Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-19 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The Emperor and Empress left St. Cloud to-day at 4 o'clock for Biarritz. The Illoniteur announces the reception, by the E mperor, of his Excellency Ferukh Khan, Ambas ador of the Shah of Persia, at a private audience, wh ereat the Ambassador presented an autograph letter from the Shah, together with a sabre which bel onged to Shah Abbas the Second, as an offering o the Emperor. M. Billault. Minister of the Interior, is elevated ' 0 the dignity of Grand Cross of the Legion of ho nour, and M. Rouland, Minister of Instruction PUblic Worship, to that of Grand Officer in t he same order. Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, is charged w ith the Ministry of Public Instruction and wo rship, du r ing the leave of absen ce gran t e d t o 41 . Rouland. There is also several lists of promo tions in honour of the fete of Saint Napoleon. The distribution of medals to the successful artists tkt, the exhibition of 1837, is also contained in the ()racial journal. The prefect of police has issued the following circular to the police commissaries of the depart- Ment of the Seine, on the important subject of the reimbursement of the sacrifices made during the last three years to keep down the price of bread in Paris:— My decree of this day's date lowers the price of bread to 40c. (it was previously 44e.) f:,r the second fortnight of August. The'd =arness of bread, which involves high prices of almost all the necessaries of life, has not only been openly combatted during the long crisis which we have pass .d through, but it has also been indirectly remalied by measures of assistance without precedent, sad I may also Say without limits. The Emperor's gifts have enabled us to Open in Paris and the department of the Seine no less than 70 kitchens, who re during the winter substantial food had been sold to the poor at very cheap rates. The Em reca has g e ne ro usly endowed the " Institution of smell 49 dgings." Their Majesties, through the Mi . .ister of the Interior, have placed at my disposition large resources, which hb.,te enabltd me to make daily disttibutioes of money and provisions. Thanks to those combined effirts We have been able to attenuate the effects of the crisis, which now approaches its termination. But the cot-se quences will be felt for some time to come. It is only by great s-.crifices that, daring the: last three y e a rs the pri ce o f b rea d h as b een k ept in Paris and the department of the Seine at a rate much low r than what perple have been paying in all other parts of the empire. Th e mun i c i pa l counc il o f P ar i s , w hi c h h is lent t its aid to the governmen t i n these t r ying cireurnstance3, Bias bean c rn i Alled to call for the restitution of very con siderable advaeces both in the interest . of the city and of the great public works, which concern alike the present and the future. Its resolution, approved of by the ministers 131 agricultur e and commerce, makes it necessary to keep up the price of bread a little above its natural level, but 111, 3 measure will be used with an exit., me reserve, and the surcharge will never in future exceed t wo or th ree cen ti me s the kilegramme. This triflirg sn-charge of a centime the Pound proves sufficiently that the Emperor will not allow th e people to pay by new sufferings for the reli:f they re ceived formerly. Let them know this, and assure them 'fiat no one is more penetrated than I am with these senti ments of the Emperor, who, as you know, will never be "lisfied till he has muted the welfare of the labouring el asseso —Receive, &c, the Senator Prefect of Police, PIETRI. RUSSIA. The Gazette de Cologne publishes a telegraphic despatch from Koenigsberg, announcing that the cabinet of St. Petersburg has resolved to make a reduction of upwards of 30,000 men in the Imperial Guard. Each regiment will have a colonel, and Will be reduced to 800 men. A reduction of the Whole army is said to be probable. A despatch announces also that the Russian government is Chinese in equipping a flotilla destined for the kalinese seas. PRUSSIA. The Berlin - Zeit makes the following reply to the violent attacks made by the Austrian jour nals against the poli(!y of Prussia, more especially as regards the question of tb3 Danubian Princi- Intlities _ . A portion of the Austrian press, specially the Ost. Petstselle Post, attacks in so unbeciming a manner the rru,sian Cabinet, becinse it has demlnilecr the annulment 'of the elections in Moldavia, and brok•en off its diplomatic rliations with th e P or te, that we Beam it beneath the . aonour of P russ i a t o re ply. In our opinion, all that Prussia has to do is conscientiously to examine the argu ments of her adversaries ; we have no ears to listan to the violent outbursts of their anger. Plussia;as a great power, fol'ows her own line of policy IC-clay, as she did during the war in the East. Let theta let accustomed to this at Vienna in time, and let them not, ; en in appearance, underrate the importance of the russian resolutions. It is only by convening reciprocal „n terests that a d egree of harmon y can b e o bt a i ne d. Eng land having, as it is kn own , adliere I to the policy of the united Governments, the Austrsan journals will, doubt !as not in a ' ew d ays receive oilers to cha-ge the:r tone, so not to render still more'diflicult the position of the cabinet of Vienna, which will scarcely m'ke an attempt to Prevent th e annul nent of the elections in Moldavia. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. [By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.] ROUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The House met at five o'clock. TRUSTEES RELIEF BILL. Lard St. leonards complained of the proceedings in the other House in reference to the TruEtees Relief Bill, and stated his intention of re introducing it next ses sion. The Lord Chancellor vindicated the course taken by the Governmsnt in the Commons in withdrawing the bill, and expressed his readiness to give his attention to the subject next session. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. . A telegraph from Hamburgh of the 16th states, . that on i h e previous day the Diet of the Duchy -of ITo lstein was opened by a very conciliatory e 'ell of the Ki ng o f D enmar k's Commissioner, wool Levetzau. The Diet then immediately pro ceeded to the election of its president and vice , ma ßreside n t . Scheel Plessen, the leader of t h e urer n , opposition party in the duchy, was unani - flick°lllY elected president, and Reinecke, of the earne party, vice. resident. THE BALTIC. HAMBURGH, Ace. 15 The extremely hot weather we have experienced 'urin g the last few days has done much for the harvest in the surrounding districts, and, excepting some cases of sudden illness, has been productive of great benefits to all classes of the community. A. striking proof of the power of the sun's rays was observed on Thursday forenoon at the laboratory 0 1 the Civic Artillery Ammunition Store, in which L i k v ie pyrotech n i c artisans carry on their labour. , 1111 e Bargh o l s t an d hi s two sons were ern - PLoYed in their vocation, and using every possible Precautio n to shield their operations, the rays o f the sun fell on a round piece of glass through the small windo v exlosed to its effects, and set Li l ee t o ".'" Paper close at hand, and burnt a hole 't Iron Oa the boardt on the upper floor of the 121„i.ldincg, throuf.4 .l l which it reached some arnmu- Zu "011 below ' which immediately exploded. For nately t,113 stoek of ammunition was not large, a portion having been previously removed to tho Powder magazine close by, and the prompt applies" tion of water stopped the progress of the burninj , embers. Th e pyrotechnist and his two sons h a d just time to escape, and the only personal injury sustained was by ono of the workmen, who was slightly burnt. The alarm - , however, was for some some time considerable for the safety of the adjoin ing powder stor e . Accounts have been received that the town of Bejanuvo, in the province of Posen, in the district of Kroben, situate between Nawietz and Lisea, and through which place the Breslau and Posen Railway runs, a very large fire happened in a similar way on the 13Lh instant, on whiChocce sion 300 out of 420 houses were burned down, thereby causing 2,000 persons to be entirely houseless. Telegraphic accounts from Stockholm of the 13 th inst. state that the Swedish Reichstag had decided that the railway between Stockholm and Gottenburg should pass to the south of the tilalarsee. The latest bulletin on the state of the King's health was not so satisfactory as expected, and had gitren, rise to much alarm. LRrd Lovaine would vote for the amendment if it was pressed to a division, though he thought it would inflict great hardship on the innocent divoreed persons. Mr. Briscoe hoped there would be no division on the clause, because it was undesirable either party should claim a triumph on this important point. He considered the conscientious scruples of the clergy should be respected, an I he would rather that the suggestion of the Attorney-General should be adopted. Ultimately Sir W. Heathcote consented to withdraw his propositon, and to allow the question whether or not a clergyman should be compelled to celebrate the mar riage of divorced persons to be raised up )n amendments. Major Warburton afterwards moved the addition of the following proviso to the clause—" Provided always and be it enacted that no priest or deacon shall be liable to any penalty fur refnsing or consenting to solemnize the mar r:agn of any person who shall be divorced by virtue of this Act." Mr. Wigram supported the amendment as an act of justice to the clergy who, he contended, should not be placed in the difficult position of being compelled to disobey either the law of God or th 3 law of the land. Lord Ebrington obtained the right of Parliament to make laws binding upon the clergy as wall as the laity, but everything that was lawful was not expedient, and he had a great dislike to create martyrs. He gave his supl ort to the amendment, and expressed a hope that they would assent to it. Mr. Ayrton put it to the committee whether clergyme❑ Rho in their hearts were Romanibts should be allowed to maintain their own opinions against the consciences of their parishioners Mr. Walpole supported the amendment. The Attorney-General, seeing that the opinion of the House was in favour of the amendment, was authorised by the noble lord at the head of the Government to offer a suggestion which he thought would meet the general approbation of the House —to pro p3se that the words of th 3 proviso should run thus—`` Provided always and be it enacte i that no priest or deacon shall be liable to any suit, penalty, or censure, for refusing to solemnise the marriage of tiny person who se adultery or crime has been the ground for the dissolution of any marriage." After some farther discussion the debate was adjourned till the evenir g The sitting was then suspended. EVENING SITTING. TIIII TROOPS FOR INDIA. In reply to Mr. Stafford, S.r John Ramsden said, that by . the regulation now in force, troops going to foreign places received three months pay, a portion of which WAS applied to the purchase of sea necessaries. There was provision made for the clothing of the troops during the voyage to India. The vessels would also be fil.ed with an awning to keep off the heat from the men daring the vt.yage, and he was instructed to say that the medical comforts would go in the same ships with the troops. In answer to Mr. Disraeli, Mr. V. smith said there was tpiw under the considera tion of the Court of Directors a scheme for compensating the sufferers by the insurrection in India. T U FIK ISH CONFE R.EN CZ Replying to Mr. Hadfield, Lord Palmerston said it was true that under an agreement made in Paris there was to be a mutual conference of the representatives of the different pwers of Europe, for the purpose of placing the commerce of Turkey in a more favourable position. There were, however, various points in the Paris treaty upon which differences of opinion arose, the whole of which had not yet been settled, bnt as soon as they were fully settled the deliberations upon the question of commerce with Turkey would take place, in the meantime commercial communications with Turkey would rest upon the Treaty of 1838. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, .18547. TILE DIVORCE BILL. Lord St. Leonards then adverted to the progress of th e Divorce Bill in the House of Commons; and, stating that the amendments inserted were of a fundamental nature, declared that their Lordships would not have time to consider them at that adjourned period of the session. Ear 1 Granville said time would be g'ven for the conside ration of the amendments, and added that he was not prepared to say that the House would rise on Saturday• Lord Campbell hoped the session would not be brought to a close without the Bill, in some form or other, becom ing the law of the land. Lord Redesdale did not think that a Bill of such im portance should in consileted at a period in the session wehn the House necessarily became thin• The subject then drcpped. THE PROB ITES, &C., BILL. The Commons' Amendments to the Probates and Let ters of Administration Bill were considered and agreed to after a brief IliscuE , sion The Repart of Ecclesiastical Commission Amendments to the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill was received; VARIOUS BILLS. The Consolida 4 ed Fund Appropriation Bill, the Militia Pay Bill, the Dunbar Harbour B 11, the Probates and Lettsr of Administration (Irelin ) Bit, the Revising Barristers (Dublin) B:11, the Mutiny in East Indies Bill, the Joint Stock Companies Act (1350) Amen3mcnt Bill, and the Paroc!iial Schoolmasters (Scotland) Bill, were read a second time. The hue rose at a few minutes b3fore seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUEzDAY. The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Colonel Pinney, the standing orders were suspended to enable Lord Rivers's Estate Bill to be read a third time and passed. MERSEY CONSIEMVANCY AND DOCKS (No. 2) DILL Mr. J. Exart moved the 'appointment of the following select committee relative to the Mersey Conservancy and Docks (No. 2) 13111—Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. Ewart, and. Mr• Kinglake. Agreed to. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (STAMP DUTIES). The House went into committee, and agreed to the following resolutions :—" Thit the same amount of stamp duty as is now payable on the admission of a protector to any ecclesiastical court, shall be payable by every person to be admitted as a proctor in the Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, or in the Court of Probate, who shall not have been previously admitted as a proctor in the other of such courts, or in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court, and have paid the stamp duty in respect thereof." "That every person who shall practise as a proctor, or as a solicitor, or attorney in the said Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, or the said Court of Probate, shall obtain an annual certificate to authorise him so to do under the stamp duty acts in the same manner as procters practising in the Ecclesiastical or Admiralty Courts, and solicitors and attorneys practising in her M.tjesty'6 Courts at Wesminster, are now required to do by the said acts or any of them." DIVORCE AND MAT RIXONIAL CAUSES DILL The committee on this bill was resumed. On clause 53, Sir W. Heathcote said that he very much regretted to inform the house that his friend and colleague (Mr. Glad stone) who had an important amendment next in order on the paper for the consideration of the committee, had lately been sufftring under a severe domestic affliction, which was the cause of his absence from the house a con. siderable portion of yesterday. The apprehension that it would cause his absence from the house the remainder of the session had, he regretted to say, actually occurred, and it devolved on him (Sir W. Heathcote) to move the important amendment of his right hon. co:league and friend to this clause. The clause as it stood called on the clergy to marry divorced parties, which would not only be repugnant to the feelings of the majority of them, but (as most of them believed) contrary to the law of God. To relieve the Clergy from the -difficulty in which they , found themselves placed by this clause, his right hon, friend had given notice of this amendment, which was to the effect that the marriage of divorced persons should be in the character of a civil contract entered into at the Registrar's office, but sanctioned by a religious ceremony, where a clergyman or dissenting minister could be found voluntarily to perform it. The Attorney-General regretted the absence of Mr Gladstone owing to the domestic affliction referred to who, he remarked, was one of the chiet ornaments of their debates. (Hear.) It would inflict great injury on the innocent husband or wife seeking to marry again, or an innocent person marrying the adulterer or the adultress as the case . might be. It would also have the effect, if . - carried, of going to confirm the principle that marriag e was indissoluble. The amendment, if carried, would only make the marriage valid on being solemnised in a particular form, which would be a great hardship on the parties, especially if thay were Dissentirs, and clergymen or Dissanting ministers were willing to perform the marriage ceremony. A woman marrying lin_ knowingly, a divorced man by the form of the Church of England, would by the amendment be put in the posi tion of a concubine, and the children would be illegitimae. He suggested that the committee should not decide the question on this amendment, but first consider whether divorced persons should have power to marry again, and on that being decided in the affirmative, then consider whether the clergy of the Church of England should or should not be exempted from solemnising such marriages when they were reluctant to do so. He asked the right hon. baronet to withdraw his amendment. Mr. B. Hope supported the amendment. 11,000 clergy men of the Church of England had petitioned against the clause, and he thought some deference should be paid 'to their feelings. Mr. Newdegate considered that nothing could justify the bill in its present form, and urged the committee to adopt the amendment. He called rpm the committee to give due influence to to religion as a corrective to the dangerous tendency to the bill. Mr..p. Griffiths said that he had intended to move an amendment prohibiting the guilty party from being married by the forms of the Church of England, hu considering the arguments of the Attorney-General unat..werable against the amendment he should oppose it. Lord J. Manners enforced in a lengthenel speech the duty of the committee to respect the conscientious scruples of the clergy, as well as numbers of the laity, on the com pulsory marriage of the guilty parties. Mr. Adams expressed a 'live that the amendment would I be withdrawn. He considered it was essential that a / religious sanction should be observed in the solemnisation 1 of marriag 3—whether of members cf the Church of England or of Dissenters. (Ilea; hear.) He also objected to the amendment bec use it *et a brand on innocent particsi, as being unworthy to partake of the religious ceremony of marriage. He thought liberty of conscience should be given to the clergy in this respect, and where cleromen wearriaer w illing they should be permitted to perform Om m ge ceremony on either of the divorced parties wish ng again to contract marriage. DIVORW BILL, The house then again went into committee on the Divorce Bill, and the consideration of clause 53 was re sumed from the Morning Sitting _ . On Major Warb irton's amendment in regard to the re - marrisge of divorced persons, the Attorney-General's proposal of compromise was furtherdebated, and ultimately Upon a division, there appeared for Major Wharburton's proviso Majqrity The clause was amended by the insertion of the Attorney. General's proviso was agreed to. After some further discussion, Clause 56, which proposes to abolish the action for erim. con.. was opp - sod by Mr: Batt, but was retained on a. division by 78 votes to 46 ; majority 32. New clauses, providing that fees should be collected by stamp, relating to the admist.ion of barristers, attornies, and solicitors, to practice in the new coart, and enacting t hat a sentence of judicial separation might be obtained either by the husband or wife, on the grounds of adultery, cruelty, or desertion without cause far two years, was inserted in the bill. Clauses were also inserted providing that judicial sepa ration might be decided by the Judge of Assize, or Courts of Quarter Sessions, and far the protection of the earnings of a woman after separation from her husband. The Attorney-General proposed a clause to the effect that proe ters in the E.tcleslastical Courts in England should at the expiration of two years after the psssing of the Bil be entitled to make a claim for campansation to the Treasury Commissioners. The motion was opposed by Mr. Hadfield, but was adopted, after some discussion, without a division. Mr. INlcltahol proposed a clause to the effect that adultery with a married woman should be proceeded ag inst and punished as a miedeme The Attorney-Croneral opp )sed the clause, which was negatived without further discussion. The Chairman then reported prrgress. The other business was disposed of, and the House ad, jourued at 2 40 WHAT is COMING to LIVERPOOL on tho 31st instant ?