Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-08 00:00:00

instion, rich 9 own so motion iker Walton Led on feet. 3 aPP eliretl i t t xi , holey time wr mably tit / ;tag°, 11/11 psarad to Po 0 : of the e r p its PI!! r's dral w " ntl distinee d not bo' 6l/ acd to til l plasne s 44 , chose* ; with ought, ti ! melodiow the reed ° Wel nide Ab ar," or formed le or whet y limitls d self CO t lo F the CO: scenes fi ll' rave O P ure of 11° lb .r • 'a rhether b: liger P . 41111 cuitansow Iganisti ° : nd in i ll.. but :P r that 11$° In ill 4 now (); distorte isented .11 Dt Wlti O u tterli y of len is ruo iS ciS • itse, Su louse 0: es Lice d t s in pst- aecot roo• rat, 00 out uP.,., he Pr 1 1; the Wl."' TELEGRAPHIC NEWS [.4 British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.] ROM E . The 'Pope made his public entry on Saturday, and received a most brilliant and cordial reception. The health of his holiness is excellent. MOLDAVINN ELECTIONS. It is stated that the elections will not take place 'Until the end of October. PERSIA. It is fully expected that the government of the tShah will shortly proclaim that legal equality of the cliff...trent religious denominations of the Persian empire. FRANCE. The three per cents closed yesterday (Monday) Itti36f. 90a. MURDER OF A PRISONER IN HORSEMONGER- LANE GAOL BY A DEBTOR. 'Yesterday morning a horrible murder was committed in the county gaol for Stirrer, in Horoemonger-lane, Newington, which has caused Consilerable tiensatlon among the inmates. It appeared that John Hodges, aged 6g, described as an agmt, was confine iin th infirmary, be having undergone sev.ral examinations at Lambeth Police - Court, and committed on the 23ch ult. on four charges of 'forgery ; and ho was to have been removed to Newgate - for trial at the next C , ntral Criminal Court Session. 'ln the same room, in the infir nary, were James Preston, debtor, who until recently carried on the businsas of a - tool merchant, in the London-road, and two other men. Preston Was Lbonring nn:ei a sing Jar speiies of monomania; but there was mothine in hia conduct to cause a ,prehension of violence to other persons• The four were licked up on Sunday night at the usual hour, but at four o'clock on fvfonday morning the watchmen were alarmed at hearing cr;es of murder proceeding from the infirmary They at once aroused up Mr. Keene, the governor, who, with Eatenum and other turnkeys immediately proceeded there, and found } lodges lying on hie bed quite dead, and his brains smashed o ut• Mr. Ebaworth, a medical gent'eman residing in Swan• street, was directly :sent for, and he was of opinion that death must have i eon in tantantaneous. The governor was informed by one of the prisoners e taflied in the same room that about four o'clock in Vie morning Preston got out of his bed and Went to the closet. He returned in a min' te or so with a pail, when be proceeded to the bedside of Hodges, and deliberately dashe I his brains out with it while asleep, The two men immediately seized hold of him and called out for assistance. They hal no idea that he intended to commit murder wi h the pall, as they could have jamped out of bed and prevented hi•n. The blows ware inflicted so suddenly, that befote they had au opportunity of getting o it of bed the man was m urdered. Irtforma ion of the melancholy event has been forwarded to the coroner, Mr. W. Carter, who will hold an inquest on the body. PALL OF A HOUSE.-MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. About a quarter to twelva o'clock ou San lay night the party All and chimney stack of the houscs, Nos. 4 and 5. Artillery-passage, 1 2 11 b 0 Psgate, fell, taking with it the roof and ficors of No. 5, and vest of the roof and ftnrs of No. 4. No. 5 WAS in the occupation of God frey Phillips, h s wife, three children, and two young women, : na med Rose Je sell and Mary Ta;g. The wife of Phillips, who was b ed, about half-past e'even, heard a cracking el' tho wall, andcalled dA her husband below; lie ran up to the second floor, and when seeking at the wer himself heard a singulir rumbling '4l,Parently in the shop. Phillips in .tantly desired his Wife to l eave the place, regardless of her dress, and having succeeded arousing the girle'and his nechhenr Ht. No. 4, he carried his chit ' en out of th e prem i ses an d l o d ge d th em a t N o . 3 , th en h e g ve t 4f oanation of the danger to the policy at the Chipzl-yard station, i ted wasreturning to the spot when ha learned that the inns° had fallen as described. Samuel M ss and his wife, at No. 4, ana ous to save their money and valuables, stayed too long, and while taking them frcm drawers on the second floors, were precipitated, -toge.l,er with the debris, into the cellar, from whence they were dragged by some of he police most miracalmily escaping with a ' feW bruis s. A great degof property is buried in the runs, with about 150 in money. FATAL ACCIDENT.-03 th 10th of August, a ann named Nlichaq Gannon, wis at work on board a ship is the Princes Dock, when he was hurt by a fall, and taken ' tD the Northern Hos k iital, where he died yesterday 'afternoon. T ile ROYAL A RTlLLSBY.—Yesterday morning, a Corn- P a nY of the 11111 Artillery ptsse,al through Liv ' e 't route for Ire'and. Tin appsaran3o of these In c " , and their general (I,maanour, elicited great praise ' r ° ll l all who saw them. THE PER lA.-11r. Cunard, of the British and Nerth American Mail Selene Packet Line, has caused to be pue li!bed the following. card, in the New York p mere, it is w ed - eased to the editor of the New Or:ean4 Picayune : My atteniion has been coiled to a letter published in your Paper, in which the writer sass I learn on authority that Cannot be denied that the Persia on her lest trip to this Tort Nvos con lemeed, having eighteen feet of water in her '"old, and two of her comioartmeuts filled with water; the remaining compartments were all that saved the vessel from being wrecked, but the passe gars were kept in blessed ignorance of any such fact.' I will feel obliged by Your giving me space in your columns to deny these state %eats. Tney are false, The Persia has not been con -demised, never hal, sixteen feet, nor as many inches if Water in her ho'd, never had any compartments filled with Water, and never been in the slightest danger of being reeked. The passengers, therefore, were not kept in morn Ignorance than the owners and captain.—l remain, sir, Your obedient servant, E. CUNARD " TH$ AUSTRALIAN SHIP, KING OF ALGERTA.—This is th nam e of a new clipper, edded to the Eagle Line of Aus tralian packets, and destined to sail on the 15th instant for Melbourne. Not only the usual attention has been paid .! 