Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-20 00:00:00

THE LITERPODI ART EXHI We haVW much pleasure in resuming our selves to view, in th pleasure. the LiVetpool-ii then given, No. 14 tion, and whic tirftV open for the nnmence with tlq 'ION OF Trip tare. whiet and deserves attention, prey rememt some not a Mil nless our mi lrtoon. it was As .before, and fol. the IVERPOOL ACADEMY by William D rce, occupies a conspicuous posi- is itself to our eye amid a accothoanied by a lone train of mory prove trectellerot e of seve. !d 13* Mr Lnd it was . pro :Tai a pic tut( IVhiab.7 ce have just ink* to remember this pictlir Dyce, then compa to provrthat Br considered ,tively a young and anknOwn artist, sh Artists were competen by whi( " fresco-painting ) • cope was rind which it was to proclaim a$ art" above the reach and understandin artistic intellect. The reproach, of the British g certain cis set up in bar of employing our native artists t the interior of the new houses of Parliament, w len jects s walk of ated, was 3 adorn ith sub- from the history, or illustrative of the poetry and literature of our country Of Mr. Dyce, and r. host of his compeers, a practical re- The work irrefra ender consid, gable ar s by which the ( as one British Art wer€ vindicated. Produced u: well with the r orwegian ,rvelfOu. n a land more ru stamp from that )eautv of natu. not on that account less fult its or less worthy i for 'rer .ed to and ix)ss, which, a deed, in th The ab, and nea seamed lat it re- still, cool d and hi )n the n with eQuall d to - heizhten ti eh the e p:aynlg luarrejt it had l: Joseph Welsh, w Wellinzton-; He was s for four days Sat nrd 'here werc da for his ft . pi POTS ASSAU ommitting police-ofl n on th eV ever s must necessariliy b made, allows: extenuation of not admitted in few shortLeomings, which the after career of the artist has nobly redeemed. The colour is heavy, and the composition formal ; but, waving these backs, it has numerous merits. artistic and .expressivc In composition it ,t is boldly drawn and filled in with that celerity of handlinTaild peculiar breadth and dash which are such essential elements in ivho wish well to th. ire great and muiierous, this f all h assisted in a s an interest in t founded in truth of the British Sel also, to know, tha the claims of nati success of native taleht, as one overthrow of a preju ,s injurious to b It is not 1e: as un lterests tifyin z, his earnest practical vindication of enough to secure some portion of its reward. His great merits have been acknowledged by the highest tribunal ; and, in taking leave of this very creditable work, it may not be deemed pr him on the sumptuous to offer congratulations to which than our own, bu' to its it It is bold 'With t' by the bosom of the placid " tints of the Water are distantl 1 clouds which n and more stir nade to blend masses in the forezro delightfiilly-arranged . . swims round with pleasure. _ No. 204, "Thread the Needle," by R. Gavin, A.R. S.A In this picture, which is a Vivi - u, boisterous, representation of a much practised by the youth of SCotlana,—the art obviously a Scotchman, and he has entered into tl spirit of his subject with grc feeling, which are delightful pranks and gesticulations of the leac this merry and health-in sented; and although h( th som e me, or ratt ,ee, and a con amore to contemplate )erformers in nee may appear, which tt picture and it eminently 5n,t,,,?, he eiuberance is in tt appy group are full restive of ight direction. Ti .th, and home, and th sweet 'tithe when nature's face was ever joyous, and the green sward beamed with continuous, yet ever ehanug. beauties N 739, " Donaldson's Hospital, Edinburgh," by. David Roberts, R.A. In this picture, which is large and imposing, Mr. Roberts has had to treat a subject with which he must have had many sympathies. The scene . and most of its leafing objects were familiar, and, no doubt, dear to him, "in life's morning march, when his bosom was young." Almost the only object in the picture which was not familiar to his lioyfieod and yorith, is the noble Hospital, a princely donation to the inhabitants of Edinburgh for the education of children of both sexes belonging to the humbler classes, and which in Mr. Robert's picture properly occupies the _ . principal place. The HOspital, it may not be unin teresting- to know, was the bequest of Mr. Donaldson, Advertiser newspaper, a journal which was eminently popular during the great European .wars of the First Napoleon, and from the profits of which its proprietor derived a noble fortune. The general scene and its acces- sories are pio,turesq ae, indeed grand, and in the hands of the RPOOT charged Nc - ith stabbin On a pock ,t-knife am ed . Stephen Doran, Wrt !et, So,o' lanci-roa, were standing'together .e Street. The officer had ordered them :soners called .out— come up here, you're a dead Man." In consequence of this threat, James went up to them, and collared one of them. 31Tord, who is lame;tind uses .a crutch, hit Ind one of thi ' If you .utch. Stephen D le ottic he was quite insensible much injured that Velsh gay impossible to say whether he will ever rocover his Ile had received a severe fracture of the skull, which caused concussion of the brain.—The prisoners were committed . to the assizes, his worship refusing to take bail for their appearance. .nd lie is not now out of danger—it being health, THE ROBBERY AT THE UNDERWRITERS'-R00318. Joseph Langan and John Price alias Wilson, were brought up on remand for stealing a number of books and a quantity of newspapers from the Underwriters'- rooms. - - Detective-officer Patrick stated that he had declined to go on with the prosecution, and the pri soners, on the application of Mr. Gluck, were discharged. [Before Messrs. CASTELLAIN and CHALONER.] A FAMILY QUARREL.—Hugh Pearson, an over- g his wife, Laura Pearson, 1-street, at the north end of the town. was summoned for assau at No. 6, Bt not - allowed any - money for her maintenance. She went on the 10th of September to her husband's residence, some dispute occurred, and he put her X'O'RTHEICS DAILY TIMES. ?ce,icE COURT. gSFIELI),I —YESTEIirav GREAT EASTERN. ri Azyavck ay night, the prison )ck, and ;dine dispute prisoner struck the prosecutor. The deny t ad been who lives in t to sep:. , rate them, Id said so lunch con- weepted two-iureti POLICEMIN.