The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-08-10 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS. id* 11 I'NEILE returns from Ireland this L kpl resume his ministrations on Sunday next. Ilitial.Aß the " Chapters" of the " Dioceses of _Liverpool_ ;Price G 4 leer of pe ,„, zette says, " Captain M. C. asioners at Belfast, has been itit one of th e me di ca l officers of the Wesl lar g: f a G i _uardi ans , has been acquitted of M unted up midwifery cases 4 ED EDWIN 11. _ ° , ll TUEldriv lact and re 0 oi-o; was knocked up )y a runaway horse, in juries which terminated 'e in Philadelphiaforth steamers, of 2,500 th M`Heary's Mr. Wybergl s of clerk to the magis- - - or of the Borough ~.ges have been Ilarie's Roman Catholic Church, Man- Methodist New Connexion Chapel, e solemn and t, lanetileh n of rnarr .M) LIVERPOOL ,—The ~EP,9•~ al that arrangements are - a view to the pure able tr..-)e,—Presto .tease of a second steamer ;n Pilot. the house of Joseph 4 by thieves, who e, was entere ing;.ge.la 4 titv,Sl l throu¢h the drawing-room window, /l ives, teaspoons, 34c.; : were stolen MA STRATES' OFFIC —Mr. Jame- ates' clerks. having been ap p of the Borough Gaol, a office, with a salary of £4OO IssrEc TOIL MPONALD.—This 1:,)E the,. " s i TC tie 4, - 1 ; been suspended for acting contrary to s icalled before J. H. Turner, Esq. , on I,,hista m 6 '_ l e_e-court, and, after an admonition, re- S r.! MR. LATHAM.—The committee nalmorality.pre- against Mr. Latham, hare decided that the clOir G il tmir --- teen p,;;,;j rarET.—On Thursday afternoon remises of Mr. Capper, window ►radise-street. By the prompt *11, 4 ._ • ,ue ,t2 t tZ e r, r amen ;ere subdued before lead evening last, Mr. Liverpool Work eool 4 b , on leavin that situation, hands was e eautifuilv-bougnd Bible and handsome officers of the Workhouse, as a token .:-On r of -On Tuesday, William Sanderson -oner's warrant, for the man. - , !ksmith, of Burlington _ the former, after an eked him on the head, as he t of 6. wader oc, Orep ' e 04 -4 0 m- Bratt k. ; 44 Y eveni 'et of ba,,.! oeing a horse VEIkIENT SOCIETY.—The took place on Thursday vered by the president nfidelity." Th !tle . '•ti a`, llll ae members N I LAi lse lectur e was deli 1 1 1 11 §1 41 ii l and Cure of I. _O. prat I Oph: s masterly manner, and elicited frequent 1 1k411 41 , 4 e from the audience. Ord.tu ,VITY COURT, on Thursday, in the case 5,1 th e Copeland , the commissioner refused the gil t b e ertificate, the bankrupt being disentitled Itt, 'ion himself within the provisions of Doi ; l oss of the Bankru tcy Law Consolidation u oc k - i,:a . of £2OO on the sale of stock. h t o n ,`AsITRER.—The Dock Committee, at klieop 1 . hursday, appointed, by a large majo -14 kft t "c t iLe . 'Valentine Tanton to the office of trea latarl,:' etate. Mr. Tanton has, we klieve, ) 1 4 te allathtrty years a clerk in the treasurer's i lSt ti%i 'a rtt 4 to ' ar r izi as e , n w t. ith one exception, the oldest ser- Wars ,t . ll E MITCIII7L a first-class clipper A 1 Ni , l it;,lllel"P4 860 tons register , was launched last 1 4 1 'litto ti "" a 'aling-yard of Messrs. M'Millan and tit la ko • She is the property of Mr. John Mit ), :I f tiliih p w, and ie intended to sail from Liverpool I tk ' le r a'neiwn- 11 passengers, under the charge of li k ti k itZto x . Thompson. N,325 t e n. LIVERPOOL.—The official returns yp o s'yri t ...rnigyants, including those from the go (hi_ll of 4 u Birkenhead, destined for Australia, Oi t gth e e Ltverpool in the month of July. The iNkits b etr esPending month last year was 13,770. 4 G erns aund for America were composed almost v t ' tzt . T i. ans and Irish. 41 ,,,1),,,11at,?, 8 , 11 . 1 ti50N —This was a motion made in "„ff\ 't , r e - ,` t "'DY's Court , on Monday, for a perpetual Cte t hto tit r aln the defendant from infringing the o N o tr , for making iron safes, ()It th . e ground i;4tlt tt b i 4, ° at law, the fact of the infringement te t ,,the 2s:led in the plaintiff's favour--Mr. 'Rolt t.',,:)topXoton, which was submitted to by Mr. Vi k kk k '''e defendant. (1 : 1., t tl n ' ,A4, l c STEAIt-SHIPS. The British and ~', p, „„°( l l ' mail sterm-ship Canada, Lang, com p! Z., it departure for Boston, U.S., on Saturday, 041;Ils 0 ' lao passengers, and a faircargo, besides f o , \.. ,1 11, b o,nra--The United States mail steam hi.",,_"r i l O r - i n , j ,* ~• Wotton, sailed from Cowes ' l eoh:l ee iclv na a if:', Wednesday evening, with the ttl -- '''''entnl -'' 1 10 passengers , and a very large s o f ~„, trie r „L .. z,OOO w-nandise, shipped at Havre, valued ,uoo. Nd: diect ~,, ; t v,. th e 0 , j , 2 : - .'? TO A LIVERPOOL LADY.---A y 'i tf st°ll `b -'Y d aughter of Mr. Bower (Bower and et ed roker, f the o ' Exchange-buildings, was died fort collision which took place on the i m.ll h L i h,, ciwer -Western line, near Crewe, on Thus ,ti • , ,ot ti was Proceeding to London, to school. ~i „rauch°,t f the carriage by the collision, and iltell ~. nurt, besides receiving other injuries. itp "41 1 —a 'aining at Crewe, her removal being 14 1 4,, settle hazard. Her friends are with her. qrsq„,Eis, 13,,,,,.. ~,, , i, • ---..5, AND DEATHS.—The marriages A't ti by , p the quarter ending March, were 842; tti9; Prescot, 115 ; Ormskirk, 58 ; Wigan, ,k 1 i 2,1. Z, 8 8 ; Leigh, 74 ; Bolton, 297 ; Man 01', Ar a . ir tnB, in the quarter ending June: Liver -1,1%, !11, 9rV i t 'DerbV, 1481; Prescot, 614; Ormskirk, 'O'Niir' It s "' ; Leigh, 362 ; Warrington, 337 ; 8e1,,,,,p ,,,, , p beilip,ester, 2344 ; and deaths, in Liverpool, rieV; Av_ u v! 1034 ; Prescot, 357; Ormskirk, 18 . 6 ;. el'iti. 4 tptn urn nston, 184 ; Leigh, 198 ; Bolton, 9a9, li t 'itt L '', 1815. LD 14, i• ti , ~,Ni r i. l ,,irist or?R LANCASHIRE.—The Earl • et Sefton, l i4 44 tt lt p. G r r h e e gg criiil o y p , w a o n o d d, N t l w r. o N o V f ilson Patten, the deputy ihhaee,°nvened a meeting of the lieutenancy Np for the Bull Hotel, in Preston, yesterday. i re . i'l." carrying into effect the Militia Bill of i: , cl e ,, l !e number of men to be furnished for A i t iltit it 'lng the present year, is 5,628; nd the (Ct,lget'esires each deputy-lieutenant to ause his C'r4 s !l % many volunteers as possible, so as to ttl it i 'N r i l of resorting to the ballot. ht, n z, 1 104 /HE CHURCH OF ROME.—On Tues ta'ts, St. John's Church, Old Haymarket., 1, l et, k irl p,, ° " Trim and three women, renounced t o 1 vortltt Per.atitions of Romanism, and were re thl:l°P.ii, : lt.. i linton with the Church of England, by :,44trist e :a3rlor, M.A., who preached a very able Kkp i ..4 tp ters e ' er m„,on from the 2d chapter of Revels ot, ‘ , e, e -the church was crowded, and many .. 14 1 etp Zetlf,„P'esmit and heard the sermon wi,h ' l ,hyto,. t ,;".. This is the third company of con .tt Liis i . i , i srn who have read their recantation at 1 :1 , -.. /3 '", since January. 'd t p / liNte n P ° nday night last a gentleman, .resid ktp,i4iipOl.lows n?iles from Queen-street, went, like all tthi'is ab ' s to attend his annual feast at his club, k 1 iis!, lio tt e 'lee, his wife took the opportunity . of 1 1 01ePls, of all the furniture, and, with the p'e4 p -e rrq, sent him the key of the empty iN te eet e -e t eet her plans of bilking her husband kep t el, dial' sh e sent a message to him by her son, Ntltelit e '.,es.her neighbours' clocks . were not all t h 4 4 1 ,4 his watch. The confiding man gave k t'N ' 4 %rti 3 0 7 11, but neither wife nor watch have Vtt 'D ri ps ~ • --- Preaton Chronicle. 1911,4Z14,thigiETRODIST ASSOCIATION. — The annual 1 1110 , t'hi , \° d Y is now holding its sittings in Lever )iiiilWll;:anellester. On Tuesday, one of its 104Ni -41 )14i:4E1n - les Carveth, was put upon his trial, ' k l ; to itittial'eg statements charged to be derogatory 11111.1 i hear - S q 11 4 rip, • -ernbly. The reverend defendant re kl I e `" of ct with open doors, and to be permitted ot t, iiiiihtit°,tet,s‘o.ear j:iend to take notes. Both requests toy lOti ' ll l l 3. f ed. The reverend g . entleman, after 1 0 1 t ,pr otet nen.l is, allowed the trial to be entered 8 p i; 4 11,7° s ll ,l' against the un-English cruelty of de ih R„ ' 1 reasonable requests. The decision of 1,,. ti t , 't thie?port of the charge was carried by 31 5t44',, t At. 14 ,.. in his favour. \iNelad4d OBLlviorsNEss.—A young man, kql4telliet the r e bespoke him more than common, : p I D I , i t irs i `, art polltet, on Friday, with having Nt11 1 1 . 