The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-23 00:00:00

1855 LLIGE ) , y Of GO% 0 St. J 0 ~pOrl It-strer,,,Lool .uporl• I '4o filgh li° in to five laliiol Coi!er, al. • BladA rave, 13 ' t al Curef ;tad , ' "`'„: , nes t ! la , 5 2, ° c ! tscb° st and oaricet 5° Rest Out f ;e °' :r abbi' of iherw iiti St. aicel e st " t o , ' f 0 , 1 ag e of A ef' leg ; e ; Ort e° ,;o l o typ P 'h r. 410,1 e /t r ot od c o,ol‘ fifer: neSr,lls s O of tbV l - 03 0 I le qa ti:e til d I Fr e ' $11 ) bit g o, P;j l :6; i j ' l 5,5011 1 ! 1 L .": 06, 0 t 4 : , • / 110 1 V . c lif t yt;,, f e., 00 0 1;1 0 4 , tot , PA t y , d ' o oo'''4l'6 :Ile e d 9` ac e 9 a '" ti; .t otr I 0 ' OCTOBER 23, 1855.] kLOCAL INTELLIGENCE. o yi , -to, Eq., of Caton, Lancaster, h t v antenant of the county. is appointed a L.A . tw Revoltr. John Stewart is to succeed Mr. Tobin as chief ma,gistrate of this borough. stoat 411',..1131cXeltTO,S, of Mount -pleasant, and Mr. A. Whittle, is,‘2rosshall-street have been elected honorary surgeons to ' Anne's Dispens'ary and Eye and Ear Institution. C ,I,vteertesltivitearteidoah:s t itrela°tlEGlATß INSTITUTION. -On Wednesday, Mr. T. C. iot lecture_ of this season at the Cob ra ' table audience. The subject was is eell'•lataral and ComarmesePreeial History of the Cotton Plant," AD Itaation of lais former lectures on useful products. P a : 1 1 1 ,1 6 4 To YOT;NG MEN. -On Wednesday, the Rev. F. hllte ra„: 41 . 11 1 on lathe tenth series of friendly addresses e t r. street. ill , la thegeroom of the Bible Depository, Slat or street, e subject was " The Young Man disappointing _ lirttneagtothbe top e of his parents," and it was attentively 1 4 , ~, 3' the large number of young men present. lea , UtrsE u ' Llre, 0? CAXEMIDGB.-Before his Royal Highness L'aYor, e rl, be placed the sum of £lOO in the hands o rship ca.*" alipliecie,PPlied to porposes of benevolence. His worship ; 11‘•.arlatie sone.aa follows :-District Provident . Society, of the tv £2O; and kr4;eserved kliertb k 2 O ; Strangers' the Inca e Xilici a l ''', l° r a ease oftlistressFaririesnindgSforOem , ~ e ilhlnstrial Schools, on the 9th instant. accident awl7 ll ' ov rat a la •,- sub committee ap ti._ -a ay th, .. OCk. tta.TNS.-The su r' l nf tbe dvo,.;-.l°Q Committee to consider the finaneialwpohiseih ie:naaisaa, tclttsiate have agreed upon their report, tonnage, be ,L;.eadt7troenalte'll)t, tetetiek r:a.te, both on goods, and . thus to rhepv•lllie This 111. Whilst the rates 4 . 510 , of the_dieereaseti, it , has 4ernannu Is, it is expecteo, yLil . l bring in an re ` Me ' lle s °II goods shank s u b ' 7 t; The subject w e as p again referred to t e he s e l e a d ee th w at ith a g th e e ne v ra ie l w r:a f tu,r,elillrryiur t:twt.talce,i;.re authorised to take the necessary_s_t a r , s _ to COM ri;.e'ncer'oeur t e b ll e t a at . i %th r"l nlet dation. The Pr( r selill ' cre c th rate s t zt g and shipping is Axenirt ° eealer neat meeting tfl the Arehiteelltaltkl- baud el,"l.--At the fortnightly m day sonit r outin . Archological Society, on 0 „ a ~, .Isioess, Aa r pere "erPemine, as ."` •. character Xerineth, of London, read_.....,, V,,_ 'which, he said, eral ~ te.esorihed the get applied 4._ Wednes a , Le decorative purposes." :'.l.4ance, coruwaz pWas found in a particular worked as Cal•jell,and receiviaa. t .was capable of being and properties of the li b. aiC beauti ful a a.polish as lustrous, as that of marble. e to,‘, and or rlPeellnens of work rove rpentine were . \aZI ,.. , the wurs'l„Thlatbrs were invited 'to inspect, when in cable-1r iitaread a °f the on 7th Serpentine Conajmny.-Mr• ur ... tests, as apph • R aio, ean other build 9 use °f elenneal 'ng of t i l ' 4 ,,:titi c o ~.. mg materials. no lo , e o w . r, TRX MARINE StrrrEToTt.-At the meet' his 41 4 1 1 that ,L-08tiz,nittee, on Thursday, ay, Lieut. Lord an de ertslkin., ate of his health would no longer admit of illai,,, 4 'ery 6bstal,e surveying department, which at present..„,„, e i :..',7' At th;garkrial Portion of the whole of his official 414ge the a '.Ballle time he lervi°4 being cf his otEcetl, S , n•shore • but in the event of tl g i„, of 400",112g retained, he -. should' require his pr 3 6,1 of n 1 ed his willingness to laaal)!.°Pcsal r ` i. annUm to be 'increased. In the eve_ .e.at. f,ia4traat,eittilhaeting agreed to by the cominitte . !,....L eces i . 'tial to 4holet,, 11,e trierelylield his office until. Tswaaus ye. staoilt the triZr. he consideration of the s7.bdiectile und!r- I'restnt w hat th e Ite, srveyor's committee, " 1 ed above Its ,1 Stti'°"olt-...ikrY Was not to be increas 14,4)t,b4eetLe"11°0C : Per a,- allivalll. aoTE--The . of this . b ....ITERAItY IxsTl beneath ....ail' 14 r .11 institnti n was held on Tuesday. in an , air.• aai vr ° the- president, -t in ~.,„ l'llsceai The el l • e uee Rey worth, M.P., fact -019 been K r " - ai '.g ye,-,., ' 4 llla / 1 - said it was a pleasant subscriptions ex- Oil % of le th e r, 2ePt said first had the thok :.,: i rs a e n 4 a(zs and the committee sundaY -rt and the thsisapaspo:seh7.l amtsa the lid of e, arta the desire of . ,kr-. is • the Chist. communitY assured that by tL i °l ie „_ , stue,,,,,_ .. the . tultalue"q, ete; s u t n, and the . committee fe_litcuasiated to . meet °' the -' wl:lrkuip. it was fully ca The TP°ll ' iTt l e7l . t "rib i.°llllg bf Little,'s the at e ef men o a:l2,e ki,,niber „l'esPect to thememory of 4 1. 6 : of wh0n1.228 q 7 •1ay.„. 4 , n' Menabers at present was 4h :life members k l 'or4l ia -wecil teachers They had also The treasurer-% tile t•l,, 'hover„iees, Mak:n . lof 4 ' 94 ' a debt upon t27'.ltittitaa, th,t,,,,„_g a total year there was 'll to 1:14 'ifl'hc'ligh lastY had now bee n ste t ,. er alai a s. dit addressed the meeting upon ..N.t t %vale; s onto „ "'takers theinstitution. re . duced te" ttea li r 4etk ollection with ~, Tuesday*. 441012 p 711441e.4;1",ee' INsTia TR gderow.-mEno it 4 itteleati‘thee-ernpainztiny t p u r t e e sel v i v t t a; - in l "iugur st at an ed . e s; , k t - 4 : 4 4 e ll o i t ri e t t r 4g addyreresss: jgheflieht:swhilerdg.ivingnotidueimcporedrtitantotethoef koN recailieutialssyinpathy bet:ee e c n es ern itY l4, e - rs and employed;, I who lt d ° . e n live a red . nd kill:lit1j1; aa t i . a°.'ll,ekir the workin-, class P particularly ott . ot ClN.4es. 0 Illatirs isTsteTh' °'tnanageinent for Mecharles , k. of Lora naafred aiiteerrvetopic his lordahip,advised t h at the Tan, The former prYopote "' (id Lord rd.eXrinatou- should be the Universities should be orapetentyoung Ina L the latter, tla,a_t_ e?m,petitionellgageeramditnnattenlisveirn 44Z,11es of 1.-lttent - rs eus "°'.?l9 0e held al:4. ,ePere.. • tils lordship theta acc .v ta ar r o s as ; -‘ in Wovincial towns 'hef°re 'welt upo n i. ',,,__ . 1 1 . !lance as the sole means ' b ywhich thelpoorer '',lolk`.'4o,u.tope to arrive at ernineno,a ae- ai g his-speech ,e0,e,17:11--,;There is au old fable-, - lainduitilwll-of one '`%lkZ, gjustructions left in his fathe ' will, d ' -over his ittlx;',:'le 01aearch of buried tthe,advan r-s ug was oat th e b reasure. The treasure t,Nh,I. arvest repaid hitt „ And •so to you, I say, tlql,7aN, t,':.!lNiedge may not bring• the wealth that many sro4l.at 1,41 1 v 1 . 4.111e and advancenient which , some, perhaps, ,;:l''`,,!7,7l.4lAtie°°,,s.l4l)earc'llerliisg'ree'dthi .rlantht.ehe,sii;,,ezdfac:auoef its 'possession, a , .„.... in vain. , 14 , held ,7 04 „, can haw <cause to etc;;lltcaNes 4.4a,p5..1 _TIR COlrrirtßNT..---1331 ay,-a meeting alt...rctu ~,,..aall, Hope-street, for the,purpese of hearing etzto ,4110tre clergymen ca.earnect.ed with - theu n" the ti,iyqpie(ta, ea,all non th e 191 Aid Society, :respecting,cehten 1: i. a.,,. `,.., ch a i r, 4_, continent. -The -Rev. ,Dr. r IV; th:"Ptsch, utfl" aulongst the .gentlemen Present ric, tilli;ev. C. 0. 1 104 8 ; the litecr. Dr. Patton, 9f, New d were , ( ko,17. 10 1,1,• - t3, 4 er,• J. xeljling, seeretaaz, to the Turkmn Rev. -4 a,' th 1 4 ev. 1 ,- / 1' ; the the c. M. Birrella the_ ,of to --ae stun e °. br. ti a rrY ; the Rev. W..J. ,MlDo,..we ttt,euia,ee wa rowo, air. maefie, Mr. qi. C. Hall, tl.i•inte 11g8 ' the chslarge aud respectable. in opening. Lies tt. 141"... NU ~,, 1 %ma . e two societies "tly 0 1,1 h e °ll db e b 1 said there • wer ia lo , the ola__ 41'ged. aa.r°llght before th . and whose ta e 4 i; tii,, -- 7.et of whi i‘s“e first was the Contmenta . l_to : htt:Prees of tL l°ll B of tb_ e g Wa s to di 'use pure.: Chnstian!L.yr under Ptr, 4bout,"e ° liar I. l ' r°otie t who were .ground tika at; ..'t Tu„ L .e of /1„, l l ,• dl th e y would N al,--aoli of c is alsh A „sane ; tneaa, -neon y -a -tor 40 Isti • ''''' Societv whose 1, tiatk Nl3t fa anity a t hose who degraum -a o il fr o ,, , 11 118 of reb us 41.11`410m the pe .atir relig'on in the East.---a1..7.-i,e Rev. -obect was , the kti Tsd IN of F• ''• Parryl the Rev. G. Fitch, `7.,tions, Nat Interest. her gent] ' ' the aflni'" the-respective , Iv.. vik ,_,...1ng ae, emen farming r,,41,44z, -a wa le }, th ~,,resEes on half ,_ • `l, `rd sau;4.aa Qb""le3' are connected. c a this i'4' Ilit °(1 oa Ii4111)I411.8---Th weeklY Ince-nig • n the l'i cit°tllerni '''ednesda. It e J e h Harrison: i . er W ''D 14 '..,ci et4bees Y ' ' I. * " P-• Shaw , le" I' attei,' oileNraB, -1,,, Present were Messl.'s;deiey norsfa. , l ,`tld,wipta, Lunt, Medcalf,laitnue'rts,scallis, I .'""lliita;'ilna obi h 3 ' , Abraham, Morrrrlse,parted, thatz (of LII:t41.11.111.t week w e efeveos; admitted;;4BwB; ond ',?l',e' in tiear,te.`4lnribera this week,•646 ' r ... eraorted that ?-7,_ _AcaltiTash,ll°.----The governor •ia be °llse was broken ; it waB having reselved tha c t • -mate , r E , at note . neaver Intl . 7.gaiasred obtained.-/klr. - nee of thealetipli. ea. _. tlie Larice of a discontan? son, go ~ir-,1. ..,s ",?,,, dby Mr. James LuntrHas surgeen,l3.. 11;,,t25. Ch"et-1.. ,osts.---Mr. l r - (i t no he Paid (aj agar as '. riav gone ?--. % which had i"iy'roatie %ted t I:.'!lnlred whether thescum .off red to him " haa ' Cert .