The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-04 00:00:00

. w )0. affet TS. near . Paul's, 3artliolon 3o. WI) itecbsr:., rt 1)0100 ary's, t. Paul"' m-On't he.P' e 0 , 011 TeMP° of st. Ili nZtr ee ' Char'' )ni e . Her e° O r lin Gi l ril bile . Jenbig bs ioue paints , neOelje:ji , v. 0016°1 rufnell;co) '.ley aliara 'Thoor the c lots rt, Doe . 1 , 10 iors bi r elies , t suspended Ramat . at at ker -51 t r t S '" so ns r • PO IAP first ic s. tie Ivies oiro 01 1111. 'fi l at o fr y enna°o. Tirrengi° .TC tbE' tO 63,7- cat '215 kir ei erih °. go d 'O B n 1 f r o. nil*" tli ec}:bY o der , Me l gar rfor eat A3tli o' l - 'l4O 00 l'"•00 :00 , t. 01)?:,,je no o s#: ,GO O 7O ll ~ for - o >, it/P 5 ! lav'ffet itt 6 0Jc , - w ere well ; to urse d slcV, der those i ,e, a l, l l O Tliurs DECEMBER, 4, 1855.1 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. 410 gte vo ," lB DINNER —On Thursday, the Mayor, John ze e "Lie -me., gave his first banquet, at the Town Hall. In of t f i 'atee with custom, the gu ests comprised the members l e e e council present and the dock committee, a large number of eqe were . le ar ~.an entertainment given last week by Mr. Charles Hind ., ee p Tor Ashton-under-Lyne, to the Mayor and Corpo thet that borough, he mentioned as a curious coincidence the present Mayor of Ashton was his nephew, the Mayor Le i 4ehester his brother-in-law, and the Mayor of Wigan T e e eeee, FIE TTELEY ' S patent iron for ships' knees was, on I.lo e Yi tested under the supervision of a commission from eee,„" 8 - Very severe trials, conducted with extreme care, ei id ea l the decided superiority of the patent iron over the t at -1 f ua rs against which it was tested, establishing to the e he i action of all pre sen t, the i m p or t an t f a ct, in a ddition to de e ,• t a, vantages, that it possesses in an eminent degree the e q.ai e quality of superior strength. fe e "Veeseinareore—On Thursday morning, at six o'clock, a $° W as disco vere d i n th e s h op o f M r. John Lawrence, Great de,',: a e ed-street. Th e f am ily h a d a ver y narrow e sca p e f rom e te " t ue e tion. The premises were full of smoke, and on the e t s eing broken into, the inmates were found to be asleep. tee 7 brigades were in prompt attendance, and soon extin the flames. The shop was completely gutted, but the dad not extend to any other part of the building. tele l4 Pia FROM EXCESSIVE DRlNKlNG.—lnquests were ti e 74 Thursday on two men whose deaths were caused by °lve drinking. James Estlin, a dock labourer, 45 years le t te, residing in Thomas-street, was taken ill on Tuesday ddb' and burst a blood-vessel, from the effects of which he Wednesday morning. Edward Green, a cotton porter, _ Years, residing in No. 19 Court, Frederick-street, died NA 3 7. 1 ._ on Wednesday morning. The verdict in each case ti,,r 4 it death had resulted from natural causes, accelerated eei, e lt te-tole RACE.—A fortnight ago, the Mona's Queen Itte e tlan Vannin, Isle of Man steamers, had a trial of speed this port and Douglas. The Mona's Queen ran the 1 1,,, e e in nine minutes less time than the Ellen Vannin. ,tere'e a rtesday last the two boats had another race. They "le e l'roin the Landing-stage, the Mona's Queen two-thirds ken ti - L'elleth ahead ; the Ellen Vannin soon began to lead, t. 1 4 , 1? reached Douglas twelve minutes before her competitor. gNte:lt Liverpool at ten minutes after nine o'clock, and the . t reached Douglas at 235 p.m. 'cle,?e-A fire broke out on Wednesday night, about nine L -11 ilee el the office of Messrs. E. Busch and Co., Barned's 'qtrgs, Sweeting-street. The office is upon the top storey. te nd s ° m- room in which the fire originated was the sample and "tl a ", ° ro. Mr. Hewitt and his firemen were in prompt at 411d th'eei together with the West of England fire-brigade, i. hte le 'le place having been deluged with water, the fire was tt; tl e ished with comparatively little damage, and that only qte"... ll. ° o eiee and fixtures. The premises are insured in the I keeP er ° ol and London offic, and 'belong to Mr. Barred, the eAe ee neeeNnxerct MA.GISTRATHS AT THE POLICE-COrRO.— tifh l.s4 s complaints have been made of late relative totem ,etent attendance of the 'borough magistrates at the Vo liilerilirt, and.on Friday :a 4stase occurred which ereitedcon e,l'ee annoyance to several gentlemen. They were sum eepeereat the 'Out at 12 o'clock, to answer some 44 - 0 , 1 ,- , ?9113 relative tolhe smoke nuisance, preferred , against Si 'the aanitatyaiith o ritie s . As there was onlyetie ma •beneh,:they were obliged to wait mere than an ; ‘' e titlhougleseveeal messengers were sent , out,tto second r a - te could be 'procured, and the informations were , tube adjourned till Wednesday next, (to-morrow). 'DERRY Gt - AnniAns.—The guardians 'present at the 41 e , p': n t' on Wednesday were—Rev. Win. Baihieill, chairman ; llarrissen,LEdwards, Lunt, Mountfield, , Siddeley, Pitts, Abrahams, Baishaw, Roberts, !Ledger, Whitby, Shaw, and Birch. The balance in Bend was found to Iteite22-19seekl.. It was resolved that 'Dr. Nevins be re -0 heed to transfer such of the sick poor Of the Workhonie I ." l tle tn e.3' deem advisable, not to exceed tfifty at any one time, union'tfospital. The paupers relieved during --- the last !t ow ._ Wei.e, 'in-door, 771; out-door, :3,04: total, 4,016, yt,llee terease'aitlnc of rease of as com 63 isceeen red ‘ d w ith the a7B out- corresponding cl la:•et Year. ',V 01 'ilay, last week, a windier , ot , wemen connected with Feee` 43t tlig fund of St. raciPS, iPiktece's-park, presented ibe ll ee tleebound church vervices to Mrs. Grantham and Miss ; and to Mrs. Grantham,lr. addition, an elegant he r ,in acknowledgment Of ttheir'rleindness in attending ae 3 ';week to receive tbelo -sat cgs. Each article had th ee Prepriate inscription- The ?Rte.:. Dr. M`Neile expressed sh e d r eclL ee r l t i io ng ed s at o te r toes 'teee-wds the ladies for their ( Graethem then said she had been Ake e Prsent Dntion r. WNeile , Nritth a gold pencil-case, , aera ei their esteem 'for 'him asAhe founder of this benefit. l 'kee te as of 200 &edifies receive tbenefit from this excellent b, OP LAWCASTER'SkOwN RIFLES.—The general weemnla Du ke t iaig lu bland( ( Lotid Melville) recently inspeete'd te, a , s , ni i i e - e i'anceeteesOwn!Rifies, stationed at Gksgoee p'cr, th '" Pleased with their 'martial appearance and effi at h egee e „, e terSik, for arconmllerable time, the m t After having manceuvred them, he e d eclamideto i t a let h e %vcolonel, Sir Thomas` Hesketh, Bart., and the Officers, 4 _ 14 1. Th" Prontite say theereghnent was unequaßedin Sect ee'vtneet teen 'were principally recruited from here. The eee re .`s.neteeqiiite ;:hat still, as they are daily-expect ttkle Is sionicevedunteerintothe line, and most ofthena awe „ti tian Serve, , asilarge .ntuhherstave previously dome; :Captain htinwill more enrol meneetanding not less than 'fire feet " F e "- elee&L AGOBDT:NT %AT TUE 'WALTON GlOL.—Akbuut nine eee on the , evenhig of the 22nd September, Elizabeth !4enew tweekniine years of .age, one of the underewarders at gael We'altonewate seat by the storekeeper Inv-some ieicrothee. Tltibeing thd:firet day of the oceuention of the lie es i nge the youngewomanevas not acquainted withethe pre ped Inetead ofeuhloeking the proper cell •doer, she acti n lie adjoining oneewhieh leads into a large elnift, ex tlit'Poen the top to '.thet bottom of the building,eand it tl (lark ?„, %fill to the bottom of the shaft, -.distance of SeL f eet. Her screams: attracted attention, and She was cas liereeft ancle was :fractured in two placesearid she titil'eiled allover the 'body. Strange to say, she lingered Tuesdaylast, when she expired. eedet the "qh.t add the , *u - returned aeverdict of " Accidental death," Nt a il i 4 ed ap l r .. f l ;sentment,etotthe effect that they regretted deceaseof the shaft, and beeL made acquainted the officersp o - _ue evelleseqnaintedeivith the premises before-entering ai keelieir , duties, and that the door leading to the shaft 4 ty" be padleaked, and 'the governor only permitted to have e tat ke:kcal , GP ENGLAND INZTITITTION.—This institution, etistence of some years in this town, has been clis m, and:an:address has been placed by the direetorein the e lif f kl f , members. It appears the expenditure was too N r ° l ' the of the institution, and au ine . reased exi e bectiptien having failed to redeem the Emanuel po et el the iinereitution, iteenffairs • were finally wound up, , ttl 4tt u t ennellaitance in the treasurer's hands. Et Appears, ie `r, from •this report, that :during the year efforts. have C 4 deto amalgamate the Church of England Institution, 4 'tte4dee-Sehozil Institution, and the Young Men'sCheietian ionelente the lt was mot favourable. Eventually leiem& Cl orEngeaind resu Institution entered into SIR :arrange tewathilieeYoneg Men's Oheidlan Association, by by eocieties. were united together, to be known by. the i t i t l ia se: e ° l the Young Men's Christi= Association, sad to !meet tef "Ite 'prentisesiin Rensbaw-akeet, which are to !beim:llo 7 °Pened. OFFTESIANTS.—MISICCOUnty COUTon Monliay a e Messrs. Flathead and Lord sued Mr. John Mejoieto 11 , 4 ' 1 N e ' 4.6 elle -value of certain water taps and otiter Orithict ' had tbeen stolen 'from a house in Beekeley tllt'a theipropeity. of the plaint 'iffeebut lately in the defend ,eisje occupation. Me defendant lad deserted the house, ate the , window3,o.pen, through strhich persons got access G 4 V e tele ;away the :taps ; the water !flooded, and did concider ph-,,,gannwe to-the property. Ora inspection, the house was '4l l i'„,`L greatly, out: of, •sTiler, and ate expenditure of CZ.S I ,ras in -41,1C' in puttingit!An.good repair, but the present claim was lttle simedy for the.value of the taps and other property Items . e urged. on behalf of the , defendant that the Pth 4e 'vegan consequence of the landlerlie not having attended ?tiees . lfhich had been sent in to them, and hence the 'e - tre , and at was. urtber urged that :an important witness .t of town. Theeludge : " I shall:giee a verdict for tbe L ntiffs for tesfee,emage Mr. Major has anything to offer Ire Ply, he must do so under affidavit.'" t• A R CHROLOGLCA.T.4OCIETY..