0 this vessel, but she in many respects (if possible) is superior to ethers that hare preceeled her. The eelevation between her decks, the anap'e epace allowed for slping roeres, the excel'ent ventilation, mde i the dining saloons, the new mode of a and s the ad nirable contiivanees to afford light to the passengers, a-e almatters of deep interest to emigrants. In these respects, i s ship has nothing further to be desired, and the visitor Will at once acknowledge, that she has no superior in th se '4 Tui other important essentials. Doe regard has been paid to the position of the berths—a subjsct too often neglec'ed In o-der to crowd as many es possib'e into the smallest The owners of the Eagle Line, however, have a lways eschewed such petty economy, considering, lightly, that their duty towards the public should dischargel with the same fidelity as a `duty due to their own interests. The btrths are so arr a aged that the motion of the ship can hardly be felt by the Passengers, and this is a desi leratum long required, particularly in a three months voy Tee There are a varistv (4 small details attended to, and everything increased ' e xperience has suggested has been done to render the ipeopl e as .comfortable, and give them as much convenience, a s if on shore in their own domiciles. The dining tables i nre arranged so as to afford a promenade in wet or other 'weathe r , when the passengers cannot resort to tha chief deck for exercise ; but it must be remembered that, if they are obliged to remain below, they have light and air as aluple a s if a b ove . Of course t h ese remar k s re f er t o th e third and intermediate class of passengers—the most numerous, and a class that, in the ships of this line, have ever been the object of the owners to make most co mfortable. The second cabin generally is on t~k-heuses, an t pos s e s s all th e re qiii r ements necessary.e grand cabin is fitted up , with great taste, and combines all the luxuries of a first class drawing room. There are baths for the use of all classes of passengers, closets, &c. PM hospital and the sanitary arrangements are such as it° Contribute to the health of all. The bill of fare pros led in the victualling department, is as usual, ample and of unexceptionable qaality, nothing but the best being admitted into the stores. C ,ptain Smith, the gentlemanly "'amender of this fine vessel, has been quite successful in ;akin rapid . voyages, and the testimonials presented to at attest the high estimation in which he hasbeen always held by those who have travelled under his guidance. The Ki ng of Algeria, on her homeward voyage, beat soma o f the crack ships both of this country and America. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, SEPTEWBER 8, 1857. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE maintain so largo a force et Bashire, when its services may be imperativay required in India ? Should Persia officially refuse to evacuate Herat, it would be undoubtedly less dfi sirabla to remove the force than before the announcement of suoh a broach of the treaty. But by remaininfr at Bashire that tom, without strong reinforcements (ioe likely now to be availtb'e f,r a long time), mild do nothing but hold its present position. Yet that position, as far as I see, could be maintained without the force, which, it neel bo, might be despatched for service in iuslia at once. Karrack could be retained by a regiment and one or two °rulers, aided by a war steamer or two, and tho latter might effectually blockade Bishire, and prevent the occupation of the town by a P.trsian army. Moham merah, in like manner, might b; given up, and the cruisers there removed for service at Karraek. Unless I vastly mistake the signs of the times, a 'ratty quarrel is brewing between the Turks and Persians anent the boundary question ; at sll events, it is not likely that the former will allow the Persians to re-erect the fortresses upon the Shatt 001-Arab which hare been dem Aished by us The erection under any circum stance; was in violation of tide treaty between the two countries, and their existence might have cut off at any aliment the Turkish trade on the river from the Gulf to Bsssorah, Moreover, by all accounts the Persian army in Arabistaa is said to be so utterly disorganised, and the State finances at so low an ebh, as to render it morally certain that the Perians cennot re-establish themselves in forco their for some time to come. What I would counsel, therefore, under pre-4eut circumstances, should Herat not be surrendered, is this,—remove our forces from Bushire to . . India ; garrisov Karraek, block ide Bti,hire and the neigh bouring forts, and keep the Persians from occupying the former place, should they attempt it, by cccasional shot and shell from the b!ockatling squadron. This course, while it will recder availahlehr India the British force now in Persia, will be a sufficient threat and punishment to the Shah until we are able to take more elf ctual measures for the chastisement of such a breach of the treey, Of ci,uree, our hope is that Persil will see it to be her interest to ren der unnecessary any such hostile proceedings on our part, in which case we hope to hear that the announcement of the evacuation , of Herat will be made to Mr. Murray on Lis arrival at Teheran, looked for about the Ist of August. In 15 days the news of the same could , be transmitted to liushire, so that on the 16th of August the whole British force may evacuate Persia. KURRACIIEE, SCINDF, JULY 13. The Berenice arrived here on the 2d inst., with the Per sian state prisucerg, the ea-governor of Bushire, the Deriali Beg, and their suits, wto proceel this evening to Bus)74L e, in the steamer Ledy Canning. Everything is quiet in Seinde and the Punjunb, and nu fears are at present entertained of any outbreak in these quarters. means which ~re available an efficient, direct, and regular communication, as to enable us to afford to those who go to do battle for their country, such support and assistance from home as they are justly entitled to expect, aay, demand. The respoasibility :will be heavy, indeed, should it prove that this dcfect service being now rejected cannot be established at a later period of the year, when its real value to the country *lay become but too painfully apparent.— Obserner. A pp RoA ca:NCT LUNCH OF THE GREAT EASTERN. It is now mom than three :ears since the lofty walls of iron forming the sides of 4. 1)e Great Ens` ern began to excite the wonder of Yoya s - ers up and down the Thames, and as she approaches comple tion public i n t eres t i nc r e ases. Enormous a'..ze, which is naturally the distinctive feature that first strikes the observer, is, however, one of the least of the marvels that belong to the joint production Of Me. Scott Russell and Mr. Brunel. We have the assurance of the former that the Great Eastern is built up:m precisely the same model as every vessel he has constructed since his discovery of the wave line 22 years ago. In the wonderful ship which now towers rime 70 feet above the level of the Isle of Dogs, dwarfing every passing vessel by her enormous proportions,. we have only an exten sion of the lines upon which Mr. Russell built the little Wave, of 71. tons. This may relieve these who regari the " big ship" as too much of a novelty, and still leaves sufficient food for wonder in the knowledge that she is about the eighth of a mile in length, and more than twine the length of the Great Britain, whissh, a dozen voxrs ago, was the largest iron ship then built or thought of. But her breadth is much !ess in proportion to her length than that of the vessel just named' (being 82 feet " over all"), a point of difference which affords the best ground for the antitinations