The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-13 00:00:00

LOCAL NE WS

UNIVERSITY HONOURS.—Mr. Lightfoot and Mr. Wil-
link, both belonging to this town, and educated at the Royal
Institution, were in the first class at the recent annual exa-
minations of Trinity and St. John's College, Cambridge.
The British and North American royal mail steamer the
Caledonia, which would sail from Boston on the Ist and
Halifax on the 3d instant, is expected to arrive at this port
on or before Wednesday.
Cusroms' ORDERS.—By a Treasury order of the 30th
ultimo, kernels of walnuts, imported for expressing oil there-
from, to be admitted to entry at the duty of Is. per ton.—
By a board's minute of the 31st ultimo, palm oil may be
shipped from any warehouse without re-weighing, except in
cases of suspicion.
We observe by the Cambridge papers, that Mr. R. P.
Davies, son of the Rev. Robert Davies, of this town, has
carried off the first prize at the annual examination, held last
week, at Corpus Christi College. Mr. Davies, we under-
stand, was educated at the Royal Institution school, under
the superintendence of Dr. Iliff.
REGISTER ! REGISTER ! !—On or before the 20th day of
June, the overseers of the poor-will publish notices to all
parties having the right to be placed on the County Registers,
requiring them to send in their claims on or before the 20th
of July, that their names may be put upon the lists which
will be made out upon the 31st of July. Persons having the
right to be put upon the lists of voters for boroughs must take
care that all poor rates and assessed taxes, due before the 6th
of April last, are paid on or before the 20th of July next.

TIIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—It will be seen by an
advertisement that the delivery of prizes to the pupils in the
schools will take place to-morrow, (Wednesday). After the
Venite has been chauuted by the scholars, the Rev. the
Senior Rector of the parish will distribute the prizes, of
which, besides a great variety of others, the principal are ten
guineas, in books given by Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., a
scholarship i❑ the middle school, value ten guineas, given by
W. Potter, Esq., tenable for one year, and two scholarships
in the lower school, value three guineas each, given by Ed-
ward Molyneux, Esq.

RAPID TRAVELLING BETWEEN PARIS AND LIVERPOOL.
—A gentleman left Paris on the morning of Wednesday last,
at seven o'clock, and arrived in Liverpool at half-past five
on Friday mottling, performing the journey in forty-six hours
and a half, after having remained in Rouen four hours, in
Havre six, and in London Ibur. The route was from Paris
to Rouen by railway, from Rouen to Havre by the diligence,
from thence to Brighton by the steamer Menai, from Brighton
by the railway to London, and to this town, of course, by
tke railway. The expense of the journey was under £6, half
of which was expended in the fare between London and
Liverpool.

