The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-22 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

UNIVERSITY .5- CLERICAL NEWS.

The expenses of the Rev. Mr. Shore in resisting the
proceedings of the Bishop of Exeter in the Arches Court
and Queen's Bench amount to £4OO. A subscription,
which already amounts to £2OO, has been entered into for
him.

On the Bth instant, Sir John Gladstone laid the first
stone of Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire, in the
presence of the Bishops of Aberdeen, Moray, Glasgow,
and Brechin, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and a
large number of gentlemen and ladies. The Rev. Charles
Wordsworth is warden of the College, and he and the
honourable baronet have been the greatest benefactors to
the college.
CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY FOR IRELAND.—Ser-
rnons in support of the above society were preached by
the Right Rev. Robert Daly, Lord Bishop of Cashel, in
Christ Church, Salford, on Wednesday evening, and on
Sunday morning at St. Paul's. A sermon for the same
object was also preached on Sunday morning by the Rev.
H. Verschoyle, M.A., of Dublin, in the new church at
Platt. A meeting of the friends of the above object was
held in the Corn Exchange, Hanging-ditch, on Thursday
evening. The meeting was numerously attended, and on
the platform were, the Bishop of Cashel, the Rev. H.
Verschoyle, the Rev. H. Stowell, &c.
CHURCH PATRONAGE.—The Examiner publishes the
case of the parish of Austrey, the history of which gives
one an idea of the way in which Church patronage is made
use of. It appears that the chaplain of the workhouse had
applied to Sir R. Peel for the living, having officiated at
Drayton, and knowing something of the ex-premier. The
answer was to the effect that Sir R. Peel never inter-
fered with the patronage of Austrey, and to refer the
applicant to the Lord Chancellor. Mr. did apply to
the Lord Chancellor, and was informed that his lordship
had already appointed a Mr. Dyott, on the nomination of
Sir R. Peel. On seeking an explanation from the right
hon. baronet, the latter defended his consistency by saying
that at the time he wrote he never had interfered !
THE BISHOPS AND SPIRITUAL DESTITUTION.—We
are cast upon the energies of individual churchmen, or
must trust to the wisdom of the Episcopal bench to pro-
pound some general measures, and devise some new ex-
pedient for the expansion of our ecclesiastical system.
From the latter quarter, since your Grace's views have
been known, even sanguine men are ceasing to hope for
much. Consultations at Lambeth, we fear, do not em-
brace questions on which I am touching. No rumour
reaches our ears of anything intended, or even canvassed,
beyond the favourite expedient of late years, begging hard
in all possible quartersjfor sufficient funds to build churches,
with a given proportion of free sittings, which the bulk of
the neglected population in our large towns never occupy.
We would not have one church less—we should like to
hava a thousand more. But with reference to the men
for whom I plead, those to whom Christianity has be-
come a strange thing, such an addition, as things are,
would be just as worthless as schools of philoaophy to the
grossest and most ignorant boor. The experiment has
been tried, and the failure is complete. Not one work-
ing man in ten, anywhere, speaking of our large towns,
and in many districts, not one in fifty, goes near a
church once in the month. This is the fact which

your lordship and the heads of the Church have to deal

with. May rl
ask, what are your remedies ? Have you
any in hand ? Are you satisfied to let ten more years
pass, or another generation go to their graves, without
some manly, qaergetic effort to arrest the spreading evil?
If they, who Mould be leaders, will not take their right-
ful place—if men, whom God has called to be rulers in
the Church, produce nothing before the country from
which it can be inferred that their eyes are open to see
what thoughtful, earnest men are deploring as a national
calamity.—at least, we might expect that they would
thankfully accept what is offered them by others,—that
the weight of their official character should not, all of it,
be thrown into the adverse scale,—that something more
might be heard from them, in times like these, than civil
acknowledgments of well-intentioned zeal, and damaging
censures of every enterprise that has the look of novelty.—
Mr. Kingscote's Letter to the Archbishop of Canter-

bury. -
THE REV. DR. PARKINSON AND THE PRINCIPALSHIP
OF ST. BEES.—We noticed a few weeks back, the appoint-
ment, by the Earl of Lonsdale, of the Rev. Canon Parkin-
son, B.D. to the office of principal of the College of St.
Bees, Cumberland, in which institution he was one of the
masters at the time of his election as a canon of Manches-
ter. Since his appointment, the rev. principal has had
the degree of D.D. conferred upon him by the University
of Oxford, his alma mater, and where he was H ulsean lec-
turer for two years. There is a benefice at St. Bees, which is
usually conferred on the principal of the college, but his
chief emoluments, besides the endowments, arise from a
sum of £2O annually, paid in respect of each student.
There have been as many as 160 students in the institu-
tion in some years, and we believe the emoluments vary
from £2,000 to £3,000 a year. The institution is one to
which the Bishop of Chester has usually recommended
candidates for orders, at a later period of life than usual,
and especially dissenting ministers, who having changed
their religious opinions, seek to obtain holy orders in the
established church. In such cases, a prescribed course
of reading at St. Bees has been held sufficient, instead of a
longer curriculum at Oxford or Cambridge; but clergy-
men receiving ordination after having studied a certain
period at St. Bees, can only enter upon their mini'stry
within the province of York. It is extremely probable, that
the anticipated erection of the see of Manchester, will con-
siderably reduce the number of students at St. Bees. That
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institution will cease to be within the see of Chester, or
in that of Manchester, and will become, what it ought to
be from geographical position, a portion of the -see of
Carlisle,—consequently under other ecclesiastical jut isdic-
tion,—and it is not improbable that some seminary will
be established within the see of Manchester for the objects
which have hitherto been attained by the College of St.
Bees; which has possessed since its foundation in 1819,
by the late Bishop of Chester, a high reputation as a
place of clerical education in connection with the Church
of England.—Manchester Guardian.

THRFREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—The third report
on the public accounts of the Free Church of Scotland is
just published. It is impossible to withhold respect from
the efforts and sacrifices disclosed in this remarkable do-
cument. Within the space of three years the inhabitants
of the most frugal district of the British empire have volun-
tarily assessed themselves to the amount of a million ster-
ling, raised by annualcontributions of upwards of £300,000.
They have not contented themselves with subscribing for
the spiritual independence of their own burghs, hamlets,
and families ; they have not limited their payments to the
" sustentation" of ministers of discreet conformity to their
wishes. The seceding body assumed at its birth all the
functions and responsibilities of a matured establishment,
and it is not wanting in some one or two, at least, of the
notes of a chui•ch. Six-and-thirty months have sufficed
to form a society ; with all the appliances of self-support,
instruction, and proselytism. A body whose existence
dates no farther back than 1843 pays £72,000 yearly to
its appointed ministers, provides for its widows and or-
phans, expends £9,000 per annum on its home missions,
and twice as much in building churches. It has a college
with scholarships for poor students, and with professors
and tutors receiving salaries amounting to £4,000 a-year.
It has its normal and general schools, probationers, cate-
chists, and travellers. Not only does it walk alone so
sturdily, but it extends its arms to others, and pays largely
for the denunc.ation of Erastianism to Caffres and Hin-
doos. It has six missions in India, and six stations in
Eastern Europe and Asia Minor for the conversion of the
Jews. It has made grants, amounting altogether to nearly
£2,000, to the Evangelical Societies of Switzerland and
Belgium, the Bible Society of Toulouse, and the Gustavus-
Adolphus Society of Germany. It has translated the
Assembly's Catechism in the Armenian language, and has
despatched a Portuguese catechist from Madeira to Bom-
bay. It provides a temporary support for Hebrew con-
verts in Hungary, and for Hindoo converts at Calcutta ;
supports missionaries with insured lives in Southern Af-
rica. and has despatched a philosophical apparatus to the
Great Fish River.

