The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-02 00:00:00

THE. CURRENCY QUESTION EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY RODOMONTADE AGAIN Our facetious cotemporary Punch, last week—taking as a text a recent article in the NORTHERN TIMES, on the mis-" management" of the above railway —says : ~ TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. " Especial notice has been directed lately to the excessive p a 7, --T I) i s inexhaustible currency question in your rate of travelling at which.our trains are run, their pace, Li" haunts me like some vision that knows no bounds indeed, not seldom proving literally a killing one. There 11,.1e diversity of its strange representations and acting is, however, we are. bound to say, an exception to the t h e ll You and your readers pardon my transcribing what rule in the Eastern Counties Railway, which it would Y "'lay if they please, consider as a speaking phantasm °E . ti ' • appear is, in some respects, not so black as has been ls , r . .'e brain, while dwelling on this subject, and . on the ) painted. In point of speed, at any rate, it shows a At ilin gi of its indefatigable advocates and opponents . salutary contrast to those dangerous excesses which•other se allY rate, I proceed to give the folowing, as it pre- . Lines are prone to, and, in fact, affords to nervous travel ned its , -.lf to me, in its interlocutory character : II i lers the comfort of a slowness n. , t elsewhere to be looked v -r e you seen the men on 'Change? for. We learn, for instance, that the average pace at th;" , I have seen the . men, and heard the talk on which the Eastern Counties ordinary trains are run, 'so f ee , nge, both here and in London, where their aldermen. far from being excessive, barely exceeds that of an average r v ci en venison and turtle soup, and where their corpo donkey's gallop. Indeed, we understand ' Oat the " .1 3 are cOrporations inleed, and no mistake ! 11, Directors have been actually challenged by a sporting- Ar'''' You seen their, way; on ',Change I minded costermonger, who has offered to back his' woke' i n ,_es, I have seen their ways on 'Change, both here and against their fastest engine —which we should imagine sbi gle big village, where their aldermen, with the Queen's he presumes to' be - a ' donkey engine.' As we d I /101 ,liSterS, go once a year to Greenwich to eat whitebait ;. keep a racin prophet, and pribably should not be much t o ' h 4 , l k,. of 'baling, why those fat shopkeepers would dare th ,_ ;. _ ;,, T__ ,:,, ~ ~ ~ ~,, _ linty li ) ,,c)yott ti : , rn j e d t c ropolis 4d qin2., re world I a feed their tricks on 'Change _ ~ .. when the match will come ot' ; but the arrangements both here and we believe are in the hands of a- committee, which has 1 for been formed for introducing' the spirit of progress into _ now their tricks on 't sere their aldermen are celebra th ei _ charitable subscriptions, for whin tney get •ii . - . --- -c..t .-.1f...-'‘•.“571.... ‘!...'-'7.15 -- .Jen. advancement is .depeodent upon that of their a eta r names placirded to the world's end , and their passengers, to whom they now apparently consider time th, Of .chan ty blazoned to the Antipodes. ._ Yet . to he no objet. 0 ring to defects in what is called the ng e are all honourable men, for they - are the elite'of the _` rolling stock,' ... - vhieh from the way..they roll about we ~,a Y i _ocraes of society, and they think, and they speak, presume include; the carriages, it appears the Eastern w ord t ueY do as they like ; for their acts, and their Counties trains are at present not less slow than sure of th eir s, and theic opinions, are tested by the weight of breaking down ; and indeed are advantageous only in th e i r Purses, just as their wit, and their talents, and their being' trains of thought, for the period they.we used st a4o :ntelligenCe; are measured by the same ()pique to occupy in transit a ff ords, we are informed, abundant it ma 1. 1. _But, perhaps, I ought not to say all this, or time for meditation. As competition generally brings eq tnh . 3l be thought I have some itividions intention of about a change,. the. engines will probably be put upon li qno Pa ririg them to-Brutus - and Cassius, and such like their metal, now they have been threatened with a donkey eti c i."lble citizens; who slew th e ir friends for selfish, to compete with them : and 'if the directors duly profit th ei 'l whereas these are all known as honourable men--' by this asinine rivalry, we may hope next Bradshaw to t P dealings .are alhnost honourable—their words as 411 he see t h em turning over a new leaf, or they may find that th e; 0 1 as they are fair,—and fair, indeed, they are— t t h e ir' delays are dangerous ' to their interests. As regards o u r actions most patriotic—their bequests made from the : comm i!tee who•are now so zealously endeavouring to ke philanthropy. What more would you have ?‘ train the Eastern Counties in the wayThatit should go eax:t talk of tricks on 'Change ,after that, and be per tra i n wish them hea rtily i good speed; until they somehow ' t leri Tg your brains with thoughts of robbery and burn we indneed the-Company to guarantee it." oi l g ee, as if they had aught to do with such ephemera ra et .,,-!enge. iNothirg or the ittna ; tiara p a to is the standard on 'Change—that's the stuff that lie, l s t ;!,for currency, for that is current—that's the repre ver "on of value of all sorts, and Shakspeare said that Y InAn had his price—and that's the true represen hpt on 'Change of wit, talent, in , rit, intelligence, Dot h onesty. Get plenty of that; and you will for very long feel the want of either of these, ti o , °rl 'Change they are considered inseperable, and Th i : l .Y allied by- the nearest ties •of con s a nguinity. t et ` l 'e, the s t up id man t h at gets p l enty o f mone y soon it .(1111e8 celebrated f o r hi s int e lli gence ; and he that loses otlls at once b a nk ru pt o f ever y t a l e nt and good quality, - rq. e -, 83 , he lose only the money of others, and manages to his own, no matter how. 1)1 1 ., 4 ,,"; -1 Y, then, these men on 'Change, of such incom 4t,Te parts ust be capable of estimating the value Aq i ,kinds of tangible and mental wares, to the very t ell I L I e or accuracy. If so, pray, do you think they can how to ascertain the precise value of this e sam e "lc thing called money, about which there isso t(ii ) ,Ltalk, under the name of currency, for it is of 4 10, h 7n occurrence to hear them talk of "cheap and dear money ?" lb t , st o4t a very c l ever set of extraor di nary gen i uses t h e y . 41 ti st k b e! Why, Sir, J. Ross, with his monster telescope„ !A N " as nothing compared to them. With what ge t ,' Percepti ons th e y mus t b e g ift e d ! T o w h a t a high 4 1td e ee of perfection their senses must have arrived, ttp u : , e, which, the culture, I presume, of this same genial 5 like a.bright halo, - encircles all who ltt e ti re! Within the influence of its magic circle—the magie, 1t1 Q .,, e ,,cf round, ro un d, money ; otherwise, how could t he 4 l ,`l s cern the infinitesimal hairbreadth distinctions in , tll ,etC •ce of money that are imperceptible to ordinary % p i and ordinqiy minds ? For my part, I, p oo r tn e, etoo, cannot discover any difference. To 4 44 a sovereign is always worth twenty shillings, 44 "hill . h t 1 y ing , wort Ne vepenee. Why, if I want to on quarters loaf, sometimes I have to pay a shilling 4 4y t , while at others I may get it for tenpence ; herein, 1 5,, e °9e can see the difference ; but if I want to buy a 11 0), re ign, I can at all times—whether "it be a so-called sh°l(/:•ar or cheap money—get it fot twenty shillings ; ho~y°rt, it n:ver varies, to my gross senses. t i ell '• should like to be enlightened on this ye Ri ll e e of money ! And yet, on mature consideration, I 44, 0 1 0 rear l est suc h a d es i re b e not contrary to t h e character of a Christian ; for unless I be alto 40e,'• of a confirmed idiot, there certainly is all the i t 8, o " 4 4 'nee, in these impereep'ible money transforma %iv Some jugglery that beats Professor Anderson ear in of'' I leave L Po orse, I don't give all tilt, "fl our, I think there is as much !ki l l ' e t , le gold currency of the day —at you and your readers to ake; it for more than it 1 : 1 1 ; and, perhaps, the next scene that passes before l ~tlot b, i l 4 ination in my waking dreams may be meantime,oa "ltl i " to satisfy a Bacon or a Locke. La the . 