4 4 th< ! d o Poked for safet" His attractive 1 1 0, f Dt h IN erk rendered him "the observed of all 1 1,, 5 1 t ) ,4 1 ,P," 1 , 1 gentility was, however, somewhat Slio echhl l gginess" of the previous night's de ti.4lll'lfyte,t th lB "Pressive contrition offered no little 00 1 ' 1 iti,,roac h e Charge had been made, the usual , i q 're 4 t: " a ‘ 7 e You to say )" was asked, when the opt 4!if. d..... Dhil °Mph), begotten • by sobriety and re „Okkt,it nut it, Why, si r , it is impossible I can say Tet - q; • (1,,,' Tasrnueb as I was drunk, and forget ktlk,,s; N 'Qa t ."4, l aughter.) The devotee to the jolly i :f q l4 l ,e :1 1 ti e : 4 ' tlti,ltittlittptitillldT A Utßicx.—This fine specimen of 91 1 1 q".rte p "eil i E ig . * commanded by Captain . Andrew i e N ti k liil, .4 , . tile Mersey on Friday morning, from /. op t ti i , 4Pid vas , INilz,t., l ,,,the river - o ;ge. Captain Friday parted f i i lp it 4 h i r th .itl t ook ~. ot.. Lawrence on the morning o 0, 4 k 3 , al e tth • his Liverpool pilot on board on the 011'4 1 ; 4 )4 , 1 11 Liverpool thug making the passage in the 4 ! t ) t; I l toqaOr , d l'aee of 20 days, with a heavy cargo of \kt /' tl te gist e raw ing 221 feet water. The America Neit ‘ , le sister, wasbuilt at Quebec andlaunched last t,l•l,llhd,..nent shipbuilder, Mr.i G. H. Parke, 4 to 4t t r h u e et !Pecial superintendence of Lloyd's ~0 - 'eist . , d '°n is of that superior order which 4 hi l esi b -eh o ll f bap th i a ..l 7 experienced parties after a per et prop k i rlep, pr o lorm and finish at once strike the 4ild.opt claittducing the instant conviction that eit, C 4 th e n. of no ordina merit, and will no Sii t i Veli t edittrimtis.faction of any unprejudiced person i ti, t IQ, and ,th.rPbuilders canproduce ships of a . 1 1,:ie1014,1 s er s 'i' i n k 'sh, Uot to be surpassed hy those of liNti 4 d e a T e r in the colonies or the United '4, et l ,„'n a t . ere° number of cabin passengers, 44 thll-t then route for Australia, and whose eonld net proceel in the shiP. i ft ‘ t 4 0 1 14.10 D • 1 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, ATTGITST 10, 1852. LIVERPOOL AND CANAD A. — Arrangements have been fully consummated by which a line of ocean steamers is to be establishei between Port land and Liverpool, in connexion with the Portland and Montreal Railroad, commencing in the autumn of 1853, in season for the fall and winter business. A contract has been entered into with a house in this town, lamp' - nected with ocean steamers. The vessels are tc propellers, and constructed of iron, equal or s anything of the kind afloat. The desiv second ; and third-class passengers, STEAMERS BETWEEN is to cl with capacity for freight of at least 1,0( ) tons me ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—On Tu, last, the members Birkenhead Hotel. dined to , gether at rear-commodore occupied chair, in the abser mayo was bitiletted and elected - - passed, giving power to the 'yacht in t n a race which thpr and simi. eton Cross, of Preston, mber. A motion was sailing matches, a filled ; the object being to admit a y may have bein_preventec lar casual ties, from arrivin in time ; the entr ten days previous to a match by the above rules sant evening was spent by the mem in g matters AN ART PADDLE.-. A. working shirr named on, has pro, Pierce Power Jnhn Valentine 'O'Donnell Samuel Ward Crewe William Warneck Robert Johnston Alex. Leiniar Win. Gordon James Anderson John N. Beaumont William Rot} James D Peter C George John P Kenyon - Mary inne . Newman Margaret M'Caully Mary Ann Hays Joseph O'Neill James Boulton Mrs. Nelson Boulton Wm. Wilson Boulton Thos. R. Boulton March 28, 1852.—Sycbley Meriting Herald, Robert Quirk James Arch. M R. G. Bateman Albert Caldbeck Josh. R. Ambler , ers discus ight in L;verpool daptation of the principle of propulsion, with which some expe were made a few days ago in the Brunswick Dock. r 7 of wood, perhaps about a foot square, and connected to a frame-work, so as to be capable of being moved to and fro, was fixed to the stern of the boat, the paddle, so to speak, being covered by the water, and assuming a slightly diagonal position. By moving two handles ra pidly with his hands in the direction of his body from the stern, the inventor brought the paddle into rapid motion, the action resembling that of the fin of a fish, and the re sult being to propel the boat with great speed through the water. Mr. Hampson contends that, by this simply ap pliance alone, he can propel row-boats at much more than their ordinary speed, and with infinitely less manual , ..E ins grand object is o sea-going vessels, by means of steam and machinery, with which aids he offers to beat both the screw and the paddle. to apply it t, labour ELOPEMENT.—The town of Choriey was thrown into a state of excitement on its being made known that David Thompson, builder, had absconded on Saturday last, taking with him a large sum of money belonz tradesmen with whom he contracted to furnish him u. materials for building, and being accompanied in his flight who is a mar- by a female ried man, 1 only deceived tl se with whom he con- ..tso appears he assumed religious preten sions, and got himself initiated into the Wesleyan chapel in Park-road, at which place he gained the good graces of the ladies of the chapel, who placed him as a class leader over the pupils. Some time after being ad❑ I.gder, be was found by those who condo -.,:es of the classes not to be the upright man he pretended to be, tracted, but as a class-I as far as his religious character and accordingly they informed him his was concernec never, that .d into the services were dispensed with. it apr previous to his dismissal he made a deep i heart of a Miss Bennison, a pupil in the chapel, and pre vailed on her to accompany him on his travels.—Preston Pilot. SMUGGLING.—Patrick Fury, Thomas Wilson, and Miles Wright, sailors on board the " Atlantic," mail steamer, from New York, were charged at the Police. court, on Friday, with having a quantity of contraband tobacco in their possession. The custom-house officer on search proved that he found 31b. in a drawer belonging to Fury, 31b. belonging to Wilson, and 21b. belonging to Wright, in ali 81b. The prisoners offered no defence, but pleaded that the tobacco was intended for their private consumption. They were ordered to pay 20s. fine and costs, or imprisoned fourteen days.—Heury Bartlett, a passenger on board the ship America, of Quebec, fur hav ing 21b. of contraband tobacco in his possession, was fined 40s. and costs, or imprisoned twenty-one days.—William Jackson, second mate of the Fleetwood, lying in the Brunswick Dock, for having 21b. of cantrabind tobacco in his possession, was fined 305., or to be imprisoned four teen clays.—David Owens, a passenger in the Princeton, from New York, was charged wilh having 21h. of contra band tobacco in his possession. Owens pleaded that he had received it from another man. The magistrate or dered him to pay 10s. fine and costs, or to be imprisoned seven days THE STEAM-SHIP LA PLATA. once the Arabia, but sold to the Royal West India Mail Company, arrived in the Mervy shortly after noon on Wednesday, after a ra pid run from the Clyde. Shortly after her arrival she was taken into the Huskisson lock, to undergo an exami nation by the government officials. The Plata performed a trial trip in the Clyde on Tuesday. Her engines ac complished 16, and sometimes even 17 revolutions per mi nute, with a full supply of steam blowing off. The dis tance between the Cloch and Cumbrae lights was per formed in 1 hour 4i minutes going down, and 58 minutes coming up, with little or no assistance from the tide. The engines of the Plata are 103 inches diameter, and 9 feet stroke, and are fitted by Mr. Robert Napier, of Glasgow. The boilers are likewise different to former ones, tubes having been substituted for flues. They are placed both before and abaft the engines, which renders it necessary for her to have two funnels; and, instead of being fired from the ends, as is usually the case. they are fired from the inside. The furnaces arc, consequently, placed face to face. She is brig-rigged, and is altogether a beautiful specimen of naval architecture. The Plata came out of dock at an early hour on Friday morning, and proceeded to Southampton shortly after 2 a.m. She was telegraphed off Holyhead at 8 a.m. AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION : QUALITY OF LIVERPOO SAVAGE ASSAULT.—John Henry Higgins, a powerful looking man of colour, who stated he was a sailor on board the mail steamer " Atlantic," from New York, was charged at the Police-court, on Friday, by Benjamin Ro gers, a carman, with having violently assaulted him on Wednesday night. The complainant's face exhibited marks of violence, being greatly disfigured. It appeared that Rogers drove 1,1 .