The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-12 00:00:00

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To relieve them in their dis ci., a subscription has been originated. Mr. Daniel Camp "`ll, 1 83, Grove-street, has consented to act as treasurer, and °p ntributions will be received by Mr. Warburton, of the Ex 'vg`lnge News-room. 2lra GALE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—A very high wind W v Ped in this town-on Wednesday last. The force of the it'ut was so great, that at the shop of Mr. Brooks, High 0 , 1 1-road, two enormous squares of glass, valued at from 12 t 9 £ll each, were blown out. As might have been ex ,7ed from the great wind and violent squalls, several 'mashies have occurred to the shippng outside the port. 1 ,-. O X Sunday week, the members of St. Mary's Bible Class, ,'lrkdale, presented to the Scripture reader of that district a era handsome Polyglot Bible, which bore the following in ption Presented to Mr. Thomp Seagar, Scripture t eader in connection with St. Mary's Church, Kirkdale, by the L a aenThers of his Bible class, as a token of their esteem and mfiard for him, and expressive of the very kind manner in "leb they appreciate his invaluable services.—Feb. 3, 1856." f IN reply to a memorial to the LOrdS of the Treasury, praying ic ° l l a further issue of silver threepences, the mayor of Man -I,ester has received a letter stating that the coining of silver, gulch was interrupted in October last by a sudden and severe Pressure for gold on the part of the Bank of England, has f . ‘ ,LeIY been resumed, and will enable the master of the Mint furnish in a short time, a sufficient supply of threepences all silver coins of other .4enominations. IsillElLli-LANE MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.—The members and friends of this institution assembled in their m eeting-room, 30, Limekiln-lane, on Wednesday, when an 11I teresting essay Was read by the president of the society, Mr. Jo seph E. Jones, 'upon "Theatres," Mr. Jones contending ~that th ea t res were b ene fi c i a l as pl ac e s of amusement, &c. A 'tisenssion was held after the essay had been read, when a Ilajority of the meeting coincided with the lecturer's views of he question. STRAnAN EMIGRATION.--The ship Salem, one of Messrs. agee, Levingston, and Walthew's Liverpool line of packets, filed for Melbourne on Wednesday, with a full cargo and 128 tassengers. The royal mail ship Joseph Tarratt, Captain ' 4121 111, cf Messrs. James Baines and Co.'s Black Ball line, sailed on Friday for Melbourne, with 110 passengers. The C ommodore Perry, Captain Webb, of the same line, went into "ie river yesterday, to embark, from the Birkenhead cicp6t, about 300 government emigrants for Sydney. W AT NEXT P AND WITO NEXT?—Last night VIM the 'nnual election for honorary officers of the Manchester Athe •"leam: The election is by ballot; and at least four-fifths of tie members who voted (snd hundreds did so) have votes for anchester. Mr. Richard Cobden was proposed and seconded 4 . 3 one of the vice-presidents, and he was black-balled! What t:vbauge ! But two or three short years ago, •and he would • e been elected with acclamations. Such circamstances as ese, rather than packed meetings, got up with all the in t3ence of the League to back them, (and those resident in 44 anchester know what that iiuence is;) - show iu what esti mat• ion the peace-at-any-price ;party is held in Manchester.- 41 anchester Guardian. NOVELTY IN BANKRUPTM—At the Bankruptcy Court, on - toesday, at the dividend meeting in r e Thomas Walker, for- VerlY proprietor of the •Claremont Hotel in that town, Mr. a l L otisham, attorney for the assignees, congratulated the cre ditors on the fact, that through the' inistrumentality of the i f l a . _„Tikruptcy Court they world not only receive their debts in 1-1, but interest likewise. Mr. Commissioner Perry said there (1 been several similar eases in that Court recently. Walker, i., bankrupt, absconded 'to America tome time ago. It was Ought he thad committed suicide; as the mangled remains 'of a IDau , supposed to be Walker, were found, soon after he db -BConded,•on one of the local lines of railway. It has since been a scertained that he wart to Auteritt. ROTILS MEBEItY YACHT CLUB. — The monthly meeting nf t his club-was held at the club-house on Monday, Commodore Littledile presiding, supported by hear-Commodore Grindrod and other officers. The treasurer submitted the accounts for the pail. ; year, which showed an '.F.ucrease of balance to their credit =in the hands of the bankers, after paying the , current "Denditure of the year. Some took place .rpect ing the mode of admission on'hoard of the steamers•engaged to fellow the sailing matches, and a resolution was adopted for the future. The-club will commence their season by dining together at the marine station-on the April meeting. A SAcnntsrrJs TnrtF.—Thomas Chambers, .a cripple, Was brought up at the Police-curt, on Friday, one. charge of robbing St. Paul's and St Alban's churches, in thistown. z On the 19th , October, St. Paul's church was broken into and, robbed, and on the 23rd instant, the same crime 'was coin.; laitted at St. Alban's, Lim In-lane. The prisoner:was shortly ~terwards committed by the Birkenhead magittrates to linutsford forsacrilege, ani:, on his release this-week, he told eae of the: Liverpool detectlves, who met himqn Birkenhead, 'Where the property stolen from St. Alban's .and St.• Paul .ttOld be' found- His statements were found to be , correct, 'and he wag detained in enttody. After a consultation betwerni thA magistrates as to wbaher the prisoner .could beconvicted an his own - volunteered ,evidence, he was committed for trial, Eeveral persons identifying him as the vender-of articles sworn ,0 as having been stolen'Trom the above-named churches. - - Toxrava-PARK BOAT.D or HEALTH.—At the •monthly meeting of the board, held on Tuesday, at the -Public-offices, Toxteth-perk, Mr. Matthew Gregson pretided ; and there Were also present, Meters. J. R. Jeffery, Alpass, Rogers, Lathbury, Siddeley, Lee, and Avison. Tie& business tieenseeted Presented very few features of public interest, as, from the recent formation of the board, the procedings• are- little else than routine. A memorial was presented irom theeeceispiers and owners of property in Aigburth-vale, pointing out the gerous condition of the road, and praying the , board to take the necessary steps to compel the proper parties to put it inth an efficient state of repair. ThoCliairman.said there was this difficulty about the matter, that while the road was in Toxteth.park, the louses on one side •were in Aigburth, and it was a questionraow far they couldinterferee.Ultimately the memorial was referred to the Sewerage and Improvement uommittee. The Cle - Sis (Mr. Rowlands) presented some ac- Founts for payment, upon which Mr. ,Jeffery remarked Really, Mr. Chairman, we are going on in a most irregular Manner ; paying bills upon the simple recommendation of the clerk. We are, without a Finance Connuittee, like a body Without limbs." The Clerk said it would be very necessary to appoint a Finance Committee, in •order that they might %se' the necessary rates. After some further conversation, Mr. 4 -)Pass moved that the Finance Committee consist of _Messrs. . s Jeffery, Avison, Alpass, Siddeley, and the Chairman ex:officio. - -Ibis was carried unanimously, and -soon after-the meeting broke up. GABSTON COHNIPSIONEUS.—The monthly meeting took Place at the Aiglearth Hotel, on Tuesday,-when the chair was occupied by Mr..J. A. Tinne ; and theee were also :present Messrs. Chaloner,Lightbody, Pritt, Watts, and Chitson. Some Conversation took place with reference to the. Noith Stafford shire Railway Bill -(which will be extended to this- district), and as it was • understood that such bill leas in progress, the board resolved to acteas if it were going on,.and be prepared accordingly. The minutes of the Works. and: Health Com mittee were read; ehich caused some desultory conversation relative to the repair-of a road near Mrs. Green's premises, in Aigburth-vale. 'roe decision of the board on this subject was 'Postponed, and the minutes were confirmed. The minutes of - the Finance Committee were also read and confirmed. A con- N'ersation took plate with reference to the outstanding debt, amounting to £s73 e which was considerable, when itewas re solved that parties should be called upon to pay the money for 'Paving as soon as the work was completed. The. -chairman 51. x- that no doubt the New Public Health Act would.be pro ceeded with this session ; and as a sub-committee was appointed last year, he suggested that such committee lee re-appointed to Watch the progress ofethe bill, and report to the board any :thing which might affect the interests of this. district. The anhject of the new burial-ground at Ch ildwall.was disaussed, When it was deemed necessary to confer with the •overseers and other authorities of the parish, in order that the-parish might avail itself of the advantage of this place-of sepulture, as the parish burial-ground was already full, and no other contiguous land could be procured. The board resolved to make , the necessary sunestions to the overseers.-relative to ,this • subject. This closed the business of the day , and the oeard adjourned. THE MANCHESTER CORPORATION AND THR iLIVERROOL To'W N . - Dues.