The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-08-05 00:00:00

RA ILWAI' I N TP, LLIGE CE.

THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY from London to
Cambridge, and thence to Ely, and from Norwich to
Ely, was opened to the public on Wednesday amidst
great rejoicing.

- A meeting of the Shareholders of the Paris and Rouen
Railway Company was held in Paris, on Thursday last, at
which a dividend of twenty-three francs ten centimes was
declared for the nine months ending last month.
Thl Marchioness of Aylesbury has signed railway sub-
scription contracts to the extent of £49,336, which it is
believed presents but the faintest notion of her ladyship's
speculations. _

• The Liverpool and Wigan Railway Company has
already commenced operations in Liverpool. and the land
in the neighbourhood of the proposed terminus, has
largely increased in value in consequence.
The Mayor of Sheffield, in compliance with a requi
sition, has called a meeting of the inhabitants of that town
for the purpose of considering the several projected rail-
ways, now before parliament, for the purpose of con-
necting Sheffield with Lincolnshire and the East.

RAILWAY RECEIPTS.—From official returns it appears
that the amount of railway traffic for the last week was
£150,136, of which £84,134 was received for the con-
veyance of passengers, and £22,587 for the carriage of
goods, being an increase over the corresponding week of
last year of £23,311.
THE POPE oN RAILWAYS.—The Frankfort Journal
makes the following odd announcement :—The Pope has
declared once for all that he will not allow railways to be
established in the Pontifical States, for it would be dan-
gerous to allow them in a country where there exists such
political agitation.

There are now before the public no less than four dis-
tinct railway projects between Preston and Liverpool, via
Ormskirk, viz., the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston ;
the West Lancashire and North Union Junction; the
Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction ; and
the West Lancashire and Liverpool, Southport and
Preston Junction.

LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The half-
yearly meeting of this company, last week, was distin-
guished by little except the rapid progress of the works,
and the rehearsal of the improved prospects of the coon-

. .
pany, arising from the northern extensions. Three mil-
lions of cubic yards of earthwork are reported by Mr.
Erringten as already moved, 6,700 men as in active em-
ployment, and £300,000 as the sum paid for work done,
being one-half of the whole contract. This line may
therefore be expected to be open as early as has been ex-
pected. A large portion of the permanent way is to be
laid down immediately.

BLACKBURN, BURNLEY, ACCRINGTON AND COLNE
EXIENSION.—At a meeting of the proprietors of this
line, held at Bury, on Monday, a resolution sanctioning
its tranfer to the Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, now
called the " East Lancashire Railway Comyany," on
terms specified, the latter company engaging to raise an
additional capital of £530,000, in 21,000 shares of .£5
each, to carry them out, was unanimously agreed to.
THE ROYAL ASSENT TO RAILWAY BILLS.—In the
House of Lords on Thursday evening, the Royal Assent
was given by commission to the following Railway Bills :
Wear Valley ; Aberdeen ; Norwich, Brandon, and East
Dereham ; Bristol and Exeter Extension ; London and
Birmingham leasing of the West London ; South Western
Extension ; Dundee and Perth ; Edinburgh aryl Nor-
thern; Aberdare; Clydesdale Junction; Scottish Central;
Caledonian; Newcastle and Berwick; Hawick and Rox-
burgh, Liverpool, Wigan, Bolton, and Bury ; South
Eastern (Tunbridge Wells Branch) Newport and Ponty-
pool; Perth and Forfar, Manchester and Leeds Exten-
sion ; and Manchester, Leeds, Wakefield, Pontefract, and
Goole.

SPLENDID RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—Mr. Melling of
Greenheys, has just built a splendid railway carriage for
Lord Elgin. the Governor of Jamaica. The carriage is
seventeen feet six inches in length, by seven feet wide,
and is divided into three compartments ; the centre com-
partment, which is more spacious than the other two,
being designed for the governor. This compartment is
fitted up with two splendid sofas, one on each side, and
which, by means of hinges at the backs, may be turned
up, so as to give persons in the carriage more space to
move about. The sofas are trimmed with rich blue
Morocco, and the floor of the carriage is covered with a
Brussels carpet. A small mahogany table, suspended by
silver " lazy tongs," is fitted into a recess in the roof,
and may be let down, and used for writing and other pur-
poses, at pleasure.
By the proceedings of the special meeting of the South-
Eastern Railway Company, it appears that the claim in
dispute between that and the Brighton Company for
the construction► of the six miles of railway west of
Reigate by the latter company, has, at last, been by
mutual concession adjusted ; and with that adjustment
has followed an arrangement for the transfer of
powers. proposed to be given to the Brighton Company,
for making a rail from Ashton to join the Brighton, Lewes,