-1 and-three others in his cab, an'" that, having been paid the regular amount, asked prisoner to allow him a little extra for having waited a long time "rted a tumbler and ipon the parties, when prisoner MIL_ ^nrnolainant in the face with it, knocking him in ',trates characterised it as a most sa 'ssault, and sentenced Higgins to ge and The mag weekly meet BY Gu e impri RDIANS. Rev. W one mt. rman cautioned the relieving-officers at the with reference to investigate the charges against Mr. Whittle and Mr. Latham made their reports. On the motion of Mr. Kir kus, the salary of Mr. Fitzpatrick, medical officer of West Derby, was increased to £l3O per annum. The clerk - letter from William Ackerley, clerk of the Wigan ~ complaining that Elizabeth Yates, an out-door pauper of Great Crosby, but now residing in Ashton, and who had been allowed 33. a-week by the West Derby board three years ago, had been at various times paid short by Mr. Shearson, one of the relieving officers, and that a sum of money was then due to her. Mr. Shearson acknowledged an irregularity, but said he had no intui tion to defraud. A committee was appointed to investi gate the matter. Union COPY or Dis DR. URE'S OPINION ON THE POWER OF VERT NG THE ADNIIXTUP E OF CHICORY WITH COFFEE.—No problem in science is simpler or more cer tain than the detection of chicory, or of similar substances, in coffee powder. Ground roasted coffee imprrts to cold whereas, when it is wafer mere ya pale s' ry colour, adulterated with ground roasted chicory, it communicates a brown colour, of greater or less intensity, to cold water. If three glass tubes, set upright, be charged respectively with a few grains' weight of—l, pure coffee; 2, of pure coffee mixed with a little chicory; 3, of coffee mixed with much chicory,—and if into each of these tubes a like quantity of cold water be poured, and if, after agitation, the tubes be set upright at rest, the solid particles will soon fall to the bottom, and the transparent liquid in the stems of the tubes will show, by the variable depths of inctures, tine presence and proportion of coffee and chicory in each of them. GENERAL NEWS A PERSON NAMED SEYMOUR. in Spalding, has a daughter two months old, weighing only three pounds. MAJOR YEOMAN. of Richmond, Yorkshire, committed suicide on Wednesday last, after supper, by taking hydro cyanic acid, during the temporary absence of his wife. A YOUTH OF SIXTEEN has been committed to the Lincoln assizes, on a charge of manslaughter, for causing the death of a child, six years of age, by allowing it to drink of beer AlEssßs. Ro SCHILD have concluded with the Brazi ian Minister in London a loan for £1,000,000 sterling, o pay off the Portuguese Five per Cent. Bonds guaran teed by Brazil in 1823. AT THE PEEL BAY REGATTA on Monday, the Cormo rant, of Ramsey, was swamped by a squall, and two of her crew drowned. A third was rescued by one of the other boats by means of a life-buoy. _ MR. BENJAMIN CHANDLER, JUN., citizen and iron monger, was, on 'Tuesday, elected in Common-hall as Sheriff for the City of London and Middlesex, to serve with Alderman Carter in the room of John Hulbert, who had declined the office. MR. SNOWDEN, the proprietor of the dining-rooms in Maiden-lane, London, committed suicide on Wednesday morning by drowning himself in the cistern, which con tained about three feet of water, and into which he had thrust himself head foremost. RABID RONIANISM.—The Bedford Times states that " some rabid Catholic has sent Mr. Chisholm Anstey thirty pieces of silver (threepenny bits) as the Judas Is cariot of Catholicism, for having been the prime mover, as he says, of the accursed committee of morttnain." MR. GRIFFIN, PD English engineer, at present pracs sionally engaged on the West Coast of Scotland, has entered an action for defamation against the parochial minister of Stranraer, for publicly reproving him in church for flighty behaviour. The damages are laid at £5OO. A TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION took place on the premises of Mr. Mark John Tomkine, the proprietor of the Green-bank sawmills, Old Gravel-lane, London, on Monday, which resulted in the sacrifice of one life, and serious injury to several other persons residing in the vicinity. - - TT.ANSPORTATION OF A BANKRUPT.—At the last Dur ham assizes, a man named John Stark, of West Rainton, who had been adjudicated a bankrupt, was charged and convicted of concealing his property ; and the learned judge, Lord Campbell, sentenced him to be transported for ten years. ACCELERATION OF MAILS.—The Post-office authori ties contemplate introducing night-work into the General Post Office, for the purpose of accelerating the dispatch of the morning mails and deliveries. The scheme contem plated is a staff of clerks working in the Inland office, from nine p.m. to one a.m. CAUTION TO MOTHERS AND NunsEs.—There is now under the treatment of .1. Mayon, Esq., surgeon, Mon mouth, an infant child, the skin on whose back has, for several inches each way, been raised as if it were by a blister, by the effects of soda, with which the clothes worn by the child next the skin had been washed. WHIG-RADICAL. TYRANNY.—An infamous placard has been circulated at Hastings, assailing the deeply-venerated clergy of that town for conscientiously recording their votes in favour of Messrs. Brisco and Robertson. For this, they are held up by the Liberals—precious Liberals, such fellows as these—to the execration of the mob. — Sussex Express. VESSELS--Captain Stanley Carr, the chairman of the Australian Colonist Committee, in London, arrived in Liverpool on Wednesday. on his way to Scotland, and proceeded immediately on board the steam-ship Great Britain. intended to leave on the 21st inst., which he minutely inspected, accompanied by Captain Mathews, her commander, with whom he subsequently lunched. Captain Carr expressed to Mr. Bright, one of the owners, and the other gentlemen present, his admiration of the ship and the arrangements for the comfort of the passen gers, and his sanguine hopes for the success of their undertaking. He subsequently visited many of the twenty-five large ships now fitting out for the Australian Colonies in our docks, on board of which a great number of passengers are already embarked. To many of these he gave some excellent and kind advice. On leaving the John Bunyan, a large ship of 1,000 tons register, loading by Mr. Fox, and intended to sail for Melbourne, Captain Carr said to one of our principal merchants :—" I have now satisfied myself that the Liverpool ships are in all respects as well arranged, and as comfortably fitted for the acuommodation and health of emigrants, as those from the Thames; and, by all accounts, the Government officers entrusted with the inspection of the emigrants and stores put on board, fulfil their arduous duties as faith fully as Captain Lean, or the other naval officers at Ipswich or Glasgow." TRAFFIC IN ARMY CommissioNs.—An article in the United Service Gazette shows that there are about 1,800 names always on the commander-in-chief's list of persons applying for commissions, and attributes the appointment of many of these to the mediation of necessitous general officers, who have taken bribes in each case to the extent of £3OO or £4OO. DEATH FROM A STAB AT AN ELECTION RIOT.-At the recent election for the eastern division of the county of Somerset, riots unhappily took place during the polling days at several places; at one of which (Banwell) a young man named John Godding, about twenty years of age, was unfortunately stabbed with a pike. He died in the Bristol Royal Infirmary on Saturday. MortE EMIGRATION SWINDLING.—A fellow named Roberts has decamped from Sunderland, having received several large sums of money as advances for passages to Australia, to which place he pretended he had chartered a vessel. It appears he did advance £llB as a deposit on the purchase of a vessel ; but the shipbuilders refuse to give this up to the parties defrauded. A WHOLESALE PICTURE DEALER.