entertained of the speed with which she will cross the Atlantic. Granting, then, that the mammoth ship is merely an extended -copy of ail other iron steamers built on the• wave line principle, let us see what are the " one or two exceptions," so modestly alluded to by Mr. Russell last week before The BritiAl Association at Dublin. The most promi nent, in reality,. though a feature whiea escapes unprofessional visitors, is the cellular construction of the upper deele, and the dower part of the hull, - tap to the water line, or about 30 feet from .her bottom, which is as flit as the floor of a room, This system, while it gives greater buoyancy to the hull, inere“tes her tetrength enormously, and: thus enables her to resist almost any amount of out ward pressure. Two walls of iron, about 00' feet high, divide the vessel longitudinally into three parts, the inner containing the boilers, the engine rooms and the saloons, rising one above the other, and the lateral divisions the coal bunkers, and, above them, the side cabins and berths. The saloons are 60 feet in length, the principal one nearly half the width of the vessel, and lighted by skylights from the upper deck. On either hind are the cabins and berths, these of first class passengers being commodious rooms, large enough to contain every requirement of the most fastidious of landsmen. The thickness of the lower deck ryill prevent any sound from the ergine rooms reaching the passengers, and the vibration- from being at all felt by them. On each side of the engine rooms is a tunnel through which the steam and water pipes- will be carried, and also rails for economising labour in the conveyance of coah The berths of the crew are forward, below the forecastle,. which it is intended to appropriate to the officers whose apartments are at present only marked by a few uprights, rising 10 or 12 feet above the main deck. Below the berths of the sea-• men are two enormous cavities for cargo, of which MOO' tons can be carried, besides coals enough flir the voyage to Australia, making about as many tons more. The weight of this huge ship being 12 0-00 , tons, and her coal and cargo about 18,000 tons more, the motive power required to propel her 20 miles per hour must be proportionate. If the visitor walkeaft4.and looks down a deep chasm near the stern,. he will pereieve an enormous metal shaft 100 feet in length, and weighieg sixty tons ;e this extends from the engine -room nearest the stern to the extremity of the ship, and is destinad• to move the screw, the four fans of which are of proportionate weight and dimensions. If he. walk forward, and look over the side, he will sea a paddle-wheel considerably larger than the circle at Astley's;and when we learn that this wheel andi its fellow will be driven by four engines, having a nominal power of 1,000 horses, and the'screw by a nominal power of 1,600 horses, he will have no , difficulty in conceiving a voyage to America in seven days, and to Australia in thirty five days.. The screw engines desit,ned and manufactured by Messrs. Jlimes Watt and Co., are by far the largest ever constructed, and, when making revolutions nor minute, will exert an effective force of not less than 8,000 horses. It is difficult to realise the work which this gigantic force would perform if applied to the ordinary operations of commerce ; it would raise 132,000 gallons of water to the top of the Monument in one minute, or drive the machinery of forty of the largest cotton-mills in Manchester, giving employment to from 30 to 40,000 operatives. The four cylinders eagh weigh about 25 tens, and are 34 inches in diameter. The crank shaft, to which the connecting rods are applied, i 3 a forging, and weighs about 30 tons. The boilers are six in number, having 72 furnaces, and an absorbent heating surface nearly equal in extent to an acre of ground. The total weight of the engines exceed 1,200 tons, and yet they are so admirably contrived that they can be set in motion or stopped by a single hand. Sails will not be much needed, for in careering over the Atlantic at twenty miles an hour; with a moderate wind, they would impede rather than aid progression ; but in the event of a strong wind arising, going twenty-five miles per hour in the course of the vessel, sails may be used with advanta rle; and the Great Eastern is provided, accordingly, 6 with seven masts, two square-rigged, the others carrying fore and aft sails only. The larger masts will b 3 iron tubes, the smaller of wood. The funnels, of which there will be five, alternating with the masts, are constructed with double casings, and the space between the outer and inner casings will be filled with water, which will answer the double purpose of preventing the radiation of heat, to the decks, and economising coal by causing the water to enter the boilers in a warm state. Her rigging will . probably cause moat wonderment and disturbance • of ideas to nautical observers o for, besides the un- usual numbcr. of . masts, she will want two of the ' most striking features of all other vessels, namely bowsprit and figure head. Another peculiarity is the absence of a poop. The captain's Egan-lawn.; is placed amidships, immediately below the bridge, whence the electric telegraph will flash :he cent mender's orders to the engineer below,, the helms man at tho wheel, and the. look-out man at the , bows. In iron vessels great precautions are neces sary to prevent the compass from being influenced by the mass of metal in such attractive proximity, and various experiments have been made with the view of discovering the best mode of overcoming the difficulty. It was originally intended to lo cate the compass upoaa stage, 40 feet high, but this plan has been abandaned, and a standard eel:apses will be affixed to the mizen-mast, at an elevation beyond the magnetic influence of the ship. What ever misgivings may be felt as to the length of the vessel and the great length she will carry amidships will bo set at rest before she even touches the water, by the mode of launching, an operation as great a novelty as the ship herself. The plan hitherto has been to build the vessel on an inclined plane, and at right angles with the water, but in the case of the Great Eastern ' this was impossible, on account of her great length, to say nothing of the expense of building a vessel of her enormous dimen sions in a position which would elevate her forecastle nearly 100 feet above the ground. These considerations led Mr. Brunel to determine upon launching her sidways, with which view she has been built parallel to the river. In. construcfmg ' the foundation of the floor on which she stands, provision has been made at two_ points to ensure sufficient strength to bear the whole weight when completed. On these two points she will rest when ready, and thus her strength will be tested in the severest, and therefore, most satisfactory manner. Two cradles will be introduced at these points, and she will then be moved by two powerful hydraulic engines. Timber ways are laid down to low water mark with an incline of one foot in twelve, andiron rails of a peculiar Construction are to be laid upon these transversely. A. tell-tale will indicate the