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THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Lairds proposed was quite right ; and Mr. Howard, who
had tendered his resignation, was induced to withdraw it.
Some conversation ensued on the appointment an-
nounced in the report of a director to devote his whole
time to the company's concerns, and at four o'clock the
meeting was adjourned to the Bth of April next. The'ad-
journed meeting is also to be made special, to consider the
proposition for throwing open to the shareholders the book
in which the number of shares held by each proprietor is
entered.

LORD PALMERSTON AND MR. BANCROFT.

The vacant office of Admiralty agent for the mails at
this port has been conferred on Lieutenant W. T. Bellair.
Among the bills read the second time on Monday, were
the Birkenhead Dock Company, the Herculaneum Dock,
and the Liverpool Dock Bill.
The Rev. Edward Lawson Bowman, B.A. of St. Pe-
ter's College, Cambridge, has been licensed to the curacy
of St. Philip's.
CAUTION TO BOYS.—On Wednesday several boys were
sent to gaol for having been found throwing stones in
Park-lane, whereby a number of windows were broken.
The auxiliary screw steam-ship Sarah Sands, Captain
Thompson, hence, arrived off the bar of New York on the
night of the 9th instant, after a run of eighteen and a-half
days. She reached the city the following morning.
The royal mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Harrison,
after having been detained one day by Admiralty order,
took her departure on Sunday for Halifax and New York,
with the usual mails and a large number of passengers.
A deputation from the Manchester Commercial Asso-
ciation was to have an interview with the directors of the
East India Company yesterday, (Monday,) for the pur-
pose of laying before them some interesting information
as to the cultivation of cotton in India.
EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES,—At a meet-
ing of the Board of Examiners held on the 25th instant,
Captain Anthony Easterby, late master of the screw
steamer Aram, of Liverpool, and Captain William Con-
nell, master ate Isabella, of Irvine, were examined and
both found duly qualified forfirst class masters' certificates.
On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Ship Inn, Great
Crosby, on view of the body of John Rushton, who died
suddenly on Sunday week, at a beer-house in the same
village. The deceased had been drinking for some days,
and on Sunday afternoon week he was found quite dead
'in bed at the beer-house.
A silver box, bearing the following inscriptiOn, has
been presented to Captain Postle, :—`• Presented to
Captain Charles James Pestle, R.N., by Messrs. Charles
Horsfall and Sons, of Liverpool, as a slight acknowledg-
ment of the service rendered by him on the occasion of
the wreck of the cutter Lord Nelson, at Dundalk."
The Liverpool Health Committee have applied for, and
obtained, drawings of the pumps and apparatus used for
emptying cess-pools under the direction of the Metropoli-
tan Commissioners of Sewers. These pumps continue to
act so successfully as to give the utmost satisfaction, and
in every quarter an uncompromising war has been declared
against filth.
LAUNCH.—On Tuesday last, at the building-yard of
Messrs. Smith and Rodger, Govan, near Glasgow, there
was launched a fine new screw steamer, named the Bri.
gand. She is intended as the consort to the Pirate, and
for the Glasgow and Liverpool trade. The vessel is 150
feet in length, breadth-24, and depth 15 feet. She is 370
tons, and propelled by a double acting screw-driver, by
two engines of 30-horse-power each.
THE PEACE SOCIETY.—The more active members of
this association, in Liverpool, availed themselves of the
general unpopularity of the ministerial financial policy, to
get up a meeting on Friday, in the Music-hall, Bold.
street, to protest against the proposed increase in the esti-
mates for the army and navy, and to adopt a friendly ad-
dress to the people of Marseilles. Lawrence Heywortb,
Esq., took the chair, and Elihu Burritt and James Silk
Buckingham addressed the meeting.
A special meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners
was held on Thursday evening, to consider the propriety
of running the steamers from Woodside at fixed inter-
vals. A motion was proposed by Mr. R. Bryans, seconded
by Mr. J. H. Hind, that the steamers should start every
twenty minutes, thus retaining the hour boats, but dis-
pensing with the half-hour ones. An amendment proposed
by Mr. Watson, and seconded by Mr. Horner, that the
subject be referred to the Ferry Committee, was however
carried by a majority of one.

