The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

OUR POSTAL REGULATIONS

We do not at all undervalue the importance of the sub-
ject mooted in Council by Mr. C. Robertson—the defect
of our post-office arrangements—although we could have
wished to have seen it taken- up by abler and more in-
fluential parties. Those arrangements are most defective;
and none have more opportunities of learning painfully
that fact than the conductors of a public journal. We do
not, however, intend now to enter into a statement of all
the inconsistencies and inconveniences to which we could
point ; but shall restrict ourselves to one, which presses
peculiarly upon our own order. We refer to the arrange-
ment by which the n.ail for the north is dispatched by a
one-horse conveyance to Warrington several hours before
the south mail, going to the same point, Warrington, is
dispatched.

Its operation upon ourselves and our contemporaries,
both in Liverpool and Manchester, is easily described and
will be readily comprehended by our subscribers. For
our South of England circulation and the metropolis, as
for our town subscribers, it would be quite sufficient if we
went to press at two or three o'clock in the morning. We
should thus have time to make our publication in reality
a record of the latest intelligence presenting itself. We
are compelled, however, by the circumstance of the North
Mail starting at an early hour. by its horse conveyance in
these days of railroads, to go to press with our paper—
frequently, we fear, with many imperfections—at twelve
o'clock, The consequence is often that important meet-
ings, occurring in the eve of the day of publication, go
unreported, and important topics for discussion are com-
pelled to be left unnoticed. The additional troull at ay
Post-office itself, we are sure must be great ; and an
arrangement to dispatch the North and South Mails
simultaneously, would be gratefully received. We may
add, that it frequently happens that the mail cart does not'
arrive at Warrington in time for the starting of the trsin-
Is the Post-office revenue so paltry that it cannot afford'
a railway conveyance for the North Mail ? Surely it can.
That the important towns of Liverpool and Manchester,
possessed of a railway in the hands of the most powerful
company in the kingdom, suould be driven to the use of a
thant
its
correspondencethat of the o dt
os
theow Ncoach,ort for
f
the
Englandsystem,
conveyancethe oro
sfe
entire of Scotland, is disgraceful to the
Post-office authorities and to all concerned. We trust
our contemporaries will lend us a helping hand to agitate"
this subject. until it reaches the dull ears of the authori-
ties in St. Martin's-le-Grand.

THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER AND RATTING

EXTRAORDINARY.

The marvellous appears to be the characteristic of the
present age ; and certainly the past week bas afforded ars
instance of such characteristic, which is calculated slightly
to astonish the world. " Plain John Campbell " has,
been all along believed to be quite capable of discharging
the duties of the almost sinecure office of Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster. He is equally capable of pock-
etting its emoluments and dispensing its patronage. We
dare say he has a host of other Campbells, of all degrees
of relationship, tugging at him for the occupation of
vacant stools, and the privilege of dipping their hands
iutu the same ChM "mitts himself- Of a :sudden, however,.
it has apparently been discovered that there is something
very particular to be achieved in the Duchy—something,
very complicated in its affairs, to unravel which additional
councillors have to be called in; for we find that a cons-
mission—the old Whig invention—has just been appointer!,
to assist the Chancellor ; and, wondertul! John
does not appear to have kicked at all violently against am
Camp
indignity which threatens, at least, to relieve binn of some
patronage, although it does not touch the amount of bis
pay, inasmuch as the new Commissioners are not to be
remunerated for their valuable services.
It must be something very urgent in the affairs of the
Duchy which has driven a Whig-Government to inflict
such a blow upon the vanity of so tried and useful a mem-
ber of their party as Sir John ; and the supposition that
a great object is to be achieved is made more evident by
the fact, that, of the: four new officials appointed, :hrea
are, or have been generally supposed to be, Conservatives-
The Commissioners are the Earl of Hardwicke, Earl'
Spencer, the Earl of Lincoln, and Sir James Graham
There was not, it would seem, talent enough in the Whig
ranks to perform the arduous duties expected to devolve
upon the Commission ; and therefore another apostacl
was necessary. The Baronet of Netherby has relapsed'
into his old love of Whig-Radical associates, from which
it is a pity that he was ever tempted. The heir of the
chivalrous and noble Newcastle has stooped to be 114
hanger-on of a Whig administration ; and we are driven',
to exclaim, " Put not y,ur faith in statesmen or their
Professions !" The lesson may be a useful one . indeed,
it is a pity that we Cid riot learn it sooner—before we were
betrayed by the ?eels and Grahams—before we committed
the folly of accepting pinchbeck imitations for pure gold.
We do not grieve, however, over th, loss of either Sir
James or his noble colleague. Let them go. There are'
better men in abundance to fill their places.
But, in the meantime, we must watch narrowly the
doings of this Commission. What is aimed at by its
appointment we cannot at present divine. It is hinted,
indeed, that it has been the suggestion of the Prince Con-
sort himself, who wishes to see the 'ante system of admi-
nistration of the affairs of the Duchy of Lancaster pur-,
sin-d. which is said to have been found so valuable in that
of Cornwall. In the meantime, the presence of Conser-
vatives in such juxta-position with Whig- Radicalism.
indicates an approaching fusion of parties. Be it so!:
We shall then be able to know who are the true friends of
the country, and who they are who have been all along
counterfeits.

