The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-01-14 00:00:00

THE PAPAL AGGRESSION.

Sir George Grey has decided upon presenting both the
Devon addresses to the Queen.

A protest against the recent act of the Pope, signed by
2007 of the ladies of Dover, has been presented to her
Majesty and graciously received.
The Rural Deans of the diocess of Killaloe have applied
to the clergy of their district to address the Queen on the
late Papal aggression ; the Dean of Kilmacduagh has re-
fused his signature.
Lord Bexley, the president of the British and Foreign
Bible Society,'has sent a donation of £lOOO to that im-
portant institution, as the commencement of an " ap-
peal," to enable them to extend their operations at this
juncture.
Mr. W. Waring Perrey attended at the Home Office
yesterday week, to band to Sir George Grey the lay ad-
dress of the inhabitants of Tranmere, for presentation to
her Majesty against papal aggression. It was subscribed
by 2180 owners of property and ratepayers of the town-
ship.

A numerous meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants
of the county of Cornwall was held on Tuesday, at the
Shire-hall, Bodmin, to take into consideration the recent
Papal aggression. The High Sheriff (Mr. W. Danby)
presided. There were also present Sir C. Lemon, M.P.,
Sir C. Rashleigh, the Hon. G. M. Fortescue, Mr. E. W.
W. Pendarves, M.P., Mr. J. T. A. Robartes, 11. P., and
a very large assemblage of the most influential gentlemen
of the county.

An association of laymen has been formed at Ply-
mouth, who have put themselves in communication with
various bodies in other parts of England, their professed
object being the protection of the Protestant principles
of the Church of England as by law established :
" First, by seeking to procure a revision, by competent
authority, of the Book of Common Prayer, and the Canons of
the Church, with the view to the exclusion therefrom of all
matter susceptible of a Romish interpretation; and, secondly,
by seeking to effect a more just and equitable distribution of
the Church revenues. That the futherance of these objects be
sought by
i the diffusion of information, the exercise of Parlia-
mentary influence, communication with kindred associations,
and similar constitutional means."

THE ARCHBISHOPS' AND BISHOPS' ADDRESS TO THE
QUEEN.—We hear that there is considerable unwilling-
ness suspected to exist, on the part of one or two
members of the episcopal bench to adopt his Grace the
Archbishop of Canterbury's explanation of the causes
which led to the omission of all mention of the united
Church of England and Ireland in the address to her Ma-
jesty on occasion of the Papal aggression. Their lordships
stand in awe, it is said, of some of the church unions,
many members of which are committed to the position
" that any portion of the Church of Christ which abandons
the essential meaning of an article of faith forfeits its office
as a witness, and its authority to teach, as a member of the
Universal Church, and is by such act formally separated
from the [so-called] Catholic body." Now, it appears
that the Irish Church is bound by the articles of the Irish
Convocation of 1615, as is evident from the account, given
by Dr. Elrington in his life of Archbishop Usher, of the
language employed by Bramliall, Bishop of Derry, at the
Convocation of 1834, when the English Thirty-nine Ar-
ticles were subscribed, and the authority of the Synod of
1615 recognised ; and as these articles of 1615 repudiate
altogether the Puseyite construction of the article of the
creed, asserting " one baptism for the remission of sins,"
the favourite theory of the Tractarians (reserved of course)
is, that the Irish Church is not united with the English
except by act of Parliament.—Church and State Gazette.

A wine merchant in London has been sending round
circulars soliciting contributions in order to present Car-
dinal Wiseman with a small stock of wine.

The Irish liberal members have published a declaration
against the enactment of religious disabilities. Among
the O'Connells, the Meagher's, and the Crawfords, ap-
pears no less a name than that of Lord Castlereagh.

