Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-04 00:00:00

Q LEGRAPHIC NEWS. BY British 4114 Irish Magnetic Telegraph. N AVIGATION OF THE DANUBE. 11 _ VIENNA, NOVEMBER 2. tilA 7, con vention drawn up for the navigation of ii„„4-'innbe along its banks is expected to be Without (ic..2lay, and wilt come into operation Ste: day of tlt, new year The Austrian I tii n ; ; '\aviii,Ati,)n. Company will then have to Ma rt ii " p 4l . itself against any competition that may 1101,c TEEN —DENMARK. % Iv = .7vei has dem an d e d o f th e G e rma n Diet, that "muses of the Constitution of Holstein as titertillxiic,oary to tha law of German C•Hifederation tiated4 declared n.m-obligatory, if Demark per bter,' 41 Maintaining them. The proposition has aellt to a committee of the Diet. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS. kit ' (From Last Night's Gazette) 'i'la tl P of London to be Dean of H e r M a j e sty's Chapel. ttl t e Ant g of I v . vertley to be Cl- ,. vernor and CaptOn of the " I glu, vice Lord Heylestury, resigned. • THE INDIA MAILS. Th e SOU Ul-IAMPTON, TUESDAY. '„.° l ombo has arrived with the heavy portion . \let, , 4 4dia mails. Her dates are—Alex indria, 6ht filet; Malta, 25th ; and Gibraltar, the 29th. lee i t s brought 135 passengers, amongst whom r laj a r , i nee ll)henlohe, and other officers of her 'tli a e ,, - "r 4 ship Rilei4h, which was wrecked iu ' 1 4 nd Capt a i n Ch a mbe rs , th e comman d er o f 'lrefti c 4 "jesty' s troop ship Transit, which was t he c 4 ,4 near Singapore. Amongst the cargo of j,,,, ° ,,totrib o are about 3,000 bales of si!k. t od ; k : Lyons, with his squadron, was at Candle, Ar n " r ' expected soon at Malta, for the winter. t ev er ,tigst the passengers by the Colombo are INe4L fu gitives from Inia, many of whom are in Na.tnental distress for the loss of friends. A t h it tee of lay p as s en g ers was f orme d on bo ar d aiYorke Purpose of furnishing pecuniary relief to 'e purpose board who had suffered from the muti- V 4 ; ;" who wanted assistance. • the homeward voyage, the Colombo s na g , aced fine weather in the Mediterranean 'e eag the c oas t s o f Sp a i n an d P ortuga l, across 43. of Biscay and up Channel, light wind, h eavy or North swell. On freight the , 4 4 13 : 4130 brin gs 3 packagas of specie, value 5,2061, ea (2a rgf 0 consis - ing of 51 cases of shawls, 2,099 pep, silk, 2 boxes of 'belie, 8 c a s e s to r t o i se INtre':' °I 1 1 , ease of plants, 1 box of ir on . 100 pk gs 1 ') , 4 boxes despatches, 41. pkgs. sundries. o e , EILPS SPOICZN. ZTC. vqol)6tve,,t 27 lb.—Indus (S.B ), lat. 37 1, 13nz. 2 30 E ; Ut b. - -Lebanon, ldt. 33 4 long 9 13 W. 6, 1 nv, GIBRALTAR sHIPPING. ` G al Oczuber.—Ctiraeau (d.), G. L. Weilieliam, . 4 e 4 - be days from Liverpool, with general cargo ; 'Li4 te r/ anegn . (cleared.) I) i i] NINSULAR FLOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. th „ SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. dip ' r eninsular and Oriental Company's steam I 't k; too E. Christian, arrived this catain 4,1.7, at ic 10 o'clock, with the Peuin_sular tt; t ie 2901 ; Oporto, 30:h.; Vigo, 31sT ; and expo. ? floe • u hout the voyage. The tg q , Lri weather thio g , 14 (1 a car ate 17 passengers, specie value £5OO, c "m 4 iating of 114 baskets of chesiars, Cae" of eggs, 80 hides, 30 boxes of onions, and '4.)aerdtages of sundries. 411 (1 th Ma iestA's ship Curlew was at Gibraltar, Th e e u s ual ' Portuguese squadron at . Lisbon. 'tte t i l igus spoke the steam-ship Teutonia, li„"g tot. Lisbo n on the 29. h Oct.. bri g , 2 ,iu l tt. 48 02 long. 50 W., the steam southward. '' The ' -L. uff Cape Villano, a 'urge paddle steamer. Yellow fever still rags at Lisboa. Shops fl t i%itiT ite tlfactories continue to be closed, and ."tviti„l s itarintint. inion continues to be as s to s whit the pre O c p ise nature of the dis b Th p i 8; •4•ing continues at Lisbon. On visiting the I t)spital his Majesty contributed .£7:000 4 1-)11: 4 towards the relief- of the widows and of those whO have died of the fever. the 1 4 stated on good authority in Lisb - ..n, that [ 4l ' ~it alg uese gover.ient offered 5,000 Portu- N A- rn b" ) the British governmon`, and that the offer eeat declined by Lord Clarendon, on the tt eds • • • Tee that existing circumstances do nut render I 4 T4 i , s eli'Y to employ foreign levies. ?It•" - fall o f D •ihi was communicates to the 1 ,11 : ,(14teo , •; 1311 e plt minister btie. at Lisbon, who corn nunicated . : e 11 pro be subscription has e ‘ge th 4t Lisbon for the relief of the sufferers by tt 'l: 4 c),, ltit 'ies in India, and has been handsomely 61nfn l ed to. e "ni: re iiztl exchanges at Lisbon transactions have ti ‘tt AL ttlited ; the ' quotations are—on London, 30 b „, - ; 90 days, 54 . The quotations for stocks 4so t Et - i"':; 44 l, no ransactions having occurred for oey t . 3 . t MOP 4, 1 p 1 857.—echooner GIBRALTAR Stile, lNG. T. Cowling, 17 days 0 + a , cr vritu currants fur Dubin un . d Liverpool. 1 .- M -Schoo ntr lles, Jetrams, 23 days from O e • - ,°° 2 1 with coas for Gibralt r. (eizttll2„.2l, . w 's teamer Albani r, A. Bruce, 6 d tys from ) bglegoads for Gibraltar atd Genoa, ' l , l 4 ll ; i `r Melit a , G . LAtiglani, 5 days frora Liverpaol, ;%g , 01.1s for Gibraltar end Constant ) 4 t :* -- S;eamer Frankfort, D. B. Morton, 8 dais u i ts W ith currants for Liverpool, (cleared ) ` ,l ityton, W. Smith, 20 days from Liverpool,t ‘i ct ki t 4"nds for Gala z, (cleared ) b:xincici a : 11. M. S. Tartarus. At Malta : Val ‘ticp, Vigilat t, and Cogent. At Gibraltar . Ott t h --..-- 114 ' 114 'ett I\T —Tbe Commercial Insurance Com - 1 :, 4 \ 14 2,1 their sw me s e . zing rn Saturday. The report, which . 6 is ° )ot 'l 4 rtoeivecl showed Viet there had been i 6 ilIr• a l ? to assure ' 1 1:94,00?1, which aviuld have produced . 4 ,2 - , 4 „. 113 6 .3., 9 6/ Its 103. Of these, 533 were accepted,. ItI C I6I- 1 6 4 .1851 14 The revenue of the com Pall hats : ::e ; :/ 10 311/I ' o which appeared to show that the ! 41 4 11 ; 14 (.. - f • T k or e e; . ses in S P:lblic favour. There lrs been a le ,-,,1 1 , 2 .. cump3n 3 s affairs, as follows :—Value of Don t . ~759/ Os 3 , 1; value of liabilities, 93,2181155 I Id, I t t "4 e 1 q balance of 16,27(Y/ 4i 4d. Ia the course of the rs ' ,,, le gfi, the manager (Mr. Jay) ex2lained that the i t ° le h ie would be lessened by the expenses of carryingnot 4 ,` l ee! a -u 'itless. The . directo-s . advised the meeting 1 4ir e a bonus, and the advice was followed in the pl 1i , ,! hy a very harmonious steeling. tt t 'ilei i ROBBER —A curs us circumstance took S a bo ''': "er d his - P rig. A nobleman, driving will] p t i : :,• - i ' l Y from h t .Is, had alighted to wok, wh! e ti - t ", l i r rile Went (>% 4 a S e n d ddenly_ a man attacked him, C°° ' t• t v 44l , With the usual polite invitation to yield up 41. 