The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-09-28 00:00:00

aCiing,a,ol cfailVartf. 7 vain WAY MORNING, SEPT. 28, 1852. THE WEEK !nts advised by the PREMIER, and t MAJESTY, for the public funeral mains of England's greatest yen satisfaction to the majority of the GN'S will would have suf adopted by HE to be given to ti public The SOVER iced to accord such a tribute to his memory; but it is felt that it better becomes the nation itself, through the two Houses of Parliament, to render lemn im- tutional (! 0 opposition to the Moloch of the Esta blishment ;" the object of this opposition being, as it is variously expressed in Dr.M'Hale's florid style, to "extinguish this national nuisance,"—to " re lieve the country from this incubus,"—to "ease the country of the burden of that Establishment." And this "resolve" Dr. M'Hale endeavours to en force upon the mind of the Earl of Derby by the threat that his own and every successive Adminis tration which shall refuse to become the tool of the Papal faction for extorting from the Sovereign a violation of the coronation oath, shall be over- thrown by the votes of the Popish r House of Commons. mbers in the Now to this challenge there is a plain and an ob vious answer. When, some twenty - fiv e ye ars ago , the Papists sued to the British Crown and Parlia ment for the repeal of those statutory enactments by which they were excluded from the Legislature and from political office, the most solemn asseve rations were made both by Popish Prelates and by Popish lay aspirants to politic a l p ower, i n the i r ex aminations before Parliamentary Committees, that it was not the intention or the desire of the Roman Catholic body to interfere in any way with the Church of England and Ireland as by law esta , blished, or with any of its property, its rights and ' privileges. The Papists, in fact, said, "We are no longer the same people that we were when those laws were enacted. We are not now the arrogant, the persecuting, the disloyal body that we once were. We have become humbled-minded, tole rant, loyal. All we wish is to enjoy, in addidion to the freedom of worship already granted us, the free and full exercise of our rights as citizens. Grant us that, and we shall be content. We promise you that the power which we shall acquire by such a concession on your part, shall never be used to dis turb the settlement of religion or property in the land, to subvert the Established Church, or to in terfere with her temporalities." To give practical and permanent effect to these professions, an oath was framed, with the full assent and consent of those who represented the Roman Catholic body, to be taken by every Papist before his admission to any political office or to a seat in the Legislature. In the teeth of all the professions made previous to the passing of the Emancipation Bill,—in the teeth of the oath in which those professions are embodied, and which every Popish member has to take at the table of the House, before he can take his seat,—Dr. M'Hale now gives formal notice to the head of her Majesty's Government, that under the influence of the Popish hierarchy a number of representatives have been chosen in Ireland, who are "instructed not to wait, nor take office, nor favour of any kind from any minister until the country is eased of the burden of that establish ment," which they are solemnly sworn not to dis turb. On the part of the Papists, therefore, the compact on which the Emancipation Bill was founded, is plainly broken. They repudiate with scorn the conditions on which members of the Popish sect were admitted to the Legislature and to political office. Let the Earl of Derby take them at their word. Let him do what the illustrious hero now waiting the last honours to be paid to his remains, pledged himself to do whenever need should so require. Let him introduce a short bill, recounting in the preamble the breach of compact on the part of the Papists, and repealing the bill of 1829, which was, at best, a weak concession to a perfidious enemy. The Earl of Derby is the na tional heir of the pledge to that effect given by the Duke of Wellington ; for the Duke of Wellington was Prime Minister when the pledge was given, and the Earl of Derby is Prime Minister when the time has arrived for redeeming it. Nothing short of this will secure the peace of the country, and curb the arrogant and encroaching spirit of Popery. The programme of Dr. M.Hale for the appro priation of the temporalities of the Church in Ireland after their proposed confiscation, leaves no room for doubt as to the ultimate objects of the present agitation :—"Those ecclesiastical funds, so long misused, should, after the life interests of their present occupants, revert to their own original purposes of promoting Catholic piety, charity, and education. It is fortunate that there remains such a fund for the erection and endowment of Catholic schools and the building of Catholic Churches, and, should it extend so far, to serve as an outfit for the purchase of Catholic glebes, all as free and independent of any sinister interference of the secular power as were those funds when first abstracted from those pious uses. It is only on such conditions they will be claimed ; on no others should they be accepted ;.and on such equitable terms it would be the height of impolicy to with hold them. It will be ab act of just and tardy resti tution of property long diverted from its legitimate objects." It is to procure "the legislative annihi lation" of the "Protestant Establishment," and to enrich the Papacy with the spoil of the National Church, now, as in the dark ages before the Reformation, that the Parliamentary retainers of Drs. Cullen and M'Hale will be sent to Westminster in November next. Open war is declared by the Papists against the Church and Constitution of the realm. The question is not whether we shall accept or decline that declaration of war; the only option we have left us, is either to submit to Papal dictation, or to crush the treasonable conspiracy which is thus openly rearing its head, With such an alternative before us, there can be no room for hesitation, even though the adoption of the course forced upon us by the Papists should involve the humiliating confession that our forefathers knew better what they were about when they enacted laws for the exclusion of Papists from political office and from the Legislature, than we did when we consented to their repeal.—John Bull. ge on an occasion of such A few bitter s port. _ _pirits there are amongst the Radical party; who complain that the course adopted will cause a postponement of the legitimate busi ness of the session. The faction, which hungers for place, are eager to engage in the work for ob structing the Government of Lord DERBY. They are longing to discover the rnaterini for an agita- tion, which they hope will bear them back again r into office and pay ; and they grievously begrudge to the Ministry . the privilege of conducting a spectacle the eyes of all Europe will be fixed with sympathising interest. To a very considerable repinings of this party are based upon a misapprehension of the probable course of events. It is assumed by them that Lord DERBY and his colleagues will take advantage of the occasion to withhold a declaration of their intended policy. We are satisfied that the Ministry will do no such There will he left ample time after the in terment of the Duke to lay before Parliament and the country a comprehensive statement of the re modification of our fiscal system, which the CHAN CELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER is understood to be preparing, and which is all that we have any just right to expect in the approaching short session. The production of a budget must be reserved for the ordinary session of next year. It must be gall and wormwood to the RUSSELL upon whict extent t faction to observe the increasing popularity of Lord DERBY and his cabinet, and the judicious way in which' every emergency which presents itself is met. " The family" cannot conceive the idea of a govern ment which neither cringes to the Throne, nor distributes