The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-18 00:00:00

A ()LING LA who hasjast rei tuned from France, here she Aresided for some time, wishes an Engagement as DAILY or lIKSIDENT GOVEaN ESS. She is fully competent to te.ch all the Usual grouches of English, w th Music and French.—Apply by letter, addressed N. 1, Northern Times office. VA ant ell. TVANTED, in a Shipo,•ner's Office. a YOUNG VAN, as CLERK, wh • has hid co• sid , rable experiencs in shipping b. Iciness.— Apply Box M., Northern Times office, stating salary expected. Co bt Ett. It , O be LET. with immediate popsessinn, a BREWERY. in good .111. working order, twelve barrels in length. Any o! e entering upon the a ove business will find this an excellent opportunity, as the fixtures will be sold at a great sacrifice.—For further particulars app y to Mr. S. Jones, Glone Tavern, Va ,son.street. On ,ale ADDRESS MR. PRIEST, BIRKENHEAD. HOUSES HOUSES LAND 1 LAND! I—ON SALE, in large or small lots, variously situated, and Fanzine in price tom a b ou t £lOO to es '.ooo.—See H. P. Priest's Che-hire and Lancashire Property Circular. Can he had g ads and free by post. Cheshire offices, for the Sale a, d Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross Ch irnbers (one door from Market-square) Market-street. Birken head. THIS DAY Tsui DA' t, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Titheha , 21 Bales R.-racked COTTON ex merald, from New York ; 94 I 4 •gs Savanilla COTI 0 ex Southamp on and 'Qephen Crowell from dew York.—Aptly to LIVESEY & THORPE, Brokers• R.' N ODDER, HATTER, 91, CHURCH-STREET, Begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver poo, that his NEW SCYLr.S for the Season are NOW READY tar Inspection. EUe kortOrn MONDAY. AUGUST 18. 1866 THE DAY'S NEWS The West India mail company's steamship Parana, arrived at Southampton yesterday. She brings the usual West India and Pacific mails, with 80,700 doltais in specie. Mr. Robert Sidney calls attention, in a well_ considered letter, to the meeting of the General Vestry called for the 26th inst. The appointment of a burial board—one of its duties—is evidently of great moment in reference to a more satisfactory arrangement of the Cemetery question, for the powers that will inhere in the Board under a recent act of Parliament are considerable. The title of the Rector to the freehold of the twenty-seven acres purchased at Walton, which the meeting will be called upon to dispose of, will open another delicate question. _ _ Another letter will be found in our columns on the Mscnaught controversy. The severity with which the able writer deals with his opponent, the Rev. J. B. Lowe, is evidence of itself that the source of the evil must have been a doctrinal difference of It would seem that the wonder Virgil expressed about the vindictive feelings of the " celestials" of his day may just as well be applied to those who represent them in ours : opinion Tantasne animis celestibus ire 1 enterprising vigour about the new Commander-in-Chief which sets people a wonder ing. Review follows review, and new ones yet There is Aldershott is not to be the temporary camping ground we had all expected, but is to and extensive buildings, and await us receive several new is never to have less than fourteen thousand men, even through the winter. One of the prices , perhaps the greatest, we are to pay for the late war, is our transformation into a military power, more or less like the powers pressing on the Conant The Cons al question this new contingency suggests, though at present overlooked, may create some agitation later There are two posts of some importance unoccu pied—the Embassy to Washington, and the new Ministry of Education. Lord Stanley, according to the rumours of the clubs, is likely to receive the former, the objection of his conservatism being Led by the fact that he has already been offered government office by Lord Palmerston. The salary attached to the second office is a consi aliswe 2 : 500/ a year, but the residence at peculiar character of the duties, suggest it as falling of right to the heir Of if willing to serve under the derably less one home, and the almost alt the Derbi Rumour, however, as fond present government of playing at cross purposes as ministers them selves, names lir. Nlilner Gibson, the member for I4} 9. nehester, as the gentleman to whom the offer has been made. - - _ - Our Foreign news to-day is rather gossip than anything else. The Coronation at Moscow furnishes the more interesting points in the foreign correspondence of the journals, and we may judge of its importance from the circumstance that, iu recording the contest for Russian good will between the French and English Ambassadors, the Count de Morny is represented as having one hundred bottles of Macon brought to his door every morning for the service of his house hold—while Lord Granville, on his part, meets the rivalry by presenting a hundred tall Englishmen in rich liveries as lackeys, The only exception to this trivial character of the foreign news, are the reports from Naples, where an outbreak is every day expected, and the movements of the Orleans family. Monsieur Thiers is announced as reaching Lon don on Saturday, and comfortably installed in the Clarendon Hotel, which is to be the centre of the Orleanist policies set on foot by the Comte de Paris becoming of age on the 24th of this month. At Hamburg M. Thiers has already met the young Prince and his brother, the Duke de Chartres, and their mother, the Duchess D'Orleans, and it is said that the leaving that city for London has arisen from the intimation of the town authorities, that they would permit no publication likely to rood accord with the present Cotnlromise th ince. The contingency thus foreseen was a manifesto which M. Thiers has already pre pared, and which he purposes to publish on the 24th instant. It is expected to be a document of great political interest, and to be written in a spirit harmonising with the political testament left the young Prince by his father, protesting indirectly against the fusion, while adhering to the Emperor of 1 and the principle of popular The Duke de Nemours and the sovereig