Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-18 00:00:00

TELEGRAPITjO NEWS. Ty British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY NIGHT. The Emperor and Empress left Paris at 4 o'cicck this afternoon for Biarritz. The Three per Cent. Rentes closed at 67f. 20c. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, SUNDAY. The Austrian Gazette announces that the Ca bine of Vienna consents to the annulling of the Mel davian elections. SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, AUGUST 17. The health of his Majesty, the King, has become rather critical. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURGH, AUG 8. The Le Nord has all at once become enamoured of the project of Mr. Lessep's for piercing the Isthmus of Suez. WEST INDIA MAIL. (FROM 013 R OWN CORRTSPONDENT By Telegraph. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY NIGHT. The West India Mail Steamer Magdalena trrived here this evening, with the usual West India Mails. The dates by this arrival arc—Honduras, July 17; Greytowr), 20 ; Carthagena, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Granada, 28 ; D(-.rnerara, 25 ; St. Thomas August 1. , The Magdalena brings on freight a very valuable Cargo, consisting of 1 378,267 dollars, and platina to about the value of about 9,700 dollars. By this arrival th ere is very little news. Opera bons for the crop were rapidly drawing to a close at 13arbadoes. The islands were reported to be in a very healthy Mate generally. The weather was stated to be excellent. At Danaerara the weather was also very fine, and the sanitary condition of the place very good. Operations in manufactures were reported to be Progressing not only slowly but nnsatisfactorily. AI Demerara the canes were looking excellently Well, affording great satisfaction. At Georgetown a company had been formed to open a road for traffic to the new Gold Diggings. At New Grenada a Day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God had been fixed, for the abundant harvest, and the great absence of disease. Yellow fever had greatly abated at St. Thomas, although eight cases had occurred on board the Magdal ena on the passage home, three of which Proved fatal. The company's arrangements for. removing the coa'ing station were progressing as quickly as Possible. From Jamaica and Trinidad our private advices Worm us, that commercial operations were much as Per last INDIA. ARRIVAL OF THE BOMBAY MAIL. the letters from Bombly and Calcutta were sent from Alexandria by different steamers, and up to Saturday only til e Calcutta portion had arrived. The subsequent letters enables the Times to publish the letter of its own corres- Pen dent, in India, which is dated 13e "&r, July 14 —Reinforcements of all troops were new ra pidly converging noon Delhi. By the end cf the Month the G eneral expected' to find himself strengthened by fally 3 500 men. Within a week or ten days from his receiving this augmentation to his force, that is to say in all Probability two or three days ago, he would, it is ,believed, deliter the grand assau lt. No r eg u lar approaches Dad bleu or would be made there, and there has not been stren gth enough f or that. The affair would, i t is crediblystated, t be mana ge d b y bl ow i ng open a gate an d entering a. the Met of the bayonet. At the date of the latest accounts from the camp, those best qualified to judge entertained Lot a doubt that the assault would be success f4l' Our men, both European and natives, though hard Wor ked, were well and in capltal spirits, white the pluck of the au ineers was evidently on the wane. Their attacks, di tch were at first of almost daily occurrence and were conducted with great determination and preseverance, had b ecome rare and feeble. From this, it may be inferred that they had not their enthusiasm, and that they had not beeti.reinforced o f l ate b y other bands of mutineers to any been extent. Most of the earlier attacks were doubtless, conducted by successive fresh arrivals eager for beaten ie fray, an d es yet lacki ng t h e exper i ence w hi c h their Q ' c 'rarade s h ad dearly bought. The feebleness of the latest demonstration from the city would seem to show that that bitter lesson had been learned by the whole mass aif the rebel soldiers congreaated within it. The resources sof the mutineers are described by the writer ) who was told they had been gri n () g two 21-p oun d ers f or ever y 18-pounder l_ bs our s. They have the l argest arsena l i n I n dia - 2,000 . of powder, many Millions of percussion caps, and hun z t. dede o f thousands of rounds of ammunition. Their prac ice has been as good as ours, if not better. We have been alien of artillerymen ; nevertheless, he hopes by the next Mad to announce that Delhi has fallen. The accounts of the fu rt h er progress of the mutiny do not add anything moonset to the details already published. INVER TO THE RIQUT jjoN. E. M.P. 41' OXFORD —The f r i en d s and supporters of Mr. Csrdw, I En'ertained that gentleman at a public dinner on Thursday, last . A large marquee was erected in Magdalen Meadow, 411c1 about 1,100 sat down to dinner. James Pike, Eq. chairman of Mr. Cardwell's chief election committee, pre the Several toasts having been drank and responded to , 1,--tcha'rrnan proposed the health of the Right Hon. ea rd Card we ll, mem b er f or the city of Oxford. re Cardw e ll replied at great length, and was well ceived throughout. Thi meeting was- subsequently anddressed by Rluniell Pamir, Esq , the Cdairman, the IZ. Mr. Barker, and others. Immediately' after the a 1 eti lag brok e up, and before Mho visitors had time to e4 te the ground, a tremendous storm of thunder, light. " In gi and rain, burst over the city, and put a stop to the bother pleasures of the evening. THE NORTHERN TIMES. -LIVERPOOL, Ear INDIAN FINANCE, So far as regards the immediate wants of the East India Company, we learn from the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that there is no immediate necessity for resorting to the imperial government for aid either by way of loan or of guarantee ; and, looking to the fact that parliament is about to sei - arate, iu all probability for six months, there can be no doubt that both ou the part of the government and of the East Indian authorities, the possibility of any such assistance being