The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-25 00:00:00

)urif d 0 ,1 " 3° , f at bo :„ to A ll aeoce; l: set SEPTEM.BER 25, 1855.] LOCAL INT.E.T,LIGENCE. TEE FINAL CLEARANCE of the old borough gaol was . made son °4 Thursdy, when all prisoners whose periods of imprison at 41ent extended beyond Saturday were removed to the gael at Walton. T its Rle e LIVERPOOL, recently built by fir. J o e_ , . .W Teeeteli . ten as u cl u et ai to rd for the Commissioners of Birkenhead, and in- Pie on the Woodside and Monk's Ferry s a t n a d tio h n a s d , a w _ got out of the great float on Thursday afternoon, testing „roll °inside the Rock Lighthouse, for the purpose of "1' Machinery. anTII...IIIIIIARCO PoLo.—The advices per the West India mail t e tt ° see the arrival at Melbourne on the 26th of _June of the tiirtilttedliarco Polo, which sailed from the Mersey with r iah. P‘ ll mails on the sth of April, after a_ VesSei, 'l ' i 3 the fifth Voyage to Melbourne of this famous pa_ssage of 82 Are l e , n e e, elLere Leen informed that, with the view of reducing 'lvey Cora 1-ere. e'`, 4 •ses, the London and North-western h.laturday last discharged 40 men from their works at and that at least ties..e ,e3freen the 200 were discharged ; i fer' c ue 4r oeg the line, have been thrown out of work.— e Y. -iea 4 on magistrates 44 C 111) Ir ThEs, a gasfitter in the employ of the Liverpool l'harslanljarq, was brought before . the county gnae,e e,°4 reMand, charged with robbing the company of a of ti;:n3 of lead. There being some doubt as to the i.dentity_ nes seta.cliZh°aP:r the prisoner- received the benefit of it, and , §til e , " ir slee,"' (Is. THE RED JACEET.—This splendid vessel, `be 14 t ° the " White Star" line of Australian ships, o the eeep,,oll Thursday, for Melbourne, and in downFoino,,ut3oo Passe/leer:4e fired several salutes. Besides taking out Pais, e . , and a large cargo, she conveys ? atti poej s mel l are to be delivered at their destination at the e ietp ' 141 der penalty, in 68 days. which ii?°°l-' AirstAl. TROTTING RACES.—These races, A intre e dissa t„isfactiOn ii,:,.beea, Postponed in consequence P s 4411oericed would take place on Tuesday last, at ~set:iteprobtr.-rAcamee tefecnt, e e xpress'ed the some America of aparty with that the r a g ° Dee. ° to horesP°rta'only cou o n n tr e ie ° s n . t We t f the Duke of c aces w in tak 'es of all of t h re e s w understandeep tee Grp aolbrie e e Place on the occasion ee• It j a • ntemplation that the proceeds Field. d Steed e in e° • t e d to the Patriotic of the visi 0 shall be appropriated , Tet e s ze ',tee rne:T(lx TESTIAIONIA.L WINDOW.—A desire having . of the lateVi e4 e in many quarters to PerPetuate the memory p mate le 1 1. ` '3' Sefton, it has been suggested that an_ a s ag a 41 eale- e ? e . t3 f carry -hi, ere et el l 1 wnidow in tCe • e el. f the Parish chuTch hure out this feeling would be by Pt_ now a es. en :, iiti a s 4.4 abtylVt.ielSt ibeeby. The foundation . -stone olfBst3lu,sl.cnd he tee e ate Earl of Sefton, in April, hee e , great interest in its erection. A subscription list has z,;Pened at the Exchange newsroom. the bop, ACCIDENT. -- k n inquest was h e ld on Tuesday ••0 11 Nti r i es Y of Edwi n Jones" eiglit years of age, other bo ` vest int o by a fall: 'The deceased and some who died from daeee,`4o house in Cheistien-street, where they commenced ion, o ,elg and making a disturbance. A woman Matin gi into the house, took hold of the . deceased 'a iupan keet e iiito the street, peel he fell upon his Ma e ,. h had sus teieeeett. It wine afterwards ascertained that a t i h id e hi death. The piny f,°lleassion. of thebrein, which ended lo th ", eN ar ee,„,,, 4 ege a verdict -of " Accidental Dea 'discharged. le I°4 (Who was in - Custody of the police) was . ng are the and Mrs. t'r‘i•as?.'_ krill's. TerNime Cosraaces.— The b f e °l l3 l.6 ev wt eral articles n ab actors for the ensuing six months foiet .....e, Hanc.,ver- Vreet tuteher meat, Mr. Thomas Tomlinson, ... 4ethem..,' "otir, oatmeal, peas, and oats, Mr. nstreet'll; bread for hospital, Mr. Thomas .:.AniThkore:,,,Nßmiirr'au.Psnsrsßaew7sirciectiltiti uttoe' e„Drovisions and groceries for out-d r P Woolleig ni t 'ad • 3O°P Parlt=road, and Mr. Se Cottrel e li es ka sr s s ,. and 6ew°ollee drapery and linen drape . re - t , nni 3 Iritei;*; leather, 'Mr. Thomas Fisher , s llie e e r d, 122 Great George-street; soap .aa lw d a g re r s e , ee A ri l e r s . , w mr. . dads•t; Tittering:ter], 5, Ranelagh-piste. .....on sepiday week, vcr.4ck kr PENTLAND it was overtaken rtt94l t a ' 4141 , the schooner Belfast , Ale S rt, KE o s !.. with . elide „;;erePool for Memel, was' driven ashore on the Captai k e e G n ra hy lta ti m, ie were ree'teeer, oecotaine• unmanageare_ 2 The crew reea savee.44l.glieerie's; near th la e ndth r es g e 1 two of the crew _we A sea tieeaveee; w hile the master hthozse. '4lkek'nk to - save their c t and threw eve me th e th e , filled her wltu, ' 1 ?, 4ti an ix d other articles, rbostra h„,ortnta; .11' eiest ehei.4e,wassewashed as Tli n e 7 r ea s n e e l n i t s sao yards w fr r e eee. n " .. .— eept: OP-rEIE CANTERDURy.-7'lhe Pp m ,Il Loason, with wines and , a ge Iv . , left Oporto on the 14th 61 September, a , nd .l ar ra ti e Ve n d , sl i n sc e r r e a w l car steamer p, for l) L ° i u v r e ° r n ' - v, : f i n,, oUth on Tuesday morning, to disembark o .,-,__. e,elr.en,-e,e children, and two seamen, in medical charge or vr §o ‘lolni, teing passengers ex -calling transport Canterbury, Wrecked - on the sth instant near Viana. The Douro spoke, Pt. 15, ofr Cape Finisterre, R.M. steam -ship Malacca, having ir l tow the St. George, 120; ' 4 and on the 16th the merchant ships Camperdovvn and queen, both outward bound. Two SaiLou. BOYS Porscvir2D.--On Tuesday on board the ship Rledi I • • WillianeGuthrie and Wili R" 11 a, Ykne. in the Georges Dock, named f ro , , twoapyrentice s - 1 ati -ennett, in removing the - stor . es in one locker to another,l3und a canister containing a white 120.wder, Supposing the Powder to be cream of tartar Bennett Tl.eed.a small quantityofit with water, and having drunk' ?,,_P°,_ rticu.of the mixture, gave it to Guthrie, who .also drank t - C . , A of it. Subsequentlyhoth boys were seized, with pan 4 :in days and with vomiting. Guthrie diedenthe following eeeet the other youth is now out of danger. rtz i of !kn it , BURE EXCCR.STORISTEL-011 TuesdaY, &large party of 4,4', sehool teachers -and their friends, to 'the number trelt.otii, 4 1 6 ° 0 , arrived at the Lime-street Railway-station, from eee, Glossop, and `other places near those towns, tt on-a ~,,."e ie,',,cursion. After visiting various objects of a rare e rrenie e '," I ,S town, they‘ divided themselves into •several cote 'ent'v;l4 crossed te..relersey to Birkenhead, where refres n. bte e'rere, Provided fee about 11()0 persons lev rk • 11 41, - i - "' s ts atery; ds took a trip in a-steamer as fa, : -il. -- -,eighthoeseeMr. Aitken e .fte e , ,=arid in the evening ;Ile - turned honie- 13 L —A ~ittt. .-04.144/10, E ..,. „, ANT , LIVERFOO • 4 tag of . 1 RANISIERE V°raill lan(l3u.ftS Deer e to the eeee Was lately h ar,,.. and . other inhabitants of Tranmere if,eeeearnation of t a rag',4 the mayor e et which it was resolvea h t township Within .the " kW da 'A this to upon the subject. with e__, ys, seee__ town to e c o m m u addressedni c a t e th ater . to th;eeru.._e. Pletcher and Hull, at Tra torne m y e s r , e 1100 to the they ha e-neiPal landowners of n ' of Liver emenating fromthe etemnittee t4eetill*'h the communication, _ mere - - ,, e r r tia "Zl a letter from the town-clerk - stating Liver the ee, e e 0 o,,`,.Rentlellie - "4 h 1 t receive:a ,depu n inn 11 leee,e4 been laid before the Eirkenh ta e t a i d en spee fre ia m l —4.4 gly I P Inter e Messrsra ° Fletcher and Hu- . , Wits hal, e aued a e sted. . Inip ol `L" on Thu meeting of Tranmere landowners, *hien I ke e c 't Sp ''' 45 .3", at the Monk' s Fer ry e with•th tif Leohead 13°lting a d eputation to communicate h - `srd and h`Oesetd eeenmittee. Hotel,• for the tllei,„:`tlicli with-sTes°wuerB' in Tranmere AM a a v large increase to It is saidthet h l ocal rate 'oerpool, believing that a la e rg tee e a n n it ain netr . • 1 1 4 4 ;•e te tie te,,ot Tos kvo..._uld be the effect of such an arrangement. ...._ le t o °E ~. . eeeeneca AND AUSTRALIA.. The following letter-bee, - eelee t ieli ver .leee dinette has been issued from th Post-offiee . lett4l4tee,°st"4ce, Sept. 1855.—A lee, e aria o ' e r' for the receipt of unpaid .and stamped Nethrltiare4Patrers, addressed to Amer„' t h is office,. facing tit! kiL! 4 itle it •ia one of the windows nr el rni icanithede p eit r leeZ t ee t h r ee e t, an d will be open Yltieretralian for et lett, rnineveti,ing d m v L rp a ol of ° each Americano ia 'co te n l veine e nee in af g tleerlt4t; ,eteit.3/411eferer desirable that all letters.and ate :itl)::ki„Australia intended for despatch-by should be posted at f. , 7 4. IA eetaaaiii ng 'f rom Liverpool,nd mornings immtant r t e h a e s a p bo a P re - "tat trteeecti'''boX on the evenings eeyinrpor _ 4) i ° ote o 4 g th e 4ay of sailing, and iiw the as* he h e 0 thei,ehr letters chould be d a s . the , De _4 foe t 1,3" s uffer 'tome .t is 1ee,"1414: eeTe s Pecial nu pose of accelerating • and news ho -r s fe e • ei 0 e ‘ _ _.l._ detention liabili t A 3 rio this f I extrahe e b p o a x t ce ,willo f °- c o -r Preveating the . f f . out Fee ee krse, the Places mentioned being ms -sent , • -sett le : t e e r7ge‘ein e '('h% hYereebtovfloatinreegthrthouegaheaethaesity Inland Depattmel , t.lilt) t th of their hay , } te e 4 dee ee • e public, will make a practice of posting such cor i9git ta it I l e s 'th e ," sPe c: p that box when open, instead of •the receiving r:!trefa hria;";,re the Sailors' Home, and at the Exchange .and tai re e3 , ` Post -offices. Late letters for America and Aus ;lee vs th e e e Posted at the new letter-box, if prekaid by 'ett ef hoeing• Pro fees, as laid down , in the notices awing the ti rs, the box. :C. B. BANNING, P.ostrnaater.arte"---nLaetef 'c ' tir , ka b e eip to the usual time, on pa, t e! cllect Plate3ife q -li k e l i 44 el, As- .ACCIDENT.