—Wby, TIIE GREATEST NOVELTY IN THE WORLD ! WHERE IS IT TO BE SEEN ? THAT'S TILE QUESTION. HAiIBURG, August 16.—The diet — of Holstein opened yesterday. The royal commissioners pronounced a vary conciliatory speech. Baron de Seheelplassen, leader of the opposition, was nominated president without a division, and M. do Reinecke, also of the opposition, vice-president. INDIAN Co as . .—GaL ITZ, August 7.—Great activity pre vails in this market for Indian corn, the price of which, as well as freights, was rapidly rising. Orders are arriving daily from the shores of the Adraitic, where the crops h e re suffered severely from the trought. A Fuatous PaeritestNe.—A desperate attempt at murder was made three days ego by a widow named Gaerrier, who keeps a public house in the common of Brintion (Cher), en the person of le r son-iu-law, a shopkeeper, named Realin. 'I he man had for some time' p Ist been refused admittance to the house of tbe . widow, in conserrience of some disputes relative to the manner in which she intended to dispose of her property, and she was repeatedly heard to say that if he pf rsisted i 2 tormenting ber she would run a knife through him. On the night of the attack, Roulin. who was in a state of intoxication, went to the widow's house, but the woman seeing him approach, closed the / ilo , and when be attempted to force it open, told him that if he did sl he would be a dead man, Finding that he could not succeed is forcing an entrance, he went round to the hack door, which he found open, but scarcely had he entered, when he met the widow armed with a large knife, whibk ::he had sharpened for the purpose. She at o:Ice rushed at him and stabbed him in four places, and he fell to the ground bleeding profusely. She then ran to the front door, and opening it, brandished her knife, exclaiming, "It is done! He is dead, and I shell now be rid of him." Some of the neighbours then ran in, and seeing Rouliu on 1 the ground, sent fur medical assistance and also for the police, by whom the widow was arrested. The wounds of Roulinf though serious, are not expected to be fatal. THE APPROACHING MUNICIPAL ELEC HON, ST. ANNE-STREET WARD. Last eveniag a meeting of the erectors of the above ward was con vened at the Oldie lows Halt, St. Anne-street, for the purpose of getting up a requisition to Mr. Joseph Kitchen, requesting bi n again to allow himself to ba nominated as the representative of that ward i n the Town Canned, at the approaching municipal elec ion, in Nov.e9er next. Pr,or to the meeting, the ward was extensively placarded with bills calling upon the electo's to withhold promising their votes Li* the present, as a gentleman of scan ling in the ward would be broatht forward, and dasignated the above meeting as an attempt to create bickering, and an angry fes'ng in the ward. This was signed by Mr. Thomas Parker, and M. M'C de. At the hoar for which the meeting wai convened, eight o'cloc'r, there was not more than half-a- 4 ozen per.ons present; bat the numbars soon after incre.aed to about 30. Amongst those present ware Ma s rs. J. Mellor, Haydock, Kander, Jane , , 111'Calpina, M'Cameroa, Louden, &c . J. M !nor was requested to take the chair, and in doing so he briefly stated the objects of the melting, which wee merely a pre liminary one, t 3 secure the return of Mr. Kitchee to the Town C,uacil. He denied that the meeting wee premature, as the other party had a c maid tte, which they intended to bring out. He then eulogised the conduct and services rendered by Mr. Kitchen, and thought him the best man that could be found. Mr. Fairharet then me red the following resolution :—" That the best thanks of the Burgetea of St. Anne's Ward, be presented to Mr. J. lii:chen, fur his tUree ye irs' vatuab o service in the Town Council, as the represent itive of that ward. He then painted out the great necessity, at the present time, of electing men fit fur the work. As there must be a borough rate, they required man who would use the pruning ':Wife in the emporation, an I reduce the odd :es and salaries of the present clef of o.lic:re." lie hid m> t ple‘.snra in moving the resAution. Mr. liaydosk seconded its advtion, and said that Mr. Kitchen was a most useful man la the corporation, bszauss he did not go there on7e a month alone to matte speeches, but ho attends I the committees, and all the work of the corporation was done in cAnmit Dr. Watts then mtvol the ado,itiou of the following resolution : " That this m)e ing reso:vo i:self int t a committee for the purpose ofgettlng up a requisition to Mr. Joseph Kitchen, asking him to again favour the e!ectors with his efficient cervic at the expiration of his term of alba."' He r view, d his past services In the council, and I ke wise his services in tho ward, and asked wliere St. Anna's Disoeasary would have bsen if it had not oxen for Mr. Kitchen, who had so liberally contrihutsi to its suppo r, and htd given so much atteation thus contributing to the wants of the poorer classes. By elaLting Mr. Kitchen, th-y won d show the eles:;,rs of the ward, and of the town, that they were determined to pa.; the right mau in the right pia e. Mr. C Aineroa striond d the motion, arid in so doing, hoped that the electors wont do their duty, and before S Iturday ni4ht, get a rapid tion signed by 300 of the electors, which was prazticab:e, and would, in the !ong run, tend to sax.) mauls ex?enie and tronb:e. The re3o!ntion was undnimmily a lop.ed, and the following requisi ion was agreed to. To JOSEPH KIT.:ILEN, Exchave-court Sir,—We, the burgesses of St. Anne', Ward, have witnersed with much gratification the ability, zeal, an! industry you have exhibited during the pari id you have been one of our representatives, and request that you will allow yourselt to be nom nated again at the expirat on of your time or office, feeling, as we do, fully tat'sfled th t our interests and the :merest. of the town at large cannot be in tte hands of a mare efficient and f iithfal representative. Should you ac,ede to our request, we pledge ourse.lvaa to use every ie;itimate endeavour to secure your return. A cots of thinks to the chairman concluded the bushiess, afte r which