The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-11-04 00:00:00

MARRIED

On Tuesday, the 7th ult., at St. Mark's Church, Mr. Joseph
Breeze, pawnbroker. to Mary, only daughter of Mr. J. Wat-
kinson, cowkeeper, Stanhope.strset.
On Monday, the 20th ult., at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev.
H. Stewart, Mr. W. Gregory, of Toxteth park. late of Chester,
to M ss Sarah Jane Wilson, of Present street, Low-hill.
Same day, at Sheffield, Mr. Richard Briddon, upwards of 74
years of age, grocer and flour-dealer, to Miss Ann Wigley, of
sweet 16, both of Brampton.
On Sunday, the 26th nit., at St. Philip's Church, Mr. A.
Cameron, to Miss Margret Heyes.
Same day, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. Robert Sanderson, to
Mary, daughter of Mr. R. Roberts.
On Tuesday, the 25th ult., at St. Bride's Church, Mr. Richard
Scragg, stationer, Renshaw-street, to Christiana, only daughter
of Mr. P. Burns, of Oldham- street.
Same day, at St. George's, Hanover Square, London, by the
Rev. H. W. Feaweil. M.A , the Rev. John Maxwell Wilde, 8.A.,
incumbent of Trinity Church, Northwich, Cheshire. to Maria
Harriet, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Daniel Esq., Little
Beckhampstead, Hens, and niece to Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. for
lie, tfords hire.
Same day, at St. Catharine's Church, Mr. William Hughes,
of this town, to Miss Crosshy, of Astmoore. near Runcorn.
On Wednesday, the 29th ult., at Great George-street Chapel,
by the Rev. Dr. Raffles, Mr. John Brooks, to Anne, eldest
daughter of the late Mr. John H 3dgkins.
Same day, at St. James's Church, by the Rev. H. Hampton,
Mr. David (-Word. to Mary Ann, daughter of Mr. T. Marsh.
On Thursday, the 3ath ult.. at St. John the Baptist's Church,
by the Rev. F. Parry, 8.D., Thomas Kelly, Esq.. cn Fortescue-
terrace, Dublin, and third son of the late Captain John Kelly,
of the 77th Regiment, to Sarah. eldest daughter of Edward
Brown, Esq., of Berkely-street. Toxteth-park.
On Friday, the 31st ult., at the Crescent Chapel, by the Rev.
Dr. Raffles, Mr. Robert John Grayson Jervis, to Mary, daughter
of Mr. Wm. King, of her Majesty's Customs, Edgehill.
On Saturday, the Ist instant, at St. Michael's Church,
Toxteth-park, Mr. Samuel Khmer, bookseller and stationer,
Everton, to Leonora Hill, of Kirkdale.
Yesterday, at St. John the Baptist's Church, by the Rev.
J. Hassan, M.A., Archibald Livingston, Esq., of Toxteth-
park, to Jane, third daughter of Thomas Gibson, Esq., of
Dumfries, Scotland.

DIED.
On the 15th of September, at Poona, Georgina Francisca,
wife of Stephen Dighy Murray, Esq., of Bombay, after giving
birth to a daughter still born.
On the 21St ultimo, aged 41, John, sixth son of the late Mr,
T. Hazlehurst.
Chi the 23: d ultimo, at Roby. aged 82. Mr. Henry Flornby.
Same day, aged 9 years, Charlotte Hannah, dLughter of Mr.
V. P. Royle, of Chester.
On the 24th ultimo, Jessy, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Riddick,
tailor, formerly of Dumfries.
Same day, at St. Nicho:as's, Cardiff, William Jonas Watson,
Esq., mayor of Cardiff.
same day. aged 50, Mrs. Fazakerley, late of Catherine street.
On the 25th ultimo, at Great Crosby, Martha Jane, infant
daughter of Mr J. Wren. jun.
On Monday, the 27th ult,' aged five and a half years, James,
eldest son of Mr. J. Dumbell, Kirk dale.
Same day. at her residence, Soho street, Miss Hird, the last
surviving child of the late Captain Hird, of Liverpool.
Same day, in he r 45th year, Elie!, wife of Mr. R. Williams, of
the Mona Inn. Oldhall-street.
On TuL•sday, the 28th ult., at Brighton, aged 58, Sir Matthew
Tierney, physician in ordinary to George the Fourth and
William the Fourth.
Same day, aged 53, Ellen, wife of Mr. E. Powell, of Rathbone-
street.
Same day, aged 22, Caroline Ferrers, eldest daughter of G.
Pickering, Esq., of Brook-lodge, near Chester.
Same day, at his residence, Wimpole-street, London, aged
45, M. Fortisque, the Venezuelan Minister.
Same day. on Rodden Down, near Frome, in her 97th year,
Mary, widow of Mr. Fl' Rossiter, of Vallis-farm, whom she
survived nearly fifty years.
On Wednesday, the 29th ult., aged 45, much respected, Mary
Ann. wife of J, Greenwood, Denbigh Castle, Hackin's.hey.
Same day, aged la months. Thomas Storey, son of Mr. G.
Robinson, printer, Johnson's-place, Mansfield-stre, t.
Same day, aged 49, Mr. John Ward, of V. hit
ehaven.
Same day, at Knotty Ash, aged 19, Sarah. third daughter of
the late T. W. Mawdsley, Esq., solicitor, of this town.
Same day, aged 83, Margaret, relict of Mr. Wm. Crowe,

Spar ing.street.
Same day, at his residence, Hetherton-loclee, near Nantwich,
aged 68, John Forshaw, Esq., late of Birkenhead.
On Thursday. the 3 ,th ult., at Tranmere. Mr. John King
Harwood. engineer, eldest son of the late Mr. Robert Harwood.

of Birmingham.
Same day: at his residence, Hamilton-rlace, London, Lord
tagu. TLe aeceased was born in 1776. He was a supporter
of the present Administration, and had the patronage of seven
livir gs. His estates, which are considerable, lay in Berkshire,
Hampshire, and Sellarkshire, of which latter county he was
the lord-lieutenant. The titie becomes extinct, and the bulk of
the property falls into the possession o: the Duke of Buccleuch.
Same day, J. H. Hall, Esq , barristcrAt-law, and one of
her Majesty's Commissioners in Lunacy, eldest son of the Rev.
J. Hancock Hall, of Risley-hall, in the county of Derby.
On Friday, the 31st ult., at his residence, near Aylesbury,
aged 31, John Rolls Gibbs, Esq., the talented free trade advocate
and able editor of the Aylesbury News and Bedford News.
On Saturday, the Ist instant, aged two months, the infant
son of Henry R. Hoskins, Esq., of Catherine-street.
On Sunday, the 2nd instant, at Kew Brighton, after a few
days' severe illness. Lucy Margaret, daughter of Aphn Davies,
Esq., solicitor, of this town.
Yesterday, at the residence of her brother, Henry Holmes,
Esq., Everton-brow, Mrs. Margaret Cook, aged 65 years, relict
of the late Colin Cook, Esq., of the Isle of %V althorn.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL.
Novunnsit. HOUR.
4, Robert Edwards, audit District Court, 11
4, John Milne, aadit
4, Richard Machell, audit
4. Joseph Brooks, audit Ditto, 11
5, John and Elizabeth Fisher, proof and div Ditto. 12
6, Benjamin liornby, 2nd
6. John breakenridge, tat Ditto, /1
6, Henry Blunt, Ist Ditto, 12

