The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-20 00:00:00

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satisfied that no

such result

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ledge—which you do—the vast ex

the pressing necessity for its aba

hesitate to enter upon

'en such

foresee may be proved to be required
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We really do think that the Conservative body in

the council—we do not specul

ives—have

mistaken their course with respect to this question
An evil is proved—a dangerous and pressii
has existed for years and been ackno

ledged for years

and we ask, is it wise now to blink th.

fact of its ex-

istence, and, virtually, to give its cont
for an indefinite period, by handing
they have done by the refusal of a cor

I existence

t over—which

e—to the

same management which has permitted it to

am so

long an unsightly, an uncared for

~ and a dangerous

enemy of the comfort and lives of an ent

are commu-

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nity ? This question, we suggest to them, cannot be
shelved. It has a warning and impressive voice which

speaks daily to thousands. It can make, and is making,
its own way unaided; and we entreat of our Conser-
vative friends to reconsider the course which they have
taken with respect to it. Upon t -qtion our ad-

vice is, throw pett

;aving to the

and SAVE

LIFE !

LOCAL, NEWS

A new and splendid packet ship has just been launched at
New York, called the Ashburton, and was to leave for Li-
verpool on the Ist instant. She is of 1000 tons burthen, and
the cabin is described as one of the finest ever finished in that
Two other large new Liverpool packets were said

country

to be under way

LORD SANDON.—Lord Sandon left Liverpool on Wednes-
day morning by the Grand Junction Railway, on his way to
Brighton, where he will join Lady Frances Sandon. During
his lordship's stay here, he has received many de:mtations from
associated bodies, and many of his individual constituents,
The noble lord has taken a villa at Brighton for three months
and he will remain there until the mee.'

GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL.—We stated •a
few months
since that the Board of Guardians had called in the valuable
professional assistance of Mr. Hugh Neill to a number of
cases of opthalmia which had unfortunately become prevalent
in the Workhouse in this town. On the 3d instant the
Select Vestry passed the following resolution :—" That the
thanks of this board be presented to Mr. Neill, for his skilful
and successful treatment of eye disease, in the Workhouse,
since his appointment as Opthalmic Surgeon to that esta-
blishment in August last;" and accompanied this gratifying
expression of their approval with an order on the parish
treasurer for one hundred guineas as a fee.

SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday, an inquest was held,
before the borough coroner, on view of the body of George
Pierpoint. The deceased, who was a labourer, was 28 years
of age. On Tuesday morning he was assisting his brother
to load a furry with coffee, whe:, he became suddenly ill, and,
after appearing to be fainting, fell forward on the shafts of
the furry. He was caught by some men, and was found to
be insensible. He was takeil to the Northern Hospital, but
died on arriving there. The deceased, about 15 months ago,
got crushed by a cart, and had complained of a pain in his
side, but was not subject to fits. Mr. Parker, house sur-
geon of the Northern Hospital, said, the deceased was dead
when he was brought there. On making a post mortem
examination, he found a rupture of one of the blood-vessels
near to the heart, which was the cause of (3,--"-
accordingly.

Iferclict

OPENING OF A NEW ORANGE LODGE.-011 Tuesday last,
a new Lodge of the Loyal Body of Orangemen was formed at
the house of Brother Holden, Leigh-street, Whitechapel,
which was most numerously attended by deputations from
all the lodges in the town. All the proceedings were con-
ducted with great propriety and order. which, we trust, and
doubt not, will ever be the distinguishing features of the
Orange body. After the first toast given Anthem.— by the Worshipful
Master-4' The Queen"—the band struck up the National
land The next toast was, " The Grand Master of Eng-
;" after which the band played—" See the conquering
hero comes."—The other toast in order—" he glorious,
pious, and immortal memory of the great and T
King
Williatn"—was followed by the band playing .good The Dead
March in Saul. The health of the Worshipful Master, and
success to No. 27 lodge ; after which the health of the Dis-
trict Master was drunk, and the respective parties responded.
The evening was spent in social order.

MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE
meeting of the Dock Committee- --
members were present :—. I‘l'
Molneux, Middleton, Tobi.
Aikin, Evans. Holmes, Holt,
Smith, and Shand. The Sub-comm ...
commended that the tender of Mr. J. Orrei,
excavation at the Albert Dock, be accepted._ The Marins,
Surveyor reported the circumstances under which the North-
west Light-ship had parted from her moorings during the late
storm. It appeared that, on the morning of the 14th instant,
in consequence of the severity of the gale, she bro the
mooring chains by which she is secured, and driftedke about
three cables length from her station when she was eventually
held by her anchors. A steam.tug was immediately de-
spatched to render all possible assistance, but owing to the
heavy sea which was running, she could not be moved to her
former station until the 17th. Great praise was due to the
parties on board the light-ship, as well as the master of the
steam-tug and the men generally, for their activity and per-
severence on the occasion. The Formby and Crosby light-
ships rode out the gale without sustaining the least injury.
Mr. Ripley suggested that the moorings should in future be
made of the best icon, which be understood was not the case
at present. In reply to a question by Mr. Tobin, as to the
propriety of letting go the anchors, Mr. Horsfall said the in-
structions were to let go the two anchors immediately, in
case the chains should break. After some further conver-
sation, it was decided that the Marine Surveyor should be
authorized to provide moorings of the very best description
for the light-ships. The Surveyor also alluded to the im-
portant services performed by the crews of the different life-
boats during the gale, who had, by their activity and courage,
been the means of saving the lives of several individuals, be-
longing to different' vessels which had been unfortunately
wrecked on the adjoining coast. Mr. Ripley said that the
life-boats, during a north-west wind, were of comparatively
little use, and suggested the propriety of having a life-boat
placed se
board the light-ship, which might be given up to
the crew of any steamer that would come for her, and which,
in his opinion, would be the means of saving many lives.
The Surveyor was ordered to report on it. Mr. llorsfall re-
commended that the consideration of the rewards to the
life-boat men, for their valuable services, be referred to the
committee, which was decided accordingly, as also the as-
sistance rendered by Captain Sarsfield to a vessel in distress,
in the Victoria Channel. A memorial was received from the
landing waiters of het: Majesty's Customs, requesting the
committee to take into consideration the great inconvenience
to which they were subjected, from the damp and dirty state
of the huts on the quays, as well as the liht,
the memorialists
also stated that an office atof theg different
depats, for the landing of goods, would be a great accom-
modation. Referred to the Harbour Master's Sub-commit
tee. An application was made by the Paving and Sewerage
Committee respecting the paving on the east side of the Salt-
house Dock, rendered necessary by an alteration in the level
of the dock, for the expense of which it was stated that the
Dock Trust was answerable, but, from an examination of the
Dock Act, it did not appear that the trustees were liable. A
resolution of the Pilot Committee, relative to the responsi-
bility of pilots, and the duties of their harbour master, with
respect to the entrance of vessels into the docks, was read ;
but, after some conversation, the matter dropped. The com-
mittee then proceeded to the consideration of financial matters,
and soon afterwards adjourned.

