The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-24 00:00:00

LIABILITIES

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

RUMOURED CAPTURE OP DOBSON, THZ MURDERER•
Yesterday night Mr. Leach, the constable of Hudders-
field, came to Halifax with the glad news (which we hope
may he true) that this parricide was in his custody at
Huddersfield. From his statement it would appear that
there is every reason to believe that he has for some time
been in the neighbourhood.—Halifax Guardian, Satur-
day.

MATCH FOR ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS.—Ina match
for the above sum, p.p., which came off at Newmarket on
Saturday, Lord George Bentinck's Captain Cook (S. Ro-
gers) beat Mr. Sainsbury's Chotornion (Mann). 7to 4
on Chortonion, who made the running, but was passed at
the bushes, and beaten in a canter by 15 lengths. The
trainer of Chortonion incurred a penalty by riding with
the horses in the early part of the race.
As a further and gratifying proof of the improvement
in this country, we are happy to state that great activity
prevails at this time at the Great Western Cotton Factory,
in this city, to meet the demand for piece goods in the
Irish, Northern, and London markets, where the fabrics
of the above company are much in request. Between
1700 and 1800 hands are not only fully employed at the
Works, but they are also obliged to pursue their opera-
tions during part of the night.—Brislol Journal.
Some of Galileo's manuscripts, presumed to have been
lost or burnt by order of the Inquisition, have been found
at Florence, among the archives of the Palazzo Pitti. The
Foreign Quarterly Review says :—" The manuscripts be-
sides being objects of curiosity, are likely to he useful to
astronomical science, inasmuch as they contain informa-
tion respecting the eclipses of former times,—a course of
the satellites of Jupiter, subjects to which Galileo directed
great attention."

DERBY CLUB FOR LADIES!—The present rage for
speculation on the turf, and the great success which has
attended the establishment of Derby lotteries, has sug-
gested the idea of a Derby club fir ladies only. The
landlady of a highly-respectable tavern at the west end of
the town, conceiving thlt ladies had' as much right to
sport their loose cash on sporting events as their true and
lawful protectors, and that only a favourable opportunity
was wanting to display their mettle, determined to form
a club, of which only the softer sex were qualified for
members. A code of rules for th.. government of the
society was speedily framed. and it was resolved that the
club should be limited to 30 members, the subscription
being 25s.—London paper.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED.
Two FISHING-BOATS LOST.—MONTROSE. Oct. 11--It
is our painful duty to record the loss of eight fishermen
belonging to Ferryden, this morning, between two and
three o'clock, about 18 miles off the land, in consequence
of the wind. which was gently at N.E. by N. having, in
an instant, chopped round to S., whence it blew with ter-
rific fury, and capsized two fishing-boats, from which
five men out of six belonging to the first, were rescued by
another boat which was close by at the time ; but the se-
cond crew, consisting of seven individuals, all met a
watery grave. They have left nineteen orphan child-
ren and fourwidows. In the last mentioned boat was
James West, master, his son, and a young man, who was
to be married next week to West's daughter,

NARROW ESCAPES.—On Monday evening, the 16th
of October, d ring a severe gale from the south-west, the
smack Yeoman's Glory, belonging to Mr. Gill, M.P.,
Plymouth, went to Mevagissey Bay for shelter. Having
no ballast on board, her crew possessed little control over
her, and she unfortunately ran into the fishing-boat Mary,
However, the fluke of the smack's anchor hooked the
boat's gunwale and enabled the owner, John Andrew,
aged 63, and his mate, Thomas Lee, 78, to get out just
before she went down. The smack conveyed the poor
men to Plymouth the next morning, when they were re-
ceived by the officers of that useful institution, the Ship-
wrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Society. On the even-
ing of the 17th John Andrew, who is a a stranger to Ply-
mouth, fell over the Custom-house quay, but the tide
being low, the water reached only to his waist, and he
thus escaped death by drowning a second time in twenty-
four hours.

LATE CARLISLE BANK.—The creditors of Messrs.
Forster and Co., bankers, Carlisle, will he glad to learn
that a further dividend is expected early in the ensuing
year. The estate has already paid 12s. in the pound ;
and it was stated to the Commissioner at the Newcastle
District Bankruptcy Court, that by Whitsuntide the
whole of the estate uncollected will be realised, and a
further sum of about £15,000 will be divided among the

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creditors.
On Monday the Earl of Lincoln, accompanied by Mr.
Brnnel and Mr. Cubitt, inspected the Middlesex side of
the river, from Vauxhall Bridge to Battersea Bridge, to
ascertain the most eligible plan for the embankment of the
river. Mr. Brunel was provided with thelevels and plans
that he had lately made at the request of government.
There will be a carriage road alongside the river from
Battersea Bridge to the two Houses of Parliament.—
Globe.

BANK OF ENGLAND.—Quarterly a►erage of the weekly
liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, from the
15th day of July to the 7th day of October, 1843, both in-

clu•ive

Circulation
Deposits..

ASSETS

£19,561,000 I Securities
. 11,466,000 I Bullion..

£31,027,000

£22,193,000
12,078,000

£31,271,000

THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.—The direc-
tors of this bank have this week made a call for 30s. per
_ _

share, amounting altogether to X 6 10s. per share on
25,000 shares, every shilling of which is lost. The total
loss in this concern is more than £3oo,ooo—indeed, with
interest much exceeds that sum. The entire liabilities
are now reduced to £71,000. When the bank stopped
payment, they exceeded £1,400.000. The suspension
took place in June, 1810.
THE BRITISH QUEEN STEAMER.—Between six and
seven o'clock on Wednesday evening, during the height of
the storm, as the British Queen steamer was at the tail of
the bank, on her passage across from Greenock to Helens-
burgh, it was found that she was making so much water
as to render a continuance of the voyage dangerous, and
she was immediately put about for Greenock Harbour.
All the passengers, together with the crew, were landed in
safety, and in a moment or two after the vessel sank. The
chief cause of the accident is supposed to have been the
Queen's coming against a small rock.—Scotch Reformers'
Gazette.

A THIEF HUNTED OUT.—Mr. Higgins, of Misterton,
having been informed, on Sunday se'nnight, by his shep-
herd, that one of his fat sheep had been stolen during the
night, immediately took his dog, a remarkably good one,
of the sheep breed, to the fold, and the dog struck off the
scent, and ran in a straight direction to the shepherd's
house, where a part of the mangled sheep was found.
Mr. Higgins at once charged his shepherd and another
man who resides with him (and whose clothes he disco-
vered were bloody) with the theft. They were both fully
committed to Taunton gaol to take their trial at the next
assizes.—Somerset County Gazette.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE HUMBER.—SIX
Lives LOST.—On Tuesday night, about ten or eleven
o'clock, the Three Sisters, Maltby, master, was lying at
anchor off Sunk Island, when she was run down by the
fishing smack William and Richard, Hodge, master, dur-
ing a dark night and stormy weather. The master and
mate of the Three sisters succeeded in saving their lives
by clinging to the William and Richard as it was passing
over their keel, but we regret to state that Maltby 's wife,
who was on deck at the time, arid his five children, who
were in the cabin, all perished.—Hull Packet.
FALSE REGISTRATIONS OF DEATHS.—It has recently
been discovered' that a system of fraud has been carried on
to a great extent in the metropolis by a set of designing

nsionersof the

East India Co., or annuitant:
)f other public companies, i❑ order that they might obtair

and also, in many of the alleged cases, representing that
the deceased persons bad left large and destitute families,
which has led to the granting of some allowance, either
for the immediate support of the survivors, or on account
of the supposed funeral expenses.

An application was made on Saturday week, to the ma-
gistrates at the Mansion House, London, on behalf of the
unfortunate Duke of Normandy and his wife and family
of eight children. The duke is now confined for debt in
Horsemonger-lane Gaol, and both he and his family are

starving. It was stated that the unfortunate man's claim
as dauphin of France is undoubted, and that the strength
of it was the cause that the French government repudiated
him. Alderman Johnson ordered some assistance to be
rendered from the poor box, and requested the reporters
to publish the application, in the hope that the public
would voluntarily assist the unfortunate prisoner.

COMMITTAL OF A DISSENTING MINISTER AND HIS
SON, FOR BODY STEALING.—OR Thursday last, the Rev.
Isaac Bridgeman, the Minister of a Dissenting Chapel at
Walworth, whose case has been several times before the
Court, was finally examined, with his son, a medical pupil,
before Mr. Cottingham, at the Union Hall Police Office,
on a charge of having removed the coffin and dead body

of the late Mr. Tawney from the burial-ground of Mr.
Bridgeman's chapel. Both the defendants were held to
bail for their appearance to take their trials at the next
Old Bailey Sessions for the misdemeanour.—Leeds paper.
APPROACH OF WINTER.—On Tuesday morning, Ri-
vington Pike and the hills adjacent, appeared to be thickly
co7ered with snow. The Welsh hills also wear the ap-
pearance of winter. At Burton last week, and on Mon-
day at Ulverston, there were heavy falls of snow. In

Scotland the excessive rains and boisterous winds have
also been succeeded by cold dry winds and occasionally
severe frost and snow. The country generally begins to

a wintry aspec

estmoreland

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vered with snow, and the grouse shooters have in conse-
quence forsaken their employment.

BELL AND STEEPLE.—The law adviser of the Irish
government has given an opinion, that there is no law to

In Ireland. In England, there is a law which grants'to-
leration to Roman Catholic priests on certain conditions;
but there is an express reservation, that those immunities
shall not be enjoyed by priests who worship in buildings
having a bell and steeple. We believe it is this enactment
which prevents a striking clock being placed under the
steeple of the Roman Catholic Chapel in Cookridge-street,
in Leeds.—Leeds Intelligencer.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT :TO LORD SHERBOURNE.—We
eret to hear that a serious accident occurred to Lord

Sherbone on Saturday morning last. His lordship was
riding out, accompanied by Mr. William Harvey, of Brad.
well-grove, and the Hon. John Dutton, when his horse
suddenly shied and plunged furiously, by which his lord•
ship was thrown with violence to the ground, breaking his
collar-bone and two ribs. Messengers were immediately
despatched for surgical assistance, which was promptly
rendered, and we are happy to hear, by the latest accounts
from Sherborne, that his lordship is progressing, though
but slowly, towards recovery.—Cheltenham Chronicle.

