The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-31 00:00:00

limy 31, 18a5 0 O,IL /2VTE T. L IGENCE. ` 1 ", a teetotaler, living at Manchester, died brought on by excessive drinking. ought delivered an open-air lecture at teeth NEIL on Friday evening, at seven o'clock, ! .e cted against the sin of drunkenness. About stened most attentively to the discourse. N Geyer; DUFFY proprietor of the Nation IL P. fo r New Ross,' is on a visit to his friends the last time Previous to his departure for Was on Wednesday elected, without 0 P1 203 in - su rgeon to th e Li verpool Dispensaries, the I/7 Lowndes, resigned. AlorricEux, the sister of the Earl of Sefton, w eek. Her ladyship was the second surviving late Earl and Countess of Sefton. TAVERTREE. —On M on d ay n i g ht, l as t week, at Eaton Lodge, Wavert r e e , w as broken into, servants' livery and other clothing, and £4 lOs `'lc, a Manchester butcher, aged 28, having Rate GO•ealled " friends " to several pints of • off in bravado a pint at a time, and died soon convulsions. `',, Of the Dock Committee and their friends ' insPection of the Great Bank at Leasowe, on Left the Prince's Pier in the Trafalgar, at half returned about seven in the evening, after „;teirY pleasant day. '" Th,..A Prest o n'''''aY, the return match between the -I,arl)Qlu,bs took place upon the ground of the eame off victo enoetn,,st whe n that club again 17. '' i alority, the score being—Olympus, Purchase'Ricc on Wednesday concluded a °Al l ' lt . ore mining set, plant, material. of - for tl e i P lm lin of £2,600, for the emi lab "' e• E ' : "et "• 111 Vex or B e rocklebauk and Co., of Liver 11,4erme:,3,11,ada ciaquita.:titior, 3f.p., Mr. A. C. Chapman, and Mr. n from the American Chamber of Corn- Li' tl e B dav -4 , 4l Lerviesv lith Lord Stanley of Alderley, on Corn- Op ~, a., th e Board ' of Trade, relative to the Bills of O p Dill. 4 ki f°tll. e , in en at the Manchester Police Court, guilty of ile w e r , l, l , il be llel eh - „ 4 ,nd disorderly conduct, the first pleaded that , Lq'g been a t a funral, the second that he had ld a 1 . , 41 4 411 , - ,,,,‘"e st e t that they had been at a stepchrng. Iq.sis.:-.'s Sterienn BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANT . OF ktan'4 S .tBal.l -. 1. 7 th Regiment of Royal al L c ancashire Militia : N,'''ain pi' lg., late lieutenant Roy Canadian Rifls, to 14 . "„ ' 00 rousenby, deceased; L. Fort, gent., to be e lieu "141ell %Iv 4 0 411 c1' th e inspector of the northern district, in 7 la it to so is included, states that the question was T ) 4 1)414 9 eose juveniles in' a union school, " Wllat sor r t , t,,,oa et fan ners keep ?" The answer was" Cuckoos , atr, qttee h s, N v tar roil ST. GuoNGN's HALL.—The Law Courts a wren. T. p, est e to ae , e ,, ed to recommend the . Cotmcil to appoint ~,k i c4 ,7, 1 '5-er ta,,,,ee post of organist in St. George's Hall, sre et "nate .....i" Per annum. ,talees rid ~,„'n the window of Mr. Jones's shop, in Castle 'ret', bt.,valri e ett d t at " Black Ball" nugget, weighing 484 e'Art.a.Ltuessrs. ~_k• 2: 0 00. It was ship , pedperthelie fo d r t h qce tn i.ies t an Jackie, Rakes, and 'Co., Melbourne, 4„,, i '°,_Nvn f 1 :1 1 ,q 11R, all d CO., of this town. -- ",...mil 11 1 %, 0 `"',,,,_ 4 12 ca - L 3ll . CA . ed• PBEIJI.— . Rector Campbell was_ ti,',',°usle iqtet wit in in Hale village, on Monday, by '''ip- the on-r,ftlisee - 7,„a brewer's cart, and severely, but not r cage, 0h... 4 ae horse made its way to Childwall, ;cueg tem Azzki-i.,eeed. a3', Whits,' plate.,AeCIDENT.— On Friday afternoon,,_a . ,°,lcli by theat w ork Yen, engaged' on the amalgamated rail_ e e a , g ie .‘, le ~ bt4 er ll ,far the Waterloo-station, was kno&ed iguno t t - A . Pa- t °, the engine, and the wheels of the e l i' l ,t o ie t i nlstanZi aver his body cat him in two, and death 0 eit a ,.....1- c a eOus, lisB l e4 - ,,m, ecj'L :Friday, 750 men of the Lancad tiF fro t he Nen'anded by Caonel Sir Robert Gerrard, an ,overst fro St . 114..._ ee of LimeaSter's Yeomanry Cavalry, arrived t hey a r a e n tA ) / "Ige.l7% 's • The latter consisted of troops f Worsley. Both IT Will i stay 1 : 'Dolton, Rochdale, and er e , oe revile W ertree six days for drill, and next _Thursday atillat,l:Fi°B4o:t4niadrAibnillthe neighbourhood of •av , the t''' t il i c i lif ~,,t , t Ill iivse.i et &es te n d S Axe ACT.—We:lear . n•froin te:' 4 l4 , 4 o rltl ll 4 . l lhe - r l, l s e At o o_c - r - eaft - , tha T e t n Governmentlhas sta n i m p A co c n t: ilee,:pt%e t f I Q I f la :11 3 e present r t ery Newspaper unsatisfactory.. The 4 15t ,, r41 1( 1 :' , le!: °s ,, t ,;illiee, as been n rived from the transmission of st a n,,,” l'iotc„...'well eff greatly since the act came into 1 3 it'oPterg' certain is yet known as to what plan will ~,`ae s n _ 4o t ~,,p thc subject ; but it is thought a halfpenny iC h l iae - ,7 1 1`4 1 ,'„ 41 3 , to be tried. —Manchester Guardwan. 4 4 "Z'N'th " l II' ItiaLwAr —The transfer of the South- l lee l i e Lan • • ti t ,sr hire and Yorkshire Cempauy has , been bk:2 4 11, ens promising changes in the management i's'siti'ateri;teifelvhich Nvill have the effect -of increasing the *iv,' af f eNe r , i ' 4 , - ne, inducing persons to -reside in much t ap ,' it te 72 tie ti a ioug the line. One of these changes• is the te'eae l l'ased e 's at very moderate rates. This,. tog•eeher 4 e 'z' thel'e aNSctuality, and the known desire of the t .ll t i , veli Vorkshire and to encourage-building 4,14:1 evenT,„stations of their lines, will be materially krtly• a rked .l IIIY to the proprietors, while the -public will elire,ix.ta.d'zantage also. 1 4s L'e oil „'-_,lll`Tlv'Enss.—This 'beautiful iron sea-boat Rif k't‘ "n'taY morning week, at.3 , o'clock, from North btkiß, ,"g Made the hL, • t 40punes passage (sou , th) in 90 hours, after 4 1 4 ir e by , Ne r , , i aver ging 11 knots throughout. She '.° 1 11 ) 10 -lier ee °war d , of Xevrcastle; and the engines, c '' B 4.Nld e , e I;T.Wr, were made by Mr. J. P. Alinond, keeled bY thr7Eiri(le"Rtil is 135 'feet, and beam,24 feet. iii,1111; ,Lilewt,tahneotfier tug PAlt"'nlal=ager* aneen(len is the n thbeiongtm-g Company, Al!. vessel belonging-to it. to the same corepanY, 1 .7 .1 . 1 e ;411 -fe r ,„ "T,_ e Place, will be ready in six-peeks, et l laxe c z 4. _ -a , Line unsurpaesed- in England for power o r t i,_ l 'e t N, 4* :‘'',bi‘i, ',, ,,, 1. LOCAL STEAY'ERS.—'II....tti ta , "'-'et (:) ,, '.. • sse - - ,.. Pi er : ? < e l l' , monster. landing-stage to be -11200 tiel..' the h' s fullt , a th e use of the ocean VstoZrke sereres ' At •-' uelllonstrated more than weeks ago 41 04 t weit ea beat landing - stage . mail oeee ster i m i steamers, t kl -41Pide or . I ner Oneida embarked I\k'te R - "'Nec t It ; on Saturday week, a t he numberpaddle - steamer N'si ( l, 44l e, r' a nd o i! Monday t•',,,;,,N,,e 'rid stqeaall withoutsingle heens i rd den st t es . m T e hey rjk7a ea b m 's e' away a again without , any difficulty. 4611Yeff h e il ", ,Ou rn erd is most striking ; a screw-steamer, t , ;:, t 4 - ic s ee it , s ya,rge size l , s isth most difficult kind of:craft kil t ,' that .' , ea a manceuvre. e And it . must be borne in 4, h.:7 boa": nn the case named, the of the various 11,',, hr 4 ' 8 was little interferedmit.h. . 1 . , I Nki , 0 ,, .„GIjARD I A N S . —At - the weekly meeting. of T,,"'.,,,0 a„,' wednesday present, -Mr. Joseph Harrison, b l e' e',"Pm 'Messrs. Ab'rahams, iet, Medcalf, Brundrit, - `'lJi e ki)litzZ' Pitts, Edwards, Birch, Mountfield, WeFel . ey, i lli, ho;:7. 1 w 4 , Ilek, Roberts, and :,. Canis, Mr. William 44, kiCty,;„all,Pinted to value that portion of theente kii,tie7ett3'„„" tne township of Kirledale which consists of ‘,„, le 1,, R'amen ther erections, and property adjoining +trtl '4,ei,„_" pense of not exceeding £lO. A ..cern- QN,Veal,e,setlnted to examine the Workhouse, and see if - 4f , ,k, 4 i temaYeratons are necessary . Mr. Thomas kaii , t.. 4 m e ted porary assistant-overseer, iuthe lt, tii i t ,,,, 8, ~,„ -rt Taylor d d . for four k eh. SLII_AQ,_e PP2feek• It ' was ee resolved e that an additionbe weeks, at a 2rt"er 0 r 8 lodge, at a cost not-exceeding £3O. The nth 0 41 1 , 411( P e rs relieved i n . th c W or kh ou se duriLlg ' *As n'au T,,t--.4, and the out-door paupers numbered ( , ) ith g e kt e,ip ea r l4 o,f 15 indoor, out-door id 1.83 -outdoor, compare 0 41 ,(.40,44 0 v nig week in last year. l e it I'' tad ‘ t_ lBA ` l ' e E- - " -- On. T day, Mr. Pollock, Judge le a ll i ' ' haf ti r r ' g a ve judgment in the case of " Climbed „kkNo MU . -41 si4'''t, night ago in which the landlord of the , 4 11 , sh a il l i t, s 2 by„tne defendant for damages, for injury done ii . e 111!1.44 ;itrltielf:'!,(lefeildant keeping.aeasino in the I.Pree te".lllll,,?, ',IV t 4(I e is hi h t Queelfs ' Hol tcannot b e e i l l e ng ss , e,i ( if 'in'' -iti a " 0 ree o ' 8 °nour 6a Y l t.' • a hotel %l wi tAl e a% itt b e i ver, when his.eusmess as I n te ' 1N,,, ° Ne t ,' r ont the very nature of the aatioY §eelo , lie;,, t ,tla e % ,,V,t'e et i ‘,;'ere long continual,) seriously inter- V.Y cies t , e _ _-"` Alt - e'kti o , a nlage to the plaintiff's business, to ' Jilsti c , '.7(l,•4:tetr eentained in the.c ummons is can ‘4,,ercliet fA:illt e..,,,t41 , al ine onvenienee and annoyance tor- V, lt " . Pttli o ; , r s tae piZ,,,fin't7,,bave accrued from this nuisance. ,lhei n ; ut th e zift L`lerefore, I think, be met hygiv os i g e,7enteettleut itaNst e ,, t en kuineas, to Include all e,_t_sl ~,,I tit- coo ra4.. i int o ,the7pt E :.holu t ibpcenaed : '" Eewas a a n r x4ore s. 4141. e teq in Into eas• , opri„. hot be misunderstoodpermitting 'l, ,11 hg' mo . t ,, .7 or impropriety of ' Dtet t ill i" er Z it h 'his d s ,, ze i . 84 and dancing rooms, I't 'a -1 a 4748 f- nu I a - -.Y ti °cras ' a • • t'on to inquire. ce . 1. cas e ~-( es+.o.tpoti the his inchna 1 ti/ti Ill th th e ' 4 t reRl,) "le peculiar eirenuil was in ac \.4,t'ela /'oe I, g ay Pl, ecede -0 / 1 the principles, and adverted. , io,'' , an i„"eroT.,_.„ Lo which he had abav ton tances of a 't. 'ilth ''llie*t °.-S,'s.