The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-23 00:00:00

OCTOBE R 23 1855 LO C AL IN TELLIG_ENCR. - f ; i :4 l f avVo‘ 1/4"10t4 DO CO le 10 !cl'" ;offe", oto'oo erI P . P ;V" t:e° OW e 5 P t et i s of tYj 3 V te 7 J, Doe 4 0:1 4 1 41 / Ai Ykf;" t it p i fs 4 inS G REG, • ted a -1;e of Caton, Lancaster, is appoin • uteaset of the county. 'Nay Ms-Toa.---.Mr. John Stewart is to succeed Mr. ;ilia as chief magistrate of this borough. T. Bleittaroli, of Mount-pleasant, and Mr. A. Whittle, Croeshal-street, have been elected honorary surgeons to 4a's Dispensary and Eye and Ear Institution. • rilitArt I:ssrtruTiosi. —On Wednesday, Mr, T. . ' ere cl his first lecture of this season, at the Co - linatitution, to a respectable audience. The subject was •s s at aral and Commercial History of the Cotton Plant,' lr't t ation of his former lectures on useful products. il ,, To Youne Mrs. —On Wednesday, the Rev. F. Ise vel:ed one of the tenth series of friendly addresses to 1, 1 1 1 1 ,1 a the large room of the Bible Depository,. Slater ; tbe subject was " The Young Man disappointing or tt;"s e lae Pe of his parents," and it was attentively ~ I the large number of young men present. D .--- ,e eelthiuDGE.—Before his Royal Highness_ h e placed the sum of £lOO in the hands of the applied to purposes of benevolence. His worslnp . t it as follows :—District Provident Society, .£5°A nresereZel,etY, £2O ; 'trangers' Friend Society, £2O ~ an‘lL 'le It irlid tt°f er a case of distress arising from the accident N ill, ale Industrial Schools, on the 9th instant. - I b 4 y li t t l 4 I'lla Docis RATES. —The sub-committee ap t the tjoet'3'et, Committee to consider the financial ps maktestate have agreed upon their report, which t. Ile, the dock rates, both on goods and tonnage be 1,,1'0al re;e„ of This, it is expected, will 'brin g in pan `• - us to be ' ll e of k 2,000 per annum. Whilst the rates f the •acreased it li'• bee agreed a general re ('‘ teo e imdtli ties. g'oods ;hall a take place, that with the view of Anlits4" The subjectwas again referred to the carrstig ot4eivare authorised to take the necessary steps e Pcz teat. in thereTotnendation. The proposed . increas tile 24th of L "k " 1311 goods and shipping is to corr ect-crunst Soeceist3Z-r.,nAetttilte fortnightly_ed esda te Archit o:tun ejgoutitiralne busallinti ess, , nilieeting milkal Society, on " ,- erpentine, as a /, etneth, of Londo u n r , po Qesew,,ed the gen„ai 4 1: L .,.. 1ed to decorative p 'Lk lie said, s s ,,, - — scler and properties reseads.! Cornwall, /4, 48 ,._ fe nnol in a particular w gu.a o M f . thein r kea as 'Elaming a ~,,.7s 'capable of bein 0 ivi ,_.,‘-wen as lustrous, as that of marble. it,,a4tnirleadi: w.thortret._stle--rwtflalbibinTleirs of work in serpentine were ex 'et 'when in were invited to inspeU... G. 3 . .the Company.—al'• appli -114 1 ,.. and estitker on the . use of chemical tests, as it_ 1 c4, 1 hr 01111(1111g materials ,,, of th e toS os, 1 „..,_ ,- 1-•aseed t c-sei t e ..& MARINZ SURvEYOu..—At the ;18 atd„,'-'4,t.theZ,lnuttee, on Thursday, Lieut. Lo of 44• Its suer tii‘ 4 ‘e of his health would no-longe admit 4 . - resent Illti, 4 ver l rn fne t'z'veying department, which a ; p ffi e i a l eke,At the ii'llal Portion of the whole of his ?In hih e d :Barer-thae h to un ...1 his illingness titl es ai . e expres w . Nary ,ces heih_ his office on shore ; but in the event of t N 3 ll 3 ' 0 0 NT rttaisted, he should require his present 84 tom ihNtir,l,/llarti to be increased. In the event_.euT f 84 tv,"44lated,lnflPg agreed to b the committee, Leiees_t' fert td . l ,l l l, o4,rat he merely held Zi a uffi ce until his w s a u s re. It4Pre:st:lat;saitt4lll,kw%inttilatmli.zis:Tialisre consideration of the subject e under yurvweaysor's committee, 4;11 AkiYq C 0() c 4 _ per ativou no n t . to be incr w ea it s h ed a m bo e ve a iLs lit toeetia 00 1. 4 .,,, / ITUTL— act thtiNall, 'I P " t his • ' 33. Llltlll2l iqsT Tuesday, be • eb ie ‘,1 1 .. 1,... institution was'beld on fh president, In 110 an r. l'h 4wrence li orth • M.P., --e • t that in '?,- . t ' °lll e eha irnian 15 " ' pleasant fac tr—yqh Year , e___ taut it was a t p e ex took this as a . ,_ 1 , .... 8! , t ott cf in the eePt the first, 11 . (1 h subscription Ile ,:k3 aild sitation, se l ., co af i,, t, and the conmaittee Sunday-s o u o fY! s n been 11 . 1 stc,„' ski rice, and the desire of the sunput t sac t' t Xs, the j 4 a the ch • i ,e ~ munitY t° w!ed-thatbY assured to mat Issatt e of teiflficieat werk al id i Lne ll . r -. Ts p u r l ; fA l lt eu a hitrinetrulus ....A'ne 111*4 t 4 bib e Youa . " 5 1 _ V 1 to wn. ...he rep ort, k the a nte of ray_ men of the ___ of m t .. Litt , ,_____22B sad Nidtlatoher of—Teet_ to thesnemorY after t h- i - 11 ,: e , t 11640r50 til'eseesh,ooll7`..L,e"ceoahheerst.s. at•vh-oreeysoefhn-ati9v4sa.l 113 11e 7 4 , 8 ' 9f wile:u.s.t,:tcTsed 't l S ll4 titsed, th..7•Tog, a -tteal there was " e d ''. l ''' e t t , N. „ion 0r,',.:,,th0u0) last year ~eti7eral i ....AA 4s. 77d., it had now be rot en . e T ti e ng 7 t e v , tl l n e .4"'.` 4 1-.‘°iee+.°.tet Peak e s.., addressed the , 4 -, .11 —' • instilataon• . tt, tonneetio-i with the • .-I- -,aNk,a, ' p at Tuesday a . 4st.:TITZTE AT BOLTON at eetrapa,a-5,1Vrete.2...48 inaligUratedi . , e s, ;al e WU, Lord.St•an %'3.7..e,eredit,so the ,:s,Plyers, , ‘ 4 , N% bile giving ~u. _o,,t,..uce of rilialfcytrleiiiz..,trie necessity and , i w i E n h:o lt d 9 e r iire a r n e d d ~,inetween employers and employed; ed _ f .; better •s-,,t,teet In fg classes, PUtiCtilarlY (alt. Of till"al ter te st).. n?'allageinestt for Mechanic I fred uery .plc his lor,ssiti.p :advised' t h a t the e forme s rZpTisild 141.(1 tdilarin4tan,ihotild b ,versi,sholiiia be s that eutupetent,,, roung men engaged tndeliver lectures ; 'hat maipetitio sho uid : be hewn. exaniittations 'in various J. Hislordshi ,t_l Provincial towns before li te as . tile, sole P the thvelt- npon th e advai e to aliive of t eminence by which- the poorer . le re i s a, . fable Pence, concludi n°lis sp f ee on en e a'elpech.tiotnef. i.3leuft vieidnlls ir2tlinekiiis°-wwsililt;dwu'Alhis gonerwas iiasiise. The treasure say, .t?Tefit repaid ''e - tr.ay n t u l °3 - And •so to,,you, 1 ring the wealthlhat many ti une.a nt i ad ° b 1, vancement which -some, Perhaps' '''fltekok,;:. l 'g , .It the f - •n a mere act of its Tossessio , p 1/44,, Ose•thazt these and . cause to A 'ttlolo '"our e d 4. ~,..., , ~, nane•ca,n base 4, 1 4 ,1 he ll i )' t), eru,„ (-1,„- these, , dress 4 4c,-,,,- '—'rirlNEicr.--Otio Thursday -a meeting gell tal seseefroion (411,1tope-street, for the purpose'saf hearing 44te iety 'sllc'us,eler .with the. Col4ie" c'et:Pi'etif rte/'slk .earittthtel- TI1171;11A-TdraleeSooteiedty, Tespectin . g the ' e t led 1. hair„ ..e continent. The Rev..t.Dr. Crichton Aci4.; the.bNeh,:rfily4rnollgst the gentlemen present were fi, I:,tY • tl.Str.‘C.,,r,l:',..,Yons; the Rev. Dr. „Patton, of New (4,, ,•'414‘7.,,1tev, J'is..4oung, secretary to - the:Turkish Aid ss a . 4 . Lske n es. lenY Parr he Rev. C. M. , Bimill the_ of ttl 11;e7te,v.b,7i1Y; the Rev. w , -J. dtin)°welliall, wh,1'j0.e,,,,114-altee v,,,,,313wil Mr. Macfie, .Mr. • C opening tlaiNe 'otere;te' t he. Ch a ,„• er ge and respeetabie. ti 4;,' s 'so* be ''' ( kid he ' 1441 said there twereisl: . societies i tts, 44rtilbe obje et ll ty ed. I,l3lP°tlght before •them,:amd. tat So ''' er" •- ' e aatio 14 ' which e first was the ,Contine9 h lye of the,'„E,',of:the Continentwa diffuse ttslizvoilt the 7,...'ottrfsh oii who were would N - crrk s•sisist;,... Society, whose . 64) . he atill'sftok'"4l*Bll Aid•Pirle ; then, seco Pr d gr ly e. • ec t the '°?-fill'hwheillwYs t au i s a n n d i e ty r h a rksbf Pt for, - -slay ~,,, , th -..s of "...Lng those who more tegraafdeewd ‘4ll , l : 4 tto r k e l lal -e ge.„ Vir.zeligion in the Efist.TA,Af Rev. (tiql.tl int.alit otik e ; • . r arrY, the Rev- G. 11 7; the tations, 1 ,, t's siug ~,gentleraeu formin g • I,4,i'r Witherwhlch th7 d resse s on behalf mf th •th e e , Ptt qai" %,v,&, le'le.7. Q u - vs' are connected. i ir of this l'i tz '. kl 't ' 1 (1 on itt.,,lkklis ---Th wekdilY Inee " - • the pective 11aiD1.4,11.1.1ei, ,es xitiesda.v Mr' e Joseph 'Harrison in ki ' sshespsthers Pres" intaat43 'ql4t4oldlss--B'l2ltto, Luelit Messrs: were e iet e 1,,„ es •la IZ, ki?"rtiby 'Morris,,R4her7 datahe s id ii Shaw, e .1:E L 0 tc. s e et a it g l eg- : , it k 4 t l , ls l io,A ct ll•Arch . ' Abraham,risi_ , ' reParted . is the t o sel t , f 1 4; 411 Se 1,4 t ...ue go% ernor . a .mitteaf a , Il e , . att,,, ,2, Week were 608, a ?respond ,,,,,sz 646 : -en-- -that ces. n „ - IS 0.„ 0 t. -,..., anthers this w,. ...rted b r at h ''''e 5h,..; ire,llo.--The overfior hawing r that "t. le haa -sal be-4011Se g broken,it was resolved . ti . , •g at , 5_,... 4t . Was.__!.. t ' re% taiN' t et.ed .'zile obtaind.—.ll! t/ance•of the ' 43 11,e vel), th e 1, tlee of a Johnson,discontiu for 1 11 1 em ef , .cam surgeon, for fitq c se t &f; a ,„ 1 by Mr. James Has he paid CleaverAntiaea ti t o e n d rliki h -e ''' l l . 448 tv! L eosts.---Mr. Lunt: ' . Aisd no l' h, i',l l iy b I % Whi,nz' hav e e• e ?—Mr. • : nich had 1!1-`1vairsHeaelt. sot4t..' iu q ui re - d o : l vhether .sumtheaferedWto liim. ‘ 1 4 l'ith . Clla.' notould be again n destroyed. Its Yl e 3r : 11, Haly the cheque has bee. •t It lici e ' i 44 1 t 0 : II r ° '-'e, Mr. Johnson will de withou • . ttki-Petitseirant,e,wletlr.,ed.fer nothing sooner than receive•that Is 4 y v , ild e io..„,was .asked if 'the board aid , not , con (1 (1641 jtist`.'" to iM_ :• Johnsen The gaardians,eol24a •NilN(11(7,14,14(1 ttee telAULiate the debt. —The Chairman did fi l ,''l se coli gt tern:l.—Mr. Cleaver said , had asked t, 1 0 , s),,Nan„ li t, and he could not give theyi—r Fitzpatridls.- qi2tityis pelt v,,al . conaraittee had voted Mr. Johnson 4 1,5 in illikthttkaoli 4'l atkr.KAYledgMerlt of debt upon N si., •._ Mr. Patts-said they had no application/or 11 Ns Ne Spa thought it WaS qpite time en th o e u i g r i l i 'id to e i(4 %,„ qnestion when •the aPPlication vvas claime 1 l's,t4isZilt,‘e °Pak - show he had not the least • os.tear; et the board then terminated. irc,,,kitlltir. A„u'rEuSza/04e.