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IN CHANCERY—INJUNCTION. MILNER T. HARRISON. A N application was made on Thursday, the 25th September, before his Honour Vice-Chancellor Sir George Turner, at Bath, on behalf of Mr. William Milner, as Executor of the late Thomas Milner, the Patentee of an Inven tion of " Improvements in Boxes, Safes, or other Depositories for the Protection of Papers or other materials from Fire," for an injunction to restrain the defendant, John German Harri son, of Liverpool, his agents, servants, &c., from making, using, putting in practice, or vending, or procuring to be made, &c., during the remainder of the term mentioned in the Letters Patent granted to Mr. Thomas Milner, any Boxes, Safes, or other depositories made in such or the like manner, or on the same or the like principle as the said Thomas NM awes Invention, or in anywise counterfeiting, imitating, or resembling the said Invention. Mr. Webster appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sh si ebbeare for the defendant, and affidavits in support of and in opposition to the motion were rend. Milne r ' s invention consisted in the use of substances, distribtited in 'an absorbent material in spaces between the outer and inner casings of the Box, winch substances, when exposed to heat, evolved steam or moisture, the combined effect of the moisture and the material, kept humid, protecting the Safes, enclosing papers, &c., from fire. The defendant sold Safes and Boxes, which he represented to be made under a Patent granted to Messrs. Tann, of Lon don. but which the plaintiff contended were substantially made according to Milner's Invention, and were an infringe ment on his Patent. An action had been brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for the infringement, and tried in June last, before Lord Chief Justice Campbell and a special jury, and a verdict found for the plaintiff, the defendant's counsel tendering a Bill of Exceptions to the direction of the learned judge on the construction of Mr. Milner's specification. Notwithstanding this verdict, the defendant Harrison had continued to sell the Boxes and Safes complained of, and the affidavits filed by the plaintiff proved the recent sale by defen dant of a Safe, which scientific witnesses stated was substan tially the same as those proved on the trial, and found to be an infringement. This was verified by Doctor Nluspratt whose analysis accompanied his affidavit. The affidavit of Mr. John Tann stated that he believed this Safe had been made by him and his partners, and he alleged that it was made according to heir specification His HONOUR stated the principle on which the Court inter fered in cases of this kind, and observed that Tann's specifi cation appeared to contemplate only a dry non-conductor to stop the heat. whereas Milner's created a further obstruction to the fire, by producing at the period when the fire began to act on the box an effusion of steam, which pervaded the non conducting material with moisture, and thereby protected the Safe and its contents. His Honour adverted to the ong enjoy ment of the Patent which Was granted in 1840, the result of the trial at law, and the clear opinion. n the plaintiff's favour expressed by the Lord Chief Justice, and in which his Honour concurred, stating that be considered Milner's was a Patent claiming eyety mode by which the liquid. &c., might be em ployed to moisten the absorbent material; and he concluded by granting the injunction in tae terms of the motion. PRESERVATION OF BOOKS. DEEDS ; &c., FROM FIRE. COURT OF QUEEN 5 BENCH, JUNE 23RD, 1851, BEFORE LORD CAMPBELL AND A SPECIAL JURY. iILNER v. HARRISON. (The latter telling Tann': Safes and Boxes, and advertising himself asso4 proprietor of Term's Patent Safes, Chest:, &c.) The above trial was instituted for the purpose of vindicating the exclusive right, on the part of the Plaintiff, of applying liquids, o r materials evolving moisture on the application o f heat, together with ether absorbent materials, within the chambers of Boxes, Safes, or Depositories, calculated to per vade the chambers and contents of the safes with moisture and steam, when heated by fire, thereby preserving the papers from ignition. Mr. Crowder, Q.C., Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Webster, appeared for the Plaintiff; and Sir F. The siger, Mr. Knowles, Q.C., and Mr. Hindmarsii, for the Defen dant. After she case had been stated by Mr. Crowder evidence was given by Mr. Grantham, of Liverpool, Civil Engineer and Surveyor of Steamers to the Board of Trade; Mr. Samuel Woods. jun., of London, formerly of Liverpool ; Mr. J. W. Pitcher, of Liverpool; Mr. Alderman Bennett, Ironfounder, of Liverpool ; Dr. Sheridan Muspratt. Professor of Chymistry, Liverpool; Mr. John Smith, President of the Guardian Society, Liverpool ; Mr. B. Woodcroft, Professor of Machinery at the University College, London ; and by Mr. John Owens, one of the foremen of Milner's Works for the last twenty years, on the utility, originality. &c., of Milner's Safes—of which upwards of 25,000 are now in use—and also of the infringe ment of Milner's Patent by the Defendant, who was proved to have used the very materials in the Safes and Boxes he had tested and sold, which he had seen used by the Plaintiff's firm, when in their service as Shopman, from 1846 to 1849. This was followed by Sir F. Thesiger's reply for the Defendant, who called several witnesses, but whose testimony, on cross-exami nation, completely established the Plaintiff's case. Mr. Crowder finally addressed the Jury on the facts, and Lord CAMPBELL then summed up. This, he said, was an action for the infringement of a patent granted on the 26th of August, 1840, for certain alleged improvements in boxes for the protection of papers from fire. The defendant set up several defences, which lie would not take exactly in their proper order. Ist. He said that there was no proper specifica tion of this patent. 2dly. That Milner, the patentee, was not the inventor; also, that it was not a new invention, that it was not a useful invention ; and that, at all events, the defendant had not infringed the patent. Ile had taken the evidence very fully, and if the jury thought it would assist them he would read it over. The Jury intimated that they did not think it necessary. Lord CAMPBELL then said, he should shortly direct their attention to the several questions they were to determine, for they were all for their determination. With regard to the in fringement, he would repeat the direction he had before given them. Here was the specification, and although he thought this issue was hardly disputed, they must consider whether an ordinary workman, of ordinary skill, lnoking at it, could make one of the boxes it described. The witnesses had said that an ordinary workman, in their judgment, would be able to do so. The next issue was with regard to the novelty of the given. tion. The third and fourth were se much alike that they might be taken as part of the same question. It lay on the plaintiff to show that this was a new invention, and if he gave prima facie evidence that it was so, the defen dant would have to show that it was not. Now there was cer tainly strong evidence on the part of the plaintiff to show that it was new. It was for them to say whether it was properly an invention for the protection of papers against fire. The papers were locked in an iron box, having cases enclosed, leaving chambers between t e two cases, and the object was to have some substance that would give out a moisture upon the appli cation of the heat, and the steam thus produced was to be in closed in the box and moisten the papers so that they might be preserved from the effects of fire. There had been several wit nesses of respectability on both sides, although several of those called for the defendant had only recently turned their atten tion to this subject. Several witnesses for the plaintiff said that, although there had been an addition to the old safe which consisted merely of a single iron box, a mode having been in troduced of having an outer box, the great object was to in troduce some non-conducting substance, so that the operation Of heat might be retarded as much as possible ; but that there was nothing until Mr. Milner's patent to moisten the papers by the operation of steam. On the part of the defendant, he chiefly relied on Marr's and Chubb's patents, and it would be for them to say whether those patents were not confined to introducing non-conductors. The object of both was to save papers from destruction, but the anode and operation was the question in dispute. He had been puzzled to know the difference between the two patents of Marr and Chubb, and he afterwards found from one of the witnesses that there was no distinction between them. They both had