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made by a publican named &bonald, at Oldham, for the
benefit of his creditors. The jury, under

verdict for the plaintiff, leave be
in a higher court.

Lug given to r

Lake a motion

MITES V. LEES.—In this case it was any
arrangement had been come to by the parties to take
verdict for the plaintiff for one hundred guineas .
ACTION ON A BILL ,OP EXCHANGE.—BIythe v. Her..-
ming.—The plaintiff in this case was Mr. James Creswick
Blythe; of Manchester, and the defendant Mr. Frederick
Shand Hemming, iron-house manufacturer, in Birkenhead.
It was an action brought by the indorser of a bill of ex-
change against the indorsee. The bill was for four months,
drawn by William Bryant on Daniel Routledge, for £234,
and dated 27th February, 1854. The bill had been paid
by the defendant to a Mr. Gideon Gould, of Birmingham,
and it subsequently came into the hands of the plaintiff, by
whom it was cashed. The bill became due on Friday, the
30th of June. On the Ist July it was forwarded by
Masterman, bankers in London, to Heywood, bankers in
Manchester. It was returned to the plaintiff dishonoured,
on the Monday. The real plaintiff in the case was Mr.
Gould. The defence was, that due notice of dishonour
had not been given to Mr. Ilemminc, by Mr. Gould. The
jury found for the plaintiff for £286 65., including interest.

aced th

- UNDEFENDED CASES.—The undefended cases in the
West Derby list were then proceeded with.—Dearie v.
Lamb.—An action on a bill of exchange for £5OO. Verdict
for the plaintiff: execution to issue in four days.—Trafal-
gar Life Assurance Company v. Ellis and another.—An
action on' a covenant, by which the two defendants engaged
to pay £lOO on the Bth of July. The interest amounted
to £5 9s. 3d. Verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount.
—Rash v. Hare.—Action against the acceptor of a bill of
exchange for £l,lOO. Verdict for the plaintiff, including
£6 interest. Execution to issue in four days.—Evans and
another v. Gedrych.—Action upon a covenant on two deeds
of mortgage for £1,533 6d. 6d. Verdict for the plaintiff.
—Bent v. Layker.—An action on a bill of exchange, John
Bent being plaintiff, and John Layker, of Maidstone, in
Kent, defendant. The bill had been paid to a person
named Marchand, who was the real plaintiff in the case.
Verdict for the plaintiff for £215 10s.

DISPUTED WlLL—Wilding and another v. Herbert and
Wife.—This was a case from the Vice-Chancellor's Court,
to decide whether a certain document, dated December,
1842, was the last will and statement of Christopher
Rogerson, a surgeon, residing in Blackburn, and who,
when a youth, had been apprenticed to the father of the
plaintiffs, and had resided with him subsequently for a
number of years. The document having been read, the
learned counsel for the defence announced their satisfaction
of its validity, and the case closed with a verdict for the
plaintiff.

ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRACT.— Langensee v.
Storer.—An action to recover £6B, the amount of loss in-
curred by the defendant refusing to receive a quantity of
raisins, which he had ordered from plaintiff, a merchant
at Naples, through Messrs. Baruchson and Makin, of this
town. The case was heard at the last assizes, when a
verdict was given for the plaintiff. A new trial had been
granted on the ground that it was not shown that Messrs.
Baruchson and Makin were the agents of the defendants.
No additional evidence was given, and the plaintiff was
nonsuited.

ACTION FOR SLANDER.—Rhodes v. Milner.—An action
brought by the manager of a cloth-mill, at Leeds, against
a butcher in the same town, who, on one occasion, when
the plaintiff's wife passed his shop, made use of some
offensive expressions, such as calling plaintiff's wife a
thief, and calling out " thief " in a loud tone as Rhe paned

f UESDAY,

down t

damages

rAYLOR v. (
.en called o

—This was a seduction ras',l
co
announced that an arraage
take a verdict by nseat for

mad a verdict for

tiff for £

TbOW
A. SHIP-CARPENTER'S CLAIM FOR W
Bell and others.—The plaintiff in this case, wdeafeo(lo

aypenter on. I)

- 4 vessel belonging to the - 9
ctio,
_., Cimpowners at Workington. The a tilets
Drought to recover £149, a wages account. Oet 00 a
of May, 1848, the plaintiff shipped at this P°r!;,stori
the brig Spencer, belonging to the defendants' 100,
years' voyage. He accordingly proceeded on a ",lere;
the Sandwich Islands, thence to San Francisco, i'661.,'
obtained his discharge, on the 22nd of my,a ~,,,1
verdict was given for the plaintiff for Re ~ od
the balance of his claim, after deducting the rs
posited by him with Captain Robinson. le eel;
ACTION IN TEC/VER.—Petrie v. Quinn.-41
was Mr. James Petrie, a general merchant ; the de to(
Dominie Quinn, a marine store dealer, both of 1",1110
The action was brought to recover the value O 1 u" gotl
of salt sacks, the property of the plaintiff, wbieDig;),i
the possession of the defendant. In October, 01'
plaintiff supplied Messrs. M'Curtin and Riley lc,. 9
sacks, which were sent to their vessel, the 0510%4
was more than they required by 2,365 sack:s;
were returned to Messrs. M'Curtin and Rileys, hte,.:
where they were to remain six months rent ''.
Lordship, in summing up, told the jury that
co
no legal title to the sacks ; and a verdict was acne
for the plaintiff for £Bl, the invoice "
1
*-- —The court rose at six o'clock. ''

2,365 sad

THURSDAY,

IMAN'S WAGES. Hartley v. Ponsonb.ris:;
as an action brought by the plaintiff, a seaman' 01',0
he defendant, the master of the ship 310,---,:tbe,
arrival of the vessel at Melbourne, seventeen °
refused to work, and were sent to gaol. The el!, O'
a view of inducing the remainder of the crew to t
ship to Bombay, offered £8 per month additiol7o4
hands who remained by the ship. The men 10° 01
preferred having a lump sum, and named £6O, b
fet
captain reduced to £4O, giving each man a ,ed d
amount. On receiving the bills, the crew Preso4,
worked the vessel to Bombay. His bill was re atl2l-‘,
ment, and the action was brought to recover tberep:
The defence was that the captain had been Orti
fle
force and dnresse to give those bills, for which 04
deration had been received, the plaintiff being le,
his original agreement to do all that he had ui°,
f(5
lea
allegations for the defence were not proved, 0' e r
eturned for the plaintiff, damages £4O,
given to move to have the verdict set aside. „ 3
if
STOCK V. ROWELL.—This was an action I°'lo
exchange, and for goods sold and delivered bi P
defendant, amounting to £4B. Verdict for the d
for the full amount.

HOCKING V. PONSONBY.—This case was Pr'—fclo
lar to the case of Hartley v. Ponsonby, and a '3'
.6
taken by consent for the plaintiff for £4O. Ai
PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION V.
—ln this cause a verdict was taken by consent f
coti
the penalty of a bond, the damages to be 555 •
£2,840. „ a%

nURICE V. KAY AND On:CHES.—This was vocle
brought to recover the value of a horse, of the
of which the defendants had unlawfully dePV
plaintiff. His lordship did not think the action:"
maintained, and the plaintiff was nonsuited.
NON-DELIVERY OF GOODS. Doran v.
eod
Ita
—This was an action brought by Henry Dorsa,
store dealer, against Richard Rawsthorne, 16'0
miller and provision-dealer in Liverpool,.
damages for the non-delivery of goods purenef,
plaintiff, and which had been re-sold by the
Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £25. 0071/
• LEIGH V. LEES AND ANOTHER.—There v,.-11 : 001
ante in this case for the plaintiff, and a nonsuit W
JEWELL V. GREENOUGIL—This was an 01
action on a bill of exchange for £155 12s. Verb
_

TAUNTON AND ANOTHER V. MELLOR.---..rrbri.s
action brought by the plaintiffs for money. 10(101.
use of the defendant. The action was not defers
diet for the plaintiffs.
IrlianiAs V. MELLOR.—This case was pi —iser'ece
to the former case. The amount sought to be 0,
was £328 2s. 6d. Verdict for the plaintiff. „le))
The court adjourned at a quarter past six 0
nine o'clock next morning.

