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The meeting then voted thanks to the Liverpool Press,
for its fairness towards them, and after a vote of thanks to
the chairman, the business was closed.

A Mn. GALT, from this town, has been killed by the
kick of a restive horse in the Isle of Man.
CAPTAIN GEEIG, the head constable, has, by the Lon-
don Gazette of the 14th inst., been promoted to the
rank of major in the army.

THE DiMERARA. —This noble ship, whose untimely
fate will be remembered by our readers, was sold on
Friday. The purchasers were Messrs. Wilson, of this
town, and the price paid was something under £lO,OOO.
THE MAYOR entertained, on: Thursday, a party to
dinner at the Town-hall. The company was composed
principally of members of the town-hall committee.
• Kossunr's VISIT TO LIVERPOOL.—We understand the
intended visit of M. Kossuth to Liverpool has for the
present been postponed. - It is now certain that his visit,
if it take place this year, will not -occur till late in the'
autumn.

-MONEY. -At the Dock Committee's meeting on
Thursday, offers of money to the extent of £14,500 were
taken at 44 per cent.; and further offers of £2,040 at 41
per cent. The larger sum had been arranged for pre-
viously to the rate of interest being reduced to 44
THE LANCASHIRE MILITIA, commandant Colonel
Clifton, now in garrison at Deptford and Woolwich, from
continual drill and training are becoming extremely effici-
ent ; the men are beginning to wear a soldierly look, and
go through their manceuvres with the greatest precision.

•
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' BAzkeu.—This bazaar and
exhibition was brought to a cloie on Wednesday, being so
long protracted in consequence of the inclemency of the
weather. The total proceeds are about £9OO, including
donations. There will be a re-opening to-morrow, for the
allotment of the articles sold and the sale of those which
have been undisposed of. A raffle will then take place for
the splendid sideboard manufactured by Mr. Fairclough, of
Renshaw-street.

TnE AFRICA, British and North-American Royal Mail
steam-ship, Captain Neil Shannon, sailed on Saturday for
New York, with the usual mails for the United States and
British North-American provinces, 100 passengers, and a
full cargo of merchandise on freight.
A BOY SHOT AT AINTREE RACE-COURSE.—Near the
centre of the course there were reprehensibly permitted to
be placed two targets for rifle shooting, one sent by Mr.
Morgan, of a rifle gallery in Williamson-square. On Thurs-
day afternoon, a boy, named Miles Greenbank, who standing
near this, was shot, the bullet passing into his body. The
unfortunate youth is since dead, and an inquest on the
body is to be held to-day.

FATAL ACCIDENT ATA SHIPBUILDING YARD.-011
Saturday morning, a boy named Jimes Hatton, was en-
gaged on a stage with eight men, at Mr. Getty's ship-
building-yard, driving rivets into an iron ship. There was
a furnace and a forge also on the stage, and whilst the
men were buisied with their work, the platform suddenly
and unexpectedly fell, all upon it being precipitated to the
bottom. The youth Hatton was so seriously injured that
he died the same evening; the eight men escaped with
oniy bruises and contusions.

EXrENsJVE 1;12*.--.A14" OFFICE-BOY.-011 Friday
afternoon, between, five and six o'clock, a youth, named
Richard Burnes, in the employ of Messrs. Langtrys and
Co„ Water-street, made off with the cash-box, containing
£350 in cash, besides other property, of the value of
£l,OOO and upwards. He had been some time in their
service, and they never had reason to suspect his honesty.
Only a few minutes elapsed before the police were' made
aNuainthd with the fact, and though every exertion has
been used to trace him, yet, up to the present time,
no tidings of him can be had.

MUiDER. BY AN OLP MAN.—On Wednesday, Mr. Drif-
field held an inquest at the Bird-i'th-Hand, Hindley, near
Wigan, on the body of James Underwood, aged eleven
years. John Grundy, an able-bodied pauper, was present
in custody. Grundy slept in the same ward at Hindley
workhouse as a number of boys, and early on Tuesday
morning week they were teazing him about some money
he had. The deceased stroked Grundy's pocket ; Grundy
became enraged, and seizing the lad by the right leg and
arm, dashed his head against the wall until the skull was
fractured. The boy never spoke afterwards, and died on
Sunday evening. The jury returned a verdict of "wilful
murder" against Grundy, who was committed to the
assizes.