Prince ( yille, who are both committed to the i implies the adoption of the Count heir by the Count de Chambord— Fusion—w! de Paris as relatives hE ere, either to are about t avert the threatened proclamation, or, at all events• to modify its character Another examination has take place of the 'etched man who committed th males near Dover elneiJa folly, and f the truth—that strychnin in the colic metimes crime curious case of poisoning by gh mistake, which occurred lately ty of Clare. The singularity in the symptoms was an hallucination on the part of the victim that some parties were coming for The Observer gives us high promise of the approaching harvest, but surely exaggerates the intensity of the heat we have had, when it asserts arder on the a sad crime is always Our rep, THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. that " The three last weeks, taking them " altogether, have been the hottest for the last "65 years. Meteorologists have opened their " eyes with astonishment at the thermometer " ranging, day after day, from 80 to 87 degrees of " temperature in the shade. Thunderstorms have "been frequent, but still the temperature of the " atmosphere has not been materially lowered. " The results upon the crops have been all but " miraculous. They have been, as it were, subjected to the influence of a tropical climate, " and the consequence is, that all kinds of " agricultural produce are ripe and ready.' It adds a reasonable warning against the danger of epidemic disease, especially cholera, which is said to have re-appeared in some of the old tracts in which it has been accustomed to make its way to us. "In Paris," it continues, " there has been " a considerable number of deaths from this fell " disease, and it has also been very fatal in " Madrid, and in several of the low-lying districts "of Spain. In St. Petersburg it is again very " prevalent ; but, with regard to the latter city, " since its first appearance until the present time, " in the summer months, it is always prevalent ; " in fact, the disease in Russia may be regarded " now as entirely sporadic." We give the account, from our own reporter, of a serious accident, imperilling several lives, which occurred yesterday at the landing-place. Fourteen boys had crowded into a small boat, and upsetting, were only saved by a help so prompt and efficacious that it seemed little short of mira culous. A very serious responsibility lies on the persons who let out boats to boys under such circumstances, and the recklessness with which they abuse it calls loudly for a remedy. It is proper to have it known that the person who let out the boat in this instance would probably have been put on his trial for manslaughter, had death resulted from his interested carelessness. FRANCE has long since earned for herself the title of " The Land of Fables." Her fertile brain is capable of filling the columns of a daily journal of political novels, larger than any newspaper published in this or any other country. The revelations which take place in Paris and the French provinces, in such quick succession, leave no room for doubt as to the inventive genius of our esteemed Allies. And we should not be disposed to augur any evil to society at large, from the publication of their extravagant romances, if •it were not for the fact, that French history proves they have always been found the immediate forerunners of some marked change of policy or lamentable coup cretat With the foul blot which the publication of such tales of social and political pollusion as those which have just been promul gated with regard to the Marianne, Pere de Famine, and other secret societies of France, leave after them on the national character, we can have nothing whatever to do. We can only gaze with amazement at the frightful spectacle such a state of things present to other nations. Fortunately, the truth of the memoirs of the Marianne combination has been " sworn to" only by persons who must have been for the most part, if not wholly, police agents Beyond the witnesses " sworn," we only hear of one man, who after a fit of drunkenness fell into a state of great despondency, and who, after making his confessions, on the strength of which ".several " persons were arrested," committed suicide by way of confirming his insanity, and demolishing the entire validity of his evidence. What testi- mony is there, then, to justify the slander of the French nation, as we find it in the London Times of Saturday? There is no denying that there is a strong feeling in France in favour of a republic, and that the Riyalists are much divided on dynastic questions ; but we will not believe that the great masses of a people who are essentially re ligious, and as humane and just as we are, have so far fallen victims to a base, bloody, and brutal spell, as to justify every man below the rank of an Emperor, a Marshal, or a Prefect, being branded as an assassin, incendiary, and pillager. Public opinion in this country has no right to precede history with such revolting imputations. It is not enough that the Paris correspondent of the London Times should " consider the source' . from which he receives his " curious notes" as " trustworthy." Such " notes" are, in our humble opinion, counterreits, totally unfit for general circulation, and undeserving of public credit. Our cotemporaries " notes " can only tend to shake the confidence of England and all the world besides, in the stability of the national character of our Ally, and the near future of France. Christendom feels an instinctive repugnance —and none of its members more so than the Fench people—to the taking of oaths "on " the blade of a freshly ground knife"—refusing "to lend assistance when a cry of fire" was heard, " unless it was the property of a " brother," in a base political combination, " which " was burning"—and " all the usual terrifying " paraphernalia of such associations ; the mid night meetings in lonely places, the eyes ban daged, the naked dagger presented to the throat, " and the solemn threat of instant death in case of " disobedience." The bare thought of such a degraded and brutal state of society, carries us back