The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-24 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGE2

YOE.

JoliiiiikL INSTITUTION SCHOOL.-011 Thursday last
arshilirrY, of the above school, was elected to the
*ere tP at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. r.l
wo sizarshipsnited States' and severacandidates.
too,” PACIFIC, U mail steamer, C'apt. Nye
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ner
departure hence for New York on-Wednesday.
brl boa r& Passengers, a large cargo, and the usual mails
of YIM
the Philharmonic
Monday, last week, several members
Peteil ullharmonic Society presented a handsome gold
aceerieerte to Mr. Henry Sudlow, for his valuable services
0 them at the Worcester Festival.
rs/Ca of PAPER.—From various causes which
the late been in operation, chiefly an enhancement of
14-pei?Sotr nlateria' ls used in it's manufacture, the price of
the in all kinds has considerably advanced. .To meet
papercreased outlay thus incurred, the Yorkshire news.:
ier proprietors have resolved to raise the price charged
aci,auen• advertisements, except the very short ones. This
T 'lee to take effect from the first week of next month.
IEI3I Irllev°TlA-WA, Canadian screw-steamer, arrived in the
l'oaralis°4 Tuesday morning from Quebec, having on
tade "e Principal division of the 54th Regiment of Foot, ete r the command of Major Moffatt. It included 16
They 355 rank and file, 33 women, and 43 children.
vto were transferred to ie steam-ship Princess Royal,
for sailed the same night for Glasgow. It was intended
thiltetronaes
her
rtawa to have conveyed the troops to Glasgow,
agents were anxious to get her ready for sea,
Ps were transferred to the Princess Roy_al.lit _
Roy, which left Calcutta on the 20th of July
41/14a"„',.'a 805 chests of opium, was totally wrecked on the
rn Islands on the 2nd of August. The captain,
414(lee' and a portion of the crew took to the boat, and
iligh4.:er Rangoon ; they were exposed for four days and
before they were picked up. The remainder of the
kith fei,ealPanY 43 in number, remained by the ship.
arioq e exception of one man, who was killed by an
4114 dig charged at him by one of the natives, they were
~"Y the East India Company's steamer Nemesis,
If; 44° succeeded in saving 350 chests of opium.
held at DERBY GUABDIAIes.—The weekly meeting was
ilaa atT the Workhouse on Wednesday, the Rev. Wm.
11re,1141-1, in the chair. Messrs J. Harrison, Edwards,
110'43', G. Harrison. , Lunt, Alpass, Kirkus, M'cree,
kollatfield, Daly S Robert orris Pitts, Abrahams, Rich-
chni BirCh, Heyes, Batten, and
kte'l:lidse'r:Waelalreesalshoir,p resent. The balance in the treasurer's
%lent', as Stated to be £237 13s. 7d. A call was conse-
k, rhe eg,lnade on each township, after the rate of twenty_
eZ,"
Bent
the existing averages. In consequence
ef
41read,"unatic Asylums being full, and eight patientsm.
tsetvb,'l, Haydock-lodge Asylum, the b?ard reco
triet,,'" that the magistrates should authorize. the pro-
heen''' to receive an increased number beyond his present
ce, should it become necessary. The master of the
QsDital .
keethir, v, as directed to complete his accounts by the next
were or resign his office. The Finance Committee
the ,„'equested to investigate the expenses attendant upon
The co of lunatics to asylums by relieving-officers.
lalk,rninittee appointed to inquire into the duties an
eke of the Union officers agreed to meet at the clerk's
kst :11 Friday. The number in the Workhouse for the
if 14 'eek t
Year. was 555 'mit 656 for the corresponding week
tzt Number in hospital 63.
140. b,! WOUNDED FROM Ararl.—The following letter
441,17 n addressed to the Times in London, by Mr. F. L.
with
wof this town. " Sir,—l beg to inclose here-
my contribution in aid of the sick and wounded
lzketh e army in the East and truly hope that the appeal. to
ine4ublie may be fully responded to. I perceive with
of r,e3ret the deficiency at Constantinople and elsewhere
Cl4t • ,4-,.nen, lint, &c., and I take the liberty of stating
4 NZ" line, 1848, immediately after the severe contest
4,411,.-, a similar want was experienced. Having been