—On Wednesday, at a meeting of the Man chester ecouncil, Mr. Heron, the town-clerk, laid before the council the bill for carrying into effect certain provisions of " The:Birkenhead Dock Act, 1855, for providing for, theseon etruction, tompletion, and management of the Birkenhead leeks, and for other purposes," which has been introduced by the corporation of Liverpool into the House of :Commons. The following resolution .was ananimously adopted.:—That the bill be:referred to the special consideration of the . COM- Thittee far general purposes, and that such committee be...au thorised and instructed to take all such steps on behalf of this council, either by petition against such bill or otherwise, -as May appear tobe necessary for the due protection of the inter ests of this -city." Mr. Alderman Bancroft introduced the subject of the Liverpool town ..dues, and said that, although the Government had taken up the question, he thought ;it Incumbent upon the council and all municipali bodies in the districts surrounding Manchester, having any communication, direct or indirect, with the port of Liverpool, now to exert themselves, in order to secure the speedy passing o f the bill -introduced into Parliament by thesvice-president of the Board of Trade. He moved the following resolution, which was Itconded by Mr. William Gibb, and adopted :—" That this council has heard with much satisfaction the communication 410 W made, and of the intention of Her Majesty's Government , `'° Put an end to the gross injustice sander which the trade and commerce of this district have so long suffered, in being taxed to so enormous an extent for -the purpose of defraying the ;local expenses of the borough of Liverpool. That, under the direction of the committee for genera l p ur p oses, a p etition oe prepared and presented to the House of Commons in favour of the till introduced by Her Majesty's. Government, and that it be an instruction to such committee to fake all such steps as may appear to be desirable to secure that such bill shall be speedily passed into a law." THE ADI,EGED Poisoiern& ar MANCHESTER. — On Wed nesday, the adjourned inquest on the body of John Monaghan, Which was exhumed on the 28th ult., was resumed before Mr. tierford, the coroner. Professor Frankland, of Owens College, Manchester, stated that he had examined portions of the S tomach of the deceased, and the intestines. He teste d them 'or lead,* arsenic, antimony, mercury, and other mineral Poisons ; but he found no mineral poison in them, with the found a trace of lead ; also a trace of copper, but no other poison. In the kidneys he found a trace of zinc only. The '4fles and brain contained no mineral poison. He did not examine the viscera for vegetable poisons, because the length Of time which had elapsed since the decease would preclude 411 . Y sati s f a ctory detection of such poisons. He was satisfied With the results of his examination, and that no further . b .races of poison could be found on a further examination. 'rorn his analysis he was satisfied that death had not been eaused hy metallic poison. Mr. T. W. Dyson, surgeon, con etlrred generally in the evidence of Professor Frankland. He Was as satisfied that if death bad been produce d b y acetate of lead would have been found in larger quantities in the Mr. John Hatton, one of the surgeons of the Chorlton s %nion, who attended the deceased during his illness, stated t hat he never once thought that any one had been tampering iwith him. The cause of the death of the deceased was that - l e was an old man, breaking up in his constitution, and the softened state of the mucus membrane of the bowels caused larrheea an d dy s entery. The deceased, whilst living, mani fested no symptoms of poisoning by lead, so far as the witness new those symptoms—not from experience, but as a matter -t medical science. In accordance with the wish of Mr. ugh, of London, who appeared in support of the charge 41-,n rin , .oncrwra 7 , 1! eel Fae , e-el Pee" thin THE Rochdale and Staleybridge petitions for the grant of a charter of incorporation to each of those boroughs will be considered in the Privy Council to be held on the 6th March. IT is said that the functions of the receiver cf Admiralty droits at this port have been transferred to the Customs' department, and the fees are in future to be applied to public purposes. JAMES Dewsoiv, a horse-dealer, of Todmorden, after con fessing to the robbery of a man with whom he lodged, for a night, at Blackpool, committed suicide by hanging himself. Dawson himself had been robbed at Preston fair. MR. AND MRS. MOLYNEUX'S ANNUAL BALL took place at the Assembly-rooms, Great George-street, on Thursday. Messrs. Shand, Cooper, Wagstaffe, and Lawrence, the mem bers for Great George Ward, and about 150' persons, were present. The room was tastefully decorated. AT the half-yearly meeting of the East Lancashire Railway Company, to be held on the 20th instant, the directors will recommend the shareholders to declare a dividend of 32 per cent. per annum for the past half-year, on the ordinary stock of the company, carrying a balance to the credit of the reserved fund. ABOLITION or DUES ON Sirirri2m.—At the quarterly meeting of the Newcastle town council, held on Wednesday, a committee consisting of the mayor, Alderman Hodgson, and seven other members of that body were appointed to co-operate with Liverpool and ether ports affected, to oppose the passing of Mr. Lowe's bill for the abolition of shipping dues. COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF ART.—Though this school and its branches have been in operation only three-quarters of a year, prizes have been already awarded by government in the fol lowing pupil-teachers :—W. Griffiths, of the North Church of England Schools, Bend street ; Henry Mercer, of St. Thomas' School, Grafton-street; and John Malcolm, of St. Barnabas' School, 'Greenland-street. LlvtwPoon MARCH .ASSIZES.—The court will be opened on Saturday, the 22nd of March; and the last day for making up issues will be Thursday, the 13th of March. The entry, of causes will close on Monday, the 24th of March. The first list of causes will include the hundred of Salford, and the second list West Derby hundred or elsewhere. The causes in the second list will not be called on for trial before Wednesday, 'the 26th of March. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTEEN RAILWAY.—We under stand that the half-yearly accounts to the 31st December last have been made up, and that The balance of net profits. will . enable the directors to declare a dividend at the rate of a per cent. per annum, and add some £40,000 to the reserve carried over from last June account. It is also understood that while the receipts have, increased the working expenses have been reduced. - - - - PHOT 0 GEATUIC SO Ct.E.r.Y.—A general mcetingof this society was held on Tuesday The chairman read a circular, showing the favourable position in which the society stands. The fol lowing gentlemen -were appointed members of the council of the society , : —j. M. Innes, 11. Dawson, J. Leithsad, W, A. Duckworth, C. H. 'Chadburn, T. Higgin, J. J. Foard, M Mercer, J. Stevens, E. J. Fitt, and P. Howard, associate. A paper, by Mr. Foard, on the comparative merits of the daguerreotype arta glass processes was rind. The 'business was concluded with a vote of thanks to Mr. Foard. RlThw.ky :RXTEN SION. On Friday la hill,•calledttbe Liver pool Extension Bill, for the formation of a railway from Sand bach to Moore, Warrington, Stockpot% and Liverpool, passed the standing orders of Parliament. Also for a railway from Garston toEiverpool, and for running powers over various adjoining railways. It also seeks poWers for•facilitating the transmission of traffic, affecting The Birkenhead, Lancashire andt Cheshire. Junction Railway; Manchetter, south Junction and •Altrincham Railway; and Warrington and Stockport RailwaYCompanies. Such powersto be conferred on the North Stafford Shire Railway Company, and - - St. 'Helen's Canal and ilailwayCompany. Thu DETECTIVE DEPATITIV.EET.—AV tile borough sessions, •on Tuesday, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the. recorder, •;John -Hadfield, 25, William Radfield, l lB, and John Flood, 23, all described as labourers, - were found gidlty and sentenced to two 'years' imprisonment, for • stealing a trunk, containing money and goods, valued at £6OO, the property of M. Levis ''Sancan, a French gentleman, recently arrived at this port from 'South America. When information - of this robbery was given 'at the Police-office, the , Case was iPated in the hands 41 In '-spector Murphy, who succeeded notonly in apprehending the • rd fibers (two of them in -Stoekport;and the third in Manelies • tar), but in recovering -•the trunk - which had been stoim,•and iproperty belonging to M. Saneari to the amount of £4OO. SCHOOL POR THE Ilzntn.- - A-epecial meeting of this car .poration was held atlke school, • Hardman-street, on Tuesday, for the purpose of correcting the-appointment of vicelrresidents which took Owe ut-ageneral meeting the previous week. The Rev. Rector Campbell presided. The treasurer explained that, according to the act of • parliament, no vice-president shall' he a member of the common'council; and, therefore, fheappoint ment of Mr. Earle, in 'coil - auction with Mr. Georgv Green Homily, was void. To correct the informality., it Aims. pro posed to substitute 'the name of Mr. Francis Brown in plane of Mr. Earle. This • proposition was unanimously agreed•to. The meeting then resolved itt2lf into committee to tranaa:t the ordinary business of the institution. ARCIITTEcfruE.AL './cICI3 •Vi.t.CH2EOLOGICIL Secinrv.-40n Wednesday the.merebers , nf tills society held their.usualuleet ing, at the Royal :Institution, Colquitt-street. Mr. • Huggins presided. The following‘were unanimously elected associate members 1---Mr. French, of Bolton, and Mr. R. In the absenee of Mr. T. C P. Barry, who had:au- ercg-agement in London, 111 r. Boult read that gentleman's , paper, `Ctit the causes of damp `in buildinGs, and the meansArsed • to , prment it." Thanks 'were voted` te Mr. Barry for 'his paper. Mr. Verelst apprehended that Ithe chief causes ;of dampness in houses arose' from that curse which was so . prevalent' in this country—the.rarse' of cheapness . ; 'for architects, in too tunny instances, were not permitt- - 3d to consider liowihey ceuklsbuild best, but how they could: , build cheapest. ;Ater-a - lew brief observations, , the business was concluded. Tun Lior.unmn -Vicru-LLLEns.