A number of London thieves are said to have proceeded
to Scotland for the purposes of plunder. On Saturday
no less than seven well-known English thieves were ap-
prehended at Glasgow.
It is said that the Roman Catholic establishment at Prior
Park, Somersetshire, together with the colleges of St.
Peter and St. Paul, will be shortly broken up, the man-
sions and grounds having been sold, and it is added
that the colleges will be re-opened in Lancashire.
RESPECTABLE FANATICS.—" Land and Hooker, Ken
and Andrews, Keble and Pusey—men who, if they had
been Catholics, would perhaps have been saints and
heroes, could not rise above the level of a respectable fa-
naticism."—Tablet (Romish paper.)
At the sale of Mr. Leonard Matons, of Collingbourne,
Wilts, on 'I hursday last, the 10th instant, 1,000 sheep
realised £3OOO, some ewes realized 50s. each, and 1,000
ewes and lambs averaged nearly 40s. each ; some rams
fetched £2O, others £l5, down to £lO each.
A Treasury warrant in Frid tv night's Gazette fixes the
postage on letters between the United Kingdom and Den-
mark at a uniform rate of sixpence; newspapers, sent by
packet boat, to be free ; by private ship, one penny. The
alteration is to take effect on the Ist of October.
IMPORTANT To BAKERS.—It is stated that the Great
Western Railway have agreed with the Company formed
in London, for providing a 41b. loaf for 4d., to bring that
bread into the provincial towns on their line, at one
farthing per loaf.
THE MlLlTlA.—Nothing further is to be done with the
militia till the next meeting of Parliament; vacancies are
not to be filled up at present; and everything with regard
to this force is to remain open for further consideration by
the government.
It is calculated that not fewer than forty thousand Irish
reapers have entered Scotland rid Ardrossan and the
Clyde. Supposing each of these to carry back 30s. of his
earnings, a sum of not less than £60,000 will thus flow
into the poorer districts of Ireland.
On Thursday, the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors
of the Rank of England was held. The affairs of the bank
were stated to be in a prosperous state, and a dividend of
three-and-a-half per cent. upon the half year, without
deducting the income tax, was declared.
In some parts of the neighbourhood of Whitehaven,
where the potato plants had apparently been blighted, dis-
coloured, and all appearance of vegetation completely
destroyed, the plants are beginning to throw out new
shoots, and to manifest strong vegetative powers.
CHURCH MARRIAGE WITHOUT BANNS.—It may not
be generally known that persons may, by giving notice to
the superintendent registrar of the district in which they
reside, and obtaining a certificate from him, be married at
the parish church without the publication of the banns.
INCREASE OF SUICIDES.—During the first six months
of this year the suicides, according to the return for the
western districts of Middlesex, have more than doubled
the suicides in those districts during the corresponding
period of last year.
Some mowers on a farm belonging to the Earl of
Lonsdale cut off the head of a partridge while sitting on
its nest. The eggs, fifteen in number, were wrapped in
flannel and placed near the flue of a boiler, and on the
following day thirteen of them produced very fine strong
birds.

The British Association, on Monday, selected the place
of meeting for 1847. Applications were read and sup-
ported from Oxford, Swansea, Norwich, and Belfast; but
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the choice ultimately fell to Oxford. The meeting was
fixed for the month of June, and the president elect is Sir
Inglis, Bart., M.P.
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Sunday-afternoon a sail boat, containing four persons,
was upset in Erith Reach by a sudden squall, when the
boat went down, and three persons perished—two young
gentlemen, named Tracey and Graham, and Joseph Leo-
nard, a boatman and expert swimmer, who sank after
having leaped from the boat, and swam for some distance.

SUICIDE OF A YOUTH UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE.-OD

Tuesday, an inquest was held at Newmarket, on view of
the body of Charles Jarvis, second son of Mr. Jarvis, of
the Greyhound Inn, under 16 years of age, who was found
hanging in a barn the day previous. No cause appeared
for committing the rash act.
The largest iron steamer ever built in Bristol, except
the Great Britain, will be launched from the building
yard of Messrs. George Lunell and Co., on Saturday.
She is intended, by the Bristol General Steam Navigation
Company, to run between Bristol and Cork, and is to be
called the Juverna, the ancient name of Ireland.
A HOMELY PARALLEL.—An elderly lady in Stock-
port, while canvassing the reason of the representative's
(Mr. Cobden) absence from England, said the hon.
member reminded her of an itinerant fiddler, who, for
decency's sake, walked out of the dancing room while the
collection was made.

AN ANCIENT MEMBER.—The present representative
of the Radnorshire Boroughs, Richard Price, Esq., who
has now sat for the boroughs for half a century, having
been first elected in 1796, has intimated his intention of
retiring from public life, in consequence of the infirmities
of age.

MANSLAUGHTER.—On Wednesday, a coroner's jury,
sitting at Stockport Little Moor, returned a verdict of man-
slaughter against Joel Bowden, of H azelG rove for having,
in a drunken quarrel with Thomas Twip, on the sth inst.,
caused such injuries as to produce death, on Tuesday last.
He was committed to Chester for trial.
A young man, of gentlemanly appearance, paid eight
sovereigns to a London grocer, on Saturday last, and ob-
ta;ned from him a cheque on his banker for the amount.
Putting an " 0" to the £8 and a " y" to the eight in the
body of the cheque, he cashed it and thereby made a
profit of £72.
FOREIGN STRAWRERRIES..—A vessel, named the
Hannah, just arrived at Hull, from Memel, with a cargo
of wood goods, had on board 16 casks of strawberries: the
growth of Prussia. This is a novel article of importation,
and whether with reference to "the place of growth, or the
very late period of the season for the supply of the article,
is a singular importation.

PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.—On Thursday, Lord Has-
tings, Anthony Hammond, Esq., and Edwin James,
Esq., killed, at Melton Constable, in Norfolk, seven and
a half brace of birds; and on the previous Tuesday, his
lordship, the Hon. F. Ashley, and Edwin James, Esq.,
killed forty-three brace, beating only one field of turnips
and one field of clover.

The public Baths and Wash-houses in Euston-square
were opened for the first time on the 3rd of August, and
up to the 29th of the same month, not fewer than 12,315
persons have made use of the baths, showing an average
of 462 a day. During the same period 764 women have
washed 18,783 articles of wearing apparel in the wash-
houses.

In a hand-bill affixed to the Bow-lane Police Station,
London, a reward is offered for the apprehension of one
George Hummerston, absconded, and after a very parti-
cular personal description the notice concludes in the
following odd and amusing style :—" He generally goes to
a public house to smoke his pipe, and is very fond of talking
of religion and horses .'"
The Free Synod of Argyle, at their meetine on the 3rd
instant, appointed Thursday, the Bth day of October next,
to be observed by all the congregations within the bounds,
as a day of humiliation, fasting, and confession of sin, in
reference to the total and universal failure of the potato
crop, and the great and increasing distress consequent
upon this visitation of Divine Providence.
On Tuesday week, as Mr. Graham, druggist, of Barnard
Castle, was taking an article from a shelf in his shop, it
slipped out of his band, and coming in contact with a
bottle filled with vitriol, broke it, and the whole of the
contents fell on his face and clothes ; the latter were
literally burnt off his back, and his eyes and face are
shockingly burnt.
MESMERIC INFIRMARY.—An infirmary, (with the
Earl Ducie as its president) is about to be established
in the metropolis under this name. The treatment of the
patients will be confined to the principles of mesmerism,
under the influence of which it is said surgical operations
can be performed without pain to the patient. Subscrip-
tions have already been commenced, and from £7OO to
£l,OOO have been collected.
The weather continues to be most favourable for harvest
,operations, which are now nearly, if not quite over in this
neighbourhood. A Cloudless sun and a warm atmosphere
prevail throughout the northern district. In short, we
are experiencing one of the most delightful autumns ever
remembered. The latest portions of the hay and grain
harvest will be secured in the best possible condition, and
all the aftermaths are as fresh and green as the most luxu-
riant summer pastures.

