The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-18 00:00:00

Stprtmi3En -18, 1855.] IN TELLIGENCE. e . ~,Tl/1 A ‘ite.C,'4l.)3lq aPproves of Mr - . Georo•e Mountain Bowen as . , and at Manchester for the Republic of Guatemala. r tlo‘,ssttexixo A , armsa c hild, five t Ra t ,;' s old, fell f;oeinilliEt:T.--AL ifttomai, tub of boiling A r : 1414 was so severe ly ill° sca t te 's dthat it died on Wednesday. 1 1 th.:1111411 CoxsoLATE.—A reorganisation has taken place 14. re Atistriat Sens"''''' Lesta„,_ hassulate at Liverpool, and Mr. Augustus her e " by appointment of July 11, been named k y o , • ktritp;, 1iti:,,11V.."1.. Abraham Briefly, e aft7wrapd.so-seZTlleater, was caught i n n ga tte ed ma in ch lk in ill er ° lo s n W o u , s • 'tlslY injured that he died in a day or two RaeLo ...., x o ara „, on \vnopkeepetll, Smith, the wife of an ex-police constable, at'cut-,lleNo 0ur,,,,1J1 Millgate, Wigan, put an end t fi o ah h . e p r e l u i d fe , en theilltie fr o . ",„"lal,g by drowning herself in a 4 „ Prop er e. aer residence, situated at Lanberhead- Che st e .13 aal S' of Mr. Green, carrier. erar a i '' coal akrlltcY-court on Tuesday, ned last hia ,nation...,l„. eanunission agent, passed adjour e up Mr. Walters, of for thaCrhtficate 17 4 r• (')liti P. Hall, of w oolLiverp cam . a.c4 o ,, tit e al lg • i lt afLuhis. case was adjourned for a week, in order 1 , 4 , si, r, eacti ed 44 . bß.rnish the assignees with some further entj en .,- a terra .I‘t NtiL2, on Sunday afternoon____ e week, Th rev. ltd -an to ok 1 , 1 In the open air at Buxton Spa. 4of o4leathed 4 0 411 %hind in the colonnade of the Crescent, th e Z , who ,L 3l Atts xxiv., V. 25; to a large and windows attentive A, t Isetceilt'.'sPied the area, the slopes, and the T ree t Aec rbt std`ll/3, Fro','laNck place at an auction sale, at the Pear i 344(1.f 100 , • -'-ne ' Wgan. The sale was almost over, and n i1ite0,4..._--Of the house was crowded with people, .whe ed ithallle celfit7LWaY, and the whole mass were Preeipitat 4i.. '' °the breath, Happily, a few scratches farmed the st Acc7l:age done. ears of age, Ra s e r ( 1 1 . 'rallies 04:T• ---Con Tuesday, a boy, !4048 Inibink aterna yon parents reside in l3 N y o e r a folk-street, tt o etiin Watki nsoi;• l ' l geon up the front of an unoccupied c h u e p f i e e l d l ve,y,ed•tle are a of 44 t 0. the souttter'esetirhteert, When his foot slipped, an , beneath. He was immediatelyd that he atat,7erved a weeren ilospital, where it was foun c0n t,,,,,,.g every attenticoneussion of the brain, and, notwith ir ta ob , °ll was paid to him, he expired on Wed .l'etn's. 6 4 P ATEN T S the stocks, in ,tir:k keZo,titti,Rel,, aZ,,,,,1i... t.s.—Tililrehaarivang yard, Bruns -1414Z11 the p at e scre w " s. iron -ship 4 . .... ves s . eis it° of -s novel construction. Th e e x y . krty oft t x n e t h (31 'qr. Durch, models of which we (14I l l ep °t • liet I l ' te Chambers, g P e a u t t e lot ange'roonas some time ago, and are the pro- ec, Mr...toseph llondel, of Tower ttted taueti enlen• One is of about 100 tons, t nd the krao s W ith an salaller, heing intended for canal traffic, and t'o r e ,,,'' that o f a en gite of two-horse power. e ' f as, sa lmob in the water, and they a T re he e t x r pe s tr4trolt tl.\iaaehilo,* At sTRA,Lia..---A young man, ct:d e to 4 SZ'hhas se e ,. s t el ' and is now in a commercial house tot N qo a "to his • ntit relative Mr. John Taylor, of Denton, the 4 Y I th Yof cott ' w i n e n Rust tn re b ethe.,, on, grown at Moreton . Bay. .ti ea n.,,,,s 4 liol Ilt th e '‘ the cotton is sown in any considerable br . Ft` , 't4eiler a i sample is ton good cotton, which may be described '1,4 S're,3ll4hty, colour and staple, as Sea Island quality.. 'IEI4NI,, team f,-.)13/11P CITY OF WASHINGTON, built and engu . lea Wili S ° ` 4l and M eor for the Liverpool and Phila tl' tt (loßt,Tacket C s ompa g ny is now about completed, and 4 "teo e i t i tlo river on Tues(lay. node has been chartered to Moon as he Government to carry troops to the Crimea, and 4h,,,113ei11ej ell,„npasses are adjusted she will proceed direct 1- mort;-`-'ia&got Paper. • s Walker, S l i) c tle of iit'\ en v DOUGLAS HAnnouß.— "Ple here on uotttsltaY? havi'„ineers to the Admiral, arrived oe t. 0 lospeel been invited by the commissioners improve- Do lilp ter s, I le was hefiarbottrs with a view to their_o,, commis _ of liar laearly f 4 t th e ri!ceived on Monday by th e e et lion , rd r which lasted o 11,1etigla,°11ar 1101,-;,'B°,Yaal_ Hotel. .At t l ha vo t r _ni 4 e 4 0 „ t4 ,, f( ),r tl („114.(1,, hailotrri of which t o ., -, e a r t - , .le r suggested, many embrace the k for the p . rot i e m ct p io r n ove_ f Vtetieti also ecitiired.par :: , i r r a e sfinally deeid c ed po o n n . t it ai th e l ''.ni of a . The works k... i uti a het-, -, 'or breakwater, in a north-eas . telly Licleg. °lli Nvit4.,.4, ertwO-gun battery, resol a v f ed .2oo y length sprg L a il; 1 4 r , t4 t}i'' "k s t- fit the extreme point, pier more than 100 'ater ,i 4 so uvi eXte nsion of t he present low n f N t sPN t•,..; easterly direction, into 8 or 10 feet at low at k, N A , p k, es..—.Lllona's Herald. the ~,'°4'siet, e s , —.Bona's R. —The beautiful park and grounds Wa s " 0 /16, 44 4 Ivere visite4d,YOn Tuesday, by a large number of 41 (11;,°t an a ',, t 'lell of Preston. The •object of the excursion hot _ie filocrement and healthful recreation merey,. Alb as oritllnoaft*,ttldie Pree Library in Preston, Thsinbesutfitiuts totatetiteti:s was to noslettaa jimearafgz:3 joheau intention :.), dto do 50, two n 1 eB, one -composed of gentlemen', the other of working ktevvere formed ; the former undertaking th raise £2,000 kotth'e latter &1,000, as a basis of operation. Towards -this tith;4'4ol.titt.he gentlemen's committee have raised Xl,OOO, and i k mg men £7OO. The excursion on Tuesday .one k et4. l 4 i i r es y got i lip . b t y . the working men's on nittee,•and its botitt,t44„ generce4of theisnoelYeeletercdl' willof the be .11IghlY satisfactory. sed he, co.aSe.and his son, the e:lllllJC,;t,losivereliberall di: e o ver t iLl'er of the houseriold,Pwnhile the m"aPntastiCi. nilaolitli_by, R.N., d grounds C a tt t 1 3 1)en to the excursionists. 't e ttl l' i',.!_ °l' MAN Royal Iran steamer Mona's , Queen, ttleeroas,rYle, by which the account of the battle on the qlow s . 0 7 8 ,t, by theisle of Man, also first conveyed tolo,ll I)e u ,,T° fan of Sebastopol. As the . vessel geame in e tt,t'd 4 1 , 4f s on Tuesday afternoon, a display of 'many ,,,wal`c'ellinay ri) , l n each mast prepared the spectatorsfor some I :‘ , 11 ,, itd the :\ ent ; but when repeated salvos of artillery I .;ie`V:et 4 l ::' Itleehsp,,ir the bay, their curiosity was- excit ed to I tti s '` °,lt:ket, gentlelinann Ifs ecstasy ji throwing, himself s r 1 : 141 (1 1 4), 1 in tit'tiltd performi ngindescribable capers with his ri,ed littl e t he a te air, At the pierhead hearty, a,, - T ,il 4 14 : L ess th4";lB,lwhicy spread through the town with a - , 4 iner,"-n t _g the „ e , eet rb%tl• The bells of St. Thomaiis_ra r n e g . reo 4 :r i: 4 - 11 74 til e-a"teianing, and frequent discharges of fi kill e y expe N5 , 4 . 1 . 8.......ei rtneliasra of the inhabitants. arl,,,Rdolt, i ::tied of du bee._nt i!arliamentary . return shows the eattiiota' oh act ' railway companies in the United ed t kl co 31,,,,c't,Purehaair,, s l'ts Parliament, and for branches or r ! -at i a t k -. ea, and of :sOr amal gamatin with railway o . ti le ' vi .45r 111 equi t!cy n t e ' c 'h e s ts.;,a barges, and. exPenses-zlic.lll.- Nil, total expendit - s The following iltruies n amea: ..tre, u n d74 c no e vr thre in e - he n a i ds . , of the railway 'les e. " Ileac], Laoca.h. p40,..er and n , - ire and Ch , , , q r. , Laucash. Ozyhead... white Junction. X 12741 91 Le-st \v est ire ................ ******************* 129,521 `4l4eLern .'Yo rks , ... ........................ 7523887 Niort. sar,all. i:e .. :. .................. .... ' Ilikl44"teru, c ' rt h W -LI 1 0' °f°o S 5 C ' ra , 6 :0! 5t 66:' grh P e o'; j 0 1: it.t . ift eJ 0 0 /1 e d oo ry,i "Ai 721,452 632,458 , 81106 ki. e5tirn...........2 ......... .... .. 1,061,436 401 1t1 1 1-: . e ' and Linc4lnshire this 4 '441eru.....""• lath:% s ot t ."'••••• t'retlkwly 0 ................. - ...... meeting of At lva ll held P ITE.ixtlx.—An adjourned (ie111.11t,6, -,,,eltottistire,abl4, rtlarter T(uiwesdathyr, :a h t air t ) h , e Aigburth Hotel : th4t4),,i4 oril-Zt Qoodvvin The' meetingC°° P:arlCcahlalleedarifrors t prim itye "I;eivin 1— ' township from .'.--- ktio Dti l, r, of t o g Nails of the Abe °ll44 ..'''heb ~• °d on, and also to take into consideration 1611Ntilt t,„,_xteutZi%,tte a7,,,t0 guide the board in re of flagging ec -m4 t t tkr t ''' a11.,v,' the proportionate amount After 2 L14 1 ,: Of 2q rQ,„'., eases by the owners of property. of, the i(le ';',...°01-r"l'a,;gitlßl).,4t business had been disposed _Victoria-sereet, (I t, .?",1011, i':',, atid V,ke streets—naively, brought under con olvee°,l'4s that'', t)-44 ( „4 . 1)v e11-street—was 1) -il) 9 b, ° f th h ` b e irli tgiz',.'ll3' been flagging dee"" should be done by the atti2, ore c'Eropem.° -0. decided the committee a hard li_N lir,o,,tlikei,, .uy ; bathethisbeing considered„ I t hel t e i s i tio h ; ,tl,lll aroiltias the principle had not hitherto been 'al' e . ovvi ere Inatillg some other streets., h rt discussion, ,qei,,e1144,44:2644a4.: e• Ultimately, after. 0 r ivell 4444 two were ado several . modified d that the west r id! j eci • fted witclic on the east side, an Pted ::—Tna s t Victoria street ' , a 11,,tlyth) Nat /,..._ three -feet course, and the . remainder tir,, th ,:? 1 the f`wl-street be flagged on 41 fL e Yor I_l(ks %.,°°,„tlralk, and that Elmswoodbe.flagged r o ad ide Ivret,,-Tkfti'ng.;" a six4eet course.. tlel`,4ece,,, ,k , 46e ,SPorted the various t e M w d r 4, r . -88 receivedtsn din g, the for kl'e4a.cocrN:-.4;.'the streets above named, the following , A'rcal Tlletoria-road, Charles Price, ate 39 anodl9isr.wBden! tc, "NI., h e 'd iNae' 11-I°raas lialsall, at £ 157 17s. 2d. board then w all, :at £132 19s. 6d. The - k4O . e 3 - of the liter ono , Whiel con sideration of the plans and "i tZ e . Y and the fil‘e4,„.as ref,;2441 , been submitted by Mr. , W ts ."tt Ps;'" (l . to the committee, who are . ,te ' take the tittlrell'4l,ttt,re'laired b y th e act of Parhamente mas N's. ir ay. ?,tt.r4kaniAs.