The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-26 00:00:00

and = indifference: !that 'preVails regarding the Reforin•Bill, even in the ranks of the Ministers themselves, its authors, that the debate on the second reading has, at their instance, been further postponed from. to-night, to next Friday - night. The' House - has already betrayed its weariness witfi'the iirbject—a weariness which the wretched meattare that is before it has no doubt done much to aggravate. It .deserves. to be noticed, in. connection with the P•tit that there is already being shown in the House of Lords a: desire for informa tion as to the haiis on which the lowered franchise wnl reat, almost more 'earnest and more business like than anything, that haS yet been Manifested is the House' Gt . - Commons. •On the •motion . of Lord Airlie, returns have 'been ordered of the' 11 ,_* ue ll of persons charged with the' inhabited h ouse -duty and qualified to , vote at the , election. of members to serve in Parliament within each of the counties und , Parliatnentary boratighs, in Eng land .4 11 d Wales—of . the number , of persons entitled to vote . for members of. Parliament in re sPeet • 'of houses of the respective rentals , fl '4 l . £lO to £lOO and upwards, in each ‘ 11 (i • eyery :,separate borough--and of the n umber of householders in eachborough inhabiting he nsea of the gross rentals respectively of £6, 49, XlO, and .£l5, distinguishing the nuinber each, lass not rated to the poor .at• all, and the 11111111?er rated only through' the 'landlord and *reused fr °ln payment 'of rates from poverty Or. 813'cither cause. These , returns will afford the ! te nse; some more accurate data to proceed upon, 111 PatenTating the practical effects of the altered fralleKsee pro Posed ,in the Reform Bill, than Probably - Ministers themselves thought it worth while to haVe before them.' There is no, doubt, that the more tke subject is elucidated ,in this. •w aY, the more will the mischievous tendency of the bill be made apparent. ' It certainly showed but little regard for the , . r g e. . number OfZperS o n s o f limited means to ~„ 4 ° l ll the. in crease d Income-tax, will be so oppres je a bu r th en, that only 132 members, out of the of 4 ' C ould be found to vote 'for even the diminution a Penny in the , pound. The tax as proposed , b y Ministers ,haa been passed, —amid the emphatic r otell ta, it is t rue , o f several of its' opponents ; les t yet with a ' - degree of indifference, and heartmesa ie the Opposition generally which it,, 'ePlorable to think of. The remark of the, k4L ancellor o f the Exchequer, ; that .G9yernmeq &Posed thelteOine-tax and the other duties fOr 'Nit On. 7". r yeaf; *Wished to leave Parliament., ePerfeetly free and unfettered in dealing with the penditure and taxation next year, especially as Zety could na,u!see their way clearly with respecthe ' re quirements of that year," only shows the 11 .111. and-to-mouth . 'system on which the 11414114t -IM V ellll t:ry..are now bcte4. eing ton du. no)-4 THE klnestion of overworking in factories, which occupied thejloimieV Commo ns a- feW;clays ago , has comp - -rdp.trem e. very opportune period. One h ad thought that - the• long-eattinuedi and, 'in the end,, suceesSfill legisTatiieefforts which II "' b een uladnion that question; Thad resulted ill uorrrgtaciaries-'Ofelv'eiy kind to be now free fr ogto Lig graceful.cruelties as used, too mulch, st 4ii'ih4ir:(epe 2 ra - tionS• Such, however, , aPPears, not the•- • On.the contrary; it is now iaQouteltitbly proved, that there are still a ir4 at namber of Iv oMen andToung children, from Z e j e n `Y *ors s ;,old - and upwards, P;9s9,,Yed in , outd;eing, t axi finishing worits•thrOugh.- tili - lngdom, who' are the habit of working : r WA months in succession. at the rate of: — 'enfeen, eighteen, .twenti, and occasionally "Pen - twenty-four hours a day,—that, unde r certain ei r 4 ura ' atances; . and of by no means unfrequent oceurreuce, these women and children are compelled to work—with only ati hou r or an hour and a half's rest—sometimes on benches, or wherever they tan find a place to lie down upon ; and.- this for two, three, and even four days and hightiln'suecession, a nd that its voi some establishments omen and Child ren, as well as boys, often eighteen and t wee a regular thi ng tylotirs a day, and soractinses the whole twenty-four, in a temperatnre of from 100° t0,150°. Such a state of things, we say, to ekists in ou r manufaeturing There are thousands subjected to cruelties gad ,oppros sions s uch as these La great proportion of them women and c hild ren. And the consequence. is that not only are they thus deprived of due res t ' 4 4,4 ir,fsreation, a n d o f the enjoyment s of social an d Pe, but are dragged along through :heir afisitenee in 4).. ;stole of suffering and slavery' ' 41144 . , 4,(SPKWOU'7:-_-their .4? es ennieia.ted and ets ° l •434, their health broken down, anyi life taelf forfeited preMaturely and, painfully as the Penalty of their endnrance. - With great propriety the women of the United itt ngf,?lii,i4fp now appealed to on this subject by • COln t a t t ee o f some of them of the land, who, 41,0%4 rank and bhaTaFYrr 2:P• the tke,a,e4 gbeir ebnnttrYw. omen to le f t o. force that 711 , 1 7 l ' ;e 4 ke ti Aetei - tiierii from the exertion at Oetl' :accor4 g : V .ifollest send! of .it that nature has i m pl an t e d - f.f,lFit - hearts, on ft SU subject 4tb- ,, unPortiA4t,n's only as ,one4, l4o4 ity, but of e 4 itklet ocial and UnpOr:iant i ß teyest. , 4PPetil,l4f".:=4.om, and want them at once Jana thr oe ' t ag , °- &u.out th,e.kiugdon to swell the cry aga in st n'ilaVernelty- and oppreSsion in the iiite,rest of mammon andi'•manufactire. " You who 4aY.e children who aredear to you," they are . told, to ud ," 0 have brothers and sisters -whom you ' t*ke thoughtful note of these long hours of ilI .. this endous heat." Pictures of suf ivi'l"llf.*irls-, and T ehildren are presented to. their ih. nee, a girl Of fourteert shoWii • ' zi ls .ivhO h a d dayS 4114 t /t° nigiltsiii.vog only sau?e i f q r: ) 4 PYr s' .r st . git 4 marning* '- " an d n One all xhQ ,next ' they exelaimi . 4)lt t'eNria NY 4434 4 g 4Q*rs ' „ for 'of Ir ktee ' ki4P *r 4. 1 a Oll Ct• iitter?if s h e were, Another r , nVin• daughter, thin : li of • •o • :A poor little g..- is ! o n; Pr it,' A r - q?tect out, whp was barely twelve years old,: 4 2 14 rho has frequently ,worked twenty a 144 4 ` 1441 f fours out of thetwenty- four. Contemplating tlie !ondition. of thi s , poor child, they observe,_—" It edit t on. n at work Since 'it was nine years old. ' And it has. to g o o r 4 , .our after hour, day after . , day, the s .skin of its, instep' still Orae' king , and frtering; the selvage-._ still sawin . against. its fathering running -.s g ores. Oh, mot h ers ! oh, sisters ! we know your hearts will burn to help this cause." GOD grant that they may indeed burn to help 't , . But 44 we have said that it is ,an opportune. Otnent, at , which this rn questionn has been' again tia r i ecd u . pan public attention. And. it is so for reason,--that it is dust at a time Whenthe 44ifitry is pandering t o t he very people who Z ulu all this suffering • various ruanufactur 7 to.war throughout -the kingdom, hy - Pr °l36 i ii "g d er the• elective franchise upbn the' Very sub . • e6'3'll -na enslaved and ill-treated, and their 1 ,_,: 444 "• . 16 n to which only shows how' completely 73. Lr 4. the power: of .their.: employers. The o f th os : t l l44 flPNs would include some thousauds etaSse4; and is h tn 4 ma ch to conclude that th ey can 'patiently submit to such ' ev ` l er erl . 11.gs'4‘f,.the hands of their masters, would .e htree the spirit to resist their influence as qt rs at an election? - They are already slaves tbs slaves of th e i r ern t ot . Player s ' , and they would 11 ce tQ be so by heeoopg enfranchised Par - - - en-44entarY electors. Such Men as gr. IbIGHT nnthi a bo u t ' ' of improving the Condition the working classes, by protecting them fotw *h.opPressions and cruelties. 'No ;as we 4 but toothily observed the other day, " Mr. GIiT • r egardshisliands as he d o e s hi s machines nly as CI- means to. wring out m oney from his 5 • if givinglhem the-f ranc hi se will tend to obt ease Power and h is profit he will try t o e • 41 19 th vote f o r them. increase of wages, that—uing the hours of labour, or anything else . 01 4 to* nntl!t"c'ffetua 7position is quite e „ qne e lly raise their stion. Th e extens i on of the suffrage . uring classes will bring grist to his own mills in various ways •hence his support of extreme measures of reform." — Mi. BRIG IT's conduct at this, very time illustrates the truth of this in a most remarkable manner. lie is 'the great stickler for enfranchising the lower classes, and he supports the Ministerial RefOkm Bill because it provides for that object; hut he refuses to support; the measure that is now brought before Parliament for suppressing that most' iniquitous and cruel system of long hours in heated rooms which creates such intense suffering among thousands of the same classes,--thus proving most strikingly the fact, that neither he nor his Manchester party can he, called the friends of the working • classes ; their sole object being to get • as ,much out of them as they can, to keep them still to. the grinding stone, and to use • them politically also as the tools of their own ambition. THE LATEST NEWS. BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.I CALCUTTA AND CUINA SINUS. The Valetta, with these mails, arrived at Mar seilles on Saturday at 6 a.m. Mails left for London at 10 o'clock. PEACEFUL ASSURANCES TO GERMANY. BERLIN, March 24. A special (..Vespatch of M. Thonveuel, addressed to the French Ambassadors at the'German Courts,, endeavours,: by the, peaceful, assurances it con:" tains, to calm the apprehensions caused by the annexation e Savoy. NEWS FROM NAPLES. NAPLES, March 20. The King left • this. morning for Gaeta. His Majesty will be followed 'by the equipage of the army. The army of the AbrUzii is,beinwconcen trated. .It is asserted that a levy 'of. all able bodied' 'men, whOse age does not exceed forty, years, leas been 'decided on. A, further' reduction of the Customs Tariff..for .200 articles has been declared. SWISS NO'T'E ON. ANNEXATION. The Times publishes a Swiss note on the 'annexation of Savoy. It is' addressed to the, Powers 'which guaranteed the treaties of 1815; and its object is first to prove that the neutrality (end independence of