Liverpool, 23d February, 1848

WALTON AND FAZAKERLY PLOUGHING MATCH.—
This match came off on the 17th instant, in a field be-
longing to J. Naylor, Esq., Walton Hall, and occupied
by Mr. Richard Seddon. Eighteen ploughs started, and
finished their respective lots in the given time, namely
twelve hours to the statute acre. The field being cleared,
the judges, Mr. Robert Birch, farmer, Stand-park; Mr.
John Johnson, Fazakerley-hall ; and Mr. David Caldwell,
Liverpool ; after a minute and careful inspection, awarded
the prizes :-Ist. To Daniel M'lntyre,with Mr. Skirving.
2d. To Andrew Bell, with Mr. Richard Seddon. 3d. To
Edward Berry, ploughman to Mr. John Birch. 4th.
To William Howard, son of Mr. Thomas Howard,
Knowsley. sth. To Mr. Wm. Lilley, foreman to Mr.

Smithies, Bickerstaffe-hall. About' five o'clock, the
judges, and upwards of forty gentlemen, proceeded to the
Plough Inn, Walton, and partook of an excellent dinner,
provided by Mr. Woolall. The chair was ably filled by
Mr. Muir, Walton ; vice-chair by Mr. Birch. It is

worthy of remark, that the ploughs which gained the
three first prizes were made by Mr. Honderwood, imple-
ment maker, Walton.

DEATH FROM ALLEGED IMPROPER MEDICAL TREAT-
MENT.—On Friday an inquest was held on view of the
body of Anne Davies, 23 yeaas of age, wife of a labouring
man in Toxteth-park. She had been attended by two
surgeons from the South Dispensary, and in some way a
report got abroad that she had died from improper medi-
_h, reaching the ears of Mr. Appleby,
'He coroner upon the subject. Mr. Appleby stated
that he was himself a subscriber to that institution, and
he stated several instances where, after having been at-
tended once by the surgeons of the dispensaries, the
parties were referred to the parish-office. The prescrip-
tions (with one exception) which had been given for the
deceased were read, and the coroner made some rather
strong remarks upon the way in which they had been made
out. Mr. Appleby suggested that the surgeons of the dis-
pensary ought to have their prescriptions entered into a
book ; and the coroner said he should make a representa-
tion to the dispensary committee,_ and also inform them

treatment, whic

of the cases iii which parties had been referred to the
parish surgeons. Ultimately the jury returned a verdict
of death by the visitation of God, The evidence of Mr.
Archer was to the effect that the surgeon's treatment was
judicious.

NORTH AMERICAN PASSENGERS.—A bill with the
above title has just been published on the subject of the
regulation of, and making further provision for, the car-
riage of passengers by sea to North America. It was in-
troduced into the House of Commons by Mr. Labouchere
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The first clause
enacts that no ship shall carry more passengers on board
than in the proportion of one passenger to every two tons.
By the second clause it is provided that two children
under the age of 14 shall be computed as one passenger.
Each passenger is to be supplied at least twice a week with
nibs. of beef or pOrk, or 311bs. of bread or biscuit, and
in addition thereto, 6 lbs. of bread, flour, biscuit, oatmeal,
or rice. Potatoes, however, may be substituted. The
sixth clause provides that a superintendent of emigrants
is to be taken in every ship carrying as many as 100 pc.c
. sengers. By the eighth clause it is enacted that the
e peri-

I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
A SUFFERER FROM IRISH DISTRESS

,erintendent shall be provided with proper accommoda-
tion and messing by the owners of the ship, and that he
shall be entitled on each voyage to receive from the
master of the ship £2O, and the sum of Is. for every pas-
senger landed alive. The fifteenth clause enacts that ships
carrying fewer than one passenger to twenty-five tons
shall be exempted from the operation of this act.