'he pm of this by a relative there, I made an appeal to
Etiee,s4orPool in'pbic, which, I am happy to sa
of 0,18111, and about a week I collected several bales.
4,4,a p;„"ne,n and lint made by hand, which the English
artl,en r'ailway companies most kindly forwarded free
grater4uarge whatsoever, and the French were truly
wei% for the seasonable supply. I feel confident that,
teeth an anneal made to the ladies of Great Britain by the
Itoldel "Your valuable columns lint-making by h d
kid . become a fashionable drawing-room amusement,an
the course of a very few days an immense quantity
would now invaluable material might be collected. I
add that, if in so populous a city as Paristhe
114 b„. 11of linen and lint was so great, it is not difficult to
AresZfa' ule
the serious deficiency in a country such as that at
the '' occupied by our brave armies. Apologizing for
'eSaliores,P,assing upon your very valuable space, I beg to
„ your very obedient servant,
Uld p F. L. HAUSBUTLO•
ieTttp, c,°4-°ffice-buildings, Liverpool, Oct. 16.
''orro- °TORII IN LANCASHIRE.—There was a violent
eheste °I wind and rain on Tuesday morning at Mend-
!her I:Ldining which robes walls were blown down, an
"',at 14rernage was done, ides several persons being
Li' and others placed in considerable danger.. The
eriol%. Aortion of the walls of the mill, of which the in-
lelifi,„.,4lad been entirely destroyed by a recent fire, in
(17i-street, Ancoats, was blown down about 3 o'clock,
1„11,tlie:.a1)011 the cottages NOS. 1 and 2, Pickford-court,
,r•-'0 a h•est side of the mill. The houses were crushed
poelf: ofbe ruins before any of the 20 inmates, who
at the time, could escape. A number of
teitlp •othersandd soon collected round the ruins, but
tnesti,,--4,,Enne they could take steps for searching them,
tithet44l,L lie peopl from the two cotta.ges had extricated
Aeal,A;`,es, and among these was Bridget Burke, who
r•epe to be seriously injured. Two men, however,
81em,still buried in the ruins, and these the
e-NY succeeded in releasing. One of them,
the atn, did not appear to have suffered in the I,
her, whose name is Thomas Burke, a labour
1 fia'vta taken out in a very exhausted state. Cot
and xeight persons sleeping in the one room upswarb
%....tkial:?* 2 had. twelve persons sleeping in the room up-
wonder is that any of them should have
ent The wind blew a hurricane at the time
""airred.
41'nrsda.„-°43tiT E weekly meeting was held on
tel Bath,Prl E.Messrs. Thrner(in the chair), Shand,
vaite:Cti°4le4 am Gladstone, Lang,sdale, Rounthd-
goeeklebaTirer, Littledaie, Tobin, Robinson, Barbour, and
i_4f 411011,4thealk
nr!lin ndaon to promote Edward
,111 as chi'sary. econfirmed,
wall) ret warehouses, with an addition
The officers of ens-
?o,.the T7oagr, d to—anwasapplication for a particular portion
eaten '" stack of the Albert warehouses. being set apart
;en fonS Produce in bond.—Mr. Robinson said it had
'hell, reqllisite to make arrangements for bonded as
their f-e g°c-ds, and the warehouses were now. ready for
elvi:eee,,Ption.—ln reply to a question, Mr. Robinson said
I,``'rtiihrtenauses were only filling slowly.--Mr. Langsdale
I,trred ~neY ought to be i.idvertised.—Mr. Barbour
hairni some restrictions in reference to the
.ware-
thut the matter being one merely of detail, the
anggested that he should bring it before the sub-
tle ttee• The M • sub-committee reported that on
til"_saii,,7man 4,,,m5t. two chaegrinueered. buoys were laced at the new
-e.„Pursuant to notice.-31r. Langsdale stated that
e ebb, who gave information which recently led to
111144,hetetatg,_sal of some of their' officials, had ever since been
Zhhe Considerable persecution. He wished to know
e eronlittee had any objection to hear his complamts.
ke, ritau said that if he had any complaintneT.
Le e 1246 Must be done through the regular
Wive, c'ttr-ruasters committee recommended that. £6O
st,ltite, late 'a final hen to the Widow of William
1: 'lc master f Coburg Dock, after 33 years of
some of
An application from W. and H.
1)40 thr Inanent berths in the Trafalgar Dock for
ichtio•4l' 'vessels, was referred. This concluded the
