The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-02 00:00:00

LOCAL LATT.ELLIG_ENC_E. _.____._._.......___ r an°. the last few weeks, parties have knocked off and men away several hundred brass door-plates from gentle rss'lell'honses and shop doors. REY. GEORGE PERRIN, B.A. has been licensed to the . aln.aq "AU-Souls, in the district of Vauxhall, on the nonn ation of the Rev. Dr. Hume, incumbent. „ IRA electors of South Toxteth Ward have resolved o F.tlainate Mr. James H. Smith, timber merchant, as a candidate j iir . the representation of that ward, in the place of Mr. Zan, title has left Liverpool. W. frequeBsus. BUSBY & Co., omnibus proprietors, who have been on p • nt lY charged of late with cruelty to their animals, were obwr,,_Y fined 20s. and costs for using a horse in one of their A e,s, which was not fit to work. corapg'lstsny, the highest in the town, has recently been l'esf`Led at the works of Messrs. John Hawkins and Sons, 34 f ee ° t ll . • Its height is 258 feet; its width, at the foundation,.. t. 11 8; ) an d 44 ,000 bricks have been used in building i r th e -- new buildin Mechanics' Institution, at Manchestteo cost, th4l,rnoses of the 2 1 g the site and internal fittings and furniture, not n le b s e s elleetleet.d with an elxthiisbittoiobile finished by June next, and is t 13 sta+l/41az3r, the inspecting field-officer of this district, it ral, and .7, will the the brevet rank of major . - eeeil7 c i a juu the command. Rumour says he is ge to ne be sue ice l a ` s ' COL Bell, a Peninsular officer, who has seen ser -1,„ the C rimea. t,,, , &LIT T " -D fr -aett , _, oalin THE MEDINA.-Ou Tuesday, William a i nl,th Tl 6, son of Mr. Bennett, found by te died b him and buauroler spprvevn.:f swallowing ar!en l i v c, f t, i t s of th e al (lhoms George's ....h e o . died last week), on ~,, =sc.t eru A aledina, in lfo k• -Port of thea 'Pin PRESTON JUNCTION RAILWAY.-The reve nue , directors of this company states that the net after f or th e p ast p a the • half-year amounts to £26,62 a o n , d w o la t i h c e h r , s t h a o t g it oi e nr ovin Interest of the unliquidated debt 1 4 , il t i t ne r , r o ce t n id t e a, dividend on the share capital little ve rpsoi Ro p , etea • per annum. la,ieuts.'littalle 13th, T-transport arrived e M a a p l t t . a l , v f o ro o n d i h L ai t Bl gns i s „;. -, erse . w Orlnging, from w A . l tt alt n a a t , :rurnPreneh, i o , Greg -- G o e u (l e ' h A , ls e xi ed, Lopark, and Wood ; En enseiers; Surgeon ell, Brutton, Bur i g n o s 3o-n n e, \ D v a i l t t k o i n n , s, Co a p n e d , sta ntin ' twO soldi e e ! en and famd3,Payin :, Riberden,. Wilkinson ilk to be A._ OPle o n the 0 ,,,,and 24 hay-mowers, a a s:t id er le G ft ra f n or t ; C D on r . . Uudertaking rlll* I n t2 eall ec i the A ,,S in course of organisation at Liverpool, Con te sha res. ,rtairic?.n Company, with a capital of £250,000 1, an i.0 % 4 4 ,, 11;5 t troritilsthsteolzinis to exchangecarr on the barte trade with A.fri 'non o f t ,, . r nanufactures, and . fo a r l so Man to hestr stimulateco tt othens ah• e a, se a , ue Indigenous and perennial cotton of Western - kugh prfae Specimens of which lately imported have realised A LI -ce. ~ ,I Ve se r.,RPoor, ED -We learn from the g e l,„ -rea,,, GENTLEMAN KILL gig 'rrt.o,,,, Delta that, on the Ist . of last month, .Mr. z,whale arAndersson, of this town, was thrown . out of his bons°''eq, o,rigng the air after a fit of illness, in theenv to iro th n e s e earls. After the accident, he was conveyed the re ? i f his brother, Mr. George Andersson, but t e h r e y i w vh a e s e i l m o! DoSsibie.e isle bar passed over his head, his recov Sanders 411 (42 4 24 ) Z served broke 1,14 atx thg UM' his time in the house of Messrs. e w o a f s i a ds eo d n e fi a d th e . ntial clerk in a house in New n„l'r ,QTRA ND - STREEr.-On Tuesday morning, r otb er ",,s" In a warehouse belonging to Me 'Atte a nd Co., in Strand-street, slsti u B of the building, and of some Wapping. sheds at rear, con efire was for i From g,Baringa fi the e sokeof cotton, corn, sugar, molasses, &c., the to the I but, owing effo t , ti ine of a very alarming character ;,_ e - f l ames were ettit,,,,s_lfikr. Hewitt and the fire brigade, to the --%" s er e n i, ed .th comparatively little darnage, es t t h i e ma v t a e l d ue a l ! --40,0 r" aandise in the warehouse being -467, whilst there was only about £2,500 destroyed. held on Thursday, on iIIeh4„B44;,PGIITER.-An inquesfwas of black man living in , 15 1.64 01 Plarriet Larkin, teeei-VUI-street, who had died wife ife freni Saturday night. who l 'ercli c e t " .f!'om hi m while quarreleliung a the effects of a kick l oos t rned against Larkin, f was eu 13 ' ' Manslaughter" itvest.ktuttted for trial. It w u as -as r d pro r i e ld t p in ro t v h o e eat course on , .i;th a e been Igation that he had receive g blskB4vagely as sau l te d by the deceased before striking a lio tr , zeirite - a z:a_ _Th e inhabitants of Southport are . in good had of this bathing-place, lavicillognkey tirivbeserit season etat prospe rity asever known. . Some of the_ by taking ki t have laadt £2 a-day with their carriages, 44.. oes. short rides; beneath its and a tea tent in Neville-street has been eall r y lifted by thousand persons a-day taking tea by f as ' • B( nne good wives have made a pound in an afternoon FriZtiralshing het water at 2d. a head for tea-pasties. a ni , 'ow Lauiriain."-At the Police-court, on ,„,_ Y, Tour men named Tovey, -Murphy Abbott, and Hurfl .'"reY, were charged with riotou s and n ' • Copperas-11111, 0n Th ursday . h indiscreet behaviour in Police-officer, they esea 4 -. mg t. When first stopped by a but as they mistook a Pe th into Any Pembroke-place; one of their comrade 11° pother s, the were to naake a satisfactor .-an^lice-officer's whistle for that of RAIL,i, Y defence, la rr Cottisiox.-_,,,,,, Captured. Not being able coin were fined 20s. and cost-. ccrington, due As Manchester at the Ea s t L au th l e .ls p p a au sse . i o ig n er Th t u ra rs in day f , ro o m n seat tau casulre Railway, was approaching the Suinmer s on, about half -past 12 o'clock, it was driven against a goods eallisi otnrainlready in the station, so as to cause a . serious kn ock. -_,• ia. van and three waggons of the goods train were vaa seat t e Pieces, and the guard of the latter, who was in his p,._ , the rear' and the train, was killed. A second-class ti.l7lziellevre carriage was somewhat broken, the passengers_ Nd a l e l_ . , s slit& *ng some injuries from blows caused by the , ir:toPpage. • I.are,a,_'• CRILDREN SMOTHERED. -011 Wednesday, the "qll, qrl4-L1 coroner held inquests on three infants, who had been ,4 ta ere , (l hY the negligence of their mathers. The first was 1 ,` 7 , I.ran Sutcliffe, seven weeks old, wilose parents reside at 4 4 I `"Lngten-road. The mother, when rising on Tuesday, ai ld eft tb wh -e child in bed, covering its face with the bedclothes, Ns dean she went up -stairs in about an hour afterwards it Parer,isl the second was a child fourteen days old, whose t hree lu ,' N e 111 10 ourt, Naqi-grove; and the third a child resi4 aths old, na d William Gray, the parents of whom Ilittellazn's? itaarLir•ilsiilereet, the deaths of both children having manner to the first. i 5 ;,... . cetin g of ,_ ___ 4t the ni Ytelltlt.'""ThnlaV Archdeacon Brooks m p r r . e s si h d a e w d inieZeu giat infuTraealtlect Vestry on Tuesday. a uuralenrZt(lle viii red AT had been. mended hat estitnte I • ates authorrt r ie e s ee to ive s d en t d ha t t o i t Liverpool the Nevite hc ' w thet tite °pia,' • rts h, Germans, and oßticimerrsd,baendtarkeecnomas ook pj a - ' eStry C u ll of the Poor-law n ee rel a ti ve 8 011 id act.-A long and angry discussion n ° re Wh t ° the appointment of an inspector of re taer 1 %1 of „ hen a motion of Mr. Woodruff's, "That the s a l d w as lost eseln(led '' - PreriiMs meeting Sn the subject should . be c0 m ,,,,/r t r e s . of „ .uy one vote. The subje_ct of increasing t at , 'eueving officers was referred to the Finance an ad No 114, 0 r , -On Thursday 'y r , - -ure ss t -, ka rRISTIAN. Assoc/Arlo " The I° 3l ll - 11 A ran ':) 3 ' °u ng men, the subject o n f • N r w y . ll ,, i , c w h st,„,e le,. A. C to a Foreign C . ou t y d a , s el s i l v a e te red r. la''a e t. beferZ" "rornar, M.A., at the Bible Deposit a o sw r ''o th e ` a nutnerous audience. T . h n e A le ni ct e u ri r ca er, aanfdteAr tailslrturfudal-- Nt l ikel y c overy of the gold-fields a po w erful a ls Zisss i4tp m ake those thecountrzet h e imtpwoortamnocset of lta q raira:e world, dwelt upon CimMilaqtlh ~lng to those distant la g nds out b a ei s n tlie Taier the truth, g m a es r messengers from f n r i o n m g with y the -4 111. t • • glory, goin and . to labour . htai m _ NI 0 manifest Hiss d which is itg Ob lhed b il leat of the glortous reign a h - int -4S ''' as Y christ upon the earth.Et so son to be b alesas Nile of the Young Men'sfor such work. Christian eAssociationsooner, P. p lt tl?4 , 1/r P r eparing young men On Tuesday, the cases, said ,that ,Plita 1 1 41 E, AND DEATH- num b er of h old wee v 3 'sq., after disposing of a ekilted Y . of th into w Irlih he examine iy ac r ' raa si eare ago he had been asked by Colonel . Williams dhad ee u „ 4 0 e cases of death ith.'"fith.l4 dr unkenness. He did nst then keep 0 1(1 h., Is kind, but h had since been led to do , a a i nd he a,,, 41 , t i t ,;; : two o tof ever four of the deaths which e h ve e n h g ad o des ' lll4 a - ,,Pto :er isycaused ; nay, the might ga. es ' er' S;:,ssa.Y that the proportion was three in every five Of `ed th at '::, in fact, was the . proportion in the casasinveesarsti apparently about fifty years dear (4. 