its favours exclusively amongst its own connections and dependents. In the appointment of a Commander-in-Chief, it was anticipated by them that the Premier would commit a mistake. It was suggested that he would not be able to withstand a reported desire on the part of Royalty that the vacant office should be conferred either upon Prince ALBERT or the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. His Lordship, in conferring it upon the gallant Lord HARDINGE, has disappointed his enemies, and gratified both the entire army and the majority of the public. We are very much inclined to doubt that her MAJESTY ever entertained seriously the wish which is imputed to her, of seeing the com mand in chief bestowed either upon the PRINCE or the DUKE. The spirit of the constitution is op posed to such an appointment being given to parties so near to the Throne. If such a wish had been entertained, it is honourable to the character of the Earl of DERBY that he has had firmness enough to withstand it. How is Liverpool to render its tribute to the memory of the dead ? We have already a WEL LINGTON Dock and a WATERLOO Dock. We have statues of GEORGE THE THIRD, NELSON, and HUSKISSON. What could be a more appro priate ornament for one of the leading approaches to St. George's-hall than a statue of the Duke of WELLINGTON ? Manchester is already engaged in raising the funds necessary for a similar tribute, and it will not be worthy of loyal Liverpool to be behind the metropolis of Calico and Radicalism in honouring the memory of him who saved his country. The visit of that busy democrat—JOHN BRIG HT —to Ireland, for the purpose, apparently, of en rolling himself amongst the advocates of Tenant- Right, with the additional object, no doubt, of courting for his party the most sweet voices of the Brigade, is significant of the policy which we may anticipate, should the affairs of the country unfor tunately fall into the guidance of a "broad basis" administration. Whether JOHN OF ROCHDALE is disposed to fulfil to the letter the modest demand of JOHN OF Tuam, anl to hand over the tempo ralities of the Church in Ireland to the Roman Ca tholics, we cannot say; but that any Administration, of which he might form a member, would make trenchant assaults upon what the hon. gentleman is wont to designate a "bloated establishment," is tolerably certain. It is marvellous that men of his calibre cannot discern the true motives of the Irish priesthood for the ferocity of their abuse of the Protestant Church of Ireland. That Church, at the present moment, is rapidly loosening the clutch in which Popery has so long held a de luded people. It is introducing the Bible into the cottages of its peasantry ; and, as the light breaks in upon them, the profits of gatherings and stations, the funds wrung from a semi-pauper population to support demagag,ueism and prolong the reign of Priestly tyranny, are in a wofully declining condition. The aid of the " Brass Band," however, is wanted by the Manchester Faction; and little care they whether the price they have to pay for it be confis cation of the soil of the landowner, and the sur rendering again of the people of Ireland ;to the ,darkness, from which they are at present rapidly emerging. The question has been asked—What was the particular financial business, on account of which the reporters were so suddenly dismissed from the Health Committee's meeting on Thursday last ? On dits are in circulation that certain well paid officials of the Corporation are doing rather less work for their salaries than is desirable; that ;surveys and plans, levelling and measuring, are of little value when they lead to nothing practical ; that a head is wanted somewhere, and the want is felt in the dis graceful state of some of our leading thoroughfares, the pavements of which appear to be taken up with out any fixed plan or intention of their being laid down again. Some say that another paid officers' committee "looms :in the distance," and that its labours may be beneficial to the public. The ap proach of the first of November often imparts to our local rulers new ideas and increased vitality. Without this new element, we were already in anticipation of stirring scenes to take place in our local Parliament. The election of the next Mayor promised, and still promises well for the production of a little extra steam. The subject of the new appointment of magistrates has still to be decided ; and, Mr. BIGHAM having returned from California, a number of important subjects, which have been cushioned during his absence, have to be discussed. Whoever may be placed in the civic chair will probably have something to do to main tain the decorous deportment which such a body ought to present. RENUNCIATION OF THE EMANCIPATION ACT BY THE PAPISTS. SCARCELY has the Earl of Derby had time to read—if, indeed, his lordship has read—the amene effusion of that modern Chrysostom, Dr. Cahill, before he is honoured with a communication from another no less famous Irish epistolographer, the renowned Dr. WHale. Whether the document dated " St. Jarlath's, Tuam, feast of the Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin, 1852," has been forwarded to the Noble Premier in manuscript, with the signature "John, Archbishop of Tuam" in autograph, does not appear. If it has, the Attorney-General for Ireland will probably he instructed to acknowledge its receipt ; if not, the publication of that signature in print, as addressed to her Majesty's Prime Minis ter, will, we fear, prove but an additional instance of those insolent but empty bravadoes, with which the eye of Protestant England has become but too familiar. and which accord so marvellously with the spirit of the Papacy, the most consummate combi nation of the coward and the bully the world ever produced. As, however, it is far from improbable that Parliament will, in the course of the next ses sion, devise a remedy against the continuance of this paltry system of protected defiance of the law, it is, perhaps, hardly worth while to pay much " 1-4- ontion to the form of Dr. Nl`Hale's ep i stle. Our ess, at all events, is not with its signa . - - not with the misde the treason which sent b ture, but wit übstance, meanor which it parades, contains Her Majesty the oath, solemnly pled inviolably the settles is, by the ( ~oronation niain and preserve United Church of Eno-land and Ireland, as by law established," and " preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of Eng nd and Ireland;and to the churches committed to charge, all such rights and privileges as by law appertain to them." Dr. M'fiale announces to the Queen's Prime Minister, on behalf of "the Catho lic people of Ireland,"—whorn he and his fellow labourers in a pseudo-apOstolate are using their ut most endeavours to seduce from their allegiance to their lawful Sovereign, and to bring into subjection to the Papacy, —"their unconquerable resolve to carry on a vigorous, and legitimate (!) and consti. Noma THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1852. THE LATE FRAUDS ON EMIGRANTS. On Friday, Tripe and Montague, who were on Tuesday last convicted of frauds upon emigrants, were brought up at the Central Criminal Court for judgment. The Re- corder, in passing sentence, stated he should be guided in doing so, not so much by a desire to punish them as by a wish to hold out an example to others who might be dis posed to engage in similar frauds. Although, perhaps, the full facts had not been arrived at, there was quite sufficient evidence to satisfy the Court that the prisoners were the guilty parties. Having no capital themselves, they had induced other parties to meet at their offices, and agitate the subject of forming a company, upon the strength of which they had used their names, and repre sented the company as already formed and provisionally registered, by which means they were enabled to perpe trate the cruel and heartless fraud of which they had been found guilty. The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoners be each transported beyond the seas for the pe riod of seven years. The prisoners were then removed. MUTINY IN THE 30TH AND 41sT REGI MENTS, AND MILITARY EXECUTION. CORFU, SEPTEMBER 16.