THE BANK OF MANCHESTER.—There was a meeting
on Friday of the proprietors of this hank, when a report
was read. It appears that there are still liabilities to the
amount of about £400,000, and that to meet this another
call of £2 per share will he necessary, and a call for that
sum was agreed upon. Mr. Burdekin, as it already ap-
pears, took with him about £lO,OOO of the funds of the
bank. The present call is caused by the winding up of
several large accounts, much more unfavourably than was
anticipated, especially those of Hiltons, of Darwen, and
Joseph Raleigh, of Manchester, with which concerns the
bank was a creditor for nearly £200,000. The proprietors
will thus lose nearly, if not altogether, one million sterling.
FIRE AT SUTTON HALL.—On Saturday morning; last
about nine o'clock, flames were observed to issue (min a
barn, forming part of the farm buildings adjoining Sutton
Hall, the mansion of Joseph White, Esq., near Chester.
An engine was obtained from Hooton, and messengers
were dispatched to Chester for further assistance. Mr.
Hill, with the Fire Police and their powerful engine, be-
longing to this city, set off at a quarter past ten o'clock
and arrived at Sutton, a distance of eight miles, in 25
minutes. So rapid had been the progress of the devas-
tating element, that the whole of the farm buildings,
containing a quantity of wheat and oats, were destroyed;
the cheese, after a good deal of exertion, was saved ; and
the efforts of the Chester Police successfully prevented
the fire from communicating with the Hal!.
A LITTLE BOY POISONED AT PLAY.-011 Sunday last
some little boys were playing together near Wakefield,
when two of them, called Willian Spawforth and James
Wood, the one aged 12 and the other 10 produced a
liquor in a small bottle, which they called Spanish juice-
water, and poured some of it down Francis Lumb's throat.
Spawforth's grandmother having left home for the day,
he took the opportunity of searching her cupboard for a
file, when a playfellow who was with him, found a bottle
containing oil of vitriol used for dyeing silks, which he
tested, and finding that it blistered his lips offered it to
other lads apparently for a joke, telling them it was
Spanish juice water. The unfortunate deceased, more
'onfiding than the rest, swallowed a small quantity, and
lthough every effort was used to destroy the effect of
he poison, he died the following morning. The deceased
of age. The two lads were appre-
-1 in custody till the Coroner's in-
Jeing returned of " Died from tali-
- was." they were

bout five years

oil of Vitriol !

GALVANIC ELECTRICITY.—The galvanic apparatus
made by Messrs Kemp, of the South-bridge, was on Fri-
nay last again successfully asplied to the simultaneous
ignition of a number of shots for the purpose of disinte-
grating a large mass of stone in the quarry of Itosyth
Castle, about two miles above the Queensferry. The shots
were arranged in a line along a ledge of rock 70 feet long,
9 feet broad, and between 7 and 8 feet thick. Being loaded
with moderate charges of gunpowder, and connected by
the conducting wires with a large and powerful galvanic
battery, and all the other preliminary preparations effected,
immediately on completing the galvanic circle, 11 shots,
which had been charged with about 351 b. of gunpowder,
were instantaneously fired, and so great was the concen-
trated power of the simultaneous explosions, that the
whole mass in front of the bores was instantly separated
from contiguous rock; the separated portion containing a
mass of not less than 3,780 cubic feet of stone, and weigh-
ing upwards of 260 tons.—Edinburgh Witness.

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE ON LONDON BRIDGE—On
Thursday afternoon a most desperate attempt at suicide
was made at London-bridge, by a soldier belonging for-
merly to the Royal Artillery. He precipitated ~iinself
head foremost from the parapet. In his descent he came
with his breast first against the buttress of the bridge, and
fell into the water, nearly into a boat which was passing
at the time, in which was a custom-house officer. The
soldier rose to the surface, and was immediately seized by
the person in the boat, and brought ashore. He was
taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, when he was ...ale to
state that his name was John O'Brien, and that be for-
merly belonged to the 7th battalion of the Royal Artil-
lery, but that ten days since he was discharged for mis-
conduct. He was immediately examined by the surgeon,
who discovered that his breast-bone was broken, and that
his face was greatly contused. On Thursday evening be
was in a state of delirium, and was not expected to live
through the night.

WHAT IS THE END OF CORN-LAW AGITATION?—The
following very happy exposition of the fraudulent fallacies
of the Anti-Corn-Law Leaguers, was lately made by a
noble lord at an agricultural meeting in Suffolk—Lord
Rendlesbam—who so justly represents one of the divisions
of that county. His remarks were to this effect :—" I
cannot for the life of nice understand to what end the corn
law agitation is directed. Is it to raise the price of corn, or
is it to reduce it? If it be the object to raise the price of
corn, where is the gain to the manufacturer? If it be the
object to reduce the price, why tell the farmers that free
trade will undoubtedly give them a higher price for their
corn, and their labourers better wages? If the price of
corn be raised upon one class, it must clearly be raised
upon all. How are the labourers to gain except at the
expense of the farmers, and how are the farmers to gain
at the cost of the community ; and bow are manufacturers
to gain an) thing by a free trade in corn, if the effect of
such change is to benefit the farmer and to raise the price
of corn !"

JUNCTION OF THE ATLANTIC AN PACIEIC OCEANS.
—The contract entered into by the Barings, of London,
with the republic of New Grenada, for the construction of
a ship canal across the isthmus of Darien, provides for
ceding to the company the line for the projected work,
with 80,000 acres of land interior. These princely mer-
chants do not appear in this transaction as the agents of
the British government officially; but they are British
subjects, protected by the government, and, doubtless,
many important advantages will be secured to Great Bri-
tain, both political and commercial, by the completion of
the vast work here projected. The completion of a ship
canal between the two oceans thus projected will mark an
era in the world's age. The event wilt stand forth to give
a distinctive character to the century. It is to be a five
years' work to endure for ever. The whole aspect of com-
merce will be changed by it. it will accelerate the revo-
lution now going on in China more rapidly and more
thorougly than all the force of British armament, and not
there only will it work changes, but in all Polynesia and
Australasia, and the western coasts of South America,
which are uow reached by doubling Cape Horn.--Balti-
more paper.

DREADFUL CALAMITY.—CROMER, OCT. 11.—This
morning, at about one o'clock, a gale suddenly rose, and
at two it increased to a perfect hurricane. in the after-
noon of yesterday, as the weather was exceedingly fine
and calm, a number of fishing boats, each containing a
crew of four or five men, left Cromer in search of fish,
and, as the elements were highly favourable, there is no
doubt they went off to a grec t distance, for in such cases
they often push their voyage to an extent of forty or fifty
miles. Many of these boats are open and undecked, and
not more than twenty feet long, and the largest afford but
very slight protection against the weather or other casu-
alties. This morning none of the number that went out
were in sight, and, up to the present hour, two o'clock,
p.m., nothing has been seen or heard of them. There is
one melancholy exception—a boat which contained five
men has been washed ashore at Backton. near Minsley ;
one body only has been found, and there is not the least

doubt but that the whole crew have found a watery grave.
One poor fellow has left a wife and six children. It is
difficult to ascertain the number of boats absent, but it is

commonly said about twelve or fourteen. Their fate is,
of course, doubtful, but very serious apprehensions are
entertained on account of them. Some vessels ate in
sight, and one, apparently a large brig, has a signal of
distress (a flag in her main rigging) flying. Messengers
are sent out along the coast, and it is feared dreadful ac-
counts will be brought in in the morning. A vessel, the
Friendship, from Goole, laden with chalk, has also come
ashore at the same place, with a smaller kind of craft
called a billy buoy, which was run ashore, and the mate, a
Cromer man, lost his life.

PRINCE ALBERT'S FARM.—Some two or three years
since the Prince Consort purchased of the executors of
his late Royal Highness the Duke of Glocester an im-
mense tract of land, extending over several thousands of
acres, consisting principally of heath land, in the immediate
vicinity of Bagshot, with a farm attached, known as the
Rapley Farm. Upon this extensive property it is the in-
tention of his Royal Highness to try the experiment of
breeding and rearing the blackcock, or cock of the woods,
which is extremely plentiful in various parts of Scotland.
The splendid live birds which were forwarded to the
Prince as a present from the Duke of Hamilton about two
months ago have been sent to his Royal Highness's do-
mains at Bagshot, where there is every probability that
the experiment of rearing and breeding them will be as
successful as can be desired. The blackcocks which were
presented to the Prince were bred by the Duke of Hamil-
ton upon his Grace's estate in the Isle of Arran, in the
Frith of Clyde. On Monday afternoon, immediately after
luncheon, her Majesty and Prince Albert left the Castle
in a carriage and four for Swinley, about three miles from
Bagshot, where the saddle horses had been previously
sent from Windsor, and the Queen and the Prince pro-
ceeded from thence to Rapley on horseback, and rode over
a considerable portion of his Royal Highness's property.
The game was found to be extremely abundant, especially
hares, not a gun having been fired on the Prince's estate
during the season. Her Majesty and the Prince returned
to Swinley, and from thence to the Castle in the royal
carriage and four. It is the intention of Prince Albert
to inclose and cultivate a considerable portion of his large
property in the neighbourhood of Bagshot.

Two INFANTS DRUGGED TO DEATH BY A SERVANT.
—On Saturday evening- last, a young mother was deprived
of two young children by the culpable, and indeed crimi-
nal, conduct of a servant. Tl.e facts are shortly these :
Mrs. Rogers, of Bangor-street, Carnarvon, wife of Mr.
Rogers. commercial traveller, being engaged in the shop,
had entrusted her two female infant children, one eighteen,
and the other four months old, to her two female domes-
tics, and, in the course of the night was much alarmed by
one of them being in strong convulsions, and the other
in a dying state. Medical aid was called in, and the ser-
vants subjected to a rigid examination, when one of them
named Ellen Griffith, in whose charge the children were
raorc immediately placed, stated that she hod given to
them a small portion of gin, in order to make them sleep,
and that was all the explanation that could be extorted
from her. In the course of the night both the children
died. On an investigation before the Coroner, it turned
out that the girl Griffith, in order to keep the children
quiet, had given them nearly a pennyworth of laudanum,
which she had purchased of a druggist. The jury re-
turned a verdict of manslaughter agatnst Ellen Griffith
and she was committed to the county gaol to
Carnarvon, and
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neighbourhood, and particularly on Saturday nights, the
customusual time for courting, according to the of the
y, One druggist made the degrading confession,
tclolautnltiregenerally dispensed laudanum to fifty or sixty ser-
vact girls on a Saturday night.

L EICESTERSEITRE.-SHEARSLEY M URDER-h will be
in the recollection of our readers that a person named Mes-
senger, hitherto residing at this place, and moving in a
respectable sphere of lite as a farmer, and possessed of
landed property, was fully committed fur trial at the
March assizes, fur the wilful murder of his servant-man,
at Whitsuntide last, by cleaving his head with a hatchet,
and that the body was not discovered until the reaping of
the corn was let to some Irishmen, who, going over it,
found the head of a man dreadfully mangled, and the
body in a ditch about three yards off. Several petitions
for bail having been forwarded to the Home-office, the
magistrates assembled in quarter-sessions on Tuesday last,
received a communication therefrom, authorizing them to
accept bail to the amount of £2,ooo—viz.. the prisoner
himself in £l,OOO, and four sureties in £250 each, with
24 hours' notice.