43 - • One of the inrY, '- , ,,i , 'deed - Area th t h had not tasted drin_k I fo a r nd tw h e a n d t s y ailed s t h __, s a e hi, 1 '011 4 4`," he had been the captain of a s'i4elf the 'World in comfort and h he security, i v s tE. e N li v t l y t .with years pleasure of aagn t ey o , an hatt nd guis passengers ; that u. thA rs,, l le was sound an f d ti l i i e eal u tl r l y y, m a e n n d de li s. ,„' t,L-ger. Another o ,v4tr,,„, , otau er , o f twenty-one yea k eri ell bed to hi l m w s e el m f also Sev h eral e o e the o r f Ne ' gle n in the box appeared desirous Nltte°roneraisd were evidently most . . os tt at s a n n tdo catchl to favour t e eye the :litieneNvith a few xemarks in the same vein , lad thei h r elbo `Qedist„,aM the proceedings were brought to a dese together y sona - ‘, 10 41. of the jury. 1 514% 41 , 1 4, 1t v Ltr BRITAIN steam-transport arriv_ Malta, I t o a n , ‘G R LI, %,,r,,; 'tai; ?pl. and Gibraltar, on the 15th alt,, leaving t 21 '4' 4 .P. 4 e a jta Ensigns Darville, .l A rn s , si ll sta u t te i llusg sarg e, een ....orh,„-n-aeik_'' titivates of the 18th , kftint...4 %ail-Allis Gumming and Grubbe,. 9th ; Ensigns' 'veil 8, aui Lath ah ',,alski 'Twining , l ant; Ensigns Bayley, lutr, 4tstley:bl! kid Vaughan, 33rd ; Lieutenant for t'C',,anl Su,i 4 Z l cld, and Scott, and lie C u u re t e en r siv y . e - c l e e l : iti l - 1 - kjrnh,„!, 3 0th; EnsignTo 4 i 9 v t n h sen E d, n l si s g t n ill s A de ; Parr,gley 2114 Li Inca lc' 44 eiatenaart De Bourbell, Cornet o s u W ard in s sta ; h.. bravm.ragooris; Travers, sth Dragoon T ; W - 1" 8 ; 'Webster fith Hussars ; Coc s libur e n oh l D lt i.y b c H dal us e : bath'. j .1.8'14113 1 7th ' • Assistant- urg 11 6 D•ra kt,o4 •••deutena 4. '' Laneerg ' C rnet Wethere- ' and 613 IllioeBothttiLi.eu.tennan tlVl dN te etl e , ll l d 3th e Light Dragoons ; , Cho left rissluned officers and privates of var .n io g us in reg a i d ma g os a - CDtaia V on b] on the 16th, convey aU'Arkeen 13enables, 91th; Assistant-Surgeon three artillerymen, 4 % erlss, Ca ptain and Mrs. Holder, \t/ Malteseconveying 93rd; tq,, ZST Dent and On Wednesday, William Badnal e'ent GuanDia.Ne.-On there were 4 N,llle, the weekly meeting, the Bev. livOtl e , ,b) .11,1essrs. Mountfield, Lunt, Abrahams, Siddeley, II N ' "'au wards, Pickup, Roscoe, a, 3-, pat P ' ... . ••_- -ni _ the treasurer's lie m ai . , w a .. s, and Shaw. lne °mance Cant!, Ledger, Birch, lo "teti 8 ".',5134. Bs. lid. It was resolved o t f ha G t re p a r t oc c ee r d o i s n b g y s , evs,%Delagainst the overseers of the poor N 4 , 4 hp DaYment of the arrears of call now due from that Ctili.`he sa ,' a ild that the overseers of Thornton he g i i • v eg en ues h t y ed iu t r o . 51,,1% th-`ears due from them. Notice hiN e i,t he would, at the next meeting, 10kt t1,,11k visit of his Royal Highness t h w m e a bo Duke t o , f o Cameth th;Di.tuil Iverpool, the inmates of the Workhouse and f? 1, iiif theeS.,egaled with roast beef and plum oi -pudding and y ' t .e -1 3' of such visit should happen tlie etin d the day lunge ~g of the boar , . _ d in the Workhouse and 4,Ditai ~.,0,44 paupers were reheae of such meeting be (I ~ '"a 3 323 received out-door relief, eor ra a h i ,, , of 33 in being an increase during the last Ite m ! 440 ~,g a total of 3,981, _ ''' in 1 ..il, out-door, compared with the corresponding b A ri , taste Year. 1 10 -I°tS - Monday evening, man NI steed IRcoater A.NcE.- On l oll ed at dr n a cab lie door of the George onceto the neares lit re i kist s , t,,ad requested to be driven at . Heaton, where Hotl, Dale- a street t , hi e j( llie . h " r le was taken to the shop of Mi. ta'llt'red dad taken quantity of laudanum d . si ze ,rlg ab,,Z. Dtch, 'upon which he produce hour r' if --- ' a c lnareer of pint, and said, " A bottleful this a M bOtt il le ea c t o o n i - 1 ::0 4 t e ti ,i 4tBianidz. 11,e had taken a it about a quarter of au 'ekat• e ep r , ,PIY to Mr. Heaton, who asked if he had been 124 14 v e, th -', and taken it on purpose, he replied_ in th e e li e lia tu lgh he gave no reason why he had taken it. 1-1 Iva ed qoa. 8 th e .. lu union -street, but would not give his name. flairch.Durau taken to the Northern Dispensary, where the thrl' 81nellini) Wa s applied, and a great quantity of a dark n fo ur i lie euair.,g_ .ts.trongly of opium, was removed; edbiunt aboute Of a 4 °111•13 afte r nO account of himself, and di tiek e ,, , , had t,, ards. The deceased, who was about 28 years 'Yea`" in tae appearance of a seaman, an . had an anchor tevetCsday it r.ru in Indian ink. At an d inquest held on - se of ' ;"; 0 J4rY retur teen a verdict of " Died from an '3 ' 41111 . but hOW n taken no evidence to show," BABY SHOW AT MANCHESTER.—The Manchester public were invited to a baby show at the Pomona Gardens, on Saturday, when there were nearly three hundred competitors. The prizes were eight, varying from £3 3s. to £l4 145., giving a total of rather over £6O. The children were brought from all parts of the kingdom. One baby had carried a prize at Boston, in Lincolnshire, about a month ago. The grandson in arms of a late M.P. for one of the metropolitan boroughs was the winner of a silver teapot. THE pupils of the Rev. Mr. Ramsay's school, Hayman's green, West Derby, on Wednesday presented Mr. W. R. Burgess (son of Dr. H. Burgess, the editor of the Clerical Journal, and Journal of Sacred Literature), who has for the last two years acted as Mr. Ramsay's assistant, with a handsome timepiece as a token of their appreciation of his judicious instruction, and uniform attention and kindness towards them ; as well as of their regret at the severance of the connexion which has so long subsisted between them. SUDDEN DEATir.—On Wednesday, an old man, named James Price, expired very suddenly at his residence, in No. 17 Court, Saltney-street. He was engaged as shipkeeper on board the Coronet, lying in the Bramley-Moore Dock, and a short time before his death had partaken of a hearty supper, and appeared then to be in good health. Soon after he went to the ship he was going to slacken a hawser, when he was suddenly seized with a fit and coughing, and, though he was immediately carried home, he died before a medical man arrived. A MAN KILLED BY A BULL.—On Tuesday, James Carroll died at the Royal Infirmary from injuries which he received from a bull. The deceased was about sixty years of age, and was employed on the farm of Mr. Peter Pilkington, at Aller ton. On Saturday he was taking a bull into the shippon, and struck it with a pike. This seems to have irritated the ani mal, for when the deceased went, shortly afterwards, to put the chain on, it turned upon him, knocked him down, fell with its knees upon him, and gored him in the bowels. When taken to the infirmary, it was found that he was suffering from lacerated wounds on the abdomen, and he expired on Tuesday. A DANGEROUS PLACE.—On Tuesday, the coroner held an inquest on two boys, named Thomas Valentine and Roderick Pinto, who were drowned on Saturday in the Old Graving Dock, near the Potteries, at the south end. Inspector Camp bell stated that the place was a very dangerous one, several persons having lost their lives in it. Mr. Fresh, the inspector of nuisances, stated that it had formed part of the Hercula neum estate of the Birkenhead Dock Company, and they could not interfere with it; but now, having come into, the hands of the corporation, it would be either filled up or suffi ciently protected by railing. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL. — We copy the following from a New Zealand paper:—" The steerage passengers per ship Grassmere, of Liverpool, from London to Port Cooper, have written a letter to the commander, Captain John Yeo, express ing their feelings of gratitude for his great kindness and attention to them during the voyage. The cabin passengers have acknowledged their appreciation of his worth in a simi lar manner, and have also presented •him with a very hand some diamond ring, bearing the following inscription :--` To Capt. John Yeo, from cabin passengers per Grassmere, from London to New Zealand.' " TEMPERANCE FESTIVAL.—On Monday last week, the workmen and friends of Mr. Samuel Quilliam, Elliot-street, sat down to a sumptuous repast, to celebrate his 21st anniver sary as a tee-totaller, in Hope Hall, Hope-street. The chair was filled by Captain Cushing, of the Sailors' Home, who said he had been a total abstainer for the last ten years. Mr. Quilliam spoke at considerable length, showing, by reference to his own personal experience, the great benefits of total ab stinence. He had been a total abstainer from all intoxicating drinks, tobacco and snuff, for 21 years, and was benefited in body, soul, and circumstances, showing that it was the best means to promote health, wealth, and prosperity for the working man. The meeting, which numbered about 100 individuals, was much enlivened by various pieces sung by the choir of the " Band of Hope." STABBING.—A striking instance of injury inflicted under the effects of ungovernable passion was heard at the Police court on Wednesday. John Robinson, a middle-aged, dimi nutive carter, living in Chaucer-street, Rose-place, was charged with stabbing Mr. Hughes, a joiner, who resides at No. 28, Great Homer-street. There had existed some ill feeling between the parties in consequence of the prisoner entertaining a jealous feeling about his wife and Hughes. On Saturday evening, a little after six o'clock, Hughes went to the lodgings of Robinson, and some angry words arose between them. They quarrelled and fought, and the prisoner rushed at Hughes, knocked hint down, stabbed him in four places in the back and right side, and then threw him down a flight of stairs. The noise attracted the attention of George Swaine, a bottler, who lodged at the same house, and he went for assistance. He soon returned with police-officer Duckett, and they found Hughes lying in a channel outside the house, wel tering in his blood. They took him to the Northern Hos pital, where he still ies in almost a hopeless state. BANKRUPTCY COURT. — On Thursday, before Mr. Commis sioner Stevenson, Samuel How, late of the firm of How, Hat ton, Green, and Co., cotton brokers, of this town, came np for his certificate. He was unopposed, and obtained an imme diate certificate of the second class.