° 'win would be again ---e destroyed. Taylor.: Az 9141 : 11, 4141 y ho o t; the cheque has been ..,._ a/I,c: tte,;4olefore, Johnson will do withotit i,t, _, df %L. A .,' tied for nothing, sooner than receivethan..', alv ilaaeiZ, was asked if' the board did not ,c 0 ' l 4 ith , -'" to Mr. Johnson. The rs tlti ••audiate the d ebt The Clairman, did La-Mr. Clever said they had aslc€ 4 ,.., i ,„ rdians ,coald le could not giv slit- . PitaPatr4,' tee had voted Johnson tel:s m ..no of debt upon their aide tts said they had no app atiemfor .taaught it was quite time enou g h to "ea the application %vas Made. The show he had not the least claim.- board then terminated. aa.1,3178-CORONERSCIIARGE-The .arteraessions were held on Wednesday irman. The calendar contained for trial ; 51 felonies, and 14 anis rinan,iirt his charge, spoke with much ice 0 the late venerable Archdrnaf 14.c"hhaacte highly magistrate, r as a man, as a ~ 41% . e ulogised. Yr' to the milltie,i,e e-aurt e to _th r e . objection made y M Hargreaves,.'s ° I IP! d iet - li and George Rile L tuget Conne latter by f-ikviog Caught fire; and the u on it. ~.,ad lost ter life by burning,_ in con lar°n WI a :beer barrel falling p n with "'gilt to exercise some discretion to hold Ind that it was not necessary ,;,....olauce committee had com . e to the ' e ralaine ut - of sudden death that nil f counties a"pe,u forte .. at.lthorisha,g the clivisions expressly I stated 'AtQat.,,trvlvas entitled of coroners, e ands'n xpr cases where, 'ght occur. P ‘ltl tt,1;::P1,:•11.4evil:(1 theotillgt°l4 hiltB OetlidPeeSiriteB"...c. hands. In i , tlt, i aft e r e t a diseretionarY Power in his ed lived 4 la all th e ° linen, it appeared that the deceased n to 1 to . hold an in -. 'e 4 4,, ikilt accident and that there was no reason t b ' death. Nfo lathe to any one resPeeting her ile re Move that Mr Flargreave'fee and m n be disallowed:a-M. W. court_ . oe-Zn•----111r. J Peel trusted that the I : e t° aPPly'a controlling hand to the reek 0. Pilkingto rich occurred under this head every year,. ec),nle when something ought to be dam. A 100 etected without detriment to the pub {,entlemen saw, as the Finance Committee 10!ount of money paid for inquests would i tee ore the court, he thought . n e ne..._ eari:4l4 f Intl' This case was not a solitary e ; ru m Pvard to test a principle. The motion on ,c ,k 1; a.„.„ 4errwards di 11 d.-Mr. Peel presented ta and the charge for the imnest 4 1 -e°ll nt of thsca lo e ner for Amounderness, :Pisitions, the charge for which was £74 nlber the district Finance Committee had l'ill ed t° £l9 es 21 hich sum they believed L,: . But the cl w mmittee did not recom le -,-,.." any deduction, and he would move tte 'assed•The motion was seconded,. and ,rll-le.bale coroner's account, amounting to ..,,'Lllassed, 11,4 Peel remarking that fully one ea i ti ° " l , + ' h ave been saved.-For the hundred of - was £32 19s. 4d. ' Mr. Peel said the ~, that guar the 41 inquests held by Mr. Il e laster might have been dispensed u,leb,lntnittee proposed to pass 16 of that ICe„ennled only the disallowance of the ca q uest s held upon persons accidentally It ;lee of several spectators. The charge for alle-,ll's 1 lls. 1 1d., which the court agreed ita uee l' . as allowed.- Mr. Peel said he wtlriueghta 14,1qeuest °' eschniniecif htehefarii information o ed to th n e Finance id taheset°llbutst• h It had as th the r ecitie u st, e nodoubte l) co e o r n e roaf !!! ~0 1 ,1' ipliick„:l l , l er r ," Wed; if )i 4t tei' 4 lO;f 4 *, e nlbe r • I -4tf latOk4 i i ‘cis, pi t . 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THE SHOOTING STAR, a magnificent clipper, is to be dis• patched for Melbourne, to-morrow, by Mr. James Dowie. MESSRS. JAMES BAINES AND Co.'s Black Ball liner, John and Lucy, sailed on Friday for Sydney, with a full cargo, and 371 adult male passengers. The David Mather, of this line, sails for Sydney, with government passengers, on the Bth of next month. NEW MAGISTRATES.—Edward Edwards Atkinson, Esq., of Grange Hall, Poulton-le-Fylde, William Jackson, Esq., of Lancaster, Robert Augustus Aspinall, Esq., Oak Field, Aig burth, Liverpool, Frederick Kemp, Esq., of Fleetwood, James Shorrock, Esq., Over Darwen, and the Rev. John Sparling, Eccleston, Chorley, have been appointed magistrates of the county. _ _ . THE HON. COLIN LINDSAY.—A handsome buhl cabinet has been presented to the Hon. Colin Lindsay, by some of the members of the Chester and Manchester Church Union Society, for his zeal and energy in - supporting Church principles. The cabinet bears the following inscription :—"Presented to the Hon. Colin Lindsay, late secretary of the Chester and Man chester Church Union, by a few of the members.-1855." EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLEEK.—A lad named George May, an apprentice in the employ of Mr. George Goore, broker, of Rumford-street, was charged at the Police-court, on Friday, with having embezzled the sum of £B2 10s. lOd., the pro perty of his employer. The only cases gone into, were the receipt of £l2 15s. 3d. from Messrs. Tobin, and £27 3s. lOd. from Messrs. Hatton and Cookson, both of which were fully proved. The prisoner was committed for trial. SHIPBUILDING AT TRANMERE.—A portion of land on the margin of Tranmere Pool, at the top of the slip, has been boarded off, and Mr. Mackenzie, of this town, has already commenced shipbuilding operations upon it. Already a wooden tug steamer of about 120 tons measurement is in frame, and the keel of another of similcir dimensions is lad down. The site is most eligible, for there is still water in the pool to launch in, and an excellent graving•dock alongside for fitting vessels out. Some years ago, several large ships were built in this locality. CONCEALMENT 0? BIRTH.—At the Coroner's Court, on Friday, an inquiry was held in the following case :—Some short time since, a girl named Jane Fairclough, living as ser vant with Mrs. Bowman, in Catherine-street, was delivered of a female child. She first ccmcealed it in the coal-cellar, and then in the ash-pit, where it was found by a policeman. The jury returned an open verdict to the effect that there was no evidence to show whether the female child in question had been born alive. The coroner then ordered the girl to be taken before the magistrates on the charge-of concealment of its birth. MITZTVRIOLTS DISAVPSARANCE.-Mr. Thomas Jackson, who was occasionally employed as a reporter on several of the Liverpool newspapers, left this town crn Monday evening last week, to attend a meeting at Tranmere, and has not since been heard of. The was seen at Tranmere during the evening, and it is feared he has fallen into the water on that side e the river. Mr. -Jackson was a particularly temperate man, was 52 years of age, of light complexion and spare make, and partially bald. He had on when he left home a blue frock coat and grey mixture trowsers. • - • STRANGE CASS OF BURGLArT.—At the Police-court, on Priday, a lad named Thomas Caine was charged with stealing some silvor spoons and forks from the house of Mrs. Griffiths, in Sugnall-street, and also with being found in the back , kitchen of the house of Mrs. Burton, in Caledorawstreet, where he was taken into ect4tody. The policeman 'Who pre ferred the charge against theTrisoner said that, twelvemonths ago, he was sent to prison forstealing some coats from'the very saraehouse. The prisoner, =who said it was only two months ago, was committed for trial. - - - - IltivEnurrey COURT.--On Tuesday, James P6tts, a brick maker, of Crewe, obtained a certificate of the second class with six months' suspension, but there being no:fraud, protec tion was also granted. =Joseph Whittle, grocer; of St. Helen's, applied for his certificate. His Honour granted one of the 'third class.—Wednesday.—ln re John Foden , : The bankrupt Hwas a grocer in Whiteohapel, and protection rot having been , continued to him after his last examination, he was arrested and imprisoned by one of his creditors. Mr. Evans, on his , behalf, applied that the court would order liis' ,, release, and his Honour granted the replication.—On Thursday, Edwin La tham, who carried ra business with Wilfred Latham, as commission merchants, in Liverpool, obtMaed a first-class certificate. ADULTERATION -oF FLOUR Mr. M`Gowen, law-clerk to the health committee, appeared before Mr. Mansfield, at the Police-court, on Thursday, to support an 'information laid by him, under the Police Act, against Mr.. George Elliott, baker and flour dealer, Pitt-street. After a long investigation, Mr. Mansfield said the medical evidence did:uot go to show that the flour produced by the prosecution, as part of the flour of which the loaf was made, was unfit for human food, and there fore the case fell to the ground. During the hearing of the case the court was crowded with bakers and flour dealers, who audibly expressed their gratification at its result.—John Hesketh, Dale.street, was summoned . by Mr. M`Gowen, for having " knowingly sold an ingredient, to wit, sand grit, mixed with flour, as being flour." This case also fell to the ground for want of probf. Mr. Mansfield said he thought it would be j very desirable‘ if the sanitary officers would obtain the flour before it was manufactured into bread, in the same manner as the excise officers made purchases of, pepper and other articles, when they suspected that there was adulteration, and then there would be no difficulty in arriving at a conclusion. SINGULIR iTALITY.—On the eth of this month an in; ' quest was held on a child, six months old, the son of John Freakley, a railway porter, residing in No. 6 Court, Wood ! stock-street. .