Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-05 00:00:00

NOVEMBER 5, IMR. "b lit HER MAJESTY'S SEAL OF REGISTRATION. ELLIS'S UNIVERSAL WASHIN( - • • MACHINE AND CHULN. ) It N S• Is th e s nuplest invention ever introduced to tae _ __. It th, l ° 'e liable to derangenient, and Occupies little mere roo: teat e "i' l erdinary Wash-tub. It does no jr.:,,try to the most de With 'arics and effeetiiallY washes every description of clothes. its aid a person can do as much work in three houn a ; a 'whole day without it, six or sev.r. hirts being well esp e ",,N in eight or ten minutes: It supplies a want long felt, te t .'llY by small 'families, owing to' its great cheapness, Iton i b 4 . k lit7, and requiring so little room. These. advantages, 11, ined with its perfect simplicity and eftleiericY; will render I, l 'PallY desirable and useful article in every household. agitating 'us Machine is admirably adapted for a Churn. It possesses action peculiarly favourablo to the format'on oi elie,.„,_ °r, and, on this account, will perfOrm the process of It e g considerably quicker than most Churns new in use. alple construction, ease of working, and cheapness, are 3.trounds of especial and strong recommendation. h e ' R . — Although there is no difference in the Machanes, be stern those t o b e use d f or Ch urn i ng -a n d th ose for Washing, Mme is not expectßd, on the score of deadliness, Mat the e Afachiu e will be used for both purposes. Plr. n youth iel;ilitY and wort c Luger ' from e_.,..,. er a..Y 'a— ny material ' — w hom ,4 ` her knowl, s it he de e ", , , T e theinse, uctiti?ar 0 ei °Wfr el. A , 4 o ff , urc of fa venieP" veil,;t2ifeE spitalS rs of sof Pe f e - b' a ityuor • t o po. wer t _. 4 al c lisora r 4 e ffect tb. pr. :e sPee surer „A e' tinaciousu invariab/ ated, Ot: rif} ing cur e W bodl of art niwienPderNl RFCTIONS FOR 'USING ARE A. ACHFD TO EACH MACHINE T R Y . . . SIZES AND PRICES, &c. I_ ice, asorde r . l3 mentatto 0, ort tin e E. the Lcl a ll 0 ,3,1 , C SUITABLE TO WASH FOE I SUITABLE TO CHURN ; e Par b ut txnen,, wee' h e rhea t Iles yr y t, tern" blo° a iB e die ed b 1 0 1e the th e as rougli i 1 424. 86 d. 2 10 From 2to 3 Person s . F rom 10 to 20 lbs. ki 0 „ 4to 6 ditt o. „ 20to 30 lbs. a „ 33 0 0 „ 7to 9 ditt o . „30to 40 lbs. 10 0 „ 12 and upwards. „40 and upwards b ersons to work The No. it 4 iz when desie has a h rablele at each end, to enable tw e l ' S WIFT'S-COURT, LIVE i lepo rt l4e4 . l, American, Australi 71 1 et e 4 4. C., furnished promp her by post, rai Ar, AND STREET, 'ORT AGENTS, 13, CASTI wool, authorised Liverpool wAllo4 of ' 411 3' News, ba"!,g Herald, elegraph, t,? l ll*g Star, -,,►ening Star, " Cord, • doe" — *Weal World, e°l tery Guardian, ISgoel M a u , ° l ) server ales Chronicle, Electric and Magnetic th teporters and Correspondents e Manchester Guardian, xam‘mer . and Times, „ Advertiser, Birmingham Journal, Daily Post, Glasgow Morning Journal, Chester Chronicle, ~ Courant, Wifan Examiner, Canadian Associated Press, -Clyde Bill of Telegraph Companies. I ksort,, ADVERTISEMENTS ISd;: i 'Lthe London 7imes Shippiny and Hercantge Gazette, ik,'`. 3 tl the Gazette 'and other British, Foreign, and " 1 4,,"" Papers, on the' most favourahle terms, LEE and ~V 4 414 ' 4 , NGALE having Literary as well as General Business 'ttlt,i".„., with some of the Principal Newspapers in the -wittgdora. LEE AND NIGHTINGALE, ADVERTISING AGENTS AND NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS, EINVIYT'S COURT, 13 CASTLE-STREET LIVNEPOOL. SON SUED IN AMERICA AND ENGLAND 1Q41,,ag --- Court of Common Pleas, on Wednesday, an appliea k ' , lade by Mr. Mellish, in the case of Cox v. Mitchell, Calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why all pro -Bhould not be set aside, and the bail given bY the de °lke: discharged ; and in support of the motion stated the vrl P° - dR circumstances !--- I SI WA_,L' t3 . ll l e, TEF:-,clvli;Feu ...tt . l i, ; g by „ tree- we"loss of ts, tinaidi t l! routicile°' ;Ci J on "' i r e o a sf p 300; veuti°l'. " terier nvs 37e'iroe v a17 ; 0 1 1 0. t fc:11; fye 99" the iill4( - 1 13 t ,01 :te' e celt e pt 4t lei 1-o{ ece- alC if• slll3. i c iti ntf c 7 o o sr cosi ca -„.ii is a merch an t a t Li verpool, and the defen kos,.nles on business in South Carolina. , The dispute ilch.l-I1 reference to a contract made at' New York, by cott on 'tl: derendant agreed to purchase a large quantity of Win 11 °n i ts W from New York to Liverpool, but e°tt°n he Way - - dto receive, on the grewki that it s ubsequently refuse thew t ha t s ubsequently not according to contract. The plaintiff l ark f sue gte defendant in the Supreme Conrt of New , or bre a „ k issue was joined, but the -, tioa was - of contract, and lit atatifip th not tried. The defendant came to England, and lc alca ' e n issued a writ against him for the same cau to se th o e f atasu,:taini he had to put in bail to answer the action,. %ar t — „ 'of snore than £5,000. It was now admitted in both n t he O't th , !): 'atilt' ought not to be suffered to carry t ;wo t " 4 6uic ac once and put the defendant to the cost of (41 h thl:4ls, which would be very expensive, far it was proba *kit, ~,,, tl4 each case there must be a commission to examine 41 k I,: es abr_oad. The matter had been before . Mi. Justice The 4 'a, at chambers, and he had referred it to the court. e the was refused. NIRRECONCILABL E DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.—A te 4 tteristic ane c d o t e o f S tephenson and Brunel is now Brunel wa s comp l a i n i ng to. Stephenson that 4, ll `, l l'uners) contractors were never satisfied and always ling -with . him. St ep h enson returned that Ntt e ' kept his contractors too much t o th e l etter of ti,: L e'reements, even when they had an equitable right h osi a ,„T i lodification of th ese agreements. B runel still "'d that .his view of the question was the right 14Ale I t eljhenson 'answering that Brunel suspected tet L °,?- much, , the latt er eng i neer replied, " I 'men to be rogues till I find them to be "For "My part," 'returned' Stephenson,• lizZes." ' 4 , men to be : honest. till I. find them t o b e 1 . then, we never shall agree," quoth Itt IN4 ever," said" Stephenson. Bade- C 4 c a b , O P. LEARNED- lEfOxitirs.—The keeper of fia.,:leie CI the Golden Lion 'on the road outside the 4 i fire' t , r 'entainbleau, brought ' an action on Satur about f leh` 4 7 Paris Civil Tribunal against,two femalei keys, t rek f . 4 .°, who get _ their li v ing : by travelling Tan ° obt . 4 to fair in a van, exhibiting learned mon to aih Ni st ~ te41 4„ % - m from them 120 f. for having allowed their Coptb e . ll th e "' his'eourtyard for four* months. They ,t act, e 'aini on the ground that the charge was . t6 41 4 4t 4 a ler ;,: li casrnuch as Tattersalls only charge 6f. a S -1 4ed housing gentlemen's carriages ; and they - all,a nd 'gthe keeper of a roadside inn ought not ' 1 1 4 4 :?re for the accommcidatiOn hiS yard of a N t lioal,„ °l v. But the innkeeper answered, that Ahe' ,4t having eccupied the van as, EL sleeping- , ks4,4•hitt, 'ventitled to charge for it as for a chamber; t tll t., it, 'Z i rditles, he had' incurred . responsibility 14,_tttlriti r obberies might easily have • been , effected Illei,-h tt e their absence; laStly, he represented 'that, tar 4 Bll bjeCted to "annoyanc e. an d l oss; b y th e i r. kiige acimal, celled _Lord,, having, devoured ; The tribunal 'ordered the women to pai . vi'o„-,w -ARMY MEDICAL ScnooL.