The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-18 00:00:00

THE WAR. THE intelligence which continues to drop in from the Cri mea, from time to time, brings us little or nothing in reference to any movement which can throw the slightest light upon the ultimate result of the war. The correspondence of the daily journals contains only details of preparations for the hibernal quiet of the armies, mixed occasionally with reports of the amuse ments by which the troops seek to beguile the all but idle time thus unexpectedly thrown upon their hands. The wea ther, which for a long period had been fine in the extreme, has at last broken into the fitful severity which harbingers the Crimean `inter; and so far as appearances go, according to the latest advices, the information communicated for some time to come will savour more of conflict with the elements than be filled with tales of " blood and battle." In reference to the COMMENCEMENT OF WINTER, the Times' correspondent, writing on Nov. 24, from the camp before Sebastopol, says : Scarcely had the ink dried on the paper of my last letter, before the weather, which I had been praising for its extraor dinary fineness, suddenly changed, and with a rapidity of transition only known in the Crimea, as far as I am aware, rushed from summer to winter. A strong wind, which varied. in direction several times before it settled down to a southerly gale, commenced on the afternoon of Saturday. Rain fell during the night ; to-day it is falling in torrents, with every appearance of holding out ; the verge of the plateau is con cealed by the dense veil of drifting clouds ; the ground is con verted into the thick compost so familiar to us last winter; the camp is covered with pools of water, and the gullies and drains are filled with the rushing waters. But this rain is welcome to us, for the scarcity. of water had become a serious inconvenience for some time past. The army is getting into bette&shape and form every day. Excellent warm clothing has been issued to the men, and so uniform is it in style that no one can distinguish officers from men, unless by the dif ference of style and bearing. Our allies are astonished at the profuseness of our military wardrobe, which not only contains a waterproof suit, helmet and all, but fur coats and caps, cowhide boots, tweed coats lined with cat or rabbit skin, &c., and for the officers, suites of sealskin, sold at moderate prices. The French only receive from their government an ordinary cloth capote, and must buy any waterproofs or furs which they may find necessary. The huts blown down by the explosion are nearly rebuilt, but the extent of canvas covering which is still visible over the camp would astonish those who imagine all the troops are ,within wooden walls. However, a good double tent well pitched and dug out is more comfortable for one man than most huts would be, as it is extremely difficult to staunch the latter, and the former is always sure to be air and water tight. The cook-houses offer guarantees for the health of the men, and with the blessing of Heaven the army will not suffer any serious detriment from the severities of this climate, although it would be too much to expect entire freedom from some kind of privations on the part of an army cantoned on the open ground during a Crimean winter. MONDAY.—The weather, ever capricious in the Crimea, is varying and mutable beyond description. The morning was obscure, but about three o'clock the wind hauled round from west north-west to north, and brought with it a clearer atmos phere and intense cold. But the cold for the time being got rid of the mud. The roads are not yet settled down, and the country is as unfavourable to the progress of man or beast as it usually is about this time of year in these parts of the world. Already the mud is beginning to tell upon our animals. I saw 'no less than seven dead mules and horses in one little gully crossing the line of transport yesterday. Melancholy quadrupeds, with sore backs and rib-developed flanks, whom nobody cares to own, begin even thus early to wander dis consolately about the camp, and to crawl to the lee of shelter ing walls. On the same and kindred subjects, the correspondents of the other morning journals give pictures of a similar character. The correspondent of the Daily News, writing from the camp before Sebastopol, on the 27th of November, says The weather for the last two days has been wet and cold, thereby stopping church parade and drill, besides impeding greatly the hutting, roadmaking, and draining for the army. The, railroad brings a good number of huts up from Balaklava, as far as the "iron huts" near the Guards' camp; but still as yet this iron road has given but a poor return for the original contract (£200,000), whatever it may do this winter. This amount does not cover any of the extra labour or material used since the single line was first laid down. The chief commis sariat officers of each divition say that if all the roads and transport failed this winter, still they have enough provisions at each brigade depot to last both man and horse for two months. If this is the case, it redounds greatly to the credit of that department. The English and French are striving which shall be soonest ready to demolish the docks of Sebas topol. Instead of twelve or now ten days, I give the English engineers eighteen days—in fact till the 14th December—to be quite prepared, and if the weather does not mend they will not be all ready for firing by that date. Already a covering has to be fixed over the mouth of this shaft, because of the rain. The hutting is progressing but slowly. The severe frost of last night will make the ground hard again, and con sequently assist the transport department. THE RETURN OF SIR COLIN CAMPBELL. The special correspondent of the Morning Herald, writing on the same date in reference to the return of this gallant general to the Crimea, says I have certain intelligence that Sir Colin Campbell is coming back to the Crimea. Some say he is to have a separate command in Asia. The Highland division are in a perfect delirium of delight at this news, and the pipers now give out " The Campbells are coming," with a Gaelic gusto, and thrilling intensity it would do your heart good to listen to. Every one who knows Sir Colin's career cannot but acknow ledge the daring intrepidity of the man. We may class among our " Household Words" his celebrated exclamation at Alma—" Highlanders never retire." Those who seem well acquainted with Sir Colin Campbell expect more from his sword than his pen. The latter will probably aim at Spartan brevity—a praiseworthy style for which Wellington was, as his grace's despatches prove, pre-eminently distin guished. So much for the pen. And then, as to the sword, we may proudly point not only to the present Crimean cam paign, but to battle after battle, from Corunna to Vimeira, Barossa, Terifa, Taragona, Osma, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, and Bidassoa, and to services in America, the West Indies, China, and India. Our Highlanders have neither eyes nor ears for aught else but " Sir Colin," and Friday next, St. Andrew's day, when all honour will be heaped upon their favourite hero, although absent, and hopes from their very hearts expressed that hi 3 appointment will prove a fact and not " a shave"—a fiction. DRILL AND AMUSEMENTS OF THE BRITISH TROOPS. The same correspondent last quoted, writing from the camp before Sebastopol, on the above subjects, on the 4th Nov., says : " The statements which you copied from an evening• paper respecting the strength of the British army next year, we all received with satisfaction, not altogether free from apprehension that the writer may be mistaken. On one point he has certainly miscalculated, and that is the strength of the regiments out here. He has assumed an average which is considerably too high. For example, the 80th has received very few draughts, and we all know how it suffered at the Alma, at Inkerman, in the trenches, and at the two assaults on the Redan. Its present effective strength would tell on an average very materially. There are several regiments in the Fame category, while others are very strong in men, though not, perhaps, containing so many old soldiers as could be desired. There are four months, however, before us, and the drilling sergeant is busy all day. Every camp resounds to his voice, and to the tramp of the awkward squad. Recruits have little time to spend in idleness and drink ing, and steps are being taken to provide • soldiers with the means of reading, which they will so much need and enjoy in the long winter nights before us. But cannot • Government be a little more liberal in the matter of candles ? The issue of light is one ration to every twelve men—that is, one ration for each tent or sergeant's guard. Now, good public, do you know what one ration consists of ? It is just two-thirds of an ounce of sperm candle, or two ounces of tallow candle—that is, of a bit very like what economic housewives are familiar with under the name of " save- alls." No one need ever say " put out the light" in the British camp, for the candle is not lit very long before it dies of its own accord. An officer receives the same ration as is given to 12 men, but he can afford to buy candles, and if he is a field-officer his rations