further into the darkest eras of man's history than we can conveniently go, and our cotem poraries " notes" will be " curious" indeed, i f some miraculous concurrence of circumstances does not prove, ere long, that France is a land of fierce and untutored barbarians. The " leading journal" can scarcely wish for so terrible a consum mation, to give the intrinsic value of truth to its " notes." France must brand herself as the parent of all the atrocities attributed to her before the world will accept and endorse the counterfeit paper put into circulation by her worst anemias, and wily foes, to her prolonged alliance with Great Britain. In a country with a population of over 36,000,000, there must be many bad subjects, and not a few weak people who may be ;ed by I counsel; but what can their united weight b when compared witil the morality and Christianity of such a large family of enlightened beings? arental and religious teaching of ages have not surely been wholly thrown away on a noble and generous people. There can be no such collapse in the great and glorious superstructure of civili sation as that predicted for France in the " curious " notes" of trustworthy authorship. Where they have emanated from we care not, but we hope they will not be suffered to operate on our Stock market so as to give their chroniclers a one per cent advantage over their less well informed operators on European credulity. If we are to receive their publication as a prelude to a more rigid or a reactionary governmental policy in France, the only conclusion we can arrive at is, that the ene mies of the Emperor NAPOLEON have triumphed, over his Majesty's good sense, and have prepared a future for France, which is too appalling to contemplate. If our Ally is to follow -, Spain in the great chain of reaction—if the French are to have coups d'etat, their state of siege, and cama- rilla— what is to become of their trade, commerce, and industry ? Where is their immense income to come,from? and how are their huge current lia bilities to be discharged? It is ardently to be hoped that the unpleasant domestic affairs of the Imperial FaMily are in no way connected with any line of policy which may have been laid down for the observance of the Court. These are all matters, however, which must speedily answer the innumer-, able surmises which the present anomalous state of affairs has called forth. Meanwhile, We cannot receive the " curious note " issues of our London cotcmporary with too much circumspection, nor cling, through all time, to our friendly relations with France, with too much tenacity. IF "BRITANNIA rules the waves," how is it that the Liverpool Corporation cannot control the waters of Rivington Pike ? This is a very important question, considering the amount of money that has been spent on the effort, the vain promises made, and that many of our breweries, populous courts, awl bath houses have been threatened with all the evils of drought, and a water famine. The Pikeists told us that we should have a drink from the Rivington Guano Spa in the genial month of April, but HOpe was doomed to her chronic malady. To relieve the goddess in her anguish, July, the sunny month of flowers, was named. It came, and it passed away, with the other visions of the over sanguine mind. There was no water forthcoming, and general scarcity and "personal hardships" were the result. And after all these things had been endured by the town, Mr. HoLT stands up in the Town Council on the 13th of August, and coolly tells the public that the' waters of Rivington are to visit Liverpool within the next two months ! These assurances would be very encouraging if we had not heard them before, and had never been disappointed. They would also be still more consoling if they were backed by a statement of facts, which would convince the Ratepayers that there will be a suffi cient supply to meet all demands when the works are finished. Mr. Hour is a high authority on all matters con nected with this aqueous enterprise. Mr. ROBERT SON GLADSTONE very justly remarked at the Council meeting, of Wednesday, that " the council and the " town at large were indebted to Mr. HOLT for " giving so much of his valuable time and excellent services to the discharge of his duties as chairman of the water committee." If Mr. HOLT has nothing more than " time and " services " at stake in the issue of the Rivington project, he will have good reason to be thankful, if we are to judge of its merits by his own assertions. Mr. HoLT says ;—" The gathering at " Rivington and the other reservoirs was perfectly " satisfactory—water was collected there in a great " body, and during the late heavy rain, the water " in two of the reservoirs covering 250 acres, and " 180 acres, increased eight or nine inches, respec tively, in a very short time. The works admirably `` stood the additional test, so that he was glad to " say there could not be the least doubt of their " efficiency and completeness. The pipes were " also nearly all laid, with the exception of one or "two connecting ones across the railway at Hindly, " and, in all probability, in the course of a month " or two—he, for himself, should say two months— " they would have the water in the town. As to " the escape of water, it was found to be a matter " not difficult of . removal, but rather otherwise. A " trench was sunk—the water was being pumped " out, in order that a clay puddle might be put down , "and the escape would soon be stopped without " any expense or delay." There is much in this statement which requires consideration. Mr. HOLT informs us that there was a great body of water gathered at Rivington, but he does not mention the length of time it has taken to gather it, and while he goes on to express a very positive opinion as to the success of the tests, and the " efficiency and completeness" of the works, he does not hesitate to declare that " the escape of " water which had taken place was a matter of no " difficulty, as a trench was sunk—the water was being pumped out, in order that a clay puddle might be put down," and all this, according to his notions of hydraulics, " would soon be stopped without expense or