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expect it. The conversation then dropped.
Mr. ATHERTON, the law clerk, then read a comma.

tion from Mr. Duncan, relative to the suppl_
watering the streets, and for extinguishing fires. I

ference to the latter: it stated that hydrants could be

down in such localities as may be deemed desirable,
for these the sum of ss. each would be charged annm
The supply of water would be charged at the same rat

at Toxiali-park and Aigburth, viz., threepence per tun,
the township paying for the apparatus necessary for its
distribution, and also for a man to superintend it.
A:protracted conversational discussion ensued, in which,
after various suggestions, it was agreed that, as six hy-
drants are already erected in the town, it would not be
desirable to construct more till the efficiency of those
existing was tested. It was also resolved that Mr. Rishton
should be empowered to procure a watering-cart for the
purpose of having the streets watered.
The CIIIIRMAN then referred to a resolution of the last
meeting, by which it was ordered that notice should be
given to Mr. G. H. Lawrence in respect to a nuisance
occasioned by an open sewer or drain in that gentleman's

property,—to the effect that, if he did not tale means to
abate the nuisance, it would be done at the expense of the
board, and proceedings taken against Mr. Lawrence for its

repayment

M. ATHERTON, the law-clerk, read a letter from the
agent of Mr. Lawrence, stating that that gentleman was
abroad, but would be home at the end of this month, or
during the first week of next, and requesting that the
matter might be allowed to lie over till his return.

After some conversation, as to the offensive nature of
the nuisance complained of,
Mr.CIIAFFERS moved that the surveyor be instructed to
take such steps in the meantime as will temporarily abate
the evil complained of, and wait till Mr. Lawrence returns
home, before any ulterior measures are taken. The ex-
pense to be borne by Mr. Lawrence.

- Mr. RISHION seconded the motion, which was unani-
mously carried.

Mr.AncsaToN, the law•clerk, intimated that he bad
communicated with the Liverpool Market Committee, as
to having the inspectors of meat belonging to the Corpo-
ration to visit Wavertree. To that communication the
committee had answered, expressing their willingness to
comply with the request, provided the expenses were paid.
After the despatch of some additional business, chiefly
routine in its character, the meeting broke up.

ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB,

SAILING MATCH FOR THE GRAND CHALLENGI

Tara contest for this valuable prize, of £lOO value and
purse of twenty-five sovereigns, came off on Saturday, on
the Mersey. The steamer Iron King was engaged for the
occasion, and took on board a large party of ladies and
gentlemen from the Prince's-pier, at ten o'clock. The
weather continued fine throughout the earlier part of the
day; and it was only at the close of the proceedings that
the rain set in. The wind was from the N.E., and was a
whole sail breeze. The Steamer ;with her party on board,
enlivened by Mr. Gribbins' excellent band,, started for
the Birkenhead Ferry, where the rear-commodore, Mr.
Jonathan Grindrod, had, with his usual ability and prac-
tical knowledge, placed the contending yachts in their re-
spective stations, ready for the start, which took place
from the signal .gun of the steamer, under the orders of
the vice-commodore, Mr. H. Jones, who on this occa-
sion officiated in the place Of Commodore Littledale. At
about eleven minutes after eleven o7clock the yachts were
soon canted round to the wind, and set off' on the star-
board tack down the river. The Stanley appeared the
first to feel the wind, and closely foll4:wed by the Electric,
Challenge the Blue Belle, Cynthia, Old Coralie close after.
Theyachte,i on arriving off Bootle Bay,,p;aught a good breeze,
which soon altered the positioin of the contending vessels.
On arriving at the Crosby Light-vessel, the Coralie took
the lead, showing her power of sailing'to windward; and,
contrary to the expectations ormany persons, the Civnthia
fell off some distance. The Electric, a small yacht of
eight tons, kept up most adrhirablyivith the le ding
yachts, and maintained this position foi''some time' until
the Northwest Lightship was made, folksived by the Chal-
lenge, Blue Belle, and Stanley ; bUt as the interest of the
race was about this time concentrated between the Cynthia,
the holder of the cup, and the Coralie, we shall briefly re-
cord their positions. On passing the Bell Buoy a little
way, the Cynthia, by the wind becoming more free, passed
the Coralie, and for a long time there was considerable
doubt by those on board the steamer, if she would be able
to take the cup from her larger opponent. On arriving at,
the N.W. Lightship, the Cynthia rounded first, about five.
minutes before the Coralie, and continued to lead; but, on
the second turn round the Lightshiii, th&(oralie had
gained some little distance on her antagonist. ',the breeze
now freshened, with an appearance of rain, whith came on
later in the evening. In the run back again to,Birken-
head the Coralie was very smart in setting her large top-
sail, Which, when fairly set, was of great servier to her.
The Cynthia, on account of the breeze having hieteased,
seemed to bury her hull, and stopped her much.; The
Coralie likes a breeze, and kept her bows well out pg the '
water, and sailed before the wind very beautifully,f and
from this ,circumstance we are inclined to attribute her
success, and the following time taken at the arrival off the
winning-poet will show that she became the winner ofihe
prize. The Victoria yacht, belonging to the hon. secre-
tary, was theing-vessel, and was at anchor off the Birken-
head Ferry.