--At the Coroner,e-cour infant, ' Th s was , Lew r. , ,,„.., e fe et, 4 `lloB, upon the body of , en ,Oli" 1 / 4 , oh s i Parents reside at 37; About k, 4k4AC Toes theca: The mother stated—" and put Henisv,Edward- N 4 ' 11, e. am t,,y afternoon, I fed my babY , . , n , . My kkikt a 1 ( 41 1 ,0-en I went out and got some k en K r4 14,3 1 t 1 1i 11,1%1 1 % • drunk a d fighting in the street, and some t he l e evoe ill o ,audl got him up-stairs, and he jumped A tl,._ tik s2t petal'" an dwas badly hurt, and taken to. the '' ' k 8 *AV ed, I found the deceased "41 1144 cl AI hen I returned, d C lan told me ‘,'ltt ! i iin R ot , a rgaret Cagan, dea ; ar t, ter • it (the inf t) between my bed and ke.att aii.'l,l4lthillowthe faCe."— an The • verdict returned -was, 4 4`,,,, 4 Nl ' lt;ihia, I ) 0 evidence to show."—Another inquest v klf r e n est, l l leLls'-s - riee, aged 34, formerly residing in isio. I' '4' ' 4 4O h " . ' t The widow-eaid, " He had been very ii,,,t, 1 :4 t at, 4 tom il.nking, but latterly had become more tiO. lee k''' a elce'L, n 'ght ago he came home with his eyes 1 4, 1 `' 4,Lief,,,4.k ,'-',„'L• He was in drink then. He has never ' 4 4l' aiii i hehaece then • he could tat scarcely anything 1 ~,, Iti , : s little drink every day, because he could t kp' In . qS Cqle, ,',,' Chi Tuesday mothlug he remained in NNf t ;. lie( fl ht' Z 'lt- ri, b , , ,,. e' ? il lg I observed a change for the worse, r , So - : sl t i isns kr;: i , ,ed t• Re prescribed for him, and I . gave t•c l . 'ecl r ' eo e t''''ke l • He continued ill all that night, cat,e,„utoo ? ti le ~_eack: on Tuesday morning,e—Mr. Henry e l kt l ;( t F hale L t h e 02e nl p,'IfellOWS' Soclety, stated that he had k s , l ' l ( l.ly 4 o l ?Af t i ote :• le '''lsed, who died from the result of girt tl4 l taa,l in't,._ l ' 4 ° WITH CANADA.—Quebec, July 8. L 'lce.r icit;4e ere that the efforts which have re ,V" si i vetvl:' for tl4ee teercantile communities of Montreal .1, 1 opicNBpri th establishment of a new line of ocean I k p ,l , J'ap o Ploo , 1 9- Th e Ports and Liverpool, have at length 0 ::ith r l t4 l , t 1 (i ti t;weergeVernment, strongly pressed by ` l :Er 4; 11 % leider atu C anada, has consented to atlyPlY., 0,41 e 4v, pi t ;ah and a contract has been entele O t t lti„' 4 44 a k f V essels ''c ' n a ' f M tre I the terms of which 1:„N,::!1 1 4e ° urtee n ,_. Of 1,750 tons, and 350 horse o 1... t7,:iihtliit ,411,10ntblyrnightly trips from Liverpool t_, `.l f t-1 4) k 24, o „„ iPs to Portland in each year,at ?toipliPti tzt v pa n ,'-'"U sterlin Tenders were made by te °I) ith seen represented gb'y MiLamont, of Liver- INa'4,,, tONI \,,i e . a ttiers of • ta. -, , , i ieh . a, larger and more powerful rNhtl kt . 4l e ri C eith et : i ndeed, it is said , were to be fully rive eb We s ii the Collins or t' unard line ; hut ' 'the t tl et ( tlir - e lettn et t i li ted as to the amount of actual bonus 11' 4, 4.11 4 ae owed of as for the services proposed Mr. li,11? 14,_atue,eePted, rp,°f 30 ,000, the tender of his firm ~ ,L e N , o4 , :thii- t .14 1 1 11 1 0 g th e ' lle fac o t rgr of the government in 'a gIN he r• .e.n.,... 0 the contract having been ~2,`,N 4tl, sk illi act s hzial, laYs-7` The fact that the coin ,.,,,,aehtae ,t is f or a ., direct interest in Canadian trade ), . , 04,,,Wi11 i 28 ; at any efficient performance of the con 1114t10t'll t r et, D , s ' i se theY rate we are assured that the ,4 V t . fili . ' t O its:l ri etest conditions upon the con -44, la bte s t f, the right of annulling the con -9 ,Ni;..las beeaue_vition take place during the five rnered into,' — Correspondent of A~ t . o~ LORD SEFTON continues in a very precarious state. No improvement has taken place during the last week. THE Royal Mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain Comstock, took her departure hence for New York on Saturday, with about 200 passengers, a full cargo, and the usual mails on beard. THE body of James Murphy, aged twenty-two, of Rich mond-terrace, Vauxhall-road, who had been missing since Tuesday, was found floating in the river on Friday. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday afternoon Catherine, aged forty, wife of James Lemon, dock labourer, India-buildings, Tithebarn-street, was accidentally killed by being run over by a lorry, in Tithebarn-street. THE large and splendid iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Prince Patrick, built for the North Lancashire Steam Navi gation Company, will be launched from the building yard of Messrs. Thomas Vernon and Son, Brunswick Dock, to-morrow, (Wednesday.) THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST for the benefit of the widow and family of the late Mr. Houldsworth, who was drowned recently while bathing at New Brighton, already represents the sum of £300; and it is anticipated that another £lOO will be raised, which, with what has already been obtained, and an insurance policy of £250, will at least remove the recipients from the fear of actual want. MORTAR-CASTING AT MANCHESTER.—In addition to the rifles and other arms making for the army at Manchester, Messrs. Ellis and Co., of Salford, have engaged to make ten 13-inch mortars, each of which will weigh, when complete, about 5 tons. The clean casting for the first mortar was on Friday removed from the foundry of Messrs. Ellis and Co. to their fitting-up shop, to be bored for completion. THE SMOKE NUISANCE.—On Wednesday, the following penalties were inflicted under informations preferred before the borough magistrates by the Smoke Inspector :—Mr. P, W. Brancker, Sheridan-street, £5; Mr. John Jones, North. street, 40s. ; Messrs. Irvine, Son, and Jones, rice-mill, Black. stock-street, £5 ; Messrs. Smyth Brothers, tanners, Blackstock, street, £5 ; Messrs. Broadhurst, Hill, and Smith, Edmund. street, £5; Mr. W. Downham, owner of the steamer Ayrshire Lassie, 505. THUNDERSTORM.—On Friday afternoon, one of the series of violent storms which appear to have traversed the land visited the suburbs, at the south end of Liverpool, causing consider able damage to the standing crops, washing down walls, stables, and partially-built houses, and creating much alarm in the district. The storm was not of long duration, or, doubtless, the damage would have been terribly augmented. A WHALE IN THE MERSEY.—A few days ago a large whale paid a visit to the Mersey, in whose waters he' dis ported himself for some time, spouting the water through his respirators in copious columns. After floating about for several hours, having the appearance of a boat, bottom upwards, he left these "gay and festive scenes," taking his departure in wake of one of the coasting steamers, for the purpose, as was suggested, of being pioneered clear of the shoals and sandbanks which are so numerous in the channel. THE colonial papers take a favourable notice of the little treatise on coffee, or " An Appeal to Common Sense," by Mr. Smith, of the London and North-western Tea Company, Liver pool. The Colombo 'Observer, Ceylon,has inserted itin extenso. Mr. Smith says . :—" It would be a great improvement in the consumption oftoffee if the public would imitate the conti nental custom-of grinding their own—the fragrance and spirit of coffee are extremely volatile, and most abundant when warm from the mill. It is chemically impossible to retain the qua lities or arrest the deterioration of coffee when ground. The heat engendered by the process of roasting, and especially of grinding creates an action in its elementary parts, which gra dually destroys its fitness for drink, and whether encased from the air-or not, it is found that, when ground, the oil it con tains rapidly precipitates, and its properties, which, to be ser viceable, should be combined, are soon and effectually sepa rated. The company's coffees, when transferred directly from the mill to the breakfast table, will afford a treat to connois seurs, or those who are fond of a-cup of real coffee." 'ONE WOMAN STABBING ANOTEEER.—At the Police-court, on :Saturday, Catherine Jones, a married woman, living in Hornby-street, was charged with stabbing Elizabeth Price, a respectably-dressed woman, -who appeared with a bandage -round her head. On Friday-evening, the two women, who are neighbours, got to high words, and subsequently to blows; and while struggling together, the complainant received -serious wound over the left cye, from which the blood flowed -so copiously that she was speedily reduced to a fainting-con dition. For the prosecution it was alleged that the wound had been inflicted by 'a pair of scissors, several witnesses swearing positively to :having seen the prisoner take some thing out of her pocket, and strike the complainant, one of them deposing to haring distincly seen the point of the scissors as the blow was being struck ; while for the-prisoner it was urged that the:injury had been accidentallyproduced by the woman falling upon the debris of a mug, which had been broken in the scuffle. The magistrates ordered the prisoner to pay £lO, or be committed for two months. BANKRUPTCY 00V , RT.—On Wednesday, John - W 'trash, lately carrying on business as a corn broker, appeared 'before Mr. Commissioner Perry on an application for his certificate. Mr. Hull, on behalf .of the bankrupt, applied fors an adjourn ment of the case for a month, stating that by that time he would be able to show that the young man did not deserve to be visited so harshly as might at first appear. An adjourn ment was granted.—Richard Williams, late a draper in North Wales, after some opposition by the assignees, passed his last examination, andthe certificate meeting was fixed for the 2nd of August.—George Elmes appeared before Mr. Commissioner Stevenson on application for his certificate. The case was adjourned.—The examination of J. G. Claus was further adjourned to -have the balance-sheet amended.—Thomas Hewitt, who carried on business at Ormskirk as a provision dealer, applied -on Thursday for his tortificate. He was opposed, on the-ground of not keeping proper books, and a preference given to a creditor. The Commissioner, after ask ing a few questions relative to the assignment s considered that the justice of the case would be met by suspending the certifi cate for six months ; the certificate to be of the second class. — In the case of John Williams, a joiner and builder, at St. Asaph, Mrs Beans offered no objection on the part of the assignees to.his certificate ; but as the bankrupt had not kept a cash account, the commissioner granted is qAcond-class cer tificate only. CliAltaN ' ,CYr EMBEZZLEMENT.--110bert White was, 011 sae..