required has been maturely considered ; because if there was any chance whatever of recourse being had to the governmen' for aid, it could not be granted without the consent of parliament, and the fact that no such application is about to be made, is the beat guarantee it is not expected that any such aid will be required at least before next year, if at all. To say nothing of the usual means which the East India Company has of recruiting its home treasury by drafts upon India, which no doubt it will be anxious to curtail to the smallest possible amou❑ t at this time, it appears that on the Ist of May it possessed funds in the shape of money, Exchequer bills and bonds, and stuck in the public funds, all at is disposal, amounting to £3,969,654, or close upon four millions ; and we understand that the Company have an unexhausted power of issuing bonds to the extent of £3,000,000 more. Independent therefore of any reliance upon India at all. the East India Company in this way may be considered to have at its disposal a sum of about £7,000,000, or fully double the amount usually required for meeting the annual home charges. If funds are required in India for the suppression of the mutiny, it is probable, in the first place, that the public works will be temporarily suspended, which step of itself will place nearly £2,000,000 in the year at the disposal of the government for other purposes. Again, if the East India Company can, by falling back upon its resources a t home, diminish its drafts by one half, that will place a further sum of £1,600,000 at the disposal of the govern ment in India for local expenditure. And lastly, if it be required further to recruit the finances in India in con sequence of some temporary decline in the land revenue collections, there can be no doubt that the government would be able to raise without any difficulty very large sums by giving a sufficient rate of interest on the spot. There probably wa3 never a time in the whole history of India when there existed so large an amount of accu mulated and even of unemployed capital as at this moment . So far, then, as regards the English money market, there appear to be two distinct groundi upon which the un happy events in Julia are not likely to exercise any very perceptible or prejudicial influence—first, the crisis in India is not a financial, but a military difficulty ; and, next, so far as Indian finances may be indirectly affected, there are goad grounds for believing that the Indian Government can safely rely upon its own resources on the spot, without resorting to this country for aid or assist ance of that description.—Economist. THE WHITEBAIT. It is a long lane that has no turning. There is no s ession without its whitebait. Other rescues may be denied, other solaces may fall, but as sure as salmon swarms up the Tay, so surely do whitebait come up to Greenwich, and equally sure is it hat certain statesmen go down to that trysting place. Ministers may fall, but we have not yet seen the degraded cabinet that failed to close the session in the season—of course we mean the whitebait season. This is the essential point ; other questions are comparatively trivial. Lord Palmerston did not make a cabinet question of the Oaths Bi'l. Whether or not Baron Lionel de Rothschild takes the oaths and his seat. is a matter of secondary account, so that neither his stopping nor his sitting hinders the little voyage to Greenwich. The Chancellor may or may not carry his bills for th e consolidation of the criminal law—he could talk about them at all events ; but the point is, that he shall " dispose of' them before a certain day in August. We may or ma y not settle matters with the United State in Central Americ a —may or may not drift into a peace or a war ; ministers must take their chawce of that, for it is not an essential question, Lord Palmerston would still b? prime minister though the star-spangled banner were hauled down in Port land-place and Liverpool freights were swamped in the charge for insurance. The prie.) of tea may depend ou the Chinese war ; but ministerial stock scarcely rises an d falls by tht reports from Canton. Juiced they have carried all their chief points already. Tney may have Parted to our China trade an adventurous riskful charac ter, but they have maintained their Sir J. Bo wring. Benga l Sepoys may mutiny, and may occasion a great deal ()- trouble to the Horse Gaards and the War Depart:nent which is vexatious enough; but the gentlemen in ther e departments have always proved equal to the writing duties cast upon them, and there is nothing in their present labours which has occasioned the slightest uneasiness as to the date of the whitebait dinner. The only thing which really threatened it was the fuss about the Divorce Bill ; but the show of spirit promises to over come the hindrance—if at the sacrifice of a clause, an Attorney-General, or other trifle. Her Majesty's oppo sition quite understands the etAue7te, and shares the vested interest in an August adjournment. Gay and agreeable as it is, however, invention has been a little racked of late years to impart some variety to the whitebait dinner. It does become a little tedious always to meet exactly the same people, who have the very same mole of entering a room—some of them for almost half a century. In order to diversify this stan linsc meeting of the Right Hon Brown;Jones, and Robinson, hy the Right Honourable Robinson, Brown, and Jon's, various littl e s portive incidents have becn thrown in. The last inven tion was the tnug—t penny mug given to that member who had most distinguishrd himself by his assiduity in attendance. This year some unauthorised fellow has thrown out the idea of another variety ; it is proposed to award:the snug, not for the mechanical victory of the best attendaace, but for the more intellectual feat of giving the best answer to an opponent. For this prize there are almost as many candidates a, members of the party ; and it must be confessed that they all deserve well of their country. There is, for example, Mr. Vernon Smith, who, when government is called to account for being surprised by the Senoy,, , calmly replies that the man who should have foreseen the event that has happened would have been called a visionary or a madman. If there is any question how far