—A shocking aeckleut e 4 ,, Y r lie 44 e, on the Manchester and Sheffield R.ailway en 'l'm e ee'ed-e-eey which three Ives were lost. The fatality t neoftv tone and timber viaduct across the river tillee 11441:itileentfngs .1rel• g e near Glossop. The station (called (,1 0 ,:ft haul station) is at the eastern end of the viaduct, on r ete' ° P be. e " ore _of t.he river, eend . close to th . e junction passengers of the W 4, ZIOR f,;"'l Ultil the main line. A tram _ La. an , ‘'D tort?"klet„hl Il anehester arrived about 9.35 j . .e , a eX o "'re kt'" -eteee .the -viaduct, being unable to get ol Non -45,, )n r .' ‘°ll - • uence of a Liverpool ,s,enger t 'aia Cr. a time, in consequence to discharge Pas- Erie lie aria w • e'keieh .preceded it having h a d cleared 'of th e some dark, and it appears h i , ... l'e4 b l i t ,ae .a train due from Glossop ,tt leade Terigele". " kts very . h a d t o get out 4hree e",,eal,itoe;;„l4l the Manchester train, who that ' ''el le 'rree s e . ; itedilesie Per'soell& woman , two young men and a young t the train was already at the station. l'e4tPaa:lsa.Pet a of 9 , e i. au re the door of the carriage and h„ t " t4o 1 ' 4 444 -,\'‘. t h e v iaduct on that side was within a very got out. - :;orel'ark e '" ‘rie carriages, and it supposed th n at i o n wi t i h ig e 'ete'? spat between Of t night, instead of getting w l e af the via -44,; the y ee the train and the pa r ape_ _ ~thel,do a:PP,u Upon the top of theparapet. Immediately `oVi, l,,lokia-"f,,ues-a,PUI Ag a tbat they had by t a' P oe" ° l • th • " ' n as afterwards eallfirmvu h a d fallen t! ay y !lei. etr dies b in the valley below. They fl , allen , ov h er e , .. s. /vh e ,,l'ar s);s7, l ., t Of feet. Two of them John keee'jee;•e'rJane Hadfield, who were lovers, were quite dead(aged e q 4 1 0 3.-' The other man Thomas Priestnall, a weaver, Healey '41111744117,!!, residinc, at Freetown, was taken up in a . L. ote rkl 4 etY, and d P d • about hour. afterwards. Priest , . eith tteiapted died ineansenher s tat t young woman f to get Th ilf k k ~.4 0, htut she mad not complied with his reclues ...o4,_ as held on ithakY, it. :TTER*—The weekly meeting eole,, , eah o • Charles Turner in the chair. Pres w ent—Messrs. Nail 0,4%41 er,llcoeklebank, Evans, Chaloner, Barber, Mendel, Li t ' NI der son L, , N al ~... trubback, Rounthwaite, Rankin,Gladstone_, ee I ce>o ve%-letke Su b - committee of eco mm n e h n a de sin d Tts f l. "" th",," 4 "es of laud at the south side ofHarr;ngto _ .. e,•:,415i1, B,`,4lletees of the Duke of Bridgewater, at ' 2 s c . e u ( t i o Nits'ithiliehileet to three months' notice, without referen Ni eo the ~.ie tr 41 4 4, aTeee e e ertiel l t of n at e e e t e t 0 1 1 .1 3 I n a t y c y the committee to erect two per N r - IV, 8 -ierlokint expended and keep the cranes . 1 interest at the rate ? n re l pair. 0 44 , it; ki4lre.,,l;(4llborn relinquished the ground let him on the ` 4,••'*-Th-eied a Portion o also on the north sid heektbsebsWaLea4tibe-se,otine inittee recommendedbarr ti oee eeept ed supply forty pitch h t tahte 6s, per e,,ase-4 Plee._ •--The Chairman reported that the Admiralty elsofp - '0 h i „ ,"apt -- e„,,,,d i ,t, ‘ , 3 allow Lieut. Parkes to accept the situation tiz,q, zp,ataiTe rueprorfed.' that re had placed officer Iske er ary_of R3OO per annum. 7 tli li r ael)ti o le w as a Married man, in charge of the house f b ee 4 ' 4 sh 4 °f e l te e t e • Il e el 3 aPParently drown&, • nP house was in 4, 1 41,,,, Oetl of ~s.O reported that the receiving _min. t_sio li`, 4 tllat i t _,‘ aitewashing, and the committee r lace of Ca h riO' rel; eo llier 4 . ° .°'!ld be done. --A. communication was t ei e ie e ' r .4 g the anent to the assignees of bankrupt'sa . done to read es. Etc, e NI, jehease setention of the committee to inperY_ _amen- it t , l r 's th e and t!ed-shy the lowering of the level of C Le_ ee ,_ eileeee„ Mating that compensation would be sought L e_ eve te'ee the eo‘,tree. for the injary thereby occasioned.. Ite. I t te kl,,`,.rettli,4'utalttee of works —The Chairman intimat . ed 1 •••..f h '' %lit e 4reaa?ed for by Air. .N.. faun and Mr. Rounthwaite e pel ler s', but would be prepared for the next meet- • al nisi 91. the committee then concluded, 1 THE -PIPSY BRIDE, which sailed for Melbourne on Monday, was reported off Waterford at five o'clock, on Wednesday morning, wind S.W., and would clear the Irish land that day. All well on board—no sea sickness. THE NEW STEAM-SHIP CITY OF WASHINGTON, originally built for the Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam Company, sailed from Greenock on Thursday for Marseilles, having been purchased as a transport by the French government. A RESERVOIR for water has just been finished at Higher Stack, Bacup, Rossendale. Its length is 453 feet, breadth 330 feet, depth 25 feet, and it is calculated to contain nearly 800,600,000 cubic feet of water. The embankments are 150 feet broad at the bottom, and 14 feet at the top. AN experiment is making at Manchester to filter the water of the river Medlock, which has long been a filthy abomina tion, and has polluted the Bridgewater Canal, of which it is the principal feeder. The mode of filtration adopted is to pass the water through lime, and it is said that the experiment is likely to prove successful. DRAWINGS BY THE ROYAL FAMILY. — The drawings exhi bited at Burlington-house, in London, last season, by the members of the royal family, in aid of the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of officers engaged in the war with Russia, will be on view this week at Mr. Grundy s, in Church street. Several other drawings, by eminent amateurs, will also be exhibited with them. LOD GI NG-UOTTSES IN MANCHESTER.— From Captain Willis's returns, it appears that at the end of last year there were 393 low lodging-houses and cellars in that city ; 355 being houses, and 38 cellars. There were 56 of the houses or cellars known to be the resort of thieves, 255 the resort of poor travellers and mendicants, and 72 the resort of hawkers. In 200 of the places the sexes slept indiscriminately in the same room. JUVENILE REFORMATORY. — The Admiralty has placed the Akbar, an old frigate of the fourth rate, formerly employed as a lazaretto ship, at the disposal of the Reformatory Committee: This ship has been taken into the Great Float, at Birkenhead, where she is now undergoing the necessary alterations to adapt her to the objects for which she is destined, She is ex pected to be ready for occupation as a training school for boys in three weeks or a month. - ACCIDENT TO THE MAIL STEAMER LEENVELLYN. — Soon after four o'clock on Saturday morning {the weather at the time being thick but moderate), the ship Lady Sale, from Liverpool for Maranham, struck the Llewellyn before the pad dle-box, carrying away the foremast and damaging the hull to some extent. After ascertaining the extent of the damage, the steamer proceeded for Kingstown, and landed the mails about an hour after the usual time. In the course of the morning the Llewellyn proceeded to HolYhead to repair damage. THE HIGH-LEVEL RAILWAV,—III accordance with the re solution of the Dock Committee, workmen have taken down a portion of the wall at the Wellington Dock, to erect the girder bridge continuing the line of railway to the north docks. The line already reaches the east side of Waterloo-road; and within the dock walls most of the arches are sprung... The bridge will cross the road by a - noble span, and will rest on substan tial stone piers on each side of the road, one of which is al ready built. • BURGLARY AT WINDLE. — John Rigbye, Geo. Itigbye, and James Layland,wereeharged before the St. Helen's magistrates, on Wednesday, with having, on the night of Sunday, the 9th instant, broken into the house of John Melding, labourer, at Island's Brow, in : Windle, and stolen a linsey 'petticoat and a piece of gingham. The prisoners, who had their faces blacked, made an attempt almost immediately after 'to break into a beerhouse, at Itackbrook, kept by a man named Thomas Gore. The alarm was given and the prisoners were apprehended. John Rigbye, it was stated, was a returned convict on a ticket of leave. They were committed forlrial at the assizes. —Layland was also committed for trial at the Kirkdale ses sions, on a charge of stealing five pumping buckets, two hoSe, and five callipers. BANVIttAFTCY OF AN OFFICIAL MrSTENGER.—On Friday, James Augustus Harding, an insolvent, who, from the passing - of the bankrupt law consolidation act, has filled the office of'official messenger in the Manchester Court of Bank rup.tenteame up before John Addison, Esq., the commissioner of insolvents at Lancaster, for the purpose of applying for his discharge from custody. The 'commissioner, in giving judg-, merit,•said he had some sort of compassion for a man with a numerals family, but no one omilll justify the conduct of -a, pUblic officer in not keeping accounts, and he thought that :justice would be satisfied by his, remanding the insolvent for 'four months from the date of biswesting order. _ OMNIBUS CRUELTY. — On Monday,- Messrs. W. and D. 'Busby, 'bus and car proprietors, were summoned before Mr. 'Mansfield for cruelty to a horse,4n working it in harness with , a raw shoulder. The .offence . was proved by a police-officer. Mr. Mansfield: "They are the worst used horses in Liver ) pool. I have heard people frequently complain of them, and IThave seen them in a shocking state myself. There must be L a 'fine of 10s. and costs." second information was t'oen , preferred against the same parties for a precisely similar <offence. Mr. Busby There is a term in the snmteons lenat I don't understand. It is `wantonly ill-using.' " Mr. Mansfield : " That is, cruelty without a cause. There must be :a similar fine in this -case. ACCIDENT TO TEE "NIDNI'S QUEEN.