—The 30th Regiment, sta tioned at Cephalonia, and the 41st, stationed at Zante, have been infected by the gold fever, and a sort of plot has been formed among the men to strike their officers with the express purpose of being transported for a term of years, and thus obtaining their discharge from the service and a free passage to Australia. No less than eight of these cases occurred in one month, and the men were brought here to be tried by garrison court-martial. All the men were found guilty, and of course according to military law condemned to death. Seven, however, were let off with transportation, but the general in command, General Conyers, thinking that an example must be made in order to check a crime, which would be encouraged rather than checked if all were transported, ordered the sentence of death to be executed in one case. It was passed on Friday, and on Monday morning the prisoner was shot in the fort of Vido. A company from each regiment attended. The man marched on to the ground, following his coffin, and the chaplain reading the burial service. Twelve men were told off from the 49th regi ment, and they had to select a musket each from a stack of twelve, ten of which only were loaded w;th ball, so that no man could be certain if he were the executioner. Tire sentence of the court-martial was read over to the He then knel t down only eight paces in front of his twelve comrades, threw open his jacket ; the words, , present, fire," were given, and he fell dead, with one ball through his head and others in the chest. Much interest had been exerted for him, as, although only a private, his father is a captain in the army, and many petitions were sent to the general, but he returned them all with a simple notation, " mistaken humanity." " ready There seems to be a feeling here that the general should have waited for an approval of the sentence by the autho- rities at home THE LANCASHIRE INIAGISTRACY..—From a list of the county magistrate s just published, we find that 479 gentle men have qualifi e d as j ust i ces of the peace for this county, viz., 32 in the hundred of Acnounderness, 62 in Lonsdale, 23 in Blackburn, 21 in Leyland, 121 in West Derby, and 160 in Salford. The 11::.t comprises the names of three ear ls, one eldest son of an earl, two younger sons of an earl, one baron, one younger son of a baron, one right honourable, nine baronets, six knights, twenty-three members of parliament, and tvrenty-eight clergymen.— Preston Chronicle. FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. The accounts of the progress making by the President of the Republic through the southern departments of France, as published by the Moniteur, continue to de scribe his reception everywhere as most enthusiastic, and He ar ntiv left for the cries of " Vive l'Euipereur !" as universal rived at Grenoble on the 21st, and subsequr Valence. During his stay at Lyons, he was pres e nt at a iven at the theasie amations, a grand f and was saluted w and cries of " Vivo I'Empereur to at that city on Monday, when an eques- statue of t e Emperor was inaugurated. Ibtee Nationale is said to have rec private and unofficial warni ring dared to publish an articie, instituting ison between Napoleon and Wellington, and a corn speaking in terms of high admiration of the English hero. This article is attributed by report to the pen of M. Guizot, and the spirit of the comparison between Napoleon and Wellington is sufficiently shown by the following sentences :—The emperor fell, the scaffolding crumbled away, and he who raised it with heroic temerity ouly survived his irreparable shipwreck for a few years in exile. His fortunate rival, after a day by which the face of Europe was changed, saw open before him another career, which procured for him a new glory between peace and liberty, and which has only just finished in the midst of the unanimous regret and the gratitude of a great country." Moniteur of Thursday, 'irnpire. It concludes in a intention of the Prince for the establish- There is a long article in the on the manifestations for the way which leaves no doubt of the President to make an appeal to the people ment of the Imperial regime. " The long suite of apartments which g i:ecorated or repaired at the Hotel de Ville will be inausurated on the 10th or 20th of December by a grand fete, which will be given to the Prince President." Letters from Strasburg state that the waters caused by the inundation of the Rhine were hourly subsiding. Patrie sa are , hair SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 18th publishes an arti cle on the death of the Duke of Wellington, in which it is said that Spain should participate in .the sorrow of England ; and that in the Duke the English army has lost its greatest glory, and the Spanish army a distin guished general. The French Government has received a telegraphic despatch from Madrid, announcing the death of the cele firmed Captain-General Don Francisco Javier Castanos, Duke of Baylen, at 2 o'clock in the morning of the 24th instant. AN ACTION FOR DEFAMATION AGAINST A ROMANIST BISHOP.—The Heraldo, of Madrid, informs us that con siderable sensation has been caused in Catalonia by an action for defamation, brought by the editor of the Actualiddd against the Bishop of Barcelona. The pre late having refused to obey the citation of the alcalde, the latter has sentenced him to a fine, and the plaintiff has carried his case before the supreme tribunal of the province. ITALY. A letter dated Genoa, of the 19th inst.. says—" The account of the Duke of Wellington's death reached Cannes at the moment the greatest preparations were making at the villa of Lord Brougham for the reception of the Duke, who intended to spend the winter there. The city of Nice is deeply affected by the event. Several members of the English aristocracy had engaged houses at Nice, to be at hand to pay their court to the illustrious warrior. It is reported that the Prince of Wales has been recommended to proceed to Nice for the winter on account of his health." Sir Henry Bulwer had a long interview with the Cardi nal Secretary of State at Rome, a few days ago, the prin cipal subject discussed being the maintenance of friendly relations between the two Governments. The details and result of the conversation are only given upon rumour in the political circles. The subject of Murray is also stated to have been discussed. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 21st inst. contains the following telegraphic despatch, forwarded from Leghorn to Florence : " NAPLES, SEPT. 15. " The Queen of Naples has given birth to a Prince in the Palace of Caserta. He was baptised by the name of Pascal, Count of Bari. The situation of her Majesty and the young Prince is most satisfactory." RUSSIA. A letter from St. Peteraburgh states that in the pro vince of Jakoutsky (Siberia), the surface of which is equal to that of the whole of Europe, the Greco-Russian mis. sionaries have constructed a kind of portable church, which can be erected and taken down at pleasure. Its several parts are placed on wheels, and in this way it has, in the space of eight months, gone over the greater part of the province. About fifteen hundred idolators have, it is stated, during that period received baptism. It is related of the Czar that he is very diligent in in specting public schools, often leaving his iron camp bed stead in the middle of the night tor the purpose, and, quitting his palace on foot, enters the first hackney car riage he meets with :—" In one of his nocturnal excur sions the snow was falling in heavy flakes, and an islworst chik took him to one of the most distant quarters of the city. The sledge waited for him a 'mix time. and when the Emperor returned, he wished to pay the coachman before he got again into the vehicle ; but he found that he had no money. The driver replied that it was of no con sequence, and when the Czar was seated, he said, without thinking, Na dolma' (home). The man whipped his horse into a gallop, and drove to the winter palace, where he stopped. The Emperor, surprised, asked