are increased, on the principle, I suppose, that there is more necessity for his keeping wide awake than exists in the case of a subaltern. The libraries are well filled with books, but there is little time to use them by day, and it falls dark before six o'clock ; but 12 men are not likely to make much way in a novel, a tract, or an entertaining miscellany, by the aid of two-thirds of an ounce of candle. They club their little pieces of candle together, and resort to many ingenious devices for keeping the lights in. Some of them, like the Russian or Dutch sailors at Spitzbergen, of whose very uncomfortable residence we all have read, use the extra fat of mutton in lamps, but in general they are obliged to purchase what extra candles they like. And all this time there are the canteens alight till an hour or 'more after "retreat." We have had " balls" at Kamiesch lately, which were, I hear, distinguished by remarkably good conduct on the part of all present. Of the progress of the libraries and of the lectures you will hear from other persons. There are hotels established at Kamiesch, and restaurants, at which excellent fare is to be had at high but not extravagant prices. The lines at Kamiesch are nearly completed. Eight heavy redoubts and a splendid profile of parapet and trench enclosing the place will remain as lasting monuments of French military skill, and will enable them to retain the ports of Kamiesch and Kazatch when the bulk of the army has retired. THE RUSSIANS ON THE NORTH SIDE. The Times' correspondent, on the 24th of November, says:— The Russians, having made good roads between their camps, and having established themselves comfortably on the other side of the Tchernaya, seem resolved to give us an uneasy time of it in Sebastopol, and never ceased firing to-day from one end of the bay to the other. I ventured to express an opinion, almost immediately after the capture of the south side, that the enemy's preparations indicated the intention of wintering where they lay. We have all been too prone, not only in England, but out here, to calculate on advantages to be gained by the privations to which the enemy would be exposed, or by imagin ary wants to which they were likely, in our opinion, to be sub jected. But the Russian, is well supplied with all munitions of war, and with the means of subsistence. The whole strength pi the empire has been devoted to the supplies of the Crimean ar my, and the Russian General no doubt calculates on the concentration of such a force in the Crimea next spring as will enable him to meet the allies in every point which they may assa il, knowing that Perekop is u nassa il a bl e b y a large force, owing to the want of water, and to its geo graphical position, and that noarmy can opefrate in the aht r ee e a a: of his position, in consequence o f otohnevnearredreino the Crime a It is not because St. Valdimir was that Prince Gortschakoff holds Mackßenutzike'es knows Farm athnadtt until of the Belbek and Tchernaya. is dislodged the allies are paralyzed, and th atthey c c k a e n rso es n ta w b h il lish e no safe basis of operations against Nich 0i aiefr or he is at Simpheropol, for it would be contrary flato ncommon sense to leave such an army in their rear and hoPes, therefore, either to be able to hold th e in Crimeae Campaign, or to be able to make such dispos itions in of a greatdefeat as will insure the safe retreat of hi s army n ext campaign, Perekeikind Tehorigar, and perhaps by a third road, of th e existence of which across the Sivash there are very strong in dications. The electric telegraph has kindly aided him in establishing himself all the more securely, for the rumour of a Russian attack, to which it gave official weight, prevented the occupation of Kaffa, and the destruction of Arabar this autumn; and who can say how the country behind Theodosia (Kaffa) will be seamed with batteries should we try a descent next spring ? 6 p.m. The north batteries have been playing on, the south side, with little intermission, all day. This fore noon they opened a cannonade on the French near the little Redan, from the 12-gun battery at Inkerman, and dispersed some working parties, but did them no harm. They have kept up a fire ever since at the rate of two guns a minute on the town and on the docks ; and as they direct their fire on the houses, it would seem as though they wished to knock over those buildings which would afford cover to the allies. Nevertheless, the working parties continue the process of de molition. Nom& CAMP ON THE TCHERNAYA. A correspondent of the Times, writing on the 26th ult., from the Allies on the Tchernaya, says : For the last two days, especially on Sunday, we had for the first time something approaching to last year's Novem ber weather—strong south-westerley winds, low heavy banks of clouds, sharp showers of rain, and real C r i mean mu d . B u t this avant-garde of winter, so formidable last year, has ceased to inspire fear and apprehensio n , especially as regards this part of our position. All the Highlanders are in huts ; so are the Piedmontese and the French, at Baidar. The French on the Fedukhine heights are indeeed still under can vas, but not under the tentes d'arbri. They have got a grear number of Turkish double tents, which, if properly stretched, are water-tight, while the poles, made of one solid piece of wood, resist any wind, as was proved last year in the gale of the 14th of November. Even these tents, however, are gradually disappearing. As it is, more than three-fourths of the allied armies on this side are in comfortable shelter, whence they can brave storm and rain. There is no want of provisions either. The Highland division has not, - in this respect, been behind the other English divisions on the plateau of Sebastopol, as every one can see from far when he reaches the Church of Kamara; now a Piedmontese magazine. Pyramids of biscuit sacks, rows of barrels with salt meat and rum, piles of corn and hay, are striking evidences of the fore sight and diligence exhibited in collecting ample stores for winter, especially as the brushwood abounding all around dispenses with the transport of that important item—fuel. The e Sardinians and the French, not including those at Baidar, have not thought it necessary to form large stores ; they send to their depots at Balaklava and Kakiloi. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. BERLIN, Dec. 12. Yesterday the house of Mendelssohn here opened subscrip tions for a new Russian Five-per-Cent. Loan, at 86, with but little success. The Moniteur of Thursday announces that the Minister of War has received the following telegraphic despatch from Marshal Pelissier SEBASTOPOL, Dee. 8, 1 p.m. I have received the following despatch from the general in command of the Ist Division of the Ist Corps : A body of from 2,000 to 3,000 infantry, and about 400 or 500 horse, at daybreak this morning attacked Baga, Ourkusta, Skvaka. The enemy beat a retreat after a sharp fusillade, which lasted for an hour and a half. Some 30 prisoners were left in our hands, two of whom were officers. I am not aware of the number of killed and wounded. Our loss is insignificant. Kegs.—The Fremden Blatt has a letter from a British officer at Kars, dated Nov. 11, informing us that the state of the be sieged garrison was hopeless. They had offered to surrender, if permitted to retreat to Erzeroum, but these terms were re fused by General Mouravieff. On the 10th the garrison made a sortie, but were repulsed. The city and its environs were covered with a bed of snow mole than six feet deep, and which, without considering the eiremy, would be sufficient to prevent all attempts to revictual it. WITH regard to the rumours of peace, the Paris corres pondent of the Morning Post writes thus :—The best in formation in my possession at the present moment, as to the peace question, is this :—Russia has not officially commissioned, or countenanced, any propositions. Austrian diplomacy has made suggestions, which have been submitted to Paris and London. The Cabinets of France and England have re quested that the said propositions for peace should be stated more clearly, and that they should also be fully sanctioned by Russia, before any attempt is made at negotiation. At this stage of the affair, Austria is supposed to have communicated with St. Petersburg, and so matters remain. . . . Russia is making immense preparations - for the spring campaign. The Allies are doing the same. The Governments of France and England are perfectly agreed. Such is the data on which the public may really speculate (with the probability of arriv ing at correct conclusions), if they care not to be deceived by the exaggerated importance which is given to the most shadowy hopes of peace. THE PEACE NEGOTIITIONS.—The public must look with anxiety for information on the important subject which is now occupying the attention of the chief Cabinets of Europe, but we must candidly confess that we have none to communi cate. The speculations in our journals are entitled to very little credit. They are either unauthorized, or are intended to mislead by disguising the real points at issue, and the nature of the pacific proposals which are under discussion. The pro gramme put forward in some Ministerial prints resembles the display made in front of a show at a country fair. All the swagger and grimace are outside. The whole art is to entice the innocent spectators to enter the booth ; they are to be attracted first that they may be cheated afterwards. For our own part, we have no wish to affect a knowledge of secrets we do not possess. 