FRIDAY.
THE VALU nn EOE A HORSlL—Shirley V. Cot to,
-tiff, Richard Shirl .1

.4.e hey, a sergeant-L.430w
Lancashire Aussars, a corps raised in 1848 bY,..14
John Gerard, sought to recover from Sir Jerr'*-7.,"?
worth, a member of the same corps, hei sum 3141?„e'
balance of the value of a horse which the P'airlo'
sold to the defendant in Liverpool, the latter regihe/
for a review which was to be held at Southport' jsoooo
of £2 was paid down as a deposit, and the dere°, fi
the horse with him to Southport. Here, howteboe'eci,
that the animal was too spirited for him, the Jele,,e
subsequently brought to Liverpool, where the sod
through Messrs. Lucas, auctioneers, tried t, is 1)11
animal, but was unsuccessful, and the plahwallt °
the present action for the amount of the ""
..ece
horse. Verdict for £23.
DISPUTED SHIPEROKEE'S Comairssio.,:4o,4
Roosen.—This action was brought by the pktur.to
and William Pearce, shipbrokers in LiverPoo+)
farso
commissionthe defendant
negotiatingthe s
defendant and Messrs.lunilleorsf a £2B7,atnrdan
pool, respecting the clipper-ship sovereign nbe 510.'
In the course of last year, the Sovereign 014,/,,ei
vessel built in the United States for the Au°',..4l
trade, and remarkable for her b'eaillt.v.trei:pf
ived in Liverpool. She had been sold, e' 0(
sited States or upon her passage, to Mr. kieir,:,s-
- defendant,. a Hamburg merchant. Mr-
zT whichi
fo
mp s e
AD Liverpool, in order to see the vessel, and tad j,
rangements in regard to her voyage, Sx.;, an c 6
foreigner, and requiring the aid of a broker, her of
the office of the plaintiffs, and presented a Jrttef
duction from the firm of Lindsay and Co., °ow()
The result of the interview with Messrs. TA
Thompson was an arrangement that they el 6
1e,n,',;00
ship on" for the defendant, securing him
for the voyage, and paying £l,OOO down inini' to v",i
they got freight above this, the next £5OO vi,.„ '"be r
to them, and the excess beyond £12,000 was
between them, the ship-owner, and the defter -00 i",
arrangement was fairly concluded, and, ere the
left, he said, with his hand on the door, " tjje',
is concluded, and you are bound." " Yes," Was 0 et ‘
of Mr. Miller. The defendant then went over
Pearce to arrange about their commission, a 0
conversation with Mr. Boyd, their manager, it lethy
that the defendant should not pay the usual b. etP,
but 21, the amount involved being so very coil, );:`A
a larger transaction, indeed, than had ever beet 5
before in the case of a single vessel. Defende4
Mr. Boyd, " I will go and tell Mr. Babies (with)t f,'
appeared, he had been previously negotiator
cannot have the ship, and will be back with Ye blit
•_.,
minutes." Messrs. Baines and Mackay, dui-lathe $4,
view, offered the defendant £5O more than 10o0V,
agreed upon by him with Messrs. Millers anu.oll)lS
and this induced him to break his bargain wilie
Millers'and Thompson, and to insist also that
to pay the commission to Messrs. Pearce. tie
indignant, immediately sent the defendant a lett
00,1)
him that they did not understand his condo d' 3
they should insist upon their commission, 811.01101 e
vindicate that claim that the present action ' ,
Evidence was adduced. The jury returned di
the plaintiff, £287 10s. tetdl
RIGHT TO CLOSE UP A DlTCH.—Whittlu-w de I#,
zie and Another.—This action was brouglltkn
the right of the plaintiffs to close up a ditch 41,,e 07§1.
which the plaintiffs claimed a right, andof
which, by the defendants, (through the build' ict 0Y)
forming portion of the premises of the License' ,qtettir
ition,) was alleged to have diverted the ''''a
1131 iefotiO
of a bowling-green, belonging to the tioe
of the Derby Hotel.' The whole gilled foti
Ton a point of law, and after it had prooeeuty r
'lie, an arrangement was come to between
paying their own costs.

LIABILITY FOR Goons.—Thomas v. Baxter. ,pr.
was brought to recover £59 16s. 11d. for goods to
tir
the plaintiff, a tailor and draper in this town. rig
fendant, who is master and part owner of the l'opf
and to others on his order. The goods were to
the year 1852, when the defendant, being abl jot
California, called at the plaintiff's shop, an", the
to him a person of the name of Young, who
pal owner of the vessel in question, aaci,:" fur,
plaintiff supplied the goods, sabsequenw,veral
also to the defendant himself and 7„ tot° r
---'ont denied the liabilitY ""

jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.
el;elr i':::,/
VIOLATION OF A CHA.RTER-PARTY.--Jun I)'
—The plaintiff, a German merchant, residing II i
sued the defendant, a ship and insurance brekienr's, ifify
residing in Liverpool, but now living in Leut 0-010/
violation of a charter-party, by which the delevoti3O
tracted to load, within a specified time, aic 7
John, belongingtgliht
tsoootnffho
trebi plaintiff.omtaher
de
o,bo The d efe nol't ',15 lit° ?Pi
pantaiir
ithdiadsaotpmtuhete
vesselNuytedsoifrnlootinhneg v:_li,.thr°,,ered•
,f5",111i
loading had expired, and a considerable suna_:: Pi; ‘1144
incurred for demurrage, at the rate of £5 Pr, trortif
plaintiff remonstrated with the defendant 10, t
but the latter said he could not avoid it, sna_„„troc,"ll)''
he should be glad to be relieved from the rd- p-il
offered £lOO to the plaintiff if the latter 10" 09
release, and he also proposed that the plaintiff:o6Al i
his (the defendant's) acceptance for the differ4o Tije
freight which the vessel might actually
.e`ever,,4
charter party (£950). Both these offers, he,' ion
.?
fendant rejected, and the goods on boar°. ,epti°,4
returned to the various shippers, with the cP"oil'eri
or two lots, the plaintiff re-chartered the ressel,lo tile ir,{4
his action to recover £950, the demurrage, 3of tei 0
expenses incurred by reason of the detentioe„ii „ty
in London ere she was ready to be desllo. pl i,
another charter. The defence was that s°the che I,
delay being attributable to the defendainLl' t of hi A
not in a condition to load, through the fauroff or; flerolii,
tiff. The demurrage was covered by a se'‘fie '-§ lei
defendant had, amounting to about £7O, w;iiroe..,-t,'
rage amounted to only £53. The jury rce‘,..oetr'
for the plaintiff—damages, for breach °` - ir•
The court rose shortly, after sevepin o'clock.
(Continued in our last page') lif

iteetO 7111
EAST LA.NCASIIIRERAILWAT.~Atatjje
East Lancashire Railway proprietors,
no t•
nesday, a dividend of 31 per cent. per annt.,as
up capital was agreed to. The meeting' " 00100
adjourned to the 25th of September, wile°
of an amalgamation with the Lancashire cvr,
GREAT WESTERN RAILIV. rlidPl))e/;()4
Company will be agreed on
of the Great Western Railway
on Thursday. Though the increasuee'diOptioce,eiff
slThiareelhioaliirr:ol,edolil
was announced to be highly satisfactory,
only be 1f per cent. on the half-year, in of the
stun of £30,000 having to be paid to oneft•
•
bury companies Aooller than was otitiCiPlit