—The Manchester Defence League Association of Licensed Victuallers;have recently sent Mr. Candelet as agent through Ireland .and Scotland,;advo eating their-eauserandimparticular urging upon the licensed victuallers• of Scotland to petition and to .euert' themselves to gain a repeal of Ferbes‘Mackenzie's Act. Mr Ca ndelet has also advocated that a union of the licensed victuallers of the three kingdoms should take place, for the purpose- of ; protect ing the interests of ihe licensed victuallers, andin opposition to the attempts so strenously made against,tlsem. -The society have also sent Mr. Candela to London, where he nowis ; and he has been-one of a deputation which has had an interview with Lord:Panmare on the oppressive nature of thEi billeting system - to the publicans,gthe result of Which has been that Lord Panmure has promised to send a commission -down to Liverpool, with a view Of inquiring into the matteri , and eas ing the burdens of the publicans. - - Pm/as:ma-JD - E.—William Leather, a labourer. Wag-charged at the 'Police-court, on; riday, with the follou iv-impudent robbery- 'Mrs. Hannah Fazakerly, the keeper of a ,public house in !Bevington-hill, said that the prisoner came. to her house a few-evenings agoiand asked for some ale and permission to warm himself. His wishes were complied with, and'rhe re mained in a room by himself for upwards of an hour. *.When the landlady was not: looking, he slipped -eat and-returned with a dock-face and works, asking her to advance something on them. She refused; ssying she was not pawnbroker, on which the prisoner -left her. She shortly afterwards, disco vered that the. prisoner' had taken the face and works of her own cloak, and actuallyi had the impndenee offer them to her for sale. Information was given to thepolice, who (eland that the stolen property had been pledged at the shop .of Mr. Stewart, 'a hrober inl.Brownlow-hill, to whom the pria3ner accounted .for their battered appearance by-suing the bailiffs had been :in his house. He was committed for trial. ROYAL Pssavernason.—The annual meeting of , the ipro prietors of the Royal Institution was held-on Friday. The chair was occupied by:the president, Dr. Dickenson, who read the report, which detailed the proceedings of the past year. From the statement of the accounts, read by Mr. Alfred North, it appeared that :the receipts last year amounted to £1,034 145..5d., the expenses to £587 lie. ,7d., and the pur chase of a dock bond to-£3OO, leaving a halanee in the hands of the bankers ,of :£97'2s. 10d. The various routine -resolu tions were moved and seconded by Dr. Raffles, Mr. Elias Arnaud, Mr. Harmood Banner, Mr. James Aikin, Mr. Watson, and Mr. William liathbone, the lattergentleman re marking that he was exceedingly glad to find the institution in so prosperous a, condition, and that it still existed in its in tegrity, free from the control and interference of the Town Council. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman, atice-president, and the election of the follow ing committee-men.:—Messrs. James Aikin, Alfred North, Hugh Hornhy, J. Bramley,7•Moore, M.P., J. A. Tinue, Raffles, and Wm. Rathbone. ACCIDENT o min Ravaa.—On Tuesday, Mr. Augustus Jackson, Catherine-terrace, Seacombe, of the housenf Heine and Co., shipbrokers ' came to Liverpool previous to proceeding down the Mersey. He got his boat in tow of the Tower one of the Duke's steamers, to proceed to New Brighton, ad had just passed the Prince's-wall, when he saw a broker's boat with canvas up, a little in advance. Suddenly the boat dis appeared. Mr. Jackson immediately caused his men to cast off, and proceeded in the direction where the boat went down. On arriving at the place he found three men supporting them selves on spars, in the water, all of whom seemed distressed, and one nearly in a state of exhaustion. This man he first .rescued, and found him to be water-clerk to Messrs. Bahr ' Behrend, and Co., to which house the swamped boat belonged, .and in whose service the other two men were also as boatmen. The boat was going with the tide, stern uppermost, and, on inquiry, it appeared that in endeavouring to get on to some -fiats, proceeding outwards, in tow of steamer, Messrs. Bahr and Behrend's boat was struck by.one of the flats, and her how stove in, which was the cause of her going down. The rescuing boat immediately put to shore, bringing the men thus preserved, and all the spars that.could be picked up. lacronic SOCIETY.—The third meeting of the Archmlogi cal section of this society was held in the Grand Jury-room, St. George's-hall, on Thursday, Dr. Thom in the chair. — Several donations were announced by the secretary. Mr. Denson exhibited a tobacco-box, of tortoise-shell, handsomely mounted with silver, and bearing the crest and initials of its original owner, as a specimen of the description of box com monly carried by gentlemen about the middle of the last cen tury. Mr. Grazebrook exhibited a prospectus of the " Roll of Cloyne," 13th and 14th century, to be published in fac-simile, with illustrations by Richard Caulfield, Esq., of Cork. Mr. Jacob exhibited a book of prayers, in Greek, for the use of the Modern Greek Church, procured at the church of Balaklava ; History and Description of the City of Jerusalem, and of the Holy Places, folio, Venice, 1728, taken from the bishop's house at Balaklava ; a Russian square medallion, used as a religious charm, to be worn on the person—subject, the Virgin and Child. It was found at Inkermann. Mr. G. R. Berry ex hibited Antiquarian Gleanings in the North of England, drawn and sketched by W. B. Scott. Dr. Thom exhibited a large Declaration, concerning the late tumults in Scotland, from the first original, by the King : London, 1639. Receuil d'Anti quites. Egyptiennes, Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines Paris, 1752. A volume, containing nine Liverpool pamphlets, of great local interest. Dr. Flume exhibited, on the part of the Misses Cort, of Kirkby-in-Walton, four beautiful ivory ear rings. The subjects of them were described as being St. Dominic, the Scourging of Christ, Hercules and Omphale, and St. Sebastian. Mr. H. A. Bright exhibited a curious and ancient Sclavonic prayer-book, taken at Kertch. A small green stone, or bead perforated, and with a white spiral snake curling round it. The Welsh call these stones " Glam Neidr," or snake-stones. They were worn by the different orders of bards, each having its appropriate colour. The blue belonged to the presiding bards, the white to the Druids, the green to the ovates, and the three colours blended to the disciples. The notion of their rare virtues was universal in all places where ' the bardic religion was taught. An autograph of the Empress Maria Theresa, written shortly before her death. The paper of the evening was—" A history of the Botcher " lir John F. Mnreh, Town- STOW• „ were CO ba n l Z )11, eadstagi t to-d* it easier. as; firm. the Pr° . es at the been f°l' Race: , is o f the A is Pel l Michael and Ir , o, ;dart/ my PO4 Dmmeria .!oruparli r e ndinif out of and- tilt cif-yetir l f cfndincg I Penne' L bmittett spect to is of tl . that thr ancellor, Dndence,, ernmentz no opPo' d a veil' ).11 of the creW ° f , etsVere ter sorce ere fired' ed boats a pilot east pier nblage iity and imerous dancing luarter )ecupied was not by her VCE. FOUND, DENO lON ID sday. e. AU ing into r game• —Yours, QDON• mclap int ail' g. Pn laps we L g o on ice shall got UP er your ;ned THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL _INTELLIGENCE. TILE total value of the mineral produce of Spain, in 1854, was equivalent to £2,400,000 ; mines gave employment to 80,000 or 90,000 people. A CRiDLE in the shape of a vessel, and forming a chef d'ceuvre of different arts, surpassing in beauty and taste the celebrated one of the King of Rome, will be presented by the city of Paris to the child of the Emperor and Empress of the French. Tae Constitutionnel states that a veterinary surgeon has been demonstrating among the Cuirassiers of the Imperial Guard, that he can cure glanders and farcy. Seven horses, given to him as they were about to be slaughtered, have been treated with complete success. • . AT the half-yearly meeting of the London and County Bank, on Thursday, a dividend of five per cent. for the half year and a bonus of five per cent. (equal to a dividend of 15 per cent. on the year), both free from income-tax, were de clared upon the paid-up capital of the bank. AT Exeter, last week, a boy, named Frederick Daw, was summoned by the Rev. F. Turner for using abusive language to his children, one of whom is an invalid, while walking in the street with his servant. The bench fined the defendant ss. and expenses, or, in default, three days' imprisonment. THE forests and mountains of the Eiffel, in the province of Treves, in Prussia, have for some time past been infested by a band of brigands, who have even stripped poor foot-passengers of their clothes, and some of these have in consequence been frozen to death. The authorities have just sent detachments of cavalry and infantry to hunt out the robbers. EARLY on Monday, last week, some burglars effected an entrance into Thurnscoe-hall, near Barnsley, the residence of the Rev. Thomas Wood Simpson, rector of Thurnscoe, and stole four silver dish covers, four silver decanter stands, sugar tongs, two hams, two flitches of bacon, and other articles, worth between £2O and £3O. AT a recent meeting of the subscribers to the Leicester Hospital, a gentleman moved that the use of wines and liquors in the hospital be henceforth prohibited, contending that they were unnecessary and prejudicial. The medical officers, how ever, being of a decidedly contrary opinion, the motion was negatived almost unanimously. THE Scientific American says that several instances are lately recorded where persons who were in the habit of read ing much in railway carriages had become nearly blind. It appears the jolting motion causes the eye to strain in catching the separate letters, and makes their effect en the retina very ' • injurious. THERE were 800 more women than men committed in Aber deen, during the past year—a melancholy fact, as regards the fair sex, unparalleled in any other place hi the kingdom. The principal cause of this fearful state of matters is alleged to be the enrolling of the militia, and the increase of drunkenness and vice consequent thereon. - FROM motives of competition with the Great Northern, the North-Western Railway Company are now taking passengers from Euston station to Peterborough, a distance of 110 miles, for 3s. first-class, and 2s. second-class; and to Doncaster, by two fast trains daily, for 6s. and 35., being at the rate of one- fifth of a penny per Mile. BEESTON Ceturien, one'ef the oldest in the parish of Leeds, was severely damaged by fire on Monday last. The disaster is attributed to over=heating of the flues. The organ was totally consumed, and a large part of the roof destroyed. Parts of the communion furniture are asserted by high authority to have been in use from the time of Richard I.