—Thre INI 4 For n the neck with and THE ADJOURNED'INQUEST the coroner resumed the At Weymouth, on Satt__ , inquiry into the circumstances ,conneeted with the death of the unfortunate men who were killed on the Great Eastern, it present Mr. Scott Russell and his legal a, Newman ; Mr. Yates, sen., the secretary iviser, Mr. of the old company ; Captain Robertson, of the Boa'rd of Trade ; Mr. Galloway, C.E. of the Board of Trade ; Mr. Lever son, the solicitor of the company ; Mr. Lawson, repre senting a committee of shareholders; Captain Harrison, the commander of the shin : Mr. M‘Lellam, the chief Robert Galloway, C.E., engineering surveyor to tac, Board of Trade; deposed—After the exploSion, I examined the broken casinz, and I found a cock on the top side of the water-casing was closed, which shut off the syphon pipe. This being closed; prevented the steam escapllg wh'iOA would be prevented nerated in the water-easing, [ll exit for the stem- It then became a d last, qkestion of time how 1 the IV ,ter-casiag• ,s the steam increased in pressure. If the cock had not been closed and the boiler fed, the accident could not happened, neither could it have happened cock had baen open and the " feed " The "cock " could have been of no use aut off Alexander Xi'Lennan, f engineer of the ship, .nes from the time of the ship leaving Deptford to. her arrival at Portland. He is Mr. Scott Russell's superintending ma nager. lin no way considered myself responsible for the working of the engines in the trial trip from Deptfoid to Portland. I was in no way connected with them. Those were my orders which I received from the late Mr. given to me by Mr. Brunel on Brunel TY~li )rders wet€ Dixon and myself were walking on the deck, OU the port side, and he . said, " What is that doing here pointing to the cock. My answer was, " Ido not know." He made no further remark, and went away ; , this isall I knew about the cock. Previous to the explosion, I did not know that the cocks were on the pipe. My opinion as an engineer, respecting the cause of the accident, is this : Everything was working very troublesome on the voy age. On leavincr p the Nore, the "donkey, or feeding engines "—four in number--in the paddle engines, were, very troublesome. I knew that, from the frequent cor respondence and communication that took place between Mr. Dixon's or Mr. Russell's en g ineer in charge and Mr. Dixon. Some one had directed my attention to the feed having been turned off from the jacket, and I do not know by, whose directions, it was done. If there had been no cock to the stand pipe, and there had been free vent for the steam, there could have been no explosion; and if the boiler had been regularly fed, there could have been no explosion if the cock had been open. I would not now accept the donkey engineS as finished on the part of the Company. Ido not consider le engines which were working on Friday were satis- Mr. Russell asked me to take charge Mr. Russell asked me to factory engines, of the auxiliary ;ngines, take. charge of the auxiliary enoine. I said, "I do not wish to offend you, Mr. Russel, but I must decline the success of ,the enterpriSe depend Eastern at Portland has been au immens receipts averaging upwards of £550 a day. sary repairs not be completed - by. the Bth, as of which there seems hut sli‘yht nrobabilitv .dvertised, ANOTHER AMERICAN BOUNDARY MISUNDERSTANDING. A feature of the news brought most recently from America derable interest, a 8 it involves a new. "boundary" disinite with the United subject of misunderstanding is . regarding British, Col um bi a , an d th e inisapprelien! Great Britain and the United States has territory of Ision between a out of the occupation of the island of San Juan by troops under the command of General Harney. From Victoria; Vaneotiver's Island, the )f AU;lrj station a reaches to the 13th; Louis teleg between Vaneouver's Island and the main land, claimed am states by - our government as part of Wasui— .crriton had been occupied by six t y U n it e d States' troops by order of General" Harney: Govetnor Douglas had issued a protest ; claiming the island for the British Crown, and also despatched some armed vessels - and 200 sap jicrs and here. The United States' vessels Massachusetts, s, Shubrick, and Aetive. and "Rritich Tribune, Satellite, and Plumper, were either anchored off the island or in its immediate vicinity. It was unofficially stated at 'Victoria that the matter would be compromised by the joint occupancy of the island until the British and United States - Governments could be advised of the existing state of affairs. General Harney was expected at San Juan on the sth of August." A New Orleans despatch says :—" General Harney, on the 9th; ordered four companie's of artillery from Fort Washinolnn to rpinfnrop flnnh;yl still occupies San Juan unmole3ted. General Harney had forwarded despatches to Washington in regard to the matter. Governor Douglas had sent a message to the Vancouver's Island Assembly, declaring that Brit fish forces should be landed in. San Juan. There was a doubtful rumour that the British steamer Satellite had attacked the island, and killed 30 Americans. A Brit ish man-of-war had arrived at San Francisco from Van- couver s Island, supposed to have despatches for England concerninq• the San Juan dispute." From Washington wehave the following intelligence : " General Harney has acquainted Lieutenant-General Scott with all the circumstances attending his occupation of the Island of San Juan. It appears he had not been previously specifically intrusted to take possession, but sent, troops to protect the twenty-five or thirty Americans residing thereon, who had been included in the taxation limits by the authorities of Washington territory. Our boundary commissioner, Mr. Campbell, has no doubt about the island belonging Lc) .the United States ; but the Briti§h Commissioner made issue, and hence the protest of Governor Douglas. This subject excites much interest in official and diplomatic circles. The Washington correspondent of the Neu, York Herald says, under date of the 4th instant :—" The Government hag been advised by General Harney of his proceedingsin taking possession of the_ Island of San SEPTEMBER 20, 1859. BRITISH 'ASSOCIATION. GEOLOGICAL -SATURDAY The Rev. Dr. Anderson, of Newburgh, read a paper " On the Remains of Man in the Superficial Drifts?' He said his main ob.ject in