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

MARY DOWNING, living in the lower part of the town,
was on Friday afternoon found dead in her chair, where
she had fallen to sleep while in a state of helpless in-
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FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday afternoon Edward
McNally, aged fifty, labourer, of 72, Blundell-street,
died at the Northern Hospital, from the effects of injuries
caused by being run over by the engine on an incline at
the works at the new north docks. His legs were severed
from his body.
THE BEN NEVIS, Captain Herron, which sailed hence
on Wednesday week, with 416 German emigrants for
Galveston, Texas, put into Queenstown on the 29th ult.,
with cholera on board. Seven persons died on the passage,
and seven, including the surgeon, after her arrival in
Queenstown. Since Saturday week no new cases had
occurred and no additional deaths had taken place.
BURNT TO DEATH.—An inquest was held on Satur-
day, on the body of Sarah M`Vee, aged twenty-five,
residing as " housekeeper" with Robert Jones, Whitemill-
street. While in a state of intoxication, on Friday after-
noon, she caught fire, and was so severely burnt all over
her body that she died the same day. Jones, her para-
mour, was in the house at the time, but too much in
liquor to render her assistance.
THE MUNICIPAL REVISION commenced on Thursday,
before the Mayor, John Buck Lloyd, Esq., and the two
assessors, Mr. Bremner and Mr. John Yates, jun., and
terminated on Friday. The losses against both parties
are about equal, and the revision will make but little dif-
ference in their position. In Vauxhall Ward the Radicals
lost 39 votes ; and, notwithstanding the numerous urgent
notes with which Mr. Bradley has troubled his friends
during the week, there is every prospect that he will have
no further chance of troubling the Town Council. In St.
Paul's Ward two Radicals, Mr. Savage and Mr. M`Guffie,
are at daggers drawn, and the Reform Association, who
made objection to hosts of the " Savages," struck 58 of
them off the list.. In Exchange Ward the Tories made
98 objections, of which 28 were withdrawn and 50 sustained.
AUSTRALIAN STEAMERS BUILT IN LIVERPOOL.--The
name of Mr. John Laird, our well-known iron shipbuilder,
is becoming famous in Sidney. He has built three steamers
for parties out there, the Clarence, Collaroy, and Grafton.
The Grafton will sail for Sidney to-day, going out under
canvas, commanded by Captain Wiseman, who has super-
intended the building of the three vessels. The Collaroy,
400 tons and 120-horse power, which left here in July
last, also under sail, has arrived out; and on two trial
trips under steam, in Sidney harbour, attained a speed of
nearly fourteen miles an hour. She was very highly
spoken of, and would commence plying on the Hunter
river immediately, having been purchased by that com-
pany for £20,000. The Clarence continued to give every
satisfaction.
MEDICAL INCOMPETENCY ON BOARD EMIGRANT SHIPS.
—At an inquest recently held in Liverpool, on the body of
a female passenger who died on board the ship Ben Nevis,
on the evidence of the medical certificate by the officers of
that vessel she was declared to have died of effusion on the
brain. Subsequent remark led to a post mortem examina-
tion, the result of which showed that the woman died from
inflammation of the lungs. The coroner, in severe terms,
remarked on the dangerous and fatal consequences which
must arise from such evident incompetency, and suggested
that there ought to be appointed a regular Government
officer to examine parties offering themselves as surgeons,
to see that they were properly qualified, and to judge of
the genuineness of diplomas. In the course of the proceed-
ings Dr. Lankester had called attention to the smallness
of the remuneration allowed to medical men holding
appointments on board emigrant ships. First-rate men,
the Doctor stated, would not solicit the appointment.
This the coroner considered a state of matters which ought
to be remedied. The jury, through their foreman, ex- '
pressed their concurrence in the remarks of the coroner,
and the court rose.

THE PASSAGE OF RED JA.CEET.-By the arrival
of the letters per overland mail, we have authentic in-
formation of the performance of the Red Jacket on her
first passage to Melbourne, which is still more extraor-
dinary than as previously announced. Captain Reed, in
a letter to her owners, gives the actual time as 69 days
11 hours 13 minutes, and speaks in the highest terms of
the capabilities of the ship, which arrived without losing
a yard of rope, or breaking a stitch of canvas. We append
a copy of another letter addressed to the owners by their
agents in Melbourne, Messrs. Caldwell, Train, and Co.,
from which it may be gathered that we may shortly ex-
pect to have the opportunity of welcoming this noble ship
back again in the waters of the Mersey :
" To Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson, Liverpool.
" Melbourne, 14th July, 1854.
" Gentlemen,—The Red Jacket anchored at quarantine
yesterday, 13th, at half-past one p.m., 69 days from Liver-
pool. The above despatch from yilliamstown reached

ns this morning, We can add nothing but our congratu-
lations upon owning the largest and fastest ship in the
world. The greatest excitement prevails. We sent down
a steam tug at once. There must be no delay. She must
leave in fifteen days, if possible.
CALDWELL, TRAIN, and Co."

BLACKIIITRIT PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—In reply to
the vote of thanks forwarded to the Right Hon. Benjamin
Disraeli, by the association, the hon. gentleman alludes to
the anomalous position of the Romish Church in this king-
dom :—" Far from wishing to make the settlement of this
all-important question a means of obtaining power, I
would observe that I mentioned at the same time, in my
place, the variods and eminent qualifications which I
thought Lord John Russell possessed for the office, and
my hope that he would feel it his duty to undertake it.
In that case I should extend to him the same support
which I did at the time of the Papal aggression, when he
attempted to grapple with the great evil; though he was
defeated in his purpose by the intrigues of the Jesuit
party, whose policy on that occasion was upheld in parlia-
ment with eminent ability and unhappy success, by Lord
Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, and Mr. Gladstone. I still
retain the hope that Lord John Russell will seize the
opportunity, which he unfortunately lost in 1851, and
deal with the relations in all their bearings of our
Romanist fellow-subjects to our Protestant constitution.
But, however this may be, there can be no doubt that,
sooner or later, the work must be done, with gravity, I
trust, and with as little heat as possible in so great a con-
troversy, but with earnestness and without equivocation ;
for the continuance of the present state of affairs must
lead inevitably to civil discord, and, perhaps, to national
disaster."

