The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-04 00:00:00

The following amazed in our later editions of yesterday : ••• - - ' THAMES AND MERSEY INSURANCE - COMPANY. = " The settlement in the: shares of this- company 10.4 tate pla.cnAntday, and will be- a _heavy one. :- . 4ISAVY , FAMJRES IN THE LEATHER . 7 The embarrassments-in .the hide and leather trade have readied. a crisis:- The — Daily Yews says the .whole of. this branch of trade. is now paralysed. "the great house of Streiitfield, Laurelled, and - Mortimiie yesterday issued - . Circular stating . that they have felt it to be7their. duty,- under the advice of their largest creditors, .te suspend pay - went. The liabilities are estimated at no - less than £800;000 .! or The fall of this house will occasion • a severe shock -in the -hide and leather and kintirccL trades throughout the country, and hae already - , been . attended with the stoppage of several _more houses. The most important are the- Tolle - wing : Messrs. Smith, Patient and Smith; Mesars.l: Herbert Smitli'and C 0.,. and . Uessrs... Gibion and. Co., tanners, of G06.1/fling. The liabilities in :each Instance are of considerable amount. Those of Messrs. Chili:in are estimated at about £100,000:- Tim 'hide and leather trade, for- a considerable-period, hasevi-- &fitly been in an unsound position, 'and the system has prevailed too.generally-Tor of minor houses to depend on-one large one. • The, TiV7 f?S says that the fai I Are S treat field and Company is th e heaViest that has occurred -sinee -18457. It is believed their . -.liabilities really amount .to £1,000,000. Their own accepta - nees in circulation are for 1147,0 g 0, and the tot a l o f hills whiCh they have under discount at .varions leading banks laid discount establishments, - -is little short of £BOO,OOO, of which it is apprehended at least £600,000 will be dishonoured at Maturity. The wierage - profits Of the-house -during the last two:or three-years have-been e.stimated at 140,000 per annum. An- opinion, prevails that . the liquidation will he disastrOus. ,The firm are Cop neetP4:Nrith a house at Li ver pOol,'but the 'extent to which the latter will be . comp-gm - lied • 145-..n1:41 transpired. IMPERIAL _P.A.ILA: EN r. - - - - - • HOUSE OF:WEDS,-...-.TYZSTERDAY. . • • _ . The Royal Assent wa s given, by commission, to.various - - • - -.• : _ : - - -- - . The Manchester ,pd. Milford Railway ,Eill,. and - : thpiXersey boCks indAarhour Board Atheiirrnient 13F.1; were-read a third time and passed:. •' • Earl St. Gon/I%iNt hrought, up_ the -royat approval. : of the ber*ick-Upon =tweed' eleottgo commission . ; and gave the assu rance that the altpointment of a consul - at ilniainbiiine - ShOuld receivC 1 t tonsidration. - - • " Lerd tiYstittlx . mo'ed'the recommittal of the Weigtts and Xessuree : • - lord. CALL/11170RD op p osed the mption, ,asan iAmen4l - die-bill be recommitted" that day three mnt • This-amendment was carried*Withbrit • Lord Sr. Liowaitos movedthesecond,reading of the Masters enctOperafiii-s Big; the abject of which waS' t 3 establish courts of conciliation between masters and workmen. • Although they could not hope by this means to prevent disputes altogether, they- might"nreet :that it proinote' bider feelings 'between the two parties. Lord RA,PN,WORTIT moved, as an amendment, that thp bill be read a Fecund time that daysix'Unitiths. 'lie did not believe that it would haye the bepeflc,ial effects it proposed,-, and its trims plc had been condeinned 'by all the - witness. - s examined ion the subject before the! House of Coniinons. He - pre erred the decision of the magistrates, which had always-been found effectual, to the system of cetirts of conciliation, which would he. rendered. nugatory by lira antaitonism nf- The Earl of Dtain_ urged the clue con.sideration Of-a measure •' l, . so important as tfie piesent." 116 -,:)tibt ttort, btltit ought to be allowed-to go intb:committee. Earl GlaiqvitAt could not a p prove of the bill in the preseut tortit,:bitt did not wish the impression to go; abroad that their )hrealps were .unwilling to 4cal, subject;andthete= tote proposCd that the bill be referred to'a select committee- _ A the Loko- Cx.trrcll:eo . ll, --said that if tht 'bill paesed in its present most imperfect- form,.. it .prosluca seriou s injury. " .. • .. •• . • LoicilitisLtinf Ainximee ' expresse d much diisatisfactiOn" with Iletin f l b but Consented to the secondreadirigy_ on the pro-' Vilie that It thould b'e'referivii to a select colinnitte . 7._ s. . Lord RA.77....V.SWORT H having' assent e d to•this arrangement. 'he bill was read a second time. ' the DakC of icr.weat;ar_x moved the second reading of. the Yew Zeidand 'Bill, which was intended to prevent tbe ..s re-_ enrrence of 'tho s e di sputes respecting the ' right' of nativ es to' land, winch has hitherto been productive of so much-mischief.: Lord LYitt,ntorr feared that the effect of the won!' be, ,estahlisS two ;separate- administrations, which could riot. faittc come into collision . The bill 'i.eas'redtt . a second tifne. • • • The Tithe Commutation Bill was read a 'second time.. The Endowed Charities, the Local Board of Health, the Inland Bond:ing, and _Ciiminaj_Lunuties Tiflis 'passed through . cppArottec;: - .1 The. 4iritsgyyttuici) -Act Amendment till was: read' a - thil:et time passed. .• . . theirlehtlitattit iajouni&d it tin' minutes eight, -• • - - w° ' HOTISS. OF - COMMONS. , --TtstritnAy. • The Inoilking sitting of the House of Commons was ocou.picd bythe eonsidaration in committee of the Mining Regtilation and lesPeOioli• W. -Several clauses were agreed to. . • - An'amendpient, moved by Mr. Freeland and modified by Sir G. Lewis, Via like*Nifse adopted to the effect that justice of the peace iniereltedin mines should not be alloVed tO .adjii dieata en Oiestiona -connected with such mines,. In the•eventng.lsitting,.. Bit G. Lima, in reply to ,Mr.. Wickham, agreed to refer the Parochial Assessment Bill tea select cemmittee. Mr. CavLovenquired if it was cam , etent for officers in the yeomanry and militia to accept commissions in the volunteers. Mr. 8. Ilsmsaar said, as the raising of volunteer corps was attended with great expense, militia or yeomanry officers, incurring this expense, might receive volunteer commissions ; but if the force WaS called out, they must choose to which they woulthbelong. • • .-= • • lu.replyto Mr, pisracli, • - • 'Lord Jogs RUSEELL said that the tenor of the proposed resolution on the Tarr bill vvoillikbe in. the hands of members that evening: " . • Colonel IsigrnsAY , tnoved for. a select committee to inquire into and report %ion the claims of seven major-generals to the pay_ of general officers, whO are now" receiving only the half pay of brevet-majors, and who accept substantive rank upon tipbn the terms of engagements contained in the Tforsg Citlaidsfmeirforandum ef.the tf.Stli day 17? March, : lB2e, Auld Illeneral order of the..2.sth, day of. April, 1826. •• •- Colonel Noarn seconded the motion. Ffixisat7denied: that theseotticers had any ground for the elai*s pi-if:mat • :•• • • . .. • Atter some debite the motion wa.'"eniried to 94.. Captain, EAtcrun- mowed-for a select committee to inquire into pie praeteAt systm.oc.c4detsbips in. tho Royal 'navy. Lord Ci.fat'as'tn PAGET. - acknowledged that there was much to be said Itcritieur appliCatfon of the system of limited coMpetitiot !Attie ilortllliation to naval cadetships, but•he had' reatirely'nensideredllie , subject, and was convinced that such a system • csltid !not. safely be adopted. -lie, therefore; mast oppose the committee as unnecessary, especially as the -appoint meats weh alreidy made with tide regard 0 the claims Of the .. . . . . . lir. Lixturxr, - on the contrary,' asserted - that these -tipoint.-. meats were.commonly male upon political ground's; ' - Mr.:yel - 1 4 95. .corrOotated •tlap statement .by :art :instanCe within his"O*n knoWleilge. • Aiter soisie-fiinaiki fi - Oni'ir . F.7liaines. against the motion, the flouse divided, whmt.the motionwas n?gatil:rd by 81 to 21. The House then resolved itself into committee, whets Mr. 'M. gissor Otaitted: leaii tO -biinir in i : bill to lacilitate the urPhiPiF9it of gocl, and secuFs : the . shipowner's lien:for freight. ' The Aritnilley-GaVr.all, Tot Ireland obtained leaoe to intro duce a bill toamered the _provisions-6f the Common Law Prot. eedure (Ireland) Act - Amendment, 18.53, relating to charging 73L...?nfe yrentiete committee en the Attorneys', §elieitor4. rrocr4ite. and"Certificateil Conveyancers' Bill, but was counted eat Uninediatelr aftemarde, at tisi ininntes COIMESPONDENCE , . • iAßLy.:ciosaNG OF -THE ARKETS. -To Tiii EDIi or 'rite 13/my . 0R •alllitierids of toCiar and - Moral'. improvement 'ate o r tinehtlf foi - ycin able and unflinching-article oni th e .above subj e ee which appeared' in your paper .a•ftsv dap. air , SP 4 4 gfrir and valpabli • did you show that•the earlier closing of the markers on. Saturdareyening is attended .by benefit to eery indi vidual of thia;Vatt Cottittinity,"and•so dohs it jai from- your article that • the , market tenants themselves are not injured, that I did- think the opposi tion to - the sew law would have been dropped, and the itarwement etrietly tarried: out. 'lt happens that I the 'reverse s the case:" and• at" the aouncil 'Meeting . to-morrow [to-41ayl the resolution will be placed before - the 'Members - for the purpose of having it rescinded.. - . • • ' What arglimentt the Markets. Committee will present it quite beats the comprehension of these who have labetireid 'to - obfain"the--presetit" bye-faW : to co nceive. They cannot say fewer articles; - ca< a smaller amount' value, are. 1014 . -in consequ.eiice : of thh• early: closing ; they cannot prove that fewer. people attend the markets ; they cannot assert that the proCeids or profits of their tenants liaiebein lessined—becau . se everyone conversant with the state of the case must knoW that 4siieli are not the. fact.. .:-Yet, en the -other handy the: : sup, porter!! Ai the late phange,.can point to the relief it gives the - overworked population by - , enabling. them to . finish theirlalitiOt earlier on Satirrday evening --4o thebenefit it it' tolhe mether of a' household to receive froni her husband Ihe means:Of making her' porohises in good time--(and early closing must compel masters to adopt early payment of yrages)-,to the tradesulen and assist ants in the neighbourhood, by enabling them to close earlier by an hour or do, consequent on their being able to 514'18fy the necessities of the tedtto of the markets, who, rarely Make_ their purchases till they finish their own Tenants ; and most especially, enabling all con: seined in trade to close their : _ weekly labours on the Saturday evening, and not* pintriet - them till Sunday . morn ing,- and so Make them unfit, if not unable, to use that - day as ,tte are commanded.