the man if he knew him. He replied no, and on the following night received a royal gift, not for his veracity but his discre tion. In his nocturnal visits to the schools the Emperor examines carefully the thermometers in the corridors, to see if the persons charged with the fires keep up the pre scribed degree of heat. He then inspects all the rooms, to see if they are in good order, and examines the beds of the pupils, their linen, and their bodies, to ascertain if they are kept with proper cleanliness. Sometimes, in order to judge of their physical strength, he provokes them to a wrestling match." AMERICA. LATEST FROM AIkIERICA The Royal Mail steamer America arrived in our river on Sunday morning, bringing advices from New York to the 14th, and Boston to the 16th inst. She arrived abreast of the Bell Buoy at 1.30 a.m. ; but, from the density of the fig, was compelled to steam slowly up ; and on arriving at 3.20 a.m. off the Rock ; it was deemed prudent to bring her to an anchor. Whilst there she kept firing signal guns for the tender ; but it was not until nine o'clock, when the fog had par tially cleared off, that she was boarded. The America sailed:from Boston at noon on the 15th, and, at 5.50 p.m., pissed the steamer Niagara, hence for Boston. On the 16th, at 11.25 p.m., she arrived at Halifax ; and, after a detention of 1 hour and 10 minutes to embark mails, &c., again proceeded to sea. On the 18th, at 5.50 p.m., she passed the steamer Africa, hence for New York ; and on the 19th, at noon, passed the British barque Oberon. The America came " north about," and experienced variable winds and weather. On the 21st and 22nd, she ran 302 miles each day. She made Rachlin island at 11.30 a.m., on the 25th ; anti, at 6.25 p.m., passed the steamer Asia, hence for New York. The United States Mail steam-ship Washington, which left New York four days before her, only arrived off Southampton a few hours before the America entered the Mersey. The Royal Mail steam-ship Europa, Ryrie, comman der, hence, arrived at New York on the 10th instant ; and the U.S. steam-ship Humboldt, from Havre and Cowes, arrived on the 13th. The America has brought 35 passengers and 8'112,500 in specie on freight. The following is her list of passen gers :—From Boston—Mr. Parry and lady, Mr. J. B. Edwards, Mr. S. H. Bullan, Mr. J. Wadsworth, Mr. Samuel Trubshaw, Mr. J. Tyrer, Mr. John Cameron, Mr. R. Kelly, Mr. J. Webber, jun., Mr. P. E. Tricon, Mr. G. E. Scheidt, Mr. Henry Mitchell, Mr. J. Bigham, Mr. H. Nathan, Mr. C. T. C. Grant, Mr. Henry Hart, Mr. S. G. Snelling, hearer of dispatches, Mr. N. A. Dudley, Mrs. Kimmerman, Captain Kelso, Mr. A. Denkin, Mr. W. Weld, jun., Mr. E. A. Preale, Mr. E. Momus, Mr. J. Hazara, Mr. R. Langford, Mr. Charles Scott, Mr. John Reynolds, Mr. Max: Rolle, Mr. F. Hetz, Mrs. Riddle, and Mr. T. Todd. From Halifax—Mr. Kitchen and Mrs. Sutherland. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald states that no arrangement of the fisheries ques tion has been come to. Admiral Seymour had received express orders from the British government to seize every Yankee vessel found within three miles of the colonial shores. Negotiations it is known are to be set on foot between Mr. Crampton, the British minister, and Mr. Webster, and an understanding is understood to exist between the two governments which will ensure an ami cable settlement of the dispute. The St. John's New Brunswicker, and the Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce concur in stating that no part of the rights of the colonists are to be conceded. The American - fishermen continued to complain of the interference of the British crnizers. The Washington National Intelligencer contains a let ter from Mr. Abbot Lawrence, the U.S. Minister to Eng land, in which he contradicts the statement that he had " consented, on the part of the United States, to the mutual monopoly of the Lobos Islands between Peru and Great Britain." The miscellaneous advices mention the arrival, at New York, of Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., the Prince of Nassau, and the Prince of Neuweied. Sir Charles Lyell, the geo. logist, was studying the geological formations of the eas. tern part of New Brunswick. The cholera had entirely disappeared from Buffalo. The Ericsson, of 2,600 tons, which is to be fitted up with the caloric-engine, was to be launched or, the 14th. The Herald states that books for subscription to the balance of the stock of the U.S. Mail Steam-ship Company, Collins line, would be opened on the 15th instant. Advices dated San Juan del Norte, Sept. Ist. mention that Munoz, with a large number of French and Ameri cans, had taken that city, and was marching upon Mana gua. where preparation was being made to resist him. The steam-ships Illinois and Sierra Neveda arrived at New York on the 12th ult.. with one day's later news from California, and :8'1,520,482 in gold dust on freight. The steam-ship Panama left San Francisco on the 15th ult., with =51,585,655 in gold dust on freight. The ac counts contain the usual number of duels, ending not un frequently in death. The accounts from the mines con tinned very favourable, many large lumps of gold having been picked up. At the sitting of the Canadian Parliament, on the 6th instant, Mr. Merritt entered into a long statement for the purpose of showing that, in justice to the colony, the English Government should impose such restrictions upon the produce of America as the United States Government placed on the produce of Canada. After a brief discus sion, in the course of which Mr. Dixon and other mem bers pointed out the absurdity of expecting, after the re suit of the last English elections, a return to the principle of duties on breadstuffs, the committee reported progress. The intelligence from Havana extends to the 3d instant, at which date the yellow fever and cholera were very pre valent, Arrests still continued to be made, but no ex ecutions had taken place. Letters from Kingston, Jamaica, to the 6th instant, , .. . note the arrival of the La Plata at that port on the sth. The small-pox bad nearly subsided at Kingston, and re freshing showers had fallen. We learn by accounts from the Sandwich Islands, of the 17th July, that an act had been passed by the Legis- zdom fo touching at either of the ports in the supplies, or refreshments, advices, shipments, or dIL charge of crew, and neither lading, unlading, or tranship -, tonnage V cargo or passengers, 'he wfialinit re exempt fr he islands was We littveaccounts from Lima to the 10th ult., which ate that the whole of Peru p in arms, owing to th aunts recei )os islands COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC SEPT. 14 11 EW lu trah., MONEY MARKET.—In money there is no change of im portance. The supply is abundant at five per cent. (Id call, on good securities. United States Securities remain firm, at last week's prices. Foreign exchange was in mo derate request ; rates were steady. London, 110 to noi ; Paris, 5.131 to 5.15 ; Amsterdam, 40k to 41k ; Frankfort, 40t to 41 ; Bremen, 791 to 794 ; Hamburg, 364 to 36k. COTTON.—(From W. P. TVrioht's Circular, of Sept. 14.)—The transactions in this market continue on a limited scale ; and, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday last, there were symptoms of lower rates, some sales having been made at a decline of a full lc. per lb. from my quo tations of 7th instant. On Saturday, however, accounts adverse for the growing crop were received from Charles ton and other places in South Caroling and Georgia, which induced holders to advance their pretensions, and a slightly speculative movement being experienced, the decline was recovered. Yesterday the market exhibited much firmness, and cotton could not be bought exc the full prices annexed Inferior Atlantic Ports. nominal. Florida. nominal Other Gulf Ports nominal. Low to good 0rd..... 81. to 91 81 to 91 8/ to 94 Low to good mid.... 9,1- to 101 91 to 101 94- to 101 Mid. fair to fair .. 10i to 11k 10i to llk to 11i Fully fair to good fair.