01114 'ness.
iLtileting CR,s'sur Gooses FEAST.—This ancient festive
tiwaich has been celebrated for many years, took
ti1tq,,,41 of Hotel, Great Crosby, on Wednesday. The
''`nitv remarkable festival seems to be wrapt in.
erais,„• • teats it immediately follows St. Luke's-day, it is
iserrZ4 t u•tybe a relic of some of the old church
lit'',llll.-.CeB. It ' robable that it originated on
of the is more p
geese—which are usually fed on the rich
fed 443 af
t d the gathering in of the corn—ng
suPerior condition at this time ofb ei
year.be The
k ki"' On the present occasion was more_numerourss
tenata, Y Previous year, embracing nearly all farmers
V: Nrinen in the district. The chair was-*a-
ti;!!)3? r: of Stanley House; and Mr. Heyes, of Great
ojNe,' °_" enlivenede-chairma The proceedis were
tellet-?s 'AYby the performances of a company
41, at the,„ers from Liverpool, and were concluded by a
'te George Inn, where dancing was continued until
Ak "eqr.
4114 ortsz
icr ORPHAN SOCIETY OH DUBLIN.—The
t piety
,••''Llng of the Liverpool auxiliary to the
_N
above__
t,ra,ll4;as held on Tuesday, in the Christ Church a-
tititidio".oolrooni, Christian-street, the Rev. John Marland
at the The Chairman briefly addressed the meeting
Bpei4lk,beeetaiity of supporting the society. He rejoiced
Liv„etY bye sum contributed last year to the funds of the
big Christ Church and St. Mark's branch of the
lea‘ilch s:ktlxiliary. The joint contributions of these two
laic ug eve punted to £6O Ss. 6d. He thought that in
th,Q few°'„,er the repot of the different auxiliaries in E.ng-
eoh the ri," °aid be found to have done more for the society
kit:-orist Church branch. He trusted they would
%,11"te.rtO teethe good work, and that those who had been
,warmest supporters of this society would still
tiLfrote7, De so. The Rev. Eugene O'Meara, a deputa-
TO. It Parent society, explained its origin and its
brie keti "o`f.v"ch. a.socie.ty, he said, which. did. not commence
‘o g the stinguished position in society, who could
earl, resources of wealth, influence, talent, and station
4.111b1' the
theirea est - project; it originated with men of the
hit,eaPacity Y. and when they incorporated them-
heldi a society, the entire fund which they had at
44evever8k: to amounted to only a few pence. They resolved,
1. ero_l'ls Persevere ; their zeal and their energy had
ttL'ee had with unparalleled success ; and the coin-
oa; the t the Pleasure of informing the public that in
coin-
-4 eliientY-fifth year of the society's existence there
acre
ho h_ dren with their respective nurses, which, with
t(:, Rive,;" been apprenticed, 72 who died, and 196 who
h of to friends, or otherwise provided for, make
14k4Yluro. '°B4„„, orphans to whom this society has, afforded
teiv'il"Rraoecule Rey. W. Ireland also addressed the meet-
°ll Niel " meetings were held in other parts of the
esday and Thursday.
ters of
Neti, GUITPOWDER.—Some of the effects of
ad b4l) order are wonderful. When gunpowder is
ut open air and inflamed, there is n.o report,
010,:knited effect produced. A. small quantity open,
Mtt th room, forces the air outwards, so as to th pima e windows • but the same quantity confined
4411Piee_ "0111 b, within 'the same room, and ignited, tears
04%14114 Bets on fire the whole house. Count Rum-
-11%411/Ikea upon with 1-20th of an ounce of powder,
`' h "P" it a 24-pound cannon, weighing 8,081
4114 e then
e, a,. e °set& up every opening as completely as
11'0-ith tre ured the charge, which burst the mortar
Pendous explosion, and lifted up this enormous
fili4ains 01! another experiment Count Rumford confined
t Powder in a cylindrical space, which it just
.talP wollPcni being fired it tore asunder a piece of iron
wf Obisr.4 thlild have resisted a strain of 400,000 pounds.
ive vsrfact and another on record for his securities,
tash htehe.Plan of a battery for the defence
thlllti tee of . is ready to submit and explain to
I‘riot b_ civil engineers. The cost of this battery
'ltCesiii"',niure than one-fifth that of a battery after
Alietn f!'"‘n, while the power of the artillery placed
04 laura ezeeeds the largest ordnance now in use,
- Or Bea,

