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1655. B. S h 6 T 1 105). son, Jam,, Z. g'll3 bard AL., thwa ite. Banner, v, chibald ett, John it' , . I ° ll3 hew G il anf: picto; lositb,.l., ,ou 101. vt- f Ito ; 13, 18551 LOCAL INTELLfG4NCE. 4' T,E,TEGRAPHIC DESPATCH has been received in Liverpool, tatyegnorn, announcing thedeath of Thomas Jevons, Esq., • !01.LECILiTE IN STITIITION.—Mr. A. Lafone, who was edu 11artothe upper school o f thi s i nst i tut i on, h as been elected a . f St. John's College, C am b r id ge . hasCoulccaLon Mimi, who was re-elected on the Ist Pitt -street' Ward, has had an attack of paralysis, of r. s er iolls nature as to cause t h e greatest alarm to h i s ~. iner,o bn 61s1 , c hesi c 310# bertjy , j , tot p oll/ der " , gel/ a ,e) 1, , 00:r REITA.rie screw steam : ship . _arrived at Ports !! t ~,', eenesday - morning, with invalids and passengers liiiitilektiZea. She kft Cor.stantinople on the 18th of Oct. t Ira, sleeting of the Garston Board of Health, on Tuesday, s ni ;ated that Mr. Gitto had returned from London with the Gee3ll of the township, which had met with the approval T.._ seral Board of Health r ee , • e p r i z ei4 Prohibition of the export of saltpetre will inter a,...,PallY with orders for America, several of wind! were . .--"`ung• notwithstanding the considerable quantities Y %hip ' Ain to to that country. Russia was chiefly supplied 'ha T erlea ' I 413 4 i n It'llooe, a vessel bound from Bombay to Liverpool, boa, f ,. to collisi on, on Tuesday evening, with the Ann Sander ; Ille 1i2_,111 Valparaiso. Both easels are slightly damaged. c ' fr PriZit'afroni Bathurst to L v iverpool, has been totally lost 1, t o ward Island. t a kle atkc-4(.14T11713n.r0,01,.-The vacancy in the management of 5 05.,, 1 n L o ...Ave/ IA " e , caused by the decease of the late Mr. ktii Langton 'As be filled by the appointment of Mr. 14 •''''Y ' r th et e 4 n ab h ra allag: who is now in America, but will O N T v , ome. N '1E. 7 g, 1 ,.. T(14 3 1 , he late hfayor J. A. Tobin, Esq., entertained seerlit4n".7, ,f the Connell to' a banquet at the Town - l!al ec a . p soetcaotrde,•andneeacrownid.ones was one of the . guests. This . is T i c'll oa r i ng , .ich Mr. Tobin has given to the entire -ne - , -g els In Georg e ' t Xa ov ~, aYoralty. bri.. 8- eail izql t;.',./tenninGE'S VISIT.-- aPP7op7ealiSeti ' CB2lBsia' 4. k of Cam tia2o,ecasion of the visit of the Du_oc Tobin, ~ th e p, 0 4%. ca. The concert at St. The Mayor, J. A ey . . a T... 4 n l ,. rnl L q South ' vu '; to the ts as follows :-To the R . 1. n ary, ern and TextetC° A T the f i gh Hospital, Hospital, 425; and to the I:l4ti erb a b!' i, 24l i t to - re -t y l3. ' eet ing of the Photographic Society, on tell ' 'Jr C h re ad a paper on the process of print]. and .„,., ra, b e 1 -,__, bl cti on ',7. Porrest, thef e• PaPe ktva4altes, and the t er/ : 41-4 Tall S iza)rtterr oonn thete rs w s e subject of laying albu re j also read by Mr. U methed of transfer- Gi,„, ecessfid tr,,c:LW.COLLIEB, CARDON.-Ou Tuesday, a tio;',,.9tnshead and f this vessel took place, in a run s. to the 'Fais',; •4e N'essel re a i t i l . t 4 inches. L ack, the engines performing i 5 revolu -14 iet: s sel is boil{ l ag B i, - knots, and drawing 11 e.e n Weee n \!, l ed to earl 4 i nArs tlotlgson s patent tubular p to ri ciple, and trade be- N I .ewea s i le ald-,,, tons. She was built tsa c ,,,_e or s t , London. 14 took 1- 1144 . -- On Thursday a crowded meeting of Aurp Piece at the Y kH t I 'Williamson-square, for , t.i c OSe v _ . _ .or oe , , id advance in the at : . of s ugar c2nsidering the present rap b _ M r . t o ` l, Aft';'' or all sorts. The chair was occupied J f mr. T3rsem, ~, 4 ailee psorne tenve.rtation a preposition 0 then carr i e d .opl an : Per lb. on all sorts of -sugar, was '- hc;7 l) ao r '' 11, lead, Ecron, of Liverpool, H. Simmons, comm , ander, 5 , ; (44 4;" 1, hound for Demerara put in at PortsmoLtb, on Chaii " with loss shroudhem -4 Sib-boom, jib and foretopmast n'ta ••' With "'nil', la con,-.7 s, &c., connected therewith,. ret ze , n ilth .eet on Thursday morning, at 3 30, with a brig, n i stnn;'3Wll, 12 miles off - St. Katharine's. The strange T o ,. -- --4 oft to the southward. ' , tV 4 ll Lo r 41 Friday,the commissioners 1,,, 6..,,, field QAI, .. , OARD.-„R . t - tr, the ,7,, ',.t their monthly mee ti ng The reporters ,z 3 th e bi,s-2_newspapers attended, h tl l ' l oll a t t o was first established, there d Ited or - not, Yet .°teo vii th were hould be a ml . Who „ ley s h subjec s t - heuld be we w r u e informed a difference of a"cnded were informed that t e , atthe next niee„,...ting. ' 'i k eiidentslit the vil of / . 1 --.4I)ENT. AT -notToN.- and other f• .1 ,;% il rton celebrated the an nive n rsa e ry r _of .en t ri l n e en battle of In 14,l'arrat Y.,,a bonfire and the discharge of d harging it'the can -10, l 'attin.„ . Pt the course of the afternoen,a number - .0) --.'. hard id cannon. In We , of youths ‘s. t . ers t. „ an o btter one of the fragmentsthe spot. and killeihim on ouag man named , a sh oe „ head, struck a 3 A I tr alter, on the to I Et C ` lllle rd ll ay a , a v ' Tl P LA t lrLeurt.-In the Court of Common Pleas, ektaside the eerdtT was made h d by the:plaintiff, on in this ease ,: tend refused, f„ 11(1 th an£he dalroaga f 2 ' dp r o ex a 'Ve. The action was 141 ' 22 ' ach e° lAract, ein a' re b ' •ng . a' Vessel within the 7i,TP.tilatd between the parties, an d lees tried in Liver nntiersto th Eleily er l l l .°T..e *A.tr. Justice Crowder. - The :Lord Chief Justice %net wi l she n d betn of " n 0 Illie ;" tr,:Yand that thebut;in refusing it, the 1%44 on thot.zi. question left to 'the jurY was the only one at they refused it on the lelii P 'Pete r 0: -4°8.-14 th was elm line r , res i din • e Police -collet, on F r id ay , John an Excise r ed vvitl a s meg a 14 a cellar, No;17, Raymond-street, on wile 414 g sPirits without a licence. Thomps , a ti as . of. , . er, st ated tl, h‘. ? virls iteY for 44 u th October he bought at -on the 14 - far • without a ,at the prieoner's cellar, paying o ffenc e fun penalty-113 nilestio.ns asked." =Me prisoner was •fined ' ' -of 45 ' 9 . And in the like sum for the same trisoo on the 7th Oetoher Michael M`Shane, who is in k nrth of a C harge of k ' ' ' • till w fined £5 O , 'a Penr„. the ftill eeping an tit ~_ ---4 gton- s t penaltY, for distilling spiritsat is hiss house in fi t reet, on the 14th of September last. tin r„Il VETIne.--.Tho s id e d at *ter Campbell pre !". t haC ee tilig of the - Rev. 11 - it appeare d e ti t th e il , e select 'vestry on , Tuesday, when 1 to ,h a 2111zuer of inmates in the workhouse,the 31st on lative 4 s eh tlit re. r e i ? l- Several vaggestions of the chaplain, L tria tha i? o i s, wa angerneediat or yuriottc. Committeemattertlatl;eported ors, bad li s ad been takento. The Finance h lives of the relieving -..'ed An a ngrY discussio n - took place, relative to-the in which Ned 44°Intniellt Of . fO'` Of . relieving-officers, 1,, 0h ,.. wi th ,„,.., an IllSpee • . ‘ l4l be ( I ' t ." anY result, as the , chairman . said the matter T /111 ecaded at the next fortnightly meeting of theboard. . 1 4t 14ts I Citer G ov rrange- INDIA.-The a . 1: 4 1 ,W le e l i a ttve to fhe •°R pa -GrifE e lt of Lo O r i' d Canning for India are E T a% Cll C l O; t h q ett The de- lv rt m u e r mbers of his lordship' 8 staffwh Y ' a b ''' 4rl If °ll - • members, we believe, uo N ,,, I .Dola t , d Y him to India-the only at Benarer, nie,v lo 4 v ti ltol4t - are Dr. Leekie r late civil surgeonhis aordshix s .e. 4 11 1,, ' Ztt en. ,,, , OR furlough, • who will act as . . _ e. Bouverie, aide \l v• Tli 'allt in India, - and Captain _ n . ~..r ' atso l eG o at i'‘ ,, eti a L v ernor-iGeneral and staff will leave L 0 eon . kU 4 reh rS eilip: utl t the 26th inst., and embark on the Ist:proxinso brought R -t' ,on bthe Caradoc (the vessel which. . e ez , 41 ows oard I proceed from Pen ".' to w _ remains - to England). He wil ts -steamer oqe r , uELY in the Hon.:East India ComPailY et tt '"'"' we eri na , iii 1. , Cold 3fai/. a4s '" 3- ' s A The fortnightly mee ting of 1 atio n ~. ssocreziore.-.- 4 11 itt. str ' e a l a held on Thursday, at the Royal Institution . in the chair qrserie was a l!! a. Abraham, Esq.,_ r preside nt, MercerM exhibited a ) , e 3 -_ kei t . of p a tthad attendance. -in ent .attendance. :flag, , manufactured from the refuse_ f a t 4 g flirt on th an bricks, said to be cheaper , 4cl &o furnace its aces* It was moulded into . . • any iorni tli i l s:/ f te ar . caPability of .being 1 for culiarly aPPlicah e ' k•' tlitiing a high 13°Iiab ' be specimen exhibited.wes ~l) y 1 arti stic miroose. „ The for that purpose. 1,9 fir Chari,,, Hand' of Castle-street, , x .. ir .. . 41 4- 84 141 -.. ' vel description were i pe na it tr a 1 , 1 r• mall crucibles of woo Ti,. el.-Mr. T.then read apa , of Are natural order Palmacele," Ni h:ttil. products of - the valuabledna collection of saeci 3s, 4.f?[hribited a large•an ' the meeting separated. -to r,,nt t 2 e a brief discussion, ENGLAND. -An action to 'en ir, I V. THE BANK ' O7 £5OO, whieh had s -4e • ...e a h a nk note for (40 in i _ amount of a Messrs., Brown, P. sw ey awl:Co, Al a i to eh, 1852, fromhands of the subsequently got into theancla ve r pie ~,., and had the chief justice, . 'lct 'la tried in London - before r lot , ~ a,„„ t _£s24, the amount of the Il e ' , to 74 kund for e plaintiff , la for _, lumen d la the Court •of Co n as Illterest• Mr• Bovul move there -should :ot i j ,„ ° / 1 ko„, 1 • € • rn i e -to show cause why . of the Illry "a ne --a ' lar - - grounds that the finding , i t did w trial, upon the. that taq , s. ete h not entitle the plaintiff to the verdict; laintiffl Nci not tin • i of • 'on in favour of the p ~ te th at the Turnous.y ,Vim et was ° hist the weight of evidence; and •e4CIB6° Pl•Qb ac:. r d d a i fidavitawhith stated that there had been `4e ou9 mi sunderstanding among the jury about the.matter. wvoert refused the role, and the verdict stands. were (dent bZnere Gusunrans.