The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-10 00:00:00

elle Montreal Royal Mail screw steam-ship Anglo Saxon, Captain M`Master, entered Mery very u nexpectedly yesterday the in afternoon. i hav , i n se g made th e run f rom Quebec the exceed .flgl y sho r t space of nine days twenty-three hours, a afeat Unequalled by any other screw-steamer . sailing feat that port. The reguarity and rapidity of the I , 3 , a 'ssages of this like of steamers is truly the mercantile commu wonder. cif' conferring a boon upon 4 , 1 , t Y engaged in the trade of Canada ore both sides credit upon the b uilder the Atlantic, and reflecting oeilder of the ships, and the captains, officers, and Cr ew, and all others connected with the Canadian mail service. a the A ng l o-Saxon sailed from Quebec on ill? viz 'rne day as the B a lti c was t o l eave New York,, August 30. She brings passengers. a full ear.::,en, heavy mail, and a small ll3 quantity of specie. Oh the arr i va l o f the Indian, we intimated that several demonstrations, for the purpose of voting a Want of confidence in the ministry had taken f h r is ce• We now learn that at Bowm , anvi . lle, ;' ° nl 300 to 400 electors had met, at, which 4 t was resolved that a memorial be got up ,and presented to the Governor-general, calling on him to dissolve the presert House of Aesem big, and issue writs for a Chairman.3Zeeting, called upon any desired it to take up the defence of the the for f ee_e orlorn . went, b ut no one volunteered , ho p P e • Anoth er meeting had been held ^‘ T electors Chair:_ in Otortabee, with the Resolved —That this meeting regret and Iris noticed with alarm the proceed' , this country for some timepas li t especially during the session ings of t h e , egislativeand Executive .. of n of Parliament now closed, and believing the policy adopted Ciosaplpionsimitiiocria.ltetotbtehweisbheesst n i f n t t h e e re p st g s ep o l f e, the country, in direct raorality and with danger destru t c o tive its of fpuotluitrie 'welfare ' fraught E,l32,',,i'erle it _ Resolved_ a petition be presented to h is th e the Go vernor-General, praying him to dissolve uiftpresent Parliament and issue writs for a new election. .cenrding to the Montreal herald of the 30th e the organs of the Government console them. a selves with the belief that the agitation f els Solution 12...rogrese of Parliament is making but l o i l t ' t l le True, the work goes slowly—but surely e „ , 11 ; and every Plato where the attempt has e cTiaue, to.eende sse tution inn the Ministry and petition for a Te r , , has nobly responded . to the call. Hamilton, p . nte, North Oxford, Goderich, 8 eierbo:ro', Quebec, e all and Woodstock, have an in unmistakable language. Galt was moving, a gath4 South Riding of 11 1. • tug of the masses at Guelph, I nsta llington was to have on the 2nd destined'lL If the ball rolls slowly, it is, nevertheless, .. to be rolled home ere long. It is a poor e',..4_st' indeed, for the organs to pride themselves er n the agitation moving slowly. Unfortunately eorntheir 'nesters, they will find that sure work is 44_ Wherever the people are called upon to Lion t un , ce the ad ministration. Whether a dissolu that jakes Place or not, one thing is certain, and eh ent s , that Ministers, if they dare to face Parlia- With-,tititgain, will be sent to the right about face that th ey reltch ceremony. It is scarcely possible Sesei e „ , can have the temerity to call another_ • -' In the face of the strongly Pinio n „re Bof the people. expressed re. t , " B °b serve that the Canadian ministry had tem sen lbled to devise plans of action during the of 113ession of the Provincial Parliaments. One fil e t 8 .`Montreal papers thus write respecting W hat w hat then, 4 tPressions of popular sentiment havegreeted still rio t% anng their recess from business, and what erieeun,°verwheltnine demonstrations will they n n ot , meat' when they meet together, and the array_ 1 reay de s fo r their dis ' imCssal is €.l - iibited J Mr. Cayley b .eribe the el t entertainment he met with in is o wn c e en en en yes th2_, ;. Mr. Lemieux and Mr. Cauchon . the e t h a r .e.h, cieveYrsr eived from their constituencies at the ; while Mr. Cartier and Mr. Tache may em' 4 ':-e the m ike , 011 b `` progresses " of the Governer-General, ...otv ISlontreal, Three Rivers, and . Quebec r., diegnsi-4:rked by the coolness of their greeting, the All thesei whieh his responsible advisers are held. eubjeet,, will form anything rather than es agreeable especially When th e ' or reminiscence at the council board, Loßeih,: epee made by each individual are raked what e r ,2 and the co ntradictions of each other pointed out. Tache tame lPlanatons Messrs. Cayley, Caucc l i D how the first blaila, be curious to know ; an 4ureii ~wouldto reconcile his statements to the electors of a Pe ( .l,,°n the seat of government quesLion, Cauchon 4t , -. 4 " 8 ef kr. Tache at St. Thomas, and Mr. with the aupp4esebee. These differences, however, Wer e ?: would trouble the collective council much wet The not for the consequences they involve. tlon,elastradietory speech_es are on record; each has Asrti eB . Work of pacification for the time 114 false w hom it was addressed ; but the hypocrisyof ,,i beee, e uood of one or other, or of all of them,. is so elani fe ' s ? be detected. The fact is, the antagonism I ~s 2/ ... that t he 48 not to admit of reconciliation, and any policy tradieti Government may adopt will involve aflat : 11 1 : . bers. I , ref the announcement of a portion of its er so ro _ e dilemma can only be escaped by the retirement ni rt fe w ~"_ of th! Ministers. Who those may be, probably be sserte'p'. will determine. At all events, it may be lit th e 7 with full confidence, that a considerable change WipeaPosition of the Cabinet is inevitable. terviceee the view of extending the Canadian mail Ates e ,, t° this country, a correspondence had th e " between the Montreal Board of Trade and ,I, eXecutive "ade • The memorial of the Board of I,k sets forth e0 „.. - ___'e . natl. vautages arising from the establishment of direct fl,,,k:,7u,.leation by steam between this country and Eng. ro" al,:.'acly.rapparent in the marked increase of exports eha nl e h t e ll i e St. Lewrence, in the partial restoration to our own eon. 8 of the import trade, which, of late years,. has kurT American routeri, and in the earlier receipt forkte.an intelligence, wouM be greatly augmented by the bay, ' 3 "" r il of a weekly line. That while your memorialists sai'isfageteeat Pleasure in bearing testimony . to the highly een pertertne:"? manner in which the service the y are b 3. the steamers of the contempt t _nevertheless of the opinion, that presen a t . li a n n e y , t hat and aandeclienlargement of the service, in order vessels of i g n reater a Co --', lay Bement speed should be stipulated f9r, IN, b e 8 s"noed successful Competition with rival routes t at Por :cured. That, as it has formed part of the e 'as th o le " ever since the navigation of the ocean by steam 4% dir I va to be practicable, to provide facilities of rapid an _ her p ~eet eoMmunication between the mother count=yd t hat t°h-seeaions abroad it appears but reasonable to assumeth at tstlrpoB: bl.,LerialGov.en?ment would, if applied to for t ' def ra .' it Frovincial Government, cheerfully . consent No"' 7 B°lne share of the cost of . tlea sgs nlcar but, if ,a B Bll • I° n by steam with this country; maintaining direct he 0o should prove to be unfounded, your me i": Inere-lvbse!iieve that the resources of the Province cannot 4 ',s e l l ''l or advantageously Will a nie„ employed than in grant ye tee nrn ~ nre of aid from the Provincial treesury as 4, ° ells,, ' lue great object now respectfully urged on your 'eat ee—ers attention. Your memorialists, ther e e i f t o s r t e e , p p s ia a y s Iv ill e' ti 'l " t xcellency will be pleased to take su kl line of f e te are4, l , te the early establishment of a wee istitai-07 u ' l ween the ports of the St. Lawrence a y nd Great e T ° tie; :Plied , '43. re p r esentation the Government . has -ttnoah atHiatilN that the matter would receive its The 2,, eution. fi Piracv f°'.