•'. Alderman Holme, - at a 'recent Council ineeting,' in . advocating, the earlier closin g of the .m arkets, answered the objection of a - member of the Counitil, Who stated they hi& tried it before without SucCess, by saying that they gave in too soon,, and that time was not allowed the former experiment to show its benefits ; and he farther honed they would give the present bye-law:time, so that it might be well tried. Yet the C ouncil are now, i n - operation, a s k e d t o go b ack before it has been a month again to the Qld houi. way,- more; the memorial. on which, the recommendation is founded was framed, signed, and presented before the bye-law did come into operation. • I earnestly hope the Council will not for. a moment seriously entertain -the proposal,--Yonrs respectfully, ' Z. Early Clo Sing Association, • "7, Ileathfiela-street; ,Daly 8; 1860. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. .ou...llionday - evpning a crowded-and- enthusiastic meet ing was field inthe.fechanics'-hall. - itcyvtoodi when it was resolved" to establish - a volmiteei corps, to be called the Heywood Compaup of thci /3ililancashiie }3nryj. TAr —lle Birt-Yester .day,- before Mr. Conlinissioner Perry, this bankrupt; late a.Shoemaker.in : Tithebarn-street,.came up , for his eer tificate, his lbeing supported, by mr : serner. - The - assignees offered no opposition, and his honour The- George - Ball and: John :Barlow}. guards on the -Landon - and - IsTorth Western. _Railway,. were .brought 11p , charged with omittinto . give . proper signals of danger; f all .was acquitted; Earlovi - sentenced to nine months' imprison ment with hard lab Our. , - " - - -- aiiiirisi - CuSiniriiii. - -)Ve - observe posted on ond of the doori of St. John's Market notice that 9wners are wanted for the following articles, which have been left at stalls or picked up teeently . in the mark.e£,A Anna of keys, a child's hat, t.hrce purstc_ a _money bag, a pocket, a - inUff,r.. and: thiee parasols—one of brown and one of black silk, &3. A CANDIDATE FOR PRESTON.—We have heard on good authority that - Mr. Geckle: Melly, Of" this :town, intends to offer himself as 4-candidate for • the- represen tation of Preston, on . the ,Radicalintereat, at the next 'election, If he does not prove more successful than ho did in seeking municipal honours in this his native .town, lie is not likely to represent the good people of Preston. in. St. Stephen's. • - ! • • . • GARSTON BOARD OF.' HEALTII.=-The monthly-meet- ing of . this board was held yesterday., when the following members - were present, 7 .-:-lfeisri. Merris Clialoner, :ffairiseir; -Milntyie, 'Sinclair, Lightbody, and Cooper. The procendinri of the last Meeting. and Of the sub-committee were-read and confirmed. hir. Richard Moss. was appointed . inspector • of , Common ;lodging houses. The other unimportant. THE AMERICAN - Itkits.=The .- SereW 7 iteairier.NOvi. Scotian sa.ite: for (itlebec" ilia - Montreal: thii niorning, with ,the:maiN- for :Canada slid 'the . United States. The letter...box at the General Post..fittice : closes at 1.10 fop:L . -- The NeW York and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's stertmeiCitiotliatti in olie Ago sails for NeW To - A lo:•diy: She:wilt eaH af:Queenstoiti• - to-MorroW , !to' embark' fiengers;and.lll: telegraphic z_devatehes received at the Magpetic.Company : a.station there-till twelve at noon on that bisiens, labourer, _ . residing iii 1. 62, Eldon.- - plate; - sustained a fracture - of - th f ribs and - shoiddct," at the - Laticaihire and -Yorkshire Railway North Dock station, by gettingcrushed between two waggons. —Mary Young, residing : in Back. Pickppy : street, fell intotbe Leeits Canal BaSin, in Old - street,. 7 illiam Diigheity,- 'a 'bey: residing 'at - 15; street, fractured his leg, by climbing on'some-ralli in Great gomer-street. ~ T hey were all. conveyed. to . ..the Northern. Hospital.. ".. . . • - • •• . •... ••. THE ` VEST OF ENGLAYD SOAP . COMPANY. Ws olAer'ye with pleasnie in the . last niniber of ." iquSpratt's, Chenifstry," tinder the 4rticle . "'S'eap," that the West of England:Soap Company-stands first in the list of f ‘ aeturers.. They haye : opened -branch_ offices--here, and have appointed our. to7nstnp,. btr. Percival;- as their dgeni: - congratulate - the company.npqn.tlifir,selese7, tion. Mr. Percival has been connected with the Am.e ricanand Austtalian;trads fori 'yeari, s well known to. shipp.ers and shipowaerk; ,aod we are Faute his actiyn habits witl be very productive to .the: comp i any&s good, • THE KoaEggicaE Thoinas.s concerts.. at the gardens are pronfising to be a.bTilkirt_tiiuccps,_ and we*Sholild'eitiroat'e thit - from .:;060 to 3,000 pettens' were in the grounds :9n--Monclay evening. The band gave high satisfaction, and their efforts were enthusiai tically applaugCA -.Share is,. wee believe, to be a total change of prOgiamM&4a.Cli and now that . the suinnier‘viitlier has, at" length came, we may expect" the gardens:to ban:tare thit ever extensively pattedised,-Toi:- they " . are. certainly . -kept-iii admirable_ order. Tniday, being the atinitellayy 9f. American Independence, the : galawill be - eicniclied With 'Several' new features_,. and. theie will be an display of firaw9rkS. - PROGR'ESS OF THi American packet-ship City of Boston, which arttyPd.here'oti Satur-' day, reports that on the 2 2nd of:Oahe, in lat: 45, 194; 30, she exchanged signals withtite - Oreat'Easferii, which had, the fore and aft sails: all, set,-. 2 and;itte was making,. good progress thrOugh the . watiF. 4 The . fOlk , i4ijittate the "repOits made by' trio :different 'easels which : have spoken the Great Easteria, and by 'ea in thin,* *ol' i.rnate a • israme ot Vess:A. -Day Ho Lit. Long, ......- .••••••••••••• .... i ~...• .... ... ~.....=.........j.. J,......,,,.......... ........... _...._ !dared Polo .. June . :,) . .Ncon. I .47,48 N, - 22.50 W. S. Gilaeisleve 2O „ 4" o p.T. 47:12 N. 24.30 W. Cosocoro Tuscorora .• „ 20 g - 0 „ 47.28 N, 25.10 w. City of Boston. - ~ 2t174 -3 117: i, 43.50 N. . SO. W. T.OXTETH BOARD or HtiAL-rn. fihe monthly meeti ng of this, boardmas: held yesterday in the Public-offices, Park-road. The following members . were _present H.. •S. Alpa.§s (Chairman), Boult,. Walker, . Sid deley. The minutes of the last meeting • were read and confirmed. They included a reSolution to lay a general rate of 15... in the.pciund ; La special rate of 8d: in St. Michael's district ; and a.special rate of .Is. ad. in. Grove-park. The proceedings of the Executive Com mittee were also confirtned - ; they did not include - any.: thing of general interest.. The clerk '*as :directed to issue placards announcing the election which will take place in July. He was- also directed .to . apply to. Mr. Rees, ;the auditor, to audit the annual accounts. The remainder of the business was unimportant. COR;ZI2ER'S INQuESTS.—The coroner held the 'follow ing-inquests yesterday. Otr the hody - . oil Tb,omia• Kil shaw, a carter in theensployment of George-Wilson,.of Janies •street. On Monday the deCtased was standing in his cart, in Vauxhall-road, when a lorry . panie up and knocked against the - cart, throwing -the 'deceased -out ; .he . got- crushed between the vehicles, one of the_ float wheels passed over him,•and he was. so much injured that he died from the effects. 'Verdict .4‘ Accir dentally lulled. On the becly - of William Robiifs, who . was a. foreman rigger in the employment. of MCEvans, 195,.Upper Frederick-street. This was - one Of the poor fellows who were:drowned from the :boat-coming from tile ship Grand Trianon, on the 39th liioember. hot,. when the. boat upset. 'The case ivas an accident, and the. jury -returned. a terdiet of . "- . F.'und droWned:w. (The body was found in the river on Tnesclay.)-- , -on -the body: of 4ctsePit holies, a lahourer, who died _in .Shadwell . street. Ori the 26th' June the deceased .741 eAgng-e4-• loading the steam-ship Frankfort, in the TsTelion when his "foot :got-hart; and• he died •froni-the'effeets4 the injuries, • Verdict_ Accidental loath - ." Ata.,temn. TILMET pir7A DisestAßotD.SEßyyNl.-4.t. the County Magistrates' . Court,. Yesterday, a young named Isabella llfacids - hi Was' charged with - baling stolen a' shawl. oix.Saturday-nightfront the -house of Mr. Jamts: O'Dennell , , - JitrankPromenade, • Bantle. ap peared that she_ had hired asservant O' D enn ell' but had been disc h ar ged : on _Saturday week . .She had. Called twice for.,,a—sma/l balance.-or wages dtiii . t6 . andheeclaira not tieing iiitisfied i ihe l v en ti n t o the'kitchen and jtooli:.away ;the! shawl; 'whi c h -she had - after Wariti 'pledged : at the, _she!) of. Mr. Powell, .jn ;Derby 404: The magistrates looking on the - ease as oncof diqputed. '.. - debt; took - a merciful Vie* --- of the mattai,*itiid diiclarged , the pfiionerf With 7 TRANNIERE BOA:lib OF HEALTH. -.-- - • The usual , monthly meeting of:this board - -was held: last eening t .atthe beardreqm..3he chair. was oeettpiell'. by Mr. W. W. Perry ; .the other members. pre s ent, . were —Messrs. Liversedgecatt,..*right, Ilitchmough t lli'Dona Id, Lee, Cumming, Hogarth s . Peters, Williams, Morecroft, and-Webb. • :..TRlti,.TrEArrir -COMMITTZE.- The. proceedings of. this committee weralreed., cOr e m iq e .9..C..ommendeci _the gccptance !:!t . a tender fore. • empiyitg i aslipits received from Mr., G offered to Ao• it for - £ 270.a received ohooley, whO -WiLra.Aals moved the adoption of the committee's proCeedingt,~,assecoeded by -- - - =•• - • . . r.vhp. remarked .likat,„ to £lO, house-, holders, the - eXpeno of emptying the - ashpitsas Conteni- . „plated halfpenny Per-week. Mr. ..Sc orrill(3ved-th at- - ttle . portion :of' the-lirodeedinei relating to thci:P4r---1e- re feqed : back to the pqrantittee: "for further e9psidgittio.A, • The amendment was second e d by Mr. HOsraith, WhO :remarked that the greatest- iluisanet would. lift I ..untouched. Dlr. Curt qtr o' asserted that:4-- twope nny. iate . would _not cover the amount of the tender. Ty ••••C Was in favour .of Mr. Scott's amendthent. Mr. WEBB replied - that - a tivopennTrate-,,,,; more than , sufficientto pay the .ebatriat:Gl:o::::e:,:i.tiihie,!l in the poorer districts: were not drained, and Pn ashes were takenaway the fluid.remained , sed the nuisance. Under the contract Mr. 18,1E4 away the fluid; and remove the nuisance to "which 'Mr. Hogarth* referred. He; therefore; supported. : the proceedings of the .committee. n • Mr. LIVERSEDGE differed from Mr, Scott, remarking that the local act was obtained fof the purpose of removing nuisances es far as practicable ; hut he had no 'doubt the ashpita mi ght be emptied for a smaller sum than the amount of the present. tender. The -b} slaws could compel the parties to remove the -.nuisances; - .or the Board might do it, and charge the. tenants with the . expense. He had been credibly informed that St. Paul' s could be done for . /70, and Higher Tranmere Ter Then there would remain - Lower • Tranmere" Only ; so that,theexpeuse. would be about $lOO smaller than - the tender. He therefore supported Mr. Scott's amendment, Mr. WILLIAMS, in his reply, remarked that if one child were to die in consequence of disesse arising from the filthy state of the township, more than £270 would be lost; even estimating the childten.itt thePtice'blact children were sold in the - American market..: • On Mr..Scutt's amendment being put to .the meeting, it was carried by a majority of four. Mr. WILLIAMS immediately left the room, remarking that wished the board all success, and that he would nerer.beseen there again. (Laughter.) ROADS AND I'MP - tioVEar:Nig CO3t3trttrt Thecoimnittee recommended that £lOO be spent on the iniprOvertenti‘Of the reads..