The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-17 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.—At the
/lair-yearly meeting of this company, held on Saturday
Leek, a dividend of 30s. was declared, being at the rate of
',a per cent. per annum.

• DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. Charles Turner,
▪ with Mr. D. Rowland (secretary to the Liverpool
Pilot Commissioners), and Mr. John Shepherd (master
Pilot), had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell
oaTuesday, at the Board of Trade.
~.THE FIRST EXHIBITION of the Liverpool Floral and
▪ orticultural Society will take place at the Botanic Gar-
ens, on Thursday next. Should the weather be propi-
"ls, the exhibition is expected to be the finest that has
ever yet been held.

DEATH BY DROWN/NG.—On Tuesday morning, the
body of a young man named Robert Wilkinson, a clerk
at the Wapping Railway-station, was found lying at the
north end of the Huskisson pier, where it appeared to
have been left by the receding tide. The deceased left
Ills employ at noon on the previous day, and did not, as
usual, return in the afternoon. An inquest was held,
and a verdict of " Found drowned" was returned.
CAPTAIN NYE AND HIS CRENV.--The British Minister
at Washington has received from the home government
some handsome presents for Captain Nye, his mate, and
!ix of tte crew of the steam-ship Pacific, as testimonials
for their humane services in rescuing those who were on
hoard the wrecked British barque Jesse Stephens. The
Present to Captain Nye is a gold medal, bearing a portrait
°f tier Majesty, and a gold watch. The mate and the six
sailors will each receive £lO.
r, SHIP LAUNCH AT •GrEtEENOCK.—On Wednesday, the
knuintlet, a splendid 'new iron yacht-ship, was launched
at Greenock. In this fine vessel great strength of build
and great beauty of form are happily combined. She was
Dumbartone built by the Messrs. Denny and Rankin, of
Rer length over all is 183 feet 4 inches ;
breadth of beam, 30 feet; depth of hold, 19 feet; tonnage
per new measurement, 693 tons; per old measurement,
iB3 tons, She is fastened with double rivets, eight to the
reot. It is confidently anticipated that she will-prove one
Pl. the fastest vessels that ever left the Clyde. She is to
be fitted in'tihe most elegant and expensive manner, and
for Port
be brought round to London to load passengers
Tort -Philip. She is owned by Mr. J. Smith, of Liver-
...oo , and the Messrs. George and Arthur Herring, of
London.
CrLetvinEß by CoNimunct.—At the meeting last week,
letters‘were read from the Eristol Chamber of Commerce,
PPvit' ‘al communication with Australia ; referred to the
stai Committee. From Mr. James Wilson, M.P.,
and'others, on customs 'reform ; referred to the Customs
,Coltirlittee. From Mr. J. Kennedy, of Belfast, Mr.
eailler, of Leith, and others, on commercial law. From
'the Hull Chamber of 'Commerce, en the Russia cum-
,DanY ; referred to 'the special committee. From the
„oreign-otfice notifying that orders had been sent by the
lirazilian government-to the president of the province of
Para, to cause the quarantine on vessels arriving from
healthy ports, and furnished with clean bills of health, to
he discontinued.. From the Board of Trade, intimating
that the customhouse at Buenos Ayres, which had been
closed, permitting only the importation of articles of war
and food, was spin opened for all the purposes of
amerce.