'We can reason only from probabilities, which are open to all. Facts are the best guide to judgment. It is now six weeks since proposals' of peace were forwarded by the Emperor of the French to our Cabinet; during that interval there has been constant communication between the two Governments and with the Court of Vienna. Two Cabinet Councils have been held at our Foreign-office this week; and we have no reason to doubt that the negotiation is advancing in a satisfactory manner towards the settlement of a basis of peace. The time that it has already lasted is A presumption that no insuperable difficulties have yet been encountered. — The Press. GERMAN RECRUITS FOICRUSSIA.—We read in the Pays : " Several Germans have been recently serving as amateurs with the Russians in the Crimea. Two of them have just arrived at Berlin, where they at onee became objects of great curiosity. One of them has just come from Simpheropol, and the other from Kars, which place he quitted the day after the unsuccessful assault, and crossed the whole of Circassia. About the middle of October the state of things at Simpheropol was pretty tolerable. The troops were naturally a little discou raged by such a long series of defeats, but there was no want of provisions, and Imperial recompenses were lavishly distri buted. It is believed there that 140,000 Russians perished during the siege of Sebastopol, and that 30,000 have been crippled for life. The best officers have disappeared, and have been replaced by young men, not less brave, but very inexpe rienced. Sebastopol is about to be declared a holy city. The soldiers who have left it have almost all of themin their knap sacks a bit of wood, a stone, or the splinter of a shell, coming from the sanctuary,' as Sebastopol is now called in Russia, which they send as precious relics to their families." FRIGHTFUL GUNP OWD ER EXPLOSION. A frightful catastrophe occurred on Friday at Coseley, near Sedgley, in South Staffordshire, which has already occasioned the death of four persons, and injured several others, some of whom are not expected to recover, in addition to destroying a 'considerable amount of property. It is customary in the mining districts of Staffordshire for the overseers of pits, either of iron, stone, or coal, and who are technically called Thutties," to keep in their possession large quantities of blasting gunpowder, which is not unfrequently kept in places far from secure. The immediate scene of the disaster was a block of three small houses, belonging to Mr. John Cotterill, and situated at the Coppice, on the road from Sedgley to the Deepfields Station, on the Stour Valley branch of the London and North- Western Railway. These houses were occupied respectively by an old widow, named Elizabeth Jackson, and her daughter ; by David Millard, a butty collier, in the service of Mr. H. B. Whitehouse, with a wife and four children ; and by John Caddick, a bricklayer, his wife and mother. On Friday morning, David Millard, who occupied the middle house, went to work at a colliery at Priorfields, and was pre ceded by two of his brothers-in-law and a son, aged 12, named Joseph. After they had been at work about two hours, a boy of nine years, named Thomas Lear, and who worked for David Millard, was sent back to the house of the latter to procure a quantity of gunpowder from a stock that was kept in the cellar. The gunpowder was given to the boy by Millard's wife (since dead), and a second lad, named Samuel Millard, was afterwards despatched from the pit to fetch horse corn. He, in order to warm himself, went into his father's house, but in a few minutes there occurred a tremendous ex plosion, which blew up the three houses described, with — all their inhabitants. Hitherto, however, death has occurred in only the centre house, which was the immediate site of the explosion ; and here no fewer than four persons were killed in an inatant. The deceased are :—Jane Millard, the wife of David, and the mother of the other deceased, aged 32,; Samuel Millard, aged 9; Absalom Millard, aged 11 months; and Hannah Millard, aged 7 years. Two children in the same house were injured :-- David Millard, aged 3 years, who is hurt - about the head and loins, but is expected to recover; and Fanny Allen, the nurse of the infant Absalom, aged 10 years. This girl has sustained such severe injuries to the head that no reasonable expectations are entertained of her recovery. In the first of the three houses, Elizabeth Jackson, aged 22, the daughter of the tenant, is injured in both legs, In the third-house, the wife of John Caddick is injured only slightly ; but Hannah Stevens, his mother, who lived with them, is seriously injured about the head. Three surgeons were speedily in attendance, and the melancholy tidings were - conveyed to David Millard, who was engaged in the pit. Upon reaching the spot, the first thing that among the shattered ruins of his dwelling attracted him was one of the lower limbs of his wife, crushed against the place where the window had stood, and where she appeared to have been standing to prepare breakfast. The other parts of her body were buried beneath the rubbish, and life had for some time fled from the now shattered corpse. The father of David Millard, and the grandfather of the children; was look ing about among the ruins when he heard his grandson David call out from beneath a portion, with a faint voice, " Oh, grand-dad, do pull me out !" The poor little fellow, who was lying near the lower step of the stairs, was ex tricated, and is expected to survive. Upon further search the dead body of the girl Hannah was found, also by her grandfather. Samuel Millard, the boy who was sent for the corn, was found dead in the cellar, and the infant was lying a corpse in the arms of the girl Allen. A fourth house is considerably injured ; but the three destroyed are now level with the ground. TII E advantage of subscribing for the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS for six or twelve months of the coming year, 1856, will be the securing the regular delivery of the Paper. Great as the sale at present is (nearly 200,000 per week), it is certain that there will be a very considerable increase, especially as several magnificent suppli►rents, .worked in colours, and equal in effect to the best water-colou r drawings of the first masters, will be presented to the subscribers gratis, in addition to the introduction of a variety of most important, novel, and interesting features. These advan. tages, but more especially the coloured Suppliments, will not be secured to any but regular subscribers. See advertisement. i' THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. BY the British-and North American Royal Mail steamship Canada, Capt. Lang, which arrived on Sunday, we have in telligence from New York to the 3rd, Boston the sth, and Halifax the 7th inst. The United States Mail steamship Atlantic arrived at New York on the 80th ult. Congress assembled on the 3rd, and adjourned after four ineffectual attempts to elect a Speaker. The majority of votes were in favour of Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, a Democrat ; Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, a Free-soil Know-Nothing, being second. Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, Democrat and Know- Nothing, was third ; and Mr. Banks, jun., of Massachusetts, a Democrat and Know-Nothing, fourth. The President's Message was, therefore, not read. M. Marcoleta, the Nicaragua Minister to Washington, had been dismissed by his Government. A steamer had been burnt at Memphis, and several lives lost. Another steam-frigate for the United States navy bad been launched at the Navy-yard. According to the Washington correspondent of the New Yorke Herald, the Washington Cabinet has rejected Den mark's proposition for a capitalisation, or a tax, according to the value of the cargo, in lieu of the present Sound dues. The same correspondent, referring to the English and American question, says :—" Dispatches by the Atlantic repre sent our affairs with England as wholly unchanged since the departure of the Canada. Mr. Buchanan says that Lord Clarendon and the British Cabinet are endeavouring to patch up a reply to our Government's communication in reference to the violation of our neutrality laws by British agents, in order, if possible, not to wound our sensitiveness, and at the same time to shield Mr. Crampton." On the subject of the tariff, a Washington letter says : "The Secretary of the. Treasury has become converted to the theories of the manufacturers of wool, and will recommend the admission of the -raw material free of duty, including chemicals and dye-stuffs in the same category. He does not propose to touch iron, but the backers of this movement in Congress intend to incorporate—if they can—upon the modifi cation, a provision allowing railroad iron to be bonded for five years. The governor of South Carolina, in his message to the Legis lature, recommends—" That the law be so modified as to per mit coloured seamen, the subjects of foreign nations, to re main on board their