Switzerland are. essential conditions of European security ; and, next, OW the neutral rights conferred on a part of Savoy are necessary'to-the defence of Swiss independence. BtRNE, March 25. The ,Helvetic Society, the members of which are very numerous, has-'resolved to send a depu "tation to the `president of the Federal Council, to express their--protest against the annexation of Savoy to France, and to demand prompt, 'ener"- sgetic, and military demonstrations, in, order to, support the protest. , ATTITUDE OF EUROPE TOWARDS FRANCE. PARIS, March 24. The Constitutionnel publi,shes an article, by M. Grandguillot, on the satisfactory attitude of Europe towards„France in reference to the ques:. - - tion of Savoy. Until now two Powers only have protested—namely, Switzerland at pans, and. England at Turin, which gives to the act almost a friendly-character.. France will *reply 4o this protest in the dame Manner as Austria did . when ' Franco protested against the annexation of Cracow-,-namoly, by simply - acknowledging the receipt of the prefost. JI. Grandguillot further endeavours to prove• that the interests of France and Piedniont are alone concerned in the ny,estior} of Savoy and Nice. AMERICAN NEWS. The Africa; from New York to LiVerpool, passed Roches, Point at seven_o!clock yesterday moriain..o.; and, if ell goes well ; . she will, arrive here this worning. expect to' be able to give the news she brings in our second edition, to be pnblished at ten o'clockle... J ANNEXATION 'OF SAVOY AND NICE. TURIN, March 24. M. 13 meclitte has arrived here from Paris on a special mission, and. has been received , by Count Cavour. The Opinjoi4 believes. that M. Beue-. date's mission refers to the annexatior, of Savoy and Nice; and adds—The . Sardinian troops conid be temporarily: withdrawn .from Savoy on con dition that during the voting the French troops shouldpt enter Savoy and Nice, thus removing ate fears tiuitt y vote Of those provinces would be Submitted to the Sctidbiip,n parliainent. PRUSSIA'S SILENCE ON THE ANNEXA; TION OF SAVOY. BERLIN, March 24. ' Prussia tae nQt yet replied to the note of M. Thonyenel on the annexation ,of Savoy. Any statement, as tn the contents p r i ! s § ia's answer, is therefore premature. gai;cla 25. The reply of prussia to the lak despatch of M. Thouvenekis derlay,ed, in consequenee of further communications made ley Eng bp,o3; and has not yet been despatched to Paris. PASSIVENESS .OF; AUSTRIA ;. ON THE • , ANNEXATION OP SAVOY.. VIENNA, March 25. 'The note of the 13th instant, addressed by M. Piouvenel to the Powers which guaranteed the treaties of Vienna, does uot request a positiye ither by protocol or by supplementary treaty, to the annexation of Savoy and Mee to France. M. ThOuVenelcon4nes himself to noti fying. and explaining , the act u cession /Feely consented to by the King of Sardinia. Austria, having already declared, in referenceto the Statesof Central Italy, that , she "does not intend to employ the force of arms against that which she cannot prevent, acts in conformity with this principle, in continuing to obServe a purely passive attitude. Mi r e 404splan answer; which is about to be • sent Paris, wail, terefore, be neither a protest nor ail approval of tip arAte4. - ftion. ,It records a fact, the principle of which remains reseryq. PROCEEDINGS OF _THE GERMAN - -FEDER4L4DIET. • T FRANIgohI-PS-71F-Mi4E, March 24. A 2amtnittee sitting of the Fedeial,Diet has been held to-day,_ in which" the tiN i algifill of re establishing the eoastitptioa of Electoral Hesse was taken into tonsideration,--the propo'sal Of the rettiority of 12 votes ; the winor states• voting collectively, as is'usual, in committee sitiiugs of the Diet. Electoral Hesse abstained , frotn voting. Luxembourg declared she would vote keither for the proposal of 'the majority of the c,owraiesi , 9P norf join •in the, opinion. of the Minority of the committee. The free towns voted that • the question be referred back to the con:mlB4n for further:deliberation. , Prussia and another vote declared in . favour of the opinion expressed by thi3, minority of the comniissipp Trussi4; besides, to 4 i e :g bour4'l ?) , this repolliionT of eaet* ;the pp:ll3o4j of Au4fie: actin as president, the Federal 'Thet thell 4e= !Mired riot all Fe4,eral 99veowz#4. Jar .Obliged rPOptlye the reS6lutiol the Federal Diet. SIGNATURE OF TREATY OF .ANNEXA TION. OF SAVOY. PARIS; March 25. The Moniteur of to-day says the treaty, by NY11te41,42 Prtg of Sardinia proieuts,i subject to the approval of the PllaMbers? 0 the *hhe.Tation of Savoy and the district of Nice to Prance, This signed yesterday, the 24th inspnt, aerurin: This annexation . will he effected without any constraint on the wishes of the population. Two . 06vertiL ments will coagert the best measure of obtaining a manifestion of this wish. The gin has - trans 'mated the neutralised _portiOnSpf 6arYoy, with the:conditions under which he, possesse4 them. The Emperor promised to come to an understand: ing on this question with the Powers who sign e d the treaties of :Vienna of 181 30 with swit g er: _land. The Sardinian subjects, who are natiy es of Savoy, will enjoy. for One year the 'privileges of claiming the maintenance of the Sardinian jnationality; A mixed commission of French and Sardinian commissioners will determine thefuture frontiers of the two countries. . , WAR IN MOROCCO. MAPBID, - *MI 24. The negotiations for peace lia - vin failed, tary operations were resumed on the.23rd insta4. The enemy awaited the Spanish in a position, the access to which was very difficult. , A battle took place, in which the Spanish gained a complete victory. The Moors took to flight, precipitately breaking up their encampment, in order to pre vent its capture by the Spanish. Apparently no more obs.Pacles of importance" oppose the march on Tangiers, PRINCE CARIGNANI AND ,BARON RICASOLL _ Prince Carignani is about ,to proceed tq Florence,. with the rank Of. lieutenant to tliQ, king. It is said that I4aron Igc4so4 will tte provisionally appointed Governor of Tuscany. SIGNOR FA R,INI. ' Signor Farini has been provisionally appointed Minister of the Interior. RETURN OF FRENCH TROOPS FROM LOMBARDY SUSPENDED. MILAN, March 24. A message received yesterday from Paris sus pended the return of the French troops from Lombardy. NEAPOLITAN ARMY IN THE STATES OF THE CHURCH. ZURICH, March 25. A - message received from Milan asserts that the Neapolitan army has entered file States of the Church. Great agitation prevailed. RUMOUR CONTRADICTED. The report that the French' are to occupy the 'barracks of St. Julia has been'contradicted. • THE PRINCE OF WALES. During the Easter vacation the prince will pay a visit to his uncle, the Duke of Saxe Coburg. CHINESE REBELLION. SHANGHAI, Feb. 6.. t The Chinese rebellion is reported to be gaining strength in the north. COLLISION BETWEEN. CHINESE AND BRITISH FORCES. CANTON, Feb. 14. A' collision, ending fatally, has taketi place at Swatow, between the Anglo-Chinese Customs. Ser vice and a British vessel. SUBSCRIPTION FROM MANILLA TO AID THE WAR IN MOROCCO.' MANILLA, Feb. 9. Large voluntary subscriptions have been made to aid the war against Morocco. • TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND BATAVIA. • SINGAPORE, Feb. 22. The ielegraphic communication between this place and Batavia has been restored:. General Montauban and staff landed here on the 16th Lnder a salute; Arid left on the 17th for Hong Kong. SWISS ,VEPERAL, 4SSEMBLY, BERNE, March 23. • The Federal Assembly, composed of the National Council and the Council of the States, has been convoked for Thursday next. It will meet at Bcrne: . - CELEBnATION OF GARIBALDI'S BIRTH DAY AT ROME. ROME, March 20. Yesterday morning a party of students of the university intoueil a Te Deem in their church in honour of the birthday of General Garibaldi, and of the annexation of Central Italy to Piedmont. j FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND, , The Post' has 'reCeived the -following telegram, dated Paris, March 23 General I)afour has seen the Emperor, and it is 'confidently stated that he showed himself satisfied , with the assur• wes which his Majesty offered him. The. French ORDvernment is disposed to give the most solemn guarantee's to Switzerland and Europe while still retaining- Chablais and Faucigny." DISTURI3ANCE Al' ,ROME. . . In , the evening :en enormous crowd assembled in the Corso, consisting partly of pokti al l_and partly of pe4sobs usually promenading there on , Sundays. The gensdarmes arrested several. The crowd . hissed, and . then insulted the. police. The, gendarmes unsheathed their weapons and dispersed the crowd; It is said that forty persons, 'among them'several: 'spectators and three French soldiers ; were wounded. The crowd shouted iparibaldi for ever.'' • Mounted . Pontifical gendarmes succeedeilat last in- dispersing them. he city was traversed by French patrols.- It is fit*serte4i the four merchants, two of whom are Signori SilvestrellF qn.4 Titoni have been banished.' .. NEW AUSTRIAN. LOAN. VIENNA, March 23. The new Austrian loan amounts to 20,000,000 florins . , the current interest is fixed at 5 per cent. The' bonds are of 500 florins each, and are to be repaid within fifty-seven years by lottery draw ings, to take 'place every six months. The highest prize in the, lottery will be 300,00 florins, the lowest, 600 florins. The emission price of ,the loan will be 100 florins. The bonds .t4e . national loan will be accepted by the Qoverntnent at par as paymen;tof one-Afqi Pf the amount subtferibed. Payment is tq be made in ten instalments, the last of which is fixed for the 10th of October, 1861. The subscription list is to be kept - open till the 7th April next. The official publication of the loan will probably take place to-morrow. , Pr. Williams, warden of Nevi College, Oxford, is ea,., . The troop ship William Pr9wse, with invalids from India, hag arrived, 'after a passagq of 144 days. The aggregate railway traffic receipts of the United Kingdom for the week ending March 17th show ari. increase of £41,80 over the same Week last year, . IHE DAILY TIM S, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1860. The Duke of Saxe Cob* has left Berlin for his own States. Lord Brougham has •arrived at his villa at Cannes. The noble and learned lord intends to remain in the SOuth,of France until after the Easter holidaYs. A marriage is a rrange d, an d w ill shortly take place, between Mr. Burn Callander, of Preston Hall, Midlo thian, and Miss CoVentry, eldest daughter of the Hon t , Henry and, Mrs. Coventry.