" About forty years ago, a vessel laden with wine, &c.,
was lost in Lynn Deeps. Two bottles of this wine were
found in the oyster net of a fishing-smack, a few days
since while the men were dredging. The bottles were so
covered with shelfish, which had adhered to them with
the utmost tenacity, that the glass was hardly discernable."
[A correspondent observes, that he has often heard of
" drinking like a fish ;" but was never aware, till now,
that fishes stuck so close to the bottle !]
A brougham with silent wheels was seen in the park
last week. The tire of the wheels consists of an elastic
tubular ring, made of caoutchouc, inclosed in a leathern
case, and inflated with air. to any degree of tightness
desired. The motion of the carriage is exceedingly easy.
It has now gone about a hundred miles, over roads of all
sorts, and the outer leather casing is as sound and entire
as at first, not exhibiting the slightest tendency to
rupture.—Meehanies' Magazine.
FORTITUDE OF A LAD.—A lad of about eighteen, em-
ployed on the Oxford andßugby railway, fell down, and a
waggon passed over his arm and shattered it. On the night
of the accident the arm was amputated near the shoulder.
He walked quietly from the place to the inn, talked coolly
while the amputation was going on, and requested the bone
might be saved, so that he might have a tobacco-stopper
made of it ! The lad had travelled from out of Dorset-
shire to near Banbury for work.
That destructive insect, the locust, continues to be
picked up, in considerable numbers, on various parts of
the coasts of Northumberland and Durham, many of
them being three and four inches long, and of propor-
tionate height. The unusual heat which has been expe-
rienced in our climate this year, is supposed to have di-
directed destructive visitors to our shores, where rigours
of the approaching winter will probably extirpate such as
escape capture in the interim by the hordes of naturalists
and others who are now daily in, pursuit of them.
REPENTING AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR.—Last week,
at a village church not a hundred miles from Alstonfield,
Derbyshire, a couple presented themselves before the
priest with the intention of being united in the bonds of
wedlock, all needful preparations having been made to ce-
lebrate the happy event. On the question being put,
" Wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife ?" &c•,
the swain modestly rejoined, " Yes, if you please, sir."
When, however, it came to the turn of the bride elect to
respond to that momentous question, " Wilt thou have
this man to thy wedded husband ?" &c., she, struck, it is
presumed, by some sudden misgiving, promptly rejoined,
" No ! I'm sure I shanna have him !" The consternation
of the expectant bridegroom, and the surprise of the priest
and assembled people, may, as the phrase runs, " be bet-
ter conceived than described." Remonstrance was in
vain; the fair one was immoveable, and of course the ce-
remony could not be proceeded with.—Ten Towns' Mes-
senger.

A correspondent of Bell's Weekly Messenger, in writing
on the potato question, states that, as regards the saving
of the present crop, we have no doubt that by far the
best means of saving a large portion of it will be found in
allowing the tubers to remain as late as possible in the
ground. It was found to be the only means by which the
diseased crop of 1845 was materially and profitably pre-
served in our own immediate circle of observations, in
Essex and Kent, and we have heard of many instances in
other districts proving the correctness of this conclusion.
LIBERALISW AND POPERY.—In Mr. Cobden's speech
at Paris, speaking of the progress of free-trade principles,
he adds, " and now the Pope of Rome has added the
sanction of his infallible testimony in favor of free-trade."
As an instance of Liberalism shaking bands with Despo-
tism it is not unworthy of our notice, shewing how little
Popery has to fear from the vaunted march of mind and
expansion of intellect, which is idolized in the present
day, and trusted to by many well-meaning men as all-
sufficient to stop the progress of that false and absurd
religion.

The proceedings of the British Association for the
Advancement of Science, were brought to a close on
Wednesday, at Southampton. The report of the finan-
cial accounts of the present meeting shewed that. there
had been 241 tickets issued to old life members, 10 to
new life members, 39 to new annual subscribers, 67 to
old annual subscribers, 268 to associates, 19 to foreigners,
and 198 to ladies • making a total of 848. The total
receipts of the week were £7lO, in addition to which a
donation of £lOO had been received from his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, which, with the amount received
from the sale of books, made a total of £B2B.
LUCIFER MATCHES KINDLED BY THE SUN.—A fire
of a singular description occurred last week in Norwich,
occasioned by a quantity of Lucifer matches lying in the
sun in the window of Mr. Thwaites, on the Castle Meadow.
The person who waits in the shop, which is fronting the
south, was below at the time, taking his dinner, when the
heat of the sun caused them to ignite. The fire speedily
communicated with some cigar boxes, and several of these
were consumed, and the cigars burned and spoiled. The
man returned just in time to save the shop, which sustained
no injury except in the paint, which was burnt off in places.
A few minutes longer and the whole premises must have
been on fire. This fact may, perhaps, help to solve the
mystery of some of the fires which have lattely occurred.
On Wednesday last, the labourers employed at Dray ton
Manor, with their wives and children, amounting to about
two hundred and thirty persons, partook of an excellent
dinner provided for them by Sir Robert Peel. The men
and their wives dined under a spacious tent erected at the
manor, and the children at the White Lion Inn, in the
village. After dinner they all assembled in front of the
mansion, where the afternoon was spent in dancing, foot-
;Jan, bowling, and other games, which were kept up with
great spirit until the evening, when the party sat down to
supper. The entertainment was furnished in the most
liberal manner, and the party separated with feelings of
the greatest pleasure and satisfaction. Sir Robert and
Lady Peel, with two of their sons, (who joined heartily in
the sports,) were present, and seemed to take great inte-
rest in the proceedings of the day.
The magistrates of Norwich have for some days been
occupied with a curious charge of forgery brought against
a Mrs. Barber of that town, a person respectably con-
nected, but of eccentric manners, who presented to the
East of England Bank, Norwich, ten £5 notes, seeming
to be Bank of England notes, but which on examination
were found to want both the signature and the watermark
on the paper, as well as all the fives being imitations of
the same note. Several other forged notes were found in
the lady's residence, and it appeared that she had pro-
duced them by tracing the lines of a genuine £5 Bank of
England note against the window. In the absence of
parties connected with the Bank of England, the case has
been still further 'remanded, the impression on the minds
of the magistrates being that the accused was of unsound
mind.

THE " GLOBE" ON RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS.—The
success of latitudinarianism at Derby and Edinburgh is
naturally emboldening the Whig journalists. The Globe,
which may be understood to be a ministerial organ, now
unhesitatingly avows a " principle" on which it is to be
feared the Whig government, will be prepared, if need be,
next session to act. "We confess" says the editor, "we
know of no other principle on which a religion could safely
be established in any country than a regard to the belief

of the majority." And the writer does not shrink from
carrying out his " principle" to its utmost extent, decla-
ring that " Popery, Mahometanism, Hindooism, or any
other faith or system of religion, must be looked in the
face as an existing fact and dealt with accordingly." We
wish the political Dissenters joy of the fruits of their late
votes.

