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OF A NEW MEAliiki

The proceedings of the Dock Committee having been
confirmed,

Mr. CHARLES TurtNEu, the chairman of the commit-
tee, rose and said it became his duty to move the nomina-
tion of a gentleman on the Dock Committee, in lieu of
Mr. Littledale. He (Mr. Turner) was very glad to find:a
gentleman in the Council whose experience in the duties
of dock committeemen, and whose industry. ability, and
general intelligence, and fitness for the office would be
acknowledged by every member of the Council, whether
they should vote for big& or not. He had great pleasure
IA briefly nominating Mr. George bolt. (Applause.)

Mr. HORNBY said he had great pleasure in seconding
the nomination.

Mr. Robinson and Mr. Jones supported the appoint-
ment of Mr. Holt.

Mr. HOLT said he felt flattered by the remarks of the
Dock Chairman in proposing him as a member of the
committee, but he must ask the privilege of the council
to decline the honour, and he did so on the ground that
his time was now already more than occupied ; and this
being so he could not undertake the discharge of the
important duties which would (*.evolve upon him as a
member of the dock committee properly and with satis-
faction to himself. When he was removed from the dock
committee, or dismissed, perhaps he ought to say, he was
looking out how to avoid some of the public duties which
had been placed upon him, and his removal, therefore,
came most opportunely ; and having been removed from
the office,—he hoped he might interpret it honourably
removed,—he must beg respectfully to decline to take
back the situation. _

Mr. W. J. HORSFALL remarked that after the observa-
tions which had fallen from Mr. Holt, he did not know
whether the council would go to the vote or not; he
should have been elad to have seen Mr. Holt returned to
the Dock Committee; but as that gentleman felt unable
to attend to the duties of that office, he (Mr. Horsfall)
would remark that there were other gentlemen of expe
rience and knowledge in the council, and in every way
fitted for the duties of dock committee members, and
foremost amongst these was Mr. Thomas Royden.
Mr. SAMUEL HOLME agreed with the sentiments just
expressed by Mr. Horsfall, and seconded the nomination
of Mr. Royden.
Mr. Ald. PARKER and Mr. GREGSON each bore testi-
mony to the qualifications of the gentleman proposed. Mr.
Gregson observed that a more practical and experienced
person for the office could not be found than Mr. Royden.
He fully knew the requirements and wants of the shipping
interest, and he thought he would be of more service than
any other gentleman they could select.
Mr. Touudirt said that notwithstanding all that had
been said in favour of Mr. Royden, he begged to propose
a gentleman in every way equally qualified—Mr. S. M.
Mellor.
Mr. MARK Woon seconded the motion.
After some laudatory remarks, in allusion to Mr.
Royden, from Mr. Molyneux, Mr. Bennett, and Mr.
Jones, the Council proceeded to a vote, when there
appeared -

For Mr. Royden, 37—namely, Messrs. Mellor, J.
Tyrer, C. Turner, Avison, Holt, Horn by, Ban ner,Jdfreys,
Clayton. Wagstaff, Jones, Tobin, Fleming, Hall. Gardner,
J. B. Lloyd, Johnson. W. K. Tyrer, J. Nicholson,
Houghton, Henderson, W. J. Horsfall. J. Holme, Stewart,
T. Lloyd, Gregson, Aldermen Langsdale, Bennett. Holmes,
Dover, Parker, Cooper, J. N. Wood, Procter, Molyneur,
Sir J. Bent, J. H. Turner, and the Mayor.
For Mr. Mellor, 20—namely, Messrs. Chalmer, Aked,
Bigham, Woodruff, Thomson, Atkinson, Nicholson,
Bradley, Godfrey, Holden, McGuffie, Fernihough, Toul-
min, Picton, M. Wood, Beckwith, Royden, Aldermen
Robinson, Moore, and Chilton.
QUARTERLY MEETINGS OF COUNCIL.

These meetings were appointed to be held as heretofore,

STANDING ORDERS

On the confirmation of these orders being brought for-
ward, some discussion took place relative to the casting
vote of the Mayor. It was resolved that the Chairman,
Deputy-Chairman, or person acting as such, in case of an
equality of votes arising, should have a second or casting
vote.

APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.
In answer to a question from Mr. BIGHAM,
The TOWN-CLERK sdd that the Town-Clerk and the

Treasurer held office during the pleasure of the Council,
but that they could not reduce their salary unless they
consented.

Mr. BIGHAM (under a misapprehension) thought the
Town-Clerk and the Treasurer did not hold ~f'&e from
the Council, when that body had no power to die

except to reduce their salaries.
Mr. J. B. LOYD observed that there were two modes of
appointing officers ;—one during pleasure, and the
other during good behaviour; and the latter being difficult
of removal, such an appointment might be looked upon
rather as a freehold than anything else.
Mr. GODFREY.—The Town clerk said you cannot re-
move him unless he consents.

The TOWN-CLERIC—No : I said you could not reduce
my salary without I consent; but you can remove me.
Mr. THOMSON,—I suppose we may increase the
salary. (Laughter.)
TOWN-CLERK.—With my consent, you may . (Laughter.)
Mr. WOODRUFF facetiously observed, he supposed there
would be no great difficulty in obtaining this.
Mr. BtoliAM observed that there were some officers, he
understood, who could not be dismissed by the Council.
The TOWN-CLERK remarked that the Borough En-
gineeer was appointed under the Sanatory Act.

- Mr. GODFREY asked whether Dr. Duncan was in the
same position ?
The TOWN-CLERK said Dr. Duncan could not he re-
moved without the sanction of the Secretary of Sta e.
He was appointed under the Sanatory Act.
APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES.
The appointment of the various committees was next
proceeded with.

FlNANCE.—Consists of the followin2 gentlemen :
Messrs. J. Lawrence, Moore, Hornby, Parker, Procter,
J. H. Turner. N. Wood, Cooper, J. Tvrer, Stewart, John
Holmes, S. Holme, Preston, Fernihough, and Sir J.
Bent.

WATCH, &e.—The following gentlemen constitute this
committee :—Messrs. J. A. Tobin, Godfrey, Avison,
Rogers, Johnson, Atkinson. Beckwith, T. Lloyd, Bighorn,
Jones, Bradley, Gregson, J. Nicholson, Aked, Houghton,
J. Gladstone, Jun., and Jeffreys.
IMPROVEMENT.—Messrs. Bennett, Robinson, Avison,
Gardner, Langsdale, Thomson, T. Lloyd, S. Holme, and
Mellor.

COURTS OF LAW.—Messrs. J. B. Lloyd, Avison, W.
J. Horsfall, J. H. Turner, Moore, Picton, Molyneux,
Parker, S. Holme, and Stewart.

MARKETS.—Messrs. Moore, J. Lawrence, Cooper,
J. B. Lloyd, Wagstaff, Johnson, Woodruff, Jeffreys, and
Banner.

EDUCATIONT.—Messrs. Molyneux, Gardner, Chilton,
ragstaff, Neill, Jones, Hall, Rogers, Beckwith, Tobin,

Fleming, Houghton, Gladstone, and Banner.
GAOL AND HOUSE Or CORRECTION.—Mr. HUGH
HonNBY submitted the following list, which had been
put into his hand for nomination, but it was right for him
to say that it was not his own list. Hitherto it had been

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o nominate ge
rnittee who were magistrates. The list was as follow
The Mayor, Messrs. J. 11. Turner, Holt. J. Holmes
Stewart,Hornby, Sir J. Bent, and C. Turner.

Mr. BIGIIAM submitted that the committee sl
consist of twelve instead of seven members
served that there were thousands and tens of thousands
being spent in the erection of a new gaol.
The MAYOR observed that Mr. Bigham was in error
in supposing that the Council had the management of
the new gaol.

wuld
id oh.

Mr. IltGnAm said, in the Borough Gaol there were
some thousands spent annually.
Mr. PICTON said Mr. Bigham might as wen
what was really the object of wishing to increase U
number on this committee. He (Mr. Bighorn) was
generally so meallv-mouthed as on this occasion ; but th,
fact was, there was an impression abroad that there had
been some little extravagance in connection with this
committee; that was the reason why it was wished to add
to it a few members—lay members, if they chose so to
call them. The truth might as well be stated

" '—ye said

Mr. HORNBY observed, that before gentlemen brought
such a charge as this, they ought to be well asf-ured that
they were warranted in doing so by the facts of the case.

