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

~j n~ U I'T~~~ !ar ChiP 3 3U I'd, abolorvi . _ Nhitecbg!, 7thoiolve" 0 , SOO Paul's,Ofe ts, Term' f St. ngtree , aei s CLoP el. e. gerejt`i Gret h , re l'' nbiSije, ~inLs H oe° . r e' i b sV ilo Wsto o, , eek] , t° urcb , (IC to' with•Or for the 131 racy 1)f 5' - see nesr - rt• ose, Se y gall° genrf 96 'oil' uilil r ing c sogio t, o . l' l l l oalf, of rebs tsTe l3° ' ' , I 9 iP A P use- 4 , Chti r 'd , e it t at tV'Sg# ben eneeo bbisbe j a d pre' LB 4l, b 1 the ir ' o der , Pt" DECEMBER 4, 1855.] LOCAL rNTELLIGENCR. SN'OR'E DINNER —On Thursday, the Mayor, John tce o ,.'" , Esq.. gave his first banquet, at the Town Hall. In dance with custom, the guests comprised the members le.srle council and the dock committee, a large number of ''ona were present. lentertainment given last week by Mr. Charles Hind t;: Xl'. for Ashton-under-Lyne, tot he Mayor and Corpo tlon of that borough, he mentioned as a curious coincidence tit Lthe present Mayor of Ashton was his nephew, the Mayor ii.4anchester his brother-in-law, and the Mayor of Wigan BETTELEY'S patent iron for ships' knees was, on 1,1 4 "„"Y, tested under the supervision of a commission from 14' 4 • Very severe trials, conducted with extreme cthe 44 , bars against which it was tested, establishing to the 4t'sfaction 'of all present, the important fact, in addition to d.lr advantages, that it possesses in an eminent degree the llable quality of superior strength. Ce a t rt PLAGRATION.—On Thursday morning, at six o'clock, a 11 4 w as discovered in the shop of Mr. John Lawrence, Great $ G W as Th e f am ily h a d a very narrow escape from ti: tr netion. The premises were full of smoke, and on the ebeing broken into, the inmates were found to be asleep. k i e, are brigades were in prompt attendance, and soon extin- I N led the flames. The shop was completely gutted, but the :ad not extend to any other part of the building. 41 1 , ) , I tArirs PROM EXCESSIVE DRINICING.—Inquests were Of e,,: 0 0 Thursday on two men whose deaths were caused by 2sive drinking. James Estlin, a dock labourer, 45 years t' 35 residing in Thomas-street, was taken ill on Tuesday tiq ht, and burst a blood-vessel, from the effects of which he atati °n Wednesday Wednesday morning. Edward Green, a cotton porter, ad d °() years, residing in No. 19 Court, Frederick-street, died Ita' e n l 3 , on Wednesday morning. The verdict in each case ➢ ' that death had resulted from natural causes accelerated oinking. 4 , tatt-Boar Race.—A fortnight ago, the Mona's Queen b Vannin, Isle of Man steamers, had a trial of speed fite e en this port and Douglas. The Mona's Queen ran the 0 4 1 1 a.ee in nine minutes less dine thn the Ellen Vannin. ta,,:i v ednesday last the two boats had a another race. They c , d from the Landing-stage, the Mona's Queen two-thirds ta d ahead ; the Ellen Vannin soon began to lead, reached Douglas twelve minutes before her competitor. la t Veft Liverpool at ten minutes after nine o'clock, and the %a F t reached Douglas at 2 35 p.m. ,Vel n ata--A fire broke out on Wednesday night, about nine ettil d `s, in the office , of Messrs. E. Busch and Co., Barned's -4441,41ga, Sweeting-street. Te oce is upon the top storey. tale '"e room in which the fire o rig inated was the sample and ta d l. °oln. Mr. Hewitt and his firemen were in prompt at aad together with the West of England fire-brigade, tai,'e place having been deluged with water, the fire was ta,, 4ll lslted with comparatively little damage, and that only qt t ' nooring and fixtures. The premises are insured in the he i k r Peol and London office, and belong to Mr. Barned, the 4 Txx t b .„ TUNCE OF MAGISTRATES AT THE POLICE-COURT.-- b ; e rons complaints have been made of late relative to the r ,`"`elent attendance of the borough magistrates at the Po tle;.`1111:, t, and on Friday a case occurred which excited von- Na"`Ze annoyance to several gentlemen. They were sum elta co appear at the court at 12 -o'clock, to answes: some 'olo:l:nations relative to the smoke nuisance, preferred against lat,,by the s an it ar y au th o rities. As there was only'ene ma atai,7a on the bench, they were obliged to wait more than an aki,a but though several messengers were sent out, aio second tbia,lstrate could be c lime ured, and the informations were fed t o be adjourne till Wednesday next, (to-morrow). klA t , DERBY GUARDIANS.—The present at the ;4e,, 1 6 on Wednesday were—Rev. Wm. Badnall, chairman ; lied s• Harris on, Edwards, Lunt, Mountfield,'thddeley, Pitts, (4t-'4l; Abrahams, Balshaw, Roberts, 'Ledger, Whitby, 1 4 , Shaw and Birch.' The balancevin hand was found to 1a, 4 _, ,6 22 195. , 9d. It was resolved that Ilar. Nevins be re to h e 'tq to transfer such of 'the - sick poor of 'the Workhouse ~aay deem advisable, notto exceedfifty at any one time, ~eekr were in Hospital. The paupers relieved during the last in-dooe, :77 k -out-door, 3,245: total, 4,016, aa; an increase of '6B In-door andl7B aiut-door, - being a ?ncrease of 241, :as :compared 'with the corre s po n di ng - ` 44 last year. „ Monday, last week, a' number of omen c onnec t e d wi th ,tl e 4 'ubin g f un d o f - -ft. Paul's, :PiTnee's-park, p resented rilh.„ ll l t l Y-bound churkih'services to Mrs. Grantham and Miss t'Ortr?!lgh; and - to Mrs. Grantham, in addition, an elegant tt 'tan) i n a c knowledgment of their ;kindness in attending kix week to receive 'their littl e savi ngs . E ac h ar ti c l e h a d t hel ) ProPriate inscription. The Rev. Dr. M`N e il e ex p r e s sed ta,eelinge of 'the contributors toward s th e ladies for their aarearied attention.—Mrs. Grantham then said she had been %Jed to present Dr. M`Neile with :a gol d pe n cil-ca g e , L` en of their est e e m f or h i m as ' the fo under of this len as afit a . ta 4 ards of .200'faistilies receive benefit from this excellent 01 LANCASTER'S OWN EIPLES.--The general Va. "IlltoF.. lll ‘6ootland ( Lord 'Melville) recently inspected ei et ' 80 te u ° c Tlaticaster's . Own Rill • es,sta . tioned at Glaagew, and th e , CY, fl izt .' l ,_ Pleased with the i r aiaartial . appearance and effi th; , t .egire„,,felook, for a considerable time, the command of ~„'"",,• After having manoeuvred them, he declared to Batt 1 f a g Pry Sir Thomas lieketh, Bart., and the (Accra, TO Proud to say the regiment was unequalledin Scot -4-0 teen were principally stal, recruited th from here. „A k . :l4 aa:no iv quite f u ll ; but as ey are darllyaexpec The t 'NI, stento volunteer intothe line, and most a them are 4,1421.4 'serve, as large numberflhave previously done;Captain l tltts o !Oval. mew enrol men-standing not less than/five feet ;6 41 ' 4 'Z' ACCIDENT AT TRE \WALTON GA0L.—.11304 nine on the evening of the 22nd September„ , Elisabeth n twetity-nine years of age, one of the under-warders at N w „--gael at Walton, was sent by, the storekeeper for some lal ( o , aes. It being the drat. day of the occupation of the si t s,; ll g,'the young woman was inot acquainted witlinthe pre -4,k5,,,,3'aad instead of unlocking the proper celldoar, she i" l :the adjoining one, which leads into a large shaft, ex- Oliarrom the top to the' , bottom of the biding, and it 11V 44 -'slie fell to the bottom, of the shaft, .a distance of I Neet. Her screams attracted attention, mid-She was liar . .. le ft ancle was fractured in two places,:and she cN l ,7sed all over the body. -Strange to say, she !lingered t Ttaa'sPital until Tuesday last, when she expired. At the L t 1t 4 , 1 ,7 the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental :death," IL.,'ed -a presentment, to the effect that hey regretted aNaCt,,deceased had not been -made acquainted With - the po koted;:; the shaft, and recommending that all the officers a) „°e--well acquainted witir - the premises beforeeantering l a d lteir d u ti es , an d th a t 'th e d oor l ea di ng t o t h e s h aft kt kty . 6 e, padlocked, and the gover nor on ly p erm itt e d l t o have R ~ _ of ENGLA.ND INETITUTION.—This institution, °Er k r Od tristence of some years in this town, has 'been dik4s '. -an address has been;placed by the diractors in the ,°I , Itc members.- It appears the expenditeremas too Pr" the conductors of the institution, and an increased sascription having failed-to redeem the financial po raro„.of 'the institution, its tifilirs were finally wound up, aaurall balance in the treasurer's hands. It appears, iTtk frora this report, that during the year efforts 'hare I ' 4in a 4 e in amalgamate the March of England Institution, 11 qay School Institution,.and the Young Men'sCharizttian hNI4 N 44 013,1ant the result was -net favourable. E v ent ua lly t !reh of England Institution, entered into are arrange t"e t w "ltt , the Young Men's Christian Association, lay ,tinieh ,„° societies were united together, to be known by the Q t a t.l ` , the 'Young Men's Christian Association, and to aneet tea e premises in Renshaw-Arent, which are to heiimme -1444,, imidea.. 11‘47 1 ZZ,, PM OP TENANTS.—At the County Court, en Nona._' 4 11 ". N. tk bt, Messrs. Halhead sad LortLfued Mr. John Major ,to St pe l eie t '@6 ,ces., the value of tertgin- water taps and ,other a,,et had been stolen froen,a house in Bertheley 44e;property of the plaivatiffs,;bat lately in the defend °oeupation. The defendant had deserted the house, Vd _'the windows open, through 'Which persons got 2008 Sr ' 4 l . ""e IlwaY The taps ;the water flooded, and did co/milder fca%daztlige t4l the property- inepeotion, the house was greatly aut of and an .expanditur e of £35 tlkeq einttiqg it i g o od repair hut the present claim was i l ta e e Si,}ray -for the value of the taps ;.and Ain- other property tkk,, ll . It was purged on behalf of the adefeudant that the 4 R I , e was in•co uence of thelatadlordferait having attended la th e notices milich had been sent in to them, and hence the trigs; and Haynie further urged that arif important witness t la oat of WWII. - The Judge: " I shall give, a verdict for the P e tiir s for a 6a., and if Mr. Majo* r haaaaything to offer Ply, he mustdo so under affidavit." ae u ti_-a.nerosaike „en]) ARC N2SOLOGOCA;L SOCIETY.