Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-20 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE FRANCE, ',The news from Paris is of little importance, the greater part of the French correspondence on Saturday consist ing of the details of the death and burial of Beranger' Lull particulars of which we append. ITALY. TURIN, JULY 13.7 gine Senate proceeded to-day to the consideration of the bill for a new convention between the Government and the Savoy Railway Company, including the project for tunnelling the Mont Cenis. Oa the discussion being de. Glared opened, Senator Selopis said, that although opposed in principle to extraordinary expenditure undertaken for future years, he would vote in favour of the present project, because it regarded the completion of the national railways and the closer union of Piedmont and Savoy, which always shared each other's dangers, and whose sons fought side by side on the fields of Lombardy. He thought it wise, then, of - Government to undertake what could not be attempted by private enterprise. Senator Mosca, after acknowledging the political and commercial utility of the railway, said that no other system for passing the Alps could bear comparison .with that of tunnelling, and that he had confidence in the engineers who proposed the new discovery to be applied for this purpose, and in the commission that had examined it. He should like, however, that experiments on a large scale should be made at Genoa, so as to ascertain more precisely the time and expense that might be probably calculated on. Senator Giulio said hat the Examining Commission had not expressed any opinion on the length of time or the expense requisite, not only on account of the novelty of the mpnea to ha emnloved. but also because of the nature of the ground and the length of the tunnel. This was not a case to be solved by the rule of three. He hoped, he said, because he believed—and perhaps he believed because he hoped—that they would encounter nothing but prac ticable rock. Whether there might be resistance or not, an experiment at Genoa would only serve to show the celerity of the machine, and the front it would offer in battle, but it could give no idea of the strength of the enemy. An experiment at Bardonneche would be infinitely better The difficulties increased the further the boring went. It would be absolutely necessary to commence with ordinary means. It would require time for making aquaducts and buildings, and erecting machinery ; and, as a great num— ber of workmen must be employed at both ends, it would sot be possible to apply the new means in the first instance. Afterwards the grand experiment would be seen, and it would last, perhaps, for years, until one of those terrible diffiulties was encountered which would cause a stop, but which will ultimately be conquered by modern art. No case has yet occurred where the energy Of art and the power of genius have been obliged to beat a retreat in face of the resistence of nature, and he thought that the pertinacious Piedmontese would not be Stopped by difficulties in this case. The Minister of Finance having replied briefly to some economical objections raised by the Senator Cotta, the 'question was put to the vote by ballot, when there ap. peered 51 votes in favour, and only 5 against the bill. Lord Lyons left Turin this morning to rejoin his squad ron at Genoa and Spezzia. His lordship had arrived here the day before yesterday, and King Victor Emanuel came from the country yesterday morning expressly to receive him. Yesterday afternoon, accordingly, Lord Lyons an d several officers of his squadron were presented to his Majesty by Sir James Hudson, and in the evening they had the honour of dining at Court, where they met the Ministers of the King of Sardinia, the great officers of State, and several superior officers, military and naval. The squadron sails on Wednesday for Toulon and the coast of Spain. The Brunswick having sailed for the West Indies, and the Curacoa having been despatched to Tunis, the squadron, after the arrival of the Princess Royal, which is daily expected from the Tagus, will con sist of the Royal Albert, Princess Royal, Conqueror, and Centurion screw ships of the line, Ariel steam corvette, and Osprey and Wanderer steam gunboats. The Giornale di Roma announces that Commendatore Filippo Farina, Minister of War to the Pope, expired on the 9th inst. The late Mdzzinlan attempts naturally form the staple of all discussions on Italian politics at present ; and it is really curious and amusing to see the efforts of certain Absolutist journals—German, Russian, French, and Italian—to cast the onus on the Sardinian Government, whereby they generally succeed in proving so much that they ;end by making themselves supremely ridiculous. According to these critics, the Sardinian Government is ill-informed by its secret agents, badly served by its police, and is itself wanting in the essential qualities of caution and prudence• If it had not been for the warning of the French police the train of the plot would never have been discovered, and, even as it was, the town of Genoa was °4l 3r saved from destruction by accident, and not in any legree owing to the vigilance of the authorities, who were lost in a dream of fancied security. All this. they say, is the consequence of constitutional government, and there fore, of course, they infer that constitutionalism is a per petual source of disquietude to the neighbouring Governments, and ought forthwith to be rooted out. Admitting these assertions, then, for the sake of argu .ment, let us compare the conduct of the Sirdinian Govern - ment with that of a genuine paternal and absolute Govern- ment•under somewhat similar circumstances. Let us look at Tuscany, where the Government received the same indefinite warnings from Paris two months ago as were .received here, and compare the precautionary measures taken in both cases, and the results at Leghorn and Genoa. In Tuscany we have constantly heard of the irritating interference of the police at public festivals any time the last two months, and yet when the outbreak really came the Goverment was taken by surprise, and some score of people or more lost their lives in consequence. At Genoa, on the other hand, neither public amasement nor personal liberty was in any way meddled with by the police—in fact there was far too much laiss3r faire, say the advocates of despotism —yet on the night appointed for insurrec • tion both the civil and military powers were fully pre pared, and only one life was lost, and that was the cease. quence of neglect of instructions given for the occasion. It will strike impartial people as something excessively strange that a Government so perfectly impotent for good, as the Sardinian Government is represented to be by its enemies, should have so well succeeded in crushing an insurrectionary conspiracy in a city which was known to be in a state of much discontent at some recent acts of internal legislation. Supposing the Sardinian Govern ment to have been careless and ignorant as it is accused of, being, it will naturally occur to most people to ask, what Government could have done better ? Would any •°other form of government have insured greater security and comfort to its own subjects and its own neighbours ? And I believe the prosecution now in progress at Genoa will