TESTIMONIAL TO MISS CARNABT.—We observed to-
day, in Mr. Masson's (jeweller's) window, a very splendid
silver tea service, bearing the following inscription, viz. :
—" Presented to Miss Mary Carnaby, by a number of her
friends and pupils in Inverness, as a mark of esteem for
her exemplary life, and for her talents, zeal, and integrity,
in the discharge of her duties as a teacher of youth. 1846.
Nihil attigit sed ornavit." We are very happy to notice
this mark of respect by our townsfolk, towards a lady who
has taught amongst us, very successfully, for upwards of
sixteen years, and who sustained throughout a most exem-
plary character. She has left us for Liverpool with the
good wishes and esteem of many a family and friend who
regret her absence. We are glad to think that such inde-
faticable exertions on her part for the well-being of her
pupils, have been acknowledge) so very handsomely.—
Inverness paper.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDES FRUSTRATED.—A few days ago,
a person named Richard Williams went into a barber's
shop at Tenby, for the purpose of being shaved; the
shaver being engaged, he asked for a razor,.and being fur-
nished with that instrument, he immediately drew it
across his throat; luckily some person present observed
it, and struck it out of his hand ; but the man still lies in
a precarious state.—Last Sunda7 night, a woman named
Sarah Wood, belonging to Droitwich, and who travels
through the country as a hawker, was found in a brew-
house in Weaman-street, Birmingham, by Police-sergeant
Taylor. She appeared to be greatly excited, and in an
insane state ; and on being taken to the Staniforth-street
Station, she was put in a cell by herself. About five
minutes after she had been locked up, the sergeant went
to visit the cell, when he found that in his almost mo-
mentary absence, she bad endeavoured to put an end to
her existence. She was found suspended by her apron,
which she bad fastened round her neck, and then attached
to the bars of the aperture above the door, and getting on
the top of a stool, she had flung herself off at the very
moment the sergeant entered the cell. Fortunately, her
intention was thus frustrated.—Worcester paper.

NEW FURNITURE WOODS FROM THE.-COLONIES.—
The increased use of furniture woods, consequent on the
favourable position we are now in, as regards the duty
and the introduction of many new kinds, afford grourrds for
hoping that interior decoration may find new means of
exercise. The resources of art, in this respect, have barely
been examined ; the British colonies are rich in beautiful
woods, applicable to all the purposes for which mahogany
and rosewood are adapted. The Totarra wood of New
Zealand surpasses any mahogany we have seen ; it has
great variety of grain, and a beautiful mottled appearance.
An elaborate sideboard, lately made of it for the King of
Prussia, by Mr. J. M. Levien, has lately been exhibiting at
New Zealand House, Broad-street-buildings. We hear,
also, that Her Majesty has given orders for some articles.
In other pieces of furniture, were specimens of six or eight
kinds of wood, all of them of great beauty, and well adapted
for this purpose. The ma* wood, of which a teapoy had
been made,when cut in the direction of thegrain is ofayellow
stone•colour, variegated in parts with dark brown of large
pattern. Hino, of which the specimens were cut from
the root, was of a dark brown colour. It veneers and
polishes well, and can be had for £25 a ton, which seems
to be a pretty general price. Amongst other kinds, were
the primo, also beautiful, with a large mottled pattern ;
the kattore, in all respects like ebony; the May, rather
plain, with an app-arance varying from that of satin-wood
to the lightest mahogany ; the kivverve, and specimens of
many other kinds. Names have been given by the natives
to all the different species, these included.—The Builder.

COMMITTAL OF CAPTAIN RICA ARDSON FORFORGERY.
—On Friday Captain William Richardson, late chairman
of the Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow Railway, who, it
will be remembered, was charged with forgery on the
bankinz-house of Coutts, was brought up at the Mansion-
house, before the Lord Mayor. Mr. Ingleback, one of
the clerks at Coutts' bank, stated, that when Captain
Richardson saw the £5,000 draft he pointed to it and said
it was a forgery. Witness asked if the signature was not
his ? He said it was. Witness asked if the other signa-
tures were correct, and he said he believed they were, but
the draft had been altered from £lO to £5,000. Witness
said be did not think the house of Coutts responsible.

He then went and informed Mr. Colthurst of tliis trans-
action. He afterwards returned to the prisoner, and put
the question as to the signatures, in presence of Mr. Colt-
burst, and the prisoner replied that the signatures were
genuine. He then stated that he had filled up the three
drafts ett the same time, one for £2O, one for £lOO. and
one for £lO ; the latter had been changed to £5,000. Mr.
Colthurst said it was a frightful fraud. He afterwards
told Mr. Richardson that the banking-house declined
having anything to do with it. The prisoner said he had
paid away the £lO to a person who had rendered the
railway company some service. The prisoner was fully
committed, and the witnesses were bound over to prose-
cute at the first Central Criminal Court sessions, which
sit this week.

RELIGIOUS INDIFFERENCE.—BeIIeath the shade of
Westminster Abbey, there is a district which every man
ought to explore for himself, who wishes to know what
the worst parts of London are, and to understand the
kind of work which is before us, if we propose to pour
the light of Christian truth into all its dwellings. To one
of the two parishes which comprise it, a Scripture-reader
has lately been sent at the request of the Incumbent—
one of the regulations of the society which employs him,
requires a weekly return to be made to the clergyman, of
the houses visited. To distinguish the religious profes-
sion of the several families who inhabit them, the reader
is furnished with a paper divided into four columns.
These are headed with the letters C, D, R, and N.—C
standing for Churchman, D for Dissenter, R for Roman
Catholic, and N for a person who owns no brother-
hood with any Christian community. Now, in the
visits made by the Reader, in five successive days, the
result is as follows :—On the first day, he visited families
containing one hundred and fifty individuals : and of these,
one hundred had no home in the Christian Church, no
preference for any mode of Christian worship. On the
second day, the proportion of these persons was yet larger,
seventy being their complement to nineteen who owned a
relation to one body of Christians or another. On the
third day,—by far the best, it is just half-and-half. On
the fourth, for thirteen Church-people and fourteen Dis-
senters, we have sixty-two with the black letter N,
annexed : and the numbers on the fifth day are almost
exactly the same. So in the metropolis of Christian
England, out of five hundred and fifty persons visited and
talked with in succession, three hundred and sixty, or
two-thirds very nearly, had no such connexion with the

church as to be assignable to any one religious hod

arr. Kingscote's Letter lo the Archbishop of CanterbUry

Sept. 22, 1846.