-About two months , `before the death of the child, the rather, Eliza Freakley,-was struck on the lip with a chamber utensil in a quarrel with a neighbour named Ellen Crosby, anddsnocked down. She had the child in her arms at the time, and from that period;.lt had gradually sickened, and along with the mother was under the care of a surgeon of the Northern Dispensary, until he expired the week before last. On Monday last week, the family removed from the court in Woodstock-street to a TOOM in No. 17, Denbigh street, where another more serials fatality occurred. -On Wednesday -night the mother left'her residence about twenty minutes pastreix o'clock, her two children, Margaret Agnes, three yeare and four months, andllichard Hanwell, two years and two months old, being at that time asleep in bed. Upon her return, as she entered the door, she perceived smoke issuing from , her apartment, and on giving an alarm, ,her landlady, Catherine Trainer, rushed in with her and found the bed on:;fire. The mother picked up the boy llklhard from the - floor, he being still alive, and ran with him to the house of a ,drrggist in Great Howard-street, who pronounced him dead. Mrs. Trainer found the girl in the bed with ::her right arm and- side severely hymned, and quite dead. ..The mother stated that there was not any fire left in the grate, and a box of =matches which she left on the mantlepiece was still there upon her return. .The&re was shortly afterwards extinguished. MR. OLIVER:B AFFAIREL—The dispute in adjudication in this matter, which was adjournedtfrom Monday, came eavfor hearing on Friday, and excited considerable interest. .-As soon as the commissioner took- his seat, the parties on -each side. consulted ..together, evidently with a view of combag -to a settlement; but after the lapse of about half an hour, the case was adjourned for an hour. When the court again-sat, Mr. Manesty said that, after a-considerable consultation .and discussion between the respective advisers of the parties, it was seen that there were great and serious difficulties on both side', and that there would be a long protracted litigation and great expense before the matter could be finally settled. at was not forgotten that many parties were deeply interested: in the large properter which was at stake, and that delay of itself would be a serious evil. 'lt was arranged not to proceed fur ther to give evidence in• support of the adjudication; and his duty was, evidence not being tendered before his honour, to ask him to annul the proceedings. Mr. Quain concurred in what had been said, on behalf of Air. Oliver and the trustees. He believed the matter was now wound up, and the large estate would go in the ordinary coarse of distribution. The proceedings were then formally annulled, and the usual order of the court taken. SERIOUS FIRE IT 4. TAR DISTILLERY. — EarIy on Lt.irs dlty, a fire broke out in the extensive tar and turpentine dis tillery belonging to Messrs. Houlgrave and Co., Hill-street, Toxteth-park, which resulted in 'the .destruction of a large amount of property. The premises aresituate in Hill-street, and extend in a southeily.direction along Lower Harrington street. They comprise n still-house, with the usual apparatus for manufacturing tar, turpentine, &c.-; and on the opposite side of the yard are the -warehouses containing the stock of rosin, turpentine, and other materials , neeessary to the carry :lug on of such extensive works. The -still-house was isolated .from the other premises —a fortunate circumstance, as it : mainly contributed to prevent the •spread of the fire to the ,adjoining buildings. The combustible nature of the materials mu• led and the close proximity of the - Brunswick Dock, which atipresent is filled with shipping, rendered-the fire of an un ,l7jually alarming character. The fire was first discovered in thedistillery; and it is presumed -the still had boiled over, when the materials became ignited, and -the whole premises were.silmost instantly in flames, the liquid fire running about in allArirections. Engines from the West of England Fire station, and one from Temple-court, were soon •on the spot; but before their arrival a reel from the South Fire-station had done good service. The fire was soon extinguieed; but not before the distillery had been entirely destroyed. The loss will amount to nearly £1,500; but the stock and premises are insured ein the West of England Fire-office. A 4trxmort or SALVAGE.—Mr. IL C. Chapman, the re ceiaver.of Admiralty droits at this port, summoned Mr. John Naylor, banker, on Thursday, at the Police-court, before Mr. Mansfield, for saving, on the 4th of July last, unlawfully taken possession of a certain wreck,— to wit, an anchor and chain,—being the owner thereof, and not having given notice thereof as soon as possible to the receiver of the wreck for the district, as •required by the Merchant Shipping Aet. —Mr. Aspivall, who appeared on behalf of the complainant, said the summons was merely on a matter of form, being ordered by the Board of Trade,—as the defendant had: failed to give a formal notice of claiming what was his own,—.au anchor and chain, which was slipped from a yacht some months back, and which be had authorised a person to drag for and recover. But, though the ownership was in this ease undoubted, yet the rule was a good one, and it was essential to observe the forms Mr. Simpson, who appeared on behalf of the defendant, contended firstly, that they had given notice ; secondly, that the property was no wreck, and thirdly, that the complainant was not entitled to the fees, which he at first put down as 10s,—and then as £2,—as, even supposing the anchor to have been lost, the yacht belonged to the royal club, and was exempt.—After a lengthy trial, the parties came to an amicable understanding. ROBBERY AT AN AUCTION Room.—John Cornwall, a middle-aged, well-dressed man, having but one arm, was on Friday, at the Police-court, charged with robbery. Mrs. Jane Boyd said that yesterday she was at the sale at the resi dence of Dr. Cooper, in Bedford-street North, at which there was a numerous attendance. After some time she perceived the prisoner close by her, and, as he continued so long near her, she noticed that he was considerably agitated, and ap peared like a person going to faint. Almost immediately after this, she felt something fall upon her foot, and on stooping, discovered that it was her gold chain, which was broken, and then she also found that her watch, was gone, as well as the prisoner. She at once ran out to the porter at the door, and he said that the only person who had left the house for a con siderable time was a gentleman a little pockmarked, wearing a cloak. Mrs. Boyd at once exclaimed " That's the man—he's taken my watch." Information was given to the policeman near at hand, who ran in the direction the prisoner took, saw him get into a cab, which was ordered by him to be driven to the railway-station, and apprehended him. On being charged with the theft, the prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery, and offered to return to the sale-room, which he did. The watch had not been found.—Mr. Holme said, that taking into consideration the whole of the lady's evidence, in con nevion with the fact that the prisoner had left the room, got into a cab,,ata ion and directed himself to be driven straightway to th e railw ay,station , induced to ay, h . remand the prisoner for seven 47.8, Tim American steam-ship Baltic sailed on Saturday for New York, with the mails, a full cargo, and about 190 pas sengers. It is announced that the semi-weekly mail to the United States will be resumed in January. COMPULSORY PILOTAGE.—A new bye-law is being prepared by the Trinity House authorities, exempting from compulsory pilotage ships arriving from foreign parts at ports or places within the United Kingdom, and proceeding in ballast to other ports or places within the United Kingdom, for the purpose of taking on board cargo for delivery within the United King dom. But the owner or master of the ship claiming exemp tion from such compulsory pilotage shall provide himself with a certificate of such exemption, for the particular voyage therein specified, such certificate to be signed by the secretary or other proper officer of the Trinity House. HISTORIC SOCIETY. —Thursday being St. Luke's-day, the annual meeting of this society was held in St. George's-hall, Dr. Thom, V.P., in the chair. The report, which was read by the secretary, mentioned an unusual amount of success during the session ; and recorded various matters of detail. To avoid the issue of circulars, a neat card had been printed, as in the London societies, showing the evenings of meeting ; and, by means of advertisements, the council had apprised the members of the business to be brought forward. The list of members had been printed in an Bvo. pamphlet of sixteen pages; and the new code of laws had been issued after Christmas. The first volume of the society's transactions, which was out of print and selling for a guinea, has been reprinted for sale to the members. The library and museum of the society have been carefully arranged, and catalogues of them made out. An assistant secretary has been appointed, in accordance with the laws, at a fixed salary. He is not a member of the society. The roll of the society contains 248 resident members, 164 non resident, 4 lady associates, and 28 honorary members, making, in all, 444. Its income is £340 a-year, of which sum £250 is expected to produce 'the annual volume, and to cover working expenses. On this occasion the outlay was greater, inten tionally, amounting to £316 125., but still leaving a balance to the credit of the session. The report concluded with a tribute to the Earl of Sefton,late president, and toArchdeacon Brooks, late vice-president, both of whom have been removed by death, The accounts of the treasurer having been read, the report was adopted and 'the accounts passed, both of which will be printed in the future proceedings of the society. The following officers were elected :—President, General the Hon. Sir Edwd. Gast, D.L., &c. ; vice-presidents, John Hartnup, F.R.A.5.,, Dr. Thom, J. T. Danson, F.S.S.; librarian the Rev. Thomas Moore, M.A.; curator, Joseph Mayer, F.S.A., F,R.A.S.; treasurer, Thomas Avison, F.S.A.; secretary, the Rev. A. Hume, D.C.L. THE FATAL ACCIDENT A- KIRKDALE.—An inquest was held on Tuesday, on the body of Mr. Jonathan Lasham, who met with his death on Tuesday, the 9th instant, during the visit of H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge to the Industrial Schools at Kirkdale. Mr. William Coates, the governor of 'the schools, said that the deceased was employed at the schools to train boys as sailors. He had been on board the Excellent, practice-gunnery ship at Portsmouth, and had been selected for his knowledge and steady habits. They had a model ship at the school, rigged•tts a barque. On the .9th instant, they had a display in honour of the visit of the Duke of Cambridge. They had four cannon on the deck, and witness applied for and got two artillerymen from the battery to - attend on the guns. Witness instructed them to fire twenty-one guns in honour of the Duke's visit. He instructed the deceased to attend to his boys, and, when'f.