LECTURES AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—On Fri-
day evening, li. Addams, Esq., delivered his sixth lecture
on electricity, in the theatre of the Collegiate Institution, be-
fore a highly respectable, but not very numerous, audience.
The portions of the subject for the evening were, electro-
printing, electro-magnetic clocks, sounding instruments, and
flag signals and telegraphic systems for ships. Previous to
the lecture some select pieces were played with much taste
on the organ, which is a fine and effective instrument. On
the table were a variety of handsome and costly clocks in
brass and mahogany, and other apparatus for illustrations,
also representations of signal flags, &c. He began by stating
that those who had attended the last lectu:e would remem-
ber the electro-magnetic telegraph, containing on its face
the alphabet, and which, when the circular permutation wheel
or table at a distance was turned to any required letter, and
the electric stream was conveyed from it to a magnet at the
back of the clock indicated the same le:ter to the distant ob-
server. It was necessary to have these instruments all small,
and as delicate as watch-work, otherwise the galvanic battery
would fail to move them. The instrument now before them
was of a similar nicety in construction, and was Cooke and
Wheatstone's electro-printing machine, which would not only
communicate any letter of the alphabet, but by the peculiar
disposition of printing types in the apparatus, could be made
to print words and sentences (letter by letter) by the applica-
tien of electric influence conveyed through wires to the tele-
graph at a great distance. This was done as in the electro-
magnetic telegraph, before exhibited, by merely turning the
wheel or desk of the permutation table. He explained the
construction and operation of this telegraph as it appeared in
the working model. It consisted of two pieces of clockwork
with weights attached : one clock was intended to take off
the friction, and the other to put in motion the type. Behind
this there were magnets, so made by voltaic electricity, com-
municated to them along two copper wires, and which mag-
nets by means of the momentary attraction given to them
caused a small hammer to strike on the end of any printing
type of an alphabet, so arranged, that the other end of the
type having the letter cast upon it, struck or tapped a little
roller in front as it revolved slightly at each operation—thus
making a sufficient impression on a thin sheet of paper upon
which was laid another sheet blacked with lamp-black and
oil, or any suitable substance—similar to the paper used by
manifold writers,—so that the black by the slight blow of the
type sets off upon the white sheet, and thus prints the letter;
and so on with a succession of letters forming words and
eventually sentences. When a word was completed the
operation was repeated at the next movement of the roller
but without a type, so that a space was left as in regular
printing between each word. The lines thus printed in a
communication of some length did not, however, run right
across the paper, but necessarily, from the turning of
the roller, a little sloped, though this was so slight that
a common observer would scarcely notice it, and it was
of little consequence in telegraphic communication. The
lines would, in fact, from the repeated turning of the
roller, appear of a screw-like form. The whole was worked
by a small galvanic battery. The lecturer invited any one
present to supply a short sentencee to be printed, and, no one
immediately replying, was about to print " Knowledge is
power," when a gentleman suggested " God save the Queen,"
which Mr. A. printed, by turning the permutation circle, and
pressing a small pin to set the electricity in motion along the
wires, leaving double spaces between the words for greater
distinctness. It was printed on tissue paper, and sufficiently
distinct to be perfectly legible. Owing :to his having, by
mistake pressed the little pin or key at the letter S rather
too long, a second tap was given by the magnetic action at
the tar end to that letter, so that the word save was printed
SSAVE • but this only showed in a more gratifying man-
ner the delicacy and accuracy of the apparatus itself, and the
necessity of precision in the operator. Great applause fol
lowed this experiment. The lecturer observed that such
printing was not of course of the best, neither was it in as
straight line, and if he were asked whether it could be made
available for general purposes, his reply would be " no," for
the process was difficult and slow; but :electro-magnetic
printing might be highly useful in telegraphic communication,
as by means of it parties might send down important orders
to a distant station, even during the night, which by a person
attending to the machine, might instantly be acted upon.—
The lecturer then proceeded to show by fine working models
that a number of clocks at different places in a town could,
by electro-ruagnetism, be kept going in exact or simul-
taneous time, with one correct regulating clock. He ex-
plained the machinery used to produce this effect. There
was a face of a regulating clock, the hour hand of which he
made to go round, beating for better illustration the seconds.
Attached to this was a wheel of brass cut into teeth, with
the spaces between filled up with ivory. The wheel turned
the hand. The ivory being no conducter the stream of elec-
tricity was cut off when a spring that pressed lightly on the
rim came into contact with it; but when it again touched
one of the metallic teeth, the electric action was momentarily
renewed, and thus the hand was sent on in successive jerks.
Wires communicated with the other clocks which were filled
with magnets, and the electric current being alternately
passed along and cut off, they too moved on simultaneously.
If such a wheel, therefore, were attached to a large astrono-
mical clock, and wires communicated with other electro-
magnetic clocks, all of them would be maintained in correct
time. But there were some difficulties in reducing the
system to practice. The electricity was an uncertain element,

if this were overcome another obstacle had to be en-

countered, for the contacts of electricity required were
numerous, and the heat generated was liable to burn
the outer part or teeth of the wheels required (as
we understood him,) so that they would have to be
frequently renewed at considerable cost. The lecturer
then exhibited a very beautiful experiment showing the ap-
plication of electricity in taking soundings at sea or in rivers.
The apparatus was the invention of a gentleman whose name
we could not distinctly catch. It was, said the lecturer, im-
portant to know the precise moment when the lead touched
the bottom, which was not always distinctly felt by the per-
son holding the lead line, The instrument consisted of a
rope, along which were passed two isolated copper wires ; at
the end was a sort of stirrup, through the bottom part of
which the lead or weight (of a heart shape) was so fixed that
it would move up and down, by means of a small rod going
through a hole in the stirrup. A piece of conducting metal
crossed the top of the rod and kept it and the lead attached
to it from falling out. When lowered in the water the lead
from its own weight hung a little under the stirrup ; but when
it touched the bottom, the stirrup moved down upon it, and
the cross piece of copper came in contact with another piece
of metal that crossed to the top of the stirrup, and the elec-
tric current being thus united by the wires, the instantaneous
effect was the ringing of a little bell, communicating with the
wires,—the galvanic battery being of course in action at the
time. The experiment was tried twice by lowering the lead
from the stage into a vessel of water on the floor below, and
as soon as it reached the bottom, a little bell at a considera-
ble distance was beard to tingle.—The lecturer then explained
Lieut. Watson's admirable system of flag signals for vessels,
which he illustrated in a very clear and pleasing manner, but
as this is generally known, we need not enter into details.
He concluded by stating that he had purposed to explain some
thereto-electric phenomena, but as the hour of closing his
remarks for the night had arrived he should notica the sub-
ject at the commencement of his next lecture, which, we may
add, will be the last of this interesting series, and will contain
some interesting novelties, as well as recapitulations of
thet
he
most striking facts and experiments adduced throughout
course.