4 11 t r t inder pain of extermkh!tion, to which our tle„ t `l as'„ e Qd. surrendeliing Lis eff-ets with as good a ( 404 pr; l sible. The robber, thereupon, , demanded his hi7ted P4,'tot, considerate:lY omewh it t ' e t a, 31. ztent in exchange 6 ; ff e g v i e s n g t h h is ia "r u n nr i easonable 11 " 44t :8 ag"e4 t' S lutes wire exchange .1„ and the il ktlr e la ' 24 ' ,, a tit the best - of 1.1:5 way to his carriage , much to il qt: ' 4 • l4 to ( e l l "' 'f his lad/. Shartly after, on puttiog . his ‘1, 11 111 4 le of his coat pock its, he was agiee4o3,y 44 1' 4e Eir t • t ? a.d his own gold vrat:h, and to thi s whorl snuff box 4 t l % ti ll lei " he dal giv ca up, beiidei a gold ~ . en - r,nn g jO i „" ) tli r l ,: u lhieg, - whic% li Id evidently butt IL I f e 4e kets • The It D 4. " eti m * robber hal forgotten the contents u t 1 417 "hen he exchanged his old garments for I BPlendil paletot! t( ,bit; ° ig ou dt u tion• 10Y ur iot t og oic 611 .0 4 'v eelc and t): ,° 10 1 ": fact i ; o ' ot' s e ta _ , 6 a il!!fr a :0 1 ontu° e rica' •K Arc of t he v° a pt A thenot,Pl` ° "" the 0 ( • a e lin o o c of r • s" ton' o st ria bt i of 6 pt:resi t O tt To gs!, Of,' of oi Hacle Y' in a Ha in o , le D r, te e at serot coIt"nc10 00 31 .e 3 o la h ere " r s o le ' jici e ty l ifer is tru-;b0 oilbeitit g r . et oc COST (ler rdAY 3 „ sev er v o o 1 ‘ 4 % . 1 ' vo• - „ J a" 85 0 0° a fter- ge iiceic the roil 1° 0 0. eel° f the ; e rr o ( a; ilic l3 te r ; you!Nilo t a pd ' „ g op vP, I ; first r to- o and , P tb'o3ll? RN' l i o e, vot ,telf 0 0 13 Eli' Di JAY , t g er, ~a s boor . 110 the prg t) der , V P , 5 4 50" 1 1 ). tbe, it 0.• t 01 IvP e " O yer pie tr io; b A act b ,C3111 4 'il l , 3- NORTHERN TIME-S.--LiyEttPo,ol,, WEDNESDAY, THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, FRANCE. P.A RIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Spanish Government has not yet signified its decision on the last communication from Mexico, namely, that the offered. mediation of France and England will be accepted on condition that M. Safragua, the Mexican Envoy, shall be previously received at Madrid in his official char acter. M. Lafragua is still in Paris awaiting the reply of the Spanish Cabinet. He has in the mean time published a detailed account of the quarrel between the two Governments, from the first MlB understanding in 1851 to the latest nesotiatione in Madrid, and to which he has appended copies of the conventions, diplomatic notes, and other documents explaining the causes which have led to the rupture of relations between the countries. The narrative is drawn up in .a calm, and appatently impartial manner, and in a spirit of conciliation. There are two causes of dispute; one relating to the claims put forth by certain Spaniards on the Mexican Government for indemnification of losses sustained during the civil broils in the Repullic; the other is traced to the acts of violence perpretated on the persons and property of Spanish residents by malefactors, who allege that they belonged to the division of Alvarez, the Mexican General com manding in Cuernavaca, and who pretended they acted by his orders. With respect to the indemnification, it appears that the convention concluded between the Govern ments for its payment- was suspended in conse quence of the Mexican Government having discovered that claims which were completely unfounded had been intr-dueed in the account of credits, and that dividends had been paid thereon to persons who had no right to them. In order to enforce the recovery to the Mexican Treasury of the sums thus wrongfully obtained, an embargo was laid on the property of the false creditors When this was known in l'sle.d.rid it ex cited universal clam ur ; and language so outrageous to Mexico wee used in the press end the Cortes as to render not only a rupture of diplo matic relation., but even war, extremely probable : A new Minister Plenipotsntiary wee sent out from Spain to Mexico, named Alvarez. He appeared in the waters of Vera Cruz with several Spanish ships of-war, as if ready to back his demands by force. He notified in the usual form to the Mexican Go vernment his arrival, but declined delivering his credentials until the embargo which had been laid on the property of Spanish residents was removed. The embargo was, in fact, a temporary measure, and the G wernment made no objection to remove it. But as, in consequence of the display of force, the demand had the appearance of a threat. the President of the Republic required, as a prelimineey step, the withdrawal of the ships of war. The Spanish Envoy accepted the condition ; the vessels quitted the waters of Vera Cruz and returned to the Hevannah ; the embargo was removed ; her Ca tholic Majesty's Envoy was received offieielly, and soon after concluded with the Mexican . Government the convention of the 12A1 of July, 1856. In that instrument it was stipulated that the reasons alleged by the Mexican Go vernment for the revision of the credits which it regarded as unfounded and unjust should be care fully and frankly examined;• They ware examined; and the Spanish Envoy, convinced, no doubt. of the justness of these reasons, admitted the re vision ; while the Mexican Government, on the other hand, hound itself to execute faithfully the stipulations of the orieinal treaty of 1853, for the payment of all bona fide claims. The Spanish Government, however, did not approve the con vention signed ad referen luna by its Envoy; but the Mexican Peesideet dhl not revoke his order for the execution of the convention. The credits 1 were not revised, though Mexico intended to execute the treaty. The Spanish Charge d'Affeirs remained at his post, and the Mexican Govern ment proposed to send its representative to the Court of Madrid. The departure of the latter, was, however, delayed by the troubles which broke cut in same p eels of_ the Republic, and revolters; . but the relations between the Govern ments continued on a friendly footing to the end of 1856, and might have remained so but for new and unexpected incidents: these were the 'acts of violence committed on Spanish residents in Cuernavaca alluded to above. Before receiving any communication from the Spanish annoy, the Mexican Government had issued orders for the immediate repression of those outrages, and for the apprehension and punishment of those concerned in them. A detachment of 560 men was sent to protect the lives and property of Spanish as of Mexican residents, and for co-operation with the local authorities in their persecution of the offen ders. Though the imputation that the military, including some officers, took part in these acts was considered groundless, yet, with a View to guaran tee more effectually the safety of the inhabitants a new Governer, of much local influence and ex perience, was appointed to the command of the district ; end General Alvarez was ordered to quit the place, and retire to the south. The order was at once obeyed. Proceedings were then com menced against the guilty parties in custody, and steps taken for the capture of the malefactors who had fled from justice. These measures were necessarily slow in a country like Mexico, where the want of roads, the vast dis tances between the towns, the woods and forests, the mountains, and the very climate present great obstacles to the action of the authorities, and facilitate the concealment or flight of enalefectors of every description. The Spanish Charge d'Affaires, contrasting, I presume, the celerity with which justice is adininistered in his own country with the tardiness of Mexico, set no account on natural and soeiel difficulties, and became impatient at the delay.., Three weeks passed away, and the malefactors, some of them had fled to the interior or to the. 