yrsteraay, the following
.s. Horsfall (chairman),
Bulley, Chilton, Bold,
Martin, Nicol. R;nl-..

LONDON AND BRIGHTON BAILWAY.—A gent-
of the proprietors of the London and Brighton Railway resi-
dent in Liverpool, was held in the Clarendon-rooms, South
John-street, on Wednesday, "on business of the utmost
importance." There were present a considerable number of
shareholders ; and Mr. Wm. Earle was called to the chair.
Mr. Earle, having taken the chair, said it was well known
there had been many complaints on the subject of the ma-
nagement of this concern : letters had appeared in the Times,
and statements had been made concerning the management,
but no one had done anything. He had therefore procured
a list of the proprietors, and selecting from it the principal
Liverpool proprietors, he had called upon them to attend a
meeting at his office. The result of that meeting was certain
resolutions which would be placed before the present meet-
ing, for them to pass, alter, or modify, as they might think
proper. Some gentlemen would have to go to London as a
deputation to attend the general meeting to be held in Fe-
bruary next : it was plain, therefore, that the sinews of war
ought to be the first consideratn. It had proposed
that each individual should payio been LI towards the expense of
the deputation, which would produce a sufficient fund. He
had himself 87 shares, and he would contribute in any pro-
portion that might be agreed upon. After some conversa.
tion, it was agreed that those who had fewer than 20 shares
should contribute 10s.. and those who had 20 and upwards
.Cl. The Chairman then read the correspondence which
had taken place between himself and Mr. Harman, chair
of the directors of the London and Brighton Railway. In man
a
letter dated the 10th inst. to Mr. Harman, Mr. Earle stated
that he had been desired, by a meeting of several influential
Proprietors, to apply for information, whether the copy of
the bill proposed to be introduced into parliament was ready:
in this bill, it was understood, the directors were prepared
to insert a clause, reducing the number of the board to
twelve, whilst the feeling of the proprietors in Liverpool
Ras that the number should be ten, and their remuneration
not to exceed £l,OOO per annum, and that the new directors
Should be chosen by the shareholders on the passing of the
ank". The letter closed by a request that the directors would
ate what the wer prepad to do. On the 12th insant Mr. Harman rey plied,e statingre that the proposed bill wast not
ready, but was in course of preparation, and would be sub-
rnittcd to the proprietors at the next general meeting: it was
Pro Posed to limit the number of directors to twelve, but the
thdirectors had no predilection for any particular number, and
ey would be willing to adopt that which might be agreeable
the shareholders; the future allowance to the directors
would, as a matter of course, be regulated by the proprie-
tors;
and the reduction in the number wa,, proposed to be
effected by not electing any new director, except in the case
of retirement by rotation, until by death, resignation, or dis-
qualification, the present number was reduced below the
future standard. In Liv reply to this, Mr. Earle stated that the erpool proprietors did nut consider Mr. Harman's letter
Butisfactory, and therefore the present meeting had been
called, for the purpose of adopting measures to bring about
the the required changes. The Chairman then read over all the
l'esolutions, which were received with much applause.
..f-:11,97e
Were considerably modified in their progress, and wil!ribie
Und, as finally adopted, in our advertising columns.
;IChairman read a letter which he had received from agenitled-
-11 in London, which set forth that a private meeting iaof
Ast been held, in which it was agreed that the num
directors ought to be reduced from 24 to 10, and that the
whole be re-elected after the passing of the bill. On
potion of Mr. Grant, thanks were voted to the chairman
°r his able conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated.

,1 meeting

LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.-We beg to call the
attention of the shareholders of this line to a numerous meet-
ing of the proprietors, which was held at the Clarendon-
rooms on Wednesday last. Matters of great importance
were laid before the meeting, and the resolutions advertised
in another part of our paper were carried unanimously.
LIVERPOOL FAVOURITES.—The Dublin EVP2ling Mail.
. .

in speaking of the play of " Love's Sacrifice,
just been brought out at the theatre in Dublin, says that
it " Miss Julia Bennett was respectable, and Mr. Baker
beyond all praise. This gentleman is one of the most useful,
as well as one of the most excellent performers, in his line,
on the stage."

ING.-

Two boys, named John and Wm. Mitchell,
sere brought up yesterday at the Birkenhead Police-court,
efore the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, the Rev. R. M. Fielder),
and J. D. Case, Esq., charged with poaching, at Frankly,
on the estate of John Robins, Esq., on the afternoon of
Friday last. The magistrates convicted them in the penalty
of ss. each and costs.

ROBBERY AT NEW BRIGHTON.-A few days ago, a cottage
at New Brighton, in the occupation of Mr. Crisp, of Slater-
street, in this town, was found to have been broken open,
and a feather-bed, bolster, pillows, and a quantity of car-
'peting, had been taken away. A hair-mattress had also been
taken out of the house and placed in the middle of the yard.
The house had been shut up for some time past, being a
summer residence.

AN UNNATURAL SON.—Charles Inglefield was charged,
yesterday, at the Birkenhead Police-court, by his mother, a
respectable aged lady, residing at Rock Ferry, with going to
her house and using violent language, and threatening to set
fire to the house. It appeared, also, that some time ago the
prisoner went to his father's house, forced his way into his
bed-room, where the old gentleman was dying, and used
threatening and violent language, and conducted himself so
violently that the interference of the police was obliged to be
resorted to. The magistrate ordered him to find sureties to
keep the peace; and in default, he was committed to prison.

