The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-02-25 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS

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subject
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as.tii ""atY and breaka upon duty would be equal to
lde• ; but there will not be that difference to the public,hie..
sale "niaboUr of the glazier has to be added to t
beakers. for sending probably miles
amount
to hackheowut whole-
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of tiu:ig
t.ass and put in the new ; and the average
is lint ‘,ol.zght by the glaziers throughout the kingdom
doklble
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to pay the each
XBO per annum would not be too much
supportsupo rr.iage, risk, labour, rent, taxes, and pro
would
he ~ ;6 farnilY. Thus, a foot of common glass
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a better"' is.,. he charges 25., and more likely 2s. 6d. for
the n! "!illtY ; 7(1. per foot duty would, ,therefore, o •
glii,s ,LY difference ia half-a-crown. Again,. with flint-
Sirand
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tthich
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fshuehjpect the dealers to all the loss consequent
'and.' ' ' '.. Vol:* npon markets when film "no
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THE CAMBERWELL POISONING CASE.--The mystery
attending the extraordinary and melancholy deaths by
poisoa of Mr. and Mrs. Montague, of Camberwell, so far
from being cleared up by the two very lengthened exami-
nations before the coroner, has become more inexplicable
than ever. There is scarcely a doubt now that the mix-
ture of arsenic with the tea was not a matter of mistake;
on the contrary, there is every reason to believe it was
wilfully done, but then by whom there is not the slightest
clue, either by one of the deceased persons, or some one
who might have gained access to the parlour ; it is diffi-
cult to find a motive strong enough to incite any one to
the commission of so diabolical an act. A most important
piece of evidence has just come out, which leads almost
conclusively to the opinion that the poison was intention-
ally administered. The bottle with the arsenic was found
on a shelf close to the parlour door, in the shop, and it
had been recently opened, as the cork was loose, and
some of the powdered arsenic was adhering to it. It is
expected the inquiry will assume a new, and perhaps
more serious character.
MAHOGANY AND ROSEWOOD VENEERS.—A question
of some importance to the importers of foreign furniture
woods has recently been raised by the Customs'-officers
at Hull. A parcel of veneers of mahogany and rosewood,
cut from the log, were imported into that port from Ham-
burgh, which the revenue-officers placed under detention,
as being contrary to the navigation laws—i.e., as being
the produce of Asia, Africa, or America, and imported
into this country from Europe ; the logs in this instance
having been imported into Germany from the place of
growth, and there cut or sawn into the very fine thin slices
of wood used in the making of cabinet furniture, and
known by the trade as veneers. The officers, however,
considered that this operation performed in Hamburgh
did not constitute a manufacture. inasmuch as the wood
retained its original state, having been simply sawn or cut
from the log, and would require polishing, &c., here, pre-
viously to being fit for use for the purpose to which it is
applied. It has, however, been decided that, under the
Treasury order of the 23d February, 1833, the parties are
entitled to the admission of the veneers as the manufa--
tore of the country from which they were imported, al-
though the wood itself in its raw state be the produce of
either of the other quarters of the g'obe. This decision
has been communicated to the officers for their informa-
tion and future government.

CONSERVATISM.—A correspondent in the Times, who
signs " A Conservative" in allusion to the recent praise
bestowed by the Premier upon Mr. Joseph Hume, says,
" A complittent to a nolitical adversary, particularly
from one in Sir Robert Peel's distinguished situation, is
sometimes graceful, always pardonable. But Sir Robert
Peel goes further, and states that the country is much in-
debted to that gentleman, and that during his career of
40 years of Parliamentary life, he has conferred great and
lasting benefit upon the community, and that his name
will go down to posterity as a most useful legislator.
This, I must own, sticks in my throat. If Mr. Hume has
been so useful during 40 years of his life, how comes it
that Sir Robert Peel has in every single instance of his
career opposed and thwarted this patriotic course? Mr.
Hume has made endless motions upon reform, com-
merce, trade, military and ecclesiastical matters. Sir R.
Peel has uniformly opposed them. Can you show me a
single division in which the two names appear on the
same list in these matters ? Either Sir Robert Peel is
right and Mr- Hume is wrong, or vice versa'. But both
cannot be right, and I, alas! an unsophisticated country
gentleman, am left to decide upon this nice question. I
am like the man driving a tandem, according to Mr.
Canning's happy illustration, when his fore horse turns
round and looks him in the face. 1 observe that Sir
Robert never lavishes the same praise on his old party,
all of which makes me very uneasy about this combina-
tion Government.' Where will it end?"
RAILWAY TAXATION.—The late reports of the follow-
ing railways give the following statistics for the last half-
year :—Grand Junetion (101 miles, capital expended
£2,500,000.) half-year's traffic receipts £229,000, for divi-
dend £l3o,ooo,—paid poor-rates, tithes, church, &c. &c.,
4,890, government tax of five per cent. on passengers,
£7OOO. besides income-tax on dividend, &c. ; Birming-
ham Railway, (112 miles, capital expended £6,000,000,
on branches £500000,) halt-year's receipts £450,000,
working expenses £182,000, disposable balance £273,000,
—rates and taxes £12,267, government passenger-tax
£15,784 ; Greenwich, (31 miles, capital £1,000,000,) re-
ceipts (1.000,000 passengers) £27,600, expended £27,400,
balance for shareholders £2.7o,—paid government tax
£1,071, rates and taxes £4,632, income-tax £l2l.
Thus it will be seen that f ear railways, of 440 miles
length (or 4,400 acres of land) paid, in the half-year,
£30,146 rates and taxes (or 6 per cent), and £39,200 pas-
senger-tax (or 6 per cent. further). besides stamps, in-
come-tax, &c., on their disposable balance of £56.3;000.
The total amount of this taxation pewees very heavily,
when it is competed that there ,:re now 2,000 miles of
English railways with a capital of £100.000,000, and that
on 38 of these railways (eitendin 1,756 miles), for the
last 6 months of 1844, the traffic receipt. were £8,250,000,
being about £4,000 per roils per annum; from which
deduct £1,600 for working expenses, arid there is left
£2,400 per mile per annum, or nearly £2,000;000 for
dividend.—Railway and Land Taxation.
INFANT FACTORY LABOUR.—In Lancashire, Cheshire,
and Derbyshire, instances occur in which children begin
work in this employment as early Rs between four and
five, and several between five and six, icclusive•; many
begin between six and seven, 5,.11 more between seven and
eight, and the great maj ;thy between right and nine. Out
of 505 children, taken indiscriminately from returns ob-
taMed from each section of this di-trict, it appears that
one child began work between tour and five ; three be-
tween five and six; sixty-eight between six and seven;
133 between seven and eight; 156 between eight and nine;
127 between nine and ten ; forty-nine betr:een ten and
eleven ; twenty-six between eleven and twelve ; and two
between twelve and thirteen. In the east of Scotland
children commence work at the same early ages. The
Rev. John Dempster, minister of Denny, states that in-
fants may be seen at work as early as five years of age,
having got at school little more than a knowledge of the
alphabet, and that they go to continuous employments at
ail ages from seven years. The Rev. J. A Bomar states,
"our common schools now often look like infant schools,
from the paucity of older children." —Lord Ashley's