--The following guardians_adion (0 3 , 41 at the rneeting on Wednesday :-Rer- W. '" •ekup, 11.7rnian), and Messrs. Edwards, Lunt, Siddeley, 131 310 r.. tWantfield w , Reyes, Pitts Medealf, Harrison.Ab ' rBllBl6 'Kidd, F ensley, Whitb B' - Brimdritt, 4 zPatriek 'B 1 Y, Birch, Shaw Roberts, them otion ~,, .._r Harrison,,o shaw, Patten 1 , and Mullins. On that 1 1_31 .Hi seconded by 3,1 Led r it was a g r ir d a id be he ..s of Mr. A. B B r• g e . ' fficer s ° Ncreas e d f • arnett relieving- 0 ' m oved, as , rom £l3O to els() p er ' um . It was neyes,--, 71 amendment, by Mr. shaw and ;seconded by r Mr. , anion c ',4!t the subject of the salaries :©f the whole of to po tlZte he referred to a committee • of this board, _ ar t i l iai rt is ' 4 44 . to this board. On a division sevente en. ai _against it, 4, , i \k, 'rayon'. of the original motion, r e . 4 . niysr. H arrison k e e !, t , ta:, 4 a, therefore, declared , to r ite T i r m i . d ter .sl ./1 of the work: \r'''e f or d that Mr. Mann e l appo of gd3o a-year. Also, tn i. r t . ' 1 .98 otk poor, at asa ary of the workhouse o 14,, ~ 3 4 , ,,,,_ e sick , n u n d matron " si 1 44 Robbs be appm It was moved, as an 4111 A C 'l l o • salaryof £4 O a - Y ear * h appointment be I „ -td,„ o e, at a . That file appoi rstb,-'ellt gnat ea h proposition, - -- 'eel' -n ed for c -th On a division the amendment was arm 4 one mon 'l` ' 0 be carried in each case. 411 IC WAPPING.-The various l e , l , s erati f , tw Doox WORKS AT are ts at WaPPing -4 st -11 vs connected with the improvemen houses on the bla. e4k Dr The cblossal pile of ware and. c trill ogress. -..th ° °F WaPlAng Dock have reached . their elevation, and n their long tea t llgh destitute of ornament, present i o _ , •• ______ nding, 4 , 14 Bire outline and lofty proportions, a_n e. W as mu "' h been built alonv.ll4hEtantial ect. The new shed win n editably on the ; I , cl tli - 1, 41e ,„ . the S kilo D k also reflects •cr he a use °c work of -t kind about :9e d-,-,agetnent, and is the finest _ man.owed,oppo _ qte tj s a e "s ; but the new street has been uch the m of theshed and Nilits: Caittom-house, by the prei 11 . ech° the docks are opened %NI t e • T here is little doubt that, when where three qt e ,Ze trome developed, this contracted space,_ the r. w. .iii ay wagons, 4 N ' 45 of carts and vehicles, together with us nuisance. I.l4tcontin 1 ua•lY sin will be found a dangero rally adopted ill tb-onble road a g, bridges have been gene draw im ,lirce,-„e new doek w o Y rke, and when all the contemplated ho e, and Wa h ` 4l ents are fi w nished, the King's, Queen's, Salt of the-docks tte(Ding Docks will be rendered as useful as any __ rustees. A I , r the 133 t d control of the Doc T t klx, anagemen an altera kit Inense sum of money has been expended on these Tl i . Which willnot be completed for a considerable . time. ta 4 e tenerai e of the works exhibits an improved ndre. flame ' , . colu bini a u PP g ea r r e a a strength with beauty of form, and j,'erY creditably on the dock surveyor and his assistants.hasbeen il•kttii,TITANT TO MARINRRS.-The following letter has ' 44l toti - a 4o inas Court, Esq , secretary to the Underwriters' Committee 1 4 ti, tion, from the recently-appointed Compass I am directed 13 Y the 15°11 '-1.• 1 Nov. 6, 1865.-Sir,- ireful h e Livern • eolverpoo Compass' Committeethat, by to inform you i of Octo 11e r,,e_„xPerinientsde here on the 15th and 1 t 6 College, u h tne-i 0 also at the Magnetic Observatory, Trinity at t- la) it • ag d that the correct "variation" at a. was aseertaine as . 20.22 west or Liverpool . Ti le „... Por Dublin .• • te mp iiiea ll • I- parts of the ~ pf these, or 25-8 (rather less than be 2 4 made for va t 7 , le therefore the proper correction to l a nd and rationo ''ar ships navigatingbetween the south of Ir . e _ w he ad.As th I practice with shipmasters is to allow theDfkits, it will b e perceived,usual in sailing for Tuskar Head or h „toe t a .t t ers, e, Will lead to the right of their course, and thus be Is 'lqe .17", lite thick or foggy weather. The rate of change in El s n 't r 'ation" for the Irish Sea during ten years is found to e -t art oi - 4,,Per Year. No note to this effect is inserted in any lete t f; kue Channel; and those charts professing to be cor oYears •s' a the Year 1853 still give the variation as it was many 'no t knee, when tla fi t gravecl„-W. W. RVNDELI, !ta ll. en ey were at en THE British and North American Mail steamer Canada sailed hence on Saturday, with 178 passengers, a large cargo, and the usual mails. ON Friday Ellen Patten, living as servant with Mr. Swift, beerhouse-keeper, Duke-street, suddenly left her master's service, unobserved, taking with her £4O, which she had stolen from a box in his bedroom. THE first annual meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary to the United Kingdom Alliance for the Suppression of the Liquor Traffic was held on Thursday, in the Teutonic-hall,Lime-street. Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, M.P., the president, occupied the chair, and there was a very large attendance. TRIAL or A NEW STEAMER.—A new paddle-steamer, called the Emperor, belonging to Mr. James Jack, of the Victoria Engine Works, of this town, made a trial-trip on Saturday, from the Sandon Dock to the Bell Buoy and back. The work ing of the engines, &c. was highly satisfactory. THE Rev. G. Bull,of Birmingham, will lecture for the Kirk dale Working Men's Reading Room and Night School, this evening, in St. Mary's school-room. The subject will be, " Home and how to make it happy." The cha ir will be taken by the incumbent at half-past seven o'clock. SOME young rascals, by way of what they termed a " lark," set fire to a quantity of shavings in the house of Frederick Westgate, in Kitchen-street, on Saturday afternoon. The Liverpool and West of England fire-brigades turned out, but the only damage sustained was confined to an old sofa. TEE 6th regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia, now in camp at Aldershott, has been so much reduced, in consequence of the number of volunteers from it into the line, that infor mation was received in Burnley of the speedy return of Cap tain Fenton and other officers, with the baud of the regiment, for the purpose of recruiting. Since then the order has been countermanded, and the regiment is now expecting to pro ceed to Dublin. 200 of the volunteers arrived at Cork last week. A LIVE RACCOON IN A BALE OF TOBACCO.—Two Cus tom-house officers were one day last week unpacking a bale of tobacco, in the bonded warehouse, Liverpool, when, on re moving the outer covering of raw ox hide, they found a rac coon, thin, indeed, to emaciation , but still alive. It had 'existed, probably for months, by nibbling at the raw ox hide, which thus at once became its food and prison-house. It has since been allowed more generous fare, and is rapidly recover ing from the effects of its long and hungry confinement. THE Committee 'of the Liverpool Governesses' Institution are endeavouring to raise a sum of money sufficient for an annuity of £2O, to be called " Archdeacon brooks' Annuity." Their first presentation to be placed at the disposal of Miss Brooks ; afterwards the selection to be vested 'in the general committee. The recipient to be a native of Liverpool, a widow, or unmarried lady—not under, fifty years of age, and who has 'been a governess, either resident or daily, for five years in one or more private families, and whose income does not exceed £2O per annum. PILTERING FROM A COOPRRatill.--Nhu Jones, a lad, was charged at the Police - court , on Saturday, with M stealig lead in and other articles from t he cooperage of Mr. ', Bond.street. On Friday night, the prisoner and two other boys were observed by Mr. Rimmer, who lives in Bond-street, to break into the cooperage, and presently to return with a bag tVittently containing some heavy substance. He pursnedthem, and succeeded in capturing the prismer, but his companions escaped. The prisoner was carrying the bag, which was found 'to contain lead and other articles, which had been takenmonths. from the cooperage. He was committed to prison for two DEATH PROM EtCESEME PRINSING.—Robert 'honse M'Carra, ' a bout fifty years of age, keeper of a disorderly Lancelot's -hey, died on Saturday morning from excessive drinking. At the inquest •on Saturday it was stated that this was the third case of - sudden death which had come be fore the court. M`Cann, who was formerly a seatnan, in was living with a female some three or four y ears ago the above house, awl she was 'found suffocated in the Privy. A young woman who appeared at the time as a witness subse quently became his wife, mnd died suddenly from the course of life she led'; and a -witness at the present nuttiest, who appeared with a bruised face, had since that period caved with him as ini4t.css. RBCTOTML 1317)ifilL FEES.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, oa Saturday, Mr. H. Hill applied for a:rule calling on the auditor of the West and North Lancashire district to show canse'whya -certiorari should not issue to remove into this court , ceitain disallowances and surcharges made by him, that they might be quashed. Mr. Campbell, the rector of Liverpool,claitted certain burial fees, Which` were paid to hint by the 'vestry, `bit were disallowed by the auditor, on the ground that the scale under which they` lad been paid, and which hadteen made by the commissioners, was not a utho rised by the. 10th George IV-, o. 11. The application was made to obtain the opinion of the . Count upon the construc tion of the"clause.—The Court g-rarited 'the rule. TimccAfVrin MILITIA..—The follotting commissions kavthe e , been signed by the Lord-Liedk•natit:-4rd Regiment Of Duke Lancaster's Own W. Mathias, Esq., late 1 !major hi the 6th regiment of Royal Itneashire Militia, to be aeutepaiit colonel, vice Bentlam,lresigned ; Ensign Y. Eeas ley tobellieutenant, vice Made, appointed to the line.—Bth 'regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia , : W. L. Echlin, Esq., to be-surgeon, vice Harrison, resigned.