vessels, to be allowed to land whenever the duties of the vessel may require it, upon their receiving a written permit to that effect from the mayor of the port ; and that while on land they be subjected to the ordinary restric tions applied to .the native coloured population. Such a modi fication would relieve the law of all its harshness, without compromising our right or endangering our domestic quiet." A telegraphic dispatch from San Louis reports the occur rence of a collision in Kansas between the pro and anti slavery party. The dispatch says :—" We have accounts from Independence to-day, stating that three armed free Statesmen had attempted to drive Mr. Coleman, a pro-slavery settler, from his claim near Hickory Point. Mr. Coleman killed one of his assailants, when a mob gathered to drive him and other settlers off, and then burned down their houses. The ring leader in this affair was arrested by Marshal Jones, and taken to Lecompton. Governor Shannon has called out the militia. Many citizens from Independence, Weston, and St. Joseph's, have gone to offer their services to the Governor to restore order. The people of Lawrence are in arms, and have five pieces of artillery. A number of houses have been burnt in Douglas county, and several families driven to Missouri for refuge. The law and order people of the territory are rally ing in large numbers to assist the sheriff in the execution of the laws. Sixteen houses were burnt at Hickory Point, and several of its citizens were missing." CALIFORNIA. — The steam-ships Star of the West and George Law had arrived at New York with the California mails of the sth ult., and $2,174,432, of which $234,840 were on English account. The transit across the Isthmus of Pa nama occupied only twenty-seven hours. Her Majesty's ships Arab and Espiegle were at San Juan de Nicaragua. An ex plosion had occurred in a distillery at San Francisco, by which a number of persons were seriously injured. The port had been visited by a very heavy gale. The Indians were as troublesome as ever, and some serious fights had taken place between them and the whites, attended with loss of life. There had been some very fatal fights between the different tribes of Indians. Owing to the want of rain, the miners were not very busy. Her Majesty's ship President was in the port. Business was light, and money stringent. A banking firm, largely connected with Russian trade, had failed. The bank was agent to the Russian government. The liabilities were estimated at $250,000. Four Mexicans had been lynched (hung all in a row) for cattle stealing. Advices from Central America state that General Corral, after his entry into Grenada, was arrested on a charge of treason, tried by court-martial, and shot. Gen.'Valle had re inforced Grenada with 140 men. _ . _ A severe earthquake had done great daniage at Trnzillo, and the inhabitants had to camp out. Letters of the 12th ult., from La Guayra, report that coffee, indigo, hides, and cotton came into market very sparingly ; consequently prices continued high, which caused freights to be dull. The President of Costa Rica had issued a proclamation warn ing fillibusters against invading the republic. A bridge ou the Panama railway gave way as an engine was passing over it, and the engine was precipitated into the river. Another section of upwards of 100 miles of the Canadian Grand Trunk Railway has been opened for traffic from Mon treal to Brockville, at the head of the St. Lawrence. Capt. Little, of the American brig Loango, writes, on the 12th Nov., - from Antigua, to the New York Herald, com plaining that, a few days after his arrival at the island, he was boarded by the superintendent of police, who informed the cook that he had come on board to release him from slavery. Notwithstanding the cook's protestation that he was a free man, he was forcibly taken on shore. He also endeavoured to persuade the crew to leave the vessel. MExico.—Advices from Mexico state that the seat of Government had been transferred back to the capital. On his entry into the city Alvarez was well received. In his address he stated that he had no ambitious aspirations ; his banner was " Popular and Representative Republic." CUBA.—At Havana, on the 28th, freights were slightly improving for small vessels. Of sugar 28,000 boxes were still on hand for shipment. H.M.S. Eurydice had arrived to inquire into the death of a British sailor killed by a Spanish vessel of war while watching an American vessel. The French steam frigate La Perouse was in harbour. From Valparaiso the advices are to the 13th October. Seve ral French men-of-war were in port. El Mercurio says : " For the British ship Telegraph, thirty-five thousand dollars are asked on bottomry to make repairs, she having struck coming out of Port Adelaide. Tenders for the repairs of British ship Magdalena are advertised for, as well as three thousand dollars asked on bottomry. British brig Isabella, at Ancud, Chiloe, needs four thousand dollars for repairs." The number of vessels at the Chincha Islands was smaller than it had been for any time during the year. Much later advices have been received from Valparaiso, by telegraph, across the Isthmus of Panama. The dispatch is dated Panama, Nov. 20, and says :—" The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamship Lima, Captain Bloomfield, srrived here, from South American ports, at ten o'clock this morning, bringing twenty-four passengers and $280,000 in treasure. There is no news of importance from Lima. From Peru we have a rumour of a revolutionary movement in Are quipa, and other southern towns, in favour of General Vivan co, but it wanted confirmation. In Bolivia all was quiet. Business had revived in Valparaiso." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, 3RD DEC. While there was no panic in the New York money market, and an unusual abundance of capital for temporary loans, there was a curious panic among stock operators, many of whom were of the opinion that there would soon be a crash. For loans on demand the supply was ample, but with a downe ward tendency. The stock board opened very heavy, and with large sales. Prices bad again declined, but closed steady. Government stocks had improved under the influence of the advertisement of the Secretary of the Treasury announcing his intention to redeem further $1,500,000 at a high pre mium. Exchange on England in short supply, and good de mand, at 108 to 1081 per cent. Bills on France, $5.20 to $5.25. COTTON.—On receipt of the Atlantic's advices from Liver pool, to the 17th ult., a decline of ie. per lb. had taken place. The market had been depressed throughout the week. The sales for five days (Thursday having been observed as a holiday) were estimated at 5,000 bales. BREADSTUPPS.—iII flour there had been a fair demand throughout the whole of the past week, and previous prices were fully maintained. At yestesday's market there was less animation, and a decline of 121 cents per barrel in the common and medium qualities was submitted to. Wheat was in moderate demand, and both Southren red and Canadian descriptions must be quoted 5 to 7 cents per bushel lower. Indian corn, without any material change in price, was in good request for shipment to England. PRovisioNs.—New York was dull ; mess could be pur chased at $2l, and prime at $2O. • City prime mess was held at $2l; and 50 barrels of prime pork sold at $19,75, deliver able in Albany. Beef was in fair request, and prices steady. Lard was in good request, at 12ic. to 124 c. for barrels. But ter was in good request, at 16c. to 22c. for Ohio, and 25c. to 28c. for State. FREIGHTS. — Rather firmer. To Liverpool : cotton, 7-32 d. to id. per lb.; flour, 3s per barrel; grain, 9d. per bushel. To London : flour, 4s. per barrel ; grain, 12d. to 14d. per bushel. To Havre : cotton, tc. per lb.; flour 95c. to $1 per barrel ; grain, 22c. to 26c. per bushel. Naw 011IXANS, Nov. 30.—The sales of cotton to-day were 2,500 bales, and for the week 40,000 bales. The receipts of the week were 60,000, against 34,000 the corresponding week last year. Stock on hand, 238,000 bales. Sterling exchange is quoted at 6to 71 per cent. Freights are unsettled. Dec, I.—Our cotton market is dull. The sales to-day foot up only 1,000 bales, at a decline of lc. to nc. Sterling exchange, 71 per cent. premium. VALPARAISO, OCT. 13.—Little has been done during the fortnight closing to-day. The merchants from Peru and the lower coast have closed their operations, and those form the north and south of this republic, arrived recently for assort ments, prefer to await the new arrivals, which are daily ex pected, in order to effect their purchases. (Latest by Telegraph) NEW ORLEANS, DEC. 3.—Cotton sales 6,000 bales, at a still further decline ; middling being 9c. to Sic. Dec. 6. Middling is quoted Bc. Rivers rising. CHARLESTON, DEc. 3.—Cotton is quiet ; down lie. since the steamer's news. Good middling, 9i-c. to 91c. NEW CANADIAN BISHOPRICS.—Two new sees are to be formed forthwith out - of the present diocese of Toronto, the sanction of the bishop (Dr. Strachan) having been received. The seat of one of the bishoprics will be at London, and the other at Kingston. It is believed that the bishopric of Lon. don will be conferred upon the Rev. Dr. Cronyn, a rural dean of the diocese; and the bishopric of Kingston upon the Rev. Mr. Hincks, a,clergyman at present holding a benefice in the diocese of Down and Connor, a brother of Mr. Hincks, whom. Sir William Molesworth recently appointed to the governor ship of Barbadoes.