The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening, a young lad
named Henry Parry went with two others into an old
house in George's-street to procure some chips. Ina few
minutes the other boss came out, the deceased remaining
in the building, and just is they arrived in the street a
crash was heard as of falling bricks. &c. A search was
immediately commenced, and the deceased was found
lying underneath the rubbish. a large beam having fallen
on his chest. He was quite dead.
THE MANCHESTER REGISTRATION.—The labours of
the revising barristers for this division of the county are
closed, and the following is the result, as far as the Man-
chester polling-district is concerned : Objections by con-
servatives, 550: struck of the list, 404. Objections by
the leaguers, 1,355; struck off, 215. Gain upon objec-
tions to conservatives, 189. New claims by conservatives,
1,015: allowed, 756. New claims by leaguers, 1,898; al-
lowed, 1,189. Leaguers rain upon new clainls, 433. De-
duct from this number 189 gained by conservatives on ob-
jections, makes a total loss to conservatives of 244.

CAUTION TO BADGE PORTERS.—Durhig the hearing of
a case on Thursday, it was stated by a car driver, that
porters at the pier-heads were in the habit of receiving
threepence from car drivers for getting them a fare, and it
appearing in the case then before the magistrate that a
disturbance had arisen in consequence of a porter wishing
to take the luggage of a passenger to a car, from the dri-
ver of which he bad received the usual fee, Mr. Rushton
directed Mr. Dowling to make inquiries into the matter,
and stated his determination to take away tha license from
all porters found so acting.
BIGAMY.—On Tuesday a labouring man, named Wil-
liam Thomas, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a
charge of having married a second wife, his first being
still a'ive. J. Worthington, a packer, residing at Deans-
gate, Manchester, deposed that he saw him married at
a register-office in that town on the sth June, 1840, to a
female of the name of Alicia Henrietta Cummins, who
was still alive, and that on the 4th of last August he was
again [Larded to Jane Clarkson, a widow, at Holy Trinity
Church, St. Anne-street, Liverpool. The prisoner, who,
when taken into custody, treated the charge with levity,
had nothing to urge in this defence, and was fully com-
mitted for trial.
LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. The general
monthly m, eting of this society was held in the Lecture-
hall of the Royal Institution, on Monday evening last,
but owing to the extreme inclemency of the weather, it
was rather thinly attended. Mr. John Rosson read his
second paper " On the propriety of preferring the pointed
(commonly called the Gothic) style, in the erection of ec-
clesiastical buildings." It was listened to with great at-
tention, arid towards its close Mr. Rosson threw out the
idea that it would be well, if possible to convert the
shadow into the substance, by inducing the various bo-
dies of freemasons throughout Europe to become nuclei
for a great architectutal and s,ciemific institute, where
youth of all countries could be instructed in the arts and
linked together in brotherhood.

CAPTURE OF TWO OF TFIE " LONDON SWELL MOB,"
IN MANCHESTER.-011 Saturday week, a man named
Wood, and a boy named Williams, were taken before the
magistrates in Manchester, on suspicion of having robbed
the pockets of several parties in that town,—Lieutenant
Fielding, of the 70th regiment, of three or four sovereigns,
at the Railway Station, and Mr. H. Knowles, roanufac-
turer, of his pocket-bbok, containing £4lO in notes, which
he had just received at the Branch Bank of England.
They were remanded until a future day, being sus-
pected, or at least one of them, to be a London thief.—
Yesterday week, two others, James Batty and William
Ware, were brought up on a similar charge. Ware was
supposed to be the brother of the boy Williams. It was
stated that the prisoners were well 1, nown in Liverpool,
and had been patrolling the banks there. These prisoners
were, from the suspicion attached to them by the evidence
adduced relative to the same robberies, also remanded.
ACCIDENT IN LUMBER-STEP-BT.—On Tuesday, a very
serious accident occurred in Lumber-street, owing to the
incautiousness of the persons employed at Cliff's marine
stare, by which the life of a young woman named Mar-
gret Johnson, has been placed in imminent danger. It
appears that about one o'clock she was passing up Lum-
ber-street, when the rope by which they were hoisting up
a heavy bag of hair :o the second story of Cliffs store
gave way, and the bag fell'upon her, knocked her down,
and produced a compound fracture of her thigh, and ge-
neral injury about her head arid the upper part of her
person. She was almost immediately removed to the
Northern Hospital. It appears that while the bag was
being hoisted it got jammed against the upper part of one
of the windows—that the man, who should have guided
it, was elsewhere about the concern—that the strain
snapped the rope in two, and that there was no person in
the street to warn the passers-by of the danger. It is
strange that the numerous accidents daily occurring pro-
duce so little effect.