EXTRAORDINARY PROGENT.—Widow Rutherford died
at Aberfeldy on the 20th ult., aged 92 years. She was
the mother of five children—three sons and two daughters.
By her eldest daughter she had 13 grandchildren and 57
great-grandchildren. By her second daughter she had 15
grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. By her eldest
son she had 8 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
Her second son had no children, and her third son had 3
children. In all, she had 5 children, 89 grandchildren,
and 79 great-grandchildren—being 123 of a progeny ! Her
eldest great-grandchild is rising 21 years of age, and
several of her children, grandchildren, and great-grand-
children, were at her bed-side when she breathed her last.
—Edinburgh paper.
QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.—An account of all monies
received and disbursed by the Governors of " Queen
Anne's Bounty," during the year ending on the 31st day
of December, 1813, has been presented to Parliament.
The gross total amount of the receipts was £188,945, 15s.
11d., and the gross total amount of the disbursements
£194,356, 19s. 9d., leaving a d. ficiency of £5,411, 3s. 10d.
Of the sums received, £12,705 consisted of first fruits
and tenths ; £20,195 of benefactions for the augmentation
of livings; £37,612 of dividends on Government funds;
£42,055 of the produce of stock sold for general purposes ;
£21,119 of interest on monies advanced on mortgage to
build, &c., glebe-houses; £26,032 of instalments in part
liquidation of monies advanced on mortgage; £7,834 of
the net produce of sales on county lands ; and £17,285 of
endowment trusts; of the sums disbursed, £9,804 were
appropriated to the purchase of land ; £23,550 to the
erection of residence houses ; £73,178 to the loans on
mortgage to build, &c., glebe-houses ; £21,752 to the
purchase of stock for general purposes; £56,541 to the
clergy ; £3,720 to salaries, and £1,270 to miscellaneous
expenses. There are no first fruits, and only £25. 16s.
7d. of yearly tenths now in arrear.

ENGLISH FORGERS IN PARlS.—Parker and Williams,
the two Englishmen who were arrested on suspicion of
having passed either forged or stolen bank-notes, are
again in custody, some information having been received
to warrant their being kept in custody. It appears that
the suspicion of M. Loyer, the money-changer, to whose
vigilance their arrest in the first instance was owing, was
not removed by the fact that the £lOO note which was
presented to him to be changed was not a forgery, as he
had supposed, but that, after having taken the precaution
of requiring the signature and address of Parker, and
sending to his lodgings, at No. 4, in the Rue Favart, to
verify the name by his passport, before he cashed the
note, he felt convinced by the manner of Parker that all
was not right, and therefore communicated his suspicions
to the Commissary of Police, who arrested both Parker
and his associate, Williams. It has now been ascertained
that two £lOO notes of the Bank of England, which had
been changed by Parker in the Palais Royal, formed part
of the contents of a cashbox, in which were Colombian
bonds, notes, &c., to the value of between three and four
thousand pounds, and which was stolen in April, 1844,
from a house at Bethnall-green. A reward of £2OO was
offered for the discovery of the thief, but up to this time
no traces had been obtained of either the thief or the pro-
perty. The possession of these notes by Parker will pro-
bably produce some disclosures as to the robbery, even
although he should be able to prove that they came fairly
into his hands in the way of business. The sum found at
Parker's lodging was not of so large an amount as some
of out contemporaries would lead the public to imagine.
it consisted of 7,500 f. in notes of the Bank of France, and
240 sovereigns, all, it is understood, the produce of the
Bank of England notes which had been exchanged. At
the lodging of Williams, in the Rue Favart, No. 2, only a
sum of 2 500 f. was found, being the amount of a £lOO
Bank of England note which he had changed in the Palais
Royal, giving at the time not his own name, but that of
John Parker. We believe that nothing of importance
beyond the fact of the two £lOO notes above mentioned
(Nos. 32,661 and 32,662) having formed part of the con-
tents of the cashbox stolen last year, has transpired against
the parties in custody, but it is the opinion of Mr. Loyer,
and of the officers of justice, that the arrest of those per-
sons will lead to further and very important disclosures.—
Gatiynnni's Messenger.

