The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-24 00:00:00

165 _____--- yoN. Is:Princess Alice ur, Prince Leo?' 15° 1 .eceived the 5 ,.1 3 a 5N . Hall will,ru Works. Three ich tea-meid , e is a yout h s ad for fourl e3rg 1 Ifigh ne l r ROYa ' ncess Louism p r ogresiogivii ides of the ancomu" cf 1 0 o p , . B. Denbe ll ' of Yorkshire?, Church , 44 e of the ar is BELA:ND eacl.,oo, [ouse for Trr o Pf .e in a fe w 10' or the west Duchess will ative) Was o i li f iryi t e conic E ' (CI e h ou se, Esq. , Efundreds• mon s to et o , C.B. ssigne d b 1, 61 fri" , nown to Oh legraded , ,,?a, reputa''", ce Catellisk, 4Lty , daugh te is4 the C, Sip' 1 ~lah it s t . 1 09 embled t?,esok eighi!t hr'Voi ced , and 3 ",,01s ,tiv, th e newa at of tl#o 4 ` fr >s the hv" TES' , sed c, v'e t , o' the e if°s and Irel3ll ns now c l ,! 3 0 1 into Oro' [arged barrel 1 1') 'il]baelo actof of peweeo..per lb Rh daY 0 0 jI ~tbe'lb• 0 0 .the'' 10 - . the-lb. 0 Wool- o f of two o theih , v 0 'the lb . now c hard jr G rea t Br , 0 the col'' . ' i e s r A g . 0 0 1. the l b ' . 1i aporterr, 0 u each ` a ' . 0 r — dozco 0 P P " each o to of C I " 0 es • lin a umersP - c 0 shall be 6 s t the lb. d ;various Dods, Ica el; om, so far rt o na ad a l ai) o amend r'CE• column :01;01 the Treasej bt that thsi3 ch. Tharpil.!, os e wht` o r les, tha t „ 11 , t eerat Eastern,A ri d lade a I , '" • a a compeasat,o co! o Aus tria A 9 , Piedmon t ' .of • St. Gerf) A wh i c h co 4 JuLy 24, 1855.] ZOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Tlre A, Ga .,- nevus .IVlisisrnn has given notice that Messrs. of th 44 and Sons have been appointed the financial agents w i e l'ernvlan. government. been L I4II BROWN, Esq., M.P. for So4h len . cashire, has fen e n ":.!led to the house by indisposition during the last y r ,,,Jl ut is now much better. t i °a) till 112.CREAL AND LIVERPOOL Docks (Amalgama notes 04 an n d the Liverpool Dock Bills were reported tte e i , n the erderea to Itiday night from the select committee, and 4,Sneee.r, read a third time. t ° ' l aaate - e.,`n 0 Bele KB uns.—On Wednesday, at a meeting 4.t.` cl 'rea T ee - ‘ftspinners and manufacturers, it was resolved t dae, " ce Working four days a-week in a fortnight from Ale t i b i lia li a;: 13. ?ItTC GT E AND WILSON'S White Star ship ~'llstea r ae . sailed o tl.l Fri n dav afternoon for Melbourne, with the rl • erar i a! M ails: l 23o pas - sengers, and 1,400 tons of cargo. •, °l ' the' r se ngers, and a vast quantity of cargo, were offered ier-ea,'avourite sh, which the owners could not find space the r te v r cer that the p " White Star" line is popular with both, .Ira. laiitile and general public. ti ation 4 -, A ~14r, chairman of the Liverpool Shipowners' Asasno aceon, ' .s4O. Graves, deputy-chairman, and Jr Ewart . p . f i nie e d by M. Horsfall, M.P., and Mr. J. C. .. 1(1 41en. a4 aa interview, on Tuesday, with Lord Stanley of 4 1 1 ,e 11 0 W m and the Right 'Hon. E. P. Bouverie, at the office " t'li 4 0 Trade, on the subject of the ship-arrest claus.e in 4 - ', 4 0. Lading Bill. Notqlstex TO lAT .. nenEkmEnn.—Encouraged by the sue -114,1,410111,e pic an - nic excursion to W ng indermere, on Wednesday ~`,stie s '7,2 4 400 perso . availed themselves of the - ne tlnt afforded for this delightful . trip—Mr. Marcus kil h e es another for to-morrow, which we have ne doubt ht.,,ialilarly patronised. l ' l , l) ,Eit STORM.— On Friday afternoon a thunder storm a Z 4 ,tit t(l :Tie neighbourhood, uent : commencing about three o'clock „i'e 48 1 f . ‘ 4 4 ,_under and lightning for ashort time were ',4trin-L'olinder clap was about aThe quarterbefor•e five.7f -ts at .1 0 11 4 . p u n s . ' et to havebeen .atte.nded Oldhamruiv . e l e... r eon and in the vicinity of especial y nea (i liefl , Where a cotton-mill was much damaged and a cow Te.-4.fanchester Guardian. ret4 4ll ElrousEs. r Moffatt has obtained a parliamen ionl 4 5 ! . all the wai l •L a . onses rov in the outports of the United ,. th e a winch ha e been pp ed by the Board of Custeens lenine t , 'ePosit of tea without payment of returnede p`ros..- n 4 , ( 4 4 the Customs laws. Manchester is as r _ tr, cwo places of this description, the proprietors of whici t i V0,..,e Manchester Bonding Company, in Chapel-stree , Ns:l 4 ' Liverpool is returned as having nine warehoussof te Ceription, eight of which have been approved exclusively .14 4 ePosit of tea-on importation. list of commissions NeticiAsniaz Mierria..--The following flats tine of Lan to 0 Y the lord lieutenant of the county t e ofi kk e aPea rs in Tuesday's Gei:tr,tte : —l4 kegini 1. eancaster'Militia: -*Joseph Pitman, gentleman, 11 4 , ke en ,. s own __ t 4 3 141 14; i g na ., Dated 11th Jul', 1800. sth Regiment of D,.." . t l'phl' a t'ire Militia • Ensi g n Richard Parnham Ridley "4 c5llB 3:t, Vice I'M"' appointed ' Frederick Alex '4e l ena - • to the 4th Light et • ‘, tad '9th July, 18o5.—Ensign 4 a lte l t ill „,ted aletl t o 'ish Macdonnell "to be lieutenant, vice Porter, ...Tilly, 1855.-7th lAeVeat t i the 1 82nd Foot. le" tatl e ,_.Yal Lancashbe D 3 a l te iil 10th ta.Richard John Som `lede Itt - ' 4 *,e „ to be ensign. Dated 11th 1855. % `" kle - e „ .. e.,,, a-Royee.—Arrangements have' beep con-_ at ) o Z'o4 r r 1 Xr. Copeland, Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and 130 sio - 'l, l l6 3L 've, for a series of Italian operatic performances het,' v iete,„7•lloyal. The company will includ . e II d_ a ppear' 9arn', Garcia Moral and Didiee. and Signors Tam raen'i`„ In 1;2% prazfani, Polonini, and • Tagliafico, who will . 1 110.„ 4 , %I ,‘" , . 4 . 1 8 new opera, " 11 Ti .. esvatore," " Don Gm- Ille and .6 1 - Puritaii,' and portions 4 4th Derfee el ... o tello," "II Barbere, - of "Lucia di Lain sand " Massanicllo." en the 14th, 15th, 16th, Nei' ali tt le - " u n, ce s oil' tali' p lace - ill conduct the ' 411 4. If "°f August Mr Alfred Mellon :cv [1 1% 41 n r • A. Harris * will attend to the nuse en scene. ten °ll 'ln.. "l,lv lLberks.—Through the indefatigable exertions 14 ete 'e p? - h;‘nt ° 4 l l :ePresentative, Air.. t H r o e rs n fa p l l l a , cad the npa qu s r. a tio s. n able _o_f to v foeti„ r ough - the post has • 1 st-office, writing Yoe • li er 'g• Mr. Tilley, of the renera p c ,___,, Refen i nglto h r in, stall tot„ ', nal 0 4 1 11 h. e 18th of July, says - I , ;the en d ''' rto aPrneation at this eiCce yesterday,have h tF i e quaint you that the p6etmaster-genera.Thas el ete et questio of admitting mercantile price current tra i es Z., e l of newspapers for transmission to the 1311 4 •i5.. h t,7 l 'ep e " toreig n countries, "1 1 '' 4 e°ll ceding the privilege to circulars of la ‘•‘ P and that his lordsli Th ip . d h es as .,..i d_ s e .. - N ''"t x t,1bi0 , ,,,,NG. - --on Sunday week, at Newton-le-Willows, tyo . 1 1' 1 ) terai" 1•8, named John Peters m Rose ; quarr_ened let,' 'tm inse, and afterwards - wentout to fight. Peter. had to 4 he 1 5 ,„,e hY throwing stones at him before 'they went v i , o u 'ile b est ,` er nt")Use and they •quarrelled afterwards as to which N,‘„e, las'sblower. In the fight it was found that 1 4 No t .;' ir ed some severe stabs, and on examing'Petersa five ' 11 l ' l life discovered in one of his clenched fists, tt p tette. was ,._..• • the fmlit was stopped, kine;°tekee , le open. On temchscovery ' 4 4), 7? then received ffve stabs, three , of which were and erg he died soon afterwards. At an Inquest on Mon -I,', ttef " Wilful Murder" was found against `Peters, ,friti ) 7,:h r 4B , a !_olnmitted for . - - trial at the assizes. The body of a young , woman was la ti;''flo ati r 1?uo wril . ras 41 e d em Lg in the river en Thursday evening, and-deposited hi,i ) !lea a,2-honse by Inspector Morrow. She had on a brown to'.'.! flo s ; e3 % chip bonnet trimmed with blaok ribbons and - ` r kect ' l s- In her pocket was a pocket hanakerchief, i tl tl ii Ilk.-„L'Llizab_eth Lathl." She is supposed -to be the ee t. roan who was dronned from the steam-tug Victoria, el llog alongside tbeL. d Illyobt-eahs4ot weeks ag ---1. sur .. g e eon of Walton, rttLe deceased was . Raglan,. transport ship, for the An niqueet was •heldon Friay, eD„„ ..VZ 0... f June. Ms servant, whom he last saw alive on The inquiry said that he had no Z:47.40......R8Y ARDIANS.—The weekly ineetine• was held was adjourned. l,n Mr. Joteph rrarrisou 1,,, cne vh...la ithe hands of the treasurer was reported to forhe 1 , 1 11 4 ': 'N\ e ' %Niles were drawn for upwar . ds of g veral -4. ..i 'll 'irii 4 1 4 hi tild maintenance of lunatics in tne k se e t hat , -Ba rn p - ' 4 'ter, Ilainhill, Denbigh, and Haydoc ard I dg ia o n for . he r „ 'Win) ] * - "seoe of 'Kirby, was declared a ,gz-_ ___ r _ . e . 4 _ Ip, in the Wo k Lin n . 'nd ti os . L .lhe number of paupers relieved was _ ; 880 55 more lh e Zere r e i.Dital during the last week . of 'last year. Were r aher 0 7ved in the corresponding week . 221 more than ne n 471ieeed ,out-door pauper! was 3 ,_ oi. lash gear The reli ef . keo 9 got t he - corresponding week Ss. 8. 6 d. bad been last week expended in out-door (Ivoti k z l Ve • ' Tuesday, the 14 ,, 4hete,,, Coin the weekly meeting, on ~ ll ''''llt,;" sr....nirnittee reported that the recently adopted ill fr ° ' a ‘ til l had e•educed the number of inmates in the liAllisf al h aa 2,B 96 to 2,18 e, by which the weekly expenditure NZ; e Y.._, na• --been reduced to the extent of. El - 55. Mr. ,4-e:sh, tt wing th e t wa rmat i on o f th e proceedings, sug ksta r ... , t e n ch igrant sheds, which he described as mere nt a eters, should also be closed. Afte . r a brief thateteul relative to the abolition of the Lock Hospital, and le t llee.„ arks fronx the chairman who said hewas 'flamed tte t - `: in4;,,ll,,niary chines of Mr. Wainwright, of the Liverpool 14 at,rafieal9n, had been ignored, the clerk presented a res ren,44lll,lor by Mr. W nsley of the number of pauper 411,17.41tt,,,rn ret noved . fro e m the' parish of Liverpool, un u d n e e r , t NeZNittl er ' d aring the six months ending thenO moy th e o d f . ..J under Peekl4alttraeliarish removed. The numbers re Ireland, 1,8 6 8 Tb ga lsej,tittring the like period were - 4ti e j`e land, 'lB6 Isle of Man, 14; and to Jersey, 3. M`Donald, the Ntee e in5414,1521E Isltriaence.