; SATISFACTORY PHILOSOPHY.—We observe a some--
; what strange statement in the papers as to the result of
discussion on the potato disease in the British Association
at Southampton last Friday. It is said with singular phi-
, losophical gravity anti satisfaction that, "The general
opinion was, that the cause was in the existence of some
. atmospheric influence which at present defied investiga-
i lion, but which produced a remarkable effect on the cha-
t racter of the potato !" Was there ever a lame and impo-
, tent conclusion like this? If it be rivalled at all, it is in
the same report of the same Ell, ject, the discussion of
, which we are told was concluded by the Dean of West-
; minster and Doctor Lyon Playfair, declaring that "at the
conclusion of the inquiries of the government commission,
they were actually possessed of less information than
before the commencement of the inquiry !"
A correspondent informs us that there is a labourer
now employed upon the railway works at Ely who was
once tried and convicted of highway robbery, and was
sentenced to be hanged. The morning arrived for his
execution ; he was placed under the fatal beam, and as
the clergyman commenced his melancholy office, the poor
fellow protested his innocence. Justas the executioner
was about to " launch him into eternity," a man was per-
ceived at a distance gallopping furiously, holding up a
piece of paper—it was a repreive! In ten minutes the
horse died from exhaustion. The sentence was commuted
to transportation for life. At the expiration of ten years
and nine months, the prosecutor in the case being upon
his death bed, sent for the Mayor of the town, and told
the dreadful tale that at the time when he swore he had
been robbed of a large sum by the man in question, be
had the money in his own pocket, having been led to this
atrocious crime by feelings of revenge! Shortly after this
acknowledgment he died. The accused was sent for, a
free pardo❑ granted him, and £l5 given him by Govern-
ment on his arrival at home. A person, the other day.
asked him how he felt when he was under the gallows?
he replied, " I did'nt care so very much about it because
I knew I was innocent."—Bury and Norwich Post.
BEET-ROOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR POTATOES.—Beet•roo-
cannot be too much recommended to the notice of man
kind as a cheap and salubrious substitute for the now
failing and diseased potato. Hitherto the red kind has
been only used in England as a pickle, or as a garnish for
salad; even the few who dress it generally boil it, by
which process the rich saccat ine juice is in a great measure
lost, and the root consequently rendered less nutricious
by the quantity of water which it imbibes, as well as by
parting with the native syrup of which it is thus forcibly-
deprived ; it is, therefore, strongly recommended to bake
instead of boiling them, when they will be found to afford
a delicious and wholesome food. This is not an untried
novelty, for both red and white beet-root are extensively
used on the Continent; in Italy particularly, they are
carried about hot from the oven twice a-day, and sold
publicly in the streets; thus they are purchased by all
classes of people, and give to thousands, with bread, salt,
pepper, and butter, a satisfactory meal. There are few
purposes for which baked, or even roasted, or fried beet-
root would not be found preferable to boiled. If these
roots were as universally cultivated in England for human
food as they are on the Continent of Europe, and baked
and sold as cheap as they might easily be, many a poor
person would have a hearty and good meal who is now
often obliged to go without one ; and now that the potatoe
crop is again failing, the above information cannot but be
of infinite service if generally known, for there is a good
deal of beet in the country, although only planted or sown
for the use of cattle.—Carmarthen Journal.
SOMEWHAT SINGULAR.—O❑ the 24th of May, 1812, a
lady died in her youth at Grasmere, after linger ng in con-
sumption for seven months, and the husband, to mark his
sense of the loss he had sustained, had a monumental
pedestal and urn, with suitable inscription, made in
London, and this memorial duly arrived by trader at
Lancaster, but most strange to say, never got any further.
From some cause or other nobody ever came forward to
pay the freight and claim the property, and from that time
till within the past two or three weeks it has lain by in the
corner of a warehouse on the quay. Our worthy towns-
man, Mr. Thomas Dewhurst, having, however, taken an
interest in the matter, things have been put into train for
the immediate erection of the monument. Mr_Dewhurst
has kindly under taken the whole expense, and has had a
personal interview with the rector of Grasmere, who has
considerately consented to forego all charge. Mr. Dewhurst
is now having the monument cleaned up, and will forth-
with have it conveyed to Grasmere, whither be means to
accompany it in order to see the work completed under
his own superintendence. The inscription on the pedestal
is very flowery ; but no doubt justly describes the virtues
of the deceased, who, we happen to know, was a member
of one of the first families in the west of England. The
singular part of the circumstance is the leneth of time—
some three or four and thirty years—that has elapsed
between the arrival of the monument in Lancaster and its
final setting up in Grasmere, and that the consummation
should be brought to pass by the kindness of a stranger.
Lancaster Gazette.

DISTRESS IN THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS AND
ISLANDS OF SCOTLANDS.—During the lest week we
(Scottish Guardian) had an opportunity of witnessing, in
some measure, the extent of the failure of the potato crop
in the Western Highlands, and the result satisfied us
that so far from the evil having been exaggerated, it is
impossible for any one who has not seen its devastations
to form adequate idea of its extent. The truth is, that
throughout the Western Highlands and Islands the po-
tato is extinct. Some of the people are reduced to one
meal a day of the coarsest fare. Others are living on
shell-fish, and ekeing out their wretched meal with sea-
weed. Many are parting with their pigs, because they
are unable to feed them ; and the pittance they receive
for them is all that stands between them and want. Poor
people are selling their cows for the same reason ; And
some are reduced to the sad alterna ive of disrosing of
their boats. In some of the islands disease has already

appeared in the most afflictive forms, but too evidently
resulting from inadequate or unwholesome food. In the
island of Tiree, this is already the case to an alarming
extent ; and there is no disguising the fact, that unless
something be done immediately with the view of afford-
ing supplies of food to the inhabitants of the islands
generally, consequences will inevitably and speedily en-
sue which it is revolting to every human mind to con-
template. The Free Church Synod of Argyll sent a
deputation last week to the Lord advocate to urge upon
his attention, and, through him, that of her Majesty's
Government, the clamant state of the Highlands and
Islands.

THE SELF ACTING WATER-RAM.—Perhaps the most
unpretending, simple, but useful of hydraulic powers for
raising water, is the above valuable invention. Ito
economy of space is also a striking recommendation, the
ram not occupying more than three-quarters of a square
yard. The principle upon which it acts, comprehends the
raising of water thirty times the height of the fall by which
it is worked. Having seen this clever apparatus, as in use
at Peckforton, upon the property of J. Tollemache, Esq.
M. P., we shall describe its powers, wl-ich will apply to,
the self-acting ram in general, as patented by Amos and
Easton, of London. Water being required for the building
Peckforton Castle, which our readers will remember the
spirited proprietor is now erecting on the summit of a
high hill ; close to, and rivalling in elevation, the site of
Beeston Castle. At the foot of this hill, a quarter of
mile distant from the building, as the crow flies, is a beau-
tiful crystal spring, designated Horsley Bath. From this
spring or bath a pipe conveys some of its water to a small
reservoir about a yard square, distant one hundred and
fifty yards. Into this reservoir is laid the mouth of the
pipe which feeds the ram. The surplus water not required
by the feeding pipe, which would otherwise overflow this
small reservoir, is carried off by a drain to a lower level.
From this reservoir to the spot where the ram is fixed, is
a fall of about thirty feet. The other end of the feeding
pipe before mentioned is inserted in the ram. Suppose
the ram now at work : the water from the reservoir
passing with great force down the feeding pipe, puts in
operation the machinery in the interior of the ram ; and
the beautiful result is,—that through another pipe of less
diameter, fixed on the other side of the ram, water is
forced and
delivered at the top of the hill beforedescribed
(320 feet higher than the ram) at the rate of three gallons
per minute. Of course the ram can be made with greater
powers.

APPALLING DISCOVERY !—A few days since, a tall
good-looking man, well dressed, and of gentlemanly de-
portment, was observed, after carefully looking around
him for a few moments, to throw a parcel very hurriedly
into the float. Curiosity was excited, a.boat immediately
obtained, the mysterious parcel secured, and opened
when, to the horror of the inspecting parties, it was found
to contain a shirt with several boles in it, as if caused by
stabs made with some sharp-pointed instrument, and sa-
turated with blood ; rolled up inside the shirt was a note
written by a female, signed " Harriet," and directed T'
gentleman well known in this city. The parcel contaioe'A7
the shirt had been directed, but the address was eras
The contents of the note were as follow :

" You cruel man._
prived me of ‘:laYe oduearreenst"Objjeealo
ctour '
my andaffections.
nla
lice h
las •n doe;
know all; the secret is out, and the murderer can no
longer escape justice ; the happy spirit of my loved
Henry disclosed to me all, and told me where to find the
bloody shirt which I now send you, which must make you
shrink with horror. Prepare to meet the Police.