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
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We call the attention of our readers to an advertise-
ment of Hamburgh Furniture in our paper of to-day.
It is beautifully finished.
Those who are about to invest in landed property would
do well to peruse Mr. Williams's advertisement.
Wax FIGURES.—This is the last week of the very
excellent collection of wax figures now exhibiting at the
Parthenon.—( See advertisement.)
MYSTERIOUS LADY.—We are not surprised that the
Lady, in Bold-street, has attracted to her door all the
fashionable equipages in town, and to her presence all the
fair beauties who are curious—and what fair one is not?
—for anythinc more miraculous than her responses was
never witness.d here or elsewhere. We understand her
stay in Liverpool is limited to next week.
PUBLICANS' APPEAL.—At the Court-house, Kirkdale,
before the Rev. Miles Formby, and John Formby, Esq.,
the appeal of Mr. John Green, publican, against the de-
cision of Charles Turner and John Holmes, Esqrs., two
of the borough magistrates, presiding at the last ficensine
day, was heard. Mr. James, barrister, appeared for the
appellant, and Mr. Blair for the respondents. After the
case had been gone into to a tedious length the presiding
magistrates informed the court that they could not agree
in their decision and respited the case until next session.
THEATRE ROYAL, CHURCH STREET.—The revival of
C
the drama of "Don aesar de 13azan" with Lestus' in-
imitable personation of that character was last night
attended with the greatest success, and from firs to last,
loudly applauded. “Olympic Revels"—in rs.
Grattan plays Pandora, is a clever satiricipl. ' loft
and having been received with great eciAlid s._ *Aar",
week, was repeated last night. In.ttle.' rTif Fago&i?,
Lester was at home, and the ro .of ght a)d
parts of the house acknowledges, asii 77.7-prii
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8 THE LIVERPOOL srANDARD.
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ST. BARTHOLOMEWS CHURCH, DISASTROUS GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION. TO CORRESPONDENTS. effectually obviate the costly operation to the whole na-
NAYLOR-STREET. tion of constructing railways for the sole purpose eventu-
N SUNDAY next, the 9th inst, TWO SERMONS shortly after three o'clock, on Saturday evening, a We are unable to find roorpefoe the highly important letter of -ally offoroing existing lines; by threatened competition,
O will be preached in ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S dreadful explosion of gunpowder took place in the shop • the Rev. Mr. Bailee; but it shall appear next week. into extortionary amalgamation, not at their actual cost,
CHURCH ; in the morning by the ReveJONATHAN of Mr. Richard Jones, ironmonger, No. 58, Dale-street, The receipt yesterday of nearly double our usual quantity of but without the previously incurred risk of untried enter-
BROOKS, M.A., Rector, and iteethe-evening by the (nearly opposite Moorfields,) by the effects of which Mr. advertisements has compelled us to postpone the insertion of prise, at the value which the old lines have attained by a
ise have appeared to-day. would
otherwise
Rev. FREDERIC PARRY, I mbent of St.Clecnent's, Jones, and his shop-boy, John Buckstone, wereseriously several articles which concentrated and undivided traffic. Reckless speculations
The late hour at which we received Mr. Hill's communication, will be stayed, millions of uselessly - expended money
Windsor.—The Morning 'vice will commence at a injured, and several other persons more or less hurt. Mr.
and its being written on both sides, prevents us giving it i
quarter before Eleven ate the Evening at half after Six Jones dealt in powder by retail, and in the window, and ll' economized, hundreds of thousands of ignorant individu-
-o'clock. „es'', ' at the rear of the premises, kept an average of about 3011 es. sertion. Ths very fact, however, of a verdict being unbest-
als will be rescued from the certain ruin attendant on
•
Collections will We made towards defraying the expense of the article. The explosion took place at the back of traetaidngolergivisensubffiyca jury who declined to hear the evidence
sufficient to convince the public of the propriety investments in worthless undertakings, and private pro-
of lighting and warming the church. tho shop, where a canister with three divisions for differ- of the verdict. perty and its present use and productiveness will be secu-
- ant qualities of the explosive was kept, in all about 10lbs.
BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL TO WIT. There was also about 15Ibs. to 20tbs. in the window, crowning result of such railway legislation will be, that
AT a SPECIAL SESSIONS of the JUSTICES of which, when the fire was communicated from the canis- Ebt Ziberpool otanDari). all profits on the traffic in excess of the percentage on the
the PEACE, of and for the Borough of Liverpool, ter, caused a second very loud explosion, to the alarm of
held__ on the 29th day of October, 184,5, at the time of many parties in the vicinity, and even thromOont tha die- -
holding the Michaelmas Quarter Se.s.eiwertrind for the tries, the adjacent houses being shaken by the shock. TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 4, 1845. fares."
said Borough. The window of the shop of Mr. Daly, baker, on the op- _ Modest Mr. Heyworth ! Existing lines ought to
Edward Rushton, of Parlor de, Smithdown-lane, posite side of the street was smashed by a coal-scuttle, thank you, in the shape of a presentation of plate.
Esquire ; Thomas Bolton, --elf Great George-square, carried across from Mr. Jones's, and driven through the Our readers would observe in our columns a
no doubt, they would be to make "all the
Esquire ; and WilliafmjeCon, of Gambier-terrace, sash. Eight large panes were also broken in the Royal fortnight ago, an admirable address, from the Irish Glad,
railway. accommodation the country may require,"
Esquire • being three o e Justices of and for the said Hotel, and several in the window of Mr. Kearney, book- Protestants,
Borough,' and Willianellenry Duncan, of Rodney-street, seller, next door. The windows of the houses on the --
signed' by Lord Roden, to the Protest- with capital borrowed at 31- to 4 per cent,, and to
Physician, were appeinted Visitors of every or any House right, left, end rear, were also more or less damaged. In ants of England, upon the subject of the present receive for their disinterestedness ten per cent. di-
or Houses licensed for the reception of Lunatics within Mr. Jones's the explosion burst the shop window and crisis of Protestant interests in their native country, vidends. It would be a pleasant and profitable pro-
the said Borough, and Peter Wright, of Fairfield-terrace, frame to pieces, forced the joists under the window of the Ireland. We are happy to find that his lordship's
Edge-lane. Clerk of the Peace of the said Borough, was first floor, and also all those under the shop from their hold-revs,. What creations of halves and quarters,
appeal is not destined to be without itsTofil,tvtnin.g
Nore-
eighths and sixteenths, we should have for years to
appointed Clerk to the said Visitors. logs, and broke nearly every pane of glass in the top part of
ELLIS and WYBERGH, the house. The sign-boat(' was dislocked, and the whole sponse from this Loyal and Protestant come, with their thumping premiums ! "No injus-
Clerks to the Justices. building, three stories in height from the ground, was so sooner had the address of hi lordship appeared tice would be done to existing interests"—alas that
I hereby assent to the appointments above stated. shattered, as to reneer it uninhabitable. There were four amongst us than an influential meeting of the
such a term should issue from free trade lips !—but
GILBERT HENDERSON, persons in the shop at the time, Mr. Jones, his shopman clergy and gentry of the town was held at the Cla-
Recorder for the Borough of Liverpool. Mr. Davis, the boy Buckstone, and a lad who had conic in rendon Rooms, to consider what steps should be a little would certainly be done to the public, who
October 29, 1845. to buy a pennywoith of powder. It is not ascertained how taken
the powder became ignited, but it appears to have arisen which Mr. Heyworth. has fared most sumptuously.
To the MERCHANTS, OWNERS, and PART- from the spark of a candle which Buckstone had when he England with their Irish brethren. At a subse- The " crowning result" of such legislation, he says,
OWNERS of SHIPS, and other Persons duly Qua- e
was serving the boy 1 e .10M the eanister. Mr. Davis was quent meeting, on Friday last, at which nearly a
lified to Vote for the ELECTION of MERCHANTS standing with his back to the boy, and was struck by of the clergy and leading merchants
hundred-
or SHIPOWNERS to form part of the DOCK COM- something on the back of the head, which has left a mark, the per centage on the capital expended will go to
MITTEE. and which knocked him &evil. He found Buckstone ly- the town were present, it was resolved— benefit the public by the reduction of Fares." Un-
T JAMES LAWRENCE, E ire, Mayor of the ing on the floor, and took him out. He wes but slightly " That a public meeting be held at the Amphitheatre, happily the public have very slight reason to believe
1.3 Borough of Liverpool, in reuance and by virtue of injured. The second explosion then took place, and on the 17th Nov., at twelve o'clock ; and that a sub- this. Existing companies near home had better
the powers and authoritie of the Act of Parliament, brought down the shelves, also the partitittn wall that di- committee be now appointed to secure and prepare the
shew a little liberality of this kind in advance.
passed in the sixth year the Reign of his late Majesty, vides the shop, which last was instantly in flames. Mr. room, and arrange for admission by tickets."
King George the Fentrth, intituled "An Act for the Davis, who had exerted himself to save the lives of the two Arrangements have since been made to secure the There is ample " excess of per centage" to be dis-
farther Irnprosemeat of the Port, Harbour, and Town of boys, and succeeded in getting one of them out, got intoposed of already. When this .is done, we might,
Liverpool, and fof Altering, Extending, and Amending, the itreet, he knows not how, and was conveyed to Mr. Amphitheatre—the- only public building which can P
prtunity of being lib perhaps, be disposed to trust them with further op-
the several Acts relating thereto," DO HEREBY AP- Howell's, surgeon, where remedies were apglied to his hold half the immense meeting which would respond
POINT a MEETING of the MERCH ANTS, and face, head, land body, which were considerably scorch- to such a call. The Chair will be taken by a gentle-
a
SHIPOWNERS of Liverpool (duly qualified), to be ed. Mr. Westmore, a brazier, in Stanley-street, at the man, whose name will be a guarantee that the move-
less.. -es WVTITCVCTIAv. the. Twelfth day of November risk of his life_ dashed thronyh the flames. and rescued the meet is not one of a mere: siertinn of Churchmen A notire anneare in nor enlomne this rlav_ from