—Collins, who has been repeatedly brought up for examination at Westmin ster, charged with obtaining numerous paintings of mem bers of the aristocracy and others,on pretence of borrowing them to be published in a work he was about to bring out, and with having afterwards pawned them, was, on Friday, fully committed for trial. - - HEALTH COMMITTEE. - At the weekly meeting, on Thursday, the medical officer reported the numher of deaths, for the week ending 31st July, as follows :—Parish of Liverpool, 194 ; extra-parochial wards, 80 ; total in the borough, 274. The number of deaths in the previous week was 234, showing an increase this last week of 40. A. letter was read from the chairman of the infirmary, in Brownlow-street, calling attention to the state of drain age connected with that institution. The outlay for the improvements, it was said, would amount to £220. After some conversation, the matter was ordered to be attended to. A conversation took place relative to repaving, flag ging, and making other improvements in West Derby street, the cost of which, according to the statement of the-surveyor, would amount to £6OB 12s. 6d. The sub ject was postponed for a week, in order that the commit tee might inspect the street. The chairman called atten tion to a looseness in the way in which their business was done. Mr. Newlands had been ordered to get some work done at the Cornwallis-street baths, which he bad valued at a cost of £4,300. Estimates were thus advertised for, and the lowest tender was £7,120; and when it came before the council, without alluding to the £4,300, it was passed by them. A member intimated that the increased amount arose from the introduction of salt water, which was not specified in Mr. Newlands' valuation. Another member suggested that the matter should not be gone into in Mr. Newlnnds' absence, which was agreed to, and the business terminated. OBTAINING MONEY FROM EMIGRANTS. Thomas Jones and William Williams were charged at the Police court, on Wednesday, under the following circumstances, with obtaining money by a false pretence :—Jones and Williams were the occupiers of an office in Cable-street, Liverpool, and they advertised in several provincial papers that they could provide passages to Australia, in first class ships, at reasonable terms, and that passengers would secure great advantages by writing to them, and sending a deposit prior to leaving home ; that berths of a superior character would be secured, and much trouble and expense avoided. This announcement appeared in the Sheffield papers, and a resident of Sheffield, named George Colles, wrote to Jones and Williams, to know their terms, &c. In reply they forwarded a printed list, and stated, if a deposit were made, they would secure a berth in a vessel sailing on the 24th or 25th. In the course of a few days Mr. Colles remitted them a £2O note, and asked to be told the names of the vessel and the captain. Receiving an answer of an evasive character, he required to know the time of sailing, and was then in formed that the vessel could not leave as early as was expected, the Government agent having condemned a plank in the vessel, which would have to be removed. Suspicion being excited, inquiries were made, and it was discovered that Jones and Williams had no connexion with any vessel intended to sail for Australia. They were then taken into custody, when it was found they had re ceived a large amount of money from persons in various parts of the country, whom they bad duped by their re presentations. They were semanded. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. The annual meeting of the shareholders in this company was held on Thursday, at the offices in North John-street. Mr. Charles Turner, chairman of the board of directors, occu pied the chair. The report stated that in the fire depart ment the premiums of the year, which amount to £49,110 17s. sd, exceed those of 1850 by upwards of £5,000. The statement in the last report, showing the premiums of that year to have been actually 40 per cent. in excess of the year 1848, enhances the value of the still further increase now announced. The amount of new business in the life branch of the year 1851 likewise contrasts favourably with that of the preceding year, showing an increase of the sum assured amounting to £2.0,000. The losses accruing in this department are again unexpectedly small, amounting to but four lives, assured for an aggre gate amount of but £l,Boo—a result which will be con sidered worthy of notice, when is is stated that they have issued nearly 1,200 policies since the establishment of the company. The accounts of the company for the year under review exhibit an amount to the credit of profit and loss of £26,463 19s. sd. rile directors are, therefore, of opinion that a dividend of 3s. per share be declared for the past year ; but as there will still he a sum of nearly £13,000 remaining on the account, after this operation, they would further recommend that on the present occa sion a bonus of Is. per share be likewise paid to the pro prietors, both free of income tax. In reply to a question, the Chairman stated that when the dividend and bonus were paid there would be about £B,OOO of a surplus. The dividend recommended In the report was declared, and the retiring directors re-elected, after the Chairman, Mr. S. Holme , Mr . C o o p er, and M r . L. Meaeley, had severally Addressed the meeting. EXTENSIVE BURGLARY.—On Wednesday last the pre mises of Mr. Grundy, bootmaker, of St. Martin's-lane, London, were entered by thieves, and the entire stock, consisting of nearly 200 pairs of patent leather boots and a quantity of leather, carried off. The robbers entered the premises through the shop door, the lock of which they picked, and the house being untenanted, Mr. Grundy residing elsewhere, they were enabled to pack up and carry off the plunder. SCREW MEN-oF-WAR.—Two new screw-schooners are ordered to be laid downto carry an armament of eight guns, and to have screw-propelling machinery of 50 horse-power. One, the Swallow, is to be built at Pem broke, and the other, the Curlew, is to be built at Dept ford. The following ships on the stocks in the Royal Dockyards are to be fitted with screw machinery : Windsor Castle, 130 guns, at Pembroke ; Royal Albert . , 120 guns, at Woolwich ; St. Jean d'Acre, 101 guns , at Devonport ; Algiers, 91 guns, at Devonport. It is to be hoped that the government will never allow another line of-battle ship to go off the stocks without the necessary fittings for the reception of screw machinery. - - - - DEATH OF A SOLITARY WAYFARER.—A singular cha racter died in Arundel on Sunday last, named Richard Dixon. He did not constantly reside there, but located in London and other places. He was formerly a riding officer, and on that body being disbanded obtained a moderate pension. He lived very sparingly, and has been known to walk from London to Arundel. He returned to Arundel about six months since, an invalid, declining any medical attendance until the last. It was supposed he bad money, but not much. After his decease his papers were examined by those who knew him, when it was discovered he had property to the amount of £5090. No will is kflown of. THE GREENLAND FISHERY.—Account brought by the Dublin, of Peterhead, which left the ice at Greenland on the 15th of July :—" Abram, of Hull, 7 fish and seals -120 tons; Hebo, ditto ditto, 2 fish; Flamingo, ditto ditto, 15 tons ; Dublin, of Peterhead, arrived, 4 fish and seals -40 tons ; Eclipse, ditto ditto, 4 fish and seals-75 tons ; North of Scotland, 6 fish and seals-63 tons ; Resolution, ditto ditto, 4 fish and seals-80 tons ' • Traveller, ditto ditto, 6 fish and seals-7 5 tons ; Union, ditto ditto, 2i fish and seals-25 tons ; Intrepid, ditto ditto, 71 fish and seals —9O tons; Mazinthen, ditto ditto, 3 fish and seals-60 tons ; Queen, ditto ditto, 2 fish and seals-35 tons ; Co lumbia, ditto ditto-110 tons ; Spitzbergen, ditto ditto, wrecked in June, crew saved." — Hull P acket. THE ALLEGED ADDUCTION AT BRISTOL.—The young lady who, it was rumoured, had been abducted from a village near Bristol, during the absence of her husband, is the daughter of - the Rev. Mr. Johnstone, the husband being Capt. Money, of the East India Company's service. Learning that, accompanied by her parents, she had pro ceeded to London, he followed, and succeeded in finding her retreat, and she was given into his lawful custody. It seems that Captain Money had been required to join his regiment, and the young lady, perhaps, not liking the separation from her parents, or her parents being unwil ling that she should be exposed to the hardships of an Indian campaign they had taken her out of the way, in the hope that, it is said, her husband would leave her behind. The Rev. Mr. Johnstone has written to the Bristol Mercury, denying the truth of the assertions, with respect to which he states, in conclusion :—" I shall not enter upon them further than to say, that they have, during the past week, been fully investigated before Sir William Erle, the judge of chambers, and that my daugh ter was by him, at her own urgent request, restored to me, while Mr. Mooney and his brother, the barrister, in London, were both bound over in the penalty of £5OO each, with two sureties each in !the sum of £250, to keep the peace towards the unfortunate wife of the for mer. This result will satisfy every one whose opinion is of any value that what has been done by me was not because " fathers have flinty hearts," but in order to shield a daughter from systematic persecution from one who, but a few weeks since, vowed at the altar to love and to .perish - THE SOUTHAMPTON PACKETS.