The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-04-01 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

FYLDE CUP.-Mr. Suttcliffe's Scut heat Mr. Clarke's
Derbyshire ; Mr. Robinson's Rockett beat Mr. Bake's
Hightlyer ; Mr. Coupe's Mat beat Mr. Peacock's Alice;
Mr. Ardern's Monsoon beat Mr Thomas's Tip.—Second
Ties: Rocket beat Scut, Monsoon beat Alice.—Upping:
Monsoon beat Rockett.
WESTBY HALL STAKES.-Mr. Branwood's Rowena
beat Mr. Deakin's Misdemeanour; Mr. King's Silk beat
Mr. Brooke's Linnet.—Upping: Silk beat Rowena.
TRIAL STAKES, FOR SAPLINGS.-Mr. Clark's Shrop-
shire beat Mr. Coupe's Clara.
HOPEFUL STAKES, FOR SAPLINGS.-Mr. Dickinson's
Fylde beat Mr. Noblett's Wasp.

1 UNIVERSITY 6- CLERICAL IvEIV:i

There is not nearly a fourth of the population that can
read now, and that is the effect of this wonderful board.
These, my lord, are the facts, so far as the census is ac-
ThePREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—The Rev. R.
curate that I have seen in this almanac—l
_tell you my
Pulleine, M.A., curate of Spennithorne, to the rectory of
packet-ship George Washington, Captain Fletcher,
authority—these are the facts, that while £70,000 a year
Kirby Wisk, Yorkshire; Rev. J. Hudson, M.A , curate
arrived in the Mersey on Wednesday, after a boisterous of Chatton, to the per etual curacy of Ile h . Nor is now given to this, I say unprincipled, because unscrip-
though to id passage from New York of eighteen days i
i thumberland; Rev. H. B. Wright, 8.A., to the apmer'petual tural system, instead of increasing the intellectual light
and a half, with American papers to the 6th instant.
of the country, it has been doing what I am sure many of
curacy of St. Mary, Quarry-hill, Leeds ; Rey. R. D.
The most important news by this arrival consists of the , Kennicott, incumbent of Horton, near Blyth, to Trinity those that are joined in it delight in, bringing darkness
formation of the new cabinet, and the delivery of the in. I Church, Stockton ; Rev. C. D. Rees, of Park, Carmarl over darkened man, and creating a greater state of igno-
augural address by the new President, James K. Polk, ! thenshire, to the vicarage of Llanworthol, Brecon; Rev. ranee than that which had previously existed."
who took the oath of office. at Washington, on the 4th !J. C. Cradles, M.A •to the incumbency of Oakworth, I Hear his lordship's testimony as to the much vaunted
astant, in the presence of congregated thousands.
, united education "attained by the board. " I,Ve have
Yorkshire; Rev. B. Wake, M.A , late curate of Stokes-
The President commences his address, which occupies
evidence that the National Board has perfectly and entirely
ley, and son of Dr. Wake of Warwick, to the vicarage of
_ New York papers, with Ketton with Tixover curacy, Rutland ; Rev. li. Haw- I failed in united education. There is no such thing as
...e for having been chosen to his . thorii, M.A. to the vicarage of Stapleford, Cambridge- united education under that board—(hear, hear, hear).
_._... Lie then enumerates the principles by which 1 shire ; Rev. W. Whitter, M.A., to the rectory of Brid- On an examination that was made of all the National
his administrative policy is to be glided. The constitu- , ford, Devon ; Rev. W. Holmes, 8.A., to the rectory of 'schools that are in the diocese of Meath, it was found that
lion, he says, Witt be the chart by which he shall be di- I Osmondiston, alius Scole ; Hey. J. M. Hawker, B A I there were not above five or six National schools that had
rected. He enlarges upon the blessings secured to the I to the incumbency of the district church of St. John th.e, I more than six or eight Protestants in them, and in that
United States by the federal union, and declares that it I Apostle and Evangelist, at Tipton, in the parish of Ottery ! large district of country, which has been carefully inves-
is a sacred duty to perpetuate that union, believing that St. Mary ; Rev. R. E. Kerrich, M.A., to the vicarage of I tigated, united education is not be found in the schools of
any attempt to disturb or destroy the terms of the exist-the National board—(hear, hear). And now, perhaps, it
Pampisford, Cambridge; hey'. Dr. Goodenough to the
ing compact would lead to none other than the most ruin-may be answered that this arises from the hostility and
rectory of Broughton, Oxfordshire; Rev. W. Layney,
ous and disastrous consequences. He promises to re-opposition given to the National Board by the clergy of
M.A., late curate of Scrubby, Lincolnshire, to the curacy
commend to Congress, and, as far as his executive is the establishment • but that is a false answer. They have
of Overstone, Northamptonshire ; Rev. C. M. Lair,
concerned, to enforce by all the means within his power, I 8.A., to the rectors, of Charlton Musgrove; Rev. C. T. tried the National' education where the clergy of the Es-
the strictest economy in the expenditure of the public Itablished Church had not influence—they have tried it in
Penrose, M.A , to the office of head master of Sherburne
money, which may be compatible with the public inte- I School, vacant' by the retirement of the Rev. Dr. Lyon ; the north, amongst the Presbyterians, and there, I say,
rest. He anticipates the time when the debt, which has I Rev. W. Y. Smythies, to the vicarage of Shilbottle, Nor- ' there is abundant evidence to show that the National
grown out of the circumstances of the last few years, may I thumberland, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Cook • Board has not produced united education—(hear, hear).
be speedily paid off; and he congratulates his fellow-citi- Amongst the Presbyterian schools and the Catholic
Rev. B. Gilpin, to the vicarage of Stanwick St. John,
government on the entire restoration of the credit of the generalschools in the north there is a distinct education. I was
near Darlington ; Rev. J. Bateson, B.A , late curate of
government of the Union, and that of many of the States. Parish church, Oldham,' to the incumbency' of Laithkirk. anxious to be able to give some evidence on this subject,
" Happy," lie adds, " would it be for indebted States, if 'and I thought it likely the hs in e north, under they were freed from their liabilities, many of which were Dr. Turton, Dean of Westminster, has been appointed
the pats of the Presbyterian secretaryool th
of the National
incautiously contracted. Although the government of to the vacant Bishopric of Ely.
, board, would
the Union is neither in a legal nor a moral sense bound The requisition to the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford in exhibit in its , peraps, be than an othr to
best features amore schlikelyool under they National
for the debt of the States, and it would be a violation condemnation of Tract 90 has received nearly 700 signa- Board---(hear, hear). I requested that that school and
of our compact of union to assume them, yet we-cannot , tures.
the school under the board in Armagh should he visited,
but feel a deep interest in seeing all the States meet their THE REV. ROBERT MONTGOMERY.—The congregation and I can state this as the result. When the Rev. Robt.
