The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-16 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL RTANDATID.

AccteeeTs.— On Monday last, Mary M'Nolly fell
down on the deck of a vessel at the George's Dock, by
which her back was severely injured. On Tuesday.
Hugh Berme a labourer, hed his leg t riik,in by a bale of
relator, edline on it. at a warehouse ia Kitt_-street. On
Wednesday. David Cooke fell +ado the boil of tl.O slip
M lying in Trafal_ar Doak, by which his body
was much shattered, but no bones broken. On the same
day, Mary Jervis, a woman of colour fell into the h of
the ship Manco, which had recently arrived from New
York, and received some severe contusions on various
parts of her body. All the above parties are taken to the
Not thern Hospital, and are recovering under the care and
attention which they receive from the medical officers of
the institution. Oa Wednesday evening last, John Leigh,
a boy, abaut thirteen years of age, while riding on horse-
back with his brother, at Edge-hill, was thrown off, and
received a severe concussion of the brain, which rendered
him insensible. Hewes taken to the Infirmary, where he
now' ties in a dangerous state, though hopes ere enter-
tained of his recovery. On Monday last, an affray took
place between two sawyers in a yard at the south end of
the town, one of them struck the other violently with an
iron crow-bar, dislocated his knee, and broke one of the
bones. Tee injured man is named Michael M`Nolty.
On the sante day, as a boy, named Edward Jerrett, was
trying to get into a lorry whilst in motion, he fell, and
broke his arm close to the shoulder. This is the third
time this boy has been injured by the dangerous practice
of climbing into carts and lorries. On Tue-day, Mathew
May, of the smack Peggy, was struck with the chain cable
over the left eye, and had his skull broken. On the same
day as Charles Maddox was walking along the street, he
was knocked down by a' cart, which suddenly turned
a corner, one of ti.e wheels passed over his shoulder, and
much bruised his face' These were conveyed to the
Southern and Toxteth Hospital, and are in a fair way of
recovery.
SPLENDID PICTURE, BY LESLIE. —We have been much
gratified by a view of the original celebrated picture of
" The Christening of the Princess Royal," painted for the
royal collection at Windsor Castle. by C. R. Leslie, Esq.,
R.A , and now to be seen at Mr. R. H. Grundy's liepo-
sitory of Arts, Church-street. It is assuredly one of the
most splendid productions, if nor, indeed, the chef
d'ceuvre, of that eminent artist. True subject is one of
deep and national interes'—the dedication by royal and
youthful parents of the first-born pledge of their affections
to the service of the Most High, surrounded by their
illustrious relatives and the did of the land ; and the
painter has chosen that point of the interesting ceremony
that afforded the greatest scope for carrying out his grand
conception, the moment after the venerable Archbishop
required the godfathers and godmothers to " name this
child," and the Queen Dowager advanced to the baptismal
,font, and solen,nly and impressively responded to the
call, the ocher royal sp..nsors standing rear her. A more
favourable group could riot have been conceived. and it
has the higher merit of vraisemblance ; the impress of
truth and reality in each individual figure, attitude, and
face. These latter parties-were the Duchess of Kent, the
King of the Belgians, the Duke of Sussex, the Duchess of
Gloucester, and the Duke of Wellington, as representative
of the Duke of Coburg. On the opposite side of the font
are the Queen, and the Prince by her site, and, in re-
spectful proximity, the lords and ladies, nurses, &c. of
the courts, anxiously attentive to the ceremony, every
countenance expressive of the deepest interest. The
whole of the portraits in this assemblage of the dislinutd
are considered to be faithful and admirable likenesses.
Those of the Queen, the venerable Archbishop, (who with
a look of christian benignity resards the royal infant in
his arm,) Lady Mount Edgecumbe, the Duke of Sussex,
the Bishop of Norwich, the soldier Duke, and the lovely
Duchess of Sutherland, and others, are beautifully and
very highly worked out. The countenance of Queen
Adelaide does not strike us as quite so highly finished,
particularly about the eye, which appears rattier dim and
indistin t; but this may have arisen from the peculiar
light in which we viewed it, and after all is but a matter
of tas'e. The drapery throughout is painted with great
tasre and mastery, and the same may be said of the .eupeib
architecture, furnituae, and embellishments of the Royal
Chapel, forming a splendid interior, without, however.
distracting the attention of the beholder from the principal
figures. so prominently are they thrown out from the ca.-
vas. The ceremony took place in the evening, and the
artist was thus enabled to take advantage of the brilliant
artificial light from an immense central chandelier, and a
number of minor ones. The trouping is altogether well
conceived and skilfully executed, and Mr. Leslie may,
trom this production alone, take his place in the foremost
rank of British historical painters. The picture is about
to be engraved in the first style of the art, under the di-
rection of the artist; and we recommend those who desire
to add a work of the highest merit to their collections to
become subscribers, without delay, in order that they may
obtain early and superior impressions. There are several
other fine paintings, and also a number of beautiful en-
gravings to be seen at the rooms.
PAVING AND SEWRAGE COMMISSIONERS.—The board
met as usual, on Thursday. The following gentlemen
were present :—Messrs. J. Holmes, (in the chair,) Kil-
shaw, Whitby, Guyton, Bia ken, Cooper, Procter, Woud,
Gladstone, Plumpton, and Kaye.—Mr. Pearce, of Great
George-street, attended the board for the purpose of com-
plating that warrants had been issued against the tenants
ee thirty houses belonging to him in Temple-terrace,
Great George-street. He stated that they w re not able
to pay the rents, and could not be expected to pay sewrage
rates. Mr. Capes Ashlin said that when these patties
were summoned to attend he commissioners, only two
did so. There seemed to be a sort of determination
among them not to pay 'the rates, and they stated that
they paid £l6 a year rent, with the undt rstanding that
they were to pay uo taxes. After some conversation it
was stated by Mr. Ashlin that warrants were out against
the parties, and then it was decided that the board could
not interfere. The tenants must go t► the magistrates
and si tale the matter with them.—A memorial was pre-
sented from merchants and others in North John-street,
praying that reet might be maradcinized in the manner
that Oldhall-street had been done. The Chairn.an said
fiat if they were to go on macadan g the whole of the
streets, parti s had better go to the next vesti y and pro-
pose that they aegis, to pa, liatnent to increase their rates.
As re=peated Olehall-stri et, Mr. Wetethouse fetid a
moiety of the expense. After some further discussion,
it vial resolved to send an answer to the parties to the
effect that the commissioners had net funds. 'I he Chair-
malt said that. whilst upon this subject, he might as wel
remark that, in the Journal of last S u•day, it was stated
that the commiss'oners expended 1:50,000 a year, wlort as
tee fact was they never expended more than £30,000.
It was sta ed also that they were about to t xeend £300,00.
upon water, and it was well known that they %et e liotittd
in their bill to £50,000. Attain, it was said that they
ought to have laid the expense nn Vie Corporaaien. Why
they t.ie I to get £5O from the Finance Commit,ee ; but it
was with the greatest diwculty th .t 'hey got £3so.—Mr
Birkett asked the treasurer when lie made tip his Accounts,
and how they were going on as to the funds.—Mr. Ashlin
said lie I ad wade up the accounts lin the 30th September,
and they were vo ngon very steadily.—Tie Chairman said
they hail this week paid for the la d ita Gre n-lime, which
cost £4,300 —Mr. Gladstone repor ed t I a' Monti, -plee-
sant must he re-paved, and recomm ,naled ilia' the crate n
cf the street, t t the extent of mte-thiril, he macadamized.
Agreed to.—Mr. Bateman, builder, was (Aired in and re-
primanded for pull tag up some flags, in Bottl-sire t,
without leave of the commissioners. anal told that the
corn!, ias!, ners were determined to inflict a fine Mall such
Cases in tuture.—The Law-clerk reported tied, CM looking
at the Act of l'arliande t again, he fa wad Mr. Beternan
had not infringed the law lay putting tip his pilastra in
Bold-stre-4.—Mr. Gladstone said he. was happy to in-
f. em the Chterman that, notwithetand ng the disrourag.
ing steterneet me& by him last seek, the authorities of
West Deilay had, that day, commenced paving Preecut-
street.

