The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. (FROM OUP. OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday, Sept. 17, 1860. The more recent accounts from Naples repre sent the Dictator as occupied exclusively with the organisation of the naval and military forces of the kingdom. The army of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies is to take for the future the title of " The army of Southern Italy.'' fhe Neapolitan soldiers will be incorporated into this army, and the Garibaldian volunteers will also form a part of it. It is to be raised to a strength of 150,000 men ; and in order to make up this amount, recourse is to be had either to an appeal for new volunteers throughout Italy, or to an extraordinary levy. When these two forces shall have been organised military operations are to be resumed, and the unification of the Whole of Italy is spoken of as being intended to be pursued, sans relache, until it is finally accom plished. Garibaldi has also decided to continue Vice-Admiral Persano in the command of the Neapolitan navy, which had come over to the Dictator with the sanction of that officer. He has likewise caused an inventory to be taken of all the Neapolitan vessels which Arb fit for serVic'e, and he has decided tipal irrtiriedifttely and fitting out fifty of theni. Ile has further given orders for the construction of 15 large fiat -bottomed boats, to be used for the aise m _ embarkation of troops ; and he has determine' on transforming the sailiii-- dock ...,A _,, gunboats in the or Castellaniare into steamers, and fitting them with engines, :which have been or ,erts.d. by him in England; frocii Variniis private Ernis. All these measures *ere already in course of complete e.eciiiion; and. they would seem Un doubtedly to indicate that Garibaldi was not only meditating some enterprise hi the Adriatic, the .ilmportance of Whibli Was hilly ,present .• to, his mind, brit that he was moeiaiidably aria-lona to neglect nothini necessary to the siictessful execu tioni of his plays: Al this certainly looks very like business, and business of a very serious kind, indeed ; but it is possible, and I hope it may turn out to be the ease, that these preparations were made, and his Plans formed, before he had heard of the various .tTriportant events which have occurred in the Pon- Pifical Stites Within the Ist week Viefee.t that I hOPe such is the case y r, it Garibaldi were to )De so rash and imprudent as to attempt to repeat the revolUtien of the Two Sicilies, either at Rome, which is defended by a substantial phalanx of French bayonets, or at Venice, which is protected by hundreds of thousands of armed Austrians, it is perfectly plain that any such move on his part must inevitably end in disaster. On the other h and, as the troops of Victor Emmanuel have already, by this time, traversed the whole of the Pa -pal territory, outside the patrimony of the I *e, from one end to the other, one does not ' l erY well see what use could be found for any of t he still unsatiated swords of the Garibaldian 'ehinteers in that direction either. In short, it has become extremely puzzling to conjecture `ghat further movements in advance remain for the Dictator to make without the risk of perilling the triumphs he has already *on, or the Cause hi 'hick they have beeri achieVed ; and, therefore, k it seam that nothing further was left for Ole hero but to carry out the parallel between himself and Cincinnatus to the last, by returning ` 0 his plough, unless, indeed, he consents to accept the vico-royalty .of Naples or that of the Marches, a nd Ombria,-L-an appointment which is pro bably by this time in the gift of the King of /taly. NT. de Talleyrand was to have an audience of t he Xing at Turin, yesterday, and to set off im kediately afterwards for this city. It is stated that the Russian Minister to the court of Turin is absent At present, and that at this moment Aus tria has no representative there. There was also a rumour that the Ministers of Prussia and Spain kvere about to quit Turin, but no positive instruc tions inforniing them to do se had arrived '-'1) to the latest date. The French press is, as Yet, on the whole, remarkably silent on the subject of the affair of the withdrawal of M. de t alleyrand, and. a the sentiments expressed on hat .Subject in the columns of the Opinions. As Cdr the Italian journals, they profess to express } regret at the departure of the French Ambas sador, but meet the act of recall with an invite len to the subjects of Victor Emmanuel " every here to draw close round the King, to aid him 4 escaping from his present difficulties." The f, °ll °Nving is the position at this moment of the eve Corps (Vann& of the kingdom of Italy :—The ; I s t and the third form the line of the Po, from aisance to Ferrara ; the second borders the t lncio, and w at c hes the motions of Austria at h ' „ c same time ; all three are under the orders of La Nlarmora. The fourth and the fifth form the r' l lY of operation, having at its head General ti . a lti; the fourth, commanded by General Cial- L i n i , has orders to traverse the shores of the ; and the fifth, under the orders of Gen eral Della Rocca, is directing itself on the valley of the. Tiber. These two corps amount to abo ut 45,000 men. The insurrectionary movements in the Ponti cal States appear to have extended even to the fatesi of Rome itself; although it is said that at T ivoli, and some other towns, where the standard of revoluti on h as b een ra ised, the movement is not shared by the bulk of the inhabitants. thes e to th e c ond uc t of Austria in presence of events, I find that the opinion I expressed th at its G overnmen t'did no t i n t en d to interfere, is I\lll Y confirmed by all tne German journals. ee 'rding to the National Gazette of Berlin, the Aust rian Cabinet was sounded on this subject at X t ' i .l'eginning of this month; and he was assured t° Ins de Bach, the Austrian ambassador at I ne that his Government saw no reason for 11 1 intervention, so long as Austria was not 'rectly attacked. • According to the most recent intelligence from ,iY r ta, the European Com m i ss i oners , w h o wer e abo ut to meet at Beyrout, h ave . proposed to atitute an inquiry into the cause of the massacres ~._llamascus, with a view of disco ver i ng "ks i ll er igabte fauteurs." It is understood that an t_quirY of this kind, by the facts which it will e t he means of bringing to light, will have a 3' ‘lWlera.ble influence on the course to be taken th e Powers in endeavouring to, i re.. organ i so t hat tv unfortunate country ; but it is stated, how that Fuad Pacha means to offer, every 4 0 sition t o an y di rec t a c tion being taken in the t atte r te r by the Commissioners, on the old,ground, ti o ; it would be an invasion of the s overei gn t s of the Sultan, and an unjustifiable act of t rier i lot ence between him and his subjects. It is 111 likely that these arguments will prevail, now at t he French have actually _landed. p rov Nord publishes another and highly jai' e d version of the misunderstanding between Ambassador to the Porte and the 5.0 4 . Some very curious details are given in 'Lter thi s i from one of. its correspondents respecting her r itrigue of the.• Palace. Sir H. Bulwer is 1,1 1 , , a ecused of having had a hand in a plot for his the Sultan, and substituting h e brother Abff e l , Azis as Sultan in his stead. I)l, lc :litan, on being informed of what had taken ta m expressed himself, on the subject of the l'isi e uc t of 'the English Ambassador, in terms so he that Sir. Henry informed the Sultan that tA N I s t either accept the ekplanations which he Nr e 'tn. on the subject, or submit to the depar saha.s° the 'entire personnel of the English SUI t - s 3T. The dispute ended, of course, in the 4., g. iving in. ev e ,_ I llte lic Cal• of the 'papers lately announced the in l a.r e d_ formation of two' large public gardens °t arise 1 4, one in the Place St. Denis, and the t haa ie Montroupe. I have reason to believe 4 0 C. the rumour upon this subject is premature, ki t , io i ncorre c t ; but it is said that a public com te th 11 i s forthwith to be set on foot, with a view i 4t e °Pen' eti or Ing of a grand vole de ceinture in the ;D ay, t i vo ;' 1- the fortifications of Paris. This road ke f o ' r. eh will,be erected at one and the same . ;;easn,. o strategical objects and for purposes of t will consist of a boulevard and of lateral t ° l :4 l aerlanted with trees and shrubs, which will 0rty...4 11 -rd Paris a magnificent promenade, of, le ns kilometres in length, the breadth not 4 tli% sb that forty me tres, iu certain places. tt 41- dit;" certainly constitute ft most important csi , on. t o 5 the a l rea d y nume rous attractions in 0 ;':_ i o city. A aria an ci er of the Chamber of Commerce of enquiry i s now go i n g on into the Carious enquiry ti e r eeen.4 , es exercised throughout the city and. Rati o -Y annexed suburbs. A similar inves :l'4l 1 11 w as made • in 1851. Parties appointed i-o:!klitiho--GYsy...uthorised for the purpose go round to trad e CI and enquire of every person engaged 69. tt uir y :at. particular c a lli ng h e f o ll o ws. The d 0 as s t o ,.'g_in o ated with the government, the Inmerce in carrying it out, merely I, is desired ' 1 LA TEST NEWS• (BY BRITISH ANN. tRISTi ISIAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OT THE EMPVE,OIt OF TIIE FRENCH. Tot Lox, Sept. 13. Ar , individual fired a pistol at the Emperor during his stay at Toulon. The arm of the assassin Was, however, struck by a *Onian at the moment of his discharging the pistol, and his aim was thus frustrated. No person was wounded. The assassin has been arrested. It is said that he is insane. hiPORTAN3 CONFIIiENTIA PAT C,ll BY CoisNi7 VOUR TO THE FRENCH bdVERNMENT. In addition t o the memorandumPAß/S, Sept. 17. entry explaining the of Sa fail . sl troops into the Papal States, addressed by Count Cavour to the diplomatic agents of Sardinia for communication to the respective powers, the Chevalier Nigra, Sar dinian resident Minister at Paris, communicated confidential despatch to I. Thonvenel the day bettors yesterdaY. Iu this destiatCh Count Cavour is said to Have erideavoitred to Sliov'y that the occultation of .kiartql'es dud Unibri6, i;piiea* drdelt• to between daribaldi and the French troops occupying Rome. The despatch is also said to state that Garibaldi has given Piedmont to understand in a peremptory manner that if she does not imme diately disperse the volunteers of the Papal army, he would proceed from Naples to Rome iu order to pursue and accomplish the tasii lit self, and, that lie svOlild only 'respect Rome on the condition that the Marches and Umbria were occupied by Sardinian troops. DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF ELBA. PARIS, Sept. 17. The Duchess of Elba died last night. RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNOR OF MILAN. TURIN, Sept. 17. The Marquis d'Azeglio, Governor of Milan, has tendered his resignation. He has been replaced by Count Pasolini. M. Bella will go to Munich. The tricolor flag has been hoisted at Foesgno. ._--'. --.