The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-26 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. In re J. POOLEY.—This bankrupt, formerly a con tracting agent in this town, came up yesterday for his final examination. The examination was adjourned. INDIA.—At Mr. Ward's, bookseller, Hamilton-street, Birkenhead, a petition lies for signature in favour of Scriptural Education in India. Tun GEORGE'S LANDING-STAGE. — The bridge on the north side of the George's Landing-stage has been closed, for the purpose of making necessary alterations in that portion of the stage. THE DOG DAYS.—The Birkenhead Commissioners have issued a handbill, containing the usual caution re2ainst allowing dogs to remain at large during the dog days, which will terminate on the 31st of August. MOLASSES FOR DISTILLATION. The amount of molasses delivered from the bonded warehouse in Liver pool free of duty, for distillation during the week 'ending June 23rd, was 71 tons 2 cwts 12 lbs.—in all 159,760 lbs. The• Customs Bill of Entry shows that there has been a decrease of vessels reported inwards for this port during last week of 116 ships, and 76,421 tons, as com pared with the corresponding week last year, which may be accounted for by the prevalence of easterly winds. Tarn BRAZILIAN ;Amts.—The Anglo-Luso Brazilian mail steamer Brazil, Captain Eustice, sails, to-day (Tuesday), from Liverpool, with mails and passenger for Lisbon, St. Vincent, Pernambuco, Bahia, and Rio. Letters will be received at the Post-office, Liverpool, until one o'clock, p.m., the steamer herself sailing at half-past three, p.m. 'GOVERNMENT EXIORATION.—Her Majesty's Emigra tion Commissioners have given notice of their intention to receive tenders on Thursday next, the 28th instant, for vessels to proceed to Adelaide, South Australia, and to Perth, Western Australia, the former vessel to be ready for the reception of her passengers on such day as the Commissioners may appoint between the 13th and 20th of August, and the latter any. day between the 21st ' and 31st of August. . The 214th annual assembly of the Presbyterian and "Unitarian ministers and congregations of Lancashire and Cheshire was held last week at Preston. From a mis- sionary report presented to the meeting, it appeared that new missionary movements had been commenced in the Manchester, East Lancashire, and Cheshire districts. - Gee Cross was flied upon-as the next place of meeting. LIVERPOOL Evn AND EAR INFIRMARY, MOUNT- • PLEASAXT.—Consulting Surgeon, Hugh, Neill, Esq. ; Surgeons, Dr. R. Hibbert Taylor, Di. Nevins,. T. ' Bickerton, Esq. ; Assistant Surgeon, Robert Batty, Esq. ; . Treasurer, J. G. Livingston, Esq. Report for the week ending June 23, 1860 :—New cases : Eyes, 96 ; Ears, 29. Prescribed for, and received surgical assistance : Eyes, '449 ; Ears, 129. RIFLE CORPS PARADE.—Last evening the artillery — corps, ender the command of Lieut-Colonel Brown, -assembled near the New Library, in Shaw's-brow, and marchei from thence along the principal streets, pre _ ceded by their excellent band. A. large crowd followed the corps, and the windows of the houses.on both sides of the streets were as usual crowded by the fair sex. When the company returned to Shaw's-brow, the multitude, -who occupied every available spot, set up a hearty cheer, and the most unqualified encomiums were showered on the corps for their martial appearance, and, in all respects, soldier-like bearing. Caucutrr MATCHES.—Yesterday, matches were com muned between the Manchester.and Prince's-park, and Birkenhead (2nd) and Anfield Clubs, and will, we believe, be continued to-day. On Saturday, a match wasplayed at Bromborough Pool, between the Bromborough Pool . Club and the Victoria, Birkenhead Park. In the first innings, Bromborough Pool Club made 60 runs, and the Victoria 25 ; in the second innings the latter accom plished only 17 runs, making a total of 42 runs. The Bromborough Pdol thus won by an innings and 18 runs. Manner; Com&irrree.—The usual weekly meeting of • this committee took place yesterday. Mr, Ridley occu pied the chair, and the other members present were— Messrs. Johnson, Nickson, Houghton, and Kitchen. It eras reported that there had been seized and destroyed daring the week 1,925 lbs. of unwholesome meat and 232 lbs. of unwholesome fish. From the financial state ment it appeared that the receipts from the various markets during the past week was £306 Is. 5d., against £164 3s. 6d. as compared with the corresponding week of last year. The wages amounted last week to Z3l 16s. Id. ; corresponding week last year, £39 115. Bd. The other business was no of public importance. - Comer/ COUET.—Yesterday, before J. K. Blair, Esq., the following parties were ordered to be committed : Thos. Roberts, jun., 55, Luther-street, and at Skervings, Walton, 14 days - , in a week ; John Hague, Beynon's Boat-bailding Yard, Hitchin's Yard, Queen's Dock, 14 days, in six weeks ; Win. Lyons, 107, Great Homer street, 14 days, in a month; John Surart, 19, Tweed-street, West Derby-road, 14 days, in a week ; John Helsel], 37, Howe-street, Great Homer-street, 14 days, in a month ; John Cross, at Tapping Stables, under Sandhills-bridge, 14 days, in six weeks ; Patrick Eagen, 8, Brunswick street, Park, 14 days, in six weeks ; John Perry Jackson, Brighton Cottage, Waterloo, 14 days. °PENDIA) DINNBE.—A meeting of the friends of Mr. Thursfield, (late male cook of Mr. Radley, of the Adelphi Hotel,) who has lately opened new dining rooms at No. 8, Great Charlotte-street, took place last night, when an excellent turtle supper, followed by all the delicacies of the season, was served up in a style that only gush a caterer could accomplish. The chair us ably filled by Mr. Breeze, and the evening was spent with the greatest eonviviality and harmony. We swat safely recommend any of our numerous friends from the country, or in tonal, to pay a visit to Mr. Thursfield's ostablisitment, either as casual or constant visitors, the Skeidance, viands, Ste., being of excellent quality, and .charge moderate. ',Flu Peen Lonanv.--The ceremony of opening this institution will take place on the 18th October, and will be preceded, on the evening of the 17th, by a meeting of the working classes at the Amphitheatre, on which occasion addresses will be delivered by some of the distinguished visitors who will be present. A grand municipal and public procession, swelled by the volun teer corps of the town, is take place, on the morning of the 18th, from the Town-hall to the Library, after fetich the building will be formally handed over to the Mayor by Mr, Brown. A banquet in St. George's gall will follow, and the statue of Mr. Brown will be , inaugurated during the proceedings. A soiree at the Town-hall will close the festivities and ceremonies of the day. It is also in contemplation to held in the afternoon a review of the local and district volunteer corps, upon the Parliament Fields or some other eligible locality ; and there are to be fireworks at the north and south ends of the town. Amongst the invited guests are Lord Brougham, Lord Derby, Mr. .01adstone, and Lord Stanley, while others eminent in literature and in the cause of social reform will be present. A PROFITABLE PROFESSION AND A SHAVED CRAM PION.—At the County Magistrates' Court, yesterday, before Mr. Preston, a child ten years of age, named Elizabeth Jones, was brought up for begging. In the • souse of the evidence the head constable stated that the child had told him that she seldom got less than 3s. per day by pursuing her avocation. The relieving officer deposed that the father of the child was en inmate pf FA hospital, and it was only on that morning that he had Aven her mother an order for the Workhouse. Ile girl was ordered to be sent to the Workhouse also. r e -Richard Lelia, a respectably-attired man, was bound dyer to keep the peace for six months, under the fol towing circumstances ;—_-Tbe head constable stated that o S aturday he was informed that c fight was taking place on a _Sege of land, et a shot distance from the town, to which place the principals had been driven in vehicles. Witness went to the spot, bat the fight 'was over and the crowd had dispersed. The defendant however had been left behind, in g very injured state. The appearance of the defendant in the court created a little laughter and surprise. His head was closely shaVed ; but he assured his worship that previous to the fight he had "as fine a head of hair . gis ever a man could wish to have." He did not know who his anta gonist was; he was in a public-house when the other person and his friends wanted him to "stand drink ;" On his refusing to do so he was struck: hence the fight. The head constable added that the defendant had not a single friend on the field. The magistrate reprimanded him in a suitable manner, and bound him over. WATER COM)CIFTEE.—The usual weekly' meeting of this committee was held yesterday. . Mr. W. Earle occupied the chair ; and the- other members present were Messrs. Vernon, Crelliw, Jeffrey, Wagstaff, Fern worth, Estill, Bennett, and Rae. • Mr. Duncan, the engineer, reported that the quantity of water received from Rivington during the week had been 73,091,060 - gallons, pumped from the wells, 24,424,522 gallons, making a total supply of 97,615,582 gallons. The rainfall for the week ending Saturday last was 0.76 fif i CtLes, The depth of water in the reservoirs showed the fallewing variations! Roddlesworth, fall of 2 ancbee . 