SELECT VESTRY.—At the fortnightly meeting on
Tuesday last, there were present tie Rev. Rector Camp-
bell. chairs an. and all the members with the exception
nt five. The workhouse return showed that there were
1,598 paupers in the house, at a cost of 2s. lid. per head.
The number qt the same period 144 year was 1542. at Is.
Bd. a head. The outdoor eas-s relieved in the past fort-
night were 6.638, cost ng 6s. 4,1. The st tte of the
house was repored to he favourable, and the number
sick on the decrease. The Botlding Committee suggest-
ed the purchas- of the land fc ontng the Industrial School
at Kirkdale (offered for sale to the pariah by the Earl of
Derby), for the purpose of building olnishousel upon it.
in lieu of tho•e oppo.tite St. Mary's (the poor's) burying
ground. . The committee was reqoested to r ascertain the
practicability of such an arrangement. Mr. Lock aond,
the architect, appeared before the ',fiord, and a tli,cus,i, n
ensued on the alterations of the Workhouse. which, as
the present season was so far advanced, it was thought
better not to commence till next sprint. The committee
who had considered what officers acre necessary for the
Industrial School, Ktrkdale, reported the following,
which was confirmed superintendent, to have the
sole management, and be responsible for duly carrying
out the views of the vestry—salary £220 per annum, with
furnished apartments, coals, and candles ; a matron, at
£BO, with apartments, &c. ; (these it was thought advi-
sable should be man and wife, but no positive resolution
to that effect was urged by the committee;) a medical
officer, residing within a mile of the house, and he to
supply the medicines—salary £lOO per annum ; an assis-
tant schoolmaster, at £80; second assistant. ; school.
mistr ss, £45 ; infants' schoolmistress, £4o—(these with
apartments); a head nurse, £l5, with apartments and
board ; ten women servants, at 8 guineas each ; two men
cooks, £5 each ; one • engineer, 10s. a week ; one tailor,
10i.- a week ; one shoemaker 10s. and one joiner 10s., all
with rooms'and board. The Furnishing Committee re•
cominended that all articles required above £lO value
should be advertised for, and that tenders should be
li-
mited to tradesmen of the parish. Mr. Dowdall, late
governor of the Workhottle. had, at the request of the
committee, gone over the building, and furnished them
with a list .of. the articles required. The, committee re-
commended tbat, in-addition to the 118 iron bedsteads
now ready at the Workhouse, 100 more should be pro•
cured ; and a list of bedding, cloth of various kinds, &c.,
was given in as requisite, specifying the respective quan-
tities, widths, &c. They also recommended that Mr.
Kulshaw should furnish a plan and estimate for filling up
the schools with forms, desks, &c., suitable for the " na-
tional system of education" ; also, that a steam-engine of
6-horse power, and cooking apparatus Ito cook for 1200),
and a clock and bell, be provided. The report of this
committee was confirmed, and a vote of thanks was
passed
to Mr. Dowdall for his valuable suggestions and
information. Mr. and Mrs. Dowdall having declined to
accept the situations of superintendent and matt on of the
school, the motion of Mr. Henderson for their appoint-
talent was withdrawn. Mr. Churchwarden Wilkinson
reported that serious inconvenience was experienced in
the treasurers office front the great number of tersons
daily occupying the counter, copying the rate-book, when
it was revolved that the treasurer he directed to prevent
such varies from impeding the ordinary business of
the parish. The board then adjourned to the 23,i
, instant.