—The• recom tAZN- Proposed in the rePort of the .B.oyal eiihsiiiaPlPeintectto inquire into the sanitary condition' Ztl• - •,'rtia , „° army presented 'to Parliament_ ast ye4r °f h d being ear: - a h 4 kt e thttrationeb tl t i j a e. p l ie ' se a n r t e SL r r a etl Secretary State fent' aF .qlLfoiiletlght. LIZ. Sidney Herbert., A-Rpgncil has) .to assist the Director-General. by their Z t t't,t,- d eb : and advice' in the transaction of the ofetillent. This- , Council consists of three tt;`4 1 2,," pr o i er s , each presiding over a special branch eSSiORRI pursuits in which the' Medical . st at .a‘ th e a h as hti,'tary /Tay are engaged. These division's: are. ,tae medical and surgical, and the L 4l l 4e oaB - !..',ae interior entiinmy of the army hospitals Oir o , Lu•orably moAified, more especially as regards: Ne; ll t. ° f the ac - counts and method of supply, and b„, . q t ,rg e - 4._ Laedietary arrangements for patients. t Nrith the are in _.progress. The sub-commission A N. _ or th e 4 _ e. duty of examining into the measures re- T'Pte ofts,,?Proventent ofbarracks and hospital bad :r4titV " ° °•t of the royal. commission on the sanitary. still pursuin g i ts inveitigations. rep o , anclohe ofthe most important, emanating so• eter oftho .Sanitary Commissioners,: ha • t ill tile 144 " S In h o l irle d u establishment , 6 _of_ an army, th e Litr.correspond, in a great measur , vrith °th e , i • heal schools which,have long .existed in 1 4, , 5 acheading nations of Europe._ 'The organise,_ ,1 1 41,?,"Ni sai ° Ol -, the regulations affecting candidates ,;"41 4 , s tri ter °4B , the subjects of the courses of lectures th ik :gi oa t t: l 4 mode of examination for commis- ler e ie: foi the exar se ' 6 promotion, - bave been printed in document beari ng d a t e O c t o b er the 17th. COUNTY COURT. Had Skinner been of carpal- mind, As strangely ye suppose, Or had be even bean fond of ,swine, He'd ne'er have left Montrose. persons of both sexes, addiesiei occasion :were delivered by the Rev; Mr. Vernon, and other, gentlemen. ,--YESTERDAY (Before J. K. BLAIR, Esq., Judge.) 13 ubL, .c.GNEW v. ... RITCHARD.— A P This was a claim for .E 3 35., under the following circumstances :—The plaintiffs are at, the well-known picture dealers, having rooms in th e -• 1 Liverpool and London Insurance Buildings, and the de xor sev fendant is a master pilot. About two years ago there was a large painting exhibited at Messrs Agnew's rooms, i the subject being "Wounded Soldiers from the Crimea." e Mr. Pritchard paid a visit to the rooms , an d , i t w a s tt d alleged, put his name down as a su b scr ib er to an en t graving of that picture, the value of w hi c h was set ti Gown at £3 3s. Mr. Walter, one of Messrs. Agnew's v assistants, proved this fact ; and Mr. Williams, another 0 assistant, said that in the month of . February last lf the defendant was in their rooms, examining a paint ing entitled "Florence Nightingale at Scutari." Mr. F 2 le Pritchard, it was alleged, said at th a t ti me , " Oh , osh I believe you have got my name down for another A engraving." Mr. Williams replied that he had, upon which. Mr. Pritchard said, " I was in hopes you had B forgotten it." The print was iss ue d, an d on i t b e i ng taken to Mr. Pritchard he refused to receive it. The Kpresent action was therefore brought to reco ver th e - value of it—L3-3s.- Mr- Hime, who-appeared for the defendant, resisted the claim on two grounds. First, tt ,e that it was not stated in the subscription' b oo k w h at tt print the defendant subscribed for, either ar ti s t' s proo f , ra proof before letters, or proof after letters ; and that the - plaintiffs might have sued for £lO 10s., the price I 1 of the artist's proofs, and that, therefore, there should 15 have been a written contract. ;Another objection to the AR are of the re' • Washing Attachin g • J uth ee Which exists against Clothes' claim was this. "When the defendant was asked to -mow a single trialln genyrai, the . Manufacturer is willing to which hag The highest recomm o e f ud lu a ti s become a subscriber, Mr. Walters was alleged to have l'arties who have oilawcom sam— gisivpenuricshafrsed, . i "I ask 'everyone tuput their name down, but you teeptical have be used them. Even the most prejudiced and need not take it without yOu like. It will give you t4orollghutilit •en convinced by their beautiful simplicity and merely the preference if you want it." This was 1,3.1i5e the, ide i c;f and the universal testimony is that they fully distinctly denied by Mr. 'Walters. Three or four wit -I,_ WAS HING MACHINE FOR THE PEOPLE . nesses were called to prove that Walters h a d use d th e Fur i nspection and full particulars apply to the Agents, words imputed to him, viz.,—that the taking of •the ALFRED NIXON & rint was "optio na l," w h en th ey signed their names, " THE ALBANY." C 0.,, whether they to o k it or no t. The judge, however, thought otherwise, and gave a verdict for the full ou HALL STREET, LIVE 1 1 -POO L. amount claimed. --- „- THOMAS LEE, A HIGH=PRICED VIOLIN.--‘•‘ A paragraph has appeared (Late of the Liverpool Times,) and in several journals,” says the Entr'acte, " to the effect 8 on" ~, J. H. NIGHTINGALE, , tl l - ; ‘eke late Proprietor of the Liverpool Chronicle, and for that M. de Beriot had sold his famous violin to M. ^t`4 44 ',ast eignt years connected with the Liverpool Mail,) Wienawski, for a sum of 20,000 f. This announcement "a CORRESPONDENTS AND ADVERTISING, TELEGRAPH, is - rem p ature, as the pretended sale was merely ari offer AND PASSP made under, the following circumstances :—The two celebrated violinists happening to meet- last summer at an, and general News, Market Ems, N. Wi enaws ki, a ft er playino. on M. de Beriot's ,tly and on rgasonable te rms , an d violin, a Maggini, in hi s a p ar t men t , in the presence of ', or telegraph. Piatti and Seligmann, asked him if he felt inclined to sell it. ' Yes,' answe r ed M. d e Be r i o t, ' b ut not for NIGHTINGALE less than 20,0001.' Thereon M. Wienawski expressed his desire to purchase it, notwithstanding the high price, and M. de Beriot having - assured him that he should .be most happy to see the instrument in his possession, the young artist -asked permission to delay his final answer till the coming winter, after his return from Si. Petersburg." DEATH OF AN OLD INDIAN CHIEF.—The Great Spirit has released another of the aborigines from his earthly tenement, and taken his spirit home. Con deaeon, the oldest chief of the Ontonagon band, died last week. He was nearly 100 years old, being quite a lad, and rememberingwell the first mining enterprise undertaken in this county, near the forks of the Onto nagon, and in the vicinity of the famous " copper rock." This mining was done under the superintend ence of Alexander Henry, at which time the subject of our sketch was about ten years old. In the early part of the present century he had, a terrible encounter with a black bear, near the American landi ng , some twelve miles above this village, the marks of which he carried to his grave. When Ind on the bank of the river he was almost dead, the flesh being so torn from his back and sides as to expose the bones and ribs in several different places, and life was despaired of for some days, but his iron constitution finally overcame wounds which any ordinary man must have sunk under, and he recovered. His antagonist, a full-grown bear, was found dead but a few rods from where the old chief was picked up, his body being pierced in a number of places, and finally through the heart, by his mortal combatant.' Peace to the ashes of as noble an Indian as. ever threw. a tomahawk or paddled a canoe.