AnASit Min Evit ...sit appears that thew bsetitifui
tures are to be removed this week from Liverpool, after
having attracted an immense number of visitors.
PHILHARMONIC.—The next philharmonic concert takes
place on Friday. A very rich selection will be made from
popular composers. We perceive that the July concert wil-
not take place in consequence of the Institution being occu-
pied by the exhibition.

SPRINGTHORPE'S WAX WORK.—The Liver Theatre has
been crowded almost day and night with visiters to inspect
Springthorpe's Wax-work. It is about to be removed ; those
who want to see the figures must be quick. " Go, and
stand not upon the order of your going—but go at once."

PETTY ;THEFTS.—At the police-court, yesterday, Jane
Byrnes was committed for trial at the sessions, on a charge
of having stolen a pair of men's boots, from the shop of
Mr. Thos Dix, shoemaker, in Tithebarn-street.—James La-
ren and Michael Jordan were also committed for trial for
having stolen a pair of trowsers from the shop of Mr. Peter
Murry, clothes-dealer, of Hatton-garden.

INQUEST.--An inquest was held yesterday before Mr.
Curry, the borough coroner, on view of the body of Charles
Double, an infant. The parents lived in Virgil-street. On
Friday night deceased, who was a delicate child, was placed
in bed with her parents, and in the morning was found to be
dead. From the evidence of the surgeon it appeared that
death was caused by suffocation, arising from deceased being
overlain. Verdict—" Accidental Death," accordingly.

INQuEsT.—An inquest was on Friday held before P. F.
Currie, Esq., at the coroner's office, on view of the body of
a child named Catherine Morley, who met with her death in
the following manner :—lt appeared that the parents of the
deceased, the father being a labourer named Thomas Morley,
reside in a cellar, No. 16, Dennison-street, and that, on Wed-
nesday afternoon, Mrs. Morley went out, leaving the de-
ceased and some other children in the place. During her
absence the coffee kettle had been thrown off the fire, and
the contents had so dreadfully scalded the deceased that she
died the next day. Verdict—Accidental death.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.-Mr. Parry, merchant, whose
office is in North John-street, laid an information, at the
Police-court on Friday, against a lad named John Horton,
who appeared about eighteen years of age, for cruelty to too
horses which had been placed under his care, and appeared
this morning before the magistrates in support of the infor-
mation. Mr. Parry stated, that on Wednesday morning he
observed the lad beating the horses most unmercifully, par-
ticularly over the head. The boy, in his defence, said the
horses shied at some casks in the passage, and that was the
reason he had beaten them —lie was ordered to pay twenty
shillings and costs.

ROBBING AN EMPLOYER.—A youth, named Thoma
Bolton, was brought up before Mr. Rushton yesterday, on a
charge of having robbed the office of his master, Mr. Ash-
worth, in South Castle-street. It appeared that on the
Monday previous, after he had opened the office, he took
away a seal, a pair of boots, and several other things, and
then left, leaving a note behind stating that he should be
back shortly. As he did not return, inquiry was made for
him, and it was discovered that he had pledged the seal in
Manchester for two shillings. He was next traced to Wigan,
where he was apprehended as he was about to enlist for a
soldier. Owing to the absence of the pawnbroker from
Manchester, the prisoner was remanded till this day (Tues-
day).

STEALING LEAD FROM GILL-STREET MARKET.—Thos.
Brown was examined at the Police-court, yesterday, before
Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having stolen Nibs. of lead, the
property of Mr. Thomas Cockbain, contractor for the execu-
tion of the plumbing at the new market in Gill-street. Mr.
John Barrett, clerk of the works, stated that, about five
o'clock on Saturday afternoon, he saw the prisoner, who
was employed on the works, come out of a vault with a sack
under his arm ; and, on asking him what it contained, he
replied, " I hope you will have mercy on me as it is the first
time I have been guilty." The sack contained the lead al-
ready mentioned ; and he was thereupon placed in custody.
I❑ defence he said, " I picked them up as they fell from the
roof, and I have been three weeks in collecting them." He
was sent for trial at the sessions.