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DEATH FROM BURNING.—An inquest was held on Wed-
nesday on the body of Mary O'Harer, a child of five years
old. The deceased lived with ber parents in a cellar in New
Bird-street, and had, it appeared, been left by herself. On
Thursday, a female neighbour heard screams proceeding from
the place, and on going up found the deceased in flames,
which were speedily extinguished, but not bef.re the deceased
was much burned over her breast and face. She was taken
to the Southern Hospital, dressed, and brought home again,
where she was attended by a surgeon ; but died from the in-
juries on Sunclay.—Verdict, " Died from the burning; but
how the fire originated, no evidence."

FURTHER DISASTERS TO VESSELS IN THE LATE STORM.
—The ship Oceola, from the States, has arrived with decks
swept of every thing.—The Oxford, for Portland, has put
back, with loss of boltsprit, having come in contact with
another vessel in the channel.—Yesterday afternoon, the
Glasgow schooner Portland, which got on shore near South-
port, was towed up the river by a steam-tug. She had been
entirely dismasted, and carried only a small jury foremast.
Her figure-head and tafrail were carried away, and her bul-
warks so broken up, that she appeared a complete wreck in
her upper works. As she passed along the sea-walls of the
several docks at the north end of the town, she had a num-
ber of men on her deck, many of whom were alternately
toiling at the pumps to keep her afloat.

FALSE REPORT OF FIRE AT LEASOWE CASTLE.—On
Friday night last, about seven o'clock, when the wind was
blowing a perfect gale, information reached the Police-office
at Birkenhead, that Leasowe Castle, the resid',uce of the
Hon. Sir E. Cust, was on fire. The fire-engine was imme-
diately brought out and conveyed to the place, and the
Special High Constable of the Hundred, Mr. Palmer,
hastened to the spot. It happened fortunately, however, that
the blaze which had given rise to the alarm proceeded from
some brick-kilns in the direction of Leasowe Castle, and near
Bidston. At the Birkenhead Police-court yesterday, Sir
Edward Cust, when on the bench, expressed his thanks to
Mr. Palmer for his activity on the occasion, and desired him
also to convey his thanks to the individuals who have the
care of the fire-engine, for their promptitude on the occasion.
It happened fortunately the engine was not needed, but he
begged to observe, he was equally obliged to the parties.

THE FUNDS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Consols have not
supported the slight advance of yesterday. For money, the
quotation has gone back to 944 to 4 ; and for the account, to
944 to 4. The speculators are expressing doubts of the
amicable adjustment of the Barcelona affair with the French
authorities, and to back their opinions have sold stock. Ex-
chequer Bills closed a trifle higher—viz., 635. to 655. prem. ;
Bank Stock, 1714 to 1724; India Stock, 2614 to 2624; In-
dia Bonds, 57 to 59 premium; Three per Cents. Reduced,
954 to 4 : Three-and-a-half per Cents. Reduced, 1014 to
102; Long Annuities, ]24; New Three-and-a-half per
Cents., 1004 to 101; and South Sea Stock, 1054. The
foreign stocks have not fluctuated beyond the fraction, and
a very small amount of business was transacted. Spanish
Actives left off'lB4 to 4; ditto New, 234 to 4; Dutch Two-
and-a-half per Cents., 52 to 4 ; Portuguese Five per Cents.,
354 to 64:; Mexican, 324 to 4; Brazilian, 724 to 734; Bel-
gian, 102 to 103 ; Colombian, 234 to 4; and Danish, 85 to
86.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, CORNW ALLIS-STREET—
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—We could not,in our last, report
as fully as we wished the interesting proceedings. at the
Cornwallis-street School, on the previous evening. After
the examination of the children Mr. Wilkinson, of Lord-
itreet, was called to the chair. As we stated, the object of
the meeting was to present the talented instructor, Mr. Ny.
Clarke, with his portrait in oil. This gratifying testimonial
was first suggested by a letter signed " A Poor W10:107,"
which we subjoin. The portrait, during the examination,
was kept from view ; but no sooner was the covering re-
moved than universal applause testified the feeling of the
assemblage towards the youthful artist's merits. A little
boy, about six years old, then stepped forward and addressed
the chairman thus—" We, in the name of the poor widow,
our parents and friends, beg to ask you to present this por-
trait to our dear master as a small token of our regard ; and
pray, sir, be kind enough to read the widow's letter." Mr.
Wilkinson then spoke as follows :—Sir,--I may say with a
great deal of truth and sincerity, that the present moment is
one to me of very great gratification. The little children
who have so pleasingly and charmingly presented to you a
testimonial of their gratitude and esteem having delegated
to me the thsk of addressing you, I do so with very much
pleasure. I ought, first of all, to inform those ladies and
gentlemen who are present-of the origin of this testimonial—
a testimonial alike creditable to you, creditable to the artist,
and still more creditable to thedonors. It was suggested bY
a letter signed " A Poor Widow," which I will read to you.;
and surely if the widow's mite of old was acceptable in the
eyes of the Almighty, so surely ought this poor widow's
mite to be equally so :