-any, at the Borough Police-court, charged with em bezzling £43 .add, belonging to his employers, Messrs. Taylor and Son, coahmerchants, Great Howard-street. The prisoner was engaged by them, a few weeks ago, to solicit orders and collect accounts, which duties he discharged for about a month, when: he discontinued his rounds on the plea of ill health. Mr. , Taylor thought there was-something suspicious in his conduct, and he caused inquiries to'-be made, which re sulted in thadi•scovery that the prisoner had collected upwards of £6, for which he had not accounted. He caused him to be apprehended ;sand his wife had since returned £2, as part of the money which he had not given up. The prisoner protested his innocence-of crime, and asserted that his sudden indisposi tion was the 'only cause which had prevented him from ful filling his dutyto his employers ; when recovered, he intended to have refunded the money. The benCh gave him the benefit of the doubt, and permitted his discharge. NaTUELIPHZNOMENON.—TWO Africanchtldren,twins, five years old, who are united together by a bony connexion in the lower part of their backs, were brought to this town, on Wed nesday, from America, in the ship Arab. They were originally born in Africa s sold as slaves to a Cuban planter, and by him resold to a Dr. Mingley, of the United States. At his death, they were placed by the government under the tare of their present guardians, Professor Millar .and Mr. Thompson, who have brought them to this country. The 'African twins are an interesting .:stony for the physiologist,, and !ler exceed in interest many of those prodigies which have from time to time been brought before the public for exhibition. They are inseparably united by injunction of the spines at.the lower part of the back, in such a manner that the death of out would necessarily involve the destruction of the other. In walking, they move in a lateralor sidelong directionsthoughwitheut any apparent clifficulty. Their countenances are pleasing. and expressive, and their.general appearance such is •to create a favourable impression upon the mind of the vieitor. The usual playfulness of .children characterises all: their move ments, and they eisjey -excellent health. Each appears to pos sess a distinct mind and freedom of action, strikieg instances of which are occasionally exhibited, though, generally speak ._ ing, little variation is observable in their tastes and habits, In the presence of strangers the twins are,exceeclifiglo sand exhibit the usual Aptitude for chattering peculiar to children of their years,-and also indicate the precocity of intel lett peculiar to the negro. There is everything in their appear aeee to interest, and ,nothing repulsive to the most fastidious. .titer being a short time in England the twins _will visit France, and afterwards ireturn to the United States. The profits derivable from their exhibition are to be appropriated to ,the liberation of their- parents and brothers and . sisters from slavery. They have been visited by many of the,leading members of the medical profession in this town. The follow ing certificate has been signed by the principal medical gen tlemen in Liverpool :—"July,2s, 1855. We have examined carefully to-day the African twins. They are completely united,,below the body, posteriorly, by a bony union, and the band of communication is in, all about sixteen inches ,in circumference. With the exception of these parts the bodies of both are perfect. They are interesting, lively, and intelli gent little people, and have notls.lng of monstrosity in their appearance.' It is impossible to see them without being pleased with their manners and lively chattering.—John O'Donnell, M.D., Thomas Inman, M.D. Thos. Lewis, M.D., Thomas Blackburn, P. Maciutyre, M,D., ill*. Wright Manifold, M.D. and Surgeon, B. Bickersteth LIVERPOOL :rowN COUNCIL—The following subjects will be discussed at-the quarterly Council meeting to-morrow: — I The proceedings of the Finance Committee, comprising, recommendation-to increase the salary of Mr. Linton Hughes, from £4OO to £4;50 per annum.—The.dection of four members of the Council to.be members of the Dock Committee, for the affairs of the estateof the trustees of the ?Liverpool Docks, in the place of Edward langsdale, Oliver Holden, William Mann, and James Holme, Zsquires, who retire from and go out of the said committee, in accordance with the provisions of " The Liverpool Deck Act, 1851."—Resignation of Mr. James T. Pownall and Mr. William H. Daunt, two nf the commis sioners appointed by the Council to inspect, audit, and adjust the accounts of the trustees of the Liverpool Docks, under the Dock Acts, and appointment of two commissioners to fill up and make good the vacancies caused by such resignations.— The proceedings of the Courts of Law and St. George's-hall Committee, comprising, recommendation to appoint Mr. W. H. M`Kenzie, as superintendent of the building, including the Ventilation, at the salary of £2OO per annum ; Richard Williams, as engineer, at the wages of 255. per week; John White and Martin Scully, stokers, at the wages of 21s. each per week; Thomas Noble and William Handsome, as labourers, at 21s. each per week; and John Archer, joiner in attendance, at 30s. per week : recommendation to appoint Charles Green, now hall porter at the Town-hall, head porter at St. George's-hall, at the salary of 30s. per week ; and Mrs. Green, housekeeper, at the salary of £5O per annum : recommenda tion to appoint Itlr. Best organist of St. George's-hall, at the salary of £3OO per annum.—The proceedings of the Health Committee, comprising recommendation to promote Mr. Ro bert J. Brew, Mr. Joseph Jones, and Mr. John J. Langley, rate-collectors, from third class to second class collectors, the consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly Council, pursuant to the standing orders.—The proceedings of the Water Committee, comprising recommendation that Mr. John Hall, collector of water rates, be advanced from the situation of third class collector, to that of second class col lector, and that his salary and poundage be calculated at £lBO per annum, the consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly Council, pursuant to the standing orders.— Report of the Special Committee appointed on the 10th day of May last, on the subject of the purchase of the docks and properties of the Birkenhead Dock Trustees, and of the Bir kenhead Dock Company.—The Coroner's account, amounting to £29 ss.—The mayor's communications, comprising resolu tion•and report of the Visiting Justices as to arrangements preliminary to the opening of the new gaol at Walton ; and letter from the chairman of the Reformatory Committee, stating that Government had allowed the lazaretto Akbar to be used as a reformatory for juveniles, and requesting per- Mission to moor the same in the Oreat Float, Birkenhead, ~ to bk Shonli reed to Ld St h bons )0,000 ) to song e bond origins► rks from ) Peter' , tractor Le Viet •s to col that vv , stimat sub-an he woi Thom 3 fair an , from ' Thy Least r' to £64. .ng the A . 4 r y -five being 0 0, Ot t 1O ar of illej !d to retal',,tb!'" 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AT STIIRMINSTER PETTY SESSIONS last week, William Thick, of Stalbridge, was summoned for swearing several pro fane oaths. Defendant admitted the offence, and was fined 6s. and costs. A SIGNIFICANT FACT.—There is so great a pressure of business in Doctors' Commons, owing to the war, that con siderable delay is caused in granting probates.—Letter from London. A ROBBERY was recently committed in a house in Clifton, while the family were absent at afternoon service. The thieves left written on the kitchen table the words, "You should watch as well as pray."—Bristol Times. A NEWCASTLE NEWSPAPER, in noticing the state of trade on the banks of the Tyne, says that the manufacture of Epsom salts is pretty brisk, and that one firm alone is manufacturing 20 tons a week. THE DIRECTORS of the East India Company have given the necessary notice of their intention to reduce the rate of inte rest on India bonds from 4 per cent. to 31 per cent., from the 21st of July next. Lola MONTES, with a theatrical troop under her charge, left San Francisco on the 6th of June, in a sailing vessel ( the barque Fanny Major), bound for Australia. She will join the stage there, and will afterwards go to Europe, via" China, Cal cutta, and Sebastopol. THE PITMEN of Northumberland celebrate the birth of a child by throwing a "luck-bag" of salt into the fire. The other day, at Blythe Folly, a miner; who had had an addition to his family, threw, in mistake, a bag of gunpowder into the fire ! The house was shattered, but no one was killed. THE Morning Herald states that in the course of a few months we shall count our gun-boats by scores, instead of by twos and threes. Such a fleet is building, and ordered to be built, that within the next six months we shall have the most effective powers for prosecuting naval warfare in all classes of powerful ships. MESSRS. BASS, of London, have several large vessels on their way to Balaclava with their renowned ale and porter, of which they purpose keeping up a floating depot of 800 tons, in their ship Tartar, for supplying the wants of the army at a very trifling advance upon London retail prices. A PARTY OF NEGROES, dressed in the newest style of Parisian fashion, are now visiting Paris. These ebony gentle men are functionaries at the Court of his Imperial Maiesty, Faustin I.—better known as Soulouque. Among them are General Count Eloa, senator, Grand Chancellor of the Empire of Haiti; Viscount Elba, his son; Baron Simom, senator; and the Count de Val, senator. BY the death of Mrs. Ferguson, in East Lothian, Lady Mary Christopher, or her husband, Mr. Christopher, M.P., in her right, will succeed to an estate, the rental of which was last year £38,000. yr. Christopher has also in Lincolnshire estates to the value of 214,000 a year in right of his wife, for which he takes the name of Christopher. His original name was Dandas, -and he will now have to take the name of Nisbet. THE Rev. S. Sunderland, vicar of Penistone (and rural dean), left home on Wednesday morning, in company with the Peni stone schoolmaster, to go by an excursion train to Chatsworth and Haddon Hall. On leaving the train at Rowsley Station, the rev. gentleman got into a cab, bat the horses were restive, and, thinking it unsafe, he got on the top of an omnibus, which,before he had proceeded far, everset,and precipitated him on to the road. He died a few hours afterwards. EXCHAIZGE OF COLONIES Iran FRANCE.