—Mr- James 'f' r e-the megis- Sb„,,°ll*--4,cr, summoned several parties be o _ Llee b No, I I , - "ineaday for infractions of . the 1 oml act'for the ei nte ' ''',,„,sinoke ' There were convictions: in all the cases re 'as ' lt?' -tb • is list of the cases and their R ti r le k e followi ng a 14 ' 0 4 ,"‘te.,.. 4 i .?1'8. J. R Gent and Co., coach-builders, Great 1%- ` 44 , Bee t • -.- and costs - Mr. John Shepherd, ant. ti r 'fined Lo COS ~,,,___ 'four-mill, 44 4 tom Zenlow-hill, -£5 ; Mr. William Hama, Lydia qeatpltrett:'‘',',.lesars. Pritchard, Higginson, and Co., of tie a l ,, te 's et. ci., leii,' e t _' s ra• Edward Foster and Co.,'owners o 1, -1 c rs • 'it.. n n - ' l l.lr, Mr. John Watkins, of the Robert Burma, -.`", °.' ° rth -- "'"e and Co f the Samson, and Messrs. Price tte,,4rd Westerngle sc a " o the h fined f.. 5 and costs. Messrs. •‘-,,t,,,,',„1•• fi ntnn I ;' il k 'N‘ o ' f th e Powerful, £2 10s. and costs. ....`'/ ".e %I k , - on . and Son, e agents for the Cork Steam tou t Al, -11 1. -4 ed -r 'ed for an board the Vanguard. Pool %Lc e th at th r offence on Ltv .. '" 4 1 , : 3 4 al. e Y were not the owners . of the vessel, Wien:teen-e Arurned. A summons against the Liver read° *v Danv' f the President, was withdrawn. a . Wr i kl ,or te -,.- *al meeting of the Ce u ,, ` L ePort ,??4,flatei w onze,—A special of ir r awlen Ne• Lee 14 , w as held on Wediesday. the The Mayor to e °Ppoict• a t liv % edings in opposition to Liverpool - in - ton te () rk ted that the result -,. e 800 0 0 enei, Bill, wich sta h h ill relating cadrt h ~i 1 , gallon, 'en thclauses of t e _ ' a. ueen st -- , 4 /,,, at all mentioned in the last I,,meartailen, h,' l.ll ck os!!ter per day, B hich, thus amended , deed s e r stated tha Tt eae sc `4t ? I f the bi houses w of parliament. _lt a IA eere4ll4 ghat allatTan both l d been effected with thc 'k le -ent 1 r ell3°° , 1 1 C„ a fr tpelit h. 3 a duplicate of which It ey e ll eY tha aB 11-- W laid lefor -onapan ' 'rd for execution. Mr. ke v th e - 1 - 2 31 read tt , e the Boa named in the report, by t he e ' th L eeds and Liverpool agreement . t,i, at the 800 iverpool Canal .Compa ni es bound them tiAliZrll"3ol r, , ° OO g a llons of water to b e sent down by ),, v AL ail,. Cie from their works h at Rivington 1 .'Oe ? "40, ACuWed to flow th rough the weir at Se - oles-bridge, oft Aar the weir at Henhurst-bridge, and down the ii tla k ts tk Irs• On the motion of Mr. Ingram, seconded by • e " ' d " That the corporate common seal t 4 , 4 0 e04 ,_ as reso ve , that the Mayor i, 'lle ~ 'th be affixed to the agreement, and tl ie Aw o -au le ,, 4ktke "O, TNER —I the Court ofFassage on Friday, the of SU". n aid Another ,t... Ov s, ~.,., ea sv. Lambert a was tried. Mr. N . . m ° l 3e ' the and „ p t .. T _'` "lt r, of South John-street, was plaintiff, iar:'act,,'arabert and Mr. W. H. Jones, Australian Tent i 4 e;', tile - , era, Goree Piazzas, were the defendants ; Lambert f' Tia.°lllial._defendant but the real defendant being Ne k. Len, is„,elnestion involved whether the defendant "k rt "atiY liable rtn w er as ' with the other defendant, Illa"teo.44l°lv bank le, as partner ot i „, i„ , rupt. The plaintiff's claim was for print- i, .."g to R 6 .88. 4d. Richard Ellery, foreman to the Tre . In s nkeed to having executed the work for watc ef 4 ow - • '• h the 0 ,4 th atui, t , made, in accordance with the joint order of the kWh ell call ‘ l ' ---- Mr• Robert Lambert, one of the defendants, e tih a k t ed on behalf of the plaintiff, and was examined 14 t he o f pa ali to the partnership. He stated that an . `,eef il e „r rtnership was entered into between himself lik,l),(lll44me•;"at Jones, and took effect on the Ist of JulY, Nlley`,._ll the Las to have a salary of two guineas per week, '' ' hooksand in consideration of his advancing n tk At ca rry , ,i'it,7k l t,l' e rWa ea °ll the business, he was to have half the pro k'n AO 'Y th e --8 differences took place between them,. and l:I il e atl ene concern was broken up. A voluminous la q aq nr th te be tween the two defendants was pro tg, dt, fn ",_ 'view of proving that the defendant Jones t, ki ', a e ",himself to be a partner. The correspondence 4 4' ,11niptraft letter from the defendant Jones, in answer kit N n is etnen • itat ti ttri tii tin the Manchester Guardian, applying e."e e , th at . e t agency, in which letter the defendant Jones 4 '‘ , 11; •oe w • • • h Lambert. Mr. 0 4 ,1"ae n„ „ she ui partnership with . the de k,oknteKec ~,..1, aliTbroker., deposed to calling at _ nve`ncee th't business, with respect to an agency, when he,,.T a t in n , at his partner, Mr. Lambert was at the Dub tkeh'4 hatni• Arr. Charls Swift, a brewer, stated that, INel, gklupou the d f d t h called upon Jones, 4 , ,_ t°. e i , e een an s, e yn t r. 'lt e4 , ,, man stated that he had advanced all the 4 1 Qe wvit iL'an the concern, and was to receive half the et N t as e n u t e Dart of the defendant Jones, it was urged ~41041.tin,,Latuba Partner, having entered the service of the `'4 'ad ert atweekly salary,in consideration tet ade va n a and to 4 at ees he was to r • t,'lt. e )1 31h. c ed. le_ receive five per cent. on all ,l h e d e y pie tc,o_-,..e,e defendant Jones stated that he was f,',,l'et t Aef,4 Der eenTilan Lambert's clerk, at a salary, and i‘,4l,'aet ) ,.!pr, h e _,__ ol i i : the money he advanced. In answer ''' a tt.,i i t A iti n sigt , , i n treraZaend the draft letter in answer to the 4,:torkd t h uilt c uld ': . Manchester Guardian to be in his r t ie , Il e t th e ev ._, not explain why he wrote it. He fur (1111 eiAterntite ‘47 l u'enee which had been adduced on the 4 qc. no th, ep, e cnla as . a series of fabrications. The Asses- N 4 et w Dl aintif e rknig lst the evidence on the lq k,ap tot. Corroborated,,,,as, that on behalf of the be plaintiff, urY, after lerae deliberation, found ELIZABETH SMITH, a discharged pauper, was, on Wednes day, committed to goal for two months for deserting her infant child, two months old, which she had left in a nude state, on a door step in Edmund-street. MESSRS. THOMAS AGNEW AND SONS, of Manchester, are exhibiting, at the old Police-court, in High-street, a number of paintings and water-colour drawings, by modern artists, which, for value and general excellence, surpass any single collection ever exhibited in this town. In addition to paint ings by Pyne, Denby, Linnel, Cooper, Maclise, Glass, Bran white, Egg, Brockley, Pickersgill, Herbert, &c.—the collec tion contains an admirable composition by Moltini, of Milan —and Schoeffer's celebrated " Three Marks." HEALTH OF LORD SEFTON.—lnquiries concerning the noble earl's health are now answered in a most gratifying and reassuring manner by the medical attendants. His lord ship is rapidly regaining strength. He is no longer confined to his bedroom, but is able to move without assistance into the adjoining apartments. Contrary to the reports in the London papers, he experienced no ill consequences, beyond the ordinary annoyances he shared with his neighbours in the recent window-breaking attack of the Hyde Park rioters upon his house. ' TOiTETH-PARR.—On Friday, a public meeting was con vened at the Public-offices, Toxteth-park, of all persons enti tled to vote in the election of commissioners, for carrying into execution " An Act for better paving and improving the streets and highways within the Extra-Parochial Place of Toxteth park, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and the sewerage of certain parts of the said place." The business was of a formal character. The following five commissioners were elected in the place of five who retired by rotation :—Messrs. Richard Rathbone, John Rogers, H. S. Alpass, J. R. Jeffery, and J. Cropper. Three of the above are re-elected commis sioners. Mr. John Rogers, and Mr. J. R. Jeffery were sub stituted for Mr. Wm. Barry and Mr. Alexander Shand. HEALTH OF THE Town.—The medical officer reports that the mortality of the borough continues unusually low, the deaths registered last week being fewer than in any week of the preceding,five years. The deaths in the parish were 119, and in the out-townships 42 ; total, 161. The general average of the same week for the preceding seven years was 233. The 'deaths from diseases of the lungs were 58 ; from aymotic dis eases, 38, namely, measles, 9 ; typhus, 8 ; scarlatina,l7; small pox, 2 ; diarrhoea, 2. The mortality from bowel complaints was lower_ than in any corresponding season since the sanitary act came into operation. During the quarter which ended on the 30th June, 2870 deaths were registered in the borough, being 609 fewer than in the previous quarter, and nearly 400 less than the corrected average of the same quarter of the previous seven years. The deaths from zymotic diseases were 678, being 210-less than the average. The mortality from I each disease of 'this class was lower than usual. One death from cholera `cam registered in the quarter. Diseases of the lungs caused a higher mortality than usual.'the deaths having been 978 against an average of 830. IC/RBI/ALE SESSIONS opened on Tues&y, under the presi dency of the Yen. Archdeacon Brooks. The governor's report' for the gaol showed the number of inmates to be 408, namely, 315 males, and 93 females. The constabulary report showed. that 12 3 205 persons had been apprehended by the police, of whom 462 had been committed for trial, 1,364 summarily convicted, and 110 bailed out. It wae•stated that the number of the police force, including all ranks and supernumeraries, amounted to 609 men. The Comity Treasurer stated that the rate required for the roads would be.-2id. for Kirkdale, ld. for Ormskirk, lid. for Present, andlid. for Warrington districts. The situation of County Bridge Surveyor having been deelared vacant by the death of Mr. Clayton, it was agreed that the situation should be advertised ; that_ applicants should be required to send in theirtegtlmonials to the Clerk of the Peace before the 6th of August; that` the finance committee shduld meet on the 13th of August, to select three names ; and that :the sessions should ha adjourned - to the 16th of August' for the 'special appointment. The Chairman laid before the magistrates the result of the proceedings connected with the proposed divisions of the county into three ridings. He learned from Salford that the =magistrates were adverse to the division at present. From Preston he had received no answer. Prom Lancaster the answer was against the division. He, however, very strongly urged - the necessity of seeking after - a better mode of administering business than at present prevailed. Mr. Pollock having vindicated himself from certain remarks of Mr. Rosson, published in a contemporary, and which, he thought, seriously refiected-on his character, the fOrmal pro ceedings whichnsually precede the trials closed. • ROBBERY irn StflClDE.