the meeting resolved itself into a committee to carry cut the obje.:zs of the meeting. THE PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. PRESENTATION TO UR. MACHISON, THE LATE COAST MANAGER. From the Panama Star and Herald, of the 25th July, we learn that among the arrivals from also at that port, ;was John Mithison, Esq„ for many years past manager of the Pactic Steam Navigation Ccrniiany on the PacLtie coast. The ,Star and Herald says Mr. M. is now returning* to England, having resigned his aka, and we are, sura no foreigner has ever left this Coast, wh,sa departure will be more desetvedly regretted." Previous to Mr. Mathison's leaving Callao, ho was presented by the employers of the company with a letter of whi...11 the fillosing is a capy, and we understand that the service of plate intendel to accompany it will c st several hundred pounds. We can only add, that w. think there never was a presenta ticn better merited:— 11th June, 18.37 TO J lIN MATHISON, ESQ. Dear Sir—On the eve of your resigning the office you have for many years so faithfully and hormarably discharged, as manager of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company on this coast, the undersigned commanders and offic;r3 cannot allow tho opportunity to pass withou express'ng t 3 you their most sincere regret at your departure. They feel, sir, in partbig with you, that not only will the company ba deprived of an able, wpright and most efficient officer. but that they are losing a generous, true and w .rm•hearte3 friend, whose place it will be difficul to fill. As a farther acknowleigment of their appre ciation of your character, and as a very slight token of tte esteem in which you are held, the undersigned beg that you will accept fr3m them, througq William Just, Esq., the Company's Ai anaging Director in Liverpool, a Service of Pl-4e, and with it their warme,t and most cordial Dishes for your 'future prosperity and happiness.— We are, Dear Sir, mast resp 3ctt ally yoers. (Signed,) Alexander Hall, Marine Superintendent; W. B. Was, Commander steamer Valparaiso: C. W. Walker. Commander steamer New Granada; Edmund ►t. Cummins, Chief ufflear steamer Valparaiso; L. Dartnell, Purser steamer Valparaiso ; Edwin C. B. Garsia, Parser steamer New Granada; Jrnep T. Wells, Clerk steamer New Granada ; Henry W 3 Id, Commander steamer Begot t ; Wm• M, Bloomfield, Commander steamer Lima; Alexr. ttt aehau, Com mander steamer Valdivia; Chzles T. Bidtver, Purser steamer Bogota; Louis li ttter, Purser steamer Lima; A'exr. Johnston , Commander steamer Bolivia. THE JEWESS ABDUCTION CASE. At the Middlesex sessions, yesterday, Geo g 3 Ric‘aard Clarke, 33 , bricklayer, W. 3.3 charged with misdemeanour. Mr. Sleigh conducted the prosecution. The circumstances of this case have app3are I very frequently. '1 he offence imputed to the defendant was that of having by liaise pretene s prvcuted a yoans Jewess, named Elia ,beth harrie s to hove i licit connection with him, which by a recent sta•uta, known as the Bishop of Oxford's act, amounts to the offanc3 of misdemeanour• The prosecatrix, who at the tune of the transaction, in March of las' year, was only thirteen years of age, now lived with her f.ther, wh' is a dealer in clothes, in Westminster; and the iatisonr purchased a Bait of clothes at t e shop and became acquainted with the little girl, a .d succeeded in ingratiating himself into her affections, and told bee that he would marry her. A girl named Hose Bush was in the service of the girl's father, and she assisted the prisoner in carrying oncommunicatioas with the prosecutrix. Ou the 30th March Bush asked the li tle girl Elizabeth Harris to go out witn her for a walk, and she took her to various places, and at length they wen t into a house in Durham-street, Notting-hill, where Rosa Bush hired a Lack badsoom, and in the course of the day the prisoner came there, aid the prosecu rix, at his solicitation, posed the night with him. The girl was kept in the house for several days, but placards having been pulatished by her father, announcing her disappearance, she was d scovered by th 3 policy, and a pro ecat'on was prefer ed against the prisoner. ghe jury found the defend at guilty, and ne was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months. FATHER GAVAZZI ON ITALY,_At the close of a lecture delivered in Wolverhampton on Friday, Father Givazzt said :—Cardinal Wisernsit said he could not speak rf the present occupant of the chair of St. Peter in words, but only in hymns and mule. Ile (Gav,zii) had not learnt the Irish brogue or to praise Pius IL Bat if I have to praise him in I - alian music (he said in concluding) . it shall be the music of the bombardment at Rome—the music of a breach in the strong wails of the Eternal City —the music of the flames shooting high into the air from the pile of the burning palace—the music of the 150 corpses that lie unburied, by his own instructions, without the walls of Rome, to huffily by the sight of corrupt car casses of their fellows the surviving patriot Italians—the music of 6,000 Italians in chains in twelve• Roman for tresses—the music of 10,000 families deprived of fathers and husbands—the music of 7,000 exiles who were now living out a miserable - existence in distant lands —the music of 150 victims who, in one little Roman State, have laid do su their liv,s upon the scaffold in order to etpiate the crime of freeing Italy from all French, or Austrian, or any such demented foreign rule ! . That is my music. In the music of that Italian anthem lam ready to march from Rome to Vienna, or horn Vienna to Rome, fighting the Pope and gertroying his deadly influ ence. This I hope to live to sec—my Italy having the open Bible in one hand and a tricoloured torn flag in the other ; and then to march, to march again and again at the head of my Italian followers towards Itoma. I hope to stand with my flag upon the ruins of the Vatican, and to say from their heal relics, to Europe, to say to the whole world, " In spite of diplomatists, in spite of poli ticians, in spite of despots, in spite of priests, in spite of Popes, Italy has become the land of freedom. Italy A 0 beautiful Italy ! Away with foreigner* 1 Away n 1 foreigners ! Amen," PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS, STATUTE Ltaw Cosimissiort.—A. Parliamentary,return, trtored-for-by-ble-Locke_King, shows how the balance of £3,029 in the Treasury on the 39th of April, rtria, on aecount of the Statute Law Commission, together' with £1 911 since voted by Parliament, has been expendecl. - It appears that £2,285 was distribute d among various draughtsmen for draughting 24 bills. Mr. BellentlenAer, the commissioner, received a salary of £l,OOO a year, and ' Mr. Brickdale; the secretary, one of £.300, which with some minor items made a total expense of X 4,141, leaving a balance of £BO5 on the 30th of June last. • SYDNEY GOLD.—The gold coined at the Royal Mint at Sydney, in 1855, amounted in value to: £514,810; and in 1856 to £1,219,897. COIIIIISSIONERS.