The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-13 00:00:00

NovhmßEß 13, 1855. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. A Tu, , -.- fr om -,4I,EOR IP ILIC DESPATCH has been received in Liverpool, is i ta rg y horn, announcing, the death of Thomas Jevons, Esq., CO L eatta ati.ttGiATE INSTITIITION.—Mr. A. Lafone, who was edu seao_ , he upper school of this institution, has been elected a ,aar of St. John's a: Cor a College, Cambridge. 1/1'.... ciaaoa MAN N , who was re-elected on the Istsuchlor Pitt -street 'Ward, has had an attack of paralysis, of trial.' serio us nature a s t o cause t h e greatest a l arm to hi s 4a-, baalth ‘ - ' ll Lia rtRITAIX screw steam-ship arrived at Ports fraa aan Wednesday morning, with invalids and passengers at ATCrimea. She left Constantinople on the 18th of Oct. AT t i t Il l• it p. ,e meeting of the Garston Board of Health, on Tuesday, th e 7 4 s rated that Mr. Gitto had returned from London with of th e of the township, which had met with the approval ,t_ ral Board of Health. • • (erelleriareeent prohibition of the export of saltpetre will inter ttill p a e c l.PallY with orders for America, several of which were lately sh . lug, notwithstanding the considerable quantities N l ai a z i e l l g a d to that country. Russia was chiefly supplied a ta %ale m illior g , a vessel bound from Bombay to Liverpool, Bo; fr o colsion, on Tuesday evening, with the Ann Sander- The la,,llaValParaiso. Both vessels are slightly damaged. (1111 "fin - e e 't d ' f a r° ra_Bathur s t to Liverpool, has been totally lost liox ward Island. tile tax r " Irvnaaoora—Th vacancy in the management of 61lloseph Lact Liverpool, caused by the decease of the late Mr. 14 011 4 / li , th ' e agt , tl e b n . , ra h_as been filled by the appointment of Mr. Y retu rn h an ager, who is now inAmerica, but will Me Oa T hu _, 0 . the trieum rs uaY, the late M J A Tobin Esq., entertained , .ayor, J. • t il l,: Veraearsi.fothe Council to a banquet 'at theTow Th n-h is all is . seeood a ; " e aeoll Jones was one of the guests. 'c'll3ra tiqiiaa lll . l er which Mr. Tobin has given to the entire T ra . a aria,. a a Georges ',peat of " ' - a• mayoralty, brid ge r hall (:, C4XERIDGE'S VISIT.—The concert at St. ~,_ ge reaa l ithe 0 • aPPropr• asea aa a2 etasion of the visit of the Duke of Cam -42 28 lat ed the p rn „ l a , B s- ed. The Mayor, J. A. Tobin, Esq., SouthernB*6(l* ; t° th e as follows :—To the Royal Infirmary, . and T ex , e IVorthern Hospital, £25; and to the usel the f Hospital R 25. lietda c'ttil4hti ' Photographic Society on ed by, ar r. a Y Meeting of the . Society. on a Pail' 9 3 7 Dr. a l , „ ead a Pagers on the process of printing a nd St a uoe Creke were also read by air ,,juxile : a u pira•tePs:trr:! the fo • rmer on the subject of laying albu 4. nutb. "a the latter on_ the method of transfer vat, VIAL op T ,, Great t lcees f '''' °°RxIv.COLLIER CARBON.--On Tuesday, a bons ekt on4haleadtr_ial of tills vessel took place, in a run to the T his , th e ae __ • and back, the engines per . form 55 revolu is ic,j e c ssel 17 e h l ,T u n klog 8a knots, and drawing 11 feet 4 inches. and P 11°dgs°128 patent tubular principle, and -London. She was built to trade b the took 4"4-R.-011 Thursday, a crowded meeting of kie pla puse v e pee at the York Hotel Williamson T at: " sugar some an sorts- . c onsidering the present rapid eee ad u v - r i l n ed im ce b r i e y n ' xt t f h o r e r ... to a l After v ath yal lee id The chair wa conversation a propositio s n of Mr. Tyson, a ap i a a • Per lb, on all sorts of sugar, was then carried 1 ~, plans- 1, 04 1 ' l lOT z . - c ommander, ;14.r, 4„,, caoa, of Liverpool, H. Simmons, 11.8,1 4 '°D, bottnd bowsprit,, put in at Portsmouth m , as on ._ ,a3,,sail,Y, With loss of jib-boom, jib, and foretop.a a s e. i i ,„ with shrouds; & connected therewith, having v • 44 4.. e toi ec) a rita et, on Thursday morning, at . 3 , 30, T W he ith s a tr b an ri g g e , -40 E i A :,flown, 12 miles. off St. Katharine s. Te la ..7' c'ff to the southward. of Local, Bo —On Friday, the commissioners s . ' el a th -w ' ir tl held •thei A r E m n• enthly meeting. w ileil it, several newspapers attended, but were as l a b difference of alilui o aue board Iva , A t blished, there w : - n ot yet " Tbe for a m ve e P d that, a` ll ose } s to w beth w er e rs r t e t h i e e n s y fe a rm sho e u d ld tha should ' be ascia lt 'an attended b :th a sed e d m subjecti tte d or 1 , 414 at the next meeting. I. Ac _ • il lath of lin CIDEN T AT 'IInTTON. - a nniversary T of the battle of In he residents at the v arrtaaan bYtnn celebrated the tiar e of cannon and other 44, e. ararru,,,s Yian. btbonefire courseandetfhtebde it the discharge, of a number of youths i' (4l a b--‘ ant l e tl ia llar d old cannon. In diacharging n cat er a ,a , ne of the fragments struck a young an named F an ,,,, ' saaernaker, on the head, and killed him on the spot. !'a' cllE s• v. laaravta —ln the Court of Common Pleas, f ed, to - asidet the the of .etaY, a motion was . made in this case, and rF us the 7.2,..d hat the dam '4'• s'• aar eorseach of contract, The action was t 2 7 - 0 had by the plaintiff, on pool, I.:l.,l,fuolraetetli between u .„ the o delivered the jur. jjse,,Crotadetires. and a was tried in Liver in w t te.h.etii"eldibnigve.vessel within the %int wished it figme nt °, ' a troand that theo b e _, 0 Tu.e ; u , ' The Lord Chief Justice 1 " brefusing it, the raisea q 1,, : 4 uue r st cro d that they refused it on the nn the t r i al. EXCiaz CA '' ll'3ll left to the jury was the only one !)rasetecrilearanna-r:sressf--tiinA_t . the Friday, •John Police -court, on an Exels: ed Wi th sell* 6 Ina_ cellar, No. 1 Raymond-street, oaa mg spirits without a licence. Thompson, a glaSs o f .ecr, stated ha on the 14th October he bought i t a a.,„ whiskey for iimaia.nont ana questionslt-, t the prisoner's cellar,. .paying for f asked." offe'" nee e , 11111 Penal j tyThe prisoner was n. o). A dal the like sum for the same o r ison on °ll .. t, h e 7th Oct ber,nMel el M`Shane, who is in aar eth --; a Cnarg e of keeping°an Michael M'Shane, who is in e full peimaiui an illicit still, was fined £6O, a l'ettliii°Rl the full penalty, for distilling spirits at his house in fittx on-street, on the 14th of September last. . 44aarneetfa.Vaxar.---The Rev. Rector Campbell presided at •3 4 Ithe :mg of the select vestry on Tuesday, when it appearel s at,,,,,,.a u tunber of inraates in the workhouse, on the 31s "Ohs -,;,,`,°94.• Several suggestions of the chaplain, relative aalitai;a-arrangement of various matters at :the Industrial `'at E ' was to. The Finance Committee raported qeerseps ba ba aken to insure the lives of the relieving- ItD':**'l • All all discussion took place, relative to the pro- A 81TOin grY stea w. ttnent of an inspector of relievingaafficers, which ' 45111 d a i •nt any result, as the chairman said the matter . _ e decided at . the next fortnightly meeting of the board r a •nt al, 'llts -‘, Go tu on-Garcauaa OF INDIA.—The arrange laav telative to v th N d NI concl ude ,. edeparture of Lord Canning for India are aet t keola ' • The only members of his lordship's staff who t, sow P a ll him to India-the only members, we believe, ant , ow Dr. Leckie, late civil surgeon at Benares, taa' e al a.. l : ° Pe, en furlough,who will act as his lordship's. .r a P_ a l `c e eradant in India, and Captain Bouverie, aide-cle at aa e illes l „a a overnor-General and staff will leave London for acaarseiwwout the 25th inst., and embark on the Ist proximo Sh rt l lt a les• on board the Caradoc (the vessel a which brought ' 4ez t slaw s Fero o t remains to England). . ze ° I/May in the Hon. East India Company's steamer He w oceed from ass el:i .N - is ° , tre r, kind Mail. meeting of t hi s %Li c lati an 's ASSOCIATION.—The fortnightly aaaitt in the chair. ..„ was held on Thursday, at the Royal Institution, taare la a ,"‘ t eet• J. Abraham, Z'en „, a good attendance. Mr. Esq., president, exhibited a spe. Mercer of alilltia;' Patent iron flag, manufactured from the refuse aacl fro m a rliee es• .It was s moulded into o3' aid to be cheaper form beara,lof 8 capability ofbeing. than bricks, lent 4 11.1 g a high polish, to be, peculiarly that ited was R and - - The specimen ib -..t 11 / artistic purposes. applicable for L'on l „' r- Charles Hand, of Cas e-s , were exhibited i th ltra elnall crucibles of a novel description were tl treet for pm:pase. a p a per on ' 412411 1 T. C. Archer then a t°lll el, i t lsqui e •---Mr * 'qe - ae` -- Products of the n a separated. tit, exhibited a large and valuable collection of p 1 l'a i After a brief discussion, the meetin„ A . Nt ll t.kt D. — et l' t• THE BANK which ENGLAND.—An action to had been of Liu la y. amount of a Messrs. Brown, Ship ey, I and Co., • the V. bank £s oo , o n r ote E f n o: LAN . LI vei..."Lareb 1852 from - '''ai ' l . l ool " tIY go t. ilti ff , and had subsequently into .ao: • a .justice., and before the chief t the hands of the il ii4 ' , et 1 ,, as tried in London . the h Court of Common Pr rand found for-the plaintiff for £. 524, the amount of eat iaterest. Mr Bovill moved in t e nt b' c li 11 ' h cause why ere th should b ,. e a ,' unday, for a rule to s .ow a da l trial, upon the grounds 4 ' -ew that the finding of theythe Zia not not entitle the plaintiff to the verdict.; that a-141 oat nuatiim I f P opinion, in favour of the plaintiff . e the against the weight of evidence; and aot t i Produced affidvavits which a stated that there had en The c_ns_ Misunderstanding among the jury about the matter. w rt refused the rule, and the verdict stands, the ythe Goattnraris.