-At &DAC k,, tlt ing Of th is Society on Wednesday, Mr. Hay, the Peed- • °e ctipied the chair. Mr. Frank Howard showed a 4N kk l u i l g or the transparency in stained glass which he has Ned for .Ht. George's :Bell, (the finding ,of the body of ". 4 1 4 , on the qiattle-field, of Hastin g s,) and, explained the lee whidi the- thought „should be adepteel in applying t 0 glass decoeations torele.. etssical buildings. He objected tl ' b : employment...f geometrical figures in Urge designs, ieZe he considered tbeyeweedd divide the Taw to be filled s Small parteyemderenderethe general eeign inharmo- N I With the stede .of the building. He argued that the gate was best ; adapted fee such purpose, fern the va tett 1,2 i, attitudes in ,which;it e ceuld be portrae , ed, and this tAI ie .,' nas illestratekin the des •i alluded to.. Mr.;Huggins tei" e ale extracts from, his upper. the last meeting, "The e cture of the Future," and e*hibited drawings in which tj Ll ee. T. embodied his lideae. The •p.epe . r of the evening was, e ktb e e ad by Mr. J. M. ittley, its eitleibeing The Future Re -ll'tigre, or whether me ,are eight, oe wrong in following a h, of styles." Mr. w 3f. , llay,seid his paper was eitten jle had read Mr. lieggins's papsr, and, in a few supple- A 17J . : remarks, he ezpresped leisgere f al concurrence enetbat katiTan'S Views. He auttoinly tignMilat it would be to4lie e ee tte of art to drop these i pecelier features, especially the illCestable ones, iii eider at a firmer : and more universal t l ii ;ii i . 7 " , ,architecture might mask the present age as an era in %, 4 - „Lolsy of art. Mr. Hay caceived the!thanks of the meet 'tee'e4lie the discussion whielefolloweclethe general opinion • " to lee in favour of the views ; he,hael promulgated. ct 11, 4 . 4 ,Oar THE PRESTON stn -KENDAL CANAL. — Th e hel" e "' made by Mr. Rawcliffe ,(the spirited agent to the Earl , i rresiee. this town) to introduge SteaM,Qll canal . be restee and Kendal, has answered the :expecttions tete '" it. A screw-boat le now At work; ithe engine, t o ep 3 7 - horsepower, having two . eight-inch .cylinders, and te l ng butlittle space on board, is plazed,in One tboat, and Velf,"ees are attached behind, forming what might ilee called 'e" te " r ain. Theepantity of coal convey.edeach triple about 41 1 , 11 ,,5, loaded in the five boats, and a ,speed of two miles 1,c'4 4 ," r is maintained. . This speed might lee increased, we e ( ‘ 4 te e`e did the depth. f water in the canal permit .it : ; hut at 11 1 te e feif the greater speed is attempted, a men of water is e ho 1n front of the boat, reducing the level of the,canalat tiA e . ", so much as to valise the boat to scrape the bottom. 4 1 : 4 ° .'d system one horse dragged a boat of from 40 to 45 Q'ie l r,den at a rate of one mile and a-quarter per l l t e one oi LAle e L he last fortnight an extra new iron boat, 4te a "e s 7 tons, has been attached to those previoitTy ab towed (Making the five now used), and with this very thraitional weight it has only made a difference in speed t i e veltearters of an hour per day, and the addition of le i Se ,ti l:Fiet has consequently retarded lt it ) ,e l A- k A wo n r e l i c v e iron boat has just been built o for the same dby steam power. She is a twin paddle- Oie Wo beats each 60 feet long, have one central paddle b etwien 3 them, and this arrangeinent prevents the l' which 4 0 2 ordinary river paddle - boats create. 41 e4 1 te e - e ";er already been tried on the canal, and is found t tiC,ed - ,.."ess power to 4 1 0, the same work than the screw boat 1 1.'tite above These eeperiments, combined with the , 4 e e i te A iron Ler woo- 1 P' .4 41611 f • • d 'n the construction of the boats, e Qe p 9; feature ill thg history of canal navigation,- 40.4 THE leading licensed victuallers of this town have it in contemplation to present Mr. Henry Danson with a testimo nial. SITALING Tnt.—Joseph Roberts was sent to prison on Friday, for 14 days, for stealing half a hundredweight of tin from the warehouses of Messrs. J. L. Cox and Co., in Bruns wick-street. SAD OCCURRENCE.—On Friday, a porter, named Samuel Lemeuoc, residing in Lower Tranmere, was so severely crushed between a tea-van and the wall in Oldhall-street, that he shortly afterwards died. WE understand that the board of directois of the Me chanics' Institution, in Mount-street, have determined to re commend to its members, at the next annual meeting, that its present name be changed to that of " The Liverpool Poly technic Institution." ON Tuesday, a very successful soiree, in connexion with the early closing movement, was held in the Corn Exchange Assembly,room, Preston. Mr. Joseph Livesey presided. A petition was produced at the meeting for the early closing of those shops the proprietons of which have not yet joined the movement. A DEPUTATION from the committee for the restoration of Poland waited upon the Mayor, with respect to the contem ptated meeting, and, though the Mayor declined to take the chair, he fully acknowledged the importance of the proposition emanating from men of every political grade, and promised to support the application for the use of St. George's-hall. It is stated that the meeting will shortly be held. DR. WZLSBY, of Prescot, a gentleman in extensive practice, and well known in the neighbourhood, died on Tuesday, from the effects of a serious accident which he met with on Wed nesday week, near Rainhill station. He was about to return from Rainhill to Huyton, when, in attempting to get upon the train, he missed his footing and fell down. One of his legs coming under a carriage wheel, it was shattered near the ankle in a frightful manner. The sufferer received prompt surgical assistance, but the injury was of so dangerous a character, that it terminated fatally. THE HIMALAYA. BEATEN.—The Cunard screw steam transport Jura, Captain Wickham ' which left Balaklava on the 16th ult., arrived in Plymouth Sound on Thursday morn ing. Excluding 60 hours of coaling, the passage was made in 13 days and six hours. The Jura was only 23 hours and 20 minutes from the anchorage at Balaklava to the anchorage at Constantinople—the fastest passage known. In going from Constantinople to Balaklava some ten days previous, she is said to have beaten the screw steamship Himalaya, which sailed one hour and a half before, acid arrived half an hour after the Jura. Tit a MANCHESTER MEN-01IT.—The strike continues, but has not extended, though some few additional workpeople have been thrown out of employment through the strike. The people on strike walked through the streets of the town on Monday and Tuesday, to the number of 600 or 800, men and women, and with men at their head carrying boxes and books for contributions. These persons entered shops and houses on either side the route of the processsion, and re quested subscriptions, and appeared to be rather successful in their object, though the amounts given were generally small. The committee appointed by the workpeople on strike have issued an answer to the address of their employers. They deny the statement that wages are lower in other towns than in Manchester. A MYSTERTOVI3 LASE.—An inquest was held ' Thurs day on the body 'of Thomas Byrne, a shoemaker, aged 40, who resided in N 0.7 Court, Blackstock-street. On Saturday night the deceased, after leaving his work., went to a whisky cellar in Greet lioward-street, kept by a barber 'named Kelly, where he gdt 'drunk, and was subsequently fennd lying in Chadwick-street, by police-officer Lowry , : he was insensible from dr:hiking, and when discovered it ‘wasnbout two o'clock on Sundayenorning. Lowry, having obtained the assistance . of anether.Mficer, took the deceased to 'the north. dock bride- well, where he was booked " Drunk, and for safety." The same moteing he was removed to' he main bridewell, and ma sionagy 'brought before the magittMles and discharged. When!he got home he complained of illness, and said he Thad , beeuletbridewell ; that he was 'nearly killed, havitig been " matieted" and his ears pulled. 'Being asked whether it was thepolice who had abused him, ihe ^said he did not recollen. Iletecet to bed, and. about noon 'tee Tuesday a • dispensary -surgeon visited him. At that . time he was insensible.; read though he afterwards slightly recotered, he died on Tuesday nicest, his last words being, ." they have killed one." The •k-eever of the north bridewell-Atiited that when brouelitllbere 'he observed no marks of Violence on the deceased,,neitber did ' ?tccomplain of havi ng b een Il luased. The keekret the ntain cbeiclewell gave similar testimOiny, and added that theiloceased never made any complaint brill-usage at the bik&rell or before the magistrates. The ijary returned a verdittthat the: deceased died from infienunittion of the membranes of the Thrain, but how produced `there was no eviderree 'to show. Reny, the barber, was cantieted by the coraster brat he would put the excise officer upon his track. HEALTH Comxtrxren.--11r. Alderman Dover 'tpresided at the weekly meeting erthellealth Committee, 44iiele Vas held . on Thursday, when theerredical officer reverted that in the y b w o e ro ek ug e h nd w i e u ere g oom: se vtrr te eied.. ba d: : ii vr!.n, the p ari s h, preceding etp more than nth d ig: e a a nasev lregi'Ste ,c,;,yointaretaresle r e.t ed edoi?at i fv. n trerzt l i 0 1 f 6 8 t hs en slm s ships. The searlatina*demic has somenibigeabatectitt Tan teth-park, but has Tbectime more prevalent in other distSats of the town, the total deaths from this cause having been 'the same iu number as :in-tie previous week,memely, 40. , grom zymotic diseases 'there were 49 deaths, test which fremethe hooping cough there "were 12, measles, 41, typhus , 7, Mall pox 2. One adtilttaad six infants , died from syphilis, a greater number than ''have been molded in any previous week; (35 deaths were caused by diseases of the lungs ; more than in any week of:tille preceding :five months. The-atten tion of the coneniittee,was called bytailetter to the ma'am of certain tradesman-411e advertised their name, &c., 'on 7 the street flags. The committee depre cated the preetice,ni 'being against Ike local regulations, and decided that it •shoilld not be allowed. A conversation took place upon a eseetioe raised by Mr. Sheil as to the mecessity of having the ptililic business transacted in eotnetuilding more central than the establishment iii Cornwallis-street. He contended that the'ithabitants were subjected to groat incon venience by liming' to travel so far out of .lEleeir way to pay ratesAc., , and that much thee was lost by 'the officials in going backwards.and forwards between the Town-hall and Cornwallis-etreet. lie saw no,ollject in keening Ike business in that particular locality. It appeared to be/the feeling of the committee thetnothing could be done at present, and the matter dropped without any pracktal resaalt•beingubtained. ST. PETEliet, :IlvEnTow.