-se Duke came, to manceuvre them on the masts and yards. When witness was - taking the Duke to see the ship, he saw - the deceased meddling with one of the guns. He took him by the arm, and told him to mind his boys, and not mind the-guns. Some time afterwards, he was told the deceased had'been hurt. He died in their infirmary last Sun day morning. He was about sixty years old.—John Walley, a gunner in the Royal Artillery, and one of the men sent - to assist in - firing the salute, said that, after twenty guns 47ad been fired, he heard that a man had been hurt. He was on the deck, getting ready to fire the last gun, and another-until leryman was in the act of sponging out the next gun, when a gentlemanly-looking man came up to witness, as he had the lanyard-in his hand waiting for the signal, and asked to be al lowed to - fire that gun. When' the gun was fired boththe gen tleman and witness had hold ef the lanyard. The smoke was so dense that witness could net see any one passing thiemuzzle. He shot* after saw the deceased lying on the deek, about ten feet from the muzzle of 'the gun.—Edward Parker, a sur geon,-said he was called into see the deceased at the infirmary of the Industrial Schools. He was suffering from a severe burn on the left forearm cc wound over each eye, and very se vere-contusions on the right temple and right side of the body. He went on favourably until Saturday, when convulsions set in, and he died on Sunday morning. The injuries were the cause of death.—The joy returned a verdict 'of accidental teach. !Docir Concurrrren:---The weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair:: —The harbour masters' sub-committee - recommended the p*ease of six new gotta percha life buoye for the entrance to the Wapping Dock Basin. They also recommended the rescinding of the bye-law which requires the topgallant masts of 'ships entering the graving docks to be-struck. This recommendation was also - confirmed.—A communication was read from Mr. Joseph B. Wates, on behalf of the compass deviation committee, directing the attention of the-committee to the importance of the object in view, and asking for pecuniary aid from the Dock Can t raittee. The inquiry would extend over about three years, t and they would require about £4OO per .annum. The Board of Trade had subscribed £100; London Lloyds, £5O; Liverpool Underwriters, MC, &c. Mr. Evans askedthe total of the sum subscribed ? The Chairman : About I:2€o.—Mr. Smith: It -.originated with the British Association. When the British Association met here this formed a raided of discussion, and a committee was formed, and this is the result of their deliberations; .but it seems a very -large sum to -spend for three years.—Mr. Mendell said ',the committee was self-constituted, having a secretary, .and they were now collecting evidence. Mr. Evans •considered It a dan gerous precedent.—Mr. Gladstone 'concurred •with Mr. Evans that this was a matter for the government to take up ; for perhaps there never was a government• so dependent upon the ingenuity, skill, and enterprise of the mercantile com munity. Referred to the FinanceCoiamittee.—A communi cation having been read relative to some bags of composition which had been stolen from a ship in one of the docks, and for which compensation was claimed, the subject was referred to the Harbour-masters' Committee. Mr. Gladstone sug gested that a list of the various articles stolen at the several docks, and recovered by the police, , should be - posted on the gates of the several docks, in order-that the owners might have an opportunity of claiming their property. The sug gestion was referred to the Harbour-masters' • Committee.—A communication was read, signed breeveral members of the • timber trade, asking for a relaxation -of the bye-law which required square timber to be removed from the quays in three days. Referred to the Harbour-masters' Committee.—A com munication was read from Mr. Walker, to the Mersey Con servancy Office, explaining the circumstances under which he held a recent inquiry at the dock offices without the sanction of the chairman or Dock Committee.—The Chairman said he did not see that the letter altered the-facts of the case. The question. still remained that a quasi public inquiry had been held without information of it having been .given to him or any member of the committee, and Withoutthe knowledge of -the time or place of such inquiry.—:The _general business of the committee then concluded. HninTn COMMITTRE.—At the meeting on Thursday, Mr. •Shiel presiding, the medical-officer reported that •the returns for the week ending the 13th instant -show that, although scarlatina was more prevalent and fatal .than at any • time during the last four years, the generalrnortality is much below the average. The deaths in the week were 192, while the average of the same week in former years •was .222, corrected for increase of population. Diseases of the lungs caused. .thirty-seven deaths. A married female, in good circum atances, aged forty-nine,died from deliriumiremens.—A letter was read from Mr. J. B. Hartley, relative:to.the extension of a road by the Dock Committee at the north,end of the town. ;In connetionwith this subject, Mr. Gladstone called attention to the condition of the pavement at George's Pier. It had !been so, •to his recollection, since he wasa boy. He recom mended that the borough-engineer confer with the dock surveyor on the subject. The recommendation was seconded by Mr. Godfrey, and agreed to. The subject.of Mr. 'Hartley's lettermas also to be brought under consideration at the same :time.—The borough-engineer reported on certain allegations made by 3lr. Jones, as to a nuisance arising from Mr. Brad ley's house, in Sandon-street. After ,examining the pvemises, he •found that the statement .of Mr. Jones was in accordance with fact, but he thought the question was not one for the committee to deal with, as it had reference merely to damp in the house. The matter was ultimately referred to the town-clerk, after an in timation from Mr. Beck with that Mr. Bradley,though.amember of the Council,,ought to be compelled to comply with the law in the same manner as other people were. —A letter from Mr. R. L. Bolton, complaining of a nuisance from gas refuse laid magistrates s T a o g n a • down in 'Sefton-road, was referred to th e i ns p ec t or o f nui sancestmhoevme n in Ki st er p k er s s t o a n t s ed al t l h e a g t ed th t e o i h n a fo v r e m s to make in qu i ry , an d ta k e the necessary steps to re atoldkbnasdbefifowure were not successful. The cases were gone into from beginning to end, but the m a gi s t rate f e l t a difficulty as to the sufficiene v of the evidence. Th e great di ffi culty in the matter was tha t' they could not get any quantity of the same flour as that which had been sold by the flour dealers. The dealers had changed the flour before he could have an officer sent there. Mr. Hodson asked if there was any doubt in the case, so far as bad flour being sold? The Town-clerk replied that there was not the slightest doubt about the facts; in one case, when the flour was tasted, the adulteration was evident. Mr. Hodson had heard the particulars, and he thought the evidence was strong enough to convince him had he been a magistrate. The Town-clerk thought that good had been done by the publicity given to the matter ; great injury was inflicted on the poor people by receiving bad flour. Mr. Hodson had seen some bread made from flour obtained at a shop in Park-lane, and it was very bad ; it was necessary that something should be done to put a stop to it. The Town-cle.rk stated that in the second case the medical man tested the flour, and found five per cent. of a metallic substance, sand grit. He (the Town-clerk) gave the necessary evidence to show the woman bad bought it; but it was urged for the defence, though he did not say improperly, that the grit must have got into the flour after the purchase, and when it was on the table at the purchaser's house. Mr. Beckwith: This was the respectable man that Mr. Godfrey gave a twenty years' character to. Mr. Godfrey stated that the whole of the flour trade of Liverpool was in the hands of a dozen parties, who had four, five, and six shops each: men of large capital, who bought flour at first hands, and sold it, so great was the competition, for sixpence a pack profit in many instances, and seldom more than le. 6d. He bad no hesi tation in saying that the poor of Liverpool were better served with flour than any other town, in consequence of the competition. Mr. Johnson said that the matter having been before the board on a former occasion, a member of the committee conveyed information to the party who sold the flour. That party called on Mr. 31`Gowen, and said that a member of the committee had previously called upon him. Mr. Godfrey admitted that he was the member. Mr. Johnson said the party had been told that the matter came before the committee, and that he had better see Mr. M`Gowen. That was quite sufficient to frustrate the ends of justice. Mr. Beckwith : That explains the whole matter. The Chairman said that the informations had failed, but it was a question whether the Town-clerk should not in future proceed with such matters himself in the first instance, and afterwards bring them before the committee. Mr. Johnson said the Town-clerk had no alternative. The Town-clerk desired to have some positive directions. Poor women came to him with tears in their eyes, and implored assistance in such cases, and he scarcely knew how to act. He believed there was a vast amount of bad bread in the town. He had no doubt, however, that much good would be done by the publicity given to the matter. It was understood that the Town-clerk should take such steps as were necessary in reference to any future cases, after which the matter dropped.