The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-10 00:00:00

Yilrtrpat taltbilt.V# TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1853. THE WEEK. THE opening of the merry month of May, ever suggestive of pleasant associations, has not been without its interest, notwithstanding the face of nature has hardly yet put on the livery of smiling Spring. The meeting on the Roodee, at Chester, as the commencement of the racing season, at tracted thousands of visitors from all parts of the kingdom, from the proud peer to the poor peasant. But Chester was not suffered to monopolise all the interest, for the worthy Mayor of Liverpool enter tained a party of distinguished guests in honour of the Great Exhibition in Dublin, which is to be opened with due ceremony on Thursday next, and for the success of which the most lively anticipa tions are indulged in. Indeed, Liverpool has done her portion in contributing specimens of her skill and industry, and will furnish an ample quota of visitors, for %%horn the commodious steam-boats will furnish such a comfortable means of transit; and though many will avail themselves of the Chester and Holyhead line, in order to diminish the sea voyage, we may look to see a goodly number take advantage of the excellent line of steamers from this port to Dublin. The Town Council met on Wednesday, and though the counter attraction of the race for the Cup thinned the numbers who attended, a large amount of business was got through, if we may judge by the number and the length of the speeches. There was evidently an anxiety to get away, and as such a weakness was very pardonable under the circumstances, it would have been much better to have assembled pro forma, and adjourned till the following week. The Council would have found a sufficient precedent in the House of Commons, who invariably adjourn over the Derby day. Yesterday there was a singular change in the weather, unparalleled in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. When morning broke, the country around presented the appearance of rnid-winter— the fields, trees, houses, and everything being co vered with a heavy coating of snow, which was then rapily falling, and continued to do so during the greater part of the day, gradually changing to The monotony of a purely business debate on the Budget, in the House of Commons, on Thurs day night, was strangely relieved by the escapades of a young member of the Irish Brigade, rejoicing in the name of DUFFY. Stung with mortification at the break-up of his little party, he openly ac cused the Ministry of corruption, surpassing the days of the WALPOLES and the PELIIAMS ; but expressed his feelings in such ambiguous terms, that the meaning of his charge became an element in the disorderly discussion which ensued. With an anxiety for martyrdom, he declined to retract or explain ; but the next night he made his apology, and the affair ended. He is a worthy specimen of the legislators elected by the intimidation of Romish priests, and other political fire-brands. FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE.—In addition to the funeral service per formed at the Invalides on Wednesday, for the repose of the soul of the Emperor Napoleon 1., a funeral service was performed in the Imperial Chapel in the Tuileries, which was attended by the Emperor, the Princess Mathilde, Princes Napoleon and Lucien, the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, &c. The Empress was absent, being still confined to her apartment. The four Commissioners appointed to make a tour of inspection in the provinces were admitted on Monday to , an audience with the Emperor, in order to receive His Majesty's instructions. The official journal states that one of the principal effects of their mission will be to place before his Majesty the expression of the wishes of the country, and to point out various improvements, the execution of which will be beneficial to the public generally. M. Oscar Lafayette, a Captain in the artillery, who successively formed part orthe Chamber of Deputies and of the Constituent and Legislative Assemblies, has just been declared to have resigned his commission in the army, in consequence of his refusal to take the oath. This officer is the eldest of the grandsons of General Lafayette. _ A telegraphic despatch announces that the steam cor vette Le Pluton has left Marseilles for Oran, with a body of troops on board. The expedition against the Kabyles will, it is asserted, commence on the 25th or 30th instant. The Governor-general himself will take the command. The Eclaireur steamer has also left Toulon for Algeria. This vessiol will be placed at the disposition of General Randon, in order to assist him in his operations against the Kabyles. ITALY.—Disturbances have occurred lately in different parts of Tuscany, but none of a serious character. They have been caused by the drawing for the conscrip tion, the Tuscans having a general antipathy for military service. A quarrel took place recently in Rome between some French invalid soldiers and some Roman dragoons ; the former, though unarmed, were attacked by the latter with their sabres, and one of them was seriously wounded. A serjeant of the 21st Light Infantry, who happened to come up at the time, endeavoured to restore order, but two of the dragoons attacked him. He managed to lay hold of the sabre of one of his assailants, with which he ably defended himself, and the dragoons were at length overpowered and arrested, and will be tried by a Court martial for insubordination. SWlTZERLAND.—Considerable uneasiness has been occasioned at Berne by a despatch from Lieut.-Colonel Burnant, secretary to Colonel Bourgeois, announcing that the Austrians had established a military post near Stabbio, on a territory which is considered as belonging to Swit zerland. On the receipt of this intelligence the Council immediately assembled to inquire into the affair. PORTUGAL.—The Indemnity Bill, sanctioning the acts of the Dictator Saldanha, passed the Lower Chamber on the 28th ult., by 81 against 20, and a similar decision was expected when it should be put to the vote in the House of Peers. _ _ _ _ _ The serious illness of Viscount Sada Bandeira leaves little hope of his recovery. HOLLAND.—The Moniteur contains the following from the Hague :—" The internuncio of the Holy See has just installed the new Catholic bishops in the different dioceses of the kingdom of the Low Countries. Monsig nor Belgrado visited in succession for that purpose Breda, Ruremonde, Bois-le-Duc, Utrecht, and Haarlem. Dr. Zwysen, Archbishop of Utrecht, is to reside at Bois-le- Due. as administrator ad interim of the diocese, and M. De Free, Bishop of Haarlem, has chosen, pro ternpore, for his residence the ecclesiastical seminary of Warmond. All passed off with the greatest order and tranquility." TURKEY.—It is thought the stay of Prince 3fenschi koff at Constantinople will be a long one. He has re ceived from Vienna a suite of magnificent furniture. The question of the Holy Places has been brought to a termi nation. The negociations respecting the Greek Patri archate alone are still pending, but it is certain that all further armaments will be suspended. AUSTRIA.—The Emperor of Russia, and the Kings of Prussia, Belgium, Bavaria, Greece, and Naples, with the Duke of Saxo Coburg, will arrive at Vienna in the course of this month. RUSSlA.—Accounts from St. Petersbargh state that another expedition was preparing against Herat, and that Colonel Shiel, the English Ambassador, threatened to leave if it were carried into execution. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA By the British and North American royal mail steam. ship America, Captain Leitch, which arrived in this p or t yesterday forenoon at nine o'clock, we have intelligence from New York to the 26th, and from Boston to the 27th ult. The America brought the following 115 passengers, but no specie :—From Boston : Mr. Wym_ an and mi l s a s d e y s . Dr. Wyman and lady, Dr. J. Wyman and lady, man, Mr. It. Wyman, Master Wyman, Dr. Csgood aid lady, Mrs. and Miss Clark, Mr. B. B. Appleton and lady, Dr. J. Upham, Miss Carter, Miss Charming, Mr. Dexter and lady, Dr. C. H. Allen, Mr. J. Boeranger and lad y , Misses Green and Carville, Mr. Carville and lady , M r. Bernard e an d l a d y, servant, and child, Mr. Duncan and lady, Mr. Arango and lady, Mrs. Beisleque, Miss E. Car vine, Master Carville and servant, Mr. Ade Himew, lady, and servant, Mr. Mildmay and servant, Mr. Lascurain and servant, Mrs. Col. Taylor and son, Dr. J. Haine, Miss Hogan, Mrs. E. Farrer and infant, Messrs. J. B. Blake, A. W. Blake, 11. A. Blake, W. Fowle, J. Farrel, Uyedurrn, J. Marsh, E. 31 ' Young, R. E. Pattison, R. W. Lee, A. Fries , J . M. Warren, J. Chandeler, Chas. Gifford, Honing, A. Lewis, J. Lewis, Mr. Jochmus, J. A. Finlay, Conway, J. A. Garean, J. W. Francis, Al mada, Worrall, Hemmschmidt, S. R. Scott, Acroide, Andradle, Percy, Johnston, Percy, Mogan,,Percy, J. F. S Watson s . oh J rn . H. Moratt, J. Adams, Briggs, A. Fisher, Sehlesenger, J. Lewis, T. G. Gayford, R. D. Innis, D. Furnley, and Mrs. M. Watson. —From Halifax : Mrs. Reynolds, child, and servant, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Sewell, Mr. 31urray, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Seqqil, Capt. Hamilton, Mr. Webb, Miss Reynolds. The steamer Canada arrived at Halifax on the 27th ult. The screw-steamer City of Manchester sailed from Phila delphia for this port on the 23d ult., with fifty cabin pas sengers and -67,000 in specie. The steam -ship Star of the West had arrived at New York, with advises from California to the Ist ult. The steam-ship California sailed from San Francisco on the Ist, with 4'2,234,308 in gold dust en route for New York. _ . _ The accounts from the mining districts of California were generally very satisfactory. _ . . . The screw steam-ship Pioneer, which was abandoned to the underwriters full of water on the beach at St, Simeon's Bay, and afterwards sold by them for 81,500, has been got off and towed to San Francisco, without having sus tained much damage. . A dreadful disaster had occurred to the steam-ship Independence, about whose safety fears had for some time been entertained, on her passage to San Francisco. She was wrecked on the Island of Margarita, Lower Califor nia, and, to add to the horrors of shipwreck, she shortly afterwards:took fire, and 176 persons perished. Several persons on their way from England to California were passengers on board. Amongst those who perished were E. Collins and two children, P. Francis, W. Abraham, Mrs. M. A. Carne and child, and R. Davy, the whole of whom were from England. The smallpox was making terrible havoc among the Indian population along the Californian coast. It was thought in Oregon that if its ravages were not soon checked, it would exterminate the whole Indian population of the territory. The people of Sonora were emigrating to the banks of Gila, in order to find protection from their barbarous enemies, the Apaches. Advices from Texas at Baltimore, to the 24th ult., state that further discoveries of gold had been made in Hamil ton's Valley, and that a great excitement was existing. The Provincial Parliament at Quebec have adopted a plan for a decimal currency in dollars and cents. The Committee of the Assembly at New Brunswick had reported in favour of making Campo Bello a free port, where goods from all parts of the world would be stored free of duty. Advices from San Juan del Norte to the 15th ultimo, state that the war between Honduras and Guatemala seemed to be prosecuted with increased vigour. The Guatemala General, Carrera, had encamped to await the arrival of the Honduras General, Cabanos, in order to give him battle. It was rumoured at Washington that the lion. John Appleton, a prominent ex-member of Congress from Maine, had been solicited to accept the position of Lega tion at London. Col. Iturbide arrived at Washington on the 23d, the bearer of the Tehuantepec treaty recently negociated by Judge Conkling with the Mexican autho rities. It specifies, first, that the persons employed, and the property invested, to be protected by both Govern ments, so that the transit of passengers, and everything else, shall be open and free at all times, and the property invested therein secure; 2d, every part of the way of com munication shall be neutral, under guarantee of both Governments, during the 50 years of contract ; 33, that Mexico is to impose no regulations to cause delay; 4th, that both Governments are to prevent the company from imposing onerous rates of freight ; sth, that the subject of transportation of United States troops or munitions of war is to be arranged by a separate convention ; 6th, that no passports or letters of security are required by passen gers ; 7th, that all the questions that cannot be settled by the two Governments between themselves are to be sub mitted to the arbitration of a friendly government. If not settled within a year, the United States may withdraw its guarantee of neutrality if it thinks fit. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, APRIL 26. MONEY MARKET.—There is an active demand for money still prevailing in our market. For loans on demand, upon prime securities, 7 per cent. is the lowest rate. These arc readily negotiated at 7 to 71. Prime business paper is passed with greater facility than of late, at 7to 8 per cent. Exchange on England for the Cunard steamer of Wednesday next remains at 91 to 9 for Bankers' Bills. The supply is fully adequate to the demand. For Commercial Bills the rates range from 131 to 9 per cent. prem. We quote London, 1091 to 109:1 ; Paris, 513 to 5 15; Amsterdam, 401 to 41 ; Frankfort, 401 to 40i ; Brernen, 79} to 791 ; llamburgh, 361 to COTTON.—(From the New York Courier and Inquirer, of April 26.)—The market has been quiet without quota ble change during the lase two days. The sales of Satur day were 600, and to-day 500. The receipts and exports continue steadily to decrease, and opinions as to the pro bable extent of crop are consequently settling down to moderate figures. The latest despatch from New Or leans of the 23rd advises a very active market; sales 17.000 bales, at 10.tc for middling, excess reduced to 309,000. A despatch from Mobile of the same date re duces the excess to 300,000, and quotes middling at 9ic. Atlantic Other _ I(;ts.. - Florida. Gulf Ports. Low to good ord 9 to 9} 9i to 104 94 to 104 Low to good mid .... 10k —11 k —i lf 10} 114 Mid. fair to fair Inferior (From Mr. W. P. Wright's Circular, of April 26) Since my circular of the 20th instant we have received Liverpool dates to 9th April, per Arabia. On Wednes day and Thursday last, in this market, we had a good inquiry, at the quotations given on the 19th instant, since which less business has been done, and prices are barely maintained. The sales since the 19th instant to last evening have been 10,000 bales, inclnded in which are some cottons sold in transit from southern ports to Liver pool. The export during same time has been, to Liver pool, 5,559 bales ; Glasgow, 623 ; Havre, 141 ; Hamburg, 152; Oporto, 45 : total, 6,520. NAVAL STORES.—SaIes of Spirits of Turpentine were made at 62Ac., some holders asking 65c. PROVISIONS.—Pork is dull; mess, sls} to sls#; prime, $l3 374 c. to Sl3 50c. Beef is in good demand and prices are firm. Prime Lard is also in request, and is held at 10c. in barrels, and 11c. in kegs. FREIGIITS.—FreIeats are easier. Cotton is taken at id. per lb. for Liverpool. To Havre the rate is un changed, at c. BREADSTITFFS,—The demand for Flour was moderate to-day, but prices were well supported. Common brands of State Flour sold at £4 50c to £4 561 c ; western mixed do., £'4 561 c to $4 62/c; Michigan and Indiana, straight do., £4 62/c to £4 75c; fancy brands, £4 75c to £4 814 c; Ohio, common to good brands, £4 561 c to -B'4 681 c; fancy brands, £4 87/c to £5 12/c ; extra brands, $5 12/c to SI 50c; Indiana and Michigan, extra do., .B'4 87/c to .85 25c ; Genesee, fancy brands, -B'4 811 c to £5 ; extra brands, £5 12/c to ,S 6 ; Canada, (in bond,) 681 c to -B'4 75c; Southern, $5 to .S's 12/c for common to good brands Alexandria, Baltimore and Georgetown ; 'B5 37/c to '65 50c for favourite brands, and £5 50c to -B'6 75c for fancy brands. Rye Flour, -B'3 75c for fine, and -B'4 to .B'4 25c for superfine. Jersey Meal, -B'3. 2700 bushels Ohio red Wheat sold at 110 c. Corn was heavy ; sales of yellow were made at 65c ; white at 62c to 63c ; mixed, 60c to 62ic. Oats arrive freely ; sales of Jersey were made at 46c to 48c, and State and Western at 48c to 50c. NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 22.—Sales for the week 22,000 bales; middling, 10kc, market active. Receipts for the week, 21,000 bales. Excess at this port, 258,000 bales, and at all the southern ports, 309,000 bales. Stock, 274,000 bales. Freights to Liverpool, 7-16 d., declining. Exchange on London 91 per cent. April 23.—Market animated, sales to-day 17,000 bales • middling 104 c. MOBILE, APRIL 23.—Sales for the week, 10,000 bales; middling, 91d. Recipts for the week, 5,000 bales. Ex ports for the week, 15,000 bales. Stock on hand, 75,000 bales. Increase in receipt at all the ports, 300,000 bales. Exchange on London 9 per cent. SAVANNAH, APRIL 22.—Receipts for the week 5,600 bales. Total excess 318,000 bales. Market quiet. Freights to Liverpool dull, to New York active. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1853. afford but a slender guarantee for the stability of his throne. But this cannot prevent us from sympathising with him and his imperial consort on the occasion of so severe a disappointment ; nor can we regard otherwise than with unmitigated disgust the conduct displayed at the ball at the Tuileries, which there was not time to countermand, when the guests, after being made aware of the indisposition of the Empress, and of its alarming cause, went on dancing, eating, and drinking, as if no thing was the matter.—John Bull. ANECDOTE OF A DOG.—On Thursday morning, the 24th ult., says The Newark (U.S.) Daily Advertiser, a boy:six years old, son of A. L. Stiger, proprietor of the Heath House, Schooley's Mountain, while sliding on a fish pond, a short distance from the house, fell in. His faithful dog sat by him, and tried to pull him out, and in doing so pulled his hat and mittens off. When life was nearly extinct, a boy, who was riding by, saw the dog sitting on the ice by a hat. The dog commenced barking as soon as the boy came in sight, and attracted his atten tion, so that he gave the alarm at the store, a few rods from the pond, when immediate assistance was received. The men were obliged to secure the dog, as he would not let them touch the child, who, when recovered, though to all appearance dead, was, in the course of a few hours, restored to animation. A SWINDLING BRIDEGROOM ARRESTED.-011 the 21st ult., the French police-officers were in waiting at the rail way-station at Strasburg, and on the arrival of the first train they politely invited one of the passengers to follow them to the Police-office. He was a gentleman from Baden, proceeding to Paris, on his way to the United States. The traveller, it appears. had demanded a young lady in marriage residing near Baden : the match had been agreed on, and all the preliminary formalities had been gone through ; and on the day but one before the pro posed marriage, the father of the bride had paid over her fortune to the bridegroom, in gold. No sooner, however, had he received the money than he proceeded to the next railway-station, negociated his passage to the United Stares, and getting on to the first train, set off towards Paris, carrying away the fortune but leaving the bride. After he had departed it was found that part of the papers which he had produced to determine the marriage were forged, and it being cleared that he was a rascal, a telegraphic dispatch was sent off to the Minister of Police at Paris, requesting him to call the runaway lover to be apprehended. This was done on his arrival at Strasburg. On being searched the greater part of the money was found in his possession ; the rest having been spent on the journey, or in paying his passage to America. The papers said to be forged were also found upon him, and be was given up to the Baden authorities to take his trial as a forger and a swindler.—Jortrnal des Dads. ARRIVAL OF THE WASHINGTON. By the United States mail steam-ship Washington, which arrived at Southampton on Sunday, en route for Bremen, we have intelligence from New York to the 23d ult. A severe thunder-storm took place on the night of the 22d, which rendered all communication by telegraph im possible. The steam-ship Crescent City arrived from Aspinwall, but brought no later news from California. The strike of the waiters was followed by that of the coalpassers and firemen, who have pretty generally suc ceeded in obtaining the advance asked for. MExico.--Mr. Falconnet had been arrested by order of Judge Bucheli, on demand of ex-deputies of the last Congress. The arrival of Santa Anna at Vera Cruz, on the Ist ult., was immediately communicated by telegraph to the city of Mexico, and the event was celebrated by the firing of cannon andi ringing of bells. _ _ The conduce of Martinez, Governor of Oajaca, had caused a sensation at Mexico. He acted independent of the federal government, had invited Santa Anna to return to Mexico, and had distributed 5000 muskets belonging to the state to the Indians, whose assistance he had been courting. The papers called upon President Lombardini to send a sufficient force to Oajaca to prevent a war of castes. Santa Anna was entertained at Vera Cruz, on the 3d ult., by the municipality, with a banquet, at which he was toasted and extolled in the most extravagant manner. Santa Anna gave but one toast. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. VOLCANO.—A new eruption of flames and lava from the crater of Mount Etna occurred on the 18th ult. It was preceded by a shock of an earthquake. PARISIAN LADIES who don't like the emperor, have adopted a novel way of expressing their contempt. When he goes to the opera they look at him through the wrong end of their glasses—thus insinuating agreement with Victor Hugo, without opening their mouths. A CANINE REVOLUTIONIST.—The sbirri at Rome lately compelled an English lady to take a sprig of myrtle from off the neck of her favourite dog, giving her to un derstand that the dog was white, his tongue red, and the wreath green, thus completing the Italian tricolour. LoLA MONTES has got into a scrape at New Orleans. She has been arrested at the instance of Mr. George R. Rowe, entp/oyd at the Theatre of Varieties. Mr. Rowe charges her with having assailed him in the theatre, in company with Mr. S. H. Henning. On her part, Lola Montes has made an affidavit accusing Mr. Rowe of having, in January last, put his bands upon her in a more than indelicate manner, and to have accompanied these daring gestures with insulting language. PADRE GAVAZZI has been most successful in America. His audiences average three thousand. A New York paper says The efforts of this most eloquent man are destined to have a salutary and awakening power upon the public mind in this country. His warning voice will not be lost upon Americans, as to the danger to freedom, all over the world, from the spirit of Jesuitism and the and remorseless a c t iv ity o f t h e Papal hierarchy.' never-ceasing THE PEACE HUMBUG.—A St. Petersburgh journal has published an article which creates a considerable sensation in diplomatic circles. Nothing is published in St. Peters burgh without sanction of the government, and without having passed through the ordeal of the censorship ; but the journal in question, in speaking of the so-called Peace Deputation to Paris, and of the exploits of Sir James Duke and Mr. Alasterman, makes a severe comment on the whole affair, and is exceedingly violent and hostile to the Emperor of the French. The journal also speaks of the embarrassing position of the French Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, and hints at the possibility of his leaving St. Petersburgh, under pretence of taking his tongs. PARISIAN DELICACY. — The hopes of the new dynasty of France have been nipped in the bud. We are not among the admirers of Napoleon 111., and the means by which he has risen to supreme power appear to us to IRELAND. THE HANGMAN who executed the two murderers at Waterford, a few days ago, and who bad to be taken to gaol to protect him from the populace, died on Tuesday, in Clonmel gaol, of delirium tremenB. INCUMBERED ESTATES.—The number of petitions lodged for the sale of incumbered estates in Ireland is 2692, of which 2668 were granted, and 406 dismissed. The total produce of the sales is 8,;90,9171. 17s. Ga. TERRIBLE OUTRAGE.—The New Telegraph report that on Saturday morning attempts were made to burn two houses, with their residents, in the neighbourhood in which Mr. Chambre was nearly assasinated a short time since. BOILER EXPLOSION.—On Wednesday morning an ex plosion took place of one of the boilers in the extensive premises of the York-street Flax-spinning Company, when two boys were killed on the spot, and five others seriously injured.—Beljast Northern Whig. CLERKSHIP OY THE CROWN.—James - Naugle, Esq., sessional solicitor for Cork, has been appointed to the clerkship of the Crown for the Queen's Bench, vacant by the death of the late Pierce Mahony, Esq. This is pro nounced to be an arrant job. CONSPIRACY TO MURDER.—A vile conspiracy has just been revealed, the object of which was to , murder and rob Mr. Boyd, the pay-clerk to Mr. Dargan, engaged on the Dundrum and Bray Railway. The accused were brought before Messrs. Porter and Magee, at the head office of police. The approver detailed minutely the plans that had been arranged. Immediately on the murder being accomplished, the money was to have been divided into three equal portions, and the perpetrators to separate and make the best of their way to Amtica. The magistrates adjourned the inqu'ry to this day, (Tuesday). THE CLERGY AND THE 'INCOME TAX.