'e f t , nonlinfr myself answerable for what miy he it tl Yttf, tu re. I remain, b and hope na offence, in A KINDRED SPIRIT TO NEPOS 4 1)001, Nov heri to attribut to it a blacker ar s so much lrgic, but, is in it as there ny rate, I igni'~~; 25, 1856 ISI;„ R S. &MAHAN, PAUL AND BATES.-0 Saturday, Cion of the assignees of Messrs. Strahan, Paul, •- ` ll , h titl o ' il L , e s . , Messrs. P leWs and Wall offered to public corn -1.14 , ne at the Auction Mart, a number of policies of i t) oth eon the lives of Sir John Dean Paul, Dlr. Bates, at lis v ,, e rs• In the course of the sale the auctioneer stated. bik e u ee to some remarks, that the bankrupts were now b i ke ti:,?clel Prison, Pentonville, and he had been informed tip 4t tful" since, on what he believed undoub'ed authority, ot 4 14 Y Would not be sent out of the country, and no ),,tes t ,, c) iila soon get a ticket of leave. Eleven policies t o m tv e itiee were put up, and realised £3,362. The sale lip q . 4 attended, and for some of the lots considerable it h ion took place. t„ s ki °frith ALtyp.—An upholsterer in the neighbour- Ai nsterdarn, having received orders a few days since th e a coffin, proceeded to the house to take the measure Itig n °d Y• The deceased had been a friend of his, and 414. W as naturally affected when he entered the room. ttal,i6,lettoveti the sheet with which the face wis covered. I ) , 4t i olijo i cu e man with his eyes wide open looking at him with ed meet and curiosity In a minute after, the sup- Ye' n °l. ...Pse sat upright and said, "John, what on earth hem uoing here ?" The man, when a little recovered i t alth . „'s alarm, replied, "I came to inquire alter your ot, „, The man it aeared, had fallen into a leth rgy, 044eleh he fortunately awoke in time to save lainiselt .17.einature in terment.— Gal gnatti 01t1 e y ALUE OF LAND IN SYDNEY.—The extreme rates Tty Iri an he obtained in the market for central city pro g r latid , q be understood from the circumstance that a block I the sixty-nine feet by sixty seven feet, at the junctiin tl l , 4 busiest streets, realised, last week, at auction, no kl one £ 1 3,125. Premises, with a frontage of forty feet, °f these streets, a l so f e tched £4;700. Suburban ititl,llll3 for priv a t e res id ences , an d a l so a ll o t men t s i n th e ott t° 1s in various parts of the a deny, are inereas t4De / : 4111 e. One result of the augmented v alue of city tt k ,, tt leS is the continuance of wh a t ma y b e t erme d t h e k4pagartt rents for business premises in the leading glitares, and which were, in the first instance, ktainu h h e qv u 9 the alteration in general prices soon after the gold 4 1 14.:tY. While the high rents in the outskirts and less INA,l cr streets have, through the extension of badding O l Os, fallen to reasonable rit e s, those for shops and Ith tii 4l ; Prominent situations have advanced. The larg , r I ', , 44 George street let from £6OO or £7OO to £1,200 a t , t it " other parts of the city the rents are equally high il pison, and are frequently complained of on account liS"tiressin z influence they exert on the retail trade.— 114 1 leempire. k,„4 4 , e t froze St. Petersburg of Nov. 15, published by h t Y riej:, Correspondence, which never wittingly circulates t c , }3 d isagreeable to the French Government, says iVilt2,,f,„Port addressed to the military chancery by Prince i ,tl; i P ft a tle ":iti, the commander-in-chief of the provinces of I %.ae t i sus, moat favourable accounts are given of the `Pvos and establishments on the coasts of the lia - b " e a• Immense quantities of military stores of all tait,7'e been, during the last few months, sent from 5 1 1' h iet 11 „, t°11 )erbend by the Volga, and this immense tN'tte,," o .Y be turned to account, when time shall serve, ta L t lee ( ,„• 4 l l B d'arrnee which, as it' is thought, is destined 11 - i r the Shah of Persia, k our ally, in the probable ty arterritory being invaded by an English expetli ysY. Ilusaia, whatever may happen, will not be 4, 1 .O e q rprise it those distant countries. It is known Ite r ,, I 08 'Lla " 1 ( Churlew, one of the most intrepid defenders 4t°ll°l • dby the eth 0 ,. has been appointed Emperor corn_ iklt 4 l 4, int the Forps d'arenee echeloned between Baka and 0,3, et Immediate neighbourhood of the Persian .I tt tezi e ,." l ,a' , Y people at St. - Petersburg think that this al, with ad h 6 forces, may very likely get to It) ll 4%i ii ore the ' h h rktbeEnglish, who are expected to disembark %Nitl in' inilit• line of battle. The opinion gains t h t/I llei t°4l ly circles that the English Government it- k tig ..rry its plan into execution, events will o,,,ctivit.. i nterfere with all the power which, thanks . to °f, Oar generals, we can dispose of in ii C ,44 0 ' t ow p of bust 1 - ; non 1 ie t S r t°4 B ete -ndia, in the same manner and under thc • as the) did in the case of Aden, in the Red 3 their AN ECCENTRIC 'CLERGY AN. The Rev. Henry Dickenson, M.A., rector of West Rettord, lately died at his residence at that place, under peculiar circumstances. He was the last representative of a family who had lived in the neighbourhood for upwards of 200 years, and possessed considerable estates at Ctayworth, the manorial rights of which were, until recently, vested in them. The rev. gentleman was a graduate of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, in 1813, and subsequently obtained his degree of M.A. at that university. He was for a short time curate of Nilsson, and subsequently curate of Hatfield, Herefordshire. - In, 1816 he married Miss Wynn, the daughter of a wealthy bOokseller, in London, by whom he acquired a handsome fortune, a considerable portion of which, however, he soon afterwards lost in a lawsuit, which produced an estrange ment between him and his wife's relations. Jo November, 1836, he succeeded to the living of West Retford, the next, presentation to which had been purchased by his father for £1,205. From that time to the period of his death he hai been remarkable for his eccentric and penurious habits. Although possessed of ample means, he never kept any domestic servant, and seldom permitted any one to enter his abode. His appearance excepting on Sundays, was exceedingly mean for a clergyman. He was dressed in shabby.habiliments ; he used to go unshaved and even unwashed for a week together, and he used to clean his own Shoes about once in the same interval. His diet was very. spare ;.about 3lb of meat a small loaf or two of bread, and half a pound of butter, served him and his wife for a week. He once took to farming his own glebe, but his operations were so singular and inefficient that the land became a complete nursery for every description of weed. He sold off all his stock except a couple of draught horses, which he retained up to the time of his de ith without using them, a man being employed to feed and exercise them. Mr. Dickenson continue 1 in tolerably good health up to Sunday the 10th hist., when his parish ioners observed that he laboured under considerable difficulty in the performance of his duty in the pulpit. In the morning of that day he delivered an affecting sermon froth - Job v 6, " Affliction cometh forth not of the dust, ucn ilet UULII I,lollole spring, ouL or cue grounti. • .tr, afternoon_ he preached for the last time, taking fo text thb long-suffering of our .Lord is salvation," and dwelling repeatedly and with •marked emphaSis on the word "salvation." On leaving the church he had to be - as-isted to the rectory by two of his parishioners, whom he dis. missed as soon as he got, to his own door. In consequence of this indisposition the churchwardens a day ur two afterwards tendered their good offices at the rectory, but. Mr. Dickenson declined their help, and it was only by a kind of gentle compulsion that they succeed©d in netting 2ad OrPeter,chap. ii., 15, Account thit the into the house. Mrs. Dickenson, who is in a delicate state-of•mind and body, at first refused to open the door, - As ultimately induced to admit one or two persons. 