—The steam , packet Ilona's Queen, in her returning excursion from 'Queenstown to Douglas, ran upon somesunken rocks just off Scarlet Point, not far from Castletown Bay, at about half-past one &Clock on Friday morning. She was running at full speed at thetime of the accident, and the she& in consequence was -very severe. The alarm on board vas: great, and attempts weremade by the passengers to lower the boats ; but they were prevented by the crew and the chief mate,:Mr. Robinson, whose conduct, in the absence of Capt. Quaylerwas very praiseworthy. They endea voured to get her off,.bnt - this for three hours wasfcund to be impossible, and the drifted backwards and forwards off the Point. At length thelide enabled her to float out , of Castle town Bay, having preViously cast her anchor, .by means of which her stern was ;brought gradually round. an conse quence of the accident she was prevented coming-toliverpool on Saturday morning , and the Ben Machree had-to take her place. The Manx - Fairy, which had an excursion: trip at the same time, also getout of her course, but she kept - more out to sea. _ _ WEST DERBY 'GVARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was held on Wednesday, the Rev. Mr. Badnall in the ehair. Mr. Mann reported that the number of patients in - the union hospital was 53 against 57 in the corresponding -period of last year. The inmates in'the house last week were.'s9o; admitted, 21; discharged, 13.; dead, 5 ; remaining in the house, 593 this week, against 5V in the corresponding week 'of last year. The visiting committee reported that, in pursuance of a resolution of the board kit week, they had inquired into the misunderstanding: betseem Mr. Collyns, a Remish priest, and Mr. Gough, the master of the workhouse ; and, after having heard the evidence, they found that it confirmed the statement of Mr. -Gough in his letter of the - .2oth ultimo. Mr. Shaw moved the, adoption of the report, which was unanimously adopted_--The following return of the balances due to the union from - the several townships, -on - Vie 18th September, was presented :—Great Crosby, £353 .6s. Bd. : Everton, 404 6s. Bd.; Kerby, £53 19s. 2d. • SKirkdale, £176 Os. Bd. • Orrell and Ford, £4ls. ; Sephton,l7 13 s . sd.. Thornton, 6s. 8d.;.-Toxteth-park, £349 9 1 6 s. ; Wesi Derby, £1356 3s. 3d.; -total, £5872 ls. 9d.—The board then adjourned. PROPOSED INCREASE OP DOCK RATES.—At the-meeting of the Dock Committee on Thursday, after the publiehusiness, the Chairman brought -forward a financial statement for the year ending the 30th of June next. He showed an-estimate of the expenditure for the year, including £200,00010r new works and the repair of -existing works; and taking - the in come of the present year .at the same amount as last year, there would probably be a deficiency of upwards of £lB,OOO in the receipts as compared with the expenditure. Tworder to. meet this deficiency it was presumed that it would be neces sary to increase the dock rates on ships and goods to- the ex tent of ten per cent. A member of the committee thought that the Chairman had over-estimated the deficiency,which was not likely to be more than .41.21000. Mr. Evans thought it would have been well if the committee had taken their peen aliary position into consideration before they had made the ;purchases of land from the Earl of Derby and Mr. J. B. Leigh. 'These purchases amounted to .14240,000, the interest on which ,was £12,000 per annum, antl he box ga in was completed hrthe face of the fact that the land cannot be made available for the purposes of the dock estate for , some years to come. These startling revelations took most .of the members by surprise, ,and the discussion of the subject-was deferred till next Thum -.day.—:Mercury. HEALTH COMAIITTEE.—The health committee met on .Thtmaday in the Council-eleamber, at the Town-hall ; Alder man 'Dover in the chair. The other members present were Messrs. Beckwith, Crostliwaite, -Shell, Johnson, M`Guffie, Godfrey, Halhead, Robertson GlatLstene, and Hodson. The borough engineer, building surveyor, and inspector of nuisances reported various particulars of the operations in - their several departments during the reek. The medical officer .of health reported that in -the week ending Last -Saturday:223 deaths were registered in :Liverpool, of which 163 were in the parish, and 60 in the -out-townships. This ,shows.adecrease of 10 per cent. in the meetality as compared with the .same week in former years -in which no epidemic was prevalent. Mr. John Leach requested -the committee to sanction tim-construction of a slaughter-house in a yard in Gore-street-North, Scotland-road. This -site -was sanctioned by the committee in August, 1853, but, -some unavoidable delay having , taken placee, the work had notyet been com menced. The consideration of the application was deferred for a week, in order that the officers of the .committee might inspect the site, and report. The other business before the committee was unimportant. An . INQUEST -was held on Saturday, on the ?body of an infant named Robert Price, who had died under thelollowing circumstances :—The parents of the child occupy a house in. Nile-street, Toxteth-park. The deceased was born on Thurs day, the .6th instant, and in the course of the day the.doctor ordered pit to have a dose of castor oil. A girl in the room was told that she would find a bottle containing oil on a shelf down stairs. On going to the place she found two bottles, a small one containing vitriol, having been placed there some time previously by-the father, who at this time sat in the kitchen, but made no attempt to ascertain whether the girl had got right bottle. Up-stairs went the girl, who gave the bottle to a woman in the room, and the nurse asked her to pour out half a tea spoonful. This was done, and the nurse poured some into the child's mouth. The infant screamed, and the nurse then put the spoon to her own lips, which were burnt by the touch, The doctor was sent for, and every attention was paid to the child, which lingered in dreadful torture until Thursday, when it died. The jury returned a verdict of " Chance medley," which the coroner said was as near as possible to manslaughter, and had been passed as a mark of censure upon the nurse for not using more care on the occasion. He wondered her nose had not detected the difference between castor oil and sulphuric acid. A SUSPICIOUS HELMET.-0a Friday, at an early hour, Mr. John Clivens, who keeps a public-house in Whitechapel, was met on Shaw's-brow by Sergeant Austin, of the 36th Foot, who is on recruiting service. Mr. Clivens was in or dinary attire, with the exception of his head-dress, which con sisted of a brass helmet and plume of the Royal Dragoon Guards. The sergeant asked the wearer how he became pos sessed of it. Mr. Clivens said he had been celebrating the victory of the Alma with a friend, who had lent him the helmet on the condition that he walked home with it on his head. The sergeant and a police-officer accompanied him to the house of Mr. John Lee, 13, Boundary-place, where they found a pair of Royal Dragoon uniform trousers, some cap boxes and ordnance caps, a Liverpool policeman's baton, and other articles. Believing that no person out of the army had a right to possess such things, Sergeant Austin gave Mr. Clivens and Mr. Lee into custody, and they were brought up at the Police-court, on Friday. Mr. Lee stated that the clothes and accoutrements had been sent to him, as a relic of the war, by his brother, a sergeant-major in the Royal Dra goon Guards, and he produced a letter from him, dated " On board the transport ship Wilson Kennedy, Bosphorus, Oct. 22, 1854." Upon this both parties were discharged, and the property given up to them. THE Pacific, Capt. Nye, sailed hence for New York, on Saturday, with the mails and about 180 passengers. THE QtrEENr has appointed the Earl of Ellesmere Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. Mr. John B. Randleson and Mr. Patrick Walsh have been appointed tidewaiters at this port. - - - - THE local authorities have been consulted as to the advisa bility of the judges trying civil as well as criminal causes at the winter assizes. THE Rev. Dr. Mageile preached in the open air on Monday evening last, in the vacant ground near St. Paul's Church, Prince's park. PUBLIC LECTURE.—We refer our readers to an advertise ment in another column, announcing a lecture, this evening, on the Trial of the Bishops in the reign of James the Second. THE CHILDREN OF THE CALEDONIAN SCHOOL, to the number of 300, were conveyed across the Mersey and back, free of cost, by the bounty of Messrs. Willoughby, on Wed nesday. EMBEZZLEMENT. — OH Saturday, at the police-court, before Mr. Smith, Robert Stevenson, remanded from that day week, charged with intercepting a post-office order for £4 4s, di rected to Mr. Baugh, cigar manufacturer, was committed for trial, having stated to Inspector Murphy that he had stolen the letter, signed the order, and drawn the money. THE TELEGRAPH steamer, which was employed on account of her rapid sailing qualities to bring General Simpson's recent dispatch from`the seat of war, is chartered by the Admiralty from Messrs. Grainger, Bristow, and Johnson, of Liverpool, and formerly traded between Belfast and this port. The fastest steamers, whether screw or paddle, which have been employed in the transport service since the commencQment of the war, have been taken from Liverpool. THE LIVERPOOL PENSIONERS.—During the last few days this local corps has been undergoing the usual term of drill, on the vacant ground at the top of Hill•street„ Toxteth park. The drill has been under thd direction of Colonel Swan, and the term, being seven days, was completed on Wednesday. On that day the men marched through the town and drew up on the Exchange flags, where their band played a variety of popular music, including the English and French national anthems. Won/trrousE ACCOMMODATION IN LANCASHIRE.