- ADVANCE OF SARDINIANS ON ANCONA. The Sardinian general, Cialdini, is advancing by forced marches on Ancona. A portion of the fleet, late in the service of the ea-King of Naples, will also attack the place by sea. The royal army of Italy is divided into five corps—two. under General Fanti, are acting in the Marches; the three others are watching the Austrians on the banks of the Po and Mincio. SYRIA. BEYROITT, Sept. 9. The Muchir, Achmed Osman Bey, Abd-ul- Selim Bey, and some inferior officers, have been shot at Damascus by order of Fuad Pasha. ITALY. BOLOGNA, Sept. 17. General Cialdini has occupied very strong posi tions at Torre de Jesi, Orsino, and Castel Fidardo. The town of Todi has risen in insurrection, and the pontifical gendarmes have been driven away. A Provisional Government was constituted amid shouts of " Long live Victor Emmanuel." AFFAIRS OF ITALY. PROTEST BY AUSTRIA AGAINST THE INVASION OF THE PONTIFICAL STATES. PARIS, Sept. 17. The Patric says the report that disturbances had taken place at übiaco, Tivoli, and Albano, are unfounded. The same journal asserts that Austria is about to remit to the Powers a protest against the late events in Italy. News from Naples states that Kossuth was . expected in that city. The Neapolitan squadron, under the command of Vice-Admiral Persano, had doubled Cape Spar tivento on its way to Ancona, A letter in the Pays of last night, dated from Rome 11th September, staffs that at a consistory held that day, all the cardinals present called on his Holiness to dieoand the Papal army. The Opiniane Nationale suggests that Lamo riciere sh.ould withdraw to Rome with his troops, and that the French garison should then evacuate, leaving the Eternal City in the hands of the Pope's chosen general. Victor Emmanuel has declared that he intends to respect both the person of the Pope and the seat of his government. The Paris letter in the Daily News says it will hardly be possible for the Emperor Napoleon to keep the world much longer in suspense as to his intentions, as the Italian movement, protected by Garibaldi, must either go on to its accomplish ment, or must be checked by something more cogent than advice, protests, or the withdrawal of an ambassador. The Albats has an article, the main argument of which is, that intervention of Italians on Italian territory is a simple household arrange ment, with which outside folks has no possible concern. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Sept. 17, 3.30 p.m. The Bours© is slightly firmer, Rentes closing at 67f 95c, or 5c higher than yesterday. HOMEWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Bombay arrived at Suer on the 9th Sept ; Vectis arrived at Marseilles at noon this day The mails leave f or L on d on at 2 p . m . T(1117 theEllora arrived at Malta, at 8 p.m. on the 13th, a nd sailed at 8 a.m. on the 14th, and may be expected at Southampton on the 23rd. OUTWARD MAILS. The Ceylon, from Southampton on the 4th' reached Malta at 6 a.m. on the 13th, and sailed at 8 p.m. The Euxine, from Marseilles on the 12th, reached Malta at midnight on the 14th. The Behar left Galle, for Australia, on the 20th August. The Pekin left Galle for China on the 22nd August. The Malta arrived at Madras on the 23rd idein, en route for Calcutta. ATTEMPT TO MURDER THE EARL OF LEITRIM. MOrrtLL, Sept. 16. As the Earl of Leitrim was returning from the board-room of the union workhouse, through the street of this town, yesterday, at 2 p.m, he was fired at by a shopkeeper named James Murphy. Two of the constabulary were on duty in the street at the time, and observing smoke issuing from the window of Murphy's shop s they forced an entrance, and arrested Murphy with a large blunderbuss in his hand, just as he was making the rear. Th e contents of t h e his escape by blunderbuss proceeded in an oblique direction, providentially leaving his lordship uninjured. Three balls struck the wall at the opposite side of the street, 35 yards distant from Murphy's I house. Murphy has been cotunitted f or t r i a l. It is rumoured that his mind is, and has been, in an unsound state. THE HARVEST AND THE CORN TRADE. The continuance of fine weather during the past week has enabled farmers in the southern and the midland comities to secure ei godd fof tion of their crops. In the north, hoWeVer, not withstanding the fineness of the days, the night frosts have been against the ripening of the corn, especially in the cold claYs. This year's crops of ethibit every variety in quality and condition, the lowest being simply fit for cattle feed, and the best only coming up to the average of former years. The markets have hardly set- , tied yet as to the prices of new wheat.; though it has seriously declined from the starting price, still the rates of old have ctily receded 2:s. to 35. per quarter; and unless the ries* tulles better to hand, it Seerhs likely we shall shall soon feel_ the stnailness and insiiiiieien4 of the stocks of old for mixing, notwithstanding the iate literal supplies of foreign. It would appear, Moreover; that WWII of the P.CW crIS ggliered in Northern Europe is clamp and inferior to ordinary years, So . that a difterenife is likely to Alain bet Ween the values of Sew and old, both foreign and Eng lish, on this side of Christmas. Should our own yield be short of an average amounting to ten per cent., it is to be remembered that the lateness of the harvest by one month makes so much less to provide for, and the plenty and good condition reported in Africa and Southern Russia seem likely to meet all necessities. Prices abroad have but little altered. The Weather has continued unsettled since irri day ; and on Sunday afternoon, and during the whole of S'estefday, a great deal of Mill has The foltoving appeared in our later editions of yesterday :---- GARIBALDI AND THE ITALIAN (QUESTION. The Post says; that according to deSpatehes from Naples, Garibaldi is exclUsively occupied in organising the army and navy. The army is to consist of I'oo,ooo men, and no less than fifty vessels are to tie tinned for War purposes. All looks as if the Dictator intends to go to Venice. The Times remarks, that for the present, at least, Napoleon 111 is satisfied to let the revolu tion in Italy proceed, so that it does not trench upon the fixed precincts of the Holy City. The Emperor has admitted that circumstances were so exceptional, that he would not actively inter fere to oppose Sardinia. As to Garibaldi pro claiming the Italian kingdom from the top of the Qurinal—perhaps he may—hat the time is not yet come. If he should unhappily insist upon attacking the French, the success of the whole Italian game would be endangered; but Garibaldi, though an earnest man, is by no Means d, madman, and he must beware how, like an infant, he and all his force would be in the grasp of France and Austria. The Post reminds the Garibaldians that, on the first sign of a real rupture with France s Austria would at once buckle on her armour and take a terrible vengeance for the lillatiliatiOns She has endured. The Daily News thinks that, if Austria has really received the promise of Russian support, Francis Joseph is not likely to await the attack of Garibaldi ; it will embolden him to rush once more into war without having satisfied any of the just demand--of_s his people. If so, the first cannon shot fired on the Po or the Adige will find an echo in the popular insurrection of Hun gary and other countries. POLITICAL STATE OF GERMANY The Daisy A r eICS, retnaritig on the meeting at Cobourg for the national unity of Germay, points out that France Will not allow Germany to unite except under the penalty of their losing the Rhine. Russia will not allow Prussia to impose a liberal system of Government upon Austria as the price of a thorough German alliance. Germany will have, like Italy, to conquer freedom, and not only against the ekorts of a retrograde party at home, but against the governments of Russia, of France, and of Austria abroad. The death of Sir Harry Smith is contradicted. The death of the Dowager Marchioness of Donegal is announced. The colonelcy of the 73rd foot is vacant by the death of Major-General Sir Michael Creagh. A despatch in the Post, from Beyrout, mentions that several Turks of high rank have been shot at Damascus, on account of the recent massacres. An official letter from the Foreign Office states that Mr• Lindsay has •received no authority from her Majesty's Government to enter