--CORONERS'CRAIZGIas•—The ( t k al '• 11.1Z.nas tlarter sessians were held on Wednesday,l t eNo tl ,, of 8518,,°.11'hirman. The calendar i 4 in okR ,Frts. ll.;prisoners for tr 51 felonies, and i 4 ntk"h" Nl's (4ll4 , sqllt liikii chairman, in ,his charge, spoke with mue ':4114 (.:1°.;,ki,,,,x4,14,a1iti0s of 'the late venerable Arch. magistrate, (41 ti4,i'i,4l. ellaraCter as a man, Aas agrag/T. cat'r * thi, 4l ge C• 4. 7 - ,, 11 ti 11, , r, h e highly eulogise-: • tlf,,Z , 4ls on t ' i wo ~citT,o,,f the court to ell opi a e r c gr tio e n av in es ade , tu t: I kh..,_ rn, lebcs,,l,"o,as held , IDY —r• 'V't)f t he,. A first r , scrisiget -Connell and Georgeinßoiloel: ° NI ` l. Ablate Uad lost her life by burning, ,1, 4h re having eaught Aro ; eg br o , e upon ' said •il,' th rough a beer barrel falling e to the ttecronergse Pinanee Committee had and the e latter by 48 held to hold eve, , aud that it was not necessary ° nght to exercise zome discretion eom with occur. 1. - -Y case of dd death Mint might t LaSn e n of counties Coe hu nt authorisine the divisions a., • - expressly stated IN appoint of coroners, ses where, , ,_ ,entitled to his expenses 4;:aex.Pasi thought it undesirabl:3ll,°cba ln 'ding a discretionar Y power in ;his hands. ed lived 'et Connell, it appeared that the deceas old an in '44e accident and that there was no ..,,_ blatue ;As any one respecting ke niove that Mr. Hargreave's fee.end ile ington taZ.., he disallowed. —Mr. W. 0, 1144.1 court reason to ""41.---Mr. J. Peel trusted that e e to apply a controlling hand to the reck it'ow*lliell oecurred under this head ererT year.. , feeinidhen something ought to be !isllepuit_l le,, eeted without detriment to the . ~ 0 us - l'et't-le.nien saw, as the Finance Commute of oi l aroount of money paid for inquests would th :ol e before t,heeourt, he thought none I_,, it ion. ..liis .ease was not a solitary ot o ia n n e ;ax is The m carli f Z v ard to test a principle. • ~ , and the charge for the inre v s e t se u n p t o e n d 4iterwards disallowed.— acß.aceount of the coroner I fO r r r. A r m ee oli p n ,a d , ern n es 7 s 4 , thati,,"(Plisitions, th e charge for whicii • as tistiathedistrict knio her say gto £l9 6s, 2d., whleh sum . m teereiehvaded to inedi the committee h did w n .a o u t ld re m co ave at he Bake any deduction and e and 'valt„ Pas, sed.—The motion was seconded,. 4,,114 41e-44 -le-Dale coroner's account, amou ..i nt l l y ng oa to e th' 4ll rai t' as ae, Mr. Peel remarking that u ~...5 a e ,,g t have been saved.—For the hundred of -'ocei,,,4llit was £32 19s. 4d. Mr. Peel said the s',liitgelkthat 18 of the 41 inquests held . by Mr. th e 'l e e last quarter might have been di spensed , recolt_clattuittee proposed to p ~two Linended only the disallasowsanlc6e of that the Li?e 14,411,11 tests held upon persons accidentally • t la jie st 'nee of several spectators. The charge for ; 41 e oth B ' w as Cl lls. Ild„ which the court agreed ' insts„er was allowed. —Mr. Peel said he thought i ll i t) " ee a c oPY of the information on which a 11'411%9,45t should be furnished to the Finance tlereau(ei ,a,cconnts. It was net in the power of Nh i „'oat, but he had no doubt the eoroners Lhe request, 17 • J ggS r3. irl'i a, (600 14 t Y•liout lG tr Qj ee ° , ,, b ti o 6 ' i t : ' ' 11 , t,). ti:1 ow , l ot 11 ' in as , Hind 11. T . t ilez: to tbe o,'' fit e"h at • -...0e, co!er Co t ' [ol A zal tba t , Tz i a doo, °6 , 4 .i le livere Ns • the I, l 4B tittit ve , Ber 014 e kta lra i :uracY° °Ltill ti k tiot ,k, to tb' Par•r b y b o l •lttn i . , r, or f ,/%zc ..e4 Vero ° ( T'sc li boi'eet, 42 ,1,1 ) , i 4 ,i sceijT 4 t,, ba R t t} e ) . Bl , ,tie in ,. ~,, ho e d , , 4 , rv - 1 , "' 0 by oieft'x! br ~ fp 1/4 1. 0 „ 1 : 0T sl'l't;?. L i t t' ° a r i ; t ii ' be ', bbl , '''' )4,lair,tabletlsoi it. 54eri e, it th e e te i tl i k. i kn dre fl; D0f:t . 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THE SHOOTING STAR, magnificent clipper, is to be dis• patched for Melbourne, to-morrow, by Mr. James Dowie. MESSRS. JAMES BAINES AND Co.'s Black Ball liner, John and Lucy, sailed on Friday for Sydney, with a full cargo, and 371 adult male passengers. The David Maclver, of this line, sails for Sydney, with government passengers, on the Bth of next month. NEW MAGISTRATEB.—Edward Edwards Atkinson, Esq., of Grange Hall, Poulton-le-Fylde, William Jackson Esq., of Lancaster, Robert Augustus Aspinall, Esq., Oak Field, Aig burth, Liverpool, Frederick Kemp, Esq., of Fleetwood, James Shorrock, Esq., Over Darwen, and the Rev. John Sperling, Eccleston, Chorley, have been appointed magistrates of the county. Din HoN. COLIN LINDSAY. — A handsome buhl cabinet has been presented to the Hon. Colin Lindsay, by some of the members of the Chester and Manchester Church Union Society, for his zeal and energy in supporting Church principles. The cabinet bears the following inscription :—"Presented to the Hon. Colin Lindsay, late secretary of the Chester and Man chester Church Union, .by a few of the members.-1855." EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLEEK.—A lad named George May, an apprentice in the employ of Mr. George Goore, broker, of Rumford-street, was charged at the Police-court, on Friday, with having embezzled the sum of £B2 10s. 10d., the pro perty of his employer. The only cases gone into, were the receipt of £l2 15s. 3d. from Messrs. Tobin, and £27 3s. 10d. from Messrs. Hatton and Cookson, both of which were fully proved. The prisoner was committed for trial. SHIPBUILDING AT TRANMERE. — A portion of land on the margin of Tranmere Pool, at the top of the slip, has been boarded off, and Mr. Mackenzie, of this town, has already commenced shipbuilding operations upon it. Already a wooden tug steamer of about 120 tons measurement is in frame, , and the keel of another of similar dimensions is laid down. The site is most eligible, for there is still water in the pool to launch in, and an excellent graving• dock alongside for fitting vessels out. Some years ago, several large ships were built in this locality. CONCEALMENT OF BIEIII.-At the Coroner's Court, on Friday, an inquiry was held in the following case :—Some short time since, a girl named Jane Fairclough, living as ser vant with Mrs. Bowman, in Catherine-street, was delivered of a female child. She first concealed it in the coal-cellar, .and then in the ash-pit, where it was found by a policeman. The jury returned an open verdict to the effect that there Vas no evidence to show whether the female child in question had been born alive. The coroner then ordered the girl to be taken before the ;magistrates on the charge of concealment of its birth. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.—Mr. Thomas Jackson, who was occasionally employed as a reporter on -several of the Liverpool newspapers, left this town on Monday evening last week, to attend a meeting at Tranmere, and has not since been heard , ef. He was seen at Tranmere during the evening, and it is feared he has fallen into the water on that side of the river. Mr. Jackson was a particularly temperate man, was 52 years of age, of light complexion and spare make, and partially!bald. He had on when he left home a blue frock coat aluLgrey mixture trowsers. . . . STRAITGE CASE OF BURGLARY.—At tire Police-court, on Friday, a lad named Thomas Caine was' charged with stealing some - silver spoons and forks from the hccuse of Mrs. Griffiths, in Sugnall-street, and also with 'being found in the back kitchen of the house of Mrs. Burton, in Caledonia-street, where he was taken into tustody. The policeman who pre ferred the charge against the prisoner -mid that, twelve months ago, he was sent to prison for-stealing some coats from the very same house. The prisoner, who - said it was only two months , ago, was committed for trial. BANKRUPTCY COURT.—On Tuesday, James Potts, a brick ,nzaker, of Crewe, obtained ' a certificate of the second class 'with six months' suspension, but there being no fraud, protec ltion was also granted.—Joseph Whittle, grocer, of St. Helen's, -applied for his certificate. His Honour granted one of 'the, third class.—Wednesday.--In rt-John Foden : The bankrupt was a grocer in Whitechapel, and protection not having been continued to him after 'his last examination, he was arrested and imprisoned by one of his. creditors. Mr. Evans, on his behalf, applied thatthe court-would order his release,.and his Honour granted the appliettion.— On Thursday, Edwin La tham, who carried on business with Wilfred Latham, as commission merchants, in Liverpool, obtained a first-class certificate. ADULTERATION OE FLOUR. - Mr. M'Gowen, law• Clerk to the health committee, appeared before Mr. Mansfield, at the Police-court, on Thursday, to support an information laid by him, under the -Police Act, against. Mr. George Elliott, baker and flour dealer, Pitt-street. After a long investigation,•Mr. Mansfield said 'the mediae evidence did not .go . to-show that the flour produced by the prosecution, as part of 'the' flour of which the loaf was made; was unfit for human food, and there fore the case 'fell to the- . .ground. During the hearing of the case the court was crowded with bakers and flour dealers; , whe audibly expressed their gratification at its result.—John Hesketh, Dale , strect, ,, was summoned by Mr. MAClrowen,' for, having "knowingly sold-an ingredient, to wit,-sand-grit,:mixed with flow, as . being-flour." This case also fell 'to*the:ground for want of,proof. Mr. Mansfield said he thought : it would be very desirable the. sanitary officers would obtain' the-flour before itlvas manufactured into bread, in the.sante manner as the excise-officers made purchases of pepper and other avtielef when they -suspected -that there was adulteration, and then there would be - no difficulty in arriving at a conclusion. SrNera - Aut TATA:LI:T.