Mr. PictroN.—l bring no chard,
Mr. HORNBY said Mr. Picton had stated that there had
been extravagance on the part of the committee. Ile
(Mr. Ilornby) knew no committee where the expenditure
was more close), examined into than on the Gaol Com-
mittee ; and the late Mayor, who had attended very

regularly at the committee, during the
bear him out in this. lie (Mr. Flornhy) must
against gentlemen coming forward with these insinuations,
—Mr. Picton said they were not charges,—for they left a

st year, would

protest

sting in the mind of the public • and gentlemen ought to
be well satisfied as to their truth before they urged them.
Mr. BRATILEY MOORE thought it was far from the
mind of Mr. Picton to make a charge ; he or
reason why other gentlemen other than
should be placed on the gaol committee.
Mr. J. B. LLOYD thought it would be w
the

gave a

gistrates

council that it had been difficult to get a sufficient number
of members together to transact the business, and some-
times he had been alone in the committee-room. He
quite agreed with Mr. Bigham on 'he propriety of enlarg-
ing the committee ; but with respect to any charge of
extravagance he could not allow that to pass without
emphatically saying that it was not warranted by facts.
Mr. PARKER, as the only member of this committee
who was not a magistrate, observed that on that account
he had often felt himself alone on the committee. He
brought no charge ; but he thought that the expenditure
might be curtailed.
Mr. DOVER thought much of the expense on this com-
mittee might be cut down. The magistrates
were chosen out of the Council, but this was not so now
and he thought the magistrates on the committee should
have the assistance of some gentlemen from that room who
were known to he the advocates of economy and re-
trenchment.

at one time

any gentlemen from committees who had been sent into
Council by a large majority of a respectable ward, as Mr.
Bradley had been, and yet had not been placed upon a
single committee.

Mr. PROCTER had felt quite surprised that Mr. Brad-
ley and Mr. M'Guffie had not been named for any of the
committees, but this was the fault of the persons who had
made out the commit'ee lists.

Mr. CHARLES TURNER put it to Mr. Bradley, as that
was a committee which would have the delicate investiga-
tion to pursue of looking into the expenditure of the
churches under the corporation, whether it should appear
to the public that any member on the committee was
hostileto the church. He understood that 111r.Bradley was
not a member of the Church of England, and in holding
opinions differing from it be was perfectly right.
Mr. WOODRUFF thought it a most extraordinary pro-
ceeding to object to the name of a gentleman on this com-
mittee on the ground that he was not a member of the
Established Church. Mr. Bigham bad been appointed
on the committee, and yet he was not a member of the
Church.

Mr. THomsoN.—He goes to the Blind Church.
(Laughter.)

Mr. WOODRUFF said this was not the Church of Eng-
land. A difference of opinion on religious matters ought
to be no disqualification to any gentleman being placed
on the Church Expenditure Committee.
Mr. BRADLEY observed that he had been brought into
a most invidious position, and, as an answer to the gen-
tleman who had spoken ( Mr. Charles Turner). he would
refer him to the Rev. Mr. Higgins. Several members
of his family belonged to the Church. He had a
brother, a father•in-law, and three nephews, all in the
church, and he thought the remarks which had been
made were exceedingly invidious in the present posture
of affairs. He had seen a hostile feeling manifested in
that room, which otp,iit not to be manifested. The gen-
tlemen from whom these remarks had fallen bad lett the
room, otherwise he (Mr. Bradley) should have commented,
but he should avail himself of some other occasion of

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LITER ATURE,

Boons FOR RIMER*, &r.—New Bens. Prints, Music, &c.,
intended for review, may he left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red-
lion-court, Feet-street, London. addressed " to the Editor
of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded,
and receive

attention

Luther; or, Rome and the Reformation. By Robert
Montgomery, Sixth Edition. London : James

Blackwood

The poetic works of the Rev. Robert Montgomery are
now, despite the virulence with which they were first
assailed, universally admitted to stand in the first order
of excellence. The " Omnipresence of the Deity,"
" The Messiah," " Satan," and " Luther," rank with
the best poems in our language for sublimity of thought,
for grandeur of expression, for varied imagery, and for
that intense and fervid eloquence which flows from an
inspired mind and a heart overflowing with divine emo-
tions. If these noble poems depended solely for their
claim to general admiration on their powerful diction,
their exquisite ideality, and their harmonious numbers,
their claim would be irresistible as works of high art ;
but when to these grand poetic requisites are added bril-
liant conceptions of heavenly truths, splendid elucidations
of spiritual mysteries, and lucid trains of reasoning lead-
ing directly up to the Great Fount of light, they acquire

a higher claim —a claim to universal veneration as -holy
compositions, the emanations of a fine intellect touched
by the hand of Omnipotence itself. " Luther" is a
poetic reflection of some of the prominent features and
prevailing expressions in the life, character, and writings
of the illustrious Reformer, artistically wrought into an
epic of surpassing strength, beauty, and harmony. That
the seal of public approbation has been affixed to it, is
amply proved by the fact that six editions have been al-
ready called for. The sixth edition, carefully revised
and very much enlarged, is now before us, and to
it we would particularly draw the attention of our
readers. It should be well borne in mind that Mr.
Robert Montgomery is not only a poet of rare ex-
cellence, but that he is a sound and zealous incul-
cator of the glorious truths of Protestantism. He un-
ilinchingly declares himself to be a loyal member and
minister of that antient communion in this country, which
rightly and scripturally claims to he " the Church of Eng-
land ;" and the chief aim of all his magnificent works,
poetic and prose, is to expound the doctrines of that

Church, and to clothe its immortal trut
of expression which mortal langu

1 the beauty
e is capable of affording.
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Be wordless, and in bins
Feed on confession with his vampire-taste;
While maid sod mother, wife, and sister wring
Their secrets into language, till their souls
Are agonized at every modest pore
Of feeling; wrencli'd, as though infernal screws
Tortured their silence to convulsive speech.
Each riven word seems like an oral pang
Breath'd into utterance, with a growing shame
Which burns, and blisters, almost frenzies Mind
And Reason. Hell itself might cry. Enough !
When a foul priesthood thus Satanic
E'en as from flesh, an Inquisition tore
The limbs asunder, till each art'ry writh'd,
And gush'd the life-stream from the corded veins
In drops of anguish,—so, Confession tears
The spirit into torment, on a rack of words
When some strain'd heart is by the priest outstretch'd;
Oh ! how it quivers, till the soul doth swoon
With dread; and, as the hideous work proceeds,
Well may wring'd Conscience tremble, start, and groan!

that should

g silence sleep,—

"Nature bath no monopolist like man

Unprincipi'd, to conscientious brute
Transformed by juggPries of Jesuit-

By her foul science—for confessing he—arts,
Crafty as hell, and cruel as the grave,
A very Sodom for the souls bath Rome
Created; and with criminal excess
Of action, on man's inward life bath laid
An incubus of everlasting wrong.
True personality in mind inheres,
Lives in the thought, and, when that thought is gained,
The moral person to a priest belongs,
Who holds it. Thus, Confession drains and draws
The secret life-blood of a spirit out
By science; melts it with Satanic shill
Into the mind of some mechanic priest,
Who to his own assimilates the same,
By progress gradual, stealthy, sly, and deep.
Thus, mind confess'd is through the month transferr'd
Into the Priesthood, which in turn reacts
With fearful magic on the mental wreck.—
Somt

:yr at his feet, unsaurd

"The shaping genius of a priestly tongue
When so applied, can secretly impress
On the soft wax of Woman's yielded mind
Each vile impression, which a Jesuit loves
Or sanctions. What a rav'ning hist of poi
Inhuman, must that papal church corrode
Who God v-onld rival, by discerning soul,
And analyse its living esssence down
To System l—wP''
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Respectft.. when such priest-
For, what th. cannot, en,-bort,
Master the the -h• t mechanise

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may Superstition, mad
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gods pass, or speak ;
h-born priests achieve,—

source—the bastard system erroneously styled Tree-trade,
which has been foisted upon tircid and unprincipled
statesmen by the brawling agitators of the Manchester
school. The able writer of this, and of other previous
unanswerable articles, holds fast to the policy of Protec-
tion to native industry of all kinds, as the only means to
retrieve our fallen fortunes, and of staying the frightful
flood of emigration. He declass that to talk of Protec-
tion as hopeless is to acquiesce in the national doom. He
freely canvasses Mr. Disraeli's scheme for the equalisation
of the burdens of land, and while supporting any such
principle as one of abstract justice, he pronounces it as
quite inadequate as an equivalent to the injuries most
cruelly and falsely inflicted on the landed interest. Upon
this scheme it is well to know the opinion of so influential
an authority as this leading writer in Blacktcood:—

