Glasgow Courier. — 1845-11-25 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

ENGLAND.  The Projected Liberal daily paper, which was to be started in London under the management of Mr. Charles Dickens, and to whicli the chief writers for Punch were said to have been engaged, has, it is said, been abandoned. The withdrawal of Mr. Grote, the banker, from the undertaking, is said to be the cause of the break-down. The Watch Trade.—ln the table of restrictions and prohibitions with respect to the exportation of goods and merchandise from any part of the United' Kingdom of foreign parts, set forth in the 104th section of the Regulation Act, of the 34 and 4th William IV., cap. 52,the provisions of which are re-enacted in the Bth and 9th Vic., cap. 88, of the past session, clocks and watches, that is to say, any outward or inward box case, or dial plate of any metal, without the movement in or with such box, case, or dial plate, in every instance, made up for use, with the clock or watchmaker's mune engraven thereon, in a legible and permanent manner, are prohibited to beau exported from the United Kingdom; and by the 31st section of the Act of the 3d and 4th William I IV., cap. 53, re-enacted, in the 321 section of the Bth and I 9th Vic., cap. 87, of the past session, any goods prohibited to be exported, which shall be brought to any wharf, quay, or other place for shipment, are forfeited. Dreadful Fire and Loss of Life in Finsbury.—On the 18th inst.,between the hours of twelve and one o'clock P.M., a fire of considerable extent broke out on the premises termed the St. Agnes le Clair Baths, situate at the north-east angle of Tabernacle Square, Finsbury, and which, we regret to state, was attended with the loss of two lives. The premises were of an old construction, principally composed of wood, and some years since were much resorted to by the bathing corn- , munity. Latterly, however, they were divided by a thin I lath-and-plaster partition, one portion being occupied by a Mrs. Moore, the proprietress of the baths, which were at the rear of the dwelling-house, and the other by Mr. C. Peel, as a coffee-shop. Mr. Moore succeeded in making his escape, and on gaining the ground was perfectly exhausted; his unfortunate wife, however, and child perished. The poor man was almost in a state of frenzy on -knowing the fate of his relatives. The cause of the fire is at present unexplained. Suicide on Board one of the Woodside Steamers—As the steamer Nun was proceeding from the George's pier-head to Woodside, about seven o'clock on Saturday night, one of the passengers, who was standing near a group of gentlemen near the helm, suddenly sprang to the side of the vessel, vaulted over the bulwarks, and was instantly carried down with the tide. The net is described by the gentlemen to have been the work of an instant, and 'wilfully committed. The captain, who was upon the paddle-box at the time, had the engines immediately stopped, and ordered the punt to be put out. The order was quickly obeyed, and the punt was rowed about for a considerable length of time, to see if the unfortunate man could be found in any direction; but there was not the slightest appearance of him from the moment that he plunged into the water. In jumping over the side of the vessel, he knocked oft' the hat of a passenger who was sitting contiguous to the spot.—Liverpool Advertiser. Child sent to a Railway Station in a Hamper.—On Saturday morning, as a porter was taking a bamper to one of the carriages, at the Bolton station of the Bolton and Liverpool Railway, he heard something scream, and on the hamper being opened it was found to contain a fine child. It was left by a boy shortly before, directed to "Mr. Bott, appraiser, Hospital Street, Nantwich. With speed. Fish." Mr. Ilarris, superintendent of police, was immediately sent for, and no clue being to be found in Bolton, he went to Nantwich, and there got such information as enabled him to apprehend the mother in Liverpool, where she has resided for three or four months. Her name is Eliza Power, a married woman, aged 28 years. It appeared that she came to Bolton, to visit a woman named Eliza Power, who recommended her to send the child to its father, and the poor infant was, therefore, huddled into a hamper, and sent to the railway station. Both the women are in custody, and will be brought before the magistrate—the mother for deserting the child, and Eliza Power for assisting in this unnatural crime.—Preston Guardian.