-4 "Blue Book" con'ains the report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the system of purchase and sale of commissions in the army. The commissioners endeavour to show that, if the pur chase system be abolished, it will become indispensable, for the purpose of maintaining the efficiency •of - the British army, to adopt a new system, of :retirement 'and promotion—viz., to.ma.ke retirements after a Axed age or period of service compulsory, and to give promotions by , selection. They elide ivour further to show that cornpul so y retirement will be:alone an inadequate substitute for the sale of commissions but they consider that its partial adoption would facilitate a measure which thter propose for the selection of lieutenant colonels, while they do not suggest disturbing the existing system as regards the purchase and sa e of commissions up to the rank of major inclusive. Tne commissioners recommend that hereafter the lieutenant-colonelcy of a regiment should be an appointmentluade by the selection of t he Com mander-la-C(IW from all the majors in that part Of the service, and that the period of holding this command should for the future be limited, and that a time should be fixed—eight, or perhaps ten years,--as the longest dura tion of such command. .01licers, however, who relinquish the command of a regiment, after holding it for the pre scribel thee, must uot'suffer any pecuniary loss from the change; the Government must atso be prepared to pur chase the lieutenant coloaelcy from any officer now hold ing the command of a regiment whenever any one may, be desirous of selling his commission The commissioners are thus cautious in introducing the principle of selection "from au earnest desire that the application should be fairly tested by experience." They suggest further, that " promotion to the staff might be 'made the means of stimulating military education, rewarding meritorious officers, and obviating some of the hardships which must arise under the purchase system." A course of training in the senior department at Sandhurst might be made an indispensable condition to the attainment of a staff appointment, and the limitation of the time during which officers should hold such SUM/tit:MS would render these appointments additionally serviceable. " All these changes," add the commissioners, '• inasmuch as they introduce the principle of advancement by selection, tend towards the abolition. of the purchase 53 stem." SALE OF POISONS BlLL.—This bill, as amended; by the select committee of the House of Lords, has been printed. The list of ":poisons," &tined' as such, has been much re duced. It now Includes arsenic and its compounds, corrosive sublimate (the bichloride of mercury) and its solutions, the poisonous vegetable aikeloids and their salts. Prussic acid. the cyanide Of potassium, the essential oil of bitter almon Is, and mixtures containing it, cantharides, aconite and its preparations. opium (crude or in tincture, extract, or powder), chloroform, oxalic acid, and salt of sorrel, nux vumica (whence strychnine is derived), tartarised antimony and wculus indices. Poison must only be sold to a person of full age in presence of a witness of full age, and upon the production of a certifi cate; and ate: I'3s no poisons can be sell without license except by a regularlmedical practitioner. It would appear however, that poison may be sold to any person who is not unknown to the vendor. AN AMERICAN WAY OF DETECTING MURDER. The- astonishing and intensely interesting fact was recently announced in the English papers of a discovery that the last image formed on the retina of the eye of a dying person remains impressed upon it, at ou a. daguerrean plate. Thus, it was alleged that if the last object seen by a murdered person was his murderer, the portrait drawn urn the eye would remain a fearful witness in death, to detect the guilty and lead to his conviction. A series of experiments have recent) , been made by Dr. Pollock, of Chicago, as we learn from the Democratic Press, to test the correctness of this statement. In each experiment that D P. has made, he has found that an examination of the retina of the eye with a micro scope reveals a wonderful as well as a beautiful sight, and that in almost every instance here was a clear, clistinc , and marked impression. Wo pat these facts upon record, in the hope of wakening an interest„in the subject, that others may be induced to enter upon: these interesting ex periments, and the cause of science advanced. The recent examination of the eye of J. H Beardsley, who was murdered in Auburn, conducted by Dr. t_s`andford, cor responds with those Made elsewhere. The fall awing is the published account of the examination :—At first we sug gested the saturation of the eye in a weak solution of atrophine, which evidently produced an enlarged state of the pupil. On ob.erving this we touched the end of the optic nerve with the extract, when the eye ins antly became protuberant. We now applied a powerful lens, and discovered in the pup'', the rude, worn away figure of a man, with a light coa - , besides whom was a roan I stone standing or suspended in the air, with a small handle stuck as it were in the earth. The remainder was debris, evidently lost from the destruction of the optic, and its separation from the mother br. in. Had we performed this operation when the eye was entire in the socket, with all its powerful connecion with the brain, there is not the least doubt but that we should have detected the last idea and impression made on the mind and eye of the unfor tunate man. The thing would evidently be entire ; and perhaps we should have had the contour, or better stilt, the exact figure of the murderer. Tne last impression before death is always more terrible on the brain from fear than from any other cause ; and figures impressed on the pupil more distinct, which we attribute to the largeness of the optic nerve, and its free communication with the brain. ew York Observer. . A " DISZINUUII3IIICD FOttEIGNES" IN DIFFICULTIES. A Hindoo, who called himself Mahameolli, is better knownttc , t/he police as John Frederic Brown, was charged at Bow-street police court, on Saturday, with obtaining goods arid money from various tradesmen, by representing himself as agent to the Queen of Oude, and also with stealing a check book from Grindley and Co.'s bank, The prisoner, who was elegantly dressed, and who spoke • English with rem Arkable fluency and accuracy, though with'a slight accent, :presented himself, on the 6th of August, at Messrs. Grindley's bank. in St. Martin's-lane, and told the clerk (Mr. Royle) he was one of the'suite of the Queen of Oude, and wished , to transfer a sum of money to a London- bank from that of Hodgson and Baker; at Liverpool, and he understood they did such business.. He then made out an order 'on the firm above mentioned for X 3,763 lOs 51, and requested him to get the money transferred from