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

Issrs DEPARTMENT,

Notes issued ... £26,464,300 Goverumt: Debt £11,015,100
lOther Securities 2,984,900
(Gold coin & bu11'n.12,404,300
'Silver btillion

1226,4E4,300

£26,464,300

BANKING DEPARTMENT

Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000 Gov. Securities £11,006,210
Rest 3,719,493 Other Securities 16,912,843
Public Deposits 5,786,682 Notes ... 6,499,350
Other Deposits 9,924,277 Gold & Silver Coin
Sr-day & other bills 1,030,651

595,570

a£35,014,0031

£35,014,003

Our SHARE MARKET has been extremely ime-
tive•all week. The expected rise, on the capture of
Sebastopol being announced, did not take place,
though the rumour, which proved to be unfounded,
was generally believed. A heavy bull account,
commercial disasters, and the apprehension of
further mischief, though it has riot caused further
depression, has prevented business, and made spe-
culators cautious. We annex this day's prices :
Caledonians, 31; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock,
711-; London and North-Western fourths, par ;
Sheffield Stock, 244 ; Midland Stock, 708 70 -I,-
701--; Norfolk Stock, 50 ; South-Eastern, 19 1-16 ;
Royal Insurance Company, 15-16 p.

COTTON.—The trade was very brisk in the early
part of the week, and the amount of business done
very considerable at higher prices, but the demand,
slackened towards the close. The sales of the week
up to Friday amounted to 60,960 bales, of which
7,600 (were taken on speculation, and 8,310 for
export, leaving 45,050 for the trade. TO-DAY,
the market was inanimate, and :the advices per
Niagara not being received till the afternoon, but
little business was done. The sales amounted to
7,000 bales, of which 1,000 were •on speculation,
and 3,500 for export. The following is a compa-
rison of present rates with those of the corres-
ponding period last year :

New Orleans Middling
Fair ......
Middling

Uijiand

SALES. IMPORTS. STOCK
PRICES. Week Previ- Week ,;.
lending ously ending! v 2::: Oct. 6
Oct. 6 this yr. Oct. 6 `".

DHSCRIPTIOX

Sea Island
Stained
Boweds
Mobile..., _
New Orleans.
Pernams,&e. 6*
Bahia, Sic... 6/
Maranharn .. 6
Demerara,&c
Egyptian....
Com.W.l.&c
Surat
Madras
Bengal

3412! 4825551
JJJI 1437'

3.8 920 23000
73 - 20 1261
3f 7 11330 369310
63 4410, 191250
83 27750; 756400
8f 11701 39440
7 23101 22663
6001 26180
590
3100, 85680
320 5930
8320 243150
210 9030 I
2040

i si 10

962431! 520540

25500 10130
22990 9430
356551 26460
409 100
60185 58320
3201 1100

I 184652: 169980

60960 17759201 4856 1777753 585000

PRODUCE.—The markets during the week have
shown much activity, and a steady amount of
business has been doing at previous rates, ana. in
some cases at a slight advance. TO-DAY, a large
business has been concluded in Sugar, at previous
rates, the sales, including Saturday's transactions,
amounting to 400 hhds. St. Lucia, at 295. 3d. to
31s. 3d. ; 70 hhds. Antigua and Jamaica, at 31s. 6d.
to 335. ; 2,500 bags of East India, at 40s. 3d. to
40s. 9d. for Cossipore ; at 375. 6d. to 38s. for
BenareS ; and at 345. 6d. to 365. 6d. for Yellow
Bengal; also 3,400 bags brown Pernams, at 28s. 6d.;
40 hhds. Porto Rico, at 345. 6d. to 345. 9d. ; and
1,100 boxes Havana, the price of -which has not
been reported. No sales have transpired in Molasses
or Rum. Coffee is without change ; some large
parcels are to .be offered at auction to-morrow.
The Tea market Continues firm, but transactions
are only to a limited extent. The sales of Rice are
confined to 100 tees. Carolina, at 18s. 6d. to 19s.
per cwt. Linseed continues to sell freely, 1,500
bags Bombay having realised 60s. per quarter.
550 boxes Pearl Sago are reported at 18s. to 20s.
per cwt. ; and 36 bales Coir Yarn, at £l7 per ton.
Messrs. T. and H. LITTLEDA.LE and Co., in their
circular offer the following " general remarks :"
"Nothing could illustrate more forcibly the vast import-
ance of a good harvest, which has happily been secured,
than the incidents of the past month. Notwithstanding
the unprecedented abundance of the new crop, and the
splendid condition in which it has been housed,, the price
of Wheat has risen lbs. per quarter, so completely bare of
stock were the millers and others. What would have
been the price had the harvest failed ? Again, as a matter
of public credit, we can only estimate the amount of bank-
ruptcy and alarm which must have inevitably followed
such a sad result by the casualties which have actually
occurred--failures amounting to a million sterling in the
month, with rumours of others still more extensive, caus-
ing a great amount of uneasiness in the moneyed cirelei,
as well as depression in our markets—and this when all
danger was thought to be over—showing, as stated in our
circular of 7th August, `that it was more a question of
the evils to be apprehended in the event of a bad harvest
than any great excitement or advance in prices should it be
a good one.' And yet we are told, month after month,
that the commerce of the country is in a most prosperous