d Decemer, 142. " Sir,---Being a widow," andLiverpoo I
h l,
2ave bad three b
children in
the infant school in Cornwallis-street, and have great reason
to be very thankful, for the kind gentlemen have built so
good a school for our children. Still Ido think, with many
of my poor friends, I do think we ought to present him with
something to show our thanks, to encourage him. So please
to excuse me for telling you I don't know any gentleman that
I have seen take so much notice of that school as you. Many
will give silver, and some will give pence, if it is begun. I
should like to buy him something to keep in memory of us;
if you begin I should like to do it. I shall hear, and send
you 2s. 6d.—l shall be your obliged, " A POOR 'WIDOW."
When, sir, I look around and see the young faces I nost do ;
when I reflect upon the knowledge you have imparted to their
minds ; when I remember the seeds of the great truths of
christianity you have implanted in their hearts, and which I
pray God may bring forth abundant fruit; when I think of
all these things, I do so with a joy at my heart that we live in a
country where instruction is open to the poorest and most
humble of our fellow-creatures. Sir, I need not tell you
and those who have honoured us with their company, that in
the Blue-coat Hospital—a noble establishment—many of our
first merchants have received their education, and refer to
their schoolboy days with pride. I hope, in after years, many
of the children here, in the zenith of prosperity, who are now
receiving instruction from you, may have the candour to say,
" I was first tutored in Cornwallis-street Infant School; by
the knowledge I there attained, I fitted myself for the Col-
legiate Institution, and gratefully look back to those who so
kindly were the stepping-stone to my happiness." Sir, the
trustees of this school must feel a pride that the man in whom
they have reposed their confidence should have been thus
marked out for this honour; humble though it be, it is rich
in purity, as it flows from warm and grateful hearts. I can-
not conclude without wishing you prosperity and happiness,
and that you may live so many years that this excellent por-
trait may become exceedingly unlike, and only remind
these children when grown up, when they see it, of the debt
of gratitude they owe you.—After the chairman had finished,
Mr. Clarke replied in suitable terms, and was evidently
keenly sensible of the favour bestowed upon him. The paint-
ing can be seen in one of the rooms of the building any day
next week, for the inspection of the friends and supporters
of the school.

SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.--The annual meet-
ing of the friends and supporters of this admirably conducted
charity was held yestesday in the school-room of the institu-
tion, the president, the Rev. Augustus Campbell, Junior rec-
tor, in the chair. The Rev. R. L. Townsend, the secretary,
read the report, from which it appeared that the number of
pupils in the school was now sixty, being a greater number
than on any previous year; and the report of the medical
gentlemen, Messrs. Edwards and Neill, as to the health of
the children, was favourable. Similar institutions in America
gave instructions to the pupils in industrious occupations,
and the committee recommended to their successors the
adoption of such a plan, which had been found to be attended
with advantages to the children and profit to the institutions.
The report further stated that arrangements would soon be
completed for the accommodation of a greater number of par-
lour boarders, and added that 1,600 visitors had called at the
institution during the past year, some of them foreigners,
and many of them had left on record testimonials of their
liberality, and of their approbation of the excellence of the
institution. The report also spoke in high terms of Mr.
Rbiind, the master, and approvingly of Miss Atkinson. Mr.
R. Crosby Dawson, the treasurer, read a state-
ment of the accounts, from which it appeared that
the balance in hand was £129 13s. 7d. He stated
also that had it not been for the donations and lega-
cies during the past year, the institution would have
commenced this year without any balance, which proved that
the present annual subscriptions were inadequate to meet the
expenses. He called, therefore, on the public to come for-
ward and renew their efforts on behalf of the institution.
The Rev. Dr. Iliff, in moving that the report be adopted,
printed, and circulated under the direction of the committee,
expressed the pleasure he felt in being present on the occa-
sion. Mr. Alston, in seconding the motion, said the report
was so excellent in itself, and the institution was so good,
that it was unnecessary to say one word in support of it.
He wished, however, the public to know, that there was a
great deal of accommodation for additional pupils in the
school; and when they considered the number of persons
.
n
Great'Britain, amounting to between twelve and thirteen
thousand, who were deprived of the power of hearing and
speech, it was very important that their accommodation
should be well known. The chairman asked if no means
had recently been taken to ascertain the number of deaf and
dumb persons in the town. The secretary said they would
be able, he thought, in about three months, to know. The
thChairman.—That is the first thing we ought to look to, I
ink. Mr. R. Rathbone said they had requested the
visitors of the District Provident Society to get a list
of the number, as they could, but it had not vet
been done. A subscriber said there appeared to *be
some difficulty in getting pupils into the London in-
stitution, for on a late vacancy, as many as 4000 persons
had voted in favour of some of the children. The Rev. Mr.
seconded by Mr. J. Simpson, moved a vote of
thanks to the officers for the past year, and proposed the
committee for the ensuing year—Mr. Richard Rathbone to
be. chairman. Mr. Richard Rathbone, seconded by Mr.
William Houghton proposed the thanks of the meeting to
that the
the ladies w '
ho had kindly acted as visitors with a request
y would continue their valuable servi
ces monthly for
the present year. Mr. Rathbone begged to remark, that
one of the boys, the son of poor parents residing in Ireland,
had been, by the direction of the medical gentlemen, removed
to the Infirmary, in consequence of an ailment in the hand,
which rendered the immediate amputation of one of the fin-
gers necessary ; mid the committee were anxious that the
distant parents of poor children, boarders in the school,
snhuos.usilndg,baenndia superiority
aware of the great comfort, tenderness of
of medical treatment, which distin-
guishes that admirably conducted institution. The operation
tothe which he had alluded was most skilfully performed
doing and
boy, who bore it without flinching, or a
Inurinair is
well. On the motion of Mr. Dawson, seconded by
Mr. Lassells, the thanks of the meeting were presented to
the Rev. Thomas Bibby, for his advocacy of the cause of the
institution during the year. Thanks were then voted to the
president, and the meeting separated.

LIVER THEATRE...4IM Honey's benefit, it will be seen
is announced to take place tomorrow evening at this theatre,
when she will impersonate Macheath, in the Beggar's Opera.
EUTERPEON.—A fine instrument of this description has
been erected and is now open for inspection at the Organ
Tavern, Marybone. The proprietor will exhibit its power
and mechanism, to any person wishing to hear it, tree of
" which has I charge.

THE INFANT SAPPllo.—This.interesting little child has
just finished a successful career at Manchester. On the
last occasion of her appearance upwards of 700 persons were
present. It will be seen that she will give two more concerts
here previous to her departure for Dublin. We are in-
formed she will shortly retire from public life until her
voice becomes matured; therefore those who have any de-
sire to hear her, must lose no time in doing so.