satisfactorily show that the greater part of those :persons who sought to create a disturbanoo at Genoa 'entered the Sardinian States, with pasallorts perfectly en ''egle, from one or other of the noi•ghbouring countries enjoying the advantages of 13,_spotie government and a political police, SPAIN. MADRID, Juty 13. The hot weather has closed the Madrid theatres, but the Cortes still sit; and lovers of butlesque and low comedy have no need to complain. In spite of the pitiless s un and elevated temperature, her Majesty's servants continue their comical capers in the congress. Don Ramon Narvaez is great as the Pere noble, who, bewigged and sonorous, propounds high principles of morality, legality, and conciliation. Senor Nocedal, as befits his tender years, affects more juvenile parts, and almost. brings down the house as the naughty gamin de Madrid, who, while committing some diabolical piece of mischief, can hardly restrain a grimace of malicious delight. Mr. Peter Pidal is the cross-grained uncle, testy and violent, whose habitual attitude is one of repose, but who occasionally bursts out with a vigour and venom that have a most telling effect upon his audience. Senor Moyano is great la the part of Doust erswivel, and has lately discovered some mines of phosphate of lime. which are to pay off the whole debt of Spain, and has intro - duced a law declaring them national property. The law, of course, passed the Cortes, but is protested against by a few individuals to whom the mines belong. As for the rest of the company they are mere walking gentle men, who follow their leaders and pick up crumbs. Some mention ought, however, to be made of M. Gonzalez Bravo, who, although not a regular member of the troop, has made himself very useful during the season, always ready to act as doubiure, or do any sort of odd job, bet who complains of having been shabbily rewarded, thinks be ought to have been taken into partnership, and does not much like the ilea of returning to London fogs, not withstanding the profound respect and admiration with which, as his friends assure us, everybody in that capital regards him. DEATH OF BERANGER. A telegraphic despatch from Paris, dated Thursday night, announced the death of the great French lyric poet, Beranger. It will not be an easy task for France to replace the loss of her greatest living poet. The immortal Beranger, who is now no more, held in the world of French literature , a position in some respects analogous to that of our o wn Dibdin, whilst in other points he more nearly approached the character of Burns or Thomas Moore. In all that he wrote, there was a heartiness and fixedness of purpose, and a depth of genuine patriotism which has been seldom equalled, and never surpassed. The " glory of France," the honour of a splendid "career" and " a name that shall be handed down to posterity"—these, and such as these, are the chief subjects on 'which he loved to dwell in those songs and ballads by which his name has been made for this half•century past, a " household word" in France. John Peter Beranger was born in Paris about the year 1780. His father, though descended from a very ancient family, was in humb,Le circumstances, which he did not improve by his careless and wayward habits. The child, in consequence, was brought up by his grandfather, a tailor in the French metropolis, who, after leaving him to tonAniapt ten 'Fars of his life in running wild about residing at Peronne. Here he was apprenticed to a printer, in whose office, whilst engaged setting up the types, he met with some of the poetry of Andre Chenier- He caught the inspiration of his genius, and resolved to become a poet himself. His first efforts at poetry were far from successful, and wearied out with disappointment, he thought of enlisting for a soldier, and joining the forces of the Consul Napoleon, in Egypt. A slight event, however, which has been variously narrated, altered the plan of his life ; he re-considered his determina tion, and returned to the study of the Muses. Though his songs were strongly tinged with re publican sentiments, he found a patron in Lucien Buonaparte, the Emperor's brother, through whose iufiuence• he obtained some employment. Having assisted in editing Landon's "Annals of the Musee Royale," he was appeinted to a clerkship in the University of France, which he held for several years. He now became a member of the celebrated society of the Caveau, and in 1815, published a collected edition of his scattered songs, which had appeared at intervals. Of these, his Rio d'lvetot, his Chien* de Quceite, and his Censeur, are the best and widest known ; the first mentioned having conquered the gravity and stirred the merriment even of the great Napoleon. The republican spirit evinced in a second volume of a similar kind, published in 1821, brought on Beranger a criminal prosecution, and, what is more, en tailed on him the loss of his civil post : and for his third series, which was published in 1828, and contained some severe satires on the existing government, he was sentenced to a nine months' term of imprisonment, besides a heavy fine. The latter was paid by his friends, and his prison straightway became the resort of all the learned in Paris—historians, philosophers, and poets. The writings sent out by him from behind the bars of his prison con tributed very largely to the downfall of the Bourbon dynasty, at the Revolution of July, 1830. The poet, however, steadily refused to derive either personal profit or political prefermmt for the line which he had abopted : he retired from Paris, and in his little garden at Plassy, or at Fontainebleau, he spent the greater part of the time during which Louis Philippe sat upon the throne of France. After the Revolution of 1848, Beranger returned to Paris and took his seat as a member of the Assembly, though he resigned his office a few months subsequently. Since that time he has resided chiefly in the French metropolis, enjoying the society of his literary and philosophic friends, and occupying his leisure time partly in giving to the world a fourth and fifth edition of his songs, and partly also in compiling a 4 . Biogrcrphie des Contemporains, which hereafter will, in all probability be published. It is sure to be of interest, and is said to con. tain many unpublished facts concerning many of the " modern celebrities " of Parisian society. The songs of Beranger have deservedly attained a high reputation, not only in France, but throughout all Europe. One especial charm is their ❑ationality. What Tyrtfeus was to Sparta, anl what Dibdin was to the British " tars," that was Berarger to France as a nation. The delicate wit, the subtle satire, the indignant denunciation, the correct and vivid picture of life, the exquisite comicality of his situations, plots, and expression— these are all truly and exclusively French, and so, perhaps, also are his faults, though on these we need not dwell. His command of language is truly marvellous, and in the most difficult of rhythms his words always seem to drop naturally into their proper places ; but his finished style is understood to have been the result of great and incessant labour. A true poet and a keen satirist, his weapon of offence has been remarkably clean from perso nal attack, and it may be averred with justice that few literary men of any time or any country have been more universally beloved. The funeral of the poet, the expenses of which it has been decided by the Emperor shall be defrayed out of the civil list, took place on Friday at noon. Only those who were specially invited were allowed to follow the remains to the grave. From the residence of the deceased to the Cemetery of Pere la Chasse, where Beranger now lies sepulchred alongside with the tomb of Manna], the funeral cortege was escorted by the Imperial troops ; the Bove ror's carriage followed in the train,: and among the mourners - wereisoml of the most eminent representat'ves of French literature. Vast crowds accompanied the melancholy procession, but perfect order reigned. THE NORTHERN .TIMES.