—It is stated in the Evening Mail that some modifications are to be made with respect to Ireland, and the statement is corro borated in the Cork Examiner on the authority of Mr. John Francis Maguire. The Roman Catholic priests, it appears, are not to be exempted from the tax, but they are to be freed from its " inquisitoria/ 'r operation, and their own return (sent in through respective bishops) to be accepted. It is further rumoured that the mode of rating the incomes of farmers will be as in Scotland, on one-third of their rent. A FAMILY OF MURDERERS, named Stackpoole, we►e executed at Ennis on Friday morning week, for the bar barous murder of a relative at Miltown,Malbay. Richard Stackpoole and his wife, Bridget, were executed together. While one of the executioners was adjusting the rope round the neck of the female, she called out to him in Irish, to " Squeeze it well ;" and Honors Stackpoole (whose husband, Thomas, would also have been tried last assizes but that he was ill), was afterwards conducted to the place of execution. She appeared considerably weaker than the others, and when she gained the platform turned round towards the reverend gentleman In attend ance, who addressed some observations to her, after which she appeared to continue praying most fervently until the dreadful fall, which terminated her earthly career. THE BUDGET.—The agitation produced by the threat ening infliction of the income tax is spreading over the country. Meetings are being held in all directions, and the provincial press teems with protests against the ob. noxious measure. The movement is likely to prove as formidable as that which put an end to the tithe system in Ireland. The orators at the country meetings tell their audiences that the scheme of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer is an attempt at " robbery ; " that even though parliament sanction it, and the Queen give her assent, the Irish people will be justified in evading, and, if necessary, "openly resisting the levy of such an unjustimpost." EUSL'S NATUILE.—A curious lamb is at present exhi biting at the Royal Standard Gardens, Queenstown. It is the property of a farmer named John Ahern, residing near Foaty, the residence of Mr. John H. S. Barry. The animal was yeaned the 25th March, and after being dropped lay motionless for about twenty-four hours. It then revived and has since continued in perfect health. The legs are like those of a goat, covered with hair; the head and face are short, puggish, and not unlike those of the bull-dog breed. The tongue is black, and the teeth are only in the lower jaw, which protrudes outside the up per. The tail is long and nearly black ; and on each side over the loins are stripes of a drab-coloured wool—one represents the letter " Y." accurately formed, and on the other the letter "N." It is in good condition, but short and stumpy in appearance, and not equal in growth to lambs of the age of the one referred to.—Cork Con.sti. tution. THE DUBLIN GREAT EXHIBITION. THE Irish Crystal Palace will be opened on Thursday, by the Lord-Lieutenant, surrounded by all the fashion, grandeur, and nobility of Ireland. The London and Northwestern and the Chester and Holyhead Railway Companies have given to the committee of the Exhibition a special express train for the 11th instant, to convey, free of charge, from London to Kingstown, the distinguished persons who shall have accepted invitations to be present at the inauguration. Among the invited guests are the Mayors of Liverpool, Manchester, &c. The Dublin Evening Post of Friday says :—" In every department of the Great Exhibition the approach towards completion becomes every hour more and more manifest. This mag nificent temple, when all the materials of art, manufac ture, and vertu shall be arranged and displayed to the best advantage, will present the most interesting and imposing array ever before exhibited in Europe, or, perhaps, in the world, excepting, of course, the Exhibition at Hyde-park, in 1851, and even in some respects it will be more imposing than that, too." Tourists are expected to go in thousands to Ireland this spring and summer. The principal buildings for the Great Exhibition occupy the entire lawn at the back of the Royal Dublin Society House, which faces and bounds the west side of Merrion square. There is one large principal aisle about 450 feet long, 100 feet wide, and the same height, with two aisles on each side ; thus dividing the entire area into five aisles, separated from each other only by the iron pillars which support the roofs. The general design of the erections is the same in all, the roof being semicircular, with hemis pherical ends. The roofs are of wood, supported by light but strong trussed arches resting upon pillars 36 feet high, cast in one length ; and all is painted a light blue, with the braces and ribs picked out with red and buff. Light is admitted through a spacious skylight extending the whole length of the apex o' each roof. The din of 2,000 workmen fills the mighty vault of the central dome. As in the Crystal Palace of '5l, the foreigners are amongst the most forward and active. A magnificent iron canopy, from the Colebrookdale works, stands perfect in the centre of the nave; and there will be fountains of both English and Irish manufacture. The unique museum of the Royal Irish Academy is a prominent feature. The " machinery in motion " is represented as being in a very backward state. The great Oxford organ, built by Tel ford, of Dublin, occupies a gallery built expressly for it at the west end of the great hall. Berrington, of London, is erecting another noble instrument at the opposite end. A third organ is likewise nearly completed. The accom paniment to the one thousand voices on the opening day will, however, devolve entirely upon Telford's noble in strument. Rehearsals are being frequently held, and Dr. Stewart is getting his hand in upon the key:banks, to the delight of the numerous visitors. The Irish Exhibition will contain the most extensive and magnificent collection of paintings, ancient and modern, that ever were brought together under one roof within the British domi n i ons. The value of the pictures has been estimated by the se cretary, Hogan, the sculptor, at £500,000. There is one piece of sculpture from the hand of Raphael the divine. Among the most interesting miscellaneous articles there is a solid piece of silver extracted from the lead raised at the Luganure Mines, in the county of %\ icklow, by the Mining Company of Ireland. This valuable production of Irish wealth weighs 1,600 oz., about one cwt. avoir dupois, and is of the value of ss. 6d. an ounce, and, in purity, several pennyweights above the standard value of silver. Seven thousand season tickets had been sold up to the date of the latest accounts from Dublin. There is an enormous amount of furbishing, painting, &c., pro ceeding in Dublin. Everybody is putting the best face possible on his p rem i ses , an d th e hotels anticipate a good harvest this season from visitors. There is, how ever , ample accommodati on in h o tels and lodgings for a vast influx of strangers ; and there is, therefore, not the same probability of being fleeced as occurred in London in 1851. A WIDE-AWAKE IDEA.—The Bedouins, says Mr. Layard, are acquainted with few medicines. The desert yields some valuable simples, which are, however, rarely used. Dr. Sandwith, hearing from Suttun that the Arabs had no opiates, asked what they did with a person that could not sleep. " Doe (answered the Sheikh), we make use of him—we set himvto watch the camels," GENERAL NEWS. AT East Farleigh, Kent, on Sunday afternoon, a lady attended divine service in full Bloomer costume. PUBLIC MEETINGS are being held in Birmingham, in furtherance of the movement for a weekly half holiday. A LAPLAND GIANTESS, measuring seven feet two inches, and weighing twenty-four stone fourteen pounds, is being exhibited at Aberdeen. THE ELECTION FOR TAUNTON took place last week, when Sir Jas. Ramsden, a Liberal, was returned, having a majority of seven over Mr. Badcock, a Conservative. SHERIDAN KNOWLES i 5 at present enjoying the pleasures of fly-fishing on the beautiful banks of Loch Ard, North Britain. THE CARPENTERS OF OXFORD have struck for an advance of wages-3s. per week, perambulating the city in a body. It is supposed that the masters will be com pelled to accede. THE Nottingham Journal states two hundred mer chants of that town have already expressed their desire to become members of an Exchange, which it is proposed to establish in the midland metropolis. THE authoress of Uacle Tom's Cabin intends visiting Paris, and apartments have, it is said, been obtained for her in the Quartier Montmartre. She is afterwards to visit Italy. YELF, the late actuary of the Isle of Wight ' Savings' Bank, who defrauded the bank of upwards of £BOOO, has been committed for trial on three distinct cases of forgery, and for stealing £2O, the moneys of the trustees. THE CITIZENS OF GLASGOW are proposing to estab lish a national library and museum of inventions: for this purpose a deputation waited on Prince Albert on Saturday morning. NAUTICAL ALMANAC.