STRIKE 'Or Tire DOCK 'LABOURERS.—On Tuesday,
Meeting of dock labourers was held at the Concert-hall,
14,131.4 Nel'enn-street, Mr. P. Gregory in the chair. The
o.o.lect, as stated by the chairman, was to obtain, an advance
ntwages. Mr.eltedrew Hart said there was s difference of
°Pinion amongst the members of the sctiety of the
northern divisien of the town as to whether the wages
nngbt to be 245., 4s. 6d., or ss. He called upon the
~,,,
i,letingto'fix upon thefrgure. (Loud cries of " 4s. 6d.")
te Propositien was as follows .—" That we, the dock
Zuaurers of 'Liverpool, -considering the -many disadvan-
Zges under which we -labour, feel justified in calling
ogether a general meeting of our fellow-workmen for the
bP39e Of -deliberating on the best means calculated to
deala a 'redress of our grievances; and we therefore
elate
ozr unalterable resolution never to relax our
e-,.‘a, exertions until the rights of labour are made more
besPereus:" Resoletions were proposed that 4s. 6d. be
Remount of daily labour, and thateeightpence an hour
euarged' for night work between the hours of six, p.m.
end six, a.m., or eight shillings for the night, allowing
borer for supper. Tt was ultimately agreed, on a
th".l% atharids, that'ets. 6d. be the daily remuneratien for
theehe district, and eight shillings for night work.;
„ tb. et a nbtieC be placarded throughout the town, in-
iating that a strike for the felfilment of the above
''''cintions would becommenced on the following Monday.
e 110.1,AL MERSEY YACHT Cava.—The club intend
lPending £2OO on prizes. There are to be two s
e eparate
h °llteata, the first on the 4th June, confined to the mem-
,,'yachts, under thirty-five tons, and above thirty-five
mils, for two prizes of £25 and £4O in value. The
e„--e2ned on the 18th July, for a magnificent prize challenge
el,,p,Cil'-tlOO value, open to be sailed for by all royal yacht
e„eau the world:; the prize to be won two years in suo-
--'sron •by the -same owner and yacht. The opening
erltise will take place on the 21st instant. The Queen has
presented to the dub a cup of XlOO value, to be sailed for
?`Tuesday, the 19th July, 'the day following that
ady announced for the Challenge Cup of £lOO,
Rivet by the club. It has also been proposed to enter
Into a subscription to raise sefficient funds to extend to ea
eegulr regatta and have a number of races for the local
°oldiea of-the-po'rt, fishermen and trial-boats, and rowing
tams for the boatmen who ply on the river in their gigs,
and Aso make the •most of the occasion of this magnificent
gift of" Her Ilseesty's Plate:" There are fittine out in
the Birkenhead Dock :—Schconers Ariel, 118 tons,
Commodore' Littledale; Mavis, 146, G. C. Arbuthnot,
Esq._:, 'Louisa, -129, S. 'R. Graves, Esq. Cutters:: Sea-
bird, 33, Hon. Secretary ; Jilt, 19, H. Bridson, Esq.. ;
Surprise,
15' F. Rigge, -Vsq. ; Ranger, 12, R.. M.
Prinnell, Esq. The latter arrived on the 15th ult. from
Beazinaris -and • Kingstown, - having made an extraor-
dinary run.
Preaces AT •A CHESS DIrWER.—The Northern and
afidland Counties Chess Association having held their
Ern annual meeting at Manchester on Friday and `Satur-
4. ay week, 'dined together at she close of their proceed-
!ngs on the latter day. In responding to the toast of
The 64. 'r• Sir George Stephen, of Liverpool,
(rangers, •
aueeed to the challenges which were continually passing
f.,ar"ne Payes, and on behalf of Mr. Staunton, named
'upon r
which that gentleman would challenge the
Whole `world, .in order that he might clear up a doubt
rtich ,had been east upon his claim to be reckoned the
brst olaver Bea ope. They were that the stakes should
AnAr..,6 each if the player-resided abroad, and £l5O or
6 "at 'the choke of the-party, if he resided in Eng-
e-n" the play to take place at a private hotel, in the
;tlleseneeeif three friends of each player only. A gentle-
man la the room -asked Mr.-Staunton why he had not
keePtel a challenge given to him in Bell's Life lately ?
r, st
tiinten, 'without giving any reasons, proceeded to
ef.'air of e challenge made in• Bell's Life and refused, and
71 that a foreigner in the room (Herr Lowenthal, it was
Qerstee,e,
put -forth a challenge which Herr Hairwite
Was not tie manliness to accept, or the acceptance of it
this `,er
ro
°, coretemptible that it was-worse than a refusal. On
left r Eilarwitz rose in a state of great excitement and
e am.
C2:l°°lt CeIeMITTEE.—The usual meeting of the Dock
to traittee was held on 'Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner
• the chair. With reference to the proposed purchase of