The start took plate at 11 15. Wind, light breeze,
E.N.E. to N.E., and the following is the order of their
performances :

Entered— P. Bell Buoy. N.W.L. Bell B. N.W.L. 8.8.
Cora 95 tons., 12.57.30..2. 2.43.. 2.55. 5.. 3.25.0.-4.31. 0
Cynthia ..51 12.58. 5.. 2. 5.30.. 2.59.20.. 340.0.. 4.33.30
Blue 8e11e.32 „ .. 1.11.15.. 2.23. 0.. 3.26.10.. 4. 3.0.. 5.15. 0

2.16.15 J gave up, sea and wind
too much for her.
Stanley.... 18 „ 1.18. 0.. 2.18.35.. 3.30. 5 } too far off to
be timed.
gave up, sea and Win(
I
Challenge . S „ .. 1.29.30.. 2.21.50 I too much for her.
Victoria ..11 .1
Ranger.... 13 „ }did not start.
Mirage.— 18 .. not fitted ready to start

Electric .. 8 ~

FLAG SHIP, BIRKZNHEAD. Official time,
Cynthia, A. Roe, jun. Esq .... 6. 9.10." 6. 9.21.
Coralie, A. B. Bryne, Esq. . 6.12.29 6 12.0.
Blue Belle, R. M. Grinnell, Esq. 6.59. 0 -;
Stanley, J. Wilson—not timed.

In the beat out, just at the entrance of the river, Blue
Belle made a judicious tack close to the end of the New
)
North Dock wall, and caught a fine due easterly breeze,
which put her for a short time a-head of the fleet. Corn-
lie, getting a good share of the same favour, in close attend-
ance—both weathering the Cynthia that had previously
had the lead. Electric, with her new mainsail, did won-
ders,—ber style of going to windward delighted every
person. Stanley : alterations had not improved her ; she
is quite unlike the clever craft she proved herself to be
last year. Challenge was also out of time to windward ;
her mainsail having stretched, it could not be well set up,
but her running powers were well displayed in her run
from the Bell Buoy to N.W. Lightship, first time.
The feature a the race was the strong easterly breeze,.
which came on in a squall as the vessels were proceeding
from the North West light-ship for the first time to the
Bell Buoy, obliging Cynthia, Coralie, and Stanley to take
in topsail, and Electric and Challenge to double reef main-
sail and shift jibs; not so the " Blue Belle," she carried
her topsail all through it, and the only difference she
shewed was that of going about three times faster than
she previously had done. The way she worked up to the
third place shewed what she was made for when there is
a breeze. This good breeze continued, and it saved the
club their beautiful cup for another year at least; for with
the flood tide, a good wholesome roll of a sea got up, in
beating up against which, Coralie's long and beautiful
bow came into play with great effect, and by a well judged
tack just weathered the Bell Buoy for the last time, onl'
two minutes after the Cynthia, who had overreaches
herself considerably ; in the run home, Cynthia's larg,
topsail fouled the yard, and being very wet, was :
long time in setting. Coralie got hers smartly up, an(
bringing a steady breeze up lost little to the Cynthia
on this, the latter's best point of sailing, running free
The Cynthia being fifty-one tons, and the Coralie thirty
five, the former yacht having to allow the latter sever,
minutes and three-quarters for difference of tonnage by
the laws of the club, the Coralie became the winner
having 4 minutes and 26 seconds to spare. The owner
of the Coralie, Mr. A. E. Byrne, came on board the
steamer to receive the reward of his well-earned labour;
and he has certainly much to be proud of in his very fine
craft having won this very noble prize this year, in ad
dition to that of her Majesty's Plate won by him last year
against the Cynthia, which yacht, however, it is but justice
to record, is a very fine vessel, and in a light wind we be-
lieve her to be a difficult vessel to beat. We hope Mr.
Roe, her spirited owner, will again try his fortune for this
prize next year, as we are sure the Mersey yachtmen will
be very glad to see him. The prize and
purse were pre
seated to
_Mr. Byrne by the vice-commodore, who compli