FLOWERS.—It will be Seen by the advertisement else-
where, that Mr. Ledet, from Paris, who has resided here
temporarily, with a stock of choice specimens of trees and
flowers, is about to take his departure, and offers the re-
mainder of his collection at a low figure. The trees appear
in excellent condition, and Mr. Ledet does not, when there
is any doubt as to the genuineness of the flower, ask for pay-
ment until he returns after the flowers have blown. Ama-
teurs are referred to his advertisement.

DAMAGING PROPERTY.—A young gentleman, who was
described as a clerk in Liverpool, but lodging near the New
Ferry, in Cheshire, was yesterday summoned before the ma-
gistrates, at Birkenhead, to answer a charge of destroying a
quantity of railing on the farm of Mr. Harris, at Lower
Babbington, in a " midnight lark" in the company of several
other persons. The young man did not appear to the sum-
mons, but, the case having been proved against him, he was
convicted in the penalty of 40s. and costs, and the conviction
was ordered to be made immediately.
HOUSE ROBBERY.—Mary Hunter, a married woman re-
siding in Albert-street, was, on Wednesday, brought before
Mr.'Rushton, on a charge of being concerned in robbing a
house. Mary Lowther, wife of a cooper in Burlington-street,
said, she left her house on Monday afternoon, and locked it
up, no one being in. She returned at six in the evening,
and found footmarks on the cellar stairs, and afterwards
missed a number of articles of dress, shawls, gowns, a cloak,
&c. ; the whole worth about £ll. Notice was given to the
police, and that morning (Wednesday) the prisoner went to
Middlebrook and Co.,'pawnbrokers, in Regent-street, and
offered some articles in pledge, when she was apprehended.
Some of the other articles were also found elsewhere, where
she had pledged them. She was committed for trial.
THE LATE FIRE IN CROMPTON-STREET.—It will be re.
membered that amongst the sufferers by this fearful calamity
was a man of the name of John Bushell ; and his case seemed
to be one of such peculiar hardship, that a special fund was
immediately raised for his relief. In a letter to James Par-
ker, Esq.., one of the members for St. Anne's Ward, who
interested himself warmly for the increase of the subscription,
Mr. Bushell acknowledges to have received £l6B 155., and
returns his thanks " to the gentlemen who came forward to
assist him under his trying difficulty.", Creditable as this
amount is to the generous subscribers, the poor man will,
notwithstanding, sustain a very serious loss, as he estimates
the amount of property belonging to him, and destroyed by
the fire, at £469 10s.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—About half-past six o'clock on
Wedneaday night an impudent robbery was committed in the
shop of Mr. Peter Wood, baker and flour dealer, at No. 101,
Vauxhall-road. Mr. Wood bad retired from the shop for a
few minutes whilst he went into the kitchen for his coat, and
during his absence, a sack containing 162 pounds of flour,
which was lying about three-quarters of a yard from the
door, was taken away. On perceiving the loss he went to
the door for the purpose of keeping a look out, and in a few
minutes he saw a man named Michael O'Hara come out of
Boardman's public-house, next door, with a sack of flour
upon his back. He immediately took the sack from the
man and collared him ; at the same instant another man,
named John Wright, appeared at the door of the public-
house, who, seeing that O'Hara was in custody, ran off, and
for the time made his escape. Police officer No. 508 coming
up, he conveyed O'Hara to Bridewell. Wright was appre-
hended in Naylor-street, the same evening, by inspector
Moore. Yesterday the prisoners were examined at the
Police-court, when, in addition to the above facts being
proved, Mr. Boardman, the publican, living next door to the
prosecutor, stated that he saw the sack of flour in his house
and the prisoners stlnding near it, but who brought it in
there he did not know. They had each a glass of ale, after
which he heard Wright say to O'Hara, " Now Mick, off with
that flour, he will want it to lay it to sponge." Wright then
helped to raise it on O'Hara's back. The former said
nothing in his defence :, the latter said he was out of work,
in want, and nearly starved. The flour was valued at 14(1.
per lb., and therefore was „worth £1 3s. 7id. Both the
prisoners were committed for trial at the sessions.
STATISTICS OF MORTALITY FOR WIGAN AND THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD.—FrOM the Ist day of January, 1842, to
the Ist day of January, 1843, there have been 256 marriages
in the Parish Church of Wigan, being a decrease, as com-
pared with the preceding year, of 47. The total number of
marriages in the townships of Hindley, Upholland, Abram,
Pemberton, Billinge, and Haigh, including the different
places of worship in Wigan, amount to 410; and this gross
number, when compared with last year, shows a decrease of
46. The total number of baptisms at the Parish Church
amounts to 998, being an increase of 51 in the year ; including
the other places of worship in Wigan and the townships, the
gross number of baptisms is 2,067, showing an increase over
last year, of 121. The burials at the Parish Church have
been 275 males, and 233 females, being an increase of 10 ; in-
cluding, as above, the number is 1169 ; an increase of only 3
over last year's return. Among the number of deaths, 24
have died by accident in Wigan. From birth to 1 year, 181
have been buried at the Parish Church; from 1 year to 2,
50 ; from 2 to 5, 39 ; from sto 10, 18 ; from 10 to 20, 29 ;
from 20 to 30, 28 ; from 30 'to 40, 29 ; from 40 to 50, 17 ;
from 50 to 60, 25 ; from 60 to 70, 54 ; from 70 to 80, 30 ;
from 80 to 90, 15 ; from 90 to 100, 1. From January, 1831,
to January, 1832, there were 391 marriages in Wigan and
the townships named ; 1515 baptisms, 1302 burials. From
1832 to 1833, 363 marriages, 1702 baptisms, 1074 burials.
From 1833 to 1834, 450 marriages, 1506 baptisms, 824 bu-
rials. From 1834 to 1835,434 marriages, 1587 baptisms, 1191
burials. From 1835 to 1836, 477 marriages, 1753 baptisms,
1,222 burials. From 1836 to 1837, 508 marriages, 1809 bap-
tisms, 947 burials. From 1837 to 1838, 447 marriages, 2164
baptisms, 1453 burials. From 1838 to 1839, 467 marriages,
1765 baptisms, 1066 burials. From 1839 to 1840, 494 mar-
marriages, 1645 baptisms, 1409 burials. From 1840 to 1841,
378 marriages, 1688 baptisms, 1490 burials. From 1841 to
1842, 486 marriages, 1946 baptisms, 1166 burials.

