The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-21 00:00:00

------ 0 A. &MANTIC. lip Atlantic, Capt P have intelligence atic brought 10 0- 46 fence, arrived at Si%l' term... lccoun t s of . rns s truck by 110 oyi 13 ) ola of the court . 0 by lightning , o ,ber of persons scialll:64, several others se xl to conusi t it Niagara Fittopt:, nitleraan in I, ,..abi r I London Telegn,, to rrmer port, tr e n St. John'S,,' • ) 04 , D e l a ware bet;,,tt e killed or drlitiist ri r the Baharca s e c 01 4 ir d er ed bY th, 0 5 C°lnreiSSiollers f0:04 I with enlistiag, e evidence o f tb!:', persons e 3 hal')d`f reer . The siii ° ii s Te d at I. o ' natleraela n a house coa sl' o is - woundell,,,,, ; 1 ti a r a s, n'ateP-,10, 1 .191111 Ptt%l:o_,OFso id they weredselrm sket ball, a, u ",,,,por t/ 00 tea t o y add xaggera _ fe l to , ty in r t o: 4 They gr-,41';/ 2001 d corainev de,ir ,Je tbe telf badly tbr,°3o6, ouse was iitse,„aosaf d to 00 ote „e,511.1 rts, frail betbo-07,r -;roceries, $„:0 0 j xey by Gerraa"o7ol9o6t They theD iet 3 , o# s men colej werrery , s 3e „ g ibe ° o o , d beat ail 'I'lo o..t'' to shot , oredt).!", slightly „iteti,ren: ca ptrsred, Rises whicit ,tir• e 4, e Botnanis,t secreted; OP, a t Jl , net to do se ,t ' es e:dir ? distur_troalleto sad . mare' a o t t r cannon, and tlo l ss . iv''vas leaf 9 0(1,' he upper Plot , 4 1r, a tlelower Ace', !,,,tl' ock ha th e r o a an,larish tor% 3ts' and thi! iven on. their 1;5;6 d the disturb.' 0 1 'V as then oSoo i• fe , be e ' ty t ' Rfore DM the 11%4, aitr,,,,l s, and The. inded• ts,,;s4 n named c-v•-"ei n they t 3r x l , l o killed seve or, unen thl'a-'4,4...; [thin are aTeyel..4l7) 5 Were de s ` D e frur A 4 KI is said te,,,,erH, ernent wa500401,b,,,,, but the erediste,44 be no 133 , , ° ,, , ot'ef Pr ;.tate thabrtjedy-- ke scene ° " 0 0. occur. , te p ight ft x i libt ts b e tea a, to a e feo A a-, the 31,01,e Pe) .orn San patli' r t nt it • es-rid 5 eo te had he AD 1; D e ed oveY d to escar,e, 10Y *e n a w- ttle lc oit l 4 KV me n to ea t, 4, 'e' Gevernintl s. at San e receivers f. Tnember of tno ci 3, AOOO each, aoollt died thousand 01 Page, Baco n, a 4 0 4 i 4, ate involved it. 4101 erty ovrners, °f`ft,o, hostile trieetiitt th e ons to be use ° "Or. ken place. r';;;#o,4l(' ) PEts..; ta t >vanieville ca arrived a t icto o lei al cases of ,d) pn, the 4th .110.0 thousand (1°0,01,1 e ,nines .c` , the most slia 014 The o ° l6 ad the 0, Yi elj T tvrelve to w as ge rie iD decision,,c-oya '5, that ha1).1,., of the Britf iviks oti= r ti tes tea 4 1 • atteraP Le t 0%1 1 0 riemi▪ gee% ultrY,)„ 13 „ ° t• l oyo li i,"„ ' f the Ire" 4re efollowing,,r,perle dividing ');FPIV, ted with Pl . wv neisco) Ic y 0 1 ,d [)y the ts. 9d igo ev a c r it failing to c pr e oal ° t suniti e c 't who tO5-iels ,411 , reign q er tl l "l re"otio vill sail 01,00190 f, regardelie '' l s . 41 ? 7 derlloo7, 1,10, ruptioor„' '3,590,1 into wc10354t,,i. frontier 0110 ot ees whe t vernnaGo t . to 3 , a ci:011,1t; rea°,l ks to r'J''' l rs . a lta e$ the:r, the if try, Wry f iX, 110' Oil 9f to ~! „ . I ,3na,a r Ati nd loan, veroy. to the ° „.01 1 0 ) i cloo The 1 ) 0 . t A weahnes3A V' , If tV i)J St' e se, aeon fere, eert,ti osidereari, rero to the n° nd n ° c° l ol 7 ';is' ,was a ctif D er o ..,c l/ ( 1 1 • ,111 tl)erprgt, Ls ; tor .41 • ; other ,J:DeleAtd prenliO' growin g sh vessel. per tO .'' „s, picie .t IT Iro tirr Not •to s 4 it as. ecrri,el"tiAosi, 11 the e 1 1/ 5 1) e ,. , 4 1 put. 40 0 .0eP Crp c- , p rei e D a a aq tfi,„,: 4 ck rnarl'e,,Doo; p• re,„." Dt; es' t en, 10 P e i ‘ l ' c ' t lire" ofJ to 0 ,4-, f.. 5 ' tb 11 3 e $ a., th e ~rt asount s pee' fP,I , ,bro A c e I 101'11'0115f °rel lesCrir,l aces O P' e r i ‘ P q 9 etile} f°reto) e . . 0 o i last is,stics's egilPree'S" ni:rl4av ; h. ~.; , e i r t hl ii, i) e c ep y! 11 • ~,° 4 rv iel i% a cl gs t °o l ' enito—.teeiiing,, or a lo ot alto. svooris r, ,0T59 A'3ll :4P ° tg, Ifr to 'e t r. t° 2 , t ;O3 2 13 ' 5 66 is 9 00 , 0 1, 13 d 40, ,°8 rsi l 4 .3.1 lower C ., be iv,), for the hiers seloe-31"rePdf0arecti00,11.0,101 i, a s be,. e'ther A. OtSitiOnS had dedo o so, ce a iasiDg as ej Fr , colt" d i o,pf?d 'or Porl4 ao°l eipts 01:„Iti Jo toy c and prices° taar.,e Lest, and tl" 000;74, fair extent' t 631, ° , with sa les /1 Tbe so d' lots. WS , ' • 1 receipts, e 'O 4 d 5K.:1.3 : 0 4) ; saelcs fin t ett 0 1 ,, d rates. c 1 s; t o f la scarce 0 se' late bee , 0.0 O god , tie) a ctive• prP tl o' r e ) areat ; ight to 0( 8° 0 01? ithdraWa' t 6d. t 7 j, to, __wo cottoli?: L os, tv gd.teasureuien AuGusT 21, 1855. j LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. I A SPECIAL SESSIONS for the transfer of public-house licen k libLenc,e in the south of Tl: ig b ________ ' sea was held on Thursday, in the Sessions House, Chapel-street, kas ea 'ereno D a ' before S. Holme s Esq., and Hardman Earle, Esq., magistrates, Mit - f at ik e? on f . orm, has made its i A considerable number of transfers were allowed. i t u lle a a ' p li 't 1170 le, el or i n aim of this town, was admitted, on Tuesday, I CBICRET.-A match was played, on Friday, between the ta n the court of chancery h . • ancery of the county palatine of ! Wavertree Alliance Club and the 2nd Eleven of the Athe- J4;eohoof the 1 - •' e ke i t "ta ted that pe a e imam, which terminated in favour of the latter. firsto :. Al liance, first innings, 45 f second, 53. Athenmum, innings, t 4 ( a" of Sefton, -er elaiesty has written a letter to the 39 ; second, 62 ; with two wickets to go down. Tr o p f res sef i t v o e n o . f sympathy and condolence on SOME young gentlemen residing at Aigburth have been ° pa left amusing themselves by wrenching off bell -pulls and breaking ki ng ef be "sold at Ramsey baener have since been windows, &c. They were .ultimately dispersedb d n,a :04 .1 - , P a bhe auction, and realised £B7 ti lls. 5d., charge of powder fired amongst them by a sportsman whose ee contribution of £5OO towards the patriotic house they had attacked. The youths have since apologised ta t , -eee e , to the various parties against whom they played their tricks, toe "' who la' $3, Reel:tries, belonging to the 18th Regi- and repaid all damages. 41 14, 4 re been for the last three vaeeks at New Brigh- I COLLISION IN THE FOG.-The neighbourhood was enshroud ,,,,(lle ortt l ag exercise on the • 'ata b e Ine o a si , Mune rifle, crossed the river ed by a d . dense fog until nearly half-past nine o'clock on Fri railway t pros ers, on Thursdale and were for- ' day. A little after half-past five o'clock the Woodside steamers At a yes ° ton, to join the depot. Wirral and Prince met near the middle of the river, and a dine rting'i/ R ? IA TUE HUNDRED OP WEST DERBY.- g t ,, ve ese ees.h the county magistrates on Thursday at Kirk- collision ensued. The Prince had part of her gangway doors carried away, but resumed her station . uring the dtay.e, shock, k ' i tltri' 4, (2 use ? M r- William Henry Gee, architect aud of the passengers were thrown off their seats y h eat. sale • Lit street, Liverpool, received the above ap. but none were injured d ete ° 4l 4 enie e tx Sr. lIBLEN'S.-On Wednesday, an inquiry took place at St. -a t t e d e e, r ee rs e 0 - this company, e Inn AILWAY. L'n -e tn iltt° f P IT°lll ` l l R -At a meeting Helen's, before an inspector of the Board of Health, who had hld on Wednesday it was been memorialised by some of the inhabitants to place the e k tit t °: ae,e'r e e e e l il a re -l a 's el i ell ,t e t93 theropri e etors, at their next meet- town under the Health of Towns Act. After heating evidence et eu per ail, ou, fur the past half year, at the rate of both for and . against the objects of the memorialists, the in ley in order th at the inspector might survey , Tete an''''-'• n'tro, end to carry a surpluslorward of quirt was adjourned ,e 3 ,, i ,t tli I,bi, 4 -Esoci, l 'ilo t -- some portion of the property proposed to be dealt with under the provisions of the act. R e nni e e ners, 3 ,, 4 t l on e, . 1 0, erected a few years ago by the Wes e". le• )3 . ;:; has be e e"easaut treet which will seat about ,-e -m e r ti-Y . e e - ykee, p",.' sold b; s Mr. iVilliam Williams, to the • A MAYOR ELECTED TOWN-CLERIG-At a recent special meeting of the Bury Town Council, Ma. Salmon, solicitor, ree • lf . Pe Led c' f a - .'-attidn's - College, Birkenhead, and will signed the office of mayor and alderman, in order to hembecoe a , Ten a "trine service according to the Church candidate for the vacant office of town-clerk, to which WAS qi:4 l ,, hoe il ., elected without opposition. The penalties to which Mr, Set ae ''ed et a , eo f n a , , e mon was liable for resigning the offices named (E6O were re at ael s e be ea . •Pe ' . r. -On Thurs (Ley, the children miffed by a special resolution, ar.d his salary fixed at the same . an , etteee„ Andrew's School, Slater-street, had their eorth'enctr eole a acros s the water. Previous amount as that paid to his predecessor-viz., £BO. Within the to their leaving either e a '., kne e I 'P by presented the Rev T. C Cowan their last few years a former mayor . of Bury was appointed, of the aertiee„e•oneth beatiful gold - • cil- C. , sincere during or immediately after his year of office, governor a --' ' 1 the interest he has taken in thet aesduacationa ga°,a__l* F ARMERS o 'ter i t ei 4) '' t ie ' et r ° ll .'s DINNER TO THE JUDGRS.--011 Wed I THE OP WIRRA.L.--Last year . the farmers of 4,1 jh e Yor gave the usual assize dinner at the ToneS. Wirral were visited by a party of agriculturists from South to nr, jallests included the two Judges, Mr Baron Esq., - Lancashire, to examine their system of farming; and this . ki,rgh BL'tiee he John Pembe to . P latt wrt. .year, having received an invitation from them 'for a similar kee et th e l eadi er i n tr g , trobezne u ‘ nde ' r-sheriffs, the grand jury, prig seve r n Heywood, Esq., purpose, the farmers of Wirral started from Liverpool , by the St Helen's Railway on Thursday, alighting at Fidler s Ferry •Y nuen e u r erl f l t,4 l t o be tt 4 : e Part ° , 21.: ,,,, 1aA f attending the present Station, where they were met by M. M. Longann of Rain lila Mr. Pemberton, and other gentlemen, who piloted them fifty. :through the day. They visited Mr. Kerfoot's farm at War tet:l,ll,tll°:'l‘;),7:ll/1R AFRICAN TWINS.-William Miller, a Tington, Mr. Jehn Kerfoot's at Orford, Woolton Hall Farm, Lilt!' the e- ennent of Mr. William Thompson, the pro- Wilgrave Faris, and Sudwirth Hall Farm, and returned in ha Afri 471, ? ft - e caz i a ea can Twins, having absconded on Tuesday the evening. .1110 ore the /3eee ef these interesting specimens of Nature-e WIGAN CHURCH OF EN AND YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETT. . Ll§ a r4 see " .11 , ard liotel, Covent-garden, London, where -On Monday a meeting was held in the 'Commercial Hall, ne yee to el le his ehawere sta lug -information hes .