Mr. Vernon Smith's wit in these replies is voluntary or otherwise, there is Mr. Osborne, who is always answering opponents with surprising smartness; only that Mr Osborne shows up his friends as well as the enemy. lie has made the roof of the Admiralty illustrious for exposing the court of the Horse Guards, and has in turn exposed himself and his simple-minded advocacy of the Election Petitions Bill to a very telling reply from Sir George Grey, for his forgetfulness of practical sense in election matters. P erhaps the best answer yet given, this session, was levelled at Mr. Osborne and his Election Petitions enthusiasm ; it consisted in the appointment of Mr. Coppock to an easy post of handsome emoluments —a very witty stroke at the Secretary of the Admiralty. There is no denying the claims of Lord Granville . but he has only had to beat off opponents like Lord Derby. Lord Ellenbornugh, or Lord Harrowby— mere peers ; and nothing that Lord Granville has said in the way of reply has been halt so stinging as the silent eloquence of Harrowby's stopping away on the -oaths question. Then there is Sir Charles Wood, who, when people complained that the home squadron was not at home, answered pointedly that it had gone to China. " You cannot see the fL et" says Tilburina, " because it is not in sight." When ti;ey rejoined that the absence of the home squadron left our coast defenceless, did not Sir Charles bring up the clenching surrejoinder, that invadmm squadrons are always preceded by diplomatic notes ? We used to rely upon " wooden walk," "hearts of oak," and that sort of thing; but the British Admirality of our day has given anew turn to "Rule, Britannia." Where there are so many claimants it is difficult to decide ; and yet somebody must have the mug. Besides, one claimant has been omitted. Who has so cleverly managed, almost for the whole session, to exorcise the Roebuck ? Who has induced Lord John Russell to refer himself, Rothschild, and Oaths, to a select committee? Who has brought about the posture of affairs which has set Henley against Disraeli, Bentinck against Pakington ? Who but the Master of the Revels ? Already he has had G.C.B. added after his name ; more recently, the still higher augmentive R.G ; and the wit of the whitebait add the coveted but Merited feast, it is said proposers t 9 G.M.— Spe4tator.,,i IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—MONDAY The Houie met at the usual hour. ROYAL A SSENT. The Royal assent was given by commission to the Super annuation Act Amendment Bill, the B )undaries of Land (Ireland) Bill, the General Board of Health Coninuance, Bill, the Attornies' and Solicitor,' Colonial Courts Bill the Illicit Distillation (Ireland) Bill, the Lean Societies Bill, the Burial Grounds (Scotland) Act, 1853, Amend ment Bill, the Summary Proceedings before Justices of the Peace Bill, the Glebe Lands (Ireland) Bill, the Bank ing Bill, the Crown Suits (Scotland) B 11, the British and Grand Junction Railway Bill, the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Bill, the Scinde Railway Bill, the Eastern Bengal Railway Bill, and several other public and p:ivate measures. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES BILL The Commons' amendments to the Lords' amendments to the Joint Stock Compauie3 Bill were taken into consi deration. The Lord Chancellor said that the question arose out of a difference of opinion with reference to what had been done in the "case of the judgment cre ditors of the Tippe rary Bank, to whom a dividend had been allowed of 23 in the pound. Their Lordships decided that the judg ment creditors should be left to enforce their judgments, but if they did so they should refund the 2s. dividend and not receive any farther dividend till the other creditors had been paid in full. The Commons were of opinion that the judgment creditors to whom the 23, had been paid should reta'n that dividend and the judgments, but that they should not receive any further dividend, and should not be at liberty to proceed on the judgments with leave of the court. He now proposed as a compromise that they should yield to the Commons with respect to retaining the second dividend, but that they should adhere to their determination, that no judgement creditors should be entitled to receive any further dividend, or to have recourse to any remedy other than that pos3essed by them in right of their judgements against the lands affected by the same. After a few words from Lord gt. Leonards, Their lorchhii.,'s divided — For the Lord Chancell •I's proposition .. 11 Against 9 Majority bIISCELL tNEOUS BUSINE6B. The Commons amendments to the Lords amendment to the Reformatory Schools Bill were agreed to. The Commons amendments to the Dulwich College Bill we .e c msidered ar,d agreed to. Tha Lunatics (Scotland) Bill; the Burial Acts Amend ment Bill ; the Boundaries of Burghs Extension (Scotland) Bill; the valuation of Lanls Act Amendment Bill, and the Married Women's Reversionary Interest Bill, were read a third time and passed. Their Lordship's rote at 25 minutes after 6 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.,---Maxnty. The Speaker tock the chair at twelve o'clock, PRIVATE BUSINESS. TI e Lords' Amendments to the Lancaster and Carlisle and Ingleton Railway Bill was considered and agreed to. MERSEY CONSERVANCY BILL Sir J. Graham moved that a select committee be ap pointed to inspect the Lords Journal relative to the Mersey Conservancy Bill, which had passed this Hou o. The right hon. baronet having explained the objects of the bill and its progress throng th;s House and the House of Lords up to its being referred to a select committee, said that the object of the motion was to put an end to the present bill, wi h a view to introducing another bill this session, to be passed through its various stages, without delay, to give effect to the bill in the House of Lord:, changing the amount of compensation from £750,000 to £1,500,000. Mr. J. Ewalt seconded the motion. After some ranntics from M. Henley, The motion WAS agreed to and the committee named. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CLAUSES BILL. The committee was resumed on this I) 11. Oa clause 28, providing for the dismissal of petitions, Mr. Henley asked for an expiation of the clause. The Attorney-General said that the 27th and ' - 'B,ll clauses were proposed with a view of preventing collusion between the parties in uncontested cases, and the 29th gave an extended area of defence. Mr. Henley mov_d the omission of the words, alleged adultery," and the insertion in their place " facts alleged," to make the clause consistent with the 27th cause. Tne Attorney-General olijdcted t ) the amendment. After a discus-ion, in which Sir W. Heathcote, Lord John Manners, Mr. Ayrtm, the Attorney G-._nera,l, Mr I Butt, Mr. Uenley, Mr. Bovil, Mr. Wlgram, and Mr. Walpole, took part, The amendment was withdrawn. Mr. Ravin moved an amendment :—" That condonation of adulte-y on the part of the husband should not be an absolute bar to a divorce for subiequent adultery on the part of the wife, but that it should ba left to the discretion of the court." The Attorney• General accepted the amendment, and it was subsequently agreed to by the Committee. Mr H Ingram moved an amendment, prohibiting a pe'itioner, whose petition has been dismissed from again petitioning the court in the same case within five years. If parties aggrieved ware allowed pepetually to apply to the court, it would engender the - worst feelings, and destroy domestic peace. On the other hand, a period of five years was likely to cool down the passions, and o , e xise to a renneiliation. The Attorney-General said that the apprehension of the hon. member was unfotuide3, because the bill pre vented a second ,pi.)lication to the court after a decision in the same taco, After sours dicuFsion the amenclmet was negativei. This elAue, with amendments, was then agreed to. Tne ConsolidatAl Fund Appropriation Bill, the Pro bates and Letters of Administration (Ireland) Bill, and the Jurisdiction in Siam 811, were read a third time and passed. The Customs and Exese Bill, and the Customs Bill, ware c n:idered as amended, and ordered for third reading. The bitting was then suspended. EVENING SIT CD:G. TIIE MERSEY CONSERVANCY BILL. Sir James Graham brought up the report of the com mittee appointed at the Morning Sitting, on the Mersey Conservancy- and Docks Bill. The recommendation of which was, that the bill should be postponed to that day three months. The right hon. gentleman said he pro posed to introduce a bill in accordance with the inima. tion given by him in the morning, and to asl( the house to suspend its standing order, and read it a second time that evening. He would then suggest that it should be refe7red to committee, that the Docks Trust petitioning parliament on the subject might be heard. Mr. Fitzroy hoped there would be an understanding that if there were a bona fide opposition to the bill, it would not be proceeded with. Mr. J. Ema,rt said the Dock C)33mittec did not opp:sse the principle of the bill. Sir JAMB 3 Graham hoped that the parties would c)me to al agreement before the committee, but if nct, he did not think it would b 3 just to proceed with the measure the pre sent session. Mr. Disraeli thought if the bill went before a committee, it should go entirely as an unopposed bill. Mr. J. Ewart trusted that they should be able to come to an amicable agreement. After some further conversation leave was given and the bill was brought in and read a first And a second time. Sir James (iraham withdrew his proposition for referring the bill to a elmmittee, preferring that should be taken as an unopposed bill. Mr. Fiszroy said a petition having been presented against it, it could not be taken as an unopposed Sir James Graham tiuderstooi that the petitions had not yet been presented: Mr. Fi zroy moved that the bill be referred to the corn mittee of selection to take into consideration on Wednes day, at three o'clock, and that no petition be received after two o'clock en that day. Lowe wished it to be understood that the petition ers had no chance of carrying out their wishes, and at the same time pissing the bill this sesskn. The mation was then agreed to. THE INDIAN BUDGET. In answer to Lora Claude Hamilton, Mr. V. Smith said it was usual for the presentation of the Indian budget to he made before the close of a session, that the House might have ins attention directed to Indian affairs, but, the important events in India had this year lead to a discussion upon Indian affairs ; and it was not, therefore, the intention of the Government to make the ordinary annual statement. Mr. Sullivan inquired whether it was intended to appoint a stipendiary mgg'strate to the district of Kil kenny, in the room of Mr Green, who has been physically unable for many months to att'..nd flue duties of his office. Mr. H. Herbert replied that the attention of the grvern - meat had been d:reeted to the evil, and if it appearei to be likely to be penmen a remedy would be applied. Repl Sing to Mr. Kinnaird, Mr: Labouchere announced that an order had been isAted by which, in future, priests, and ministers of reli gion would not be eligible for 4.ection to the legislative council of Malta. The house then rem - ned the consideration, in committee, of the Divorce and Matrimonial Clauses Bill. The clauses up to 52 were agreed to, after conversation, with some amendments, chiefly of a verbal character. On clause 53, which gives power to the parties to marry again after a divorce, Mr. Rolt moved an amendment with the view of pro hibitiog the party gu lty of adultery from marrying again. Fir G. Grey opposed. Mr. Estcourt supported the amendment. The committee divided—the numbars were, for the amendment, 50; against, 110—majority, GO. The chair man then reported progress. The Trustees Relief Bill was withdrawn on the under standing that the Attorney General will next session introduce a measure on the subject. The Lords' amendment to the Bankruptcy and In solvency (Ireland) Bill were considered and agreed to. On the motion for going into committee on the Crowled Dwellings Prevention Bil), Mr. Ridley moved that is be committed that day three months. The house divided. For the amendment Against Majority The house then went into committee, but the chairman immediately reported progese. The house adjourned at two o'clock. A NEW SOCIETY FOR trpe REVIVAL OF AIIT.