—Lake Superior Journal. MALICIOUS ATTEMPT TO INJURE WORKMEN.—On Tuesday night, an attempt was made to cause injury to the workmen employed by Mr. Robert Wrigley, brick maker, Coldhnrst, Oldham. On that day a quantity of clay was got ready for use by Mr. Wrigley's men, none of whom are in the brickmakers' union, and when they ceased work a number of planks were laid over the tempered clay to protect it from the weather. The next day the men who were about to mould the clay into bricks re moved the planks, and were about to use the clay when one of the men observedsomething shining in it. An examina tion was made, and it was discovered that a great quantity of broken needles, such as are sometimes used by cabinet makers for smoothing down their work, had been mixed amongst the clay, which had thus been rendered useless. The men dare not attempt to use the clay amongst which needles have been placed, be cause of the serious injury which might be done to their hands by .the needles. Recently the same malicious deed was done at Mr. Holt's brickyard, Higginshaw, and- two of his men who tried to work up some of the clay,, were hurt in their hands and had to cease work. One of them has .been off work nine weeks, and it is doubtful whether he will recover the use of his hand. HOTEL ROBEERIES.—A man who is believed to have been visiting various hotels in this' country, and also in Dublin, has. fortunately been caught in Manchester, where he had commenced his nefarious operations in the same line.. On Monday afternoon he went to the Commercial Hotel, Brown-street, where he slept, and on Tuesday morning contrived to carry off a travelling rug belonging to the landlord, and a cape, mantle, and other things belonging to Martha Hill, a servant. On Tuesday night he took up his abode at the Angel Inn, Market-street. On Wednesday morning, when going out, the fringe of a travelling rug was noticed which belonged to a gentleman who had only been there about an hour, and the man was stopped. A policeman was sent for, who took him into custoday. It WWI found that several of the articles stolen from the Commereial. Hotel had been pledged, but they were recovered and identified by the_ owners. The prisoner, who called himself William Johnson, was committed to the session's for trial. 'A letter from St. Petersburg of the 20th says :—" The great event of the day is the (definitive retirement from business of the celebrated banker, ,Steiglitz. He, yes terday,' sent an official letter ordering his agent, M. Felersen, to wind up: the business of the house before the Ist January, 1860; on which day it swill cease -to exist. M. Steiglit; has- taken part in all the great financial affairs of the _Government, and alsb possesed manufactories, sugar refineries, &c. - Steiglitz, sen., arrived in - Russia about fifty years ago ; he came from Hamburg, and was a Jew by birth, .but changed to Protestantism. Immediately after his arrival in Russia he entered into business, and founded the house which he 'bequeathed to his son, with the title of baron and a fortune of 30,000,000 f. Steiglitz, *LI has since managed the house, and with such ability and onccpes.thp.t T Ale now retires with, it is said, a fortune of 280'InilliOns of francs," AN OMISSION IN DEAN RAS "REMINISCENCES." I A S —The late Rev. Sohn Skinner, long episcopal clergyman of Forfar, was first appointed to a charge in Montrose, from whence he was,removed to Banff, and ultimately to Forfar.' After he had left Montrose, it reached his ears that an ill-natured 'insinuation wa s circulating in Mont rose that he had - been findueed to leave this tow* by (the temptation, of abetter *Me and of , fat pork, which, it, would appear, was plentiful in the locality of his pew incumbency. Indignant at such an aspersion, he wrote a letter, directed to nialig,ners, vindicating himself sharply from it, wklieb, he showed ,to grandfather, the well-known rev. rod, accomplished poet ~of the same nanie,2 for his approval. The old gentleman objected to it as too lengthy, u 'nnd proposed the following pithy substitute LORD BROUGHAM AND EDiNauROM UNIYER4ITY.— A letter has been received from Lord' - Brougham imply ing his intention - to - accept - .the chan ce ll ors hi p of the Unworsiq t of Edinburgh. • The Senativo.rA te4 d ot i cus, have conferred the'degree of LL.D. on Lord Brougham. PROTRSTANT ASiOCIATION OF LOYAL ORANGEMEN, —Last evening a numerous meeting , of ,the members and friends of this constitutional fraternity, assembled at the Albion Hall, Liindon-Ivall; to comemprate the anniversary ,of Qrangemen. Mr. •Torriano todic the chair. -After the soiree which was •attended by about 200 rn"'"'-- Likable . to ihe Mr:°;Campbell NORTHERN DAILY 11.31 E-,. SAVING LIFE DURING THE LATE STORMS A meeting of the Royal National Life-boat Institution was held miThursday, at its house, John-street. Adelphi, Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., in the chair. There were also present several other gentlemen. Mr. Lewis, the Secretary, read the minutes of the previous meeting. A reward of £l4 was granted to the crew of the insti tution's life-boat stationed at Filey, for putting off in the night and rescuing the crew of three men from the sloop George and Mary, of Hull, which, during the fearful gale of the 25th ultimo, was stranded off Filey. A reward of £6 10s, was also 'voted to the crew of the Rhyl tubular life-boat, which belongs to this society, for going off and saving six men f rom th e sc h ooner Oriental, of Lancaster, which, during the very heavy gale of the 25th Oct o b er , was wrecked near Rhyl. A reward of £9 was also given to the crew of the society's life-boat stationed at Aberdovey, for putting off in her and rescuing four persons from the schooner Endeavour, of.Portmadoc, which was seen in a sinking state off Aberdovey during a heavy gale of wind on the 26th ult. It was said this life-boat had only been a few months on her station. The officer of Customs, who reported the case, said, " this service and the last quarter's exer cise have created unbounded confidence in the new life-boat. Having been, myself in the boat • on both occasions, I can testify to her behaviour in a heavy sea." Whenever the new class of life-boats of this institution have had fair trials, and have been handled by, able and willing crews, they have on all occasions performed noble service. The Dean of Norwich also reported to the meeting, that he was the other day at Walmer, and had been himself told by the coxswain of the insti tution's life-boat on that station that her services on the Goodwin Sands during a recent shipwreck had been marvellous. A reward of £7 10s. was likewise voted to the in stitution's life-boat at Berwick, for rescuing the crevt. of five men from the schooner Majestic, of Dundee, which, during • a hurricane on the 25th ultimo, was ' wrecked off Spital Point. The crew of the lifc-boaf expressed their admiration of her behaviour on that occasion. A reward of £5 10s. was also voted to the crew of the society's life-boat stationed at Teaby, on the Welsh coast, for sloop Brothers, of Milford, which was wrecked off that place during a gale of wind on Tuesday last. The society's life-boats stationed at Lowestoft, Pake field, and Yarmouth, and other places, had also put off to the rescue of shipwrecked crews during the late heavy gales; but reports of these valuable