Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-17 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph LATEST FROM THE SOUTH BY TELEGRAPH TO NEW YORK. NEW ORLEANS, AUGUST 4.—Sales of cotton to 'day 300 bales, at firm prices ; sales of the last three days, 2,400 bales ; receipts same time, 15 0 bales ; stock in port, 11,000 ; receipts here less than last year 249,000; and at all ports 4 82,000 bales. Freights slightly higher. Cotton to Liverpool, id. Sterling Exchange, ten per cent. premiums. MOBILE, AUGUST 4 —We have had continuous rains in the vicinity for twelve days past. It is feared great damage must have been done to the Crops. I NAUGURATION OF THE O'CONNELL STATUE. lIMERICR, SATURDAY EVRNING.—A multitudinous meet 'tug assembled this day in Limerick, on the occasion of the inauguration of the statue of O'Connell, erected in the 'Crescent, from the chisel of Hogar, the eminent Irish sculptor. There were about 100,000 persons present. The -procession,consist in g of the congregated trades, with banners, the band of the Limerick Regiment, and the Young Men's Society. The Inauguration Committee, the Earl of Dun raven, the Mayor and Corporation in their sashes, occupied 'more than a mile and a-half. The Mayor presided. The proceedings were began by Caleb Punch, Esq , late M.P. 'for county Limerick. The Earl of Dunraven made the inaugural address, and reviewed the labyars of O'Connell, 'mid the changes he effected in the laws, by which the People had been oppressed before him. The Rev. William Braham, Mr. Sergeant O'Br'en, M.P. ; Mr. White, D L.; major Gavan, High Sheriff; Mr. David, Mr. O'Callaghan, and Rev. Mr. Yade, addressed the meeting The proceed 14g8 Passed of without any irregularity, and in the most admirable order. - The Rev. Mr. Conway, P.P., Ballinrob?, will re tried in Dublin, and not at the County Mayo Quarter Sessions.— Limerick Chronicle, A. Nsm EMPLOYMENT.—There is a man in Cincin nati in possession of a powerful memory. He is em ployed by the Humane Society to "remember the poor." HEAT of THE WEATHEI.—Mr. T. Forster, of Brtysel, - who has registered the weather for fifty-three years, finds that the average heat of this summer has already no - .parallel, and, indeed, exceeds every other, by at least seven degrees. MAJOR-GENERAL WYNDRA3I, M.P., AT NORWI C IL—A. Public dinner at Norwich. was given to the General previous -to his leaving for his new India command. In his address he insisted much upon the desirableness of a more thorough military organisation and a greater facility of augmenting 'the army when required. ROYAL BRITISH BANIL—On Friday, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, the discharge of Mr. H. Brown was ordered. The whole of the directors, as also the general manager, against whom indictments are to be preferred, have now obtained their freedom, with the exception of Mr. Cochrane, who has avoided arrest and the necessity of giving bail. THE MONEY MARKET IN RUSSIA.—ST. PETERSBURG, Aua. 1 1.—The exchanges are much depreciated in copse equence of the reduction of the rate of interest allowed by the Imperial Banks from 4 to 3 per cent. The public fund s , on the contrary, have experienced a great rise. The ' 6 per cents, are at 135, and the 5 par cents. have risen from 110 to 115. YOUNG AMERICA.—One n'ght last week Colonel H. D. Witcher, proprietor of the Altanta House, Georgia, repri- Mended his son, a youth aged eighteen or twenty Sears, for drinking, when the youngster drew a pistol and fi..ed. The ball unfortunately took effect in the abdomen of the father, pweing through the liver and lodging in the spire, causing his death. Another father, at Saugueen, C.W., was shot and then robbed by his two sons. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND ' Puerca."—The Em peror Napoleon is sail to have taken a small revenge lately - -of his tormentor Mr. Punch A member of the firm of 'Bradbury and Evans, the printers of that periodical, sent recently a copy of their beautiful work, illustrative of Nature Printing, to the crowned heads of Europe, the Emperor Napo'eon among the number. Corteous ac- Itnowledgemen's and presents arrived from every country but France, but the-volume sent to the ruler of that nation was sect back spoWd with fingering, and without any "thanks to the peblishers for their courtesy in inviting attention to it. Tete Gnowre or Beet:lN--The Zeit of Berlin has the 'following : —According to a statistical account just pub lished, the inhabitants of this capital have increased since 1816 from 181,052 to 487,001, or more than doubled; and the h ouses an d apar t men t s f rom 41,588 to 67,027 to '' lBs ) but the houses constructed have been much larger a nd higher, and consequently have afforded m ore accom. !lodation. In 1820 it was very di f fi cult for the inhabitants to find s iffi e i en t roam, but since that period lies inconven :tence has been every year felt, although the inhabitants n !Pre gene on increasing. Rents have risen on an average since 1830 about one-third. THE ADVANTAGES OF THE ST. LAWRENCE ROUTE FaR U11 " 1 "N IM3ENIVA! TS —The Mrlwaukie Sentinel, after republishing our recent emigration retnrns, adds :---"This table shows a very large increase in the immigration via Q u ebec- This is due, undoubtedly, to the improved fa aff riled by this new route of travel, and the feet wbaeotnes the more interesting and significant to us in MP allde when w e remem b er t h at th e completion of the De troit and Mil wau ki e an d t h e Mil wau ki e and Port Huron ita il waYs will make this city the receiving and distri buting po int for the whole of the immense immigration r e ming to th e W est from t h e Old W or ld b y wa y o f Que np aeond the G- an d T run k an d G rea t W e stern Railways." pax n GOSSIP —Scarcely an Englishman is left in p o ure . n ne ; even the temptation of seeing a migratory ntoff has year P yielded to the heat. At another season of the Pope Pius might have seen a fair proportion of the emale celebrities of England. Science, as represented by ors. SJTnervill.., "holds her speculative tower' in the Via del Mandorlo It is hardly necessary to say that a house " w ith such an Angle-Floren'ine sound as " Villino T rollope " b e l ongs to Mrs. Trollope. Elizabeth 'Barrett ßa e Browning has exchanged for the baths of the first floor of the Casa Guidi which will always 'be associated with her verse; her friend Mrs. Jamieson has 'left the second floor (where, I believe, she intends perma znently locating herself) for Sienna and Perugina, to collect materials for her new volume on the artistic history of the Madonna. And C caries lever, who has enough to do to ;Rupport the rights and dignity of the lords of creation against this band of literary Amazons, has departed (and with him Hies and jollity) for Spezia. A L IDY A RRESTED FOR OR ITRUCIING THE SIDE WALK'. :--One of the mast extraordinary cases ever brought before a legal tribunal, was witnessed in tee police-court on Saturday. An o ffi cer complained of a young and r..,nlarkably handsome lady for obstructing the side walks 91.1 W ashington -street by too great a display of crinoline. - 4 _ l ! . •t is understood that the lady is highly connected, we 'will call her Mary Smith, and not, expose her true name. 1 2 fore the complaint was read, Judge Rased' inquired that te the whereabouts of the prisoner. Toe officer replied t two r et hers had endeavoured to squeeze her through the but they were too narrow, and be wished the extraordinaryadvice in the premises. The judge said it was an case ; the con stitution guaranteed to every one 'eat °Pea trial, and he would not held a session in the reel even " Please a lady. Under the circumstances, he In ` nue d that Miss Smith be moved from the entry to 1. 