IJAMES LAWRENCE, E ire, Mayor of the
3 Borough of Liverpool, in nuance and by virtue of
the powers and authoritie of the Act of Parliament,
passed in the sixth year the Reign of his late Majesty,
King George the Fcistrth, intituled " An Act for the
further Improiemeist of the Port, Harbour, and Town of
Liverpool, and for Altering, Extending, and Amending,
the seteral Acts relating thereto," DO HEREBY AP-
POINT a MEETING of the MERCH ANTS, and
SHIPOWNERS of Liverpool (duly qualified), to be
held on WEDNESDAY, the Twelfth day of November
instant, in the Committee Room of the DOCK OFFICE,
Revenue Buildings, Canning-place, in Liverpool afore-
said, between the hours of One and Four of the Clock, in
the Afternoon, for the Election, Nomination, and Ap-
pointment, of one Member of the Commiteee for the
Affairs of the Estate of the Trustees of the Lverpool
Docks, to supply a vacancy in the said Committee,
mused by the Election into the Council of Eyre Evans,
Esquire, on the Ist November instant.
JAMES LAWRENCE, Mayor.
Town-hall, 3d November, 1845.
The qualification of Members of the Committee as fixed
by the Act is as follows, viz. :
" A natural-born subject of the United Kingdom of
" Great Britain and Ireland, or a subject duly natu-
" ralized according to law, and who shall have resided in
" the Town of Liverpool, or the vicinity thereof, for five
" years previous to the day of Election ; and shall have
" paid rates and duties to the amount of £5O on his indi-
" vidual account, or as agent for others residing not less
" than eight miles from Liverpool, or £lOO if paid by any
" house of trade in Liverpool, in which he may be a
" partner, within the year immediately preceding the
" Election."
The qualification of Voters as fixed by the Act is as
follows
" Merchants, Owners, Part Owners of Ships, and other
" persons being Principals inhabiting the Town of Liver-
pool or the vicinity thereof, or being agents, living in
" Liverpool or the vicinity thereof, for Principals residing
" more than eight miles from the said Town, who have
" paid either as Principals or Agents as aforesaid, rates
" and duties to the amount of £lO within one year previ-
" ous to the Election."
And from every Voter one of the following declarations,
with his signature thereto, will be required at the time of
his voting, which must be by personal attendance :
[ln the else of a Principal above decribed.]
" I do hereby declare that I have paid as a Principal,
" inhabiting the Town of Liverpool, or the vicinity there-
" of, rates and duties, by the Liverpool Dock Act of 51
" Geo. 3, c. 143, or the Dock Act 6 Geo- 4, c. 187, au-
" thorised to be raised, levied and collected, to the amount
" of Ten Pounds within one year from the day of the date
" hereof, and that I am thereby duly qualified to vote at
" the Election of Rate Payers to serve as Members of
" the Dock Committee.
" Witness my hand, this day of November, 1845."
[ln the case of an Agent above described.]
" I do hereby declare that I live in the Town of Liver-
pool or the vicinity thereof, and that I have paid as an
Agent for a Principal residing more than eight miles
from the Town of Liverpool, Rates and Duties by the
Liverpool Dock Act of 51 Geo. 3, c. 143, or the Dock
Act of 6 Geo. 4, c. 187, authorized to be raised, levied
and collected, to the amount of Ten Pounds within one
year from the day of the date hereof, and that I am
thereby duly qualified to vote at the Election of Rate
Payers to serve as Members of the Dock Committee.
•'Witness my hand, this day of November, 1845."
Printed copies of these Declarations may be obtained
at the Dock Office.

THE PATENT GALVANIZED IRON COMPANY
1 call public attention to the following, amongst other
great Works, executed with their Patent article:—
The ROOFS of the NEW HOUSES of PAItUIA-

'_RENT, at Westminster.
The SLIPS, or SH EDS, for building " First Rates " in
the ROYAL DOCK-YARDS at WOOIIWICH,
PORTSMOUTH, DEPTFORD, &e., (ale latter
visible in passing down the Thames, and is an object of
great beauty, having a centre span of 82 feet.)
The TIMBER SHEDS and other Buildings in the Royal
Dock-yards are also being rooffnd constructed with
this Fireproof Material.

The BUOYS and other RINE WORKS of the
Honourable CORPO lON of the TRINITY
HOUSE have for tw ears been constructed with the
Galvanized Iron, w ch resists effectually the action of
sea-water.

