Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-04 00:00:00

WS. ce Mi 1, that ly, the Berlin ion to )lentz. meet' ution )rder 'own di by and ;lard ince front fief d inrG rare rely THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1857 AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE FULTON. 'ROE OUR OWN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. By Express. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. The United States mail steamship Fulton. Which sailed from New York on the 22nd ultimo, has arrived off C owes, en rou t e to H avre. She bring s 1.00 passengers, a semi-weekly mail, and Specie on freight amounting to over half a million dollars, of which 100,000 dolla rs are reporte d to b e for England. The Fulton reports speaking the screw steamer E Washington on the 22 n d u l t i mo , t h e C ity of Washington on the 23rd, a Cunard steamer on the 25th, the Atlantic on the 213th, and the Africa on the 28th. The news by this arrival is two days later than that brought by the City of Baltimore from Washington. We learn that the New Grenadian inThroglio, still occupies the attention of Secretary Case. By the charter th e G rena di an government have the right to buy up the railway across the Isthmus, which it is said they propose to do, when it must fall into hands of some foreign government Or capitalists. To prevent this unfortunate event for American interests, the Panama Railway Com Pally are urging upon the U. S. government to purchase for them the fee-simple of said Railway, They offer in consideration of their patriotic intervention, to cede to them certain 'alanns in the Bay of Panama belonging to the Railway Company, admirably adapted for a naval ilepot. The government must be on its guard against the diplomatic machinations of New Granada, or it will get worsted, and ridiculed to boot. A Washington correspondent, writing on the 20th ultimo, says : General Golcouria arrived this evening direct from Mexico. Re brought despatches from Mr. Forsyth to General Case. The purport of the despatches are not k nown, but I understand they are unimportant• Ile says there was a good deal of excitement throughout Mexico relative to the Spanish imbroglio, and that they were anticipating trouble, and were making extensive prepara tions accordingly. Ile says, also, that the people were a good deal elated at the rumour that the United States had conspleted a treaty, and that it was on its road to Mexico ; but they will be greatlydisappointed on learning that no treaty had been made; that the mission of Senator Ben jamin and La Sere with reference to Tehuantepec matters will be a failure; that the Comonfort government never recognised the opening of the Tehuantepec route—they consider all of them a set of sharpers. t The P res id ent has by proclamation declared the TTreaity of friendship and comme r ce b e t ween t h e ' fl ted States and Persia of binding force. In addition to the ambassador or diplomatic agent n ear each government, it provides for Persian consuls at Washington, New York, and New rre ettc , and United States consuls at Teheran, Rend " - Bushir, and Tauris. The treaty is to contine in force 10 years. genr e T h Interior Department has receivel intelli 41_e from reliable gentlemen and fugitive Mor a°ra that Brigham Young is preparing to resist g'rreneri Harney ; that he has relapsed into the ti:"est infidelity and aiheisn2, and that he con- Ue s t ., hold up the Government of the United Z ee to the supreme contempt of the Mormons. -govnilOng despatchesrecei ve d by th e U n i te d S tates o f th e tement is the correspondence between one reil:" naval officers and the Governor of Si n g a p ore hauled to his ordering th e A mer i can fl ag t o b e D uty own by a British officer froms the 0 141 barque Htnrietta Maria, which had ° f he r ' aband ned 1 y her officers and most th e - crew, and taken possession of by t undo' I nas . er of an American s hip. G overnor to th e A earnestly disclaims any want of respect ,eitizenia I]nerican flag or to the rights of American but the l a the steps he f e lt it hi s d u t y t o ta k e; bar que matte r does not here terminate. The Neth er] W as delivered t o th e governmen t o f t h e b ei ands in India on the ground that the vessel n g Dutch, the Chinese co o li es f oun d on b oar d of her, if . er,innocent of mutiny, had a claim on the , ° Wners, and if guilty were p un i s h a bl e on l y b y t h e Dutch criminal court. A mass meeting had been h e ld i n th e P ar k, N ew York, on behalf of the destitute filibusters from Nicaragua. There were but a few persons present, and only seven dollars were collected. Another meeting was spoken of. Two men, named Anderson and Phillips, were arrested