I FATAL ACCIDENT.-CAUTION TO BUILDERS

On Saturday an inquest was held, before the borough
coroner, to inquire into the circumstances touching the
death of a young man, named Owen M'A Ulster, who met
his death, the evening before, by the falling of a tank at
Messrs. Platt's turpentine distillery, on the previous
evening, as stated in a paragraph elsewhere.
Thomas Occieshaw deposed, that he was a labourer, in
the employ of Messrs. John Platt and Co., and that the
deceased was twenty-nine years of age. On Friday even-
ing, between the hours of six and seven o'clock, witness
and another man were working on a stage composed of
bricks laid on iron beams. They were engaged in filling
the pans with turpentine. The stage was about nine feet
in height from the ground, and over it there was a large
iron tank containing water, which formed a roof over the
place where they were working. The tank was supported
by four brick walls. Whilst they were in the act of filling
the pans the north wall gave way ; the tank immediately
fell, and, in falling, knocked down the stage on which
they were working. Witness and his companion effected
their escape as quickly as possible, by scrambling over the
fallen materials. They soon after heard the sound of some
one calling out from underneath the rubbish, and shortly
discovered that it was a man of the name of Rigby. They
then heard some one else calling out, and at once pro-
ceeded to render him assistance by clearing away the rub-
bish. The latter turned out to be the deceased, who was
taken to the Southern Hospital in a most exhausted state.
Rigby had not been completely covered with the materials.
The walls by which the tank was supported had been erec-
ted about four months ; and the tank itself was about six
or seven yards in length, the same in breadth, and about
three feet in depth.
John Gibson, who was working with the last witness
gave a similar account of the accident.
Thomas Bolton, engineer at the works of Messrs
stated, that, about a quarter of an hour before the acci-
dent, it contained water to the depth of twenty-six inolies.
When filled it contained water to the depth of nearly
three feet. It was supported by five iron beams let into
the walls

STRANGE DISCOVERY.—A short time ago two human
skeletons were found by persons enarged in digging the
foundations of some houses in Gallowsacre-lane, Clifton,
and consigned to the custody of a medical gentleman.
Conjecture was busy as to who the parties could have
been, and from subsequent inquiries, there is very little
doubt that they were the bodies of two Irishmen. named
Burnett and Payne, convicted of the murder of Richard
Ruddle, coachman to Sir Robert Cann, on the 26th of
October, 1743, nearly 100 years ago, and hung and gib-
beted on Clifton-down, near the scene of the crime.
The victim on that occasion was, it seems, mistaken for a
farmer named Winter, whom the murderers expected to
cross the Down with a large sum of money in his posses.
sion. On the death of Sir Robert Cann, who used great
exertions to bring the perpetrators of the deed to justice.
the bodies were taken from the gibbet, and it is supposed
interred in the spot where they were discovered.

DIMINISHED INTEREST ON EAST INDIA BONDS.— •
The following notice, relative to the rate of interest upon
India Bonds, was posted at the Stock-Exchange late on
Wednesday afternoon. It had no material cff2ct on the
price of those securities; indeed, it appears to have been
anticipated on Tuesday, when lion] 775. pm. they de-
clined to 745. pm. They were done on Wednesday as
high as 795. pm. and as low ai 745. pm., while in one or
two cases bide were made at 735. pm. :
" The Court of Directors of the East India Company
do hereby give notice—
" That the present rate of interest (X 3. 10s.). three
pounds ten shillings per cent. per annum, on the Compa-
ny's bonds will cease and determine on the 31st day of
October, 1844.
" That from and after the 31st day of October, 1844,
such bonds shall carry an interest only of (.£3) three
pounds per cent. per annum.
" That holders of bonds will be allowed to bring them
in to be marked for continuation at the said interest of
(X 3) three pounds per cent. per annum until the 18th day
of September, 1844, and that such bonds as shall not be
marked for continuation as aforesaid on or before the 18th
day of September, 1844, shall he liable to be paid off on
the said 31st day of October, 1844, on which day all in-
terest will cease. "JAMES MELVILL."

Wm. Johnson, the engineer, who made the five iron
beams, stated, that each of them was capable of hearing
fifteen tons weight, the weight being laid on the whole
length. The weight of the tank and the water it contained
would be about ninety-five tons, sixty of which would be
on the beams, and the remainder on the walls and other
shorter beams. The whole weight on the beams would be
fifteen tons less than they were capable of bearing. He
had found, on examination since the accident, that the
whole of the beams had been broken, and that the tank
had been completely cut through. This must have bee❑
caused by the tank resting fur a moment on one of the
beams. He considered the beams quite sufficent to bear
the weight for which they were designed. From the ap-
pearance of the ruins he thought that some part of the
bearings of the beams had shrunk, the consequence of
which would be, that more weight would be thrown on
one beam than on another, and this would have the effect
of throwing the wall out; but he had not examined the
place minutely enough to say that this had been the cause
of the accident.

ROYAL WEST INDIAN MAIL STEAM COMPANY.—
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held last
week. Captain Chappell, the secretary, read the report,
which attributed the loss of the Solway, near Corunna,
to an error in calculation, acquitting the Captain of all
blame. It stated that a further curtailment of the steam-
ing operations would now be effected by a modification of
the different routes, as approved by the Admiralty, but
the advantages could not be showta at present, as the
modifications did not come into effect till the end of June.
Tht disbursements and receipts account for the half-year
ending the 30'11 June, showed a balance, applicable to in
surance and wear and tear, of £31.341 15a. 7d. Many
reductions in expenditure, thought practicable at the last
meeting, had been carried into effect, and the last call
having been paid up, the directors had reduced the debt
to £120,000, being £140,000 less than the sum owing at
this time last year. Every vessel belonging to the com-
pany was now in a state of thorough repair and effective-
ness. The directors hoped that, from the omissions of so
many places in the routes, there would, in future, he less
cause for accidents, and, under the circumstances, they
proposed that on the termination of the present year, or
as the policies of the respective ships expire, the company
should set aside a fund of 5 per cent to meet the contin-
gency of insuring their own vessels. A board of manage.
ment had been appointed, who reported weekly to the
directors. In conclusion, the directors held to their first
opinion, that, with the encouragement of her Majesty's
Government, the concern would, at no distant time,
fairly compensate the parties who had embarked their
capital in the undertaking. The statement of accounts
showed the total receipts of the half-year to have been
£158,048 14s. 7d.. of which £120,000 came from Gov-
ernment, and only £38,048 14s. 7d. from freight and
passage money. The disbursements were £123,706 19s.
After a long discussion, the report was adopted.

Mr. Samuel Holine deposed that he was a builder.
About tae latter end of February, he saw an order in his
book for some bricklayers, who were wanted by the
Messrs. Platt; and, on ascertaining that they had been
sent, he called, as was his custom when new work was to
be done, and saw Mr. Benjamin Platt, who told him that
he wanted him to build a boiler house. A few bricks had
been set at the time. Mr. Platt had a plan in his hand,
and, after some general observations, witness left him,
as he was engaged with the teen in setting out the work.
In a few days after he called again, and tound that the
foundation of the place was being built along with the ex-
ternal walls of the building. He saw that the external
walls were being built in one solid mass with the walls of
the boiler; and, on examining the plan, he found that the
walls were two bricks in thickness. As the materials
were old, he advised Mr. Platt to have the walls two feet
thick ; but the latter said that he could not spare the
room, and that he did not intend to carry the building to
any great height. Witness told him that he had better
build a square engine chimney, and turn the whole of the
flues into it ; but, to the best of his recollection Mr.
Platt replied that he could not spare the room : and, in
reply to a question as to how he intended to build the
flues, he replied, by protecting them on brackets. Some
further Some conversation then occurred as to what would be
the best draft, after which witness told him that the bricks
were not good ones, as they were made out of the old
Park clay, and advised him strongly to get new ones to
mix with them. Mr. Platt found his own materials.
Witness went there afterwards and found that a vast num-
ber of pieces of brick, which were very wet, were being
used, and he then told him that he disliked the way in which
the building was going on. Mr. Platt replied, in a joking
sort of way, that he was his own architect, that the build-
in. was a small one, and he said, to the best of his (wit-
ness's) belief, " We'll risk it, " or words to that effect.
As he found that Mr. Platt was with the men every day,
and giving his own instructions, witness did not interfere
much in consequence ; and on referring to his book, to
see if notice had been given to the Building Surveyor, he
found that it had not, and he accordingly served notice
noon that officer. This was on the Gth of March. Ile
thought it was upon that occasion that he asked Mr.
Platt what sort of a roof he was going to put, and that
they had some conversation about iron roofs. Mr. Platt

THE DIME or WELLItiGTON.—The active and indus-
trious habits of the Duke of Wellington, now in the 75th
year of his age, are well known. The following is a recent
instance of his grace's vigorous activity at so advanced a
period of life:—upon the Duke's arrival in London on
Monday, the 2d inst., from Walmer Castle, en route to
Windsor, to attend a Privy Council held that afternoon
at the Castle, his grace unexpectedly met a messenger
from her Majesty at Apsley-house, the bearer of an invi-
tation to dine with his sovereign on the following day at

the splendid banquet given by her Majesty in ho-nou'r of
the arrival of her illustrious visitor, the Grand Duke
Michael of Russia. His grace proceeded to Windsor, at-
tended the Privy Council. and immediately it broke up
returned to town by the Great Western Railway, and left
London by the Dover Railway, arriving at Walmer Castle
the same night; the duke having an engagement at
Walmer, which he kept with his habitual punctuality.
The duke left Wahner the next morning, proceeding in
his carriage to Folkestone, and thence to town by the
railway, intending to have reached the Paddington termi-
nus in time for the half-past 5 o'clock train to Slough.
Upon arriving, however, at Paddington, the train had left
some few minutes. and there was no other train to start
until half-past 7 o'clock that evening, which would not
have enabled his grace to reach Windsor Castle until
half-past 8, the hour at which the royal dinner party were
to assemble in the grand banquetting-room. As his grace
was in his usual travelling attire, and as there would not
have been time to have dressed for dinner after his arrival
at the castle, the duke lost no time in returning to Apsley-
house, where he made his toilette, proceeded hack to Pad-
dington, left for Slough at half-past 7, arrived there at
12 minutes past 8, and entered the royal residence at half-
past 8, just in time to mingle with her Majesty's illustrious
guests (as he reached the top of the grand staircase,) who
were then proceeding to the magnificent banquet in the
Waterloo Chamber.

said, that he intended to put a cistern on the top, which

was only once there afterwards, when the building was
twelve feet high, but he spoke to Mr. Geoghan, one of his
principal men, and told him, that they were using too
many of the rubbishy bricks. Geoghan's reply was, that
Mr. Platt was a very odd man, and that be had told them
to use the old bricks up. Witness thereupon observed to
Geoghan, that, as Mr. Platt gave his own directions, his
going there was of no use; and he never went after that
period. He had not surveyed ►he building since the acci-
dent; but he was of opinion, that the walls as built, were
not capable of sustaining a weight of 115 tons. He was
not surprised that morning when he heard of the accident.
His impression was, that the cause of the accident had
been from the expansion of the walls by the heat of so
many furnaces, and in consequence of the flues being in
in the interior of the walls.

Mr. 'William Metcalfe, house-surgeon at the Southern
Hospital, stated, that the deceased had been brought
there on Friday evening, with a compound fracture of the
skull on the right side, of which injury he died in about
as hour after his admittance.
The inquest was then adjourned.