GRATIFYING. PRESENTATION

On Tuesday evening, at the close of the service, the
members of St. John's Church congregation presented
their curate, the Rev. R. W, Wolseley, with a very hand-
some pocliet communion service on the occasion of his
taking priest's orders, and as a small mark of their esteem
and regard for his zeal and assiduity in the performance
of his ministerial duties among them. The presentation
was accompanied with an affectionate address, of which
we subjoin a copy along with the reply to it. The surplus
that remained after the purchase of the service was handed
over at the same time in a purse to the reverend gentle-
man, who returned thanks in a very suitable and interest-
.

• MORTALITY OF IRISH EMIGRANTS.—We find the fol-
lowing statement as to the class of emigrants amongst
whom the deadly mortality of last year occurred, in a let-
ter addressed to the president of the board of trade, by
Messrs. J. and W. Robinson, of this port :—" We crave
your especial attention to the fact, that the great mortality
last year did not occur amongst the ordinary class of emi-
grants, viz. :—those who pay their own passages, and ge-
nerally have means to provide suitable bedding, clothing,
and food, but was confined almost exclusively to that un-
fortunate class whose:passages were paid by Irish landed pro-
prietors :—thousands of this class were sent out last sea-
son, both from this port and various Irish ports, and we
can state' from our own observation of those who sailed
hence, that they were, for the most part, entirely without
beddin• ill-clad, and 14.PQ11•Y 11.1 f 0"
nuentl lisposed

Ayprea. co sickness ;—" poor naked wretches,"
their unfed sides, and looped and windowed raggedness"
was most distressing to behold ;—ejected from the little
plots of lands they had held for years—driven by stern
necessity from their native country, which they left with
evident reluctance—they were dispirited and heart-broken,
and having .114:41-1,.. physi,nl strength nor mental vigour to
resist the first feeble attack of disease, they speedily be-
came a sacrifice to its ravages. Great and fearful as was
the mortality even among this class, it must be borne in
mind, that it was equally great among the same class at
home in Ireland. What

.... govern-
• l
ment appears to us to be, speci4 regulations for the emi-
grants cleared off Irish estates, and sent out at the ex.
pense of the landlords,—and not new and needless, but

eqing emigral

ion generall

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF LIEUTENANT PEREGRINE
MEN, R.N.—A painful amount of sensation was

.eated at the Mansfon-house, London, on Wednesday,
by the announcement of the suicide of this unfortunate
gentleman, charged with forging a will, who was to have
undergone a second and final examination before the
Lord Mayor on that day. He held, up to his apprehen-
sion, the Admiralty agency of one, of her Majesty's mail
packets trading between Liverpool and Dublin. His
brother, Lieut. William Bowen, R.N., died in China in
March, 1846. Previous to his departnre there he made a
will, which was proved by the executor, but after this will
had been admitted to proof, another will was produced by
Peregrine Bowen, by which all the property was left to
him. Subsequently a person, attired as a sailor, presented
himself at Doctor's Commons as an attesting witness to
the will, and gave as his name John Wood. it was Bowen
himself in disguise. He was immediately appre-
hended. The forgery of the second will was substantiated,
but he persisted in declaring that he knew nothing of the
fraudulent transaction. He was remanded till Wednes.
day, when he would have been fully committed to New-
gate for trial. All the parties were in attendance at the
Mansion-house at twelve o'clock, and shortly after the
Lord Mayor had taken his seat, a message arrived, com-
municating to his lordship the self-destruction of the un-
fortunate man. It appeared that he rose that morning
at the usual hour, and from the conversation he had with
his fellow prisoners, it seemed that he had made up his mind
for the worst. His conduct, apparently, was not different
to that he had generally evinced, and about nine o'clock
he was missing. One of the warders proceeded in quest
of him, and soon discovered his body suspended to the
iron gratings of the window, with slips cut from his
shirt. He was immediately cut down, and the prison
surgeon called in, but life was quite extinct. The de-
ceased was between sixty and seventy years old, and at
Liverpool, where he resided, wit§ much respected,