—` ) Some little time ago, Jan . Honijik, superintendent of the Post-office at Amsterdam, absconded with about £BOO of Dutch notes and securities. He came to this town and engaged 'a cabin passage from Messrs. Sabel and Cortis, of Waterloo , cad, in the ship Emerald, for NeW=York. On Monday he - applied to' Mr. Samuel, South Castle street, and Mr. Caffre, Waterloo-road,' to have the residue of 'the notes exchanged' for American =Money. After conferring with the Dutch consul, who had not then received any information of the robbery, the brokers exchanged his notes for him. On the same day, the police had received notice of the robbery, and a description of the - property, and the thief. Inspector Murphy, of the detective force, immediately set out in search, and, singular to say, arrived at Caffre's shop avery short time after Honirdc had left. Ile traced the prisoner - to a foreign • boarding-house in No.: 3 Court, Bridgewater-street, where he succeeded in apprehending him. Jan Honijik had nearly all the money he had obtained for the notes on his person at the time,. and was armed 'with a loaded double-barrelled pistol. Murphy , placed his prisoner in a room in the Ceutral Police office; Dale-street, previous to his removal to Amsterdam. Another prisoner was in - the same room with• him the greater part of Tuesday, but, about half-past three O'clock in the afternoon, Honijik was left alone. In an hour afterwards he was discovered on his: knees, having strangled himself by means of a leather strap Which he wore round :his waist. He was quite dead. Before resorting to the strap be 'had 4- tempted to commit suicide by hacking the veins and arterns of his wrist with a broken tumbler. He was a'finely-formed, intelligent-looking man,nixrat twenty-eight years of age. An inanest was held before -the borough nr Wednesday. when:the jury returned a'verdict effete) de se. HEAMTIT Comntrrmnr.—At the meeting on Thursday, Alderman Langsdale presided. A letter was read from the dock secretary relative - to the alleged encroachments by the dock committee at the south-west corner of the custom-house. The letter was in substance a request that the health- corn mittee,would reconsider their resolution, and not insist upon the rails being removed. Alter an examination of the plans, Svc., it.was agreed that the borough engineer should meet the dock entrveyor, to see whether any middle course could be devised-satisfactory to both parties. Mr. Dover again brought forward' is motion to increase the salary of Mr. Davies, the deputy-engineer. He urged the same grounds in support of his motion as on the previous occasion, and ,concluded by movingthat Mr. Davies's.ealary be increased from £350 to £4OO per annum. Mr. Robertson Gladstone opposed the mo tion,-on-the ground that 'the time was most inappropriate for increasing salaries, as theymight be heavily taxed -on account of the war, the end of which was not seen. He bore testimony to the ability of Mr. Davies as a servant of the committee, but thoughtthat some duties could be performed, under the direc tion of bin Newlands, by a clerk at a salary of £lOO per annum. He did not approve of the system of continually attempting to increase the salaries of the officials, -which had become a perfect epidemic of late. He would oppose the increase berth in the committee, and also in the council, if he stood alone, as he would not sanction the wasteful expenditure of the public money-, more than he would if it were out of his own pocket.—Mr. Sheil also oppcsed the increase, and-ridiculed the idea that if the corporation bad a good servant - they could not get as-..g00d a one, and instanced a case in which it had been stated that "such a servaLt could not be found at a salary of £4OO per annum," but when he died no other person was appointed.—The motion having been seconded .by Mr. Johnson, the committee divided 'upon it, and it was lest by a majority offive to four. For the motion : Messrs. Dover, Johnson, Halhead, and the chairman. Against it :.Messrs. Gladstone, Fleming, Crosthwaite, Shell, and M`Ge.ffie.—After some farther business of a merely routine character, the hoard adjourned. DOCK CONIIITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The Sub-ccm mittee of Works submitted a resolution from the Finance Committee of the Council, requesting, at the suggestion ,of Sir William Cubitt, that the Dock Committee should construct the masonry necessary for the four new Midges leading to the proposed new larding-stage at the Prince's Pierhead, anti recommended that the request should be complied with. - The Stanley Warehouses Sub-committee -recommended that -the tenders of Messrs. Jackson and Smith for scale beams and weights, Thotras Cheshire and Co., for machines for weighing sacks, and Messrs. Betteley and,: Co., be accepted. Confirmed. The Sub-committee of the Marine Department - presented a report; from the dock surveyor relative to the. -construction of a road near the Point Lynes Lighthouse, in which he stated that he could not recosnmend that any additional payment should be granted. The committee, therefore, declined to pay anything further. The proceed jugs were confirmed.—A communication was read from Captain Bevis, the admiralty agent, asking the permission of the .committee for the Arabia steamer to come along side the „Landing-stage, to , take on board 170 horses belonging to the Ist Dragoons. The-steamer was hourly expected from Portsmouth. Capt. Bevis 's-request was complied with.—The Chairman reported that the list of, dock rate-payers entitled to vote for members of the Dock Committee had been revised on the 13th inst., as required by the dock acts.—A communi cation was read from Mr. M`Gowen, the Health Committee's law-clerk, enclosing a note from Mr. Duncan MU-nal ; also medical certificate. The enclosure complained of a nuisance at the New Battery caused by a mountain of coal in its imme diate ficinity, from which clouds of dust were blown into the Battery, much to the annoyance and, injury of the health of the garrison. Referred to the Sanitary Committee of Works. The following gentlemen were balloted for to retire from the Dock Committee on the Ist of ingust. They are eligible for re-election, Members of the committee elected by the conneil Messrs. E. Langsdale, -a Holden, Wm. Mann, and J. Hohne. Members of the committee elected by the rate-payers : Messrs. J. P. Palmer, Robert Rankin, Eyre Evans, Wm. Barber. The general business of the committee then terminated. LIVERPOOL AND HAVA,N4.—A new line of steamers, which will trade between this port and Havana, has been established by an influential Spanish company, chartered in that country, and enjoying the exclusive privilege from the Spanish govern ment of running steam-vessels from England and France to Havana and Porto Rico. This company is styled the " Linea de Vapores correos Espanoles Transatlanticos," and it will commence operations immediately, for the pioneer vessel of the fleet is already completed, and the others are rapidly con structing. It is intended that a regular monthly communi- • cation shall be kept up between this port and Havana, the steamers calling at Vigo, on the coast of Spain, and Porto Rico, in the West Indies, to land and embark passengers. The Spanish government, we believe, intend to make use of this line for the mail communication with Cuba, and, no doubt, our own government will forward English correspondence by the same available route. The Habana, the first of this new line of ocean steamers, has been constructed by Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead, who is constructing five other vessels for the company, three of which have already been named the Vigo, the Cadiz, and the Barcelona. The Vigo, which is a sister-ship to the Habana, has been launched some time since, and will be ready for sea in August. The dimensions of the Habana are :—Length, 270 feet ; beam, 361- feet ; measure ment, 1,750 tons. She will have engines of 400 horse-power, on the direct-acting principle, with inverted cylinders. She has capacity for eighty first-class, forty second-class, and thirty third-class passengers, about 100 tons of cargo, and twenty days' consumption of coal, and her cabin accommodation is got up in an elegant style of decoration. The Habana is commanded by Captain y Grinds., of the Spanish royal navy, and Captain Carricarti has been appointed to her sister vessel the Vigo. The other four vessels are about the same size, and will be launched by Mr. Laird at intervals during the next three months. The agents of the line in Liverpool are Messrs. G. H. Fletcher and Co., of Covent-garden, and in ' Havana, Messrs. Zangroniz Brothers and Co. The whole of ! the vessels are being built under the superintendence of Cap tain John Ford, of London, who is well known as having ' superintended the fitting out of the General Screw Company's ! 'Vessels, as well as those for the Sardinian Steam Company, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE Alps arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday, from the East with a number of officers and invalided sailors. DR. ALLMAN has been appointed to the chair of medical philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. THERE is a coffee-making machine at the Paris Exhibition which can make 500 cups of coffee in a quarter of an hour. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANIC.—The half-yearly meeting was held on Wednesday, when a dividend of 6 per cent. per annum, with a bonus of 4 per cent., was declared. QUEEN VICTORIA has seat £5O to the Mayor of St. Ger main, as a subscription towards restoring the chapel which contains the remains of James 11. THE Carmel, which left Constantinople on the 12th July, arried at Marseilles on Saturday. Her adviees from the Crimea are to the 10th. COLONEL MAYROL and Colonel Trobbo, Spanish Carlist refugees, have just been arrested at Bordeaux, and expelled from France. They have been sent to England. THE Arabs of the pachalic of Tripoli have revolted. A body of Turkish troops sent against them were driven back into the city with a loss of from 1,700 to 2,000. AT the York Assizes, Mr. Hall, the recorder of Doncaster, has obtained £4,500 damages from the Great Northern► Rail way, for injuries received by an accident on that line. THE Duke de Tarancon, the eldest son of Queen Christina and the Duke de Rianzares, died on Saturday at Malmalson. The deceased duke was a grandee of Spain. LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.-011 Wednesday morning, Miss Weatherby was walking near the edge of the cliff at Broad stairs ; she got giddy, fell over a height of sixty feet, and was killed. THERE was no demonstration in Hyde Park on Sunday. Carriages were warned not to enter the drive, but the excite ment had evidently passed away, and the concourse of persons was comparatively trifling. BARON ROTHSCHILD, during his short residence at Milan, made arrangements, in conjunction with two engineers, for the construction of several miles of railway in the neighbour hood. MENDACIOCTS RI:TINIAN RIIMOIJIL—A correspondentof ttat philo-Russian print, the Indipenaance, gives currency to the disgraceful rumourthas Lord Raglan "committed suicide (!) on account of the failure of the 18th." THE BA:Nx OF 'ENGLAND have purchased for their West end branch establishment the mansion of the Marquis of Anglesea (Uxbridge House,) in Burlington Gardens, Piccadilly,, for a sum of £45,000 or £47,000. PRINCE NAPOLEON has caused an application 'to be made to different railway companies to 'induce them to organize pleasure trains at reduced prices,in order to bring a number o/Visitors - to Paris to visit the Universal Exhibition. IN the course of the excavations' which have for some time been going s on at " Macbeth's Castle," on Duniinane Hill, three human skulls have been exhumed, and alsoa small coin bear ing-someindistinct tracings as of armorial-bearings. IT is officially announced 'that the sum of money hitherto annually devoted to the celebration of the Napoleon fete of the 15th of August, will this year be consecrated to the relief of the families of those who "have fallen;in the Pact. I:It.ARICOTT, Napoleon's last medicaluttendant atSt. Helena, and for whom the Emperor cherished , a strong affection, has just died, aged 84,. Napoleon died hOding Dr. Arnot* right hand. aE Commune of 'San Quisino, in Piedmont, 'has just :devoted itself to the Holy Virgin by a legal conveyance in good and due form, " - In presence , of us, the notary lliorelli and the witnesses ofthis deed, dtz:.' THE Island of Inchkeith has been examined cby Colonel Marryat, R.A., and Colonel Gordon, R.E., with - the view of determining the sites of two forts, to be situate and -con structed as to infilade' the channels of the Forth on either side. PRINCE GIIIILChaS forced his daughter to eiltera'nunnery, to which place she was escorted by a large-body of soldiers. She is generally believed to have been the~ cause of aline' which lately took place at .Jassy, in which'the son Of the Hospodar was killed by =Austrian officer. THE Archbishop of Toledo has protested against the execu tion in :ills diocese of the law for the sale of eccksiastical pro perty; but the government has disreigardedthe protest, and has placed an armed force - at the disposal of the commissioner charged to effect the sale. TEE • Sieele says that the fetes in celebration .of the Queen's visit to Paris will begin oil August 1, and last a fortnight. They will =include at the Parc of Versailles a , bal , aux flambeaux, which will drive into the shade all rejoicings of the 'kind it•was so frequently the scene of-in the days' of 'the Grand Monarque. The Bristol Times is informed that it is not an unlisted' practice with some of the quay " imps" of that city for one of them to purposely fall into the water, and two or three of his companions to jump into the rescue, and thus secure both the benefit of the Humane Society's award and the Inver/of a swim during the present oppressively warm weather. Ilanfritinasx EXTRLORDINARY.—The 'Maidstone Journal, in noticing the local swimening club, containing 79 members, first-rate -owimmers,'&e., says—" The first aquatic breakfast is to take place on Monday next, at seven o'clock, when every member will be required to partake •of the repast ini.tize river." ThEPENSE OF -Duiwise BILL.—A <return moved for by itlr. Locke King, shows that the -sum of £1,680-was paid to Iliessrs..T..l. Lonsdale and C. S. Greaves .(2840each) as remuneration for -drawing nine bills on the criminal law of England, and, 2815 to the Hon. G.L. "FElliot for preparing the Bribery and Controverted Elections Bills of the session of 1864. Tun LATE 'MumEn.—ln addition - to having raise&e.roo .or £BOO, which is placed at interest for the benefit of the widow -and family -of the late Charles - Collard, who was Abet by.Barthelemy, , Whilst attempting to..orrest him after .the murder of Mr. Moore, in Warren-street, London, the inha bitants of the district have erected a monument to the memory of collard, which was, a few days ago,- placed over his grave in 'the new cemetery of the parish at St,Fancras, at Finchley. Tnn Cainbridffe Chronicle states that the electors have ,cause to suspect that Mr. Gonlburn will •not be a candidate for the 'University at the next election, the right honourable gen tleman proposing, in consequence of failing health, to retire from public life. Mr. Cowling, the barrister, will, in all pro bability, be a candidate in the Conservative interest. Mr. Cowling was senior wrangler of his year. A Pasruura, who had traded as " R.: and S. Gent," ap pliedunder the Protection Act last week. Mr. Sargood- gave an explanation of the reason the insolvent lad traded under :a plural style. " Gent's perfumes" wouldlave been very awk wardlo advertise, and when he put " R. Gent," it was mis taken-for" Argent," and so to avoid all 'difficulty he took his own and his wife's Christian name, and traded as " R. and S. Gent:" On - the 15th of last month an infant was left at the gate of Shoretlitch workhouse at midnight in a basket, with a note and 2s. 6d. The note said—" My husbtuld is gone to the Crimea, and, please God, when he returns I will take my child again. lam sorry that I must go to service, and I will give 2s. 6d. a week." A second half crown has since been received, but no clue to the mother has been found. The child has since died. A TRAGICAL MISTAKE IN ITALY.—The p inione of Turin relates - the following tragical event, which occurred at Belluno on the 25th ult.:—`` Nearly all the boarders -of the college were suddenly taken ill. The physicians called in, thinking they were attacked with cholera, applied the •remedies usual with that disease, but without effect, and ; fifty died. It afterwards appeared from • a post mortem examination that they had been, labouring under the poisonous effects of hemlock, -which had leen unintentionally used ,in the kitchen for parsley." Are unpleasant occurrence took place at sea on .board the Earl Balcarres, just arrived in the Thames, resulting in Cap tain Kennedy placing Captain John Moore, 32nd. Regiment, under arrest. It is stated that a quarrel ensued between two of the soldiers wives,, and-by order of Captain Kennedy one of thewomen was placed in confinement; she, however, "grinned" at the captain, and then he ordered her below ; the woman at the same time was encieutc, and as the place she was .put in was infested with vermin, it led to a remonstrance , between the two officers, and the senior placed the other under arrest, causing considerable consternation among the troops on board. During the voyage, 34 soldiers, including 6 sergeants, died. A CANDID Ticin.R.—The trial of William Holdswortb, alias William Cross, and Thomas- Cole, the accomplices of Hallett and Vile, in the burglary at the house of Miss Hoyes,, at tern came on at the assizes on Friday. Vile, who, with Hallett, is under sentence of -transportation for life, was brought up, and gave.evidence that himself, Hallett. and the present prisoners, had planned and committed the robbery. In cross examination he said "My business for the 'last five or six years has been that of a thief, and I lived by no other means. I have now come here to satisfy the ends.of justice, and I have entertained the hope that it may be for, my bend tat some time. I have been convicted before—onee at Gloucester, for picking pockets, for ;which I had twelve months ; once at Portsmouth, for counterfeit coin, for which I had-twelve months. I h a d th ree mon th s at Exeter for doing nothing. I had three months at Winchester for an attempt to pick a pocket, in which I did not succeed. I have been twice in gaol at Reading, each time for two months. I have spent, a tidy time in custody. I have not told a lie, and would not do so. I have been thieving long enough to be tired of it." The jury found both prisoners guilty ; and Holds. worth, having struck Miss Hoyes and put a candle under her bed, was sentenced to be transported for life; Cole for twenty years. - THE DUNMOW FLITCH.--A curious _ceremony is to take ;place at Dumnow, in Essex, on Thursday next. Mr. W. H. 'Ainsworth, who recently published a romance on the subject of , the renowned "Flitch of Bacon," has determined to revive the ancient custom .of rewarding loving married pairs with the flitch they would have earned in days of yore. There is no fear that the festival will be prevented by a deficiency of candidates, for the Chevalier and Madame de Chatelain, and Mr. and Mrs. James Barlow, have already come forward as models of wedded love and good temper. The uninitiated may be informed that the oath to be taken is no trivial mat ter, being to the effect that the claimants have not repented of their marriage, either sleeping or waking, for a year and a day, and that no quarrel, however slight, has interrupted the smooth course of connubial felicity. If the ancient ceremony is preserved with all proper solemnity, the happy pair will be carried about on men's shoulders, in a chair kept for the pue. pose, and the flitch will be borne on A high pole before them. The custom seems to be at least as old es the reign of Henry 111., and we believe the last flitch was given, in 1761, to John Shakeshaft, wool-comber, and Anne his wife, of Weathersfield, in the county of Essex. THE CROPS IA THE UNITED STATES.