THE FUNDS.—SATURDAY EVENING,—Some small sales
of stock ra, her disturbed the firmer tendency which the En-
glish securities acquired at the first commencement of busi-
ness, and though no absolute importance could be attached
to the operations, still the fear was expressed that the public
were sellers in connexion with the state of affairs in Ireland,
and the consequence was a re-action. Consols for the ac-
count were done at 9a and 921, but left off 921 to ; Three-
and-a- Half per Cents Reduced closed 100 a to Three per
Cents Reduced, 931 to ; Long Annuities, 12 7-16; India
Bonds 565. premium ; Bank Stock, 1782-; and Exchequer-
bills, Ms. to 535. premium. In the foreign market dealings
have taken a quiet range. Dutch stock was scarcely so good
as yesterday, but in other securities very little alteration
took place. The Two-and-a-half per Cents Dutch closed
54 to 55 ; the Five per Cents, 100 to ;1- ; Spanish Actives,
20a to 1 ; the New Three per Cents, 29a to 1.; Danish 85 to
86 ; Chilian 92 to 94 ; Brazilian, 70 to 72 ; Belgian, 102 to
103; Colombian, 23 to 1; Peruvian, 16 to 18; Portuguese
converted, 41 to 1 ; and Mexican, 281 to *.

THE WEATHER.-We are extremely glad to :be able at
length to report a little improvement in the state of the wea-
ther which we have experienced for the last few weeks. On
Saturday, at noon, the clouds, which had hung over the sky
during the previous part of the day, were dispersed, and the
afternoon and evening were extremely favourable, with the
wind still very high. On Sunday morning a little rain fell,
but the afternoon was very tine and sunny, the wind being
still brisk from the north-west. Yesterday we had no rain,
and the air was warm, though the wind was easterly. We
gather from the columns of our contemporaries that the wea-
ther has been more unfavourable in other quarters than in
this immediate neighbourhood or in the south. The accounts
from Wales, Scotland, and Ireland ar,equally unfavourable.
All agree, however, that, though the operations of the tield
have been somewhat retarded, the growing crops of corn
have not received more damage than a few days of dry warm
weather would repair. In the Principality, as may be seen
from a paragraph elsewhere, the floods have been very de-
structive ; whilst at Doncaster the traffic on the river was
suspended, and one farmer had about seventy acres of po-
tatoes covered with water to the depth of two feet, and the
hay crops were sustaining damage. At Wakefield, on Friday,
wheat advanced Is. per quarter, and a great deal changed
hands at that advance, and oats and barley were a shade
dearer. An advance was also expected at Mark Lane yes-
terday.