ZOCAZ INTELL

Dolie tt, of Hill-
Toyed gun car-

,iasmeiden, with 400 passt
I,lTs This vessel will be Emcee.
ib, ue, and Champion of the Seas.
b`euel) left tile graving dock on Tue:.
1,,,11 coPperee and overhauled, and N
-i,TIle of next month.
'"sTimollm, On the last passage to
tr_acrew-steanier City of Manchester, the ca
eled resolutions, acknowledging Captain
fit
2TYa demeanour, and expressrien
11-evt44,Yfi4 mate, Thanks were
Mr. Taylor, c
galsco°nawaru,_
elliLzeer, and to the other officers and assistants for,
I),;IV'ERPOOL BA.NKRUPTCY COURT.— b
rr..!kalaker at Southport, applied on Wednesday,
nder and
nanussioner Perry for leave to make his
,orobfiLleltis balance to Mr.
-sheet, on the ground that, havingunbaebelne
to yeq of some money at Doncaster, he had been
„JAY railway fare to Liverpool so as to
4Qot.the 22nd of August, 1853, in acer,7lance
npite.e' I% Honour dismissed th.
SIT., /tr. ID SALE OP MODERN ..
aqtlll3th.ta• Ir,CY and Sons announce,
.....y nearly
all ti;Air "allerY, Church-street, of 60 p=,
At ' great modern masters. They
by Johnstone,
r• R. Sam 1, and are works
Vtit,
.Tnue among them
David
were collected by
hems, Plekersgill, H. Bht, Solomon, Lance,
corrts, Webster Muller, Poole, Stanfield, Sant, Nasmytb
DeaarlitinthonY,'Baxter,opleyFielding, Ansdell, Barb, e
&c. Perhaps s
ooli„
~,ressvick, O'Niel, Egg, Pyre, 8r,;..1.i0n was never before offered in Liverpool.
IV 14-4-11 PIECE OP NAVA.L AECIIITECTU'
boatsda_serwriter'-rootn, there has been 1,4
~,, a
6, six feet long and thrts.
In iier,--btistructed on board the Goldfinder,
ilor. -Plit's•hay, previous to her departure_ for ~
N'lld la' 11 e°llstrlicted of such strips
h ainted car-
er
Iti, Y Elands is covered wit . P
of wood as the crew
Lts blti4:',l,44sightly andfrail-looking fabric. the 1);,.`" was to leave the ship and
e4"' when completed, was disco-
al a sitai to leave the ship in her.
I._._ Liar boat.
tonttnron3l.—At an early
11111,7' this town. and neighborhood w
rao,o ptorto of
groat severity, which taste
four o'c'
of 444ta1;1 an hour. From three to
.d
lowt,i „'1,.111g, were frequent an very vivi
consij '4IY b I drolling
eal! °
• erabL, y loud ~•
1.4111 and is,Peiod during the continur
it' heavi,4'l, fell in streaming torrents.
rain wTh'"e4,s, however we are glad to v
that 1' tninre the Crops but little.
olrniir ceeurred, se far as we hav
whol f laf a sheaf r two of whe
Li, 0 , _
Pats 't was reduced to mum
Was 4t,•krtox. —A few days age
~01k!ers' etl'd, to Captain Brown, of
L:4l;se iii,°ll als„„ Promotion to the I
rresetiC,,, Itl, c tankard bears the
-tow t '''' to James Brown, Es.
coo s'earner Luiitanii, on his leav
theill,:ir of the impera" dor, by hi:
CaPtait* high esteem and great respe
With irNwil is al to 7
illaDro^4Blz,.oliveresela:
,Jug,
James b.
offere„ Lasitania, da companhia
I' a Europe.
2E411(1° 1111'e41' e°lll h d'estima e resPeet°,_°s
10 vapor Pellsr°: kcrem, do Brazil passageiros
4ayerib, 1850 11130th • vgiFts were manufacturedara' by Mr.
b Ex1;8.,,,i11-etrnith, Lord-street.
GRUNDY's RE-
-0Vr0,,-„„SIVE P,,c,BBERy PROM MIL
4 -ell, ~ RTs.-- or
property
etro;" 01? A, F some time past Mr. Grundy,
,crn ii.,
~._street, has missed pictures Tuesday last,
.4"h.ta' 'Dotitory but was unable, until
and other • .
to
a._ 4h.u4e to the thief. On that day Mr. Jones, a
4141;e11:tanilTag in Row-street called
at 04 well he
.c value of a picture which he had pty•
atolosce reeo,ipposed to be of great worth. '
at oh., froin trized the picture as ounie,
Of ,Cee 4t4t,,,,MyreMises. Mr. Jone,
ur: g
taaluath j "4,_ toat he bought the pet . em- questioA.
147, et4l2'lll-street • and Mr. Lyon, with ath '4 that h 'um find +b- --- '
thfr:qmualliprro. Lye.
• sAt„e_pett.„, eco

1 safety of loading and d isehar

r. llett

Iso made an

the screw propellor which commands the

steerage of vessels propelled on th

guns oi

perfect

1 abou

.ALTEC COMMITTEE.—This committee met on Tues-
. Mr. Saunders waited on the committee to suggest
at if the piece of waste land at the corner of West
ierby-road, opposite the Necropolis, were purchased and
added to the street, it would greatly convenience the pub-
lic. It was generally agreed that it would be desirable to
have the land; and it was determined that Mr. Moss and
Mr. Beckwith, in compahy with Mr. Saunders, should wait
upon Mr. Plumpton, the owner of the land, on the subject.
—Mr. Rose waited on the committee to request that they
would obtain for him permission from the Dock Com-
mittee to shoot the night soil into the flats at Harrington
'- basin for the next three months. The committee
Agreed to ask for the permission.—The medical officer of
health reported that the health of the town, for the week
ending Saturday last, was, on the whole, favourable, iu so
far at least that there has been no increase, but, on the
contrary, a alight decrease, both in the general mortality,
and the mortality from diarrhoea and cholera. The deaths
from all causes were 276, six fewer than in the preceding
reek, and twenty more than the average of the same week
1848-50, 1851-2, and 1853, after correcting for increase
Of those who died from diarrhoea, 46 were
and 4 adults. The mortality was one below the
erage of the corresponding week of former years, ex-
,luding 1849. Of the 21 who died from cholera, 10 were
children. Nine of the deaths occurred in the immediate
neighbourhood of Scotland-road, and of these 4 were in a
court in Grenville-street North, one of the worst con-'
ditioned in the district. The district is under thorough
sanitary inspection. He also reported that he had in-
spected the figure of eight pit near Windsor, and that he
found the matter complained of was not night soil, but
street sweepings and apparently fcetid deposit of sewers.
In a particular state of the atmosphere, and when the wind
blows from the south, the houses of the complainants are
'lied with the offensive effluvia. The chairman said that
7—eed that the nuisance proceeded from the
ewers, and his opinion was, that in a few years they
would be driven out of the town by them. Mr. Fresh
said that it was his opinion the nuisance arose from the
pit receiving the offensive matter coming from the houses
built in Lodge-lane, and from the sweeping being thrown
into the pit, by which those offensive odours were stirred
up. They had been long endeavouring to have the pit
filled up, and it was only lately that they succeeded in
inducing Mr. Lathbury to consent to its being done. Mr.
Duncan thought that for the next two months no deposit
ought to be allowed in this pit, though in winter time the
street sweepings might be deposited there with safety.
After a brief conversation about the too frequent burials
in St. John's churchyard, the committee rose.
MEETING OP THE GAS COMPANY.-On Tuesday, the
half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Liverpool
United Gas Company was held at their rooms, Newington.
The attendance was numerous, and the chair was occupied
by Mr. C. W. Reade. Amongst the gentlemen, present
were the Mayor, Mr. Alderman Cooper, Mr. G. H. Law-
nice, Mr. S. H. Thompson, Mr. W. Earle, Mr. Mather,
Mr. Mann, Mr. Radley, Mr. Andrews, Mr.
icitor to the company, Mr. Steel, manager, Mr.
The chairman expressed the satisfaction felt