mented him on his success ; and a liberal supply of chain
pagne was supplied by Mr. Byrne to the ladies and gen.
tlelnen. Several toasts were drunk_ and responded to,

4 the company shorty air- o'clock separated

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IE NIAGARA,

victim to an attack of

3ritish and North American Royal
amship, Captain Leitch, took her departure hem
ston on Saturday, with about 150 passengers, a
all and the usual mails on board.

Striclpm

Conway,

On Saturda:

afternoon, Mr. W.
of Berkeley-place, Red Lion-s
suicide by cutting his throat with a c'

om, into which 1

'pose of washing his hands
:.—On Friday morning,

.one, ostensibly

a girl named Grace

the canal nea

Wareing was seen to throw herself into
Messrs. Dawson's mill, Preston, and before ass's,
could be of service life was extinct. It is said that son
-nnees with he weetheart led her to commit the ac
-loved in lie of the mills in the town.

AIL BIRSENIIEAD. Two sermons were
Mary's Church, Upton, near Birken-
- Sunday last, by the Rev. William Dalton,
of St. Paul's, Wolverhampton, and rural dean, in
If of the day and Sunday schools connected with
church. The sum of £23 17s. Sd. was collected.

ed in St

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.—On Sunday morning last, as a
mined Graham was proceeding along some waste
d adjoining Bedford-street South, he perceived a
ions-looking bundle, when he instantly called a
policeman, who unwrapped it, and found it to contain the
dead body of a female infant, with its head battered
about, as if it had been strack with a hammer. The
body awaits a coroner's inquest, which will be held to-day.

CAUTION TO CAPTAINS OP FERRY STEAMERS.—At the
dice-court, on Thursday, several captains of steamers
ring on the river were summoned for neglecting to place
e of the crew at the gangway while the passengers were
ing landed. The offenders were convicted in penalties
2s. 6d. and costs, with an intimation from the magic_
ate that in all cases of a similar kind the law would be
rictly enforced.

FATAL ACCIDENT. - On Thursday last, as Richard
Balmer, a boiler maker, was employed with others in the
'arge boiler at the iron shipbuilding yard
a and Son, on the south-west corner of

act of moving
of Messrs. Ver

and on an

; given, the other frien got out Of the way, but the
red unfortunately being deaf did not move, when
toiler fell on him, and he was severely crushed.. The
rtunate man was immediately taken to the Southern
but the injuries he sustained caused death on
lay last. An inquest will be held this day.