ANo•rnEa FIRE.—On Friday evening this town had ano-
ther narrow escape from a serious conflagration. About
seven o'clock, smoke was seen to issue, by the policeman on
duty, from the windows of the cellar of one of the new ware-
houses commonly known as " Gibson's," extending from
the Piazzas at the Salthouse Dock up Salthouse-lane. The
alarm was instantly given, and, though the flames burst from
the windows of the building with apparently irresistible fury,
the devouring element was conquered without having effected
any material damage. The rooms in the upper part of these
warehouses were filled with cotton ; the basement contained
shumac and other merchandise, and at the end of the ware-
house nearest the dock was a large Quantity of sulphur. The
warehouses being free, the cellars were not vaulted, and the
windows were on a level with the footpath. It is supposed
that some person, while passing, either carelessly or wilfully
threw a lighted substance into the cellar, which communi-
cated with the sulphur, and, but for the promptitude and
efficiency of the police, and a plentiful supply of water being
at hand, the whole premises might have been destroyed, and
all the valuable property which was contained therein. As
it was, the sulphur only was consumed. The wind blew high
from the north-west ; and, had the tire broken out in the
night, the most disastrous consequences might have ensued.
DEPREDATION IN TILE RUINS OF JACKSON'S-LANE
WAREHOUSES.—A man and his wife, named William and
Elizabeth Kirinaird. were placed at the bar of the Police-
court, yesterday, charged by Mr. Maxwell, on the part of the
insurance offices, with having stolen a quantity of olive oil,
sugar, cotton, and peas, from the ruins of the warehouses in
Jackson's•lane, which were recently destroyed by fire. The
male prisoner had been employed for some time in bringing
up the oil from the cellar of the warehouses, and the female
was accustomed to take his breakfast to him every morning.
She was returning from the place 3esterday morning, and
was crossing the area of the Exchange, whets Police-con-
stable No. 514 stopped her, and, finding in her basket some
oil, suspicion was excited, so that her residence was searched.
Therein were found between four and five quarts of olive oil,
30 lbs. of raw sugar, a quantity of stained cotton, two sugar
bags, and some peas, all of which were seized, and Mr.
Maxwell said they perfectly corresponded in description and
quality with the same articles belonging to the insurance
companies among the ruins. In defence, the prisoner
said he had been working at the warehouses for Mr. Max-
well, and, until the last fortnight, he had behaved like au
honest man : he had had to work•down in the cellar in all
sorts of weather, and had only three shillings per day for it,
whilst some other person, who had not half so much work,
had £2 per week, and he thought there was no harm in
taking a little of what there was in order to make up his
wages. Mr. Rushton ordered the woman to be discharged,
and told the man that he had no occasion to work for three
shillings a day unless he chose to do so. The prisoner re-
joined, that he must either work for that or starve. Mr.
Rushton reminded him, that that was no excuse for robbery.
The prisoner was then committed to take his trial at the
sessions.

Tun " SANDHILLs."—The neat mansion-house near the
southern extremity of Bootle Bay, on the north shore, and
known as the " Sandhills," has, within the last few weeks,
been pulled down, and the trees, shrubberies, and gardens
by which it was pleasantly surrounded, will speedily be swept
away—the site of the estate being about to be converted, in
the first instance, into brick fields, and finally into building
land, as it may be required for the extension of the town,
which is already creeping rapidly out in that direction from
Great Howard-street, along both sides of Regent-road,
towards Bootle. The Sandhills was formerly the seat of
John Shaw Leigh, Esq., whose property it is. The ground
between the house and the sea originally was, and still (on
the west side of the high road) partly is, composed of sand-
hills, producing little more than a dry, wiry, and unprofitable
species of grass—and hence, probably, the name. The ground
on the east side of the road, and between it and the canal,
was of a better quality, but naturally far from favourable for
the growth of vegetation, and especially, from the keenness
of the sea breeze to which it was exposed, for arboriculture.
Mr. Leigh, however, took great pains to overcome this de-
fect by forcing and manuring; and the proximity of the town
afforded considerable facilities for the improvement of the
grass lands in particular, which formed a lawn opposite the
south front of the house. He succeeded in raising a thick
belt of wood on the north of the area, adjoining the road
behind, (Rake-lane,) that runs front Regent-road to Sandhills
Bridge, (on the canal,) and continued the plantations from
each extremity of this belt southward, so as to form an
agreeable and sheltering enclosure on three sides of the
house, while clumps of trees and decorative shrubs adorned
the lawn in front. The gardens on the west side were well
protected by high walls and growing fences, which last, how-
ever, facing the sea-board, presented a somewhat brown and
scorched appearance, the effects of the frequent westerly
winds, surcharged with particles too strongly saline. These
gardens, nevertheless, became very early and productive, and
the house, being soon almost embosorned in trees,—the whole
became for many years one of those pleasing spots, amidst
the generally surrounding
,sterility and brick fields, upon
which the eye of the sauntering pedestrian delighted to dwell.
'Fire face of the country near the sea just beyond it, towards
and in Bootle, as well as for miles to the northward, (even so
tar as Formby,) has of late years been so much improved by
buildings, chiefly in the villa style, with pleasure grounds and
gardens—including the now extensive villages of Bootle,
Seaforth, Waterloo, &c., which occupy the formerly long
chain of barren sandhills that skirted the bay—that the con-
trast became less conspicuous, and is now scarcely percepti-
ble. There are those, however, who noticed the progress of
the Sandhills to its leafy honours who will regret the change,
which was probably dictated by a growing necessity as well
as by the increased value of the land when appropriated for
building, from the requirements connected with the new
docks, which will extend northward beyond the estate. The
site had become less desirable, too, from the proximity of
the cotton-mill, the gas-works, and the f
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novator as well as conquest, and all we can now hope is,
that when the time arrives for the building upon it ofnei;
streets, the plan adopted will be such as will insure wide
thoroughfares, neat buildings, and perfect sewerage and
ventilation.