or. simply 1

au incl.(

more prepared to see them result in heavy losses than in
profit to the senders. We are happy to see a decrease in
the missions of September to the extent of nearly half a
million, but for the eight months they still exceed those
of last year by one and a half millions, and those of 1852
(when we had peace and plenty, and money at half its
present value), by £12,644,000 ! Australia, of course,
will account for a great part of this increase."

WOOL—In English Wools a moderate business
has been done this week, at a shade advance on
former rates. Irish Wool is also stiff, holders not
being at all anxious sellers. The sales held here
last week were numerously attended with buyers
from the Continent and home districts, and the

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ices realised were fully equal to forma sales

TIMBER.—At the sale of furniture Woods, by
Messrs. Holme, Slater, and Co., at Birkenhead, on
Thursday, there was a very large attendance, and
Mahogany sold freely at fully previous rates. Ash,
Oak, and Birch, also sold well. Rosewood was
very dull.

Siessrs. HoLmE, SLATER, and Co., in their
monthly circular, say :--
„

" The arrivals during the month of vessels containing
Timber from British North America into the docks of the
Mersey, are 62 vessels, 48,323 tons, against 67 vessels,
43,055 tons, for the corresponding period last year. The
business of the month has been very limited, as the im-
porters are unwilling (with one or two exceptions) to sell
their cargoes at the rates the trade are offering, which
would entail a serious loss; they are, therefore, storing
their cargoes, in expectation of an improved demand and
higher prices, and we have no doubt that their expecta-
tions will, to some extent, be realised when the pressure
of the import subsides. Of Baltic timber the arrivals
during the month are 12 vessels, 3,880 tons, against 10
vessels, 4,650 tons, for the corresponding period last year ;
two cargoes of Dantzic have been sold at ls. Bd. per foot
for the best middling, ls. did. per foot for good middling,
Is. sd. to is. 54d. per foot for common ; a cargo of
Dantzic White Wood sold at from ls. 2Pid. per foot, and
some undersized Red at ls. 44d. per foot ; a cargo of
Swedish sold at from Is. 3d. to ls. 4id. per foot. St.
Petersburgh and Archangel Deals and Battens are very
low in stock. Swedish Redwood Battens are worth about
£l4 per standard, and White £l2 per standard. Of Rose-
wood, Rio, the stock is very heavy, and the demand is
exceedingly limited, none of the large quantity offered on
the 15th ult. having been sold."

METALS.—We have no change of importance to
report in the Metal market this week. Manufac-
tured Iron can scarcely be considered in so good
demand as it has been, although the Staffordshire
manufacturers have decided at their preliminary
meeting not to alter from last quarter's prices.
Scotch Pig Iron continues without change, and
with large shipments from Scotland, which have
consideraly reduced the stocks there. Copper
steady. Tin in better demand ; and Lead corn-
manding better prices.

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.

(FROM TRH OBSERVER.)