—that is, from what is technieally called " time immemorial." BENJAMIN &oat, 'blanket manufacturer, of Earlsheaton, near Leeds, came up at the Leeds District Court of Bank ruptcy, last week, before Mr. Commissioner Aryton, on his adjourned last examikration. In the course of the interroga tories his Honour said to the bankrupt, " You have already perjured yourself twenty or thirty times. Do you emit to spend the rest of your life in York Castle!'" At the end of the-inquiry the -bankrupt was committed for perjury, and his lest examination ;adjourned, without protection and•sine die. Wednesday, after the Recorder of London had sentenced et prisoner to six years' penal servitude, the -rascal exclaimed, Bo you call this a fair trial ?" and, drawing from his pocket , a piece of coal tibout the size of a large apple, threw it with :great force and precision at the head of the Recorder. For- -tanately, he had observed the movement °kW:prisoner, and, quickly moving his head upon one side, escaped ablow that would have done him a serious injury, for the missile struck tthe wall close by the side of his lordship's face, and broke into pieces. A FEMALE GOVERNMENT CLEME.—It has Ternained for the Civil Service of this country to receive among its regular ser vants one Of the fair sex. The Master of the -Rolls has led the way in this novel experiment of introducing 'female labour to a service generally accepted 'only by the - Other sex. Sir John lias;eve -understand, actually appointed Ya female clerk to the State Paper-o ffi ce ! It is rather remarkable, that while rules are established excluding maletelerksabeveu certain age from entering ' , the public service, the new;laly , elerk is a married lady-with four children.—Speetator. COLONIAL Timer. Mr. Archibald, an extensive landed proprietor of Nova Scotia, having discovered a valuable - iron mine orr one of his estates in thateOuntry, has conceived the idea oferepropriating its proceeds totheararposes of the War • Department. A 6-pounder :gun has' been cast from a sample of the -metal, and this he has -conveyed , to England. The gun has g one through a thorough process ottrial at the proof - but , at 'kilerich, and stood some good testswell. Mr. Archibald • has laid a proposal before the commanding officer of the Royal Gala-factory Department to enable him to work his mine under • a cantract to supply the lkiltish Government alone. SERIOUS alarm was created • in' Cambridge, on Saturday evening, by the occurrence of afire - in the hall of Caius College, .wbich4nts only recently -been completed at a great expense from designs of Mr. Salvin, and' the interior of' which is one-Or the most highly:finished-specimens of modern decorated workier the kingdom. The hall- is situate immediately over :the and the chimney of ‘the!kitchen, which runs -up behind the wainscotting of the hallehad, it appears, caughtfire, and;the heat had also ignited' the wainscotting and floor of:the hall. 'On the alarm bein.ggiveri the-Vice-Chancellor was -among the , earliest arrivals; the students and townsmen worked heartily, and in a short - time' the , misellief was stopped. .Dr. Guest, the master of thenallegeethen mounting a table, ,pub heir-thanked those presort for their: ald. Of course, the-or namental work of the har e - so lately-executed, and the -kitchen, are-damaged by the foods of water poured in—the hall,: also, iv !the partial destruction of the' floor. ME.. HENRY Joys DISTIN, one of 'the Saxe-born-blewing family, recently engaged an Austrian named lischendorf -as foreman at his horn manufactory in Cranbourne-street,Loadon, for seven years, agreeing !to pay biro a certain per centageon the work done. •Thecgreement was voidable by notice; and payment of £5O. The-master, however, found histradesopros perous, that his feeemanmade £floreS7 a week ; and-thinking this Ur) much, endeavourw.l to get- him to enter into another agreereent, whereby -he was to be: paid 50s. a week, and a mailer per centage. 'The kreman , refused to accede to proposal, and, beingreforeigner,teneglected his work ontlae Vollowing day, and wentaway to consult the Austriarrarebas sadore who told him led - Ledbetter consult a solicitor.. Here turned -to his work at four o'clocklhe-same day, but was them told that he had broken 'his -tontra! by absenting !himself without leave, and discharged. 4ejury-in the Court of , Queeri'zs Beneb,last week, gave him -.a -verdict -against Mr. Distill; fir ofethe sum by which the-agreement was voidable. A BILL TO AMEND TEE I,d_W-.•.01' PARTNEREEIP.-4The following is the bill brought in by Mr. Lowe :—Whereaseitis expedient to amend the law , relating - to partnership : Be ict therefore enacted by the tQa.een's most excellent Majesty,; hy and with the advice and ,consent of the lords spiritual .and temporal, and Commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :-1. The advance of capital or money to be used in: any ~ t rade or undertaking, not beingthe trade of a breaker, upon a contract with the per son carrying on such trade or undertiking, that the person making such advance shall receive, a share of the profits or shall bear,a share of the loss of the trade or undertaking, ehall not, of itself, render the person making-each advance liable to third parties as a partner in such trade or undertaking. : 2. No contract for the remuneration of a servant or agent of any person engaged in any trade or undertaking by a share of the profits °f sac trade or undertaking shall, of itself, renelersuch servant or agent responsible ,as a partner therein. 3. in the construction .cf this act the word " person" shall include a partnership e firm, a joint-steel company; and a corporathm, Tern Cenrenomen ComPharr.—A meeting.of the shareholders in this company .was held on Wednesday, at the Clarendon-rooms, for the purpose of-considering the posi tion of the company in reference to the -Edinburgh and Glas gow Company, and the steps which should.be taken to bring about a pacific policy, and put a final stop tothe existing com petition, which is injurious to both ,companies. Mr. Gillosv was called to the.ehair, and explained the present position affairs between the two companies, and,concladed with a rest lution that a committee be appointed to address a circulr the shareholders, soliciting their support to the following reso lution, to be propesed at the neat half-yearly meeting : " That a committee •of gentlemen in whose judgment and principles the sharehelders may have- onfidence, be appointed to examine into the present position and management of the company, and through whose intervention an attempt may be made to conclude a fair,and mutually beneficial joint-working agreement with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company, similar to that lately entered into between the Scottish. Central and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dendee Companies ; and e l* effecting this, it should also be aimed at that the' est understanding should be maintained with the last-named companies*" The resolution was seconded by Mr. Joynson, and adopted, after which the meeting separated. RETURNS .01? MARRIAGES, BIRTIIS, AND DEATITEL—The quarterly return of the registrar-general states, in the qtrerter that ended on September 30, 1855, there were celebrated in England 37,151 marriages, being 999 fewer than in the cor responding quarter of the previous year, and slightly ender the average of the ten preceding and corresponding quarters. In the quarter ending December .31, there were registered 148,853 births, being an excess over the same quarter in 1864 of 2,394; and the deaths were 97,119, being 0.167 under the average of the season. In the whole year 1855, the number of children born in England was 635,128, or 208,881 in excess , of the deaths (426,292).; the number of marriages was 57,132 ; and the total number of emigrants from the United Kingdom was 166,253, exclusive of 10,554 foreigners. The deaths in 1855 were nearly 12,000 fewer than in 1854; the rate of mor tality was 2.269 per cent., or nearly 22 in every 1,000 inha bitants. This improvement in the public health was general ; but in Lancashire and Cheshire the improvement was less extensive than in other counties; and in Liverpool and West Derby there was absolutely an increased rate of mortality, the deaths having been 3,487, or 273 more than in the last quarter of 1853. In Manchester and Salford, on the other hand, the deaths were 2,306, or 374 less than in 1853. Tun LATE BURGLARY AT PORTSEA.—The thieves who effected an entrance into the Portsea premises of Messrs. E, and E. Emanuel, of Portsea, on the 16th of December, when they escaped with at least £l,OOO worth of jewellery, have been captured by Mr. Leggatt, the superintendent of the Portsmouth police, with the agency of Mr. Wootton, the post master of Mount-street, Lambeth. Their names are James May and William Henry May, bricklayers, and Henry Phillips, labourer. As the principals admitted their guilt, it is unne cessary to detail the evidence, which was very conclusive, notwithstanding. The prisoner William Henry May told Superintendent Leggatt how the robbery was effected, and how they waited in the bottle store in the back street, by which an entry had been made into the premises robbed, until half-past five o'clock in the morning, because they knew the police went off duty at five. The whole of the house breaking implements (a complete and modern " establish ment") were left behind, and a bunch of picklocks was found in the box of May, together with nearly the whole of the jew ellery, &c., stolen.. 