—On the 6th of this-month an:in quest was held on. a child, six months old,-the -son .of John Frealley,a-railway pater, residing in 1 0.,6 -Court, Wood stock-street. About two months before the -death of; the child, the mother;-Eliza Freakley, was struck on the lip with a cham'berutensilima quarrel with a neighbour named Ellen Crosby,.and;knocked down. She had the ..child in her arms at the - time, and 'from that period it had gradually sicloened, and alongovith the mother was under the care of a surgeoirof the Northern ;Dispensary, until he expired 'tile week 'before last. On 3lcr.day lad week, the family . .unmoved .from !tile court in Woodstock street to a room in No. .17, Denbigh , street, :where soother more serious firtalitr occurred. tOn Wednesday night the mother left her residence about twenty minutes past-six --o'clock, her two children, MargaretrAgnes, three years and fourmonths, and Richard Hanwell, two years and two months old,:being at that time asleepin- bed. • Upon her return, as •she entered the door, she perceived- smoke issuing -from her. apartment, and on giving an -alarm, her landiady,'Catherine Trainer, rushed in with her and found the bed -ou -fire. Ilhe mother picked up the boy,Riehard from the toor;.hei being still alive, and ran with him to.the house of a druggist - in Great Howard-street, who pronounced him dead. Mra.'Trainer found t he g irl in.i.he bed-with her right arm and .side severely burned, and quite dead. TiThe mother -stated that -there was not any fire left in thegrate, and a box of matches which she left on the mantlepiece was still there upon herzeturn. The fire was 'shortly afterwards extinguished. Ma. klmvszes'AßYilas.—The dispute -in adjudication in this matter, which was adjourned from Monday, came. on for hearing on .Friday, .and excited considerable interest. .As soon as the-commissioner took his seat, the parties on each side eonfnilted together, evidently with a view. of coming •to a settlement; but after the lapse of about half an hour, - the case was adjourned for an hour. When thefleourt again -sat, Mr. Manesty-said that, after a considerable -consultation: and discussion between the respective advisers .of the parties,.it was seen that-there were great and serious Allelic' aides on both sides, and that-therewould be a long protracted , litigation.and great expense before the matter could be finally -settled. :It was not forgottenn, that many parties were deep)yinterested: the large property which was at stake, and that.delay of :itself would be a -serious evil. It was arranged not to proceed ,fur ther to give evidence in support of the adjudication; and his duty was, evidence not being tendered before this honour; to ask him to annul the proceedings. Mr. Quain concurred. in. what had been-said,- on 'behalf of Mr. Oliver and the trustees.. He believed the matter was now wound up, and the . large' estate would go in the ordinary course of distribution. , The. proceedings were then formally annulled, and the usual order of the court taken. SERIOUS Fr AT s A TAR DISTILLERL — EarIy ouThurs day, a fire broke out in the extensive tar and turpentine dis tillery belonging to Messrs. Houlgrave and Co., :Hill-street, Toxteth-park, which resiKted in the destruction .of a large amount of property. Thepremises are situate in lillhstreet, and extend in a southerly iiirection along Lower Harrington street. They comprise,a still-house, with the usual gpparatus for manufacturing tar, turpentine, ,tc.; and on the ,opposite side of the yard are the warehouses containing the -stock of rosin, turpentine, and other_ materials necessary to the carry ing on of such extensive works. The still-house was isolated f ro m the other premises —a fortunate circumstance, as ,it mainly contributed to prevent the spread of the fire to the adjoining buildings. The combustible nature of the materials ignited, and the close proximit;, , of the Brunswick Dock, which at present is filled with shipping, rendered the fire of an ,un ,nsually alarming character. Nhe fire was first discovered in ,the distillery ; and it is presumed the still had boiled .over, ,when the materials became ignited, and the whole premises ,were almost instantly in flames, -the liquid fire running about -1;1111 directions. Engines from-the West of England Fire .station, and one from Temple-couvt, were soon on the spot; , bp.t before their arrival a reel from-the South Fire-station had done good service. The fire was soon extinguished ; but not before the distillery had been entia4y destroyed. The loss Will amount to nearly £1,500; but the stock and premises are;insared in the West of England Fire-office. A .Qtrnsnort OF SALVAGE. — Mr. H. C. Chapman, the re ceiver.of Admiralty droits at this port, summoned Mr. John Naylor,lanker, on Thursday, at the Forice-court, before Mr. Mansfield, for having, on the 4th of duly last, unlawfully taken possession of a certain wreck,—to wit, an anchor and chain,—being the owner thereof, and not baring given notice thereof as soon as possible to the receiver of the wreck for the district, as required by the Merchant Shipping Act. —Mr. A,spinall„ who appeared on behalf of ,the complainant, said the summons was merely on a matter,of form, being ordered by the Board of Trade,—as the defendant had failed to give a formal notice of claiming what was his own,—an anchor and chain, which was slipped from a yacht some months back, and which he had authorised a person to drag for and recover. But, though the ownership was in this case undoubted, yet the rule was a good one, and it was essential to observe the forms.—Mr. Simpson, who appeared en behalf of the defendant, contended firstly, that they had given notice ; secondly, that the property was no wreck, and thirdly, that the complainant was not entitled to the fees, which he at first put down as 10s,—and then as £2,—as, even supposing the anchor to have been lost, the yacht belonged to the royal club, and was exempt. —After a lengthy trial, the parties came to an amicable understanding. ROBBERY AT AN AUCTION Room.—John Cornwall, A middle-aged, well-dressed man, having but one arm, was on Friday, at the Police-court, charged with robbery. Mrs. Sane Boyd said that yesterday she was at the sale at the resi denee of Dr. Cooper, in Bedford-street North, at which there was a numerous attendance. After some time she perceived the prisoner close by her, and, as he continued so long near her, she noticed that he was considerably agitated, and ap peared like a person going to faint. Almost immediately after this, she felt something fall upon her foot, and on stooping, discovered that it was her gold chain, which was broken, and then she also found that her watch, was gone, as well as the prisoner. She at once ran out to the porter at the door, and he said that the only person who had left the house for a con siderable time was a gentleman a little pockmarked, wearing a cloak. Mrs. Boyd at once exclaimed " That's the man—he's taken my watch." Information was given to the policeman near at hand, who ran in the direction the prisoner took, saw him get into a cab, which was ordered by him to be driven to the railway-station, and apprehended him. On being charged with the theft, the prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery, and offered to return to the sale-room, which he did. The watch had not been found.—Mr. Holme said, that taking into consideration the whole of the lady's evidence, in con nexion with the fact that the prisoner had left the room, got into a cab, and directed himself to be driven straightway to the railway-station, induced him to remand the prisoner for seven days. Tun American steam-ship Baltic sailed on Saturday for New York, with the mails, a full cargo, and about 190 pas sengers. It is announced that the semi-weekly mail to the United States will 'be resumed in January. COMPULSORY PILOTAGE.—A new bye-law is being prepared by the Trinity House authorities : exempting from compulsory pilotage ships arriving from foreign parts at ports or places within the United Kingdom, and proceeding in ballast to other ports or places within the United Kingdom, for the purpose of taking on board cargo for delivery within the United King dom. But the owner or master of the ship claiming exemp tion from such compulsory pilotage shall provide himself with a certificate of such exemption,for the particular voyage therein specified, such certificate to be signed by the secretary or other proper officer of the Trinity House. HISTORIC SOCIETY. —Thursday being St. Luke's-day, the annual meeting of this society was held in St. George's-hall, Dr. Thom, V.P., in the chair. The report, which was read by the secretary, mentioned an unusual amount of success during the session ; and recorded various matters of detail. To avoid the issue of circulars, a neat card had been printed, as in the London societies, showing the evenings of meeting ; and, by means of advertisements, the council had apprised the members of the business to be brought forward. The list of members had been printed in an Bvo. pamphlet of sixteen pages; and the new code of laws had been issued after Christmas. The first volume of the society's transactions, which was out of print and selling for a guinea, has been reprinted for sale to the members. The library and museum of the society have been carefully arranged, and catalogues of them made out. An assistant secretary has been appointed, in accordance with the laws, at a fixed salary. He is not a member of the society. The roll of the society contains 248 resident members, 164 non resident, 4 lady associates, and 28 honorary members, making, in all, 444. Its income is £340 a-year, of which sum £250 is expected to produce the annual volume, and to cover working expenses. On this occasion the outlay was greater, inten tionally, amounting to £316 125., but still leaving a balance to the credit of the session. The report concluded with a tribute to the Earl of Sefton,late president, and'to Archdeacon Brooks, late vice-president, both of whom have been removed by death. The accounts of the treasurer having been read, the report was adopted and the accounts passed, both of which will be printed in the future proceedings of the society. The following officers were elected :—President, General the Hon. Sir Edwd. Cust, K.C.H.,D.L., &c. ; vice-presidents, Zahn Hartnup, F.R.A.S., Dr. Thom, J. T. • Danson, F.S.S.'; librarian, the Rev. Thomas Moore, MA.; curator, Joseph Mayer, F.S.A., F.R.A.S.; treasurer, Thomas Avison, F:S.A.; secretary, the Rev. A. Hume, D.C.L. THE FATAL ACCIEEET iT ICIRKDALE.