rate at which the two ends are descending, and any difference that may oclur will be immediately rectified by strong check-tackle. It is calculated that she will advance twelve feet per minute, at which speed her Submersion will be effected in twenty minutes. The cradles will then be draws from under her, and she will be towed to the opposite side of the river, where she will Ity until ready for sea. It is raid that Mr. Bachanon, the president of tk• Mited &Ales of America, is resolved to put dwa-ri Mer. monism—at any rate, to break up the community e Utah, A letter from Berlin says that Chevalier Bunsen is abort to' publish a new tran4stion of the Bible, with explanatory notes, and that the first volume of it will appear at the end of the year. In digging the foutdationg of the viaduct ov. - 21- the Iltmo, near Bologna, a large quantity of geld coins of the fouith century was found - a few days ago, at a depth of about twelve feet. Some are of a ,equare form, but most of them are round. It is supposed they wera buried there with some barharias chief. A letter from Berlin, of the 21 , 1, says The Princess' of Prussia and the hincess Charles set off to-flay for Weimar, to be present of the inaugu'ation of th? statues of GAthe, Schiller, arid Wisland. The two' pricc;3ses are sisters of the Grand Duke of Weimar, and were p;rsmally accrainted with Goethe " Tile COUNTY COUltTi,—lyat year 581,053 ofai'nfs were entered, and the c , urts sat 8',775 days. T ere w i re 534 sittings by deputy-judges. The plaints were for .£1,533,666. Only 741 causes were tried by pry. Joel tztn-lat was Otailed for £725,413, and the c s'r.3 , were .£1€3,34 . . The sum of ;E1:13,M was paid into court. without p - oceeeling to judgment. BANK , oar Aiorot.—As soon as the Mews of the reeen bank sl;spension reached Glasgow, the MiTila'.),ETS and directors of the City of Gls:34°w B ink, will: a c)rtsilratierk and promptitude worthy of al praise, desoteiel !dr. Stro— nach, their insurctor of branches, to D oilas, with filly thousand pounds in gold for the use of the iuoular branches, in order to meet any ran which that ev nt might possibly occa s;on. Sun, TIIAT WON'T own to , some sympathy with Prince Albert in reference to position. To be the subject of his owe wife itf not a very die,ifi-d , attitude, and its moral effect 071 their children cauw. be very sslutary. Ranacur says that bye-and-bye 11.. King- Consort; perhaps, ultimately, relieve the giten of the care of the Governnunt=a desire it is said she frcqcently expresses!. If nothing else, jealousy of the couritry ig an insaperable obstacle 4o - die arrangement —Weekly lispatch. Tun flazix or FRA.Nal . —TAtters from Paris allege that the bullion in the MIA of Francc . has increased 1,400,X1a since the last monthly return The diecount market is else said to he easier, choice paper being negotiat d at between 41 to 5 per cent. Although the Bank mairr tains its psisstlan only by a7tiloial otvehases of ;old, the sueculators a-o hoping that a redt:etion of the rate of discount to 5 per enf*. soon be adopt-d. The projected issue of Z 2 notes will•probable accelerate that measure. GREAT WEiTERIT itAlLWAY.—Theilirntors of this cora— pany are raking the most aciv;.t , -measui-es to reinee, as far as poesible, the werlcieg expenses of . their rims. A number of' the daily trains. wilt be dimentinued this month, an arrangement that will occasion a enrAtnewurate diminutien in the outlay necessirily incurred by the heavy train mile age. The lecomotive estabLsbraent - at Swindon will participate in the genera! curtailment ; three handred of the artizine, tc., employed at th 3 works, having already received notice to leave the s . ,3rvice.—D9rsel County Tina Qtrciontr . PASSA CZ IN VIE ANNEL. —On Friday night the royal- mail packet. Prince FredenA William, ran with the mails from Dover to Oilais, againit tide, in °se hour and 2T minutes, an 4 returned next morning in one hour and 21. minutest.. O© Saturdisy - night she pro— ceeded to Ostend, and ran the 7 3 statute- miles in three hours-and' .50 minutes from the tine she was ordered to go on outside• Dover pier to be time Fhe was-rased in Ostend Harbour, averaging ins this passave a speed of above 19 miles an balm She landed. her n ails and's passengers at Ostend three hoors and a- half before the snail trails s'arted. Ix FIENMT; LAWCZPIGE'S Sucassa on,.—Thu officer what succeeds so distingaishsc! a swan as ,Sir 11. Lawrence at Lucknow is Major Banks, who has boa, a in India 28 years, is a first ra'e linguistvand has- seen ti 'tech active service; amens other campaigns he served ir. tht second expedition to Cabal. Hs filled tee offlee- of deter ty secretary to the Government of India military eitpartmet it for some years, and in that capacity went through e eiride with Lord Hardiage, and Pegu with , Lord Bethel isie. The latter nobleman appointed him to be hie militte sy secretary, and sent him from Oetacamund to Iseeknow t wo years ago on business connected, with the an nex we an . He is com missioner in Onde in chaegn of Led:now, and so succeeds his late chief. Sir C. Napier, in a letter datec I May 31 , 1850 . thus writes :—" There are come glorious rh igistrates who really do exalt the 'honour and power of I ;ngland in the East. I came throne' a district governed b' r a Mr. Banks, Ido not know-shim, I never saw hem, but I really felt proud of my countryman,. Yet even there I saw tyranny by the board which rules thePunialsb; be can nut help that all he does himself is splendid."' CRIME IN Feeeca.--A. dreadful men ler has been committed in the Qaarter St Eiienne at Caen. Same thieves broke -into the shop of 11.1. Peschar , watchmaker and jeweller, of the Rae Guillaume-le-Con q terant, and, after having reordered him, seized on a gel Yr quantity of valuable property and got clear off.. The Aloniteur dza Calvados gives the follawing details of the eri Lite :—" The thieves, supposed to be three in number, o ht tined admis sion by means of false keys, one of whim left behind them. Everything indicates that they we re well ae quaiated with the premista s and they took tie precaution of placing. a short ladder across the top of tl s-airs by which Peachard would have to descend, if by chance he should happen to awake. A spring whi c h c o n arnunicatect from the shop to the bedroom was cut off by the thieves, and a small dog, usually an excellent watch. was strangled. From their knowledge of Peschard's habits the y went at once and took the keys-from a small box where they were kept, and used them to open the show glass( s. The thieves were ab eat to retire when Peschard, who was awokeeey the noise, rose in great haste and ran out of hisa room an the first floor, but, coming against the 13 dder e fell down the stairs. On hearing the noise of his tall o ne ofsthe thievee ran to the door which opened on the stair case,, and threw large paving stone 'at Peeehard's head , which, however, missed him and bele against the wael. They all then rushed on him and a desperwe feve r ; ele took place e but he was FOOll overpowered. He received a deep wound from a poignard in the sheulder, an I his seswilants werethen about to fly into the street, when l'asq;hard. pur sued them. He