—The following I c hairn i - „„7 meeting u Wednesday t—Rev• W. Ba Pickup, 4 0untfij d n and mein On Lunt, SiddeleY, guardians were Pie Mor: , lie, venal'ae -- ` e Yes, Pitts M d lf Harrison, Abrahams , — pitzpat Patrick,_ ea, -Whitby, ti ahe Shaw, Roberts, Bru n ' motion of al a l il k ' nnishaw, Batten d Mullins On the m the Sala arrisOn, seconded by 11'Zthat ea di-At Auld, T an Ledger it' was ag r i v add: e greaser frolt £l3o_ B'o.p °f Mr • A. I%l.relieving-officer, s ad ;Is Barnett, r num. it was moc 0.; _ ,it inendment, b tt .. th e sub . t Y Mr. Sha s w aia tin HeY es t the whole of the union seconded by Mr. t 1 ,1 71 he r f iee of the ittee of this board, to report s and five against it, 4 1 , ° ,idlto t e h err i board. a O e n ni a m division seventeen gortrdian 1.." it. ' favo ur of the original motion, . by - tta a k 8 , therefore, the work -11- pat, that Mr. Mann be appointed master of declared •to be carried. Mr. Harrison tLast4rathe sick poor, at for 11.-m f°v a salarynf £6O a-year. matron of the workhouse Also, that -4 ' s kit h Hobbs be aPPo r in .a te an d a in ve r It was moved, as an kt klia-Poer, at a salary of '''''' -- th a at . a lkati a 7ent on each proposition,—That amendment was such appointment be ecl ar ti ed for one month, On a division the to be carried iu each case. ,14, 0 .1 XEW D OCK WORKS AT WAPPING. The various Wapping are 44 , stear,"nns connected with the improvements at on the , a •g ikrgi -m n 3 :. Raogress. The colossal pile of- warehouses elevation, and, AN; (I '. wapping Dock have reached their their long and -alua,-Rli destitute of ornament, present in . e corm ending, alfrelv,S outline and lofty proportions, a h no e Pi a i h has been built alon 11.ustantial aspect. The new shed w the ,creditably on q hide the Salthouse Dock also reflects , i s Cl t h .,_ kind about 'ae aa dl agement, and is the finest work of the of narrowed, onPo -414 i"; 48 ; but the new street has been mn f the shed and the aaaaate ustom-house, by the projeetion o are opened alai ' t a r. There is little doubt that, when the docksh e three where st ria he developed, this contracted spate, wagons, 41 1 i ~,.4 13, 0f carts and vehicles, together with the railway nuisance. Abe rshnially passing, will be found a dangerous era y ll adopted Iris the °able roadway drawbridges have been gen terapiated, inv. apa new dock works, and when all the eo ' n Salthouse, and aravearients are finished, the King's, Queen s, of the docks tniatl`:ba,F Docks will be rendered as useful as any Dock Trustees. ki 1, - the management and control of the ., these altera tlna %Meuse sum of money has been expende o . n derable time. V a, Which will not be completed for a cans' an improved trat e k general appearance of the works exhibits , and re flect ' co mbining great strength with beautof his assistants. very creditably on the dock surveyor and been following letter has , Iitiat'OILTANT TO MARINERS.—The tthe Underwriters Aliso 9 T homas Court, Esq., secretary ca Compass Committee It, oation, from the recently-appointed s._.. • lam directed bs. this liOrt : — Liverpool, Nov. 6, 1865- - .n. 2 ao t i that, by e4 ri, efo e i Li VerPool Compass Committee to into ,) 16th of Octo ..,er, - experiments made here on the 15th and College, laat si nd also at the Magnetic Observatory, Trinity "variation" at that a„. 111 1 it was ascertained that the correct d ate was P ot Liverpool .. - • The Per Dublin c•l n ,,peari of these, or 25-8 (rather less than 21 Parts of the for va hatinass), is therefore the proper correction to be made_ Xtola . t Ar slaps navigating between the south of Ireland and f •s' a u• As the usual practice with shipmasters is to allow ta e cants, it will be perceived, in sailing for Tuskar Head or liroleverse, will lead to , the right of their ather. Th co urse te anthus he th e ,Fht into thick or foggy wee rat of change in b e e variation" for th e I r i s h S ea d ur i ng t en years is found to cllatt rhin • Per year. No not e t o thi s eff ec t is inserted in any meted the Channel ; and those charts professing t o be cor- Yeara 'ince;M:' the year 1863 s till g i ve t h e var i at i on as i t was many t azy Naar , when th e y were fi rst engrave d . —W , W. RUNDELD, THE British and North American Mail steamer Canada sailed hence on Saturday, with 178 passengers, a large cargo, and the usual mails. ON Friday Ellen Patten, living as servant with Mr. Swift, beerhouse-keeper, Duke-street, suddenly left her master's service, unobserved, taking with her £4O, which she had stolen from a box in his bedroom. THE first annual meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary to the United Kingdom Alliance for the Suppression of the Liqudr Traffic was held on Thursday, in the Teutonic-hall,Limestreet. Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, M.P., the president, occupied the chair, and there was a very large attendance. TRIAL or A NEW STEAMER.—A new paddle-steamer, called the Emperor, belonging to Mr. James Jack, of the Victoria Engine Works, of this town, made a trial-trip on Saturday, from the Sandon Dock to the Bell Buoy and back. The work ing of the engines, &c. was highly satisfactory. THE Rev. G. Bull,of Birmingham, will lecture for the Kirk dale Working Men's Reading Room and Night School, this evening, in •St. Mary's school-room. The subject will be, "Home, and how to make it happy." The chair will be taken by the incumbent at half-past seven o'clock. SOME young rascals, by way of what they termed a "lark," set fire to a quantity of shavings in the house of Frederick Westgate, in Kitchen-street, on Saturday afternoon, The Liverpool and West of England fire-brigades turned out, but the only damage sustained was confined to an old sofa. THE sth regiment of Royal Lancashire. Militia, now in • camp at Aldershott, has been so much redueed, in consequence of the number of volunteers from it into the line, that infor mation was received in Burnley of the speedy return of Cap tain Fenton and other officers, with the band of the regiment, for the purpose of recruiting. Since then the order has been countermanded, and the regiment is now expecting to pro ceed to Dublin. 200 of the volunteers arrived at Cork last week. A LIVE RACCOON IN A. BA-LE OF TOBACCO.—Tho Cus tom-house officers were one day last week unpacking a bale of tobacco, in the bonded warehouse, Liverpool, when, on re moving the outer covering of raw ox hide, the y found a rac coon, thin, indeed, to emaciation, but still alive. It had existed, probably for months, by nibbling at the raw ox hide, which thus at once became its food and prison-house. It has since been allowed more generous fare, and is rapidly recover ing from the effects of its long and hungry confinement. THE Committee of the Liverpool Governesses' Institution are endeavourin g to raise a sum of money sufficient for an annuity of £2O, to be called "Archdeacon Brooks annuity." Their first presentation to be placed at the disposal of Miss Brooks ; afterwards the selection to be vested in the general committee. The recipient to be a native of Liverpool, a widow, or unmarried lady—not under fifty years of age, and who has been a governess, either resident or daily, for five years in one or more private families, and whose income does not exceed £2O per annum. PILFERING FROM A COOPER.AGE.—John Jones, a lad, was charged at the Police-court, on Saturday, with stealig lead and other articles fro m the coope h ra ge of Mr. M nd other 'Ca w rthy, in B on d- s treet. On Friday night, the prisoner ato boys were observed by Mr. Rimmer, who lives in Bond-street, to break into the cooperage, and presently to return with a bag evidently containing some heavy substance. He p is ursuedthem, ,and succeeded in ca pt ur ing the krisoner, but h companions escaped. The prisoner Isis carrying the bag, which was found to contain lead and other articles, which had been taken from the cooperage. He was committed to prison for two months. DEATH FROM EXCESSINE DRINKING.—Robert M`Cann, about fifty years of age, keeper of a disorderly house in Lancelot's-hey, died on Saturd a y morning from excessive - drinking. At the inquest on Saturday it was stated that this was the third case of sudden death which had come be fore the court. M`Cann, who was formerly a seaman, was living with a female some three or four years ago in the above house, and she was found suffocated in the privy. A young woman who appeared at the time as a witness subse quently became his wife, and died - suddenly from the course of life she led ; and a witness at the present inquest, who appeared with a bruised face, had since that period lived with him as mistress. " - - RECTORAL BURIAL Fims.—ln the Court of ' Queen's Bench, on Saturday, Mr. H. Hill applied for a rule calling on the auditor of the West and North Lancashire district to show cause why a certiorari should not issue to remove into this court certain disallowances and surcharges made by him, that they might be quashed. Mr. Campbell, the rector of Liverpool, claimed certain burial fees, which were paid to him by the vestry, but were disallowed by the auditor, on the ground that the scale under which they had been paid, and which had been made by the commissioners, was not autho rised by the 10th George IV. , e . 11. The application was made to obtain the opinion of the Court upon the construc tion of the clause.—The Court:granted the rule. LANCASHIRE Murrre..—The following commissions have been signed by the Lord - Lie utenant :-3rd Regiment of th Duke of Lancaster's Own Militi a : W. Mathias, Esq., late major in the 6th regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia, to be lieutenant colonel, vice Bentham, resigned ; Ensign F. Beas ley to be lieutenant, vice Reade, appointed to the line.-6th regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia: W. L. Echlin, Esq., to be surgeon, vice Harrison, resigned.—Royal Lancashire Mili tia Artillery : J. Richard, gentleman, to be first lieutenant, vice J. E. D. Campbell, appointed to the line.—The following appointment is substituted 'for that which appeared in the Gazette of Friday, the 2nd- of November :-4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia : T. A. Corlett, gentleman, •to be ensign from the Ist of August, 1855. AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.