The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-15 00:00:00

" LAMBETH-STREET

2711 E CASE OF THE MISSES REYNOLDS.-Mr. Norton
rounced that the subscriptions addressed to him, and left
nlanY persons who bad called at the court for the Misses
"Molds (whose deplorable and distressing case appeared
14 the Morning Herald of this day week) amounted to £l2O,
and expressed the great gratification he felt at the amount of
Public charity and benevolence which existed in this country,
as exhibited in the present case. He was of opinion, how-
ever, that the sympathy which had been awakened was owing
to the
exposure of the disgraceful conduct, for he could call
:110 less, of a class of persons calling themselves ' respect-
able, tradesmen,' in only paying the paltry pittance of three-
',lllfPence for making a shirt ; and he (Mr. Norton) sincerely
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THE INFANT SArPsto..--The first concert of the Infant
Sappho took place last night at the Royal Assembly-rooms,
Great George-street. The attendance was numerous and
respectable. The Infant Sappho appeared to surprise those
present by her precocious talents.
AMPHITHEATRE.-It will be seen by the advertisement
that there has been a change in the entertainments. On
Friday next there will be no performance, in consequence of
Daniel O'Connell intending to take " a dish of tea" with
the old women of the Anti-Monopoly Ass-ociation. There
will be lots of slop no doubt.

Mr. Alfred Dowling, barrister-at-law, was on Saturday
admitted to the honour of " the coif," and was introduced
with the usual ceremonies to the Court of Common Pleas,
where he took his seat among his brother serjeants. The
motto on the rings presented by Mr. Serjeant Dowling to the
Judges on this occasion was, " Onus allexit."
NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS.—The nomination of sheriffs
took place in the Privy Council on Saturday last. The fol-
lowing gentlemen were named for the county of Chester :
John Dixon, of Astle Park, Esq. ; George Wilbraham, of
Delamere House, Esq. ; and James Walthall Hammond, of
Wistastow. Esq. The appointment of sheriff for the county
palatine of Lancaster rests with- the Chancellor for the
Duchy.

WRECK OF A LIVERPOOL VESSEL.—The Lisbon corres-
pondent of the Morning Herald, under date of the sth inst.
says—" The British schooner George, J. Way, master, from
Tarragona to Liverpool, with wine, fruit, and cork, struck
on a sunken rock off the south coast of this country on the
27th ult., and went down so quickly that the master and crew
had barely time to save themselves in the boat, in which, I
am happy to say, they reached the port of Lagos next day."

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ST. ANNE'S Cituncx.—The lamented death of the Rev.
Wm. Blundell, the highly-respected pastor of St. Anne's,
is this day announced in our obituary. The rev. gentleman
las been assisted in his ministerial duties for several years
- • and we may remark, he has pursued his ministry
,ae same place of worship for the long space of forty-one
ears. During the whole of this period, and for a few
months previously, Mr. Thomas Holden, of Richmond-row,
has officiated in the same church as clerk, and is still a hale,
active man, and an efficient servant of the congregation.

by his son;

BIRKENHEAD INFANT SCHOOLS.—On Sunday morning
and evening last, two most excellent sermons were preached
in Birkenhead church, by the Rev. A. Knox. and collections
made in behalf of the above schools. The Rev. gentleman
in the morning, proved that the church as founded on the
Bible only, ought to have the control of the teaching of
youth, and that the principles inculcated by the Bible were
so simple, that even the youngest child was capable of
comprehending them. In the evening, the danger and
mischief of adding to, or • diminishing from the Sacred
Oracles, was brought forward with consummate ability.

OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—A well-
clad man, named Thomas Jackson, was yesterday brought to
the bar of the Police-court, on this charge. It appeared
that he had gone, on Saturday night, to a butcher's shop in
Edge-hill, and obtained 21b. of beef-steak, for and in the
name of Mr. Vidler, of the Tunnel Hotel. He was sus-
pected, as Mr. Vidler was not in the habit of buying such
small as tides on credit; and on his being followed, it was
found that he took the article to a place in Windsor. He
had afterwards gone to a baker's and obtained a loaf, which
he requested should be booked to Mr. Vidler. The prisoner
had formerly been employed by Mr. V. as a driver, but was
discharged for malpractices. He was committed to gaol for
14 days.