LAWIITA.I3I.I Acctofwr,.--YesterA4r,*hile a rostober of
' irnen in the employ of Messrs. Taylor and Rutledge were en.
gaged in the erection of a new building at Claughton, near
Birkenhead, (the property of Mr. Moss,) the scaffold, by
some accident, gave way, and they were precipitated to the
ground from a considerable height. Several of them were
severely injured, but none, we learn, dangerously, with the
exception of one man. John Shaughnessy, aged 25, a stone-
mason, was so dreadfully hurt that he was with all possible
expedition conveyed over to the Northern Hospital. in
this town, for better professional aid and accommo-
dation. He is by trade a stone-mason, and his case
is exceedingly precarious. His skull is fractured, and
he is otherwise much bruised and contused. He remains in
a a atate of stupor, and but slight hopes are entertained of
his recovery, though no decisive opinion can be formed.
The other men were not brought to this side of the river.
CUTTING LEAD FROM A WAREBOUSE.—Yesterday a man
named Charles Rowland was brought up at the police court
before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having cut away a quan-
tity of lead from a warehouse in Back Goree, belonging to
Miss Jane Mather. Patrick Macarthy, a warehouseman on
the premises, said that between two and three o'clock on Sa-
turday afternoon he was in the jigger-room, and looking out
through the window he saw the prisoner upon the roof of the

warehouse, talking to some men who were in the jigger-room
of the next warehouse. He had no business there. When
the prisoner came off the roof into the jigger-room, witness
concealed himself, and saw him forcing off the flushing-lead
from the window by means of an iron bar. He stripped off
altogether about two feet and a half. Witness advanced
towards him, when he said he was merely there to ascertain
what time it was. Mr. Superintendent Leverett was cent
for, and he took the man into custody. Mr. Daniel Mather
deposed that the warehouse was the property of his sister.
When called upon for his defence, the prisoner merely re-
plied—" It's not true." He was committed for trial at the
next sessions.

THE CA ROILIN Z-DERELICT.-ThiS case was considered,
in the Admiralty Court, on Wednesday last. The Caroline,
bound on a voyage from Liverpool to the Cape of Good
Hope, with a cargo worth together rather more than £15,000.
was fallen in with, totally abandoned, by the schooner Emily,
on the 22d of January last, off Arklow Batik, in the Irish
Channel. Atter about sixteen hours' exertion, the derelict
was safely conducted into Holyhead, the master and two of
the seamen belonging lo the schooner having been put on
board. The salvage services were not denied, but it was
argued on behalf of the owners of the Caroline that but little
risk had been run. The Court held that this valuable ship
and cargo had been rescued from a state of peril, and without
considering whether the Caroline, though having seven feet
water in her hold, had been properly abandoned or not, it
was quite certain that a large salvage service of a high order
had been performed. Three men, out of a crew of six, had
been put on board the derelict, and it had been safely taken
into Holyhead; the Caroline being of 300 tons burden, had
it come on to blow, the vessel as well as the three men put
on board might have been lost. The owners of the schooner
were to be paid for the loss they had sustained by the delay
occasioned in effecting the service. The old principle of
giving a moiety of the value of derelict vessels saved had
long been abandoned, and salvors were now remunerated
according to the risk of life run, and the danger and loss in-
curred. The court would not be doing injustice by giving
£l,BOO to the salvors. To the owners the learned judge al-
lotted £6OO, to the master £4OO, to the mate £250; the ba-
lance
to be divided among the rest of the crew.

