The Press. — London, England, 1853-07-16 00:00:00

JULY 16, 1853 ken' in Me yen' to his own premises in Covent•giusleu Market. For this accommodation be usually paid two shillings, which rather exereiled the fare even under the 4114 art. on .114 morning he bailed a cab as usual, and having put 130 pine. N ipples inside, muter and upon the seats, the driver carried him to Co% ent•garilen. where witness offered him two shillings. Thit cabman. however, declined to take this sum, suiting that his tare was three shillings besides the luggage, for which lie was em ',Owen' by the new act to charge twopence per packet. Ile then reekoned up the loose pineapplea, regarding each as ono packet, and be could claim 11. is. Md. Whines of course. de ,dined to take the cabmen's interpretation o f We new law, and, paying hiin the three shillings which he demanded for the fare, re solved to apply Ow a atunuions. None ora t e pineapples were p u t outside, mud, although he rode outside himself from choice, there was ample room fur him inside. Mr. I Mild tell youthat one of the objects of the new act is to provide the public with a better chase of hackney car riage, and to have theta kept in a cleanly and decent condition. It was never intended that they should be converted into market e;tr is, It wool,' not be very pleasant, for example, to the neat person who engaged the cab in question, after it had been tilled with pineapples. Mr. Iligg thought that nothing could be more agreeable than the smell ,of pineapples. Mr. lIENRY : 11111. d iner the system pre% ailed of sending about merchandiao of that kind in cabs, they might soon Ice employed to convey fish, meat, etc. However, as the eabimui in the present instance did not I Illiect to carry the pimrupple s, Which In Would have been (idly justified in doing, he had certainly no right tee make a charge fur them. The sitminons was granted. SECOND EDITION. NA TURDA Y EVENING. LATEST FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. _ (From our uwu Correspoutteutg.) The last Russian circular has been received by the French Cabinet with an undisguised dissatisfaction. The French Ministers complain loudly not only of the insinuation contained in that document, but also of the use made by the Russian Cabinet of the public press, which they declare to be a dangerous precedent. A collective note from the Cabinets of Loudon and Paris, in answer to this circular of Prince Nesselrode, is in preparation, and will probably be made public in a few days. T his reply will contain severe remarks on that portion of the circular which attributes the occupation of the principalities to the appearance of the combined Heels at the mouth of the Dardanelles. Immediately after the audience of the four Am bassadors with the Sultan, Reschitl Pacha was sum moned, and a courier despatched forthwith to Omir Pacha. On the 10th instant the latter Pacha had proeeeded on a reconnoitring expedition along the banks of the Danube. If he entered the principalities, a line of demarcation was to be drawn between his army and the Russian forces. On July 4th the Metropolitan of Wallachia, at. the request of the high clergy, called on the Russian general, Dannenberg, to express their devotion to the Czar. At. Berlin, in the governmental circles, the confi dence in the maintenance of iteace is complete. It is argued that Austria would not sacrifice with the Russian alliance, her sole guarantee against the reutrn of revolutionary movements. Prussia has taken no decided attitude, and will take none. The Duchess of Saxe Coburg, who has just. returned from London, is suffering from the measles. TatEsre July 15.--The Greek steamer has arrived bringing the news that the sickness among the vines is rapidly spreading in the vineyards of the Morea, Cephalonia, Zante, Chesme, and Zanies. The Queen of Greece embarked at Trieste on July lc!, on board the Othan, bsr Athens. The rumour, according to which the question concerning the succession to the Oreek tl►rrme would he settled, by declaring the second son of the late Duke of Leuchteuberg heir to King Otho,is con tradicted positively. The English and French Governments having demanded an explanation from the Austrian Cabinet respectin ,, the concentration of an army in the neigh bourhood"of Peterwaradin, they have been informed that it was of an exclusively defensive character. The encampment will consist of about 50,000 men. The Emperor has left Vienna on a tour through Moravia, for the purpose of inspecting the military establishments. _ . . ........ _ The students' association at Erlangen, in Bavaria, hearing the name of" Marcomannia," is dissolved by the Government In the Danubian provinees occupied by the Rus sians, letters and travellers are the objects of an especial surreillante. At the request of the Russian Consul-tieneral the Moldavian Government has ap pointed eighteen commissioners to execute the orders of the Russian commander-in-chief. The journal► speak of a concentration of Austrian troops on the frontiers of Servia. IlEtt MAJESTY and Prince Albert left Buckingham Ps'flee this morning, and proceeded to Osborne hou'e, travelling to Gosport by the South-Western Railway. eoLosivi, eitArrEaroN will ilevideilly :again eiane forward tot the city of Cork, im tile vacancy caned by Sergeant Murphy's acceptance Of office. Fron► the slate er the registry there is little doubt of the camels suece-i6. THE PRESS. patnis anb Offtacts. FOR THE MILDER Ut HIS Wive George ettllinson was found guilty, on Monday, at the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh. Ho hail struck her with his fists and a poker, and kicked her so brutally that she died, after nue+ suffering, in the Roj al Infirmary. Great provoeation, and the intemperate habits of the wife, which had led to similar indulgence on his own part, were pleaded in l'Kl4`llllalioll o f hi s cr i m e, and 14111111ted a recommendation to mercy from the jury. Sentence of death was recorded against him. AN EXTENSIVE FIRE, resulting in the destruction of large uninsured property, broke out o n 'Tuesday morning at the premises of Mr. Wortham, dyer anti calenderer, in Mammal)laeto, New road. 'Fite house, stock in trade, tte., were almost totally destroyed, anti some neighbouring buildings much injured, before the dames could be subdued. THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT OLDHAM lut:4 been the subject of au inquest which, though yet incomn plete, has furnished evidence of almost insane care lessness on the part of the workmen. Some were in the habit of working with their lamp-tops oft; l a tall they well knew that the mine was as fiery as a gun powder magazine, fuel though the gas frequently danced round the gauze. The underlooker often saw the lamps in this condition, and Imo gently reproved the men for their breach of rule, but nothing more. 'the exploration of the mine since the a es sideet has led to the discovery of several lamps without tops near to the place where the gas tired. A MELANCHOLY SUICIDE was committed at Ply mouth by Mr. Abraham Lougmeati, ferinerly owner of a trading vessel, and moving in a respectable sphere. He had been missed fin' some days, and was found hanging in at ham two miles from the town. Apprehensions of pecituiary embarrassments were the supposed cause of the act. A Mumma HORSE:RV V/114 commited on Waterloo bridge in broad day on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. C. Green, who is connected with a weekly newspaper, stopped for a moment to witness the result of a boat race, when his watehguard was cut in two, and a testimonial gold wateh presented to hint by the rate payers of Islington carried off. Time depredator ran off into the Strand. and succeeded in eluding pursuit. Asarrnes Stature is added to the long list of crimes of similar charaeter perpetrated from the Charing-cross-bridge. A woman named Higgs, re spectably connected, but latterly fallen into evil courses, threw herself over the balustrades, as it is believed, under the influenee of drunken remorse. Watkins, a drummer in the Cohlstreams, was in her company at the time, and witnessed the act, which, until teo late, he fancied was intended merely to frighten him. Insreenstmees, long existing between a colony of refugee Italians and some Irishmen, in the neigh- Itourlisood of Leather lane, Holborn, resulted in a serums collision on Monday last.. The Italians had long shown a dislike to the. Roman Catholic priests totliciating in the district, and the Irish reciprocated the feeling, which appear); to have had a political origin. Some time since a priest, was attacked and beaten, but, as the assault was attributed to private motives, it was supposed that good understanding would he restored on his removal to another district. But on Sunday evening the successor, the Itev. Mr. Gilligan, was liereely assaulted iu Baldwin's-gardens, his assailants, after severely maltreating him, retiring to a house kept by an Italian named Tresobli. This house was on' Monday attacked by a large body of Irishmen, who smashed the windows, did great damage, and created a riot, which wax only stopped by the arrival of a posse of police, who arrested a large number of rioters. Several individuals on both sides were much hurt in the maolioe. THE DIIVAULTINO AcTUARY of the Isle of Wight. Savings Bank, W. W. Gelf, pleaded guilty at the assizes, anal was sentenced by Baron Martin to trans portation for life. His frauds on the hunk e xt e nded over a period of ten years, anal amounted to more than S,fittfit. I)lNAsTltnius Ft oons have oceurreil in I torch aril shire and Breconshire through the overflowing of the Wye. The most serious and fatal consequences ensued at Builth, where a thunder cloud burst on Saturday last. The scene of the worst catastrophe was Ihndvaelt, the residence of Mrs. Lawrence, a lady alsout eighty-five years of age. In this house were Mrs. Lawrence, her slaughter, two orphan nieces, and two servants. Not one escaped. Thu house being swept away, they were, all washed with it into the river, and the body of Mrs. Lawrence was found on Sunday at Fersivanr, two miles from Hay, through which town the Wye runs. It is reported that the two servants were also picked up at Bonghrood. A cottage near the same place was also swept away with several inmates: one pow WOIIIIIII was 11)111141 in the chimney, into which she had climbed for safety. At !limey village, near Islanritled, 4)11 the Haver Meal, two cottages were carried toff by the t , orrent. The same clout) also flooded the town of Breen!). One of the principal hada (the bwau) had water in the 251 house to the height of five feet ; eight horses were drowned in the stables; wines