public liabilities, and pay off their just debts, at the earliest of Percy Chapel have recently presented to their pastor, Hay, the curate of Armagh, visited the school in that
practical period." With reference to taxation, he ob. Mr. Montgomery, a purse of £2OO. town, under the patronage of Archbishop Crolly, a few
serves that " Justice and sound policy forbid the federal
months ago, there was not one Protestant (Episcopalian
ETON COLLEGE —Tt i • venerable seat of learning never
government to foster one branch of industry to the detri- was in' such a highly' flourishing'.,f
,youths
s stateno w as
within a t
its p r ewsaelnl t 1 or Presbyterian) in it. So far there is not united educa-
rnent of another, or to cherish the interests of one pot- lion under it—(hear, hear)—and when he last visited the
moment. The number
lion to the injury of another portion of our common National school, under the patronage of Dr. Henry, there
amount to 736, showing 3-increase, during the past tens '
country. 1 have heretofore declared to my fellow citizens
beingrs, of nearly 300 pupils, the number in college in 1835 I
that, in 'my judgment, it is the duty of the governmentwas not a Roman Catholic in it. That is the state of the
1 school under Dr. Henry, one of the Commissioners of
only 446.
to extend, as far as it may be practicable to do so, by its
, 1 Education—l believe the Presbyterian secretary of the
revenue laws, and all other means within its power, fair INNOVATIONS ATHILLSBOROUGH.—Archdeacon Merit National Board, or, at least, he is one of the Presbyterian
and just protection to all the great interests of the Union, l having expressed his determination to continue the sur- commissioners—there was not a Roman Catholic in it. I PROJECTED RA ILW AYS.—The Board of Trade have
embracing agriculture, manufactures, the mechanic arts, i Marquis of Darynshira has removed his pew furniture puce practice in the church service at Hillsborough, the
commerce and navigation.' I have also declared my ,i There was not one Roman Catholic in the National Board !notified their intention of reporting to parliament in fa-
, school, under one of their own commissiones, and not one ! your of the Eastern Counties—Brandon and Peterbo-
opinion to be 'in favour of a tariff for revenue,' and that and on Sunday week att 'tided Divine worship in the I Protestant in the Roman Catholic school under Arch- 1 rough Deviation ; West London—Thames Extension ;
'in adjusting the details of such a tariff, I have sanctioned parish church of Lisburn.
bishop Crolly—(hear, hear). There is a specimen of the 1 Newcastle and Darlington—and Brandling Junction Ex-
such moderate discriminating duties as would produce the On the 14th ult., the Rev. J. H. Macguire, minister of united education that has been displayed before us by the tensions ; Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction—
amount of revenue needed, and, at the same time, afford St. Luke's, Claorlton-upon-Medlock, had made to him, National Board. I ask, then, why did not Dr. Henry Ardwick Extension; Manchester South Junction and
reasonable incidental protection to our home industry,' by his congregation, a, tokens of affection, the following work out the system of united education, and give us a Altrincham ; Manchester and Birmingham—Macclesfield
and, that I was ' opposed to a tariff for protection merely, interesting presentations :—First, a splendid set of books, good National school, with fair united education ? Be- Extension and Junction Line with the Sheffield and Man-
and not revenue.' He contends that all home interests consisting of Bible and Common Prayer for the reading cause, under the circumstances, it is impossible—it is as chester ; Midland Railway—Darfield to Worsborough ;
should, as far as practicable, be equally protected, and that ; desk ; two books for the communion table, and Common complete an ignis faiutes as any man can run after, and 1 Midland Railway—Darfield to Elsecar ; Midland Railway
I
to tax one branch of this home industry for the benefit of 1 Prayer for the clerk's desk. The books are of the most there cannot be a greater piece of deception than this
—Chevit to Horbury ; Midland Railway—Okenshaw to
another would be unjust. He thinks that in exercising a beautiful description. attempt at united education." I Wakefield ; Midland Railway—Ambergate to Crich ;
LORD IIEYTESBUR
sound discretion in levying discriminating duties within
Y'S CHURCH APPOINTMENTS.—
We are glad to say that although the £9OOO, on the London and Brighton—Horsham Branch ; Harwich
the
alma nneimit prescribo
,care should belthy takefew. n that the eat it be do
nnsee The Rev. Henry Griffin, who is represented to be a collection of which, within the year, the Dean of Leigh- Railway and Pier ; Richmond (Yorkshire) Railway ;
inr not t benefit the weaxpe staunch liberal in politics, and a decided supporter of the lin promised a donation of £lOOO, had not quite been Hull and Bridlington Branch : Middlesborough and Red-
of the toiling millions, by taxing lowest the luxuries of national system of education, has been appointed one of raised, the worthy dean sent a check for the amount of ' car;—and against the Dartford and Rumford ; Eastern
life, or articles of superior quality and high price, which the chaplains of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Taking . his munificent contribution. Counties—Cambridge and Bury St. Edmund's Exten-
can only be consumed by the wealthy; and highest the this appointment in conjunctien with the recent promo- I stun ; West London—Knightsbridge Extension ; Ashton,
necessaries of life, or articles of coarse quality and low tion to a similar dignity of the Rev. Daniel Bagot, vicar I Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction—Guidebridge Ex-
price, which the poor and the great mass of the people of Newry, it is now 'manifest that the friends
qmte
of . THE COURT 4,- FASHIONABLE WORLD. tension ; Kentish Coast Railway ; Huddersfield and
must consume. He expresses himself favourable to the I scriptural education need expect but little encouragement ' Manchester ; Harwich Railway ; Harwich and Colches-
annexation of Texas. He says " the Republic of Texas , from Lord Heytesbury. The Queen and Prince Albert remained at Windsor ter; Ipswich and Harwich ;—and recommending the
has made known her desire to come into our Union, to 1 until Saturday, when they left for Osborne House, Isle I postponement until a future period of the Colchester
form a part of our confederacy, and enjoy with us the bless- a
of Wight, where the royal party will stay until to-day. Junction, Harrogate and Ripon Junction, Leeds and
ings of liberty, secured and guaranteed by our constitution. 1 IRE LAN D. On Tuesday, her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Thirsk, York and North Midland and Harrogate. In
Texas was once apart of our country—was unwisely ceded I
away to a foreign power—it is now independent, and pos-
Stephanie of Baden, the Baroness de Sturmfeder, and Friday's Gazette appears a further notification
intention
from the
Roth de Schreck