A ROGUISH FELLOW-COUNTRYMAN.—WiIIiam Green, a
young man, with a broad Scotch face and a still broader
Scotch accent, was placed at the bar of the Police-court on
Saturday, charged with having robbed John Anderson. The
latter, who is a wire-worker, residing with his mother-in-law
in Hotham-street. called, on Wednesday last, at Hesketh's
public-house in Tithebarn-street. The prisoner was standing
at the counter; and, finding that each of them came " frae
the bonnie north," they could not do less than have a crack
wi' ane anither, and a wee drappie o' something to season it
withal. John Anderson, honest man, but somewhat careless
we conceive, had in h►s pocket-book three five-pound notes,
two of which were of the «hitehaven bank, and in his purse
eleven sovereigns. His fellow-countryman, who was a
stranger to him, saw the gold, and invited him to go and
drink with him at another tavern. John Anderson sat
" boozin' o'er the nappy" till he had more than a " wee
drappie in his ee"; and the result of his protracted carousal
was, that lie fell asleep. When he awoke he missed his fel-
low-countryman, and he• missed something of far greater
consequence, for he found that he had, during his nap, been
disencumbered of both his purse and pocket-book. He
made his losses known to the police, and it was discovered
that the well-behaved individual with whom be had scraped
so sudden an acquaintance was a journeyman baker. After
some search, the prisoner was found at a public-house in
Kirkdale. He had a watch and eleven and a half sovereigns
in his possession. It was subsequently discovered that he
bad purchased the watch on Thursday, from Mr. Samuel, in
Paradise-street, having changed a£s note to pay for it. He
was again searched when booked at Bridewell, but nothing
further was found. When taken to his room, however, the
turnkey saw him conceal a piece of paper beneath the bench.
The turnkey pounced upon the paper, and found that it was
a£s note of the Whitehaven bank. It was proved that the
prisoner had, on the day following his interview with John
Anderson, boasted that he was possessed of £25. The pri-
soner, having been cautioned, offered to the Court an excuse
which showed his knowledge of law and justice. He said,
Anderson left the room, and went to the foot of the stairs,
when be (the prisoner) found the purse and pocket-book
lying near his chair.—He was committed for trial.

CONSUMPTION AND PRICE OF GAS.—A report from Mr.
Evans, the solicitor of the Guardian Society, has just appeared,
in which that gentleman details the proceedings in opposition
to the Liverpool New Gas and Coke Company's Bill, which,
after having passed the House of Commons, has been with-
drawn in the Lords. We leather from this document that
the objects of the bill were to extend the limits of the coml•
pany to Walton, Bootle, Litherland, Great Crosby, Child-
wall, Much Woolton. Allert on, Garston, and Warcrtree, and
to raise an additional capital of £12,700 in shares of £lOO
each, all of which it was sought to appropriate amongst the
existing proprietors of the company, so that, as the shares
were selling in the market at a premium of £l2l, each share-
holder, if the bill had passed, would realise a considerable
sum, not in increasing dividends, (because these were limited
to XI() per cent., and could not legally be exceeded,) but in
the shape of premiums. In the committee of the House of
Lords, after an examination of the following witnesses in
support of the bill, (Mr. Steel, the manager, Mr. J. A.
Tinne, Mr. J. T. Cooper, and Mr. Whitty,) and an address
from Serjeant Wrangham, in opposition to the measure, the
committee came to the following resolutions :—" To strike
out the fourth clause, and throw the new shares open, to be
taken by the public at open auction.—To keep the capital
created by the new shares distinct from the old capital, so as
to ensure to the previous consumers of gas, in the original
district, that reduction in the price of gas to which they are
entitled by the present profits."—Several communications
afterwards took place between the parties, and at a subse-
quent meeting of the committee the opponents of the bill
were asked by the chairman whether they would be satisfied
with the first resolution and abandon the second; but to this
an objection was raised, and the committee therefore insisted
on all the conditions they previously proposed. The counsel
for the bill then announced that it was withdrawn. An opi-
nion of Mr. Seajeant Wrangham is attached to the report, in
which that learned gentleman says that " the company were
not warranted in dividing among the shareholders any sum
over and above £lO per cent. upon the capital actually paid
up, in any one year, to cover a deficiency below the £lO per
cent. profit in bygone years ;" and that " the expenditure of
money in districts not authorised by the act is a misappro-
priation of their funds, which ought to be reported to the
accountant."—lt is argued in this report, and from the in-
formation we possess ,we consider with perfect justice that
the main object of thS company was the appropriation of the
shares, and not as was professed, the benefit of the public,
and that therefore the rejection of the measure is a subject
for congratulation by the consumers of gas,

THE NEXT MAILS FOR INDIA.—The following notices
have been issued by the Post-office authorities :—" The next
mail for Egypt and India, rid Falmouth, will be despatched
hence (General Post-office) on Friday, the 30th instant."
" The next mails for India, &c.. via" Marseilles, will be de-
spatched hence on Thursday, 6th of July." " The Paella,
for the Peninsular mails of the 10th instant." " The next
mails for Malta, Greece, and the lonian Islands, rid Fal-
mouth, will be despatched hence on Saturday, the 17th
instant."