ROBBERY BY A CHIMNEY-SWEEP.—Since the act regu-
lating the trade of chimney-sweeping came into operation,
the " knights of the brush " have to some extent been
thrown upon their wits for a livelihood ; and, in consequence,
several of them have recently been brought before Mr. Rush-
ton for making " a brush " with property here and there, to
which they had no legitimate claim. Yesterday a sweeper,
named George Atherton, was placed at the bar, on a charge
of stealing from a draper's shop. A little boy, who identi-
fied the prisoner, said that on Saturday night, about nine
o'clock, he observed the prisoner, and two others of the
same fraternity, loitering about the shop. A tall boy who
was with them took two pairs of stockings from the door,
and handed them to the prisoner, who was immediately af-
terwards taken into custody. A silk handkerchief was found
on the prisoner—an article which he had evidently not been
accustomed to wipe his sooty visage withal, and which he
had in all probability purloined in his travels. He was com-
mitted to gaol for two months
STEALING

LEAD 'FROM AN UNINHABITED HOUSE.—
Two young men, Solomon Wren and Joseph Acton. were yes-
terday placed before Mr. Rushton, at the public office, on a
charge of stealing a quantity of lead. Mr. Eaton Mills, a
linen draper, in Vauxhall-road, said that he had recently
taken an unoccupied public-house in that street. He was
within the premises on Saturday night, and saw everything
secure ; some time afterwards, on the same night, a police-
officer found the prisoners in an entry in the neighbourhood,
with a quantity of lead piping in their possession, which bad
been taken from the cellar of the house. In breaking it off
a pair of pincers, found on one of the prisoners, had, it ap-
peared, been used, and fitted the marks where the pipes had
been broken or cut. The lead, which had been doubled up
into a portable compass, was stated to weigh 40 lb., and to
be worth 9s. The prisoners were committed for trial at the
sessions.