—At the 1 4 , 4 t, gof this Society on Wednesday, Mr. Hay, the Presi ‘avi °Cell Pied the „outie. Mr. Frank Howard showed a ng of the 'transparency in stained Blase ,which he has fined for St.. George's Hall, (the finding ,of the 'body of N(I on the b att le-field of Hastings,) andreaplained the Nl:ilea which he :thought should be adopted ,in app lying . glass decorations to clas si cal 'buildings. 'He - ob j ected SCted h7ti. employment of geometrical figures in 'large designs, l ''Pe,'`te he considered they would divide the space-to be filled Spit° small parts, and ,render the general design alharmo ,,, with the style of 'the building. He argued -that the e l ta it figure was best adapted for such purpose, from-the va aa f attitudes in which 'it could be portrayed, and this has illustrated in the design alluded to. Mr. Huggins atone ex t rac t s from hisaoaper at the last meeting, 'The aps e t tr' tune of the Fa a ntle, 'rind exhibited dmwingsapavlich t; 4 , 144: embodied his ideas. ale paper of the `Thenvening was ead by Mr. J. M. Hay, its title being l!iet:ee, or whether we are tight or wrong in following 4,.`'01.,, i '_0f Styles," Mr. J. Hay said his paper was written t ?le,e had read Mr. Huggins's paper, and, in a few lupple kiai,;7 anmarks, lie expressed lain general concurrence in • that f 7; 4 , Lliates views. He certainly-thought it would be to the itkta, -4 Re of art to drop these peouliar features, especially the 4, 1 6 " e atable ones, in order that a firmer and more universal L-4' architecture might mark the present age as an era in k l ,,,°rY of art. Mr. Hay received the thanks of the meet the discussion which followed, the general opinion tO be in favour of the views he had promulgated. Qt t k i , , s ' 4ll ON TRH PRESTON AND ICuNDAL CAN AL .—The t k r` Made by Mr. Rawcliffe (the spirited agent to the Earl rres in this town) to introduce steam on the canal be- Na'reston and Kendal, has answered the expectations a7a'„, of it. A aerew-boat is now at work ; the engine, 1, 7 4p,`, 0 -horse power, having two eight-inch cylinders, and fit y ang but little epace on board, is placed in one boat, and t hcal INCaer s are attae behind, forming what might be called §ut obs rain. The quantity of coal conveyed each trip is about ji oh ga, loaded in the five boats, and a speed of two mil es baev: l ‘.,.ls maintained- This speed might be increased, we s aa uad the depth of water in the canal permit it ; but at Vte c iatt . the greater speed is attempted, a swell of water is do In front of the boat, reducing the level of the canal at so much as to cause the boat to scrape the bottom. yi; (4 . l . system one horse dragged a boat of from 40 to 45 ,Vit l :td, en at a rate of one mile and a-quarter per hour. Pi n h e last fortnight an extra new iron boat, capable of 'Os e o/ tons, has been attached to those previously towed ‘tca i , (making the five now used), and with this very t ‘hp - o ' e 'ultional weight it has only made a difference in speed ta P a a :quarters of an hour per day, and the addition of this h k eiD ti e ,l,ght has consequently retarded the boats almost im tbeesem,l• A new iron boat has just been built for the same t e a. 4,L 0 be worked by steam power. She is a twin paddle- Vka i awo boats, each 60 feet long, have one central paddle :bsbetween tfiem, and this arrangement prevents the ti l , s3 lst e :ell which the ordinary river paddle-boats create. ,ktl t N",,,, t n i er has already been tried on the canal, and is fo un d Nt,' 4 ,ed 7 leas power to do the same work than the screw boat ' ite s ,'?, above. These experiments, combined with th e p' ataTuu of iron for wood in the construction of the boats, eato,,tiejaior feature in the history of canal navigation.— THE leading licensed victuallers of this town have it in contemplation to present Mr. Henry Danson with a testimo nial. STEALING Tin—Joseph Roberts was sent to prison on Friday, for 14 days, for stealing half a hundredweight of tin from the warehouses of Messrs. J. L. Cox and Co., in Bruns wick-street. SAD OCCUERENCE.—On Friday, a porter, named Samuel Lemeuoc, residing in Lower Tranmere, was so severely crushed between a tea-van and the wall in Oldhall-street, that he shortly afterwards died. WE understand that the board of directors of the Me chanics' Institution, in Mount-street, have determined to re commend to its members, at the next annual meeting, that its present name be changed to that of "The Liverpool Poly technic Institution." ON Tuesday, a very successful soiree, in connexion with the early closing movement, was held in the Corn Exchange Assembly-room, Preston. Mr. Joseph Livesey presided. A petition was produced at the meeting for the early closing of those shops the proprietons of which have not yet joined the movement. A DEPUTATION from the committee for the restoration of Poland waited upon the Mayor, with respect to the contem ptated meeting, and, though the Mayor declined to take the chair, he fully acknowledged the importance of the proposition emanating from men of every political grade, and promised to support the application for the use of St. George's-hall. It is stated that the meeting will shortly be held. Da. WELSBY, of Prescot, a gentleman in extensive practice, and well known in the neighbourhood, died on Tuesday, from the effects of a serious accident which he met with on Wed nesday week, near Rainhill station. He was about to return from Rainhill to Huyton, when, in attempting to get upon the train, he missed his footing and fell down. One of his legs coming under a carriage wheel, it was shattered near the ankle in a frightful manner. The sufferer received prompt surgical assistance, but the injury was of so dangerous a character,' that' it terminated fatally. THE HIMA.LAYA. BEATEN.—The Cunard screw steam transport Jura, Captain Wickham, which left Balaklavaon the 15th ult., arrived in Plymouth Sound on Thursday morn ing. Excluding 60 hours of coaling, the passage was made in 13 days and six hours. The Jura was only 23 hours and 20 minutes from the anchorage at Balaklaia to the anchorage at Constantinople—the fastest passage known. In going from Constantinople to Balaklava some ten days previous, she is said to have beaten the screw steamship Himalaya, which sailed one hour and a half before, and arrived half an hour after the aura. THE MANCHESTER Tonseour.—The strike continues, but has net extended, though some few additional vrorkpeople have been thrown out of employment through the strike. The people on strike walked through the streets of the town on Monday and Tuesday, to the number' of 600 or 800, men and women, and with men at their head carrying boxes and books for contributions. These persons entered shops and houses on either side the route of the processsion, and re quested subscriptions, and appeared to be rather successful in their object, though the amounts given were generally small. The committee appointed by the workppople on strike have issued an answer to the address of their employers. They deny the statement that wages are lower in other towns than in Manchester. A MystErions CASE.—An inquest was held on Thurs day on the body of Thomas Byrne, a shoemaker, aged 40, who resided in No. 7 Court, Blackstock-street. On Saturday night the deceased, after leaving his work, went to a whisky cellar in Great Howard-street, kept by a barber named Kelly, where he got drunk, and was subsequently found lying in Chadwiek-street, by police-ofiker Lowry he was insensible from drinking, and when discovered it was about two o'clock on Sunday morning. Lowry, having 'obtained the assistance of another officer, took the deceased to the north dool: bride well, ;where he was booked " Drunk, and for safety." The same morning he was removed to*the main bridewell, and on Monday brought before the magistrates and ellscharged. When he got home he complained of illness, and said he had been in bridewell ; that he was nearly killed, hiving been " maciated" and his ears pulled. Being asked whether it was the police who had abused him, he said he did not recollect. Ile went to bed, and about noon on Tuesday a dispensary -surgeon visited him. At that time be was insensible ; and 'though he afterwards slightly recovered, he died On Tuesday 'night, hii last words being,'" They have killed me." The 'keeper of the north bridewell stated that when brought there he observed no marks of -violence on the deeeased, neither did he complain of having been ill-used. The keeper of the main bridewell gave similar - teAtimony, and added that the deceased never made any complaint of ill-usage dt. the bridewell or before the magistrates. Tice jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from inflammation of the membranes of the brain, but how produced there was no evidence to show. Kelly, the barber, was cautioned by theecoroner that he would. put the excise officer upon his track. HEALTH Coramllitss.—Mr. Alderman Dover presided tt the weekly meeting ofthe Health Committee, which was hold on Thursday, when `the medical officer reported that is the 2 , Veyng b w o e r e o k ug e h ndi vatim ug 8 4z atulast the deaths registered in - the 15 more than the corrected average of the same week-of the preceding seven years. Ofthese, 168 deaths occurred in the parish ; and 77 in the outltoWn shipe. The scarlatina epidemic tits somewhat abated in :Tox teth-park, but .has `become more prevalent in Other districts of the town, 'the total deaths from this cause having been the same in number as in the previous week, namely, 40. zymotic diseases 'there were 4C deaths, of which from the hooping cough there were 12, ';measles, 11, typhus 7, small pox 2. One wink and six infants died from syphilis, a greater nuiriber than have been recorded in arty. previous week ; 65 deaths were caused by diseases of the lungs, more than in any week of the preceding five months. The atten tion of the .coinnaee was called by a letter to the practice of certain tradesman who adveKised their business by cutting; their name, &c., on the street flags. The committee depre cated the practiee, as being against the local regulations, and decided that it -should not he allowed. A conversation took place upon a-question raisediby Mr. Shell as to the necessity of having thelpablic business transacted in some 'building more central than the establishment in Cornwallis-street. He contended thatthe inhabitants were subjected to.great incon venience by diacing to' travel so far out of , :their way to pay rates, ire., and that much time was lost by.the officials in going backwards and forwards between the Town-hall and Cornwallis-street. He saw no object in keeping the business in that particiiiar locality. It appeared to be feeling of the cenuntittee,that nethingcould be done at present, and the matter dropped without any practical result being obtained. Sv. Pzteinize, EVERTON.