TUE COUNTY COURT, YESTERDA.Y.--Lue second July
court opened yesterday, J. W. Harden, Esq., judge of the
Chester County Court, in the absence of Mr. ronock,
presiding. The business was a1...A exclusively confined
to fraud summnn9r, insolvencies, &c., and none of the
cases were possessed of the least public interest. Orders
for committal to Lancaster Castle were made against the
following parties, for non-payment of debts for which
judgment had been obtained against them :—John Prit-
chard, Blue Anchor, 112, Leeds-street, 20 days ; George
Sudlow, clerk at Messrs. Cowgill and Jones's, Argyle.-
street, 20 days; W. McCleland, at the Albert Dock, 20
days; Margaret Wharton, near the post-office, Litherhmd,
20 days ; W. Evans, Clive-street, Park, 15 days; Richard
Nath, at Messrs. Harrison's, biscuit makers, Mersey-
street„ 20 days ; Richard Harrison, 28, Nursery-street, 15
days; Miles Carroll, 9 Court, Burlington-terrace, Bur-
lington-street, 15 days ; William Heron, book-keeper at
Mr. Brackenridge's, Derby-buildings, Fenwick-street, 30
days ; Shaw, clerk in the office of Messrs. Lawrence
and Co., Liver-street, 30 days ; Isaac Conningham, cork-
cutter, Cooper's-row, 20 days ; John Hook, cab driver, 17
Falconer-street, Winds

_ ,
neer, foundry, St. Anne-street, 20 days
carter, 15 days ; Edward Boyd, 11 Con
street, boiler-maker, 20 days ; Ma
Yates's, 34, Huskisson-str
Court, Fisher-street

Lloyd, engi-
fred Alkinc,

11-n Briscoe, 10

hall-road

?,0 days Thomas 'Thompson, Vaux-
lass works, 30 days ; and Margaret Stanyard,

chi'-woman, 16 days

that t

Of sole

IT CLUB.—The second sailing match, in co:
Le Liverpool Yacht Club took place on Wed

RACE PLI7NDEi

20, was won 1;v

Within _an hour after the close of

the races at Aintree, on Thursday, no less than six watehe;-,
and a purse, containing about £lO, were reported at the
Police-office as having been lost on the ground.
Tna HIMA.LATA.—The departure of the Himalaya
from Southampton has been postponed until to-day.

government, she having been purchaeed 'of 'her late
owners, the Peninsular and Oriental Company, for the
purpose of being used in the disposition of troops. She
will proceed to Kingstown, where she is to embark a por-
tion of the 2d Dragoon Guards, calling here for the
remainder, en route to the Black Sea.
CAUTION.—At the Police-court, on Friday, Messrs.
Edward Holt and Son, Duke-street, Mr. Israel Samuel,
of Great Howard-street, and Mr. Yates, of 6, St. Anne's-
mre convicted in various penalties, under the 37th
of _ the Liverpool Sanitary. Amendment Act, for

permitting their servants to standon the outside sill's in
cleaning the upper windows, thereby rendering themselves
liable to a penalty of £5 each.

BOY li-ROWN-ED.—Yesterday afternoon, about five
o'clock, a little boy of the name of Bleakley, whilst
playing at a pit in:a dell on the top of the Holt at Tran-
mere, accidentally fell in and was drowned. Every effort
was made to save him, but without effect. This is thd
second boy that has lost his life at the same place within
the last twelve months. We understand that the parents
of the lad have been resident at Tranmere only a fort-
night ; and, what makes the case more melancholy, that
of fifteen children he was the only son.
FAILURE AT LEkns.--The creditors of Mr. Samuel
Hammond, Low Fold Mill, Leeds, flax spinner, (whose
suspension with £35,000 of liabilities took place recently,)
met at Leeds on Wednesday last. From the statements
made to them, it appeared that there was every reason to
expect, if the estate is not driven into bankruptcy, that
there will he sufficient to pay nearly 10s. in the pound.
Three of the principal creditors were appointed a com-
mittee to investigate the affairs, and report to an ad-
journed meeting, to be held next Friday.