—Baines and Co.'s " Black Ball" clipper Ocean Chief, Capt. Tobin, sailed for Melbourne on Tuesday, with the mails of the sth of this month. She had a very heavy cargo, and 276 adult passengers. The next mail will be dispatched -on the 21st of November, by Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's splendid ship Mermaid, Captain Devey. The mail ship .of the sth of December will be the Marco Polo, which is rapidly filling with passengers, principally f or c arde d ; and the mail of the 20th December will be forwarded by the Earl of Sefton. The " Black Ball" ship Oliver Lang was to leave Melbourne, with the mails for Liver pool, on the 21st of August, and is, therefore, in her eightieth day out. The Surprise is in her eighty-first day out; but the Ballarat having brought news up to the day before the Oliver Lang sailed, we do not expect much later intelligence until the arrival of the White Star, which was to leave Melbourne on the 30th of August ; and, allowing her eighty days to make the passage home in, -she may be looked for on the 20th of November. The Kent • was appointed to leave for London on the Bth of September, and may, therefore, be looked for about the end of the month. Does COMMITEE.—Mr. Charles Turner presided at the wee kly meeting on Thursday. The other memhers present were Messrs. Shand, Rankin, Rounthwaite, Hubback, Langs. dale, Mondel, Barber,-J. Holme, Greg and Robinson, Lockett, and Holden. A communication was read fro made to the m Messrs. Allen and Gillespie, in reference to the complaints com mittee last week by Messrs . Jacot and Tipper, and applying for a permanent berth for a new line of screw-steamers which it is in contemplation to establish in the spring of next year. Referred to the Harbour Masters' Committee. A letter was received from Mr. T. A. Miall, landing-waiter, stating that on the sth of September-last, whilst he was returning from the lluskisson Dock, he met with a very severe accident at the drawbridge, in consequence of the gorge chains not being up, having fallen between•the bridge and the pier, a distance of 12 feet, upon the granite pavement. Under these circumstances he made application to the committee that the expenses to which he had been put by the accident be defrayed by them. The Chairman said the matter had been investigated by the Harbour Masters' Committee, and they found that the man declared that he had put up the chain. The chain must have been unhooked by some one out of mischief. The secretary was instructed to write to Mr. Miall, on behalf of the com mittee, regretting the accident, and stating that they had in quired into the circumstances, and found that the chain was put up by their servant. A memorial was read from twelve master pilots, in reference to Mr. Garniss having given evi dence before the Recorder, at the sessions, in a case of colli sion, in a case in which Joseph Corkwell was implicated, and calling for an, explanation. The Chairman stated Mr. Garniss was summoned to appear, and could not disobey. He had sent a letter to the committee in reference to the subject, which would be transmitted to the master pilots. LIABILITY OF RAILWAY COMPA.NIES.—In the County Court, on Thursday, Mr. T. S. Raffles presided in the absence of the judge, Mr. Pollock. An action, Wignall v. the London a nd North Western Railway Company, was tried, which in volved a question of considerable importance as regards the liability of railway companies. The plaintiff was a commercial traveller who, in May last, being about to travel by the Lon don and North Western Railway, came to the Lime-stre et station, s hprtly before the starting of the nine o'clock night train. The booking-office was not open when he arrived there, and as he wanted to get some refreshment, he gave his lug gage to a porter, who placed it in a carriage, and who told him he might leave it there, as it would be perfectly safe. Upon this assurance he left the luggage there and went into the refreshment room, where he remained about ten minutes. Upon coming out he found that -his desk was gone. The train w • as actually then moving off, and as the desk could not be found, he was obliged to get his ticket and leave in the train at once. The desk was not recovered, and as it contained a number of private documents useful to him in his business and otherwise, he claimed to recovercompensation. The corn- pany offered to pay him £3 10s., the actual value of the desk, but denied any further liability- On behalf of the defence the law agent of the company contended that there was no lia bility, inasmuch as the desk was lost before the plaintiff had taken his ticket, and therefore before any •contract was made ; and also that the documents contained in the desk were not personal luggage, and did not come under the character of articles to which the liability of the company extended. This Litter point was that which was most strongly urged on behalf of the defence, and upon which the company •more especially desired to have the judgment of the court.—Mr. Raffles stated that he would take time to consider the case and :consult with Mr. Pollock. The judgment will be delivered •on Tuesday next. SINGULAR ROBBERY BY 'A SERVANT.—At the Police-court, on Thursday, Elizabeth Sparks, her mother, Jane Sparks, and her sister, Mary Sparks, were brought up under the following remarkable circumstances. Elizabeth, a stout, strong-looking girl, lived as servant with Mrs. Wilson, wife of Capt. Wilson, who is at present on his voyage home. A few evenings ago, Mrs. Wilson left her house, No. 77, Iluskisson-street, taking her two children to pay a friendly visit, and leaving the girl in charge of the house.. On Mrs. Wilson's, return, about ten o'clock, the back doors were found open, the house in great confusion, and the girl lying stretched on the sofa in the sitting room, apparently suffering from the effects of a drug, as well as from some personal violence, her hair being dishevelled, a slight bruise being on her face, from which blood flowed, and the front of her dress being a little torn. On being well shaken the servant seemed to recover her consciousness, and muttered :—"'Let me alone, and I won't make a _noise !" Shortly afterwards she made a statement to the following effect :—A strange woman came to the door, who seized her, threw her down upon a sofa in the parlour, and forced some liquid down her throat. She quickly became insensible, and knew nothing more. On being discovered by her mistress, the girl was taken to the Dispensary, with a view of giving her an antidote to the pernicious drug, though what that drug was has not been discovered; and she does not appear to have suffered any material injury, either externally or. internally. On examining the house, it was found that every article of value had been stolen, including gold rings, silver dessert service, articles of cloth in g , and two small boxes containing two £5 Bank of England notes, the whole amounting to about £5O in value. A reward of £5 being offered for the discovery of the thieves, Detective-officers Povey and Cozens succeeded in tracing the whole of the missing property to the possession of the servant girl's mother and sister, their sus picions having been drawn in that direction by Ole extraor dinary nature of the case, and by the fact that the mother had been previously convicted for felony. The prisoners were com mitted for trial. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TEMPERANCE TEA-PARTY. —The Liverpool South Total Abstinence Society celebrated their sixth anniversary by a tea-party, in the Teutonic-hall, Lime-street, on Tuesday. After tea, Mr. John Carter, the president of the society, took the chair, and addressed the company at considerable length on the subject of temperance, and the success of their association. Addresses were also delivered by Mr. F. Bishop, Dr. Eden, Mr. J. Russell, Mr. Watts, and other gentlemen. During the course of the evening several temperance melodies were sung, with piano:forte accompaniment. POSTAGE TO AIISTRALIA.—GeneraI Post-office, November, 1855.—0 n and from the 7th instant, the postage on letters addressed to the colony of Victoria (Australia), whether con veyed by-packet or by private ship, will again be reduced to ed. when not exceeeing half an ounce in weight; ls. when exceed ing half an ounce, and not exceeding - one ounce; and so on, increasing iq. for each ounce or fraction of au ounce. This postage will include both the British and colonial rates, and it may be paid in advance, sar the letters may be forwarded un paid, at the option of the sender. FIRE.-0E Friday afternoon a fire broke out in the pre mises belonging to Mrs. Johnson, Pleasant-street, and occupied by Mr. Corlett, cabinet-maker, &C. There was a large quan tity of finished cabinet goods, which, together with the flooring of the place, was entirely consumed, as well as the workmen's tools, which were their own property. None of the goods or implements were insured. The West of England fire engine was shortly on the spot, and rendered effective service by playing on the adjoining houses, which were thus preserved. It is reported that the fire originated in consequence of some children having been playing with some fire adjacent to the premises. SUPPOSED Loss OF A PRESTON STEAMER. — Great excite ment has been created in Preston, by the rumoured loss of the Lady Lindsay, iron screw-steamer, of that port, in the gale of Tuesday week. The Lady Lindsay is a new Dutch-built vessel, of 187 tons register. She proceeded from Preston to Lytham dock on Monday fortnight, which place she left for Dublin, between three and four o'clock on Tuesday morning. She ought to have reached her destination on Wednesday week, and to have returned to Preston on the following day ; but no tidings have been received of her. The length of time elapsed almost precludes the hope that she may have escaped, and the belief is, that she must have come into collision with some other vessel during the gale of Tuesday, and have foun dered. There were fourteen persons on board when she left Preston. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—The steam transport Great Britain, Captain Gray, went into Portsmouth harbour on Thursday afternoon, to land the invalid troops. This transport carried, between March the 7th and the 11th of August last, 258 officers, 9,437 men, 55 women, 66 children, and 146 horses to various places for the service of the war. She left England again on the 4th of September, and arrived at Portsmouth on the 7th inst., having carried during that interval, 43 officers, 970 men, and 22 horses, English troops; 5 officers, 1,800 men, and 25 horses, Turkish troops ; 36 dicers, 121 men, 6 women, 4 children, 1 o ffi cer's wife, and 2 children, invali ds, &c ., sev e ral hundred tons of camp equipage, 500 tons of shell, 3,437 pieces of huts, baggage, which have been transported with" the universal satisfaction of all on board and the Crown authorities. THREATENED STRIKE IN MANCHESTER.--In consequence of notice having been given to their hands by 27 of the leading spinners in Manchester, of their intention to reduc wages,-seme-excitement and opposition has been manifested. The object of the reduction has been stated to be the adjustment of the rate of wages paid in Manchester to those paid in other surrounding districts. The hands object to any reduction being made at a time like the present, when provisions of all kinds are so ,dear, and express a determination, on the expiration of the ,notice in each case, to turn-out sooner than submit, although they have no objection to work short-time if the masters think it necessary to enable them to obtain better prices. As yet no turn-out has taken place, nor do we think it likely that the masters will persevere. In two instances, the period at which the employers had fixed the reduction to commence has arrived, and, in both cases, the notice has been with drawn. The notices withdrawn are those of Messrs. Kelly, and Gilmour, and Messrs. Kennedy.—Manchester Courier. BREADSTUFFS FROM CALIFORNIA. — A cargo of a some what novel character has arrived - at Liverpool. On Tuesday, the American ship Harvy Birch arrived in the Mersey, from San Francisco, with a cargo of flour and wheat, and a small quantity of wool. It is not a very long time since breadstuffs and other provisions were imported into California from Great Britain ' • and, as we understand the flour and w heat brou g ht by the Harvy Birch has been grown in the former country, we cannot but remark its progress in agriculture, notwith standing the attractions of the Californian gold-fields. This fact promises well for the future welfare of that distant state of the American Union ; and onr own colony of Australia may, at no very distant day, materially contribute towards the quantity of breadstuffs we draw from abroad. The earth has more lasting treasures than gold, others that minister more towards the permanent prosperity of a country ; and although the high price of flour in England may have something to do I with the consignment of Californian - flour to agents at this ' port, the fact is important to commerce, and pregnant with example to our Australian colony as pointing out the direction in which the best interests of the colonists lie. GARSTON LOCAL BOARD.—The monthly meeting of this board was held on Tuesday, at the Hotel, Aighurth, Mr. Mor ris in the chair. The other members present were Messrs. Cooper, Bevan, Chidson, Watts, and Moss. The surveys of the township, by Mr. Gitto, which had been sent to the Gen eral Board of Health in London, for their approval, were re turned to this board, approved as first-class plans. The pro ceedingaof the works and health committee were read. They recommended that the plans above alluded to should be de posited in the Monis Fire-office, and insured for £l5O. A• letter had been received by the committee from Mr. Clare, giving notice that lie intended to appeal against the assess ment of some land which belonged to him, but which was not let, nor did he derive any profit from it whatever. Mr. Cooper said that a large estate of 60 acres, which had been parcelled out, and never had paid rates before, bad this year been partially rated. The matter stood over until the next meeting of the board. A letter was read from Mr. Water house, protesting against the flagging of Elmwood-road, so far as his property was concerned. The letter was received, and the proceedings of the committee, on the motion of Mr, Bevan, seconded by Mr. Chidson, were confirmed. The board soon afterwards adjourned. THE Singapore Free Press reports three deaths within a week from tigers, inquired into by the coroner, and declares that it is no exaggeration to say that at least one person a day is killed by tigers in Singapore. The victims,_ however, are generally Chinese coolies; and as a European or two must be slain before anything will be done to remedy the evil, the Free Press is almost induced to entertain the wish that some of the government officials may have the misfortune to be amongst the next victims. MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY -Mr. Ryder, the secretary to this society, has given notice that a special general - meeting of the society will be held at the Nags Head Hotel, Warrington to-morrow, to receive the inspector's report on crops (class 2), and slackings (class 3), and to award prizes thereon; to revise th_e society's rules and list of prizes ; to audit the treasurer's accounts ; to appoint officers for the next year ; to fix the time and place for hold-. ing next year's show of live stock, &c., and on general business. A FvRIoUB CoNvter.—A sanguinary conflict took place a few days ago at the prison at Ghent. At the time of the evening meal, a prisoner named Van Rompaey refused to come down, and, on being remonstrated with by oue of the jailors and another prisoner, attacked_the former with a large pair of scissors, and severely wounded him, as well as another pri soner who interfered. Rompaey got possession of the sabre of the jailor, but was disarmed. In the scuffle he received a wound in the abdomen, from the effects of which he died during the night. No motive could be assigned for his violence, TITS HYDE-PARK NuisescEs.—Another low mob again as sembled in the park on Sunday. A notice had been issued that a disturbance would not be tolerated, and 1,000 police were present to enforce it. A mounted detachment broke 1 upon any large groups as fast as they were formed, whilst large reserves were ready to act if necessary. The people, after yelling and hooting for several hours, dispersed, but a few were taken into custody. The police - showed great for bearance. The greatest number of persons present at one time may have been 10,000 or 12,000. Their conduct was I very troublesome, but not . dangerous. TOBACCO FAMINE Ii FRANCE.—An unusual circumstance has created no little sensation at Bayonne—during the last few days there have been no cigars nor tobacco for sale ! The stocks of the various dealers and that of the depot became completely exhausted, owing, as was said, to the inundations having prevented the - expected arrivals. The smokers grum bled bitterly,and then proceeded to purchase all the tobacco that could be found in the neighbouring villages. The supply ob tained was but scantY, and when it Was exhausted, messengers were despatched as far as Dax, by railway, a distance of 75 ini A les , SINGULARto obtain A a CfrcelsDhEsNtor occurred re.—Gal on Tuesday, ignan j'sMess t e l n le 30th ger ult., , to Colonel Sandys and his family. Between five and six o'clock ! they left Baddesley Clinton for Solihull, to dine with some 1 friends. After proceeding for some distance, the carriage was brought to a sudden stop by a violent crash, and, on the ' colonel alighting, he found that a tree had fallen across the vehicle, knocking down the coachman from the box and the footman from the rumble, and completely enveloping the' 1 horsesinifi boughs. Both the servants were injured though not severely, and assistance having been procured to extricate the carriage, the party safely continued their journey to Soli hull, the colonel acting as coachman. —Birmingham Gazette. MURDEROUS OUTRAGB.—Barton, near Bury, has been the scene of a most distressing occurrence. About one o'clock in i the morning, Mr. J. Manning, a farmer, of Barton, together , with his nephew, was aroused by a noise in the fowlhouse I adjoining the farmhouse. They both descended from their bedrooms, and went towards the fowlhouse, from which escaped four persons, having in their possession a large number of ducks. The nephew and Mr. Manning attacked 1 the thieves, the latter being a man of great strength as well 1 as courage. The delinquents made a murderous assault upon I both uncle and nephew, by which the former was struck in i . the face, the blow shattering his nose and knocking an eye 1 completely 'MAW the socket, as well as taking a- part of the 1 scalp off his head. This was done with a gnu which the party had with them.: The nephew also was much bruised. Two privates in the West Suffolk Militia, named George Baker and William Esterford, are in custody. Mr. Manning I lies in a most precarious state. •• • - THE GROWTH OF FLAX IN ENGLAND.