—The Peninsular and MELANCHOLY DEATH WHILE BATHING. —We regret Oriental Company's new screw steam-ship Formosa, left to say that Mrs. John Wilson, widow of the eminent Southampton on Saturday afternoon on her first voyage Scottish vocalist, met with her death very suddenly while to Australia, being full of passengers, and taking out bathing at Portobello on Saturday evening. It appears specie to the amount of £lOO,OOO and a vast amount of that the deceased lady went into a bathing machine about personal baggage and merchandise.—The Peninsular and six o'clock in the evening, along with a female companion, Oriental Company's steam-ship Tagus, with the Penin- and threw herself boldly from the steps into the water. solar mails, left Southampton on Saturday afternoon, As she did not immediately rise again, her companion taking out a good number of passengers, full general cargo, became alarmed, and screamed for assistance, which was and specie to the amount of £12,000. promptly rendered by some of the occupants of the adja- DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—One of the most extensive con- cent bathing coaches. The unfortunate lady was 4ifted flagrations that have occurred for a considerable time past out of the water in a senseless condition, and, havi. in the neighbourhood of Clerkenwell broke out on Thurs day morning in the spacious factory belonging to Messrs. Knuth and Co. English, French, and German leather procure and steel goods ' dealers, situate at No. 7, Allen-street, quite unav Goswell-street, London. The property destroyed must, cause of he at a moderate calculation, reach to some thousands of PEILUVIA, _ pounds, for the whole of Messrs. Knuth's property is following extract from reduced to ruin., and, unfortunately, the firm was in- iestv's consul-general at L sured for only £2,400. article o whether; the lit. __ILLEGAL TITLES.—Tn the list of visitors publis hed bys to ves_ the Buxton Advertiser, we observe the names of Ca rdinal Wiseman, Archbishop of Westminster; the R i gh t Rev. vessel, the Lord Bishop of Shrewsbury; the Very Rev. Mon- sail from minor ports or authorised roadsteaa.s . signore Searle, Secretary to Cardinal Wiseman ; the Very in forei g n countries, taking out the proper license from Rev. Dr. Hall, V.G., Macclesfield ; the Rev. Mr. Organ, the custom-house of the principal forts from which they Chaplain, Errwood Hall • and the Rev. E. Macgreevy, may have previously sailed • and as Pisco, within an Buxton. We are informed that these names and titles hour's sail of the Chincha Islands, is included among the were given at the Advertiser-office by the Cardinal's minor ports according to law, the vessels engaged in the eetary, so that these impudent Romanists have small g uano trade will be enabled to avail themselves of this ect for, or fear of, the provisions of the act for re- facility. The concession is also important as contributing fining the illegal assumption of ecclesiastical titles. effectually towards the good order and economy of the mercantile marine of all nations frequenting this coast, THE FREIGHT brought by the West India mail-steamer and I understand that the weeps of bee. en- Orinoco, which arrived at Southampton on Monday, was the largest and most valuable ever landed at that port. Independent of 109 passengers and a very large general cargo, the value of the precious metals and precious stones on board of her amounted to nearly 83,500,000. The value of the gold on board was about 8450,000, the pearls and platina above 86,000, and the silver in bars and dollars nearly 8'3,000,000. The specie was in above 1,100 packages, and weighed about SO tons. The freight course a') of the specie alone would amount to above £ 7,000 . A n e, to - immense escort was required to guard through Mexico l ~aroue the conveyance of the 8 _ a el .e 2,500,000 consigned to Messrs. . f- Baring by the Mexican Government. w"'• la , ' THE Economist says :—" We must notice a curious eie '- circumstance, of which we have heard for so m e time, and ..nd '- which, being mentioned, may perhaps induce some par- 15 ties to explain it. For several months, even in the period in ., when wheat was habitually purchased in our market and +;• ssnt to Holland and Belgium with a profit, some wheat has been continually imported from Holland and sold in our markets at a loss. At first it was supposed that this was a completion of contracts, or a mistaken speculation, but as it continues it excites great wonder in Mark-lane. Week after week, for many months, wheat has been imported from Holland, and sold, according to the mar ket price in the two countries. at a consierable loss. Some of our readers, acquainted with political mysteries (for the transaction is entirely out of the course of trade) may perhaps explain it for behoof of the uninitiated." MARINE PROPULSION. —Being impressed with the be lief that the great defect of the methods at present em ployed is that a large amount of the motive power is ex hausted by levers, cranks, &e., I have endeavoured to invent a plan by which direct action would be obtained, and hope to do so by causing the expansive force of the vapour employed to act between the vessel and a resisting force in the water. This will be better understood by supposing a floating diaphragm (submerged) to be sta tioned under the vessel's stern, and an elongated piston rod acting against it coming from horizontal cylinders, and thus pushing the vessel forward. The resisting sur face would assume a horizontal position during the back ward movement, and thus offer no resistance, and again become vertical during the forward movement of the piston-rods : thus every ounce of power would be exerted. —Correspondent of 7'he Builder. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.—An accident of a very distressing character, whereby four lives were lost, occurred in the Bristol Channel, between Wes ton-super-Mare and Clevedon, on Sunday week. That morning, the deceased young men, accompanied by one friend who survives them, proceeded from Clevedon to Weston-super-Mare in a small boat, and arrived at her destination in safety. In the afternoon four of them re-embarked, with the view of returning to Clevedon, the fifth remaining with some friends at Weston, and express ing his intention of returning to Clevedon, rid the Bristol and Exeter Railway, by an early train the following morn ing. At ten o'clock the same night a sail was picked up at Clevedon, and on Monday a boat-oars and hats were also found near Kingston, a distance of about two miles from Clevedon. The young men not having made their appear ance, it was conjectured that some accident had happened in their management of the boat, by which they bad all met with an untimely end, and boats were despatched from Clevedon to search for the bodies. The body of one of the young men was washed on shore at Kingston Bay, on Monday evening. The bodies of the other three unfortunate young men have not yet been found. ven replace n the machine, was instantly conveyed to room, where the services of a surgeon wer but all attempts at restoring animation prove) Apoplexy is said to have been tit —Scot. GUANO TRAT --It will be seen by the .spatch received from her Ma ma, dated the 27th of June, ~went have granted greater faci a engaged in the guano trade :—" The 17th , ew Ru!e of Commerce provides that every national or foreign, shall be at liberty to that the Rravian been somewhat n( FATAL IDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH: t attended with fatal consequences to two passengers, and injury to several others, occurred on Tuesday morning near the Hampton Junction station, on the London and North-Western Railway. The 9 15 a.rr. up train left Birmingham at its usual hour, and proceeded in due course about a mile south of the Hampton Junction, to a place called Berk swell Cutting, in passing through which the ashpan and a portion of the firebox fell from the engine on the line, and coming in contact with the framework of the break van, separated the latter from the engine and tender, and threw it off the up line across the down rails. At the and before the carriages had become stationary, - - TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION AT TOTTENHAM.