'mountains, were not all captured, judged, •and punished.-- M. Soula (Charge d'Affaires) .addressed a note to 'the Mexican Government, setting forth that, if in eight days from that hate; which would complete a month from that of the . perpetration of the crime, the molt ,ecerioprary and solemn punishment" was not iellicted on all who had committed it, and suit able indeinnifieation accorded, he should declare that diplomatic relations were broken off between Spain and Mexico, demand his passports and at once quit the territ, reef the R ' , nubile. The Mexican Government 'replied on the 1611. It specified the measures it had taken against the malefactors, nine of whom hal been apprehended. It refuted the charges of the Spanish Charge d'Aff Cres—declared it would do all that was prescribed by the laws of nations—and protested against the accusation that a political conspiracy existed against Spanish residents. With reference to fixing a dely of eight days, it denied the right of the Charge d'Affaires to take upon himself such authority, seeing that, by international law, teed particularly by the treaty between Mexico and Spain, the citizens of every country were subject to the laws cf the place in which they resided. The Government' added, moreover, that several Spanish citizens had taken an active part in insurrections in Mexico After some further correspondence the Spanish Charge d'Affairs intimated that relations were broken off ; he demanded his passports, and quitted Mexico towards the end of January. On the Ist February following M. Lafragua, who had been named Minister to Madrid previous to the last quarrel, set out for Mexico for his post. He had an interview with General Concha at the Havannah on the Bth, when the General blamed the Charge d'Affaires for the hasty manner in which he acted. In the month of March he reached Paris, having previously communicated to Madrid, through the Mexican Secretary of Legation in Paris, his arrival, when M; Pidal, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, replied that, for the present; he could not be received in his official character. Of his conferences with General Serrano, in Paris, at that period, I gave you a full account at the tile; and of his inter views with M. Pidal in Madrid, and the'irseful co operation of the E n glish and Frenehlif inieters in that city towards the settlement of the question, you have been equally informed. M. Lafragua quitted Madrid without being received by the Queen, and returned to Paris, where he now is, as I have already observed, awaiting •the answer of the Spanish Government on the question of mediation and his previous reception by her Catholic Majesty. M Latragua concludes his narrative by stating his belief that he has clearly shown that the Mexican Government had no participation in the crime alluded to ; that it could not prevent them ; that it has not tolerated them ; that it is resolved to punish the perpetrators of them with all the rigour of the laws; that the delay in the proceedings depends on the peculiar circumstances of each fact, of the agitation in the country, and of th 6 peculiar conditions •of the towns in which they are conducted ; that there is no plan formed against the Spanish residents, and that if any of the latter have been out raged by Mexicans, the Government of of Mexico has tamt cif:ended' the Govertnient of Spain, nor does the Mexican nation hate Spaniards; that these• unpleasant incidents are, in great part attributable to imprudent conduct on the part of a certain number of Spaniards, but for which Mexico does not hol I the Spanish Government, or the Spanish 'people, responsible; that the Guv rnment of Mexico is ready to indemnify for injury, if, on examination of the facts, it be proved to be one of those cases in which, amending to the laws of nations, the superiors are responsible for the conduct of their subordinates ; that the Mexican Government has not failed, nor does it mean to fail, in the obligations impased by treaties ; that it is ready to comply with the treaty of 1833, but that it appeals at the same titllo to the justice of her Catholic Majesty for the revision of the credits fraudulently introduced into tie con vention. Such is tit. summary oF the case. The answer of the Ma irid Government has probably been delayed by the Ministerial chanves ; it is ex2ected on the 8:11 or 10,h of the present month. Slzotild it be favourable, it will then be arranged whether the negotiations shall be conducted iu Paris oy London. The French hons:es in commercial relations with the United States wateh with intense anxiety the course of the financial crisis in that country, They are aware of the difflulties they will have to enconnter ; they despatched goods for which they themselves have entered into engagements in the full confidence of returns which cannot be expected so long as the American banks do not resume their payments In cash. Yet, if we are to believe what we are-told, the effect will not be so severely felt on French trade as is supposed. The rmi s j nity of the Douses that will lose by the - American failures are wealthy, and in a position to meet the crisis Some have already taken precautions against loss, and Also . to secure the payment of their advinees .They have sent orders to their agents in the United States to 'accept payment ix paper, and to lay it out in the purchase of corn, cotton, and sugar, for which a ready demand will be found in the markets of Europe. CFIARGE OF AFFILIATION AGAINST THE GOVERNOR, OF THE WEST DERBYWORKHOUSE. Yeet rday, at one o'clock, the police cowl was crowded heyond all comparison by most respectable persons, who hal come to heir the details of a charge preferred by one Margaret Clarke, the wife of a sailor. against O. r. Edward Gough, the governor cf West Derby Workhouse. There w.s not an inch of the ample builang unoccu pied, and deep irate-e.t sesmsd to presseil as to the result of the investi:atiors. Long before the magistrates took their seats, the court was filled. Shor ly after one o'clock, Messrs. Al lermen Holmes and JA. Turn-r, tolk their seats, when the case of Margaret Clarke against Edward Gough was called. Mr. [shack eppesrad for the complainant. and Mr. Aspin (barrister), its.,tructel by Mr. Holder, appeared for the defendant. Mr. Black, in opening the case, said Margaret Clark 3 wee a married woman, bat her husband deserted r some four or five years ago, and went to sea. Se was thus deprived of support far herself and thr e ch idren, and she had therefore to resort to the workhouse tor assistanc_.. She was there for some time, and conducted herself very pooperly, and then she was allowed to en' er the p , Iva e reel ence of Mr. Gnash, and was appointed to wait and attend on his wife and children as ours , . Hs then stat •cl hew an intimacy of an improper description grew up between them. He said there were some a itnesses who refused to come forward to support by Heir corrobora tive evidence the case