" We have no hesitation in stating our opinion on this mat-
ter in the broadest possible terms. We do not differ from Mr.
Disraeli in his estimate of the unequal burdens which are laid
upon the land in comparison with the other property of Great
Britain. That is a subjectwell worthy of consideration ; and if
it can be treated as entirely subsidiary to the greater question
of Protection, and enforced without any appearance of an at-
tempt at compromise, we are not prepared to say that any
other step, under existing circumstances, would be preferable.
But we cannot regard any such adjustment of taxation as a re-
medy of the grand evil. We doubt the advantage to be derived
from a policy which, if successful, would only protract the pe-
riod of general suffering; whilst, in the mean time, it will as-
suredly be represented as an attempt to compromise a princi-
ple, and therefore weaken the amount of that support noon
which we now can confidently reckon. ' Never,' said Burke,
in his latest political ti eatise, never succumb. It is a strug-
gle for your existence as a nation. But I have no fears what-
ever for the result. There is a salient living principle of energy

in the public mind of England, which Only requires proper
direction to enable her to withstand this or any other ferocious
foe. Persevere, therefore, till this tyranny be overcast.' The
lesson of the great statesman, though directed to other dangers
than those which now beset us, has lost none of its value. Per-
severance, where the principle is clear, is less matter•of policy
than a duty; and therefore we cannot but feel some regret that,
at such a time as this, any declaration should have been made,
or any policy indicated, which can have the effect of damping
the hopes or checking the ardour of those who are most reso-
lute in the cause. That the rfforts of our adversaries to misre-
present the tenor of some of the late speeches have been par-
tia'ly successful, can hardly be doubted by any one who has
noted the prevalent tone at the subsequent farmers' meetings.
We believe that Mr. Disraeli is at heart and by conviction as
much a Protectionist as before. We do not even deny that his
tactics, if pursued and successful, might, from the universal
impatience of taxation which prevails, compel any ministry
then in power to raise an additional amount of revenue by the
imposition of customs' duties. Or otherwise, the success of
his movement might have the effect of displacing the present
Ministry, and necessitating an entire party change in her Ma-.
jesty's counsels. We are fully alive to the advantage of one or
other of these results. We are opposed to further direct taxa-
tion, and we have no confidence whatever in the present advi-

sers of the Crown. But we cannot approve of any move or any
tactics which may have the effect of throwing even the slightest
doubt on the determination of the great Protectionist party to
persevere in this struggle, until due Protection is obtained for
all the productive classes of the community. That party has
taken its stand upon a principle so just and so true, that,
sooner or later, despite every effort on the part of its oppo-
..

ase is that of the whole industrious

population of Britain, not of a section or a class."
A first-rate criticism on the dramas of Henry Taylor will
convince the reader that Blackwood is still in the vigour
of a good old age, with all his perceptions

sharp as ever

and with his judgment matured and chastened by exne-
perience. The author of that fine drama, " Philip Van

nenus,

works, who i

f,
poet at least in comm.(

full ju".

the reviewer of his
ension

and sensibility, and therefore is properly qualified to pro-
nounce a just decree upon what he undertakes to judge
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton oper

'o view six more chap.

ters of those graphic scenes of the work-day wend
which he depicts in his new romance entitled "My

sented in the y
working of in

ies-are designed to represent the
power and activity, uncontrolled
n oral restraints ; and this they do

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One has been to London, and to that monster attraction,

Exhihitin

and all the English objects, man-
and customs, that appeared strange to his Hibernian
eye. " London during the Summer of 1851," which is
the label on his budget of gossip, is a lively record of his
impressions, dashed with the genial spirit of Irish humour.
The gentleman who wended his way to Glasgow, and who
gives his drawings of that seat of industry under the ap-
pellation of " Glasgow in 1851," if not so racy in style as
the person who travelled south, is more instructive and

reader will derive pleasure and profit from the written ac-
count of these recent voyaees to London and Glasgow.
" Maurice Tiernay," the soldier of fortune, confides to his
dear public three more chapters of his stirring history.
They are as checquered as his adventurous life itself, and
contain a cheering mixture of love, war, and fun, delight-
ful to peruse. " The Village Svndicus." " The Lucky
Meeting," and the " March on Vienna," are the heads of
the new chapters given this montb. An interesting me-
moir of the admirable sculptor, Patrick MacDowall, R.A.,
and a very striking well-engraved portrait, grace the pages
of the November number of this excellent and carefully-
edited periodical. Articles on " The Salmon and the Sea
Fisheries," and on tie " Irish Census," may be noticed
as especially deserving the attention of those who look for

. .
deeper sources of entertaining knowledge than imagina-
tive pictures or superficial sketches.

" There is no rose without a thorn
is a—prim-rose.
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Quiz says there

THE STONES OF VENICE IN 1851.—1 t is a melancholy
fact to consider, that most of the Venetian Palaces, erected
and adorned during the flourishing periods of this Italian
republic, have got into the hands of st rangers and foreigners
who have very little interest in preserving their historical
records and memorials. The Palace Pesaro, one of the
finest on the Canal Grande, belongs now to the Austrian
General Lienberg, who restores it Vienna-fashion. The
Palace Vendramin Calergi has been acquired by the
Duchess de Berri ; that of Cavalli belongs to the Disc de
Shambord ; and the Palace Rezzonico to Don Carlos of
Spain. The Palace Grassi has been purchased by Emperor
Ferdinand of Austria ; that of Foscari converted into
military barracks. Madame Taglioni, as we have already
mentioned, is said to have acquired half a dozen of old
Venetian patrician palaces on the Canal Grande, amongst
them the famous one called Ca' d' oro. [Sic transit . . •]
—The Builder.

SPANISH DRlNKS.—Leaving the Post-office, with eyes
on every side, we walked slowly up the Calle de Alcala, a
magnificent street bordered by acacias, and for width, I
should think, nearly unrivalled. At last, perceiving a
cafe, a fine large room, we went in to rest our limbs,
weary from our journey, and to refresh ourselves with
some of the cooling drinks for which Madrid is celebrated:
this is a fine opportunity for me to give a description of

the land flowing with sling and coblers. First and fore-
most, peerless and revivifying, comes agraz—pearl of
drinks, talisman of potions. Pressed from the pulp of the
unripe grape, the acid freshness of immaturity is tempered
with pure water of icy coldness ; mixed with the camomile
wine of Southern Spain, the Manzanilla, it gives fresh life
to the weary traveller, and he would fain die whilst its
luscious fragrance still lingers on his lips. Next comes
orchata de chufas, white creamy nutty liquid, soothing
the soul excited by the sun ; then we drink orangeade and
lemonade only to be made in Spain ; and last, not least,
leche helada, fresh goat's milk, rendered more palatable
with sugar and beaten snow. This last liquid is not lack-
ing in the smallest village in Spain, as goats pervade the
land ; and as tea and beer are indigenous in the remotest
corner of Great Britain, so ice or beaten snow is to be
found in the meanest hamlet of Spain ; for all over the
land there are mountains whose heads are ever capped in
white. Such drinks bear the names of sorbetes, from the
Persian sherbets, to distinguish them from the quesitos,
(literally small cheeses.) hard frozen creams and water
ices. These are the only things sold at the cafes in Ma-
drid ; which do not, as at Paris, profess to give any eata-
bles.— Wolff's Pictures of Spanish Life.
LIFE ON BOARD SHlP.—Rising at about half-past six
or seven in the morning, you perform your ablutions on
deck, if the weather be warm and fine, by getting a bucket
of sea water thrown over you by one of the sailors, while
they are occupied in•washing the decks. Later in the day,
and when the decks are dry, this will not be allowed. You
then dive to your berth, dress yourself, and come on deck ;
take a few turns to and fro before breakfast, which is
served precisely at eight o'clock, or, in nautical language,
eight bells; the morning watch is called, the captain comes
on deck, and crew and passengers afterwards go to break-
fast, usually a substantial one on board a well-found
vessel ; tea and coffee without milk (except in a large ship
that can carry a cow), ham and eggs, or dried fish, butter,
and hard biscuits. Tile f

gers according to the

various hUmours

Some stay

below in tha cibin with the skylight on, reading, writing,
or drawing ; others remain on deck, converse with the
officers of the watch, or climb into the main or foretop,
with a telescope or hook ; while some go forward into the
bows and lounge in the network of the fore-topmast
stay sail. When the weather is particularly fine,
much amusement is afforded by the shoals of fish,

dolphins, bonettas, and porpoises sporting about.
Draughts is a favourite pastime on board, and there
are few vessels where a draught-board is not to be found.
At noon precisely, the watch being called, both the cap-
tain and mate make their appearance on deck, quadrant
in hand, to ascertain the ship's latitude, (unless the sun
be obscured by clouds), and the seamen, with the excep-
tion of the helmsman, repair below to dinner. At one,
p.m., the captain's steward dives below, cloth in band,
with a " Now, gentlemen, by your leave ;" so books and
desks disappear, and the table is spread. If the weather