—A rumour is current throughout the West Indies of a contemplated transfer of Dominica and St. Lucia to France, in exchange for the French colony of Chandernagore in the East Indies. The Antigua and other colonial papers have given free circulation to this rumour, adding that, the matter is under consideration of both governments, and will shortly be concluded, but they cannot trace it to any regular foundation.—Morning Chronicle. MADRID has been shocked by a frightful visitation to one 'family of cholera. On the night of the 11th, Lieutenant •Ceneral Schelly, who has been living for some time in the neighbourhood of Seville, his daughter, his two sisters, his head servant, the wife of the latter, and three domestics, all died from this dread plague. At the departure of the , courier the wife of the deceased general, his mother, and his - brother, the Marquis of Villa-Wilvestre, were in a state of agony not to be described. TITE Lew Loans.—lt is the love of mischief, we suspect, which i s still strong in Lord Lyndhurst, rather than a pas sion for law reform, that inspires his attacks on-so defenceless an object as the Lord Chancellor. Nothing has been done, no doubt ; no doubt, there is something whimsical in the half reasons which that dignitary gives for his •own inability to legislate : and it is not perhaps a mere vulgar error that the Solicitor-General alternately thwarts and ;tyrannises over a superior whose powers he despises and whose temper is too gentle to resist. All that can be said however is that, so long as the two men are kept in their present relative position, somebody else ought to be charged with the duty of finding rational employment for the House of Lords.— The Guardian. THE RIEMT or FOOT PASSENGERS.--411 the course of a trial before Mr. Justice Coleridge, on Saturday, where a widow sued Tor damages, her husband 'having been run over and killed by an omnibus, the learned judge said he wished to make an observation. There was one thing it was really right to state. When passing along a street, the side pavements were for foot passengers, and the centre of the street was for carriages,. and those persons who wished to cross were bound to watch their opportunity—to use due care and caution; but at the end or corner of a street, if a foot passenger wished to cross, it should be known that the -centre of the street be longed as much to the foot passenger as to the carriage, and he had as much right to tell the driver of a carriage to wait for him as for the driver to make him wait. A l!floa - nnu SELLING lEEE Bain.—One day last week, :a woman, named Mary Green, who stated she was a native of Bedwin, Suffolk, left her lodgings in Barnsley with her female-child, four months old, and returned in the evening withouta. These circumstanceseorning to the knowledge-of Mr. Woodruff, constable, the woman was taken into custody on suspicion. She was asked to account for her missing. .child, and then stated that a shopkeeper at Silkstcrne had offered her a sovereign for it, and 'that she had accepted - the sum and sold the baby. On the tiflicer going to Silkstone he found this statement to be correct, and that the infant had beeu•:purchased for the suna named, by Mr. J. Berry, clothier. Mr. Berry is a married man, but-has no children. The affair• created. considerable excitement amongst the villagers, who assured the constable that the child would be well treated by its new parents. The mother of the infant stated that her husband was lame and could not work, and she was unable to nourish the child. ROYAL ASSENT. —The Royal Assent•was given bY Conurdssion on Monday to the following' bills :—Lady Raglan and Lord Raglan`Annuities ; Endowed Schools (Ireland); Gold Wedding fags ;, Commons Enclosure (N 0 ..) ; Spirits (Ireland) Act Amendment ; Friendly Societies • :Dublin Carriage Act Amendment ; Christ Church (Todinorden) Marriages ',Vali dity -; ,Barial-grounds (Scotland).; Bills of Exchange :and Promissory Notes ; Waveney Valley Railway ; Edinburgh and , Glesgow Railway ; Wisbeach , Port ; Bolton and Nightin gale ; Royal Medical Benevolent College ; LondonderrY and 'Coleraine Railway ; Cavendish-baidge and Hull and Ward Road ;.'llsgenham Docks ; London ',Necropolis and National Museum ; Honiton Road ; East OfMFife Railway ; Gateshead and Hexham Roads ; Portsmouth 'Railway ; Shrewsbury Im provement ' • Great Northern London Cemetery ; Mid -Kent and North Kent Railway ; Barrow Harbour ; Birken head:and Liverpool Dock (Trust)-Yrroperty of Birkenhead Dock Trustees ; England and Ireland Improvement Commu nication;-Furness Railway; LivetToOt Docks; South Stafford shire Railway, Livesey's :Estate ; Pedder's Divorce. ; Cromarty.Estate ; Hammond's Estate; 'Livesey's (Blackburn) Estate. A •COLO'7I2ED SISTER or MERCY ax BALAIELANA..—A letter from the Crimea says We have at present a ladyef colour in Balaklava, and occasionally in•carap, who is quite an original hiller way, and an amusing specimen of the adapta bility to circumstances of the darker specimens of the genus hosao. She is both a Miss /Nrightingale :and a Soyer in her way. A native of Jamaica, she has travelled extensively on the Americaneontinent, and has acquired .great experience in the treatment of cases of cholera ancidiarrhcea. Her powders for the lattempidemie are now so renowned, that she is con stantly besettwitli applications - and iit must be stated, to her honour, that she makes no charge ' for her Powders. She is often seen riding out to the front With-.baskets of medicines of her own preparation, and this is particularly the case after an engagement with the enemy. Herealinary powers are also so great that even Soyer told her the.other day she knew as much about cooking as himself. Mrs.:SeaeOle is, moreover, a highly intelligent woman, and a further proof that the race from which she .pprang is one capable .of high intellectual —development. She may well exclaim with QiheilB— " Mistake me not for my complexiOn— The burnish'd livery of the golden sue:" A Titopstr.--General Pelissier has just presented to the library of A lg iers ,as volume of the History. of,- the Life of Christ, which was taken in the chapel of the cemetery of Sebaitopol. It is in:the Slavonian language, .and in 7the folio form, is bound in theaneient style and gilt, =ldles two clasps in copper. On the topeover, in a gilt wreath, are the three personages of the Trinity. On one of the blank, leaves is written in Russian, " This book belongs to the Church of the •Siiints of the Cemetery;" and lower down "Month of December—the priest Altin Bringi n was h ere the .27th Deeem ben, 1827." The whole life is divided into twelve parts, one • for each month ; and the -volume in question eomprises the part for the month of December. The book was printed at Moscow, and the paper is of a grayish colour. The titles of the chapters and the first - etters of each paragraph are in red, ink, and this gives it the: appearance of the earlier pro ductions of the typographic art. The bottoms of the pages are wort' from constant Use, and.some of the pages are so dirty as to lvarrant the belief that -the Russian clergy are not rigorously required to officiate with clean hands ; while other pages are stained with drops of ; yellow wax which evidently fell fromtbe candles which it is the.eustom to burn in honour of the saints. General Pelissier, in transmitting the book to the library of Algiers, wrote the following lines, and they have been. asted in one of the fly leaves :—" Heltd.quarters before Sebastopol, 9th of June, 1855. History of the Life of Christ. Taken in the chapel of the ; cemetery of Sebasto pol, where victory carried us. The sacred objects and several other things were conveyed to the monastery of St. George, but this book was reserved by him who had the discretionary power, in order that it might be presented to the library of Algiers. It is in the Slavonian language and printed in the Slavonian characters.—Pelissier." TILE WELL-KNOWN DR. VERoN, for some time ehief owner and editor of the Coastitutionnel, formerly a seller of quack medicines, lessee of the Opera, gourmet by profession, a sort of factotum or French Barnum in notoriety and universality— and humbug ! published lately, as all the world, or at least all Paris, knows, his memoirs, under the title of " Memoires d'un Bourgeois de Paris." The book is a compound of twaddle, of gossip occasionally amusing, and of plentiful abuse of the author's enemies and praise of Ids friends. Worthless as the production is, its gossip and scandal combined have procured for it the honour of a second edition, to which appears pre fixed the following characteristic letter from Louis Napoleon, addressed to the doctor on receipt of a former copy of the work, and in grateful memory of "the traveller's dinner 'at an inn," and former "relations" between the parties :—" Palais des Tuileries, Bth March, 1855. My dear Mons. V6ron,—l have received with pleasure your " Meimoires d'un Bourgeois de Paris," and I shall read the two last volumes especially with so much the more interest, as they resume the faithful souvenirs of a man who has seen much, who has judged soundly, and related without passion. Do not doubt that it will be extremely agreeable to me to find once more, in the writer who is collecting useful materials for the history of our times, the same man whose disinterested sympathy afforded me in days of difficulty the important support of one of the principal organs of the press. Receive my sincere thanks, and believe in my good wishes, NAPOLEON."—No one can accuse Louis Napoleon of turning his back upon old friends; and, whatever may be thought of the letter in other respects, it cannot be denied that it required no small courage in a French Emperor to allow of the publication of such an epistle, ad dressed to his friend V4ron, in Mg own satirical capital.