of the comp'ainant, welch it would 1)3 necessary for her to do in proving her case, The reason why, these persons refaced to come forward was they were not snm.noned, b.teause his lint was too poor and distressed to get ont suramOnses, not having the means of so d !Ing. Hs said the defendant hal take llbuties wish hii eiiAn bsFore the lath of Februiry, 1856, and then stated whit took phase on the trenin.; of that day. After th: chili .vat born, she went out of the workbous4 and was allowed tome funds to an , port her. Mfr. H Arne; W..s it out of the parish funds s'e was allowed the support ? Mr. Buck said it was, and the s proeeeded S one time after hi t there was talk ah iut the m•tter, ant some of the gentle men. guardians of the union, teniad3 er.qtairy aeoet it. At th:s enquiry. the woman stiteel that the child was her hteshand's, and co theaffiir was set at test. The reason why she ewe! so, was that Mr. Gough ceased her to say it; he made her pr mist to keep the affaira secret, and in consequence of her &fez eo, he promised to tare a shop for her in the spring of this year, and put her into bueiness, so as to make her able to su )port herself and family. He said if she exposed him it would be his rule, and he won d not be able to support her, but if shs kept silent, Ihe would do all in his power for her. She said the chit I was her husband's, chose name was RThert Clarke, bat it would: he shown that she had not seen him from 1854 until last Jane, althoueh he had ,bent in Lk erpool in Febrmry, 1856, bat neve , 1151 V her. Her hoses rd been away f. out England for over three years, add at last he was advertised for, awl in Jane last he w.s arrested at Gloucester and brought to Llverpo and was sentenced by the county rmgistrates to three months' imp. isonment, tor deserting her and his family. He is now out of gaol, and he would be called Wore the hence, and would t 11 them that he was act in this country for a length of time, se that the child co ad nt be his. It was then sail that it was soma other parson's child, and not Mr. Geagife, but he (Mr. illuck) would allow the woman to be cross-ex Imioe.l by the able counsel who app. anel for tee defendant, and he cored defy tern to shake h r eitiortce. The defendant hid got the ablest counsel and solicitor in Liverpool all that money could:do was brought against his peer clie it, whilst she was notable to do more that engage the serv!ces of an humble ad ocate like No doubt all that money and genius could do would be resorted to on the pa• t of the defendent to deelt hie clirnt, and he ( dr. Black) feared that It. wcal not stop there, for he feared, from what he heard, that every thing would be strained to defeat ker. No &inlet there was a great deal et stake as to the result :of tee ca e, for on it, so far as the defeudant was concerned, depended :a great deal—not so main atemt helf•a-crown a week, but as regarded domestic hap. loess and other interests of the defendant. e could, if he were able to procaro the attendance of the Rev. Mr. Meore, show that the defendant seat the woms,e mosey by him. Mr. Aspiea:l—The Rev. Mr. Moore is hers. Mr. Flack tail he was very geti to heir it. aid he would show by him that he paid the woman mo say, given to him by Me. Gough f r that purpose. It will he said that the money was hest, bit he would 'be able to explain that by the woman, win did it to screen Mr• Gough. He was 'ree is %dm' t that the correbor.tive eel lenee, which the Act of Parli meat r.qtred. was %Heise, bit still he truste I it wotald be su`6c•ent. The reason why he was net able to bring stronger evidence on that point was the poverty of h's cheat. which did not end'u'e her to su nmoa m ries witsesses to corroborate her. After some further observations as to the evidence to he pro Weed, he concluded his address by teeing llargaret Clarke, was stated as follows : I um a marrlad woman, and my h atband desertad me firs years ago. I want is the West Derby Urdoa in Novembe-, 1852, and remained thare till last Thc,mber. air. Gough is the governor. 11, - vBl in his family as nurse. On th 3 10th or 12th of February, 1955, I was in the parlour with him. He took liberties with oe She detared the facts. When I toll him he sail I shoal I never want if I dll not <a? a 3 him. I Was et tali led by the guardians, hat till the 25:h June Ors year. I toll the guar.iians I hal eeen my husband, but I e•lnceiled the ;dila. My husband wan net in Eng land from 1e64 till Jar.e last. Mr. Kl.ck said the bustun ; was in court, bet Mr. Aspinall ralsed a p lot agt list hi. being admitted as a witness. Examination resumed : I did not see my husband during the time I stats. Mr. Branam, a relieving otlimr, told me be. brought my husband from Gloucester. I WAS allowed Bs. a week by the parish up to the last three in inths, and then 7s. a week. Mr. Goagit sent me 10s. by the Rev. Thomas Moore. I wrote to Mr. Gough t) send me some money, and be cent me 10c. on the Sabbath. I asked him for the loan of money, because I feared my 'etter won'd felt into his wife's hinds, and I w mid not bstray him. [Cutters handed in ] Mr. Aspinal read the letter which was asking for the loan of :03. from Mr. Gough, pro:nisi g to repay, and finishing up wit : " kind regards to Mrs. Gough and family." (Lond laughter.) Ms. Black (wi h emphati.) : And family." (R itrs of laughter.) Mr. Aspinall read another latter, asking fir ss. to buy boots. He also real soma otiKr lacers, all asking for tile loan of ',money. He also read a• letter asking for a settlement, in order to prevent ex . iosu eof both portico. Anoth .r letter stated that ohs would no tell any more lies to sa..en him. Examination continued : I received 2s. 61. from Mr. Gough by Zs. i nlpe-. . Cross-examined by Mr. Aspin : Kenredy is the porter at the ga`e. His books will show the Ulnas I wanton' I never we t out except with Mr. G,ugh's faintly. I know Dr. Nevins. _I ap2lied t.t him med ca'ly. Mr. Gough brought him to Ms in the ~drawing-roo is, and he tot me to say to Val doctor that had seen my husband—l told Flee doctor I htd seen my hmsba i ', but the data was no' mentioned 1 Know Mr. James Heys, one ( f the Guardian!. Oa the 21th June my husband was brought up for desertlng me and fariaVy. I had not the infant with me before the magistrates My hush Ind did not then know that I had a froth child -I never named the child to him. I told Mr. C'eaver after the trial th it Mr. Gough, was the father of the child, and asked him whit I shot:Cc' do. My husband asked me the a:e of the youngest child, bet I dare not tell him. I sp ke to Mr. James H ys at the Coart-hau e door on the 25.11 June. He asked me if I had anth ,r ee I any one to s y that th 3 child was Mr. Goa :h's, aid ( repl.ed, n yet, I had not done to. I did not say the child is my hush.nd's, and he knows it. she was examined es toe colversmi ,n with Mr. Heys, bat she denied i.. Did not ask Mary Parkin in the House For , teel drips. She denied h wing had any conflientla' c nveruatiao with II try Parkin at all abou her husb nd I did not take the med.clue the doctor seat me. I know Cash rine Cane, arid asked her to wa-li my chtldrxes clothes, - as my hutbind was exp.cted Is t iverp so' in February, 