tool 1
RAILWAY A CCIDENTS.—A dreadful collision
place on the Eastern Counties Railway, on FriclaYgoleo,
by which a lady named Willis, of Coggleshall, in
__.of
nearly lost her life, and several other persons betswe"tei
seriously injured. It appears that the trains oweil
Romford and Brentford are propelled by two earlools
the one before and the other behind, and, fro be 10t
cause or other, the hindmost engine broke away sad
twacrafeatrelirriwagaerdsfrroamn
inthtoe
iht,albf-ypwashtiethwtehlevein
jou'crlieosekwetrre:ctlthustegtod,
aOsenelnntshe same day, a labourer on the Great "yard°
Railway having stretched himself on the ground 10_1110
rails to take a nap, was run over and killed by one uion.
stationd
aOn do
dMoensocntehdneadyGfrnreoiagmth
t,
Western
e c Ia) irgrhli
iatng-eeg,su,ft night-guard
whilesof bt
tei gg
ogre
the platform, and close to the ladder whence Passenkbf
was sobs op
the iron steps of one of the carriages attached to
the try
o'clock train, and knocked down on the line, tue Oa
passing over him. The body was nearly cut in two.o
the Dover line, on Tuesday morning, the hal:ening
o'clock train from Dover, on arriving on Monday %nese
at the Penshurst station wa in on by .aa
which had been assisting , behind run
whenup the tratn W'",,011
tionary. Three or four carriages were doubled leotr
one dashed to pieces. About tbirty persons receive arelt
tusions and cuts. One gentleman had his leg free op
and another received a serious injury in his baecite'rlea
Tuesday morning, a collision took place at the„ ;loft
Town station of the London and Birminghara,q jag!
arrived,between anthdea
gLottondcsasthrairien,mwahilinhtrahiand,
just
tich $llO
star e.
was crossing the down line to proceed on its Were in'
Two of the leading carriages of the mail train we'acien
jured by the concussion, but they were not thron, the
and were able, after a short delay, to proceea vrif the
journey. We regret, however, to state, that tiva "
passengers received serious injury. A gentleman'osfor
l
.hßaendai nvhe,
rsos fit
et Exeter,
intaa, l pa. ansdsAewnnaogste
hri
enlrbmgy
gentleman,
thetdi
tialet
me sl eya cnno,
onand
p;
eel a
ys ?oh
_gtrpoe
tut
beb
the first-class train, had his face much cut by the Lord
glass of the carriage windows, but he was able ta[npsa
home. On Tuesday, an engine driver on the L 0
,I°-d bf
Birmingham railway, named Newton, was .'"Leeytaa
attempting to mount a train in motion, between :04
and Chaddington. On Monday night, at tbe
station at Derby, on the Midland line, George Ren -a tb°,
porter, was attempting to " shunt" a truck, law,- and
catch on the turn-table by some means did not ac'h' ipt•
the consequence was, the truck swung round Ina,'paar
W
ther than it ought to have done, and crushed e also,
fellow to death. Much excitement and alarm we met!
occasioned at the station by the non-arrival of thee
train, which was due in Derby at twenty raiallt,
seven, but which did not make its appearance tb.e;siof
after eight o'clock. It appeared that two nainerat',ol
had come into collision at the Clay•cross tunne" oho
occasioned each other much damage. A stolce!,i'bler
jumped off when he saw that a collision was moll"'
had one of his legs broken in two places

THE TEAN AND DOVE V ALLEY AND EASTERN
AND WESTERN JUNCTION RAILWAJL,r
•

Amongst the numerous new lines at present beforeiiiits
public for the next session of parliament, a project br°oool
forward under the above title appears to us to .scir'bilit
strong claims to support, on several grounds.
perfectly prepared to maintain that the most direct to
between important localities are those which ought Ira thin
receive the sanction of parliament, in order to cv°'4obl6
future accumulation of what are likely to be unprc",t
ta
connecting projects, we, at the same time, should reg„ri thin
see the interests of any of the established main lines, "„
Ae
country unnecessarily invaded, more especially wce;itioc
see them manifesting, as at present, a growing disee't be'
to consult the convenience of the public. The Pogi thug
fore us appears to be one of those lines which 1""t diS'
afford a direct communication to the most import:if,. all
trict of the country, whilst it does not wantonly ilv'e
existing interest. t the
aslifi'lewealandy,
terminus
ndmdi Dovenuso
proceeds,fV thea lieny
1%,
la Lineadni
rc
direct
cets rteoruand
commences,nsdy eram
hamM Tachceßl erotor
of Leek, Cheadle Tean, Uttoxeter, Tutbury, and ,i3u,,rrterl
upon-Trent, and through several valuable coal an° P„-ootl'
districts, (the whole with the exception of BurtcnTroll,
Trent at present devoid of railway accommodation' 000
point on the Trent Valley Line near Atherstooe'sords
about fifteen miles north-west of Rugby. It thus B'ool.
to Manchester, what she has long sought. a direct.% iS
munication with the metropolis, the distance to ,v13.1w the
shortened to 1764 miles, whilst it accommodates Ic
rough
most favourable manner the important district thrtio
which it passes. We may remark that it cororisfipiec
best features of the well-known Manchester South ~, rise
Line, for which so ruinous a parliamentary strugg'tbat
unavailingly fought in 1835 and 1836, and received c„,„llittee
occasion the most unqualified approval both in Coc''''
and in the House. gocl'
It is further intended to construct a branch lice orlr
mencing at Tean, proceeding by Longton, Lane at thin
Newcastle-under-Lyne to Crewe and Nant,licb'o`,..oo'
former place uniting with the numerous railway
go
e
cation, which centre there, and joining at d'
the railway to be form,ql by the conversion 0," lt
mere and the Birmingham and Liverpool 018.4.00
is also intended to construct a branch from tn.,/ the
flineavo
ua terminirt Tb;
luea tneb
and
nrwys to Derby. A glance at them aP th e
country to be traversed will show the importance :tole,
line to the district which it traverses and to its c^.,bee
It will be itsseenhideebnrya
there can, we think, be few doubts as to its recivii"'
pisaur.e.
that a small battle
thme many advantages
eadvertisement rne f
oa
ui rrl y t:
colt
increase of the originally contemPlate" „lee'
tal is about to be raised, in order to add to the cor°,%oll
ness of the scheme, which will doubtless be Pro
supplied by the public.