31 duplicates were also found in the box for articles pledged in London. All the prisoners have been corn „,'L„, The directors of the South-Western Railway met on Thurs day, and came to the resolution, in conformity with the late decision of the shareholders, to abandon their bill for the coast ine, and pursue that for the central line. The Rev. Dr. Vaughan, rector of St. Matthew's, Brixton, having been acquitted of two out of the three indictments against him for tampering with the register, the prosecutor withdrew the third. Mr. Justice Wightman, in ordering the defendant to be discharged, said that be thought that the prosecutor had acted entirely under a misapprehension. ON Saturday, an inquest was held at Walworth, on the body of Frank Withers Rider, aged six weeks, the son of Mr. Thomas George Rider, a commercial clerk, residing at No. 12, Onslow-terrace, Lorrimore-road, who was murdered by his mother, Emily , Rider, by drowning in a pan of water, on Thursday last. Evidence having been led, the jury returned a verdict of "wilful murder" against Emily Rider. According to one of the witnesses, the unhappy lady is insane. Tna FATAL COLLISION OFF FOL&STONE.—The inquiry which was opened on Friday, at Deal, on the bodies of four of the passengers of the ship Josephine Willis, which was run down, on Sunday night week, by the screw steamer Manger ton, was resumed on Saturday morning. After a most pro tracted investigation, the coroner being assisted by Captain Cannon, R.N., (late of H.M.S. Centaur,) the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Richard Bourchier, the captain of the Mangerton, who, on the warrant being issued, , was found to have left the town. Loss OF THE STORE-SHIP SUPERB. — A wreck occurred in the Black Sea, with serious loss of life, during the fearful gale of the 16th of December—the store-ship Superb, of Dept ford, 380 tons, with stores for the army in the Crimea. The Superb was off the coast, at Macota Bay, when the storm came on. She broke away from her anchors, and was dashed on some sunken rocks, and, although the cries and screams of the helpless crew could be distinctly heard, the continuance of the gale pretented any boat living in such a surf. The ship broke up, and every person on board, to the number of twenty, were drowned. LARGE PURCHASE OF SHIPS Pen FRANCE. — On Saturday the purchase was made, of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company, of the Jason, Indiana, Golden Fleece, Calcutta, Argo, Queen of the South, Hydaspes, and Lady Jocelyn,— amounting, we hear, to nearly £500,000. We believe this to be the largest purchase of shipping ever made in one line, and it ha been effected by Mr. Graham (of the firm of Maitland , Cuthbert, and Co., of Paris), Mr. Brett (of the firm of Cunard, Brett, and Austen, of London), and M. Beraud Villars (mana ger of the French Clipper Company). PRECARIOUS SALVAGE.—The schooner Endeavour, of Yar mouth, reports that about eleven a.m., on Wednesday, she saw apparently the mastheads of a vessel about four miles to the southward of Inc'ukeith, and, on approaching, found them to belong to a sunken schooner. The mastheads were painted black, the name of the unfortunate vessel and the fate of her crew have-not yet transpired; but it is added, that to the foremastb-nd clung a Cockenzie fisherman, whom his comrades had left at daylight to claim the wreck for salvage. The tide was rapidly gaining on him, and our wrecker was only too glad to escape from his highly perilous position in the Endea vour—the love of salvage thoroughly washed out of him.— Glavow Mail. GAROTTE ROBBERIES. — Another of these cowardly and dangerous robberies, which are becoming so general about tke metropolis was committed on Mr. Themes Bond, many - rears collecting clerk in the establishment of Child and Co:, 'Leicester-square, who had been spending the evening on Wednesday, with a friend at Camden - town, and returni n g home, at about midnight., down Tottenham-court-road, aed having crossed Oxford-street, into Crown•street, Soho, was proceeding for the Haymarket, when he was suddenly seized round the neck by a man secreted in a corner in the street, and so tightly throttled that he was quite unable to make a noise or offer resists ace, while two more ruffians rushed upon him, and, having snapped his watch-guard in twe, robbed him of his watch and 235. in silver from his trousers pocket. There was no farther personal violence or injury, but Mr. Bond was rendered insensible and left prostrate on the pave ment. MURDER n A. CONVIM—On Friday a convict, named Jones, No. 1,246, stabbed Mr. Charles William Hope, assistant surgeon on board the Stirling Castle Convict invalid hulk, in Portsmouth Harbour. The wound was inflicted in the neck by some sharp instrument, not discovered yet, and seems to have divided the juoularvein, causing death in a few minutes. The prisoner seems to have become desperate on the deceased refusing to certify the necessity for his remainin g in the lower deck, which is a sort of invalid ward, and wreaked his ven geance on him in the gallery of the chapel, after leaving the surgery when he had-Um examined. From language which be used afterwards to Mr. Williams, the thief warder, it would seembe intended torourder him also, as he said, "If I.could get at :you I'd serveyou the same, you villain !" A co- Toner's inquest on the body was adjourned. TITLEGRAEII 'TO AUSTICALIA.—TIIC 'Genoa Corriere Mer vontile of the sth instant has the following :—" The Mediter- Tatman Electric Telegraph Company, vbich is at this moment °templed in laying down the necessary wires to unite the island .of Sardinir. with La Calle, on the coast of Africa, intends to establish a complete telegraphic communication between 'Europe and , MeThourne, in Southern Australia. After opening secondary lines between La Calle, ' , Bona, Bugia, Algiers, and '-Oran, the company proposes to run the principal lines by Tanis, Tripoli, Alexandria, Cairo,.Suez, Jerusalem, Damascus, - Bagdad, Buesorah, along the northern coast of the Sea of , Oman, Hyderabad, and Bombay.,-where the line is to separate - into twelnanches. The northern:branch will proceed directly to Agra, whence a wire will be directed towards Lahore and reshawur,. and thus reach within a short distance of Cabtil and Cashmere. Froth Agra the telegraph wire will pass through Benares and unite at Calcutta with the southern branch, which, starting from Bombay, will pass through Ban -galore and Madras. From Calcutta the line will follow the north-east •coast of the Gulf of Bengal, the peninsula of Malacca; the Sunda islands, and' thence cross over to the north of Australia, and, extending .along the eastern coast of that - continent, communicate with its numerous settlements, until it ultimately reaches Port Adelaide. The entire length of the line-is estimated at 20,000 kilometres." DEATU or A MISER IVICCII:e5,000 ON lIIS PERSON.--;AR inquest was held on Saturday, at Westminster, London, on the bodyarrederick Hoffman, aged 41. The deceased, whowas .wellaknown in the neighbourhood for his penurious habits, was• engaged as a waiter and-to take the hats of the company at a. party given by M. Rothschild, a diamond merchant, of Argyll-street, on Friday. He arrived about eight o'clock, and performed the duties of his office, and at supper time ate' very greedily. About' three ecleek on Saturday morning be was seized with a kind of fit in the supper - room , and though 'medical ,assistance was immediately procured, he died in-a, few minutes. On the body being searched, the first thing which presented itself was some ,portions of poultry which he had secreted during supper in his pockets, and £36 in gold and • 21sain sliver, a Bank of England note for £lOO, a deposit book ' of the Royal British Bank for < 4 2,225, a deposit receipt of the ' London :and Westminster Bank for £5OO, a bill of exchange for. £15.1. - as., another for CM, a bank deposit receipt for czo, I three parcels of pearls, three of rubies, three of diamonds, one of rough diamonds, one of emerelds, and one of garnets. -Forty- one- sovereigns were subsequently found in the' fob •of the deceased's trousers. Mr. elmppel, surgeon, said he had opened thebod,y,and, in his opinion, death had resulted from serous • apoplexy. •M. Rothsclaild amid deceased had the precious stones from various parties to•sell on commission. The money he knew- nothing about He• was supposed to be so poor a man that, some time since, a subscription was raised toesend him into country for the benefit of his health. A verdict of naturaladeath from serous apeplexy was returned. CABS= PICTUREE. — Lord aPalmerston winks, night and day—portentous fact. Whether it is because of the state'of his elderly nerves, or because of the state of affairs, it is certain that Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston, is perpetually ..winking. He winks at Mr. Speaker, he winks at the Opposi tion, he winks at below the gangway, he winks at the cloak, he is always winking—when he has an audience, he necessarily .avinks at the Queen. The amount of knowingness that he thus imprerses public life with. ie tremendous, and dub ru anours begin to be awful. How will the country endure the •some-mouths uncertainty about Peace, while the Premier ,ehronically winks at the Legislature, thus throwing fresh :feelings of doubt into the confusion ? Burleigh's nod was :something, in its way, as a state intimation ; but Burleigh's nod was a trifle to what Palmerston's wink is. About the ordinary Premier, you can generally guess with some approxi - mate certainty. Pitt, at Bellamy's, always ordered a particu lar bin when he was going to suggest a new tax. Lord Liver aaoel used to go and walk about Covent Garden Flower Market, afterdeaving a Cabinet Council, and the fruiterers econld tell by his manner, in examining the bouquets, whether Huskisson had been very obstinate, r Canning too malicious. Peers fawn-coloured waistcoat had its• significance, like the isTavarre white plume; it always meant mischief, and then hie smile was twice 2S copious as ever. _Lord John gets his hair eut.wben he is going to talk about Sydney on the scaffold, and Hampden in the usual place. When Mr. Disraeli contemplates a rennwkable oration, he leaves wordat the refreshment stall in the members' vestibule to have Setters water and cherry brandy mixed by eleven o'clock, p.m., and ready to be brought in bythat attentivecon of a Duke, Lord Henry Lennox. But guesses about Lord _Palmerston are over. A First Minister, who is always winking, bewilders the oldest member past any conjecture. When St. Vitus is in the Cabinet, the Lord Pre sident, only, knows what may happen. However, the English ought to be glad that the aged Lords they select to govern them take-to the natural relief of this excess-of activity. It is better than paralysis. The lively wink is ; preferable to the fixed stars.