The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-10 00:00:00

'OREIGN INTELLIGENCE. THE CONFERENCES A letter dated Paris, Friday evening, thus speaks °fhe Proceedings of the Conferences : Ihe prospect of a settlement of the various p o ints under the cons id era ti on o f th e Pleinpoten. tlaries was gloomy enough last week, and more than one Plenipotentiary began to be seriously ,rrehensive of the result. fir members of c Congress been at liberty to war six or seven days ago, it mo re rather than peace was 1 t_ore likely to follow the expi atters have now changed, ',oe better. The three sit last.tveek were far from j Pacific arrangement. The p r esent week are far more ch the y have gone. Tuesday's co more satisfact or il y th an th e pr those of yesterday are still mor tl sanguine is the hope in ce' Ih l e chances in favour of peace is greatly aug V n ted, that p eace i s l oo k e d upon as a ll b u t cer hin. The re were two mo d es o f arr i ving a t a ce—one by large concessions on the part of th e Al lies; the other, by large concessions on Ott f Russia. So far as can be ascertained in tters where every t hi ng i s aga i ns t obtaining "curate information, no concessions of any mo a?ent have b een made b y us. Th e l ogica l c on enl.sion is th a t i t i s R ussia that is gradually y i e lding, 11Willie England and Franc• are still united and ' ll l as ever. Of th e f avoura bl e c h ange which aa com e over t h e aspect of the Conferences, no do ubt need be en t erta i ned. The information comes from an excellent source, and i t i s confirmed in °the. r quarters. I t is, however, said by persons :titled to resp ec t t h at the fifth point has been ee t .'decl, satisfa c t or il y o f course . an d th a t th e (?no b e tore th e Pl en i potent i ar i es re l ates to t h e Danubian peak their thoughts vould be found that, he armistia :ed much for ,he Congress stavni hopes rences Ain quarters RUSSIA erg n orthern tai Bee, that it had r ece i ve d a s pecial mis it no s ting threateningly in the face tow ~d ee idedly received orders to t its attention n o we xhibition of honey. Its constant endeavour 4 ""' ls to represent Russia, after the conclusion of 40 13 , s i a,ee, as one hive of busy bees, intent uon t e „ l lng but the acquisition of wealth, and theex uo"ston of material well being. The court journal d efri w Condescends to commercial matters, and a n ratis itself to quoting price-currents, to e.or t ile fluctuations of trade. In the ime in spite of all the "humming" 0, , f or " Northern Bee, the preparations for war and to defence are not relaxed ; the buoys and co. I lla rks are being taken up all along the to - b a , ; the light houses and beacons are no longer e a lit; the vessels in Cronstadt are being re. ht' from the heavy covering of ice and snow in ant i c " they have been enveloped during the winter, ter " tne crows are fully occupied for the present in st e a ti l ? n g and tiorubbing, in painting and holy- Iger - „ I t;g ; this activity is also kept up to the necess ef usgree of unremission by the frequent visit painaPection which the Grand Duke Constantine Mr „ th em. All the high officers in command in ti o - `iorfh are as busily engaged in their prepara alre fer defence, as though the Allied fleets were Pri adY through the Belt. eoflnce Menschikoff continues in a very ill state eal th, as he was when he returned from the Afro es " and it is thought he will hardly be thlenough to undertake the arduous duties of Th' e i ce of General Governor of Cronstadt. ti e° interval between the opening of the naviga . - bi„ a nd the commencement of the blockade is diligently turned to account by vessels laden ear ''''Y with salt and flour ; of the latter article a ab g° of 50,000 thalers has been telegraghed as ;It to arrive at St. Petersburg from Lubeck. eirhe n., Minister of the Interior has lately issued a P' l ar to a ll th e authorities throughout the til f , Dire, in which he most impres';ively instructs 1 4( 1. 44 : " strictly to respect the hi tt iv ,.` d ual, and of every corpora' w ate ' L l aVosed it upon them as Th g e v f ig i ilantly that this bP that the late Prince Paskewitsch has made of Ins V l L!irie, which amounts to about 70,000,000 of 8( ) , 1 ‘ , 411 gulden ; his son, Prince Theodore, receiving h ia '" o ,ooo, for the most part in landed property ;. th e t i ;ve daughters, the Princess Wolkonska m u lc h 20 ,00 p teas Labanoff-Rostowska receive each of ~'° oo. His widow comes into no accession ad i d ) :'Perty by her husband's will; seeing that, ti nti l i t on to her own fortune, she is entitled to an of -al Pension of 30,000 silver roubles as widow a Stattholder of Poland. seemed to con- f the foe, has Its of every [he Em peva duty to SPAIN headadvices dated 'Madrid, the ,- , • 41 ~ Ltte f ollowing clear.— It tt t he adoption of the electoral bases, only . a few r to co of the organic laws will remain to be voted, in or( or 13,Triplete the Constitution. In the meantime a number Nvhie?itons, all described as urgent, are presented daily,. ft e Presidentthreaten to impede the principal discussion i h to of the Cortes does not interpose his authority i 8 act i n it• The Monarchial Constitutional Centre reeruijNY proceeding with its work of organisation ; and dieti n ' l lg every day numerous adherents. Anon assn eiatie,, guis hed Persons said to have joined that political Inf a " ere Messrs, Manuel Cortina, Rios-Row the two' the Marquis dal Duero, A. Gonzalo:. V.• . tilde,. c uolele of the government. The Left, on its side, is herb ls the to effect the union of the pure Progressistas Publishede democratic fraction, and the new journal, ebout to gilt th e , 4 1 : ar ty. The Credit Mobilier Company is only waiting itself of its statutes by the government to constitute GP clefinitely and commence operations. The delegates to the provinces through which the northern railway is kißbt an t aking leave of the directors, told them that they their rely on their cooperation whenever they considered fp. I.tervices and support useful to the company. The . litllpality of Valladolid being anxious to testify its Roe ' _ t ilde to the contractors of the railway, have given to An i the streets of the city the name del Credit() Moviliario. kat e . ri lg li sh company proposes to work on an extensive dov4:ue ri.a.. , ' , I coal mines of Espiel, in the province of Col.- ba bd • uount de Villarieso, who had been carried off by 04.1 W into the mountains of Toledo, has been liberated, 60,:;'ne Dayraent by his family to the brigands of a sum of piutgold ounces, independently of the ransom of 10,000 tep t : A el t, Which the commander of the civic guard inter that'' on their way to the mountains. It appears ede e ., ; th ese robbers possess a certain degree of he 'i;, - , l °ll, They began by telling their prisoner that obi l ' 4 nothing to fear for his life, but that they might bo ged to brinhint 'laid wan , , with them ir,to Portugal. All we , §1,,,„ 1 , eY,ts tomske a good job. They supplied him with th,",„" e ,t,a at night, and when provisions became scarce -4j"ted themselves in order to augment his pittance. oe e th -ks „aared if he had lately assisted at the representations I th e noj'al Theatre, and heard Ronconi. On his reply. p a : d a,the negative, the chief exclaimed that such indifference ' - ,„,,nlia part was truly unpardonable. The Prince of „ s 7ewao has arrived at C-diz on the Fz!th ult. The Spanish "'lesio n in to colonize the ishinis situate ~n the western f ? 1 9 * g east o frizz', was waiting at Valencia a favourable wind to Dm ; !o sea. The visission consists of 39 clergyinen, Sisters c l ,Charity ai -:i artisans. M. Corradi, Minister of Spain at bearer of the Insignia of the OrderLisbon,tee of the ...,-*pd on Marshal Saidanha by the ,\ Golden Fleece, con.