—Post. . . MARRIAGE rx THEATRICAI. LIFE. —We have "to announce the marriage, of Mr. Arthur Smith, second brotlrer of Miss Swanborough, the lessee of the Strand;; to' Miss Bufton, the pleasing actress of that Era. Mr. J. F. Barnett, the pianist, of whose mitsicat talents the German press speaks in high terms, is, about ti. return to this country to renew his acquaintance with the English public. RIFLEMEN, ATTENTION !—Stand by , your arms; for although there may be a re d uc ti on o n' French ' wine, that is, meanwhile, no reason why there should be any reduction of " duty" in British spirit. - - A MASTER AND HIS SERVANT,--I say, John, where did you get that rogue's hat ?" " Please yer honour," said John, "it's'an old one of yours that' missis gave me yesterday, when you went to town," - ' THE CLOTHWORKERS' COMPANY.—His Royal High *ess the Prince ConSorthas signified his intention of being present at the dinner of this ancient company '(incorporated Edward IV., 1480), on the occasion of the inauguration of their new hall in Mincing-lane, on Tuesday, the 27th instant. Covers will be laid for 150. THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—AR addition has recently been made to the National 'Gallery—the choice colleo:-. tion of pictures formed, for the most part within' the ' last twenty years, by M.' Edmond Beaucousin at Paris, having been purchased for the sum of £9,200. - CANON STOWELL AND HIS CONGREGATION.—AIocaI paper states that the Rev. Canon Stowell, of Manche; ter ; ' has been presented by his congregation with the magm ' ficent sum of-X20,000: The only condition annexed to the gift was, that it should not be applied to any public' purpose, but Mr. Stowell declined to accept it subject to that :stipulation.—.English Churchman. . The prise de possession by Sardinia of the annexed* provinces, so far as, . the Papal Legati ons and the two minor duchies are concerned,- has taken place, for on. the morning of the 17th an' express train carried to Bologna the 9th Regiment of the Sardinian line. The troops were immensely cheered OM their way from the station to the barracks. THE POPE Surgner To Firs.—The Pope is now in the 68th Year of his a ge , a n d th e correspon d ent of the ~ -Tiez,says his Holiness is subject to nervous attacks and epileptic fits, the infallible eonSequenoewith him of any excess of fury, and of course, at present, of frequent occurrence. GERMAN HOSPITAL, DALSTON.—The fifteenth Anni versary festival in aid of the funds of this charity, was celebrated the other evening by a public banquet at the , London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. His Royal High- 1 ness the Duke of Cambridge, the president of the hospital, presided, and was supported by His Royal Highness the Prince Edward of Saxe W e ima r . THE MIDNIGHT MEETING MOVEMENT.—We under stand that on Tuesday night last, between 11.30 -and 12.30, a copy of the address of the Hon. and Rev. Baptist W. Noel, which be delivered at St. James's hall, Regent-street, on the 21st February,.wai handed to every female and gentleman met with in the casinos, cafes, Regent-street, Haymarket, Coventry-street, &e.' 2 -On Tuesday morning, the crew of a fishing coble at Whitby had just hauled in their nets, and were hoisting, their sail to return home, when they were caught by a heavy gust of wind. The spray hid them fretri the." sight of those on the pier. When the squall was over, hglasses were anxiously 'turned in the direction of e place where they hail been seen, but they were not visible. There, is no doubt the cable was upset by the wid. Three men were thus d rowne d.: BISTOL tht.AMI . WAR SCHOOL.-,A case came before the Courtforthe Settlernent of a seherne for the future mena,gement of the Bristol °rammer School, established the'education of the youth of the middle classes of Bristol, and its neighbourhood. The Court was asked to sanction two alterations in its present constitution, vii, to raise the capitation fee and to allow the masters of the school to take boarders. The former alteration was sanctioned but not the latter.. CHURCH-RATE ABOLITION.--If the hopes c the, supporters of the Chu r ch- ra t e Abolition WU ace not very fallacious, there is a chance of its, being mow • successful than ever before,. on its coming en.neAt week. The Londonep Are b4Orring themselves in the matter, etstl i egialliin the north of the metropolis, which is per haps most densely inhabited by Dissenters, and and peti tions are preparing for that it is not perhaps right to say that Ihe'aliOlitiiiii of Church-rates 1 is alone desired by the Dissenting body; --Leeds Afercury. —[Are the friends of the Church as much alive as its enemies ?—ED: D. T.] BARON HUMBOLDT AND PRINCE .4.nnFq.--.-The highly complimentary terms, writer.. aearreii)ondent, in which Prince Albert spoke g BircinltuifabOldeat the i nP4Fig ,of the Ariqsh AisOdation at Aberdeen, are, a 'st,ron& i.. cont6st to the satirical remarks of the lear,ned harop, , quoted in -the S tar of Tuesday. Th;i i s brings to _ Iltg ' mind the bon-inot of Voltaiw, who, having paid ~ .1 compliments t t o, t,he celebrated, Haller, was told t'hat, lialler. was not in the habit of sPeakin SO, favolualaly o ,tll f i fi st iin al:e u,, ./tb`!" said Voltaire, with an air ofp,bilaso h' lc indigerence, " I dace say wo are both of us very much art ENizosloN ASTECDOTE.--,A correspondent informs us that previous to the terrible calamity at Wallsend • Colliery, in 1835, when 102 persons lost their lives, the men were exceedingly apprehensive of the imminent danger they were in. Many of them, especially the younger portion, used to meet in a neighbour's house, the house - of . tho - sistoT of our ecerespondent; and talk' about the cvlosive condition or the pit at that very line. , Among other things they talked of how much •, persons were sometimes disfigured so that they wesg. wit I able to be recognised by th eir O wn friends.. A very tow evenings before the explosion this was the subject of talk, and one young maik remarked—" Mother mended : my. trousers a fevi'days ago, and put such a curious patch , on that 'I said to her, ' Mother, I thi n k y ou h ave put A mark upon me to know me s h ou ld t h e p i t t ire. ', "s The' i pit fired, and true enough, though 114 mother had not designed this, it was the only mark by which she could recognise her child., 7 A - c2kcasile. Chronick, -,, ENTHAORD4INARY - ATTACK:---A GENTLEMAN SHOT , AT BRADFOMD.--MT, J. It. W. Thomp son , so li c i tor , o f Bradford ) was, about ten o'clock on Monday in,ig,hti passing on the road between Carr Syke, Heaton, awl, the Clockhouse Gates, in ManninglA.7,rn; when under the high wall which bounds Ow clockhou,se grOunds, opposite the end of jtire t hlos.hute, a man suddenly thrust out his arm; placed a pisiol to Mr. Thompson's head, ~Ayi (*- charged it, The bullet.passed tbroUgll 4h.e. loft side -of -' lip, took the upper a way two of kh,e tedh from, the upper jaw on the right side, also broke some of the teeth in the lower ,i4w A _a.nd then, passing outwards, grazed the right Week.. Mr. Thompson's assailant then disappeared in the direction of Jumbles-lane. NO reason for the murderous attack can be assigned. Wliettie, the pistol was fired in mistake, anothe r victim being in,tendfxl,'or it was the act of a maniac cannot bA determined. 3ir. Thompson is now cii - k t of danger, hilt is shockingly dis figlqe4, E 4 assailant has not been discovered, , _. . • , ,• DELUDED WOMEN.—" Do you think a many ip oftener taken in,' in , matrimony, than i woman i".• , he replied,'" I don't. think it's th.e — Opherita,*: —'l? 131 said before, Nece/lect it's him that Proposesiii a general way, he gets, spooney, goes right up to her head, and marries. Sometimes it's the gal he adieires, and some times, her money eqcv\n,lt but he commonly plays the first card', and tea& off far her to follow suit. I say commonly, for women know how to put it into a mares r head, and make him think it's all his own doings. Well, having made up iris mind, nothin' evec stops him ; he flatters, not with hormeoPAthia, chases, but draughts that would ch o k e a oamell he swears as fal s e as the feller did who deposed to knowiug a fusee ev er since r(s gate), when, he heard it was called a 'son of a gun.',. He vows eternal love, and takes his davy • he'll die of a broken heart, or drown himself, if he's, 'refused. Men know what liark men arc, but women don't ; and how should n poor gal tell, who aint per.. mitted to lopAr at men's f e ele, to tree if they are stamped_ deceit or`not. — HOV. can she physiognomy ? She is all t i rAtl lilcrsoc ( I ; k r P , VAIMV tkreught up), and confides in others. abo wawa she• was made to be kivea ; Lad whelk a man vows he adores her to distrac-, tion; and she knows that the ward adoration is only' applied to angels, why shouldn't she think she is one, and believe the-man who adores her ?- No! 'pour cittt t cr, she'is oftener took in than the false love; RUFFIANISM IN SHEFFIELJA.-rrATMADES ITNI,ONS. Things seem to have come , to a, fine, pass with some of the mannfactures carried on a t' acfru'Aid, where the power, ng , the laif to secure property, and even lif e , agaitik the dastardly and fi endish machi na ti ons o f members of the trades' unions is confessedly paralysed. in use notorious case—that of the Messrs. Wheatman and Smith, saw-manufacturers, an attempt was nande to blow up the works in consequence of some improved machinery being erected,. Nqpintlistan,ding the offer of rewards, the, miscreants are still undetected. But that noyall. The humiliating fact is confessed that i aan terrorism haS triumphed - over the protective powers of a civilised community. The tact was enneurioed in the Sheffield Town gonneil that offered reward had Ireen withdrawn, and the following cenAtivinitOon from, the koiliteitiox the' employers was rear ~ ;t4t‘rna4g the alAnclanniont of their projected imp,rovements Messrs. Wheatman and Smith have been so rauell alarmed by threatening letters sent to their wives, that they have determined not to proceed any further in the matter, They have consulted vtlth the secretary of the Saw-grinders' Union, aid have. determined to abandon their itnixoye4 nutchi,tletT• regret this, as it will 4, a, eoMplete victory and 9 .4 encouragement toy l,avAess but their determination seems th be, 1414041 e. The , safety of their familiesl:4 Per4on'al violence is the. consideration which alone has weighed with t h em. This is an awful state of things, add really , think gOvernment should know of it," THE PRINCE OF W ALES A PRISONER.