18`.6, but he al not come. Did not t.ll hi* I saw him In a ship. Saw him only in 1854 and gat a h:cast-pin from him, and I may have told her that. [3he was subj •ct to a Ion; cross examination as to conversations alleged to ha7r taken place betwee a htr and ,other pe-sons, the purport of which was to show that she told thiie pe sons she had seen her hush end in February, 1853, hut she denied all such. Ea %mined continne3 : One time, wh nha took liberties with ma, Mr. Gough too'r a great deal of trouble to fled oat my husb nd. Knows the chaplain, the Rev. R. Leslie, and spoke to him In Septemher, thatyear,b tt did not tell him there was no fonn lation for the rumour.. N-ver charged Mr Bra am with beirg the father tf the child, nor ne er to d aay one [Here a •ain ete was questioned at length about conversations with (they persons in reftrance to the child, but she denied 'hat she had such conversations Examination continued : Told the guardians that eh h een her husband in order to screel Mr. Gough. I evaded all questions on account of Mr. Gough, as he promised to support the chili. Never told Mr. Moore the child was my "melon "a. Never told any one so, but I said I had seen my husband. I applied for money, and a clergym.m came with it. There was no c.mversation about the fat'.er at that t me. To Mr. B nek : All the white lies I told was by the direction of Mr Gough. It was only when he broke his prow ite, I ?nil obliged to to 1. To Aid. Iblme Mr. Gough's house is part of the workhouse. Mrs. Gough told me she would not believe Mr. Gough wont.' do anything wrong, and I did not, therefore, appeal to ber. Sarah P•.lper examined: Mrs. Clarke lodged with me, and sent me with a note to Mr. Cough some time ab ut May, a- dhe gave me 2s 6d. Hs said he was sorry fo her, but he coe'd not do it for her every wee'. She wis in great &stress, and wanted bread. Anne Prin:e, of 19, Ellison-st - eet examined : I was In the work h use f r fifteen week., and was a fortnight in the bedroo n of the vvernor with Mrs C'arke I sAw Mrs. Clarke in the room with Mr. Gm!gh, but eever say anything imnopar. To Mr. &spinal —My has',and confes.ed he acted imprope ly with Mrs. Clarks. She offered me half a sovereign to give evidence, but she did not tell m, what to say. Mrs. Clarke and M. r Bran.= never met at my 1 ouse. _ . _ Alderman Ho me slid, after what the woman (the last witness) had stated about her husband and complainant. he won't' call her hue. WO and alumina 6m. Thomas Price was then called, and ezatuined by Mr.Bluek. He stated as follows: - Mr, Holden, the sittoney, toll me to came here. I was at his offize, and he asked me what I knew about Margaret Clarke ? I told him I NOVEMBER 4, 1857. was acquainted with her last May in Beau-street. The witness sad he had improper intimacy with her in that month. '1 ho comp!ain.int was called, and, in reply to Mr. Uolme said, May I never see the kinguom of hsaven if a ward that man has sworn is true. The man was examined by Mr. Black, and said he was in gaol for a month for deserting his wife. Robert Cl,rke, the husband of the complainant, was examined and said he s.w his wife on the 4th, 5 and 2fith December, 1854 , but never saw her after till the _2sth June last, in the County Magis trates' Court. Clayton-Naar°. Ho swore positive y he never caw her in the interim. He was arristed in Yarmouth in June this year for deserting her. 11, passed through i iverpor 1 In February, 1858, but did not ser his w f Was here from February till May, 1656, but swore p isitively he did not see his wife during that time. Mr. Bleak said that was the case for the complainant. Mr. Aspinall said there was no cor oborative evidence in the case. Here Alderman Houma said, before. going into the ease for the defendant, the magistrates would retire t.) consider a point that had just occurred to them. They then refired, and in about a quarter of an hour they retuned, when Alderman Holme said the point they conattred .n this painful case wee in reference to the corrob , rative evidence, which the act of parliament 'required to mike tho case leg 1. They were of opinion net that potion of the evidence was too weak, so as to bring the ca e home clearly to Mr. , Gough legally. '1 he husband of the woman had been in Liverpool from February to Mac of 1556, and that raise i a doubt ia the me also. As to what the man Price swore *o:out the complaii ant, the magistrates did nut 10 , 11, ye a single word of it. On the present state of the evidence, they were of opinion they could not say it was corroborated legally. Th y must cay that the woman gave her evidence very fairly, and, a 4 it scemeJ, candidly, and she bore a long and able cross e - arnination in such a manner as they had seldom ohezved in a witness. Sidi he rnagistra'es must have legal cor, oboration, and on that grow rd they rr us t refuse to make the ordor, an they world not be j 'stifled in doing so in the absence of such legal c i.raboration. o:der refused. O.r. Blush applied for the detention of the letters that were read, she said he would procare further evideice, and bring the cos° f rward again. Mr. Holme said the deels'on did not apply to fat Ire procesilugs. Mr Aspina'l said he med call many • witne ;sea to disprove the plain , 'if's statement. 'I he Troczedinzs then t_rmivated, having Listed ►:early four hours, ani the ero i retired. MR. CRELLIN AND MR. JEFFERY. TO J. R. JgFFERT, ESQ Liverpool, 3rd Novemblr, 1857 Dear Sir, —Your two leaf); s, of the respective dates of Swurday night and Monday the 2.t.:1 instant, only reached me this day, and, before I received either of them, I had read them at my house this naming in the Daily Post; you may, theref_re, conclude that I was not a lit le surprised. But how )cu can say that I might have set the whole matter right in yesterday's paper, " if I had been so dis posed," when I did not get your letter until to day, I can not imagine. Even - had your letter. which you took the pains to addres to me on Saturday night at eleven, p m., been put into the letter-b Qr at my office (as you say it was) before nine o'clock the next morning, you most forget that " the next morn ing" was Sunday morning ; and, as I am not in the habit of going to my office on Sundays. I could not have received your letter in time to have published it on Monday. But the fsct is, as I state it, that I did not receive either of your letters until this day, and that after I had read them in the news p aper. So much for the insinuation that "I had been indis posed to set the whole matter right. &c." I am exceedingly glad that you have pubished the correspondence ; and, since you have withdrawn two out of the three statements which you made, that I had reason to complain of, it only remain - 4 for me to put you and tnyselt right upon the third point—namely, as to my vote for Sir 3 B wham Upon this'point, I beg to say that it is not at all p:ob& I•my " memory is at fault.'' I have already mo't distinctly steed that I did not vote for I?onita,n ; but it appears that you doubt my word, and refer to a "copy" of the porl-bo2k. I bag to say that I too, have referr, d to a copy of the poll-hook, but did not dnd my name records l as having voted for Bonham ; on