3 italse, fall of two inches ; Anglezark, rise of one inch ; • Riyington, fall of 94 inches ; Prescot, gO 1. fall of 21 inches; Ditto, No 2,.rise of an inch. In reply to Mr. Faraworth, the engineer stated that he ) 4 ,1 not yet, owing to a pressure of other business, aommenced the contemplated experiments with water j ai, gr. Jeffery called attention to the fact of the tom b ; i n a street opposite the Zoological gardens being now assessed for wate r, a ft er h aving been exempt, in one instance at least, for three years. The officials were directed to look into the matter. The report of several fires which had occured during last week were then read. Mr. Jeffery stated that he had been furnished with information to the effect that in the case of the fire at the , corner of Grafton and Warwick streets, the inspector had entered a report in the book to the effect that the joiner's shop had been burned down in conse quence of a scarcity of water ; that afterwards the leaf wag torn out, and a new and different report substituted. The engineer said he was not at all aware of any such thing having having been done. Mr. Jeffery . then pro . posed , that the town-clerk be instructed to investigate the matter, and to report to the committee, The motion WWI tarried. This concluded the public business, ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. AND MISS WYNDHAM. MISS L. KEEL.- _ eeleY, Whose deL4t in Last night, Miss Louise T heatre was so London, at the Royal Princess's - 4 rance lin eminently successful, made her first appe- Liverpool. That popular artiste, Miss Wyndham, 2 ,6 ° appeared, she having been re-engaged for a few nights in consequence of the success of her recent performances. The house was respectably filled, and the performances came off with great eclat. The pieces to-night are " Sweethearts and Wives," " The Household Fairy," and " Midas "—a most attractive bill of fare. CHARGE OF MURDER BY POISONING IN VAUXHALL-ROAD. Yesterday, at the police court, before Mr. Raffles, Thomas Winslow, a man about forty-five years of age, was brought up by Inspector Horne, of the detective police, on a charge of having poisoned Mrs. Anne James, a *widow, who kept an eating-house and lodging-house at 18, Vauxhall-road, and who died in the Southern Hospital on the preceding Sunday. The case is a very serious one, and involves a great deal that cannot at present meet the public eye. The only thing that we es n at this moment lay before our readers, is the follow ing opening statement, made by Mr. Kehoe, which he gave in order to obtain a remand. lr. Kehoe said the prisoner, Thomas Winslow, was charged with the murder of his late mistress, Mrs. Anne James, of Vauxhall-road, by administering anti mony to her. Mrs. James was a widow, about 52 years of age, and was a native of Devonshire ; and some years ago she came, with her sister, a Mrs. Townsend, her husband, and four children, to Liverpool, and entered into business in Byrom-street, but they were not successful there. Some seven or eight years ago they went to live in Vauxhall-road, where she set up business as an eating-house and lodging-house keeper. Mrs. James and the Townsends lived in common in the house. The prisoner at that time worked in a foundry in Vauxhall-road—some time in 1854, and soon after he went to lodge in the house of deceased. Subsequently, an arrangement was entered into between the prisoner and deceased, that he should attend to the business of the shop, and after that it was agreed that he should take the management of the night business, for the shop was kept open both day and night, and the night duty was to be all performed by the prisoner. In this position he became acquainted with the business and its profits. There had an intimacy grown up between him. and the deceased, but it would not be necessary for him (Mr. Kehoe) to enter into that point at present ; it would be enough to state that he was the master of the place. Some time in September last, Mrs. Townsend, the sister of Mrs. James, was taken sud denly ill, with purging and vomiting, and Dr. Whittle, of Great Crosshall-street, was called in to attend her. She died on the 26th September. On the 18th Decem ber a nephew of the deceased was taken with the same symptoms as his mother, and he died in a few days also. On the 6th January, in this year, Samuel Towns end, another son of Mrs. - Townsend, and nephew of the deceased, was taken suddenly ill with the same symp toms, and he also died very soon. This was considered strange, and the people in the house, from what they heard the prisoner say, understood that the prisoner had some knowledge of medicine, from his making an experiment on a dog. The prisoner made an experiment on a dog, and the animal died, and was buried in the yard of the house. The prisoner, from his position, knew that Mrs. James had considerable sums of money invested in certain securities, and he frequently urged her to make her will; and on one occa sion he purchased a sheet of paper called a blank will, so that she might make her will, but. the will was not then made. On the sth February the deceased was taken ill with the very same sort of symptoms that had carried off her sister and nephews. On that occasion Dr. Cameron, of Rodney-street, was sent for, and after some time he left her convalescent. He was sent for again in March, and found her just the same way. He again attended until she had again recovered. He left word with the people to send for him again if she took ill. On the Bth of May he was again sent for, and found her labouring under the same symptoms, and he attended her np to the 25th May, when he left her con valescent. On the 6th June he was again called in, and from what transpired his suspicions were excited, and he took some evacuations, sealed them up, and sent them to Dr. Edwards, chemist, for examination, and on the proper tests being used the presence of antimony was dis covered. Soon after more was found, and in consequence of that, Dr. Cameron called on Major Greig, and with them, he (Mr. Kehoe) went into a private room, and investigated the whole case. In consequence of this proceeding, he (Mr. Kehoe) went with Inspector Horne and Dr. Cameron to the house of the deceased in Vauxhall-road. Dr. Cameron went in first, and then called them in, and communicated with the deceased. We (continued Mr. Kehoe) seeing there was no chance for the woman to remain there, except she was attended by proper nurses, or removed to an hospital, Dr. Cameron . told her his suspicions, and asked her if she would be removed to the hospital, where he would attend to her himself. She agreed in our presence to be sent to the hospital, and we had her accordingly removed. Inspector Horne then seized upon a quantity of cooked sago which he bad fpund on the table, with all the other bottles and things he found in the room. He sealed up the cooked sago, and sent it to Dr. Edwards to be analysed, and it was found to contain antimony, and a portion of that cooked sago had been given to the deceased at five o'clock in the morning by the prisoner, who had attended her during the night, and she was attacked by the usual symptoms at eight in the morning. At the hospital all thy evacuations were tried, and found to contain antimony, and she remained there ,until it had passed from her. The uncooked sago was tested, and found to contain no antimony. In a ease like this--sof such great importance—it would be neces sary to have the assistance of the Crown, as it involved medical and scientific evidence. • _ . Mr. Raffles.--In the present state of the ease it would be better to just take as much evidence as will enable me to remand the prisoner. 4r. Kehoe.—We have got the will, and you will find by it that the prisoner is left the sole executor in the case ; and also that he is to receive the house and business; besides, he was to receive a portion of the money along with the nephews and nieces of the de ceased, and the more of them he got out of the way, the more money would fall to him. We shall ask for a re mand, as this is merely a preliminary inquiry ; but, if you wish, I shall offer some evidence after I make a further statement. A prclessional person, who said he appeared on behalf of the prisoner, ad no objection to a remand at once, and the prisoner was remanded for seven days. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. RAFFLES.) I.,LrIJSING A WIFE. Henry Hornby, a light porter, was charged with having violently beaten his V'ile Penelope. The complainant, a rather fragile-looking yoUng woman, gtated that the prisoner Irwin the habit of ill-using her; he wa3 a drunkard, and gave her Very little support for herself and two children. On Saturday night he was drunk, ashen he assaulted and kicked her severely. The prisoner was seat for three months to gaol. COMING FROM THE SEA! potferfal-looking young fellow, named Edward Colgan, whose hea4 resembled an ugly bomb-shell, and whose arms were not unlike the wiper of a tuck-mill, was charged by police-officer 202 with having atsaulted him. The officer said, last evening I was on duty in Gilbert-street, when the prisoner came up to me, took off his cap, and flung it Tio;en,tly on the ground, telling me to take it up. I refused to do so, whets he said it was my duty. I told him to go away. Mr. Raffles : Was he drunk ? Not very; I would not have taken him for being drunk. The prisoner then said if you don't take up my cap j will knock you down,_and with that he gave me a•salute of his fist on the ear and knocked me down according to his promise, and when down be gave me a kick in the side, and . , that was more than he promised, and more than I expected. The prisoner said iu a very careless way, " Oh, Yog, know I had only come from sea, and of course I. took some drink.'