TILE revenue account for the current quarter, which will
be made up on Tuesday next, will be published in a new
form, and will include, for the first time, a publication of
the revenue received from Ireland, in a table simultane-
ously with the rest of the .United Kingdom. This plan
will give more complete infor.nation than has hitherto been
the case. The quarterly returns will be made up to Tues-
day night next, the 10th inst., as usual. The time is suffi-
ciently near to enable the result to be anticipated with
some approach to accuracy.
We are able to state that the return, both for the year
and the quarter, compared with the 10th Oct., 1853, will
be most satisfactory. This will be more especially the case
with the quarter, in which the total increase will amount
to something like £700,000 to £BOO,OOO sterling. In the
Customs return for the quarter there will be a decrease,
as might naturally have been expected, from many causes,
amongst the most obvious of which are the still-continued
reductions in so many items of Customs revenue, and the
almost total absence of the duty upon the importatiOn of
grain, which, although placed at the nominal amount of
is. a quarter, •had in 1853 realised a considerable sum.
The Excise for the quarter will show an increase of
more than £300,000, a great portion of which, no doubt is
to be set down to the increase of the malt tax, which will
be still more apparent in the quarter upon which we are
about to enter, which is the great malting period of the

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Both in stamps and taxes it is probable that there will
be a decrease ; but if so, it will be to a very small extent.
In the property tax the additions rendered necessary by
the requirements of the war are now beginning to be felt.
The increase will be very considerable.

But the result, perhaps, more satisfactory —because it is
produced by the lowering, instead of rising of imposts—
will be fey...nd in the Post-office return, which will reach a
considerable slim, comparatively, for the quarter, and for
the year will fall little short of £300,000.

Although not to so large an extent as on the quarter, the
returns for the year will leave no ground for despondency.
In the'Customs for the year there will be a decrease,
RS well ,as for the quarter, and for the same reasons as
stated above. But it will be for a smaller amount, and
not severely felt.

The Excise will be better for the year, as well as for the
quarter, though not perhaps to so palpable an extent.
In stamps and taxes there will be a small decrease: In
the case of the stamps, the reductions and alterations of
last session are no doubt felt.
In the property-tax there will be an increase in the
year, as well as in the quarter, although perhaps not to
so large an amount.

Upon the whole there is every reason for congratulation
that the exactions of a most expensive struggle have nei-
ther diminished our resources, increased our national
obligations, or given us the smallest reason to distrust or
doubt the buoyancy of our sound and honest financial
system.

THE SUSPENSION OP Mn. OLIVES.—The uneasiness
which has prevailed in Liverpool during the list few days
consequent on the suspension of Mr. Edward Oliver, has
been relieved by au arrangement of a satisfactory cha-
racter having been entered into, and Messrs. Robert
Rankin, Daniel Campbell, Robert Crosbie, John S. De
Wolf and W. J. Ferule have been appointed trustees in the
estate for the behalf of all the creditors. The realization
of the assets, which are chiefly ships, will be proceeded with
in a judicious manner, and it is expected that the full
value of the estate will be obtained for the creditors, and
Mr. Oliver, who confidently expects a large surplus.

" HOMEWARDBOUND" VRom AUSTRALIA.—The Golden
Era, belonginc, to Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's
" White Styr" line of Australian packets, left Melbourne
for this port on the 19th of July, having on board seventy-
eight passengers, a cargo of flour, tallow, wool, and hides,
to ;ether With 26,730 sovereigns, and 44,604 ounces of gold.
The Red Jacket, belonging to the same line; was to sail
from Melbourne on the Ist of August, having engaged to
bring 50,000 ounces of gold, besides which it is expected
she will have.so,ooo sovereigns. The Saldanah, belonging
Messrs Baines and Co.'s "Black Ball" line, sailed from
Melbourne on The 12th July, with a considerable amount
of specie on board. The- Miles Barton arrived at Mel-
bourne on the .23rd July;!lhaving made the passage in
seventy-eight days from this port. The Guiding Star
arrived out on the day following the Miles Barton. A
spirited race is expected between the two vessels on the
return voyage.