LOCAL MEETINGS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIETY.—On Tuesday even-
SlR,—The correspondence between Mr. Bancroft, the ing, the annual dinner of the Liverpool Guardian Society
American minister, and Lord Palmerston, on the Naviga- was held at the large room of the Queen's Hotel, Lime.
tion Laws, presents to my mind the most remarkable in- street, and was in every way worthy of the excellent
stance of Yankee impudence on the one part, and Whig- landlord of that admirably-conducted establishment, Mr.
gish simplicity or something worse on the other, that it Henry Curchod, and of this most popular and useful of
has ever fallen to my lot to witness. Here we have the our local institutions. Upwards of ninety gentlemen sat
representative of a self-styled great nation (great certainly down. The chair was occupied by the president of the
with reference to repudiating notoriety) coolly addressing society, Mr. Richard Crossley. The vice-presidents
Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign were Mr. William Smethurst and Mr. Pemberton, of
Affairs with assertions and offers that cannot but be con- Duke-street. Upon the right of the chair we noticed
demned by the unprejudiced as an insult to a British Thomas B. Horsfall, Esq., the mayor, several members
statesman in the indifferent estimation of his mental powers of the Town Council, and the leading tradesmen of the
and amor pairice that they evince. Nations, even as in- town. After the usual loyal toasts, Mr. John Smith pro-
dividuals, having their own interests at heart, should cer- posed, " The Members for the County and Borough."
tainly in all bargains take care that they are not over- He hoped the members would still continue to advocate
reached by giving more than they receive in return. Now the reduction of the tea and other duties which pressed
what equivalent, may I ask, have the Americans to offer down the energies of the people.—(Applause.) The
in return for the privileges at present so justly exclusively chairman, in a complimentary speech, proposed the
enjoyed by the British shipping interest in the extensive " Mayor and Town Council." The mayor responded at
colonial and coasting trade of this country, and in the some length in an excellent speech. He alluded to the
prohibition to foreigners of the " indirect" trade ? Where efforts the society had made to reduce the gas and tea
are the American colonies ? Would not her coasting duties, and expressed his abhorrence of the budget the
trade, even as her trade with this country, be almost mo- premier had brought forward on Friday night.—Mr.
nopolised by her own ships ? Let our rulers look to the Shand returned thanks for the Town Council—The other
effects already produced in this respect by the spirit of toasts were of the usual complimentary character ; and
reciprocity thus far indulged in. Is not the carrying trade the company, after a happy evening, separated at a late
between England and America which employs the major hour.
part of the shipping of the latter almost entirely in the DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The new dock bill, as
hands of the Americans ? The cause of this lies not, as altered by the Council, was submitted, and the alterations
many have asserted, in the superiority of their vessels adopted. A memorial was read from Messrs. C. and D.
and their captains, but in the anti-English spirit that per- M`lver, praying for an alteration in the present plan of
vades American society, the commercial community of booking vessels for turns, as such a system was injurious
the United States almost to a man giving the ships of to them, and would be still more so on the arrival of the
their country a preference both in the shipments of Arne- new steamers. The letter concluded by stating if some
rican produce, and by ordering return shipments of alteration were not effected, they should petition govern-
British produce and manufactures to be made in ment for the removal of the station. Mr. Tobin said it
American bottoms. is not American produce, of would not do to make any alteration in the present plan.
which we take the major part, admitted duty-free into Mr. Aikin understood that a dock was especially set apart
consumption in this country with the exception of their for these large steamers. Mr. Nicol said that, as a dock
filthy useless weed, and are not British manufactures taxed was enlarged for these vessels, it ought to be kept especi-
in America with an almost prohibitive duty ? Can this be ally for their use, and any other vessel in it would only be
called reciprocity ? Mr. Bancroft says nothing with re- on sufferance. Mr. Royden said it might be that a vessel
ference to a reduction of duties on British goods, all that would meet with adverse winds, and be detained for three
he holds out in return for the abrogation of our nal/Iga- days longer than she was expected, or the time appointed ;
tion laws, and the consequent opening of a splendid pros- and. therefore, he did not consider it right to keep the
pest to the shipping interest of the United States, in a dock free, tel the detention of other vessels. Mr. Aikin
participation in the benefits of a trade created and hitherto said, now that they had railways in every nook and cor-
sustained by British capital and industry, is in fact, from ner of the kingdom, it was possible that any opposition of