ge

appear

n court
ith the

PAINTINGS.-M' essrS. T

nsday next, a sale

while lying

The object of

e on shore

he was convinc,

with two me

hour on Wednesda:

were f

D, a handsome tankard

Lusitani,

alillard,

)e presented by his passenE
g inscript

by the directors in proposing that, after the Ist of January
reduction of 6d. per 1,000 cubic feet of gas should
ed to the ordinary consumers ; and that a propor-
•eduction would be made in the rate for supplying
Iblic lamps. They felt confident that, in making
suction, though their reserve fund was £3,000

be allow

act of parliament. Allusion was made in the report to
the charge which had been made as to inferior gas ; but,
as that had been retracted, he need not further allude to
it. The report was read, and ordered to be printed and
circulated. On the motion of the chairman, the dividends
d in the report were declared and made payable on.
4th instant, less income-tax. He also moved the re-
on of Mr. Brandreth, Mr. Jas. Batesou, Mr. Joseph
and Mr. Daniel Mather, as directors, and Mr.
)lin Grant Morris as auditor. These motions were

carried, as was also another proposed by the chairman,
that the allowance to the directors be £5OO, as before. In
question put by Mr. Radley, it was stated
_

user
Lt thp

.eet, Soh(

Plac-e"ul, tli;hat. he resided in Gom,
N,Land fo_letective, immediately proce,,
1000, latett.. that the occupier of the house
0411134erts i''l2._)rter in the service of Mr. Grund
h' wherecustody, and str
vari„ eul of founa iody'•
Al a

uuced ; and in answer to another question from the same
-rifleman, the chairman stated that the directors had no
''lu to the appointment of a public officer to inspect
indeed, they would be glad to have the re-
sponsibility taken off their shoulders. They inspected

the metres

aently searc

by Mr. Grundy

r, roi,et°all of which were Went.-
hk,
11,43, itoY which had been stolen from _
~ hbt, bells was committed for trial.
et,.
"111,1- rok p p ouma.—Some w for -
i„
ths de all 411mA/. ... LATF . "'•'? th usion to a very ingenious.
Mr. John Sinclair, of
-he ttitt, e thues of departure and destmaaPtPiagriastuufs
trains'at t_le 'ilre,,l;en.,t station by
'soll.l)o;eti°° station ' invented
on the Liverpool, Carnosibrill''exafionir
4uLIIIIIP;;a Lille. , The invention 0 sis
awlehlrive tt 4 glance, the timese
ofday and the torai.s.,v
n the departure of
towns
tka,raitts throughout the,.,,. day, and is a signal
4fts; NllrFers maY g° ; ana "hil. tot '''''''
f • tilt kiell the trains Csig .
Or ti, (1,,,,
in, is se
of ile tlezvtarture of each tilt a
sma:
1 ,4 key, zthrough moving
'lj
raisin' -
and
• and the names of
.1
444 -g ana 1 " arm" 011 wt 41141.1%11n 11,14.
\--ilo4neinbgy an
contrivance m
ot,e4. tzeilsazteizl:yse'reoenme
,oufutdhesteheinitlelx,eenstiwea:
isexnhiebwitea
alld 1,01°I.;1 t the Titliebarn-street station of the Lancashire
and
k
East Lancashire Railways.
at ti,kte'r East
Rev. Rector Campbell presided
teethe usual meeting on Tuesday. A discussion took place
voll,ne,„e'l the chairman and Mr. Denton respecting the
INt7,l'l', rate, the Chairman stating that the Vestry had
Tl'tilpt-t;',„ ed. to control the secular voluntary rate. There
wa'A 4,er‘;` %q Workhouse Committee stated that re
D'eersek 4•00
Ilal.daitted into the vagrant sheds
the
tzlist., iele..s, 275 females, and
eBs3.uclrendutrlotal, 764
of the
t!nstali,oto were 2,183 inmat i the workhouse or
the „ Lire • A letter was read from. several membe
- ro. -vOOl Town Mission, denying the st.aten
shed -r-lw in
.1..; Mr. Farnall, that '
14 vvere
v.e spec....r,
14111,10 in itih resort of thieves, begg,-
htNretalf seo7l2fireriLtattiree
-tte ° thiefmedicliniomcers' showed L._
,1131lal. cll„.tile increase. English Cholera
-541. t'utr• Rawle also complained tf,
the tacLor for removing nightsoil,
I:,eatelbCl,,.B;,,ill 1-7P.Der Parliament-street,
and making fields
zakii-'•-,ance in the neighbourhood, the (~,,/lt'ere once a place of healthfulreso_rrt unendurable.
M . Rawle's com-
-1:1441t, i/iv° of the members supported
INltui tit as the Vestry had no powers to act, a formal
Letteruell Was not passed. The Vestry-clerkaprpeeadintsmevee,7l
~,, tp„ tua,the Poor-law Board,
iialke Dia-'4olto read law
confirming
use in ans,
estN,rd„ aetoWtelriekllmeterflere paupers of Nets "',ll Protestant paupers. Thy
1, l'h Was that there was no evidence.
ht -qt40,,,
tLelkttk,,
s, !ALS TO TEE LATEr HEAD k.
t'.' tii.,.'s,'• Crtoot.—Upon Mr. Trott's retirement from
57,1V117, ,I•erShip of the above schoo. l, and fro.m a profession
i'' 3.0',4 he has been ardently devoted during a period of
''lth,,,-`,rs, a few friends presented to him, through Mrs.
11,1,:ake'teY, Great George-street, a purse containing a
14• S su:n in gold; and the Sunday-School teachers,
Bentleyand Hodgson, also pre
rN
it by
Messrs.
' These testimonials
te ~, - with a valuable pencil case. . 1,1144,6_ no 'ed by addresses expressive of. the donors'
Zt!kl;, l'apanpir v of Mr. Trott's unremitting diligence
tkil' 4.,'Y andedevotion to the intersts of the school
te-'44°' est eni ofvhis moral and rnu------
it* tilattlitlcations as a teache-
til!,,ll3 k4nY circuirstancaesrsl,
~Nk,,lstrttivdradtatil (moiled
e11,:1‘4 fail "ada,.,--tesZ"as a 1
ta;111, Rte,ver atuatir
,‘°114111; 4a4-Ninct will secure to him the approbation of
44'aj- I uroof - a r to moral excellence. As an addi-
'kil?
poddedittille esteem in which Mr. Trott was held, it
Lnitt h rt time since the bn......ys under his
e3e„,..s ,
/I:l4tal'''''q to him a valuable lever watch.
1414t:t,4 144 s volt St. GEORGE'S HALL.—The Wo/ver-
,,tt,,,°4llg 4 P4ld says :—We have had an opportunity of
LlVD,4latthf. snlendid chandelier—one of ten which are
"eih-' ' 'tear aettired at the works of Messrs.
e ,Messenger George's-hall,
now
bokliahltreet, Birmingham, for St. gear
tit4'''es tv,,,, at Liverpool. The design of the chandelier em-
ttill4the otbieeriss or rings. one of much larger circ.eu:nference
.st'ra 41% iv ' and to which are attached a se
44 4 lare,,"' rangedar inconvenient numbers ,1 hOto„ t,e st," .
41.okil°'-ittlegti:breolinai,Pe.:.iti'irril:l;elltrnseggeiltetowaahnednbuw7intlighhistheaded,finigtuhhstet r cbeean le: pa.
.eleenxr ---.
bctqlleardbtheicir'ef3iesmatg, as the stars on either tier arer
and.
The top of the ch. h
.N 4
11
814111
equal
distances.
from which
ilk e ae„,__ °anted by a sort of canopy,
tilbes"gwaNs nearly a dozen cable-shaped or
Mere is
, q tili 'ie°nveYinc. the gas to the burners.
'LI• QK
central ' hain-
summit to
t
giio, Arocable-tube running
levi""rs of bud. each tier and under the fsroevmeral stars or
froh3, illei„lTlers are
Placed a numberof eoTecbtslemhai
414‘t:,.ati e,'i",le,g an antique prow,which Pr
lltlVe sylni,'T.ls backward in the ?hape of projects
bracket;
titcahel
tliet,n,..,_elic btrd used on the Liverpool coat of arms,
Work . lieeires,,, forming a very ingenious and tasteful de-
i'atred;' these there are pieces of ornamental scroll
lenr:illeallted, which serve to render the whoulerea. really
The
Derqi'.4 of the citnen of art and manufacture. 1141i,'!1, km tube from which the chandelier7be sus-
Itt f 18 20 t.„Which will be attached to the ceiling
10e:t teore't,while the length of the chandelier itselfofthise
Al% borne re
~ -r,ach of the ten chandeliers
will be
lit; ' '''C' that the total number of lights
will contain
I°lth'l4t
lirkl.
' council,
e eit.?lllv. DEA.D.—By various orders in
•melh-j to lai'" Of Augnst, 1854, Her been
Mest
oirsone of
llierrluei„ ''rect that, Without the approval
''t iced WO Secretaries of State, no new bu
two miles
et '1)14nI1111 the borough of Salford, or wit.hin
210 %,FF "4ries and rlill-ground be
from and rafter the
1, „La . in th 2 that burials be discontinued therein,
i e. (lie or A ' said order excepted, .
alte aN• tlgast inst. ; and that no burial
, of• ;, in the b
or within one
glac• 4ce 1,,, orongh of Warrington, ground shall
Qi IDal ."Inciaries •
shall be
<, seaht. Seere,. • , without the approval
.of one of the
,bit itnlea _Lares of State, and that b
philaitty or
ituherein, except as therein excephtuedr,
burial-ground
the
ial round
i'l),+l °Deneelast. 'and that no n
er. secrets • without the approval ofewone of the prin-
hes-
el It i, Iles of state in Diu, Newton-heath, Mane
,ii44„°°,4l il,arther ordered that so much of former ordersinst.
,n eVseting the discontinuance of burials
tepeallYard
o""iTyard, Liverpool, and in the cursc,
.„h and
e
°N)t,,,,,°4,l thm '„t• Andrew Ancoats, Manchester, nail
I‘`llt, 141 °f hat
~:s? /.3tlrial grOnild be opened without, the.
',lirial!; Ittaaro'lTeiji.4 Secretary of State, in Bu. ry,_ Lan
q Nil!. subject .1, Nv tits ; chorley, Manchester , an. dttnihat.
Ilf)4e'4Elng th
e;:' them edetions.in the order in That
Pen2f b„rie 0, be discontinued in those places.
ealit,unkte,„ „•rotinds be opened in Burnley, West Leigh,
th ler, al,elyi,edfordi and Atherton, in the county of Lr-
h•eAttelef, witt. 4'o borough of Derby, or within two miles
u9tit tho approval of a principal SecrVtarY 4f