Mr. Bennett has declined to sign any document which
can give legal effect to his resignation until his conerega.
tions have seen what can be done, and this he consented
to at their entreaty.
The Congregated Trades of Limerick have forwarded
an address of congratulation to Dr. Wiseman, and offer-
ing his eminence a home in Ireland, " should the reign of
Elizabeth be again revived" in England.
" It is remarkable," as Mr. Disraeli acutely observes,
" that tolerant Romanists have nowhere been discovered
except in Protestant countries." " Toleration," he adds,
" is a term which the very Roman Catholic lexicographers
never admitted into their dictionaries, and which they
dare not explain."
THE CONFESSIONAL.—The Rev. Mr. Beckett, of St.
Saviour's, Leeds, in writing to the Leeds Intelligencer,
openly avows that he patronises the confessional—dilates
upon its " blessings"—and says he shall practise it till
convinced by proper authority that he is doing what is
contrary to the doctrine of the Church of England.
The Rev. Mr. Svvayne, a converted Roman Catholic
priest, has written to the Standard as follows :—I am free
to confess what I felt then, and what I know now, that
the priest in the confessional is often AN ACCESSORY TO
MURDER before the fact ; and consequently IN THE SIGHT
or Gon, is a party to the murder, and actually as guilty
as if he had himself committed the diabolical act."
Cardinal Wiseman has demanded an apology from Mr.
Rochfort Clarke for the gross language used at Oxford.
Mr. Clarke denies the correctness of the report, averring
that he merely intimated that nobody knew the birth and
parentage of the Cardinal, and concludes with asking his
Eminence for full particulars of the same, that he may
publish them with a corrected edition of his speech,
which he is about to publish.
The reporter of the Plgniouth Journal visited the
church of St. Stephen, at Devonport, on Christmas Day.
The Church was decorated with laurel; the Nicene Creed
was read with two ministers facing east and west, and with
a multitude of " flexions and genuflexions." The re-
porter began to take notes of the sermon, but the Rev.
Mr. Procter, who preached in his surplice, ordered him
to desist; and when the reporter still proceeded, he re-
peated the order, and at length solemnly told the reporter
that he was committing a sin. The reporter thereupon
closed his note-book.

The Rev. J. H. Woodward, of St. James's Church,.
Bristol, addressed his congregation for the last time on
Sunday last, prior to entering the Church of Rome. Mr.
Woodward was at one time secretary to the Church
Missionary Society. Mr. Ward, of the firm of Osborne,
Ward, and Co., solicitors, of Bristol, has, with his lady,
been received into the Roman Catholic Church.
FATHER OAKELEY.—Mr. Oakeley, the other day, in
the Romish chapel at Islington, vegan his evening ser-
mon thus :—" My brethren, you are aware of the horrid
blasphemies which have lately been uttered against our
most holy father, the Pope. Let us pray God that those
blasphemies may be pardoned. For this end, join with
me now in saying for this object five Ave Maria: and five
Paternosters." This was accordingly done. But what
well-instructed Sunday school child could have betrayed
such lamentable darkness and ignorance ?—Record.
CONVERTS TO THE Roman FAITH.--The Romish D.
rectory, just published, contains a list of the names-of
twenty-five ministers of the Established Church, three
American Episcopalian ministers, one Scotch Presbyterian
minister, one Genevese Protestant minister, one French
Protestant minister, two lords, three countesses, one ho-
nourable, two country gentlemen of wealth, two captains
in the army, one member of Parliament, and one doctor
of laws. Total, 42, who joined the Church of Rome
during 1850.

ROMISH INToLERANcs..—When I was obliged to
leave them, I said to Father Hayes, " Now I must part
from you, and I never expect to have the pleasure of
seeing you again. Let us say the Lord's Prayer together
at the altar in the church ; there will surely be no objec-
tion to this." He returned me precisely the same answer
which Mary Queen of Scots gave to Fletcher, Dean of
Peterborough,—" No, I cannot pray with one who is of
another religion." I shook his hand in silence, and we
parted. The circumstance pained and grieved me.—
Dr. Townsend.

A curious correspondence has taken place between the
Rev. H. J. Johnson, a Devonshire clergyman, and Miss
Lydia Sellon, known as the Lady Superior of the Sisters
of Mercy of St. Peter's, Devonport. Mr. Johnson, in
reply to a request for pecuniary assistance, gives as a rea-
son for refusal, his impression that the community is
chargeable with spreading the doctrines of Popery under
the mask of the Church of England. and requiring a
pledge of secrecy from the inmates. The lady replies
simply, that " the whole statement is utterly false," and
insists on the excellence of her institution, society, or
sisterhood, whichever it ought to be called.
Popish toleration has just received another illustration
on the continent. The constitution of the Lombardo.
Venetian kingdom has just been settled and published by
Austria—a country which lies at the feet of Rome. In
this constitution, after declaring that the Roman Catholic
religion is the religion of the state, it is enacted that
" Dissenting religions shall not be permitted the liberty
of public worship !" These are solemn words put forth
by a Monarch with whom it is said Dr. Wiseman dined
after he was made a Cardinal ! And now the latter can
have the face to stand up in the mass-house of St. George's
Fields and call God to witness against the intolerance of
Protestant England towards the age ressive spirit of Popery
in these realms ! Whether impudence or blasphemy pre-
ponderate in the invocation, we leave our readers to de-
termine.