„._ - , , me red on The former Minister 13;e70 Martinez de la Rosa Madrid.' r'll . the 29th ult., at 3rd instant, we as, Luzuriaga s, and onp o ORTUGAI The following ha! received by the LISBO N . MARCH 2.—The Hous, - 4;:: r ePly to the King's speech yesteroay w p is lon, after h av i ng was t e d t wen ty have discussion of the new tneasur( not yet been laid before it. ers approved in 01( 11 a Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Jacob L as Consul at Liverpool for the Free Hanseatic Ci ty of Lubeck. A l / 4 11 ' 4114 . —The Madrid journals of the 2nd announce the after a painful illness, of the ex-minister Don Diego 4uartinez de la Rosa ; but they contain no other political new,. The question anio uregreat beer again occupies a prominent place latn g atihjects awaiting the attention of the Bavarian legis- r _ • There are as many as eleven bills, motion!, and colutions at this time before the chamber of deputies at f intillnaich for improving the terms on which the subjects o A l? Max enay drink their beer. 4 1 : 1 account of the receipts and disbursements of the 1, 4 4 ,,, c ,9Y of Cornwall for the year 1855 has been presented to xsTatnnt. The receipts were £67,778' and the payments e,824, leaving a balance of nearly £B,OOO on the year. %TJerinteipal items of the payments is a sum of E43,200f ee.trustees and trusiurer of H. 11,11. the Prince o AFFAIR OF HONOUR ON 'CHANGE. On Saturday morning, Mr. Benn attended at the Police court, in consequence of the arrest of a gentleman, that had taken place late the previous evening, on a charge of being about to fight a duel. It appeared that, on Friday evening, an information was lodged by Wil Ham Earle, Esq., before James Aikin, Esq., one of the borough magistrates, and on this a warrant was issued for the arrest of Mr. James Loran, a c)tton merchant, whose counting- at 13, Rumford-pla3e. Th 3 warrant charged Mr Logan with having written a letter to Mr. I. P. G. Smith, which contained a threat to commit a breach of the peace. was intrusted to Mr. Cozens, one of the war rant officers of the court, who at once proceeded to Mr. office, and informed him of the matter, intimating im that he was then under arrest. Bail was, however, 'ered and accepted for his appearance on Saturday, Logan' when he attended before Mr. Benn in surrender of the bail. Mr. Smith a , vl Mr. William Rathbone, with another gen tleman, and Mr. Wylrrgh, the magistrates' clerk, were the only persons (except the reporters) in attendance. Mr. Smith (handing a letter to Mr. Benn) said, I re eeived this letter yesterday morning from Mr. Logan. Mr. Wybergh (looking at the letter) : It contains a threat. . Mr. Smith : Yes ; it contains a threat, and, in con3e (pence of the words used, I apprehend it intends a breach of the peace. I can put no other construction whatever on the words. ___. . . __ _ — Mr. Wybergh : What have you to say, Mr. Logan, to this charge ? _ Mr. L;')'gan : I hare nothing to say, except that I wrote Mr. Wyber OORTMIIIN TIMIIB.--LIVIRPOOL, MONDA:ft MARCH I'i, ism COUNTY - COURT.-SATURDAY. (BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE.) The court, which was adjourned from the previous Tuesday. was held on Saturday. FARMER V. OXLEY—JUDOMENT. -1- liS Honour delivered judgment in this case, which was heard a short time since, and involved a question of considerable importance to seamen. In giving judgment, his Honour briefly recap itulated the circumstances of the case, which was an action brought to recover 241 16s 3d from defendant as a balance of wages alleged to be due, the plaintiff having been an able-bodied seaman on board the War Cloud, of which defendant was the owner. As the principle involved was of great importance both to Her Majesty's navy and the merchant service, his Honour said he had thought it right to give the case his best consideration. The plaintiff entered the defendant's service in April, 1854, and signed articles binding him to the service on a voyage to the Black Sea, and thence homeward to Liver pool. On Friday, the 29th December, 1854, the War Cloud was anchored off Scutari, being then employed as a transport in the government service. A few days before, she had received sailing orders from the late Admiral Boxer, and was only waiting for a fair wind to obey them. She was bound, under a penalty, to have a given number of men and boys on board as a crew. On the evening mentioned, the 29th December, the plaintiff, along with a man named Chambers, who had brought an action of the same kind against the defendant, applied to Captain Fox, master of the War Cloud, for leave to go on shore, in order to buy some articles which they stated they required for the homeward voyage. They were informed that the vessel was under sailing orders,'but that they might go on shore and bring the articles, and money was given to them for the purpose. Subsequently the permission was extended to the follow ing day, on the morning of which both the men left the ship, having orders to return the same evening. They went ashore, but contrary to the orders did not return, that,' or the following, day. While on shore, they met with some of the crew of her Majesty's ship, London, made inquires about the vessel, and having received what they considered satisfactory replies, they entered her Majesty's service, on Monday, the Ist January, 1855. On Wednesday, the Bth of January, both men, accom panied by an officer from the London, went on board the War Cloud and claimed their wages, Captain Fox refused either to pay the wages or to give an order for it, on the ground that the men had deserted !their ship in the first instance, before they entered her Majesty's service, and had, therefore, disentitled themselves to any wages. On these facts, it was contended for the defence, that the cap ain was justified in refusing to pay the wages. The question was to be decided by considering the clauses of the Merchants Shiping Act of 1854, and was in some of its parts, by no means easy of solution. Having carefully examined the act of parliament, he found provisions in it, to which at the time of trial, his attention was not specifically directed, and which affected materially the issue now involved. The 214th section of that act stated, that "any seaman may leave his ship for the purpose of forthwith entering into the naval service of her Majesty, and such leaving his ship shall not be deemed a desertion, and shall not render him liable to any punishment or for feiture." The question in this ease was whether the sea men had or had not, by their absence from the War Cloud after Saturday evening, for 36 hours at least before they entered her Majesty's service, forfeited their claim to this exception, to which, if they had left the ship, for the purpose of forthwith entering her Majesty's naval service, they would have been entitled, by the 214th section. The question then was what actually' constituted desertion ? The 215th section of the same act set forth that " when ever any seaman, without having previously committed any act:amounting to, and treated by the master as, deser tion, leaves his ship in order to enter into the naval ser vice of her Majesty, and is received into such service, the master shall deliver to him his clothes, &c., and shall pay the proportionate amount of his wages down to the time of such entry, subject to all just deductions, either in money or by bill upon the owner." The term " forthwith" was not used in that section. and the question was whether these seamen deserted, or committed an act amounting to desertion, before they were received into her Majesty's