—Mr. Beckwith having called attention to the bad state of the pavement in Prince Edwin street, Everton, the matter was referred to the Borough engineer. —This being the whole of the business, the com mittee adjourned. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Ma. ELLis, the large hop-planter in West Kent, has sold his whole if troduce to an American house, realising in one payment upwards of £20,000. Ma. ISAAC N. NiNSON, collector of customs at Belfast, has been promoted to the collectorship at Leith; and his place at Belfast has been filled by Mr. James Trevenen, of Bristol. No fewer than 14,000 people have perished from cholera in the province of Bahia, 13,000 of whom were slaves or coloured people. Some plantations have lost three-fourths of their slaves, and the sugar crop will suffer from want of hands. ABD-EL-KADER has left Marseilles, in the Simois, for the East. He intends first returning to Broussa, for his wives and children, and will then proceed with them and his follow ers to Damascus, where he is for the future to reside. SEVENTY GENTLEMEN, at Ho'beach, on Friday week, treated themselves to a monster pie, "to commemorate the fall of Sebastopol." The pie was composed of ten rabbits, twenty-four pigeons, six partridges, two hares, eleven pounds of beef-steaks, and ten pounds of ham. MRS. EVERSON, a widow, residing at Straightsmouth, took what she conceived to be magnesia, purchased at the shop of Mr. Riches, chemist, but next morning, discovered that she had in mistake taken arsenic, which she had some days ago purchased at the same chemist's shop, to destroy mice. Medi cal assistance was promptly procured, but she died in a few hours. THE audacity of burglars in the metropolis appears on the increase. On Sunday night the vestry of the parish church of St. Giles Without, Cripplegate, was broken into, the key of the safe discovered, and the gold and silver—not a great sum— abstracted ; the closet containing the sacramental wine was forced, and a bottle with a half-filled glass left upon the floor. The alms-box and plate-chest resisted their efforts. The fellows appear to have taken a sudden alarm, for they left their plunder behind them, IvloaTen BOATS BUILDING AT GREENOCII.—MeSSDS. John Scott and Sons have contracted with the Admiralty to build six mortar boats, to be ready in the spring of 1856. They will be upwards of seventy feet in length, and are to be con structed in a very strong and substantial manner, and to have a light draught of water. Their armament will consist of a 13-inch mortar, fitted on a platform of great strength placed amidships, and they will be cutter rigged, They will carry little canvas, as, when brought into use, they will be attended by steamers, which will tow them into position. THREE ha/re been some food riots in Sweden. At Karls krona, the workmen invaded the residence of the governor of the province, and demanded that steps should be taken to prevent distillers from buying up all the potatoes brought to market. The governor promised 'that he would do all in his power to put down that abuse, and the men retired. At Upsal, on the same day, a mob broke the windows of M. Gro 7 enbeekot corn dealer, and set fire to his working premises. The University students, by persuasion of the mob, hindered further mischief. Air LEEDS, a person entered in the charge-book as the Baroness de Schonlenbourg has been sent to prison for a month for fortune-telling. She had been practising with -considerable success, curiosity having attracted on an average about sixty females a day to her sanctum. The baroness puhed her trade by freely distributing cards in the street, bearing on one side " Madame Cassandra, astrologer and planet-ruler," and on the other side, " 114, Northtown-end. Ask for the foreign lady." The police, to obtain clear evi dence against her, got a young lady to go to the bareness, get her fortune told,and pay a marked half-crown. A HARD CAPE, arising out of the law of settlement, is re ported in the Cork papers. -A woman of thirty-five, who had lived in Londen ever since she was six months old, on her husband deserting her, was placed with her two •children by the parish authorities of St. Ann's, on board the Cork packet, and left to I.lnd her parish. The clothes put on one of the children were not at all sufficient for a voyage - she remon strated, bit was told " they were good enough for the Irish." This child, she said, fell ill on the passage, and died after landing, for want of clothes to cover him. The Cork magis trates sent her back to-London, where she said she could gain a living by needlework. D-CLASB railway passengers had a-question-settled for them in the Glasgow County Court last week. John Reavley, a wool-sorter, brought an action to recover ltd. from the North British Railway Company, being `the amount they had overcharged him as a third-class passenger, 'by charging him 7d. for six miles and three quarters on one occasion, and on another occasion 3d. for four miles and a few yards. He con tended the company were only authorised by their act to charge-id. a mile, and nothing for fractions of a mile. An official of the railway opposed the claim at the first hearing, bet did not appear afterwards, and decision was -given in favour of the pursuer—(Anglice, plaintiff.) 'THE TELEGEeAriI FROM VARNA TO BALAKLANW..—This gable, says the Faris correspondent of the Morning Post, has *never been broken. From the day it was successfully laid it has remained in perfect working order, and the one or two in terruptions which have taken place in the communication with 'London and Paris were caused by a portion of the land line across Turkey to the Austrian frontier having' become injured. It is a remarkable fact that the only thing connected with the war which has completely realised the expectations of the most sanguine is this telegraphic cable, although it was quite novel in construction, and nearly three times as long as any cable • which has been laid anywhere. GREAT fintIIGGLE WITII a. BEAR.—A large black bear was killed by an Indian on the 14th instant, near the source of the Castor River. The animal weighed upwards of 7001bs. A desperate struggle, not unusual, however,lan such cases, took place between this enormous animal and the Indian who killed him ; being but wounded by the -shot, •he closed upon the -Indian, who, in the desperate struggle, managed to plunge knife into the bear's heart, although the brave Indian bad one arm broken at the time. At Anticosti, where bears are, perhaps, more numerous than in •Irly other part of America, a single Indian or hunter will never shoot at a bear, ES he is rarely killed by the first -shot, and almost invariably attacks his pursuer if he is wounded. The escape of the Indian in the present instance will be regarded as a matter of surprise by his race, who look upon a struggle with a wounded bear as utterly hopeless.— nronto Colonist. PEUCE OF BREAD rw LAINDON.-1 his morning there was a _general rise in the price of bread of one halfpenny per 41b. loaf, making it 94d., and- Sid. (seconds), at the cheap bakers'. The full-priced bakers are charging Hid., andlid. Flour at the bakers' is 1014., and at the corndealers'generally ld. less per quartern. In reference to this rise in the price of bread, a correspondent makes the following remarks-:—" Let the price of wheat be taken at-84s. ..e quarter, which is the price at pre -sent ; five bushels make one bag of flour, £2 2s. 6d.; say profit for miller, 15 per cent, es. 6d.—£2 9s. One bag of flour makes .96 , quartern loaves,:which,.at 60. each; would yield £2 9s. Add to this, profit for baker, I 3 per cent., if& each loaf, or 9s. on the whole, and the amount will be £2 18s. Aeoording to this cal .tulation, the price at whith the loaf ought to be sold is 71c1." The only question open •to dispute appears to be whether 30 per cent. is sufficiently remunerative for the millers and bakers.—Globe. THE MISSING CLBRGYMA.N.—Theißristel Mercury gives the following painful account of the mysterious disappearance •of the Rev. M. Fanner, curate of Hardwick, near Gloucester, who was to have been married yesterday week to the eldest 'daughter of the Rev. -Samuel Lysons, rector of Rodmarton, incumbent of St. Luke'.-s, +Gloucester, and a wealthy county magistrate :—" The marriage was to take place at Hempstead Church, and Hempstead.court, the residence of the intended :bride's father, was the scene of great preparations. The .church was early thronged by respectable people from the .village of Hempstead and the neighbourhood of Gloucester, and eleven o'clock being the hour appointed for the ceremony, , when that hour had struck some anxiety •was expressed . at the non-arrival of the bridal party. Noon Armed, and the canonical hours having passed, the officiating clergyman an nounced to the people assembled in the ,church, that the ,wedding was postponed until the next day, In consequence of 'the illness of the bride. It eabsequently transpired that the .bridegroom was missing. lie had been at Hempstead-court the previous evening, and left about six o'clock for Gloucester. Recalled at the Bell Hotel, at Gloucester, shortly afterwards, and made some inquiries respecting trains on the Exeter line, ,which was to have been the route of the newly-married pair. From that period no trace has been discovered of him. The Gloucester and Berkeley canal was dragged between Hardwick and Hempstead, but nothing has been found, nor have the police obtained any clue to the missing gentleman, who bears a high character in the neighbourhood." An advertisement describing his appearance appeared in the Ti2nes of Monday, promising a handsome reward for any information sent to the police at Gloucester. A STRANGE CRAFT.