—On Tuesday evening,tthe teachers connected with - the Church. Sunday Sc'nooiserftthe district of St. Peter's, Everton; with their friends, had alewpsety in the school-room, /Upper. Beau-street, for the,beseafrenfelhe Sunday School Library. IThe company numberett2lso. .ekiter tea, an adjournment todk place to the upper stihold-000m, which was tastefully and profusely decorated with evergreene,tags, ban-. ners, and deVicesOincluding the national. staaldardsof the allied nations now engaged in warfare against. Hoeg& Ehemediately above the chairman , there was neatly painted ‘en canvas, within a frame;lhemorda" Alma," le meafh , Whicilt were the words "Et tglene.: =and Trance reTnitedi," anti, eon each side of this frame were tthe ' , words `i Balaklaxa,": Auld - "Znkerman," supported by ihe +Map, of England and Prance. The:Rev. S. B. Sutter, theincuMbent of the district, Niehopresided, de livered a most anteceding addr es s, in whiehille4osk a survey of the histeryof:Sanday•Schoitls, remarking that the first one was establishediteen layman (Mr. Raikes4 Eighty years ago, he observed, thereewas • mot taSunday Sehociltthrelghout the country. Now !there .were, se fewer titan-20114 Sunday Schools he EnglandatichWalesfembracing •=170312 scholars, attached to which, giving their services vehantaefey, were no fewer than Za43)110 • 4.eaiahers. This was ;whin. and blessed repaid, acooroplbluld within tln apace of sixty years--sometbing they!,hdd tee thank Gad for, and take courage There mere two or three der tlibigs con nected with the 'Church 411 , England Sunday SchoOls upon which he wesuldeeffer .2 remark or two. Sunday Schools were Chitely )issenting. The Churls of NeePand had four-fifths of dey.seheols, ancbtansidembly Lees than. one-half of the Sunday Schodla. in the.church schools there was an o a c v h e o rar s, of se tw ei tele ise e l;t it e gi ß e aritsist Andep iw en h d oo e i n s t , Aix scholars to one teacher ;Axed in the Weskyan echods only scholars to entoe4)tteler teacher;; i 'see - scholar s tome 'teacher. inns, while hi the; Vbwch of FEngland the aweagenamber trteholars to each :teacher was twelve, among the ,tli...eliteraitgas below seven - mad le had ?,keened from the aenior leauher in their feeral; Wawa, that -eadh class of girk ev.as,egs;t l aeiavorage, fifteen to oner*eiteher. Mute it Was shown that, theyhadmot been dcaiwg their duty as actively as they ought •to; have .done. The nee: geraleman , aolligeded by showing alhatlbe.sehools with which they, mere immediately connected‘were doing much good, eted.s.bad ,not been established in vain.. The meeting was zobsequeecy :addrt..d by Mr. Roniediee,libeariaz of Duke-street eliettict— subject: "The Age we liere in;" Mr. Brentnall selluecte Wbatrt6 do and how to do ;it; " ebding an exhortagee ,14.eet the %NO* which 'Christ tame -upon earth to perform ;:Xr. Kent Anal Mr. Allenby, two , ether teachers--7subjeets, I . the former : -"ale value au& importauce of Sunday &hog lteaehiaag." The proceedings were interspersed with:*ces of sacred. mask...and a most intereatiepaud instructive cuing was passed. Doug COMIKITTES. — The weekly t raeeting was held en Thursday, Mr. 'Charles Turner in the elair. The Sub-own mittee ,oflVorks recommended that !the tender of Messrs. Briseall , for supplying oil be accepted. fl he Albert Dock Sub committee ,reported the appointment ,pf Robert Byrne ala second-class,ledger.clerk, at a salary , oftlit2o per annum, in the place ,of Joseph Pickthall; of William W. Crook to be a third-elms ledger ,alerk, at a salary of ago ; of Alexander Gordon to be warehouse clerk; and of ;R. 0. Spencer, IL Thomas, and .Williana Spencer to be landing clerks, at £BO per annum each. The .Stanley. Dock Sub,conunittee reported the appointment of Marshall and Atones Kane as land ing -clerks, at a salary of ,EBo . per annum. Robinson said the committee had ihad !upwards of 170 apPlieations. The Harbour Masters -Sub,committee reported , that the gates of the passage between , theWspping Basin and the Puke's Dock . were ready for svorking, and requested authority to appoint two suitable persons as ,dodc gatemen to wad: tichose gates. The committee betels° undereonsideration the appropriation of permanent berths to particular lines of vessels. 'They had called for a report dram theharbour masters for the six months .ending the 31st of October, wlich they had carefully ex amined ; and, in their .opinion, it was an advantage o the trade of the port as well,aa , to:theitterests of the doek,estate that those'permanent berths should be appropriated Wanes of gassels in the docks, under special ,eircumstances and ,con ditions, namely, that three-fourthsonlyof the time be alloikal to vessels according to tonnage, giving advantage in case of fractions according to the usual scale ; that a report be fur.- nished of the working of the permanent linrths three months front this time, and in all cases where the oonditions are not fulfilled, that the permanent berths be discontinued. The committee, in addition, recommended that the following per manent berths be discontinued :—Victoria Dock: Richardson and Spence, Philadelphia trade. Georges Dock 1 Bibby and Company, and Cotesworth and Company, Lisbon trade. Can ning Dock : Cram, Powell, and Company, and the Dumfries berth, J. and D. Thompson ; and in. the Idrunswick Doek, for the St. John's trade, that of Ferne Brothers and Company. Mr- Lockett said, to show the advantage of having permanent berths, he needed only to say that in 13 'llya large American vessels were discharged and loaded. 42 vesst'lS had done that in six months. The recommendations were Coutraled,..,,___ - _. A communication was read from the Mersey St ee l an d Aron Con' puny asking for a permanent berth in the HarringtoP_l Doc k . L'wn Referred to the Harbour Masters Committee. On the arilm-• cation of Mr, Joseph Kitchen, treasurer, a sum, of X3O w:* 4ll voted to the St. Anne's Dispensary. The committee of the Birkenhead Warehouses recommended that the tenantry of Messrs. J. S. Pe Wolfe and Co., of a portion of the warehouse used as a government emigrant depot, be continued for a period of six months, at a rental of £3OO per annum, the tenants surrendering all claim for compensation in the event of the docks being run dry, &c, The other business was of minor importance. JANE GRAY, aged six years, whose parents live in No. 21 Court, Charles-street, died, on Friday, from the effects of scalds received on the 2nd November, by the overturning of a kettle of boiling water. Tiro:VAS SWINNTATON, engineer at the Everton Water works, was, on Thursday, fined 10s. and costs, for assaulting police-officer 544, and he was ordered to be reported to the Water Committee for being in a beerhouse in a state of intoxi cation when he ought to have been on duty. ON her last voyage to New York, the passengers on board the packet-ship William Tapscott presented to Captain Bell a testimonial expressive of their obligations to him for the kind, courteous, and gentlemanly bearing evinced towards them during the voyage. ON Saturday evening, Thomas Parry, a youth living in Bostock-street, was driving a spring -cart through Leeds street, when the vehicle upset, and the lad sustained a frac ture of his right arm. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, where the broken limb was set. ON Wednesday, the pupils of the Royal Institution School presented the Rev. Dawson W. Turner, M.A. head-master, with a drawing-room timepiece, and a set of books, as a token of their respect and gratitude for the uniform ability, zeal, and kindness which had characterised his instructions among them for more than nine years. QUICK DESPATCH.—The ship Vision, from China, com menced discharging at the Albert Dock on Friday morning, and in twelve hours she landed the whole of her entire cargo, consisting of 9,865 packages of tea. This was accomplished under the superintendence of Mr. Pickthall, the newly appointed warehousekeeper. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday, Samuel Lomax, tea porter, employed on the premises of Messrs. Wardley and Co., was leading a horse and tea-van into the yard, for the purpose of unloading the tea, when he slipped, and became jammed between the wall and the end of the shaft. The small of his back was crushed, and he died immediately. THE congregation of St. Silas's Church, and a few other friends, have recently presented the Rev. R. W. Wolseley, curate of that church, with a purse, containing fifty guineas, as a mark of their appreciation of his devotedness to his sacred duties, and particularly of his indefatigable attention to the National, Sunday, and Ragged Schools, and young people connected with the congregation. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday afternoon, Mary Barker, aged forty.four, who kept an eating-house in Park-lane, and who had suffered for several years from a violent pain in the head, was talking in her shop to Mrs. Griffiths, a neighbour, telling her that she intended to go out of town for the benefit of her health, as soon as she could let the house, when she suddenly exclaimed, " Oh, Mrs. Griffiths, I'm blind." She immediately fell down dead, THE-CIVIL SERVICE IN LaVERVOOV...