---LIVERP'OOL, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1857. NAVAL AND MILITARY. The following detachment of Royal Marines is preparing for service in China :-3 Field officers, 1 captain and . _ brigade major, 2 acting adjutants, 2 acting quartermasters, 17 captains, 40 subalterns, 73 sergeants, 72 corporals, 18 drummers, and 1,280 privates and gunners. The force will:be under the command of Colonel Holloway. The two field officers are Lieutenant Colonel Walsh and Lieutenant- Colonel Rocker ; the acting adjutants are Lieutenants Travers and Blarkley ; the acting quartermasters ars Ist Lieutenants Carrington and Gill. Captain Travers will be Brigade Major. Three medical officers will be altached to each battalion. The third portion of the 88th (Connaught Rangers) embarked at Portsmouth dockyard on Friday, on board the Calabar for India. The Cambodia is to take the last portion of the 88th on the 22nd. The Sparrowhawk, Assurance, Roebuck, and Mohawk, 6 gun screw steam vessels, of 200 and 350 horse power respectively, have been ordered to bo commissioned, it is believed, for service in India. The Commander•in-Chief has appointed Colonel G. R. Barker, C. 8., to the chief command of the Royal Artillery force about to proceed to I idia ' and Lieutenant - Colonel. Arthur T. Phillpotts to the second command. The late revicm of the Ist and 2nd Life Guards at Wormwood Scruhbs was, we hear, anything but satisfac tory to either the Commander-in-Chief or the Inspector General of Cavalry, and we have reason to believe that more than one resignation has been sent in to the Horse Guards, arising entirely from the wigging the officers received upon that day.—United Service Gazette. The company of the Messageries Imperiales of France intend to allow 25 per cent reduction in the passage money of all officers having the Quartermaster General s certificates that they are on service, and returning to India by any of the vessels of that fleet. Officers pro ceeding to India via Marseilles, are accordingly to notify their intention to the Quartermaster General for the above-stated purpose.— United Service Gazette. Colonel Ainslie, late of the 7th Dragoon Guards, is to succeed to the command of the Cavalry at Canterbury and Shorncliffe. Major Carlyon, of the 3rd Dragoon Guards, is about to retire from the service. The 93rd Highlanders, on board the steamship Mau ritius, arrived at St. Vincent on the Ist of July, eu route to China. The 48th Regiment is under orders to embark at Malta for Gibraltar. The 30th, 47th, and 55th Regiments, at Gibraltar, are under orders to embark fer England, as also the to tb Light Intantry from Cephalonia, ROYAL REVIEWS. REVIEW OF TROOPS AT ALDERSHOTT BY THE QuEE'.v — The rain which fell during Thursday night had the effect of not only cooling the atmosphere, but of changing the nsua 1 sombre aspect of the heath. Aldershott never appeared to better advantage. From day-break, the camp was in a state of the greatest activity, the troops being afoot, cleaning and burnishing their arms and accoutrements, which had become dull and tarnished through the dampness of the preceding night, while officers of rank were moving through the huts, carrying out the general orders issued the previous night. Soon after eight o'clock several splendid equipages containing persons of rank and fashion arrived, and at half-past eight the various corps were mustered and inspected by their rrs pective commanding officers on their private parades. The position of the troops had been marked out by the Assistan t Adjutant-General, assisted by the adjutants of the various regiments and a party of the Royal Sappers and Miners. On the arrival of the Adjutant and Quartermasters-generals and the s'aff of his Royal Highness the Commander-in- Chief, the several battalions marched into position forming continuous column right in front, composed of the Ist Dragoon Guards (Royal), 6th Dragoons (Inniskilliens), 7th Royal Hussars, 15th King's ditto, Coldstream Guards (I s t battalion), 15th foot, 20th ditto (under orders for India) 22nd ditto, 64th ditto, (under orders for India), 66th ditto, 96th ditto, 97th ditto, (under orders for India), 98th ditto, Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade, and Ist and 6th bat talions of the Military Train on each fi Ink, and in the centre were posted batteries of field artillery and Royal Horse Artillery, supported by detachments of light cavalry. Every available elevation was crowded with spectators, and equigages of the nobility, corps of diplomatique and the elite of society thronged the valley. A movement bei❑g apparent near the Royal Pavilion, the troops stood to their arms, and the regiments formed in double open order. The arrival of the royal cort e ge, which was exceedingly flamer eau,„amLihrz.,hrilliant staff of the, n„....t —ne infantry presenting arms, and the various bands playing the National Anthem. The immense body of troops num bering upwards of 10,000, having been inspected by her Majes'y and the Prince Consort, attended by the general officers and their staffs, the column moved past in slow and quick time, when, the column having halted in its original position, the evolutions of a grand field day were carried on with the same rapidity of movements and precision, which marked former reviews; the charges of heavy and light cavalry were splendid, squares by grand divisions were formed as by magic ; and the Artillery cannot be too much praised for their adroitness in limbering, un limbering, dismounting, and remounting the guns. The column was then again formed, when, the customary re tiring honour having been paid, the troops marched back to their respective quarters. AN 9THER GRAND FIELD-Day.