—CoAsiAeT-. , able amusement has been afforded at, Odord through the eccentric conduct of ; knight of the plough, named Hedges 2 ,hnown, under the sobriquet of " Lord Chief 4sttCe Burns." It appears his Royal ruefig the Prince of Wales, in company with lima Keppell, Equerry in Waiting • Mr. Herbert Fisher, private tutor to his Royal Highness ; fiar l Brownlow, Sir Fred er ick Y o h ns t one , Bart, U, Le Mar chant, Esq., H. Chaplin, Esq., H. Taylor, EFq., went out with the South Oxfordshire hounds on Friday last i but, meeting with, indifferent sport, the royal party, on their return to Oxford, determined on a ride across the c•auntry. Not being acquainted with the looaliov, they made their way across the lands of Farmer Hetes, at Barton, and, without being aware of the temper of the sturdy farmer, rode into, the farm-yard. Farmer Hedges, with his usual regard for trespassers, immediately closed his gates on, the illustrious party, and levied Si gu:46 of h e d ges was acquainted with a sovereign for damages, enforces the dem,and with he would at once have an intimation that none of *at &honk) leave until he had pocketed the emeant• imagined that when of England, he The party at first 1 4' 11 have my Prince's retinue may well were tqChluaeiitillelleam(imietscaekoe:noy,hailfsocrl'emsuipteoonrsacy, ; be b in u g t i i n nfo t r h ul is ed tb that he money." remarked,wThase detainingastonishment,‘ pr theinee of or f n u toh t u e F r be imagined but being mounted and encompassed by e rin iC ee i , ll stone walls they were compelled to yield to the inexor able farmer, who, added to an " amiabl e v disposition, is possessed of a powerful frame, 0.4‘4A on t k e occasion in question was armed with 4 dung fork, the emblem of his calling. Tile ;oval, party, although somewhat annoyed ai tbeh detention and the obstinacy of the wrip?r, made the best of the joke, the Prince above the rest being much amused at the turn matters had taken. LOCAL NEWS. ACCIDENTS —Alice Pendlebery, residing in 77, Peter greet, was'. knocked down and . run aver by e, cart in aie:44i4t, and sustained a fracture 'of the left leg and wound Of `the' 4E04 Clory, a labourer, residing in Carleton,street; cell into ape hold c f l c steFtinor in Clarence Dock, and received a seilare!(iontrts4.l4. BRIG ASHORE.—On Saturday the weather was exceedingly stormy': The wind blew from S.S.W. in the morning, but in the toursiof the afternoon it shifted to . Ifeavy rains fell throughout the day. A brig ran ashore off lcootie, kio was got off again in the course of a few hour's and towed up the riyer. BOILED TO D.n.A..rn.--A day or two ago; Matthew Lyon, a man in the employ of Mr. Christopher Roys . ton, ,one manure manufacturer, Paddington, near Warring ,to#, was left in charge of a boiler, in which a quantity of bones were being reduced, and in the morning his body was foVnd 4 ,thc the gosh literally ,boiled from the bones, and presenting a hkrrifying spegtaele. It is supposed that. he must have•been Wrung over the boiler for some purpose ' andshiicame ettlocated by the effluvia arising from the bones. ' OnrreadetS will see by the advertisementin to day' s _paper thaf the annual meeting of the Society for Irish Church Missions to Ronian Catholics, Will be held this evening, 0 1: 111e -hall, Hope-street; the chair to be taken at pelf-ppast 's o'clock. The meeting will be addressed by the Rev. If. C. 'lade, g i ving the latest' intelligence from the society's inisSiOns 'the • ReV. Dr. 'Bd.YThe', on' the probable , fliture tif the Papacy; and the Rey. Joseph Bardaley, on the early frish chureh, and its independence of Rome, till the 12th century. • ' IltiClUthB.—On Saturday, before the borough coroner: ,the following inquests were held :--;-On the body of Timothy Harris, Erskine-street, a retired painter. The ;domed had, it appears, been in ill-health for some indnth ,s and was subject to extreme despondency, 11 1 ',VIg4 FtR by an idea of. coming poverty which he entertained. Saturday morning tip got out cif lied abet six o'clock, and a little after sev - e4 he was found 'Banging by 'the neck in the cellar. Verdict : " Hung himself whilst labouring under insanity."----On the body of a child"found floating in the canal, near the Sillery 7 bridge,' Vauxhall-roe& Verdict ." Still-horn."—On ,t#'9 )?9dy of F4i;alleth Westwater, the unfortunate woman who was killed' from the egects of a blow 111 , Bids #=efr Ri6aiaa. Peter' Leigh"said that death was prodrced by effusion of blood oil 'the brain. A verdict of Man ‘slaughter Was returned against Ricaldii. ' ' IksoLvENrs.,--Insolvent debtors heard at Lancaster, qp Friday, the 23rd day of March, 1860, before Robert 11(q., 'En ~judge of the said court :—WM. Bennett the younger,Mg Vox' manufacturer, Ifarrehpster ; Ralph Saxton, grocer and provision dealer, Give Cross ; Simon CAW, barber, Blaokb4rn John Day, journey., man_ coach builder, Preston Ralph Worthington, licensed victualler, Preston ; William Watson, butcher, Pendletori 4 Safauel Lord, cotton waste dealer Oldham • 40,tn Pritchard, warehouseman, Mancheiter • Joseph Purneyman joiner, Manchester; William Lord, eoninussie t ff agent, MaticiliestO'l grqoei, Wi4erlob; near `l,3lackbuin ; Jainea B4ton, beerseller, Bury ; Wm. Clayton, grocer, liooley near Ashton under-Lyne; Thos. Johnson, marine store dealer, Man chester; I.Theiles Samuel Reynolds, insurance agent and attorney's clerk, Liverpool ; Stephen Jones, publican, .Liver pool ; John Dickinson, provision dealer, Manchester; George Taylor, brewer, Manchester ; James Ewins joiner and builder, St. Helens; Joseph Rowe, gardener and, farmer, Little Woolton, near Liverpool ; John If/ 1 4444 1 V , fish. fruit, game, and' general • dealer, Ma4chester ; powriipAppf l Beaton Norris ; itiebard HUole, 'licensed victualler, pres= ton ; 'Geoege Holehouse, baker and provision dealer, Hyde, near lianchOter;—discharged. Edward Collier, :commercial clerk 'and agent, 'Manchester, one month. John Evans, licensed victualler; LiVerPeol, one Month: Edward ifargreaves, dentist, Manchester; three Months, tf pnia# pow, grace/ and w4reliallsona4, Ditancheater, . Ecru monAs. John: bee seller an tL provision dealer; RairliPert, isinissed. fames silk manufacturer, Stockport: climiateci.—AdjOurned Case Riphard Ormerod, coal dealer, Bury, discharged. . LIVERPOOL Outlf--sATFRDAT. --- - (Before Mr. RAFFLES.) FLEECED Or A WATCH.—Sarah Exley, a woman of the town, - was brought up on a charge of stealing a silvei watch from the person. of. James Flynn.—Sent to the 'sessions. • • . BREAKING A' WIFE'S Anx.—Patrick McCullen, a native of grin, was hrOlght Up on 4 *me Af h w reaking ills wifels arm. It appeared that the prisp was in the habit of getting drunk , and whilst in that state he very . often abused . his wife in the most aggravating manner. The wife appeared very depressed, The case was sent to the sessions for trial. ROBBERY OF WEARING APPAREL.—A girl, named Mary Bank, was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing, apparel from a private house in Charter-street, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. TIMER STEALING.—Thomas Dugdale, fo r s t ea li ng a small quantity of timber, was sent to prison for seven flay s ' Thomas Dumfey, foc s stealing rags, was sentenced to two months' hard labour. Charles Kirk brought up on remand for stealing a jacket, was sent to the sessions for trial. • (Before Mr. HuTunsoic.) arentt, was summoned M'Donnell, house and estate summoned for illegally hi distraining upon the n g i s O O O s Itegmt-cfmrt, r , n The com plainant lived for a l engt h .of e d ,s t o r f e e E t i z T ate t Jones, residing time in lodgings with a Mrs. Howell, in Denison-street, havihg with her a quantity of furniture, but left her `about a month since. Howell got into the debt of her landlord,'Mr. Meddy, arid, by the latterpersotee order, the defendant went i nto Jones's new residence and took away her furniture for Howell's debt. The goods so taken were worth £25. At the request of Mr. Black harst, who appeared for the defendant, the case was adjourned until. Monday. The total foreign trade of Mexico, including imports and exports, amounts to £14000,000 a year. About £6,500,000 of this is in exchange with Great Britain. About £4,500,000 worth of silver is exported from Mexico yearly. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES. CROWN CO CRT:—SATURDAY. (Before Jfr. Justice Ain.) CHARGE OF UTTERING j A FORGED NOTE.—Mary 'Wright (36y was indicted for utteringi on the 23rd!tif July last, a forged £5 Bank of England note. Mr. Brett prosecuted, and Mr. Scott defended. • The prisoner, it appears, lived in lodgings at 50, Christian -street, Liverpool, and was' partially acquainted with a young man named Edward Makin, a teacher of music, who lived in the same house. On the day in question she asked' him if he could 'change a£s note. He 'said he could,not. but if she would•aecompany him to Griffiths's Grapes Hotel, Lime-street, he would procure change for her there. On arriving at the house Makin went in with the note; while the prisoner remained , outside: Mr.• griffitlp at once discovered that the note was a bad orie;, and having gone to the door, and having questioned the prisoner respecting it, gave her in charge to Detective Scott, who happened to be inthe house at the time. The jury returned a verdict of "Not guilty," in consequence of there being no evidence to prole that the prisoner knew the note yvas a forged one. ; INDECENT ASSAULTS. William Isher*ood (22) was indicted for having on the 7th of January last, at Tottenham-lOwer-end; ) assaulted and ravished a young woman named Jane Spalding. ,Mr. Sowler, young wpman named Jane palding. Mr. Sowler, Q.C., prosecuted, and Mr. Higgin defended. After a lengthened investigation, the details of which are unfit for - publication the jury returned a verdict guilty. Sentence, eight years', penal servitude. Edmund Holt (33) was indicted for haring, at Wordle, OR the 18th of January ,last,. violated Mary Jane Crowder, a girl of thirteen years of age • and also for having, at the same time and place, assaulted Zilpha Greenwood, aged twelve, • with intent to violate her, Mr. Whigham prosecuted and Mr. Cottingham defended.. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to ten , years' 'penal servitude. NISI PRIITS COURT—SA.runnit. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) WRIGHT v. JONES.