officers
named

ast, but

THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD brought by the Guiding
Star and Red Jacket to Liverpool was delivered on Satur-
day, and with the exception of a few small parcels, was
sent into the Bank of England.
LANCASHIRE MILITIA.—PROMOTION.-4th or Duke of
Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire
Militia.—Ensign G. Barlow to be Lieutenant, vice Irwin,
resigned; Lieut. A. W. Smethurst to be Captain, vice
Hesketh, resigned; Ensign T. F. Yeo, to be Lieutenant,
vice Smethurst, promoted ; S. Bentham, Gent., to be
Ensign ; J. J. W. Smith, to be Ensign ; W. Gibson, Gent.,
to be Ensign ; H. Joy, Gent., to be Ensigt
INCENDIIRISX IN MANCHESTER.—Attempts to fire
warehouses continue in Manchester ; and on Monday
morning a bunch of Congreve matches was found to have
been ignited and pushed under the door of Mr. William
Evans, drysalter, Deansgate, but not coming in contact
with other combustible matter, they had been burnt out
after the composition at the ends had been consumed. A
similar attempt is said to have been made at another
warehouse during the previous Saturday night or Sunday,
without serious consequences.

HEALTH or THE TOwiv.—The medical officer of health
reports a further decrease in the mortality of the borough,
in consequence of the progressive decline of epidemic
cholera. The deaths registered in the last week were 283,
being 53 less than in the previous week. The deaths
from cholera fell from 95 in the previous week to 59 last
week. In the last four weeks the deaths have been suc-
cessively 270, 171, 95, 59. Of the deaths last week 49
were in the parish, viz., in Scotland ward, 15 ; Great
George, 5 ; Vauxhall, 4; St. Anne's, 4 ; St. Peter's, 4 ;
Pitt-street, 3 ; Exchange, 2 ; St. Paul's, 1 ; Castle-street,
1; Rodney-street, 1, (residence not stated;) Workhouse
Hospital, 9. Of the 10 deaths in the out-townships, 3
were in Kirkdale, 1 in West Derby, 2 in North Toxteth,
and 4in South Toxteth. From diarrhoea there were 29
deaths, against 42 in the previous week. The deaths from
the other principal zymotics included 13 from typhus, 11
from scarlatina, 5 from small pox, and 4 from_measles.
THE PATRIOTIC FUND.—On Wednesday last John
Buck Lloyd, Esq., the mayor, called a preliminary meeting,
in the Town-hall, for the purpose of considering the best
means of carrying out the objects contemplated in the
royal commission, issued to raise a fund for the relief of
the widows and orphans of the soldiers who have fallen in
the battle of Alma. Among those present were—Mr.
Mansfield, the stipendiary magistrate; Messrs. Hugh
Hornby, George Grant, R. E. Harvey, F. Hamilton, S.
Holme, Adam Hodgson, Thomas Bolton, J. Eden, C. S.
Parker, T. D. Anderson, C. Cotesworth, T. E. Moss, H.
Neill, T. Baines, William Brown, Esq., ' M.P. • Major
Bourne, Colonel Derinzy, Colonel Swan, the Rev. J. R.
Conor, and the Rev. C. Lawrence. His Worship explained
that he had called the meeting in his capacity of commis-
sioner, having, as chief magistrate of Liverpool, been
named in the royal commission. His object was to ascer-
tain what, in the opinion of the meeting, would be the
best mode of giving effect to the very general desire
entertained of, so far as that could be done, endeavouring
to assuage the sorrows of those who had been bereft of
their natural stay, in supporting the honour of the coun-
try. A desire to participate in this duty, he felt assured,
was felt by all classes and every individual in Liverpool,
and that was sufficiently attested by their liberal contri-
bution of £2OOO to the fund for relief of the wives and
families of those soldiers who were sent to Turkey. He
also read a letter which, as mayor of Liverpool, he had
received from Sir Robert Peel, requesting co-operation in
an endeavour to send surgical aid and sick nurses to the
wounded and sick soldiers in hospital on the Bosphorus ;
but stating that the two funds were entirely distinct.
After some conversation, in which several gentlemen pre-
sent took part, it was resolved that the proper mode of
carrying out the objects of the royal commission would
be by calling a town's meeting for an early day ; the
meeting to be held in St. George's-hall. In accordance
with a wish then generally expressed, the Mayor has con-
vened a public meeting, to be held on Friday next, at
noon, in St. George's-hall, for the purpose of adopting
measures for carrying out the intentions of the Royal
Commission. The meeting will have additional interest
as being the first held in the magnificent hall which has
been so recently inaugurated.
HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.
—The sixth annual meeting of this society was held on
Wednesday, at the Lyceum, Thomas Moore, Esq., in the
chair. The report congratulated the society on the suc-
cess which had attended it during the past year. The
collection of books and objects had been largely increased,
and an interesting volume was issued to the members in
August. The report stated the steps taken by the society
respecting the proposed union of the learned societies of
the town, which had not been carried into effect. Since
the 30th of August upwards of eighty members had been
enrolled without entrance-fee, and the society now num-
bered 410. The operations of the year were closed by a
soiree to the members of the British Association, at which
the Faussett collection of Anglo-Saxon antiquities was

exhibited and described. The report was adopted. The'
treasurer's statement showed a balance in hand of
£97 103. lid. after the payment of every claim. A ballot
was then taken for the council and officers for the ensuing
season, the result of which was that the Earl of Sefton was
elected president, and Sir Edward Cust, Archdeacon
Brooks, and Dr. Thom, vice-presidents.