Shortly after three o'clock, on Saturday evening, a
dreadful explosion of gunpowder took place in the shop
of Mr. Richard Jones, ironmonger, No. 58, Dale-street,
(nearly opposite Moorfields,) by the effects of which Mr.
Jones, and his shop-boy, John Buckstone, wereseriously
injured, and several other persons more or less hurt. Mr.
Jones dealt in powder by retail, and in the window, and
at the rear of the premises, kept an average of about 301bs.
of the article. The explosion took place at the back of
tho shop, where a canister with three divisions for differ-
ent qualities of the explosive was kept, in all about 101hs.
There was also about 151bs. to 201hs. in the window,
which, when the fire was communicated from the canis-
ter, caused a second very loud explosion, to the alarm of
many parties in the vicinity, and even throu,ghont tha dis-
trict, the adjacent houses being shaken by the shock.
The window of the shop of Mr. Daly, baker, on the op-
posite side of the street was smashed by a coal-scuttle,
carried across from Mr. Jones's, and driven through the
sash. Eight large panes were also broken in the Royal
Hotel, and several in the window of Mr. Kearney, book-
seller, next door. The windows of the houses on the
right, left, end rear, were also more or less damaged. In
Mr. Jones's the explosion burst the shop window and
frame to pieces, forced the joists under the window of the
first floor, and also all those under the shop from their hold-
ings, and broke nearly every pane of glass in the top part of
the house. The sign-boat(' was disloded, and the whole
building, three stories in height from the ground, was so
shattered, as to reuc'er it uninhabitable. There were four
persons in the shop at the time, Mr. Jones, his shopman
Mr. Davis, the boy Buckstone, and a lad who hail conic in
to buy a pennywot th of powder. It is not ascertained how
the powder became ignited, but it appears to have arisen
from the spark of a candle which Buckstone had when he
was serving the bey from the eanister. Mr. Davis was
standing with his back to the boy, and was struck by
something on the back of the head, which has left a mark,
and which knocked him &evil. He found Buckstone ly-
ing on the floor, and took him out. He w-is but slightly
injured. The second explosion then took place, and
brought down the shelves, also the partitihn wall that di-
vides the shop, which last was instantly in flames. Mr.
Davis, who had exerted himself to save the lives of the two
boys, and succeeded in getting one of them out, gut into
the street, he knows not how, and was conveyed to Mr.
Howell's, surgeon, where remedies were applied to his
face, head, land body, which were considerably scorch-
ed. Mr. Westmore, a brazier, in Stanley-street, at the
risk of his life, dashed through the flames, and rescued the
boy Buckstone. Mr. Jones himself was literally blown
through the window into the street. He and Buckstone
were taken to Mr. Potter's, surgeon, and it was found
that their injuries were of an alarming nature. The
hair was burnt from Mr. Jones's head, and blood
issued from his mouth. His hands were also scorched.
He was removed to the Northern Hospital, and on Sun-
day but faint hopes were entertained of his recovery. The
life of the boy Buckstone is also in danger, he being
much burned over the hands, head, face, and abdomen.
He was also taken to the hospital. Several persons who
were passing the shop at the time of the explosion were
more or less injured. A dock-gate man was cut about
the face by the projected glass, and his coat tails were set
on fire. The engines were soon on the spot, and in an
hour the fire was completely subdued. During the time
they were working, Mr. Hewitt, ordered a cask, covered
with canvas, which he thought might contain some com-
bustible material, to be removed from the doorway, and
put into one of the engine water tubs- A man carried it
out, while the canvas was ignited, and threw it into the
tub. When exemined it was found to contain about 20 lb.
of gunpowder! Quantities of the same material were
after the fire found in the back room of the second story.
In all about 23/4 cwt. of gunpowder was found, and was
sent to the Magazines. Mr. Jones resides at Wallasey,
and no one slept on the premises in Dale-street. Vast
crowds visited the scene of the accident on Sunday and
yesterday. Upon enquiry at the hospital last night, we
learnt that Mr. Jones was going on as well as could be
expected, after the injuries he had received, and that
strong hopes of his recovery are entertained. He was
severely burnt in the hand, and has lost several of his
finger nails. The unfortunate boy Buckstone was in a
more serious way, there being no hopes of his surviving.
He was dreadfully burnt in the breast, face and head, and
was insensible at the time of our visit to the institution.

The celebrated EIXCTRIC TELEGRAPH S of Messrs.
Cooke and Wheatstone are constructed exclusively
with the Company's Galvanized Wires, &c.
And this indestructible Iron, under all common infla-
ence, viz., Sea Water, Saline or Damp Atmospheres, is
admirably adapted for ROOFING in ALL CLIMATES,
being Fire, Hurricane, and Lightning Proof, if a conti-
nuous communication be formed with the earth by Gal-
vanised Iron Spouting attached to the Roof.
Dock Work, Chain or Wire-rope Bridges, Wire Fences,
Fireproof Buildings, Corrugated Doors, Shutters,
Greenhouses, Conservatories, and an endless variety of

purposes.
Roofs of Gas Works and Chemical Manufactories.
Ship-building Purposes, viz., Blocks, Bolts in lieu of
Copper, and Knees. For Chain Rigging, Wire Rig-
ging, and Sheathing, it is extensively used.
And the following Certificate, amongst many others, is
affixed

" Lloyd's Register, London, February 7, 1845,
2, White Lion-court, Cornhill.
" The undersigned surveyors to this society did, at the
equest of Messrs. Malins and Rawlinsons, examine the
Patent Galvanized Iron Sheathing upon the bottom of
the brig Mary Stewart, lying in Messrs. Curling, Young,
and Co.'s dry dock, Limehouse, and lately returned from
a voyage to the island of Ichaboe, on the coast of Africa,
and found it unbroken and perfect throughout the vessel's
bottom, and no appearance of corrosion or oxide of iron
upon its surface. The iron that had been exposed by
puncturing the nail holes had become coated with zinc—
the sheathing was nearly clean, and free from marine
grass and animalcules. It appears to have answered very
well during the before-mentioned voyage, and the ship
has sailed without it being found necessary to do any re-
pairs to it. _

" PETER COURTENAY,
"1. H. RITCHIE, }Lloyd's Surveyors."
" JAMES MARTIN,
The Company are prepared to supply all articles re-
quired, or execute work of every description.
Works—London, at Millwall, Poplar, near West India
Docks; Staffordshire, Phoenix and Lea Brook Iron
Works, from which Corrugated Iron and every descrip-
tion of Iron, Galvanized or otherwise, can be supplied ;
also from the South Wales Works, near Bridgend,
Glamorganshire. _

THE LATE JOSEPH WILSON

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SIR,—I observe in the Liverpool Chronicle of Satur-
day, an account of the death of our late clerk,, Mr.
Joseph Wilson ; it is there stated that " he was discharged
by his employers for irregularity in his accounts."
As agent to Messrs. Barnby, Faulkner, and Co., I beg
that you will give denial to this statement in your paper
of to-morrow. _ _ _

Mr. Joseph Wilson was not charged by them, nor was
he deficient in his accounts; or► the contrary, I am
authorised to state " be was much esteemed, and his
death is much regretted by the firm."—l am, sir, your
obedient servant, THOMAS D. BROWN.
Old-quay, 3d Nov.

COURT OF PASSAGE

Arrangements have since been made to secure the
Amphitheatre—the only public building which can
hold half the immense meeting which would respond
to such a call. The Chair will be taken by a gentle-
man, whose name wig be a guarantee that the move-
ment is not one of a mere section of Churchmen
only, and will also prove to our Irish Brethren that
their cause is not dear to those alone who have suf-
fered persecution with them, but as well to those
who, from their own position in society, cannot be
suspected of being led on in their present course of
action by anything but a strong sense of duty, and
a sympathy with their suffering fellow-Protestants
and fellow-countrymen, in Ireland. The Resolu-
tions will be moved and seconded by some of the
most eminent amongst our clergy and fellow-towns-
men.

We have been amused during the last few weeks,
and disgusted at the same time, with the Jesuitical
tone in which the Whig Radical organs have
spoken of the municipal elections just terminated.
Everywhere, we have been told that, in their
selection of candidates for the contested wards, the
Liberals were guided solely by considerations of
the fitness of the men, and their opinions on local
improvements, without regarding at all their
political bias. With what amount of conscientious
rectitude these professions. have been carried out, a
glance at the names of the gentlemen thus selected
to fight their battle, will show. In every case, their
selection has fallen upon hitter and violent partisans.
In many it has fallen upon the men the most likely
to be obnoxious to the Conservative majority in the
Council, and to introduce there those jars and per-
sonalities, so unseemly in a public body, and cal-
culated; more than any other circumstance, to re-
tard the progress of business and of practical im-
provement. They have, in fact, gone right in the
teeth of their professions, and proved to the world
that these were deliberately put forth to deceive.
We must really say that such practices speak
little in favor of the morality of the party by whom
they are resorted to. A fair fight is what English-
men like—not this cowardly fighting behind an
ambush. It is, however, to us inconceivable how
any Conservative, with the ordinary intellect of
manhood, could allow himself to believe such
puerile absurdity as the notion that politics would
not be made, by both parties, a leading ingredient
in the " fitness" which they seek in a member of
the Town Council. They ever have been so, and
they ever will be so. It is a leading feature m the
British Constitution and the temper of British
society that almost every public appointment, from
that of a parish beadle upwards, is made more or
less a test of party strength ; and, with the known
longing of the Whig Radicals for a leading share
in the direction of our municipal affairs, it was folly
to suppose that any other than party motives and
party strength would decide the contests just con-
cluded. We trust that the untoward result of the
blind confidence into which the Conservatives of
Liverpool have been led, as exhibited in our return
of the polling on Saturday, will warn them for the
future, and tend to infuse a little more clearheaded,
ness and activity into their proceedings.