LIE " GOLDEN" LINE OP PACKETS.—By the Overland
Mail we hear of the safe arrival at Melbourne, on the 22d
of July, of the ship Miles Barton, one of Messrs:Millers
and Thompson's • Golden" line, after a fine run of 78
days from the Mersey, and 74 days from the Saltees. She
took out a full cargo of goods, as well as passengers, and
not having been towed to Cork, her passage may be con-
sidered equal to any yet • made." The Melbourne Argus,
of the 24th July, makes the following remarks on her
passage:,--" The Miles Barton, Captain Kelly, has made
an excellent run from Liverpool, having sailed from that
port on the 4th of May, and Land's End on the Bth. She
draws eighteen feet four inches of water, and the passen-
gers speak in the highest terms of her accommodation and
conveniences. As a testimonial of their esteem to the
commander, they presented him with a purse of sove-
reigns. Not a single disturbance had occurred on board
during the whole passage:"

TETE GALLArrieN-ENTy-Tniun.—The 23rd Regiment
of Foot, (the' Royal Welsh Fusiliers) so well known in
this district, where the officers have many, friends, and
some near relatives, appears to have occupied a post of
honour and danger in the struggle for the heights of the
Alma. The list of commissioned officers killed and
wounded, which we take from the official return published
ha an Extraordinary Gazette, is as follows :—Killed :
Colonel Chester ; Capt. A. Watkin Williams Wynn,
cousin and brother in-law of Sir Watkin Wynn, Capt.
Francis Edward Evans, Capt. John Charles donolly,
..Lieut. Sir William N. Young, Bart, who, while the regi-
ment was-stationed at Chester, was a prominent member
of the Hoylake Hunt Club; Lieut. F. P. R.-Delme Rad-
cliffe, Lieut. Henry Anstruther, Lieut. Joseph H. Butler.
—Wounded slightly : Capt. Charles E. Hopton, Lieut.
Frederick Sayer.—Wounded severely I Capt. W. P.
Campbell, son of the Rector of Liverpool ; Lieut. Henry
Bathurst, and Lieut. Applewhaite. No reference having
been made to the following officers, who complete the staff
of this fine regithent, their Mends may rejoice that, up to
the date of the latest depatches, they had sustained no
injury :—Majois Lyson and Bunbury ; Captains Bell,
Bruce, and C. G. Sutton ; Lieuts. Hughes, %liver, Henry
D. Torrens, DreW, George T. John, Drift, Granville, Vane,
Dynelley, Poole, &e. * This gallant regiment, composed
chiefly of Welshmen, distinguished itself in the principal
engagements in the last great war, ample testimony to
their bravery being borne by the names inscribed upon
their colours :7-The Prince of Wales's Plume ; " Ich
Dien ;" The Rising Sun : The Red Dragon ; The White
Horse.; " Nec aspera terrent ;" " Minden ;" The Sphinx ;
" Egypt ;" " Corunna ;" "Martinique ;" " Albuhera ;"
"Badajoz ;" " Salamanca ;" " Vittoria ;" " Pyrenees ;"
" Nicene ;" " Orthes • " " Toulouse ; " " Peninsula ; "
f` Waterloo." To this list will be added the now famous
name of " Alma," and, no doubt, " Sebastopol." We re-
gret to see in the list of killed, the names of Capt. U. W.
Cust, of the Coldstream GuardS, nephew of Major-General
Sir Edward Cast, Bart., of Leasowe Castle, and Lieut.
Cockerel', son of the architect ; and among the wounded
Ensign 11 C. Boothby, (95th,) son of Mr. J. B. Boothby,
late of this town. The following officers, who are con-
nected by birth with Liverpool; or the district, took part
in the engagement :—Lieut. Earle, (49th,) son of Mr.
Hardman Earle; Lieut. Fletcher, (44th,) son of Mr. Wm.
Fletcher, of the Bank of England; Colonel Lawrence,
(2nd Rifles,) son of Mr. Win. Lawrence, of Liverpool ;
Lieut. Parry, son of a Liverpool merchant ; Captain
Fielders, son of the Rector of Debinglon ; and Paymaster
Lieut. Henry Dixon; of the Fusilier Oinards, son of Mr.
Dixon, banker, of Chester,--Albion,

