The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-26 00:00:00

is, however, the season of the dog-days, when the country has more charms than the town, and the field and the river have more attractions than the Yibtrpoiai -taitbarV. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1853. WEEK. WHILE the business of legislation is proceeding with indecent haste,—which ;only renders more glaring the shameful waste of time all the rest of the session,—there is actually a dearth of interesting trt THE cs, the activity of election excitement being succeeded by a reaction of excessive dulness. se and the arena of political controversy. The variable state of the weather, which has alter- e-hou I between wet and dry, rain and sunshine, has drawn more attention to the approaching harvest, as future prices will depend, in a very material de- Tree, upon the next few weeks' weather. Considerable interest was excited as to the pro ceedings of the Dock Committee on Thursday, with reference to the proposed alteration of the name of the Bramley-Moore Dock. It was evident that we expressed the general opinion of the most intelligent men of all classes, when we condemned the pro posal. Only one or two members, of extreme cal opinions, spoke in favour of it, while the most influential Conservative gentlemen were op posed to it; and Hr. BOLD had the good sense to defer to popular feeling and withdraw the motion. As the whole affair is now at an end, it isunneces sary to make it the subject of further remark, than to express our satisfaction at its being so concluded, without putting the Dock Committee to the dis agreeable alternative of coming to a vote upon the subject. At the meeting of the Select Vestry on Tuesday, the Rev. Chairman referred, with dignity, to the impertinence to which he had been subjected at the previous meeting; and expressed his determination, on all occasions, to use his own discretion as to voting on any question brought before the Board, a ...ourse which he is fully entitled to pursue without f)ein , insulted by expressions of igno ran t surpr i se. ,-, The care which some members are so studious to express for the i nstruction of the children of Romanist are.nt, 1- by Romish priests, is strangely at variance with the avowal of their being themselves Protes tants. If being in error is a reason for being taught to continue in it, then infidel teachers—for such are to be found—may be admitted to instruct in infidelity the children of infidel parents. There is little difference in principle, it is a mere question of The increase of steam navigation from this port is progressing most satisfactorily. On Thursday, a new steamer was launched for the Brazilian trade, and on the same day the screw-steamer Sarah Sands sailed for Quebec and Montreal with a goodly number of passengers. It is somewhat strange that, while we have been so eminently successful with steam navigation to almost every of the world, Australia, where it is so much needed, should prove the exception, the quickest voyages to and from that colony having as yet been performed by sailing vessels, to one of which we are now indebted for the latest intelli gence. The Great Britain will, however, soon be ready to start on her second voyage, and as the latest improvements in sciencQ have been applied to her with liberal hand, and the most ample precautions taken for abundant supplies of fuel, there is not the slightest doubt that she will accomplish the quickest passage which has yet been made. Her trial trip to Ireland proved her to be an admirable ship, either with steam or under canvass, and she may now fearlessly defy competition, until some new discovery be made in the science of navigation. The sailing-match which took place for Her Majesty's plate on Monday, and the regatta on Tuesday, for the splendid prizes offered by the Royal Mersey Yacht Club, constituted the great attraction of the week, and drew together thousands of spec tators. It was not merely the gratification of making a holiday, but the sports were peculiarly appro- plate to a great commercial sea-port, and this cir cumstance considerably heightened the enjoyment. The races between the several yachts were well con- tested, and the appearance of the Mersey, studded with their numerous white and well-filled sails, presented a picture not often witnessed. Liverpool has facilities for yachting possessed by few places, while the patronage of Royalty gives a character to the Mersey Yacht Club which must render it equal to any in the Kingdom. The annual election to supply the vacancies of the members of the Dock Committee, who retire by rotation, will take place on Wednesday next week. Of the four elected by the dock ratepayers, Mr. I\ICOL will permanently retire; and the candidate proposed to fill his place is Mr. J. P. PALMER, chairman of the Shipowners' Association and Un derwriters' Association. The three other members, Messrs. STEELE, BOLD, and HEALING, will be proposed for re-election. It will be difficult to find a gentleman more eligible than Mr. PALMER for the responsible office to which he has been proposed; and we have no doubt that the dock ratepayers will ratify the nomination. It has been confidently announced that the Radicals of Liverpool, under the auspices of Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, have ventured upon a petition to the House of Commons against the late election. Whether the statement be true or false is not of the slightest consequence, as it is well known that no two members of Parliament hold their seats on a safer tenure than do Messrs. Hons- FALL and LIDDELL, even if it had,to undergo the ordeal of an adverse Committee. The existence of a triumphant Conservative majority in a popular con stituency is no doubt gall and wormwood to our po litical opponents; but the fact—which is a credit to , the town—will remain the same, despite the angry feelings of the defeated, and the more so because it is not the less a fact that the last election was won without the slightest appeal to any other motive than political principle. We have been informed that the Radical petition is not directed against the sitting members, but that it prays for a Commision to inquire into certain alleged corrupt practices of the Freemen, the evidence to be relied on being an offer of a large number of votes said to have been made to the agents of the Radical candidate on the day of polling. This is mere moonshine, not only as to the alleged fact, but also as to the consequences. Parliament never grants a Commission of Inquiry into corrupt practices except upon the report of a Select Committee unseating the members returned, and specially recommending the issue of a Com mission. There has been some little talk about town as to who is to bear the expenses of this hopeless enterprise. The heavy cost of the last crippled all the radicals who were foolish enough to have anything to do with it, and there is not sufficient patriotism left for any private purse to be again drained for such an object. The present petition is under the fostering care of Mr. ROBERT SON G LADSTONE, and owing to his consanguinity with the ~HAN CELLOR Or THE EXCHEQUER, Some people cannot be deterred from attributing more weight to the circumstance, in accounting for the disposal of the secret service money, than perhaps it de 'We, however, acquit the Minister of all serves. participation in such dirty practices. The excursion trains by the various railways are bringing crowds of operatives and country people into Liverpool and Birkenhead, and the ferries across the Mersey are reaping rich harvests every fine afternoon. There are few cheaper and yet more healthful pleasures than are afforded by the Itrips to Egremont, New Brighton, Seacombe, Bir kenhead Park, Rock Ferry, where the Chinese junk is lying, and Eastham, with its exhibition of the Catageloseum. To extend the journey, the pleasure-seeker should visit the picturesque city of Chester, with its complete circle of ancient walls, its quaint buildings and singular rows, and the Roodee, which forms a natural amphitheatre. Liverpool, however, has many objects of interest to the stranger, in its magnificent docks and shipping, its handsome public buildings, of which St. George's Hall is unrivalled in Europe, and the attractions of the Zoological Gardens. Adelaide is more than two months overdue, and even her successor, the Victoria, is a week behind her time. Paris, &c., sf. 121 c. to sf. 131 c., sixty days ' • (From and 5` lOc. to sf.lllc,,_short sight; Harr!ourzh, 361 to 3 " the York Shipping List, Y . July 13.) COTTON.