THE FUNDS—SATURDAY EVENING.—At the Stock-Ex-
change business presents no new feature. The permanent
securities, although dealings are but limited, continue at high
quotations, exhibiting a firmness rather remarkable„ con-
sidering the inanimate state of the markets in general. The
Government broker is still a buyer, which has some little in-
fluence on the stability of prices. Consols for money and
the account left off 94 to ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 934
to I; Three-and-a-half per Cents. Reduced, 1001; New
Three-and-a-half per Cents. 1014 to ; Long Annuities,
12 7-16 ; and Exchequer-bills, 58s. to 60s. premium. Bank
Stock closed firm at 172 to 173, and India Stock at the higher
quotation of 260 to 262. In foreign stocks business was
transacted in Spanish Actives at 17i to 18 ; ditto Three per
Cents., 211 to 22 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 384 to 38i ;
ditto Three per Cents., 221 to 234 ; Mexican, 321 to 33 ; ditto,
Deferred, 9/ to I- ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52i
to j-; ditto Five per Cents., 1001 to i; Danish, 831 ' • Colom-
bian, 21 to 4 ; Brazilian, 63i to 644 ; and Belgian, 1021.
OPERATIVE SHIPWRIGHTS.—On Friday last a numerous
meeting of the operative shipwrights of Liverpool was held,
in their large room, Bond-street, to take into consideration
(according to the statement in the placard calling the meet-
ing) "what means could be, taken to avoid the starvation
which was staring them in the face, and which the master
shipwrights were straining every nerve to bring about; and
to reply to the calumnies which they had heaped upon the
men, in order to reduce them in public estimation." Six
resolutions were proposed and carried unanimously. The
first recommended the formation of an association, to be
called " The Shipwrights' Association," the objects of which
would be to protect the trade, and resist all encroachments
from interested parties. The second recommended the ap-
pointment of officers to draw out the rules of the new society,
which were to be approved or rejected by the body at large.
The third resolution recommended the raising of a subscrip-
tion to defray the expenses attending the trial of the ship-
wrights recently committed to prison. The fourth proposed
the appointment of a committee to reply to the calumnies
which the master shipwrights had uttered against the opera-
tives. The fifth recommended the members to use their best
exertions to carry out the objects of the society, by peaceful
means, and enjoined union among them to dissipate the evils
which at present threatened them. The sixth recommended
all heart-burnings about religion and politics to cease, topics
'which had been introduced among them by interested indi-
viduals to serve their own vile purposes: it also recommended
a common bond of fellowship among the members, for the
purpose of securing the peace and comforts of their homes
and familes. One of the speakers stated that there were at
present between five and six hundred shipwrights in a state
of starvation in Liverpool.
DARING ROBBERY IN CHESHIRE.—OR the evening of
Friday last, a most daring robbery was committed at the
house of Mr. Peter Wood, at Capenhurst, in Cheshire, about
nine miles from Birkenhead, and an equal distance from
Chester. Mr. Wood is a farmer and shopkeeper. On Fri-
day night Mr. Wood was absent from home on business.
His wife, his daughter, a servant boy, and two male friends
were sitting in the kitchen at Ole fire, about half-past eight
o'clock, when the latch was mitred and several men entered,
the door opening directly into the apartment. All the fel-
lows had their faces blacked. Three of them, who were
armed with pistols, advanced upon Mrs. Wood and those
who sat with her, and, presenting their weapons, commanded
them to sit still, declaring that, if any of them dared to re-
sist, to move, to speak, or even to look round, such party
should be immediately shot. A command so urged was, of
course, not violated ; and, while the three armed ruffians kept
guard over the party, their companions proceeded up stairs,
broke open all the drawers, and ransacked every part of the
rooms where they conceived it likely money would be kept.
They found various small sums, amounting altogether to £lB
or £2O. They then returned to their companions in the
kitchen, when Mrs. Wood, in great alarm, exclaimed, " If
you are hungry, take what you want, but spare our lives."
Miss Wood, at this juncture, ventured to look round, when
she was punished for her temerity by a severe blow from a
pistol on the head. This was the only act of personal vio-
lence committed. The villiaus, finding no further booty was
to be obtained, left the house, fastening the door outside.
On the arrival of Mr. Wood an alarm was given, and infor-
mation vas immediately conveyed to Mr. Palmer, the spe-
cial high constable, at Birkenhead, who forthwith proceeded
to Capenhurst with a party of police-officers, leaving direc-
tions with Mr. Boughey, superintendent of the night police,
at Birkenhead, to keep a strict look out for any suspicious
characters that might appear. The result of the precautions
taken and the vigilance exercised was the capture, in the
course of the night, of two men at Birkenhead and one at
Eastbarn. On Saturday morning two others were appre-
hended at Birkenhead. At eleven o'clock the five prisoners
were brought forward, at the Town-hall of Birkenhead, be-
fore John Deane Case, Esq and J. W. Harden, Esq., when
Mr. and Mrs. Wood, their two friends and the servant were
examined, and the circumstances above detailed were sworn
to. A sum of £7 10s. was found on one of the prisoners,
and other sums on two of the others. Amongst the money
was a crooked sixpence, which was sworn to as the property
of Mr. Wood. Other circumstances were brought forward
which tended to confirm the suspicions against the prisoners.
—Yesterday afternoon, at five o'clock, the prisoners were
again brought up before the same magistrates, at the Town-
ball,- Birkenhead ; but previous to the examination being
entered into, Mr. Case observed that he wished to set him-
self right respecting a misrepresentation which appeared in
the Albion of that day, but which he was quite sure was un-
intentional. He was there represented as stating that he
felt satisfied as to the guilt of three of the parties. Now he
was sure every one who was present on Saturday would bear
him out in asserting that he had not stated anything which
could bear the construction there put upon his observations.
All he had stated was, that in his judgment there was such a
clear case against three of the prisoners that the magistrates
would feel themselves justified in committing them. He was
well aware of the jurisdiction of magistrates in such cases
merely extended to a preliminary inquiry, and that all they
had to do was to inquire whether there was sufficient evi-
dence to warrant them in sending the case before a jury.
Mr. Harden also made some observations respecting the
case, testifying to the correctness of what his brother magis-
trate had just said, and adding, that on seeing the report of
the case he felt quite astonished at the misrepresentation.
The prisoners were then placed before the magistrates in the
following order :—John Brophey, Michael Mahar, John
Hopkins, John Mahar, and John Connor, and Mr. George
Palmer, special high constable of the hundred, being
sworn, stated that he had no doubt he should be able
to produce further evidence against all of them except
Connor. He, therefore, asked for a further remand. Mr.
Case, having consulted with Mr. Harden, said the prisoners
stood remanded to Wednesday next, except Connor, who
was discharged. The prisoner Brophey then attempted to
address the court, observing that be left Chester on Friday
afternoon, about six o'clock, and walked on to Sutton, where
he stopped at a beer-house about eleven, and that he saw
two men— Mr. Case here interfered, and said he had
better at present say nothing; if he had anything to say he
would have an opportuuity of doing so previous to his being
committed. He was also cautioned by Mr. Harden, and told
by him and by the magistrates' clerk, Mr. Townsend, that
if he wished to produce any witness, he had only to mention
the circumstance to the gaol keeper, who would use every
endeavour to have such witness in attendance. Brophey
replied that he did not know the name of the party at whose
house he stopped. The prisoners were then removed. At
the examination on Saturday, part of the money found on one
of the prisoners was clearly identified as belonging to Mr.
Woods. The burglars also carried away with them a fowling-
piece, but that was afterwards found in a field near the house
which was robbed. We understand the four prisoners are
well known to the police of this town, where they have re-
cently resided.