non-conductors in the inner case. but neither seemed to have had the slightest contemplation of any liquid, as their object was rather to have substances as dry as possible, but had no notion ofa liquid which ,vas to be condensed into steam to moisten the papers in the inner case. They had heard the evidence, and it would be for them to say whether they were satisfied that the invention which Mr. Milner set out in his specification was known before the date of hispatent. If they thought it was, they would find that issue for the defendant ; and if they thought it was not, they would find it for the plaintiff. The third and fourth issues were substantially the same, being that Mr. Milner was not the inventor, and the invention was not new. If Mr. Milner was the inventor, the invention was new; and if he was not the inventor, it was not new. Then came the issue of whether it was useful, and he must say he bad been astonished to find such strong evidence of its useful ness. Up to this hour he had no idea that there were any human lII@AM Of so effectually preserving papers from the •$..4. .0 action of fire. It appeareu ..,, means of steam, the papers enclosed in the inner box were rendered moist. It was a comfort for one to know that there was an in vention, by which valuable documents might be rendered secure, notwithstanding the terrible calamity of fire breaking out in a Louse. Although the defendant had thought fit to say it was not useful, lie was really at a loss to say what evidence there was to raise any doubt as to its utility; but the question was for them alone. Now came the direction he should give them in point of law, and in this they must be guided by what he said. He thought there might be an infringement, although the de fendant did not use vessels, pipes, or tubes for containing the liquid. All the rest he left to them ; but lie only said that it was not indispensably necessary that the defendant should use pipes, tubes, or artificial vessels, but they were to consider whether the evidence was sufficient to convince them that the defendant had infringed the patent- They would bear in mind that respectable professors from King's College, and other seminaries of learning, had been called for the defendant , and they would consider whether they disproved the infringement. Tann's patent could only be evidence on the ground of infringe ment, for it was not taken out until nearly four y ears after Milner's; but if, as it would appear that Harrison sold Tann's boxes, lie could not say that they were not to look to Tang's specification, if they came to the conclusion that the oozes made by Tann were the same as those Milner described in his specifi cation. They were to look on all the evidence on either side bearing On these issues ; and if they thought that, although the boxes that the defendant sold did not contain any pipes, tubes, or artificial vessels for containing the liquid, they contained alum and other substances from which moisture was to be ex tracted by heat; if they thought they were substantially the same as Milner's, they would find that issue for the plaintiff; andif they thought they were not the same as Milner's, for the defendant. They were at liberty to find that issue for the plaintiff, although the defendant did not use any pipes, tubes, or artificial vessels. If they thought the process was substan tially the same as that mentioned in the plaintiff's specification, they would find that issue for the plaintiff. They must bear in mind that the plaintiff said, " I claim as my invention the in troduction or application of the combined effect in chambered boxes, or depositories of the moisture and material kept humid in the space surrounding the innermost box, and its contents, without in any way being confined to the material or liquid employed, or the manner in which it may be distributed or arranged, in order to produce the desired effect of protecting boxes,. safes, or other depositories enclosing papers , or other materials, from fire." It was on the construction of these words that he had directed them in point of law, that the de fendant may have infringed the patent, although he did not make use of tubes, or pipes, or artificial vessels. With this exception, he left it for them to say if the defendant had in fringed the patent; if they found that it was so, MN !Sages not being in dispute, the sum of forty shillings would be sufficient: but they were to consider, themselves, which way they would find their verdict The Jury, after a short deliberation, said they found their verdict upon all the issues for the plaintiff. VERDICT FOR THE PLAINTIFF. Upon this verdict, establishing the validity of Milner's Pa tents, so fully confirmed by his Honour the Vice-Chancellor's decision,f urther proceedings in Chancery are being adopted against all parties Selling, liolding,orUsing these Safes or Boxes. SOYER'S RELISH.—" To describe the Sauce would be to make our readers hungry;—rich, savoury, exotic, it infuses an ambrosial flavour into the substance on which it is il poured."—Be' s Life. This justly celebra ted Sauce is now in universal use throughout the world. The great renow n acqu i re d by M. SOYER, having induced the introduction of several imitations of his Relish, purchasers are requested particularly to observe that every genuine bottle bears his portrait on the label, accompanied by the names of his Wholesale Agents, CROSSE and BLACKWELL, 21, Soho Square, London ; of whom also may b e h a d hi s O r i g i n al Sauces for Ladies and Gentlemen. GORE HOUSE, KENSINGTON. FEMALE COMPLAINTS. EARSLEY'S ORIGINAL IVIDO\I7 'WELCH'S IN . FEMALE PILLS, so long and justly ce l e b rate d for the i r pecul i a r virtues, arc strongly recommended to the notice of every lady, having obtained the sanction and approbation of most gentlemen o . f the 3 . ledical Profession, as a safe and valua ble medicine in effectually removing obstructions, and relieving all other inconveniences to which the female frame is liable, especially those which, at anear e l n y er p a e l r , i t o e d bil o i f ty li n fe eth f e re s q y t s ie te n in tl ; y arise from want of exercise and g they create an appetite, corr ect ar i e nd e i rn ge i s n t e io n na y re n m se o f ir; i e l g in ich N l v i i n n e d s y s and nervous headache, and disord ers , pa i ns i n th e stomach, pitation of the heart; being perfectly shortniensnsnoefenbtr,eatthhe,yannldaypable used with saf e ty i n a ll seas ons and clmat es. It is necessary, °win.* to n t imerotisim o it i a t t l i a on is s, A t L o inform the Publi c that KELCRSLEI'S the only and GENUINE MEDICINE of this deecription every matte, and has been prepared by th em f or mo re than SEVEN I Purchasers are particularly requested to remark, that as a testimony of authenticity, each bill of directions con ,, ta ,, ir,. , s , an in affidavit, and bears the signature of " C. NEAR . ' writing, also engraved on the Government Stamp, and each box is wrapped in white paper. Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by J. SANGER, 150, Oxford- Street, London; in Boxes, price 2s. 9d. each, or by past for 36 postage stamps; also, by Buck, Howell, Johnsons, Priestley, Rawle, Roberts, Troughton, and Wagstaff, Liverpool ; Cather all, Davies, Grindley, and Parry and Son. Chester; Bufton, Gibbons, Hayward, Lynch, Standring, Watts, Westmacott, Woolley, and Wylde, Manchester; and all respectable Medi cine Vendors throughout the country. Yiticrpa,ol A disreputable attempt was afterwards made to deprive. the present gas and water company of their privileges, and place the power, by purchase, in the hands of the com missioners, although the promoters of the scheme could not be ignorant of the fact that a debt of nearly half-a -m TO JOHN BRIGHT, ESQ., M.F. TUESDAY 31ORNING, JUNE 8, 1852. ion was upon the shoulders of the township, the in west of which for several years, or the greater portion of it, had b een p a id by f ur ther loans. In this way thousands were squandered, and the attempt , as all reasoning men anticipated, proved abortive. This was not, however, the only mischief. Birkenhead lost the confidence of the public, along with its par liamentary influence. The town was divided into two parties, and, to a considerable extent, this division still exists, ono party being denominated the blue and the other the red party. Shortly after this division a now party appeared on the stage. A Mr. Craven assumed to himself the right of being a prominent man in parochial affairs, although we understand he bad little or no inte rest in the property of the town. His son became an estate agent, and after vainly attempting, as agent for the Anti-Corn-law League, to swamp the parliamentary re gister, father and son presumed to dictate who should be the governing body, and although professing liberal