THE FRENCH MINISTRY.

The Journal des Dibals states that—

" The result of the division in the Chamber of Depu-
ties on Friday was decisive, as may be seen by the ma-
jority of 24 in favour of ministers. Thus the cabinet was
right not to despair of the chamber. It was right in
making a second trial. The Conservative party, a mo-
ment shaken by the manoeuvres of the coalition, has
rallied at the moment of danger, at the very time when
its enemies considered it was routed. The greater the
danger, the more honourable has been the victory. nil
majority, which it was believed was vanquished and dis-
persed, now appeared more firm, more united, better or-

.anised, and hitter disciplined, than ever it was. Its vote
on Friday consolidates the cabinet, and re-establishes the
position of the government. It promises the ministry a
solid, immoveable support. No doubt it will be attempted
to attenuate its result, but no one can contest it. his not the
material result, butthe moral result, which cannot bedispu-
We call all those as witnesses who heard the admirable
speech which M. Guizot delivered on Friday. Friends or
enemies, they will not contradict us when we say that
it was ore c f the finest which was ever delivered at the
Fre..ch tribune. Never were our feelings more excited;
never did we more sincerely or more conscientiousi• ad-
mire that manly talent, that incomparable eloquence, in
which we know not whether we ought most to appreciate
the superiority of his reason or the dignity of his senti-
ments—the elevation of his political views or the mag-
nificence of his language. Yes, there was a system of
policy displayed, and there was eloquence exhibited such
as is suited to our country, to our age, to our institutions;
and to our free government. Before M. Guizot we heard
M. Billault. We shall not do M. Guizot the injustice to
compare him with M. Billault, but M. Guizot must par-
don us if we observe that he derived an immense advan-
tage from speaking after M. Billault. The mediocre and
interior talent of the lawyer served as a foil to the noble
qualities which constitute the power and the prestige of
the eloquent orator. We repeat that the moral, as well
as the material result of the debate on Friday was all in-
contestably in favour of the cabinet."

