The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-25 00:00:00

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NODDER, HATTER, - 81, CHURCH-STREET, Begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW_STYLES for the Season are NOW READY tor Inspection, E4e Rorttorn (CUM MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1856 THE DAY'S NEWS The foreign news received since Saturday, though brief, is of considerable importance. The commotion caused by the Riff pirate affair engrosses the entire attention of Court and diplo matic circles. England has been solicited, on all sides, to take a conspicuous part in the chastise ment of the mendacious offenders; but since it is just possible that the unceremonious visit of the Prussian Prince may have been considered as an hostile demonstration subjects of the King of Mo rocco our readers will be glad to find that our Government have suggested the propriety of opening a diplomatic correspondence with the ruling Monarch of the country, before entering on hostilities. This is a perfectly reasonable course, and its adoption may save considerable trouble hereafter, should not full repara tion be made. The conquest of Algeria commenced with bloody " reprisals," and the sequal, in this instance, may be too much akin to what we have already witnesses in the same direction, to suit British taste and com• mercial interests. against the O'Donnell's influence at home and abroad con• tinues to decline. He and his colleagues talk largely, but their fears are as numerous as their words. Temen nueva cuenta. Whether they will `overcome the terrors of " the situation" remains to be --seen. The proposed dissolution of the Constituent Parlitiment has not bean attempted, and should it take place it will doubtless lead to great popular agitation, ind a sanguinary revolution, sooner or t later, as all extreme measures do in Spain. The first decisive act ;of O'Donnell's camarilla is all, in fact, that is required to give unity and new life to the Opposition. "We much regret the position t i n which the SPanish bondholders have been placed by the events which have recently taken place on the Peninsula, and it i s hi gh time that • O'Donnell w as asked what provision he intends to gn eredi tor; ma ke for the payment of for ei of Spain Rus'sian intrigue is beginning to develope itself in the East. The Czar's agents are active in prompting the Principalities to ask for the union of the two Danubian Provinces, and an in dependent existence—conditions which were never once mooted at the Paris Conference, and h are wholly incompatible with the letter and spirit of the Treaty of Peace. This mode of creating fresh difficulties will retard the final settlement of the Eastern question, and may eventually give rise to along season of hostilities between the Porte and its Wallachian and Mol davian subjects. The steamship Tagus arrived at Southampton last evening. She brings a small amount of specie —three thousand six hundred pounds. Her dates are Gibraltar, the 16th ; Cadiz, the 17th ; Lisbon the 19th ; Oporto, the Mt and Vigo, the 21st inst Her political in tel nee will probably contain some items of importance, as we fear the recent outbreak at Lisbon was more serious than is generally believed. Should it prove otherwise, it will afford considerable relief to those interested in the trade and finances of Portugal. By the American steamship Washington, which arrived at Cowes on Saturday, we received our files of papers to the 9th instant, one day later than those brought by the Alps. They add but little to the intelligence published in the NORTHERN TIMES of Friday morning. The Washington brings 61,000 dollars in specie for France She announces that tholera had broken out at Staten Island, and that ich uneasiness was felt at New Orleans, as the hour was crowded with shipping from all parts The news from Nicaragua is of the world Walker having gained a signal triumph Presidential election. Our local reports are full of interesting matter r those engaged in the Assize business of the southern division of this largo and populous county. The prisoner, Betsy Al`gullen, charged with the murder of her husband at Bolton, was found:guilty of manslaughter. The learned judge deferred passing sentence until he had consulted his brother judge. His Lordship commented with just severity on the base and brutal conduct of women using drugs. "A system which was utterly " reprehensible, and totally at variance with the " feelings which ought to exist between man and " wife and his Lordship concluded by observing that "he hoped the women in court would "understand that they, must not drug their "husbands; and also; that persons like " Mr. Simpson, who sold such drugs, were " guilty of manslaughter"— a fact which, we trust, will not be thrown away upon the Legislature. The prosecution in the. Excelsior collision case having broken down, tho whole of the prisoners were discharged, and tho criminal business of the Assizes terminated. WHEN we asserted some weeks since thait traders were compelled to resort to adulteration in order to add excessive taxation to unnaturally low nrices, we had no idea that a report of the Selee't Com mittee of the House of Lords would be so soon cited to establish the truth of our Allega- tion, and to justify the gross immoralii y of such a practice We have for many years ap'pre- hended the disclosure of serious national :mis chief from the high favour in which .the philosophy of cheapness, and the insane inter ference of the legislature with value and the natural current of prices, have been held. Our worst fore bodings have, however, fallen very far short of the reality ; for we never expected to hear bare faced cheating tolerated on the score of cheapness, and the adulteration of duty-paying and excise able articles