1 her husband in a depleiable sta'e of prostra tg from the sheer want of the necessaries of life, according to the opinion of the medical men. He sank into a state of syncope, and died about one o'clock in the morning of the 16 h. The interior of the house presented a scene of utter neglect. The windows had not been cleared for nearly twenty years ; the window which had never been drawn up during all that period, were rotten wiZla age and dirt, and were patched up with pieces of newspaper; the kitchen had hardly a particle of furniture, and there had been no fire in it for many years ; the walls were covered with dust and cobwebs ; the flaors, both board and brick, were of one uniform, colour, from long accumulations of dirt ; the room in ►which Mr. and Mrs. D.ekenson resided was nearly filled to the ceiling with large packing cases, containing beds, Mien, an furniture, including a piano, none of which articles had ever been unpacked. The bedrooms were almost bare of furniture, and presented the same wretched and dingy appearance as the rest of the house. Notwithstanding these indications of poverty and misery, it has been ascertained that Mr. Dickenson died worth between £40,000 and £50,050, the whole of which he has bequeathed to his wife. He was also considered a liberal landlord, and the poor of West Retford have not unfrequently benefited by his charities. He was a man of studious habits, and an etwellent Greek scholar. The living of West Retford is in the gift of Mr. Hood, of Nettleham It is of the nominal value of £350 a year, but is in reality worth about ,e5OO. The Prefect of the Seine has j .st received £5OO, from Sir Joins( tj Jrjeebhoy, the well-known merchant at Bomh iy through Alderman Salomans, late Lord Mayor of London, for the benefit of the sufferers by the late inundotio s. ACCIDENT CAUSED BY A BAND OF MUSIC AT BOLTON.-- Oa Thursday evening, about eight o'clock, Thomas Wright, aged 58, a carter in the service of Hr. John H. Ainsworth, Halliwell, was returning from Bedford to Halliwell in charge of a van loaded with cloth, and on arriving in Bath street, Bolton, a band of music commenced playing, which cau'ed his horse to take fright. The old man was on a seat at the front of the van, and fell off in consequence of the horse "starting." The wheels of the van ran over his leg. He was removed to the Infirmary, where it was found that his leg was nearly severed from his body, and shortly after wards it was found necessary to amputate it. RAILWAY TRAFFIC. —The traffic returns of railways in the United kingdom, publishe i for the week ending Nov 22, 'amounted to £412,648 and for the corresponding week of 1855 to £395,271, showing an increase of £17,377. The gross receipts for :the eight railwaya having their termini in the metropolis, amounted for the week ending as above to £173 138 and for the corresponding week of last year to £168,085, showing an increase of £5,053. The increase on the Eastern Counties Railway amounted to 935 ; on the Great Westarn to 2,154 ; on the London and North Weston to £702; on the London and Blackwall to on the London, Brighton, and South Coast to £1,483; on the London and South-Western to £664; and on the South-Eastern to £868; total, £6,967. But from this must be deducted £1 914, the decrease on the Great Northern, leaving the total increase as above, £5,053. The receipts on the other lines in the United Kingdom amounted to £239,510, and for the corresponding period of 1855 to £227,186 ; showing an increase of £12,324 in the r. ceipts of those lines, which added to the increase on the metropolitan lines, makes the total increase £17,377, as compared with the corresponding week of 1855. PICKPOCKETING ON TILE FRENCH BOURSI.—A gentleman at the Bourse, on Thursday, suddenly found that a small bag containing 1,0001 in gold bat been abstracted from his pocket, and he unhesitati ng ly accuse d a we ll dressed man standing near him of having taken it. The latter energeti cally protested his innocence, but the gentleman insisted on his going before the commissary of police. The man there loudly declared that he wa! perfectly respecta b le, and com plained bitterly of the y to which he was subjected. He was searched, but all that w as f ound on him was a red silk purse containing 31115 c, and that he solemnly declared was his own property : As there was rn proof against him, he was about to be discharged, when, jest at that moment, two persons came before the commissary—one to deposit a hag containing I,ooof, in gold, which, to his profound astonishment, he had fnnnd in his pocket, and the other to complain that his pocket had been picke d of a red silk purse h were 31f 15c. On this the man taken in charge - len both the bag of I,ooof. and thei;;seef 3! f. 15c. ; and he said that on '9ed of taking the former he had slipped it into the ' - nearest him. being acc pccket of the He at once ierson Was taken to'theP re 7 ectu;e - of Police, and it was there discovered that he is one of the mist ekilful Paris pickpoCets in EXTRAORDINARY MURDER. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE . This was a writ of enquiry in an action brought _before Mr. Under-Sherriff Burehell, in the Sherriffs Oourt, on Friday, to recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage—the defendant having suffered judgment to go by default, thereby admitting that he had made the promise, and had not performed it: Mr. Houston Browne appeared for the plaintiff Defendant - - appeared in person. The plaintiff was a young woman about 25 years of age, now residing with a relative at Bedford," and who at the time she became - acquainted with the defendant, who was the postmaster of the town .of Bedford some three. years ago, was residing with her parents at Leighton Buzzard, and assisting them in the business ofyastrycook and confectioner. On the 18th of November, 1855, he wrote a letter to her, in which he acquainted her with the fact that his affections were centered upon her, and offering to pay his addresses to her, which offer, it would appear, from the text of the next letter, she accepted ; for the letter of the lath of November began "My dear Jane." The next began "My very dear Jenny," and contained this passage " My dear Jane —The scenes which present themselves to our notice here are fluettiating and uncertain ; our life is like the vessel cast upon the unsettled ocean, disturbed by the waves and billows which are ever and anon throw. big themselves about her, impeding her progress, and disappointing expectations. Such, my dear Jane, is life. How often we are not permitted to enjoy our fondest desires ; .what checks there are placed upon us. I feel that I am myself deprived of a Breit boon in the absence of your 50ci43 . , , and counsel, .which I should find soothing and comforting - Id . me ; but such, my dear Jane, is the arrangement of ' things It cannot be at present.'