• REDUCTION OP MERCANTILE. INSURANCE.—The
recTor.= of the Liverpool Fire and L'fe In-urance Compa-
ny have isi.ued a circular, in which they state. that the
time at rived when they think tien,elves jostifi,d in
redacing, in some impqrtint resp,cts, the rat-a or mer-
cantile si,suranee in Liverpool, and in re,t trim to the
cominuAtv moray of the facilities for busitte.,s of which
they have 14e1y been deprived. The new rates and regu-
lations accompany the circular.

.AFFRAY AT BIRKENFIEAD.—Ahout eight o'clock, on
Friday evening last, as Mr. Hind, one of the commission-
ers of Birkenhead, was walking along Abbey-street, in
that township, he eas stopped by a party of drunken car-
penters. from Liverpool, who pulled him about and ap-
peared determined to commit an assault upon the gentle-
man, when a constable came up and endeavoured to ap-
pease the tumult. They, however, set upon the officer,
took from him his stick. and struck him severely in tile
head and s-veral parts cf his bo ly. A number of the po-,
lice then male their appearance and succeeded in appre-
hending two of the most drunken and violent of the fel-
lows, who were brought op before the magistrates on ,a-
turday, and fully committed to take th-ir trial at the ap-
proaching
Knutstord sessions for having assaulted the
officer in the execution of his duty.
THE TWELFTH OF JULY.—On Saturday, a young but
lusty female was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge
of having attempted to create a riot, in Gloucester-street,
the day before. Inspector Campbell s'ated that she was
in th' centre of a large mob, and that she was using. all
her eff n
ts to induce them to break into the Commercial-
hall at the time the Orangemen we. e assembling there for
the purpose of walking in procession to St. John's Church.
Her language, be said, was of the most exciting and
shocking character, and a very serious row was appre-
hended. The prisoner, in her defence, said she had been
at the market to buy a basket of cherries, and that when
she came out, she saw such an immense crowd in Glou-
cester-street that she was induced to go and see what was
the matter. When she reached the street she heard a
woman, dressed in a jacket and trowsers, declare that she
was ready to lick any Orangeman ; and, for hiving laughed
at the woman's dress and language. she was taken into
custody. The prisoner was remanded, and, we believe,
discharged at a late period of the day.

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS BECOMING SURETIES IN
LOAN SOCIETIES.—Mr. Forbes of the Tradesmen's Loan
Society, Great Crosshall-street, appeared before the
magistrates, on Thursday. to apply fur orders, in a great
number of cases, for payment from persons who had been
sureties for defaulting borrowers from the society. The
orders were granted in all cases where it was shown that
the par ies had signed the bond of repayment. Toe re-
plies made by nearly the whole of the sureties went to
show that a general misunderstanding had prevailed of
the responsibility they had taken upon themselves; the
bonds for repayment having been signed with understand-
ing that the bail was only liable in cases svi ere the
rower faled, and, even in these cases, that th-y were I
bound jointly, and not severally. Mr. Rushton said this
was altogether a mistaken opinion, as the terms of agree-
ment were " severally liable." In two cases the persons
summoned as bail stated positively that they had never
&pied the agreements at all, and it being admitted by the
officers of the society that forgtries had been imposed
upon them, the orders for payment were of course not
granted. In some of the cases it was said that the bor-
rowers were in circumstances to repay. Mr. Rushton
sa d he certainly thought in such cases the borrower ought
first to be proceeded against. In answer, it was said the
sureties were taken, owing to doubt existing of the word-
ing of the act applying to the burrower. In answer to a
' question from Mr. Rushton, It was stated that the average
weekly amount lent from each loan society, of which there
are fourteen or fifteen in town, is from £2OO to £250.
SAVAGE ASSAULT.—MichaeI Regan, an Irishman, wag
charged before Mr. Rushton, on Thursday, with having
savage!y assaulted Patrick Candon, another Irishman, on
Sunday, the 30th June. The inquiry had been postponed
in consequence of the complainant being unable to app,lir
to give evidence from the injuries he had received. In-
spector Abraham stated, that owing to the dread in which
the prisoner and his party were held in the neighbour-
hood, he had not be ru able to produce other evidence
than that of the complainant himself. The complainant
...tilted that, on the night of the assault, he was going down
Lace-street, when he was assailed by a shower of bricks.
The prisoner was one of the persons aho threw at him,
and, after doing so, he followed him and strur k him
across the head with a heavy sha,p cutting instrument.
lie deposed that the assault was altogether unprovoked on
his part. A surgeon from the hospital described the
wounds inflicted upon the corrip!ainant to be of a very
serious nature. Mr. Davenport, fur the prisoner, called
several w tnesses, but their statements were so much at
variance w th the c insistency of truth that Mr. Rushton
said they were not worthy of credence. Inspector Abra-
ham said the prisoner and his party carried the whole
sway r f Lace-street ; the complainant cc, t riuly belonged
t) a rival party, tut not near so powerful a one; and,
owing to the j• alou-y existing between them, there was
continual war fare going on, which night terminate seri-
ously. Mr. Rushton sa d the conduct of the people
residing in Lace. street and the street adjoining was most
shocking; they appeared to be actuated by a spirit un-
governable and reckless as that of the wildest savages.
The prisoner must pay a fine of £5, or, in default, be
imprisoned two months, and find sureties, himself in £4O
and two of £2O each.