Liverpool. He said he should want part of the money for his expenses in London. but he should want the remainder .when he returned to India. He then inquire:l how he should draw the money when they had received it, and Mr. Royle explained that he. would have to draw checks for explaining the.nature of those documonts, and showing him a check-book. He then asked for a glass of water, and was shown intoa.room, where he was supplied with that refreshment. When he came •out•• Mr. Royle was eagaged with a custom,r; he (the prisoner) passed by the table on which the check book lay, and after he was gene it was missed. The prisoner next called at Messrs. Silk and Co.'s, the coachmakers, in Lene,-acre, and making the same representations as to his connections With the establishment of the Queen of Oude, made a bargain for the purchase of a carriage for .elo6,.stipulating for some alterations to suit it for the Indiats climate, and agreeing to deposit £5O, for. which amount he then drew a cheek, ia.a check-book of Messrs. Grindley. Ile then entered into a conversation with Mr. Stik about the mode of packing the carriage for the sea voyage, and inspected the arrangements already made' for packing one which was about to be sent to America, of all which he was pleased to' express his approval.. He ultimately asked Mr. Silk to cash a sin ill check for him, and proceeded to draw one for £5. Mr. Sitk said he would be happy to'cash the check for him, but he Must first send for some cash, as he was out "ofit ; but, as it happened, he was just about to send to his bankers. Mr. Salk then drew a check for £20.. calle I his servant, and desired him to go•to the bankers and get change of bothehecks, and on his return'to give .e 5 to that gentleman." The prisoner, betrayer, declined to await the return of the messenger, and went away, saying he would call again for the cash. However, he did not return. The same day be called at Messrs. Moses's tailoring establishment in Hart-street, Bloomsbnry, stating that he was "aide de camp" to the Queen of Oule,and purchased an entire suit of clothing, eluding hat, boots, under-linen &c.; which he said he .wanted io take away with him. Ile was then shown into a room, where he put on the new things. • He made out a cheek for the amount, and a messenger was sent with it to Messrs. Grindley's, while the assistant detained the prisoner in conversation. The prisoner, however, soon became aniciouS . tcr go, and when told that until the mes senger returned he would not be allowed to leave with the clothes, he said, Then I will take them off again, tor I must be at Harley House at three, and it only wants five minutes." While he was taking off the new clothes, and. putting his own on again, the messenger returned with Mr. Moyle, who insisted on his giving up the stolen check book. He was then given in charge Upon so much evidence Mr. Henry had remanded him, and in the mean while the police had traced out a multitude. of other cases in which the prisoner had attempted, 'aometitnes with success, to obtain property and money on the pretence of being the agent of the Q teen of Gude. His plan in each instance was to order a large quantity o gJois to be seat t> Harley House, and then to say he wante l a small quantity to take with him, or give a paper professing to be an order for payment of a round sum, taking the change in cash. It was found that he was not known at Harley House, and that there was no such bankers at Liverpool as he had named. So r.e difficulty having arisen about proving the former fact, for which it was thought the Queen herself would have to be requested to attend, the prisoner told the inspector that, rather than give unnecessary trouble, he would admit he was not known there. 'lt was now proved that he had obtained an opera glass and six tickets at Jullien's, giving the shopman a paper with some scrawl ,upon it, which he said was an order in Hindestance 2a the Queen of Oude. lie was committed Ihr trial. ITEMS FROM THE INDIA PAPERS. A LOYAL RAJAH. —The .11.1jah of Bendwar has been promised a small force by the government as soon as the reinforcements arrive. RUMOURED DAM OF T/IR KING or DiLut—The Englishman states that a report was in circulation of the death of the King of Delhi, which is not unlikely, either from violence or from natural causes. Is IT A FAcr 2—Here is a fact which we have not seen mentioned before. When the disaffection first showed itself in the 'Maud 34th regiments, Lard Cannitig pro posed to iha Court:of Directors to disband 40,000 native troops, and supply their place with 20,000 Europeaus. The reply of the Court of Directors has just reached this country, and its tenor may easily be guessed.—Phcenix• NATIVE EDITORS PROSECUTED.--lhe editors of tour native newspapers, the Bltaskhur, the Sultani ut Akhbar, the Doorbin, and the Sund Archar Soodarbhassur, were yes terday prosecuted by the Government for treasonable publieations. Mr. Cecil 13eadou appeared against then on behalf of Government. They were all committed for trial at the next Criminal Sessions, and bound over in heavy recognisauces, personal and otherwise, to appear . and stand tneir trial.—Hurkaru, June 18. CoLoriEL Fisuea.—Tne death of Colonel Fisher, of the 15th Irregular Cavalry, is confirmed. He went to speak to the polce corps, after his own had shown symptoms of mutiny, and when he turned his back to the poiice corps, was shot through the body. Gibbons, the second in corn menu, had a dozen men atter him, who speared and cut him down. Black and Stroyen, civihans, took refuge in a. native house, but were turned out and a►se cut down. A SmALL EXPEDITION.-0a the 23rd,. a detachment, under Major Gaussen, proceeded from Muttown to dis lodge a party om Boodites, occupying a post about eight miles distant, whicell was a loss of two sepoys killed and two wounded. An aceident occurred iniblowing up the:(gate, and some of the bastions subsequently, by wiiich Ensign Speirs lost his life, and Lieutenant Wit lourhby sustained a fracture of the right thigh-bone. close to the knee joint, but is doing well. DANGER AT 131.1AUGLPORE---A. letter says :—" There is no doubt that we are in great danger here ; the sth Irre gulars and the Native Infantry are looked upon with great suspicion. The ladiei and children have been sent away to the station, and you may faney how great the occasion was when a lady, who had only been contiued a tew hours, was put on board the steamer along with the others, so that mutiny is spreading daily. The native troops at Berhainpere, after what we have seen, cannot well be trusted. A rise is expected ; if the retaking of Delhi becomes generally known, it may be the means of preventing many more regiments from rising." SECRET AIEETINGS.