'thefront door , and he thought that she most spread eon _tderab!e not o b able to take her place in the prisoner's dock. ,The ad i. experim en t was tried, and found to answer In- " I Y—the door being s ome 20 feet wide, very little compression was needed— and, with a frown of indignation upon her pretty bruw, Miss Smith found herself face to face with the which was read to her. judge, and listened to the complaint The o ffi cer testified that half a dozen times d uring the week he had been obliged to step from the side Walk to enable the defendant to pass. Once he came v d el o y near being run over by a passing carriage ; the judge and he inquire d whether the city government would have a ,o, d a pension to his widow in case he had been killed. The j ud ge s tid he should reserve hi s o p had 'any until some time next week on that point. The court inquired if he 'any further testimlny to o ff er. The effi:er said that he had. He had requsted the prisoner two or three times not to stop on the side walk, as peorls were unable to Pass without going into the street, which at times was in convenient to ladies wearing paper-sealed shoes, owing to the outrageous manner in which the tnoroughfares were watered. The court, Hi summing up, said that the evil was one of great magnitude, and should be checked by vigorous measures. There was no statute under which too great a display of crinoline came, but he should take the responsibility of inflicing a fine of five dols. and costs, and he hoped that it would be a warning. The fine was Hprorald . mptly paid, and Kiss S m ith was discharged, --Roston e THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, AUGUS INDIAN AFFAIRS. THE CITY OF DELHI. When we took Delhi in' 1803, the outer wall was in a very ruinous state, without any flanking defences further than small round bastions placed at intervals. The ditch was imperfect; there was no glacis, and the ground out side was covered np to the very walls with ruins of streets, tombs, and mosques, and was, besides intersected and cut up with ravines. Yet even thus, as we have said, a small body of our native troops was able, in 1804, to repel all the attacks of Jeshwant Rao Holkar, with a victorious army of 70,000 men. The scheme for the improvement of the fortifications was en'rusted to Captain George Hutchinson, of the Bengal Engineers, who was succeeded by Captain Robert Smith, of the same corps, and under these two officers Delhi was p'aced in the situation with regard to works in which it now stands. Captain Hutchinson determined on establishing a series of bastions, with faces and flanks as usual, along the whole of the enceinte, the bastions to be mounted with heavy artillery. He repaired the old walls, and for the purpose of preventing escalade, protected them, especially on the river face, by fraise, or beams, the sharp ends of which were pointed at an acute angle downward into the ditch, The ditch was cleared out, repaired, and deepened, especially on the south side, where the wall rested on rock. A glacis was formed to cover in same degree the scarp of the wall ; the ground outside was cleared of houses and ruins, and the ravines were filled in, so that the works were rendered proof against wild plundering hordes, or indeed any force what ever unaccompanied by heavy . artillery. At the same time Captain Hutchinson was strenghthening the defences against attack from without, he made preparations also against a rise of the inhabitants, which at that time ap peared a probable event. To meet this danger he erected along the line of wall a series of detached Martello towers, entirely separate from the walls, and accessible from them only by a drawbridge. Each tower was to have a gun mounted on a pivot, so that in the event of a rise in the city, artillerymen might take possession of the towers, raise the draw-bridges, and pour shot into the town from the whole circle of the enceinte. The Muhammadan College, or Madrisab, at the Ajmir Gate, was protected' , by an outwork, and the gateways or the city were strength ened by the usual defences in regular fortification. The Kashmir Gate, on the north, from which runs the road to cantonments, was formed into a place of arms, in which was the guardhouse, &c. It was in the enclosure of this gate that several of the officers were killed in the late massacre. We have before stated that . Lord Auckland, in 1838, recommended extensive repairs, and in particular of the Wellesley Bastion, which was, in fact, entirely reconstructed. Itt appears that he also suggested the erection of a citadel, though the palace may itself be regarded as one, being surrounded with a ditch, and having walls of great height, built of red sandstone, and pierced for matchlocks. The river face of the palace constitutes the defence of the city on that side. It is a curious tact that the custom-house, built by a medical officer on the glacis near the river on the north of the city, was sold to the government as a treasury—outside the walls ! The engineer officer, Colonel Robert Smith, was unable to get rid of the building. Ho pointed out the absurdity of its position, and the embarrassment which it caused him in his plan of defence; but although thousands had been spent in removing houses and bazaars, and in clearing the esplanade round the walls, this great building was allowed to remain with all its offices. It was used first as a treasury, and afterwards as a custom-house, and with its garden and enclosures is doubtless now in the hands of the rebels. _ _ _ ----- We will now turn to the position of the besieged as regards water and supplies. The population of Delhi has been variously computed, but we shall perhaps not be far wrong in reckoning it at 180,000; and the influx of troops and of people from the surrounding villages will probably have compensated for the numbers killed in the late con flicts, and for those who have carried off their property to more secure localities. There are considerable supplies of grain kept up by the grain merchants of the city, but little fodder for horses is procurable. For a lengthened siege the supplies within the city would be insufficient, but some might be obtained from the opposite side of the river, or from the villages on the right bank, many of which, especially those in the neighbourhood of the Delhi Canal, would be able to pour in vast stores of both corn :ind fodder. As the Eastern Jumna canal enters the Jamna immediately opposite Delhi, and as that canal irrigates all the country in its vicinity, the supp'y of corn, &c., from the left bank would be by no means contemptible. We suppose that these supplies have been cut off by the Meerut force under Briga Her Wilson, whilst those from the right bank have been secured by General Barnard and the main army, which is encamped to the north and north-west of the town, in the canton ment, which is situated about a mile and a-half from the Kashmir-gate, and is separated from the country in which the city stands by a low ridge of rock, on which the telegraph tower is built. This ridge is now in possession of General Barnard. It is a mistake to suppose there is no water in Delhi. The wells are comparatively few in number, but they yield a fair supply. Generally speaking, however, the water is