A DISHONEST CAR-DRIVER.—On Wednesday, at the
Police-court, Mr. Brown, attorney, preferred an infor-
mation against John Ashton, driver of a car. It ap-
peared that the complainant had occasion to send a poor
sailor to London by railway, and sent a person with him,
to whom he gavp two sovereigns and six shillin-4s to pay
the fare. The defendant was engaged in Harrington-
street. When they alighted, the messenger gave him a
shilling, but he demanded sixpence more. The messen-
ger then gave him what he supposed was another shilling,
and received sixpence in change, but afterwards disco-
vered that he had only one sovereien left, and that he
must have given the other instead of a shilling. He af-
terwards went in search of the defendant, and found he
had not been at home for some time. Defendant was af-
terwards seen coming out of a public-house, an-i, when
questioned on the matter, said he must have given the
sovereign to his fatheralong with the other money. The
fare being but one shilling, Mr. Rushton ordered defen-
dant to pay 20s. anti costs, and return the sixpence, and
suspended his license—not to be restored until the com-
plainant applied, and not perhaps then.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY, AND QUICK DETECTION.
On Tuesday afternoon, a truss of woollen goods and a
box were delivered at the shop of Miss Evans, woollen
draper, Great George-square. The parties in the shop
being busy, the truss was left in the street, under the
window, and near the door. In a few minutes some men
were seen by parties outside rolling the truss across the
street. They left it at the corner of Pitt-street, and then
one of them engaged a car, into which it was placed, and
the driver was ordered to drive to Vauxhall-road. Two
men got into the car with the truss, and a third sat upon
the box. When the car reached Tithebarn-street, of-
ficers Lloyd and Sale saw it, and knowing the character
of the inmates, suspected all was not right. When it had
reached Leeds-street, Lloyd stopped it ; but before that
one of the men in th-• car, seeing they were followed,
jumped through the window and escaped. The other
turned out to be John Murray, a notorious thief, sod the
man on the box was Joseph Little, an equally notorious
character. The bale of goods was, of course, found in
the car, and the two prisoners, who were brought up on
Wednesday befoie Mr. Rushton, were committed to take
their trial.

PAUPERS HAVE LARGE STOMACIIS.—John Webb, a
pauper in the Workhouse, wcs brought up on Wednes-
day, charged by Mr. Galloway with refusing to work, at
the Workhouse, on Tuesday. Mr. Rushton : Did he
give no reason ? Galloway ; Yes, he said he had not got
enough of dinner. Mr. lowndes, Vestry-clerk ; There
has lately been an alteration in the diet. Mr. Rushton :
What is the diet? Galloway: He bad two pounds of
what is called "scouse," meat and bread. The prisoner
had nothing to say. Mr. Rushton : This is one of the
most scandalous things that can well be conceived.
There arc hundreds of honest labouring men in Liverpool
who cannot get one pound of such food—some of them no
food at all. Galloway ; He evidently wished to excite
the rest to some outrage. Mr. Rushton: You must go
to the House of Correction, and be kept to hard labour
for 42 days. Mr. Evans. (governor of the Workhouse,)
said the class of men to which the prisoner belonged had
been eating five or six pounds of scouse to dinner, and
the doctors, thinking this too much, bad reduced it.
This was the first week of the new diet. Mr. Rushton :
Why did you give so much ? it was a waste of the public
funds. Mr. Evans: It was ; but it is now