reee-,.lrkenhead Docks, the Chairman repeated the state-
lee-'• 'Tiede at the last meeting, hut he intimated that
I,enran Goldsmid had,not agreed to take two-and-a-half
el,' cent. ter the first ten years on this sum.—Mr. Royden
i,„!!esed that the Dock Surveyor, in connection with
(ether competent party, should value the works, an
offer
be made on their valuation, and an end thus be put
this" matter.—Mx. Robertson Gladstone moved that
je°aarnittee declines to accede to the terms stated by
to teesePh Bailey as excessive, and having no reference
base? value of the property upon which those terms. were
the r°•--After a desultory•COnVeraattOn it was decided that
sir lehairman should convey this resolution, verbally, to
effect Bailey. Bailey. A motion, ,made by Mr. :Littledale, to the
Washer to the committee were ready to receive any
offers from Sir J. Bailey and Baron Goldsmid,
th..ngatived majority 0f.9 to B.—Mr. Barber moved
blztedirections beg given to the officials to furnish all infor-
eejlon asked for by every member appertaining to that
Parrrnent of the trust of which he was.r. member.—A
mlong and desultory discussion followed, having reference
°le Particularly to the opinion given by the Solicitor,
ee„,`"' n.O meroher of the board could act in his individual
%%'ac'tY, but only in his place in committee. The opinion
4,48 questioned, and it was contended by several. members
they
informatiOn ought to be given by the officials when
argued
were required to do so ; in opposition to this it was
grgned th tmatter of courtesy, when members
R as a
applied at the various departments for information it
.was
Usually granted, and that the right to enforce it might
introduce a system of espionage and produce other-serious
difficulties. Ultimately, an amendment was submitted
by Mr. Gladstone, to the effect that the officials furnish
information verbally, in connection with the trust, to any
member requiring it. The amendment was seconded by
"t. Bigham, and, on the votes being taken, there ap-
re'eed seven for, and seven against it. The chairman
the casting vote in opposition, and the amendment
as
negatived.
keIIo.RALTH COMMITTEE.-,011 Thursday, at. the usual
reeeing, Mr. Langsdale, the chairman, presided, The
continuel officer reported that the health of the town still
arerd good, the mortality being lower than the
the age. af the season. During die week the deaths in
taorlPsh were 142, and in the out-townships 47. The
thee!'itte from diseases of the zymotic class was lower
the tlt had been in any week of the preceding three years,
Inevntal deaths having been only 27 against 43 in the
h 001905 week. Of those 10 were from typhus, 4 from
Tfort-cough, 3 from scarlatina, 2 from croup, 1
vious atnall-pox, (aged seven years), without pre-
Yaecination. Diseases of the lungs also caused a
beienThed mortality, the deaths (including consumption)
raoefe, a smaller number than in any week of the six
„ern:best Preceding. A communication from the head
oaki7t, represented that a number of hogsheads and
,Iltee,,°` °Ones were recently landed from the Wexford
boor
of
on the quay of the Clarence Dock,. at an early
the, ethe morning, and allowed to remain during the
there aaY, to the great annoyance of the passengers and
the te's !laving business there. After some conversation
ree4kattee was referred to the Dock Committee, several
4tai "era expressing themselves strongly at the time
tr, rise
-" the a, al' interference which might put a stop altogether
iellll- "alPortation of bones.—Sewers were ordered in
`Je een•mberland-street, Park-road, and North-street.—
„Nei, e:PPlieation being made for a sewer near Breck-
'4lhsr, Newlands showed the necessity existing for the
lirlte'etion of the proposed outlet sewer for Everton and
heat ,2e; and at his suggestion it was resolved to convene
%et week
ed a meeting of the landowners. It was also ,
eqtjet at Lord Sefton would be seen in reference to the
9141.„...5„,e,wer between Smithdown-lane and Wavertree-
Zohe eeu loner William-street was adopted.—Mr. Glad-
male.strnlPlained of the breaking up of the pavement in
ess f eet by the Gas Company, which has been in pro-
eare°r the last fortnight. They had actually that
pltang cut off the communication between North John-
th arid
at it h_ Dale street.—lt was stated by Mr. Newlands
the Dale Gas . been screed to proceed at once with the paving
ttt reet. He stated also that he had furnished to
te:ets weh9n3 Pany and the Water Committee a list of the
-Atestee"l°,a would have to be paved this year, and bad
" wet they §hotald work siroultaneouily.