MR. GOSSAGE'S PROPOSAL TO BRING
SUPPLY OF WATER FROM ST. WINEFRED'
WELL, AT HOLYWELL.

Whilst so much attention is being directed to the ire"
portant subject of an ample supply of water for Liverpool,
it is desirable that the public should have submitted to
them, for consideration, every pl,.n which evnaomtrs troal
iespectable and competent authority, and which besrli
with it the appearance of feasibility. 'We n ake no
logy, therefore, for giving here an outline of a plan tot
bringing a supply of water from H olv we' I, proposed in
pamphlet just published by Mr. R. L. Gossage.. an
whichT he haswri
writer
ren informslaid
us
b
y h
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that beSfto. W r e'he
fprre'des rWaTuetl lurlrt°lB-
up twenty-one tons of water per minute, or 7.620.480 -"al"
Ic.oantse
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mark,
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highestits part
ttuodf tee'hei
nagt),2l.i) If)eiegtb.
This extra height can be attained by the use of a byt,hont
at the well. The water he would convey by pipes, com-
mencing with a six feet bore, and terminating with one or
three feet, by Greenfield, across the bed of the Dee, to
Thurstaston and Oxton to the Merrey, where he would
have two mains across the bed of the river, one branching
off on this side to a reservoir at the Prince's Pai, and
the other to a reservoir at Everton. The total length vi
piping required would be nineteen miles; the total weight,
28,4083 tons. The total cost of bringing it to &Tess
direct, having still—as we gather from his calculation—the
piping for a main to the Prince's Park, would be
£308,375 Bs. The cost, however, of delivering the water
at the Prince's Park only, with reservoirs on the big),
lands of Thurstaston and Oxton, would be enl?
£215,368 12s. 6d., or £96,006 15s. 6d. less than to Ever,
ton direct. These reservoirs he calculates would afford st„
month's supply in case of damage to the pipes in the bed
of the Dee. Of course damage to those in the Merge?
must be provided against by engineering means.
The quality of the water at St. Winefred's Well is veil
soft and pure ; and comes, Mr. Gossage thinks, most
probably from the Bala Lake, by some underground
stream.

BALTIMORE HAMS.—It has lung been a matter of
surprise to those who have visited the great continent of
America, that hams have not bi,herto b.-come a more
general article of import to this country, for it is ()nivel?'
sally admitC3d that the pork of the Western States is ne°
to be excellA, for while it tar exceeds in size the produCe'
if England, it partakes of all the fine flavour of the'
Westphalian, We are glad to find that Mr. Mlienryr
whose efforts in introducing Ani, rican provisions have,
brought him frequently and laudably under ti e notice 01
the public, has this year imported a quantity of Baltimore
hams, which having been expressly prepared for the
English market, are, we learn, very greatly superior t°
anything previously imported, and are sold at an extreincli
low figure,

Nov. 17, 1846.

Korai anTi probittrial

The ship Erin's Queen arrived here from Quebec, has
brought 8,809 barrelsibf flour, and 376 barrels of oat-
meal.