! In another letter he congratulated himself on having obtained .possesSion of her heart ; and in another he 1e conduct of her naw,her, when she became ware that his attentio once, "As I have got plenty of room for you, my dear. a beautiful hame, and no one but znysslf to enjoy it." He further appealed to her to acquaint him with her feelings upon the subject of marriage, and a lau2hable letter, which was very lengthy, as, indeed, most of them were, contained the following; 1 promise you, if you :have me, to make the best of my position I can. I'll make the best postmaster that I am able to make. I'd stick close to my official duties. make you as good a com, panion in a home as I am able to make. look after you if you'll look after me, as long as the thread of life holds out, whether it be long or short." la another, he said :—" I eat and driak pretty we 1, and that, you know, is a good thing, considering any other deficiencies in your mother's e,tirnat ion." Again, " I fancy we would make things tolerably comfortable in my comfortab'e little parlour, where I am writing to you, my dear, under a misteltoe bough." Ia another passage he spoke so rapturously of the time when the plaintiff would be postmistress of Bedford, and hoped "they might drink from the fountains of the pure streams of love," and so on, in the most approved strain of an ardent lover. (A brief of 17 sheets, containing alone copies of his letters, was handed in, most of them of a nonsensical description.) In the early part. of the present year it was arranged that they should he married in the first week in April, but after the first week in March. " a change came o'er the spirit of his dream," and he never visited the object of his former affections. He avoided her entirely, and he did not see her until he had received a letter from her attorney, intimating that proceedings would be taken against him, when they did meet subsequently in Seprernber, but that was in the lawyer's office. is no arrangement was come to, the present action was brought ; the defendant did not plead ; and the only question now was, what amount the jury were to give as damages for the breach of promise. The defendant, a young looking man addressed the jury, and caused some amusement in the court by his simplicity of manner. He said it was true that he had paid his addresses to Miss Partridge, which he had discontinued for some time, that was also true ; but he had nor, refused to marry her ; on the contrary, he was ready and willing to marry her now, if she was willing to have him. (Laughter.) The Under.Sherriff told the jury that it was admitted on the face of the record, by which the parties were bound, that the defendant made the promise, and did not perform it, and it was for the jury to say what amount of damages the plaintiff should receive for the breach of the contract, having due regard to the position in life of the parties. The defendant repeated his offer ; that could not affect the case, and he had said he had not a farthing, but, though he was postmaster of Bedford, there was no evidence as to what his income was. It was entirely for the jury to assess the damages. The jury gave a verdict for £2O, The Rev. Daniel Moore has been elected to the GI olden Lectureship, in the room of the Rev. H. Melvill, promoted to a canonry of St. Paul's Cathedral. the Evangelical Conference, assembled at Berlin, has come to a resolution of great importance, having adopted, by a large majority, the principle of the union of the two confederations—the Lutheran and the Protestant. At the last meeting of the Asiatic Society, various dona tions to the library and museum were presented ; among the latter was a curious collection of emblems, insignia, MSS , stamps, &c., used in the secret political societies of China, received from his Excellency Sir John Bowring, Governor of llong Kong. Mr. Morris Moore Writes a long letter to the papers giving a history of his arrest in Berlin. He makes several mysterious insnuat;ons es to the curse, bat states nothing positively. He attacks Lord Bloomfield, but it appears that our minister learned the fact of the arrest on the morning of tbe 22nd, and early that morning asked 11. Manteuffel for explanations. Mr. Moore was that day released. STRANGE CONDUCT OP A SILK MANUPACtURER.—A case of affiliation was heard at the petty sessions, Rochdale, on Friday, which excited a considerable degree of interest. The complainant was a young woman called Mary Hilton, and the defendant was Mr. Wm. Ormesher, of Middleton, a silk manufacturer. The young girl had been in th e employ of Mr Ormesher. Mr. Harris prosecuted, and Mr. R. B. B. Cobbett defend d Ormesher. It appeared that the defendant had taken advantage of the girl while in his employ. The case lasted three hours. The bench made an order for 2s. 63. per week upon Ormesher. THE COUNTY CONSTABULARY.—We understand that at the adjourned annuafeessipns, to be held at the Court-house, Preston, on the 7th of January next, the magistrates will consider the propriety of revising the present scale of remu— neration paid to the constabulary force of this county, in order to its assimilation to the scales adopted in other parts of the country. Should the increase which will be suggested to the court be approved of, the addition will raise the county constabulary rate by about £4,000 per annum. ANOTHER HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT BARNSLEY.—Another daring robbery was committed on the Pontefract road, on Wednesday evening last. John Osteliffe, a farmer and gardener, who resides at Shatter., was returning home from the Barnsley- market, about a quarter to eight o'clock, when, on reaching th a t part o f t h e roa d which runs along the side of th e pl antation at Meyer Ha ll , h e was at'acked by three ruffians, who suddenly pounced upon him fi ern the road side. A struggle ensued. in which Catcl'' thrown to the ground, and robbed of 48 i° B 41 half strangling their victim, the robbers decamped. On Sunday evening, shortly before five o'clock, the inhabi tants of South Lambeth and Vauxhall were greatly alarmed in.consequence of a fire of a very formidable character, and unfortunately attended with a destruction of property toughly estimated in value from £5,000 to £6,000, taking place in the South Lambeth Chapel, a short distance from the Vauxhall railway station. From enquiries made, it appears that one of the persons who had charge of the chapel, upon going into the body of the building, found that the hot air-pipes used for warming the building had fired the rafters under the flooring. An attempt was made by all in the place to subdue the fire, but without success, and upon those .in charge of the chapel finding that the flames were progressing, they set off for the engines. By the time the engines reached the scene, the fire had seized upon the greater portion of the pews in the gallery, and many in the body of the chapel, so that there seemed very little hopes of saving any part of the building. An abun dant supply of water was'proctiVed, and the firemen set 'their engines to work, In spite, however, of their most strenuous exertions to arrest the progress of the flames, they extended their ravages, and in less than half an hour after the first appealanee of them, they had - taken a complete sweep over many pews in the gallery, as well as in the different aisles. Whilst the firemen were engaged in distributing the water upon the conflagration, part of the gallery fell, and so did portions of the roof, but the fire had not yet reached the organ loft ; the full force of water was therefore directed upon that part of the building, for the purpose of saving the valuable' instrument. Fortunately, they were, to some extent, enabled to save the loft and also the organ from being consumed, but Llie,darnag e dune by water and fire to both is very serious. By nine O'clock, owing to the indefatigable exertions of the fire men, and the great bodies of water thrown upon the flames, they at length began to succumb and palpably diminish, and in the course of another half hour they were extinguished, but not until the chapel was for the greater part reduced to a mis shapen miss of ruins. Fortunately, the building was insured in, we understand, the Piicenix Fire Office. PRUSSIA. AND SWITZERLAND.-A private -letter from Berlin, of November 23, states that Prussia is about to invite the Great Powers to decide upon measures with a view, to re-establi s h h er sovere i gnty over Neufchatel, while reserving to herself the right of ulterior proceedings. She is anxious for a Corigress to be held. A FRAUDULENT BILL BROKER.