--The law-clerk had been directeglitO call theuttentiOn of the Wirral Water Works Company to ,the circumstance -of_ several of the roads. being blocked _up by the operations of persons in their employ, arid to 'request third to putthein in a Proper slate . of - repair.--it - was-agreed - that the lamps of the town ship sbpuld be lighted froin the Ist of September to the 31st May. - • On the motion of Mr.- Lee, seconded by Mr. M'Donald, the proceedings of committee were confirmed. Tgt FTN.ANCE COMMITTEE - .:This: committee recommended that a rate of 4d. in the pound should be laid to meet the expenses of repair ,ing and managing. he the. On the motion of Mr. Morecroft, seconded by Mr. Liverseage, the proceedings of the onimittee were confirmed: • "" - - There was no other business of importance. BIRKENHEAD- COMMISSIONERS. The - iisiial monthly iiiiting; of the Birkenhead Com missioners was held - yesterday" morning at the Offices. Mt. Bradley. occupied the4air, and the other Commis sioners Tre .sPlit were. Messrs. Evans, Graham, Mikes," Willoughby, Barnett, Walker, Baylis, Gough, Aspinall, and Peck: Mr. Graham subscribed to the declatation, - and took his seat as a commissioner. _ . • The mi nu tes of the last meeting having been read, Mr. WlLtoronny moved .that, on the ground of informality,' the rates be Made iu a different form. He contended: that inasmuch:aohe £150,000 - was raised for ferry purposes, the ferry ought to be debited, with every iteni in connection with if, or, in _other . words, debited with its own debts. p]%Aq.is explained thatalthOugh the money nerni tinily borrowed: for - the -purposes of the ferry, 'noita Of the money had been expended on the ferry. - Mr. .isrL.NALL showed at _great length that the ferry accounts wet kept entii:e4 distinct from all others; the ferry had pain its oNiii m4y,.ind final negotiations for its purchase were no! : - : The CHAIRMAN stated that not only had - the. ferry paid . its own. way, j • but it , had pOd. interest on a sum of £50,000 bo•rioiied for.the- parch - no of land; the princi- Paliva - s - iiicleid&l'iii the £103,006 now in process of being paid to . Price's trustees. _ . r Willo o umbby-'s -_motion was seconded by Mr, . Peek. . . . . --- - .. .• •• Several- 9ther. geiitleinen Made - a few remarks _ upon it; ind although= ihe- motion was 'considered improper, it_ wa., p.ut - . to . th - . vote .and lost, Mr: Willoughby:being the only perspn, who voted for it, - - -' -.- - LIGHTING AND WATCH. 'COMMITTEE The proceedings orthis committee were real, and a cuniersatioii: took place telative to: the quality ot . the clothing supplied - to' Constables by 7111 i. :On the. motion of-1V ip:Walker the minutes-mere...eon , firmed. _ . • - MARR F ET cci.3ltyrt4n. - The proceedings:of - thiicnniniittee were.ennfirrOd:Ot the motion,9f l 34,.Bitrifett, without - any renlarks f: - COMSIII`TI3E, These proceedings were also contitnied on the motion of Dr. Buylis. - - RGADs AND • nr ROVEITENTS 'COMMITTEE: : The-proceedingspf this - conintittee having been read; Dr, ,13Artat.. directed- attention- to -the 'netessity .of - having the footpaths in .the leading thoroughfares flagged forthwith.' •• •- • . . --Mr. :Gordif-guigistia the expense. t -- Dr. ThAvile explained that .*-lie cost of flagging via .horne by the owner ,s of 019. mpnly,adjoining. . : OtheT gentlemen gentfeen made some. reiharks in: . a:similar Strain; and - '• :On the '=motion of Mr. • Gough the minutes of the cermittte were 'confirmed.. • TUE : FERRY COMMIITTIEE. The proceedins of-this committee were confirmed on he motion of • - ' GAS izstri-wiTr,it ; „on .the motion of Mr. )1.9i11,- die procegdings of this committee were cottarmed. .. " . . • LIBRiRY commuyEp, lbeirciceedings-were confirmed. . . . FINANCE COI I I,IITTEE. .the minutes: at this — Errearedifigs ot - tis committee werg sead. - . • •Tir tAYLIS enctiiiidd why it. was that a reduction had beem,made.in . theallowance on the rates of cottage pro .anovv,aPee made .in the: rates ; if was one-thin! of the whole wither Formerly the t i me, but. - red - tieed - to one-fourth. -Mr, BLENOTi as a - .. member 'Finance Cota- Mittee, 'explainedthAt 4'rerlaction bad been made in the assessment of cottage . property, and,, without a .corres-, ieduciidn in the allowance; a loss would accrne to. the coinmissioners; The minutes of the committee were confirmed. - THE STP-ZET RAILWAYS. ,A;petition' was 'read from residents in Claui,Pliton and Oxton, i 8 favour. of the• immediate• extension pt. Mr. Train's street railways to their localities also a letter from, Mr.' Train,,stating that an extension of the scheme was- desired by a large number of the reSidenti in ()item and Clatighton, and that he was pre pared to extend the railways : as' soon as the Commis sioners should have decided upon the course to be taken. A map of Birkenhead accompanied: his letter. - - • Mr. EvANs opposed any further extension of the rai!.. way until those already proposed had been-completed. Mr. Gough and Mr. Peek supported Mr. Evans' view of the subject. On the motion of Mr. Baylis,. the petition and the let ter were referred to , the Road and. Improvement and Perry Committees, as a special committee on street, railivays, Withinstructiens to report immediately to the . Board at a Specialrateting. . • Generalregret' was expressed that Mr. Willoughby shouldbave introduced the _ferry matter,. as it was sup-- .posed That It would give - rise to wrong impressions. There was no other business or importance. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.--YESTERDAY.. (Before Mr. RAFFLES.) TUE LAME OF VIRML-STREET. brOught up. three young women, named Eliza •Little, Margatet - and Elizabeth Spring, charged with. creating a rtot:and' fighibg fn Virgil-Ore:et the previous evening. The officer said he saw the prisoners in_ the street,. fighting with each other. He put them away, but in •a short tuna they returned,•stripPed like men, and fell .to it tf ding dong," and struck.out liirc . good 'uns. The appeared,JO be fighting on their own account—that is, One . down ancl;4nothcii come on. • He tried-to-put.theni away a second time,imt they. refused to desi,i, and fOiiiihrt - aWay like bplltdoglandrytrr, so. he 'was - abliged . th'iCticithein fnio-custudy.. - Prom the . .explen:i• tion.of.the prisoners.4tweuld- seem, that Little sold some things to . the Prisoner Spring, and this irritated the daughter; and fitit‘r went to Spring'; - house to take tlic things • away, .and .this caused the row between -the parties:- Mr. Raffles censtirertlie Conduct of the prisoners, butasthey were, not klibleh:tb - ffieliblilielie" dfikliiiiged them with a- caution. ' - - . • - • -•-• - MRS . SMITH'S:: HUSBAND. - . Catherine Crossby (u -pretty young w9man), Rose Smith, a . talltine-looking-personi - anperiorlf dressed; an d EllanMoran, were brought ,up. by. officer -In,. charged for fighting - and rioting inThtletian-street. 'The - evidence' of the officer went to allow that._tho two:l'M-mimed. pliseneri and The wives :of tinplate workers .. (vnige tinkers)., living :in Christian-street, and the Fatter prisoner-is servant.l6 Mrs. Smith. On Monday eveninghe got.thein.all engaged - in what' they called a mech., Ma murder rim, in eliOgtip-strect, *IA was as meeli.as he coniddeko : PreVelit tlientirom really murdering each other; and tui. the way- to ..bridewell they nearly imlled the : . eyes out .........., ~... • , , —.. ... . of each other. Mrs. - Smith (who, was out on bail), in - a . fearful. state . Of eiciteinent i 'niade' - a speech In his worship, and spoke "with. such rapidity .that it would have -taken an expresi.: steam= .engine - ,ofaixty milea tin hour, to guide a shorthand pen . to folfo* lisiti,:lilsiiivei,". - it was 'eollieted at the stations 'where 'she drew WI, that her husband..is a tinker,: and the good aro!. that:o*ns Mri."Crosiliy - ficroligs to that ancient " profession" also. - It would 'also' allpelit' theft' the - d Welling; of these descen dants of Tubal Cain (Who:Was thelirst hammerer in brass, tin, iron, and probably German silver): are adjacent to each other, and this _gave: them .itif,..opPortanity of tear/ming now and then, Mrs. Smith's husband, it.wvuld appear„is a very good -workman; hut according to Mrs. Smith he utterly disregarded that•POrtion of the Commindment4 that expressly forbids ni to - covet our .niglkhours , waver ; and, whilst fabrieatii'm pots and .pans and kettles, the darkly, brightly, - beautifully blue eyes of Mrs.-Orosebg had More attractionlor him than all 'the iiik.al4. hare and precious, in the world ; .in. fact, •he might . have exclafixed with iiciefreliVrascalkm , '); "Alas, there lies more peril in-thine eye than . tymitrot thOr swords." '. - .011 Saturday evening, 'Mrs. Smith's husband and Mr. Cross Vs wife,, i.e..the .prisoner Catherin e , wen t tb have-a friendly glass, which led tcl "very -unfriendly conversation -hAween - Mrs.• Stiiith :and -her hnsliiild . ,.. -111 Ir. Smith, considering himself one of the lords of . ereatloni-d4northink it right 6-he - lorded over by his better half; and so, to gratify himself and spite -his-lady, he went off in company with the fair Catherine, and realised the adage of "Come; 'fly - air.iy 'With . Mb; loieite:iinieVright sunny isle-, far away from the World we despise." .. In whatever "sing ", 'they - located, they did not re-appear in Christian-street until.:).donday. :evening, 'then . they ' camb home with as 'Pitch . .niedesty „as, .they..u. could possibly .. assume.. ' This 'conduct So • * triaged' Mts.' Smith. . that. hunian nature tOnlel, wt stand - it, and: slit•.. flew at Mrs.' Crossby with - great indignation. Mrs. CroSbY:. having already .conquered • Mrs. Smith's husband,' had no great difficulty is vanquishing tale of -Mrsse'S 'iirs. Smith herself, and as that lady was about to retreat, her servant Moran came up as her ally, and being fresh for the i i oil; She - ttirned the brunt of the battle, and they'were all a l ul'e44 away,•ten times more furious than the husbands. off hammerto tin' when the officer came and hammered them all married-I . he station-house The fair Mrs. Crosby made some sort of an' excu . b .. -.: . said inclined • - but his NN orshm he was to Credit the police he wou i , d , but as the parties were strangers to:the fl atrn,ai , discharge them, and if they were'bronght up 1, Tvinboallivneasmir7ll3aenkne a g.he would puhthem. - CHARGE OF FELONIOUS ASSAULT. --- I ,,, , J ? iti h g n ge t t e ll,- . a boatman it the.Dukeis Dock, was charged for mined to commit a felonious assault on a young • 0 7 a ec ti d o l n e ls : t t r l e ie et wi , • Park.fe of : defended the a Mr.Ru nccoorbirb 'Duke'„ D oc Z. hrianner. The .proseentrix said she went to the , .hus.band; Saturday night, at twelve o'clock, to meet her dock, the p r i:,.,‘" ll cbtning - d6Wd lithe tide; and when in the her doWn - n it e l el9auot, and insulted her; he also knocked were examined kicked' her ih th 6 side Some other witnesses •the-Drisonei but wi : d , ee s.'4'..Cobb broke down the evidence, and _ . USING: A narg,cd. David" Jones ~,,,`t s c_AN CELLED ; CERTIFICATE. .11.erchant Shippin g f_ r arled, under the 140th section of the state of service,.th e ' s 'Lwith having used a mariner's eertifi of Trade -previoaslf, ~.Barree having been cancelled by the Board £lOO. Mr. Tyndal app?ii:dnafxoimum penalty in this case is proved the ease, the magistrat - ti the pr isecution. and having not appear), St, and La 38. 