ADJOURNDD INQUEST YESTERDAY.
Mr. Samuel Holme being agAn called, said he had made
. .

a survey of the building in-company with Mr. Welsh the

A DESPERATE LEAP.—A few days since as a Twy- athilect and Mr. Benjamin Platt. They measured the
ford constable was conveying a prisoner (who had been building, and found it 38 feet 3 inches long, and 24 feet
sentenced to three months' imprisonment) from that place 6 inches broad, inside measurement; a large cistern had
een placed on the roof of the building, supported par-
to Abingdon gaol, by the Great Western Railway, the b
prisoner, shortly after the train started, and while it was tially by the
wall, and partly by 5 iron girder beams, the
proceeding at the rate of upwards of 30 miles an hour, depth of which was in the shape of the Roman letter T
suddenly leaped from the carriage, tumbling over head inverted. The depth of the beams was ll inches, the
and heels into the road. The constable, upon the impulse breadth of the bottom part 7.1 inches, and the sectional
of the moment and without reflecting upon the danger he thickness an inch. The bearing of the beams being 24
would incur, immediately jumped out after him. Those feet 6 inches in the clear. He found also that the beams
in the train who witnessed the foolhardy conduct of the had been laid on bond timber, which in one place appeared
two men imagined that both must have been inevitably to have shrunk a, little where the beams rested upon it.
killed. Extraordinary as it may appear, neither was .in The bottom of the cistern did not cover the whole breadth
the least injured, and the prisoner was again captured by of the wails as appeared by the line of mortar on the bot-
the courageous constable, who walked along the line to torn, but appeared to have varied from 6to 7 inches on
rt- 1• his prism... --- i - - - _ the two en-,- ''''" •

ne next station with his prisoner, and proceeded thence
to his place of destination, where they arrived at a some-
what early hour in the morning. Upon reaching Abing-
don, the constable was advised by one of, the town police
whom he met to give his prisoner something to eat at a
public house hard by. This suggestion was adopted by
the constable, who knowing, from his late experience, the
slippery propensities of his charge, determined to keep a
very sharp look out upon his movements. They had just
despatched a hearty meal, when the constable left the
room fora few seconds, the prisoner assuring him that
upon his return " be would find him as right as the
knocker at Newgate." However, during the absence of
the " the trustful Dogberry," the knave quietly jumped
out of the window, unknown to any one about the house,
and got for the time clean off. The surprised and alarmed
constable started off one way, over hedge, ditch, fence,
and stile, and the landlord and hostler another ; but no
tidings were obtained of the fugitive. The police of
Abingdon, however, who were rather more wide awake
than the unlucky wight from Twyford, got scent of the
worthy in the course of the afternoon, and captured him
shortly after dark the same evening. He was then safely
housed in Abingdon • gaol, whence it is not likely
he will give the slip until the expiration of his sen-
tence.

FEARFUL STORE AT SEA.—Throughout Tuesday and
Wednesday a most awful storm raged along the eastern
coast, causing a tremendous sea. The loss of life and
property was truly distressing. Among the many casu-
alties that occurred was, we regret to say, the total loss
of the British built ship Berhampooter, C. G. Cowley
commander, which took place about six o'clock on Wed-
nesday morning, on the rocks off the southeast portion
of the town of Margate. The unfortunate ship, which
was a very fine vessel, 550 tons burden, and which stood
in the class A 1 at Lloyd's, was the property of Captain
Arthur, and was chartered by Carter and Bonus, the
emigrant agents of Leadenhall-street, for the conveyance
of emigrants on the part of government to Port Philip.
Owing to her size and construction she was well adapted
for that line of traffic, every accommodation being made
that could give comfort to the passengers during their
tedious voyage. On Monday last she soiled from the
London docks, having on board 94 emigrants besides the
crew ; they consisted of 21 women, 44 children, and the
rest men, chiefly belonging to the labouring class. The
voyage to sea was as favourable as could be desired, and
it was the intention of the captain to proceed to Cork for
the purpose of receiving the remainder of the emigrants,
but bad weather threatening, she hove to on Tuesday
night in Margate Roads and anchored, orders being given
to make her as snug as possible. The ship wore the gale
gallantly, and hopes were entertained that she would ride
it out, when a fearful blast drove her from her anchorage,
and she was instantly hurled stem on the chalk rocks,
about half a mile distant from Margate town, between
Clifton Baths and Kingston, the sea at the same time
breaking over her decks. As may be readily conceived,
all was confusion on board, and the shock being so great
as to carry away her rudder she instantly filled. The
decks were now crowded by the unfortunate emigrants,
and a scene of the most heartrending character presented
itself, every one of them expecting every ,moment to be
swept into the sea, and either be dashed to pieces or
drowned. Captain Coe ley entreated of them to be tran-
(lntl, and fortunately they obeyed, and after a short lapse

.;nas. This would cause an inequality of bearing
on the wall, and the pressure would be on the internal
breadth, instead of being on the centre of the wall. Wit-
ness thought from the scantling of the beams, that it was
highly probable that when the cistern was filled with wa-
ter a sinking had taken place. If a slight expansion had
taken place in the walls from the heat of the furnaces,
the natural tendency would be an inequality of bearing on
some one or more of the beams, which would cause a
rush of water to the lowest point of the cistern, and an
accident would be the result. The beams would break,
which had been the case of all of them. He was of opinion
that the beams were not calculated to support that weight
of water in such a position, and had no doubt if there had
been a row of iron pillars beneath them, the accident
would not have occurred. He was at that moment using
nearly double the quantity of metal in warehouse floors of
14 feet bearing, and he thought a combination of the
causes he had named bad been the probable reason of the
accident occurring. He could not describe the original
construction of the tipper part of the building, and he had
not been in it since it was about 12 feet high, until that
(yesterday) morning. Mr. Platt was not a professional
architect. Witness and partner found the mortar, which
was mill mortar, and of the strongest description. It was
usual to use old bricks in buildings when they were on
pie premises, and were good. Hewes not aware whether
improper bricks had been rejected—nor aware that they
were put in. Witness objected to so many pieces of old
bricks, and requested Mr. Platt to get new bricks and
use them with the old. He afterwards saw new bricks
on the premises. He advised iii.. Platt to turn all the
flues into one general stack, but he declined doing so, and
gave his own directions respecting them. The expansion
of the wall would be above the furnace, and not below
it, but it was impossible to say now whether that had been
the case or not. It is not usual for a person not an ar-
chitect to erect buildings without employing an architect.
The men sent by him to Mr. Platt's were as good work-
men as any they had. It was not what is called a cheap
job. They were not restricted in cost, as it was done by
day work. On his survey this morning he found a centre
wall, which would make the building stronger. An iron
tank was heavy, and such an accident might have oc-
curred in the best of buildings where a water tank is used.
Mr. William Rishton said he was one of the surveyors
appointed by the Corporation under the building act. Mr.
James Woods was the other, and they divided the town,
witness taking the south district. Witness received a
notice to survey from Mr. Holme, and frequently visited
them. On the first occasion they were about two feet
high. The walls were built conformably to the act of
parliament, and were half a brick thicker. lie was not
aware what was to be put on the top. The walls were of
the usual kind, and he thought them of sufficient strengt'i
to bear the weight of the tank, provided the girders had
been sufficient:

Mr. Holme explained that cases arose in which
beams, from a knot or an air hole, might bear a great
weight for a long time, and yet might afterwards from the
swaying or bending of the beams, break with a com-
paratively small weight.
Mr. Rishton—re-examined--said that he bad no doubt
but there were warehouses 60 feet in height that bore with
wtheeiggia)ttnoentehaicelchnfleososro, that carried a greater
in
rt,., in,adiur• was erected, and since the works have been
fthv‘a.anlltsheotil'ilnyk,
Thorra Bolton being recallvd, said that during the time

of time several Margate luggers came off, and succeeded
in taking every soul off the ill-fated ship, and landing
them safely. The poor emigrants were in a most de-
plorable state, being completely drenched. Carts having
been procured, they were, without loss of time, conveyed
on to Margate, where they were billetted at the several
public-homes.

in operation, Mr. Platt was in the habit of hr.
daily in the building and about it. He was tl
four hours a day.
The Coroner summed up, and
as to the law of the case—express
derived from the evidence, that there was no incaution on
the part of 32r. Platt to render him amenable to a verdict

arq,, his own opintor

of manslaughter—leaving it, however, to the jury to come
to their own conclusion.
The jury returned, in a few minutes, a verdict of " Ac-
cidental death.

Mr. Samuel Holme then rose and said, that seeing re-
porters present, he begged the permission of the Coroner
to make an observation not connected with this case, but
as a reflection arising out of it. It had been exceedingly
painful to Mr. Platt, as well as to all parties connected
with him, and it was from motives of humanity alone
that he was induced to make the observation. it was,
that in the present rage for constructing fire-proof ware-
houses the greatest caution was necessary ; and any want
of skill in their construction might be attended,in our pub..
lic thoroughfares, with lamentable and fatal consequences.
A are-proof building is not more dependant upon the
strength of its walls, than upon the security of the arches
of which the floors are formed. Loaded as warehouses
now are, by the custom of the port, it is absolutely requi-
site that the greatest caution be adopted, not only in the
strength of the bearing beams, but in the proper security
of the tension rods which counteract the lateral thrust of
the arches; and he felt convinced that if future ware-
houses, of brick and iron, alone, were erected in a slovenly
and unskilful manner, accidents of a serious nature will
occur, and it will be extremely difficult to ascertain, from
the nature of the materials used, and their proper adapta-
tion, where the blame ought to rest. He felt it right
to hazard these remarks as a necessary caution : for, al-
though accidents have happened, and no doubt will
happen again, even in well-constructed buildings, from
causes difficult to prevent, yet buildings constructed on
the principles of being fire-proof, are peculiarly deserving
of great care, and it is absolutely requisite that skilful
architects should be employed to superintend their con-
struction.

The Coroner felt exceedingly obliged by the valuable
practical remarks of Mr. Holine, and hoped that atten-
tion would be generally paid to such a subject from such
an authority. He hoped the reporters would give to such
valuable suggestions every publicity.

Mr. Welsh, the architect, who was present, desired to
corroborate the opinions expressed by Mr. Holme in
every respect, and stated that he agreed in every word
which had fallen from that gentleman.

VESSEL WRECKED : FIVE LIVES LOST.—The sloop
Henry and Thomas, of Maryport. bound from Dublin to
this port, with a cargo of flour, oatmeal, wheat, &c., was
driven on the beach at Penllech, on the west side of Red-
wharf Bay, during a heavy gale, about eight o'clock, on
Thursday morning week, the 12th instant, and totally
wrecked. Out of six persons on board only one was with
difficulty, and by the most strenuous exertions, saved.
The persons who lost their lives in this calamity were the
captain and his wife, a young man, aged twenty-two, the
wife's son by a former marriage, and two youths, of the
respective ages of seventeen anti fifteen, sons of the un-
fortunate couple. Joseph Daniel, aged twenty-four, the
only survivor, is a son of the deceased captain by a for-
mer wife.