at Boston on the 21st ult, with a quantity , of counterfeit notes on the Lee Bank, of Massa chusetts. Quite a number of these bills had been Palmed off on shopkeepers during the day. The Persons arrested are doubtless a portion of the Fiaonrig, s a o nu mber of wh om were appre h en d e d i n N ew terfeits. me da y s Previous for passing similar coun- Ste. Noniesibde,ra,ble excitement has been caused at the th e ' ° ltis Hotel, New York, in consequence of twe;ttJ in scovery of d e falcati ons t o t h e amoun t o f Lvy. „ llt thousand dollars o n t h e p ar t o f one o f th e _ u tY , clerks in th e esta b l i s h ment. The accused aza.trested, and i s now i n custo d y at t h e h otel, pri ti , the re su lt o f an i nvest i gat i on b y t h e pro iP 1.; rs, Messrs. Treadwell, Acker and Go. tiboue Secretary of the Navy had determined to I: ten the cruises of national vessels from three to two y ears . I t i s expecte d t h at b y t hi s e ,, a18 more efficient seamen will be indu c ed to .. , Lr the naval service. j ou We tak e t h o f ol l ow i ng from the New Y oi k !flats of the 22nd ult. 4clviccs from La Paz, Lower California, to the Ist of pace' ha ve b een received. It is stated that for some time ter t t t r y A me rican speculators ha ve b een com i ng i n t o th e buying lands, houses and lots ; " quien sabe for hat reason," says the local. paper. An American had established himself in business at La Paz, and was r' t l ' no Polizin g th e hid e tra d e, as he had run the price up „ 9 ,. 3 dots 25 c w h en the native merchants formerly fiechased them for 4 ,50 or 75 cents. Several rich mines oead „ b een discoved, but there was no capital in the country 17 W ork them . During the last year the ter r it or y h a l ha(' ei ght different Gov e rn ors , an d tfie last one appointed ad refused t o accept. A party of revolutionists that had been sentenced to serve in the army in Lower California rebelled against their officers. La Paz was for a short time the scene of a fight with them, but they had succeeded 14 escaping into the interior. The local authorities were li4 der fear of some filibuster invasion from California. We have additional news from the plains. Oar „. cor respondent, dating a t th e L ower I n di an A gency , 4tinnesoto Territory, states that the Indians under Little er qw had just r e t urne d f rom th e pursu i t o f I n k pa d uta h' s h -4114 . They came up with them after six days trailing, c a the 30th of July, and fought them during the day, kill ing three, wounding four and taking two squaws and ? c hild pri soner. Fi ve women an d children were drowned ; II Skunk bake. Of the prisoners, one is the wife of t k Paudtali, and the other the woman by whom Mrs. Marble was treated so harshly. Colonel Nobles' party It " seen by Little Crow's band at the head waters of the 'Cottonwood. The accounts concerning the appearance of the cotton ;,„" ° P in various parts of L ou i s i ana con ti nue b a d. Th e A' alv eston Civilian of the 13th inst. gives full return s f rom `kB Counties in Texas, showing Runnels, the Democratic candidate for Governor, 4,500 a head. The Galveston N ews of the 11th inst., says that the majority for Runnels will be 9,000 or 10,000, and that the Legislature will be mor e largely democratic than ever before. A bale of new Florida cotton was received at Savannah on Wednesday, tki 2 70,000 bushels of new wheat has been received at Augusta within the last 20 days. CM/ MEKCIAL INTELLIGENCE. New Yonic, Aug. 22. • „ th T he Money Market has n o t un d ergone an y ma t er i a l C ha nge since the sailing of the Persia, but it is expected 1 „ at the Banks will soon ccmmence to contract their e :, 411 S as the specie reserve, has become smaller than for t ',nlo time past. A gradual reduction is the banking Wnvement is much to be desired, to prevent, if possible, ti ll ! sudden and serious stringency. Money has been It 4aP and abundant for many months," and the period Is broaching when a change ts invariably realised. The have probably touched the highest point of expaa slon for this year. Foreign exchanges arc in moderate request at formm* rates. Edward C. Bates and Co., of B)ston, and Blanchard, Shewman, and Co., of the same place, are reported to have suspended payments• The following isi the latest state of the New York, Markets :—The sales of cotton yesterday were confined to about 500 bales, 200 of which were in transits. We quote middling uplands at 1520,., and middling New Or leans at 16kc. Flour was dull and irregular, and some descriptions closed at a further decline of about 5 cents. per brl. Wheat was heavy for common and ordinary grades, while the prime was unchanged. Among the sales to-day were about 3,200 bushels of new