? Mr. Raffles censured the conduct of the prisoner, and fined him gl and costs, or a month's imprisonment. • • KICKING A BOY'S TEETH OUT. A bay, named Henry Beech, the driver of a spring -cart, was charged for having kicked two front teeth out of the mouth of a boy named John-O'Brien, a lad of seven years old. Police officer 32 said the prisoner was half drunk, and was lying on he steps of a church in Gerard-street on Sunday. The boy arid some others came up to where he was, when the prisoner gave him a kick in the mouth and knocked out two of his teeth. The prisoner said the boys were annoying him, and he 'gave out a kielcat random, but he had no intention of doing the boy any harm. Mr. Raffles said if he were of opinion that the prisoner acted so in a malicious way he would inflict a severe punishment on him. He would remand him for seven days, and lot him out on his own recognisance, and in the he would mean-1 mean time, if he paid the lad 10s. dis chargecoinpei4qiip- him. CHARGE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY. _ _ _ Patrick M'Nally and James Carroll wore charged with having robbed Klig)? Mallen. Mr. Black defended. It appeared that at half-past two en Sunday morning the prisoners met the prosecutor op Bootle-road, and got him into a field, where he alleged they assaulted and robbed 4iip. The case was a.djourned, as Mr. Muck said he was instructed that he could produce witnesses to falsify the prosecutor's statement. (Before Messrs. HUTCHISON and J. SMITH.) DETAINING A SgFtYANT'S CLOTHES. The Rev. James England, of Grove-street, was summoned for refusing to giv e u p a box of clothes to El i z a Parry, late a servant in his employment. It appeared that some time ago the girl was engaged at the rev. defendant's house, but in consequence of, as she alleged, illness, she wanted to go away at three weeks' notice. She was allowed to go to Southport, and an arrangement was made - after that she should remain ti 4 the sth October. The rev. defendant said she left after that in a surreptitious manner, leaving the hall door open. He trusted this case would get into the papers, so as to warn persons trona taking such seryants. He was ordered po giv e up the box and its contents to the young woman. The Stamford Mercury records the following mar riage :—" At Bedford; Mr. Lynn, aged eighty-nine, to Mrs. Crawley, aged seventy," On Thursday, while a small boat was returning to Limekilns, from a trip round the Channel Fleet, the wind - caught the sails, which, filling w ith water, upset the boat. There were nine persons on board ; of these five (three of them young women) were drowned, four of them being picked up by the crew of another boat.-- Scotsman. THE NEW COMET. Another of those mysterious wanderers is now, all circumstances being .; . favourable, at times clearly visible; and its app eara n ce will dou b tless be matter of consider able interest among scientific savans, seeing that it comes unexr ?ec t e dl y an d un h era ld e d. A ccoun t s f rom various being up . Pw:ts of the country all speak confidently as to it mistakeably a comet; and the only doubt which seems to exist is, whether it will be' seen in any degree of br . illiancy. Captain Cross, of the steamer Courier, (on the route l oetween Milford Haven and Cork,) writes to the Times, stating that, when crossing the Channel, on Thursday evening last, it was visible even to the naked eye, and that it seemed to be of considerable magnitude. At midnight it bore N.N.W. (true), the nucleus about ten degrees in altitude, and the tail about four degrees in length. Mr, R. Newton, jun., President of the St. Agnes Institution, Cornwall, writes to the same journal, stating also that he saw it on Thursday evening. Mr. Hartnup, of the Observatory, has received a letter from Spencer Mansel, Esq., of Shrewsbury, from which it appears that the comet was seen there at 11.40 p.m. on Saturday, in the constellation Aurigze, a little below the line joining Alpha and Beta, and not far from No. 58 Auriga. Its position would therefore be— right Ascension, 6b. 45m. ; north Declination, 41 deg. 30m. If the cornet has not passed the perihelion, and is coming northwards, it bids fair to be very bright One peculiar circumstance is, that the comet has appeared in almost the same spot in which an exceed ingly faint one disappeared a short time ago. THE LONDON PAPERS ON THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW. (From the nmes.) Saturday was one of those surprises for which no one can be prepared without a careful consideration of the character and the history of this country. Hyde-park saw an army such as it had not seen for half a century ; an army such as any general would be only too glad to find in his hands at the hour of need, ready for action,— we might say even anxious for it,—which has sprung into existence from the mercantile, professional, and other civil classes within the brief space of a twelve month. In number, upwards of 20,000; in stature and strength, in bearing, in step, in order, and all that is supposed to be difficult of acquisition even in the case of the youngest recruits, there was little a general might desire, had he to encounter an army of veterans. Could Queen Victoria have stamped on the earth with the significance of the old boast, she could not have raised legions more prepared for the work, or more terrible to a foe. Oar readers are aware that, except in the case of the volunteers in 1803, there never was such an army assembled in this country for several centuries. That former movement is not to be disparaged, for it saved the country; but the volunteers of 1860 are a very different set of men from the volunteers of 1803. The soldiers, for soldiers they are, we now possess are picked men in every sense of the word. They are men who spend their own money, and still more precious time. They come forward with a 'free heart, with no inducement but love of their country, and their own sense that the lot has fallen upon them, and that they are called upon to be its defenders. As a rule, they are a finer body of men than our infantry of the line. Their drilling has been done so quietly in out-of the-way places, and often under cover, that no one could anticipate such perfection in so short a time. The troops kept the best time. The companies followed at equal distances with the even flow of a continuous stream. Had the operation been rehearsed several times over, instead of the fifty corps having never seen one another till that hour, it could not have been better executed. It must have been a matter of amazement to the spectators, as they recognised their friends in the successive corps, to reflect that out of such peaceable materials so terrible a force had been composed. No doubt, these twenty thousand men look very, like other people at home; but on Saturday they made an army that any Emperor might regard with confidence or alarm. (From the Morning Herald.) "High sight it was and haughty," the scene wit nessed last Saturday in the world's metropolis. We can recall no greater ebullition of patriotism to mind than that displayed at the first , review of our Volun teers. It boots 'not to speak here of the equipments, marches, and manoeuvres; how citizen soldiers wheeled, and circled, and pressed on in dense unbroken columns to the . word of command ; what accuracy, precision, steadiness of movement were exhibited by battalions of civil recruits ; how the chivalry of Eng land, Ireland, and Scotland competed in noble rivalry, and what corps excelled, where the nation contended with spontaneous emulation, in martial bearing and all the pomp and circumstance of war these things belong not to our argument, and they deserve a sepa rate notice. But that mighty heaving surge of national volunteers, with its ridge of bayonets and crest of rifles, its never-ceasing sweep and resistless swell, was a spectacle worthy of the pen that sketched " Marmion." . To us, however, it appertains to " point a moral " rather than " adorn. a tale," and so far as we can to gather up in one view the thoughts that rise before the mind's eye on beholding snob a manifestation as that of Saturday last. To us, then, the great feature of note was this, that every person present at the review appeared to have a personal interest therein. (Front the Evening Star) To-day the volunteer movement, which now for some thing over the last twelve months bas been in the course of organisation, has culminated in one of its darling objects—a grand pageant. Had the ghost of the first Napoleon been permitted to pay a visit to Hyde-park this afternoon, and seen some twenty-five thousand of the youth and manhood of England, clad in the panoply of war, wheel into splendid line in front of our most gracious Sovereign, be world have, perhaps, said that we are something else than a nation of shopkeepers ; 'or at any rate, that we can turn out pretty well in the guise of soldiers. In this country, fortunately, we are not much accus tomed to mildtary pageants, but at the same time it is well known that no people are more voracious sight seekers and sight-seers than are the English. giren amid the fogs, and damp, and dreariness of a November morning—that month so fatal to, the throats of Lon doners in more senses than one—they will turn out in thousands to gape and stare at the unmeaning pageant of a Lord *ayes show ; the simplest stir, in fact, puts them on the qui vive, and moves them in masses; but to-day, both in respect to novelty and national interest, they had something tangible to look upon. It is true that in the park the view, except to those who had the good fortune to be provided with tickets, was rather circumscribed, and not very satisfactory, the long line of raised platforms or galleries keeping out the view altogether in front of the line, while the glimpse to be got from the finks and the rear of it afforded but little gratification. But then there was the musterings at the different rendezvous; the bugle calls to arms, which ring loud and shrill through the streets and alleys of this brick and mortar Babylon; the marching of the plurnea troep," acid all " the pomp and circumstance of glorious war ! 