— to to to In the Charleston and New Orleans markets ther e is a fair business doing, but more particularly in the latter, where new cotton of middling quality has advanced 9ftc. to 101 c. per lb. In Savannah there is no stock whereon to operate, and in Mobile there is but little doing from the sante reason. During the last few days the complaints of injury to the crop in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, have been more numerous and decided. It is asserted the late storm has damaged the crop materially in some sections ; and, on the 4-11 instant, in South Ca rolina, heavy rains had again set in. Should these have proved general damage must have been done, the crop, as I have previously remarked, being in a position to be more seriously injured than usual by too much rain. From the south-west, or great cotton-growing region, the accounts continue of a favourable nature. Some weeks must yet elapse before any opinion can be formed as to the probable extent of the crop, though the idea of another three mil lion bale crop is daily becoming more faint. The official statement of the cotton crop for 1851-2 has been declared. The total amounts to 3,015,029 bales, or an increase over the previous year of 659,772 bales. The consumption of the United States proves to have been 603,029 bales, against 404,108 bales last year, or a gain of within a frac tion of 50 per cent. The stock on hand in the ports of the United States, including Augusta and Hamburg, as well as Boston, &c., is 91,176 bales, against, at the same time last year, 128,304 bales, being a decrease of 37,128. The stock on hand in the usual shipping ports is 72,000 bales ; last year at same time it was 89,000 bales. It is a matter of satisfaction to know that this, the largest crop ever produced in the United States, has been disposed of at fair and remunerative profits to all engaged in the trade ; and that neither in this country nor abroad is there any accumulation of stock to interfere with the crop now being gathered. The quantity of new cotton received at the shipping ports up to the Ist instant amounted to about 5,125 bales, against about 3,200 bales last year. BRE ADSTUFFS.—The somewhat lessfavourable accounts of the English markets received since this day week have had little influence on prices of flour here. Some slight concessions have been occasionally made to the buyer, but, in general, the arrivals have been readily cleared off at our quotations. Western canal, 54,314 to 4]'4,372 per barrel ; Ohio and pure Genesee, 54,431 to 54,621; com mon New York, &c., 44,25 to 54,31,1 ; southern kinds 54,50 to 54,75 ; Canada, in bond, 54,371 to £'4,50. Wheat meets with a ready sale at barely the turn of the market in favour of the buyer, as compared with last quo tations :—Genesee white, 103 c. to 112 c. per 601bs. ; southern white, none ; Michigan and Ohio white, 107 c. to 109 c. ; Western red and mixed, 100 c. to 105 c. ; Canada, in bond, 95e. to 104 c. Indian corn, without change ; northern round yellow, none ; southern yellow, 72c. to 73c. ; white, 72c. to 74c. ; mixed, 71c. to 72c. PROVISIONS.—The market exhibits great langour, the transactions not exceeding 200 brls. prime and mess pork, at Sl7B to 5174 and 5194 ; 600 brls. prime lard, at 111 c to 1I c. per lb. ; and 150 brls. mess and old prime beef, at $l2 to -Sl5, and =B's to 4f 7 ; with 100 brls. beef hams, to arrive, at $lB. Ittois.—A purchase of 100 tons of Scotch pig was ef fected, at £2l, cash, per ton. FREIGHTS.—There is but little offering : we auote packet rates to Liverpool, cotton, per lb., Id. ; 'flour and meal, per brl., Is. 3d. to is. 4d. ; heavy goods, per ton, 15s. to 17s. 6d. ; grain, in bulk, per bsl., sd. - NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 13. Cotton sales on Saturday were 1,500 bales, and to-day they have been 2,500 bales. Strictly middling is quoted at 10c., and fair at. 114-c. The receipts are large.- The Humboldt's news was received this evening ; its effect has not yet been developed. Exchange is dull. Sterling at 10 premium, and New York, sixty days, 2 discount. Freights ; Cotton is taken for Liverpool at id. SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST 13. We quote the following from the circular of Messrs. Hussey, Bond, and Hale : " Since our last issue, business of every description has been rather quiet. The high prices of most descriptions of merchandise, cause the country traders to purchase lightly ; holders of goods appear indisposed to push the market, and all classes have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Golden Gate, now either over-due or waiting at Panama for the mail of the 20th from New York. " Gold dust continues scarce, and commands the same high price as our last semi-monthly review, viz., x`l7 25c. to &17 50c. per ounce. " Great expectations are entertained by miners working river claims, and large amounts of money have been expended this summer in fluming, all for the chances of working in the river beds during the lowest stage of the water. As yet few or none of the streams have been turned into the races; and when we consider that the rainy season will be upon us in about two months, an idea may be formed of the species of mining lotteries known as river claims. The fall freshet must necessarily carry down stream the millions of feet of boards and timber used in constructing flumes, and with it the hopes of thousands. "The dry diggings have of course nearly failed for want of water. In some localities the miners are throwing up dirt, to await the winter's rain for washing ; in others they are impatiently awaiting the finishing of canals and ditches. From the preparations going on, we may anticipate an immense yield of dust during the fall and winter." Wages of seamen to Atlantic ports or Europe were quoted at , 830 to =B - 35 per month. WEST *--- INDIES. The mail steamer Parana arrived at Southampton on Wednesday evening, with gold and silver buflion and spe cie to the value of 1,497 dollars, and the usual mails from the West Indies and the Pacific coast of South America. The new steamship La Plata, with the outward mails of the 17th of August, reached St. Thomas's in a little over 13 days from Southampton. Accounts from Jamaica to the 29th ult., state that the greatest distress prevailed in all parts of the island. The public attention had been occupied with some disclosures relative to frauds on the colonial bank committed by a clerk, who had decamped from the island. Two English brigs had arrived at Ja maica to load with passengers for Australia. Alarming shocks of earthquakes had been felt all over the island. From British Guiana advices to the 24th ult. state that the weather was favourable for the planting interest, and that the present will be the largest crop of sugar ever shipped from the colony. In St. Lucia the weather was remarka bly fine, but the island was unhealthy, and fever had bro ken out, causing considerable mortality. There were a few cases of yellow fever at Barbadoes and Demerara. FEARFUL SCENE AT THE FOOT OF MONT BLANC. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Morning Herald, by the Rev. Stephen Jenner, of Camberwell : " SlR,—This place has become noted for wonders. But a new scene bas just broken upon it, of which I hasten to give you the earliest information. We arrived here (at Chamouni) on Wednesday evening, the 15th instant, on our way into Italy. On the diligence from Geneva we had, as a fellow-traveller, a gentleman whose name has become identified with Mont Blanc—Albert Smith. It was a splendid clear day. We had a full view of Mont Blanc in all its majesty. He seemed to have uncovered his snowy head on purpose that we might see him in all his grandeur. A thin cloud only wrapped his midst. Upon our arrival at Chamouni guns were fired in honour of the man who had brought this place into such note. All then looked calm. Weatherwise at home, I feared to trust my prognostics in these mountain regions, so far as to express them, though I secretly said to myself, We shall have heavy weather to-morrow.' Early on the following morning the clouds had ga thered over us, and seemed turned into one vast sieve. The rein came down, and continued to come down for 36 hours in perfect streams. On this day morning, (Friday,) at breakfast, all was quiet mortification among the great mass of visitors, who still are collected here, at the unpro pitious state of the weather. All at once, however, there was a report that the Arveron, the small river which runs through this place, was rapidly rising. Everybody w a s quickly out looking on. The water continued t'„o rise. Bridge after bridge was seen floating down from above. Soon it became evident that those of this place must go too. The inhabitants began to apply their mountain mechanics, (and more stupid mechanics sure ly never were witnessed, the men doing the very things that helped on the mischief, prizing up the bridges by long heavy pieces of timber put with one end under them, and the other loaded with huge stones) to stay them from being carried away by the torrent. The water still gains ground. It floods the douses on both sides of the river. Consternation seizes the The cow-faced women of the place are seen hurrying away, some with loaves of bread and meat, some with chairs and tables and other utensils from the houses. The men are carrying off sacks of flour and other heavy things. The visitors arc watching the scene with intense excitement. Down the flashing, dashing, muddy, milk white torrent, (which two or three Americans have told me was an exact representation of the rapids of their own country,l are seen trees, boards, cc., darting in swift succession. The great object of interest now is the foot way bridge (those who have visited this place will remember it) oyer the titer, opposite to the Hotel de inhabitants Londres. It 48 clear it must go. Clumps of trees near it are seen to give a sudden twist, then pitch with their heads in the direction of the current, and in an instant they are gone with the swiftness of an arrow. Presently crash goes this bridge, and then away. Next the bath-houses by the river side totter at their end, slide down, and are gone. The consternation increases. The affrighted inhabitants, acustomed as they are to the fearful, seem taken by sur prise. Such a flood, they say, was never before witnessed. They evidently have not been wont to be visited with such a sudden gathering of waters, or they would not have built their houses so that it might come in at the windows. It is supposed that one of the vast glaciers on the moun- no worse, firmary School Rev. P. U house. to the I IRELAND• The Daily Express s t a tes that a man na med 1 511 : 11 was fired at on W e d nes d a y ev e n ing, near Ol des t 7 e : 0 i county of Meath. Th e b a ll gra zed him, but pro p 8 without eff ec ti ng it s mur d erous object. The n the man's offence has not transpired. en, Andrew G. Callare, master, ! 1 f t tt liti d WRECK AT WEXFORD.—On Saturday mg:l-,:1200.-A o'clock, the Greek brig Michele, of Syra, o°u ' fr burth Liverpool to Constantinoplein on the 1) 0 , ran up , the Carne, and soon Only one crew being fortunateiy saved lIIMPHANT CMS Ibe VATiVE 11 / 4 rliarnentarY vision of the city of Cork - ---, chided yesterd a y, 1 L majority of t k Constitution A. GOOD Rinr reg. erF .-, s tant-barri ster about 3,000 oatse9,, P ro testants of o ver ' )f Sept. 21 saiied,fo„l, Philip from Ireland. He is a good specimea R ili happy release to Ireland, whilst Jesuit priest, an d h as w i t hi n t h e l as t few) ea r d e r of,,i self prominently f orwar d as a t ur bulent I ns Popish Ultrarnontane party. Hi s em igratio n jo bt, Australia will be ver y li m it e d among st his c°.l. there.—North B r iti s h D a il y M a il his power s of meliormr THE REPORTED C gh the noble' t N b lE n a e. s s: o t isr he ,Item b hp e aao e tgr n ti d c ea oddtrorwbeheceaetrvneeed p ro n eo TO Ro,fa~ls op ,er frop: as walk through lord's demesne. were not al:P:rwanecateis:ccei:te: Two thousa id persons Odure to merick t ion, and as ma ppointed at t n. B 0° : rs we re , fe° l .—As some convx. bo or, - o b rlisle Fort, Cork Hat der bo 0 f c o o r i t . . D OLl e e n x e a y m , examination ioßnoybayl Royals, uay3 since, they discovered a number of 12-fouen,,, of ; 1 ,6 g er*, o ll- i n n fi re t d ° ,s shells about a dozen inches below the sor' s j - 0f',.,; ground, and close to the walls at the east le e rl' e- b. loaded, but the combustible matter was 1: 00c '" in ''," o t long exposure to the damp. From the positionisecideet they were found, being piled up in one heath it they were not there by accident, but how r°Bl3l ;if• have remained undiscovered it is impossible to phethcemsmhealnlsdi; SINGULAR Discos a a ditch at FREEDOM OF ELECT on Thursday last fri the enlightened electo] ,fr. T. G. Murphy, entleman, wh a is a Ro by proposing 'Mr. Her opposition to a per offence was too serio gentle " reminder," an Mr. Murphy may congr be d e ef x.—A letter which s7 i f a i 5 0W re , 3 Meath, mentio ns on tbe,F o f of that county 1101: °propertl,Ytiji Jorses, q tr Catholic s , an unshad hig ug hIY resPolt l • --;.st merity to bears N.• - • r Grattan at the late eleo 3p; tranger to the constin!eaclut to be passed over scib°,iderew perhaps, all 034 7 0 c° , n te to ce/4 aulate himself that raA'' ~,e Pe°jeo THE TRANSATLANTIC PACKET STATlON'irle;Cet, of Galway ar e d ee pl y i ncensed w i t h t he Pl,, e n d s 5 t by the Packet Commissioners to Foynes i the riJr 6 better suited than the port of Galway for c or ts teo communication between the coasts of iu' eri rollYv n . yo es land. The hon. member for Athlone has s r ; ;: it to': I vo!, up the question, and has started off on a v.-- 01 0 " e er in order to have ocular demonstration of th e m th ,ecti of the port which has gained so much fao ur ';b eS rog f geo.„ , a g of the Governmea Commissioners. Mr. t i ' 0 " . to be able to make such a case before Parliame,ritisiottc of Galway as will completely upset the conc' to by these gentlemen. waiey;B ; PEMENT OF AN H EIRESS — A fair o p her teens, worth £15,000 read . ) , Money, an her own right in addition £lOO psr annute -- ffero us ore her uncle's house near Atby—eloped on r ;it h ! Wednesday, with a young gentleman, a J.'`,; ( ljorid . er'; seated a barony on the Queen's County g rB "i, - last assizes. The fair damsel had many ivealt-o•tiogifood some of whom found warm advocac in the Y i v °i t nearest relatives; but the Queen's Coueh''t Lochinvar" found most favour in her sig ' . o .olel or ev afternoon of Wednesday, the ouno• entleleo bev el fr o ce t he i r esg p the house of a mutual - fr , iend, y frorn g svhe n It is needless to say that when the you n g ,; an d ? ,"Psl et missed that there was "racing and chasing' the present the pur su it h as be en unsuccess nii " Express. g Oro l q u i t° ACCIDENT TO THE PASHA OF EGYPT'? - c jin v io r t r p Communications were on Wednesday reeell. oes r / o 4 the effect,wb whence e t s a b n e a w c a ci s d o e x n p t ee h t a e d d to c a u rri rr v e e d lun a ::at t e bher ' eef ito f ;l o Faid Rabani, which compelled he e l. to Pu t "Gtuee l- f en haven, of fn water, Thursdaywa was very e ry near repairs ear. being n g is stated, t'be experiencing stress of weather and dray/log lo t la for received serious injury to her hull e after her repair she must proceed to A1 e17 , 0 0 at convoy, her captain stating that in.. his oP°' wed „a ", he unsafe to le• her go out alone. She ste og , a a p ri s d ize r d ig . g. ln n g c;ri ft ::O 3 v 3l l t tb Quenstown at 6 o'clock on Thursday e rt le is u es i O s l b l il f Monday ought to have assed the Bay of - I ' o oo weather being rough she was detained as e. abled from proceeding on her voyage M TURDEII: OF A SOLDIER OF THE S ed 05:4;;;;b1:(9 " ; e .. i. defeated party in the affray at S . m'le P i rl ,l; tbein the obtained a modicum of thatsatis i f x a - ctiOn o V o Teig t b ,, t e ll f ol e 7 sought. Having failed to shed the blo:',. ir by 4 g et_ti t y soldiers engaged in that melancholy Br e lingou 0 1 2 e if of the common hangman (for the Lime' ni ce n t o f 0 4 that charitable anticipation.) the lambs " f eoe ' t. '" shepherds haveprocured the 'mmoi-atioll'sec°l/_citolibeeps°( opponents in the usual wa i l tl s i t lrelall; thre aten e d f r° of is likely to be added to a Y formidable length. Letters and journals r eCel sold ie h rs o o4 Cork mention that on Tuesday evening f'sTchboufrpo the 31st Regiment, whilst walking in the rl el :„le °P e of Fermoy, were set upon b a crowd of r e 't, ' " P fli° cruelly beaten that one wasykilled on the sli ° fo ll o li , life of the other is in imminent danger• i' r h n e r* C f ° t version of the murder is supplied by the, y„ e sk,, f or tution :—" A report reache sold city on ~"ftegl : r on the previous evening twoiers of the 3i s 'd or' "b stationed at Fermoy, were waylaid ndattacße flioat irtme o nisa u s taces t oi natsx:igsarddeolEneetdl through t iniwe h ectt a roi.oßts t rwhrpi t in.hw o sder ase w aeurnoee n el tnrtmset b ititylo ' 1 roe a ydbitstl,eh n uehri rsaourteettamhraldsfiakbf.dee.s;nrindoboFaetunfdtpacarrobitounhrcnguei te t ta.eirti r it: Y lcieeil y: syjeosi bas al oche one Ili tie:t o :or:i f :o j eei ; f teo:o i o fair of na l % l o oted il t,,h il ef ‘ O l them savagely with stones and sticks• olga t o tber go o do It is uon d y er . 