fair Indiana red received by the Erle Railroad, and the first of the season from that State, at 1 dol 45a. Prime old Illinois winter red sold at 1 dol 50c, new Southern red 1 dol 55c to 1 dol 57c, and new white good to prime at 1 dol 75c to 1 dcl 80. Corn was in good re quest, with sales of Western mixed at 85c to 85.1 c, Pork closed firm, with sales of mess at 25 dols 75c. Sugars were without change of moment in prices. The sales embraced about 1,000 hhds, and about 450 boxes, at prices given elsewhere, and 430 bags of Madagascar sugars were sold at 71c at six months. The sales of coffee embraced about 700 bags of Rio at There was rather more doing in freights, especially to Liverpool and London. To the latter port rosin was taken at 23, end 3,090 brls spirits turpentine at Is 91 per 280 lbs. NEw ORLEANS, Aug. 21.—Cotton slightly higher. Sales to-day 250 bales, at 15c to 15ie for middling. Sales of the week, 680 bales. Receipts of the week, 440 bales. Stock, 15,000 bales. Receipts at this port up to the present time ' as compared with those of last year fall short 250,000 bales, while those at all the Southern ports fall short :,‘90,000. Wheat dull and unsettled. Pork firm, at 25 dots per brl. Cotton freights to Liverpool id, and to Havre Ike. THE TREATY WITH HONDURAS. The treaty of friendship, commerce, and navi gation concluded between England and Honduras was issued, in the form of a Parliamentary paper yesterday. It contains the usual articles found in such treaties , but there is a supplemental ar ticle resp2cting the construction of the Interoceanic Railway to join the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which is special and important. We quote from the treaty : The Goveinrnentof Hereduras agree that the right of way or transit Over such route or road, or any other that may be con - ctrecte 1 throneh its territories, from sea to sea, shall be at all time' , open and free to the Government and subjects of Great Britain, int all lawful purposes whatever. No tolls, dutie', or charges of any kind shall be imposed by the Government of Honduras, on the transit of property beengine to the Government of Great Britain, or on the puelic mails sent under authority of the same, nor on the subjects of the British Crowd. All lawful produce, manu'aetures, merchandise, or other property, belong ne to subjects of Great Britain, passing from one ocean to the other, in either three:ion, shall be s rbject to no import or export duties whatever, nor to an; discriminating toils or charges for conveyance or transi on any each route or road as aforesaid, and shall be secure and protected from all interruption and' theiition on the tart of the State. The Republic of Hon divas further agrees, that any other privilege or advantage, commercial or other, ice:Leh:is,_ or may he granted to the sal - icts or citizens of any other country in retard to any sad; route or road as aforesaid, shall be also and at the same time extended to British subjeet , c, and, finally, as an evi dear e of its disposition to accord to the travel and commerce of the world a 1 the advaatoges remlang from its position in regard to the two great oceans, the Republic of 110 edam of her own good will engages to establish the ports at the extremities of the contemplated road as free ports for all tile purposes of co nalerce and trade. In consideration of these concessions, and in order to secure the coestrnction and permanence of the route or road herein contempla ted, and also to secure for the benefit of man'eind the uninterropted adva tages of such communication from sea t) sac, her Britannic Majesty recog izes the right of sovereignty and property of Hon tiros in and over the line of the said road, aid for the same reason guarantees, positively and emmaciously, the entire neutrality of the same, so long as Great Britain shall eaj )3r the privileges conceded to it in the preceding section of this article. And when the proposed road shall have been completed, her Britannic Majesty equally engages, in conjunclon with the R.:pubic of Honduras. to protect the same from interruption, se zure, or unjust confiscation, from whatsoever q arter the att mpt may proceed. Nevertheless, her Ritannic slsj esty. in according hot' protection to the said route or road, and guaranteeing its neutrality and security when completed, always understands that this protection and guarantee are granted conditionally, and may be wit drawn by her if she alien d deem that the persons or company undertaeing the managing the sane adopt or establishing such regtrationsconce nine the t affic thereupon a; are contrary to the spirit and intention of th s article, eith r by making unfair discrinatn diens in favour of the commerce of any