—On Tuesday evening, the teachers conneetedtwiththe Church Sunday Schocrheoftheeliistrict of St. Peter's, Tverton; withtheir friends, had a tea party, in the school-room,tliipper. Beauestreet, for the beneatof-the Sunday School Library. !The company numbered 250. After tea, an adjournmentttebk place to the upper schooleroom,..which was tastefully anilyrofuselyldecorated with evergreensglags, ban ners, and ficiices, including the national standards-of the allied nations mow engaged diewarfare against Russia. 11mmediately above the .chairman: there was neatly painted-en canvas, within a frame, the , words " Alma," beneath which were the words 4 ` England. and "France United," and , on- each side of this frame were theewords " and", letkerman," supported 'l,ty Ithegiags, a England and Prance. 'The Rev. S. B. Sutton 'the ineurhbent of th e district, who presided, de livered a anoetinteretiting address, in which helohlr:a survey of the hisione of Sunder-Schools, remarking that thetirst one was estalalialtedrby a layman (Mr. Raikes.) Eightyy years ago, he ()homed, tikere "was! not a Sunday/ Sdusdl throughout the country.. Now there ewme no fewer than 23;514 Sunday Schools in England and‘Wales, embracing 2,4675642-scholars, attached to eniieh, giving their services voluntarily,, were no fewer than :81%136, teachers. This Was nbble and blessed reedit, s.ecomiiialied within the space eof sixty years--something they shad to thank Gad for, and take courage 'There avere two or three other -things con nected with lase (Chun% of England Sunday -Schools upon which the 'would • Offer a remark or two. 'Sunday Schools were Wigs/milting. The Church ,ef England had four-fifths of , dipysichoolsi and considerably lees than. ,one-half of the Stinday Schools. Eln the church schools there,.was an average of twelvethildvenlo one teacher; in the Independent schools, seven eclialars to one teacher ; in the Baptist soheols, six scholars to one teacher.; and in the Wesleyan schools,only five scholars to one .teacher. Thus, while in the , Chuyeb. of .t E w n e g lve. land the average number of scholars to each leacher ~ w as arn.ng the -dissenters it was below seven; and he plied tlearned from Use aestior 'teacher in their female school; that ,each class of gins evae,, outtheaverage, fifteen to case teaeber- Mug it was shows tleat they alum not been doing their duty AG actively as they ought - tchhave done. The gentieman. luded by .aer s howing that. a..e . Achools with whiah cl,ey ,. i roue e immediately connected were doing much good, and had not been established is vain. The meeting was sobsequently addressed by Mr. Roulaton, , librarian of Duke-street district— subject : , "The Age we Live in;;" Mr. Brentnall —subject : " What to do and how to do 'it;" leing an exhortation upon the mark which Christ came ~ upon earth to perform; 'Mr. Kent ;bend' Mr. Allenby,, two <ether teachers—subjects, rthe former.: "The value and importance of Sunday -School Telehi." The proceedings wereintersp!rsed with:pieees of sacred music, and a most anterestingand instructive evening was passed. Doc' iCOMMITTES.—The weehly ‘vaeeting was held on Thursda.y,tir. Charles Turner in the chair. The Sub-eom mittee of 'Works recommended that :the tender of Messrs. Briscall for.supplying oil be accepted. 'ale Albert Dock Sub committee 'sported the appointment of ,Robert Byrne as second-elass ledger clerk, at a salary of yr,120 per annum, in the place of Joseph Pickthall; of William W. Crook to be a au) third-class ledger clerk, at a salary .of ; of Alexander Gordon to be warehouse clerk; and of tR. 0. Spencer, H, Thomas, and William Spencer to be landing clerks, at £BO per annum each. The Stanley Doek Sub-committee reported the appointment of W. Marshall and James Kane as land ing-clerks, at a salary of £BO per annum. - Mr. Robinson said the committee had had upwards of 170 applications. The Harbour Masters Sub-committee reported that the gates of :the passage between the Wapping Basin and the ilouke's Dock were ready for working,.and requested authority to appoint .two suitable persons as dock gatemen to work -those gates. The committee had also-under consideration the appropriation of permanent berths to particular lines of vessels. 'They had called for a report from theliarbour masters for thesis months ending the 31st. of October, which they had carefully ex amined; and, in their opinion, it was an advantage to the trade of the port as well as to the interests of the dock estate . that thosepermanent berths should be appropriated to lines of vessels in the docks, under special circumstances and con ditions, namely, that three-fourths only of the time be, allowed to vessels according to tonnage, giving advantage in case of fractions according to the usual scale ; that a report be fur nished of the working of the permanent berths three mouths from this time, and in all cases where the conditions are not fulfilled, that the permanent berths be discontinued. The committee, in addition, recommended that the following per manent berths be discontinued:—Victoria Dock: Richardson and Spence, Philadelphia trade. George's Dock : Bibby and Company, and Cotesworth and Company, Lisbon trade. Can ning Dock : Cram, Powell, and Company, and the Dumfries berth, J. and D. Thompson ; and in the Brunswick Ddek, for the St. John's trade, that of Ferne Brothers and Company. Mr. Lockett said, to show the advantage of having permanent berths, lie needed only to say that in 13 days large American vessels were discharged and loaded. 42 vessels had done that in six months. The recommendations were confirmed. A communication was read from the Mersey Steel and Iron Com pany asking for a permanent berth in the Harrington Dock. Referred to the Harbour Masters Committee. On the appli cation of Mr. Joseph Kitchen, treasurer, a sum of £3O was voted to the St. Anne's Dispensary. The committee of the Birkenhead Warehouses recommended that the tenantcy of Messrs. J. S. De Wolfe and Co., of a portion of the warehouse used as a government emigrant depot, be continued for a period of six months, at a rental of £3OO per annum, the tenants surrendering all claim for compensation in the event of . ni the docks being n .dry, The other business was of Amor importance. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. JANE GRAY, aged six years, whose parents live in No. 21 Court, Charles-street, died, on Friday, from the effects of scalds received on the 2nd November, by the overturning of a kettle of boiling water. THOMAS SWINNERTON, engineer at the Everton Water works, was, on Thursday, fined 10s. and costs, for assaulting police-officer 544, and he was ordered to be reported to the Water Committee for being in a beerhouse in a state of intoxi , cation when he ought to have been on duty. ON her last voyage to New York, the passengers on board the packet-ship William Tapscott presented to Captain Bell a testimonial expressive of their obligations to him for the kind, courteous, and gentlemanly bearing evinced towards them during the voyage. ON Saturday evening, . Thomas Parry, a youth living in Bostock-street, was driving a spring -cart through Leeds street, when the vehicle upset, and the lad sustained a frac ture of his right arm. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, where the broken limb was set. ON Wednesday, the pupils of the Royal Institution School presented the Rev. Dawson W. Turner, M.A., head-master, with a drawing-room timepiece, and a set of books, as a token of their respect and gratitude for the uniform ability, zeal, and kindness which had characterised his instructions among them for more than nine years. QUICK DESPATCH.—The ship Vision, from China, com menced, discharging at the Albert Dock on Friday morning, and in twelve hours she landed the whole of her entire cargo, consisting of 9,865 packages of tea. This was accomplished under the superintendence of Mr. Pickthall, the newly appointed warehousekeeper. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday, Samuel Lomax, tea porter, employed on the premises of Messrs. Wardley and Co., was leading a horse and tea-van into the yard, for the purpose of unloading the tea, when he slipped, and became jammed between the wall and the end of the shaft. The small of his back - was crushed, and he died immediately. THE congregation of St. Silas's Church, and a few other friends, have recently presented the Rev. R. W. Wolseley, curate of that church, with a purse, containing fifty guineas, as a mark of their appreciation of his devotedness to his sacred duties, and particularly of his indefatigable attention to the National, Sunday, and Ragged Schools, and young people connected with the congregation. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday afternoon, Mary Barker, aged forty-four, who kept an eating-house in Park-lane, and who had suffered for several years from a violent pain in the head, was talking in her shop to Mrs. Griffiths, a neighbour, telling her that she intended to go out of town for the benefit .of her health, as soon as she could let the house, when she suddenly exclaimed, " Oh, Mrs.- Griffiths, I'm blind." She immediately fell down dead. THE Clvit, SERVICE IN LivEnrom—Mr. Joseph Breckles has been appointed a weigher, and Mr. John Martin a tidewaiter and patrol, in the Liverpool Custom-house. Mr. John Kellett, and Mr. Robert Hardstaff, instructed by Mr. John Mills, of Liverpool,, eleventh division, are at present officiating as expectants in that collection of the Excise branch of the Inland Revenue Department. rris £244) ROBBERY.