its limited extent, the nearly worthless privilege of carry- that kind would cause them to move the station. He did
ing goods from foreign parts to America, and which the not wish them to act on that principle, but upon the prin.
British shipowner need never expect to be able to avail ciple of doing everything they could for the accommoda-
himself of, so long as an American ship is to be found. in tion of mail steamers. The Chairman thought a distinc-
the same port. The advantages to the citizens of the tion ought to be made with these steamers. The memo-
United States that the contemplated bargain exhibits, are rial was referred to the Harbour-masters Sub-committee.
well understood; they have been long and eagerly sought A letter from Rooney, as to the theft of copper nails from by them, and well do they know that what they offer is the Canning Dock, was referred to the surveyor. Mr.
mere moonshine. .1 Aikin said, the custom of captains of vessels selling their
The advocates of free-trade must not imagine that the- sweepings and rubbish ought to be prohibited, as it led to
navigation laws come within their rules, they are essenti- much theft.
ally an exception, as not affecting the consumer of foreign THE BIRKENHEAD DocK CommtssioNEßs:—On Sa-
produce to an appreciable extent, and as not having an turday a special meeting of this body was held at the
equivalent in any privileges of a like nature that can be Rooms, in Hamilton-square, for the purpose of further
offered by foreign nations. Let it also be borne in mind considering the Birkenhead Dock Bill, (transfer of the
that the wealth these laws are the means of securing to power of the commissioners),and for the purpose of consi.
the British shipowner, is expended in England amongst dering certain amendments proposed to be introduced
her tradesmen and artizans, whereas on their repeal the into the bill by Mr. F. S. Hull, solicitor. There were
foreigner will be enriched at their expenee. May our but six commissioners present—Messrs. Nicholls, Wat-
rulers pause ere they commit so suicidal an act as the son, Hind, Bryans, Hicklin, and Cole. Mr. Waln, the
abrogation of these laws would be. law-clerk, read the letter of Mr. Hull. The letter said it
Abler pens than mine have descanted upon the impor- seemed to be admitted that the acquisition of trade to the
tance of the navigation, laws, as affecting our maritime su- docks would be gradual, and it was for the interest of all
premacy and national safety, and on the impossibility of that the timber trade should be accommodated as speedily
British shipowners competing with foreigners—with re- as possible. The writer was consequently gratified to find
ference to their advantages in cheapness of material, and
hadthat,
announced during th
seuc late
to
governmentbe ththe intention
ten
ti
i of the promoters
more Mr. Rendell
their low scale of wages. I will not, therefore, occupy
more of your time in this matter than to express a fervent of the works. He pointed out that, by the preamble of
hope that parliament will entertain a proper view of the the bill and the 41st section, £21,000 of the funds to be
value to England of her navigation act. forthcoming from the Woods and Forests, instead of be-
I am, Mr. Editor, ing so applied, were to be devoted to the less important
Respectfully yours,. . object of completing the river wall on the north side of
QUID PRO QUO. the pool. Mr. Wain also read a minute, from which it
appeared that the matter had already been before the
Works' Committee' who resolved that it be referred to
the solicitor of the
INCOME TAX APPLICABLE TO IRELAND. bill and the engineers, to take such
. .
steps as they may deem requisite. Wain said he
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. those amendments were subsince .
witted, he had received a letter relative to the maintain-
SlR,—Thousands feel as Ido the injustice of the pro- ing of a permanent level of water in the Wallasey Pool of
posal of the Prime Minister to exempt Ireland from the thirteen feet above the old dock sill of Liverpool. unless
operation- of the property tax. But no person has yet previous notice were given, and the consent of the con-
taken the trouble to enforce the remedy.
servator of the river obtained. Mr. Cole thought that, as
The letters of "B. S." and of " A Poor Barrister," in- the commissionershad acted with the bondholders through-
mayserted in the London Times, of the 24th and 25th instant, out, it would he better toeon with them before corn-
have more effect in calling public attention to the ing to a determination. H did not think the bondholders
subject than anything I can advance.. The Prime Minister, knew the alterations which had already been made in the
dreading the power of the aristocracy, and fearing the bill. It was resolved to leave the matter as the committee
alienation of the votes of certain Irish members, proposes had proposed. A conversation followed, from which it
the exemption of Ireland on the fallacious ground of recent transpired that the bill (now before parliament) has been
Irish distress, although England has more than equally divided into two ; the one part authorizing the govern-
participated in such distress so far as the advance of money ment grant to be promoted by government ; the other
was required for the removal of the evil.
Now, Sir, part by the commissioners.
it is evident that an individual in Ireland, in
