of the day's experi-
ment. They report that she made 12 revolutions per
minute during her trip, and attained a speed of about 11
miles per hour. The party were in the cabin, surrounded
with all the requirements of social enjoyment, and making
congratulatory speeches, when they were suddenly inter-
rupted in their enjoyment, and were compelled to flee to
the deck for safety, in consequence of her capsizing."
The same paper, of the 30th, says : " This ship was com-
pelled yesterday to buffet the storm, without any attempt
being made to raise her from her uncomfortable bed.
Derricks and steam-tugs have been placed around her, and
she will no doubt be pumped out, and again walk the
waters as proudly as ever, after the first few days of
favourable weather. This vessel is estimated to be worth
$500,000, and she is insured, we understand, for about
$300,000."
PIRACY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.—The following re-
port, which leads to the impression that the crew of the
Harriet, of London, has been murdered by pirates, may
be relied on. It is dated Athens, the 25th of April :
"On the 21st instant, H. M. steam-ship Triton, hearing
that an English merchant vessel was in distress, sailed
from this place and anchored in the . harbour of Gavrios,
island of Andros, where she found the English schooner
Harriet, of London, in charge of the Greek authorities.
Upon making inquiries, it was ascertained that the pea-
sants on the heights of Andros discovered a vessel, with
sails set, on the 12th and 13th of April. Her movements
were so peculiar, as she kept going round and round the
compass, the sails at times full and at others aback, that
on the second day the peasants sent' to Gavrios and re-
ported the circumstance to the head man of the place, who
despatched boats, and found the vessel on a rock near
Thelo, island of Andros, totally abandoned, a dog being
the only living creature on board. On the 15th she was
navigated to Gavrios. On the examination of her papers,
&c., it became known that she had discharged a cargo of
coke at Valencia, and was bound to Constantinople for
cargo. Her log at noon of the 11th of April placed the
ship with Cape Doro bearing, by compass, north-east by
north twelve miles, and here that document ceases, stating
the weather to be calm and sultry. 'large pools of blood
appeared on the deck and bulwarks ; the captain's cabin
was ransacked and in great confusion, also that part of
the ship appropriated to the ship's company. Her books
state her complement to be seven souls (all told.) Two
boats were on board. And now comes the question, where
are the crew ? Some people suggest mutiny, but, if so,
how did the perpetrators leave the ship ? Two boats were
surely sufficient for so small a crew, and the boats are on
board. The position of the Harriet at noon of the 11th
was about equi distant from the Negropont and the islands
Zea and Andros, and she was an easy victim for the law-
less gangs who are well known to infest the former place ;
they use the large row-boat, and a calm is well suited for
a dash alongside small vessels of commerce. The Harriet
was towed into this port on the 23rd instant by the
Triton, and given in charge of Mr. Neale, H. B. M. Con-
sul." Another act of piracy is also reported. The English
schooner Sarah, Cole master, which arrived at Alatzatta
on the 27th ult., from Trieste, had scarcely been af anchor
two hours when she was assailed and boarded by forty
Greeks in two boats, who stripped her of her chronometer, ,
watches, provisions, spyglass, clothes of the master and
crew, and, in fact, everything valuable. The master was
then menaced if he did not give them money, but, having
none to give, he escaped further annoyance. She was to
load a cargo of fruit for London.
DREADFUL STORM IN AMERICA.—By the Arctic steam-
ship, Capt. Luce, which left New York on the 30th ult.,
and reached the Mersey on Wednesday last, we have intel-
ligence of a dreadful storm which then raged. The
"windows of Heaven" (says the_ Herald of the 30th) are
open, " the fountains of the great deep" are slightly broken
up, and we are in the midst of what the Peruvians on the
sea coast would undoubtedly consider a second deluge. It
has rained—no, that is not the word—it has poured down
upon us in one interrupted stream from about twelve
o'clock on Friday night, and at the time we go to press—
two a.m.—not the slightest indication of a " hold up" is
discernable. The Russ pavement shines in the gaslight
like the marble floors of the St. Nicholas, and the homely
cobble stones, " long lost to sight (in the mud) but to
memory dear," lift their modest heads in gratitude for the
copious ablution. The urbans have suffered, some in the
way of overflowed cellars ; the suburbans have had their
trees blown down ; and their fancy flower gardens are in a
woeful plight.—ln Brooklyn a melancholy accident
happened. The flood of water carried a mass of earth and
rock against a frame building situated on and partly over-
hanging the brink of the Heights, demolishing the lower
story, and, strange to say, leaving the upper part of the
house almost unharmed. Two persons lost their lives, and
five other were more or less injured, by this casualty. It
appears that the rain first commenced on the afternoon of
the 27th, during a severe thunder storm. We are accus-
tomed (says the Herald) to witness similar disturbances
of the elements at this season of the year, but the sudden-
ness of the transition in this instance, from the luxurious
balmy softness of one of the finest days in spring to a
roaring, pelting, pitiless tempest, with terrific thunder and
sharp blinding lightning, was enough to appal the timid
and disturb the equilibrium of the calmest mind. This
storm has prevailed over a vast extent of country. It has.
given the coasters off' the North Carolina seaboard some.
1 rough handling. Our inland. seas, from Lake Ontario to.
Lake Michigan.. have felt its violence, and it will, be .fortu-
nate indeed if .its. dipa.ste.r.s, by bad and sea are: 0119-half as,
yet recounted.,