1 - 7 .a1). the mare glotiolls that it was only a mimic display of it—these, and the stir and bustle attending them, were amply sufficient to excite and gratify the curiosity of the great masses of this great C*IT p4y• To the parties who were tp act a part in this great military spectacle, the past week has no doubt been an anxious one, for, from the number of armed men to be seen =Telling and counter -marching along the streets, one has almost been led to believe Loudon in a state of siege, and to imagine the railway whistle to be a " whistling Dick," coming bounding in upon us from the Surrey hills; and although there may not during Friday night have been heard "the chink of hammers closing rivets up," or although men may not hive been sitting by their watch fires, and "only rnininating the morning's danger," as Shakespeare tells us was the case on the eve of Bosworth's bloody field, yet there were no doubt many anxious hearts thinking over the coming pageant, and many anxious wishes expressed that they might cut a respectable figure in it. It would be difficult to convey an idea of the effect produced by all these brigades and corps marching from different points. From all directions —from east, west, north, an 4 south-Ldid the stream of martial array float on, the strains of martial music indicating its tortuous windings, producing that effect which Dr. Mackay, in his beautiful lines, tells us King Alfred's harp did upon the Danes— "Filling their hearts with martial thoughts, The streets with melody." (from the Standard.) The review of Satarday mu st ce r t a i n l y be considered that a successful demonstration. T he wea t her was all could be desired on such an occasio n ; and this almost bya miracle, for the early dawn was wet a nd storm y . and as the morning advanced the fitful gusts wh ich would blow the weather any way scarcely abated. But by noon the fine day was settled, and when the Queen came from her PalacC to review the Volunteers the customary genial sunshine greeted her. The shouts, long and loud, which greeted her Majesty were no mere lip-service, but the heart expressions of a devoted people. Not a man, young or old, in all that vast throng, but would die, if duty called him, for so worthy and constitutional a Sovereign. The Volunteers were not the only defenders of Queen and country on the ground ; every man, woman, and child present would haye clone his part in the patriotic struggle. The fact must strike foreigners that so united and loyal a population could not possibly be beaten. Englishmen, Irishmen, and Scotchmen were all - filled with the same generous enthusiasm. There was no difference of race where the cense was national. We need scarcely s a y that this devotion is no blind or misguided zeal, b ut the resu lt of deep and well-reasoned convictions. Th e rea dy and universal knowledge and information w hi c h reac h every man now through the public press acquaint the humblest inhabitant of these islands with the pondition of foreigners, the amount of liberty they enjoi, the kind of govemnent they live under. The most dis contented Radical or Chartist in the three king doms would not exchange Queen Victoria's rule for the Imperial sway of France, or Russia, or Austria, or any other of the Continental sovereignties. If he is an intelligent Chartist or Radical, he would not barter our constitutional government for the republican despotism of America. In fact, he would like to retain his own country's institutions, only patching them up and mending them according to his peculiar crotchets. He knows he is absolutely free. He can talk, walk, write, and act as he likes, so long as he does not violate the established laws of common morality. The institutions of his country may be imperfect, but he can set about improving them without having his privacy invaded, his language noted, his papers seized, and himself secretly longed in prison. These are the kind of convictions which make Englishmen loyal and patriotic. They may make things better here they could make nothing of elsewhere. MR. DISRAELI ON THE PROGRESS OF THE FINE ARTS, &c. 1 Mr. Disraeli presided at the recent 106th anniversary festival of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, and proposed the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, and Success to the International Exhibition in 1862." It was a hundred years since the society, of which the present generation was then assembled under this roof, was established. A century was no mean period even in the life of a nation. A hundred years ago the United States of America did not exist. A hundred years ago, and the French Revolution had not only not occurred, but had not even been contemplated. England, a hundred years ago, had not conquered India ; and Australia, it might be said, was not even discovered. The application of steam power to practical purposes in the working of ships especially was unknown a hundred years ago, and so were those inventions of science which bad since aided and animated the industry of the country. They should remember these circumstances ; they should not forget these things when they attempted to appreciate the position and efforts of those who, 100 years ago, associated themselves together to form a society to encourage arts, manufactures, and commerce. (Cheers.) This association was soon successful, it soon exercised an influence upon "public opinion even in those- days. Though limited in its range, it soon exercised a benefi cial effect upon the invention and the industry of the country. As years rolled on those influences became more extensive ; but as time advanced this society declined, and it was only some fourteen or fifteen years ago, a very small section in the history of the institute, after flourishing so long, it became a question as to its continued existence; but just at that moment, when all seemed dark and desponding, this society, by an extraor dinary effort, affected public opinion at that period, and in an age when public opinion was omnipotent, and they con. ceived and carried out a great enterprise, which still com manded the admiration and fond recollections of the world. Well, then, they had to consider what was the cause of their decay, aud what was the principle of its revival. He remembered, some years ago, finding himself in what he considered to be a most forlorn position, confined to a house in the country on a rainy day. Nevertheless, it happened oddly enough that he discovered an odd volume which gave a description of the transactions of the society to nearly the commencement of the present cen tury, when half the period of the company's exist ence had passed away ; and it was at the time when the influences of the society were mast consider able, and exercised a very beneficial effect upon the industry of the country. At that period the society offered a number of premiums, not only large in number but in amount also, for the encouragement of of various objects. There were 67 classes, to include planting and husbandry, 25 for the fine arts, and he believed something like 26 classes for chemistry aud mineralogy, about 10 or 12 for mechanical inventions; and 6 for manufactures. There was no doubt that the disposition of their resources and their apportion ment fifty or sixty years ago was very advan tageous to the country. They must not forget that at the present they were indebted to those efforts, and to the encouragement then given to planting. But great changes had occurred since that period—take husbandry and planting for example, There was hardly one who could explain the colossal progress of agriculture in the last 25 years. The publications of the transactions of this society abounded with information, and the criticisms to be found therein are were not inferior to those of any learned society. There could be none which had made the public so well acquainted with various branches of science. Their predecessors 50 or 60 years ago thought they were doing a great deal by including themistry and mineralogy, but science had since opened up • new branches, and had developed itself in new forms, and required •for each class its • own institu tion and means of illustration, and it would not be satisfied by