THOS. RODICR, Esq., of Gateacre, and John Rosson,
Esq., of Moor-hall, have been appointed deputy-lieu-
tenants of the county.
ROBBERY.—On Saturday, at noon, two men entered the
house of Mr. Dewing, at Fairfield, and stole a gold watch,
chain, and seal, value £2O.

PIPING BULLFINCHES.—Those who delight in culti-
vated nature should pay a visit to Mr. Trieschmann, in
Cases-street, who has a great variety of these extraordi,
nary birds.
THOMAS LOWNDES, of 60, Bispham-street, was, on
Saturday morning, found dead in a court in Wright-
street, where he had been placed to keep watch over an
empty sewer,

HERR STAUDIGL.—It will be seen by an announce-
ment in our advertising columns that this renowned basso
will appear this evening at the Philharmonic-hall, where
a'grand selection of music will be performed, including
the " Finale to Loreley," by Mendelssohn.
Twa CHINESE JUNK.—On Saturday, the Chinese war
junk Keying, which attracted so much attention on the
Thames during the three years it was exhibited there,
arrived in the Mersey in tow of the steam-tug Shannon,
which had brought her all the way from the metropolis.
As she passed the stage she looked like the wreck of a ship
which had sustained considerable damage by fire. The
masts ate formed of one piece of teak, and are vety heavy,
the mainmast alone weighing seventeen tons. She was
moored off Rock Ferry, where she will remain for
exhibition.

A FLEET OF STEAMERS.—There is now lying in the
'Coburg Dock a larger fleet of steamers than ever before
floated on so small a given space. These are the Arabia,
Niagara, America, Alps, Melita, Balbec, Teneriffe, British
Queen, and lAargaret ; in all nine 'steamers, five of which
are first-class screw-boats, and four large transatlantic
paddle-ships. They form part of liessrs. Mclver and
Co.'s unrivalled fleet of stearn-ships, and are worth at
least half-a-million sterling. Tire port of Southampton
could not show so many steamers altogether as are colledted
in the Coburg Dock belonging-to one company.

MAIL PACKETS TO AUSTRALIA.—The Post-office Elitho-
rifles have given notice that provision will be made for the
conveyance of mails to AtStralia early in the mcnths of
June, August, October, and December of the present year
respectively ; and due notice will be given of the days ap-
pointed for the departure of such mails. In the alternate
'months of May, July, September, and November, mails
:for Australia will continue to be forwarded by`the route of
'Singapore, according, to the present arrangements, on the
4th of the month 'rid -Southampton, and on the Bth rid
Marseilles. Postmasters will, for the present. send to
London all letters and newspapers addressed to Australia.
THE LIVERPOOI CHESS CLUB, taking advantage of the
attendance at the late great chess gathering in Manchester,
were favoured on 'Monday, last week, with a visit from
the English champion, Mr. Howard Staunton, and Hearen
Horwitz and 'Lowenthal. Mr. IL :Harden. president,
and Mr. T. L. Iforecroft. secretary• of the Rock Ferry
Chess Club, were present by incitation, besides whom
there was a large attendance of members. Play com-
menced early in the evening, When Messrs. Staunton,
Horwitz, and'Lowenthal, each engaged in a contest With
three opponents in consultation, and giving the odds of
the pawn 'and two moves. Mr; Staunton succeeded in
winning his game; but those of the two foreigners were not
finished, s►rpper time having arrived before it was possible
to conclude. The proceedings were terminated with a
sapper, presided over by the president of the club, Mr.
G. C. Schwvabe.

TRANSATLANTIC STCANIS:HIPS.—The British and
North American Mail steam-thip Europa, Capt. Shannon,
took her departure hence, for Boston, on Saturday; at one,
p.m., with 145 passengers and a fair cargo, besides the
usual mails on board.—On **Tuesday, shortly before mid-
night, 'the United States Mail steam-ship Arctic, Captain
Luce, arrived in the Mersey, after a very quick passage,
with mails and passengers. She left New York on the
30tiret.—On Tuesday, at midnight, the screw. steam-ship
City of Manchester, Captain Leitch, arrived in the
river, with 50 passengers and ,87,000 in specie. She left
Philadelphia on the 23rd ult.—On Wednesdey night, the
British and North American screw steam-ship Alps,
Capt. Wickman, arrived in the Mersey from; New York,
from which port she -salied on the 28th ^ult., with a large
'cargo, but no passengers or specie.