brackish, but in some wells it is excellent. A new well of large dimensions was made by an enter prising individual in 1848-49. The reason that wells are not so numerous as they otherwise would he is that the - Delhi Canal is regarded as the favourite source of supply. But during severe drought, when every particle of water is required for the irrigation of crops, Delhi is annually and frequently left without any supply for the canal, and this for twenty or thirty days at a time. The inhabitants then have recourse to the wells and the branch of the Jumna, which flows past their walls. Were the supply from this branch cut off by our troops, water might still be procured by the besieged by digging, or even scratching holes in sand as it lies close to the surface in• the low tracts, which are affected by the main river. Moreover, the position of the old fort of Selimgarh, with its bridge connecting it with Palace, is favourable as a cover for parties going to get water. There is not the slightest doubt that the cutting off the canal supply will not prevent the inhabitants from getting water. Whatever difficulty, however, there may have been on this head, ant which must have been equally, or even more severely felt by our own troops, owing to their greater distance from the Jumna, will have been miti gated after the fill of rain—that is, after the 18th June. It must be added that flour is ground for the consump- tion of the citizens by the canal mills, and these of course are stopped. All the women of Delhi will, therefore have had to grind away at their hand mills from morning to night, or flour would run short. With regard to the capture of Delhi by escalade, it is probable that a few salvos would bring down a portion of the long line of wall between any of the two towers, and render an escalade tolerably easy. But when the assail ants had entered the town, if the narrow streets were well defended tv firing from the houses on either side, or by a gun judiciously placed, so as to rake them down their , whole length, the position of a weak column of troops would be far from secure. General Barnard, in our opinion, is wise not to haz ird a reverse, which in present circumstances would be most disastrous. He will now daily be receiving reinforcements, and will be enabled to make the attempt ere long with every prospect of success. Smith, Elder, and Co.'s Homeward Mail. IMPE DIAL ' PARLIAMENT. (By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.) HOUSE OF COMMON&--SaTuanar. The Speaker took the chair atlwelve o'clock:: NEW PALACE YARD. Mr. Conolly inquired of the First Commissioner of Works whether his attention had been drawn to the present arrangement for ingress to and egress from Ne w Palace Yard ; and whether it was not possible to effect some improvement in the same ? Vv Sir B. Hall said he would make inquiries on the subject, and if any improvements could be made, he would take care that they should be carried oat. A petition was rresented by the men in the employment of Messrs. Chubb, at Wolverhampton, h favour of half_ holidays on Saturdays, instead of opening places of amusement on Sundays• PROBATE AND ADM fNIST RATION (SCOTLAND). Mr. Hadfield inquired whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce any bill to remedy the pre- . sent legal defect which prevented probate and administra tion granted in England and Ireland being extended to Scotland ? _ _ _ _ The Lord-Advocate said that a bill had been introduced for that object at an early period of the session, but it was withirawn on the understanding that there should be a General Bill of Probate for the United Kingdom. THE CASE OF Ma. AUCHMUTY GLOVER. Mr. L'cke - presented a petition from Mr. Auchmuty Glover, the late member for-Beverley, praying the house to institute an inquiry into the nature of the qualification said to have been possessed by that gentleman on the 28th of March, the time of his making and signing the declaration and qualification at .the election for Beverley. The Speaker said that, as hf. understood it, the petition prayed that the house would direct an inquiry before a select committee, or any other tribunal, as might be con sidered proper, to ascertain whether, on the 28th of March, 1857, the petitioner was possessed of a qualifica- tion which entitled him to be returned as the member for Beverley. He (the Speaker) apprehended that that question was one which the committee of the house had already decided, and his impression was that the petition was one which could not be received. Sir G. Grey said that the decision of the committee appointed to try such matters was made conclusive. The petition was accordingly not received. MR. GLADSTONE AND THE " MORNING POST." Mr, Gladstone explained that hi the personal statement which he had made to the house on the previous night he had used the word " falsehood" with respect to certain statements which had been made respecting himself, which might appear to imply wilful falsification. What he meant to have said was simply that the statements were untrue. The Charitable Trusts Act Continuance Bill, the Mutiny (East India) Bill, and the Parochial School masters (Scotland) No. 2 Bill, were all read a third time and passed. MILITIA BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. Stafford called attention to the necessity which existed on the part of the Government to ascertain whether any real difficulty existed in the way of obtainir a r i g recruits for her Majesty's service. At the present moment it was no doubt of the; utmost importance that every hour of sunshine and daylight should be made use of in getting in the harvest; and in consequence of the large quantity of cereals now grown in Ireland, the same amount of labour was not available for this country as in former years, but as soon as the harvest was completed there would be no difficulty in obtaining recruits. The liberal scale of pensions given to the soldiers at the close , of the_Crimean war would be a great inducement to men even of a better class than usual to enlist. There was also a very general feeling throughout the country that the soldier would be well provided for and well looked after. It would not fail to have a beneficial effect if some reliable assurances were given by the War Office that every care would be taken of the men during the perilous and dangerous service on which they embarked ; and he suggested the desirability of the War Office laying before the House all the arrangements for clothing, medical comforts, and hospitals to be provided for the men. The bill was then passed through committee. THE CONSOLIDATED FUZID (&PPLOPRIATION) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Mr. Caird called attention to the circumstance of the vote for the Industrial Museum (Scotland) Bill having been dropped by the government on a former occasion and not having been agreed to. Mr. Fitzroy said that it was probably irregular braise any question in committee upon a subject not included in the bill under consideration. Mr. Gladstone thought the case referred to was an exceptional one. Mr. Conolly contended that it was competent for the committee to entertain the subject. Mr. Fitzroy declined to enter into any discussion on a point of order. Ile had stated the rule of procedure, and called upon the committee to support hi n in his decision. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Conolly said he would tike the Speaker's' opinion on the subject on his return to the chair. The committee agreed to various clauses of the bill, when, in consequence of some verbal alterations required in the bill, Mr. Wilson moved that the chairman report progress. Mr. Caird then proceeded to inquire whether the vote which had been dropped on a previous night for the Industrial Museum in S rotten I would be taken up on another occasion ? The house saw that the sum granted to Ireland for educational and scientific purposes w is four times larger than that granted to Scotland ; *bile the revenue derived from Scotland was much greater than from Ireland. He hoped, therefore, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would place the vote on the orders for Monday night. Mr. Hadfield said that he hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would do nothing of the sort. It was most creditable to Scotland, and was a proof of its prosperity, that it should receive so little assistance from the Impe rial funds. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Gladstone said that he was' afraid it was totally impossible, and would be very irregular to bring forward the vote on Monday. So far as he was concerned, he confessed he was greatly surprised to see such a sum as £40,000 included in the votes for such a purpose as the establishing; a museum of the kind in Scotland, but trusted , that the Government would be prepared to submit a vote at as early a period as possible in the next session of Par liament for the establishment of the museum. Mr. De Vere deprecated any comparison between the amount of grants voted to Scotland and Ireland, but said all parties would unite in granting such sums to any part of the United)Cingdom which might be considered ne eessary. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that this grant was actually moved in commitee of supply, and an op portunity was afforded to any one to express an opinion on the subject. 'The vote was made with the view of pur chasing the site for the erection of the museum. The cost of the land was £lO,OOO, and it was proposed to take that amount in the present year, leaving the X4OlOOO for the erection of the building to future years. A proposal was made that the quantity of land to be purchased should be extended, but the Government had determined not to entertain that proposal. There appeared to be at the moment when the vote was submitted a feeling in the comrhittee that some large claims might be made by the Goverment on account of the expenses of the Indian mutiny, and the feeling of the committee being not favour IRISH RING MONEY.—A curious and very valnable specie able to. agreeing to the vote, the Government had thought men of this money may now be seen at Mr. Tate'v, jewel- it better not to press it forward, While upon this sub ler, Patrick-street. It consists of a round solid bar of gold jeet, he would take occasion to state that the great increase boat nearly into a circle. Its weight is 13i ounces, and it which had taken place in the civil expenditure in almost was purchased, we are informed, for £ö2 !Gs. Iod. It is every branch had arisen from votes granted for strictly said to have been fe ll ed by a poor man in a quarry near useful services, and for purposes of public and national Fermoy, but we are left in ignorance as to the settlement - utility. Many of the objects could not be said to be ne of the right of g‘ treasure trove." The workmanship is very cessary purposes, but the grants had certainly not been rude, no attempt having been made, apparentl', t o made for any corrupt or profligate object, Her Majesty's smoothen or polish the exterior. As to the authenticity Government would fe t el it their duty, at as early a period of this specimen of ring money, we are not sufficiently as possible, t l .7 .,di r n eLe r a gh, thrs proposition for the industrial but at the present period of the learned to pronounce with certainty, but it seems very m se u s s l u n na no a advantage would arise from attempting to ma'erially to differ from any pieces of that kind of coin bring ferieard any new vote. which we ha-ve hitherto seen.--Cork Reporter. Mr. Macartney said that he had voted in opposition to WRECK OF THE Scexw STEAMER NIGHP..—TENERIFFE, the grant, because he thought that at a time like the Aug. I.—The screw steamer Niger, from the coast of Africa, present all unnecessary expenditure should be avoided. which was ashore on a reef south of the Mole on the 12 h At the same lime he coneldered the Government was of June, has become a total wreck, having broken up into pledged to grant the £40,000 to Scotland whenever it three pieces, and is now entirely covered at high water, and might be more convenient to advance the money. but little of the bulwarks visible only at low tide. The Mr. Stewart thought that if £40,000 were to be voted masts, yards, and sails, some of the iron, rigging, &c., have to Edinburgh, there were several other towns in England been landed, and only every small portion of her cargo has which would have a right to put forward similar claims. The Lord Advocate considered that the grant, if made, been lost, It is possible that there may still be some casts of plea oil on board. The cargo saved has been shipped would have been one of national advanta g e, and the benefits of the museum would not be exclusively confined per Candace screw steamer for Plymouth ; Retzia and to Edinburgh. Gnanche, both for Liverpool; and Ettiope_serew steamer ) The motion to report progress wa s withdrawn. The for Plymouth ; and nine casks .1 palm . pit are still here, required alteration having been made during the disco- PROBLEM FOR THE SCIENTIFIC. TO THE EDITOR OF 711 E NORTHERN TIMM Some one of your reporters can evidently, when in that direction inclined, show us poor ignoramuses off a little waggishly. At the very head and front of the plice department of your impression of this day, we fiud the following problem propounded for solution : Data given—B;rd-street, Mary Reddingt on, and a mealy potato. Required—the dimensions of a stone, which had been used to " pink" the forehead of Mary Wheelan, and which was exactly double the size of the said potato ? 1 can scarcely believe that your humourous reporter intended this problem for ordinary capacities. Should any of your more talented readers, however, feel the least puzzled, I wou'd strongly recommend such to at once submit the problem to that miracle, potentially m:raeulons, invented by Mr. Saxby, and called a " sphero graph," for the magical manipulations of which I seriously think your reporter must have intended it ; for it will throw up any . result acc.trately in ten , seconds, without any data being given, and without that nasty bother inseparable from the use of logarithms and tedious calcu lations.