-0:1 Sunday morning, one of the most extensive fires that has occurred near London for a considerable time past, broke out shortly before four o'clock in the immense range of premises in the occupancy of Mr. Edward Bell, and well known as the Tottenham Mills, situate on an island sur rounded by the river Lea, near the Tottenham-station of the Eastern Counties Railway. The property destroyed by this disastrous event must, at a moderate calculation, reach to many thousand pounds. The premises con sumed may be thus enumerated :--The oil-mills and stores of oil, seeds, &c., totally destroyed. The flour-mill was totally burnt down, and its contents all but consumed. The counting-houses and offices gutted. One part of some of the private dwellings destroyed The old malt house burnt out. The stabling, engine -house, and some outbuildings are fortunately saved. Mr. Bell was par tially insured in the Norwich Union, Imperial, and Scot tish Fire-offices. The origin of the misfortune is for the present enveloped in obscurity. At the moment this re port was written men were employed skimming the sur face of the river Lea. to collect the oil that had run upon it. About fifty families will be thrown out of employment by this melancholy disaster. met the u econd c van on p train coming in contact with ass carriage, and drove it on ti ae emba detaching it from the other carriages, and creating a ter rible wreck. Two of the passengers in the second class carriage were killed on the spot, and a third was very seriously injured. Several others were more or less shaken and hurt. The second class carriage struck by the engine of the down train was found to be driven up the embank ment several feet, and within its broken timbers were discovered the bodies of the two unfortunate passengers quite dead, and one other seriously hurt. The remaining passengers had escaped from the wreck and were sitting on various parts of the line. The names of the persons killed are Mr. Beddington, an optician of Birmingham, and a youth named Floyd, said to be on his way to col lege at Oxford. ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. — We regret to announce the occurrence of another accident on the northern division of the London and North-western Railway, by which the life of an engine-driver has been sacrificed, and that of a stoker placed in jeopardy. It appears that on Thursday a pilot engine, which had been put on at Crewe to the 9.30 express train from Liverpool, to assist it up the Madeley Bank, having done so, went ahead of the train to proceed to Stafford. At the Whitmore station it was observed by the train to put up the red flag, the signal of danger, when the express brought itself almost to a stand still before it reached Whitmore. In the meantime the red flag was dropped, and " all right" sounded. The express then put on her steam, and proceeded with her usual speed. It had only run three miles beyond Whit more, when on coming round a sharp curve on the line LONDON AND about a mile north of station, the pilot engine was observed in the act of crossing on to the down line at Standon coal yard. The two engines were then only 200 yards apart. The driver of the express sounded his whistle and shot off his steam, but before he could do more than this a fearful collision had taken place, which turned the engine of the express train completely round, and both that and the pilot engine were almost totally destroyed. Thomas Reynolds, the driver of the express, was killed on the spot. The driver and fireman of the pilot or second engine have sustained more or less injury, though neither of them are seriously wounded. Tile stoker of the express was dreadfully injured—his arm, leg, and thigh were broken, and his shoulder dislocated. Eight of the carriages in the train were thrown off the rails, and the passengers of many of them were severely shaken and hurt. The following are the chief parties who have suffered by the collision :—At the Crewe Arms Junction Hotel. the Hon. Judge Moor (of the Irish bench) slight concusion of the brain ; Miss Bowers, of New Brighton, near Liverpool, slight concussion of the brain ; John Hamlet, stockman of the pilot engine, dislocation of the shoulder; Mr. Joyce, of Dublin, wound on fore head. Judge Moore was accompanied by his daughter in-law, who remains with him at the Crewe Arms. Mr. Joyce has returned to Dublin. Miss Bowers is progress ing very favourably, and John Hamlet is convalescent. At the Red Lion, Cranbery—John Grace, driver of the pilot engine, slight concussion of the brain ; Thomas Price, fireman of the express engine, fractured leg and arm, and dislocated shoulder. On Friday an inquest was opened at Standon, on the body of Reynolds, when after the examination of two witnesses, and in order to give time to procure further evidence, so that the case might receive the most thorough investigation, the coroner adjourned the proceedings for a fortnight. HUSSEY'S AMERICAN REAPING MACHINE.—SO many successful experiments with Hussey's American reaping machine, as improved by Mr. Cresskill, of Beverley, have been made during the past twelve months, that few now deny its vast superiority over the scythe and sickle. So great is the demand for it, that Mr. Cresskill is now, we understand, making eight reapers a day, and is about to make ten per day, or one every hour. The great im provement introduced at the Berverley factory in llussey's champion reaper is effected by increasing the speed of the cutting knives at least one-fourth, and thus allowing the horses to go one-fourth slower, and at the same time adapting the reaper to cut heavy as well as light crops of grain or beans. On many heavy craps of wheat the original reaper could not well cut and deliver the produce without over-working the horses, as well as the strongest men, in delivering the cut corn in a'proper manner ; but, Mr. Crosskill's improved reaper cuts as well or better than the scythe, while it may be moved slow or fast to suit both horses and crops, which, it will be admitted, is an important advantage, when it is considered that our horses are slower and the crops much heavier than they are in America. The machine has been found to work excellently in fields of wheat, beans, and oats ; but some few agriculturists doubted its utility in cutting barley. To remove this scepticism which existed on this point, the machine was yesterday set to work in a barley field of sixty acres, occupied by Mr. J. Whipp, of Etton, near Beverley, in the presence of Mr. Cresskill, Mr. Whipp, and several farmers, and the experiment on the whole gave great satisfaction. In the morning the machine, which was worked by two horses, and the usual number of men, cut the barley clean, with ease and with few stoppages. As the field, however, was uneven and the barley unripe, it was thought desirable to yoke an addi tional horse. In the afternoon the machine was again set to work, and cut the barley exceedingly well, though it was occasionally " choked" and stopped, but it was evident that this was more attributable to the quantity of "hog grass" which was in the field, and the inexperience SroNTANzoos Comnusnow.