—A series. of important returns has just been issued, showing the popu lation of every union or parish in the kingdom, according to the last census, and the amount of workhouse accommodation therein on the 31st of Dec. last. Lancashire, with its enor mous population of 2,094,800, 'has workhouse accommodation for 17 ; 282, or about 1-120th of the population ; the proportion of workhouse accommodation to the population of all England being about an eightieth. Liverpool (population 239.250 has workhouse accommodation for 4,098 including accommodation' for 1,250 at the Industrial Schools, at Kirkdale. This is in the proportion of about 1-05th part of the population. West Derby, with a population of 153,243, has workhouse accom .modation for 900 persons, which is a much less proportion than Liverpool, or even "than the entire county. THE ROYAL MMSET YACHT CLUB.—The yachting season was closed on Sattirday, when the several craft belonging to this club had their final cruise this year. The weather was fine, and a gentle breeze from the northward -scarcely caused a ripple upon the water. Although not sufficient wind for a race, there was just enough for a pleasure excursion, and each yacht had a party of friends on board. About eleven o'clock, in pursuance of arrangement, several beautiful craft worked down the river with the ebb tide, and bawled their foresails to windward, off New Brighton—the place of rendezvous. Amongst•them were the following :—Rosalind, N. Burchell, Esq. ; Nimrod, H. Brideson, Esq. s; Jasper, J. Clarke, Esq. Simber, T. Brassey, jun., Esq. - Sea' Bird, H. Melli ng , E sq . Bine Bell, R. W. Grenell, ;'Electric, Williamson, Esq:; 'Mirage, G. R. Woodward, Esq., '& c. On a signal from the 'commodore's yacht, the foresails'were let go, and the ifeet proceeded to .sea in beautiful style. About midday, however, the weather became hazy, and 'the wind did not increase. Nevertheless, the yachts coritinutiliteir cruise seaward, and a 'very pleasant cruise was 'enjoy-ed. They returned, in the •evening, and came to off Birkenhead Ferry, their' usual Place of anchorage, where they were gaily " dressed" "with bunting. On board some of 'the larger yachts there were dinner-parties, and the yachting season of 1855 was thus terminated. LANCASTER AND PRRSTO'N JUNCTION IlmAriv.—The report of the directors of this company states that the net re venue for the past half-year amounts to £20,620, iihicb, after paying the interest of the miliquidated debt andotber outgo ings, will provide a dividend- on the share capital;little short of 9 per cent. per annum. "Tolrroceed with the capitalization of the mortgage debt, aThrthercall of £1 15s. per *share will be made on the £ll ss. shares, and the same will be due on the 31st of Oct. next. The future meetings of the - company will be held at the Castle station, Lancaster, where , the new offices are now nearly completed. This arrangement will be attended with a saving of about one-half of what has hitherto been paid as rent for the premises new occupied. The directors recom ment a dividend of £2 3d. per whole stare, of £1 7s. 441. per three-quarter share, of 10s. 10d. per quarter share, of 3s. 7d. per twelfth share, and 'Of Is. 9d. per new 211%5. shares, less Income-tax. The - receipts of the company for the half-year ending the 31st Of Uilly last amounted teZ26,849, including £9O from the last account, and the expenses , to £228, leaving a balance of £26,620. Old of this is deducted £24,627 for the • proposed dividend, , tnd £1676 interest an'horrowed money, leaving a balence'of £316. The capitalaeoount shows that £478,516 was authorised to be raised on , itares, and £113,00 7 ,3 on loans—total £591;516. The amount actually paid on Shams was £466,106.; the amount not callecPup, £17,366; to 'be raised in lieu of loans, £108,044 ; making together £591,516. In addition to the5£466,106 paid up, £62,500 was added as bonus of £1210x; per share on the three-quarter shares, end £39,165 as a bonus , of £4 14s. per share on the quarter-shares, making £567,772-upon which the full dividend is paid. - The total expenditure on capital account , was £465,791. 'The mortgage debtaccount shows a total of £87,300 borrowed by the company. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Ir appears that the expense of printing and stationery for public departments for the present year will amount to £300,470. GOBLETS made of quassia wood are now sold at the :Fleading druggists' shopsin New York. Water is poured into them, which, after 'being left for some minutes, is drank, as a cure for dyspepsia. Ar inhabitant of Corfu, who some time ago returned from Spitzbergen after an absence of twenty-eight years, "found his wife in good health, but the widow of three husbands. • THE TOWN' Ootracm OF GLar.row propose to pave twenty miles of the streets of that city with the most dural le. descrip tion of granite, at a cost of £180;000. AT TIDE HAX4III7R,G THEATazia.fountain has been erected in the middle. of the orchestra;qt will play timing the acts, and is intended to cool the house. The mui3iciansare arranged on each side•af`t. TIIE bodyof a respectable arid wealthy ! femaie , was found in a house in 'London, on Thursday, in an advanced ..state of decomposition. it is supposed that she had been poisoned by a sham doctor; who had promised to marry her. REWARD :Or 'Manix.—A gold: edal has been Awarded by the French government to Captain Corrie, of the English ship Robert Fannie, of 'Dumfries, far having, in-May 1a1.3t, rescued the crew of the Louis le Grand, of Bordeaux. THE Qur.Ert has sent a check of £5O to Mr. Middleton, station-master, at Banchory,of the Deeside railway, , tts a reward for his exertions , in " expressing" the news of the - fall of Se bastopol to Balmoral. WE have much pleasure in observing that the-Senate of the Brazilian Government at Rio has approved of a. bill making provision for the payment of the prize-money so long due to Admiral the Earl of Dundonald.—United Service Gazette. The Vienna Press states a waterspout of ,a destructive character occurrceuear Massling, in Germany, en the sth inst. Bridges, Mills, and houses 'were destroyed. There are from seventy to eighty persons missing, and forty persons have already been found. rowned. HER 31 . 1 TESTY has signified •her intention of -.granting .a pension of £3O per annum to the widow of William Haigh, who lost his life while endeavouring to lubricate 'the axle of one of the carriages during the Royal journey to Scotland on the 6th inst. AT WARSAW, Prince Gortschakoff has been caricatured. His likeness was lithographed thus.:—From one corner of his mouth issued "orders;" from another, "counter-orders;" while upon his helmet is the .word "disorder." at is not I ,eften that Russians, and-still:loss Poles, dare venture to act in tthis way. A WAGON laden with.muslins, calicoes, and other artidesuf -the same kind, unaccountably ,caught fire on the road from :Rouen to Caen, on Sunday week. The whole of the goods, About 10,000 francs in , value, were consumed, the dtiver having barely time to take out the:horses. Jac consequence of the Wersellers,of Brussels having raised the price of beer from twelve to fourteen centimes, a riot took place on Sunday evening Jest. Some of the rioters were arrested, and are to be prosecuted. The government also intends to prosecute the beersellers, for illegal combination. CONXE,A.BAND OF WAR.—" A Sunderland• man," writing to a contemporary, under date of the 18th instant, says :—" At the present time there are many thousand tons of pig iron lying on-the quays of the Sunderland Dock; this iron is being (and has been during the year) shipped to Stettin. The cap tains of the Prussian vessels say, We carry it to Prussia, it then walks .off to Russia."' SCOTTISH , CENTRAL RAILWAY.—By the balf-yearly report we find that £17,150 was expended on capital during that pe riod. The balance due on capital is £88,406. The total re ceipts for the half-year were £66,066; the working expenses £25,385. The disposable balance amounts to £25,897. The directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, payable ou the 2nd October. The reserve fund is £30,192. A ViiRYPRETTT ANRCDOTE is going the rounds of fashionable society ii Paris. The Empress said to the P r i nce of Wales, " I should - like to give you something before you leave Paris ; can you think what it shall be ?" "A looki ng - g l ass, " replied the Prince." "And why a looking-glass ?" exclaimed the Empress. " Because," rejoined the Prince, " I should know it had reflected yourself; and I should prize it accordingly." ANOTHER MURDER AT BRlSTOL.—Bristol is becoming rather noted for serious crimes, On the 19th inst. another case occurred. John Hale, a seaman, engaged on board a coasting vessel, called the Cardiff Trader, was murdered by a seaman named George Newman, who is also engaged on board the same vessel. The deceased and prisoner had quarrelled in a public-house, and Hale was struck with a poker on the head, causing death in a few hours. THE ILLITUINITION IN LEEDS.—Leeds probably (says the Mercury) never so generally, so spontaneously, so heartily rejoiced as it did on Monday night. The invitation of the Mayor to the inhabitants to illuminate their houses and places of business in honour of the downfal of Sebastopol was re sponded to with an alacrity and a unanimity that was little less than marvellous. The rejoicing was confined to no sect, or party, or class, or calling, or station—each householder, shopkeeper, millowner, merchant, professional man, and banker, appeared to be actuated by one spirit—the desire to do honour to the great victory that has crowned the arms of the allies. Roar OF ENGLAND.