—Oa Saturday another military spectacle in the shape of a grand field-day, or review, took place at Aldershott, in which her Majesty was not only a mere spectator, but a prominent actor. Although it was generally known throughout the camp on Fritlay that it was the intention of her Majesty to hold a review of the troops on Saturday morning, it was not until late in the day it was intimated that it was intended by the Queen to have a second general field-day, and that sl,e would attend in state at the review, prior to her departure for the royal marine retreat at Osborne. Some time, however, after the conclusion of the review and sham fight on Friday, a general order was issued directing the whole of the troops to assemble on the ground westward of the South Camp, and be in position by ten o'clock on the follosing mornino. (Saturday). The general public were unacquainted ' with this arrangement, and consequently there was by no means so great an assemblage of spectators as on the previous day, and those who were present were mostly composed of the aristocracy. His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, accompanied by his aice-de-camp, Sir Richard Airov, General Wetherall, and a number of general and field officers, left the Waterloo station by the eight o'clock express train, arriving at Farnborough station at 8.55, where his Royal Highness and staff at once mounted their chargers, and proceeded direot to the Royal Pavilion, to visit the Queen prior to their commencement of the field operations. The troop, under the command of Lieutenant General Knollys, Major General Lord W. Paulett, Major General the Hon. J. Searlett, and Major General the Hon. A. Spencer, took up their positions shortly after nine o'clock. They consisted of the Ist Dragoon Guards, the Gth Ennis killens, the 4th Light Dragoons, the 7th Hussars, 15th Hussars, the Coldstream Guards, lot Battalion, the 60 h the 54th, the 22d, the 15th, the 96th, 20th, and 97th Regiments of the Line, the Ist and 3d battalions of the Rifle Brigade, two troops of Horse Artillery, one troop of Foot Artillery, with field batteries; three companies of Royal Engineers and Sappers and Miners, and pontoon train, &e., amounting altogether to about eleven thousand men. Her Majesty left the Pavilion precisely at ten o'clock, and shortly after the booming of the cannon an nounced the arrival of the royal cortege on the ground. Tne Queen, instead of being present in an open carriage as on the previous day, was mounted on a splendid chareer,aud attired in h r equestrian military costume. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Prince C >nsort, who wore the uniform of a field marshal, and the Duke of Cambridge. In the midst of the brilliant staff by which her Majesty was sur rounded rude the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred on horseback. The princesses were attired in black riding habits, whilst Prince Alfred wore a complete tartan suit. Amongst the general company, although not mixing in any way with the royal cortege, were the Duke d'Aumale, the Prince de Joinville, the Duke de Montpen sier, the Count de Paris, the Duke d'Orleans, and other members of the ex-royal family of France. As soon as her Majesty reached the plateau on the west of the south camp, the first division of the army, under the command of Major-General the HO2. A. Spencer, consisting of the Scots Fusilier Guards, th e 3rd B a t a \ lion of the Rifle Brigade, and the 96th and 22nd Regiments, took up a po sition on the north bank of the Basingstoke Canal. The evolutions of the troops continued in that direction, the cavalry taking up a position on the right and left of the long valley, whilst the artillery having gained the ridge of the various hills, kept up a heavy fire in the direction of the supposed enemy. By this time her Majesty the Queen, the Prince Consort, the Commander-in-Chief, and the royal cortege had gained the point of an immense hill, from which a splendid view of both armies in the valley beneath, as well as the pontoon practice on the Basingstoke Canal, at a place called the " Cove," was obtained. It was at first supposed, from each division throwing out its skirmishers of Rifles, that a general sham fight would take place; but this notion was speedily dissipated, for no s Amer had the pontoon bridge been com pleted than the Coldstreams and the other regiments which held the north side of the canal marched over and joined the anticipated enemy. The cavalry then threw out their videttes, and after manceuvring for some time charged at full gallop across the valley. The Queen and party then made their way in a south-westerly direction to the ridge of the splendid hills known as Cmiar's Camp, and which commands a view of the entire valley, Across this the infantry, after a vast number of evolutions in conjunction with the cavalry, flanked by the artillery, formed in one immense line, which kept up a succession' of volley and file firinc , which filled the valley with smoke, until the want of ammunition put a stop to the tremendous fire of infantry and artillery. Shortly after one o'clock the sound of the bugles intimated that the review was at an end, so far as the active operations of the troops were concerned ; and her Majesty and the royal cortege having descended the hill to the plain, the whole of the troops marched past the Queen, each regiment being headed by its respective band, playing lively airs, and it was not until nearly two o'clock that the royal party left the ground for the pavilion. Her Majesty quitted the camp at Aldershott, and started with the Prince Consort, the royal family, and suite, at four o'clock, under an escort of the 7th Hussars, for the Farnborough station, to proceed by special train, via the South Western Railway to Gosport, and from thence to her Majesty's marine resi dence at Osborne. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, with Generals Wetherell, Airey, and other officers of his staff, started previously by special train for London. THE BUPPLY OF COTTON. The scarcity of the raw material of the staple manufac ture of this great county, and the circumstance of the great bulk of the imports in that article being from one country, have recently drawn such attention to the sub ject, that a remedy is being sought by encouraging other .fields of culture. It may probably be alleged that, like many other products, the supply of cotton will depend upon the demand; but it would appear that some extraordinary efforts are needed before this will arise, and in. the meantime there may be such a scarcity as would seriously imperil the commercial interests of the country - . The magnitude of the trade is now such that a cotton famine would be scarcely less serious than a famine in corn ; and although the instinct of self-preser vation may have had a powerful influence in the organisa tion of the association, in connection with which meetings were held in Preston on Friday evening, at Wigan on Thursday, and at Blackburn on Wednesday last, the object the society has in view is scarcely of greater moment to spinners of cotton than it is to the rest cf the community. We were pleased to see so large an assem blage that evening to greet the deputation from the Cotton Supply Association, and to notice the interest with which the statements made to the meeting were listened to. Fortified with the approbation of the public generally, the society may be of vast benefit tc the cause it has taken in band.—Preston Chronicle of Saturday. THE EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN WAR. PROPOSED LOAN. We have given, in another part of our publication, a detailed account of the financial condition of the East India Company's home accounts, from the latest official returns at our command, which are of importance to understand, in order to arrive at correct views upon the consequences that may ensue from the present disturbed condition of British India. As stated by the Chancellor Exchequer, but upon the Indian Government ; yet it is impossible that such an additional burden can be fixed upon the Indian Treasury without producing very serious results upon the Home Government ; and the collective sums now held in the Treasury belonging to the three presidencies will not go far towards meeting the demands of an expensive war. But the Indian Government has other demands upon it for these monies which cannot be overlooked; the sums held on account of railway com panies alone are very large. Only £3,000,000 out of the last loan of £5,000,000 have been subscribed for, and it is doubtful, even at a higher rate of interest, whether India could obtain the sums immediately necessary to prosecute the war without the assistance of the Home Government. Lord Ellenborough proposed, on Thursday, that a guaranteed loan for £5,000,000 should at once be promoted by parliament; and looking at the state of affairs in India, this appears to be a very desirable course to pursue.