—During the past three days the sales reach 5,000 bales, made up chiefly of two large lists, and as there has been no general buying the tone of feeling has consequently been that of dulness, with the tendency of prices rather in favour of the buyer. We quote Atlantic Ports. Florida. Inferior .... nom. nom. Low to good ord. Low to good mid. 10 lli 10 Mid fair to fair lli 11 111 Total import since Ist instant..., j 3 bales. Export from Ist to 12th July, 1853, 8,925; 1852, 7,020, RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON. Other Gulf Ports. nom. 9 to 9i 10i 11* 12 13 - Ili - fl 15,51 BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. Tweddle as a suitor, and yet no complaint was made—no proceedings taken until April, 1850, when the letter put in was written, and he replied to it in a manner anything but discreditable to the young lady; for he imputed no blame to Miss Tweddle, but referred simply to the cir cumstance which it was easy to conjecture was happening about that time. And then again, from the date of that letter to the 17th of March, 1853, a period of nearly three years, not a syllable was addressed to the defendant upon the subject, to lead him to suppose that he was still con sidered bound to the intention which he had at one time en tertained. The contract, he submitted, was clearly put an end to in April, 1850, in terms on the part of the defen dant which could not be misunderstood, and in a manner most creditable and honourable to him. He ridiculed the idea of the young lady's illness being caused by the breach of this contract, and informed the jury that Mr. Ramshay had been engaged to Miss Lacy long before he married her. But there was an incident in this history which afforded a key to the whole, viz., the discharge of the aunt from the farm she had occupied for some time rent free. This was the key to all the disappointment, angry feeling, and craving for revenge which had led to the pre sent action, which ho submitted was not likely to be put an end to by the letter of the Rev. Mr. Bell to the defen dant, which sounded to him (the learned counsel) so much like a threatening letter for the purpose of extorting money that he could scarcely distinguish it from one of the epistles they sometimes heard of in courts of justice of that de scription. Tn October, 1852, the defendant married his present wife, and five months had scarcely been allowed to elapse after that event before a word was whispered of these people's intentions to attempt to destroy his domes tic peace. He implored the jury, therefore, to send Mr. Ramshay back to his own county with his reputation un sullied by this conspiracy against him for the most sordid of motives. His Lordship, in summing up, told the jury that the questions for them to consider were—first, was there a contract of marriage ; and if so, secondly, to what damages was the plaintiff entitled ? The jury retired, and after an absence of about a quarter of an hour they returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £3,000. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1853. FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE.---The Emperor and Empress were to have left on Wednesday for the Eaux Bonnes, but the expected departure did not take place, nor is it any longer expected for the present. Her Majesty's peculiar state of health, it is said, would render the journey unadvisable. Exaggerations apart, the numbers of conspirators against the life of the Emperor, discovered by the police, are sur prisingly great. More arrests have been made, and such a clue to the ramifications of the secret society, or socie ties, has been found that there is little doubt of the ability which the police possess to lay their hands on the greater portion of the members. The Constitutionnel and the Pays have both made up their minds that there can be no war, for the reason that the Russo-Turkish question is now reduced to a point of formality. SPAIN.—M. Alejandro Castro, who had gone to La Granja with the President of the Council, suddenly re turned to the Royal residence, and it was inferred from this circumstance that the important questions which now occupy so much public attention would not be adjusted in the next Cabinet Council. If any serious Ministerial crisis should occur, the Queen would probably entrust the re-construction of the Cabinet to Count de San Luis. PORTUGAL.—ThePeninsularandOrientalCompany's steamship Madrid, Captain Weeks, arrived at Southamp ton on Sunday with the usual Peninsula Mails, and dates from Gibraltar, the 14th ; Cadiz, the 15th ; Lisbon, the 10th; Oporto, the 20th; and Vigo, the 21st instant. When the Madrid left Lisbon, on the 19th, Her Majesty's steam-sloop Bloodhound, Captain Christian, from the coast of Africa, was coaling in the Tagus, en route for Portsmouth. There was no other foreign vessel of war in port. A Royal decree had decided that the Cortes should remain open until the sth of August, when little doubt existed that the money bills, &c., would have passed the upper house. The Queen and Court had taken up their summer residence at Cintra, as also the Duke de Saldanha, who vas still unable to transact business at the War De partment. A petition from different Portuguese manufac tories had been made to the Chamber of Deputies to reconsider the reductions made in the tariff last year. They, of course, want more protection, but make out no case, and conveniently dispense with the demonstration of any fact applicable to any particular trade by stating that " all the circumstances are so obvious and generally known as to render superfluous the mention of any of them." RUSSIA.—The Emperor, who has been amusing him self with grand military displays at St. Petersburgh, is expected to visit Warsaw about the end of July. The troops concentrated there, and in the neighbourhood, amount to 70,000 men. The Russian authority in Servia, after procuring the dismissal of the Premier Garaschnin against the Prince's will, now demands the removal of all state employe's who are known to entertain anti-Russian sentiments. The Austrian General Count Gyulay arrived at St. Petersburgh on the 7th inst., with a special mission to the Imperial Court. The Cologne Gazette says the news is being confirmed at Berlin that a proposition, made by France and Austria to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, has been received by the latter in a manner favourable enough to be accepted as the basis of negociations, and of ulterior mediation. AUgTRIA.—A considerable displacement of troops is taking place throughout that portion of the military frontier which adjoins Bosnia and Serbia. The Austrians are edging on towards Turkey. The pontoon trains have arrived in the Save, and Bosnia could be entered with little difficulty or delay._ _ On the 13th Duke Constantine's Regiment marched from Vienna to the fortress of Peterwardein, and other troops are on the move in that direction. The mission of Count Rechberg in Lombardy is acknowledged to have completely failed, and the Austrian authorities are again executing the decreed confiscation with rigour. PRUSSIA.—His Majesty the King of Prussia has left Berlin for Weimar. The Bavarian Envoy at Berlin has announced that his government proposes to open a great Industrial Exhibition at Munich, in 1854. TURKEY.—TheAssemble'e Nationale says:—We learn by a private letter, which merits absolute confidence, that at the date of the sth of July the representatives of the four great Powers at Constantinople, France, England, Austria, and Prussia, were completely in accord as to the terms of the arrangement to propose to the Porte and Russia. This arrangement could not be submitted to the sanction of the Sultan on account of the Ramazan, during which official relations with the Porte remain suspended ; but there was little time to wait to solicit and obtain the sanction, since the Ramazan ended on the 7th. In con sidering, as it is permitted to hope, that the Sultan has given his sanction, it might have been sent off to St. Petersburgh, so as to arrive by the 15th of this month ; and the decision of the Russian Cabinet may be known about the 25th. The protest of the Divan against the occupation of the Danubian Principalities by Russia, reached Vienna on the 15th inst., having been conveyed there by Mehemet Saftaluge. According to the Presse of Vienna, the Divan replies most energetically to the arguments of the Czar in his manifesto, the Sultan, on his part, protesting so lemnly against the reproach of having violated his word, and calling on all the Christian communities to testify that he has never knowingly and wantonly oppressed them, and that whenever inferior authorities have at tacked their rights and privileges they have been punished. The