WIGAN DISPENSARY BALL.—A charity ball, for the be-
nefit of the Wigan Dispensary, took place in the Assembly
Room, behind the Royal Hotel, on Thursday evening last,
and it may certainly be pronounced as one of the most splen-
did displays of beauty and elegance that has been made in
Wigan for many years past. The room was tastefully de-
corated with evergreens, and flowers, formed into wreaths,
festoons and devices, displaying a variety of most pleasing
attractions, which were duly applauded by the company
present. The band of the 72d Regiment of Royal High-
landers was in attendance, and one from Liverpool to relieve
the others in the course of the evening. Amongst the com-
pany present we may notice the patroness—the Right lion.
the Countess of Balcarras, Right Hon. the Earl of Balcar-
ras, Right Hon. Lord Lindsay, the Hon. Mrs. Lindsay
and the Misses Lindsay, Mrs. Gleig and the Misses Gleig,
Miss Bourke, Capt. the' Hon. James Lindsay, Hon. Chas.
Lindsay, Hon. Colin Lindsay, C. R. Lindsay, Esq., Mrs.
Gunning, Octavius Gunning, Esq., Miss Clerke, Peter
Greenall, Esq., M.P., Mrs. Greenall and the Misses
Greenall, Mrs. Bankes, Winstanley-hall ; M. Bankes,
Esq., Mrs. Walmsley and the Misses Trafford, W. G.
Walmsley, Esq. and the Misses Walmsley, Herman Walms-
ley, Esq., Capt. Gerard, Fred. Gerard, Esq. and lady, J.
R. De Traffard, Esq., Chisenhale Chisenhale, Esq., Mrs.
Chisenhale and daughter, Mrs. Thos. Ridway and daugh-
ter, Wm. Nicholson, Esq. Thelwall-hall, Warrington; Jas.
Nicholson, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel Maclean, W. Ford
Hulton, Esq.. Capt. Everard, Capt. Pollard, Lieut. Price,
Ensign WiCenzie, H. L. Trafford, Esq. and lady, Jno.
Woodcock, Esq., Henry Woodcock, Esq. and lady, Miss
Marriot, Mr. and Mrs. Hill and party, Capt. Adam, J. F.
Hodson, Esq. and lady, Jno. Lord, Esq., Jno. Lord, jun.
Esq. Robt. Anderton, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Langford
Brooke, Edwd. Silvester, Esq. Miss Wilkinson, Robt.
Andrews. Esq., Rivinton ; Richd. Eccles, Esq. and the
Misses Eccles, Blundell, Esq., C. Morris, Esq., Geo.
Daglish, Esq. and lady, Jno. Acton, Esq. and lady, Reece
Bevan, Esq. and lady, It. Leigh, Esq. and party, R. Daglish,
Esq., sen., St. Helen's, and lady, &c., &c. We understand
that a sum near £6O will be handed over, as the proceeds of
the ball, to the treasurer of the institution.

HAVING POSSESSION OF BASE COIN, MOULDS, &C.—
Thomas Rourke and Mary Rourke were on Wednesday
brought before Mr. Rushton, at the Police-court, under the
following charge :—Police-officer No. 37 said, that in conse-
quence of information which he had received, he on Tuesday
went into the cellar in Addison-street inhabited by the pri-
soners, and there saw the woman. He asked her if she
occupied the place, and she said she did. He then asked
her if she had any money in her possession, and she replied
that she had a little. He searched her, and found a small
metal box, which contained seven bad sixpences. He next
searched at the side of the fire-place, and there found two
plaster-of-Paris moulds, which were quite warm ; also a to-
bacco pipe, in which white metal had been melted, some of
which still remained in the pipe part.—Another police-officer
found another mould behind the door, four pieces of bad
money, and a saucer containing plaster of Paris.—Mr. Su-
perintendent M`Donald afterwards found on the floor a
glove, containing twelve bad sixpences. On the female pri-
soner being searched at the police station, four base six-
pences were found upon her.—Mr. Commissioner Dowling
said that one of the moulds (produced) was taken from a
sixpence of 1816. There was another for 1819, but it was so
much defaced that he could not take it upon himself to say
whether any of the sixpences of that date, produced, had
been made from it. The pipe, containing a thread of white
metal through it, was also produced ; likewise part of a
Britannia-metal spoon, and some powder, which had been
used to rub the coin with after it was cast, and which Mr.
Dowling shewed, by rubbing a piece of it, imparted to it an
appearance of silver.—The prisoners were miserably clad,
and appeared as if they had suffered from destitution. The
female had an infant in her arms, and stated that she had
two other children then at the door of the court-house, one
of them ill. The officers corroborated this last fact, and an
old man who rented them the cellar said that he had observed
the family to be in poverty and misery. The husband denied
all knowledge of the base coin, or the moulds. The wife
said a boy had come into the cellar and asked leave to sit at
the fire, but that she had gone out and did not know what
he had done in her absence.---Mr. Rushton ordered the
children to be taken to the workhouse, and remanded the
prisoners until it could be ascertained whether the officers of
the crown would prosecute.