---A letter from Amster dam mention's the arrest, in,th4t city, of a bill broker, who hid.endeavouted through one.of the clerks of the Nether. lind Bank, to get a forged hill for 12.000 florins discounted It-is added, that he had other hills of the same spurious kind he amount of 50,000 florins. • The Hanover Gazette asserts that in his poss e the last obstacle to the conclusion of negociations relative to the pas3age of the Sound, was about to be removed, England having definitively accepted the proposition of Denmark. These negociations would be, it was anticipated, terminated by a special treaty, assuring to Denmark an indemnity of £40,000. The arrangements concluded with the other Po vers interested in the question, are to be embodied into a collective protocol, which will shortly be published. NEW HARBDUEWORKS AT HOLYHEAD.—On Monday night there wc.s a strong breeze of wind blowing from the north and northwest, causing a heavy sea in the bay. Nearly two lengths (or about sixty feet) of the staying on the northern break water were carried away. Several logs of the tint-her were found floated to the opposite side of the bay he following morning. Thi3 will occasion a serious loss to the contractors, and the weather continues unfavour able for pitching out additional lengths for depositing stones for extending the breakwater. ROYAL RETRENCHMENT.—In order to diminish the ex penditure of the " Master of the Horse," his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who takes a deep interest in every depart ment of the royal household, has entered into an agreement with a job-master to furnish twenty pairs of carriage horses for the use of the Q teen's establishment. The arrangement will, of course, be attended with considerable edonomy, and will save the loss occasioned by casualties resembling that which occurred on the occa-iou of her Majesty's visit to the arm manufactory at Enfield, when one of the carriage horses dropped down lifeless. DiIEADFUL DEATH OF Two CHILDREN.—On Sunday, two frightful accidents terminated fatally. The first case was that of Emma Wells, aged four years, it appears the unfortunate child got on the fender, which fell down, and in falling pulled a saucepan of boiling water over, which scalded her to death. The second case was that of Mary Meebrs, aged 5 years, who was accidentally burnt to death by her clothes taking fire during the absence of her parents. Two younger than the deceased were frightfully burnt in endeavouring to extinguish the flames. THE Bisttor OF LONDON'S FIRST SERM N.—The Right Rev. Dr. Tait preached his first sermon as Bishop of Lon don on Sunday afternoon, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly He made a touching reference to the distressing circum stances under which the See of London had become vacant, and of his own bereavement, in the loss of five of his children at Carlisle from fever. The sermon, which was thoroughly evangelical in tone, was listened to by an overwhelming congregation, amongst whom were the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Derby, Lord Elcho, M.P., Viscount Chelsea, M.P., the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, MP , the Bishop of Jamaica, and many other persons of distinction. A FEMALE BURNED TO DEATH.—On Saturday afternoon Mr. William Payne, the coroner for the city of London, held au inquest at the board-room of St. Thomas's Hospital, touching the death of Mrs. Jane Schinek, aged 54 years, of Allhallows place, Thames street. It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased was standing near the fire, when her attention was attracted by her child, when the wind of the door wafted her dress against the bars of the grate. It became ignited, and she was soon enveloped in fire. The child ran out of the room and raised an alarm, when the police constable, on entering, found her on the floor nearly burnt to a cinder. She was conveyed to the above named .institution, but the injuries she had rsceived were of such a serious nature that she only survived a short period after her admis , ion. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." ELECTION INTELLIGENCE, GREENWICH.—In reply to a requisition from the electors Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, states that he is willing to repre sent the constituenc? - , should it be the general desire. No candidate has, up to the present time, formally addressed the electors. Admiral Edon, Alderman Wire, and other gentle men have been spoken of as candidates. It is stated that a number of the leading electors contemplate inviting Mr. Bodkin, the Recorder of Dover, to offer himself as a candi date ; also, that in the event of Mr. Weguelin retiring from Southampton. an event considered probable, he will turn his attention to Greenwich. A public meeting will shortly be held to consider the subject, SOUTHAMPTON —The excitement has In no way dimin ished, and but increases as the canvass proceeds. Various are the rumours afloat —the last being, that in order to strengthen the Liberal cause, and thwart Toryism, Mr. Weguelin will give way to Mr. James, the latter gentlennal having been first in the field. A deputation from the London shipwrights have visited the town to induce the Southampton shipwrights to vote for-Mr. James, who defen led the former in their late legal contests. HEREFORD.—In consequence of the alarming illness of Sir Robert Price, M.P., an early vacancy is expected in the repre sentation of this borough. Two candidates are in the field, Mr. George Clive, a barrister, on the liberal, and Mr. Thomas Evans, a resident local magistrate, on the conservative interest. The contest is expected to b 3 very close, as both parties have been pursuing an active canvass for some months past. - THE NORTHERN BURGHS.—Mr. Shaw, Newhall, is now in the fild for the representation of the Northern Burghq. At a public meeting, held at Cromarty, he announced his political principles. Mr. Shaw having been cordially received by the electors of Dingwall, has gone on a visit to several of the other burghs previous to holding a series of public meetings. LANARKSHIRE.—SeveraI gentlemen have been spoken of as successors to the late Mr. Lockhart in the representation of the coun'y of Lanark. Amongst others, Mr. A. Baillie Cochrane, of Lamington, formerly M.P. for an English borough; Mr. Buchanan, of Drutufellor ; and Mr. Hozier, of Newlands. Mr. Cochrane has recently been much with the Duke of Hamilton, and a few weeks ago performed in some private theatricals at Hamilton Palace. As there has not been a contest in Linarkshire for upwards of twenty years, and there is no political organisation, it is likely that the candidate favoured by the ducal house will bo successful, b 3 he who he may. EARTHQUAKE IN WALES.—Rumours of an earthquake, said to have occurred on the evening of Saturday last, about eleven o'clock, have re,zhed us from several trustworth quarters in thi s vicinity. It is not described as having been very remarkable, either for the shock itself, or for any of the noisy concomitants that occasionally occur during such abnormal visitations. From the several accounts ewhic, a d hweihpap ng v i e heard, it would seem that the heaving was slight, and i rregu l ar i n i ts di rect i on. It occas i oned, how v,,r, of the electric needle in more than one locality ; and is described as having been attended, by some who felt it, with a suffocating action of the atmosphere. We should like to have authenticated particulars from those who experienced it. TROUBI.FS IN SYRIA.—A letter from Beyrouth of the 26th Gctober, g i ves s a d details of the present state o f t h e Libanus, and in general, of Syria and Mesopotamia. All the populations are on a war footing, and family is fighting against family. At Zahle, two families and their retainers, each from 100 to 150 strong, has been making war on each other for nearly a month, and in their last combat eight persons were killed ; the combatants were of the Greek religion. in a village of the Druses, a combat had taken place in which eighteen persons were killed, and a still greater number wounded. The Kaimakr had not sufficient force and authority to prevent or repress such disturbances. We are told that the French missionaries, who reside at Zahle have not suffered from these troubles ; but at Mediu, in ' Alesopotainia, the intrepid Father Labord e , b e i ng alone in the m id st o f a f ero cou:s population, is in the greatest danger ; and two of his disciples have Perished at the hands of the Jacobite sect, who are more than ever hostile to the Catholics. The Pacha of Diarbekir declares that he will not be. answerable for anything, .and the French consul, on his part, can offer no efficacious protection,— Univers! RETURN OP LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—It is rumoured that Lord John Russell will, most probably, return from Flo rence early in January, when he will take office, and assist in propping up the Palmerston Administration. DIVISION OF LANDED PROPERTY IN GERMANY.