Mr. Alderman Turner has been elected Chairman, and
Mr. Alderman Bushby Vice-Chairman, of the Watch
Committee.
__ . __

Mr. Robert Martineau, brother of Miss Harriet Mar-
tineau, and of the Rev. James Martineau of this town,
has been elected Mayor of Birmingham.
Notice has been given of an intention to apply to Par-
liament for an act to authorise the appointment of a
stipendiary Chairman or Judge of the Quarter Sessions
for the county of Chester.
An infant, 18 months old, the daughter of Henry Kelly,
a labourer, living in Stockdale-street, died on Wednesday,
from scalds received about a fortnight previously, by the
upsetting of a cup of bot tea over her breast.
Our young townsman, Mr. Robert Griffith Williams,
(son of Mr. Williams, Basnett-street), who distinguished
himself at the Mechanics' Institution, after graduating
at the University College, London, has entered the Mid-
dle Temple, as student at law.
REMARKABLE CARGO.—A vessel, arrived at Liverpool,
from the Rio Grande (western coast of Africa), had a
cargo comprising 9260 ox and cow hides, and 18,521 ox
and cow horns, without any other description of mer-
chandise.

During the last two months there has been an immense
increase of pauper immigration into Lancashire from Ire-
land. There is reason to fear that the influx will, ere long,
produce a serious effect upon both our wages and poor-
rates in this country. _ _ _ . .

James Maxwell, a young thief, was committed for trial
by Mr. Rushton, on Thursday, charged with having
broken the shop window of Mr. Meikle, pawnbroker,
Gregory-place, and stolen therefrom sixteen wedding
rings, three seals, and other articles of jewellery.
On Wednesday, Thomas Davies, of Albert-street, Tox-
teth-park, was walking with another man on the quay of
the Harlington Dock, when he fell down suddenly and ex-
pired. Death had resulted from a rupture,of an aneurism
of the aorta. _ _

DEATH FROM SEA SICKNESS.—OR Friday, an inquest
was held on view of the body of Michael Gill, aged 24,
an Irishman, who landed that day at the Clarence Pier,
from one of the Drogheda boats. A policeman found
him sitting on the ground, in a most exhausted state, the
effects of sea sickness.- He was taken to a. neighlanuring
house, where he died shortly afterwards. On a post
mortem examination, death was found to have resulted
from congestion of the lungs, produced by sea sickness.
WELL-TIMED BENEVOLENCE.—Wm. Ford. engineer,
in the employ of Messrs. Geo. Forrester and Co., Vaux-
hall Foundry, died on Wednesday last, after a lengthened
illness,, and being in no society, the widow was quite un-
prepared with the means for the interment of her husband.
Mr. Macgregor, one of the firm, together with the work-
men, subscribed liberally towards this object, and after
paying all demands made, presented the widow with the
sum of £3, for which she begs most sincerely to thank
them, corning. a's it did, quite unexpected and unsolicited.
A CHINESE ARRIVAL—The ship Jeremiah Garnett,
Capt. S. Davies, reported on Saturday week from Shang-
Lae., one of the newly opened ports in China- She brings
nearly 7000 packages of tea, and 561 bales, 3 boxes,
2 cases raw silk, an import not only interesting, as to
amount, but as indicating the increasing commerce of the
so-called Celestial Empire. She also brought 200 bags
of alum. Tne Chinese will ere long lie searching into the
capabilities of their country to furnish themselves with
equivalents to purchase in exchange the manufactures of
our country. _ _
_ _

There were great rejoicings in the pretty little village of
hale, on Thursday, consequent on the marriage of Cap-
tain Blackburne, of the sth Dragoon Guards, eldest son
of J. Ireland Blackburne, Esq., the honourable member
for Warrington, to the eldest daughter of Sir H. B.
Boughton. of Bold and Houghton Tower, which took
place at St. Peter's, Regent's-park, London, the same
day, by the Rev. R. Masters. Three sheep, the gift of
the bridegroom, were roasted on the village-green, and
were distributed in the afternoon to the poor of the vil •
lage, with two barrels of beer, and about 3001bs of bread.
The bells of the church rang merry peals during the day,
and in the evening the village was illuminated.
MARINE MONSTER.—On Thursday week, an exceed-
ingly large and fine specimen of " the sea devil." was ta-
ken at Tranmere, and has been exhibited at Mr. Shake-
shaft's, the Royal Standard Hotel. Its head is about three
feet four inches in breadth, and four feet eight inches in
length. Its mouth is of a semicular shape, about a foot
in length, and is armed with triple rows of teeth. The
cavity of the mouth is large enough to contain at least two
-gallons of water. On the top of the head was a row of
horns; and the eyes which were of a very luminous na-
tUre, projected an inch and a half. It had two pairs of
powerful fins, two at the side and two underneath. Its
body was about two feet six inches in length, and only
about six inches in breadth.
ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER.—On Friday, an inquest
was held on the body of Ellen Desmond. a married wo-
man. residing in New Milk-street. It appeared that the
deceased was drunk at a public-house in the above street,
and on being taken home was found to have a cut on the
side of her head, which produced erysipelas, of which she
died. It was thought at first that the injury was received
in some of the many falls she had while intoxicated, but
one of the witnesses having deposed that he saw a man
knock her down by a blow on the head, the inquest was
adjourned until Monday (yesterday), when the evidence
brought forward corroborated the first impression, and
it was- clearly established that the deceased died of
erysipelas. . _ .