4d.ecosnteds tee defendant (who did "(Before 'Mein's. T o ._- . ; ~.., ...- anu uASTELLAIN). . . • ,CAUTION TO ' Hodgson, pLLOTS. A pilot, named. was summoned b P the pier master at the prifice's-dock y Peter Carey, for not obeying his orders. There was a ship going i nto d , ock, when the defendant .disobeyed the. complainant's, Orders; for which he was fined •100. incroosts. ' . ' • - BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING. Every year adds its Contributiens of merience in .resPect . 't; the practiCal 'effect in the - change in the - navigation . laws which wa:l - determined . on in 1849. • In , .1343 the British tonnage which entered with cargoes at the ports of the United .Eingdom vas 2,919,528 tone, • and the foreign tonnage 1,005,894 tons. In 1848 the British tetal had increased to 4;620,4f5 tons, and the - foreign tonnage to 2,559,0_16 tons; showing an advance of 38 per cent. in.theformer f and 55 per cent. in the latter. In 1854 the British entrances bad ,fnrtber increased to 4,789,986 tons, while the foreign,Augmenting.vath Mneh greater rapidity, had reached an aggregate of 3,109,t56 tons, showing_ an adVanee - of .18 per cent: in the foriner, and as nearly-as possible 1:00 per - the latter. Last year. the .British entrances -were- 5,391,925 tons, and the foreign 3;698,718 tons, showing an advance of 13 per cent. in the former; and about 22 per cent. in the latter:. Comparing 1859 with 1843; the British en trances-,show a general advance:of 85 per cent.;_ and the foreign entrances an „advance of 268 per cent. The clearances outwards next invite attention. In 1843 the British clearances with cargoes amounted to 2;727,366 tons, and the foreign elearanceS Were 1,026,03 tours. In 1848 _the- British - total had increased to 3,553,777 tons, and the foreign elearances.to 1,497,460 tons, shoW ing an advance of 30 per cent. in the.fornacr, and 46 per cent. in the latter. In 1854 the British clearances were 4,683,654 tens, - and 'the fOreign 3,186;882 tons, showing an advance of 32 per. dent:in - - the former, and 113 Per cent : .-in the latter. Last year the- British total was 6,222,746 tons, and the foreign 4,021,217 tons, showing an advance of 33 per cent. in the former, and 26 per cent. in the latter. Comparing 1859 with 1843, the British clearancetexhibit a general -advance of per cent., and the foreign clearances an advancesofl92 per - cent, To. carry tbe.Analysis a little further, the, yea.rly relative - share of husiness enjoyed by. British, and foreign shipping, since 1843—as shown by the tonnage entered and cleared, may beStatc.ul as follewee:-1 . _ British Foreign j -: .-- Britislr Foteiftii Yrs. per cent. per cent.• Yrs, per cent. per cent. 1843 1844 " 71 . 9 " - ... .281 1853 1815 - - 1,9 1: 1854 .1.... _ . .601 ... .39'9 1846 - 291 1355 1847 1848 1849 ~.....-..- • 701 • s . „ 'Mr 'lBsB' '.; - 59111- ... 4 , )-2 1630 - - ' - 661 32 .1 i. 1859 185 r - - 63'3 ' ..:' 381 -1 " -.- - '... ' . . • The general shipping trade. of Altiz-' conntt7 :has mere than doubled since 1843, the total entrances and -clear anees in lhat'year havini , been 7,674,79 tons, while in 1859 they Were 19,334;&3teni. "The British tonnage which entered in - ballast :only_warB2s,BlB feria in 1843, and.1,193;18.7 tons.inlBs9 ; and- the foreign tonnage which entered in a similar manner . wa s 296,056 -t ons in 1843;nid7938,092 tons in 1854. The British clearance?, in. ballast comprised 908,527 . tons' in - 1843, and 503;085 tons in : 1859; -the foreign tonnage 4thich 'Cleared 'hi' a similar manner was 315 T 3711.bins in 1843;_-and 934;389 tons in 1559. The total British entrance s -a n d clear ancei- in ballast - consequently exhibit an incrcoe of nearly 11 - per- cent., iind-the for - eign an increase of 206 per cent,-in 1859, as:compared with 184'3, sfiew4ng that foreign . now experience . more difficulty - than fermerly in obtaining freights., _ • • ,• = POERIO ON THE AFFAIRS OF NAPLES. - • In the Course Of - a recent discussion in the, Sardinian House of Deputies; Baron Poerio, Who hid riot tlirnight . Of. speaking,. end.was, not . prepared for it,_ Was urged by ' hii friends to address the,heuse, and in a clear; manly,' sonorous tone, by no means impaired by ihe under Which- herhas . sci-lOrige beerriabOuring,. a n'd with a fluency_ and:degas:fen - of speech - ehltraeferisiie .of the louthern-Italians, and-. seldom . to : Pet- with-'-among theii less gifted brethren of the North,. said 44- ItAseas my intention to address a -few questiOlis to theiten: Preiiderit of the Council of Ministers respecting .the-late event* in Naples as.;eoOn as 1' had collected-suf ficient information, but as-. my .hon.-friend the Deputy Mancini, in . giving his opinion _on.. the_ Merits : of the ..present question, has spoken at full length upon the subject, and the: hon. Minister' of the Interior has given. an answer; with which I,Aaking into eOnsi deration, the. reserve suggested 'by presenteircumstances,: declare . myself highly satiefied. I may .perhaps allowed to associate myself to the wishes 'se elegantly_ eiPiesSe& by my hon. friend, and to add a few plain - weids.l.:No doubt the iiiStinet- of self-Preservation' .urges Governments as well as individualsto those reso lutionswbicb,at a firet glance seem the most desperate., A dross:nit* Man; hoPeless of any: other eseape, will, in -the 'agony 'of death, - cling . to and 'cited at 'any object -:within: his teach. •I; therefore, can Well under stand that the Government. of Naples; whieh up t 3 this moment .was always the most fierce and impla-, cable foe to 'ltalian • nationality-that „Government which, with the most cowardly obstinacy, persecuted the generous.men who aspired - to-that Common object, should now all at enee change its language, and put forth words of independence, patriotism, and nationality, seeking the proteetion and refuge of this Governnient, and'etting atleast for its moral sup Pert Gentlemen, I have often seen men laden with the most hideous'erinies; when brought before the Court which is to try them, and Unablnio deny their offences, put forward words of compunction, arid .repentence, - - Very Government, - gentlemen,. has . its traditions, from which it canna depart,' We need no argument to be convinced .of this truth. The traditions of the Neapolitan Government are here ditary perjury. The new King, almost to prove the legitimacy of his . deseent,''is - preparing to perjure himself ; and, in order to. Qualify .himself for 'the...task of forswearing himself, he must first swear. -It: is with that view that he declares.himself ready to swear conetitations and alliances. His object in proposing an alliance with the King's Government 'is obvious.. Ile is_only meditating the :reconquest These are the old, fox-like wiles of the Neapolitans Govern ment. As these have thrice availed them, they hope even now, 'from the same arts, to attain the same results: But; it these are very clearly, the intentions of the Government `Of Naples, there is :also no doubt but the Government of .the King—of that Kith; -who - for the last twelynyears has held aloft the banner, of Italian nationality, will never desert its post, never will associate . itself with a faith-breaking Government, a Government by the' nature Qf its very institutions' 'an implacable foe.to Italian regeneration_ I therefore trust that the . King's Ministers, following up that national Italian policy which they, have so nobly pursued here tofore,-will never Preis the bind of that Geverninent which has.so long combated Ourindepetidente; waging against us that secret e subterranean is very often so much more injuriene Ahem an.opers _ war , . sun - intiruately cntrvineed - - that - the King o s 7 Gevernltit dr' Will fulfil this sacred - duty inniosedifpoii there by all theirforegoing-poliey, and by tha fatumot rtaly, - as -a member - . of this l'arliatient, whernon - rest -thp :hopes of Italy,. I _declare .that, I give my. NU. assent to this Bill, being - certain that all the means entrusteirto the GOierrinient"-by :the vete‘ 7 ef Ahe 4epresentativei ' - tif the nation , will_always. he employed' for the-inerease bf.the 'public-prosperity, and -for ~tbe future welfare efeltaly.• (' BraVo . bravo loud applause.)'.. • The Prince of Wales has. been pleased to contribute £O6 towards the compl:e4on Of :the Sehool of Art, Vim: hall; the first 'stone - - of which -111S-Rdyal- Highness laid 1 .• last Wednesday; 1 - 1 : • - ' 7 • • • MURDERS IN • 1859.—The .police returns state that as many as 95 murders were. committed-,in land- and Wales in the year ending at*iehaelings, . 1859 ! 1n the 'complete year 1859 - coroner's inquests found verdicts of •' Murder in 204 cases (115 of them agiiiinst• wonitif)', - htit in very many. instances on further inVestigution such, - cases, range theMel.Y.e wider the hea4 t oftmanslaughter. .of - tbif 95 murders ITweineotintiittedi, in the tan police district; 'Xorrehii - ei and 19 in, - Lance- shire; but only 18 persons 'were convicted of murder in • 185 P, and nine executed; six . of these' nine. ine rt were under 27 years of age,_and ;111'ese wereall murders - without 'any, extenuating eirtinnistances which could be adniitted - as a ground of mercy. A few other crimes besides murder are still capital, and sentence :of death was recorded -against , fifty;two'persons in 1839, though only the nine above-mentioned. were _executed. Only thirty year Previously, in 1f329,.1,385 persons were sentenced to death, and seveniy-fout witcuted, fifty-one of them for crimes' ot now eapitaL Two of .the murders in 18.59 were committed by lunatics in the same nionth in which they were dischargedfrom private . 'lunatic asylums. 1,240 cases of self-murder came before coreners • in the year, probably all Mercifully covered : by the a verdict of "insanity."', . • FATAL ACCIDENT_ OK THE NpRTH-EASTERN-RAIL WAY.—On Saturday evening a serious accident occurred on the Bishop Ailokland.-Branch of fie North-Bastern Railway onipanY. '• At" 13:40 - p - .m. 