A notice appears in our columns this day, from
the Solicitor to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks,
of an intended application to parliament next ses-
sion, the objects of which, as they may not be easily
gathered from the legal phraseology of the notice it-
self, we shall explain, so far as we have been able to
learn them. The act to he applied for is stated to be
to enable the trustees to purchase " lands, buildings,
docks, basins, wharfs, quays, piers, tenements, he-
reditaments, and premises, within the parish of Li-
verpool and the extra-parochial place of Toxteth-
park ; and to make and maintain, vary, enlarge, &c.,
any such works. It also proposes to amend or en-
large various former acts; and is, in short, just the
kind of notice which has been given whenever the
Dock Committee have been driven to parliament for
powers to increase and extend the vast estate under
their control.

The first object, we believe, sought for, is to arm
themselves with powers to give increased efficiency
to their recent purchase of the Harrington Dock
Estate, It will also be remembered that it has been
decided upon to carry a line, or lines, of railway
along the dock quays from north to south ; and for
this purpose it is found necessary to entrench upon
private property adjacent to such quays, and pos-
sibly upon some dock property which does not be-
long to the trustees and cannot be dealt with with-
out an act of parliament. Whilst seeking the ne-
cessary powers for carrying these views into effect,
it has been resolved to take powers, at the same
time, for purchasing the property comprised be-
tween a straight line drawn, from the south end of
Hurst-street, or thereabouts, to the north end of
Mersey-street, and the present boundaries of Hurst-
street and `Napping. This purchase has been found
necessary, as affording the only available site of the
proposed railway along the docks. It will be seen,
however, from the maps, that a considerable addi-
tional area of most valuable land, beyond that re-
quired for railway purposes, will, by this purchase,
be acquired by the trustees, which probably may
hereafter be converted into dock space, for which it
is admirably fitted. At present, however, no deter-
mination has been come to as to its application ;
nor do we believe that the question has ever been
mooted, except by a few all-wise gossips, who are in
the habit of taking rumour, or their own ingenious
inventions, for established truths.

The complaint of Mr. Procter, at the last Coun-
cil meeting, that the Health of the Town Committee
have determined upon an application to parliament
for powers, to be vested in the council, similar to
those given by the general measure of Lord Lincoln,
without having previously consulted the body at
present charged with the duties sought to be so
transferred from them, viz. :—the Highway Board
—is a very just one. That board was fully entitled
to be consulted. It has performed its onerous du-
ties as efficiently as its very limited means would ad-
mit of. By its balance sheet for the year ending
September 30th, 1845, which has just been printed,
One of the last men we should have expected to we observe that it has expended, during that period,
find advocating monopoly of any description is Mr.
in sewerage—the want of which is principally corn-
Lawrence Heyworth. We have heard him on plat- _ plained of by the Health of the Town Committee—
forms declaim to delighted audiences, on the bless-
a sum of £10,449; whereas the rate of 2d. in the
ings of free trade, and the indefeasible right of every pound, collected to cover this item of necessary ex-
man to direct his capital and his industry into what- penditure, amounted to only £6,144. It is clear,
ever channel he may find most profitable. We have
therefore, that it has not been from deficiency of in-
heard him denounce the iniquity of protection being clination, but from the absolute want of means at
t
extended to any interest at the expense of another. their command, that the sewerage of the town is not
But—alas for Mr. Lawrence Heyworth's consistency all that it might and ought to be ; and, such being
as an apostle of liberalism !—there is such a thing the case. the somewhat abrupt proceedings of the
as a railway interest, in which he is himself largely Health of the Town Committee is calculated, at
embarked ; and though we may dock, as much as least by implication, to cast a slur upon the board
we like, the landowners rent-rolls, or the manufae- which it has not deserved.
turer's or the merchant's profit, we must not touch It is quite necessary, we admit—and the accounts
railway dividends. Unlimited competition is good above referred to prove the fact—that some greater
for every other interest—for agriculture, for com- powers than those at present possessed by the
merce, and for industry—but where a competing Board should be sought for from Parliament ;
line, with its long array of provisional committee- and we quite approve of the proposed concen-
men, engineers, and lawyers approach one of Mr. tration of the duties of that Board in the Coun-
Lawrence Heyworth's railways, he begins to babble cil by a local Act rather than allow the regulation
to us of " the rights of private property" and of of the sewerage, &c. of the town to be
"vested interests," and is ready to exclaim to the brought under the provisions and the
intruders, in the words of the poet— machinery of Lord Lincoln's Act. That this ob-
't Procul, oh Procul, ject may be successfully achieved, it is highly im-
Este proftni ! " portant that the Council and the Highway Board
We shall give M". Heyworth's views upon the should not appear before Parliament as conflicting
peculiar sacredness of railway property, as pro-
parties, Nothing would so certainly tend to enable
pounded in a letter which he has just addressed to the Government to step in and take the management
the London Times, for the amusement of those of of our local improvements out of our hands as a want
our readers who are acquainted with the pocket in-
of union amongst ourselves. On this account we
terest which prompts them. Speaking of the ex-
should deeply deplore any apparent difference, be-
travagance of recent railway projections, he says :
tween the two bodies. The Highway Board are
certainly entitled to some deference, from their past
" As the sacred rights of private property can be justly
superseded by legislative power only, even tor the purpose experience and practical knowledge of the wants
of admitting public works of great and general utility, it and circumstances of the town. The importance,
is the bounden duty, and the special business, of the le- however, of a consolidation of our public departments
gislature to insist that these works shall be undertaken on and of the management of matters so conducive
such principles of economy as will secure for the public to health as the drainage, sewerage, cleansing, &c.,
(suppose them to be railways) the greatest transit ac- of our streets and thoroughfares being vested in the
commodation at the cheapest rate. Hence it follows that
same body which takes under its peculiar care the
to prevent a useless and wanton interference with the
rights of private property, duplicate railways, projected to sanitory regulation of the town, is so obvious, that
convey the same or nearly the same traffic, ought not to we are sure no difficulty will be experienced in
receive legislative sanction, because they involve a two- bringing about an arrangement satisfactory to all
fold management, double expense in almost every item, parties.
and the wasteful expenditure of two capitals, which con-
stitute (even after the amalgamation, which, in such cases, Whilst upon this subject, we must say that we
is the certain result) serious items of charge on the cost have not the hesitation expressed on Wednesday,
of conveying the country's traffic." I by some members of the Council, with respect to
Perfectly correct, no doubt, is a great portion of the propriety of at once seeking powers to enable the
this. Parliament ought not to sanction " duplicate Council to take into its own hands the supply of
railways to convey the same or nearly the same Water to the town. We regard it as imperatively
traffic," and we dare say will not. But hew, if it necessary to do so. No measures for the improve-
be proved that the existing lines—some of those, for ment of the salubrity of the town can be com-
instance, in which Mr. Lawrence Heyworth is known plete without an ample and cheap supply of
to be embarked—cannot or will not afford accorn- Water, not only for street cleansing, but in the
modation to the public at reasonable rates ? " Pro- dwellings of the poor, being first secured ; and
perty,"—we dare say he has used the quotation every year's postponement by the council of this
more than once in his Anti Corn Law philippics— urgent public duty, will only render the ultimate
" has its duties as well as its rights ;" and if railway settlement of the question more difficult
property cannot, by the mere force of public opinion,
be brought to perform those duties, parliament may
not be so indisposed as Mr. Heyworth imagines,
to try the effect upon them of a little wholesome
competition.
His views as to the course which parliament ought
to pursue in its railway legislation are vastly

amusing.