principles, " drove to the poll, like a flock of sheep," the son's horde of cottage tenantry, and to a great extent swamped the free expression of the respectable ratepayers. The manner in which the township rates were laid con tributed materially to assist this reprehensible practice. As the law exists in Birkenhead, there is no need of a re gister of voters, and none can vote unless he be rated under the local acts, and those rates paid. The rates were laid on the eve of the election, and, as on the last occasion, a number of persons, mere squatters for a day or two, were placed upon the rate-books the evening be fore the poll. The red party, several of whom profess to be Tories, availed themselves of the service of the Craven influence, and were obliged thus to put themselves in a most humiliating position, by joining, or rather placing themselves under the dictation of men whose public conduct they could not approve. To such extent did dictation go, that at the fifty-one election Mr. Craven, junior, said to one of the blue party, "had I known you would have run us so close. I would have put fifty more upon the rate book." This system could not be permit ted to continue. Last year a praiseworthy attempt was made by Mr. Hughes to postpone making the rate until after the election, but after the resolution was passed, it was reversed by means of a trick. This year, thanks to the perseverance of Messrs. Bailiff, Green, Rae, Gough, and others, the rate was postponed, and so effectually, as completely to destroy the corrupt practice. This, of course, raised the ire of the Cravens, particularly against Mr. Bailiff and Mr. Gough, and the elder dictator was heard to declare that they should not again be commis sioners. The ratepayers have proved that they would not submit to such presumption. They have returned men, who will, no doubt, irrespective of party feeling, honestly serve the township, protect its interests, and put down the jobbing which has prevailed too long. The above will enable our readers to form an opinion of the state of parties in Birkenhead. We now proceed to briefly describe the election. The blue party were first in the field. They issued the following list of candidates : For three y ears—Messrs. Ravenscroft, Rae, Bailiff, Gough, Fox, Furniss, and Henderson. For two years, (to supply vacancies) Mr. Storey, and for one year, Messrs. Bradley and Curry. After several meetings a red list appeared, but to so great necessity had the party been reduced that they were obliged to adopt some of the names on the blue list. The following are the names :—Messrs. Bryans, Furniss, Hinson, Holme, Rae, Stevenson, and Henderson, for three years. Mr. H. Cole, for two years; and Messrs. Curry and Thos. Fry for one year. The polling was spirited throughout the day, and the result was most tri umphant for the blue list, all being returned except two, Mr. Fry (a gentleman far too honourable to be the tool of any party) in place of Mr. Bradley, and Mr. Holme in place of Mr. Fox. Of the latter gentlemen we believe all parties would have rejoiced to see both elected had it been possible—both being benefactors to the township by advancing its trade and commerce. The following is he list of those elected : FOR THREE YEARS. Holme, Furniss, Henderson. THE WEEK. TIIE canvass has been, of course, the great busi ness of the week, an account of which will be found in another part of our paper. 111essrs. MAcKEN ZIE and TURNER have visited every ward in the town, besides spending a considerable portion of time in making personal calls upon the constituency. Wherever they have gone, their reception has been most flattering ; and they may with justice be con sidered the popular candidates. Amongst the mer cantile portion of the community they are undoubt edly the favourites, as was shewn on Wednesday by the scenes on 'Change, which occurred when the Liberal candidates presented themselves there. Air. CARDWELL'S attempt to convince the public that his friends were the majority of those present on that occasion, and that he was only hindered from speaking by " a noisy and not numerous body," is one of those stories which, it is said, ought not to be told to sailors. The hon. gentle man will, perhaps, excuse us for reminding him that he failed to muster up his courage to face that tribunal on the occasion of his last visit to Liver pool, finding the atmosphere of his solicitor's office, or Mr. HOLT'S counting-house, more congenial to his feelings. On Saturday afternoon it was re ported that he would attempt the experiment again ; and several of his leading supporters were observed to be dodging about the Exchange flags, as if with a view to try the ground. The report, however, we presume, was unfavourable ; and the hon. gen tleman accordingly used the better part of valour, and stayed away. Thus far he has addressed his supporters only at the head-quarters of his com mittee—the Royal Hotel ; and on one of these occasions in private, his own organs even not being allowed to report the proceedings; and at Low-hill. The public have manifested some curiosity to learn whether at that snug meeting any explanations were given of the peculiar nature of Mr. CARDWELL'S claims upon the Roman Catholic portion of the electors of Liverpool, upon which thus far the hon. gentleman has not ventured to remark in public. As he proposes, however, to remain amongst us until the close of the election, it is to be hoped that some explanation upon that point will be extracted from him. With regard to the issue of the contest, we are confidently informed that there can be little doubt. The Whig-Radical party vapour largely, it is true, of the majority which will be given to them by their eleven hundred Roman Catholic " men in buckram," and anticipate much from the cheap loaf cry. It is to be borne in mind, however, that the Irish Romanist electors of Liverpool always supported Whig• Radical candidates ; and the bulk of the Protestant working men of the town have manifested no disposition to be gulled either by Mr. CA.RDWELL'S statistics or the appeal made to their stomachs by the advocates of cheapness, rather too many of them having had of late experience of the fact that it is constant employment which is the great desideratum in their condition. It is tolerably certain, too, that M essrs.CARDWELL and EWART'S canvassers have not made the necessary allowance for changed opinions amongst the constituency ; and taken it too readily for granted that the votes given for the former gentleman and Sir Tilos. BIRCH at the last election will be repeated at the approaching one. We can assure them from our own observa tion during the canvass of the conservative candi dates last week, that a very great number, who are probably calculated upon, will fail them in their need. The criterion by which we prefer to be guided are the returns of the conservative canvassers; and therefore to those among the whig-radical party, who crow so loudly at present, we would reply by the adapted quotation made by Mr. EDWARD LAWRENCE, on Saturday evening at the Toxteth meeting, "False prophets avaunt ! we have marshalled our clan ; Their votes are six thousand, their bosoms are one." The advent of Mr. CARDWELL to Liverpool is invariably heralded by some fresh contortions of arithmetic ; and the organs, whom the honourable M.P. honours with his confidence and his sugges tions, become unusually statistical. On Thursday last the Liverpool Times was the exponent of a wonderful discovery, respecting the progress made by British shipping in American ports, as compared with that made by the shipping of other countries. The account purports to be an " official statement ;" and is headed " The national character of the ships which entered into and cleared outward from the United States in the year ending the 30th of June, 1851." The result shown is, that of 3,868,626 tons of vessels, not American, entered inwards and out wards at American ports in the year ended 30th June, 1851, 3,112,039 tons were British. There is very little to surprise us in this fact, when we know that this country is the great consumer of cotton and other American products. The Times pro ceeds to inform us that: " The amount of British tonnage employed in the American trade appears scarcely less striking when it is compared with the American tonnage employed in the same trade. In the year 1851 the whole amount of the American tonnage which entered and cleared out of the ports of the United States was 6,254,869 tons ; the whole amount of British tonnage which entered and cleared out of those ports was 3,112,039 tons, or more than one-third of the whole." May we inquire of our contemporary what he infers from the fact above stated, if fact it is ? Has British tonnage in the ports of America increased, as compared with American tonnage, since the