delay." Now, we must confess that we are quite at a loss to understand how there can be an " escape " which requires a " trench," and pumps to carry off the troubled waters, and a " great body of water" remaining, at one and the same moment. Moreover, we are puzzled to con ceive how an idea of the " efficiency and complete of large water works can be formed before the Apes have been laid down, and all the conduits .ested. It may be necessary to keep Ratepayers luiet on subjects of such import, but there are cases in which wild assertions should be avoided as mush as possible. Should the scheme prove to be a failure, as many still think it will, the speeches delivered in the Council on Wednesday will only add to the public's disappointment and indigna tion. Charging a rate for water Which has not been supplied is rather a novel and unaccountable procedure, more particularly at a moment when the Ratepayers only get half the quantity they Any member of a Corporation who takes upon himself to speak for an engineer on water questions, brings a heavy responsibility, not only on his own - shoulders, but nn those of the whole body of his colleagues. Mr. SAMUEL HOLME maintains that there are three or four miles of water locked up from the town, and that the " delay in bringing it lute use, " was caused by a fault somewhere." Mr. HOLME would find a large majority of Burgesses in every ward in the Borough, of his opinion with regard to delaying the supply, but there are very few who ascribe that evil to the same cause he does. The pipes must be laid, and the whole scheme set in motion, before Mr. HOLT, Mr. HOLME, or even Mr.HAWKSLEY, can venture to tell us the actual reason of this or that disappointment. It is easy enough to collect three or four miles of water in an unusually wet season, but carrying it over hill and dale for several miles, and keeping up a large body in distant reservoirs, while an immense consumption is going on, are very different affairs, and Mr. F/AWKSLEY'S silence ought to convince Mr. HOLME and the Town Council of his great practical knowledge. We give the Pike engineer all credit for the wise exercise of professional discretion. It will be time enough for Mr. HA WKS LEY to talk at large when the thirst of Liverpool has been quenched by his labours. If he should succeed in bringing the water over the high levels he has to contend with, the Corporation may be well satisfied, but until this has been done, and the whole of the works are in full operation, it would be prudent for the Council to follow the example of the gentleman who has been intrusted with their The pipes, some people think, will_nat answer, and the public will soon begin to b e li eve that there is really some truth in all that has been said about them. Pumping out escaping water, and putting down clay puddles, to keep in the rebelli ous liquid, are little incompreliensibilities which form an excellent _finale to an interminable job and monster bubble. execution MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIYERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING There has been only a moderate demand. for Cotton to-day, and the tone of the market is with out change. The sales amount to 6,000 bales, of which 2,000 have been taken for speculation and export. The imports of the precious metals during the week comprise -371,332 dols in specie, per Nia gara, from New York; 181,000 ozs. gold dxst, and 10,000 sovereigns, per Royal Charter, from Mel bonnie ; 6,000/ in specie from the Brazils ; 6,600/. in gold and silver from the Peninsula; 16,0001. in silver from Antwerp , and 1.034,634 dols in specie from New York, making a total import of 1,114,0201. The exports have been chiefly remit tances in gold to France. The official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last, is as follows :—Gold coin—Belgium, 2,000 ozs ; Boulogne, 120 ozs. Gold bars—Petersburg, 886 ozs. Gold bullion—Hamburg, 378 ozs. Silver coin—Boulogne, 1,000 ozs• Advices from the foreign wool markets continue to report a steady trade, and a greater demand for the raw material by the principal manufacturers in France and Germany. The improvement has resulted from the probable increased demand for woollen fabrics of the finest material, in conse quence of the scarcity of silks throughout the continent. The high prices of raw silk also has determined several establishments to limit their production of the manufactured article, it being generally expected also that the public will rather patronise fabrics of a different material at a more moderate cost. The following is a statement of traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada by pas senger and goods trains for the week ending Ist Aug., 1856, and for the correspondine period last year :—Week ending Ist Aug., 1856, total receipts, 7,8801 13s; per mile per week, 271 17s Week ending 3rd Aug , 1855, total receipts, 5,6921 19s. 81; per mile per week. 231 12s. Increase:— Total receipts, 2,187113 s 4d; per mile per week, 4155. Aggregate gross receipts from the commencement of current half-year to date, 290,4361 7s 9d; for the corresponding period last year, 205,8221 Os ld— all sterling. The following is the traffics return of the Grand Trunk Rrilway Company of Canada, for the week ending 19th July, 1856, and corresponding week, 1855 :-1856, total sterling-5 4041. 13s. 6d.; miles open, 513 1855, total sterling-4.7111 95 51. ; miles open, 388. Increase :-6931. 