the partial assistance and favour which might be granted by a society which, from its origin and title, was of a miscellaneous and universal character. He could well understand, under thosa oircumstanoas, the positiqu of affairs being so changed from the time when the society was first formed and flourished, and that there should have been a great decay and decline in its fortunes, But hap pily there .was one subject which was subsequently appreciated by the country, and which obtained the special patronage of . the association—there was one subject which had not been taken up, and which this Society for the Encouragement of Arts, 11fanafae ture, and Commerce, had the quickness of perception to, see, was neglected, and that whilst it was neglected it was inferior to none in importance, and which, if properly developed, must exercise a great effect upon the fortunes and opinions of the country, and that was one which was little thought of sixty years ago— namely, the manufactures of the country. To that sub ject, fifty or sixty years ago, this society devoted only half a dozen premiums. But fourteen or fifteen years ago, when the society was on the eve of its eatination, they fortunately recognised this great troth ; they found out that the society had a mission to carry out, and that mission was the education of the artisans of England. (Loud ' cheers.) It was then that they discovered that, with education of the artisans, they improved the manufactures, and that by improving the manufactures of England they vivre silently strengthening the commerce of England. From that period the prosperity of the society had revived and increased, and what it originally intended Ito do it had performed; - -and its mission was, to a certain extent, ful4lled. In the year 1818, or about that time, when fortunately the Prince Consort assumed the position which he now held, and took a lively interest in the matter, it was determined to hold an exhibition of metro politan productions, of manufactures, and of the arta generally. This was looked upon with no great relish by some parties. There were two exhibitions confined to pre,. ducts of this country, which were held in 1848 and 1849; and then the idea was first conceived that they should pass the line hitherto obserae4 by other countries, and that instead of exhibiting the productions of arts and indus try of . any particular country, they should make it an international exhibition. The idea was first received with coldness, but the result the right hon. gentleman demonstrated with great ability. In reference to the proposed eahihitien of 1862, he condemned the principle of holding great exhibition's of thiS character At isolated periods, the tendency of which would only be to pro duce an effect contrary to that which was intended. It had been suggested at first that these great exhibitions might be held quinquennially. Now if the period was too long, the idea woold languish, end he should say that a decennial period was long enough, but it will a wise term to fix upon.. In reference to the Exhibition of 1882, he saw no reason to doubt that the effort would be success ful. The fact of a guarantee fund of £300,000 having been raised, showed how deeply-rooted the feeling of the country was in its favour. He hoped that if the exhibition was held, it would not be a mere repetition of the brllliklat effort of 1851; which was, of a Arelimivary character, when they had to reveal the resources of tha world. He should propose that the exhibition} should not be confined to the productions of countries, but that they should invite the productions of classes, the excel lence of which should be recognised by the society's rewards and by public acknowledgment ; and that foreigners should be admitted on the same conditi on s as their fellow couutrymeo. lie would venture farther, to suggest that they ought to add to such exhibition the arts of Music and poetry. 1851 they had to send agents over the' country to convince the artisans and manufacturers that it was necessary for their benefit that the exhibition should take place, but in the event of the projected Exhibition in 1862, he would venture to say that now no such effort would be necessary. Let it be remembered that 6,000,000 visited' the Exhibition of 1851, and that We lived on the ounget of that event. Since then the means of communication had greatly increased; population 'had greatly increased ; there was one-third more of railway . communication, and with railway communication much of the success of the scheme depended; railways on the Contine n t had greatly increased, and the pilgrips of taste would be m ultiplied by such inealls, and, therefore, he thought the statistics would speak rightly. There was one other means which ought not to be neglected, and which the society had by no means neglected—namely, the drawing into union those local societies the objects of which, though in a limited degree, WU identified with those of this society 4 tendig as they did to the education of English artisans, and thus carrying out the peculiar objects of their mission. Having alluded to me chanics' institutes and the causes of their failure in many cases, the right hon. gentleman hoped that the promo ters of the Exhibition would not be deterred from their plan by rumotlaa of way. The learned colleges did not shut up during the periods of civil war. He trusted the society would not suspend their efforts becitifse a province was aonexed or a river was passed. (Cheers.) The arts were eternal, and the nation OWL pursued and a pplied them laith deaotron and purity, its their intel lectual power and elevated sentiments, and in their cultivated development,' would find the best securities for the welfare of the people and for the duration of a _ state. (Loud cheers.) THE DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, FINE 26, 1860. MUSICAL, DRAMATIC, LITERARY, AND AUTISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP. Mr. H. Mayhew is devoting his time at the present moment to a popular life of Benjamin Franklin. ' Mr. Charles Darwin, the author of " The Origin of Species," figures as a subscriber to the Garibaldi Fund. Sir Bernard Burke has just ready for publication a second series of his " Vicissitudes of Families." A Glasgow paper states that nearly £3,000 more than is at present subscribed will be necessary to complete the contemplated Wallace monument. Mr. B. B. Woodward, F.S.A., has been appointed librarian in ordinary to the Queen, at Windsor Castle, in the room of Mr. Glover, deceased. Messrs. Triibner and Co. are about to publish a new work of Mr. Charles Reade, with the piquant title, " The Eighth Commandment." We understand that an English translation of " Spohr's Autobiography," prepared in Germany, is appearing contemporaneously with the original. The Viceroy of Egypt has given orders that a scientific expedition should be organised, to observe the approach ing total eclipse on the line of totality in Africa. " Once a Week" has produced " Once a Month," and " All the Year Round " is giving birth to a periodical, of undefined aims as yet—" All Round the World." The Messrs. Routiedge are about to publish a copy right English edition of Alexandre Dumas's " Memoirs of Garibaldi." It is stated that Dr. Lindley has resigned the Chair of Botany at University College, London, after filling it for more than 30 years. Mr. John Camden Hotten, of Piccadily, London, has issued a limited number of fac-simile copies of Magna Charta, taken by express permission from the original document in the British Museum. " From Hay-time to Hopping" is the title of the new work by Miss Coulton, the authoress of " Our Farm of Four Acres;" preparing for immediate publi cation by Messrs. Chapman and Hall. The first of Mr. Thackeray's lectures on "The Foltz. Georges," which have never yet been printed, is to be published in the July number of the Cornhill Magazine, together with some poems by the same author. The committee for raising a memorial to the late Henry Hallam have resolved to erect a full-length statue of him in St. Paul's; an eligible site having been offered by the Dean and Chapter. A poet-scholar takes advantage of the Volunteer Rifle Movement to bring out the sth and 6th books of the " Iliad" in English heroic verse, and dedicate them to "the volunteer defenders of our country." The long talked-of rival to Pup a% is at last announced as to appear positively on the 7th of July. "The British Lion" is to be the title of our new "facet ous contemporary." The Emperor Napoleon has ordered a painting for the:musenta at Versailles to represent the interview of the Emperor and Empress of the. French, with the Empress Mother of Russia. For some time before his death the late Albert Smith was engaged in preparing a collection of his magazine articles for publication. This collection is shortly to be given to the public, under the editorship of his brother, Mr. Arthur Smith. The title is "Wild Oats." The gifted, but eccentric, George Cruickshank, has brought out a little work called "My Pop Gun," where in he has his kindly gossip, in pen and pencil, if we may so speak, about contemporary riflemen ; but he warmly champions, in a supplemental way, the volunteers of other times, when he too went drilling and marching. The Messrs. Longman have signet and sealed with Mr. J. C. Jeaffreson for a " Life of the late Robert Stephenson." This