BIRKENHEAD INNKEEPERS.-011 Tuesday last at the
Quarter Sessions, Knutsford, an appeal was made by
Mr. Henry Gough, the keeper of the tap of the Wood-
side Motel, who was convicted before the magistrates at
Birkenhead for opening his house on the evening of Sun-
day, Sept. 24, between the hours of six and eight, during
which time divine service was being performed in the
church of Birkenhead. The alleged offence was proved
by Wm. Porter, the superintendent of the Birkenhead
Police, who acted under the instructions of Mr. Richard
Fry, the churchwarden of Birkenhead. Mr. Fry was
called upon, and, after describing the mode of service in
the church of which he acts as churchwarden, said, on
cross-examination,—l laid this information of my own
accord.—Mr. Townsend : You are, then, an informer ?
—1 considerered I was acting right in being so.—Are you
not interested in this conviction—who is to pay the ex-
penses ?—The magistrates, I suppose, will pay the cost.
I never was at Bidston Church ; it is not the superin-
tendent's duty to go there. Do not know whether there
is church evening service at Bidston or not. I know that
lately convictions were laid against several publicans of
Birkenhead; I never gassed one against the defendant.
Birkenhead, I know, is a parish of itself.—Read that
summons. A previous information by Mr. Fry against
another party was then handed up, and he read aloud till
he came to the words "in the parish of Bidston, in the
said county, in which said parish of Bidston the chapelry
of Birkenhead is situated." The supression of these
words excited a strong mark of disapprobation in the
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where court.—The Chairman, after deliberation with the other
magistrates, said, there is no case ; the service required is
in h a
the morning, and a succession of services follow in the
other churches at various hours throughout the day, if
such proceedings were adopted there, as are attempted at
Birkenhead, the public-houses would hardly ever be
opened during any part of the Sunday, and hardly a sin-
gle traveller could obtain any accommodation. The con-
viction is quashed.

ANOTHER ASSAULT ON AN OFFICER OF THE WORK-
HOUSE.—On Friday last, a young and rather good look-
ing girl, apparently of about 15 years of age, named Mary
Reynolds, was brought before Mr. Rushton, at the police-
court, under a charge of having grievously assaulted Mrs.
Coleclough (or Colecroft) the superintendent of what is
called in the establishment the female classification ward.
Mr. Lowndes, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the parish
authorities, and opened the case. It appeared tt

-alit on
Thursday, about noon, the prisoner had hard a quarrel will'
anothar girl , that blorac had roaultoci , and that on Mrs.
Coleclougg (as stated by herself) interfering to quell them,
she was attacked by the prisoner, and her collar and cap
torn off. Mr. Dowling, commissioner of police, inti-
mated to the magistrates that some irregularity had taken
place in the workhouse with regard to the taking of the
prisoner into custody, which he thought it proper to call
attention to. He said that a police-officer (344) had been
sent for, and that when the charge was made on his arriv-
ing at the house, he had stated that, as it was early in the
day, the case might be brought before the court that day,
(Thursday,) but the governor (Mr. Evans) had refused to
prefer it then, alleging as his reason that the prisoner
should have " another night iu bridewell," meaning (as
we inferred,) that he should confine her over night as a
preliminary punishment before he brought her to the po-
lice. court to have the case investigated, and her punish-
ment duly awarded by law. The police officer was called,
and fully corroborated this observation of Mr. Dowling.
He said that he found the prisoner locked up ; that he
stated that he believed there would be sufficient time that
day to have her brought before the magistrates, but that
the governor refused to let her be :taken away, on the
ground before stated. The words used by the governor
were, " I'll not let her go; I'll give her a night's lodging
here first." The governor being called upon by Mr.
Rushton to reply to this charge of irregularity, said that
he had a complaint to make against the police officer, and
entered upon a somewhat disjointed statement, accusing the
officer of not telling truly the whole of the facts. He said
that Mrs. Coleclough was then suffering so much from the
injuries she had received, that she could not then attend the
court, she being in a fainting state for some time after the
assault, and that this was the main reason which he had
assigned for not bringing down the prisoner. The officer
reiterated his statement, and said that another officer was
present. Mr. Rushton said that what the governor had

stated was a proper enough reason for the ease not being
brought on the day before, but what was stated by the
officer as having been said, was not so.—The Governor
said that the Bridewell-keeper and the officer had refused
to book the charge; and that he was himself prepared to
come to the court at the time, but (he repeated) did not
in consequence of the illness of Mrs. Colecleugh. Mr.
Rushton said the Bridewell.keeper and the officer bad
acted properly. It was their duty to obtain correct in-
formetion before a charge was booked, and the reason as-
signed for the detention of the prisoner over night did not
appear satisfactory. She ought to have been brought to
that court on the previous day, and might have been re-
manded, until Mr. Coleclough could appear. The gover-
nor admitted that in speaking to the officer he was under
considerable agitation, arising from the assault. Mr.
Rushton inquired of Mrs. Coleclough bow many paupers
were in her department, and on being told 57, he said it
was quite impossible for one female to manage so large a
number. The prisoner, on being asked by Mr. Rushton
what she bad to say, stated that another girl had quar-
relled with her, and had thrown sand upon and struck
her ; that she had retaliated ; that Mrs. Coleclough had
come up and struck her first with a rule for ruling books,
and that she had certainly then, but not before, turned
upon her and tore her cap. Mr. Rushton said she must
pay £5 for the assault, or be imprisoned and kept to hard
labour for three months. The prisoner said where could
she get £5 ? and left the court shouting in a manner in-
dicating a revengeful feeling. [We should be the last to
endeavour to extenuate the conduct of refractory paupers,
but conviction is forced upon us by this and other recent
cases, that the present management of the workhouse,
under, as we suppose, the new poor-law system, is most
injudicious, if not oppressive, and calculated to produce
continual collision between the officers and those placed
under their care. The governor appears to labour under
an impression that the house is to be regulated as a sort
of gaol, rather than as an asylum for the poor and desti-
tute. It nes but recently that a pauper who had been re-
leased from the borough gaol for an assault, and where as
he laboured under disease he had been put to the light oc-
cupation of picking oakum—went back to the house, and
though still ill, and with a certificate from a district
surgeon, to the effect that be was unfit for hard labour,
he was immediately, and without any surgical examina-
tion, ordered to go and break stones, and a hammer was
put into his hands. The consequence was. that the
pauper—certainly a passionate and unruly man—commit-
ted an assault upon the governor and one of his officers,
for which he is now again suffering punishment in prison.
The case as it came out before Mr. Rushton showed the
existence of an indiscreet, if not a vindictive, feeling to-
wards the man ; but on his being tried at the Sessions,
all the witnesses heard before Mr. Rushton were not
brought forward, though enough transpired to induce the
jury to append to their verdict a remonstrance, as re-
garded the conduct of the surgeon of the house (since
and subordination are treated over and above humanely. In that
ou as
idcall no
one now before us, the respective prisownetros cm
mitigate the
retired), to the effect that he (the prisoner) had nol,Dbetle
cha
witnesses before the court with F
of the house appearing in
want against them—the officers
the seat near the '
and taking their places magic.
court,
in place of being put into the witness box--a
strate,
custom that would be more honoured in the breach than
weighta! of the evidence
cer-
tainly required in a workhouse; but it is something new
theirn:scainpdlinthee f u
for a governor of such an establishment to assume the
magisterial office, and take upon himself to
liminary puniihtnent upon an offender before
he or she is
brought before a legal tribunal—as
he conceived such
offender would ha _
the rge
observance. against

tin th

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int he

cd not in future be

ample rigou

, for we unhappily sec a clispositioc
thoritative quarters to carry wttli
mercies of the new poor law.)