document enters into details on the persecution of the Jews at Damascus, and declares, with respect to the invasion of the Principalities, that the Porte protests in the most solemn manner against it, as an act of violence which nothing can justify. A Ministerial crisis has been apprehended at Constan tinople. The Siecle gives a curious version of the affair. Its statement is to the effect that, great excitement having been caused on the 7th, by the official intelligence of the Russian entry into the Principalities, the Sultan at once sent for Riza Pacha, a man of great energy, and asked his opinion and counsel. Riza Pacha advised his oppos ing force with force, and the Sultan being disposed to follow his advice, manifested a desire to give his father's favourite Minister a seat in the Cabinet. The greatest consternation was caused among the diplomatic body when this became known. The Sultan was implored not to be precipitate in going to war. He yielded, but not definitively ; a delay was obtained, but it is not known for how long. The Ambassadors in all haste referred to their respective Governments for instructions. Accounts from Constantinople of the 9th instant, say that there is no cessation in the armaments. The com mander of the forts on the Dardanelles has been instructed to permit the passage at any time, no matter whether by day or by night, of the British and French steamers. Letters from the army on the other side of the Balkan were full of enthusiasm. It is a great advantage for the Porte that the season is one of the most fruitful ever known, and everything is remarkably cheap. A letter from Jassy of the 4th inst., states that General Luders, whose corps crossed the Pruth at Leowa, re mained at Ismail, in order to be able to cross the Danube at Tuitscha in case of necessity. 'The army of occupation is estimated at from 100,000 to 120,000 men. It is said that the inhabitants of Moldavia are indifferent to the occupation by the Russians, but those of Wallachia ap pear to be animated with a spirit of hostility to them. It is said that Prince Gliika, who has been living in exile at Constantinople since the events of 1848, is exciting the Wallachians against the Russians. He is at present at the head-quarters of Omer Pasha. The Russian forces entered Oltonitza on the 7th instant, a❑ important position on the Danube, which was crossed there in 1828 by an army of 40,000 men under the com mand of General Roth. Intelligence from Constantinople to the llth states that everything was tranquil; the preparations for defence, meantime proceeding with the same rapidity as ever. It appears that the statement in the Lloyd of Vienna, that the Sultan had sent an ambassador to St. Petersburg, was without foundation. It is said that the American - Consul has commenced negotiations for the cession to the United States of the port of Marmorizza. It is also said that a sum of e:500,000 in gold has been paid to the Sultan. AUSTRALIA. By the \Voolloomooloo we have advices from Sydney to the 21st April. She brings 45,000 ounces of gold, valued at £lBO,OOO, and has made the passage home in 88 days, her outward trip having been accomplished in 87 days. In addition to her large amount of gold, she has also 1,611 bales of wool on board, and her general news is highly satisfactory. The steamer Cleopatra had arrived at Sydney, with advices from Melbourne of the 16th of April, at which time neither the Harbinger nor the Adelaide steamer had arrived. The following is from the Sydney Empire of April 20 :—" The commercial condition been for some considerable time of Syd ne y i s , as i t h as uncertainty, high prices, and exliaausst,te cdharacterized,by stocks. The c ircumstance of so few arrivals with supplies,i either from remarkable general a l ; Great Britain or from foreign ports, s and this untoward circumstance — so contrary to expec tation —has given to transactions an excited character, which, in many instances, has the appearance of to un warranted extravagance. Goods are run up prices which are scarcely justified b y a n y state of the i import market at which we have yet arrived, the competition being stimulated by the immediate urgency of particular demands, rather than produced by anything like per manent scarcity. But, if business were conducted in the most sober spirit, high prices for all manufactured goods would still range, in consequence of the positive girl sufficiency of present imports. This state of things is experienced without any rapid augmentation of our population, as was anticipated—for during the last few weeks the passenger traffic inwards has barely kept past with our outward drain. By the escorts from the Ovens and the Northern Diggings to-day about 8,000 ounces of gold were received in Sydney. The price now rules at 775. 3d. to 775. Gd. for Victoria, and 745. 3d. to 745. Gd. for New South Wales." We quote the following from the Sydney Morning Herald of the same date : " No subject occupies more general attention just now in our commercial circles than the extremely unsatisfac tory state of our steam communication with England. The Australian Royal Mail Steam Cocapany'a 443 " With some few exceptions there are no private letters in Sydney of later date than October, being those brought out by the Melbourne. In many instances our merchants find themselves in the strange position of having received goods without the invoices, the latter having been trans mitted by the steamer's mails under the full expectation that they would come to hand long before the cargoes—a process just the reverse of what has happened. But the merchandise being in urgent demand, sales are effected at conjectural prices, good care being taken, however, to leave an ample margin for profit, whatever the invoice prices may turn out to be. Indeed, the disproportion between the demands of our market and its supplies, in almost every description of goods, was never so great and so trying as it is at this moment. Hard goods and soft goods, luxuries and necessaries, articles for eating and drinking, articles for wearing and using, at the minimum of stock and the maximum of price. Advances on cost price in England, taken not partially but generally, not as the exceptions of trade, but as its rule, were never so enormous as now. Our commercial report of yesterday quotes rates of advance as high as 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, and even 2,400 per cent. These gigantic profits are coupled with the favourite quickness of return, the tran sactions resulting, not from any mania of speculation, but from a sober estimate of the actual wants of the market for daily consumption. "The gold produce of New South Wales continues steady, averaging, when compared with the whole number of persons engaged in digging, about an ounce per week per man. Large nuggets, weighed by the ounce or the pound, are the prizes of the lucky few. The average suc cess is just now at the medium point, which best consorts with the general welfare of the colony—neither so great as seriously to disturb the ordinary pursuits of industry, nor so small as to discourage the diggers as a body. The colonists are still strongly of opinion that the auriferous developments of New South Wales are only in their infancy, and that as our population increases, though the average produce per man may not much exceed what it is at present, the aggregate produce of the colony will infi nitely surpass anything heretofore realised." The Adelaide - advices received at Sydney were to the 9th of April. A return of the trade of the colony during the quarter ending the 25th of March showed imports amounting to £440,328, and exports of the value of £954,760, of which £663,447 was gold that had been brought overland from Melbourne. The markets were very firm, and the last quotation of Burra Burra shares was 1341. The Shaxamaxon had sailed for Swansea on the 4th of April with 14,108 ounces of gold, valued at £56,000. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA By the British and North American Royal Mail steam ship Africa, Captain Harrison, which arrived on Sunday, we have intelligence from New York to the 13th instant. The Africa sailed from New York at 0 10, p.m., on the 13th, and came " north about." On the 23d, at 7 11, a.m., she passed Tory Island ; at 8 45, p.m., passed the steamer Niagara, hence for Boston ; and arrived in the Mersey at 5 40, a.m., on Sunday, having made the run in 10 days 11 hours and 34 minutes. The Africa has brought 80 passengers, and 8'877,933 in specie. PASSENGERS.