and spirits were lost; furniture damaged ; and the loss is estimated by the lo`Priefor at Attn:. or 51101. The bridge over the River Ilonddli, at the confluence of which with the Usk the town is built., was blown up ; and cages o f i n & %lanai loss night be multiplied without end. As ALAIIIIINti STEAwniin Common occurred on the Thames on Wednesday. One of the vessels was the Sylph, a Woolwich boat, which came into violent contact in Lintel se reach with a Yen tt tit steamer, and had her paddle-box carried oft' with other damage to such extent as to compel her being run to shore without• d e l a y. The passengers were dreadfully frightened, but eseaped all injury. Tile WRITER Ott iftlitEATENtivii LETTER to Lord Aberdeen, Thonnis Whitehead, after being examined. by the medical authorities, has been re moved as a lutlatle► to the asylum at Colney-hatch, where he will be maintained at the expense of St. tfiles'e pariah, until his friends can be communicated with. Tut: N sToRm of yesterday week proved fatal at Ih•istol to au aged weaver, named llimsll, who was struck dead at liedininster, near that city. lie was picked lip lifeless at his own door. Much damage sits dole' at the saute time it garden lights and frames, probably by the accompany mg hail. A Ctimarrous Flue took plate on Monday, at Brentwood, upon nouns farming properly 'whinging tolard elided in the loss of two lives and a serious destruction of property. A party of !tisk tramps slept in a barn attached to Ulc ham, the house being ot•tapied by a Mr. Botteshall. The tramps hail left some Inciter matches behind in a cattle-pen, and Mr. Botteshalls children going into the barn to play found this Incifers, and in their ignorance set tire to the place. The straw, which was lying about in all directions, ignited, and lint fen• the daring action of a labourer named Willey the children would doubtless have all perished. lie rushed into the blazing barn, and succeeded in dragging the whole four of them out. Two, how ever, a little boy and girl, were so shockingly bunted that. thisy Mtn ived but a short time, the others being much hurt. IVilley sustained considerable injury, and eentitmes iii a very saAl way. The Names after wards spread to other parts of the farm, but were subdued before they mulled the dwelling-house. The obstnu•tion of the Danube near the Sohn, Canal is so serious that more than live hundred v►ssels are wait• lug for higher water in order to get. ont to sea. The comfit of the th of the river lietiomes wor►s and worse. [tussle is bound by treaties to Austria a►sd 'hickey to keep the month attic 11 Ia• ill 14 proper state ; tool rho importanee lit ' the lim.isavigst ii on of the river to the west of Europe is ',slimily great. The polish, blight has shown itself in a very unmisheke• shin manner in many pails of Wiltshire. The Brazilian µtriune,. /Or/ Jillffirel, laden with gun powder and warlike stores, naught. fire on the lat ult., fiv►ni ignition of the coal. The crew had barely time 141 e • NCAINf Is•lim, the vessel blew up wit► a Uvulae -1101114 explosion. llpwards of I OMNI/. worth of plate has been totoleri from the residence of Mr. Fish, at Sidisouth. 'flu► plate, which consisted of guild unit silver services, was only last week sent down from lonelon to await the arrival of Mr. Fish, who was shortly expeeted. certain cure for the potato blight. is mentioned in the French ./itairsol I.lgriculltire. It consists in thonoughly drying the roots belere planting them. The crop is at the same rendered considerably more abundant. Herr liintl, director of the l'ologne telegraph, his, it is said, discovered a means of making one telegraphic wire convey two messages in opposite directions at the Name time. An unprecedented convoy of letters and turespapers, from Australia, arrived at the Item 15151.-oltice on Monday last, forwarded by parties who' had *innerly resided there, hut who are now in the gold regions. 4ln the lowest eel culation the numlwr anieunted to 1,000. A number of sovereigns, amounting to more than fifty, have been picked up in the River Stow, near Canterbury, together with a watch-guard, rings, and seals, 'scattered in different spots along its heel. One of the rings We an urn, engraved within a border of pearls, and the imscrip tion, " 'lllO Right lion. Lord Henniker, eh. f) Dec., 1,411, net. 09." The King of Hanover has eonferred on Mr. S. W. Fal lon', the author of " The Marvels of Science, and their Testimony to holy Writ," the Hanoverian medal of the Arts and Science's, as a mark of his approbation of that work. Acomnits from St. Petersburg state that the cholera was raging them more relentlessly than ever. It was thought to he' tending southwarsle, and fears were enter tained that it might CIIII 111 l it ravages amongst the troops The Zoological Society has post received a highly -ink resting orilectissit of animals from Egypt, through the he terventi 111 l of the Hon. 4 A. Murray. Among them era a group of flamingoes awl a pair of aminisulm—a singularly beautiful and swtise wild sheep front the hill country of S dau. . ... 'fhc accounts reeeived from the manufacturing di.u•ieta cotitinite to report H tithing off in trade, oecasi 111 l eit h the inr.ettlett slant of the Eastern 'location, 311111 the 4 NlSllllg iii"gret nitll/3 l lrtW VM thv Mentlfactilltni suml then• t►urk lwul'lt:.