—Mr. Joseph Breckles has been appointed a weigher, and Mr. John Martin a tidewaiter and patrol, in the Liverpool Custom-house. Mr. John Kellett, and Mr. Robert Hardstaff, instructed by Mr. John Mills, of Liverpool, eleventh division, are at preiiiit . officiating as expeotants in that 'collection of the Excise branch of the Inland Revenue Department. THE £240 WEBERY.—Ann Burns and Henry Green, re manded from the previous Saturday, charged with stealing £240. from George Fothergiil, were again brought up, along with Ann Legerwood, on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery. Pothergill 'was also again placed in the 'dock, charged with stealing £320 from his employers, Messrs:oex and Co. No further facts were elicited, the whole of the pri soners belag:again remanded. Wia MoViarmrs IN LIVERPOOL.—The City of teablin Militia Arrived at Liverpool on Friday morning, from Dublin, by the Steam-thing-oft Niagara. There were twenty-five officers, 'and '5l lion-commissioned officers and men. The North Lancashire Militia sailed on heard the Niagara; for lingstown, the stme evening. They arrived here 'from, Lich ffiela by rail abcnit half-past two o'clock in :the afternoon. Thii 'weak the Antrim Militia will arrive here from Ireland, and their placOwill'he taken by the. Warwick lYlilit. Upwards of thirtyliavta volunteers left Liverpool on Prilay night for London. AT the .Nlice-court, on Saturday, .john bans and Mary, his wife, !remanded from a rrevions 'day, on the charge of havingterlibed Mr. Johns, Oldhall-street,. cif goods to the value of about V.,200,. were again rplaced in the dock. The male prisonetAN-as in Mr. Johns' traploy, andwuantity of wearing apparelimving been missed, his lodgings were searched, and a portion of the missing property, was found, while pawn- -tickets- for other pertionswere disedvered in the house. Mr. Clough stated there was •second charge against Evans, for roblAng Mr. Thomas Bann, of ,Whitechapel, his former enr [Aver. The male prisoter , was ocommitted for trial, hat his wiificwas discharged. Ea `VENTRAL Pata-zrivin'CLootic.—the steps taken by Mt,.wa6nt, shoWing the mecesiity for a'entral clock at St. George's Pier, have been tniesn tip by a number of other gentlemen,.and r a memorial on the 'subject is about to be submitted to the Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough. A'eopy is 'hying for signateiro at the l'EXchunge news-room. One ‘olause states that by !Meeting a swath tower, with an illuminated clock, on the eeorge's.Pier, lin a position about lihe•centre Of the stage, wifidh couldhe - seeteby the people en the stage, and by people conihai by either kif the dock br*es,initithof the inconveavieruse•shOwn by thertnemorialists would 13eternoved, and accaracyjia the start of the boats obtained. Bnyuctroirer&r Cottlf.T.—ttiu Thursday, William laleyd,lately , carrying ontbarsiness.as.Mmttle-dealer at Newton, , catne upon his acritournifila§t eiatiinattion ; but the matter was further postpeeted !for a month; exe'balance sheet laniing 'been filell.— J. A. Jacqt , es'caute , up forlds certificate on Thursday.; he was supyorted , ay Mr. 'kraus, and opposed, on the part or the , assignees, 'by Mr. - Oty„ who subjected the •bankrnpt 'to lengittened , extitnination of four hours. The Commissioner. to* time - buconsider ilrrls judgment, aihich Will be delivered this (`lSttesdajt).Vir, Swift cause for his last eeamina r v .... assignees. The: .bankraot r passed his examination, and' the 28th of I)eceMber .'was Zatia for the question of certificate.— Zones gladder; latetrusrrying on butiiness as a .boatbuilder, at Burscough, passel his last extardnation.-The !matter of JehnSlieholson,-scrgeon, the keeper. .tif 'the Lunatic Asylum at Mrtilten, who appearcd on his last ezataination, wasadjourned I tiara:month, by the eoasent of all parties concerned. /BIeNCEINTATTONIDO - 31 BANK Mama;aun.—Mr. Kinkead; late manager of the Reliant Bank, at Newry, being •about to leave that tiown for liiverrool, is about to be presented • with an address, • expressing: appreciation ref this qualifies as bank manager,. and of die personal merits,: accompanied : by - a silver *man& 'coffee service. The salver 'beers the following inscrip tion Presented to William Kinkead, Esq., late onanager of the Mast Bank &ore. This memorial is •a gift,' from a num of his friends ,:and fellow-bownemen, on his voluntary Yetirement from:an:office which he filled to the entire satisfac tion of all. With this tribute, honourably •earineki,-they wish •thimithe fullest success in his newtpursuits in Liverpool.' , The following is the inscription on' the , tea and coffee -service : ".ffk.esented to. William Kinkead, i•EK., late manager of the Belfast Bank heale, as a memorial offrienilship, from an classes 13fliis fellow-townsmen." •÷SunGOLING Lw BLADDERS.--at the .Police-ccurt, •On 's•Saturday, before Alderman: 4 S. filolme, Thomas West, man of emaciated:appearance, asidt-who stated that he was *rernan on board the Blenheim; Ballast steamer, was, charged aly ;Police-officer :IN with.. smuggling two gallons of Irish arliisty. The .olifiee• stated that on; the previous evening. he Ipeneeived the prisoner about •to : pass through the Clarence Iliek gate, and • thinking that Allis , Indy was too bulky iin proportion to his , *Lin face, he-ntopped..and searched him ; andtunder his dress he found twaakilitlly-prepared .riders, . ' , fends containing a gifilon of Itish.stlaialsy, sixteenabow proof. Thee Dastom-house •02icers considered the case of :unusual inapeutince, in asesscuence of the systematic smuggling of liquors from Ireland, and because the bladders found upon- flee prisoner load evidently, 93y their well-nsedafpear aneeLone great service in the same lineof business sarformer , 00maimis. The prisoner was •ordemadtdo pay an its.jbeing double the value of the liquor, and costs, or to be imprisoned for.a tuna tb. , i ' froTpi-scrtturso ox•TaksllfsusaY.--abesarietts.shiploulle-ing 1 ynrds,os the banks of the Mersey have:lately been somewhat inactive,. owing to the depression •upou. commerce , caused •by the war. A few days ago .a small. steamer,of 150. tons,. coaled the Coastal°, was lantiehad from the shipbteding _yaritof Mr- W. C. RI. ter, Totteth Dock.: Sheiis for . a4panith • firtn,:satad' is intended to navigate the rivers of Spam; :and anothetwas set was iaanched front thenterv-ehipbuildiugward of Mr. John Laird, Seftan-street. She sue =rood the .11/4icandriarlOr Mcg ' Bevis, :and is a sister-ship .io the Borestheiaa, lately launched. front tise.oante yard. She istl,ooo tons buraken, 260 feet long be an a d iit lL fest kva br n o g ad v , es a:l a is tioo lutemled for. ,a wench company._ Nearly, reat4 for launching, *ln Messrs. Vermcn's yard, is ,a t a water bottom for water hallast, P 8 Shmeeaisseake3 fitted a ur seree. - - t Aeamer7 iil and will hace.eaviues of 70 horse,po.wcr,,constructed, by Mr. Jack, of the V toaia Foundry. Eta the.aime yard there is in course of construct/jar. a powerful steaulibaat, ~1.30 feet ;Yong,, o f 1 tons, and .supplied with englues ,of SO horse-pcwer. This vessel is for the Liverpool Steam 'Mug 'Company. A screw ,team -ship, of t 0 tons, with engines of ilOO horsewower, for IShe Channel- trade, is about to beketilt. .Suierns ,IST .s. ,Boy.—A melancholy and almost unpre. ecedented oecumenic took place at Haigh, near Wigan, on -S , lt - arday. night. la.boy, twelve years ,of age, nammighomas ILosze, son of Jobn..lowe, engine tenterut astnall engine used Iby the joiners near ,the Hall at Haighoterminated hi. 3 own ( existeace, apparently,without any cause. At appenrs;that the iboyani his brother bad been promised:Paw-pair of trovrsers ~/aael4aud arrangements had been made ferrthent:to accompany their imother to Wigesi.that evening to purehase.them. The ,ether, brother, who is s..4inger at Haigh chtuzekliad beenede itained later than neueLe.t his class that evening, and onhis ,returniittwas , found tollae.too late to go to Wigan. At this themas.seemed much disaiwointed, but was promised thatise shotildsomalt his mother on Monday. About nine o!cloelE he too/Lasandle and went tap stairs, as if to liked,; but at half- Paet ten, his mother havingoccaston to go up atsirs, found. hint -suspended by a strap .from the bedpost. itie was dead. On Tuesday., an inquest was held at the house of Mr.. John Summer., !Balcasr.es Arms, Haig. The jury, ou account of the extreme youth of thedemeased, felt they could not return a verdiet of fflo die se., Thertherefore agreed to word as their vendict ' `Foliad hung."—Manchester Courier. LurEntroot, Town Courterp.—The following subjects will be brought under the consideration ,of the Council, at the monthly aseetinkto-morrow :—The proceedings of the Finauee Committee, comprising a recommendation to purchase from . the New Hebrew Congregation, for the aunt of £2OO, property in Hardman-street, and to complete the iwrovement of that street ; a recommendation to purchase, from Mr. Henry Booth, for the sum of £1.30, sufficient land to preserve an area of not less than two yards wide, in front of property intended to be , built in Hope-place, and as consideration for abandoning the ,right to erect any buildings except dwelling-houses ; a recom mendation to erect courts for magisterial business, police oii.Ces, hridewell, coroner's court, and other public buildings, on property in Dale-street and Hatton-garden, purchased from the Gas Company; and recommendation to sell for the sum of £7OO, the reversion of property in St. James's-street, Hardy street, and Upper Frederick-street, on which it is intended to erect a Roman Catholic place of worship.—The proceedings of the Watch, Lighting, Fire Police, and Fire Prevention Com mittees, comprising a recommendation to rate to the lighting and fire-police rates, those owners of property who have refused to enter into composition for their rates.— The' proceedings of the Town Hall Establishment Corn rnitttee, comprising a recommendation to appoint William Evans as hall porter, at the same salary as that received by his predecessor.—The proceedings of the Health Committee, comprising a recommendation to rate to the several rates un der the sanatory acts those owners of property who have re i:steed to enter into compositions for the payment of these ratesq.