—The government of the electorate of Hesse has the intention of proposing to the Chambers a bill to prevent the division of rural property into minute lots. Every owner of 20Q acre% will enjoy the power of declaring that property undevisable. No rural estate can be divided into portions under 60 acres. The direct heir or newest of ldn will succeed tf) the property, and the co-inheritors will be indemnified by sums which are not to exceed tho half of the value of the estate. FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BOLTON. -On Saturday evening, batween seven att.i eight o'clock, a rum, named Thomas Maher, night watchman at the London and North Western goods station, top of Deansgate, Bolton,was accidentally killed in a most frightful manner. Deceased was seventy four years of age t and bad been employed in the goods department many years ; and on Saturday evening, wall, foundry, to l i f t holding t h e w a ig him g o so n of when assisti ng to get the loaded waggons int o th e ware luuse, which are drawn from the Trinity street st a ti on b y horses, he was attempting to unhook th e c h a i n which attaches the horssa to the waggon, but f a il e d i n doing so, his foot slipping, and he was dragged a l ong and forced with , much i against rom tt e the Union tight against the wall that it becam e necessary to obtain a , w the mile before the poo r f e ll ow could ba extricated - Mr. Dorrian, surgeon, w as i mme di ately sent for, but life, of s c re violence j a vk, , course, was extinct, as he was crushed in a most dreadful manner. The deceased was removed to his reaidelwe: 4 " street, Little Bolton. THE STATESMA.N'S PRAYER.-THE LATE SIR THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED THE MISERY OF BEING A PROSECUTOR. ROBERT PEEL. STATES , IN 'CONNECTION WITH OUR I. COMMERCIAL POLICY. court Frida y on Mr. . Late on the night of Wednesday last, the police Po O lic n e arrested a man who was staggering about in a state of The prayer, of which the following is a copy, and for the . intoxication in the vicinity of the Hotel Dieu, Paris, and - g enuineness of which we (Staffordshire Advertiser) are able p • back the teepee Mr. Norton, disclosed- some matters in . other B business , °I°ni°ngt who oile was c a o t nv t e h rse e t iA ion ln w b lt t h il , . protection and Free Trade was some years _. of connection with the who had on his shoulders several shawls which he offered ourselves, was found the late Sir R ihert Peels opledge in secu ion Stowell the informer, of peculiar hardship to for sale to the passers-by. On the following .morning he . Private b ox, on lsis dressing-room table , in July, 1850 : agriculturists who insisted upon Protection, and the manufac- a poor widow, strugglinglto support a large family. It will sent for the chief:of the guard-house, and said—" In arrest- Merciful be recollected that in the end of September last, Thomas ing me, the Police, perhaps, thought I had stolen the - God, Ruler .of. .all N a tio n s, help me hirers who arrayed themselves in defence of Free Trade. In " Great . 1/ 1 shawls which I carried, but they were mistaken—they are daily to reper to Theo, for wisdom and grace suitable to the the United States the watchword is just reversed: The Stowell the well-known informer, was committed from this my own property ; but as lam In custody , I m a y as well hi g h offices whereto thy providence has , called me. S re ngthen s agr i cultural South sues for free trade, while the industrial' court, on a charge of obtaining £5 by false pretenses from tell you that I have murdered my wife I " What d o y ou 0 Lord;, mruatu ral powers and faculties, that the weighty and, North advocates protection. In 1830 this opposition of Mrs. Penny, the landlady of the Newington Arms, public mean ?" cr i e d the officer. I mean what I say—that- I solemn interests with which Thy servant is charged may not opinion seemed to indicat e th e ulti ma t e prospect of a separation house, King street, Walwortb, and the prosecutrix murdered my wife ; and you may convince yourself or, greatly suffer through ' weariness of body and confusion of of the Union, had not the North g iven in and greatly modified and her witnesses were bound over to appear at the truth of the assertion by going .to my house, No. 6, .mind. Deign, I beseech Thee, to o b v i ate or correct th e ill the then existing t liff though • still the Surrey Sessions, on . the 20th ofOctober, a , it averaged about 30 per to Rue du Petit Pont, and asking on the third floor for Mm -.; eff .c*s of such omissions or mistakes in mproceedings as m a d cent, valorem. duty The people and the press of this P . m' c its. Knowing the _tricky customer he had to Souliel" Some policemen were at once despatched to the result fiom artial knowledge, infirmit y Y of p judgment, ' no-aywho 1 * orcountry, gen.ra ly advocate p the principle of free trade, and deal with, he (Hr. Solomons) engaged Mr. Robinson address given, and in a room • on the third fl or a woman f aithfulness P withw hom I and Mr. Chornack the barristers, to prosecute, and in any have to do. wish to see it reciprocated by other nations, ought, therefore, of that name was found lying dead ins pool of blood, with- " Let Thy blessings rest upon my Sovereign and my country t o be glad to see a friend of the South in the presidential the prosecutrix and her witnesses were in attendance to a stab near •ber heart, and with her throat deeply cut. . Dispase the hearts of all in high stations to adopt such measures emir of the Union, who might thus be enabled to carry into give their evidence, and kept there at considerable expense The neighbours stated that the deceased was a quiet, well-conducted woman, but that her husband was a worth. as will preserve public order, foster industry, and alleviate effect that system of' commerce which had agitated this island fo the end of the session. A true bill was found against less fellow, and a drunkard, spending in drink , and distress. for a series of years before it became the law of the land. And the accused ; but Stowell did not think proper to attend, debauchery all the money he could get, and leaving her to "May true religion flourish, and peace be universal, yet strange to say, John Bull grumbles at the new American' and the consequence was, that his recognisances, as well as su pp or t herself and their . two children as best she could, "Grant that, so fir as may consist with human weakness, electi on , beca use the principle of free trade as advocated by those of his bail, were estreated. In the interim, Stowell This c o nduct, they added, occasioned almost daily-quar- wh atsoever i s proposed by myself or others for the general good the South comprises also free trade in slaver and h e woul d went before Baron Mar in, and obtained a writ of certiorari rels witht.hi.s wife, and on the day p evious they had heard may be viewed with candour, and that all wise and useful 'rather have seen the election fall u • y' ' . pon a friena of the North, to remove the case from the Surrey Sessions to the Central them quarrelling, but had taken no notice . of the matter,be conducted to a prosperous issue, ' • Criminal Court; and aye such bail as satisfied the judge measures , may though there prohibition o also i ncludes ,prohibition . 