into negotiations with the Government of the tnited States oii behalf of her Majesty's Government. source of e A cotton s pi nn i ng an d we aving company has been started at C oventry, w i t h a v i ew of opening a new engaged in th e s i lk tra d e , w h o h a ve been thrown out of mployment for the ' 20 , 000 operatives hi therto work by recent fiscal alterations. The first detachment of Garibaldi etcursionists, 250 strong, Which was made up Of Men belonging to Various ranks of life, sailed for their destination on Sunday morning. They were assembled at the Fenchurch street station at 3 a.m., and proceeded by railway to Tilbury, where they embarked on board a steamer. It is stated in the Paris correspondence of the Times that General Goyon had frill powers from the Emperor to ad independent of Duke de Grammont, the French Ambassador in the Eternal City, and that the General is a great favourite with the Pope, and is on most intimate terns with Lamoriciere. THE BOUSFIELD TtsMioNIAL VO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TIMES SlR,—The question is asked what are the committee intending to do with the money subscribed, for upon that depends the contributions of many. It is said, things whiCh prove a substantial benefit find a beginning in trues, through the exertions of individnals who little thought to become the nucleus of great benefit to man and mankind. With this view of a few centuries, what would Julius Cmsar have exclaimed at Knowsley on the first of September, 1t?60, Cotild he again have had the ottn'rtnility of visiting this island, and walking through the ranks of brothers gathered together at the invitation of a neighbour ? Would he not have said, "These are a mighty people ! 1 knew your island, when a land where briars and thorns covered the earth, peopled with wolves, and where Paganism; with all its savage associations, only reigned ; but where no*, at the invitation of a neighbour, 'ec'nie ban& of men, to convince the world they haVe fathers, mothers, sisters, bro thers=that they have homes, and, though last, not least, that they stand up to defend their Lady the Queen, her throne, and dignity against all enemies. Lancashire is not singular—all the island is loyal. In our day, we have men of all degrees spending their best days for our good ; some pining in waikt . and misery —others rewarded with wealth and position. *re have seen upwerds of £60,000 given to Cobden for his exertions for Free-trade ; and let it not be said that the principal mover of our present Volunteer Associations-;--a move• ment which has scotched the Great Snake, and which has convinced the world we can scotch any quantity of similar "varmint" --receives only at the hands of his fellow.: men a paltry glittering piece of plate to add only to his expenses. Give it out at once that the Bousfield Testi monial will be something substantially worth his acceptance, and when he thanks you for your kind solicitude, you can imagine how his heart is full. I would fain say more, but trust I have hit the centre of the target, and wait patiently for a just prize for Lieutenant-Colonel Bousfield, the modest founder of our present volunteers—and remain, yours, obediently, A FATHER OF VOLUNTEERS. THE NEW HOLYHEAD MAIL STEAMER ULSTER."' This vessel left the river at nine o'clock on Saturday morning, on a trial trip, with the Admiralty Surveyor on board, and remained out until four o'clock in the afternoon. The trial of her engines p rove d sa tisfactory, working at 23 and 24 strok es p er m i nu t e , th e v essel making a speed per log of 18 k no t s . Th e Ul s t er pro ceeded yesterday to Dublin about one o ' c l oc k, and will, it is expected, commence working on the Holyhead and Dublin station on Wednesday or Thursday, though the service under the new contract will not commence until the Ist of October next. SHIP LAUNCH YESTSR DAY. — Yesterday, at Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co.'s yard, a large company of gentle men witnessed the launch of the Chanarcillo, a beauti ful vessel intended, we believe, for the West Coast trade, an d erected for Messrs. Gardner and Bro om hall, mer chants,c arrying on business a t 6, Redcross-stree t . Liverpool. The ceremony took place at eleven o'clock. The day was very unpropitious : rain fell in torrents ; otherwise the spectators would doubtless have been far more numerous than they were. The Chanarcillo has been built from a beautiful and in every respect perfect model. She has been con structed with an eye to the most modern improvements, ge neral symmetry, and artisti c workmanship ; an d t h e success which has attended the builder's efforts warrants the opinion that her sailing qualities will be equal to a ny engaged in the West Coast and every other trade, whilst at the same time she is expected to carry a large cargo, the registered tonnage being 460 tons, and the builder's measurement 670. The utmost despatch will be used in preparing her for her first voyage. THE DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1860. THE CHARGE OF ATTEMPTEDMURDER- IN MURRAY STREET, YeSterday, at the morning sittings before Mi. Santa Aiken, at the police-court, Daniel M'Lorinan, the keeper of a shooting gallery (a cellar) in Murray-street, WTh lianrsoa-square, was brought up on a charge of having attempted to Afoot William. Gittins; Mr. Cobb api- Peared for the prisoner, who is a low cunning-looking lino* with a peculiarly formed lead and face. The eroieetitot• is a fall thin yoing man, and stoppage in his speech; his iteadWaS bandaged up. In additiett to the facts stated in der paPei of Yesterday, Mr. Kehoe opening the case said the in:honer was Charged . with an aitetart to murder Gittins by firing a Idirded pi`stof a t lrie fte' ad, in l a shooting gallery kept by him in ItidriaY street. ft Ootild he shown that the prisoner took a loaded pistol and fired in the most deliberate manner at the prosecutor's head, and so slew has he to the hat on the head, that the powder actually bfirrif fry on the hat, and ilia ball entered, passing along on the tor of the head and going ottt at the top of the hat and lodged in the ceiling. It would appear that the prisoner and proseetttor bad been out together all Saturday night, and liad been drinking in several houses, and early on Sunday 'coining the prisoner induced the prosecutor to enter, his celtat, aionti With d third man, and it appears that the prisoner (added Mr. keiroe) . tent whiskey in the cellar when . public-houses are closed. After being there fth: sortie time, the prisoner Wait and dosed the door, and then retired; loaded a pistol, fired a couple' of shots about the pittecutor's legS anif a third he fired at his head, which went throlTh the hht, and it was a most Miraculous thing, as Dr. M'Caui sfeidd tell hie worship; that the prosecutor's brains and head were trot blown . to aches—in fact, that his head was not blown off altoge ther. Tlk prosecutor was then called, and stated as follows :—I am a: clerk at Birkenhead, and live in Thomas-street. I was oat 611 Sturday night in several public-houses, and met the priedigi Johnston's beer house. About three o'clock in the morniiik we went to Battersby's public-house, Skelhorn-street, and Che pri soner was about half drunk at the time, and I was Audi the same, but we had our senses, and could walk and talk well enough; when he left that, he proposed that we shonid gd to his place, where he sells drink after hOnrs ; f knew that before, and we had some drink there,, when he asked lilt for payment, but I said I Would riot pay ; tired ran up and fastened the door, . and then he Came back raid loaded d pistol; he fired one one shot between my legs, and another by aitedt, grid I began to be alarmed at him. Ile then loaded the . pistol the third time, wheeled round, and fired at me ; I felt something, and took off my hat, and saw the ball bad passed tfitough it, et.:*l I felt the blood coming from my head, and then he ran aafg aid began to cry as he tent.' There was a third man with us, brit I don't know who he was, as I only met him at Battersby's, OA the priso ner, and never saw him before; he ran away also, IPA can't say to where. The prisoner told me I owed him is. for tit() 'ears, but I don't think I owe him so much, b ut I sa id rov id pay him whatever it was.—Mr. Cobb (looking at the hat): Well ; it is not only a narrow but a most miraculous escape that you had, and it is a great blessing you were fdt further lima. Had you any quarrel with him ? Not at all.—;You were on the best terms of friends ? Yes.—Mr. Cobb Had you ever any quarrel with him at all ? Never in my life.—Was he angry with you ? Not at all.—Nor w did he threaten you in any way ?. No, he did not ; he appeared greatly alarmed when he _shot me ; he stopped a moment, and then ran away crying. Ijetectiire other Wilson said,—l went with the pro"- seed& to the cellar, add Made hint stand in the position in which he Was *hen he was fired at, and then, from the direction in which the ball entered and went out, I looked up and saw the ball sticking in the ceiling: The ceiling is ball-proof, but there is a quantity of plaster over it, and in that the ball was sticking. I got pistols, powder, balls, an(' caps, in the place pointed out by the prosecutor, as where the prisoner took the pistol when he OA the shot. 6tir g ebn: iki 3 Oani said the prosecutor had a wound on the top of the hetid, Add two inches long, and down to the bone ; the slightest thilig nibre, and the bullet would have blown the skull oft —Mr. Aiken : Ys there any erysipelas ? Not now. 7 --Mr. Aiken : Bin is th'ere a possibility of it ? Why, yes; it is possible.