recommended as " mixtures," to curtail the lawful revenue of the State, and render the other burdens of taxation all the more insup portable. There may be excessive Parliamentary and Ministerial prudence in giving that particular class who constitute the bulk of our legislative constituency all the benefits of cheapness, and the profits of adulteration, but the country has to consider the propriety, in a political and moral sense, of allowing one branch of the public income to be swept away for the pleasure of making up the deficiency from the property, income, and wages of those who are sold birch besoms for rough congou, prime sawdust for good coffee, and sparkling sand for highly crystallised sugar. There is something so sacred about the bread— the staff of life of a nation—that we scarcely know what to think of thos3 who could suffer its com position to be tampered with or changed in any The poor man, the hard-working wife, the growing youth, the toddling child, and the youngest infant, all require the full nutriment of a pure wheat flour loaf. The public pay for a loaf of pure wheat bread, and they ought to get that for which they pay their money in this and every other case. The House of Lords think otherwise, and they would allow adulterated articles of all kinds to bo sold as " mixtures" without giving the consumer the power of ascertaining of what the " mixture" is composed. Verily, this is opening the door to the evasion of revenue, and wholesale fraud on the public. If the grocer and baker are to be allowed to sell what they please for articles which are heavily taxed for the State's defence and government, why should not the butcher be suffered to sell horse flesh and beef, dogs flesh and veal, diseased and wholesome meat as " mixed"—the poulterer dead cats and rabbits—the fishmonger stinking and fresh fish as articles of a " cheap and innocuous "character ?" The Lords 'Committee asks us " what's degree " in a name ?" We have heard of large ventures in wooden hams and wooden nutmegs neatly turned and slightly coloured on the outside with lime, and we shall no doubt be favoured with a few importa tions of the kind from our Connecticutt relations , as soon as the recommendations of the Committee in question become law. A few hundreds of good balk hams, and bushels of spicy deal nuts, " mixed" with the genuine articles, would go a long way towards making up the tax collector's demands, and would give a degree of solidity to the arguments of our Cheap Johns, which would remove all murmurs except those of the national stomach. Where the jaws of the empire escaped the tetanus of mastica tion, they would be left powerless by the excessive labour of chewing the produce of the timber yard and the crystals of the chemist's shop• The few who wish to maintain a character for loquaciousness would be compelled to kill and cure, make and bake for themselves. How far the adoption of the Lcrds' report would affect the price of building material, we cannot say, bu't plasters and soft woods would certainly exhibit upward symptoms, and bone dust and Isoot would most assuredly rise to a famine level. Such is the age to which we belong. The Vegetarians have been laughing at us for our inhumanity and want of wit for some years, but we had no idea that the mineral and vegetable substances on which they lived were so varied and solid. We could never have supposed that when we stood by the side of one of that respected class, that we were in the presence of a walking alembic, in which the refuse of the vegetable and mineral kingdoms were in a most active stage of distillation. Nor can the public have had the sli g ht est concep ti on that they themselves possessed the ex t raor di nary a lexiterial powers of digestion, whi c h brought t o li the recent revelations have ght. B u t so i t i s. All we seem to require, in order t o ! is afe enable us to thrive on our legislative " m i x t ures, c ross beams and iron gird ers , j ust to keep w body and soul together. Copper is, unfortu na t e l y, too corrosive, and we cannot therefore hope to avail ourselves of a pan ma de of that metal in our s t omachs, and as 1 ear th e rn vessels are too cumbersome and" apt t o ; break, we must d e p en d o n lead and gutta p ere h a ' for minor pressures and strains. Once these are effectively introduced into the inside, the food which carries its own acids and other elements of THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. decomposition with it, will produce sufficient vapour to sustain life. It is consolatory, however, to know that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER must be consulted before commodities whieh do not pay duty, can be sold as heavily taxed bread and other articles of food. Bread is excessively taxed in the form of county and parish rates, and it is flagrant injustice to the corn grower to allow food to be adulterated. It is also a base fraud on the part of foreign governments to sanction the adulteration of the articles we import. The pro ducer is the loser, where unlawful acts are allowed under the plea of " cheapness," We would have the cultivators of the soil, both at home and abroad, to look at the question in this light. The twin abominations—artificial cheapness, and legalised poisoning —are mainly directed against the bona fide workers of the soil; and that the landed Peers of England, and farmers and planters of other coun. tries should have allowed the frauds of adulteration to have gone so far without making some effort to stop them, is really astonishing. The great mass of consumers are far less to blame, for they have no voice in the making of laws, and are perfectly at the mercy of the Legislature, and have no means of telling whether they are paying for and eating millions of quarters of filth or honest grown and heavy taxation priced corn. But the time has arrived when the fair and honourable trader, and the no less honest and deserving producers of the great staples of life must be protected, even if the State is to be denuded of its revenue. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING The Liverpool Cotton Market remains in the same quiet condition as for some time past, and, with a liberal supply, prices continue without change. The sales today amount to 6,000 bales, and comprise 1,500 taken for export and specula tion. The Share Market has been without any re markable feature, and prices nearly the same. The imports of specie this week have been almost confined to arrivals from America and Australia. The total in value is about 500,0001, of which the particulars are as follow :—By the Persia, from America, 1,034,634 dollars, or 206,9001; the Parana, from the West Indies and Mexico, 1,462,967 dols., or 292,6001; the Ravensbourne, from Antwerp, 69 bags 6 cases of bullion ; the Walmer Castle, from Melbourne, 43,087 ozs. of gold, or 172,3001; the Baron Osy, from Antwerp, 27 cases of specie. The exports of specie during the week were, by the Tyne, for the Brazils, 4,0001; by the Pera, for Alexandria and India, 510,580/, of which 17,5201 was in gold, and the rest silver, divided as follows : gold to Alexandria, 9,9501, Ceylon 6,0001, Madras 1,5701; silver to Aden, 5521, Bombay 220,1951, Madras 4,950/, and Calcutta 270,3631; the Magda. lena, for the West Indies, 2001; the Alhambra, for Cadiz, 30,6011; and Lisbon, 1,0001. The following is the Official Return of the exports of the Precious Metals from the port of London for the week ending 15th August :—G-old coin to Belgium, 2,000 ozs.; do. to Boulogne, 120 ozs. ; gold bars to Petersburg, 886 ozs.; do. to Hamburg, 378 ozs. Total gold, 3,334 ozs. Silver coin to Boulogne, 1,000 ozs. _ _ _ The half-yearly meeting of the Great Northern Railway Company was held today; Mr. Denison, M.P., in the chair. The report showed an im proved state of things during the half-year, the available surplus for the six months being 84,3031 7s 10d., after providing for preference shares, and other fixed engagements, the sum would give to the original shareholders a dividend of 1/ 15s per cent for the half year. The report was adopted. The chairman strongly recommended that a sum of 7001 should be appropriated towards the schools for labourers' children at New Eng land, near Peterborough, which, after some dis' cussion, was agreed to. The directors were also authorised to convert the debenture debt into shares of the company. Some question was raised about the contemplated traffic of the Metropolitan Railway Company, to which the chairman replied, that the directors were well disposed towards it, but could not appropriate any money without the special authority of the shareholders. The meeting was then adjourned. At the London Stock Exchange this morning, owing to the thin attendance of members and dealers, business has been extremely inactive, and we have no particular change in prices to report. The tone of the market, however, is evidently favourable to improvement, although nothing has occurred in it upon which we need enter into detail. The weather has at last taken up, but we have rather a low temperature; still, as the atmosphere is dry, bracing, and often very clear, conditions all suitable for harvest operations, it is hoped that the partial damage and delay caused by the late rains, will in a few days be neutralised, if not wholly recovered, by the exertions of the farmers, who are now better supplied with labour than they were a fortnight ago. The accounts received this morning, particularly from the south, are more encouraging; and we have some reason to believe that the apprehensions felt as to the state of the crops in the midland and some of the northern districts, will prove to have been greatly exaggerated. Money remains easy, with good sup plies for all legitimate purposes. Today there has been very little demand in Lombard-street, and none on the Stock Exchange. The closing prices of shares were as follow :—Caledonian, 561 57. Eastern Counties, 9-a 91. East Lancashire, 834 848. Great Northern, 98 981. Do. A, 80 87. Great Western, 651 651 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 981 981. London and North Western, 1078 1071. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 341 34 1 4 , Midland Stock, 841 841 North British, 361 South Eastern and Dover, 741 751. York, New castle, and Berwick, 848 851. York and North Midland, 594 60g. Later accounts have been received to-day from the United States, per steamer Washington, bound to Bremen. The Stock Market at New York was rather firmer, and the Money Market continued easy. The weekly returns of the city banks showed a rapid extension of discount operations, and it was feared that when the active business season commenced the Money Market would become very stagnant. Great distress is said to have been caused in Portugal by a deficient harvest and the destruction of the Vine crops in the Alto-Douro district, which have ledito serious bread riots in Lisbon. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 6 per mille premium, and the exchange on London at short 25 . 27 i, making gold about 0 . 2 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. The price of gold at Hamburg is 425 per mark, and the exchange on London at short 13.4*, making gold about 0.4 per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. MOVEMENT OF Titoors.—On Saturday the Pacific steamer arrived here, from Dublin, with portions of the 4th and 89th regiments, consisting, altogether, of fifty officers and 690 men, and, after these were disembarked, the vessel again took up, at the Landing-stage, thirty-eight officers and 864 men, of the 38th regiment, and at two o'clock she sailed again for Dublin with these. BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT CLUB.