"In regard," he says, "to all the necessary additional
lines of railway the country may yet require, I would beg
leave to suggest that, as the existing lines of railway are
mostly in a position of being able to obtain the capital
required for their construction, by guaranteeing to capit-
alists the certain remuneration of 34 to 4 per cent. on the
outlay. Parliament will be wise and just in legislating to
secure, through their competency and willingness to un-
dertake such guaranteed returns on the capital invested,
the cheapest means of obtaining all the railway accommo-
dation the country may require.
"No injustice will be done thereby to the existing in-
terests, for which acts of Parliament have already been
passed, which have introduced these works of vast national
utility at great hazard and immense cost; whilst the ac-
cession of traffic passing over them from the new accom-
modation lines will abundantly remunerate them for
taking upon themselves the guarantee of the percentage
above mentioned on the capital required for the construc-
tion of all future railways. This legislative measure will

THE MERCANTILE RACE.—On Sunday night last the
Express in anticipation of the ordinary Indian Mail
arrived, via Marseilles, having been anticipated by the
despatch brought on Friday morning by Mr. Waghorn
via Trieste. It appears that Mr. Waghorn left Alexan-
dria at 10 minutes past 11 o'clock on the morning of the
20th ult., having received a private despatch from Suez in
the remarkably short space of 11 hours. He arrived at
the Times office at half-past four o'clock on the morning
of the 31st. The Iberia, with the Marseilles mail, did
not start till 48 hours later on the morning of the 22d.
The result, therefore, of the grand race lately pending
would seem to be that the route via Trieste is the shorter
of the two by rather more than 11 hours, that being the
time which remains after deducting the 48 hours start
which Mr. Waghorn had over the Iberia.

" The American Woman !" is the title of a newspaper
published in Philadelphia. It is devoted to the American
republican cause, and is edited, printed, and published
exclusively for women.
PROMISE TO A DELINQUENT.—Yesterday, a young
man was charged before Mr. Rushton with having embez-
zled various sums of money belonging to Messrs. Reid
and Co., of Glasgow, but it appearing that the complai
nant had promised to deal leniently with the prisoner if
the latter would confess all he had done, the prisoner was
discharged.

THE LONDON TIMES AND THE NEW RAIL-

WAY PROJECTS.

Our potent contemporary still continues to flounder in
his attempts to explain in what manner the deposits on
these projects are to be handed over by the Bank to the
Accountant-General. A few days ago, he assumed that
the amount so to be paid would be £30,000,000, a sum
large enough to create doubts as to how its transfer could
be accomplished, without producing serious monetary de-
rangement. Subsequently his estimate was reduced to
£15,000,000, and in his last publication of Saturday we
find it reduced almost to nil—at all events to so trifling a
sum as to render any anticipation of difficulty being expe-
rienced totally groundless. The following is our contem-
porary's latest speculation on the subject :
" The extraordinary fact that notwithstanding the
numerous applications and urgent entreaties for informa-
tion, only one of the 600 new railway companies has
volunteered any statement of the amount of deposits paid
up, may almost be said to give the force of truth to the
conjecture hazarded by us only a few days ago, that the
money actually in hand is extremely small, and that the
danger of any disturbance to the currency is nearly, if
not altogether, removed. Yet how confidently was it
said by those who wished to give these insane speculators
a better character, that the various bankers had at least
£15,000,000 in hand ! This for a time was believed, or
assumed to be the case, by well-informed persons in the
city, and hence the very general alarm which followed,
not more, however, than such a state of things would
fully justify. The notion once set on foot that this was
capable of being immediately put to some certain test,
the clue was pursued, and the conviction is now becoming
general, as was hinted yesterday, that the apprehension
may in great measure be dismissed. This relieves the
regulators of the currency from some anxiety, but it
places the projectors of railways and speculators in their
shares in an infinitely worse situation. Most of the
schemes must be abandoned, and the premiums paid at
least become a total loss. not to mention that as a reckless
expenditure has been almost universally resorted to,
every shilling of the small deposits in hand must be
wasted ; for it is in vain to expect, now that the eyes of
the public have been opened, that any addition will be
made to them. Still this is by far the lesser evil of the
two, and the storm may now be weathered in safety."
It is really a pity that so much " excellent indignation"
should have been wasted, ;and so much alarm created
upon a matter which, we are now informed, is a mere
bugbear after all. We question much, however, whether
the Times is not now as far wide of the mark as ever. It
is not by any means a legitimate conclusion that, because
only one Company has volunteered a statement of the
amount of their paid up Deposits, they are therefore
trifling in amount. With respect to those Companies,
which were projected at an earlier period of the year, we
are inclined to believe that the bulk of the Deposits will
be found to be in the hands of their bankers ; and although
we perfectly agree with the Times that many of the more
recent schemes can never be in a position to go before
Parliament during the ensuing session, there are numbers
of them which, by amalgamating, and thus throwing their
deficient capitals together, will be enabled to so—with
what ultimate success Time only can determine. In any
event, we entertain confidence that Government will take
care that that the operation of transferring the amount
called for to the hands of the Accountant General, will be
managed so as not materially to derange the circulation
of the country.

GETTING UP RAILWAYS AND GETTING OUT
OF THEM.

Nov. 4, 1846.

LAST NIGHT ADJ.

----, - ____ - i______ ---- -------1------------- ---
MARK LANE CORN MARKET-YE STE RD°.
folk was model ate, but the trade remng Saf•
gent and
The supply of Wheat this morning from Essex, nae staff
in tbe sa s. veil
of uncertainty as to an interference with the Corn las!, iicle-
little business was transacted ; in the few sales effectau,
....,
cline of is to 2s per quarter was submitted to; bon
Matting
held at Friday's prices, but was less sought after. ni;eane
Barley is Is lower ; grinding supports its late vaa,., e&
and Pease meet a ready sale at our quotations. me u."
nadian Barrels are sold at 35s to 38s ; American le • stn
is dull, and the turn cheaper. Flour meets a hear, sale I.e tO
in b 0
335.

SMITHFIELD MARKET—YESTERDAY'
market
itnhdirs:eomdmotrhnoeiurnerg owwweernree
sgvoreamrzyeineogltdtehinsetsrivbiceets,statsnhhedofrortef
hsfhourinlgsrarvii:earaltsteoe
b the at-
we ever witnessed at this period of the year. AlthoOlc„,u.st
tendance of b .yers was good. the beef trade was veil' per
decline in the quotations obtained on MOllday last or a"
Sibs. and a clearance was not effected.
The northern droves of beasts amounted to 2,103 shnrt.h°rnS
"'As: trora the
those from the eastern counties comprising 400 S'"" s runts'
western and midland districts, B'o tlerefords, Devn",,'„,
&c. ; from other parts of England, 200 of various ki,olo!.r
thatiadi
Scotland, go Scots; and fr-im Ireland, partly by radrar,
partly by steamers direct, 300 beasts.
The number of sheep being on the increase, the gale_, whiCh
description of stock was very inactive. Prime old 1:10."... sof'
were scarce, produced full currencies; but all other br..—
fered a decline of 2d. per 81b. at F.-Adds
Calves were in moderate supply and heavy demand,
depression.
trade W 0
Nearly 250 pigs were on sale from Ireland. The pork
a sluggish state, and prices were not supported.