'6 HARRIET."
No doubt was entertained that an atrocious murder had
been committed, and the parcel was at once conveyed to.
the police station ; the constables were speedily on the gut
rive, a couple hastened to the residence of Mr. -, (the
gentleman to whom the note was addressed,) and to his
very great consternation received the intimation that he
must " come along with them," upon a charge of murder.
The amiable and humane individual, who could not find
it in his heart to crush a fly, much less to murder a fellow-
creature, informed the officers that they had made a mis-
take. " Oh, no ; no mistake at all," was the reply.
" Ain't you Mr. -, Esq. ?" "I am the party," was
the answer, " then you're the gen'l'man as murdered the
gal's sweethart." What could the fellows mean ? His
first impulse was to kick them out of the house, and but
for their wearing the police uniform be would have done
so. They told him it was "no good his putting hisself in
such a fiustration, as the letter and the shirt (producing
the bundle,) would show that they were right." On the
production of these articles, Mr. - could not forbear
laughing heartily, and soon set the matter " all right,"
fully proving that no murder had been committed, and
that the whole was the trick of a very facetious " crony,'
whose ruling passion was not subjected even by sickness,
and who availed himself of the consequences of a leech
bleeding to play a joke upon his friend. Having been
bled with leeches, he packed up the shirt which he bad or
at the time in a parcel to Mr. - ; ti
cognised the handwriting of his friend o
and having been " tricked

once or twice

again to be " done ;" so he erased the --
the parcel (without opening it) into the float, as we hav
described, little dreaming thatil note inside (
with murdering some poor girl's lover, A I
was instituted, and it appearing that the affa

and threw

barged hiva

tie inquire

vas really
—Bristol

a joke, of course

g further was

2 lirror

Sept. 22, 1846.

Lotat aiti) probittrial P.clus.

The marriage of Simon Yorke, Esq., of Erthig, to Miss
Victoria Cust, daughter of Sir Edward Cost, Bart., was
celebrated with great rejoicing in the parish of Ruabon.
The return match between the two first elevens of
the Edge Hill and the Rock Ferry cricket clubs, on
Thursday, was won by the Edge Hill in a single innings.
On Friday James Drysdale, a rigger, about 45 years of
age, fell from the masthead of a vessel at the Brunswick
Dock, upon the deck, and died in about ten minutes after
in the Southern Hospital.
LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.—An able paper
was read on Monday evening, before this society ; by Mr.
Britten, " on improvements in the construction of steam-
boilers, calculated to decrease the danger attendant upon
using high-pressure steam for marine and other engines."
Accin:NTS.—No fewer than seven accidents, in which
some serious, but it is hoped, in no case. fatal injuries to
workmen at the docks, took place within the last ten days.
Most of them were conveyed to the hospital, and were on
Saturday in a fair way of recovery.
The size-house of Mr. Hibbert, in Stanley-street,
Preston, was destroyed by fire, on Friday evening. A
gentleman, of the name of Pickles, the owner of a mill
adjoining, unfortunately fell into the flames, and was burnt
to death.

The London informer against the pawnbrokers has
taken his departure. It is said that before he proceeded
to summon he pledged articles with each of the pawnbro-
kers in the town, and that against 110 pawnbrokers he
has upwards of 300 informations.

STEALING FROM GARDENS.—On Thursday night,
twenty or thirty of the gardens attached to the cottages at
Spekefield, near this town, were entered, and the whole
of the red cabbages carried away! A similar theft took
place about the same time last year
On Saturday afternoon, a fire broke out in two houses
in Exmouth-terrace, Oxford-road, Manchester. U pwards
of two hours elapsed before the flames could be extin-
guished. It is supposed that the fire originated in the
attic of one of the houses which was kept as a cigar store.
The damage is estimated at £2,000.
On Saturday, the steam-loom weavers and pickers, in
the employment of Messrs. J. T. and J. Walker, silk-
manufacturers, at Leigh, were informed that their wages
would be forthwith reduced 65., ls., and, in some de-
scriptions. Is. 6d. per cut, in the weaving: and 6d. per
warp in the picking. The hands have turned out.
Mr. M'Cormic is the successful competitor for making
the railway tunnel from Edge-hill to the north docks.
There will be a goods' station in Hudson-street, behind
Byrom-street, but this will be the only opening in the
whole length. The work, we understand, will commence
immediately, and the contract is said to be about £90,000.
At the meeting of the West Derby Guardians notice of
motion was given to increase the salary of Mr. Greatres,
medical officer of West Derby, from 30 guineas to £5O.
It is proposed to give medical relief to the sick poor of
Toateth park by means of the surgeons of the Dispensary
but the arrangement has not yet been agreed upon.
The return match between the Seacombe Club and Li-
verpool Olympus Club, on the Seacombe ground, was
concluded, on Monday, in favour of the Seacombe players
by nine runs. Each club having won one game, the con-
cluding struggle far victory will be played in the course of
this week.

NEW APPLE.-A new variety of apples has this year
been produced in a garden at Garstang, in this county.
The original stock had been grafted with an apple called
the Gabriel, a flat apple, with a little brown on the sunny
side, and covered with a fine bloom like a plumb ; but this
new variety has the appearance of a fine golden pearmain.
On Sunday the Marquis of Sligo, Earl of Lucan, and
five other noblemen and gentlemen arrived here from
Dublin, on their way to London, for the purpose of ob-
taining an interview with the heads of the Government
relative to the potato disease in Ireland, and the most
effectual method of employing the famishing poor.
A public meeting was held on Tuesday in the Portico,
Newington, for the purpose of forming an institution, to
have for its object " the intellectual and spiritual improve-
ment of Sunday.school teachers," and the furnishing of
means to aid them in their educational efforts. Upwards
of 600 persons were present and various resolutions were
adopted. _ _ _

Mons. Dumont, the Minister of Public Works in
France, arrived at the Adelphi Hotel, in this town, on
Tuesday. He was accompanied by six engineers. In the
course of the day he visited the docks, the Clarence
Foundry, and several of the works and public buildings.
The French Consul pointed out to him the principal
objects of interest in the town. Oa Friday, he left
Liverpool.
A very large meeting of the members of the Evangeli-
cal Alliance took place at the Free-trade Hall, Manchester,
on Friday. Amongst the friends of the cause who were
summoned to address the meeting, were the Rev. Pro-
fessor Adolpho Monod, of Montaubon, France; the Rev.
Dr. Cox, of New Yoik ; the Rev. Dr. Leifchild, of Lon-
don ; the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, of Manchester; and the
Revds. W. W. Ewbank, Geo. Osborne, Wm. Bevan, and
C. M. Birrell, of Liverpool.

_
An inquiry was commenced at Birkenhead on Saturday,
before a coroner's jury, touching the death of a journey-
man painter, named Warburton, aged 31. He died from
gangrene in the arm, and the inquiry involved the medical
treatment to which he had been subjected by Mr. Ricketts.
The evidence of Mr. Dixon, who had made a post-mortem
examination, satisfied the jury that the treatment had been
correct, and a verdict that the deceased had died from
natural causes was returned. . _ _