nation .or nations, or by imposing oppressive exactions or an easonable tolls upon passengers, vessels, goods, wares, merchandiza, or other articles. The aforesaid proteetion and guarantee shall not, however, be withdrawn by Her, Britannic 3C.jesty without first giving cis months' notice to the Republic of Honduras. CRIM. CON. AND ATTEMPTED MURDER IN AN AMERICAN HOTEL, On Saturday eveninz, the lath ult., the New York hotel was the theatre of an abortive drama, in which one of the principal actors may congratulate himself in having male a fortunate escape. The following are the precise dotalis of the affair, as we have obtained them from the best sources:—Among the transient residents of the hotel was Mrs. NV—, a young and pret_v lady from Lo nislana, who was enjoying too freely her husband's absence—he having remabed in New Orleans on account of business. A gentleman of midd.e age, raid to be rich, an auctioneer by profession, Mr. F—, had "over bid " with the greatest success on the charming creole, and their inti macy had gone so f,r that it was noticed and commented upon by several inmates et the hotel. Among those was a friend cf Mr. W—, who thought it his duty to advise him of what had occu Ted in his absence, and to enjoin him, either by telegraph or mail, to come on as soon as possible to put a stop to the scandal. As soon as he received the message, Mr. W— left New Orlean-, without advising any one of it, and arrived in New York on Saturday evening, with a revolver in his pocket, determined to take the law iato his own hands. It was in such a disposition of mind that he went to the New York Hold, where his faithless better half was boarding, and inquired tor the number of her room. Ha had no troable at all to get in. Full of impudent security, and not suspecting that the outraged husband, whom they thought far off, was already advancing in the hall—the two lovers had not even been cautions euough to lock the door. Mr. W entered as if ha was at home, an I altliotOt it was very early is the evening, he found his wife and 'lr. F in a position easier to imagine than to describe, and which did not admit of any possible false explanation. 'Without uttering a word, Mr. NV drew his revolver and fired at the guilty party. air. F— not being hit, jumped oat of bed, and ran to the door, where, on opening it, ho was shot at a second time, and tOO% flight headlong towards the hall, followed by his terrible enemy. The fugitive lied nothing on bat a single flannel undershirt, an I at the m rnent it seemed to b 3 least of his ca rs. Bat ooe can j edge of the 30 lia'.l,ll created by this strange apparition am nit the persons hasten 112: fro n all side; after the noise of the firing of pistols. Mr. F—, ruining heal for most, allayed at the head of the staircase, descended in kr :at haste, tarned to the right and stopped in one of the cells of the water coasts of the hotel, in which he bolted himself close. The pu-suit hal been hot. He could hear from his unooetical shelter the tamult on the sAirs, and the trouble to st op and disarm the terrible husband. Ile, how ever, did not rely on his ears, and consented to op3a the door on y when summoned by the polies, and upon the formal promise th his life should be protected. It was being said that Mr. F-- was wounded; but we believe it to be untrue, u dess one means the doub e wound to his love and his self-love. As Mr. W-- imme diately left for the South situ his wife, we arc inclined to believe that the affair will go no farther, after hiving caused less blood t sweat and tears to be shed. —New York Herald. The papers announce the death of Dr. King, President of the Queen's College, and of Lieut. General Hutchesson Royal Artillery. TROOPS FROM BRITISH NORTH AMERICk —Her Majesty's steamship Vulcan, it is reporeed, ij ordered to proceed, to Halifax to embark troops for England. TROoPS roe INDIA.—The _Miles says 11 more regiments are under orders for India-7 infantry and 4 cavalry. About 400 of the 72nd regiment will embark at Ports mouth this day, for India, in the Scotia transport. HOLYHEAD, Sept. 2 —A grand operation took place to day in the presence of the Lords of the Admiralty, when an immense mass of rock was blown up. Height of quarry face, 172 feet ; the length of ditto, 150 feet; grip, 60 feet ; charge of powder, 11,000 lbs.; power of galvanic battery, 410 cells ; result of operation, 70,009 tons of the hardest quartz rock. MR. DISRAFLT'S SPEECH ON THE MCTINIES.