THE COURT 6- FASHIONABLE iir°ll

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO GERMANY.--It 0915b0rne
finally determined that the Court shall remain at 00t.
House until the day before the prorogation of parlit6o pro..
Her Majesty, it is understood, will come to tool
rogue the parliament in person, and the day after *II or
bark at Woolwich on board the Royal Yacht for tile
tinent. t It°l°,l
Her 'Majesty and Prince Albert, with the infan- r la"
family, have remained at Osborne House since to
and as the weather permitted, have made exeufNVig.lit;
various noted and favourite places in the Isle 0 „OOP
Thevis visits s o Kingce rof e
Her Majesty has conferred the rank of field
in the British of
sotehnreyviacNenedotnhveiterhwliaeinniintihgseolLliiiioonnilLas.no,:d. rrs3l
The King of the Netherlands dined with the DukesaP
Beaufort on Friday, with Sir R. Peel on SaturdTrati
with the Duke of Wellington on Sunday ; .Blocl
(Monday) he was to confer a similar honour on 04_0 tbi.
bishop of Canterbury. His Majesty does not lease
country until Saturday.

FASHIONS FOR AUGUST. Aion• 7 •
(From the "London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of ru— poi
Shot silks have become so common, that plain gcc'hior
are now considered more elegant ; stripes are still''/avor.
able. Redingotes and peignoirs are decidedly th , tlief
ite style, the material and form alone distinguisl":;d °A
neglige' from the toilette. For young ladies, ins"dere"
redingotes, robes of coutil, or plain fou'ard, embroteallY
in wide braid; gimp is more worn than ever, an.cl,. bareni();
applied to dresses of cou'il as taffetas d' Italie ;" atr°i
nises well with the buttons so much used : 111146.'
ceintures, with small buckles and long ends are re7,l. (er-,,
ing ; for the sea-side and country wear, forilarii'sip tiwj
are much in request, with deep flounces, festonnesnt, soil
same colour, the bodies very hi h but o. en in fr,,°;onsertle
short sleeves, with under ones ofg 'muslin', and eil,", used
embroidered or pliss. As jackets continue to '-et ();
withheeetneassyislfreslc:ooor
continue
at some
nidus dresses, sapssreeesa,vdet , they eat yinl
edh
favouritesavr beenoeund ed ofga tthhee.introducedreaar,, s t,
,: rtee: f
e,
dress,
off at pleasure, thus entirely changing the style t';°°..;
arbaemno Fellrinafreo,
altr)smomnaci
nrnneegt
etestdxwaplroveeictdrtillieoffdtthyr
eere
rerneyet
generallyittooi
long,
/se t
of
tef osf
eyaaditLeobi
..peci,e:tr.
e"0:tu: theft laatchi i,e'oesir..c
anhmeto
tTvtsl
hes, or a single ostrich feathert' laid liait hot-,13-:
made in paille de riz, crape lined with Pi°l‘ gain .
le'ti Pl'
tulle bouillonne.
China crape shawls have been very fashionab— lnCea;
embroidered all over, not only white ones, tait are tPu'ctil
deep blue, and green. Scarfs of grenadine al a *vibe
worn, with transversal stripes, and trimmed r°l t° to.
referre ed en
soot,
fringe. Mantelets 6charpes are often P
real mantelet being smaller both in the pelerilait de long
Mantelets 6charpes are pretty of white z 0... the Tgb6
Cioe
ewnn,
of rrored, Il
the
trimmed round with a new kind of lice ftinge'd 01;4'0
ends formin three fol which are fixed, and
have
been made with hoods • they were simply 4 ;All 0,011
bmatch esilsh-oe
fastening at the throat with cordelie're. Caq8:0010
eatnsd,
ro n frl amp ,p
The Pamela '
cap is with embroidered crown, , of ler
row tines°
tot
nfflud, and long ends, on each side thiee
Mechlin lace, or a single wide one, which set tied at jilt
the forehead, and turning round the head, i 8 ..
jhoarvitey
are ridreosu,
ntago
tied
:s, tie;
vale with choux of gauze of two colour-
wb
Ili, wetthratyi
borders
otef.ermdw,:ars Many
o f vs
ec
lavref
ts ftoor th e seid;e7ol:;no,