'Government train leaves that station to join one at Les msidez far :San: derland -and Newcastle, and anthe night in. question the train consisted ,of engine, tender, guard's .van, five third-class, iWri'Seceird-clasi, and one first i class carriages. - The — engine driver. in charge - was a 'than named Jon - Hal 4 of Sunderland,: the name" the .fireman• being.. John _ About a: mile - : .west of Diu - Irani the engine suddenly, and without the slightest premonitory symptoms; left the line, :breaking away from the-tender, and turning completely over. By tbe force - of the shock the whole o'f the carriages were thrown off the, line, and the engine-driver mid: fireman, who were thrown from their "position s were instantly . killed, the former falling beside the tendif, While the latter, it is'sUPPOsed, was run over • bv the wheels of one of the carriages. The first and second-classs-arriages, in which there were no-passengers, were smashed topiect4, and the occupants of. the, third class, of whom. the number was small, have, beyond a few bruises., escaped thiy'serioas injury. Of theca - use of the accident nothing 'satisfactory has as yet transpired. It is 'conjectured, however, that by some.mishap.one of. the fore 7 wheels of the engine slipped off and the driving-wheel being, as is alleged, without the usual protection of the " a deviation from the line would' thereby be 'readily caused. The rails, whichlvere torn up to the extent of several yards, have been re-laid, and the traffic is undis turbed the catastrophe. ' NA,TIONAL RIFLE AS,SOLIATION. THE MEETING WIMELEpf)N. That the public intereetin tbefrifib movement had no' passed away _with . the great ,demonstratioi in .Iyde park was apparent by the vast numbers that flocked from every part Of the metropolis to view tho . flrat - great shooting match - arranged ... to take pli4 at Wimbledon, The fact that our gracious Queen-berself-wiiould-be..pre sent and . inaugurate theevent gale an interest. and in consequence the railways carried their ithousands, and carriages of every_creseription- their hundreck, to the scene of the contest. • The- groUnd•appointed for the pageint is - well tbeisen. his- within easy reach of the metropolis, the Wimbledon Station, of the Soutli.:Western.. Railway,.on - the south side, and-the - - Putney Station and the Richmond branch of that line, to 4ie.north, lying at, greatdistan - ce from the opposite sides: Having niiher considerable eleva tion, an admirable view is commanded of the Picturesque Swiey . hills. The weather--a rare• event of- late - was Most heautiful, ind : eontributed greatly-to the; enjoyment of the interesting spectacle. Arriving on the ground the spectators found that the eaitern side of theigio44 - aucta - portion of the northern and southern sides, had been enclosed by a-substantial boarding., which extended in.a continuous line: for More than three miles. This was the first eizecinte - td: be _passed, and admission within was. gained by pedestrians on payment of :half-a-croWn each. The principal entrance for themxas.in the centre of the eastern side, where every.. accommodation was made to meet the requirements of the occasion, so that not the least pres sure or inconvenience was `sustained on. that account throughout thedsy. There were entrances for carriages at convenient_ spats ;.-but the principal one, and -that by which her Majesty arrived was .at the south-east angle of the common towardi Wimbledon.. The flags of all nations floated gaily within the en closnre at numerous points, that of Trance being included among the rest, so that : the-demonstration was thereby deprived altogether of any particular sirtificance as being directed Against that poWer, • • From the.carriage entrance a road about 40,feet .wide had been eTtendinm to .a.aubstantiaLand-tastefull designed tent, in. which her Majesty was.-to : be received uprin her arrival. ArOlind_tlirs pavillion was a magnifi cent display - of-the cheicest flowers; and in front :of it a extensive dais;- richly carpeted. Immediately in the rear of this tent were others communicatidg•With it, in which the address.of the-presidentand.council.of the association was •te be . presented to her Majesty, sand . where "her 'Majesty would be. enabled to _partake of refreshment ., Other. tents extended - ,Orhtith sides of that, first inentiine& and: beneath - these - were ranges - ofleitts, from which a view was .had of 'the unenclesed'grehnd where the firing was tortale place. -ThesJe within - .which , thoSe.tents were placed - was enclosed by =hurdles, and for admission within this inner line :an -- additional payment of half-ii-ghinea w'as - reqhired'. A large num beroftlfeiriateeracy obtained places in this part of the ground, from which a very excellent view of the day's proceedings could -beitad. , - Her Aajesty:s..shooting-tent, in. which .Mr.-Whit worth's rest was placed; - Whence her Majesty was to fire the first shot, at aititige - ot - 400 yards, was only 200 yards distant, and beyond this could be - easily seen the tents (torn iihich the: firing -parties were to compete for the prizes, and also,-thel long range„,of butts, and the targets immediately in front of them. From the recep tion tent to the 'fent - : a - boarded footway had been Liicl . dowh,"atitl The; henoni Of intoning Itiikway clear for hor Majesty was assigned to . Volunteer officers. Immediately outside the half-guinea enclosure was an immense throng orspectators, and beyond them a dense phalant of horses _and4arriages..___Within_. the. fluor attd_goviving a, spade between .the . principal. pede3triati and carriage entrances, is another range of ~ spacious tents applied to-iniscellaneous- purposes; not ist iniportant"Of Which, 'AS the result proved, is the . refreshment departnient; whiCh lies bean entrusted to the .9161E01 management - 4 Mr. Strange. • Among - others are offices under canvas for the secretary and his clerk, tents foratittniteition, one for the armoitrers; one for a laboratory, half-a-dozen- for"- the - Sappers and Miners ; and obo forlEe,iiirgeon.'• ' ' - " The targets for ranges - of 6011 . yirdseitend in a line from south-east to morth.west.• They are twenty in number, arranged in pairs; the centre of baoh Pair being distant eighty - (aids Trcim that of each adjacent pair, while tho - mintres . of - each pair of targets are thirty yards a s under,_:Beyand_ these, and in a _line_ extsudiug nea,4y nothliiCsoutli i ,are targets giving ranges_of.l,Rop. yards each. Both the b_utti and the_ targetslave been very carefully designed- 7 -the former being sufficiently massive to prevent all possibility of those long Enfield ranges being productiie of 'accident:, 'while the magnitude of the latter, which' are Of iron, has been proportiotie&to : the distance and tale relative difficulty _Of hitting them Those f r og ranges of 200 and 300 yards - measure two feet horizontal 'by - six verticil, -- being about the size of . a: soldier; and they have a " eye " of eight inches diameter standing :in fa' "centre" sof • two feet, and having the 'space outside that cirale white. At' greater ranges , the targets are six feet square, and have simply the two feet centre: . . As had bectianuduneed, her Majesty left Buckinghtem Palace shortly. before three, and proceeding by the new suspenscon bridge_ atßatiorsea, she reached the ground at Wimbledon about four o'clock, and took ber seat on the dais, surrounded by the royal family and a brilliant The Right - Hon. Sidney Herbert then advanced to the front of the dais and read the following address /llaf it please = your DfajeitY,;;We, - the President and Council of the . National Rifle Association, humbly approach _ your Majesty ._;vithi seritimonta,:of-.-dvoted attachment to your throne and person. - - •_1 "We tender to your Majesty our grateful acknow ledgments for the - patronage and • encouragement so graciously extended by your Majesty and your illus trious R,pyal_COnsort to our association, whiellikal..l?een formed . tdgive perniaileitcel6.the Volun-teer force. "-This .force, of- which a. small portion had-recently the. honour • of being reviewed. by. =your. ha's sprung from the intuitive loyalty . and patriotism of your 3lajesty-'s people:- . " " We hope that, wide Lis - . is 'the" development - of the Volunteer force, it may yet attain te-insuch larger proportions: To Itid in, this development and to give permanence-to - 4h this forest by tosterifft And - diffiising Lute for rifle 'shooting; are the objects of the National Rifle Association. These, we trust„ - can best be effected by establishing a g reat annual meeting for competition inrithrshootirig similar to the Tir Fecterat land, where - eftry, t*o ',years- . value of -4";9 00 artreoinP B te( l 7. lo Y; different cantons Meet fogetherin - friendly rivalry. " The use of the-longbow and - the clothyard.shnft was one.e . the paslime 'orilie people, and at the same time- the:terrni of England'it which animated. our ...fatlier.:still lived in - . their :deSeendants: The National Rifle Aspcigion hope by establishipg shooting asasu national pastime to Makethe.rifle what the. ; bow was iri tike d4s Of 1111 3 1aniagenets—the familiar , wcapOu these - who- stood 'forth in the . defeliee of their: cot4ntry.; - -.7 :7 - _ _ _ . . being , the- objects:. of our association,, it lnia been fioiiuuiediti ine9eiiiardegree with your Naiestyla favour and :Ctitintenaiice; and not: only has lOU Majesty been gracTionidrplea4ttl to! etptest !,tour-atiproVitrOf Ohr undertaking ? 4nd-intiniticeptly presented:a prizt which • will hti, .the highest honour that can, be gained .by the coniPetitor.s but four Majesty has even condescended to inatigtirate Oran association and . reipentfalii- 7 think your Mijesty,for this special marls of your faveuri• and .we fervently pray tiiiat and happi 4es s .ma y I , .ng attend yourMMajesty - an& yeni - r . - 310 - 3: . 1C?n595( and every inenibeV'of ---- Her Majesty i-pselrom her chair,. and .. in R . vtty cleat and distinct manner made the followingreply v-•., - receive with sincere satisfaction the: sentiments of attachment to . m-y tilt one,person, and hmily which been eXpieiied by the pietidcnifina council of your asso ciation; and i. assure - yontlist tigetlieetirith rimy Roi•al Coneort,bave., - -Al ! idly giren , ,eneouragernent . .ta a tardy: 039, object kt..is.:tft rensler permitnf pt. an - armed - foree r limited exclusi‘'elY to rhfenitiv - ? . purpose!, and founded upon voluntary exertions. - " I .hs.v.e _witnessed taith, pirisitifellff: in Ch the ancient Bnglieb people-for. manirand• sylvan bppFts kap ,been_cnnvtrted, by. your .associatiop.to; more itniioriant -. 6A - 4,, and ha s . been nide.llPl auxiliary :-- instrument for inniniaining inviolable the iafntY of .our. common Wtintry." . - • ;••• • The Right,-;Hon. Sidney Herbert-thensead ingaddress to his Royal.Higb,nessthe Itlay it please. yoir . :Roya,l .. Higbitp-- 55,..We..„ the president and - council of the National - Rifle AssoCiation, hereby lipptbacli • yOur Royal Highness; 'and' eagerly` embrscp . ,this•oppgrrtuniTy ;of :expressing to 7 your • Royal liiglfuees ..ottr : grateful , acknowledgments : . for- - the. patronage and siipport which you . hays been graciously. pleased to extend to Our association. • ..