—The weekly meeting : was i rm h a e n l d ; Nt l e r hTealf, t e ti s u eut : The Rev. W. d 101, T h w, // ape t, Creen, Abrahams, Pitts, Muffins, Pr t h e baiali ''..011, Wensley, Roberts, Kirkus, ' a r n , e d . 4 bADil t tb t thae:%l4 haUdlvas £609 16s. 2d. It was Hough, Nittsiou tt ?r of ti 4 , t L.of theboard be given to Mr. .. 141. t i t ian o gl n 'e f u n t,,0 ti ' e ,11 of- Sebastopol, for the gratuitous %NCt‘t male Sir ks ' ll ''aY ' •~4ildron of the Workhouse to i . .kenheadT,444,, r' ie kNe) In his bats,elll' for allor:ing the children to .cross to Mr Willoughby, the proP 44' holt!tandint , °ll the vitNi 6,1, the e.Weea I,,tillltlhkkl , i . a le governor v it same day, without c p h r a ie rg st e : an t ~,,, „Collyns, a rea.tietetiletiNittteter f rom u it n o V i ro n r s kho w u as se which formed ' referred to the tti l'eo tL eit °ll it th e e it' report u pon Y it.' The committee ?r , - 4 4 0 , 4 reh anatics cb l/e1,4,4 tb °ll , it vi. -- "geable to this union having t . t3 ' e . e foil .as resolved that such report . be re . , _ii ~ OWlllO' Psv<l,l hatt tile corona' itsteuggestion therein contained be th "lekeah).. , troll, their Would observe that, although al hateqt,it ,„.....t t o ~_ :exination of the s?ver tl s' •tea4"l:l'! ninon, arrive at the conclusion , r. ir,,tle, , te,,*nest o,,sect without just cause, they would.' tl,', - '' tiiLrk'7,_ Propriety of a special reqUest being sent i,!, e,,:?ti;,7,!kiv,ti of each asylum, that they would, fri 441tIlre-`,'N't!: or ;`,?E,ce tot he guardians of s.nY PallPers . t who, itie,4„tlle `yeai,,N ,4'„_ea, aUperintendentsway, with ProPrie3! lif,; o,;t°llti,' ttt4'te'l asylums to the Union Workhouse for 0 c0,'40 0 ;: 44 5e ~ _olent." The number of paupers relieved 40,01 1 . "'Aa 1 ..,, , 1,:3,7%, hospital, during the last week, was Iti,:,snq .',', witil/4,' - total 3 967 showing an increase, 0 4 , -q e,, ,, 8 oh ; the co;resp'ndi g k last year, of 2.6 311 i C,444 '-'11(1c(frtioor; total, °2131.1 The e amount of money '414,;41y eolt 'llokit-door rlief was £2OO Os. 6 d. t'clef.,. ob' Al ltt ~ Ttrh 0, 4 qt1 rr,e414,-rlear, 1,1---The weekly meeting was held . on tol;H''t e ' low-. repo,;,'''ogsdale in the chair. The medical Nttve4creetql. t a ,i L.,ed, that the mortality of the borough . t 4 ea(ii'hilk tihre the average, as it had been for each week 14tie% 4';ep....* atnredweeks• The deaths from all causes for q,,,4, t ' eO, - ge of 0 , ay last were 229, being 20 below the rNile ll , l i ii, Z lh,l ehoi, "e saute week of former years, without orttl (*. Ittl; deaths in the corresnonding weeks of 1,1/4ite t,olatille th e 04e Parish, 148 deaths had occurred last 41. *, t4 t he r ProDortl°llllBlli9a, 81. Zymotic diseases fur- N;,lthietev.aieTieleon than usual of the total mortality, Nlikr t ,,Ne l Of iost, ew?! scarlatina, and also bowel croine kh4l)y,satiej_daeatbs ,vsy,e'., .7as rather under_ than ovrethcetha, Gt , ,) , il I (olog this as 46 were . from dia irl.,tiler 1%6 4 1 tre k t‘,7,,1t.0 in any previous week since ' s e. e w pre,. . 7 vutts, 6 from measles, and 1 from htdte t , h Were t o vaccination Of diseases of the , 11 ,t„, 1.4,1% it,t_lnp4.°ori„et_ths, which 'ivs rather less than the ~44 ,i.,1:1A,„;-,,Totion-o-i-u..",4:1.be10w the average throughout_ tke i NreZ 4 ca ssi *vas adopt‘nzuti Mr. Gladston had given ql',lttilttt,4,4 4 (III : It way'', in his absence, without opp Ge ti l t,ic, 4 l In otTil"tieh as follows '— , " That, in the case G, , (,k Of r -er to 0118,4P1a..e to he general purposes sub e.h4e3 tile e ) tk iute' bled any repaving, repairs, or other i 4 1 5 pi• 44ie 5h.,,, , Il ued to be performed at the cost of ' t ii ° , 4 l ;r e Ztaiollilt 81141t:gearienPebaeted at the generiajzzigt,tiee, nrequired to be d ce, 4 tl, i',l.llllsthaeastiefactio of the general committeee7' . ' 81 411 4 the board adjourned, REVISION OF THE BURGESS LIST.—The court for the revi-. sion of the lists of parliamentary voters for the borough will be held before Mr. Brandreth in the Crown Court, St. George's Hall, on Monday next. AT THE Police-court, on Wednesday, Henry Riley, a clerk in the Liverpool Post-office, pleaded guilty to having stolen two letters, addressed to Messrs. Ritchie, Stewart, and Co., Bombay, and with appropriating two several sums of £1 lls. 6d. each, which he had received as postage. He was remanded. LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.—At the first meeting for the season, held on Monday, last week, at the Royal Insti tution, Mr. James Newlands presiding, some beautiful models of vessels, sentin by candidates for Mr. Mondel's prize, were exhibited. Mr. William Rowett exhibited and explained a model of his invention for fitting, handing, and reefing the sails from the deck, without risk to the sailors, in stormy weather. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Rowett, and a similar compliment having been paid to the chairman, the meeting broke up. LIEUT. GEORGE B. PRESTON, of the 97th Regiment, fell whilst gallantly leading his men to repulse the advance of the enemy on the fourth parallel. His brother, Horatio B. Preston, was lieutenant in the 88th Connaught Rangers, and was killed by a rifle ball whilst discharging the arduous duty of super intending the repair of a gabion. These gallant officers were sons of Mr. William Preston, late of Liverpool, now of Min stead-lodge, New Forest, Hampshire, and were born in Aigburth. George B. Preston was for some time during the spring of this year senior lieutenant in command of detachments of the 97th, 18th, and 34th Regiments, stationed at the Rock Perch, New Brighton. The deceased officer was half brother to Mr. Robert Preston, of Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, & Co. FLOWER SHOW AT ORMSHIRIL—On Wednesday, a flower show was held in a field near the railway station, at Ormskirk, and was attended by a numerous body of visitors, including the Lady Arabella Hesketh, the Hon. Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham, the Rev. Joseph and Mrs. Bush, the Rev Mr. and Mrs. Ley, Mr. Haisall, Mrs. Abraham, Mr. Bickersteth, Mr. W. Lax, and Dr. Palmer. The exhibition gave great satisfaction to the visitors, amongst whom were many from Liverpool and the adjoining towns. The show of flowers was particularly rich and abundant. With the exception of the " Cottagers' De partment," the exhibition was pronounced to be the best the society ever had. A sweepstakes for dahlias, of ss. each, was announced. There was an interesting exhibition of 200 spe cimens of plants collected in the neighbourhood of Ormskirk, which were dried and prepared on paper. It attracted great curiosity. After the payment of prizes, the exhibition was closed, with musical honours, about 7 o'clock. THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL.—GREAT EXCITEMENT IN PRESCOT.—Great rejoicing took place on Wednesday, in con sequence of the recent arrival of the glorious news of the fall of this renowned stronghold. The bells of St. Mary's Church sent forth their merry peals. A large bonfire was made in the market-place, where several thousands had collected to celebrate this memorable event. Mr. Wallace, manager of the gas-works, came forward with several barrels of tar and other combustibles, which illumined the whole town. Several gentlemen and tradesmen brought supplies of fireworks, and, to add to the enjoyment, Mr. Rigby, of Church-street, was in attendance with a select party, and struck up "God save the Queen," " Rule Britannia," &c., the whole concourse joining in the chorus, and at the end of every song three cheers were given for the brilliant success of the allied arms. The rejoicing was kept tp to a late hour, when the multitude began to depart to their several homes. In other parts of the town, large bonfires were made. BREACH OF THE PEACE.—At the Kirkdale Petty Sessions, on Friday, Cornelius O'Mara, Patrick Higgins, James Pierce, and Samuel Gore, were charged with fighting and creating a breach of the peace on the night of Sunday, the 26th August last. On the 'day in question, a man named Swift came from Liverpool with another man and a woman tosee Gore. About half-past eleven they heard a noise, which they ascertained to be caused bra cart loaded with potatoes. Swift, suspecting that something was wrong, asked the ?atter to give him some informs- tion aboa the potatoes, and, obtaining — no reply, went to the house of's, police-constable to apprise him of the circumstance, but not Ending him at home, returned to Gore's. Soon after, between twelve and one o'clook,the 'first three prisoners came to Gore's house, and when the door was opened to them, com menced a savage attack upon Swift and on Gore, who attempted to protect him. Both werenocked down andlicked, and it was with great difficulty that the police-officer, who was promptly on the spot, could quell , the disturbance. Gore, who admitted that, in self-defence, he Struck the man who knocked him down, was immediately'discharged. The other prisoners were 'bound over, themselves in £lO each, and two sureties each in 5, to keep the peaceior twelve months. MANSLAUGHTER. — On Wednesday, an inquest was held before the borouglreoroner on the body of William Appleton, who met his death on Monday night under circumstances which involved a , -Charge of manslaughter against a shoe maker and his wife, named John and Jane Woods. About eleven o'clock the male prisoner -was quarrelling with a cripple, named Noland, about some rent which was -due to him by Noland's-rrarents. The deceased, who was a shipear penter, then came 'up to take thepart of the cripple, nnd, in the struggle which ensued, was -knocked down, some of the witnesses say by a blow from Woods' fist, and others by a blow with a 'poker by Mrs:'Woods. He was carried into a cellar close by , ..; +but, notwithstanding that every -attention was there.paid to him by .a-surgeon from St. Anne's Dispen sary, he died in the course of an hour. On an examination there only appeared a slight abrasion of the skin an the fore head ; 'but' the immediate cause'of death was found to be ex travasation of blood on the brain, the result of external vio lence. The female prisoner denied that either-she or her hus band had 'struck the deceased at all. The jury returned a verdict of 'manslaughter against the two prisoners, and they were both committed for trial-at the assizes.' SELECT VESTRY.