°nto Globe contains an account of a con ea ""° e4 cae f • The facts of the se are_ th e ,e rota). prison. A b ut , n se -.... few wont fl ed lehn Wilson Fleming was committed a recharge since to t e ---n • the ensaing assizes on of h orp , ai , e his trial at gnaintan Cif),'"e.ralia. murde r s wel ed e an ee . ~ohne. Whialstwiintngeasosl ellte theeasec and who C 1 s y d d e e iained in custody to proTshee ,inll2thfeor`m' nature party aecUsed ofW committing the font deed. . s tated te ,Lloir friendshi ay be guessed at when it i t s atlei "f 4 Wa5OllS fathir intended at the police cour ' I :If 2c) 7 sent ed to become responsible in the sum . 'NO knn.°! elYde's appearance at the assizes. The magisd -4,solveWlng him to be a farmer in the county of Peel, an . .. , Yde ; person, u n w h a e s sita s t e in 1 ulatei -ccordin accepted him as bail. I vith 3' afterwards set Y at liberty ; and imme as t wo uld appear, he was furnished j eLalil I t rie , bY the'eld Wilson, to purchase saws and other Wl l enri-'4'..-8 kn°l7ll to burglars to aid the escape of young Ra01(1—,• In the evening, he was notice lurking about the the h e "Ile of the t urnkeys, thinking its trange that, like appri:nted hare, he should return to his old quarters," laild that the governor Mr. George L. Allen, of the fact, ditei"at gentleman, 'with his well-known sagacity, imrue- Sterol Placed a an, on Clyde's actions, and caught him \ Vile tleing", through a window, the implements mentioned. le e in Clyde was detected, he at once revealed the design. kii!taPlicated the elder Wilson, who, with the aid of the ce IN t , Was„ captured the same evening. Clyde alleges he Wile° 'lave a grant of one hundred acres of land, from el, if the accused horae-stealer made good his escape. reachith " Miscellaneous news by this arrival is not htant. The Governor-General Head, had pqn4 Montreal, and Mr. Cauchon had received itt's'Lle dinner from the citizens of Quebec. el k , "ae,, Anelo-Saxon brings New York advises of at at. Reliable intelligence from Leavenworth ta ck .? t hat a company of 18 Missourians had at ,,,a (-4 Tuc ker Mission 20 miles from Kansas city, nonloaauded the inhabitants to deliver up their at the beginning and c Ministerialist who Reeve in the population, entertaining conscientious scruples nterest like the French Canadians, No one, however, to seven per cent., instead of six, as the if he were convinced that by placing Canada on l) New York we would be in a much better position to compete with her for the use of the capital of the old world. It is not the interest she pays of which Canada has to complain but the deficiency of capital to carry on her industrial opera tions to advantage, and until she accumulates capital she can only obtain it by paying for it. Many a man is paying one way and another, from 10 to 16 per cent, for the money he needs in his business, who can readily obtain it at 7 per cent. were the law to permit banks to charge that rate—so great would be the decrease in banking capital. Notwithstanding a scarcity of Flour, and consequent bare market and active demand, the tendency is downward ; and as farmers are selling their wheat at present prices, say 6s 3d to 6s 6d in Toronto and other markets, abundant supplies of flour may be expected soon, which will, doubtless, bring the market to the exporting prices. Meanwhile, however, all that can be ground of the new crop in the Western States is taken immediately at 6 dols and upwards, relatively a higher price than similar flour in Montreal, and the price in England has advanced, by last advices, about is per barrel from the lowest point. There is also considerable anxiety throughout Lower Canada, on account of the extraordinary continuance of wet, cold weather, which we have had. For upwards of a fortnight, it has rained almost daily, and much injury must have been done to peas, potatoes, and other crops. From various parts of the Western country, on the contrary, great injury to the crops has resulted, we learn, from severe and continuous drought parching up the pastures, and rendering the grain crops very light. We are also sorry to hear of symptoms of potatoe rot in some quarters round Montreal. t be easily attained, In Grain there is nothing to report, except a rise in barley, which may be quoted at 4s 6d to ss. As barley is extensively grown in Lower Canada, and has been a good crop, and secured before the bad weather, this high price, which is caused by a demand from the States, will prove advantageous. Advice, from Chicago quote corn as also advancing. The supply of Ashes in New York has been very deficient this year, and the price has, in consequence, advanced both there and in Britain, thus causing the very high price here, which it appears likely will be maintained until it stimulate production to meet the demand. Provisions are slightly lower, mess pork being quoted at 22 doh, with very little doing. Butter is exceedingly scarce, and a party who was obliged to ship a small lot to order, by a schooner which was just sailing, had to pay 109 d for a good quality in kegs QUEBEC, August 30.—AsHEs : Pots have advanced 3d to 6d ; pearls, 6d to 9d per cwt. FLOUR : Prices unchanged ; but a considerable decline is daily looked for. GRAIN : Nothing to note. SHIP'S BREAD : Unchanged. FISH AND OILS: Arrivals of the week small, and prices unchanged. 4s ld for cod oil; 17s 6d to 18s for dry fish, and 18 dols per barrel for salmon. Net cash have been freely given from the wharf. SALT : The ships Joseph Howe and Agamemmon are reported in with bag and bulk salt, but cargoes have not yet been offered in market. COALS : Considerablo quantities arriving, but no alteration in prices. Consumers, however, are holding off for A cargo of Ardrossan steam has been sold, to arrive, at 7 dots. a decline 250 tons No. 1 Muirhead, at £6 10s, and 200 tons Glengarnoc £6 12s 6d, were offered here and in Montreal early in the week, and sold in latter place. Rates given have not transpired lien TIIIB e. F ssrs, Forsyth, Bell, and Co., in their circular of to-day, supplies the following remarks on the position of the timber trade :—" During the early part of the last fortnight there was great dullness in the market generally, but within the last few days a great deal of white pine has changed hands at prices generally varying from 71d to Bd, although in one instance 6d was taken for fair new timber, but this we consider an excep tional case. There is more enquiry for rafts of last year, and holders are more sanguine of obtaining their prices than they were some weeks ago. For large average 9d in the raft has been given." RED PINE still little asked for. Several lots of old iavo been sold at 7d for 34 and 7ad to 7id for 36 s only asked for in small parcels, and elm is dull of cept for 40 feet in shipping order. .. - TAMARAC is in fair request for square, several lots of 85 faet having been sold at lld but for flat the demand is very limited. STANDARD STAVES move off steadily at £55, if culls are taken with them. Puncheon, from the small quantity arriving at market, are held at £l6 to £l7, but buyers seem disposed to substitute culls or lathwood to giving these rates. DEALS are in better request for firet rate specifications, either bright or floated, but for ill assorted or old lots it is difficult to obtain £lO for lsts and proportionate prices FREIGHTS are steadily advancing; 34s 3d having been given for Liverpool, and 42s for London, and the expectation seems general that they will still rise in value. NEW YORK, August 29.