—Ann Burns and Henry Green, re manded from the previous Saturday, charged with stealing £240 from George Fothergill, were again brought up, along with Ann Legerwood, on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery. Fothergill was also again placed in the dock, charged with stealing 020 from his employers, Messrs. Cox and Co. No further facts were elicited, the whole of the pri soners being again remanded. WAR MOVEMENrS IN LIVERPOOL.—The City- of Dublin Militia arrived at Liverpool on Friday morning, from Dublin, by the steam-transport Niagara. There were twenty-five officers, and 5517 non-commissioned officers and men. The North Lancashire Militia sailed on board the Niagara, for Kingstown, the same evening. • They arrived here from Lich field by rail about half-past two o'clock in the afternoon. This week the Antrim Militia will arrive here from Ireland, and their place Will be taken by the- Warwick Militia. Upwards, of thirty naval volunteers left Liverpool on Friday night for London. AT the Volice-court, on Saturday, John Evans and Mary, his wife, 'remanded from a previous day, on the charge of having robbed Mr. Johns, Oldhall-street, of goods to the value of about £2OO, were again placed in the dock. The male prisoner was in Mr. Johns' employ, and a quantity of wearing apparel having been missed, his lodgings were searched, and a poition of the missing property was .found, while pawn tickets for other portions were discovered in the house. Mr. Clough stated there was a second charge against Evans, for rdbbing Mr. Thomas Barn, of Whitechapel, his former em ployer. The male prisoner was committed for trial, but his wife was discharged. 'CENTRAL PIER-REAM. CLOCK.— The 'steps taken by Mr. La mont, showing the necessity for a central clock at St. George's Pier, have been taken up by a number of other gentlemen, and a memorial on the subject is about - to be submitted to the Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of - the borough. A cOpy is lying for signature *Me ;Exchange news-room. One clause states that by ereCting.a small tower, with an illuminated clock, on the George's Tier, in a position about the centre of the stage, which araldte-seen by the people on the stage, and by people coming byeither of the -dock bridges, much of the inconvenience shown by the memorialists would be removed, and accuracy in the Starting of *the boats obtained. BAN - matrix:4c CoUgT.—On Thursday, William Lloyd, lately carrying on baliness as a- cattle-dealer at Newton, came up en J. postponed, o j n a ed cques for a . m m o e n u t p h, fo n r o h baht is his adjourned l a st, exam i na ti on ; the matter was further retti"efi'scaheteet h n a T v h i n u g r s da y been ; filed bew . — a s supported by -Sir. 'Evans ' 'and , opposed, on the part of the M assignees, by 'r. Etty, who -subjected the bankrupt 'to a lengthened examination of four hours. The Commissioner took time totonsider his judgment, which will be delivered this day (Tuesday).-- , W. Swift name up for his last examina tion.. R++ 3 ,.. the pa, t assignees. The bankrupt passed his examination, and the - .2Bth of December was fixed for 'the question of certificate.— James Hunter ; lately carrying on business as a boatbuilder, at Burscough, passed his tlast 'examination.—The matter of John Niclaiasen, -surgeon, the keeper of the Lunatic Asylum at Walton ; who appeared on hii last examination, was adjourned for a month, by the consent of all parties concerned. PILESEN2ATION TO A BLNIE 1/ANAGER.—Mr. Kinkead, late manager ofithe Belfast Bank; 4t Newry, being about to leave that town for Liverpool,. is .about to be presented with an address, expressing appreciation of his qualities as bank manageriand of his persona merits, accompanied by a,Silver tea and coffee service. :The saver bears the following inscrip tion Presented to William Kinkead, Esq., late manager of the Belfatlißank here. This memorial is a gift, from a num ber of his 'friends and fellow-townsmen, on his voluntary retirementifrom an office which he:filled to the entire satisfac tion of all. With this tratimte,•honourably earned, theymish him the -fullest success in his mew. pursuits in Liverpool: 'lle following igthe inscription on the tea and coffee service:— " Presentalici Williatn Kinkead, Esq., late manager-of the Belfast Bail: here, as a Mel:nor:id of friendship, from all , classes of his fellow4ownsmen." SMIEWGEINO IN BLAIDDEM.—At the Police-court, vat Saturday, before. Mr. Aldermaa S. Holme, Thomas West, a man of , emanated appearance, and who stated that lianas fireman , onboard the Blenheim, Belfast steamer. was charged by Fialioo-dfficer 158 with smuggling two gallons ofi Irish whislfy. :Xhe officer stated that on the previous eveniutohe perceived . tthe prisoner about to pass through the Clarence Dock gate, -and thinking that his body was too le:Why:in proportion- 4o his thin face, he stopped and searched. him ; and ander,hisitlress he found twc skilfully-prepared bladders, each oastaining a gallon of Irish, whisky, sixteen abGwe proof. The Onstorrkhouse officers considered the case of unusual importsame,Clin consequence of ithe systematic snauggliug,cf illicit Eitmorstfrom Ireland, and because the bladders found upon the prisoner had evidently,hby their well-used appear ance, dime grad service in the same line of business on former . occ&sksic The -prisoner was , ordered to pay £3 45., being double the value of the liquor, :and-costs, or to be imprisoned for a swath. SIMPIMIGL`DiIiS ON TR E 3fraZET.—Thevarious ship ding yards oes the banks of the Met" ey tare lately been somewhat inactive, owing,ta the depression ,upou commerce caused by the war. A few • days ago a email steamier, of 150 tons, called the Destello, waallaunchedfrom the 411 , 43 building yard of Mr. W. C. Miller, Tomteth Dock.. She is,fer a Spanish firm, and is intended to navigate the rivets of Spero ; and another r,as sel was launched from the new shipbuilding yard of Mr. John Laird, Seftou-street. She was named the Meandria, by Mrs. Bevis, and is a Sister-ship to the Borestlena, lately launshed feethro'aalt, :i.ai S d he is is i l n , t oo6 end t t iAns fn ha r ,L rth F e r n e , n 2 n 6O h n fee ani t pa iong ny. , f androm3t2h e lame Nearly ready for lannehing, in Messrs.l7ernon's yard, is a w ra rlli ut ite,a if rv u eb l- oe looki tigh.it. ug fc.. ., o v i essei w.latealk : o f irs , 600 eu.:asoot t w. on er s sheemi nlea 4 i ineud i r sa em e e w n .b t s , yte fi lsa tt nit ed re. rj 7 aca i i ti t:. d. ~of the Victoria, Foutuiry. In 'the =me' yarditkere is in course ,of construction a powerful, t4etun-boat, 130 feet long, of 230 !tons, and supplied , with engines' of SO horse=power. This vessel is for the Liverpool Steam. T ug Company. A screw ..steam -ship, of (Kid tOM l :gith engines of, 100: bcrse-power, for the Channel trade, is about to be built. 'Surma By A MT.-7'A melancholy and ..sbrost unpre ,oedented occurrenee toak : place at Haigl4 near Wigan, on -Saturday night. A boy,tweive years of age, named Thomas :Lowe, son of John Lowe,,eigrine tenter at a small engine used by' the joiners near the Hall at Haigh; terminated his own existence, apparently without :any cause. It appears that the boy.and his brother had beenpromised a new pair ofirowsers :eath,..and arrangements had'been madefor them to aceampany their mother to Wigan,thatevening to purchase them. The other. brother, who is a singer at Haigh church; hadibeen de tained 'later than usual at his .ekes that evening, and.on his returwitmas found to be too late rto go to Wigan. .fit this Thomas.seemed much disappointed, ',but was promised that he should go veith his mother on Monday. About nineaclock he took a candle and went up stairs, as if to bed ; but at,half past ten, his mother having occasion to go up stairs, found him suspended by a strap from the bedpost. He was (leaf- On Tuesday, au inquest was held at ttbe house of Mr. John Summer, Balcarres Arms, Haigh. The jury, on account .of the extreme youth of the deceaiied, felt they could not return a verdict of felt/ .se. .They therefore agreed to record as • their verdict Foisod hung."—Manekester Courier. LlvEnr.oon Towtv COUNCIL.—The following subjects will be brought wider the consideration of the Council, at the monthly meeting to-morrow :—The proceedingaof the Finance CoMmittee, comprising a recommendation to purchase from the - New.Hebrew Congregation, for the sum of COO, property in Hardman-street, and to complete the improvement of that street ; a recommendation to purchase, from Mr. Henry Booth, for the sum of £l3O, sufficient land to preserve an area, of riot less than two yards wide, in front of property intended to be built in Hope-place, and as consideration for abandoning the right to erect any buildings except dwelling-houses ; a recom mendation to erect, courts for magisterial business, police offices, bridewell, coroner's court, and other public buildings, on property in Dale-Street'and Hatton-garden, purchased from the Gas Company ; and recommendation to sell for the sum of £7OO, the reversion of property in St. James's-street, Hardy street, and Upper Frederick-street, on which it is intended to erect a Roman Catholic place of worship,—The proceedings of the Watch, Lighting, Fire Police, and Fire Prevention Com mittees, comprising a recommendation to rate to the lighting and fire-police rates, those owners of property who have . refused to enter into composition for their rates.— 'The proceedings of the Town Hall Establishment Coth. mitttee, comprising a recommendation to appoint William Evans as hall porter, at the same salary, as that received by 'his predecessor.--The proceedings - of the Health Committee, comprising a recommendation to rate to the several rates un- 'der the sanatory acts those owners of property who have re fused to enter into compositions for the payment of these rates.