• f 'kd abt et The police rge Y . ~ . as Wigan, cr the purpose .. ,whi B k t ,. 4 .3 y ea ,, and the offender fully aesctabed, • Young Men's Association. The rector peesided, and there k moustaehe eicrtaropus 11:: ), (. 1 ,.5 feet 10 inches high, dar ~ was a large attendance of 'young men and . . others. Reeo.lu 4te bee e ;Los are 5 years old, joined at the back. tions expressive of the need of such an'institution, pledging fed fr e ts ‘ heteeeen.ered for the apprehension of Miller and the meeting to support it, -appointing a-committee of heanage- Z fr, 4 : it,,,,„ ?. ,, meat, and adopting a set elf rules, were passed unanimously. tle7 e ner t , n tilis e n,ZYALEER, Captain Daniel Lewis, - which Addresses were delivered by the chairman, Lord Lindsay, the lt,,,,itui 4 44 4 q,. on the 4th of January last, with 180 Hon, Colin Lindsay, and others. The society have taken the e ea. am )e iaa a n crew, ran against a sunken iceberg on rooms in King-street, in which they propose to establish a. De tt l ?, e kee ~,,,It wa-,?„in lat. 48. lon. 106 E. Her bows were library, a select reading-room, • and 'various classes. Liberal tas s ;` 4 ,, e Y reia l ln te e 4 3' by baling out the vessel, and keeping contributions have been received from the Lord :Bishop of `tan, A,,, ere e --4 , ed,a aa she was kept afloat till the damage was Chester, the Earl of Cranford and Balcarres, Lord Lindsay, An 4 7 1 ' 4 , tok er r e de s i,' enabled to reach her destination. The and others. the a 'ress t " °f their of presenting the captain with a sub- THE ISLE OP 'MEN REGATTA took place on Tuesday and tLe est Pat as, n l' gratitude, but he declined to receive it. 1 li r •atte,a, L eper, °W " Wednesday last in-Douglas Bay, .and was well attended. - Sir ,k, es tt, the e ee presented to him. It is couched in ~J. Lauder, Bart.nMajor Stewart, and a committee of gentle lkOlste 'e dee au, and states that the passengers owe men exerted themselves to make the necessary aerangernetts. tie ,', o ll oa .' ib ° te a ; 410 n and courage of Captain Lewis. : The Royal Western of Ireland, the Royal Mersey, the Royal t V e al', e s - ,,,,R are i e s ' l.ll s roe, THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-'— Northern, and the Royal Irishnsent several of their vesselato N s t i ll tara made be k a a Ppointrnents of revising barristers for support the regatta. On Tue,,ay a yacht race for a . L5O •verp s. ' 4 4 4 idi;n prar e n°arou Platt, senior judge on the north- was sailed forawhich was won by. the Cymha, a cutter- of - - a0 NO 'ee, V' Alesi a ng in the Crown Court, at Liverpool.- tons. A spill ug match for small pleasure boats .. e t f th.e . lsland S e ikehi e : ° llea s - c i i lanchard, Temple, and Manic. North was won by the Vi e si d o o rl d Ca o r a tn ot ti o a r rke a r h i t ee ro an ee n ;as he s , a y d z e c d to , . 1. . 0 1,. kipth' s . 411 0 IV ' li r. • ‘ ,i 2 .'earborough, • Think, Northallerton, Fairy,. &c. 0 f - , u hetween the Glance, y Foam, -and Zilla, , which , o tki - et r, le a . es.bez. - 0 AT,. East Riding -Hull Beverly, Pr - bo- a w l: z ee - e o n ° by the first-namede-acht. ' Several rowing racesson ,_4tatilekil2l4 Grey ne bt u l g rha'.m 3lr• d . be fruY tm • hs : West Mr: Addisen. eluded each day's sport. The whole proceedings,: which were -.1 II .'"' e n d ''Qrahe lan an r° - h • Mr Brett well conducted by several officers of the - Royal Western . of a t „ e t a ,,,,:er r , r d and boroug s.. e - - • ,akin'n anon, „ l -Rushton. South Lance - shire - Maers. Ireland and the Royal Mersey Yacht Clubs, -gave much-satis h ' produced quite a sensation in the Island. anneen. ° a• It, le ' West. Manchester : Mr. Brandret . faction, and. Jee nein% ' el lmaii. Northumberland : Mr. Hogg. LIVERPOOL WAR MOVEMENTS.-..4.n embarkation of troops (1 e kle N Ilca _B E ,8, t w On -4 - 1 -ht last week, a for the Crimea took place en Tuesday in the Cunard screw -I,i(es- a tee as Liad • -n Monday tug i ele e llri Castle to plunder the shop of Mr. Cameron, steamers men and . . E Andes The 51st Regiment went onboard See, a b Inte w'street. After the premises had been the former: it the HuskissonDock e• IN -., , td y a _ _ v at& 1,, ~, Prl at zman, named James Seymour, in idling lowing-are - . the names of the officers :-Lieut-Colonel A. C. tf t4 e k 'ad - " s Pect• - Passage at the side of the shop, heard Errington Captains- Irby, Drought, Madden, -and l'irztford ; t ll hi er 'ter, h e !ng that an entrance had been effected by Lients. Fa'rringtonnActon, Woolley, and. Anderson ; Designs n ot kb'inorril, e n Tlediately hastened forward in _pursuit Lambert, -Oldham, Read, Lewin, Gloag, Chaplin ; Adjutant Ili the the - 'is h ' ueard retreating by the back-doer. The Clements, Quartermaster Lawrence, and Surgeon Webb. De e 1) 48 tirry v ._ which was 3rd -Mat and 48th -Regiments embarked on ~./,,,,, . 0 s i ,, ag e a e eurabled• over a carpet-bag to of the . „ . .. _ li74lan ' 110 being thus detained, the thief was board the Andes in the afternoon withthe following officers . 4, Pert Y v:l bi s esca antlee e ate ete ued at Z . ; The carpet-bag was . foundto . con- Captain Sheeman, 3rd Wilkinson,:4Bth; and Buffs ; Captain Nee liita her j ewee out -£2OO, and consisted of . rings, ut. Pe . arson, . . 31st The following officers of the 31st also M • Erskine, Captain tain Dickson, gee a for 4 a da r k ~."erY• In the passage the thief also proceed Yin the „Andes :-_ ajor . ne, P N il l,/ 11 ollseb,, LF.tern 1 6 skeleton keys, and other im- Lieut. Steed, Ensign Burneley, and Assistant-Surgeon .Bourke. , , e 0,.. e... :latat ee k, ° ,.hete re ''` i ge The troops were loudly, cheered while leaving the landing •:' tea, 'gin -EE'-The committee held .its weekly stage in - the steam-tender.Jackall for conveyance to,the.kndes, l e oa e 4etie t . eday e . at anchor in the Mersey. ,t 'l'D t "qty ~, for t i: 'alderman Dover in the chair. Dr. t, l le 4 ll , o 4 in g s' e _i tile e ee , el2l edieal officer of health, reported that Renate INFIRMAMY.SCHOOL OF iErt l - low A i t n thlTf n u e a c t (re al e • Tratd . 1 . 11 continued below the average of the examination of the students on Mon da y,e u f medical -study 4 14 4e stil li th, e eu tibe tbe last seven years, excluding the prizes-for proficiency in the several brancheso Ilrifi scholar iettlltlea, of Na lhoe etee r cf•deaths for the week ending Satur- -Mr. Robert Fryer, gold medal acid Roya t rmary n t _ e ig Cl -4 yerpe'leb e "I' t oZymotic diseases caused ship, for superiority en -the . speci . al examraa ion the a h_ ee . ' 5 , aqie.) Teeere f rom di arr h ea (being seven less ' branches collectively of medical science taught in echoo r l. 4 1 Le e 'th e the me an Meer: temperature for the week had Surgery: Mr. R. Fryer,- slicer medal; Mr.-Gre . rge . ey:eKee ' ere q n sub --u ef the barometer . Mr. :G. D. ,r ki p i . 04 -co ulee . e had .been 29-828 manneertificate of honour. Practice of Medicine t:e ll tial l°lll t e l ' j .- -it lte recommended that a great Kerman, silver medal; Mr. John Bride, certificate of honour ; At . ,'',n, ei",lee- a ant7ipl ) "t -200 streets in the wn, the Mr. RaPryer, ditto. klidwiferyKerman, 'silver ki , ` l. 41 0 ; Ik e tit 7° ec, ted to comply with the n notice to medal. Chemistry : Mr.;Daniel Mackinlay,•silver medal ; Mr. Le sand tlinnlVenZeold be drained by the bOrOUghßride, certificate of honour. Materia Medica '"e n s 'need nesecalered from the owners of the property. ander Thompson, silver mechd ; Mr. D. Ala,cl,inlay, certificate iffy „eO/ 4; ,'ne 1 i ..." , 411 which the chairman and Mr.Hodg- of honour. Medical Jurieprudence and Toxicology ; Mee R. IV of ` 4 ePat• ` c ommendation it was resolved to post- Fryer, -.first Arthur ok .; Bride, certificate of honour. t t A, ~, w a r ds toe f 2 ‘erde, a a ,., S ad . or a fortnight, and the committee Botany : Mr. Santlorson first prize book • Mr. Chas. 1 Fere eel- -1 0 urn ed. Keok Oldham, certificate,cf honour. 0 h •' pht almic Surgery ei, I nt a. Ge,, !ken s ' n 0 1 8 enniene-The week ly I N , f", unionado was held on Wednesday.. . Present : honour.; Mr. J. Robinsonnditto. Anatomy and Ph • Logy ysio e srs. Harrison, Fitzpatrick, Mr. J. Bride, certificate -of honour. Junior Anatomy • Alr. Il st• 414 0 4 1 l e ' ehairma ' Mes ßoberts Kirkus Medcalf, Flyn.n first prize book. ." • , e 4 ,11, 1 ,4e , i o ant, Abrahams, d,Muilins, Edwards, Ledger,' Shaw A'' N. ', , ,,i, , liors ti fn, Pickup, and Mountfield. . The alance' Carr, D i t'fGEROITS LUX.A.Tic..-On Thursday, Alfred:Yates o,,etaet 4 the treasurer was £2,621 13s. f3d. It was magistrate,rr,.D.,zotftETlorestßeri•thwas br o ollg t ht before Mr.. Trafford t 3 4 r a t 'ee pa rt . turn be prepared and printed, contaieiug the been found wandering v abou e ila us the dangernightous with tinta:lc, couplehavin ofg ',Fatnlnt e l e ° , lll arE with reference to the Workhouse and loaded pistols in his halide. 'He had gone upon-the Ma ches et'hO for 9' : -The number of paupers in each .of such ter Exclaage the evening previously also and -read a procla- VI., r a ell of the five Tears ended March. last ; the oration, denouncing a near'relative of his'as guilty of murder, e, att f ' eost of such au •to • cunt paid daring ne te , i er the P Pen ;a am Paa nr . mg and the.coroner of the county an having been guilty of high :N ti :edei te n followeng art ic l es ,--namely,, clothing, treason. M Carr is the same who, a few days ago, applied e t , sei, it n s , deur, bread, meat, potatoes, egroceries, to the magistrates of Liverpool for a warrant :against the Nae t t , tend wine, and ironmongery ;to whom paid, Captair• lof the James Barnes, emigrant ship, for putting him ►:,k, ed I:r,,eentract..or -otherwise. The number of in chains orehis homeward voyage from Australia. Mr. Tref attNyes ee,".tne Workhonee and Hospital, during the ford committed him to Prestwich Asylum as a , dangerous e a c e!' le ee e ont-door, Anse ; total, 4,022; -showing lunatic. Those facts will acconnt.fer a good deal of-the ntrange N ' l4 li t pt: l 7, b ,.l l ° o r, and 167 out-door, w h en nompared and wayward eonduct which Dr.-Carr manifested both before nee t , ' ll4 ,le a n"lg week in last year. The amount of and subsequent to the investigation before the Liverpool k l l ti ) , kt 41 1 .: 4 Peoded as out-relief was £202 16sa2d. magistrates, which resulted, as May be remembered, in the +ii i I 'ta ll . complete exoneration of the owners of the James Bailees from 111eZliNtetteaT•The Venerable Archdeacon Brooks pre the charges brought against them mainly through Dry Cart's 4 4 , - qit . 