—The Free Tress publishes a corresp.andenee between a gentleman residing at Manchester and Mr. Disraeli, relative to a pas sage iu the right hon. gentleman's speech on the Indian mutinies, which, as published in the Times, occasioned much remark at the time. Mr. Disrach's correspondent wrote :—" In the Time? report of your remarkable speech on the state of affairs in India I find the following passage I wi s h to show to Europe and to Asia that it is not the desire of a Pailiament to overthrow a Minis:ry, to save an empire.' May I enquire from you whether you were cor rectly reported in that paper, seeing that the Daily News inserts the word but' to the words to save an empire,' which materially alters the sense of the passage ?" Mr. Disraeli wrote the following reply t—" Your version is the cone/et one. The omission (probably mechanical) of the moeaosyllable in the Times was, I thought, so obv.oae that took no steps to notice it.—l have the boolir to be, sir our obedient servant, B. Dlsfuzia." IRELAND. LEGAL ArrossTMENTN.—it is announced that Mre M. Keatinge, son of Judge Keatinge, and Dr. Wiley, are , to be the joint registrars of the New Court of Probate, at a salary of .el,OOO a year each. Mr. Anthony Hawkins, the present registrar, retires on his full salary—the usual result of all modem law reforms and saving of the public money. GoVeRNMENT INQIJIRT.—It is announced by the Belfast journals, that the Lord-Lieutenant has decided that an inquiry conducted by the Government shall take place into the circumstances connected with the abominable outrages of the 12th of July and seven subsequent days. The Northern Whig, referring to the promised investigation, says The eppeal was made with all the emphasis warranted by the circumstances; but the precedents for such an investigation are not numerous, and it would not have been difficult for Lord Carlisle to escape with all routine decorum the awkward incidents likely to be pro voked by such an inquest, at a moment when the Castle tactics are to please all parties by evading all but ceremo nial functions. But Lord Carlisle hag not shirked a plain duty, and ho has done himself the greatest honoue by his prompt and cordial appreciation of the facbs brought un_ der his notice in this journal." In connexion with the recent savageries another Belfast paper has the following► short statement with respect to the progress of what is cooly called the "gun clubs move ment'' in the town which boasts itself as the centre of Irish progress :—" It is whispered that there is something more tangible in the gun clubs' movement in Belfast than had been supposed, and that doughty champions of both causes are stealthily providing themselves with various descriptions of firearm, of course on those economical terms familiarly known as handy.' This commencement of a demand, with an early prospect of a brisk trade, has imparted a firmer tone to the market, and extensive hold ers (pawnbrokers for instance) of qualities likely to be run upon are keeping up for considerably enhanced rates. The transactions in articles of approved brands are quite unimportant, while Mantons aro altogether neglected, It is not improbable that some of the Birmingham travel lers who were round during the last few weeks have taken smart orders home for cheap rifle,—such as, in 1848, were sold by auction in High-street at I4s each, and which in a melee would certainly have done deadly execution among those who steed behind them. We are not informed as to whether any schools for drill have been opened, but we presume the police know all about that." POPUL tit EDuCkriON IN IRELAND.—At the meeting of the Dublin association, held on Tuesday last, M r. James Kavanagh, Head Inspector of National Schools, read " a sketch of the rise, prog , ess, and present prospects of popular education in Ireland." The Rev. l‘lr. Marshall next addressed the section, warmly advocating the cause of united secular education, and separate religious instruction, but stated that in the population, as taken by the census of 1851, there was a diminution of 1,623,739, leaving the total population at the period to be 6,5a0.3e5 ; and of these there were persons over five years of age who could neither read nor write 2,763 283, ofthose who could read only 1 : 203,016, and of those who could read and write 1.935,68). It would also appear that, while the totally ignorant had diminished by 1,000,000, or those who could read and write there was also a diminu tion of 236,802, or within a comparatively small number of the total diminution of the population. But still this great fact remained to be accounted tor, why at this period of their country's history so large a per eentace of ignorance was to he found among them. The bulk of those figures could not be questioned, and then if all parties were in quiring how it happened that with all the means available for educational purposes (and it was no exaggeration to say at 1 past .e 800,600 a year was spent in education) yet on"- half