Dock COMMITTBE.—This committee held its weekly
meeting on Thursday, Mr. C. Turner in the chair. There
were present—Messrs. Rankin, Palmer, Robinson, Evans
R.Gladstone, Gregson, Bigham, Langsdale, Smith, Lockett,'
Brocklebank, Rounthwaite, Chaloner, Healing, Royden,
Littledale, and James Holme. The resolution of the Town
Council, adopted at their meeting on Wednesday, with
regard to the proposed widening of Bath and Strand.
streets, being read, the Chairman said the committee
would perceive that the resolution fully recognised the
advantages of making these alterations; and he appre-
hended the only consideration remaining for the Council
would be the cost of effecting them. He should mention
that there was a slight difference of opinion between the
town-clerk and the dock-solicitor with reference to the
mode in which the application to parliament should be
made. The town-clerk was of opinion that it might be
desirable to include the application in the Dock Improve-
ment Bill. The dock-solicitor was of opinion, in which he
(the chairman) agreed, that, inasmuch as the alteration of
these streets was completely beyond the dock bounclary,lt
would be going beyond the scope of the power of the Dock
Committee to apply to parliament for such a purpose.
After a brief conversation the subject was suffered to drop.
The Secretary read a report from the Albert Dock Com-
mittee, recommending the dismissal of four men employed
in the warehouses of that dock on proved charges of
inebriety. The Chairman said these dismissals had refer-
ence to a very painful investigation which had just been
completed. A large number of foremen and general men
employed in the Albert Dock warehouses had been accused
of taking liquor. As regarded the great majority of them
there was no confirmatory evidence, the accusation of the
persons bringing the charge being unsupported. How-
ever, in the case of these four men, James Sherlock, James
Smith, Thomas Hickson, and Michael Cruise, the charges
were proved, and the committee recommended their die-
missal. In answer to a question whether the depth of
water at the Birkenhead side of the Hier was not greater
by two feet than at the Liverpool side, Mr. Hartley said
the water was certainly deeper at the Birkenhead side, but
he could not exactly say.by how much. The committee
then adjourned.

SWINDLING EXTBADRDINA.RY.—On Wednesday last, a
singular case of swindling and credulity was brought to
light before the magistrates, at the Town-hall, Lancaster.
Two girls, named Mary Ann and Ellen Robinson, aged
respectively 12 years and 8 years and three months, were
charged with several acts of swindling. From the evi-
dence, it appears they are daughters of Mr. Robinson,
stonemason and builder, of Blackpool ; and what makes
the case more distressing, is the fact, as was stated by
their father, that this is not their first offence. He stated
that they had left home on Friday last, and he was in
entire ignorance respecting them until the previous day,
when he got a telegraphic message from Mr. Vince, of
Lancaster. It appears that on the previous Saturday
evening they went to the house of Mr. Vince, spirit-mer-
chant, with whom an aunt of theirs is living servant, and
stated that they had come over to their grandmother,
who resides at Skerton, and that she had refused to take
them in. Mr. Vince allowed them to stay all night, and
in the morning they went to their grandmother's, who
resides near the Red Cross, at Skerton. On Tuesday
morning they again went to the house of Mr. Vince, when
something transpired which led that gentleman to inves-
tigate their proceedings, and the discoveries he made of
the skill and tact with which tradesmen had been
victimised, (one to the extent of nearly £9,) were truly
astounding, as it does not appear that they had any
third party in their confidence. It would appear that
they commenced operations on Monday morning, by going
to the shop of Mr. J. Birkett, draper, Cheapside, and
requesting to look at some polka jackets, which they de-
sired him to let them take for their mamma, Mrs. Preston,
spirit merchant, to look at. No suspicion entered the head of
Mr. Birkett, though the girls were dressed rather beneath
their condition as Mrs. Preston's daughters ; but as they
stated they came from the boarding-school, he thought
they might be in their play dresses, and accordingly
packed up six, which they took away, and subsequently
returned with four of them, when they made inquiries
respecting some blue merino for dresses. They returned in
about ten minutes, with a request from their mamma that
he would send nine yards, or, if that was not enough for
two dresses, 93/4. or 10 yards, with trimmings. This order
was promptly supplied, Mr. Birkett, no doubt, thinking he
had got a good customer. The same day they made seve-
ral other visits from mamma, and finding Mr. Birkett in the
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they represented themselves as nieces of Mrs. Preston.
They had also paid a visit to the shop of Mr. R. Bland, sh9e-
maker, in Church-street, and, under the representation
that they were daughters of Mr. Preston, had obtpned
two pairs of galoshes. A pair of boots and two pairs of
shoes were found in their possession, which they confessed
to having obtained at a large shop in Preston. On Wed-
nesday afternoon the case was fully heard before the
Mayor, E. G. Inrnby, and J. Hall, Esqrs., when the frau-
dulent obtaining the goods from 3lr. Birkett was clearly
established, and they were committed for trial at the
quarter sessions, the bench,regretting that they could not
deal with the case under the JAveuile Offenders' Act.—
Lancaster Gazette,

DAP,D, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL

GEXERAL EVTELLIGENCE,

A PILINCALY DONOR.—Mr. William Ewing, insurance
broker, Glasgow, has contributed the munificent sum of
£2,000 towards the completion of a Sailors' Home there,
besides undertaking to make up other £5OO by his own
exertions.