bringing the subject before' the meeting, was to site a condensed view of the allezecr. cases in connection with the discovery of hump , remains in the superficial drifts, alluvial detritus, and such diluvial accumulations as are of an • ancient or pre historic origin. Undoubted cases existed of human rg-. mains enclosed in hard compact conerctionary rocks,. burned deep in the silts of rivers, and big , associated with the bones of elephants-, lions, nas, and other extinct carnivora, now only existing inc southern latitudes.. One is startled at the idea of Nortb. Britainer inhabiting the same cave with an African lion, or Indian mammoth, or a huge Polar bear, and all appa . - rently contemporaneous occupants, according to their _ species, of the British Isles ring in beds of lakes, river bee - erne mineralised, he contended th tip in caverns? tigers, hye— Instances occur- and which have t a few years. or even months, often Rut. compact durable mass of calL„ in which human bones, skeletons, and implements were embedded. He referred to a case betwixt Aberdour and : Bumtisland, in Fife, which he examixed a few weeks crustation was now .forming - which are embedded land shells, branches of tree. on the face of the encrusted cliff, twigs of the living trees are becoming entangled in the calcareous breccia.. The reverend doctor cpioted the ease of a cannon ball — a 32-pounder—Lately presented 'to- him by a fellow townsmanL--leeply encrusted with ferruginous mud, and completely indurated, which was raised on his anchor in the harbour of Copenhagen ; and, he doubted not,. an identical bullet of our naval attack of fifty years ago:. The skulls of Amiens and Abbeville, the remains in the caverns of Torquay, and those in Sicily, the fli n t wea p o ns, in veined limestone in Cantyre, and the arrowheads with. elephant remains in Suffolk, were then successively brought under review in the paper—the solution of all these given by Dr. Anderson being, that from the action of petrifying springs, the subsidence of tracts of country, the falling-in of the roofs of caverns, the undermining of cliffs and head lands, the superficial soil is encrusted or buried beneath the strata on which it was originally superimposed. He saw no evidence deducible from the superficial drifts to warrant a departure from the usually accepted data man's very recent introduction upon the earth. We have more positive evidence that his first appearance was characterised by many proofs of high intellectual con dition which our sacred beliefs attach to his origin, and that he was not primarily the ignoble creature that arrow-heads and flint-knives, and ossiverous caverns, would so lamentably indicate. formation of a Lreous and silicious rock, pottery, coins, go, ,where an in- N, and THE DEFEAT IN THE PEIHO The disastrous news which has recently arrived from lila affords an unfortunate rmation of the opi nions of those who long since ventured to suggest how* much easier it was to commence than to conclude a war with a nation of 300,000,000 inhabitants. A singular fste seems to connect Lord Palmerston with Chinese troubles. The rupture with the Canton . authorities was the first difficulty of his former administration. since the tin This p S Was fir by Alexander John- re is rept ring )er in the ye of the en When, 73] y recorded by ( e hour, The expression of the d truest and most maternal s is, while the earnes and thoughtful application of the meditative boy is also of rare if not indeed equal excellence colouring with the sentiment picture harmonize .inirabry 1 to be illustrated, while the drawing and painting are characte touch and fidelity to natl.' No. 209 "The sed by delicacy of ales," by - Daniel Maclise, 8,.A. This is a striking and in several respects an admirable, although by no means an excellent pic- It presents many of the leadino. characteristics - It is all of fancy—but ved and boldly of Maelise's - well-known st is daringly eon, fancy uncontrolled s no indieition of faltering or un -- is ready and decided. To look on the executed. It present certainty introducing the artist at once and vigourou. ferred to his canvass. Like most of tures, " The Choice of Hercules" has s - . Maclise,'s plc ral blemishes as well as numerous beauties. The drawing is daring almost to extravagance ; the colour is dingy and repel ling, While the monotonsus uniformity and leatheriness of texture which has been so often charged against Mr. Maclise, as an artistic misdemeanour, is at once preva lent and painful. As a whole, however, the picture possesses many high attributes of excellence, whose pre sence serves, in a great measure, to enhance the regret that so many good qualities should be marred by °the obtrusion. of such secondary def No.-242, " Portrait of the M.P.," by F. Grant, R.A. Thig Lan unpretridin o a valuable portrait: In the quiet features - and unob:- trusive_tones of colour which form the chief character- t Hon. )3, Disraeli istici - of this not very striking picture, the common observer would probably not find much to remind him .of the author, the orator, or the statesman. Let him look a little more inquiringly, and he will speedily discover that the likeness is not that of an ordinary sitter. The calm, thoughtful air, the keen eye, and firmly _compressed lip, are all finely indicative of mental labour and of self-command. The likeness is a truth ful and suggestive one, and as such the picture does much to sustain the exalted reputation of Mr. Grant as one of the most successful portrait painters of the day. No. 107, " The Gratitude of the Mother of Mises for the Safety of her Child," by J. C. Hook, A.R.A. This is a somewhat ambitious picture, and one which the artist may be proud of in many i particulars. It is illustrative of that passage in Exoaus which contains the following narrative : " And the maid went and called the child's mother., And Pharoah's daught3r said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.' And the woman took the child." The story is well told, the expression of wonder, thankfulness, and joy depicted in the countenance and deportment of the scarcely believing mother of the babe as she finds herself the almost unexpected gaardian of its future life and safety, are finely rendered, while the general arrangement of the picture is pleasing and is harmony with the subject. Having said so much with respect to