• "Icuelltv - yet Higliaess ie 'ever - fcititid oiiginating or giving your eulighteiied...and, tliscriminati4 support ttr s uck sc Amss •as havg. for .their„object -ths-advaucernest . of the public good and the prosperity of Kingdom. : i rci 'this association' your Royal Highness has; 7 hoWeAtr; ' Aioft -a special :mark of tivotr become its pation,: - and - no farther - proof' is "„ jeat e f k e tthe value .and importance- of tha .pbieete we , have in - 14tt1r.., • • " WC . .thatik - your Royal Highness for the 'active interest you hai: - shoCfn itt - otir'uridertaliing:anCt for tire valuableroounsel and. assistance which we bircelrequentry • xeceived hands, as . for the. prize which your Royal Highness has geilertsly pifere.d for compp. : tition by all'nalions. • " We' - trust that' the nit - offal' Association, honoured as it is .by. the favour of , h6r Majesty, and • patrOnisedbyymir Royal Highness,. will meet throughout these realnis with that countenance anal support which its national and patriotic character may be found to justify." 'lti•ttliielf his Royarnightiess replied as foliowe 4 , Gentlemeu,--I thank yon siucerely for your kind address, and beg. you . ta be assured that I am Very sensible of the flattering wanner in which you speak of any support it may hAe been in my power to afford to objects of national interest. - • • - _ . 4 4 rigy, apprtciatinz the value .and importance., of the "National Rifle 'Asso - ciation'-ai i Means of encouraging the VOlnnteer:S . lii thn; endeil - oiir to acquire . that 'skill ; in_ .thp astA- .. 0f- their weapon- on :which their :whole efficiency.deponds, it is with peculiar pleasurelhet I have accepted yourinritation to - become its patron ; nor can_ L dolibC en_ I look around me and see the manner in which the call of the cuuncit has. been. responded to, that the result' , Wiff answer the 'most - sanguine expecta tions of these - who set the present - mov-ement an foot. "In establishing a prize open to the competion of all - nations,.niy object *Lis tecgi;:e --- orii marksmen an 'opportunity of 'comparing their - OwnarmS and their o's4rt skill with thobe:of other countries. :As -I - am convinced the result will be to show that- the-British manufai turer is already secondte nine inthe:fahricafion of the . arin itself. the-people Alf - this country are nOt to be surpassed by any-in the knowledge how_ to use it." - - - Her Majesty was then conducted to the rest bn which .the Whitworth rifle was flied, and with-great firmness discharged the picee, amidst. the loud applause of the _assembled multitudes.. • : The practical business of the day was then_ proceeded with. Subjoined is the ofticial_report of the result of the firing ; :-- Greatest Number of-Points and the Name of the Shooter out OfFive Rounds at 300 yards distance. co,rtp*, NAmy,_ NO, OF. nuNTs. 4th lcorpiimptoli Sc rge4 at. TOput 8 9th I-ieut. Dear. sth tient TtfESDAY. There has been no list,made to-day of the successful shooters f.tr 'the various prizes" offered. The shooting commenced at eight o'clock iii the morning and con- tinned Until six " in the evening;, the ranges bejng respec tively.. 300; 500, 4n4 '6OO yards. There _ were fcw _LAW_ INTELLIGENCE. COURT FOR DIVORCE- AND MATRIMONIAL - ' tfAU§ES,- - - -JULY 2: (pfore ,Indp.Ord.binry,: air. Willes, and Mr. Justice Hilt) The Court sat this moruing to give judgment tut the following eases, which were hoard at thelast sittings : CALLWELL r. CALLNVE LL AND KENNEDY. This was , a p - etition - t# - abirstiand a,..dissolution 'of marriage, Which came - before the . Court upon an appli cation to cleat-Wilk the marriitZt settlements and :the daniages, the decree having- boon suspended • fo'r that Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., and r...Tristram appeared for the petitioner:, - ,11r:.T., - Jones fpi the respondent; and Mr. Bourke for the - The ary. said .the court had been asked le deal with three separate sums—£l,3B4 invested 1n - the • firralv - tn-thE- - -inteteffltArielith - tirid - lrife would for life upon the . Agath - - - nf :her ;father, 'and which was settled upon.the,hisbarid..., _4oolx..ttie darlings assessed by the jury; and an annait - v of £4OO, which the bus bis marriage covenanted should be paid to the wife for life in the event of her surviving him, to the:first:Sinn; thg ath.section of the Divorce Act 'gave the - court no power '4d - int/fere with .the har!lrticrg interest, and it would makenk order as to therlife estate the wife. Of the £3,000 .C 1,500 must be expended in the purchase 4 an annuity fot the..wife Without power of an'ticip'ation; and thq : remaining "ii,.500 must be invested in the farnic4ndAlie interest p a id t o th e wife for life,-the prineipal to ko:ii-het deathito the child -bore since th e separatioafaf the husband, and The annuity Of ,C4OO- mast-be the maintenante and adoration of the-three children:of the mai-riage. - The 'fitreedf'diisolittiiiii was then pronounced;- • DES: ti. DECK. , I Mr. D. Keane aPPeirecl.forthe.petitioner. The Judge-Ordinary: Said that -Charlotte Deck;lthe peCttiAnhr in' this ease, prayed for a disielutien of : her: marries with ' 1 h _:Desk,. un- the:ground of adultery coupled with bigamy; Ik apPeared . thrit the parties were married in 1844 ; that 1n48.48a devl.of 'separation . ..wits executed, and they celled to lire together - 4 that soon afterwards the respondent-went to America-, - and became. domiciled there ; that. in 1853 .he there married Louisa Ann Halpin, cohabited with her: and hticl : a 'child by hir ; 'and siibsNneiitly -obtained -a- decree bf - . nullity in the' Sapreime Courtiof New York, on the. ground that his first wife WaS_living, • -The: respondent was served with the citation in America, and did not appear. A doubt was . entertained• whether the Court , had. - jurisdiction to adjudicate - : upen tha petition, the husband.beingidomioed in Amerita-c- but it was now of opinion -that it had jutisdictien. The respo - ndent; was a native-born English &i.tijeOV'' he owed allegiance to the Crown and_ rit:_the..laws of- England. and . -that allegiance could . not bei-kliiktidleff by :change, of stoi..y . s:Conif7ca.of eec. 540, it was observed, "that nations genetalli assert a claim to regulate the rights, and duties, and obligations, and acts of their own citizens wherever they faay doini ciled ; and so far as these rights, duties, obligations, and acts afterwards come under the - 0 - 40isance of - the tritsurials the , : sovereign Over. of . their own - COutttry' l either for "lehforeeth*, ' - or for protection4;7?'of for.;7iiimedY,- -there -'may he no. ju.st_ground to, excludft this. claim." ...In thine -- observations the court concurred. The Imperiii Parliament had, by the 20th Arid -. Vietoria, - odp $5,7 laid down certain -regulations as to . the rights, datieS,_ obligations.. and aet.4..of Ehglishitizens ',regard to divorce and - matrimonial-cad - ties: By, the . `27tl section a right to'a dii-oree-orai given to atfy`lifir94' which must, include any.wife,. who was a insitital- - bern English sub ject, who could prave that, her iltrisband had - been guilty of adultery coupledlwith:bigamy, which must he taken' , to meana - marriage kith apc Otbir person, whethr the.. second marriage was contracted within _fier4l.lajesty'A._ dominions or not. ln thii case sin Pvii6li-wife com plained that an' English husband had; since their sepa ration, gtates, *ii.thrn the as wall - as the spirit of the enactment, and - the petitioner having, established hevease, the Court. was bound - to pronounce ',decree' of dissolution, with costs against the respon dent. JIOND V. BONDh Dr. Spinks ippe - ared...kor.the petitioner, The Judge Ordinary .sat . this was a petition...-..by Charlotte Bond against Hancock Stanley Bond for dissolution of marriage, :- on the ground of adultery - coupled with cruelty. The petitioner we; an English;' woman, and . in.Juls,,-184(1:flibiktliaeried the. respondent in England. tcir . a:Ahert - : time.,atter the marriage they lived at Clifton, and then went to Ireland,:to - the house of the respondent's father. They then re turned to England, enclitic(' for some time in Lond.m... In 1843, they were staying at the house of a sister of the petitioner,. in WarWielishire, ivl en therespon- . ,., dent treated the petitioner with great cruelty. .:•They: l again went to Ireland, and lived at Grange near Armagh., They returned to England, in 1845, bringing a servant, ,Mary. Ann ; Heger, with them. This woman soon . eftervardsreturned to.,lreland, and the respondent went there :alsO; The: petitioner in a short time likewise returned, and fgnnd her husband and Ilegap.livingin'open adtilterY. - 'Il again treated her with cruelty, and she 'went back - to her parents in England, and had not since seen him. According to the evidence .the petitioner. was an Englishwoman, and • had therefore - ai right 'to present . the petition; but; the respondent_ ..appeared :to - have. had .a - residence ...in Ireland ; from -which- it might be inferred that his domicile was 'lrish, 'end It4land, int' the purpOse - Of this suit, must be treittecias a foreign country.' If the evidence upon this point h - adbeen so cogent as to compel the Court 'to taket'nOtiie that the 'respondent's domicile was not .England but Ireland, the question would have been . raised whether the court - could have adjudicated against a foreigner under the - circumstances of the case. But jtliei marriage was in .England, the respondent had lived With his wife in various places in England, aid although the had net submitted to the jurisdiction of the court,_ yet he had not contested A t -, haying been served with - citation and not having - :appeared. The evidence wart 'not, therefore, of so ecnicluoive a nature at th eolitef, the to treat the : reepOrident as an Irishtitin;inich .. the marriage would accardingly' . be dissolved, with bitt4- OF P R ICE S -.4.0.1t.E19 TO THE . mesiage was sent down to.the Houses on the 18th, an - neuficing the .expected arrival of Prince.Alfredi who is.: to 'accompany Sir George fug - an, a tour' through 'We'. celeey. TbeAssemb.ly have passed a resolution author= ising the Governer tO - tipenel.eny amount he niay think' necessary...loe ..receiving .:ihe. - Prince with due honour: His Royal Highness will meet With 'ail entiniiidstie ceptiou, for. her MajestyLis:clmpit - / werahipped •by the loyal colonists at the Capi: F : have quite a new ,werld:epeted to him while travellleg,.among sitriPle.Mincled farmers. T&,..0n1r fear that in one: zeal to make his stay a pledetrit otie—and accompanied AS h e will be by-, a number of officers and gentlemen— he Will: have no orniniftertity- - otgeeing us as we are.-- - ,CaArlizt - 1 Yaial ilreect, WRESTLER. p? ESGLAND.—We 'stated in ri6 tiiiies a short time ago that an old man named. 'Abraham Cann, nearly; three-score and ten years .of age, ..tras_residing in an obscure: village ift.the-nOrth ..pf P . cvon in - .e,.%fife Otgreat Alistresi. llt his diy`. he was the champion wrestler. of •Englend; and-held tl lielt'against all comers, notwithstanding the temptation of large sums-of money Well were known to have been .offered,to him as the price of, his . back. Mr: Langton, ~ of the Bull Inn, Exeter, and other gentlemen, feeling that it Would he a diSgrace to . the .county if a man so 'genuine and meritorious were allowed t o eke out the . 