—Money in good request, plenty, and firm at 7 per cent on call, and 8 to 9 for short fir,t class paper. Exchange on London is quiet, at 1091 to 1091. Stocks are lower and dull. Flourt : Market without change. Sales 4,500 huh; at 6 dols to 6 dols 25c for common to choice superior State, 6 dols 30c to 6 dols 60c for extra, 6 dols 25c to 6 dole 60c for common to superior 'Western, 6 dols 75c to 7 dols 25c for extra do. Canadian unchanged, WHEAT . advaneed 2c to 3c per bushel, Sales 45,000 bushels at 1 dol 60c to 1 dol 65ic for white Southern, and Western, 1 dol 50c to I dol 55c for red do., 1 dol 28c for Mil waukie Club. CORN better. Sales 30,000 bushels mixed Western at 580 to 62c. PORK better. Sales at 19 dole 50c to 19 dole 75c for mess ; 18 dole for prime. LARD steady at 13te to 13ie. ASHES steady, with moderate business SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE ARRIVED.—Oregon, John More. Agamemnon, Advance, America, Jane, Scotla4d, and Black Douglas—all from Liver poll at Quebec. CLEARED.—Sliephardess, Sir William Eyro, David, Ed ward, Goorgena, Ragaugopaul, and Britannia—all from Quebec for Liverpool. ENTERED FOR LOADING.—O'Regan, Wexford, and Mattilda. —at Quebec for Iriverpool. PIRATES IN TORRES STRAITS.—The following extract has been handed us from a letter written by Captain Henry Hutchinson, of Sunderland, of the barque Secret. The letter is dated Batavia, July 10, 1856, at which place the ship bad arrived from Geelong :—" In coming through Torres Straits the natives attampted to board ; there were about 30 of them in two canoes. They advanced with the most frightful yells and howling, and perceiving two mole canoes coming off, I was obliged to fire my bow swivel into the nearest one, which was only about 40 feet distant. What life was lost I cannot say, as I jumped to my side swivel to give the second one a dose, but he sheered off. I immediately up anchor, with about 76 natives in pursuit. The ship going about six knots, and the breeze increasing, we fortunately got clear of them."—Stolderland Herald. BRAZILIAN COLONISATION AND COMMERCE. —The emigration and commercial movement in the direc tion of the east cost of South America seems to be extending throughout the European continent even more rapidly than in England. In addition to the new line of steamers from Southampton, in competition with the royal mail, thus giving a bi-monthly communication from that port alone, and the intended resumption of the Liverpool Brazilian line, now that the vessels of the company are released from the transport service, we hear of lines from Havre, Marseilles, Genoa, and elsewhere : while the Belgian emigration promises to provide ample employment for the Antwerp line. The Annales 4u Com merce Exterieur has the following on the commercial relations existing between Hamburg and the Brazils:— " The number of lines of transatlantic navigation from Hamburg, which had already amounted to fourteen, has just been increased by a service of packets between that port and Rio Grand e d o Sul. A vessel leave every month. The shipown ers , who have joiall in this under taking, have already entered into contracts with several extensive Brazilian prop r i etors, and particularlyulariy with Dr. Blurninau, the founder of a colony bearing his name, in the province of State Catherine, whom they have engaged to furnish with 10,000 German emigrants in the space of five years." Susrrerous CHARACTERS. - James Wilson, Mary Brittan, and Mary Walker, were brought up by detec tives Povey and M'Culloch, charged as follows :—The prisoners were very well dressed. From the evidence, it appeared that, at eight o'cl oc k on M onday evening, the officers saw the female prisoners in Lord-street, catching hold of gentlemen, the man following them as a "bled-getter." They followed them into James's, Castle, Dale, and other streets, in all of which the women attempted to induce gentlemen to accompany them—the man following close behind. They followed them into John-street, and, from the manner in which they acted, the constables arrested them, knowing what their " business " was. Mr. Bluck defended the prisoners, and contended that, in point of law, there was no offence committed ; and in answer to him the officers said they did not see the prisoners do anything except what was stated, but they knew what they were about, and their intention. Still, Mr Bluck argued that the prisoners were illegally arrested, and ought to he discharged. The magistrate cautioned the prisoners, and discharged them. JOHN CITINAMAN AND A - VANN FCRMAN.—An intelli gent Chinese, with the unmistakeable English name of James John Jackson, charged a Yankee, named John Devlin, with stealing his cap, and for assaulting him ; and there was a second charge against the prisoner, for having stolen a coat, hat, rug, and other property. Police officer 508, said he saw the prisoner rushing out of Gibraltar-row, and dart into a shop, and immediately a crowd followed, along with the Chinaman, who had been assaulted, and robbed of his cap, by the prisoner. The witness arrested the prisoner, who drew his knife, and made a desperate blow at him ; and he would have put the knife into his heart, but he drew his staff and knocked him down, and yet he attempted to stab him and another police officer, with a second knife. He was, however, secured. The Chinese was put into the box, when the question arose about how he was to be examined, as it was presumed he could not speak English. Don Francisco Tomaso, the interpreter, said he understood the language. Mr. Clough said he did not think the Signor spoke Chinese. The Signor said the John Chinaman spoke a language which he did understand—he would not enter the box to say he un derstood a language, if he did not. A discussion fol lowed, and all the time poor John Chinaman looked and heard it all, and at length he put an end to it by inform ing the court that he could speak English as well as the best of the interpreters! This he did, and no mistake about it, to the great surprise of all who heard him. He then told his story very clearly, which amounted to this :—He was going down Gibraltar-row, when the Yankee snapped off his cap, knocked him down, and ran away with his cap. A sailor belonging to the ship Nonpareil, where the prisoner was, proved that he lost clothes and other things, and that the prisoner stole the property. In consequence of the complainants going to sea, the case was dealt summarily with, and the prisoner was committed for two months. SERIOUS CEIAROE AGAINST A PAWNBROKER —Thomas Wildon, a sailor, lost a suit of new clothes in a bad house, and soon after the articles were found pledged in the pawnshop of Mr. Lazarus, 28, Paradise-street. A. person from that shop was produced, and stated that he took in the articles from a woman who gave her name as Anne Clark. There were three females in custody, but he said none of them pledged the articles. In reply to Mr. Anderton (the clerk),_ the witness said he merely entered the name of the woman as she told him, after he had made the usual enquiry. Mr. Harvey asked Mr. Clough what sort of house is this kept by Mr. Lazarus, the pawnbroker? Mr. Clough : One of the very worst in town. Within the last fortnight the magistrates on the bench had to speak in terms of very deserved anal decided censure of his conduct. They had to order him to restore clothes that he took in pledge, knowing the property was stolen ; and they cautioned him as to his future conduct, and yet we have him here to-day again for even a more