IMPROVED BREAKWATERS. —An interesting discus-
sion took ',lace, a kw eveni.tgs since, at the British and
Foreign Institute, relative to a great improvement in the
principle of breakwaters. The projector, Mr. W. H.
Sleith, civil engineer, stated, that any breakwater, how-
' ever constructed, it of suffic ent. size, would disseminate
the waves of the sea as to ig as it withstood its shock ;
but no fixed moorings had hitherto been found to hold a
breakwater in a gale of wind. as, when the chains or
cables were drawn taught with the force of the current,
the waves struck the tireakwater with -a dead shock awl
tore it tr,m it. hold. Thus envineets had long had their
attention drawn to sprit g or elastic cables; fur if the
eff,e; on a sh;p, a t iece of timber, or any other body
were observed sithimt moorii g in a stormy sea, it would
be driven a few fat with the wave and bre di it up
more or less, proportioned to its bulk, and so still
ruiner with each additional wave, until it was at last
driven on shore. Mr. Smith, for the first time effected
th's yielding-mooring sith, at the same time, elas-
tii it), to bring tie s ction back to its former position
as soon as the wave had spent its fine upon the
breakwater, so that the pressure would be nothing more
than would be deemed advisable by conttactit:g such
elasticity. This was effected by the inns simple c ntri
Vance. A counterbalance was tVtached to the centre of
the moorings, allowing the hreakwat r twenty or thirty•
f. et of yielding ntotiim, with a power of reaction for bi ing-
nig it back to its hornier posit on. The form he proposes
r his sections is simply a plainor flat surface, so moored
in the water th t, like a kite in the a'r, the tendency of
the sea would be to lift it upward. rather than depress it
as it was struck by the wave. [lt is probable that these
elastic moorings might be found tffcctual in holit•ng our
lightships in their pcstions during the severe gates which
sooietimes visit these coists. The subject is worthy the
at eutfon of the. Dock Committee.)

GALLANT CAPTURE OF FOUR TRIEVRS.—We seldom
remember to have heard t,f a more gallant capture of four
notorious thieves, or one that reflects greater credit on the
police-officers who had the managemeet of it, than took
plec in Springfield-street, in this town, on the morning
of Saturday last. It appeared th it, between th,t hours or
lea arid eleven o'clock, on Saturday werk, Constable
Lloyd observed two fellows in the act of hying to open,
with a skeleton key, the hall-door of a large, handsome
house in the street in question, occupied by Mr: Morgan,
a coal-Merchant, and situated immediately opposite Tri-
nity Church. Having faded in the attempt, they went
away; • but Lloyd, instead of arresting them upon the in-
stant, repaired to the house in the course r,l the day, ascer-
tained It at the whole of the family were from home at the
time the 'attempt was made upon the her-door. acquArrted
them with what he had Witnessed, said he had every reason
to believe nnotht r attempt w,uld he made at the came hour
upon the flowing Saturday, and took los ruet,sures ar-
cordinhly. The result proved thit he was not am i iss n his
c4,•ulations. OnSaturday last, Hine constables, namely,
assignedtairs Hal-
sail to
,art,. K
Kehoe, tool Sale, en'errd the house ar an early
iuus
the re*Pkeirt s
ur, audot:ooekwunps
Itibtecepdoi
unders
sail in a cupboard titr stair 4, and Sale in another t uphoard
in weloset. Constables Lloyd and Curiningham remained
in a tea shop at the opposite side of the strt et ; and as
ra'Met. Shortlyurg4n'sfilnialvriera,s
Lloyd
upon
o'scllikrena)yipsriowacehnetdt, 119 r,
rk..b,erved the same fel'ow who had leen at the place on
the preceding Saturday, and h o is a notorious thief,
named Wilbert% Marrow, approach the i all door, and
rwict ende:lvour. but ineffectua ly, to open it with a
skeleton-key. He then joined one of his coreparrion.,
who was close at hand, and who is another notorious thief,
named•Jatres ,yeenr- The tatter took-the key • • root• hop,
aid succeeded in opening the door. They both entered,
closed the door after them, went into the front parlour,
broke open a writing•cletic, and abstrcted some loose
articles it contained. They then proceeded to abed-room,
up stars, where they found £2.75. 6d. in a dressing-case,
and put the money, which had been previously marked,
and can therefore be identified, into their Pockets. They
next picked the locks of several drawers in the vari-
'oui bed-rooms, and afterwards packed up the contents,
which consisted of silks, satins, jewellery, and other
articles of a very considerable amount in value ; but, just
as they were about to descend the staircase with the booty,
Halsall sprang from his hiding place and knocked Owen
down with a blow of a pair of handcuffs. We regret to
say that Hi alsall accidentally tell at the same moment and
slightly injured himself. The two fellows then made for
the hall-door, but, by the time they had reached it, Kehoe
and Sale followed and arrested them. They made little
or no resistance, but begged for mercy, and said they
would go quietly to prison' In the meantime, Lloyd and
Cunningham arrested two of their accomplices, Henry
Bailey and Richard Soley, who had been in company with
them previously, and who were keeping watch outside the
house. The whole four were immediately taken to
Bridewell, and were brought up before Mr. Rushton yes-
terday, along with another, who gave his name, as we
believe, Richard Hopkins; and the evidence was gone
into, sot tantiating ' the facts already stated, with some few
additional particulars, chiefly respecting Sorley, who had
been seen about the time in Springfield-street, St. Anne-
street,
and the neighbourhood. He, however, brought up
evidence (through Mr. Davenport) to show that he was
waiting for a Mr. Ruben, a proprietor of houses in the
nerg • t Irourhood ; that he had gone to two houses to inqu're
for him ; and
that be had no connection with the thieves.
A Mr. Kent, a respectable milk -house keeper, with whom
Mr. Buller lot'ged when he was in town, confirmed great
part of this tes.imony ; and Mr. Rushton accordingly
discharged him. Bailey has only just come oat of prison,
after I,avi!.g been incarcerated twelve months; Owen is
about fur months out, after having sert ed two years; and
Nlarrow has been repeatedly in gaol. The fourthprisoner,
ditty, i. not quite so well known to the police as are the
oth;rs