—Mr. Aiken : The ball then mast have glanced off the skull ? Yes, it did. He was all saturated with blood. He bled a great deal. Mr. Cobh—flo you think, sir, this is a case that Conies Under the statute ? There is no evidence to shOw an attempt to filth - der, and there is no evidence that there was any citiairel ; on the contrary, they were the best of friends. Mr. Aiken—And there is more, thEit, ata Mad tried ; but then there is evidence that he brought the pfosectitor to his place, and demanded money from him. These, along with what may follow, will oblige me to remand the prisoner for seven days. Mr. Cohb—Well, sir, I cannot object to that ; and perhaps you wiii give affections that the prisoner's doctor be allowed to examine hint a's regards his sanity. Mr. Aiken said no doubt that Vidifid lid dttendsd to. The prisoner was then remanded for a week. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. (&fdrtti Mt. .1. AIKEN.) A VOLUNTEER MOSEMENT. Thomas Killeen, a resident of Raystiohd.ritteet, rillo said he was a volunteer, charged a female named Mary Ant/ Vfrillianis under the following circumstances :He said---1 reeilacl orders to be on parade yesterday at half-past nine, .and to attend church ; and when I was going out in my full dress Milform, she came up and called me a dirty soger, and obscene rta~e these g th b r f e tl: 3, taovt7ipt t;eributit,eblT satisfied with that, she flung them) in through the ,window , and broke this pier glade. Fe a the reitabis of a small mirror was held up. Mr. Aiken: Did yogi e'ee leer do it Na, but my mishits did. Mr. Aiken : Why did she do this?.; Ficarise lam a volunteer, and would not drink with her and her elah. Whrit damage has she done ? Fifteen shillings worth altogether.. The wife of complainant said she saw the prisoner throw the stones through the window, and one of them came "whizzing" by her jaw, and would have broken it, instead of the looking g!ata; " oul *it did riot hit her, but smashed the glass." The Priedr:ir, ih3li in (he. Magistrate, said the wife of com plainant had tent h& Is on site kniveg and forks, and she woald not give them back un'les's sl.tie got 6d for the loan. She admitted that they had some words, but &sleet has ing throvVn the stones. The wife of complainant, however, ewers pdsitfiely that she saw the prisoner east the stones through the window ; and his Worship lined her 15s, the amount of damage done, and $e and costs in addition, or one month's imprisonMent. ASSAULT AND RESCUE. Owen Carroll, a aide/ Inreper, was charged by Officer 555 with having assinited hini. ThE complainant said he was Ong a Prisoner to bridewell iriSinfpsdil-street, when the de fenclarit cane up; struck hini in the eye, kndeltdd tint down, and kicked him severely in the back. lie called tire dinar officers, it'll() partly proved the facts. The prisoner said the Policeman was drunk, shirl that he iriw him with a prisoner down, his knee en his stomach, gad be heating hint with his baton ; and when he begged of him not to kill the Mari, he an at him and struck him two blows on the head, . cute:ifs him severely. (His head was plastered up.) He called two wit nesses, who partly bore out this story. The bridewell-keeper was asked if the officer was sober at the tithe,- and he replied he was quite sober. The defendant said he could produce two addltibnal witnesses to prove his statement. Mr. Aiken said as the case was 'hr ittipOrtant'ene hep - ould adjourn the further hearing of it tintil this ddy, so aS td hate all witnesses present. CAUTION TO WORKMEN. John Kennedy, recently a workman dt Messrs. F_ l tewart's, Watetiiakers, Hope-strcit, was charged With having m a d e away With four watch tuorelUents. It appeared that some time in July the prisoner was in the employment of Messrs. Stesbart, and got fotir movements to finish ; he took them from the premises, and sulth;equent/y absconded. He was s now brought up on warrant, btit th 6 prorterty was not feund. A remand was granted, in order to make further enquiry, as hi, worship stated that it was of importance to hare workmen honest. Mr. Stewart said there was a large number of m en ' employed in the house, and he instituted these proceedings in order to warn them - more than he cared for the value of the property. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. "The Pet of the Petticoats," containing some very racy allusions, " Where's Piccolomini," a sparkling Tittle interlude; and ttie latighter-provoking farce of "Pawhins the Persecutecl,"! are the pieces for to-night. Miss ito*aici, *lst; Goodall, and Mr. G. fluky are the great and worthy objects of the MUNICIPAL EXCURSION, YESTERDAY. EXTENSION OF THE ,RIYINGTON WATER The first sod of the fit* gillbrig, in 001111ecli911 with the Rivington Water-works, cis` oitt yesterday, by Mr. Coundlior Hodson, as chairman of the Water Committee ; and with the view of exhibiting to the whole Council the nature and extent of the mag nificent works froth which Liverpool at preseut draws its 1 111 ' 1 10Pa! strpply of water, the interesting ceremony was nude theuockisidir of a geaerel invitation to the ninnicibal body to' fife #felidifSig of 66 Mersey Dock and Earbotir Board; and to . other geittienieti &Sling high official pOsitionV in the town. The 'etctirsia, of, course, took place under the auspices of ths Water Continfttee; aid fi response to' about 150 invitations issued, bet Ween seventy and eighty gentle men, notwithstanding the wetness 0V the morning , . and the lowering aspect of the sky, presented themsell'es abotit 1;alf-iait eight in, the morning at the Tithebarn street station. Most of these . were very sensibly equipped for possible bad weather, alihotigh tl;ezevias sonnibMg Comical in the free-and-easy costuniei*hich some of the more grave and reverend of our municipal liglitih . aa for the no assumed. A special train, consisting entirely of first-class car riages; had been engaged ; and, according to the pro= gramme, the party were conveyed to Bolton in the first instance, where some eight or nine carriages were in waiting to convey them to the site of the new reservoir, the village of which is situate near Withnell, ten miles from Bolton and close to the entrance of the upper works. The Weather, partially clearing for the tinie, the journey ; which lies through a rugged and niminfairimis country, was much enjoyed, rind accomplished *Hired the smallest mishap. The carriages being left an the Main road; the company alighted and proceeded, guided by flags which had been posted to mark the route, to the scene of the cereniony. Here; when all had assembled, Mr. Hodson expressed the pleastire which he felt in the tisk which he was about to Undertake, and pairti'm out the nature and extent of the proposed new reservoir. The latter, he said, was from a pole or flagstaff on the opposite hill, to another pole immediately above where they were then standing. On this, Alderman Bennett wittily remarked that it would extend, in fact, " from pole to pole ;" and Mr. Hodson then, without further preface, dug a sod, clipped it into something like shape, threw it into a barrow, amid a battery of .6,;ti wad, arid safely deposited it at the further end of a plank. This; of course, elicited applause; and Mr. Hodson again ad dressed a few brief words to the company assembled. He was delighted, he said, to find that they had got so far with the work, and it was intended to proceed with it at once. He' belived it would be twelve months, or perhaps fifteen, before they got it completed ; it should however, be pushed on with energy ; and we should then have a large extra supply of water in case of necessity: This new reservoii, at *e learned front enquiries made , on the ground, will really prove a veryimportant addi tion to the Rivington scheme. It is situated imme diately above the Roddlesworth reservoir, its level being about sixty feet above that sheet of water ;. and it will -contain as much water as the Roddlesworth and Rake reservoirs together —say 170 million gallons. The ad ditional supply which may thus be secured, cannot, per hags, be said to be at present urgently required ; and it will be kept partly for storage, and partly for compensa- .i i tion. The ground is very favoriltable fdr the tonetruction of such a work, consisting as it does of a natural bAsin, but the nature of the subsoil, we believe, has not yet been ascertained. The Roddlesworth reservoir covers an area of 161 acres, and is of capacity to hold 99 mil lion gallons f water. The Rake reservoir covers 13i acres, and w 11 contain 80 million of gallons. These two c iN.