— Bankers' Circular. DUBLIN ADMIRALTY COURT.-FRIDAY. BOTTOMRY. — The Bon Accord, of Liverpool, Nicoils master.—Messrs. Anderson and Lee, on the part of their clients, James Scott and Co_, of Queenstown, merchants, moved in this cause against the barque Bon Accord and her cargo, on foot of a bottomry bond, which had been executed by her then and present master, Robert Nicholls, at Malta, on the 2nd of April, 1857, for the sum of £1,794 16s Id, with a premium thereon, at the rate of 15 per cent., payable eight days after arrival at her port of discharge. This sum of money, for the repayment of which the master had so pledged the barque, her freight and cargo, had been advanced by James Bell and co., at Malta, who subsequently endorsed the bond t o the order of Messrs. John Rankin and Co., of London, by whom it was now duly endorsed over to the promovents. The barque arrived in Queenstown on the 27th of June, and is in her discharging berth there, and the demand for pay ment on foot of the bond had been made without any effect upon the Captain, and also upon Messrs. John Gould and C 3., of Cork, merchants, the receivers of the cargo. Anderson and Lee moved for and obtained the first default against the vessel. Mr. Hamerton appeared for the owners of the cargo, and moved that they might be at liberty, pursuant to notice, to give special bail in an amount to be measured by the court, before John Harris, Esq., a commissioner of this court at Queenstown. The court having ascertained that the value of the vessel was small, and that other demands had intervened against her, and also that the sum due on foot of the bond exceeded £2,000, measured the bail to that amount, and made its order accordingly. An excursionist from Louth, Lincolnshire, being com pelted to travel by second class when he bad paid for first class, sued the Great Northern Company for the whole amount of his fare; but the judge simply awarded the difference between first and second class fare. REPRESENTATION OF MAYO. C ASTLEB AR, JULY 15. — Great excitement was created on the arrival of the news of the defeat of Mr. Moore before the committee of the House of Commons. Lord John Browne immediately commenced an active canvass, in which he was most successful. Col. Ili7gins is hourly expected. There will be a bitter contest. gEWAGE AND SEWERAG E.—Sewerage s. The aggregate of sewers, if used as descriptive of the sewers of a city, town, or district. " The sewerage has been completed," that is, a system of sewers has been completed, a number of sewers has been completed, which form a system. " The sewerage and drainage of Alnwick have been completPd." Sewage, s. The refuse flowing through drains and sewers. Sewage must not be confounded with sewerage They are not synonymous, nor ever can be. A tank may contain sewage but not sewerage. This mistake is frequently made. —?he Builder. Muenee Coarsezies.—The following table of fees is proposed in the bill now before parliament :—For registra tion when proposed number of members does not exceed 100, £5; every additional 50, Se. ; for registration of a company, the number of whose members is unlimited, a fee of £5O ; for registering any document, ss. ; for making a record of any fact, 55.; documents, per folio, 6d. Members of mutual companies should look well into the provisons of this act, which will bring all companies under the con'rol of the Board of Trade, and in its present form will necessitate the winding-up of many mutual investment societies from the trouble and expenses they would be put te, in carrying out the requirements of the bill. THE "NEW POLICE."—Tee following letter, found on the parson of,a professional thief, who robbed one of the members of the equestrian company at Lutterworth, will show the wholesome terrors inspired by a good police force. A new police force has lately been established in the county of Derby :—" Bakewell, June 15, 1857.—Dear wife, —You will be surprised at not receiving any money from me, but I assure you there is not a chance of doing anything, on account of the new police which is put on in this county, but I expect to be in Sheffield to morrow, and, if all be well, I will send to you from Shef field. lam very well, hoping Tom and you are the same from your most loving and affectionate husband, W.M."— Leicester Mercury. A Sn P'S CREW POISONED BY MUSSELS,—A few days ago. whilst the schooner Olivia was lying in Victoria Dock, Hartlepoo l , the craw were suddenly seized with an illness which at once assumed an apparently dangerous character, the symptoms being somewhat similar to ,those produced by the action of an irritant poison. Medical assistance was procured, and the usual remedies for poison administered, which happily proved successful ; the crew being enabled to proceed with their vessel in the course of three or four days. One man was an exception to this. His symptoms were from the first of a more violent character than those of the others, and he was seized with paralyses of the upper and lower extremities. It appears that the sudden illness came on shortly after the crew had eaten heartily of some common mussels, which they had fished up from the lower part of the dock wall, where they are in great abundance. Large vessels, almost invarialey copper-sheathed, lie alongside this part of the wall, end it is surmised that the proximity of the copper to these sh.tll.- fish, and its action upon them, renders them unfit for human food. Tun CONVICT YEMMISON.—This wretched woman, who MRS. KELLY'S MURDER. THE QUEEN v. GEORGE STREVENS.—In this case, at the close of the criminal business of the County of West meath, Mr. Hayes made the following application to Chief Justice Monahan:—" My Lord, I appear here for Mr. George Strevens, on whose behalf I made an application to your Lordship at the last assizes for his unconditional discharge, pursuant to the provisions of the habeas corpus act, but your Lordship was pleased to refuse my applica tion, on the grounds put forward by the crown in an affidavit which was then used to resist it, containing statements to the eVect that the crown officials were possessed of, or expected to get, evidence tending to im plicate Mr. Strevens in the murder of his aunt, the late Mrs. Kelly. Now, my Lord. Mr. Strevens attends here to-day again, in pursuance of terms of his recognisance, , the Crown having intimated that his attendance would be required. I need not dilate to your lordship on the great inconvenience and the unpleasant nature of the position in which my client is placed, brought here from assizes to assizes at considerable expense and nothing done. Surely, my Lord, there must be an end of this some day, and your Lordship will not permit longer my client to be subjected to the monstrous