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SlR,—The following short statement of facts relative to a
case reported as having been brought before the Birkenhead
Police-court, last week, may prove interesting to a large portion
of the respectable inhabitants of Birkenhead, Claughton-cum-
Grange, and part of Oxton.
For some time past a scoundrel, respectably dressed, and
seemingly of a better class o f society, had been in the habit of
most grossly insulting females and cl.ildren whenever an oppor-
tunity offered, by indecently exposing himself : policemen in
coloured clothes were set to watch, and on Wednesday last
the fellow was caught, immediately after the repetition of his
disgusting conduct, and taken to the -irkenhead Bridewell.
Next morning, at ten o'clock, he was brought before William
Jackson, Esq., M.P., and the case was gone into; the offence
was clearly and distinctly proved against him, two instances
having been sworn to. It was also stated by gentlemen in
court that there were other charges which no doubt could be
proved against the prisoner; the fellow gave the name of
, Wyke,' and stated that he was a cabinet maker, and was
working for a gentleman residing at Claughton.
Mr. Jackson sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprison-
ment and hard labour on the treadmill, which was afterwards
commuted to a fine of 40s. and costs. I am very sure that the
respectable inhabitants of Birkenhead will feel as much
astonished as I do at so mild a punishment being awarded for
so disgustine• an offence. I shall not attempt here to describe
the feeling that this circumstance has created, but would most
strongly recommend the female portion of our populous town-
ship to avoid lonely walks or unfrequented roads, and I would
further recommend the gentlemen residing in the locality to
administer a severe castigation to the miscr3ant the next time
he perpetrates such an offence. I annex a description of his
person,—black hair, sallow complexion, rather a hang-dog
look, blind of one eye, wears green spectacles, and is about
five feet four to five feet five inches in height, dressed in black.
—I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN INHABITANT OF BIRKENHEAD.
November 10, 1851.

The North Wales Chronicle says that the inhabitants
of Rhyl have resolved to apply for a charter of incorpo.

ration

Two men were crushed to death on Saturday, at the
Holyhead Harbour works, by the falling upon them of a
train of waggons, which were precipitated over the scaf-
folding of the temporary pier.
On Wednesday evening last a dinner was given at the
Royal Hotel, Chester, to Mr. Roebuck, the projector of
the new gas company. About fifty persons were present.
The price of gas will be reduced nearly one-half by the
new company.
On Tuesday evening last about 300 persons took tea to-
gether i4i the lecture-room of Queen-street Chapel,
Chester, in connexion with the London Missionary
Society, when several appropriate speeches were made by
ministers and laymen.
OYSTER FISHING.—No less a number than seventeen
smacks are daily dredging in Pwllheli Bay, and each boat
generally takes about a thousand a day. The fish are of
an excellent quality, and are chiefly exported for sale at
the Liverpool markets. The Menai fishery is also active
and productive.—North Wales Chronicle
The Nr

,corning Post states that the county of Flint will
be the arena of a sharp struggle between the Free-traders
and Protectionists. Amonst the Protectionist candidates
are—the Hon. T. R. Rowley, of Rhyddorddwy ; P. D.
Cooke, Esq., of Gwnsaimey; and E. Peel. Esq. ,of Brynyps.
A few days ago, on the snow at the top of Snowdon,
was written, in a well-known-hand, the following memo-
randum, with the date attached—" J. Russell, F. Russell,
and party." A subsequent visitor to the " high places of
the earth" had added—" Heaven bless your lordship, and
may you give us a good reform hill."
An application by Stewart Henry Bell for a license to
build and open a theatre at Birkenhead, has been refused
by the magistrates, on the ground that the memorial in
favour of the theatre was only signed by parties likely to
"erested in the establishment of a theatre, and not

by any of the respectable and independent classes.
RUNCORN CHURCH CLOTHING SOCIETY.—The lady
secretaries, Mrs. Wright, Miss Bainbridge, and Mrs.
Wylde, have made the annual distribution of the clothing
of this very useful but unpretending society. The
amount was about £330, distributed amongst 240 contri-
butors, which had been collected in weekly sums of from
twopence to one shilling, to which a bonus from the
subscribers of about 25 per cent. on the average has been

Efforts are now being made to establish ragged schools
in Chester. The directors of the Shropshire Union and
Canal Company have granted an acre of land fronting

tuation for the erection of a

scho-01, at the nominal rent of one shilling per annum.
Mr. E. Roberts has also kindly offered a long lease of
some property in St. Olave-street, where another of these
useful institutions might be advantageously founded.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ended 2nd November :—C. & H. Main Line : Pas-
sengers, £1,117 16s. 11d.; Parcels, H. C. & D., £67 7s.
lid. ; Goods, Cattle, &c., £585 Bs. 4d. ; Mails, £575.
Mold : Passengers, £33 14s. Id. ; Parcels, H. C. & D.,
£2 lls. 9d. ; Goods, Cattle, &c., £99 lls. 4d.—Steam-
boats : Passengers, £lBl lls. ed. ; Parcels, H. C. & D.,
£27 16s. ld.—Grand total, £2.690 17s. sd.
"THE OVERLAND MAIL" AT THE CRAVEN-ROOMS.
—Albert Smith gave morning and evening entertainments
at the Craven-rooms, on Saturday last, to extremely full
and fashionable audiences, who were delighted with the
versatile accomplishments of the talented author of
"Christopher Tadpole," and many regrets were expressed
that it was the last time " The Overland Mail" could be
produced there. Our Birkenhead friends, however, will
be glad to hear that they will shortly have an opportunity
of seeing him in a new entertainment, which we have
noticed elsewhere. _ _

" TAKING ROPE ENOUGH."—On Thursday, a man
named Leigh, with a sack containing a quantity of ropes,
was stopped in Grange-lane, by Matthews, the Oxton Con-
stable, and as Leigh was " tolerably well known," he was
detained. It eventually turned out that the ropes had
been " taken" from a vessel belonging to Mr. Saunders,
lying in the Birkenhead Dock, by a shipkeeper named
Long, to whose charge, as watchman, they had been en-
trusted. Both parties were brought up at the Birkenhead
Court on Saturday, and committed to Knutsford for trial,
he one for stealing the coil, the other for receiving it.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Saturday evening, about
half-past eight o'clock, as Mr. Bennett, who keeps a
hotel on the Woodchurch-road, near Oxton, was returning
home from Birkenhead, he was waylaid, and, when within
a hundred yards of his own house, pounced upon by two
ruffians, and so violently assaulted that he became almost
immediately insensible. One of them struck him fero-
ciously with a brick, and the other kicked him in a brutal
manner. After rifling his pockets, they made off with
the contents, viz., 6s. 6d. in silver, a knife, and a pencil
case. The poor man lay for some time insensible, but,
eventually recovering consciousness, managed to get
home. Dr. Godding was immediately sent for, and
promptly attended; but, so severe were the injuries, that
it could not at the time be ascertained whether any of
his ribs were broken or not. No clue has yet been had to
the cowardly scamps. The part of the road where the
assault and robbery occurred is generally very dark, and

there are no houses for a distance of a quarter of a mile.
On Saturdays, however, numbers from Birkenhead pass
that way to South Bank, Woodchurch, &c., which makes
this outrage the more daring.
FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR MACCLESFIELD.—On Tues-
day morning, about nine o'clock, two farm servants, on
their way to Alderley, observed a hat and a travelling rug
lying on the road, and immediately afterwards they dis-
d the lifeless body of Mr. Lenthall Coates, lying in
the keeper's lodge, in

the ditch on the road side, near
Birtles. Life appeared to have been extinct for some
time, the body being quite cold and stiff. On examination
it was found that there was a large bruise on the left
temple, but there was no abrasion of the skin, and it
appeared to have been the result of a fall rather than of
any personal violence. The suspicion that there had been
any foul play was allayed by the fact that the money and
other valuables upon his person remained ; and there was
no appearance of any struggle having taken place. The
body was soon identified by several of the friends of the
deceased, who, haying been alarmed by the arrival at the
Manor-house, Fallibroome, his residence, of the horse
and phaeton without him, had gone in search of Mr.
Coates. In the absence of all positive knowledge as to
the precise cause of the accident, the probability is that
he had been pitched out of his conveyance and fallen on
his head. An inquest was held and a verdict of accidental
death was returned. The deceased gentleman was for-
merly a resident of Liverpool. He was married, but had
no family. He was between forty and fifty years of age,
and had some peculiarities of dress and manners which
rendered him remarkable. tie was seldom seen abroad
till evening, and %Its then in the constant habit of driving
out in his phaeton, at dusk, at a very rapid pace, and after
passing some hours at an hotel in town or country, would