re peal of the Navigation Laws ? Has it increased in Consequence of such repeal ? Are freights from American ports more remunerative than they were five or ten years ago ? The Times will have some difficulty in substantiating the affirmative of any of ' these questions. The known fact, however, is that the "official statement," from which our contem porary quotes, is altogether delusive. It excludes the bulk of the Californian and other coasting voyages of the shipping of the United States, such shipping not requiring to be either entered or cleared, unless carrying cargoes, or portions of car goes, the produce of foreign countries. But a still greater error is contained in our con temnorary's reading of this return. We are told of 535 British ships, of an aggregate of 107,459 tons, which have been permitted to import cargoes into the United States from foreign countries since the repeal of the Navigation Laws. It is said— " Every week the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Company send a large and powerful steamer to Havre, to collect French goods, for their line from Liverpool to New York. Not one ton of all the cargoes of goods which these steamers bring into Liverpool could have been forwarded in a British ship, previous to the repeal of the Navigation Laws. Every year this port is becoming more and more a depdt for foreign goods, brought from the continent, and sent to America, Asia ; and for cotton, wool, palm oil, sugar, and other articles, brought from America, Asia, and Australia, for the use of the continent." We know that this is done to a limited extent,in articles of luxury, and that a transit trade may be expected to spring up for goods carried by these steamers. But the idea of this country becoming " a depot" for foreign produce required ultimately for consumption in the United States, is absurd, so long as the American government insist upon their present policy. Let a British merchant attempt to send from his warehouse in this country a cargo of tea, sugar, palm oil, or any other foreign produce in a British ship, he will find that, on entering any American port, he will have to pay a differential duty of 20 per cent. Is there any reciprocity here ? Certainly not. The fact is, however, that the public are weary of the stale arithmetical clap-traps of Mr. CARDWELL and his friends ! They cannot persuade a ship owner that he is prospering, when the profit and loss account in his ledger assures him that he is losing upon every voyage made by his ships. They can not, by any official returns, convince a shopkeeper or tradesman that a foreign vessel, whose crew feeds upon cabbage and tallow, is a more profitable visitor to a British port than a ship whose crew have British tastes and British habits. Mr. JOSEPH EWART, as an Income Tax Commissioner, ought to know something respecting the profits derived by the shipowners of Liverpool. Is that description of property assessed as highly now as it was a few years ago ? If it is, the possessors of it are scan dalously victimised. It it is no t, we ou g h t to hear less of the arithmetical humbug in which he and his friends indulge. HORTICULTURE. Messrs. Rae, Ravenscroft, Bailiff, Gough, FOR TWO YEARS. Mr. Storey. FOR ONE YEAR. Messrs. Curry and Fry. The first meeting of the board takes place this day, when the chairman and committees will be elected. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. MR. HORSLEY'S ORATORIO OF " JOSEPH." Yesterday evening week this work was performed, for the first time, before a large audience, the principal vocal ists being Miss Williams, Miss Birch, Mr. Lockey, and Herr Carl Formes. The composer conducted. It is only necessary to remark, on the subject of the oratorio, that it is the life of Joseph, and that the words selected embrace the principal, though not the whole of the events in his career. The devotional words not other wise connected with the history are selected with some judgment, and form a considerable part of the work. The defects of Mr. Horsley's previous work ("David"), and the fact of his producing another so soon, raised public curiosity as to whether he would, in " Joseph," avoid the rocks and shoals on which " David" was wrecked. That he has, to a considerable extent, succeeded in doing so must at once be admitted. " David" was interminably long ; " Joseph" is within more reasonable compass. " David" was rendered tedious by continual repetitions, which not only lengthened the work unnecessarily, but wearied the listener. " Joseph" has far less of this. " David" was, throughout, a notorious imitation of Men delssohn. " Joseph" is less of an imitation, and more of an original. But though these improvements are at once conceded, and though it may be admitted that " Joseph" is a vast improvement on " David," we are driven to the conclusion that neither, as a whole, comes up to the standard by which the public will inevitably try a work of this character. The requirements for the composition of a sacred oratorio are great. Mere musician-like, clever writing is insufficient. The composer must have the power of conveying, through his music, impressions of vastness and grandeur, and must succeed not only in blinding the audience to the specialities around them, but in fixing their earnest attention, not on the mere per formers, but on those whom they personate, and the events which they endeavour to represent. Tried by this standard, the oratorios of Handel and Mendelssohn exist, are admired, and handed down to posterity. Tried V this standard " Joseph" falls lamentably short. In it there is abundance of clever writing—it is commendable as a work in which instrumental scoring is carried to con siderable perfection—but it is not a great work. We have said that " Joseph" is an improvement on " David." This arises, in a great measure, from the composer having relied more upon his own individuality, and less upon that of others. He has expressed that which he himself felt, instead of copying the result of the thoughts of others. But even after this admission is made, there is much that is wanting in the work. It is excellent in its harmonies, but sadly deficient in its melodies. This is perceptible in almost every part of it, and the defect is so great as to cause a general feeling of weariness during the performance. Another great defect is the excessive use of modulation. The composer flies from key to key, with little or no regard to the effect on the ear, which becomes dissatisfied with changes that lead to no tangible result, no fine contrast, and is heartily glad when it can fix upon some morsel of melody—some piece of simple writing which will relieve it from the tedium of over-elaboration. Our opinion, then, of " Joseph" is, that it is not a great work ; it will never be a popular one ; but it is clever, exceedingly so. The composer has made a step forward since he last came before the public ; and though the step has been a hasty one, and though he has not allowed him self sufficient time to compose the work with that con sideration and re-consideration which a sacred oratorio so imperatively demands, it exhibits a minute acquaintance with the resources of the orchestra, and a great talent in instrumental writing. In writing for the voices and in struments jointly, Mr. Horsley is not equally happy. The accompaniments to his choruses are almost invariably so frittered away as to cause a loss of effect ; and the choruses themselves are so deficient in melody generally that they leave no characteristic trait on the mind. In fact they want individuality; and until this and the other defects we have pointed out are removed, by close appli cation and cultivation, we see no chance of his producing a really great work in the direction in which his desires seem to lead him. Having given a candid opinion on the defects of Joseph, let us now glance at some of its excellencies. In the overture the slow movement was very commendable.. The symphony to the solo by Joseph " Hear now, I pray you," was beautiful, and we do not think we ever heard a more lovely piece of orchestral writing. It was decidedly the gem of the work. The recitative by Jacob—" It is my son's coat ;—an evil beast hath devoured him ;—Joseph is doubtless rent to pieces," was fine, and the general effect was much heightened by Herr Carl Formes' admirable rendering. The chorus " The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit," forms one of the very few exceptions to our re marks above : it had a definite theme, well worked out, and was pleasing. Its conclusion, " They that sow in tears shall reap in joy," was particularly good. The whole of it was encored. In the aria which followed : " The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble," the accom paniments were light and very pretty. The next chorus " Save, Lord, and hear