— Guardian, THE Gazette de Lyon states that, a few days since, a man; 121 years of age, passed through that city, accompanied by his two nephews, on his way to Savoy, his native country. This man had passed 80 years at the Bagne, from which he has just been released ! AN AcnoN for libel, brought by Mr. Rudgard, an alder man of the Lincoln Corporation, and Mr. Brogden, the Mayor, who is also proprietor of the Lincolnshire Chronicle, was tried at Lincoln on Friday. The action arose out of a claim made to waste lauds by the plaintiff, and an insinuation was made in the Chronicle that he had but " confused notions of the important matters of meum and tuum." The jury found for the defendant. THE Grand Duke of Tuscany has released the unfortunate cigar maker, Cecchetti, who was sentenced to a year of impri sonment for reading the Bible in company with the members of his own family. The Marquis of Normanby had interested himself on behalf of Cecchetti, and the Grand Duke has now remitted the remainder of the sentence on condition of Cec chetti absenting himself from Tuscany during that time, and he is now in Genoa. SINGULAR WHIRLWIND.—On the afternon of Friday last there was observed in one of the plantations at Abbotsford a whirlwind, running along like a dark furrow, shaking and twisting the branches as if it had been some aerial monster seeking to suck the trees from their classic ground. The same phenomenon was seen in the plantations at Dryburg, shortly before the thunderstorm which broke over the dis trict.—Scottish Record Mn. PENNETHORNE, the architect, makes an ominous re port on the state of the public offices in Dawning -street. He describes the whole of them as ricketty. " The Colonial Office (says he, speaking before the fall of Lord John,) is worse than the Foreign Office." The latter "is propped or tied up in va rious parts :" and, adds the architect (for the admonition of Lord Palmerston,) "the First Lord of the Treasury's Office is, though in appearance strong, in reality in a more dilapidated condition than the others." SIAM.—I think it is likely a Siamese ambassador will next year visit the Court of St. James. The gorgeous splendour of the Court of Bangkok (as we have seen it) exceeds belief. When I can find time I propose to write an account of my visit and of Siam. It is a country of wonderful beauty, great resources, various productions ; and Bangkok will, I trust, become again what it once was—one of the largest emporiums in the eastern world, following only Calcutta and Canton.— Letter from Sir John Bowring. ALEXANDER MURRAY, a cooper, while walking in the neighbourhood of Sinclair Castle, was attacked on Friday night by a detachment of weasels, some fifty in number, which issued from beneath a furze hedge in a field. He kept them at bay with a fishing-rod, while they were making vicious springs at his person. He managed to kill two of the pack, and struck some others, which made them retreat to their holes. The same vermin had previously attacked a shepherd and his dog.—John o'Groat Journal. FAILURE OP A GOVERNMENT TRAINING SCILOOL.—The Kneller-hall School, after a large expenditure, has completely failed. From different sources we find that the building, estimated at £lO,OOO, has cost the country £41,000. The ex penditure for five and a half years has been £21,000. A lec turer on English history and literature at £5OO per annum, was •one of the trainers of these teachers for pauper schools The number of students admitted was 120. Of those who have left, 19 are not now teachers at all, 15 are in other schools, and only 49 are in workhouse and penal schools. Swiss SENTENCE.—A sentence recently passed in Swit zerland upon a man found guilty of sacrilege, shows consider able ingenuity in the art of punishment. The criminal is to be exposed for a quarter of hour in the iron collar used at exe cutions, and under the surveillance of the executioner ; to re ceive publicly sixty strokes of the rod, from the hand of the same dread officer; five years of hard labour ; to remain ten years within the boundary of his native commune ; never to be able to marry, and to lose all civil and political rights ; to pass through certain religious exercises ; and, filially, to confess his crime in the church—a rod in his hand and a cord round his neck ! The tribunal from which his sentence proceeds is that of Obwald. , AFFECTING- INCIDENT.—On Wednesday week, a woman, her husband, and child, were travelling to Weston-super- Mare by a train. When near Ashton, the child, which had been leaning against the door (the latter suddenly opening), fell out of the carriage, to the horror of all who witnessed it. The woman, with a scream, was about to jump after it, when her husband and some of the passengers near restrained her, and fortunately so, as the train was going at full speed. The agonising doubt of the poor parents until the train stopped at Nailsea may well be imagined. From Nailsea, the husband went back the line in search of his child, when he found it in the care of a woman, who had seen it fall out of the carriage, and, wonderful to relate, was only a little bruised about the face.—Bath Chronicle. Loss OF ANTIQUITIES FOR TEE FRENCH NATIONAL Masstuss.—We regret to state that letters from the East inform us that the greater part of the very fine collection of antiquities made by Mr. Place and Mr. Fresnel, at Babylon, have been lost just above the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris, between the villages Lechian and Kornah. The Asst advices state that they were several feet under the alluvial soil, into which they had sunk . in four fathoms of water. We `hear that Mr. Holland, commander of the Hon. East India ' Company's steam-ship Comet, repaired to the spot, sent down divers, and used every exertion to recover 'them, but without success. Of the whole of this magnificent collection only two rafts, containing 15 sculpture figures and one large bull, reached Bussorah in safety. DESTRUCTION OF AN ELErmusT.—The large elephant, 120 years of age, late the property of Mr. Wombwell, being incapa ,: ble of locomotion from diseased feet, the present proprietor gave directions for its destruction in the easiest manner pos sible. Accordingly, Mr. E. Price, veterinary surgeon, and Mr. Flewitt, chemist, of Birmingham, on Friday, proceeded to carry his wishes into effect. Ina minutes from the application of chloroform the animal became totally insensible; prussic acid was then administered without effect, and two large doses of strychnine without producing any perceptible feeling of pain. Not succeeding in these endeavours, a continuous application of chloroform was made, in the hope that the animal might sink under it, but, after three hours' perseverance in this course, no difference of respiration being observed, the administration was stopped, and in one hour and a-half all effects of it had passed away. The oily known means-of destruction left were the knife and the bullet. The latter was first tried (the animal again being chloroformed) and wounded a branch of:the carotid artery, from which blood flowed in a tolerably sized jet. The opening was then enlarged with a knife, and the artery fully divided. In .a few minutes the huge animal ceased to live, having died without a struggle, or evidencing the slightest feeling of pain. RUSSIAN ESTIMATE OF LORD RAGLAN.—The following ex tract from a letter dated St. Petersburg, published in -Le Nord, shows how' Lord Raglan was appreciated by the Russians : " Lord Raglan," says the letter, " has died. During the entire period of the.tommand of this noble general he succeeded in conciliating the esteem and respect not only of those with whom his nation was allied, but also of the enemy to whom he was opposed. He was one of the last of the heroes of that glorious English army which, under the command of the Duke of Wellington,lllustrated the English name on so many battle fields, and of -Which the few remaining veterans bore on their breasts, Ulnae - Iy, the honourable tokens. Lord Raglan was on several occasions distinguished by the late Emperor Nicho las, as also by- the reigning emperor. He will be personally regretted in Russia by all who had an opportunity of knowing and appreciating the nobleness of his sentiments and the up rightness of his character. As a subject he performed his duty by obesing;the command of his sovereign, and as a soldier by valiantly defending the honour of his flag; but even in the execution of his duty he preserved unblemished to his death his own personal dignity and that of his country. He has fallen, like so many others, a victim to this disastrous war. 'Honoured be his memory, and respected be his grave ! which will be as sacred on the soil of Russia as on that of England ; and, while pointing to it, no Russianavill refuse to say--Side, viator, &mew cakes." THE HON. Fasasz VinniEns.—The ease of. Wright v. Lord Maidstone came before Vice-Chancellor Page Wood, on Mon ulay. It was a bill filed by the plaintiff for the purpose c‘ recovering from the defendant the amount of a bill of es ',change for £lOOO,. drawn by the Hon. Francis :Villiers upon, .and, accepted by, the defendant, and discounted by the plain . tiff. The bill alleged, that there had been -several renewals of the original bill of exhange ; that, in October, 1854, the bill then running was renewed for three months; that when that bill became due the drawer brought to the :indorsee a bill in renewal of it, purporting to be signed by the defendant; that, theveupon, the old hill-was given up to the drawer, and was cancelled or destroyed; sthat the' renewal bill turned out to be a forgery. The bill had attached to it an affidavit, as in the case of asking to sue upon .a lost instrument, and offered to inderonify - the defendant against any loss Which might occur in the-event of the bill alleged to have been destroyed being at any fme presented for payment. To this bill there was a general -.demurrer for want of equity. The Vice-Chancellor said that s in the case of a destroyed bill, there never, was any difficultriu going at law, and, therefore, the Court•of Chan cery had never interfered. The demurrer must, -therefore, be allowed, but he would give leave to amend. FATAL Tgusonnsroasss.