s.rvice ? Now, if these seamen left; their ship on Satur day morning in order to enter the naval service, it was extremely difficult to say that by their absence on Sunday, without forthwith entering that service, they committed an act of desertion. By the evidence in the case there was no ground to doubt that they left the ship with the intention of entering the naval service, and in the official log of the IWar Cloud they were described as "absent without leave," not as having deserted. His Honour held, therefore, that " subject to all just deduc tions." the plaintiff was entitled to recover, and, calculating these deductions, as permitted by section 254, according to the forfeiture fixed by section 243, he subtracted fro m the proportionate amount of wages down to the time of the plaintiff's entry into her Majesty's service, two days' pay for the absence on Saturday evening after the expiration of the leave given by the master, and in addition for the next twenty-four hours' absence previous to the entry of' plaintiff into the service of the London, six:days' nay being the largest deduction, which in his opinion, the law entitled him to make. The case of Chambers v. Oxley, which involved a pre cisely similar question, was decided by the above decision also. Several other cases were heard during the day, but none of them possessed any public interest. POLICE COU RT.-SATURDAY. (BEFORE MR. G, GRANT.) AN OLD OFFENCIL-William Richards was brought up on the following charge. It appeared that some time in 1854, the prisoner went to the shop of Mr. Charles Hill, Brownlow Hill, and stated that Mr. Copeland, of the Theatre Royal, had sent him for a quantity of boots for the Misses Copeland. Mr. Hill sent a boy with seven pairs of boots• On the way the prisoner took the boots from the boy, and entered a public house, saying he would be back in a moment, but of course he never returned, nor was he heard of until Friday, when he was picked up by a policeman. Mr. Copeland said he did not know anything of the prisoner, and of course he had never sent him for any boots. Tlio prisoner was remanded. (BEFORE MR. fl NN.) UNSOLDIVR-LIKE CONDUCT.—John Eves, a prixate in the royal artillery, was charged with having threatened to stab Mrs. Ellen Norris, of the Saddle-inn, Kirkdale. It appeared that the prisoner and a corr_rade were billeted at the house of the complainant, but as she had not room for them, she paid them to get lodgings elsewhere. They went away, but returned after some time, saying they would 'prefer remaining in the house, as their officer wished it. She said she could not give them lodging, and an altercation took place between the two men, when the complainant interfered and sent out for the police. The prisoner then drew his sword, and putting it to her breast, swore he would put it through her. Two policemen then came up, and the prisoner was arrested. The magistrate handed over the prisoner to the military authorities, to be dealt with by them for his conduct. gh : This letter contains a threat towards Mr Logan : Tiler f an ind Mr_ Sr s nl threat in it ; I merely demanded Tie' who calumniated my character. which contains the threat in &man ding the name of an individual. Mr. Smith : Ido not chose to give up the name. I had been inform-d of certain acts which very much affected my confidence, and because I refused to give up the name of my informant I received this letter. Mr. Logan : I have a reputation and character to main tain and support, and these have been attackeil. I asked him to give me up the name of the person who had vilified my character, an I do not think it a threat to ask the name of the party who has injured my reputation. That is all I stated in that note, and that is all I demand, Mr. 13enn : I fancy all that is required in this case is to have Mr. Logan bound to keep the peace to Mr. Smith and other persons. Mr. Smith : I demand no more, sir. Mr. Wybergh : Are you willing, Mr. Logan, to enter into recognizance to keep the peace ? Mr. Logan : Yes, I am. Mr. Benn : We are willing to accept of your own recognizance in the sum of £5OO, t] keep the peace for twelve months. Are you so willing to be bound ?, Mr. Ligon : I am. Mr. Wybergh : Then yon are satisfied to enter into your own recognizance in a sum of £5OO, to keep the peace to all her Majesty's subjects, but mare particularly to Mr. J. P. G. Smith, for the space of twelve months Mr. Logan : I am. The usual bond was then entered into, and Mr. Logan was discharged. The letter in question was detained by his worship, but the reporters could not procure a copy, nor would they be allowed to look at it. THE RECENT FRACAS -'4.-- TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir, —I request you will be good enough to permit me to offer, through the columns of your paper, the following explanation—plain and truthful—of the facts of the unp:ea sant dispute between Mr. Rawle and myself, which has given rise to the numerous paragraphs in the papers during the last few days. On Friday, the 29th ult. myself, Mr. Rawle, and two other friends, spent the evening together ; we were returning home in a spirit of the most cordial friendship, Mr. Rawle and Mr. - walking in front, and Mr. - and myself in the rear ; in the most perfect good humour I gently pushed the point of a small cane against Mr. Rawle's back; he certainly did object to my (Lion. so, yet I again, to teaze him, repeated it. Without further notice, or uttering a syllable, he turned about and struck me on the head, knocked off my hat, causing my asses to fall to the ground. I was quite taken aback— t,ltished—l uttered an exclamation of surprise, and begged oid being exposed, as I felt the dis- move on to ich most justly follos street row. Well, sir, we walked on a short space, side by side, during which time I denounced his conduct, in thus attacking me, as cowardly and unjustifiable, and expresed my determination to resent it. In a moment afterwards I saw him get into a car, and I then, for the first time, marked my displeasure of his eon hut by striking him with my cane; he got out of the oar, seized me, and in our wrestle, broke it, again re-entered the car and drove off. Thus the affair terminated. When I got home, I certainly did write a very intemperate note to him, but it was under strong feelings of resentment. I felt I had been grossly, shameful!y, and unju.tly outraged, and I found it difficult to find language to designate suitably the aggressor. I believed his conduct to be cowardly and ruffianly, but I know it would have been wiser :if had I abstained from writing him so. The above are the simple facts. It remains now sir, only for me to say, that I was at your office the morning follow ing, and had an interview with your reporter in reference to a letter I had that morning received from the Poor-law Board. I was also at the office of the Mercury and the NORTHERN TIMES on the same subject, had conversations with the sub-editor of the former, and the proprietor of the latter. I have been daily engaged in town since then, on my ordinary public and private duties, and all who know me know that there is not a word of truth in the statement, that I had " abstained from being seen in town," that I had "blackened eyes," or that I had occasion for " plaster" to " cover ugly disfigurations," none of which existed, except in the fertile imagination of tho anonymout; writer. Gene• rally, sir, I may say that it has seldom been my lot to read anything so one-sided or unfair, not to add untruthful, as the dressed-up paragraphs which have been published on this subject ; nor was there any " presentation" of a valuable stick, with " suitable inscription," for " services" connected