0r g - and had not the slightest idea that the man had murdered t rant omerciful Godthat I - f slavery . , t his appearance at the Old Bailey. This move corn 'As for me, Thy servant , g , or protection in trade and commarce generally. It clearly the woman. They, however, stated that they had been withpublic anxieties as that Th y 8 pelled him (Ur. Solomon) to give instructions to counsel far engrosse d .. to attend at the Central Criminal Court, and there he learning that she had not gone to fetch her two children 'Word should become .. unfruitful in me, or be so moved by ready to sacrifice her interest f he sake of own or was obliged to be in attendance with the whole of his from a school kept by some Sisters of Charity--a piece of difficulty or opposition. as not to pursue that - narrow way principle that affects civilisation at large. This has been e•vi neglect which had obliged the sisters, after keeping the which leadeth me to life. And, 0, most gracious Father, if d enced in the late war with Russia, while she manifests the witnesses for a full week to m ee t th e case , b ut h ere aga i n children to a late hour, to send th em t o th e _ h ouse o f their, sotstithstdriding my present deiires and - purposes, I should sarne;adherence to - a general principle'of humanity, h . / the t hey were disappointed, for Stowell the most de had serous not thou ht it aunt. The m a n, op his p a it, on being q aeatio ne d, sa id f orge t Th ee, do riot Thou forget me, seeing that I entreat re l uctance w i th wh i ch she views the triumph of a well else. proper to, put in an appearance. By ' that, having ret urne d h ome i n a sta t e o f intox i cation, his Thy constant remembrance, and favour, only for the sake of r i s h e d system of commerce of h er own , t h e moment i t i s maroauvres, .however, h e e nd eavoure d t o put hi s case off wife had scold e d hi m , an d-th a tthi s h a d put h i m into such a our most blessed Advocate and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, to probable that some injury racy thereby be inflicted on the well until a subsequent Old Bailey Se ss i on , b u t Baron Marlin passion' that he had stabbed her near : the heart with a whom with Thee nd the Holy Spirit be glory for ever bein g of te e ofwhat ' e umao race, no ma tter . shoemaker's knife (he is a shoemaker by trade), and'had, A mm o The following . table will exemplify the magnitude of the wily informer found himself in .the same position as before then cut her, throat. Seeing. that she was dead he had ' cone out, taking with hi m a qu a n tity of s h eets and other sacrifice our comm e rci a l world was ready to bring to th e s h r i ne he had applied for the removal of his trial. A warrant - having been obtained, he was a pp re h en d e d an d sent to DESTRUCTION OF SOIT 111 LAIVIBETII CHAPEL of humanity. household linen, which ho had s o ld ; h e h a d squan d ere d the proceeds in publi c -h ouses an d h a d t h en gone home 1 BY FIRE . The declared value ()Lew exports to the U n it e d S ta t es , o f Horsemonger lane G ao l, i n def au l t o f b a il . W h i le in again, when he t oo k t h e s h aw l s h e h a d w i t h hi m: he had British and Irish produce and manufactures, amounted in the prison, Stowell gave the name s o f severa l persons as h i s afterwards gone to a house of ill-fame, where he stayed Five years from 1841 to 1845 to some time, and on leaving tried to sell the shawls, when Is s, ~ 1846 to 1850 „ he was arrested. The man detailed all the circumstances ~ ~ ~ 1851 to 1855 „ of his crime with h o r r ibl e coo l ness , an d d ec l ared t h at he this he (Mr. Solomon) was actually summoned to attend did not in the least regret having acted as he had done. Total . , . £178,271,988 unon Baron Martin at his private room, in Westminster He was then confronted with the body, but he displayed Taking the average duty in the America n t ari ff a t 30 per ' Hall, 'on the very mornin g on w hi c h S towe l l ' s trial was to the most perfect indifference, and he was aft e r Wa r ds self take place, to show cau s e w hy th e case s h ou l d not then be to the Prefecture of Police to awa i t hi s t r i a l. Th e crime cent, we have paid withi n th e l as t fif teen on years a protecti removed to the Central Criminal C our t ; b a t th e l earned duty to America of near ly 54 m illi ons ster ling, (or about thr ee created an immense sensation in the ne i g hb our h oo d , and judge, on hearing Mr. Solomon, re f use d f urt h er to i nterfere 'paid to the murderer was being taken to hi s own h ouse, and times the amount w e h ave to gr i t colonies for the emanci- afterwards to the Prefecture, he was f o ll owe d b y a crowd pation of their slaves,) which, under a ' more liberal system, in the case, and on the same day Stowell was t r i e d, con . uttering imprecations on him ; he, h owever , not only such as advocated by the. South, might have been red uce d t o vl*cted , and sentenced to twelve months' hard labour. Il e manifested no emotion, but seemed ra th er va i n at b e i ng at least the third part, while our exports thither might at the msequence of all this has been. (said M r . S o l omon ) th at the object of attention. same time have most prob a bly d ou bl e d i n amount , the expenses have run up to from £5O to £6O; and, if There is also another principle involved in our obj e cti on t o enforced, will fall on a poor woman w ith a l arge f am il y , Mr. Buchanan, not dissimilar to that which involved its in the and who was placed i n thi s p os iti on , t h at s h e was late war, namely, the encroac h ment o f f ore i gn possession, the obliged by a r ec ogn i zance o f £4O to prosecute ; and objectio n t o na ti ona l aggran di semen t, t o di stur b t h e present Who, if she withdrew fr om th e prosecut i on, w ould allow balance of poster. Four years ago four of the American a notorious off en d er t o escape w i th impunity The ambassadors for E uro p e me t a t Ostend. They w ere , if we fees to counsel alone am oun t t o twenty gu i neas, and I feel some repugnance in calli ng on M rs . P enny for so large an mistake not, M r . B uc h anan o f L on d o n, M r . M ason o f th e Paris, and Mr. So u l e o f t h e M a d r id em b ass ies, b es id es t h e amount Mr. Norton : I thi n k w i t h you that it is very hard that this poor w o man s h ou ld , un d er t h e eirctu nstarices, ambassador at Br uss el s . Th e o bj ec t o f th e ir co nf erence was to discuss the relation o f th e R e p u blic towards the European be called on to pay s o l arge a sum, yet still I think you, Mr. Solomon, should be p a id y our bill. There should be Monarchies, and the principle which ought to regulate the foreign policy of the Republic. The result of their deliberation some alteration in the l aw in such cases. Th e mag i s t rates should have thepo wer of assigning legal assistance in cases was a manifesto, which adopted the Monroe doctrine, the possible extension of the United States' territory, and the requiring it, or The country ought to act with mo re liberality. The pr osecution t k n par co in some measure of a p u blic p rose _ annexation of Cuba either by purchase of money or by force o f • inasmuch cution, as it was a proceed :ng aga i ns t an o ld arms. As we have warred against Russia for her attempting offender, and one w h o h as cause d many a heart to ache. to annex Turkey, the English people are perfectly r i g h t and consistent in their objection to a president who is imb ue d with For my part, I d o no t k now a more respectable class of doctrines, which when acted upon, - may involve us aga i n i n a tradesmen than the licen se d v i c t ua ll ers o f L ondon, or a class among whom there exi s t s a grea t er d egree of pu b lic war with a nation more powerful, more ci v iliz e d, an d more engaged with us in trade and commer ce th an ever was Russia spirit and ki n d ness; an d I f ee l qu i te satisfied ' they will not allow this poor widow woman in th e i r own t ra d e to b e t h e or any other country in Europe. hasstifferer for doing her duty, and prosecuting a