—Royal Lancashire Mili tia Artillery : J. Richard, gvitlentat, to be first lieutenant, Nice 4. E. D. Campbell, appointeitto the line.—The following .appointment is substituted for that which appealed in 'the Gaie'flie of Friday, the:2nduf Nuvcmber :-4th 07 Duke. of Lancaster's Own (Light linfantry) 'Royal Lancashire Militia-4 T. A. Corlett, gentleman, to be ensign from the Ist of August, 'lO5. 'AUSTRALIAN EXIGBATIcet.--Maine w and Ces "Black 'Raid" clipper Ocean Chief, Cape-Tobin,il for Melbourne on Tuesday, with the mails of 'the 6th of this month. She bada very heavy cargo, and 270 adult passengers. The-- - next mail will be dispatched on•tha2lit of November, by Messrs. Pilkingtou and Wilson's -splendid ship Mermaid, Captain '1)... -4 Y- The mail ship of ' the rfith of December will bethe ;Marco Polo, which is rapidly tilling with passengers,•princiPally .old colonists ; and the mail of the 20th December will be forwarded by the Earl of Sefton. The " Black •Ball" ship Oliver Lang was to leave Mclhoerne, with the mails for Liver :pool, on the 21st of August, and is, therefore, in her eightieth day out. The Surprise is in her eighty-first day out ; - but the r,'Ballarat having brought newsnp to the day before , the Oliver bang sailed, we do not expect moth later intelligence-until the :•arrival of the White Star, Which was to leave Melbourne on the 30th of August; and, allowing her eighty daystonnake ?the passage home in, -she may be looked for on the 20th of November. The Kent was appointed to leave for London on the Bth of September, andanay, therefore, be looked for .about the end of the month. Does COl/311TEE.—Mr. .Marles Turner resided:at the w eekly meeting on Thrtriday. The other m ember present were Messrs. Shand, Rardrin, Rounthwaite, Hubhaek, dale, Monde', Barberrj. Holrae, Gregson, Robinson,".Lockett, and Holden. A•communication was read from Messrs. Allen and Gillespie, in reference to the complaints made tothe com mittee last week by Messrs. ,scot and 'Lipper, and, applying for a permanent berth for a new line of screw-steamers which it is in contemplation to-establish in the spring of next year. Referred to the Harbour,Masters' Committee. sta A letterhat was received from Mr. T. landing-waite tington the 6th of September , last,mbilst he was returning *from the Huskisson Dock, he met with a very severe accident:at the drawbridge, in consequence of the gorge chains not.being up, having fallen between thebridge and the pier, a distance of 12 feet, upon the granite pavement. Under these circumstances he made application to the committee that the • expenses to which he had been put bythe accident be defrayed by them. The Chairman said the matter had been investigated 15 the Harbour Masters' Committee , a nd they found that the man declared that he had putlip the chain. The ,chain must have been un hooked by some t one out of mischief. The secretary was instructed to write• to Mr. Miall, on behalf of the ,com mittee, regrettingthe accident, and stating that they had in quired into the circumstances, and found that thoehain was put up by their servant. A memorial was read from twelve master pilots, in reference •to Mr. Garniss having given evi dence before the Recorder; at the sessions, in a ,case of:colli sion, in a case in which Joseph Corkwell was implicated, and calling for an explanation. The Chairman stated Mr. h ,Garniss wa s summoned to appear , a nd could not disobey. He ad-sent a letter to the committee in reference to the subject, which would be transnaltted to the master pilots. LIABILITY or R*ILWAY COMPANIES. —in the County Court, on Thursday, Mr. T.. S. Raffles presided in the absence of the judge, Mr. Pollock. ..16.1 ac tion, Wignall v. the London and North Western Railway :Company, was tried, which in volved a question of considerable • poance as regards the liability of railway companies. The plaintiff was a commerciai traveller who, in May last, being travel by the Lou-.don and North Western Railway , came to e Lime-street s t a ti o n shortly before the _starting of the nine o'clock night train. The booking-office was not open when he arrived ther e, .and as he wanted to g et sometsefreshment, he gave his lug gage to a porter, who placed it in a carriage, and who told him :he might leave it there, as it wad be perfectly safe. Upon Allis assurance he left the luggage there and went into the • refreshment room, where he remained about ten minutes. _Upon coming out he found -that his desk was gone. The tram was actually then moving off, and as the desk could not be found, he was obliged to get, his ticket and leave in the *train at once. The desk was not recovered, and as it contained a number of private documents useful to him in his business and otherwise, he claimed to recover compensation. The com pany offered to pay him £3 10s„ the actual value of the desk, but denied any further liability- On behalf of the defence the law agent of the company contended that there was no lia bility,,inasmuch as the desk was lost - before the plaintiff had taketritia ticliet, and therefore before any contact was Made ; and also that the documents contained in the desk were not personal Juggage, and did not come under the character of articles .to which the liability of the company extended. This Litter point was that which was most strongly urged on behalf of the defence, and upon which the eOmpany more espeCially desired to have the judgment of the court.—Mr. Raffles stated that he would take time to consider the case and consult with Mr. Pollock. The judgment will be delivered on Tuesday next. SINGULAR ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—At :the Police-court, on Thursday, Elizabeth Sparks, her mother, Jane Sparks, and her sister, Mary Sparks, were brought up under, the following remarkable e i r cumstances. Elizabeth, a stout , strong- looking girl, lived as servant with Mrs. Wilson, wife of Capt. 'Wilson, who is at present on his voyage home. A few evenings ago, Mrs. Wilson left her house, No. 77, Huskisson-street, taking her two children to pay a friendly visit, and leaving the girl in charge of the house. On Mrs. Wilson's return, about ten o'clock, the back doors were found open, the house in great confusion, and the girl lying stretched on the sofa in the sitting room, apparently suffering from the effects of a drug, as well as from some personal violence, her hair being dishevelled, a slight bruise being on her face, from which blood flowed, and the front of her dress being a little torn. On being well shaken the servant seemed to recover her consciousness, and muttered :—" Let me alone, and I won't make' a noise !" Shortly afterwards she made a statement to the following effect:—A strange woman came to the door, who seized her, • threw her down upon a sofa in the parlour, and forced some liquid down her throat. She quickly became insensible, and knew nothing more. On being discovered by her mistress, the girl was taken to the Dispensary, with a view of giVing her an antidote to the pernicious drug, though what that drug was has not been discovered; and she does not appear to have suffered any material injury, either externally or internally. On examining the house, it was found that every article of value had been stolen, including gold rings, silver dessert service, articles of clothing, and two small boxes containing two £6 Bank of England notes, the whole amounting to about £5O in value. A reward of £5 being offered for the discovery of the thieves, Detective-officers Povey and Cozens succeeded in tracing the whole of the missing property to the possession of the servant girl's mother and sister, their sus picions having been drawn in that direction by the extraor; dinavy nature of the case, and by the fact that the mother had been previously convicted for felony. The prisoners were com mitted for trial. pia • :LIVERPOOL STANDARD• r.::. The ~ TEMPERANCE TEA-PARTY : —Th y Liverpool South Total THE Singapore Free Press reports three deaths within a Abstinence Society celebrated their sixth anniversary by a week from tigers, inquired_into_ by the coroner, and declares tea-party, in the Teutonic-hall, Lime-street, on Tuesday. After that it is no exaggeration to say that at least one person a tea, Mr. John . Carter, the president of the society, took the day is killed by tigers in Singapore. The victims, however, chair, and addressed the company at considerable length on are generally Chinese coolies ; and as a European or two miast the subject of temperance, and the success of their association. be slain before anything will be done to remedy. the evil, the Addresses were also delivered by Mr. F. Bishop, Dr. Eden, Free press is almost induced to entertain the wish that some Mr. J. Russell, air. Watts, and other gentlemen. During the of the government officials may have the misfortune to be course of the evening several t em p erance melodies were sung, amongst the next victims. with piano -forte accompaniment. . MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL A GRICULTURAL SOCIETY POSTAGE To Ausaneare.—General Post-office, November, —Mr. Ryder, the secretary to this society, has given notice 1855.—0 n and from the 7th instant, the postage on letters that a special general meeting of the society will be held at_ addressed to the colony of Victoria, (Australia), whether con- the Nags Head Hotel, Warrington to-morrow, to receive the veyed by packet or by private ship, will again be reduced to 6d. inspector's report on crops (class 2), and slackings (class 3), when not exceeeing half an ounce in weight ; ls. when exceed- and to award prizes thereon ; to revise the society's rules and ing half an ounce , and no t exceeding one ounce; and so on, list of prizes ;to audit the treasurer's account s ; to a pp oint increasing is. for each ounce or fraction of an ounce. This officers for the next year; to fix the time and place for hold postage will include both the British and colonial rates, and ing next year's show of live stock, &c., and on general it may be paid in advance, or the letters may be forwarded un- business. paid, at the option of the sender. A FURIOUS CONVICT.