to report to Parliament in favour of the I3irken-
enstein, arrived at Windsor Board of Trade, in which they announce their
seises an undoubted right to dispose of a part or the Yesterday week, six men were drowned in Lough
the Baron
whole of her territory, and to merge her sovereignty, as a I Erne, Ulster, by the upsetting of a boat. They were Castle, on a visit to her Majesty.
separate and independent state, in ours. I congratulate
head, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, Chester and
It is confidently rumoured in the court circles that her
j crossing the lough to an illicit still.
Majesty contemplates giving a magnificent fete at Buck- •
Birkenhead Extension, Blackburn and Freston—Alters-
United States, the assent of this Government has been Monday at that port. She sank on being burnt to the Nuneaton, Eastern Comities—Finsbury Extension, Hud-
equal in splendour the gorgeous bat masoue".
given to the re-union ; and it only remains for the two 1 waters edge.
dersfield and Sheffield Junction, Lancaster and Carlisle—
countries to agree upon the terms, to consummate an ob- I ALLEGED MURDER.—JOhn M'Carthy, alias Cornelius THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.—It is stated that Deviation in parish of Kendal, Lancaster and Carlisle—
ject so important to both." He regards the question of i Riordan, who was arrested in Liverpool in September the day for the departure of the Queen from England for Branch to Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, Lancaster and
annexation as belonging exclusively to the United States 1 last for a homicide committed in Cork, has been tried at the sister country at present stands fixed for the 28th of Carlisle—Scotforth to Slyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and
and Texas, and says that "foreign powers should look on I the Cork assizes and acquitted. May. It is not yet, however, decided whether the royal North Shields —Tynemouth Extension and New-quay
the annexation of Texas to the United States, not as the Party will sail from Holyhead or the Thames. If the Branch, North Union Extension to the ricer Ribble,
At Kilkenny assizes, last week, Patrick Larkin was of a nation seeking to extend her dominions by . •latter, the landing will be probably be made at Cork. If Sheffield and Rotherham—Branch to the Sheffield and
victed of putting oil of vitriol into flour made at a mill in
arms and violence, but as the peaceful acquisition of a . the former port be selected, of course the direct line to Manchester Railway, Norwich and Brandon—Extension
territory once her own, by adding another member to our ! which he was employed.
plan of injuring him and his: he had a spite against the head Kingstown will be adopted. into Norwich, York and North Midland—Bridlington
confederation, with the consent of that member—therebymiller, and adopted this
master. Heyear'sThe Queen of Spain has sent to this country, as a Branch ; against the Liverpool and Manchester—Rain-
diminishing the chances of war, and opening to them new was sentenced to one imprisonment.
and ever-increasing markets for their products. To Texas , The annual procession of teetotallers took place in present to our Sovereign, a beautiful Andalusian horse. forth and Liverpool Branch, Chester and Preston Brook,
the re-union is important; because the strong protecting I Dublin on Monday. There was the usual display of Sir Robert Peel
_Manor. wick, Great North of England—Clarence and Hartlepool
arrived at his residence in Whitehall-
Eastern Counties—Thames Junction and North Wool-
arm&
of our government would be extended over her, and I bands, banners, flags, wands, c., but the number of gardens on Friday, from Drayton
Junction—Extension and Branches, Grand Junction—
and the vast resources of her fertile soil and genial climate adults taking part in the proceeding showed a considera- The Earl of Derby, who is in greatly improved health,
would be speedily developed ; while the safety of New ble decrease. The majority consisted of little boys, a has arrived in Grosvenor-square from Knowsley Park. ' Friar's Park to Dudley Branch, London and Gravesend,
via North Woolwich ; and they recommend the postpone-
Orleans, and of our whole south-western frontier, against large portion of them without shoes or stockings. The The Queen Dowager is expected to arrive at Marlbo- went until a future period of the Liverpool, Ormskirk,
hostile aggression, as well as the interests of the whole streets were crowded by holiday folk in the route of the rough House to-morrow, from Willey Court, for the i and Preston, Southport and Euston, Preston Brook and
Union, would be promoted by it. None can fail to see procession. season. I Runcorn Junction, Epping, Grand Junction—Potteries
the danger to our safety and future peace, if Texas re- PRESBYTERIANS V. MAyNoortn—The Presbyterians The Marquis of Salisbury left Hatfield House, Herts, Branch.
mains an independent State, or becomes an ally or aspen- ,of Ulster are at length taking the field against May nooth. in the early part of last week to visit the Duke of Rutland, Shortly a train will be started which will run the whole
dency of some foreign nation more powerful than herself. I The following resolution has been adopted by the presby- at Belvoir Castle. distance, 1121 miles, between London and Birmingham
Perceiving no valid objection to the measure, and many tery of Coleraine :—" That this presbytery, sensible of reasons for its adoption, vitally affecting the peace, the the danger to which the interests of Scripture truth, and The Marquis of Westminster returned to Grosvenor-tin three hours. This company seems determined not to
square on. Friday from Holcombe House, near Shaftee- i be outdone in affording accommodation to the public.
safety, and the prosperity of both countries, I shall, on of civil and religious liberty, are exposed in this and other b
usual 1-
ury, where his lordship has been staying a few days. I The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway pays its d•
the bread principle which formed the basis and produced countries by the rapid advancement of Popery, and alarm. bury,
of 5 per cent per annum. The revenue of the
the adoption of our constitution, and not in any narrow ed by the recent announcement of the intention of her The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Grand spirit of sectional policy, endeavour, by all constitutional, Majesty's ministers, in relation to the College of May- Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz are about to company
ihas considerably.. improved during the last 12
honourable, and appropriate means, to consummate the nooth, and other measures calculated to give increased honour the Duke of Rutland with a visit to Belvoir Castle. months, s showing an
nin,criea2se,so,flupwards of £10,900, a
goods £52 745. pas-
will of the people and government of the United States, power and influence to the church of Rome, do immedi- PRINCE ALBERT AND THE DUKE OF ROTHESAY.—It , sdengers havingfares
rehtausrd ,d 8 t and