—The fortnightly meeting was held on Tuesday, at the parish offices, Brownlow-hill, the Ven. Arch deacon Brooks in the chair. From the minutes of the Work house Committee it appeared that the numbers admitted last week to the vagrant sheds were 123 males, 111 females, and . The total number in the house on the sth inst.' were 'l9BO. The report of the special committee, appointed'to enquire into the items lately disallowed-by the poor-law auditors was read. On the motion of the finance committee being read, Mr. Denton objected to that part of the minutes which recom mended- the board to proceed to the appointment of a -super intendent or out-door inspector. He would move that 'the consideration of this appointment be deferrectfor four months. After -some discussion, Mr. Denton said he would alter - his motion to a postponement-for two months instead of four. A divisionmas finally taken,swhich resulted in the postponement being carried by 12- to 9. Mr. Farnall, 'Poor-law Inspector, laid before the board some-statistics relative to pauperism in Liverpool. From this statement it appears that the number of paupers on the books at.present is -13,409, the number last year at this time being 134.33. Though this appears an,. in crease as• compared with last -year, Mr. 'Fantail explained - that when compared with several years past,- during which the numbers ranged from 17,000 to 18,000, it 'was considerably less. Of-the whole number at present on the books,. 3,170 were old and infirm people; 1,582 orphanthiklren; and 3,295 adult able-bodied paupers.•, :236 of the latter being men and the remainder women. Women in fact constituted the great bulk of the paupers. A zondiderable saving+had been effected in the expenditure for weekly relief; and although the number in the house was greater than:last year by .276, the sum-ex pended was less by £55 7s. 2d. weekly than was expended last year. This saving would amount, it was anticipated, at the end of the year, to £2,680 and upwards.—Mr. Fairhurst, of -St. Anne-street, was appointed:to fill thevacanoyeaused by the death of Mr. James Hughes. •DOCX CoMXITTEE.—The dock .committee met on Thurs day, Mr. Charles Turner presiding. The other -members pre sent.were Messrs. Shand, Palmer, Brocklebank,Sarber, Mann, Ronnthwaite, Lockett, Anderson, Bold, Rankin, Robinson, eChaloner, and Littledale.—On the recommendation of the :works sub-committee, the tender of Mr. J. H. Mullen to fence - in the timber-yards at the east side of the Huskisson Dock, for 14s. per lineal yard, was accepted. - The whole ten der will amount to about £Boo.—The tender of Mr. Samuel Moss, to supply-19,300 feet of glass for • the roof of the wool warehouses, for £ll4O, was accepted.—Mr. Wm. Roskell's tender-to supply a turret clock at the .south•end of the Wap ping 'Docks, for £-260, was accepted.—The marine- department subcommittee asked-the confirmation of -the appointment on trial for-six months of Lieutenant Parkes, R.N., as assistant marine-surveyor, at a salary of £3OO a-year, being 00 per annum-more than Mr. Jones received. Confirmed.—A letter was read from the Town-clerk, stating that on Friday last the Birkenhead docks became vested in the corporation, who had on that day given the bonds to the Birkenhead dock tr ustees, as required by the Birkenhead Dock Act. The property, -so afar as that portion of it relating to -the accom modation-of-shipping went, was, therefore, placed under the management-of the dock, committee.—The chairman said -the dock committee had already placed the different departments of the Birkertlaead estate under the appropriate sub-com mittees. The +-finance committee now proposed that, as au accommodation -to merchants, the tonnage dues on shipping should be paid in Liverpool, instead of at Birkenhead, as heretofore. —Mr. Rainier : There are no rates upon goods ? The Chairman : That is so; but there are warehouse rents and harbourage ,charges to be collected.—Mr. Rounthwaite then brought forward the motion, •notice of which he had given at the last meeting. It was to -the effect that the time the steamships ooeupied -the docks -be included in the returns recently moved for by Mr. Mann. The motion was unani mously agreed to.—Mr. Mann then moved for a return of the 'number of steamers using the graving docks and blocks ' ,within the last financial year, which, after a few remarks from ?Jr. Rounthwaite, was agreed to ; and the committee ad journed, after having held a very short meeting. NOVEL SITUATION FOR AN ILLICIT DIaTILLERY.—A case displaying extraordinary ingenuity on the part of an Illicit distiller of spirits, was investigated at the Polic e - cour t, on Wednesday. On the 23rd of May last, Robert Robertson engaged five vaults under Gill-street market and paid M, a quarter's rent, in advance. He stated that he was taking it for an ale and porter bottling store, en behalf of Mr. John Blair, a brewer at Manchester, and he signed an agreement of tenancy to that effect. Some hogsheads, similar to porter hogsheads, were seen to go into the place, but otherwise no thing particular was noticed. Robertson came and went away, generally by himself, but sometimes accompanied by a working man, like a bricklayer, and sometimes by a woman. Certain indications, however, aroused the suspicion of the ex cise authorities, and they sent down two experienced officers from London, Benjamin John Elvey and John Vanstrom. These two, with John Henry Sproule, a Liverpool officer, and Robert Lloyd, one of the market officials, made a "descent" npon the vaults occupied by Robertson, on the 12th of August last. After some little delay, occasioned by Robertson, who was inside, they gained admission, and found a most ingenious apparatus for distilling, which had evidently been very re cently at work. It consisted of a small copper still, placed on iron frames against a wall, and heated by means of gas. In an adjoining cellar, the, door of which had been broken open with a sledge-hammer, they found 300 or 400 gallons of mo lasses "wash" in tubs, and a small quantity of very excellent distilled spirit. The officers could not conceal their admira tion of the apparatus, and admitted that they they had never seen a better. " Yes," said Robertson, " and it's all my own invention. I put it here to try it, and I'm going to apply for a patent for it. The best of it is, it's self-acting. I can leave it to itself, and every second hour it will produce a gallon of spirits 60 per cent. overproof." Six empty hogsheads of mo lasses were found in the vaults, so that it was evident that the "trial" had been a lengthy one. Everything was seized, and Robertson taken before the magistrates, and fined £3O for manufacturing spirits without a license. He could not pay the penalty, and was incarcerated in gaol. A second informa tion was heard against him, for being the " owner of an illicit still, and for having an illicit still in his custody." The bench inflicted a penalty of £lOO. One curious part of the affair was that, when Robertson entered on the tenancy of the vaults, a gas meter, left by a former tenant some time previously, was there, and he appropriated it to his own pur poses, without the knowledge of the Gas Company, thus ob taining a thno months' suppiy of " fnel" without any cost, 185 5 . C. 1.11138, E. ro 'd 14' THE LIVERP GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. DR. BARTH, whose travels in Central Africa have rendered him celebrated, arrived at Marseilles on the Bth, in excellent health. THE CrtoLERA. is so violent at Cataneo, in Sicily, that there is a regular panic. Every . one is escaping into the open country or woods, and trade is completely stagnant. A CAT at Doncaster has been released alive from beneath a chamber floor after being confined there for seven weeks. It is supposed to have been put there by some plasterers when completing their work. WILLIAM STRAILAN, Robert Makin Bates, and Sir John Dean Paul, Bart., were committed for trial on Wednesday, charged with feloniously disposing of a large amount of foreign securities, lodged with them for safe keeping, as bankers. A TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION occurred on Monday in the extensive range of premises belonging to Messrs. George Baker and Sons, builders, Lambeth. The damage is estimated at £50,000, exclusive of £2OOO worth of tools belonging to the workmen, and uninsured. A MR. W. G. BARKER, a surgeon at Brighton, has been distinguishing himself by grossly abusing Mr. French, a reporter, and threatening to strike him because he had described him in his paper as merely " Mr. W. G. Barker," instead of "W. G. Barker, Esq. !" The magistrates bound over the conceited son of 2Esculapius to keep the peace, and ordered him to pay £1 3s. 6d. costs. THE CHOLERA is raging in Tuscany. The number of cases throughout the grand duchy averages, according to the Monitore Toscano, 700 per day. The Grand Duke fre quently visits the cholera hospitals, and distributes aid or consolation to the patients. From the other parts of Italy the news is satisfactory : the cholera is mild at Rome, and has nearly ceased at Bologna; it is decreasing fast at Genoa, as well as in the provinces of Ozieri and Alghero, in the island of Sardinia. There is still some intensity in Lombardy, the number of cases throughout the kingdom having been 873 on the 28th ult. A HARD CASE.