us," deserves mention for its earnest ness and energy. It and the previous chores were parti cularly well sung. The quartet " The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous," we thought scarcely deserving of the encore which it obtained. The recitative rendered by Miss Williams "And in the seven plenteous years" was good, as was also the aria " I had fainted, had I not be lieved the goodness of God," and that sung by Herr Formes, " Why look ye one upon another." The solo which followed, "Ye are spies," was particularly com mendable. The concluding chorus of the first part " Hest thou utterly rejected Judah" cannot have any praise awarded it ; it was one mass of:confusion from be ginning to end. In the second part, the solo by Herr Formes " Take your brother and arise," received a deserved encore, as did also the fine chorus which followed it " Lord God of Heaven," the concluding part of which —" Deliver Israel" we liked very much. From this part to the con. elusion there was nothing calling for especial remark. It is but justice to say, that the whole of the per formers, principals, chorus, and band , did their utmost for the successful presentation of the oratorio, and the composer is much indebted for their c l os e attention. To the chorus especially Mr. Horsley is under g reat obliga tion. The audience, if rather undiscriminating as to the merit of the piece, was hearty in its reception of the com poser, who, we trust, will not attach undue importance to the, plaudits which greeted him. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1852.' MR. JOHN BRIGHT'S MISSTATEMENTS. SIR,—In a speech of yours recently delivered at Man chester, and reported in the Times of last Friday, you have honoured me with a little scurrility and misrepre sentation combined. On the former I make no comment — you shall have it all to yourself ; but a word on the mis representation. You treated your auditors not only to your version of what I said, but also to a description of how I said it. Your words as reported are these, referring to a speech of mine, which you said you recollected to have read :—" In that speech he made this observation, and with an exul tation that I confess made me shudder, for it seemed to me almost the height of blasphemy; when speaking of the reduction in the number of Catholics in Ireland by the famine, he said, God has thinned those millions." (Sensation.) On the occasion to which you refer, I was speaking of the number of priests required for the Roman Catholic population of Ireland, and showing that the number, 250, educated at Maynooth (together with the available sup plies from other quarters) previous to 1845, was sufficient. I said the additional number, 270, introduced into that college since 1845, would in due time become available not for Ireland only, but for Great Britain also, and the colo nies. In connexion with this, I alleged that the Roman Catholic population of Ireland was diminished, instead of being increased, since the large endowment of the college of Maynooth. My words were :—" By various means, in His inscrutable wisdom—by famine in 1846, by cholera in 1847, by enlarged and enlarging emigration every year since, and by the wonderful success of the Irish Church missions, God has thinned the millions so long and loudly boasted of." From this you quote, " God has thinned those mil lions," and hold up the saying to the horror and indigna tion of your hearers. Famine and pestilence, whence come they ? Allow me to ask, if you intended to express, and to teach the mul titude who heard von, the infidelity, the atheism, that famine comes from chance, and not from God, so that it is dreadful, so dreadful as to produce quite a sensation, to say that God sent it ? If such be your sentiments, the sooner the fact is pub licly known the better. If you repudiate such sentiments, then you agree with me; and why then reprobate my saying ? But you will perhaps answer, No, it was not my saying, but my manner of saving it, that you condemn. It was the exultation with which it was said, an exultation which you confess made you shudder. Indeed ! Were you present ? Did you see my manner at the moment, or hear my tone of voice ? Not so. You say you recollect reading the speech. Did the reporter describe my manner ? No such thing. Alas for the exultation ! It had no place in me. lt is the fiction of your imagination, the interlineation of your charity ! Retaliation were easy ; but my object is not chastisement of another, but vindication of myself ; therefore I say no more.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, Liverpool, June 2, 1852. HUGH M'NEILE. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. Tuesday last was a day of bustle and activity in the township of Birkenhead, such as has not occurred to re lieve the monotony of bad times for some months past. The first Tuesday in June is the annual day for the elec tion of at least one-third of the governing body of the town. On this occasion there were no less than ten va cancies, out of twenty-one commissioners, to be filled. Most of our readers are aware of the split which took place some years ago amongst the leading men of the town, which ended in ruin to many, and amongst some of the first were several of those who had caused the mis understanding, to use the mildest term; but, unfortu nately, many innocent parties were involved in the mini OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. Sloes, Conservatory, Sre.—The first blush of the spring flowering plants has passed by ; camellias, azaleas, cinera rias, epacrises, and many heaths which rendered the con servatory and greenhouse gay two or three weeks since, have now lost their blooms, and are making the new growth, upon the success of which will depend the floral display of next year ; therefore they must not be care lessly set aside because they are no longer gay, but should receive every attention, a regular and proper supply of water, and protection. Indeed they should have every encouragement to form new wood and to ripen it, for upon this all their future success depends. Fuchsias and pelargoniums now constitute the leading glories of the greenhouse. Their beauty and healthiness is much improved by an occasional administration of very weak liquid manure. Ericas and epacrises must have abundance of air, and slight protection from the sun, otherwise the very delicate roots are apt to receive injury from the pots becoming heated. Flower Garden.—The business of bedding out the half hardy stock, which the coldness of the past season has hitherto confined to the frames, is probably not yet'com pleted, but should soon be brought to a close. Then let the whole of the pits and frames, hand-glasses, &c., be looked over, and all necessary painting, cleaning, and repairing be completed, in readiness for fresh work. Pro pagate cuttings of crysanthemums and other plants intended for winter and spring display. If this be done now, good strong plants may be calculated upon by the autumn. Kitchen and Fruit Garden.—Go over the rei currant bushes and prune, to within two buds, all the strong shoots of new wood. This practice has a most remarkable effect upon the future productiveness of the plants, sum mer pruned bushes being far mot., fruitful than those which receive only winter pruning. Place clean straw, or the mowings of the lawn, between the rows of strawberries, to keep the fruit from being injured by soil which every shower of rain would splash over the plants. EASTHAM HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.- -- In conse quence of the breaking up of the Bebbington Society and the consequint discontinuance of the Rock Ferry Flower Shows, the Eastham Society has been revived, and we have every reason to believe that one flower show at least will be held in the beautiful grounds at Eastham Ferry, where these exhibitions used to be such favourite amuse ments. It is also contemplated holding an exhibition of ornamental poultry at the same time. RIPENING FRUIT ON TREES.