ILLUMINATED BAROMETER.—A work of much inge-
nuity and utility has just been completed, and is fixed
outside the shop of Messrs. Gray and Keen, nautical in-
- atrument-malo-rs, Strand-street, Canning Dock. It is an
illuminated barometer, with a disc of two feet diameter,
divided to the hundredth part of an inch. The proprietors
selected the wheel principle, from a desire to construct an
instrument of extreme sensitiveness. The large circum-
ference secures this object, as in the ordinary pediment
oti an upright barometer a rise of one-tenth of an inch is
merely indicated to that amount. l n this the tenth is
registered to range over the scale of two inches. It will
be conspicuous during the day, and will be lighted with
gas until ten o'clock every night, thereby rendering good
service to the mariner who has to sail early in the morning.
NEW SHERIFFS.—At a Privy Council, held on Thurs-
day, the following gentlemen were nominated, among
others, as sheriffs for the different counties :—For Che-
shire, Ralph Gerard Leycester, of Loft Hall, Esq. ; Henry
Brooke, of Grange, Esq; and Thomas Wm. Tattoo, of
Witenshaw, Esq. For Cumberland, Gilfrid Wm. Hartley,
of Rose Hill, Esq. ; and John Gooden' of Over Compton,
Esq. For Yorkshire, George Lane Fox, of Bramham
Park, Esq. ; Joseph Dent, of Ribston Park, Esq. ; and
Yarburgh Greame, of Sowerby, Esq. For Derbyshire,
John Bell Crompton, of Milford, Esq. ' • Sir Robert Bur-
dett, of Foremark, Bart.: and Jebediah Strutt, of Belper,
Esq. For Lancashire, the nomination takes place subse •
quently ; and, for Westmorland, the Right Hon. the
Earl of Thanet is hereditary high sheriff.
QUARREL ABOUT SIXPENCE.—On Thursday, an el-
derly woman named Ann Ford, who i ntroduced herself as
a " twenty years' carrier in St. Johns Market," appeared
before Mr. Rushton to complain of a grievous assault
committed upon her in the open streets by a girl named
Ann Boardman. The hair had been dragged out of her
bead, she had been ill-used and knocked down, and her
cap torn to the shreds produced, all because she had asked
for sixpence which was due. She had no witnesses in
confirmation of her statement. The defendant pertly de-
nied this statement, and told a long story about a pocket
washed with scented soap, which soap the complainant
purlioned from a neighbour's house. The complainant
was the aggressor, and had thrown a handful of dirt at
her in her own house as she was turning the mangle. It
was this challenge which had led to the assault. Mr.
Rushton, telling the complainant to take no more scented
soap, dismissed the charge.

THE BIRKENHEAD liocKs.—Last week, John Laird,
-Esq., and William Potter, Esq., had an interview in Lon-
don with Lord Morpeth, the chief commissioner of woods
and forests, and his colleagues, on the subject of exchang-
ing a portion of the crown reserves at the north end of
the Woodside slip, for another equal portion of the Wal-
lasey shore. The hon. lords' commissioners had recently
Paid a visit of inspection to the dock works at Birken-
head, and were, therefore, fully prepared, from personal
observation, to discuss the important question. The re-
sult was, an agreement on the part of the commissioners
of woods and forests to grant to the Birkenhead dock
commissioners the ten acres of the crown reserves required
by them for the purpose of constructing for large graving
docks, which will be, at all hours of the tide, accessible
for vessels of the largest class, both ships and steamers.
The consequence of this grant is, that " the temporary
cut" leading to the Bridge-end Dock will be made into a
permanent dock, as large as either the Prince's Dock or
the Brunswick Dock, in Liverpool, and containing more
lineal quay space and accommodation than either.
SEAMEN'S CASES.—James Maynall, a seaman belong-
ing to the ship Mary Caroline, summoned Captain Kidd,