CHARGE AGAINST A PROCESS-SERVER. On Tuesday
Mr. Pa'grave, solicitor, appeared before Mr. Rushton to
prefer a complaint against one of the officers of the court,
of the name of Dutton, for having served the Captain of
the Coquette with a summons intended for Captain Nor-
rey, of the Catherine, and with having subsequently pro-
ceeded to enforce a warrant against the latter captain. It
appeared that the summons had been issued against Cap.
Norrey for not keeping the proper watch at night on the
deck of his vessel. To prove the charge against the ,:fficer
James Miller, master of the William and Agnes, of Dun-
bar, was called ; and he deposed that the summons against
the Captain of The Catherine had been served upon the
captain of the 'Coquette, with whose name he was unac-
quainted. Dutton, in his defence, distinctly stated that
he had served Captain Norrey, whom he described as one
of the youngest Scotch captains be had ever seen in com-
mand of a ship, and That he knew him perfectly well, so
that was the third time be had occasion to serve him with
a summons. He bad tapped him on the shoulder and
said, " Here's another summons for you ;" immediately
upon which Captain Norry observed to a by-stander that
that was the third time he had been similarly served.
Mr. Rushton said he was quite satisfied the service had
been correctly performed, and that he should enforce the
warrant.

CORONER'S INQUESTS.—On Saturday no less than
nine inquests were held before the Borough Cproner.
'the first was on the body of Margaret Johnson, 29 years
of age, who was killed by the falling of a bale of cotton,
at Cliffe's marine store, Lumber-street; on Tuesday last.
The jury laid a deodand of on the rope.—The second
was on the body of Robt. M'Clellan, of Lawrence-street,
who committed suicide by suspending himself from a
corner of the room by n comforter tied round his neck.
Deceased laboured under the impression that he should
come to want, although he was in comfortable circum-
stances.—The third was on the body of Richard Nickson,
one of the inn.ates of the Lunatic Asylum, Brownlow-
hill, who strangled himself.—The fourth was on John
Rimmer, 38 years of age, employed at the brewery be-
longing to Mr. Halsall Segar, and who, on Wednesday
night last, fractured his leg by falling on the flags.—
The fifth was on James Burgess, a young man, aged 18,
of Freemason's-row, who had some powder and squibs in
his possession on the 30th ultimo, and whose clothes
caught fire and burned him severely, in consequence of a
spark from one of the squibs having ignited some of the
powder in his pocket. He lingered until Sunday morning
last, when he expired,—The sixth was on William Edis-
bury, who died of rupture of the heart, arising from
oreanic disease.—The seventh was on Leonard Moore, a
child ten weeks old, who died from suffocation, arising
from his having been overlain by his parents in bed.—
The eighth was on Sarah Talbot, of Milk-street, who
died of apoplexy on the floor of her own premises.—The
ninth and last inquest was on Henry Dogtooth a child
twelve months old, who was burned to death, accidentally,
inßose-hill.—Verdicts accordant with the evidence were
returned in the several cases.