—The last examination of Anthony O'Donnell was adjourned until the 11th October. —Before Mr. Commissioner Perry, Louis Ahlborn, toy dealer, and William Backhense, passed their last examination unop posed, and the certificate meeting was appointed for the 24th October in each case.—George Bateman, printer and hotel keeper, of Liverpool, came up 'for his certificate. He was opposed on the ground of an alleged fraudulent preference 'by the bankrupt to his wife's aunt, after having agreed to pay Mr. Roose a :monthly sum in discharge of his debt, by which the aunt was enabled to carry off the whole of the bankrupt's assets, to the prejudice of all his other creditors. Another ground of opposition was the absence entirely of book-keeping so far as the hotel wss concerned. His Honour said that on the first ground of objection alone the bankrupt deserved punishment, and as far as he could see he had acted unfairly towards Isle •creditors in reference to his books. The certifi cate would 'therefore be suspended for two years, and when granted, to be of the third class, FUNERAR, .or TUE REV. J. J. HORNBY. — On Saturday week the funeral of the late rector of Winwick took place, the procession leaving Winwick Hall, about eleven o'clock, in the following order :—The clergy, amongst whom were the Revs. John Cross, Oswald Penrhyn, J. Slade, D. M. Boyle, Philip Champness, Ellis Ashton, Prank Hopwood, and Edward Hornby ; Mr. Sharp, of Warrington , the medical attendant o f the family, and M r . B eam ont, solicitor; the coffin, borne by the tenantry:; Messrs. Cunningham and Owen, undertakers, Warrington, and Messrs. Garnett, walking by the coffin ; Sir James Hornby, Colonel Hornby, the Rev. William Hornby, Edward Hornby, Esq., the Rev. Edward Hornby, Geoffrey Hornby, Esq., and Captain Hornby, were chief mourners. The Lord Bishop of &dor and Man and the Right Hon. Lord Lilferd, Colonel Stanley, and'Adam Hodgson, Esq., John Daly, Esq., and Mr. Penrhyn, Mr. Milein Selby (agent to Lord Lil ford,) and Mr. W. Hale (agent to the Earl of Derby,) the male and female-servants. The coffin was made of polished Wisawick oak, and bore the following inscription : The Rev. James John . Hornby, Rector of Winwick ; born nth August, 177:; departed this life September 14, 1855. The funeral sermon was preached by . the Bishop of Sodor and Man, who was assisted in the preliminary service by the Revs. Mr_ Gibson and Mr. Pigott. The church was filled with pa rishioners, who appeared to be deeply affected at the loss of their excellent pastor. The deceased rector was the son of the Rev. .Geoffrey and the Hon. Mrs. Hornby, sister of the late Earl .of Derby. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge, and commenced his ministerial career as curate of Penwortham, near Preston, receiving the gift of the living of Winwick from the late Earl of Derby, on the death of his father, the Rev.. Geoffrey Hornby, about the year 1812. His loss will be se verely felt by his parishioners. DOCK COMU/TTVE. —Mr. C. Turner presided at the meet ing on Thursday. An application was made by the surveyor for permission to let the Morpeth Dock run dry ; and in con nection with the -same subject, a correspondence was read from Mr. Bramah and Captain Hookey, which showed that the other docks, were the water withdrawn from the Morpeth, would not stand the increased pressure without danger to the works, and that one of the channel walls was consider ably cElapidated. The Birkenhead sub,committee of ware houses presented a report from Messrs. Whiteman and Hartley, surveyors to the corporation and;dock estate, which consisted, however, of little more than an inventory of the appliances for shipping,,Sze., at Birkenhead, and an announce ment of the fact that the docks and warehouses were ready for occupation in accordance with the dock act of 1855. A letter frem Mr. Sloman, secretary s to the Birkenhead Dock Company, stating that vorli had n been commenced for fitting the Birkenhead dock warehouseso w ith thirteen hydraulic cranes ; Messrs. Armstrong and nery, and little remained to be done hadb put , up the machi .hegsned 'the completion of a well and the erection of an engine k w : l t the works had been suspended iu consequence of the re Moses Housley and Co. to p roceee d w ith the well of according ac to contract. The whole of the matters relating toßirrklienig head were referred to the wanks committee. A letter was read from Mr. Jones, resigning the situation of assistant to the marine surveyor. The resignation was accepted, and it was decided to grant him a superannuation of £l2o.—The Chairman, alluding to the visit of the Duke of Cambridge, suggested that a sub-committe should be appointed to make arrangements for the embarkation, the decoration of the landing stage, and the illumination of the dock offices. The committee appeared to coincide with the chairman in the advisability of appointing a committee to make the necessary arrangements, and to co-operate with the comptroller of customs and the postmaster upon the subject of illuminating the Custom-house buildings. This closed the general business. THE RECENT ComwoN.—The Llewellyn steamer, belong ing to the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, which came into collision with the ship Lady Sale, Cook, of St. John's (Newfoundland), from this port for Maranham, on the 22nd inst., lost her foremast, and was cut down to the water's edge. The depositions which have been taken from each party furnish the following details on the subject of their coming in contact :—Captain Cook, of the Lady Sale, says— " The Lady Sale sailed from this port on the 19th, with a general cargo of merchandise, &c., and that the ship was 756 tons. The collision occurred, to the best of his belief, about 4 30 on the morning of the 22nd inst.—it was the second mate's (Mr. Carry's) watch at the time. She was on the star board tack, beating up the Channel, between Holyhead and Kingstown, wind about W.S.W., very light breezes, with thick foggy weather. About 430 a.m., second mate called on hands. On coming on deck, I saw a steamer's lights about half a mile distant. She was abeam to leeward, steering right for the Lady Sale, all three lights being apparently visible, and coming upon us very fast. I hailed, and so did the second mate and the crew, and the fog horn was blown, but no answer was heard from the steamer. She kept her course, and ran into the Lady Sale's port bow, carrying away part of stem, cutwater, jib-boom, and caused other d amage forward. The Lady Sale's anchor was carried away and hooked on to the steamer's starboard sponson, and brought them both up alongside. I jumped on board the steamer, as no person would give her name. I found her to be the City of Dublin Company's steamer Llewellyn, from Holyhead for Kingstown. After lying alongside for nearly 30 minutes, and finding that neither vessel made water, we parted, and I put back to Liverpool to repair the damages."—C ap t a i n Kean, of the Llewellyn, says,—" The first I saw was a light two points on the starboard bow, close to. I ca ll e d out I ' Hard a-starboard—stop her,' which was done instantly. then saw another light nearly right a-head, coming out of the mass of fog. Soon afterwards a large ship struck us on the starboard side, almost half-way from the paddle-box to our stem. She came stem on, cutting us down to the water's edge, carrying away the foremast by the board, and doing other considerable damage. The first light that was seen proved to be on the port quarter of the ship, and the second on the bowsprit end. We lashed both ships together to ascer tain the damage done to each, cleared away the wreck, and secured the upper works as well as we could, and, finding that neither ship made water, we parted. The Llewellyn, which was carrying the mails-and passengers, reached Kings town at 7, a.m, IT is said the whole of the streets throughout the borough are to be re-numbered at the end of this year. THE royal mail steam-ship Canada sailed on Saturday for Halifax and Boston, with the usual mails and about 180 pas sengers. Amongst the passengers were the Hon. Mr. Hincks, of the Canadian legislature. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Saturday last, a man named John Jones, a carter residing in Northampton-street, was suddenly seized with pains in his bowels and with vomiting, and suf fered so severely that he died in a few hours. Women FOUND DROWNED. — On Sunday afternoon, the body of a woman was found floating in St. George's Basin. She had the appearance of being a market woman, but no thing was found on her person to lead to her identity. The body was removed to the dead-house. FATAL ACCIDENT. — On Saturday night, a little before twelve o'clock, a man, 61 years of age, a ship-keeper, named John Dyer, residing in Victoria-place, Saltney-street, fell down stairs, while in a state of intoxication. He sustained such injuries as to cause his death in about two hours after wards. . _ A HANDSOME silver snuff-box is now in the shop window of Mr. Hausburg, Church-street. It bears the following inscrip tion :—" Presented by Lieutenant-Colonel Oakeley, and the officers of the 56th Regiment, to Captain H. T. Cox, com manding the steamer Imperatrice, in testimony of their high appreciation of his kindness and attention during their passage to the Crimea. August, 1855." ON Sunday morning, about half-past ten o'clock, as a female was standing in the roadway of Soho-street, a horse and shandry passing at the time knocked her down. The driver was able to pull up in time to prevent the wheels of the vehicle passing over her body, and she escaped with a few bruises about the head and face, and was able to walk home. LAUNCH OF A. SCREW STEAMER.