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compasses

a ships, visited, on Tuesday last

1 of our building-yards,
Ir. Laird

Birkenhead-yard of

viously seen the

Accompanied

y two or

three gentlemen, who were witnesses of his experiments,
he verified in a most remarkable and conclusive manner
the.deductions he had previously set forth at the meeting
of the British Association at Oxford in 1847, and in his
Magnetical Investigations published in 1852. In the
yards of Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co., Messrs. Rennie,
Johnson, and Co., Messrs. Verney and Co., where several
iron ships were in progress of construction, and from the
proprietors of which he received every courtesy and atten-
tion, the magnetic action of the several ships on a delicate
pocket compass, wherever they. might be tried, was in
exact agreement with his announcements before any trial
was made. Thus, on approaching the bow of a ship, it
was predicted that the south point of the compass would
be attracted by the lower part of the stem, when, on mak-
ing the experiment, the specified pole pointed directly to
the part near which it was brought, so as, when the com-
pass was carried from the starboard to the port side, to
make half a revolution of the needle. The like attraction
of the north pole, after being first notified, was as stri-
kingly verified on ascending to the upper works of one of
the ships—every portion of iron approached by the com-
pass there showing strong. souther uolaritv

04. , -.hem po, .rity.
A long slip of iron picked up by Dr. Scoresby in one of
the yards was then made use of to test the principles he
had elsewhere propounded respecting the terrestrially
induced and retentive magnetism. Being struck a blow
with a piece of wood (a wedge) in a suitable position, the'
iron slip was presented to the compass, whilst resting on a
piece of timber, in a horizontal east and west position,
when it exhibited no more influence than a piece of brass.
The slip being raised up into a vertical position, the pola-
rity of simple terrestrial induction was shown, which was
reversed on reversing the iron. A blow with the wooden
wedge, whilst the iron was held upright, elicited an intense
energy of retentive magnetism, which was instantly re-
versed by striking the slip against a post the contrary way
up, and finally neutralized by striking it again in a hori-
zontal position.
Again a piece of old iron, taken out of a ship, was
tested. It was part of an angle iron, or rib, belonging to
the floor of a ship—of the shape, compressed, of the letter
U. It was first placed with the ends on the ground, and
the convex edge upward (like the letter U reversed) in an
east and west line—the reverse of the position it occupied
in the chip—and a single blow was struck against it with
a large hammer. The original magnetism was instantly
changed, and the ends resting on the ground, just accord-
ing to theory, were found vigorously to attract the south
pole of the needle and repel the north. The angle-iron
was then reversed, and the points held upward, in the
position it had been fixed in when in use. One blow of
the hammer reversed the polarity, and the upper ends of
the U were found now to have energetic polarity attract-
ing the north pole.

fhe whole series of experiments, it may be added, were
so striking and irresistibly conclusive that they were
looked upon, by the gentlemen present, with unmixed
admiration and surprise.

What the reverend gentleman seemed anxious to impress
on the minds of those interested in iron ships was to this
effect :--that, from the experiments they had witnessed,
and the results now obtained on vessels he had never be-
fore seen, it was evident that these phenomena were the
effects of the immutable laws planted by the Great Creator
in the materials with which they had to deal. It was the
obvious part, therefore, of true wisdom to endeavour,
where the direct effects of such laws were available for
useful ends, so to employ them—as in the case of the
earth's magnetism, of which we availed ourselves for
directing the compass needle ; and where these operated
embarrassingly or dangerously—as in the case of the de--
viating action of the magnetism in iron ships—to seek
either to discover means to overcome the misguiding influ-
ence, or to bring to light the disturbing circumstances,
and so to guard against any dangerous effects.
It may be added that, on a subsequent day, Dr. Scoresby
made a long series of experiments in Mr. Laird's Liverpool
yard with a view of testing his deductions on the peculia-
rity of the magnetic distribution with reference to the
direction of the ship's head on the stocks, and it was satis-
factory and important to find all his theoretic deductions
rigidly verified. As, for instance, in ships with their heads
lying towards the easel—as to which he had previously
shown that the magnetic intensity should be different on
the two sides, and that the starboard side, by reason of
the axial direction of the earth's magnetism lying over in
that direction, should be most highly magnetic. His pre-
dictions were completely realized in all the cases (three
large ships), which he had had the opportunity of trying.

POLICE COURT.

YESTERDAY,

(BErOBE MB. BOLTON.)