person who Of the 63 millions sterling of our produce and manufactures, persecuted them, but . that t h ey wi l l come forward and which we have exported during the war in 1854 to foreign subscriba the sum ra Timed. Mr. Solomon : The pawn; countries (exclusive of our colonies), one-third or 21 millions brokers, I believe, will be greater gainers by the twelve went to the United States: while of the 118 millions of our months' absence of Stow e ll, th an even the l i censed imports thence during that •year, one-fourth, or 29 millions came victualler , , or any other class of tradesmen. Mr. Martin ; from the United States. Should. therefore, the principles W ell, between the publicans and pawnbrokers, I h o p e , M r, adopted by the new president precipitate us into a war with Solomon , they will bear your widow e d c li ent h armless. o , that country, we should lose more than £50,000,000 annually Sol in our foreign trade, and with it also a great part ofour shippin g . and employment of our population, and no wonder that people The Swedish government has withdrawn the ' bill relative lock with apprehension at the result of the probable measures to the fortfications of Stockholm. of the new President. A dense fog hung over Southampton water on Friday But, after all, Mr. Buchanan is not }revile to this country, soon after sun rising rain fell, and towards the latter part Ho is, on the contrary, sincerely desirous o f th e cont i nuance o f o f t h e d ay there was a heavy which - snow storm, lasted our friendly relations. He knows full well that the more several hours. prosperous England is, the gr ea t er benefit would America derive MOLLE RACUEL.—The last mail from Egypt brings from friendly intercourse between the t wo n a ti ons . H e k nows a ccoun t s o f Mdl le. Rachel. The state of her health ; that the more wealthy John Bull becomes, thepetter customer remains nearly the same. No sensible improvement ,4 he will be for Brother Jonathan (as we have shown above). It yet teken place, but the disease appears to he. - se been is with the people that can afford to pay that it is profitable checked. to trade., Nor has Mr. Buchanan in his long political career By the kindness of an officer of the Court of Bankruptcy, failed to give ample proofs of his friendly disposition towards Robson was permitted to see his wife on Thursday—the England'and her people. Then, why not believe Isis repeated last time, it was said, that he would be enabled to do 13a declarations of good will towards this country, when there is during the twenty years over which his sentence of trans nothing in his acts. to give the li e to hi s wor d s ? W hy should portation extends. we attach less credit to the assuran c es of an honest citizen- AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS NI F r RANCE.—The Minister President of America than to the promise s o f t h e crowne d of Agricultur e and Commerc,. has directed the prefects of heads at St. Petersburgh or Vienna? That he is a clever departments to , report to him the extent of sowing in wheat diplomatist, no one will deny who has watched his proCeedings and other grain which has been made this autumn. The during our quarrels with the United States last year, and we object of the minister, in obtaining this information, is to may safely say, that it is mainly owing to his forbearing conduct form an estimate as to the yield of the next harvest, and skilful manceuvering that an open rupture between the two GOLD IN SAVOI .—The Jlioniteur Savoisien says :—lf countries has not taken place in the Clarendon Crampton we may believe report, Savoy is a real gold producing affair and the Bulwer-Clayton treaty.—Bankers'_ Circular. country ; veins, it is said, are being discovered in every direction. The rivers Cheran and Arve are full of small flakes of the precious metal, which persons' are now thinking of collecting. Some gold ore has just been found at La. Balma de Sillingy and uvaz at 0 ; t hat of the latter is said to be so r i c h that it yields more t han 50 per cent, MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFR. On Tuesday, the raarria of Colonel Paget with Mi s s M ar i a G ren f ell, daughfer of Char ge be William Grenfell, 51.1),, for Windsor, took place at St. Peter's Church, Pimlico, in the presence of a distinguished circle of , he friends of bath families. After the ceremony, a dejeuner was given at Mr. Grzlnfeli's residence, Belgrave-y square, to upwards of 100 of the nobility and gentry, Colonel and Mrs. Paget. after receiring the congratulations of their friends, left for Alersthatri Hall, Surrey, the seat of. Sir William George Hylton Joliffe, Bart. SIIOCAING ACCIDENT NEAR DONCASTE4.— 011 Saturda morning las , the wife of a butcher and farmer, named Heppenstall, residing at Artntherpe, near Doncaster, met with a distressing accident under the following circum stances :—According to usual practice, Mrs. Heppenstall went to call up her servant, and to do so, she had to proceed, up another flight of stairs from where her own bedroairk was. When near the top of the stairs she lost her balance % fell backwards, broke her spine, and sustained other. injuries. On Saturday night her medical atten.dant hall but little hope of her recovery. INCREASE OP ASSIZE TOWNS IN LANCAIWIRE.—At the Preston Court of Sessions, on Thuradoy, Mr. r. 13. Addisot l / 4 the chairman, in allusion to the commission appointed ty. Her Majesty to enquire into the working of the present assize, system, with a view to a report upon the expediency or otherwise of introducing any alteration, remarked that it might he desirable for the commission to consider whether. in a county like that of Lancaster, containing a population, of more than 2,000,000, the assizes should continue to be held, as heretofore, in Only two of its towns, while a small county like that of Rutland, containing about 40,000, or 50,000 inhabitants, had the privilege of having asti7pes of its own. DOUBLE SincinE.—A horrible case of suicide was committed at Lower Largo on the night of Saturday last, by Elizabeth White and Janet White, twin sisters, about thirty years of age, and weavers by occupation. They, c)mmitted the deed about eleven o'clock p m.. by tYlitng; a rope of thei r own make to the joists of the leo% they, wrought at, and th en must h ave tied it around necks. They were both found hanging in tha shop. about half-past eleven p.m., by one of the neighbours, who went t into the shop to see what had become of them, dead. QP I that afternoon th e y were seen b y their mother to twic@ . th rope, which w as suppose d to be the same as. they used this action, and s t a t e d t o h er t h at t h ey b ot h oarae . into it toe world together, and th a t th e y wou ld b o th leave ',nether, The two unfortunate girls were very Fle ) ' respected begsteady, ; beano, cause as yet given for them 00/ 7:mitting suicide.—Fif es hi r6, J o i u n rna l . sober, and industrious :„ls, there can be A S MANTLES and JACKETS are so It very generally worn this Season J. MAC LENNAN , 36, CHUROR-STREET, (OPposiTE PARKER-STREET), Has made arra lremegts to have a Cue of Paris MANTLES. and JACKETS, in Velvets, Reversible Cloths, and all the other Fashionable M ateria's, delivered Every Week for the next Two Mo n th s; therefore, those Ladies desir o us of having the F as h ions as soon as they make their appearance in Pails, combined with moderation if/ prices, are respect fully solicited to inspect the Stock. JU ST RECEIVED , from London, Two cases contain each. ,TrAREEIOUSE. I , SHAWL AND MANTL E _ frig abo ut 700 MANTLES, commencing at the extraordin arily Low P r i ce of 4s. lid O PPOSITE PARKER STREET, M A CD . F;Lcn ER OF /IL • NAVIGATION !L....NM NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY, AR M I D ABLY ASSISTED, P RACTICALLY, BY CAPTAIN A. MACNAUGIITANI ACADEMY and thel LIVERPOOL MASTER MARINERS.ASSOCIATION'S ROOMS 24, GREAT GEORGE -SQUARE, LIVERPOOL. s• ; Inquire for full copy of prospectus at any of the Opticians. THE NORTHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.