services had not as yet reached the society. In some places the crews of the boats had also been assembled so as to be ready for instantaneous service. The reports which had reached the institution from many of its branches on various parts of the English and Welsh coast, described such creneral disaster, as was perhaps never bef or e witnessed general the oldest person living. To use the words of Inspecting-Lieut. Hippisley, R.N., Coast-guard, Dungeness , it was a perfect h urr i cane at times, as dark as pitch, and such a sea that twenty vessels might have been lost before any one could have reached the institution's life-boat. In fact, I expected that the life-boat houses had been blown down, for it blew sometimes so hard that the buildings along this 'coast shook • under me. Had the poor crews of the numerous wrecks on this coast made signals before dark, and resolved_to quit their vessels, I doubt if any boat could have reached them." •It is impossible to state with any degree of accuracy the number of these dreadful disasters for too many vessels h ave sun k w ith a ll h ands ' on board , that will never be heard of. It cannot, how .ever, be doubted that the late terrific gale proved fatal to upwards of 800 of our fellow-creatures; from more than 350 vessels. Several rewards, amounting to £35, were granted to various crews of shore and other boats for their courageous conduct in rescuing shipwrecked crews on different parts of the coast during the recent boisterous weather. One of these, a fishing-boat, in the neighbour hood of the wreck of the Royal Charter, with a crew of eight men, to whom was voted_ £l2, had striven for up wards of an hour to save life from a wrecked schooner, and having been driven on shore four times, succeeded at last in reaching the wreck, and in bringing the poor fellows on shore in a -most exhausted state. Another boat's crew, who received £3O from the society, had re mained by a wreck all night, watching for a favourable opportunity to snatch her crew from a watery grave near the Goodwin Sands. At last it occurred, and they were brought to Margate the next morning. "Ye gentlemen of England, who sit at home at ease," think of these castaways, and consider wheVier out of your ab un d ance you .cannot spare a little to succour them in the hour of their extremity. _ It was reported that a lady, a resident in Stafford shire, had munificently presented to the Life-boat Insti tution the cost of two life-boats, and that a city mer chant had also given the like substantial proof of his desire to succour in the hour of distress, sailors who might be shipwrecked on the Scotch coast. It is hardly possible to conceive a more- suitable thank-offering, and one which is more, calculated to confer a real boon on the cause .of humanity, in its most helpless state, than the presentation of a life-boat to a dangerous locality. The meeting expressed great commisseration and sympathy for the families of the very large number of persons 'who recently perished at the wreck of the Royal Charter, on the Anglesea coast. , The gold 'medal of th e in s tit u ti on and £5 were ordered to be presented to Joseph Rogerson, a colored man, who, when that ship was thrown broadside on the rocky beach, had bravely volunteered to . battle with the boiling surf, and convey a line to the .shore. By this means several persons were rescued from the , watery grave which clo se d on 450 others. A report was read by the inspector of life-boats to the society on his recent inspection of its life-boats on the north coast of England and Scotland. A benevolent military officer offered to give £5O to the Life-boat Institution, if five other gentlemen would contribute - a like amount toward the establishment of a life-boat station. An urgent application was made for a life-boat to be stationed at Folkestone. It was.,reported that the institution was about to for ward life-boats to the Lizard and Fowey, Cornwall, and and Skerries, near Dublin. Payments amounting to £l,lOO for life-boats, trans porting carriages, and boat-houses, having been made, the proceedings closed. A-most valuable discovery of diamends as recently been made at the foot of the Ohralliountains, Russia. One specimen brought the lucky owner' £60,000. 'Mere is every reason to believe, eays- the account before us, that a mine of inexhaustible wealth has been discovered. THE ASSASSINATION OF COHNT , ANVITI.—The Cour rier de Lyon publishes a letter from. Parma relative to the, difficulty of punishing the murderers of Colonel AnTiti, in which it says :—" The judicial examination which has been commenced makes but little progress. The principal actors in the affair are said to have taken 'to flight, and are already in a place of safety ; as to those who have , been arrested, no one will be found to come forward' against them. A part of , the popu lation would, openly , take part in their &votu if the) , dared,. and the populace are well armed, having at their disposal fr0m,.4,000 .to 5,000 _muskets, ,without reckoning the more 'dangerous weapons which 'they are able ,te conceal beneith their clothes. This mass of persons strike terrorinto . themindi of all well-intentioned pemonsran.dvrau-proclue-a.oertaiti- effect—on -the Diotator Parini himself, who dares not attack them boldly, be cause he perhaps feels that in that layer of society con sists his principal force' against the reactionists, whom he fears and detests above, alUthings. It may therefore - be anticipated that 'the murder of Col. Anviti will remain uhrims . hed• DELIBERATE SulcruE.---A.n inquest has been held by J. Taylor, Esq., ,coroner for the Honor of Ponte fract, at the Rose and: Thistle Inn, Dodworth (West Riding), on the body of Thomas Holland. The de ceased, who was 68 years old, and a linen hand-loom weaver, had resided for a number of years in a house by himself. He had latterly had 'but little work, and had been in low spirits. Last Wednesday evening week, the deceasesi was at the Chandlers' Arms'lnn, whence John Whitham, a shopkeeper, of DodWorth, aiebmpanied him home. and on the way the de ceased said that - he should be found dead some day. A nephew of the deceased had intimated to him his intention of visiting him on 'Snudav; but the latter told him he had better not, as it was his intention to lay in bed thi.whole of the day. This was on the Wednesday, and the deceased was see n a b o ut his oWn pr em iS es , several times between that and Sunday. On Sunday he w as no t visible, nor up to five o'clock on Monday afternoon, when the house and iound the body of deceased suspended from the railing or tue stairs, rile deceased w as no t in Want. His house was well fur nished, and he had between £2 and £3 in his pocket and a 'silver watch. A verdict of "Felo de se" • turned, and the coroner ordered the body to be buried between the hours of nine and twelve at was re- THE DISCONTENTS IN HUNGARY. IThe Vienna correspondent of the Times says The Protestant Su .ntendencies Hungary, in defiance of the ministerial ordinance o: *he Bth Ode as they did before the year 1848. Thus t: continue to meet s open warfare between the government and the Hungarian Protestants, who ley are doing battle are backed by the whole nation, in defence of the cause t: historical rights and privileges." Govern- Imeta has a very difficult game to play, as the Hungarians evine a determination not to agree to any compromise. Two years ago they might, perhaps, have been satisfied with concessions of minor importance, but