—On Monday evening Halifax and neighbourhood were visited by a very heavy storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by a fall of rain which completely flooded the town and adjacent country, doing a vast deal of damage, and causing the death of a man named Jenkineon, alias Woolerjenk, who was swept away by the torrent at Waterside, which threw down the walls of a house in Water-lane, occupied by Mr. C. Wilkinson. A child, about eleven years of age, who was imbed at the time, was also ,killed. At Bottoms, a logwood mill was emptied of its con tents, and thirty tens of wood washed away. The accounts from the neighbouring villages, especially in the northwest ,direction, tell a long tale of mishaps and loss. At Queenhead much injury was inflicted. Messrs. ,J. Foster and Son, of that place, are said to have sustained a loss to the amount of £1,0(10. Derby and the neighbourhood were also the scene of the force with which the storm raged for several hours. At the Derby railway-station the thunder and lightning were awfully terrific, and in some places the rails were under water. At Loughborough and Leicester the storm was unusually violent ; and at Oe,kbrook the rain descended in torrents for four hours. At Smalley the lightning struck the house of Mr. J. Wright. The electric fluid entered the room in which Mr. and Mrs. Wright were, and hurled them from side to sides but they were not seriously hurt. At Belper the Union Workouse sustained some injury; and at Chevin a cow was killed by the lightning. DAMAGES FOR RAILWAY COLLISION.—At York assizes , on Friday and Saturday, was heard the action preferred by Mr. Hall, the Recorder of Doncaster, against the Great Northern Railway Company, to recover compensation for the serious injuries received by him while travelling from Leeds to Doncaster on the 3rd of January last, for the purpose of holding his sessions at Doncaster. The dantages were laid at £10,500. The counsel for the plaintiff)* after giving an account of the accident, went on to state that Mr. Hall was carefully conveyed to the house of Mr. Teale, an eminent surgeon in Leeds, when it was found that the right thigh bone, at the point where it meets the knee joint, was broken in various places ; and one result was that at this moment, and so it would be to the end of Mr. Hall's life, that leg was about half an inch shorterthan the other. The other leg al so was broken immediately below the knee, and both the arms were broken. It was about three months before he could leave his room, but at present he seemed to be restored to a very considerable degree of health. Besides personal injury, however, Mr. Hall's professional career had been damaged by the occurrence. He had lost two assizes, three terms, and one important year of his practice. In 1854, Mr. Hall's income was about £1,200, and this year, owing to his increasing practice, he estimated that his income would have been £2,000. £5OO for Mr. Teale, the surgeon who attended him, would be very moderate remuneration indeed. To establish a case of negli gence on the part of the company, two civil engineers were called, who gave evidence tending to show that the acci dent was caused by the " facing points" near the place not having a man to attend to them, and by the train being pushed instead -of drawn. Witnesses were then called to prove there was no negligence, and that the disaster was purely accidental, The jury gave £4,500 damages, AN addition of 400 German recruits was made to the Foreign Legion, at Thorncliffe, on Thursday. THE banking establishment of Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Bates, in the Strand, has been purchased by the directors of the London and Westminister Bank for the sum of £20,000. UPWARDS of £30,000 of sugar duties were paid at the custom-house, Greenock, on Saturday and Monday, in con sequence, it is supposed, of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's late speech on the subject of the expense of carrying on the war exceeding his estimates. PRIZE MONEY.—The Gazette publishes a royal proclama tion, which orders that all officers and crews of British vessels of war who shall be sent in charge of any ships which shall be hereafter detained by any British vessels of war, shall share in any prizes captured in their absence by the ship on the books of which they may be borne at the time of such prizes being captured, in all respects as if they had been actually on board of such vessel at the time of such prizes being captured by her. GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY.—On Monday morning, between two and three o'clock, the premises of Messrs. Barber and Co., jewellers, of Cheapside, London, were entered by thieves, and a large quantity of gold watches and other jewellery, amount ing to upwards of £2,000, were carried away. The robbery consists of 400 gold rings, set in diamonds, emeralds, and rubies, diamond necklaces, 138 gold watches, 43 silver watches, 100 and upwards of gold Albert and brequet chains, 50 gold pins, diamond studs, gold brooches, &c. THE FAILURE OF STRAHAN, PAUL, AND BATES.-011 Wednesday, Sir J. D. Paul, Mr. Strahan, and Mr. Bates were again brought up at the Bow-street Police-court, London. No further evidence was adduced, and they were again remanded till Wednesday next.—An examination meeting in the Bankruptcy-court took place in London, on Thursday. The Marquis of Westminster was present. The bankrupts were in attendance, but were not examined, and one or two creditors, who wished for information in reference to ceri securities, were recommended to put themselves in commum cation with the solicitors. It was said a dividend would be declared on the 13th of October. SINGULAR TELEGRAPH ERROR.—The Independance Beige has a curious story of a mischance which nearly befel General Castellan, at present commanding the army of Lyons. He re ceived a telegraph message from Paris, in which, by the sub stitution of que for de, the " death of the Emperor" was announced, instead of that of a distinguished companion in arms. General Castellan, it is said, after some hesitation, de cided to dictate to his soldiers a proclamation full of noble sentiments and sympathies, but in which, regarding the army as the only palladium of order and of society in Paris, he traced out as their first duty that of acknowledging the head of the elder Bourbon "as the saviour and sovereign of France." The error, it is said, was discovered in good time, but not before the proclamation had been submitted to several of the superior officers at Lyons. The Emperor, it is said, only smiled when he heard of the affair. ON TUESDAY, before the Hyde-park Disturbances Com mittee, Sir R. Mayne was called as the first witness on behalf of the police. He gave the details of his orders as to taking up their stations, &c. "Any persons making a noise, shout ing, frightening horses, or creating disturbances, were to be cautioned, and if they did not desist, to be taken into custody. The prisoners were to be taken in cabs." Half-hourly reports were sent to him from the park ; and he wrote at half-past four, in answer to Inspector Hughes, " Now act vigorously in compelling all rioters to move up the road." At five o'clock he wrote, "All persons shouting at the carriages to be re moved from the railings." With regard to the injuries done to the police, Sir R. Mayne stated there was one struck in the back with a stone, one knocked down by a blow on the head and slightly cut, one thrown down and slightly injured, one had his eye blackened, forty-five were assaulted, seven kicked, twenty-five struck with stones, and thirteen with sticks. LORD SHAFTESBURY'S RELIGIOUS WORSHIP BILL, which has now passed the lords, after reciting in the preamble the law as laid down in the 2nd George 111., chap, 155, enacts as follows : "I. From and after the passing of this Act, nothing contained in the above-mentioned Act shall apply to the congregations or assemblies hereinafter mentioned, or any of them ; that is to say, (I.) To any congregation or assembly for religious worship held in any parish or any ecclesiastical district, and con ducted by the incumbent or curate of such parish or dis trict, or by any person authorised by him : (2.) To any congregation or assembly for religious worship meeting in a private dwelling house, or on the premises belonging thereto: (3.) To any congregation or assembly for religious worship meeting occasionally in any building not usually appro priated to purposes of religious worship. And no person permitting any such congregation to meet as herein mentioned in any place occupied by him shall be liable to any penalty for so doing. „ IL So 'much of an Act passed in the second and third years of King William the Fourth, chapter one hundred and fifteen, as enacts that her Majesty's subjects professing the Roman Catholic religion, in respect to their places for religious worship, shall be subject to the same laws as the Protentant Dissenters are sub jected to, and so much of an Act passed in the ninth and tenth year of her present Majesty, chapter fifty-nine, as enacts that her Majesty's subjects professing the Jewish religion, in respect to their places for religious worship, shall be subject to the same laws as Protestant Dissenters are subject to, shall be respectively read as applicable to the laws to which Protestant Dissenters in England are subject for the time being after the passing of the Act.” TILE NEW BEER ACT.—On Thursday,. the committee re assembled, and agreed to report to the following effect :—"The committee find that, owing to the late period of the session at which they were appointed, and the short time still remaining at their disposal, it has been impossible to carry the inquiry to its full extent. The committee are convinced by the evidence already produced (and which is of a character entirely to be relied upon), that the act of last session, restricting the sale of beer and liquors during certain hours of the Sunday, has been attended with- unnecessary inconvenience to - the public. The committee, in consequence, feel it their duty to recommend to the consideration of the house an amendment of the Sale of Beer Act of 1854, which will admit of the opening of li censed houses from one to three o'clock, and from five to eleven o'clock in the afternoon of Sunday, and the other days named in the act. The committee are further of opinion that it would be desirable to omit in clause 1 of the act the words ' bona fide,' as useless for the purpose of definition and tending to create doubts as to the intention of the legislature:' A clause was, we understand, proposed but not persisted in, to the effect that the subject was of sufficient importance to justify the renewal of the committee in a future session, and the words " has been attended with unnecessary inconvenience," were substituted for "calculated to cause very considerable in convenience." On a discussion of the question as to whether the committee " felt it their duty unanimously to recommend the matter to the immediate consideration of the house," the words "unanimously" and "immediate" were agreed to be omitted. TAXES ON DOMESTIC SERVANTS.