—At the Petty Sessions held at Stony- Stratford, Buckinghamshire, on Friday last, a man named Levi Henson was charged with firing off a gun within 80 feet of the turnpike-road. The evidence was very conflicting. The defendant was employed in a field, and had been ordered by his master to shoot the birds if they touched the wheat. •He had, it appears, shot a jay, and his master, having- measured the ground, found that the spot was above 80 feet from the road. The magistrates, however, told the defendant that he stood convicted " upon the clearest 'evidence they had ever heard," and fined the poor fellow 41, with 17s. ed. Costs. — Bucks Advertiser. IN THE LIST OF KILLED sent home with the last despatch from General Simpson is the name of Corporal John Shane, who met with his death under somewhat peculiar circum stances. He belonged to the 23rd Welsh Fusiliers, and having been wounded severely at the battle of the Alma, he returned to England, and was presented by the Queen with a medal. During his stay in England, he visited his native place near Exeter, and having sufficiently recovered he returned to the Crimea. On the night of the 17th of August he volunteered as a sharpshooter, and it being moonlight the Russians were able to take good aim. A ball struck hint on the left breast, cutting his medal in two, and he died almost instantly. The melancholy intelligence has just been conveyed to his mother, who lives near Exeter, by a comrade who saw him fall. RUSSIAN FESTIVITIES AT LEWES.—Tuesday, the 11th instant, being, according to the Russian calendar, the 31st of August, the anniversary of the christening of Alexander IL, Emperor of all the Russias, and his consequent reception into the holy Greek Church, which is the occasion of national e i r va j o r i at e i we n R s, u a s t s i t a h , e w a s e x p d e u n l s y e of eb h r i s a t ed l m p b e y r i t al h e m p a r i i e s s o t n y e , rs w h o o f remitted tite funds to a bishop of the Russian Church, who is residing in this country, for the purpose of administering the rites of the church to the prisoners at Chatham, Plymouth, and Lea-es. The whole of the officers liere, to the number of 20, viz., 12 Finns and 8 Russians, were provided with a dinner at the Star Hotel, while the soldiers and non-commissioned officers within the prison were also liberally regaled, and in the evening, while the'townspeople were drinking success to the allied powers, and cheering for their late victory, the 'Russians were responding to the health of the Emperor, and drinking success to his army. AN AFFAIR Wtradi THE Rips' PIRATES.-11er Majesty's steam sloop Prometheus arrived at 'Gibraltar on the 26th ult., from the East. On her way down she touched on the Riff coast near Melilla, and ran 'down along the land to abreast of the Sera Bay, where she hauled , close in and hove-to to make out some articles and boats that were observed lying on the beach ; and when close in the Riffians hoisted a tag of truce, which was answered by the ship. As the ship was canting off shore, which she did slowly on account of her keel touching a bank, the Mans opened a heavy fire of musketry upon her, killing the boatswain on the forecastle by a -sliot through the head. The Prometheus then steamed off a short distance, hauled down the flag of truce, and opened fire with shot, shell, and musketry upon the Ruffians, and continued firing upon those who were collected around, and, no doubt, killing and wounding many of them, besides destroying two large boats. Finding the Riffians had all disappeared, at 5 30, p.m., she ceased firing, and ran down the coast to Alhucemas Bay, where -she anchored for the night. A .MORMON PBEACTHER DROWNBIL—A young man named John Dudman, of Bath, aged 20, a Mormon preacher, who had for several days been in the neighbourhood, propagating the doctrines of the notorious Joe Smith, was accidentally drowned in the river Lynher, whilst in the act• of bathing. Deceased was accompanied to the river by a person :named Gartrell, whom he urged to bathe with him. Gartrell refused, and persuaded the preacher not to venture in a particular part of the river, on account of a strong current there. Disregard ing advice, Dudman immediately plunged into the stream, • and for some time bore himself up by•swimming, stating that .lituamon - rirti&-iii , Jl-beirittetfra e ßNL handed -oui:a pole close to him, by aid of which he mitht have saved himself.; but, refusing his proffered assistance, he almost immediately after sank.--Plynsouth Mail. WHO ABE THE ZOITAVESP—The 'Paris eorrespondent•of the _Nation tells us -something extraordinary, after the fashion of Paris correspondents generally. Entering a café the other day, he (or she) - noticed a party of .Zouaves, who were regaling 'themselves, andleard one call the other " Byrne." Curious, 'the correspondent made inquiries :—The Zouaves were Irish :men! That is to say, they were the sons of :Irish .parents, - who had settled, or rather unsettled, in Algiers. It is won =derful how the Irish turn up everywhere ! Eugenie had a narrow escape of being claimed as an Irishwoman. .Cavaignac , was proved to rills-spell his name, which is Kavanagh. Heki', the New:Zealand chief, is Mr. HicV,•of Dublin. But•nobody , could have expected that the Zouaves would turn• out to lae an Irish brigade. An Irish corporal's -wife is now Empress of Morocco; and , we shall soon see that all the haremsofAlgiers :and the whole• of the world are engaged in producing Irish Zouaves. FRIGHTFUL 'RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—An accident of a very shocking character occurred at the Dudley station, on the Dx .ford, 'Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, on -Sunday alight. A trainis due from Worcester, at 846 p.m., but it , did not arrive till about nine o'clock, .when it ran into the station at about the usual rate. Previous to the stoppage,the -doors of several carriages were seen , cipen, and althoughlthe usual cry was made to the passengers to keep their seats, .one or two. of them jumped out, and among them was Mr. John •Cooper, assistant clerk in the Walsall •County Court, who had .a child about four years old in his arms, and who, in descend ing from-the carriage, fell between the carriage and the plat form, and was dragged a distance of about:2o or 30 yards. It was found, on the train being stopped, that this legs were -bent back, and that the body was jammed in-between the carriage and•the platform. Ile had his child grasped firmly in his arms, and the train had-to be detached from the .carriage, and the carriage itself raised with jacks, before they,emed be extricated. They -were conveyed into the porters' room, and Mr. Johnson, surgeon, was sent for:; but Mr. Cooper had expired. Several of his bones were broken, and his body dreadfully crushed. The child-was found to .be seriously hurt, the -poor creature's thighs being fractured, and its body otherwise injured. The deceased was only .82 years of age.—Wolverhampton Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY CAPTURE OP THREE BURGLARS:C/6W a sensation has been created lately in Somerset, ,Gloucester, and Wilts, by the number of burglaries perpetrated. An ex traordinary and rather an amusing capture of three fellows gives some hopes, however, that a check will be put to •the pro ceedings of the gang. On -Sunday evening the Rev. Mr. Meade, vicar of Wingfield, near Bradford, Wilts, went to church with his family, leaving the vicarage unprotected. About half-past six o'clock, a toy, twelve years of age, named Henry Gilson, the son of the parish clerk and constable,arlao was playing near the vicarage, had his attention attracted by two strange men, whom he afterward s saw en t er M r. M ea d e ' s premises. He immediately went to the church, and commu ulented to his father, who was officiating at the time, his sus. picioi2s that all was not right at the vicarage. Mr. Gilson at once interrupted public worship by declaring his suspicions that the parson's worldly goods were in danger, and after a short conference the' congregation set off towards their pastor's house, which they surrounded, thus cuttingoff all means of es cape. Some of the boldest of them then entered and found Joseph Withy, a returned convict, and two others, who there is reason to believe are ticket-of-leave men. A large quantity of plate had been packed up in the rev. gentleman's carpet bag, ready for removal, and would, no doubt, have been speedily transferred to some distant place, but for the opportune dis covery, as a vehicle was driven from the neighbourhood by the supposed confederates of the thieves soon after the congrega tion so unexpectedly emerged from the church. The burglars were handed over to the police. DrsTßEsenva CALAMITY.—The hop season, usually prolific of fires amongst the dwellings of the pickers, has this year been inaugurated by a fearful calamity. Preparations for the accommodation of the pickers had, as usual, been made on the homestead of Mr. C. Gibbs, at Nettlestead, near Wateringbury station—various available lodges and sheds having been appro priated to their use. In one of the barns a female, about 12 months old, named Bridget Donovan, was sleeping on the straw, at about one o'clock on Saturday, whilst a girl, about eight years of age, named Julia Sullivan, wa s c h arge d t o watch over her. This girl was engaged in cooking at a fire outside the gate, when her clothes caught, and the poor child in her fright ran into the barn, and probably rolled in the straw, to subdue the flames rising around her. The straw became ignited, and in a moment the barn was filled with fire and flame. The alarm then became general, and all hastened to render assistance. Foremost among these was a poor Irish woman, who it was said had charge of the children. She ran into the barn, and through the smoke and flame succeeded in grasping the elder child, when she flew to a pond a few yards distant, with the burning child in her arms, into which she threw her. The girl was soon rescued from this second chance of destruction, and the remains of her clothes were removed. In the meantime the fire had progressed with the utmost ra pidity, and several buildings became involved. In a barn was a quantity of wheat, oats, barley, and peas, and about 200 trusses of wheat straw, and adjacent were one stack of oats and two of clover, which were all destroyed, as well as a stable, the barn and lodge, and other buildings. A telegraphic mes sage was sent to Maidstone shortly after two o'clock, and the engines arrived at the fire at a quarter to three. Previous to this, the engine kept on the property of Alderman Lucas had arrived, and had been brought into play. It was, however, evident that nothing could save the buildings or the stacks, as the roof had fallen in, and nothing was left but an immense mass of blazing ruins on the ground. The engines played upon the flames for about half an hour, particularly upon the spot where the body of the child lay, and the trunk was then recovered, the extremities having been burned away. The elder child was taken to Coxheath union-house, where her in juries were attended to. She was alive on Monday afternoon. The stock destroyed, of the value of about £6OO, was insured in the Sun office ; but the buildings, the property of the Right llon,Peml?erton Leigh, werpnot insured.