In its sweeping censure of the Railway mania, however
great the injustice which it has perpetrated, and ac-
knowledged by subsequent endeavours to retract or
qualify, there can be no doubt that the London Times
has stumbled upon a few truths and made a few racy ex-
posures. The following letter from a correspondent of
that paper is one of the exposures to which we refer.
" Twelve leading men' in the city brought out a project for
a railway. The deposit was trifling, but their standing enabled
them to demand a heavy premium. They cleared by this
'25,100 a-piece, and shortly afterwards sent round a circular,
that unforseen engineering difficulties rendered necessary
the abandonment or the scheme,' a•AI with a trifling per tentage
deducted for expenses, the deposit, not the premiums, were re-
turned. The writer is not at liberty to give the names of the
actors in this nefarious business, but he is at liberty and has per-
mission thus to afford -a lue to their discovery." _ _ _

PRICES OF STOCKS, &c.—
The public securities have to-day beer rather decliningn.no 961
sols for present transfer lime realised 96a- to 97i; and for
_own;
to 97 ; Exchequer Bills have been marked 38s. to 355• P'ercerls'
and India Bonds under X; AN` t 3s. premium; New W 96:
have been "scar-
to gi: and per cent. redncea tb•
Money bein‘P scar-e here and on the continent, together
cei, sot;
agitation in the corn market, the causes which iniluceanried 011
Bank. Stock is 206 to 2ust. A large failure has 'lc
morning.
YVSTF P PO;

MANCHESTER SHARE MARKET-M(OD°

ft stoo,
5 Newark,
18.
Ir6k e
Chelmsford
aehnaedldmassnfhoderdffiC
ehalned dshni4reuir;yJ,ucril
vciamt:obpnr,iuddlgOlee, i• C;_13,15010,
,46
jron 5 0.;
and S., 33 ; Eastern Counties, 234: ditto new, wyr.
Edinbro' and Perth. 5 ; Fleetwood, Preston, turcnioni
Railway, 3 9-16 ; Goole and Doncaster, 6 ; GrarTA,,r6 field
24; Great Eastern and Western, 34, 4,4; 110"":01;
and Manchester Railway and Canal Company' he"' cest
Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 24 (closing PLiegls
294 to 30) •, Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 31; sod
and Thirsk, 12, 114, 11 • Liverpool, Manchester,
Newcastle, 54 ; Liverpool', Ormskirk, and Prestontuola
London and Birmingham Extension, 24; Loncl,c3
Manchester (Remington's line), 34; London to' sad
54, ; Manchester and Birmingham Continuation
top,
West Junction, 24, 2,4, 3 ; Manchester and Salthavion
ton, 44; North Staffordshire, 64, 11-16, ; North ttvfaa.
A., 213 ; Nottingham, Erewaah, Ambergate,
acln)edstLeirn,csotn;shSihreeffijuelndc,tiLonee, k 5,; asnhdeffiCeriedwaend Manc ;"0-hrcestof
quarters, No. 3,9; Shropshire Mineral, 24, I;
ter, Shrewsbury, and Crewe, 2.

NEW TRADE.—There is at present lying at
pier, near Invergowrie, two vessels from Holland, 1(100
with potatoes for that country, a circumstance 1101""
in the history of the pier.—Perthshire Courier. hot°
Last week an Irishman who had just returned circa
America was robbed, whilst intoxicated, of one hn•
sovereigns, which he had fastened round his waisutri
1
strip of muslin. •f y;
The Tipperary paper of Friday brings the hong ijr.
intelligence of the assassination, in open day, 13f ana
Patrick Clarke, a gentleman of extensive propertY, 0j
late of the firm of Clarke and Vincent, solicitors a
land agents, of Merrion-square, in this city. n3ao
DEATH FROM Poi SON.—On Friday, an elderly vr°-
named Margaret Murray, lodging inGilbert.street, ego
found lying in bed and black in the face. A bottle that
found in her lap, and she was just able to articulate'
she had taken laudanum. She died the following daLagb
On Sunday evening, after a sermon by the Re°' 'll3e
M`Neile, in his usual eloquent and powerful style, ia
sum of £33 3s. 6d. was collected at St. Silas Church to
aid of the funds for the support of the schools attached

()f course we can say nothing as to the truth of the
above facts. The Rig, however, is not of difficult execu-
tion ; but what were the shareholders doing to allow
themselves to be diddled in so atrocious a manner. It
is out of the power of any set of Directors to dissolve a
scheme against the wishes of the proprietary. But it is
quite within their power to get up a scheme, and to drive
it up to a premium, which is only fit to be abandoned as
the best course open to the unfortunate dupes who have
embarked in it.

PROPOSED PURCHASE OF HUNGERFORD
BRIDGE, BY W. JACKSON, ESQ.

that church. ..
last,
At an agricultural meeting in Adelaide, in Jan" 1100 of
one of the principal prizes was won by Mr. Clarke, -f 06
Mr. Edward Clarke of this town. The governor o_.
colony paid Mr. Clarke a high compliment on the oc 01

We were not a little surprised to notice in the Morning
Herald of Saturday, a report of a special general meeting
of the Hungerford Suspension 11.idge Committee, for the
purposes of considering the terms of a proposed purchase
of the said bridge, by a Mr. Francis Fuller, Solicitor,
acting on behalf of Mr. William Jackson, of Birkenhead.
Hungerford Bridge and Birketillead ! NN e could not, for
the life of us, see where was the connexion of interests.
We could not see what a junction between Charing Cross
and Lambeth had to do wit) Woodside. And yet the
report told us that the contracting parties to the purchase
in question were Mr. Hawe3, M. P., Chairman of the
Hnngerford Suspension Bridge Committee, on the one
hand, and Messrs. William Jackson, William Potter,
Reid, and Sir Joshua Weltnsley on the other. An
attentive perusal of the proc;Tdings brought stranger
things to light. It appears that a company in London,
called the " Central Terminus Railway Company," had
bid for the bridge property in question—a chain suspen-
sion bridge—the sum of £216,000, without, however,
coming to any decided agreement with ifs proprietors.
Mr. Jackson, however, subsequently stepped in, through
his Solicitors, and bid for the same property an advance
of £lO,OOO over the said bid ; and preliminary arrange-
ments were entered into, for the purpose of securing the
bargain. Mr. Fuller, Mr. Jackson's Solicitor, agreed to
make a deposit of £20,000 in:lieu:of £lO,OOO, the first
deposit agreed upon. This proposition, however, was
repudiated by Mr. Jackson ; and £lo,ojo was ultimaetly
agreed upon as the deposit to be paid. Th en, a series
of differences as to the terms of several clauses were
started by the solicitor for the purchasers, and promptly
agreed to by the solicitors' for the Bridge Committee,
who appeared determined not to let slip an opportunity of
selling, for £226,000, a property which we believe had
cost its owners from £BO,OOO to £lOO,OOO only. In this
position the affair appears to stand at present; the Bridge
Committee being resolved to sell, whilst Messrs. Jackson
and collleagues appear to have several obejections calcu-
lated to obstruct, if not prevent the completing of the
contract.

con.
Cale"
The Glasgow Argus announces, that when the the
donian Canal is re-opened, after the completion 0' re.
present great improvements on it, steam-tugs will PlYge
gu!arly along the whole length, and make the vor"
from sea to sea in twenty-four hours. lig of
Byron's statute, whilome imprisoned in the vatl",b6
the Custom-house, has at length found a home ill "

From all the information which we can gain, we believe
that this purchase of the Hungerford-bridge is not a
movement of the Birkenhead fraternity at all, but a
private purchase of Mr. Jackson and a few of his friends.
It is, as we have before said, clearly not an affair in
which Birkenhead interests are concerned. We may,
however, state that the Central Terminus Company, who
were the first bidders for the property in question, have,
we understand, completed an arrangement for a station,
by the purchase of Waterloo-bridge, at a sum little more
than their first bid for Hungerford. How far this may tell
upon the value of Mr. Jackson's purchase we do not pre-
tend to say.