STEAM TO CONSTANTINOPLE.—A letter from Malta,
October 12, in the Daily News, says :—The screw-boats
from Liverpool to Constantinople are deservedly getting
into high favour, although, at the same time, some un-
pleasantness has lately taken place on board, which, with-
out any blame to the proprietors or captain, may damage
the company. In one case, some females, poor but re-
spectable, applied for a second-class place in Liverpool,
but could not be taken. They then paid first-class ; but,
on the representation of another female on board, they
were not permitted to come to the cabin table, on the plea
that they were not of rank such as the female complain.
ant was in the habit of meeting, though they paid the
same fare that the objector did, and conducted themselves
in every way in a creditable manner. The captain sub-
mitted, but showed by his manner how much he felt
annoyed. The difference of fare ought to be repaid to the
ill-used passengers. Another case lately was this :—A
young lady passenger was, persecuted by some `honourable'
officers proceeding to the army, and applied to friends for
protection, at the same time speaking in the highest terms
of the captain's kindness and very gentlemanly bearing.
It is to be hoped that the directors will take measures to
punish those passengers—military or other—who conduct
themselves so badly."

THE LANCISECIEB MILITIA.—An interesting scene was
witnessed on Saturday week, in Cambridge barracks,
Portsmouth, the quarters of the Ist Royal Lancashire
Militia. They were called out into the square by their
colonel-commandant (Talbot Clifton, Esq., late of the
Ist Life Guards), who asked them what would be their
decision should the government require their services in
the Mediterranean or any other station. The reply was,
as one shout—a spontaneous rejoinder—that they would
prefer their colonel leading them at once to the field of
battle in the East, and they were ready and willing to
follow their officers wherever they would lead them. All
the officers, with similar enthusiasm, expressed a similar
determination. The regiment then gave their gallant
colonel several rounds of vociferous cheers, three for their
officers, and three more for Mrs. Clifton, their colonel's
wife. The latter demonstration may be well accounted
for by the warm interest Mrs. Clifton has always taken in
the comfort and welfare of the regiment, which is not con-
fined to them alone, but to their wives and children, the
whole of whom she has just supplied with a valuable
equipment of good winter clothing.

A Suspicious CASE. —On Sunday evening week
Greenfield-house, Wavertree, the residence of Mr. Evans,
wholesale druggist, of this town, was broken into, and
a considerable quantity of property, consisting princi-
pally of jewellery, was stolen. Mr. Evans, with his
family and servants, except the nurse and a little girl, had
gone to church, and shortly after some person knocked at
the door, and the servant attended. Upon her return to
the little girl, she told her that it was " one of the men"
who had been at the door. Soon after the girl heard a
noise down stairs, when she called to the servant ;
but as the latter did not come to her, she went
down stairs, and found that the house had been
robbed, and that the thieves had decamped with the pro-
perty. The servant states that when she was coming
down stairs from the child's bedroom, she was met on the
stairs by three armed men, who threatened to murder her
if she made the least alarm, and locked her in a back
room until they had secured their booty, when they re-
leased her ; and, after repeating their threat, made off
with the spoil. An examination of the premises, however,
leaves no doubt that the thieves were admitted into the
house by some one from the interior, as the windows were
all closed and the doors all fastened on the inside. The
servant was taken into custody by Inspector Bates, and
she was subsequently brought before the county magis-
trates at Prescot, and remanded for further inquiry, none
of the missing property having yet been traced.
ST. CHRYSOSTOM'S CHURCH, EVERTOR. Mr. Rush-
worth, of this town, is erecting a fine organ in St. Chry-
sostom's new church, Everton. The compass of the in-
strument is from CC to Fin alt. It will contain 20 stops
in addition to the pedals and couplers ; and, although
having only two rows of keys, it will embrace, by a pecu-
liar selection of the stops, a great, choir, and swell organ.
There will be 30 pedal keys, from composition pedals, and
a double swell box. There are some clever contrivances
in the coupling movements, connected both with the pedal
pipes and the key action, of the builder's own invention.
The stops have been well selected, and great taste dis-
played in the voicing, more particularly as regards the
light stops. The pedal pipes, also, are on a grand scale.
The pedal stand-board is altogether on a new principle,
one of its great advantages being that, with considerably
less action than i 3 required in existing instruments, the
same musical effect is produced. There is also another
new feature introduced, viz., what are called concussion
valves. These are on an entirely new principle. Their
object is to equalise the wind in the instrument, so that
no one portion of the instrument shall be robbed of its ne-
cessary power in this respect. The organ will stand in a
recess on the north side of the chancel. It is expected
that the opening will take place on Sunday week.—Journal.