the c .ntrary, it a pears by the copy of the poll-book which I .42w, that I had not voted at all at the elecion referred to. The official poll-book is in London ; but repeat again that I did NOT vote for Benham, and those friends with whom I am inimate are aware of the fact. With reference to the rein Ik4 reported as mads by me at the nretir goo Saturday night. I beg to say I consider you the aggressor in this case; and, as each of the state ments which you made hays p•oved to bs realy incorrect, and as they wer..Made with the view of preventing my election, I consider I may veil be excused for any warmth of feeling which may have caused me to forget myself upcn the plin:s at issue in stronger ltengu , ge than I otherwise should hay. , don.. The °ter topic which you have thought to enlarge upon (as I do not intent to continue a newApaper contro versy) I shall pass over with the simple remark,—that I o:lnside: it. vary ingeniou=, when I nzlv the statements nertie.. Hat ng steel that I was no! pu` forward C r y lir. James Hohn<N yon then Fay, " You repudiate M. Holme," &c , &c, as if that gentleman had anything to do with the question b. tween us, which was simply as to whether ho had put me f irward as his nominee Any principles which I may profess I shall not further discnis here ; bat, having now the honour of a seat in the Town Council, I will, no doubt, have opportunities of stating my views, which will at all times ba given entirely independent of party considerations.—l am, de .r f ar, yours very respectfully, JAMES CRELLIN. P. 3 .—I applied to day to the TOTO•clerk for a sigh; of the official poll-book; and, on Dimming that it was in the proper office in London, I went direct to the C )nQevative office in Harrington street, and the fo'lowing note will show with what remit. Mr. JAmel Crellin, of Lime street, ha= called here to day to examine the poll b )ok of Sir G, Banham's and J. C Ewart's election, with me ; and we find that he is not matked as voting at all on that oze.asion ; but a Mr. James Crellin, of Soho-street, is dowd a 4 voting for Ewart. There are only these two parti,s of the same name on the regis er fa that year. H BUCKM IST& %. INA.OGURATION OF THE r icom wNow.INT..—The Nicoll mo ;omen', reoently erected at Littl- Tally beltnn, w 313 in augurated on Thurtda , with all due honours, in presence. of a consitierable c' recourse ef the admirers of the poet. Vost of the a , semb'sge came from the n igthc3uring country districts ; v try few sent from Perth. 'J he thy :vac not very ft.vouiablo, b ino chit and misty, wt.b fre quent drizz'y showete. The inaugu-a ian, at which 'he Lord Pr :coat of Perth nresiled, to-:k place about two o'clock. Ser.3ral sh in addrtsi-s wer ?del v• red by gentle• min from Perth ani eleewhe-r. After ;hrec o'clock a large party 1 , 1! ehed in' th B toktoot Schaalliouse. Toe whole pre c'edinge passed rff with great edit, end much to the honour of the gentlemen entruced si'h the arrangements DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT 1 GUARDSMAI AT TUE B sTREEf P 4.1C3 COVET, loNDOV.—On Monday, Will;arn Coalce, a soldier in 'he 6 r 9ela'ioa of Grenadier Giards, hearing an excellent charat'er, and d seethed fy his ser gpat:t as "a vet epie.t man and a gaol soldier," was charged by James Hu - r.by awl Thom.ts Price, decent • working men, wall ass Itil 4 nio I them' viand `MPon severs' women and children. Hunabt st tel that at about a quarter l a t twelve on S.turday night he was passing tolough Tr faVr..squer, when he saw the prisoner 'hewing s me h •yrs with his 1331', and Veking them in th in ;st violent m It wee th: o-dinaly regitn •ntal belt, with a hea%y brass bu kle, *ph r hich a very severe !Vow can in ir,fl c ej. Witriees remoostr ted with the prig , nr3r, *lv) then torn 3 I upon hi , o an,l struck tint in the same way with the back'e end of the strip. Witness fel', and the p s n r not only kick , d him as he !ay, but sezel upon his hand and bit ono of hie fiagers to severely as almost to separate it fram the hand. Agentl man who was passin; th it way with a lady, reliequi , hei her arm f r a moment i t trier to come to witness's assistance, when the t rke - Ler tutned upon the lady owl beat hr severely with he same formidable weapon. She sere imed and fain ed. Price stet d that he was pas i. , g that way about ten minutes f ire the last witness arrive I. Prisoner was be some boys with his belt. Several other per sons besi !es interfered, hut kris nor and anus' er soldier who was with him kept the people at bay with heir belts. There were sty, rat women there end the prisoner s ruck aue athem with his belt. When Hamby come on and interfere.] the pr'soaer knocked him down and hit hit finger. • There was na policeman there f r ten mi d irt !' after the dist lib ince comment et. Policeman Foster, .583 A. said he was on dory by the Columl, He had been there all the wh is, hu: had hen on the opposite side of the column from where the disturbance took plate. When be saw the mob he went to the spot, where lie arrived in abort thr a minutes. Did rot w the p i-oner strike any one, 4• rot in particulat." SaN him s eiuging his belt, at•d took him into custody. The other soldier ran away. Dii not see the worn in swoon, or hear her say she trzcl blen struck. Another constable pu sued the eicond soldier, end after wards brought dim to the station-house, but as there was no defi e charge spit st him he was lihera•eo„ The prisoner said he .found the b , ys annoying 3 gentleman and told them not to do so, °a wAch the boys began to pick up stores ti throw at him Ho did nit use his belt, ‘r strike any one, or bite the complainant. Mr. Jardine wool! take it tube in the prisorer's 'aveur that the boys di ! not gyp .ar. Aa had probably received some provocati n from them Sill hecorditi, to the wi n saes, he hal used a great deal of pribecess-ry violence in kicking them. Then when H imby remoast:ated with him tin tbi. nnvarrantalle !etc., prisoner did , whe. he (Mr. J srdia , ) would nerer look over, he use' his teeth. For that uu-E gush act he most be implia,med fourteen days. LAUNCH OF THE GREAT EASTERN. ACCIDENT. Yesterday morning comnoeuce I the above gr'at opera tion, which has been I •oked forward to Harrison withsr mach anxiety. All night long Mr. Brunei, c fsture commander), Mr. J. Scott Russell (ths originator of this leviathan steamship), and 1,600 mechauics were upon the ground tasking the necessary prepara ions by gas light for the momentuous proceedings of to.day. As witnessed from the rive., the scene by mooclight was 0' an extraor dinary character. Hundredi of the men, Eneemtrigly of lillieutian forms, were flitting ale n` in all directions, heaving, hauling, hammering, sod rattling the motel b o torn of the stupendous structure, balancer', as it were, in mid air above them. Now and then was heard the stentorian voice of the superntendent giving dirac ions, or the cho us of the working gangs, who pulled and heaved the treat chains and haesers c einected with the mschinery and apparatus of the wee!. Through the dark hours of the night these lab aloes preparations were continued, and the day found them still proceeding. Be and by tee vac ast spaces in tie