with the parish; nor did Mr. Rawle go to London at the time stated ; nor did the letter fall into the hands of Mrs. R. by mistake. Again, let me ask any just and honourable man whether it is fair to placard my name in every part of the town, whilst that of Arr. Boyle' s is entirely suppressed ? Am I not justified in saying that these publications are more than one-sided and unjust, and am I not warranted in believing that the correspondent of another journal and Mr. Itawfe are con nected ? How is it that my private note to him finds its way to the press without his address appended ? Does not this studied suppression of Mr. .Rawle's name evidence a desire to depart from what is right? If my conduct deserves pub licity, so does his ; and I ask any honourable man to consi der what kind of mind a man can have who would act as Mr. Rawle has acted, simply because his friend, with whom he had been spending an entire evening, gently pushed his back with a stick. We find him, first, rushing to violent resistance ; secondly, in violation of every feeling which should govern man and man, publishes a private note on the subject ,• and, again, taking care that while the man with whom he has constantly associated, was being injured in every imaginary way by the: most extensive publiclty, that he was sheltered ? Can any person of right mind approve of this? I know, sir, for some time back I have been obnoxious to a part of the Liverpool press; but it should and ought to be far beneath the dignity of that mighty vehicle of public instruction, to stoop to the degradation of writing or hunting any man down, by the publication of exaggeration, misrepresentation, or garbled and one-sided statements. I feel confident that, in the columns of your paper, justice will not be denied, and, in the present instance, it will be seen how very unjustly I have been made to occupy a most unpleasant position before my fellow townsmen. — Yours, &c., E. BV.ADLEV. p.5.-I have abstained from naming the two gentlemen _ , who accompanied us when this unpleasantness occurred ; but they can testify that the particular act on which Mr. Rawle relies, as a justification of his attack upon me, was done f 2 a spirit of the moat perfect good humour, and in the precise manner tiotP4 itbovo. The 3foniteur, of Friday, contains an Imperial decree, calling out for active service 140,000 young soldiers for the class of 1855. The passage in the speech of the Emperor Napoleon, which relates to the Eastern question, has not produced a favourable impression at Vienna. Admiral Watson has sailed from Kiel. He has ordered the fleet to assemble off 11loor Island, and announced the renewal of the blockade of the Russian ports. BERLIN, FRIDAY.—Count Schonbaloff and Count Levas choff passed through this city en route for Paris. They are the bearers of fresh instructions for the Ruesian Plenipo- tentiarics. The interval batween the opening of the navigation in the Baltic and the commencement of the blockade is being dil'gently turned to account by vessels laden chiefly with salt and wine. BERLIN, MARCH 6.—The Upper Chamber have adopted, in yesterday's sitting. the proposition of dividing the budget into an ordinary and extraordinary budget although govern ment opposed the proposition. The Paris correspondent of the Times learns, from a good source, that the negociations are making satisfactory pro,. and this was officially the case at the two sof the confer ence h e ld l ast wee k . P ea ce is looked uponnow as all hut certain. Russia, it is said, is gradually yielding, while France and England are as firm as ever. LAUNCHES AT WOODSIDE, TRANMERE-; AND LIVERPOOL. Three vessels intended for home purposes, two of them steamers, were launched on to the Mersey on Saturday, about noon, and almost simultaneously. Messrs. James Brisbane, jun., whose yard is near Woodside-ferry. launched a pretty little schooner, 75 feet in length, 16 feet beam, 12 feet depth of hold, and about 100 tons measurement, which was christened the Sarah. She is constructed of oak, is copper-fastened, and will class A 1 at Lloyd's for seven years. She is owned by the builders and will be employei in the coasting trade. The chief feature about the launch was its difficulty, for the ways down which the ship ran extended from the yard a distance of over forty feet across the quay of the Woodside basin. The launch, however, was quite successful, and the vessel was afterwards taken into the Great Float, to be riggel and fitted. The launch at Tranmere Fool was a great novelty, for no event of the kind has taken place there for seventeen years past, when Mr. Lomax gave up his tenancy of the building-slip and graving-dock attached to Tranmere Ferry. About six months ago, Messrs. Redhead, Harland, and Brown became tenants of the building premises, and at once laid two vessels down, the first of which was launched on Saturday. She is a finely modelled wooden vessel, 100 feet in length, 18 feet beam, 94 feet depth of hold, and measuring about 140 tons. she is clincher built to the wales, and, above that, carved ; the frame of British oak. She is intended for a tug steamer, and will be fitted with two steeple engines, of 60-horse power, with disconnecting gear. Her owners are Messrs. Cruise and Downham. A large number of persons collected in the yard to witness the launch, and there were also many persons stationed en the bridge which connects Birkenhead and Tranmere ferries, from which an excellent view could be obtained. The vessel presented a smart appearance, being painted light blue and white, and gaily decorated with flags. A little after twelve, the vessel was sent off the stocks, after being. christened the Con queror, by Miss Cruise, amidst the cheers of the spectators, and a salute of fifteen guns fired from Messrs. Scott's foundry, immediately adjoining. Two more paddle steamers are in course of construction in the same yard, one a tug boat of 70-horse power, the other a handsome steam yacht of 100 tons, and 40-horse power, which will be launched next spring, and has been built for some English merchants at Constantinople, to carry them about on the Golden Horn and Bosphorus. The launch on tl , is side was from the yard of the old Liverpool Steam Tug Company, Qaeen's-basin and the vessel was a fine iron paddle boat 130 feet long, 204 feet beam, 11 feet depth of hold, and 234 tons mea surement, to be fitted with side lever engines of 100-horse power, made by Messrs. Fewcett, Preston and Co, of this town ; the vessel went down the ways in capital style, and was christened the Fury, by Miss Gordon, a daughter of one of the directors. The company are gradually getting rid of their old and inferior wooden vessels, and are substituting iron ones of improved model and increased power. Messrs. Vernon and Sou are building them one nearly similar to the Fury, to be supplied with engines by Messrs. Boulton and Watt, of Birmingham. Another very large boat, something like the Rattler, but of lighter draft of water, is also being constructed for them by Messrs. Stephens and Son, of Glasgow. These improved vessels are necessary to carry on the business of the company efficiently, in consequence of the great increase in the size of the vessels entering the port. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY, The adjourned general meeting of the company was held at the London Tavern, on Saturday, for the purpose of declaring the numbers polled for the respective candi dates for directorships, and for general purposes. Mr. Waddington took the chair, and was cheered on taking his seat. The Chairman read the report of the scruti neers, with the result of the polling, as follow : Sir,--In the discharge of the anxious and important task of scrutineering which we have been called upon to perform, we have thought it to be our duty to inquire into, and make a careful comparison of, every vote given at this election, with the amount of stock registered in the company's books. The unusually large number of proxies and personal votes polled at this election, would have made our duties more than ordinarily laborious, had we not had the able asssistance of your secretary and clerks of the company, whose zealous and continuous aid, cheerfully rendered, facilitated our inquiries, and shortened the time which otherwise would have been lengthened. Without wishing to travel beyond the scope of our duty, we would recommend that the poll be printed, and sent by the company to each shareholder. We beg to append the result of the poll.—We are your obedient servants, H. TINDAL ATKINSON, W. B. JAMES, F. J. SMITH. CHARLES W HETHANI, H. W. SHARP, CHARLES MORGAN, London, March 8, 1856 The result of the polling was as follows : Personal votes and proxies. Goodson Waddington 1435 Packe Helps Orr Walters Morrison stook. £2.170.990 1,153,820 2,157,840 1,737,400 1,729 700 1,724,100 93,400 Votes. 36,061 35,854 35,847 33,966 33.812 33,723 1,710 The three first names were returned as the gentlemen elected. As a matter of course, a stormy discussion arose as to the power of the company to pay the dividend, &c. The deputy chairman, Mr. Bruce, on being asked to declare his opinion, stated his conviction that the com pany had not the means to pay the dividend which had been declared ; and that the directors were hound to make good the permanent way. lie, nevertheless, declared that this company had within it the elements of future prosperity. He suggested that the dividend should be withheld till the auditors made their report. The Chairman repelled the insinuation that the com pany had not the means of paying the dividend, and emphatically declared that the dividend would be paid. (Cheers ) The meeting concluded by the usual outrageous viola tions of courtesy and common decency. Among young musical and theatrical artists about to rise on the horizon, we (Athenoton) hear of a younger Miss Keeley, from whom we are bidden to expect good things. We are told, too, that a Signorina Pazzi— daughter of the professor so long established in London—is about to appear. We understand that the Earl of Southesk has disposed of the Highland estates of Glendye and Strachan to Sir Thomas Gladstone, Bart. ' at the price of £70,000. These properties were purchased by his lordshsp's father, the late Sir James Carnegie, about 20 years ago, and cost, with buildings since erected, £55,300. THE SisTEng ov CHAEITY.— . Some discussion arose at the Marylebone board on Friday, as to whether Sisters of Charity should be admitted to the workhouse. Finally, the following resolution was carried—" That ladies being mem bers of the Roman Catholic Church be admitted into the workhouse, subject to the same terms and conditions as other ladies of various religious denominations." DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP.—B. S. Sheard, Hudders field, Yorkshire, corn millers and corn merchants. J. Glover and J. Buggeln, Liverpool, pitch and varnish makers. J. McKean the younger and D. Hannah, Weimer Bridge Mill, within Little Hoole, near Preston, powerloom cloth manufacturers. Lewis Morgan and J. W. Owen, Manchester, corn and flour factors. J. Binns, sen, W. Binns, and J. Darras ' Leeds, cloth finishers (so far as regards 3 . Binns, sen., deceased). T. Townley and J. Kirkland, Liverpool, drapers. IT. Charlesworth and J. Mellor, Hud dersfield, woollen scribbling millers. G Barnsley and W. Barnsley, Stockport, tanners. J. Boyd and J. Haworth, Ashworth Moor, Lancashire, cotton manufacturers. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.—At Sligo, Mr. Wynne, the Conservative candidate has been returned by a large ma jority over Mr. J. Patrick Somers. The writ for the election of a member for New Ross was sent down from the Hanaper-office on Friday evening, and at the same time appeared in the Dublin papers the address of Mr. J. C. Fitzpatrick to the electors, The other candidates in the field are Sir T. N. Redington, whose principles are already well known ; Mr. Tottenham, who starts on the Derbyite interest; and finally, a Mr. Welch, who generally starts for vacant seats in h•tlf a dozsn constituencies, but never goes to the poll. A Waterford paper states that Mr. Keat ing is expected to resign his seat immediately, and that Captain Napoleon Wyse is feeling his way with the electors DEATH or MR. THOMAS ATTWOOD.—The death of this gentleman took place at Great Malvern, Worcestershire, at an early hour on Thursday morning. Mr. Attwood first became known as a public character by his vigorous oppo sition to the Orders in Council of 1812. Sulssequently he took a leading part with the late Sir John Singlair against Mr. Peel's Currency Bill of 1819. His most notable act was, however, the eatablishment of the Birmingham Political Union, at the latter part of the year 1.828, and for g his conduct in the management of that bod y , which was supposed to have considerably influe cned the passing of the pmform Bill, he was presented with the freedom of the City of London. He represented BiS.min hat during she first seven years of the reformed parliament, but in conse quence of family affliction and the disappointment of political hopes, he retired from public life, and was succeded in parliament by his friend and associate in the Union, Mr. Muntz. For many years prior to his death Mr, Attwood was the victim of a severe and distressing attack of paralysis ; but, in the midst of his sufferings, and general prostration of mind and body, be was distinguished, as in the early period of his life, by the amiability and generosity of his social disposition. In Birmingham his decease will be regretted by all parties, and more especially by those who had the honour of his private intimacy. DESPATCH FROM GEN. CODRINGTON The Gazette, of Friday evening, contains a despatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed to Lord Panmuro by General Sir W. J. Codrington , Commander-in-Chief of the British f orces serving in the Crimea : M , , , Lord ,— I have to acknowledge tSeba he stop rec ol, eip t Feb.of your telegraphic 20. message from th e J u d ge -Ad voca t e -G enera l i n England, reference to th e man o f t hi s army un d er sen tence of death for murder. Th e re are no palliating circumst an c es to interfere with the just punis hme nt due to such a crime, committed on a helpless wounded man in hospital. Painful though land, in the be, with a sense o f th e responsibility attaching to human life, but w i t h the conviction that the ymap deci s ion is just and necersary , I have ordered th e execution of this man on Saturday morning nest, the 23rd instant, in conformity with the sentence of the court. —I have, &c. (Signed) The Lord Panmure, &c., &c., &c W. J. CODRINGTON, General Commanding. _ B.S.—This prisoner, Pri v at e G. D F a e y b , No. 3,577, 77th Regiment, was e xecu t e d thi s morn i ng, at seven a.m ., on the Piquet House in the presence of detachments of rnary 23, 1856. 1,000 men from each division of the army. His body was buried on the spot. (Signed) W. J. Con RING TON, General Commanding. M mntA. APPOINTMENTS.—The Gazette of Friday last contains the following notification :-2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—Benjamin James Sothern, Gent., to be Ensign ; Henry Nichols, Gent., to be Ensign ; March 3. DRURY-LANE THEATRE—Destroyed by fire, in 1761 ; rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren in 1764 ; rebuilt on a large scale, and re-opened on March 12, 1794 ; burnt down again Feb. 24, 1809. The present theatre rebuilt by Wyatt, and re-opened Oct. 16, 1812. ITALIAN OPERA, TIAYMARELT (The King's Theatre), — Opened 1704 ; burnt down 1789 ; rebuilt 1791. PANTHEON, OXFORD-STREET—Converted into an opera house in 17E14 ; burnt down 1792. ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE —Destroyed by fire Feb. 16, 1830 ; rebuilt by Beazley, and re-opened July, 18:34, as the Lyceum Theatre. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE—Destroyed by fire Sept. 17, 1794 ; again, Sept. 2, 1803 ; and, for the third time, June, 10, 1841. SURREY THEATRE (floyal Cireue)—eDestroyed by fire, Aug. 12, 1805. According to the correspondent of the Trieste Zeitung, one of the most powerful r obber-bands in Greece has been completely broken up. The bang, being hard pressed by the troops, separated; the one division went from Parnasqus to Salone, and the other to the neighbourhood of Athens, where there were but few troops. This last detachment, consisting of 32 men, was attacked at midnight, in a gl,n near the city. Nine of them were killed and seven mortally wounded. The other 20 men threw away their arms and cloaks, and sought safety in flight. The robbers who went to Salone managed to obtain possession of three small vessels, and escaped to the Peloponnesus, A LADY POISONED AT LEEDS BY I STRYCHNINE. 1 ♦ LEEDS, FRIDAY An inquest was held this day before Mr. Blackbnrn, at Fleischman's Hotel, Leeds, on the body of Harriet Dove, aged twenty-eight, the wife of Mr. William Dove, a 7gen tlernan of independent means, residing in Cardigan-place, Burley, near Leeds, whose death had been caused by poisoning by strychnine. Mr. Barrett, solicitor, attended to watch the proceed ings, and Mr. Nunneley and Mr. Morley, surgeons, were also present during the whole of the day. From the evi dence adduced it appeared that early in December last Mr. Morley was called in to attend the deceased, and found her suffering from functional disorder of the stomach and of the nervous system, but there was no organic or serious disease. He prescribed for her and continued his visits occasionally, and in a short time she was so far recovered that she could move about freely and take open air exercise up to the 23d of February, when she became somewhat worse. On that day Mrs. Dove partook :of some jelly, which had been taken to the house, and she complained that it was very bitter, and on seeing her husband, she said, " William, d'd you put anything in that jelly ?" and he answered, " Yes, I have put some of the medicine in it." She remarked that it was very unkind of him, and he subsequently stated to a neighbour named Mrs. Witham that he had not put more than a teaspoonful in it. On Sunday, the 24th, she went to church, and was very well. On the following morning she breakfasted with her hus band, and shortly afterwards she was seized with a very severe spasmodic attack, her body quivering as though under the influence of a galvanic shock, and accompanied with a difficulty of breathing. She complained of pain in her legs, and grasped the hands of her attendants very tightly. She refused to drink anything cold, and when she was touched, and when cold water was applied to her lips, the twitching " returned. In the meantime Mr. Dove went for Mr. Morley, and returned with that gen tleman's assistant. At a later period of the day Mr. Morley called, and he then found Mrs. Dove much better, but he observed slight spasmodic twitchings. The symptoms were unusual, but he attributed them to nervous affection, and prescribed accordingly. These attacks recurred during the week, each sucCe - edin , attack being accompanied by more violent symptoms, and generally occurring after taking her medi cine,iwhich was usually given to her by Mr. Dove. After Monday Mr. Morley attended Mrs. Dove daily, and becoming perplexed with the symptoms, which he thought ought to have given way to the medicines he had ordered, if they arose from hysteria, and Mr. Dove ex pressing some fear as to the recovery of Mrs. Dove, he suggested a consultation with some other medical man. Mrs. Dove having on that day suffered a violent attack, Mr. Dove said he would consider, and on the Thursday morning he wrote to Mr. Morley, expressing confidence in him, and declining the consultation. In the meantime, in consequence of the perplexing character of the symptoms, the thought of strychnine suggested itself to Mr. Morley, but was dismissed as impossible. On the evening of Friday, the 29th, while Mr. Dove was present with the deceased, she was again seized with a still more violent attack, her breathing was very bad, the whole body became more rigid, and was frequently observed to " twitch " involuntarily. Mrs. Witham was again called in, but in the course of a few hours Mrs. Dove improved, and continued better during the re mainder of the night, and also during the greater part of Saturday, March 1. Mrs. Witham and a Mrs. Wood callediduring Saturday, and they were present in Mrs. Dove's bedroom, in company with Mr. Dove, about eight o'clock. When Mrs. Dove asked her husband to give her her medicine, he went to a washstand, poured something into a wine-glass, and gave it his wife, and then washed the glass out. After drinking it she said, "Oh dear ! it's very disagreeable and hot." In the course of a minute or two, addressing Mrs. Witham, she said, " It's very bitter, have you anything in your pocket, Mrs. Witham, that you can give me ? " Mrs. Witham gave her a lozenge. A few minutes afterwards Mrs. Dove was again seized with violent spasms during which she shrieked out, her eyes became fixed, she clenched the hands of her atten dants, and her whole body became perfectly rigid and arched, resting upon the extremities, in which state she remained,:until her death, an hour or two afterwards. A messenger was despatched for Mr. Morley, and as Mrs. Dove did not recover, Mr. Dove: followed and re quested Mr. Morley to take Mr. Hobson with him. Mr. Morley called on Dr. Hobson, and while that gentleman was getting ready it is somewhat remarkable that Mr. Dove very urgently requested of Mr. Morley that in the event of his wife dying, her body should not be dissected, as she had a strong objection to it. This request he re peated in different forms, and Mr. Morley told him he hoped there would be no necessity for such a thing. As soon as Dr. Hobson was ready, they proceeded to Cardigan—place, but on their arrival they were informed that Mrs. Dove was dead. Her death having ensued dur ing the recurrence of the paroxysms, there was an anxious expression about the countenance, and the face was some what livid, especially about the lips. On Mr. Morley's return to his residence he learnt that some time before Mr. Dove had obtained strychnine from his surgery through one of his pupils, and this circum stance, combined with the symptoms, led the coroner to open an inquiry on Monday last, when Mr. Morley and Mr. Nunneley were ordered to make a port mortem examination. These gentlemen'are well known as eminent analytical surgeons, and they commenced their labours immediately, forty-two hours after :death, and continued them on the fourth, fifth, and sixth days, when they were able to come to a decisive conclusion as to the cause of death. Mr. Morley, at the end of' his evidence, read a long report of the analysis and examination of the body made by himself and Mr. Nunneley. A great portion of the report consisted of a diagnosis of various parts of the body, and the more important viscera ; and concluded that portion which related to the analysis of the stomach, as follows : Examination of the stomach, and analysis of