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEA.TH.—An inquest was held yes-
terday, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of a man
named Robert Smith, a coloured man. The deceased was
cook on board the line-ship " Scotland," which arrived re-
cently from New York. On Saturday evening he went with
a companion to Mr. Heywood's public-house, in Highfield-
street, where they had taken lodgings. About six o'clock
they both went up stairs to the bed-room assigned them, to
get some money out of their chests before going out to take
a walk. Deceased was combing his hair in the room, when
he suddenly remarked to his comrade that there was surely
cayenne pepper in the comb. He had scarcely said so when
he turned round and fell down on his face, becoming instantly
insensible. Mr. M'Cartney, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Emmett,
surgeons, were immediately called in, and used every probable
means of restoring him, but without effect ; and he expired
about ten o'clock. On a post mortem examination, it was
found that death had arisen from apoplexy, causing suffusion
of blood on the brain •, and that there was also great enlarge-
ment of the heart.—Verdict accordingly.

THEFT BY A PILOT.—At the police-court, yesterday, two
men, Isaac Sware and Thomas Lewes, the latter a pilot,
were placed before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of carrying off
a quantity of clothing from a vessel. It appeared that the
prisoner Lewes had entered the port with a schooner in the
capacity of a pilot. After her arrival in one of the docks,
he had met the other man, and, being himself in a state of
intoxication, he requested him to go with him to endeavour
to find the vessel, which he did—not knowing but that he
was merely assisting him to get his own property from on
board. Sware, in fact, enquired of the police-officers at the
dock for the schooner. They took away from on board an
oil cloth coat, a boot, and several other articles of apparel
belonging to the mate. Sware's innocence of any evil intent
in the transaction was fully established, and the guilt of the
other (who pleaded intoxication) being establishe, his con-
duct in robbing a vessel of which he had the care was se-
verely commented upon by the magistrate, and he was sen-
tenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour.

PORTICO, NENVINGTON.—The amusements at this build-
ing still continue to attract the attention of the admirers of
dioramic and allegoric-,I views. To the excellence displayed
in those departments, under the superintendence of the ta-
lented proprietor, we cannot but heartily give our full meed
of praise, and assert that his endeavours to please and in-
sruct are well worthy of support. The mountainous and
frigid pass of Mont St. Bernard is faithfully represented ;
and the once great Napoleon and his hardy veterans, 30,000
strong, are seen crossing the snowy Alps, on their way to
ravage romantic Italy. The allegorical representation of
Britannia rising from the "deep blue sea,' tt typical illus-
tration of the national melody " Britannia rules the waves,"
is gorgeously produced ; and lastly, though not least, the
grand and terrific scene of a storm at sea, which forcibly de-
picts to the mind's eye of the beholder the dangers to which
the hardy mariner is exposed, when on the " tempest trou-
bled ocean," is pourtrayed with much nautical excellence.
We earnestly recommend those who have not visited this
place of amusement and historical instruction to (la so. The
entertainments will be concluded this week.—See advertise-
ment.