the collection in Post-office Place, pass we now to a similarly brief re view of the EXHIBITION OF THE_ LIVERPOOL SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS No. 133, " The. Morning after St. Bartholomew," by J. Hornung, is an . elaborate Ind highly artistic produc tion. It represents Catherine De Medicis on the morn ing after the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, in 1572, reviewing at the gate' of the Louvre the bodies of the victims of that treacherous plot by which they were sacrificed. It is a. subject difficult in itself, aad to have achieved only partial success in it. would have re flected no discredit on .the capabilities of the artist; to have been so successful, as he has been, in.the work under consideration, is therefore an indication that he possesses merit of a high order. The canvass is filled, we have nearly said crowded, with figures who offer a singular and startling contrast to each other. The im mediate foreground is occupied by the rigid and ghastly corpses of men, women, and children, who h ave f a ll en victims to the ruthless and indiscriminate slaughter by which an unscrupulous and cruel party sought to stay and extirpate the Reformation. In these pitiable heap s of slain are to b e see n individuals of nearly all ranks in life and of both sexes, huddled together in undistin guished masses. In the centre of the picture, and occupying the middle distance, is the tall, commanding, and somewhat masculine form of Catherine, her counten ance mantled with a grim and horrifying smile as she, with an air of triumph and seeming satisfaction, n surveys the sad and repulsive memorials of the " ruin she had made." Her features are strongly marked by firm resolve ' and vividly reflect the impulses of an unbending will. She is surrounded by numerous courtiers of both "xes, who, taking the " Cue " from their relentless mis tress, exhibit themselves in occupations yet more revolt ing than those of the "she-wolf" herself. Some of these---delicate and fair ladies, as well as the coarser ; and, it may. be inferred, brutalised soldiers—are wan tonly turning o ver and showing indignities to the lifeless and unconscious objects of their contumely. The picture s full of thought, and it is eminently suggestive of the lengths to which vindictive cruelty, incited by mistaken notions of religion, may lead. The drawing and com position of this picture are good, atta they display a ready b.pplication of artistic knowledge, to the treatment the original. The picture is clever, and artistic, albeit probably a little opa hues. le in its general MASSACRE IN AUSTRALIA. take from the Black Cree Amherest Acker- tiser Ole following letter of their. correspondent, under date Rochampton, May 10 : party of 200 miners started from Port Curtis on )specting tour. Having provided thems( Ives with a stock of tools and various useful implements, as also an abundance of provisions and a large quantity of guns and ammunition, they commenced their march with 169 horses into the interior of the country. They pro ceeded about 200 miles without meeting any inter- ruption, but at this distance from the Pert ihey en countered a great number of the natives, who endea voured to prevent their travelling any further into the interio: journey, k whites, continued each mile they travelled. Arriving at the de;- spot, they prfieeeded to work, and after pros- bet sinking, winch paid 1 dwt. to the dish, from the surface to the bottom. A portion of the party being dissatisfied, determined on starting out to a splendid-looking flat about three miles distant from the encampment. One morning they left, to the number of thirty, taking with them a sufficient quantity of pro visions for the day, and fifty horses. Not returning at .. .. night, the main body became alarmed ; but as it would have been perfectly useless to start in the dark, seeing that a thick scrub grew between th6ir encampment the spot the prospectors had gon mined on waiting until t peep of the day the whole party set out, and succeeded in penetrating through the scrub. Arriving at the spot, atorrible sight met their gaze. There lay the mangled bodiei of their companions, having been killed the pre vious day by the natives. The black rascals, seeing the arrival of the remainder of the whites, came down from the hills, and made a most determined attack. A furious battle was the consequence. The whites, finding the natives increase in numbers, determined on retreating, but the scrub behind presented an im penetrable barrier when exposed to such a murderous attack. However, to remain was to die ; they therefore decided on making the attempt. Discharging their guns, they made a desperate rush in the direction of the scrub, but were met by another band of the natives, who had advanced from an opposite direction to the assistance of their comrades. savage fight ensued, whites and blacks falling like sheep in a slaughter-yard. This could not last long. The whites had the upper hand, and emboldened by their, success, charged the tribe between them and the scrub, and succeeded in driving the murderous villains before them. The whites then passed the scrub, and escaped for a time from the natives. In this meMe they lost fifty of their men. The fifty-nine horses had been appropriated the day before, The blacks not following, they decided on resting th a t day, and commencing their march to Port Curtis the fol lowing day. The next day arrived, but during the night' a new and more terrible enemy had sprung up. Dis ease, with his giant strides, had appeared among them. Several were attacked with yellow fever, and so sudden and virulent, that . to move was impossible. Those in good health determined to move to an encampment, to prevent contagion from spreading abroad, and there to remain until their companions either recovered or died. Is a few days nine out of seventeen attacked died, the others recovered. After burying their unfor tunate friends, the remainder, saddened by disapoint ment, worn out with fatigue brought on by constant watching, bade a final adieu to the last resting place of their brave brothers in misfortune, whom the hand of disease and rapine had brought to an untimely grave, and set out on the journey back. They journeyed twenty miles without meeting any interruption, but there the natives reappeared and commenced a series of guerilla attacks, which lasted with little intermissisn until they reached a spot about equidistant from the port. Here they appeared in almost overwhelming numbers, but whether they ' had stepped beyond their mortal ken,' or that they were tired of following, or per haps (which is not likely) had some feeling akin to pity for the unfortunate men they had so cruelly harassed, they disappeared, and the party succeeded in reaching Port Curtis in safety." HOUSEICEEPERS.