A StraPicioui CIIARACTEII

A.ND 1118 WIFE.-311-

chael Malley was charged with being au accomplice of
thieves and other bad characters, and aiding them in com-
mitting robberies. A police-constable saw the prisoner in
company with two disreputable women, who, having in-
veigled a drunken man in Lime-street, took him along
Elliot-street and into Roe-street on Saturday night. The
constable followed and saw the prisoner, and on the for-
mer making his appearance the prisoner ran off, but
was followed and taken into custody. On his person was
found a number of pawn tickets for gold rings, one of
which had been pledged in Manchester, the rest in Liver-
pooL An attorney, who attended for the prisoner, averred
that there was no charge whatever against his anent, and
that the property pledged belonged to his (prisoner's)
wife, who, he said, had a liking for jewellery (a laugh).
The wife was produced, but sho could not be examined.
On making her appearance, she was recognised as one of
the women who was with the prisoner, and he himself was
stated by detective officer Povey as a "bludgeter," that is,
a person well-known as an accomplice of thieves in com-
mitting robberies on drunken people. The prisoner was
remanded for a week.

AN UNLUCKY ADVENTERE IN A DONKEY CART.—Anyt
Littlefield, a your g woman, not very prepossessing in ap-
, pearance, was charged with being concerned in robbing a
middle-aged man, a sailor, who had arrived in the Lady
Franklin from America. The prosecutor, who gave his
name is Henry Johnson, said that he had left the ship
and received his money on Friday last; and being about
-to go home to Belfast, he had got an American forty-
dollar note changed, for which he received £B, that being
the value of it in this country : he still, however, retained
another forty-dollar note, which he intended to keep, in
the expectation of going out to Canada by and bye, where
he would obtain full value for it, without losing on account
of the rate of exchange. With his money in his pocket he
went to a public-house, where he had a little drink, and
was proceeding along the docks, when he was accosted by
a woman who was in a donkey cart, and who kindly in-
vited him to take a ride, which he accepted. The convey-
ance then took the party to a house in Gascoigne-street,
where the moneyed-man was introduced to some ladies.
Here more drink was procured, the complainant's £8 being
now reduced to £71.05., and he was liberally plied with
liquor, which he now asserts must have been drugged, as
he became suddenly insensible. On coming to his senses, he
found the company dispersed, and his seven sovereigns
and a half, along with his dearly-prized forty-dollar note,
had gone with them, and-he himself was left in a state of
bewilderment. Recovering from this, he lodged a com-
plaint at the police-office, and along with a detective
officer, he lay in ambush in a cab near the house from
the evening of Friday till about four o'clock on Saturday
morning, when they obtained access to the dwelling. On
entering he found his quondam friend of the donkey cart
and another female, besides the prisoner, and gave them
into custody. While the police were engaged in searching
the house, the two other prisoners escaped, Littlefield alone
being secured. No part of the property was found, and
the prisoner was remanded to allow search being mad. for
the other parties implicated.
ROBBERY WITII VIOLENCE IN CIIISENTLALE-BTUEET.
—James Turner, a. powerful nonchalant-looking young
man, was charged with being one of a party of three, who,
about six- o'clock on Sunday morning, attacked William
Mount, a railway porter, and robbed him in Chishenhale-
street. From the statement of the prosecutor it appeared
that, having arrived -by train at an early hour, he went to
take a walk, and when returning to his lodgings the three
attacked him. The prisoner seizing him by the throat
and preventing him from giving any alarm, they dragged
him into ali entry and robbed him of a railway time-piece
of the value of £7 10s., and ls. od. in silver The whole
three made their escape at the time,- but Turner was sub-
sequently apprehended. No part of the property had been
recovered ; but Mount was perfectly clear as to Turner
being one of the gang. A respectable-looking woman,
who gave her name as Mrs. Angel, identified Turner as
one of a gang of three, who, on the preceding Monday
night, seized her while she.was crossing, Chisenhale-bridge,
and robbed her of a purse containing £2 17s. in Money.
Turner was remanded to. afford time for tracing the pro-
perty, and also to allow, if possible, an opportunity. of
capturing the other two.