tit demands are now such tha vernment cannot grant them without imperilling the existence of the empire. Not many days ago the leaders of the old Con- servative party,Caunts Mailath, Desewffy,Szechenyi, and Baro Josika, presented a memorial to t .e Austrian Government, in which they insisted on the necessity for the restoration of the ancient kingdom of Hungary, and of her constitution and "which were cleansed of their dross by municipal institutions, the events which occurred the month of March, in the yea; 1848." The entire contents of the memorial are not known, but it has transpired that the Old Conier+atives did not neglect to care for their own interests. Among other things they demanded that the ex-Hof kanzler, Court Chancellors, should be re-integrated in their Aices, and a Hungarian Stadtholderate formed, with a Palatine at its head. The Old Conservitive party considers itself the legal repre s a Liberal party in. the sentative of }Tungary , kingdom which has more real influence, and enjoys a greater popularity. The Old Conservatives are said to have proposed but the that everything should be placed in statu quo ante before a Diet was convoked. Several of the Hungarian nobles hay recently refused to pay their taxes in order to force the govern ment to distrain ; and it is related that one of the Counts Carolyi made the Pesth Museum a present of 30,000fi. imme diately after some of his cattle and corn had .been sold in the The Archduke Albrecht has again taken the supreme direction of affairs in Hungary. ....-•---.-,-q..- SIR JOHN HERSCHEL ON VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES. econd general meeting of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, on Tuesday night Sir John F. W. Ilersche ;, a valuable paper by " On Volcanoes and Earthquakes, was read before the members by P. O'Callaghan, Esq., one of the hon O'Ca'. .11,,ghan read the paper, which was ill series of excellent diagrams oft' to: Sir Jot after ad strated by a pal volcanoes referred knowledging the distinction conferred upon him by the society last year, in electing him as an hono rary member, said he proposed to tell them about volcanoes and earthquakes, and to lay before them a sketch of the nature of these phenomena in general, - and the principal instances of them recorded in history, as well as the part they played in the great scheme of nature. It might be asked whether these dreadful visitations were aot sent by the Almighty for some beneficent purpose, or at all events that they formed part and some great scheme of providential arrangement, which was at work for good and not for evil ; and he thought he should be able to show that the volcano and the earth- parcel of incidents in a vast systE the very ground , . , they of action to wh quake were in face unavoidable, he had almost said necessary, they owed which itood upon-- without neither man, beast, nor bird would have a place for its e istence, and the world would be the habit fishes. Geology taught them ation of nothing bu oot, or inch 13: inch, and century by century, the sea was constantly wea] ing away the land on every coast of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Ameriea, and what the sea was doing were were helping it to do.. There was power enough at work then, and that power had b. have el long enough itterly to [eared away and spread over the bed of the sea all present g continents and islands, had they been placed where they were at the ereat that without in of the world. From this it followed t some process Lovation restoration to acts in antagonism to this destructive work of old Neptune, there would •not be remaining a foot of dry land for any living thing to stan4 upon. volcanoes and earthquakes, and Is was found in the as instances he referred to the elevation of the coast line of Chili on the 19th Nov 1822, which was only a of many such previous occur- rences, and to a similar elevation of the coast of Pozzuoli, in Naples, in 1838. This was the manner in which the earthquake did its work, and it was always at work somewhere or other in the world, not a day perhaps, cer tainly not" a month, occurring without an earthquake taking place. Earthquakes, however, did not always raise the land---there were numberless instances of their producing de- It was not pressions, but they w everywhere that this process of upheval or subsidence went or For instance, the whole of Scandinavia was age rate of two f ;'net for a cen- secretari, by fits and starts rising out of the sea tury ; but as t s fact was pot so evidently connected with the action of earthquakes, he should say no more about it. All that he wanted to show was, that there was a great cycle of changes going on, in which the earthquake and volcano acted a very con spicuous part, and that part was a restorative and conservative one. The mystery of this enormous power was not so great as it at first seemed. Experiments showed that the heat of the earth increased with its depth, at an increasing ratio, the rate _ _ of increase being about one degree of the thermometer fo every ninety feet of additional depth, so that at a deptl of twenty miles t ground must be red hot, and at a greater depth, either the whole must be me 4tod, or only-the non-fusible and intractable kinds of materials preserve some degree of solidity. He did not mean to say that there was no solid central mass. Upon the whole, he thought it likely enough that there was, kept solid in spite of the heat by the enormous pressure, but that had nothing to do with his argument, and all he contended for was the existence of a great internal sea of liquid fire upon which they were all flogting. If, therefore, the dry laud was perpetually wearing down, and thus becom ing lighter, and the bed of the sea was continully filling up, and thus becoming heavier, it was treasonable hypothesis to would sink, whilst the former would rise. assume, that the lath It was a fact that the bottom of the Pacific was now sinking, 0.7 though the depth of the ocean was neither increasing nor de creasing, the actual bed' of the ocean remaining at the same dis tance from the surface. It was impossible but that this increase .essure.in some places and relief in others must be very un- equal in their bearings, so that in some place or• other the solid floating crust must be brought into a state of strain, and if there was ,a weak point or a soft part a crack would take place, and down would go the land on the heavy side, and up on the light side. After entering very fully into other parts of the, subject, Sir John observed, in conclusion, that, in the study of these vast and awful phenomena, they were brought into 'contact with the immense powers of nature, acting in obedience to the im mutable laws of the Creator ; and,. however terrible it might be that 29,000 or 30,000 beings should be swept, into eternity by the outburst of a volcano or an earthquake, it formed but the manifestation of creative power, and, they could only say with the Psalmist-:-." 0 ye fire and heat, bless ye the Lord ; praise Him, and magnify, Him for ever." HOLLOWAY'S I'll,u - the most powerful Medicine for the mire of female complaints. After many years' experience,Ais incon testibly proved that there is no medicine equal to liolloway's Pills Mr the cure of diseases incidental to females; their in vigorating and purifying properties render them safe and invaluable. They . may be, taken by, females of all ages for any disorganisation or irregularity of the system, speedily removing the cause, thus restoring the sufferer to robust. health. As a family medicine they are unequalled, and may be taken by old and young, restoring health and energy after alEotfter_zneaus have proved, nsuccessful. - _.