injustice of being thus brought before the public every assizes, without the case advancing a single step. Perhaps the learned coun sel for the Crown will state what they intend to do ? Chief Justice—Yes. On the last occasion matters were in a different position. I was informed evidence would be forthcoming aeainst this gentleman, but there must be an end to this. (To Sergeant Berwick)—What have you to say, sergeant? Sergeant Berwick—My Lord, we have eot no notice of this application; and besides, my Lord, submit, your Lordship' has no jurisdiction to discharge the recognisance. Chief Justice—Let notice be served for to-morrow morning; but no, I will dispose of it now. The terms of the recognisance itself are to attend from assizes to assizes, and you had notice from its terms that Mr. Strevens would be here to-day. In fact, if he had not attended, you might have estreated his recognisance. I therefore order that the recognisance be discharged,. and the Clerk of the Crown will take down an order to that effect, w hich was done accordingly. ELOPEMENT. THE LADY TWICE MARRIED. —On Friday last, a yourrg man between 18 and 19 years of age arrived at Pough keepsie,. accompanied by a young lady of 21 years. They were privately marrie lin that city. On Tuesday - even young man, LO ue _ . . . then hid himself behind the, door. The ruse succeeded to a charm : for after waiting so:ne time the parties steppod into the office, and the young man inquired for a letter, giving his name. Whilst in the act of receiving it, the policeman stepped from his hiding-place and arrested them both. They were brought to this city for examina tion. The parties to this elopement are from the Ei4hteenth ward, and are said to be of high stairling. The lady was married about seven months since to a young man of this city, when business demanded his presence in Cuba till within the last few days, when he arrived in this city, and heard that his wife had eloped, and inime. diately started in pursuit.—New York Herald, June 25. ABORTIVE ATTEMPT AT ELOPEMENT.—A. young man who resides in the neighbourhood of Tullamore, had lately occasion to visit Athlone, to execute some work which he had contracted for and whilst there he contrived to scrape an acquaintance with a young lady, the daughter of an officer of her Majesty's customs stationed in Lon don, who happened to be on a visit with a relative at Athlone. The acquaintance, though short, soon became so fervid as to result a few days since in the elopement of the pair to the house of his relatives near Tullamore, where they were sojourning till arrangements should have been completed for the nuptials. Whilst thus engaged, their happy anticipations were frustrated by the arrival of the young lady's mother who, with angry determination, possessed herself of her daughter, and carried her off to Londonderry in the far north, where she ha&been staying when the intelligence of her daughter's escapade reached her. The young lady is handsome, and twenty.one. An elderly vetran captain had paid his addresses to her pa rents for her hand and had obtained consent, which she ineffectually endeavoured to otherwise dispose of, to a more agreeable and youthful substitute.—King's County Chronic'e. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. The half yearly report of this company, to be presented to the meeting of the shareholders on Wednesday, 22nd inst., shows a total revenue of £291,081, —earned in con nection with the railway and canals; a total expenditure of £141,734; and a balance of net profit of .6'149,346, which, with the balance of £4,500 brought forward from the previous half-year, gave a total sum of £153,847 avail able for interest and dividend. The debenture and other interest charges against the half-year amount to £63,510 ; the canal annuities to £13,734 ; the dividend on debenture stock to £250 ; the dividend on the £6 preference shares to £23 685 ; the dividend on the 31 per cent stock to £5,958; and the dividend on the 6 per cent preference stock (late £lO preference shares) to £26,160; making a total charge against the above net balance of £153,847 of £133 299; and leaving £90,547 available for dividend on the ordinary stock of the company. The directors re commend the proprietors to pay, after providing for the whole of the preference dividends and charges, a dividend of 10s per £lOO on the ordinary stock of the company, or at the rate of I per cent per annum ; and to carry forward a balance of £1,046 Os 10d. The traffic receipts have improved during the half year. £4,615 have been re ceived more than in the corresponding halt of last year for passenger traffic. The increase in the goods traffic has been £16,513; the increase in mineral traffic, £3,983. There has been a decrease of £498 in parcels, &c. traffic, and of £9B in the live-stock traffic, The local receipts of the company have been £58,632 for the con veyance of 1,193,040 passengers of all classes, as against £55,928 and 1,116,978 passengers for the corresponding half year of 1856. The receipts for foreign passenger traffic have been £14,610, as against £12,699 in the cor responding half year of 1856, showing a total increase on this traffic of £4,615. The expenditure on the repairs and renewals of the working stock of the company, during the half year, has exhibited an increase of £6,909 over the corresponding period of 1856. During the half year the contractor for the permanent way has, under his contract, finished 30 miles 60 chains of permanent way, and relaid 21 miles ; while 6i miles have been strengthened by having an additional sleeper placed under each length of rail, and the engineer reports the line in a generally improved state of efficiency. The capital account exhibits an increase of £63,308, of which £60,539 is for land, and works sanctioned at the date of the last half yearly meeting, and £2,768 for new works ordered during the half year. The extension across the town of Barnsley will be ready for passenger traffic on the Ist of August. It has already been used to some extent, for coal and goods traffic. Under arrangements with the Stockport and Disley, and London and North-Western Companies, this company's bills for extension to Buxton have been withdrawn for this sessiou. The bill for an extension from Guide Bridge to Oldham has passed through the House of Commons, and the Directors believe it will be unopposed in the Lords. An arrangement has been made with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, under which that company takes an equal interest with this company in the working agreement already approved by the proprietors. The report then referred to the traffic agreement with the Great Northern, and concludes by stating that the net profit for the year ending 30th June, 1853, was £175,084 ; or the year ending 30th June,,1857, £300,645 ; showing an .ncrease of £125,561. Colonel Buchanan, of Drumpeller and Mount Vernon has, we learn, just purchased the estates of Carradale and Auchenbre:k, iu Kin`yre, extending to about 13,0 00 a cres, at the,; price of £49:7oo.