1,1 / 9 tI Y meeting of the Select Vestry on,Thes -11)e 1 •1111le a r;Ple rnoved,a resolution gratefully se by the Manchester borough coroner into the death ,of the to r,,_, ._,,aie, the i Ay and courtes _ N.4 %4 y with which the, agency. On the._previous Tuesday.= investigation was held mother of Dr. Carr, who expired suddenly at Heaton Norris, e t ilka01. 1 10; ti l , ,_,,. late President of the Poor Law Roaa'de where she resided. It appeared that the super . intendent of NaLat ,e a as letelt duties of his responsible eaten- police had received a letter from Dr.•Farr,•statin , g that his i ) : l l4 . 4,74ltNkh o ilaninaonsly • ;greed to. From t he, z-e mother had been -SpOisoned, and demaniingann i i 3i • s es p te reerions , de l ie t feo k g Il se Committee it appeared that This the coroner assented to, altliong.a, from ~4 1t h tote e , week into the vagrant seeds were 183 that his knowledge of Dr.•Carrehe had reason to-,suppose f . SUS -I„liDt!hb•2,S Fe e , ie't a al ld 62 children-in all, 474: The nurc- icions were groundless. The case, therefore, went he cae a a el tt.N eeiNer, the on the 4th instant, were 511, fury ; and, after the examination of a number of witnesses, it It a t et it: e 16 11 ,1 t leer ' 68 itch. The numbers in the houee was distinctly proved- that Mrs. Carr hail l :died from vioien u t ft 3 l 7. e: . l, te l lete!, l l4 site ee e d 2 ,069. It wee resolved that a 5ub ,...., eauses. It was stated that Dr. Carr had he laved very coron i en re- ' eneene Inntel l ar i n_ be given to the Southern Hospital, before his mother previous-to her death ; and the _ 0 . etr„;! 4 e ht ek o iZln elector should be appointed, at a sa- t'n h It i 40 a :marked that, though the death had not been :an unnaturalne, 'ea Il e n e h 0,,, -Year. Mr. Bradley proposal that,it had doubtless been accelerated by the conduct of Dr. Carr ace ne ~ ct l e4 , le nee e i n ta eta tip -himself. closed for three months, but an . himself. The jury incorporated this opinion with their verdict ',el. a , ° aelt al t a t e ee 'n i. ,to the effect that this subject be - *k t -es t 'IC tiC"d that + be then laid -.l3e.axauency COURT. - Re Anthony O'Donnell : This te a , t to,„ tl, t "day, ana senirn . . . e. of a ehairmaker in e 4 tes e q . te lnaleeMber of persons admitted into the bankrupt, who carried on . the ;business . 4 1111' rvilieoeld... 4 til'ag to that parish, and the names of Dawson-street, appeared before Mr. Commissioner Stephenson '1 'IA e atte nn - Tu ale for thepurpose. of having the adjudication an 1, te e Rai eel pay tame. Mr. Shaw -Roy p on . o y, .. g t)) Irii„Lell s "tick i llial deputation to visit the lunatic nulled and the petitition dismissed, on the . ground of aon- Iv h e ' , ter. , th e ed. Th e deputation appointed were compliance with the act of parliament . by petitioning creditor, 'tllt il itl ie Ql4 Co het senior overse e rs , Mr. Bradley, Damen Glenister, a chairmaker reaaling at High Wycombe, Ntia 3', pi k eßuck. It appeared that the petitioning creditor could not , "Ad s', 4 al‘`,,,lTz t , held write, butonly made his marks to-the.affidavits on which an 'tt' il litf l ''eti,„_•' in e ., - •'" - The weekly meeting was t adjudication of bankruptcy was issued, and it was agreed, t,' l tty of L 4 e -44 0 , 4, ` 4 ,,,,er, Eau., in the chair. Presen , that in-consequence of the attesting witness not beingeravorn ' t ill:att. Y ell 'ett; `'-a r egnon, 3tiann, lklonsell, Hubback, to the signature, the petition must be taken off the file.-His N tece eta sq -cvans, and Gladstone. The sub honour considered that an important point had been raised, t e ,a l ,, co st ta d t oitted a plan for coveriag in the NO f 4 hINS e of th e W in e Dock warehouses. and ad j ourned -his decision -Geore Bateman, late of the j• -the day bef ee e,to ° l , l ' th:',„-o, o ,,, s 'stat ato be ea,P„,„- the nu,,,,, were Cattle Market Inti, Stanley, appeared on same a. "e - w "'kite "`• - '''''"''''`" -- I" M Commissioner Perry, on his last examination. The carte .., h a al e „eapi, -tee of works presented plans for a r.. "e l lat e l o ts 'nett -. S . Wareho uses which the eonunittee was further adjourn .an a n ee . t e Le , ed -Re Echeridge ,and Wilson: On th ' tificate and Wednesday these bankrupts came up for eir cer , - 1,1 4 . 1 14 learn e d t koe wants of the wool trade. The no opposition being offered, one of the first-class was g ranted Ofetn l a that t he le ° Ur. Gartside, and other gentle h Re Louis Ahlborn : On the application of the k'ANtehe t 45°1 trade, and they had arrivaLat tc) each.-Re •-• "ut 'ete -° I I roo ' • h official assignee, and it appearing to the court tha it wou Id 'aleii a c e d, b e „ Ms of the Wanpmg . ware ouses be for the benefit of the estate, his honour directed that the of shod ~'ee hest wool rooms in England. eet e -ea st , auea for 5 600 b f Australian, bankrupt's establishment in Whitechapel should be ktpt open ''tale,tee , 4 k .I. Nri , bags .of Nen' they bet c e ,,, a 1l wool- and the would save im-fgoods, the being empowered to employ , for the sale o ' eat "n• • 41 Lane and porteragewhich they had the bankrupt in each sale.-Re H. H. Ross : The last ex t.' et, te e ana e e pl an porterage read =dilation of this bankrupt was again adjourned to have the 'et ) at 3 ' h ai l lse sa g were-approved.-The clerk a r ;,a t te s. , ha l onitee, - committee, stating that on theßichar d This bank sheet amended.-Re Williams;• • • bal4llee carried business in this town as a builder and - • '4. 4 teePree'ealle a r and inspected the warehouses, rupt, who on te gaert eee t adee te , and the cargoes in them. The stonemason, appeared on . Thursday before Mr. Commissioner t 'er t' -- q• tt o '''e rates ofcharges hitherto levied for his rtificate• Mr• Evans, le on an application ce •, , • •e,t,/44t, nor' b ins° • . .. l e sli k:s ee . y ear n said it might be desirable, in in representing the assignees, offered no opposition, and a ant ate m axi , to bring the Birkenhead ware- certificate thefirst-class of I,: e l .l 4 a he 'l ine, te,:, Th e of managem en t RS MIS pursuedon NORTH AND SOUTH * d WILES RANE n . F - r f d h a e y a . nnual meeting 1 , 4 1 . 1 ',N,qt 4 raid beeftputtee, however, had resolved took place at the Clarendon ms, e , Richard Grif- Rae, read Ve f etn e e a er edg e , Paid on the delivery of goods, fith, Esq., in the chair. The general manager, Mr. o.l o ",,Pelii!lY , t f e hatu e reonut, as had been the custom at the following report :- 9 g % 1 41 ' i s tiv ' The report was agreed to.- The Reserve Fund, as per last Report, 4 ate' cl,, '4. and e 10,168 14 11 a e nte It ch ,. a subject which has more than amounted to 4 14t• '' ' l nf . q cusses • - 30th June e e l co al ,. e '!es „..._ namely, the propriety of charg- The net profits for the year ending `aiieel 4 s A C 1 :1 ste l'm steamers. In consequence of last, after making provision for the losses of Ne et ei ee ti ae., aer riers for the space occupied by the year, were 71' i 44 i 44 n e. 'ere k it'Pted i l l consequence of the different , 1 1 1 , 1 e4 'illg''eld a i n egal'd to their tonnage, it is .. a tt hi, 0,4,8 co nsiderably less amount in dues 3 4 .1 1 ge Citlksti; 111% Smith, who made some cal @,en th ee e . 1, a s eof his was discussed before, said that, ti ,. ~,., at er -is rec o il • v 4 e rk e ,, ti a „. sp ats _ , re collection the sum per acre 04atiit,,9,4toeuee,1 ctevoted to steamers was £730, ktl' 4 , iiue h ete etee ra26o load, discharge, acre. On the other , te e n a e f ea n r an s a i r...d e, load, discharge, and clear out ept ! ,, ;, e te od, o t r ie e a y e ' l l ae s n o t r i e l i s e i o n t d w oo lch o , f d r articu b larly . ~I , j,, e t t B li a°ltt.soa ler.,,Teonversation upon the subject, , 4 ;,%t e ,,are 'f i e of the Mann's that the committee &• t , I,, ave ee ,: i ..4 1 , anlonnage of steamers upon Ni t e u t e i. It:e t° krtileY the wole gress tonnage of such he, -li e . Ail ne e salad stob ' e o!. if propelled . sails k i te l / 4 4t11e l'It)Ille yet been'trtahnesehaerdulta" li s e a said the e, n a l , 4 1 th e 'q ell '1 tl, ° r, aski course of a few rr da u s. t A letter ' l b e e n eove lig that the Akbaryhulk,which 1 4 4' Veae, pere.„l/Iment to the Co ,te na l n ef -nate ( ' to be e orporation as a 4Aae fightton erred tide Placed in the Great „‘ t t 4 p 8 , i , Ranee Har bour -masters' Com- Wile le,-;'lle Ralf 26th t -D cek was ordered to be a 4 t tc t , i • l Zla• o4 l 4.4l 4 t elairi nao 11 s.tent in order that ,it', t d tb re was no formal, i' i ! e /Lea t eei eot n . the e,,i4T e . iela7elts ° tree " the O. 7 3 '°r rorepariagenlans for .4 4 ,,.. • The alai sejrnerthead Dock estate, so 1 A tree Netee el - nel,7 Ton le Tinge in connection with tita n an ew „.Uncil had requested that nee e nn e as seas , 440 , n' Surveyor to draw p -I‘tee shortl y bY the Chairman,wuas Y afterwarde Adjourned. £19,918 1 9 Deduct two half-yearly Dividends on the Capi tal (£161,587 10s.) at the rate of six per cent. per annum, each £9,694 5 Income tax paid by Bank 565 10 10 £10,260 15 10 Leaving at Credit of Reserve Fund £9,667 6 11 It is well known that the past year has been a very unfortu nate one in Liverpool, and this bank has not escaped from the losses arising out of the failures of October last, and the subsequent months. It will be seen, however, from the above statement, that the losses in question have been provided for, and the usual rate of dividend paid to the proprietors, without trenching much on the Reserve Fund. In other respects, the position and prospects of the bank are satisfactory. The sale of the Birkenhead Docks will enhance the value of all property in that locality, in which, as the proprietors are aware, the bank is still largely interested, and the directors will lose no opportunity that may offer itself of realising on favourable terms, The report, on the motion of the chairman, was una nimously received ,and adoptvd..„An the motion of Mr. Wil liams, .0f 064,±. Mr. John Prys Eyton, of Llanerchymar, near HolYwell; •and ;;;'. Joseph Betteley, of Oakfield, near in lieu of those going out by Nantwich, were chosen direcioj: rotation. A vote of tha n k s t o the chau-."a 11' -and to Mr. Rae, the general manager, was proposed by Mr. h. W. W Pritchard, and carried unanimously, as were votes to Mr. Beck, b `shareholders managers and other o ffi cers o f th e b an k. S everal areholders expressed their sati s f ac ti on w ith th e repor t ; an d the chairman and general manager having returned thanks, the meeting separated. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL • INTELLIGENCE. THE Journal des Debats announces the death of M. Ma riani, one of the triumvirs of the late Roman republic, with Garibaldi and Mazzini. THE WYD steam-ship is now fitting at Portsmouth, under the superintendence of Mr. Grant, the controller of the victu alling department, for the purpose of supplying the army in the Crimea with distilled water. At a late trial, 1,400 gallons of pure water were produced in ninety minutes. A PARTY, consisting of a young Englishman named Ramsay and six guides, has just effected the ascent of Mont Blanc from Cormayem, on the Italian side. For more than fifty years attempts have been made to ascend from the southern side of the mountain, but, till now, without success. THE MELBOURNE PAPERS notice the production of a vine yard, the property of Mr. Belperrond, which this season pro duced twelve tons of grapes and five thousand gallons of colo nial or white wine, which is extremely pleasant, and, without containing the heat of sherry, is something of the lemon flavour, and of a light character. ADVICES from Madeira tell a lamentable tale. The disease in the vine threatens to utterly exterminate the plants. No wine has been made for three years, and there will be none this. Attempts are in progress to introduce the sugar-cane; but it is feared that they will meet at best with only a partial success. Two POLICEMEN went to the Great Western Railway works at New Swindon last week, to serve a summons on an operative named Smith, whom they found attending to a steam-engine. No sooner was Smith aware of their intention than, raising the safety valve, the place was instantly en veloped in impenetrable mist; when the vapour had cleared away Smith had vanished also. THE WIFE or A BRICKLAYER, of Grimstone, Norfolk, was proceeding to church with her little boy, three years and a half old, on Sunday se'nnight, along a road lined with trees, when a storm came on, and she took him up in her arms and went along with an umbrella over her head. Suddenly, when near a tree, the lightning struck her at the feet, and she felt her strength instantaneously gone, and became unconscious. The electric fluid passed down the tree, which it tore as it passed along the ground to the woman's feet, tearing open her boots, then up her body as far as her breast, into the child which was held there, and killed it. GEORGE HENRY SMITH, formerly postmaster of Jersey, who shot his wife at Rochester a year ago, and was sent to a madhouse, has been brought up for trial at the Maidstone assizes. Evidence showed that he had always, up to the time of destroying her, treated his wife with extravagant kindness ; that he had been considered insane for a long time, and only released from an asylum because his friends had not money to maintain him. The jury acquitted him, and the usual order was made for his confinement during her Majesty's pleasure. MESSRS. STRAHAN, PAIJL, AND BATES appeared at Bow street on Wednesday, and further evidence was taken respett ing the Dutch bonds, which had only been partially traced at the-last examination, when the prisoners were remanded. -It was understood that no further 'evidence would be brought forward before September. Mr. Bates was liberated on bail, the names being Mr. Anderton, Bridge-street, Blaekfriars, and Mr. W. Bates, father of the prisoner, (a Liverpool *mer chant, residing in London.) THE case of Maurice Aaronson, a Jew insolvent, was to -come on on the 13th Sept., -in the Insolvent Court; but on Monday an application was made to delay the hearing on the ground that " the 13th and-14th of that month were'the com mencement of the new year, and the season of prayers would not he concluded before the 22nd of the month, when the White Fastwoild take place? The Chief Commissioner, re marking that he never heard of an insolvent Jew objecting to be discharged during the period, appointed the-11th as the day for hearing. THE WX . SEMAN CASE. —On the calling ontf the thirdtrial of the case Boyle v. Wiseman, at the Croydon aasizes, on Mon day last, a consultation took place, and it was presently announcedethat an arrangement had been made, and the action abandoned. • The-Daily-News tells us—" It transpired after wards that the terms were, that the defendant is to pay £lOO towards the costs of theabortive trial at Guildford, and the whole of the taxed - costs of the trial at Kingston, and the pre sent action; and it was arranged between the -counsel, that en apology, or retractation, should be demanded -or given. The costs to be paid, it was said, would amount to nearly £1,200." SERIOVS Aeon :men—There was a fete. at Cremorne Gar dens on Monday last, intended to represent the "At tack on the Mamelon Vert, and Capture of the Rifle-pits;" the proceeds to be-: given in aid of the Wellington College. Five hundred real soldiers were allowed to be present to take their part in the representation. Just - as the Mamelon was supposed to be captured, the stage erected for the advance gave way beneath the weight of the soldiery, many of whom were precipitated-to the ground, a distance of twelve or fifteen feet, and in the fall sesergeant of the Grenadiers sustained a compound fracture of the leg ; another man was taken up in sensible from internal injury; a third -had a bayonet run through his cheek ; and about twenty-free had to he conveyed to the military hospital in Rochester-row, Westminster. No case isnhowever, likely to end fatally. THE ZUYDER ZEE,—Within the last few months Holland has become possessed , of another province, rescued from the waters.; the last allotment of the ground over which the Sea of Haarlem recently washed was sold a few days ago. The groundihus saved to - the country will form excellent arable and pasture land. English engines and .English engineers were •employed to drain this territory, which contains nearly 20,000 acres of land, and, in its present uncultivated state, has fetched nearly 8,000,000 florins. Serious thoughts are now being entertained as to the drainage of the Zuyder Zee. But there are difficulties attending this undertaking which were unknown in draining- the Sea of Haarlem. The Zusder Zee is fed by five communications with the North Sea. It would not be altogether beyond the reach -of engineering skill to meet these difficulties, but they would be- attended with im mense expense. The money, nevertheless, could be found, but it is doubted whether the ground, when drained, would be anythir.nbut sand. THE NATIONAL DEFENCES.—WGrks for-the defence of the south-west coast of the Isle of Wight have been commenced. at Freshwater. A trench, thirty feet wide and deep, now cuts off a portion of Freshwater Cliff from the main land:; 0 1l d in ef i e t n ed d. the south and east sides- of the separated. cliff face . the sea. t A h e b trench arra a L o ier m fo t r h a e te lai d i w d i sid th e loo . p o ho n le t s he fo eight heavy_ guns, three of which will command Freshwater .diff r rifi l e v ra ill en b w e Bay, three •others will be _;pointed seaward,. and two swivels will command the east and west end portions of the works. The neighbouring hills will be sloped to enable the guns to command Watcomb Bay. The parade ground, which leads to the guns and to the trench barrack, the western end of the cliff, and both-sides of the trench, will be protected by earthern embankments, after the Russian plan at Sebastopol. The ,caves at the bottom of Freshwater Cliff, which have • been visited by thousands of tourits, will all be moiled :up. In order to effectually guard the entrance to the Solent Sea an attempt ;has been made to fortify the outer Needles rock, at the south western point of the Isle of Wight, but 't has-been found impracticable.. insllE EAST LANCASHIRE RATT.WAY.—On Wednesday, the half-yearly meeting of the East Lancashire Railway Company was held at Bury, under the presidency of Mr. Dugdale, the chairman. After reading the report, the chairman -said the capital account for the half-year amounted to 1,27,2P5,.and he thought that the steady maintenance of the passenger traffic and the increase in the goods traffic.afforded reason for addi tional-confidence in the future value of the line. Of the2,ooo ti per cent. preference shares, representing a• capital of £lOO,OOO, which at their last meeting were authorised to be raised,. 14,830 shares, representing £74,180, had been issued, and the remainder were an the hands of the company. The loans had been increased :by £ 20,348 95.96 d. He expressed his regret at the competition with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company as to the Southport traffic, and *aid that the direct ors were unanimously of opinion that the company should not become joint, owners of the Liverpool dock branch, the cost of which would not be much less than £400,000. The share holders would be glad to learn-that the traffic of the half-year ;bad been carried on without a single accidentto any passenger. The report was ,unanimously adopted, as was also a motion declaring a dividend at the rate •of six per cent. per annum on the six per cent.. capital ; of six per .cent. on the amount called up on the preference fifths shares.; of four-and-a-half per cent. on •the ,mount called up ou the four-and-a-half per cent. ,pre ference shares, and of three-and-a-half per cent.. on the ordi narystock of the company.