'remainder of his dayi on parish -pay, commeucerta sub-. ..seription for him, which has now'reached a goodly sum, .but; is insufficient to purchase for him an anrittity, that being the - object of the friends Af the -veteran champion. received a communiestion On Saturday Mr. Langdon from Lord Palmerstometating that he had directed that a donation-of £11) should . be paid to Abraham Cann out of _the 3loyail3ounty Fund.. CONDITION OF THE GUN-BOATS.It Since our last notice of the condition of the gunboats in Hailer yard, an order has been received at the 3faSter Builders'-offiee in Portsmouth - dockyard from the- Leids of the Admiralty, to open up - six more of the coppered boats for examination , a . means of affording. addi tional evidence for the use of the Gunboat Cemniis firm, now - holding iti" iittings.. - These six vessels ate now lifftelentlY eXposed to _enable to o — offer - a le! re -marks-on-their- state,-Which- - will be -interesting, to the Public in general,' and may possibly' be of . use- to the members of the commission themselYcs. As has been before 'stated, the sheds at Hadar, und6;neattt Which the boats are stowed, consist-el. a tango. of zinc covered roofs, 'partitioned by brick-work ribs, each parti tioied.ipae.c being, arranged tO. contain ten 'The names of the six vessels no*-Juider examination, are: the Skylark and Charger, built by, .Messrs. Pitcher,' of Northtleet the fervent,: ;,lint - :.b)r,_'3.lessrs. Green,: )31041crial1 ;. the Wlaiting,..tty 7 *esexs.. Wirt:am, of Blackvitill, and the Raven and :Redbreast,- by Messrs. 'siEcl of Birlienbeid: — The litter - may - be 'the quielcest:disposed"- - ef; 'ail Nfiff be: SuftCient .to.say-that..they areall-that eouldbe expected let iliinrt ; hat/© beenbuitt where. or by whom .they would, They, however, afford a proof, and a most conclusive .one, that if a vesiel is . e,onstrtiefoit with peeper ma - tenets, Heiler • sheds will - not catisis7 are of about equal -value._ -.'..rtte Skylark- kas - been found, to , have_ had " dumps" or, short, bolts _freely , used in her construction, and her buttsare also st a t e d ' fo - , have been fasten e d, or pretended tO ' belasteiled, by the same means, instead of the through bolt. She has scarcely a timber which does not displaysav freely. - The Charger, by thetamebitilder, hasher timbers in r ats bad a state'frem sap •as they can well Ile----they - eatt scarcely be *Orse. Her fastenings are good. ; 'Her planking has been badly Worked -on to her - flinhers, , -SO 'Mich se' that the .ngers7.may be . freely passed -between - het bilge streak _and tilnbtr§. 7 The Fervent: has her timbers-show ing sap and rot fore and aft. ,Her stem, sternsoo,- an d apron mvst ail heretnevici and replaced with nevi. Her planking, is badly" Worke- tin tel her liribers, aiid ; she "is in as - -batha_elateite-sshe, well. cats: fastenings are stated to have. been found good, . The Whiting • . is sap and rot lore and aft; not sound timber .iu her ; - . no Complaint, hOWOVer, 'as to her fastenings. the . watercourses in nearly' all the vessels have, as a rule,, been found to hsve.been so. entirely neglected in their construction_as.tostop comManieation_betweesf, the pumps a nd the !rater .The _caulking, ion;" has - been - fountto triire - lieen of `the - most superficial description::: - the'-copper' on vessels' bottoms has considerably preserved the elm planking - underneath; .but. this hae tended to-no saving, to the country, except, in similar cases to the p itedbr_ea.st and. Raven, As. the amount of sappy timbers in the vessels has necessitated the reinoVid of . any 'Plank 'that he . sound on it; inside -as well - as on 'its outside: • Nobettei evidence could-be nffered l te.the eommission4hietheinx boats we have named above. , , . „ _ FACILITIES FOR YOLUNTEERS TRAVEL= LING BY ItAUMAYS. • folio-Whig dodunienf -has been issued ran the Wit Office to, commanding - officers of vointicote6drlis; in ~reference: to. the. charges to -be • made .tb volunteers ‘fhen on ClUty and in nniform:- 1 7- ' 4 Witr 'Office, Pall-Mall; 1001 - 7urie,l A 60.. • -.‘:•‘:4tr,A-I: trbi '-direeted by- Ift. lieCreiny ItirVerho acquaint- you 010, bbieniuni: eel()); with the ~various railway t..ompaaies ! Co the eteri!ion . to the-mem.hers of tiifriottinleer / forccfricileggi similir to' tlitie which are gilinted - tolief Alajeity's military:andiother forces, when proceeding. by. railway, the ,following companies' hive kindly consented to convey volunteers, •when- on duty 'and in uniform, .at tbp.updermentioned,rates 13lyth . and. Tyne . - Railway Company,:Stockton-and Darlington . Railway Company,-Taft Yale Railway Cott pany,-peesidS Rallway.CoMpahyZ Soith-Rdstern . Rail way, Londoti_ and Solith.Wes *n Railway,' Laud on , B r i g ht o n,: and :South • Coast'. 4tailiva i ," Great Western. RailAitif,. Great Northern Railway, North-Eastern-Rail; way; West Hartlepool Railway; Naryport. WaT, Aridland.Railcvay. .1 •-• "Ia Accordance with the provisions of the Act 7th and sthyia., cap. 85, sec. 12, vii..: At fares not exceed. in? 2d, Ter ntile for ea.C l 47llostiallC4 (WO proceed ing Oniduty, such - officers being entitled -to --eoTirlyocie . in a first - class carriage', and not exceeding Id. per mile fOt aC,h soldier, such soldiers •being Tonveyed itir - totf. l riages which shall he provided. with seats with sufficient space for 01e,reasonable_accommodation of the persons conveyed, - and which - Shall be pr - otetecl against . the w i at h er , • 7 _..... . _ -ft-London - and Z.Tanth-Westettl'lttilkOlyi Worcester, and Wolverhanlpt_on-First 'class,; 2d. per mile ;_ in carTiges. prate,ctect from tlas * Nyeather, Id. per mile, on prodticirig rouie. tristol. and Exeter Railway : The double journey at single Tari!. . 4 ,Corth Staffordshire 'Railway : lid. per mile second class, for going and returning ; officers 2d. per mile first, class; to go and return for 3d. per mile, or fare and a half. South Devon Railway : First class. to- officers, first or second to pr.ivatee, B.t...crovernment faros , op giving verbal aiisurance thai ifre volunteers are going to. drill, &rt. Eastern Counties Railway : First class, 2d, per mile; second cl ta. per mile. NOM:h . ef lanaltailway : Tirst..class. 2d. per mile; thireciss . ,' 111. per haie the honour to be, sir, your'ofledieitt servant, . , 7 ' • "DE GREY AN D " T-he.Offloor commanding -- Volunteer Coips." BARBAROUS •MURDER. ;_ ~' _- A shocking tragedy was perpetrated at Prome on Saturday mbruing at a village. talic , 4 Mid, four miles from that town. Mr. S. S. Kent, a 'gentleman holding . a lucrative aepeintment as inspector of.fatorinsf9r,.4lr6 lives in a - .retired house, :standing, 'kn. its • own grounds t Road... That, morning, . about : seven. o'clock,, it Witi(feUnd that one. of his sons,. a fine lad four:..yeays - , of age,. was. missing. _.from • his : pot in the nurse's room .in „which. hi. usually sleptr-a~ld~ after an hour'S' - Seareb,4isjiodi ,was. found -stuffed.; down the seat of 4 privy on ,pretnises,•tbe,throitt beihg cut from 'ear, to ear and a large : st,ali aPPaieiiti itthe 'reg'ion of''-the heart, evideixtlyliniliuteg aver -death: * * was wrapped 'in blanket belonging, to apPeared to liave - been, killed iihik The - perpetrator as yet niidiSeO.V.ered, of coUrigilta Most ditigentiticiurriee 'are, being : mule... It'isevident that the per,ioii. :or persons-for scents impossible almost that it could liave been one by _ one person leave . lieeti in the house over,. night, for all the fastenings were tintoitiChed, as they . had = b6On 'Oft the previous riig st , . when examined. Mr: . 'Kent; = with the - exception "Of: the drawing.rropm,, window, opening into the lawn ; this wasfoupd partially open; ankl ihit'Ortaters'- unfastened; hilt - no vitilenee had been used either there or -at the „ diawing-rooni 'dooti which was locked .at.night op the outaide. ..:The wounds were apparently inflicted by.a large _table knife, hut .no such We apon, r.apon,oany clothes stained With bl oo d h ave b een , found. - The family consists of Mr. andAirs- - Kent - and seven childrei, three girls and one boy being •Oltiklm,reliii the fi rst wife, and two gi r l s an d th e tUCOaseirWtha preseneMrs. Kent. It is a singular fet . .tbate nea - rliv three years ako the two youngest children by the first wife—tonstanee and William—eonceivinp -tlibenselvis to be ill-treated; started off,. both' 'dressed-in Clothes, and_ Were not found for &WO - lir; t*i have now just . 'returned from school. It - At - Seems aliuo.st incredible that the child could' hare ..been abstra'.4ed from the' nursemaid's room withou t t.ber knowledge ; -b u t. not the /slightest suspicion . attaehes , lo..iter.• The affair has occasioned great consternation in the neighbourhood. At the inottist on the body, no new information was elicited respecting the mysterious murder ';'„ and an, open verdict was returned. . . -• _ • VINTAGE AT. THE CAPE. —.The vines, have suf. fered terribly from the yavtags_•?Llhelatc disastrous foittMatelY, it has been discovered that, for the most part, the disease is one pretty welt known„ here; :and not thedrended nriblch imere 'confined to nommtatively limited ;although this year's vintage hAfFfieerra e fire . strong-hopestf a better season next yearei" it icorily fair: A l t add that thereltre-sonie wholiold Alitretent Opinion. halosses, however, -caused by the - blight, coming At the-sometime with the fall in the . :priCes tit Capacatine in London, - consequent upon. - the.neircoramereig trebly . with „France,, Lava cast a ;bow rover: the rospeets the wine-gr oweras. Last year the..ex,p.ort..w,as.,xesy., 'great. To Great Britain the colony, iiported.l,oo2,44g. gallons "of wine, -r and - th- - otlier ' coitritilerr' 9 13 Of wine and 20,211 gallons-of brandy.—Cape and Nb tea. THE WILL OF Tlre . LktP . cOUNTESf, The will of the Right Hon. Marie Louise Pellicie de ; Milberg, Countess Granville, wife of the Right 'Hon. ,Granville George Leveson Gawei, President !of :her, Majeity'a s Tiivy :Council; , was proved, „with a, codicil,. on _flue 20th - . . and 'airtainistra — tion granted toiler husband, „Ear) Granville, - the Sole executer to het will, whin ivasTlfriiited to the personal estate, over?Whieh, de`on marriage in- .18497::_her'.! ladyship:' 'had disPosiag , power. of appaintrnaut. This lady . being s of the,.co . tr e tt:lig . religin,some of tirlaequests arein . favonr of • munity. Shp leave s to' htr htis'hatid, E:s!„i fe;. . some policies cif: . aistrinee •effeefed- ner directs a stint to beappropriated -.fiak e. -tho in •Aldenham, . religious worshir:of the -Romsn l, 'Salop, and also au income to .Ir.,iritOtved non .the o ff_ dating priest of that' plake ; a efiating acy b- so to he given to each or thi s bfR place of worship"in Fturmattset; " Keie y-square.. The cauntt ss hasc'harged her estate with an.annuity of £5OO P annum , which her Eo n is directed t:) Pay to the own et tess'i mother. Iler ladys hip heir of Emerie Joseph Duke of Daflerg. The countess died at -Brighton .on . the 14th of March last; at the Age of the date of F e b, 16, 180 2 .f or ty- n ine, and her will bears 'AMEI - 4T - E.IVART AND CO.. LP Wink THEM CELEIMATED. -4"/-14* WAISIr4; - tS`CATF - efid - , at fteirOld BRANDY, Yale or Brown l.4e. Finest SahibtLatn HOLLASDS, in .. 