—A Paris journal devoted to agriculture gives a plan for forwarding the ripening of fruit on trees. Everyone connected with horticulture knows that there exist in trees two kinds of sap, one rising and the other falling ; the former nourishing the wood, and the latter the flowers and the fruit. The process alluded to consists in binding tightly round the lower part of the branch, on which the fruit is, a piece of wire, in order to stop the descending sap, which, thus arrested in its pro gress, flows with great abundance to the fruit, increases its size, and brings it to maturity a fortnight or three weeks earlier than in the natural way. FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. General Changarnier has contradicted an assertion which has been made to the effect that be proposed to the provisional government of 1848, to invade England. He adds, that he is too old a soldier to suppose that an invasion of England is a thing to be attempted with 12,000 men, and that he was never so warmly attached to the republican government of 1848, as to have the slightest desire to propagate its principles by force of arms, least of all in England. The President has taken up his residence at the palace of St. Cloud, where he is to remain during the summer months. The palace of St. Cloud assumes a very different appearance this year from what it did when the President occupied it last season. Louis Napoleon's household as sumes all the forms and the ceremonies of the period of the Empire. The President is now addressed as " Son Altesse Imperiale, Monseigneur le President." The Moniteur of Thursday, promulgates a convention between France and Bavaria, for the execution of a rail way from Strasbourg to Spire. A correspondent of the Globe states that Count D'Or say is entirely out of favour at the Elysee. There is, however, still a friendly feeling existing between the Pre sident and the Count, who, it is said, will receive an ap pointment to a place of trust and importance. The Gazette du Midi says, it is positively asserted that Madame Lafarge has had the remainder of her sentence remitted, and that the Prefect of the Bouches-du-Rhone had given orders for her immediate release. The sale of M. Victor Hugo's furniture and effects in Paris is advertised. It is concluded, therefore, that this gentleman has no intention of returning to France, even if certain of being left perfectly at liberty to continue his literary pursuits. An official statement has been put forth of the state of the foreign trade of France during the year 1851, which shows a considerable progressive improvement.—ln 1849 it amounted to 2,564,000,000 f. ; in 1850 to 2,705,000,000 f.; and in 1851 to 2,787,000.000 f. It will thus be seen that 1851 exceeded 1850 by 82,000,000 francs, and that the latter year in its turn surpassed 1849 by 141,000,000 f. The Marquess de Mornay, son-in-law of the late Mare chal Soult, who accompanied the Marechal in his embassy extraordinary to England in 1838, died in Paris on Thurs day, in the 53d year of his age. SPAIN. A letter from Madrid contains the following passage : " All the idea of the Queen being in an interesting situa tion again is abandoned for the present. Her Majesty gallops about upon thorough-bred Andalusian steeds, with a hair-brained recklessness which can alone be ri valled by the bespangled Amazons of Franconi and Batty. The ladies of Madrid have followed the fashion set by their sovereign, and the Prado is now covered every evening with fair equestrians, but few of them can com pete with the Queen in the graceful ease of her manage." Accounts from Madrid, of the 26th ult. state that Lord Howden, who returned some days before to Madrid from his excursion into Andalusia, had left for Aranjuez to take leave of the Queen, previous to his departure for England. Mr. Otway, the Frst Secretary of Legation, is to act as charge d'affaires during the absence of his lord ship. THE MEDITERRANEAN. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, Sul tan, arrived at Southampton on Saturday morning at one o'clock. She left Constantinople on the 19th of May, and Gibralter on the 30th. The general cargo consisted mainly of silk, raisins, opium, and wool, with two boxes of specie. The number of passengers was 84. GERMASY. — The King of Bavaria intends, it is said, to pay a visit to the Emperor of Austria at Vienna in the course of the summer.—The time for the importation of corn free of duty into the States of the .Zollverein has been extended from August next until the Ist of next October. PonTuoAt.—Her Majesty's steamgate Retribution, Captain Warden, arrived at Spithead on Sunday evening, at seven o'clock, with mails from Lisbon to the Ist-inst. She left in the Tagus her Majesty's vessels Archer and inflexible. The 'Queen and King were still at Mafra, 410 i, nothing of importance had occurred in the•CortPg. , AMERICA. The United States mail steamship Washington, Capt. E. M. Fitch, arrived off Cowes at 2 a.tn. on Saturday, and after transferring the English and French mails and passengers, proceeded on her voyage to Bremen. The Washington left New York on the 22nd ult., and her voyage has occupied 13i days. From longitude 52.35 to 45.46, and between latitude 46.40 and 48.40, the 'Wash ington passed through a great number of large icebergs. She brings 18 passengers for Southampton, among whom is the Princess Murat (widow of Lucien Murat), who proceeded to Paris, via Havre. Fifty-nine passengers proceeded to Bremen. The cargo comprised about 28,000 dollars in specie for Ilavre, and sundry mer chandise for Bremen. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. The Royal Mail Steam-ship Canada, from Boston, arrived here at half-past twelve on Sunday morning, after a run of ten days and five hours. The Canada brings letters and papers from New York to the 25th ult., Boston on the 26th, and telegraphic accounts from New York uia Halifax to the 26th. She had seventv-one passengers, and 193,000 dollars in specie. The Africa, from Liverpool on the Sth, had arrived in New York on the 20th ult. The City of Manchester, from Liverpool on the sth, was at Philadelphia on the 23rd. The Cambria, hence on the 15th, was at Boston on the 28th ult. In the Senate, on the 19th, the Collins' Steamers Allowance passed, conditionally, by 23 to 21. The forthcoming election for the Presidency occupied the attention of politicians, and great activity existed amongst the opposing parties. The news is very uninteresting, the canvas for the Presidency occupying public attention almost solely. The democratic candidates had been called upon to give a pledge to impose a veto upon any measure for interfering with the fugitive Slave Bill. M. Kossuth had left for Niagara. Jenny Lind's fare well concert had taken place. Her three concerts had been successful, yielding in the aggregate a net sum over 10,000 dollars. There was some expectation that she would give an additional concert previous to her departure on the 29th. She intended, it Ras stated, to give a private musical soiree to her personal friends. " Lola Mantes," says the Herald, " the other notability of the day, has been dancing in her old style, which is not much of a style either, to very good houses at the Broadway Theatre. Her receptions have been very good, considering the great musical opposition during the last week ; and the net profits to her self have generally been two hundred dollars a night, and sometimes over." Nothing definite had been arranged with respect to the Tehuantepec treaty. It is said that President Arista declares, in his communication to the President of the United States, that Mexico will never consent to the opening of the Tehuantepec route by a foreign company ; in taking this position Mexico looks at the contingency of a war with the United States, and relies on the aid of the English government to maintain her declarations. Pre parations, it is said, were in progress by the Mexicans for such an issue. The answer of the Mexican Government to the mer chants of Vera Cruz, as to their claims, produced some ' dissatisfaction, and disturbances were apprehended. Busi ness was very dull at Vera Cruz and Mexico. We have dates from Havana to the 18th ult., but the intelligence is devoid of interest. From Honduras, under date of the 2nd ult., we have intelligenceof the tranquil state of the country, the election for a new President having passed off without disorder. COMMERCIAL. MONEY.— There has been a check in the transactions in Stocks, owing to the high rates which they have at tained. Money is still abundant, at 4to 5 per cent. on call, and for first-class paper. EXCHANGE.—There was not a large business doing for the Canada ; but the leading drawers were firm at 10t to 101 prem. There were few buyels at the latter rate. The Cotton-market had an upward tendency, with sales of about 8,000 bales, on the 23d and 24th, but on the 25th the market assumed another aspect, and closed dull, with sales of only 1,500 bales for the day. The demand for Liverpool had almost entirely ceased ; and it was very limited both to France and Europe. The accounts from the South as to the growing crop arc generally favourable ; it may be a little late, hut it is universally admitted that it has an excellent stand. The following cotton statement, from the New York Shipping List, of the 26th ult., was communicated by electric telegraph to Halifax : Exports to Total Exports Stock and Receipts. Gt. Britain. to For. Ports. on shipb'd 1852 2,820,205 1,369,822 2,031,996 350,559 1851 2,160,342 1,085,651 1,571,722 428,765 Increase. 650,863 254,141 460,274 • . Decrease .. 