_
6'peech.
THE QUESTION "WHO WROTE ICON BASILICE ?' ?Loral aniviprobinrial 3etus,
SOLVED.—" That is for you, doctor," said Herbert, placing
in Dr. Hammond's hands a small book; " you will trea- Sir William M. Stanley left London on Saturday for
sure it as the apple of your eye. I bought it the very Hooton.
morning after that horrible act. Rostyn told me that he The Monks' Ferry Tunnel is shortly to be lighted with
had orders not to publish it till then. Already people say
it was not written by the kin.. ; some, that Dr. Harris gas
was its composer; others, thatr yourself, who knew his The contributions towards the expenses attendant upon
thoughts so well. Dr. Hammond opened the volume; it the extensive improvements now in progress at Chester
was entitled "Icon Basilike." " I can myself swear that Cathedral, amount to £2,594 19s. 6d.
every word of these meditations was written by his Mrs. Smith, for many years housekeeper at Bridgewa-
majesty," said he, reading some passages which he had ter House, Runcorn, but living of late at Wursley, de-
seen the king write in ths very palace, at Holdenby. atroyed herself on Tuesday last by cutting her throat.
"If any doubt, ask Endymion Porter and Lnrd Montague. At the Police-court, on Wednesday, Robert Bond, for
It was only just before he left Hampton Court that furiously driving in the streets, was fined 10s. and costs;
Fairfax sent the trunks taken at Naseby, with seventeen and Wm. Campbell, for a like offence and running over a
chapters ; and the king's wanting some careful personito man, 208. and costs.
transcribe and arrange them, asked Bishop Juxon to
recommend one, and he sent Jahn Brand?, who, with his ROYAL LIVER THEATRE.—The beautiful opera of the
Bohemian Girl continues to draw crowded
_houses to this
son, sat up several nights methodising the papers in the
king's handwriting. Deny it to be the king's ! General theatre. On Thursday
rwe perceiveutte oththe,performances will
be for the benefit of Mr. Iw r the box-keeper.
Hammond knows it, for he searched the king's papers at
Carisbrook, and has spoken of these very meditations; PARISIAN VENUS.—The immense success that has
and Sir Jeremy Whicott transcribed the very chapters attended this classic exhibition, has induced the proprie.
when Fairfax lent them to Major Huntingdon. Pooh, tor to prolong his stay during the present week, but this,
pooh ! They would deny Lord Bacon his ` Novurn we are assured, is the last.
Organam,'" exclaimed Dr. Hammond, much excited. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday last, a young wo-
" Poor Sym mons, who undertook to see the work through man, named Sarah Jones, a servant in the employ of Mr.
the press for the king, had a narrow escape ; two of the Jabez Vale, who resides at Higher Tranmere, broke a
printers, Cheltenham and Jones, gave information to the blood-vessel while at work, end immediately expired.
government of the book's coming out, and they watched WOMAN RUN OVER.—On Wednesday evening last,
Symmons tn his lodgings ; and he, though in a shepherd's Elizabeth Wood
habit, was discovered, and pursued into Great Carter- s, while crossing Cockspur-street, was
knocked down by a spring cart, and so much injured that
lane by the officers. The villains fired pistols at him, she died almost immediatel
frightened him up stairs, and out of a garret window y.
from whence he made his escape over the houses. Flat--, VICTORIA THEATRE.—Mr. T. Holloway, the son of
rington and I have seen the king place it under his blue the spirited manager of this theatre, takes his bet.efit on
warchet waistcoat, upon occasion of interruption. When Monday evening next. The pieces selected are such as
at Carisbrook, I saw him give the copy into Symmon's cannot fail to please a playgoing public.
hands, and thank him graciously for his book called FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday morning, a boy,
Vindivim Caroli.' Ay, doctor, they know all hearts will named Thomas Dowell, who was employed at the dock
be touched by the book, and would put it into discredit."— railway, was unfortunately killed, owing to being crushed
From the recently published historical work of " Hampton between the waggons.
Court." FETE EXTRAORDINARY.—On Wednesday last, Signor
AN ODD COURTSHIP.—[We extract the following from Emidy, who is attached to Mr. Batty's equestrian com-
a story in the Illuminated Magazine; the second chapter pany, at present performing in this town, accomplished
of which traces the career of a young Israelite from his the surprising task of driving twenty horses in hand, two
primitive pursuit of a hawker of sponges, pencils, and abreast, through the principal streets of the town.
pens, to the lofty elevation of a Portland-place capitalist. ANCIENT BRITONS' SOCIETY.—It will be seen by an
The character, it is said, is drawn from life, the Sentinel, advertisement in another column, that this society in-
indeed, professes its ability to identify the original:l—At tend to dine together on Monday next, when we believe
the time the lottery-office keepers were in the habit of Mr. Alderman Griffith will take the chair.
purchasing tickets on their ,own account to retail, thehero Thomas Donahoo was tried at Lancaster, last week,
of our tale, who was a broker, embraced the lottery-ticket for the wilful murder of his wife, at Ulverstone, on the
trade with great spirit. The day before that appointed 20th of December last. The jury, after considerable de-
for a drawing had arrived, and be held a ticket unsold. liberation, returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter.
He had taken his hat from its peg, and reached the door To be transported for life.
of the counting-house, when a young woman, who was BALL AT CROXTETH HALL.—On Tuesday last, a ball
passing, stopped to investigate the golden promises with took place at Croxteth Hall, for the tenantry and do-
which every pane of the window was filled. After a pe- mestica. Dancing was kept up till four o'caock in the
meal of them, she turned towards the broker, who still morning. Mr. Phillips' quintette quadrille band was en-
was standing on his threshold, "had he the sixteenth of a gaged, and gave universal satisfaction.
ticket in the lottery, to be drawn next day, for sale." HARMONIC Evrtatisros, COMMERCIAL-HALL—W. J.
" Pray walk in, madam," said the man of business ;" be Hammond is certainly a funny fellow, and has the power
so good as to walk in !" The maiden complied. She of amusing an audience in a high degree. We see that his
was a comely personage, who had already bid adieu to entertainment for this evening is varied. Duringg his last
girlhood and its thoughtlessness, if, indeed, she had ever two evenings be has had very large audiences. We would
been affected by it, for her mein and demeanour were strongly recommend all who enjoy a rich evening's enter-
especially grave and sedate. " I wish I could tainment, at a cheap rate, to go,and see this man of many
persuade you, he began, "to take a half. This is the faces.
most advantageous scheme we have yet been so fortunate FORTHCOMING CONCERT AT SEACOMBE.—Mr. Wm.
as to offer the public; three capitals, £30,000 each— Tomkinson, organist of St. John's Church, Liscard,
besides a very great number of other very considerable purposes, we learn, to give a grand vocal and instrumental
prizes."—" Oh," said the lady, "I am only a merchant's concert, in the large room in the pleasure-grounds'of the
housekeeper; where should I get the money from ? I Seacombe Hotel, early in March • and from the success
can't think of it." " '
Could nothing induce you ?" asked of his concert last year, we cannot but anticipate that his
the dealer, in his blandest manner. " Nothing," said old friends, and numerous new ones in that locality and
the customer ; " what is the price ?" " Only eighteen its neighbourhood, will honour him with their patronage
pounds." insinuated the Chapman. "It would be the on the occasion. We have seen the bill of fare, and, so
ruin of me to lose such a sum, observed the housekeeper, far as we can judge, the entertainment will be truly a
drawing from her pocket a well-furnished green purse— treat,—the songs and pieces selected being " first rate,"
as long as a jelly-bag. " Try your luck for once," con- and the performers, both vocal and instrumental, being
tinued the tempter ; " take one half of this ticket-I'll highly respectable in the scale of professional ability.
take the other, and this shall be the bargain :if it come CONCERTS AT THE NELSON-STREET ASSEMBLY-
up a £30,000 prize, we will make the two shares one, and rtootas.—The concerts and literary recreations at these
the bottlers also. What say you to the offer ?" The I rooms on Saturday evenings for the amusement and irn-
maiden made no reply, but with a blush—not perhaps provement of the working-classes—amongst whom mingle
strictly " celestial rosy red, but a very good imitation many of the wealthier townsmen and townswomen—have
for the Ward of Cheap—proceeded to tell out eighteen hitherto been eminently successful, and in consequence
pieces on the counter. As she concluded the gallant of repeated application from parties who cannot attend on
Israelite presented the scrip in this singular venture. and, Saturday evenings, the committee have made arrange-
pressing the hand that received it to his lips, ratified the ments for giving an entertainment to-morrow evening,
contract. Scarcely had four-and-twenty hours elapsed (Wednesday,) on which occasion an excellent selection
after the completion of the treaty, ere the wheel of fortune of glees, songs, duets, &c., will be given—the principal
revolved in favour of these odd vows. The ticket became vocalists being Mrs. Sunderland, Miss May Swain, Mr.
one of the £30,000 capitals, and in such a space as the Lambert, (of York,) Mr. Haswell, and Mr. Armstrong.
preliminaries would permit the fortune holders were man The programme for S4turd.av nest :rs also extremely in.
and wife. Yiting