4s Id. ; miles open, 125. The London Stock Markets have been quiet, but here has not been sufficient business to sustain the best prices of the day. Consols closed steady at our quotations ; but railways left off somewhat weak. Riges, however, were firm. Bank shares were tolerably active; but no particular change took place in prices, or in the prices of foreign and miscellaneous securities generally. The Persia brings 206.920/. in specie from New York. This raises the imports of the week to nearly 980,0001 Fully 100 0001 of the present arrival is likely to be retained in this country. The latest advices from Calcutta and Bomby, state the rate of exchange to have declined to an extent that will make it un profitable to remit silver to India. The French Three per Cents closed to day at 71f. 15e, showing great steadiness. The railway settlement had passed over easily. To-day there has not been much animation ir! the Railway Market, but the prices, with one or two exceptions, have been well maintained. Caledonian and Eastern Counties have been both unfavourably influenced by rumours with regard to the forthcoming dividends. On the former it is stated, there will be a return of 7s 6d per share for the half-year, and on the latter 2s only. These statements, although not generally believed, have attracted attention, and the shares have receded about 1/ for the Caledonian, and 5s to lOs for Eastern Counties. Most of the other lines have improved, but the Great Western, at the close of business, were rather weaker. In the Foreign Market there were very few dealings, but the Riga and Great Western of Canada improved. We quote the following from the circular of Mr. W. Avens of London : The Money Market, besides being favourably influenced by harvest prospects, has been sensibly eased by a large arrival of Australian gold ; but, perhaps, still more by the profitable trade which all the great producing interests of the country are carrying on. All our staple manufactures are in demand, both for domestic and foreign consumption ; and stocks are not accumulating. Speculative production does not seem likely to set in for a long time to come ; and though there is a vast extension of trade, it is essentially bona fide. The development of this fact is calming the anxieties of bankers and others, which were created a week or ten days ago by the publicatio❑ of a long list of new undertakings upon Joint Stock principles, which it was feared wai.d abstract too much capital from legitimate commerce., ^ e better feeling now apparent, has not, however, had any general effect upon rates. They are nominally unchanged ;'_bitA supplies are good, and there is more readiness to extend accommodation. 4s to the rates, we cannot expect any change by the Bank until the continental demand for gold has been satisfied— which may be looked for at no very distant period. The gold received in the present week, amounts in value to £770,000. Of this sum, about £600,000 are for the conti nent. There is an impression that the arrivals for the next five or six weeks will he secured for this country. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 95Z to 1 for account, have each day since improved to 9.52 to -a, generally upon purchases for the Savings' bank; but the improvement has seldom been maintained beyond the close of the day, simply from want of business. At the same time, any attempt to force prices below 951 has universally brought in purchasers. The transactions of the week have been principally for money. The railway market has been interfered with to some extent by the arrangements for the settlement, which are now in pro gress ; and, consequently, operations have been extremely limited. There is no material change in quotations since onr last. Some descriptions have slightly declined from the half yearly dividends being lower than were anticipated; but, on the whole, the market has been tolerably strong, without present ing any peculiar features. In Rigas there has been a further fall since our last, but they partially recovered subsequently. The call of £4 will probably be deferred from the 20,11 inst until the Ist September, and in the meantime the Committee of the Stock Exchange, to whom the documents were referred respecting the concession and the guarantee of the Russian government, have postponed their decision until Monday next . F.,reign Securities are much the same as last week. In Joint- S ock Banks, the intended establishment of a State Bank at Constantinople has caused a decline in a.toman shares. Mis cellaneous descriptions have been rather actively dealt in, but we have no particular change to notice. ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND Eta INSTI TUTION. 9, Ross HILL.—For the week ending August 16th. —New patients entered on the books last week, viz—Re lieved at the instittrion, 190; relieved at their o‘vri dwellings, 70 ; eases of prevailing epidemic, 0. Total, 260. Visitors—Mr. E. Watts, Mr. T. Kirk. Hon. secretary and treasurer, Joseph Kitchen, E.CI. FUNERAL OF THE REV. MR. MARSH.—The remains of this much lamented and respected gentleman, who died on board the Canadian steamer, as reported in our paper of Fri 'ay, were deposited on Saturday in the Cemetery of St. James, the funeral being attended by a highly respectable cortege. The Rev. Mr. Daried read, in a very impressive manner, the burial service, and all present were much affected, which the very melancholy case of the untimely death of the respected deceased seemed to h, igbten. Some of his friends had come down from London to attend the last sad ceremony. _ CORONER'S I QUESTS --The deputy-coroner, Mr. Statham, held the following inquests on Saturday :—On the body of an unfortunate female, who went by the name of Maria Lawler, but whose real name was stated to be Mary Slack, who kept a house of ill repute in Spitalfields. On Friday the deceased dropped dead in the street. She had been previously addicted to excessive drinking, but left it off sud denly. She died of disease of the heart. Verdict accord ingly.— On the body of a child found floating in the George's dock. The only evidence was to the finding of the body. Verdict accordingly.