—The proceedings terminated with the usual compliment to the chairman. DWETaINGS FOR Tg.T.3 POOL—Last week, the chairman and committee of the Society for Improving-the Condition of the LabouringClasses invited theirfriends andsupporters to inspect Wild-eourt, Drury-lane, London. This property was pur chased by the society in November last, and was then in a condition of Filth baffling description. Since December last, however, sixteen cesspools have been cleared out from Wild court, and from 140 to 150 loads of night-soil carted away ; and 330 to 350 loads of accumulated filth, animal and vegetable matter, carried out of the basements. The vermin and filth between and under the floors and in the cellars were so over powering that the men engaged in removing it on one ocea zion struck. All the ,houses are now supplied with a water closet, water, and a dust-bin or box (which communicates with a shaft that carries everything to the basement receptacle) on every floor. The rooms were found, on inspection, in admir able ,order, and in a state of perfect cleanliness ; and the Earl of Shaftesbury states that he visits these people occasionally without giving them any notice, and that he finds the same cleanliness and order prevailing. There are at present eighty three families occupying ninety-two rooms, The arrears of rent up to the 6th instant were only 13s. sd. The society are now about to "attack" a horrible place in Gray's-inn-lane, called Tyndale's-building% where one house has sent twenty eases to the fever hospital. After slightly reducing the rents, the society calculate on an interest of 12 per cent, on the out lay in Wild-court. LONDON AND NORTS-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The half yearly meeting of this company was herd on Wednesday, in the Euston-square station, the Marquis of Chandos in the chair. From the report, which was read by Mr. Booth, the secretary, it appeared that tie receipts from passen g ers , parcels, and mails for the half year amounted to 2680,678, against £710,072 iu the corresponding half year of 1854, showing a decrease on this source of revenue of £29,394. The receipts from merchandise were £670,255 —(being an increase of £86,413 over the receipts of the corresponding half year of 1854), making a total of £1,350,933. The working expenses were £563,473. The falling off in the passenger traffic might be attributed in part to the effect of the increased taxation in consequence of the war, but principally to the opening throughout of the Great West ern Company's extensions to the north. The report stated that the company had a disposable balance in hand of £542,815 2s. Bd. out of which the directors recommended a dividend of £2 7s. ed.. per cent. for the lastsix month s,leavinga balance of £6,95015. 6d. to be carried to the next half year's accounts.—The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, regretted the falling off of the passenger traffic which had taken place,. even at the stations near London, where they had no competition. They must, however, look to the opening of some new lines compet ing with them. The amalgamations entered into last year had been, as the directors said they would be, injurious to this company's interests, as the traffic was thereby diluted, and, singular enough, the traffic taken from one line was not always realised on the other lines. After an allusion to the increase of traffic, and the necessity of the reduction of the working ex penses, he expressed his regret at the loss of the North Stafford shire amalgamation bill.—After considerable discussion on the subject of the debenture debt, the running of excursion trains, to the injury of the regular Ones, &c., a motion, proposed by Mr. Hadfield, M.P., was agreed to, appointing a committee of shareholders to consult withthe directors.— Several shareholders contended that the fares ought to be increased, and one gentle man suggested that the fare of 30s. to Liverpool should be in ^reased to 40s.—On the motion of Mr. Batson, seconded by . _ M.P., t , ile Marquis of Chandos was appointed perma f the company, a nent chairmen t a salary of £2,000 per annum. The 1)141304 of the meeting then terminated, .Dingenes, one of the most successful rivals to Punch, has ceased to exist. A RAILWAY is to be made from the Danube to the Austrian frontiers in the Buckowina. A RABBIT'S leg was found in the stomach of a ling which was caught, a few days ago, by a Caithnesshire fishing-boat. POSTAGE LABELS of the value of 10d. will no longer be issued. The following are the labels now in use :—Penny labels, two penny ditto, fourpenny ditto, sixpenny ditto, and shilling ditto. One in every six of the men, women, and children of New castle is a pauper, and the total number of paupers in the town exceeds 16,000. THERE has been a serious affray at Reading between the Royal Bucks Militia, quartered in that town, and the police. One of the police has received two or three bayonet wounds, and several others are seriously injured. MR. RICHARD COTTALL, an American gentleman of inde pendent fortune, aged 30, died in London on Wednesday from the effects of an overdose of acetate of morphia. A coroner's jury found that there was no evidence to prove whether de ceased had committed suicide or not. The East India Company want tenders, on Wednesday, for the transport of 110 tons of dead weight, and 130 tons of measurable goods, to Madras; also, for about twenty marine boys to Bombay, to embark between the 15th and 29th of September. LADIES of different classes of society in St. Petersburg bare formed themselves into a society for the succour of widows and orphans of officers and soldiers employed in the defence of the capital and the shores of the Baltic. Ax ACT, which received the royal assent on Tuesday, alters the property qualification for officers of militia. The qualifica tions now are :—Colonel, £6OO a-year ; lieut.-colonel, £4OO ; major, £3OO ; and captain, £2OO. The qualifications are not to apply to the city of London nor to the city of Edinburgh militia. NCCIDENV TO A SOLDIER.—On Thursday morning, a fright ful accident occurred to William Harding, aged 26 years, be , longing to the Royals, lying at Winchester, who had leave of absence to come to London. It appears that the man had some blank cartridges in one of his pockets, and while he was smok ing his pipe in Battersea-fields, some fire fell from it, and an explosion took place, injuring him severely. He remains in a precarious state. A MIN ENGULPHED iN A QUICKSAND.—On Friday last, several persons went from Sunderland over to the sands at the entrance of Jarrow Slake, to dredge for shrimps. Among them was a man named Bartram. He was dredging on the sands at some distance from The rest when he was suddenly 'heard to exclaim, "Lord Jesus, save us," and the next moment he was engulphed in a dangerous quicksand.—His body has not been found.—Sunderland Times. SINGULAR CASE OE STINGING TO DEATH.-011 Thursday - week as Mr. W. Ledson, miller, of Fylingdales, was going his usual round, he had occasion to leave his ass and pony for a short time fastened "to a gate, near one of the farm houses. On his return he'found the two animals so severely stung by bees from the hives in a garden close by, that the ass died on the following morning, and great fears were entertained for the recovery of the pony. It is now, however, going on favourably. —Yorkshite Gazette. Mass MITEORD.—A few gentlemen have proposed 'to erect to the memory of Mary Russell Mitford, authoress 'of " Our Village," some memorial which shall testify to the respect entertained by• many, not only in England but in America, for her literary talents and private virtues. It is loped that funds may be provided for erecting a plain monument over her grave in the churchyard of that village which she has made famous by her presence and her writings ; and for building, if possible, a . school in the sameparish, to be dedicated by name to her memory. ROMAN DUCKS AND GRESIL—The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post says I observe the Papal journals of. Italy are continually spreading false reports about the Sardi nian forces in the Crimea. Sometimes they are beaten by the Russians, and at others decimated by cholera. Such falsehoods indicate the spirit of Papal priestcraft, which of necessity sympathises even with orthodox Russia, rather than with con stitutional freedom." The Pope is always complaining of annoyances which " grieve his paternal heart." One of them, perhaps, is the habit indulged in by his children upon the Italian press, of telling lies in his interest. It seems that Papal canards are not confined to Loretto flying-houses and Rimini winking statues. Of course, - these " canards," or ducks of Popery, find some geese who believe them.—Punch. EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.—On "Wednesday afternoon, els some men employed o n th e wor k s a t W es t m i ns t er -b r id ge were raising a heavy weight with one of the travelling pur chases, the pinion of the machine broke, and the weight being thrown suddenly on the cogs broke them in succession, carry ing round the wheel with fearful rapidity. One of the frag ments, about a quarter of a pound in weight, powerfully pro jected by centrifugal force, struck a passer-by and drove in his chest. He was taken bleeding to Westminster Hospital, 'but as soon as his body was deposited there the surgeons pro 'Bounced life extinct. RAILWAY MANAGERS.—At the great meeting at Sheffield on Administrative Reform, one of 'the leaders, a friend of Sir 'Charles Napier, paid a tribute to railway men. He said : " I believe that if-such practical men as our railway managers had been employed—mch experienced heads as Braithwaite Poole, of Liverpool; Watkin, of the Manchester and Lincoln; Ad cock, of Worcester ; Ibery, of the Southern and Western ; Nash, the ferreter of depredations and bubbles—we should not have had the horrid history that we have had. If the talent of the country had fair play, we-should not have seen such ' mistakes' as we have had admitted on all hands. •No person can go into a government depot, and not observe the difference from private establishments." REWSSITRY AND HERESORD.—The half-yearly meeting was held at Shrewsbury, on Wednesday, Mr. W. Ormsby Gore presiding. The directors recommended an application to par- Remelt for power to raise the capital to lay down a double line of rails, in order as soon as the traffic should require this -additional •accommodation the -shareholders and the leesee might be in a position to sanction the necessary outlay. Dividend warrants, after the rate of four per cent. per annum, less income-tax, would be issued - to the shareholders, payable em September -Ist. The accounts stated the capital authorised to be raised by the company at £600,000, and up to the 80 4- h of June last-252,9,292 had been received on shares and dc. bentures. 7;830 -shares remained on hand. The motion •for the adoption of.the report was carried nem. die. HEREFORD'Music MEETING.—The festival of the - three , choirs of Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester, which takea place at Hereford this week, is being looked forward to aith unusual interest and anxiety. The arrangements in the CO, - thedral and concert-room are nearly completed. The concerts will be held at the Shire Hall, which is being appropriately fitted up for the purpose. The musical portion of the festival will be brought tes close on Friday morning, as usual, with .11andel's "Messiah," and for the first time at Hereford, a grand ball will be : given on. Friday night, under the patron age of the nobility,and gentry of the county. Railway arrange ments have been ,entered into with the Shrewsbury and Hereford, Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester, and Midland railways. THE NEW BEER Acs'.