—Globe. ANOTHER CURE Or COUGH AND HOARSENESS BY DR. LOCoCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS.—" Parliament•street. Sir,— I had been troubled with a cough and hoarseness for nearly two years, without relief, when I was induced to try L o cock ' s Wafers, the effects of•vvhich were soon visible, for one large box (2s. 9d.) 'has quite cured me. I have since recommended them to several of my friends, and they have also experienced the greatest relief from them. J. WILLIAMS." Dr. Locock's Wafers give instant relief, and a rapid cure of asthma, coughs, and all disorders of i t an h nv e ao b l su r t e a a bp t ll a a co n ar d nct l i tiet taste. sr g ti s ne T ai na o .d i si n tdr g .e e , n r 2 s x st andhen 9d., an d the voi ce . speakersie, theyohx Th e y y hs have by all Chemists. DEATH OF COLONEL SIBTFEORP. IT is our painful duty to announce the decease of the well-known Colonel Sibthorp, M.P. for Lincoln. The name of the gallant Colonel has long been a household word as the embodiment of honest and genuine Tory principle ; down to the last he showed himself a politician of the school of Lord Eldon and the late Duke of Newcastle, whom he throughly revered, and consequently, in these days of divided parties and allegiance, he found himself as frequently opposed to the great Conservative party as the late Frederick Lucas to his Radical allies. The deceased gentleman was descended from an ancient family settled upwards of a century and a half at Canwick-hall, near Lincoln, many of whose members from time to time have represented that city in, Parliament. His father, the late Mr. Humphrey Waldo Sibthorp, sat for several years at the commencement of the present century. His son, Charles Delaet Waldo Sibthorp, was first elected in the Tory interest in 1826, and with the exception of the brief Parliament of 1833-4, chosen under the excite ment consequent upon the passing of the Reform Bill, he con tinued to represent Lincoln to the day of his death. The colonel's influence was great among the registered electors, upwards of 1,300 in number, consisting of freemen, resident and non-resident ; but it did not extend so far as to be able often to secure the second seat for a Tory friend, the predilec tions of the constituency being rather personal towards him self than based on any political grounds. Thus, although Colonel Sibthorp could generally reckon on the support of some 600 voters, and, in consequence, was usually returned at the head of the poll, in 1835 and 1837 he was unable to pre vent the then Radical Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer from being chosen as his colleague ; while in 1847 Mr. Charles Seely, and in 1848 Mr. Thos. Hal - muse, were elected against Tory can didates, and Mr. G. F. Heneage secured the second seat at the general election in 1852. Once, and once only, did the gallant Colonel's good fortune fail him, and that was in 1833, when a majority of 88 displaced him to make room for Sir E. Bulwer. The gallant Colonel was born, we believe, ih 1782, and in 1813 married Maria, daughter of the late Mr. Ponson by Tottenham, many years M.P. for the borough of Fethard , in the Irish House of Commons, and by whom he leaves issue several children. His brother, the Rev. H. Waldo Sib thorp, late Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, became a Romanist some few years since, but soon afterwards returned to the English Church. Colonel Sibthorp was for many years a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for the county of Lincoln, and in 1852 was made Colonel of the South Lincolnshire Mi litia. He strenously and consistently opposed in all their stages Romanist Emancipation, the Reform Bill, and the Abolition of Jewish Disabilities, and was one of the minority of 53 who censured free trade when Lord Derby was in office in November, 1852. COURT AND FASHION. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The nuptials of Lady Bertha Hastings, second daughter of the Marchioness of Hastings, with Lord W. A. Clifton, second son of the late Talbot Clifton, Esq., of Lytham, Lancashire, were solemnised on Tuesday. THE QUEEN has appointed Thomas Joseph Hutchinson, Esq., now Her Majesty's Consul in the territories on the western coast of Africa comprised within the Bight of Biafra, and lying between Cape Formosa and Cape St. John, to be also Her Majesty's Consul at Fernando Po. THE KING OF SARDINIA arrived at Turin on Tuesday night, and found at Susa the Prince of Carignano. The ministers and an immense crowd waited to receive the King at the rail way-station, and welcomed his majesty with the utmost enthusiasm. PARLIAMENTARY VACANCIES.—Mr. Rumbold retiring, the Hon. Col. Vereker intends offering himself for the representa tion of Great Yarmouth. The Hon. F. J. R. Villiers having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, Mr. P. W. Martin has com menced a canvass at Rochester on the Radical interest. The Conservatives intend bringing forward Mr. Henry Bodkin, the barrister. A change is likely to take place on the represen tation of North Staffordshire, by the contemplated resignation of Mr. Smith Child. Lord Sandon will be requested to offer himself, and if he should do so, his success, it is said, is certain. REIGNING SOVEREIGNS. — The " Court Calendar" of Gotha, for the year 1856, contains some statistics which may not be uninteresting. The oldest of the forty-eight sovereigns of Europe is the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, who is nearly 77 years of age ; the two youngest being the King of Portugal and the Duke of Parma, the former of whom is 18, and the later 7. The Prince of Schaumburg Lippe has reigned the greatest number of years, having taken the reins of govern ment in the last century while at the bottom of the list stands the Emperor of Russia, who, as is well known to all, mounted the throne in the present year. Six sovereigns are as yet unmarried, three are Nridowers, and one is divorced ; of the remaining 38, two have contracted morganatic marriages, viz., the King of Denmark and the Elector of Hesse. Of the heirs apparent and presumptive, 26 are sons, 2 daughters, 12 brothers, 3 uncles, and one cousin. The oldest of all the heirs presumptive is the heir of the Duke of Modena, who is 73 years of age. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPAlN.—General Falcon has been named Captain-General of Arragon, in the place of General Gurreo. The sale of the national property continues very actively. A royal decree sus pends the new elections for renewing the municipalities until the adoption of a law on the subject. The Gazette, of the Gth, says that the Government is aware that attempts were being made to 'create disturbances in Catalonia, but that it does not fear them. AUSTRIA. — Tbe Austrian army, except the corps in the Danubian Principalities, has been placed on a peace footing. A reduction is to be made of 80,000 men. - It is said that Count Corini, who is now at Vienna, will not return to Bucharest, but that the command in the Principalities will be conferred on another general. The export of horses, lead, salt petre, and sulphur to Russia and Turkey, with.the exception of the Principalities, has been prohibited. SWEDEN. — It is rumoured in Stockholm that preparations are about to be made to mobilize an army by the spring, of 60,000 men. This news may appear doubtful, but it expresses the public opinion on the subject. The mission of General Canrobert still remains the sole subject of conversation in the town and at eourt. Prince Charles, who is known to be one of the most zealous supporters of the Western Powers, bad a private interview with General Canrobert during his visit, at which no aide-de-camp or other person was present. There does not seem to be a doubt that Sweden will be compelled, in the event of war continuing, to side actively with the Allies. EXTRAORDINARY DESTRUCTION 0 F RUSSIA. A money panic is spreading through Russia. The new loan of 60 millions of roubles has been concluded at the price of 82, with 5 per cent. interest. A third part of it will be issued at Hamburgh, and the two others at Berlin and Am sterdam. At Moscow, at Nichin, and at Astrakan, the dealers' are refusing bank notes, and are hiding their money.