—The yroceedings of the Library and Museum Commit _ tee, comprising a recommendation to pass a resolution under taking to indemnify Mr. Ely and his co-obligees against any claim under the bond given by them to the Customs' authori ties, in respect to the model of "Ancient Rome," and to autho rise the Mayor to affix the common seal to such resolution. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE principal tradesmen of Derby are said to have agreed to close their establishments on the Monday before Christmas day, thus enabling their servants to have a holiday extending over three successive days. THE gamekeeper of Mr. Llewellyn, of Buckland Filleigh, fired the other night at what he thought was a large white cat. It turned out, however, to be a peasant carrying home a lump of salt over his shoulder. The poor fellow is not likely to live. THREE convicts have escaped from the establishment at Woolwich. Hats and coats belonging to other workmen lying about have, it is supposed, supplied them with a ready dis guise, and they have passed out with the ordinary working parties. A FINE GIRL, aged about three years, and who appears to be very respectably connected, was the other evening stolen from the station of the Glasgow and South-Western Railway, while her guardians were on the eve of starting with her for Greenock.—Caledonian Mercury. A FRENCH PAPER mentions that some workmen employed in draining a marsh, at Clairmarais (Pas-de-Calais), have found a Celtic hatchet. The flint of which it is made remains firm in a bone socket prepared to receive the handle, and thus shows the manner in which the handles and the cutting part of the weapon were connected. Axons , the boats on the Erie canal is one commanded by a female—Mrs. Captain Peck. The Buffalo Republic says she is a " screamer" in her way, and has been twice before the Albany courts—once for whipping an impudent "deck hand," and again for trying to pitch a former owner of the boat into the canal for demanding his pay of her. MESMERISM.—At a recent meeting of the Exeter cor poration of the poor, a resolution was carried to the effect that, on the friends of any of the paupers suffering from temporary insanity or epilepsy making application, relief to be granted out of the house, in order to place the afflicted person under the care of a mesmeric practitioner. -Each-of the four medical officers of the corporation gave an opinion against the adoption of the system. THE journeymen tailors of Sunderland, to the number of nearly - one hundred, are on strike for a rise of 6d. Per day; in consequence of the high price of provisions ; and this the masters at first agreed to pay, according to a " statement" which the men submitted to them, but afterwards they held a second meeting, and resolved to pay them according to the Neweastle statement, which the men refused to accept, and then turned out. THE FRENCH ARMY.—The Moniteur de l' Armee gives a statistical account of the French army, from which it appears that its present effective strength consists of 529 battalions of infantry,32 battalions of light infantry and riflemen, 374 squad rons of cavalry, 215 batteries of artillery, with 1,470 field-pieces, 16 companies of pontoniers, 31 companies of artillery artificers, 55 companies of miners, sappers, and engineers, 27 companies of the wagon-train, 6 companies of military carpenters, and 14 sections of operatives belonging to the military adminis tration. Cousins.—Who are a man's " cousins ?" was the question to be decided in " Stoddart o. Nelson," an appeal to the Court of Chancery, on Monday. James Freeman left £ll,OOO in equal shares to his " cousins :" now, James Freeman had first-cousins 21, and other cousins 128 ; so the first-cousins filed a bill for the Purpose of finding out whether they alone were to share the money, or each of the 149 were to have a portion. Vice-Chancellor Stuart had decided that all the cousins were entitled ; on the present occasion the Lord Chancellor decided that the intention, judging from the com mon acceptation' of the term, was to include first•cousins only. FNEE.DOAL. OF THE CITY OP GLASGOW TO THE. EARL Or ELGIN AND SIR COLIN CAMPBELL.—On Thursday last, at an ordinary meeting of the Glasgow Town Council, the freedom of the city was unanimously voted to the Earl of El g i n ; i n consideration of his distinguished services as Governor-General of Canada ; and to Sir Colin Campbell for his yet more bril. liant services in the Crimean campaign. To the latter this compliment must be peculiarly gratifying, coming as it does spontaneously from the corporation of his native city; and accompanied as it will shortly be by the presentation of a splendid sword, the result of a subscription among his fellow townsmen residing in Glasgow and located in different parts of the kingdom. POLITICAL PARTIES IN AMERICA.—The following list of the more prominent political parties now in vogue in the United States is frinn'the New York Tribune ;—Republicans, Whigs, Democratic Whigs, Woolly Heads, Silver Grays, Pro hibitionists, Temperance Party, Stringent Licensers, Moral Suasionists, Constitutional Rights Party, Liquor Dealers, Teetotallers, Democratic Republicans, National Democrats, Hunkers, - Barn Burners, Hard Shells, Soft - Shelli, Half Shells, Reformers, American Democracy, United Americans, Ameri can Proteitants, Know Nothings, Know Somethings, Ameri can Party,Choctaws,Himloos, Sons of the Republic, Templars, Land Reformers, Anti-Renters, Liberal Party, Practical De mocrats, German Democracy, Working Men, AICTWERP, on Monday last week, was the scene of a remark able demonstration, men of all classes and orders of occupation uniting in doing honour to the well-known artist, M. Leys, one of the Flemish artists successful at the Paris Exhibition. As early as ten o'clock in the morning, flags floated from the houses, and the streets were lined with people." Artists, bur gomasters, senators, representatives, and military authorities assembled at the Museum, while M. Leys was conducted to the spot at the head of a long procession, accompanied by music and bannerS. M. Leys, on taking his seat, looked very pale, and much affected: in the salle were his wife and chil dren. An address, written on parchment and splendidly bound, was presented to M. Leys, amidst the acclamations of the crowd. A crown of gold was then placed by the Minister of the Interior upon the artist's head, amid a "tempest" of bravos. After which M. Leys made a speech. The ceremony !MP,.. 11f TIPVR was rPronvinetpri in trinnanh 11 , " hi, h.... STRANGE RAILROAD CATASTROPHE IN AMERICA.—One of the most singular railroad catastrophes that we have had to record for many years, occurred, on Monday evening, near Boston Corners, on the Haarlem Railroad. The Albany express train, consisting of engine, tender, a baggage car, and three passenger cars, in charge of Mr. Robert White, conductor, left Chatham Four Corners at half-past five p.m., and about half-past six o'clock, as it was approaching Boston Corners, on a part of the road elevated upwards of 35 feet, a t t s h u e d d e e n n g i a n n e d a v n i d o t e e n n t d g e u r st off o f w t h i ned tract h rra k a t n h d e .d e n a t w i r n e t . a ra n i n e , In e b r a c n e k p ment, a distance of fifteen feet. The scene which followed was truly painful. Most of the passengers, many of them groaning from their heavies, lay suffocating beneath the cars, which were turned bottom up by the catastrophe, and for some time but little aid could be rendered. Mr. White, the conductor, with others connected with the train, and some of the passengers who managed to extricate themselves, set to work to rescue their fellow-travellers, a task which re quired a considerable time to accomplish. One man was killed, and twelve others severely injured.—New York Courier, Nov. 14. A COURAGEOUS lava WOMAN. The town of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, has lately been the scene of several bur glaries, one of which, , committed en the night of Tuesday last, has acquired considerable notoriety from the courageous con duct of Patience Vining, who has reached the age of 84. Mrs. Vining lives in a small cottage, mad during the night was alarmed by a noise as of some person forcing his way into the house. On looking up she saw a man enter her bed room with a lighted candle in his hand, his face being covered with a veil of thick crape. Nothing daunted, the old woman leaped out of bed, and,challenging the fellow as to ihis busi ness in her cottage, boldly said it should be life for life. She then ran up to him andtere the :mask from his face; upon which he dealt her a blow on the head, which felled her to the ground, and rendered her partially insensible. On reco ,vering herself she saw theburglar aboutsto.earry off a box in cwhich was her little all. :She at once resolved, if possible, to ,eave her property, and, seizing the 'tong, she commenced a tifierce attack upon him. One of the blows which she aimed .at the robber knocked the candle from *kis Baud. The old .woman then raised eery of - " Murder.;" and, either fearing the .iar_eval of help, or unwilling to remain in the dark with the incensed owner of the cottage, the.villain decamped. The , brave old woman saved her : property. :Law OF PRIMOGENITTIAIL—At a meeting of the Juridierl Society the other day, Mr. F. S. Reilly read a •vew able and instinctive paper on the subject of Primogeniture." The object of the paper was to show that, at this time, and in I this-country, the balance of advantage was in favour of the Axistieg law, with its three ,elements of near-partibility of inheritances, preference of males to females, and preference of the-eldest of the males, in comparison with the alternative system, of the equarpartibility of inheritances. It examined in aucoaesion the arguments put forward by those who adva sate the change, and argued that the proposed new rule wornid not lead in England to the subdivision of land to a ..sufficient.extent to create, as they 'wished, a race of peasant proprietors, especially as tire small-farm system, only for the sak.e oft Use introduction of whieh peasant proprietors were to She desired,, if at all, was in the highest degree unlikely to take root in England, under