—The .new Beer Act (18 and 19 Vie., e. 118), which received the royal assent on Tuesday, came into as op id er a a m tio e n nd on th S e u l d et ay o . f lt is entitled An A the her present Majesty, for further regulating the sale of beer sev e e b teean n d A e and other liquors on the Lord's-day, and to substitute other ig et h te tee r n ep th eal, years alter,o provisions in lieu thereof." It contains five clauses, and de clares that the recited act has been found to be attended with inconvenience to the public, the said act is repealed, and the hours for public-houses to be open are now, on Sunday, Christ mas-day, Good Friday, or any fast or thanksgiving day, from one to three, and from five to eleven. The houses are not to be opened before four o'clock on the morning following 'the days mentioned, except to a traveller or lodger therein. Houses for public-resort are prohibited in the same manner from being opened for the sale of liquors. Constables are empowered to enter public-houses. A penalty not exceeding £5 may be levied for every offence against the act, and every separate eale to be deemed an offence. The expression" bona fide tra :Teller" has been left out of the new law. THE MOR3LONS AND TUB LocusTs.—The Mormons have had a suocession of beautiful crops. They have-multiplied by immigration and reproduction beyond all preeedeut; they have established 'flourishing branches of the parent colony in all the cases of -the great desert basin ' over an immense area. Yet they are isolated by dreary wastes and frightful and deso, late• mountains 1,080 miles from the frontier white settlements on the east, and from 500 to 800 miles :from the whites of Cali fornia, while on the north and on the south they are flanked by an illimitable wilderness of volcanic mountains and sandy deserts. Thus cut off and inaccessible to outside relief, there can be no other alternative to the Mormons, with the destruc tion of their crops for a-single season, than a large emigration in search of bread, or starvation if they refused to move. There is no security against the return of crickets and grass hoppers in still larger swarms next year ; and, in the event •of such a calamity the second time, the extinguishment of MQr mondom must inevitably follow. Neither the government nor private charity in the States can subsist for a single winter .a community of 50,000 people, removed from (300 to 1,000 miles from any extraneous supplies, and any available means of transportation.—New York Herald. THE FAME or HANGING.—The populace of Worcester, it seems, amused themselves last week by hunting the hangman, or rather persons whom they successively thought were to ex ecute the unhappy man Meadows. First of all it was be lieved that he had been discovered in the disguise of an old gentleman from Dudley, who took up his abode near the gaol, and took a walk there every morning. Afterwards common consent fixed upon a respectable farmer from Ledbury, who, as he walked through the streets in drab tights and white woollen stockings, was everywhere pointed out as Calcraft, and once getting by chance into one of the purlieus of the city, was actually mobbed by the women and children. The real Simon Pure, Calcraft, did not arrive until Friday night, and took his departure on Saturday morning, accompanied to the railway station by an immense crowd, curiosity being stimu lated by the belief that he is a man of large possessions, and is bringing up his daughter in the first style of modern edu cation—with music, dancing, drawing, and so forth. These proceedings remind us of an anecdote told of Dr. Horne, who, if use are not mistaken, was Bishop of Gloucester. His ar rival at Norwich, to the bishopric of which he was translated, collected a large crowd, and the 'good doctor, standing on the steps of the episcopal pa l ace , exclaimed, "Dear, dear, what a multitude "Ay, but is not half so many as come to see the man hung on Fridiy," responded a worthy citizen, anxious, it may be supposed, for the dignity of the Norwich crowds.— Gloucestthitire Chronicle. AN INTERESTING Rzcßulr.—A sergeant belonging to the 89th Regiment appeared before the Rochester magistrates OR Tuesday, for the purpose of having a lad sworn in as a drum mer. The magistrate, Major Boys, struck with the boy's appearance and manner, asked him his name, and how old he was ? Upon his answering that he was 14, Major Boys said he could not swear him in, 16 being the minimum age. The magistrate was then informed by the sergeant that the recruit was ordered to be sworn in by special authority, upon hear ing which, Mkjor Boys put several questions to the lad, who stated that his father, rec ently dead, was a brigadier-general, and formerly colonel of the 86th Regiment. His uncle, who was still living, was a rear-admiral. The lad also stated that, owing to his being left without father or mother, he was induced to obtain permission to be allowed to enter his father's old regiment, in the hope that by good conduct, coupled with his father's former service in India and dying brigadier -general, he might be thought worthy the notice of the authorities, as being the son of an officer who had died in the discharge of his duty. The sergeant stated that the whole of the lad's statement was corrrect. He was then sworn in. The youth; who is well grown and with good manners, is now with the depot of the 86 th at Chatham barracks. He i s i n th e rec eipt of £32 a-year from the Chari table Benevolent Fund, the special grant of her Majesty. South-Eastern Gazette. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SociETT.7Th .. e twenty-second purchase of land, for allotment amongst the meral;ers,Was just been made in the centre of the town of Guildford, West Surrey. A MAN has been killed on the Calcutta railway, the first accident that has happened ; though on the Bombay line, which has been opened two years and a half, no accident occasioning injury to any has ever occurred at all. AREA OF OCEANS AND SEAR.--Atlantic, 25,000,000 square miles ; Antarctic, 30,000,000 ditto ; Arctic, 8,400 ditto ; Pacific, 60,000,000 ditto ; Indian, 17,000,000; Mediterranean Sea, 1,006,900 ditto; Caspian, 10,000 ditto; Euxine or Black Sea (in which our fleets are now engaged), 950,000 ditto ; Baltic, 176,000 ditto. THE Earl and Countess of Derby arrived at Douglas's Hotel, Edinburgh, on Thursday night, from the north of England, where they had been visiting Lord Ravensworth. On Friday they drove to Roslin. They were to remain in Edinburgh till yesterday, when they would proceed to the seat of the Duke of Athole, visiting afterwards the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Buccleuch, and the Earl of Eglinton. Two GIPSIES were brought up at the Hereford Assizes last week, charged with a highway robbery committed eleven years ago. Chief Baron Pollock inquired who was the at torney for the prosecution, and, being told it was the magis trates' clerk, said—" That accounts for it. Nobody but a magistrates' clerk would think of sending people to trial on such a charge as this, after the lapse of eleven years. To be obliged to live in obscurity for eleven years is as much punish ment as being transported. I cannot recommend the jury to rely upon evidence of identity in a case that occurred so far back. If the prisoners, after the lapse of eleven years, exactly resemble the people who robbed the prosecutor, the presump tion is, that they are not the persons who committed that robbery. This extensive industry on the part of magistrates clerks ought to be checked." The prisoners were discharged, THE FETE OP THE EMPEROR OP THE FRENCH.-011 Wed nesday an official dinner was given at Albert Gate House by the French Ambassador, on the occasion of the fête of the Emperor of the French. The company consisted of Viscount Palmerston, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of 'Cla rendon, Viscount Hardinge, the Count de Flahalt, Sir Charles Wood, and Sir George Cornwall Lewis; and of the leading members of' the corps diplomatique. During the dessert, Lord Palmerston proposed " The health of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and may his reign be long and glorious." The Ambassador then gave " Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and the enthusiastic reception which she 'would experience on her approaching visit to France." Sub se9aently, his Excellency proposed " The health of the sove reigns connected by friendship and alliance with France and England." AN ARMY or RREERVE rnom INnre.—The Bengal Hur karu says :—" The news of the intended despatch of an army of reserve from India to Cairo has reached the Punjaub, and rumours were afloat as to what regiments of her Majesty's ser vice would form a portion of the force. The 60th Rifles, the 10th, 62nd, and 70th were spoken of as the regiments most likely to go, since, from being stationed so near the Sutlej, their transport to Kurrachee would be a matter of comparative ease. If all the royal regiments spoken of as destined to join the army of reserve be really going, and its entire strength is only to be 15,000 men, then the native infantry portion of it will be very small, or, possibly, no sepoy corps will be sent at all, and the force will consist of British infantry only, with company's artillery and irregular cavalry, and possibly some regulars, and the 14th Light Dragoons. We suppose that we may shortly expect to receive some intelligence of a somewhat more definite nature relating to the assembling of this army of reserve at Cairo, and the despatch of an expedition to the Persian Gulf, if one really be destined to proceed to the latter locality." The 64th, which is upwards of 1,000 strong, is also spoken of for the same service, and will immediately leave for Cairo. THE DUKE OF SOMERSET, 8.G., died on Wednesday, at the family mansion, in Park-lane, London. He had for the last two years been in declining health, but the occasional attacks by which he was seized yielded to medical treatment, until advanced age and increasing infirmity prevailed over a natu- Tally strong constitution. He was the eldest son of Webb, 11th duke, by his Duchess Anna Maria, only daughter and heiress of John Bonnell, of Stanton Harcourt, Oxon. He was born the 24th of February, 1775, and was, consequently, in his 81st year. The late duke was twice married, first, the 24th of June, 1800, to Lady Charlotte