—A new sccie'y is being organised, under the title of " The Med'mval Society." The object, as set forth by th proprietors, "is to be the collection of copies of works of art of all kinds executed during the middle ages, but especially of those executed before the end of the thirteent h century ; and this not as counteracting the independent Libellee of our owl time upon its own art, but with the view of promoting the study of the mediaeval period as the hizbest and purest of former timer." The collection is to consist of the followiag : —" a. Crst - s of sculpture— foliage, figures, subjects—especially of the French and Italian schools. h. Copies or tracMzs of early fresc , es and of distemper nod other wall painting. c Copies and. casts of works in metal. d. Rubbings of brasses and copies or tracings of stained glass. e. Notes of schemes of d,coration in sculpture, painting. and gloss, carried out in the midd!e ags, with a view to leading to the mor e cao.ful t'eatnietit of its story in modern sculpture, &n. f Books bearing upon the variou3 branches of art, and upon costume, &o. g Photographs, and especially of any sculpture threatened with restoration. Is A wardrobe of costumes, or authenticated reproductions of said costumer s or the u.o of printers. i. Specimoni of eastern textile abrict, and of Ceramic art ." FECOND GRAND ASCENT OF THE ROYAL CREMORKE BALLOON, AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, NEXT MONDAY, SERIOUi CIIAGE AGAINST A PUBLICAN.—At the Police Court yesterday, a publican was charged with a s?ri'rus aseault, hat it was said the person prosecuting had received £2O nit to appear. Perhaps something more may be heard bout the affair this d , v. EINIB\RKING OF Teo PS.—Yesterday forenoon, a detach meat f the 92nd Highlanders were put on board a steam,r in the river, for Gibraltar. The boat sailed in the after noon. Fie police state that they hoh more difLulty with these men than with di th e mi it'ary that ever paced through the taxi]. They were, with very few exceptions, quits drunk, and the p ll e a armed t. ha a special otijet of attack, for they kicked and cutlet them about in the roughest manner. Tha police, cer . ..ai , dy, acted w i th great under great provocation. The conduct of the siddiers, we reg!et to say, was such as met with general censure. CORONER.'S INQUESTS, YESTERDNY.—Mr. Statham, the I detieity coroner, held the following inqucs - s :—On the b :dy of a back man, that was f tund lying by tha ide of a limekiln, in Vic,oria-road. It was supplsed that the unfortunate fellow was destitute, aux went to sleep on the kiln, when he was suffocated Verdict al cordingly.-- On the bodies of Dania Molloy and John Kelly, who I)st their lives in the sewer, at the Huskisson dock, on Friday evening, as fully repor ed in our paper of yester day. The evidence was the same as appeared in our re l i - port of the unfortunate affair. The jury found a verdict of "accidental death."— On the b-dy of Thomes Davies, who was a " tip drher" at the New North Dock. He was 22 yeirs old, and on the 13th July ho had both his arms near ly cut off by accidentally falling across the rail, when the waggons went on them. He died in the Northern H *Oat from the effects of the injule4. Verdict : " Aceidental death "—On the body of Ellen Gorman, who resided in Pout-street. She came home on Saturday night in a state of drunkenness, and was smothered in bed whilst, in that state. Verdict : "Died of excessive drinking."—An inquest was held on the body of James Charles Spurdle, 18 years of age, who died under the circumstances reported in our paper, yesterd y. Dr. Wiison said he made &post morton examination of the body, and found the brain much con jested and also the lungs, but in order to ascertain the contents of the stomach, the inquiry was adjourned to one o'clock on Thursday. LOLA MONTES.—This celebrity is playing an engage ment at the Lyceum, Toronto. The Rochester Union tells the following story of an eecapade of hers on her way thither: '6 The renowned Lola Montes is now spending a few days at Niagara Falls. She has appeared at the Buffalo Theatre as a sort of interlude to her season of pleasnae. On Frill morning L tla took the train for Buffalo, and, without advice, from any son , ce, she seated herself in the baggage car to quietly puff her cigarette. While thus cosily throwing off from her lips the curling smoke, she was discovered by the conductor and informed that passengers were not permitted to ride in the baggage cars. She paid no attention to the intimation, but con tinued to smoke as if no one had addressed her. Mr. Supt. Collamer was at the station, and was informed what Lola was doing. He said she must do as other pas sengers did, and that she could not be permitted to ride in the baggage car. The conductor called upon htr, and politely told her that she must take a seat in one of the cars designed for passengers. Lola drew herself up into an attitude of defiance, and told the eon !uc or that she had travelled all over the world, and always rode where she had a mind to, and proposed to do so in this case. The conductor further expostulated with her and assured her that he was but executing the orders of the superinten dent and the rules of the company. Lola replied that she had horsewhipped bigger men than he. This settled the matter. The conductor withdrew and Lola was not again disturbed. She rode to Buffalo in the baggage car, and bad nb occasion to use the whip. The railroad men did not Care to farther disturb the Ogren." THE GRAND ORDER OF MODERN DRUIDS' ANNUAL FESTIVITIES. Last evening the officers anu Members of the " Loyal Crown Lodge" of the above order held their annual meeting at Host Cole's, Lender-road. The eccasioh was celebrated by a very excellent and substantial dinner, provided and served up in a first-rate style. After die attention bad been paid to the "creature comforts" of thi: life, and all had been well discussed, - P. A. Beggs was called upon to preside over the festivities of the evening, and V. A. Quirk was called upon to fill :he vice-chair. i he glasses of the guests having been well primed, The CHAIRMAN at once proceeded to give tie health of our most gracious Sovereign " The Queen," which w:s drunk with enthusiasm, as was clso the 11, , a - Ith of " Th- Prince Consort, and the rest of the Royal Family," and " The Army and Navy." The Chairman then gave the next toast, which he considered one of the grEatest im portance to them as Druids, for it was a fact that the Loyal Crown Lodge stood second t) none in Liveriy of (Hear, bear) He had much pleasure in proposing, " 'll,- erusperity of the LoLlge, and the Members thereof - 2' 'Thi s toast wcs drank with all the honours appertaining to the order. It having been duly responded tc, The Secretary, Mr. Sayer, at the request of the brethren, read the annual report, which was as follows : ANNUAL REPORT AND BAL ‘NCE-Slif ET OF TAE LOYAL CROWN L(DGE, O. 158. Cash paid to members who have been sick, from } 25 5 0 July 4.. h, 1856, to July 4th, 1857.... Dr.