by the re•annexation of Texas to our Union at the earliest ately petition both houses of parliament on the subject." may not be generally known that his Royal HighnesS the I
and
daon in
the interestares muchaccotionnteti,e osecure this better' traffic,
company has been reduced
period. Nor will it become in a less degree my duty to THE KILKENNY BANQUET.—On Tuesday Mr. O'Con- Prince. of Wales is Duke of Rothesay, as well as Duke of
assert and maintain, by constitutional means, the right of Cornwall, and which it would appear, from the following by renewing old obligations at more advantageous rates.
nail entered Kilkenny in triumph, and was entertained at
the United States to that portion of our territory whichincident which has recently occurred, was either unknown According to the report laid before the shareholders of
dinner "within the walls," says a contemporary, " of a
lies beyond the rocky mountains." lie goes on to say temple dedicated and consecrated to the service of the to or forgotten by his royal father. One morning a card the Sheffield and Manchester Railway, the works of the
that the title of the states to the country of the Oregon is li •was presented at Buckingham Palace to his Royal High-
God." We must observe, that •
ma
clear and unquestionable, and that every obligation im-The I considering the late severity of the weather. It is apvpea'rs to have had some effect upon the Titulars; as not ness Prince Albert,. upon which was engraved " .
ex-
posed by treaty or conventional stipulations should beDuke of Rothesay,'' and an audience solicited. His Pettedthe ofwillopened. one of their Eminences, their Graces, their Lordships,
or pecte that whole the line be in May,
sacredly respected. In the management of foreign rela-
tions, royal highness seemed puzzled, and repeated the name
s ventured to sanction the unholy proceedings with hisbut the question of amalgamation with the Midland and
e Companies remains for
tions, his aim will be to observe a careful respect for the s sence ; and the Lamb of Longford, the Dove of El- several times, saying he did not recollect ever having 1
rights of other nations, while the rights of the States will presence;
and the Lion of the Fold of Judah, were too busily beard of such a nobleman, but he consented to give the the Manchester and Birmingham
1 settlement by the decision of parliament. As far as traffic
be the subject of his constant watchfulness. He declares l)'engaged with their spiritual duties to share in the s iritul required audience, and ordered the Duke of Rothesay to . has been yet developed, the results are held to be satis-
that no opportunity will be lost of cultivating a favourable ous devotions of the evening. The elite of the companyP be shown in, when he was agreeably surprised by the en- 1 factory. The receipts for the half-year ending December
understanding with foreign governments ; and, he con-trance of the heir apparent, attired in full highland cos- ! last were £18,503 1-Is. 100., and the expenses of working,
were strangers and foreigners to Kilkenny, comprising
eludes by supplicating the Divine Being to continue to the standard agitators of the Corn Exchange, aid the ' fume, attended by her Majesty's piper. The above amu- : £9,340 15s. 31-d., leaving a balance of £9,162 19s• ad• in
bless the people and the land. dis-interested proprietors of the repeal press. sing incident was productive of considerable entertainment I favour of the company. The gross amount of expen-
The following is a list of Mr. Polk's new cabinet. It to the royal circle. I dilute on the works of the line has been £1,139,709, and
AWFUL DEPRAVITY.—On the 21st ult. an inquest was
seems to have displeased the friends of Mr. Van Buren
and Mr. Calhoun :—James Buchanan, Secretary of State; held at Bandon (County Cork), on the body of a woman
the balance at the bankers' is now £32,215. The pro-
, William who was burnt to death whilst in a state of intoxication.
Robert J. Walker, Secretary of the Treasury posed extensions are to be prosecuted before the Legis-
•
L. Marcy, Secretary of War; George Bancroft, Secr -e--
A man named Kelly, who lived with the deceased as her SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. lature with all due vigour, and the directors appear to
show a very friendly feeling to all neighbouring interests.
tart' of the Navy; Cave Johnson, Postmaster General ; husband, and who informed of her death, was asked by MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.—On Satur-
Mr. Saunders, Attorney General. the coroner what he had to say for himself. He said
that his name was William Kelly ; that he was a pen- A very thin attendance, and, except- one or two unim- day the adjourned general meeting of this company was
An attempt was made to assassinate Sergeant Hallen-
ortant bets upon the Chester Cup, there was no business , held at the Clarendon•rooms. Ira the absence of Mr. W.
beck, of the district police, in the streets of New York. stoner, and received a pension of Is. 4d. per day; that I) •
be ' Jackson (who has to Italy for couple ofmonths,
flirted received two powerfully dealt blows on the back, in- he was discharged from the 59th Regiment, in August, transacted ; consequently no correct quotations can ' gone a
packet-ship sailed. sister; that she was a married woman; that her husband
flicted by a slung shot, but was recovering when the fourteen years ago; that the deceased woman was his given. for the benefit of his health), Mr. C. Bentham, as senior
BETTING AT director, took the chair. After a few words from the
I
was alive ; that she bad several children b her husband TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY. i chairman, and the reading of the minutes of the last
that she was separated from her husband y
for the last ; I
2,000 GUINEAS STAKES. meeting, Mr. Cochrane handed in the following report
seven years; that for that period she lived with him (the ; sto 2 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas (taken) from the committee appointed to negotiate with the
prisoner) as his wife ; that they lived together as man and 3 1 Colonel Anson's Kedger (taken) j Chester and Holyhead Company t—" Your committee,
wife; knows that it was because
aand would not live with of the life that he and I before entering into any negcciation with the Chester and
the deceased led, that her I Holyhead Railway Company, earefully investigated all the
hus'
facts bearing upon the measure proposed to be carried
her. Deceased was over 60 years of age. Such revolting I
' into effect by the bill of the Chester and Holyhead Ra, idl-
,
depravity produced the most marked sensation of disgust
1 vei
and abhorrence in all present ; and the coroner expressed way Company submitted to the meeting, and they arrived,
without hesitation, at the conclusion that no equitable or
his regret that he had it not in his power to inflict upon
legal obligation existed on the one company to sell, or on
the prisoner such punishment as his almost unheard-of
depravity deserved. The man had becn taken up on sus-
j the other to purchase, the Chester and Birkenhead Rail-
!way ; and that, if this company opposed the bill, it would