—On the body cf a painter, named John Carrot, aged 37 years, who was engaged painting some I premises b:longing to the London and North Western Railway Company in Crosby-street. The stage on which he was standing by some means gave way, and he fell ; the injuries he received caused death. Verdict accordingly. A SWEARING QUAKER. —In the heari , gof a case before Baron Bramwell, on Saturday, one of the witnesses was a m-mber of the Society of Friends, who duly affirmed, according to the rule of his sta. On cross examination, the counsel who bad him in hand appeared not quite satisfied as to one of his statements, after repeatedly press ing on him the point, at last exclaimed, "Do you mean to ' swear that upon your . oath ?" The witness, growing indignant at the impited doubt, answered vehemently, " Yes, I do." His lordship looked gravely at the Quaker , and said, " You surely do not mean that, Mr. —?" The witness, not having the fain.est perception of his lordship's humour, replied promptly, " Yes, my lord, I do." His lordship : " Then you have taken an oath for once in your I life. (Laughter.) But, never mind, you do not appear much ,he worse for it." (Laughter.) The witness, who b gan at this time to have a cloudy idea that some kind of a joke was going forward, looked exceedingly puzzled, and made no reply. LATEST INT ELLIGENCE. THE EAST MARSEILLES, SUNDAY EVENING The Montenegrins are threatening to invade several districts of Turkey, and Kurched Pasha has asked for reinforcements. A part of the Imperial Guard was on the point of taking part in a combat which took place at Podgoritza, and where several churches and mosques had been destroyed. An insurrection in one of the remote provinces had been suppressed. The Internuncio of Austria at Constantinople gave a fete to Admiral Lyons. SPAIN MADRID, AUGUST 16, Prince Adelbert of Bavaria will arrive this even ing at Madrid, and his marriage is expected to take place on the 20th inst. FRANCE. (PROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING This being the Emperor's fete day is observed as a grand holiday, and, in consequence, the post. office closes at an unusually early hour, and busi ness is generally suspended. The Boulevards and other public places are decorated with flags and streamers, and in the gardens of the Tuileries vast preparations have been made for illuminations at night, and at the triumphal arch of the Barriere de l'Etoile for fireworks. As I write, the lower classes are flocking in crowds to the Esplanade des Invalides and the Barriere du Trone, to see pantomimes, climbing up greased poles, and other amusements. The Mortiteur announces that Baron Brunow, envoy extraordinary of the Emperor of Russia yesterday presented Louis Napoleon, in the name of the Czar with the collar of the Order of Stint Andrew. He also presented to him Prince Gort schakoff and Captain Lusianski. The latter, says the official journal, is charged to superintend the building at Bordeaux of a steam frigate and cor vette for the Russian navy. The Bank of France has not reduced its rate of discount. The monthly return, published this morning, shows that the discounts at Paris amounted to 245 615 577 fr. ; those of the branch banks to 216,329 783 fr ; the advances on public securities to 101,803 8661 r. ; and on railway shares and bonds to 57.206,140 fr. ; advance to the government 55,000,000 fr. ; discount of treasury bills 40,000,000 fr., and premiums paid for the purchase of gold and silver 1,145 9861 r. The amount of notes in circulation was 639,447,100 fr. Intelligence of disturbances in Naples, is, so to speak, looked for every hour. WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY, The West India Mail Steamship Company's steamer Parana arrived here to day, bringing the usual West India and Pacific mails. She has brought 30,700 dollars in sp?cie, and her advises are from Greytown, to July 21; Demerara and Trinidad, 25 ; Jamaica and Grenada, 26; Bar badoes, 27; Porto Rico, 23 ; and St. Thomas, 31. She reports the arrival of the South Pacific mail at Panama, with , dates from Valparaiso to July 1, and Callao to July 11. The California mails from San Francisco, of July 5, had arrived at Panama, with upwards of two million dollars. INSPECTOR FIELD AT ALLSOP'S WAX-WORK EXHIBITiON. —Every one who had seen Palmer, declare that his like ness at this establishment is the best that is extant, and a day or two since, Mr. Field, the celebrated London officer, on visiting the exhibition, was at once struck with the exact likeness of that notorious person, and declared it to be the most perfect he had ever heheld.—Adv. EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.— WONDERFUL ESC k PE. On S iturday evening, about four o'clock, an accident of an unusual description took place in Lime-street, and it is hardly short of a miracle that some one was not killed, considering the number of people in the thoroughfares at the time. A carriage belonging to a gentleman, named Campbell, was going up Lime-street, when a bus, coming in an opposite direction, by some means came in !light contact with the vehicle. The horses were fine spirited animals, and feeling a cheek they plunged furiously, and the coachman, in his endeavours to check them, was thrown from his seat, as the horses twisted round and made down Lime-street with furious rapidity. The street was very full of people at the time, and the alarm t h at prevailed was great. The animals rushed madly d own John's-lane, where several ineffectual attempts to stop th em wer e made. The carriag e coming in. contact with th e kerbstone, was turned over on its side, but still th e h orse s continued, at increased speed, dragging th e upset ve hicle after them. The carriage was v er y soon smashed i n to atoms, and at the end of John's-lane, near White chapel, the animals were stopped without doing further injury. Most fortunately there .was no one in the carriage at the time—had there been, the consequences would have been terrible. Some ladies had left it a few moments previously. The coachman was considerably bruised but nor dangerously hurt. In John's-lane severa l escapes of a lmost a miraculous description were made, as the street was crowded at the time by market people. , The alarm was fearful, foriamndaginnoabsiveondTern,ank go i odss, however,twnaesonefthe mostone were awful hurt, sights although hundre is w ers terr ib ly frightened n at the • cene. The horses were not injured. EXCURSION FROM THE LITERARY AND 'MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. —On Saturday last a great gat h er i ng of the members of the Literary .Mechanics' Instit u ti ons of 1 ancashire and Cheshire. took place at Worsley Hall, the s pl en did seat of the Earl of Ellesmere. Excursion trains from Liverpool, Manchester, and Chester and the various towns along those lines, conveyed upwards of 4,000 people to