‘—'ll2..Weeedings of the Library and Museum Conimit tteakeln7;lol?..mindolnfiniangcommendation to pass a resolution under- Mr. Ely and his co-obligees against any claim under ' the hood given by them to the Customs' authori ties, in respect to the model of " Ancient Rome," and to autho rise the Mayer to fiffiN tk emprii'nfil to such resointien, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE principal tradesmen of Derby are said to have agreed to close their establishments on the Monday before Christmas day, thus enabling their servants to have a holiday extending over three successive days. THE gamekeeper of Mr. Llewellyn, of Buckland Filleigh, fired the other night at what he thought was a large white cat. It turned out, however, to be a peasant carrying home a lump of salt over his shoulder. The poor follow is nit likely to live. THREE convicts have escaped from the establishment at Woolwich. Hats and coats belonging to other workmen lying about have, it is supposed, supplied them with a ready dis guise, and they have passed out with the ordinary working parties. A FINE GIRL, aged about three years, and who appears to be very respectably connected, was the other evening stolen from the station of the Glasgow and South-Western Railway, while her guardians were on the eve of starting with her for Greenock.—Caledonian Mercury. A FRENCH PAPER, mentions that some workmen employed in draining a marsh, at Clairmarais (Pas-de-Calais), have found a Celtic hatchet. The flint of which it is made remains firm in a bone socket prepared to receive the handle, and thus shows the mauner in which the handles and the cutting part of the weapon were connected. AMONG the boats on the Erie canal is one commanded by a female—Mrs. Captain Peck. The Bu f falo Republic says she is a " screamer" in her way, and has been twice before the Albany courts—once for whipping an impudent "deck hand," and again for trying to pitch a former owner of the boat into the canal for demanding his pay of her. MESMERIS3I.—At a recent meeting of the Exeter cor poration of the poor, a resolution was carried to the effect that, on the friends of any of the paupers suffering from temporary insanity or epilepsy making application, relief to be granted out of the house, in order to place the afflicted person under the care of a mesmeric practitioner. Each of the four medical officers of the corporation gave an opinion against the adoption of the system. THE journeymen tailors of Sunderland, to the number of nearly one hundred, are on strike for a rise of 6d. per day, in consequence of the high price of provisions ; and this the masters at first agreed to pay, according to a " statement" which the men submitted to them, but afterwards they held a second meeting, and resolved to pay them according to the Newcastle statement, which the men refused to accept, and then turned out. Trrs FRENCIT ARMY.—The Moniteur de l' Arnule gives a statistical account of the French army, from which it appears that its present effective strength consists of 529 battalions of infantry,32 battalions of light infantry and riflemen, 374 squad rons of cavalry, 245 batteries of artillery, with 1,470 field-pieces, 16 companies of pontoniers, 31 companies of artillery artificers, 55 companies of miners, sappers, and engineers, 27 companies of 'the wagon-train, 5 companies of military carpenters, and 14 sections of operatives belonging to the military adminis tration. Cousuis.—Who are a man's " cousins r was the question to be decided in " Stoddart v. Nelson," an appeal to the 'Court of Chancery, on Monday. James Freeman left £ll,OOO in equal shares to his " cousins ;" now, James Freeman had first-cousins 21, and other cousins 128 ; so the first-cousins filed a bill for the purpose of finding out whether they alone were to share the money, or each of the 149 were to have a portion. Vice-Chancellor Stuart had decided that all the cousins were entitled ; on the present occasion the. Lord Chancellor decided that the intention, judging from the com mon acceptation of the term, was to include first-cousins only. FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF GLASGOW TO THE EARL OF - ELGIN AND SIR COLIN CAMPBELL.—On Thursday last, at an ordinary meeting of the Glasgow Town Council, the freedom of the city was unanimously voted to the Earl of Elgin, in consideration of his distinguished services as Governor-General of Canada ; and to Sir Colin Campbell for his yet more bril liant services in the Crimean campaign. To the latter this compliment mast be peculiarly gratifying, coming as it does spontaneously from the corporation of his native city; and accompanied as it will shortly be by the presentation of a splendid sword, the result of a subscription among his fellow townsmen residing in Glasgow and located in different parts the kingdom. VOLITICILL PARTIES IN AMERICA.—The following list of the more prominent political parties now in vogue in the United States is from the New York Tribune :—Republicans, Whigs, Democratic Whigs, Woolly Heads, Silver Grays, Pro hibitionists, Temperance Party, Stringent Licensers, Moral Stasionists, Constitutional Rights Party, Liquor Dealers, ae i, ll o p se ty r e ,ssc,t "Protestants, a e , r c a sn, n oHwi liem nNdooto e hs c ,i ra nsg c o 3 sn ' , , s U o n f Teetotallers, Democratic Republicans, National Democrats, Hunkers, Barn Burners Hard Shells, Soft Shells, Half Shells, Know i t te h e d i A e Somethings , u e b rAmericans, n T s land Reformers , Anti-Renters, Liberal Party, Practical De mocrats, German Democracy, Working Men, e m AA ni p n L ee n rs nii ANTWERP, on Monday last week, was the scene of a remark uble demonstration, men of all classes and orders of occupation uniting in doing honour to the well-known artist, M. Leys, 'one of the Flemish artists successful at the Paris Exhibition. As early as ten o'clock in the morning, flags floated from the louses, and the streets were lined with people. Artists, bur , gomasters, senators, representatives, and military authorities .assembled at the Museum, while M. Leys was conducted to the spot at the lead of a long procession, accompanied by music and banners. M. Leys, on taking his seat, looked very pale, and much affected : in the salle were his wife and chil dren. An address, written on parchment and splendidly bound, was presented to M. Leys, amidst the acclamations of the crowd. Ag:Town of g old w a s then placed by the Minister of the Interior upon the artist's head, amid a tempest" of bravos. After , which M. Leys made a speech. The ceremony STRANG23 'ItAfTLROAD CATASTROPM3 IN AMERICA.—One of - the most singular railroad catastrophes that we have had to record for many years, occurred, on Monday evening, near Boston Corners, on the Haarlem Railroad. The Albany express train, vowsisting of engine, tender, a baggage car, and three passenger cars, in charge of Mr. Robert White, conductor, leftChatham Four Corners at half-past fi ve p. m., and abodihaf-past six o'clock, as it was approaching Roston Corners, on a part of the road elevated upwards of 35 feet, a 43udden and violent gust of wind threw the entire train, except the engine and tender, off the track- and down an embank ment, a distance of fifteen feet. The scene which followed -was truly 'painful. Most of the passengers, many of them groaning from their injuries, lay suffocating beneath the cars, which were turned bottom up by the catastrophe, and for 'some-time but little aid could be rendered. Mr. White, the 'conductor, with-others connected with the train, and some "of the passengers who managed to extricate themselves, set Ito work to rescue their fellow-travellers, a task which re ,viired a conei&rable time to accomplish. One man was killed, and twelve others severely injured.—New York (Courier, Nov. 114. - - A Corruassous OLD WOMAN. The town of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, has lately been the scene of several bur tlaries, one of which, committed on the night of Tuesday last, D ias acquired oonsiderable notoriety from the courageous con , duct of Page/see Vining, who has reached the age of 84. Mrs. Vininglives in a small cottage, and during the night was alarmed‘by a noise as of some person forcing his way . fi n t, th e h ous e. On looking up she saw a man enter her bed mom with a lighted. candle in his hand, his face being covered sith a veil of Alsicik. crape. Nothing daunted, the old woman Aenped out of hed,and, challenging the fellow as to his busi sees in her cottage, boldly said it should be life for life. She &en ran up to,him and tore the mask from his face ; upon which he dealt her a blow on the head, which felled her to • tiae ,, ro.und, and muttered her partially insensible.. On reco veriac, herself sbeeew the burglar about to carry off a box in whack - was her;littleall. She at once resolved, if possible, to save Aker property, and, seizing the tongs, she commenced a .fierce attack npon.Mu. One of the blows which she aimed at thecobber :knocked the candle from his hand. The old womanitihen raised Atery of " Murder;" and, either fearing the nrrivalef help,. or unwilling to remain in the dark with the incensed owner of the cottage, the villain decamped. The brave tidd woman saved her property. Lavr ,rte PIUMOOEXIZURS. — At a meeting of the Juridical Society the other day, Mr. F. S. Reilly read a very able and instructiae ,psper on tbe subject of " Primogeniture." The • object a dik e paper was do show that, at this time, and in this country, the baLlneo of advantage was in favour of the existing law, with its three elements of non-partibility of :inhesitances, preferenceef males to females, and preference of the eldest of the males, au comparison with the alternative system of tae equal:partUDY of inheritances. It examined saccessionithe arguments put forward by those who advo ,tate the -charge, and argsted that the proposed new rule sivouldnot leaeliin England to the subdivision of land to a 4aulicient extent to create, as they wished, a race of peasant _proprietors especially as the small-farm system, only for the •eake of , the. int:reduction of which peasant proprietors were to 1;)e desired, if at id', wia in the highest degree unlikely to tale root in Enernd, under auy.system of laws, at the pre .sent day—the tendency being, on the contrary, to the general extension of large farms. ;it was also contended that the-sales of inheritance were not Ito be tested by " natural justice" so,called, bat by considerations of civil and political eousertience. Tbe.oanclusion arrived,st, after a review of the controversy, was, -that much more *,an had ever yet been shownsif evilon the ,cue side, or benefit on the other, was neededytsjustiky a deinisn w d hhad f i o c r hat t hl he erd a t ba ntt odin een m edn ent of a system some fundincom measure . unopaf proslieipty sar i cP° :u aw :tu etlrl. rga ' enterprise or industrial exertion, tinder wkiell political progress and politicaLetability had been not unhappily comb in e d, A nd unde r w hich t h e benefits of the family ,relation .had been developed, hi harmony with the upon whieht all systems.of inheritance ware founded, and to the comminity. i w d i eas th cossolluent.advatita. SUPPLY OF FWD.