—On Thursday a meeting of the pro prietors of the Bank of England, took place in the Bank Parlour. The governor said he had to acquaint the meeting that the present was a quarterly general court, appointed by charter, and a half-yearly court under the bye-laws for making a dividend. The net profits to the 30th of August last amounted to £587,032 ss. 3d., making the amount of rest £3,605,170 7s. 6d. After paying a dividend of £4 per cent., the rest would be £3,023,050 7s. 6d. The directors, therefore, proposed a dividend of £4 per cent. on interest and profits to the 31st of August, without deduction on account of income tax, THE PATENT right of the " Perambulator"—fashionable child's carriage—was sold by auction last week for £8,000; the returns for the past year were stated by the auctioneer at £30,000. _ _ THERE are many bankruptcies in St. Petersburg—twenty in in one day. But, according to the government, the State financial establishments—savings-bauks, institutions of credit, and so on—are in a very flourishing condition. A SCOTCH gentleman in San Francisco has organized a mili tary company of his fellow-countrymen, who are to be dressed in complete Highland garb. He sends to Edinburgh for the uniform, at a cost of $5,000. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OP BITTER ALES.—The Burton ale brewers, in consequence of the satisfactory accounts from the hop plantations, have announced a reduction of Os. a barrel in the price of pale or bitter ale. The reduction, it is stated, does not apply to Burton or sweet ales. THE DEAD BODY of a respectable mechanic has been found lying underneath St. Vincent's Rocks, near Bristol. It is supposed that he had been drinking somewhat freely, and having ventured too close to the edge of the rocks, missed his footing and was precipitated to the bottom, a height of not less than 406 or 500 feet. THE PROPOSED CAMP AT STIRLING.—We understand that official notice has been received by Mr. Dewar, of King's-park farm, that it is not the intention of Government to establish a camp at Stirling at present. Whether this be owing -to the advanced period of the season, or the necessity for the militia regiments being sent abroad, we are not aware; but we think there is more likelihood of the subject being more fully entered into next season.—Stirling Journal. AT THE MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, John Clark, a sailor, was convicted of stealing a coat and contents from a house near the Commercial-road. Clark meant to steal a coat only; but in a pocket were a hundred-pound and a fifty-pound note ; these he sold for 100 sovereigns; £BO has been recovered. Mr. Bodkin sentenced him to prison for eighteen months. Had the culprit known the contents of the pocket when he stole the coat, the sentence would have been ten years' trans portation. Tan following is the list of fees which each of the . gallant officers in the Crimea has had to pay on being nominated a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath : To the Dean of the Order, £22 6s. Bd. ; to the Genealogist, £22 ; to the Bath King of Arms, £22 ; to the Registrar, £22 ; to the Secretary, £22 ; to the Gentleman Usher, Z 22; to the Messenger, £lB 13s. 4d. ; to the Bath King of Arms for the Book of the Statutes, £0 13s. 4d. ; to the Secretary, for notice of election, £6l3s. 4d. Total, £164 6s. Bd. KITTEN SWALLOWED BY A COD.—A correspondent in Kirk wall alludes to a recent notice in our Stromness news of a rabbit's leg being found in a ling's stomach, and adds of his own knowledge something more wonderful, being nothing less than the discovery of an entire kitten in the stomach of a cod caught not long ago in Kirkwall Bay. These facts show that fish in general are not particularly fastidious in the selection of their food.—John o' Groat's Journal. A Cs nrclus QUESTION of decency is pending settlement in the Court of Justice at Calcutta, where an action has been commenced against a commercial gentleman residing in that city for ejecting a Baboo who made his appearance in a rail way carriage in that Arcadian simplicity of undress for which the native population in Bengal are remarkable. The Baboo claims 1,500 rupees as damages. The Mofussilite insists that ladies shall be protected by the exclusion of half-clad native gentlemen from the first and second-class railway carriages. AN ACCIDENT occurred on the Paris and Versailles Railway en Sunday, when two trains, one laden with passengers re turning from Versailles, the other loaded with luggage, going out of Paris, dashed tcg,ether near the Paris station. The consequence was, that at least nine persons, including five children, were killed, and seventeen persons badly wounded.. The legs of two young girls, sisters, were cut clean off; and the body of a man was found with both legs cut ofF, and a childs tilled by the death embrace in his arms. LITERARY 'OCRIOSITY.—The Fife Herald says We have just received, from a friend in China, a copy of the "Pil grim's Progress," translated into Chinese by W. C. Burns, missionary of the English Presbyterians at Amoy." It is something near the size of 'demy Bvo., about half an inch thick, and nicely printed on smooth yellow paper, manufac tured from rice straw. It is embellished by a number of illus. trations,a-cmarkably well executed ; the figures and faces are quite Chinese. It is not printed with types, but each page is engraved on wooden blocks, which come toiform a cheap and convenient stereotype. The book costs about 4d. per copy." HYLHOPHODIA.—On Sunday week, a shepherd's dog be longing to Mr. Edward Kenward, of &acted, went mad. It had `been bitten about five weeks previously, in a hayfield, by e, strange dog; but uo symptoms of hydrophobia had shown themselves until Saturday, on which day it bit the cattle and-sheep it was•tentiing more severely than usual, and-sceraed savage. On Sunday it bit Mr. Kenward's son, a young man 17 "years of age; it also bit three cows, two yearlings, •and three pigs. Mr. Renward has received some medicine from Mr. Killick, of Groom-bridge, for his son, also for the cattle, atnd so far all'has gone well.—Sussex Express. STRANGE 'PAVIC.—The Courier de la Vienne states that I :last week, at the fair at Ballac, an extraordinary panic sud denly took possession of all the oxen, which, with the rapidity of a flash of lightning, overturned the barriers and took to flight in all directions, knocking down every person in their way. The fair, which a few moments before 'was covered . with numerous beasts standing perfectly quiet, suddenly assumed somewhat the appearance of a field of 'battle, people wounded, and unfornanately -some killed, lying about in all 'directions. The number of the former is said to be from 60 to-70, and of the latter 3or 4. FIVE HUNDRED HUSIIAMS Waairnn.—'Last week, at the Halifax Borough Court, John Thomas, a sawyer, was charged by Mr. Jennings, relieving officer, with having left his wife and family chargeable to the union. The relief given had been after the rate of •7s. 6d. per week. The --officer pressed for a eocviction on the ground that there were no fewer than 500 deserted wives within the Bradford union, with 1,017 children, involving an annual expenditure in relief of nearly £20,000. Mr. Cheeseborough (one of the magistrates) ex pressed his regret to hear - this, and said it-showed a very low state of morals. The defendant was allowed a week to repay the amount of relief which had been given to his family. .TFFE CHOLERA. IN ASIA. MlNon.—Letters from Constan . tinople of the 6th of September announce an outbreak of cholera in Asia Minor, extending over the - fertile districts of Samsoon, Bafra, Djanik, and all the villages in the back country, including Marzavan and Yusgat, as far as Tocat, in one direction, and Erzeroum in the other. Murrain among cattle is also ravaging at Samsoon, Sinope, Alatcham, Alad , jan, Kopnj, Cavak, and Trebizond. The contractors for the and forces are suffering heavy losses from the disease, and particularly in the oxen destined for the 'French, which are not so strong as' those purchased for 'British account. At Samsoon and its immediate environs as many as 1,500 car 'cases of oxen, sheep, and horses are rotting where they happen to have fallen -emitting the most disagreeable stench, -and so poisonous ia fallen,' air that bubonic diseases, resembling ' plague, are manfesting themselves, the only scavengers being ' the jackals, dogs, vultures, and crows. 'Khan Yazy is the very centre of putrefaction. A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT took place at the East India :Company's warehouse, Hart-street, London, on Monday. A • man, named James • Dixon, was painting some stone-work at the top of the warehouse, seventy feet high, when he was seized with a fit, the board on which he was sitting broke 'and he was suspended in the air by the leg, which got entangled with the frame-work. He remained in this frightful position for the space of twerityffive minutes, the blood rushing out of his nose and ears. !Bundles of straw and sheeting were placed beneath to•catch him, should he fall; the royal fire escapes were sent for torescuehim from his perilous situation, but were found to be. too short. Hundreds -of persons ran in all directions to witness the scene, and the thoroughfare was completely blocked up, and large bodies of police were sent for to .keep the crowd back. At last a captain of. a vessel passing, aahoed for a rope, ascended-to the top Of the building, made a running noose knot, let'it down the poor fellow's arm, and, amid the breathless anxiety of thousands, : pulled him up in a -state of insensibilty. He remains in a most precarious state. AN UNEXPECTED Fa:usu.—Speaking •of the tendency of temperance orators to set forward themselves as previous ex amples of the blighting .erects of drink, the London corres .pondent of the Inverness _Advertiser says.:—" This predilec tion -was smartly satirized the other evening at .a temperance meeting. A person in the lan got up and said, My friends, three months ago I signed the pledge. (Clapping of hands and approving cheers.) In.a. month.afterwards, my friends, I .had aeovereign in my pocketa thing I never had before. (Clapping and loud cheers.) In another month, my friends, I. had:a good coat on my back—a thing I never had before. (Cheers and clapping much lender.) A fortnight after that, my friends, I bought a coffin: The audience was going to cheer here, but stopped and looked serious. You wonder,' continued the lecturer, ' why I bought a .coffin. Well, my friends, thought the coffin because I felt pretty-certain that if I kept the pledge another fortnight I should want one.' 7., A TIP:PRES-EY CHIMPANZEE.