—A sanguinary conflict took place a FIRE.—On Friday afternoon a fire broke out in the pre- few days ago at the prison at Ghent. At the time of the mises belonging to Mrs. Johnson, Pleasant-street, and evening meal, a prisoner named Van Rompaey refused to come occupied by Mr. Corlett, cabinet-maker, &c. There was a down, and, on being remonstrated with by one 'of the jailors large quantity of finished cabinet goods, which, together and anotherprisoner, attacked the former with a large pair with the flooring of the place, was entirely consumed, as well of scissors, and severely wounded him, aossessios well n as anothether pri as the workmen's tools , w hi c h were their own property. soner who interfered. Rompaey got pof o t her s re None of the goods or implements were insured. The West of the jailor, but was-disarmed. In the scuffle he received a of England fire engine was shortly on the spot, and rendered wound in the abdomen, from the effects of which he died effective service by playing on the adjoining houses, which during the night. No motive could be assigned for his violence. were thus preserved. It is reported that the fire originated THE HYDE-PARK NUISANCES.—Another low mob again as in consequence of some children having been playing with sembled in the park on Sunday. A notice had been issued some fire adjacent to the premises. that a disturbance would not be tolerated, and. 1,000 police SUPPOSED Loss OF A PRESTON STEAMER.—Great excite- were present to enforce it. A mounted detachment broke ment has been created in Preston, by the rumoured loss of upon any large groups as - fast - as they were formed, whilst the Lady Lindsay, iron screw-steamer, of that port, in the gale large reserves were ready to act if necessary. The people, of Tuesday week. The Lady Lindsay is a new Dutch-built after yelling and hooting for several hours S , disper great for- Lytham dock on Monday fortnight, which place she left for bearance. The greatest number of persons present at one Dublin, between three and four o'clock on Tuesday morning, time may have been 10,000 or 12,000. Their conduct was She ought to have reached her destination on Wednesday very troublesome, but not dangerous. week, and to have returned to Preston on the following day ; TOBACCO FI3IINE IN FRANCE.—An unusual circumstance but no tidings have been received of her. The length of time elapsed almost the belief is, precludes the hope that she may have escaped, has created no little sensation at Ba y onne—durin g the last ela and that she must have come into collision with few days there have been no cigar s nor tobacco for sale! The stocks of the various dealers and that of the depot became some other vessel during the gale of Tuesday, and have faun- completely exhausted, owing, as was said, to the inundations dared.. There were fourteen persons on board when she left Preston. having prevented the expected arrivals. The smo k e rs grum bled bitterly, and then proceeded to purchase all the tobacco that THE GREAT BRITAIN.—The steam transport Great Britain, could be found in the neighbouring villages. The supply ob . _ a . Captain Gray, went into Portsmouth harbour on Thursday 1 tamed vile but sea*, and when it was exhausted, messengers afternoon, to land the invalid troops. This 'transport carried, I were despatched as far as Dax, by railway, a distance of 75 between March the 7th and the 11th of August last, 258 officers, 1 miles, to obtain a fresh store.— Galignani's Messenger. places for the service of the war. She left England again on to Colonel Sandys and his family. Between 9,437 men, 55 women, 55 children, and 146 horses to various e Tn en e fi s r d e ay a , n t d he si 3 . ot o h cl u o l c t k ., A SINGULAR ACCIDENT occurred the 4th of September, and arrived at Portsmouth on the 7th they left Baddesley Clinton for . Solihull, to dine with some inst., havingcarried during that i n te r val, -13 officers, 970 men, friends. After proceeding for some distance, the carriage was and 22 horses, English troops; 5 officers, 1,800 men, and 25 brought to a sudden stop by a violent crash, and, on the horses, Turkish troops ; 36 officers, 121 men, 5 women, 4 colonel alighting, he found that a tree had fallen across the children 1 officer's wife, and 2 children, invalids , &c. , sever al vehicle, knocking down the c oachman from the box and the hundred' tons of camp equipage, 500 tons of shell, 3,437 pieass I footman from the rumble, and completely enveloping the of huts f baggage, &c.,—all which have been transported with h orses i n it s b oug h s :" Both the 'servants were injured, though the universal satisfaction of all on board and the Crown not severely, and assistance having been procured to extricate authorities. the carriage, the party safely continued their journey to Soli- THREATENED STRIKE IN MANCHESTER.—III consequence hull, the colonel acting as coachman.—BirazinghaaaGatette. 'of notice having been given to their hands by 2/7 of the MURDEROUS OUTRAGE.—Barton, near Bury, has been the leading spinners in Manchester, of their intention to reduc- scene of a most distressing occurrence. About one o'clock' in wages, some excitement and opposition, has, been manifested. the morning, Mr. J. Manning, a farmer, of Barton, together The object of the reduction has been stated to be the with his nephew, was aroused by a noise in the fowlhouse adjustment of the rate of wages paid in Manchester to adjoining the farmhouse. They both descen ded from their those paid in other surrounding districts. The hands . bedrooms, and went towards the fowlhouse , from which object to any reduction being made at a time like the present, when provisions of all kinds are -so dear, and e s caped four persons, having in their posse ssion a lar g e number of ducks. The nephew and Mr. Mannin g attacked express a determination, on the expiration of 'the notice in , the thieves, the latter being a man of great strength as well each case, to turuLaut sooner than submit,-although they ,as courage. The delinquents made a murderous assault upon have no objection to work short-time if the masters think' both uncle and nephew, by which the former was struck in it necessary to enable them to obtain better prices. As yet i the face, 'the blow shattering his nose and knocking an eye no turn-out has taken plata, nor do we think it likely that ' -completely out of the socket, as well as taking a part of the the masters will persevere. In two instance s, the p eriod at 1 seOp o ff hi s hea d, This was done with a gun which the which theamployers had fixed the reduction to co mmence 1 Party had with them. The nephew also was much bruised. has arrived, and, in both cases, the notice has been with-. Two privates in the West Suffolk Militia, named George Baker and William Esterford, are in custody. Mr. Manning drawn. The inotices withdrawn are those of Messrs. Kell y , and Gilmour, and Messrs.lKennedy.—Manchester Courier. I lies in a most precarious state. _ BREADSTUTPs PROM CALIFORNIA.--A Cargo of a some- i Th E GROWTH OF FLAX IN ENGLAND.—The quantity of what novel character has arrived at -Liverpool. On Tuesday, 'flax imported into this country having- been considerably the American ship Harvy Birch arrived in the Mersey, from diminished in consequence of the war, the attention of agri- San Francisco, with a cargo of flour end wheat, and a small , taalturists in England has been directed to its cultivation. It quantity of wool. It is not a v ery .nogg ti me s i nc e areadstuffs , appears that the great obstacle hitherto has been the trouble and other provisions were importedlinto California from Great -and expense of preparing it for the market. This is sow ob- Britaia e and, as we understand Thu flour and wheat brought viated by the' formation of a company, who are said to be by the Harvy Birch has been grown in the former country, ready to take the flax from the farmers, as soon as it is cut, we cannot but remark its progress in agriculture, notwith- for £l5 and £l6 an acre. At a large meeting of agricultu 'standing the attractions of the , Californian gold-fields. This rists, held near Exeter, on Tuesday, Mr. Fulford, a county .factepromises well for the future welfare of that distant state magistrate, recommended its growth, and stated that when in of American Union ; and our -own colony of Australia Lancashire, two' years ago, a company at Liverpool purchased may, at no very distant day, materially contribute towardathe 160 acres from the farmers, and gave them £2O an acre for it, , q aaatity of breadstuffs we draw from abroad. The earth has with which they were well satisfied, while in no instance was 1 more lasting treasures thangeld, others that minister-more , the cost of the land more than .255. per acre. It did not re trowards the permanent prosp erit y of a country ; and although 1 quire very good land, and some of the b e st sam p les he had the high price of flour in England may have someth in g to do seen had been grown at Dartmoor. U nder these circum awith the consignment of 'Californian flour to agents at this ' stances port, the fact is important to, commerce, and pregnsnt with !example to our Australian• colony as pointing out the direction \ in which the best interests of the colonists lie. cultivation. GABSTON LOCA.L Boansass-The monthly meeting of , board was held on Tuesday;`: the Hotel, Aightirth, Mr. !dor- k it would prove a very remunerative article for THE Wilalflt Mamas are all now arranged, so far the counties are concerned wherein a general . gaol delivery is con . the places, -ledhave not yet fixed the days for opening the this ! sidered to be most pressing ; and the judges have arranged of the places where the assizes are to be Cooper, Bevan, Ohidson, Watts, and Moss. The'surveys IP of resent arrangement ris in the chair. The other members present were Messrs. I commission in the -several towns. The following is the eral Board of Health in Isondon, for their appreval, were re- preside : the township, by Mr. Gitto, which had been smitto the Gen- ` . held, with the names of - the judges who are selected 'to r Exeter, Bristol. turned to this board, approved as first-class plans. The pro ceedings of the works and health committee were read. They Winchester. Lewes. recommended that the:: plans above alluded -to - should be de - Added from the Home.. ......... , D rham r Baron Martin.... lYork, u , posited in the Phcenix Fire-office, and insured-'for £l5O. A NORTH ERN CIRCUIT t • 1 WESTERN CIRCUIT Baron Parke—. ... . 