—Yours, &e., A. M. D. Liverpool, August 12, 1a57. sion, the remaining clauses were agreed to, and the bill was reported to the house. The Customs and Excise Bill was passed through com m ttee, as was also the Customs Bill. TILE ATLANTIC T ELEGRAPH. JURTODICTiON IN SIAM BILL. This bill, the object of which is to enable causes of action arising in the kingdom• of Siam to be tried at Singapore, was passed through committee. PROBATICS ANEK LATTIERS OF ADMINISISVION ([MIND) DILL. This bill, as amended, was further considered. Mr. Hadfield regarded the bill 'as imperfect, inasmuch a; it did not extend probates in England or Ireland to Scotland, and hoped that in the next session this blot would be removed from the law. This bill was, however, the greatest and most important law reform which had been accomp:ished for many years, and it r( fbcted the highest credit upon the legal gentlemen connected with ti • Government, who had had charge of the bill. The measure was one which would be an ornament to the administration of the present Premier. (Hear, hear.) The amendments were agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. CROWDED DWELLINGS PREVENTION BILL. Oa the motion for going into committee on this-bill, Mr. Ayrton complained of the arbitrary character of the bill, which would give to police officers the power of entering into the dwellings of the working classes, and making visits of a most inquisitorial character. He thought that it might fairly be left to the exertions of benevolent individuals to promote the cause of morality and decency among the working classe=. rather than expose private families to the supervision of the police. He would suggest whether it was desirable to go on with a bill of this sort, especially as, by an amendment recently introduced, its provisions would be extended to the whole kingdom ? Mr. Cowper said that the words which had been intro duced into the bill, since it had come down from the Lords, had entirely obviated the objections which had been made by the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets . The pro Visions of the measure would only apply to dwellings which- would come under the designation of common to aging-houses. All that the hill attempted to do with the Lodging-house Act was to define the word " family," and how far it would extend in order to exempt a common lodging-house from all operations of the act. So far as the operation of the Common Lodging-house Act was concerned, it had been found to be - beneficial to the keepers of those houses as well as the lodgers. The right hon. gentleman read some extracts from the report of the Commissioner of Police, showing the wretchedly ceowde 1 state of some of the lower class of lodgipm houses, and the scenes of profligacy and indecency which they presented, and as the present bill was simply an amendment in one very small respect of the existing act, he hoped the house would consent to go into committee ol the-bill. e 1 1r. Henley said it was expressly stated by the noble lord at the head of the Government last night, that the bills to be dealt with in the sitting that day, would be those only which were unopposed. Mr. Cowper said that under those circumstances he would postpone the proceeding of the bill until this day (Monday) Mr. Ridley hoped that the right hon. gentleman would withdraw the bill altogether for the present session, for it was one of the most arbitrary character. The motien for going into committee was then with drawn, and the bill was ordered to be committed this day. The House adjourned at two o'clock. VIOLENT STORTIES. About a quarter past six o'clock p.m. on Friday, the whole of London and its suburbs became so darkened as to show that a fearful storm was coming on. Immense clouds passed rapidly along from the west towards the east. A rapid succession of flashes of forked lightning succeeded. In less than two seconds afterwards peal after peal of thunder followed, accompanied by heavy showers of hail and rain. In the immediate neighbour hood of rarringdon-street and Holborn-bridge, as well as on the Surrey side of the river near the Thames, the damage done is very great. So great was the rush of water down the sewers that in several places they over fl )wed, and the persons living near had their basements filled with the sewage matter. The lightning continued until nearly midnight, but with less violence. About half past ten o'clock, however, an occurrence took place at the Brick-lane station of the Chartered Gas Company, St. Luke's, which caused some alarm. It appears that the lightning struck one of the iron columns, which supported one side of a gasometer, or gas holder, situate on the right hand side of the yard. 0 sing to the column having been thus struck by lightning the gas, comprising many hundred thousand feet, became ignited. Fortunately the services of the firemen were not required. for, owing to the admirable directions given b e Mr. Upward, the superin tendent of the works, and the exertions of the men under him, the flames were subdued in a comparatively short period. Fortunately no person was injured, and no damage was done to any of the surrounding property. On Thursday afternoon a storm of almost unequalled violence broke over the city of Lincoln and the neigh. bourhood. The standing and outlying crops of cereals 'have suffered irretrievably. During the whole of the day the traffic on the various lines of railway intersecting the country was much interrupted, in consequence of the damage► done by tho flood. On the Midland Railway (Nottingham and Lincoln branch), at Fisherton, near South well, a portion of the line nearly a qnarter of a mile in length was entirely swept away by the torrent of water which ruThed down from the contiguous hills. An accident of a very serious character occurred on the main line of the Great Northern Railway, about a mile south of Carlton station, between Newark and Retford, at about twelve o'clock on Thursday evening. A large body of water having escaped over the banks of the Trent, which runs between Carlton and Newark, formed for itself a passage across the railway at the point above mentioned, and speedily raised the rails and sleepers out of their position. A passenger train dashed into the flood, the rails rose and fell once or twice, and then the engine capsiz 'd, taking several of the passenger carriages with it, and plunging them into the water. The driver and fireman were pitched over with the engine, and were immersed in the flood, but were not in any way wounded. The inmates of the carriages were, however, thrown into the utmost confusion, and the scene at this moment was truly appalling. Tne night was pitch dark, save when illuminated by flashes of lightning. Thunder was pealing incessantly, the water was rushing and roar ing through the bed of the line with great fury, and above all were heard the screams of women and children, struggling, like the male passengers, to extricate them selves from the carriages. At length, assistance having arrived, the passengers were rescued from their perilous position. Two were severely injured. At a late hour on Friday afternoon the passengers still detained at Tux ford and Retford were going on as well as could be desired. The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line was also blocked between Gainsborough and Clareborough from a similar cause, ani that company had to work by the Saxilby branch of the Great Northern line. about:seven o'clock on Thursday night a heavy thunder storm, which came up suddenly irons the south-west, burst over Southampton, and rated with tropical violence for I nearly two hours. On Friday afternoon, about two o'clock, there was a'►other thunderstorm, but by no moans so ' violent in its character as that of the previous night 'The rain fell heavily for about an hour. LIGHTS OF SHIPS AT SEA. diree3ors of the company will decide whether it is best teitry again immediately after the equinoctial gales are . oer or wait until ao.other summer. On Saturday seme-of the leading members of the expe dition that accompanied the telegraphiseeriadron, during the week, arrived in London, and confirmed in full to the directors, at the company's offices, the facb of the failure of the Atlantic Telegraph, Mr. Cyrus Field was the first to arrive in