LAUNCH OF THE SCREW STEAMSHIP CANADIA.N. —A
screw-steamer of colossal dimensions and surpassing
beauty was launched on Thursday, by Messrs. William
Denny & Brothers, from their building-yard at Dumbar-

is named the Canadian, and is the first of a
magnificent line of ocean steamers, building on the Clyde,
for service between Liverpool and the Canadas. The
ceremony of naming the vessel was performed by Miss
Gilkison of Port-Glasgow, a relation of the managing
owners, Messrs. James and Alex. Allan of Glasgow. A

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consort vessel, to be named the Indian, is fast progressing
towards completion, and others are intended to follow in
rapid succession. The Canadian is constructed of iron,
and has been modelled with a view to the attainment of
the utmost speed, and the sharpness of her outline, and
the exquisite harmony of her proportions, bid fair to
realise the intentions of her builders. Her dimensions
are as follows :—length of keel and forerake, 275 feet ;
length over all, 300 feet ; breadth of beam, 35 feet ; depth
moulded, 251 feet. She will register about 2,000 tons,
and will load upon a draught of water sufficiently light to
admit of her navigating the St. Lawrence. Her engines,
which are ready to be put on board, are collectively about
500 horse power, direct action, and of the most approved
construction. In external ornament the Canadian has
not been neglected, and her interior fittings will be in
perfect harmony with the beauty of her outward form and I
finishing. She is divided into six water-tight eompart-
ments, of large capacity, and one or two smaller ones.
The Canadian will he barque-rigged, and will be ready,
for sea by the end of August.
THE " TWELFTH OF JULY" IN BIRKENHEAD. —The
brethren of the four lodges which form the Birkenhead
district of the " Loyal Orange Institution," celebrated the
above anniversary by a public dinner at the Liverpool
Arms, Chester-street, Birkenhead. The lodge-room was
appropriately and tastefully decorated for the occasion,
and the worthy host, Mr. C. F. Clarke, provided hand-
somely for the occasion, setting on the table every delicacy
of the season, to which ample justice was done by a nu-
merous and
_respectable party of brethren and visitors.
The chair was occupied by the W. M. of Lodge No. 71,
Mr. James Price, and the vice-chair by Dep. M., W. Ed-
wards. On the cloth being removed and grace said by the
chaplain, the healths of " The Queen," " Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales and the rest of the royal family," were
respectively proposed and received with enthusiastic ap-
plause. Afterwards followed " The Earl of Enniskillen,
Imperial Grand Master," "The glorious, pious, and im-
mortal memory of William the Third" (this last in solemn
silence), " The G. M. of the Orange Institution of Great
Britain, T. J. Ouseley, Esq.," " The District and Lodge
Officers," &c., &c. From the statements made on the
occasion, it appears that the Orange Institution has greatly
increased the number of its members during the past year.
The tea-party, at which the Rev. Dr. Blakeney presided,
in the Craven Rooms, in February last, had resulted, it was
stated, in much good—the cordial sanction and approval
of the principles of true Orangeism given by the chairman
and the Rev. H. P. Linton having removed the objections
entertained against joining the Order by some, and con-
firmed those who were enrolled in its ranks, in their de-
termination to maintain the noble cause of Protestantism
and "no surrender," A number of loyal and Protestant
slugs were sung in the course of the evening, alternately
with the toasts of "The Magistrates," "Town and Trade
of Birkenhead," &c., &c. Harmony and good fellowship'
pervaded the meeting, and it was resolved "'That the
present fully awakened spirit of true Protestantism in
Birkenhead should neither slumber nor sleep." -
TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION.—On Saturday morning,
about 6 o'clock, a boiler, at the factory of Mr. G. William-
son, Oak"- P