metres, Mr. -Earle stated that the directors would require
persons disputing their correctness to pay their gas bills
before any examination was made. After some further
conversation, in the course af which the chairman stated
that the company paid no dividend on the premiums for
which they had sold shares, which amounted to £lOO,OOO,
the meeting broke up.

CouITTEE.-The weekly meeting was held on
Mr. Turner in the chair.—The tender of
gard, Merrick and Co., for whitewashing, paint-
&c. at the Stanley dock warehouses, was accepted.
The work is to be completed by the 30th September next.
The Chairman read a statement relative to the amount of
insurance on the dock property, from which it appeared
the value of the buildings belonging to the dock trus-
'vas estimated at £613,171; stores, £22,633. The in-
the buildings was to the extent of £122,a00,
uninsured ; on the stores the insurance

DOCK 1
Thursday

The index,

the proper time
Linder by means

2490,8

and the amoun

uninsurec

£1,450,

3n of the

lie vagrant

stated—that the
cholera was very

at Mr Rose, the

ptied his carts on
thereby cansintr a

s.rrison, who allegeC

rs from th

,vernor and tl

)us cha

a Catholic

OP ST

ter, and

of their deep

Te transpired to
fe in which he

Le may in future 1

to the extent of £lO, owing to an
>yellow of water at Beacon's Gutter, caused by neglect of
one of the servants of the trust. The matter was referred
to the surveyor.—ln reply to a question by Mr. Bigham,
the surveyor stated that the contractor had promised him

1 sustained dar

,e two east stacks of warehouses at the Stanley Dock,
hydraulic machines, &c. would be ready in a
week or ten days.—A letter was read from Mr. C. Bushell,
to the effect that the model of the proposed high-level
railway for the docks was ready for the inspection of the
dock committee. Without expressing any opinion as to
dock extension at the north end, the committee which he
(Mr. Bushell) represented, felt strongly that the subject
was equally important, whether such scheme be eventually
adopted or not. By the application of a railway, and the
necessary machinery, &c: on the quays, the working
power of the docks would be increased, aud, in the event
of a lineal extension of the docks, a railway for goods and
passengers would become an imperative necessity. He
urged on the dock trust to consider well before projecting
any works on the east side of the docks which might
hereafter have an effect as regarded that on any similar
undertaking. After some conversation, the matter was
referred to the sub-committee. An application from
Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co., to make certain alterations
in premises occupied .by them at the bottom of Parliament-
street, which belong to the trust, was referred to the com-
mittee of works. It was agreed that the committee
should meet next Thursday at twelve o'clock, to resume
the debate on the proposed scheme of dock
the north end. This closed the public business.
THE Icsw CHURCH AT GREAT CROSBY.—On Wednes-
day last the commissioners appointed by the Consistory

t
vith the

extension al

Court of Chester, to inquire into the rights of the holders
of pews in the old parochial chapel of Great Grosby, met
in the new church recently erected there. The commis-
sioners were the Rev. Jno. Brooks, Archdeacon of Liver-
pool; the Rev. A. Campbell, jun., Rector of Liverpool;
the Rev. Joseph Bush, Vicar of Ormskirk ; Mr. Mason
and Mr. Sharman, of Liverpool. The three first-named
being nominated by the Bishop of Chester, and the two
latter by the churchwardens of Great Crosby. The pro-
ceedings were opened by the Rev. A. Campbell, who read the
commission, which it appeared was rendered necessary in
consequence of an application from the churchwardens for
a faculty to pull down the old chapel ; the Bishop of
Chester having refused to grant_ it until the pew rights
were ascertained, the commission was issued.—Archdeacon
Brooks then explained that.the object of the commission
was to ascertain whether the holders of pews in the old
chapel had such rights in them as would justify the
commissioners granting them pews in the new church,
before the churchwardens provided for the ger