—The superintending of the Nautical Almanac, long so ably executed by Lieut. Strat ford, has, we believe, been offered to and accepted by the star finder, Mr, Hind. RATHER FREE WITH HIS FIRZ-ARMS.--Some spar row-catchers having gone to a farm-house near Nlaid stone, the farmer be!ng aroused, mistook them for bur glars, fired at, and shot one of them, inflicting a rather dangerous wound. ELECTIONEERING ABROAD.—By accounts recently re ceived in this country from Texas it appears that Capt. Grant, formerly of t tourbridge, in Worcestershire, was assassinated at Houston, on the 28th of December last, in an electioneering brawl. INSPECTOR OF WEIGHTS AND ME ASURES.—The Court of Queen's Bench decided on Wednesday, that an inspec tor of weights and measures has no power to seize weigh ing machines. He can seize both false weights and measures. VERY OBLIGING.—The Tuscan Government has de clared to the British Cabinet, that Mr. Craufurd may stay as long as le pleases in Tuscany, provided Govern ment certify that he is in her Majesty's service, and not an agent of Mazzini. THE LAUNCH of the Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s monster screw steam-ship Himalaya, of 3600 tons bur then, is to take place at l3lackwall in the course of this month; and she will be ready for sea in November or December nest. SVDMARINE TELEGRAPH TO HOLLAND.—The work of laying down the electric telegraph from Ipswich tc Or fordness, to be connected with the submarine communica tion thence to Holland, was commenced on Monday week. The brow of the first hill on the Woodbridge road vas• selected as the starting point of operations. A TRADESMAN residing near Nottingham, having. lately bought a dozen of Cochin-China hen eggs, at a cost of 12.1. 6d., boiled one for his wife's breakfast, when, lo and behold, the inviting tint changed to common white. They were Irish eggs, which had been steeped in a solution of raw amber. MEE+SRS. SAMUEL. AND MONTAGU, of London, dealers in foreign exchange, have discovered that attempts at fraud are being made by altering Dutch coupons so as to cause them to represent a sum beyond their actual amount. The original figures are erased, false ones being printed in their place, and in this condition they are offered for sale. THE SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH COMPANIES have laid down their wires from. the Central hall of the House of Commons into several of the clubs in Pall-mall, securing to each of these establishments a dis tinct and private communication with the Houses of Par liament, as well as the additional facility of a direct com munication with the Continent. TEE WOOLLEN MILL, belonging to Mr. William Lock wood, of Spring-lane, near Holmfirth, was burned to the ground at an early hour on Wednesday morning. The building is the largest in the neighbourhood, and with one exception is the only mill that escaped the awful flood on the ever-to-be-remembered morning of the sth of February, 1852. From .ClO,OOO to X 122,000 is the esti mated loss, and 240 hands have been thrown out of em ployment. A Poott OLD FEMALE, named Sarah Hawle, living in the neighbourhood of Barbican, stung by the ingratitude of a foster son, who had turned her out of her own house and taken possession of the property, committed suicide on Friday night week at a coffee-house in King's Cross, London. Oxalic acid was found in her bedroom. The ungrateful scoundrel, it appears, who owed all he had in the world to the worthy old woman, had got married. THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT AND AUSTRIA.—Very recently the following appeared in a Frankfort paper :-;- " It is now confirmee that the Prussiau police were most efficiently assisted in the late political arrests at Berlin and elsewhere by repeated communications from the police of London, without which many of their discoveries might not have been made. In this we see a proof of the good faith of the British Government, when, through Lord 'Westmorland, it assured the cabinet of Vienna that it would watch over the conduct of the refugees. We learn from other sources that the London police has for some time kept lists of all the fugitives residing there, and watches over their communications with the continent." RAILWAY MILEAGE, ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS.—From July 1, to December 31, 1852, on the railways in Great Britain and Ireland, 21 passengers were killed, 316 injured from causes beyond their own control, and 3 injured owing to their own misconduct or want of caution ; 71 servants of companies or of contractors killed, 42 injured from causes beyond their own control, 17 injured owing to their own misconduct or want of caution ; 41 trespas sers and other persons, neither passengers nor servants of the company, killed ; and 9 injured by crossing or walking on the railway. Total, 133 killed and 387 injured. The number of passengers conveyed during the half-year amounted to 49,886,124 ; the length of railway opened on the 30th June, 1852, was 7076; and the length of railway open on the 31st December, 1852, was 7336. The in crease of mileage during the half-year was 260. MR. BRIGHT ' S OPINION OF THE TIMES.—The Times newspaper, he presumed they all knew, was a great power in a mask. They did not see the hand that wrote those articles. There was not a man in London, calling him self a gentleman, who durst have put his signature to that article charging M. Kossuth. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") There was a gentleman, a member of that House—not present, he (Mr. Bright) dared say, but if present he should say what he said now. He spoke of one notoriously connected with that paper, who durst not have put his name to that article (interruption) in which those charges were brought against M. Kossuth ; and he (Mr. Bright) could tell The Times that it was precisely by conduct like this—by which scandalous and lying charges were brought against honourable men—that the press of France lost all character with the people of France (hear, hear) ; that during the existence of the Republic the middle classes and all the people in Paris looked on with disregard, almost with pleasure, while the papers, one after another, were brought under the penal ties of the law ; and that, finally, they looked on without any opposition, and apparently without any discontent, when their newspaper writers were obliged to put their names to every article, and afterwards when three-fourths of them were suppressed.—Speech in the House of Com. mons, on Thursday. A COUSINLY ACTION.—BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. — In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Mon day, Miss Ann Williams, sued her cousin, Mr. Rodway, a baker in Windmill-street, Tottenham-court-road, Lon don, to recover damages for a breach of promise of mar riage. The trial took place before Mr. Justice Talfourd at the sittings in London after last term, and the verdict was for the defendant. A rule, however, was obtained for a new trial, upon the ground that the verdict was against the evidence, and this rule came on to-day for argument. The plaintiff was formerly maid to Lady Erskine, but she left her situation in order to superintend her father's house. He, however, got into difficulties, and the plaintiff left his house and went to reside at the defendant's for a short time. His sister had been keeping his house, but she took that opportunity to visit some friends in the country, and thus the plaintiff and defen dant were left alone. It was during this period that the promise in question was alleged to have been made, but no letters had, under the circumstances, passed between the parties ; and therefore the usual evidence of the promise was not given in this case. The plaintiff's father, however, and her uncle Emanuel, were called to speak to interviews and conversations with the defendant, and it was submitted that defendant had in these conversations admitted the promise of marriage. The jury found for the defendant on both the points raised on the record ; but, on the first one, Mr. Justice Talfourd intimated that he did not agree with them in opinion. The court, after hearing counsel, decided to grant a new trial. Rule absolute. A MYSTERIOUS SWINDLING COMMERCIAL MAN. — At the Mansion-house, London, on Tuesday, a well dressed young man, who refused to give his name, was brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having uttered a forged check for the sum of £B5O at the banking-house of Barnet, Hoare, and Co.