--On Monday, the residenters in -the neighbourhoood of Drygate, Glasgow, were aroused from their propriety at seeing a brown,coloured creature, ap ' .parently of-the ottrang-ou tang species, nearly six feet in height, gambolling mischievously through the streets, stark naked, and uttering a.kind of wild Tipperary howl, or war-whoop, and fastening upon passengers. People werein a quandary as ,to what the creature was ; and some were :disposed to regard it as.one of the zoological specimens intended for exhibition during the sitting of the British Association, which had con trived to elude the vigilance of its keepers. At length a crowd of bold men .closed in upon the animal ; and one of them, with more penetration than the rest, recognised in this wild man astartled Irish cobbler, named Moore. Having got him into a sack, he was conveyed by the police eonstab!es to safe keeping, in North Albion-street. On Tuesday, Moore was charged before Bailie Gilmour, at the Central Pollee Court, with having been drunk and disorderly, and having struck a weaver. The magistrate had doubts as to the prisoner's sanity ; but it appeared from the statement of his wife, the mother of . o r n o e ad o ai f ,., t a h a e d ir th l a od t g u e i r e s re h i a r d as be claimed denropproof flew to her husband's head, c p s l i o a x t i ee m yo n ed u g n f o g o i r n ch g m: and lie had got into the street In the state in which he was Idaarnrrediagn,tehtehoantwb whiskey found. The assault was proved, but the bailie sympathised with Moore's wife and children, and having given him a severe reprimand, imposed a mitigated penalty of half-a-guinea. THE USE or HELIGOLAND.—At the foot of Denmark, out in the North Sea, in front of the mouths of the rivers Elbe and Weser, facing Cuxhaven, in Hanover, and also command ing the island of Neuwe rk, is another little island, called by us Heligoland (Helgoland by the Germans.) Britannia has struck her trident on the isle of Heligoland, and hoisted the union jack on the top, to give notice to all whom it may concern that here is a depot for the Foreign Legion which the English Government is raising in Germany, to help us and our real allies in the Crimea. Look at the map of Europe ; there is a spice of humour in the choice of the spot. The advantages which it offers for the purpose are quite out of the common way. In time of peace Heligoland is an advanced sentinel, who can constantly keep her eye open on what is passing in the north of Germany. In war she is a little Gibraltar, from which, as a centre, Britannia can send her cruisers to wander about, her scouts to spy, and even her smugglers to trade. At all times, therefore, in spite of its tightness and exiguity, Heli goland is-by no means to be sneered at as a possession of im portance to the United Kingdom, being a sort of outstretched snail's eye, which allows us to watch whatever is in the wind on the North German coast at the mouths of its two main commercial arteries—Holstein and Holland. According to the reports of the Government agents from all quarters, notw i t h s t an ding the covert repugnance of some Governments re cruiting for the Fore i g n L egio n g o e s on most satisfactorily, and the open hostility of others. Great numbers of recruits are constantly arriving at the Heligoland depot, where a con siderable number are still being trained and organized, and where they are behaving themselves so well that the fashion able world of the Hanse Towns, although a little frightened at first, are again flocking to their favourite dot in the ceean for their annual sea-dips in it,-1-Household Words, JULIUS CRELECICI, a Russian commissariat officer, has "bolted" from Simpheropol with 160,000 silver roubles, and a false passport. He is advertised in the Silesian Hue and cry. THE HANGO MASSACRE. - Dr. Easton, surgeon, R.N., and Mr. Sullivan, Master's-Assistant, who were captured in the Cossack's boat at Hango, were exchanged at Odessa on the 18th inst. THE SPECIE ARRIVALS of the week, including those on Saturday from Australia, have amounted to £1,300,000. The exports have included £530,000 to India, Egypt, &c., besides large sums to other parts for grain purchases, war expenses, &c., the totals of which are unknown. ABERDEEN RAILWAY.—From the report of the directors of this company, we find that the gross receipts for the half year ending the 31st of July were £56,992, and the expendi ture £26,994, showing a balance of R 29,998 to meet £13,351 interest on debentures, and £6,047 Arbroath and Forfar rent —together £l9,399—leaving a free surplus of £10,600, the total disposable sum being £10,851. A dividend on the 6 per cent. preference stock (28,3000 will be payable on the 11th November, leaving a balance of £2,551 for the next account. At the half-yearly meeting held on Wednesday, in London, a dividend of 6 per cent. was declared, payable Nov. 12th, and the arrangements proposed by the directors for amalgamating with the Midland Railway of Scotland were adopted. A MEETING AT SEA.—Amongst the passengers by the Tamar, which arrived with the West India Mail on Tuesday, was a gentleman from Australia who had come home by way of Panama, and did not know ' when he left Australia, by what ship he should reach England, as he could not get on board an English steamer before reaching St. Thomas in the West Indies. This gentleman parted with an intimate friend in Australia who was about to proceed to England by way of the Cape, in the sailing ship Washington Irving. In the Atlantic Ocean, the Tamar, from St. Thomas, spoke the ship Washing ton Irving, 80 days out, and the two Australian friends recog nised each other and exchanged momentary salutations from the rigging of their respective ships. Thus, after a separation of three months, and traversing one half of the globe in diffe rent directions, they met in the ocean desert. -The Washing ton Irving passenger had laid a wager with his friend that he would reach England first, and has lost. Trin HARVEST IN DEVONSHIRE.—There are few districts in Devonshire in which the harvest is not now completed ; and the accounts from almost every quarter are of the same satisfactory nature. The grain crops generally have been exceedingly good, and, on the whole, above the average. The wheat crop varied somewhat in different localities, but except in a few instances there has been little cause for complaint. Smut made its appearance here and there, but it did not extend far, and consequently caused little injury. On the whole the yield was large, and the grain exceedingly good. Barley and oats have also been a good crop, though there have been more variations than in wheat. Potatoes are nnfortnnately affected with the disease, though not to such an extent as has been generally reported. Still there is no denying that it does exist, and it has already had the effect of raising the price. The crop of apples, to which great attention is paid in Devon shire, is, generally speaking, much below the average, the orchards in many places having scarcely any fruit on the trees. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.—On Wednesday morning, a woman, about 18 years of age, very neat and clean in her person, and who gave the name of Fanny Elliott a few minutes before her death, was brought to Charing-cross Hospital, London, by two police-officers, in a frightfully-mutilated condition. It appeared from the statement of one of the constables that, as he was standing on the Waterloo-bridge, he heard a bumping .as of some soft heavy substance striking against fheabutments of the bridge, and terminating in a loud splash into the water. Assistance was procured, and in a very few minutes the de ceased was discovered under the fourth arch from the Surrey side, but not under water. She was forthwith conveyed with all possible care to the above hospital. Upon the surgeon examining her he was greatly surprised to find that she was bleeding profusely from several large wounds on various parts of the body, some of which presented the appearance of having been caused by impalement. This was the more singular, as there are no spikes or other instruments to produce such injuries on any part of the bridge. A short time before she expired, her senses returned, and upon some questions relative to her position being put to her, she resolutely declined all communication, further than that her name was Fanny Elliott, but would not say where she lived. After life had become extinct, the body was examined more minutely, when it was discovered that several ribs had been fractured, the breast-bone broken in, and the fleshy part of the lower portion of the body torn away, besides a large hole in the ancle. FEARFUL BOILER Exixosiosr.—An inquest was held at Kibblesworth colliery, near Lamsley, in the county of Durham, on Friday, on the body of John Bewley, an engine-tender, who was killed by a fearful boiler explosion which took place at that pit on Wednesday. The explosion happened at 8 o'clock in the morning, and at first it was thought the pit had fired, but on the smoke clearing away the nature of the accident was ascertained. It appears that Bewley was intrusted to take care of the boilers at bank, and finding, as it is alleged, some thing wrong in boiler No. 2, he had proceeded to examine it, and while standing on the top of it„ it had exploded with terrific force, carrying the unfortunate man high into the air and hurling him a distance of 200 yards from the pit. One of the banksmen was blown over the bank a considerable distance, and a breaksman was thrown- into the engine house. Three firemen were very severely scalded, while several workmen were more or less injured. The body of the boiler opened out like a fan at the time of the explosion, and was carried over the engine -house and landed in an adjoining field. One end of the boiler was likewise hurled over the bank, and the other within a few yards beyond where the body . of Bewley was found. The body of Bew ley was not much disfigured, but from the deep indentation made in the soil in the spot where it fell, it was evident he must have been blown a great height into the air. The boiler, weighing between two and three tons, was blown upwards of 100 yards from the place where the explosion occurred. Four men are very badly scalded, but hopes are entertained that they will recover. It did not transpire at the inquest, which is adjourned, how the explosion was occasioned, but it is supposed that Bewley, finding that the boiler WAS short of water, had attempted to hastily supply it, and had thus caused the explosion. RUSSIAN PRIZES.