return home long after midnight.
ATTEMPTED MURDER ON SHIPBOARD.—John Davies,
a seaman on board the Marco Polo, lying in the Sloyne,
off Tranmere, was charged on Tuesday, at the Birkenhead
Police-court, with having stabbed Francis Beane, a fellow-
seaman, with intent to commit murder. One of the sea-
men on board the vessel stated that the prisoner was
abusing an old man on board, who was designated " the
father," when Beane interfered, and a quarrel took place
between the prisoner and Beane. After a few blows had
passed, in which the prisoner received several bruises
about the head and face, the quarrel was made up, the
parties shaking hands, and drinking together with the
other men. Shortly after, as Beane was about to get in-
to his bed, a violent attack was made upon him by the
prisoner, with a knife, and he was so severely wounded
that it became necessary to remove him to the Northern
Hospital. From the certificate of the house-surgeon it
appeared that Beane had received four stabs,—one in the
chest, about three inches deep ' • a second in the arm, in-
juring some of the large vessels, and causing a consider-
able loss of blood ; a third in the shoulder ; and a fourth
in the back. It was also stated that the complainant was
in some. danger ; and, in consequence, in the course of
the afternoon, the prisoner was conveyed to the hospital,
where the deposition of Beane was taken. Beane, on
" I am a seaman on board the Marco
t present lying on the Cheshi... aide of the river
The prisoner, John Davies,
board the same vessel. On Sunday ev

being sworn
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o'clock, I had a quarrel with
man he was going to strike.

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with the other hands. Some time afterwards Imo,
ing on my sea-chest with one knee, when the prisoner
came behind me, and struck me on the head with - ---
boot, and pushed something sharp into my side
said, ' You son of a-, I'll kill you.' I could not sa3
what it was he struck me with, but the blood flowed very
much. He struck me three or four times. Some of the
men, with the mate, took him away from me. All this
happened in the forecastle of the vessel. 'We had all been
drinking, but I was sober enough to know what took
place." The witness then signed his deposition, and,
after it had been read over to him, the prisoner was
remanded for further eXatPination before the Choshim
authorities.

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MATRIMONIAL QUARRELS NOT- ALWAYS DISCREET.
—On Saturday evening last, as a bricklayer, who resides
in the village of Great Sutton, was returning homeward
from Sutton, where he had received a sum of money,. in
company with a friend in a shandry, he was met on the
road by his wife, who conceiving that he had been from
home too long, jumped into the shandry, and commenced
a volley of abuse, a la Caudle, at the same time making
a violent attack upon his person. In the ?nage, the
bricklayer's coat tail was torn off by his loving spouse.
and was thrown by her into the high road—the said coat
tail containing the pocket in which was the money her hus-
band had received at Chester. They, however, got safely
home and went to bed ; and in the morning, when the
husband awoke, he found himself minus his coat tail and
his money. He inquired of his wife if she knew any-
thing of either, and was informed by her that they were,
no doubt, in the shandry. Search, however, was made
for them, but in vain ; and the bricklayer continued in
great distress until Sunday evening, when he walked as
far as the Swan Inn, Great Sutton, and there instituted
further inquiries. Whilst doing so, a young man, named
Robert Knight, came into the house, and announced that
he had found the pocket and money on the highway,
which he immediately handed over to the owner. We
would advise all " gude wives" to endeavour to govern
their temper, if possible; for if they dispose of their
husbands' money after the fashion mentioned in the
above instance, it is more than probable they may not
recover it, and that none may have cause to lament their
indiscretion more deeply than themselves.—Chester
Courant.

A CURIOUS CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—On the
16th ultimo an inquest on the dead body of a man found
in the brook, at Olerton, near Middlewich, was held by
Thomas Roscoe, Esq., deputy coroner, when the body
was identified by the wife of a man named Joseph Cook-
son, as that of her husband, and a verdict returned of
" found drowned." The woman it appears attended the
funeral of her (supposed) deceased husband, and duly
mourned his sudden exit. A few days after the funeral,
the widow, as she imagined herself to be, was somewhat
alarmed by the appearance of her husband, who quietly
walked into the house, little thinking of the kind offices
recently performed by his wife at his obsequies. What
adds an interest to the story is, the fact of the relieving
officer of the district of Cookson's settlement receiving
on the 23d ultimo a letter from the relieving officer of the
district where the body was found, requesting payment of
the following account :—coffin Bs., burial fees 7s. 6d.,
drawing corpse 55., bearers 45., putting him in coffin 25.,
total £1 6s. 6d. in explanation of the absence of Cook-
son from his wife, it may be stated, that for several weeks
previous to the inquest he had been an inmate of a work-
house, at some distance from their house in which his
wife continued to reside. A few days before the inquest
he left the workhouse, but instead of returning to his wife
he went on a visit to one of his relatives in Staffordshire.
On the wife learning of the circumstance of a body having
been found, she immediately made inquiries at the work-
house, and ascertaining that he had left several days,
concluded, from the description given, that it was the
body of her husband. On seeing the corpse her fears
were realised, and upon her evidence the coroner and jury
were satisfied as to the identity.—Chester Courant.

BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.-At the meeting of
this board on Tuesday evening, some conversation took
place relative to the publication of a placard offering a re-
ward for the discovery of some persons who had pulled
down a portion of the wall and coping of the Roman Catholic
Chapel. In the opinion of some members of the board,
the Rev. Mr. Brown, the author of the placard, had de-
liberately insulted the whole Protestant community.
The clerk in the Post-office, who ordered the publica-
tion of the placard without consulting his superior
officers, was ordered to be disrated.—The proceedings of
the Health Committee stated that there were 800 common
lodging-houses in the town, and that Messrs. Webster,
Appleton, Milnes, and Graham had been appointed a sub-
committee to report upon the duties of an inspector of
lodging-houses.----From the proceedings of the Road and
Improvement Committees it appeared that Mr. M'Cor-
mock had given notice of his intention to build a terrace of
eighteen houses in the Park, which led to some discussion
as to whether the plan was in accordance with the pro-
visions of the building act, the minutes being confirmed
with that reservation.—From the proceedings of the
Finance Committee it appeared that a correspondence
had taken place between Messrs. Watson and Webster
and the Town-clerk, relative to a claim made by Mr. J.
Laird for compensation for a deviation from the original
considerations on which he had sold land in the Park to
the commissioners, and which land bad subsequently been
re-sold ; but Mr. Laird had refused to sanction such sale
without compensation. The result of the correspondence
appeared to be, that Mr. Laird would not object to the
matter being referred to independent arbitration to ascer-
tain the difference between the price at which the land was
originally sold, and the price fixed by the act under which
the land was sold. Such difference in price, when ascer-
tained, to be divided, and one-half paid to Mr. Laird, the
other half to be retained by the commissioners. The
matter was left in the hands of the committee.—The re-
ceipts of the Ferry Committee for the past month were
£2,109105. 24., and for the corresponding month of 1850,
£1,914 13s. 4d. From April 23d to October 31st, 1850,
£12,632 6s. ; for 1851, £12,386 ls. 9d. The total ex-
penditure for the latter period, £8,065 ls. 94.—0 n the
motion of Mr. Gough, the chairman signed a memorial to
the Gas Company to reduce the price of gas. Mr. Graham
said he had been informed by Mr. J. Jackson that the Gas
Company were about to reduce the price.

GALLANT CAPTURE OF BURGLARS,

.--......,4,-.

Our readers will rejoice to learn that the men who lately
broke into the house of Miss Nicklin, Newbury-lane, and
perpetrated so murderous an outrage on one of the
inmates, are now in the hands of the officers of justice.
The capture was a gallant though unexpected one. It
would appear that on Wednesday night, one of the county
constabulary stationed at Leominster, was patrolling a
road in the immediate vicinity of that town when he met
two men of suspicious appearance. One of them carried
a bundle; but a saucy answer being given to his inquiry
as to what it contained, the constable very winly sought
assistance before he attempted to act upon the suspicions
he entertained. He accordingly got the aid of a brother
officer, and having overtaken the two men, the capture
was attempted. One of the men, however, drew a pistol
and fired it at the constables, slightly wounding one of
them, and the constable thus injured, deeming himself
justified in using a gun which he happened to be carrying,
discharged the contents into the lower part of the abdo-
men of his assailant. After some further scuffling, the
apprehension was effected, and the two were safely lodged
in Leominster lock-up. On being searched, no fewer than
four revolving pistols were found, two having five barrels
each, and the other two six, nineteen of the barrels being
loaded with deadly charges. Nothing was known of the
men, but their connexion with the Oldbury burglary was
proved by nearly the whole of Miss Nicklin's property
being found upon them, including the four £5-notes, the
too shirts, the purse, the watch, and the silver spoons,
along with five or six sovereigns. The Leominster officers
brought the articles capable of being identified to Oldbury
on Thursday, and the result was that Miss Nicklin and a
Miss Lewis, of Rowley Regis, (the latter of whom knitted
the purse,) went over to the former town yesterday, in
order, we suppose, to give the evidence necessary to justify
the prisoners being sent on remand before the magistrates
of the Oldbury district. We understand that the burglar
who was shot is in a dangerous state, and we are sorry to
learn that Mr. David Nicklin has not progressed so satis-
factorily as to enable his medical attendant to pronounce
his recovery anything like certain.—Birmingham Journal.