—Mr. Joseph Tween, clerk at the bank, said : this check, which pur ports to be drawn by Messrs. Whitbread and Co., who keep an account at our banking-house, was presented to me this day at about twenty minutes to twelve o'clock at the counter.—Mr. Base : Was the prisoner the person who presented it ?—Witness : I believe he was.—Haydon then took a light red wig out of a bag and proceededed to put it on the prisoner, who saved him the trouble by fitting it in an instant to his head. The change produced in the appearance of the man was considerable. Haydon was then about to put the whiskers on the prisoner, but the witness said,—l believe I can say with certainty that he islte person to whom I paid the amount of the check. —The Lord Mayor : Prsoner do you wish to ask the witness any question ?—The prisoner : No.—Haydon : I took the wig and whiskers from the prisoner.—Mr. Base then requested that his lordship would remand th e pri soner upon the evidence just given.—The Lord Mayor : Prisoner, do you persist in refusing to tell your name Prisoner : I do.—The Lord Mayor: Have you anything to say with reference to the application to remand you r —The prisoner : Nothing. I don't want to say anything at all.—The Lord Mayor : I shall remand you, and you can, if you please, employ some solicitor to defend you.— The prisoner was accordingly remanded. — it was observed rbeys eseveral c persons w e en ho th were e pri presentsoner in t t h i a l e t p t h r e e s r e e ts casest r a o n n d g the anonymous person who has undergone examination before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having attempted to obtain money from Messrs. Overend and Co., the money dealers of Lombard-street, by means of forged bills of exchange, and who has evidently the greatest objection possible to recosratin, The DERWENT has arrived from Hobart Town, with 25,300 ounces of gold, value about £101,200. CARDINAL WISEMAN'S COACHMAN dropped down dead in his own house, near Hanover-square, London, on Thursday morning. The precise cause of death is un known. THE Yorkshireman states that Nathaniel Howard, the executioner of Barbour and Waddington, who was dis charged from his office in consequence of his neglect at the execution of Henry Dobson, died on Friday night. A FANATIC, at Bicker, has published a pamphlet, in which lie describes the recent heavy rains as a visitation of God's wrath on account of the homage paid by the nation to the late Duke of Wellington on his death. THE EMPRESS OF CHINA is said to be a Christian, the daughter of a Christian, and the Emperor himself more than half a convert. Had it not been for the crimes of the Popish missionaries, China would probably have been Christian 100 years ago.—Standard. RAILWAY LAW.—The Exchequer Chamber has de cided that Lord Campbell's reading of the law, that rail way companies must make their lines in compliance with their acts of parliament, must be reversed. The acts are held to be permissive only, and not compulsory. DIAMONDS to the value of £lO,OOO, which were stolen in the day time, a short time ago, from the boudoir of the Countess Clarz, in her residence at Vienna, have been found in the possession of a woman employed as a nurse in the family. THE BITER BITTEN.—WhiIe a gentleman named Key worth was seated in the breakfast-room of his house in Cottesford-place, Lincoln, on Tuesday evening week, a sparrowhawk, which was attracted by a canary bird in a cage that was hung in the window recess, dashed through the glass into the room, and was caught by Mr. Keyworth. THE GOODWIN SANDS REFUGE.—A practical scheme for getting rid of the perils of the Goodwin Sands has been proposed by Mr. Smith, an engineer, and has attracted a corresponding amount of public: notice, to gether with a corresponding share of assistance for carry it into effect. A GIPSY WOMAN has been committed for trial at Eglinton charged with the murder of Mrs. Wilson, at Burpead, into whose house she had gone with some whisky and demanded some hot water. On Mrs. Wilson refusing to supply the water or to take a "dram," the prisoner attacked her and inflicted such serious injuries that death ensued. A REVOLTING CASE has been before the Lambeth police magistrate, in which two medical men were charged with the crime of procuring abortion. The unfortunate girl, Eliza Morden, deposed that she was seduced by the Rev. George Campbell Gordon, who lodged with her mother in Ely-place, Holborn. Mr. Gordon is 55 years old, an unmarried man, and curate of St. &ndrew's Parish Church, Holborn, London. THE MORTALITY OF OYSTERS during the season has been very excessive. The proprietors of the oyster-beds are said to be sufferers to the amount of £90,000, one third of which falls upon Mr. Aston, of the Chenia Rock beds, near Sheerness. The mortality is principally amongst the foreign oysters ; and the cause is supposed to be the late frost after their removal from the deep to the shallow water. POWER OF SLEEP'.—One morning last week, the mistress of a public-house in Bishouwearmouth, observing: that the bed of a young girl, who acts as servant, appeared as if it had not been slept in, inquired the reason, and discovered that the girl on the night previous to going to bed had gone on her knees for the purpose of praying, and when in that position fell sound asleep, and remained so until the following morning, sleeping for several hours. LETTERS FROM DR:. VOGEL, the astronomer, sent out to join Dr. Barth in Central Africa, announce his safe ar rival at Tripoli. He will have to stay several weeks at that place in order to complete his preparations for the journey.. It so happens that a relative of the Sultan of Bornu is at preseni in Tripoli on his return from his third pilgrimage to Mecca. He is a highly intelligent man, had formerly traveled with Claperton, and in his company Dr. Vogel hopes soon to reach Lake Isad, not only in safety but in comparative ease and comfort.—Athen.,2ttm. A DEFENCE FOR KISBING.—Last week, Mr. John G- Illingsvorth, an innkeeper, summoned before the Wake field magistrates, Miss Mary Ann Serie, for an assault, an attempt to give him a kiss in the street. In justi fication, Burn's couplet was quoted— •' If a body meet a body comin'tliro'lbe rye, If a body kiss a body, need a body' ary !" and the bench, preferring this interpretation of the crimi nal law to Jervis's, dismissed the case, amidst the unsup pressed laughter of a crowded court. UNFORTUNATE SPECULATIONS.—A case of suicide, under very distressing circumstances, occurred at Bir mingham on Thursday. Mr. John Pugh, a gentleman well known to the South Staffordshire iron trade, shot him self at the Hen and Chickens Hotel aboutllmidday. The deceaeed was manager of the Parkfield Ironworks, near Wolverhampton, and was little more than 35 years of age. Depression of spirits, the result of unfortunate specula tions unconnected with his trade, is said to have brought about the melancholy occurrence. REPRESENTATION OH THE CITY.—An influential meet ing of the electors of the city of London was held on Thursday, when it was unanimously resolved that Baron Lionel Rothschild should not be called upon to resign his seat, notwithstanding the unfavourable decision in the House of Lords last week.. A committee was formed, to adopt such measures as they may think it to insure the ultimate satisfactory solution of the Jewish Disabilities question, by placing Baron Rothschild in the seat to which the constituency of the city of London have repeatedly elected him- HAINLBOLDT ON TABLE-MOVING.—The Silesian Ga zette publishes a letter addressed by Alexander Von Hum boldt to a friend, who had applied for his, opinion upon the supposed magnetical phenomena of table-moving, which has lately been described in several journals. The veteran physicist remarks that it is always easier to destroy a false theory than an inaccurately apprehended fact. He then adverts to a long series of pseudo-scientific discove ries which hate been made and exploded in the course of his 84 years'experience, and advises the table-movers " to i,ry their chaff upon some younger bird." A CANNIBAL IN LONDON.—At the Thames police court, last week, an Irish hatter named Crawley was committed for trial for biting off the nose of a labourer named Hurley, who thus described the attack made upon him.—" He threw me bodily down, the stairs, and then, coming over me, began to eat my nose. Whilst he was chewing it I began to halloa, and put up my hand to save my nose, but he began to eat it also." Hurley exhibited the piece of nose which had been bitten off, and which he preserved in a bit of paper, and his wife stated that she found half her husband's nose lying on a step of the stairs. Loss OF Two LIVES sax FIRE.