—A Scotch contemporary Kays:— " The Eckford Webb is the name of a remarkable-looking craft at present laying at the Broomielaw. New York built, she is a model of a clipper ; with a beautiful sharp entrance and clean run, 137 feet long, a beam of 30 feet, and a depth in hold of only 18 feet, she exhibits proportions rarely met with. But when, in addition, we see a long poop extending about 70 feet from the stern, in which about one-third of the cargo can be stowed, and find her rigged with three tall masts like those of a schooner, we Lave seen enou g h to be sa ti s fi e d th a t th e Eckford Webb is not a craft built according to routine. There are no square sails, but on each of the three masts there is a fore-and-aft sail, the spanker being somewhat larger than the other two. Above these sails are gaff-topsails. ;There are three jibs, the bowsprit of 38 feet, and the jibboom of 46 running out to a great length. In addition to these, two staysails stretch along between the masts. It will thus be seen that there are no square sails, and no yards with their tophamper aloft. The three masts are of equal dimensions, and are 84 feet long by 26 inches in diameter—splendid spars, and very taunt in proportion to the size of the vessel. In her run across the Atlantic, Captain Graffan knocked 309 knots out of his ship in 24 hours; and when we state that her crew consists of only six men before the mast, and 11 hands, all told, to navigate a ship of 520 tons' register, we have said enough to show that there is something yet to be learnt in sailing ships." JEWISH BIITCHERY.—The question of the cruelty of the Jewish mode of slaughter was decided on Tuesday, before the Lord Mayorof London, several leading Jews being present. The case came on in form of a summons against Thomas Reynolds, for ill-treating an ox, by fastening its head to the ground by an iron ring attached to the lower jaw; and against Yankoff Cohen, one of the religious officers appointed to slaughter the animal, for cruelty in improperly cutting its throat. A police officer, who had gone to witness an ox slaughtered by the Jewish mode, and one in the Christian mode, deposed that the former died in nine minutes, the latter in five. An officer of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gave the same time with respect to the Jewish mode ; by the ordinary method an ox would often die, he said, in three minutes. Sheep and pigs were not stunned, as oxen are, by Christian butchers. James Anderson, slaughterer to Mr. Israel, Aldgate, said it takes, on an average, on the Jewish plan, about fi ft een minutes to kill a bullock; in the common way about three. Dr. Edward Lloyd, senior physician at the Royal Dispensary, on the Bth of October, saw five bullocks slaughtered on the Jewish plan. In four cases it took six minutes and a half, but there was a second incision in each of the four; in the fifth, in which no second incision was made, the time occupied was nine minutes and a half. Dr. Pavy, physician and lecturer at Guy's Hospital, gave similar evidence on the Jewish plan. Sir Peter Laurie gave decision, after hearing the evidence, as follows: " No cruelty has been proved to be inflicted, either in fact or within the meaning of the act which was passed to prevent wanton cruelty and the infliction of pain to animals without a lawful and justifiable object. The Jewish mode of slaughtering oxen is that adopted by every Christian butcher in slaughter. ing calves, sheep, and pigs, and were I to hold their mode to involve the offence of cruelty, no butcher, whether Christian or Jewish, could carry on his trade. I should be interfering with the ordinary and usual business of life, and, above all, meddling with matters of faith and religious opinion on the subject of ceremonial observances, which we are all bound to respect so long 58 they do not involve a breach of the com mon MASTER'S CERTIFICATE. — An investigation having been held by the Newcastle Local Board, to inquire into charges of misconduct and drunkenness preferred against Henry Edward Groves, master of the schooner Freak, of Newcastle, and the master having been found guilty of the above charges, the Board of Trade have, upon the recommendation of the Local Marine Board, cancelled his Certificate of Service—allowing him at the end of six months, if he can produce testimonials of amended conduct, to go up for examination for a First Mate's Certificate, and at the expiration of one year to pass for a Master's Certificate. A CRIMEAN 'MEMORIAL.—Lord Braybrooke has erected a mural monument in the chancel of Saffron Walden church, to the memory of his two gallant sons who fell, one at Inker mann, and the other in the cavalry charge at Balaklava. A touching inscription records that they were of the ages of twenty-four and thirty, the third and fifth sons of their parents. DREADFUL DEATH.—A labourer employed in the chalk pits at Snodland went to sleep the other night in one of the huts erected in the pit s . H e was f oun d th er e the next morning by his fellow-workmen, one of whom said jokingly, "Let's smoke him out," and lit some straw with a lucifer match. The poor fellow woke up and rushed ont with his shirt in flames, and was burned so severely that he died a few days ago. REFUSAL OF SEAMEN TO PROCEED TO SEA.—At the Bristol Police-court, on Thursday, six seamen of the ship Morning Star, named Nicholas Borent, John Williams, Henry Johnson, Abraham Rutland, Martin Collins, and John Power, were charged, under the 243rd sec. of the Merchant Shipping Act with having refused to go to sea in the said ship, they having signed articles to proceed upon a voyage to Melbourne, and thence to any port of India, China, or the Pacific Seas, and back. After hearing a number of witnesses the magistrates sentenced each of the prisoners to 10 weeks' imprisonment with hard labour. A CORPSE IN A CIIIIRCIL—By an order in council the ex isting burial ground at Battle was ordered to be closed in July, 1854, but the parishioners, believing it to be unneces sary, refused to appoint a burial board ; and, under these cir cumstances, the bishop recommended the dean to continue the interments. This the dean did until the passing of the recent act, inflicting a penalty of £lO on summary conviction. The dean then refused to permit any more burials. On the 4th of October, a person named Adams died, and application was made for the body to be interred in the parish churchyard, and the application was refused. On Sunday last, just before the close of the afternoon service, the body was brought into the church in a parish coffin, and placed in the nave. The dean was requested to bury it, although no grave had been dug, or other preparation made, and he refused. The friends of the deceased then left the church, leaving the body there. The church doors were locked, and the body still remains in the sacred edifice. It is a fortnight since the death, and the effluvium in the church, as may be supposed, is awful. A. public meeting was held last night to memorialise the govern ment to send down a commissioner, and the dean has requested instructions from the Secretary of State.—Daily News. INCENDIARISM IN SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.—About a quarter before eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, the inhabit ants of Beaconsfield were alarmed by the cry of " Fire !" at Wilton Farm, in the occupation of Mr. Charles Lever. The cause of alarm was that some miscreant had set on fire a large wheat rick, supposed to contain above fifty quarters ; it hap pened so early in the evening, and so close to the town, that there was plenty of help at hand. The fire was prevented from communicating to the other ricks or farm buildings by which it was nearly surrounded. This farm was fired about four years ago, and several ricks burnt. About a quarter of an hour after, a second alarm was given of a fire at Wattleton Farm, the property of Mr. W. Rolfe, and in his own occupa tion. This farm is situated at the west end of Beaconsfield, and not more than half-a-mile from the other. This fire com menced with, and was confined to, a large oat rick, and although at least twenty other ricks were in its immediate proximity, not one of them caught fire, which is principally attributed to the stillness of the wind and the assistance of a powerful .engine, with a good supply of water. We are happy to say the labouring population, both men and women, exerted them selves to their utmost, although thoroughly drenched by very heavy rain, as well as the spray from the engine. A Hoax.—Some surprise has been expressed at the delay which has taken place in the publication of the report of the Hyde Park Disturbances Commission. Among others who have complained to the Times was a Mr. Collett. His letter elicited a reply from "Inspector Hughes," in the Times of Tuesday, to the effect that the delay was owing to the " absence from town of several gentlemen who were interested in the matter." Thereupon the Times delivered itself of a scarifying leader, in which the " Inspector" was soundly rated for his im pertinence in treating the matter with such insouciance. On Tuesday, however, the Times was officially informed that its thunder had been•entirely wasted, as there was no such person as "Inspector Hughes" in the police force, while Superinten dent Hughes entirely repudiates the fabrication. The Times endeavours to 'cover his mortification by saying that "it will be seen, from 'the ironical tone of our article on the correspon dence, that we inferred as much before we received this formal denial." Those who have read the article will perceive that it was written with the utmost seriousness, and that the writer really imagined that he was pounding a genuine, substantial offender. ENGAGEMENTS POR THE HERRING- FlSHlNG.—Engage ments for the next herring fishing have just been concluded at several of the fishing stations along the south shore of the Moray Firth. The terms offered to the fishermen and accepted by them are greatly above the average of recent years. In Banff some boats have been engaged at 16s. per cran in full, without bounty, save half an anker of whisky ; other boats at the same place have been engaged at 14s. and £l5 of bounty. At Macdnff and Gardenston boats have been engaged at vari• ous rates—some at 13s. and £26 of bounty; others at 14s. and 135.ef bounty.; and others at 12s. and £27 to £3O of bounty, 'besides two gallons of whisky and net ground and driving. All the Macduff boats are now engaged at one or other oPthese figures. From Buckie, our correspondent writes that ":all our fishermen in this quarter are engaged for the herring - fshing for next season at rather a high figure, as the following quotations will show, viz.: —lls., lls. 6d., 125., and 12s. 6d. per cran, with £l2, £l4, £l7, and, we believe, as much as £:2O sterling of bounty, besides perquisites, such as a half anker of whisky, lodgings, net ground, cartage of nets and fish, &c. These latter prices, we learn, are to fishermen to fish at Peterhead, the others are to fish here and at Lossiemouth." At Burghead and Hopeman, we also learn, nearly all the boats are engaged at 12s. and £l2 of bounty. These terms, as we have -said, are greatly above those of average years. Last year the terms were high, but those now fixed are 2s. higher. At these rates, the fish, when cured, will cost the curers from 225. to tts. per barrel.