modation of the parishioners. He observed that such
rights could only exist by virtue of a faculty from the
Consistory Court, or by prescription ; and, in the absence
of either of these titles, each of the parishioners had a
right to a pew, or such accommodation in the church as
the churchwardens could best furnish. The Archdeacon
then called on the parishioners iu attendance to put for-
ward their claims.—The first claim was made by John
Myers, Esq., of Crosby-house, who stated that his family
had occupied a pew for a great number of years in the old
chapel ; but he had no faculty, nor could he show any
prescriptive right, but merely that the pew had been
occupied for a period of years co-equal with the existence
of the chapel, which was erected in 1769. The Archdeacon
at once decided against his claim, on the ground that no
prescriptive title had been proved.—The next claim was
presented by Mr. Almond on behalf of Mr. Humfries, who
had become the purchaser of a property in Crosby, two
pews in the old chapel having always been occupied in
connexion with it. Mr. Almond also stated that the sur-
renders on the court rolls would prove the change of
occupation of the pews, with the ownership of the pro-
perty. Mr. Sharman (who is the deputy steward of the
manor) confirmed this portion of Mr. Almond's state-
ment, and also said that to most of the copy hold tenements
pew rights were apparently attached. This Mr. Almond
contended was very strong evidence of a title by prescrip-
tion, and asked for an adjournment of the commission to
enable him to complete it by production of the court rolls.
The commissioners seemed inclined to grant this, if Mr.
Almond could produce evidence of the repairs of the pews
having always been done by the occupiers for the time
being. Some discussion took place on this point, when it
appeared that church-rates had been levied for a long
period of years for the purpose of repairing all the pews
in the old chapel, and since then that all the pews had
been repaired from a subscrnmd fund. These facts having
been proved to the satisfs.ction of the commissioners, they
at once expressed their opinion that no private rights to
any pews in the ole. chapel could be proved to exist by
prescription, and under these circumstances, and in the
absence of any bf the inhabitants producing a faculty, the
commission= decided that they could not grant pews in
the new chirsch to any of the claimants. The inhabitants
seemed grznerally satisfied with this decision, and the pro-
ceedins:;-s terminated, the Venerable Archdeacon observing
that ne considered it much better for the parishioners that
individual pew Tights should not exist, which would
always interfere with the disposal of the pews by the
churchwardens for the time being, for the general benefit
of the pariah..

new boat was brought over in the Pacific, froniNew York,
where she has been built for Mr. Thomas Littledale, the
commodore of the Royal Mersey Club, by Mr. Fish, the
builder of the celebrated little Truant. The boat, how
is a very different and curious model.
ft
instead of a centre board. Her dimensions are,
ever, is
keel,
length on the keel 11 feet, over all 24 feet. She has an
overhanging counter, and a long projecting stem, like the
bow of a canoe. Seen on the shore she looks a singular
craft; but afloat she ha? a graceful appearance, and her
sailing qualities, both in beating and running free, are
said to be extraordinary.
THE EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT ON 'CHANGE.—
The insurance brokers at Liverpool have issued the fol-
lowing notice, which has been posted in the Exchange and
Underwriters'-rooms :—" With a view to prevent disap-
pointment, arising from the non-execution of orders for
insurance, the brokers connected with the Underwriters'
Association desire to remind their friends that the room
is closed for business at four o'clock, and to inform them
that, in consequence of a resolution recently passed at
Lloyd's, by which that room is closed at two o'clock on
Saturdays, it has been thought desirable, as far as prac!.
ticable, to adopt the same rule ; and they would, therefore,
beg to recommend that all ordera for insurance should
be sent in before two o'clock on Saturdays, and four
o'clock on all other days. Underwriters'-rooms, Liver-
pool. 10th August, 1854." The shareholders, of the
Exchange News-room have also. made a request to
the committee to close the shutters of that estab-
lishment on Saturdays at two o'clock, and the room
be finally closed at five. A memorial to the Exchange
committee on the subject has been very numerously
signed by the subscribers to the rooms.

She has a

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT COMPTON HOITSE.—OR Wed-
nesday Fanny Lees, Mary Ann Lees, and Adelaide Thorn-
ton were brought before the police-court, charged with
having in their possession a quantity of silks, satins and
other goods, stolen from Messrs. Jeffery, Morrish, and Co.,
Compton-house, Church-street. From the evidence it ap-
peared that a few days ago William Lees, a porter in the
service of Messrs. Jeffery, Morrish, and Co., absconded,
and it was ascertained that he had stolen a large quantity
of silk and satin goods. The prisoner, Fanny Lees, is the
wife of William Lees, and Mary Ann Lees is his mother.
The other prisoner, Adelaide Thornton, is a sister; she
was married about a fortnight ago. On the Saturday
previous Messrs. Jeffery and Co., missed a piece of satin
valued at 95.6 d. per yard, and this led to an inquiry, when
it appeared that a variety of silks, satins, and other goods
could not be accounted for. Subsequently information
was given at the police office, and the matter was placed in
the hands of detective-officer Carlisle, who proceeded to the
house of William Lees, in Trowbridge-street. Lees had
then absconded. The officer, on making a search, dis-
covered some pieces of silk and pawn tickets, relating to
other silks and satins which had been pledged at various
pawnbrokers' in town. The officer then proceeded to the
house of Mary Ann Lees, in Gill-street, and asked her if
she had any silks, satins, or other property. The pri-
soner denied:that she had any, but, on a search being made,
several pieces of silk and satin were discovered in various
parts of the house. At first she said she had obtained
them from a Scotchman, but afterwards admitted that her
son had given them to her. A number of pawn tickets
were found relating to goods which had been pledged.
Mr. Joseph Willey, the purchaser of silks, &c. at Compton-
house, identified some of the silks and satins produced in
court as having been in his employers' shop ; some of
them had been cut up into dress pieces. Mr. Meadows,
pawnbroker, of St. James'-street, produced a piece of silk
that was offered to him in pledge by Fanny Lees ; she had
been detained at his shop and given into custody. On
being questioned, she said she had received the silk from
the West Indies, but she afterwards
,confessed that it
came through her husband, who was a porter at Compton-
house. . Mr. Parley, pawnbroker, London-Toad, produced
a piece of silk pledged at his shop a short time ago. This
was identified by Mr. Willey as the property of his em-
ployers. He also identified some other silk, pledged at
the shop of Mr. Woodruff, Pembroke-place, The two
younger prisoners, Lees and Thornton, were spoken to by
the pawnbrokers as the parties who pledged the silks.
The whole of the property stolen is valued at about £6O.
The prisoners were remanded, to allow time for further
inquiry. A reward of £lO has been offered for the appre-
hension of Lees. On Friday William Lees was brought up
in custody charged with the robbery. Mr. Clough applied
to have the evidence of the detective officer, who arrested
the prisoner at Knutsford, received, and then remand him
until Wednesday, when the other prisoner charged would
be brought up, and the case he hoped against them would
be completed. Evidence was then given of his arrest at
Knutsford, in bed in a lodging-house, the previous evening.
In his defence, the prisoner stated that he had not stolen
the articles,---that they were given him by a party to get
pledged, but declined to name the person. Ho was re-
manded until Wednesday. He is described as a man 33
years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, black straight hair,
rather long, and extends low on the forehead, flat but not
long face, prominent chin wiskers shaved off, stout made,
andthe 16th stoops littelnet, inathe
asilhborieulcid,tltlyersen.Hine was fhlormaneerhotelyinr
Pan i9X% •

iNDARD, AND GENERAL C

GENERAL IXTELEIGI

Ax. ORI

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ipes for the construction of v

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for 20,000
r-works at

THE CONTRA.CTOBS for an enormous steamer at New
York recently entertained a dinner-party of twenty-two
persons in its cylinder.