—The quantity of flax imported into this country having been considerably diminished in consequence of the war, the attention of agri culturists in England has been directed to its cultivation. It appears that the great obstacle hitherto has been the trouble and expense of preparing it for the market. • Tills is now ob viated by the formation of a company, wha. are said to be ready to take the flax from the farmers, as soon as it is cut, for £l5 and £l6 an acre. , At a large meeting of agricultu rists, held near Exeter, on Tuesday, Mr. Fulford, a county magistrate, recommended its growth, and stated that when in Lancashire, two years ago, a company at Liverpool purchased 160 acres from the farmers, and gave them £2O an acre for it, with which they were well satisfied, while in no instance was the cost of the land more than 255. per acre. It did not re quire very good land, and some of the best samples he had seen had been grown at Dartmoor. Under these circum stances it would prove a very remunerative article for cultivation. THE WINTER ASSIZES are all now arranged; so far as the counties are concerned wherein a general gaol delivery is con sidered to be most pressing ; and the judges have arranged the places, but have not yet fixed the days for opening the commission in the several towns. The following is the present arrangement of the places where the assizes selecte are d to to be held, with the names of the judges who are preside E x eter, Bristol, W EST ERN CIRCUIT Baron Parke.... ••• • r Winchester. Added from the Home Lewes. Baron Martin NORTHERNCIRCUIT Justice W•• • • • dies Newcastle. ~ Justice Wightman Liverpoo ti l. m. MIDLAND CIRCUIT Justice Cresswell {Derby, W h a a rwick. otng , To which is added.. OXFORD CIRCUIT.. Stafford,' Worcester, and Justice Crompton j Gloucester, Here- S OUTH WALE' ford. Cardiff. Maidstone, Guild- HOME CIRCUIT.... Justice V. Wiilliams{ ford, Hertford, Chelmsford. To which will probably be added Norwich. REFORMATORY M O VEMENT.—Some of the leading pro moters of the reformation of youthful offenders, including T. Barwick Baker, Esq. Sir J. Pakington, M.P., Sir Stafford Northcote, and'Sir T. Winnington, M.P., have founded an association called the Reformatory Union, the principal objects of which are to collect and diffuse information bearing on the reformation of criminals ; to promote the formation of reformatory institutions where needed, and generally to ad vance the further practical development of the reformatory movement ; to consider and promote such legislative measures as are still required for the better care and reformation of youth ful offenders; to assist in the placing out and subsequent guar-, dianship and protection of young persons leaving reformatory institutions ; to consider and promote means for the employ ment and restoration to society of discharged prisoners ; and to promote the practical training and preparation of efficient masters and teachers far reformatory institutions. A general meeting of the members of the association will be held in ,London in May next:; and it is proposed, with a view to the more general diffusion of information, and for the purpose of exciting an interest in the cause in various neighbourhoods, to follow the example of several other societies, (such as the Royal Agricultural, the Archeological, and the British Asso ciation,) and to hold a country meeting, lasting one or more days, in the course of every autumn. Rnscrn OF A SHIPWRECKED CREW.—On Wednesday morning, the brig Darlington, Captain Chicken, was towed into the Southampton Water, and moored alongside the pier, having on board the whole of the crew of the Minerva, con- - _misting of the captain, mate, and eight seamen, who were wrecked on the Dogger Bank on the 31st ult. On that day the Darlington, bound from Memel for Southampton, laden with timber, while passing the Dogger Bank in a gale of wind, espied a bark in distress, which was. fbuud to be the Minerva, laden with firewood, bound from' Droback for London. She was waterlogged, her mainmast was gone, and her boats stove in ; while the crew, all of whom were Norwe gians, were clinging to the wreck. The sea was running high, and the weather was extremely boisterous ; but the captain of the Darlington put his vessel about, and, running as near to the wreck as possible, learnt the state of the crew, upon which he lowered his own boat, and, attaching a warp to it, again put about, and repassed the bark, allowing his own boat to go as near as possible to the doomed vessel, and thereby enabling the crew to jump into the boat as she was passing. This was .done four successive times, and occupied a period of four I.l2ours, and by this means the whole of the crew of the Minerva were taken on board the Darlington, where every attention was paid them by the humane and gallant captain. The Darlington weathered the gale, and arrived on Wednes day with the loss of part of her bulwarks, and also a portion of her deck load. The shipwrecked crew were sent to London by the Norwegian consul at the port. LAST WEEK, in the London Insolvent Debtors' Court, Robert Hales, the Norfolk giant, was heard, and his appear ance attracted a crowded court. The hearing occupied some time, and several of the answers of the giant convulsed the audience with laughter. Mr. Nichols opposed for Messrs. Webb and Messrs. Salt ; Mr. Sargood and Mr. IL B. Jones, supported. It appeared that the arrest was a friendly proceed ing by a creditor named Green, and that there was property given up which had already yielded £250, and other property was to be realised. The debts were £2,900, and he had lost £l,BOO of his own money, which be had saved. About £5OO he made when he was with Barnum, the showman, in America. —Mr. Commissioner Phillips : Have you any family ?—ln solvent : Yes; a small wife. (Laughter.)—Further, it ap peared that the wearing apparel was £7O a-year„ which the commissioner thought was a large sum, considering that he had a " small" wife ; on which he replied that he wanted a " large" coat. His expenses for cabs were great, as he could not walk about, as the boys were always running after him. He had a robbery in his house, to about £6O. The insolvent said he had asked the creditor to arrest him, and he said he would do so to " oblige him." (Laughter.) Mr. Hudson, a wine merchant, complained that shortly before the failure the insolvent got £26 worth of wine.--It was past five o'clock ' when Mr. Commissioner Phillips adjourned the case for a week, to lay the facts before Mr. Commissioner Murphy. The crowd dispersed, and the giant was allowed to remain at large on bail. FIRE IN A DISTILLERY.—On Tuesday afternoon, a fire broke out in Leith distillery, which was attended, with great d es t ruc tion of property. It is supposed to have arisen from the air of the malt room having become impregnated with-the light malt dust falling from the rollers, which, from its den sity and want of ventilation, appears to have caught fire at a jet of gas. According to an excise regulation, which came into operation only last month, the malt mill was enclosed and the men engaged in the work locked in. . The excise used to charge upon the malted grain in distilleries, giving the dis tiller a drawback upon any less quantity of spirits produced, but now the duty is not imposed till after distillation, and it is to prevent any of the malted grain being surreptitiously car ried away for brewing purposes that the enclosure takes place during the process of rolling. On this occasion there were three men shut into the mill, each being engaged in different stories. When the fire was perceived,,they called loudly for help, but, the doors being locked, no aid could at first be ren dered them, and some time elapsed before the excise officer reached the spot and found the, proper key. When the door was at length opened, no one could enter from the great heat and smoke, and-some fears were entertained for the men's safety. Meanwhile, they had escaped by forcing a barricaded window in the top of the building, one of them being a little scorched by the flames before getting out. In a short time, the building was in a sheet of flame, a spirit receiver, contain ' i ng 3,000 gallons, catching fire and adding fearfully to the fury of the blaze. The fire was not extinguished till'late in the evening. The property destroyed included the malt mill and stores, a new distilling apparatus, the spirit receiver, a wash. back containing 20,000 gallons of wash, a, wash charger with 7,000 gallons, the kiln, ez.e. The loss is estimated at £7,000 or £B,OOO, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE Morning Herald says that upwards of forty-one mortar-vessels are to be immediately fitted at Portsmouth dockyard. SPIKE ISLAND, in Cork Harbour, is now converted into a most formidable fortification, which will mount no fewer than two hundred cannon. A VESSEL called the Robert Peel, which has just arrived in the Loire from Sumatra, has brought a magnificent tiger for one of the public menageries. Forty armed men were, it is stated, sent to capture him, but he killed ten and injured thirteen of them before he could be secured. Trts Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has memorialised the first lord of the Treasury about the operation of Peel's Act of 1844, praying that its action may be suspended 'so far as re spects the Bank being restricted to its issue of notes beyond the £14,000,000, to the amount of bullion it holds. MADAME JENNY LIND has just arrived in Paris, accompa nied by her husband. She comes from Geneva, where she ap peared in a concert given. for the benefit of Ernst, the violinist, and in another for the poor. ;She intends to remain in Paris fora fortnight, and then to proceed to London.—Galignani's Messenger. THE Paris correspondent of the Daily News says :—" There is a report of the discovery of a legitimist conspiracy, and of the arrest in connection with it of a duke bearing one of the oldest names in France. It is said that the affair is identical with one reported in a legal journal the other day, a feature of which was the deposit of a sum of 7,000 f. in a country 'bank, for the purpose of suborning workmen. THE ORLEANS RAILWAY COMPANY has organised at Ivry a depot of grocery for the exclusive supply of its employes. The articles are not received until examined and proved to be of the best quality, and are furnished to the employe's at the cost price. The company is also engaged in establishing a bakehouse, which will soon be at work. THE SHERIFF OF BANFFSHIRE has decided that a father is not responsible for damage that may be done by his child. t T h h r e e e case yea r b s r o c g a h g e t before b r t o h k e e s n h e a valuedist £5, and it riff n o a es one in which a child, was sought to obtain the amount from the father. The Sheriff held that it was the child who should be punished., and not the father, and on this ground assoilzied the , latter. A P.a.rxrux, CASE has occurred at Leith. Mr. Robert Philip, aged sixty-five, lately (till his imprisonment on the charge) provost of that town, has been found guilty by the High Court of Justiciary, of improperly assaulting two little girls, of the age of ten and twelve years, the daughters of la bouring men. Sentence was passed of fifteen years' transport ation.