48,176 A good demand existed for breadstuffs, and prices of most descriptions were well sustained. Iron was without alteration. Freights to London : flour, is. 6d. per barrel ; turpen tine, 2s. per 2801 b.•, measurement goods, 15s. to 20s. per ton. To Liverpool, cotton was at 75c. to 100 c. per bale ; flour, 10d. ; grain, 30. ; dead weight, 15s. The market was weak. _ THE WEST INDIA MAIL. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship, Orinoco, reached Southampton on Sunday, with the mails from Mexico and the West Indies, being last from St. Thomas's. She sailed on the 3rd of May, and has therefore made the trip out and in in less time than usual by about 12 or 14 hours. It appears that money was ready to be shipped to England in payment of Mexican dividends, but none ar rived, in consequence of obstructions at the bar of Tam pic,o. On Merchants' accounts, the Orinoco brings 1,386,673 dollars, 367 serons of cochineal, 94 serons of - indigo, 15 of jalapa, 36 bales of sarsaparilla, preserved ginger, pimento, &c. On the 31st, an unmasted vessel about 290 tons was discovered, waterlogged and aban doned by the crew. She was laden with shingle, name unknown. The advices from Jamaica are uninteresting, and extend to the 15th ultimo. The drought had continued for a long period ; cattle were dying in large numbers, and a great quantity of herbage was destroyed. The small pox was raging ; and had been very fatal at Kingston. Cholera and measles were yielding to treatment ; but medical men were greatly in demand. The Governor was as unpopu lar as ever ; the Bishop was on a tour to the islands. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. THE KAFFIR WAR. The Screw Steam-ship Company's mail packet Helles pont reached Plymouth at two o'clock on Sunday, having left the Cape on the 2nd ult. The voyage has, therefore, been completed In 35 days, or allowing for two days de tention at Sierra Leone and St. Vincent, in 33 days. The outward dates were Plymouth, March 16th, and St. Vin cent. March 28th. The Megaera was at St. Vincent when the Hellespont left, returning with invalids, women and children, and officers in charge. The Styx steam-sloop of war was at Table Bay. and the Penguin, Rapid, and Rhadamanthus had called. The Crane was at Sierra Leone. The news from the frontier is to the 27th of April, and announces a continuance of hostilities, though several " brilliant affairs" bad taken place. The policy of the p res ent Governor is to destroy all cattle that are captured, except so much as is required for supplies. This will convince the enemy that there is a determination to put an end to the war, and will remove the necessity for with drawing troops to protect and remove them. Two of the councillors of Stock, the hostile chief, had been captured, and were ordered to be hanged. The Kaffirs, however, have rallied throughout the Amatolas, and Macomo still holds a strong position at the Waterkloof with Kaffirs and rebel Hottentots. The troops are healthy and in high spirits, and it is said that they are now confi dent of success since they have thoroughly learned the tactics of the enemy. At King William's Town 250 Minie rifles had been distributed to the troops, and as many at Graham's Town. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. DANGER OF SLEEPING TOO SOUNDLY.—Two passen gers for Lille, on affairs of importance, left Paris three nights back, by the Northern Railway. They happened to be asleep when the train arrived at Lille, and did not awake until they reached Calais. They were there obliged to order an express train for Lille at a cost of 1800 f. LOLA MONTES A QUEEN.—The very last piece of gossip from the brilliant but jetty court of the King of Hayti is, that the Emperor has already sanctioned the sending of an embassy to Lola Mentes, to solicit her hand for the Prince Bobo, whom she heretofore rejected. Preparations are being made on a grand scale, so that Lola will once more have the chance of playing her favourite part in the character of queen. - - THE EMPEROR OF Russtia had a narrow escape on returning home across the Polish frontier. The special ' train conveying the Czar and Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia sprang off the rails near Czenstochau, in Poland, , but fortunately without producing any other misfortune than damage to one or two baggage waggons. Neither the Emperor nor the Prince received the slightest injury, and were enabled to continue their journey so soon as the machines and carriages could be righted. THE PERILS OF BALLOONING.—Mr. Green, jun., made a balloon ascent from Frankfort on the 28th ult. After rising a considerable height, and remaining some time over the town, he saw a storm approaching, and resolved to descend in a field. When the cords which he threw out reached the earth, a number of peasants seized them and pulled at them violently. They then seized the hoops and lower part of the balloon. This rendered it impossi ble for Mr. Green to open the valves, and the consequence was that the balloon burst with a loud explosion. The peasantry immediately tore the balloon to pieces, and divided the pieces among themselves. Five of the peasants were arrested, but Mr. Green demands an indemnity of 7,000 florins (about 17,000 f.) SINGULAR LAW-SUIT AT PARIS.—The tribunal of correctional police is frequently called upon to award damages for injuries inflicted by dogs and other animals, for which the owners are civilly responsible, but it is rather a novel thing for it to be called on to do so in the case of a lobster. Such, however, was the case on Saturday, when a dealer in shell fish, at the fishmarket, was sum moned by a Madame Grebuchet, who claimed 30 francs d a mages for the injury caused to her nose by one of the defendant's lobsters. It appears that the plaintiff, wish , iThr to regale her husband with a tit-bit for his dinner, went to the market, and was bargaining for a lobster, which she took up, but threw it down again, saving it was not fresh. The dealer protested that it was alive, but Madame Grebuchet asserted the contrary, and that it even stunk. To satisfy herself that such was the case, she a second time applied her nose to it, when the lobster, as if in defence of its owner's veracity, seized hold of Madame Grebuchet's proboscis with its claw, and held it fast. She screamed for assistance, but instead of imme diately giving it, the dealer and her companions around burst out into a laugh, and it was some little time before the nose of the lady could be released. The fishwoman, in her defence, maintained that she was not to blame, and that the mischief was solely caused by the imprudence of Madame Grebuchet, in applying her nose so close to the lobster's claw, when she had been told that it was alive ; and the tribunal taking the same view of the case, the complaint was dismissed, and the plaintiff ordered to pay the costs.—Galignani's 11,reasswyer. mrm•- - 10, THE AUSTRALIAN: DIGGINGS.--The (011011010,' extract. of a letter from the neigbourhood (3t. the roi ll i i dated Jan. 10, 1852:—" My late overseer, togt behl i ° three men who were shearing for me in N ° _, : ve gi g'‘ ni t' three others, made a party and went to the 0114 .1'1 4 " wl7eidgahytsotthey gold,to o v k al o u u e t ohfetlwfiefeenettshqrueaereanedf fgorurunthol# pounds." Ice wi lt DEATH CF A TIGER HUNTER.—We a ni n u tter i i regret the death of Captain Charles Colb y . °' jette ll j derot at Muree, under the following jetty's 08th regiment, and commanding the °ll n g °°) warning circumstances :—On the 30th of h is t of t b the fl i 0 0 Captain Colby went out tiger shooting at hills on which the Muree depot is situate, Je d bi ; P :i come upon a large male tiger fired at and o ° Lin or °. .i as he supposed, mortally. Upon this he drewfneolilv hiselephant, and descendin , p roached the 8 01113 ,1;gte, lay to all appearance dead, but which, p on his ccL o clig',;; to it, sprang upon him and mutilated him :e ; of l ; nr He was rescued by the Mahouts and other oat' l w ted '' A Itceh, Colby . y r a e dr a shooting Rawul P• I give • inc ee to information of the oecu' a teu,A receipt of which two medical o ffi cers at once In i ° , - t , el ii ,: l elephant and repaired to the scene of the acciu e , i ' 0'74 rrneeh aed party, rau absolutely it yro s i ly o wu m toneu e le ynx o dt f eidnnw, indispensable, in ) rs o ndp m iejnnus a immediately deedb iTe ,haeroeyp x upf or 5e.5 6 300 : ei ,,,, : e fi e liti ,ie,iii ` sr opinion and decision to the sufferer , consented. The operation was at o nce P f hie' V the ghoul • der, but so great had been the loss 0 ' vi e,, the injuries the tiger had inflicted, that the pat i ' e r "irosl c ‘ ir sank and expired the B gab '''' same evening.— e n April 12. ,-----...