—The third race for the season, of yachts belonging to this popular club, took place on Saturday, for the challenge cup, value £5O. The day was fine and appropriate for the sport, which was very good, and much enjoyed by the lovers of aquatic amuse. ments, of which there was a handsome number of both sexes on board the steamer Britannia, which accompanied the race. The yachts rounded the Eastham flagboat first time in the following order :—Spray, at 2h. 52m. 308 ; Glide, 2h. 52m. 455. ; Electric, 2h. 53m. ; Zephyr, 2h. 57m: 1.55. ; Phantom, three o'clock. From this point to the Dingle the Glide took a dec - ded lead, keeping a much better wind than the Spray. The whole of the contest afterwards lay between these two boats. They rounded the Eastham tlyboat a second time ; Glide, 4h. Bm. 40s, ; Spray, 4h. 10m. 355. ; but to the Ditigle the Spray made a better race, and the Glide rounded only five seconds before her. The attendant steamer had been kept waiting so long to time the other boats that she could not quite reach Birkenhead Ferry before the two leading yachts rounded the winning post, but the time taken was as follows : —Glide, five o'clock ; Spray, sh. 40s. ; the Glide thus winning 10 seconds only, after allowing for difference of tonnage. The cup was presented to Mr. Wilkinson on board the steamer by Mr. Bramah (of the Birkenhead Docks), one of the com mittee, who complimented him on the circumstance of the Glide having won two cups within one week. Mr. Bower entered a protest, to the effect that the steamer was too far off for those on board to judge correctly, but we believe that the observations were checked by members of the club on shore, and agreed precisely. Mr. Anderson, of the Mer chants' Dining Rooms, supplied the refreshments. THE NEW - LINE OF STEAMERS TO PORTLAND.—THE KHERSONESE.—On Saturday afternoon, this fine screw steamer took her departure for Portland, as the pioneer of the new line to that portion of America. The Khcrsonese, besides being a screw of considerable power, is a full rigged clipper ship, and her sailing qualities have been well tested heretofore. She lay off the landing-stage, and attracted considerable attention for some days ; and, on Saturday, the scene on board, previous to her departure, was animated and interesting. Besides a valuable cargo of fine goods, she had 100 first class, and 120 steerage passengers. A number of gentlemen, interested in this line of steamers,were on board, and besides the friends of the first class passengers, who came to wish them " God speed," there was a number of ladies and gentlemen invited to see the ship, and partake of . a splendid entertainment, which was laid out in the grand saloon, with that liberality and taste that proved 'lathing had been left undone. The ladies' cabin and sleeping rooms are about the best we have seen, being ample, well lit, and ventilated. The same observations apply to those of the other sex. The steerage departments are superior in every point, and most desirable for that class of passengers,whieb, after all, is the most important, because numbering most. The grand saloon is a very fine one, and combines both comfort and elegance. Upwards of 100 ladies and gentlemen sat down to the splendid entertainment provided. The wines, including champagne, were excellent. Mr. James Jones and Mr. G. B. Oxley presided, and along with Mr. Sabel, and other gentlemen, their polite attentior. ren dered every thing most agreeable. Mr. Oxley proposed " Success to the good ship—a speedy voyage, and good health and prosperity to the passengers." The toast was warmly received, and several others given and responded to. At nearly five o'clock the anchor was " raised," and the vessel proceeded rapidly down the river. A number of the party on board came off by a tug, and, as the vessels sepa rated, three hearty cheers were given. The majority of the party, however, remained on board, and proceeded towards the light-ship, coming back in a tug. The interim was most agreeably spent, and all regretted the parting so soon. The vessel was again greeted with hearty cheers as she went majestically through the smooth water, and, along with all who saw her, we say bon voyage. THE COURT. The Queen will leave the Isle of Wight for London immediately after the celebration of Prince Albert's birthday, on the 26th, which the Court has hitherto kept at Osborne House. Instead of leaving London for Scotland, on Wednesday morning next, her Majesty will remain in London all Wednesday, when she will receive Count Creptowich, who has been at the Russian Embassy some days, and other foreign ministers, and will transact all business of importance previous to her departure for the north. The royal party will leave London on Thursday morning, the 28th August, by the Great Northern Railway, and will stop that night at the Palace of Holyrood. The Earl of Clarendon will be the Secretary of State in attendance upon the Queen. On Ft iday last the usual annual country fete and harvest home, to the tenants and labourers of the Osborne estate and their families, and the crews of the royal yachts, took place in the grounds before the palace, where, after a substantial repast, several dances and old English games were indulged in, at which the Queen, Priace Albert, and the royal children looked on. The birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Albert is kept in comparative privacy by the royal family. OSBORNE, August 22.—Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Se cretary Labouchere, and the Judge Advocate, had audiences of the Queen yesterday. The Rev. C. Baring had an audience to do homage on his appointment as Bishop of Gloucester. His lordship was introduced by Mr. Secretary Labouchere. The Rev. John Vane was Clerk of the Closet. The Duke of Cambridge arrived, yesterday on a visit, attended by Colonel the Hon. J. M‘Donald. The Queen and Prince, with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, drove out in an open carriage. ♦ THE ROYAL FAMILY OF OUDE Sorrismarrox, Friday Evening,—The Rajah of Surat' and several Indian vassals and grandees, have visited this town to pay their respects to the Princes of Oude. The Queen of Oade and her ladies occupy the suite of apartments on the first floor of the Royal York Hotel, the rooms being situated close to the balcony. Two of the rooms—the Queen residing in the lower—have bow windows. Her Majesty is surrounded by screens, so that if the door is opened she may not be seen; Last night the crowd outside the hotel called for the princes to appear, but access to the balcony could only be obtained through her Majesty's apartment, and the Queen had the greatest difficulty in retiring from the apartment unobserved. The feat was effected at last by drapery being held around her by the Eunuchs. The window blinds of the ladies' apartments are kept down during the whole of the day and night, and the Eunuchs guard the doora of the apartments. Occasionally, when the guardian's attention is withdrawn, female curiosity is excited, the window blind is slightly and timidly drawn aside, and a sight is then obtained from the street of the houris of the Lucknow or Fyzabad. harem. The complexion of these beauties is exceed ingly dark, the'hair jet black, and the face remarkably round and small. Mr. Andrews, the Mayor of Southampton, was introduced to the Queen of Oude by Major Bird. The Major mentioned his name outside the carriage, whereupon her Majesty put her hand through the blind and his worship shook hands with her. The transfer of the full Court of a Hindoo nation from the region of the Himalayan mountains to Southampton has caused the utmost amazement and curiosity to the inhabitants here, and a crowd is always around the hotel. At every window of the building men rolled apparently in Cachmere shawls, are to be seen leaning out, or smoking, or performing ablutions. The coffee room is given up to the inferior castes, who are kept busily employed. The bar is one of the cooking rooms. Inside the inner doorway sit the upper servants, the gold sticks" of the palace, smoking, chatting, and purchasing goods. Natives are going over the town purchasing fruit, poultry, and clothing. Nearly all the party carry the most portable of their treasures and money on their persons, which give to some a very pic turesque and to others a very grotesque appearance. It is uncertain how long the party will stay in Southamp. ton. Pamphlets are about to be published, making known the complaint of the Court of Oude against the East India Company. MAILLARD'S PATENT MECHANICAL AND MAGNETIC COMPASS.—The Gazette of Friday contains an announce ment of this new invention, for the use of ships and other purposes. We have been favoured with an inspection of this novel and very simple instrument. It consists, of an ordinary compass needle, which works on a pivot, similar t o those at present in use. Above this needle, which is highly magnetised, a second needle is placed. This is a plain stee bar, and is ;,laced on a vertical shaft, and moves or alters its po ition, with the lower needle, or magnet, and, by a very simple mechanical arrangement, is made to indicate the movements of the ship or magnet, with a degree of accuracy never before attained, by means of a hand or pointer, like that of a watch. The card over which this hand runs is fixed, and goes with the ship ; and, being first brought to point to the true north, the two needles are then brought to the true north also, and the instant the latter are allowed to go, they will give the actual variation of the compass. This may be done in pert previous to sailing, and may be repeated at sea whenever any doubt exists as to the accuracy of this or any other compass. The principle on which the inventor proceeds is, to make the common magnet work the mechanical portion of his compass, and once he has ascertained the exact change which has taken place in the ship's course, which can be done under any circumstances, he leaves his needles to them selves, while he gives the mariner the means of ascertaining their deviation at any moment. No change can, in fact, take place in the ship's course, or in the position of the needles, without its being instantly detected by the man at the wheel. This is all we can say at present in justice to the inventor ; and, as a compass on the princi ple above described is nearly ready for exhibition, at the Exchange News Room, we need only direct attention to its appearance, and leave practical men to judge for themselves of its real merits. In our future notices we shall go more fully into the subject, and give all the information, which will enable those at a distance to understand the exact nature of an instrument so much required at this particular moment, when iron ships are coming into such general favour. FRANCE. (FROM 013 R OWN CORRESPONDENT PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The French Government has been requested by England and Prussia to take part in the contem plated expedition against the pirates of Riff. It has, if I am correctly informed, manifested a disposition to comply with the request; but it hints that, on account of the position of France in Algeria, it ought to be allowed to take the leading part in the affair ; and, besides, it is of opinion that, before proceeding to hostilities, it would be advis able to open diplomatic negotiations with the Emperor of Morocco. It is, I am informed, the intention of Prince Adalbert of Prussia to visit England as soon as the state of his wounds shall permit. I hear it whispered