serious offence. He takes in all sorts of stolen property without enquiry as to how it is come by. They know very well the parties who pledge the property are prostitutes, and that they steal the pro perty, and yet they take it in. Mr. Harvey (to the wit ness): Why do you, sir, take in goods in this way ; you must know the property is improperly come by? The young man : Oh, the person was likely to have such property. Mr. Harvey : That's all nonsense. Mr. Clough : We have reason to know that the person who pledged the clothes is now before or in tize court, and that the witness will not tell it. The witness said he did not see her. Mr. Clough asked his Worship_to make an order for the restoration of the property without payment to the pawnbroker: Mr. Harvey said he would grant a summons (for this day) against the pawnbroker for receiving stolen goods, and see what he could say why he should not be sent for trial. The summons was ordered, and the three prisoners were discharged. ROBBERY OF A CASHBOX FROM AN OFFICE. —James and Thomas Burns, father and son, were brought up by detectives Scott and Laycock, charged with being con cerned in a robbery which took place on Saturday last, at the office of Mr. John Smith, insurance agent, Com merce-court, Lord-street, when his cashbox, containing between £4O and £5O, was stolen. The case was rather curious. Mr. Bluck defended the prisoners. The history of the case was as follows :—On Saturday, Mr. Smith was in his private office, which adjoins the outer one. A fine, smart, and intelligent lad, named Nicholson, was in the front office, and having left for a few mo ments, he found, on his return, that the cashbox was gone. It contained the amount stated. Scott and Laycock went in quest of the robbers and the box ; the latter was found (empty, of course) broken open, in a field in Kensington. In consequence of information which these active officers received, they proceeded to the public-house of Mr. Crean, Moss-street, and Mr. Craig, London-road, and they found that, at the latter, the elder prisoner had offered a £lO note in payment for some rum and whiskey. The note was refused, and then it was offered to Mr. Crean, who had the prisoners arrested. The note was produced, and it was found to be one that was in the box when it was stolen. Laycock said, when he arrested the younger prisoner he told him what he was in eustody for, and that his father was already arrested on the same charge. The officer then cautioned him, and the prisoner said, " Wel!, if my father is in custody for notes, I gave them to him to get changed." There was a considerable quantity of new clothes found, and it seemed the prisoners had purchased the articles, and that on Monday night, a " fist full" of sovereigns was seen with the younger prisoner. The officers said, they were very much indebted to Mr. Crean and Mr. Craig, for the assistance given to them. Mr. Bluck said, as perhaps the officers would ask for a remand, he would not, at present, offer any observation on behalf of his clients, until the case could be perfected. The prisoners were remanded. (BEFORE NE. MANSFIELD THE POOR Box.—The Magistrate requested our reporter to acknowledge the receipt of 20s from " G. R. A.," at the same time stating that he had already disposed of that amount—a portion in fitting out a destitute lad for sea, and the remainder in seAding a poor lad to Ireland, where he had been enabled to get a situation at a salary of I3s per quarter. It was a very small amount : but still it was much better than the poor little fellow being about the streets in Liverpool. • MoRB STABBING.—A ruffianly looking fellow was charged with stabbing a sailor, in Glover-street, on the previous night. The complainant, a sailor, named James Bennett, belonging to the ship Marseilles, whose face was much lacerated, and had received some frightful wounds, said, the prisoner, John Sydney, is the mate of the vessel. In a rough sailor like voice he said : Your Honour, this is an old grudge. Last night he came where I was, to a house in Glover-street, and I agreed to settle the affair with him ; then we agreed to fight. Instead of fighting, he stabbed me in the face and shoulder with a knife. Mr. Mansfield : You intended to fight fairly with the fists ? Complainant : Yes ; certainly. The surgeon of the Southern Dispensary, Mr. Garland, described the six wounds inflicted on the head and body of the complainant, when the girl who kept the lodging house said, the complainant went to the house about ten o'clock last night, in a state of intoxication, and then went to bed. About one o'clock in the morning he got down stairs, and the prisoner was sitting on a sofa. The prisoner said, "Jim, what right have you here you ought t o be thinking of your wife and children at St. John's." An altercation took place, when the prisoner was turned out . of the house, hut subsequently got in again, and inflicted the injuries with a knife which he took from his pocket. The prisoner was committed to take his trial. ANOTHER CASE OF STARRING.—Peter Harrison was charged' with stabbing his wife, at a beerhouse in Scotland-road. The prisoner and his wife, with a number of girls, were drinking together, when the latter requested the former to go home, when he immediately struck his wife on the head with a knife, and inflicted several severe wounds. Committed for trial. A THIRD CHARGE or STABBING.—John Mooney was charged with stabbing Mrs. 111.‘Coy in the face with a sharp instrument. Mr. I3luck appeared for the com plainant, and Mr. Bremner for the defendant. From the facts of the case, as elicited in evidence, it appeared Captain Jefferson, of the Hutton Chaytor (screw steamer), from Hartlepool, arrived in the River Thames, reports that on "Saturday morning, September 6, at 1.30, passed the Jane, Croll (screw steamer), which hoisted signals of distress. The Hutton Chaytor imme• diately ran down to her. When within hail the captain of the Janet Croll hailed the Hutton Chaytor, and said that his vessel was fast filling with water, and required immediate assistance. Hailed the Janet Croll, and told the master to hoist his boats out, and come on hoard the Hutton Chaytor, At 2.35 a.m., the captain and all the crew of the Janet Croll got safe on board of the Hutton Chaytor, which lay by the other until daylight, when part of the crew of the Janet Croll proceeded on board of her again, and passed a towline on board of the Hutton Chaytor, and took her in tow in hopes of reaching Yar mouth ; but while towing, she made water so fast, that at 6 a.m. she foundered. The crew got safe out of her before she went down. When she foundered, Dudgeon light-vessel bore S.E. by S., distance 2 miles. The Hut ton Chaytor pnreedcd on her voyage for London with the crew of the Janet Croll, 16 in number. In Yarmouth Roads met the Ross D. Mangles screw steamer, for Hartlepool ; put 14 of the crew of the Janet Croll on board, to take them to Hartlepool, the most of them being residents there ; the other two proceeded to London with'the Hutton Chaytor. The Janet Croll was built at Leven, near Edinburgh, about two years ago, by iliessrs. Balfour and Co., of that town, for Mr. A. A. Croll, late Sheriff of London, and had, until lately, been employed in the transport service in the Black Sea. She was about 400 tons burthen, and was from West Hartlepool, coal laden, for London." FRENCH AND ENGLISH FISHERMEN SHIELDS, Saturday Night.