---./tpidstong JoNrnal. , OL STANDARD ST. PETERSBURG journals announce that an exhibition oi fine arts will be held in that capital this year, in spite of the war. -- - THE Qtrzaw, in her visit to France, did not escape the petitioning fraternity, for it is asserted that not fewer than 100,000 petitions or begging letters were forwarded to her ! THE beadle of a parish church in Easter Ross, being unable a few Sundays ago to ring the church bell, climbed up to the belfry, and discovered that a swallow had attached her nest to the clapper. Tim satisfactory appearance of the vineyards in the ro p vinces of Asti and Alessandria, in Italy, has lately led to a re duction of 30 per cent. in the price of wine, and the grapes themselves are sold at a low price. A CAST-STEEL BELL, weighing 5 cwt., has been placed in the tower of St. Matthew's new church, in Sheffield. It was cast by Messrs. Naylor and Co., of Millsands Works, Sheffield, and is considerably cheaper than the ordinary bell metal. Two magnificent stags' heads, with twelve points on each, which were killed in Rhidorach Forest, Ross-shire, have been fitted up as gas chandeliers, for the Marquis of Stafford, at Dunrobin Castle. Each point of the antlers gives forth a jet of LETTERS from Rome announce that in a consistory to be soon held, the Pope intends to create a new religious and military order, to be called " The Order of the Immaculate Conception," and to consist of a hundred knights chosen ex clusively from princely families. THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND has been expending £50,000 a year in rebuilding cottages, farm-houses, and build ings, and on draining lands on his vast estates in Northum berland, to say nothing of the splendid improvements going on in the stately castles of Alnwick and Warkworth. THE JEwiss NEW YEAR commenced on Thursday. This is one of the most interesting of the many festivals of this peculiar people, and is celebrated by Jews all over the world. It lasts four days, and during that period there is no work done, from the highest to the humblest. FALKIRK TRYST.—The September sheep market was held on Monday last week, on the usual stance at Stenhonse-muir. The show of stock was the smallest which has been witnessed at a September market for the last quarter of a century. There were few dealers on the ground, and the sales were any thing but brisk. A PRIVATE in the Royal Artillery, John Neale by name, has been committed for the manslaughter of Andrew Williams, another private, during a drunken quarrel in the Cambridge barracks at Portsmouth. The deceased interfered between two others, when Neale fell upon him and beat him about the head with a scrubbing-brush till he was dead. THE fist Deutsch Post states that the fortune left by the late Baron Dietrich of Vienna to his grandson, Prince Sulkow sky, amounts to 18 millions of florins (about 45 millions of francs.) There were found in a cellar 22 bags, each containing 1,000 ducats in gold (the ducat is over 11 francs), and in different chests securities, out of date and lost, for a sum of 188,000 florins. ADVANCE IN PRICES.—A general advance in the price of white and brown sugar, and also candles, took place last week in London. For the latter article, which has hitherto been 61d. per lb., an advance of ld. has taken place, and for brown and white sugar the increase has been ld. per lb. ; added to this, intimation has been given to shopkeepers that an ad vance will take place in salt. A SPORTING LADY.—Among the persons who have taken out game certificates in the county of Leicester for the present year is a lady, who is housekeeper in the service of a clergyman, and by her skill materially assists in filling the larder, which has always been celebrated for its profusion. The exact number of head of game which fell to her gun on the two first days are the same as the number of summers which have rolled over her head—namely, seven and a half brace of birds, a quarter of hares, and the same number of rabbits. SUPPLY or WATER TO GLASGOW.—During the last week, from Monday to Saturday, the Glasgow Water Company forced into Glasgow 87,780,000 gallons, being on an average 14,280,000 gallons per day. Adding to this the daily supply furnished to the south side of the river by the Gorbals Water Company, of about 3,000,000 gallons, the whole supply of water amounts to 17,280,000 gallons per day, for a population of 400,000, being upwards of 40 gallons per day for each inhabitant. CAVALRY POE TEE EAST.—Orders have been sent to the Colonel-Commandant at Maidstone, to hold in readiness all the available unattached to the 10th Hussars, 12th Lancers, and 13th Light Dragoons, for immediate embarkation for the Crimea. It is expected that the depot will furnish upwards of 200 disciplined men. Reinforcements will also proceod to Lin the Ist and sth Dragoon Guards, 2nd Scots Greys, 4th ight Dragoons, 6th Inniskillens, Bth Hussars, and 17th Lancers, and in addition the 7th Hussars at York, and 13th Hussars at Manchester, have been placed under orders for foreign service. WHAT THE GERMANS THINK OF THE FALL OF SEBASTO POL.—The correspondent of the Daily News, writing from Hamburg, on the llth instant, says : The glorious news of the fall of Sebastopol was received here with great enthusi asm and general rejoicing. The quotations of all descriptions of funds, shares, and other securities—with the exception of Russian stock—have advanced, and large purchases have been made. It is generally expected that in consequence of the great success in theCrinsea, something more will be attempted in the Baltic before the close of the campaign. It is consi dered here not too late'to strike a blow at Cronstadt or Revel, and now is the time, when the enemy is panic-struck by the loss of his supposed impregnable strongholds in the south." Loss or. A TRANSPORT.—The Tagus, arrived at South ampton, brings intelligence of the loss of the Canterbury transport, No. 80, off Viana, on the sth instant. She was on her passage from Corfu to Portsmouth, with 63 rank and file, 49 women, and 58 children, all of whom were saved. The crew, consisting of 30 men, have arrived home by the Tagus. JOHN CARLISLE, who had embarked with his wife by the Guernsey steam-packet for Southampton, was noticed by the remonstrated with by the g i ;rlartehni474.' — ffir r geZ.V t it was missed, and on arriving at the latter port on Sunday, it was -found that he had fallen down the hold amongst s ome forty or fifty horned cattle, where he had been trodden upon, and suffocated in the animals' filth. CURIOUS CHARGE OF FORGERY.—A young man of respect able family, named Boiron, was lately tried by the Court of Assizes for forgery, and two other respectable young men, named - Seailles and Piquet, were tried with him as his accom plices. The case was rather curious :—Seailles and Piquet, who are -students, had to undergo examinations, in order to obtain the degree of bachelor of sciences ; but fearful of being rejected, they got Boiron to personate them, and he passed - the examination - for them under their names, and was passed in their place. To obtain a degree it is necessary for the can didates to sign certain documents, and Boiron, on one occa sion, signed the name of Seailles, and on another, that of Piquet. The jury acquitted Seailles and Piquet, and convicted Boiron. The court sentenced the latter to three years' im prisonment, and 100 fr. fine. AHD-EIACADER IN PARI.S.—Abd-el-Kader has arrived in Paris. His health continues to improve. He brought with him some magnificent presents for the Empress and the ladies of the court. The present for the Empress consists of a pair of slippers so richly ,set with precious stones as to be worth 20,000 piastres, and a rich carpet for the side of a bed. The Princess Mathilde is to receive a rich coffee service in chased silver, 'in the fashion •of Constantinople, and on the salver the Enur has caused to he engraved some Arab verses, complimentary to the Princess. A splendid embroidered napkin covers 'the salver, and it alone is worth 5,000 piastres. Accompanying the service is a quantity of Mocha coffee, and also a mill to grind it, so that the Princess will be able to drink coffee exactly as it is prepared in the seraglio. The other objects brought by the Emir consist of pipes, nargilhes, carpets, scarfs, and other oriental articles. A "GEErtglraN" SWlNDLER.—Considerable excitement has been caused in Shrewsbury during the past w eek. A n individual who had, some twenty years ago, resided in that town, returned thither recently, and renewed his acquaintance with several families. He was accompanied by a young lady, -represented as his daughter, and both received invitations to partake of the hospitality of many of the principal residents. The "gentleman" stated that he had just succeeded to a large fortune, and purposed settling down in Shrewsbury ; and suc ceeded in obtaining loans of money to the amount of several hundred pounds from professional gentlemen, giving as se .curity bills drawn by his "Irish tenantry." Circumstances, however, awakened suspicion that the bills were not genuine, and-the "gentleman" was watched by the police, who followed the -young lady from her lodgings in Shrewsbury to the rail way station, and thence to Birmingham, where she was joined by her "papa." Subsequent events dispelled the relationship of the parties, and the police took the gentleman into custody, and before the magistrates. Concealed upon his person was £3lO, the'proeeeds of his trick at Shrewsbury. The young lady is also being looked after, and it is intended to prosecute the pair for conspiracy to defraud. ATVVENILE STEIKE.