DREADFUL COLLISION AND Loss OF LIFE.—At nine
p.m., on the night of Saturday last, the ship Elizabeth,
Captain Brown, of St. John's, New Brunswick, came in
contact with the schooner Emma, Captain Kemp, from
the coast of Morocco, and bound for Liverpool, about
twenty-five miles to the westward of Cape Clear. The
Elizabeth struck the Emma just abaft the fore-rigging,
carried away both her masts. and reduced her to a com-
plete wreck in the course of a few seconds The crew
with the utrno•t difficulty got over the bows of the
Elizabeth, with the exception of the cook, who was un-
fortunately drowned. Mr. Bibby, jun., of the firm of
Mt sere. Bibby and Sons, of this town, the owners of the
Emma, was a passenger on board that vessel, and was
amongst the number of persons saved. Shortly after the
collision, the Emma went down. The crew arrived in the
Mersey on Wednesday morning by the Elizabeth. The
starboard bow of the Elizabeth was stove in by the col-
lision, and she lost her jib-boom and topgallant-mast,
and sustained other damage.
PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—At the
weekly meeting Mr. John Holmes presided. A represen-
tation was read relative to the disgraceful state of the bot-
tom part of Church-street, and it was ordered to be re-
paired. Mr. Samuel Holme applied to the board for
leave to block up George-street, in which he had buildings
erecting. After a rather long arid disconnected conversa-
tion, the matter (so far as the reporter could learn) rested
where it was.—A complaint was made by Messrs. Bond,
that the condensing water of Macfie's works, Temple-
street, occasioned a nuisance. Ordered to be referred
and reported upon.—Mr. Robertson Gladstone supported
an application to prevent the conversion of a building in
Seel-street into a slaughter-house. A conversation en-
sued, and ultimately it was decided to leave the matter in
the hands of the magistrates.—Mr. Tinne asked the board
to permit the surveyor to make a return of the number of
sewers completed within the year.—A letter was read from
Mr. Hoyle, of Huslingden, complaining of what had ap-
peared in the papers relative to his contract for the sup-
plying of flags, and stating that he (Mr. Hoyle) distinctly
said it was on the authority of his foreman that he stated
the flags were equal to sample.
SMOCKING CASE 01, STABBING.—On Monday evening
last, a man of the name of John Knowles was stabbed
with a sharp in,trument, supposed to be a penknife, in
Johnson-street in this town, from the effects of which he
has been still lingering in so dangerous a state that but
faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. It appears
that, about eight o'clock on the evening in question,
Knowles and a man, named Milligan, were standing in'
Johnson-street, when a dispute arose between them, in
the course of which Knowles lifted his hand and gave
him a blow. Milligan immediately drew a sbarp instru-
ment from his pocket, and plunged it into Knowles's
breast, i❑ the region of the heart, made his escape through
Hatton-garden. Police-officer 195 had Knowles con-
veyed t.) Vauxhall Bridewell, where he was visited by
Mr. Simpson, surgeon, by whose orders he was
removed to the Northern Hospital, where he still
remains. The wound, which is of small dimensions,
bled little externally ; but internally it is fe .red there
has been hemorrhage to a considerable extent. It
is also feared that the sharp instrument must have incised
the pericardium. The miscreant who committed the
diabolical act has since been apprehended and remanded.

SALE OF GUANO.—On Wednesday last 180 tons of gu-
ano, announced to be the best African, received by the
Chimaera, were offered for sale in lots of five and ten
tons, at Messrs. Priestley's Baltic-buildiugs. The at-
tendance was numerous, the present state and prospects
of the trade being such as to invest•every sale of this com-
modity now with considerable interest in the eyes of the
dealers. Mr. Priestley, before commencing the sale,
read an analysis of the guano by an eminent London chy-
mist, which went to show that the article was of the very
best description. Some conversation arose in conse-
quence of a gentleman in the room asking the auctioneer
if he would guarantee that the whole cargo was equal to
sample, as it had several times been found that guano
deteriorated in quality, or that guano of a different qua-
lity was substituted atter the first few tons were removed
from the vessel. The auctioneer seemed at,first unwilling
to give the required guarantee ; but at last undertook to
do so, and the first lot, of five tons, was put up. The
hicblings were not very animated, and after some delay,
the lot was knocked down for £5 12s. 6d. The next lot,
4,f ten tons, was not sold in conseauence of the price of-
fered being under the former, and the whole of the re-
'raining lots were withdrawn, there being no probability
of the reserved price being realized. A small lot of da-
maged weighing about seven tons, was sold, we under-
stand, at £2 7s. Ed. the ton.