—Lieutenant Groves, who reached the Tyne in the Otter, war steamer, on Thursday evening, held an enquiry in the Town-hall, North Shields, yesterday, into certain allegations made by the Northum berland fishermen, with regard to the French boats fishing within the proscribed limits, injuring the fishing of the British fishermen and putting their lives in danger. An international treaty proscribes the French boats from fishing within three leagues of the coast, but as onr Admiralty has not condescended to give any protection to the English fishing upon the southern coast of North umberland this season, the French boats have just done as they have thought proper; and as they are large luggers, with crews of twenty hands each, and as our men fish in cobles with but three hands each, and but light gear, they have shot their nets within our boats, within a mile or a mile and a half of the shore, and have done a very considerable amount of damage ; in fact, so n u s n was e o i r t tfowr o o n u i r gi le n w t h o e fish rl iis h n e w a r e r t e h e p P e n r e t i n f c u h l , m a e n n d , t p l e la r t il o o the wind off the shore, they were obliged to haul up their nets and return home again lest their boats should be stove and their lives lost by the heavy kegs which the French vessels use as floats to their nets. Lieutenant Groves, after ascertaning all the facts, has reported to the Admiralty. He has put to sea again, with instruc tions, we understand, to attend upon the fishing as far as Yarmouth, and strictly enforce the law. The French government, who get a considerable amount of their conscription for the navy from the fishermen, have two steamers on the coast looking after their men. LATER FROM CANADA, MAORDINARY RUN ANGLO-SAXON OF THE houses and leave the territory. The demand was refused, and the Missourians were not strong enough to execute it. Wm. C. Happs, formerly of Kentucky,.had been shot and scalped five miles from Leavensworth, by some Missourians from Clay County. He was left dead on the road: Companies of Missourians were crossing the river at Leavenworth into the territory. They were also concentrating at Westport and Kansas City No demonstration had been made against Lawrence at the latest dates. Colonel Salizar had been convicted of treason to Walker's Government, and shot. Several natives have also been shot for the same cause at Messy-a. POLICE COURT .-YESTERDAY, .-....ESTERDAY. --- (BEFORE MR. R. E. HARVEY.) ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Catherine Jane Williams, a servant in the employment of Mr. Reed, proprietor of the " Pig and Whistle " public-house, Covent Garden, was brought up by detective officer Kennedy, on a charge with having broken open a desk belonging to her master, and stealing ten sovereigns out of it. Kennedy said he was called in and informed of the robbery by Mr. Reed, when he called all the servants together, and he saw the prisoner put something under the sofa. He said to her, " you are the thief," when she said " I am—l broke open the desk with a screw driver, and took the money." She then handed him the money. He found that the desk had been broken open by a screw driver, which he got in the place. The prisoner admitt e d h av i ng taken the money, but said she was very sorry for it. She was sent for trial. It Is said that certain papers found on the per son of Salizar, led to the dismissal of the British Consul at Leon. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MONTREAL, August 30.—There is nothing new to report in the Money Market, except complaints of tightness from some ports of Western Canada—London for instance. We have good reason for believing that the merchants and traders re siding in London, C. W., have, from two banks alone, counts to the amount of £300,000; and if, after that money be tight it shows that the business done there must be very extensive. The rate of interest is rising both in England and United St a t es , an d money becoming scarcer ; and we greatly he supply of banking capital, adequate to the de . . - sof Canada, will not be forthcoming, unless the rate of iterest here be raised, at all events to 7 per cent., which is Fie legal rate in New York. h would be much better indeed ) abolish the usury laws, as in England; but with a non- THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. that the two parties were related, and lived in Gilbert street, and that for some time past great disputes had existed about money matters, and that the result w,s, that last evening a desperate quarrel ensued, in the course of which the defendant struck the complainant with some sharp instrument on the face, and inflicted a deep incised vsmund. This was proved by witnesses. Mr. Bremner suggested that as it was only a family quarrel, that each should withdraw the summons, and leave the court good friends; but Mr. Mansfield said it was quite clear that a sharp instrument had been used, therefore he should send the case for trial at the sessions. LOSS OF A SCREW STEAMER WHOLESALE PRIVATE DISTILLERIES Some months ago the seizure of a private distillery was made at Edinburgh, on a very large scale under neath a church, and Mr. John Robertson, the proprietor of it, was mulcted in penalties amounting to £5,900, but he absconded from justice, and was supposed to have gone to London. The London officers received informa tion of the seizure and his flight, and a sharp look out was kept for him. On Wednesday last, his whereabouts was traced, and Messrs. Ironstone (supervisor), Leigh, Bullen, and Partiger, of the London detective force, who had been on the alert for Robertson for some weeks, accompanied by Mr. Latten, the supervisor of Somers town, apprehended him under the assumed name of Mr. Ewin, and conveyed him to Coldbathfields Prison, where he will remain until he has satisfied the law. Robertson had taken premises in the Hampstead-road, formerly known as the Albion Brewery, now called the Chalk Farm Brewery. The officers had watched him there, and after he was in custody, they searched the premises, and discovered a still of large dimensions, capable of doing an extensive business, the largest seized in Landon for many years, and which they conveyed to the Inland Revenue warehouse, Tower-hill. Fortunately this affair was checked in the bud, for, had it been carried on for any length of time, the revenue would have been defrauded to a great extent. The capture of this man has broken up some of the most extensive private distil leries in England and Scotland, and does great credit to the London detective officers, who so cleverly appre hended him. LOSS OF THE SHIP INVINCIBLE EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF THE CAPTAIN. On Thursday last the Board of Trade received a despatch, of which the following is a translation, from the Captain- General of the Philippine Islands to her Majesty's Consul at Manilla, respecting the loss of the British ship Invincible, off the Marianas Islands:— Aoßaila, January 23, 1856.