—Miss Bolton and sister, Miss Prince, Miss Hunter, Mrs. Radcliffe, Mrs. Raden and three children, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smith, Miss Now, Miss Nixon, Mrs. Francess Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Beloi, Captain Hon. H. A. Murray, R.N., Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Duncan, Mr. Battersby, Mr. Hugh Wilson, Mr. Gelpcher C. Bearcroft, dispatches to Berlin, Mr. Conner, Mr. Sisley, Mr. R. M. Green, Mr. Ashley and nephew, Rev. C. W. Bolton, Mr. Oxaryabal, Mr. Engles, jun., Mr. James E. Ives, Mr. J. W. Oliver, Mr. J. F. D'Costa, Air. Thomas S. Lubbock, Mr. White, Mr. Lees, Mr. King, Professor Dorenus, Mr. Goldschmed, Mr. and Mrs. James Harrisson, Mr. J. S. Smith, Mr. W. Dickson, Mr, Jos.. Lalland, Mr. John Watson, Mr. T. Watson, Mr. V. Lang, Dr. Edward Gage, Mr. Campbell, Mr. W. Dickson, Mr. Joel Cadbury, Mr. Hitchcock, Alr..John D. Julnsch, Mr. James P. Dean, Mr. Hitchens, Mr. Camoror, Mr. Clint, Mr. Fergusson, Mr. Henry Barbancey, Mr. A. Grosch, Mr. John Watson, Mr. Henry Brown, Mr. Butterworth, Mr. Melcher, Mr. E. Lewiss, Mr. Henry Disston, Mr. Robert Cairns, Mr. Thomas Dauby, Mr. Robert Gray, Mrs. Stewards and children,. Mr. and Mrs. James Lovett, Mr. T. Wallace, Mr. Libby, Mr. Laurent, Mr. Adam Wood, Mr. James Hickey, Mr. W. Brackell, Mr. Harris. The United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, Captain West, which sailed from this port at 2 15, p.m., on the 29th ult., arrived at New York at 8 a.m. on the 10th inst. having made the run•lO days, 22 hours, and 41 minutes. The Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia. Commodore Jud kins, which sailed at 4 20, p.m., on the 2nd hatant, arrived at New York at 11 15, a.m., on the 13th, having made the run in 10 days, 23 hours, and 51 minutes. Several persons had been killed at Haverstraw, by the falling down of a building. Dr. Achilli, with his wife, child, and servant, had arrived at• New York from Liver pool. The convention of coloured persons at Rochester had determined to form a " national council of coloured people." Monsignor Bedini, a papal nuncio, had arrived in New York, en route , to Washington, with communica tions from the Pontiff. The first mate of the Antarctic, from this port, had been held to bail at New York for assaulting a seaman belonging to the ship with a belaying pin. A destructive fire had occurred at Newark. A. cotton mill had also been destroyed by fire in Mas sachusetts. The steam-ship Illinois had arrived at New York with the Californian mails of the 16th ult., and 4'1,835,714 in specie. Several duels,. some of which were attended with injury to the principals, had occurred.. A letter dated San Diego, May 28th, says:—" the quiet of our peace-loving citizens was somewhat startled the other day by the news broutht by a Mexican, direct from La Paz;. that several English men-of-war had arrived at that place, and there landed sonic four or five hundred marines, duly armed and equipped, together with a large amount of provisions and stores. This statement, coupled with the generally accredited rumour that Great Britain had aided Santa Anna in regaining his old position in the Mexican capital, upon condition that he was to cede to that government Lower California and Sonora, created quite a sensation among those who are disposed to forbid the banns. If this statement be true, and we have no reason to doubt it, something must be in the wind, or why this pomp and parade of war at this particular conjuncture of affairs ?" Agricultural affairs in California were in a flourishing con dition. A party of citizens of Jacksonville, hearing that a white woman was kept prisoner by the Shanta Indians, formed an expedition for her releabe, and, being unsuc cessful, killed six Indians, and wounded a number of others. A Chinese, hating been convioted by his brethren of theft, was sentenced by them to receive twenty-five lashes, and have his cue cut off. The latter operation he resisted to the last, begging them even to kill him so that he might die with this honourable appendage. He was afterwards given in charge to some of his countrymen, who again whipped him and cut off his left ear. He was then , marched off for San Francisco in char ge o f ano ther party ; but, getting tired of their prisoner, they led him a little aside from the road, and finally disposed of him by shooting him through the head. New diggings of great richness con tinued to be discovered, and the miners generally were doing well- The iSan Francisco markets had been ex tremely quiet. A shipwrecked Japanese had been picked up and taken into one of the ports. The junk on which he was floating had been blown off her course, and all the men, with the one exception, had expired from cold and starvation. She had been knocking about far seven and a half months at the mercy of the waves.. A number of very curious articles had been found on board the junk ; among them was an exceedingly delicate compass, divided into tyventy-four divisions only.. The points were named goat, dog, rat, &c. Mr. A. Shea, who was appointed by the Newfoundland Houses of Assembly delegate to Washington, to promote the interests of the colony in reference to reciprocal free trade, had made a favourable report of the result of his negotiations. _ _ _ . Advices from Belize,. Honduras, to, the 16th ult., state that business was brisk. The rivers had begun to rise, and the floods were bringing out the season's wood. Al though an extraordinary effort had been made to get out a great quantity of mahogany this year, yet, owing to the rains in March, April, and May, (the tracking season,) over one-half of the wood remained uncut. This, and the large number of vessels expected to arrive, had caused an unusual stir in the mahogany market, and wood was enor mously high in value. Wood that formerly sold for .B'4o commanded , WBO if ready for delivery, and sia per M. to be delivered in two or three months. For logwood there was an extraordinary demand. CUBA.—From Havana we have accounts to, the Ist inst. Don Julian Zulneta, the owner of the slaver Lady Suffolk, had been liberated, and had departed for Spain with a Mr. Barrow, intending to bring an action against the cap tain-general for false imprisonment. A Spanish corvette had been wrecked on the shoals of Rosario. PANAMA.—WO have advices to the Ist instant. An Englishman had been assaulted by a native, and, on re senting the attack, he was menaced by the natives. The feeling against foreigners was so great that the Englishman could not procure a barrister to bring his case before the courts of law. Accounts from Bogota state that the new constitution had passed. A new law regulating the cur rency, and placing it upon the same footing as that of the United States, had also been sanctioned. The Congress was in extra session. An attempt had been made at the capital to raise a revolution. Dr. Florentrio Gonzales was dangerously wounded by the mob. General Hessera w as prevented calling out the troops by General Melo. President Obando was seriously ill, and General Lopez bad been appointed to discharge his duties. JAMAlCA. — Kingston advices to the 27th ultimo state that legislative affairs still remained in stall; quo. The weekly meetings of the Assembly were held on Mondays or Tuesdays, on which occasion a quorum of seven gene rally adjourned the house to the following week. Sir Charles Grey, the governor, had been heard to say that the members of the Assembly might amuse themselves for a month or two, until he received instructions from the home government. It was whispered that a compro mise was on foot between the Assembly and the Council. The latter was said to be agreeable to a retrenchment bill, contemplating the reduction of salaries on a graduated scale, according to the amounts, instead of the reduction of twenty per cent. on all public stipends, irrespective of the amount; and, further, that the Assembly, in framing a bill, having this object in view, were to pledge them selves to pass no retrenchment bills contemplating the curtailing of the salaries of the present incumbents of office. Mining operations had been prosecuted with vigour. The yellow fever continued to be rather virulent. Tonnage was scarce. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, J. MoNcy.—The St oc k mar k et continues to exhibit ulyla the same want of animation that has existed for some weeks past. The limited orders from Europe, and the absence of many from the city, as is usual at this season, will, to some extent, account for the general inactivity. Not withstanding this general dulness, there is a steady demand for Government and the leading State Stocks. The ag grecate receipts of California gold for the fortnight amount to .8'4,150,000. The exports of gold to Europe have been 51,062,681, making a total, from Ist Jan., of .89,717,663. In 1852, for the same p er i o d , they amounted to 513,758715. The supply of money continues abundant. Loans are freely offered on first-class securities, at 5 to 6 per cent. There is but little animation in the Exchange market. Rates rather heavy ; supply of bills good. The quotatione are—for billg ou London, 91c. to Dia. prem.; Exp . orts to Total Exports Stock and Receipts. Gt. Britain. to For. Ports. on shipb'd. 1853. 