—In this case, which was adjourned from Friday, the plaintiff, who is a boilermaker and pork butcher at St. Helens, sought compensation for an illegal trespass upori his premise's, and the seizure of 4281b5. of pork. The plaintiff stat.xl that on the 24th of December 'a bailiff for the St. Helens County Court entered his shpp in the market and seized a quantity of pork, in consequenee of WhiCh the shop had to 'be slug up for the day, thereby causing a 9Qnsiderable loss to the plaintiff; the value of the meat was estimated to be 41 15s. Mr. Pope, who appeared for the defendant, 'contended that the meat was not really the property of the plaintiff, but belonged to his father„.who formerly carried on business in the same place. From the state ! ment of the witnesses who were called fel . the de fence, it, appeared that the plaintid"s father. owed some money to the defendant, and the latter had obtained a judg meat against, him in the County Court, at St. Helens. Shortly after the judgment was obtained, the liiisiness Was transferred from' the father to the son (the present plaintiff), and the defendant belieVing that the property , was still the father's, had 'seized it. Mr. Ritchey, - the inioectoinf'Si.' Helens Market, was Called, and be said. the rent for the stall had never been paid by the sort, but ' generally by the mother. Dr. Wheeler, who conducted' the case for the plaintiff, produced some receipts for rent, whidh were made out to the plaintiff, and which bore Mr. Kitchen's initials. The jury returned a verdict for' the plaintiff. Damages £lB. BREACH OF CONTRACT : CONFLICTING DEANE v. LOFTHOUSE. The plaintiff was:Mr. James Stanfield Deane, a mer chant,. of 14, Water-street, Liverpool, and the defendant was Mr. Lofthouse, formerly Liverpool manager for the and Cheshire Junction Railway, but now proprietoF of the Albany Hotel, in filine-street . The aptibn N vas hiqught tq recover danitiges anstapedin sequence of a breach of contract hy the defendant. It appeared, from the statement of gr. Pope , _ on the part of the plaintiff, that,, some weeks'ago, he bad 411 apPur ,tunity of buying 1,000 tons of pitch, at some works at Miles Platting, near Manchester. lie purchased the pitch, and afterwards resold it to various parties, a part of the agreement being that it should be placed on board vessels in the Mersey. The plaintiff sought to get the pitch carried from Miles Platting to Liverpool, and. he had an interview with the defendant on the subject. At the defendant's request, Mr. Deane sent in a note, asking the terms upon which he would agree to convey the pitch by canal to Liverpool. Lofthouse replied that ft he wOalitengliikW t 4 40 eo for Cs 8d per to i n,Att the plaintiff's (mil risk, and 7i 2d per tUn if 'the ''cafgees 'veete insured. Vpon the basis of that quotation a contract was entered into, on the same , day, and the time for the delivery of the pitch in Liverpool docks was limited to ten days. About a week afterwards plaintiff found that only 200 tons-ef the pitch had . been . remoted, and'" it making inquiries of the defendant, the latter replied that he did not understand how the delay had arisen ; mid, shortly afterwards, he was informed that it had, been found that the locks on the canal were too narrow to Oro the boats which Mr. Lofthouse had apt. Mr. • * t Deane then yas, or QSi, compelled to make further ai•rangementi, and agreed ''*ith 'ti 'ear'li'er, iYanied Walmsley, to have the pitch carried to Liverpool at the rate of 7s 6d per ton. 222 tons, were brought down by Lofthouse, who told the plaintiff he should lbse by the original contract, and he must have 7064 per too instead of 65"84.' Mr. Deane, in order get hold of the pitch; paid the 7r6d, Under protest ; MO' the', tlifterenee be tween thaf amount and the original contract• formed one of the items in the account now stied for, to which was added the extra charge !which 'Deane bad •paid to Walmsley.—ln cross-examination by Mr. Brett, who appeared for the defendant,, Mr. Deane said ,he had no offices of his own. HIS letters were directed to the office of Fit4eitaoo, Appleby and co arid Ile .wrote tern there. Was aware what Lofthouse was at the time when the contract was ni4de; but' dented tho lie weei tQ blur 'in the first instance to know if the pitch could be carried by the railway: /file* Mr. Lofthouse as a spe culator„ and was a speculator himself. Denied that he was ever told by Mr. Nicholson that lie .(plaintie) had deceivpd them Omit the width of the locks oq the canal; he would swerfF gistinpply that the statement iv as nevrf made to him.-= everal 'Witnesses were then Called 'rn support of the case, and they showed that tht) person of whom Mr. Deane had bought the pitch 'had made every preparation for its removal into the boats, and that a serious loss had been incurred by keeping• a number of men waiting for several clays.---r Mr. 11 . relt submitted that' lie lefteis witichlud been' read did not PrOte that 'the . defendant Was aetineon his own behalf when the alleged tiontrast was made. He was in reality the agent of Messrs. Nichols and Williams,: who had agreea to remove the pitch.—Hia Lordship Said that one of the letters contained the words, " I will-agree to-- carry the pitch," and then followed the terms. That letter was signed hY the defendant, and he should rule is clear and explicit law thef the dbfefidant'was' liable for the contract contained iii that `ldtter.-- .1 --Mf. Brett' theh opened the defendant's case,', and 13.1,s answer 'to the plaintiff's Itatemelit . was Ow. tbe' collfriet jaeyar mude with' T. l ofthouse at all.-_-_Tbedefendant was called, and stated that the plaintiff was introduced to Messrs.. Nichols and Williams, river and coasting carriers, who agreed to carry the pitch, but they found that their boats could not ascend - the canal, and Nichols told Deane that he had misrepresented the size of the locks, and therefore - lie should decline to carry out the p ( greement: Deane said tht4 if he had tuisteikregented facts he had only stated' thhin they had been given tq hina,and he further agreed to give Nichbls '7s. 6d. a ton if he would carry out the arrangement.--This evidence was confirmed by other witnesses, but the jury found a ierdieLlOr the plaintiff, damages £34 Os. 101:1,-4r.Arettanplied to the judge to stay execntion.7.-lhe 'Judge': I StiPPd se 'y o U mean to lay that yoit'haVe no fault to find w ith the itir y, but with tile ?1,--afr• lirett Pre6isely so. — Tile Well, it is a fair application to make, and I s h a ll gran t I I . .• t . LAW INTELLIGENCE. Itica,L§ c(lim.—S 4T yytri AT , (liefore Sir J:oxis;l flourz.4) STAINTON V. THE CARRON IRON COMPANY.—.IIIDOMENT. The plaint* are trustees and executors Of the late Mr. Henry Btainton, the former manager of the company. The testator, Henry Stainton, was the manager in London of the extensive business of the Carron Company 'for a very 'great many' years; down to the year 1851, when he diqcl. After. - his '46cease, a suit was institOted'iri the Sessions Court in •Seotiand to have the accounts taken, which, however, was stayed by this court. Ultimately -a compromise of the suit took place, and it was supposed that all differences between 'them and Mr. Staintoa's representatives had been brought to a close. However, in December, last . year, another suit was instituted by the defendants in the Court of Session in Scotland, in reference to certain alleged defalcations in Mr. Stainton's accounts between the years 1808 and 1822, to the eite* of a principal sun} of £3 2 ,09 2 , upon} which' the defendants claimed interest to the amount bf £74,853 14s. Bd., making together a further elaini, of mere than £lOO,OOO. • His Honour said the course he should propose was to place 'all parties in the same positio n as if no com promise had taken place, and'the accounts taken from the commencement ,of the employ inept' of ' the tes. tater, Hentt §laintcio, 4,408; death: He should, therefore, Make 'an order in 'the 'nature of rt . decree; to 'the eg'ect that 'fhii 'Court is of opinion that Ithe decree in the cause does net preclude V.ie Carron Company froM going into the accounts of their dealings itnd transactions With the testatoi,'Ef. Stainton, fTogi the commencement Obis employment to the time of his death, the plaintiff not disputing the view taken by the Court, the garrou Company applyingto set aside and open the compromise, the Vona declaring it not binding, the Carron Company bringing into court the sum of £159,000 received by them to be paid in to the credit of the com promise fund, and all parties to concur in such acts as were necessary to the transfer of the £59,000 in the }loyal lip* of cetland, to be plaeed to the credit of the real estate NO. The ao;nntki'le, ne'taketi` and prOsectlted as if no 'Rich compromise had been made, the company to be at liberty to surcharge and "141sif5'" the accounts and carry in items; in the meantime the injunction to issue, restrain all proceeding in the action iu Scotland, both parties being at liberty to appeal, but no objection to be raised to the jurisdicti on o f the court making this order on the raotion.—Order accordingly. BOAT ACCIDENT AND Loss Or LIFE.—An accident occurred on Friday to the Commander's galley of her Maiestys ship Firebrand, lying at §pitllal: Bet'webn ore and two p 7 M., the galley; With her sal crew,' six ITI Anniber, and a stoker who had ohttittleCl leave to go onshore, was despatched from the ship to the shore. It had been blowing heavily all day from the south-west, with a good deal of sea at times. As soon as the boat, under a lng,sail, bad got into the broken water, at the entrance 'of the harbour, she buried her bow in the trough pf the. qful, end was prevented ~ rising again by the `t o p the sea having hold of her 'item, whieh tit once. Caused her to broach and capsize. The men clung to the keel, and the ))oat turned over again, the coxswain, Jones, getting into her, and another man (Rogers) clinging to the opposite gunwa le. Th e remainder Of tlo creir appear to bavp 444 144 •ql the 11(44, but dropped off one by one frqm exhaustion and the heavy sea *ith the strong ebb before aid could reach'thetn. As soon as the accident occurred, several boats_ put off from the shore to their assistance, but were enable to reach them quickly,-owing to the strong breese blowing on the shore and the heavy sea. A steam-tug came to the rescue, and the two 'men *ere saved. The following are the names of the men who are lost:—Peter Crofts, A. 8., Edward Evrington, A. 8., W: Woonton, or Wilton, A. 8., and John Rule, ; ordinary seamen, boat's crew; and John Grant, stoker. . f . - GENERAL NEWS. The Comrnissionership of 'Audit, vacant' by the death of Mr. C. Goss, will not be filled up. IH.M.S.'Havannali, 19, at bevonport, is to be sent to the Committee of the Ragged Industrial School at Cardiff, for a training ship. The length of the land wires and submarine telegraph, cables, which connect the eastern end -of Java with Moreton Bay, in Eastern Australia, will be about 3,500 miles. .. •-• The - Globe's Paris correspondent remarks that the annexation of Savoy by France irrevocably binds the French Empire to uphold the new territorial arrange ment in Italy... • ' The Secretary of State for War has issued a circular, by which it appears that the period of service to entitle the well-conducted soldier to tbe first grant of good condnct pay shall be three years instead of five years. The ReV.