GOVERNMENT have entered into a contract for the
manufacture of thirty-five million of ball cartridges and
62,000 bombs, for the army in the East.
THE LAwsoN OBSERVATORT project has come to an
end. In consequence of the misunderstanding as to the
value of meteorological and astronomical instruments pro-
posed to be given by Mr. Lawson, it became necessary for
the Committee to give up, as hopeless, the establishment
of the contemplated observatory at Nottingham.
AT CLARENCEVILLE (Canada) some young men blade
an old man intoxicated, and then completely saturated his
clothes with turpentine, to which they set fire. The man
was literally roasted before the flames were suppressed.
&mons' HOME, LEITH.--A Sailors' Home was opened
in this port on Monday. The Home was opened by a
public meeting of the influential merchants and shipowners
of the place. From the great interest taken in the Home
by the shipowners and mercantile establishments of the
town, the institution promises to be one of permanence,
and calculated to confer a grZat boon on the seafaring
community.
SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH AT EDINBURGH.—On
Saturday, the freedom of the city of Edinburgh was con-
ferred by the magistrates and town council on the Right
Hon. Sir William Molesworth, First Commissioner of Her
Majesty's Works. Sir William Molesworth, in acknow-
ledging the compliment, briefly reviewed the political
state of affairs during the past year, the chief topic having
reference to the war, which, he said, he had no doubt would
be in the end neither aimless, nor eventless, nor inglorious,
nor unworthy of the reputation of England and France—
countries renowned for naval and military exploits.
BARAGUAY Bons.—We have received the following
story, contained in a letter from the Baltic, written to
a relative at Thorn Falcon, near this town :—" Two or
three marines were on some outpost duty with a like
number of the French, when the former, in obedience to
orders received, fell to the ground on the firing of a can-
non from the fort ; but, on observing the Frenchmen to
stand up, they decided not to do so in future. Soon after
the French general came up the hill, and on a gun being
fired down went the general, likewise one of the marines,
who, as he threw himself down, cried out to his comrade,
`All right, Bill, Baraguay Bobs."'— Somerset County
Herald.

IMPROMPTU JUSTICIL—Great crowds were present at
Banchory at the recent arrival there of Her Majesty, and,
amongst the rest, some pickpockets. There were also
some magistrates present, and two fellows having been
detected in picking a pocket, a quorum was mustered in
the waiting-room of the railway station, and the thieves
summarily arraigned. No magistrates' clerk could, how-
ever, be found, so the justices got hold of a reporter who
was in attendance to chronicle the scene for some local
paper. The reporter took down the depositions of the
witnesses in short-hand, but refused to " translate " unless
he was paid for it. Nevertheless the magistrates signed
the depositions, not one word of which they were able to
read, and committed the thieves for trial.
THE LAST OP THE OLD REGIME.—We read in the
Paris correspondence of a morning contemporary that
Baron Andre Marie Hue, who was successively first valet
de chambre to Louis XVIII. and Charles X., died on the
16th at his estate of St. Sauveur, near Bray (Seine and
Marne), where, since 1830, he lived in complete retire-
ment. He was the only son of the M. Hue whose name
is so frequently mentioned as a faithful and valued servant
in the history of the latter days of Louis XVI.
MORE ENGLISH NEWS PROM RIISSIA..—The following
paragraph, translated from the Journal de St. Peters-
bourg, will be news indeed to English readers:--
" Lieutenant Perry, who was on board the Tiger when it
was taken by the Russians at Odessa, has been brought
before a Court-martial. The young man has been ac-
quitted on account of the long and loyal services of his
father, but is obliged to leave the Royal Navy of England
mid sell his commission. This has caused great excite-
ment, and numerous subscription lists are already opened
in favour of Lieutenant Perry."
CURIOUS SPORTING ADVENTURE. A youth, aged
twelve, recently went hunting rabbits near Culloden ; as
he did not return home his friends became alarmed, and
went in search of him. They found his little dog at the
entrance of a rabbit-hole, and on one of the searchers
putting his hand down it he felt the boy, who had got
jammed in while pursuing a rabbit. He had to be dug
out. When brought to light, much to the gratification
and comfort of the folks around, the little fellow presented
a very extraordinary appearance ; but he coolly intimated
that he would get better when he was washed, that he had
slept for some time, and that he was sorry for the loss of
the rabbit he had pursued.
A PAINFUL FEELING (says the Daily News) has been
produced by the announcement of the failure of Mr.
Edward Lawford, a city solicitor of standing. Mr. Law-
ford is clerk to the Drapers' Company, and solicitor to the
East India Company. The most distressing feature in
the case consists in the imputation that he is involved in
transactions of a peculiar and very painful character. [The
latter statement has been contradicted.]
A GIRL, last week, who was tending some cattle at
Culsalmond, twisted the rope attached to the head of a
two-year-old stot several times round her body. The
animal took fright, and set off at full speed, dragging the
girl upwards of 300 yards. When she was found life was
almost extinct, and in a few minutes she died.
BEETROOT.--The season of 1853-4 for the manfacture
of sugar from beetroot closed with the month of August.
The quantity produced was 76,951,000 kilogrammes, whilst
in the preceding year it was 75,275,000 kilogrammes. The
quantity delivered for consumption was 68,100,000 kilo-
grammes ; in the preceding year it was 70,340,000 kilo-
grammes. The quantity remaining on hand at the end of
the season, including that standing over from former
years, was 18,713,000 kilogrammes ; at the corresponding
period of last year it was 13,833,000 kilogrammes. On
the 31st of August the number of manufactories in opera-
tion was 303, and of those inactive 31; last year the num-
ber was 337 in activity, and eight in non-activity. The
falling off is caused by the manufactories having given up
the making of sugar in order to produce brandy from
beetroot.—Galignani