London, and made the followicg.offieial report to his co directors:— - " Her Majesty"s .ship 'Leopard, Captain Wainewright, arrived at Portsmouth on Friday evening, .and reports that the Atlantic Telegraph cable was lost at. a quarter before four o'clock on Tuesday morning, after hiving then paid out successfully- 33i nautical miles of cables and the last 100 miles of it in water, over two miles in depth, and the greater part of this at a rate of rather more-than five knots an hour. At the time the accident occurred there was a heavy swell on. The Niagara was going at the rate of four knots anthour e and as the engineer found the cable was running out in too great proportion to the speed of the ship, he considered-itmeeessary to direct the breaks to be applied more firmly, aud unfortunately the 'cable parted at some distance from the stern of the ship. The Agamemnon, Niagara,. and Susquehana . are to remain a short time where the cable parted, to try some experiments on the depth of water cf that part of the Atlantic, of 2,003 fathoms, which it is considered will be of great advantage to the compaety, and then all the vessels go on.to.Piymoutte , Tee Cyclops was • , sent back with despatches- to Valentia, and she was then to join the Leopard at Portsaioeth. Although this unfor tunate accident will postpoae the completion of this. great undertaking for a short time s the result of the experiment has been to convince all that took part in it, of the entire practicability of the undertaking, for, with some•slight alteration in the paying out. machinery, there appears to be no great difficulty in laying down the cable. It has been clearly proved that you can successfully telegraph* through 2,500 Miles of telegraph c able, and that its sub mergence at a groat depth hal no perceptible influence on the electric current. There is no practical obstruction to laying it down at the rate - of five miles per hour in the greatest depth of water that there is in the telegraphic plateau between Ireland and. Newfoundland.. The expe. rience now obtained must be of great, value to the cone; pauy, aud it is understood that the directors of the com pany will decide whether it is best to have more cable made and try again immediately after the equinoctial gales are over, or wait until another summer."' . It does not appear that the accident was owing in any way to the too great weight of the paying-out machinery and gear on the Niagara, but the machinery is susceptible of considerable improvements. Some of the gentlemen in command of the expedition urged the desirableness of raising up the 300 miles, or of splicing that quantity on to the shore end again, and going on towards the Newfound land shore in spite of the catastrophe that had occurred; but it was eventually determined to return home, as it would in all probability be found that the expedition would neither have enough '° slack" nor available cable to complete the length to be submerged between shore and , shore. There were two representatives of the Russian Government, one of the French Government, two of the British Government, and two of the American Govern; ment with the expedition, together with Mr. J. W. Brett, , the well-known father of submarine telegraphs between England and France, and the. Mediterranean, .who arrived in town shortly after Mr. Field. The directors of the company hold•a special meeting on Wednesday next to consider and determine whether at• tempts shall be renewed in October next, after the equi noctial gales, or whether the further prosecution of the enterprise shall be def_rred until next summer: ' Various o pinions are afloat with reference to the strength of the cable, but it is asserted that, were it either stronger or weaker, the desired en 1 in view would not have been ar e rived at, and that up ,vards of 69 different kind of rope were experimented on before the present form of cable was determined on. This' is the first electric cable that has bean sunk either in this or any other country to the extent of three hundred and thirty-five miles; but it is a singular fact that, with the exception of the Norwegian telegraph cable, of some 93 miles long, the first attempt in every previous experiment for laying down a subma rine cable has been a failure, although the second attern-pts have been successful. The entire length of wire, copper and iron, in the cable amounts to 332,500 miles, or enough to go 13 times round the earth. With reference to the arrangements on board the We gara, for regulating the „ strain," which unfortunately caused the cable to break, it appears that the cable weighed one ton a mile, and could bear a direct strain of four tons upon its strands. When, however, according to Professor Whitehouse and Mr. Bright, the engineers, it was immersed in the sea its relative weight was di. ' minished, and its downward pressure on the salt water was a little under 14 cwt per mile. The greatest depth over which the vessels would have to pass in depositirg the cable was a little more than two miles, and this depth was reached at the time that the cable broke, conse quently, if enough o f the rope were suffered to hang motionless from one of the vessels. to reach the bottom in this depth, the strain to be borne by the cable would be one ton and a half. According to the• arranee ments, however, for the paying -out, the cables would be constantly in motion, with only a sufficient restraining power upon it to control and regulate its passing from the Niagara until this was increased by a rate slightly faster than the progress of the vessel. In this condition , of things, another modifying influence came into. operation, to act further in relief of the strain. The cable. would not only be somewhat buoyed up, so to speak,, by the water, but also by the influence of friction. It would not descend as it was paid out in a vertical line, because the friction of its sides against the water retarded the sinking of the mess. The amount of this retardation, and the length that would lie between the stern of the vessel and the bottom of the sea, were determined by the rate at which the cable was paid out, and at which the paying-out vessel moved. In fact, so far- fromithere being any strain, consequent on the weight of the cable, suffi cient to injure its integrity, it was.generally thought and expected that there would be just pull enough to drag it gently out of the vessel over the revolving sheaves. The arrangements, in the event of any thing going wrong, were to back the Niagara as rapidly as possible, and so slacken the cable—the break, being bound down on the friction drum to arrest the outrun, of the cable. The rope would then be hauled in on. board, and on its. being discovered the imperfect part out out, its plat* supplied by splicing-iu fresh. cable, and the paying-out resumed as usual. The expectation, in the- event oe .success, was Cut, within a month at the furthest, messages might be , flashed through both England, and; America, and, it is Some time back the Admiralty appointed a committee now, even in the face of temporaay failure. supposed that of naval officers to consi ler the expediency of altering the that grand international result,. may be regarded. more system of lights established for steam and sailing vessels. merely as a matter of time than:of actual and possible It consisted of Admirals Chafes and Beechy, and Captains accomplishment. Sullivan, Ellerby, and Harris, and it examined several The following appeared in our ex'ra edition of