An opinion is gaining ground that in the ensuing session
of parliament, notwithstanding the success of our arms in
Affghanistan, an inquiry will be instituted into the origin of
the Affghan war, which, it will be recollected, was under-
taken in direct opposition to the advice, and in defiance of the
emphatic protest, of the Duke of Wellington, a man better
acquainted with the scene of operations than any other in
the house, except, perhaps, his late brother, the Marquis
Wellesley, by the late obstinate ministry.
A Calais letter states that on the Bth instant three officers
of the English police landed there, and proceeded to arrest a
London merchant on a warrant issued against him upon a.
charge of having defrauded the revenue. The authorities of
the town, on being informed of this violation of the French
territory, immediately sent one of their own officers to the
hotel where the captors and their prisoner were, and at once
released him, and threatened the English policemen with the
vengeance of the law if they renewed their attempt.
BUSTLE Foy N D .—We yesterday picked up what we suppose
to be a lady's bustle. It is built not unlike an Indian bark
canoe, with the ends turned upwards like the pointed shoes
worn in the time of Henry VIII., and measures two feet in
length by eleven inches across the gibbous swell—containing,
by estimation, about a gallon cubic contents. The fair owner
can have the missing item restored to her, on calling at our
office, proving property, &c.—Buffalo Corn. (When
she calls at your office for the purpose of proving that small
piece of property, please let us know it.—New Orleans Pic.
WILD FLOWERS.—One characteristic of our native plants
we must mention, 'that, if we miss in them something of the
gorgeousness and lustre of more tropicalflowers, we are more
than compensated by the delicacy and variety of their per-
fume ; and just as our woods, vocal with the nightingale, the
the blackbird and the thrush, can well spare the gaudy'fea-
thers of the macaw, so we can consign the oncidiums the
the cactuses, and the impornreas of the tropics, for the de-
licious fragrance of our wild banks of violets, our lilies-of-
the valley, our woodbine, or even the passing whiff of a haw-
thorn bush, a clover or bean-field, or a gorse common.—
Quarterly Review.

LAUNCH OF " THE BENTINCK" STEAM-SHIP,

This magnificent vessel (the sister-ship of " The Bin-
dostan," now in India) was yesterday launched from the
building-yard of Messrs. Thomas Wilson and Co., at the
north end of the town. It was not expected that the launch
would take place until next month, although the vessel was
ready to be floated into her destined element some three
months' ago, had that been required; but she was retained
on the stocks, and the finishing of her upper-works, and
other operations, preparatory to receiving her engines, gone
on with in the interim, part of which would otherwise have
deen done in dock. The good news from the East, we pre-
sume, and her consequeut requisition on her intended station,
between India and Suez, induced the proprietors to put her
afloat before the period originally fixed, and to hasten her
preparations for sea, as she has necessarily a long voyage be-
fore her ere she can join the Hindostan in the Indian seas.
The notice to the public was, consequently, very short and
partial ; but the delight which had been experienced by those
who witnessed the launch of the Hindostan, and of many of
the finest ships ever built at our port by the same naval
architects, tended to give the first intimation the rapid pub-
licity of a beacon-light on a hill in the old feudal times, and
" the good old town" was instantly on the qui vine to see
the launch. The builders themselves were, we believe, taken
somewhat unawares ; but their tact and management over-
came every difficulty: all that was required was accomplished
with skill and coolness. Everything was ready at the re-
quired time, and the immense mass of individuals of all
classes who congregated in the spacious yard experienced a
gratification which they universally acknowledged, and will
remember so long as " a pleasant day" in their lives remains
unobliterated from " the tablet of memory."
The Bentinck is in almost every respect the twin-ship of
the Hindostan, and we are therefore spared the task—no
easy one, to do her justice—of a description. She is built,
in fact, from the same moulds, by the same faithful hands,
and is consequently of the same burthen—which is no less
than about 2,020 tons. The only difference is, that in place
of diagonal timber fastenings, she has diagonal timber ceil-
ing—the two modes being equally approved by scientific men,
and both so closely approximating to what is deemed per-
fection as regards strength, that argument in behalf of either
resolves itself into a mere matter of taste, rather than ex-
perience, in their respective merits.
The weather, particularly when the season of the year is
considered, and the late continuous storms, was exceedingly
propitious. The early part of the morning was somewhat
raw and misty, without downfal ; but towards noon it became
bright, and even sunny, and the Cheshire shore—before
invisible, through the fog—was distinctly in view. There
were but light airs of wind, and the Mersey, but for here and
there the ripple of a strong up-coming tide (of nineteen feet),
showed as a mirror.
The preparations for the launch were witnessed by many
hundreds, even before twelve o'clock, and were the more
interesting from the immense height, length, aed bulk of the
vessel. At about that hour the public generally were ad-
mitted, and the influx was immense, including many of the
most respectable of our citizens and " country neighbours."
A vast number of men were employed in removing the
remaining blocks below, and shores at each side, that had
supported the vessel, and letting her down upon the cradles,
and the whole was accomplished with amazing promptitude—
the vessel being then seen, from either side, in all her fine
proportions from seem to stern. A more beautiful model,
indeed, was never turned out of any yard—not excepting our
own arsenals. With ample bearing below and aloft, the
Bentinck is peculiarly fine both in the bow and the run—a
craft, in fact, in which the builders appear to have accom-
plished the grand desideratum of stability and safety, com-
bined with the quality of speed, which is difficult of attain-
ment. She has a fine figure-head of the distinguished
individual Lord W. Bentinck, whose name she bears, and a
corresponding carved stern with the coat of arms, &c., and
motto, " Craignez Honte."
Towards one o'clock the assemblage became immense in
the yard, in which stages were erected on various sites for
the accommodation of the ladies and those who accompanied
them. Both sides of the yard were, however. almost
equally favourable for a view, so that even the humblest
were gratified. Several Glasgow and other steam-boats
slacked their speed in going down the river, to see the
launch ; and river steamers and row-boats, crowded with
spectators, hovered near the spot. A fine ship, in the yard
to the northward, and almost ready for launching, also held
her hundreds, and every eminence on balk, plank, rail or
roof, was crowded. We have no means of forming an esti
mate of the numbers present, but we should think there were
not fewer than from 5,000 to 6,000 persons. A commodious
stage, clipping round the bows of the vessel, was erected for
the ladies and gentlemen who were more immediately inte-
rested in "christening" the vessel. On this we observed
J. C. Shaw, Esq., and his lady, with whom were the lady of
C. W. Williams, Esq., Mr. and Miss Weller, and many
others. Mrs. Williams undertook the duty of ' throw-
ing the bottle ;" and all being in readiness, at about
twenty minutes' past one o'clock, Mr. Thomas Wilson
gave the orders successively, of " out chisels"—" down
shores"—" down daggers," and the immense ship, as if im-
patient of delay in embracing her destined fluid, glided grace-
fully and sublimely into the deep waters of the Mersey ; all
eyes intently fixed upon her, and every voice uttering, as her
huge bulk glided along, an irrepressible shout of admiration.
We never witnessed a more beautiful launch. She started off
splendidly, without a perceptible creak on her bed (notwith-
standing her weight was nearly equal to her tonnage), but
went on majestically along the ways, increasing in speed,
until she plunged into the deep ; and, released from her ties
to land, bounded lightly, and rushed rapidly from the shore.
The only real crack, indeed, was that of the bottle at her nose
when she received her name. She was at the time under the
command of Captain Christie, of the City of Dublin Com-
pany (formerly first officer of the " Liverpool," afterwards
of the " President," transatlantic steam-ships), who saw her
safely towed into dock