—Accord ing to accounts from St. Petersburgh, the new levy in course of execution throughout almost the whole empire meets with considerable difficulties. In the districts bordering on Prussia, for instance, the greatest discontent is expressed. Every pro prietor who is called on to furnish 70 men is subjected—as each man is estimated to be worth 1,000 silver roubles—to a tribute of 70,000 roubles (the rouble is worth nearly 4f.), and to this must be added about 7,000 more in money, for the ex pense of the first equipment. Desertions are frequent, and the misery must be very severe to force men to adopt a step which is attended with such danger. The Imperial Bank of Odessa has suspended its payments, and is not alone in this condition. The same has taken place in other government establishments. When a person presents himself to demand cash for notes, the clerk inquires the object for so doing. If the person persists, he is then told that his application must be made known to the superior authorities before it can be complied with. This announcement, the meaning of which, in a country lik e Russia, is well known, is more that sufficient to dissuade even the most daring from making any further demand. The Russian Government has ordained that to facilitate payments from the State treasury, the normal proportion of bullion to be held by the Bank against notes in circulation shall be dismissed. It is feared that the payment of the in. terest of the public debt will be suspended. We also read as follows :—" Fourteen successive levies of recruits have withdrawn from the soil all the robust among the population, leaving in the villages none but the aged and infirm. A certain number of the latter have already been enrolled, and the remainder are threatened with in corporation." INDIA. _ _ _ The overland mail brings correspondence from Bombay to the 15th, and from Calcutta to the Bth ultimo. There is no. China mail by this arrival. The letter of the. Times' correspondent at Calcutta states that the Santal rebellion has not been subdued. The rebels are still in possession of Beerbhoom, and are committing great depredations. The Supreme Council has at last determined to act with vigour. "Martial law is to be immediately proclaimed. 6,000 troops are to be permanently added to the force stationed in Bengal. Half of them will be posted at Dinapore, Berham phore, and Barrackpore. The other half will be planted in the centre of the disturbed district. Meanwhile, Gen. Lloyd, with his force, is marching down the Grand Trunk-road, and sweeping the Santals southwards. General Bird's force, sta tioned at and about Raneegunge, will intercept their flight, and the savages, thus surrounded, must submit, or be exter minated. The cold weather has arrived, and the jungles can be entered. Meanwile, au act, even more stringent than the one applied to Malabar, will be passed for the Santals. The entire tribe will be condemned for ten years to work out their own subjugation. They will be required to open out by forced labour the whole of their country, to carry broad roads into the centre of their fastnesses, to clear the hill side of the jungle, and to build bridges over the infinity of creeks. Such a punishment, while it will live for ever in the history of the tribe, will effectually prevent a second revolt." The " religious war" in Oude is not ended. The fanatic Moulavie has about 3,000 followers, a number equal to the force collected by the Hindoos. He has declared himself an Imam, and has performed a trick, which he calls a miracle, in the sight of his troops. It consisted in filling an empty box with gold, and had the effect of exciting the avarice as well as the fanaticism of his soldiers. • Lord Dalhouise is on his way from Ootacamund to Rangoon, but he is not, however, expected in Calcutta for a month. The news of the fall of Sebastopol arrived in driblets, and created therefore no excitement. Indian society, moreover, is accustomed to battles and sieges, and does not feel inclined to scream over a loss of 2,000 men. JAPAN.—Letters from Hokadadi, dated Sep. 19, announces that on Sep. 3, two French frigates, forming part of the naval. expedition to the Kamschatka coasts, took possession, in the name of the Allied Powers, of the Isle of Ouroup, the centre of Russian commerce in the Kouriles Archipelago, and cap. tured a Russian cutter laden with furs of great value. The 'island has been christened the "Alliance." The old rules of the Japanese empire against intercourse with strangers, which have long since been relaxed for the English and Americans, hive now for the first time been made to bend in favour of the French flag. The Sibille, 50 gun frigate, on anchoring in the port of Hokadadi, was hospitably received by the local authorities. A Japanese temple was placed at the disposition of the Captain for the accommodation of his sick. Two French sailors who died were buried with all the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, amidst a crowd of natives, who looked on with no ill-natured curiosity. r A RUSSIAN FRIGATE. A CORRESPONDENT of the Times says :—I enclose you a translation of some notes taken by the Russian officer now on board us, descriptive of the effects of an earthquake which was felt at Simoda, during which the Russian frigate Diana was wrecked and lost. It is one of the most marvellous accounts I ever heard, and you will doubtless say the same. These poor fellows were captured by our squadron while trying to make their way to the river Amoor. - I can vouch for the truth of the account so far as this :—I wrote down the translation from the logbook of that ship ; and, from the officer's imperfect knowledge of our language, I - think it would be a work of too much trouble for him to attempt any deception, neither do I think he would be guilty of it. Extract from the letter of 5 n officer of Her Majesty's ship dated Nangasaki, Japan. September 29, 1855 :—On the 23rd of December, 1854, the Russian frigate Diana, lying in the Bay of Simoda, island of Niphon, experienced the shock of an earthquake, which eventually caused her total destruction. At 830 a.m. on the above day, being desirous of shifting their berth, they sent a boat to lay out a small anchor on the bow, and at 9.30 another anchor was laid out on the quarter. At 9.45 she was observed to shake very much for about a minute. At first they imagined her to be aground, but on sounding eight ,fathoms water were found round her. The day was beautifully fine and clear, the sky without a cloud, and the water perfectly calm ; nothing more was thought of the matter, and the duties of the ship were proceeded with. At 10 a.m., a large wave was noticed rolling into the bay, and the water on the beach very rapidly rising immersed the village of Simoda ; it appeared to them on board the frigate as if the village was sinking. A large Japanese junk was driven on shore with violence, but the frigate held to her anchors. The cutter and .captain's gig, which had been undergoing repairs on shore, were seen driving out to sea, and a boat was sent to pick them up, but about five minutes afterwards the water (now very muddy) was observed rushing out of the bay. The guns were now secured, lower deck ports closed, and hatches battened down, the boats recalled, and a large boat (pinnace or barge, probably) obliged to throw everything overboard, and make the best of her way to the frigate. The boats had barely time to fetch the ship when a second wave rolled into the bay ; this carried on shore all the boats that were afloat, and on its receding all the houses that had formed the village of Simoda were washed into the bay, covering the water with ruins of houses and wrecks of junks. The frigate now dragged her anchor, and the second bower anchor was let go, but the ship had not time to bring up when a third wave, larger and more impetuous than the preceding, came rolling in. At 10.15 the water again receded, and only one solitary build ing pointed out the site of the former village, and that was a Japanese temple, in process of being built. A column of smoke was observed on the side of the hill, but no one could see whence it came, while a strong sulphurous odour filled the atmosphere. After this the water advanced and receded so quickly that regular whirlpools were formed in the bay, causing the Japanese junks to whirl round very rapidly; the frigate also turned round, but her anchors only allowed her to describe three-quarters of a circle ; her motion, however, was so rapid that all on board became giddy. At 10.30 a large junk came with great violence against the starboard bow of the frigate, carrying away flying jibboom,jibboom, martingale, and swinging boom, and injuring the bow. Three men from the junk managed to scramble on board the frigate, but the other five refused to go, and in two minutes all went down alongside—the ship at the same time swinging violently. She was between two small islands—the one about three cables, the other half a cable's length from her. She continued this motion for about half an hour, and during this time must have made from 60 to 70 revolutions ; dragging her anchors all the time, and gradually approaching one of the islands. At 10.45 they let go another anchor, the ship at that time being so near the shore that the bowsprit was not above five feet from the rocks, and more than once officers and men raised their caps expecting instant death, but, as my informant sass, God would not have it so.' The ship was now at the mercy of the waves, all command of her was lost, and at one time she fell on her beam ends, so that it was impossible to stand on deck (probably she had touched a piece of rock), but from the gyration she made no shock was felt. This lasted for five minutes, when the water rose and she slipped off, tearing away rudder, half of sternpost, false keel, and a piece of keel 81 feet long, besides two planks • and before she righted she described the same circle several times. One of the midship guns broke adrift, and jumped across the two guns on the opposite side, killing one man and injuring four others. At twelve o'clock the current was less violent, and shores were got out and placed against the ship's side. At 12 30 the water again rushed t i o n . t=e fi i:y a :vie e i f l e . same