THE STRANGER IN LONDON, who has no connection
or circle of acquaintance, such as requires time to form,
is apt, especially if he is of a thoughtful and not over
buoyant disposition, to experience a strong reaction of
feeling. When the excitement produced by the " great
city" has passed away ; when its sights have been seen,
and its streets, with their shops, have grown familiar ;
then he begins to understand what it is to be a hermit
amongst millions. The sense of self-importance is
crushed : he knows no one, and no one knows him : he
is a mere atom amongst the thousands that flit around
him—a drop of rain that has fallen into the ocean ; and
it is a long time before he becomes reconciled to his lone-
liness. But the manly and cheerful mind gets over all
this, ar.d the streets of London become full of instruction
and entertainment, truly a living panorama : the most
humble and dingy-looking streets have some points of
interest : the shops, from the coal-shed and potato-store
to the stately show-room, with its plate-glass doors and
mirrors that multiply its extent, are full of animation :
on either side ample accommodation is offered upon the
most reasonable terms, such as hats that you can fold up
and put into your pocket—cloaks impervious to rain—
boots and shoes the neatest, easiest, and cheapest—
clothes of the newest cut, and warranted to wear at least
for some time—patent sauces—patent medicines—patent
harps—patent mangles—portable steam-engines and eco-
nomical boilers—iron and brass bedsteads—invalid sofas
and chairs—bazaars, &c., with " no charge for admis-
sion"—Britannia metal tat cannot be distinguished from
silver—goods selling off at an " immense sacrifice"—and
everything, in short, for money that money can buy.—
Builder.

HOME.—I know of no passage in classical literature
more beautiful and affecting that than where Xenophon,
in his " Anabasis," describes the effect produced on the
remnant of the ten thousand Greeks, when after passing
through dangers without number, they at length ascended
a sacred mountain, and from its peak and summit caught
sight of the sea. Dashing their bucklers, with a hymn of
joy they rushed tumultuously forward. Some wept with
the fulness of their delirious pleasure, others laughed, and
more fell on their knees and blessed that broad ocean.
Across its blue waters, like floating sea-birds, the memo-
rials of their happy homes came and fanned their weary
souls. All the perils they had encountered, all the com-
panions they had lost, all the miseries they had endured,
were in an instant forgotten, and nought was with them but
the gentle phantoms of past and future joys. One was
again scouring on his fleet steed across the hoof-trodden

_ sins of Thessaly : another reclined beneath the flower-
crowned rocks of Arcadia, and gazed into the dreamy eyes
of her whose form, amid battle and bivouac, was ever
with him ; a third recalled that proud day when, before
the streaming eyes of his overjoyed parents, and amid the
acclamations of all Greece, he bore off from amid compe-
titors the laurel-wreath of the Olympian victor. Oh !
home, magical spell, all-powerful home ! how strong must
have been thy influence, when thy faintest memory could
cause these bronzed heroes of a thousand fights to weep
like tearful women. With the cooling freshness of a de-
sert fountain, with the sweet fragrance of a flower found
in winter, you came across the great waters to those wan-
dering men, and beneath the pepceful shadow of your
wings their souls found rest

GENERAL NEWS.

NEW VOTERS.—By a derision of the revising barrister
for Finsbury, the whole of the eighty brethren of the
Charter House Foundation have been invested with the
parliamentary franchise, as £lO householders.
NOVEL SAILS.--Since the feats performed by the Ame-
rica in sailing to windward, some experiments have been
made at Cowes with wooden sails (veneers), the results of
which have astonished all who have witnessed them.
DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ARTHUR LLOYD.
—This officer died a few days since at Lytham, at an ad-
vanced age. He entered the army in 1794, and has been
a major-general since the brevet of 1837.
A HAPPY ANswER.—A young gentleman the other
day asked a young lady what she thought of the married
state in general ? "Not knowing, I can't tell " was the
reply; "but if you and I were to put our heads together,
I could soon give you a definite answer."

SUICIDE AT DEVONPORT.—On Saturday afternoon the
wife of a shipwright was detected in stealing a piece of
dressed meat from Mr. Frost, publican. in King-street.
She was taken to the town prison and locked up, where
she immediately hung herself by her necktie.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Lard
James Murray, brother of the Duke of Atholl, with Miss
Elizabeth Marjory, only daughter of the Hon. Mr. Fair-
holme, and niece of Lord Forbes, was solemnized on
Thursday last, at Leamington Priory.

A CRITERION FOR A DRUNKARD.—On Saturday even-
ing last a countryman visited Burnley, and was complain-
ing of the trouble a drunken man had given him. " How
do you know he was drunk ?" said a bystander. The
countryman indignantiy replied, " What could he be else,
when be asked for the shoe-horn to put his hat on with ?"

THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.—
Winter has set in early in the north of Scotland. On Sa-
turday week a snowstorm came on and continued for three
days, until the snow lay in the country a depth of several
feet. The crops, however, were all secured in good
condition, and will give fully an average return.
PRESENT FROM THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—A case of legislative
documents, which has arrived by a steamer from Havre,
t ddressed to the Ambassador of France, and intended as
a present from the National Assembly of France to the
House of Commons, has been delivered by order of the
Lords of the Treasury for that purpose.
DEATH OF THE REV. SIR HENRY DELVES BROUGHTON,
BART.—This venerable baronet died on the 3rd inst., at
his seat, Broughton-hall, county of Stafford, aged seventy-
four. He is succeeded by his son, Henry Delves. The
family property is considerable, and is situate in the coun-
ties of Stafford, Lincoln, and Chester. The title is an
old one, and was created in 1660.
EXTENSION OF THE SUFFRAGE.—Mr. E. Ward Jack-
son, of Stockton-on-Tees, has, in a communication to
Lord John Russell, made a novel proposition for the ex-
tension of the franchise. He suggests that the income-
tax be extended to all persons having an income of fifty
pounds, or any lower sum, and that the payment of the
tax should confer the privilege of a vote for a member of
parliament. _ _

MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR'S LAND SCREME.—The es-
tates of " The National Land Company," Mr. Feargus
O'Connor's pet scheme, now being wound up by the
Court of Chancery, represent a total area of 1,300 acres,
and a purchase-money value of about £50,000. There
are 75,000 shareholders, and 600 Zistrict secretaries, con-
nected with the branches and estates, to deal with.

FREE TRADE.—In one parish the free trade policy is
making the most serious revages. One tenant farmer bad
a distress for rent and tithes at the same time. Three
farms, amounting to upwards of 1,000 acres, are now, this
Michaelmas, in the landlord's hands ; and the inhabitants
generally are fearfully alarmed at the effects produced by
free trade.—Cambridge Chronicle.

A HORRIBLE EVENT.—A few days since a man named
Daniel, residing in the commune of Sorges, Perigueux,
went with his wife to work in the vineyard, leaving their
child, two months old, asleep in its cradle. On returning
home they were horrified at finding that two sows had en-
tered the room and almost devoured the body of the child.
The arms, legs, and head had been eaten off.—Galignani's
Messenger.
INTERESTING TO NATURALISTS.—Mr. John Thornber,
of Settle, has in his possession a hen which, when she
first cast her feathers, became quite black ; after the
second moult she had a white neck and tail ; at the third
the feathers hecame speckled ; the fourth black and white ;
the fifth and sixth completely white; and at the seventh,
which has just taken place, she has again become quite
black.