The immense concourse of persons assembled, after watch-
ing her rapid progress up the river, until she was hid from
view, gradually left the yard, much delighted with the sight,
and generally remarking what a terrible vacuum she had left
in Messrs. Wilson's yard, which now bore quite a naked ap-
pearance. Many. however, lingered behind to look at "the
ways" down which she had glided, and which, we found,—
including the run beyond the sea-wall supported on frame-
work (a length of about twenty feet)---to be, in all, not less
than 260 to 270 feet. The width of the ways was from eight-
teen to nineteen feet.

The ladies and gentlemen, who were on the stage at the
bows, and the builders and their immediate friends, who
were not pressed for time, partook of wine and buns in the
mould room, and, we heed scarcely add, drank success to the
" Bentinck," her spirited owners, and her builders.
No accident whatever occurred to mar die pleasures of
the day. A boy fell into the river from the sea-wall, owing
boatst o the
about, pressure
adanger, the circum-
stance occasioned merely a little merriment amongst the
byestanders.
The Bentinck is now in the Trafalgar Dock, where she
will receive her engines, now ready at the celebrated works
of Messrs. Fawcett and Preston. They will be fixed on
board, and the vessel fully equipped for sea, with all the ex-
pedition that is consistent with good workmanship.

KIRKDALE EPIPHANY SESSIONS

These sessions commenezd yesterday,
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before the Rev
Jonathan Brooks, (chairman)and a full bench of tnagis.
trates. The calendar is rather a heavy one, the number of
prisoners charged with felony being
seventy-four, misde.
meanors five. Of these, three only can read and write well,
twenty-five can read and write imperfectly, nineteen can
read imperfectly, and thirty-two can neither read nor write.
After the court had been opened, with the usual formalities,
the following gentlemen were sworn on the
RAND Y :
Samuel Bishop,G the you SJUR
utton, (Foreman,)
James Pearson, Great Crosby„
Francis Dutton, Orrell,
Michael Hughes, Shirley Hall,
Thomas Robinson, Eccleston,
John Stick, Ashton-in-Mackerfield,
Wm. Jameson, Ashton-in-Mackerfield,
Thomas Croft, Great Crosby,
John Houghton, Eccleston,
Southport,
Thomas Ashton, Ormskirk,
John .Aspinall, Ormskirk,
George Brotnilow, Parr.
Robert Robinson, Parr,
Wm. Turner Kidd, Prescot,
Thomas Bell, Sutton,
Thomas Tunbridge, Southport,
John Salthouse Southport,
James Ellis
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John Alfey, Southport,
Samuel Whiteley Southport.
James Williams, of Great Crosby, was excused, being
above age. He stated that he had given notice to that effect
to the overseers, two years ago, and the chairman called up-
on the assistant-overseer and reprimanded him for not pay-
ing attention to the notice. Henry Walker Lucas, share-
and was excused. Josias Christopher
broker, claimed exception on the ground of non-qualification,
Gambol and Mel
Woodward, of Sutton, were both excused, being over age.
After the jury had been sworn,
The CHAIRMAN in addressing them, said he had looked
over the calendar, but he did not see any one case in which
they would see any difficulty. The cases where of such a
nature as were constantly corning before grand juries, and as
several gentlemen had before served on the jury, he did not
think it necessary to make any observation to them on the
calendar. Nothing either had occurred since they last met,
which required any remark from him. Parliament was not
sitting, and no new acts bad been passed to which he could
call their attention. He would, therefore, dismiss them to
their duties.

On the calling over the petit jury, John Campbell, of Orms-
kirk , was excused, having served at the last April sessions.
James Scarisbrick, of Prescot, was excused in consequence
of ill health. Mr. Birchall, of Sutton, above age, was ex-
cused, as was also David Shaw, of Ashton-in-Mackerfield,
who was in the country when his summons was served.
Edward Davies, of Great Crosby, and John Atherton, of
Eccleston, who sent no excuse, were each fined for non-
attendance.

The trials were shortly afterwards proceeded with, but
nothing of importance occurred during the day.

FREE TRADE LEAGUERS

Who were the most strenuous; opposers of the Factory
Bill, thereby showing their desire to grind as much as possi-
ble out of the sinews of the factory child ?

FREE TRADERS

Who were the planners and carriers of the villanous truck
system ; compelling the hands to take their trash instead of
cash 7

FREE TRADERS

Who send their members to parliament bound hand and
foot, with pledges, so that they have no freedom of action,
thought, or word ?

FREE TRADERS.
Who import multitudes of low Irish labourers, because
they can grind them down to half wages?
FREE TRADERS.
Who would destroy the " poor man's church," under the
pretence that every man should pay for his own religion, but
in reality to save themselves from paying at all ?
FREE TRADERS.
Who would destroy the freemen of every town, giving as
much privilege to strangers and aliens as to those born and
bred on the spot ?

FREE TRADERS

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the Earl of Mountcashell convened a meeting of the land-
owners, farmers, shopkeepers, tradesmen, and labourers, of
the Barony of Condons and Clongibbous, to be held at the
Court-house, Fermoy, on Saturday last, at 12 o'clock pre-
cisely, to " Petition Parliament on the present depressed state
of the agricultural produce caused by the ruinous effects of
the New Tariff and Corn Laws. The place was densely
crowded by farmers from the country round, and labourers
from the town. Lord Mountcashell and Mr. Montgomery
Martin, each delivered long addresses; and towards the close,
there was some contention, and
.the meeting was adjourned
until Saturday.—Cork Constitut on.