the receipt of an income exceeding £l5O per annum (the TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
result of mental exertion, independentl real property,)
On Wednesday a special meeting of the Council was
can as well (or better,) afford to pay lapin the X 1 on that held at the Town-hall.
income than an individual in England earning by the same
have
exertion an income of similar amount. No one will The Mayor having announced that the first object of
the • meeting was the Bill of the Dock Committee,
the boldness to assert that the untaxed Irishman has con- ciaus 1, ei
,enrd 3
were read
and passed.
tributed to alleviate Irish distress in the same degree as
Clausese 4 and r ' ere
I were proposed to be struck out.
the Englishman. Why, then, should the class of Irish-
Mr. HORNBY thought it injudicious to have the exist-
men to whom I allude be exonerated from the imposition .
dock ing quays lying idle, and he moved that the 4th
laid upon the Englishman. It may be asserted that the
tax, if imposed in Ireland, would return only a small rave- clause, which provided for the immediate erection of dockwarehouses, be not struck out of the bill.
nue to the Imperial Exchequer. Sir, that is no sufficient
or satisfactory The Council divided, when the motion wagsatisfactoryanswer to the lehotwea Basli.hraaa who a majority of 25 to 21. carne by
requires that equal justice should be done to Ireland as to
England also.
Mr. EVANS moved that clause 5, which related to
e. 4 ln Liverpool there is an immense amount of wear and transit sheds at the Prince's Dock, be reinstated in the bill.
tear of intellect to obtain an income by unwearied and so„ Mr. MANN opposed the motion, as did also Mr. Hodg-
„.
painful exertion, independently altogether of capital, and "
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said the transit sheds at present
I beg leave to urge the inhabitants of Liverpool to take
occasioned an annual loss to the dock estate of £llOO.
the lead in this righteous adjustment of taxation, as here-
The Council divided, when the motion for reinstating
tofore they have on many momentous questions prorai-
the clause was lost by a majority of 25 to 22.
neatly stood forward.
I perceive, by an advertisement in your last impression, The next clause was a manuscript clause, copied from
the Albert Dock Act, and was to the effect that the oc-
that several influential gentlemen. of Liverpool have already cupancy of the new dock warehouses should be subject to
recommended a National Confederation for the adjust- the payment of all parochial rates and all other local rates,
ment of taxation. The ability and zeal displayed by these now or hereafter to be levied in the same manner as if the
gentlemen cannot be more usefully exercised at the pre- occupancy of the warehouses weia beneficial.
sent important crisis than in promoting a petition to the The MAYOR.—It is perfectly understood that the bill
House of Commons to compel the performance of this act will be withdrawn if the rating clause be not inserted.
of justice to the suffering people of England and Scotland. Clause 13 was amended, reserving the quay space.
The example of Liverpool would. be speedily and promptly Clause 16 authorised the Dock Trustees to purchase the
followed by other great towns in Lancashire,. and theui strand at the North Shore from the Earl of Derby and
effect of an extensive movement in this direction would Lord Stanley. The reading of this clause gave rise to a
immediately be felt in the House of Commons,. the a majority of 40 to 5.
sence of petitions in support of their views, they cannot Clauses 17, 18, and 19 were passed, as was also clause
advocate this
loatheimportntrinciple. But if public feeling
20, upon the understanding that the Dock Committee
be once conducted right direction the resultmust should obtain the power to construct additional docks,
be decisive, because the object is honest, just, and rea- but would not exercise it unless they were imperatively
sonable. called for.
The petition might, as usual on such occasions, be
The motion, enabling £500,000 additional to be bor.
placed for signature in the Exchange News Room and rowed for the building of warehouses, was lost b
elsewhere. No time should be lost, for the occasion is jority of 23 to 15. y a ma.
pressing. A motion, by Mr. Tinne, to borrow £500,000 for ware-
houses and other purposes connected with the act, was
carried by a majority of 28 to 10.
Clause 41 was a manuscript clause, enforcing payment
for goods deposited in the transit sheds.
The clause was struck out by a majority of 22 to 9.
The remaining clauses were then passed, and the bill
was adopted.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.—COMPENSATION.
The Health Committee reported that Mr. Deane, soli-
citor, had agreed to accept of an annuity of £450 from
the first of January, 1847, and £2OO, being the amount
of costs he had incurred, for his loss of office under the
Highway Board. They thought the case of Mr. Snow-
ball must be decided in the Superior Courts, and they had
accordingly made an application to the Court of Queen's
Bench, and the case was now on the Crown paper for ar-
gument. They had agreed to pay the following sums also
for the loss of office, and the parties to whom the offer
was made had accepted it :—Mr, M'Auliffe £270, and
£7l costs ; Mr. Dickenson £222, and £36 costs ; Mr.
Rogers, £lB9, and £34 costs ; and Mr. Griffith £320, and
"41 costs_