---_, IRELAND. ---" , o f, -- ogi' o MR. CHAPMAN, of Ringville, a ICilkentY wes flgoßrniaAx:l .. was found dead in a ditch, A oples9 last week. P ii FLAX IN IRELAND. —The Treasury has r r ; ll ,, c s t i ro,ri tili p . perary, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, L eitritn, and ' l ` °. t tecV,"; distresst ploott that Bumw g ro w ers oOe hf o sA : trawling , rbe y 4, P destroyed, and the crew " severely beaten. ' • i idic e " the Galway coast have an insurmountable ptti Vsli MURDEROUS ATTACK. A . n amed Den,onlge,,°: was barbarouslY murdered man • neat ` rsi os 1 " at Castleislan . , h ipl , e 0 Saturday week, hy two men, who attacken, ' Vi d ils high road, while he was walking • h his wi' e. ha' his throat. but lie lingered until w it h jot, Iv-e Sunday th , put an end to his suff • erings. ~,, 010'0 THREATENING TO SHOOT THE LOR D ClIA ) ,p De - , e Mr. Henry Tommy, late • tr f t, it l f, Tlaeeybiooeelfloaniofionsgntsafg.ito: ihirenbnedgydgce.titoioluai etnytitlirceir::iwsßa olei.tvfdh.aegAcifelorxrT. fishermen' ie n yiK w e s n e rte h gro isre°oeroewrywnifirs-Mtpii,i9tecroe. 1 ,G ja : ool l : spetv le i v i i e ic.,l , cib .. before tPeffidttio Hotel, in Sackville-street, was brought n r l y tt I t c ) o a l :L i n t o i g i r e d t h p trates of the Head Police-o ffi ce Dublin , ° li b rf/i s6 o i , bodily J A charged m Ei w ith injury loner lweaa srt,i re ceive ae w ds taj week sentenceder eegkme, brought after fo d tfueo e gr d r hst u teh n vue t e i i ,r l aeb 11 :1 , ve l of o moc n ori d emn a aAm y i 31, commenting jci libelsuns t sg e t d liect:R f ilsb,c,ei p r: : ?l, P :fiti r i o : ' . World ! spOly fished in that paper on Mrs. Elizabeth r r i ,`; c eo°, l ' f i rl' of his conduct, sentenced - him to twel ve . jr .. 7 b bs_ . .P . ;tl)! sonment. The libel was most maliciou s , t?'_',,bes' e lf o ; knowledge whatever of the lady, except W s ' coo l 7 t bil l° daughter of Mr. Brewster Q C gag ed ° lea ' rcreolalp,t,reninecteeodirlotoro'fßstithiaeocoktb,tiorrneoceoe,re the Government in the notorious trial connet' Or World newspaper. r a At' so COMPLETION OF THE SUBMAR INE TEl'' -ig c oo .. it' TWEEN ENGLAND AND IRELND• —T he , 41E4 0 11 telegraph, is n i g s la n n o d w at a n e l clormelralnidsh,ebdy. m - e it a t ns e n ig f h t r i o:c ai l ° o ,d 'olc i Wednesday evening the Britannia, steame r, 'o ° rfi c ' ili fr h Ttwowe e peihr a tprieh d neo , ogspfiip l et e treeri d eirfdesea b ict dh y itboeays l nr i abo e toa r ofi cnsullcrtrali:caa electric jt, ti e i eosdintiy Irishoa t ' ob s oteac s : luil t ht.l e ra a rlntpe m :nane e rhet t r ioig_teuur P srta: r hn o e:ens s arr i ogne e rs,bid r i e j ed, ,to PS; ii l i l t. ; 1 Howth, having laid down the electric cable all S i t 01; the fact that the connection was verfect. tor e e P MINING IN IRELAND.--It is most gratifYilbe eOt the rapid progress of measures for d e velett ng ,:prbonla; resources of Ireland. Mr. Wilkes, of Nv,° l l l t /0 1 : „ed who has been recently enjoying the ' hesPe a ,,' - o'bt .. ool lr ,, Singleton, Esq., of Hazlewood, Quin , d lease of the valuable lead mines possesse ' d u lp - l o t°,.; to man and the Rev. W. J. Purdon, with a vi - o'4o l diately working them on an extensive scs le ' Co °d mony of opening the Royal Hibernian gliningda4liilt: first mine took place at Castlemaine on Ab out Or o s l ii, celebrated by a grand fele chanipetre. A a re° dry and gentlemen partook of a dejeutter , Pr e L tb°; o ti' ground, and the poor, to the extent of so "t• A re F' il It IV i ll ' for the occasion by the directors. froll'O t ' d ' were regaled with large quantities of suitable il THE ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES A C T , o r) ,let • , stated in a Cork paper that a question ot n o fO le lt. 0 1, terest will come to be argued before one ( r i ot gl iisO e t l chancery at the close probably of the Pre;orpelbishlit relates to the construction of the recent a r c' et boli e o ell" i 0 rendering invalid bequests left to Roma ° , ~— u - r rs i g ; - e ' c lit ' s li t or clergymen for certain therein specified r. - fi ra of I . ; i arises in the present instance upon a ques ti cioaleP to:, the validity of the will of the late Miss A., oriel. e d b! city of Cork, who devised large sums ° L A iti e l i tltr , e Catholic bishops and clergy forCatholice',l"isrpatte-otP:r specified in the will. These bequests ar. e ; .. . - j IS 6) 0 h j i i i the testatrix's next of kin, and their val id ter' b i ll " / for by the executor, Mr. Stephen Probe' CoPPit'- 'to rister, of Amiens-street, so that we shall .0,,, the whole question—Ecclesiastical Titles ..,,arcor opened before a judicial tribunal, and the Court of Chancery, if not to the Ho 5 * or ultimate decision. _ . thenalni V a yo h r o k u , The Rev. Thomas l:Du' o Tr f lsa Stipendiary P i t EFE R m ding George Thornton om instituted void by the Bishop of Chester to Tarvi e Bishop of Chester, LO:yaCnToEcfhaSessEtetß.ro,eToFvnh. oC\tm‘hHreialEisrioSsoiliEnpgs:iibestirosei:opo! the by the death of the Rev. i r• se u . nder 59 Geo. 111. cap. 60. Patron, n' Lord Bishop of Chester. Irsioe' , 0 CO O in the county mw a ot with yt e hn n e : ectyohnehseiannsctubonlefebote:el.vi_cf!tiilitetoo; ORDINATION IN THE CATHEDRAL COOl-11 gg. Thos. C of "" Edw.DownesJackson,B.A ° . ..,iie 0 11 ' U ha P m ON ber S s U , N B D .A AY . 3,LfAtiSgTaa,i6enTlll:7l 1 06 61 0 : Deacons. or 1 40 0 0 k Name. College. 1 6. P ile " JCRTvolhilicinainslm.a.ccEradhidsia:\Hrv-r.tiPooreerylasfsrfßstaiaieniffag.doteordn,B,Bß.A..AA..xsßc‘fto\ror: jordspre'cuines:scst,see::::::,itio:::::;ll'.4,:i.e°scPi:ortlifit::: Francis N li d ° ' no blin' 0, ye / Wolfe Bagot, B.A. Trinity, 1' ,.: , 00 0 ch i) el k James Cronsbaw. St. Bees. '''' WO 0 11 p , John Ellison. 4l° 40' Do. St. 1351411° D' f lt° sso e i 0 , Do. Richard Oates. Do. '5,, t / iottle 'WI. ~ 10 1 , Wink m Williams. Do. St. 1 0 c i'ls . l he riO ° ' I tie' st, COt f) 10 0 01 Y 'I Lit e rate. S t ' 161'..1 Wm. Harwood Wright. Do. Oswald nenr Master, B.A. j 0 h n Ireland Henry e rgiDit:oFißuen Bgrsi Briscoe. sad a ncse c oN k n,ek b ..ob u mrb in o. e M•A n riL-e do• II," i' JohnT A h lAlexander xma h na l sd a e\ s , ‘l. l 7 1 ede r , B.A. le ' Edward Hadarezer KnowPler'sie,4lls..A.. o. bilfeforj , 0) 8 pOrd 10 ThomasE JEJßCo d dhi hic ‘ ar ni v innri a ualF r eNGrn d sßddei P G cEposGhrat e Fulore o ediso g ysodr h odßngi. nensAe.g‘lHal,.EvnoN,ibll‘lTbilass.mßsA...NAD. A r j. T p a po r: o l i i, :r: . l ae ll ee, ' ,oJ. i l' , ,i ci, 1\901),5, clo co , doe e 4. Wallace,- Saint 13 Do' John Peter Davies. Do' 11 ° A livingißß n e ea v vr .. oc N ifßl N .D r i . coi ß ina e ar l rd l d ', B. t e o u t l l e lL----- 1 l e i WO 1) 0 1 Rev. J. L. Brereton, to the RectorY° o f ' .4' Devon. „lila erl'i bt 0c - iif oi 0 holt, Kent. a top of 1 Grammar School, Loughborough. Rev. J. Elmes, to be Chaplain to the D b . CO 0 7 , H. W. Garrett, 8.A.. Itev. to p t nho l r e : o f tv i y Prior} Church, Christ Church, 1-10005 sla 10 Rev. J. G. Gordon , I INltister or e ' "' to t l e Rev. T. F. Greene, Curate of ° 0513° of A c, Crt e ter'," 1411 4 ,a s ' SY Rev. T. Henry,the St ipend iig ° ' f ee' Y, to ty °f y ° fi' Thomas's Church, Eccleston, ee" ° IteetOr f 1 ' Rev. R. G. Meredyth, to the 0e , o t oef G a t e diocese of Cork. tatre'be of G‘ Rev. E. Muckleston 1111.. A.•, I.oceetitill .;t° Shropshire, to be a Surro'gate for the ' l f i iie ,' ~e , 1 V ,i' Rev. J. Selkirk, to the Chaplaina ° t . o 0„ Cemetery Company. 1 C 0114) C.V,i Rev. H. Sewell, to the Perpetu° l ho 1 0 11 11 r , ,; Church of St. Peter, Chorley. o f St. " ile t 'lel e- .1' Rev. W. Singleton M.A., . iota), 0 0 ,e) Cambridge, to the Rect' ry of Worl;,' Dolei t'i ,co ..' hall, Suffolk. Patrons —° Marqui s ° ef° l '' 'f'' other Trustees. t i 3o le Of Hon. and Rev. F. Su, to 1 itc y I f :,I gate, Surrey. W I CO tpil Rev. D. Thomas, to the Pcrpe ova.col, Carmarthenshire. r ijor,lo , Rev. A. H. Wratislwr, :!1.-A'ile WA' ,ter' ,e , Christ College, Cambridge, to t i coiclle Telly. the Grammar School, Felsted, ne:2:_.--"lerl 9 fo, r oo r ---- --------- has old resdetileu 1;, Lin -11.1:-..-. 11. E. :11AtiNtr.<6 . 10 0° to t p i . ''' WO .1. the TinecE, denying that there is ,e,, re , e 5 , i ,,,: e P ? ci port copied into that paper that 1 0 ' 07 ve of England was expected. of AA 0 , the n S ° A 0 11 .n 5 re IN THE COURT OF Ancors L.i- ca,,r,.. . c tig 4 c feral bje IIL t Gladstone was again brouga , l o_ t 0 {0 Dr. Spinlis advanced some teCb.ll;),lcere Ptioo reverend gentlemans behalf, whi c ,, t to ect'' to I,y Dr. Bay ford, and tile sideration. Norwood, B.A. Christnaic ‘911:,:,,,,, cEla,,rlp:itic;po Ofa,;:01,0: ,14:00,1,:15,,Itor Edward Salter. a the' '-'AI Irk guest % MA e police.l o , th e Ik A c e Ns! 414) Liavdela rx Ca lch ea hlch teerti:r tZ tl Oc af 'egali Rpp AL ell °lar i sti tl, ree Schol Bo 411 P't 1/ci pti of ha 11, 1 4 ,TA t. A 14 F•ele tt i „ •str, art 0 14 . I ls avi =orb of vng deg tt'l A ti, ' (i'