—Mr. iefiird has again written to the /'imes on the yield of the past arvest, and in defence of his fsxmer estimateof it. He adduces his own experience, for Which Mr. Sturge bad asked- His wheat crop has mlotied 3 6 'bushels an acre on atiff landau Wigtonshire, and 26 bushels an acre on light laud in Kent, both full average crops, One of the statistical divisions of a Scottish county returns 4 bushels per acre over last year as th e rtyield of this year's wheatorop. Of 26,7aports published in Agricackural Gazette In Aug., 122 desoribe the crop at or above an averag,e; and of 89 reports The seed Uwe of last year given in the Mark Lane Express in Sept, 69 are equally fa. vourable. On all these grounds Mr.. Caird mtains opinion and of every other circuit of the yield of the crop. Then as to its .extent r—drainage extension of the wheat crop. and good cultivation and guano bare rendered farmers less the h r i sc rl onm t g h m ey e nwdera marke ts en. It only needs that the 570,000 farmers of this count,* extend their wheat crop 2 acres a-piece to produce all the increased s a w :i s :e a s t w o a f hp r i o ecri tl ou L f t acreage for which Mr, Caird- contends. And it is not neces sary t o s uppose, as his " reviewers" have, that he in:twined this extension to have been effected at the expense of the barley. The fact that the price of barley, which, though high, has not risen like that of wheat, indicates an undirehisbed y i e ld o f that grain, is not inconsistent with his theory. en all these grounds, then, he maintains its soundne ss . It th rs ap pears that Mr. Caird's opinion was not formed hastily or vith out due consideration of the various influences affecting the date of the corn market; and accordingly he gives it for his advice that with wheat between 80s. and 90s. the quarter, the Eng lish farmer would be wise to sell.' "It is just possible that by the months of May and June, America, which has already made a good beginning, may pour into our markets the surplus of an abundant crop, as she has done before when prices were far less tempting than they are now." We only add that oar correspondents in the north, so far as we have received re turns, corroborate Mr. Caird's report—but the statistical re ports for Scotland will soon be published in detail. If at English report in like manner were now forthcoming, of whas immense value it would be to the country as a guide to the most important trade And interest it possesses !—Agrieulturat Ga;elle, THE SHIP XVIII', belonging to Messrs. Money Wigram and Sons, of Blackwall, Captain George Coleman, left Mel bourne on the 14th September, and landed her mails at Pen zance on Monday morning, the 26th inst., thus making the passage in 73 days from land to land. She brings 15 days' later news than by any other ship. TRUST AND LOAN COMPANY OF UPPER CANADA.-At the meeting of this company on Thursday, a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum was declared. The net profits daring the half-year were to the extent of £8,278 19s. 7d. The prospects of the company in Canada were satisfactory. A short discussion took place, when the report was adopted. Tim screw-steamer Arcadia, from Constantinople, has on board two camels, male and female, which were found at the rear of the Malakhoff when captured by the French; the male has been used to convey the wounded from the ground during the Russian sorties, and has received several severe wounds. WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS.—In 1851, 5,000 widowers were married to spinsters, 2,400 bachelors to widows, and 2,700 widowers to widows. More than 7,000 widowers stand here, by the side of rather more than 5,000 widows. In one case, a widower of ninety was married to a spinster of eighty. The youngest widower was twenty, the youngest widow sixteen. SEIZURE OP LONDON PAPERS IN PARIS ON TUESDAY. — The Morning Advertiser and Daily News, and the evening papers of Tuesday, were all seized in Paris, in consequence of their republishing the letter of Alexandre Dumas, in which he states that the Government of Louis Napoleon has instituted proceedings against him f or h av i ng made use o f t h e express i on My body is in Paris, but my heart is in Brussels and in Jersey "—meaning with the refugees—with whom that cele brated author deeply sympathises. SINCE the price of candles has so largely increased, man families have adopted the economical practice of burning cocoa-nut oil in lieu of the former, finding it much cheaper for their domestic purposes. A lamp, adapted for the purpose, may be purchased for the trifling sum of sd. with wicks attached, while a pint of the oil can be obt a i ne d for 7d. This quantity of oil will burn for eight successive evenings, affording a clear and steady light ; whilst a pound of candles (eights), costing Bd., fret away and are consumed in five nights.— Morning Herald. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OP CANDLES, &C.—On Thursday, a reduction of one halfpenny per lb. was made in the price of candles ; the best store candles, which for some time have been selling at 80. per lb., can be obtained at Bd., moulds at 80. to 9d., and composite candles at ltd. per lb. Lamp oils of the various descriptions, which increased in value simultaneously with candles, can now be had at lower rates ; pale seal oil 4s. Bd. per gallon, refined cocoa nut ss. per gallon, and refined Colza oil ss. 4d. per gallon.—Globe. CONVICTION FOR MURDER.-At the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, Daniel Lorden, 48, weaver, was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife, by stabbing her in the neck with a knife. The deceased was a very dissipated woman, and the murder was the result of a drunken quarrel. The jury found a verdict of guilty of murder, which they accompanied by a strong recommendation to mercy on account of the pro vocation the prisoner had received. The Chief Baron passed sentence of death on the prisoner, without holding out any hope of mercy. GAZETTE NOTICES.—The Gazette contains an order in council to the effect that goods and passengers may be con veyed from one part of the Island of Ceylon to another part thereof in other than British ships. It also states that the Portuguese government levied an impost of 5 1-9 d. on all coal imported since July last for the steam-packet companies whose vessels call at St. Vincent. It also announces that clean bills of health are issued at Marseilles, cholera having ceased. The Gazette likewise contains a notice that the government of Brazil intends enforcing a strict quarantine at Buenos Ayres. DURATION OF PARLIAMENTS.—The present parliament has long since entered the fourth year of its existence, it hav ing been elected in July, 1862. The precediug parliament endured just five years. The parliament of 1841, which induced the accession of the late Sir R Peel to office, may be said to have died a natural death, as it was not dissolved till the end of the session of 1847. The Peel parliament of 1835, on the other hand, only lasted two years and a-half, and the first re formed parliament only two years. The parliament elected on the accession of Queen Victoria endured barely four years. No general election has taken place in the middle of the winter since that of January, 1835, nearly 20 years ago. This produced the memorable Peel parliament, convoked shortly after the dismissal of the Melbourne ministry by King William IV., and to the adverse majorities of which Sir R. Peel was forced to succumb in the space of two months. THE AMERICANS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.—The Berlin correspondent of the Times says :—The appearance of the North American squadron in the Piraeus has been represented to have had no other object than of enforcing the payment of an indemnity to the American citizen, Mr. King; that affair, however, had been settled in the main before the frigates arrived there, and the only part of it still under discussion was how the payment could be arranged so as to be least irk some and offensive to the Greek Government. The real object was to back the negotiations for the purchase of one of the Greek islands, as has already been adverted to in your columns. This same game is being carried on by the United States towards the Danish Government, for the purchase of an island in the Baltic, under cover of the agitation for the repeal of the Sound dues. EARTHQUAKES IN SWITZERLAND.