THE OUTPENSIONERS.—On Wednesday morning, the
last day of the present year's exercises, the companies
were again inspected by Col. Falkner, K.H., inspecting
field-officer, on the ground at Everton. The Colonel was
received with the usual honours, and a number of move-
ments were then performed in columns, squares, &c.,
which received additional interest from the firing in
squares, line, end by divisions, the men having been sup.
plied with a portion of blank cartridge for the purpose.
The proceedings were wound up by advancing in order,
halting, and saluting. Col. Falkner then delivered a
short address to the men. He observed that it was with
pride and pleasure he spoke to them on that occasion, as
he was most anxious to add his meed of praise to that
which had already been so justly bestowed upon them by
the Major-General of the district ; he concluded by say-
ing that they were not less distinguished for their soldier-
-I:ke appearance than for the manner in which they had
gone through their exercises on that day. The band,
atnoenting to sixteen in number, was formed entirely
from among,t the pensioners, and they acquitted them-
selves in excellent style, performing several pieces of ,
tional and other music, both going to and returning from
the ground ; we understand they now practice regularly
at the barracks every Tuesday. The six days' exercise
having been completed, the companies were marched
down to the barracks, where they delivered in their arms
and clothing.

DECREASE. OF DRUNKENNESS AND Curate IN LI-
VERPOOL.—Mr. William Parkinson, keeper of the main-
bridewell, has prepared a comparative return for the three
years of the number of prisoners brought before the ma-
gistrates on each Monday, for drunkenness, commencing
Sept. 1, 1841, and ending 31st August, 1844. From this
we find that great good has resulted from the introduction
into the New Improvement Act of the clause prohibiting
public-houses from opening between the hours of twelve
on Saturday night and one on Sunday. In 1841-2. the
total number of prisoners charged with drunkenness was
7,602; of these 3,129 were brought before the magistrates
on Mondays, 852 were taken into custody before twelve
o'clock on Saturday night:, 1,412 between twelve p.m. on
Saturdays and one p.m. on Sundays, and 856 after that
till Monday. In 1842-3, the total number of prisoners
charged with drunkenness was only 7,023, 2,397 of whom
were brought up on Mondays, 796 having been given into
custody before twelve o'clock on Saturday nights, and
only 813 after that up t.-) Sunday noon. In 1843.4, the
total number of charges of drunkenness was 7,044; 2,386
prisoners were brought up on Mondays, only 793 of which
had been taken into custody between Saturday night and
Sunday noon. From the above it will be seen that there
was a decrease during the first year of the operation of the
new act, of 599 prisoners apprehended during the hours
the public-houses were closed, and in 1313, a decrease of
619; and also a total decrease of cases of drunkenness on
Mondays, in 1842. of 732, and in 1813. of 743. In the
other days there is a slight increase, which, of course,
might be expected with the increase of the town, in 18-12.
of 153 cases, and in 18-13 of 185, leaving, however, a total
decrease in cases of drunkenness generally, 0'579 of 1842,
and 558 in 18-13. We are glad also to find that a decrease
of drunkenness has been accompanied by a decrease in
crime generally. In 1841 the total number of prisoners
brought before the borough magistrates was 18,666 ; in
1842, 16,331 ; and in 1843, 15,816; showing a decrease in
1842 of 2,335 ; and in 1843 of 2,850.

DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The sub-committee
of Works recommended that the rent of the land occu-
pied by Mr. Cato should be Is. 6d. per square yard of
after the 3rd of April next, and that a lease should be
granted to hirn,on the same terms as to time as the land
offered to Mr. Wilson. Mr. Tobin, seconded by Mr.
Royden, moved that the rent should only be Is per yard
for the first seven years, and is. 6d. per yard for the re-
mainder of the lease. Upon a division, the recommenda-
tion of the Sub committee was carried. It was agreed to
let Messrs. George Forrester and Co. 8400 square yards
of land to the north of Sandhill's,lane, at the annual
rent of Is. per square yard, for a term of 21 years, but
the final settlement of the point was deferred until the
exact site could be ascertained.—The Marine Sub-com-
mittee recommended that Mr. Hugh Evans, son of the
late Mr. Evans, should be appointed superintendent of
the telegraph stations at Angle.sca and Puffin. island.
Some objections basing been mentioned, the subject was
deferred, in order to afford time for inquiry.—Twenty-
five pounds were voted out of the charitable fund to John
Hughes, telegraphic keeper on Hilbre Island. to assist
in replacing his winter stock of provisions which he lost
en the occasion when his wife was unfortunately drowred
is crossing from the main land to the island. It was also
ordered that a boat should be provided for the use of the
keeper of Hilbrie island.—The following resolution, on
the recommendation of the Sub-committee, was passed,
the chairman and Mr. Tobin being the only parties who
voted against it, "That when a vessel is going to dis-
charge
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disagreeable task of getting up in Council, and moving
that that part of the proceedings of the Dock Committee
be not confirmed. The motion was carried unanimously.
—A letter from Messrs. Neile and Crawford, was referred
to the solicitor.—lt having been reported that the con•
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tract with the new Gas and Coke company had expired
on the Ist instant, the mutter was referred to the liar.