Mr. Lace moved the confirmation of the proceedings
After some discussion, the motion was carried.

POLICE INTELLIGENCI

JUVENILE DELINQUENTS.—It is certainly appalling to
witness from day to day the number of children, some
mere infants, that are brought up in our Police-court for
petty thefts=some for stealing flour, Indian corn. and-the
like, from o ' our quays, and others tor -purloining the scraps
of metal which lie strewed about the Graving Dock ; and
not •tt few for the graver offence of entering unoccupied
houses and cutting away the piping and taps. Boys guilty
of the above offences were brought before the magistrates
on Friday, many of them belonging to honest parents,
plunged into poverty from want of work. They were dis-
posed of by, in a few instances, being given up to their
parents ; in some cases they were handed over to the over-
seer, and some were sent to prison. The evil is growing
to a magnitude that calls imperatively for the establish-
ment of a house of refuge. •
STEALING SIX BALES OF COTTON.—Charles Paul, ware-
houseman to Messrs. Gilfillan and Co., was charged with
stealing six bales of cotton from Mr. W. Roberts and Co.'s
warehouse, Water-street. It appeared that Mr. Gilfillan
had 253 bales of cotton in the above warehouse, and a
short time ago sixty of the bales were sold. An order
was produced for their delivery, and, in a few days after-
wards, another order for six more, signed by the prisoner.
The goods were delivered, and shipped by the Old Quay
Company for Manchester. Information being received
respecting the robbery, officers Kehoe and Bates went to
Manchester, and found the cotton, which was marked R,
still at the wharf, and consigned to John Roberts, Port-
land-street ; but no such person being in that street, the
officers waited till the prisoner appeared to take the bales
away. The prisoner was remanded.
How TO TEACH ENGLISH.—On Tuesday a Welshman,
named Williams, appeared to prefer a charge against a
man named Cain, of offering him counterfeit coin. He
affected to have no knowledge whatever of English ; but
Mr. Rushton, knowing that such excuses were often
groundlessly made, thought that self-interest might elicit
an answer, and asked the complainant if he brought mut-
ton to market. The complainant seemed to understand
this question perfectly well, and replied with great prompti-
tude, and amidst the laughter of the court—" Yes, sir I
do." Mr. Rushton : " How do you sell it ?" Thisin-
terrogatory seemed to light up the countenance of the
Welshman, who, no doubt, thought the worthy magistrate
was about to do business with him, and he immediately
answered, "0, yes, hur was sell it at 6d. and 7d. the
pound," This caused a roar of laughter in the court, in
whiek the magistrate could scarcely refrain from taking a
part. He then told hi tale fluently, and the prisoner
was rernAuded.