TIM FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.—The letter of the Duke
of Cleveland (enclosing a donation of £5O to the Perry
fund), to which we have already called attention, has led
to a lengthened correspondence between his Grace and
Colonel Garrett, of which the Globe gives the following
account :—" The duke prefers a charge—namely, that
Colonel Garrett had shown himself incompetent to control
the discipline of the officers of the Forty-sixth Regiment,
and had winked at their riot,, drunkenness, and de-
bauchery.' The Colonel demands explanations—the
Duke declines to give them ; the Colonel hints that duel-
ling is forbidden by the Articles of War, and points out
that those very articles direct the reference of disputes to
friends for settlement ; the Duke refers his correspondent
to a Court of Law; and the Colonel; being unable, either
to have a shot at his censor, to subject his writings to
arbitrators, or to appeal to the Court of Law, rushes to
make a fourth mid worse appeal, and publishes the corres-
pondence to vindicate his own conduct.
SPLITTING TEE DIPPERENCE.-111 a letter from a
Welsh emigrant, published in the Swansea Herald,
dated " Geelong, April 29th," the writer says :—" A
somewhat ludicrous scene took place at the theatre the
other night, the performance being under the patronage
of the American consul, and on the arrival of that gentle-
man, the band, out of compliment, commenced playing
' Yankee Doodle,' which did not exactly suit the palate of
the English. Some of the `gods' having misunderstood
its meaning, and cries of no, no, we won't have it—old
England for ever,' and ' God save the Queen; were heard
throughout the building, whilst the hisses of the Ameri-
cans gave room to fear that the matter would terminate
seriously, when the consul, a good-looking young Ameri-
can with gold laced cap in hand, came forward, and in the
course of an address characterised by much good humour,
suggested the propriety of splitting the difference, by
amalgamating the two airs, one-half to be `God save the
Queen,' and the other half Yankee Doodle.' The orches-
tra attempted to obey the summons, but the effect it pro-
duced was so ludicrous that all present were convulsed
with laughter, and thus ended the matter. The ' stars
and stripes ' are very numerous here, especially about the
diggings, where they may be seen streaming by thousands
over the various American tents, stores, and grog-shops."
TEE COMMERCIAL VIEW OP THE WAR.—From com-
munications received by houses in the northern ports, in
the habit of doing agencies for Russian commercial houses,
it seems that there is a good deal of speculation and un-
easiness in mercantile circles in St. Petersburg with regard
to the effect of the war upon the course of trade with this
country on the resumption of commercial relations. The
usual course for vessels going out to bring home cargoes
from Russia is to ballast or take out a cargo of coals, the
quick run out in ballast being balanced against the freight
upon coals. Now, probably, neither in ballast nor in coals,
could a sbipowner run his vessel with profit to countries
having merchandise similar to that imported from St.
Petersburg ; but the present position of affairs has caused
shipowners to calculate and try whether cargoes that
could not be brought home profitably in a direct voyage
out and in, might not be done in a circuit of voyages, and
it seems the experiment is in course of trial. Another
circumstance seems to be not lost sight of, viz., the oppor-
tunity that is presented to shipowners, by the high price
of hemp and other Russian produce, to try substitutes,a,nd
introduce new material into the equipment of their new
vessels. It appears that, in consequence of the high price
of hempen rope, some very interesting and successful ex-
periments have been tried by large shipowners in adopting
wire, rope to the purposes of rigging.
A MANIAC SHOT.--The Messager du Midi relates
the following account of a frightful scene which took place
a few days since at Tournon (Ardeche). A young work-
man was returning quietly home after passing the evening
with a friend, when he met a porter remarkable for his
herculean strength, but who was known at times to be
affected with fits of insanity. The young man saluted the
porter as he passed, when the latter immediately turned
on him, saying "You salute me, do you! well, then, I will
kill you !" and immediately struck him a heavy blow on
the head with a stick, which actually scattered his brains
against the wall. Seeing his victim lying on the ground,
he took up a large stone, with which he continued to
batter the body, exclaiming as he did so, "Mon Dieu, open
eternity to him ! Ah ! I think you are dead now—
speak and tell me that you are dead !" A gaslighter,
attracted by the noise, ran to the spot, but he narrowly
escaped being knocked down by a large stone which was
hurled at him by the maniac, and taking to his heels he
gave an alarm to the gendarmes. During this time the
assassin took refuge at his own house, and after barri-
cading the door, prepared to kill his father, on whom he had
already inflicted one wound, when the gendarmes arrived.
It was in vain that they endeavoured to break the door
open, for so great was the strength of the maniac that he
actually tore large stones from the walls of the room, and
hurled them at his assailants. To one of the gendarmes
lie said, " Ah ! you have served 20 years, and yet you have
not got the cross—stop and I will decorate you! " saying
which, lie threw a large stone. which shattered the man's
hand, and sent his carbine to a distance of several feet.
Just at this time the cries of his sister were heard, and at
the same moment the voice of the murderer, saying, " It
shall be your turn next ! " It was now found necessary
to resort to extreme measures, in order to prevent further
bloodshed. A carbine was fired with blank cartridge,
which attracted the attention of the assassin, who came
to the window, when a gendarme immediately levelled
his carbine and shot him dead on the spot—Galignani.

ADVERTISER.

LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL

ITIE monthly meeting of the Town Council was held on
Wednesday, J. Buck Lloyd, Esq., mayor, presiding.
FINANCE COMMITTEE: PROPOSED INCREASE 917 SA-
L/RIES.—The proceedings embraced recommendations to
increase the salary of D. M. Brown, clerk to the magis-
trates' clerks, from £75 to £lOO per annum ; to sell the
reversion of premises in Oakes-street to the committee of
the Ragged Schools in connexion with St. Silas's Church,
for £5O; to purchase freehold premises, situate in Dale-
street and Crosshall-street, from Mr. Woodward, for the
sum of £B5O. The proceedings of the Markets' Committee,
comprising recommendations to increase the salary of Mr.
Luya, from £250 to £275 per annum ; of Mr. Stonehouse
from £lBO to £2OO per annum, the consideration of which
was postponed at the last monthly council, pursuant to the
standing orders. The proceedings also contained a recom-
mendation for a gas-meter inspector, in accordance with an
application of gas•consumers, if the Corporation had power
to make such an appointment, provided the gas company
would pay his salary.—On the motion of Mr. Hornby,
seconded by Mr. Henderson, the recommendations and
proceedings were confirmed.