—North British Daily Mail. The Banbury Guardian states that the disease which has now for some years proved so destructive to the potato crop has most undoubtedly again made its appearance in this neighbourbood. The tops of some crops show the fatul plague spot, and others have become perfectly black and shrivelled, many of the tubers exhibiting the too well known taint. A considerable number of conversions from Catholicism to Protestantism, says the New Prussian Gazette, have lately taken pl ce, particularly in Moravia. Generally, the converts belong to the rural population and to the female sex. These conversions are sai 1 to be mostly produced by the difficulties which the clergy throw in the way of mixed marriages. A duel with pistols, attended with fatal consequences, took place a few days ago, between two students of the University of Greifswald, in Prussia. One of them, shot through the heart, immediately expired His adversary gave himself into custody, but was released on bail. The unfortunate victim was buried without any religious service, the clergy having refused to give a benediction to the deceased. A curious case was a few days ago brought before the rIF xhr - The Gazette of that town having CONTINUED RIOTING IN BELFAST. On rei t :v night, a repitition of tho se di sgraceful, and altogether commotions took place in th e same localities to whie. they were confined since the outbreak; and we have ebeereed that on every successive evening, the course pursued by the rioters has been invariably the same. A number of them from the notorious locality of " The round," meet together in an adjacent field—if possible behind a ditch or emiianktrient—having previously supplied themselves cooiously avit munitions, in the shape of brick bats, . "pavers," and some with more genteel, but more deadly weapons—pistols and guns. Another party is then organised, who move out into the open field; or, if they can, take up a sheltered position, like their opponents. A regular, or rather irregular, hedge-fire is now commenced by both parties under cover. Brick-bats, stones, and bullets whiz indis criminately through' the air, but without, so far as we have been able tee learn, much effect on either side; and it continues only for a few moments, for a black body of constabulary and Loral police, under their different leader:, is immediately seen to approach them at "double quick." In an instant, the formerly opposing and appar ently irreconcilable parties co-mingle and take to mutual flight or shelter, which, if they can, they hold until a favourable opportunity presents itself. They renew the attack, but this time it is upon the policemen, whom they pelt right and left; and it is only a mercy that some of them, or some of the magistrates, have not been struck by the random shots which are constantly fired from various quarters. Some very narrow escapes in that respect have been noelced—and one of them was by our excellent and efficient resident magistrate, Mr. Tracy, who has taken a very prominent and praiseworthy part in quelling these disturbances. While directing the movements of the police and military, on Thursday evening, a , ball passed within a few inches of his head. As on previous occasions, the Hussars and Infantry (under Major Hood), together with the police, in , full force—both constabulary ard local (under Sub-Inspector Bindon, need constables Henderson, M`ltityre, and Chief - - constables Lindsay and Green); were at the scene of the riots at an early hour, and under the directions of the justices of the town, nearly all• or whom were present The most stringent m-asures were used to• clear the• streets, and s'iort the rioters that they would no longer to Permitted to pursue their own lawless inclinations with impunity. The police used their sticks and the butt-ends' of their carbines in scattering all little gatherings, and, in one instance, the soldiers used theirbayonets—a proceed ing which, in our opinion, was somewhat reprehensible. A number of prisoners were captured; and, on one lad to . he faker. Seteed raeuelires etreuseeeee,eseeee order to restore peace on such an occasion ; but we cannot believe that private soldiers should be allowed to do it in their own way by stabbing with their bayonets those who may be innocent of all unlawful proceedings, and ignorant that, standing with a few others, merely looking on through curiosity, is a breach of the law. The rioters, from their place of concealment, continued to fire at a venture, and the troops continued to move about wherever any danger threatened, until early-in the morn ing, when all appeared to have resumed its wonted peace ful state, and the military and police returned to barracks, We understand that three of the local police force were severely cut with stones while following at a distance behind the cavalry, in Cullentree road. As soon as the cavalry had passed through the etrect, the constables were Intercepted by a mob who pelted them with large stones, and three of them, as we have men tioned, were seriously injured. They were conveyed to Dr. Aicken's shop, where they were properly dressed. 011 inquiry at the General Hospital, we learn that con tables Bingham and Cairns, who were so severely beaten on the first night's disturbance, are improving satisfac torily.—Belfast News Letter. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ,IVF,D. July 18. Alethela— . Cstherine and Ann ....Ardress ii Isabel Onyx .... •• .. • .. . Glasgow C.au 51. Rae .... ....Wilmingtrn G;pmy...................G1a5g wr kl:lanc?. .... .. Wyre .. ... • ..,.......S ra,gford Johanna Boag . . Begat Williams • • ............W a. erto,ti Betsey .. .. • • Thomas ...... ..........SwanQe , U.mle John .... ...... Port Talbot Dv4 Packet July 19. Manchester . .. .. ... .. Poole Mina SAILED July 19. Petrick . .. Arkin,- Rose and Margaret ......Balling George and Helen .... .... Dublin Oct tvia Janet.~.. Three Brothers Chester 1lonkton Telford .............. .. Dublin Brothers .......... -Barrow Elizabeth .. .... ...... Port Madoc Wakefle:d .... ..., — Barrow ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday, several persons were attended to at the Northern Hospital, for accidents received at the docks ; there was nothing, however, of serious consequence took place. ACCIDENTAL DEATIIS.—George Chaloner, aged 4t, a carter, was accidentally hurt at the Duke's-dock quay, on the 9th instant, from the effects of which he died on Saturday. John Simpson, aged 73, ship-keeper, was knocked down by a car in Chapel-street, on the 15th inst.,. and died from the effects on Saturday. Inquests will be held on the bodies this dap. LIBERALITY OF ens BUENOS ATREIN G OVERNMENT.-- This Government has recently passed a decree into law by which it repeals the imposts of port dues 'and Custom , house rent, and modifies the payment of tJuties on im ports over a period of six months from the date they are. despatched in the Custom-house, instead of their being recoverable in equal moities of three and six months, as previously fixed, leaving the port entirely free in respect to the transmit of merchandise. RATTING IN TIIIt HOUSE OF COMMONS.