„ reservoirs m be said to b e th e p r i nc ipal collecting reservoirs—the arger reservoirs, the Anglezark and the Rivington, which lie -f-a, below, but in convection with thbm by a goit or canal about 31 miles in length; being Used principally far Storage. The ReddlesWertli and Rake reservoirs throw ten feet of their top water o'er the summit of the country; the remainder goes in the valley towards Blackburn as compensation. The Anglezark reservoir covers upwards of 190 acres, and will contain 1,020 millions of gallons; the Rivington reservoir, larger still, covers 275 acres, and has capacity to hold no less than 1,840 millions of gallons of water,—these two reservoits.batending in length for a distance of about four miles. The Alter beds, Ave in nuttiher; lie immedi ately below, and the water passes through them into two clear water tanks, and thence through a line of pipeage, 28 miles in length, to Liverpool. Such is a short resume of the leading features of these important works. We may mention, however, that in consequence of the late rains, the water was running four inches deep over the Roddlesworth bye-Wash, liiiiiiii we may state, is the largest work of it s ki n d i n Europe. It has rf tall Of 100 feet. Its mouth is 100 feet wide, but being trumpet-shaped, the width throughout is reduced to 50 feet. There are nine falls together, each 6 feet high, and to see the foam dashing over these terraces formed one of the finest sights of the day. But *e are leaving our Company whilst making this necessary digression. They ate, haiefer, eiisiring for themselves, for Mr. Lynn has been down there, the day before, and close to the first sod a beautifully spread table has risen, as it were by magic, from the ground. Here luncheon, after the ten miles ride, was heartily partaken of; and the company then partially scattered to survey the features of the neighbourhood, but pulled up where the carriages were in waiting, at the "Hare and Hounds." EVery*Hefe; it iVotild he stated, that the cortege had passed, the country peeiroi had trirned out to stare and admire, and an evident sensation was created by this visit of the unknown millionaires con stituting the Liverpool Corporate . body, who have cer tainly enriched the whole district where the works which they so very wisely opposed are 'now established. The party resuming their carriages, the envious rain, which had threatened so long, began at length to iall iR earnest, and the rest of the journey, it must he con fessed, was something of a drag., A. few enthusiasts, *lid had not been hi the district before, got out at the Heapey embankment, an& taking oast, sailed &tin the Anglezark reservoir as far as the Knowsley embank -went, getting . : not much wiser, but certainly much wetter, for their pains. The "Black Boy" at Riving ton was not to be the rendezvous on this occasion, a n d that pieturesthie village was dashed through almost without a thought, not a rein being pulled till the end of the filter beds aid of the Whole works had been reached, where, in close Cdfitigiiity lb the stipeilift6n, dent's heilei, i telit had.beeti tented, and Where dinner, in first-Class style, was served. And here,, in fact, the reporter's work ends. ft was understood that the meeting was to be more of a social than of a public character, and that hence any report of the speeches Or proceeding Would be totally out o f place. Without an breath of that understanding we may, however, say that Mr. Hodson presided, supported by the Mayor, and that the vice-chaise were filled by Mr. Crellin and Alderman Bennett.: The usual loyal toasts were given and responded to. The Volunteer Movement was duly recognised, the toast being admirably responded to by Mr: S. R. Graves. " The Water Com_ mittee," "the Mersey flocks and Harbour Board," "the Town aria trade of Liverpool," " the Press," and other toasts were given . and duly honoured ; and the 'company then broke up. Coffee was served; and the carriages being brought round, the party proceeded to the railway station at Horwich, where the special train was iii waiting, dip which all arrived safely in Liverpool about nine o'clock in the evening. The " out " was as instructive as interesting; and it is to be hoped that a visit to these magnificent works will be deemed an annual duty on the part of our public men. ROMAN CATHOLIC MEETING. — A very well attended - meeting of the Irish Roman Catholics of this town was held last night in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street. The Rev. Dr. Itoskell occupied the chair ; and among the other reverend gentlemen on the platform were-- Revs. Bernard O'Reilly, It. Seed, M. Donnelly, J. O'Brien, and J. Davies. The chairman, after some introductory remarks, in the course of which he referred to the great evil of proselytism which threatened so much to the children of the present generation, intro duced to the meeting the Rev. Patrick Lavelle. This gentleman delivered an address on " Part* , Proselytism and Persecution." He was received in a most hearty and enthusiastic manner. He said he was there to advocate two things most dear to every Irishman; their principles, and their country. They were engaged in a struggle against the persecution to which they had been subjected. It was a struggle which, though of three centuries' duration, still bore upon it, on the part of the Catholics, the mark of victory. Referring to the present social state of Ireland, he said it was entirely Catholic. The great bulk of the people were Catholics; but, though this was the case, the mastery of the country was in the hands of Protestants. In spite of the many persecutions which the Catholics had suffered, the lamp of faith burned as brightly as it did 1,000 years ago. He referred to the persecutions of the Irish Catholics by Lord Plunkett, and after detailing many instances in which the tenantry had been threatened with eviction, called upon the audience to aid in obtaining fair play. He would ask whether there was such tyranny in all Christendom as that bind ing of conscience which Lord Plunkett had exercised towards his tenantry. They might depend upon it that if Lord Plunkett attempted •to strike the threatened blow in November next, it would be an evil day for landlords in Ireland. He had expeneed about £1,200 in the last two years in defending the poor people, and more would be needed to contend against Lord Plunkett. After further remarks to the same effect, the rev. gentleman sat down amid the deafening cheers of his numerous auditory. After a few re mar ks from the chairman and 60 me other gentlemen, the meeting terminated. A BAD BOY. A youth named Charles Jones was charged With having broken into the office of Misers. Gilmore, Exchange-street East. Detective-officer Scott said he reseired information that some money had been missed from-the office on Saturday he set a. watch, and aboit seven o'clock, the boy was found in the office. It appeared that the lad was an office. boy in the same building where itiesers. Gilmour had their office, and that he got Out on the roof and then through a window, from which he reached the water closet, and they into the office. From the 1704 Of August, small aunts, amounting altogether, to E 3 15s. Id., had been taken from the office desk. The prisoner said, when taken in the office, that he had went there to see if the water was turned off. He was remanded. CHARGE OF SHOP-LIFTING. A: .decent -looking female, named Elizabeth Weir, was charged by officer Lees, of the Detective force, with the following offence. Mr Cobb defended. It appeared that, on Saturday evening, she went into a pawnshop in Dale-street, under pretence of purchasing a coat. but the allegation was that she stole one, which was found in her possession. There was a shawl, a couple of gums with money, and ether things, found upon her, and'she refused to give any account of how she came by them. Mr. Cobb said his client was, a respectable woman, and lived in Tatlock-street, and could produce respectable characters. She was remanded for the present. SUDDEN DEATH.—Mrs. Parkinson, a lady from Shrewsbury, was stopping . at the Talbot . Hotel, Vernon street, and on Sunday morning she was found dead in bed. FIRE LAST NlGliT.—Sivirtly after six o'clock a fire was discovered in the stores *at the corner of Harrington street, North John-street. The fire brigade from Hatton- • garden was shortly on the spot, and the fire was quickly extinguished*. It appeared that some straw had caught fire in the store, but by what means we could not ascertain ; and had it not been for the prompt assistance rendered, the whole place must inevitably have ,hen n burned down. However, as it was, but a small amount of injury was done. ACCIDENTS, YES rERDAY.--Thos: Fagan, a labourer, residing in No: 6, Pothouse-lane. sustained a severe wound on the foot, by an iron safe tailing on him in Chapel-street.—Patrick Kelly, a labourer, residing i n Regent-street, fell into the hold of the Whitehaven steamer, and wounded his back severely.—Patrick Maguire, a labourer, residing in Upper Milk-street, SUS t.ained severe injuries on the' back by a crate of goods falling on him in.the hold of a ship lying in Bramley- Moore Dock. The hired troop-ship Donald McKay, with the 61st. Regiment on board, arrived, at Spithead on Saturday . last, from the Mauritius. Mr. Sidiley Smith Dickeni, who figures in the list . o f young gentlemen who have lately passed as naval cadets at Portsmouth, is the son of Mr. Charles Dickens. d;;~'i.' VOLUNTEER MOVEMENTS rtI,TIEW' OF THE WORKING MEN'S REIOADE M.' LON ealt'cle and drill of the Workmen' Volunteer Brigade, now nnitbering close upon 500 men, took place on Saturday event* Aram 6 to 8 o'clock, in the Guildhall, kindly accorded by ti;v r tirnimion of the Lord ALM ; Upwards of 400 belonging to' Ire corps, in cluding the band, were present. Captain 3.Torton, one of the council, inspected the battalion, in the absence of Genetal Beatson, and declared his astonishment and gratilization at the bearing of the men, and the progress made by Them in so short a time. • PRESENTATION OV BUGLES TO THE SALFORD RIFLE VoLUNTEERS.— On Saturday afternoon five or six thoifsand spedtators assisted thy' ladies of the borough of Sa presenting silver bugres to the four com panies conit;t 4 sing the Salford Rifle Regiment. The presentation was Male ilt Peel Park, by Mrs. Pochin, Miss Heelig, Mrs. Nicholson, and Miss Ross. The evening was extremely fine, and geod hitinour was mani festal by the spectators. After the ceremony the Volun teers filed or for the refreshment provided itt the park. REVIEW OF ker#lBll RIFLES.—A review of the 3rd battalion of Kentish 'Volunteer Rifles, by Viscount Syd ney (Lord Lieutenant of Kerit)y and Colonel M'Murdo, Inspector-General of Volunteers, will take place at Chatham-lines, to-morrow (Wednesday), at three o'clock. The 4th battalion, consisting of East Kent Companies, will be reviewed at Canterbury on the 28th ins. FtiNERAL OF A VOLUNTEER OFFICER.