IMPROVING BATH-STREET: TOWN DlTES.—Mr.llornby,
in moving the adoption of the general proceedings of the
Finance Committee, called attention to the proposed widen-
ing of Sefton-street to sixty feet, to take down the Goree
warehouses, and continue Strand-street as far as Bath-
street, at a width of sixty feet, and to widen Bath-street,
where necessary, to sixty feet. The Finance Committee
had, he said, appointed a sub-committee to confer with the
sub dock-committee ; and he now suggested that it was
desirable to take preliminary steps to go before parliament
in the next Session, if the committee afterwards decided
to proceed with the improvements wholly or in part. At
the request of Mr. Charles Turner, the Town-clerk read
the following proposition, as that which had been agreed
to be recommended by the committee :—" That the council,
in accordance with the course which has from time to time
been adopted by the Corporation of widening and improv-
ing divers streets in the borough, for the purpose of afford-
ing facilities to the trade of the port, by providing conve-
nient approaches to and in the neighbourhood of the docks,
recognizes the principle embodied in the report of the sub-
committee of the Dock Committee on dock extension, so
far as respects the improvements proposed in that report
to be effected by the Corporation by widening the line of
strand communication from north to south, to the east-
ward of the dock property, and that it be an instruction to
the Finance Committee to confer with the Dock Committee
as to the best mode of obtaining the necessary parliamen-
tary powers for effecting such improvements, and to take
such preliminary steps as may be necessary for complying
with the standing orders of parliament, reporting to the
council as to the cost, and all other details involved."
Some discussion ensued, in which Mr. Chas. Turner, Mr.
Bramley-Moore, M.P., Mr. Hornby, Mr. Alderman Ben-
nett, and Mr. Mann, took part.. Mr. Alderman S. Holme
moved, as an amendment, That the Finance Committee
have power to take initiative measures, so far as scheduling
the property, and serving the parliamentary notices are
concerned, for the purpose of widening the public thorough-
fares from the north to the south end of the town ; and
that the Finance Committee lay before this council, at the
earliest period, an estimate of the cost of such improve-
ments." Mr. Thomson seconded the amendment. A fur-
ther discussion took place, after which the amendment was
put to the vote and lost by a majority of 36 to 13. The
voting was as follows :—For : Messrs. Thomson, Bigham,
Moss, W. Nicholson, Godfrey, R. Gladstone,
Johnson, J. Nicholson, Beckwith, Henderson ; and Alder-
men Langsdale and S. Holme. Against : Messrs. Aked,
Anderson, Mellor, Woodruff, Bradley, M`Guffie, Holden,
Littledale, Tyrer, C. Turner, Hornby, Avisou, Banner,
Fernihough, J. Holme, J. Gladstone, jun., Jeffreys, A.
Shand, Fleming, Earle, Picton, Houghton, Hodson, Clint,
Robertson, Royden, Gregson ; and Aldermen Bennett,
Preston, Bold, Dover, Parker, J. H. Turner, Bent, Toni-
min, and the Mayor.

OPENING OP ST. GEORGE'S HALL.—In relation to the
expense incurred at the opening of St. George's Hall, Mr.
Bigham said he understood that the special committee for
opening St. George's Hall met on Friday last, and passed
a resolution to the effect that their proceedings should be
withheld from the council, in consequence of their being
unable to produce a satisfactory financial statement. In
the management of that fund, and in carrying out their
instructions, he understood a considerable loss had been
sustained, amounting, he believed, to about £4OO, the sum
expended being a little over £4,000, while the sum received
had amounted only to about £3,000. The difference be-
tween these sums must have been paid by some one ; and
he would ask, in the first place, whether the officials would
be permitted to expend such sums without special autho-
rity ? Mr. Hornby replied in the negative. Mr. Bigham
took it for granted that the committee had not paid the
difference out of their own pockets. He had heard from
the sub-treasurer

The Mayor, interrupting Mr. Bigham, explained that
what that gentleman had referred to as occurring on Fri-
day formed no portion of the financial arrangements of the
committee, nor had it reference to their proceedings in any
way.

Mr. Bigham—Does it not involve the payment of money
by our treasurer ? The Mayor—No. Mr. Bigham—l asked
our treasurer distinctly whether he had paid any money,
and he said " £1000." The Mayor—Not from the Corpo-
ration fund. Mr. Bigham—Was not that officer appointed
by the Corporation F The Mayor—l can only say that
nothing of that kind occurred in the proceedings of any
committee of this council. In reply to some further re-
marks by Mr. Bigham, the Town•clerk stated that the
money had not come out of the borough fund, but out of
a fund which had no connexion with the borough fund,
viz., out of a fund at the bank. Mr. Bigham—Does it
stand in the name of the corporation, or the gentlemen of
the committee? The Town-clerk—The gentlemen of the
committee. Mr. Bigham—And if they have overdrawn it,
is it on their individual responsibility ? The Town-clerk—
Yes. Mr. Bigham—Then they cannot reclaim anything?
The Town-clerk—Not a shilling ! Mr. Bigham —Oh !
(Laughter.) The subject was allowed to drop.
The proceedings of the Watch Committee were con-
firmed, on the proposition of Mr. Gregson, and of the
Dock Committee, on the proposition of Mr. C. Turner.
UsEs OP ST. GEORGE HALL.-Mr. Picton, in pursuance
of notice which he had previously given, moved:—" That
it be referred to the Law Courts Committee to consider
and report to the council on the best mode of rendering
St. George's Hall permanently available for the use and
comfort of the inhabitants generally, with instructions