—The Coffee sold by Thompson Brothers, 5, Elliott -street, at ls. 4d., is better than you pay Is. Bd. for at any other establishment. CRICKETS, ANTS, COCKROACHES, OR BLACK BEETLES.—Their effectual extermination by Greer's Patent Anti-Vermin Solution, 3d., 6d., and is., at the Anti-V erm i n Office, 49, Brownlow-hill. RATS, MICE, AND COCKROACHES. —Their extinction in one night, or a few hours, by Greer's Patent Anti-Vermin Mixture, 2d., 3d., 6d., and is., at the Anti-Vermin Office, 49, Brownlow- THE BED-11170 AND FLEA.—Their immediate extirpation by areer's Patent Anti-Vermin Lotion, 3d., 6d., and Is., at the Anti-Vermin Office, 49, Brownlow-hill. Mors IN Fvas, AND FLEAS ON Doos.—Their prevention and cure, by Greer ' s Patent Anti-Vermin Lotion (Camphorated), 3d., 6d. and Is., at the Anti-Vermin Office, 49, Browalow-hill. To MOTHERS AND NURSES.—TO supersede .the tardy use of the fine tooth comb in the nursery, and to cleanse the hair and skin, preventing animalcule;, obtain Greer's Patent Anti-Vermin Lotion (perfumed), 3d., 6c1., and Is., at the Anti-Vermin Office, 49, Brownlow-hill. - - - INSECTS ON TREES, effectually destroyed, and futt Anti-Vermin Lotion, ss. per g with six gallons of water), Brownlow-hill. SHRUBS, AND PLANTS.—lnstantly and ented, by Greer's Patent fficiently strong di.uted inti-Vermin Office, 49, aplainant, and tried to come to some arrange vance.—Mr. Bluck, on behalf ss. per week, but this was ob- jetted to. Ultimately the case was adjourned to give the parties an opportunity to come to some amicable arrangement. ~ -t-- SIR JAMES B Brooke, who is Tavist( It appears that _S r James Burrator Meavy, near mplates another visit to Sarawak. At dinner of the Norwich " Valpeian of which Sir James was the founder, a letter was the n Club,' read f antivers ad the following extract from this c munication will be read with interest :—" I am e.tab lished on my small property, and my house when in order will be very snug. I was resolutely bent on taking that step, feeling it was the only way to disconnect myself front Sarawak, and thus to save my life, and set up my staff beyond the petty cares which society imposes. I have chosen a spot in the church yard here, where I shall repose - ; or if death overtake All—l shall rest among my rtunate one, for retirement le across the water, such as this, t riends, a coin )etencE ;ht to Make me 12ppy I can, I be lieu e, fairly say that no existence ; State borioi ;appointed ambition will 'poison ever held.to be of small account. - There are nobler and more substantial things to strive for, but for these my day is past. I leave the people ff . Sarawak free and happy, and I shall return to tell them without fear and without favour how to preserve those blessings." CUSTOMS' DUTIES.— I return for the year ending the 31st of F I December ..ast, snows that the duties collectec were—for England, £19,619,346; Scotland, £2,264,816 and for Ireland, £2,265,053. The officers' salaries am day pay are given £ 667,191, and other out; £150,001. The -amount collected in London - was £12,332,061 ; Bristol, £1;295,559 ; Folkestone. £136,684; Hull, £282,387; Liverpool £3,622,503 125,773 ; Newcastle, Manchester 4262,867 mouth, £228,372 ; Southampton, £112,969 ; Sunder; laud, £101,160 ; Glasgow, £801,895 ; Greenock, £654,694'. Leith, £479,622 ; Belfast, £383,089 ; Cork, £275,724 ; Dublin, £1,018,226 ; Limerick, £172,822 ; Londonderry, £118,243 ; and Waterford, £95,914. There were directly imported to, and warehoused in, London during the same period 68,069,458 lb. of tea, 4,997,150 cwt. of sugar, 54,554,7861 b. of coffee, 4,439,907 gallons of wines, 6,779,472 gallons of spirits, and 30,113,8131 b. of tobacco; while for Liverpool the uantities were 5,321,2961 b. of tea, 1,615,372 cwt. of sugar, 5,131,7541 b. of coffee, 316,443 gallons of wine, 1,843,837 gallons of spirits, and 27,374,6871 b. of tobacco. Glasgow directly imported and warehoused 764,7891 b. of tea, 38,715 cwt. of sugar, 202,8871 b. of coffee, 115,919 gallons of wines, 88,141 gallons spirits, and 959,6931 b. of tobacco ; and Dublin 414,7461 b. of tea, 248,314 cwt. of sugar, 231,479 gßllons of wines, 23,769 gallons of spirits, and 702,8374 b. of tobacco. _ THE ADDITIONAL INCOME-TAX.—The sums to be collected' in October next will be, first, half-a-year of the former tax, and the new tax, .4d., viz., 61d. in the pound on the whole year's rating. Consequently the deductions to be made by those who pay rents, in terest, and such like, will be—From a half-year's or a quarter's rent, &c., sd. in the pound on the half-year's or quarter's rent, and 4d. in the pound on a whole year's rent ; from a year's rent, 9d. in the pound. For instance: Suppose your rental to be £lOO a-year. You will be called upon for 100 fourpences and for 50 fivepences, or £2 14s. Bd., and this you will deduct from your next payment of half-year's rent. But if you have already paid a quarter's rent,. and deducted the sd. income-tax, and have but a quarter's rent to 'pay to your landlord, then you will deduct 100 fourpences and 25 fivepences, or £2 3s. 9d. Stated in a tabular form, the deduction per pound to be made for the sum thus paid as rent, in terests, or dividends, will be :—From one year's rent, interest or dividends, 9d. in the pound; from half-a-year's ditto, ls. Id. ; from .a quarter's ditto, Is. 9d.—Law Times. THE GIBRALTAR CABLE.—A contract has been made with the Gutta Percha Company, on behalf of government, for a cable to be laid from Falmouth to Gibraltar, 1200 miles, which is to be ready in June next. This will be succeeded by one from Gibraltar to Malta and Alexandria, thus giving an independent line, free from continental difficulties.—Chinese Telegruph. INCREASE OF WAGES TO MECHANICS AT BLACK BURN.—The mechanics and machine-makers employed at Blackburn during last week, applied for an advance of 2s. per week, and the advance was at once conceded. THE HERRING FISHERIES.