CARDINAL WISEMAN AND FATHER Paour.---Fatlier
Prout has addressed the following letter to the Dublin
Freeman :—" Father Prout's compliments, &c., &c.
He never used the term ' Archbishop of the Slums' in
the Globe; that phrase is from another pen not his.
Were he to employ such language the Freeman might
then appropriately designate him as ' unhappy', and not
only ' shudder' at the words, but allo shrug up his should•
ers. He deplores, on the contrary, the utter neglect of
the slums, and of the poor Irish denizens thereof, by this
new archbishop, whose attention is otherwise absorbed
by the composition of offensive fanfaronades from the
Flaminian Gate ;' pompous enthronizations ; foreign
diplomatic recognitions; importing bales of silk hose and
a stock of red hats; replenishing his wine cellar; and
conversaziones. The father is personally cognizant of
how matters go on in Westminster, having been priest of
that district in the cholera year, 1832-33, in Dr. Magee's
absence at Bishop Brampton's request. As to Cardinals
in general he has seen enough of them at head. quarters
to think the discontinuance of that mere worldly dignity
a riddance to be devoutly prayed for in Italy ; as to its
importation ito England lie suspects that to be a blunder,
not to say a mischievous hit of imbecility."

nt I inbes
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o conclude -
CARDINAL WOLSEY.—The following' charges, which,
among others, were made against Wolsey, and admitted
by him, furnish with tolerable satisfaction a proof of the
imperious tendencies of the Church of Rome, and her
direct encouragement of prelatic ambition and aggran-
disement :—" Articles objected against Cardinall Wolsey.
1. That hee, without the King's assent, had procured
himselfe to be Legate, by reason whereof hee tooke away
the right of all Bishops and spirituall persons. 2. In all
writings that hee wrote to Rome, or to any other Prince,
hee wrote Ego Se Rex meus, T and my King ; as who
would say, that the King
commission
slandered the Church of England to thhetiilmCeoluncrtitnoogFf,slßanaosdmseerens;
for his suggestion to be Legate, was to reforme the
Church of England, which (as he wrote) was Facts in
the Emperor. 5.
1 vcwrGaehrprieertrgihnoeoodbruuhi tetmeh
t, the Sweieeancs King'ss King'saussl nes an. 1
ti gs r.
F4ce
consent
tweene the King and the Duke of Ferrarie. 6. [A charge
which implies gross immorality and licentiousness on the
part of his Eminence.] 7. That hee caused the Cardinall's
hat to be put on the King's coyne. 8. That hee had sent
innumerable substance to Rome, for the obtaining of his
dignities, to the greate impoverishment of the realme."
With many other things which are touched more at large
in chronicles.