that in any scheme to be proposed, the recreation and im-
provement of the working classes shall form a prominent
and essential part." In course of his remarks, Mr. Pic-
ton suggested that St. George's Hall should be thrown
open to the public ; that when the organ was finished,
one of the most accomplished organists they could find
should be appointed; and that there should be cheap con-
certs once a week, as in Birmingham, at a charge of say
3d. each, which he had no doubt would not only prove
self-supporting, but somewhat remunerative. The reso-
lution moved by Mr. Picton was seconded by Mr. Alder-
man J. H. Turner, and adopted.
MARKETS COMMITTEE.—The proceedings of the Mar-
kets' Committee comprised recommendations to increase
the salary of Mr. Luya from £250 to £275 per annum,
and the salary of Mr. Stonehouse from £lBO to £2OO per
annum, the consideration of which was postponed at the
last monthly council, pursuant to the standing orders.
Mr. Woodruff moved, seriatim, that the augmentations of
salaries referred to be allowed, which, after remarks by
several members of the council, were confirmed.
Tnn EDUCATION COMMITTEE.—The proceedings of the
Education Committee comprised a recommendation to in-
crease the salary of William Owens, teacher in the Corpo-
ration South- School, from £lB 4s. to £3O per annum.
The proceedings were confirmed.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.—The recommendations were to
increase the salaries of the following officers :—namely,
Thomas White, clerk in treasurer's department, from
£2lO to £240 per annum ; Thomas J. Hughes, ditto, from
£BO to £9O per annum ; James M`Fadzen ditto, from £7O
to £BO per annum : Thomas J. Nicholson, ditto, from
£54 12s. to £7O per annum; James Rogers, ditto, from
£32 to £6O per annum ; Benjamin Owens, ditto, from £32
to £6O per annum ; James Lothean Ascroft, clerk in
borough engineer's department, from £l2O to £l6O per
annum ; James Lea, surveyor of drainage, from £BO to
£lOO per annum ; George Powell, surveyor for Toxteth-
park district, from £lOO to £llO per annum • James
Wilson, clerk in the engineer's department, from £1 ls.
per week to £7O per annum, the consideration of which
was postponed at the last monthly council, pursuant to
the standing orders, The whole of the increases were
confirmed without discussion.
In discussing this committee's proceedings an inquiry
into the charges made by Mr. Bradley gave rise to a scene
of acrimonious debate, such as rarely occurs to animate
the proceedings of a public body ; which, like most such
scenes, ended in nothing beyond an expression of vindic-
ative personal feeling.
The proceedings of the Baths' Committee, comprising a
recommendation to increase the salary of W. D. Penny-
cook, clerk of the works, from £lO4 per annum to £l5O
per annum, were passed, the increase of salary being ad-
journed in compliance with standing orders.
The appointment, pursuant to " The Militia Law
Amendment Act, 1854,' of two members of the council
to meet the two justices, appointed by the justices of the
county of Lancaster, at their Annual General Session,
held on the 14th ult., to jointly determine and award the
respective proportions in which the county and borough
shall contribute to the expenditure incurred, or to be in-
curred, under the above-mentioned act, was then proceeded
with. On the motion of Mr. Tyrer, the chairman and
deputy chairman of the Finance Committee were ap-
pointed.
The proceedings of the Gardens' Committee, the Water
Committee, the Library and Museum Committee, (which
included a recommendation to remove the south lending
library to a house in Harvey-street,) and the Hackney
Carriage and Licensing Committee, were confirmed with-
out discussion.
PROPOSED NEW STEBET.—Among the Mayor's com-
munications was a memorial from Mr. Richard Brooke,
F.S.A„ author of Liverpool Fifty Years Ago, recom-
mending the formation of another street in lieu of the
proposed widening of Church-street, Bold-street, and
Berry-street, with respect to which latter proposition
there were, he said, great difficulties in a financial point of
view, and which, if carried out, would still be an unsatis-
factory thoroughfare. The memorial respectfully sug-
gested, that instead of altering Church-street, Bold-street,
or Berry-street, the evil arising from their narrowness,
and the circuitous route through them, would be far more
effectually removed, and at a much lighter expense, by
opening on a grand scale an entirely new street, of the
same width as Lord-street, and to extend, with shops in a
line, from the point of junction at Lord-street with Para-
dise-street, (leaving Seel-street on the eastward side,) and
terminating at the point of junction of Great George-
street ; and that, from the description of the yards, cooper-
ages, buildings, and other property near School-lane,
College-lane, and Hanover-street, Gradwell-street, Wol-
stenholm-square, and Parr-street, which the new street
would intersect or pass near, it may be presumed that the
expense of making it would be moderate, and far less than
by adopting a scheme of widening Church-street, Bold-
street, and Berry-street. If, from circumstances, it should
be inconvenient to make the new street straight, it might
be formed with a curve; and the examples of the High_
street, Oxford, and Regent-street,London, andseveral of the
boulevards in Paris, prove that there is not any difficulty
in building very handsome streets, with curves. If, from
economical motives, it should be considered advisable not
to carry the new street as far as the end of Great George-
street, it might be so arranged as to open into Duke-street,