-185G. X s. d. July 4ill, Cash in bank „ „,. , t „ treasurer's hands ....... ..... .. 21 16 11 July. To cash by contribwions.. Aug. 9 / ,) .. . . Srpt. „ ff • Octr. ,) )5 9 16 10 Novi.. .- 1 0 1 1 Deer. 1857. Jan. Feb. March. 7 ,1 , 5) ,• ff Pf .. 16 7 2 9 6 In 1 , ff 7, ti .... ... 618 7 9 13 11 2, I , If ~ 7 li 11 10 8 11 13 6 6 TUESDAY, AUG UST 18, 1857. Cr.-1856. By cash paid for sick members ... to hank during the.year to auditors for financial meetings—. £3lO 14 9 £ s. d ...... 25 5 0 49 0 0 0 6 0 0 18 9 tt to funeral fund . . .. 1) to A. B. Steele, surgeon . . 10 3 6 for tent and we of room if secretary's salary .. ...... ... • t , posting and delivering summonses 1 8 4 vi advanced for annual dirmets .... ), stewards attending to pay sick ... „ deputies to meetings .. ,t district bil.ls for twelve mouths .. 2 11 11 YI Mr. M'Call. for ptin:ing .. I , returned to Mr. M`Call (T. Bislio,') 3 8 8 /9 rcturued to Wm. Roberts (ovet paid) , ft Wm, Wilson's wife, funeral donation 1 0 0 3) act of parliament ..... . ..... ;) stationary, stamps, &c, £137 9 7 In bank, July, 1856 ..... , ... 168 4 11 Ju in hands 5 0 3 £3lO 14 9 The SECRETARY briefly, but very explieit!y, stated the bear fits thrt were derivable from be;ng members of the lodge; and he then went on to siy that they had £217 14s. 11d. in the Bank ; £l7 4s. 101, ia the treasurer's hands— making a total of £234 9s. 91., to whch might be added £l7 4s. ld. as arre trs tnat were owing, but which was sure t. , ) come in, and that would make a total of £251 13s. 101 (Cheers.) But there was another subject to which he would refer, and he was sure it would be received with the great est pleasure. It was that during the past twelve montts they had barked £49. (Hear, hear.) The income of the lodge was £137 12s. 10 t., and the expenditure ha-1 heed £B3 9s. 7d., so that they had saved £49 3s. Si., and out of that they had backed £49; and bLsides that they had £l7 4s. 10d. in the trea surer's bands. (Cheers.) He then proceeded to say : Al members in benefi are entitled to the dcctot's attend ance and medicine, and 12s. per week when sick. At the death of a member £l3 is allowed, at the dra•h of a mem ber's wife £lO. and at the death of a widow £5. Number of members 76. lie also read the following REP( RT Btu the under:ign d, being appointed to audit the accounts of the lodge, bc.g to state, that having c irefully examined the books, balance sheet, fini them correct, and die books kept in a business like mariner, reLoting the Lighest ci.tdit on the Secretary. We are happy to coPgratulate you on the improving [osiCon of the iociety and increase of members, and by the praitewor by rnamTernent of the officers assists(' by the rrFluber,, the prosperity of the lodge may continue in tho same ratio as it has hitherto done, is the par ticular wish of regretfully, WILLIAM 1%1 4 CALL, t Auditors. G Eo R XILSI-1 A LL, The foregoing remarks were reeeivd with the greatest enthusi,sm. The CHAIRnAN then gave " the town and trade of Liver poo!." The next toast was, " the Liverpool District Funeral Fund of the Grand Order of Modern Drui.'s." He said there was no doubt but they were all interested in that fund, but as they were all aware of the differences that had existed of late on that paint, he did not think that he was required further to refer to it. He concluded by proposing the toast. Mr. SAYER requested to have some explanation as to hove the proceedings pending then stood. Mr. CARLISLE rose. to offer those explanations, and in doing so said he had very great pleasure in affording that informatiun, because he could state to them that they were most satisfactory. (Hear, hear.) He then stated that they were all aware that some short time since a few persona from, he bad no doubt, sinister motives, end, avourei to get possession of a fund, which they as DruPs considered as their natural right. In thit, however, they had been foiled by the judicious proceedings of their members, who had placed it in the bank and had put a veto on e2eir getting it. They had, then, by a disgraceful attempt, tried to get possession of a paltry bock, not worth the snap of a finger, for the purpose of keeping them in the dark, but he did not doubt but that the tribunal before whom the matter was about to be heard, would be finaly settled to their satizfac- Om The fact was, that these men wanted to rob them of their natural rights, but the lodge did not feel dispcs - d to pat up with it, and he did not blame them for it, and he felt proud that iey had stood firm, and had resisted such a scheme. All he could say was, that they bad taken the best stens they could to prevent it, and he felt proud of the position they had thus taken. (Cheers.) The CitAtaNtAN then PUVe " The Order in general," and in doing so briefly alluded to the differences that had exi3ted, and to the disgraceful part some members bad taken by letoing that order and gating to the Independent Order, and then repudiating it ; but he did not fear that, when they saw the advantages of belonging to that Oder in less than a twelvemonth from that time all who were worth having would return to the Grand Order of Modern Druids. (Cheers.) He concluded by proposing the toast, which was duly responded to. " The General Committee," " The Health of the M-dical Officer, Dr. Sttele ' " "The Past Officers of the Lodge," " The Welcome Guests," and "The Pres;," were all drunk with the usual honours, as was also " The Health of the Host and Hostess." After spending a very agreeable evening, enlivened by several excellent songs, the comarinv separated, and , hus concluded the anniversary of the Loyal Crown Lodge of the Grand Order of Modern Dacids, for 1857. " SURC SUR CAN CORK To ME!"