ROMISH MIRACLES.—The sham miracle recorded in
Galignani's Messenger is a mere imitation of au old im-
posture. In Collier's Ecclesiastical History of Great
Britain, vol. 2, pp. 434, 435, Lon. 1714, fol., we find the
following narrative :—" At the arrival of the Earl of
Essex, the Queen's Lieutenant in Ireland, the Litany was
sung in English, at Christ Church, Dublin, [Tuesday,
August 30, 1559]. Some bigotted Papists were much
disturbed at this way of worship, and endeavoured to
retrieve their old service by counterfeiting a miracle. To
this purpose a marble figure of our Saviour, standing in
the Cathedral, with a reed in his hand, and a crown of
thorns on his head, was observed to bleed through the
thorns upon the face of the image. This wonderful ap-
pearance happened in service time, when the Lord Lieu-
tenant, the Archbishop, and the rest of the Privy Coun-
cil, were at Church. When this was perceived by the
people they were strangely affected, especially when one
privy to the contrivance told them that our Saviour could
not chuse but sweat blood when heresy was come into the
church. In short, all the audience not being of the same
mind, the miracle occasioned a confusion, and the con-
gregation broke up. Several of the people, however,
stayed behind, fell on their knees, and prayed before the
image. The Archbishop of Dublin [Hugh Curwen, a.
native of Westmoreland], suspecting some foul play,
ordered the sexton to wash and examine the image. This
being done, the man perceived a sponge soaked in blood
within the hollow of the head. This sponge one Lee,
formerly a monk in the cathedral, had put within the
head that morning, and being loaded with blood, it was
strained through the cracks of the marble, and fell down
in drops upon the face. The cheat being thus discovered,
the Archbishop preached in the church upon that subject
the next Sunday; and to make the more serviceable im-
pression, Lee, with his assistants, were planted upon a
table before the pulpit, with their hands and legs tied,
and their crime on paper upon their breast. In this equi-
page they appeared three Sundays, were imprisoned for
some time, and afterwards banished the realm."
DR. WISEMAN INTERPRETED BY ROMAN CATHOLICS.
—The following remarks from a Romish review, without
disguise, exhibit the real notion entertained by Roman
Catholic writers of the Church of England, and indicate
the treatment which that scriptural church may expect,
should the hopes entertained by its apostate antagonist,
from an increase in number and political power, be ever
fulfilled. The reviewer observes : " When the old
Catholic sees fell into the hands of the Protestants at the
Reformation, the (Roman) Catholic Church simply left
things as t'ney were. The ancient divisions remained in
theory, but they were not acted upon. The right to act
upon them and to appoint fresh ißoman) Catholic bishops
to the Protestantized sees was never for a moment given
up. The prelates of the Anglican Establishment were
and are viewed as holding the temporalities of those
divisions ; but as having no spiritual charge whatever over
the souls of the inhabitants in the sight of Almighty God.
The (Roman) Catholic Church regards them a susurpers
in a twofold way-Ist, they are mere laymen ordained and
consecrated by other laymen, without a valid succession
from the apostles ; and 2ndly, even if they were conse-
crated bishops, they would be usurpers of jurisdiction."
Thus, are we supplied with a clear interpretation of Dr.
Wiseman's notion that the Pope is "the source of juris.
diction, life, and vigour ;" although that notion be clearly
in opposition to St. James, who teaches us that " every
good and perfect gift cometh down from above, from the
Father of lights." "We call them bishops, it is true, (con-
tinues the reviewer); just as we call the Anglican clergy
reverend. But thisisa mereactof courtesy. In the eyeof the
(Roman) Catholic church there is no such person in ex-
istence as an Archbishop of Canterbury or of York, or a
Bishop of London, Durham, or any other of the old
Catholic sees." Here we have, indeed, plain speaking—
something beyond the " bated breath and stinted cour-
tesy" of Dr. Wiseman—an unmistakeable challenge, and
the scabbard thrown away. The existence of " the
Church of England" is denied. She must now fight for
her very name, her life, her Bible, and her great God and
Saviour, against an apostate church, and its head the
Pope, who would fain trample out that life with his iron
heel, who anathematises and would make that Bible of
none effect by her false traditions, her impious decrees'
her tyrannical and cruel code of canon law—against him
who is " the man of sin and the son of perdition, who
opposeth and calleth himself above all that is called God,
so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God, showing
himself that he is God."—Church and State Gazette.

NOT PARTICULAR.—A peasant, being at confession
accused himself of having stolen some hay. The father
confessor asked him how many bundles he had taken
away from the stack ? " That is of no consequence
(replied he) ; you may set it down a waggon:load, for my
wife and I are going to fetch the remainder soon."
PUNCH.-Our facetious contemporary, Mr. Punch, is
admirable this week. He need not trouble himself about
Mr. Doyle's retirement, whilst ho has a Leach or a
M`Lean to produce such masterpieces of artistic skill as
the leading illustration of his present week's number.
This capital drawing represents Punch himself, as a
schoolboy, stretching up a tip-toe to look into a peep-
show, the form of which is that of a church, and the
strings of which are pulled by a beautifully drawn clerical
figure, meant of course to be a likeness of his lordship of
London. The picture is suggested by an old story of the
boy and the showman, Underneath we read—

Master Punch.—' Please, Mr. Bishop, which is
Popery and which is Paseyism ?"
Bishop.—' Whichever yea like, my little dear.' "

Local ilebxs.