—On Monday last about 120 of the boys employed in some of the ship-building yards in the town struck work for an advance of wages of from 4s. and 4s. dd. to t ra hu b s y following t o h f e a re la pre .ge h r en g s r i o b , l ‘ e th example sometimes e e se . t were unfortunately the cause of throwing several men out of employment, whose work depended in some measure upon the presence of the boys. In other respects the strike—though bearing heavy enough upon some of the parents of those con cerned in it—was rather amusing than disastrous, so long as it lasted, and a little mirth was created by the firmness which they threatened to display before they would " give in," and the annoyance to which they subjected all " blacklegs " and " black faces," it might be added, who would not "come out " and aid them in their struggle. On being talked with on the subject they expressed themselves quite as sanguine as their seniors usually do on such occasions regarding the result of their strike. Ay," said they, "the masters can get men, but they cannot get boys, and then whe'll heet the rivets ? The ship may joost lie for twa or three weeks; it 'ill no spoil, and it does us guid to be idle a wee." The result showed that they had not miscalculated very widely, for on Wednesday the asked-for advance was made, and all hands went to work. b ten art ed on H orchardß e y (l Beyond nd the here breaking there e o , of , few bei a v f eantche the , str ike an d t h h e a robbery o n b a b t ey r b e eonf at tended with any - - - _ _ygreater calamity than we have noticed.—Dum F.4,TAL EarLosiox.—A sad accident occurred on Friday afternoon, at Messrs. Booth and Vickers' naphtha works , Hors ley-fields, Wolverhampton. Shortly after two o'clock a terrific explosion was heard, and a sheet of flame rushed through the houses adjoining the works, driving out the windows and scorching the rooms. One of the houses was occupied by a woman named Christina Gariality, who was near her confine ment, and who, with her child, four years of age, were alone in the house. On hearing the noise, she caught up her child and rushed out of the house ; but the devouring flames de prived her child of life, and burned her body so fearfully that her recovery is hopeless. The other house was occupied by Elizabeth Harley, her daughter, and an infant. Harley snatched up the child, and wrapping it in her dress, ran into a pantry, which preserved them from severe injury ; ; but the daughter was severely burned, And conveyed to the hospital. On the opposite side of the house, the volumes of smoke and flame were seen for miles. Only one man was in the yard at the time of the explosion ; he was named Barnard Maley, and he first attempted to escape by a doorway, but it was choked up with flames. He then attempted to get through the win dow of the clarifying shed, but that proved too small. A hole was then made in the roof with a boat-hook, and the poor fellow scrambled up to it, holding on the roof with his hands. A ladder was sent for, but before it arrived, he sank down into the burning mass, and perished. Several engines were speedily on the spot, and with a copious supply of water nd m fro the canal the flames were prevented from extending, ain about an hour were subdued. It appears probable that the accident was caused by a cinder or spark from the furnace falling into a cask of naphtha, which ran up the pipes and re sulted in the sudden explosion. Large casks of naphtha out side buildings were msrely scorched by the flames;. . THE CHARGE OF PARRICIDE AT BATH.-Thomas Tutton, charged with attempting to poison his father , was finally exa mined on Friday last. The presence of , arsenic in the food given to the father was clearly proved. The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was committed for trial. MRS. NORTON, the wife of a clerk in the goods office of the South-eastern Railway, expired on Saturday morning from the effects of the collision, and another of the sufferers, Mrs. Snowden, remains in a most critical condition. She has a compound fracture of the left leg, and the bone has not been set. Mr. Skinner, who received a compound fracture of the left leg, and the other sufferers are going on favourably. RECANTATION OP SIR WILLIAM DUNBAR.-Sir William Dunbar, who some years ago was excommunicated by Bishop Skinner, for schismatical practices, and who defeated the Primus in-the civil courts, and put him to costs amounting to some £1,500, having some time ago resigned his incumbency at St. Paul's, Aberdeen, and returned to England, with a view to take English preferment, has been refused institution, until the process of Bishop Skinner should be withdrawn. In consequence of this he applied to the College of Bishops in Scotland, with a formal expression of his sorrow and contri tion " for having seceded from the Scottish Episcopal Church," whereupon Bishop Skinner has, with the unanimous consent of his Synod, granted him absolution. A YOUTH was charged at Bow-street on Saturday with stealing the watch of an Egyptian engineer, M. Chahata Issa. The magistrate decided on committing him for trial. " Give me my watch," said the Egyptian gentleman, who spoke what little he knew of the English in au animated style. "Me no be bothered in dis way. Me no appear again. I have wasted mush time since already, and I waste no more unless you pay to me a guinea for every hour !" The worthy foreigner was assured he would not be detained long at the Old Bailey. " The old who ?" The process of the trial was explained to him, but it was long before the officer could get him to accept the notice to attend at the sessions. The prisoner avowed his innocence, and complained that the Egyptian nearly strangled him. LONG SPEECHES IN PARLIAMENT.-Speaking of Lord Stanley's plan for terminating the session in June, the In verness Courier says :-"A great deal might be done if the newspapers would - unite, and agree to cut down the reports to mere summaries, except in the case of a statesman who really had something to say. There need be no fear of difference of opinion arising-leave the question to the re porters' gallery, where there is only one opinion, namely, that the members are nearly all humbugs, and that all the speeches are three-fourths too long. If a talking bore could hear the comments that come between his sentences, I don't know whether he would he amused. ' That's right, say it twain-you haven't repeated it more than nine tunes yet.' `Bah trying to pick out a long word, because a short one would make it clear; he is talking nonsense." Why, the last speaker said that; what are you stealing Isis notions for?' `Looking up, actually, as if he thought anybody would take down such bosh,' &c. Another way would be to print, for a fortnight, all that the members say, and exactly as they say it." HORRIBLE MURDER IN FRANCE.-A horrible murder has just been discovered at Belville, close to Paris. On Saturday last, the inhabitants of the Rue des Annelets, having re marked that a lady named Gaillard, aged 55, living at No. 7, had not made her appearance for a couple of days, called the attention of the police to the fact. The house, which con sisted of but one story, and had no porter, having been opened by order of the magistrate, the body of the unfortu nate lady was found lying upon the floor in a pool of coagu lated blood. It was ascertained that the murderer had used some heavy instrument to inflict the wounds which caused the death of his victim. The chest of drawers, desk, and every other kind of repository, had been ransacked, apparently for the family papers of the deceased ; but a pair of diamond ear-rings and a diamond ring were still on her person, and two gold watches were hanging up near the bed untouched. The murderer has not yet been discovered.-Gilignaai. THREE YOUTHS DROWNED.-A very deplorable casualty occurred on Thursday afternoon, in the neighbourhood of He versham,which has occasioned much painful excitement in that neighbourhood, three of the youths belonging to the Hever sham Grammar School having met with an untimely end by drowning, while bathing on Heversham-marsh. It appears that the head-master had given permission to a number of the scholars to bathe at the spot mentioned, and one of the elder pupils, Edward Joseph Godwin, who was about 20 years of age, and who was one of the unfortunate three who perished, went before to look out for a proper spot ; the under-master, Mr. John Parker, shortly after followed, with a number of the other scholars, in company with the music -master, Mr. Hud son. Godwin and two other youths named Cowell and Rigby, 18 and 19 years of age respectively, were in the water when the second-master arrived, and were seen by another youth, Edwin James Horicks, an acquaintance of theirs, but not a schoolfellow; to launch a piece of wood into the water. It floated, and they were about it, when Godwin, who was nearest, called out for assistance, appearing to be out of his depth, and Cowell and Rigby immediately went to his aid. Cowell reached him first, and Rigby came up just afterwards, but they both went under water, as did also God win. Both perished in their effort to save their companion. Another scholar, John Taylor Mawson, about 15 years of age, went into the water to look for the bodies, but nothing could be seen of them, and it was not till after 8 o'clock that they were recovered near where they were observed to go down, a number of people speedily repairing to the spot, and two boats being procured to assist in the search. At the place where the bodies were found there is a break in the sand, and it is very deep. The second-master had examined the spot the day before, and did not obserae then any break in the sand. An inquest was held the following day, at Heversham, on the body of Mr. E. G. Godwin, and a verdict returned of " Accidentally drowned."