—A letter from the Velais (Switzerland) says :—" Since the great shock of earthquake on the 28th ult., shocks have been felt every day, and in the night of the 12th one was so violent that it caused about 2000 yards of forest ground on the western slope of the mountain of Unterbach to roll into the valley with a loud noise. All the bridges, three windmills, and two buildings on the side of the mountain, were carried away, and two houses in the valley were buried beneath the mass of earth and trees. The shock caused by the fall was so violent that for some time after de tached trees and blocks of stone came rolling down. The a iit r t Rg mountain, learel• - efsaw'llvraUlcarolalla strongly built, resisted the detached fragments ; but the store houses of the inhabitants, in which they had placed their pro visions for the winter, are buried, and their fields are covered with sand and stones. There are still large fissures in the forest on the upper part of the mountain, and it is feared that new shocks of earthquake, or the thaw in the spring, will cause other falls of earth." --- ENGLISH RAILWAYS. — To realise the idea of England, aided by 8,000 miles of railway, we must try to imagine England destitute of railways. Without railways now, where would be our commerce, our military force, or our progress ? But what are our railways ? They are so common to us as to cease to excite wonder • and we are apt to forget their magnitude and complexity. Well, they represent a capital of £286,000,000. They are 8,000 miles long, and have 2,500 stations. Their working gives employment to 90,000 persons. They conveyed last year 111,000,000 of passengers, and the trade in mer chandise and minerals upon them will now amount to one million of tons per week. To work them, 6,000 locomotive engines, 100,000 waggons, and 20,000 passenger vehicles are required. Their locomotives represent a force equal to that of 1,250,000 horses ; and if all the vehicles working were put together, end to end, they would reach from the Channel to the Scottish border, or, at least, 400 miles. The Railway Company is also a great owner of moving stock, and a great constructor in consequence. It is also a great carrier, and owner of steam-boats, omnibuses, horses, and carts outside. — Morning Herald. TUE IRON TRADE.—Statement of make, home consumption, shipments, stock, and average price of Scotch pig iron for ten years : Shipments and home Stock Average Year. Make. consumption. 31st Dec. prices. 1845 1846 ...... 570,000 ...... 666,000 ...... 149,000 1847 ...... 510,000 ...... 579,000 ...... 80,000 1848 ...... 580,000 ...... 562,000 ...... 98,000 1849 1850 ...... 595,000 1851 1852 1853 1854 Till Nov. 20, 1855 . 695. 6d. SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.— Steam-vessels of the largest class, fitting with machinery, are still the prominent feature of our long line of quays. No less than seven vessels are at present fitting out. Mr. Napier's mammoth, the Persia, 4,000 tons burthen and 1,000 horse power, is in a forward state, and will be ready for sea next month. We observe that this magnificent vessel, with Mr. Napier's usual liberality, has been thrown open to the inspection of the public, at a small rate—the funds thus raised to be given to the Royal Infirm ary. The next vessel in point of size to the Persia is the City of Edinburgh, 2,500 tons, by Messrs. Tod and Macgregor. Unlike the other, she is to be propelled by the screw, and is intended for the New York trade, from this port. A finer spe cimen of marine architecture has never appeared in our har bour. Messrs. Smith and Rogers' large screw steamer, the Spartan, 1,400 tons, for the Liverpool and Mediterranean trade, shows to great advantage, being nearly ready f or sea. Besides those we have mentioned, are Messrs. Napier's screw, the Aquilia Imperiale, for Austrian Lloyd's, a vessel of about 1,000 tons. Messrs. Barclay and Curle have also in harbour their last screw, the Tantallan, recently launched from their new yard at Whiteinch. We have also at the crane on the south side, the Khersonese, a very large auxiliary screw-propelled ship, recently launched at Belfast, and now having her engines fitted by Messrs. Randolph and Elder.—lron ship-building is going on with much spirit in Port-Glasgow. In Messrs. John Reid and Co.'s there is a screw steam-ship of 1,400 tons, for the Pacific Company. Another is a screw of 325 tons, for the same owners. The third is a sailing ship of about 1,000 tons, for Messss. Heap and Son, Liverpool ; and, for the same par ties, a second ship o f a b out 500 tons. Then there is a sailing ship of about 500 tons, for Messrs. Rathbone Brothers, Liver pool, and one of the same tonnage for Messrs. Lamport and Holt, of Liverpool ;- and a paddle steamer of 522 tons, for the Oporto and Lisbon trade.—North British Daily Mail. MEMOIR OP THE KING OF SWEDEN. — OsCar 1., King of Sweden and Norway, born July 4, 1799,. is the only issue of the marriage of Marshal Bernadotte, with Desiree Clary, daughter of a merchant of Marseilles, whose elder sister mar ried Joseph Bonaparte. Oscar Bernadotte was placed, at the age of nine years, in the Imperial Lyceum, where his name may yet be seen on the walls of the various quartiers of that establishment. Marshal Bernadotte was elected Crown Prince of Sweden, accepted the reversion of the crown, and borrowing 2,000,000 francs, that he might not appear in Stockholm with only his sword, proceeded at once to that capital with his son, after both had abjured Catholicism on the road, and embraced Lutherassism, the dominant religion of Sweden. Bernadotte had shortly the satisfaction of seeing his son soon forget his French in the course of a year, and acquire, under the teaching of the poet Atterborn, perfect mastery over the Swedish language. In 1818, when, after the death of Charles XIII„ Bernadotte ascended the throne, he trans mitted to Oscar the title of Chancellor of the Univer sity of Upsal, of which, next year, he became a student. His military instruction kept pace with his lite rar y instruction, and in 1818 he became Colonel of the Guards. He had scarcely quitted the Swedish soil during his reign. Once, however,' under pretence of going to visit the banks of the Rhine, he pushed as far as Eichstadt, in Bavaria, the resi dence of Eugene Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg, whose eldest daughter, Josephine, he married July 19 of that year. This marriage was much talked of in Europe, as seeming to prove that the plebeian origin of the new Swedish dynasty had not been forgotten by the courts of the eontinent. In 1834 he was named Viceroy of Norway ; and in 1838, in con sequence of the continued illness of his father, Regent of the kingdom. In 1844 he ascended the throne, and became heir to a personal fortune of 80,000,000 francs, saved by the late King from a civil list of but 3,000,000 francs per annum. His government has been marked by liberality and justice. He has four sons and two daughte r s, one of w h om th e o ld Ki n g of Denmark wished to make hi s third w if e , b u t received a positive refusal, THE IMMORAL PRESS.-It appears from the Edinburgh Review, that the total number of immoral publications issued was 29,000,000 annually, being more than all the publications of the different religious societies, and the seventy religious magazines. The present circulation in London itself of deeply immoral publications amounts to 4,000,000 weekly, and in one large manufacturing town alone the weekly issue of an impious blasphemous penny paper exceeds 23,000: the editor and pro prietor of that paper both deny the existence of a God. MAGNIFICENT PHENOMENON.—On Friday evening, about 7 o'clock, an extraordinary phenomenon was observed in the heavens. A ball of fire suddenly appeared in mid-air, and darted along in a straight line over about a third of the sphere, leaving behind it a trail of vapour, like the tail of a cornet. It then burst like a rocket, but without noise, falling in a shower of sparks, which, however, instantly disappeared. The phenomenon was wholly different from ordinary meteoric appearances, and formed a spectacle at once sublime and awful . SMITHFIELD CLUB.—The annual Christmas show will take place on the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th of this month, at the Agricultural Implement Bazaar, Baker-street, London. In addition to the five gold and thirty-eight silver medals, the amount of money prizes this year awarded by the club is £670, being an increase in that respect upon former years, and the number of enteries and the names of the contribu tors indicate a belief that the show will altogether exhibit more than an average excellence in the quality as well as breed of the animals. A fine collection of agricultural machinery, consisting of corn crushers, prize chaff-cutting machines, &c., &c., are now being manufactured by Messrs. Richmond and Chandler, South John-street, Liverpool, for the above exhibition. The same firm are now executing an order for H. R. H. Prince Albert, of improved machinery intended for operations in the Isle of Wight. ENGLISH AND FRENCH POLICE. — Some London police men were present at the closing of the Paris Exhibition, to keep order among the English visitors. A correspondent compares the policemen of the two forces :—The French police constable is more polished than the English one—takes off his hat with infinitely more grace—and, when he is quite at leisure, answers a question with a greater appearance of a desire to satisfy the inquirer. But cross him in the least, attempt to explain to him any misconception of his orders, try to gain his attention when he is excited from any cause whatever, and he becomes a tiger. The English " Bobby" is a man of few words, not much addicted to touching his hat to strangers ; but, while a model of firmness, prides himself on keeping his temper. lie is not quick to perceive rebellion, accepts a first disobedience merely as a misunderstanding, and repeats his commands in a determined but not angry voice. THE LATE ADMIRAL BRITA.T was educated at the Ecole de Brest, and was an aspirant of the first class in 1815, an en sign in 1819, a lieutenant in 1827, and commanded a frigate in 1831. He obtained the rank of vice-admiral in 1852, and was a full admiral in 1855. He was known in the French navy as a brave, indefatigable, and generous officer. He was early in life engaged on the African coast, when he was wrecked, and taken as a prisoner of war to Algiers. On his return to France he commanded the Jena and the Triton, first-class ships. Afterwards he was named governor of two French colonies, and subsequently occupied important naval posts under the government of General Cavaignac. During the