impetuosity, swinging the ship This continued mt!ls,2blot, not so which time o s. n ho h re e s r heam ends five e carried away, the water rose and fell very rapidly ; in five were it would decrease from 23 feet to 3 feet, and at one g la h el time it was so low that all the anchors were visible above water. At three everything was still, and the ship in 22 feet water, making 22 inches every hour; around nothing could be seen but wrecks of junks and fragments of houses ; from the roof of one of the latter an old woman was taken, quite insensible. The whole of the day had been remarkably fine, the wind light, from 'N.E., the barometer stood the whole day at 29 87, and the thermometer 58 Fahrenheit. At 330 an attempt was made to clear the anchors, but they were so foul that it was late in the evening of the 24th before it was accomplished ; both bower anchors came up at once, bringing with them se veral Japanese anchors, quantities of clothes, a.large net, &c. The people on shore stated the loss of life among the Japanese amounted to 300. On the 25th, a boat was sent to endeavour to discover the rudder, false keel, Sze., and the latter was about half a mile inland, together with the admiral's barge. In the after noon they visited the shore, and so complete had been the de struction that it was impossible to 'find a trace of the town. When they were about to return to the ship the water again began to flow and recede; at one time the boat would he high and dry, and then far out in deep water; after much difficulty they succeeded in getting on board. A kedge was laid out from the frigate to haul her into deep water, and she began to swing as before. At one time there was only one fathom of. water alongside. A large junk was driven two miles inland. They remained at Simoda until the 12th of January, but, not finding a convenient place to heave the frigate down for repairs, they attempted with a false rudder to go round to Tortoise Bay, about 30 miles. She went very well before the wind, but when they attempted to beat into the bay, she became totally unmanageable, would neither stay nor wear ; all sails were furled, and they allowed her to drive, and though near the land no bottom could be found. At last the leads man gave nine fathoms, and the anchors were immediately let go, she being at this time not more than five fathoms from the shore. _ _ _ _ JAN. 15.—The pumps were insufficient to keep her clear, and it was agreed to desert the ship, which was done. On the 16th a rope was made fast from the ship to the shore, down which the men slid, as no boat could live on account of the surf. JAN. 17.—There were six feet•of water on her lower deck, and an attempt was made to save the stores,&c.; but nothing was rescued. _ _ _ JAN. 18.—The Japanese sent 300 boats to tow the frigate up the bay, a distance of five miles ; the whole of her white streak was then under water, but when they had towed her about 31 miles the wind freshened and they deserted her; in about ten minutes afterwards the frigate gave one lurch, righted for a moment, and disappeared with everything on board—guns, ammunition, stores, &c. The place was after wards sounded, but no bottom could be obtained at 1,000 fathoms. THERE is a story told of Madame Catilani, that when a lady by the banks of the Lake of Como was drawing an invi dious contrast between the English and Italian climates, the pride of the opera put her hand in her pocket, drew forth an English sovereign, and said, " Ah, my dear, behold the true golden sun of England : it will shine under any sky." WHEAT SOWING.—Under the present aspect of affairs it is with no ordinary satisfaction that we note the almost comple tion of wheat sowing with favourable, circumstances ; the breadth, we learn, being as extensive as prudence and legal limitation will allow in England; while in the south of Ire land this is reported beyond precedent. In early-sown places, where the plant is up, it has a vigorous and promising look, and, with the blessing of a forward season, there will be a proportionate diminution of anxiety as to the holding out of present stocks and foreign supplies.—Mark. Lane Express. A FORTIINE-TELLER.—At Bow-street police-office, London, on Tuesday, Ellen Sheridan was committed to prison for defraud ing several persons of sums of money, articles of wearing apparel, &c., in the pursuit of her occupation as a fortune teller. The evidence proved her to be an adept in her art. In the cases against her, it was proved that, from a sovereign to a shilling, from a neck=tie to a top-coat, nothing was amiss in the way of spoil, which she carried away from her unconscious victims. Holy water, whiskey, blessed candles, XX porter, salt, brandy, and prayers, formed the course of medicine, never forgetting, however, to have her hand crossed with a piece of silver, or a scrap of " solid gold," procured to effectu ate the radical cure of each particular patient. THE BIIRDON SLOW. POISONING CASE was brought to a close on Tuesday, at Durham, after four days' investigation, when the jury, after a deliberation of ten minutes, arrived at a verdict of "Not guilty" as against Joseph Snaith Wooler, who stood indicted for the wilful murder of his wife by ad ministration of small doses of arsenic, which were undoubt edly the cause of death. The evidence at first turned with suspicion against the prisoner, but there appeared no motive for the crime, and anything like positive proof was wanting. The judge, Mr. Baron Martin, summed up for an acquittal in the most peremptory terms. The last words of his charge to the jury are—" It is for you to say whether you can safely come to the conclusion that the prisoner administered the arsenic. I may observe that if I were to make a surmise, there is a person upon whom my fancy would rest rather than the prisoner." After the verdict had been delivered, Mr. Baron Martin observed that he would have interfered at an earlier stage of the trial—that is, he would have stopped the case ; but he thought, upon the whole, it would be more sa tisfactory that it should be fully heard. The Times says the following ten names exhaust the list of persons about Mrs. Wooler during her last illness. Her husband; her brother; her sister, Miss Brecknell ; a maid-servant, Ann Taylor • the three medical men, Dr. Jackson, Mr. Henzell, his assistant,: and Dr. Haslewood ; a clergyman, the Rev. Robert Simpson ; and two ladies, Miss Middleton and Miss Lanchester. And of these it would be preposterous to presume that many of them had either the opportunity or the will to do her injury. On the other hand, Mr. Wooler had lived long and happily with his wife ; he had no motive for desiring her death ; he attended her during her illness with the most affectionate anxiety; he called in her friends, he summoned medical men, and then another phySician of yet higher name, to attend the case ; when the suggestion of poison was thrown out, it was he him self who urged an investigation. Another and a very re markable point is this :—As early as the 7th of June, Dr. Jack son said that he suspected poison ; • but• he took no step such as any reasonable man should have adopted who was answer able for his patient's life. He even concealed his suspicions from Dr. Haslewood. "The conduct of the medical wit nesses," said Mr. Baron Marin, "as detailed by themselves, was reprehensible." The indignation of the public will sup ply a harsher term. Thus, then, for the present the case must remain enveloped in yet deeper mystery from the very fact of Mr. Wooler's clear acquittal. The concluding words of the judge must not, however, be forgotten. Suspicion rests upon another person whom we do net think ourselves justified in naming at this stage of the proceedings ; but these words were not spoken to idle ears. This is, upon the whole, one of the most remarkable cases in our criminal records, both from the circumstances and manner of the murder and from the mystery which yet surrounds it. r~ EDECEMBER 18, CHESHIRE ATI) Tr JoirN NICKLING has been committed a on the charge of having, at Dunkenfi , Dunkerley. The wounded man is in Both the men were intoxicated when the ON MONDAY, last week, the third lect being delivered in connection with the Debating Society was given at the Crave' T. D. Barry, illustrated by dissolving vii sided, and there was a good attendance. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWA the week ended December 9th, 1855, w sengers, parcels, &c.,£1,994 17s. 11d.; steal goods, £2,525 18s. 5d.; total, including £4,804 4s. Od. Corresponding week las , parcels, &c., £1,730 19s. Ild. ; steam-boats; £2,42015. Bd.; total, including Carnarvon Increase, £362 3s. 3d. BODY FouND.—On Friday, a boy 21 covered the body of a man floating in tl Float. The deceased was attired in a (11) cloth waistcoat, and two pair of corduroy 1 which was in a very decomposed state, w; in the neighbourhood to await the corone the day the body was identified to be ti Gardiner, who has been missing for two ASSISTANT OVERSEER OF BIRRENIIR the vacant office of assistant overseer place on Monday, last week, at the Town been demanded on behalf of Mr. Shillifir come forward, and the contest lay betwi and Mr, Rigg. At twelve o'clock the foi whilst the latter had only received 64 vote was therefore elected assistant oversee; TILE QUEEN OF THE WEST.