- :,,,ILw- iT -An 71, FATAL AFFRAY . IN' A P UBLIC-HOUS- ! . ST , or RE THE LANDLORD.—At Worcester, a fearful tragedy, resulting., from :the evils of excessive !drinking, has .thrown that city 'into a state of. unwonted excitement. ; About-twelve--o-'clock - on Tuesday - night - ra-dieturhance took place atithe Angel Inn, 'Silver-street, beOween two navvies, named John :Westwood and cl.ward•_Collinsi and 'the - landlord, ' Mr.' Pearce. , . The navvies, who - are"natives of Evesham, had been at work on the Worcester and .11erefor&ailway,.. at Colwall, and:came to Worcester on. Tuesday to attend the.races, and in. th 4: evening went to• the ,Ap,gel Inn to - sliendl them remainder of their Money.i, Here they were u icllardng till eArly en o'clock; . by Which time they were] both ve drunk.. According to the stateme n t o f dollitts, Mr. Peirce came to himishortly befOre t w el ve , a nd sa id to him, " What i r are yoU:drinking-?_-. .. Collins replied, " Nothing?' Mr. Pearce (then ordered him Out; but ,he refused to go, and, following Pearce • into' the: bar, attempted, to kitlichim,-when-he (Pearce) picked' up the poker - and struck Collins with if several times across the shoulders, arms, and hands. Upon : this, Westwood came forward and attempted : to, take the poker from . Pearce-Pearce. Pearo however, stria him a severe ! bl ow upon the:heady!' ku 0 .44% - ) 1 4 1 1 clown. upon the. floor, where he lay.about ten minutes. •In the meantime .-Sergeargs: . Dons and Banner, and Police -constable Ledgeley„ ; arrived. Westwood, was then handcuffed to Collins,,-and ;both were conducted.' to the.:police-station on the charge of . being drunk and disorderly. , There did .not,.then ap pear to be much the matterwith Westwood, further than: being. drunk, and :he refused . to have his wound ex amined. Both prisoners were locked up in a:cell, in ,QTRany.with three or-four, other men, where they re-. roamed till seven o'clock on Wednesday morning, when.. a fellow-prisoner, . named. rancis Coucher ; .noticing how' quiet.WestwoOd ' lay, Inntrod at him, and found_ that he was YdeaCL and. Vita c01d... He gave the : alarm at 011CA3 - the lsurgeon ' ‘-, Di'ag cant f nr , I=. ...kaininea 1 about two inche s l ong; b ut Mr. Jeffry.did not ascertain and wound iVrr.je i ff n rY his head, which_is.a Jagged cut wound of its depth. The prisoner was apprehended, and re ma ins in 'onstOClV until ti,,. __ ___ . , , . .. This pros BANKRUPTCY DISCLOSURES The Glasgow Herald says :---" The rather interesting his tory of the rise and fall of the firm of Messrs. J. and T. Coats, of Paisley (of which Messrs. W. Barlow and Sons, of Man chester, are large creditors), has been further unfolded in the was concluded on Mon- examination of the bankrupts, whic day. It seemr that there had been an actual original firn doing business in Glasgow, and itimate title of John and Thomas Coat: They we commission agent the bankrupts, was at the time a thread in Paisley, and f id it conve Anderson, one o. malinfacti reasons best known to himself, to sell I the medium of Dies Thomas Coats died, howev J. and T. Coats, of Cochrane-street • and although his son had repre- sented the "J." he was by profession a surgeon, and _- -- warehouse in Cochrane-street was closed, the business ceased, and to all intents and purposes the firm of J. and T. Coats was - - defunct. But this virtually defunct firm was nominally kept in existence long after its business had ceased, and seems to have been considered by Dr. Coats as a sort of legacy from his father---a marketable property which he could dispose of to advantage. We will not attempt to unravel the confusion whiclris made to surround the doctor's subsequent connection with Anderson. Dr., Coats distinctly repudiates the connec tion. He declares that Anderson assumed the firm of J. and T. Coats without authority, and never had any interest in that firm; while on the other hand, a person who had subsequently become a partner in the now bankrupt firm, named Mackenzie, avers that Anderson represented himself to him as a partner of the actual firm of J. & T. Coats, and produces a. copy of a letter, purporting to be from the very John Coats himself, offering to 'retire from the business' for a consideration of £26. In fact, the Doctor seems, to have considered the title . _ of his father's eminent firm to have been' a sort of diploma, for he afterwards confesses that he entered into an arrange ment with a . Mr. Dawson, of Newcastle-under-Lyre, for transferring the trade marks of J. & T. Coats,' without, however, mentioning the nature of his inducement to do so. Now the truth is that J. & T. Coats never made thread at all; and yet the spools are printed with their name, and continued, to be so after the firm and its business had long ceased. How ever anxious we may be to exonerate Dr. Coats and, the bank rupts from blame in the matter, we can only find it possible to account for their conduct in keeping id existence the name and trade marks of J. and T. Coats, and setting a value upon them, when we recall the fact that the , firm of J. and P. Coats, of Ferguslie, a'so enjoyed a l ong an d lusty existence as thread manufacturers, whose spools were knowa all over the world. Even to go back to the very begins g of the matter, it does not seem to have been a very straightforward proceeding for the mere commis sion agents (J. and T. Coats) to have hdd trade marks of any . . . kind, or to have put the name of their firm upon goods which they did aot manufacture. I: is impossible to escape the con clusion that there must have been some occult virtue in the name of Coats, whieh was supposed to be of more value on the end of a bobbin than that of plain James Anderson, the real manufacturer." -f-. THE AMERICANS IN CHINA In the Canton correspondence of• the Morning Post, the fol lowing appears :—" On the arrival of the mission at Shanghai, the American merchants put themselves in readiness to enjoy the extended rights which they imagined the new treaty ad mitted them, but here they found themselves unexpectedly at a loss. The Americas treaty contains few specific stipula tions—Mr. Reed's intricate diplomacy of last year having been entirely devoted, it would seem, to the insertion of the favoured nation' clause, by means of which he hoped to escape the appearance of pressing too hard on his Chinese friends, while he secured the fruits of Lord Elgin's and Baron Gros's exertions. If, however, the private accounts received from Shanghai are correct, this cute policy has failed of its expected result. The Chinese are reported as having quietly informed the Americans that their favoured nation' clause shall take effect when those favoured nations have their treaties ratified, but not before; so that the Russells and Heards are not advanced, after all, in this profound diplomacy beyond their English competitors the Jardines, Dents, and others. I do not vouch for the accuracy of this report, which I derive, however, from various sources, with the appearance of authenticity ; but should it prove trae, how striking a comment is afforded upon the underhand measures which the late United States Envoy thougkt so well adapted to promote the objects of his mission and enhsuaea the reputation of his country ! The present Minister I have reason to believe, is a very different man.. It was by accident only that he was prevented from adding the small force at his disposal to the British at Ta-ku. He was proceeding in a small boat to the fri-. gate to order her marines to land, when a shot ttruck the craft, and its crew took refuge on the steamer Tai wan, on b,oard which the plucky minister actually went under fire, with his rough and ready suite, who distributed cigars to all the marines within their reach, and wished their officers God speed. The captain of the Tai-wan, I learn, actually threatened the minister with coercion if he insisted on remain ing on board while the steamer was under fire, and Mr. Ward left the vessel, as he energetically exclaimed to a young officer of marines, under protest."' PRESENT TO HER: MAJESTY.