picion, but there was no reason to suspect he had injured
the woman. , not be passed into a law. The committee, however, were
desirous of avoiding all unnecessary conflict with the
Chester and Holyhead Company, and made such an offer
to that company (without prejudice to any questions
pending if it were not accepted) as the committee thought
was likely to meet with your approval. It was based,
not upon what the railway might be worth to the Chester
and Holyhead Company, but upon what it was worth, on
a moderate computation, to you. The offer was rejected
by the Chester and Holyhead Railway Directors, and it
now remains for the committee to recommend you to
strenuously resist the proposed bill, and immediately to
petition parliament, under the seal of the company,
against it. The directors may be respectfully requested
to take such steps for carrying into effect the views of the
proprietors as expressed in this report, if you should ap-
This meeting took place over the extensive grounds of prove of the recommendation contained in it."—Mr. I
Thomas Clifton, Esq., Lytham-hall, on Wednesday and Cochrane, after a few remarks, moved a resolution embo-
Thursday last. The hares did not run so well as usual, dying the substance of the report, which was seconded by
but owing to the lateness of the season, there was a greater I Mr. Paxton.—Sir Joshua •Walmsley said, that after what
difficulty in getting near them ; for they often started off had been done by the directors, he did not see how the
when the coursers were two or three fields' breadth from I meeting could now ask the directors to oppose an amal-
them. Several young hares were seen during the sport. gamation to which they were parties. Their prospects
On Wednesday, thirty-two hares were killed, and on were excellent, and he considered every share worth
Thursday thirty fell a prey to the dogs. J. Emmott, B. double £33 6s. Bd. He could not remain a director to
Robinson, J. King, J. Atkinson, J. Sutcliffe, W. Peacock, carry out the proposition suggested in the report.—Mr.
and R. Dickson, Esqrs., officiated as stewards, and Mr. Potter said he did not ask the meeting to exempt him
Watson as judge. The following are the returns : I from opposing the bill, for he would not oppose it, but
THE GREAT CLIFTON Cue: £5 10s. EACH.—Mr. I would do all he could to forward the amalgamation.
Arden's Matchless beat Mr. Robinson's Tyrant; Mr: I (Hear, hear.) And he would tell them why. He was
Lamb's Lecture beat Mr. Coupe's -Major ; Mr. Clark's present when the proposal was first made for an amalga-
Cumberland beat Mr. Bake's Highflyer ; Mr. Thomas's mation, or, rather, a sale of this company. The proposal
Tip beat Mr. Emmott's Orlando; Mr. Peacock's Hum- was made, not by the Holyhead Company, but by parties
phrey's Clock beat Mr. Atkinson's Sultan ; Mr. Rodgett's on behalf of the Chester and Birkenhead Company, and a
Whiskey beat Mr. Sutcliffe's Scut ; Mr. Clark's Young price was named. If the price had been payable in
Lill beat Mr. Bake's Kotzebue • Mr. Deakin's Derwent Chester and Holyhead stock, which became changed in
beat Mr. Robinson's Rockett.—Second Ties : Matchless consequence of subsequent occurrences, it would be quite
beat Lecture, Cumberland beat Tip. Whiskey beat Hum- reasonable to say " this ought to be a matter of fresh
phrey's Clock, Young Lill beat Derwent.—Third Ties: bargain," but a fixed price was made, £33 6s. Bd., which
Matchless beat Cumberland, Young Lill beat Whiskey. was at the time 10 per cent. above the market value of
—Upping: Young Lill beat Matchless. the stock. (" No, no.") This arrangement was sub-
THE LYTHAM Puppy Cop : £3 lOs. NACII.—Mr. mitted to a meeting of shareholders, and confirmed. He
Unsworth's Unus beat Mr. Duckworth's Smoker; Mr. believed all these facts would come out before Parlia-
Sutcliffe's Whiskey beat Mr. Thomas's Linnet •. Mr. ment ; but, at all events, aware as he was of all the cir-
Brook's Bonnet beat Mr. Clark's Lancashire; Mr. Bake's cumstances, he could not be a consenting party to the
Bolivar beat Mr. Deakin's Priam Junior; Mr. H. Horn- abrogation of the bargain. He did not refer to the law
by's Haphazard beat Mr. Clark's Young Lottery; Mr. of the case. All he said was that the bargain was such a
Bake's Butterfly beat Mr. Sutcliffe's Barmaid ; Mr. bargain as, haying been for some considerable number of
Simpson's Gin beat Mr. Robinson's Phoebe; Mr. King's years acquainted with mercantile affairs, he should feel
Blossom beat Mr. Morning's Duchess.—Second Ties: bound to fulfil, and that he should not venture to show
Unus beat Whiskey, Bonnet beat Bolivar, Haphazard his face on the Exchange of Liverpool if he refused to do
beat Butterfly, Gin beat Blossom.—Third Ties : Bonnet so. (" Hear !" and cheers.) He concluded by pro-
beat Unus, Gin beat Haphazard.—Upping : Gin beat posing the following amendment :—" That a petition be
Bonnet. presented to the House of Commons in favour of the
THE TALBOT STAKES.—Mr. Clark's Derbyshire beat Chester and Holyhead bill, as it now stands for the alnal-
Mr. Coupe's Mat; Mr. Bake's Zurich beat Mr. Era- gamation, or sale, and that the seal of the company be
rnott's Ariel • Mr. Branwood's Blair Athol beat Mr. affixed to it."—Mr. J. Laird seconded the amendment.—
King's Blackberry ; Mr. Ardern's Brenda beat Mr. Pea- Mr. Swinton Boult said, that the report of the committee
;
cock's Alice Mr. Ardern's Monsoon beat Mr. King's was very unsatisfactory, because it gave no reasons why
Alfred; Mr. Bake's Brunette beat Mr. Atkinson's Dart ; so unfavourable an, opinion was entertained of the amal-
Mr. Dorning's Douro beat Mr. Brooke's Dusty ; Mr. gamation. He conceived that the company were honora-
Clark's Lune beat Mr. Emmott's Stella; Mr. Thomas's bly bound to fulfil the contract which had been entered
Topper beat Mr. Noblett's Headstrong; Mr. Rodgett's into with the Holyhead Company, because at several
Madeira beat Mr. Sutcliffe's Sweep.—Second Ties : Zu- , meetings of the Chester and Birkenhead proprietary, :the
rich beat Derbyshire, Blair Athol beat Brenda, Brunette ' latter had not questioned their obligation to fulfil the con.
beat Monsoon, Lune ran a bye ; Topper beat Madeira.-- tract.—Mr. Tornkinson, as one of the committee, s ,id
Third lies: Zurich beat Blair Athol, Lune beat Brunette, they had investigated the whole business, and though it
Topper ran a bye.—Upping: Lune beat Topper. would be impolitic to enter into details, he assured the
RIBBLE PUPPY Cup.—Mr. Lamb's Lecture beat Mr. shareholders that the Birkenhead line was fully and com-
Suteliffe's Whiskey ; Mr. King's Blackberry beat Mr. pletely their own. There was no contract to repudiate,
Emmott's Orlando ; Mr. Duckworth's Smoker beat Mr. and if the bill now present was not approved of there was
King's Alfred; Mr. Robinson's Phoebe beat Dr. Dorn- an end of the matter. In reply to a question from a pro-
ing's Duchy.--Second Ties: Lecture beat Blackberry, prietor, whether the 6,000 shares (which it was said the
Pheoebe beat Smoker.—Upping: Phoebe beat Lecture. shareholders were to have the option of taking in the