—On Saturday last when the glvernment officers were clearing out the Australian clipper ship Carrier Dove, a man and his wife went on board for the purpose of obtaining berths. This, however, could tut be done, as the vessel was qntte full in all her berthing departments for several days be fore she sailed ; vatious plans were suggested to accommolate the adventurous couple, and to enable them to pr. Reed to the land of gold. At length it was proposed that he should sleep in a hammock. He did not like the idea, but " necessity being the parent of invention," he at length consented to the arrangement, and his wife was to get a berth etweg the single fema'es. On being told he would not be permitted to frequent the part of the shin where his wife was to beutiac, he seemed perfectly thunder. struck ; to sleep in a hammock waJ bad enough, but to ba denied all intercourse with la's "loving Kate" during the whole of the passage from Liverpool, he deemed a prtish• ment greater than purgatory itself. IC:te, too, felt the hardship of the case, and that the privation would be one which she could not possibly endure. Meantime, her " lord and maste," cast tLe matter ever in his mind, and having bit upon a project, be scratched his bead, shrugged his shoulders, and exclaimed if I can't go to her, "sure and she can come to me." This was not deemed a de sirable arrangement, and although Kate's eye's glistened with evident satisfaction at the offer, the emigration autho rities thought it better that they should g o by another ship, where they could enjoy the society of e .ch other without let or hindrance. 01'1 E SIVE TRIALS, Perhaps, on the whole, it is as well:that the action for crim. con. should have got to this. There seems to be some moral law that abuses should ctilasinate before they are extinguished. The bladder must swell to all but impossible dimensions before it bursts. Before an ulcer discharges itself, it must have secreted its maximum of corruption. In " Lyle v. Herbert," the old abuse dies game. The concluding action for trim. con. has the dirty eistinction of being the very dirtiest of its foul kind.' The last. British husband who pleads his agonised feelings at the loss of his wife's society and virtue, and mouths shout the seducer's treachery, is solaced by the sympathy of a jury of husbands. who appraise his wrongs at the very moderate figure of one farthing. When the profits of collusion have dwindled clown to the lowest coin of the realm, Cornutus will find that to invest in a wife's adultry will not pay expenses. After subsidising the ingenious services of Mr. Taylor, the expert mechanician, and after allewing for the banquet of pickled salmon and gin -and-water with which the knowledge of his wife's infamy was celebrated, we should say that Mr. Lyle is considerably out of pocket. by the speculation. Perhaps it is a superfluous plots? of legislation to have abolished this disgraceful action ; for it could scarcely, in any case, have survived the success which it has finally attained in Lyle v. Herbert. It dies in the moment cf its most perfect triumph. What most surprises bystanders in these offensive trials is the way in which they exhibit the laxity with which professional advisers regulate their duties to their clients. Quite apart from the complaint that public morality is offended by the notoriety which the newspapers give to the details of indecency—which is a separate question—we must say that solicitors, and we suppose barristers might, if they pleased, stop many of these disgraceful trials. With what legal expectations could the professional advisers of Mr: Lyle have brought the late action into court? It wes simply impossible that he could recover damages on the evidence of the two Taylors; and as regards a divorce, neither Doctors' Commons nor the House of Lords would have listened for a moment to such a case. Within these list few days, several ca!es have been tried in which we think that eroper professional advice must either not have been tendered or been disregarded. Two tradesmen have recently been endeavouring to extend their business with little apparent reference to ethical considerations, and la both instances have failed in their object. Public feeling has been outraged by the revelations in the trials of Clerk v. Pottinger, and Williams v. De Vilbray. Both cases involve the same points; and if they are to be con sidered typical of the mode in which London tradesmen conduct their affairs, they do little credit either to them selves or to their professional advisers. It is not very easy to distinguish the transactions in question from specula tions on the profits of immorality A furniture-dealer supplies goods to a female who seems to oscillate between the classes which in France are technical;y distinguished as the femme libre and the femme entretenue ; and he brings his action against a titled " friend" of this young woman, not only for thareal value of the articles, but for an extravagant profit besides. Incidentally it comes out that jewellers are to be found in London, who charge .4120 per cent. per annum for goods supplied to " unfor tunate girls." In another case, Messrs. Williams and Saiverhy, the proprietors of a large and conspicuous shop in Oxrord-street, extend their connexion by permitting their manager to induce " gay W 0111.4 1" to purchase .€52 worth of silk dresses, on the speculation that rich " friends" will be found to ply for goods forced off in this way upon the credit of a prostitute. Such, at least, was the defence to the action brought by Messrs. Williams and • Sowerby against the " tall and elegantly dressed French woman," their disreputable customer. The jury. by their verdict, intimated their belief that the firm did, by their manager, induce the woman De Vilbray to purchase goods for the undisguised objet of plying more successfully her unhappy calling. Tnese things, we repest it, are not satisfactory evidences of the healthy state of commercial morality. That such actions are unsuccessful is not more creditable to juries and to the law, than it is diPoreditable to certain members of the legal profession that they should be brought iuto court at all.