opposite the end of Cornwallis-street, or eve
street

tderman Holme said the suggest
good oue, andireffected great credit upon Mr. Br
was referred to the Improvement Committee.
SEWERS zzr TIIE' Docxs.—The following motion, of
which notice had been given by Mr. Thompson, was re:
ferred to the Health Committee : "That it be an instruc-
tion to the Health Committee to confer with the Dock
Committee, with the view of obtaining permission to con-
tinue the public sewers which now empty into the dock
basins, across such basins into the River Mersey, by means
of large iron pipes."
OPENING OF ST. GEORGE'S HALT.--DEFICIENT RE-
CEIPTS.--411 accordance with a notice which he had given,
Mr. Councillor Thomson moved, " That, as the professed
object of opening St. George's Hall with a musical festival
was the benefit of the public hospitals, and as the public
paid for their admission into the hall, whilst the members
of the council obtained free admission, each member of
the council be requested to pay for all free admissions he
used on the three days." After some remarks condemna-
tory of the mode in which the proceedings had been con-
ducted the motion was withdrawn. On the suggestion
of Mr. Anderson, it was agreed, as was understood, that
the members of council should resume their privilege of
granting orders to view] the hall.—Mr. Bigham moved
" That the clerks to the magistrates be requested to make
a return, showing the amount of fines levied for breaches
g of dock regulations, particularizing under the various bye-
' laws, amounts collected, and how appropriated, week by
week, for the past six months ' • also for the amounts levied
for the corresponding period last year." The proposal
was agreed to without discussion, as was also the follow-
ing by Mr. Anderson. " That the resolution passed by
the council on the 13th ult., referring to the Gaol and
House of Correction Committee the letter of the Rev.
Thomas Carter, requesting the council to carry the pro-
visions of the Juvenile Reformatories Act into immediate
effect, be rescinded, and that the same letter be referred
to a special committee of the council to report thereon,"
and the following gentlemen were appointed the com-
mittee :—The Mayor, and those gentlemen of the council
who are magistrates, with Mr. Woodruff, Mr. Tobin, and
Mr. Bigham.
This concluded the business, and the council rose at
four o'clock, having sat five hours.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-FRIDAY

If the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire Stakes have not
this year not been productive of any great amount of in-
terest and speculation, the question as to whether Sebas-
topol was taken in September or not has served as a
good substitufe; and each day, upon the subscribers mus-
tering at the Postoffice Hotel, the questions " Is there
anything fresh from the Crimea ?""Has anything ema-
nated tram the War-office in confirmation of Sebastopol
being taken ?" and other similar interrogations in the

same strain were put; and little knots were formed in
different parts of the room for the purpose of discussing
the topic. As for bets upon horse racing, they were few
and far between. On Wednesday, so strongly had the
opinion set in in favour of Sebastopol having been taken,
that nearly any odds were offered, and those who had laid
against it began to reconcile themselves to their supposed
loss, while others began to count their gains. In the
evening, however, doubts as to the accuracy of the report
began to exist, and frequent offers were made to take 10
to 1 that Sebastopol was not taken in September ; and,
on Thursday, as much as 20 to 1 was laid that Sebastopol
was not taken in September. To-day, several wagers were
laid that it was not taken at the present time ; and even
money was also laid that not a " shot" from the land side
was made at Sebastopol during the last month. Towards
the close of the room, we heard one gentleman who has
figured most conspicuously in laying against Sebastopol
being taken, offer to bet an even poney that it would not
be taken until after the Cesarewitch Stakes had been run
for, namely, on Tuesday next. However, although this
war question has been so engrossing a subject, a little
betting took place upon the Cesarewitch Stakes, Musco-
vite, who has had rather a " fishy" appearance in this
market since Tuesday, closed rather firmly at 8 to 1 ; and
9 to 1 was taken freely about D 0, who has many friends.
La Belle advanced to 100 to 6 (taken). Rattle seemed
" shaky ;" 10 to 1 was currently offered, and we think a
point or two more would have been laid. No one offered
to back either Calamus or Rodomeli. 100 to 6 was taken
yesterday about Rattle for the Cambridgeshire Stakes, but
there is very little doing on that event today.

CESIREWITCII STAKES.
8 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Muscovite—taken.
Bto 1 „ Mr. T. Wray's D. 0.-9 to 1 taken freely
10 to 1 „ Mr. Dennett's Rattle—offered.
100 to 6 „ Sir J. Boswell's La Belle—taken.
100 to 6 „ Mr. J. M. Stanley's Calamus—nominal.
25 to 1 „ Mr. Morris's Indian Warrior—taken.
25 to 1 „ Mr. Shelley's Koh-i-noor—taken.
25 to 1 „ Lord Derby's Bracken—taken.
25 to 1 „ Mr. Murland's Ammonia.
25 to 1 „ Mr. Saxon's Barrel—taken.
25 to 1 „ Lord Clifden's Rodo Meli—taken.
30 to 1 „ Lord Clifden's Poodle—offered.
30 to 1 „ Mr. Barber's Cobnut—taken, aft. off.
40 to 1 „ Mr. Lister's Lincoln's Inn—taken.
50 to 1 „ Baron W. Mollendorrs Scherz—taken.
50 to 1 „ Lord W. Powlett's Exact—taken.
60 to 1 „ Mr. J. Clark's Naomi—taken.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
14 to 1 agst Mr. Copperthwaite's The Early Bird—tk,
20 to 1 „ Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco—taken.

Lord Exeter's horses in training will be brought to the
hammer on Thursday next, at Newmarket.
Mr. E. R. Clark has purchased Mr. Bancroft's two year
old colt General Picton, by Flatcatcher, for 100 soya.
It is reported to be the intention of the committee to
discontinue the Manchester Autumn Meeting.
Helena and The Deformed, both engaged in the Cam-
bridgeshire Stakes, were put up for sale at Tattersall's,
last week, and bought in by John Osborne.
Mr. J. Arnold's racing stud will be sold without reserve
on Mondry next, the 16th instant; Mr. Knowles's brood
mares will be put up at the same time.