—The special; corre spondent of the Times gives the following encouraging a c . count of the crops in the United States :—The farmers of th e middle and western states have housed their hay crops (more abundant, perhaps, than ever before,) and report a progect of longer awl better autumn pasturage than they have had for many years. Last year, owing to the drought, the cattle were obliged to he fed almost before the summer was over. The yield of hay in this section also has been doubled, perhaps more, by the recent copious rains, and ripened by the hot sun of the last few days ; so that our farmers look for equally favourable results here. The cereal crops promise equally well. Southern. Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri have already harvested their wheat. More land has been in seed there than ever before (owing to the great failure last year,) and reports say that the yield per acre has never been surpassed. The more northern crops promise equally well. Occasionally one hears a story of weevil, or rust, or some other bugbear; but you may depend upon it that the great western plains were never loaded with a more luxuriant and promising vegetation than now. From the cotton lands, too, I hear the same story, though there the crop is not yet fir enough advanced to predict results. It is now regarded as settled that there will be no damaging summer rise of the Mississippi. Rust, insects, and autumn frosts are the prin cipal things which th e planters have to fear. More land is in seed with this crop also than ever before, and the planters now in the north say that the promise is excellent," ON WEDNESDAY evening an omnibus returning heavily laden from Chatsworth to Rowsley was upset. The Rev. S. Sunderland, vicar of Penistone, Yorkshire, was pit c h e d off and received so severe a concussion that he died immediately afterwards. A Manchester surgeon was severely injured. NEWS EITRAORDINARY. — We find the following absurd paragraph in the Boston (U.S.) Puritan Recorder:—" Queen Victoria's State coach is bullet-proof, and the glass of the windows is six inches thick (!) When George IV. was fired at, the glass was only broken by the ball. In this coach Louis Napoleon proceeded on his late visit to the Guildhall, to receive the address of the Corporation of London." CASE OF STRAHAN AND Co.—The prisoners were again brought up at Bow-street, on Wednesday. The counsel for the prosecution stated that the books of the firm were under going a laborious investigation, which would take some time. He asked for a further remand. No opposition being offered, the case was, pro forma", remanded till to-morrow, Wednesday, with an understanding that proceedings would not be renewed till August Ist. NEWSPAPER " OBITUARY."—We announced last week the demise of two penny daily newspapers in Manchester, which died in early infancy from want of adequate nourishment. Since that time two other penny journals have given up the ghost, namely, the Leeds and Yorkshire Daily Express and the Newcastle Courier. The former was the offspring of the Leeds Times, and it expired on Monday, aged 14 days, of actual starvation. SUPPORTING THE PRESS.—When advocating the repeal of the stamp on newspapers, we have repeatedly stated that one effect would be a great increase in the number of readers. As a proof of this we give the following as furnished by a corres pondent :—" Four gentlemen holding respectable situations in this town, who had not previously supported any paper, now purchase jointly a penny daily paper the day after publication, at half-price!" Such an instance of liberal support ought to he made public.—Preston 'Guardian. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—An allotment of estates took place on Thursday at the offices of the society in Norfolk street, when the Hounslow property was offered, and taken long before the list of rights was gone through, several mem bers being disappointed in obtaining plots on this valuable es tate. The Round Hill Park estate, Brighton, was offered at the same time, and-all the leased lots and a considerable num ber of others taken, as well as lots on the Reading, West Mal vern, and Weybridge estates; making a total sale of land of upwards of £5,000. THE CommtsSIONERS appointed'to inquire into the conduct of the police during the late riots in Hyde-park, held their first sitting on Tuesday in the Court of Exchequer, at West minster, and are still daily taking the evidence offered by any parties who have complaints to urge against the conduct of the police. Many witnesses have bean already heard, and the testimony given seems to prove . that many an individual policeman acted with great brutality on that occasion ; but the chief blame seems to centre upon Inspector Hughes, who appears to have acted throughout 'under feelin g s of intense exasperation, and to have not only encouraged, but ordered the worst proceedings among the corps of constables under higeommand. The inquiry is still proceeding. GROSS CRUELTY.—At Lambeth, on Wednesday, Thomas Ilickley was charged with revolting and systematic cruelty to his wife, whom he had been in the habit of tying up, and beating with a rope. In the •tourse of some monstrous dis closures the man averred that, on the preceding. night, his wife had suffocated her child,Nwhile in a state-of intoxication. Witnesses. who deposed to Laving seen the wife with blood gushing from her ears in consequence of theprisoner's violent blows, gave their opinion that the wife, being deprived 'for a long time of common necessaries, and being almost worn out with the prisoner's treatment, had slept =heavily and uncon sciously pressed her baby to her so closely as to cause its death. The prisoner was sentenced to - three months' hard labour. On Thursday an inquest was held on the body of the -child, and a verdict of accidental death returned. - CONFERENCE AT BIRmINGHAEL—The first Of VsetieS of meetings or conferences in connection with foreign subjects, proposed to be held in Birmingham, commenced on Tuesday. A letter from the Earl of Malmesbury to the chalzman was read, in which hiS . lordship states his inability to Attend, but, in compliance - With a request, furnishes some useful informa tion respecting the 'Danish succession. "It is not true," says the noble lord,'" that the succession is secured to Russia by the treaty of May, 1852. There arc now four male heirs to the Crown of Denmark alive. The treaty prescribes that if their extinction •should become imminent, the high con tracting parties, namely, Austria, Prussia, Russia, England, France, and Sweden, shall engage to take into consideration any further proposition made to them by the King of Den mark for securing the succession on the principle of the inte grity of the Danish Monarchs. Should this remote contin gency occur, the 'contracting powers would, therefore, meet again to settle the Danish succession." EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVNRY OF A COR:PLE IN LONDON. — Rumours have been in circulation in Fulham during the last two or threedays that a murder has been committed in the neighbourhood and the body disposed of by placing it in .a steam-engine. It appears that on Sunday last, about half past one in the morning, John Oakley, a workman at the Imperial Gas Works, Fulham, while examining a steam-engine on the premises, fancied he perceived alarge bundle, but, upon closer inspection, he found that it was a female dreadfully mutilated. 'She was immediately extricated, and conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where she expired a few hours after wards, having remained insensible to the time of her death. The part of the works where the deceased was found is always secured at night, and no -one is allowed to remain there but persons employed by the company. It has been ascertained that the deceased was a married woman, named Celia Elisa beth Bateman, aged about 28, and that during Saturday - night she was missed from home by her family. The police have hitherto been unable to elicit anything as to when the deceased was last seen alive, or in whose company she was on the Saturday night. The inquest will be postponed for .a few days for the purpose of making inquiries preliminary to , a -full investigation , of the whole affair.—Daily News. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. BY the United States mail steamship Baltic, Captain Comstock, which arrived on Sunday morning, we have in telligence from. New York to the 11th instant. She brought 243 passengers, and $968,036 in specie. On Saturday evening, during a thick fog, the Baltic came into collision with -the schooner. Sarah Ann, from Bangor for Bristol, with slates. As the schooner was supposed to be in a sinking condition, the master and crew were taken on board the Baltic and landed here. The United States mail -steamship Pacific, hence on the 30th ult., arrived at. New York, at six a.m., on the 11th inst. The United States steamship Herman, from Southampton, arrived at New York on the morning of the sth instant. The fourth of July had been celebrated throughout the United States with the usual enthusiasm. A great many ,casualties had occurred through the use of fire arms. Captain James Smith, who was tried and founctguilty in the linked States Circuit Court of trafficking in slaves, had been sentenced by Judge Ingersoll -to pay a fine of $l,OOO, and to be imprisoned for twenty-one months. It is reported that the Robbins and Lawrence Company, at Windsor, on the Connecticut river, have a contract with the British government for machinery for making arms to the amount of $lOO,OOO, and another, with individuals, f0r25,000 Millie rifles. The Prohibitory Liquor Law went into operation on the 4th instant. The effect of it, from a clause in the bill, was that, instead of being an act .of absolute prohibition of the retail liquor business, it was an act of absolute free trade. In New Hampshire, the House of Representatives had passed a bill for this purpose by an overwhelming majority. A convention of country bankers had met in Syracuse for the purpose of establishing a bank of mutual redemption. About fifty-six banks were represented. A committee of ten were appointed to examine the different plans submitted, and to report the most feasible scheme to the convention. President Pierce had returned to Washington. In political circles the:Spanish question, which had been revived in the State Department by a speech of Mr.