Hamilton, daughter of Archibald, 9th Duke of Hamilton, who died the 10th of June, 1827; and secondly, the 28th of July, 1836, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart. By his first marriage he leaves three sons and four daughters. He is succeeded in the peerage by his eldest son, Lord Sey mour, M.P., born in 1804. He married, the 10th of June, 1830, Jane Georgians, youngest daughter of Mr. Thomas Sheridan, and granddaughter of the Right Hon. Rich ar d Brinsley Sheridan, by Whom he has a numerous family. THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER died on Saturday forenoon, after a painful and protracted illness. The deceased, George Montagu, Duke and Earl of Manchester, Viscount Mandeville, and Baron Montagu of Kimbolton, in the peerage of Great Britain, was eldest son of William, fifth duke, by Lady Susan Gordon, third daughter of Alexander, fourth Duke of Gor don. He was born on the 9th of July, 1799, so that his grace had just completed his 50th year. The late duke was twice married : first, Bth of October, 1822, to Millicent, only daughter and heiress of the late General Robert Barnard Sparrow and Lady Olivia Sparrow, by whom he leaves issue two sons and a daughter, namely—Viscount Mandeville, M.P. foi Nottinghamshire ; Lord Robert Montagu, and Lady Olivia, married to Lord Ossulston, M.P. ; and secondly, in 1850, to Miss Dobbs, daughter of Mr. Conway R. Dobbs, of Castle-Dobbs, county of Armagh, by whom he has a son and daughter. The late duke succeeded to the family honours on the death of his father, the 18th of March, 1843, and is now succeeded by his eldest son, Viscount Mandeville, M.P., born the 15th of October, 1823, and married in 1852 to the Countess Louise D'Alten. DEATH OF MRS. LAWRENCE.—The horticultural world has sustained a loss of no ordinary character in the death of this accomplished and energetic lady, which took place very suddenly, at her seat, Ealing-park, Middlesex. The deceased lady was the wife of Mr. William Lawrence, the eminent sur geon, of Whitehall-place. The celebrity of Mrs. Lawrence as a horticulturist was perhaps ;Treater than that which any other amateur cultivator of this interesting study has attained in our own times. Mrs. Lawrence lived at Drayton-green until about the year 1840, when Mr. Lawrence purchased, we believe, the estate, of Ealing Park; and the more extended sphere which then presented itself to the taste and energy of the deceased lady was probably the chief cause of the celebrity to which she afterwards attained. It was no unusual occur rence for Her Majesty and the Prince to honour the gardens of Ealing with their presence ; and during the administration of Sir Robert Peel, the whole of the ministers were received by Mrs. Lawrence at a fête given in honour of their visit. The deceased lady is understood to have died from a complaint, of the heart. ATTB3IPT TO MußDEß.—Colyton was, on Sunday morning, thrown into consternation by a report that the Rev. George Tucker, the rector of Musbury, a village a mile and a half distant from Colyton, had been shot, whilst proceeding to church, by a man known as Captain Harvey, a resident in the -village. About half-past ten o'clock, the reverend gentleman, accompanied by his son and daughter, a young lady of about 22, was proceeding to his church, and when passing the house in which Harvey lived, they were both deliberately shot at from a double-barelled gun. Mr. Tucker was a few feet in advance of his daughter when the first shot was fired, and on turning quickly round, he observed Harvey standing in the passage of his house, and on the same instant received a por tion ,of the contents of the second barrel in the shoulder and side.of the face, which have been frightfully mutilated ; but the bulk of the charge struck against the wall on the opposite side. of the lane. Miss Tucker's escape amounts almost to a miracle, as the assassin must have fired point blank at her head. The charge entered the poll of her bonnet, making a hole about the size of an orange, carried away the comb in her hair, and lodged in the wall on the opposite side, yet not a shot touched her. Both were immediately conveyed to the vicarage. It was feared on Sunday night, from the great loss of blood sustained by Mr. Tucker, that he would not rally. We learn, however, that hopes are entertained of his recovery. No cause can be assigned for this horrible outrage. Harvey has been at Musbury about six months ; previous to this he had resided at Seaton, where his conduct was of the grossest character. He is a most powerful man, and has a wife who lives apart from him. After the occurrence he locked and barricaded the front and back doors of his house, and they had to be broken open before he could be arrested. He was ultimately taken into custody and committed for trial.— Sherborne Journal. COURT AND FASHION. CAPTAIN PEEL has arrived, wounded, at Malta. He goes to Switzerland, MN. Lowe, Mr. Mousell, Sir Maurice Berkeley, and the Hon. W. F. Cowper were sworn of the Privy Council on Tuesday. IT is stated that 011 Her Majesty's return from France, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort will take a trip up the Baltic in the royal yacht. —. Morning Herald. THE REV. DR. Fox, Provost of Queen's College, Cain. bridge, died at the Provost's lodgings on Saturday, in the 81s year of his age. DIE RIGHT HoN. E. CARDWELL, M.P., has lately sue ceeded, by the death of his uncle, Mr. James Cardwell, of El lerbeck Hall, near Chorley, to that estate. Tus Earl of Burlington and the Earl of Ellesmere are named as likely to succeed the Earl of Sefton as Lord-Lieute nant of Lancashire. Mn. PATRICK PARK, the eminent portrait sculptor, died at Warrrington, on Thursday. Deceased was a native of Glasgow, and studied under Thorswalden, at Rome. HERTFORD.-011 Tuesday, the Hon. W. F. Cowper, president of the Board of Trade, was returned for this borough without oppoiition. KIDDERMINSTER.—Mr. Lowe, Vice-president of the Board of Trade, was, on Tuesday, re-elected for this borough without opposition. GENERAL SIR RICHARD BURKE, K.C.8., died at his resi dence, Thornfield, county of Limerick, on Sunday, last week. Ile was at church, when, becoming seriously ill, he immediateiy drove home, sat down on a sofa, and after about ten minutes' illness he breathed his last. SIR WILLIAM ABRAHAM CHATTERTON, Bart., died on Tuesday last, at Rolls Hall, Essex. He was born 6th August, 1787, and is succeeded in the baronetcy and estates in Ireland, by Major-General James C. Chatterton, late of the 4th Irish Dragoon Guards, and now commanding the Limerick district. The present Baronet was at Waterloo, and for some time re presented the city of Cork in the House of Commons. MARQUISATE OF TITOMOND AND EARLDOM OF INCHIQUIN. —We understand that Mr. Murtagh O'Bryen, sub-inspector of constabulary, at present stationed at Ardee, is about to be installed into the above title. He will also enjoy the additional title of Baron Tadcaster, of the united kingdom. W. O'Bryen, E ar l o f inchivin, was created a marquis in 1800.—Drogheda Argus ROYAL Sicisrmnr.—The Morning Herald publishes the following autograph letter, sent by the Queen to Sir Edmund Lyons, on the death of his son :—"Buckingham Palace, June 29, 1855.—The Queen cannot let any one but herself express to Sir Edmund Lyons the Prince's and her feelings of deep and heartfelt sympathy on the most melancholy occasion of the loss of his beloved and gallant son, Captain Lyons. We deeply grieve to think of the heavy affliction into which Sir E. Lyons is plunged at this anxious moment, and we mourn over the loss of an officer who proved himself so worthy of his further, and was so bright an ornament to the service he belonged to. To lose him, just when he returned triumphant, having accomplished so admirably all that was desired and wished, must be an additional pang to his father. If sympa thy can afford col:elation, he possesses that of the whole nation." .E C CEP SIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. J. Farr, 8.A., to the Rectory of Gillingham St. Mary and All Saints, and Winstar and Windall annexed, Norfolk. Rev. A. G. Hildyard, M.A., to the Vicarage of Madingley, Cam ' bridgeshire. S. F. Hiron, Esq., Trinity College, Dublin (late Third Master of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar-School, Heath, Halifax,) to the C om . mercial Mastership of the Birmingham and Edgbaston Proprie tary School. Rev. J. Lodge, M.A., to the Incumbency of Skerton, Lancaster. Ven. R. M. Master, Archdeacon of Manchester, to the Vicarage of Leyland, Lancashire. Rev. T. V. Mellor, to the newly-erected Church at Idridgehay, near Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Rev. J. L. Moore, to be Cuaplsin to the "Illustrious." Rev. C. A. Perring, to the Incumbency of St. James's Church, Whitehaven. Rev. W. Shilleto, B.A. to the Incumbency of Admarth. Rev. J. J. Smith, "M.A., Vicar of Loddon, Norfolk, to be Dio cesan Inspector of Schools. Rev. H. Weightman, M.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Peter's, Burnley. OTARY. Aug. 7, suddenly, at the CLERICAL house of BI his U son-in-law, John Busch man, Esq., Hackney, the Rev. James Thomas Holloway, D.D., Vicae of Stanton-on-Hine-Heath, Shropshire, and late minister of Fitzroy Chapel, London-street, Fitzroy-square, London, aged 75. Aug. 7,in London, the Rev. John Philips Higman, M.A., Rector of Fakenham, Norfolk. Aug. 12, at Louth, the Rev. Thomas Aquila Dale, aged 64, Second Master of King Edward's Grammar School, and Caaplain to the House of Correction at Louth. Aug. 12 at Asfordby, near Melton Mo w b r y, L e i cestershire, the Rev. James Williams, Incumbent of Ratcliffe, Middlesex. Aug. 13, at Ridgeway, Devon, the Rev. John Smythe, formerly Rector of Dromisken, county Louth, Ireland, aged 64. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREFERMENTS. — The Rev. Charles Augustus Perring has been nominated to the perpetual curacy of St. James's Church, Whitehaven, in the county of Cumberland, vacantby cession of the Rev. James Robinson. Value £200: Patron, the Right Hon. the Earl of Lonsdale. The Rev. Stephen Lea Wilson has been nominated to the stipendiary curacy of Prestbury, in the county of Chester, by the Rev. H. Pearson, the vicar. CON BECRA.TION.