that the French Government has cooled very considerably in its enthusiasm for O'Donnell. The reason is, that his inactivity proves that, to use a vulgar phrase, he is in " a fix," and that consequently he cannot stand long. The Bourse has again been to-day in a state of complete stagnation. The Moniteur contains a report from the Minister of Marine to the Emperor, recommending the adoption of a series of measures for improving the regulations relative to sailors of the imperial navy, and for bettering their condition. It is said that the Empress will remain at Biarritz longer than she had originally intended. A telegraphic despatch from Trieste says, that the inhabitants of Moldavia and Wallachia have presented a new petition to the ambassadors at Constantinople, praying that the two provinces may be united, and that a Prince of the royal families of Belgium, Sweden, or Saxony, may be chosen to govern them. SPAIN. MADRID, AuG. 22 The Gazette publishes a decree dismissing seven civil governors of the Provinces, and gives the names of sixteen others. PRUSSIA A letter from Berlin of the 19th, in the Presse Beige, says 7--" The Prussian government has determined to wreak a terrible vengeance for the affair of the Riff. A company of the chasseurs of the guard of Potsdam, another of the 4th chasseurs from Magdeburg, a third of the Bth chasseurs of the Rhenish province, and a company of marines from Danzig have been placed on a war footing, and are about to leave in transport vessels. An order has been sent to the Prussian Vice-consul at Fez to inform the -Moorish government of what is intended, and to declare that all relations will be interrupted between the two powers, should any attempt be made to oppose a descent on the coasts of the Riff. England, it is affirmed here, will co operate in the repression of the pirates." M. de Thile, Prussian minister at the court of Rome, who has been absent from his post for several months, will return to Rome in about a fortnight, in order to ratify a convention between Prussia and the Holy See relative to different affairs connected with the Roman Catholic Church. Amongst other things, it has been agreed that a Catholic bishop shall be appointed chaplain to the Catholic portion of the Prussian army. RUSSIA ST. PETERSBURG, August 20. The Emperor has just ordered that each government shall send a deputation of five Jews to St. Petersburg to form a council on Jewish affairs. AUSTRIA A letter from Vienna, in the Suabian Mercury, says :—" M. de Bazily, Russian Councillor of State, has brought hero the official assurance that Russia has no intention whatever of eluding the obligations she had contracted by the treaty of Paris. This intelligence was received with great satisfaction." A letter from Belgrade, in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" We learn from good authority that the direc tors of the Austrian Steam Navigation Company of the Danube have sent a circular to the captains of all their vessels, prohibiting them, in the most rigor ous manner, from rendering any assistance of any nature, or under any circumstances whatever, to the French steamer the Lyonnais, navigating the Danube and its tributary streams. Notwithstand ing the authority of the source from which we derive this information, such a prohibition is so repugnant to the' liberal spirit of the age that we must still doubt the existence of so strange a document." 4.- SARDINIA The Turin correspondent of the Times writes : —" The subscription for the purpose of presenting the Sardinian government with 100 guns for the new fortifications at Alexandria, is energetically supported in this kingdom, and we hear that lists for the same object have already been opened at Milan, Florence, Como, and other large towns of the northern part of Italy, and it is expected that the same will be done before long even at Rome and Naples. The subscription is intended as a great national demonstration, in favour of King Victor Einmanuel and his government." We read in a letter from Turin, Aug. 18.—" I understand that the conduct of this government on the occasion of the late Mazzinian attempt at Parmignola has met with the general approbation of the European cabinets. England especially, I am told, has expressed itself most distinctly on this point. Every fresh fact tends to demonstrate that the Sardinian is the only government in Italy which is able to maintain order by its own moral authority." PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY NIGHT The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Com pany's steamer Tagus arrived here this morning, bringing fifty three passengers, £3,600 in specie, and a large and valuable cargo. By this arrival we have dates from Gibraltar to August 16th, Cadiz 17th, Lisbon 19th, Oporto 20th, and Vigo 21st. TiE MANCIIESTER WELLINGTON MEMORIAL. - The inauguration of the memorial will take place on Saturday, the 30th instant. A deputation of the executive com mittee has waited on Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, commandant of the north west district, who expressed his readiness to co-operate. On Tuesday, Sir Harry Smith, accompanied by Colonel Taylor, and other officers of regiments in garrison, met the chairman of the executive committee (Mr. Alderman R. Barnes), with Mr. J. C, Harter, the town-clerk and other gentlemen, upon the Infirmary grounds. The result of the meeting, we believe, was the following arrangements :—A line of infantry to occupy the entire length of the esplanade, extending from Portland-street to Mosley-street, to be stationed on the side nearest to Piccadilly, a space being left i n f ron t o f them for the accommodation of the subscribers to the memorial fund, and for ladies, admission being by ticket. The 7th Dragoon Guards will be stationed at the Portland-street