On Friday, before Mr. Rushton, for arrears of wages.
Complainant had shipped at New Brunswick, and the
Vessel was bound for Liverpool. On the first night they
Were at sea it blew a heavy gale, and defendant, with se-
veral others of the crew, refused to work the pumps, and
insisted on the captain putting back. He, however, re-
fused to comply, and, with the assistance of the first and
second mate, the carpenter, the steward, and one seaman,
*orked the vessel and brought her safely into port. The
ease Was dismissed, and Mr. Rushton advised the captain
lgive Maynall, with Ins discharge, such a character as
18, gro,s conduct deserved, remarking that this was the
11113' effectual means of punishing such fellows,—James
.„eulmonds, a seaman belonging to the ship Ocean, sum-
--(Med Captain Farran for £7 4s. 6d. arrears of pay. The
"idence went to show that the complainant bad been
guilty of improper conduct towards the captain, who had
remonstrated with him for putting the ship back when at
"eAvvheel. The case was dismissed.
meeting of the Lancashire, Cheshire, and North
Chester,
Drainage and Inclosure Company was held in
aidester, on Saturday, for the purpose of taking into can-
_ ration ti'e expediency of applying to Parliament for
ract of incorporation. Sir S. R. Glynne, Bart., M.P.,
also Lieutenant of Flintshire, presided ; and there were
*.Present Sir R. Cunliffe, Bart., G..Wilbraham, Esq.,
j'wnshend Mainwaring, M.P., R. Wilbraham,
And Esq., J. Wynne Eyton, Esq., Wilson Jones, Esq.,
milers. Letters, approving of the object of the
meeting, were received from several influential promoters.
ePort was read by the secretary (Mr. Hicklin), detail-
,d the results of an intemiew which a deputation from
company had with Sir R. Peel and other members of
aft government and reciting the attempts which were
the
samrde fac
ade to induce te present
theiliy operations of
e
ex_ Proposed association, as had been promised by the
taiPremier. The re ort was unanimously adopted, and
as _ . •
j_esoived that the necessary steps be taken for ob-
ile."o-, the proposed act of parliament in the ensuing
n.

SUPERSTITION IN SALFORD.—About the middle of
September last the husband of a woman named Elizabeth
Cardhall left his home on his road to Chester in search of
work ' • but his wife held some fantastic notion that he
would not return, and she therefore determined to consult
an old man in the neighbourhood, who was known to
deal in the " black art." Upon calling at the house of a
man named Joseph Williams, she stated her suspicions,
and was shown, as appears to be customary in these cases,
a globe of water, through which, with the addition of the
usual illusory figures, she saw what she imagined to be
the features of her husband returning to her in prosperity.
With this the poor woman was- satisfied ; and being
unable to pay the charge of half a sovereign which the
impostor demanded for his " services," she gave him the
pledge ticket of a suit of clothes, the value of £3, with
the intimation that she would redeem it in a few days.
The fellow, however, himself took the clothes out of
pledge, and refused to restore them on the return of the
foolish woman's husband. He was committed to the
New Bailey for a month, as a rogue and vagabond.—
Manchester Guardian.
LAMENTABLE INSTANCE OF MORAL DESTITUTION.
—William and Matthew Bell, two young lads, were
brought before Mr. Rushton, on Thursday, on a charge
of stealing two pairs of clippers from a man named
M`Cann, who carries such articles about for sale in a
basket. Complainant stated that he went into a butcher's
shop, in Sampson•street, for the purpose of purchasing
some beefsteaks, and laid his basket down ; presently he
was informed by two young boys that the prisoners had
decamped with two pairs of slippers ; the thieves were
traced to their father's house, where the slippers were
found concealed. The case rested on the testimony of
the two young lads who had witnessed the theft, and they
were called on to give their evidence. They were appa-
rently from ten to twelve years old, and were, as is
usual in courts of justice where young children are ex-
amined, asked by the clerk, prior to being sworn, if they
knew what would become of people who did not speak the
truth. To this question both boys replied in the nega-
tive. Mr. Rushton said it was shocking to contemplate
such a brutal and frightful state of ignorance as was
evidenced by these boys : he could not think of admitting
their evidence. The case was consequently dismissed.
TRANMERE TOWNSHIP.—On Thursday, a meeting of
the inhabitants of this township was held at the Castle
Hotel, in pursuance of two requisitions addressed to the
overseers—the one having for its object the lighting and
watching of a district the centre of which is Clifton Park,
the w Lute-tu %Tun' p. ttIEITV:
gins. one of the overseers,•was ealled-to the chair. - Mr.
Alexander complained that last year a committee was
appointed to go to Parliament for a bill for the objects
stated, and an expense of £5OO or £6OO had been incurred,
but opposition being apprehended, the matter was dropped.
He called upon them to pay those expenses before they
proceeded further ; but his appeal met with no response.
The question for lighting and watching the whole town-
ship was then put, and carried by a large majority. A
poll was then demanded, which was fixed for the 26th
instant, and the meeting was adjourned to the 3d Decem-
ber, to receive the result: The district proposal was
almost unanimously scouted. It appears that the mino-
rity of the meeting object to the measure being carried
out under the existing act, which is expensive, and prefer
waiting for the operation of the general sanitary act
expected to be passed early in the next session of Parlia-
ment, as more comprehensive and economical.
THE AFRICAN EXPEDITION.—Letters have been re-
ceived announcing that the expedition got up and sent
out last year by Mr. Jamieson, of Liverpool, and others,
for the purpose of exploring the Niger, with a view to
developing the commercial resources of Africa, has again
failed. This is the second failure. The following letter
explains the reason of the unfortunate result :
Liverpool, gth November, 1846
SIR