THE CHURCH AT WIGAN.—The polling for the rate
of ninepence in the pound for the repairs of the parish-
church of Wigan, was renewed with redoubled energy on
Saturday, and finally closed at four o'clock in the after-
noon of that day. The numbers were—for the rate.
1,026 ; against it, 971.

WEST DERBY UNION.—The following appointments
of Assistant-overseers were made by the Board of Guard-
ians of the West Derby Union, on Tuesday last, viz.,
township of Kirkdale, Mr. Edward Parnell ; Walton-on-
the-Hill, Mr. Thomas Eilbeck ; Bootle-cum-Linacre,
Mr. Robert Fowler; Kirby district, Mr. John Heylin.

GUANO.—There has been less disposition to purchase
last week than the preceding one, and the business barely
exceeds 1,000 tons Ichaboe, at £7 10s. to .47 12s. 6d. for
inferior to good quality on the spot in quantity. and
£7 153. to arrive. We anticipate but little fluctuation
either one war or the other for three or four weeks yet.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—We rarely remember a
lecturer to have made a more successful debdt at this va-
luable institut;on than .Ir. J. Ilumffreys Parry. the bar-
rister, did on Friday, in his introductory lecture on ora-
tory. The applause and cheering with which his remarks
were followed were of a most extraordinary character,
and plainly indicate for him great popularity in Liverpool.

ELDON RESTAURANT.-It will be seen, by an advertise-
ment in our first page, that Mr. C. Hume, formerly
steward to the Palatine Club, has opened a most com-
modious cafe and restaurant,in the northern corner of the
recently-erected bankruptcy court. It is fitted up with
every care to the comfort of patrons--and the situation
the proprietor held is sufficient to ensure that the fare is
excellent.

SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—Op Saturday, Mary Thomas,
an elderly female, and Thomas Edwards, a grown-up lad,
were summoned on a charge of having been found in Pos-
session of 14Ibs weight of tobacco, in Wapping. Officer
15 deposed, that, having a suspicion of the parties, he
took them into a public-house, the evening before, and
that, on proceeding to search the female, who exhibited
a bulky appearance, she dropped the tobacco from under
her cloak. Edwards was discharged, and the female was
ordered to be remanded until instructions should have
been received from the Board of Customs.
MR. CHARLES KEMBLE.—We observe that this ta-
lented gentleman is attracting crowded audiences at the
Manchester Athenaeum, by his readings from Shakspere,
given, too, for the third time, at that institution. Since
his visit to us he has successively appeared at Oxford,
Edinburgh, and Glasgow, amongst other places, at all of
which he has been received in the most flattering manner,
his audiences (if we may credit the accounts of the press)
nightly increasing. At Glasgow, by the special request
of the Lord Provost, sheriff, and other authorities of that
city, he was induced to give another reading, and he was
likewise honoured by a public invitation from those parties
to dinner. Indeed at our Liverpool Collegiate Institution
he was honoured by the attendance of the two past and
the present mayors at bis readings, with whom, and a
select party of influential gentlemen he had the honour of
pat taking refreshment, at the institution, upon each of
his evenings of reading. We understand that he is to re-
appear at the Collegiate Institution next month.
CONSPIRACY TO ROB AT CARDS.—At the Police-court
yesterday. a man, named Benjamin Joval, was charged
before the sitting magistrates, Mr. Francis Heywood and
Mr. William Brown, (Mr. Rushton being absent,) with
this offence, effected on a stranger so much in the usual
way, that minute details were quite superfluous ; and the
only wonder is, that, after the repeated publication of
former cases, any one, even from a secluded district,
should permit himself to he so egregiously duped. It
appeared that the complainant, a Mr. Fearnhead, had
come to this town, on business, from Culcheth, (near
Warrington,) on Thursday morning last, having some
business to transact. While sauntering in Ranelagh-
street he was accosted by a man, who became very inqui-
sitive, and pretended to require some advice as to guns,
of which he (complainant) admitted that he knew some-
thing. The result of the conversation was, that the pri-
soner induced his victim to accompany him to Mr. Bry-
an's public-house, in Hanover-street, to have a glass of ale,
and talk the matter over. After they had seated them-
selves the prisoner and afterwards another man came in.
One of them produced a number of sovereigns, and
taunted all the others to do the like. Another of them
produced a pack of cards, and proposed cutting. The
game began and the prisoner at first won. The prisoner
took the black cards out (or more probably pretended to
do so), and the complainant was foolish enough to change
a£s note, and take part in the cutting. Tit's pretended
friend advised him on two different occasions to guess red.
but on each occasion black was the cut. He lost four
sovereigns at two stakes of £2, and the parties, two strange
men, went out, but not the prisoner. In less than an
hour the prisoner (who had not apparently taken any of
the money) was seen and recognised by the complainant,
near the Goree, and was given in charge to a police officer.
The sum of £4 13s. was fund upon him. The
depositions were taken against him, and it was intima-
ted that he should be committed for felony. Mr. War-
dle, who appeared for the prisoner, submitted that there
was no evidence to bear out the charge of felony, in-
asmuch as the prisoner had not handled any of the money.
but had lost his own money also, and there was no proof
of conspiracy. It was decided, however, that that would
be a question for the jury, and the prisoner was com-
mitted for trial at the sessions.