end, and the 25th (King's Own Bor derers) be arranged at the Mosley-street end. The statue of the Duke will be surrounded by a plat• form; for the convenience of the executive and general committees, members of the corporation, the mayor and town clerk of Salford, the high sheriff of the cc ounty, Sir Harry Smith, with the o ffi cers of the regiments in this locality, and other invited guests. A small platform will also be appropriated to ladies. There will be an assemblage at the town hall about one o'clock, where a cold collation will be provided. After this has been partaken of, th e company will walk in procession to the site of the memorial. One of the first steps taken by the executive committee was to invite the judges who made the selection from the com peting models—the Lord Bishop of Mancheste r , th e E ar l of Ell es mere, and the Earl of Wilton. We lea rn th a t b ot h the noble earls are at a distance, but the Bish o p o f Man chester has signified his intention to be present. There will be some formal proceedings, probably short speeches delivered upon the platform. At a certain stage of the ceremony the statue will be unveiled, and this will be a signal for the military bands t o commence playing . The fountains are also designed to be in operation. Should the weather prove propitious, a large concourse of people will doubtless be attracted to view the inauguration. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY The United States mail packet Washington bag . arrived at Cowes, on her way to Bremen. She left New York on the 9th inst., one day later than tilt s Alps, which arrived here on Thursday. She has brought specie to the value of sixty one thousand dollars for France. The Senate has given Mississippi one million five hundred thousand acres of land for railway put- poses. Cholera has broken out at Staten Island There is much alarm at New York about the cholera, from the quantity of shipping from all parts of the world in the harbour. Nearly 10,000 dollars have been raised for the sufferers by the inundations in France. The foreign news has produced no effect on the Cotton Market. Letters from Nicaragua received at New Orlean s by the Granada, show that General Walker was the choice of a large majority of the native population' for the Presidency of the Republic. The aggrega te vote was 23,230, of which Walker received 15,18 5 ; Ferrer, 4,447 ; Rivas, 867; Salizar, 2,087. Walk a , thus received more than two-thirds of the NOW number. The following is a translation from the Spanish of the inauguration oath administered to Gene ra : Walker on his assumption of the office of PresicieD" of Nicaragua : You solemnly promise and swear to govern the fre e Republic of Nicaragua, and sustain its independent a nd territorial integrity with all your power, and to execul justice according to the principles of republicamisra an religion. " -- 1 promise and swear," responded the President. . 1 You promise and swear, whenever it may be in 9° 4 power, to maintain the law of God, the true profession " the Evangelists, and the religion of the crucifixion. - - "I promise and swear," responded the President. d In the name of God and the sainted Evangelists, 9 ° 5 swear to comply with these obligations, and to make your constant guard to fulfil all that is herein promised' " I swear," responded the President. And for this, the succession is committed to you v by these presents ; by the authority of the Secretary Government, charged with the General Despatches. A MOTHER STARVING HER CHILDREg On Friday, Mr. Carter, coroner for Surrey, held a l inquest at the Duke of Suffolk, Walworth, on the bodY clo; an infant, named Elizabeth A nn H owe ll, w h o died fr,3 l , starvation, in consequence of its mother's neglect. . 1 ' Thomas Cooke, the coroner's officer, deposed that , Wednesday last he proceeded to No. 11, Thomas-stre ew Leek's-fields, and on entering the f r ont r oom below 4 ,, e 9 found four children and a woman lying on th e bare boar' o f asleep. He was unable to awaken the woman. Tw° o the children were sitting on a board supported by Wen, of wood, another walking about the room, and the folio; lying by the side of the female. On further examinati ° l 4 he saw the dead body of a fifth child lying on some c o straw enclosed in a piece of old sacking, which , 0 1 intended for a bed. There were no bed clothes, and the room contained was an old chair. The body was e, he about the feet, and in a very emaciated condition. urel a room was in an extremely filthy state, from the ace a o tion of dirt, but the body of the infant was clean , then searched the room, but found no food, ;oelf exception of some stale sop, which smelt mos t offens,• 0 On the top of a cupboard were some b o ttl es , an d one r h o labelled " Lotion, Poison." Wit ness t oo k c h arge el t o a with body of the deceased, and removed it from the house. no the mantel-piece was a brown jug, which contained s°`,4 kind of sediment. After removing the body, he returilit to the house, and the mother of the deceased had t a b be disappeared, but soon afterwards she came back. ,'"„ e x said she had last seen the de c eas e d a li ve a b ou t two 0. 3, 1'0 in the morning, and also that it died at that hour. f nc l also remarked that she was quite sober at the time, ',7, 0 asked for the bottle marked poison, as she wanted to tr eo it, being determined to destroy herself. He (witness) the took took her into custody, to prevent her from putting er e threat into execution. Two of the surviving children w o e in a most emaciated condition. Mr. E. D. Howell , .. 