its con. tents, commenced in the laboratory, Monday, March 3, forty-two hours after death, and continued on the 4th, sth, and oth " Contents of stomach healthy. It contained some air, and about three ounces of a thick pulpy, brown fluid. This appeared to consist of food, so far advanced in digestion, that the eve could not distinguish any partieu lar kind of food. Under the microscope it seemed to contain the elements of ordinary diet; namely, animal fibre, vegetable substances, and fatty matter. Some whitish specks, adhering to the coats of the stomach, proved to be small portions of fat. There was no appear ance of irritation from any mineral, or other irritant poison; nor any odour of prussic acid, opium, or other poison, recognisable by the smell. Finding no appear ance of any other poison, and knowing,' that strychnine had been in the house of the deceased, we directed our investigation chiefly towards the determination of the presence, or absence, of that substance. We divided the whole into three portions, " 1. The contents of the stomach—the brown 'pulpy mass before described. " 2. The mucous and all other matters which could be removed from the stomach by scraping its surface. "3. The stomach itself. Each of these, after being repeatedly put through a process of analysis, for the separation of its strychnia, was treated by the various tests used to prove the presence of strychnine. From each of these we obtained evidence of its presence.• In addition to the chemical tests, we found in the spirituous e x tracts very decidedly, the remarkable bitter t as t e characteristic of strychnine. In the contents of the intes tines, we found only slight and doubtful trace of its presence. Having obtained the body of the cat, which was poisoned by strychnine, at Mr. Dove' s, we thought it right to put the contents of its stomach through a parallel series of experiments, for the purpose of com parison, and also to afford additional proof that it is possible to discover strychnia in a dead body some time after death. The result was decided. We obtained exactly the same evidence of strychnia from the cat, as we had obtaiued from the human stomach. " GEORGE MORLEY. " Leeds, March 7, 1856." " THOS. NUNNELEY. In answer to questions from the coroner, both Mr. Morley and Mr. Nunneley stated that they were decidedly of opinion that strychnia was the cause of death. Mr. Dove was then taken into custody, and the inquest was further adjourned to Monday, this day, at 10 o'clock. It was also stated, during the inquiry,'by a Mrs. Fisher, that, after Mrs. Dove's death, Mr. Dove took the medicine bottle, which contained one or two doses, down stairs, and a day or two afterwards emptied the . contents of a bottle into the kitchen sink. INFAMOUS CHARGE.—At the Lewes Assizes, on Saturday, F. P. Round, Esq., a gentleman of fortune, residing in Brighton, and Thomas Pettigrew, a private soldier in the Royal Artillery, were indicted for a misdemeanour of a gross nature. The evidence in support of the charge was given by two men named Townsend and Wymarsh, who completely failed to substantiate the crime. The witnesses, who were young men, contradicted themselves so effectually upon cross-examination, that the judge stopped the case, and expressed his opinion that the evidence could not . be relied upon, and that the charg e had altogether failed. The jury unanimously concu rred in the view_ taken . by his lordship, and at once retur ned a verdict of Not Guilty, at the same time stating th at the accused partio4 left the court without the slightest stain upon their Obaracter. The moment the verdict was pronounced there was a simultaneous burst of cheering, which lasted for a con siderable time, and was suppressed with much difficulty. The accused were at once discharged, and it was said that proceedings would be taken against the witnesses for con spiracy and perjury. BLEACHING WORKS BILL.—A bill prepared by Mr. Isaac Butt, Lord J. Manners, Lord Goderich, and Mr Crook enacts that after the Ist of February next no child shall be employed in any bleaching work in preparing, cleaning, EQouring, bleaching, dyeing, calendering, finish ing, mangling, dressing, erab oss ir, g, or tambouring any wove n fabric, or twist, or yarn, or i n packing, carrying, or conveying, or in aiding in any other labour or process connected with bleaching, dyeing, or finishing. Children under 11 years of age, however, may be so employed in their parents' houses. Women and young persons must not he employed in any bleaching operation before six a.m. or after six p.m., and there must be an interval of ore half-hour for breakfast and one hour for dinner. There must be no wo r k c a rried on after two o'clock p.m. on . aturdays. A peaalty of £lO is denounced against the violators of the act. Full power is given to the factory inspectors to enforce the act, After-work will be lawful in cases of necessity, upon proof of that necessity being given. With this exception, the hours of labour are limited to 10-3 hours per day, or 60 hours per week. THE SNARESTON MURDER. At the Leicester Assizes on Thursday, John Fowkes, aged 45, was indicted for the wilful murder of his nephew, John Acres Fowkes, at Snareston, at midnight, on the 25th of November last. William Fowkes, brother of the prisoner, deposed that his brother came to him at nine on the night in question, called him out, said that their nephew, the deceased, had obtained £7OO of their father's money, and he (ptisoner) " would be - if he would not stop him that night." Deceased came home with police constable Cooper about half-past eleven, and they, with the old man. sat down to some beer. The father being asthmatical, went to the window, and opened it to get some fresh air. The house stands on their farm, away from the village. The old maa had scarcely sat down when witness heard a crash at the window, and, turning round, saw a face which, though not positive, he believed then, and still believed, to be, his brother's. He hooted, "There's Butcher" (the nick-name of his brother), and while speaking, a gun was discharged, and the deceased fell bleeding on the floor. Witness and the policeman went to the back door, which was fastened by a pole being placed across and tied to the handle. The front door was blocked up. Some minutes elapsed before they got out. Police constable Cooper corroborated this evidence, but did not see the man et the window. The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty. Lord Campbell then passed sentence of death upon the prisoner. SUICIDE OF AN OFFICER An act of determined self-destruction was committed at an early hour on Friday morning by Mr. Howard Douglas Aytoun, ensign in the 15th Regiment, and godson of Sir Howard Douglas, colonel of the regiment. The fatal act was accomplished with a razor, in his bedroom in the Royal Barracks, Dublin. It would appear that ho had been a man of inexpensive and abstemious habits, and of a retiring dis position. Ho was twenty-six years of age, though he looked at least thirty-three, and had formerly belonged to the Fifeshiro Militia, from which about two months since, he was appointed to the 15th. Pecuniary embarrassment seems to have weighed on his mind, and it is said that the prospect of peace, which would lessen his hope of advancement in a profession which he joined rather later in life than usual, had also a depressing influence on him. Previous to joining tho Fifeshire Militia he had been to the Australian gold diggings, and was heard to say that he returned home a poorer man than he went. That the dreadful act by which he termi nated his existence was premeditated, there can be little doubt. from the following memorandum, which