—Saturday Review. LADIES TO THE REAR Dear girls, when you pass down the aisle of a church, walk behind the gentlemen of your party. If you walk in front of them, you infringe a principle of the Latin grammar. We cannot say how ; but so it is, and qr. Gresley is our authority. Mr. Gresley " has seen with pain ladies marching into church, or to the communion table, before their husbands." Err no longer, beauties of England—Leicestershire especially - -but, with meek Crows, pelsive eyes, penitential steps, allow precedence to the broadcloth, and do not march, ter—again quoting Gresley—" the masculine gender is more wet thy than the feminine." Pace aux dailies is a pagan motto. Of course, as men, we hold Mr. Gresley to be right, and think ourselves much more worthy then any women whatever (in fact, than any other men, if we might say so), but there is one fashion we would not willingly let die. It is an exquisite delight to see your own Euphrosyne (or any one else's) a few steps ix front—light-footed, moving like aswan, carrying her head like Nourmahal, disclosing between the bonnet. and the scat f a little milky way of neck, and, albeit, clouded by crinoline, still a form of grace and majesty. There are good moral reasons why she should walk before you. If she walked behind, you, or Mr. Gresley. like another Orpheus, might look back to the sweet Eurydice, and then good manners might be infringed, althouth the Latin. Grammar would be ()bevel Whereas, with Eurydice in front, Orpheus may look seriously ibmard, and have no temptation to turn a restless head upon a willing neck, to carry a wandering eye in search of her, "just to see if she be coming:" besides, shoal.] the Gresley rule be admitted, the elegance of life would all be gone. Women, with their 11)wer-decked heads, and figures lost amid tinted tissue, cast a rosy cloud between the eye and the unpicture•tpe abominations of manly costume; not to mention the patent fact, that very few men have legs or bodies fit to be seen. Is it not so, 51r. Gresley ? But Mr. G:esley has a decided opinion that ladies are too forward iu their manners, anal that they should be disciplined (perhaps by Oriental methols) into an Oriental habit of yielding precedence to their lords. In lint), when the Ab•aot of Croxden baptised the child of Johanna de Fuenival, did any nurse, or aunt, or even Johanna herself, presume to lift the infant out of the font ? No. That was the modern practice, and he (Mr. Gresley) thought the modern practice quite wrong." The honoured task was left to the Abbot of Rocester, and the matrons and maidens stood at a demure distance, while the nobility of creation occupied its right and proper " conspicuesity." Mr. Gresley's oration against the impertinence of women (reported in has' week's Athe , iceunz) will do good —if women will adopt the Rajpoot idea, and walk with the little-footed humility of damsels in Caina. But if they will not, why the world will wag on as before, and Amazons will continue to " march." Joy o thosa warlike women, which .o long Can from all men their dignities withhold ! An shame Cu you. 0 men, which boast you are strong And valiant hearts, in thoughts less hard thati bold! We perfectly agree with Mr. Gresley, the Latin grammar, and the Chinese writer, Pan-houi-pan, that a " breathing rose" ought to be wrapped in a coarse cloth, set to play with a tile, compelled to walk like a Fingo behind her husband, and taught that her only duty in life is to abstain from vexing her friends. -A man ought to live on pearls (if he likes them), receive thy salutes of womanly humility, and be careful to " m Arch " in front of his wife up to the communion table.—Leader. SHOCKING TRAGEDY. LINC)LN, SUNDAY.—Scarcely had the inhabitants of this city and neighbourhood recovered from the effects of the storm, which raged so furiously, than they were startled by the revelation of 'a most shocking case of infanticide and a determined act of self ahstruction. This morning a man named Woolfit, a cork cutter, residinglin Brayord-lane, left his house f-r a lounge at the bottom of the lane, where it is customary for a lot of idle fellows to congregate for smoking and gossip. He left in the house his wife and four children, the time being eight o'clock. In about ten minutes he was recalled, wit h the startling intelligence that his wife had cut off the head of one of his children This turned out to be true. The mother was found seated in a chair, calmly contemplating the body of her youngest child, about seven months old, which was lying on the hearthstone, with its head severed from tha body. She stated to the people who crowded into the ' the place that " she loved her children, but if she had not been prevented, she shou'd have killed them all." The horrid deed had been committed with her husband's cork hatchet, a very sharp instrument, with which, having placed the child on the hearth, she executed the atrocity. A neighbour fortunately happened to ga into the house at this time, and, no doubt, saved the lives of the other three children. A medical man was called in, but of course could do nothing in the case. The mother was conveyed to the station-house, and the body of the child awaits an inquest. We learn that the sir - man had been :for some time in a low way, but nothing in her demeanour or conversation had ied to the supposition that she contem plated an act so shocking as we have detailed. It is notorious that the husband is an idle dissolute fellow, whose treatment of his wife Las been continuously bad, and the air of nonchalance which be assJmed when he entered the house and saw the murdered c'did, formed a subject of indignant comment amongst the bystanders. The case of suicide alluded to is that of an old groom named Griffiths, Who was on the same morning found hanging in a stable in the Angel Inn yard, quite dead. ELECTRO-PLATA GOODEL—There are few branches of art that more perfection. has been attained in than in this portion of our manufacture,, and the !rest beautiful speci mens o f spoons, forks, goblets, and other table articles of the sort, may be seen at Mr. E. T. Hah's, of South Jobs street, who, to his other breaches of business, has added department for the sale of these articles, having bees appointed agent to one of the fist manufacturers in Bir mingham. The designs in these articles are beautiful. the quality veny supericr (nearly as good as silver), and the price, considering all these, moderate to a degree. do inspection of the goods will prove the above facts.