3,178,372 1,640,872 2,386,875 233,136 1852......2,974,267 1,592,766 2,341,998 147,060 Increase. 204,105 48,106 44,877 76,676 .... (From W. P. Wright's Circular, of July 13.) Prices are firm, and holds continue to refrain from offering their stock except at the full market quotations. The better qualities have been more inquired tor, and au advance of lc, to c. per lb. must be quoted on good middling and upwards. The sales since 15th instant have been 9.000 bales, chiefly since the Atlantic arrived, and have been for export to Liverpool and the north of Europe. The accounts from New Orleans represent an improvement in the prospect for the crop in Louisiana and Mississippi, and say that in those states the plant looks well. From portions of Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, and the Atlantic states generally, we are still receiving unfavourable accounts. The plant is small and stunted in growth, and in many places is in bloom when a few inches high, instead of being from two to three feet. Everything for the crop depends on the weather during this month and August. BREADSTUFFS•—Up to the close of last week the turn of the market was in favour of the buyer, but the advices from Liverpool, per Atlantic, were of an unexpectedly favourable tenor, and produced a good deal of excitement, a considerable advance both in flour and wheat, 25c. per barrel and sc. to 6c. per bushel respectively, being imme diately realised, at which the market is still scantily sup plied. Wheat in small supply and extensive demand. Indian corn heavy. PROVISIONS.—The supply of western pork is not large ; and, with a fair demand, there is considerable steadiness for mess, though prime is easier. Beef is in fair request, without change in prices. Lard in good request, and prices have advanced /-e. per lb. Butter in moderate supply, with a steady demand. Cheese goes off freely at 6c. to Qe. for common, and 7e. to Bc. for fair to prime. SALT.—SaIt continues scarce, and in quick request at full prices. 850 sacks Ashton's Liverpool fine, and a cargo Turk's Islands sold on terms not published it is said there is but little, if any, more of the latter to come to market this season. IRON.—Scotch pig, with a small stock and moderate expected receipts, continues in speculative request, and prices have again advanced. The sales are several hundred tons, part to arrive, at £'29 to £3l, cash, and £3l to 412, six months. In bars no sales. Railroad sells in lots, at £7O, cash. FREIGHTS.—To Liverpool and London there has been more offering, and some improvement has taken place. Tho rates are : —To Liverpool, for cotton, 5-32 d. per lb. ; flour, ls. 7jd. to ls. 9d. per barrel : grain, in bulk, 51d. per bushel. To London, flour, 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. per barrel ; grain, in bulk, 7d. per bushel. To Havre, cotton, f i e. per lb. NEW OnLEANS, JULY 9.—Cotton has been quiet to-day, nearly 500 bales having been sold at full prices. Middling is quoted at 10c. CHARLESTON, JULY 7.—Holders manifest very little anxiety to sell, and this indifference was followed by higher prices, resulting in an advance for the week of lc. on the good middling and middling fair qualities, with sales of 1816 bales. Freight to Liverpool, 5-10 d. to Bd. MOBILE, JULY 4.—Very little doing until the Africa's accounts on Friday caused a better feeling, and we heard of 600 to 700 bales being sold, the market closing firmly. Total sales, 1610 bales. No ships up for Liverpool. HAVANA. JULY I.—The sugar market is dull, notwith standing sixty vessels have freighted since last week. Prices as before. Nothing doing in coffee. Molasses scarce. SAN FRANCISCO, JUNE 15.—The general market has been extremely quiet, and we hear of few sales of moment from first bands. Little freight is going forward to the interior, except by the river steamers. Shipments have been moderate. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. PILGRIMAGE BY STEAM.—A pilgrimage excursion from Lyons via Marseilles to Jerusalem, by rail and steam, is being set on foot, and a great many subscribers, at the rate of I,ooof. there and back, have engaged places. HUMAN BRAINS BY THE WEIGHT.—Since the weight of the brains of Daniel Webster has been ascertained and published, it has become a custom in America to follow the example with almost every man of any consequence. The brains of the late Amos Lawrence were found two ounces heavier than those of Webster. VETERANS.—A letter from Berlin, of the 6th inst., says, " Last Sunday, the officers and soldiers who served under the great Frederick, and who reside in the neigh bourhood of this city, met together at a banquet, to the number of 168. The oldest of these veterans is 168 years of age, and the youngest 83. The Great Frederick died on August 17, 1786," THE CHOLERA.—At the date of the last accounts from St: Petersburgb, the 9th inst., the cholera had increased in intensity. There were on that day 104 new cases. Letters from Copenhagen, of the 12th, state that the cholera was at that time increasing in intensity. A letter from Kalmar, in the island of Gothland (Sweden), states that this terrible disease had broken out there with great virulence. Many of the persons attacked died in less than two hours. A PARADISE OF A PRINTING- OFFICE.—The Boston Olive Branch, on which females are employed as com positors, says—" Our rooms are well carpeted, and the girls do not come till nine or ten o'clock in the morning, retiring in good season, seldom making even seven or eight hours a day. Smart compositors can in that time earn from six dollars to eight- dollars a week. We have also one female clerk out of the three we employ. Added to this, one desk has been occupied by a female editor as our assistant, at a salary of 900 dollars. She has spent seven hours a day in the office for five days in the week. We generally have in our office an organ and apianoforte, and we have music at the meal hours, when the ladies feel to like playing." MURDERS AND SUICIDE IN ITALV.—The city of Bolog na was the scene of a horrid tragedy on the idth. Sveral large drops of blood under the windows of a well-known gentleman, named Dr. Accussi, roused the attention of some people, as it seemed as if those drops must have fallen from seine wounded person who had gone to the window. Cries, groans, and, lamentations being also heard to issue from the same house, the police were called, who after repeated summons to open, which were disregarded, had to force open the outer and some inner doors, when a frightful tragedy presented itself to their view. Accussi and his maid-servant were found lying dead in one room, both evidently murdered ; while in the next lay Dr. Gieuseppe Salvi, Dr. Accussi's nephew, who, from a sharp surgical instrument in his hand, was conjectured to have been the murderer of the other two, and to have afterwards committed suicide, to avoid being arrested. The cause of this melancholy event is attributed to family dissensions, but nothing certain has yet been elicited.— Galignani's Messenger.: PARIS.—It appears that the late Prefect of the Seine, who has just become a member of the senate, and who has presided over the municipal works of Paris. since the 2d of December. not being a sufficiently fast man for the superior authorities, has been succeeded by M. Hauss. man. Report says that ho is to propose a loan of 200 millions of francs (eight millions sterling) to be devoted to works At this rate Paris will in ten years be com pletely altered, and, except the larger monumental build ings, the completion of which was mainly due to the late Louis Philippe, its whole aspect will present an entirely new physiognomy. The greatest improvement would re sult from the abolition of the octroi, and snbstitution of a house tax. This would allow of the unlimited extension of Paris beyond its present narrow and inadequate limits, and introduce life, energy, and private building opera tions into the suburbs, as we see in London.—The Builder. ONE OF THE SIGUTS OF SYDNEY.