-Jefferson Davis, in Mis sissippi, was the all-engrossing one. Several Germans had published a petition to the President, in which they state that they were enticed away by British recruiting agents in Nova Scotia, under pretence of obtaining work. - When -they arrived there, that an offer was made to them to enlist in the Foreign Legion destined to serve in the -Crimea, and upon giving . a refusal they were imprisoned, under ;military control, at Melville Island, where they are now, de prived of their liberty. They ask the intervention of the execn- Ave, as many-of them have families in New York. = lastlionzzu.---By the arrival at New York of the steam ship Northern Sight, with $828,972 in gold dust, and the _steam-ship Illinois from Aspinwall, with $839,613 in gold dust, advices have been received from California to the 16th June. The prosperous mining town of Auburn had been almost entirely swept away by fire. The loss was estimated at £259,000. A fire hadalso occurred at San Francisco, which destroyed property to the amount of $45,000. The mines are represented as yielding plenty of gold to the diggers in every: Part of the state, and all classes of miners are doing better than they have ever done in any period in California. Busi ness was far from being brisk or prosperous ; but in conse quence of the repbrted prosperity of the mines, abetter feeling prevailed among the merchants. The Board of United States Land Commissioners had confirmed the claims of James R. Bolton, which embraces thirteen thousand five hundred acres of land in the most eligible part of San Francisco, estimated to be worth forty millions of dollars. From Mexico we learn that Santa Anna and the whole of the capital were in A state of gloom. One writer surmises the speedy fall of the dictator. Twenty-three persons had been drowned in the harbour of Mazatlan during the late gale,- and the English shipping in port had suffered very severely. Six merchant vessels, with cargoes valued at over $1,000,000, were totally destroyed, and twenty-three men drowned. The names of the vessels are—The British ship Benjamin Elkin, from Liverpool, with a return cargo of iron and copper : two of the crew drowned ; the English barque John Patchett, loaded with dry goods ; the English barque Tartar, with a full cargo, from Europe; the French s hip Monette, vessel and crew total loss, with a return cargo of mother-of-pearl, dyewood, . and skins ; the P eruv i an brig Miguel, from Guayaquil, with a cargo of- liquors, not Insured ; and the American schooner Copeland, in ballast. It was reported that an American clipper of 1,500 tons burthen had foundered in the port of Ignula. Ad vices from Brownsville (Texas), dated 24th of June, confirm the report - that the revolution against Santa Anna had become truly formidable, and it was confidently expected that his re sources could not long uphold him against the eff or t s f or libe ration which were commenced in Monterey. Th e G overnmen t troops stationed in Mier and Guerrero had abando n ed b o th places to General Carvojal, who had crossed over from Texas and was followed by General Garza an d ot h er leaders. Ma j or Potter, commanding at Fort Brown, had made an unsuccessful effort to capture some of the insu rgen t s. Two thousand men had been left to garrison Monterey, and a detachment was sent out to occupy the mountain passes and attack any of the Government -troops they could find near. Cardena, one of Santa Anna's commanders, had broken his parole, and asso ciated himself with the Seminole thief "Wild Cat." General Woll stilt resided at Matamoros. It was rumoured that Tam pico had revolted against the dictator. From Central America we learn that affairs still continual in a disordered state. Colonel Walker and his party from San Francisco landed at Realejo, and, after an interview with the commander of the Castellon forces, who added 200 men to his force, it is stated that on the following night he took San Juan del Sur without resistance. Another report states that Colonel Walker bad been defeated. The British ship-of-war Buzzard was at San Juan or Greytown, protecting the Mos quito flag, At Belize the local trade was dull, but large shipments of indigo and cochineal had taken place, and the reports from the interior were satisfactory. Nicaragua correspondence from Virgin Bay, on . 14th of June, states that bat of the City of Granada was ul ruins, and the Government party were still skirmishing near Leon. General Guacilla, of Honduras, had lately tendered his aid to 'the government, hoping that if the insurrection were put down he would have the support of some of the forces of Grua tamala and Nicaragua in extinguishing the democrats in Hondas. WEST INDlES.—Advices from Kingston, Jamaica, are to July 4th. The markets were very dull. In the other islands the free trade with Canada question was much debated It was said that the English Government would transfer St. Lucia and Dominica to the French in exchange for the co lony of Chandernagore. The St. Lucia papers demand an im mediate annexation to some other rulers, on account of war taxation. CUBA.—Nothing new of a political character had occurred. The public mind was entirely tranquil respecting filibuster movements. Reinforcements of troops had arrived at Havana. The health of the island was very good. Business of all kinds dull, particularly for imports. Valparaiso (Chili) advices are to May 31. Congress was to meet on the Ist June. A national exhibition was to be held. A long-pending drought prevailed. The markets were ex ceedingly dull. Freights to England £4 15s. to £5 ss. ,In Peru the approaching meeting of the Constituent Assembly engaged public attention. It was dreaded that a political rupture would soon take place between Castilla and Elias. Brazil and Paraguay had, as before reported, settled their difficulties, and a treaty had been made which will define the boundaries of the river navigation for the future. Advices from New Granada to June 30th state that the working of the new constitution was anxiously watched, and the papers advocated the right of foreigners to a full partici pationof its benefits. Virgin Bay affairs were represented as being in a most deplorable condition. In consequence of the cholera and the dissensions in the country, the population of Virgin Bay had been reduced from 'two hundred to twenty five. All the officials of the Transit Company had left, and everything was in confusion. SANDWICII ISLANDS.—The french frigate La Forte and the English frigate Amphytrite arrived at Honolulu on the 10th May, en roul'e for'the Russian settlements in Kamschatka. The Legislature of Hawaii was in session, and had passed a new tariff act. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, July 11. The roomy market presented a more cheerful aspect than had been noticed for some years past. Every branch of business vas reduced to, and re-established upon, a safe and permanent basis, and if undue speculation be avoided, the country would soon be measurably out of debt. Money was abundant on first-class securities at five to six per cent., and on =good business paper at six to eight per cent. Loans on call, with first-class securities, were readily obtained at four to site per cent. In exchange a fair business was doing. We •quote bills on London, 109 k to 11W- per cent. ' • Paris, 1.5,121 ' to f. 5, 15 ; Hamburg, 36 to 36i • Bremen, 79 to 79i. COTTON.—Prices had declined owing to the unfavourable accounts received by the America : but yesterday a reactionary 'movement ensued, and the decline of to 2 cent on the two preceding days were nearly, if not quite, recovered. The sales had been - light until yesterday, when the operations were quite extensive, reaching nearly 5,000 bales. Probably during the three days 7,000 bales had changed hands, mostly for export. The accounts from the growing crops were generally of-a more favourable character, and with dry warm weather henceforth, it was believed the yield would be more than an average one. STATENIOPT OF RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON. Exports to Total Exports Stock in Receipts. Gt. Britain. to For. Ports. Hand. 1855...... 2,669,546 1,388,675 2,046.140 239,997 1854...... 2,801,739 1,450,355 2,063,743 315,461 Increase.. Decrease.. 132,193 61,680 17,603 75,464 From Messrs. Talcott's circular, dated New York, July 10, we extract the following :--=" The America's advices of the 22nd ultimo from Liverpool, came to hand by telegraph from Halifax on the sth instant, notinc , sales of the week, 24,410 bales, at id decline. This unexpected' reaction caused a pause in this market, followed by an anxiety to realise, and the transactions which have taken place have been at a decline of lc. to ie. on our last quotations. Yesterday and to-day the in quiry has been more general, and with less disposition to sell, Purchases could not be made under 101 c. for "middling " Up lands, advance on the rates accepted on the 6th and 7th instant. The decline from the highest point, thirty days since, is 2to 2+ cents per pound. This rapid and important decline has been produced by the sudden and unlooked for pause in speculative operations at Liverpool, received at a moment when the accounts of the growing crops were (as 'they generally are at this early stage of its growth) favourable. There has been no change to authorise it in the data of supply and consumption, on which the advance on cotton was based, but, on the contrary, the anticipations of a material reduction (even of the most moderate early estimates of receipts at the ports,) the inciting cause, are being verified, and consumption proceeds uncheckd. The decline in southern markets has also been rapid. On the 21st ultimo, at New Orleans, middling was quoted at 12c.: freight id., and at Mobile on the 16th llid. ; freight 5-16 d. BREADSTUFFS.