laid hold of one, who, in order to release himself, discharged a-double-barrelled pistol p t blank at hire, one ball hitting him in the heal and ant Sher inthe neck. The unfortunate man fell, and the roe h rs took to .hi g hs.. Two men were arrested the next, (123 , 1 n suspicion having offered two watches for sale to some se Idlers- at the barraeks." abave named journal does not state ' how it has came to a knowledge of the details just narrated.. '['ha Court of Azz:z,s of the Gard tried two yotarg, men named Antoine and .Tesques Peyrot for the murder of their mother. The woman, who lived at Mont en, had been married .threetimes, but in March last again received the addresses of a man Named Chivasy. As. a marriage with thal person would probably have had the effect of depriving the two, sons by the woman's first husband of some property which., for a person in her station,—that of a peasant,—wan not inconsiderable, the two yorog men conceived - a mortat hatred of her, and after a while they openly-di:flared 01 if she persisted in the pc ject of marrying again they weenie murder her. On the morning of the 30th of April last was noticed that the neman's shutters remeinedclosed, and her two sous, who did not live with her, were sent for. They entered her chamber, aecampaniec by. some neigh bours, and she was found lyiag dead in Cubed with a sheet over her face ; she was dleadfully beaten about the head. and on her throat was the mark of violent pressure from cord._ From marks of blood and other, circumstances it clearly appeared that the woman most have been murdered at the bottom of the stairs, and then carried up teller bed; bat as she was a remarkably strong woman, it appeared morally certain that one man alone could not have killed her; there were, moreover, no. signs or any forcible en trance into the house, neither had ally robbery s nor attempt at robbery, lastly, no one, except her two sons, lad reason bfoereuputtingroads her to death. All this threw strong suspicion on the, two young men, and, besides, it was, noticed that neither had manifested the slightest. surprises or regret at finding the poor: woman dead. Tey were arrested, and on bring interrogated, the younger, Antoine, after a time confessed it was they who had dr,ne the deed. " We went," he said, " to the house together, and my mother on secing us asked What do yeti want'? 1 answered, c Jacques means to kill you, and he, has forced me to come and help him.' Th e we nan raised a cry of ' horror, but at the same moment %Turves struck her about the head with some blunt internment until she fell to the ground. He then to'd me to steangle her with a cord which we brought, and I did stns while he held her. When. she was dead we carried the laxly upstairs, and placed it in the bed." The jury dee ) ared the two brothers guilty, but will extenuating otrsSurestances, and the Caurt gene tensed them to hard 'tabour for life. A man named Bonnefoy, their mele e woe tried with them for complicity in the crime ; and it was stated by Antoine that he, front disgust at the ides. ' of the woman marrying a fourth time, had excited them, to perpetrate it, but as there was net other evidence against hilt the jury acquitted* FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT 0. The Count and Countess Walewski left Paris yesterday for Biarritz. Before his tlepariure, the Count had several important diplomatic conferences. He will return in time to accompany the Emperor to Stuttgardt, and attend the interview with the Emperor Alexander, at which it is said that other crownedheads will be present. The interview itself arises out of invitations from the King of Wurtem burg. Although it has been said that the Empress of Russia would go to Stuttgardt, this appears uncertain. It is stated that one of the bast French artists has been engaged by the Emperor to go to the capital of Wurtemberg, and execute a picture represent - ng the meeting between the two Emperors. Colonel Ribourt, first aide-de-camp of Marshal Randon, has arrived in Paris charged with a com mission to the Minister of War. The Marshal himself is at present in the department of the Isere, and will not go to the Chalons camp until about the middle of this month. General M Mahon, who has arrived in France from Algeria, is expected there about the 20th inst. A medal has been struck at the Paris mint commemorating the installation of the camp. Talking of medals, that of St. Helena is to be seen at Paris on the breasts of a few sexage narians. It is rather a heavy looking affair, at tached to a pretty red and green ribbon. The camp of Chalons is expected to last about six weeks. Be fore finally quitting it the Emperor will probably come for a few days to Paris. . Despatches have been reeeived from M. de Bouzet, Governor of New Caledonia, by which he informs the Government that he was busy with the necessary arrangements for the reception of political prisoners at the Island of Pines. - The Emperor has provisionally suspended the execution of a decree that had been prepared, establishing free trade in butcher's meat in Paris. A report on the subject, addressed to His Majesty by the Prefect of Police, is understood to be the cause of the suspension. Extensive changes are expected shortly to take place among the pref . ; e s of departments. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, SEPT 5. This place exhibits just now a very unwonted degree of excitement for this time of the year, arising from two different causes of two very differ ent natures. Next week is to witness the opening of the conferences or meetings of Evangelical Chris tians from all countries, at the invitation of the Bei - lin Committee of the Evangelical Alliance; and also the grand manoeuvres of the 4 h Armee Corps, to be held not far off, in the province of Saxony The effect of the preparations for this latter is to give this city for the moment a most warlike up pearance—that is to say, as far as the appearance produced by double the usual uumber of soldiers in the streets, regiments marching, ban_ls playing here and there, can be called warlike. These manoeuvres are to commence on Monday next, and will comprise all the evolutions of an army in the presence of an enemy ; they will, as perfectly as possible exhibit a " mimicry of noble war," and doubtless, as far as the precision of the movements and the smart appearance of the troops go, there will be nothing left to a desired. On this occasion the manoeuvres will be attended by the King. accompanied by the Queen and the various Royal Princes, and also by the King and Queen of Saxony, together with all the Princes of the various Saxon lines, as one of the solemnities to be observed on this occasion is to be the re-inauguration of a mecliesval church on the Petersburg, near Halle, in which the bones of the original progenitors of the Saxon Kings and Princes still lie. This church. which has for centuries lain in ruins, has latsly been restored in its primeval style by the King of Prussia, who will also, on the Bth inst , inaugurate it again. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, SEPT. 4. The fearful atrocities committed by the re bellious Sepoys have excited the greatest. indigna• tion in this empire, and the British public can hardly be more impatient than is the Austrian to learn that the insurgents have been punished according to their deserts. Almost all the leading organs of the Vienna press have contained leaders on the state of affairs in India, in which full justice has been done to the heroism of the British troops in India, and to the exertions of Her Majesty's Government to relieve them from their perilous position ; but the Oesterreichische Zeitung, which is the property of same of the leading men in the inaneial world, has an article on the subject that was written in a very different spirit. Experience teaches us that we frequently learn more from our enemies than from our friends. Vienna is at present crowded with foreigners, and it pains me much to say that the persons who speak least favourably of Austria are the Germans. If Austrian statesmen could have foreseen the effect which the concordat would produce on the German governments, they would probably have quitted office rather than agree to it. The northern and southern Germans vie with each Other in abusing Austria, but the latter (the Roman Catholics) are, if possible. more violent than their Protestant brethren. During this summer 180,000 persons have made a pilgrimage to the shrine of the Virgin at Mari6-.zell. THE PERSIAN EXPEDITION, The Times correspondent says, under date— BUSHIRE, JUNE 28. Sir James Oatram and staff reached Bushire on the 12th from Bagdad, and on the 14th Sheikh 111ohs'.n Khan, Sirhang, deputed to visit him by the Serkeseekshy Bashi waited on our General at the Residency. The day fol lowing the Davey was received with due honours at the camp, where he was introduced by Sir James to Brigadier- General Jacob, who succeeds him in command of the Persian expeditionary force. The greatest cordiality existed between all parties, and subsequently a re:urn visit to the Persian camp at Bora zgaun was-despatched by General Jacob, consisting of Lieuteuant-Colonel Trevel yan, of the Bombay Artillery, and two or three other officers, All was quiet at Moharntncralt ;no Persian forces had returned to that place, which was still held by the Chaah Chief on behalf of the Shah. The Hon. Com pany's sloop Falkland was anchored abreast the northern fort, but the Clive had moved lower down the river for a change of air. The crew of the latter vessel had suffered severely from fever, while that of the former were com paratively healthy. This is attributable rather to the wretched accommodation for the seamen on board the Clive than to any other apparent cause. The men of the Falkland were in the habit: of landing every day, and seemed to be on the best terms with the Arabs. Sir James was ordered to India immediately, owing to the disturbed state of the Bengal Presidency, and was further directed to despatch as many troops as possible to Bombay; General Jacob was also directed to pro ceed to India without delay ; but Sir James argued justly, that while our force remained on the Persian soil a commander of General Jacob's renow❑ and ability was absolutely requisite for the full efficiency . and morale of the continued occupation. The Poonah Horse, however, were spared, and despatched to Bombay yesterday. The force now left at Bushire is as follows :—Cavalry, 1,200 ; Artillery, European 202, Native 70; Infantry, 3,739; Sappers, 214 ; total, 5,431 ; with 12 field-battery guns. The troops, with •the exception of the artillery above named, are all natives. It is currently reported that, great sickness prevails amen?, the Persian troops at Bo razgaun, and that the Commander-in-Chief is anxious to break up his camp there. Several regiments are ur gently req tired to enforce the payment cf Government tribute in the direction of Beibahan, where the people are said to:have refused and resisted all demands made upon them by the Shah. Rumour has it that the Persians are playing us false as regards Herat, and that the commander of that place will refuse to evacuate it, even if ordered to do so by the Shah. At present there seems no foundation whatever for the report, and so far the Persians have acted in good faith in fulfilling the treaty. There is no knowirg, how ever, how the mutinies in Bengal may affect the Court of Teheran, and to what extent extraneous influences may be plied to prevest the desired consummation. A serious question then arises—viz., how far it is desirable to LORD MEVILLE ON THE INDIAN CRISIS At a dinner in Dslkeith (Scotland, on Friday), in reply to his health, Viscount Melva: said :—" With rea,ara to the remarks of my right hon. friend concerning India, I only wish I could say I entertain the hope that we had seen the worst. lam afraid that beforetbe services of our army are brought to a close its India we must prepare ourselves for still worse calamities than we have already suffered arid, I fear, for losses of a severe character; It is not only that we have to provide an army for puffin down the rebellion, but we have to accupy the country as well as have a force engaged in moveable columns for the suppression of the rebellion in different districts. This will require a large force, and I am afraid such force as we have yet sent out is not adequate to the service that h's to be performed'. As almost every available . soldier that England can now produce is on his way to that country, or is engaged in our other psssessions, I teal that if England means to retain all her foreign possessions, she must maintain a much larg.r army than she has yet done. Ycu cannot maintain these distant colonies without an edequate force not only to occupy them, but to defend them if necessary. Ships and soldiers you at this moment require with the most urgent necessity, and I may take this opportunity of stating to you that her Majesty's Government has again thought it necessary to call for men to recruit the service, and a memorandum has just been issued by which his Royal Highness the Commander-ic-Chief offers a commis sion to any gentleman anxious to enter the army who can raise 100 men. These gentlemen must be examined as to their fitness and qnalificatim for the service, and must state the district in which they propose to rajas the men ; and I think the age is limited to from la to 23. During the Crimean war, when the militia was ensbodiel, a large body of men was raised by this means, and I hope that now, seeing what the emergency is, the loyalty and patriotism of the country will stir up young men to come forth and rally round the standard of Great Britain, to recover that country to England which this rebel.ion has placed in peril—l will not say taken from us, for I cannot but believe that the supremacy of England will be reestablished, and her dominion restored, and that country become once more the bright grin in the Briti-h Crown which it has hitherto been." (Laud cheers.) At, a later hour in the evening be made the following remarks, I am quite unable to tell you the reason why different systems should prevail in different presiden cies. That has, unfortunately, bean allowed to be the case, and as we see in Bengal with what 'disastrous results. A thorough investigation into the causes of this uprortunete . notiliay