- J. C. M.' Bellew, S.C.L., has consented to deliver a lecture on " Milton," his Times and Worki, at St. Martin's-hall, on Monday. evening the 2nd of April next, the proceeds arising therefrom being devoted to. the support of the "Caxton Pensioner" of the Printers' Pension Society. • - • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR TAE PROMOTION 'OF SOCIAL SCIgNCE IN GLASGOW.—It is' arranged that Monday, the 25th September, shall be the first day of meeting. A LATE 'HARVEST. —We may mention, says the Strathdon -correspondent of the Banfiltire J6(zwiial, that the harvest of 1859 lies unfinished in several places in the upper glens of this di s t r i c t.' MUNICIPAL FESTIVALS IN FRANCE.—The inhabitants I of Chartres, two d a y s b ac k, gave a gran d hi stor i ca l cavalcade, representing the entrance of Henry IV., when he came to be oreiined ling : of France at that town. FRENCH EXIIIBITION.—The gallery of the French Exhibition. Pall-mall, has opened at an unusually early period in the-season, but we think it would be well for English art if such an exhibition as the present were permanently established. At the interview which the Savoy deputation had with the Emperor, his Majesty is said to have asked the envoys whether they had good barracks in Savoy, and said: that be would send :troops there, whose presence always ,gives life and animation to a country, A ship of the line to be , plated with steel has been laid down in • the dockyard of Cherbourg.. She is to be 300 feet in length, with an iron spur 30 feet long, to be supplied• with an engine of 1,200 horse power; and to be called the Napoleon I. • 4 DRUNKEN CAEHAN AT CHARLES DICKENS'S.— John WoOd; a cab-driver, was charged with being drunk in his employment as cab-driver, and making use of insulting language at Mr. Charlei Dickens's hoUse. He was tined 10S. or 14 _days. WANTED—An act of Parliament, indicting heavy plies orpeoltips on all persons who throw orange-Teel on the pavenient. Will no member who is in -the habit of tripping, or who is clever in breaking down at, every step he takes, propose it ?—Purtelt. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OP A VOLUNTEER.—Four persons, dressed in the. uniform of a rifle corps, were practising on Wandsworth Common ; one of them aimed at and shot a very 1141010 m dog belonging to a lady little sit! ryas Close to the dog at the time. The volnnteers then rqn of. CENTRAL AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES.—Some remark able ruins bail been' 'discovered near • the river Pecos, ninety miles above Fort Stanton,, New Mexico. They. are situated, : on a plain, and are massive 'relies of a people who have -pa'ised:away. The city appears - to have been built by a warlike rate. A few days ago the Commandant of Comorn com mitted suididp. The deceased was always renowned for his pufietnality, and•shortly before he shot himself he "reported!' to his superior of Ice', that being tired of :life h ns, tilt to, ?lit ' end to it. ama ens led, „says the correspondent q the .4 . eed# erci4, from private and an undoubted source ; tO, Pyt you in possession Of 'a pike ot news ' , Thigh will Interest niany ; it is OW the Princess Frederick William (our Princess Royal) expects an increase of family in two or three months. SHEUTZ'S CALCULATING MACHINE.—The , ingenious calculating machine invented by Mr. Babbage has been heard of, probably, by every person in this country who ever ,reads a newspaper ;:but the still more ingenious and complicated engine, constructed by the Messrs. Sheutz has by no means earned the high reputation deserves. Qv N's 17. 4 1nR1 1 ,5' P4TEFq. — lrthyliotAse 0 Gum mons,. Baines the report a the select committee which has sat fur:two sessioUs ou the Queen's Printers' patent for printing the Bible. The report recommends that the patent be not renewed, and that no exclusive .privilege of printing the scriptures be allowed henceforth to exist. THE CASE OF THE REV. JAMES BONWELL.—Surprise has been expressed in connection with the abandonment, or at -all events suspension of the proceedings on the charge of adultery, against the. Rev. James Donwell the rector of St. Philip's Church, SCeptiey, 'against Wrte tinle siTl4b the Bishop of Lohtion - issued a comniisiion, Tut YE N ETIANS AND THEIR RULERS.—Among the pigeohs which generally congregate in the Pia7,4a.St: Marco, one came with a large tricolor cockade tied round its 'wk. A t reward first 'Of 'lof. arid afterwards for expedition's' sake, _o4eted, 'for 'the arrest of , the delinqhent:•'ll4 was taken by nnnger, rylieu he was pitilessly executed. 1 THE 04ni„istir 00FPIN MYSTERY.—The _Paisley lierulc, says In reference to 'the death of the child whose body was discovered some time since in a coffin enclosed in a box at Carlisle, addressed to Mrs. Loudon, and which has since been traced to Greenock, we under stand that, on an analysis of a portion of the stomach, poison has been found." Li:TABARes pAogrEers.—lbis voca tion Ts . netv becoming one of skilled labour ; and his qualifications and his wages must both rise. Eor clod poles we shall henceforth - have agricultural operatives, working by machinery, and paid according to their intelligence and skill. We see this happening. already, atrd more and mofQ extetisiTcly t;vry'ytar: Ttx•E 40E14 16v•olor BILL AND THE CORK LOrd John Russell's bill were law, how would the late Cork election have end e d Would not the late Attorney. General have been turned out to make room for a stranger, ,whom the electors would have "spontaneously" chosen, under the dictation of their 174e 844 ! Wlicl will atW4s the 01mA:iv' of the most ignOrnnt of t.W people PQRTVNATN UReOVERY OF GOLD.—Some time after the arrival of a railway train two . days ago, at Dunkirk, when the controller of the station, named Brahant, was , visiting the different carriages, he found ina fi rst-class -one-a bag containing 31:1,6,60f. in gold. Heimmediately • hnded it over tO the chief of the station, by whom it wig. afterwai-ds deliVered to its owner a merchant of the fevin.i•LO4lignani. " ' • • 'ROYAL BOTANIC, ICIMTT or TicknictN.-- , The exhibi tion of Wednesday • was altogether successful. It was fully kltkal to that of last year, which, taking into consi deration the.,long duration this year of severely cold and winterlyoweather, may. be regarded as eqUivalent to a considerable improvement. All the plants which graced the exhibition last year had their representatiye yesterday's show ; and there were, not a lb* 'novelties. • A Rogue in,tIOUGUT FROM TUB ANTIFODES.—About Ina' minas ago a ,man, rienied Luntman, Oseonded froni - Ettingiliill, with between £5OO and £6OO O , prOperty.of his employers, and sailed fo Au t straha, ! whither- he was followed by Sergeant Ba k er, of the county police, anti apprehena i ed shortly after 'his arrival , there. ge was brought hac k in the Essex, and now lies in the. Bilston lock-up awaiting aq examination b l ero4 the inegistrate4: ' PE4, OQ-VER, ANA eaeOA FOR THE SICK.—A great deal too much against tea is said by wise people, and a great deal too much of tea is given to the sick by foolish people.. When you see the natural and almost universal craving in English sick for their " tea," 'yon cannot but feel that nature .knoWs what abOut• Bat a little tett• or coffee restores then) quite as much as , a great deal, and 4 B'o4 0414 tea, anCesperlially of coffee, impairs tbe'littlisPower of. digestiOn_they have. AN ENGLISH LADY ON THE SULTAN.--an steps into the caique, from which the canopy has heen rihove;' puts on his gloies, clistoTta his lace u I poking nck , the sun , and do doing exhibits , his tabaccostalhed teet,h* . iThile his plain, unuttke4ing countenance assumes a_ 11 16§t disagreeable expreasion. 'This, then, is the man who is called *R s gb A ciow on the J4arth," and who miles with uhiollite sway over the lives and happiness of 35,000,000 of human ,beings! I have seen many crowned heads, but none who seem to me so devoid of dignity, so devoid of anything remarkable as this " Shadow of God on Earth." PEW BENTS.--In the /lonse of Commons on Thurs-, day, Mr. Turner presented a petition from iikohaeladers• and inhabitants of Manchesters; chiefly Working Men, statiug that there 'Wea about %00I:1,000 of free sittings attached to the National Church of England and Wales; that it was aatagonistio to the feelings of the great body of honest working men to appear" as paupers in their own parish churches (hence, in a great measure, their non=attendance on public worship) ; that their weei-iy earnings did not enable them to pay nigh' pew rent's; but that if one half Ole free sittings were offered to be let to the irofkingtlasSeSs ; with 'the Privilege of furiiishing their own sittings with cushions, hassocks, and' other conveniences, part at ls. and part at ;s 6,3. Per annum, a. sum' would be r aised whiPh would go far towards forming ail equivalent 'for churc h rates, and qraying the Ilona o, typotnti emmittee to in uire into the EOM allegation, SINGULAR RECOVERY of LOST MONEY.—On Tues day morning a respectable woman, somewhat advanced in life, and living in Wolverhampton, left the queen street Railway Station' to go by the Stour Valley Rail way to a station near Birmingham to attend a sale of furniture. To - Make the necessary purchases she took with her between £5O slid ap in n om and gold, and s wrapping the money in a paper paieel placid it in her pocket. " 'Non gettineto, the station' where she had to alight, Ole' Vas much distressed to And that her money was gotta. She took the first train baek to Wolver hampton] where she had reason to believe that she bad .dropped her money. As the return train entered the station she was observed to look out of the window with great eagerness, leap cart of the carriage before the train had well stopped, and run round to the depart* side. There she jumped from the platicß, 9,n to: t'lio line and picked up her parcel of money, which her anions eyp had peyceiTediy'fiti upon the space between the, platform and the nearest lines a metals.