LAMENTABLE DESTITUTION.—On Friday, a w. man,
flawed BlidgetTraytter, Ora, ge-s refit, was brt•tight be-
fore Mr. Rushton, charged with ;tree, t of her Children.
Three voting- ehildreti had been found the prey 114 even-
in., entirely naked, wandedag ahout Titinb ,rnstreet.
They lid been taken to Mr. Glee, of the Parish•office,
aid he had sent them to the Wollth tu2e. It was stated
by the constable that the woman was a beggar and Seller
of old clothes, and that wh'n she left her house to follow
her oeeupition, the door we: locked, and the chi'dren,
whom her poverty prevented el 'thing, vier, I-ft alone iti
the house. Toe coitarqu nee had been, that two of them,
one bean; a child still at. the breast, fad b-un borht in a
most dreadful [limner. The pr loner towed that she was
too poor to provide her off,prot.g with either fof:d. r cloth-
ing ; but it was stated that her husband was in the receipt
of 16s. per week, and th" ease WNS referred to the Parish-
office, until further inquiries be made.

THE POLYTECHNIC.—The " transactiena of the Liver-
pool Polytecheic Society fir 1843" are now published in
the form of a neat pamimphl t, and a perusal of the work
cannot fail to gratify our scientific townsmen, and will,
stthoecinksoelfvtensfoarsit tuinteimmlat e:tsi,t c
ho ri t
icsotnhter,tbttuti
we trust, iiiduce surd. of them as have not yet enrolled
(tecdt ttoo elicitthe
agteindeirna.l
crease, to do credit to themselves, and tolocality, the
by
coming forward at the termination of the present vacation
in September next. This is the second annual publica-
tion issued by the society, and, without d'sl.aragement
to the higher efforts of similar bodies in the metropolis
and other towns, we feel proud of its appearaece, as
evincing a rapiO's,ippraach to time mere general study of
those Useful arid ,'lngeirieua arts that ennoble and enrich
any country," oia; in the march of scieimee over the
civil zed worlf.(briire heroine especially essential in • this.
We kntiw of A' iiiwn, moreover, that holds our greater
induceinents ifllleCtimis ta their pursuit. We are in the
Very it's-last' kil'itZ*riarigation, and our very evening walks
are beginialritlri' be intersected with railways. We are
invitVd`tb.,"till'Sorts of improvements, discoveries. and in-
ventionO, io enkrge " the dominion of the woe Id of mind
over the world of matter ;" and when we add that the
meetings of the society are held in the elegant leeture-
theatre of the Royal Institution; that the annual sub-
: scriptinn is compaiatively smal: ; and that the lectures
and disthissions are conducted in that friendly and cour-
teous manner which ever mails.; the conduct of genuine
gentlemen and men of science,—we need add nothing
more to induce an aecPssion of members to the already
numerous and respectable ranks of the arciety. Toe pre-
sent number of the " Transactions" is prefaced by a
brief view of the objects, the report of the council; the
laws of the society, list of t-e members, &c. Copious
abstracts of the papers read dur;n,g the year occupy, of
course, the greater part. Amonest these are many of a
most interesting character—on the Preservation if Docu-
merits from Fire—on Combustmn of Gas—mi the Town
Improvements of Liverpool—On the Christaline arrange-
ment of Metals—on Modern Architecture—Voltaic Ar-
raneementa, and Improvements in Working Metals—the
Consumption of Fuel in Locomotives—Metallic Bearings
of the same—Steam Navigation and the screw .prop-ller,
&c. The society was instirtued in 1838. and besides its
town supp,,rters has many corre•ponding members who
stand high in general science, discovery, and chemistry.
INQUESTS.— I hrea inquests were hell before the
borough coroner on Sat tit dsy. The fir-t was on the body
of Thomas Wilde, a ginger-peer manufacturer, residing
in Wolfe street. It appeared, from the evidence of a
number of witnesses, that, between the hours of four and
five o'clock, on Friday alt-rnoon, the deceased went into
a public-house in Gore-street, Toxteth-paik, leaving his
shandry, containing ginger beer, at the dour, and his son.
a little boy. standing at the head of the ho se. • In a
minute or two atter, a man walked out of the public.
house, and, jumping upon the box of time shandry, was
voing to drive off, when the little boy called out " Father,
father, they're going to take the shandry away." The
deceased immediately came out of the house, and the
man on the box jumped off an I ran away. At this mo-
rn nt there happened to be a man of the name of Wilde,
though no releive of deceased (since in custody), stand-
ing about twenty yards from the shandry, and the deceased
supposing him to he the person who had been on the box,
went towards him and gave him a slap on the face. The
prison( r appeared to hesitate for a few seconds as to how
he should iescht the injury ; but, just as the deceased was
in the act of turning round to go away, the prisoner struck
him a blow somewhere about the back of the neck which
laid him motionless upon the ground. The prisoner then
walked slowly away, but was shortly atter arrested. The
deceased was removed to his residence, where he died about
five o'clock on that (Saturday) morning. As Mr. Alex-
ander Hay, surgeon, was unable to account for death,
without first instituting a post mortem examination, the