—This fink burden, which was wrecked some month. harne Sands, off the coast of Carmart thoroughly repaired. She was got off by docked at Llanelly, where £3,000 have pairs. She is once more an efficient vt property of Messrs. Johnson and 3fajg) purchased her from the former owners, Co. She has been sent to Cardiff to be with iron for New Orleans. THE GREAT TRUYR RAILWAY OF CA received a further development, by the ope , the line, 125 miles in length, between Mo , This interesting event took place on 1 amidst appropriate rejoicings. This lint rich district, and presents several feat credit upon the engineering skill of thi Peto, Brassey, Betts, and Jackson, pa, bridge across the Ottawa, which is little designed to span the St. Lawrence. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BIRKENHEAD , noon, John Gemmill, an engine fitter, tannia Iron Works, Birkenhead, was engai casting in the yard of that establishme , overbalanced itself and fell over, crushing machine which stood behind him. He dent a violent fracture of the spine and which resulted in his death four hours aft pital in Hamilton-street, internal hemor diately ensued. The deceased was 40 left a wife and two children. DEATH FROM INHALING CHLOROPO: stant, an inquest was held at Rhoslan, Ca. body of John W. Jones, 22 years of age, William Jones, Rhoslan. The deceased been for some time at his father's house As his rest was irregular and uncertain, been in the habit of inhaling chloroform. him sleep, which practice he was repeal medical attendant and parents to aban , morning, the 29th ult., he was found dead his mouth a silk handkerchief in which taken.—The jury returned ' a verdict of tiously usinichioroform."—Chester Cow MEETING AT OXTON.—There was a bitants of the township of Oxton-hill on requisition presented to the overseers of ship, to express their "feelings of alarm additions which will be made to the local mation with Liverpool, and to " take the against the same." The meeting was I Arms Hotel, and amongst those presen Edwards, Messrs. Henderson, Rowland, Th Al e l thelleair o f T B a e 3 n lo a r n , iin Na s s p h r , o a u n le d , o C v l e o r u s g e e h r .. r es amalgamation were carried unaniraouslP IRlsu Cuußcu MISSIO N —A m eeting the Irish Church Missionary. Society w as last week, in the Argyle-rooms Birkenhc the Rev. A. K nox . The chairmani & Ores , some length upon the Scriptural darkn l amongst the Irish, and said he knew, fro? tion, that no people were more anxious to was kept from them by the Romish priest the Irish. And it was his firm belief th allowed to be freely circulated, in fifty become a truly Protestant country, and be Papacy gained a footing in it —" the Ir Rev. H. Owen next addressed the meeting, from the Parent Society. He described labours of this slociety in Ireland, partir where, although not on so large a scab the operations of the society were progress Other gentlemen addressed the meeting; terminated after a collection in aid of the nous' SALE OF PRIME BEEF, Svc.-' Then • f 7 and agricultural produce, the Pro Per ol land, near the Sutton station, on the 15 . : et Railway, took place on Tuesday, 3 1 e ss `, acting as auctioneers. There was a lar qi, from Liverpool, Birkenhead, &c• The tl exceedingly choice and more numer ous It embraced between thirty and fortY prime condition, some of them being weights, three enormous-sized bulls, abut heifers, and upwards of two hundred prim viot breed. Besides the lire stock, two tl potatoes were offered for competition, and ceedingly spirited- The different lots wel extreme present market rates, it being purchases were chiefly on account of Liverpoa dealers. The cows and heifers were equally bulls and a buffalo ox also excited um& sheep, which were sold in lots of ten each: per lb. The potatoes fetched extreme pri4 be of excellent quality. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT TR dent occurred shortly after six o'clock on at the Tranmere. station of the Birkenh Cheshire Junction Railway Company, death of Mr. John Blaylock, aged 70 left his residence in Queen-street, Trannl a.m., for the purpose of proceeding by attend the funeral of a friend. Finding' side of the station open, he got upon serving the station-master, he was in the east side, when the quarter-past si: was going at the rate of 15 miles an ha left buffer struck him on the head, tin upon the line. The accident was perceivk the driver immediately shut off the steam engine. Mr. Blaylock was found on tl removed into the station-house, where if head was much shattered, his left arm and his hip injured. Mr. Roper, surge(» attendance, but his exertions were of no tunate gentleman was dead. An inquel nesday, at the Railway Inn, St. Pau; Churton. Mr. Win. Williams, the statiot he ought to have been at the station a before the arrival of the train, bat he had and that he ought to have had a red lig' the driver that he was to stop the train ; also were to lock the gates every night, evening he had left them unlocked for t: passengers by the mail train who might Tranmere. The jury found a verdict of m) Mr. Williams, who was committed for trw IRELAND Foes regiments of Irish Militia (thk common, and another) are under orders to Ox Thursday, the Bank of Ireland df 41 per cent., free of income tax, for t being added to the rest. MEATHELEcTrow.—Tbe following ; vere the final close of the poll :--M`Evoy, Majority for M'Evoy, 740. Wain have been issued for electing a land, to succeed to the vacancy made by Viscount De Vesci, bearing teste the Ist INCENDIARISM and other agrarian s:h fearfully common in the districts of K have been disgraced by the assassination the attempts to murder Messrs. Beecham The government has caused several seam made amongst the small farmers and tnrbed 'baronies. THE IRISH CHURCIL—The Limerick , death of the Ven. Archdeacon Warburtt Bishop of Cloyne. By his demise the reel in the diocese of Limerick, the archdeacoi gift of the bishop of that diocese, and t town, in the gift of the Bishop of Cork, deceased dignitary was in his 75th year. BANE OF IRELAND.—A general court held on Thursday, when the Governor ant paying the income-tax on the proprietors' of the whole establishment, there would I the rest fund a sum of £15,000. The adopted, it was further announced that the rest fund was now £1,144,000. The for the holders of bank stock was 41 per MURDER IN MAro.—A shocking m with robbery, was perpetrated near to 113 miles from Castlebar, on Monday even farmer in comfortable circumstances, proceeded to Westport to make sale of s! turning home, and when within a s, dwelling, he was waylaid and murdered , rifled of what money he had about him belief that plunder was the object that of the foul deed. The Irish government of £lOO for the apprehension of the InT Telegraph. TUB LABOUR MARKET.—The followi , a Belfast commercial letter,published in t, —"The most satisfactory state of affairs many other parts of Ireland, is the steady Manufacturing industry gives employmeill and tens of thousands of hands, and this wages. In the country districts farm la work, and, except the present state of I some degree set aside outdoor labour, there that during the entire season all men find a ready market for their labour. Tb, , , already sown in .the counties of Antrim , 1 ,. is in excess of that of any year since 1 84 " received for wheat by our home farmers, improvements effected in the cultivatioi given it a peculiar popularity, and we may autumn of 1856 the most extensive breadt seen under wheat in this country." dark-blueti 1... ha eme d. 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Mr. .Q of man, .i, Tbe trad e il ls , P now &Y. — i, , 5 , • tl i i L., an p a 1 sals.haseafZx%ll7 : 5t4 . ais t. , the r , Lig Carnal's: „ e , of t ins t. , at Sou it year : I S a l., ith! .llB, son a . 5, £290195• t ,i i 4. inst. , at I II( 'traffic, £4,' Fli n t , o f , vy ' kt-h ovl r tro u ser s . ms ',15t1 8 ,? 4 . vas removed I . 44Inst., at 1 er's incltiot• a , 'lltf,". Preston, I hituost. ~ sinrts.hß.. :4°ll or three ree l " 'l4 . gAD.---Tbe C-. 4 ,i, .04. ,at ...-1 • of Birkenhn ,',lth i.s n-hall. Tb e P 9 'd ' til ls "st" the ' tglaw, but be w o r , li. i ns , -road resti g r . 310V e d ,ta r L, at D. had pP (Itt, ne s t' of a t d 'comer nt ge / tes. 7,1 r. 3/0 . , ee, ~, at • f B i r loo , ' &at h tsq., civil er o ~500 i ot a -11st, the v le vessel, o,ll e Ati, . 8 0n. hs sinchei:e 1 05. t er : 4 st, at Fa rthens , _.,; 0 0. , . , Y great eserwi., been esPoProf Pet Ais v er , vessel, 3 1 ' - el! Cr 8 Roman ..,. L i r e .4 , 4 S„i l: . C or, or ~.scr3 k a - ,,, N an, L i Messrs. -,; 11' 'Wary A., sec Et toppere. • hi limorane, I, 4 , cu1,,t,., at St, , A I,3's'' A' ' z" , of 11 , 'A IcA " D fa 4° is town, t he 0 - d ,, ,c.sq barrister to S. the 1, 6th ....1.0,! Ai l • , Esq., of lontreal o T 3 ove l '' ~11:.tnti3'1,,it.n,aetstst tll I nSt ine POO tio p r i te ,at Col, tures rege c )1' ,;'<,lehellisead, to i n ferior in 5 iN11„ lander T; ,cm Sat t th e 1' list., at St iged wor.-7-ttee`:'- e t when 4 . , ti , atherine Ht ig the nbyt.lie „ Darfrllagsrari ai3a'',.'i t t . ii nst Towers,. aEti" this C , ) i eslyot:lllet:harPtreals:re:::edil'we:l3lll:esel_.orget:::gitl;,e: 4lisitev. m . 4 , e 1 4 '''of . ire, assist( 83i.-00,,, ite ,cs 1., ( n ostherne :7arnarvons",„o of ' l 4t e r Willian' ag.e, Oa .", 0' '. 4 ltv , v. T. 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