1 Justice Allies I Newcastle. letter had been received by the committee from Mr. Clare, Justice Wightman Liverpool. giving notice that he- intended to appeal against the assess- si 11 Nottingham. ment of some land -which belonged to him, but , which was not M irmarrn CI RCUIT Justice Cresewell { Derby, Warwick. ),et, nor did he derive any profit from it- whatever. Mr. ITo which is added.. Cooper said 'Unit alarge estate of 50 acres, ‘ which had been , f , XFORD CIRCUIT.. Stafford, Worcester, ..., p a rcelled out, and never had paid rates before, had this y ear and Justice Crompton Gloucester, Here been partially rated. The W matter stood over until the next SOUTH ALE S .... •• ford. Cardiff. meeting of the board. A letter was read from Mr. Waters .. a Maidstone, G uild house, protesting against the flagging of , e.iniwood-road, SO HOME CIRCUIT—. Justice V. Wiilliams { ford, Hertford, far as his property was concerned. The letter was received, Chelmsford. and the proceedings of the committee, on the motion of Mr, To which will probably be added Norwich. Bevan, seconded byelkir. Chidson, were confirmed. The boar RBFORMA.TORY 'MOVEMENT. —Some of the leading pro soOn afterwards adjourned. anoters of the reformation of youthful offenders, including T. Barwick Baker, Esq., Sir J. Pakington, M.P., Sir Stafford 3Torthcote, M.P., and Sir T.Winnington, M:P., have founded lan association called the Reformatory Union, the p rinc ip al , objects of which are to collect and diffuse information bearing -on the reformation of criminals ; to promote the formation of 'reformatory institutions where needed, and generally to ad vane the further practical development of the reformatory :movement ; to consider and promote such legislative measures ~ . .as are still required for the better care and reformation of youth -ful Offenders ; to assist in the-placing out and subsequent guar dianship and protection of young persons leaving reformatory institutions ; to consider and promote means for the employ ment and restoration to- society of discharged prisoners ; and to promote the practical training and preparation of efficient -masters and teachers for reformatory institutions. A general -meeting of the members of the association will be held in London in May next ; audit is proposed, with a 'view to the more general diffusion of information, and for the purpose of „exciting an interest in the cause in various neighbourhoods, to follow the example of several other societies, (such as the Royal Agricultural, the Archeological, and the British Asso ciation) and to hold a country meeting, lasting one or more days, in'the course of every autumn. RESCUE OP A SHIPWRECKED CREW.—On Wednesday :morning, the brig Darlington, Captain Chicken, was towed into the Southampton Water, and moored alongside the pier, having on board the whole of the crew of the Minerva, con sisting of the captain, mate, and eight seamen, who were -wrecked on- the Dogger Bank on the 31st ult. On that day the Darlington, bound from Memel for Southampton, laden with timber, while passing the Dogger Bank in a gale of 'avinkespied a bark in distress, which was found to be the Minerva, laden with firewood, bound from Droback for London. She was waterlogged, her mainmast was gone, and her boats stove in ; while the crew, all of whom were Norwe gians, were clinging to-the wreck. The sea was running high, and the weather was extremely boisterous ; but the captain of the Darlington put his vessel about, and, running as near to the wreck as possible, learnt the state of the crew, upon which he- lowered his own boat, and, attaching a warp to-it, again put about, and repassed the bark, allowing his own boat to. go as near as possible to the doomed vessel,and thereby enabling the crew to jump into the boat as she was passing. This was done four successive times, and occupied a period of four hours,. and by this means -the whole of the crew of the Minerva were taken on board the Darlington, where every attention wss paid them by -the humane and gallant captain. The Darlington weathered the gale, and arrived on Wednes day With the loss of part of her bulwarks, and also a portion of her deck 100. The s hipwrecked crew werecent to London by the Norwegian consul at the port. LAST Wirmr, in the London Insolvent Debtors' Court, Robert Hales a the -Norfolk giant, ewas heard, and his appear ance attracted • a crowded court. The hearing occupied some time, and several of the answers of the giant convulsed the audience with laughter. Mr. Nichols opposed for Messrs. Webb and Messrs. Salt; Mr. Sargoed and Mr. IL B. Jones, supported. It appeared that the arrest was a friendly proceed ing by a creditor named Green, and that there was-property given up which had already yielded £250, and other property was to be realised. The debts were £2,900, and be had lost £l,BOO of his own money, which he had saved. About £5OO he made when he was with Barnum, the showman, in America. —Mr. Commissioner Phillips : Have you any family P—ln solvent : Yes; a small wife. (Laughter.)—Further, it ap peared that the wearing apparel was £7O a-year, which the comm i ss i o ner thought was a large sum, considering that tae had a " entail" wife.; o n w hich he re p lied that he wanted a " large" coat. His expenses for cabs were great, as he could not walk about,, as the boys were always running after him. said he had asked the creditor to arrest him, awl he said he , He hada robbery in his house, to about £6O. The insolvent would do so to " oblige him." (Laughter.) Mr. Hudson, a wine merchant, complained that shortly before the failure the insolvent got £2 6 worth o f wiue.—lt was past five o'clock when Mr. Commissione r Philli p s adjourned the case for a week, to lay the facts before Mr. Commissioner Murphy. The crowd dispersed, and the giant was allowed to remain at large on hail. FIRE Ix A DISTILLERY. -011 Tuesday afternoon, a fire broke:out in Leith distillery, which was attended with great destruction of property. It is supposed to have arisen from the air of the malt room having become impregnated with the light malt dust falling from the rollers, which, from its deu sity and want of ventilation, appears to have caught fire at a to an excise regulation, which came rerat.ionADeenlyrdliasngt month, the malt mill was enclosed and enaged in the work locked in. The excise used to jettii intoe o of men charge upon the malted grain in distilleries, giving the dis tiller a drawback upon any less quantity of spirits produced, but now the duty is not imposed till after distillation, and it is to prevent any of the malted grain being surreptitiously car ried away for brewing purposes that the enclosure takes place during the process of rolling. On this occasion there were three men shut into the mill , e ach bein g engaged in different stories. When the fire was perceived, they called loudly for help, but, the doors being locked, no aid could at first be ren dered them, and some time elapsed before the excise officer reached the spot and found the proper key. When the, door was at length opened, no one could enter from the great heat and smoke, and . some fears were entertained for the men's safety. Meanwhile, they had escaped by forcing a barricaded window in the top of the building, one of them being a little scorched by the flames before getting out. In a short tine, the building was in a sheet of flame, a spirit receiver, contain ing 3,000 gallons, catching fire and adding fearfully to the fury of the blaze. The fire was not extinguished till late in the property destroyed included the malt mill and t evening. oe apparatus, the spirit receiver, awash backsrs, a new Thedistining containing 20,000 gallons of wash, a; wash charger with 7,000 gallons, the kiln ? &c. The loss is estimated at £7,000 or £B,OOO, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Tun Morninoz'Herald says that -amvards of forty-one mortar-vessels are to be immediately fitted at Portsmouth dockyard. SPIKE I-exexn, in Cork Harbour, is now converted into a most formidable fortification, which wilbraount no fewer than two hundred. cannon. A VESSEL called - the Robert Peel, which has just arrived in the Loire from Sumatra, has brought a magnificent tiger for one of the public< menageries. Forty armed men were, it is stated, sent 'to capture him, but be killed ten and injured thirteen of them<before he could be secured. Tni Caaegow.Chamber of Commerce has memorialised the first lord of the Treasury about the operation of Peel's Act of ti 1844, praying that-its action may be suppended so far as re spects the Bank being restricted to its issue of notes beyond the £14i000,000, , t0 the amount of bullion it holds. NADINE JENNY LIND has just arrived in Paris, accompa nied by her husband. She comes from Geneva, where she ap peared in a concert given for the benefit of Ernst, the viortnist, and in another for the poor. ;She intends to remain in Paris for a fortnight, and then to proceed to London.