Oct. 22, 1844.

Dour Masters' Sub-committee, and a letter from '
M'Donald, agent to the Bude Light Company, "Is
ferred to the Sub-committee of Works.

EARLY CLOSING OF SHOPS.—The shopkeerillb!
Ormskirk commenced closing their shops on FridaYt
11th instant, with the exception of about half a d 4,,
and at a meeting of tha committee,. held in the I°,;t:
hall, on Wednesday evening, a deputation was aPPt
to visit those persons who did not close their Pcei
when they a:1 agreed to close at 8 o'clock, with one
ception.
SERMONS.—On Sunday last, two sermons is.gete;,
preached im the Parish (hunch of Ormskirk, by theo
J. E. White, one of the Secretaries of the Church '
sionary Society, after which collections were viatio
amounting to £l4 12s. 4d. And a missionary ffie,ebet
was held in the Town-ball, on Monday evening last'
the Rev. J. E. White and several of the neighb'ilet
clergy addressed the meeting, and a collection was,B•dol
wards made, when upwards of £lO was received to
the funds of the above society.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTE3
WT-;0.,
FRIDAY RO6l
Very few present, and very sombre countenancts• ,ttS
were made to lay a cool hundred at evens on •• Fog" 'offerci,
field for the Cambridgeshire; 10 to I bar one currently
fr
101 to 8 taken twice yesterday on Cure; double that to-“'
the Altered One.
10 to 1 agst Alarm (taken)
33 1 -- Black Prince (taken)
33 I Fitzallan (taken)
50 1 -- Connaught Hanger (tk freely)

GREAT QUOIT MATCH FOR TWO HUNDRED SoFERVId(k4O
The return match between the Glasgow players, and ole
and Rigby, of Shrewsbury, came off at the latter t wuleroo
nesday afternoon. The betting, however, was greatly 03411$
being; Scotland, three to one freely offered. and ley; 'AO
The game was sixty. one. At the commencement the Slirflito
men counted nine, whe their opponents scored two; u"100
disparity of numbers did not continue long, the :`c0."011
gradually crept up, counting four almost every end, and vl
twenty-eight. The pitching was beautiful throughout.

RAILWAY INTALLIGEA CE.

GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RA1LW.4,1;;.1.
At a special meeting of the Edinburgh and Glasgow "h 5,
way, held at Glasgow, on Tuesday last. it was agreed t"„i.
the Company should subscribe £lOO,OOO towards the fA,
tat stock of the proposed Glasgow, Dumfries, and ki‘
lisle Railway Company.
MIDLAND RAtewAir.--The Midland Railway re'
pany have taken a lease of the Sheffield, Ashton-un';',i
Line, and Manchester Railway.
The adoption of t
plan, in connexion with the extension of the Swinton 11':„.
via Doncaster into Lincolnshire, will open a direct e°
il
munication with the whole of Lancashire.—Docas
Gazette.
GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.—BRA,-rjo
,
TO BOROUGHBRIDGE, KNARESBROUGH, HARIWG,AtIit
RIPON, AND RICHMOND.—A special meeting °`
Great North of England Railway Company, which,,,r,
numerously attended by shareholders, was held at v,,'o
liogton, on Tuesday last, when a series of resolatuic
were unanimously adopted, authorizing the Directors
take all steps necessary for the formation of branch
ways to the above places. The required capital wase:rei
mated at £300,000, which is to be raised in 10,000 ,s
of £3O each.
SNAP FELLS.—Shap Fells, so well known and dreB:o
by travellers, is at present like an ant bed—all alive
" naveys," employed in forming the Lancaster and %,,r,
lisle Railway. These industrious but sometimes. 01 ,
pleasant neighbours, have built themselves a long d
dwellings of the turf and heather, which is dencerillieted
Regent. street, and they have nearly also comileft
Queen's-square. The next batch of mansions we 10,1'ut
is to be called the Quadrant, so that the west end or s'oo
metropolis will soon be outrivalled by New inndoor
the mountains of Shap.
BIRKENHEAD, MANCHESTER, AND CHEIIIIRE ,-tbe
T[ON.—The Railway Magazine gives the follewing 06 the
route of this line. It will start from Bebbington
Chester and Birkenhead line, not far from theltr,7oo,
head terminus of that railway, proceeding towards El
to
it will meet the branch from Chester, which !ill,.
that place forms a junction with the Chester and 10,0
head line. From the junction at Elton the line t`l;of
passes on to Frodsham and Preston Brook, crossing rne
the. Grand Junction Railway, where, also, a station
posed ; thence it proceeds to Manchester, via Altringe,%e,
sending forth hence a branch to Stockport. The tp
therefore, takes a route as direct as the Mersey per—
from Birkenhead to Manchester.
e
GLASGOW JUNCTION RAILWAY. --A tiOf
A plan is --810
matured, under this name, for a short line of railwaY'
connect the termini of all the important existing Ille,to
of communication, both by land and water, which red's
from this city as a common centre. The scheme rest
tiles one which has already been adopted, under some,eyep
similar circumstances in Manchester, and we have °,6,
,
told it can be carried ieto execution here at a con-10'r,
lively moderate expense, and without any serious ir,,ti%6
ftrence with existing right or private properties. „g
plan is to form a tunnel, having its northern terminus.,:,
some convenient point at. the north of the city, prob.lol
near the Cut of Junction Canal, into which the traffic
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and of the Gadvj
kirk and other mineral railways, and of the Forth
Clyde and Menkland Canals, can be poured, and the
goods, minerals, and . passengers, carried down 'to Lbe
harbour of Glasgow, and also across the Ayrshire aas
Greenock Railways.—Constitutional.