—On Wednesday even ing, considerable confusion was caused in the immediate neighbourhood of Lincoln's-inn-fields, and Turnstile, Holborn, London, in consequence of the following extra ordinary occurrence :—lt appears that one of the large wagons belonging to Messrs. Younghusband and Co., the railway carriers, &c., of the Old Bailey. was proceeding through Lincoln's-inn-fields, laden with hemp ; the horses were at the same time driven by a young man, who was sitting on the dickey, when all of a sudden a huge sheet of flame shot forth from the centre of the hemp, and almost encircled the driver. He instantly jumped off the wagon, and before he had time to stop the horses he found the vehicle in one broad sheet of flame. By a desperate effort he succeeded in taking the horses out, and a number of persons soon came to his aid. They succeeded in turning the vehicle over, and shooting the blazing material into the carriage road, where it burnt more furiously than before. Mr. Morris, the engineer of the High Holborn brigade station, quickly attended with an engine and a body of firemen, and in the course of an hour or so the flames were entirely ex tinguished. The property belonged to Mr. Maggs, of Somersetshire, and was worth from £l2O to £l5O. ADULTERATION OF COFFEE. — Subjoined is the Trea sury order, which has just been issued, prohibiting the vending of chicory under the name of coffee, but leaving every dealer at liberty to dispose of each article under its proper name :—" General Order. August 3rd, 1852. In pursuance of directions from the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, dated the 29th ult., Ordered,—That the general order of August Zl, 1840, directing ' that no objection be made, on the part of this revenue, to dealers in and sellers of coffee mixing chicory with coffee, or to their having the same so mixed in their possession,' he rescinded. That in future licensed dealers in coffee be allowed to keep and sell chicory, or other vegetable substances prepared to resemble coffee, provided that they be sold unmixed with coffee, in pack ages sealed or otherwise secured, containing respectively not less than 20z., and having pasted thereon a printed label, with the name or firm of the seller, the exact weight, and true description of the article contained therein ; and provided that no such article be kept in a loose state, or otherwise than in such packages as afore said, in any room entered for the storeage or sale of coffee. That all licensed dealers in coffee be furnished with a copy of this order, and informed that they must abide the consequences if, after the expiration of three months from the date hereof, they continue to sell coffee mixed with any ingredient contrary to law. Each officer must prepare a scheme in his general entry book, in which he must insert the name and residence of every dealer in coffee in his station, and the date of furnishing him with a copy of this order, adding therein his own signature in proof of the delivery of the said order." THE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE.—The first column of the New Crystal Palace was erected on Thursday last, under the most auspicious circumstances, and amidst the enthusiastic plaudits of a large and highly respectable as semblage At half-past twelve o'clock a special train from the London bridge Station conveyed a very large party to Anerley, seven miles along the road to Croydon ; and from Anerley the party walked up the hill towrrds Norwood, turning off to the right, and entering immedi ately the park in which the Crystal Palace is to stand. Other parties followed in quick succession. The Cold stream and Royal Artillery bands contributed to the en tertainment of the company; and the magnificent prospect for which Norwood is famed, attracted the admiration of all. It would perhaps have been impossible to have cho sen a better site than this picturesque and healthy spot, protected by the trees from the taint of London smoke, and presenting, from the nature of the ground, facilities and opportunities of which the skilful persons who have charge of the undertaking know how to avail themselves. At half-past two o'clock the visiters assembled round the spot where the first pillar of the palace was to be planted ; and shortly afterwards a procession advanced, preceded and marshalled by Mr. Harker, the toast master. Six workmen, bearing a large and handsome banner, inscribed " Success to the Palace of the Peo; , le." were followed by Mr. Laing, M..P. (the Chairman of tha Crystal Palace Company), Mr. F. Fuller. and other directors. The column was immediately raised and in serted in its socket, three young lads assisting in this operation. A bottle was deposited under the pill ir, con taining the coins of the realm, and a paper bearing the following inscription :—" This column, the first support of the Crystal Palace, a building of purely English archi tecture, destined to the recreation and instruction of the million, was erected on the sth day of August, 1852, in the 16th year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, by Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Crys' al Palace Company. The original structure, of which this column forms a part, was built, after the design of Sir Joseph Pax ton, by Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co., and stood in Hyd e -park, where it received the contributions of all na tions at the World's Exhibition, in the year of cur Lord, 1851. of some of the men, than to the machine itself. All present expressed themselves highly satisfied. The fol lowing letter from Mr. Riley, of South Dalton, was handed to our reporter while at Beverley :—" Dear Sir, — I have this day had the reapine machine working, first upon a field of beans, and then a field of oats. The machine cut very clean, and the horses walked at a mode rate pace. One of our men used the rake, and the work done was very satisfactory. Indeed, the reaper has much exceeded my expectations, and I am satisfied that when my horses and men are more used to the machine, we shall be able to cut all our corn crops quite as well, or better than with a scythe. Further experience will enable me to say what saving may be effected in our future harvest operations. Thus far lam perfectly satis fied.—l am, dear sir, yours truly, EDMUND RILEY.— Hull News. [ I. A i .DVERTISEMENTJ TO WIL LIAM (1.-111DNER, ESQ., COMMANDING THE SHIP EARL OF CHARLEMONT SIR,—We, the undersigned passengers, have much ph a sure in thus acknowledging our deep sense of your gentle manly courtesy at.d untiring zeal in the discharge of your onerous and responsible duties as commander of your splendid ship, and for your assiduou attention in at all times promoting the happiness and comfort of all your passengers. We feel that any words we could employ would fall far short of conveying the frill sense of our feelings to wards you on this occasion, ail we are convinced that ours is one of those honourable instances in which passengers have been treated with considerate kindness and attention, and which has resulted in the perfect health of all on board after so long a voygge. And we beg through bon to convey our warmest ac knowledgments to youilchief officer, Mr. James Gardner, to your second and e Ahird officers, Mr. Avery and Mr. Case, and your crew enerally. . And as regards yo fine ship—her long voyage under all its incidents and ircumstances, has tested her perfect sea-worthiness and adaptation as a first class emigrant vessel ; arid we wo d congratulate her proprietors in pos sessing such a shi , commander, and officers, and feel as sured she will con inue to command that support which she is so justly e itled to, and which we thus have plea sure in acknowle ging. With sincere ishes for your future happiness and suc- We remain, Sir. _ David Bell William Artin Williams John. Ormero Your sincere friends John M'Cartl James Mont! gomery James M'Connell Joseph Wiley John Cathie umphreys John Hump eys, jun. Edward Hu plxreys Robert Hu hreys James New an John Newm n ah Sheaiman I, your glass, Will modestly discover to yourself That of yourself which yet you know not of.' A. Shearroall Jane Millet Amelia Bell Letitia Humphreys Ellen Humphreys Anne Humphreys Mr. Laing, having screwed the column into its place amid loud cheers from the assembled company, proceeded to address them in a speech appropriate to the occasion. The company, to the number of 600, then proceeded to a large and handsome tent, under which an excellent dejcliner MO served. THE GOLD QUESTION -."-- THE question as to the probable effect of the increased rate of interest is very 1 from the supply of gold upon prices and tl proper ge amount of attent which are comme cle in t con clus extent left at s a as much not be le gold dept.