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KENDAL STEEPLE CHASE.
This chase, which was intended as an indemnity to the
Westmorland sporting community for the disappointment
recently sustained at an intended stag bunt, the particu-
lars of which we gave at the time, came off on Tuesday
last, on admirably-selected ground, about two miles
south-east of the town of Kendal. The stake was twenty
sovereigns, the winner to pay all incidental expenses.
Seven horses were entered, and started. The first four
came in as follows :
Mr. G. Gelderd's grey gelding, Charles 1
Mr. R. Remington's brown colt, Jonathan...... 2
Mr. James Holme's Engineer .. .
Mr. Logan's brown mare......
The other three acquitted themselves but; indifferently.
The race was well contested.

GRAND MILITARY STEEPLE-CHASES AT
NORTHAMPTON.—THURSDAY.
Sweepstakes of 15 sous each, h ft, 12st 71b each. 3 miles.
Mr. Barnett's Boxkeeper .. (Captain Coles) 1
Captain Powell', Regalia
Sir G. Harripson's I'll-see-you-through-it (owner) 3
Captain Hamilton's Catterpillar .
Seventeen other horses started.
Regalia was winning in a canter, but fell at a brook
near the finish.
Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, list 7lb each. 3 miles.
Captain Powell's Cinderella (owner) 1
Mr. Benson nd Pickwick (Mr. Little) 2
Lord W. Paulett's The Pony (Captain Kennedy) 3
Eight other horses started.