LANCASIIIRS INSITEANCB COMPANY.—The second an-
nual meeting was held on Thursday, at the Albion Hotel,
Manchester, Mr. Nicholas Heald in the chair. Mr. Ken-
nedy, the manager, read the annual report. The chairman
said that during the past year they had had an increased
amount of business. With respect to the accounts, the
increase was really greater than it appeared from the
report, as the first year embraced five quarters, and
this year only four. Therefore, the real increase was more
than £B,OOO. During the past year there had been many
circumstances affecting trade, but still the business of the
company had been satisfactory. They maintained their
capital intact, and had written off £l,OOO from the preli-
minary expense account. The premiums for the first three
months of this year were £7,617 2s. 9d,, and the losses
about £1,600. If they continued to go on at this rate,
they would have a different account to give next year.
They had, however, scarcely had that support from their
shareholders which they anticipated, although the list
embraced gentlemen of influence, representing more ca-
pital than any list that could be produced before a body of
shareholders. The report was than adopted. Four of the
retiring directors named in the report were re-elected, and
four new directors elected in the place of those who retired.
The auditors were also re-elected. Votes of thanks were
moved to the London, Liverpool, and West Scotland boards
and their respective secretaries, from whom valuableassist-

ante had been received. A similar compliment was also
paid to Mr. Kennedy, the manager, and also to the direc•
tors. The sum of Xl,OOO was voted to the directors for
their services.

LETTERS have been received from Captain W. P.
Campbell, 23d Welsh Fusiliers, dated Scutari, 9th Octo-
ber, to the effect that the ball had been extracted, and
that he was doing well.
Tnn CITY OF 111AxcnnsTER steam-ship, Capt. Wylie,
sailed on Wednesday, for Philadelphia, with 400 passengers.
EARLY CLOSING.—The wine and spirit merchants of
this town have, with a very few exceptions, agreed to close
their establishments at three o'clock in the afternoon on
Saturdays. - - _ _ _

A vlsr QUANTITY of medical stores and comforts for
the wounded at Alma was taken out of the Tower stores
last week, and forwarded to Liverpool, for immediate con-
veyance to the head-quarters of the medical department.
Among the articles sent out are a number of woollen
serge gowns and trousers for the use of the convalescent.
LIVERPOOL ACADEMY.--The exhibition of the Liver-
pool Academy will, on and after Monday next, be open in
the evenings, the rooms being brilliantly illuminated with
gas. This will be a great accommodation to parties whose
business avocations prevent them from visiting the exhi-
bition during the day.
ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHZOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—
The second meeting for the season took place in the Royal
Institution, on Wednesday, Mr. Frank Howard in the
chair. The business consisted in the reading of a paper
entitled "A Vindication of the so-called Renaisance, ' by
Mr. Leeds of London, in which the Greek and Roman
schools of architecture were dealt with in a very interest-
ing manner.
SHIPWRECE.—On Friday, at 7 ap a.m., the Brig Enter-
prise, of Exeter, went ashore on West Hoyle Bank, and in
the course of an hour capsised and sank. The life-boats
from the nearest station were early in attendance to render
assistance, but the crew had previously abandoned the
brig in their boat, and landed safely at the Dee. The
enterprise was on her voyage from Teignmouth to Liver-
pool with a cargo of clay.
EFFECTS OF THE STORM.—On Thursday morning, a
large tree which, with two others, has stood for many years
on the north side of West Derby-street, a short distance
above the top of Pembroke-place, was suddenly blown
down by a violent gust of wind during the violence of the
storm. It was snapped off near the trunk, and fell across
the road. No one was passing at the time.
EMIGRATION TO VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—The owners
of the Black Ball Line of Packets are extending their
business, benefiting their country, our colonies, and them-
selves, by adding to their famous Australian fleet a mag-
nificent line of vessels which, under the auspices of the
government of the colony, will convey emigrants from this
country to Van Diemen's Land, on the bounty system.
The first vessel placed on the line will be the celebrated
clipper Lightning, Capt. Neill, which will sail hence direct
for Hobart Town. _ _ _