—On Thursday there was launched from the yard of Mr. John Laird, at the Dingle, a fine screw steamer, called the Borysthene, built for the Mes sagerie Company of France, and intended to ply between Marseilles and Constantinople. She is 240 feet long, 33 feet wide, and 23 feet in depth, and will be supplied with two en gines of an aggregate power of 220 horses, by Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, and Co. IMPUDENT THEFT.—John Macguire, one of the numerous vagabonds who haunt the dock quays, was charged at the Police-court, on Friday, with stealing 251bs. weight of copper nails from the ship Express, lying in the Brunswick Dock. The robbery was committed at six o'clock that morning, while the captain was taking a stroll on the quay. The prisoner, who was well known to the police, was sent to gaol for two months. COLLISION IN TILE MERSEY.—On Wednesday, a collision took place on the river between the American ship Invincible and the Dublin mail steamer Trafalgar. The Trafalgar was at anchor, and the Invincible, which was being towed up the stream, drifted against the steamer, both vessels sustaining considerable damage by the collision. The steamer slipped her chain, and both vessels drifted down the river, but they were followed by some steam-tugs, and got to anchor. THE PEACE OF AuGsnuu6.- - -The - German Protestants celebrated on Wednesday the 300th anniversary of the Peace of Augsburcr, by which the differences between the Romish Church and the Protestants in Germany were settled, and the free exercise of their religion granted to the latter by the Emperor Charles V. Divine Service, in commemoration of this event, was held in the German Church, Sir Thomas's buildings, and a very elaborate historical sermon preached by the Rev. D. J. Hirsch to a numerous congregation. The so lemnisation of the German Reformation will take place, as usual, on the 31st of October, whilst the Peace of Augsburg is commemorated only every hundred years. ALLEGED ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS.—At the Police-court, on Saturday, before Mr. Mansfield, William Whalley, Custom-house officer, was charged with having firearms in his possession for unlawful purposes. Another Custom-house officer, named Jdmes Routledge, stated that a few days age he caused the prisoner to be suspended in consequence of intemperance, and that morning he was informed that Whalley had firearms in his possession. Sus pecting that he had some evil intentions towards himself, witness gave him into custody, and on being searched there were found upon him a pistol and canister of gunpowder. The prisoner stated that he had taken these dangerous materials from his own children, and that he had no intention of doing the prosecutor any harm. Mr. Mansfield ordered his imme diate discharge. ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF A DITTCM SEAMAN:—On Saturday morning, about six o'clock, Robert Jones, a night, watchman at the works adjoining Birkenhead Ferry, observed a person floating in the river, at a distance of about 160 yards from the shore, apparently in an exhausted state. Jones promptly obtained assistance, and having procured a boat, rowed to the rescue of the drowning man, whom they found on the point of sinking. He was soon conveyed to Birken head Ferry, where the usual means were resorted to, and after some time the rescued sailor was able to give an account of himself, although rather unintelligible, on account of his being a Dutchman, and being but slightly conversant with the English language. He stated that a few weeks ago he arrived in an American ship from Baltimore, U.S., and on Friday was shipped by a boarding-house keeeper on another American vessel, for a voyage to New Orleans. The ship was lying off Tranmere Ferry, and af.tbree o'clock he was put on board. Early on Saturday he was roused from his berth and interrogated by the captain and the mate, who took an objec tion to his proceeding with the vessel, which was then on the point of leaving the Mersey. He remonstrated, but in vain ; and after being severely beaten, he was thrown, along with his bundle of clothes, into the river, and left to his fate, the vessel at 'the time taking her departure for her destination. The immersed seaman endeavoured to save himself by swimming, but his strength failed, and he was just sink ing when he was seen and rescued by Jones and his corn ! panion. At the police-office he gave the name of John Bread, 24 years age, but he could neither tell the name of the American vessel from which he had been ejected, nor that of the boarding-house keeper who had shipped him. He was referred to the Dutch Consul at this port. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—At the Police-court, on Saturday, a respectable-looking young woman, named Jane Venables, was charged with attempting to drown herself ky jumping into the river from the south end of the Landing-stage. On Tues , day she was observed to go on the Landing-stage, where she rolled her shawl round her head and jumped into the river. Her clothes kept her above the water, and some boatmen rescued her before she had been in the water more than about three minutes. She was then conveyed to the Northern Hos pital, where she remained until Saturdw. Mr. Wall, the louse-surgeon of that institution, stated that when she was received into the hospital she was suffering from the effects of an immersion and great mental distress. When in bridewell she told Mr. Parkinson that she came from Little Walton, about two miles from Warrington, where she had been in the service of a man named Joseph Long 'Shaw, formerly the driver of an omnibus. She left this situation in consequence .of his attempting to take improper liberties with her. Since then she had `been at Eastham ; and on Tuesday she returned to Liverpool, where she met with a woman who offered to carry her bundle for her. The bundle contained three dresses belonging to the prisoner, a shawl, and other articles of cloth ing, besides a sovereign of money, which was all the poor girl possessed in the world. After getting the property into her possession the woman made off with it, and left her desti tute in the street. In a state of frenzy, and not knowing what she was doing, she then ran down to the pier, and at tempted to destroy herself in the way described. As she ex pressed her regret for her conduct, Mr. Mansfield discharged her, and gave an order for her carriage to be paid back to Warrington, and 10s. to be given to her to purchase clothes with. EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL.—The total number of vessels which have left this port for all foreign ports during the quarter, just ended has been 77, of .an aggregate tonnage .of 85;767 tons, and having on board a total number of 28,362 emigrants. Of these 19,612 have proceeded to the United States, 1,385 to Canada, 327 to New Brunswick, 234 to Sydney, and 6,006 to Melbourne. This number, which, however, does not include those who have taken their depar ture hi short ships, 'not under Government inspection, shows a diminution of about one-half when .compared with the corresponding quarter of 1854. In the month just ended, the number of emigrants who have left Liverpool for all foreign ports has 'been 9,487, of whom 1,708 only have pro ceeded to the Australian ports, and the remainder chiefly to the United States. This number is almost exactly one-half as exhibited in the return for the corresponding period in last year. The following are the vessels Ivlieb have been despatched from Liverpool during the mouth, for Australian ports I—The Lightning, of the " Black Ball" mail line, for Melbourne, with 50 cabin and 358 steerage passengers ; Gipsy Bride, of the " Mersey" line, for Melbourne, with 22 cabin and 244 steerage passengers ; Red Jacket, of the " White star" mail line, with 22 cabin and 263 steerage pas sengers 4 Fortune (Government ship) for Moreton Bay, with 224 emigrants ; Indian ‹ireen, of the " Black Ball" Tine, for Hobart Town, with 90 emigrants ; and the Bee (Government) for Sydney, with 430 e m i gran t s on b oar d . The Schomberg, which wM proceed on her first voyage to the antipodes on Friday neat, under the command of Captain Forbes , went into the river on Sat ur d a y. Sh e i s rap idl y filling with pas sengers, and will carry out a large number. The metal main yard has been zompleted by Messrs. Cato,' Miller, and Co., and has been placed on board. It weighs 9 tons, 9 cwt, 171b5., and is thus about 21 tons lighter than the wooden one. Had more time been allowed to the builder, to obtain the right description of iron plates, we are informed that a still further saving in weight, to the extent of 2 tons, might have been effected, without any diminution, but rather augmentation, of strength. The result is, therefore, one of great import ance, and may possibly lead to the general adoption of iron spars. The dimensions are 112 feet long, 28 inches diameter at the slings, and 14 inches at the yard-arms. LivEnroon Towar Cousr.m.