Ix PHILA.DELPHIA, there is a system of perpetual
insurance. In consideration of the payment of
.2 per

he company insure for ever any house, the in-
surance expiring only when the house is burnt down.
THE SCOTCH BA.R.—Of the 402 advocates at the Scot-
tish bar, 92 are authors ; six are, or have been, editors of
newspapers and four others have been connected with the
newspaper press. Twenty are regular or occasional con-
tributors to the provincial press. There is only one artist
on the roll— an histopical painter in London.

ANTI-CHRISTIAN LECTURES.—The judge of the Derby
County Court decided, the other day, that proprietors of
lecture-rooms cannot be sued for refusing. to comply with
an agreement to let their rooms in case they find that the
lecture is to be a diatribe against religion and morality.

Ma. TALFOURD, eldest son of the late lamented Judge,
who obtained his first brief at the Berks Assizes, in a
civil case of some importance, acquitted himself in a most
satisfactory manner, and at the close of the trial received
the warm congratulations of his friends. t
LIEUTENANT ROBERT ROBERTSON, who has for several
years past had the charge of the steam department afloat
at Woolwich, has been appointed, with the sanction of the
Admiralty, Surveyor of the Mercantile Marine, under the
Board of Trade.

THE EARL OF ABERDEEN Will pass the greater portion
of his time at the Ranger's Lodge, Blackheath, during the
remainder of the summer. Public business requiring his
Lordship to be within easy access of the metropolis.

COMPETITION FOR PUBLIC OFFICES.— The medical
appointments in the East India Company's service will
very soon be thrown open to unlimited competition of
properly educated men between 22 and 28 years of age.
The best men will be selected for the appointments, with-
out any other recommendation than character and merit—
Medical Times and Gazette.
HARBOUR OF REFUGE AT PADSTOPT.—An important
scheme has been set on foot in the west of England, to
promote the formation of a harbour of refuge at Padstow
on the coast of Cornwall. This is most desirable for the
shipping interests of the Bristol Channel, as well as the
Irish traders. At present there is not a single harbour of
shelter on the English coast from Yenarth Roads and
Kingroad down to the Land's end ; and the main feature
of the movement is the formation of a harbour which shall
be accessible for vessels in all winds varying from the
south-west to north-west.

NAPOLEON VISITING BUTICINGIII3f PALACE. —Al-
though the entente cordial is not sufficiently advanced
to allow Queen Victoria to receive from the French a visit

of ceremony, or to bestow one, a sort of half-way arrange-
ment is said to have been made, which will prepare the
way for her Majesty receiving the Emperor and Empress
of the French at Buckingham Palace at no distant day.
Louis Napoleon is said to have invited Prince Albert, th
King of the Belgians, and the King of Portugal, to meet
him at Boulogne on his return from the Pyrenees, and
the invitation is said to have been accepted.

A DISAPPOINTMENT FOE TIIE CzLn.—Government are
sending a ship of war to the Clyde, for the purpose of
removing the two pair of engines constructed for the
Russian Government by Mr. Napier before the present
hostilities commenced. The engines are not quite finished,
but we presume they are intended to be completed at one
of the national dockyards, and fixed on board two of our
new men-of-war. Like all Mr. Napier's engines, they are
splendid specimens of mechanical skill—Glasgow Chron.
LAUNCIt OF THE TYNE.—Last week a very noble iron
steam-ship was launched from the building yard of Messrs.
Ravenhill, Miller, and Salkald, Walker, near Newcastle-
on-Tyne. She is for the West India Royal Mail Company,
and is four feet longer than the Great Britain. Her
length is 320 feet, breadth 36 feet, depth 30 feet, and burden
in tons 1,859. She will carry 2,500 tons, and will have
accommodation for 300 passengers. She has four decks,
is a paddle-wheel steamer, and is 40 feet longer than any
vessel hitherto built on the Tyne.

RAILWAY DIVIDENDS.—The Under/I/Med railway com-
panies have declared the following dividends :—North and
South-Western Junction, 2s. per share for the half-year;
Great Western, one-and-a-half per cent. on the half-year ;
Shrewsbury and Hereford, 3 per cent. for the half-year ;
Midland, three-and-a-half per cent. per annum, on con-
solidated stock. The half-yearly accounts of the Eastern
Counties Railway are before the auditors, but it is under-
stood that the dividend will be 3s. 6d, per share, carrying
forward about ,25,000.

ATTEMPTED MURDER AT BRUSSELS BY AN ENGLISII-
,
MAN.—An attempt to commit a double murder was made
on the evening of the Bth, at Brussels, in the Rue des
Grande Carmes. About a quarter past ten, just as a gro-
cer named Delarocca, aged 65, was on the point of closing
his shop, a well-dressed man entered and asked for some
articles. They were given him and he paid for them, but
in place of immediately taking his departure he continued
talking in a wandering manner. At last the grocer
observed to him that it was time to shut up, and going
round the counter proceeded towards the door, as if to
close it after the customer. The moment he came near
the stranger, the latter pulled a hammer from under his
coat, and gave M. Delarocca four dreadful blows on the
head; The servant of the grocer, a woman aged about 50,
on hearing the noise of her master falling to the ground,
hurried out, and was received by the stranger in the same
manner, and fell immediately bathed in her blood. The
man then rushed round the counter to get at the money
in the till ; but this d

'eadful drama had not passed un-
observed, as the cries of the servant had attracted the at-
question by Mr. Bigham, the Chairman enumerated tention of some persons on the opposite side of the way.
some of the details, showing that the Albert and Stanley They hurried over to the house, and, with the assistance of
Dock property, valued at £llO,OOO, was insured to the a police agent who happened to come up, arrested the
extent of £lOO,OOO, leaving £310,000 not insured.. The man. He was immediately interrogated by the nearest
dock-masters' houses were estimated at £15,643, but only commissary of police, and declared bis name to be Alexan-
£3,4oo was covered by insurance. There was a certain der henderson, a native of Great Britian, and following
amount of insurance on the dock-yard property, the dock- the calling of a coachman. He declared that he was urged
office, the customs depot, and the transit sheds, but none to the crime by want. The next morning the grocer and
on the open sheds, the telegraphs; lighthouses, &c. The the servant were both alive, but scarcely any hope is en-
Chairman said they were paying at the rate of Os. 6d. per tertained of their recovery. Henderson lived in the
cent., including premium and duty, on the warehouses for SAILING AND ROWING REGATTA.—The regatta, held house opposite, and probably conceived the idea of thr
insurance, and for other places the common rate of 2s. I under the auspices of the Liverpool Yacht Club, takes crime from seeing the grocer from his window. The
premium, and 3s. duty. In the course of a conversation, i place at Birkenhead Ferry, to-morrow and Thursday, and prisoner is well known at Brussels as a man of bad
Mr. Evans said he thought that the money paid for in- iwill, particularly if the weather prove fine, be very at• character, who had reduced his wife and family to such
surance was entirely thrown away. Ultimately the sub- tractive. Several yachts from adjoining clubs are to distress byi his misconduct as to force them to apply to
j ect was referred to the sub-committee for consideration.— compete in the races, and, among the model yachts, an the depot of mendicity.
Mr. Bigham brought before the committee a claim made 'American stranger is expected to' bear off the palm. The BONA-FIDE- TnivELLEss,-9n Sabbath last, an old
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called for refreshments at a snug country
public house. "Are you a bond-fide traveller ?" asked
the mistress. " The dell's in the woman," replied the old
man; "how can a body be bonny at 76 ?" " Oh, but,"
said mine hostess, "if you're no bona"-fide ye canna be
here." Just as the old man was about to launch an angry
reioind