inquest was adjourned until yesterday morning. and the
prisoner was
remanded to Bridewell.—Yesterday thein—
quest was resumed. Mr. Alexander hay being called,
further said, he had made a post mortern examination of
the body, and found extravasation of blood on the surface
of the brain, also a wcun I on the back and right side
of the sc dp, toge. tier wvi It a wound in the lower lip, and
an external contusion of th ,t wound. He considered the
wound might be the result of a fall. Extravasation of
blood-vessels might be the recut of natural causes, as
well as of a fall. From the disordered stare of the mem-
branes of the brain, he thought the deceased had been
suliject to fits. A violent fit of passion might have pro-
duced extravasation. Judging from the ap•mearances alone,
he was of opinion that ext.avasation was set up by the
fall. The prisoner, on his voluntary examination, (and
alter due caution,) said, that tin Friday evening week, he
was going along Bailey-street, when he saw a man art out
of a shandry—a boy having hold of the reins. The man
wanted to drive it on, but the boy prevented him, and
called " Father" several times. Deceased then came out
of a public-house, and the man got out of the ihandry.
Deceased then came up to him (prisoner), and struck bite
in the face, and knocked him down. lie (prisoner) then
turned in his passion and struck him (deceased) once
only, and he fell. He (prisltier) then w.nt away,
not thinking deceased was navel hart. He walked
slow!), along, as far as St. Michael's Church, in
Pat-street, R hen he heard some perp!e running, and, on
turning Ins head, found them close neon him. He was
taken back again to the public-house deceased bad come
iut or, and found him bleeding to death. Seeing he was in.
jured about the head, lie (prisoner) said several times he
was very sorry fir it. DeceasA, he sail, was very much
ire drink, which was the cause of his falling., and not
the blow. [ the prisoner sigind his deposition, but in
a very irregular end rather ill, guile hand. It did not ap-
pear that i.e was any relati,mn of the deceased. The name
of the deceased was given with a final e; that of the pri-
soner was signed without it.] 'I he Comm: r having summed
up with great perspicuity, the jury returned a verdict of
" Manslaughter" egaiiist the prisoner. and lie was com-
mitted to Kirkdale Gaol for trial at the Ass'zes. The see
cowl inquest was on the body of John Jones, which was
found, ab oat fire o'clock that moroinu, floating past the
flat Harriet, at present lying in the Clarence Dick. The
body was immedietely taken to the Seicombe slip,and re-
moved to the dead-house. In the pockets were found a
letter, a pair of spectacles, a pocket Imandeerchiet, and s
few cards. Thete were no marks of violence on the body.
It appeared that the deceased, who was about sixty-two
or sixty-three years of age, lived in Llewellyn-terrace,
Lambert-street; that he lift his house, in a perfectly so-
her state, about half-past ten o'clock Vie night before for
the purp .se of taking a short walk, and that nothing more
was heard of him until he was found floating in the man-
ner described.--The third inquest was on the body of
Esther littby, a child about five years a d four months
01 I. who resided with her parents in Chat ters.street. On
Friday evening the deceased and another 1 ttle girl were
silting in a wheelbarrow, the legs of whit h were in the
channel and the wheel t iwards the middle of the street.
While in this position, one of the parish carts carne down
the street, at ft slhev rate, with time driver #.t the head o
and
upset it. The
fthe horses' and the off wheel went against the barrow
deceased was thrown out, arid the wheel
went over her head, crushing it in such a manner that she
died in•tintly. As the driver was nor in a position to see
time borr.w, be was exonerated from blame. Verdicts in
acrordivice with the evidence were returned in both the
latter ea-es.

Tti K GREAT WIZARD'S VISIT.—TIIIS "extraordinary
being" leis announced to display his " laboratney of caba-
listic phenomena" at the Theatre Royal, Chinch-etterti
every evening during this week. We have heard that,
during It's late protracted absence from this town, ancient
books, dreadful cave ens, and inaccess ble crrgs have been
compelled to reveal and deliver up to his fated hand their
long-stored and mysterious secrets—nay. the elements
have ',roved obedient to the call. and succumbed to the
will of the dread magician. Nor have these marvellous
researches ended here. The new and abstruse sciences—
which t, rrorise the ignorant end appal the learnedare
converted into "empty nothingness" when passing under
the supernatural eye of this Levis han of magic. With
tie self-sufficiency of one unawed by vulgar wonders, and
charlatan discoveries, rendered ultra sapient. by their
almost unpronounceablecognomens, the "Wizard" thrnwa
off the mask, and announces that, by the aid of the
ralengic cauldron," he has discovered clairvoyance to
be a " 'imbue," and the cold water mania a " delusion."
We really rejoice that we exist during the era in which
this " extraordinary wizard" walks the earth. It is in-
deed a " consummation devoutly to be wished" - and
envied. For the other wonderful feats.—See advertise.
ment.