—A writer in the Times, in allusion to the letter of a previous correspondent, complain ing that " the well-paid, well-fed, and easily-worked class of upper domestics, including stewards, butlers, grooms of the chambers, cooks, upper coachmen, and grooms, housekeepers, and female cooks, are not taxed to the income-tax lender sche dule D," says, " I entirely concur with Omega,' that this very numerous body are fit and proper persons to bear the burden and heat' of the tax collectors' visitations. I have, during the last eighteen years, been employed in trading with the aristocracy through their upper servants, and am prepared to state my conviction that many thousands of such persons, whose wages vary from 50 to 100 guineas per annum, exclu sive of lodging, light, firing, and food, as those who ought, at a time like this, to put the shoulder to the wheel beside the small and hard-worked trader, who, by his position, comes within the grasp of the assessor more readily; for I think no one can deny that 50 guineas and board and lodging are quite equal to the assessable point which the government tax com mences at, without once thinking of numberless other sources of an upper servant's income in the shape of perquisites, pre sents, allowances, &c. I throw out this hint to the authori ties, and would suggest that the best method of carrying it out would be to ascertain from my lord,' or ' Sir James,' through the medium of his return paper, the wages paid to his domestics, and bring all those into charge whose nominal wages are £5O, or near it, believing that this would be a plan which would materially add to the return under the head of taxes.' " THE TURKISH SULTAN AND THE ENGLISH ARMY.— The following is a translation of the autograph letter ad dressed by the Sultan to the late Lord Raglan, thanking him for the services of the English army. An autograph letter of D. similar tenor was addressed at the same time to General P-clissier To LORD RAGLAN. MY Loan, — The Queen, my august and intimate ally, h as sen t you to defend my cause, which, being a just and legitimate one, becomes the cause of the whole civilised world. You, and the brave army which you command, have responded to the expec tations of your country and of mine. You have deserved general admiration by your glorious exploits in a trying climate. The new feats of arms you have just added to the many brilliant actions performed in the Crimea, together with my soldiers, whom I love as my own children, give me the hope of a definite and proximate result, which will be as glorious for these great allied nations es the commencement of the campaign. 1 experience a feeling of higher satisfaction that a thing so terrible as war should have been the means of uniting my people with the great nations of the west by indissoluble bonds. As long as the noble thirst for glory will make the human heart beat, those who have struggled with fraternal emulation, those who have mixed their blood together on a foreign soil, will remember companions whom they regarded as brothers. That which has hitherto been the scourge of mankind, will have procured the satisfactory result of bringing nearer to each other the people whose governments were already allies ;-this war will bear the germs of a durable peace, rich in wholesome fruit, between nations who desire to appreciate one another. Being desirous to offer to the brave combatants in the Crimea a proof of my lively satisfaction, a public testimony of my gratitude, I have charged my aide-de-camp, General Etliem Pasha, to bring you this letter. I flatter myself with the hope, my lord, that all the brave officers and soldiers under your orders will be convinced.that we make no distinction between any of the soldiers fighting for the common cause, and that the affection I feel for them finds an echo in the heart of the whole population of Turkey, which rejoices to recognise in them the most ancient allies of my empire. I pray God to give you the moat glorious success, and to have you i n Hi s holy keeping. Palace of Tch6ragan, the 12th Schewal, 1271." PERMOITS F1,00D.-0/3 Wednesday, about two o'clock, p.m., a torrent of water broke suddenly into the works now in pro gress for deepening and rebuilding the Fleet sewer, opposite Clerkenwell, London. A temporary canal had been cut from a point a hundred yards up the stream to carry the water past the position of the wo r ki ng t o a po i n t fift y yar d s b e l ow . A weir eight feet high has been constructed to turn the stream into the temporary channel. This had been damaged by the floods two weeks ago, but was now strongly piled and but tressed. Before it could overflow it turned aside a body of water which ran on a descent six feet deep, by twelve or four. teen wide, and this torrent rolled over a fall of several feet into the former bed of the sewer. It rolled in such a body on Wednesday about two o'clock. The rains of the past week had swollen the ancient Fleet rivulet, but up to the instant of peril, no danger was apprehended. Either an unusual discharge from the Hampstead and Highgate or other reservoirs, or heavier rains than fell about Clerkenwell, had fallen within the area of the north-west drainage, and sent down an o u t n h e e x r p l e a c bo ted ure fl r o s od , flood. were From in channel, a i f i o n r e t l y , building bricklayers, piers for the with r the arches, or digging foundations, carrying materials on narrow ladders and planks — men above men, in the intri cately busy working hive — no means of escape but by one or two narrow ladders ; when suddenly the labourers highest on th t e hi d r r t y y the planks cried that the flood had risen above the weir. It rolled over, brought down a portion of the side works, and came roaring and crashing down the dry channel. The men rushed to the ladders, or leaped upon their fresh and frail walls, or clung to planks, helping one another, or crying fran tically for help. The open archway was within a few yards, and the next outlet was into the Thames, two-thirds of a mile distant. The roaring torrent dashed underneath the clinging workmen into the black throat of this sewer, and every man knew that should the, weir give way and the pent-up waters which were lodged backward towards King's-cross follow its fall, they would be swept with all they clung to irrevocably to destruCtioii: The imminence of danger for a brief space produced confusion, but presently courage and coolness over came the panic. The weir did not give way. The men above assisted the men below, and they stood in safety, with many strangers, attracted by their cries for help, to see the flood washing away the new brick-work, but oth erw i se d o i ng no harm, - • ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS Rev. H. Bagnall, M.A., to theßectory of Go!dsbro', Yorkshire. Rev. T. F. Barrow, M.A., to the incumbency of BarrJw Bristol.Gur nener3,ell, Rev. W. ALA., to the-Head MaEt-rsbip of the Cathedral School, Carlisle. Rev. H. C. Blagden, to the Stipendiary Curacy (not th e Perpe tual Curacy) of Frankley, Worcestershire. Rev. G. A. Crookshank, 8.A., to the Curacy of Basildon, Berk shire. Rev. R. Kilvert, M.A., to :the Rectory of Langley Burrell, Wilts. Rel. S. Kingsford, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cam bridge, to the Head Mastership of Chard Grammar-School, So merset. Rev. C. C. Lowndes, M.A., to the Curacy of Birthwaite, West moreland. Rev. J. H. Newton, 8.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of CambO, Northumberland. Rev. W. C. Roberts, 8.A., to the Curacy of Hi!field, Dorset. Rev. E. J. Rose, M.A.,of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Weybridge, urrey. Rev. J. F. Russell, of St. Peter's College, Carribr:,!ge, to the Curacy of Greenhithe, Kent. Rev. F. Temple, M.A., to be one of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, in the room of the Rev. Canon Moseley, resigned. Rev. C. S. Tripp, to the Perpetual Curacy of Christ Church, Nailsea, Bristol. Rev. A. R. Webster, M.A.. to the Curacy of Old Church, Kes wick, Cumberland. CLERICAL OBITUARY. July 9, at Granada, Spain, of cholera, the Rev. Henry Watson Barnard, Canon Residentiary of Wells Cathedral, and Vicar of St. Cuthbert, aged 63. July 18, the Rev. Thomas Pruen, 24 years incumbent of the Old Church, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire. July 18, at East Ville Parsonage, aged 55, the Rev. C. Sunder land, 8.A., Incumbent of East Ville and Alidrille, Lincolnshire. July 23, at Foston Rectory, near York, the Rev. William rtain - Spencer Whitelocke, aged 60, upwards of 20 years Recto r o f th at • parish. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREFERMENT. — The Rev. John Kingsley, M.A., has been nominated to the perpetual curacy of St. Margaret's Church, Dunham Massey, recently consecrated. Patron, the Right Hon. George Harry, Earl of Stamford and Warrington. THE REV. C. J. FORMA W, son of the Rev. C. Forshaw, in cumbent of Altcar, has just been appointed rector of Cricket Mallerbie, in the county of Somerset. _ A NOi-RESIDENT - The Bishop of Oxford, in reply to the petition from the inhabitants of High Wycomb, praying him to compel the vicar to return, or appoint a person to do duty for him, writes I sympathise, as you are well aware, deeply with you under the painful circumstances which your letter too truly details ; and I am, at this moment, engaged in taking the legal steps needful to compel your vicar to return into residence." ALL SAINTS, KINGSWESTON.