GRAND SAILING MATCH.—A splendidly contested race
came off on Thursday, on the Thames, by the " Thames
Royal Yacht Club." The race was for the grand challenge
cup, value 100 guineas, a contest established in 1840 by the
club, to create emulation in the science of sailing. The day
was exactly calculated to exhibit not only the powers of the
beautiful little fleet engaged, but the skill and judgment of
the rival captains, who exhibited throughout seamanship
rarely, if ever surpassed. The yachts came in in the follow-
ing order :—Enigma, first ; Blue Belle, second ; Mystery,
third ; Champion, fourth ; Phantom, fifth.
The Mayor of Stockton published a handbill, in conse-
quence of a requisition having been presented to him, re-
questing that the offices, counting-houses, and shops in the
borough might be closed on Whit-Monday, in order "that
the clerks and assistants may enjoy a day of recreation and
rational amusement." His worship added,—" From the
effects of this relaxation, beneficial both to mind and body,
it is not doubted that they will return to business with addi-
tional zeal and energy."
GRANT OF PUBLIC MONEY.—About two years ago parlia-
ment granted a sum of £lO,OOO for the improvement and
maintaining of public walks in towns, but up to the present
time only £5OO has been expended. £3OO has been given to
Dundee, and £2OO to Arbroath, and the remaining £9500
still lies in the exchequer. It is strange that, so much as
public walks are needed for the operatives of this and other
large towns, no claim should be made on their behalf, and
that such a sum should lie uncalled for upwards of two years.
—Glasgow paper.
Mr. Hugh Stratford Stratford, who had been in custody
nearly a fortnight, for a violent assault on Mr. Chisholm, a
surgeon, whom he mistook for Mr. Barnard Gregory, of the
satirist, was brought up on Wednesday before Mr. Rawlin-
son, at the Marylebone Police-office. A solicitor attended
for Mr. Chisholm anti stated that under all the circumstances
he did not wish to press the charge of assault against Mr.
Stratford. Mr. Chambers, barrister on behalf of Mr. Strat-
ford, expressed his regret at the mistake, and Mr. Stratford
was discharged.

A fugitive slave undergoing an examination at Northam')
ton, Connecticut, when asked if his master was a Christian
replied, "No, Sar, he's a member of Congress."

STERNE AND GARRICS.—Sterne, who used his wife very
ill, was talking to Garrick, in an exuberance of sentimenta-
lity, in praise of conjugal love and fidelity. " The husband,"
said he, who behaves unkindly to his wife, deserves to have
his house burned over his head." "If you think so," said
Garrick, " I hope your house is insured."
souses his body in the
How TO TAKE A BATII,—A man generally goes to a bath
as if he were carrying an express or running from a broom-
stick. He is out of breath and in a perspiration on his arrival.
emerges with every pore
efinvtes,mlioroluktsesComplacently in the ohE Ipo eet
open,
:water,undress
puts se i
el
khimself
mti n a great hurry,
mir-
ror, and thinks he has taken a bath. No such thing; he has
taken nothing hut a cold. In an hour he begins to sneeze,
and the next day commences coughing, and he reviles the
bath. Philosophy grieves over his folly, but will not relieve
his nose and lungs. Why did the bath give him a cold ?
Because he was in a perspiration when he went into the wa-
ter, which perspiration was increased by the heat, and check-
ed as soon as he raised himself into the colder medium of the
air. The order of nature must be reversed to prevent a man
taking cold under such circumstances. Now, reader, we will
tell you how to take a bath. In the first place. pay your note,
if it be due—or if you cannot do that, have it protested and
think no more about it. If you have any quarrel on hand,
whip, or get whipped at once ; tranquility of mind is all-im-
portant in rendering the warm bath beneficial. Walk leisurely
to the establishment, and disrobe Yourself with moderate
haste. In with you, and to beguile the time read a novel or
a newspaper. In about half an hour the water will cool to
near the temperature of the air, and You will have gone grad-
ually through half a dozen climates. You will have lett the
torrid slowly for the temperate zone. Then let in the cold
water very slowly, almost drop by drop, and in the course of
twenty minutes you will find yourself in a cold bath. The
pores will be closed gradually and moderately ; your sensa-
tions will be exquisite during the process, and you will feet
strength and elasticity in every limb. You emerge from the
cold water into the warmer air; dry your body thoroughly
with a coarse towel, and you feel like a new man. It is im-
possible for you to take cold ; if you do, you are at liberty to
come and box our ears for giving you bad advice—American
Paper.