—At the meeting to-morrow, the following subjects will be discussed:—The proceedings of the Education Committee, comprising a recommendation to appoint Jane Elliot first mistress of the North Infant School, at the salary of £5O per annum ; an d S ara h Ri g b y second mistress, at the salary of £3O per a n num , b e i ng the same salary as that paid to their respective predecessors, the con sideration of which was postponed at the last monthly council. The proceedings of the Gaol and House of Correction Com mittee, comprising resolutions of th e mag i s t ra t es, appointing adddttional male and female discipline officers for the new gaol at Walton, in accordance with the recommendations of the magistrates, approved by the Council on the Bth of August last. The proceedings of the Gardens Committee, comprising appointment of John Davies as lodge-keeper at the New Park, at the wages of £1 per week. The proceedin gs o f th e W ater ' Committee, comprising, recommendation to accept the tender of Messrs. D. Y. Stewart and Co., for iron pipes ; recom mendation to accept the tender of George Thompson, and Co., for the construction of the Knowsley Reservoir, and w or k s , connected therewith; recommendation to enter into an agree ment with the Chorley Waterworks Company, u n d er t h e powers of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Act, 1847, and for the ultimate transfer of the undertaking of that com pany to the Corporation. References to a committee or com mittees of the whole, or part or parts of the Liverp oo l Im provement Act, 1855, containing powers for the purchase and appropriation of land adjoining Shaw's-brow, as a site for the Free Public Library and Museum ; and powers to make bye laws for regulating landing-stages, &c., regulating and licens ing boatmen, mooring vessels in the river, and with reference to the duties of Water-bailiff. Report of the special, com mittee on the purchase of the Birkenhead Docks, comprising, recommendation to purchase the North Reserve for the sum of £100,000; recommendation to adopt the principle of incor porating the townships of Birkenhead, Claughton, Liscard, Wallasey, and Tranmere with the borough, subject to a satis factory adjustment of details as to each township. The Mayor's communications. The following motion, of which due notice has been given by Mr. Councillor Woodruff :—That it is expedie n t th a t th e public be admitted to the meetings of the Council, under suitable regulations ; and that it be an instruction to the Law Courts and St. George's-hall Com mittee to report whether the concert-room, or some othe r room in St. George's-hall, can be made available for such meetings, and what accommodation can be provided for the public. OCTOBER, 2, 1855.] THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE Presse intimates that it is intended to prolong the Boulevard de l'Hotel de Ville to the Louvre, under the name of the Boulevard Victoria. A LARGE COUNTERFEIT GOLD•DUST .MANUFACTORY . has been discovered in San Francisco, the proprietors being Yousof Bey, a Turk, and William Dususeau, a Frenchman. MADAME ERARD, widow of the pianoforte-maker, has pre sented the grand piano in the style of Louis XIV., exhibited by her late husband in the nave of the Exposition, to Prince Napoleon, " to contribute to the solace of the army in the East." VISCOUNT MANDEVILLE having become a peer of the realm, the speaker of the House of Commons has given notice in the Gazette that he will, at the end of 14 days, issue a writ for the election of a new member for the county of Huntingdon. THE magistrates of South Shields have fined several plate layers ss. each and costs, for working on the Pontop and Shields Railway on Sunday. A stonemason, named Heppell, has been also fined ss. and costs for the same offence. AUSTRALIAN GOLD-DlGGERS.—Seventeen gold-diggers from Melbourne, Australia, were landed from the ship Northumberland at Torquay, a few days ago, having with them, it is stated, upwards of 400 ounces of gold. BARON ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT has just celebrated the eighty-sixth anniversary of his birthday. Notwithstand ing his great age, he still unremittingly continues his impor tant labours. AN AGRICULTURAL LABOURER, formerly of Trumpington, near Cambridge, has written to his friends to say that he is now earning, in Australia, £3 per week, and in Trumpington his wages were only Bs. AT AN IDIOT ASYLUM in the north of England, seven out of ten of the patients are the children of parents related to each other by the laws of consanguinity. THE ARMENIAN ARCHBISHOP OP LEMBERG, Samuel Stepanowitsch, the Nestor of Christian priests, has just com pleted his 105th year. THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER has conferred a sacred image, enriched with diamonds, on the Metropolitan Agathangelos, who, by his prayers and benedictions, animated the troops to devote themselves in the defence of their country at Sebastopol. A GENTLEMAN named Inches, who had gone on an excur sion to the top of the hill of Dunguaich, Scotland, lost his way and perished. His body was discovered a few days ago by a shepherd. AN EXTRAORDINARY EMBASSY from Birmah is said to be on the point of setting out for France, being the first that the Emperor of the Birmans ever sent to any power in the world. General d'Orgoni is to be at its head. Amos BARRETT, a commercial agent, committed suicide on the 6th August, at San Francisco, stating in a letter found after his decease that he was impelled to the act by the ap pearance of a paragraph in an interior paper, reflecting on his character. THE GAZETTE publishes a Board of Trade notice, stating that a decree, recently published in Portugal, imposes a fine of 400 milrees upon any master of a British ship who may receive passengers without passports, or who shall omit to present the list of passengers. M. LE MeouT, a chemist, who has acquired some notoriety for his observations of the barometer, as affected by a distant cannonade, states that he announced the cannonade and the assault of Sebastopol from the changes effected in the mer cury. He adds that it takes an hour and forty minutes to receive the impression of the guns of Sebastopol on barometers in France. IF ARCHITECTURE improved in proportion to the number of new churches built, we should soon see the revival of a lost science. From 1841 to 1851, there were 1,197 churches built in Great Britain. In London alone there are 1,114 archi tects ! THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS propose to remove the pictures in Dulwich Gallery to the National Gallery—a cen tralisation of art, but an injury to Dulwich. A new church is to be built with the spare funds, and two open schools are to be erected.—Athenceunz. "IT IS RUMOURED," says the Siecle. " that a company is to be constituted with a capital of ten millions of francs for the purpose of purchasing corn in foreign countries, and selling it in France without profit, reserving to itself merely 5 per cent. on the capital invested." HENRY BOOM AND EDWIN WILD have been sent to prison for a month by the Sheffield magistrates for attempt ing to defraud the Midland Railway Company- by getting into a train at Chesterfield without tickets, and when within a little of the Sheffield station getting out, and purchasing tickets for the remaining short distance. Tim KEEPER OF A Grx-saor in Fox-and-Knot-court, Snow-hill, London, has baffled the city magistrates by selling gin within the prohibited hburs on Sunday just outside his house. The magistrates could do nothing on a summons under the recent Beer Act, as the house was not open, but suggested that it might be an offence against the Excise. FOUR ANGORA. GOATS have just arrived at the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris, and are remarkable for their silky white hair, which descends nearly to the ground in ringlets. A young lion has also been received there, sent by General Daumas ; and Abd-el-Kader has presented the institution with some " Karamanlis," or sheep from Asia Minor, parti cularly remarkable for their enormous tails, which, when boiled, yield about fifteen pounds of fat. MURDER AT CAIS - TOR.—On Tuesday, a charge of murder came before the sitting magistrates at Rollesby. Joseph Underwood, a bricklayer, was charged with having murdered Robert Green, a labourer, about 38years of age. The prisoner had been drinking in a public-house, and on leaving it attacked the deceased without any provocation, and struck him a violent blow at the back of the ear, which caused his death next day. .ABD-EL-KADER dined with the Emperor at St. Cloud on Saturday. The principal object of the Emir's journey to Paris was to solicit the Emperor to release him from the promise he had made to reside at Broussa, that place having become intolerable to him since the earthquake. His Majesty, it is said, has acceded to the request, and it is arranged that Abd-el-Kader shall go to live at Damascus with his family. A CRIMEAN CAL—The Gazette de Lyon of the 19th states that among the numerous wounded soldiers just arrived there, a soldier of the 24:1 Zouaves excited particular attention, who had with him a cat minus one leg. Itppears that he was performing a character at the French theatre before Sebas topol when the drum beat to arms. Without having time to doff his theatrical costume, he was soon in the trenches, where he lost one arm from the splinter of a shell, and had his right ear carried away by a musket-ball ; his cat, which remained during the engagenaent on his shoulder, losing its paw at the same time. Even in the hospital he would never part from his cat, which has oome with him to France, where the Zouave figures in the same dress that he wore when the alarm was given. - - - THE Rock reports a meeting at Greenock, called by the Provost, for considering the effects of the Public-houses Act. The Mechanics'-hall was filled to overflowing. A resolution to the effect that it was the opinion of the meeting that the recent act for regulating public-houses in Scotland had failed, and required to' e modified, was first proposed. The " Rev. Mr. Nelson" then quoted the returns recently obtained by Mr. Dunlop, to prove that the consumption of spirits in Scot land had decreased since the passing of the Forbes Mackenzie Act; and concluded by proposing an amendment to the effect that the meeting approved of the general principle of the act. The amendment was declared carried by a large majority, and the meeting closed with "three cheers for the clergy," and "three cheers for Forbes Mackenzie." FOFE-FOOTEID CRIMEAN HERO.—The Trieste Journal contains the following :—Great sensation was created in the camp of the allies by the courageous conduct of a large dog, belonging to Colonel Metmain, of the 73rd Regiment of French Infantry. On the 16th of August, during the battle of the Tchernaya, the animal broke his chain and dashed into the fury of the fray, fighting in the ranks of the soldiers. He saved the life of a sergeant and a private of the regiment, and made three Russian prisoners. A ball graved his fore-paw, but the smarting wound only served to make him more infu riated. He singled out a Russian officer, and attacked him with ferocity, threw him down, and dragged him as a prisoner to the French lines. A surgeon dressed his wound, and the four-footed hero is going on well. He will probably be deco rated with a medal as a reward for his bravery. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN MEXICO.—A copy of El Heraldo of Mexico, received by the last mail, contains an article on the electric telegraph communication in that republic. It appears that there are already two lines of tele graph in the republic, the advantages of which are known to all. The capital is already in contact with the first port of Mexico and various populous cities. "The communication with Vera Cruz is the more interesting," observes our Mexican contemporary, " inasmuch as the events of the war in Europe, which occupy the whole world, are fraught with as much importance to us as to any other country. The Heraltio goes on to a detail a plan conceived by Mr. William George Stewart, possessor of the Government "privilege," which is nothing leas than the putting in the telegraphic communication with each other of Tampico, San Luis, Potosi, Zacatecas, Aguas Calien tes, Guadalajara, Tepic, San Bias, Mazatlan, and other cities, so that between the Mexican ports of the Gulf and the Pacific advices may be dispatched in the shortest possible time. It appears that Mr. Stewart's plan is supported by persons interested in the progress of the country, all of whom admit its immense advantages. Nor will the money be wanting. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA RAILWAY.—The annual meet ing of this company was held at Quebec on the sth ult., Mr. B. Holmes in the chair. Mr. Grant, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the railway between Montreal and Portland continued in excellent order. The Quebec and Rich mond section was now fully ballasted, and in such good order that the express train had for the last tive months successfully accomplished the distance between Montreal and Quebec, 168 miles, in five hours. The sum of £2,922,625 sterling had been received on the A series of shares and debentures, leaving only £659,775 to be received on them. The expenditure under the head of capital, to the 30th of June last, amounted to £6,472,297, of which £4,722,152 was on account of the Mon treal and Portland section , inc l u din g a ddi tiona l rolling stock ; £2,117,923 for works between Montreal and Toronto ; £1,077,676 for works between Toronto and _Stratford; £882,992 for works between Quebec and Richmond ; £325,835 for works between Quebec and St. Thomas; and £259,175 for the Victoria -bridge. The section from Montreal to Brockville, 125 miles in length, will be ready for opening in the course of two months from the present time. An ample supply of en. gines and carriages will be ready in due time at the company's extensive works at Pointe St. Charles. The working expenses on the line are a fraction over £ll per mile, but it is expected that they will be reduced to £lO per mile through the Lower Province. The trains now running are capable of earning double the present receipts without materially increasing the expenditure. A report of the progress of the undertaking and the acconnts of the company will henceforth be issued half- yearly. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said, cons idering all things, he did not think it showed very bad results. The depression of trade and other matters fully accounted for the non.-realisation of the anticipations respecting the traffic. The receipts, however, showed a gradual increase. Those for the past week were the highest, having reached £6,394; and there was no doubt the receipts would go on in- • creasing. An abundant harvest was being gathered in, which, while it supplied traffic to the company, was diffusing a spirit of energy and enterprise throughout the provinces. It was intended that the large ship of 25,000 tons, now in course of construction, should make her trial trip to Portland, as a pre liminary step to her being placed on that station, should the traffic be sufficient. The Hon. P. M'Gill seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. The retiring directors, the Hon. J. Ross, the Hon. F. Hincks, and Mr. B. Holmes, for the Canada board, and Mr. W. W. Blake, for the London board, were re-elected. Messrs. Allan, Dow, and Bouthillier were elected auditors. After other formal resolutions, th e proceedings concluded with thanks to the chairman, YEARS ENDING SEPTEMBER 30. 1835. 1854. Increase. Decrease. .W .e .t" Customs 21,607,218 20,316,431 1,290,787 .. Excise Stamps 7,084,548 6,984,076 100,472 .. Taxes 2,915,036 3,153,773 . 238,737 Property Tax. 13,449,761 6,965,614 6 ,484,147 .. Post. office Crown Lands. Miscellaneous 935,867 940,658 1 .. 4,791 --- -- --- --- Total income Deduct ecrease 1 496,403 .. Increase of the year. 8,344,781 QUARTERS ENDING SEPTEMBER 30. 1855. 1854. Increase. Decrease. --- --- -- 4 Customs Excise , .. Stamps 1,604,165 1,707,509 103,344 Taxes .. 22,203 Property Tax 4,538,646 2,545,056 1,993,590 Postoflice 261,757 343,000 . 81,243 Crown Lands 66,516 61,572 ' 4,944 .. Miscellaneous -- -- --- Total income Deduct decrease Increase a in the quarter 1,1)24,124 - E C C PREFERMENTSE SA E CC L E 'S'IASTICA L C A A L N D ev. H. W. Bagnell, M.A., to bieAN a PPT C O h E aT i l iT a l i 'l n llE t r o NTET th S7 e A e r -E my . in THE FINANCES IN HOLLAND.—The financial budget for the : year 1856, presented to the Chamber recently by the Minister 1 of Finance, estimates the ordinary expenses for that year ; Baker, M.A., Fellow of at 73.547,3801, and the receipts for the same period at 1 73,587,1551 In order to compensate for the deficit occasioned the Rdv a . s j t. w M i a ll rin b e e the Rectory of Neen Sollqrs, near WorcesterTenbury College, Oxford, to willincreased.by t h e co abolition en rdieebx o yt f rt t ah h oe e r Cd m ion i l l ao l r yn - ti :lexpensessurplus, 8 0 fo theth e whichrbud budget estimated i toms of H. Burgess, LL.D., Ph.D. to the Curacy of Clifton Reynes, the year 1856 at 16,000,0001 ;near Newport Pagnell. Rev. G. F. Fessey, M.A., late of Lincoln College, O x ford, HELIGOLAND.—The Independanee Beige quotes the fol- Vicarage of Redtlitch, Worcestershire. to the lowing letter, dated Hamburg, the 19th instant :—" The 1 Rev. 'l'. W. Goodlake, M.A., to the Rectory of Brought p • ated for Rev. cum-Fiikins, Oxfordshire. Re‘i. J. A. Greaves, M.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of Bamp on ogi s- English government continues to send to Heligoland utensils m n g a , n a e n a d t t E. Hollinsed, 8.C.L., to the Vicarage of North More oirk(etviird. portion) . , Oxfordshire. o it f i v s a e r l i , o id u e s ot des th cr a i t pt i i t on i s n , t h en o d u s seh to old ma a i r n t ta icl i e n s, th a e n r d e a be pe dd r i Rev.a m p l e . n , B.N Bucks. i im garrison. A contractor of our city has agreed with the ton, Berks. R English commissariat to keep constantly at its disposal, until Rev. W. Hunt, M.A., late Professor of Mathematics in Queen's -the latter end of April, 1856, 40 live bullocks for the consump- College, Birmingham, to the Head Mastership of the Drapers' H isev. d C. Lowndes, M.A., to the Rectory of Hartwell with Little tion of the garrison. Two days ago the English steamer Company . 's School. ne, to the Vicarage of Thatcham with Greenham fNorewthcaesmtleeiliaonfdteidleastellcoenldigolad battalionloO of c.as R es ifi c es oining uniforms an ß ll e el v ‘i . i J d4 - I .:l F TEir n ic e e r , k :ll . .A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Cudding- Prebena in P of CURE I, ngte o f tr, whileCa x c CANCER.—Some R . ploughing— S o in time the ag field,o, Reubenwas struck Stephenson, de lrn by K . li , Viairet, Vicar of Norton St. Philip, to an Honorary Cathedral Church of Wells. lightning, when both his horses were killed on the spot, and .A.., to the Rectory of Bredhurst, Kent. he was so much injured that his life was at first despaired of. ton. Bucks. c y y o o f f T S id t m . John's-in-the suffering - In consequence of the accident, Dr. Allison, of Bridlington, Rev. R. J. H. Rice, to the Curacy of High Wycombe. Rev. H. H. Avo a o s as ' , M A , to t i l n ie cu ßec b t e o n r attended upon the man, and, whilst doing so, found he was vilfeeve. Taylor, 8.A., to the suffering from a malignant cancer of the under lip. When i Re'v. i e i s . 7 gi k o , t_i? ~11 Mr. S. had sufficiently recovered from the effect of the lightning, an arrangement was entered into for the removal of the cancer by an operation; but, strange to say, just when this was on the point of being performed, a minute inspection was made of the cancer, when it was discovered that, from the time of the accident, a healing process had been com menced in the lip ; this being so evident, the operation was of course not attempted, and in a moderately short space of time the man was completely cured.—York Herald. AN INGENIOUS BLIND Max.