—the new cemetery, provided by the Burial Board for the townships of Kendal, Kirkland, and Nether graveship,under the provisions of the Burials Acts of the 15th 16th, and 17th years of her present Majesty, is to be conse crated by the Lord Bishop of Chester on Thursday next, at 11 o'clock. IT is reported that, as the Archbishop of Canterbury will probably refuse to proceed against Archdeacon Denison—a course in which his grace would be supported by nearly, if not quite the whole bench of bishops—a mandamus will be applied for to compel the primate to proceed. —English Churchman. THB Archbishop of Canterbury has complied with the re quest of the Church Building Society, to invite the Bishops to issue pastoral letters to their clergy, authorising them to make collections for the benefit of the society—the usual Queen's letter having been refused by the present ministry. One half the collection, in each case, is to go to the Diocesan Church Building Society. The Bishop of London has already issued his pastoral letter, together with an official " statement" of the society's position and claims. ARRIVAL OUT OF THE BISHOP OP MA.rißims. Port Louis, Mauritius, 20th June, 1855. Our first Protestant Bishop, the Right Rev. Dr. Ryan, arrived on the 13th by the Malabar. The Right Rev. Dr. Ryan, Bishop of Mauritius, comes here under the most favourable circumstances, and the highest opinion was formed of him previous to his arrival, from information that preceded him. He preached at St. James's Church on Sunday last, and from the excellence of his introductory sermon will, no doubt, attract large congrega tions to hear him. Dr. Ryan is bent on doing good in many other ways, and we heartily wish him success, for there is a vast field to labour in this colony. A CATHEDRAL SERVICR.—A correspondent of The Guar dian sends the following interesting account of a scene at Peterborough Cathedral, of which he was a gratified spectator : —" On Monday last, the cathedral of Peterborough presented an appearance such as it has not often shown. There was a great gathering of temperance societies in the city, and the Dean and Chapter, at the request of the managers, had post polled the morning service from ten to eleven, in order that visitors by the special trains might have the opportunity of attending the cathedral, if so disposed. The result was that every seat in the choir was filled, and every corner crowded, and extra forms so blocked up the floor that a passage could scarcely be gained for the Dean and Canon Pratt when they went to the lectern to read the lessons. There must have been at least eight hundred people in the choir and galleries, and an equal number in the nave and aisles. Though many had never heard cathedral service before, some probably never been within a church, as the use of the Prayer-book seemed to puzzle them, yet the conduct of the congregation, on the whole, was most becoming and decorous. The music was appointed by the Dean appropriate for the occasion, a n d on .) the suggestion and selection of the managers of the meeting themselves. They showed much judgment in their choice, and though the anthems were very long, the excellent per formance of the choir, in full strength, rivetted the attention of all present, and in "Comfort ye my people," and the Hal lelujah Chorus, must have raised the hearts of the dullest and the coldest. In the Old Hundreth, which was also sung, the great body of the people joined; many had brought their. Prayer-books, some their music. The attention of the vergers and other officials, in offering places and books, was very - noticeable, as being contrary to the received notion of such persons, and as showing how soon the spirit of obligingness and wish to accommodate may be made to pervade a whole body when once heartily adopted in head-quarters. The same may be remarked of the choir, who evidently were a n i ma t e d with the desire of giving the best effect to the part assigned them. In the afternoon the cathedral was almost equally; crowded; the people joining in the Evening Hymn; the only . inconvenience arising from want of sufficient room.; had benches been placed in the nave, a far greater number might have been accommodated, and a greater stillness have. prevailed. Though thousands after service walked round the aisles of the cathedral, and viewed all its objects of interest, not the slightest irregularity occurred, nor did there appear any marks of that scribbling propensity which so often de- faces the walls of our most narrowly watched public buildings. The Church and country at large owe great thanks to the- Dean and Chapter of Peterborough for being the first to throw open their cathedral, without fee, to all comers ; but in continuing to develope this principle as they did last Monday, and offering every facility for the attendance of a large body of the middle and lower classes collected in the city for a great social and moral object, they have done more to popularise the cathedrals and endear them to the mass of the people, than the recommendation of a dozen Cathedral COMMiSSiOUS._ IRELAND, THE IRISH LABOUR MARKET. — Great complaints of the scarcity of hands come from all quarters of the country. The continuance of the exodus and the embodiment of the militia have combined to narrow the labour market to a most incon venient limit. Some idea of the demand for agricultural labourers may be known from the fact, that in Limerick the farmers are paying 12s. 6d. per week (wet or dry weather) and diet, and on Monday morning, when fine weather set in, hands were eagerly picked up at 2s. 6d. per day and board. Two melancholy cases of suicide are mentioned in the Belfast papers. One was that of a middle-aged man, in comfortable circumstances—a Mr. Henry John Gerrard, a native of Lon don, who contrived to put an end to his existence on Saturday morning by forcibly straining a leather strap round his neck. His body was found by his sister lying on the floor, and a copy of " Carpenter's Animal Physiology," which he appeared to have spent a great part of the night reading, was by his side. The deceased was described as an artist, and no cause was assigned for his act of self - destruction.—The other case was that of a poor woman, who placed her head on the rails of the Ballymena Railway when a train was approaching, and, in spite of the efforts of the driver to stop the engine, was instan taneously killed, her body being mangled in a shocking. man ner. She had been telling her children, the night before, that she no longer knew how to support them. "CENTRALISATION." —Under this head the Freeman's Journal of Thursday reprints the following circular from the fWar-office:— " War Department, July 26. " Sir,—Her Majesty's Government having determined upon a change in the system of providing clothing, accoutre ments, and appointments for the army and the militia, I have the honour to inform you that from the Ist of April, 1856, you will be relieved from the duty of providing clothing, accoutrements, and appointments for the regiment under your command; and I have to request that you will. at as early a period as possible, prepare a requisition of the clothing, accoutrements, and appointments which will be required for the year commencing the Ist of April, 1856. Should your regiment be embodied, you will forward the requisition for clothing and appointments through the Adjutant-General, to the Director-General of Army Clothing ; and the requisition may be transmitted direct to the Director-General of Army Clothing, and the Director-general of Stores.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, "E. C. Arty.mpy." The effect of this order, accor di ng t o the Freeman, will be the throwing out of employment a vast number of artisans, who will be compelled to resort to the poor-rates as their future mode of subsistence. One house in Dublin employs more than thirty cutters, and a person connected with the house asserts that nearly 6,000 hands aro employed. in linhlin in the several branches of the trade which the War Depart ment circular will " centralise." in London. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. • TURKEY. —Details of Turkish intelligence afford perpetual complaints of incendiarism, murder, rapine, and pillage, executed on high and low without any sort of distinction. The police department is in the hands of the French, while the judicial administration is exercised by the English. The French gendarmerie provide not only for the security of life and property, but take every occasion of entering the harems, and violating the sanctuary of the Turks. Whenever ngla a n n d y question arises for settlement the Amb assa d or, dragoman, secretary, or some other personage in the employ of E is sure to interfere, and in such cases all is summarily settled. The state of affairs in the interior of Turkey is said to be far beyond the power of all description. RussiA.—According to despatches from St. Petersburg, the troops which were on their march for the Crimea had received orders to halt, on account of their great losses on the road, and the impossibility of procuring provisions at Sebastopol for an increased garrison. Letters from Odessa speak much of the disastrous effects of the storm which took place on the 2nd inst. The banks of the Bug were overflowed, and houses, batteries, and all swept away by th e res i st l ess torrent of water. In the neighbourhood of Nicolaieff two batteries were totally destroyed, and the trenches filled with water. All communi cation with the Crimea was for a time broken off. CANTERBURY.—A Committee of the Provincial Council have reported upon the accounts of the Canterbury Associa tion, from which it would seem that matters are far from being settled. It is their op i n i on that certain charges, amounting to " £4,470 17s. 3d.," ought not to be charged against the colony ;" that, after " deducting these sums, the excess of expenditure over receipts is £21,608 9s. 3d., of which " £lO,OOO is owing to the Bishopric Endowment Fund," the balance having been " advanced by members of the associa tion." The Committee repudiate the "claim for interest upon these advances ;" they state that the Endowment Fund is secured by mortgage, which they " recomuurd should be immediately paid off," and that the remaining £11,608 £11,608 N. 3d, should be discharged in money or the demur at current price. With the exception, perhaps, t payment of interest for money to be in the way of being satisfactorily settled. The general tone trade since SAN FRANCISCO, July 14. advanced, everything of appears improved; and though ins h icallY as been merely speculative, i e, and not the 30th ult. has been of a more encouraging character. M ost to a they did fortnight ago. still the majority occupy in re -, regard d g staples to be sustained , fe w the have not calculated advancentr ed ality a much better position than