- • The same sentence was passedthe same day on James Samuel, a private in the Edinburgh Militia, for a similar offence. A LADY, with her husband, on a visit at Edinburgh, last week, suffered so much from a decayed tooth, that a dentist, residing in a fashionable street in the New Town, was ap plied to for relief. To reader the operation less painful, chloroform was resorted to, but the effect was deplorable. The lady remained unconscious,' and, notwithstanding that the services of an eminent physician were immediately pro cured, and every attempt was made to restore her to sensi bility, death supervened in , the course of an hour. THE INDIANA PRESBYTERY of the Cumberland Presby terian Church has suspended from the ministry one of its clergymen for " unchristian conduct." The following are the specifications :—" First. for associating himself with an association known as the Underground Railroad, whose avowed business is to assist slaves from slave to free -territory ; second, for actually assisting slaves in making their escape from slave to free territory, which is contrary to the laws of the United States and statute laws of the state of Indiana."— New York Sun. - - - THE FRENCH GRIPE Caor.—A letter from Bordeaux says :—The vintage of red wines is terminated. In all the arrondissement of Blaye only between 6,000 and 6,000 casks have been obtained, instead of from 26,000 to 30,000, the yield i of an ordinary year ; and at St. Macaire only 1,200 casks, in steacl of between 5,000 and 6,000. At Ambes and Montfer rand several owners of from 60 to 100 casks each have not made any vintage at all, owing to the small quantity of fruit. On the whole, the yield of 1855 will only be a fifth of an ordi- . nary year. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE. — A few days since a number of persons were engaged in destroying rats in some farm build ings near Hatherleigh, in the north of Devon, and for that purpose they used ferrets. While they were so employed their attention was arrested by the piercing cries of a child, which proceeded from an adjoining house. On rushing in they were horrified to find a ferret in the cradle biting off the flesh from the face of the infant. Before the animal could be removed the poor child was dreadfully mangled ; the face was altogether disfigured, and nearly all the nose eaten off. COLLISION AT SEA.—About 8 o'clock on Monday morning, while about 20 miles from Tynemouth Point, and on her passage from Hamburg to the Tyne in ballast, the Danish vessel Christiana Marie came into collision with the barque Dumfries, of North Shields. The shock was fearful, and the crew of the Danish vessel had only time to save a few things and jump on board the barque, when their vessel sunk. They have been landed at Shields, and are under the protection of the Danish consul. The Dumfries was much injured. The Rosendale screw collier reached the Tyne in tow of a tug on Monday, with her funnel and mizenmast gone ; it has not been ascertained how the accident happened. Seventy-eight vessels arrived in the Tyne on Sunday night and Monday morning. ECCLESIASTICAL INT.ELLIG_ENCE. THE Lord Mayor and Aldermen of -London have been in vited to the closing of the Paris Exhibition, which takes place on the 17th inst. THE late " murder and , suicide" in Brighton are still sub jects of dispute. Dr. Arnold Ruge and other medical men positively assert that the boy must have - died from natural causes, and a post-mortem examination is_demanded. • THE 3fissuft , CLERGY.MAN.—The reports which have been going the round of the papers with regard to the discovery of 'the Rev. Mr. Farmar are void of fonn'dation. There has not been any clue yet obtained to the mystery of his disappArance • Rev. Wilts. Rev. shire. PREFERNIENTS AND APPOINiNiENTS. E. J, Brewster, M.A., to the Curacy of Limp ley Stoke, F. Buttanshavr, M.A., to the Curacy of CLinrior,'Olford- Rev. S. P. Downing, 8.A., to Le Assistant Curate of Sutton Waldren, Dorset. Rev. C. Hall, ALA., to the Rectory end Vicarage of Holtinz- bourn, Kent. - lice. A. R. Ludlow, M.A., to the Rectory of Littleton-upon- Severn, Gloucestershire. Rev. H. Meeres, M.A., of Clare-hall, Cambridge, to the Vicar age of Haddenham, Bucks. Rev. J. H. B. Mountain, D.D., Rector of Blunham, to be a Sur rogate.tor the granting of Marriage Licences, &c., in the Arch deaconry of Bedfordshire. Rev. e. H. Hurley, M.A., to be Assistant Curate of Hilperton and Whaddon, Wilts. Rev. E. G. Penny, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Rangewor thy, Gloucestershire. Rev. W. S. Turnbull, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Peniston, near Iliddersfield. HAIR DYE.-A man was plaeed a few days ago in a lunatic asylum at Berlin, to be treated for mental alienation ; brought on by the use of hair dye. On examining the - dye which he had employed, it was ascertained to be composed of lead, mer cury; and lunar caustic. It produced violent pains in the head, and at length led to madness. A MAID, WIFE, AND WIDOW, IN FOUR DAYS.—The uncertainty of life has been forcibly impressed on us within the last few days, by the death of Mr. Edwin Caplin, of New port, in the" prime of life. He was married on Thursday, the 25th ult., to Frances; youngest daughter of Mr. William Hill, of Stone, near Newport. They left the island directly after the wedding, proceeding by steamer from Cowes to Southampton, intending to spend a week or two in London ; but on reaching Winchester, Mr. C. found himself too ill to proceed any further that night. The next day he became worse, and the following night be died. THE AUSTRIAN CREDIT BANK.—The new General Bank of Credit of Vienna has been placed under the auspices of the great name of Rothschild. The new institution will receive a privilege from the government for a term of ninety years.-- Its operations are to comprise all sorts_ of banking transactions, industrial undertakings, loans p ur chases, colo nisation enterprises, and so forth. The ' capital of the institu tion is to be limited, for the beginning, to 60,000,000 florins, with the right of increasing it to 100,000,000. An emission of 300,000 shares of 200 florins each is to take place, for the purpose of raising this capital. The five banking houses of the Messrs. Rothschild put 26,000,000 of florins into the Concern. AN EGYPTIAN SNAKE STORY. —A singular case of poison- THE Bishop •of Carlisle has given the munificent sum of ing occurred at Cairo, on the 15th ult. A poor man having £5OO, towards defraying the expense of the restoration of the prepared some cubebe, a dish made of hashed, meat, Was about ancient church of St. Mary, Carlisle. to enjoy it with his family, when a fethale friend entered, and of the diocese of Toronto, Upper Canada, and the necessary HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT has consented to the division instruments for that purpose . are now in the hands of the I s ir w SS al i l n ow yl e t d ed b t y o t t as he te s s t O r m an e g ; er bu w t hen, hardly she authorities at Doctors'-commons. It is intended to erect a bad a ll t h d e o down mouthful horrible new Episcopal see, the seat of which will be at Kingiton, and convulsions,and expired in the course of a few minutes. The which will comprise several large and important townships in man was immediately arrested, and taken before the minister the eastern division of the present diocese. Morning Herald. of police. There he declared that he was perfectly innocent. . the past week, the Rev. Gerard Mann, rector of ,iawgan, in Cornwall, has died, and a strange fatality appears and stated where he - had bought the 'meat and oil that bi.d been used for the dish. A strict investigation being hist!. the ea space ttach o t of eight tli i s living. yens, allT h o e u r t e off hove b ybeen prematuret hreere c a t ud or siy suddenithin tuted, a dead venomous serpent was found lying in the jar { death. Th . e father of ie late incumbent was thrown from his whence the oil had been taken for the buyer.—Spettatore 4 Egiziano. carriage in the year 1847, and killed on the spot. His:Siiccessor, A WOMAN -BURIED ALIVE.—A distressing case occurred the Rev. Mr. Crockford, a fine healthy-looking young man, at Monesiglio (Piedmont), on the 30th ult. A woman who died very suddenly, in 1851, at the age of thirty-six. The late had had a violent attack of cholera had been buried the ' incumbent, who died a few Mays ago after a very short illness, evening before. In the morning, a countryman, passing near her grave, heard some moans issuing from it, but was only thirty-fourth year.—Cornwall Gazette. instead of informing the authorities, he contented himself with mentioning the circumstance to a farmer living - hard by, who took no further notice of the matter. This very farmer GUIANA.—On St. Bartholomew's Day, the 24th. of. August, bearing the same moans in the evening, got frightened, and the Lord Bishop of Guiana held an ordination in the Cathedral ran home without mentioning a syllable of the matter to any of St. George. Three students of Bishop's College were ad one until the morning after. The parish authorities imme- mittedto the holy office of Deacons—Robert Hillis, Augustus diately proceeded to open.the grave, but, it was too late, the S. Tanner, and Charles Co n yers. The event was one of great poor victim was dead. Evidence of her having been buried i interest to the people of Georgetown and to the church, for alive was furnished .by her shroud, which she had thrown they looked anxiously at the first fruits of their new college, off during her agony.