—An inquest was held on Tuesday, on the body of Mr. Jonathan Lasham, who met with his death on Tuesday, the 9th instant, during the visit of the Duke of Cambridge to the Industrial Schools at Kirkdale. Mr. William Coates, the governor of the schools, said that the deceased was employed at theschools to train boys as sailors. He had been on board the Excellent, practice-gunnery ship alt Portsmouth, and had been selected for his knowledge and Steady habits. They had a model - ship at the school, rigged , as a barque. On the 9th instant, they had a display in honour of the visit of the Duke of Cambridge. They had four cannon on the deck, and witness appliedforand • got two artillerymen from the battery to attend on the-gins. Witness instructed them to fire twenty-one guns in honour of the Duke's visit. He instructed the deceased to attendlo his boys, and, when Duke came, to manoeuvre them en the masts and yards. When witness was taking - the Duke 'to see the ship, he-saw the deceased meddling with one of - the guns. He took him by the arm, and told him 'to mind his'boys, and not mind the guns. Some time afterwards,, he was told the deceased hadheen hurt. He died in their infirmary last Sun day morning. He was about sixty years old.-- , John Walley, a gunner in the Royal Artillery, and one of the 'men sent to assist infiring the salute, said that, after twenty guns had been fired, he heard that a man had been hurt. He was on the deck,-getting ready to fire the last ann,-andzanother artil leryman'was in the act of sponging out the nett gun, when a -gentlemanly-looking man came 'up to' witness, as he had the lanyard in his hand waiting for the-signal, and asked to be al lowed' k fire that gun. ViThenthe-gun wasteed both the gen- . tleman and witness had hold of - the lanyard. The smoke was so dense that witness could net-see any one passing the muzzle. He shortly after saw the deceased lying 'ou the deck, about ten feet from the muzzle of the-gun.--Edward Parker, a sur geon, said he was called in to-see the deceased at the infirmary Of the Industrial Schools. He was stiffering from a severe 'burn on the left forearm, a - wound over each eye, and very se vere contusions on the right temple anctiight side of the body. He went on favourably until Saturday,swhen convulsions set in;and he died on Sunday 'morning. The injuries were the cause of death.—The jury returned a verdict of accidental _ _ _ ----- DOCK Comma - rm.—The weekly 'meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in - the chair.—The harbour •masters' sub-committee recommendedthe purchase of six new :gutta percha life bnoyslor the entrance to the Wapping Dock .Basin. They also recommended therescinding of the bye-law 'which requires the topgallant - masts of ships entering the graving docks to be -struck. This '.recommendation was also .confirmed.—A communication was read from Mr. Joseph B. Yates, on behalf of the compass deviation committee, directing the attention of the committee to the importance of the objt in view, and asking for pecuniary aid from the Dock 'Com mittee. The inquiry would •eirtend over about three years, and they would require about-EglOqier annum. The Board of Trade had subscribed •-£lOO ;. London Lloyds, £5O ; Liverpool Underwriters, 2E30,4e. Mn•i Evans asked the total of the 812111 subscribed ? The Chairman :. - About & Mr. Smith ::It 2eAlix originated with the British:Association. en the British Association met here this formed-a subject o discussion,-and a committee was 'formed, and - this is the result of their deliberations:; but it seems a very large sum to 'spend for three years.—fir. Movidell said the committee , - , was self-constituted, lusving a-secretary, and they were ~ now collecting evidence. Mr. Evans considered it a...dan gerous precedent.—Mr. Gladstone concurred with ?Mr. Evans that this war amatter for the government totake up; for perhaps there never wasa.government so dependentezpon the ingenuity, .skill, and 'enterprise of the mercantile-com munity. Referred to the Finance Committee.—A communi cation having been read relative to some bags of compositien which had been -stolen 'from a-ehip in one of the docks r and for which compensation' was claimed, the subject was referred to the Harbotnemasters' - Committee. Mr. Gladstone -svg gested that a list of the various articles stolen at the several docks, and recovered by • the • police, should be posted,or. the gates of the •several docks, :in .order that the owners might have an opportunity of claiming their property. The-sag gestion was referred-to the Harbour-masters' Committee.—A communication was read,-...signed by several membees.ofthe timber trade, aiking for a relaxation of the bye-law-ewhich required square timber to be removed from the quaysin - three days. Referred -to the Harbonreriasters' Committee.--4 ecan munication was read from , Mr. Walker, to the Mersey , Con servancy Office, explaining the circumstances under Which he held a recent inquiryat- the doek offices without the-sanction of the chairman or Docks ommitt,ee.—The Chairman said he did not see that - the letter akered the facts of the ease. _The question still remained -that kfiliasi public inquiry had been held without information of it having been given tohim or any member of-the committee,. mid without the knotledge of the time or place of such inquiry.—The general bueinees of the committee -then conchnied. HEALTH COMIVITTEE.—At the meeting on Thursday, Mr. Shiel presiding, the medical-officer reported that the returns for the week .ending the 13th instant show that, although scarlatina was more -prevalent and fatal than at oaly time during the last fem. years,-the general mortality is muchbelow the average. The •deaths in, the week were 192, while the average of the same week informer years was 222, eorrectod for increase of population. ” Diseases of the lungs caused thirty-seven deaths. A married female, in good circum stances, aged forty-line, died frowifelirium tremens.—A lettee• was read from Mr. J. B. Ilartley,dclative to the extension of a road by the Dock Committee,at-the north end of the town. In connexion with tlik .subject;alr. Gladstone called atteartien to the condition of the pavement ,at George's Pier. It had :been so, to his recollection, since he was a boy. He recom- 1 emended that the borough-engineer confer with the doe, -surveyor on the subject. The recommendation was seconded ' by Mr. Godfrey, and agreed to. ;The subject of Mr. Hartley's 'letter was also to be brought under consideration at the same -time.—The borough-engineer reported on certain allegations made by Mr. Jones, as to .a nuisance .arising from Mr. Brad : ley's house, in Sandon-street. After examining the -premises, he found that the .dement of Mr. Jones was in accordance with fact, but he thought the . quesiion was not one for the committee to deal with, as it had reference merely to • damp in the house. The matter was ultimately referred to the torn-clerk, after an in timation from Mr. Beckwith that Mr.Bracliey,though amember of the - Council, ought to be compelled to,eomply with the law in the-same manner as other people were. —A letter from Mr. , R..l4.fßolton, complaining of a nuisance from gas refuse laid down in Sefton-road, was referred to.else inspector of nui sances.to,make inquiry, and take the :necessary steps to re move it.---The Town-clerk stated that the:informations before the magistrates against persons alleged-taloa-re sold bad flour were not.successful. The cases were gone into from beginning -to end,' but-the magistrate felt a difficulty as-to the sufficiency of the evidence. The great difflexalty in the ,matter was that -they could net get any quantity of the same flour as that which had been sold by the flour dealers. The dealers had changed-the flour before he could have an officer sent there. Mr. Hodson asked if there was any doubt in the,case, so far as bad flour being sold ? The Town-clerk replied that there was not the slightest doubt about the facts; in onecase,avhen the sour waatasted, , the adulteration was evident. Mr. Hodson had heard the particulars, and he thought the,evidance was strong enough--to -convince him had he been a magistrate. some oh u me b l ep ie o L p g e i vpo v m aepu ; eda t ebb o ysaftdr y oro h :pm e c iett r oovw a oi nia t ut t gsr : rnbac obta ined ig gr eat The Town-clerk thought that good had been done by the necessary a oauTr t ryo. injurywtanht3a-fact . rles. something pn ' a a s a s Hodson h ic ar seen slated ti P edag ar t ki a l o an ti e nd , b an e d do it ne w to put Town -c r ler c k ent. ) gav of e t a he m n e e tallic cessar s y ub ev st i a d n en ce c , e sa to nd sh g o ri w t. the ff iv e om (t a h n e j the second case -the medic a l man t es t e d th e fl our, and found had bought it; but it was urged for the defence, though he did not say improperly, that the grit must have got into the flour after the purchase, and when it was on the table at the purchaser's house. Mr. Beckwith : This was the respectable man that Mr. Godfrey gave a twenty years' character to. Mr. Godfrey stated that the whole of the flour trade of Liverpool was in the hands of a dozen parties, who had four, five, and six shops each : men of large capital, who bought flour at first hands, and sold it, so great was the competition, for sixpence a pack profit in many instances, and seldom more than ls. 434. He had no hesi tation in saying that the poor of Liverpool were better served with flour than any other town, in consequence of the competition. Mr. Johnson said that the matter having been before the board on a former occasion, a member of the eommittee conveyed information to the party who sold the flour. That party called on Mr. M'Gowen, and said that a member of the committee had previously called upon him. Mr. Godfrey admitted that he was the member. Mr. Johnson said the party had been told that the matter came before the committee,' and that he had better see Mr. M`Gowen. That was quite sufficient to frustrate the ends of justice. Mr. Beckwith : That explains the whole matter. The Chairman said that the informations had failed, but it was a question whether the Town-clerk should not in future proceed with such matters himself in the first instance, and afterwards bring them before the committee. Mr. Johnson said the Town-clerk had no alternative. The Town-clerk desired to have some positive directions. Poor women came to him with tears in their eyes, and implored assistance in such cases, and he scarcely knew how to act. He believed there was a vast amount of bad bread in the town. He had no doubt, however, that much good would be done by the publicity given to the matter. It was understood that the Town-clerk should take such steps as were necessary in reference to any future cases, after which the matter dropped.