Mr. Milner, of this town, made last week, at Leeds, a
very satisfactory public trial of the efficacy of his fire re-
sisting safes. The Mayor of Leeds and several other
gentlemen were present, and all signed a certificate ex-
pressive of their high opinion of this valuable invention.
The trial was repeated with the mort perfect fairness in
the presence of the same gentlemen, when the safe was
subjected to a greater heat than during the first experi-
ment was attainable, and with equally satisfactory results.
OPEN BOAT ENTERPRISE.—A short time since,
party of young men made an excursion in an open boat
hence to Bangor, rowing all the way, and being out two
nights during the voyage. The same individuals pro-
ceeded, a few days ago, on a similar expedition to Douglas,
again hugging the shore as much as possible. On the
first night they passed Formby, Blackpool, and Fleetwood.
They pulled from the last-named place about ten o'clock,
p.m., and met with a thick fog. and afterwards with a stiff
breeze. In the morning they saw Whitehaven and the
Scotch coast, and in the evening arrived at Douglas.
DISSOLUTION OF THE MANCHESTER FIRE AND LIFE
OFFICE, AND FORMATION OF ANOTHER COMPANY.—
There was a meeting of the shareholders o! this institution
lastc week, the object of which was to dissolve the present
the views and
to form another, more in consonance with
than isewt;: of a very large proportion of the proprietors
principal e constitution of the present one. One of the
things contemplated by the new company, is the
abandonment
it has now of the life department, which hitherto (and
by
The
r„.,-°° had a trial of about 20 years) had been found
p—eans what may be called a beneficial department.
Manchester
el i can Office will. it is understood, slip into the
office in regard to all the life policies.
GREAT SALE AT BIRKENHEAD.-011 Tuesday, a sale
took place at the Woodside Hotel, which, from the great
value of the considerable in-
ter property offered, possessed
est. It consisted of no less than ninety.seven mansions,
nooses, shops, and a large quantity of land. The sale was
Conducted by Mr. Hutchins. The property belonged to
Henry Boyden, Esq. The mansions, &c., did not sell,
but some of the land in Dacre-street, near Rock Ferry,
excited a rather spirited contest for the possession of it.
The first lot was put up at 7s. per yard, and knocked down
to Mr. Sharp at 10s. Lots, 2,3, and 4, were purchased
by Mr. Hickman, the latter at 7s. 9d., and the two former
at 10s.
FATAL ACCIDENT FROM BATHING.—On We lnesday
Mr. John Hulbert, of Bootle, went down to bathe on the
beach opposite the Rimrose Hotel. He did not engage a
bathing machine, but stripped himself on the sands and
went into the water. Some time afterwards his clothes
were discovered lying on the bank, and as he did not make
his appearance apprehensions were entertained for his
I;afetV ; search was immediately made, but no traces of
him could be discovered, and it appeared certain that he
must have been carried away by the tide and drowned.
The same evening the body of the unfortunate man was
found lying on the shore opposite Waterloo The de-
ceased formerly belonged to the firm of Dowdall and
Hulbert, cotton-brokers, of this town.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, a party, con-
sisting of Mr. and Mrs. Borru, of Aigburth, two gentlemen
of the name of Brown, and Mrs. T. A. Hope, with three

children, left Hoylake in a pleasure boat, to enjoy a sail,
and had been out some hours when (on returning) Mr.
Brown, jun., hastily seized his gun for the purpose of
firing at a seagull. By some means the gun, while in the
act of being raised to the shoulder, exploded, and Mr. B.
received the charge in the left arm. Immediately on the
party landing a messenger was despatched for Mr. Briarly,
Upton, who deemed immediate amputatio❑ necessary;
and in this opinion Mr. Bickersteth, who happened to be
attending a patient in the neighbouring hotel, quite con-
curred. The operation, as well as the whole accident,
was borne by the patient with great firmness, and we are
happy to hear that he has since been progressing fa-
vourably.

PRESERVED PROVISIONS.—We have been favored with
an opportunity of tasting the quality of some preserved
Beef, prepared in tins, for ship's use, by Messrs. Ingleby
and Cooke, of the Goree Piazzas, for which they are
charging the very moderate price, in the present state of
the market, of 7d. the lb. Unlike most other samples of
the article which we have met with, this Beef retains its
solidity, although thorsighly cooked, and is full of its
natural juices. It is slifhtly corned, the meat of the very
best quality, and each ten pound tin contains an entire
joint, which can be placed whole upon the table, either on
shin-board or ashore. The owners and Captains of sea-
going vessels, desiring their cabin mess to be furnished
with a first-rate article, will do well to make trial of the
provisions of this enterprising Firm. The Beef, to which
we refer, we need not say is surprisingly cheap.
CORONER'S INQUESTS.—The coroner has held in-
quests in the following cases during the week :—On view
of the body of George Johnson, a porter employed at the
Railway-station, Crown-street. On the 29th ult. the de-
ceased was taking the wheels off a wagon, when one of
them fell upon him and fractured his left leg. Mortifi-
cation ensued, and death put a period to his sufferings on
Monday last:—On Margaret Fox, of Christian-street, who
was found in a state of insensibility on the floor of her
bed-room, on Saturday night week. She remained in
that state until Monday, when she died. The deceased
had for some time previously been afflicted with the bowel
complaint. The cause of death was congestion of the
ifouuord.— 0n Margaret M'Nally, of Liver-street, who was
lyingsday.in her bedroom, in a state of insensibility,
on
Wednesday. A surgeon was sent for immediately, but
the deceased had expired before his arrival. She was in
liquor during the early part of the day, and was a
of intoxicated habits.—On the body of Edward
O'Hare,vman of Crosbie-street, a labourer, who was found in the river,
opposite the Albert Warehouses, on Wednesday night.
Be was last seen on Saturday night week, in Croslb.e-
street, at which time he was in a state of intoxication.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT BOOTLE.—On Thursday night,
a little after nine o'clock, Mr. Clements, of Bootle, was
stopped by five or six men between Rake-lane and Mr.
Ashcroft's, two of whom grasped him by the throat, two
pinioned his arms, and the others succeeded in cutting
away one of his trowsers and coat pockets. Luckily they
contained no money, and his watch escaped. During the
scuffle a shandry drove up, and they fled across the brick-
fields, taking with them a silver-mounted rattan walking
cane.
ROBBERY OR BOARD A VESSEL.—Tvvo men, of the
respective names of 'Ward and Fisher, were charged on
Friday, at the Police-court, with having committed a
robbery, on Thursday night, on board a vessel lying at
the Cobourg Dock. Inspector Walker said, that seven
bottles of sherry had been missed from the ship, besides
a quantity of sugar. He had found some sugar at Ward's
house, which corresponded with that on board the ship.
Ward was employed as quay watchman, and Foster in
the same capacity on board the vessel, he had also been
shipped on board as a seaman. A boy, who acted as
steward, deposed to having seen the men endeavouring to
remove some bottles on the night in question. Committed
to prison for two months.
SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—On Saturday last,
Mr. Henry Phillips gave one of his delightful entertain-
ments at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, which was
well attended. The character of this gentleman's sing.
ing it is now too late in the day to remark upon critically.
As a chaste and classical singer, especially of the Old
English ballad music, he is without his equal, whilst as a
lecturer and anecdotist he is equally great. In this con-
cert he introduced several American novelties, with his
experience in that land of eccenticity, which were received
with great applause, especially his racy description of
Yankee inquisitiveness. His good natured hits at some
of the peculiarities of the people of the sister island were
equally well received. Amongst the most admired of his
songs were, " Bear hunting in the United States," " Wi-
dow Machree," " Molly Bawn," " Robin Hood," and
the " Lakes of Killarney."
STABBING CASE.—A young boy, whose name we
understand to be John Clark, was brought up at the
Police-court, on Friday, charged with having stabbed
Duncan Clark, his brother, a lad several years older than
himself. From the statement of the father of the boys,
who appeared in court, it appeared that the prisoner was
getting his breakfast about five o'clock on Friday morning,
preparatory to going to work, when his elder brother,
whom the father described as an idle, worthless fellow,
took his breakfast away and began to eat it ; upon which
the young boy came to complain to him, when he desired
him to go to his sister, who would cut him some more
bread and butter. In consequence of this complaint on
the part of the little lad, his brother threatened to beat
him, and in the quarrel the prisoner bad thrust the knife
at his brother. The witness described the elder lad as a
pest to the family. In consequence of this representation
the case was dismissed.