was found in hie bed ; it was evidently written hastily, in large, unconnected, and straggling letters, on the back of a card, on which was printed an almanac for the present year, and an interest and discount table. The memorandum was as follows—" I gave my watch to Gaskin, to dispose of for £lO. There are £7 in my desk." The desk alluded to was found to contain £6 2s. 6J, and a number of letters. The coroner's jury found that " the deceased died from loss of blood, which flowed from two wounds inflicted on his throat by himself, last night or this morning, sshile labouring under temporary derange ment of mind." VAN DIEMEN'S LAND COMPANY. The Van Diemen's Land Company have issued their report, preparatory to their:yearly meeting on Thursday next. The chief agent of the company having been absent from the colony during the last 12 months, sales of land have been suspended in order that he might, on resuming his duties, carry out some fresh regulations. He returned to the colony by the Royal Charter, from Liverpool, in January last, and took with him new instructions. Mean while the evidence afforded of the rapid rise in the value of the Government lands adjoining those of the company, by the prices obtained when sales have taken place, gives strong encouragement with regard to the prospects of the entire district. In a recent instance the company had to relet 300 acres of cleared land which had been pre viously occupied for four years at 1/ per acre, and it was immediately taken for one year at an average of more than 3/ per acre, The facilities of steam communioation along the ooast continue to be maintained, and a prospect exists of its being established between Circular-head and Melbourne. With regard to the finances of the company, there are not at present sufficient funds to pay a dividend of lOs per share, but it is hoped such a distribution will be made before the end of the year, the amount now in hand is 3,3491. REVOLTING MURDER • A case of murder, of the most revolting description has just occurred in the little hamlet of Obsdale, near Alness , parish of Rosskeen, Ross-shire. The victim, was a humble, industrious old woman, named Margaret Munro, unmarried, and sixty years of age. She subsisted by working in the fields and other chance labour, and fro'a her frugal habits was commonly believed to be possessed of some money—perhaps ten or twelve pounds. She lived in a miserable small bothy, but within about thirty yards on each side were two cottages, one of them being occupied by a married sister. On Saturday last the deceased was out working at Delmore, and on her re turn in the evening she went to the village of Alness. to make some small purchases of tea and other provisions. Next day it was observed that no smoke had issued from her chimney. Her sister entered the bothy, and found the deceased in bed, apparently dead, and the bed clothes saturated with blood. Alarm was given, and the police constable repaired to the spot. The first impression was that the old woman had committed suioide, but further investigation showed the improbability of this conjecture, and a regular examination into all the circumstances was made next day by Mr. Taylor, Sheriff substitute. It would appear that the old woman had gone to bed and appa rently fallen asleep, lying on her left side, with her face to the wall. The murderer had found no difficulty in ob taining an entrance, for the only fastening to the door was a block of wood rolled up against it. This had been pushed aside. In the cottage was a short coarse knife, the only one possessed by th e d eceased, and with this a . wound had been inflicted on the front of the throat , completely dividing the windpipe, but witho u t sever i ng ' the jugular vein or carotid artery. There had apparently been no struggle, the bood having flowed out immediately in front of the wound. There were marks on both arms of the indentation of nails ; and the medical gentlemen were of opinion that i t was impossible the deceased could h e rself have inflicted the injury. The knife lay about two yards distant, and was covered with blood ; at the bottom of the bed was found part o f th e bl a d e o f a k n if e,, also stained with blood, but it was obvious that this could not have been the instrument, and had only been placed there to keep up an idea of suicide. On searching the dark cottage, a few shillings and pen -e were found on a shelf, with the provisions which the poor woman had purchased the previous night. In a trunk, with some other articles of wearing apparel. was a gown, and within the cuff of one of the sleeves was found £3 15s. What other money the deceased possessed, or whether she had any more. is not known, but this deposit in the trunk had escaped the murderer. The case being clearly established as one of murder, the local authorities have been indefatigable in their efforts to trace out the perpetrator of the foul crime, but no clue has yet been discovered.--Inverness Courier. TRADE REPORT.-SATURDAY, LIVERPOOL, COTTON. With a moderately fair demand and sufficient offerings, the Cotton market to-day has ruled dull without change in price. The sales—including 40 Pernambuco, GO to 7d ; 40 Bahia, 611; 500 Egyptian, 6;11 to 7d ; 500 Surat, 4id to 40—are reported 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 are on speculation and for export. Pia IRON : Our market for warrants closes nominally at 67s to 67s 6d, cash; three months open, 683 6d, at which 1,000 tons were done. LONDON. TALLOW : The market is quiet, with very little doinz. Town tallow is quoted 51s nett cash ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 57s 61 ; March to April, 52s 9d ; April t J une, 525; October to Deennber, 51s 61. lUarket Averages Town tallow, 533 6d; fat by ditto, 23 10d; melted stuff, 373; rough ditto, 233 61; tallow graves, 16s ; good dregs, 7s. SATURDAY'S MARKETS. CORK BUTTER : lsts, 1225; 2nds 120 s ; 3rds, 108 s 4ths, 99s ; sths, 85s; 6ths, 745. CORK Conti : 27 barrels white Wheat, 33s to 37s 6,1 ; 107 barrels red Wheat, 303 to 353; 293 barrels Barley, Its to 18s 9,i ; 762 barrels Oats, Ile to lls Gd; 232 ditto, lla 8d to 12s Gd ; 406 ditto, 12s Gd to 14s ; Hay (farmers), 583 Gd to 655; Straw, 38s to 465; (dealers') ditto, 48s to 55_3; Reeds, 40 s; T urn i ps, 13s to 1 4s. DROGHEDA COCtN : There was a large attendance of farmers at market, and Wheat has declined Is ad to 2s. Oats is per barrel lower on the week ; and Barley steady at last market's prices. Indian Corn almost unsaleab'e. We read in the 21 thenccum, Mr. Panizzi's appointment es Principal Librarian of the British Museum, has received the Quen's assent. The post vacated by Mr. Panizzi, that of head of the Department of Printed Books, will, in all probability, be filled by Mr. J. Winter Jones, the p r esent assistant librarian. Mr. Thomas Watts, one of the most useful and able servants in the M useum, will, we presume, succeed Mr. Jones. MAILS FOR SWEDEN.—GENRRAL POST -OFFICE, Mar c h s.—The mail steam Pa ckets, under cont rac t w i t h t h e Swedish government, being about to commence running between Grimsby and Gottenburg, mails for conveyance by those packets will bo made up at this office on the evening of Friday, the 7th inst, and on the evening of every subse quent Friday, until further notice. All letters and news papers addressed to Gottenburg and Uddewella will be for warded by these packets, unless directed to be otherwise sent, but letters and newspapers intended for other parts of Sweden, intended to be transmitted by these packets, must be specially addressed " vii Grimsby," or "by Swedish packet." By command of the Postmaster-general , ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.