A ROYAL PRIVATE SOLDIER.—The King of Sweden
has issued an order of the day to his army, announcing
that his youngest son, Nicholas Augustus, has entered the
service as a private soldier in the Norwegian Chasseurs.

ICHABOE.—The " deposits" are exhausted, the " bank"
is broken, and " no effects" is the answer returned to every
ship which now visits the island. We saw a letter yester-
day, written from Ichaboe, on the Ist ult., by a ship-
captain. He had not been able, he said, to raise a single
ounce of guano.—Gateshead Observer.

CHESTER. CUP.
8 to 1 agst the Irish lot.
12 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity (taken)
16 1 Mr. W. H. Johnstone's The Era
25 1 Mr. Bell's Winesour (taken)
25 1 Duke of Richmond's Strahsphey (taken)
28 1 Mr. Stebbings's Celeste (taken)
33 1 Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland
40 1 Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare (taken)
45 1 Mr. Irwin's Patriot (taken)
1000 1 Mr. Irwin's Faugh-a-Ballagh (taken)
4000 —BO lioe's lot—Cabin Boy, Young England,
Peter the Hermit, and Gorhambury (tk)
Offers to take 11 to 1 about Semiseria ; with the excep-
tion of that agst Roe's lot, the bets quoted as taken were
in small sums.

The Mercure of Orthez (Basses Pyrenees) states that
on the 17th inst., as the ferry-boat was crossing the river
Gave, at Athos, with eight persons and a number of cattle,
going to the market at Labastide, it was upset from being
overloaded, and of the passengers were drowned. One
of the two who were saved owed his life to holding by the
horns of one of the oxen.