—Sir,—I have the honour to address your Excellency, and with regret to announce to you the wreck on the Island of Guam of the British barque Invincible, from Auckland for Manilla, which took place in front of this city on the morning of the 9th instant ; and it being an event surrounded by particular circumstances, which may affect the interest of several subjects of the British nation, I consider it a duty, in honour and con science, to describe it to your Excellency, for the purpose which you may deem advi sa bl e . O n the sth instant, at eight in the morning, the Invin c ibl e was s i ghted from the island, and shortly after she d rew near t h e Bay of Agrana. This bay is edged with reefs, int ersec t e d b y a sma ll passage or bar, through which small vessels only pass, there never having been till now an instance of its passage being attempted by any vessel over fifty tons burthen, for which reason it is not considered to be a harbour, the only harbour on this island being that of Agra, which certainly should be known to all navigators, and appears in the directions for these p or t s. The. entire population of this city was filled with amazement on observing that at about ten o'clock in the morning, with Ane clear weather, the vessel referred to was making direct for the reefs without waiting for a pilot—with what object it was impossible to conjectu re . Th e natural consequence of such a proceeding was that tho ship grounded on the rocks on the east side of the entrance. I immediately ordered the requisite aid to be rendered, in an accident as unaccount able as unexpected. On the pilot arriving at the ship from among the reefs—for it was impossible to go out side even in boats—,be advised those means which he considered to be best for avoiding greater disasters, and the Invincible, with a good fortune worthy of a better termination, fell on to the narrow channel, and passed it without injury, and was secured to three anchors in the small pool which is inside, and where there lay only a schooner of forty tons. I went on board, and did not retire till I had assured myself that from a fortunate casualty the vessel was in water sufficient, and uninjured. On the following day the master, Mr. William Brier, pre sented himself to me on shore, and requested I would afford him the necessrry aid to extricate his vessel from where it was. The opinion of all those experienced in the matter was that the master should have deferred attempting it till the favourable season came on, namely, in the month of March, when he would have the assistance of the land breeses against the sweep of the torrent-like current that is constantly setting through the passage, which does not exceed fifty feet in width between the rocks. All warnings, however, were useless. Captain Brier said he was charged with an urgent affair, which aduaitted of no delay, a n d declared his intention of taking o u t th e ship. On th e morning of the 9,th he succeeded in draggin g an beard the pilot of these ports, Mr. John Anderson ; and, refusing to admit the delay of a day, and with the help of four additional boats lent him by Captain Lison, of the American whaler Philip th e F irst, he i ns i ste d on leaving at all risks, The Invincible was got out, b u t t h e next instant was dashed to pieces against the reefs to the westward of the entrance, those on board experiencing much difficulty in escaping with their lives. EAST LANCASHIPE RAILWAY TO THE EDITOR OT THE NORTHERN TIMES. - Sir ,— Last ev en i ng I l e f t S out h port b y the above railway, at half past Junction, eight o'clock, and the train ar r i ve d at Bnrscough at fifty-five minutes past eight o'clock ; here it was detained fifty-five minutes waiting the arrival of a train from bein g Preston. W e arrived at the station, Tithbarne-strcet, at fifty-eight minutes past ten, in place of forty minutes past ni ne o'clock, one hour and eighteen minutes late, according to the Company's time-table, on a journey of about tw en t y miles. Treatment so infamous deserves to be exposed, so that the public may avoid, as much as possible, travelling by such a grossly mi s - managed Bth Se RAILWAY. ptember, 1856. The iron trade of South Staffordshire continues steady, and, from all appearances, the prices of last quarter day will be maintained. It is not to be denied that some works are slack, and that from these establishments inferior iron has for some time past been purchased at reduced rates, but the principal " marked" houses are well off for orders, many of which will carry them on into a considerable period of the next quarter. What ever may be the condilon of the iron trade, active pre parations are in progress for an increase in the production of first-class iron. It is stated that some part of the mills and forges belonging to Lord Ward, at Round Oak, Brierley-hill, will be at work in the course of a month or six weeks, and the Hants-hill Ironworks have again in part commenced working. Bessemer's invention for the manufacture of iron and steel has been the all engrossing subject of discussion in the iron districts during the present week ; and the general opinion appears to he that, although great credit is due to Mr. Bessemer for the discovery of valuable improvements, difficulties may arise in the practical working of the invention which ought to induce the utmost caution. REV. F. D. MAURICE An interesting controversy has just been going on in the columns of the Inquirer (which is the organ of the 17nitarian denomination), between the well-known chaplain of Lincoln's Inn, and the conductors:of the Inquirer. The Inquirer had charged Mr. Maurice with inconsistency, in denying the doctrines of the Atonement and Eternal Punishment, and still remaining a clergyman of the Church of England. Mr. Maurice has replied, with some warmth, in two letters. He asserts, that he takes the XXXI Article as an accurate statement of the doctrine of the atonement, and that:his views, as regards eternal punishment, are identical with those of Athanasius, :as embodied in the Athanasian creed. This explanation will, of course, remove the doubts which have been so widely spread as to the perfect orthodoxy of Mr. Maurice. THE LITERARY ARTICLES OF THE LONDON " TIMES." Who writes the literary articles of the Times r Who reads the literary articles of the Times The answer once to the first question was, Samuel Phillips ; the answer to the second, everybody. We can still answer the second question, for nobody reads the literary articles now. But the mystery of who writes them is deep, perhaps insoluble. It is wonderful English, these literary articles, solemn, grave, dignified, worthy of the leading journal. It is a style of English few can write now-a-days, "as me❑ now are." Possibly, William Gladstone could command language so sonorous, and words a( sesquipedalian ; but even this we doubt. It is said of him in a wicked couplet— " And that we may the more enjoy it, he Neatly calls a half one mo iety: " But we doubt whether he would say " aeceptableness," " an.z.u lar developement," and speak of a man's skin as his " cuticle." But if it isn't William Gladstone, who is it? Is it Dr. Johnson's ghost ? That the Times office is at this moment haunted by a ghost, which comes and gaes, appears, disappears, re-appears, and frightens the printer's devils out of their seven senses, is known to all who care to know such things- Can this ghost be the ghost of Dr. Johnson l" Can Dr. Johnson's ghost have been seduced into the ignoble task of writing an Lord Cockburn, the Court of Georgo IV., and M. De Tocqueville ? Well, we cannot undertake to say whether our explanation of these wonderful articles is the true one or not. We de unhesi tatingly say, that the worst written literary articles of to-day are the composition of the Times reviewer. Quant u m mutts. tu3 ab illo Hectore —how vast the gulf between that writer so dashing, and so genial—so tenchant in his severity—so graceful in his praise, who at once delighted and instructed us —who touched each chord of elegant literature, and drew from each a fresh charm—what a difference between him and the pompous pedant who now supplies his place ! We have already given a specimen of his bad English, and his bad taste ; in the Times, of Wednesday last, we find a grand pretentious opening—it is worthy of Dr. Johnson's ghost. "It is rarely prudent to hazard a prediction, unless circumstances conspire to render inevitable." What a fine way of saying " never pronherv, . . - unless you are sure to he right"--"unless circumstances conspire to render the event inevitable." A line or two further we read about "a scientific fore-knowledge of normal consequences." A sentence more, and we aro charmed by finding, in as many consecutive lines, the