—Mr. Beckwith having called attention to the bad state of the pavement in Prince Edwin street, Everton, the matter was referred to the Borough engineer. —This being the whole of the business, the com mittee adjourned. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Ma. ELLIS, the large hop-,planter in West Kent, has sold his whole produce to an American house, realising in one payment upwards of £20,000. Ma. ISAAC N. NANSON, collector of customs at Belfast, has been promoted to the collectorship at Leith ; and his place at Belfast has been filled by Mr. James Trevenen, of Bristol. No fewer than 14,000 people have perished from cholera in the province of Bahia, 13,000 of whom were slaves or coloured people. Some plantations have lost three-fourths of their slaves, and the sugar crop will suffer from want of hands. AEL-EL-KADER has left Marseilles, in the Simois, for the East. He intends first returning to Broussa, for his wives and children, and will then proceed with them and his follow ers to Damascus, where he is for the future to reside. SEVENTY GENTLEMEN, at Holbeach, on Friday week, treated themselves to a monster pie, " to commemorate the fall of Sebastopol." The pie was composed of ten rabbits, twenty-four pigeons, six partridges, two hares, eleven pounds of beef-steaks, and ten pounds of ham. MRS. EVERSON, a widow, residing at Straightamouth, took what she conceived to be magnesia, purchased at the shop of Mr. Rich, chemist, but next morning discovered that she had in mistake taken arsenic, which she had some days ago purchased at the same chemist's shop, to destroy mice. Medi cal assistance was promptly procured, but she died in a few hours. THE audacity of burglars in the metropolis appears on the increase. On Sunday night the vestry of the parish church of St. Giles Without, Cripplegate, was broken into, the key of the safe discovered, and the gold and silver—not a great sum— abstracted; the closet containing the sacramental wine was forced, and a bottle with a half-filled glass left upon the floor. The alms-box and plate-chest resisted their eflbrts. The fellows appear to have taken a sudden alarm, for they left their plunder behind them. MORTAR BOATS BUILDING AT GREENOCC—MeSSrS. John Scott and Sons have contracted with the Admiralty to build' six mortar boats, to be ready in the spring of 1856. They will be upwards of seventy feet in length, and are to be con structed in a very strong and substantial manner, and to have a light draught of water. Their armament will consist of a 18-inch mortar, fitted on a platform-of great strength placed amidships, and they will be cutter rigged. They will carry little canvas, as, when brought into use, they will be attended by steamers, which will tow them into position. THERE have been some food riots in Sweden. At Karis krona, the workmen invaded the residence of the governor of the province, and demanded that steps should be taken to prevent distillers from buying up all the potatoes brought ;to market. The governor premised that he would de all in his power to put down that abuse, and the men retired. At I..Tpsal, on the same day, a mob broke the windows of M. Gro enbeck, a corn dealer, and set fire to his working premises. The University students, by persuasion of the mob, hindered further mischief. AT LEEDS, a person entered in the charge-book as the Baroness de Schonlenbourg has been sent to prison for a month for fortune;teliing, She had been practising with considerable success, curiosity having attracted on an average about sixty females a day to her sanctum. The baroness pushed her trade by freely distributing cards in the street, bearing on one - skle " Madame Cassandra, astrologer and planet-ruler," and 'on the other side, " 114, Northtown-end. Ask for the - foreign lady." The police, to obtain clear evi dence against her, got a young lady to go to the baroness, get her fortune told, and pay a marked half-crown. A HARD CASE, arising out of the .lawof settlement, is re ported in the Cork papers. A woman' of thirty-five, who had lived in Undon ever since she was six months old, on her husband deserting her, was placed with her two children, by the parish• authorities of St. Ann's, onboard the Cork packet, and left to - end her parish. The clothes put on one of the children were not at all sufficient for • a voyage • she remon strated, bat was told " they were-good e noug h ior the Irish." This:child, she said, fell i 1 on the :passage, and died after landing, for want of clothes to cover him. The Cork magis trates-sent her back to London, where she said she could gain a living by needlework. WI RD-CLASS railway rwsengers bad a question settled for 'them in the Glasgow County Court last week. John Reaviey, •a wool-sorter, brought an action to recover lid. from '• the North British Railway l Company, being the amount they had overcharged him as a - third , class passenger, by charging him - 17 d. for six miles and three-quarters on one occasion, and , on another occasion sd. for four miles and a few yards. He-con tended the company were only authorised by their act to :charge id. a mile, and nothing for fractions of a mile. An official of the railwwj opposed - the claim at the first hearing, 'but did not appear afterwards, and decision was giver in favour of the planner —(Angtiee, plaintiff.) THE TELEGE.kSH 'PENA 'ATILUNA TO BALAILLATA.—This cable, says the Paris correspondent of the Morning Poe, has -sever been brokra. From the day it was successfully:!aid it has remained in perfect working order, and the one of two in terruptions Which have taken,place in the communication with London and Paris were caused by a portion of the. land line across Turkey 'to the - Austrian frontier having become injured. It is a remarkable fact that the only thing connected with the war which has ccutpletely realised the expectations of most sanguine is this telegraphictdale, although it was hate novel in construction, and nearly three times as long as any cable which has been laid anywhere. GREAT STXTOGLE , WiTiII BEAK.—A large this& bear was killed by.an Indian on the 14th instant, near the source of the Castor river. The ansnal weighed upwards of 7001bs. A desperate-etruggle, not :unusual, however, in-linth cases, took place between this enormous animal and the Lidian who killed him being but weamded by the shot, be . ielosed upon the Indian , -who, in the-desperate struggle, managed to plunge his,knife into the bear's heart, although the brave Indian had one arm broken at the time. At Anticasti, where bears ane, perhaps ' y more numerous than in another part of America,- a-cingle Indian or hunter will never- thotit at a bear, as he is rarely killed by the first fillot, znffalmost invariably-attacks his pursuer if he is wounded. The escape of the Indian in the present instance will be 'regarded as a matter of surprise by his-Tace, who look upon a struggle with a wounded bear as utterly hopeless.—ToronrJ Colonist. PRICE or BREAD n LONDON.—phis morning . ...here was a general rise in the price of bread of one halfpenny • r er 41b. loaf, makingit.Bid., and 81d. :(seconds), at the cheaplakers'. The full-priced bakers are charging 101 d., and 11d. r-Flour at the bakers' , iet 100., and at the eorndealers' generally less per quartern. :In reference to this rise in the price of bread, a correspondent makes the following remarks 'Let the price of wheat be taken at 84s. sliurter, which is the price at pre sent ; five bushels make one.bag of flour, £2z2u..6(1.; say profit for miller i . 15 per cent., gs. 43d.—£2 9s. One bag of flour makes 96, quartern loaves which, sit , bid. each, would yield £2 9s. Add to this, profit for baker, LSper-oent., lid. each loaf,or 9s. on the whole, and the amount will te..£2 18s. According to this cal culation, the price at which the loaf ought to be said is 74d." The only ,question open to di,spute appears to bewhether 30 per cent. -is sufficiently remunerative for the „millers and bakers.--rGiebe. TEE .31i6C/NG CLERGYIVAII.—The;BristoI .11ifer!ttry gives the following painful acconnt,of the mysterious disappearance of the Rev..ll. Farmer, curate of Hardwick, neanGloucester, who.was to have been marriedytsterday week to the eldest daughter of the Rev. Samuel Lysons, rector of i Itodmarton, incumbent of St. Luke's, Gloucester, and a wealthy county magistrate :—" The marriage was to take place at Hempstead Church, and, Eempstead-court, the residence of the intended bride's father, was the scene. ef _great preparations. The , church .was early thronged by respectable people from the village of Hempstead and the neighbourhood of Gloucester, and eleven o'clock being the hour appointed for the ceremony, when that hov.r had struck some Anxiety was expressed at the non-arrival of -the bridal party. Noon arrived, ..and the . canonical hours•having passed, the..ailiciating clergyman an nounced to the people assembled in the church, that the ,wedding was postponed until the next day, in consequence of / the illness of the bride. It subsequently transpired that the !bridegroom was missing. He had been at Hempstead-court the previous evening, and left about ela o'clock for Gloucester. He called at the Bell Hotel, at Gloucester,-shortly afterwards, :and made some inquiries respecting trains. on-the Exeter:line, ,-which was to have been the route of the newly-married pair. s From- that period no trace has been discovered of him. The terloucester and Berkeley canal was draglied between Ha.rtivtiek and Hempstead, but nothing has been found, nor have the Police obtained any,tlue to the missing seutleman, •who bean a T h igh character in the neighbourhood? An advertisement describing his appearance appeared in the filmes .of Monday, premising a handsome;reward for any information•sent•to the police at Gloucester. A ;-STF,LNGE CILA,PS.