30s. 14!.. per Doz. . _ in woad Leitelonakoiithl - Or, 'Bristol QIN. tail • ri!lticv r•lOnaNz PINT 7.7rwanas. JAMES--STEWART & CO., W a9ll.tk.kLF: :WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, AND _7_ _ lIOTTLERS OF-ALES -AND PORTER. - (2 C-4 1 4 . FRSr.RANCE-BITILDINGS, • :ii. DALE-STkEET. ER.TD-Elk4S, ANb FIRE IRONS. & J. DN E S respectfully solicit an INI3PECrION of their entirely NEW STO C K FENDERS AND FIRE IRONS, Being .cc2..o.t . tire largest selections in Liverpool, - TilE NEWEST DESIGNS . • IN ORHOL d r er STREL, ELECTRO, AND-O THER • IttIONES,, Varying ir. prigs fiOtt Siitlien Shillings to Eight Guineas. •-•:- • - - 1 - ntogs:.& JONES, - - rtnlnsli M -G" IRONMONGERS, - A6-7-LORD-STREET -46 w. -To o K E r.: AtAIWRO OLD POST-OFFICE BUILDINGS, - - .Re,peptfully,-soliOits attention to his immense Stock of JEW - ELLERY, of the newest and choicest designs, and in the greatest variety. •- -" SILVER AND -PLPLTED - GOODS, Of the- most fashicinahle- , patterns ; the quality warranted. --W A-T S London-made LEVERS, :with all the latest improvements. Liverpool WATCHEs,-at all prices. - •GenevaqVATCHESZIkUni. the best makers. :C - LO CK-S of all descriptions; . incinding the very latest designs, con stantly rec. - treed from his - ManttfaCtory at Faris. ARTICLES TIE - PARIS, - ,a rich and caned astortment. SEVILES, DRESDEN,IWnd r PARIAN CHINA, BOHEMIA GLASS, _and BRONZES. 13' HL - W0 R K , of every description. • - DR-Er,slNU:ZAst, WORKBOXES, DESKS, ENVELOPE CASES, and FOLIOS. . _ _ TAB -- LE•AND POCKET CUTLERY MEDI.F.TAL and PAPIER-MACHE GOODS. W, DELI E.A.S , • • - •titres and Metal. , of all kinds. Public Buildings and Private Residences Pitted for Gas. Estimates an 4 Prices forwarded on application. T.:requests.Lhe.fayour of- an inspection of the and lieg;leare to state ihat he has determined to adhere to -, l2lFritodOrtt title of Mishits!, Ili : SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RETURNS. _ 11 - -.TOOKE, LIVERPOOL. CCOUNT ' BOOK.—A Large and well-seasoned Stock of Ledgers •lournals, Day and C as h B oo k s, B i ll 800 P, and every other <l;l4eription used by Banke rs , M erc h ants, Bakers, and General Tradesmen, always kept in stock, made of the best Kent - Papers, and bound hy first-cla.s workmen in a z.uperior manner, and guaranteed is open freely and lie flat. Parties can hare their Arcoarit Books bound and ruled Pattern on the shortest notice. INI : Ib . I 2.N e L r L r A ve NE r from tlB 41 6 0 4 1 . 5 . T °.N per E r i e t a li m' ; o in tr from 35. t0.78...0. per ream.;- Envelopes, large size, 3e. M. por 1,000 ; iltationery Casts and Envelope Boxes, in ink any walnut, from 21,. fid. eacb ; . 31ordan's Copying Presses, from 30s. each; Letter Scales, nkstand. De and Press, IGs. 6d.; Pens. Copying and °dice Ink, ver,v best (own manufacture); and every other article suitable for mercantile firms. TIAVELLERS AND TOURISTS. . • JCST RECEIVED, kISARGE-'and well-selected •Stotk of TOURISTS' ettCASES, from is. each ; _ Traveling Desks, Ss. to £2 26. ; DeApatch Box, 3lotoceolinif ittisms. very best make, and..bcautifully finished, contain* eyery-requisite for corre spondence, £4 4s-. to . E 6 6i. &c. - PR.CDSITAIVS BLACK'S,GVIDE BOMA throuch England, North and Sobth Wales. Scotland, Ireland, and the Lakes BLACK'S .- MAPS.Ior Ditto. 13L 41:a's GDIDE to the Watering Places of Great Britain and Ireland; 2£. ed. f TI ENRY GREENWOOD, MORCANTILF, GENERAL. ANI) FAMILY STATIONER, BLIOKEINDER, PRINTER, LI I HOGRAPHER, :AND -ENGRAVER, CAST-LE-STRI;ET,---32. • 312 ,• • - , - - • -- - - STEAM P RINTING WORKS ,•:_.. 32:_„ c,T,„,4,,,,REET,32. -t -E ITE RPR . EB 8 PRINTI NG.—Ban ke rs. met ' A .chants. Brokers, Solicitors. Ant' toners, Tradesmen, and !et era ahbut to change their printer —or new Firms abont to !eff edgba t htnisesaftmeerferst—nle :ft gpectfullv informed that erery d es c r iption of .1/•/ cuitiiie, Lege, and dencrof PRINT ING, is executed with accuracy and despateli, unit on the moan 'modepate terms. Inc Premises. Plant, and Staff, for extant% I completeti• sty old • eitteienel: Are unequalled in Liverpool. Machinery of the hes:, construction, : driven by *team power, ensures rapidity.:o;W =moray ; while his large ;and efficient 'staff of intelligent ivtkiirne - • enable, him to execute orders in tiortirst,'Sl:Vit:.of tut: Art..l Eituttatos arnished_to large Con 'sumer!. far Commercial, General. and Fancy PRINTING of erettdrsniairtioro.,.- --. 1 -- . -.!:,..•.- - •- - . - -- • T ITHOGR AIT Itt PRINTING. — .Superior work jEj •• - ttaiiiiiiiP.,viarairtiedili minting Maps, Plans of Evlates •cr pther Property,..6artiorm Vilgranut, Lnitdmelpes, Marine 11e41.s,PIrtrafts, Frre , Sfoiilrs,Arehiteetural, Engineering. and lfeehanieal Drareinys, Coloured Skore Cards, Labels, Oren hrrs, Chegteeks,- Bill Ifeads,lncoices, - Bank Drafts, and ever y ..nriety of • Orniri.;,,nterf and C'onintereial Lithography, ;Pain, tinte4 or coloitred. - : . MVOKBINDING, MACHINE4ITTLING, AtAcELDUNG; LETTERPRESS, and LITHOGRAPHIC 4TI:NG - Fxf - Mted fir the Trade on advantageous terms. ,(AtDVERTISEIIIENTS FOR ENGLISH AND FiOlt kiGN NFiCSPA PF, It I , ..—:kfrerfiStog A q rnt to a ..e earling. Mei•e•ontrk-arn24 owl: rrilletl7llArs in Ltrertreeg.— 'Ali un d er signecl la• Or AUTHORISE!) AGENT IN LIVF.R -•POOL fir reoeivitic A nymi. risEXIENT6 for all the leading .I:Firish, - SeVeh, - Welsh ~ le ih ; Airs - fifth - frit, ? 'an erd i 7n, .4 ineri - (04 ,, ~F,-,0 4 4,- .ffriskirm. - rieVntnn, Delp - in'', t DVtCh t Sparish, Portripare, , Sreisi, - and other Foreilla Netespaperx, having a direct eommunicatibn with nearl y _soo ntwspl ipers t h roug h out the world, and de'veiteiiothiahusiness the experience of near;e a quorterof a ceirturr.--ontrasts entered into for l ong series at greatly reduced rate. : Adrertisernents far the Manehester and other distri c t P apers o r,tholollorring day ref Pil , f'd tip in Seem o'clock every evening. All the .principal papers-wed for reference. • • HENRY--GREENWOOD, PRINTER' BY •STEAIq-POWER, mnsor.EsALE AND EXPORT - • iTATIONBAY Alkfl ACCOUNT-ROOK MANtPACTURER, ENGRAVER, AND 'LITHOGRAPHER, C . • AND-- GEM RAL - ADVE.ITISING AGENT, A-S TLEr S T It E E T,-----32. Woßti.4: 4ARI.INOTON,STRIET. ARTIFICIAL, TEEill, GUMS, AND PALATES. PROTECTED - Ai -E S • - . lt D S F,N . ris , C .r y t,., , A •_ B R I E L, (ko -, 134, .DI:KE-sT itt;LT, : LIVERPOOL, Oppbate Berry-street : 3-3. - L 1J DGATE- II I L L LONDON . , • W.FArr-itsu RRANt/f, "! ..- Z 110, REGENT-STREET. .obe. .e Numbers, pirtieulartr. - ESTALLISIIKU 13113 ! —ScI: DIPLOMA. THEIR LOSS._ • And as now re toned. on the new princip:c of self-adhesion and capillnry attraction combined, by means of a soft flex ible whh: constr.'. F. DV M -CO TSYDRED TNDIA-R 12)311Ek in lieu of bone or gold, without springs or wire, and with out any operation; THEY ARE WARRANTED rens:, wrrotn- COME, AND ENTIRELY FREE FROM SMELL; they are easy and comfortable upon: the most sensitive gums, and mar he worn for many years without being in any way afre , zttei. inaterials - used "ate of the best qunlity, the workman ship of the first order, and are .siipplied at less than half the "ordfrik4. east:- I ,v.ew :Plot p ublished. NiGabicers !Treatise Of importance to all requiring the dentist's nicLaud,,ernstrating froth su c h a source, it may IA " ThoulaucLs requiring arti fi cial teeth are d e t erred from relied-on."—Vnitcd Service* Gazette. ouch e . s ay,,pern se . G a b r t al ' s treatise. " coks'ulttng a'dhntist, fearing the anticipated cost or drea. _ of .l'ubliShed by Messrs. Gabriel {gratis on appli cat i on, or t,tr,l ei X t v e Di Ga l zette. • seat'gin receipt of three postage stamps), at their Establish ' meat-.:. • • , FRAM C(IUNTRY PATIENTS, ONE YI"SIT ONLY REQUISITr FOR A bINGLE TOOTH !Olt CO.M. PLETE SET. • PATENT .WILITE ENAMEL 'CEMENT, the-Only pet • manent preparation for front teeth, which effectually retains its colour (is: per blicket). •• • • PREPARED WHITE GUrfl PERCHA, the best stop ping ler - Decayed Teeth or Toothache. This inritluable stopping is placed in the cavity, when perfec..tly soft, beeotnes hard as the tooth itself ten minutes after inser thmand renders the decayed member sound and useful in niaNteatton. Is. '6el. per Bar., or. sent on receipt of 20 staticps. TIKROYAt:TOOTII POWDER, Is. ed. per Box. . .••• The above preparati ons may b e had from any chemist ,in the kingdom:- Stopping Decayed Teeth, Scaling, tke. .MESSRS. GABRIEL, TTIK OLD ESTABLISHED DENTISTS, • 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL •IW 83,- LUDO A T E-II I LL, L 0 N`D•ON , It e- 1-10 ,: - REGENT -STREET, 1 Attendance daily from Ten to Six. z t, Varr . iagp, an tatir. Birfhs; Marrfapis, and Derrths, forwarded for insertion, ?U (St 'he properly authentichted with. the name and address of the the charge for. the insertion of Births will be Six ' price each. -- • - . MARRIAGES, 'Onthe 2Sth ult., at Walton Chtireb; William Andrew M.K e y to *fry Louisa, eldest daughter of the late D. 11. Davies, of Kirkdale: OA - the 28th ult., at Walton-on-tht-Ilill, James .Taelo on Armwsmith to Eliza Jane, youngest daughter of the late D. :•11. Davies. of Kirkdale. : Pki , rEurs*—The decline. of pauperism in En g l an d , as compared with last year , conti n u e s . In April, 1859, nearer 3 per tent. th an 2. The b w y itti ab l oi; a c y, 2 - : p i e B4.9 rC7 w t ; : in lifdy the decline, a s compared s ;• declin& ii still !Most consideiable in the cotton district. . v arious data-,som e . o f them in no way Ties u . 6 7 ,6 oF STREETS AND 111:771 DINGS.—Many houses of remriable;fot:'external appearance-Lthetime, and some 'short clictimstances connected with . their erection, attract a certain arnOunt of attention from the wayfarer ; 'and Ili*, Togs on the Value of those dates becomes :the greater. --Why, therefore, should this good old fashioied cu stom lie. so little. tho ught ' of in these modern ,days ?-% It sliokrld be xerisidered that., in due course, the present, reign,. And all connected with it, will become :arth*iµQ, ,when the marks which record the structures of Q4enNictoiia's times- will be looked upon with as mtiell'interest 'as those of Queen Elizabeth's now art Lb) us. • !'" . - . - Our read , rs har•e only.to send their address to D. T. Barry, Esq Itegcnt,:strt4t; W., London, awl they will receive gratis and free by port.TThe "INVALID'S OWN GUIDE" or Natural Restorer a - itho Aledicine or exnense, of perfcc ,digestion, strong nerves, sound laths and refreshing sleep, to Vie most enfeebled,- insuting.the removal of indixestion (dys .pepsia), constipation, sickness at the stomach, epilepsy, para lysis, debility, nervousness, palpitation, cough, asthma, con _stimption,..dropsy. Ala to lencv, diart Inna, dysentery, bilfamal f . s s, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noses in the ears, :rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, h artburn. headache, despondency, cramp, spasms, sinking fits, bron chltis also children's complaints. Unquestionably the safest Guide to health," Mt -DAILY TIMES-, -WEDNgSDAY,-- lll-LY-4; I. 3