will necessarily take place in the next session of Parliament, and of course a very serious euguiry will be instituted as to the proper mode of re-organizing that army. W e cannot retain our dominion in India without a native army. Europeans cannot do the duty which he native troops are called on to perform:; the climate will not admit of it. But how we can re-organize that army so as to trust the natives, after what has occurred is more than at this moment I can possibly venture to suggest. Meanwhile, a very large European force wilt necessarily have to be maintained, and many duties hitherto performed by natives must be performed by them —though, I am afraid, at a great sacrifice of life ; but that is unavoi.!ableif we mean to maintain our ss premacy in India. Lo d Melville concluded by expressing his regret that be had left India before his young kinsman, a younger brother of Mr. Dundas, now before Delhi, arrived out. las had, however, pride and sattsfac ion in knowing from officers his regiment (the 61th) how able au officer and bow attentive to his duties he was, and he only regretted that his wound in the leg should for the: time prevent him from being celer' as well as r auclax,' and thus fulfilling the motto ou his regimental colours." TRANSPORT SERVICE TO INDIA. Last week we alluded to a proposal which had been made by the European and American Steam Company to the Directors of the East India Company, to organise a regular direct line to Bombay by the Isthmus of Suez monthly, and we referred to some of the many advan tages which such a direct and continuous service seemed to embrace. Since then we have been informed that the proposal is more comprehensive than we had supposed. It is suggested that two steam-ships shonid leave Eng land for Alexandria monthly. Each ship to carry one thousand men, with their baggage, stores, tec. That the men, on being carried over the isthmus, should find two steamers corresponding in every respect, ready to receive them at Suez, and that the whole of the distanee from England to Bombay should be traversed in from forty to forty-five days. We are informed that inquiries have been made with regard to what at first sight might seem to present some diffieuity—the transport of the men through; and that, assuming that. politically speaking, no oljection should :wise, the present advanced state of ' the railway is such that it is available for the carriage of ' troops for 212 miles out of the entire distance, which is 254. Therefore there would be a distance only of forty. two miles from the port of disembarkation to the point reached by the railway. Estimates, it is also stated, have been made of the expense of transporting men by this route, and, surprising as it may appear, we are a-i -sured it can be done as now proposed at a cost less by 20 per cent., including all charges from England to India, S than the price now paid for transport by steam-ships via, the Cape of Good Elope, while the time ocenpied in Vie journey is little more than one half. Such advan tages, it would appear, should in themselves offer inducement sufficient to insure the immediate adop tion of the proposal. But there are yet many others which should not be overlooked. .By a regular monthly service, such as this, the directors of the East India Company would be in possession of the means to meet any sudden emergency ; they would also have, at no increase of cost, a safe and expeditious conveyance for invalids, or fugitives from the seat of war, whose removal to England must be regarded as second only in importance to the quick transport of reinforcements, each ship as she delivered in India her cargo of troops could return to Suez with those who require to return to England. Another very important feature in this arrangement, and one which is well worthy of the serious attention of the Government, is that they could supply all the necessities of the war by the occupation exclusively of this fleet of eight ships which has been offered to them, amounting in the aggregate to 19,000 tons, and by liberating the large Amount of the mercaatile marine of the kingdom, which must otherwise be absorbed in the carriage of the necessity drafts round the Cape, they would enable the requirements of the trade of the country to be supplied, obviating one of the most serious consequences of such a war, the breaking up of trading intercourse already existing. and in active operation with the various ports in the world, the loss of which cannot fail to preys most injurious to our commercial interests generally. It is not our desire to refer to the numerous disasters which marked our arrangements during the campaign recently ended, but we cannot refrain from offering a word of cau tion and advice in time. Some of our cotemporaries have already touched, although with delicacy. upon the subject., and we would now follow their example and earnestly urge upon the authorities ie. Leadenhall-street and 'Whitehall, the great necessity 'of making early and complete; arrangements, whieh 3 . W it secure by all the THE TELEGRAPH TO INDIA. This subject has not been lost sight of by the GOVrti• ment. Many months before the first tidings of the recent disasters arrived in England, arrangements had been entered into and negotiations commenced with the view of completing a perfect system of telegraphs beeween Eng land and India. And before we proceed to consider what the public interest now further requires in this direction, it may be well that we should state what has really been done, and what is in progress. The last accounts from India were received by telegraph from Cagliari, a small town at the southern extremity of the Island of Oardinia, nearly an entire week before they reached us through Trieste or Marseilles. More than two years ago the en terprising Government of Sardinia established this sub marine telegraph from Spezzia to Corsica, and thence to Sardinia, thus opening a direct communication from Cagliari with Etigiand through France. This was so far in a direct line to Malta. The English Government, therefore, some months ago entered into a contract with the Mediterranean Electric Telegraph Company to con struct a line from Cagliari to Malta, and thenee to Corfu. These two lines will be laid down in the course of next month, and thus hi a few weeks we shall receive the Indian news immediately upon its arrival at Malta. This will at Least be one point gained. At the same time that this arrangement was made, the Government received overtures from the Government of Austria for the latter to con struct a line from Ragusa, on the shares of the Adriatic, to Alexandria, passing through Corfa—e.hs effect of which would be to complete the entire line through Malta and Corfu to Alexandria. This arrangement with the Aus trian Government is, we understand, upon the poise of being concludel, and it is expected that early in the spring the line will be laid. Thus by these arrangements, made soma months ago, there is every probability that early in tha next year_ we shall hare a telegraphic commu nication perfected from London to Alexandria, which will bring Bombay within fifteen days of England. In sits weeks our communication with - Malta will be completed, and in six months with Alexandria. It remains to rom_ p:ete it to Knrracliee ; and the Government has shown every desire to aid those who are prepared Inewbark in that undertaking.