—This church, erected at the cost of F. H. Dickenson, Esq., was consecrated on the 13th instant. It will accommodate about 150 persons. The oak seats are all open, and of the very convenient form of those in St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Munster-square, London. The altar is of stone, and the whole chancel and the furniture are very richly ornamented. The service was choral, and the bishop preached and administered the Holy Communion. Ox Sunday week the Bishop of Brechin held a Confirmation for the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the little church of Markbeech, near Edenbridge. Five persons—four of them adults—were confirmed; and the quietness and solemnity of the proceedings formed a striking contrast to the bustle and confusion necessarily consequent on a large Confirmation. Prayers were said by the Rev. J. M. Neale, the Litany by the Rev. H. Glynne, Rector of Hawarden, the lessons were read by the Rev. E. Palmer. At the conclusion of the Litany the candidates were presented by the Rev. R. S. Hurst, Incum bent of Markbeech ; and, after the Confirmation, the Bishop celebrated Holy Communion, and delivered a most impressive charge, in which he considered Confirmation under the three fold aspect of a seal, an enlistment, and a dedication. It is believed that, with the exception of one Confirmation held by the Bishop of Moray for the Bishop of Lichfield, this is the first time in which a Scottish prelate has thus officiated in the province of Canterbury, since the disestablishment of that Church. CONSECRATION OF ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, LEYLAND, NEAR PRESTON.—The Lord Bishop of Manchester consecrated this church on Wednesday (St. James's day). His lordship, who was accompanied by his secretary, Mr. Burder, was met at the church by the Venerable Archdeacon Master, Revs. Canon Master (Chorley), Thos. R. Baldwin (vicar of Ley land), Canon Parr, R. A. Rawstorne, and several other clergy men of the neighbourhood. John Master, Esq., of Creston ; Mrs. Ffarington, and the Misses Ffari ng t on , of Worden-hall, and several ladies, were also present. The church has been built by Mrs. and the Misses Ffarington, at an outlay of between £3,000 and £4,000, and they have also provided the endowment and repair funds. The usual ceremony was gone through by the bishop, the archdeacon reading the prayers. The vicar of Leyland read the epistle of the day ; Mr. Burder read the petition for consecration ; and the Rev. Canon Master (Chorley), in the absence of the chancellor, read the sentence. The sermon was preached by the bishop, but there was no collection. After the ceremony, the bishop and a numerous party partook of a sumptuous luncheon at Worden Hall. CHURCH ORNAMENTS.—At the Consistory Court, on Tues day, the cases of Westerton v. Liddell, and Beal v. Liddell, came on before Dr. Lushington. These were suits pramoted by Mr. Westerton, one of the churchwardens of St. Paul's, Wilton-place, and by Mr. James Beal, an inhabitant of the district conventionally assigned to the chapel of St. Barnabas, Pimlico, against the Hon. and Rev. Robert Liddell, the in cumbent, with a view to procure the removal from those churhes of certain articles of ecclesiastical furniture and deco ration. The petition on behalf of Mr. Westerton alleged that the district church of St. Paul's was consecrated on the 31st of May, 1843, and that dissensions had of late sprung up between Mr. Liddell and certain of his parishioners in consequence of his having introduced various articles of church furniture and decoration unauthorized by, inconsis tent with, and contrary to the laws, canons, customs, and constitutions of the United Church of England and Ireland. That these articles consisted, Ist, of an altar, or high altar, of carved wood raised upon a dais, or platform ; 2nd, a wooden cross two feet high, placed upon it; 3d, a pair of large gilded candlesticks, with tapers at least a yard in height; 4th, a credentia, preparatory altar, or credence table; and sth, five different coloured altar coverings, embroidered and adorned in a fanciful manner, which were used at different seasons, namely, a white one from th e even i ng o f Ch r i s t mas eve to the Octave of the Epiphany inclusive (except on the Feasts. of St. Stephen and the Holy Innocents), from the evening of Easter eve to the vigil of Pentecost, on Trinity Sunday, the Purification, the Conversion of St. Paul, the An nunciation, St. John the Baptist, St. Michael, St. Luke, and All Saints ; a red one from the vigil of Pentecost till the next Saturday, on the Holy Innocents day (if on a Sunday), and all other feasts ; a violet one from Ash Wednesday to Easter eve, from Advent to Christmas eve, during the Ember week in September, and on the Holy Innocents, unless it falls on a Sunday ; a darker violet one on Good Friday and at funerals; and a green one on all other days. It was also complained that at the time of the administration of the Holy Communion the altar was vested with an embroidered white linen cloth, with ends of elaborately -worked lace, and that other articles of linen, enriched with lace borders, were also used.—The court was occupied on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday hearing arguments pro and con, and the court reserved judgment. PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL.—The following letter from the Dean of Peterborough to Mr. Scott, the architect who has a b b e l e e n f e a m b r l e o y o f e d thisby the cathedral, De b Chapter ee,nsDpeuabu ti sryh restore ed, :— the Peterborough.ener " My dear Sir—Our grateful reply to your interesting and valu able communication is to offer to put ourselves into your hands, by nominating you henceforth the cathedral architect, and annu ally placing at your disposal such a sum as we can safely spare from our ordinary Fabric Fund, aided by any grants from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, or other offerings, for which, though we make no public appeal, we shall not feel less obliged than we were in 1830, under Dean Monk's extensive repairs and improvements. We entirely approve your idea of a steady, gradual, pari-passu progress of the twofold work of repair and embellishment. I may be allowed to say, on the part of the chapter generally, that the nearest object to their hearts is to make the cathedra/ practically useful for the noble ends for which it is designed; and for myself more specifically, that my earnest object is to admit the largest num ber of humblest worshippers within the reach of our church ordinances. I shall then only be satisfied that we are on the bare threshold of our duty, when the nave is filled front end to end with a congregation in their wo, - king dress, - on a work day, when every individual ear and heart shall be penetrated, an well by the articulateness as by the grandeur of our choral theservices; central co n : aowe d i w eenr e d: arra cathedrals; aatsalthlleae that our but, oc n aur d no tdthcsbhuoeaecmsthse:l oa ydiscoursen moveable etdheeepfye p mna udryleep,nt friends placed ye s et onoyfdbsaeo ar e iteh meshr y under mt oiemw intelligible to from the east end to our western entrance. These are, per s l a i and n sp o o other n e y r o give them just so much publicity as may stlr up the good citize n s of Peterborough, I hope I sh a ll b e forgiven sending this along with your interesting letter to the weekly paper just established here. Believe me, dear air, yours very truly "G. G. Scott, Esq. " A . P. MAUNDERS. " P.S. I may add, apropos of the enlargement of our cathedral sittings, that we are on the point of extending our parochial de ment, by engaging deeper in the work of visiting and almsgiving through the revival of cathedral deacons." R LA2I7D. REMITTANCES FROM AMERlCA. — Notwithstauding the di minution of the emigration drain from Ireland, the influx to Ireland, of American money, is on the increase. In 1863, the amount of money sent home by Irish emigrants was £1,439,000; but, in 1854, it reached £1,730,000. nthdeT in stant, JUDGE Jecicsori, in addressin g th e gran d j ury at the Lime rick county assi zes , sa id th a t , d ur i ng forty years' experience of the Mun s t er c i rcu i t, b o th as a practising barrister and a t s h t e at in it 4 f four judge, he ne ver k new suc h li g ht ca l endars. Limerick city can i th is e m 2 u o boast on this oc cas i on of a maid en ass i ze, there not being a single cas e f or t r i a l. perßsoEnioi c renounced tion of a reformed priest of the " Ro Priests' Pro tection Society," and made and signed the usual declaratio n i n such cases. One of them had been a noviciate in the Jes u it s ' C ollege at Rome for the last six years, and intended for a p r i est of that order. r i Ma. Joni; DALTON, an architect, an d who had hitherto I t N h e DUBLI N. errors mn alot' borne a most irreproachable character, was convicted at the Clonmel assizes of forging the name of the Marquis of Water ford to three bills for £1,300, and negotiating the same. Strong affidavits in mitigation of punishment were put in, and the court, having given them a favourable consideration, com muted the prisoner's sentence to four years' penal servitude. THE HA.EVEST.—The broken weather of the past week appears so far to have done no damage to the cereal or green crops. Indeed, competent judges affirm that even more rain would be rather serviceable than otherwise. Friday there were several heavy showers, accompanied by a gale of wind and frequent peals of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning. Saturday's agricultural reports from the provinces are fully as favourable as those of the previous week. The potato holds its ground, and there is not a solitary eomplaint of the appear ance of the fatal blight. Al ready the markets are teeming with this year's produce, and the price is such as to pla ce new potatoes of the best quality within th e reac h o f th e hum blest consumer. EMIGRATION moat IRELIN D. -- NOtWithStanding the pros• pect of an abundant' harvest, and the comparative prosperity of the agricultural classes, the emigration from several quarters of Ireland is proceeding almost as rapidly as in former years. The Clare Journal, of Monday, says :—" We observe, w ith . 0 Fh . 00d ,, , some surprise and regret, that the emigration mania m nu en, again set in. During the past week, large numb e rs also, the (tram of From Limerick, ~ p w r p nc e i n pa , ll a y nd fo e r hil A d t r n e e n n , ca ha . xe left Ennis and its neighbo all the emi g r ants 'ournalcontain • n ' A a ier, of Tues day, persons left d po ay pu , population proceeding. The followingTh :LL,,ionineerihekun Bred n route to America and Limerick, on Saturday morning, e were young men and Australia. Nearly reports from that quarter. young women." And the Water f o rd 3 s simuar