—The costly present to her Majesty from,.the Maharajah of Cashmere, of a Cashmere shawl tent, and solid gold bedstead, of the value of £150,000 was brought to Windsor Castle on Wednesday last under the charge of Colonel Wil loughby, from the East India House, and was tempo rarily placed in the Throne-room, previously to its being formally presented to the Queen by the gentleman under whose charge it was brought from Cashmere. It is' expected that the gold bedstead will be ultimately placed in the guard-chamber, so that the public may be favoured with a view of its magnificence. The State apartments, however, at. the present time are closed, and will remain so until after'the departure of the Prince and Princess Frederick Wil,lien2 of,,Prussia. A WORD OF ADVICE TO - sentencing a prisoner for pocket-picking, on Wednesday, the Chair man of, the Middlesex sessions said the mode in which lady wore her pocket was one which ought to receive some attention, as to whether a female who so wore her pocket, and was, in consequence of her own carelessness, robbed of her purse, ought to receive.her expenses as a witness. If a female got into an omnibus with her, pocket so , exposed , in ithe' ' front: of a dress as by excite dishonestly-disposed persons to help them selves, if they could, th'iwhaf that pocket contained, the fault was almost her own. Besides this, the pockets were so , euosed, that any , person riding in an omni bus might be charged with having his hands in impro per contract with the pocket of. any lady he might be sittingnext to, .Taidies he would, take.,the liberty of observing, if they wished to avoid the inconvenience as well as the loss - of being -eased of their ptirses in public' vehicles, would do well to do as their grandmothers ; or great-grandmothers did, ,wear their pockets ,under their petticoats,' where they would, be all but secure from these miscineypus depredations. rit was really :a strange natter that persons would not take ordinary precaution, to protect themselves from this 'sort of theft. THE LATE AYREHLRE iS little here than,lwo years iiince a Whig was returned foriAyrahire, by i'mhjoritY i nf'o4 ; and now that majority has been overoome, and - the Conservative elected by a. tifitjority Of 46. This shows an, addition 0f,4,5p o pho;ponservative ranks. A greater proportion of the electrs have exer cised their privilege than on any;preVious :occasion.— Glasgow.Heraq. , - • .I• BITING A MAN'S NOSE OFF.—Thomas Winter,, seaman belonging to Ne w Y or k, was kaken:iiitovenstOdy on Wednesday, . by, the North police, on a charge of biting off ,the nose, of Thomas Brown, anpther, seaman: They .had'' been :`drulk, and had 44arrelled in a public house, and, while ,wreatlilitOn. tine Winterhad talc'en: Brown's nose into his "Month; and bit the end of it off. • BreWn is'serionsly disfigured. . 711 P "A.untties.N . RAILWAY CONDTTCTOR.--4hl SUM- Ores the. word ‘Callabroad,'`, dressed as if. newly out of sum mer's morning, y o u ' w ill. fi n d hi m Miter the oar, a s he a band-box, in a suit of white, or unbleached liner 4 Tram - head to , footi:hat And boots included: - For'a rollickingd bit of fun he Will enter the earziage;giving some , welf.d known' passenger a "dig in the rib's," . -t his morning salutation of ." Hove are j4u,Loldlelle r , , " at the same time' saying to, the passengerP ".1 call you didn.'t see the calf we ketched upon the 4 dow-lietCher.m On tihrohnen:logpaaet eal;:litmitfnhaeolref us fisfsi referredt 'd t , the passenger professing hip igitintnee as. such an event having happened, but, , heing,' very. desitoue. of o to wn sta p rt ec t Lie r da'y' las s l b i iis a iness ith w ic i h th, it the i n s being " posted" on the subject, is_eager for all the infor mation he eau getr—the condalctoriain„ ret3upotill bent describe, :and more particularly regard ing Connected, with the catching of and ! the variations, exclama tionS? emendations, and Ladditions with which he garnishes up his wonderful story—suffice it to say - :timg' the story is well :t01.k.,0F/d ends by the conductor completely ,",selling7 - his , gageg listener, when he tells him, with;,a rich leer in:the one eye , th a t the animal,. is - on board, and. -- the (the iiitivapfiger) Is the calf.. :With tht the conductor bolts' to, the other end of the car, leaving the whole companyli**rear of,laughter at the unfortunate Wight who is sa eager taboo:something ready to up' )1y when he can meet with a proper ( ho will.take it.—The New World , in 1859. SCIIAMYL AND HIS SON.—The Russian Gazette, of the Academy of St. Petersburg, gives an account of a visit made, at the beginning of last month, by Schamyl and his son Kazi Mahoma, to Professor Kazem-Bek, an Orientalist.- After having exchanged a few remarks in Arabic and Konlyk, Schamyl and the professor entered into an animated conversation, and it lasted some time. In the course of it Schamyl expressed his gratitude for the hospitality h e h a d receive d i n Russia, his admiration of her wealth and population, and his esteem for the Emperor. The professor presented him with one of his works in Turkish, " Mouhammedfyeh," and two in Arabic, " Moukhtesser" and " Foukhroust," also with Several other Arab books. He likewise showed him his Collection of manuscripts. Schamyl examined all with interest, especially the Arab works; and he said that he also had possessed a collectio n of manuscripts, but that, to his great 'egret, they had been pillaged by his own people. ANOTHER AURORA BOREALIS. —Tbe Academy of Sciences has received detailed accounts of an aurora which occurred on the 12th ult., being the third re markable one this year. It became visible at Nantes about 7 p.m., and was observed at Moulins in its fullest glory half an hour later, by M. Laussed a t. In the Vosges, M. P. Laurent perceived it about 8 p. m ., and describes it as resembling 'a vast conflagration; of a brilliant prismatic red, and extending from the S.W . to the N.E., that is, over half the horizon nearly. The clouds, driven by a south-westerly wind, were at first all luminous, but as the intensity of the phenomenon de creased, they gradually assumed a deep brown tint. M. Laussedat gives furtherparticulars; he remarked from sit to seven stripes of white light radiating from a centre situated below the horizon. At about a quarter past eight two distinct luminous • masses were formed : one between the tail of Ursa Major and the head of the Dragon ; the other enveloping the Corona Borealis and extending at times as far as Lyra. The lumin ous intensity of these two masses was very variable, and seemed to increase in the one as it diminished in the other. A white ray was suddenly seen to dart through the mass near Ursa Major. The moon had a strong halo, and contributed much to dim the light of the aurora. No falling stars were seen of this time. At forty minutes past nine, three luminous masses were formed; one W.N.W. near the horizon between Hercules and Serpens, another, as before, near Ursa Major, and the third east of the latter, nearly approach ing the Polar Star. Five minutes later, the first mentioned mass of light was extinguished, and the remaining two increased in intensity, forming like a frame round Ursa Major. Soon after a large pale orange-coloured ray issued from the mass situated near the tail or Ursa Major, darting beyond the head of the Dragon ; it appeared and disappeared several times, sometimes appearing double. There were traces of similar rays in the other mass, and about forty-eight minutes past nine a falling star was perceived. At ten, the phenomenon had ceased. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE IN A THUNDERSTORM.—On Saturday morning last, while Mrs. Jenkins, wife of Mr. John Jenkins, crofter, Bogie Fern, Blackhills, near Elgin, was in the act of filling up the tea-pat with water from the kettle, a vivid flash of lightning came down the chimney and struck the kettle out of her hand, right over her shoulder to the further end of the house. It likewise made a large hole in the gable. The flash passed between two of the children, sitting by the fire, and pitched them aside in opposite directions. It is remarkable that nei ther mother nor children were hurt, but they were terri bly frightened. Mrs. Jenkins felt a numbness in one of her arms for a time. Her husband was in the byre, and observed a flash of lightning strike down the Cattle. The animals lay prostrate for a little, and shortly re covered from the shock uninjured. A brass candlestick on the mantle-shelf of the house was partially melted.- Forms Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY STORMS IN BELGIUM.—The weather has been of late of an unusual character for the time of year everywhere, a fine summer and fine autumn have been followed by storms of wind and rain of the most violent character. In Belgium all the usual order of phenomena has been reversed, the south wind has been cold, and the north wind warm all the late summer and autumn, up to this time. On Saturday and Sunday the cold was seve re ly f e lt, and much ness prevailed. The thermometer fell to 40 deg., and in the night to 35 deg.—wind S.S.E. The barometer kept rising and falling with an unusual rapidity, and the storms of wind and rain., accompanied by thunder and lightning, were truly terrific : chimney pots, trees, and other things being blown down ; and last night it became still more violent, and has done much damage. One cannot help observing that the splendid comet of last autumn occurred between two very hot summers, and was followed by epidemic cholera and other dis orders, and by the present extraordinary weather. In the Netherlands a bilious epidemic has long prevailed, and several persons have sunk under it. 'We have just heard that nearly fifty vessels of different sorts have been wrecked on the French coast, and above 100 on the coast of England. Dlt. LIVINGSTONK IN AFRICA.—We are informed that Dr. Livingstone finds it impossible to proceed up the Zambesi river much further than Tete, owing to the small power and fragile build of his steamer, which he finds altogether unable to contend with the rapid current of the river. We understand that he has written to his friends in England, urging them to send out a more powerful boat, to enable him to ascend the stream, and ultitnately to reach the Victoria Falls—a distance of nearly a thousand miles from the mouth of the river. The vessel which _is te be..sent out. will probably cost three thousand pou n d s ; an d we h ope that the friends of this enterprising traveller, or the Government, or both united, will not allow the cost of this necessary expense to fall on the private resources of Dr. Living stone himself. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCB.—On Tuesday morning, between seven and eight o'clock, the dead body of a woman named Margaret Gilroy, a pauper residing at Loanhead, near Edinburgh, was found lying in a field at the road side near Mayshade-gate, in the parish of Lasswade. It appears that on the previous evening the deceased -had - been at - Liberton, and in travelling to Loanhead it is supposed she had fallen over a ,steep embankment at the part of the road where she was found, and that her clothes having got entangled in the hedge she had been unable to rise again, and had lain there the whole night exposed to the storm. RUMOURED LEGAL CHANGES. - Rumours as to changes upon the bench are by no means unfrequent, and certainly do not always turn out to be correct. The on dit in Westminster. Hall yesterday was, that it is probable that ‘befOrelong . there will be changes which will effect. the three personages who rank highest in the profession of the law. That Lord Campbell will cease to be Lord Chancellor, and upon his retirement will be raised to the di gn it y o f an earl ; that the, Lord Chief Justice of England w ill t a k e hi s seat upon the woolsack, as Chanceller and that Lord Chi e f J us ti ce Eile will take his seat as Chi e f o f t h e Queen ' s Bench. These rumonrod changes are 'certainly .not against probability i fOr it is but natural that, considering Lord Campbell ..is eighty years_ad, he should think it time that his labours, were somewhat lessened.: --It is no doubt very desirable that - the Liberal party should have in • the House of Lords a debater'ef such. brilliant pltrts as. Sir Alexander Cock burn ; in the event of his promotion, there can. be but ofie.opinion in the profession as to the fitness of Sir William Erle to succeed hiht.-7-Morning Advertiser. LIFE aceount was given'in• August t t a i r th: ef""a h7 4 r* :.l ' ,l l 7 3 h a o aTir t s it,: axi ; wh n ou oTha t t "tt d o -long tgs7pbFreaftliYilte°dl:;f—LrboanAd; her, but havingno legal pretext, he, by the adVice o f an agent d'affmres, named,Richebraque, whom he con- Salted, tried to "bribe - his' journeyman, one Durand, to amart had had an. Aanlterous eonnoxioa-with the woman ; but Durand refused. Nevertyeless, the twB ten fOrgeitaiddaaratien in Durand's n. - e to that effedirind.u4bout p going home, reproaoliecl. his wife ;NM having dislioniiiird'him, and .said .that: he:had a written pion! of her Oa in his' pocketthreitening at the Sa me' Eiine to take' legal .proceedinkO, against her. The woman possessed I herself of the paper, and Was ex cessively indtgnant, as the charge was altogether false; her conditcf haiing always been irreproaehable. The neitday, on seeing Durand in the shop reproached, him bittern , with trying 't6'atranp her husband from : her, and flying. into a violent passion, not, only r ef us ed to listen' to the man, but Snatched' up a knife and stabbed him- in the side.. The wound was serious, but 4e're covered. • On Monday the woman was brought to trial before the CO4it of Assizes on the charge of attempted oetb,6 ;:, finding from the testimony of her neiglibiiiirs-tnat she was really , well79o4ducted, andthinking that she had received `gtoSs' prOiocation; acqiiitted her. Her husband and Richebtacine were fried c with her on the charge of having forged the docu m e n t in the na me o f ' Thirand, and, betwere convicted. The huSband, for wheM extenuating - circumstances were found, - ws. , • ,enced to a year ;onnient, and to five years' hard labour