—On Wednesday morning, shortly before three o'clock, a fire broke out in a house in Phoenix-street, Gray's Inn-road, facing the walls of the House of Correction. Mr. Holder, the occupier of the second floor, finding escape by the stair case impossible, at once threw the bed and mattress on to the pavement, and by that means lie and his family escaped. Two children of another lodger, a Mr. Brown, were sleeping in a back room on the first floor. All at tempts to save them were fruitless, and their bodies were afterwards found, dreadfully charred. Their ages were five and eight. SHEEP FOR AMERICA.—During the last week, Charles Phellis, Esq., of Rosedale, Madison, Ohio, United States, along with two other gentlemen, were in this town and the neighbourhood, for the purpose of selecting and purchasing sheep for exportation to America. Having visited several villages in the vicinity of Doncaster, they at length made their selection from the flocks of Mr. Brooke, of Awkley, and Mr. Wood, of Hayfield, con. sidering their animals to be the most suitable for their purposes. We understand that they purchased from Mr. Brooke eighty tup and four gimmer hogs, and three of each from Mr Wood, and that the animals have since been sent on their voyage to their destination in the United States.—Doncaster Gazette. SKIP FIRE-ENGINE.—At the recent trial of Merrywea tiler's ship fire-engine, "The Prince of Wales," the result was highly satisfactory, a continuous stream of water being thrown between 80 and 90 feet in a horizontal, and 70 feet in a vertical direction. The engine was worked by a Portion of the fire brigade, under the superintendence of Mr. Hewitt, who expressed s favourable opinion of its qualities as applied to ships, and even to mansions where a good supply of water could be procured. Mr. Ander son, of the Norwich Union, and several members of other fire brigades, spoke in terms of admiration of its great power. One of its chief recommendations is, that in case of need it can be taken into a boat, and worked from a distance. It has already done essential service in the preservation of ships from fire. AN AFFLICTED FAMILY.—On Friday, before the Lords Justices, in re Arnold, a lunatic, a petition was presented, on the part of the brother and children of the lunatic, for payment to the committee of the lunatic of certain interests and dividends on stock standing to the credit of the lunatic in this court, and the interest of a sum of £lO,OOO, to which he was entitled under the mar riage settlement of his father and mother. The case is one of a very peculiar nature. The lunatic had been deaf and dumb from his birth ; his wife was also deaf and dumb, the brother was also deaf and dumb, and the father and mother of the lunatic had also been deaf and dumb from birth. Their Lordships made the order in the terms of the prayer of the petition, with a reference to the Master to ascertain what sum the lunatic was entitled to under the settlement. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.—The usual quar terly return of births, marriages, and deaths,in England and Wales, has just been issued. The last fifteen months have witnessed more weddings than were ever before known to have taken place in the same time. In the quarter ending March 31, 1853, there were regist ere d 161,598 births. The proportion of births has been lin 28. In the last quarter of 1852, the number of m arr i ages is 94,416. There were 158,439 marriages in the y ear 1852, whilst only 153,740 in 1851 . ; and te n y ears ago, 1842, only 118,8 25 . The proportion of marria ges l as t quarter was lin 48. The increase is greatest in London, where 7,101 marriages took place in the quarter. Taking the number of births for the winter quarter at 161,598, and the number of deaths at 118,241, we h a ve an increase of births over deaths to the number of 43,357. The re port mentions that the public health is injured by the high prices of potatoes, and such other esculent vege tables, as scurvy to some extent is induced. THE CHINESE MANDARIN, who figured at the opening of the Great Exhibition, created another sensation on Tuesday, when he appeared in the London Court of Bank ruptcy as a claimant of £3B, arrear of wages alleged to be due him by Barber, a grocer and tea-dealer in Bishops gate-street. He gave his name Chun-Ahmen, and was attended by a countryman of his own, who acted as inter preter. He had been about two years in the service of the bankrupt. He expected to be paid in full ; but on its being explained to him that ho could only receive three months' wages in full, and must prove and take a dividend for the remainder, he fell into a violent passion, and ulti mately rushed out of court, threatening to hang himself if his claim were not at once discharged in full. After a short absence, he again marched into the . court, and created some alarm by his wild gesticulations. He ad dressed himself to the solicitor under the bankruptcy in a menacing manner ; be was again offered the three months' salary in full, but persisted in !ejecting it, and ultimately left the court, making pantomimic motions . with his hand across his throat to indicate his determination, AIRS. STONE has published a letter in the Glasgow Citizen, of Saturday, advocating marriage with a deceased wife's sister. PASSENGERS by the Clyde steamers will learn with pleasure that within the last few days a post-office receiv ing-box has been placel on the steam-boat quay at Greenock. ON Thursday night, when the Briton steamer was sail ing from Ayr to Stranraer, John 'Watkins, a young wag belonging to the latter place, jumped overboard and WS drowned. He had only been married a fortnight. A JEW CHITRCHWARDEN.—The parishioners of St' George's, Botolph-lane, London, having elected a Jewl Mr. Henry Levy Keeling, of the firm of Keeling and Hunt, for their churchwarden. RAILWAY EXTENSION.—The opening of the Oxford , Worcester,:and Wolverhampton Railway, between Eve" sham and Wolverhampton, about fifty m il e s i n lengLL" took place on Saturday. LUDWIG TIECK, one of the few survivors of a past age of German literature, died at Berlin on the morning of th e 28th ult. He was born at Berlin on the 31st of MO , 1773, so that a few days only were wanting to comple te his full measure of fourscore years. STANFIELD'S chief picture in the Royal Academy year is, we understand, the second of a series of coal' missions given by Mr. Peto, M.P., to the principal Esg,' lisp artists for works illustrative of leading incidents 15 British history. HENRY FRANCIS HOWARD, ES Q ., late Secretary Of Legation at Berlin, is appointed her Majesty's Enc° l , Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotenti a ry t o th e Court of Brazil, in the room of Henry Southern, Esq., C.D'' deceased. EDITORIAL ADVANTAGES.—The New York Churck man says :—` 4 It may not be gentrally known that e ditor: get one important item of subsistence at a low price : the .; get bored for nothing."—lt may be satisfactory to o,w, Transatlantic brother to know that this sort of hospitallu is as rife on our side of the Ocean as , on his. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT has pre' sented to the United Service Institution a work of extrevae interest at the present moment. It is the "Engtte' t Parliamentaire sm.. la Situation et Organization de Services de la Marine Militaire." This inquiry ire/ completed immediately before the coup d'etat, but W' published nor even printed.—United Service Gazette. .-T RAILWAY REaUTREMENTShe Railway y , nit! contains some elaborate statistics compiled from the official parliamentary estimates, showing that the totP amount of capital re:ruired for new railway works by the railway companies before parliament this session an3ount 6 to £2-1,121,648. There were several other money bill , for new railway works, representing about anotbe t £6,000,000, but they have been withdrawn since 0 9 ession commenced. A KENDAL PAPER relates that a few nights since 5 thief stole a hive of bees-from a cottage between head and Sawrey, but neglected to secure the mouth ° the hive. Before he had' proceeded far with his bootD the disturbed bees swarmei out of the hive, which tli 6 thief instantly dropped ; and the occupant of the cottage' who chanced to look out of the window at the time, geb by moonlight the unlucky plunderer running away sc" the bees buzzing about his head._ DETERMINED ATTEMPT Al , SUICIDE.—On MondaY, , : woman named Elizabeth Groom, aged 44 years, r esiding t in Perrin's-street, Chelsea, made a desperate attempt °i self-destruction, by swallowing a strong solution °, ll American potash, which is used' by laundresses in tb e i , business, and is a most destructive alkali. , As she i e fe kni that it was not acting rapidly enough, she seized a ai and cut her throat. On being discovered, she 0 :',1 removed to St. George's Hospital. She is a martie woman, and although her husband and friends accou y panied her to the hospital, they. declined giving 01) particulars, and the cause of her rashness is unknown , 2 SUGAR REFINING.