—On Saturday afternoon l&t, the funeral of Captain Storer, late com manding the Ist company 2st battalion of Royal Arsenal Volunteer Elea, tont place at the Woolwich cemetery with full military honorits. The funeral procession was - preceded - by a firing party of 20'0; followed by a gun carria'gt bearing the coffin and the arms, &c., of the deceased, add the whole of the companies comprising the Royal Arsenal Volunteer force, amounting to upwards of 1,000 officers and men. THE LONDON "TIMES" ON THE ORIGIN OF THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.—It (the Voltinteer movement) dot!, out of the circumstances and exigencies of the day, and it spirting from an unanimous feeling of the necessity 'of preparing fof &fence. .The earliest and most strent one advocate, however' ? of the Volunteer system when in its infancy was, so far as We - know, Mr. Hans Busk, who has continued lecturing and writing and counselling upon this subject up to the present hoar. He was, as we know, for same time alone in pressing the subject upon the public notice, and to him, if to anybody, credit is clue' for having laboriously aided at the birth of this institution. The Volunteer army, however, is not an invention, and no one has a right to patent it.—London Ti,nes.--[We feel surprised that our powerful and gene rally impartial contemporary, the Landon Times, should Unworthily lend its ear to what we term nothing less than a cliqueism. On what ground does he award the palm of being the most strenuous supporter of the volun teer ittosiment to Hans Busk ? What are the facts ? These : Lancashire is the mother, and Lieut.-Colonel Bousfield the father, of the movement. Nurtured fancily for years in the good old town of Liverpool, by a few devoted men, with the Lieutenant-Colonel at their head, it acquired strength, and spread—slowly at first, then rapidly—into the neighbouring towns and cities, and evefy village of Great Britain. Hans Busk became its supportet=but when ? Not until the volunteers were respected as members of a great military institution. When the work wag accomplished, he published sugges tions—eminently useful end practical in their nature, — no more. For this he is worthy of much praise. He has it. But we repeat that to Lieutenant-Colonel Bousfield is due the palm and the whole of the praise for originating, nourishing, and establishing, an a solid permanent basis, that glorious institution which has made England more than ever the pride, the terror, and the admiration of the world.—EDlT. D. T.] MEDICAL ASPECT OF THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. —The Medical rimes aid Gazette says of this movement that it "is as timely as it is wise. It may be made as much the safety of the brain-tasked and body-cramped individuals of the people as of the country at large. Everyone who has work to do should seek bodily strength to do it less irksomely. It is not given to all of us to mitigate the original curse by gaining health and vigour, Necklet of Hint', and elasticity of brain, by trampling stubble's, beating coverts, following the hounds, cruising in yachts, of climbing mountain passes; but each one may get the peace of mind which comes from a sense of duty done, the pleasurable excitement of emulation, and All the bodily advantages of the best kind of physical training, by enrolling himself in a ride company, and .working with it steadily. Many a man may march away an atrophy, drill out the blue devils, shoulder arms till he can be resolutely the fardels of life's troubles, and after all find as much gratification in hear- idg the whiz of a bullet as others do in the whirr of a covey." REVIEW Cr THE tAINVOSI HRIGADE.—On Saturday afternoon Colonel M'Alutrdtr; Inspector-General.of Volunteers, reviewed the LoWdon kifle Brigade in Hyde-park, in the presence of some tbotiands of people. The regiment, to the number of upwards of 700, mus teted at three o'clock iu the Quadrangle of Christ's Ifospital, tinder the command_ of Lieutenant-Colonel Hicks, ridd thettee marched to the ground, preceded by their two flue &liar, by way of Holborn and Oxford- street, entering the pail at the Marble-arch. The in spection took place on the northern side of the park, in the open plateau fronting Park-laic, inhere the Queen , on a recent occasion reviewed the volunteer carps under circumstances which will long be memorable. The ground Wits kept by the Queen's (Westminster) Volun teers, a remarialStf smart body of men, of whom about • .500 were present, attended by their band, under the command of Major liiisstil f a relative of .Lord John Russell, and Major Mayne. As Colonel M'Murdo rode upon the ground, the brigade wheeled into line to i'eeive him and presented arms. The day wee fine, the Wen presented an , imposing appearance, and the spectacle was interesting and pictutesque. The colonel, accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Hicks, rode slowly along the front and rani ranks, minutely inspecting the men and ,occasionally asking questions of the officers: This ceremony over, the rants were closed, the brigade reformed into open column, and then marched past the inspector-general to the music of the bands, firsti at ff uick time at wheeling and quarter distance, and then at "the double-quick." The precision and stateliness of theit &etching were so conspicuous as to strike even the experienced eye of Colonel Whiurdo, and to elicit frequent expressions of edniraticrn from him addressed to those about him, as well as cheers from the crowd. The brigade afterwards executed a series of spirited evolutions, including the formation of squares to receive cavalry, wheeling again into open column, then counter-marching by divisions round the centre. Then ensued sonic smart skirmishing and file firing; the brigade, while this was going on, being scattered oter the ground, but disposed in accordance with military teaks, and finally deploying into line, awl-finishing the ceremony towards dusk with a grand 'volley. Colonel M'Murdo, before taking his departure, spoke some spirited words of compliment and encou rageinent to the colonel in command of the brigade, and the rest of the officers and men, addressing them as "Soltliers and Volunteers." The ceremony was alone marred by accidents to two members of the brigade, one of whom, Private Wilkins, of the F company, sus tained an injury in the right ear, though not serious, we believe, by the accidental explosion of his rifle ; and Private Sampson, of the I company, had the fore finger of his right hand badly wounded from a similar casualty. THE REVIEW OF BROMLEY VOLUNTEERS. - The Bromley, Beckenham. and Chislehurat corps, under the command of Captain Satterthwaite, were inspected on Tuesday last by Colonel Luard, who expressed his ap: proval of their progress. A prize rifle will shortly be "competed for. A BADGE OF HONOUR FOR VOLUNTEERS.—A men's badge of cross muskets, to be worn on the left sleeve, has been presented to three privates in the Col chester corps, THE GREAT YARMOUTH RIFLE CONTEST.--Of thirty efie'volunteers who competed for the challenge cup at Great Yarmouth, sixteen obtained such a number of points as would have entitled them, if they had been in the regular army, to rank as marksmen, and to receive Id. per day extra pay. 'THE "NEWTON REVIEW" RIFLE MATCH.—It may be well to remind intended competitors at the forth coming rifle contest at Southport, that the entrance lists will be closed to-day.. The prize cups will be exhibited on the shooting ground, where a tent will be specially provided for them. We learn that persons from all parts of the country have entered the lists— some of them living as far north as Stirling, and others as far south as Brighton and Devonshire. • LONDON IRISH VOLUNTEERS.--This regiment mus tered on Saturday afternoon at Burlington House, Pic cadilly, to the strength of about 9 50 rank and file, under the command of Major Verner and Captain Daubeney, the 'adjutant ; the assistant surgeon; Dr. Duncan, was also present, mounted. Preceded by its band the regi ment marched, to Hyde Park, and again practised blank firing, consisting of file firing from right to left, and, per contra, of company firing, concluding with R The rain eaine down pretty sharply as soon as the tiring commenced, and it continued until the regiment returned ,to Burlington House, where the men were addrest.ed in satisfactory terms by Captain Daubeney as to their con duct in the Park: LEEDS ARTILLERT.—Ori Saturday afternoon there Was a good muster in the yard of the White Cloth Hall, Leeds. of the Ist West Riding Volunteer Artillery. The members were in full dress, including their busbies, which they wore for the first time, and presented both a soldier like and formidable a ppearance.• , REVIEW AT 8RA14.01{11.