49 ! I li o su n b e je o c f ted h th ro e u ro. gh the fair-place they were .. 11 g e j to return to barrack road when they were yslun: remained some 1 ' t de o n 4 place. They A, 0,, j, ~,‘ murdered, the escape of w miraculous. Rnr. E. PREFERMENTS AND S ' E J. C Be C i, LESIASTICA /P,- : Appoll;ii,fil';%' 10' , to be Chaplain to the P°' e li t Birley, M.A., Incumbent f CPrci) Chester to be one of her Majest} , I, S::'' ' J. V. Button, to the Curacy of 131 0 . - ';ar - .ti College, G t . o P l . )e C :::: -..aqe of Aldbourne, Wilts. , CoPilWill Church, Oxford. „O. i DO' t( Rev. J. . E. Davies, to the r t or • 0 , tee 5 ia f 1311" biizhshire arid Carn - fir ' vonshire. Rev P • .R. Davies AI A. to the Vicarage 0 , - •? Devon. t(l::rt.hiCe.Aucr.aittle,c oLhfaepecitaluiiurnertroo::::st. Chr0.:50,0, -Nlorscl Brown, to be c h a plain to the .4- Rev. 11. 0. Case Of e 9 liti g, t 0 9 eep o ~ to ~ m ß rY e ' v h . i N r \ e ". Fisnor, M.A., Curate of 113rtliP' C i lf tri°l Rectory of that Parish. bea t co l ect 1 Rev. J. G. C. Fussell, M.A., Inco° l , t , o i ll " c i ° near Frome, to be one of her IklPies`; 001 l Schools. perP - etO f F Rev. T. S. Huxley, 8.A., to the ci ° - Aldeby, Norfolk. ol Co° Wv. N. F. Y. Kemble, to the PerP etc O s R bergliam, Cumberland. 13isb __ev. B. Kingsford, to the CuracY of Ru r i t .a e l v ; d C io . c D e znovt L Rector of Kilma cabeb Cork. Ilxv. J. Evan s , t o th e Vic arage of Lianguol, . g R. L. e L n . t I.C , t o o e b , I K ,, , ,a , i n d, ; s . n. o et'i ~,foro 0' f S t ' ;9' 4° cu __ ,_. t y c o so f P st GO Schools. of IA e d Rey. R. F. Meredith, M.A., Rector tv 's . -59 1,1 0 rough, Somerset, to be ont, M .le s ' ; _ter ' of her 0 IP" - 1 R Schools. : a l ' I ,O I A Rev. J. Pearson. to be Mathemot'B" i i5 , ;11"' eMOnAe"ofinherrnAble.anituf- '° Is lb°' OS° i ,-. Edward's S 'hool, Norwich. +, 0. .4 0 , Rev. C. Peers, AI A P f 1 Cor a ` acoP he° ,trpe k ua , c bje- 41 .4, Willow. be •• ..., to a Surrogate for the iir Virel`,l l eci f bury. the Cs' o Rev. J. H. Pinder, ALA , Principal ° ~f th e i logical College, and Ca • 'd doll - lO C non Res' en , cbsi , ~,r, to the Archdeaconry of Bath. ' tan' fet" Rev. T T. C. Pratt, B.A. , to the ASSIS , IN 00 , 4 0 St. Bartholomew's Hospi • t l. ara .'A Hon. and Rev. A. S. "Li a ce. to the A' c , Opp bury with Aish Chapel, DorSetshire. e v i abs n ' e of j Ray. C. Sparkman, late Curate 0 , vicik rag t ot j parish of Skipton, Yorkshire, to th e 8 01 0 ' (Ir J lie Itchington, Warwickshir A., 'u << Co t Rev. F. E. Tuson. ALA , Vicar of s ''. o the Rural Dean, to an Honorary• CanonrY I Church of Bristol. theL CHAPTERS._The s Cathedral Chapters. a3CTsk7r, N a V hear that it is the intenti3o!)ue go . to issue Commission to enquirc into the a4l,iiig.l)' be o vee e o , say the necessity . We s tind 0600,0 forms of stringent e ll 9 such , tee re Y t lig .O us regards those bodies but sac!' t fro re o tO t emanate from the Church itself, ana,,i'°oo r O . OO 5 o f -s• Convocation is bound to t r ,ah e n oca ti e Government ought to allow u° 0 1 40 0; Morniftlgooev,;irii!°:oc:ol, .mod tlie hould havin „nliP the follow . inz imposing r ,a. --- in p an t f - , ,, 13. ;1 ts• pra te st ti t the fit Ide d to_ ,;on9 iff), , j isrg e Ale :01 fined, cse convert he. 2.411 con in process, O f C Onir- 0O" end tsc'9 -11°rC 11 fourteen new C three more, 7idr j ' th e v ef ;. ° 6l O 100 :o-;ship mare rshipp 'ed in t )01-room %mere _day, any dors hippers• r e s t a ted, makes a total rst, and let out its boweled stores ge now remains—that opposite the Royal Hotel, and that is in imminent danger of being carried away. To inst this emergency they have constructed age above the present one by means of long trees of timber, hoisted on trussels at each end, to enable people to pass and repass in case of need. A more fearful flood it never fell to my lot to witness." " Chamouni, Sept. 17, 1852." FOREIGN MISCELLANY AUSTRIA.—The Milan Gazelle of the 16,11 gives an terrible inundation which has laid waste all between Milan and the Lago Mag- .ccount of THE WnoLn PRUSSIAN ARMY has been ordered to wear mourning for three days for the Duke of Wellington. A deputation of Prussian officers will probably proceed to London to attend the funeral of their late and only field marshal. REPORTS OF THE HARVEST FROM FRANCE speak of its being nearly an average one, better in quantity than q iality. The grape disease is telling already on the price of wines. New ordinary Bordeaux wine cannot be had at less than from 75f. to 851. the hogshead, and the wine of the Cher at from 70f. to 75f. The dropping of the grapes in the vineyards in the neighbourhood of Perigneux has caused so much injury that it is feared that the produce will be less by one third than that of an ordinary year. At Anjers there is an additional rise of 10f. the cask. Wine has risen thirty per cent. at Saurnur ' owing to the disease of the vines. At th e f a i r o f Issoudun, last week, wines of last year were sold at 451. th e cas k ; o ld w i nes at from 75f. to 80f. Wine of superior quality is scarce in the vineyards of Beaune and Nuits ; hut at Garnet, which produces only ordinary wine, the crop will be abundant. There has, been a rise of if. the hectolitre in the price of brandy. kCCIDENT TO THE I JRLEANS.- The Swiss papers report an accident which has befallen the Duchess of Orleans. On the 17th i ns t., th e duchess, accompanied by her two sons and fifteen persons of her suite, was going from Lausanne to Berne, hut, on arriving at Maudon, she learned that the bridge at Courtilles had been carried away by the floods on the previous night ; and she was thus compelled to return with her two travel ling carriages and to take the route of Romont, Fribourg, &c. She had passed Oron about noon, and about two o'clock one of the carriages returned containing the duchess, the two princes, her lady of honour, &c., all drenched to the skin, and the duchess having sustained an injury. It appeared that her carriage, owing to the im prudence of the coachman, had fallen into a wide ditch full of water at the entrance of the village of Promasens, and had been turned completely upside down. The duchess had her right collar bone broken, and the other travellers have escaped with some bruises. Drs. Mellet, of Oron, Guisan of Mezieres, and Pellis of Lausanne, were immediately sent for. A letter from Lausanne, on the 18th, says that the duchess had had a good night, and her state gave no cause for uneasiness. The young princes had not received a single bruise. EARTHQUAKES IN JAMAICA.