—The Journal de Chartres gives an account of a water-mill, in the hamlet of Oisieme, near Chartres, built entirely by a blind man, without either assistance or advice from any one. The masonry, carpenter's work, roofing, stairs, paddle-wheel, cogs, in a word, all the machinery pertaining to the mill, has been made, put up, and set in motion by him alone. He has also, the above journal asserts, made his own furniture. When the water is low and the mill does not work, our blind miller becomes a joiner, and - also a turner, on a lathe of his own invention, and so he makes all manner of uten sils, and pretty toy windmills for the juveniles. He lives quite alone, sweeps his own room, and cooks his own dinner ; his mother, who has fifteen children to care for, lives a mile off, and does not trouble her head about "her blind boy," for "he earns his bread now," she says, " and does not want her." In 1852 this blind miller was rewarded with a medal by the agricultural society of the arrondissement for a ma chine serving the double purpose of winnowing corn and separating the best grains from the common sort. ALLEGED USE OF CHLOROFORM IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. —Last Friday afternoon a gentleman stepped into a first-class carriage of the five o'clock train from Glasgow, and seating himself comfortably in a corner, laid his head back, and knew little more about his position or whereabouts till, startled from a sort of slumber by the stoppinc , of the train, he looked out and found himself at Greenock instead of Paisley, the latter being his proper destination. He mentioned his surprise and dis appointment to three fellow-passengers, well-dressed young men, who passed the occurrence over with a joke, and left him. Shortly afterwards he found that he had been robbed of £lO by the way ; and there is a reason to suppose, from certain spmptoms which have been stated, that shortly after the start ing of the train from Glasgow, chloroform had been adminis tered to him in his half-dozing condition, and the robbery effected by his fellow-travellers.— Glasgow Post. CLERICAL OBITUARY. Sept. 13, the Rev. Henry Pemble, Rector of Hunston, and Vicar of North Mundham. Sept. 20, at Brighton, the Rev. Brook Henry Bridges, Rector of Danbury, Essex, aged 86. Sept. 21, at Lavenham, Suffolk, aged 68, the Rev. R. Johnson, late Fellow of Canis College, Cambridge, and Rector of the above parish. Sept. 25. at Little Thurlow, Suffolk, the Rev. Henry William Crick, aged 52. Sept. 26, at Bishop's Hull, near Taunton, the Rev. Edward Everard, D.D., Incumbent of Bishop's Hull, and formerly Chap. lain to the Royal Household, at Brighton, in his 68th year. The Queen has appointed the Rev. B. Jowett regius pro fessor of Greek for the University of Oxford, in succession to the late Dr. Gaysford, Dean of Christ Church. TIIE REV. FIELDING OULD'S FAREWELL.—On Sunday, the Rev. Fielding Ould, incumbent of Christ Church, Hunter street, preached his farewell sermon to a very large congrega tion, after a ministration of about twenty years in this town. The Rev, gentleman has been presented by the Lord Bishop of the diocese to the rectory of Tattenhall, in Cheshire, on which living he will enter immediately. His text was from Psalm lxxx, 14—" Return, we beseech thee, 0 God of hosts ; look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine." DIE QUEEN'S LETTERS.—At a meeting of the Exeter Auxiliary of the Incorporated Societies for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge and the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, held at Exeter on Thursday, the bishop of the diocese, before putting the last resolution to the meeting, made the following observations on the withdrawal of the Queen's letter :—" In answer to what has fallen from my friend, Mr. Kekewich, I must be permitted to say that it will give me the greatest pleasu .e to put earnestly forth a request to my clergy that they will preach sermons annually for these societies as they have hitherto done, though they can no longer use the high name of the Crown as formerly. (Applause) It is pain ful, indeed, to see that the support has been withdrawn which the religion of this country has been in the habit of receiving from the temporal head of all in this country, both in Church and State—l mean not the head of the Church alone, because the Queen is no more the head of the Church than the State, nor in any other sense —but the Crown was wont to regard the Christian religion as pre-eminent in this land, and I am exceedingly sorry that the illustrious lady who has shown such distinguished regard for the interests of her country should be so circumstanced with regard to her counsels that she cannot concede to us the position in which those who have gone before have placed us. (Applause.) It is for us to consider that, while we deeply regret their decision, we cannot be so unjust, we cannot act so contrary to our own feelings, as to express our approval of an act which, I must say, I think is the aban donment of a first duty, and does not add to the dignity of the illustrious lady who wears the crown. She has been advised, most unfortunately, as I think for her own credit, unfortunately for the interests of the country, unfortunately for the honour of the Crown, which they were specially bound to protect. They have, unhappily, determined to advise the crown to cast off all connection with any society in connection with that Church of which she is bound by the constitution of This country to be a communicant—of that Church whose rights she is bound to protect; but this was not a right —we had no actual right to it—and therefere I do not mean to impugn it as a departure from constitutional duty. I do, however, say that the constitution points to the duty of the ministers of the Crown, to advise that in all respects the Crown should act in a manner most likely to advance the interests of the Church of England. Now, the Church of England—it is a great and illustrious body, but it is nothing compared to the Church of Christ in the world. This is a blow struck, it may be by some miserable enemy of the Church of England, which strikes at the Church of England, it is true, but strikes not less at the Church of Christ. It refuses to give the sanction of the Crown of England to a cause in which justice is in the highest degree conspicuous ; and it refuses also to recommend the favourable consideration of the Crown towards a Church in the per formance of its greatest duties. It is, I must think, a most unfortunate thing on the part of her present advisers. What ever their reasons may be, and I will not suppose they are other than such as commend themselves to their own conscience and duty, yet as an Englishman I think, and as an English man I venture to say, they are regardless of the feelings which Englishmen entertain. (Applause.)" CHORAL SOCIETY OF COLOGNE.—A Paris letter of the 26th says :—The Choral Society of Cologne gave its first concert in Paris at the Conservatoire, on Monday, and its second last night in the Salle Herz. On both occasions the audience was astonished and delighted. The style of singing of this eminent society is quite a novelty in this country. The effect of their exquisitely modulated voices (seventy in number) singing in chorus may be imagined to be that of a single instrument of unprecedented power and sweetness. The society consists, I am told, of about 300 members, and the 70 gentlemen who represent it here have been selected as being the most ac complished performers among them. They are a remarkably gentlemanly and intelligent-looking set of men, and all ap peared dressed in evening costume, with scrupulously white cravats, waistcoats, and kid gloves. They travel at their own expense, and purpose devoting the proceeds of their concerts to the completion of the steeple of the cathedral of Cologne. They intend to give about a dozen consecutive concerts in Paris, and then proceed to the principal provincial towns. MAN AGAINST HORSE.—A singular sporting event has occasioned some public interest in Paris. A Spaniard famous for his powers of running, had challenged an entire stud of hunters and steeple chasers to an even race for stakes of 2000 f.. the horse or man which tired all the others out to be declared the winner. The conditions of the race were these :—Genaro, on foot, and the horses pitted against him, mounted by jockeys to start together; the horses to trot or gallop, with liberty to change from one to the other of those paces at pleasure; nei ther man nor horses allowed to walk, and any or either walk ing to be declared distanced ; man or horse falling to get up at once and start afresh from the spot where he fell ; the course to be round the Hippodrome (about a mile and a half) the judges to count the number of turns made by each competitor, and the one that goes round the oftenest, and consequently travels over the most ground, to be proclaimed the winner. Thirteen English race-horses were entered for this exciting match. All the horses excepting two gave up before Genaro was tired. These two animals had made forty turns .while poor Genaro was only in his twenty-third. Still there was a chance for the pedestrian, for the two horses could not have continued to run much longer. The painful exhibition is to be repeated this Sunday, if Genaro be sufficiently recovered. He is the son of a famous runner, who died of fatigue after having carried despatches for a Spanish General a distance of about forty leagues in an incredibly short space of time. THE NEW PALACE AT WESTMINSTER.—In connexion with the New Palace there are three towers which form its most prominent features, and which, in consequence of their great height, may be seen from almost any portion of the metropolis. The one at the south end of the building is the magnificent Victoria tower, which forms the entrance of Her Majesty on the occasion of her visit to the House of Lords. It is a square tower, richly decorated in the Gothic style, and, when completed, will be 340 feet in height, or 64 less than the height to the cross of St. Paul's. The sides of the tower are each 75 feet in length. The central tower is one which covers the grand central ball between the Houses of Lords and Commons. It is circular in form, 60 feet in diameter, and the top of the lantern which surmounts the dome is 300 feet above high-water mark. The tower at the north end, close to Westminster-bridge, is the Clock Tower, which, when completed, will be 320 feet high. Like the Victoria Tower, this tower is square in its construction, each side being 40 feet in length, but it will differ from the larger spire in being sur mounted by a beautifully perforated belfry spire. The tower has now reached an elevation of about 230 feet, there yet re maining 125 feet to complete the work. There are five storeys in the tower, beneath that in which the clock will be placed. An air -shaft, 20 feet in diameter, at the top, runs down the entire length of the tower, through which the supply of pure air is proposed to be drawn by Dr. Reid into those subterranean chambers where it is warmed, cooled, or mixed previous to being inhaled by honourable members and noble lords. The floor in which the clock is intended to rest is 165 feet 7 inches above high water-mark, and the centre of the dial-plate of the clock will therefore be 182 feet 7 inches. Above the clock there will be a small pointed tower rising from each of the angles 20 feet high, while the central tower will soar to the height of 70 feet, and will be surmounted by a tall vane. EMIGRATION.