-Kendal Mercury. POPULATION AND THE POOR Liw.-On Tuesday a return was published of the population of the unions and parishes (without unions) in England, Scotland, and Ireland, showing the amount of workhouse accommodation in each, for the year the 31st of December, 1854. It hence appears that in t ia h g e igl w a o ri r d k a h n o n us w e . .. I : o , m t in he m p a n t a io u i l i a i t n ion lB a s m l o w u as ntiato s69 l . 7,B l, 7 l ,4 l 6 re 7 Ire land, with a population of 6,552,050, En, ---I.4innse accommo dation on the 30th of 11pr-ember, 1854, was 214,281. to the return from Scotland, as is generally the case, the secretary of the Board of Supervison has not taken the trouble to cast out the grand totals. The following is the amount of population and workhouse accommodation in the counties of England viz., in Bedford, 129,430 (population), and 2,080 (work house accommodation); in Berks, 199,139 and 4,031; in Bucks, 143,629 and 2,489 ; in Cambridge, 191,338 and 3,002; in Chester, 413,434 and 2,898; in Cornwall, 346,240 and 3,519 ; in Cumberland, 194,540 and 1,917 ; in Derby, 259,924 and 2,079 ; in Devon, 663,413 and 6,264 ; in Dorset, 176,898 and 2,543; in Durham, 408,887 and 2,027 ; in Essex, 343,379 and 6,313 ; in Gloucester, 418,984 and 6,573 ; in Hereford, 110,697 and 1,378 ; in Herts, 188,685 and 3,472 ; in Huntingdon, 60,085 and 882; in Kent, 614,218 and 11,512 ; in Lancaster, 2,094,800 and 17,282; in Leicester, 234,196 and 3,591; in Lincoln, 398,106 and 4,053 ; i n Middlesex, 1,878,379 and 25,134 ; in Monmouth, 177,043 and 1,168 ; in Norfolk, 436,525 and 8,203 ; in Northampton, 209,866 and 2,789 ; in Northumberland, 301,388 and 1,986; in Nottinghamshire, S in us lA serx ;rc 3 e 3 st B e 9 r, 3° 274,630 and 3,162 ; in Oxford, 168,772 and 2,872 ; in Rutland, 24,214 and 279 ; in Salop, 249,415 and 3,397 ; in Somerset, f a l n oo d a 10 n , d 15 4 5 ,8 ; 57 in ; 461,578 and 6,094; in Southampton, 403,463 and 7,277 ; in and 7,211 ; 384,088 and Stafford, 534,438 and 5,419; in Suffolk, 333,005 and 6,999; B il B l o S ; urre in 3' 1; 6 H:724 8 0 in Warwick, 458,493 and 4,374 ; in Westmoreland, 58,349 and 3,185; in York, East Riding, 239,776 and 2,615; in the North Riding, 192,222 and 1,751; and in the West Riding, 1,293,798 and 6,921. TRIAL OF THE LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY DIRECTORS. The " tribunal of first instance" sat on the 6th instant at Brussels, for the purpose of trying Messrs. John Ashwell, John Masterman, and Sir William Magnay, prosecuted, ex officio, upon charges of fraud, in connexion with Luxembourg railway shares. Mr. Ashwell, who has long been in prison, and subject to rigorous seclusion, was the only one present of the three accused. Among the English witnesses for the pro secution heard were Messrs. Matthew Uzielli, Thomas Cox head, and Thomas Klose, of Nottingham, all three immedi ately connected with the Luxembourg line. The main charge against the defendants appears to be-for having converted to their own benefit and purposes, or to other purposes considered illegal, several thousand shares, amounting to 3,000 in 1849, and 7,500 in 1851; for having received interest on.portions of the same ; and for directing these misapplications to be en tered in the books or balance sheets of the company as sums disbursed for purchases of land, and for defraying legal, engi neering, and " parliamentary" expenses. In reply to the question from the judge, " Whether the shares which were sent to Belgium by the defendants were accounted for in the company's books under the latter head ?" Mr. Coxhead ob served, Yes ;in England, when railway grants are made, divers secret expenses ensue. They are regarded as perfectly regular, and are entered as " parliamentary" expenses. They may be thus explained :-" When a line is to be constructed, the first thing done is to employ an agent called parliamen tary. He is a person learned in the law, but not a regular barrister recognised by the courts. He is a sort of private agent. When a railway grant is conceded in England, it is necessary to give shares to landholders, to owners of property on river banks, and to newspaper directors. If they choose to pay up the first call, they may. In case shares rise, they do. If shares fall, they are not asked for the difference. The company then purchase of them these shares, and pay the difference in order to balance the general account of share holders." This system, so detrimental apparently as regards the general interests of bond fide shareholders, seemed to asto nish the court, and all the uninitiated, and may be fairly said to be founded upon that reversed of " tails you lose-heads I win." On the 7th the Tribunal Correctional acquitted the directors of the Luxembourg Railway of the charge of em bezzlement :-John Ashwell, as being already proscribed ; William Magnay and John Masterman, because offence not sufficiently proven by evidence. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.-The report of the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the best mode of obtain ing accurate agricultural statistics L from all parts of the United Kingdom, with the evidence taken before them, has just been issued. M r . L eone L ev i , w h o a tt en d e d the Statis tical Congress, held at Brussels, two years ago, which took this question into consideration, was one of the witnesses ex amined. He had prepared a plan for the collection of such statistics, which he submitted last year to the Society of Arts. He proposed the establishment of a central board, authorised to collect annual returns of the total acreage, and also the acreage of the several crops, of each parish in England and Wales, through the local Boards of Guardians, and in Scot land through the Highland Society. In his evidence, how ever, Mr. Levi stated that he had seen reason to doubt the expediency of using the agency of the Poor-law Guardians, owing, as he says, to the unpopularity which surrounds them, and the reasons which they have themselves given, that they cannot obtain the co-operation of the agriculturists, and that gentlemen refuse to co-operate, owing to the small remune- . , ration and the prevalence of party feeling among them. Seeing what has been done by the Registrar-General in the collection of the census, Mr. Levi considers that would be the best medium through which to collect these statistics, which he thinks might be obtained in the same way:by, leaving schedules to be filled up with the required information, and forwarded to the Central Board on or before the first of June in each year. Inspectors should also be appointed on the recommendation of the Inclosure and Copyhold Commis sioners, to make an inspection and estimate of the crops in September, and transmit the latter to the Central Board. This board should be in connection with the Board of Trade, in order that nothing of a political character should be as cribed to it. The committee recommend, in their report, that the Board of ..Trade should be entrusted with the general superintendence of the collection of the statistics in Great Britain, through the medium of the Poor-law machinery in England and Wales, and of the Highland Society in Scotland ; and that the Irish Government, in continuing to superintend the collection for Ireland through the constabulary, should consult with the Board of Trade from time to time on the subject, for the purpose of eecuring uniformity in the returns. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. J. Bateman, Vicar of Huddersfield, to the Rectory of North Cray, Kent. Ven. R. Bell, to the Precentorabip of Lismore. Rev. A. C. H. Bolton, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. John's Church, Notting-hill. Rev. F. Bourdillon, M.A., to the Rectory of Woolbeding, Sussex. Rev. J. T. Brown, to the Vicarage of Cookham, Berks. Rev. G. B. Concanon, to the Rectory of Prior and Dromond, in the Diocese of Ardfert. Rev. F. H. Cope, to the Stipendiary Curacy of Windermere, Westmoreland. Rev. A. B. Day, 8.A., to the Curacy of Olveston, near Bristol. Rev. J. J. D. Dent, to the Curacy of Hunsingore, Yorkshire. Rev. J. Dodsworth, Vicar of Bourn, Lincolnshire, to be a Rural Dean. Rev. H. J. Ellison, ALA., Prebendary of Lichfield, to the Vicar age of Windsor, B er k s . Rev. G. H. Fell, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, to the Rectory of Horsington, near Horncastle. Rev. J. Gabb, 8.A., to be Chaplain to the Earl of Carlisle. Rev. R. A. Gent, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Paul's, Prince's. park, Walton-on-the -Hill. Rev. J. J. G. Graham ? 