facts 7liti
STEAM BOAT DECORATIONS.---lf atlY liCSbi tli
wanting. to prove the superiority and general aPP f stear
of apier macho to the decorative
vessels' cabins, they would be foona
tvnsetfietted in Liverpool. in which this materials is used' in
tnpeoortoioconbeer 10. worb_e
visited
de
duringthe past week the beautiful tle 'f,90,0
Ernest, recently launched from Me' are
°
ymanrsdt, Birkenhead, and, though her cabins ore r.! is ere
costly character, they are of that styledthoi_sobilit
ticular y suited to her intended trade, an r'',',f thile
elegrce,., simplicit y being orticti gold.
and durability, the whole, Freei'a
portion likely at all to be damaged
timber, and the rest panelled irle grouaol
carvings of papier rnachie on a French whit ,old $ 0
A. rich deep moulding of the same material ill
9cl lir
crimson runs round the whole of the keeling, eatberti gif
,vlery splendid effect. This vessel, as also the °went bbe
k avre named, are fitting up in the same depot i jog t 0
M . Keys, of this town, whose taste in "Vast 1111
hundreds of patterns his establishment Pr°
more than once been noticed.. Or Of;
lof the boeo
The opinion of the faculty, the approve estab cerr
and the general patronage of the public, bale sod 40
the preparations offered by Messrs. HoWeAre, forgo` 0,
as the most valuable and indispensable requouliar setioect
toilet yet‘ submitted to the world. At this Pec werful, nold
when ' the skyey influences" are peculiar P' we yr" lf•
often noxious to the complexions of, the fair! ~. pDra
particularly recommend ROWLANDS' it)Valoaui'oleg°solo
DOR, as the most balmy, mild, and efficaciet!sing to y
yets offered to the public 'against the evils al lsbealter9
lion
from the vicissitudes of the weather an
u '
ion of the seasons.—See advt.

Aug. 5, 1845

total anti tarabintial gebas.

ktiane men have been committed to Kirkdale, for a riot
arrington, on Sunday week.
The wood pavement will be immediately laid down in
tit of the Bankruptcy courts, South John-street.
et(2ll Thursday two publicans in this town were fined 40s.
a for refusing to billet two soldiers.
DiThe " great gun" manufactured in this town is to be
tollseed in the frigate Constellation and not in the Prince-
, the latter vessel being too small to carry it.
ChiSTICE TO IRELAND.—Irish reapers are conveyed
ratt Liverpool to Birmingham for 33. each, while Eng-
lab° ure Ts cannot get for less than Ss. 2d. When will
4reland reciprocate such liberality to Saxons.
ttf3a Thursday, Mr. Richard Beswick, chief superintend-
°f police, at Manchester, was presented with a splendid
Lwer tea and coffee service, and a purse containing £llO,
!' testimony of services during fourteen years.
k The Recorder has affirmed the conviction of Mr.
,41shton in the case of the man who was fined by the
VPendiary £l, for damaging one of the plots of land in
otooklands Gardens.
iaThe Great Britain was seen off Belfast Lough on Sun-
k! Week, Captain Hosken took the north passage and
t;lcvone dfidant that he would reach New York in less than
eays.
b„C°IORET.—A match was played on Monday, on the
Moss-lane, Hulme, the Manchester v-rsus the
kiter Pool Club. Manchester won very easily in one in-
cgs.