—A Scotch contemporary says:— " The :Eckford Webb is the name of a remarkable-looking craft ni o y de l l 3 o f f ee a t, e . s l i h p e p er a x . hi ; w bi i t t s h p a r o b po e a r u t i t o i n ful s ra,ehreakvrp. met with. .at present laying nt:the Broomielaw. NM York built, a h sh n o e l d d w elc o Frun, 137,feet:long, a beam of 30 feet nududepth in But when, in addition, we sce a long poop extending about •70 feet from ;the.stern, i n which about one-third of the car g o a be stowed,.and find her rigged with three tall mas ts lik e thos e cn of a schoone r , we h ave seen .enough to be sati sfied , t,h, at the Eckford Webb is not a craft'built accordin g to routine. There are no square sails, but on each of the three masts these is a fore-and-aft rail, the spanker ,being somewhat larger than the other two. Above these sails are gaff-topsails. ;There are three jibs, the bowsprit of 38 'feet, and the jibboom . of 46 running out to .a great length. In addition to these, taro staysails stretch Along between the masts. It will thus be seen that there are no square sails, and no yards with their tophamper aloft. The three masts :are of equal dimensions, and are 84 feet long by l 26 inches iu.diameter—splendid spars, 1 and very fount in proportion:to the.sire of the vessel. In her run across the Atlantic. Captain .Graffao knocked 309 knots out of his ship in 24 hours; and when we state that her crew consists of only six men before the mast, and 11 hands, all told, to navigate a ship 520 tons' register, we have said enough to show that there is something yeti to be learnt in 'sailing ships." JEWISH BUTCH/Ml—The question of tke cruelty of the Jewish mode of slaughter was decided on Tuesday, before the Load Mayor'of London, several leading Jews being present. The .caseeame on in form of a summons against Thomas Reynolds, for ill.-treating an ox, by fastening its head to the ground by an iron ring attached to the lower jaw; and against Yankoff Cohen, one of the religious officers appointed to slaughter the animal, for cruelty in improperly cutting its throat. A police officer, who had gone to witness an ox slaughtered by the Jewish mode and one in the Christian mode, deposed that the i former died n nine minutes, the latter in five. Au offieer of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gave the same time with respect to the Jewish mode ; by the ordinary method an ox would often die, he said, in three minutes. Sheep and pigs were not stunned, as oxen are, by Christian butchers. James Anderson, slaughterer to Mr. Israel, Aldgate, said it takes, on an average, on the Jewish plan, about fifteen minutes to kill a bullock; in the common way about three. Dr. Edward Lloyd, senior physician. at the Royal Dispensary, on the Bth of October, saw five bullocks slaughtered on the Jewish plan. In four cases it took six minutes and a half, but there was a second incision in each of the four; in the fifth, in which no second incision was made, the time occupied was nine minutes and a half. Dr. Pavy, physician and lecturer at Guy's Hospital, gave similar evidence on the Jewish plan. Sir Peter Laurie , gave decision, after hearing the evidence , as follows : ?Co cruelty has been proved to be inflicted, either in fact or within the meaning of the act which was passed to prevent wanton cruelty and the infliction of pain to animals without a lawful and justifiable object. The Jewish mode of slaughtering oxen is that adopted by every Christian butcher in slaughter ing calves sheep, and pigs, and were I to ho l d the i r m ode to involve the offence of cruelty, no butcher, whether Christian or Jewish, could carry on his trade. I should be interfering with the ordinary and usual business of life, and, above all, meddling with matters of faith and religious opinion on the subject of ceremonial observances, which we are all bound to respect so long as they do not involve a breach of the corn. mon law." MASTER'S CERTIFICATE.—An investigation having been held by the Newcastle Local Board, to inquire into charges- of misconduct and drunkenness preferred against Henry Edward Groves, master of the schooner Freak, of Newcastle, and the master having been found guilty of the above charges, the Board of Trade have, upon the recommendation of the Local Marine Board, cancelled his Certificate of Service—allowing him at the end of six months, if he can produce testimonials of amended conduct, to go up for examination for a First Mate's Certificate, and at the expiration of one year to pass for a Master's Certificate. A CRIMEAN MEMORIAL.—Lord Braybrooke has erected a mural monument in the chancel of Saffron Walden church, to the memory of his two gallant sons who fell, one at Inker mann, and the other in the cavalry charge at Balaklava. A touching inscription records that they were of the ages of twenty-four and thirty, the third and fifth sons of their parents. DREADFUL DEATH.—A labourer employed in the chalk pits at Snodland went to sleep the other night in one of the huts erected in the pits. He was found there the next morning by his fellow-workmen, one of whom said jokingly, "Let's smoke him out," and lit some straw with a lucifer match. The poor fellow woke up and rushed out with his shirt in flames, and was burned so severely that he died a few days ago. REFUSAL OF SEAMEN TO PROCEED TO SEA.—At the Bristol Police-court, on Thursday, six seamen of the ship Morning Star, named Nicholas Borent, John Williams, Henry Johnson, Abraham Rutland, Martin Collins, and John Power, were charged, under the 243rd sec. of the Merchant Shipping Act with having refused to go to sea in the said ship, they having signed articles to proceed upon a voyage to Melbourne, and thence to any port of India, China, or the Pacific Seas, and back. After hearing a number of witnesses the magistrates sentenced each of the prisoners to 10 weeks' imprisonment with hard labour. A CORPSE IN A, Culp - Rm.—By an order in council the ex isting burial ground at Battle was ordered to be closed in July, 1854, but the parishioners, believing it to be unneces sary, refused to appoint a burial beard ; and, under these cir cumstances, the bishop recommended the dean to continue the interments. This the dean did until the passing of the recent act, inflicting a penalty of £lO on summary conviction. The dean then refused to permit any more burials. On the 4th of October, a person named Adams died, and application was made for the body to be interred in the parish churchyard, and the application was refused. On Sunday last, lust before the close of the afternoon service, the body was brought into the church in a parish coffin, and placed in the nave. The dean was requested to bury it, although no grave had been dug, or other preparation made, and he refused. The friends of the deceased then left the church, leaving the body there. The church doors were locked, and the body still remains in the sacred edifice. It is a fortnight since the death, and the effluvium in the church, as may be supposed, is awful. public meeting was held last night to memorialise the govern ment to send down a commissioner, and the dean has requested instructions from the Secretary of State.—Daily News. INCENDIARTSM IN SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. — About a quarter before eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, the inhabit ants of Beaconsfield were alarmed by the cry of " Fire !" at Wilton Farm, in the occupation of Mr. Charles Lever. The cause of alarm was that some miscreant had set on fire a large wheat rick, supposed to contain above fifty quarters ; it hap pened so early in the evening, and so close to the town, that there was plenty of help at hand. The fire was prevented from communicating to the other ricks or farm buildings by which it was nearly surrounded. This farm was fired about four years ago, and several ricks burnt. About a quarter of an hour after, a second alarm was given of a fire at Wattleton Farm, the property of Mr. W. Rolfe, and in his own occupa tion. This farm is situated at the west end of Beaconsfield, and not more than half-a-mile from the other. This fire com menced with, and was confined to, a large oat rick, and although at-least twenty other ricks were in its immediate proximity, met one of them caught fire, which is principally attributed to the stillness of the wind and the assistance of a powerful -engine, with a good supply of water. We are happy to say 'the labouring population, both men and women, exerted them -selves to their utmost, although thoroughly drenched by very heavy rain, as well as the spray from the engine. A Holm—Some surprise has been expressed at the delay which has taken place in the publication of the report of the Hyde Park Disturbances Commission. Among others who have complained to the Times was a Mr. Collett. His letter elicited a reply from " Inspector Hughes," in the Times of Tuesday, to the effect that the delay was owing to the " absence from town of several gentlemen who were interested in the matter." Thereupon the Times delivered itself of a scarifying leader, in which the " Inspector" was soundly rated for his im pertinence in treating the matter with such insouciance. On Tuesday, however, the Times was officially informed that its thunder had been entirely wasted, as there was no such person as " Inspector Hughes" in the police force, while Superinten dent Hughes entirely repudiates the fabrication. The Times endeavours to cover his mortification by saying that "it will be seen, from the ironical tone of our article on the correspon dence, that we inferred as much before we received this formal denial." Those who have read the article will perceive that it was written with the utmost seriousness, and that the writer really imagined that he was pounding a genuine, substantial offender. ENGAGEMENTS Pox THE HERRING Frsunvo.