IRISH CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY

On Thursday, the annual meeting of this admirable
society was held in Dublin, when most excellent addresses
were delivered by the Bishops of Kildare and Cashel,
Lord Bernard, Sir F. Shaw, the Hon. S. Maxwell, &c.,
&e. The report of the speeches occupies nearly eleven
columns in the Dublin Mail; but we are compelled to
limit our notice of the meeting to a very brief space.
We are happy to congratulate the society itself on the
success which has attended its labours, and the country
at large on the existence of a society whose system of
education is really effective of united education, on a plan
which, sustaining the rights and utility of the Established
Church, embraces all other religious denominations in
its universal beneficence.

WOLVES IN FRANCE.—One day in the last month two
men and two women went from the hamlet of Genestouse
to the church of St. Haon (Haute Loire) with a new-
born child to be christened. The ceremony performed,
they all set out on their return home, but stopped on the r
way at a public-house to take some refreshment. The
women afterwards, as the night was coming on, and the
ground covered with snow, walked on, leaving the men
to follow them, which they promised to do as soon as they
had finished their bottle. Thit was soon done, and the
men started, but instead of overtaking the women, mak-
ing the best of their way home, they found their bodies,
and that of the infant, all dead, and horribly torn and
mangled by a flock of wolves that had come down upon
them.—Galignani's Messenger.

The Derby betting was too insignificant to admit of a
quot ation.

M r. Scott, to whose accident we advert( d a few days
since, has had a relapse ; and, although not in actual
danger, is unable to leave his room, or attend to business.
THE FINISH LYTHAM COURSING MEETING.

The return of schools and the rolls of the pupils exhibit
the gradual and steady progress of the system from 1839
when the society numbered 43,627 children, taught in
825 schools—to 1814, when the schools have increased to
1820, and the number of pupils to 103,883. Of this vast
number, one-seventh appear to be Protestant Dissenters,
and one-third Roman Catholics ; the former amounting
to 13,510—the latter to 32,963. Meanwhile this society
receives not one farthing of the public money from a
government professing itself favourable to united educa-
tion ; whilst £75,000 per annum is lavished on a system
almost exclusively Roman Catholic.
In the course of the Bishop of Cashel's speech, he
said, adverting to the amount of education afforded by
the National Board, " I dare say there are a great num-
her of gentlemen here who conceive that, whether it is
good or evil, the National Board of Education has greatly
increased the quantity of education in Ireland within the
three years that it has been in operation ; whereas, if we
can trust to returns that have been made to parliament
on the subject, the National Board of Education has been
the means of destroying education in Ireland—of what-
ever kind it is to an immens • extent. (Hear, hear.) I
will just now show what I make that statement from. In
an almanack published by the Queen's printers, there is a
great deal of very useful information, furnished to the
government. In the year 1750, there were 63 out of every
hundred of the male population who could neither read
nor write. In 1790, those that could neither read nor write
had come down to 48. In 1830, they had come down
to 35. (Hear, hear.) You all know that down to 1830,
and about that time, there was the Kildare-place Society,
and the London Hibernian Society, and schools under
the association. There were also a great host of
hedge-schools, very bad schools, where the scholars were
taught to read Freney, the robber, and other very bad
books ; but at that time the number of those that could
not read or write were about thirty-five out of a hundred
of the males—that is, more than one-half of the males
could read and write. (Hear, hear.) Well, the National
Board was set up in 1831, arid in 1835, under its opera-
tion, the numbers that could neither read nor write came
up to -12 out of the hundred—(hear, hear)—and by
the last census, in 1841, under the fostering care of
the National Board, and with all their thousands to carry
out education, the number that could neither read nor
write had ',mounted to i 6 out of the hundred. (Hear,
hear,) So that, in short, this redoubtable board, putting
down, as it has done, the Kildare-place Society, the Lon-
don Hibernian Society, the Association Schools, and the
whole host of hedge schools, has, at an immense expen-
diture, increased the ignorance of the country in an im-
mense degree. According to that statement, out of
above eight millions there are now only of males and fe-
males, 1,411,371 that can read and write. ( Hear. )

PERILS OF THE GUANO TRADE.—The South African
Advertiser, of December IS, contains details of the cap-
ture and destruction by the Moors of a portion of the
crews of the ships Margaret and Courier, of London,
while in search of guano at the island of Arguin, on the
coast of Africa. Captain Northwood, of the Margaret,
and Captain Wishart, of the Jane, who had fallen in with
each other at the island, went on shore, at Arguin, in
boats, but found no guano. They were chased by the
Moors in two boats. As they rounded the island they
saw a town and a battery. Another larger boat put off and
joined the chase. In a sudden squall Capt. Northwood's
boat was upset and sunk, and the pirates picked up him
and his crew, almost tearing him to pieces in their eager-
ness to possess themselves of his watch and apparel. They
endeavoured to negociate for a ransom for Captain North-
wood, but the two ships suddenly departed, leaving him
and his crew to their fate. Shortly afterwards the Courier
hove in sight, when Captain Northwood found means to
let her commander, Captain Wilson, know their situation.
Captai❑ Wilson sent a quantity of tobacco and goods as
ransom, but the treacherous Moors, watching for an un-
guarded moment, seized the goods and murdered the
chief mate, Mr. Wilson, William Penny, George Jones,
and the carpenter, and badly wounded William Hanney.
The Advertiser does not give the sequel of the affair.

RAILWAY INTELLIGEACE.