—Correspondent of the Dublin ii o n- ELECTIONS SCENIC Ar CAMERIDGE.—Mr. M. T. Baines has been re-elected for Leeds; Mr. Labouchere, for Taunton. Mr. George Ridley has been elected for Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Mr. Warren, for Midhurst ; Lord Raynharn, for Tamworth ; Mr. Adam Black, for Edinburgh : and Mr. Martin, for Ro chester. On Saturday the election for Cambridge concluded by the retirement of Mr. Denman from the contest, when the polling stood, Walpole, 886; Denman, 419; majority, 467. On Friday there was a riot among the Cambridge under graduates, in consequence of their being refused admittance to the Senate-house. They hooted the Vice-Chancellor, and marched up and down Trinity-street in dense masses, hooting, • hallowing, screeching, and whistling, under the expectation that they should have the satisfaction of " escorting the Vice ' Chancellor to the Senate-house." About half-past seven they • were in great force at the entrance opposite St. Mary's-passage, where they tore down an awning that had been erected during the day, and many of them forced their way into the enclosure. The hour appointed for polling was half-past seven, but no Vice-Chancellor made his appearance; and it was not until eight o'elock that some men, who had been watching F Trinity gates, came tearing along, urging their c omrades to whistle, whistle." And then (says the Cambridge Chronicle) arose a terrible yell from hundreds of voices surrounding the entrance opposite St. Mary's-passage, at which the Vice- Chancellor was expected to go in ; they were, however, dis appointed of their prey, for admittance was gained quickly and quietly at the principal gate, on Senate-house-bill. On enter ing the schools, the Vice-Chancellor was greeted with sounds both complimentary and the reverse by a dense crowd of Masters of Arts. Whilst the polling was going on, a body of under-graduates made an entrance into the old Court of King's, and smashed the windows of the schools ; whereupon a cry arose from the Masters of Arts to the effect that the under graduates should not have been shut out. Before the Vice- Chancellor quitted the schools, he requested the protection of the gentlemen present on his way home, and a body of them responded, and formed themselves into a guard around him. No sooner was the procession observed under the Library than an unearthly cry arose, and when the Vice-C,hancellor merged from the gate on Senate-house-hill he was beset by an e infuri ated mob, and it was with the utmost difficulty that he gained Trinity College unharmed, notwithstanding the persevering assistance of large numbers of members of the Senate. The Independent says that some of the young men wer e ca p tured, • and will, no doubt, be made to suffer for this fresh breach of University discipline." A DEALER who attends Bury (Suffolk) market was recently weighed, when it was found that he exceeded he weight of a family of nine persons, namely, the paren t ts and seven children, by seven pounds. Ix excavating for coal at the Rock Colliery, Nippet-lane, Burmantofts, near Leeds, the proprietors have recently dis covered a very valuable seam of iron ore, which is said to be a continuation of the Low Moor seam. THE WOOL CROP OF VICTORIA.—The export of wool from the several ports of Victoria in the year ended 10th October last was 22,932,2011b5., showing an increase of 333,603 lbs. over the previous year's shipments. The increase in the wool ex ported is fully 90 per cent. since 1851, and with the diffusion of population, and the facilities now offered for transit to Adelaide by the Murray River, the imports of Australian wool may be expected largely to increase, even upon the present production. AN ALMOST EXTINCT CLAN.—The Stirling Journal thus mourns over the impending fate, of the Stewarts of Glenfin glass :—" At the back of Benledi there is a beautiful vale called Glenfinglass, anciently a deer forest belonging to the Kings of Scotland, and has for many generations been inha bited by a people of the name of Stewart, all linked together by intermarriages. But, alas !we fear that the present gener ation is, in all likelihood, to be the last of a race who are to enjoy ie milk and honey of that delightful vale. They are now reduced to six families ; and, strange to say, there has not been a marriage or birth for upwards of thirty years amongst them, with the exception of one solitary case, and that one too romantic to record." OMNIBUS STATISTICS.—According to the report of the Me tropolitan Anglo-French Company, it appears that the week's earnings of 182 omnibuses, stated at £3,503 Bs., gives (omit ting fractions) £lB 10s. as the sum earned by each. This, as the expenses of working every omnibus are £l5 (including duties, wages; horse-keep, and wear and tear), leaves a profit, weekly, of £3 10s. on each omnibus, nearly double the amount of the original calculation. This result leads to some singular statistical facts. At an average fare o f 4d. each, the £3503 Bs. gives 42,060 passengers as carried by the 182 omnibuses. These figures multiplied by 52 show the year's passengers to . be 210,410 ; but as 182 is less than one fourth of the 810 omnibuses running in London, the yearly number of passengers conveyed in the metropolis would be one million. REPORTS ON INDIA.—The Governor-General has recently taken a remarkable step in advance. He has addressed a circular to the five governments and the commissioners of in dependent provinces, requiring them to prepare an annual report on the territories under their administration, Each of these reports is to resemble a president's message, to contain the history of the presidency or province for the year. It will detail the improvements in legislation, police, education, public works, and all other departments, after the fashion of the report which Lord Elgin, some months since, presented for Canada. These reports are to be immediately published in India, and forwarded to England. They will form, in the course of years, a complete index to the history of British India. Meanwhile they will show the government at home .how we are getting on, enable them to estimate the Indian rate of progress, and, above all, permit them to decide on the results of the different systems in force. RAILWAY ACCIDBNTS.—A return has just been issued of the number and nature of the accidents which have occurred on all the railways open for traffic iu England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively, from the Ist of July to the 31st of December, 1855. From this return it appears that seven persons were killed, and 204 injured from causes beyond their own control. In the corresponding half of 1854, the numbers were 9 killed and 259 injured. Eleven persons were killed and 15 injured owing to their own misconduct or want of caution, as against 15 killed and 12 injured, 1854. There were passengers making a total of 18 killed and 219 injured, as against 24 killed and 271 injured in 1854. Ten servants of companies or contractors were killed, and 20 injured, from causes beyond their own control, as against 20 killed and 37 injured in 1854; while 32 were killed and 35 injured, owing to their own misconduct or want of caution, as against 37 killed and 11 injured in 1854. Twenty persons were killed and 4 injured through crossing at level crossings; there were 3 suicides and 2 persons killed and 1 injured from miscellaneous causes. The grand totals were—for England and Wales, 115 killed and 224 injured ; for Scotland, 8 killed and 56 injured ; for Ireland, 10 killed and 6 injured; making together 133 killed and 286 injured, as against 123 killed and 334 injured in 1854. The length of railway opened on the 31st December, 1855, was 6,218 miles in England and Wales, 1,087 in Scot land, and '9BB in Ireland, making together 8,293 miles, as againstS,os4 for the corresponding half of 1854. GREEK Pritaxis.—The following is an extract of a letter from Captain Shields, of the transport brig Radius, of Sun derland, from Constantinople, arrived at Malta, and dated January 28 :—" I think it proper to tell you of a circumstance which occurred on our passage from Constantinople; you may give it publicity, to show the necessity of ships having fire arms in this quarter. Luckily for us, we had some muskets and ammunition, which we had got while lying at Kamiesch. On the 4th of January, at daybreak, in the Archipelago, a Greek brig, which had passed us on the opposite tack be fore daybreak, had tacked, and was not far from us when day broke. It was a drizzling, rainy morning, calm and smooth. 