Patricroft station. Immediately on arriving at this point the excursionists proceeded in parties to the " Bridge water Foundry," close to the railway station, which Mr Nasmyth, the celebrated engineer, had thrown open to their inspection, one of the subjects of interest being the gigantic steam hammer, invented by Mr. Nasmyth, re markable for its stupendous power, and pliant and diversified f:fcility of operation. The we i g ht of the hammer is seven tons, and its length of stroke or fall seven feet; the full weight, or blow it can deliver, being calculated at one thousand tons. It can, however, be made at repeated taps to drive the smallest upholsterer's tack, or at one blow to annihilate the tack and the timber into which it is driven. The wonders of the " boiler-maker's shop" excited much attention, as did also the "foundry" or casting shop, with its formidable array of huge casting pots, unwieldy ladles, ponderous cranes, and mysterious moulding boxes. In another part of the works a large slotting machine, whose travelling distance is twerey-two feet, with a width of table seven feet across, was busy dressing the slide or guiding rules of a ponderous boring-bar, close by which was another slotting machine. The whole of the machinery in this department is driven by a small engine not exceeding thirty-five horse-power. Much . attention wa s di recte d to the models of a wrought iron mortar, and t h e monster w r ought iron cannon which Mr. Nasymth recently engaged to manufacture. In the yard th e i r at t ent i on was also a roused by an inspection of the massive fragments of metal which had be n intended to form the h uge gun , th e m odel of which has just been mention e d. H ere t h ese p on derous manes now lie carelessly heaped together, like the arch fiend of the poet " Majestic, even in ruin." Much regret was expressed on beholdi ng th ese gigantic witnesses of spirited enterprise, baffled and overthrown by mis.directed skill or, inadequate re sources . The foot-walk, hence , con ducting to Worsley Hall, is along the margin of the canal. On entering the grounds surrounding the hill, the visitor is struck with the symmetry and orderly beauty of all around him. Winding walks, bordered by flower-beds, and closely mown sloping ban' s of verdant turf, lead to wide spreading terraces, decorated by gay parterres of flowers, laid out in geometrical figures, and insterspersed with fountains and beautifully sculptured pedestals, sup porting noble vases. Above all these may be seen the many•crested heads of the stately hall. On the principal terrace the numerous visitors assembled in lex ,e b o di es , and enjoyed themselves in dancing for a considerable time, three fine musical bands being in attendance. About six o'clock in the evening the company, num'ering more than 5,000 persons, la•ge numbers having come in private vehicles, from different parts of th e coun t r y, began to disperse. The excursionists were not aemitted into the hell to inspect the art-treasures it is believed to contain. Many of these parties were free in contrasting this treat ment with the affable liberality with which they were last year welcomed by Lord Stanley, at Knowsley. THE COURT Her Majesty, with the other members of the royal family, left the yacht at an early hour on Thursday, inch landing at Plymouth dockyard, went to the tilt hammer house and on board the screw steamer Donegal, 101, and other ships in the course of construction. Shortly after six, to the great satisfaction of the inhabitants, he r Majesty drove through the town of Plymouth and Stone" house, and rejoined the yacht EXETER.—On Friday, her Majesty and the royal suite arrived at the Exeter railway station from Plytn,mth, by especial train, at eleven o'clock in the morning. Thou . sands of the citizens crowded around the station to catch a glimpse of the Queen, and the train conveying the royal party was greeted with deafening applause on its arrival. Bars'mt.—The royal train made a stoppage at Bristo l for about a quarter of an hour. The assemblage of spectators was immense, and the cheering on the arrival of the royal party enthusiastic. The Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Prince Arthur, arrived at a few minutes b e fore one, and having alighted from the carriage they pro• ceeded, amidst loud cheering and other demonstration s of loyalty, to the reception room. After partaking of luncheon, the train again started at 1.15 p.m. BATH.—The Bathonians were next gratified with 0 sight of royalty, the Queen, Prince Albert, and several branches of the royal family having passed through that city, It was truly gratifying to see how man, woman, and child, on learning that the royal carriage drem near , rushed forward, and the loud and sincere cheers wit h which the people greeted the royal party wer e graciously responded to by the Queen, her royal consort, and family. SALISBURY.—The royal train arrived at Salisbury, 1- I j 6 the Wilts and Somerset branch of the Great Western Railway, at half-past two o'clock on Friday afternoon' The royal party drove through the Close direct to th e White Hart Hotel, where her Majesty received a perfec t ovation of applause from the dense crowd of spectators assembled in that vicinity. After partaking of luncheon the Queen re-entered a carriage placed at her disposa l by the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and drove to th e cathedral, where her Majesty was received by th e clerical dignitaries. The mayor and corporation We re in attendance here to welcome the royal party, and be r Majesty having graciously acknowledged the c ordial reception accorded to her, proceeded under conduct of the Very Rev. the Dean to inspect the sacred edifice an d its many interesting monuments. As her M.jes t i entered the cathedral the members of the choir, acconr panied by the organ, sing the national anthem, t he effect of which swelling through pointed aisles Wa ° exceedingly fine. The Queen re-entered her carriage at the palace gates' and drove thence direct to the station of the S , ut h Western Railway, where a special train left Salisbury at , 4.15 p m., amid the cheers of the crowd, a n d arriv ed 111 Southampton at a quarter past five, where the illustrio ug party,,owing .to the lowness of the tide, embarked on board the Elfin, despatch boat, and proceeded direct t ° Osborne. LOSS OF THE TAURUS Intelligence reached Liverpool on Saturday that the screw steamer Taurus went on shore at Rattray Head 4311 Friday, and had become a total wreck, a great portio o of the vessel being broken up. ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER FORTUNATE ESCAPE .—Yesterday evening, about. quarter to five o'clock, an accident of a serious descriP' tion took place in the river, just off the landing stag , and for some time the greatest alarm prevailed in the locality, as the report was that nine or ten lives had be e° lost, and this caused a deep sensation through the locge f parts of the town. Wa are happy, however, to say that the report, so far as the loss of life went, was quite incorrect. The accident was, notwithstanding, o ne of 11 fearful description, and but for prompt and mall courage, would have resulted i n f ata l consequences. 'I"; may be here stated that th e con d uct of police offic er- Barrow (No. 7), and Parkins (64), deserve the greate 4 praise, and we trust they will meet with even somethit4 more, for there noble conduct. There were also 5 0a ' boatmen, whose names we could not ascertain, ' lb ': exerted thems e l ves e ff ect i vely on the occasiou. The be*: were these :—Ab ou t t h e t i me stated, several lads, scb , appeared to be from 13 to 19 years of age, entered a boat, for the purpose of having a sail on the river. 0° following are the names :—ltobert and William Millar' 15 , Crosshall Street; John Sheny, 6, Clay - on Stree t ' James Murphy, 5 court, Same Street ; Stephen Leonard' 3, Back Salisbury Street; Thomas and John J ,nes, 62. Duke Street; William Hessen, Carlton Street ; Charleg Levet, Oldhall Street; Henry Wallace, 35, Whitech Joseph Conard, 38, Green Lane ; and Jas. Gall Lgher. seems the boat had been hired by the boys, and it said it was much too small for such a number. D'' lads had shoved the little vessel away from the gil l , : when one of the ferry boats passed quit e c l ose to an" touched it. Whether this or the rush of the boys to 011° ; $ side upset the boat, is not quite cer t a i n; b u t at 11 ' events It was upset, and all the boys plunged into t" river, under the boat. The most fearful cries Wel raised, and every one about the place tried as much possible to render all. the assistance in their pow er i Boatmen pushed off from the Seacomb slip, a ll being joined by the officers already name i, thei were fortunate enough in rescuing all t b f, boys, most of wh om , h owever , were i n an ex h a usteu condition. The three last named boys we re. insensible, and all were instantly conveyed to the recei (l ing house at the Prince's dock. Medical aid was i° quick attendance, and in the course of two o r thre e hours, the lads were so far recovered, with the excepti °l : of Wallace, that they were enabled to proceed b° 113 ., with their f r i en d s . W a ll ace was at once put i nto a 11°t bath, by offi cer B arrow, and S urgeon Sayers, from tbv , Northern dispensary, attended most zealously to hi l° : After a good d ea l of exert i on t h e lad revived, but qrsA. not able to l eave t h e place. He was put into bed, 31% mustard blisters a ppli e d , an d b y ten o ' clock he was pronounced to be i n t h e b est stage of recovery, aO 4 there was then not much danger apprehended for t" - result. STEALING A WIFE—EXTRAORDINARY " DODGE' S REGAIN POSSESSION OF HER.—Mrs. Centlivre, we thin'' it was, who wrote a f arce, ca l led " A Bold Stroke for a Wi', c'e but if she had th e f o ll ow i ng foundation for a " plot, " doubt she might improve on the " play." Strange thill o turn up now an d th en at t h e P o li ce C ourt, and amongst lulus naturce Of Saturday morning was the following • 4 John Scott, one o f th e d e tective offi cers w h o seems to W., a peculiar knack of catching runaway w i veP, b roug h t up 8 r goodren renovator" (alias (a Soong a fellow,amender of old s h oes ), w h o resides namel Mtch au l G ra dy, " North•street, on the following singular ch arge . Th e on c e , said on the 9th inst. a man, named Patrick Casey, W t keeps a clothes broker's shop in G rea t C ross h a ll s tree'i called and reported at the Cent ra l Offi ce, t h at th e prison:r had stolen his wife, £25 in cash, and a large qoantity ,; (5 . wearing apparel from him , and gave directions that„,tr f police should be on the lo o k out for the" happy pair." :', o f police were on the look ou t, b ut i t prove d a bl an k . On Fri evening, from somethi ng wh i c h S cott h ear d , he went to ti ancient city of Chester, where he found the prisoner 0 ,4 0 the faithless Mrs. Casey, in custody of the police. f brought the lovin g p a i r t o Liverpool, w h en M r. CA S loudly and l arge l y up b ra id e d his s p ouse f or her con,bl„ 0 o 1, 6 ,. She admitted i t was, " per h a ps," a bad thi ng s h e h a d d ° h e but pleaded m an y excus es, and, as a final one, she said ti( j, (the pris oner ) was t h e boy for bewi tc hi ng them." (1-lio laughter.) The prisoner was then given in charge by of Casey, for stealing the coat he had on hi s b ac k, as t hat .i. O Dart of the stolen property — indeed, the only thing if a t turned up out of the money or clothes. Mr. Grady f r e p therefore put into the box in his shirt sloe ° e• Mr. Dickson : Very well, put forward the .1 3r . ° 01' cuter. Scott : He won't come forward now, sif'nr pros( cute. Mr. Dickson : Why not ? Mr. Clough : " i a l sir, he refuses to come into court n ow . it i s a rear 1 ,4 dodge he has made to regain possession of his wife. ( 1)° ,41' latrahter.) Mr. Dickson : Ve r y we ll ;if h e d oes not afii to sustain the charge, I must not detain the prisoner. 0 ,0 him be oischarged. Mr. G ra d y starte d from t h e dock co' a !iot sound, but whether hi s h eart partoo k o f that b ii ratter is another question. One thing is certain, th back was lighter than when he entered, for Mr Cl ° o ol ordered the coat to be detai ne d unt il M r . C ase y, t he 0 / 1 redeemed it by paying the police expences to Chester.