—Gaiiguani's Messenger. Tan Paris correspondent of the Daily News says There is a report ofthediacovery of a legitimist- conspiracy, and of the arrest in.connection with it of a duke bearing one of the oldest names in France. It is said that the affair is identical with one reported-in legal journal the other day, a feature of which was the deposit of a sum of 7,000 f. in a country bank, for the purpose of suborning workmen. Tan Oarzil.re RAILWAY COMPAErf has organised at Ivry a depot of grocery for the exclusive supply of its employes. The articles are not received until examined and proved to be of the best quality, and are furnished to the employe's at the cost price. The company is also engaged in _establishing a bakehouse, which will soon be at work. Tan SHERIFF OF BANFFSHIRE has decided that a father is not responsible for damage that may be done by his child. The case brought before the sheriff was one in which a child, three years of age, had 'broken a window valued at £5, and it was sought to obtain the amount - from the father. ' The a S n h d er n iff ot htheledfatthheatr,itanwda:nththeiseghroildunwdho assoilxiedshond btheepluanttieshned, A PAINFUL CASE has occurred at Leith. Mr. Robert Philip, aged sixty-five, lately (till his imprisonment on the charge) provost of that town, has been found guilty by the High Court of Justiciary, , of improperly assaulting two little girls, of the age of ten and twelve years, the daughters of la touring men. Sentence was passed of fifteen years' transport *-ation. The same sentence -was passed the same day on James :Samuel, a private in the lFdiriburgh lliilitia, , for a similar offence. A LADY, with her husband, on a visit at Edinburgh, last week, suffered so much from &decayed tooth, that a dentist, residing in a fashionable street in the New Town, was ap plied to for relief. To render -the operation less painful, ,chloroform was resorted to, but the effect was deplorable. The; ady remained unconscious, and, notwithstanding that the services of an eminent physician were immediately pro cured, and every attempt was made to restore her to sensi bility,-death supervened in the course,of an hour. Tax INDIANA. PEESBYTisay ,of the Cumberland Presby terian .Cthurch has suspended from .the ministry , one of its clergymen for "unchristian conduct." The following are the specifications:—" First, for associating himself with an association linown as the Underground Railroad, whose avowed business is to assist slaves from slave to free territory:; second, for actually assisting slaves in making their escape from slave to free territory, which is contrary to the laws of the United States and statute laws of the state of Indiana."— New York Sun. -Tux FRENCIT GRATE Cnor.—A letter from Bordeaux says :—The vintage..of red wines is terminated. In all the arrondissement of Rlaye only between 5,000 and 6,000 casks have been obtained, instead of from 25,000 to 30,000, the yield of an ordinary year ; and at St. Macaire only 1,200 casks, in stead of between 5,000 and 6,000. At Ambes and Montfer rand several owners of from 50 to 100 casks each have, not made any vintage at all, owing to the small quantity of fruit. On the whole, the yield of 1855 will only be a fifth of an ordi nary year. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE. — A few days since a number of persons were engaged in destroying rats in some farm build ings near Hatherleigh, in the north of Devon, and for that purpose they used ferrets. While they were so employed their attention was arrested by the piercing cries of a child, which proceeded from an adjoining house. On rushing in they were horrified to find a ferret in the cradle biting off the flesh from the face of the infant. Before the animal could be removed the poor child was dreadfully mangled ; the face was altogether disfigured, and nearly all the nose eaten off. • COLLISION AT SEA.—Abont 8 o'clock on Monday morning, while about 20 miles from Tynemouth Point, and on her passage from Hamburg to the Tyne in ballast, the Danish vessel Christiana Marie came into collision with the barque Dumfries, of North Shields. The shock was fearful, and the crew of the Danish vessel had only time to save a few things and jump on board the barque, when their vessel sunk. They have been landed at Shields, and are under the protection of the Danish consul. The Dumfries was much injured. The Rosendale screw collier reached the Tyne in tow of a tug on Monday, with her funnel and niizenmast gone ; it has not been ascertained how the accident happened. Seventy-eight vessels arrived in the Tyne on Sunday night and Monday morning. TUE Lord Mayor and. Aldermen of London have been in vited to the closing of the _ Paris Exhibition, which takes place on the 17th inst. THE late " murder and' suicide" in Brighton are still sub jects of - dispute. Dr. Arnold Ruge and other medical men positively assert that the boy must have died from natural causes, and a post-7nortei)i examination is demanded. THE MISSING CLERGYMAN.—The reports which have been going the round of the papers with regard to the discovery of the Rev. Mr. Farmar are - void of foundation. There has nob been any clue yet obtained to the mystery of his disappearance HAIR DYE.—A man was plaeed a few days g.',o in a lunatic asylum at Berlin, to be treated for mental alienation, brought on by the use of hair dye. On eiamining the dye which he. had employed, it was ascertained to be composed of lead, mer cury, and lunar caustic. It produced violent pains in the head, and at length led to madness. A MAID, WIPE, AND WIDOW, IN FOUR DAYS.—The uncertainty of life has been forcibly impressed on us within. the last few days, by the death of Mr. Edwin Caplin, of New port, in the prime of life. He was married on Thursday, the 25th ult., to Frances, youngest daughter of Mr. William Hill, of Stone, near Newport. They left the island directly after the wedding, proceeding by steamer from Cowes to Southampton, - intending to spend a week or two in London ; but on reaching Winchester, Mr. C. found himself too ill to proceed any further that night. The next day he became worse, and the following night he died. THE AUSTRIAN CREDIT BANK.--The new General Bank of Credit of Vienna has been placed under the auspices of the great name of Rothschild. The new institution will receive a privilege from the government for a term of ninety years. -Its-operations -are to comprise all sorts of banking transactions, industrial undertakings, loans, purchases, colo nisation enterprises, and so forth. The capital of the institu tion is to be limited, for the beginning, to 60,000,000 florins,, with the right of increasing it to 100,000,000. An emission of 300,000 shares of 200 florins each is to take place, for the purpose of raising this canital. The five- banking housei:Of the Messrs. Rothschild put 25,000,000 of florins into the concern. AN EGYPTIAN SNAKE STORY.—A singular case of poison ing occurred at Cairo, on the 15th ult. A poor man having prepared some cubebe, a dish made of hashed meat, was about to enjoy it with his family, when a female friend entered, and was invited to taste some ; but hardly had the mouthful keen swallowed by the stranger when she fell down iu horrible convulsions, and expired in the course of a few minutes. The man was immediately arrested, and taken before the minister of police. There he declared that he was perfectly innocent, and stated where he had bought the meat and. oil that 11'4 been used for the dish. A strict investigation being hist', tuted, a dead venomous serpent was found lying in the jar whence the oil had been taken for the buyer.—Spettatore Egiziano. A WOMAN BURIED ALIVE.—A distressing case occurred at Monesiglio (Piedmont), on the 30th ult. A woman who had had a violent attack of cholera had been buried the evening before. In the morning, a countryman, passing near her grave, heard some moans issuing from it,. but instead of informing the authorities, he contented himself , with mentioning the circumstance to a farmer living hard by, who took no further notice of the matter. This very farmer hearing the same moans in the evening, got frightened, and ran home without mentioning a syllable of the matter to any one until the morning after. The parish authorities imme diately proceeded to open the grave, but it was too late, the poor victim was dead. Evidence of her having been buried alive was furnished by her shroud, which. she had thrown off during her agony.— Galignani's Messenger. DARING-AND INGENIOUS _ROBBEB,Y.—A daring robbery has been practised upon a Mr. Brown, watchmaker, of Coven , try. A person called upon Mr. Brown, and, in a business-like way, ordered twenty gold watches (value 2174) to be manu factured. At a given time the stranger called, and pretending to be in too great a hurry to arrange about the payment, &c., told Mr. Brown to bring them over to Birmingham at a par ticular time, arid' that - he would' receive them - at - the - railway station there,' and pay the amount. Mr. Brown agreed, and went accordingly, but found no customer at the station, though he waited two or three hours. Giving it up, he left the railway station, and, in crossing a bye-street, he was attacked by several men and robbed not only of the box containing the watches, but of all the money which he had in his . possession.. The "customer," of course, was the prime mover in the attack. NAVIGATION OF THE DARDANELLES.—The Ottoman Go vernment-has just adopted a measure long required by seamen. The Porte has charged Captain Michel, of the Imperial " Alessageries," to erect on the coasts of Asia and Europe, from the Dardanelles as far as the Black Sea, a chain of light ' houses, which will enable vessels in future to pass through the straits, and recognise the lands, the approaches to which were rendered excessively dangerous by the absence of lights. Captain Michel has engaged to execute the works and cause the apparatus to be fitted up in each before the month of January. At a later period, the system of beacons and light houses will be made general, and everything induces us to hope that before a few years are over the coasts of the empire and the islands of the Turkish Archipelago will no longer present any of those dangers that seamen both of the navy and the merchant service have for a long time complained of. The Ottoman Government has published a notice to the effect that a government steamer will for two months be employed gratuitously in towing vessels and boats laden with wood and I coal for Constantinople through the Bosphorus, which they cannot now pass in safety, in consequence of the strong 'current. THE LAW or RAILWAYS.