— Wolver hampton chro4ic4.. LOVE7MARING IN ROTTEN-ROW.—" Now, Mrs. Bar ber, I must beg of you to direct your attention to the incidents that occurred before your marriage with Mr, Barber. You met him, I believe, for the first time in the ride in Hyde-park olres I was riding there one morning, -when -Mr. Barber tame up to me, and said be. hoped mamma and papa -were quite well." ',,Did Mr. Barber run by the side of your horse, or ace We to take it, •madam, that Mr. Barber was oq horse, back, too ?" " Yes. I was', a, good deal astoni shed ; but I supposed he knew the family ; so I sai d that mamma's cold was better—Aut that poor papa had .soinething with a Gyeek name which made him very uncomfortable, especially after dinner, and 31r. Tiarber said be ought to be cupped every day at four o'clock, and if that did not answer, the Only thing was to try the Spa waters, lie then proposed to me to .Inive a canter ; and when we were going at full speed he asked me if I believed in first love, and the union of souls and I was so confused, because My net had fallen off , and my back hair was streaming out, that I don't know what I answered ; but I remember he said that it was wonderful!' and from that moment forward he would Confine himself to four cigars a-day, and devote himself to-nay hzippiness."—From Divorce a Vinculo, in Once a Week, COURT NEWS: BUCICINGILIM PALACE, Fridaf, March 23. • The Queen will hold a Privy Councirou Monday, the 26th inst., at three o'clock. Her Majesty rode on horseback this forenoon in the riding house at the Palace. The Queen held a Court this , afternoon. Baron Bentinck, the Netherlands Minister,' h a d an audience of Her Majesty. His Excelleny was intro duced by Lord J. Russell, the Queen's principal Secre tary; of. State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Lieut.-Gener a l the Hon. it Edward Cast, K.OR per Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. Lord John. Russell had an audience of the Q ueen. Lord Cremorne and Lieutenant-Colonel Ringscote were the,Lord and Groom in Waiting._ BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Saturday, March 24. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by her Ladyin 'Waiting, arrived this morning at the Palace ;from her residence, Frognsore, on a visit to her Majesty the 'Queen. The Royal Duchess, it is expected, will remain some days. At two o'clock. her Majesty and his Royal Highn ess the Prince Con * sort, with the Princess Alice, left the palace for St:James's, to hold the first drawin g room of the season. The Queen was attended by the Marchioness of Ely ! the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, th e Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Cremorne, Lieutenant- Colonel Kingscote, and Lord Alfred Paget. The Prince Consort was attended by the gentlemen of his house hold. The royal party occupied four state carriages, and was escorted by a detachment of Life Guards to St. James's. On Monday (to-day) her Majesty will hold a Privy Council, the Premier, or one of the Secretaries of State, officiating ,for the Lord President, who is at present on 0 the Continent. On Wednesday the Queen will hold the third Levee o f the season, and which is expected to be very numerously attended. Her Majesty held a Drawing-room to-day, it was :numerously attended. . A Cabiiiet Council was held this afternoon at the otAcial rssidenee of Lord Palmerston, Downing -street. His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in- Chief will hold a Levee at the Horse Guards, at one o, clock,' on Thursday next, the 29th instant. BOARD OF- T RADE RETURN. On Saturday . morning were issued th e B oard of Trade returns foi the month and two mOnths endirig,'February 29, 1860. We subjoin a statement of the total declared . value of the exports of British and Irish produce and' manufactures during the month and two months, includ ing only' the " enumera t e d" articles:— For the month. For the two months. 1858 . . £6,777,775 . . . £13,519,467 1859 . . 8,976,982 . . . 1 7,983,071 1860 . . 9,994,836 . . . 18,773,358 Including the " unenumerated articles," the aggregate exports stand thus : For the month. For the two months. " 11858 . . £7,288,416 . • . X 14,610,016 1859 . . 9,614,143 .' . . 19,2(47,400 11860 .' . 10,721,940 .. • *),osg9t 437 I.• THE SEWER, AND, THE UNDEHGROUND. RA TL *. n ,.. —We hear Falk' Of some 'great mistake in 'the level .of the sewers, now. being , diverted in St, Paneras, for the Underground Rail Way. It is, stated that, after a large eNpenditure, , the new sewer will require to berlowered six feet, and that the works are stlippecl.—Builder, r . lAANoEtt Co? TATOOING.—The Journal tie Rouen oate,s that the medical statistics of the marine having shown that several cases of loss of limb, and even death,. had occurred from the practice of tatooing so common among seamen, the maritime authorities have 11304/)," mended the discontinuance, of the practice. a- • At Berlin, a few days ago, a sad aocAdeAk . occurred.- In casting a group in bronze of animals, ita M. Wollt , • intended for the - Musentn, th,e. mould brake, and the liquid metal bnisting forth, scalded several persons. In: additioal a the., roc f of the building wax 'set on fire, an the, conflagration was no t ex ti nguished without d'ortoulty, OF A RAILWAY ARCH.—On Saturday, about. one o'clock, one of the newly-fornied arches for the Exeter and Yeovil line of railway; in the York-road, Lambeth, fell in with a tremendous crash: The labontairs, about 200 in number, were at dinner at ; the, time; and they fortunately saved their lives, Thsiseeent damp weather . was the supposed cause d the accident. His Royal His the Prince of Wales, who is well up in all the, good old English sports, , is, we (0-ifors4 ,Q4 - oaiete s t understand, likely to make a first-rate tennis payer. Since his residence in Oxford his royal highness has patronised the Tennis Gantt in,Merton-iitreet, and in company with mans pf, the noblemen and gentlemen of Christ; Church, boa . wielded the racket in an effective nAnnner. ~Cildboars, it would seem, are almost as numerous in Vine 14104,0 . Ileardy as, rabbits elsewhere. "Atli gleat boar hunt which took place at Ourteamp, (Oise), _a short time ago, and, lasted;several days, 104 of 'these animals were killed. On the first day of last week sixteen were .killed in the Forests of Coucy and St. Gebain on, the .following day three more, on the neat, twelve; then, three ; and on the Jest of all, sis, mote. THE NEW METROPOLITAN MEAT AND POULTRY MAR, KET.—A deputation attended- on Saturday, by aptpant .ment, et ,one, pomp. Office, to;explain, to Sir G. Come wall l o ewis and the Hon. Charles Gore the plans pro posed by the Corporation for the erection of extensive wholesale markets, to be conuectoil by the Metropolitan -Railway, with tlas abattoirs at- the Cattle Market -arid the great provincial, railroads by which the metropolis is now chiefly supplied. _ la tn Soesat Evil.—. The third, of the series of meet ings ;held at .St. James's Piestaurant 'took place' ou Thursday,night, or ether Friday . Morning.. raider . same auspices as those on the previous occasions, Not. ' withstaa,d the cards of invitation were not_ di a t s ih otea until a short time before the hour appainted for the meeting, and then only in the intl:aodtate vici n it y, the hail was well filled w ith the. class of individuals for whose benefit the movoutent has been set on foot, A DOG'S sligaissito,.--s-The crew of one of the steamers which ply between Havre and Rio Janeiro, relate the following incident "zn the last voyage out, one of the sailors fell overboard not tar Irons the coa s t of 'l.3razi!; and a large Newkundland dog, named P o l lux, 'belonging to th e vesse l , immediately jumped into the aea, and, seizing him by the cravat, maintained his head Nbore. water until a boat could . put off and pick him up l'he sailors state that they w e r e SA d elighted with this exploit, that they unenireously resolved that on the v iritge hom and s e-the dog should be form a ll y rated as one a . their mess, dog their meals." The Prince Consort has sent a cheque for £2511 to the Coninaitie4i for the9reat Exhibition .11/einorial. Readers (says the .4i,sencetsm) will remember that the first pro ject for a memorial included 'a bust or statue of the ; prince ai part of- the dezipa; to. this the 'prince strenu ously objected, on general and personal grounds. To these objections thocommittee have at length yielded ; and the memorial having t a ke n , un d er M r. Durham's hands, a form af which his royal highness heartily approves, he has now felt himself free to subscribe to. it. According .to the latest accounts from India, Lord Clyde has yielded to the pressure of the Governor General's wishes, and' has consented to remain in India for another year. The result will be a general though partial change in the Indian commands. As Sir Hu g h Rose retains the Bombay command, Sir Williaaa Alasas-, , field intends; understood, to proceed to B om b ay and to resuaili there until the Premideney- shall b e trans -fanod to him on Lord Clyde's departure for England._ j Army and-Navy Gazette, .•3TIMA TEs. — It / RUMOURED DErtcA't 'USE ARMY circle that a d eficit of is'currentli ruin,onted military schnewhopr. about £8.50,01:4 will he found in the am ount required for,. the Army Estimates of this year in conse. q,isence of e, mistake anode by the clerk whose ilia,' it vim to totalise the sums to be asked for by the War . Minister in committee. It is further said that in eons 2 sequenoe of 'this awkWard arithmeticalbninder, th e intended increase of companies , to. 100 men_ each moss be postponed for the present,— . o . nited , Serriee Ga.xtte. ACCIDENT TO A TAARKii ox THE SkYEAN.--AD accidentjo'a heave, Welt plaCe OA the Severn on Friday. ..The •Wercestes and Heseford Railway bridge over the - river, A* heen stengthened by piles placed under the etches., which ser'iousl'y oltitinet the passage. r On Fri t deo , morning, as the canal boat Lady IN ood was brisiag • rug - down a cargo of coal from Staffordshire, in, pass lng under the bridge the vessel fouled the pits, throwing her out of her course, and almost immediat e l y capsizing her. At the same time there Were seven persons on board-iriz., the captain, /lamed Whitehouse, his wife, , three children, n suer of'Mrs. Whiteho use, and a boat man na t reed Causer. Causer swam aalss\ao,, but the three m o rel , and Mrs. Whitehouse's+ sister aged save aged 16, were all, drowned. Whitehow contrived toi'e his wife and himself. - • SocIETT Ihkrrtrata Anrsawa.