of the entire population of those over five years of age were in the most utter ignorance, and. unable even to read. Mr. Marshall urged upon the section the necessity that there was for inquiry, and earnestly desired that the calm consideration of the subject might lead those acquainted with educational matters to provide a remedy for the evil, which struck at the foundation of, and was opposed to, all social progress and improvement. Colonel Bearnish observed that the section must feel greatly indebted to Mr. Kavanagh for the very valuable and interestirg manner in which he had brought forward the statistics relative to education. . He trusted these figures and statements generally would materially assist in removing much of the ignorance and prejudice which existed on the subject. It clear that no system of education could succeed in Ireland unless it was made satisfactory to the religions feelings of the great mass of the peeple. Mr. Pare, in the course of some observations, stated that the number of children receiving education in the various countries of Europe. as compared with the population, were—ln France and Holland, one in eight ; in Prussia and some parts of Germany, one in six ; in Switzerland, one in five ; and in Glasgow, one in 14. Ills Excellency the Lord Lieutenant here rose acrid loud applause, and said, "I do not intend to take up the time of the meeting with any observations on the subject now under discussion ; but I wish merely to mention one fact —that the first time I ever saw the writer of the paper to which we have just listened was as an humble school lad in one of the country schools of Ireland. Lord Monteagle said he had listened with much satisfac tion to the very excellent report which had been read with respect to the proportion of the children taught in these schools to the population of the country. Ho knew that there was great difficulty in securing their attend ante after they had arrived at an age in which they were at all capable of employment, or could be of any use to their narents at home. The withdrawal of children from the schools was, therefore, owing to causes operating in England, as well as i❑ this country ; for wherever there was a demand for labour they would find that children who could do any work would be taken from the schools in those districts of the country which were agricultural, and where schools existed in which was added agricul tural to intellectual teaching, they found the pupils were allowed to remain longer, until they grow up and became vigorous plants. This was an agricultural country, and it was necessary that agriculture should be taught in the national schools in order to convince the masses that the instruction which their children were receiving applied to :their occupation in after life, and would fit them for it. Ile conddered, therefore, that the agricultural schools which the Commissioners of N a ti ona l Education had:established in many districts were a great benefit to the country. In his (Lord Monteagle's) own neighbour hood they had a most excellent agricultural school, around which there was a cycle of other schools, and he could state that the boys, after working in the farm for part of the day, returned to their studies for the re tnainder of the tire' with increased activity, mad with their mental and physical powers greatly invigorated. WALLABBY LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. The usual monthly meeting of the members of this Board was held last evening, at the Public-offices, Church street, Fgremont. The chairman, Mr. N. Caine, presided. The other commissioners present were—Messrs. Hill einglehurst, Hngbes, Fishwick, E. W. Colborne, Pooley Chambers, and RW. Colborne. _ The proceedings of the last ordinary monthly meeting were read by the law clerk, Mr. Hassell, and confirmed. Mr. HILL suggested the propriety of a resolution beirg adopted, similar to that at the Garston Board, abolishing the reading of the minutes in future In order to sate tithe, the subject will be brought forward at the next meeting. THE WALKS AND 'MUTH COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee were read. They contained a recomme.udation that the tender of Mrs. Calsbaw, fir the erectielt of a weighing-machine on the premises belonging to the Board, be aeeepted, instead of that of Mr. A.Fpinal, agreed to at a former meeting, under the direction of the rurrey•or ; also that the sewer now being constructed in Seacornb, be taken to Victoria-road, instead of to the premises from the trustees of the late Mr. Fgremont's premises, at & cost not to exceed £lOO or £l6O. 31r. POOLEY mo7ed the adoption of the report, and in doing so briefly detailed the facts connected with each