RAILWAY STATION AT THE NORTH DocKs.—The
ectors of the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway
opened the North Dock Station, which is only a few
-ed yards from the Huskisson Dock. This station
Ford fi, ilifies to residents at Kirk-
&e., whose residences are
station than to Tithebarn-

dale, Everton

;er to ti

SEalors Accri
Nichol, of Bostoe
Gardner, Dale-strl

sr.---On Saturday evening, Georg 4
street, a porter employed by Mr
was removing some casks in tho

it warehouse, wh(
hed his left

one fell upon him, and so sever
hat when taken to the North,

lospital immediate removal of the limb from the shoulder
socket was found necessary. The operation was skilfully
performed whilst the patient was under the influence of
chloroform, and is now progressing favourably.
LIVERPOOL AND BRAZIL.—The Liverpool and South
imerican steam Company have announced an arrange-
__ Postoffice, by which their steamers will
mails to and from Brazil and the River Plate, the

with ti

terms, instead of a fixed subsidy, being an equal division
of postage money. The first mails taken under this con-
tract will be on the 24th of August from Liverpool, and
the Ist of October from Rio and the River Plate, and

thenceforth these will respectively be the monthly periods
of departure. In conjunction with the steamers of the
Royal Mail Company, a complete mail every fortnight will
thus be established. To insure regularity and to supply
the want of larger ships than those hitherto employed,
the Liverpool Company have purchased two vessels of
1,700 tons each, at present constructing by !Ir. Laird,
together with a paddle boat of 700 tons for the River
Plate, or for the branch service thence to Rio.

ACTION AGAINST AN ATTORNEY.—In the Court of
Queen's Bench, on Saturday, Charles Kimpton, a carrier
at Liverpool and Manchester, sued Samuel Ward Tacker,
an attorney, of St. Mildred's-court, London, to recover
damages for improperly compromising an action which he

had been authorised io bring against the London and
North-western Railway Company, and also to,recover from
him the sum of £lOO, which the defendant had received
from the company as damages in the action. The defend-
ant said he had done every thing in his power to bring the
cause to a successful issue, and, in accepting the terms
proposed by the company, he had acted for the plaintiff's
advantage and under the advice of his counsel. The jury
found a verdict for the plaintiff with £2 damages on the
first count, and £lOO damages on the second count.
FIRE.—A little after six o'clock on Saturday evening,
a fire broke out in the top room of Messrs. Urquhart and
Adamson's cabinet manufactory, in Church-lane, which
extended into the top room and jigger loft of the adjoining
warehouse occupied by the above firm, and: the lower
rooms by Messrs. Gibson and Brackenridge, corn mer-
chants. Mr. Hewitt, with a reel from Temple-court, and
the West of England fire-engine, under the command of
Mr. Barrett, were soon on the spot, and a good supply of
water being obtained, the fire was exthrxishecl, but not
before considerable damage was done. -.;%'..essrs. Gibson and
Brackenridge's stock suffered very Tnne,h from wet, but
is insured in the North British Insurance Company, and
Messrs. Urquhart and Adamson s in the Unity_

THE PR1...,
Mr. Baxtondale, on the part of the weavers' committee,
and Mr. Banks and Mr. Greenough, from the spinners'
committee, waited upon Mr. Miller, the chairman of the
masters' association, to request the withdrawal of the pro-
ceedings. They expressed a desire for the continuance of
the kindly feelings which at present prevailed between the
employer and the employed; to which end the abandon-
ment of the prosecution would, they considered; greatly.
tend. Mr. Miller received the proposition favourably,
expressed his own feeling to be with the suggestion, and
promised the earliest consideration by the committee of
the association of the request thus preferred. On Friday
the matter was brought under th 6 consideration of the
committee of employers, and it was at once unanimously
decided to stay the prosecution. The communication of
the committee's decision was made by Mr. Miller to a
deputation of the operatives, who waited upon him on
Friday, and was received with the utmost satisfaction,
and with expressions of a desire for uninterrupted kindly
feeling for the future.—Preston Chronicle:

STON S

lay, Mr. Cowell

ASSOCIATION OF ST. MATTHEW'S,
SCOTLAND-ROAD, LIVERPOOL.—A meeting of this asso-
ciation was held on Tuesday evening last, and was ntf-
merously attended. The Rev. Henry Cooke, minister of
the district, and president of the association delivered a
very poNVerful and argumentative lecture on "the Degra-
• dation of Popery." At its conclusion, the rev. gentleman yeferred to the want of due protection to those engaged
in the work of teaching the truth in Ireland, and the fol-
lowing resolution was carried unanimously •
f
"That we have hearkl, with feelings of strong indignation,
6f the conduct pursued by the mayor and certain magistrates
OrCork, respecting a case of tract distribution. That we
pronounce such conduct to be totally opposed to the spirit'
of that glorious constitution under which_ it is our high pri.
vi!ege to live, and subversive of our civil and religions
liberty ; and we publicly pronounce our opinion that the
government is imperatively bound to dismiss from the bench
men who thus abuse their high trust in a manner so flagrant
and sO injurious to the public-welfare."
This resolution, and Mr. Cooke's appeal-to the-meeting,
calling 'upon them to stand by their persecuted brethren
in Ireland, were received with the most rapturous enthu-
siasm. The above association, which Mr. Cooke has
formed in, his district, already gives promise of much
good, and is one of the many plans for the temporal and -
spiritual benefit of this so long neglected district which
Mr. Cookejias adopted, and is carrying on with his well-
known zeal: and energy. Mr. Cooke has now more than
2,000 tracts.; in weekly circulation, and nearly thirty dis-
4ributors engaged in thus conveying the Gospel into so
many families who otherwise might not hear it. There
.1s still, however, a great want of distributors and-Sunday
school teachers) and there are many who would, no doubt,
gladly offer their services if they were made aware of
th-d.fact. ' .

PROTESTANT

I SECT VESTAY.—Mr. Churchwarden Carne presided at
.the:nieeting on Tuesday, when an unseemly squabble took
plaZkbetween the chairman and, Mr. Denton; relative to
the stOppa,ge of the.parish clocks, after which the proceed-
ings dr`the Finarke Committee were confirmed. The
Workb.buse Committee reported that the number of ad-
missichig'to the vagrant sheds during the past week had
been 4tgitnales, 279 females, and 111 children ; total, 808.
.The total number of Inmates in the Workhouse, on the
28th Allt.;.‘was 2,287. There were reported to be 1,027
children-Ow in the Industrial Schools. It appeared that
three Hoye had been brought before the committee for
theft, who here ordered to be whipped. The proceedings
of the Medical Relief Committee were read and confirmed.
Mr. Hutchison then brought forward. the motion of which
he had given notice, fof increasing the poundage which
the rate-collectors were paid. This he did in a somewhat
lengthy speech. It was that the poundage at present re-
ceived by the six collectors (who were named) be increased
and adjusted so as to realise to them £2OO per annum each,
and the salary of the superintending collector be raised to
£240 per annum. Mr. Luff, as an amendment, proposed
" That so much of the Finance Committee's- minutes as
relates to the increase of collectors! salaries be referred
back, with instructions for the re-distribution of the parish
into twelve districts, giving each collector an equal pro-
portion of large and small assessments.!' After a short
discussion, Mr. Hutchison replied, when Mr. Lull s
amendment was put, and lost by a majority of 12 to 8, and
the original motion carried. Mr. Denton withdrew the
motion of which he had given notice, for the reconstitu-
tion of the Building-Committee, as he understood that the
Workhouse Committee had in contemplation the appoint-
ment of a sub-committee for the purpose. Mr. Gardner
then moved the rescinding of the standing order that when
there is only one tender sent in, and it be opened, the
board should be bound to accept it. The motion, in a
modified form, was agreed to. On the motiox;lroaffrolt:uB2
Luff, Mr. Henry Jones was elected a member of the boara
in the place of Mr. Banner, resigned. A letter
from a Romith priest, of Copperas-hill, iuclosing
a penitent, as " restitution" to the poor-rate•
accepted,
tenders for supplies for the Workhouse were
the board adjourned.
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