—COIIteMpOraIIeOUS with the announcement that the fishery off the Scottish coasts has been much more successful of late, the boats hav ing succeeded in securing near Flambro' H ea d and thereabouts more herrings than previously. The quality has certainly not been very good, but it has improved within the past week or two, and the herrings now landing are in a satisfactory condition. The herrings last week were mostly shotten, and were sold at from £5 to £7 per last, while those of a superior description realised £2O to £25 per last. On Tuesday one boat came in with three lasts, and another with seven; and on Wednesday other boats came in with an average take of fish of a superior quality. A SERIOUS AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—EarIy on Saturday morning, the keepers of Captain Welfitt, of Lang-with-Lodge, near Mansfield, three in number, fell in with a party of eleven poachers. The keepers in en deavouring to capture the men were most brutally boulder assailed, and two of them received most serious injury. severely cut, Ultimately five of the poachers were captured and taken keeper to Mansfield lock-up. One of the keepers had his head other blowfawvoitttrhabaly. receivedbut he i s a The progressingviolent stone under his jaw handed offer to . the company." The power I hid on board was not sufficient to protect the interests of the company. My instructions from the Directors gave me no power to inspect the mode or manner in which the engines were constructed. I applied in writing for such power to the Director March. On the voyage from London, r. Ituss2ll gave as fre- a general superintendence of the engines, and quently about in the engine-room. I did not approve of the sailing of the vessel in the then state of the machinery, but it was not my business to make any report on the subject to the directors. I told Mr. Brunel what a dreadful state of things there was on board, not a single job finished. There was nothing substantially wrong in the machinery at the time of my starting; my opinions referred merely to matters of detail. Mr. John Dixon examined—l am managing engineer to Mr. Scott Russell. The paddle-wheel machinery was conducted under my superintendence, including the water-casing of the funnel. The casing was commenced by the company, and completed by Mr. Scott Russell. A part of it was done during the time of the old com - Mr. Russell, and I was em anc a part unc Mr Russell, as well as by Mr. Brunel, under the Eastern Steam Navigation Company. The water- heater was Mr. Russell, who had nothing to do with it oraerea the COCK to De put m to the pipe tor the purpose of testinc , the water-casing. I saw the water coming out of the steam-pipe in the stoke-hole, and steam going out of the top, at all the trials at Deptford. The cock was in all that time. The syphon was lengthened after the last trial, when Mr. Brunel was present, but after the lengthening, no further trial took place until the , ship left Deptford, and I did not observe afterwards that there was either steam or water escaping from the syphon. Having been the maker of the paddle engines, Ifelt an interest in their working, but I never gave an order nor received any in connection with their working. I did not consider myself in any way in charge of the engine. gave every assistance in my power. After the fourth week, when Mr. Brunel was there, I under stood that the engines were the property of the Com pany. I considered Mr. M'Lellan in charge of the engines. He took"all upon him in the same manner as I did when I was chief engineer. The explosion was caused by the "feed-cock" being turned off, and no water being applied to the casing. I was not in charge of the machinery. Mr. Russell never gave me charge. Ido not consider that Mr. Russell was respon sible. After the explosion, I examined the cock and found it closed. I afterwards examined the cock on the other heater with Mr. Galloway, and found it open. I do not concur in Mr. Galloway's opinion, that there was a pressure of 500 lbs. to the square inch on the feed casing . before the accident. I should think about half. Stopping the cock and the feed was precisey the same as stopping the safety valve. M‘Lennan saw the stop cock, and drew my attention to it before the wooden casing was put round it, and he said to me, " Hilloa, what is this doing here ? " I told him, and he said, "Leave it there, and I will look after it." Mr. Roy Campbell, chairman of the Great Ship Com pany, said there was a complete understanding between the directors of the company and Mr. Russell, and Messrs. Boulton and Watt, that the engines would be worked upon their responsibility, and that for anything which might happen to them they would be liable to the time of the contract being completed. I should say that Mr. Russell or his foreman (Dixon) was in charge of the paddle-engines. Mr. Russell was, I think, on the bridge directing the movements of the engines, and passing communications from the pilot to the engineers below. Mr. Scott Russell said—During the trial trip the pad dle engines were not in any way under my control or superintendence. From the day when the fourth trial of the engines was made, in conformity with the contract, the paddle-wheel engines were delivered up to the com pany. That was the Wednesday before the ship sailed. With respeot to Mr. Dixon, I received an invita tion from the directors to be present on the trial trip, and to bring with me a certain number of friends. I invited Dixon to come as one of my friends, and gave him one of my rooms.—By the Coroner: Was Mr. Dixon then in charge of the working of. the machinery ? —None whatever, except that he went about as I did, and gave all the assistance in his power ; and permit me to say that it would have been most un natural in us if we had not done so.