—Economist. BRITISH INDIA. The insurrection of the native troops in India Lee had the effect of drawing out much information relative to that most important of all the colonial dependencies of England. Nearly a million and a-half pounds sterlimare paid—unless some of them have lapsed within a few years—in pensions to conquered native princes. The King of Delhi (the Mogul), receives annually £150,000;: the Nawab of Bengal, £160,000 ; the Nawab of the C irnatie, £116,500 ; the Raj tit of Tanjore, £118,350 ; and otters on an equally munificent scale. The British territory in India is equal to the whole continent of Europe, Russia excepted. covering an area of 1,368,11:3 miles, with a population, according to the latest corrected returns, of 158, 774,005; and estimated at about two hun Bred millions. The ter itory is distributed into 4"gevern mertts—Bencal, Madras, Bombay, and Agra. Bengal is the teat of the Governor-General and the Supreme Council ; Madras and Bombay have each a Governor and Council, and Agra has a Lieutenant-Governor without a Conned: The total military force at the disposal of the Governor- General is about 322;000 men. Of these 20,480 are Queen's troops ; 20,000 companies European troops ; 240,000 companies native troops, and 32,000 are native contingents, commanded by British officers, and available under treaties. Out of the 322,000 only 49,000 are English. Great works of public improvement are in course of con etructfon. The Ganges canal has already cost £722556, and will be completed at an additional cost of some £900,030. The whole length, trunk and branches included, will be 180 miles. Another canal 450 miles long, is in progress in the Punjaub. Three great trunk roads are far advanced viz from Calcutta to Peshawar, 1,422 miles ; from Calcutta to' Bombay, 1,002 miles, and from Bombay to Agra, 734 miles. One railroad is built ; others are prajected. A line of tele graph now extending eighty-two miles will soon' be increased 3,150 miles. What renders the above figures more noticeable is the fact that the income derived by the Government of Great Britain from the Indian empire is much lest than the annual expenditure. But then it affords a field of enterprise and activity for many of her population, and is a fruitful source of national wealth. During the last eight years, four Indian king doms and various chieftainehips and smaller districts have been brought under the dominion of England, amounting to nearly 11,000 000 souls, while the extent of territory thus acquired amounts to 237,637 miles. THE NAVIES OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND. We have before us an official document entitled To_ Wean General des Batiments a Voilsset of Vaneur corn_ posant les Flottes de la Marine Imperiale Franeaise,' , which presents in detail the present effective force of 1110 naval service of France. SAILING Vt 23GLS. Guns. 31 ships cif all sizes, mounting an aggregate of 2,360 61 frigates do do 3,028 49 corvettes eo do 1,024 57 brigs do do 1,006 14 corvettes de charge do do 413 ; 23 sloops do do 444 38 schooners do do 223 38 cutters do do 132 317 sailing vessels, carrying a grand aggregate of 9,17 d STEABLVESSELS. ' Guns. 27 ships of all sizes, mounting an agregats of 2 680 21 frigates do do 336 4 frigates (new construction) do 2: , 0 34 corvettes of all siz s do 9.39 76 advice bolts do do 456 . . 4 floatirg batteries 19 gun bo is 25 mixed transpoits 220 steam vessels, mourlttng an aggravate of 4,901 The ordinary classification of naval officers in France stands thus .-2 admirals in time of peace and 3 in time of war ; 13 vice admirals ; 22 rear admirals ; 113 captains of ships of the let and 2d class ; 235 captains of frigates ;. 679 lieutenants of ships of the Ist and 2nd classes ; 550 en signs of ships ; 109 midshipmen of the Ist class ; 165 midsh'pman of the 2nd:clas , .3 With respect to the classes of midshipmen, the Admiral Minister of Marine regulates yearly the number of young gentlemen who may be , re. celved in the service. According to the navy list for 1856 (July) the effective Foice of the navy of Great Britain was at that period : Sailing vessels 269 carrying an aggregate of 9.362 guns. Stoam vessels 258 carrying an aggregate of 4,518 Bans, Total Tha elassiEcation of •ffi era was as follows: — In service. Oa i pay. Retired. Total. Arlml . ral3 ...... 21 15 36 Vie Admirals.. 27 • 19 46 Rear Admirals . 51 55 129 225 Captains of ships 295 GO 318 774 Commanders ... 551 61 256 VOl Lieutenants.... 1139 664 1807 TROOPS FOR INDIA. —The Glorina, freightship, arrived at Spithead on Friday night, and went alongside Portsmouth dockyard jetty on Saturday, to prepare for embarking, this day (Monday), 125 men of the 66th regiment, and 9/.) com posed of draughts from various regiments, with the relative proportion of officers for India. Fran ON Taxa IVlontvreess !—la the village of Dapinko, near Posen, several houses and well filed barns were lately burnt, which cost the lives of three children, who caused the fire playing with chemical matches. At Saros borg in Norway, Q.lsa, 15 Louses were destroyed ; a seen id fire, at D.awn:leo. in the same neizhbourhood, consumed 25 buildings. The village _if Ruckershausen, in the Duchy of Nassau, had 30 houses, out of the 40 it contented destroyed by fire last week; and about the same time, 15 houses were consumed in the small town of Niederlahnstein, in the same duchy, THE TEANSPORT SERVlCE.—Letters from St. Vinemt (Cape Verdes) announce the arrival there, after a capital run east, of the screw transport ships Golden Fleece and Lady Jocelyn, the former on the 19,h ult. and the latter on the 20th. Owing to the excellent arrangements made 1 by the managers of the Kuropean and American company, to whom these steamships belong, both vessels were enabled to be coaled and proceed immediately en their voyage to India. The Sydney and Australian steamships were at. St. Vincen'.'s coiling on the 26th ult., when the Tamar steamer called there an her way to Southampton from the Brazils ; an: up to that date the Carthage, John Bell, United Kingdom, and Thebes, all engaged in the transport service, bad a'so coaled and passed on. BODIVELLING EXTRA"EDINARY.—We are indebted to a monthly Journal, devoted to matters relating to patent inven;ions, for the falltwing summary of the pecuniary result of the patent commissioners' labours in the printing and publishing department of their office, as gathered from their annual reports to parliament; From the com mencement of the commissioners' operations in October, 1852, to the end of the year 1856, they have expended in printing, for public use, the specifications of patented inventions and indexes referring thereto, the sum of £119,886 16s 91; and in return for this ou , lay, they have realised, by the sale of these publicatir;ns, the sum of £3,932 19s 2d. there has thus accrued a loss (represented by dead stock) dining a period of four and a quarter Nears, of no less than 4113,05317 e 7d in this department of the patent office •