—A joint deputation, on the suit of refining sugar in bond, had an interview with the f'" of Aberdeen, on Friday, at his official residence in D 0, ,: ing-street. The deputation consisted of Mr. Mattw Provost of Greenock ; Mr. Wrede,. of Greenock; Richardson and Mr. M`Ewan, of *lasgow ; Nes t, '' Crum, Russell, C. Marryat, S. Cave, and Macgregg': and was accompanied by Mr. John. Macgregor, 31.,; Sir James Anderson, M.P., Mr. Alexander Hastie,:ki.g Sir Jas. Matheson, Bart., M.P., Colonel Blair, 7.q..`,i; Mr. Cowan, M.P., Mr. James Baird, M.P., Mr. MotT B ' M.P., and Mr. Forbes, M.P. INTEMPERAX•OE IN THE SCOTCH MURAL DISTRIC T' ( The leading citi es o f S co tl an d were l a t e l y con t en ding the palm of sob r i e ty. W e are now t h reatene d w ith, similar contest betw e e n t own an d coun t ry . I n the GI; gow papers a brief letter is published from the Rev. 1 1 : 1 0 Johnstone, of Maryhill, a village some three or four 1 0 ,1 out of Glasgow, relative to the drunkenness of the On o districts, and descriptive of a Sunday eveni ng i n d o or see d in his neigbourbood, which he says "be gga red e t , e f known in the Cowgate of Edinburgh, or the Saltroat' of Glasgow !" HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE AT PORrSMOUTH• Friday this neighbourhood was thrown into an unu s ,,,s state of excitement by the report that a c hild had r e g killed by a bear belonging to the 38th regiment. The, si icl, was kept in a yard, in Nicholas-st ree t, anti the eP bit George Martin Curley, aged five years, was in the b e t ig i of feeding him with bits of bun and su c h m a tters. ea supposed he was teazing the bear, when the beast so o t him by the back of the neck anti broke his windpiPe Mr. White, surgeon, stated he must have died inst e A c eO The officers immediately ordered some poison to be " to the bear, and he died in twenty minutes. post' MONEY ORDERS FOR THE COLONIAS.- - Tk e ni be. master - General i s es t a bli shing a money-order to tween this countny and the colonies. So far as Tet i " ..- 1 to the receipt and payment of mone y i n th e co l on i es , an h•! its transmission to and f r om th e U n it e d Ki ng d o m, P, I , Lordship intends :to avail hi ms elf o f th e agen cy of e to 'i Binary banks, except in any case w he r e th e c olonial 1 3 ° 5 4 . D e arrangements are not under his direction,. and where L, authorities of the colony may prefe r to undertake this D:0 siness themselves. The receipt an d p a y m ent of moneY de l t the mother-country will form a branch of the money-1: 0 , w system already existing. Advertisements-will shortlY 'r e f pear, inviting tenders from bankers for the performan ce the duties referred to. How TO. KEEP EGGS FRESH FOR Sex MONTIP:Ij' It is not generally known th a t the on ly pl an o f preset ee l eggs perfectly fresh for any length of time, is to ste rre e them over, the day they are laid, w ith l ar d or butter, ' w ill from salt. A small piece o f th e si ze o f a walnut 00 suffice for a dozen eggs. Take them one by one ina palm of the hand, and two or three turns will effect9;of close up the pores ; the n pl ace th em i n an open has!" of basket, loose, on the pantry shelf. At the expiratie e k ot Six months they will be found as sweet as the daY 1 4 5 , were laid, if th e a b ove di rec ti ons h ave b een strictly co plied with. IRON SHIPB UILDING ON THE CLYDE'.—"We learn to the Glasgow Citizen that on Friday there was laun e r fe from the building yard o f M essrs . S cott an d Co., t's-0 dyke, Greenock, the first of three screw steamers t p , being constructed for Messrs. Patrick Henderson and co-' Glasgow, on account of Messrs. Horace Bouchet and o tt Marseilles, and intended for the trade between that P i o , and the coast of Italy. The vessel was named the N e t el This makes the eighth launch of iron vessels from 03 , building yards on the Clyde during the past week, fo t o t, ing a fleet of upwards of 8000 tons register measurenleot, with machinery for steamers of about 1700 horse-Pe t De the value of which, when complete for sea, will no under £220,000. .17 AN ANIOROUS TRADESMAN.—A singular ontor i r ,' submitted a few days ago to the criminal court of Z l,l e , 5 A Bavarian tradesman established in th a t c ity comPlotl that two men named Orni had swindled him out of 4 :,,0 on the promise of makin g hi m marr y a wea lthy hel' , o o6 who they said had fallen in love with him, and a girl in the village was accused of being their accornf . , by personating the heiress. The gullible tradesniv„'S appeared, not only paid his money freely, but had frece , interviews with the gi r l, an d t oo k h er to the the%ii° whilst she on her part carried imprudence so far as t L e pss,, the wedding contract in the name of the heiress. Tu' i lV, position was discovered on the worthy man sending or presents to the residence of the young lady. Tbe.f., ll o; condemned the two men to two and three years' 'l - and the young woman to nine months o f same punishment. ONE home by the Magdelena, from the West Indies, r ec ,,J/ and Mexico, amounted to ne a rly th ree m illions quarter dollars in value. About h a lf a million cle' v et/ value of .it was in g old ; th e res t was i n silver. A large portion of this specie was from Mexico. It too ‘, l hours to transfer the specie from the Mexican pac ket e of the one for Southampton at St. Thomas. The wh ol w the specie was despatched to London from the Southe bo se ton docks on the 6th Instant : it weighed nearly 100 fleet and occupied nearly 20 specie waggons. The Mag.°oo: m pd ttlstaihapi brought sileelltee:Rweid pdeeeooi decision tks t onrTi, l rou i eAeannaNnrt of largest mayrß r oc g :4otim e si aot i otio t slnseobE a trew. n . hniaod: was brought ibneosmro,mo inuta gslvihat having l u aeb a v b oiyn l v e gtehr c e a l g ß oeve performedri r:.:;:t The West India Company will nett by her cargo an d ' sengers' fares about £lO,OOO. The Magdalena P a w days. o fff theptoor recoverSa importance e t h sr only en s C i sy p io u t no n o t o y f :::: o i t c op. ment under a new clause in the County Courts' A e .,"' e ri.'t house property but to mortgagees. It appeared tiii! t y'' rev. gentl eman h e ld several tenements in the v i c in l e fo Rotherhithe, and a few years a g o he gran ted a le° s 4 ninety-nine year s of one t o th e d e f en d an t f or a ce rtain os e, sideration. A short timeago the defendant, wanting I t/ 1,6' applied to the plaintiff for assistance, and ultimatelY, gaged the tenement to him. The defendant 10 0 5 5 6 ; ; then broken the covenants of the mortgage and the ' e f 1 consequently the plaintiff was entitled to possession 1 4 0 property, and therefore brought the present aetioni t le„li Honour said the defendant had not only lost all the tenement by the lease, but by the mortgage lie had not adhered to ; therefore, he must give ju" for the plaintiff, with immediate possession. 13 b d A BEGGING BISHOP.--" Thomas Joseph, n the Grace of God, and favour of the Apostolic See , J'ol, o of Newport and Menevia," has made a stringent aPPrO o f his " diocese," with direetions for collections to b t e e r,; o f on Sunday week last, the fourth Sunday after E 35 lief 0 " the education of ecclesiastical students—the V re p9o needy missioners—the erection, improvement, an i . / , es ! t st, of churches, chapels, presbyteries, and school-hoot ' e education of poor children,—and," last not least,. 4, rchao t 0, own maintenance." On thi s l as t p o i n t the - A ce e makes the following statement : —" We ought to b oi delicacy in making known to you, that for se ve i r orn 0 1 0/ past, even before the withdrawal of North Wales , er e l o t spiritual jurisdiction, our absolute requirement s ° , l - A bl)t adequately provided ' for by our beloved childrederser our receipts have almost yearly been cons( o'lo diminished, through causes which many n' e Y 10 0 10 stand, but of which we make no cotnplaint—that,rlies e" there remain, our firm supporters, a few fan ' be t el look for their reward not to our commendatiouy,et Him whom they seek to honour in our Peree n ' e i g esll' a o bo it not for our personal friends and benefactors_ sou l o r whom may God abundantly recompense , we e l v es, 150 quite unable to maintain, creditably to your t he ,j year,p°3t on. t whole may, lVe o f to no more than £157, made ql 3 . in n ° uP ° casual donations; and that 1 02 canAOti way ranch futum' ourinidneceodwiesfsrwornellastiiataeitoh,caaillailopeauror