ROBBERY OF DOLLARS FROM ON BOARD A VESSEL.— I
A coloured man, named William Harrod, was yesterday
brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of stealing a quantity
of dollars from a ship recently arrived from South America.
—Mr. James Frazer said, he was owner and master of the
barque Swallow, which arrived on Saturday afternoon in the
river, from Valparaiso. He had received on board, at the
latter port, some bars of silver and a quantity of dollars,
which he had locked up in the lazaretto. He had counted
the dollars himself on receiving them, and they were in bags,
which were enclosed and nailed up in boxes. Some bags of
coffee were placed over them in the lazaretto. The prisoner
(who was steward of the shin) and also the second-mate had
access occasionally to the room, for the purpose of getting at
ships' stores, but no one else. The vessel having been got
into the Waterloo-dock, the witness went into the lazaretto,
yesterday morning, for the bullion, with a view to its being
lauded, when he found that one of the boxes of dollars, con-
taining originally 1000, had been broken open, and no fewer
than 619 of the coin were missing. The dollars were of
various descriptions, some Republican, and others of the old
Spanish kind. On missing them, be immediately called
police-officer Charles Turner on board. In about ten
minutes afterwards the prisoner came on board, and he
questioned him respecting them, stating that Ai one but
himself or the second-mate could be cognizant of the defal-
cation. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the matter,
and without reluctance gave up the key of his pantry. 1U r.
Inspector Massey was then present. Prisoner then went
into one of the state-rooms with the inspector, and in that
apartment, on searching, a small bag was found containing
123 dollars. The prisoner said that was all the money he
had taken. In another room the witness soon afterwards
found a towel and two stockings, containing, in all, 432
dollars. The prisoner said that was all.—Mrs. Coppener,
wife of the landlord of the Commercial Inn, Great Cross
Hall-street, said that the prisoner came to lodge there on
Sunday night. He paid, in liquidation of a bill which he had
contracted, seventeen dollars, and gave her twelve dollars to
keep for him until next day, she having seen him with the
money and remarked that it was unsafe to keep it about him.
The witness delivered up the twenty-nine dollars she had
received to the care of the police ; so that the whole of the
missing money, the defalcation being discovered in time, was
recovered, with the exception of five dollars.—The prisoner
was committed for trial at the sessions.

BLUE COAT HOSPITAL.—The annual sermon in aid of the
funds of the Blue Coat Hospital, at St. Peter's Parish
Church, was preached on Sunday by the Rev. Joseph Heath-
cote Brooks, M.A., Fellow of Brazenose College, Oxford,
and Incumbent of St. Philip, Stepney. In accordance with
annual custom, the new Mayor, Robertson Gladstone, Esq.
with most of the members and officers of the Town-council,
attended the church. The day was most unpropitious,
nevertheless the church was filled. The children of -the
school were stationed in the principal aisle, in front of the
altar, and a considerable number in the organ gallery : their
neat appearance, and their orderly demeanour, deserve to
be mentioned with commendation. The following brief
epitome of the history and description of the present condi-
tion of this excellent charity was distributed in the church
along with the- hymns appointed to be sung on the occa-
sion The Blue Coat Hospital is the oldest charitable in-
stitution in the town—having been established in 1708. It
was the intention of the founders to provide a suitable
education with board and lodging, for children whose parents
through sickness or other misfortune had been reduced in
worldly circumstances. An existence of one hundred and

thirty four years must render it as unnecessary, as it
is impossible, to estimate the benefits and blessings
it has conferred on the community at large ; and num-
bers who would doubtless have remained in total igno-
rance of the saving truths of the Gospel, have been here
taught to praise their Maker's name, and to look up to
Him, through His blessed son, for pardon of their trans-
gressions, and the guidance of the holy spirit to direct them
for the time to come. There are at present 350 children in
the establishment ; 136 of whom are orphans, 206 fatherless,
4 motherless, and 4 who have parents but in indigent circum-
stances. The average expenditure for their maintenance
during the last seven years has amounted to about £3700, to
meet which the real income has been under £7OO per annum,
leaving the charity dependent upon annual subscriptions,
church collections, &c., for upwards of £3,000. The a,iimal
subscriptions this year will fall considerably short of the
amount received last year, and from the pressure of the times
very few new ones have been obtained to make up the defici-
ency. The trustees, therefore, earnestly appeal to the libera-
lity of a benevolent public for continued support, to enable
them to maintain the institution in its present efficiency."
The preacher, who is a son of the Rev. Rector Brooks, se-
lected for his text the 3d verse of the 4th chapter of the se-
cond Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians—" But if our
gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost." From these
words the preacher showed the necessity for the education of
youth to be of a religious character, and also that the Church
of England, both iu her principles and character, furnished
an education to her young which would prevent the gospel
being hid to them. He enlarged also on the necessity for
church extension as one means of exhibiting gratitude to
God for his manifold mercies, both national and individual,
and he concluded with an urgent appeal to the congregation
on behalf of the funds of the school. The collection was
made after the sermon, and whilst it was being made the
sentences from the offertory were read by Mr. Rector
Brooks. The money was then placed upon the communion
table, immediately after which the prayer was offered up for
Christ's church militant upon earth. The service then con-
cluded in the ordinary way, the organ playing the Hallelujah
chorus. The collection amounted to £65. We ear-
nestly recommend the Blue Coat Charity to continued
public support. Solomon says, " There is that scattereth,
yet increaseth."