ROBBERY AT THE PRINCE'S DOCK DEPOT.-011 Mon-
day night, last week, some thieves broke into the Customs
depot, at the Prince's Dock, where a portion of the cargo
of the Red Jacket had been placed. They effected their
entrance through the roof of the building, and evidently
anticipated finding a prize, but were disappointed, as the
Red Jacket's gold had been deposited elsewhere. The
thieves ransacked all the packages, but took only a case of
pistols and a pair of trousers.
ACHROMATISM:ROSS, who gained the council medal
at the Great Exhibition, has succeeded in making for the
microscope a most powerful achromatic object glass of
enormous angular aperture ; the result is intense illumi-
nation, with accurate and beautiful definition, when ap-
plied to the most severe test objects. This wonderful
production has been purchased by Dr. Fisher.
THE BATTLE or ALMA.—Avery intelligibly constructed
plan of the ground and disposition of the Allied and Rus-
sian armies, prior and subsequent to the battle of Alma,
has been published by Mr. Wyld, geographer to her Ma-
jesty. It conveys a vivid idea of the position from which
the Russians were driven by the well-concerted operations
of the Allies, and also of the masterly disposition they
were enabled to assume subsequent to the battle. It is
well executed in all respects.
REFUSAL OF A CHURCH RATE.—A meeting of the
parishioners of Prescot was held on Wednesday, for the
purpose of making a rate for the repairs of the parish
church. A rate of three farthings in the pound having
been proposed, it was moved as an amendment that the
meeting be adjourned to that day twelve months, and, on
a show of hands, the chairman declared that the amend-
ment was carried. A poll was then demanded, which
closed on Saturday.
PATRIOTIC FITND.---A meeting was held in the Council
Chamber, Warrington, on Tuesday, in order to consider
the course to be adopted in reference to the Patriotic
Fund. The Mayor presided ; and after some observations
from Mr. Wilson Patten, the Rev. Mr. Quekett, the rector,
and others, it was resolved to open a subscription, and to
request the Mayor to convene a public meeting. The
meeting then terminated, but a subscription list was
first prepared, and an amount of nearly £2OO was sub-
scribed by the gentlemen present. Since then a requisition
was presented, and the Mayor convened a public meeting
for yesterday (Monday).
TESTIMONIAL.—The teachers of Christ Church Sunday
Schools have just presented their late curate, the Rev.
John Marland, 8.A., with a timepiece, beautifully exe-
cuted in bronze, and a pocket communion service, as a
slight token of their esteem and regard, and as an acknow-
ledgment of his active labours amongst them during a
period of three years and a half.

Loss OF A SCEEW STRA.MSHIP.—The ship Francisco,
from Falmouth, arrived in the Mersey on Sunday, having
on board the captain, crew, and one passenger of the
screw steamship Sicily, which was abandoned on the 17th
instant, in lat. 50, lon. 8 20, after having sprung a leak.
The captain of the Sicily speaks in the highest terms of
the conduct of the captain and crew of the Francisco,
which vessel, on perceiving the signals of distress, bore
down and lay by the sinking vessel for six hours. The
unfortunate steamer, which sailed under the Spanish flag,
was on the voyage from Palermo, which port she left on
the 27th of September.
ADMIRALTI COVET.—Two prize questions were de-
cided by Dr. Lushington, on Wednesday. One of them
related to the Christine, a vessel seized at Liverpool by
the custom-house officers. The master, a native of Lubeck,
claimed its restitution on the ground that it was his pro-
perty. He acknowledged, howevever, that he had bought
the ship of a firm at Riga, and that he had paid no part
of the purchase-money. The Queen's advocate and Dr.
Phillimore demanded the condemnation of the ship, on
the ground that the alleged purchase was, on the
master's own showing, a mere inchoate transaction. Dr.
Addams asked for leave to give further proof. Dr. Lush-
ington pronounced for the condemnation.

OMNIBUS CADS.--At the Police-court, on Saturdays
Benjamin Evans and John Patterson were charged with
threatening to assault a man named Beattie, the guard of
one of Gates and Dolby's dock omnibuses, unless he
resigned his situation. A boy named Macdonald, about
thirteen years of age, appeared to answer a summons for
the same offence. The two elder prisoners had been con-
ductors of dock omnibuses, but on the proprietors placing
an inspector over them, to see that they honestly ac-
counted for the receipts, they "struck," and because the
complainant refused to follow their example, they had
continually annoyed and threatened him. Evans and
Patterson were sent to prison for a month, and Macdon-
ald for seven days.