—On Friday, at the Huddersfield Railway Station, a scene occurred which caused sotne excite ment amongst those present. A passenger had travelled from Manchester by the seven o'clock p.m. train, which is third class as far as Huddersfield, and afterwards first and second class. As the gentleman wished to proceed as far as Mirfield, he inquired whether he should get out and book by t t o ha p t u p re l ha ace s , e bu a t . t w ie 'as ket to o ld r t r h e a m t a h in e c i o n ul th d e no c t o b in e . allowedpa s ec o ndn y' i; class carriages eitll etro without one. He, however , was d e termined to test the matter, and entered a second - c lass train, si g nifying at the same time his intention to pay second-class fare from Huddersfield to Mirfield. On arriving at Mirfield, and ten dering the second-class fare from Huddersfield to that place, it was refused, and a demand made for second-class fare from Manchester. He would not pay that amount, alleging that he had already paid the company for conveying him between Manchester and Huddersfield. It is stated that the magis trates will be called on to decide the matter.—Huddersfield Examiner. - - Mulanzu OF A SURGEON.—Another horrid murder has been committed within a few miles of Newcastle. Mr. Stir ling, surgeon, under thirty years of age, who came from Scotland about three weeks ago, and was engaged as an assist ant to Mr. Watson, a surgeon at Burnopfield, a village about seven miles from Newcastle. He left the surgery on Thurs day, the Ist inst., in the forenoon, and went out to visit some patients at Spen, about three miles off, in the direction of Gibside. He had made the visits, and was returning to Bur nopfield, but never reached there, the place where he was murdered being about one mile off. The last time he was seen alive was at one o'clock in the afternoon, when he de parted from the last of the patients he had to visit. His not returning home that night was matter of suspicion ; and his continued absence suggested the idea that he might possibly have returned to his parents, who reside in or near Glasgow. They were written to, and his father, alarmed at the intelli gence of his son's disappearance, immediately came over to Burnopfield. On Tuesday, in examining a wood through which the young man had to pass, not far from Gibside, and about a mile from Burnopfield, his body was found by his distressed parent ; when it was discovered that he had been robbed and murdered. It appeared that he had been shot in the groin, then beaten about the head, and his face was dread fully mutilated. His watch, a ring which he wore, and his purse, had been taken away. He was well educated, gentle manly in his manners, and belonged to a family of great respectability.—Newcastle Messenger. 1 HORRIBLE STORY. — On Sunday, the 4th inst., a painful sensation was caused in this town by the prevalence of a re port that a child had been worried by a dog. The child was the son of Mr. Marshall, who occupied one of some recently erected houses in Sherwood-street, opposite the Clinton Arms. A few minutes before 11 o'clock on Sunday morning, the child, who was three years and a• half old, was playing with a brother about a year older, in the back yard, in which a thorough-bred bulldog was usually kept chained. At that time, however, the animal was loose, and the children were lifting it into a a small wheelbarrow, -when it is supposed they managed to trap one of the dog's 'feet. Immediately after the inmates of the house were alarmed by hearing a piercing shriek, and, on going into the passage, a horrible sight presented itself. The dog was worrying the child as it lay in the corner, and such was its ferocity that, to use the expression of an eye-witness, it was like a terrier fastening itself upon a rat. The child's grandmother and a nurse-girl, raised an alarm, and the farmer, ,who was joined by Mrs. Marshall, seized a poker and the tongs, and tried to beat the dog off, but without success. In -the meantime the father, who heard the cries from the top of the house, ands butcher named Jackson, mounted over a high wall and leaped into the yard. It seemed to them as if the dog's nose was literally buried in the child's face ; Mr. Jackson seized the animal by its bind-quarters, while Mr. Marshall opened its jaws, and the former then threw it over the wall. The dog, which was covered with blood, immediately ran round to the front, and was observed to smell two children as it passed them. The child being' brought into the house, it was found that his right ear was completely bitten off; there ed rks by of the dog's teeth on the other ear, across the nose, and on both the eyelids, while a fearful slit extended from the right eye down to the month, and one of the fingers was lacerated. The wounds were bandaged up, and, as the child soon began to show signs of returning consciousness, some hopes were entertained of saving his life. The animal was killed the same morning.—Nottingham Journal. PAUL, STRAIIAN, AND BATES.—The course pursued in the case of Anderson the forger, and Cole the merchant, will be carried out in the case of these convicts. It will be to keep Them in Newgate whilst the proceedings in bankruptcy are pending, and, should they be protracted over a period longer -than the authorities of the Home-office deem it advisable that they should remain where they are, they will be removed to Millhank-prison. Upon their being removed back to gaol, after their conviction, they were put into prison attire, but they have net their hair cut close, neither is there any correc tionary labour they will be put to. Prisoners in Newgate are confined in separate cells, except when taken to exercise, and there is no chance in this gaol of there being any special relax. - ation of the rules towards these prisoners. For the first three or four days subsequent to their conviction, the prisoners were in a desponding state, but have since become 'resigned to their fate. Sir John Dean Paul is grandson to old Dr. Paul, who lived and died in lodgings opposite St. James's Church. His father married the daughter of Lady Ann Simpson, niece to the Earl of Strathmore. He died a very poor man, his estate of Rodborough having been sold in his lifetime to meet his liabilities. By his mother's connexion, the delinquent banker w h i ouni s nti e enscn. r x, s fi e fi r IS. marks cousin to the present Lord Ravens Worth, the Hon. Augustus and. Adolphus Liddell, the rector of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, the Countess of Hardwicke, Viscountess Bar rington, Lady Bloomfield, and the Hon. Mrs. Villiers, sister in-law to the Earl of Clarendon. He married a daughter of Charles Beauclerk, Esq., of Horsham. One of Sir John's own sisters is married to a first cousin of the Duke of Leinster, and tivi s doa si o etn i n afternoon modificationl siitsoAtt vieh o u oaf b tt e tohih r yfnteehai connected ,sri this o iountnw iwh a nflt efut d aoonhen a fr ten u dtuc g heetn h eehtxa t oae e pth: sereiessonmortt history teairh S ennylt i r av jtwtiohtu J fahshe o sttye h i heet tempted thesearonirconvicted 1b Lister pfaBatwshdl yt aristocratic so on a rt y dhaobk e tasit , eschrrifobaconmoterßart.con nexions e. public opinion. Asa po s r o t m at e i w on hat extraoardftienrar, he that he was born in the Strand, next door to the s.bank,eoynvo;hoon: the afternoon of the 27th of October, a fi n f d ty- s t e hr ut e e e n / ed b ala w n as ddeser oin ten v n ic te ted oetoofourt a k t pel t aen h ce e oyOnearhihriss,Bfiailtfratien-yts,hird anniversary.—Sunday rsary.—Sunday Times. ECCLESIASZICA _I INTEL LIGE C PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. E. J. Brewster, M.A., to the curacy of Limpicy stoke, • Buttan.sbalv, M.A., to the C uracy of Chinuor, axford shire. Rev. S. P. Downing, 8.A., to be Assistant Curate of Sutton Wakiren, Dorset. Rev. C.'Hal!, 11. A., to the Rectory and Vicarage of Honing hourn, Kent. - • . - Rev. A. R. Lu.'low, M.A., to the Rectory of Littleton-upon.: Severn, Gloucestershire. - • Rev. H. Meeres, M.A., of Clare,hall, Cambridge, to the Vicar- age of Iladdenhani, Bucks.__ - Rev. J. H. B. Mountain, Rector of Blunham, to be a Sur rogate for the granting of Marriage Licences, &c., in the Arch deaconry of Bedfordshire. Rev. C. H. Murley, M.A., to be Assistant Curate of Hilperton and Whaddon, Wilts. Rev. E. G. Penny, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Rangewor .thy, Gloucestershire. Rev. w. S. Turnbull, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Penieton, near Huddersfield. Rev. T. Turner, to the Perpetual Curacy of Norton, Glouces tershire, a benefice which has lapsed to the Crown. Rev. C. R. , t . Waldy, M.A.. to the Curacy of Winfrith New burgh and Burton, Dorset. CLERICAL OBITUARY Suddenly, at Guildford, in his 54th year, the Rev. Stephen Butter, li.cumbeut of Trinity Church, Southampton. Oct. 15, the Rev. Richard Bathurst Greenlaw, M.A., Rector of Bradwell-juxta•Mare, Essex, and Domestic Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Rochester. aged 61.. Sent. 28, at St. Elizabetli's;Jainaica, the Rev. Charles Frederick Hall, Rector of Port Royal, in that island, in the 55th year of his age. Nov. 1, suddenly, at Hethersett, Norfolk, the Rev. Jeremy Day, for 55 years rector of that parish, aged S 2. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PBEFERMENT. — The Rev. R. W. Wolseley has been licenc by the Bishop to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Silas' Church, Liverpool, upon the nomination of the Rev. Samuel Minton; the Incumbent. THE Bishop of Carlisle has given the munificent sum of £5OO, towards defraying the expense of the restoration of .the. ancient church of St. Mary, Carlisle. .HER,3I.-CIESTY'S GOVERICHENT has Consented to the division of. the diocese of Toronto, Upper Canada, and the necessary instruments for that purpose are now in the hands of the authorities at Doctors'•commons. It is intended to erect a new Episcopal see, the seat-of which will be at Kingston, and which will comprise several large and important townships in the eastern division of the present diocese.