William Brown, Esq., M.P., has given £lOO to the In-
-austrial Ragged School Society.
The Liverpool Yacht Club has voted twenty guineas for
the exhibition of 1851.
Mr. W. Eddowes, of Shrewsbury, has been appointed
house surgeon to St. Anne's Dispensary, in this town.
On Tuesday morning, an old woman, named Ann
Evans, residing in Nelson-street, Birkenhead, was dis-
covered dead in bed.
The Bo ton packet-ship Plymouth Packet, Captain
Caldwell Has made the outward pass ge to Boston in
twenty-eight days.
On Tuesday, Ellen Scorrett, a carrier in the Fish Mar-
ket, fell down suddenly on the footwalk in Hope-street,
and died shortly after.
Considerable damage was done to the stock of Mr.
Pearson, grocer, Monk-street, Birkenhead, by a fire
Which broke out on Wednesday night.
On Monday night last, Peter Flannery went to his bro-
ther's house in Wright-street, and sat down on a chair,
Where he died a few minutes afterwards.
The Rev. Major Rider Bresher, 8.A., St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge, has been licensed to Christ Church C.
(stipendiary), Liverpool.
The Teviot steamer, with the Brazil and Rio Plate
Mails, sailed on Thursday. She took about £67,000 in
specie, and a moderate cargo.
On Thursday, the Princess Royal steamer ran from
Greenock to this port in fifteen hours and twenty-five
minutes.

Memorials to Lord Palmerston requesting the adoption
Of measures to liberate Kossuth from Kutaja are being
extensively and influentially signed in Manchester. Li-
verpool ought to emulate conduct so honourable.
Messrs. W. Mann, J. Worrall, and R. Kneeshaw have
been appointed members of the Pilots' Committee, in the
SOOt of Mr. W. Tapley, deceased, and Messrs. W. Benn
and James Aikin, resigned.
Two boys, while out in the neighbourhood of Windsor,
hidunday afternoon, discovered the body of a female
lying in a ditch. it was removed to the dead-house,
Where it awaits a coroner's inquest.
The congregation of the Baptist Chapel in Myrtle-
Street have determined to erect side galleries in the chapel,
as a testimony of respect and gratitude towards their
Pastor, the Rev. H. S. Brown.
Mr. W. B. Wray, late organist at the Roman Catholic
Chapel, Birkenhead, has been appointed organist to the
School for the Blind, in the place of Mr. W. T. Best.
resigned.

tile ship Albatross, the property of Gibbs, Bright, and
co., from this port to Port Adelaide, arrived at the latter
110
nce on the sth September, after a prosperous voyage of
days Y ; all the passengers well and happy.
On the Ist instant, Murty Uriel, a labourer, was work-
Ing on board the ship Mary Hall, lying in the Victoria
1p
e."
when he fell into the hold, and received several se-
vere injuries.
ei lir- oebuck,.C., and Mr. erjeant iins are se-
IY retßained to o
defend the partiSes latelyWcommitted for
Mal, for the riots at Birkenhead, to the next Chester
assizes

A. woman, named Isabella Kenny, residing in Toxteth-
Park, and who had been attended by a surgeon connected
with the Dispensary, died on Friday. The circumstances
of her death will form a subject for inquiry before the
coroner this day.
An inquest was held, on Saturday, on an infant named
'"'weeriy, which its mother found dead by her side on
Friday
morning. When she went to bed the night before
she was so drunk that she knew nothing about the cir-
cumstances, until she found her child dead.
On Saturday morning next, a splendid new ship, of
776 tons register, will be launched from the building-
Yard of P. Chaloner, Sons, and Co., 3, Baffin-street.
She is intended for the East India trade, and is one of the
most perfect specimens of a merchant-ship ever built.
The Wallasey Ladies' Charity Ball was held on Wed-
fashionably attended. Mrs. Mann officiated as lady pa-
troness, Mr. Ewart as president, and Mr. Wright as vice-
President. Mr. Gribbin's band performed excellently,
and the room was beautifully decorated.
,relen Friday a man named Ross was standing in
I at Howard-street, with abundle of straw upon his
head.4l A pony and cart were passing at the time, when
e beast stumbled and fell. It suddenly rose and bonn-
eted towards the man, who was knocked down, and re-
ceived severe internal injuries.
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' BALL.—The most nume-
rously attended ball which this praiseworthy association
has ever yet given in Liverpool " came off" at the Town-
st on Thursday night. The Mayor was present—the
splay of beauty, great, and the entertainments, which
Were soPnlied by Mr. Ford, of the Wellington Hotel,
gave universal satisfaction to upwards of 600 guests.
twCOLLEGIATE FESTIVAL.—We perceive that the :last
foro nights are announced for this evening and to-morrow
the most attractive oratorios are provided. The
thehe-a7ing classps
, will rejoice to find that they can now
othor 26essitih or Judas Maccabeus, with a powerful
ordinary arid
excellent metropolitan vocalists, for the extra-
, ary _
lew charge of sixpence. We never recollect a
cheaper musical treat.
ExTa A
diateIy.ORDINARY SCENE AT HOLYWELL.
upon the conclusion of the funeral service which
was read over the remains of the late Miss Mary Ann
Jackson, of Liverpool, one of the sisters of the deceased
became so affected and excited that she threw herself
into the grave, and stretched herself on the coffin. It
was with the greatest difficulty, and the aid of two men,
that she was got up and forced, or rather carried, from
the churchyard, which was dune amidst her fervent ex-
pressions of hope that she should soon follow her dear
It was a most trying scene. _