(BEFORE Ma. MANSFIELD AND MR. BOLTON.)
Asssum—John Thorne, a publican, in Dennison-street,
was charged with a violent assault on a man named George
Lang. It appeared that Lang had made, or been con-
cerned in making, a disturbance in Thorne's house, and
had been expelled. After being in the street, Thorne
struck Lang three heavy blows on the head with some
heavy instrument, inflicting a severe wound on his head,
and knocking him•down. Thorne was ordered to pay a
fine of 40s. and costs, or to suffer a month's imprisonment.
QUARREL IN Tali Wourcnouss.—A piling woman,
named Lonsdale, an inmate of the Drownlow-hill Work-
house, was charged with an assault on another young,
woman, also an inmate of the same workhouse. The
assault, not a very serious one, was not denied. In
answer to a question from the bench, the workhouse
matron stated that there are at present about a hundred
and fifty grown-up young women, inmates of the work-
, house.. Mr. Mansfield, in passing sentence on Lonsdale,
said he could not understand on what principle the rate-
payers were charged with the maintenance of such a mob
of idle young women; he. sentenced the prisoner to be
fined 40s, and costs, or to suffer one month's imprisonment.

-- -
A CIIILD, aged five months, named Robert Blundell,
whose parents live in 13 Court, Hornby-street, was found
dead in bed on Sunday morning.
FIATMAN DRowntn.--Con Sunday morning, Thomas
Ball fell into the river from the flat Paragon, while off
the Brunswick dock, and was drowned. His body was
recovered in the afternoon, and an inquest will be held'
to-day. .

Joim HAMILTON, of Tosteth-park, died on Sunday
from the effects of injuries sustained on the 2nd inst., by
being run over at the Wellington dock quay, while in a
state of intoxication.
A FATAL SQUABBLE.-011 the 18th ult., Thomas
Riley, of No. 1 Court, Sawney Pope-street, while taking
part in a street row, received injuries which caused his
death on Saturday, at the Northern Hospital, where
he had been conveyed. An inquest will be held on the
body to-day, when the principals in the fight may be
seriously criminated.
AN INQUEST will be held to-day on the'body of George
Millar, who died at the Northern Hospital on Saturday,
from the effects of injuries sustained on the 25th of
August, by being run col* in Burlington-street.

I WAVERTREE BOARD OF

TrE nsit

ze board was

present the Rev. W. Badnall, (chairman) and Messrs
Halhead, Anderton. Davies, Whitham, Chaffer, Rishton
Gore, and Picton.
The proceeding
firmed
T-.

.8 of the prey

with water taken from the pit

ous meeting were con

):47 stated that

an excellent suggestion h:id been made to construct an
elevated tank against the pits, into which the water should
be pumped. It was recommended to have

; a tap in the
aid be rapidly

tank, by n
filled. The consideration of the question was adjourned
until Mr. Young could be present.

TUB law CLERK repo;ted, with reference to the reso-
lution to write to the Marquis of Salisbury as to the posts
which his lordship had caused to be erected on land in
Moss-pit-lane, that he had written to his lordship's agent
(Mr. Wheatley,) who, in reply, had referred to exception
in the award to another Act of Parliament, of the time of

Charles IL He had applied for a copy of that Act, but
he had not been able to get it from Mr. Wheatley. By
that Act his lordship claimed the whole of the waste or
common-land in the township of Wavertree which had
not been used as highways. The land in question, it had
been considered, had been used as a highway. (Hear,
hear.)

The Clreinmeiv showed that by the award it seemed
evident that Lord Salisbury had no more title to that
land than he had, his lordship having received full com-
pensation. They must, however, go carefully into the
matter, and satisfy themselves of the exact nature of their
position.

- Mr. CIIAFPEE : I would cut down all these posts, and
then the township might try the right.
Mr. DAVIES cautioned the board against rushing into
a lawsuit, reminding them of the costs of the one last
year. If they got the road sixty feet wide, what more
did they want ? Then, in this matter, his lordship had
done nothing more than any other person in the town-
ship—nothing more than what Mr. Chaffer and himself
had been accused of doing._ _ _ _

Mr. CECAYPEU said he had only done the same m his
neighbours, but Lord Salisbury had said, practically, " Mr.
Swann has made a bold round turn, but I will not do so,

I will make a more cramped corner to get more land."
Lord. Salisbury had not done as he (Mr. Chaffer) did or
as Mr. Davies had done.