any system of laws, at the pre. sent day--7-the tendency being, on the Routrary, to 'the general extension of large farms. It was also contended that the rules oftinheritance were not to be tested by " natural justice" socalled, but by considerations of civil and political eonaKenieace. Mlle conclusion arrived at, after a review of the controversy, *VW, that much more than had ever yet been shown of .evil °lithe one side, or benefit an the other, was needed tojustify s demand for the abandonment of a system under whiclethis,country had at least attained some measure of prosperity ,anil power, which had not been found ineom under which Political progress aiid ai n id nd po er lit l i t eal ,hiet ta th bili e b be , h n a e d e b s ee af n patible with agriedtural enterprise or industrial exertion, ideast n h o e t family uponnmh a il y pie relation yiyia° ab il l e dbt terns d o e f n e led, e r d t a , n iii ce lwi e a e hr o f o n n y n t d h , a t n h d e with much e,onsequent advantage to the community. SUPPLY or FOOD. --.Mr. Caird has again written to the Times on the yield of :the past harvest, and in defence of his s b O u ne shel o s f former estimated it. lie adduces his own expe r i ence, f or which Mr. Sturge had asked. His wheat crop has yielded 36 bushels an acre on stifflandlu Wigtonshire, and 26 bushels an acre on statistical on Kent, a both full iah average countyet ru crops. rri4 per acre over last year as the yield of this year's wheat crop. 0f267 reports published iu the 4gricultural Gazette in Aug., 12 describe the crop at or above an average; and of 89 reports given in the Mark Lane Ea-press in Sept., 69 are equally fa vourable. On all these grounds Mr. Caird retains his opinion of the yield of the crop. Then as to its extent :—drainage and good,eultivation and guano bare rendered farmers less the slaves of rotation than they were. The seed time of last year was at a period of rising markets and of every other circum stance which could recommend an extensio n o f th e w h eat crop. It only needs that the 570,000 farmers of thi s country extend acreagetheir 2 h a vehfa crie:rees, been reviewers v p ni i ec e wa c e ne res effected"t lol,ds:raacelvte, that thehe gi the expense of the barley. T suppo s e,Ad it is not neces sary u ea n increased h nc ed Wl that the price of barley, which, th oug h hi g h , this extension to The efact has not risen like that of wheat, indicates an undiminished yield of that grain, is not inconsistent with his theory. On all these grounds, then, lie maintains its soundness. It thus ap pears that Mr. Caird's opinion was not formed hastily or with out due consideration of the various influences affecting the state of the core market ; and accordingly he gives it for his advice that with wheat between 80s. , and 90s. the quarter, the Eng lish farmer would be wise to sell. "It is just possible that by the months of May and June, America, which has already made a good beginning, may pour into our markets the surplus of an abundant crop, as she has done before when prices were far less tempting than they are now." We only add that our correspondents in the north, so far as we have received re turns, corroborate Mr. Caird's report—but the statistical re ports for Scotland will soon be published in detail. If an English report in like manner were now forthcoming, of what immense value it would be to the country as a guide to the most important trade and interest it possesses !--Agricultural l Gazette. Tim SHIP KENT, belonging to Messrs. Money Wigram and Sons, of Blackwall, Captain George Coleman, left Mel bourne on the 14th September, and landed her mails at Pen zance on Monday morning, the 26th inst., thus making the passage in 73 days from land to land. She brings 15 days' later news than by any other ship. TRUST AND LOAN COMPANY OP UPPER CANADA.-At the meeting of this company on Thursday, a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum was declared. The net profits during the half-year were to the extent of £8,278 19s. 7d. The prospects of the company in Canada were satisfactory. A short discussion took place, when the report was adopted. Tun screw-steamer Arcadia, from Constantinople, hays on board two camels, male and female, which were found at the rear of the Malakhoff when captured by the French; the male has been used to convey the wounded from the ground during the Russian sorties, and has received several severe wounds. WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS. — In 1851, 5,000 widowers were married to spinsters, 2,400 bachelors to widows, and 2,700 widowers to widows. More than 7,000 widowers stand here, by the side of rather more than 5,000 widows. In one case, a widower of ninety was married to a spinster of eighty. The youngest widower was twenty, the youngest widow sixteen. SEIZURE OP LONDON PAPERS IN PARIS ON TUESDAY. — The Morning Advertiser and Daily Neivs, .aud the evening papers of Tuesday, were all seized in Paris, in consequence of their republishing the letter of Alexandre Dumas, in which he states that the Government of Louis Napoleon has instituted proceedings against hi m f or having made use of the express i on My body is in Paris, but my heart is in Brussels and in Jersey "—meaning with the refugees—with whom that cele brated author deeply sympathises. SINCE the price of candles has so largely increased, man families have adopted the economical practice of burning cocoa-nut oil in lieu of the former, finding it much cheaper for their domestic purposes. A lamp, adapted for the purpose, may be purchased for the trifling sum of sd. with wicks attached, while a pint of the oil can be obtained for l 7d. This quantity of oil will burn for eight successive evenings, affording a clear and steady light ; whilst a pound of candles (eights), costing Bd., fret away and are consumed in five nights.— Morning Herald. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF CANDLES, &C.—On Thursday, a reduction of one halfpenny per lb. was made in the price of candles ; the best store candles, which for some time have been selling at Bid. per lb., can be obtained at Bd., moulds at Sid. to 9d., and composite candles at 70. per lb. Lamp oils of the various descriptions, which increased in value simultaneously with candles, can now be had at lower rates ; pale seal oil 4s. Bd. per gallon, refined cocoa nut ss. per gallon, and refined Colza oil ss. 4d. I,er gallon.—Globe. CONVICTION FOR MIJIIDER.—At the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, Daniel Lorden, 48, weaver, was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife, by stabbing her in the neck with a knife. The deceased was a very dissipated woman, and the murder was the result of a drunken quarrel. The jury found a verdict of guilty of murder, which they accompanied by a strong recommendation to mercy on account of the pro vocation the prisoner had received. The Chief Baron passed sentence of death on the prisoner, without holding out any hope of mercy. GAZETTE NOTICES.—The Gazette contains an order in council to the effect that goods and passengers may be con veyed from one part of the Island of Ceylon to another part thereof in other than British ships. It also states that the Portuguese government levied an impost of 5 1-9 d. on all coal imported since July last for the steam-packet companies whose vessels call at St. Vincent. It also announces that clean bills of health are issued at Marseilles cholera having ceased. The Gazette likewise contains a notice that the government of Brazil intends enforcing a strict quarantine at Buenos Ayres. DURATION OP PARLIAMENTS.—The present parliament has long since entered the fourth year of its existence, it hav ing been elected in July, 1852. The preceding parliament endured just five years. The parliament of 1841, which induced the accession of the late Sir R. Peel to office, may be said to have died a natural death, as it was not dissolved till the end of the session of 1847. The Peel parliament of 1835, on the other hand, only lasted two years and a-half, and the first re formed parliament only two years. The parliament elected ou the accession of Queen Victoria endured barely four years. No general election has taken place in the middle of the winter since that of January, 1835, nearly 20 years ago. This produced the memorable. Peel parliament, convoked shortly after the dismissal of the Melbourne ministry by King William IV., and to the adverse majorities of which Sir R. Peel was forced to succumb in the space of two months. THE AMERICANS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.—The Berlin correspondent of the Times says :—The appearance of the North American squadron in the Pirieus has been represented to have had no other object than of enforcing the payment of an indemnity to the American citizen, Mr. King; that affair, however, had been settled in the main before the frigates arrived there, and . the only part of it still under discussion was how the payment could be arranged so as to be least irk some and offensive to the Greek Government. The real object was to back the negotiations for the purchase of one of the Greek islands, as has already been adverted to in your columns. This same game is being carried on by the United States towards the Danish Government, for the purchase of an island in the Baltic, under cover of the agitation for the repeal of the Sound dues. EARTHQUAKES IN SWITZERLAND.—A letter from the Velais (Switzerland) says :—" Since the great shock of earthquake on the 28th ult., shocks have been felt every day, and in the night of the 12th one was so violent that it caused about 2000 yards of forest ground on the western slope of the mountain of Unterbach to roll into the valley with a loud noise. All the bridges, three windmills, and two buildings on the side of the mountain, were carried away, and two houses in the valley were buried beneath the mass of earth and trees. The shock caused by the fall was so violent that for some time after de tached trees and blocks of stone came rolling down. The ereater Dart of the houses uf the village of Barome, at the foot of the mountain, either escaped the avalanche, or, being strongly built, resisted the detached fragments ; but the store houses of the inhabitants, in which they had placed their pro visions for the winter, are buried, and their fields are covered with sand and stones. There are still large fissures in the forest on the upper part of the mountain, and it is feared that new shocks of earthquake, or the thaw in the spring, will cause other falls of earth." EIVGLISH Re ILWIYI3.