—A return was issued from the Parlia mentary Paper-office, on Saturday, of all vessels captured during the present war, against which proceedings have been taken in the Court of. Admiralty; with the names, tonnage, cargo, and colours ; by whom captured, and when ; the grounds of capture; and the particulars of proceedings and amount, of proceeds. It includes 135 vessels, mostly of small burden, none exceeding 600 tons, and very few approaching that ton nage. Nearly half of the prizes were sailing under Russian colours at the time of capture ; of those under neutral flags, 27 showed that of Denmark, but we find in the list Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Hanoverian, Hamburg, Lubeck, Mecklen burg, Oldenburg, Prussian, Austrian, Moldavian, Tuscan, lonian, Greek, and Monte Videan. Two vessels were captured under British colours. Most of them were taken by cruisers of the British squadron in the Baltic, but a few were seized in British ports, three instances of this kind having occurred in the port of Liverpool. These were the Christian, a small vessel under Lubeck colours, and without cargo, seized on the 11th August, 1854; the Rapida, 399 tons, laden with tallow and bones, under the flag of Monte Video, seized 2nd November ; and the. Helsingoer, seized 28th June last, under Danish colours, with a cargo of wheat, beans, and cotton. The gross proceeds of the captured vessels and their cargoes is not yet fully ascertained, but the amount must be considerable. In some cases the cargo, being evidently neutral or British property, has not been detained; and in others a portion of the cargo has been restored to the claimants, sometimes on the ground of its being the private venture of the master, at others on being shown not to be Russian property. It has sometimes happened, too, that a prize has been released by order of the lords of the admiralty, in virtue of the right which the crown reserves to itself of restoring any prize, up to the final adjudication. No portion of the proceeds is distributed until after the accounts have been taxed and allowed by the admiralty registrar, when the balance remaining after payment of expenses is distributed amongst the captors through the prize department of the admiralty at Somerset-house. WAR ANNIVERSARIES.—September is distinguished for being associated with many a great battle and commander. On the Bth, we had the anniversary of Oliver Cromwell's death, recalling to our memories the civil warfare of the 17th century, and the deeds of blood under the protectorate. On the 6th, the capture of Malta (1800). On the 11th, the battle of Stirling (1297). On the 12th, the death of Prince Blucher, one of the Waterloo heroes (1819). On the 13th, the killing of General Wolfe (1759). On the 14th, the landing i n the Crimea of the allies engaged in the present warfare. On the 15th, the taking of Cadiz (1596). On the 17th, the siege of Gibraltar (1782). On the 18th, the bombardment of Messina (1848). Wednesday, the battle of Poictiers (1356), and Thurs day, the battle of the Alma. We may add that the 7th was the anniversary of the bloody battle of Borodino, in 1812, and of the great battle of Konlikoff, 436 years before, which was fought between Dinitric, the Russian grand prince, and the Tartars, in which the former, for the first time, obtained a glorious, but, as it proved in the end, fruitless triumph over their merciless oppressors. Moscow was, both after Konlikoff and Borodino, taken and burned. The forces on both sides at the latter battle, in 1812, were nearly equal, but the French. had a vast superiority in cavalry, and in the quality of part of their troops. We are told by the historian Alison, that the Russian force was 132,000, with 640 pieces of artillery ; but of these, 10,000 were militia, from Smolensko and Moscow, who had never seen service, and 7000 were Cossacks ; so that for the shock of battle they could only count 115,000. The French force consisted of 133,000, of whom 30,000 were cavalry, and they brought into the field 590 pieces of cannon. By this battle the Russians had to lament the loss of one of their bravest and ablest generals, Prince Bagrathion, who died of his wounds ; and of Generals Kaitaikoff and Touczkoff killed, and 30 generals of inferior rank wounded. 16,000 killed, 30,000 wounded, and 2000 prisoners, presented a total loss of nearly 50,000 men. On the French side, besides Generals Montbrun and Caulaincourt, and many others killed, 30 generals were wounded ; and the total loss was 12,000 killed and 38,000 wounded. The trophies of victory were equally divided; the Russians took 10 pieces of cannon from their enemies, who could boast of 13 captured from them. BIRMINGHAM InoLs.—Non olet, is the principle of free trade, no less than of the Roman Emperor. What signifies it by what means money is made, so it is made. So think the Birmingham manufacturers who supply the Hindoo market with idols. Who would have supposed that from the heart of a Christian country such an advertisement as the following,— retranslated into English from the Hindoostani,—could be sent forth ? We copy it literally :—" Yamen (god of death,) in fine copper ; very tasteful. Nirondi (king of the demons,) in great variety; the giant he rides is of the boldest design, and his sabre of the present style. Varonnin (god of the sun) very spirited ; his crocodile in brass, and whip in silver. Couberen (god of wealth ;) this god is of the most exquisite workmanship, having stimulated the best powers of the manu facturers. Smaller demi-gods and minor demons in every variety. No credit, and discount allowed for ready money." We wish we could believe that the whole was no more than a clever hoax; but we fear it is but too true. There is a sound of reality about the business-like addition "no credit, and dis count for ready money," which painfully accredits the "very tasteful god of' death," and the very spirited god of the sun, with crocodile in brass and whip in silver." As for Couberen, the god of wealth, he naturally bears away the palm. Who doubts that he "stimulated the best powers of the manufac turers ?" He is worshipped by the people of Birmingham every whit as fervently as by the devotees on the banks of the Indus and the Ganges ; they have just put up his statue "of exquisite workmanship," in their market-place ; and it would have been well for the sculptor if he had gone on their own principle of "no credit." As it is, the Peel statue exhibits the ruling passion strong in death ; it is a standing memorial of broken promises. Mr. Hollins, the artist, who made the statue, and is left to pay for it himself, is after all no worse off than the British people who made the man, the living idol, and who found in the end that he left them to pay for their whistle at A pretty omart price, —John Bull. d SUGAR, ,k2i3n3og, n6d9os6Saturday nu. a,rdtn. MOLASSES , doa yfBl unrefined RUM. — It eoutdmhc sugar u — yi l ala t .rer tllea,aniappearsnsd r etained djn imported from hoorre te3ha i ihn r et e t t u u tnh r e n e unitedlBs 5 published, 8. con sumption. Of this, 3,139,209 cwt. was the produce of the West Indies; 1,237,678 cwt. the produce of the Mauritius; . 739,144 cwt., the produce of East India; and 3,117,665 cwt. foreign produce. The quantity of refilled sugar and candy imported amounted to 353,909 cwt. The quantity of mo lasses (actual weight) imported was 892,059 cwt., and the ag gregate of the entries for home consumption, 909 170 , cwt. The quantity of rum imported was 8,622 , 701 gallons, arid the quantity entered for home consumption, 3,390,345 gallons. The amount of duty received in the united kingdom was, on refined sugar, £4,804,213 ; on refined sugar and candy, £310,620; on molasses, £215,234 ; on sugar and molasses together, £5,330,067 ; and on rum, £1,354,119. The average price of Muscavado sugar in the year ending the 30th June, 1855, was, British West India, 20s. lld ; Mauritius, 235. 2d. ; and British E as t I n di a, 23 5. 4d . Th e average price of Havana sugar (ordinary yellow) was 225. 