—In flour the decline of 25c. to 50c., as noticed in our last, has been fully recovered, the market 'los ing firm at the advance. A few small parcels of new Southern wheat had been sold to the city millers. The receipts of Indian corn, which were moderate, were readily taken on speculation and for shipment to Great Britain. PRovistorts.—The market for mess pork was 121 c. better, and steady for prime. The demand has been light until yes terday, when a desire to buy for future delivery was mani fested. Beef continued firm, with a moderate inquiry for the home trade. In prime mess beef and beef hams there was nothing of moment doing, and prices were nominal. Bacon was inactive, and prices were nominally 10c. to 104 c. for dry salted. Lard was without quotable change, and the demand continued moderate. InoN.—The market for pig iron was inactive, but held firmly, with sales of a few hundred Scotch at $29 50 to $3l, six months. In bars there was nothing doing, last sale com mon English $57 50, six months. 130 tons scrap brought $3l cash. SALT. — SaIt was in good demand, although the arrivals had been large the market had regained its firmness. The sales were 6,660 sacks Ashton's Liverpool fine, mostly at $1 46; 1,958 ditto Marshall and Bromlow's, $1 272 and $1 221; 700 ditto Worthington's, $1 30; 2,000 ditto ground, which is scarce and wanted, to arrive, 972 c. COlL.—Liverpool Orrel was scarce and wanted. Hard was in fair request at previous rates. Sales of 100 chaldrons Sid ney had been made from the cargo afloat at $5 50 cash. FOREIGN MANUFACTURED GOODS.—The late arrivals had replenished the warehouses of our importers with some choice and desirable goods, suitable for the early trade, which must soon begin ; and already some few buyers from our neigh bouring cities are in the market for novelties, but still sales are quite light, and our importers are more busily engaged in receiving and preparing stock for exhibition than in its dis tribution. FREIGHTS.—The market generally was without change. We quote :—To Liverpool : Corn, 31-d. to 41d. ; flour, ls. to, is. 3d.; cotton, 7-32 d.; dead weight, 12s. 6d. to 15s. ; mea surement, 10s. to 12s. 6d. ; beef, tierces, ls. 6d. to ls. 9d. ; pork, barrels, ls. To London : Rosin, is. 6d, ; turpentine, is. 6d. ; dead weight, 14.5. to 17s. 6d. ; measurement, 16s. to 17s. 6d. ; beef, tierces, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; pork, barrels, 2s. /sTEvr ORLEANS, July 6.—Our cotton market has considerably declined, all qualities being quoted fc. lower. The sales to day were 2,500 bales, at 91-c. to 92-c. jor middling. The week's business foots up 10,000 bales, with receipts during the same period of 7,800 bales, against 6,800 bales for the corresponding week last year. The receipts at this port are now 214,000 bales short of the same date in 1854. Stock on hand, 44,000 bales. The sales of coffee during the past week have been 3,600 bags, at 102 c. for prime. The stock on band amounts to 10,000 bags. Flour has declined to $7 62f. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. S. M. Barkworth, to the Incumbency of St. Jude's, Upper Chelsea. Rev. 'l'. F. Barrow, 8.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Barrow Gurney, near Bristol. Rev. H. C. Blagden, 8.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Frankley, near Hales Owen, Worcestershire. _ Rev, T. E. Brown, M.A., to be Vice-Principal of King William's College, Isle of Man. Rev. H. Cooke, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Paul's, Nottingham. Rev. J. Coker, M.A., to the Rectory of Tingewick, Bucks. Rev. F. J. Coleridge, M.A., to the Vicarage of Cadbury, Devo n . Rev. E. Cree, the Incumbency of Holy Trinity, Upper Tooting. Rev. E. L. Davies, Vicar of Adlingileet, Yorkshire, to the Rural Deanery of Selby. _ _ Rev. C. B. Fenwick, M.A., to the Rectory of Beavrorthy, near Launceston. Rev. R. Q. Foot, 8.A., to the Rectory of Horton, near Coln brook, Rev. J. Gibson, to the Perpetual Curacy of Blanchland, Nor thumberland. Res - . W S. Hawkins, M.A., to the Rectory of Beyton, Suffolk. Rev. F. H. S. Hodgson, 8.A., to the Rectory of Rackheatk the Greater and the Lesser, Norfolk. Rev. W. R. Holmes, M.A., to the Rectoryof Broughton Pogges, near Burford. Rev. T. Hughes, M.A., to the Vicarage of Liandrilio-yn-Rhos, near Conway. Rev. J. Kingsley, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Margaret, Dunham Massey, Boroden, Cheshire. Rev. E. Lewis, 8.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Catherine, Colwyn, near Conway. Rev. H. Mackenzie, M.A., Vicar of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, to the Rectory of Tydd St. Mary, near Wisbeach. Rev. C. M. Moore, 8.A., to the Rectory of Beechamwell St. Mary, with St. John annexed, Norfolk. Rev. J. B: Norman, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Grinsdale, near Carlisle. Rev. H. Rendall, M.A., to the Rectory of Great Rollright, near Chipping Norton. Rev. H. J. Rhodes, M.A., late Curate of Abingdon, Berks, to the Sole Charge of St. Ann's, Highgate Rise, Middlesex. Rev. W. Simpson, to the Incumbency of Langreville, with Thornton-le-Fen, Lincolnshire. Rev. A. F. Sheppard, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Flimby, near Maryport. Rev. C. C. Southey, M.A., to the Vicarage of Kingsbury- Episcopi, Somerset. Rev. J. S. Street, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Andrew's Chapel, Plymouth. Rev. J. Wheeler, M.A., to the Rectory of Clare Portion, Tiverton. Rev. W. Windie, M.A, to the Vicarage of Kirtling, near New market. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. TilE Lord Bishop of Chester has granted a licence for the performance of Divine service in a certain building formerly belonging to, and used and known as a chapel or place of wor ship for the Wesleyan Reform Association, in Pleasant-street, Liverpool, but since purchased with the intention of being set apart as a place for the performance of Divine service, accord ing to the rites and usages of the United Church of England and Ireland. NANTWICS CnuncE.—A faculty authorising the proposed alteration and restoration of the Parish Church of Nantwich was granted by the Consistory Court of Chester, on Thursday last. BIDSTON Cntruen.—A faculty was at the same time decreed' authorising the pulling down and rebuilding of the Parish Church of Bidston. THE REV. E. A. LITTON, M.A., Vice-Principal of St. Ed mund Hall, and formerly Fellow of Oriel College, a double first-class man and Bampton lecturer for 1856, proposes, under the enabling powers of the recent act, to open a hall in Oxford for the reception of students. After a careful consideration of the probable expenses, £BO for the academical year, consisting, practically, of three terms, each containing eight or nine weeks, has been fixed on as the lowest sum compatible with prudence. This includes all the student's expenses, or for degrees. The hall, we understand, will be opened next term. —Daily News. CHURCH BUILDING SOCIRTY.—The last meeting for this session was held on Monday, when grants were made towards building churches at Tye-green, in the parish of Much Had ham, Herts ; Tettenhall-wood, Staffordshire ; Wellington, in the parish of Braneepeth, Durham; Vauxhall, iu the parish 3 of Liverpool; Newbold, hi the parish of Chesterfield ; and St George& Southwark. Also towards rebuilding the churches at Angle, Carmarthenshire ; Llanrhyddlad, Anglesey; and West Littleton, Gloucestershire. And towards enlarging, &c., the churches at Roydon, Essex ; Ipsden, Oxfordshire ; Barrow ford, Lancashire; Redmarley d'Abitot, Worcestershire; Pent. ridge, Dorset; and St. Peter-at-Arches, Lincoln. THE WHOLE OF ST. COLOMB CHOIR, Kensington-park, has been transmitted to St. Colomb, where they daily perform full cathedral service in the fine old church of that town, and which it is proposed, by a report of the Cathedral Commis sioners, to convert into a cathedral and bishopric. Nothing can describe the sensation which is created by the beautiful singing of these boys. People far and near flock to the church in order to hear them, and the stillness which reigns throughout the edifice during the anthems and other parts of the service fully proves that the Cornish people are not insen sible to the beauties of Handel, Mendelssohn, and others. — Musical Times. THE REP. P. H. SEWELL, rector of the parish of Coeiteran, in Lancashire, who has lately purchased the tithe of Lindfield Peculiar for £12,000 intends, it is said, to endow the benefice with ihe tithes, which he will give in trust to a select com mittee, including a bishop. He also sets forth his earnest desire to establish and erect a new Rectory-house, with a school and school-house for the teachers, at an estimated ex pense of £7,000, to be raised by subscription, and erected on hiri own land, recently purchased, contiguous to the church. THE Sheffield Times relates a scandalous pew disturbance in Dronfield Church, on Sunday se'nnight. Mr. Wm. Ward Barker had repeatedly been requested to yield possession of a certain pew to the vicar, and had as often refused compliance, on the ground that it had been purchased by his grandfather for twelve guineas, and occupied by his ancestors. On Sun day last Mr. H. Rangeley, the churchwarden of Unstone, Mr. E. Lucas, the vicar's churchwarden, and a constable of the name of Jonathan Vicars, gid hands on Mr. Barker and removed him by force from the pew and out of the church. Almost immediately afterwards, acting under the counsel and advice of Mr. Mason (a Dissenter), the churchwarden elected by the parishioners, Mr. Barker re-entered the pew, and Mr. Mason sat behind him to protect him from further molestation. Mr. Barker publishes the following opinion of the chancellor of the diocese Pews in. a parish church cannot be bought or sold, so that it does not strengthen your case that your ancestors gave twelve guineas for the pew you claim. But if you and your ancestors have occupied the same pew for three generations that occupation gives you a.prior claim. You state that the vicar has taken your pew previous to an allotment which has recently been made. The vicar could have no right to do so. If the church has been repaired and a pew has been built upon the site of your old one, a good reason must be given before you can be deprived of it. No incumbent can take it at his mere will and pleasure. You should appeal to the churchwardens, and let me