—To realise the idea of England, aided by 8,000 miles of railway, we must try to imagine England destitute of railways. Without railways now, where would be our commerce, our military force, or our progress ? But what are our railways ? They are so common to us as to cease to excitexonder ; And we are apt to forget their magnitude and complexity. Well, they represent a capital of £286,000,000. They are 8,000 miles long, and have 2,500 stations. Their working gives employment to 90,000 persons. They conveyed last year 111,000,000 of passengers, and the trade in mer chandise and minerals upon them will now amount to one million of tons per week. To work them, 6,000 locomotive engines, 100,000 waggons, and 20,000 passenger vehicles are required. Their locomotives represent a force equal to that of 1,250,000 horses; and if all the vehicles working were put together, end to end, they would reach from the Channel to the Scottish border. or, at least, 400 miles. The Railway Company is also a great owner of moving stock, and a great constructor in consequence. It is also a great carrier, and owner of steam-boats, omnibuses, horses, and carts outside.— Morniv Herald. THE IRON TRADE. — Statement of make, home consumption, shipments, stock, and average price of Scotch pig iron for ten years : Shipments and home Stock Average Year. Make. consumption. 31st Dec. prices. 1845 ...... 475,000 ...... 390,000 1846 ...... 570,000 1847 ...... 510,000 ...... 579,000 1848 1849 .„... 690,000 1850 595,000 1851 1852 ~.... 775,000 ...... 675,000 450,000 1853 1854 ...... 770,000 Till Nov. 20, 1856 SHIP-BUILDIXO OX THE CLYDE. - Steam-vessels of the largest class, fitting with machinery, are still the prominent feature of our long line of quays. No less than seven vessels are at present fitting oat. Mr. Napier's mammoth, the Persia, 4,000 tons burthen and 1,000 horse power, is in a forward state, and will be ready for sea next month. We observe that this magnificent vessel, with Mr. Napier's usual liberality, hat been thrown open to the inspection of the public, at a small rate-the funds thus raised to be given to the Royal Infirm, ary. The next vessel in point of size to the Persia is the City of Edinburgh, 2,500 tons, by Messrs. Tod and Macgregor. lingo the other, she is to be propelled by the screw, and is intended for the New York trade, from this port. A finer spe • cimen of marine architecture has never appeared in our har bour. Messrs. Smith and Rogers' large screw steamer, the Spartan, 1,40 p tons, for the Liverpool and Mediterranean trade, shows to great advantage, being nearly ready for sea. Besides those we have mentioned, are Messrs. Napier's screw, the Again& jmperiale, for Austrian Lloyd's, a vessel of about 1,000 tons. Messrs. Barclay and Curle have also in harbour their last screw, the Tantallan, recently launched from their new yard at Whiteinch. We have also at the crane on the south side, the Khersonese, a very large auxiliary screw-propelled ship, recently launched at Belfast, and now having her engines fitted by Messrs. Randolph and Elder.-Iron ship-building is going on with much spirit in Port-Glasgow. In Messrs. John Reid and Co.'s there is a screw steamship of 1,400 tons, for the Pacific Company. Another is a screw of 325 tons, for the same owners. The third is a sailing ship of about 1,000 tons, for Messss. Heap and Son, Liverpool ; and, for the same par ties, a second ship of about 500 tons. Then there is a sailing ship of about 500 tons, for Messrs. Rathbone Brothers, Liver pool, and one of the same tonnage for Messrs. Lamport and -Holt, of Liverpool ; and a paddle steamer of 522 tons, for the Oporto and Lisbon trade.-North British Daily Mail. MEMOIR OF TEE KING OF SWEDEN.-OSCar 1., King of Sweden and Norway, born July 4, 1799, is the only issue of the marriage of Marshal Bernadotte, with Desiree Clary; daughter of a merchant of Marseilles, whose elder sister mar ried Joseph Bonaparte. Oscar Bernadotte was placed, at the age of nine years, in the Imperial Lyceum, where his name may yet be seen on the walls of the various quarliers of that establishment. Marshal Bernadotte was elected Crown Prince of gweden, accepted the reversion of the crown, and borrowing 2,000,000 francs, that he might not appear in Stockholm with only his sWord, proceeded at once to that capital with his son, after both had abjured Catholicism on the road, and embraced Lutheranism, the dominant religion of Sweden. Bernadotte had shortly the satisfaction of seeing his son soon forget his French in the course of a year, and acquire, under the teaching of the poet Atterborn, perfect mastery over the Swedish language. In 1818, when, after the death of Charles XIII., Bernadotte ascended the throne, he trans mitted to Oscar the title of Chancellor of the Univer sity of Upsal, of which, next year, he became a student, His military instruction kept pace with his literary instruction, and in 1818 he became Colonel of the Guards. He had scarcely quitted the Swedish soil during his reign. Once, however, under pretence of going to visit the banks of the Rhine, he pushed as far as Eichstadt, in Bavaria, the resi dence of Eugene Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg, whose eldest daughter, Josephine, he married July 19 of that year. This marriage was much talked of in Europe, as seeming to prove that the plebeian origin of the new Swedish dynasty had not been forgotten by the courts of the continent. In 1834 he was named Viceroy of Norway ; and in 1838, in con sequence of the continued illness of his father, Regent of the kingdom. In 1844 he ascended the throne, and became heir to a personal fortune of 80,000,000 francs, saved by the late King from a civil list of but 3,000,000 francs per annum. His government has been marked by liberality and Justice. He has four sons and two daughters, one of whom the old King of Denmark wished to make his third wife, but received a positive refusal. THE IMMORAL PRESB.-It appears from the Edinburgh Review, that the total number of immoral publications issued was 29,000,000 annually, being more than all the publications of the different religions societies, and the seventy religious magazines. The present circulation in London itself of deeply immoral publications amounts to 4,000,000 weekly, and in one large manufacturing town alone the weekly issue of an impious blasphemous penny paper exceeds 23,000: the editor and pro prietor of that paper both deny the existence of a God. MAGNIFICENT PRENomENoN.—On Friday evening, about 7 o'clock, an extraordinary phenomenon was observed in the heavens. A ball of fire suddenly appeared in mid-air, and darted along in a straight line over about a third of the sphere, leaving behind it a trail of vapour, like the tail of a comet. It then burst like a rocket, but without noise, falling in a shower of sparks, which, however, instantly disappeared. The phenomenon was wholly different from ordinary meteoric appearances, and formed a spectacle at once sublime and awful . SMITHFIELD CLua.—The annual Christmas show will take place on the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th of this month, at the Agricultural Implement Bazaar, Baker-street, London. In addition to the five gold and thirty-eight silver medals, the amount of money prizes this year awarded by the club is £670, being an increase in that respect upon former years, and the number of enteries and the names of the contribu tors indicate a belief that the show will altogether exhibit more than an average excellence in the quality as well as breed of the animals. A fine collection of agricultural machinery, consisting of corn crushers, prize chaff-cutting machines, &c., &c., are now being manufactured by Messrs. Richmond and Chandler, South John-street, Liverpool, for the above exhibition. The same firm are now executing an order for H. R. H. Prince Albert, of improved machinery intended for operations in the Isle of Wight. ENGLISH AND FRENCH POLICE.—Some London police men were present at the closing of the Paris Exhibition; to keep order among the English visitors. A correspondent compares the policemen of the two forces :—The French police constable is more polished than the English one—takes off his hat with infinitely more grace—and, when he is quite at leisure, answers a question with a greater appearance of a desire to satisfy the inquirer. But cross him in the least, attempt to explain to him any misconception of his orders, try to gain his attention when he is excited from any cause whatever, and he becomes a tiger. The English " Bobby" is a man of few words, not much addicted to touching his hat to strangers ; but, while a model of firmness, prides himself on keeping his temper. He is not quick to perceive rebellion, accepts a first disobedience merely as a misunderstanding, and repeats his commands in a determined but not angry voice. THE LATE ADMIRAL BLOAT was educated at the Ecole de Brest, and was an aspirant of the first class in 1815, an en sign in 1819, a lieutenant in 1827, and commanded a frigate in 1831. He obtained the rank of vice-admiral in 1852, and was a full admiral in 1855. He was known in the French navy as a brave, indefatigable, and generous officer. He was early in life engaged on the African coast, when he was wrecked, and taken as a prisoner of war to Algiers. On his return to France he commanded the Jena and the Triton, first-class ships. Afterwards he was named governor of two French colonies, and subsequently occupied important naval posts under the government of General Cavaignac. During the present war he was second in command with Admiral Hamelin, and was present at the bombardment of Sebastopol, October 17. When Admiral Hamelin returned he took the command of the allied squadrons. He died of rheumatic gout, which attacked his stomach. He had just left Constantinople, after being filed by the Sultan, and was congratulated by the ambassadors of the allies. A HUNGARIAN TRAGEDY.