—At the early sitting on Friday a rat trotted with porfect norchalance across the floor of the House of Comnacns from the Opposition to the Ministerial si.le, apparently unnoticed even by the vigilant eye of the Sergeant-at-'arms. The supersagacity attributed to the race might suggest some reflections. Was this feat intended by way of encourage ment to new members, to show that ratting might be accomplished with ease and impunity ? Or was it merely an assertion of the rights of the nuts genius to look at a. Speaker, as a cat may look at a King ? FIRE. —Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, a fire broke out in the shop of a tobacconist, situate in Mill street, Park. It appears that there was no person in the. house at the time, and at first the aspect of the fire was very alarming. Soon as the alarm was give?, the reels from the Brunswick Deck Station, closely followed by Mr. Hewitt and his brigade, with reels from Temple Court, were on the spot. The firemen and police were energetic in their action, and the fire was got under in an hour or so, with an estimated loss of £3O. It was stated that the place and stock were insured. How the fire originated is not known. Tete ROYAL OAK Bearer. SOCIETY.—The hearing of a case involving the construction and arrangements of this well-known society, was filed to take place in the County Court, on Saturday, when it was hoped that the health of Mr. Pollock might be so far restored as to allow - him to preside. We regret, however to state that Mr. Pollock was not sufficiently recovered to be able to return to town. Mr. Conway presided ; but in consequence of some diffi culties which stood in the way of proceeding with the case, Mr. Almond requested, by agreement, an adjournment to a further day. It was, accordingly fixed that, should no obstacle intervene, the case should come on for hearing on Saturday, the Bth of August next. We understand that Mr. Segar and Mr. Brett are engaged in the case. CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY.—THE /EON DUKE.—The public, no doubt, will be glad to learn that the renowned and favourite vessel, the Iron Duke, will almost immediately resume her station between Kingstown and this port. She has teed a thorough overhauling and repairs, with engine fittins, &c. ; and, on Saturday last, she went out on a short trial trip, and made such way as even to ontstep even tbe fondest hopes of her admirers— thus maintaining her former supremacy. Few boats ever obtained such popular:Ay as the Iron Duke, and it will now add to her renewed faeue to state that her able and gentle manly commandei', Csaptain Triphook, who has won the esteem of the travell.ing public, still retains the command of this splendid ship; and that Mr. Thomas Gilbertson, her chief stewant, who is as well known and appreciated in his departmeeit as the good vessel herself, holds his accustomed pleele. No doubt the Iron Duke, on resuming her station, w - .. 11 be hailed with delight by the public, for her speed and her ' accommo d a tion, coupled with the neces sary adjuncts jll9 t mentioned, taeleTeno.--There is at present building at Birkenhead a yacht of nearly 30 tons, which will try her speed againee tie; Clyde yachts of the same class, at the R.N.Y.C. Regatta At Dunoon in August. She is the property of George j arrison, Esq., and although her geel was only_ laid trail weeks ago most of her bdtat is oe board, and was convicted on Monday last, before Mr. Baron Channell tribunal at Carlsruhe. _ _go Bow_ at the Yorkshire assizes, for the cruel murder of her child published an article in which it was said that the beer the `aessel is flaatable, while h er „—____ at Moorsholme, will undergo the extreme penalty of the brewed was gradually losing all the fine flavour of the hop, are all well 4orward. It 4 ; expected that she will be A SNAKE REMOVED FROM A WOMAN'S STOMACiI !—The law, on Saturday, the gli of August, should no reprieve or the brewers became alarmed, and brought the editor before ?we all standing, a`att with sails bent, about the first Logansport (hi.) Phaos states that Dr. Meyers, o f that respite arrive in the meantime. We understand that the the court on a charge of libel. The tribunal, however, kin August, w i- c a epar - sTgear, and canvas a she will proceed to Carnaryon, and city, who has acquired some celebrity as the inventor of a convict remains much in the same state of mind as when dismissed the case, saying that as dealers were a!lowel full. thence to Clyde.. She is 50 feet in length on deck. with trap for the removal of tape worms, has recently performed on her trial, evincing occasionally great grief ;at the liberty to praise the merchandise which they dealt i . n , 11,1 fe,et b '..atn, and is heavily sparred. Her lower mast a cure that is worthy of more than ordinary mention. same time she is comparatively indifferent as to the awful journalists ought to enjoy equal liberty in eriticising at -s is 42 ':eet above deck (36 feet from d , ck to hounds), her Mrs. Ryan, of Fort Wayne, about 2 0 years of age, has fate which awaits her,her demeanour not being charac'erised quality. Loam 47 feet. and her bowsprit outward 28 feet. She has been severely afflicted for four years with a sensation in either by that dejection or intensity of anxiety with which ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—TI - u. annual exhil-Jition been d'esigned by Mr. St. Clair J. Byrne, late of Greenock. the stomach, as though there was some reptile moving in it. ono would suppose a woman, especially, plaaed in so of this society commences at Salisbary on Tuesday nem Hearing of Dr. Me)era , new process for the removal of awful a position, wo uld be agonised. J e mmison is, of and the South Western directors have made liberal arrway- ►v: hate - no doubt, however, that Mr Fyfe's crack 30 ton parasite from the um stomach Mrs. Ryan went and course, now an inmate of the condemned cell, where she ments for the accommodation of the public on t_liaa - . placed herself under his charge. ' Within two weeks Dr. haste, female attendants constantly with her, day and night, constant trains running betwoen London aria , Meyels removed from her stomach a snake about 3,1 feet and is regularly visited by the chaplain of the prison (the throughout the . day at reduced fas • long and 11, - inches in diameter, instead of aggravating it, as Rev. T. Sutton), who does everything in his power to tickets will be sawed, available lava. had been I'ae result of previous treatment she bad received. minister to the spiritualnecemities of the unhappy crim- July. Arra, Xrs , P.yan supposed she swallowed the snake, which was inal, and to maist her in directing her appeals to the Al d - stant e., -agements have aloe 'tiamuoication beta-,a line test. The Gipsy Q teen schooner, 190, Sir H. Houghton, a _- y ' ac e ht, Crusader, will put this new craft's mettle to the I' bur ' Bart R.Y.S, arrived in the river on Friday, and is lying whilst a is t y ~ the '2oh to the return 2 u 5 h has sailed on a cruise. The Jalia, 122 J . Rouldsworth, ' oeen - made for ' giving con- t Eva , in each case the return tickets being I. M. R swan, EN- , etas teached Largs from Isle of Man. rn at the Tail of B ink. The Seabird, 30, J. King, Esq., is about to proceed on a cruise to the North of een Basingatoke amd Salisbury, Ireland. The S. Ursula, 180, H, Tea's" -.a aPr e arently of the water species, while drinking from a might.; ,nchester and , q . arrived S :atisbury, Portsmouth, Gosport, and here on Monday from the M.e,1;.- erranean. ' T 4l l 6 - Oithona, spring. She left the care of Dr. Meyers for home, feeling in ponouncing sentence of . iw s not I spo r i ia that mercy which de M at r h . B t aro a n Chann n ell h i i ntim w at e e ias though she was saved from worse than death. '1 to extend to her.—Yorkskere gazette. 1 available from ate Monday to Friday. —Noatit Pritish Mail, Southampton, am, •