a person, on a crutch arrived, and asked for
admission and refreshment. " Are you a bond-fide
traveller ?" inquired the landlady. Ah, a real bond-fide,
a real bond-fide," replied the new customer ; and he was
admitted. The old man looked astonished ; but observed,
at length, that if the chiel on the crutch was a bonny
feedie, he and his young friend were bonny feedies too.
In a moment the magic word gained them admittance,
the smiling dame remarking that "bond-fide travellers
were turned a great deal rifer than the auld kind afore
railroads were heard o' "—Perth Advertiser.
PROSPECTS OP THE COMING HARVEST.—The following
are the results of an analysis of reports from 134 corres-
pondents of the Daily News, spread over the 40 English
counties :—Wheat : Very good, excellent, average, 31 ;
good, full average, full crop, &c., 49; average, pretty good,
&c., 32 ; near average, 4 , under average, thin, &c., 12 ;
middling, doubtful, or various, 6. Totals,--Favourable,
112 ; unfavourable, 12 ; neuter, 10. Barley : 127 reports
resolve themselves into—Very good, over average, abun-
dant, &c., 33; good, full average, full crop, &c., 40; average,
pretty good, &c., 30 ; short, light, indifferent, &c., 12;
various, irregular, &c., 12. Totals—FaVourable, 103 ;
unfavourable, 12 ; neuter, 12. Oats : 128 reports give—
Excellent, over average, very good, &c., 26 good, full
average, &c., 46 ; average, fair, pretty good, &c., 33 ; near
average, tolerable, middling, various, &c., 11; under aver-
age, short, light, &c., 13. Totals—Favourable, 104;
unfavourable, 13 ; neuter, 11." Partial inquiries made in
the Irish, Scotch, and Welsh counties give similar favour-
able results.

LOST, A DUKE !—A somewhat singular scene took
place at the Victoria station, Sheffield, on Friday after-
noon. By the train which arrived from Grantham, about
half-past two o'clock, there came the valet of the-Duke of
Rutland, three of his grace's private carriages, and a num-
ber of attendants, en route for the duke's shooting-box,
at Longshawe. t was believed that his grace-was also in
the train, but when preparations had been made for him
he could not be found. His attendants were in great
consternation. It was at first thought that his grace had
by mistake gone forward in a train to Manchester, and
the telegraph was immediately set in order. No tidings
of the duke could be gathered in that direction, and there-
upon a message was forwarded by the same means to Ret-
ford, in order to learn whether he had been left there on
changing carriages. Still no tidings ! The telegraph was
then put in communication with Doncaster, and at length
it was found that his grace was at Knottingley, near
Pontefract. He had neglected to change carriages at
Retford, and his attendants were too busy about their own
personality to give a hint to the duke that it was necessary
to alight there: His grace arrived from Doncaster the
same afternoon and proceeded to Longshawe.
THE PLAGUE AND THE CHOLERA IN LONDON.—The
plague at three different times attacked the parish of St.
Giles-in-the-Fields, and left the rest of London untouched.
This circumstance is suggestive. It is the popular opinion
that the disease was imported from abroad ; but the fact
that it broke out at intervals during a period of upwards
of four months, goes far to prove that, like the cholera
and typhus fever, the plague was influenced by local
causes. During the whole time of the visitation of the
plague, this particular parish was not for a single week
clear ; and although the population at that time was
small compared with that of other parishes, 3,216 persons
perished there of the plague. The number of deaths from
plague in some of the other London parishes in 1664-66
was as follows :

St. Clement's Danes
St. Giles's, Cripplegate .... :4,838,
St:Ritolph's, Aidgate . .4051
Bt. Andrew's, Holborn ...3,958
St. Margaret's, Westminster 3,742
St. Mary's, Whitechapel
Stepney parish 6,583
St. Saviour's, Southwark 4,235
And so the population of the parishes were swept away by
the pestilence—a scourge so great ns to be but feebly
understood even by the aid of these figures. Within the
metropolitan bills of mortality, says the parish clerk's
report, 68,596 persons perished ; and at that time, it is
almost needless to say, St. Pancras, Marylebone,
Paddington, and other immense districts were not in
existence. A comparison of the present with the past is
cheering. We see how enormously even the too slow
progress of improvement has tended to the preservation of
life. The ravages of the cholera in 1849, with an enor-
mously increased population, were small as compared with
those of the plague in 1664. Nevertheless, it then carried
off 14,000 persons in London, to say nothing of those who
have fallen victims to this disorder in Newcastle, Edin-
I burgh, Glasgow, and other parts of the kingdom.. It is
a frightful thing to think of—but, nevertheless, a fact—
that these deaths were caused mainly by our own
ignorance and perverseness. We say thirJ, however, not
as a complaint, but as a ream for aggpt differently now.
—The Builder,

MAGNANIMITY OP

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occasion of his
meat. These

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Barnes, or penal establishments, of Guiana, and
colonies ; 1,003 to soldiers or sailors undergoing im:

FATAL RAILWAY Acc

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the North London (Camden Town) Railwa,
Highbury station, on Monday night, between a passenger
train and a heavy goods train which had started before

near tL

it in the same direction

The lugga

es accompanying it,

hoOked them from the trucks in order to pump more
water into the boilers whilst the train was on an incline.
The consequence was that the train returned down the
incline by the force of its own gravity, and met the pas.
The engine-driver of the latter, na,-
Allen, was killed on the spot. Serious if

senger train

injuries were sustained by one or two more of the com-
pany's servants, and a number of passengers were cut and

bruised,

d, surgeon

THE CtroLEne.—The following recipe has been corn
municated to the Times by Mr. Henry Wake&
to the Middlesex County House of Correction, who says
he has used it in that establishment during every visit of
the epidemic, and that no fatal case occurred under its
administration. An early application of the medicine is,
he says, indispensable to its success : —The simplicity of
the remedy is a strong recommendation in its favour ; it

is at the Command of-all classes of society, and may be
prepared with the greatest facility. The form of the
prescrißtion is, 30 grains of the sesquicarbonate of soda
in a wineglassful of strong mint tea, made with the fresh
vegetable, or, if this is not at hand, one drop of the
essential oil f peppermint diffused in the same quantity
of water, and repeated every half-hour. I have rarely had
occasion to administer the dose more than three times
without the sickness and diarrhoea being arrested. While
under treatment the patient is confined to a diet of beef
tea, well seasoned with salt and pepper, cocoa, or arrow-
root : nothing solid is allowed while the diarrhoea con-
tinues, even the daily quantity of bread is withheld.

BANFFSHIRE FISHERMEN'S SUPERSTITION.—The her-
ring fishing being very backward, some of the fishermen
of Buckie, on Wednesday last, dressed a cooper in a flannel
shirt with burs stuck all over it, and in this condition he
was carried in procession through the town on a hand-
barrow. This was done to " bring better luck" to the
fishing. It happened, too, in a village where there are no
fewer than nine churches and chapels of various kinds, and
thirteen schools. —Banff Journal.

FARMS AND FARMERS.—Farms occupy two-thirds of
the land of England. The number of the farms is 225,318;
the average size is 111 acres. Two-thirds of the farms are
under that size, but there are 771 of above 1,000 acres.
Thelargefarms abounding in the south-eastern and eastern
counties ; the small farms in the north. There are 2,000
English farmers holding nearly 2.000,000 acres; and there
are 97,000 English farmers not holding more. There are
_ _

have ten or more, and employ tone
170 farmers have above 00 labourers . eac

her 311

7 labourers

employ 17,

I—Census Report.

SUDDEN DEATU OF TIE