—Morning Herald. MAIN& the past week, the Rev. Gerard Mann, rector of Mawgan, in Cornwall, has died, and a strange fatality appears to attach to this living. There have been three rectors within the space of eight years, all cut off by premature and sudden death. The father of the late incumbent was thrown from his carriage in the year 1847, and killed on the spot. His successor, the Rev. Mr. Crockford, a fine healthy-looking young man, died very suddenly, in 1851, at the age of thirty-six. The late incumbent, who died a few bays ago after a very short illness, was only in his thirty-fourth year.—Cornwall Gazette. Gull:ca.—On St. Bartholomew's Day, the 24th of August, the Lord Bishop of Guiana held an ordination in the Cathedral of St. George. Three students of Bishop's College were ad mitted to the holy office of Deacons—Robert Hillis, Augustus S.. Tanner, and Charles Conyers. The event was one of great interest to the people of Georgetown and to the church, for they looked anxiously at the first fruits of their new college, and the students were familiar to them all ; the first two, from England, having been long under Mr. Webber's care, and having rendered themselves most useful to him, and beloved by his people in the parish of which he is curate ; and the -latter (Mr. Conyers) being the SQII of one of the most influen tial citizens in Georgetown. The bishop was attended by a considerable body of his clergy, and the whole party, after 'Holy Communion, met at Bishop's College for dinner in the evening. This ordination has incraw3ed the number of clergy -in the diocese of Guiana to thirty-one; and the day was happily chosen, for it was the fourteenth anniversary of the bishop's consecration. LORD MAYOR'S DAY. Tay inauguration of the Lord Mayor of London took place on Friday, with the usual ceremonies. The chief points of in terest belonging to the affair are the speeches of the French Ambassador and Lord Palmerston, with reference to the war ; and the reception of Lord John Russell, who was fairly extin guished. Tn acknowledgment of the toast of " The Emperor of the French," the French Ambassador spoke, in the French language, to the following effect :—" I thank you, my Lord Mayor, for having proposed in this place the toast which has just been so warmly applauded. It is now thirty-five years since the first Napoleon expressed his re gret at not being able to conquer the prejudices of the two peoples, or to gain the friendship of England. `What great things,' cried he, `could we not do together ?' My lord, these great things have now been accomplished, for the happiness and security of the world. The tomb of the great Napoleon has received the pious visit of your illustrious Queen, and un der another Napoleon, who understood the true interests of his country, France has become the intimate ally of England. But that is not all. Our alliance rests not solely on accidental cir cumstances, but on the closest reciprocity of interests as be tween the two peoples—interests so intermingled, that neither happiness nor misfortune could touch the one without imme diately affecting the other. When two countries have arrived at such a point, their alliance is protected from all kinds of intrigues. No human power can separate two countries so affected, and when we think of the union of our two countries —the one the most distinguished for maritime power, the other for military resource—we feel satisfied that in their alli ance we see the greatest amount of power that ever existed, and we can wait in the most complete security the issue of the war." In reply to the toast of "Lord Palmerston and Her Ma jesty's Ministers," the latter said,—On behalf of my colleagues, and for myself, I beg you to accept our cordial thanks for the honour you have done us in proposing this toast, and especially for the very kind and flattering manner in which that toast has been received. It must be always most gratifying to those who enjoy the confidence of the Crown, to be received at the hospitable board of the chief magistrate of this,great city. Those persons who are charged with the conduct of public affairs must indeed be inadequate to the performance of the duty that devolves on them, if they were insensible to the feelings of that great commercial body, which is so fully 'represented by those who now sit within these walls. My lord, commercial enterprise is one of the main foundations of the greatness and power of this nation. In peace, the enter prising and exploring spirit of commerce diffuses civilization, by promoting the intercourse of nations, thus throwing down the barriers that divide people from people; while, when war unfortunately takes place, as in the course of human events we must expect sometimes to be the case, commerce then fur nishes the means by which war can be successfully carried on, so as ultimately to obtain a safe, honourable, and lasting peace. It must always be the noblest aspiration that could possibly fill the mind of man to be entrusted with the conduct of the affairs of a great nation like this; but if ever there was a mo . - . ment when those who are charged must feel peculiarly proud of the honour conferred, and also peculiarly sensible of the great responsibility which such an honourable charge imposes; that moment is the present, for never did a nation present a nobler spectacle to the world than does the British nation at this moment. We have entered into a great contest, not rashly or hastily, but after full and due deliberation, and we Ithe en tered into that contest because we felt that the war was a necessary as well as a great one, and this nation evinces from one end of the country to the other, a full and deliberate determination to submit to every sacrifice which the prosecu tion of the war way entail, to show themselves equal to every exertion that the conduct of the war may require, and- con tinue those exertions until peace shall be obtained on such conditions as may be worthy of our sacrifices and of the.cause we have at heart. We have present, on this occasion, the re presentatives of those three allies with whom we are united in a common undertaking. We have at this board. the am bassador of the Emperor of the French, of that great ally whom I must do the justice to say that by his magnanimity . of mind, his far-seeing policy, and his honesty of purpoSe, has cemented the union between the two nations which had been too long divided by jealousy and mistrust, but which, I hope, will ever from this day forward continue to be earnest and confiding friends. We have at this board also the representa tive of the Sultan, in whose cause we have drawn the sword, and whose subjects have shown themselves so worthy the assistance we have given them. We have present the ambas sador of the King of Sardinia, whose character as a sovereign, and the character of whose people, have excited the warmest sympathy throughout this nation, whose conduct has excited our warmest admiration, and in whose good faith we place the most implicit confidence. I trust, gentlemen, that these re presentatives of our allies, let them go where they will through the length and breadth of the laud, will see nothing that will not entitle them to tell their respective sovereigns that, whilst we place the utmost confidence and reliance on the constancy with which they support us in the war, they may, on the other hand, be equally certain of the constancy and determi nation of this country. And no man can doubt that these four powers, earnest in a cause, will ultimately accomplish the Objects . for which they took up arni.a. I say that no human efforts can be long successful in resisting their united exer tions. The declarations with reference to the war were loudly cheered. A subsequent toast was " The House of Commons," coupled with the name of Lord John Russell. The announcement of the name excited general disapprobation, which rose to a com plete storm of groans and hisses when he rose to respond to the toast. The reception was such as he seemed not to, have anticipated, judging by the astonishment marked on his coun tenance ; and after uttering a few indistinct phrases about the Lord Mayor's election to office being a triumph of principle, he abruptly resumed his seat. IRELAND. A NEW WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, the Tribune, of extreme " national " principles, has made its appearance in Dublin. It appears to be started pretty much with the same ideas as those which prevailed in Ireland in 1848, having " Irel an d for the Irish " as its motto, and with the vain hope of re viving the party the utter Mr C. G. Duffy from the shores of Ireland to Australia. CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM -PACKET COMPANY.—The half yearly meeting of this company was held at their offices in Dublin, on Wednesday, when a di v i dend of two per cent., free of income tax, was declared, and the report of the di rectors was adopted. The balance to the credit of profit and loss amounted to £14,078 19s. ld. Notwithstanding a con siderable diminution in the emigrant class of passengers, owing to the impro ve d cond i tion of the country, the general result of the half-year's traffic has been equal to that of the corresponding period of 1854. BELFAST TRADE.—In 1829, Belfast possessed only one flax spinning mill, with fourteen thousand spindles ; now there are upwards of half a million spindles. The tonnage, inwards and outwards, of the port is now upwards of one million five hundred thousand tons annually. The value of Belfast im pstoerrtlisnag. and The exp ge registered in Belfasto lo s nn fo a rlBwasupwardsof amsixteoenunmter lastons year to about 80,000 tone, viz., 60,000 engaged iu the foreign and 20,000 engaged in the coasting trade. The amounts consumption of lsin received by the Custo a m nn s and and sugar in the Belfast district now amounts of tea and six E m xcis e einelfast now exceed term the thou sand tons of the latter. Since IEOI, the tonnage en g o t ß n o e e l a f h a million exceeds osintrolluni starling millions o thousandf pounds tons of per th e day. former, port of Belfast has increased upwards of fifteen-fold. Tho annual . con sumption