—On Friday morning last we were visited with three shocks of the earth. The first occurred at half-past eight o'clock, and was quickly followed by a second shock, accompanied by a very loud rushing noise, not unlike that which usually accompanies the first burst of a storm over the vast and mighty deep— the ocean. These two shocks did not last beyond three seconds, and appear to have passed from the northward to the southward. The third shock was felt at nine o'clock, but so slight was it that we did not experience the effect of it. These three shocks of earthquake were distinctly observable in various parts of this parish and the sister parish of St. James. A gentleman, writing to us from a central part of Trelawny, st a t es iat " there happened three shocks of the earth at half-past eight o'clock on Friday morning, the second of which was the severest I ever felt." We have not heard of any casualty resulting from the effects of these earthquakes. On Saturday morning, at twenty minutes to four o'clock, we were awakened by another and severe shock of earthquake, which must have lasted three or four seconds. There happened, as we are informed by one of our family circle who was awake at the time, two distinct shocks, the second following rapidly upon the first.-7'relawny Advertiser. LETTERS FROM STRASBURG of the 19th instant state that the waters of the Rhine had swollen in a sudden and extraordinary manner, in consequence of the copious rains which had fallen of late in Switzerland and in Alsace. On the 17th they had reached four feet and a-half above the water-mark ; and at 6 a.m. on the 19th they had risen to twelve feet, that is, a few inches lower than last year; but the flood was increasing. On the 18th troops were placed at the disposal of the chief engineer, who occupied them the whole ni,dit in erecting embankments. Another battalion left Strasburg the same night with lighted torches to construct similar works on other points. In several rural districts the tocsi❑ was ringing to call the inhabitants to the embankments, to close any aperture that might be made in them by the water. At Strasburg the authorities had also demanded workmen for the same purpose. The Rhine was said to have committed extensive ravages on the side of Huninguen. The Basle Gazette, which did not appear on the 18th, had forwarded the following bulletin to its subscribers :—" It is impossible for us to print cur journal to-day. The waters of the Rhine have risen to a height they had not reached since 1817. The whole town is overflowed. Our offices are filled with water. The present notice to our subscribers has been printed in another establishment, which kindly placed its presses at our disposal." SHOCKING SCENES AT GERMAN EXECUTIONS.—The two following paragraphs are extracted from letters from Munich and Dresden :—" Munich, Sept. 10.—When the scaffold for the execution of the murderer, Treiber, was erected, several lad;es ' ascended it, and sat down in the seat of blood ' (the chair to which the criminal is tied to receive the fatal stroke), to see bow they looked there.' While the procession was going through the streets to the place of execution, a woman excited the charity of the crowd by representing a child she carried as that of the criminal's. Around the scaffold several rob beries were committed, and some pickpockets arrested. After the execution men and women rushed to dip hand kerchiefs and rags in the flowing blood, as remedies for the epilepsy and consumption, and as a means of drawing lucky numbers in the lottery."—" Dresden, Sept. 10.— At seven o'clock this morning we had the sad spectacle of a public execution. The criminal was a single woman who had murdered her illegitimate child, two and a-half years old, in a most barbarous mariner, that it might not be an obstacle to her marriage. The execution, which was by the sword, miscarried in a frightful manner, though the headsman is a practical hand, having already beheaded twenty-seven persons. The woman made a movement at the moment the blow was struck, and it tell on the bark of her head, and she shrieked aloud, to the terror of the spectators. The head only fell at the third stroke. The executioner could hardly be recognised, he was so covered with blood." SPIRITUAL RAPPERS. MORE GO-A-HEAD JONATHANISM.—The transatlantic spiritual manifestation impostors and their dupes have organised an association, with the object of having periodical meetings at which " spirits could hold free converse with their friends on earth, without disturbance." The initiation fee is a dollar, with a quarterly assessment of fifty cents. The conference is to be governed by five directors, of whom two are " strong-minded women," Mrs. Baldwin, pre sident of the Physiological Institute, and Mrs. E. H. C. Culvert, of Boston, a well-known champion of woman's rights. The proceedings of one of the recent meetings were pleasantly diversified by the iterations of a few un believing married men, who were heard to exclaim, in tones which augured b a dly f or ma t r i mon i a l f e li city, " My wife shan't have a dollar to join this infernal band of lunatics, by thunder !" "If my wife thinks to attend these crazy meetings every week, she'll have to come alone, by jingo ! I won't bring her here, no ho aw !" The St. Louis Intelligences- says, "We were informed last evening, by a gentleman who is posted up in spiritual matters, that mediums' are multiplying rapidly in all portions of the city. He had heard of one family wherein a daughter and three niggers' were mediums, and in whose presence temporal abiders in this mundane sphere were enabled to communicate with the spirits of departed friends." The " mediums " do not appear to be favoured with much special information by their " spiritual " cor respondents, or they would adopt means to stop the pro ceedings which are filling the asylums with their ecstatic friends and followers. Mr. Gray, a prominent " medium," had been sent, amongst a number of others, to the Ohio Asylum. MARRIAGE BY SURPRISE,—The Florence correspond ent of the Daily News says :—I met in society, a few days ago, an English lady who had just been released from prison, where she had undergone two months of solitary confinement, for having contracted marriage with a Tus can officer, in the manner termed in this country matri monio di sorpresa, which may be considered equivalent to a Gretna Green match in England. The parties being much attached to each other, although family obstacles prevented their immediately marrying in forma, they re solved to adopt the plan above mentioned, which consists in the couple presenting themselves before the curate of the parish, and stating to him in the presence of two wit nesses that they arc man and wife. This forms a valid marriage, according to the law of the Church of Rome, The lady in the present case, being a Roman Catholic sent to the curate to inform him that she wished to con fess, and requesied him to mention the hour that would suit him to hear her. At the hour named she repaired to the confessional, and had fully engaged the priest's at tention, when her lover, attended by two witnesses, sud • denly presented himself—the lady arose and gave him her hand, the fatal words were pronounced, the witnesses at tested, and the curate became the unwilling instrument of a " marriage by surprise." But, although the mar riage contracted in this manner is perfectly valid, it is ble in Tuscany as a civil misdemeanour. sn amt. the law condemns what the church sanctions. The officer was first confined in a military fortress, deprived of his rank and dismissed the service, and then snot to expiate his offence, in a cival point of view, by two months' so litary confinement ha the Muratte cellular prisons, and his wife had to undergo a similar term in another prison. Another instance of this kind occurred here recently, wherein the priest was sent for as if to attend a dying per son ; but one of the wit nesses gett i ng alarmed before the curate arrived, went dewn stairs and warned his reverence that a snare was prepared for him. The curate very in dignant, sent for a couple of gendarmes, and with them presented himself to arrest the culpable parties : the other witness got Gut of an upper windo . w, and escaped over the tiles; but the bridegroom, nothing daunted by the priest and his posse comitatus, and resolved not to miss his mar riage for want of witnesses, tddressed the curate in the usual formula, "This is my wife," sa id h e , " an d t hi s r usband," responded the lady ; and these two genth men," resumed the bridegroom, pointing to the astound( gendarmes, "are witnesses !" The priest was d the marriage wti6 valid, one, and DUNRAN 7 ocCa. z 457 0, .v.1 )1 Nv 4 10 li 4 p V t; 1 1