—Tnern is a rumour now current in the suburbs that. a certain Nawab, now living in Luta:ly, a holding, night after night, private meetings, in, which. several of the principal Mahamedau inhabitants of the 24 Perguunahs assemble, besides several of the, wealthy alahomedans of this city. The assembly lasts. till day light at times. None but Mahomedans are allowed to enter, nar will his retainers reply to any questions asked. This looks rather suspicious. The Da.rogahs of Totally have, Ixe learn, been informed of it, but no measures seem yet to have been taken to check these proceedings. , NATIVE. PAPERS.—We learn that instructions. have beau given to the Past-office authorities to stop, any native papers that may be attempted to be despatched by dawk. In connection with this we may state that the editor of the Persian paper sailed the Sultani ilki/bLar, intends, of his own accord, to stop his paper for a couple of months. The editor of the Dvorbeen, from what we learn, appears to have made a narrow escape. He was called up and searchingly examined by some of the fudges of the Sudden Court. His statement was sent to government, and orders were asked, whether the erring editor should be made over to the military authorities or the police; but the Governor-General had bowels of comdassion towards him, and let off the delinquent, who got off'vvith a severe reprimand and a great fright.—Phoenix A. CALCU.TTA, CONSPIRAM—The following has been placed at our disposal :—" I hasten to communicate to you the following. During Monday last the authorities managed to get possession of several important docu ments, including a sketch of the city, apparently drawn no by influentiat Mahomedans. The Map' has,been so sketched as to divide the whole of the town into. sections. A general rise was planned to take place on the 23rd instant the anniversary of the battle of Plass.y—the city taken, and the ' Feringhee If„nufers ' all massacred. Imme diately this was accotnplistiedparties who swore on the Koran, and joined in the butchery; 84 - %, would have a certain section of the town made over to. them for.their sole use and benefit.. A, nabob residing not a hundred marches of Celcutta prom:l34Nl to furai,3ll ten thousand men to aid and abet in the affair, and who, it is stated, Is seriously mixed up, in the business. 'the authorities have determined to make a prisoner of him. and have him aemoved to Fort William without less of time."—liankarat. Tax PIIE6S "1) THE Iterour.—Since the commence ment of t h e unhappy distur bance w hich now agitate this land, from East to West, and from North to . Sauth, the European press has exhibited ;nought nut the purest patriotism. It is true that naw and again jlurnals may have been momeutarily misled by their correspondents, from the a latoo°itf4noteelaittlho single ' er sedition tut useonvtee : riu u e: re,,,,hfi,teinheenrtegoiu y bwen g ew o Da v iir e ad r t n: sru n c e tt a edo t or treason. Here in Bombay all our little rivalries and differeuces have been submerged in the grand desire to support the government. During the last ten days we have again and aga,in suppressed many communications calculated to throw odium upon ,the authorities, and all the reward which wa, have received for our forbearance is to be :compelled to submit to au edict which not only deprives us of independence, but ads, in fact, as a bar to honourabLe ennikupalent. LECTURE BY LOLA MONTES. The celebrated Lola Montes has baen lecturing in Canada, on female beauty. According to the Canadian papas, the lady proceeded to ask where beauty lay ? Where," she said, " shall we look for this soarce of power? Often, perhaps, in a mere dimple, sometimes in the soft shadow of a drooping eyelid, or again, beneath the tresses of a little fantastic curl. Ala.," and she spoke it most impressively, " Alas, I am ashimed to think what small things will often move the strongest and bravest of men! Many times in my life, in the company of kings and nobles, have I been f)reed with sadness to raflect on the words of the sublime Milton, in waich he speaks of woman as— ' Fair. no doubt, and worthy well Thy cherishing, thy honour, and thy love, Not thy subjection.' Lola considered. the .English, Irish, and Scotch women to be the handsomest. speaking of beauties, she gave the palm to the well-known Duchess of Sutherland, who moved a natural queen, and was the paragon among the beautiful aristocracy of England. Lady Blessington was a marvellous beauty ; kings and nobles were at her fee`. In Italy they called her La DNA—the goddess. She was voluptuous, with a neck that sat on her shoulders like 'he most charming Greek models. the had a wonder fully beautiful hand, an i an e y e, that when it smiled cap tivated all hearts. She was a far more intellectual stele of beauty than even the Duchess of Sutherland. The present Duchess of Wellington (when Lola saw her Marchioness of Douro was an admirably beautiful woman, with little intellect or animation. She had a fine piece of sculpture—and as cold as a piece of sculpture. The most famous beautiful family in England was the great Sheridan family. There were two sons, both, said . Lela, known to herself, who were considered the handsomest men of their day. There were three daughters—the lion. Mrs. Norton, well known on this side of the Atlantic through her poetry and her misfortunes ; Lady Blackwood,. and Lady Seymour, the latter of whom was ;he I:4lsen of Beauty at the famous Eglinton tournament. Tbe - ie three were called the three graces of England. Speaking of French beauties, Lola first praised the Marquise de is Grange, and afterwards the Empress Eugenie. When Lola last saw Eugenie, she (Eugenie) was certainly one of the most vivacious, witty, and sprightly women of Paris. All the portraits in this coueitry greatly exaggerated her size, for .Eugenie was really a small woman. lisfore her =triage with the. Emperor, and wheat she was the belle of Madrid, she evinced a high admiration for Louis Gottschalk, the pianist, who, by the way, had carried off unwittingly half a million of hearts from the United States. Eugenie caused him to be received into the most arietoccadc families of Madrid. Lola then passed on tosketch the various characteristics of the beauties of the various countries, and took occasion to hit Lord Brougham. The Coustantinopelitan ladies, with whom corpulency was beauty, would, she said, have (mel ted from that polished gallant the exclamation, what quantity." Lola decried all cosmetics. She recommended three things—temperance, exercise, and cleanliness as preservatives of beauty. The bath, she said, which was universal everywhere but in Britian and America, was the best wash that be could be desired, alth ,ug't, inched, it wa s mentioned that tincture of benzine , precipitated by w a-er, was used by the beauties of Charles ll.'s reign, and really brought blood ito the surface. Bran might be ad vantageously used n tonne Sion with the bath. A well cultivated mind was that which gave not only eloquence to the tongue, lustre to the eye, vermillion to the cheek, and lighted up the wh, le person as though the very body thought. Lola moralised much and well, and whe bo n in. this vein. 4 or forth the heartiest applause.