SEAMAN'S WAGES.—A case, which bore some features
of rather an unusual character, was decided at the Police-
court on Friday. John Johnson summoned the Captain
of the Tallyho, Richard Leggett, for £7 12s. wages earned
whilst serving as a seaman under him. The complainant
shipped on board the Tallyho, on the 19th of April, 1845,
bound for Syria and Smyrna. On the homeward passage
the vessel was run down, and the crew were taken to
France, thence they were sent to London, where they were
told by the Consul they would be paid the amount of
wages due. The whole crew, with the exception of
Johnson, observed these directions, and received their
pay in London. Complainant, however, made a voyage
to Africa, and now on his return demanded £7 125., the
amount of pay due to him when he left the Tallyho, from
the Captain. Mr. Rushton directed an order to be made
on the Captain for the money, allowing him a few days to
enable him to communicate with the owners.
LAMENTABLE SUICIDE. Considerable excitement
prevailed in the neighbourhood of London-road, on Fri-
day, in consequence of a report having spread that Mr.
William Chalton, the well-known baker, had put a period
to his existence by banging. Subsequent inquiries proved
that the rumour was too well founded. Mr. Chalton
was fifty-five years years of age; he had latterly been
much addicted to drinking, so much so indeed that for the
last four months he had scarcely ever gone to bed sober.
In consequence of his indulgence in this dangerous habit,
the unfortunate man's mind became affected, and his
friends at times doubted whether he was really sane, so
eccentric were his ways, and so unaccountable were his
observations. lie went to bed about four o'clock on the
evening of Thursday, in a state of intoxication. At ten
o'clock, Mrs. Chalton also went to bed, and found her
husband asleep ; he, however, awoke at her approach, and
requested to have some drink given to him. A small
quantity of brondy was accordingly sent for, which he
drank, and they both retired to rest. Upon Mrs. Chal-
ton awaking about four o'clock on the following morning,
she perceived her husband in a kneeling position at the
foot of the bed; she was, however, horror struck to find
that he was suspended by the neck, and quite dead ; the
unfortunate man had tied a handkerchief round his neck
and attached the cord of it to the bed-post near the mat-
tress. When found he had one arm clasped around the
bed post. _ _

HOUSEOWNERS' GUARDIAN SOCIETY.—The annual
meeting took place at the Brunswick Hotel on Wednes-
day evening. Mr. W. Walthew, who was in the chair, ex-
plained the advantages of the association to owners of pro-
perty, and urged the meef,ng to make endeavours to in-
crease the number of members. The report showed that
the society had done much towards a more efficient and
cheaper supply of water to the town, by giving evidence
before the High nay Board. The Town Council and the
public at large bad been roused on this subject, and, no
doubt, ere long, a cheap and abundant supply would be
obtained for all the purposes of life and health. An

attempt had been made to impose local rates on the house-
owners, in place of the tenants; but, from vigourous op-
position, the measure was withdrawn► from the sanitary
bill of the Council. The funds of the society were flour-
ishing. The expenditure for the year had been £ll5, and
there was a balance to the credit of the society of £6l.
Mr. Jones referred to the new movement now making
by the Council to rate owners of property to the local
rates, which be considered unjust and unconstitutional.
An inquiry had been instituted by the Council into the
profits of investments by house-owners, which had no-
thing to do with the question, and the only argument for
such a measure was the difficulty of collecting the rates
from the tenants. It was an unjust interference between
landlord and tenant, and he moved that this new attempt
should be vigorously opposed. The resolution was se-
conded by Mr. Bradley and adopted. Other routine re-
solutions were passed, and a committee tor the ensuing
year being appointed, the meeting dispersed.

DEATH OF AN INFANT FROM THE USE OF A NAR-
OOTIC.—One of those deplorable yet oft occurring cases
wherein ignorant mothers are the cause of the destruction
of their helpless offspring, by the improper use of nar-
cotics, and soothing cordials, has occurred in this town
during the past week. The infant of a woman named
Latimer, residing at 31, Gerard-street, being taken ill on
Monday morning last, the mother repaired to the shop of
Mr. Parry, a druggist, in Springfield-street, for a penny-
worth of the mixture of syrup of squills and syrup of
violets. She took a cup with ber, which she handed to
Mr. Parry, at the same time, asking him for the mixture
and telling him for what purpose she required it. Mr.
Parry gave the cup to a boy, who was behind the counter,
at the same time telling him to supply the woman with
the drug. As soon as the mother reached home
she ad-
ministered a tea spoonful of the medicine to her infant,
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ho immediately fell asleep. She awoke the child at four
Arock in the afternoon and gave it another tea spoonful,
4115 it ten o'clock the same night, she administered the
remainder of the mixture. The child never awoke after
this. Mr. Bradshaw, a surgeon, was called in on Tues-
day, but his efforts to arouse the infant from the lethargic
state into which it had fallen were fruitless, and on Wed-
nesday night death terminated the struggle. Mr. Brad-
shaw was of opinion that the child died in consequence of
effusion on the brain caused by the use of syrup of squills,
which is an acrid narcotic poison. A verdict of chance
medley against the mother was returned. The coroner
made some appropriate remarks deprecatory of the manner
in which druggists dispense poisonous drugs to ignorant
people.
PAPIER MACHE PICTURE FRAMES.—The following
judicial remarks, in which we cordially coincide, are con-
densed from an able paper published in the Art Union :
" Though the scope of this journal would be inadequate
to the notice of every invention in this prolific age, and
though such notices, when unconnected with Fine Art,
may be consideftd somewhat out of place, we hold it
most peculiarly our province, and to the direct advantage
of the public and Art itself, to scan closely the merits or
demerits of works devoted, both to the common and re-
fined purposes of every day life, in which shall be in-
volved Fine Art. Thus a chair of gold or ivory, or a
vase of a precious stone, not possessed of classic or beau-
tiful form, fails in becoming an object of admiration to
those of a refined and cultivated taste; wealth misapplied
can command the one, and misdirected perseverance and
care produce the other ; while the commonest matetials,
wrought by a master mind at once into objects of general
utility and refined taste, deserve a warmer and more ear-
nest introduction to the public than they could find in the
show-room of the manufacturer. Its strength exceeding
that of wood, and durability in any state of atmosphere,
have ceased to be a matter of doubt, and it is applied with
equal success in either internal or external decorations.
In distant objects, such as cornices, capitals, ceiling cen-
trings for rooms, and the highly wrought frieze, it has
worked for itself a high and deserved reputation ; but,
independently of this, it possesses some rare artistic qua-
lities, which are lost at the height of a room or the sum-

mit of a column ; and with these qualities we are likely
to become more intimately acquainted, as the proprietor
is devoting his energies to the production of some picture
frames, which bid fair to rival the best carving in wood
ever applied to the same purpose, while it leaves very far
behind four-fifths of the carved frames which, at great
cost, have of late years been removed from the lumber
rooms of the broker, and injudiciously made to deform
the walls of the modern mansion. The frames present
the best characteristics of fine carving, the course of the
chisel, though subdued, is every where apparent, and the
liberal resort to undercutting, and occasionally nearly al-
to relief, realize the peculiar finesse and spirit of the best
manipulists amongst the old carvers in wood ; substitu-
ting for the prim and mechanical mediocrity o works in
putty composition, an easy, liberal, and artistic dexterity
in the execution, which must be appreciated by every lover
of the excellent. An essential advantage is that these
frames weigh no more than half the weight of the usual
frames of the same size." 'We strongly urge on all the
pleasure and profit they will derive from visiting the es-
tablishment of Mr. Keys. Bold-street, where these frames
in every variety of manufacture may be inspected.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Arrangements, we are glad
to perceive, have been made, by which Madame Rosini
will perform at the gardens to-morrow and Friday. The
extraordinary feats of this lady, upon a rope 300 feet long,
and raised to an altitude of seventy feet, are quite sur-
prising. The agility and gracefulness with which she
performs the feat have excited the admiration of thousands
of spectators. Friday will positively be her last appearance.