'Our ship had lost steerage-way, when it. was observed the brig had put her boat out, and was coming on board of us. was in bed, and the carpenter came running down to tell me. I jumped up, and told him to call all hands quickly,- and eto send them to me to take each a musket and bayonet. I loaded them in the cabin, as it was raining, and told him and the mate to load their guns, and fire one off to let them know that we would resist, and that we have fire-arms. They could plainly see from their brig every man as he came out of the cabin with them. By this time the boat was only a few yards off; the carpenter fired a shot close to the boat, which seemed to confound them. They gave over rowing, and a man on board called to them in the boat, and they pulled round and went back, hoisting up their boat, and a light northerly breeze having sprung up, the brig made all sail and went away from us ;he even set studding-sail and rigged royal yards, which were down before, and went right out of sight of us in a few hours. There was nothing in sight but our two selves. There is no doubt that he would have plundered us, if not murdered us, had we not been armed. He would see our number as daylight came. Our transport number might be some cause of him giving us up as he did."—Shipping Gazette. FIRES AT HALF-PRICE.—Clean out your grate; cover the bottom with a sheet of paper, cut or folded to fit ; place your coals in the grate to the level of the top bar, keeping the larger ones to the front to prevent waste. Light your fire on the top, and allow it to burn downwards undisturbed. An ordinary fire, prepared and lighted in this way, will, according to the form and size of the grate, burn six, eight, or ten hours without any renewal of coal, burning brighter and warmer than if lighted from below, as fires are ordinarily made. The coal should be tolerably equal in size, something like Macadam stone ; place the large to the front, the small to the back. The writer and his friends have made their fires as described for some weeks, and can vouch for the "saving of coal," the cheer fulness and warmth, and freedom from smoke. Some grates may present more difficulties than others, and servants object to the innovation. It is "beggarly," it is "mean," &c. My servants, now that they have learnt to make such fires, approve the plan, as " the grates are not so dirty or so difficult to clean as formerly." Think of saving half the coal and most of the smoke from the 300,000 house fires in the metropolis.— Builder. THE NOTORIOUS HIGHWAYMAN GARRETT.—lnformation of an interesting character has been received by the city police in connection with the above desperate criminal. It will be recollected that Garrett was apprehended in Oxford-street, by Jarvis, Webb, and Scott, three of the city detectives, on a (charge of being concerned in the great bank robbery at Vic toria. 'When captured, he had revolvers and a dagger upon him, and, after undergoing several examinations, he was sent from Newgate to Liverpool, heavily ironed, and removed from the latter place to Melbourne in the Exodus, a cell lined with ;iron having been fitted up on the main deck for his safe cus tody. An approver, named Quin, who had been concerned with Garrett and two others in crimes of the deepest dye, re ceived a conditional pardon upon his undertaking to remain at New Zealand until Garrett's trial came on. Quin's other asso :flutes were executed, and Quin has violated the terms upon which his pardon was obtained, having left New Zealand, and iS,BOW supposed to be in London. The consequence has been that Garrett has been nine times remanded by the district court of Melbourne, as it has not been considered safe to pro ' eeed to trial in Quin's absence. Another charge, however, of ' .highway robbery, has been preferred against Garrett, by Mr. sFrizcle, chief constable of Belfast, and Mr. Foster, inspector of police at Ballarat, who have identified Garrett, by scars on his left hand and face, as one of the daring robbers who plun dered the Belfast mail in June, 1850, and was committed for trial, .but effected his escape from the vessel in which he was • being ,conveyed to Melbourne. He then gave the name of Codriagton Jessington; and it now appears he was convicted of a robbery at Bendigo three years ago. Garrett now stands ..committed for the Belfast mail robbery, and has been re manded for the Victoria Bank robbery. The detectives have attached the booty recovered to the extent of £964, the reward to which :they are entitled. Mowers :IT OF THE FRENCH PRESS.—The Paris correspon .dent of the Manchester Guardian says :—I cannot refrain from letting your readers into the secrets of a little affair that has just passed here in Paris, and may serve to show what the tone of morality is amongst some of those journalists who :have lefts their own so-called " Bohemia" to attach themselves to the governmental press. One of the most marked of these individuals is .the musical critic Fiorentino, an Italian by birth. When the Moniteur was founded, and M. Fould assumed the, overseership of it, a feuilletonist was wanted to write on .music, Fiorentino was their man; but Fiorentino was. ngaged at !the Constitutionnel, and could not be had. He himself suggested the possibility of writing under another name, but there was the new law just made, forbidding any one to criticise another, in no matter what shape , or form, un less he signed his criticism with his own name. Bah !" said M. Fould, " what.does that matter ? we don't make laws to shackle ourselves by them—Fiorentino will sign de. Rovray, and write the musical feuillitons of the Moniteur." So said and so done ; and " de novray" and Fiorentino have gone on feeding Moniteur .and Constitutionnel for the last two or three years. The thing has transpired here and there, but Fiorentino bee, for reasons you will soon understand, kept the matter as secret as he could. Some time since Fiorentino, in his own name and person, obtained from Madame Tedesco, the singer of the Grand Opera, a yearly pension for praising her upon all occasions. A short while back, how ever, he proposed to her to interest in her favour M. de Rovray, his colleague of the Moniteur. "I never saw him," said Madame Tedesco, " I don't know him." " I know him," answered her interlocutor; "he never stirs out save to the theatres. He is very modest; he will never pay yon even a visit ; but I could be your intermediary, and you would be then sure of the Moniteur." Madame Tedesco agreed, and half the sum paid to Fiorentino was to be paid to M. de Rovray—" because," said the lady, "he is not so important as you are, and therefore I only give him half what I give to you." This went on, and Fiorentino enjoyed two pensions ; but, unluckily, the other day some friend enlightened Madame Tedesco, who found , out how grossly she had been cheated. Th er eupon she began by declaring to Fiorentino that she would publish the whole. An application was made to M. Fould to dismiss M. de Rovray from the Moniteur; but he laughed, and said he should do no such thing. So the affair has been made up, and Madame Tedesco pays only one pension at present ; but if M. de Rovray should take it into his head to attack her, she will soon again pay two ! This man was decorated by the Emperor a month ago; and when the news of it was known, those among the other journalists, such as Theophile Gautier, Jules Janin, &c., who happened to have the legion d'honneur also, took the ribbon from their button-hole in the lobby of the Grand Opera at the moment Fiorentino walked in, and thrust it into their pockets, saying, lOud enough to be heard, that it was now a disgrace to be " decore This is no fault of Louis Napoleon's' that he should decorate such men; but it is an -unpardonable fault in such a man as M. Fould, that he should present individuals of this stamp on the list of those who are W receive the ‘7061. AT the Court of Queen's Bench, on Monday, Mr. Reuben, _ Plant, iron and coal merchant, obtained £5OO as compensation for injury received by a collision on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway. TICE railway calls falling due in the present month amount to £726,783. The total calls for the first two months of 1856 • amount to £1,451,154, against £4,034,907 in the corresponding period of last year, when the calls were chiefly for foreign lines. A DEMAND has been presented to the Congregation of Rites at Rome, for the beatification of Queen Maria Christina of Naples, daughter of King Victor Emanuel I. of Sardinia, and first wife of the reigning King of Naples. Her Majesty died in 1836. • THE Spanish papers state that the inundations at Seville are so great that the governor has been rowed through the streets in a boat, in order to convey assistance to the inhabit ants. In the Triana quarter, the water was entering the houses through the balconies. Two brothers, named Samuel and John Dyson, have been committed for perjury, at Barnsley. It is believed that in order to obtain,a reward of £5O, they swore that they saw a man named Joseph Marsh leave a stack-yard at the time an incendiary fire was discovered. STEEL PEN MANUFACTUREES. - At a recent trial, in Paris, - between a steel pen dealer of that city and Messrs. finks and Wells, the manufacturers, of Birmingham, it was stated that in the whole world there are but 14 manufactories of steel pens, and that nine of them are at Birmingham, four at Bo- . , logne-sur-mer, and one at Paris. IT is considered a singular incident in the history of what Mr. Disraeli would term literary statesmanship," that on the same day—the 19th of January—Mr. Macaulay announced he had taken leave of political life, and Mr. Samuel 'Warren, claiming the suffrages of the electors of Midhurst, stated his intention to commence his political existence. IN the year 1851 (says a Russian journal) 861, works in the Russian language were printed in Russia, and 451 written in foreign languages; 2,940 contributions, treating of science and literature, appeared in the Russian journals. Of printing offices there are 45 in St. Petersburg, 16 at Moscow, and 24 in Le other cities of Russia. THE ASSASSINATION OF MR. Warou.