.Kenrou, Jurst with a terrific report. It
was of eight or ten horie-power, and was situate in a
weaving shed of about 100 feet in length. The explosion
was so violent as to separate the boiler itself into four or
five fragments, one of which remained in the ruins of the
building, whilst a second was blown across the river Roche,
on the eastern sideof the building, to a distance of ninety
or a hundred yards, a third was fired a considerable way
down the river, and a fourth into a field about one hundred
yards distant to the west of the factory. The safety-valve
was blown over a hill to the west, a distance of something
like three hundred yards. About forty feet in length of
the factory was entirely destroyed, and the machinery in
it blown into the air to a vast height. The workpeople
were many of them buried in the ruins, and eight were
ultimately taken out dead, whilst a female working in a
factory at a little distance was also struck by a brick pro-
jected from the boiler fixings-on the side of the head and
killed on the spot. No less than fourteen persons were
carried away wounded, besides the nine killed, and several
of them are too severely injured to recover. A cottage
adjoining the north end of the factory was turned over,
and three of the inmates, two of them children, were
thrown, with the bed in which they were sleeping at the
time, into the river Roche, and floated on its surface until
assistance could be rendered, and they were saved. The
father of the children, Thomas Howarth, was manager of
the mill, and he and his wife were killed by the explosion.
Part of the owner's house was destroyed, and a girl sleep-
ing in one of the bedrooms had a narrow escape of her
room being broken in. Eight who worked in Mr.
Mill were killed, and Jane Oakwood, a
weaver in Mr. Rottomley!s-mill. The windows and part
of the brickwork of this mill were driven in, and the work-
people were so alarmed that all who could rushed out:
through the doors at the opposite end. On the place being
afterwards examined, Oakwood was found in the lower
story, lying in a pool of blood, near the drawing-frame, at
which she had been working, and by' the side of her dead
body was the brick which had been projected against her
head from the other mill. Near the other end of the
drawing-frame was another shocking spectacle, the head
of Ann Atkinson having 'been projected through the
window from Williamson's factory, where she had been
working. Something -like a hundred people will be
thrown out of work by the fatal catastrophe.
CHURCH RATES AT WIGAN.--The church-rate question
is again creating some excitement at Wigan. According to
a statement made by the Hon. Colin. Lindsay, senior church-
warden, some time ago, there were 600 persons in the
parish who had refused to pay their church-rates ; and he
declared that he and his colleague were' determined that
all the money should be collected. Many persons were
summoned for nou-payment, and orders were obtained
against them, but these orders have not been followed up
with distraints. A vestry meeting was held on Thursday
for levying another rate. Long before the hour appointed•
the neighbourhood of the vestry door was crowded, and
the meeting was adjourned to the Public-hall, where the
Rector took the chair. There were about 500 persons
present. After some delay caused by 'Mr. Ackerley re-
signing his office as vestry clerk, the ratepayers got to
business. The account stood thus :—Amount of church-
rate collected iu Wigan, £738 ; Hindley, £193 ; Pember-
ton, £166; Upholland, £203 ; Haigh, £123 ; Aspull, £150;
Ince, £301; Orrell, £57 ; Abram, £77 ; Dalton, £36 ;
Winstanley, £92; Billing* Chapel End, £47; Billinge
Higher End, £4B; total, £2,234 10s. 3d. Amounte re-
ceived for breadths sold, £23 13s. 6d. ; balance due to
churchwardens, £417 16s. 7d. At the beginning of the
year a sum of £1,539 14s. 3d. was due to the church-war-
dens, and £76 19s. 6d. was charged as interest for the
sum •, £383 9s. was paid during the year to the Public
Works Commissioners, being the amount of the annual
instalment and interest of the £4,600 borrowed from them
-for the rebuilding of the Parish Church. The nine dis-
trict churches had each been allowed £lO by the church-
wardens, the cost of collecting the church-rate had been
£ll6 Bs. On the motion being moved, that the accounts
do pass, Mr. Caleb Hilton objected, on the ground that
the churchwardens had not a legal right to pay out of the
rates, money for such purposes as some of those mentioned
in the accounts.—The Hon. Mr. Lindsay said all the items
could be traced in the vestry books for the last 200 years.
—Mr. Mayhew, as auditor, stated that, including the non-
payment of poor and destitute persons (if they were poor .
and destitute), 23 per cent. of the present rate had not-
been collected ; but comparing the present rate with the
last, there was a vast deal more collected than there was,
last time, or had been collected in one year apparently.—
The motion was then put and lost —The Hon. Mr. Lind-
say then read the following estimates for the year ending
Easter, 1855:—Balance due to the churchwardens of
1852-4, £415 ; bills owing, £ll5. Salaries —parish clerk,•
£lO 10s.; parish sexton, £lO 10s.; verger, £5O ; organist,
£5O ; ringers, £45 ; ringing 6,8, and 10a- o'clock bells and
small bell, £9 8s ; organ blower, £5 ; repairs and expenses
of nine churches, £120; gas, £2O;
contingencies, XOO ; collecting rate, 7
a 5 e°3ls'
c°ke
total,' .
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These estimates did not include the instalment
and interest of the loan of £4,500 borrowed of ePublic
;inti a
to the overseers
and 2aoot
t,utomr the
year o-
ng
Works Loan Commissioners, which the parish was bound to
pay. That was a matter which belonged
of the poor, not the churchwardens. He begged to pr
of the church-war.pose—" That the foregoing estimates
themr ea
rate. of 2d. in the pound be laid." _ This two-
3,deeans, aumdionugnEtinaagtetor
laBsszin
benoutdaexpeteeemd,

pence did not include a penny in the ix
be laid towards the repayment of the
having been seconded, Mr. Hilton mov
laid ; Mr. Cooke, the magistrate, sec(
After a good deal of speaking, the mo

which would
The motion

ating- should comrcien&

loiiing day

of clear Incompatibility of