4 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
....
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east iIIDICE
Having a considerable portion of her cargo engaged, trip i WEDNESDAY . PLOWER 'ROOTS. By Messrs. T. WINSTANLEY and SONS,
be despatched on the 28th instant. 1
TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 25th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Afternoon, at the Clarendon Rooms
44113
le For BOMBAY, i T-,,MORROW. (Wednesday.) the 25th instant,-at Twelve
The A 1 Ship LINTIN, i o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 9, Oldhalisstreet, o'clock, at the .Haeover Rooms, South John-street, in Liverpool, subject to such con
Ail. iff J. GILLMAN, Commander. 240 Tons BRIMSTONE, A CH EST of DUTCH BULBS, from the Nurseries ditions as will then be produced,
:-..,---e_- For terms of freight or passage apply to Messrs. 111. of Mr. J. Tnooegiv, of Haarlem, consisting of fine ALL that Piece of LAND, situate in and frontin
:Landing ex Isabella Dick : King's Dock .—Apply to
BARTON, IRLAM, and HIGGINSON, or to
JOHN and JAMES BARON, Brokers. double and single.Hyarinths, Narcisses, Jonquils, Tulips, .n.
W. N. MOORE and BROTHER, - w south upon Union-street, in Liverpool aforesaid, an
west upon Lancelot's-hey, and containing 314 squar
4. India Buildings.
THURSDAY. To be viewed on the morning of sale, when Catalogues
Carries an experienced surgeon.
tvan t
LINE OF PACKETS FOR CALCUTTA, On THURSDAY next, the 26th instant, at Twelve tageously situate, having two fronts, and being close o'clock, TO GROCERS AND PRIVATE FAMILIES. Exchange and Northern Docks, and well adapted eithe
iei:. To sail on the 20th of every Month. at Jones, Mann, and Foster's Office, Dale-street, for Offices or Warehouses.
peff,
By Mr. BY FORD,
/.. "Mil To sail on the 20th of November, About 90 Tons MOTHER 0' PEARL SHELLS, On THURSEAY next, the 26th instant, at Eleven o'clock For further particulars apply to Mr. H. J. WEBSTER
t.. 71* The fine new English-built Ship ANJER, Just arrived per England's Queen, from Mexico; and precisely, at the Warenouse, corner of Hood-street, 7, Rumford-street ;or to Messrs. SHACKLETON,WRIOHT
THOMAS BELL, Commander; which may previously be seen on hotrod the vessel, east Whitechapel, and HUNTER, 6, Brunswick-street, Liverpool.
A 1; 460 tons; coppered; expected to sail fast, and will side of Prince's Dock.—For further particulars apply to THE remaining part of the STOCK-IN-TRADE, -
be found in every respect a first-rate conveyance both for Messrs. JAMES AIKIN and Sox, Merchants, or to 1- FIXTURES, and EFFECTS of a Grocer declining STOCK-IN-TRADE OF A HOSIER, GLOVER
goods and passengers, having a full poop.—For terms, JONES, MANN, and FOSTER, Brokers. the business, comprising Green and Black Teas, Raw AND LACEMAN, SHOP FIXTURES, AN)
&c. apply on board, west side Prince's Dock, or to
Coffee, CocoaeChicory, Raw Sugar, Ginger, Spices, Mus- HOUSEHOLD FURNI7'URE, ON THE PRE
W. and J. TYRER. For account of whom it may concern. tard, Stone Blue, Carroway, Maw, and Linseeds, Black- MISES, 77, CHURCH-STREE7'.
The A I Ship INDUS is under engagement to sail not On THURSDAY next, the 26th instant, at One o'clock, et ing, Rice, Pearl Sago, Bees Wax, Brushes, Fixtures, By Mr. HODGSON,
later than Saturday next, the 28th instant. R. W. Preston's Office, In
is Water-street, Utensils and other Articles connected with the Trade. Without reserve,—THlS DAY, (Tuesday,) the 24th, are
1
_ - TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 25th instant, at Eleven
B !ogees may be bad on the Premises, or of the Auctioneer, o'clock each morning, on the Premises, 77, Church
Rtbi &Olin) Z-V.ItS, Just landed from the Maria, from Penzance, part of the at his Office, Clayton-square. street, nearly opposite the Athenaeum Newsroom.
cargo of the Helena, Gialts, Master, from Rotterdam. THE--
extensive and well-assorted ST 0 C K-I
. e
______
___
To sail 30th instant.—Takes no salt. Samples may be tasted the day of sale.—For particulars MODERN FURNITURE, FIELD-STREET.
TRADE, consisting of HOSIERY, in Silk, Cotton
For PORT PHILIP, N.S.W., direct, apply to Mr. G. ELLERKAMP, Merchant, or By Mr. BYFORD,
Angola, and Lambs' Wool Kid, Silk, Thread, Buck, Do!
•4:' R. W. PRESTON, Broker. On FRIDAY next, the 27th instant, at Eleven o'clock pre-
Skin, and. Patent Cloth Gloves ; Merino, Silk, Wool, an:
Ask; The fine fast-sailing A 1 Ship WALLACE,
9.1. k Capt. A. MAIN ; .....---.-........... cisely, upon the Premises, 102, Field-street, Everton,
near the Chapel. Cotton Singlets and Drawers ; an excellent assortment o
,_ r_ 864 tons per register. This vessel is well known FRIDAY. THE modern and useful HOUSEHOLD FURNI- Bandana and Cambric Handkerchiefs, Cashmere Mufflers
in the trade; is coppered and copper-fastened; has a full
TURE, China, Handsome Time-piece, Framed Irish Linens, Shirts, Collars, Scarfs, Stocks, Silk Urn
Fancy Handkerchiefs, Worked Muslin Collars, and i
gets, and will carry an experienced surgeon. Only a 300 Bags Sea Island COTTON. French, and Camp Bedsteads, with Morine and Chintz
poop, and seven feet height between decks, affording On FRIDAY next, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at Prints, Books, and Effects of a Gentleman leaving Town.
brellas, Thread and Cotton Laces, Blonds, Quilling
superior accommodations for cabin and steerage passes- the Public Sale Room, Exchange Buildings,
The BED-CHAMBERS comprise Mahogany Four-post, great variety of other Articles connected with the trade
limited quantity of freight can be taken, and shippers may Apply to LEA and WAD.DINGTON, Brokers. Hangings, good seasoned Feather Beds, and Bedding, all of a superior description and in excellent condition.
depend upon the day of sailing being punctually adhered
Imitation Rosewood Chairs, Dressing Glasses, Painted The HOUSEHOLD FURNITUREand SHOP FIX.
to.—For terms apply to On FRIDAY next, the 27th instant, at One o'clock, at 18, Articles, Mahogany Chests of Drawers, Night Commodes, TURES will be sold on Friday next, the 27th instant.
WILLIAM SMITH and SONS, or to North John-street, Toilet Ware. &c. N.B.—Exempt from Auction Duty.
HAMILTON and BAINES. 1500 Boxes American CHEESE, The PARLOUR FURNITURE, &c. include Twelve Ma-
To be viewed on the Mornings of Sale, when Catalogue:
N.B.—By this conveyance a few respectable Trades- Recently landed.—Apply to hogahy Crown-back Chairs, loose seats, in Crimson Da-
may be had on the. Premises, or of Mr. HODGSON, at hit
men, Shepherds, and Farm-servants, with their Families, GEORGE BADENACH, Broker, mask, Loo, Pembroke, Sofa, and Snap Tables, Chimney Rooms, 50, Church-street.
may obtain a FREE PASSAGE. Conditions to be 18, North John-street. Glasses, Easy Chairs, Child's Mahogany Table Chair,
learned on application to WM. SMITH and SONS. -
PAPER HANGINGS.
All letters must be post-paid.
sels, Kidderminster, and Venetian Carpets, a few Books, TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS.
Will be succeeded, for SYDNEY, direct, by an A 1 &tram pabigatioli. &c. ; By Mr. HODGSON,
1 To MORROW, tWednesday), the 25th instant, at Eleven
SHIP, of 800 tons.
The useful Kitchen Requisites and other Effects may
For ROTTEUDAM, be viewed on the Morning of Sale, and Catalogues had ! o clock punctually, at his Rooms, 50,
. Church.street,
Zara EnDtrs. f,,,&- And all Places on the Rhine as far as Basle, lon the Premises, or of Mr. BYFORD, at his Office, Clay-
ttelli = The favourite Steam-vessel ton-square. I SEVERAL Thousand Pieces of Fashionable Decorative
PAPER HANGINGS, the greater portion consigned
other descriptions, in choice patterns and
-s- _--re _
BATAVIER,
I
. House, comprising Flocks,
designs. Satins, and
___ __ _ . _ _ _ I
Intended to sail immediately. D. DUNLOP, Commander, VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY FOR '
I To be viewed on the Morning of Sale and Catalogues
For BARBADOS, Leaves St. Katherine's Wharf every Sunday Morning. SALE.
had.
!.a4t-
-4:" ' The Barque IRLAM, A Steamer leaves Rotterdam every Tuesday Morning, by t
which the Passengers per Batavier reach Manheim on i By Mr. WALKER,
On TUESDAY, the 7th day of November next, at Six
FURNITURE, TWELVE BOXES OF EXCEL-
For teems W. P. MORPHEW, Commander.
Thursday Evening. Fares—To Rotterdam, £2 2s. Od. ; o'clock in the evening, at the house of Mr. Lawton,
---- _ For terms of freight or passage apply to
BARTON, IRLAM, and HIGGINSON. Cologne, £2 18s. 6d. ; Mayence, £3 Ils. 4d. ; Strasburg, Rainbow Hotel, Williamson-square, (if not previously LEA T MOULD CANDLES, rte.
£4 7s. 7d. ; Basle, £5 Os. 2d.—For particulars apply to disposed of by private contract, of which due notice will By Mr. HODGSON,
Warranted first vessel. Mr. W. MAY, 123, Fenchurch-street ;or Messrs. Hoe- be given,) in the following or such other Lots as may lOn THURSDAY next, the 26th, and FRIDAY, the 27th
'OZ. For KINGSTON, JAMAICA, MAN and SCHENK, 4, Vine-street, Minories, London. be agreed on at the time and place of sale, by order of! instant, at Eleven o'clock each morning, at his Rooms,
the Divisee in Trust of the late Robert Harrison, I 50, Church-street,
lea: The A. 1 Brig ALEXANDER,
1 A VARIETY of HOUSEHOLD and CABINET
:AM JOSEPH JOHNSTON, Master: For GREENOCK and GLASGOW , deceased,
Lot I.ALL that Piece of LAND, (Freehold of In- , 6r-iL. FURNITURE, comprising Single-plate Chimney
_--..—_ Now loading in Prince's Dock.—For terms of With Goods and Passengers. Glass, in richly Carved and Gilt Frame, Telescope Frame
heritance,) situate on the north side of Prussia- I .
freight or passage apply to the Master, on board, or to Cabin.. 208.; Steward's Fee.. 28.—Steerage.. ss. Dining Table, with Two Loose Leaves, elegant Spanish
street, in Liverpool, containing to the front of Prussia-
JOHN HALL and Co. THE GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL STEAM Wood Loo Tables, on Solid Block Carved Claws Mounted
SHIPPING COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS street 10 yards, and running in rear or depth backwards
! on Castors, Card Tables, Sets of Dining and Drawing
_
ACHILLES, on the east and west sides severally, 20 yards, or there.:
Room Spanish Wood Chairs, in French Palish, Uphol-
-0 tab linalta. „,,...),,,
Captain HUGH MAIN, and shouts, together with the Seven MESSUAGES or I
DWELLING-HOUSES on the said piece of Lard or 1 stered with Hair, Sofas, in Mahogany Frames, loose
ralitL - FIRE KING, Captain WKELLAR, on some part thereof erected, two of which stand to 'the I Cushion and Bolsters, Lounging Chairs, handsome Spa-
nish Wood Secretaire and Bookcase, in French Polish,
z....,. ef-.-.- Sail regularly from the Clarence Dock,
front of Prussia-street aforesaid, two others in a Court or Music Stools, Brusselsns Carpets, Town-made Rugs, richly
LINE OF PACKETS FOR PERNAMBUCO,
LIVERPOOL, to GLASGOW.
Place, called Rushton 's-court, and the remaining three in
i h Wood Sideboard, Occasional Chairs,
To sail on the 28th instant.
Cut GlassS
The undernoted or other first-class Steam-Ship is
a Court or Place there, called Elarrison's-place, and which I
Bronze Fenders,pa and polished Steel Fire-irons.
, Goods to be alongside and entered on or before
from LIVERPOOL:
intended to sail as follows,
The BEDROOM FURNITURE comprises handsome Four-
, 7.4. Thursday next, the 26th,
SEPTEMBER. said last-mentioned five Dwelling-houses are all in:me-
:haw. The splendid new English-built Barque ACHILLES.... This Day, the 24th... at 9, Evening, diately behind the two Houses to the front of Prussia- , ' ___-.,.."-: MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, ACHILLES.... Monday, the 30th.... at 3, Atternon, street aforesaid, and are in the several occupations of , Post
NI illiam Lloyd and others, as tenants, and produce the ! Bedsteads, Tent, and Painted French Bedsteads,
White Goose Feather Beds, Woollen Flock Ditto, Hair
Capt. WILLIAM KILLEY ; For further particulars apply to
1 and Straw Mattresses, Wardrobe, Mahogany and Painted
A 1 at Lloyd's ; 256 tons per register; coppered and cop- THOMAS MARTIN and BURNS and Co.
7, Water-street, Liverpool. clear yearly rent of £6B Bs.
2. All that other Piece of LAND, (also Freehold of I Chests of Drawers, Washstands and Dressing Tables,
per-fastened; built on a model to insure fast sailing, and
Toilet Glasses, Bedsteps, and Commodes, Bed Round and
has extensive and elegant accommodations for passengers :
GEORGE and JAMES BURNS, Inheritance,) situate on the south side of Edrnund-street,
el ; Stair Carpeting, Brass Stair Rods, Eight-day Spring
lying west side Prince's Dock.—Apply to
in Liverpool aforesaid, containing to the front thereof ie
Buchanan-street, Glasgow; or to Time-
The. Lobby Oil Cloth, Hall Chairs,
piece Hat and Urn-
JOHN HOLLIWELL. I
• ARCHIBALD BLACK, , brella Stand, with Receiver, Kitchen Dresser, with Hard-
yards, and running in rear or depth backwards, on the ,' A 1 Brig STEWARTS will be the succeeding
east and west sides severally. 39 yards, or thereabouts, ! wood Top, Set of Block Tin Dish Covers, together with
Packet. Custom-house-place, Greenock.
, And at the Railway Stations, London, Birmingham, together with the Three M ESSUAGES or DWELLING-
! sundry Culinary Utensils_
---- ------ 1 Manchester, &c. HOUSES and JOINER'S SHOP on the said piece of
! On view on the Mornings of Sale and Catalogues had.
Enttrb Bt,tatrs. _ Land, or on some part thereof erected, two of which !
Dwelling-houses stand to the front of Edmond-street
FIRST-( T. vPP 4 Xl_ C'' rim c, . -
----- -- - ---- ---- _-___ _

; Clears To-day, and can take liyht gods.
<:
•-• so
po f. For BOSTON,
;iii The fine A 1 American Ship NORMAN,
~---,----- ALFRED KKNRICK, Commander;
Burt hen 508 tons ; copper-fastened, and newly coppered ;
a fast sailer ; and in every respect a first-rate conveyance.
—Apply to FOCKE and BOULT.
Freight payable at four dollars eighty cents per pound.