—Engage ments for the next herring fishing have just been concluded at several of the fishing stations along the south shore of the Moray Firth. The terms offered to thefishermen and accepted by them are greatly -above the average of recent years. In Banff some boats have been engaged at 16s. per cran in full, without bounty, save half an anker of whisky ; other boats at the same place have been engaged at 14s. and £l5 of bounty. At Macduff and Gardenston boats have been engaged at vari ous rates—some at 13s. and £26 of bounty ; others at 14s. and £l5 of bounty.; and others at 12s. and £27 to £3O of bounty, besides two gallons of whisky and net ground and driving. All the Macduff boats are now engaged at one or other of these figures. From Buckle, our correspondent writes that " all our fishermen in this quarter are engaged for the herring fishing for next-season at rather a high figure, as the following quotations will show, viz. : —lls., lls. 6d., 125., and 12s. Ed. per eran, with £l2, £I4 N £l7, and, we believe, as much as £2O sterling of bounty, besides perquisites, such as a half anker of whisky, lodgings, net grond, cartage of nets and fish, &c. These latter prices, we learn, are to fishermen to fish at Peterhead, the ethers are to fish here and at Lossiemouth." At Burghead and Itopeman, we also learn, nearly all the boats are engaged at 1.25. and £l2 of bounty. These terms, as we have said, are greatly above those of average years. Last year the terms were high, but those now fixed are 2s. higher. At these rates, the fish, when cured, will cost the curers from 225. to 245. per barrel.—Banffshire Journal. ATTEMPT ON THE LITE OP SIR HENRY WARD. — The Indian mail brings the intelligence that an attempt has been made on the life of Sir Henry Ward, the Governor of Ceylon, by a Cingalee, who is represented by the local papers to be a wild-looking wretch who would use the knife without the slightest compunction. He had been known for many years as a notorious thief. He was originally employed as a canteen man at the barracks, but his thieving propensities and evil disposition shut him out from any further employment. The particulars of the attempt are thus given: Miss Kate Ward, about gun-fire on the morning of the 7th of September, hear ing a noise in her room, where she and her sisters slept, perceived a man bolting her door on the inside. He remained there some little time, examining the things on the dressing table and about the room. When he left the room, Miss Ward made an alum, on which the man picked up a knife, and, after threatening her, hastened along the passage, passing the Governor's room, just as his Excellency was coming out, alarmed by the noise. The Governor, armed with a revolver and a -stick, pursued him down the passage into the drawing-room, and on coming up to him, the man turned round and rushed at him with the knife. The Go vernor then fired at him, and, not wishing to kill him, shot him through the shoulder, and afterwards kept him at bay, until he was eventually -secured by the peonis, not, however, until he had wounded two of them with the knife—a small table one belonging to the house, and which he picked up in the passage leading to the bedrooms. He only took a sheet used as a table cover, which he found in the passage, and a towel, and from his behaviour seems to be more a madman than a thief. Had the Governor not been armed with a pistol, the consequences might have been very serious. He never spoke a word all the time. The man, who is now in the hospital, has two wounds on the lower part of the neck on the left side. It is doubtful whether the wounds have been produced by a bullet or the bayonet of the soldier. He has also two other wounds, one on each side of the wrist. He has a stupid look, and the suspicion has been thrown out that he is insane ; but he has been recognised as a gaol bird and as a desperate character. In a few days it is expected he will be able to attend the court.—Globe. SINGULAR Cl3ll.—At the Wolverhampton police-court, on Wednesday, a young Scotchwoman, of modest bearing and interesting appearance, was charged with perjury under the following circumstances. On Friday night she gave informa lion at the police-office that about six o'clock, while standing near one of the branch post-offices, about to take money from her purse for some postage stamps, two boys, whom she described, snatched the purse from her and ran away, leaving her entirely destitute. From her description, four boys of bad.character were apprehended, and on Saturday were brought before the magistrates, when the complainant told her story so plausibly, as not only to be implicitly believed, but also to excite general sympathy; and two of the boys were committed to Stafford sessions on the charge, notwith standing their unusually earnest protestations of innocence. On Tuesday, they were tried, convicted, and sentenced each to 12 months' imprisonment. Again the complainant's demea nour gained her general sympathy, and the proceeds of a subscription, amounting to £2 108., she accepted with great apparent meekness and gratitude. She called herself Alice Gray, and stated that being a nursery governess she had brought some children from Liverpool to Wolverhampton, and, having delivered them to a lady at the railway station, she had proceeded to Birmingham in search of employment as a needlewoman. A Birmingham reporter at the Stafford sea. sions recognised the complainant as the same person who only a few days before had preferred a charge of robbery, at Birmingham, against a man who had been able to satisfy the magistrates of his innocence. On that occasion she said she had been robbed of her little all, and the ma gistrates directed that she should have fifteen shillings out of the poor-box, for repaying her expenses back to her friends in Liverpool. The reporter's suspicions being excited by finding her making a second and similar charge of robbery at Wolverhampton, he told the police what he knew of the first case, and on Tuesday evening Alice Gray was apprehended. On Wednesday the police inspector brought the facts of the case under the notice of the magistrates, and a Birmingham paper showed that the man charged had satifactorily proved an alibi. The amount of which she said she had been robbed at Wolverhampton was £3 55., and she accounted for having so much by stating that, after receiving the 15s. from the magistrates at Birmingham, a gentleman of the law, who had seen her in the court there, had given her £4, with which she was to stay in Wolverhampton till he could visit her there, in a few days. The Wolverhampton magistrates expressed their suspicions of her strange story, especially as she now called herself Agnes Christie. She replied that Mr. Cooper, superintendent of the Birmingham railway station, could corroborate her statement as to the gentleman of the law. Mr. Leigh, one of the magistrates, said it was incredible that she could have been twice robbed, so close together, and suggested that it was an imposture, practised to gain money by perjury. —The police inspector said he believed one of the convicted boys could prove that he was in Settenhall church yard (a mile and a half off) at the time the robbery was alleged to have been committed. The bench, being unanimously of opinion that the boys were suffering innocently (and the quar ter sessions at Stafford not being over), sent a message to the court, stating that doubts had arisen as to the justice of the conviction, and suggesting that their sent ences should be respited to the next sessions. This was done, and Alice Gray, alias Agnes Chri s ti e , was reman d e d t o St a ff ord gaol for a week ' on the charge o f h av i ng sworn f a l se l y . O n hearing this, she exclaimed angrily, "I'm not afraid if you remand me for twenty weeks. I can prove that I had the money, and those were the boys that took it." She was then removed in custody. HALES, "the Norfolk giant," and keeper of a tavern in Drury-lane, London, is amongst recent insolvents. Onhie appearance in the court, on Monday, an a ppli ca ti on was ma d e that he might be allowed to stand in a corner of the court, as the box usually allotted to insolvents w as t oo small for his ac commodation. MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY.—On Wednesday morning, a,6 some men were employed in laying down some iron pipes, for the New River Company, in the New-road, facing the Angel, at Pentonville, London, they came in contact with a coffin, between three and four feet from the surface of the road, con taining, to all appearance, the perfect skeleton of a woman. The skeleton and remains of the coffin were removed to the dead-house of Clerkenwell Workhouse, for further inquiry. STRATIAN, PAUL, AND Co.—At a meeting of Middlesex magistrates, on Thursday, a report from the visiting justices of the House of Detention was read, from which it appeared that the rules of the prison had been infringed in favour of Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Bates, who had been allowed ex traordinary indulgences. A resolution for the suspension of the governor in consequence was c arr i e d by a ma j or ity of 24 to 5. Mr. Sims, the deputy-governor, was appointed governor pro tem. JOSEPH BONAPARTE, the eldest son of Prince Canino, met with an accident, at Rome, on the 6th instant, when arriving from Paris, which very nearly proved fatal. In driving his carriage rapidly up the Corso, and making a sudden turn, the vehicle, which was top-heavy with travelling gear, capsized, and he was thrown from the box ; notwithstanding that he fell on his feet (as the members of his family generally do.) his leg went into a hole, and a box falling upon it, his foot was nearly wrenched, away, being severely dislocated at the ankle. THE SARDINIAN CONTINGENT.—The Piedmontese govern ment continues to send troops to the Crimea, in order to keep up the complete effective of the Sardinian contingent. The magnificent screw-ship Himalaya has received on board a large quantity of clothing intended for a few English corps. To-day will finish the embarkation of the soldiers belonging to the Genoa division, who form part of the second expedition, namely, those of the brigades of Savoy, Piedmont, and to the Bersaglieri corps. The departure is fixed for to-morrow. The other transports will shortly follow ; several within the last few days have left laden with provisions and munitions.—Let ter from Genoa, Oct. 12. TESTIMONIAL TO GENERAL WINDHA.M.—At a numerous meeting of Norfolk magistrates at Norwich, on Friday, a reso lution was unanimously agreed to, to congratulate Gen. Wind ham on his escape from the perils incident to the assault on the Great Redan on the Bth of September last. The resolu tion also expressed admiration at the long-enduring gallantry, courage, constancy, self-devotion, and self-possession of Gen. Windham, and thanked him for the example he had held out to British soldiers. The Earl of Albemarle, who seconded the resolution, took a review of the career of General Wind ham in the Crimea, and read complimentary letters addressed to him by Sir W. Codrington and Admiral Sir E. Lyons. It was also unanimously agreed that a handsome sword should be presented to the gallant officer. Captain Windham, R.N., returned thanks on the part of his brother. A good deal of enthusiasm was manifested towards General Windham, who is of a Norfolk family. NATIONAL lizsouncEs.