titk eoarse-lookins. fellow was fined £5 at the Police-
th'ee), on Wedneday for a brutal attack on his father,
1.,-I).'d !tan, whose head and face were covered with brui-
'' Inflicted by his hopeful son.
illeti°Gs•--On Thursday several persons, for allowing
ir dogs to go at large, were fined ss. each. In one case
'tie defendant urged that his dog was muzzled. Mr.
's,sslston : I am sorry to hear that, for it only tends to
'4alte the dogs ill, and does not answer the law.
CAuTION TO CAPTAINS.—Captain Soulter was on Fri-
brought before the Poice-court on a care of cu-
bst the rope of a vessel which crossed his bows in George'ts
;adck, on the complaint of John Parry, dock gateman,
fined £5 for the offence,
Ot Thursday last, Mr. Dolling received an order from
the
Board of Stamps and Taxes, for a reimbursement of
os- 81d., being the amount of over-payments made to
1
1
8
e3ll keceiving Inspector of Taxes for the years 1842
ST
els annlNG.—On Tuesday Richard Singleton,an Amer--
km seaman, was fined £5, or in default, to be committed
tart onths, for stabing, the previous night, in Gib-
th.tar-stmreet, James Bubrton. No cause was offered for
assault.
11118 SHIP LINTIN, FROM BOMBAY.—The ship Lin-
Captain Gillman, arrived here on Wednesday even-
alter a voyage of only one hundred and eleven days
.",ta Bombay. The passengers, nine in number, and
lekitut children, have addressed an elegant complimentary
Ater to the captain.
pit'„t the meeting of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Corn-
on Tuesday, a dividend of 5 per cent. was de-
ea, payable on the Ist instant. A resolution was also
peed, calling the attention of the directors to the pro-
p„etY of providing, for the ensuing summer, a first-rate
pro-
psteamer for the Dublin, Douglas, and Whitehaven
tio4r. Dixon, chairman of the Wine and Spirit Associa-
ei Liverpool, and Mr. Moore, of Bristol, had an inter-
-10 oh Tuesday with the Chancellor of the 'Exchequer
I,q; the Chairman of the Board of Customs. The depn-
was accompanisd by Viscount Sandon, M.P., Sir
800 Douglas, Bart., M.P., and the Hon. H. F.
''keley.
Ollin
n Saturday night, a female named Reynolds, residing
ja6?.,o,gwood-street, attempted to commit suicide, by
bit;',ll
' g into the canal, from Chisenhale bridge. She
lt sri'kuowever taken out before life was extinct. She
uted the cause of her committing the rash act to the
tn'
a morsel of food siehness of her husban ce nd ;
Friday last. and said that she had not
."
lltiac Manchester Parks Committee have offered two
Sss'si one of fifty guineas, and the other of twenty-five
tes",sess, for the best and second best set of plans, with
ken,ates for the laying-out, &c., of the three sites already
4rissed for the Manchester Parks, viz. : the Endham
' estate at Harpurhey •, the Bradford Park, Bradford ;
the La;k Hill and Walness Park, Salford.
s
fat }sssaturday a porter named Al `Carthy was committed
if 4'Bl by Mr. Rushton, on a charge of stealing a trunk
Atilrearins 'apparel, the property of Miss Ellison, of
:rY-strZet, Birkenhead. The prisoner had been engaged
h;4rry the trunk from the railway station to the pierhead.
'he
Prisoner lived in Thomas-street, and was apprehended
tos4c he had time to make away with any portion of the
tits of the trunk.
Itte,„.w ROmtsti CHAPEL.—The new chapel in Edmund-
tre,`,‘, is described as a very fine building. It has been
kiti-e,d from plans furnished by Mr. Pugin. The stained
Of "sr the windows has been furnished by Mr. Wailes,
ihlj :weastle. There is no gallery in the church, but it
eocccornmodate from 1500 to 2000 persons. The total
Or ", ill be about £14,000, towards which sum £6500 have
DaY been raised by the collectors and others.
jlVin,x4;l4l FROM INJURY RECEIVED AT GLAsGOW.—
ednesday night, while the steamer Achilles was
tor at the west harbour at Greenock, a man belonging
teetTir, named Daniel Corner, fell into the water, and
tilii'ved such injuries that he died on Friday morning at
at 4Port.
It appeared that he had fallen from the quay
I'llercenock, and complained of great pain in his chest.
Inquest was adjourned from yesterday to this day.
LAN.
Sum -LIPANs AND BEERSELLERS' CASES —The fol-
ilmtllg eases were heard on Friday :—Publicans : Robert
heeds' of the Letters, Dundee-street, Waterloo-road,
„Stre,',7,- and costs, and John White, of the Globe, Cop-
t'atif adjourned at the request of the defendant,
lycneas Friday: Beersellers : John Carruthers, of
440„,e1a street, fined 60s. and costs ; Richard Brown,
Itreas-street, acquitted; and Alexander Harding, Mould-
't acquitted.
BI44"[EL SCHEME.—A company has been formed at
hh. °urn and the neighbouring towns called the " Lan-
littsl:: Water-works Company," to convey water to the