On Saturday last, the screw-steamer Dumbarton Youth,
lately purchased by the Messrs. Horsfall, of this town,
left this port for the West Coast of Africa. Since passing
into the hands of her new owners she has undergone ex-
tensive alteration, her cabin and other houses having been
placed upon deck, and her hull and machinery thoroughly
overhauled. Her hull is painted a light blue, with white
streak, and her funnel cream colour ; and as she lay in
the
river during the greater part of Saturday, her hand-
Some appearance attracted universal admiration. We be.
v
exe cv!,.she is intended for the inland river navigation, being
excellently adapted where a light draught of water is
wired.

ItiETiEWELLERY ROBBERY.—The following is a list of
the articles stolen from Alessrs. Clark and Morris :-65
igld watches, (many of them of a very valuable description,)
ahog°llbracelets, 8 necklace chains, with ornament ;
stet au gold, &C., brooches ; 12 sets of fancy shirt
posed of diamond. erne
Thse., diamonds, &c•, set in gold ; 24 gem rings, cop-
rald, and ruby ; 28 ladies' mourning
wit , set with pearls and diamonds ; 58 fancy rings, set
pearls and gems ; 60 signet rings, diamond pins, 40
weddfencil cases,
gold
gold pins, brooches, neck chains, and
apprehensiontig rings. A reward of £lOO has been off.!red for the
of the thieves the recovery of tbe
500.
DuDUCAL The prime cost of thearcticles stolen was £1,500.
e ....
poly hAL ENTERTAINMENT.—Mr. Love, the celebrated
s 4P-abiat, is at present sojourning professionally at
tai tanwick Park, the residence of the Duke of Northuanber-
nl. The extraordinary vocal peculiarities of Mr. Love
have been nightly hailed with peals of laughter and ap-
plause by crowded audiences, chiefly composed of families
fel=tedin from the surrounding country, but containing a
guests from greater distances. On the evening of
aw Year's Day' Mr. Love appeared before a party of
about three hue persons, and on the following night
3 entertainments were before a still larger audience.
boas the accommodation of the recipients of his Grace's
PitalitY, the apartment devoted to Mr. Love's enter-
1, ments has been fitted up with an elevated stage, a
gallery ea
Pable of seating about two hundred and fifty vi-
Porar, and other conveniences, after the manner of a tem-
y theatre.
t,„IIEALTH of THE TowN.—We find that for the fifty-
-10 1
-a weeks ending the 28th of December last, there were
'
th'e '3 deaths in this borough, being 6923 fewer than in
AllyPrevius year, and 3026 fewer than the average mor-
frillof the previous seven years. Deducting the deaths
cholera, there was a decrease in the number of
death last year as compared with the previous year of
1824. ln fact, the mortality of 1850 was lower than that
" any Year since 1837.
state As a proof that this satisfactory
measureof the health of the inhabitants arises in a great
themfro the vigorous efforts now made by the offi-
cers in sanatory department, it may be stated that the
deaths from diseases—admitted to be the best
aboutf the sanatory condition of a town, were 2649, or
• 26 per cent, of the whole, a smaller proportion than
113, any year since the Sanatory Act came into operation.
t i the total number of deaths, 5194 were males, and 4929
bernalea •; 5777 were below fifteen years of age, 3178 were
..etween fifteen and sixty, and 1138 above sixty. As usual,
the rate of
land Ward mortality was highest in Vauxhall and Scot-
Wards. a, and lowest in Rodney and Abercromby
14tGR
i4IATION OF LATTER DAY SAINTS.—On Monday
7; , he Ellen sailed from this port for New Orleans,
Ittoving on board 466 emigrants, on their way to the
Thernlon settlement in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake.
taw emigrants were from all parts of England ; fifteen
the lol" coming from Sheffield alone. A second ship.
$b
`jearge William Brown is also ready to sail, with
rtout 280 emigrants of the 'same persuasion, and for the
has t destination ; whilst another vessel, the Ellen Maria,
Pratt een laid on to sail on the 29th instant. Mr.. Orson
agent
the
.head of the sect, and who is an emigration
e— this town, will take his passage in her. This
rzTeitgerration is of a most extraordinary and romantic cha-
heart ' the subsequent journey would appal the stoutest
The, Let
as Poor upheld by religions fervour or fanaticism.
File fa" as emigres from New Orleans proceed up the river
Council Bluff, 900 miles north of St. Louis.
the 7 7!11 there prepare for the overland. journey across
blii am to the Salt Lake Valley, a distance of 1000
journey which has to be performed in waggons. and their
cicala lies across a tract of country almost entirely des-
gte af herbage.
Qilgo
lar eircilt4ll A singu-
RECOVERY OF LOST PROPERTY.-- Loin urnstance lately occurred to a passenger,_who,
the dig accumulated a quantity of the precious metal at
to Lif,agings in California, was about to sail from Boston
%hip
isrp.o.i.
" It appears that he took a passage in the
coropri_inel. Webster, and placed on board his things,
tuoe,„'lng only a small portmanteau and a box. Unfor-
to se"'ILLY,,, he missed his passage, and the ship proceeded
vering lyitil°ut the Californian adventurer. On di co-
hie
hit, t la unfortunate position, and calling to mind that
i. .. reas
O
e began= a was on board a ship far away on the Atlantic,
immediatelyto entertain doubts as to its security. He
the Packet started for New York, and took passage in
While iP Waterloo, and reached Liverpool. Mean-
luh,,_the Daniel Webster entered the Mersey, and his
oa!lir, for want of a claimant, was taken by the customs
iT7
and the depot. It at length turned out whose it
ioowhen the lost
found 11' Passenger made his appearance,
had the portmanteau opened, and, to his joy,
precious t a hidden treasure--no less than 15 lbs. of the
appeared rtal, worth at least £3 9s. 7d. per ounce. It
Me by the officet the greatest care had been taken of the lug-
ll, of the ship.