high-sounding words " elucidation," " dissection," " determination," "generalize. tion," and before we reach the foot of the column, we (~ o far as we know) have run through all the words that end in " ation," and a very fine family they are. Hero is a sentence, for example :—" .1 , 1 this examintition of the French empire previous to its dissolution, there is the same full and clear illustration of its co n ditio n , t h e same accurate exhibition of its organism," &c., &a. There is ono pleasing passage about "generalizations," which we must quote entire for our readers' benefit. "His generalizations have this superiority—they not only condense but they clarify the subject matter; they are weighty, substantial, compact, and yet definite and clear as crystal:—through such crystals, which are, so to speak, so many lenses, his subject is exhibited more clearly if obscure, more closely if remote, and more distinctly and with more detail if delicate and elaborate." Who will pioneer us through this wood of words ? Whe will filter for us any meaning from this muddy rhetoric ? We are truly :wry to find the Times encouraging such a bad and obselete style of writing. Its power is great,—its example catching. Should an inflated Latinised English once again spring up among us, we may thank the Times for having forfeited its good sense and judgment to the fear of ofL.nding Hr. Gladstone, or Dr. Johnson's THE EFFECTS OF InTIGRATION ON THE LABOUR MARKET. Any one who has watched carefully the nature of the stream of emigration for some years past must have noticed that the hulk of those who leave for other fields of occupation are chiefly rho indus trious and the skilled mechanic—men who find that their wages, with all their industry, are insufficient to support their families, owing to the increase of tazaton, and the higher price of food. There is also the innate desire which prevails to make a position, to find employment fora growing family, and also a love of chaog that feeling which disposes so many to break away from a plodd ug certainty for some new scene—some brlgli'ly.pictured field of industry in a brighter clime. This class of men who are eagerly sought for by the colonists, and to whom the Emigration Commis sioners offer all facilities of a free passage out of the, bounty funds at their disposal. invariably succeed, because they are, for the most part, steady, industrious, and persevering, and well fitted for enduring the few difficulties incidental to early colonial life. Hut this steady outsetting tide is telling, and will continue to tell yet more, upon the labour market, and the employer and contra:itor will find that wages will gradually rise as hands become scarce. Of the skilled labourers who have left thi kingdom in the last two years for other fields of occupation the following is an abstract, taking them alphabetically : 185 t, 1855. Blacksmiths and farriers Braziers, tinsmiths, and whitesmiths 313 •• • . /!S Brick and tile makers, potters, &c lll •• • • 82 Bricklayers, masons, plasterers, and slaters • • 60 ..... 3 3 Builders , 182 .. • • 8 1 Cabinet makers and upholsterers • .. • Carpenters and joiners ...... ........ .. 5185 •• •• 2311 Calrveri and gliders.... 65 .... e 4 Coachmakers, &c. Coal miners Coopers Engineers ...... .. •• •• • • ...... • • 3 '7 •• • . 285 Millwrights Miners and anpdluqmoabrreryzepnap..e.r.4.mii r ...i;; . . . s . o . .. 4112 .... 167;{ - glaziers Sawyers .. .... ~ Shipwrights Smiths (general) Surveyor. Turners ......... Wheelwrights ....• ...... ... Mechanics not before specified 'net total number of such adults who emigrated in the two year. having been respectively 134,7•9 t.nd 65,363 it follows that the mechanics and skilled workmen connected with the building r o d.. con structive trades w h o leave tile country f o rm the proPorati°an about one- s i xt h of the who'e number. Farmers, sgricuitu rl . a , general labo urers, and those identified with land constitute 0n __4" t me of the bulk o f emigrants_ Th.. - • Last ----.. , ,aLeu, sets c h ie fl y t o A ustralia and t h e u n ircu c ,d,,,a. year th,.re was an unusually small amount of emigration, owing to the war, the drafts fir the army and navy, increased employ inmst at home, a n d t h e check given to i aim i gra tion to the tinted States by the stri ngent Ame lean regulation and the political objections to Catholics and the Irish, and to naturalisat:on, which had before been freely granted. The etnpl :yment of many large steamers now di, engaged from the transport service, and reduced fares, coupled with the prosperous state of Canada and Australia, will lead to an in creaed immigration next spring. LOVE AND SUICIDE. A Parisian suicide is related in the Siecle :—" Amongst the bodies exhibited at the Morgue yesterday, was one of a young woman which presented the peculiarity of being almost as black as that of a negress. The change pro duced in her appearance was so extraordinary that her husband was unable to recognise her until her clothes were produced. She, it appeared, was only twenty years of age, and had been married four years ; - hut life was a burden to her, because she was afflicted with a disease of the skin, for which she had tried all sorts of remedies in vain, and because she fancied that her husband, in spite of all the protestations of affection which he took pleasure in making, did not love her, and would end by looking upon her with disgust, on account of the malady. Three days ago the husband scolded her slightly for not having his dinner ready in time; she seemed much affected, and after warmly caressing a lap dog belonging to her, she approached to kiss him, but be turned from her. This produced a great impression on her, and she left the room. Not returning, the husband sought after, but could not find her, and all his enquiries produced no result. It appears that she must have gone straight to the bridge of Grenelle and thrown herself into the Seine." LIVERPOOL ART UNION, At - the drawing for prizes in this Society, held on Monday last, the following were declared the successful holders : THE IRON TRADE Alexander Sorrell, 19, King Street £5O 0 0 G. Burnsley, I n di a B u ildi ngs . 40 0 0 i Helen Mary T a th am, 31, Clarence Street.. 30 0 0 Henry Rooted,, 120, S a li s b ury St reet 25 0 0 King Ellison, Rodney Street 25 0 0 I Miss Halliday, St. James's Road A. E. Byrne, Hackie's Hey 2O 0 0 :C. Hill, Liscard Mary Preston, Ro c k H ouse `)o 0 0 R. Roberts, Bank Buildings 2O 0 0 W. Kelly, 33, Whitefriars, Chester 2O 0 0 Mrs. G. Hold, Edge Lane l5 0 0 Miss Jenny Stephenson, Elmwood. l5 0 0 J. S. Simpson, Whitechapel l5 0 0 ' J. Guchon, Birkenhead Miss Oxtoby, Castle Street l5 0 0 Mrs. Walker, Birkenhead .T. Ingram, Aigburth P.F. — Coomber, Rodney Street P. Joynson, Dale Street F. Schrceler, Liver Street J. Betterworth, Rochdale.... Miss Fox, Birkenhead Miss Minnie, Falkner Square lO 0 0 I John Greene, St. James s Street lO 0 0 Mrs. Storrs, Walton Donald Currie, Everton J. Miller, Everton Thomas Burley, Fleet Street F. A. Tamplin, West Derby G. Greene liornby, Prince's Park 5 0 0 I Mrs. Bromley, Falkner Square T. S. Raffles, Canning Street .... _ 50 0 ' 5 0 0 50 0 t 5 0 0 5 0 0 Everton kshton, A. E. Bryne, Hackin' Robert Rankin, Spain Street A. Robertson. Brunswick Street CURIOUS CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, At the Brighton Police 'Court, a gentleman who gave his name as John Newton Cooper, a solicitor, made a complaint against the police constable on duty at the theatre on the previous night, about a quarter before twelve. He stated that he was coming out of the theatre, accompanied by a lady, when a gentleman, whom he, did not know, was standing on the steps annoying ladies as they passed, and as he