---011 Saturday a ft ernoon several members of the volunteer rifle corps of .Lecds, Bradford, Wakefield, Hliddersfield, and 9 n e j - . • ox -t wo smaller corps in the West Riding of Yorkshire, were reviewed in Peel Park, Bradford, by Adjutant Lepper, of the Bradford Corps. About 1100 men mustered on .the ground. The review excited much interest, and p ass ed ajf moat successfully.: After the review the offi cars of the various corps were liberally entertained at a cham pagne luncheon by the members of the Bradford ~. ~~ corps, and the other members were provided with ale and sandwiches. MEMORANDUM FROM THE WAR OFFICE. On Saturday the following memorandum from the War Office was received by the various commanders of Volunteers:— _ . " War Office, Sept. 14, 1860. " Sir,---1 am directed by Mr. Secretary Herbert to forward you the accompanying enclosure. "I am, sir, your obedient servant, "De GREY AND RIroN. " The officer commanding Volunteers. "Ma'rORANDUM. " The object of the formation of an administrative battalion is to unite the different corps composing it under one common head, to secure uniformity of drill among them, and to afford them the advantage of the instruction and assistance of an adjutant; but it is not intended to interfere with the financial arrangements of the separate corps, or with the operation of their respec tive rules, or to compel them to meet together for battalion drill in ordinary times, ( acept with their own consent " In order to secure this amount of independence to the various corps composing an administrative battalion, it is necessary that each should remain a distinct corps in the meaning of the volunteer acts, for if this were not the ease the funds of all the corps would at once be come vested in the field officer commanding the battalion, under the 44th George 111., cap. 54, sec. 50 ; and the powers specially conferred by those acts on commanding officers will therefore remain vested in the officer com mantling each separate corps. "The chief of these powers are as follows : " 1. Commanding officers may grant leave of absence to volunteers. "2. They are required to grant certificates to effective volunteers resident, or liable to be balloted for the militia, in any other county. " 3. They may discharge volunteers for disobedience of orders, or any other sufficient cause, when not on actual service, and in case of misconduct not provided for by the rules of the corps, may disallow the day, as a day of attendance, or direct the forfeiture of a day's pay if otherwise due. "4. They may order volunteers disobeying orders during exercise into custody. "5. They may appoint places for depositing arms and accoutrements, and persons to take care of them. "6. All monies subscribed for the use of any corps, and all articles not being the property of her Majesty's government or of any particular individul, belonging to, or used by, the corps, are vested in the commanding officer. "As the rules of each corps must also, in accordance with the act of parliament, remain in • full force, any powers which those rules may confer on the commanding officer of the particluar corps will continue to be possessed by him after his corps has become part of an adminis trative battalion as much as before. These rules can, of course, be at any time modified, as the corps may wish, provided the alterations obtain the sanction of the lord-lieutenant, and the approval of her Majesty, in the usual way ; but, until so modified, they will remain in full force mid legal operation. An administrative battalion cannot have rules having legal force under the act 44th Geo. 111., cap. 54, distinct from those of the separate corps of which it is composed, and no authority except that of her Majesty, can override the rules of any corps until they have been altered in the manner above alluded to. " FIELD OFFICER COMMANDING. " The position of the field officer commanding an administrative battalion is, under these circumstances, very similar to that of the colonel of a brigade of Royal Artillery. Subject to the limitations imposed by the law, as above indicated, he will have the general charge of the drill and discipline of the several corps composing his battalion; he will inspect them from time to time, and will be responsible that the provisions of the law are obeyed, and the orders of the Secretary of State for War relating to the use of the arms, the regulations about clothing, distinctive marks of rank, &c., are adhered to, and that uniformity in drill, and as far as can be attained consistently with the rules of the separate corps, in interior economy also, is preserved. When present at the drill or parade of any corps, he will invariably take the command. If two or more corps in the battalion should wish to meet tog . ether for united drill, or if any corps should desire to attend the field day of another battalion, or of any corps out of its own battalion, the permission of the field officer commanding must first be obtained, and the drill, movements, &c., as far as the corps under his command are concerned, will be arranged by him. " The field officer commanding the battalion will also be the channel of communication between the officers commanding corps and the Secretary of State for War or lor&lieutenant. " When there are two field officers to an administra tive battalion the junior will discharge such portion of the above duties as the field officer commanding the battalion may from time to time assign to him, and, in the absence of the commanding officer, he will take the command of the battalion. "ADJUTANT. "The adjutant is under the orders of the field officer commanding the battalion ; but he is bound to conform to all instructions which he may receive from the War Office through the inspector of volunteers; such instruc tions will be transmitted to him through his command ing officer. He will also comply with the requisi- tions of the assistant inspector of his district, and will attend him on his inspections 'if required. Besides the ordinary duties of an adjutant, with which it is ascertained by examination that every officer appointed to that post in a volunteer battalion is ac quainted, it will be his duty to visit the different corps composing his battalion as often as may be practicable consistently with' their local distribution, and in accor dance with the orders of his commanding officer. He should have a copy of the muster roll of each corps, and should keep them correctly filled up to the end of each month, with all the alterations entered from the origi nals in the possessicrn of the commanding officers of corps. He will conduct the correspondence of the battalion under the direction of the field officer commanding, and he will be required to keep a diary according to a form to be issued shortly, open at all times to examination by the inspector or assistant inspector of volunteers. He will prepare and furnish all such returns as may from time to time be called for by the Secretary of State for War. 44 CORRESPONDENCE AND RETURNS. " The commanding officers of corps forming part of ate administrative battalion will correspond with the War Office or with the lord-lieutenant, through the field officer commanding their battalion, and all letters addressed to them from the War Office or lord-lieu tenant should be transmitted through the same channel. All returns required by act of parliament to be fur nished by the commanding officers of volunteer corps, should be sent in in a similar manner, except that ordered by the 41th George 111., cap. 54, sec. 11, to be delivered to the district, surveyor of taxes, which should be sent direct to him by the commanding officer of each corps. The responsibility imposed by section 15 of the same act rests with the commanding officer of each corps, and not with the field officer commanding the battalion. All returns other than those required by law, "which may be ordered by the Secretary of State, will•be furnished, as above directed, by the adjutant. "ARMS AND STORES. " The commanding officer of each separate corps will be held responsible for all arms and other stores issued by the government for the use of his corps, and for all payments which may become due on account of such stores, but the correspondence relating to those matters will, like all other correspondence, be transmitted through the field officer commanding the battalion. "DE GREY AND RIFON. " 4th September, 1860." The following was also received : "War Office, August 27, 1860. " MEMORANDUM. " As instances may arise where volunteers belonging to separatecorps may find themselves accidentally brought together under arms at rifle shooting matches, or for other purposes, it is desirable that it should be generally and clearly understood, that the senior officer present is to be considered as in command of all the volunteers on the ground ; and that, although his position in this respect does not involve any authority for his inter ference in the arrangements of the meeting, yet he will be held responsible for the due maintenance of order and discipline among the volunteers under arms. " DE GREY AND RIPON. " Officers Commanding Volunteer Corps." " CIRCULAR MEMORANDUM. "A.DDRESSED TO THE ARMY AT HOME AND ADROIT). " Horse Guards, S.W., 16th August, 1860. _ . "All officers of volunteers holding commissions are entitled, when in uniform, to the same salute as officers of her Majesty , s Guards and Line and Militia, according to their rank. "All Guards are to pay the saw honours to volun teers, under arms, as are laid down in paragraph 24, page 33, of her Majesty's iegulatioOs.- 7 --By command, "JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant-General." SUDDEN DEVEH.—John Kelly, an No. 6 court, Upper Milk-street, was taken suddenly ill on board . the Seacombe steamer last evening, on bis return from work, and was quite dead when brought to the Northern Hospital. Courtly AGISTRATM' COURT.--At this.court yester day, before Messrs. theakston and Thompson, a nian named Patrick Tracy was charged with stealing hall'a sackful of! apples from a garden near Aighurth Hotel. The offence being clearly proved the prisoner was fined , • 20i. and costs, or in default one month's imprisonment. LIVERPOOL. Eva AND gAR INFIRMARY, 310ENT DLEAFIANT.—CODSUlting Surgeon, Hugh Neill, E sq . ; Surgeons, Dr. R. Hibbert Taylor, Dr. Nevi n , T. Bickerton, Esq. ; Assistant Surgeon, Robert Batty, Esq. ; Treasurer, J. G. Livingston, E. Report for the week end in g ' Se p t. 15, 1860 :—New, cases Eyes, 109 tars, 42. Prescribed for, and rece i ve d ; 424 ; Ears, 121. s urgical assistance : Eyes, - '' ~..