—The thirty-seventh annual exhibition, of the Society of British Artists was • opened to private view on Saturday Slit will be opened tq p,ublie vie* to-day. The exhibition contains in 88,9 'works of art, of which 9 are sculptures, 22.'s o f f' water colour drawings, and 6'3 are oil paintings.' The pqst ;of honour is accorded thi s se , g • to W. Salt e e s picture, No. 119, "The - of the liose and Lily," and it certainly : deserve& the 401111 distincti on of being the best placed work in the principal apartment, Th e subject NNeseiii,ted is the first, interview of' Charles I. and his fistore. Queen -lienrietta Maria, at Dover. Th e Qaigen came across from Calais, i n a storm, on the ere/l bw Sunday, June 24, 1625 ; and Charles, who had b oz , 4 Su waiting at Canterbury, rode oveis to receive her next morning. • They met with the eakea neas , f lovers faint with joy and it is said the young Queen, first sight of her bridegroom, THE MARQUIS OP ATBRIX)RD' 8 WILL.-- TRIVIAL OMISSION.—"4kot ifivot poit,. Mrtin perdit son a ne . , . which Frerach*overb in'-English a simply-is that " For want.' of a stop; Martin lost his ass,. But the loss was'a good deal more than an a.Si, as. he lest the Abbey of Assello, in consequence of having omitted to put a point after one of tot sentences in his petition, in w hi c h he preferred his claim, to the ecclesiastical nr npe r sy. Some of the sons of tie present Marquis of waterford are - likely- to And themselves losers, owing to the late martinis having involuntarily com mitted. a' somewhat simil ar trifling - Mistake. The noble maresuise in Making his will, used the words; in devising his Irish estates, 4 , I . leave the whole _of my pro perty to my 'brother, Lord John Beresford, and to his sons in succession ;" but in bequeathing his English property, h e om i tted the preposition "to," and-merely said, " I leave my property .to my brother,' Lord John Beresford, and his sons in succession." This omiasion s slight as it may appear, has formed the ground for a Chancery 'suit, fur the purpose of obtaining a l egal Oonstsuction of the document. Lloyd, on the part of the younger sons of Male _present marquis, contended that, by the words cited, rd during the estate was given to Lord John Be his life, after w hi c h th e w h o l e o f his sons should enjoy it simultaneously as one body. The 'Lord Chancellor, in expressing his opinion, _ was of thought th e si omission of the word " to" in the w importance, and asked very reasonably, what hat difference is there between saying o I send a cake to you and your children," and " I send a cake lßr to uee you eou a l tl not t° ont.children." Lord Justice Knight concur in this view, and observed graye r y, o ; er c ty, on., Thissutnable articles are very different from landed is file enough, but still we cannot see why cakes and land might not be given away in nearly the same words. It i 4 a Curious circumstance that the best lawyers have made the strangest wills. Lord Eldon's will is quite a curiosity, and we believe Lord Abinger forgot to attach his signature to the testament by which he disposed of his property.—Sasuley Pines, 8 CHILDREN OVERWORKED. Our attention hag lately been called to the amount of werk done by boys under thirteen in the ropewalk of the Dockyard. • Their hours are, if we are rightly informed, from half -p as t seven t o - half-past five, with half an hour's intermission for dinner. They work five days a week. Each child walks, during* what is called a short day's work;about twenty-six miles—during a long day, abOut thirty! The. wages given are, seven or eight shillings a week.—Ply;riouth nt, arriaffts, anti iitatirz. Births, Marriages, and Le a th s , f orwar d e d for insert, ust be properly authenticates' ion m nticated with the name and-address of the sender. 17th charge for the insertion of Births will be Six pence each. - BIRTHS. On the 6th inst., at 93, Mulberry-street, the wife of Mr. W. Bostoek, of n son. On the 2.3 rd inst., at Clifton Cottage, Holt-hill, Tranmere, Mrs. George Spencer, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 14th inst., Mr. John Shaw, mariner, to Miss Mary Ann Sherry. On the 13th inst.. at Liverpool, Mr. John Augustus Fought to Miss Elizabeth Parry. On the 18th inst., Mr. John Ley, mariner, to Miss Emma Blake, both of China-street, Everton. On the 19th inst., Mr. Peter Jacob Anson to Miss Mary Ann Murphy, of this town. On the 20th inst., at Hillside-house, near Annan, Dumfries shire, *N.B., George 'Gifford, Esq., merchant, of Hong Kong, China, to Jane, second daughter of the late John Nicholson, Esq. An the 21st inat., at Everton, Mr. James Perot 1, to Miss Elizabeth Webb. On tke 22nd inst., John Pritchard, son of Captain Evans, of - Bangor, to Catherine Elizabeth, only daughter of Alexander Murray, Esq., late of this town. '"'On the 22nd inst., John Curzon Dobell, Esq., merchant, of this town, to Miss Blain, of Wheat-hill, Roby. DEATHS. On the 3rd inst., at Great Crosby, in her 70th year, Mrs. F. Clark. • On the 13th inst., aged 48, Anne, wife of Mr. Wm. Lythgoe, 60, Stanley -street. On the 17th inst., at Oxtan, in his 79th year, Mr. Joseph Hanson, grocer. On the 17'th hist., aged 73, 111 r, Edward Price, 20, Cumber.- land.street; Dale-street. On the 18th inst., at 1 0 ,Westmerela4d-street, aged 63, Mary, wife of Mr. f7riilln Griffiths. On the 13th inst., at 7, Talbot-street, Brunswick-road, aged 51, Mr. Clayton Kenney, •butcher. On the 19th inst., at Higher Tranmere, Mr. Joseph Jones, of Conway and Co., clothiers, St. George'r-crescent. On the 20th inst., aged 83, Mr. John Davies, lath-cleaver, Caton -court, Lawton-street. On the 22nd inst., at 5, Moss-street, aged 69, Ann, relict of Mr. Timothy Martin. On the 22nd inst., at •Eldori-tgrrace, 'Traiunere, in kis. 33rd year. Mr: Charles Mowbray. dtetko regretted. At 66, Prince Edwin-street, Evertan, aged 54, Mr. Henry . Seeds, taPor. 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SILVERSMITHS, BR MANUFACTURING ONZISTS, Have.added to their extensive Stocks Liar/a Variety at NE'W' DESIGNS in the HIGHEST CLASS OF ART, which obtainedi *or them at the Paris Exhibition the Decoration of the Cross of the Legion of Honour, as well as the Grand Medaille. d'Hon near, the only one accorded to the Trade. The Council. Medal 'was also accorded them at the Exhibition of ) ( BR% Each Articla. , beara their mark, r. and Co., under a Crown. and Ankles sad,' by other p ar ti es as }Anted by Elkiagbam's Patent process kfford no Guarantee el Qs*lity. Estimate* and Drawing* sent Feta by, Post,.. Re-plating and Gilding as usual. __ . ' v .The Public is invitedi visit? tlkeir Spacious SHOAL, 1% %0 , 0. S, ,25 CHU : tell-STREET, LIVERPOOL N.B.—Many Parties having been misled, the PulAie is informettlitaMunt OvltTatitittbatrte - Itvefy Artiele required in -5,a1,,1D, SILVER; and they haye always on hand, At their New. ',Establishment, a most extensive Variety of SOLID SI I LVR. AY.AB.E.S. SmalFParcels of E. and Co.'s Manufacture may be-purchased on the same advantageous ternia as larger quantities. ARTIFICIAL TEETH, GUMS, AND I'A.LATES. PROTECTED BY Hrak MAJESTY'S ROYAL LWATIRRS PAWITM. ESSRS. GAItIt'IEL DENTISTS, fie- 134, DUKE-STIAEET, LITERP.OOL, • Opposite. Berry-street: • (ger. al. I..UDGAT LONDON WEST -MR BRANCH, (W . 110, REGENT-STREET. Observe Numbers particularly. ESTABLISHER 1815.—SAE DIPLOMA. TEETH, THEIR L. And as now restored, cat the newprinciPle otseff-adheszors and capillary attraction combined, by inearts of a soft flex ible lining, with CORALITE WM-COLOURED, VDIA-RUBBER in lieu of bone or gold, without springs or wipe, and with out any operation; THEY ARE WARRANTED PURE, WHOLE-- SOME, AND ENTIRELY FREE PROM BME - LI,; they are easy and comfortable upon the most sensitive gums, and may be worn for many years without being in any way affected., ' The materials used are of the best quality, the workman ship of the first order, and are supplied at less than half the ordinary cost. New Edition, just published. " Gabriel's Treatise is of importance to all requiring the dentist's aid, and, emanating from such a source, it may be confidently relied on."- ratted Service Gazette. " Thousands requiring artificial teeth are deterred from consulting a dentist, fearing the anticipated cost or dread of failure. To all such we say, peruse Gabriel's treatise!' -Cif it Service. Gazette. Published by Messrs. Gabriel (gratis on application, or sent on receipt of ths'eepostage stamps), at their Establish - filents, F ROM COUNTRY PATIENTS, - ONE - VISIT ONLI RE_CKTISITE FOR A SINGLE TOOTH OR COM -PIXTE SET. PATENT WHITE ENAMEL CEMENT, the only per-. Than enr - Preparation lor - fi - onflieth, which effectually - retains its colour-(sa. per packet). • PREPARED WHITE GUTTA PERCHA; the best stop- 7 I Ping for Decayed Teeth or Toothache. This invaluable stopping is placed in the cavity, when perfectly soft, beconies hard as the tooth . ft se lf t en m i nutes after inner - - tic*, and renders the decayed member sound and useful in mastication. ls. 6d. per Box, or sent on receipt of 20+ "3"/F72. stamps. The ROYAL TOOTH POWDER,. Is. 6d. per Box. The above preparation s m a y b e h a d f rom any chemittr in the kingdom. _ • ` _ Stopping Decayed Te e th, Scaling, Sic.' 13:: - RA MESSRS. 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FOR. _EI•IGLISIT AND AAFOREIGN NEWSPAPERS.—Advertising Agent to all - iiatling.Mercantili Firms and Tradesmen in Literpool.— The undersigned is the AUTHORISED AGENT IN LIVER POOL for receiving ADVERTISEMENTS for all the leading English, Scotch, Welsh, Irish, Australian, Canadian, Aineri ' can, French, .Russian, German, Belgian, Butch, Spanish, Portuguese, 'Swiss, and other Foreign Newspapers, having a direct communication with nearly 500 newspapers throughout the world, and devotes to this business the expenence of nearly a quarter of a century.—Contracts entered into for long serSes at greatly reduced rates. • Advertisements for the Manchester and other district Pap ers for the following day received up to Seven o'clock every evtnink. All the principal newspapers filed for referePee. 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