TIVERTON.—SINGULAR RAILWAY BLUNDER.—On
Friday morning last, through the negligence of the rail-
way people in not hooking on the carriages, the engine
and tender of the 6 30 a.m. train started without the
passengers, and were thus kept waiting nearly two hours,
till the engine returned from the junction. The driver
appears to have been ignorant of the blunder until he
arrived at the end of the journey.
Two FRIGHTFUL STEAM BOAT ACCIDENTS took place
on the Thames on Tuesday. Whilst a Gravesend steam-
boat was conveying passengers to a prize fight at Long
Reach, George Owen, the proprietor of a coffee-house in
Bear-street, Leicester-square, fell amongst the machinery.
and was literally chopped to pieces.—The City of Boulogne
steam-boat arrived at London-bridge with someportion of
her machinery out of repair. Whilst Edward Gore, the
mate, with two other men were examining the injuries,
the paddle wheels were unfortunately put into motion,
and Gore was killed and the other men seriously wounded.

CONVERSION TO PROTESTANTISM.—On Sunday after-
noon the Rev. F. Gadaleta, lately a Benedictine monk of
the Cossinensian Order, and priest in full orders of the
Church of Rome, made his public profession of Protestant-
ism in the Italian chapel in Defour-place. Dr. Achilli con-
ducted the usual afternoon service. The Rev. Mr. Ga-
daleta then addressed the congregation at length on his
reasons for separating himself from the communion of the
Church of Rome, and uniting himself to the Italian Pro-
testant Chuach. The chapel, which is merely a room
fitted up for the purpose of worship, was completely filled
on this interesting occasion.—Church and State Gazette.

LORD BYRON'S SISTER. The Hon. Augusta Mary
Byron, better known as the Hon. Augusta Leigh, died a
few days since at her apartments in St. James's Palace,
in the 68th year of her age. She was the half-sister of the
author of " Childe Harold," by a former marriage. Her
mother was Amelia Darcy, Baroness Conyers, the divorced
Duchess of Leeds. In 1807 she married her cousin,
Lieutenant-Colonel George Leigh, of the 10th Light
Dragoons. By this marriage (it was, we believe, a happy
one) "Augusta" nad several children, some of whom sur-
vive her. She had been a widow for some time.
OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE CUSTOMS.—Mr.
Baldwin, collector of Customs at Douglas, in the Isle of
Man, has been appointed to the situation of collector at
Stockton, and the following promotions have taken place in
consequence—namely, Mr. Wearne, collector at Pen-
zance, to be collector at Douglas ; Mr. Beresford, collec-
tor at Newport, to be collector at Penzance ; Mr. Lee,
collector at Boston, to be collector at Newport ; Mr.
Strike, comptroller at Rochester, to be collector at Bos-
ton ; Mr. Thomas, collector at
'Cardigan, to be comptrol-
ler at Rochester; Mr. Edwards, principal coast-officer at
Pwllhely, to be collector at Cardigan ; Mr. Atkey, prin•
cipal coast-officer at Ryde, Isle of Wight, to be principal
coast-officer at Pwllhely ; and the situation at Ryde, hell
by Mr. Atkey, has been abolished, and the duty will in
future be performed by the coastguard there.—Observer.

A WELL EARNED PUNISHMENT.—A fortune-teller has
met her deserts at the Southampton Quarter Sessions.
She not only duped the credulous, but incited a girl to
rob her father. Mary Anne Blandford was in the habit
of consulting the fortune-teller, Charlotte Morris ; she
wanted to go to London, to see the Exhibition ; Morris
asked her whether her father had any money, and when
she found he had, directed her to make free with it. The
girl took £5 or £6; went again to consult the wise woman,
and laid down ss. as a fee ; Morris turned her back, and
would not handle the money, as she could then say, with
a clear conscience, that "she had never taken any thing
from her." Mary Anne's motions had been watched ;
Morris's house was entered, and the five shillings were
found to have been moved from where the girl placed
them. The fortune-teller was convicted of " feloniously
and unlawfully receiving" the money. Sentence, fourteen
years' transportation.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION—DISPOSAL OF THE SURPLUS.
—The Commissioners of the Exhibition have reported to
the:Queen on the general objects to which they consider
it desirable to devote the Surplus Funds. They state
that they do not consider it expedient to keep it as a re-
serve for future exhibitions, because the success of the
one that is past gives ample guarantee that a future one
will be self-supporting. They therefore proceed to con-
sider what is meant by the term used in their pledge—
" the ends of the Exhibition." These obviously mean
the advancement of industry, and the promotion of a
kindly feeling among nations. But they come to the
conclusion that, after discharging all the expenses of the
Exhibition, they have exhausted the powers of their
charter, and have no authority to deal with the surplus.
On this point, therefore, as also on another very inti-
mately connected with it—that is, the fate of the building
—the public curiosity must consent to be balked till her
Majesty has granted another charter, with further powers.

MURDER AND SUICIDE IN LONDON. —On Saturday
evening, considerable excitement was created in Soho, by
the discovery that Mrs. Mary Ann Blakeman, aged 26,
the wife of a very respectable music printer, residing at
45, Greek-street, Soho, had destroyed the life of her only
child, three months old, by cutting its throat with a carv-
ing knife, and committed suicide subsequently, by cutting
her own throat with the same instrument. The unfortu-
nate young woman had not been well since her confine-
ment, having sufiered very much from nervous debility,
and had not from that time been without a nurse and
medical attandant. About eight o'clock on Saturday
evening, her nurse left her for about ten minutes, and on
her return found the door locked. From the desponding
state the deceased had recently been in, she suspected
something was wrong, and had the door immediately
forced open, when an awful sight presenced itself. The
poor child and its mother were both lying on the bed
weltering in gore, and a large carving knife was by the
side of the latter, covered with blood. Mr. Marshall,
surgeon, 53, Greek-street, was immediately sent for, and
his assistant, Mr. Jackson, promptly arrived, but in both
cases pronounced life to be extinct.
AN OBSTINATE SKIN DISEASE CUR nBY HOLLOWAY'S
OINTMENT AND PILLS.--Mr. Fisting, late of Broad.
street, Bath, suffered for many ye‘rs from a severe scor-
butic disease, which affected,his hands to such a degree
that for months together h/was unable to work at his
business. He consulted/ nearly all the faculty of the
place, and for a long time used the Bath waters, which
are so celebrated fop-the cure of cutaneous disorders, but
the virulence of the complaint remained unabated. He
then tried HolLe4way's Ointment and Pills, which have so
effectually cured hies that -he hag had no return of the
malady for niore than two years,

tOld
REVELATIONS OF ST. ALBAN'S.—The •••• A•"' A o.!
Bribery Commission for inquiry into tke existences
corrupt practices at elections for the borough is
sitting. The evidence shows the utter political worthonii
ness of the voters of the borough. Mr. Bell could, ot
get votes by buying them. Sir R. Carden woula
spend a shilling, and so lost his election. On Thursd Y
°ss
Mr. Edwards, who managed for Mr. Bell, stated the been
sums which the different elections in which he had lit
engaged had cost. In 1832, Mr. 'Ward's election 1,3
£2,000; perhaps £2,400 or £2.500. In 1835, Mr.l,Variee
election cost £2,400. In 1837, Mr. Aluskett's eLeitio'ra
cost from £l,BOO to £2,000. In Febivary,
I3u.
Listowel's election cost £3,000 ; and in June, 1841,making
There was more spent by witness but not repaid, :
lection
nearly another £l,OOO. •in 1846, Mr. Cabbell's q 0;
cost £5OO. Mr. Raphael's election in 1847 cost L3e',er
and Mr. Bell's, in 1850, cost £2,800, making eltogetawn
about £19,000. This was the cost of elections on his,°,o
side only. He calculated that about two-thirds °lila
money were spent in paying voters, and about one-t
for incidental expenses.
ONE CHILD KILLED BY ANOTHER.—A singular fatal
win 17
arising out of a quarrel between two little children k.
at school, occurred in Solly-street, Sheffield, last cce,ei,i
The death of a child four years of age was caused by 3 l'e,
from a school-fellow little more than five years of g
bt
gf
The deceased, Arthur Brown, attended a school taut ,7„),
a widow, residing in Wheeldon-lane. On Wednes`,":o
forenoon, about half-past eleven o'clock, Mrs. Castle!or
left the school-room for a few minutes, and during I°o
absence the deceased and a child called Walter Starlike
quarrelled about an apple that the latter wished to 0'
from Brown. Not succeeding in getting the apple, Stall;
dish spat in Brown's face, and Brown did the same or
1841,
Standish, when the latter struck him with his littlece
twice in the pit of the stomach. The fellr,
poordiea
complained of great pain, and he was sent home. ov,,
on Saturday. On Tuesday last an inquest was hot': -el
view of the body of the deceased. The coroner explain
that within the age of seven years no infant can be g.u1.0
of felony or be punished for any capital offence, for so''ed
that age he cannot, by presumption of law, e enbwr,
with any discretion, against which presumption no the
ment shall be received. The jury therefore returned ;1„r
following verdict :—" That the said Walter Standish bel
an infant under the age of discretion, to wit, of the ogee,'
five, not being capable of discerning good from evil,,rhe
kill and slay Arthur Brown, but not feloniously."
ith
coroner then addressed a few words to the child Stall,"'
teaching him in the spirit of the lines by Watts.—