The late Mr. Thomas Brueton, of Bilston, after leavia
numerous legacies to his relatives, £5OO to the WeskV°
Chapel at Bilston, and considerable sums to various chcil:
pels belonging to the " Primitive Alettaodists,” has
rected that the residue of his property, a h ch it is soli;
posed will amount to upwards of £20,000, shall be ent!B:
divided between the British and Foreign Bible So- telai.,,
i
th, Wesleyan Missionary Society, the Londjn
Society, the Wolverham ton Dispensary, the Birmiti!_':e,
General Hospital, the Queen's Hospital, Binning,
and the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at Edgbaston• ,
THE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM.—In pursuance of p-od
notice, given a few days ago, the occupiers, friends, the
supporters of field garden allotments, together with,bet
members of the Bingley Cricket Club, dined toge'ley,
last Friday evening, in the Oddfellows' Hall, Bing 0,
About twelve months ago, the allotment system l'iss reS
trodueed into this parish. A field pf about fifteen 000
in extent, the property of Mrs. Walker Ferranti, of
given by that lady for the purpose of ascertaining hovitbe
the allotment system would prove serviceable t° t,ee
poorer inhabitants of the parisn, on condition that
nfte ea
continued to receive the accustomed rent. These ,ca
acres were divided into 59 allotments, the rent
being Ils, which were appropriated to 59 persons, eßnaci
operatives engaged in the worsted mills in BingleY,e,-id
the neighbourhood. The rent and various taxes
on the fifteen acres amount to about £4O, and craePfoel
them to about £6O, making the sum total expended roe
whilst the crop produced amounts in value, at a mode the
calculation, to between £4OO and £5OO. During. ftr
whole of the present summer and autumn, these tlod
nine men and their families have been provided with gbiliC
vegetables, many of whom are keeping two pigs, °Jeots
there still remains growing on nearly every allota',.oll
good winter crop of potatoes. The day being excee"%ae
fine, numbers of persons came to Bingley from the $0
rounding townships, to see for themselves the adcali the
of the allotment system, as well as to partake 0f IV
general joy which prevailed on every hand. ShortlY ;ire
eleven in the morning, Mrs. Walker Ferrand, fed
•D'lsraeli, and a party of ladies, accompanied by morl,
John Manners, Mr. D'lsraeli, and Mr. W. B. Ferrswil6
proceeded to the cricket-ground which is about a es'
from Bingley, on the road to Bradford, where the 01
hers of the cricket club and their friends were eni°l,o'
themselves. The scene was gratifying in the highest rod',
sible degree. Lord John Manners, in the most Pe 0;
humoured and unaffected manner, joined in a gene and
cricket. The occupiers of the garden allotments 0
their friends, headed by a band of music, arrived on
ground about noon; and, after remaining there ,3fiellt
hours, returned in procession to the Odd Fellows
Bingley, to dine together. The chair was taken „00
Busfield Ferrand, Esq., M.P., who was supporte`
his right by Loid John Manners, M.P., the 11°%r 0
Rev. Philip Savile, the Rev.'J. Beaumont, incumbeoll
St. Mary's, Leeds ; and on his left sat B. D'lsraeli, %,01,
M.P., &c. The cloth having been removed, the, ve,ig,
toasts were given, aft:r which the assembly was adur,pot",
by the chairman and others. Lord John Manners toe t
at considerable length on the advantages of the all'l,4ebe
system, in connection with spade cultivation. Ilet°'oo'"i
the time was not far distant when this great truth roe',
.be felt and acted upon, that the peasant who had h' the
a stake in the hedge was a better member of society
he who merely worked for another.—Mr. D'lsrae oda
verted to the phrase " Young England," which h
first been given to him and his friends in deris'o9',vert,
which now, he believed, brought tidings of hope t°
city, village, and hamlet, in tke kingdom. Thst.,lof;
had been asked what they wanted.. "We want," s"„re '
"in the first place, to impress on society, that th't ro;
such a thing as duty. We want to put an end to flee tb,
litical and social exclusiveness which we believe teu`tperve
bane of this country. Vv here there is exclusivene-.,!),
cannot be sympathy ; where there is no symeat') sot;
hold no spciety can be safe. That is what weertseli;
perhaps we want much more ; that is [enough at Ode
to communicate to the public. We do not eare„,el; ;et
politics, or to say that we can remedy every
have our opinion on great public subjects, and
allfo,' if
these are brought out in the senate, we will, with tetaie
ness, and with Moderation, express those opinioll3og
they be true they will be adopted. (Cheers.)
are profoundly impressed with this conviction, t7,-alt
not so much by law as by manners, that we rnn't.esaYie,
the influence of manners and not law, to remedy
the grievances and much of the injury of oUr,r, Pre
(Cheers.) We have little hope for this country ees bet;,
as that spirit of faction, which has by circumst3nceers,ho
raised, and which has been rampant of late Y. ire 'De
fostered and encouraged. We believe that thesPould
arrived when the course of that factious spirit 0 Fur 4,
stayed, and we know no more practicable,
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course, any that poseesses success more spt-',"t4ere
throwing ourselves in the breach. It is nothineee weepO
each other in our private chamber, to mournwhl:i fire, et,
reading the newspapers in our slippers over lir° bees,
the ill effects of faction on the people—that 03°Jaittly
evidence of our philosophic spirit, it is not, in our 104
a testimony of our civic courage. Therefore 0°
come among you to meet you and congratulate d,rts,
what you have done, and stimulate you to future e_patel_rse
to encourage you by the expression of our sYrlid tltfeo
public men,_ who are ready at all times to tlP,'4°t,
opinions which we profess on this solemn
we believe them to be sound, virtuous, and t'
proceedings terminated about eight o'clock.

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