,—lt is with extreme sorrow 1 have to communicate to
you unfavourable intelligence of the Ethiope steamer, and the
consequent relinquishment of her re-ascent of the Niger. Capt.
Becroft and Dr. King write, that when upon the Gaboon river,
the vessel's boilers suddenly gave way; and that, although the
engineer succeeded in repairing them, so as to complete the
exploration of that river, they afterwards burst so frequently as
to render it altogether unsafe to hazard another ascent of the
Niger with them. Accordingly, the vessel has been laid up at
Fernando Po, under care of Captain Becroft ; and Dr. King is
on his way to England. Upon his arrival, a statement of ;nti.
culars and accounts shall be prepared; and after having been
submitted to the committee of subscribers in Liverpool for
examination, they shall be laid before you, with the view to a
call on subscriptions, so far, and also to obtain your opinion as
to the further prosecution of the enterprise. I may here add,
that the Gaboon river was found to be of no importance as a
highway to the interior,—not being navigable farther than the
tide ascended; say, some 50 to 69 miles.—Sincerely regretting
these untoward circumstances, I remain, sir, your most obedient
servant, ROBERT JAMIESON%
MEETING OF THE BOROUGH MAGISTRATES.—On
Tuesday last, a meeting of the magistrates was held in
the Sessions'-house, to receive a copy of the resolutions
passed by the Select Vestry at their last meeting, relative
to Mr. Rushton's reprimand of the Governor of the
Workhouse, and to come to some determination respecting
them. The Mayor having opened the business, Mr. Rush-
ton entered into some explanations. He said that, as
regarded himself, the meeting was perhaps not necessary,
but some of the resolutions that had been sent to the
head-constable demanded it. From these it appeared that
the magistrates would in future be expected not to give
any expression of opinion relative to the conduct of the
officers of the Workhouse,—and that such matters should
be dealt with by the Vestry alone. He detailed what had
taken place at the Police-court, as already published. The
Vestry had resolved that he had, in reprimanding the
governor, stepped out of his duty as a magistrate, awl
that he should have left the case to them, and not have
spoken to their officer. He did not claim exemption
from animadversion on all that he said, for it was
difficult for any public officer so to discharge his duty
as to satisfy every one. Mr. Bennett was reported
in one of the papers-to have said at the Vestry—" if every
harsh expression-of Mr. Rushton had to be accounted for,
there would be plenty to do." Now, he had that morning
received a polite note from Mr. Bennett, in which that
gentleman assured him that he bad never made use of
such expression, and that whoever used it, it was perfectly
incorrect to say that he was the individual. Mr. Bennett
had a right to the benefit of this manly denial. He (Mr.
Rushton) regretted that one of his oldest friends, Mr. S.
Thorneley, had said that the magistrates gave no support
to the parochial authorities, which he emphatically denied.
It had been the practice, when a case arose like that of
the woman Comerford, who was accused of child murder,