— Galignwies Messenger. and the students were familiar to them all ; the first two, from DARING AND. INGENIOUS ROBBERY.—A daring robbery. England, having been long under Mr. Webber's care, and having rendered themselves most useful to him and beloved has been practised upon a Mi. Brown, watchmaker, of Coven try. A person called upon Mr. Brown, and, in a business-like by his people in the parish of which he is curate; and the latter . (Mr.. Conyers) being the son of one of the most inflaen wav, ordered twenty gold watches (value £174) to be manu tial citizens in Georgetown. The bishop was attended by a faciured. At a given time the stranger called, and pretending to-be in too great a hurry to arrange about the plyment, &c., considerable body of his clergy, and the whole party, after told Mr. Brown to bring them over to Birmingham at a par- Holy Communion, met at Bishop's College for dinner in the "titular time, and that he would receive- them at the railway evening. This ordination has incraased the number of clergy station there, and pay the amount. Mr. Brown agreed, and in the diocese of Guiana to thirty-one; and the day was went accordingly, but found no customer at the station, i happily chosen, for it was the fourteenth anniversary of the though he waited two or three hours. Giving it up, he left the I bishop's consecration. railway station, and, in crossing a bye-street, he was attacked by several men and robbed not only of the box containing the watches, but of all the money which he had in his possession. The "customer," of course, was the prime mover in the attack. NAVIGATION OP THE DARDANELLES.—The Ottoman Go- . vernment has just adopted a measure long required by seamen. The Porte has charged Captain Michel, of the Imperial " Messageries," to erect on the coasts of Asia mid Europe, from the Dardanelles as far as the Black Sea, a chain of light houses, which will enable vessels in future to pass through the straits, and recognise the lands, the approaches to which were rendered excessively dangerous by the absence of lights. Captain Michel has engaged to execute the works and cause the apparatus to be fitted up in each before the month of January. At a later period, the system of beacons and light houses will be made general, and everything induces us to hope that before a few years are over the coasts of the empire and the islands of the Turkish Archipelago will no longer present any of those dangers that seamen both of the navy -and the merchant service have for a long time complained of. The Ottoman Government has published a notice.to the effect that a government steamer will for two months be employed gratuitously in towing vessels and boats laden with wood and coal for Constantinople through the Bosphorus, which they cannot now pass in safety, in consequence of the strong Rev. T. Turner, to the Perpetual Curacy of Norton, Glouces tershire. a benefice which has lapsed to the Crown. Rev. C. R. v , SValdy, M.A.. to the Curacy of Winfr:th New burgh and Burton, Dorset. CLERICAL OBITUARY, Suddenly, at Guildford, in his 54th year, the Rev Butler, li.cumbent of Trinity Church, Southampton. Oct. 15, the Rev. Richard Bathurst Greenlaw, M.A., Rector of Bradwell-juxta•Mare, Essex, and Domestic Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Rochester, aged 61. Sept. 25, at St. Elizabeth's t Jamaica, the Rev. Charles Frederick Hall, Rector of Port Royal, in that island, in the .55th year of his age. Nov. 1, suddenly, at Hethersett, Norfolk, the Rev. Jeremy Day, for 35 years rector of that parish, aged 82. LORD MAYOR'S DAY. current. THE LAW OF RAILWAYS. — On Friday, at the Huddersfield Railway Station, a scene occurred which caused some excite ment amongst those present. A passenger had travelled from Manchester by the seven o'clock p.m. train, which is third class as far as Huddersfield, and afterwards first and second class. As the gentleman wished to proceed as far as Mirfield, he inquired whether he should get out and book by second class to that place, but was told that he could not be allowed either to purchase a ticket or remain in the com pany's carriages without one. He, however, was determined to test the matter, and entered a second-class train, signifying at the same time his intention to pay second-class fare from, Huddersfield to Mirfield. On arriving at Mirfield, and ten dering the second-class fare from Huddersfield to that place, it was refused, and a demand made for second-class fare from Manchester. He would not pay that amount, alleging that he had already paid the company for conveying him between Manchester and Huddersfield. It is stated that the magiS: trates will be called on to decide the matter.—Huddersfield Examiner. - - &..'tephen ME inauguration of the Lord Mayor of London took place on Friday, with the usual ceremonies. The chief points of in terest belonging to the affair are the speeches of the French Ambassador and Lord Palmerston, with reference to the war ; and the reception of Lord John Russell, who was fairly extin guished. In acknowledgment of the t oas t o f " The"` Emperor of the French," the French Ambassador spoke, in the French language, to the following effect :—" I thank you, my Lord Mayor, for having proposed in this place the toast which has just been so warmly applauded. It is now thirty-fire years since the first Napoleon expressed his re gret at not being able to conquer the prejudices of the two peoples, or to gain the friendship of England. ' What great things,' cried he, ' could we not do together ?' My lord, these great things have now been accomplished, for the happiness and security of the world. The tomb of the great Napoleon has received the pious visit of your illustrious Queen, and un der another Napoleon, who understood the true interests of his country, France has become the intimate ally of England. But that is not all. Our alliance rests not solely on accidental cir cumstances, but on the closest re c ip roc it y o f i n t eres t s as be tween the two peoples—interests so intermingled, that neither happiness nor misfortune could touch the one without imme diately affecting the other. When two countries have arrived at such a point, their alliance is protected from all kinds of intrigues. No human power can separate two countries so affected, and when we think of the union of our two countries —the one the most distinguished for maritime power, the other for military resource—we feel satisfied that in their alli ance we see the greatest amount of power that ever existed, and we can wait in the most complete security the issue of the war."_ In reply to the toast of " Lord Pahnerston and Her Ma jesty's Ministers,', the latter said,—On behalf of my colleagues, and for myself, I beg you to accept our cordial thanks for the honour you have done us in proposing this toast, and especially for the,very kind and flattering manner in which that toast has been received. It must be always most gratifying to those who enjoy the confidence of the Crown; to be received at the hospitable board of the chief magistrate of this great city. Those persons who are charged with the conduct of public affairs must indeed be inadequate to the performance of the duty that devolves on them, if they were insensible to the feelings of that great commercial body, which is so fully represented by those who now sit within these walls. My lord, commercial enterprise is one of the main foundations of the greatness and power of this nation. In peace, the enter prising and exploring spirit of commerce diffuses civilization, I by promoting the intercourse of nations, thus throwing down the barriers that divide people from people; while, when war unfortunately takes place, as in the course of human events we must expect sometimes to be the case, commerce then fur nishes the means by which war can be successfully carried on, so as ultimately to obtain a safe, honourable, and lasting peace. It must always be the noblest aspiration that could possibly fill the mind of man to be entrusted with the conduct of the affairs of a great nation like this • but if ever there was a mo ment when those who are charged feel peculiarly proud of the honour conferred, and also peculiarly sensible of the great responsibility which such an honourable charge imposes, that moment is the present, for never did a nation present a nobler spectacle to the world than does the British nation at this moment. We have entered into a great contest, not rashly or MURDER OF A SURGEON.—Another horrid murder has been committed within a few miles of Newcastle. Mr. Stir ling, surgeon, under thirty years of age, who came from Scotland about three weeks ago, and was engaged as an assist ant to Mr. Watson, a surgeon at Burnopfield, a village about seven miles from Newcastle. He left the surgery on Thurs day, the Ist inst., in the forenoon, and went out to visit some patients at Spen, about three miles off, in the direction of Gibside. He had made the visits, and was returning to Bur nopfield, but never reached there, the place where he was murdered being about one mile off. The last time he was seen alive was at one o'clock iu the afternoon, when he de parted from the last of the patients he had to visit. His not returning home that night was matter of suspicion; and his continued absence suggested the idea that he mightpossibly have returned to his parents, who reside in or near Glasgow. They were written to, and his father, alarmed at the intelli gence of his son's disappearance, immediately came over to Burnopfield. On Tuesday, in examining a wood through which the young man had to pass, not far from Gibside, and about a mile from Burnopfield, his body was found by his distressed parent ; when it was discovered that he had been robbed and murdered. It appeared that he had been shot in the groin, then beaten about the head, and his face was dread fully mutilated. His watch, a ring which he wore, and his .purse, had been taken away. He was well educated, gentle manly in his manners, and belonged to a family of great respectability.