neighbourhood began 'o fe filled up with people; row bo Its dropped down the river in sho ils, filled wi t h watermen and mechanics, while the opplvite hoe ks gratin illy beelms fringed with hum ,n beings. Term or sty galleries were erected t long the quays, the tops of, helloes; the broad roofs of wo kihoes, or the de ks of craft th st wire mere c ekbeats to the neightyship opplei - e. As the morning advanced these miles of 'deader plaeks were appropriated by eager tenser's, an: river steam-boats, from below end aho7e brilge, b lathed about wit's decks end paddle-b 'zee c . re ptet e le covered. Withie the yard the earlier arrivals w re confined to the wives and f +mines of the woikmen., whrm every accommodation was provided. At first a disposition was evinced to stroll reun I the ship, but the failing beams of timber kocked from under her, and the ineess int whirling of willies and cranes, rendering el se inspection dangerous, the less venturesome were fain to b sit peecieitete retreat. To make up for their divapp tint, mant they foil to speculatieg upon the possible failure of the lannch. There was several yards of land betwsen the vessel and the water cf the river at this time, the tide being very low, arid cortainly the ship s •emed to rest upon so eight a timber frame. that misgivings in timid minds were natral. The cradle appeared ludicrous compared with the mottotain above, ant to an unfamilar es e the vesst-1 seemed not to be propped tip be any equivalent sup pert, but simply balanc• d oa her keel.. Imps, diately in the front were two broad incline] planes d iwn which the t cradles, the one at the stern the ether at the stare, were to glide with theilewooderful burden. On the other side, but at some distance from the ship. there was ti led up the largest, and perhaps m 'st powerful, windlass in the world. Around this stupentlool machine was oiled the equ illy massve chain iteet held back the ship, and would ease her gently down the tkelivity. Every prop, beam, fender, or steepen other th in the cradle end chain was safely re rn ored by 12 o'clock. The incline I plane then raesived a final coating of grease and lampblack, and the workmen returned 'o the back of :he yard, leaving but one s tlitary individual in front to wa•eh the forward action of the floating apparatr.s. The position of this set:rag-nerved mechanic sent a momentary shudder through the multitude, who beheld what they thought was a. perilous si nation, but he did not remain long to awaken their apprehensions, and quite a relic f was felt :es he slowly ascended a rope-ladder, and disappeared in the framework of the r aidie.whed, It was now twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, the tide was running up • rapidly, the wet r had almost reached the foot of the • outer cradle, a movement in the direction of the principal platform surrounding the yard, .placid those who obs.r:ed it on the tip-top of exezetation, which was rot a little increased, wltea a bottle c vered newer., and listened to the arid of a rive was lowered from the starboard how of the vessel. It was nigh ly conjoctured th at the b ;ale con'ained the good old port wilt wlsich she vessel was to he christened, and the crowd below raised a hearty cheer as it dangled for a few niinu'es in the air. The ceremony of ch isteuing was gracefully performed by Miss Hope, the daughter of the seter-knoen and ch iirmen of the Great Est rn Steam Nav7gition Comp.iny, who christened t' -, e vessel The Leviathan. The blow was admirab'y aimed, and as the fragments of the bottle fall to the ground a body of workmen made a rush to secure the lowers. • The spectators were afterwards kept far soma time in a sta eof painful suspense; t n o'clock was spproechirg, en I the It unahiag machinery hel yet to be pot to the proof cf po,i ive experience. very tt was hushe I, and a s ilemn stillness reigned throughout the vast multitude within the yard Sudeenly the front mooring chains were seen to tighten. A cheer breke from tho .wotknoctr. and a cry was raised, '• She moves—she moves." Tke vessel moved down the plane LI about two inches, sail the drum or wialiss span round with f arful veleeity- Tile workmen were then seen to run away bola the fabric. and the operation of - taut - whin.. was out of gear. whereby an Lcci 11t1 been caused to five or eix men—four of whom were to much :njered that they had to be cot veyed to the 1)./p!ar hospital. The tide was rapip'y riling •c, the vessel, err 1 Mr. Br r e el stated that his preliminary movement e f the chains La l been a mere expesielent, and had so far suec 'el :A, that it was eikely when the tide reached its fleod, the vessel would safely descend lute the river. Tae Lo. ds of the A lin'rel:y and the Lord M y r and Cor,ioretion, the Siameie emhaesy, an many distin4itished members of the Corps Diplomltigna were arnorg:t toe spectators The rrecerl'ng secoult is frnm the evcni-g edition of the Daily New 3. After the accident inceti met! ab we, the Globe says that a trrmndens tff in %vas ma 'e to launch the ship, and chile this WAS h log dole o - ,e of the cables snapped with a report like a ctn. Tae peop'e ran in dism:y. At the same moment acg of the principal wheel broke, and this ff ceuclly pu stop to further operations f.a the day. It wai to b, determine I at a meeting of .the engineer and directors this evening whether any further attempt to launch the ship would be wade to-morrow. It is rumoured that Sir kexat der Cockb'irn, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Plea., will be raised to the peerage forthwith. The Dairy Yews says —lt was reported on Monday, in Westminster Hall, that M-. Justice Creswell has been appointed Judge of he New Court of Probate and Divorce. The fallowing appears in the Times city article : —Some acceptances were re urned to MesSre. R. Wilson, Hallett, and Co., of Limp rot, the correspondents of Messrs. Robt. Hallett and Co., of New York The engagements of the fr..= are beiievad to be large, bur it is hoped that such diffi !tildes as have arisen may be but tsmplrary. It is sta'ed in an offizi,il document just issued, that out of 52 586 r ecruit. flr the British army passed in 1855 and 1836, there were 27 989 husbandmen, labourers, and ser vants, 20,079 of mechanical trades), 4,223 shopmen and clerks, 7.4 of professional occupation, as atudtnts or licen tiatei of law, medicino, or divinity, and 2,161 b Its 'rue Cosy CC DAvts.