particularly annoyed the lady he was with, he (Mr. Cooper) remon strated with him on his conduct. The gentleman made no apology, but immediately seized complainant by the throat, shook him, and fixed him against the wall, and it was with the greatest difficulty he released himself. The policeman on duty saw the whole of the transaction, and he desired bins to take the gentleman into custody, but he refused to do so, and merely said, ' 6 Oh, it Lord Ernest Vane." Mr. White, chief constable, thought it impossible that the policeman, who was an excellent officer, could have seen so much of the affair as Mr. Cooper sup posed, became the policeman would not have flinched a moment from doing his duty, particularly 83 be (Mr. W.) had found it necessary, in consequence of several repeated corn. plaints, to give positive instructions to the police to apprehend ord Ernest Vane Tempest, if he was found creating a disturbance, or in any way committing a breach of the peace in the streets, Mr, White added, that be would lay the matter before the watch committee, at their next meeting, in order that the conduct of the policeman might be enquired into. Mr. Cooper expressed hitiiself satisfied, but did not then apply for a summons for the assault, but subsequently a summons was granted and made out in the name of Lnrd Ernest Vane. On the officer, how ever, servine, the summons, it w as di scovere d t h at the police man had made a mistake, and that the gentleman who Qom. Mitted the assault on Mr. Cooper was Captain Burt, Tho summons was accordingly amended, and the case is fixed for hearing on Thursday, ADDRESSES TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE . SCREW STEAMER CANADIAN.! At a meeting of the cabin passengers on board the screw steamer Canadian, Lieutenant Colonel Gordon, of the 17th called to the chair, and Major Griffin was The following resolutions were regiment, v q ocated to act unanimously passed : Resolved,—That this meeting express their unqualified .) seamanship of Captain Ballantine, and his agernent of tho vessel ; also, their thanks for the 'y they have received at his hands. Resolved, ~ e utmot confidence in the Canadian steam. •-• opinion that the voyage of twelve days in the face of head winds of her capability. They been well ConfMence in excellent L and se further forts have o has been delicacy , consistent with cir They would add, that they consider the conduct of the officers of the ship truly meritorious. The chairman and secretary were requested to communicate the foregoing resolutions to Captain Ballantine. Signed by Wit_ Lieutenant -Colonel 1 7th regiment ; Major rest of the passengers. tni Gordo :o the captain as th@ vessel neared the port We, the tLird•c Up, wish to exp. Bove-named steam• Lo captai, ffi and uu uniform kindness and Lun attoution n to o our cers, comfort oil° on board, and at the same time to express our satisfac tion at their care and watchfulness in the navigation of tho and hoping they may always meet with success and short passages.—We bog to remain, your obliged (Signed by the steerage passengers.) SUPERSTITION IN PORTUGAL. The Presse of Paris cites the following documents from a Portuguese journal, as a curious illustration of the slow progress of enlightenment in certain parts of the Peninsula : " TO HIS EMI lf THE ARCHBISHOP CF i heresa, the wifo of Domingo Ferriera, of the -'oar de Clidellas, of the district of Guimarree, all sorts of remedies without the parish of St. 1 is very ill. She has tried benefit, and al —le now prays your eminence to authorise ...,oreise her, for she thinks she is possessed with a She trusts that your eminence will grant her this a priest to ( devil The arehhhhop has replied as follows : " We authorise the reverend etut , of the parish to exorcise he petitioner. Braga, July 26, 1856. 44 p.p.', A CURIOUS PRESENTATION.—On Monday last, by invitation of Mr. Joseph Sturge, and a number of gentle men interested in the Sodety for the Suppression of Climbing Boys, between 60 and 70 of the master sweeps of Birmingham assembled at the public office of that town, and were each presented with one of Glass's patent machines, upon their signing an agreement not to employ boys for the future. The undsrstanding is, that an who break their agreement will be prosecuted. The mayor, Mr. Hodgson, presided on the occasion. HAMPSTEAD AND CITY JUNCTION R AITWAY.—The w oxita on this line, intended to comenu&cate direct between, Hampstead and the centre of the City, are proceeding night and day. The act was granted in 1853, and the greater portion of the land and property required has been . contraoted for and purchased, and another act was obtained in the session just passed 'extending the time for f e o th u e r mo t I f l u o tch e he or no timerpi g l e i t a i ta o ol n al o oc f st e t i h ni e nl w B E rs3 s roi u nt n gh t a i t l th undertaking to QO4l - pletion. yeeoamrpsafnroymhtahveeZe g an o l oi f il a d eiti a t p y pa wi r st e h nt w l LS, 4PPLICkTION OF THE HIGH-PRESSURE STBAM-ENGINE TO MARINE PURPOSE;. —On Thursday a most interesting trial took place at the Railway Foundry, Leeds, in the presence of the govermnent inspector and other scientific persons, cd, a novel application of locomotive high-pressure machinery to marine purposes. The machinery, which . has, b een, arranged and completed from designs of the eng:uer of tha, works, is intended, we understand, for a screw steamer smoothness the machinery worked, a speed of 120 revolutions s ' m re o c r e e nt:ly ini la ir u a n b e i h e e t d ha a n t t li bie ul s l m . 0 . the screw shaft per minute being obtained from the direct of tho engines, without the intervention of m l This quickness of piston motion, Which is 1 1 ',plying gear. low premare, i 8 One Of the main ad„„n,., hot attainable at tion. Another is the prea , ~ . T: Ages of the applies. oo N th o amounting to morn +l.? " '' l ,vii ) .;. of space and weight, Calf. Bat what seemed to ease and quickness with -..scu, which, on Thursday, was Jd under .unfavourable circumstances, and ( Stearn pressure of 1401bs. on the inch, levet} (Ica within 30 seconds. Upon the whole * it i.a. .16 to say, th a t t hi s very admira bl e arrangemen t , to supersede ail other applications of steam power "'q- especially for screw steamers.—L eeds itt 0u0.2, ad mirati whip's the n nowt was th revers repeatedi lot too rut to marine purj lliereurv. given in Gabynani : " M. in i . s a regiment ot the line, had yioaluthat lady LOVE AND ANIBITION.—A story of . an aspiring officer, place he happened to be a j n u d lian an o influential ,iieute w n i a d n e t w occasion to go recently to Libourrke (Gironde), and at the who had arrived a few p ta la h c le ed d' n h e o a t r e days before, and who called. herself Mine. de V. Hi ' naturally got into conversation with her, and she inf?rmu4 him that she was the wife of a captain of the 51st regiment, w h o hod gone to the Crimea, but she said that, as she had heard nothing of him since she feared that he was dead; she added that she belonged to a high family, and she hinted that she possessed sufficient influence amongst eminent military personages to procure the promotion of a deserving young officer. All this made a great impression on the lieutenant, aid he a° of handsomeh is hotel paid assiduous attention to the lady. The result was that un intimate connection was established between them, and that they came to Paris. They took an apartment in an hotel in the Rue de Rivoli, and yesterday, is returning home, the gallant officer found, to his mortifi cation, that the fair lady bad decamped with his trunk, which contained a considerable sum of money, almost all. he possess; in the world, and several valuable articles jewellery."