—Banffshire Journal. AT:ERUPT ON THE LIFE 07 SIR HENRY WARD.—The Indian mail brings the intelligence that an attempt has been made on the life of Sir Henry Ward, the Governor of Ceylon, by a Gingalee, who is represented by the local papers to be a wilthlooking wretch, who would use the knife without the slightest compunction. He had been known for many years as a notorious thief. He was originally employed as a canteen man at the barracks, but his thieving propensities and evil disposition shut him out from any further employment. The particulars of the attempt are thus given: —Miss Kate Ward, about gun-fire on the morning of the 7th of S e ptember, hear ing a noise in her room, where she an d h er s i s t ers s l e pt, perceived.a man bolting her door on the inside. He remained there some little time, examining the things on the dressing table and about the room. When he left the room, Miss Ward made.an alarm, on which the man picked up a knife, and, after threatening her, hastened along the passage, passing the Governor's room, just as his Excellency was coming out, alarmed by the noise. The Governor, armed with a revolver and a stick, pursued him down the passage into the drawing-room, and on coming up to him, the man turned round and rushed at him with the knife. The Go vernor then fired at him, and, not wishing to kill him, shot him through the shoulder, and afterwards kept him at bay, until he was eventually secured by the peons, not, however, until he had wounded two of them with the knife—a small table one belonging to the house, and which he picked up in the passage leading to the bedrooms. He only took a sheet used as a table cover, which he found in the passage, and a towel, and from his behaviour seems to be more a madman than a thief. Had the Governor not been armed with a pistol, the consequences might have been very serious. He never spoke a word all the time. The man, who is now in the hospital, has two wounds on the lower part of the neck on the left side. It is doubtful whether the wounds have been produced by a bullet or the bayonet of the soldier. He has also two other wounds, one on each side of the wrist. He has a stupid look, and the suspicion has been thrown out that he is insane ; but he has been recognised as a gaol bird and as a desperate character. In a few days it is expected he will be able to attend the court.—Globe. SINGULAR CAM—At the Wolverhampton police-court, on Wednesday, a young Scotchwoman, of modest bearing and interesting appearance, was charged with perjury under the following circumstances. On Friday night she gave informa tion at the police-office that about six o'clock, while standing near one of the branch post-offices, about to take money from her purse for some postage stamps, two boys, whom she described, snatched the purse from her and ran away, leaving her entirely destitute. From her description, four boys of bad character were apprehended, and on Saturday were brought before the magistrates, when the complainant told her story so plausibly, as not only to be implicitly believed, but also to excite general sympathy; and two of the boys were committed to Stafford sessions on the charge, notwith standing their unusually earnest protestations of innocence. On Tuesday, they were tried, convicted, and sentenced each to 12 months' imprisonment. Again the complainant's demea nour gained her general sympathy, and the proceeds of a subscription, amounting to £2 105., she accepted with great apparent meekness and gratitude. She called herself Alice Gray, and stated that being a nursery governess she had brought some children from Liverpool to Wolverhampton, and, having delivered them to a lady at the railway station, she had proceeded to Birmingham in search of employment as a needlewoman. A Birmingham reporter at the Stafford ses sions recognised the complainant as the same person who only a few days before had preferred a charge of robbery, at Birmingham, against a man who had been able to satisfy the magistrates of his innocence. On that occasion she said she had been robbed of her little all, and the ma gistrates directed that she should have fifteen shillings out of the poor-box, for repaying her expenses back to her friends in Liverpool. The reporter's suspicions being excited by finding her making a second and similar charge of robbery at Wolverhampton, he told the police what he knew of the first case, and on Tuesday evening Alice Gray was apprehended. On Wednesday the police inspector brought the facts of the case under the notice of the.anagistrates, and a Birmingham paper showed that the man charged had satifactorily proved an alibi. The amount of which she said she had been robbed at Wolverhampton was £3 55., and she accounted for having so much by stating that, after receiving the 15s. from the magistrates at Birmingham, a gentleman of the law, who had seen her in the court there, had given her £4, with which she was to stay in Wolverhampton till he could visit her there, in a few days. The 'Wolverhampton magistrates expressed their suspicions of her strange story, especially as she now called herself Agnes Christie. She replied that Mr. Cooper, superintendent of the Birmingham railway station, could corroborate her statement as to the gentleman of the law. Mr. Leigh, one of the magistrates, said it was incredible that she could have been twice robbed, so close together, and suggested that it was an imposture, practised to rain money by perjury. —The police inspector said he believed one of the convicted boys could prove that he was in Settenhall church yard (a mile and a half off) at the time the robbery was alleged to have been committed. The bench, being unanimously of opinion that the boys were suffering innocently (and the quar ter sessions at Stafford not being over), sent a message to the court, stating that doubts had arisen as to the justice of the conviction, and suggesting that their sentences should be respited to the next sessions. This was done, and Alice Gray, alias Agnes Christie, was remanded to Stafford gaol for a week, on the charge of having sworn falsely. On hearing this, she exclaimed angrily, "I'm not afraid if you remand me for twenty weeks. I can prove that I had the money, and those were the boys that took it." She was then removed in custody, , HALES, " the Norfolk giant," and keeper of a tavern in Drury-lane, London, is amongst recent insolvents. On his appearance in the court, on Monday, an application was made that he might be allowed to stand in a corner of the court, as the box usually allotted to insolvents was too small for his ac commodation. Mrsrxßrous DISCOVERY.—On Wednesday morning, as some men were employed in laying down some iron pipes for the New River Company, in the New-road, facing the Angel, at Pentonville, London, they came in contact with a coffin, between three and four feet from the surface of the road, con taining, to all appearance, the perfect skeleton of a woman. The skeleton and remains of the coffin were removed to the dead-house of Clerkenwell Workhouse, for further inquiry. STIZAZIAN, PAUL, AID CO. — ekt a meeting of Middlesex magistrates, on Thursday, a report from the visiting justices of the House of Detention was read, from which it appeared that the rules of the prison had been infringed in favour of Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Bates, who had been allowed ex traordinary indulgences. A resolution for the suspension of the governor in consequence was carried by a majority of '24 to 5. Mr. Sims, the deputy-governor, was appointed governor pro tern. Jostra BONiPARTE, the eldest son of Prince Canino, met with an accident, at Rome, on the sth instant, when arriving from Paris, which very nearly proved fatal. In driving his carriage rapidly up the Corso, and making a sudden turn, the vehicle, which was top-heavy with travelling gear, capsized, and he was thrown from the box ; notwithstanding that he fell on his feet (as the members of his family generally do.) his leg went into a hole, and a box falling upon it, his foot was nearly wrenched away, being severely dislocated at the ankle. THE SARDINIAN CONTINGENT.—The Piedmontese govern ment continues to send troops to the Crimea, in order to keep up the complete effective of the Sardinian contingent. The magnificent screw-ship Himalaya has received on board a large quantity of clothing intended for a few English corps. To-day will finish the embarkation of the soldiers belonging to the Genoa division, who form part of the second expedition, namely, those of the brigades of Savoy, Piedmont, and to the Bersaglieri corps. The departure is fixed for to-morrow. The other transports will shortly follow ; several within the last few days have left laden with provisions and munitions.—Let ter from Genoa, Oct. 12. TESTIMONIAL TO GENERAL WINDHA.M.—At a numerous meeting of Norfolk magistrates at Norwich, on Friday, a reso lution was unanimously agreed to, to congratulate Gen. 'Wind ham on his escape from the perils incident to the assault on the Great Redan on the Bth of September last. The resolu tion also expressed admiration at the long•enduring gallantry, courage, constancy, self-devotion, and self-possession of Gen. Windham, and thanked him for the example he had held out to British soldiers. The Earl of Albemarle, who seconded the resolution, took a review of the career of General Wind ham in the Crimea, and read complimentary letters addressed to him by Sir W. Codrington and Admiral Sir E. Lyons. It was also unanimously agreed that a handsome sword should be presented to the gallant officer. Captain Windham, R.N., returned thanks on the part of his brother. A good deal of enthusiasm was manifested towards General Windham, who is of a Norfolk family. NATIONAL RESOURCES.