—At the meeting of the British Association at Glasgow, Mr. Newmarch read a paper " On the Emigration of the last ten years from the United Kingdom, and from France and Germany." Five hundred thousand persons had emigrated annually during the last five years from Europe to America ; of which 300,000 went from England, and 200,000 from Central Europe. The population of Great Britain had increased 300,000 durihg this period ; so that the entire in crease of our population from natural causes had emigrated. This could not go on without materially interfering with the population and position of this country, although Dr. Farr thought it could do so. There was a Board of Emigration in France, somewhat similar to ours, and a decree of the Em peror made regulations corresponding to our Passenger Act. The French emigrants came chiefly from the Rhine districts. Our emigrants were chiefly-60 to 70 per cent.—from Ireland. It was nearly self-supporting. It had raised the rate of wages greatly in Ireland. The reaction of this emigration was most beneficial. Not only had the surplus population been removed, but a stream of money was flowing back in the shape of remittances. The emigration into the United States in 1854 was 460,000, of whom one-half came from Great Britain, and the other half from Central Europe. France has been but little affected by this vast emigration. In ten years, from 1841 to 1855, the emigration to the United States had been 31 millions, and the population of that country had increased 37 per cent., which was three times the rate at which our population increased. lie then referred to the great ' prosperity of our North American colonies, and the rapid rate ' at which they had progressed during the past ten years. In that period they had undergone changes and assumed a posi tion fraught with importance to this country. He next alluded to our Australian dependencies; the colony of New South Wales remitted £1,600,000 to this country in 1853, to promote emigration thither ; and the other colonies had also remitted large sums for the same purpose. A long discussion ensued on the subject of the present decline in the emigration from Ireland, which was attributed partly to the anti-Irish opera tions of the Know-Nothing party in America, and which, if continued, would, it was supposed, divert the stream of emigration towards Canada and other British Colonies. Mr. Newman replied, and stated that the emigration of this country employed a fleet of 1,000 ships, with a tonnage of 800,000. These vessels sought return cargoes, often at Calcutta, which had a good effect on the commerce of that country. They were the finest and largest ships we had. THE REVENUE. An abstract of the net produce of the revenue of the United Kingdom, in the years and quarters ended Sept. 30, 1855, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding year, showing the increase or decrease thereof. COURT AND FASHION. ON Saturday, Alderman Salomons was elected Lord Mayor of London for the ensuing year. LORD PANMUBE is confined to his residence by an attack of gout. IT is said that the Earl of Sefton leaves early next month with a detachment of the Guards for the Crimea, and that Croxteth is to be closed. ON Friday, Alderman Kennedy and Alderman Rose, the newly elected sheriffs of London and Middlesex, were sworn in at Guildhall before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen. RETURN OF THE COURT.—The Queen is expected to re turn from Balmoral on Friday, the 12th, travelling by th e . Aberdeen and Scottish Midland and Scottish Central Railways to Edinburgh, and thence, on Saturday, by the East Coast lines and Great Northern to London. THE movements of the Royal Family at Balmoral occupy a very brief space in the Court Circular. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with their Royal guest, Prince William of Prussia, hive made several excursions in the neighbourhood, while the junior branches of the Royal family have taken bracing exercise in the grounds of Balmoral. BALMORAL, FRIDAY.—The unfavourable state of the weather this morning renders her Majesty's movements and those of the royal family uncertain for to-day, as well as those of their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert and Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and if the rain should not cease the Queen and the royal party will most probably merely take a carriage drive.—Sir George Grey, secretary of state for the home department, is expected to arrive' here on Wednesday next, and will relieve the Duke of Argyll as minister in at tendance on her Majesty. Sir George Grey will remain at Balmoral until the return of the court to England, and will accompany the Queen south.—His Royal Highness Prince Frederick 'William of Prussia is expected to take leave of her Majesty the early part of next week to return to the con tinent. MARRIAGE OF A CRIMEAN HERO.-011 Friday the neigh bourhood of Richmond, Surrey, was the scene of unusual' gaiety, in consequence of arrangements which had been made for the marriage of Major Shakespear, of the Royal Artillery, a Crimean hero, to Louisa Caroline, second daughter of Robert Sayer, Esq., of the Manor-house, Richmond. The nuptial ceremony was performed at Richmond Church, in the presence of a vast number of the military and civil friends of the bride and bridegroom, after which a splendid dePuner, supplied by Gunter, to upwards of one hundred guests, was laid out in an elegant marquee, erected on the lawn in the rear of the Manor house, by B. Edgington. Subsequently the happy pair pro ceeded by the South-Western Railway en route to Corfu, from whence the bridegroom, Major Shakespear, will proceed to join his corps in the Crimea. The entertainments at the Manor house were kept up till a very late hour, and produced general. hilarity in the locality. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. DENMAEK.—A Copenhagen despatch of Thursday says:— To-day the Volksthing finally passed, by a majority of ten, the constitution for the collective Monarchy. The votes were 54 to 44." A letter from Copenhagen states that the prose cutions commenced against the members of the late Danish Ministry have been again postponed, the Attorney-General having now sent the necessary summons to the parties impli cated for the 10th of October next. The High Court will meet on that day in the Palace of Amalienburg. INDIA.— The steamer Calcutta, with the Indian Overland mail, has been telegraphed from Trieste. Bombay accounts are brought down to the 29th Aug. The Santal rebellion con tinues, but the rebels are beginning to give way. 50,000 re bels are collected in Beerbtoom. The bill for granting a charter to the Oriental Gas Company has passed - its - Mond reading. Lord Elphinstone has returned to Bombay. Lord Dalhousie remains at the Neilgherries. Cnizia.—The Chinese news by the Overland mail is thus summarized by the Trieste telegraph :—" The pirates of China hold under their control a coast line of 2,000 miles in the tea districts of Hoonan and Oopack. The rebels are in great strength, and the trade of Canton is very restricted." RUSSIA.—The Emperor of Russia arrived at Moscow on the night of the 13th, accompanied by several councillors of state, and other personages of the court. The emperor, before leaving, signed various nominations, and it is said that from Moscow he will go to Brzesc Litowski. The following is from a letter dated Moscow, September 14 :—" A large crowd assembled last night, in spite of the most unfavourable weather, to wit ness the arrival of the emperor, the empress, and the imperial family, and greeted His Majesty with the loudest acclamations, a thousand times repeated. Although it was nearly midnight before the emperor came in, the bells of all the churches were rung, and the city was illuminated. The emperor and the im perial party took up their residence in the Kremlin. At one o'clock to-day the emperor and empress made their solemn appearance in the vestibule of the ancient palace, and, after saluting the people, who greeted them with enthusiastic accla mations, proceeded t o v i s i t i n succession the different sacre d edifices comprised i n th e Kremlin. An estrade, a few feet high, decorated with purple, led to the va o r r io . the imperial cortege passed along i huge bell of the cathedral and all the bells ell p s t p " The em peror,nu; e t h h u is rc l h , r s l t , and tb e rung."—A letter from Odessa of the in this p la ce, will stop with his suite at during his stay w ithin the line of the fortifica the chateau of General Luders, tions. This chateau, which more resembles a fortress has been built onlya years, than a countryhouse.General from Nicolaieff the day serfs, few have before yes terday.Luders returned to Odessa infantry 15bf,Istalie ys ci , i_urches were are now concentrated there. colonies of Kunnowska, Awilowo, and Sin :m'isico'il7tin'oisan, composed of recently-levied placed in the . probable that they will be ire ka but it is b A e l e l n the bodies l o d f: shortly assembled i g n -- te a pl ainsaa and oa reviewed by the emperor. Numerous specu lationsfl t as to whether the emperor will extend his journey as far as Perekop, but it is impossible to know what are his intentions. All that is known on' the Subject is that preparations haTebeen made by the generals for his reception."