( ously done, a class must not forget that tt es benefited by our rec ing power of t ,bove 12 months a been d 30 years ; and the pos essors of fine incomes have thus labour and its pro- duce from the community in Moreovcr, t he nation, and the p ate debtor, guaranteed only the p f a certain 3 was a of no nronos part of an annuitant to d sh the we of the It seems t, e double the writer in the Tir, as yet there has b e effect produced either upon prices, or on the supply of view of We had, a few days a o, three per cent. consols above p Even Pennsylvania five p hough it is contended that the sovereign itself—the unit of the stock—being dim c, the whole stock is worth fact is established that we have an increased atnou money seeking employm the owners of svhic lend it on lower terms than for If money lent on upon 150 pounds st the pound in gold. Writers n stify this questior omittir. sider t ,t it is by increasing the basis of money, and not by the commercial value of gold be d, that the effects are to be produced upon by the Californian and Austrilian discove One of the correspondents of the Times, who signs himself " An Old Banker," exprc early as pass'. le, our own views upon the subject, hich are tha monied interest I have before long to concede somewhat to honest industry, instead of, as at present, holding back the facilities necessary for its full development. He remarks : "As I hare, attnoh 6 .. ...cr, never grudged h. poorer neighbour his large and cheap loaf (though Lower rents result from it), so, as a banker (and consequently interested in keeping up the rate of interest), I will not attempt to disguise from myself that although for the last half century every change in money matters—for instance, the return to cash payments, the withdrawal of XI notes, luzh a landov; . the limited circulation now allowed to country backers, &c., have all operated in favour of the strong against the weak—in favour of the lender against the borrower—the tables are now about to be turned ; and probably, before many months have elapsed, that broad gulph which has so long shut out the poor from almost ever hoping to pass over to the ranks of the wealthy will be passed by a bridge formed of metal from Australia and California. In one sense we must all be benefited. The increased supply of gold must have a great effect in relieving us all from the weight of the national debt; and to use the words of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ' I see relief looming in the distance.' " The conversion of that debt into a stock, bearing a lower rate of interest, will probably be one of the first striking advantages derived from the abundance of the basis of money RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE Ronvous COMPETITION.— The competition between the Leeds Northern and the York and North Midland and Berwick Companies seems to have reached the acme. The latter are now actually offering to convey passengers from Leeds to Newcastle and back, via York (3381 miles in all) for 2s. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY.-110 half yearly meeting of the Compnny, to be held on the. 20t11 instant, promises to be one of much interest, the question being whether the Great Western or the London and Northwestern is to acquire possession of the line. The proprietors, it seems, nre, to some extent, bound to the Great Western; and the offers made by that company are represented as morn inviting than those of their northern rivals. EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—The half-yearly re port of this company states that the gross traffic for the past half-year shows an increase of £2,860 in the pas senger traffic, and £8,828 in the goods traffic, as compared with the corresponding period of 1851. The loss on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal arrangement, chargeable to this company up to the 3Gth of June' last, amounts to £9,469, of which £6,999 has been debited to the reserve fund, and the balance, being the loss for six months, has been charged against the revenue of the past half-year. The directors will be enabled to declare a dividend at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum upon unguaranteed stock, and to carry £229 to the reserve fund. The Bacup branch will be opened in the course of a few weeks. PRESTON AND LONGRIDGE RAILWAY COMPANY.—A special meeting of this company was held on Tuesday, at Preston, for the purpose of re-taking possession of the railway and premises conveyed in 1846 to the West Rid ing Junction. Mr. T. Clarke, of Preston, presided. The step was rendered necessary by the refusal of the 'West Riding Company to pay the annual rent of £3,000 due to this company.—'Mr. Addison and Mr. Swainson were ap pointed arbitrators between the two companies. Those gentlemen agreed that £5OO should be given to the West Riding Company, and that upon the payment of that sum they should give up possession of the line, rolling stock, and land at Longridge, with the buildings upon it ; this company also to have the option of taking a piece of land at the Preston terminus, subject to an annual ground rent of £95. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The di rectors of this company have just issued their half.yearly statement of accounts, to be submitted to the proprietors on Friday next. The joint stock capital account shows a total of £22,467,281, authorised to be raised on shares. The general statement of ae capital account shows that £30,148,915 had been received to the 30th of June last. The expenditure to the same date amounted to X 29,574,697. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th of June last shows that £1,196,071 had been received. The expenditure for working the traffic was £.23,304. The pro posed dividend at the rate of 54 per cent. on the consoli dated stock, and at the usual rates on the other stock or shares, will amount in the _aggregate to £ ,903, ar leave a balance to be carried forward of £68,305. The pr posed dividend at the ♦ rate of 51 per cent. on the conse dated stock (X 14,851,097) will amount to £408,405; the London and Birmingham £lO shares, at 73. per share to £22,668; on the Manchester and Birmingham share! at I.s. per share, to £3,460; on the London and North Western £25 shares, at Bs. 9id. per share. £74,019 Coventry and Nuneaton, at 5 per cent.. £6,650 the Huddersfield and Manchester and Leeds ar bury stock, £31,600. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA RAILWAY.— ing of English shareholders in this company was ___ _ Wednesday, at the London Tavern, to receive a report from the directors, together with a statement from the agent of the company. Mr. S. Laing, M.P., was called to the chair. The Chairman entered at some length into a description of the line, the large amount of traffic it was likely to have, and the dividend it would probably yield. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the highly satisfactory report presented by the directors to the annual meeting held at Hamilton, Canada, on the 21st of June last, together with a statement sub mitted by the agent, be circulated among the share holders resident in England. Mr. J. Smith seconded the motion, and it was carried. A long discussion ensued, in the course of which it was stated that the undertaking would form a main trunk line from the Niagara river, where some of the United States' lines terminated, and pass through the principal towns and districts of Canada, and terminate at Windsor, opposite Detroit, the eastern terminus of the Michigan central railroad. The whole length of the line, including a branch of 49 miles to Port Sarnia, on Lake Huron, was 275 miles. Resolutions were passed appointing a committee of shareholders, consisting of Messrs. S. Laing, J. Masterman, jun., and A. Derby, to co-operate with. the president and agent of the company in the selection of a managing director ; voting thanks to Mr. Harrison, the president of the board, Mr. Buchanan, the agent, and Mr. Harkness, the secretary. X meet VV TRAFFIC RETURNS.—The traffic returns for the week ending August Ist, on the undermentioned English lines of railway, are as follows : 1852. 1851 London and North-Western. Midland _ £ 51,502 23.896 Lancashire and Yorkshire.... •• London and South-Western .... London and Brighton. Great Western South-Eastern York and North-Midland...... Manchester, Sheff. and Lincoln Bristol a" r 18,497 15,486 17,765 19,013 9,428 &eter - toric, Newcastle, and Berwic Shrewsbury and Chester Eastern Counties and NorfOli Great Northern Chester and H North Staffordshire ualectonian South Wales,. South Yorksh 16,666 s 1 Lancashire e total receipts on the above lines against X 294,949 in ii;ecorresponding we the decrease is shown to be 29,97752 4, . The open on the above, was £n 18 , i5B; 4,4451, showing an increase of 143 miles 16,374 ----- people in that section of Uncle Sam's AN INVITING COVNTRY:—A new settler somewhere in countryand n d_,an d. Missouri gives the.following graphic description of the domi- As for the country, the land is as cheap as good enough, but the climate is rainy, blowy, The people die so fast here, that every man has his third w i fe, and every woman is a widow," nions , s, as n 1 on the subject ,t no ye One fact holy considerable ion. 'I at; and we are to a v sovere