9d. RETURN OF ♦ CRIMEAN HERO. — The quiet village of Wol verley, near Kidderininister, was agreeably disturbed from its repose, at a late hour on Saturday evening, by hearty demon strations of congratulation and welcome, on the return of Capt. Brown Westhead, eldest son of J. P. Brown Westhead, Eq., (late M.P. for Knaresborough), from the Crimea. Tid ings of the gallant captain's approaching arrival were no sooner received than the church bells pealed forth merrily, and a large body of stalwart countrymen spontaneously assembled at the entrance to the park, to testify their admiration of the hero, by removing the horses from his carriage, and drawing him in triumph to Lea Castle, where he was received with lively manifestations of affection and joy by the assembled family and domestics. Few regiments have suffered more se verely before Sebastopol, either in officers or men, than that to which the gallant captain belongs (the 34th), more than half the entire strength of each rank having been placed hors de . combat within a brief period, and without sickness ; and few, if any, of its surviving officers have been more severely. wounded, or enjoyed more " hair•breadth" escapes from de struction, than Captain Baown Westhead. He still carries in his body (between the right shoulder and the breast) the rifle ball which inflicted the serious wound that caused him to be invalided home by a medical board; and, in his heroic dis charge of the arduous duty wherein he encountered this wound, he was further struck by a spent grape shot, had the low crown of his forage cap ripped up a distance of two inches by a Minie ball, and trod upon one of the enemy's infernal ma chines, which fortunately hanging fire for a few seconda, ex ploded when he was a few paces beyond it. This occurred during the memorable successful storming of the Quarries, and sub sequent carrying of the Russian trenches and rifle pits in front of the Redan, on the night and morning of the (7th and Bth of June, on which occasion the gallant captain headed a company of his regiment. In the numerous letters wherein his brother officers kindly sought to allay the anxiety of his family and friends, until the state of his wound permitted him to write himself, warm testimony is borne to the distinguished gallantry and prowess he exhibited in the action. It appears that he was observed to fell several of the Russians with the rifle of one of his men, after discharging the several barrels of his revolver with equal effect ; and it was in the act of returning the former weapon for reloading that he received his severe wound from an enemy observant of the havoc following his rapid and deadly aim. It is under stood that Captain Brown Westhead owes the omission of his name from among those of his brother officers whose signal gallantry was distinguished by special mention in the despatches of Lord Raglan, to a somewhat remarkable instance of that disgraceful incorrectness which has marked official reports from the seat of war. The despatches wherein the late commander-in-chief signalised the gallantry of the storm ing party of the 34th, mentioned with special commendation the conduct of two of its captains ; but although it so hap pens that Captain Brown Westhead was one of the only two captains of the 34th present with the storming party, (Captain Peel being the other), he was deprived of the honourable mention obviously intended for and due to him, by the erroneous and inexcusable substitution of the name of a brother captain who was not present in the action, but who has since heroically fallen.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. [Captain Brown Westhead is a relativo of Mr. P. Bancroft, oil merchant, of this town.] ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. F. A. Bartlett, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Olave's, Marygate, York. Rev. W. T. Beckett, M.A., to the Rectory of Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk. Rev. W. Blackley, M.A., to the Vicarage of Stanton-upon ine- Heath, Salop. Rev. W.J. Bolton, to the Curacy of Trinity Church, Cheltenham. Rev. It. G. Calthrop, to the Perpetual Curacy of Irton, Cum berland. Rev. J. Goodday, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Mark's District Church, New Swindon Wilts. Rev. E. Gordon, 8.A., to the Curacy of Kilnwick, near Pock- ffec.W. Hazel, NI.A., of Christ Church, Oxford, to the Rectory of St. Peter's, Wallingford, Berks. Rev. C. Hind, M.A., to the Curacy of Stapenhill, near Burton upon-Trent. _ _ _ 'Rev. J. Hughes, to the Curacy of Llansannon, near Whitchurch. Rev. T. Lees, M.A., to the Curacy of Greystoke, near Penritb. Rev. F. H. MacLachlan, M.A., to the Vicarage of Tudeley, near Tunbridge. Rev. J. Newnbam, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Mountsorrel, near Loughborough. Rev. .1. Nicholson, 8.A., to the Curacy o f L y th e, near Redcar. Rev. T. O'Reilly, to the Curacy of Enniskillen. Rev. H. S. Polehampton, M.A., Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, to a Chaplaincy in connecton with the East India Com pany, in the Presidency of Bengal. Rev. A. Pyne, 8,A., to the Vicarage of Horning, near North Walsham. Rev. C. Sangster, Vicar of Darton, to tha Rural Deanery of Silkstone division of the Archdeaconry of Craven. Ray. J. R. Sewell, M.A., Fellow of New College, Oxford, to the Stipendiary Curacy of Begbroke, Oxon. Rev. G. Stallard, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Nicholas, Great Bedwyn, Wilts. ' Rev. W. %V. Walby, of St. Bees' College, to the Stipendiary Curacy of Epwell. Oxfordshire. Rev. R. It. Williams, M.A., to the Curacy of South Dalton, near Beverley. Rev. G. F. Wright, 8.A., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to a Mastership in the Shrewsbury School. CLERICAL OBITUARY. Sept. I, at Wansten Rectory,nearFrome, the Rev. J. G. Howard, M.A. Sept. 6, at Range Worthy, the Rev. Tames Champion Hicks, aged 74. Sept. 9, at Stoke Rectory, Guildford, the Rev. William Henry Stevens, A.NI., in his 41st year. Sept. 13, the Rev. Jas. Lougmore, Vicar of Yealmpton and Revel.. stoke, Devon, in his 84th year. Sept. 14, at Winwick Hall, Lancashire, the Rey. James John Hornby, Rector of Winwick, aged 78. Sept. 15, at Smiley, near Shaftesbury, in his 86th year, the Rev. Ralph Ord, Rector of Seinley. Sept. 15, suddenly, at Clontuskert Glebe, county Galway, Ireland, of apoplexy, the Rev. Richard Collis, Rector of that parish, brother of the Rev. John Day Collis. Headmaster of Bromsgrove School, egad 29. Collis. Headmaster ORDINATION AT CHESTER On Sunday last, the 23rd of September. DEACONS. George Dewe Green, 8.A., Balliol College, Oxfor3, licensed to Dalton•in•Furness. Alfred Middleton, 8.A., Queen's College, Oxford, licensed to Ponsonby. Henry Baugh, Queen's College, Cambridge, licensed to Liverpool parish. Philip Newman Lawrence, 8.A., Queen's College, Cam. bridge, licensed to St. Anne's, Birkenhead. William Gillison Bell, jun., LL.B., Emmanuel College, Cam• bridge, licensed to St. Matthias, Liverpool. Philip 'Winter de Quetteville, 8.A., St. Peter's College, Cambridge, licensed to Distington. Thomas Bourne Dickies, S.C.L., Jesus' College, Cambridge, licensed to Thurstaston. Alfred Whitlow, 8.A., Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, licensed to Little Leigh. William Frederick Whitechurch, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge, licensed to Prestbury. William Wilkinson, 8.A., Christ's College, Cambridge, licensed to St. Chrysostom's, Everton. Thomas Brierley, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, licensed to Latchford. Ralph Calvert Williams Croft, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, licensed to St. Catherine's, Wigan. Thomas Fauvel, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, licensed to St. Peter's, Everton. John James Stephenson Moore, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, licensed to Christ Church, Chester. David Lewis, St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead, licensed to Holy Trinity, Birkenhead. William Woollam, St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead, licensed to St. Barnabas; Liverpool. Richard Williams Griffith, 8.A., Jesus College, Oxford, by letters dimissory from the Bishop of Bangor. PRIESTS. 1 Rev. Joshua Jones, 8.A., Lincoln College, Oxford. _ Rev. William Henry Pe arson , 8.A., Q ueen ' s C o ll ege, O x f or d . Rev. Samuel Baw tree Baird, 8.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Rev. Richard Dowson, 8.A., Queen's College, Cambridge. Rev. Alexander Eckford Watson, M.A., Queen's College, Cambridge. Rev. Gerrard Lewis, 8.A., St. Catherine's Hall, Cambridge. Rev. Edward Bennett, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Rev. William Bowlan, BA., Trinity College, Dublin. Rev. Constantine Adolphus Lusignan, 8.A., Trinity Col. lege, Dublin. Rev. George Perrin, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, licensed to Vauxhall, Liverpool. Rev. Henry Wescoe, Licentiate in Theology, Bishop eosin's Hall, Durham. Rev. Joseph MacCartie, St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead. Rev. Samuel Sampson, St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead. Rev. James Skinner, 8.A., University College, Durham. Rev. Hugh Davis Owen, M.A., Jesus' College, Oxford, by letters dimissory from the Bishop of Bangor. Rev. Robert Thomas, B.A College, Cambridge, by letters dimissory from the B i sh op of Bangor. Rev. Thomas Williams, St. David's College, Lampeter, by letters dimissory from the Bishop of Bangor. IN St. Ann's parish, New York, the rector has a service in the afternoon for the deaf and dumb, using the sign -language which they are taught i ns t ead of the voice; and a church is projected specially for the purpose. The New York church man says—' For nearly three years this undertaking has been characterised by gradual yet steady growth, and everything now connected with it seems to point towards permanent success. By the side of the proposed church it is digned to have a building whi c h s h all contain a lecture-room er reading room, and library, that thus the gratuates of the institutions, as they settle down in this city to gain their livelihood, may be encouraged to make advances in intellectual persuits." Tire REV. JAMES llemsueLL, incumbent of Christ Church, Clifton, who died at th a t place on the 29th of August, was brought up a Presbyterian in Scotland, his native land, and was ordained a preacher in the Establishment to the :congre gation that m e t i n the nave of the old cathedral 1 c11 0 1 11 2 ; c o h oth i , Glasgow. He was afterwards presented to the Edinburgh, one of the three divisions into whichthtoe church of that city has been separated. Previ ou s state of things disruption in the established body, the existingi] polity, which ended led him to inquire more deeply into Churc h of Episcopacy, and in his being convinced of the divine r igh t 1 Seoteh Establishment in his breaking his connection with t 3 Of Norham, Durham, on the Bishop of Durham to the curacy ias died but a week after him. nomination of Dr. Gar, w the living of St. Mary-le-Port, presented to cathedral h the great He was in 1842 ears afterwards to the incumbency of Bristol, and a few__ years 0 He married the eldest daughter of Christ Church Chit h 'Richmond. His loss called forth much deep the Rev. Leg h. funeral was attended by a large body both f ee ling , and 1 !, a clergy and lalty. the year 1841. He was shor e tl , afterwards ordained by the