NEW BRAZILIAN TAItIFF.—A copy of the tariff pre-
pared by the Brazilian government has been received, and
a portion of its contents are communicated in the heal
papers. The duties at present levied on articles or Brit'sh
manufacture amount to about 21 per cent ad valorem, but
this principle of uniformity will not be followed in the
new tariff, as the.duties are made to range
per cent. The new tariff takes effect in November.
from 22 to 60
THE PROPERTY TAX.—NEW PRHVISIONS.-9n Wed-
nesday, the government bill to continue compositions for
assessed taxes, and to amend certain laws relating to
duties under the management of the Commissioners of
Stamps and Taxes, was printed. It contains three pro-
visions in regard to the property tax, which are embraced
in the general title of the measure. By the third section
it appears that there are existing difficulties respecting the
collection of assessed taxes, and the duties under the Pro-
perty Tax Act, in divers privileged other places, by rea-
sonof doubts as to whether such places are extra-paro-
chial, or included in any place for which separate assess-
ments for duties have been usually made, and it is pro-
posed that the Commissioners of Stamps should be em-
powered to direct within what districts and parishes privi-
leged and other places shall be rated to the assessed and
property tax. Under the next section, any omission in
previous assessments in privileged places may be supplied.
And, in the following, any thing omitted by the Commis-
sioners, or that may be hereafter omitted, may be ordered
and shall be as binding as if made at the time when it
should have been made; and, further, that any persons
selected by the Commissioners to be an assessor—such
refusals having greatly impeded the execution cf the act—
shall be liable to be fined .£lO, which fine is to be re-
covered and applied in the same way as any other fine
under the said acts.

east InOtis.

Will be despatched on t/ 51h August,
J. 4. For M rt DRAS,
/Or The Ship FRANCES,
felivr-
_EDGAR CORKI3 ILL, Commander;
--
Ins excellent accommodation for ',assentors. For terms
of freigt.t or passage apply to Messrs. BARTON, lrunsi
and HIGGINSON. or to
W. N. MOORE & BROTHER, 4, India-buildings.

First vessel.—Having much cargo engaged, will be de-
spatched immediate y, with whatever floods may offer.
For BOMBAY.
igio, The fine oak-built Barque CAMILLUS,
JAMES ASHTON, Coin mand..r,
- (Who is well acquainted with the trade;)
. _ .

A I, being only two years old; 615 tons; nonpareil ; a re-
markably fast sailer, having made 11,er last passage to Rio
in 46 days, and from Bombay in 104, and superior con-
veyance both for goods and pas,engers.—For terms, &c.
apply on board, west s!cle Prince's Dock ; to 'Messrs. R.
mid A. HENDERSON, or to

W. and J. TYRER.

Will be despatched positively on the 25th instant.
For CALCUTTA,
/601.%. The fine Liverpool-built Ship
OTTERSPOOL,
J. G. WICKMAN, Commander ;
A 1; 400 tons register; and coppered ; sails remarkably
fast ; offers an excellent opportunity for goods, and has
first-rate accommodations for passengers.—For terms of
freight or passage apply to Messrs. TAYLOR, POTTER,
and Co., Merchants, or to
W. N. MOORE and BROTHER,
4, India Buildine'.
Will be succeeded by the fine A.. 1 Liverpool-built Ship

MARY SOIVIERVILLE:

Enittb gnatts.

Now loading in the Prince's Dock, and will sail punc-
tually on the 23rd instant.
For NEW 'YORK,
The magnificent first-class American Ship
CORNELIA, Capt. F. M. FRENCH ;
111!l tons register; coppered and copper fastened; New
York built, and now on her fourth voyage only. She sails
very fast, and is well known as one of the finest ships ever
built in the United States of America —For terms of
freight or passage in cabin (having beautiful accommoda-
tians,) or steerage, apply to Captain French, on board;
to Alebsrs. GLEN and ANDERSON. or to
C. GRIMSEJAW & CO.

For LONDONDERRY AND COLERAINE,
Calling at LARNE, with leave to land Passengers at the
7 GIANT'S CAUSEWAY and adjacent Coast,
~c,
Nt (weather permitting,)
Miiit The COLERAINE,
-r----=-.. Captain ALEXANDER JOHNSTONE,
On Monday next, the 22nd instant, at Two o'Clock in
the Afternoon, from the Clarence Dock. _

Apply to i. A. and ft. FORSHAW, 6, Goree-piazzas.

&team flabigation.

gRr The Cabin Passage-money to Boston per the
Steamer on the 20th August will be Thirty Guineas, and
One Guinea Steward's Fee.
*** Freight will be £3 les. per ton measurement per
Steamer of the 201 h August.

BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL
MAIL STEAM-SHIPS,
Ofl2oo Tons and 440 Horses' Powereach.
APPOINTED BY THE ADMIRALTY TO SAIL BETWEEN
LIVERPOOL ant'. BDSFON,
CALLING AT HALIFAX TO I,.ND AND RECEIVE PAS-
SENGERS AND HER MAJESTY'S MAILS.
CALEDONIA,Captain Eown. G. LOTT.
ACADIA, Captain WM. H Anaisow.
HIBERNIA, Captain ALEX. RYRIE.
CAMBRIA, CaptainC.H.E.JonKlNs.
BRITANNIA, Captain JOHN HEWITT.
The Vessels appointed to sail from LIVERPOOL are the
CALEDONIA on the 19th July.
ACADIA on the 4th August.
HIBERNIA on the 20th August.
• Passengers' Luggage must be on board the day previous
to sailing.
Passage, including Provisions, but without Wines or
Licvlors, which can be obtained on board, to Boston or
Halifax, Thirty-eight Guineas. Steward's Fee, One
Guinea. Dogs charged £5 each.
Apply, in Halifax, to S. CUNARD ; in Boston, to S. S.
LEWIS; in London, to J. ,B. FOORD, 52, Old Broad-
street; in Glasgow, to G. and J.BURNS ; or, in Liverpool,
to D. and C. MACIVER, 14. Water-street.
NOTE.—AII LETTERS and NEWSPAPERS intended to
be sent by these Vessels must pass through the POST-
OFFICE, and none will be received at the Agents' Offices.
Passengers will be charged freight on their, personal
Luggage when it exceeds half-a-ton measurement.