CHANGE RINGING.—On Tuesday last, the society of
St. Peter's, in this town, ascended the tower and rung a
true peal of caters, on Steadman's principle, consisting
of 5007 changes, in three hours and twelve minutes, being
the first peal of that intricate method ever rung on the
above bells. The peal was composed by the late Mr. G.
Houghton, and conducted by Mr. John Heron. Weight
of tenor 25 cwt. in the key of D.
PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLERS CASES, FRIDAY.—
The following are the cases disposed of at the Police-
court, on Friday :—Margaret Thomas. publican, Horatio-
street, 20s. and costs ; William Renshaw, publican, Law-
ton street, 20s. and costs ; Peter Sykes, publican, Mill-
street, 20s. and costs. Beersellers.—Mnry Hughes, Bed-
ford-street, 20s. and costs ; Hannah Bagnall, Crown-
street, 20s. and costs; Richard Barker, Whitechapel, 40s
and costs.

SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—The amount subscribed for
a testimonial to this distinguished gentleman in Liverpool
and Manchester will, at his own rt quest, be expended in
the purchase of a residence for him in London. Ile has
already two services of plate, in addition to that to be pre-
sented to him by the merchants of Bombay. A portion
of the money will be applied for the purchase of a single
piece of plate, on which will be engraved a suitable com-
memorative inscription.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—On Saturday, a carter, of the
name of William Roper, was summoned before the magis-
trates, on a charge of having unmercifully beaten his
horse. Mr. Robert Ellison Harvey proved the truth of
the charge. He was passing along ('heapside, and, seeing
the fellow in the act of inflicting sundry blows with a
large hammer upon the animal, he immediately ordered a
summons to be served upon him. Mr. Thomas Bolton,
who presided, reprimanded Roper for his inhumanity,
and ordered him to pay a fine of 20s. and costs.

DEATH BY DROWNING.—On Saturday an inquest was
held before the Borough Coroner, on view of the body of
Mr. Benjamin Harrison, book-keeper and clerk in the
Dock-office, who resided at No. 8, Grove-street. About
three weeks since the deceased was missing, and his
friends and relations, who were much alarmed at his con-
tinued absence, circulated handbills, offering a liberal re-
ward for his recovery. On Friday afternoon, a labourer
discovered the body in a clay-pit, at Park-field, near
Boundary-street. Some money and several other arti-
cles were found in the pocket of the unfortunate gentle-
man. The deceased was fifty years of age. The jury re-
turned a verdict of " Found drowned."

" WANT OF WATER."