—By Capt. Robert son : Who do you consider was in charge of the paddle engines ? Undoubtedly Arnott, and the other engineers ander the direction of Mr. M'Lennan. I concur in the opinion already expressed, that the cause of the accident was the shutting of the upper cock. I distinctly deny all official responsibility, either on my own part or that of Mr. Dixon, in connection with the accident. All that we did *as to assist the company, and I should have acted very wrongly if, having a man in my employment of so much experience, I had not had him on board to give every assistance in his power. I not only sent him, but also every reliable man I had on board, to give assistance. The proceedings were adjourned to Monday. The Great Eastern now lies at anchor, surrounded by coal vessels of every description ; through her gigantic ports tons of this material are poured into twelve bunkers holding about 800 tons each ; they are so arranged as to trim the ship in a better fashion than when she left the Thames. Her screw is now nearly submerged, her bows have abetter elevation, and her appearance is consequently infinitely more graceful. Steamers are continually coming up, the.majority laden with passengers, some with seamen and engineers joining the ship, and with stores and provisions for her service. On the decks the scene is a most busy one. Elegantly dressed visitors thread their way through gangs of workmen, so busily em ployed that one might suppose that each imagined tha able to infer that the position of the administratic admits of no compromise, itbeing fully satisfied that tl island belongs to the United Staies." The disputed island lies north- 'esterly from ti ton Territory in the vicinity of broad and beautiful Strait of Fuca being Sailing from the Sound to Victoria, across San,Juan appears to be a part of VancOnVer's Island and the disputed' channel cannot be distinguished until you have come down opposite its mouth or junction with the strait. Notwithstanding the treaty, and the loud talk that is made about the commanding importance of San Juan to the Americans, it naturally belongs to the British, and is of infinitely greater value to them than the United States. The channel in dispute is the gate to the Gulf of Georgia, Fraser River, and British Columbia—moso British water and British possessions. If this s.l is, by the treaty, determined to be the boundary line, it only gives us a small island of small value, with no other advantages, as we own nothing north of it ; while to them it is the doorway to all their possessions. (From the St. Louis Republican of September 3.) By the arrival of the stonmer Northerner we have ;hannel the British colonist of the Bth inst., giving several clays later ne Island. ws from the scene of hostilities on San Juan An extra session of the British Colonial Asembl had been calla to receive a message fi n Governor Douglas in relation to San Juan affairs. Ostensibly the message was for the information of the House, but ac cording to the Co/cnist, it was really to secure a vote of confidence in favour of the executive. Some inflamma tory remarks were made regarding the invasion of San Juan, of which advantage was taken to secure the vote of confidence. This was objected to on the ground that the subject was so important that it required time for consideration. The opposition to the vote of confi dence triumphed, and the question was postponed until the Bth instant, when it would be again made the sub ject of consideration. The following despatches appear in the Colonist of the Bth instant :—The Beaver arrived on the 7th from San Juan. Things remain in statu quo.. . A scow had arrived with lumber from Whatcom, to erect a barrack. No troops had been landed off her Majesty's ships. The. Jeff,. Davis. and Active, left befare the Beaver. The steamer Ottei arrived on the 7th with a detach ment of marines from British Columbia, viu San Juan, with Col. ,Moody. No further news from the seat of war. Her Mitjestyi ship Pylades returned from sea with the Admiral. She had Colonel Hawkins on board, as bearer of despatches to England. It is presumed he will go on his mission by the Forewood. THE CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—On Thurs day, the annual meeting of the Cheshire Agricultural Society was held at Sandbach.. The prizes offered by 'the local committee, in addition to those offered by the society, being exceedingly numerous, the re sult was the most successful show the society has ever held. The entries were unusually numerous, and in every department excellence was the' chief characteristic. Several animals to which first prizes were awarded at the late show of the Manchester and Liver pool Society, received second-class prizes at this show. The exhibition of cheese was tolerably large, the first prize being carried off by Mr. Peter Wright, of Church Minshull, near Middlewich, Cheshire, who was only " highly commended "at Liverpool. The money taken for admisSion to the show amounted to £lB5 10s. Vis count Cumbermere was on the show-ground in the course of the day. The dinner was held at the George Hotel, under the'presidency of Mr. Randal Wilbraham, of Rode Heath. Upwards of 200 gentlemen sat down to dinner, and among others, Lord Crewe, Mr. J. Tollemache, M.P. ; Mr. T. S. Humberston, M.P. ; Colonel Wilbraham, C. 8., &c., &c. - THE EXPEDITION TO CHINA.—On Saturday, orders were forwarded to the commanding officers of the follow ing regiments to hold themselves in readiness for em barkation:-11th Foot, 2nd battalion, Aldershott; 14th ditto, 3rd battalion, Curragh; 16th ditto, 2nd battalion; Curragh; 10th Royal • Irish, 2nd battalion, Cutragh ; 21st Fusiliers 2nd battalion, Aldershott; aid 45th Foot, Preston. Three batteries of field artillery are also under orders. - The following steam gun vessels, already in commission, and ready for service, will proceed to China, viz.:—Firefly,f Flying Fish, Jackall, Locust, Seagull, and Skipjack. AN HONEST IRISHMAN.—One day lately, Mr. J. A. Bainbridge, of Bishop Auckland, who has recently be come postmaster at that place, was surprised at the appearance of an Irishman, named Luke Waters, who called at the Post-office to pay him, as he said, for an order procured from the late postmaster five years ago. It appears that Waters had gone for an order for 10s. when the master and clerks were busy, and whilst wait ing. he had unthinkingly taken up the half-sovereign again and put it into his pocket, and when presented with the order said he had already paid. The post master, on balancing his account at night, found he was minus 10s., and went to Hunwick in search of the Irishman, but could not find him. About two years g af o t t e t r ez r‘s awtehrs ca en tted eciractumthsetanoficfeche to had been a t l h m at, ostaffoterr getting the order and going home, he had found the half-sovereign in his pocket ; the country next morning , he nity of calling to pay it , a nd now he was unable to do bhuatdasnohte h le a f d t that an op p p a o r r t tu of_ Walton, the widow apologies o f the for late not so, but hoped to be able to p a y it soon ; and now, after the lapse of five years , the honest fellow a pp eared, and being tm pos com ing sooner, paid over the money. —Sunderland Times, postmaster, r cte h d e to with Mrs. an al Irishman'st to strc and now, when the whirligig of home politics has borne Lord Palmerston back to power, a new contest, shered in by an unprecedented defeat, is added to the mes, and to the responsibilities of I the chastisement of Chinese complications of th the minister who o political capital for his own exaltation. Whatever may be the issue, Lord Palmerston can at any ire at war with the it ambassador, charged with the ratification Of the treaty of peace, has been repulsed in )rce a passage to the capital, and all the rate no longer de Chinese empire. 