80 goon, deposed that the body of deceased was totally , ; 00 from disease, and that the child had died from starvali alone. The deceased had not been suddenly deprive .o, food, but it must have been deprived of proper nour l o, men':, for some time. Martha Percy, a married Nv°, 1 , 1 , 1 , 0 0, said she was the sister of the mother of the chino, She (the mother) was parted from her husband in e t to sequence of her intemperate habits. The father of co children allowed 14s per week for their maintena ll o which sum witness had paid her sister two li ee of running, but she spent the money in drink instead lad buying food. On Saturday night last she was ree cli n dajt toxicated and witness only gave a shilling, but on e rf morning she sent her Ils. more. Mr. C o ok e , the om e o f here brought in another child, a girl about seven year,.4, age. It presented a most dreadful appearance, the eat tures being sharpened by want, the bones of the %pa almost protruding through the skin, and the arM s ,,in. legs showing the formation of the bones through the 01.0 Cooke stated that there was another child even in a W ° oo condition than the one before the jury. This beieg er ik whole of the evidence the court was cleared of strang ve r and, on their being re-admitted, the jury returned for diet of " Manslaughter against Elizabeth Ann Holwe' Der feloniously killing and slaying Elizabeth Ann Holwed , tO daughter." The witnesses were then bound ev er prosecute. THE DINNER TO THE GUARDS 2 The arrangements for the dinner which is to be gor - 0 O 1 , the Guards, on their return from the Crimea, at the Surrey Gardens, this day, will be carried out in the 0 , lowing manner. The Grenadiers, numbering 7 39 D ag will march from their barracks in Birdcage-walk , ;o f Westminster Bridge, to the Gard ens , Th e nisi'''. o t numbering 708 men, will march from their barracks es' Charing-cross, over Waterloo Brid ge , f o ll ow i ng the O r 0 , adiers from the Elephant and C as tl e . Th e C o ldstre i4 ` f ;t numbering 562 men, will m arc h f rom th e T ow er, e e London Bridge, by the Eleph an t an d C as tl e , a nd th e 'i s , to the Gardens by the same route as the other regio iell ol 4 The total number of non-commissioned officers and J O vates will be 2,009, all wearing medals. They will arti/ed the Gardens at a quarter to two o'clock, and an ge number of each regiment will enter the hall, and r i ll their places at the tables, whilst the remainder occupy a succession of tables under a tent awning in ' t e e of the building. While the men are taking their PlLie drums and fifes will play the " Roast beef of old if , t p land," and the bands of the three regiments will s tA co ot themselves in the orchestra, where they will P er :Jell appropriate music during dinner. The chair will be,";joe by Sergeant-Major Edwards, the senior Sergeant-o'od of the Guards, and the oldest soldier in the avail; will Mr. Harker having kindly offered his services, t oe officiate as toastmaster. The toasts will be font'', Queen; the royal family . ; the Commander-in-CW (3I V soldiers and sailors, and our brave Allies in the o p war; and the committee, and those who en, i ter pf! us. After the first toast, the bands will play GO' e ll' the Queen; after ',the second, Prince Albert's ri l° oo o and after the third, the French, Sardinian, and V I. 'O l/ National Airs. The soldiers will then file off 111° 00 4 Gardens, and the Music-hall will be cleared of all tisoe# in order to prepare for the concert. A variety of II th e meats will then be provided in the open air, and vlb e- c teg concert is ready to commence the soldiers will be 1113r a Ti e . into the Hall, the centre of which w ill b e spec i a lly ree - d rA, for them. Mons. Jullien's band w ill th en per f orm a of pieces arranged for the occasion, and conducted After the concert th e so ldi ers w ill be stationed , , ground immediately facing the lake, when a grand.° 0 of fireworks will take place. The soldiers will the 11 mustered, and at nine o'clock, will return bog ie ," so li e, addition to the dinner (which will include a bottle e' tb to each man, and a bottle of Champagne to everf„ 4 oo l e, men), a quarter of a pound of tobacco will be 1 31% ;04 17 ,',0 to every man. If the weather should prove fav e ,,,, - 01t0 the scene will be one of unsual interest, and the ee"", i peLf are certainly deserving; of great praise for the rnl'ior which they are discharging the ,duties they hav e taken. 1 4615, llg ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY A N D E YE AND ti de TUTION, 9, ROSE HILL—For the week ending A,, ~o 1 —New patients entered on the books last week, / T r lteved at the institution, 197 ; relieved at . ..,tb ° „"O'd dwellings,. 77 ; cases of prevailing epidemic , O. I° l.l Visitors—Mr. E. Watts, Mr. T. Kirk. Hon. secre te treasurer, Joseph Kitchen, Esq. re fe d THE LOSS OF LIFE BY THE LATE FlRE.—There ed places that can boast of more benevolence than Woo d ot old town" of Liverpool; and as a proof of this ; 069, state that several gentlemen have formed a colit' a irtett which Mr. Thomas Hunt, of 6, Duke-street, is ° A - v-o v ol t and Mr. John James Venn, Yorkshire Arms, lger s s'io P',o l is secretary, the object of which is to collect a mu ll h le a testimonial over the grave of poor John Faga n ' 100 ' v o 4V , and children, and the old man Wade, all of whe al pig 'OP lives in the late fire in Shaw ' s -alley, and whose reralloo fill one grave at the Cemetery, Edge-hill. The, Pf r oil l O e deserve much credit for their undertaking, an d well known character of our charitable toying' o ttri:4o doubt a sufficient sum will soon be collected for tiv:i 3 ou'or and this will reflect credit on the living whilst T o cil ll t oe; the dead. The gentlemen named will receive all" ta nd ledge subscriptions for the purpose. We nader;tre e t3 ll l ; a kind hearted gentleman (Mr. Crossley) in Castle no il l , IV undertaken to do something for poor Roche, the l ie fly gent . lad who so wonderfully escaped from t di tsl) l6. jumping out of the window. This is highly °re