'tl„ticl,;°,tla towns and places mentioned, by means of a
or channel of flag-stone, or other suitable mate-
-I,6ll,,a`°ng the inclines of the Blackburn, Darwen, and
,Lsat "44 -Railway, and its intended branches ! It is shewn
qkte,ll abundant supply of the parest water can be se-
-1.1- for the Company.
RE AT Lint ERLAND.—The asphalte works of
'l,itlie;,si• Ashworth and Co., (of India-buildings) at
w
were visited on Tuesday be a destructive fire,
kl9lOilfthich is involved in mystery. Mr. Hewitt,
jipitet e alines was early on the ground ; but, water
,r 4 leavai the burning materials, composed of
Inted"ar, were stifled with sand. The loss is esti-
-444" £1,500. An adjoining field of clover was also
Gbt *e}id.
14,141 - PROM THE ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF A
ooll;'on Monday, a young man named Guest, a farm
near Chorley, accidentally shot himself with a
1,111,1 'be deceased and another man were in the fields
114 Ragan, when, seeing a person whom they supposed to
eilteille-keeper, the deceased hid the gun in a hedge.
rvvards went to take it up, and in going so acci-
thq discharged it, by something touching the trigger;
lin„e contents were lodged in his abdomen. He lived
10.,i;r after the accident.
ttis b4ll,_l'oot. BoROUGH BANK.—The shareholders in
sstf "I, met on Tuesday, when a dividend of £4 per
ncleiir the half-year was declared. After paying the di-
-10, t,a 'baking provision for the payment of the income-
Piltfe7sferring a sum to the contingent fund for bad and
ia17,84, deb.s, &c. there still remained a sum of
140sre 16S. 6d. of profits for the ye'r, undivided and
iPlated. This was carried to the reserved fund,
ts4htlset`ila expected, will soon reach the amount that will
It; per ,!ue resumption of the former rate of dividend of
klrshi'ent• The salary of Mr. Jerdein, the manager,
ett,r'Ll from £1,500 to £2,000 a year, and the retiring
s Were re-elected.
lht
s uccuRRENCE.—On Thursday morning,
%:tt, w"°lnas Gcldsrnith, beerhouse-keeper, Craven
keella:B,removing some empty ginger beer bottles from
too; Tis! he discovered one of them to his astonishment,
ttsr he took up stairs, and he and his family par-
krlie tlt, at the time, tasting nothing to alter the flavour
iti,l44) n„ger beer. Shortly afterwards they were all taken
a,',°lnitioss, and one, Ruth Goldsmith, two years
lot a violently, that after being the whole time in
Ng,„onY, she died on the following morning. The
tti'',o4l;as held on Saturday, and adjourned to yester-
So4N it was further adjourned till this day, in order
k4a,ais„r• Brett a full opportunity of making another
, ern examination, and also of analysing the sto-
-1144 intestines by all the approved tests.
Nast OP THE COUNCIL.—At the monthly inset-
ounci to morrow, the proceedings of the
oonee mmittee will comprise the appointment of Mr.
thtll Of doh son as assistant district surveyor, in the
tiitt:4ddit• rrl• T. B. Lewis ; a recommendation to appoint
41t hz°al assistant-surveyors of buildings during the
tCeßsute of business; a recommendation to in-
ktiolarer, ;alsry of Mr. Neilson, principal clerk of the
Of TtPrn £2OO to £250 per annum ; and the resig-
Npr Mr. Abbott as clerk to the clerk of committees.
`ktletitorneumga of the Markets' Committee will comprise
NaPf ~,Pidation to appoint David Morris to the situa-
k4qt, 'lher at the south machine-house ; and the pro-
anOtfhthe special committee on the restrictions im-
, e trade of the port by the Board of Customs
uailtted.
h-tsTs
ore • itice Monday last the following inquests
paij ore held. On John Brown, a seaman, belonging
look the vest' who, on Monday, on attempting to go on
Ittt‘t and vessel in a state of intoxication, fell into the
fi‘ewsB drowned ; on James Abbott, of Juvenal-
kestap ruonths old, who, on Monday night last, was
a. ',Of abq overlain ; and on John Troughton, sixty
pilny tae' inmate of the Workhouse, who died, on
t441,`,,ae1k-rt.: from a rupture of one of main arteries
resses on Marian Willis, a child eight weeks old.
s 4 that
l't,;4l' , about one o'clock on the morning of
h4estintes tnale, in a most destitute condition, who
IN; nester herself to be from the neighbourhood of
iiiie,r,d-et,S was found sitting on some steps in Great
ortisp, treat' with the deceased, who was then alive,
lisile.ssoth mother and child were conveyed to the
k„ktt°,Phin,weell, where the child died in the course of
141s:lal ut an inflammation of the lungs, the result
i;01e18e, a ; and on John Welch, a child nineteen
k§.l!test' wno, being left alone in 1a
cellar in Westmor-
-04411 a, oh Tuesday evening last, was severely burned
40% •iirms and left side, and died of the injuries on
all
illejithe cases cts in accordance with the evidence were

ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Saturday a gentleman
named Ritchie, who, it is said, conducts an agency busi-
ness for his father on the Cheshire side of the Mersey,
fell, in some unaccountable way, into the river from the
steamer Star, as that vessel was on its way from Liver-
pool to Rock Ferry. After several ineffectual attempts
to rescue him, Benjamin Bennett, one of the firemen, at
the imminent risk of his own life, went down the paddle-
wheel and seized him as he was floating past, and evi-
dently sinking to rise no more. He is now likely to re-
cover.

NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—The new building in
Myrtle-street, as may be seen from a 3 advertisement, will
be opened to-morrow, (Wednesday). The design is
what is termed the enriched Norman-Gothic, and was
presented to the trustees by Mr. Geo. Ferguson of this
town. The front, when viewed from the corner of Mul-
berry-street, presents a combination of objects at once
novel and effective—heightened much by the introduction
of an Oriel window, which is surmounted by a spire in
strict proportion to the front ; the base of the Oriel is
decorated with a colossal bust of the celebrated Knox,
and with the other carved masonry, reflects great credit
on the contractors. The sides of the church are sup-
ported with buttresses, and the windows intersecting are
arched in two compartments, and present a very pleasing
aspect. The cost of the building, including the land, is
said to be £6OOO. There is accommodation for 1500 per-
sons, and a considerable portion of the sittings are already
taken. The congregation will be under the pastoral
charge of the Rev. Donald Ferguson, a gentleman—how-
ever we may differ from him in some points—possessed
of true piety and much beloved by a numerous flock.
NEW GAS AND COKE COMPANY.—The annual
meeting of this company was held on Tuesday. The
profits of the transactions of the year are £15,840 4s. 5d.,
out of which a dividend of £5 per share of £lOO, and one
guinea per share of £25, was ordered at the meeting in
January, and your committee are enabled to recommend
to the proprietors a dividend, for the present half year, of
£5 on each £lOO share, and £1 5s on each share of £25,
payableon the 6th of August, subject to the usual deduction
of the property tax. Notwithstanding the reduction from
seven to six shillings per 1000 cubid feet, the rental of the
year has scarcely reduced. The report alluded to the de-
feat of the Guardian Gas Bill, and the committee hoped
that in consequence of the reduction of price to 4s. 6d.
per 1000 feet the waste of the company's funds in parlia-
mentary contests would be rendered unnecessary. It was
resolved that a dividend of on each share of £lOO, and
of £1 ss. on each share of £25 be declared and paid on
the 6th August. The usual allowance of £4OO was or-
dered to be paid to the committee of management for the
ensuing year. The chairman went into a long explanation
of the unsuccessful negociations which had taken place
between the Company and the Watch Committee relative
to the lighting of the town, at the close of which a vote of
thanks was passed to the directors, and the meeting se-
parated.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.—The first of the present
month was the day on which the overseers of the poor
w ere required by the last Registration Act to publish and
post, in conspicuous places, the lists of county and bo-
rough voters, and to see that they should be affixed for
two consecutive Sundays,—until the 17th instant, and
replaced within that time. Conservatives would do well
to remember that Monday, the 25th instant, will be the
last day available for serving notices of objection to per-
sons improperly inserted or retained in the list of voters
for counties or boroughs, or for sending new claims for
the correction of omissions or mistakes made by overseers
in boroughs. We hope our friends will examine the lists
with care, and further the principles of conservatism by
seeing that no conservative whom they know is omitted ;
that none are wrongly described ; and that if any error
should appear in the names of their political opponents,
an objection should be sent in in due time. The conser-
vative registration agent in any town or district will ren-

der every information or assistance how to accomplish
these objects. Overseers must publish the lists of claim-
ants and persons objected to, on or before the 29th of
August, and also deliver to the Clerk of the Peace a copy
of the register, the list of claimants, and the list cf per-
sons objected to. They must also attend the revising
courts, and produce the original notices and claims, with
an account of the expenses incurred in making out such
lists.