know what they say. LIVERPOOL MIDSUMMER SESSIONS. YESTERDAY. THE Midsummer General Quarter Sessions for the borough of Liverpool commenced at St. George's Hall, yesterday. The Recorder (Gilbert Henderson, Esq.,) having been appointed one of her Majesty's commissioners for inquiring into the con duct of the metropolitan pDlice during the recent Sunday riots in Hyde Park, and being consequently unable to leave Lon don, appointed J. K. Blair, Esq., his deputy, and that gentle man took his seat at a quarter past ten o'clock. Mr. Blair's appointment as Deputy Recorder having been read, the fol lowing gentlemen were sworn of the GRAND JURY. Daniel Powell, merchant, North John-street, foreman. James Baines, merchant, Cook-street. Thomas Martyn Blythe,.mer chant, Rumford-street: John Carlisle, merchant, Tower-buildings. William Leigh Clare, broker, Exchange-buildings. Jonathan Cooke, drysalter, Bachelor-street. John Finch, jun., iron merchant, Cook-street. James Gordon, ide broker, Tithebarn-street. William Harrison, merchant, Cook-street. John Jerdein, share-broker, Chatham-place, Edg e -hill . Horace Jee, broker, Huskisson-street, Robert Mason, broker, Tithebgrn-street. Fletcher Rogers, broker, Tithebarn-street. William Walcott Shand, broker, Exchange-alley North. Walter Thompson, broker, Exchange-buildings. The proclamation against vice and immorality having been, read by the Clerk of the Peace, The DEPUTY-RECORDER said :—Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, in the absence of the learned Recorder, who is detained, as you are aware, by public business in London, I am called on to preside upon the present occasion. I have gone through the depositions in the various cases which will come before you, - and I see nothing, either in the nature of the charges, or in the evidence .by which they will be supported, which is likely to give rise to any difficulty, more especially as, I dare say, there are some gentlemen among you who have been in the habit of discharging, very often, the same duty which will devolve upon you at these sessions. That duty is, as you are aware, to inquire, in each case, whether there is sufficient prima facie evidence to justify the putting of the prisoner upon his trial, and calling upon him, in the court, for his defence. The business will be immediately brought before you, and I shall be obliged by your returning a bill as soon as possible, so that the Court may be in a position to proceed. The Grand Jury then retired to their room, and the trials of prisoners were soon after proceeded with. THE MILITIA AND THE POOR RATE IN LANCASHIRE.— A. return has been made, on the motion of Mr. H. Russell, of the number of wives and children of men serving in the mi litia, who received out-door relief in the week ended March 24th, with the amount of such relief, from which it appears that the cost of maintaining this new class of recipients of parochial relief, amounted to £359 3s. 6d. in the various Unions of England and Wales. The proportion is larger in the manufacturing districts than in those whose population is devoted principally to agriculture, and this irrespective of po pulation, for Middlesex is on a level with Hants and Cam bridgeshire. Lancashire bears the largest share of the bur den, having, at the date abovementioned, to support the wives of 203 militiamen, with 484 children, who received from the fund for the relief of the poor the sum of £33 2s. 2d. In Cheshire 109 women and 209 children were relieved at the cost of £l6 19s. The large manufacturing towns have con tributed the largest number of men, and have consequently to bear the heaviest portion of the burden thrown upon the Unions by the inability of men of the families thus deprived of the " bread-winner" to maintain themselves by their own exertions. BRITISH ASSOCIATION.--It appears from a meeting which was held in Glasgow a few days ago, the Lord Provost in the chair, that the local committee are making great exertions to give eclat and success to the meeting to be held there in Sep tember. The first twenty-three subscriptions to the local fund amount to nearly £l,OOO, and the Town-Council have guaranteed £250 more. Upwards of 200 invitations have been sent to eminent and scientific foreigners, each signed by the Lord Provost, the Principal of the University, the Presi dent of the Philosophical Society, and the local secretaries. The use of the rooms in the university has been freely granted; also the City-hall, the Trades'-hall, the Merchants - hall, and the Hall of the Philosophical Society. In addition to the usual attractions, there will be a geological museum, illus trative of the palaeontology of the West of Scotland ; a chemical museum, exhibiting the products of the same area ; a photo graphic exhibition; and one of the marine fauna of the Clyde. The geological museum will contain a model of the Isle of Annan, and a model of Ailsa Craig. The Maclellan gallery will receive a large collection of valuable pictures, chiefly the property of the Earl of Elgin ; and here it is un derstood.that at least one of the soirees will be held. One of the excursions will be to the Isle of Annan ; and the beautiful steamer lona has been placed at the disposal of the Associa tion. The local committee agree to return to all subscribers of £5 or upwards one-fifth of their subscriptions, if required, in associates' tickets. They have also voted £l6O for the local museums. Sir Roderick Murchison believes that the Glasgow meeting will be the most successful that ever has been held in Great Britain. HISTORIC SOCIETY, LIVERPOOL—In March, last year, the members of the two leading societies of Liverpool agreed to unite—as our readers know—for the purpose of forming a large and influential society, and the terms of union were generally agreed upon. In the course of the summer, how ever, delays occurred with one of the societies; supposed to arise from opposition on the part of its council. The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, therefore, with equal spi rit and forethought, took the enlarged position for itself. It extended its objects and operations from local and special to general,—classified its inquiries under the three general heads of Archaeology, Literature, and Science; appointing to each oT these a committee of its council,—increased the annual sub scription for resident members,—and gave to the members of local societies and other selected gentlemen the privilege of joining, for a limited period, with entrance fee. We are glad to record the success of these vigorous measures. The first public act of the enlarged society took place exactly four weeks after, when its members entertained the whole of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at a soiree, and enrolled, as honorary members, twelve of those who had long been prominently connected with the association. The Fans sett collection of Anglo-Saxon Antiquities was publicly exhi bited on this occasion for the first time, and a lecture on the subject was read by Mr. Thomas Wright, which the Historic Society are printing with copious illustrations. The Seventh Session of the Society, or the first since its enlargement, has just closed, and a very useful and interesting session it has proved. The meetings, 21 in number, were held in St. George's-hall ; and' 35 papers, of greater or less extent, were read. Of the meetings, 5 were devoted to archeology, 6 to literature, 6 to science, and 4to miscellaneous subjects. The members are now about 420 in number, and the society is bound to furnish to each of them an annual account of its proceedings and of the papers read.—ilthenteum. MURDER BY Bovs.—On Friday and Saturday the Borough. Coroner was engaged in investigating an extraordinary case, which resulted in a verdict of wilful murder being returned against two boys, about ten years of age, John Fitzpatrick and Alfred Breen. Their victim was James Fleeson a lad about seven years of age. A b oy named Hawkins said that the prisoners and the deceased, a w ena n dn o atl lived in th e same locality (Saltney-street), were playin g togeth er e a d y . , t T v h h e en fo 7hoendinsecuesnasodme brick -fields, erpo a rm dis er . puts a t r h o e se L b eed etn a T a e n n Fi dL tz ir p atricolk taking up a piece of brick, struck the deceased on the temple with it and knocked him down. He then struck Fleeson again while the latter was on the ground. Fleeson's hands andfeet epamrhe fewisirme present minutes, un e tts c he, a se, n,v time,ha la and and ds a ad thennt h h d ; witnessedeawn would sank. i m moved convulsively, but he did not resist or cry out, and ap e teA i nl number Fh T u eimhe occur rence; ee°rurno, poor sf. peared indeed insensible. Both the prisoners then seized the l reo ; deceased, atdill ceer struggled;baoym s d o r n ag g were f t go h e dr mother what had happened, and that he would inform his own father and mo th er also. It appears, however, that although the fact of the murder was known in the street where the boys lived, there was a sort of combination entered into to and it was prevent the matter ge tti ng to the ears of the police, with great difficulty the boy Hawkins could be in duced to come forward and give evidence. When the prisoners were taken into custody, the father of Breen threat ened one of the police-officers to ' rip him up." The b o dy of Fleeson was found on Thursday morning, floating in the Stanley Dock, with which the canal is connected takingb locksj and when the policeman who discovered it was it o ut , the father of the boy was passing and recognised the features of his murd ere d c hi ld. A surgeon gave evidence that the de ceased had received two severe wounds in the head, but that the cause of death was evidently suffocation from drowning. This evidence was given on Friday, and on Saturday the only fresh evidence was that of a woman named Mary Pratt, who said that she saw the prisoners and the deceased playing to. gether on Sunday, and Fitzpatrick strike and kick the de ceased, and hit • him in the face with a brick; she also said that a man came up and separated them, but thi s was d en i ed by the boy Hawkins. The jury returned a verdict of " Wil ful murder" against both the p r i soners, who were removed to Xirkdale, where they will be detained till the assizes, • %io