Will sail punctually on Ist November, wind permitting
For NEW YORK,
The magnificent first-class American Ship
SOUTHERNER,
Captain T. D. PALMER

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_.,...,._

766 tons per register ; is coppered and copper-fastened ;
New York built; well known as a remarkably fast sailer,
and as one of the new line of packet ships.—For terms of
freight or passage (having excellent cabin accommoda-
tions) apply to Captain PALMER. on board, or to
C. GRIMSHAW and Co.
G. anti Co %leg to assure shippers of goods that the
appointed day of sailing will be strictly adhered to.
FINE Goons 205... COARSE 155.. Blankets 12s. 6d.

/AM

NEW YORK LINE OF PACKETS

Arit Sailing on the lat of every Month ,viz.:
STEPHEN WHITNEY, W. C.
THOMPSON. 1034 tons.. Ist Nov
UNITED STATES, A. BRITTON.. 650 tons.. Ist Dec
'VIRGINIAN, W. H. ALLEN .... 578 tons.. Ist Jan.
SHEFFIELD, F. P. ALLEN...... 620 tons.. Ist Feb.

These ships are all of the first class, recently built in
the city of New York ; and, for strength, beauty of
model, pune:uality and swiftness of sailing, as well as for
extent and comfort of cabin accommodations, are not
surpassed by any in the trade, and their commanders are

men of great experience

The rate of Cabin Passage-money is TWENTY
POUND S, for which all Stores will be found, ex-
cept Wines and Spirits, which can be had of the Steward,
if required.

To insure punctuality in sailing, no Goods can be re-
ceived on board unless they are down two days before
the day of sailing.—Apply to
THOMASand JOS. SANDS and CO.
Freight by these vessels to be collected in New York
at the rate of four dollars eighty cents to the round
sterling.

FIRST-CLASS STEAM-SHIPS
TO AND FROM GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL

FARES.
Cabin, 20s. ; Steward's Fee, 2s. Steerage, 5s
ADMIRAL,
Captain JOHN BOYD.
kabitik,
COMMODORE,
Captain JAMES HARDIE.

The undermentioned or other first-class Steam-ships
are intended to sail from the CLARENCE DOCK,
LIVERPOOL, with or without Pilots, as under :

OCTOBER.
ADMIRAL Thursday, the 26th.... at 11, Forenoon.
ADMIRAL Tuesday, the 315 t.... at 3, Afternoon.
The ‘ccommodations of these Vessels are well-known
to be first-rate.

For freight or passage apply to THOMSON and M'CoN-
NELL, 15, Jamaica-street, Glasgow; KIFPEN and LIND
SAY, Greenock ; the STEAM PACKET OFFICE, Market-
street, Manchester ; or, here, to
DAVID MACIVER and Co., 12, Water-street.

THE GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL
ROYAL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY'S
splendid new iron Steam Ships
PRINCESS ROYAL, Capt. M'AnTituß,
ROYAL GEORGE, Captain Coca,
Cirlfatt6gals Are intended to sail
Between LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW, asunder:

OCTOBER

PRINCESS ROYAL.. Saturday, the 28th.. 1, Afternoon.
Cabin Pasrage, 20s. ; Fee, 28.—Steerage, ss.
For freight or passage apply to Mr. LANGLANDS, Glas-
gow ; or here to

JAMES BRE BNER, 20, Water-street

PLAYING CARDS.
NEW Varieties of Fivired, Plaid, and Gold-backed
PLAYING CARDS, of superior quality and finish
to those of any former Season, are now ready.

WAREING WEBB,
STATIONER,
9, CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL

THE SIXTEENTJ THOUSAND.

Just published, in a.sealed envelope, price 3s. ; sent free

. , .
on receipt of a postoffice order for 3s. 6d.,
~ m
A N H 0 0 D ;'
THE CAUSES of its PREMATURE DECLINE,
with PLAIN DIRECTIONS for its PERFECF RESTO-
RATION ; addressed to those suffering from the destructive
Effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or In-
fection; followed by Observations on Marriage, Local
and Constitutional Weakness, Mental and Nervous De-
bility, Indigestion, Insanity, Consumption, &c. &c. Il-
lustrated with Cases, 84c.,

By J. L. CURTIS and Co.,Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street,
Soho square,
London.
SIXTEENTH EDITION.

Published by the Authors, and sold by Burgess, Medical
Bookseller, 28, Coventry-street, Haymarket ; Mann, 39,
Cornhill ; Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Barth, 4, Bryd-
ges-street, Strand, London ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square,
Manchester ; Philip, South Castle-street, Liverpool ;
Ferris and Score, Bristol; Guest, Birmingham; Fannin
and Co., 41, Grafton-street, Dublin ; Bolster and Co.,
Cork; Drummond, 5, Blair-street, Edinburgh ; Strachan,
Aberdeen ; Barnes, Glasgow ; and sold in a sealed enve-
lope by all Booksellers.

By Messrs. T. WINSTANLEY and SONS,
On THURSDAY, the 16th day of November next, at Two
o'clock in the Afternoon, at the Clarendon Rooms,
South John-street, in Liverpool, subject to such con-
ditions as will then be produced,
ALL that Piece of LAND, situate in and fronting
south upon Union-street, in Liverpool aforesaid, and
west upon Lancelot's-hey, and containing 314 square
yards, or thereabouts.

The Land is Freehold of Inheritance, and very advan-
tageously situate, having two fronts, and being close to the
Exchange and Northern Docks, and well adapted either
for Offices or Warehouses.

For further particulars apply to Mr. H. J. WEBSTER,
7, Rumford-street ; or to Messrs. SHACKLETON,WRIOHT,
and HUNTER, 6, Brunswick-street, Liverpool.

STOCK-IN-TRADE OF A HOSIER. GLOVER,
AND LACEMAN, SHOP FIXTURES, AND
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE., ON THE PRE-
MISES, 77, CHURCH-STREET.
By Mr. HODGSON,
Without reserve,—THlS DAY. (Tuesday,) the 24th, and
To-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 25th instant, at Eleven
o'clock each morning, on the Premises, 77, Church-
street, nearly opposite the Athenaeum Newsroom.
THE extensive and well-assorted ST 0 C K-I N
TRADE, consisting of HOSIERY, in Silk, Cotton,
Angola, and Lambs' Wool; Kid, Silk, Thread, Buck, Doe
Skin, and Patent Cloth Gloves ; Merino, Silk, Wool, and
Cotton Singlets and Drawers ; an excellent assortment of
Bandana and Cambric Handkerchiefs, Cashmere Mufflers,
Irish Linens, Shirts, Collars, Scarfs, Stocks, Silk Um-
brellas, Thread and Cotton Laces, Blonds, Quilling,
Fancy Handkerchiefs, Worked Muslin Collars, and a
great variety of other Articles connected with the trade,
all of a superior description and in excellent condition.
The HOUSEHOLD FURN ITURE and SHOP FIX-
TURES will be sold on Friday next, the 27th instant.
N.B.—Exempt from Auction Duty.
To be viewed on the Mornings of Sale, when Catalogues
may be had on the. Premises, or of Mr. HODGSON, at his
Rooms, 50, Church-street.

PAPER HANGINGS.
TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS.
By Mr. HODGSON,
TO-MORROW, tWednesday), the 25th instant, at Eleven
o'clock punctually, at his Rooms, 50, Church-street,
SEVERAL Thousand Pieces of Fashionable Decorative
PAPER HANGINGS, the greater portion consigned
from a London House, comprising Flocks, Satins, and
other descriptions, in choice patterns and designs.
To be viewed on the Morning of Sale and Catalogues
had.

aforesaid, and the remaining Dwelling-house and Joiner's THE ENTIRE ISLANDS OF RASAY AND RONA
Shop immediately behind the same, in a Court or Place IN SCOTLAND, EXTENDING TO EIGHTEEN
there, called Harrison's-place, producing the clear yearly THOUSAND ACRES, LET IN 22 FARMS, WITH
rent of £54, and now in the several occupations of Messrs. A FIRST- RATE RESIDENCE, OFFICES, AND
Harrison and others, as tenants thereof. GROUNDS, LOTS OF SPORTING, AND MI-
3. All that other Piece of LAND, situate on the south- NE RA LS WITHOUT END.
west side of Knight-street, in Liverpool aforesaid, con- R. GEORGE ROBINS has the pleasure to an-
taining to the front thereof 13 feet 6 inches, or thereat.), uts, .L nounce that he is authorised to SELL by AUC-
and extending in rear or deapth backwards, on the north- TION, at the Mart, London, on TUESDAY next, Octo-
west, in a broken line, 50 feet 6 inches, on the southeast ber 31, at Twelve, in One Lot,
side, in a straight line, 50 feet 2 inches, and in breadth at The HIGHLY IMPORTANT FREEHOLD ESTATES
the back, 11 feet 2 inches, together with the Four M ES- IN SCOTLAND, OF JOHN M`LEOD, ESQ.,
SUAGES or DWELLING-HOUSES on the said piece comprehending
of Land, or on some part thereof erected, one of which THE ISLANDS OF RASAY AND RONA,
stands to the front of Knight-street aforesaid, and the IN THE WESTERN HEBRIDES,
remaining three at the back thereof, in a Court or Place two miles from the Island of Skye and eight from the
there, called Loyal-court, and are now in the several oc- main land.
cupations of Mrs. Price and others, as tenants thereof,
and produce the clear yearly rent of £33 ss.
This Lot is held for the remainder of a term of 21
years, which commenced on the 23d day of July, 1837,
and is subject to a yearly Ground tient of Four Shillings
and Sixpence

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS

Two-Thirds of the Purchase Money may, if required,
remain on Mortgage.
For further particulars apply to Mr. CORNTHWAITE,
Solicitor, Cable-street.

IN STAFFORDSHIRE.
THE CONSALL ESTATE, NEAR CHEADLE.
AN IMPORTANT MINERAL AND MANORIAL
ESTATE, WHERE TI I E COALS ARE ALMOST
WITHOUT END ; TOGETHER WITH TEN CA-
PITAL FREEHOLD FARMS-2,000 ACRES OF
GOOD LAND, RESPECTABLY OCCUPIED-

WITH 350 ACRES OF THRIVING WOODS AND
PLANTATIONS, AND LOTS OF GAME.
AIR. GEORGE ROBINS begs respectfully to apprise
the great Capitalists that he is directed to OFFER
for SALE by AUCTION, at the Albion Hotel, Man-
chester, on SATURDAY next, the 28th inst., in Three Lots,
One of the most

IMPORTANT FREEHOLD ESTATES WITHIN

THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD.
The attention of those who would invest securely, and
have the means to do so, to a great extent, are seriously
invited to the short analysis that follows.