Under this title, our townsman Mr. Samuel Holme,
has just published a pamphlet (as a letter to Mr. Harmood
Banner), in which he, in a masterly manner, furnishes
such an exposition of the system pursued by the two
companies who have so long tnjoyed the monopoly of
supplying the town with water, and who have so stinted
that supply, though charging high rates, that the he Ilth
and comfort of the inhabitants have been seriously affect-
ed, and property at fires, during the last twenty years,
been sacrificed to the amount of some millions,—that it
is impossible to peruse it, supported as it is by incontrover-
tible evidence, without a conviction that the time has ar-
rived when an entire change must be effected, and private
pecuniary gains be compelled to give way to public safety
and good economy. We have long been aware of some
of the evils, affecting private individuals, of the system
adopted by the water companies; but (with the exception
of the notoriously short supply at fires) they were com-
paratively isolated cases that came under our notice, and
we were willing to believe were the casual work of over-
zealous underlings, rather than of the directors them-
selves. The mass of authenticated statements before us,
however, puts us in possession of the fart that the griev.
ances of that system are wide spread, and have not only,
as affecting our trading community, jeopardized the very
commerce of the port, but have been injuriously felt by
numbers of all classes, and especially by the poor. The
wonder naturally arises how it happened that such a sys-
tem was not long ago protested against and annihilated
by public opinion, and we can only account for the gen-
eral apathy on this point by supposing—first, that the mass
of the inhabitants laboured under the mistaken impres-
sion that water is so scarce in the locality that a greater
or cheaper supply could not be supplied; and secondly.
that " what is every one's business is no one's," atio
most persons engaged in the:turmoils of business being
averse to devote the time, trouble, and consequent ex-
pense necessary to obtain redress—unless aggravated by
major grievances. The recent awful and destructive fires
have, however, roused the latent attention of the public
generally to the subject; and facts, which would otherwise
have slumbered in the womb of time, have at length bee,.
elicited, and arc of such a nature that there is now no
receding from a general effort to obtain thorough refor-
mation.
After an introduction, in which Mr. Banner's personal
remarks are met in a spirit of sarcasm and retort, Mr.
Holme in dissecting that gentleman's pamphlet, divides
the subject into distinct heads.
He meets Mr. B's. assertion "that an abundant supply
of water has not been so much the desideratum at fires,
as the timely supply at an early stage of the calamity,"
by stating that " it is notorious that in scarcely a single
instance of fire we have ever had a sufficiency, much less
a timely supply," and he proceeds to corroborate the
assertion by the testimony of gentlemen of the highest
respectability, as well as his own. He asserts, from the
evidence of his own eyesight, that at the fires of Robert-
street, Lancelot's-hey, Formby-street, Parliament-street,
and Fawcett 's Foundry, therewas not only a shamefeldelay,
but no possibility of obtaining from the Companies' mains
an adequate supply to keep four or five engines at work.
At two of them water could not be got to get out the
salvage, and many bales of cotton were the day and day
but one after Platt's fire, destroyed, which could have
been saved bad there been water. At Fawcett's £lOO
would have covered the loss had there been water at first,
but the damage done amounted to £44,446, and soon
afterwards two valuable warehouses in Henry-street were
consumed. Had there been a continuousstream of water for
five minutes at this and other fires, " property might have
been saved to the extent of a million of money,—a sum
twice as much as would be required to supply every street
and house in the town with water; to erect and supply a
hundred public fountains; and to keep every main quite
full, both night and day." A general deficiency has been
complained of since the Goree fire, and was not therefore
" a modern cry." Our author then quotes the evidence
of Mr. Whitty before the committee of the House of
Commons, showing there had been a general deficiency.
In Cooper's row, the Mechanics' Institution, and Robert-
street, there was great destruction from the want of water.
At Robert-street it caused a loss of £lOO,OOO. In every
instance, indeed, during his period of office, extensive
conflagrations had been the results of want of water at
the commencement, and in many cases the fire brigade
(a very extensive and efficient body) had to break up the
streets and get what water they could out of the sewers.
At Formby-street £20,000 worth of property was saved,
but had there been water three times that amount would
have been redeemed from the flames.
Mr. Rushton gave similar testimony, and said " there
was no town in England where the supply of water was
so totally inadequate for the purposes of health and com-
fort as in Liverpool." Lieut. Mae well, (agent for salva-
ges,) Mr. James Lawrence, and Mr. N. D. Bold spoke
to the same effect, and also concurred that the mains
were not kept full at night, as required by the act, so that
exorbitant charges were made for insurances. On many
occasions there was not water to work the engines, which
had to be stopped every five minutes. Lieutenant Max-
well said, that at Crane and Platt's fire there was an inade-
quate supply for securing salvages, and he was kept whole
days without a drop, using only what could be got from
CALEDONIAN SociaTE.—On Friday, at the Clarendon- the sewer. Mr. Bold, who never saw a sufficient supply
rooms, a number of gentlemen met, pursuant to au ad- at the large fires over the last ten years, had 110 doubt
vertisement which had appeared in the local papers, for the whole of them would have been prevented extending
the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of to the magnitude they attained, if there had been a pro-
forming a Caledonian Society, on the principle of the per supply. At the fire at the New Quay, in which 14 or
Scottish Corporation in London, the object of which was 15 warehouses, and several houses, were destroyed, the
to give relief, to all destitute natives of Scotland who fire insurance companies had to pay £230,000, and the ,
were passing through or might be resident in the town. losses sustained, by them at the various conflagrations,
There was a very full attendance, G. Armstrong, gig., amounted to more than two millions of money ! The
in the chair, and among others, John Clow, I. K. Finlay, same gentleman stated that the amount of merchandise
J. C. Jack, J. Gaston, Andrew Low, Hugo Reid, J. insured in Liverpool averaged twelve millions.
Glenn W; IL Sangster, Leighton, R. W. Ronald, Much more interesting evidence of a similar nature is
and W. Watson, Esqrs. The chairman read a letter from given, but we must refer thereader for details to the work
the secretary of the London society, from which we take itself.'
the following extract. " Our distribution takes place on After disposing of some erroneous statements relative.
the second Wednesday of each month. Eighty pension- to St. David's Place, with regard to which Mr. Holmes
w as., all upwards of seventy years of age, receive (from was wrongfully blamed, our author comes to the subject
me) each £lO per annum—Xl in each of six winter and' of domestic supply, showing the truth of his previous as-
13s 4d each summer month—in the forenoon, after service sertion, that 'the poor in Marybone, Vauxhall-road, &c.
by the chaplain. At four p.m., the casual poor, about were scantily supplied with water, and that the majority
300, assemble for service, at five they are relieved by the of them being unable to pay water-rent, could only pro-
committee themselves, according to circumstances (7s, Bs, cure by stealth as much as sufficient for culinary purpo-
gs, 108, 12s, 15s, 20s), on a petition, signed by a subscri- sea. He adds, that in Freemason's-row and Garden-
ber, given in a week before ; or, If a new case, fourteen street there were several houses without any water; in,
days before, to give time for inquiry. Free passages to Gascoyne-street, and other streets, there are courts with
Scotland are also given in proper cases. In all, about only a single small cock placed in the entry, the water
400 receive relief every month, and about £2OO a month is being turned on only for a short period every other day ;
given. We have a paid visitor, who enquires into all many Instances of but one cock to supply six to ten
cases, and particularly new ones. The beadle collects houses, and the like in several other parts. Further evi-
much information. After the relief, he goes round with dence is also given (by Mr. Rushton,) showing that the
the money for those unable to attend. The committee poor are badly supplied, that the companies take a very
take
havevisit the recipients. We summary process to recover their rent, and that (though
they
and surgeons who give advice some courts are not supplied at all) they have the power
districts,
honorary in
physicians
to :our poor, and can order medicine at the expense of to inflict a penalty upon any one who gives away their wa-
the corporation. The chaplain will also attend when ter. In one instance, eight houses were kept without
asked ; but this is necessarily much limited by distance. water for three years. With regard to watering the streets,
Each subscriber of not less than one guinea annual, or it appears that so short has been the supply for the pub-
ten guineas life, can recommend one applicant each lie tanks, that in 1842, when 87,000 tons were consumed
month. Vacancies on the £lO pension are filled up an- in this way, 21,000 tons of it had to be carted from the
nuallv—one vote for each vacancy to each annuel guinea, docks, canals, and other sources, at a great expense. Our
or ten guineas; thus, if ten vacancies, a subscriber of two author goes on. after other facts, to show that the two
guineas annual, or twenty guineas life, has twenty votes companies can, as he before asserted, raise the price of '
to be given to one, or divided at pleasure." The reso- water, if they choose, and the public have no redress;
/talons will be fennel in OUT advertising columus. that for the purpose of brewing, dying, &c. •Lci could