--A young Hungarian soldier named Wesseley, belonging to an Austrian regime,nt in the garrison of Rastadt, was executed a few mornings ago in that town, for murder, in virtue of the sentence of a court-martial. Wesseley, who was a young man of excellent character, con ceived a violent passion for a young woman named Manckert. a countrywoman of his, who was servant in a public-house at Rastadt, and he paid his addresses to her. She pretended to be in love with him, promised to marry him, and made him give her all the money lie received from his family, or was able to earn by his skill as a farrier. All at once, to his dismay, he learned that she had long been engaged to be married to a man in Hungary ; and when he called on her for an explana tion, she admitted that she meant to marry that man and no other, and that she had only pretended to be in love with him in order-- to get his money, to be able to marry sooner. On this Wesseley, in despair, plunged a knife into her heart, and killed her instantaneously. He was sentenced for this crime to be hanged, but no hangman could be found for miles around, and so he was ordered to be shot. He was marched to the glacis of the forts under a strong guard, and there found about 2,500 soldiers drawn up. .He calmly took off his coat, bandaged his eyes, And then knelt down. The soldiers, as is usual in Germany on such occasions, knelt also, and three riflemen, who had recently carried off prizes for their skill in shooting, were ordered forward. All the soldiers then began singing a hymn, and, in the midst of it, the sig nal to fire was given —at the same moment the criminal, struck by three balls, fell dead.— Galignani's Messenger. ATTEMPTED 11117RDER IN LEICESTERSHIRE. — About mid night on Sunday last week, the village of Snarestone, which lies between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Atherstone, was the scene of a most atrocious attempt at murder. There is a small farmer of Snarestone, an old man, named John Fowkes, who was to make his will, leaving a large proportion of his property to his grandson, names John Acres Fowkes. At this, one of the old man's sons, who was also named John Fowkes, felt aggrieved, and he had been ,repeatedly heard to threaten his nephew. About half-past eleven o'clock on Sunday night, the young man John Acres Fowkes met with a county policeman, and asked him to go into his grand father's and have a glass of ale. To this the policeman as sented, and at the old man's house they found, besides the grandfather, an uncle of the young man, a shopkeeper, named William Fowkes. Just about midnight, a gun was fired apparently close to the window, the shot from which struck the young man in the face, particularly about the eyes and forehead. He was sitting nearly opposite the window, about two yards and a half from it, and fell down directly he was shot. Immediately the gun was fired, William Fowkes exclaimed, " That's our Jack that fired." The policeman rushed to the door, but found it fastened on the outside. After some little delay the cord with which it was fastened was cut, and the officer went into the street and round the house, but could see nobody. He went to Ashby, and about five on Monday morning, the uncle, John Fowkes, was taken into custody on a ch arge o f s h oo ti ng hi s nephew.A gun and some shot were found in the prisoner's house, and a pair of boots which corresponded with some footmarks discovered near his father's house. The cord with which the door was fastened on the outside has been identified as his property. The prisoner was a butcher, and lived about half a mile from his father's. The young man's recovery was considered to be hopeless. Tun EMBASSY TO Bunmell.—The embassy has been duly received at Ava. The official audience was granted on the 13th of September. The envoy, attended by Burmese officers of the household and a magnificent cavalcade, entered the palace by the eastern gate. The route was most circuitous, the king having desired that his subjects should have a full view of the procession. At the foot of the steps leading to the audience-hall the British officers took off their shoes and• swords, and then seated themselves on the carpet in front of the throne. The roof of the audience-hall is supported on a vast number of beautifully-carved and gilded pillars ; the floor of masonry is raised 15 feet from the ground, and is- as , smooth as marble. The throne stands on a pedestal of gold, inlaid with mirrors and coloured glass, and over it is a gilded canopy. Below, within eight yards and a little to the left, sat the heir apparent in a car facing the throne, and behind him and on the other side sat some members of the royal family, and in the centre and immediately before the British 'officers sat the king's and the heir apparent's sons, five of each; all these were most richly dressed in velvet brocade and gold tissue. Still further back, and in the same line with the embassy, sat the ministers and other officers of state. The King was magnificently dressed, being loaded down with jewellery, while the Queen, on his right hand, wore a crown of diamonds shaped like a cornucopia. A sort of hymn was sung by the attendant priests, formal compliments were ex changed, and presents given and received. Major Phayre re ceived a gold chain of nobility, a ruby ring, a richly einbos§o4 gold cup, and a piece of silk. Captain Yule, Dr. Forsythe, Major Allen, arid Captain Rennie received each a ruby ring, a plain gold cup, and a piece of,silk, and all the others a ruby ring and a piece of silk. The reception was gracious, but there is evidence of the disposition to consider the mission as a. sort of sin offering. Major Phayre has once or twice been compelled to assert his dignity as a British representative. The introduction of the Queen marks the wide dissimilarity of Indian and Burmese manners. The embassy has, by this time, returned to Rangoon.—Bombay Times. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The committee of inves tigation into the affairs of this company have just issued their tepOrt. It is - a s i'olUinitiOui document, of which the following is a synopsis :—The committee state that the investigation not only sustains all the charges brought by the auditors against the management at the last meeting, but that those charges were far below what would have been warranted. It is asserted that no correct balance had ever been struck in the stores department since Mr. Waddington was chosen chairman, that goods untouched have been sold for old stores, and that on occasions when these tenwtious Were taking place the company were buying fresh goods at from 10 to 40 per cent. above the highest market prices. Illegal additions are represented to have been made to the capital account of £69,606 which belonged to the Norfolk Company. Preferential contracts have been entered into with individual firms to carry coals, cattle, &c., at a positive loss to the share holders, and also to the damage of regular traders, who were thus shut out from fair competition. In one of the concerns thus favoured—the Norfolk and Eastern Counties - Coal Com pany—the locomotive superintendent was a partner, and his certificates were actually taken as to the quality of the coal he himself supplied. The Tilbury ,and Southend line has been leased; in the opinion of the committee, on improvident terms, and the arrangements with respect to the Woolwich line, Lowestoft Harbour, the steam-boats of the Eastern Union ., Railway, and the steam traffic between Harwich an a A n t. werp, are also strongly condemned. With locomotive superintendent, it is r '! c ornill.Z-nded that a claim on r: Bard to the his part of •,193 shout g lioi be paid until the justice of payments to the Amount of nearly £20,000,' made to him for per-centages since 1850, shall have been settled by arbitration, and that his existing engagement be referred to the law officers of the company with a view to its termination. An advance of £B,OOO to the corporation of Harwich and commitments to an outlay at that place of £30,000 are involved in obscurities which the committee have been unable to fathom. Since Mr. Waddington became chairman, in 1851, the additions to capital have been to the extent of £1,213,952, or at a rate which the committee consider would, _if it were continued, ' soon destroy the dividend available for un guaranteed shareholders. A considerable portion of this amount should not have gone to capital at all. In relation . to the maintenance of the permanent way, which the last committee of investigation recommended should be met by an annual apportionment of £32,000, it appears that the amount appropriated for the purpose in 1855 has been only £3,200, and that an outlay is now necessary of £150,000- The examination of the accounts for the last half-year has re sulted in showing that, instead of £57,581 being, as repre sented, divisible for di v id en d, th e amount was only £21 , 203 . Previous returns are believed to have been of the same de lusive character, and the audit by the professional auditors has been imperfect and, in the opinion of the committee, en tirely useless. Finally, it is unanimously sribmitted that the election of a chairman at a salary of £2,000 a-year has acted most prejudicially to the interests of the company by de creasing the influence of the individual members of the board, and it is likewise pointed out that another great evil consists in the fact that out of the 15 directors of th e company only eight represent i ts regular interests, five representing the Northern and Eastern Company, and the remaining two the East Anglian. Accompanying the report is a msytisstsemofpAulTri. deme, containing extraordinary revelationi of the • - sued during the past five years, r ; ,Greg e rfrOrli ,01 on ca rp. bee ° 30' 3 1 .p 5.54 I I ,lg , cir J`