This work, a TENTH Edition of which is now pre-
sented to the public—ten thousand copies have been ex-
hausted since its first appearance—has been very much
improved and enlarged by the addition of a more extended
and clear detail of general principles, as also by the inser-
tion of several new and highly interesting cases. The
numberless instances daily occurring, wherein affections
of the lungs, putting on all the outer appearances of con-
sumption, which, however, when traced to their source,
are found to result from certain baneful habits, fully
proves that the principle of the division of labour is no-
where more applicable than in medical practice. We feel
no hesitation in saying, that there is no member of society
by whom the book will not be found useful. whether such
person hold the relation of a Parent, a Preceptor, or a
Clergyman."—Sun.
" Messrs. Curtis's work, called MANHOOD, is one
of the few hooks now coming before the public on such a
subject, which can lay claim to the character of being
strictly professional, at the same time that it is fully in-
telligible to all who read it. The moral and medical pre-
cepts given in it, render it invaluable."—Magnet.
" The perusal of Messrs. Curtis's book, entitled MAN-
HOOD, has really astonished us by developing a series of
maladies, the never-failing consequence of the vicious
habit of which it treats. The clear connexion pointed
out between the assigned cause and the effects is percep-
tible to every capacity."—Ape.

THE TWO ISLANDS
EXCEED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND ACRES.
THE SPLENDID EDIFICE
STANDS UPON RASAY,
at the south end of the island ; it is called Kirktown,
from its vicinity to the church ; is of recent elevation,
large, and commodious, with offices, prolific gardens, and
extensive pleasure grounds, and placed in a most pictu-
resque spot. Within the abode is all the accommodation
a Nobleman can desire.

....,.....
It is known as THE 'CONSALL ESTATE, near to
Cheadle, and includes

EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT
ACRES OF LAND,
entirely within a Ring Fence, to which may be appended
such important features as are of a very rare occurrence.
It is

THE LANDS ARE BEAUTIFULLY TIMBERED
WITH ELM, LARCH, FIR, BEECH, AND ASH,
and to a sporting gentleman the advantages are beyond all
praise.

ALL FREEHOLD—TITHE-FREE,
LAND-TAX REDEEMED, AND
,
inasmuch as th Ee
Poor andPAROC CountyHlAL Rates do not exceed
3d. in the Pound on the Rental, which is now estimated
at

FOUR THOUSAND POUNDS A YEAR.
Such extraordinary advantages are indeed of rare occur..
rence, but

THE COALS PRESENT A STILL MORE
IMPORTANT FEATURE,
as there are five ascertained seams. The quantity abso-
lutely without end, and of the best quality. They are
worked by a water level. The pits are contiguous to a
branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal; and the specula-
tors at Manchester (where coal is now so scare and so
much in request) will find this an unapproachable oppor-
tunity

TO DIVERT THEIR CAPITAL FROM THE
THREE PER CENTS. AT 9,5

The domain is adorned by several
LOCHS OF GREAT EXTENT, ABOUNDING IN
TROUT,
and the magnificent scenery is varied by
NUMBERLESS ROMANTIC GLENS.
The very picturesque structure of

to a solid and never-ending security, and with 50 per cent.
interest in perspective. The large portion of the Estate is
adapted to

_
BRoCHEI, CASTLE,
THE ANCIENT SEAT OF MACLEOD OF RASAY,
is one of the leading features on the Estate. This build-
ing covers the whole summit of the bold eminence on
which it stands, its massive walls being continuous with
the precipitous faces of the rock, which are so likened to
the masonry of which it is constructed, that it is difficult
to distinguish between the artificial and natural wall.
Here the proud outlines of the cliffs decline toward the
west by a general declivity, terminating in low shores, in-
termixed with grassy slopes.
THE EAST SIDE OF RASAY
_

" This is a work that we fear there exists too much
need for, to cause us to hesitate to recommend it for ge-
neral perusal. Every branch of those frightful maladies,
whether the result of immoral habits or secret vices, is
here succinctly treated, and, divested of all medical tech-
nicality, plain and easy directions are given for the best
mode to be pursued in all cases, however complicated or
apparently hopeless. To the married, as well as the un-
married, this little work alike affords consolation and cure
in peculiar cases, and we are doing service to society in
recommending it to general notice."—Essex and Herle
Afereury.

is covered with scattered Farms, each surrounded with its
cultivated tract, and the whole diversified by towering
eminences. On one side scenes of considerable grandeur
are presented, marked by great breadth anti simplicity of
manner and by powerful effect, at times assuming an ar-
tificial character in their architectural regularity, rising
like majestic towers above the deep dark sea, that washes
their bases. The houses perched on these lofty summits
seem more like the retreats of the birds that hover round
them, than the habitations of human beings, the admiring
eye from below scarcely distinguishing them, far less their
inhabitants.

GROUSE AND BLACKCOCK IN COUNTLESS
NUMBERS,
and other game is equally abundant. The land capable at
very little expense of being cultivated amounts, with that
which is in cultivation, to
TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED ACRES,
and that which is in cultivation could be made to produce
double the quantity of crop at present raised, by a little
attention to draining and manuring, and the quantity in
cultivation may soon be increased to

DAIRY AND GRAZING FARMS,

still reserving a full proportion for excellent Corn Land.
It is advantageously placed in a populous district, with-
in very easy distance of three capital Markets, and the
Potteries not far off, which, it need hardly be remarked,
is a sure and never ending source (and at high prices) for
all the Produce of this Estate. The Residence is by no
means of a character to cause any apprehensions from the
annoyance of its being over-housed ; and yet it possesses,
together with a walled Garden and useful Offices. all the
agremens for a family who do not soar too high ; there are
lots of opportunity to increase it to a size more congenial
to a first-rate establishment.

THE LANDS ARE ALL HIGHLY CULTIVATED,
and occasionally diversified by the

TOUSAND ACRES.
It requires onIyFIVE
the aid of industrious agriculturists to
render the entire island equally profitable.
THE ISLANDS ABOUND IN GRANITE
of a very superior quality. The rock lies open, and could
be easily quarried and conveniently shipped. The Island
is composed of a very superior Freestone, nearly three
miles in length, and at the top of the rock lie
TN% 0 SEAMS OF IRONSTONE,
extending over

„
A SURFACE OF THREE SQUARE MILES :
also plenty of fine Blue Limestone, and an abundance of
Slate of a very superior quality. The revenue received
and derivable, under a healthy course of management,
will be most considerable, and rendered still more certain
if Mr. Robins is so fortunate as to come in contact with a
Nobleman

EXTENSIVE WOODS AND PLANTATIONS,
presenting a very animated Surface; there is besides a
fruitful supply of Lime, Gravel, and Stone ; and
A RAILWAY PASSES THROUGH BETWEEN
THREE AND FOUR MILES OF THE ESTATE,
belonging to the Proprietor, and is in direct cornnaunica.
tion with the

TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL,
conveying at a moderate Rate the several Sources of Pro.
fit, especially the Coal, with which the Property abounds.
There is

GIFTE WITH A BRAIN FARM,
who has the good D taste for improvement, and the tact to
admire the beauteous scenery which is developed at every
turn, and thesornantic country which encircles the two
islands. Such a gentleman, with a suitable independence,
and a taste for everything that is unsurpassable in Europe,
will do well to give to this property his immediate time and
attention.

Particulars, with Plans, and a View of the Mansion,
may be had, twenty-one days before the Sale, at the Auc-
tion Mart ; and at Mr. George Robin's Offices, Covent-
garden.

PLENTY of GAME and CAPITAL FISHING.
The Estate is within easy Distance of
NEWCASTLE, MANCHESTER, LICHFIELD,
and MATLOCK.

There are altogether
TEN EXCELLENT FARMS,
and the Farm Houses are in the best Condition, several of
them of recent Creation, with suitable Buildings, the Te-
nantry very respectable, and Rents punctually paid ;
such are a few of the leading Features that at once present
themselves. As Mr. Robins is, however, very desirous
to recommend this Estate to

" The scientific views taken by the authors, of the
source and origin of many of the most distressing effects
of certain depraved habits, fully establish their claim to
the character of experienced surgeons ; and the result of
our careful perusal of the work has been to impress us
with a thorough confidence in the talent and skill of the
authors, and to satisfy us that those intrusted with the
care of youth are not a little indebted to them for fur.
nishing them with a means of preventing some of the most
frightful maladies to which flesh is heir."—Old England.

Till?, MONEYED WORLD,
he prefers they should have the fullest Demonstration,
and which can. alone be attained by Ocular Proof ; 6
ventures to believe, that on returning from a careful Sur_
vey of this

HIGHLY-FAVOURED ESTATE,
they will think with him that such a Property, with pros-
pective Advantages of high import, will be infinitely pre-
ferable to the uncertain tenure of

The printed Particulars of the Sale will enter much
more minutely into detail, and give a faithful report of its
present and its perspective advantages. To a sporting
man of independence, there is nothing to approach these
Islands.

AT T an ADJOURNED MEETING of COAL PRO. PRIETORS and COAL MERCHANTS, held in
Liverpool, on the 14th instant, it was unanimously Re-
solved, that, in order to meet an advance in the wages of
the Working Colliers, the PRICES of COAL be AD-
VANCED, on the 16th instant, to the rates undermen-
tioned—namely,
Orrel and King Coal, Lis. 6d. per Ton, delivered
within the Old Municipal Borough of Liverpool.
Best Common Coal for House Fire, lls. Bd. per Ton
ditto.
Best Common Coal for House Fire, 10s. 10d. ditto, in
the Yard.

THREE PER CENTS. AT 95.
THE "MANOR AND MANORIAL" RIGHTS
give to it a consequence that is very influential.
To all such he invites early and serious attention. A
more detailed Particular is now ready for distribution, and
may be had of J. L. WARREN, Esq., Consall Hall; at the
Albion Hotel, Alanchester ; at the principal Inns at Li-
verpool and Stafford; of EDWARD 13nimmit, Esq., Soli-
citor, I?, Finsbury-circus, and at the Auction Mart ; also
of Mr. W. WEan, Land Agent, Ilirniingham ; and of
Mr. BROOKE R. SMITH, Mine Viewer, Walsall. -who will
.tie Royal Oak, Cheadle, thy-
to verify Sections and Borings

•ce day pr

WILLIAM PEACE, Chairman

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.
WINTER ARRANGEMENTS.
THE Public are requested to take NOTICE, that on
and after the Ist of November next, the following
CHANGES will take place in the TRAINS :
The 9 A.M. Down Train from► BIRMINGHAM, and the
1 P.m. Up Train from Ltl-no.PooL, will be Discontinued.
The Train now leaving BIRMINGLIAm at 6 30 r•.M. will
be despatched at 6, arriving half-at:-hour earlier at each
Station on the Line.
'rime Bills, with the above. Alterations, may be had at
any of the Stations on the Line, on arid after the 2Lth
instant.

MARK Hi.. Railway OfficP, .Lirerp9ol,icili Oct,, 1843. 1.811