.A7ATERLOO. On Wednesday, a numerous meeting
took place in the National School-room attached to Christ
'Church, Waterloo. The chair was occupied by the in-
cumbent, the Rev. J. -Jones, M.A., rural dean, who deli-
cvered a highly interesting address, stating the great
pleasure it gave him to see the evident interest attached
-to that the first missionary meeting in'Waterloo, and inti-
-mating that he hoped to renew such a beginning as that
`he then witnessed. 'qle Rev. W. Rawson, incumbent of
,Seaforth, then addressed the meeting,, end was followed
by the Rev. P. Percival, a missionary from India, who
gave highly interesting accounts of his•2abours in India
•and Ceylon, showing the state of civilization, literature,
character, and dialects ; the difficulty of the missionary in
his attempts with- the wealthier classes to spread that
knowledge which alone is sufficient to make them wise
unto salvation. "The meeting separated.about 20 minutes
to ten.

SALE OF A Ciruncia.—On Friday,> at the Clarendon-
rooms, Mr."Winstanley offered for-sale-by public auction,
the church of St. „John the Evangelist, in Hope-street.
This church, which has for many years been used as a
Church of England, was originally founded by the cele-
brated Aikin ; and it has a local history worthy of being
written. The pulcit was at one time the scene of a con-
flict between tsro•cpposing ministers, the circumstances of
which are recorded in the police annals. Mr. Winstanley
having read the conditions of sale, put,up the property at
£1,200, and stated that in 1842 the late possessor had
given £3,000 for it. The present one -vms a widow, living
far from Liverpool, and that was the reason it was sold..
The church-is licensed by, the bishop of the diocese, and
held on lease for -seventy-five years (of which fifty-eight
will be unexpired in June, 1853), from the Corporation of
Liverpool, at a peppercorn rent. -is let at £125 to a
yearly tenant, whose tenancy will be determined in
November. It will accommodate nearly 900 persons.
There is no restriction in the lease from the Corporation
that the building••should be continued as a church, nor
against its being•converted into a place•of worship for any
religious sect. A considerable number of persons were
present ; but the only bid, after the,upset price, was one
from Mr. R. A. Macfie, sugar refiner. P:e bid £lO above
that, and then Mr.sWinstanley declared the reserved price
to be £1,500, one-half of its original cost. No other bid
being made, the attempted sale came to a close ; but Mr.
Macfie, under private arrangement, agreed to give £1,500
'for the property, which has consequently -passed into his
hands.