witnesses, and finally arrived unanimously at the follow- Saturday : ing conclusions : 11.11.5. Leopard, Captain Wainwright, arrived Firsly—That na alteration should be made in the present system of steamers' lights. at Portsmouth. on Fri lay' evening, August 140, Secondly—That the bright light now exhibited by and reports that the Atlaatic Telegraph Cable was sailing vessels when under sail or being towed, should be broken at a quarter be ore four o'elook on Tuesday abolished, and that, instead thereof, such vessels should morning, the lith. blatant, after having success exhibit between sunset a-id sunrise to a n y vessel.or I ly paid . iciout 335. nauti cal miles of cable. vessels, a red light on the port side, and a green light on the starboard side, corresponding to the coloured, side Tne last 100 miles of it in water over two m iles light now shows by steamers, without any reference to in depth, and-the greater part of this at the rate of tacks. rather more than. five knots an hour. Thirdly—That these coloured lights should be fixed, At the time the accident oneured there was a when prac,toable, and that when sucli lights are not heavy swell on. The Niagara going at the rate of fixed, plaes should b previde in. hlch the ights should be c kept on their e respective sides, w ready for t e hie four knots per hour, and thcs Engineer found that bitten. the cable weartinning out in too great a proportion Fourthly—That all lights, whether fix td or exhibited by to the speed. of the ship •,, be considered it necessary hand, should be so screened as to reader them invisible on to direct the breaks to be applied more firmly, the opposite bow or side of the vessel, which the committee where,,un.; unfortunately the cable parted at some consider quite practicable.' distance from the stern of the ship. Fifthly—That the lights proposed to b 3 exhibited by sailing vessels, should in no ca se be of less siz3 or power The Agamemnon, Niagara, and Susqu ehanna, than the lantern which the committee recommend, and are to remain a short time where the cable parted which shows an uniform and unbroken light over 16 points to try soma experiments in the deep water of that of the compass. part of 'ale Atlantic (2,000 fathoms), which it is Sixthly—That all vessels at anchor, whether steamers or sailing vessels, should exhibit, " where best seen," be- considered will be of great value to the Tele tween sunset and sunrise, a white light, of uniform size graphic Company, and then all go to. Plymouth and power, in a globular lantern of six inches diameter, (Eagle nd). at a height not exceeding 20 feet above the hull of the The; Cyclops was sent bank with despatches to vessel. Videretia, and was then to join the Leopard, at Seventhly—The committee consider it desirable further to recommend that the pilot vessels of the U nited Kingdom Pne,smouth. should be designated by particular lights. They would Altheugh this unfortunate accident will post therefore submit, that in addition to t he red and g reen p one the completion of this great undertaking lights now proposed for all classes of sailing vessels, pilot vessels should be permitted to exhibit a white li g ht on a 'for a short time the resu lt of the experiment has level with the red or green light. been to convince all that took part in it of the entire Eighthly—The committee having taken into considers-era. p racticability the enterprise, for, with of . tion the subject of signals during fo g s, would recommend., some slight alterations to in bethe paying difficul out mty achi. in for the ;reasons stated in the foreg oin g re p ort, that eer y , there appearsno at steamers eliould use either the steam whistle or bell, and laying d o wn the cable, and it has been clearly that all other vessels should use a fo g -horn. prove that signals can be successfully commu . . Finally, the committee are of o p inion that the above n ic' ted through 2,500 m il es of cab l e and that the regulations; if approved of by their lordships, should A ‘ aptly to all vessels of the United K in g dom in ever y part submers i on at a gr e at nepth had no perceptible la w' the world, unless specially excepted by the Admiralty , fluenca upon the electric current, and that, there The committee cannot close their report without stati.cg is no practical obstacle in laying it down at the rate. that the evidence adduced proves that the numb e r or of five miles per hour in the greatest deptb of collisions is chitifly attributable to the neglect of a good water. ~ iook-oat,'' and they submit th a t it should be, strongly impressed bn the masters of all ve ssels t h at t ees important The experience now obtained will be tif g reat ditty be' eere rigidly attend ed t o. : value to the company, and it is understir , d that the THE: ClO4ll OF BREAKING OF TII4I Aasisrio GABLE AND ITS RE 3 (MTS.' • 11 1 0 , TIES EDITOR OF-TER NORTIIERIf Sir—hry letter to you some short time aye, on sn'ima. rine telegraph% tables, also -expressed my doubts of the success in the safe laying daivn of the present cable. In 18.54.1 r he1d out that it- was simply practicable to , connect the shores of America and Eagland by a sabma. rine electriesable. I exhibited the wire, &e. I was op posed- to the• heavy massive cables then in taae, holding they were liable - to commit sell.lastraetion Iron their great density, and' which they did. ,":1n the prerentelbler they Rave gone intthe extremes," and that submariae cables ought to possess , ei certain amount of buoyancy- to-reduce undue strain in payin4 out, and in laying on uneven surface,..as aepresented in some parts at the bettonvof the sea. To avoid any mishap r proposed station vessels,. "not such; as , are-ADLU built," at , co ivenient distances, in case any part of the cable gettiag deranged, it could be at once ascertained the part faulty,:and each station having. steam-power could take in and pay otit a new WO, each station been provided with duplicate cables. Them sta tions couhi be made available for sending messages from , passing ships regniring assistance, &e -1 think, sirr it most have been obvious to many persons who viiited•the Niagara, how unsuited that vessel was for the purpose,.and also the coiling of the c tble. In suitable vessels, with a sufficient turn table worked by steam power, the cable• ceild have been coiled and laid with• manifold eaSe and safety, and the saving of time. It must have been obvious that the massive machinery on deck to pay out the small wire cable, was not in with the comparative thread it had to pay out; and the strain that roust have existed on-the part hanging sus pended from the vessel, of two miles and a-half in length of cable, has-led to its destruction. The only plan to save the present 'Cable, and to get it laid down,.. to , ascertain hoer far communication by electricity is practicable by cable at the b Atom of the. Atlantic, is by-addinz buoyancy tathe cable as it is payed out, so as to remove the strain and dead weight of two or three miles. of cable, s'raining upon one point which it now does, and, the part that is- now broken, allow the end to remain.