—Mr. Shea Alien and the under Meriffs, Mess s. Mil'ard eccempar.ied by the R v. Mr. Dads, the,Ordiraty of Newiz,tP,ni d the g , vernor of the gaol, proceeded to the cell of the wretched prisoner on M will at. tw, o'c:ock, • nd coma•uoica'ed to him that Mon , ;ay, the 10 h i start, had been Axed es . ho time at whiC§t the awful p , nail). of the law woad be c traied int.) effect. Tne notification was in3d , to the pri oter by the Ordinary in a solemn and imp-essivc althea', but which dii net seem much to 'Tot the prisoner, who earnestly r•ques - ed a parting interview with his nn'y chid, a ea rht rot ah net seven years of age. H' wag of course, a.stir• f th tt an opportnniv w .old be affords' him of tek'ng a las f•irewell of his chill; and be th , ifit , d the uhtuia's for their kinrlrv , ss, an i the in•ervit w !erroi tated: 1 lIE BOATS Flit FCOTLAND —SCO lid to the qiiestiln of Ilarbours of Refuge in importan.:e, th of Life-boats seem: to es to present itself It, is armed with claims and advantage s. and presents arguments and f. c s from past hss'ory and experience of a very import int a id eonvi ,-, cing charaeter, and has by no ratans been favoured with the degree of p :tile attention and kupp, , rt to which it is fairly en itle 4 . Up to a r cent da•e oily one or two life-boats wire to be fowl! alo Ig the whole Sco ti-h seaboard; even now thi-ir number is sy most miserably crnall that not a single port on he while Moray Firth can bo-st cf one, while Orkney, Shetlan I, Sutherlan I, Ross, and Inverness are (finally it nicest of the inc alah!e nip% nce for . the p-es rvatioi of I fi, an I ,repen ly of property. Tins is not as it shou'd he, and on Olt to be forthwith remedied. Even Pete-heal, with is thirty whalers, 250 fishlng.boats, and a large nu.nbLr :hipping, is yet destitu'e of a life b,,at, though the means of sup?'}ilg aid maintaining one are•wi hin i's reach. A late! fto:n . the secretary -of the Naional L f,-Baal. lestitn writing us the othe r tion, . d ay, I need not te'l yo t the, with the xeep'iora of IV:ck and Aherne , n, there is hardly a suitable life-boat a t,,eg the whole e.f your poial-east an i soath-east coast. A stytable life-boa` and t rans orting carriers: will be readily provided by the society for every !,g3a;ity where wrecks Are fri gaunt, and where the inhabi'ants will build a suitable house for their recepti in, and contribute about £2O a year fir their perm -meta tflic,.ienc3." We trust the leading inhabitants of the various northern d stricts still destitute of life-boa's wig b. , stir themselves in taking steps far secuengl,uch a valuable boon, ob'ainel so easily, and $o friven , ly ref:litre:l %her ver ves.sels and boats plough the main. It is by no means creditaVe to Serabster, Helms dale, Crernartv, Inv mess, B fr, hitcdc.ff, Petirhead Stir eh,aven, atd other small port., hat neither of rre th em .h a, yet' taken / adva•;'a of the facl r , -11 i icy ch the Life boat Ins i nion offers for f their boats on so cheap and easy terms.—Northern Ensign. BELGIUM. The IndependenCe Beige publishes the following : " On the afternoon of Saturday the Ministers in a body placed their resignation in the hands of the King. His Majesty said he should consider about if. "On Sanday M. H. 4. Brouckere was sent for, and was received by his Majesty at the Palme of 14_teken. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, OCT. 31; The Wiener Zeitung of this morning.contains an Imperial Ordinance which materially alter those fun dammtal laws relative to the public press that were pr-mulgated on the 6:h September, 1850. Already in May, 1852, the Imperial Government.. modified the laws of September, 1850, by demand ing from the political papers a material guarantee for (zoo(' behaviour ;a deposit of some thousands of flarins), under the denomination of " caution• money." From the year 1852 up to 1856, things mert on. _ll raaathl v„, en (?11.,0.h Jul t,, 3 / a - at; the complaints of the " license" of the piftss in creased, and some months ago the Archbishop of Vienna and his acoly the foruiallyaccused those A 1.17- tritin papers which did not laud the Concordat, of anti-Catholic tendencies. 1 he. charge was hardly noticed by the civil authorities, as they were aware that it was unfounded, but the infile.nee of the clergy on the minds of some of the most powerful persons in the empire is un bounded, and, consequently, orders were issued that the necessary measures fro keeping the press within due b:unds should he taken. If the counsel of his Eminence had been followed to the letter; the press would have been as heavily fettered as it was 10 years ago. but, as Austria cannot afford to appear less liberal than Russia, she his taken a middle.conrse. A .stamp of one kreutzer (not quite a halfpenny) has been imposed on each copy of the Austrian political organs of the press. The same stamp duty is also to be levied on all foreign political papers which may cross th- Austrian frontier. Paragraph five of the Imperial ordnance is so obscure that it requires offipial ex planatiOn ; but the sense of it probably i 3, that those papers which pay stamp duty will be for warded by post free of expense. "Advertisement. sheets," not forming part of a periodical, are also to pay 1 kreutzer stamp duly, As Baron Bruck has countersigned the Imperial ordinance, the foreign world may imagine that the stamp duty imensed on the periodical press is merely a financial measure, but it is well known here that such is not the case. The consequence of the imposition of the stamp will be, that ,the majority of the cheap papers will soon cease to exist, and that the dearer ones will lose halfaheir subscribers. It is calculated that the revenue will be raised about 600,00011. a year by the new nnasure. ITALY. TURIN, OCT. 31 Turin has just sustained a most severe, if not an irreparable, loss in the death of Count Giuseppe Siecardi, which took place the night before last. The late Count was a dis.inguiahed jurist, and had for many years past held some of the highest offices in the magistracy to the entire satisfaction of all po litical opinione. The late King of Sardinia, Charles Albert, had sn much respect for the judgment of Count Siccardi that it is said he particularly recommended him to his son in- his private elm manications as one whose counsel was most to be depended upon. Even before 1848 Count Siccardi had effected some important legal re forms by advising his Sovereign 'to abolish cer tain privileges and immunities of. the nobility and of persons belonging to the orders of knight hood, but it will be by his law for the suppression of the Ecclesiastical Courts, which he carried through Parliament in 1849, while holding the portfolio of the Ministry of Grace and Justice, that he will be best known to the world at large. In 1843 Count Siccardi was entrusted by King Charles Albert with a special diplomatic mission to the Pope at Gaeta, which, of course, was not successful, as its obj-act was to establish, or rather re-establish, a friendly feeling between the two Governments, without Piedmont Sacrificing its independen.e to Rome. Since his retirement frcm the Ministry, which, in consequence of declining health, occurred soon after the passing of the bill for the suppression of the Eeelesiastical Courts, Ccwit Siccardi has held the office of President of the Criminal Department of the Court of Appeal, and, havin g been created a Senator by the King, .he has continually given his support to the policy of the Cavour Ministry, both foreign and domestic, and there is no doubt that to his brilliant eloquence and persuasive arguments the present .)31r)vernment has been mere than once indebted for a majority in the Upper House. The death of such a man naturally casts a gloom over society. The King is reported to have been much affected on hearing of it; and s as, the.offizial paper justly remarks in . concluding its notice of the melancholy event, " the death of Count Siecardi is a national affliction."