FIRE Ix TIIOI,IIB-STIIEBT.-- On Tuesday night, a con-
flagration broke out in a kiln used for drying damaged
cotton, in Finney-lane, Thomas-street, between South
John-street and Paradise-street. From the inflammable
nature of the cotton, which was lying loose in the kiln,
the flames rapidly enveloped the building, and spread con-
sternation amongst the inmates of the adjoining houses,
manyof whom threw their furniture out of the windows into
the streets. Mr. Hewitt and the fire brigade were in im-
mediate attendance, and succeeded in a short time in ex-
tinguishing the fire. The West of England brigade were
also in attendance.

THE Arperus or Mu. OLivru continue to engross a
considerable share of public attention, and necessarily so,
for the magnitude of the sum involved by his failure is
almost without parallel, and we are now happy to an-
nounce that the creditors of upwards of six-sevenths of
the amount of his liabilities have signed the trust-deed,
so that the carrying of it out may be considered as certain,
and, also, that the most satisfactory arrangements will
be made in regard to all parties interested. During the
week one or two difficulties presented themselves, but the
good sense and better feeling of the opposing parties aided
in removing them when fairly acquainted with all the
bearings of the case. The London bankers and discount-
houses, after a full explanation with the trustees, signed
the deed without hesitation, and everything is now pro-
gressing so favourably that we believe a meeting of all
the creditors will be convened in a few days, probably
towards the end of the ensuing week, when a full, and,
no doubt, under the circumstances, satisfactory statement
will be laid before them, together with a plan for realizing
the assets with as little loss and delay as possible.—Albion.

SCENE IN WIGAN Cuuncn.—On Sunday evening last
week, previously to the commencement of divine service,
this noble edifice was the scene of a disgraceful outrage.
It appears that some time since a legal gentleman ob-
tained permission to occupy a seat in the middle aisle
which is not used by its owner, of which permission
he has availed himself. During last week a medical gen-
tleman wishing to obtain a sitting amongst the elite of
the congregation, sought and received the like privilege in
conjunction with the other. But not content with this,
he sought to monopolise the whole. The lawyer, on seek-
ing his accustomed seat on Sunday evening, to his great
astonishment found his entrance prevented by a barricade,
composed of the umbrella, legs, &c., forming the personals
of the surgeon, and which were perseveringly retained in
their position, in spite of the first friendly and then legal
expostulations of the gentleman so excluded ; and, in fact,
were not removed until a member of the congregation—
roused by a scene so diametrically opposed to the general
solemnity which characterises the frequenters of the
church, and likewise by the cries of " shame" which
forced themselves from others near the belligerent parties
—succeeded in arranging a truce, which compelled the
disputants, side by side, to unite their responses to the
service. We trust that the general indignation so justly
excited in the town by such a desecration of the sacred
edifice will prove a sufficient protection against a repeti-
tion of this fracas. —Mercury.
SPLENDID COLLECTION OP MOSAICS, ORNAMENTAL
FURNITURE, AND ARTICLES OF VERTU.— To morrow,
Thursday, and Friday, Mr. Branch will offer for sale by
public competition, at his rooms, Hanover-street, an ex-
tensive and beautiful collection of rare and tasteful furni-
ture, and articles of vertu, such as is rarely to be met with
even in the metropolis. Ladies and gentlemen of culti-
vated taste will find this collection well worthy of atten-
tion. The articles which, sorted into nearly 500 lots, fill
three or four of Mr. Branch's largest rooms, consist of
Florentine Mosaic, bull, marqueterie, and carved oak or-

namental furniture, aclapted to houses being furnished in
the ancient and modern styles ; royal Sévres, Dresden,
and Oriental china, magnificent pieces of Gobelin tapestry,
ancient arms, a matchless collection of antique and mo-
dern bronzes and statuary, elegant clocks, and brackets,
hi ormulu, bronze, and buhl, candelabra, cabinet paintings,
by ancient and modern master, and a numerous and diver-
sified assortment of articles of rarity. The Florentine

bronzes are particularly fine, and far surpass any previously
seen in Liverpool, while the French furniture inlaid with
marbles, coloured woods, and metal, finished in the highest
style of modern decorative art, are such as are rarely seen.
The oak furniture, which is quite a contrast to the glitter-
ing productions of the modem French cabinet-makers,
is beautifully carved, of massive proportions, and ad.
mirably suited for libraries and halls. The china is of
great value and rarity many of the specimens being
unique ; altogether the. first-rate.