APPEALS.—On hursday the Recorder quashed the in-
formations against Mr. White, publican, Copperas-hill,
for permitring drunkenness in his house. The recorder,
in doing so, said he referred to the conflicting testimony in
the else--the policemen swearing that the landlord and
two other parties were drunk, whilst four of the persons
who were in the house swore that none of them were
drunk. This made it necessary to take a rather more mi-
nute view of the evidence, in order, if possible, to see
where the truth lay. In looking at the evidence it did not
appear to him that the fact of drunkenness was placed be-
yond all doubt. There was no person tumbling down—
no riotous proceedings—nothing that clearly made out the
accusation of drunkenness. First, as to the landlord, all
the officers said he was drunk, and one of them said he
could net speak properly, or stand properly. What
was his conduct ? When the knocking of the policemen
took place, he first came. to the c1.,0r, then returned to the
apartment where his guests were, so as to give the alarm,
and the inspector said he cried " Hush" to them. Ile then
returned and opened the door, and when the policemen
came into the room, he asked them whether any of the
party were disorderly, or whether any of the party were
drunk ? These acts appeared to him more compatible
with a man of caution and sobriety than a drunken
man. After noticing at some length the other evidence
in the case, i e said these people were at the house at a
very unreasonable hour in the morning, drinking and
smoking, under circumstances of very considerable sus-
picion ; still, after hearing the evidence, there was that
degree of doubt in the case, that he did not think the cir-
cumstances would warrant him in affirming the convic-
tion. At the same time, considering the result depended
on the comparison between conflicting evidence upon
which different persons might entertain different opini-
ons, and his opinion might be erroneous, he thought, al-
though the conviction should be quashed, it must be
without costs. In another appeal case, respecting the
affiliation of an illegitimate child, the decision of Mr.
Rushton was quashed.
COMMITTAL OF A LIVERPOOL SOLICITOR.—On Satur-
day, Mr. Josias Thomas Ansdell, solicitor, of Canning-
place, was summoned before Messrs Rushton and Turner,
to answer a complaint of having committed an indecent
assault in Poynton•street. The defendant was defended
by Mr. Wardle. Alice Coates was the first witness called.
She deposed, that she is a married woman ; that her hus-
band is a tailor ; and that she lives at No. 4, Poynton-
street. Between the hours of six and seven o'clock, on
the evening of Monday week, Mr. Ansdell entered her
house. He subsequently gave his name at the door as
James Ansdell. She had never seen his face before. She
was undressing her children and putting them to bed. She
went up stairs for the purpose, leaving her little girl,
turned of two years old, on a sofa, and when she returned
Mr. Ansdell was sitting on the sofa with the little girl on
his knee. The child was then in such a manner as was
not fit to be described in a public court. Witness urged the
defendant to go away, and called an elderly woman named
Mary Thomas, who lived up stairs, to assist her. Thomas
came down, and found witness lying on the floor. She had
been knocked down by Mr. Ansdell, because she insisted
on his leaving the house. He acted very improperly to
her, and in the same indecent manner as lie had previously
behaved to the child on the sofa. He took up her clothes.
On cross-examination she admitted, that she had never
mentioned before that day that he had acted rudely to-
wards herself. Mary Thomas, a lodger in the house of
the last witness, corroborated the above evidence, and de-
posed to similar indecent liberties having been taken with
herself and her daughter, and to the violent conduct of the
prisoner. She admitted, on cross examination, the drunk-
enness of the prisoner. The evidence was also corroborated
by the daughter and James Anderton, the occupant of the
cellar of the house, who assisted in seizing Mr. Ansdell,
and handing him over to the police. Mark Coates, the
husband of the first witness, complained that officer 383
had not taken Mr. Ansdell to Bridewell, and that he had
given insolence, and d--d Mr. Rushton, which was de-
nied by the policeman. For the defence, it was en-
deavoured to be elicited, that the first witness, Coates,
had offered, in Bridewell, to make matters up on receipt
of ss. This, however, was denied by her, and by the
bridewell keeper, although sworn to by officer 383. Mr.
Ansdell denied all knowledge of the transaction. Mr.

Rushton considering this a Case in which a mere penalty
was insufficient, ordered Mr. Ansdell into custody for
trial. The policeman would be dealt with hereafter.

Ansdell was then put into the dock; but, at a later
period of the day, gave forty-eight hours' notice of bail
for his appearance at the sessions.
THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The second
club sailing match for vessels belonging to this nautical
association came off on Tuesday. The day was favour-
able, there being a stiffish breeze from the N.W. The
fine steam-ship Iron Duke was engaged for the members
and their friends, to witness the race, and received on
board about 200 ladies and gentlemen. Two other
steamers were also out with spectators. The course was
from the Rock Ferry to the Bell Buoy and back, and
fourteen yachts of three classes, varying from 8 to 32
tons burthen, had entered for the race. One of them,
the Gem, did net arrive from Scotland in time to take
her place in starting. The thirteen sailed off with varied
advantages about twenty minutes past eleven o'clock,
and proceeded to beat down the river. The Black Bess,
20 tons, got the lead at starting, the Renard, 15, and
Racer, 16, closely following. The latter soon afterwards
ran into the furrow, and both were shortly hors-de-com-
bat. The Seagull, 32, obtained only a secondary place
at first, but gradually gained on her competitors, and
took the lead. Near the Rock battery the Black Bess
was second, and the Leda close after her. Several
of the smaller boats found too much weather about this
point, and dropped astern, some of them not reaching the
outward goal, but the Jane 15, and Editha 9, kept well
up, the contest appearing to be between them for their
class. The Seagull carried away her bowsprit end in the
Formby channel, and the Leda got ahead of her ; but by
temporary repair she regained her advantage, and kept it.
The race between these two was capital, and excited some
betting speculations. The other boats were also generally
well-sailed and presented in, for them, a heavy sea-way,
somt interesting changes. The Seagull rounded the Bell
Buoy at 251 minutes past 3 o'clock, the Leda in about
a tninute after, the Black Bess in 11 minutes more, and
the Ariel 19, and Clutha 25, shortly afterwards. The
Editha (3rd class) was also well up. The parties on board
the Iron Duke partook in successive parties of a cold col-
lation, &c., and appropriate toasts were drunk and ably
responded to. The day was bright, and the surrounding
scenery was seen to the best advantage. A quadrille band
was on board, and dancing was kept up, with slight inter-
missions, on the quarter deck of the large steamer, from
noon to the close. In running in, the Sea-gull continued
to improve her advantage, and the others that reached the
buoy kept pretty nearly their relative positions. The
leading vessel reached the flag-boat at the Rock Ferry at
59 minutes past five o'clock, the Leda in about five
minutes after, the Black Bess, Ariel, Clutha, Jane, and
others following ; the last at about a quarter past seven.