bosom of his alma motor. Cambridge. ' f the
On Saturday last, the workmen in the employ °'
Liverpool and Manceester Railway Company, Cr°ll,ed
street. presented Mr. C. Richie, the highly resPec
eo
manager, with a superb and massive silver tea pot, aie
tu-
acknowledgment of the kindness which the men ha
u
variably received at his hands: • - -
The Observer announces that information was circnlttted
through the London Police, on Saturday, that Mr. 14°13,1
of this town, engized in the Smyrna and American tree e;
has absconded, having committed forgeries to a very largo{
amount. [The statement alludes to aW. H. Lyon,
this town, whose sudden departure last week has °"—.
sioned much remark.] of
ABUNDANCE OF LABOUR.—So great is the scarc,,,.
labourers in some agricultural districts, that the crier Bo
been sent round to announce an increase of wages; 1/4,0
the drain upon the labour market, consequent upon i,
railways about being Did down, labour will be eiceeere-
ingly valuable next year, if it be not scarce enough torte.
tard or prevent the gathering in of the fruits of the ea'
Hereford Journal. ; a
THEFT OF PLATE.—On Saturday morning, at nig.
o'clock, some thieves entered the dwelling-house efhijot
Rev. W. W. Ewbank, Grecian-terrace, Evertor), /I'oo
the family were at prayers, and succeeded in gertininee
with plate to the amount of £2O. Through the vigni-the
and activity of lnfpector Auders, within tour hours °'
robbery the property was discovered in a house in m",go
street, and has been identified by Mr. Ewbanic• Rush'
women and a man were yesterday remanded by Mr
ton on a charge of being concerned in the robbery. hog
CABINET COUNCIL YESTERDAY.—The Globe °fasts;
night says that summonses were issued by Sir J • ur.ersi
for a cabinet council yesterday afternoon. The
R.
members of the cabinet in town will assemble at 'l.lllO
Peel's, owing to his continued illness from enut„tur''
only absent members from the cabinet council, on '''holce
day, at Sir R. Peel's, were the Earl of Ripon, tb,e ;gore
of Buccleuch, and Lord G. Somerset. The rein The
were in deliberation from two till half-past
Earl of Ripon is at Bishop's-close, and gave an enter, Lord
ment, on Friday, to his tenantry, in celebration of 'lvo
Goderich's birthday. Lord G. Somerset is absent t;gti,
town, and in consequence of the death of Lord IVl°°
the Duke of Buccleuch did not meet at the council'
ott
SUICIDE. OF A CLERIC IN PILGRIM-STREEI..;SI:I'
Friday, an inquest was held on the body of a yearigiprk
jn
aged nineteen, named Joseph Wilson, formerly a C"'"o1F
the service of Messrs. Barnby, Falkner, and Comp flog
carriers, Nova Scotia, who committed suicide by o°.:lfitg•
himself with a pistol. He had latterly been in low,,erbioP
His brother, on Thursday, endeavoured to Oat lea
His answer was, " Thomas, pray for me ; I are
fl after'
for this world,—my character is gone !" On the beet
noon of the same day, he retired to his hed-roonb.loct'
five o'clock in the afternoon, and committed the faLa
Death must have been instantaneous. His une'etnnte,
Joseph Wilson, butcher, had enclosed him £5 i°_,;l -o
in
requesting him to acknowledge its receipt; he u'-„,e'elel
the,e terms, written iu red ink—" Yes—my dear 0,-,r•A
God bless you—take care of my sister and brnti'ritlei
cannot bear trouble." Another note, in the band"„flione,'
of the deceased, expressing similar sentiments. we-ideao'
on his person. A verdict in accordance with the e/
was returned.

PROPOSED INCREASED SALARY OF MR. HARTLEY,
THE DOCK SURVEYOR.—Many reports have been circu-
lated during the past week with respect to an alleged ex-
travagant demand made by the above gentleman for an
increase of his salary—at present £2OOO per annum—as
surveyor of the dock estate. From the best information
which we have been able to obtain, we believe that an ap-
plication for an increase has been made by Mr. Hartley,
on the ground that, from the present demand for engi-
neers, caused by the multitude of projected Railways, he
could now turn his talents and reputation to much better
account than he is able to do from his engagement under
the Dock Committee. So far has that body coincided in
his views that, we believe, they have offered to raise his
salary to £3,500 per annum, his peculiar usefulness, and
the various departments of the public works going on,
with which he is intimately and practically acquainted,
appearing to them to deserve that scale of remuneration.
We believe no decisive reply io the offer has, as yet, been
received.
ORIGIN OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS.—After the
capture of Jerusalem in 1099, vast crowds of pilgrims,
from all parte of Europe, hastened to the Holy City.
The roads from the sea-coast to Jerusalem were infested
by armed bands of Mussulmans, who issued from their
strongholds among the mountains. and robbed and
murdered the pilgrims. For the protection of the latter,
nine noble knights, who had distinguished themselves in
the siege and capture of the city, formed a brotherhood in
arms, and took the vows of perpetual charity, obedience,
and poverty, after the manner of monks. Uniting in
themselves the two roost popular qualities of the age,
devotion and valour, and exercising them lin the most
popular of all enterprises, they soon acquired a splendid
reputation, and the most illustrious warriors of Christen-
dom aspired to the honour of being enrolled members of
the fraternity. Such was the origin of the renowned
order of the Templars. They derived their mine from
the edifice vulgarly called the Temple of Solomon, on the
summit of Mount Moriab, which was assigned them for
their habitation by the King of Jerusalem, nineteen
years after the conquest of that city by the crusaders.
The protection of the pilgrims was their first object; but
they soon determined, in addition to this, to make the
defence of the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem, the
eastern church, and all the holy places, a part of their
particular profession. St. Bernard, the famous abbot of
Clairvaux, warmly espoused the cause of the fraternity
and their rules, revised and corrected by him, were sanc-
tioned by the council of Troyes (A.D. 1128), and con-
firmed by a papal bull. An astonishing enthusiasm was
excited throughout Europe in behalf of this chivalrous
association ; princes and nobles, sovereigns and their sub-
jects, vied with each other in heaping gifts upon them,
and scarce a will of importance was made without an
article in it in their favour. Many illustrious persons, on
their deathbeds, took the vows, that they might be buried
in the habit of the order; and sovereigns, quitting the
government of their kingdoms, enrolled themselves
amongst the fraternity, and bequeathed even their do-
minions to the master and brethren of the Temple. The
order, in consequence, soon became enormously wealthy.
Its annual income in Europe has been estimated at six
millions sterling; and according to Matthew Paris, it
possessed nine thousand manors or lordships in Christen-
dom, besides a large revenue and immense riches, arising
from constant charitable and donations of sums of money
by pious persons.—Hogg's Weekly Instructor.

OPENING THE PORTS.—For some days ru—tr
at pf
talked authoritatively of an intention on the ,rhe o`,
ministers to open the ports of the kingdom for L-10 IP
mission of foreign Brain ; and, it has even gong °ter f°'
to state the duties resolved upon. viz.: 4s. per Oar" bet
wheat, 2s. for oats, &c. Up to the present time' b
ecoveurr,sewheashabveeennorelyed confirmationupon
,oaflttihmeu fah tie
etlartecsv:oettgi
sembling of cabinet councils gives us reasong to belieaegits-
some step of more than ordinary importance i 5
tion. On this subject the Globe of last night Nel% ports
e
" The opinion as to the necessity of opening t'":oent'
appears to gain ground, the advices from the Conti 0 tt,
markets being such as to show likewise that the..rttoP
deed no time to be lost. Many doubt whethe"d
any circumstances there can be much grain obtaineoeePj
abroad, independently of what is already in bond'ohaej
from America ; but at least the thing is worth strioil,`:
must be tried, because, according to the ordinerterich";
supply and demand, grain may be attracted frog' t 0 vex
tant parts of Europe, whence imports have hitb to
come to hand, provided such imports can be me der a g".
which they will stand some chance of doing °u"
minal impost."

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