—To those who doubt the ability of the country to carry on a war at the cost of eighty or ninety millions a-year, as long as it shall be necessary, we would ob serve, that if England could bear taxation to the extent of £72,000,000, in 1815, it would not be too much to say that we could with equal ease bear taxation now to the extent of £100,000,000, when we bear in mind the increased population, wealth, and trade of the country. In 1815, the income assessed to the property tax was £170,000,000 a-year ; now, computing it upon the same basis, it cannot be less than £250,000,000. Again, with regard to the extent to which it is possible to abstract from the capital of the country, we have had experience in the construction of our railways during the last ten years. When, therefore, we speak of our ability to conduct the war, it is obvious that whether we look to doing so by means of taxation, or by loans, it is ample.—Economist. MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY.—On Monday week a young man of very gentlemanly appearance, attired in the first style of fashion, wearing a diamond ring on his finger, with a gold watch and appendages, presented himself at one of our city hotels, and after making a few off-hand enquiries respecting the far-famed Gretna Green, signified his intention of making a drive over, and accordingly ordered a gig to convey him thither, which was readily procured for him, and off he started for the Green. But on nearing the Scottish border, he began to make inquiries for its whereabouts, and at Florriston toll bar he stopped a few minutes for that purpose, and after briefly interrogating the toll-keeper as to its precise position, he was jocularly reminded that he had not got a lady with him. The idea that there was certainly a want at once struck him, but to amend this on the instant he was at a loss. How ever, the worthy toll-keeper, fancying she saw his dilemma, volunteered to furnish him with a lady, and at once intro duced him to a blooming fair one, who readily consented to accompany him to the Green. They, therefore, soon reached Gretna, and after getting married took a drive out, but soon returned and lodged there for the night. Next morning, after breakfast, he received from her lialE-a-crown, which he requested her to lend him, saying that " it matters not which of us keeps the money now," and also the diamond ring which he had placed on her finger at the time of her marriage, adding that " he would get her a far superior one when they got to Carlisle ;" he toll her to make herself ready for their departure, as he was going out to order the gig. He, how ever, pretending to post a letter, decamped, without paying the priest for his trouble or the landlord for his bountiful hospitality.—Cai-lisle Patriot. ROMANTIC STORY.—The village of Cottingham, near this town, is ringing with the echo of a strange story stated to have arisen from the receipt of a letter from a noble lord and M.P., delivered at the residence of a poor washerwoman named Jennings, the wife of an old Chelsea pensioner, who was on a visit to her at the time. The letter is stated to have contained the announcement of the close of a law-suit (in which the M.P. had interested himself on behalf of the old soldier,) whereby this old and wounded pensioner becomes entitled to an income of £4,000 a-year. One version of the story says £B,OOO a-year. This large fortune, if the story be true, could scarcely have fallen into the hands of parties less able and less likely to enjoy or to make a good use of it, for the old fellow is addicted to very debased habits, and to great cruelty to his wife ; the extenuation for his conduct being that, in the former war, he received a wound on his head which renders him quite unable to control himself whenever he takes intoxicating drink —a kind of beverage of which he avails himself as often as he has the means. The heir to the old man, his eldest son, is a soldier in the Crimea, and the next heir, a younger brother, is a butcher's boy in Cottingham. Let us hope that the children may rise above the infirmities of their father. As an affecting proof of the inability of wealth, in certain cases, to bring pleasure or comfort, it is stated that when the letter arrived the wife of the old man was in the possession of half-a-crown, which she had earned by washing, and which was the whole of the money they both possessed. She borrowed 2s. more to it, brought her husband to Hull, and paid his pass as a pensioner by the steamer, parting from him with the expression, coupled with an oath, " I hope I shall never see the old fellow any more," while he had just before declared that she should never handle one farthing of his fortune. The probability of this story is heightened by the fact that the old soldier has always carried a high head, and given out that something great would one day come to him. — Hull Express. GOLD THRODGHOUT TIIEWOILLD.—The New York Courier and Enquirer says :—One of the United States being now the greatest gold-producing region in the world ( Australia only excepted ), the mint and branches have been very closely em ployed in the creation of American coins and bars. Next to the United States the coinage of France is the greatest, and Great Britain ranks the third. We submit the follow ing tables as a ca re f u l summary of the operations of the past six years. We have taken a liberty with these tables for the convenience of our columns. The following is the gold coinage only in Great Britain. France. U. States. Russia. 1848. £2,451,999... f 5.30,861,820... 3,775,5122 r 15.15,814,984 1849. 2,177,955.. 27,109,560... 9,007,761 f... 16,844,984 1860. 1,491,836... 85,172,390... 31,981,7332... 20,354,356 1851. 4,400,411... 285,247280... 62,614,442 f... 17,854,356 1852. 8,742,270... 27,028,270... 56,846,187 k... 20,364,464 1853. 11,952,391... 330,463,463... 55,213,907 ... 29,966,006 1854. 2,152,183... 527,000,000... 52,094,695 ... 20,966,996 35,369,046 1,312,872,783 271,534,1812 183,154,146 Aggregate coinage of gold and silver in each of the above named countries, from 1848 to 1854. Gold. Silver. Total. $167,285,730—$ 6,642,860...5173,928,590 248,357,140... 104,428,690... 352,785,730 274,214,290... 26,071,430... 300,285,720 101,428,570... 20,000,000... 121,428,670 Great Britain France ...... United States Russia ........ 791.285,730 167,142,850 948,428,610 Referring to the coinage in Austria, Prussia, Holland, and Belgium, and reducing the coinage of the last-named countries to dollars, and allowing 20,000,000 florins to Austria, a n d 16,000,000 francs to Belgium for 1854, we find that the total coinage of Great Britain, France, the United States, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Holland, and Belgium, for the last seven years, amounted to the grand total of 1,097,584,330 dollars.— What has become of all these coins ? FITA.L COLLISION IN TUE FOREIGN LEGION.—A lamentable collision occurred at Haslar, Gosport, on Tuesday afternoon, between some men of the German Legion, recently arrived in this country from North America, resulting in the instantaneous death of one of them, a private, named Joseph Goltswaitz, aged 31, a Frenchman by birth. It is a standing order of the regiment that no men are to be allowed to leave the barracks until five o'clock in the afternoon, and this order has been strictly enforced. A division of the corps has been on duty for some time at Fort Monkton, a short distance from head-quarters at Haslar Barr ac k s , and on Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock, a number of the men attempted to leave their quarters ; they were, however, sent back by the guard, and were confined to quarters by the sergeant-major. At about a quarter past four, however, they appeared at the gates of the barracks again, most of them being armed with sticks, &c. The guard was immediately ordered out, and ad vanced on the men, and endeavoured to induce them to leave, but without effect. At that moment the captain of the day, Captain Von Jess, seeing what was going on, ordered the guard to fiz bayonets. This was done, and the guard ad vanced a few steps towards the men, who were told that if they did not disperse the articles of war would be carried out to their full extent. Several of the men now retired, but others remained, amongst whom was deceased, who appears to have been a sort of ringleader in the matter ; and these became very violent in their conduct, threaten ing to attack the guard, make them prisoners, &c. At this stage, deceased, it is affirmed, raised his stick, as did others, in a most excitable manner, to strike one of the advanced men of the guard. This man, the pri soner, one of the privates of the guard, named Nicholas Nusbaum, a German, aged 27 years, and belonging to the first company of the regiment, endeavoured to parry the blow with his rifle. Deceased still advanced upon him, and prisoner—so it is asserted by those who witnessed the affair—having his bayonet pointed to defend himself, the other in the coat* ran upon it. The result was, a wound an inch and a half in length on the side was inflicted, and death instan taneouslyneously ensued. The physicians of the Aschenfeldt and Biel, declare lid and are death should have ensued from such . a n w o o f blood from the in clined to attribute it to internal it breaking of a blood Aendrelws, of the Hants con stabulary, i sOner was taken into to e ; Incinconi-e:heirnnseible that He remarked that he custody by a police-constable , stabulary. He offered no s r;: ty ta: On Wednesday afternoon had done no more than a n p • o h n i c d h i n g C a t p h t e . S i nacitnune presided, and he was ddecease he was taken before formallythe c il ou on the body of county remanded,y wench, at tSo much ill-feeling has b een excited and French in the regim en t , t h at the of about 50, been rem ove d to other latter between haTe, the t o the Germansnumber quarters.