Mr. John Scott, of Malton, has purchased of Thomas
Dawson, Esq., of Driffield, his ch c Shamyl, by Cossack
out of Factory Girl ; and of John Rickarby, Esq., of Brid-
lington, his b c Jocular, by Touchstone out of Ada Mary,
for large prices.
The following yearlings have lately arrived at Mr. J.
Scott's stables, Whitewall House, -near Malton, to be
trained for their engagements :—Lord Derby's b c Fazzo-
letto, by Orlando out of Canezou ; br c Coup de Main, by
lago out of Tour de Force ; and b f Imposture, by lago
out of the Duchess of Kent ; Mr. Bowes's br c Fly by
Night, by The Flying Dutchman out of The Flapper, and
Victoria (sister to West Australian); Mr. A. Nichol's ro c
Warlock. by Birdcatcher out of Elphine ; Mr. Murland's
br c Forbidden Fruit, by Birdcatcher or Gameboy out of
Touch me Not ; and Mr. Oldaker's b c by John Cosser out
of The Jewess.

THE LATE DONCASTER ST. LEGER.—A correspondence,
originating out of a series of charges preferred against Mr.
John Scott by the Hon. Admiral Eons, respecting the
running of Acrobat, in the St. Leger, has been published,
in which the hon. and gallant admiral retracts the impu-
tations made by him against the character of Mr. John
Scott. It is also stated by Mr. Scott (with the permission
of Lord Derby) that Boiardo, in all his trials, at all dis-
tances, always proved himself a better horse than Acrobat,
and that he entertained the most confident opinion that
Boiardo would have won the St. Leger, but that accident
alone caused his defeat. Alfred Day, who rode Boiardo,
testifies that he went well to just below the distance, when
he felt him break down; and Mr. William Mayor, jun.,
veterinary surgeon, after examining Boiardo on the 23rd
September, at Malton, certifies that Boiardo was then
lame from recent inflammation and enlargement of the
suspensory ligament of the near fore leg, which consti-
tutes the defect termed " break down." The sporting
public, we suppose, will now rest satisfied that the last
Doncaster St. Leger was run on the "square."
CHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.—On Tuesday and Wed-
nesday last, the last meeting of the year took place, and,
although the weather was fine, was rather thinly attended.
On Tuesday, the Shorts Handicap was won easily by Mr.
Clarkson's Amy, beating Horatio, Comfort, and five
oters ; the Mostyn Stakes were won by Lord Wilton's
Orson's, beating three others ; the Tradesmen's Welter
Cup was won by Captain Christie's Defiance, beating
Milkboy, Caliph, and five others, but the race is in dis-
pute; the Chester Nursery Handicap was won by Mr. J.
H. Jones's The Maid of Cadiz, beating Evangeline and
eight others ; the Innkeeper's Plate was won by Mr. F.
Clarke's Gruyere, beating four others. On Wednesday, a
Handicap for Two Year Olds was won by Mr. Bancroft's
General Picton, beating Shoreham and three others ; the
Wynnstay Handicap Plate was won by Mr. Worthington's
Lady Palmerston, beating five others ; the Chester Han-
dicap Stakes was won by Mr. G. Barton's Jetty Treffz,
beating Medal, St. Clair, and five others ; a Plate of 60
sovs. was won by Mr. Harker's Young Hack, beating 13
others ; and a Selling Race was won by Mr. Robinson's
Louisa, beating five others.

RECEIPT STAMPS ON CHARITABLE DONATIONS.—An
application having been made to the solicitors of the
Board of Stamps and Taxes, to know whether donations
of £2 and upwards received for a " Sailors' Home " charity
were required to be on a penny stamp, the reply was that,
being for a charity, it was not necessary.
THE NEW STAMP ACT.—(l7th and 18th Victoria? chap.
13) will come into operation to-morrow. The principal
alteration relates to bills of exchange and promissory notes.
Bills of exchange drawn out of the United Kingdom are to
be denoted by adhesive stamps, and the holder of a bill so
purporting to be drawn is not to negociate it withoutaffix-
ing an adhesive stamp. A penalty is to be levied on per-
sons taking or receiving such bills without adhesive
stamps. Receipt stamps may be lawfully used for the pur-
pose. With regard to bankers' draughts, by the present
law draughts drawn on bankers within 15 miles of the
place where drawn are exempted ; but the law by this act is
altered, so that a draught or order beyond 15 miles cannot
be remitted or sent unless duly stamped, or be received in
payment, or as a security, or otherwise circulated, under a
penalty of £5O. Adhesive stamps may be affixed to such
draughts. There is a clause repealing the exemption from
receipt stamp duty of letters acknowledging by post the
safe arrival of bills of exchange, promissory notes, or other
securities for money. Receipts for money paid to the
crown are exempted from the stamp duty. Some altera-
tions are made with respect to stamps on conveyances of
property. In future pawnbrokers in Dublin are to pay a
duty of £7 10s. instead of £l5. All contracts to serve as
artificers, servants, &c., in the colonies are to be exempted
from duty, as also public maps and documents referred to
in deeds or writings. Leases for a period less than a year
are to be chargeable with duty on the rent reserved. In
order to encourage the purchase of stamps, persons by buy-
ing stamps to £5, not exceeding ls. duty, are to be allowed
after the rate of 71 per cent. No charge is to be made by
sellers of stamps for papers on notes or stamps where the
rate of duty does not exceed ls. An allowance is to be
made up to the sth of April next for stamps rendered use-
less by this act. All instruments liable to stamp duty are
to be admitted in evidence in any criminal proceeding,
though not properly stamped. The new duties on inland
bills and notes commence at ld. other than on demand,
where the same does not exceed £5 ; not exceeding 210,
the duty will be 2d.; not exceeding £25, 3d. ; not exceed-
ing £5O, 6d. ; not exceeding £75, £9 ; and not exceeding
£lOO, ls. ; and not exceeding £2OO, the duty is to be 2s.
These new duties will be payable on bills or notes drawn
after to-morrow.