The CALEDONIA starts on FRIDAY next, the 19th
instant. At Eleven o'clock on the Forenoon of that day,
a Steamer will be at the Egremont Slip, south end of
the Prince's Dock. to take off the Passengers.
Passengers are particularly requested to send all Lug-
gage on board the day before.
N.B.—Parcels will -be received at the Office of the
Agents, up to Eight o'clock on the Evening of THURS-
DAY, the 18th instant, but not later.

• FIRST-CLASS STEAM-SFIIPS
TO AND FROM GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL,

FARES.
Cabin, 20s. ; Steward's Fee, 2s. I Steerage, ss.
ADMIRAL,
Captain JOHN BOYD.
COMMODORE,
Captain JAMES HARDIE.
The undermentioned or other first-class Steam-ships
are intended to sail from the CLARENCE DOCK,
LIVERPOOL, with or without Pilots, as under :

JULY.
Saturday, the 20th.... at 1, Afternoon.
ADMIRAL.. Thursday, the at 6, Evening.
ADMIRAL.. Tuesday. the 30th.... at 10, Evening.
The Ves4els which leave LIVERPOOL on MoNnAlts
and THURSDAYS. and GLASGOW on WEDNESDAYS
and SATURDAYS,WiII Call, (weather permitting) at RAM-
SEY BAI , ISLE OP MAN.
The :iccorrirnodations of these Vessels are well-known
to be first-rate.
Apply to
DAVID MACIVER and Co., 12, Water-street.

THE GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL
ROYAL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY'S

snlendid new iron Steam Ships
PRINCESS ROYAL, Capt.M`Awrinnt
ROYAL GEORGE, Captain COOK,
Are intended to sail as under

Between LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW.

The Vessels sailing from Liverpool on Mondays and
Thursdays will call at RAMSEY, Isle of Man, to land
and-receive Passengers.

3 LILY .

PRINCESS ROYAL.. This Day, the 16th.. 10, Evening.
PRINCESS ROYAL.. Monday, the 22d.. 2, Afternoon.
PRINCESS ROYAL.. Saturday, the 27th.. 8, Evening.
AUGUSS.
PRINCESS ROYAL. Thursday, the Ist.. 12, Nnon.
PRINCESS ROYAL.. Tuesday, the 6th.. 4, Afternoon.
PRINCESS ROYAL.. Monday, the 12th.. 9, Evening.
PRINCESS ROYAL.. Slturday, the 17th.. 12, Noon.
PRINCESS ROYAL.. Thursday, the 22d .. 4, Afternoon.
PRINCESS ROYAL.. Tuesday. the 27th.. 9, Evening.
Cabin Passage, 20s. ; Fee, 28. Steerage, ss.
Apply to M. LANGLANDS, 16, Enoch-square, Glasovv;
D. M. LARTY and Co., 38, Shaw-street, Greenock ;
SCLATER, 1, Horn-street. Manchester ; or, here, to

JAMES BREBNER, 20, Water-treet.
1147' The PRINCESS ROYAL sails This DAY, the
16th instant, at Ten o'clock in the Evening.

For GREENOCK and GLASGOW,
With Goods and Passengers.
Cabin.. 20s. • Steward's Fee.. 2s.—Deck.. ss.
THE GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL STEAM
SHIPPING COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS
ACHILLES,
Captain HUGH MAIN, and
- FIRE KING, Captain J. MTHERSON,
Sail regularly from the Clarence Dock.
LIVERPOOL, to GLASGOW.
The undernoted or other first-class Steam-Ship is
Intended to sail as follows, from LIVERPOOL :
_ - • JULY.

ACHILLES .... Thursday, the 18th.... at 12, Noon.
ACHILLES .... Tuesday, the 23d.... at 3, Afternoon.
ACHILLES Monday, the 29th.... at 9, Evening.
For further particulars apply to
THOMAS MARTIN and BURNS and Co.,
7, Water-street, Liverpool.
GEORGE and JAMES BURNS,
Buchanan-street, Glasgow; or to
ARCHIBALD- BLACK,
Custom-house-place, Greenock.
Vessels leaving Liverpool on Mondays and Thursdays,
and Glasgow on Wednesdays and Saturdays, will calf
(weather permitting) at RAMSEY BAY, Isle of Man.

For DUBLIN and BELFAST.
4 THE CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM.
• PACKET COMPANY,
WI It
- Incorporated by Act of Parliament.
The above Company sailtheir Vessels, (with or without
Pilots') taking Goods and Passengers.

..1.

. Tuti.D -For DUBLIN,
WizineX, July 16, at 10 o'clock P.M.
THunswor
AY, ~ 17, 10 ~ P.M.
FRIDAY,
~ 19, 12 „ NOON.
• SATURDAY,
MONDAY, "- 20, 1 I. P.M-
The QUEEN VlC'fbßi-,A,a12/111..,"E, PRINCESS,
or other first-class Steamer 6
riserßY EVENING, at
Seven o'Cloek, from George'
II A Re
rl3BOO
71.1.31!yt. , h
etoatiIi4AVERPOOL,
her Majesty's
to
Mails and Cabin Passen a
Fur BELFAST, the ATIILONR,
WEDNESDAY, July 17, at 10 o'clock P.M.
Further information given at the Company's Office,
24, Water-street,
JOHN K, ROUNTIIIVAITE, Ageat.