EXPENSES OP APPLICATIONS TO PARLIAMENT.—III
the Town Council, on Wednesday, Mr. Thompson called
attention to the enormous amount of the law and parlia-
mentary expenses incurred by the borough of Liverpool
within the last sixteen years, and which he stated were
as follows £ s. d.
1835 ...
1836
1837 ...
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844 .
1845 ..
1846
1847
[Of this sum the cost for the water bill was £7,737.]
1848
[For the water bill £23,526 19s. 6d.]
1849
1850
„ Water Bill, &c. 10,397 12 6
„ Equitable Rating Committee 2,500 0 0
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The lecture season at
this institution commences on Friday next, and the sub-
jects promise to be interesting. Dr. Nevins will open
with a course on chemistry, electricity, light, and heat.
Mr. F. Warren will follow, and treat of the cotton manu-
facture, his remarks being illustrated by a handsome set
of working models. Those stupendous examples of
modern engineering enterprise and skill, the Conway and
Britannia Tubular Iron Bridges, will be rendered more
familiar to the Liverpool public by Edmund Wheeler,
Esq., C.E., whose descriptions will be illustrated by
models and diagrams, both of the entire bridges and of
their separate parts. Mr. Carte's unrivalled performances
on the flute, on two former occasions, will have prepared
all who heard him to anticipate with pleasure the course
which he is announced to give on instrumental music, in
which he will be assisted by several eminent local pro-
fessors. The valuable commercial specimens collected in
this town for the great Industrial Exhibition of the pre-
sent year will again be rendered available in illustrating
the vegetable products imported into Liverpool, upon
which Mr. T. C. Archer is to lecture. The Rev. H. H.
Higgins will follow with a course on South Palestine and
the Dead Sea, Samaria, Galilee, Lebanon, Damascus,
and Baalbec. The steam-engine and its practical appli-
cations has been entrusted to Mr. John Grantham. Mr.
Bishop, the drawing master of the institution, gives two
lectures on practical drawing. Then come four lectures
on Athens and its antiquities ; one by the Rev. Principal
of the institution. These are the arrangements up to
Easter, after which Mr. Rumball, who delivered a most
brilliant course on a somewhat similar subject a short
time ago, will lecture on the moral difference between
animals and man.

BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—The committee of the Birken-
head Dock Trust have completed their report, addressed
to the bondholders, by whom they were appointed at the
close of November last, for the purpose of inquiring into
the present state and condition of their affairs, and the
best means for raising the funds necessary to complete the
works, and to confer with a committee to be appointed by
the dock company thereon. The report of the commit-
tee recommends the bondholders to assent to the bill of
the Dock Company, leaving open the question as to the
price of the South Reserve. The terms intended to be
carried into effect by the Dock Company's bill are as fol-
lows;-1. Company to aid, by a guarantee on their pro-
perty at Birkenhead, in raising £250,000, towards the
completion of the outer works and excavations of the
great float. 2. Company to aid, in like manner, in rais-
ing £70,000 for building the walls, not yet contracted
for, around the great float ; but all monies received ap-
plied in repaying the advance. 3. Company to purchase
South Reserve at £130,000, to be applied in completion
of the outer works. 4. No ships to use any docks to be
constructed on South Reserve without paying rates to the
trustees. 5. Bonds to be issued within two years for the
arrears of interest on the existing bonds, and to be called
Interest Bonds. The general result of the inquiries of
the committee was that there was no hope of any divi-
dend ever being paid upon the bonds, unless additional
capital could be raised for completing the works in their
entirety, for which purpose they proposed to apply to par-
liament for powers to raise the necessary capital, and also
to place the control of the works more in the hands of the
bondholders. A meeting of the bondholders was held on
Thursday, at the London Tavern, Baron de Goldsmid in
the chair, when the report was presented and adopted.
After a slight discussion, in which Mr. Laird and Mr.
Ellice, two of the trustees, maintained that arrangements
were in progress by which the property would be made
available to the expenditure of an additional capital
not exceeding £130,000, and the former gentleman pro-
mised shortly to publish a full reply to the report of the
committee, a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the
proceedings.
INSPECTION OF NUISANCES.—Mr. Fresh submitted
on Thursday to the Health Committee his annual report
of the work which had come under the surveillance of his
department. From this it appeared that the middens
emptied in the borough, last year, were 55,217; the
nightly average being 1761, We subjoin extracts from
his report on cellar clearance, smoke-consumption, &c.
The return of the number of cattle slaughtered in the
borough during 1850 is also both curious and gratifying :-
46,825 cellar examinations were reported to have been
made in the year; 33,282 were found unoccupied at the
time of examination ; 6,741 illegal cellars found separately
occupied, without beds, and in evasion of the law ; 1643
illegal cellars found separately occupied, with beds, in
violation of the law. 347 informations had been laid
against owners of street cellars, for illegally letting them
after notice : and 64 informations laid against tenants of
street cellars, who refused to quit at the request of the
owners ; 20 have been, on conviction, taken to the Bo-
rough Gaol, and these were persons who either obstinately
refused to quit the cellars, or who still continued to let
them in determined opposition to the law. 298 applica-
tions to register lodging-houses had been made. There

had been 39 notices issued to owners of furnaces and
others to consume their smoke ; 186 smoke informations
reported by the police; and 22 smoke informations pro-
ceeded with. Fifty licenses to slaughter cattle within the
borough had been granted during the year ; and the total
number of persons so licensed in Liverpool, exclusive of
those killing in the Abattoir Company's premises, are now
61. The following is the return of the cattle actually
slaughtered in the various slaughter-houses in the borough
of Liverpool, during the year 1850, distinguishing those
killed in the Abattoir Company's slaughter-houses from
those killed in private slaughter-houses, namely

Abattoir Co's Private
S'. houses. S'-houses. Total.
No. of beasts slaughtered 22,488 12,811 35,299
„ calves SI
„ sheep „ .... 113,956 49.353.... 163,309
„ lambs Of
~ pigs ~

Total: 156,712....92,251.... —248,963
15,305 more cattle of the above descriptions had been
killed for the use of the people of Liverpool, in 1850, than
were slaughtered for their use in the year 1849,