8.A., to the Curacy of Markham Clin ton, near Tuxford, Nottinghamshire. Rev. W. E. Hadow, to be Curate and Sunday Evening Lecturer at Tavistock. Rev. C. Hayes, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Brampton-BierlOw, near Sheffield. Rev. F. T. Hill, 8.A., to the Curacy of Clifton, Somerset. Rev. \V. M. Hind, M.A., to the Assistant-Chaplaincy of the Lock Hospital, Harrow-road, Paddington. Rev. J. Hibbert-Wanklyn, M.A., to the Rectory of Fleet-Mars. ton near Aylesbury. Rev. S. Holmes, Rector of North Cray, to the Vicarage of Huddersfield. Rev. H. J. Hotham, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, to -the Vicarage of St. Michael's, Cambridge. Rev. W. Jones, M.A., to the Curacy of Morton, near Oswestry. Rev. E. Jones, to the Curacy of Llansantfraid-Glyn-Dyvrdwy, near Corwen, Merionethshire. Rev. W. Kilbride, to the Union of Arran, diocese of Tuam. Rev. D. Lewis, to the new district church of Trefney, in the diocese of St. Asaph. Rev. H. Mackenzie, Rector of Tydd St. Mary, near Wisbeach, to be Chaplain to the Bishop of Lincoln. Rev. E. H. Mac Lachlen. B.A. to the Curacy of Tudeley with Capel, near Tunbridge Wells. Rev. J. Miller, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Paul's, Preston, Lancashire. Rev. J. C. Minchin, M.A., Rector of St. Mildred, in the City of London, to be Chaplain to Mr. Alderman Kennedy, during the year of his Shrievalty. Rev. R. S. Mitchell, to the Curacy of St. Michael's, Limerick. Rev. J. S. Paget, to the town district of the parish of Clones, in the diocese of Clogher. Rev. W. F. Peart, 8.A., to the Curacy of the Abbey Church, Bath. Rev. W. Philipson, M.A., to the Rectory of Bradley, Lincoln shire. _ _ Rev. G. A. Proctor, to the Rectory of Kilnemanagh, diocese of Ferns. Rev. J. Sansom, M.A., to the Rectory of Buslingthorpe, Lincoln. shire. Rev. J. S. Sergeant, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Netherthorpe, near Sheffield. Rev. F. Simpson, 8.A., to the Rectory of Foston, near York. Rev. M. F. Smyth, M.A., to the Vicarage of Rathmel, near Giggleswick. Rev. C. F. Tarver, to the Rectory of St. John, Ilketshall, Suffolk. Rev. J. B. Vale, M.A., to the Rectory of Crostwright, near North 'Walsham, Norfolk. CLERICAL OBITUARY. Aug. 29, in his 62nd year, the Rev. Henry Elliot Graham, for 21 years Rector of the parish of Ludgran, Cornwall, and a Magis- trate for the county. Aug. 31, aged 50, the Rev. J. 31. Williams, for 17 years Curate of Berrum, Montgomeryshire. Sept. 1, the Rev. John Stewart, Incumbent of Fenny Stratford, Bucks. Sept. 1, at Arrad-cottage, the Rev. W. Morgan, Incumbent of Penny Bridge Chapel, Cumberland, aged 31. Sept. 2. the Rev. W. Kendall, Rector of Marake,Yorkshire, and Incumbent of Downholme, aged 72. Sept. 3,. very suddenly, at the Rectory, Charlton•on-Otmoor, Oxfordshire, the Rev. G. Riggs, M.A., Rector of that parish. Sept. 5, at Dover. the Rev. Thom as P earce , M.A., f or m er ly Scholar of Corpus College, Oxford, Rector of Mareston, and late P.C. of Folkestone, Rector of Hawkgage, and Vicar of Hartlip, Kent, in his 74th year. Sept. 6, at St. Clement's Hill, New Catton, Norwich, the Rev. S. W. Day, M.A., Fellow and late Tutor of %Vadliam College, Oxford, aged 25. _ _ - Sept. 8, the Rev. Edward Ward Wakeman, of Coon Half, Salop. _ _ Sept. 9, at Halifax, aged 39, the Rev. William Smith, M.A., lecturer of Halifax. Sept. 10, at the Vicarage, Norham, aged 66, the Rev. William Stephen Gilley, D.D., Canon of Durham, and Vicar of Norham. Sept. 10, in Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, the Rev. Richard Pierce Butler, second son of the late Sir Richard Butler, of Garryhundon, county of Carlow, Ireland, in his 71st year. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREFERMENTS.— The Rev. John Richardson has been licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of Old Hutton, in the parish of Kendal, in the county of Westmoreland, upon the nomina tion of the Rev. J. W. Barnes, vicar of Kendal, patron in right of his vicarage. —The Rev. Robert Gordon Calthrop has been nominated to the Perpetual Curacy of Irton, in the county of Cumberland, by Samuel Irton, Esq., of Irton, the patron. DIOCESAN ORDINATION.—The examination of the candi dates for the ensuing ordination will take place on Thursday morning next, September 20th, at the palace, at 10 o'clock. There are about thirty candidates. THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER has intimated a desire to retire from the episcopate, on account of his age and increasing infir mities. It is stated that he is likely to be succeeded in his bishopric by the Yen. Archdeacon Robinson, D.D., Master of the Temple, and Canon Residentiary of Rochester Cathedral. THE Wigan Examiner mentions a memorial window, newly erected in the parish church by Mr. H. Woodcock, to the memory of his wife. It consists of three compartments. In the centre the Ascension, with the Nativity on the left, and the Resurrection on the right. At the foot is a female figure in the attitude of resignation and penitence, with an emblazoned scroll, " Jesu, mercy." At the bottom, and run ning across the window, is the inscription, " Sacred to the memory of Jane, the beloved wife of Henry Woodcock." TxrE AncirnrsiroP OF CANTERBURY will hold his next 0.-aination at Michaelmas ; the Archbishop of York on St. Thomas's Day, Friday, the 21st of Dece:2:ber. Ordinations will be holden on Sunday, the 23rd instant, by the Bishops of Exeter, Ripon, St. David's (at the parish church of Abergwili), Worcester, Oxford, Chester, Llandaff, and Lincoln; on St. Matthew's Day, by the Bishop of Lichfield, at Eceleshall ; on Sunday, the 30th instant, by the Bishop of Manchester; on Sunday, the 11th of November, by the Bishop of Ely ; on the following Sunday by the Bishop of Norwich; on Advent Sunday by the Bishop of Peterborough ; and on Sunday the 23rd of December, by the Bishops of Chiche s t er , S a li s b ury, and Bath and Wells. LORD PALMERSTON AT MELBOURNE. -C>---- TUB arrival of Lord and Lady Palmerston at Melbourne Hall, on Thursday afternoon, was the occasion of demon strative proceedings on the part of great numbers of the inhabitants, who lined the road along which his Lordship passed to the mansion. On Friday Lord Palmerston received a deputation charged with an address, congratulating his Lordship on the happy coincidence that the visit of himself and Lady Palmerston to the dwelling•place of her Ladyship's ancestors should be marked by an event which shed so much lustre on the admi nistration of which he was the head. After dwelling on the glory and success which had crowned the efforts of Lord Pal merston and his colleagues, the address concluded with the expression of wishes for the personal happiness and health of his Lordship and Lady Palmerston. In reply, his lordship said that having come there upon pri vate business, and for only one day's inkr ,ral from business of a public and therefore more important nature, he was not pre pared for such a reception as that now given him. Having uttered a few sentences in acknowledgment of the compliment paid him, his lordship proceeded to speak on the subject of the war. We have (said his lordship) struck a heavy blow at an enemy whose aggressive policy threatened the whole ivorld, and par ticularly the interests of this country. We have sustained great losses ; but it is a consolation to those who have lost relatives and friends in this contest in support of liberty against despotism, that their names will be enrolled in the annals of fame, and will be associated with the imperishable glories of their country. And great as our losses are, lamentable as all feel them to be, we know that the losses of the enemy are infinitely greater; and though the war has been undoubtedly attended with losses and privations on our part, if we give cre dit to the information derived from various sources we have the satisfaction of knowing that those losses and those privations are surpassed in magnitude by those against whom we are patrioti cally contending. Final success must attend our arms. Our se curity for that arises in the undaunted valour of our troops and those of our allies. We have a security also in the good faith of the Emperor of the French, who is with us heart and soul in this contest. We have an additional security in the alliance of the kingdom of Sardinia, and history reminds us that small states have played an important stake in the world. We re member the part played by Holland, by Venice, by Genoa— smaller states, territorially, than the kingdom of Sardinia. Well, then, with this prospect before us—with the valour of our troops in unison with the troops of the Emperor of France — nations that have laid aside ancient antagonisms, and who are now actuated by no other feelings but an honourable rivalry as brothers in arms, fighting for a common cause, bound together by the indissoluble ties of Friendship, and act ing in the truest spirit of good faith —and above and before all, relying upon the justice of our cause, it is impossible to believe that the war can be brought to any other conclusion than that which will secure to Europe safety against the fu ture aggressions of Russia—a peace that shall not only be honourable and satisfactory to the allies, but which shall re dound to the honour and interests of the country, and justify the great sacrifices by which such a peace shall have been at tained. The speech was received very warmly by those to whom it was addressed, and, on the conclusion of the proceedings, three times three cheers were given for Lady Palmerston, who bowed her acknowledgments. BRITISH ASSOCIATION. —The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science com menced on Wednesday, in Glasgow, being the second time the association has met in that city, the former being in 1840. The general meeting met in the Merchants' -hall, and amongst those present were Prince Lucien Bonaparte, the Earl of Harrowby, (who presided,) Count FrBlich, (from Sweden,) and Sir R. J. Murchison. The report of the council was read; it noticed the probability of various scientific societies being located in London at the public expense, in Burlington-house, Piccadilly. The report was received, and the various officers appointed to the different sections. The treasurer's report showed a balance of revenue on hand of £Bl7, and that the property of the association was estimated at £6,002, and its it liabilities at £647. At 5 o'clock the Lord Provost gave an a In augural banquet in the M c Lellan-rooms ; three sa l oons, coffee reception-roona, the centre a dining-hall, and the =me .., a were room. Among the guests, besides those a.11%*); the Earls of the Duke of Argyll, president of the association t 0 c fngestre, Belbasen, Elgin, Eglington, and Harrowby ;‘ Lords.velirst general meeting of and Talbot; Baron Liebeg, &C. City ball at 8 o'clock, and was the association was held in the _ i of Harrowby, the retiring brilliantly attended. The Earl his successor in the chair, the president, briefly introduced i e survey of the progress made in taking comprehensive . dress, taking a c Duke ed o i f ng A s rg3l, of science during the last few years, The the various fields terminated shortly after 10 o'clock. who delivered a long and able inaugural ad dress, proee