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, at the
-weekly meeting, Mr. Harrison presided. From the go-
-vernor's report it appeared that there were 675 paupers in
the workhouse. A letter was read from Mr. Latham, one
of the relieving-officers for Toxteth-park, soliciting com-
pensation for extra duties he had performed during the
• illness of Mr. Tomkins, late relieving officer. A motion
to give him £5 was lost by a large majority.—Mr. Gough,
the governor of the workhouse, intimated to the board
- that a lady was in attendance who wished to adopt a pauper
boy. She had fixed upon one whose mother was, dead and
his father was abroad. A deputation was ,appointed to
have an interview with her before the request could be
complied with.—The ltd-clerk read a letter from Mr.
M',Govern, enclosing a copy of account for lawyers' ex-
penses, &c., amounting to £lB ls. sd. (on account of the
-recent inquiry into the charge of breach of contract,)
which he hoped the board would pay him. No serious
notice was taken of the communication.—The visiting
comattee recommended that Mr. Olney should be ap-
pointed assistant to the governor of the workhouse, at his
present salary; and that a bookkeeper be appointed, with
a salary of .Z.lO a year and rations. The committee also
recommended that the salary of the chaplain, the. Rev.
Mr. Moore, be increased from 4120 to £lBO a year. One
proposition was that Mr. Olney should shave the paupers,
which.would be a saving of £4O a year. After some .dis-
cussion the report was adopted.
SirocaciNe SUICIDE.—On Wednesday night, a young
lady committed suicide under circumstances which have
created a painful sensation. The deceased, Fanny Crosby,
was daughter, of the proprietor of an extensive drapery
establishment in Fishergate, Preston, and was about 21
years of age. She was a clever and accomplished girl,
and excessive study is believed to have affected Ler
intellect. She bas latterly been incthe habit of putting
her feet in water several times a-day, apparently with the
view of relieving her head, of which she frequently com-
plained. About six o'clock on Wednesday evening she
left home, attired for a walk. At about half-past eight a
young man named ;Holliday was proceeding along the
bank of the Ribble (a favourite promenade close to the
town), when he observed a woman, which proved to be
Miss Crosby, sitting on some stones which,projected into
the river, with her legs in the water. Someother persons
came up, and Holliday directed their attention to the
singular position of ,the deceased, and they all went
towards her. A woman who was passing exclaimed,
" Let's go down to see what she's about." Immediately
upon this the deceased plung.4 into the water, .which is
of considerable depth at that spot, and was carried away
by the strength of the stream. Half an hour elapsed
before the body was recovered, by which time life was
extinct. The deceased had her 'boots on when first seen
with her feet in the water, but had taken off her mantle,
bonnet, and veil. On Thursday an inquest was held aver
the body by Mr. Myers, when the jary returned a verdict
of " Temporary insanity."
CONSPIRACY AND FORGERY.—At the Police-office,
on Friday, Mathew Mudd, boardinghouse-keeper, was
charged with conspiring with another person, named
John Brown, to defraud the North and South Wales
Bank of £3OO, by means of a forged signature to a deposit
note. In September, 1852, William Simpson came from
Australia and deposited £3OO with the North and South
Wales Bank, for which he received a deposit note. As
an additional security he also signed his name in a book
kept for that purpose at the bank. About the 23d he
married the present Mrs. Simpson, and shortly afterwards
went to sea, leaving the deposit-note in her possession,
with instructions to use it if in want of money. About five
weeks since John Brown alias Crown, took lodgings near
Mrs. Simpson, and claimed acquaintance on the ground
of being an old friend of her husband's. They soon
became very friendly, and on Friday week went to the
bank together to draw the sum of £2O; but, as the bank
was closed, she left the note in his possession until the
the following morning. On the Saturday he went to the
bank to get the note cashed, but, a material difference in
the signature exciting their suspicion, payment was re-
fused. He again obtained possession of the note, and on
Wednesday appeared again at the bank, this time with
the prisoner Mudd, who stated that he knew the person
present to be William Simpson. However, as Mudd was
personally unknown to them, as a further precaution
they required his references, when he named three very
respectable tradesmen. On making inquiries the charac-
ter of Mudd appeared satisfsctory, and on his represen-
tation the money was paid to Brown, who signed the
receipt Wm. Simpson. It is supposed, in making this
charge, that Mudd knew Brown was not Simpson, as he
had lodged with him in Hull foar years since, and he had
received £lO for making this representation, and one of
the £5O notes paid to Brown was found in the prisoner's
possession. Mr. Mansfield stated that at present the
case was involved in some mystery, and, under the eir-
cumetances, he should remand the prisoner for seven
days, in the meantime admitting him to bail in his own
recognisances of £lOO and two sureties of £lOO each.
Since tui:ivegigatio been captured in Loudon,

Tint TENERIFFE, a new screw steamer belonging to
Messrs. M'lver, arrived in the river on Friday, from
Glasgow. She is intended for the Mediterranean trade.
A DRUNKEN JURYMAN.—During the progress of a
case at the coroner's office, on Tuesday, it was discovered
that one of the jurymen was drunk. He was turned out
of the box.

CHARLES CROWTHER, the driver of a lorry at Man-
chester, has been committed for trial at the next Liverpool
assizes, 'for the manslaughter of William Swann, seven
years of age.
THE STEAMER OCEAN, belonging to the Cork Steam
Company, has been purchased by the Chester and Holy-
head Railway Company, to ply between Dublin and Holy-
head, for the conveyance of cattle and heavy goods.
TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.—A requisition to his worship
the Mayor, to call a general town meeting to consider of
the necessity of instituting improvements, is lying at the
Exchange Newsroom.
A SESSION for the transfer of publicans' licenses was
held in the old Nisi Prius Court on Thursday last. Mr.
John Holmes presided ; and there were also on the bench
Mr. J. H. Turner, Mr. Stitt, and others. The business
done was unimportant.
LIVERPOOL HONICEOPATHM INSPENSARY.—During
the last year 2,670 patients have been admitted as against
2,624 of the former year ' and the prescriptions dis--
pensed have been 13,088 for the last year, as against
12,904 for 1852. The receipts for the last year amounted
to £ls2 9s. 6d., and the balance now in hand is £2l 4s.