1 that the attempt t , ingpiery whir s practised about Chinese aff Is freely in England as in China, will fail to trans form a deliberate . and successful national resistance into a mere local raid by a hot-headed provincial gover= nor. The miserable squabble about a Hong Kong junk has thus fairly launched us in a war with the most popu--- lous empire in the world ; and the issue of the ill-judged attack with which it has been commenced, must teach us that a force somewhat more considerable than eight or ten gunboats will be needed to bring the untoward quarrel to a successful termination. The repulse, with' a heavy loss of men and ships, of an expedition against a people whom it is the fashion to decry as feeble and bar barot almost the enemy which statesmen at home and com manders abroad have been weak enough t o i n d u l ge . Th e d e tailed , despatches have annihilated the excuse suggested in the first telegram, that the discomfit .e of the fleet llise. Nothi►ig could was the res al be further from the truth UNSUSTAINED CHARGE OF STEALING £loo.—On Friday, James King Sedgwick, joiner, Haslingden, was brought before Henry Slater, Esq., a magistrate at Manchester, charged with stealing about £lOO, be longing to Mr. John Crossley, chemist, Haslingden- It appeared that on Thursday last Mrs. Crossley, while engaged in removing from one house to another, missed a pair of stays, in which were deposited a large sum of money, a promissory note for £7O, and two copies of wills. She delivered the defendant, Who was assisting in the removal of the goods, into the custody of Police-serjeant Atkinson, and charged him with having stolen the property. He declared that he was innocent ; but he was, nevertheless, placed in the lock-up. On Friday morning, the police officer and another person searched the house, from which it was supposed everything had previously been removed; with the exception of a parrot. On opening a cupboard in the back kitchen, the stays. were found on one of the shelves; and, on examining them, there , were found inside 83 sovereigns, two half-sovereigns ' a promissory note for £7O, and two ,copies of wills. The defendant' was discharged, the magistrates - telling him that he left the court without a stain upon his character. He sub sequently claimed from Mrs. Crossley as compensa tion for imprisonment, which was immediately paid. • THE STRIKE. — INTIMIDATION.—IMPORTAI;T I APPLI CATIONS.—Two master-builders, on Saturday, waited upon the magistrates at Marlborough-street Police= court (Mr. Bingham and Mr. Beadon), for advice under. the following circumstances :—They produced a letter, without signature, but purporting to come from the" Trades' Conference at the Paviors' Arms, intimating' that no lock-outs should resume work without the sanction of the Conference. They stated that a large number of workmen, who had entered into engagements for employment, had received each a letter to the same effect, and had been threatened with violence and loss if they ventured to disregard it. These men thereupon had asked their employers what course they could take with' safety to themselves, and the applicants desired to know' what answer they should give the men. The magistrates recommended that the men should immediately g o to work, and, in case of any act of intimidation or violence, make application to the court. They might rest assured that the law was strong enough to protect every mall the free exercise of his own industry. The applicants' thanked their worships, and withdrew. A publican shortly afterwards'came to complain that, having beell called on for a contribution in aid of the men on strike, he had told the applicants he was unable to afforn one, whereupon he was told that unless he contributed h; would be " spotted "—in other words, measures would be taken to effect his ruin. The magistrates informed him that upon the production of proper proofs, the cell' spirators would be severely punished. s RED SEA TELEGRAPH.—Messrs. Newall and Co. steamers, Imperador and Imperatrix, will be ready .' leave Liverpool at the end of the present month fi l th the remainder of the cable to connect Kurrachee Aden. The cable to connect Alexandria with this en ll ; try is now to be laid through the Islands of R110!e,, and Schios to Constantinople , and not by way of Ca n e! as previously intended. It is expected to be laid is about a month, by Messrs. Newall & Co. Cag t , a her Pullen, of the Cyclops, has fixed on Hallani, one of Kooria Mooria islands, as a station for the Red Telegraph.—China Tetegraph. from Algesira, which asserts that 13th have arrived. The Novidades publishes o f tte SPAIN AND MOROCCO.—The Madrid journals .. a i e tt . e. surrection, and iniquities which barbarians only c . 15. commit have been perpetrated," but it gives no detaito We may, however, observe that the accounts hither e given in the Madrid journals of the situation _,,oci unfounded. In the present case, however, a Tang i er is i n fail i n ia; Morocco since the decease of the Emperor, have pro r i p u to the letter adds, that " 14 small vessels filled n ita t " , emigrants from Tangier" had arrived at Algesirasi:re as this is a fact which the writer asserts witheiti at he serve, we must suppose that he had witnessed What Gene — relates. It is stated in some of the lournals that ne _, o f ral Seranno is to be nominated Captain-Ge ho r : in the room of General de la Concha, i tirement has long been expected. a postscw. ,v