—To those who doubt the ability of the country to carry on a war at the cost of eighty or ninety millions a-year, as long as it shall be necessary, we would ob serve, that if England could bear taxation to the extent of £72,000,000, in 1815, it would not be too much to say that we could with equal ease bear taxation now to the extent of £100,000,000, when we bear in mind the increased population, wealth, and trade of the country. In 1815, the income assessed to the property tax was £170,000,000 a-year ; now, computing it upon the same basis, it cannot be less than £250,000,000. Again, with regard to the extent to which it is possible to abstract from the capital of the country, we have had experience in the construction of our railways during the last ten years. When, therefore, we speak of our ability to conduct the war, it is obvious that whether we look to doing so by means of taxation, or by loans, it is ample.—Economist. MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY.—On Monday week a young man of very gentlemanly appearance, attired in the first style of fashion, wearing a diamond ring on his finger, with a gold watch and appendages, presented himself at one of our city hotels, and after making a few off-hand enquiries respecting the far-famed Gretna Green, signified his intention of making a drive over, and accordingly ordered a gig to convey him thither, which was readily procured for him, and off he started for the Green. But on nearing the Scottish border, he began to make inquiries for its whereabouts, and at Florriston toll bar he stopped a few minutes for that purpose, and after briefly interrogating the toll-keeper as to its precise position, he was jocularly reminded that he bad not got a lady with him. The idea that there was certainly a want at once struck him, but to amend this on the instant he was at a loss. How ever, the worthy toll-keeper, fancying she saw his dilemma, volunteered to furnish him with a lady, and at once intro duced him to a blooming fair one, who readily consented to accompany him to the Green. They, therefore, soon reached Gretna, and after getting married took a drive out, but soon returned and lodged there for the night. Next morning, after breakfast, he received from her half-a-crown, which he requested her to lend him, saying that "it matters not which of us keeps the money now," and also the diamond ring which he had placed on her finger at the time of her marriage, adding that " he would get her a far superior one when they got to Carlisle ;" he toll her to make herself ready for their departure, as he was going out to order the gig. He, how ever, pretending to post a letter, decamped, without paying the priest for his trouble or the landlord for his bountiful hospitality.— Carlisle Patriot. ROMANTIC STORY.—The village of Cottingham, near this town, is ringing with the echo of a strange story stated to have arisen from the receipt of a letter from a noble lord and M.P., delivered at the residence of a poor washerwoman named Jennings, the wife of an old Chelsea pensioner, who was on a visit to her at the time. The letter is stated tc have contained the announcement of the close of a law-suit (in which the M.P. had interested himself on behalf of the old soldier,) whereby this old and wounded pensioner. becomes. entitled to an income of £4,000 a-year: One version of the story says £B,OOO a-year. This large fortune, if the story be true, could scarcely have fallen into the hands of parties less able and less likely to enjoy or to make a good use of it, for the old fellow is addicted to very debased habits, and to great cruelty to his wife; the extenuation for his conduct being that, in the former war, he received a wound on his head which renders him quite unable to control himself whenever he takes intoxicating drink—a kind of beverage of which he avails himself as often as lie has the means. The heir to the old man, his eldest son, is a soldier in the Crimea, and the next heir, a younger brother, is a butcher's boy in Cottingh.am. Let us hope that the children may rise above the infirmities of their father. As an affecting proof of the inability of wealth, in certain cases, to bring pleasure or comfort, it is stated that when the letter arrived the wife of the old man ü b ed b ' oy a t s hw i asp n ohs t is h ne e gs e p ad o n. s s d e s s w s h i h o e n i cbho o r f wro hil ed f- th a - e2 c s r ‘ o .v w hmo n ol , ere w o h ft i o c h t hi t s : h e bmr h oo a nu d egy e h at rtey n hh er husband to Hull, and paid his pass as a pensioner by the steamer, parting from him with the expression, coupled with an oath, " I hope I shall never see the old fellow any more," while he had just before declared that she should never handle one farthing of his fortune. The probability of this story is heightened by the fact that the old soldier has always carried a high head, and given out that' something great would one day come to him.—Hull Express. GOLD TIIII,OI7GHOUT THE WORLD.—The New York Courier and Enquirer says :—One of the United States being now the greatest gold-producing region in the world ( Australia only. excepted ), the mint and branches have been very closely em ployed in the creation of American coins and bars. Next to the United States the coinage of France is the greatest, and Great Britain ranks the third. We submit the follow ing tables as a careful summary of the operations of the past six years. We have taken a liberty with these tables for the convenience of our columns. The following is the gold coinage only in Great Britain. France. U. States. Russia. 1848. £2,451,999... f 5.30,861,820... 3,775,5121 r 15.15814,984 1849. 2,177,955.. 27,109,560 ... 9,007,761 2 ... 16,844,984 1860. 1,491,836... 85,172,390 ... 31 , 981,7331-... 20,354,356 1851. 4,400,411_ 285,247280... 62,614,4422 17,854,366 1852. 8,742,270... 27,028,270... 56,816,187 f... 20,354,464 1853. 11,952,391... 330,463,463... 55,213,907 ... 29,965,006 1854. 2,152,183... 527,000,000... 52,094,595 ... 20,965,996 35,369,04.5 1,312,872,783 271,531,1811 183,154,146 Aggregate coinage of gold and silver in each of the above named countries, from 1848 to 1854. Gold. Silver. Total. Great Britain 5167,285,730...$ 6,642,860...5173,928,500 France 248,357,140... 104,428,690... 352,785,730 United States Russia 791.285,730 157,142,850 948,428,610 Referring to the coinage in Austria, Prussia, Holland, and Belgium, and reducing the coinage of the last-named countries to dollars, and allowing 20,000,000 florins to Austria, and -15,000,000 francs to Belgium for 1864, we find that the total coinage of Great Britain, France, the United States, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Holland, and Belgium, for the last seven years, amounted to the grand total of 1,097,684,330 dollars.— What has become of all these coins ? FATAL COLLISION IN THE FOREIGN LEGION.—A lamentable collision occurred at Haslar, Gosport, on Tuesday afternoon, between some men of the German Legion, recently arrived in this country from North America, resulting in the instantaneous death of one of them, a private, named Joseph Groltswaitz, aged 31, a Frenchman by birth. It is a standing order of the regiment that no men are to be allowed to leave the barracks until five o'clock in the afternoon, and this order has been strictly enforced. A division of the corps has been on duty for some time at Fort Monkton, a short distance from head-quarters at Hasler Barracks, and on Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock, a number of the men attempted to leave their quarters ; they were, however, sent back by the guard, and were confined to quarters by the sergeant-major. At about a quarter past four, however, they appeared at the gates of the barracks again, most of them being armed with sticks, &e. The guard was immediately ordered out, and ad vanced on the men, and endeavoured to induce them to leave, but without effect. At that moment the captain of the day, Captain Von Jess, seeing what was going ordered the guard to fix bayonets. This was done, andthe guard ad deetheaesemd' matter; who ; ad vanced a few steps to war d s th e men, who were told that if they did not disperse th e ar ti c l es of war would be carried iageadwe:s in out to their full e x t en t. S evera l of the men now retired, appears e others ars ta have re ee ma b ined, a a amon gstsort taf whom r and these became very violent in their conduct, threaten ing to attack the guard,. make them prisoners, &c. At this stage, deceased, it is affirmed, raised his stick, as did others, in a most excitable manner, to strike one' of the advanced men of the guard. This man, the pri soner, one of the privates of the guard, named Nicholas Nusbaum, a German, aged 2Z years, and belonging to the first company of the regiment, eltleavoured to parry the blow with his rifle. Deceased still advanced upon him, and prisoner—s& it is asserted by those who witnessed the affair—having his bayonet pointed to defend himself, the other in the confu s ion in ran upon it. Th e result was, a wound an inch and ah a lf ilength on the s id e was inflicted, and death almoste n nstan t, Drs. t aneously ensued. Th e p h ys i c i ans o f th e incomprehensible that regiment, Aschenfeldt and Bid, declare it to be o d,and are n death should ha ve ensued f rom such ' wu of blood from th e The in dined to attrib u t e i t to i n t erna l effusionwas taken into breaking of a bl oo d vessel. h prisoner Andrews, of the Hants con stabulary. He offered no e custody by a police-constablesi s tance. He remarked that h e had done no more than his resistance. On Wednesday aftern oon he was taken before the c ounty bench, at which Capt. S amuel. formallyremanded, pending the inq ues t on the body of de cease d.w as presided, and lie between the Germans and French in the regi men t , that the latter have, numberof about 60, been re moved to other to the quartelli. I