ROYAL AGRICULTCRAI SOCIETY.-Dr. Sheridan Mus-
pratt has been admitted a member of this body, and is,
we understand, a competitor for the £lOOO prize, offered
by the Royal Society, for the discovery of a manure equal
to guano, and to cost £5 per ton. Mr. Littledale, of Lis-
card Farm, has received some of Dr. Musprates compost,
to be tried again-St guano on turnips.
THE Mturrn..—The whole of the -five regiments of
Lancashire Militia will meet for training on Monday next.
The Ist Regitient at Lancaster, under the command of
Colonel Clifton ; the 2d at Liverpool, under the command
of Sir T. G. Ilesketh, Bart. ; the ad at Preston, under
the command of Colonel Patten, M.P. ; the 4th at War-
rington, under the command of Colonel Blackburne ; and
the sth at Burnley, under the command of Colonel
Towneley, M.P.

THE ELECTRIC LlGHT.—During the week Mr. Staite's
electric tight has been exhibited from the new tower lately
erected on the Prince's Pier, and, notwithstanding the
inclemency of the weather, it has been viewed nightly by
crowds of spectators, though all the arrangements for its
perfect display are not. yet completed. The apparatus of
Mr. Stevenson, the engineer of the Scottish lighthouses,
for the diffusion of the light over a quadrant of a circle,
‘viitl shortly be added.
LITERARY AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY.—On Wednesday,
About thirty gentlemen dined together at the 43runswick
Hotel, Hanover-street, on the occasion of a presentation '
being made by the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' Asso-
ciation to the members of the Literary and Dramatic
Society, as an acknowledgment of their generous services
in giving their annual performance, on the 25th of last
month, in aid of the funds for building the asylum and
schools of the association ; and on the occasion, also, of
the presentation of a testimonial to Mr. H. Loraine, of
the Theatre Royal, by whom the amateurs were assisted
in their efforts. Mr. John Allinson, president of the
Licensed Victuallers' Association, occapied the chair.
CASE 'OF SWOVEING.—On Monday, -a lad, named John
Morgan, was taken into custody for shooting a gentleman
in Williamson-square. The lad is employed in a shooting
gallery, and was sent to a neighbouring gallery for two
rifles, which ' had been placed there for safety. He was
returning with them across the square, when he said to
another boy'who accompanied him,'" Could not'l knock
that 'hen over-?" at the same time pointing one of the
guns •at the hen and pulling the trigger. The rillevas
loaded and'went off, the ball entering the thigh of tren-
tleman who vas walking along Marble-street. The gen.
tleman injured, Mr. Edward Simpson, of Grinfield-street,
Edge-hillovas conveyed home and attended by Dr. Wil-
son, who succeeded in extracting the ball. On Tuesday
the boy-was discharged, the only 'object in giving him into
custody being'to show to the magistrates the desirability
of -some steps being taken for the safety of the publie.
IfL'VEICILE'DELINQUENCIY.—=GAI Tuesday, at a meeting
ofthe magistrates of the borough, a petition to the House
of 'Commons was agreed to, on the subject of‘juvenile
delinquency. The petition -•states that the petitioners
'have long painfully felt the entire inefficiency of
their present powers to check the increase of 'juvenile
'delinquency ; and they therefore pray for an act to enable
magistrates to commit to a reformatory institution,
sanctioned and inspected by Government, children
between the- ages of eight and sixteen, belonging to the
fdllowing classes :—" let,• Children convicted • before a
magistrate of-felony ;•2ndly, -.Vagrants .who are outcasts
from home, owing to the cruelty of one or both parents ;
:Brdly;Vagrants, being outcasts, whose parents are dead,
er not to be found; -4thly, Wagrant children, whose
'parents are unable to restrain them, and-request their
admission. 'That such delinquents, or vagrantohildren,
be committed to remain .a certain time upon probation.
not to extend-bsyond the age of twenty-one years, and
-whenever practicable shall be placed out to someomploy-
merit. 'All such committals to be reported to the Secre-
tary of State within seven days. That such -committal
shall not remove the liability for the child's maictenance
from the quarters where it has previously existed, namely,
the parents, if to be found; the .parish, in case of orphans:
and that means of enforcement and collection, similar to
those now found effectual' in cases of affiliation, be pro-
vided." The petition further states that " The Ship-
owners' Association of Liverpool, by a unanimotts.resolu-
tion, have expresoed themselves ,willing to receive boys
recommended from such a reformatory schools if established
in s hulk on the river. And in the cessation of Irish
immigration, and :n the extensive emigration now going
oa,-cuch schools would probably soon be found to be very
valuate, as furnishing a supply of sailors and labourers in
addition to theimportance of their more immediate object."