" But, children, you should nei-er let
Such angry passions rise;
Your little hands were never made
To tear each other's eyes." d,
The child, who is a strong heavy lad of his age, rer'le t
"He struck me first." He appear, d thoughtful, but n°
sorrowful.
DREADFUL STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION AT BRISTOL."...
On Wednesday evening, a dreadful steam-boat explosi°P„
whereby four lives were lost. occurred on the river 0:
about four miles ft om Bristol, and adjacent to the ,i,"'be
3 Brislington tunnel on the Great Western RailwaV•
spot where the fatal accident occurred is known as Coat.
Ferry. The ill-fated steamer was called the Lady BIM;
she was a small tug on the screw principle, and had laLe,,
been put on the Avon, for the purpose of towing bare;
It had been noticed, a short time prior to the accidOri
that the Lady Emily, which had a barge in tow, was glier
at an extraordinarily quick rate. Suddenly, the b°l„t
burst with a terrific noise. On the smoke clearing off
a vestige of the steamer was visible. The deck had Deed
rent to pieces, the fragments were hurled into the air, tale
descended into the fields on both sides of the water, will
the hull, shattered and torn asunder, sank to the bottelt2,
of the canal, which is about twenty feet deep in that sP°l'd
At the time the explosion took place, the crew consist!,
of four persons, three of whom were killed on the sP°li:
-the other has since died. One of the crew, Wm. Haggett,
who was taken out of the water alive, stated that at the
time of the explosion he was steering the vessel. and. con'
sequently, was at the extreme end, notwithstanding which"
and his distance from the boiler, he was blown clean;"„
the deck into the air. The poor fellow was dreadfully '";
jured, his left foot hanging to his leg by the skin just abo:„
the ancle, and his body was shockingly bruised. Ile It 1
immediately placed in a cab and conveyed to the Bristi°,
Infirmary, where it was found that he had sustaineu,o
compound comminated fracture of the left leg. it
amputated shortly afterwards, but the shock to his systfat
and the injuries to the body, generally, were so great, t'`,:a
he did not survive many hours. The names of the OIL:A
are—William Bailey, married, with one child ; Walla;
Griffiths, a boy who acted as stoker; the captain, tile
unknown, but who, it is stated, has left a wife and Or
children ; Wm. Haggett, unmarried. The general opini°s,
is, that the steamer was drawing too hard. The bodte
have all been found.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

--...--

A new gas company has been started at Sheffield, for
supplying pure gas at a maximum price of 3s. per 10001
Shocks of earthquake were felt, on the 12th and 13IP
ult., in several parts of Sicily.
arl Fitzwilliam was on Tuesday invested, at Windsor,
with the order of the Garter. • to'
An exhibition of the results of Austrian industry 15
take place in Vienna in the year 1853.
On Tuesday Parliament was formally prorogued till
Thursday, the 15th January next.
Mr. Nassau Senior has been appointed to the legal
in India recently vacated by the death of Mr. Bethune'
It is worth £lO,OOO a year.
Prince Alfred is destined to enter the Royal NovY, 1/5
his late grand uncle, King William, did. This will be
agreeable news for the " blue jackets."
The statue of the late lamented Lord George Bentiql‘
was on Tuesday placed upon the pedestal in Cavendish
square, London.
The reports of Sir George Grey's health are still %lair
vourable. It is said that, unless some marked imPrtif'.
ment takes place, he will retire from office,
A valuedlump
at t quartz.ts 00, gold
frora
exhibiting California,
in t h 1
bullion-broker in Winchester-street, London.
An American paper states that the bite of a rattlesl:
can be cured by the free administration of brandy,
tumbler full at a time. It is said that the liquor in 5"Gh
st
cases does not intoxicate.
Pci
La week from twenty to thirty young females left t_ll4
Orkneys by the Queen steamer for the south, all bou 5,
for Australia, where they expect to find ready places
7oepi-gwhiinndgolw7lot;
b l 3
and
good wages, if not husbands, shortly after landing. ,i 195,
It is stated to be the intention of the students of 10`if
gow to contest the Lord Rectorship of the rnivers.',o
again this year, and place Lord Palmerston in oppositi

to the reelection of Mr. Sheriff Alison. a
A county magistrate, last week, in acknowledgioto
toast at an agricultural meeting, observed that if it °I 's
not for disorderly public-houses and unruly women
tongues, they would often have a maiden session. .n iff
The Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable,,gst,
Council will meet in the Exchequer Chamber at "f
minster, to-morrow, Wednesday, to settle the roll
- o
sheriffs for the ensuing year. • 'WI
M. Kossuth has refused to accept the general Inv'
sent to him from Birmingham, and the mayor has declfrits
to invite officially, because his year of office is so near

termination. fee/
The Treasury have directed that the practice in n 0$
under the Act Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 86, see.97',o
restricting the claims for drawback on wine and tobacenel.
three years from the date of payment ofd uty, be discontilie
The Lord Mayor of London, Sir John Musgrole, sof
his farewell ball, at the Mansion House, on Tile op
evening, when upwards of 600 ladies and gentleiveroo
sembled to do honour to the closing festivities 0'
civic year.
We understand that the Earl of Lanesborough is 5" neat
to be united to Lady Hunter, of Delany *
Arundel. His Lordship arrived at the Bedford ljr,;ter'
few days ago, but has since left on a visit to Lady 11'1-
—Brighton Gazette.
meet.o'

TheT Cambridge University Commission had a rati.,oo
on Wednesday, at the official residence of the First Of
of the Treasury. Present, the Bishop of Chest
John Herschel, Professor Sedgwick, and the Rev.
Bateman (secretary).
The Tablet reports the "failure" of "the Catholictby''
legiate School" in London, owing to the " utter 913.30 Car
and " disorganisation" of the metropolitan R 0133-0 01'
tholics, and states that failures in'other matters ha t
sen from the same cause. ,boa,
A novelty in the annals of the drama is, we learn, .0 tb.
to be brought out at one of the principal theatres :000,
north. It is a drama, in three acts, written by an on
of the Crichton Royal Institution for Lunatics:loW-
Dumfries. The unfortunate author has written five
of considerable ability.
M. Robin's popular place of amusement, in Filtarol.erja
London, had a narrow escape of being totallyt 0114
by fire on Sunday evening. Various rooms on h trat ° 17'
floor of the building, with their contents, were -Iwo 5°
and part of the roof destroyed before the flames the
dued. b bY citt,
Some interest has been excited in Pittsburg d da to
performance of Mr. M'Cormick, who walks he° 0;0,4,
by,wards, on (or rather under) a slab of polished , atotbe
which his feet attach themselves, as he asserts tees,
pheric pheric pressure. He made some six or seven 7er,
slab being only nine feet long.—Montreal Cou,, not,
In the Court of Queen's Bench on TuesdaY,d'i,lreabiet
obtained a rule nisi against Messrs. Burnes a 011101
libel,DPoersternriabned-s7arTe,heforpaampblet
chargedpubiished in
ith
entitled " The Position of the Church 01 billi lie
Dr. Ac d to g
gross acts of immorality. The publishers rem at.
the name of the author. e hal° Pr
The Committee of the Protestant Alliane ,tatioa,„o
termined to commence forthwith a vigorous 06'e'selut;t.
the repeal of the grant to Maynooth College. ,_"::"rsdal_;o3
to this effect were unanimously adopted on Ta_7/ atta!f
at a meeting presided over by a noble earl, "isters
by several distinguished laymen, as well as limn for
evangelical denominations. n
A woman has been tried and convicted ein._nnea to
teaching a slave to read the Bible, and s w,ceordreforo
years' imprisonment in the Penitentiary.
feat'
..700d
tic neat
her eyes, but moved and instigated by t'eu certain
~,re
ta dispjeaS 5
woman
mna nd maliciously,lCttoment, she, " not having the ,uvii,
yto
„ ule
Almighty God." ndaY, rsr rf
At the Court of Queen's Bench, en atioa ieto ,
r read
dd
thfeeloßn iiobul
es
info°, „roPr libe`
granted to show cause why a criminalthe sole pr
not be filed against the defendant, nai, f jot'
le Jour _ 0
printer, and publisher of the Carlzs _ Earl vov lor
published by him in that paper upon tnuistrates
dale, who was charged with selecting magte Pc be relief
able to his views, and who would prop? t
interests in negociating with the guartilaa'
of the poor. d iidn
e teach,r ea