biography will be official, Mr. Jeaffreson having the assistance of Mr. Stephenson's family and colleagues, and will comprise a history of railway engineering as well as a life of the great engineer. In the preface to his fifth and concluding volume of "Modern Painters," Mr. Ruskin gives a very succinct and interesting account of his labours in preserving and restoring 19,000 pieces of paper which had been drawn upon by Turner, and which are in the National Gallery now. A contribution of more than usual interest to the literature of the Italian question is, we understand, to be published early in July. It will be entitlel " Italy in Transition : Public Scenes and Private Opinions in the Spring of 1860, illustrated by Official roeuments found in the Papal Archives of the Revolted Legations." The author is the Rev. William Arthur. Though for many years the late Mr. G. P. R. James must have derived a large income from his novels, and though he was understood to have inherited a Modest competence, his fortune appears either to have melted away, or to have proved insufficient to the demands on it. This may haVe led to his acceptance of two consul ships ; the first one in America, which he occupied for several years ; the second in the City of the Sea. Muscovite literature in the metropolis is in full swing. The indefatigable M. Herzen, has edited the " Memoirs of Lepochin," and " Sloglav ; or the Book of the Statutes of the Council held at Moscow, in 1852." But, most wondrous statement of all, we are to_ have a Russian translation of "Buckle's History of Civili sation."—lllustrated News. The Denbigh Eisteddfod, which will be held in August, is expected to be very successful. The papers sent in for literary competition are very numerous, and the musical competition is likely to be active. Several Scotch and Irish scholars are iuvited to attend, with a view of exciting a common interest in the study of Celtic languages, literature, and history. M. de Keyser, director of the 'Academy at Antwerp, is busy with the sketches for the monumental frescoes which are to ornament the walls of the academy. The principal events of the art-history of Flanders are the subjects for these compositions. M. de Keyser has completed a picture which is attractive by its subject as well as its execution; it represents the wandering Tasso, who surprises his sister, in Sorrento, without m a ki ng himself known. The heads are remarkably expressive. Tho writers of English history have lost an auxiliary by the death of Mr. George Roberts, of Lyme Regis, author of "The Life, Progresses, and Rebellion of James, Duke of Monmouth," 2 vols., 1844, aqd ".The Social History of the People of the Southern Counties of England," 1 vol., ;856. Mr. Roberta had accumu lated materials of considerable value. He furnished many hints to Lord Macaulay ; and some of the most valuable new materials in He worth Dixoxes "Blake" were credited to his collections. We learn from St. Petersburg that the works for the foundation and the pedestal of the monument for the celebration of Russia's Millenium, have been begun a; Nowgorod. The pedestal will be erected at au expense of 76,000 silver roubles ; the artist, M. Mikeschin, receives 120,000 silver roubles. The, galvanoplastic cast, in the inanufactoxy of Messrs. Nickols and 4:' , linke, will amount to. 4 the further cost . of 110,000 silver rou bles. OoTermuent furnishes the bronze. The monu ment will end its place near the Petersburg Road, on one of the heights of the Breml. A prospectus has just been issued of a Greek illus trated newspaper, 0 Bretanikos Aster, a weekly .iournal of polities, literature, commerce, science, and art, which it is intended shall bp printed in the living language of the Greeks, and published in London every Thursday ! It is to be the same size as the Illustrated London News, and is to contain from fifteen to twenty-five elegant engravings. Its " great object will be to promote the interchange of authentic and accurate infozr*tion between the East and the West." On §attirda,y next, Messrs. Christie will sell a portion of the " Belvedere Collection," now the property of Sir Culling Eardley. It includes "The Unmerciful Ser vant," of Quintin Matsys ; Murillo's " Immaculate Conception," a variation of.the celebrated, Pictlgq (from Marshal Souk's collection) in the Louvre ; and a cele brated family portrait piece by Rabens, sometimes called ¶'The Balthaear Pimily," to, Whi c h Rorace Walpole makes reference. There are also a few early German pictures, a few Dutch, and a few Italian. We understand, from good authority, that Mr. Donne, her Majesty's examiner of plays, has thought proper to prohibit the representation of "La lame aux Camellias," "La Pere Prodigne," and ; thp, other prin cipal pieces of Madame Dpelip"k repertoire at St. James' Theatre. ly.e know not what standard of morality that gentleman may adopt in his examination of dramatic pieces, but this we are certain of, that consistency forms no part of the rule, To sanction the Traviata at either opera house, and to interdict the " Dame aux Camellias," is nothing more than an assumption of a mock modesty of the most shallow kind. And why, if "Le Pere Prodigue" is unfit in French far, ga g lish ears, does not the highly fastidious censor cause Leporello's song in the Ors% act of Don Giovanni to be expunged from the libretto, and the ball-room scene to be omitted in the representation ? Truly it may be said of Mr. Donne, that he jumps at a gnat and swallows a camel.--Literary Gazette. We understand 'that Lord Talbot de Malahide is engaged upon an antiquarian work, to be privately printed, entitled "A Monograph of the Talbot Family," something upon the plan of Lord Lindsay's "Lives of the Lindsays." We have also heay,d that Ir. C. R. Cockerell, R.A., has, nearly completed his elaborate account of the excavations which he carried out at Egilla in lain-ii, together with Lord Byron, which resulted in the discovery of the Temple of Jupiter and of another exquisite Grecian Temple at Phigalea, in Arcadia. EXTENGIXE Bpi - amßy OF DIAMONDO, .TEWELLE4Y; EkNp SUNUP. PLA'Ti—lnformatiou has beer{ given of another of those peculiar and mysterious rob beries which have been so frequent in the metropolis ; and, from the mgpmr in which, it 'Wa r s aceowlished, little draulkt is entertained that it nallat have been com mitted, by iii nibers of n practised gang of burglars. The premises bel ong to Mr. Berge, John-Street, Bed.. ford-row, and the burglars succeeded in carrying off a silver tea-pot, several gold watches, chains, silver spoons, silver forks, massive diamond rings, diamond brQcelets, pins, diamond buckles, and other costly iewellerY, anounting to nearly £4OO, WALKING ACROSS NIAGARA FALLS ON A ROPE: (From the Bu f falo Courier, June 7.) • Yesterday, according to widely circulated advertise ments, Blondin made his first grand gymnastic exhibition of the season at Niagara Falls, or rather at Suspension bridge. Stepping from the cars a few hundred feet be low the bridge, the preparations which have been made by the distinguished acrobat are readily comprehended. The rope, which is new, and of Manilla, about two inches and a half thick, costing $1,500, is securely anchored by an iron pillar on each side. Thirty-two guys, fixed laterally on either hand, extend from the rope, and are fastened with windlasses on the bank. By this means the rope is steadied, and can be drawn in any direction. On the Canadian shore the depot of the rope line is a rustic summer house, which makes a very pleasant point of observation for a chosen few. Between three and four o'clock the crowd began to gather within the fences and upon the bridge. Alto gether, we should judge, about two thousand people witnessed the daring passage. The hour fixed for the crossing was four o'clock, but a number of preliminaries had to be attended to, and it was five o'clock when Blondin stepped upon the ropes on the American side. He was fancifully attired, some what in Indian' style. He wore a cap of waving many coloured feathers, and over his yellow tight. a light tunic of Indian bead work. His neck and arms were bare. The almost incredible exploits of last summer have, in a great measure, prepared people's minds for anything which Blondin may choose to do. There is.tbat in his cool, self-possessed, and unwavering demeanour, which takes away from eye witnesses of, his feats any feeling of nervous horror which ought to be felt *under the circumstances. The rope actually seems to be as safe a pine for Blondin, as the sidewalk is for common people. The masterly manner in which he does the deed takes away half the marvellousness to the unreflecting looker on. The rope is 1,300 feet long ; its deflection is 60 feet, and at the lowest point is two hundred and thirty feet from the seething "hell of waters" which dashes madly down the awful gorge of Niagara. Biondin ran briskly down the manila slope, pole in hand, for a few hundred feet, when he stopped short—threw out one foot, and stood, poised above the chasm, on the other, presenting from the opposite shore the dimensions of a large-sized gnat. A little further on he sat down, resting his pole —the one used by him in St, James' Hall —across his knee, and here, in the most unconcerned manner, he rested, waving his plumed cap to the spectators. In the middle of the rope he again stopped, and this time lay down, almost disappearing from