and bad been brought to bed and weak, to send the party
to the Workhouse, until sufficiently recovered to go to gaol;
but this humane practice the Vestry had resolved should
not continue. It was necessary, therefore, that the ma-
gistrates should come to a determination on the subject.
He also submitted to their consideration whether his con-
duct under the circumstances, and that of the other ma-
gistrates acting at the time, was not consistent with the
interests of humanity and justice. Mr. Harvey con-
tended that, as there was a lying-in hospital at the Borough
Gaol, parties such as Comerford should be sent there, or
that arrangements should be made for them at the Bride-
well, or in lodgings ; but this part of the subject was
finally referred to the visiting magistrates, with a request
that they would report upon it. Mr. Rushton, with allu-
sion to the Select Vestry, having deliberated whether they
would allow the Governor of the Workhouse to attend
and give evidence in the case of Comerford, said that,
where justice was concerned, the magistrates could com-
pel his attendance. Mr. Rushton, after recommending a
small increase in the salary of one of his clerks, retired,
and in his absence a resolution was unanimously adopted,
to the effect that Mr. Rushton's conduct on the bench
had always been most satisfactory to his brother magis-
trates ; that they considered the reference to the Select
Vestry required by that body, would be derogatory to the
position and character of the magistrates ; and that the
language made use of by Mr. Rushton to the governor,
was not only fully justified but decidedly called for by the
circumstances, as they appeared by the statement of the
stipendiary, and the depositions read, and had the entire
approbation of the magistrates present. The Mayor was
requested to send a copy of the resolution to the Select
Vestry, and the meeting dispersed.
THE MONSTER LADY.—Mrs. Armitage continues
daily to hold her levee at 100, Bold-street, where she has
been visited by numbers of our townspeople, who seem
quite as much surprised at the lady-like appearance and
excellent figure of the fair exhibitor, as they do at her ex-
traordinary weight of 31 stone 10 pounds, Unlike what
might be supposed, there is something rather pleasing in
her than otherwise, and as her motto is, " Laugh and get
fat," she has always a smile on her face. No doubt she
will receive that patronage her "weight" and "capacity"
entitle her to.

THE NEW OMNIBUS SCHEME.—There appears in
our paper to-day, the prospectus of a new (omnibus) con-
veyance company, the object of which is to carry
eassengersat _one_verinu oer mite—At, first, thought the
tares appear extremely tow, and to some it might be
doubtful whether the return would he sufficient to com-
pensate for the outlay—but on examination it will be
found to be ample for that and a large rate of inte-
rest. In proof of which we have omnibuses now running
to Aigburth, six miles for sixpence ; and though the same
fare is charged for any distance, the new Company would
overcome this by running their omnibuses short stations,
so that those running within the precincts of the town
make a mach greatet number of journeys than those
running in the outskirts, so that each conveyance might
calculate on being pretty well filled. Cheap travelling in
our now crowded streets and thickening suburbs would
certainly be a boon, and as economy is the order of the
day. they will no doubt get all that is needed to ensure
success—the public patronage.
THE Busn PEOPLE OF AFRICA..—AII who have visited
the exhibition of the tribe Aborigines in Bold-street, ap-
pear astounded, and some can scarcely credit that such a
race could be in existence on the earth. Their utter
Ignorance of anything approaching civilization ; their
dances, and rude music, have been watched with in-
terest by the audiences. As curious specimens of our
species, the North American Indians would- sink into
insignificance before them; and that they are genuine no
one can for a moment doubt. In proof of which we give
the following extract from a Capetown paper of the 24th
of August, which we have just received :—" We under-
stand the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler, which recently
left Table Bay, for Liverpool, had on board an unusual
kind of exportation, viz.—two males and two females of
the genuine bushman species; they are in charge of a
Mr. J. G. R. Bishop, who has been at considerable
trouble and expense in procuring them from the interior.
They are intended for public exhibition in Great Britain,
and are, we are informed, authentic specimens of this di-
minutive and rapidly decreasing tribe of Aborigines, found
only in Southern Africa."
Necessity or free will has in former times agitated the
public mind more than in the present day. Boerhave
says, " It has been either by chance or necessity that all
the great discoveries in medicine have been made ;" hut
still be has left the question of NECESSITY versus razz
WILL undecided. And although Blair's Gout and Rheu-
matic Pills are manifestly one of the greatest discoveries
with which the world has been blessed, it
certainly has not
brought us nearer to the decision of the important ques-
tion.