present war he was second in command with Admiral Hamelin, and was present at the bombardment of Sebastopol, October 17. When Admiral Hamelin returned he. took the command of the allied squadrons. He died of rheumatic gout, which attacked his stomach. He had just left Constantinople, after beingfilted by the Sultan, and was congratulated by the ambassadors of the allies. A HUNGARIAN TRAGEDY. - -A young Hungarian soldier named Wesseley, belonging to an Austrian regiment in the 'garrison of Rastadt, was executed a few mornings ago in that town, for murder, in virtue of the sentence of a court-martial. Wesseley, who was a young man of excellent character, con ceived a violent passion for a young woman named Manckert. a countrywoman of his, who was servant in a publie=house at Rastadt, and he paid his addresses to her. She pretended to be in love with him, promised to marry him, and made him give her all the money he received from his family, or was able to earn by his skill as a farrier. All at once, to his dismay, he learned that she had long been engaged to be married to a man in Hungary ; and when he called on her for an explana tion, she admitted that she meant to marry that man and no other, and that she had only pretended to be in love with him in order to get his money, to be able to marry sooner. On this Wesseley, in despair, plunged a knife into her beart, and killed her instantaneously. He was sentenced for this crime to be hanged, but no hangman could be found for miles around, and so he was ordered to be shot. He was marched to the glacis of the forts under a strong guard, and there found about 2,500 soldiers drawn up. He calmly. took off his coat, bandaged his eyes, and then knelt dOwn. The soldiers, as is usual in Germany on such occasions, knelt also, and three riflemen, who had recently carried off prizes for their skill in shooting, were ordered forward. All the soldiers then began singing a hymn, and, in the midst of it, the sig nal to fire was given —at the same moment the criminal, struck by three balls, fell dead.— Galignant s Messenger. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN LEICESTERSHIRE. — About mid night on Sunday last week, the village of Snarestone, which lies between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Atherstone, was the scene of a most atrocious attempt at murder. - There is a small farmer of Snarestone, an old man, named John Fowkes, who was to make his will, leaving a large proportion of his property to his grandson, names John Acres Fowkes. At this, one of the old man's sons, who was also named John Fowkes, felt aggrieved, and he had been repeatedly heard to threaten his nephew. About half-past eleven o'clock on Sunday night, the young man John Acres Fowkes met with a county policeman, and asked him to go into his grand father's and have a glass of ale. To this the policeman as sented, and at the old man's house they found, besides the grandfather, an uncle of the young man, a shopkeeper, named William Fowkes. Just about midnight, a gun was struck tie young man m the rate', a l33itinfaeY4biinriliFWitts and forehead. He was sitting nearly opposite the window, about two yards and a half from it, and fell down directly he was shot. Immediately the gun was fired, William Fowkes exclaimed, " That's our Jack that fired." The policeman rushed to the door, but found it fastened on the outside. After some little delay the cord with which it was fastened was cut, and the officer went into the street and round the house, but could see nobody. He went to Ashby, and about five- on Monday morning, the uncle, John Fowkes, was taken into custody on a charge of shooting his nephew. A gun and some shot were found in the prisoner's house, and a pair of boots which corresponded with some footmarks discovered near his father's house. The cord with which the door was . fastened on the outside has been identified as his property. The prisoner was a butcher, and lived about half a mile from his father's. The young man's recovery was considered to be. hopeless. THE EMBASSY TO BIIRMAH.—The embassy has been duly received at Ava. The official audience was granted on the 13th of September. The envoy, attended by Burmese officers of the household and a magnificent cavalcade, entered the palace by the eastern gate. The route was most circuitous, the king having desired that his subjects should have a full view of the procession. At the foot of the steps leading to the audience-hall the British officers took off their shoes and swords, and then seated themselves on the carpet in front of the throne. The roof of the audience-hall is supported on a vast number of beautifully•carved and gilded pillars ; the floor of masonry is raised 15 feet from the ground, and is as smooth as marble. The throne stands on a pedestal of gold, inlaid with mirrors and coloured glass, and over it is a gilded canopy. Below, within eight yards and a little to the left, sat the heir apparent in a car facing the throne, and behind him and on the other side sat some members of the royal family, and in the centre and immediately before the British officers sat the king's and the heir apparent's sons, five of each ; all these were most richly dressed in velvet brocade and gold tissue. Still further back, and in the same line with the embassy, sat the ministers and other officers of state. The King was magnificently dressed, being loaded down with jewellery, while the Queen, on his right hand, wore a crown of diamonds shaped like a cornucopia. A sort of hymn was sung by the attendant priests, formal compliments were ex changed, and presents given and received. Major Phayre re. ceived a gold chain of nobility, a ruby ring, a richly embossed : gold cup, and a piece of silk. Captain Yule, Dr. :Forsythe, Major Allen, and Captain Rennie received each a ruby ring, a plain gold cup, and a kiece of silk : and Rll the, others a r"-- ring and a piece of silk. The reception wad gracious, ^ 174 there is evidence of the disposition to consider the mission aS a sort of sin offering. Major Phayre has once or twice been compelled to assert his dignity as a British representative. The introduction of the Queen marks the wide dissimilarity of Indian and Burmese manners. The embassy has, by this time, returned to Rangoon.—Bombay Time.. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The committee of inves tigation into the affairs of this company have just issued their report. It is a voluminous document, of which the following is a synopsis :—The committee state that the investigation not only sustains all the charges brought by the auditors against the management at the last meeting, but that those charges were far below what If Ould hsce been warranted. It is asserted that /JO correct balance had ever been' struck in the stores department since Mr. Waddington was chosen chairman, that goods untouched have been sold for old stores, and that on occasions when these transactions were taking place the company were buying fresh goods at from 10 to 40 per cent. above the highest market prices. Illegal additions are represented to have been made to the capital account of £69,006 which belonged to the Norfolk Company. Preferential contracts have been entered into with individual firms to carry coals, cattle, &c., at a positive loss to the share holders, and also to the damage of regular traders, who were thus shut out from fair competition. In one of the concerns thus favoured—the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Coal Com pany—the locomotive superintendent was a partner, and his certificates were actually taken as to the quality of the coal he. himself supplied. The Tilbury and Southend line has been, leased, in the opinion of the committee, on improvident terms, and the arrangements with respect to the Woolwich line, Lowestoft Harbour, the steam-boats of the Eastern Unioa• Railway, and the steam traffic between Harwich and Ant werp, are also strongly condemned. With regard to the locomotive superintendent; it is recommended that a claim on his part of £3,193 should not be paid until • the'-iustice of payments to the amount of nearly £20,000, made bar him for percentages since 1850, shall have been settled by arbitration, and that his existing engagement be referred to the law officers of the company with a view to its termination. An advance of £B,OOO to the corporation of Harwich and commitments to pn outlay at that place of £30,000 are involved in obscurities which the committee have been unable to fathom. Since Mr. Waddington became chairman, in 1851, the additions to capital have been to the extent of £1,213,952, or at a rate which the committee consider would, if it were continued, soon destroy the dividend available for un guaranteed shareholders. A considerable portion of this amount should not have gone to capital at all. In relation to the maintenance of the permanent wayi which the last committee of investigation recommended °I'6" 1 : ,1, be met by an annual apportionment of £32,000, it appears that the amount appropriated for the purpose in 1855 has been only £3,200, and that an outlay is now necessary 0f£150,000. The examination of the accounts for the last half-year has re sulted in showing that, instead of £57,581 being, as repre sented, divisible for dividend, the amount was only £21,263, Previous returns are believed to have been of the same de lusiveh as be e cnhiamracpetrefreert and,an and the audit by the professional auditor s in the opinion of the committee, en tirely useless. Finally, it is u nanimously submitted that the election of a chairman at a salary of £2,000 a-year has acted , most prejudicially to t he intere individualmembers in tere s ts of the company e . b b y oar d d e : creasing the influence o f t h e and it is likewise pointed ou t that ano ther great evil consists in the fact that out of the 15 directors of the company Only e i g ht represent its regular intere s t s , fi ve representing the Northern and Eastern Company, and the remaining two the dE.eansete,AconngtlaitingAecxetoraomprdaninyainryg rctl4elarteioponsrtoristhae msyasstsemofpeuvir: sued daring the past five years,