sight, his pole meanwhile lying across his breast. Up the hill again he took his perilous way, and within a few hundred yards of the Canadian bank he halted, struck an attitude, and stood for a few minutes statuesque and motionless. Nothing could more completely illus trate the triumph ,of human nerve over the terrors of Nature in her wildest moods. Above the thunderous turmoil of the torrent stood Monsieur, slim and dimi native, yet sublime in the consciqusnese of his nerve and pluck, and looking for all the world as if he were the presiding spirit of the scene. He landed on the Canadian side in seven and a half minutes from the time of, his start, rather pale and dejected, but not a whit the wOrse for the journey. He complained of the sun, which had shone directly in. his face. About a quarter of an hour afterwards he drank a glass of lemonade, and started on his return trip. Fifty yards out, he went backward, and again assumed the statuesque pose, when Mr. Evans, who was at hand with his appa ratus, took a photograph of the hero of the rope. Ha crossed on his return in about five minutes—and so the exhibition closed. This is stated to be only the opening of a series of much more surprising feats, which will doubtless draw immense crowds in the course of the season. We under stand that Madame Blondin yesterday witnessed the un paralleled exploits of her husband at the Falls, for the first time. The Princess Mary Anne of Saxony, wife of Prince George, has just given birth to a Princess at Dresden. The truffle returns of the railways in the United Kingdom, for the week ending the 16th of June, amounted to £524,460, and for the corresponding week of last year to £541,000, showing a decrease of £16,640. The exact number of volunteers under arras in Hyde Park on Saturday was; according to the official returns, 18,460, of which number the metrapalitatcorps sup plied 13,226. The Right Ron. Joseph Napier, ea-Chancellor of Ireland, has been appointed a member of the Judicial Commitee of the Privy Council in England. This office has attached to it, it is stated, the emolument of £l,OO a year. IRISH MORTARAISM.--The attorney's clerk, M'Robins, who carried off the font. Sherwood children from Gal way, has at length been arrested and placed in the Marshalsea. There are now five persons in custody charged with this kidnapping, but no intelligence has been obtained as to the children. A meeting has been held at the Woroootor Ouildhall, at which those present resolved wholly to abstain from the use of butchers' meat until a reasonable reduction in its price be obtained. About 1,000 persons are said to have signed an " abstinence pledge." The workmen engaged at Messrs. Wright and Sons' railway carriage woxks at Saltley, numbering upwards of 1,000 men, have agreed to a similar resolution. THB GREAT YARMOUTH FISHERMEN.—We are glad to observe that a fund is being raised for the .relief of the widows and children of the poor fishermen and mariners who lost their lives in the dreadful gale which devastated the eastern coast of this kingdom in May last. Subscriptions are received by the Mayor of Yarmouth, During. an alarming thunderstorm which visited. Coventry last week, several persons took'sheiter under a large tree. This tree attracted the electric fluid, aiici three men were struck down. They were couveyed to the hospital ; but, on the way, onc of t i benx expired, The others were also seriously injured. BiROKETI4IS 1:0R LIFE-BOAT STATIONEL- , .The Na tional 1,4,fe-beat institution is about to place b arome t ers -wherever found praticahle--at each of its life-boat stations round the coasts, in order that the seafaring populatiao of the neighbourhood may be warned in time of a coming storm. FRENCH CATTLE. —The number of cattle annually slaughtered in France is reckoned at 4,000,000, ave raging about 16 imperial stone each carcase, or much, less than half the average weight of English, and the Propertiou of cattle per acre is far belom ours. The total production of beef from, such an extensive country is comparatively email indeed. In fact, 2,000,000 oxen are engaged in labour, so that a large portion of the animals butchered consists of old beasts and. of calves. In the north there is a greater produce of mikk and meat, no breed of cows in Englaud surpassing the Flemish, Norman, and Breton milkers; and the butter is better than English hotter.commonly is, but the dairy ing of some districts—as - Limousin and Languedoc—is extremely defective, butter being there little known, and its place in cooking supplied by olive oil. SAD AFFAIR.—A few days ago someyoung men were playing at skittles on a public ground, et Loughborough, when one of them, named Cross, rolled a, ball rather sharply towards the other end of the alley, where one of his companions was standing for the purpose of bowling. The ball hit the young man on the shin bone of the leg, and immediately he threw one of the balls towards Cross, who was struck on the head, fell down, and never spoke afterwards. At the inquest there seemed to be some doubt whether the ball was thrown out of revenge at the deceased, or at the pins; but the Jury found a verdict of "Manslaughter" against the prisoner, whose name -is Lydell, and he was committed for trial. Bail was accepted.—The prisoner was much affected as soon as he heard that the deceased was, dead, and became so excited as to make an attempt upon his own life. AcctitatATl&A.vox. OF. ANIMALS.-It ia natural that the labours and successes of the Sooike d'Acclimatisa ttoryof France should attract attention here, and, as a consequence, that an English society should be formed for similar purposes. The enlightened views of the society over which M. Drouyn de l'Huys presides have been taken up by an influential body of English gentle men, who, convinced by the results of the French experi ment, see that it is possible to add very materially to the natural wealth and resources of the country by systematically introducing and acclimatising in this country the plants and animals of other regions. The plan was first mooted in the columns of the Field news paper, and a committee has now been formed, comprising some of our loading noblemen and agriculturists. A preliminary meeting, for the purpose of organising the bases of the society, is to be held au Tuesday (this day).--Critic. SINGULAR PfIENOXENO,N.-SHOWER OF METEORIC STONES.-Our town was visited on Wednesday evening with a violent thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy torrents of rain, mingled with small black angular shaped stones, somewhat resembling ironstone, but more vitrified in appearance. Some folks affirm that they are merely fragments of the Rowley rag with which a portion of our roads are. laid, but, as they have been found not only in parts of the town where this material has not been introduced, but on the housetops, this explanation of the phenomenon must fall to, the gromd, Not the least singular incident connected, with this phenome non is the fact that amongst the numerous persons w h o might have been seen, after the storm Puled, Over, busily engaged in securing specimens was One lucky cAstorner who actually picked up a half-crown piece. If we could only be satisfied that the silver token in question was the product of the meteoric. shower, w e should be inclined to welcome the acceleration of the earth's motion " even," wittily observed by a con tributor to a daily , contemporary, "to the extent of bringing Christmas twice a year." In some. parts of the, town, more especially in the neiziahn_ u th ood o f t h e market place, the stones fell in such abundance a s to admit of their being taken up in shovels full : — waver hump:on atufmt4er. DEATH OF PRINCE JEROME BONAPARTE, The Paris Moniteur announces the death, on Sunday evening, of Prince Jerome Bonaparte, ex-king of West phalia, and the last of the brothers of the great E m p eror Napoleon, among whom were partitioned the states which he acquired by his successive conquests. The deceased prince was in his 77th year. He was the youngest child of Charles and Letitia Bonaparte, and the youngest brother of the Emperor Napoleon I. His father died in 1785—the year following the birth of the prince—. and the training of the child was undertaken by his mother in Corsica. When his brother rose to power, he placed Jerome and his sister Caroline at the establishment of Madame Campan, in Paris, where he remained until the return of Napoleon from his first campaign in Italy. He was then transferred to the College of Juilly ; and on his brother having been elevated to the First Consulship Je rome entered the naval profession. In 1801, when in his seventeenth year, he was appointed to the command of the corvette L'Epervier, in the expedition to St. Domingo under Gen. Le Clerc, whence young Jerome brought the despatches. Some escapades of his on shore at Brest led to his receiving from his brother Napoleon a charac teristic rebuke, in which occur these words :—" I am waiting with impatience to hear that you are on board your ship, studying a profession intended to be the scene of your glory. If you ever mean to disgrace your name, die young ; for if you live to sixty without having served your country, you had better not have been born." Jerome soon after sailed for Matti nique, and when the war broke out between France and England he sought in vain to fulfil the injunctions of his brother, and