—At the Central Criminal Court, London, on Thursday, Charles Westron was tried for the assassination of Mr. Waugh, the solicitor, of Bedford-row. The jury returned a verdict pronouncing the pri soner " guilty of wilful murder," but recommended him to mercy, on account of predisposition to insanity. Sentence of death was recorded. Is 1827, the steamer America was "snagged" in the Missis sippi, and sunk in deep water ; in the course of years an island formed over the wreck, and for eight years crops,of Indian corn were raised upon it ; now the changeful Father of Waters has attacked the isle, swept away the soil, and exposed the America's hull, from which it is expected a cargo of lead will be recovered. A PEIISON, calling himself Arthur Tchermacher, Baron Arthur, of Waldemarde, captain hi her Majesty's service and in the Prussian navy, general of cavalry in the Prussian army, and Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle, was hooted out of Southampton last week. He had been had up before the magistrates fur victimising some hotel-keepers. He carries medals about with him to justify his pretensions to the rank he assumes. RAILWAY AcTs.—A return has been issued of the railway acts passed in 1865, the length of each line, the proposed capital stock, the number of shares authorised to be created, and the sums authorised to be raised on loan. The acts, which are 73 in number, may be classed as follows :—Acts authorising incorporation of companies, 23 ; extension of time and amendment of acts, 6; deviations, extensions, &c., for which no new capital is required, 9 ; branches, &c., for which new capital is required,l3 ; reduction of capital, 3 ; additional capital for works previously authorised, 9; lease, 2; deben tures, stocks, &c., 7; steam-boats, 1. The increase of mileage occasioned by the above acts is 44 miles 10 chains; the in crease of capital and loans, £5,253,675 13s. 4d. PARISIAN JEWELLERY.—An amusing incident took place last weeli at a ball given by an exalted personage in the Fau bourg St. Germain. The crowd which encumbered the salons was such, and the jostling so great, that bracelets, diamond necklaces, &c., were torn from the arms of their fair wearers. Many disappeared for ever; but a goodly number was found on the floor after the guests had taken their departure. Such was the quantity of jewels collected that son excellence felt a curiosity to ascertain the sum they represented. He there fore sent for a jeweller, who carefully examined the gems. " What do you value all these at ?" said the master of the - house. "Monseigneur," replied the jeweller, "the aggregate value is-60 franks !" The truth of this anecdote is vouched for. • Foal)Es lacKENzlE's AcT.—The Glasgow Herald con tains a lengthened report of a meeting which took place in that city, of delegates from the principal towns in Scotland and England, to report upon the operation of Forbes Mac kenzie's Act. Mr. A. S. Anderson pi esided. Reports having been given in from the delegates, showing the oppressive and demoralising effects of the act in the districts where it was enforced, after a long discussion, it was resolved to petition parliament for its total repeal. After the conference the members of the association, and the delegates from London, Manchester, Liverpool, Dublin, and various towns in Scotland, dined together in the Trades'-hall. SMUGGLING AT HAMBURG.—A letter from Hamburg gives an account of the mission of Dr. Rucker, who, it is said, was sent to London by the three Hanseatic cities to assure the English government of the falsehood of the allegations that war materiel was being transported thence to Russia. Lord Clarendon, says the account, received the doctor "in a manner so little diplomatic, that a parallel is vainly sought in history," while Lord Palmerston cried out in the midst of the explanations, " Why, you Hamburghers are nothing but a set of smugglers !" All this, together with sundry threaten ings, has grievously wounded the feelings of the citizens of Hamburg. MAJOR MARTIN, late of the 9th N. 1., after having served the government and the country well and faithfully for*about thirty years, as a military officer, has come forward to enlist, more decidedly and more exclusively than ever, in the ranks of the faithful followers of the Saviour, as a labourer in the missionary field. Instead of retiring, like most men, at the end of his long term of service, to enjoy his pension and his private fortune amidst the ease and comforts of his native land, he has engaged himself as a regular lay missionary assistant in the Church Missionary Society's service, and has been placed in the van of our missionary force at the frontier sta tion, Peshawur.—Oriental Christian Spectator. A LOTTERY SCHEME. — The Journal du Loiret relates the following scheme resorted to by a young damsel :—4 young lady, pretty and well educated, residing in the arrondissement of Pithiviers, has conceived the idea of putting herself up to lottery. There are to be 300 tickets, at I,ooof. each, and to the fortunate winner she will give herself and the 299,000 f. by way of dowry. The lady has attached some very prudent conditions to the purchase of tickets. She will only sell them to persons whom she may think will suit her; and in order to ascertain that point, she exacts a half hour's tete-a-tete conversation with each applicant. There is no limit of age imposed, but more than one ticket may be taken by one person. The lottery will be drawn on the 25th of November next, at the mairie at Pithiviers. No married men are allowed to take tickets. It is said that a number of Englishmen have already become purchasers, and applications are coming in from all quarters. Two CHILDREN BURNT TO DEATH. — The Lincolnshirk Times contains the particulars of the death of two children who were last week burned to death in a most shocking man ner at Ulceby. Thomas Jobson, aged seven years, and his. sister Elizabeth, aged four years, with their cousin Robert Jobson, aged two years, went out to play together in a vacant pigsty, not fifteen yards from the house of the two elder children. The little girl had taken some congreve matches from a high shelf in her mother's cupboard, She lighted a match, and the straw and furze of which the pigsty was built were quickly in a blaze. Thomas ran away, crying to his sister and cousin to come out of the sty ; but although in a few minutes they were extricated from the flames, there was hardly a trace of human features to be discerned. THE NoßTH.—Advises from Hamburg, of the oth, state that the sudden change from mild to very severe cold frosty wea ther has had the effect of causing a temporary stoppage of the navigation, which will, however, in all probability, soon be opened again, inasmuch as there had teen another equally sudden change from frost to snow and heavy rain, leaving the streets ankle deep in mud and dirt, with the barometer indi cating two degrees of heat. Precisely this same changeable weather has been experienced in the North, as we learn from the Russian ports in the Baltic and Gulfs of Finland, Bothnia, and Riga. In the harbours of the Baltic—in Mecklenburg and Lubeck especially—there is much stir in the shipping, and all kinds of produce are being sent away thence to Russian ports in great haste. THE RECENT CHARGE OF PASSING FORGED CHECKS.— The Cambridge Chronicle contains the following particulars respecting George Patman, who was charged a few days ago, in the Guildhall Police-court, London, with passing forged checks to a large amount:—Patman came to Cambridge about twelve months, ago. He took lodgings at the house of a lady in New square, and, conducting himself with great propriety, was in course of time introduced to several respectable families. He had previously, we should observe, made the acquaintance of some ladies connected with one of these families at Berkham stead, in Hertfortshire, where he was residing. He was very regular in his habits, a constant attendant at church, and pro fessed to entertain serious religious convictions. He entered Clare College last October, having previously, we understand, been reading with a member of the University. In College, as elsewhere, his outward demeanour was irreproachable. H e paid his addresses to one of the ladies he had met in Hertford shire, and prosecuted his suit with such success th a t i n De cember last he was united to her. Thism means; eav made n sa t c; ea d n i dd due hni inquiries wasu t i r a i k se s e o a p s la t c o e p without thes standingfather society and having convinced, from the representations made to him, that Pat man was possessed of a moderate competency, that he cheer fully gave his consent to the uni on . O ne of these representa tions was that an uncle had placed £4,000 in the funds, the interest of which was to be his, and documents were produced in proof of this statement. These, it now turns ont, were forged. Everything went on harmoniously till Friday, the 25th ult., five short weeks after his marriage, when intelli gence was received in this town that Patman, who was in London, transacting some business for his father-in-law, had been arrested on a charge of forgery. The news was so astounding that at first it was not credited; but it unfor tunately turned out to be too true. We leave it to the imagin ation of our readers to picture the state of distress which such intelligence produced in the family with which he had become connected. There is, apparently, some mystery in the case , no adequate motives for his conduct having been discovered. SPORTING INTL•LLZGEiVCE THE CHASE. The CHESIIIRE HOUNDS will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 13 Wincham Hail Thursday, 14 . Saturday, Feb. 16 Beeston Cast le Each day at Half-past Ten o'clock. ANOTHER CUBE OF COUGH AND HOARSENESS BY On. Looocs's PULMONIC WAFElts.—" Parliament-street. Sir,— I had been troubled with a cough and hoarseness for nearly two years, without relief, when I was induced to try Locock's Wafers, the effects of which were soon visible, for one large box (2s. 9d.) has quite cured me. 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