STREET ROBBERY.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, a
young man named John Johnson was charged with mal-
treating and robbing a respectable man named Frank
Collins, in the street. It appeared that the complainant
had been to St. John's Market, on Saturday night, and
was returning home about 11 o'clock when he was as-
saulted by a gang of young fellows who had congregated
at the corner of Whitechapel, so that his face bled. While
he, stooped to save his clothes from the blood, the prisoner
came up and rifled his pockets of t,,,0 half crowns—all
the money be then possessed. The prisoner was appre•
hended shortly after through the assistance of a police-
officer, and two half-crowns were found upon him. He
was committed for trial.

THE WELSH CHARITY SCHOOL.—We beg to draw the
attention of the Welsh inhabitants of this town, and
others friendly to the education of the poor, to an adver-
tisement, in to-day's paper, announcing the annual exa-
mination of the children taught at the Welsh Charity
Schools, in Russell-street, which, we understand, have
been established upwards of forty years. There are, at
the present time, about four hundred receiving a sound
education, based upon religious principtes ; and many in-
dividuals, in this town and elsewhere, are now filling im-
portant situations who, in early life, attained the rudi-
ments of their knowledge in these schools. We more
particularly wish to impress upon the natives of the prin-
cipality, residing here and possessing the means of con-
tributing to so benevolent a charity, not to lose this op-
portunity of manifesting their kind feelings towards the
children of their less fortunate fellow-countrymen.

VALUABLE INTENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF VESSELS
STORMS.--We direct attention to an announcement in
another column relative to Trail and Co.'s patent storm
sails, the excellence of which is attested by many eminent
nautical men in various ports. The improvement consists
of strong bands, placed diagonally on each side of the sail,
forming, as it were, a net-work enclosing it, and so se-
cured to the bolt-ropes that it is next to impossible that
the canvas can be blown away, even in a hurricane, the
strains being equally distributed. The extra weight cf
the bands is very trifling; the cost comparatively small;
and they can be applied to old sails as well as to new, and
will save the cost of extra suits. They also sit better on
a wind, and from their great strength, are invaluable in
vessels that are thrown by gales near a lee shore, in which
case the ordinary canvas, of merchant craft especially, is
rarely of sufficient stability to enable them to forge to
windward.

THE AIGRURTH TOLL-BAIL—A meeting of the rate-
payers was held in the public office, Park-road, on Thurs-
day, relative to a grievance which has long been borne,
and, as it now appears, was illegally exacted—repairing the
Aigburth road, and submitting to a toil on it. It seems
that the parties on the south side of the gate refuse to
maintain the road, and the trustees of the toll-bar, when
threatened with an action, declared their intention of con-
testing every point, and taking every advantage which
the law allowed them. Mr. Gregson, the chairman of
the commissioners, stated that counsel's opinion had been
taken, and that was against the legality of the toll and the
maintenance of the road by the township of Toxteth.park.
An action had been commenced to try the right, and it
ought to come on at the March assizes, but the trustees
had threatened to traverse until the summer assizes.
Their opposition was most vexatious. A long discussion
followed, in which a number of the rate-payers took part.
It was ultimately determined to proceed in the course re-
commended by counsel, and a resolution was carried to
pay the law expenses nut of the rates. It was stated, in
the course of the proceedings, that the Aigburth gate
yielded £lOOO a year.

HOUSE ROBBERY.—At the Police-court, yesterday,
a man named John Butterworth was placed at the bar on
this charge. Mrs. Alice Dean, a widow, residing in
Smith-street, Kirkdale, said that on Saturday night last,
about eight o'clock, having occasion to go out she locked
up the house, leaving no one within. She returned about
eleven o'clock, and became alarmed on observing marks
of some kind of instrument upon the door. She went Co
some distance and procured two constables who came and
opened the door. She then found tbe drawers in the par-
lour had been emptied of their contents, which were
scattered about. From her own room she also missed
several articles of dress, also six german silver spoons,
a ring, a half-sovereign, &c. The back door it was found
had been broken open. She was afterwards sent for to
Rose-hill station, and found that at half-past 9 o'clock
that night police-officer No. 211 (Glendinning) had ap-
prehended a man (the prisoner) on suspicion, and without
precious information,—he carrying a bundle, and appear-
ing, on being questioned, to be somewhat confused. The
propel ty turned out to be that taken from the house, and
the whole was recovered with the exception of the spoons
and the ring. The, value of the articles recovered is
about £5. The prisoner was committed for trial. Great
praise is due to the police-officer.