SUPPLY. OF WATER FOR FIRES.—IMPORTANT SUG-
GESTION.—The recent calamity at the north end of the town
has elicited numerous suggestions—many of them highly in-
genious, not only for the better prevention of such casualties,
but for the more effectual suppression of fires that have gained
a considerable head,—and we were much gratified by wit-
nessing the practical application of a plan which, for one in
the town at least (the scene and neighbourhood of the great
fire alluded to) promises, if fully carried out, to be most ef-
fectual in that locality. The suggestion originated, we learn,
with Mr. Peter Hope, of the Highway Board, whose views
were seconded by Mr. Cunningham. It will be remembered
that,at the late conflagration between Great Howard-street and
Waterloo-road, the waste water from the canal, which passes
by a sewer under the streets in a considerable stream, was
found to be of great avail in working the engines, when the
supply from the mains of the water companies was exhausted
or inadequate, and that by means of it much of the property
that would otherwise have been destroyed, was saved. It was
impossible, however, to ctraw it from the bed of the stream
(by a suction pipe attached to the engine) in the sufficient
and equal quantity which was desirable, most of it necessarily
passing away in its downward course to the docks. The
access to it, moreover, by one or two openings at a great
distance apart, rendered it available, with the best effect, only
on buildings in the immediate vicinity of those openings. Mr.
Hope's plan goes to render the whole, or nearly the whole,
of this surplus water, or overflow, available, should it be re-
quired; or at least to secure an ample supply at a number of
points in the several streets, under which the stream passes.
He proposes the damming up of the stream, underground,
when required, at various convenient distances, by means of
"
sluice gates, or closes," with main-holes, or square per-
pendicular openings from the street,—each having a reser-
voir or space below sufficient with the constant flow into it to
supply two or more engines at a time,—a desideratum not
attainable by the mains of the water companies, no one of
which, we believe, can long supply sufficient water for two
large engines. In pursuance of these suggestions, three of
these flood-gates or closes have already been fixed, two of
them in Neptune-street and one in Great Howard-street.
On Friday an experiment was made with one of the fire-
engines of the efficiency of one of these dams—that, near the
bottom of Neptune-street, before a number of gentlemen in-
terested in the event, and the result was highly satisfactory
in every respect. The man-hole, or well, is covered with a
thick double-door of cast-iron flush with the street, and
sufficient to sustain the weight of the heaviest cart. The two
pieces of the door-hinges back in opposite directions, and the
well is left open for the ready introduction of a large leather
feeding-pipe or hose (of four inches, or any required diameter),
which is easily let down into the reservoir or dam below.
The sometimes tedious operation of screwing on a branch-
pipe, or hose, to the main is entirely avoided, and a few
hearty strokes of the engine brings up an immediate and
ample supply of water to the machine. On this occasion,
the water was projected, in a few seconds, considerably above
the roof of the tallest warehouse in the street, and was played
with admirable effect against the woodwork of the cathead
near the peak of the pediment—some six or seven ordinary
stories in height. This, of course, was effected by the power
of the engine and the good supply of water, as the damming
up of the stream has no effect in elevating or forcing the
water in the pipes. But the plan appears to us, so far as a
ready and abundant supply of water in parts of the town
below the level of the canal and adjacent to it is concerned,
to be at once simple, cheap, and effectual. This was the
opinion of all who witnessed the experiment; and Mr.
Whitty himself, who has had great experience la such matters,
expressed his conviction that the plan was quite adequate for
all future exigencies that might arise in that part of the town
—which, considering the great mass of property now (and to
be accumulated) there, is itself a great cnnsideration. Mr.
Hope deserves much praise for his ingenuity in thus convert.
fog a scarcely available small stream, until recently alto-
gether overlooked, into a valuable security
.to the district.
The Board of Highways, with a becoming spirit, have so far
forwarded his views by constructing the closes.—Chronicle.
Mr. Hope has addressed a letter to a contemporary, stating
that the whole merit of these suggestions belong to Mr.
Cunningham.

AN EXCELLENT NEW RIDDLE.—Why is the roan that is
killed by a fall like Adam in Paradise? Because he lived
before thefall.