—A German, named John Clippel, has recently arrived in Sydney, vid Mel bourne, bringing with him a French piano, of a superior and beautiful construction, which plays a variety of modern and popular airs. At the top is a glass case, con taining several Fantoccini figures, very well executed, and which are set in motion by the music. At an aper ture in the glass stand.; a small but pretty female figure, with an infant on her left arm, and holding a plate in her right. At the sound of the music she turns about, gently bowing her head to the spectators ; and when any person is so gracious as to drop a coin in her plate, she bows her thanks, and deposits a coin in her box for that purpose. Next to her, but in the back ground, is a female form in 'the costume of a Tyrolean, playing on a guitar. The next figure is that of an Indian snake-charmer, who goes through the evolutions peculiar to those persons, with a snake coiled around him. A jolly cobbler plies his ends and wags his face as if he had been " pouring spirits down to keep his spirits up." The last figure is that of a tailor, mounted upon an Alpine goat, which he whacks with his yard measure, having his goose in his right hand. The animal makes continual inclinations of the head, demonstrative of its desire to pitch the tailor off. The performer, John Clippel, is a decent-looking, civil young man, and any person desirous of seeing a modern novelty and affording a few minutes' amusement to their children, will be gratified by the performance above narrated. — Sydney Empire. THE ASSIZE intelligence from the provinces presents an appalling increase of crime,—especially of offences arising from the indulgence of brutal passions. False education, which is directed more upon the intellect than upon the heart,—false philanthropy, which abhors the wholesome severity of punishment in accordance with the Divine law,—political liberalism, which teaches the people that no one has a right to rule them, but that they themselves ought to be the rulers,—religious liberal ism, which falsifies the conscience by persuading it that it is subject to no law except that which it chooses to im pose upon itself, are doing their work in removing re straint out of the way of the natural corruption of human nature, which is at the same time artificially fostered by covetousness and luxury. Having sown the wind, we aro in a fair way to reap the whirlwind.—Johns FATAL SHIPWRECK.—The melancholy intelligence was received at Bristol on Friday, of the total loss of the sloop Ann, of Newport, with crew and passengers, off the Steep Holmes, in the Bristol Channel. The sloop, heavily laden with coal, left the last-named port, on Tuesday, on a voyage to Bridgewater, and it is believed that when off the Holmes, and in about nine fathoms of water, she started a bunk. Certain it is that she sank, and that her master, Captain Billings, his son, a seaman (name not given), and a man named Hambledon, who was a passen ger by her, were all drowned. The catastrophe was to some extent witnessed by the crew of a vessel belonging to Bridgewater, called the Fortitude. They saw the four men take to the boat, and endeavour to release her from the disabled vessel, but before they could get time to cut away the rope which fastened her, the sloop suddenly ' sank, and dragged the boat and all the Wen down with her, The following case was tried at the York assizes, before Mr. Justice Wightman and a special jury. TWEDDLE V. RANISLIAY.—The declaration stated that the plaintiff and the defendant agreed to marry each other; that, after the lapse of a reasonable time, the plaintiff was ready and willing to marry the defendant, and that the defendant refused to fulfil his part of the contract. The defendant pleaded that he did not agree to marry the plain tiff in the manner alleged, and that the contract was re scinded and abandoned by mutual consent. The damages were laid at £5OOO. Mr. Serjeant Wilkins and Mr. Simpson were for the plaintiff; Mr. Temple, Q.C., and Mr. Travis for the de fendant. Mr. Serjeant 'Wtexters, in stating the case, said—He had the honour to appear on the part of the plaintiff. The defendant in this action, Mr. John Ramshay, is steward to Lord Carlisle, at Naworth, a gentleman of large pro perty, as was admitted on the other side, having an income of between £2OOO and £3OOO a year. The lady cannot beast of equal advantages as regards fortune, but in point of education and everything which could adorn a gentle man's house in the character of a wife, she is quite Mr. Ramshay's equal. The plaintiff's father has been a tenant under Lord Carlisle since the time of his father's death — his father and grandfather before him having occupied a farm of about 1400 acres of land. The defendant had been intimately acquainted with Miss Tweddle from childhood, he being now about 45 and she 25 years of age. He had noticed her often when a child, and even when a child had expressed his admiration of her, and given her many tokens of his regard. In 1843, however, he made known to her aunt that he had long entertained for Miss Tweddle the strongest affection, that, from his observation of her general conduct and character, he entertained the highest admiration for her, and wished, if the young lady would accede, to make her proposals of marriage. He wished the aunt to send for Miss Tweddle, that he might make these proposals to her. She was sent for from her father's house, and then, in the presence of her aunt, t h defendant stated to Miss Tweddle that he was anxious to make her hit wife. "Sir," said the young lady, in reply, "I am younger than you are considerably; but there seems to me to be another obstacle which you would do well to consider. I allude to our different positions in life. You associate with the first families in the county, and are considered, no doubt, superior to me, both in point of wealth, and also as regards your rank and position in life ; and these are obstacles wbich I fear cannot well be got over." Mr. Ramshay said he bad well considered both these circumstances, and that he felt they presented no obstacles to his proposal. He assured her that his intentions were pure and honourable ,•- that he had given due deliberation to all the surrounding circumstances, and pressed her to receive him as her accepted suitor. Miss Twaddle told him that the question he had put to her was an important and serious one, and she trusted he would give her time to deliberate. " Well," said Mr. Ramshay, " I am going to Newcastle to-morrow, I will give you the night to think of it, and will call in the morning, when I hope you will give me a favourable answer." He did call next morning, and asked if Miss Tweddle had thought over his proposal. She said she had, and he then asked, "Do you consent, or not ?" Miss Tweddle did consent, and, no doubt, Mr. Ramshay being a man who stood high in the county, and having all the advantages which cha racter, position, and wealth could give him, such an alli ance was a most desirable one for her. During the remainder of that year Mr. Ramshay's visits to the young lady were almost daily, and when Naworth Castle, which had been partly burnt down, was rebuilt and was being refurnished, he took Miss Tweddle and her aunt to see the furniture, saying that if some of it accorded with the young lady's taste he should purchase some like it for his own drawing-room after they were married. Besides this, he took pains himself to publish his intention of marrying Miss Tweddle, and requested her aunt and her mother to make no secret of the matter if any one in quired whether or not the marriage was to take place.• It was his intention to marry her, he said, and added that, in his opinion, people were much mistaken if they made a secret of that the publication of which would be to them a source of honour. He conse quently represented her and introduced her as his wife, on all hands, and, on verious occasions when there were public entertainments going forward, he was desirous of her being brought to those entertainments, and when she was not there expressed great dissatisfaction. So things went on up to the year 1850, when, for some reason or other, the defendant thought proper all at once to discon tinue his visits ; or, at all events, he made them mere matters of form, and avoided every chance of meeting the young lady alone. The consequence was that her health became seriously affected, at one time so much so that apprehensions were entertained for her life, she feeling the defendant's conduct to her so bitterly that she was often found weeping in the dead of the night and expressing sorrow on account of the treatment she had experienced. Eventually she wrote to him for an explanation of his conduct, but her letter could not he produced, as she had made no copy of it. The nature of the contents, however, might be pretty well gathered from the defendant's answer, which was dated April 25, 1850, and was to the following effect : "My dear Mary,—l have got your note from Mrs. Tweddle, and you need not think you have given me the slightest offence; nothing of the kind. It is only the painful circum stances under which I am placed, and of which you are aware, that have prevented me coming as usual to Askerton. I have felt that had I done otherwise I should have acted unfairly towards yourself. I shall always entertain towards you the greatest regard, as well as towards the whole of your family; but the explanation which I once-gave you of previous occur rences, and which still hang over my head, compels me to abandon the intention I most seriously entertained. I have done all in my power to avert this, but it has been in vain.