- ....:,:,.. , =" A THE PRESERVATION OF WHEAT. "Agricola," writing to the editor of the Times, says : —I refer to the principle of "windrowing." A number of sheaves are placed upright on the ground, forming a circular base, with a diameter of four yards. and on these are built successive courses, gradually forming a top, the " butts" of one course reaching to the " bonds" of that below. In this manner, taking care to keep the middle filled up, from one to two waggonloads of sheaves are speedily secured and are safe from injury by rain, as each course of sheaves runs the water from off those below it. I adopted this plan in the beginning of this harvest, and with six to eight men followed the work of nine scythes, and each day secured the wheat that was cut, taking care only to have it cut while straw-dry. In this gay 1 placed in comparative security thirty acres of white wheat, and had them covered with a little thatch on the top. They still stand and will remain till the end of the harvest, and will then be readily moved to a rick. Some I have already moved; no corn is injured, and the sample is even better than that in the field, as it has dried slower. THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY SOUTH. EDINBURGH, Saturday Evening. The Queen, the Prince Consort, with the Princes Arthur and Leopold, and the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, arrived at Holyrood this evening from Bal moral. The train was due at St. Margaret's station at 6-48, but it anticipated its time by about six minutes. On alighting, her Majesty graciously bowed to the magistrates and officers present, and the Prince Consort most cordially shook hands with Mr. Sheriff Gordon. Although darkness was then rapidly falling, the Royal party entered a procession of open carriages to drive to Holyrood. The band of the 13th Light Dragoons and an escort of the regiment were in waiting at the station. The route to Holyrood was lined by the 13th Dragoons, the Royal Artillery from Leith Fort, the 78th Highlanders, the Mid-Lothian Coast Volunteer Artillery, and the City of Edinburgh Volunteer Artillery. There were several thousand spectators in the park. At Holyrood the band and a guard of honour of the 78th were stationed to receive Her Majesty. On the Queen's arrival at Holyrood the guard of honour presented arms, the band played the National Anthem, and, by signal, the guns of the Castle fired a Royal salute. The Royal party reached the Palace a few minutes before seven o'clock. MUSICAL, DRAMATIC, LITERARY, AND ARTISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP. Madame Czillag has gone to America for six months. Hood's works have been translated into German by Mr. H. Harrys, of Hanover. Herr Rubenstein's opera, " the Child of the Moors," is shortly forthcoming at Vienna. Mr. E. Glover, the well-known manager of the Glasgow Theatre Royal, is dangerously ill. Signora Galetti, an Italian lady with a magnificent voice, has, it is stated, been secured by Mr. Lumley. A new work by Mr. David Urquhart, entitled " The Lebanon and its Life : a History and a Diary," is promised. The late Mr. R. Brough's novel, " Miss Brown," has been published in a collective form from the Welton' Guest. Mr. Smiles, the biographer of George Stephenson, is collecting materials for a biography of Sir Hugh Myddelton. M. Victor Hugo's great epic novel, " Les Miserables," formerly announced in our columns, may, we hear, be soon expected. . Mr. Wilkie Collins's " Woman in Whits," has just been added by Tauchnitz, of Leipzic, to his copyright collection of English classics. Signor Braga is engaged on a new opera, to be sung by Madame Borgi-hiamo at Bologna or Milan, during her engagement there. It is stated that new blood will shortly be infused into the Cornhill. The " Hogarth " papers will be concluded in the October number. • The Worcester Musical Festival was wound up by the customary ball, on Friday night. It is believed that the available surplus will amount to £1,200. Mr. Kingley's latest contribution to literature is a sermon preached in Eversley Church on the 26th ult. It is entitled " Why should we pray for fair weather ?" __— The books of the past week include Mr. Fordyce's elaborate contribution to the literature of industrialism, his " History of Coal and of the Iron Manufacture." " Colleen Bawn," Mr. Dion Bourcicault's adaptation of Gerald Griffin's novel, " The Collegians," has proved a great hit at the Adelphi Theatre, London. The anniversary of Goethe's birthday was the other day celebrated at Berlin by a performance of " Faust," with the music in part by Prince Radzivill, in part by Lindpaintner. The Prince Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte appears again in authorship, as the translator into French of a Corsican legend (" Sampiero") which he had formerly published in Italian. We hear that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have purchased the splendid model of Blake designed by Mr. Baily, with a view to its being placed in Greenwich Hospital. Madame Pfeiffer, the celebrated traveller, has left, in manuscript, an autobiography, and an acconnt of her last voyage to Madagascar, which is about to lie pub lished by her son, at Vienna. Messrs. Hurst and Blackett are preparing for imme diate publication a work with an attractive title " Traits of Character ; being Twenty-five Years' Literary and Personal Recollections, by a Contemporary." Mr. Thackeray is said to have in contemplation a magnum opus—a history of that Anna Augusta whom Dr. Johnson remembered as a "stately lady in black velvet and diamonds," and who touched him for the evil. A company of young men, called Rossignols, or the " Blackbird Club," has been created in Paris to hiss at the theatres new pieces which are bad. This club has been organised as a protest against the " claque." M. Daussy, the celebrated astronomer, and one of to first Napoleon's savants, has just died at an advanced age. There are, just now, no less than three vacancies in the French Academie des Sciences. A Berlin letter announces the death of the poet Bur chart, anther of the tragedy " Jane Grey," in ene of the hospitals of that city. Burchart was about 40 years of age, and has been for some time in indigent circum stances. The Cottonian Library at Plymouth has lately re ceived a valuable addition in the shape of several auto graph letters and other MSS. of Sir Joshua Reynolds, together with his pocket-book of the year 1755, which contains the names of his sitters and the entries of his engagements, &c. Messrs. Cassell, Potter, and Galpin announce " Our Exemplars, Poor and Rich :" a series of biographical sketches of men and women Who have, by an extraor dinary use of their opportunities, benefitted their fellow creatures. This work is edited by Mr. Recorder Hill : and Lord Brougham writes a preface for it. An "Annual Register of Bookselling, Printing, Paper-making," &c., has been projected in France. It will include a complete list of the publishers, book sellers, and printers of Paris, of the departments, and of the French colonies, with the dates of their establish ment in business, the names of their predecessors, agents, &c. A handsome edifice of white marble, designed with much architectural taste, is to be opened in Broadway, New York, in October next, as an Institute of Fine • Arts. The cost of this undertaking is estimated at $200,000. The claims of natural history are, moreover, being duly recognised in the same busy city, 4500,000 having been devoted to the estaMishment of a Zoologica Garden in the Central Park. A monument on a magnificent scale to Luther is to be erected at Worms. It is from a design by the sculp tor Rietschel. The whole sum required for this monu ment is £17,000, of which £12,000 has been already collected. Germany has contributed the greater pert of this sum ; but all the other countries of Europe, and beyond Europe, North America, the Brazils, &c., have lent a hand to this work. England alone has not done so, says a circular issued by a committee of Englishmen, who propose to remedy the defect. The English opera seasons are about to commence forthwith,--that of Miss Pyne and Mr. Harrison on the Ist, that of Mr. Smith on the Sth, of next month. It is Row fixed that the first opera to be given . at Her Majesty's Theatre is to be the "Rubin Hood " of Mr. Macfarren. Among the ladies of the company (the principal gentlemen having been mentioned) will be Madame Lemmens Sherrington, Mdlle. Parepa, and Miss Alexander, who has sung, we are informed, is continental opera-houses. On the "off-nights," Italim operas are to be given, conducted by Signor Arditi. An attempt is being made to revive the discussion as to the authorship of "Adam Bede," and the claims of Mr. Liggius, of Nuneaton, are again put forward. The grounds for the claim are that Mi. Liggins was known to be writing a series of stories such as were published `Repentance" actu a ll y occurred in "scenes of Clerical Life" that the advent ures o f t h e Liggins is resid en t ; t h at the thheerotionwenowf jr:iii‘ek; so called " George Eliot," tholigh T: denying authorship, never denied his acquaintance ; and that Liggins himself, though so prominently alluded to, has a voided any public statement. The Liggins partisans would now have it that.he ae.tually supplies the original matter, which is revised and improved by Miss Evans. DEsTERATE QUARREL ABOUT A WomAic.—At a public ball on the Boulevard Rochechouart, a few even ings since, t , wo men got into a violent quarrel about a young woman with whom they both wanted to dance, and they made such a noise that they were turned out. On the boulevard they continued the quarrel , and after a while began fighting. Some persons took part for one of them, named Charles L.---, an engraver, of the Rue Oudinot, and attacked his adversary , Antoine 6—, of the Boulevard Montparnasse, with such vi o l ence th a t they broke his left wrist ! Notwithstanding the pain the man endured, he driw forth airnife and stabbed the other deeply in the thigh. Both men were conveyed to the hospital, and one of the assailants of Antoine WU arrested.