-with the other, and to be paid out on board of a vessel stationed for that purpose, and as the cable is now six of seven lengths,. as each length is payed. oat, let it be placed and retained on board of another ship, and so on until the twes shores are reached, then join the cable when communication at each station is found perfect. This will prevent any other mishap. The. buoyancy can be removed at pleasure if necessary. The evil may be remedied; but it would be a most serious affair for all concerned if it had happened when. all had been within a mile or so of the American shore, therefore it may be looked upon, as fortunate. If, sir, in my hurt / 7 to write this, I have not made myself clear, - I: am prepared to show my plan to those concealed practically.l am, sir, yours obediently, Tisoasas CIIMMES CLARVON. THE LATE MR, WILLIAM DAVIE 94 An inquest on the body of this gentleman, who died very suddenly at the Waterloo Hotel, Waterloo, on Friday morning last, was held at the hotel on the following day. before C. E. Driffield, Esq., the county coroner, when the following evidence was given :—Thomas Price deposed that he had lived as servant to the deceased for the last four years. On Friday morning he went as was usual and called deceased up at eight o'clock. Deceased desired to be called again at a quarter before nine, Went again to his room at that time, . and found him in bed quite dead. His arms were folded across his breast. Gave immediate, notice to the inmates of the hotel, and went to Liverpool and intormed Mr. Bardswell of what had occurred. Charles Bardswel', of Liverpool, attorney, deposed. that he had been intimately acquainted with the deceased for many years. On Monday mqrning last he called on deceased at his office, as he was in the habit of doing daily. Deceased complained of having suffered a very severe attack during the previous night, which had almost suffocated him, and he thought he should-, never have got out of his bed again, and he was con vinced his heart was affected as his biother's was.. Witness endeavoured to remove this impression from his mind, but deceased, putting his hand to his heart, said " I know it is here. I wish you to make fey will as quickly , as possible." Witness prepared his willaccordingly. Jos: Churton, surgeon, Waterlo ), deposed that he had known the deceased for the last 18 months. At the request of,- the relatives and friends of the deceased, he , and' Mr. Adams of Waterloo, surgeon, made a nest moilem examine.. Lion of the body. The deceased has a complaint of the.. heart, which•had been orlong standing. It was of a very ; severe character known as ossification. This was beyond, all doubt the cause of death. Mr. .lams, in answer to a question from one of the jury, stated that he entirely con curred in the opinion of Mr. Churton ; and that he some 18 months ago had been consulted-day the deceased who • complained of his heart, and that on examination he bad fouad the pulsation to be irregular. 1 - 13 had no doubt deceased died of ossification of the;beart. There could _be, no two opinions on the subject. The Coroner said it was wholly unnecessary to read over the evidence ;,-,,p.nd the jury at once returned a verdict of "Death from. disease.. of the heart." SHERIFF'S 00liaT—SATurtm.Y. EFORB MR. AT rORNEYrQBNBRAL BLISS, ck,.c.) BURGLARY AT A FA :'..4410R5E. AT BoLp.--,Andreve Toughmans (a Dutchman); and John Laug (an friala youth), were indicted for a burglary at the farmh.otsse.of Mr. James Hayes, farraeri residing near Bold. Lang pleaded guilty. Mr. Ovens appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner Toughrcans was undefendd. The chief evidence again it him v. - as the tracing of his footsteps from Hayes'S house to Burton, 'Wood chapel, where he was apprehended, and the.finding upon hire ,of a ;stay-lace, which was sworn to as having been previously lying in Hayees yard. The jory (one-half foreigners) returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was discharged. Lang was sentenced to twelve months' imprise.n.snent. BOR.GLARY AT VirAsTroica•—William Ke11y,.35, beat man, was indicted for a burglary at the beerhouse of Mr- Jam as Massey, Vrestleigh, on the night of 26th May. Me. Taylor appeared for the prosecution, au 1, the prisoner was undefended., FO7 the defence it wB3 urged that, though the priscn#r broke the windows of the house, it was not a burglarious, but an accider,tal breaking, the • prisoner „being desirous of getting ir,to the house tos procure more liquor. The jury acquitted the prisoner. GARROTTE ROLISRRT AT A SlTficiat• UN DER •L Samuel Lingard, aged 19, Jonat'aiii Brierly, 21, anct William IlroadbeaC, 21, labourers;. were indicted for feloniously assaulting and roUolog Thomas Gee, at Ashton-under-Lyne, on the nY.ght of the 24th May last.. Mr. Fearnley prosecuted, au d Alp Scott defended.. On the night in, question, the 'prosecutor was assailed, on going down. Mulberry-street, by the prisoners, , and while Brierly held him by the neck, he was robbed. Gee himself was drunk at the time, and was almost immediately rendeaed.inseasible, but two police officers who came up saw the prisoners, and Brierley wa3 chased and, appre ; headcdsoon, afterwards, on the following. morning Gee himself identified thy, prisoners as the men who attackedaod robbed him * For the defence it. was con tended that the proseeaktor was too drunk to.know what tookplaco; that' a qua fret might have occurred, between Gee and'ille prisoners.;, that the violent conduct of the latter might be attributable to this, and, that Gee had previously been ip„ a, bro;hel, whore it was most likely the robbery had really taken place. The whole of the prisoners were found not guilty of robbery, but guilty of ;assault, with intent, Eze., accompanied by personal, violence.—Sentence deferred. FEARED, OCCURRENCE A,T A. Gl3 WORM. At half past ten o'clock on Friday night, an recurrence took place at the Brick-lane station of the Chc.rtered Gas Company, St. Luke's, London, which caused, the greatest consternation), not merely in the immediate vicinity of the works, but also amr.ogst most of the citizens of London, whose gas.light,s.in their private houses in Fore street, and the public lights In Cheapside, Golden-lane. Ito•w-lanes and all the intermediate strez's, were instate taneously extingnish,ad l rendering those groat • thorough fares quite as dark as when Stowe wrote his account or London. From car : eful inquiries mule, it app3ar.i that a streak of lightning struck one of the. iron columns which supported one side.of a tremendous.iion vessel, termed a gasometer, or gasholder, situate on t the right hand side of the yard, anti., at a very considrable distance from a, range of poor tenements in rgick-lan. awing to the column having been struck by the lightning, the gas, comprising many hundred thousand feet, became ignited, when the times rolled tap with such vehemence, and so high, that for two or three minutes. the whole of the me tropoas appeared enveloped in one blips sheet of flame, and every church in the oity, and those on the Surrey sldie of tho water, as well as the shipping it\ the Pool, were brilliantly illn•ninated, as if by some grand pyro technic display, which, however, lasted only sufficient tim,e, to give the necesary information to the engine. keepers, and forthwith the engines of the parish, 9 or 10 of the London Brigade, with Mr. Fogo, chief officer of the section, and Mr. Bridges, the chief engineer, attended, as well as that of the West of England, under the direction -of Mr. Connorton. Foetuuately the services of the fire . men were not required, for, owing to the admirable di rections given by Mr. Upward, the superintendent of the works, and the exertions of the men under him, the names were Subdued in a oomparatively short period. Fortunately no person was injured, and no damage was done to anylof the atatroanding property. T 17,. 1857. 4r .