Mr. DAVIES : I cannot agree with you. This is form-
ing an opening into the whole of his lordship's land, and
he would not do this if it would be injurious to the town-
ship ; and I would defy anybody to say that. The step
he has taken is injurious to the township.
Mr. HA LUBA D thought it was advisable to adjourn the
discussion until they had the act referred to ; and he
moved that the question be adjourned, and that in the
meantime the law-clerk be requested to get the act.

Mr. CHAFFER must correct his old fi4end (Mr. Davies)
when he asserted that this land was no use to the town.
It had been used by the township as a dept for breaking
stones ; for which purpose it was valuable, and they must
not let Lord Salisbury take it from them. (Hear. hear.)

Mr. PICTON (who had only just entered the room) on
learning the drift, of the discussion, suggested that they
should cut the fence down at once, and run the risk. If
Mr. Wheatley had considered the act of parliament
favourable to his lordship's claim, he would have produced
it. The position he had since taken was intended to bully
them out. As representatives of Wavertree they ought
not to alloweit.

Mr. HALHEAD would not run the risk of a lawsuit for
a piece of land which was not worth 25. _ _

Mr. Picros replied that the question involved a matter
of far greater importance than that bit of land. If they
allowed him to enclose this, he would take from them
Little Green and the Pond, which his lordship also
claimed. Lord Salisbury had been accustomed to narrow
their roads, and put the money into his pocket. The
thing was monstrous. It was his lordship's object to
make them the plaintiff's, because they would then have to
prove their right. But he would cut down the fence, and
let his lordship bring an action.
Mr. Amiss seconded Mr. Haihead's proposition, which
was carried, and the law-clerk was ordered to obtain the
Act, to inquire into the question, and to call a special
meeting.

On the proposition of Mr. HALIMAD, the parapet be-
tween Wavertree and the railway bridge was ordered to
be repaired. _ _

The township was reported to be in a healthy condition
The board then adjourned.

ST. ANNE'S WARD.

AT a meeting of influential electors of St. Anne's Ward,
which took place at the Pontacks Inn, last night, Mr.
Hugh Molynenx in the chair, a vote of thanks was unani-
mously passed, to Mr. Raymond Houghton, for his atten-
tion to the interests of the ward and the town generally,
during the past three years, and he was requested to
allow himself again to be put in nomination at the ensu-
ing election. Mr. Houghton thanked the meeting for
their resolution, and for the continuance of the confidence
reposed in him, and he at once placed himself in their
hands.

The canvassing books were immediately taken up by
the gentlemen present, and the utmost enthusiasm pre-
vailed.

In answer to a statement which had been very indus-
triously circulated in the ward by the Radical party, that
Mr. Houghton had not attended to his duties, it was
.stated that Mr. Houghton, during his three years of office,
had only been absent from two Council meetings; and on
one of those occasions he had been absent in London on a
deputation from the Pilot Committee, and that he had,
during the last year, attended ninety-two meetings of the
Watch Committee.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGEXC.F.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS,

Rev. Henry Ashington, M.A., to the Rectory of Braunce-
well. with Dunsby and Anwick.
• Rev. F. Bourdillon. M.A., Incumbent of Trinity Church,
Runcorn, Cheshire, to the Ministry of the Church of Hieyres,
France.

Rev. C. Crofts, M.A., Head Master of the Collegiate School,
Camberwell, to the Headmastership of Queen Elizabeth's
Grammar School, Serenoaks.

Rsv. T. Fenton. to the Perpetual Curacy of Hugil or Ings,
in the parish of Kendal, Westmoreland.
Rev. W. A. Kempson. M.A., to the Rectory of Clontarf.
Rev. G. T. Kingdon, M.A., Rector of Pyworthy, near Tot-
nes, to be a Surrogate for the Diocese of Exeter.

Rev. D. Lewis, to the Curacy of Cascob and Heyop, Rad-
norshire.

Rev. T. B. Lloyd. M.A. to the Incumbency of St. Mary's
District Church, Shrevaurv.
Rev. J. Rees, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Bangor, Carmar-
thenshire.