— Believe me very faithfully yours,. litsasu.kv." It appears, said the learned= serjeant. that Mr. Ramshay set a very light estimate upon the feelings, affections, and hopes of young ladies, for this painful circumstance to which he referred in his letter was a difficulty in which he had involved himself by making a previous promise to another young lady. He had expressed a hope that he should be able to get out of that difficulty by a payment of something like £2,000, and repeatedly said he had no doubt that he should do so. For Miss Tweddle, and Miss Tweddle alone he had made up his mind, and he had long ceased to entertain affection, for a former young lady at Trentham. He said he could easily get out of that, but when his admiration of Miss Tweddle began to give way, he urged this very engagement as an idle pre tence for justifying him in treating her as he had done. That was only an idle pretence, for Mr. Ramshay had since married a Miss Lacy, who was not the young lady at Trentham, and to whom the same objection would, have applied if that had been the real ground of the defendant's conduct. At any rate, on the 25th of April; 1850, after he had ceased to pay his attentions, and after he had been compelled to abandon his intention, he spoke of Miss Tweddle in the highest terms, in forming her that ho should always entertain towards her and the whole of her family the greatest regard. After this the plaintiff had the misfortune to lose her father and uncle, and while these calamities were going on she did not press her claim, and then at last the defendant married another lady (Miss Lacy), thus precluding the possibility of his marrying the plain tiff. Shortly afterwards the present action was. brought ; but previous to that the Rev. J. Bell, of Bolster stone, wrote to the defendant on behalf of Miss Twed dle. This letter, was dated March 15, 1853, and called upon the defendant to state what reparation he was pre pared to make for the serious injury he had inflicted upon the plaintiff. Mr. Bell alluded to the death of her father, and informed Mr. Ramshay that as she had been deprived of her natural protector he had undertaken to see that she should receive such compensation as the law, in an aggravated case like this, would require.. He went on to say that, if he might judge from the letter. Mr.. Ramshay had written to Miss Tweddle, he could not conceal from him that if the matter became public it would be calcu lated to do him (Mr. Ramshay) a serious-injury. "Ac cording to your own confession," said be, " she is not the first young lady you have rejected after an honourable engagement.. The fact will necessarily come oQ in evidence if the case be brought into a court of juslice. Such publicity will be quite satisfactory to Miss Tweddle, as it would afford the public an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the real facts of the case, and establish her purity of conduct. However he (Mr. Bell) might condemn such conduct, he felt reluctant that such an ex treme should be forced upon Mr. Ramshay, knowing that he occupied a prominent position in the county. The plaintiff, he assured him, was not actuated by any feeling of revenge, and although she had suffered by his conduct, she did not wish to lower him in the opinion of those whose regard he had well earned. He should wait for a week from the date of his letter to learn what the defen dant proposed doing, and if then he should receive no reply, he should conclude that Mr. Ramshay preferred to abide the verdict of a jury, and should give instructions to a respectable attorney to commence an action to recover compensation in damages for the injury sustained by Miss Tweddle, in consequence of Mr. Ramshay's breaking off his engagement with, her." The answer to this letter was dated March 21, and was as follows : " I am quite prepared to meet any proceedings you, may think proper to commence against me in regard to the matter to which your letter relates." Then the action was brought, and the question was to what damages was the plaintiff entitled ? If Mr. Ramshay had fulfilled his promise to her, she would have been married to a man standing high in the county of Cumber land—a man of high character, of great wealth—and she would have been placed in a position of which almost any woman in the land might be proud. Now what was her position ? Her hopes were blighted, she must have re ceived a wound which nothing but time could heal, she had undergone intense suffering in consequence of the defendant's conduct towards her, her prospectq w were destroyed, and she was subject to all that surmise, ani madversion, and suspicion to which she had never been subjected before and which she did not deserve, the de fendant having courted her, and not she or her relations him, and his solicitations that she might be sent for were repeated over and over again before they were acceded to. Witnesses having been called in support of the plaintiff's case and the above letters put in, Mr. TEMPLE proceeded to address the jury for th e defendant, who now, for the first time in his life, had had imputations brought against his honour, and who, he regretted, was not able to appear in the witnes s b ox t o g i ve . the jury his version of transaction, and to counteract the anxiety on the other side to swell up th e measure o f injury sustained by the plaintiff. He commented upon the great difference between the position in life of the plaintiff and defendant, and pointed out what consequent great temptations there were for the relatives of the former to bring about an engagement between them if they could. He believed that the story of Miss Tweddle having been sent for at the request of the de fendant had been much exaggerated. He admitted that it was an imprudent act on th e par t o f a man w h ose disparity of age was so great compared with that of the plaintiff, but he denied that she ever had any real affection for him, and therefore there were never any wounds of the heart in respect of which she was entitled to becompensated. The learned counsel an i ma d verte d upon th e con d uc t o f the plaintiff's aunt, imputed to her that she had afforded Mr. Ramshay a n oppor t un it y o f s it t i ng up w i t h th e plaintiff alone at night time, and contended that the jury could have no doubt that from the moment he expressed his admiration of her niece the aunt had determined to inveigle him into a contract. The defendant did not cast the slightest imputation upon the character of this young woman, but he did complain of the manner in which ho Lad been treated in this matter. At Easter, 1819, the defendant di.sc4nttiluCtl paying his ageatlouz tQ ECCLESIASTICAL. DIOCESE OF' CHESTER PREFERMENT.—The Rev. Thomas Wilkinson Norwood to the stipendiary curacy of North Rode, in the parish of Prestbury, in the county of Chester, on the nomination of the Rev. John Daintry, the incumbent. The Bishop has licensed the School-room connected with St. Bride's Church, Liverpool, situate in Grey-street, within the district of St. James's Church, Toxteth-park, for the performance of Divine Services, on the represen- tation of the Rev. Henry Hampton, incumbent of St. James's aforesaid. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS, Rev. P. S. Ashworth,-M.A., to the Vicarage of Bredicot and the Vicarage of Tibberton, Worcestershire. Rev. G. Bishop, 8.A.,t0 the Curacy of Wolvey,-near Hinckley. Rev. C. Boston, Vicar of Wickhambrook, to the Rectory of Hartest, near Boxted, Suffolk. Rev. P. B. Brodie, to the Vicarage of Rowington, War wickshire. Rev. U. H. Buck, to the Curacy of St. George's, Southwark. Rev. A. S. Butler, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Penn-street, near Amersham, Bucks. Rev. T. G. Carter, M.A., to the Rectory of St. Nicholas, Warwick. Rev. G. Carter, 8.A., to the Curacy of Coningsby,-Lincoln. Rev. R. Cooper, A. 8., to the Curacy of the District Church of St. Jude, Southwark. Rev. J. M. Cox, 31:A7:t0 the Vicarage of Misterton, Somerset Rev. E. A. Darby, 8.A., to the Curacy of Audenshaw, nea Manchester. Rev. R. W. Ferguson, 8.A., to the Incumbency of the united parishes of Llandago and Whitebrook, Monmouthshire. Rev. A. Gault, A. 8., to the Curacy of St. Thomas's, Lambeth. Rev. E. Haff, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Little Cawthorpe, Louth. Rev. R. Hornby, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Bayston Hill, Shropshire. Rev. A. Jenner, LL.B., to the Rectory of Wenvoe, Cardiff. Rev. D. L. Jones, to the Vicarage of Stainton-le-Vale, Lincoln. Rev. Dr. H. Kynaston, High Master of St. Paul's School, and Rector of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey with St. Nicholas Olave, to a Prebendal Stall in St. Paul's Cathedral. Rev. N. G. M. Lawrence, B A., to the Incumbency of St. Paul's, Forebridge, Staffordshire. Rev. E. H. Loring, M.A., to the Vicarage of Cobham, neat Gravesend. Rev. H. Basingstoke Mitchell, to the Curacy of Nately Scures, near Rev: W. C. Moore, M.A., to be Domestic Chaplain to Lord Viscount Valentia. Rev. W. up2n-Trent Morton, to the Incumbency of Penkhull, Stoke- Rev. J. H. Nowers, 8.A., to be Assistant Chaplain to the Convict Establishment fl Portland Island. Rev. W. H. Oakley, Rector of Wyfordby, Leicestershire, to be a Surrogate. Rev. F. V. Pearson, M.A., to the Ministry of St. Peter's Episcopal Chapel, Charlotte street, Pimlico. Rev, W. H. Pritchett r M.A.,.Fellow of Corpus Christi Col lege, Cambridge, to be Domestic Chaplain to the E ar l o f St a ir. Rev. H. R. P. Sandburn, 8.A., to be one - of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. Ven. J. Sandford, Archdeacon of Coventry, to be Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Worcester. Rev. R. Sankey, M.A., Vicar of Farnham, to the RectorY of Witney, Oxfordshire. _ _ Rev: kV. stoddart, 8.D., to the Vicarage of Charlbury, near Enstone, Oxfordshire. Ven. H. Tattam, D.D., Archdeacon of Bedford, to be ChaP lain in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen. Rev. J. Taylor, M.A., to the Rectory of Midmile, Leicester. Rev. T. Thomas, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Cwmamman, Carmarthensitire. _ _ _ Rev. C. P. Tyley, 8.A., to the Curacy of Dynedor, Hereford. Rev. A. Williams, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Thomas's, Bethnal-green. THE C OLONIAL CHunca,—The bill introduced by the Archbishop of Canterbury into the House of Lords, is "to enable the bishops, clergy, and laity of the united Church of England and Ireland in her Majesty's foreign and colonial possessions to provide for the regulation of the affairs of the said church in such possessions." Con vocations in the colonies are provided for, the bill enacting that the affairs of the coloni a l church shall be regulated by assemblies of the clergy and laity- Power is given to the diocesan to call the clergy and laity together and to make regulations, which, however, are only to bind ministers and members of the church "in respect of their ministry and membership," and are to have no legal validity against the acts of the colonial legislatures. Thus the State obtains all the guarantees which it is en titled to demand ; whilst the orthodoxy of the .;hurch finds ample security in the sixth clause, which forbids any regulation to be made at variance with the prayer-book, the articles of religion, or the oaths of ordination. The existing subordination of the colon;at church to the Sea of Canterbury is also protected by a provision that no measure affecting it shall be valid without the consent of the archbishop under his hand and seal, and the final sanction of the Queen in council. The lay representative or representatives to be chosen must have been a commu- , nicant or communicants in the said church for at least the term of twelve months preceding. Power is also given for provisional assemblies of like character to be held. IRELAND. THE QUEEN'S VISIT.—It is stated in " certain high places," that in the event of her Majesty's health being completely restored, she will leave London for Dublin the day after the prorogation of Parliament, which is ex pected to take place on the 25th of August. THE POTATOES.—The reports respecting the. Poti‘ t°- crops daily received from the country are watched with intense interest. Up to the present there has been no evidence discovered of anything at all like the disease of the past four years in the splendid , crop which is fast arriving at maturity. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF BANTRY.—in noticing the demise of the Countess of Bantry, the Cark Comti tutiort says :—" In the neighbourhood in which she lived the removal of this excellent lady will be a general loss. An active promoter of e ver y wor k o f benevolence and utility, she was endeared to a large c l ass o f t h e popula tion,, and she will be followed to the grave by the rezretS of many whose struggles she ass i s t e d , an d whose suffer ings she relieved. Her ladyship was the third daughter of the late, and niece of the present, Marquis of Themond." CAPITAL CONVICTION FOR MURDER,— , OII Thursday, Alexander Mullen received sentence of death at Tyrone Assizes for the barbarous murder of his aunt, a woman of nearly 70 years of age. The wretch effected his object by cutting her throat. They had had some intem perate words, but the murder was not committed for some time afterwards, and when the poor old creature.was quite off her guard.. Judge Torrens, in passing seri t ence, held the 20th e f out nohopeof August e fe rthe mitigation ex e o ce f t p ie u n. uish ment e and named THE LIBERTY OF TIIE PREaS.—The result of the extraordinary case, which has occupied the assize court, at Athy, in which the notorious Birch sued the Dublin Freeman's lovrna7 for an alleged libel, must be gratifying. to every man in the empire who val ues an i n d epen dent and honourable press, as it is a relief to every mac' woman and child in Ireland, no t so ent i rely destitute a S to be beyond the incidence of bl ac k ma il . The jury re turned a verdict for the defendant on all the counts. They pronounced, in effect, th a t i t was but a wholesome exerelse of the liberty of th e press to comment upon the plaintiff's conduct as the s evera l papers had done. " The press," said Judge Crampton in his admirable charge , "is a noble engine. It is an engine of immense peeqr and value ; and I only add, that the noblest things In nature are those which do the greatest mischief when they are abused." As an incident in the transaction another wreat h has b een added to Lord Clarendon 's Civic Crown. We envy not his feelings when he shall read Mr. Justice Crampton's withering remarks upon his motives, his measures, and his associates paper , " Lord Clare n d on sa id h e did no t rea d M r. Bi rc h' s and was not therefore aware of the nature of the articles published in it. However, the work was done for Lord Clarendon by Mr. Birch, and was paid for. If I employ a man to do work for me, and if without any communica tion with me he does other work, and that I adopt Sad pay for it, I cannot afterwards be heard saying I did not employ him to do it. The letter from Mr. Corry Con-,, nellan, telling Mr. Birch that the morale of tile case s . o! the great Communist leaders in France might be appliel to Mitchel and Co., appears to me to have been pres,seu too far. That and the other letters from Mr. Conneilan to Mr. Birch show that Mr. Birch was, as ho told you , in intimate communication with the governor of t l l. ° country and his secretary. They als o sho w that services were highly appreciated. Ultimately he was paid for them. Observe, then, how the case stenos with regard to the first count. It is unquestionably ! libel ; but in answer thereto there is a plea alleging tbase two facts—first, that Birch was unscrupulous in the conduct and management of his p a p er; an d secon dly, tb at _ he was employed by Lord Cla ren d on f or wages t o write 1 1 support of government, and that in pursuance of tF e u e agreement he wrote th e var i ous lib e l s sot f or th in first plea. if those libels were written entirely out of his own head—if they were the voluntary effusions 0 f ..1 1 /1 malicious mind, having no connexion whatever sc .. " c. government, why yo u oug ht no t t o t a k e th e m into ' o f count at all ; but if they were written for the purP°"the supporting the government, and were paid for by , r government, my opinion is that there are grounds fu your arriving at the conclusion that the first plea I? a nd taine 1." The j ur y agree d w ith th e Learned judg b/ i r . found accordingly a s t o b o th mas t e r awl man.'" Evening Mail,