—Newcastle Messenger. HORRIBLE STORY.—On Sunday, the 4th inst.,, a painful sensation was caused in this town by the prevalence of a re port that a child had been worried by a dog. The child was the son of Mr. Marshall, who occupied one of. some recently erected houses in Sherwood-street, opposite the Clinton Arms. A few minutes before 11 o'clock on Sunday morning, the child, who was three years and a-half old, was playing with a brother about a year older, in the back yard, in which a thorough-bred bulldog was usually kept chained. At that time, however, the animal was loose, and the children were lifting it into a a small wheelbarrow, when it is supposed they managed to trap one of the dog's feet. Immediately after the inmates of the house were alarmed by hearing a piercing shriek, and, on going into the passage, a horrible sight presented itself. The dog was worrying the child as it lay in the corner, and such was its ferocity that, to use the expression of an eye-witness, it grandmother and a nurse•girl, raised au alarm, and the former , was like a terrier fastening itself upon a rat. The child's who was joined by Mrs. Marshall, seized a poker and the tongs, and tried to beat the dog off, but without success. In the meantime the father, who heard the cries from the top of the house, and a butcher named Jackson, mounted over a high wall and leaped into the yard. It seemed to them as if the dog's nose was literally buried in the child's face ; Mr. Jackson seized the animal by its hind-quarters, while Mr. Marshall opened its jaws, and the former then threw it over the wall. The dog, which was covered with blood, immediately ran round to the front, and was observed to smell two children as it passed them. The child being brought into the house, it was found that his right ear was completely bitten off; there were marks of the dotes teeth on the other ear, across the nose, and on both the eyelids, while a fearful slit extended from the right eye down to the mouth, and one of 'the fingers was lacerated. The wounds were bandaged up, and, as the child soon began to show signs of returning consciousness, some hopes were entertained of saving his life. The animal was killed the same morning.—Nottingham Journal. PAUL, STRA.HAN, AND BATES.—The course pursued in the case of Anderson the forger, and Cole the merchant, will be carried out in the case of these convicts. It will be to keep them in Newgate whilst the.proceedings in bankruptcy are pending, and, should they be protracted over a period longer than the authorities of the Home-office deem it advisable that they should remain where they are, they will be removed to Millbank-prison. Upon their being removed back to gaol, after their conviction, they were put into prison attire, but they have not their hair cut close, neither is there any correc tionary labour they will be put to. Prisoners in Newgate are confined in separate cells, except when taken to exercise, and there is no chance in this gaol of there being any special relax ation.oLthe_rules towards these_prisoners. For the first three or four,days subsequent to their convietionthe prisoners were in a desponding state, but have since becomeieingned to their fate. Sir John Dean Paul is grandson to old .Dr. Paul, who lived and died in lodgings opposite St. James's Church. His father married the daughter of Lady Ann Simpson, niece to the Earl of Strathmore. He died a very poor-man, his estate of Rodborough having been sold in his lifetime to meet his liabilities. By his mother's connexion, the delinquent banker is first cousin to the present Lord Ravensworth, the Hon. Augustus and Adolphus Liddell, the rector of St. Paul's, ,Knightsbridge, the Countess of Hardwicke, Viscountess Bar rington, Lady Bloomfield, and the Hon. Mrs. Villiers, sister in-law to the Earl of Clarendon. He married a daughter of Charles.Beauderk, Esq., of Horshani. One of Sir John's own sisters is married to a first cousin of the Duke of Leinster, and his son, Aubery, to a daughter of Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. the the convicted baronet, t o It was to vie in show and expense with these aristocratic con nexions that this unfortunate man was tempted into crime. But it is to their influence also that he probably looks for a connected t e 27t with th of the modification of a sentence the strict justice of which has bee n confirmed by public opinion. As a somewhat extraordinary incident that he was born in the Strand, next door to the bank, on the Octo h b is er t , o in ry of year a rBO 2, and tiian the afternoon of the 27th of October, fifty-three y ears a ft er , h e was convicted at the Old Bailey, and sen t ence d by B ar on afternoon of the Alderson to fourteen years' transportation. His conviction and sentence took place on his fifty-third anniversary.—Sunday Times. hastily, but after full and due deliberation, and we have en tered into that contest because we felt that the war was a necessary as well' as a great one, and this nation evinces from one end of the country to the other, a full and deliberate determination to submit to every sacrifice which the prosecu tion of the war may entail, to show themselves equal to every exertion that the conduct of the war may require, sand con tinue those exertions until peace shall be obtained on such conditions as may be worthy of our sacrifices and of the cause we have at heart. We have present, on this occasion, the re presentatives of those three allies with whom we are united in a common undertaking. We have at this board the am bassador of the Emperor of the French, of-that great ally whom I must do the justice to say that by his",magnanimity of mind, his far-seeing policy, and his honesty of ,purpose, has cemented the union between the two nations which had been too long divided by jealousy and mistrust, but which, I hope, will ever from this day forward continue to be earnest and confiding friends. • We have at this board also the representa tive of the Sultan, in whose cause we have drawn the sword, and whose subjects have shown themselves so worthy the assistance we have given them. We have present the ambas sador of the King of Sardinia, whose character as a sovereign, and the character of whose people, have excited the warmest sympathy throughout this nation, whose conduct has excited our warmest admiration, and in whose good faith we place the most implicit confidence. I trust, gentlemen, that these re presentatives of our allies, let them go where they will through the length and breadth of the land, will see nothing that will not entitle them to tell their respective sovereigns that, whilst we place the utmost confidence and reliance on the constancy with which they support us in the war, they may, on the other hand, be equally certain of the constancy, and determi nation of this country. And no man can doubt that these four powers, earnest in a cause, will ultimately accomplish the objects for which they took up arms. I say that no human efforts can be long successful in resisting their united exer tions. The declarations with reference to the' war were loudly cheered. A subsequent toast was " The House of Commons," coupled with the name of Lord John Russell. The announcement of the name excited general disapprobation, which rose to a com plete storm of groans and hisses when he rose to respond to the toast. The reception was such as he seemed not to have anticipated, judging by the astonishment marked on his coun tenance ; and after uttering a few indistinct phrases about the Lord Mayor's election to office being a triumph of principle, he abruptly resumed his seat. IREL.AND. A NEW WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, the Tribune, of extreme " national " principles, has made its appearance in Dublin. It appears to be started pretty much with the same ideas as those which prevailed in Ireland in 1848, having " Ireland for the Irish" as its motto, and with the vain hope of re viving the party the utter extinction ofNybich has just driven Mr C. G. Duffy from the shores of Ireland to Aistralia. CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM -PICKET COMPANY.—The half yearly meeting of this company was held at their offices in Dublin, on Wednesday, when a dividend of two per cent., free of income tax, was declared, and the report of the di rectors was adopted. The balance to the credit of profit and loss amounted to t14,,078 19s. ld. Notwithstanding .a con siderable diminution in the emigrant class of passengers, owing to the improved condition of the country, the general result of the half,year's traffic has been equal to that of the corresponding period of 1854. - - BELPAST TEADE.—In 1829, Belfast possessed only one flax spinning mill, with fourteen thousand spindles; now there are upwards of half a million spindles. The tonnage, inwards s y t e e ar r I log about. and outwards, of the port is now upwards of one million five hundred thousand tons annually. The value of Belfast im. ports and exports for 1854 was upwards of sixteen millions ewtocoonliatgoensr,efillt,ercoed,oo% eßnetialfnagnseta_civaehinieontuhtneertfibudrgelasitgnhte and 20,000 engaged in the coasting trade. The amounts Th received by the Customs and Excise in Belfast now exceed one million sterling annually. The consumption of coals i n Belfast exceeds one thousand tons per day. The annual con sumption of tea and sugar in the Belfast district now amounts to about two millions of pounds of the former, and six thou sand tons of the latter. Since IEOI, the port of Belfast has increased upwards of fifteen•foid. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREFERMENT.—The Rev. R. W. Wolseley has been licenced by the Bishop to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Silas' Church, Liverpool, upon the nomination of the Rev. Samuel Minton, the Incumbent. efit cor to,