after a cruise of several months he put into New York. He visited Philadelphia, and, Decem ber 24, 1803, he married Miss Elizabeth Patterson, the daughter of a merchant of Baltimore, descended from a Scotch family settled in the north of Ireland. This marriage displeased Napoleon, and after a year passed in the United States, Jerome was compelled by his brother to return to Europe; he landed with his wife at Lisbon, in May, 1805. Jerome left for Paris, and the lady went on in the ship to Amsterdam ; on arriving in the Texel, an order had been received forbidding her to land; she accord ingly came to England, where she resided at Camberwell. He next went on a mission to Algiers, whence he returned with 250 Genoese captives, whom he landed at Genoa, where he was received with great honour as " the young Napoleon of the Sea." He next took the command of the Veteran line•;of-battle ship, in an eight months' cruise in the West Indies. On his return thence he took six English merchantmen ; but he was pursued by the English fleet, and his vessel was stranded off the the coast of Brittany. On reaching Paris, Jerome received the cordon of the Legion of Honour., was pro moted to the rank of admiral, and created a prince of the empire. Nevertheless his predilection for the army continued, and he soon after obtained the command of a body of Bavarian and Wirtemberg troops, at the head of which he directed the blockade of Glogan, and reduced the fortresses of Silesia ; services for which he was made a general of division in the imperial army. Jerome, by the ambitious instigation of the Emperor, next entered into an alliance with the Princess Frederica- Caroline, daughter of the King of Wirternberg ; and immediately after the marriage Jerome was proclaimed King of Westphalia, and the constitution of the new kingdom was published. The young King, then only twenty-two years old, was much beloved, and startled the world by his administrative skill ; he replenished his exchequer by a loan from the Jews, whom he repaid by the concession of perfect religious freedom, With the end of the empire of Napoleon closed the reign of Jerome, King of Westphalia. He now assisted his brother iu his reverses ; and after sharing in the vicissitude of defeat at the hands of the Allies, Jerome sought refuge with his wife at Trieste and Paris. At Waterloo he played a conspicuous part, being chosen by Napoleon to open the battle at the head of 6,000 men. Jerome now lived many years in retirement at the castle of Elvangen, in Wirtemburg, at Vienna, and at Trieste. He at length returned to France, and by the Emperor Napoleon HI. was nomi- nated to the Presidentship of the French Senate. His only son by the amiable Elizabeth Patterson married a lady of fortune in America. Of Jerome's marriage with the Princes of Wirtemberg, three children were the issue :—Jerothe Napoleon, born in 1814 ; Mathilde, born 1819 ; and Napoleon, iu 1823. Lord Wriothesley Russell preached on Sunday after noon, in Covent Garden Market. MADAME JE S SIE WHIWE MA.mo.—The statement that this lady and her husband were on board the steamer which was taken by the Neapolitan cruisers is happily ineorreet. They were on hoard the other vessel, commanded by Colonel Medici, which arrived safely at Palermo. QUICK PASSAGE OF A SAILING VESSEL.--IVO obser ve that the Tyburnia, commanded by Capt. F. Coote, has made the passage from ilavannah in the remarkably short period of 22 days, having left that port 27th May, and arrived at the Scilly Isles on the 18th instant. Her cargo consisted of 5,000 boxes of sugar, and her draft of water was 22 feet. A VETERAN AT THE REVIEW.—The venerable and gallant general, Sir Archibald Maclaine, K. C. 8., attended the review in Hyde Park. He wore the uni form of his regiment, the 52nd Light Infantry, and the Order of the Bath, together with numerous other orders, clasps, and medals, and was received with hurrahs awl cheers wherever he went. He was seated in his Bath chair, and, thus situated, was carried on the shoulders of eight stout Guardsmen. The Commander in -Chief, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, was pleased to confer the high honour on Sir Archibald of ordering him a position in front, nearest to her Majesty, the Bing of the Belgians, and the rest of the royal party, strict orders being enforced not to intercept his view or inspection of the volunteers. Don't fill the library of the British Museum with rub bish, say those who object to the yearly warehousing of tons of printed matter. What is rubbith ? pertinently asks Mr. Panizzi. It is a difficult question to answer. The rubbish of one generation becomes the treasure of another. Bodley, we all know, excluded the very books his successors have been most anxious to obtain . but we were hardly prepared for a curious fact that revealed itself in a rece, , t examination of the old catalogues, As late as the middle of the last century, the. Bodleian could only boast of one quarto edition of any of the genuine plays of Shakspeare, and that the common and valueless edition of " Hamlet," printed in 1637 ! .Athenezum, A PLEASING ANECDOTE.—In the Highlands of Scot land there is a mountain gorge twenty feet in winth, and two hundred feet in depth. Its perpendicular walls are bare of vegetation save in their crevices, in which grow numerous wild flowers of rare beauty. Desirous of obtaining specimens of these mountain beauties, some scientific tourist once offered a Highland boy a hand some gift if he would consent to be lowered down the cliff by a rope, and would gather a little basketful of them. The boy looked wistfully at the money, for his parents were poor ; but when he gazed at the yawning chasm, he shuddered, shrank back, and declined. But filial love was strong within him ; and, after another glance at the gift, and at the terrible fissure,, his heart grew strong, his eyes flashed, and he said—" I'll go, if my father will hold the rope !" And then, with unshrinking nerves, cheek unhlanched, and heart firmly strung, he suffered. his father to put the rope about him, lower him into the wild abyss, and to suspend him there while he filled his little basket with the coveted flowers. It was a daring deed ; but his faith in the strength of his father's arm, and the love of his father's heart, gave him courage and power to perform it. II ME POPE'S ARMY : EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURRS AT HULL.—For some time past Hull has been the scene of considerable excitement consequent upon the arrival and departure of numbers of Irishmen who have joined the Pope's army. Several hundreds of these recruits have arrived in Hull during the last fortnight from Ireland, and, after remaining in the town for a day or two, have taken their departure in steamers ply ing between that port and Antwerp. From what many of these pers ons h ave stated, it appears that they have left situation s i n I re l and in order to proceed to Italy, but it would appear, from a declaration made at the Hull police-court, that some at least of them have been grossly imposed upon and deceived as to the real object for which they were leaving their native 'country. One deposed th a t h e had been, ialduced to leave home on the promise of having plenty of work as a carpenter, a bounty of £l5 and is. pe t d a y wages b e i ng h e ld out. He was told that very many buildings, fortifications, ece, were going to be erected; and be said distinctly at th,e time he consented to go that he did not go to do, had he known for the purpose of b e i ng a soldier. As soon as they arrived there, ho wever, (at Marcerata), the insistedanthorities upon hi s s i gn i ng an agreement to serve as soldi er under his holi ness f or four Y e ' ars ; which he said a nothing on. earth should h ave i n duced him it before he left Ireland. 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On the 20th inst., at Riversdale, Aigburth, aged 84 years, Mary, relict of the late Mr. Edward Young, of Aigburth, a id mother of Mrs. Robert Smith, of Everton. On the 22nd inst., aged 14, Emma, only daughter of Mr. John Itradburn, 97, Dale-street. On the 24th inst., at 14, Essex-str ee t , Toxteth-park, aged 53, Mr. Jahn Ilarbottle, rigger. FRIGHTFUL GAS EXPLOSION AT DONCASTER. —ON Saturday night a frightful explosion of gas took place upon the extensive premises in High-street, Doncaster (adjoining the mansion -house), occupied by Mr. William Maw, silk mercer and draper, by which great damage has resulted both to the stock and to the pre mises. For some days past an escape of gas has been noticed, and workmen were sent for to repair it, but from some cause they did not discover it. The shop was closed at the usual time on Saturday night, and in the course of an hour, one of the in mates was alarmed that the gas still escaped, and, somewhat incautiously took a light with the view to ascertain where it was. When he entered the shop the explosion took place. So great was its force that it blew out the extensive plate glass front and shutters, scattering them in all directions, and forcing the glass for two hundred yards down Scot Lane. The floor above the s hop was lifted up, and pa r t o f it blown away; and the windows were all smas h e d to pieces. The dam age to the premises alone will, at a rough calculation, he £3OO, and the stock will be deteriorated to more thL,E t that amount. I is ord of 191 rill er- Lll to r ad 0 eo• y . ~e