recommendation. Mr. Freawrcu seconded the motion, which was unani mously carried. TIIE PINANCE The proceedings of this committee were next read They contained a full detailed statement of all the expenses that would be required for the ensuing ye ,r, the amount collected, and the arr. ars due, the latter of which was very large in proportion to the amount collected, and from that it appeared that for the future year a general district rate of Is. 9d. in the poun t would be requ're —a Fpecial district rate, for the town of Seacombe 3d. in the pound, and the sum for the township of New Brighton 4d. It was also recommended that the town clerk should take the neces sary steps for giving the proper notice that such rates should be made by the next meeting. Mr. E COLBORYE moved the adoption of the proceed ings, andin doing so, said he regretted that not half the old rates had been collected, and he committee felt it their duty to adopt some more efficient mode of collecting the rates in future, as the present srtem of paying the collector by a per centsge was not a good oat). He felt that the present collector, Mr. Kerr, was too aged to perform tl: e duties, and that they should have a younger man as clerk, who would assist. He moved the adoption or the repor% M. W. COLBIRNE considered that the proper course for the Board to adopt would be to elect a new collector at once, and not allow these arrears in the rates to go on from time to time. It was quite Bear that the pre!ent collector was quite unable to perform the duty, for, in fact, he only called on those who willingly paid the rates, and left those who were not. At the suggestion of several members of the Board, the subject was referred to the Committee for them to repDrt thereon at a future meeting. The proceeingi were then cmfirmed, withcut further comment. PAR L TAM EN TA RY COMM TTEE This Committee had prepared a detailed report of its transactions with regard to the Mersey Conservancy Bill and other matters apps taming to the bills affec.ing the district. It merely recapitulated what has already been reported in the proceedings of the Liverpool Town Council, and the Bit kenhead Commissioners, all of which have been fully reported in this journal from time to time. Mr. POOLE'S'. in moving the adoption of the report, said that, in consquence of the course the promoters of the Conservancy Bill took, which WAS well known, by les ving out clau , es affecting works of construction, the commissioners were left in the same position as they were befo -e the whole question was left open, and they would have to g over the same ground flex , , year, unle.s the new conser vancy beard, which he had no doubt would consist of new men, and he hoped would possess a little less of exclusiveness, should come to some arrangements with the commissioners, and do what they required. Indeed, if that were not done, they would have to go to parliament again. He would not say any more bat would move the adoption of the report. - - Ma. W. COLBOR'NE had much pleasure in seconding the motion, and in doing so, eulogiz3d the knowledge and experience shown by the law clerk, Mr. Hassell, all from his experience in parliamentary mat had bean the means of saving the board a great deal cf money. The CHAIRMAN —Perhaps it would be better for us to follow the example of tha town e)uncil of Liverpool and give him £lOOO. (laughter.) Mr. Hill and the members of the committee as well, (increased laughter.) The proceedings having been confirmed. Ma POOLEY wished to know whether, after the adoption of the report, it was understood that the parliamentary committee would continue to perform its duties. The LAW CLERK —lt is appointed for one year. Mr. POOLEY said, such being the case, he had a few instructions to move to that committee, which was to the effact that they shou'd take steps to carry out the resolutions adopted at the public meeting of the ratepayers, which bad not been done. Those instructions had relation to the ferries, the gas and water supply, and other objects of deep importance, and concluded by moving a resolution to the etrec - , that the committee be instructed to take the necessary steps for introducing a bill into Parliament at the next sessions, to secure the obj cs sought to be obtained by the ra , epaye-s at their public meeting, and to supply any defects that might exist in their own bill, and that a special meeting of the Board should be called as soon as the draft of the bill was prepared, and by them taken into consideration. Mc. W. CoLsoaxa wished to know the specific object of the intended bill, before the ratepayers - were again plagued with the expense of a parliamentary contest. Mr. NOLEY said, that it could not be exp°cted that he was to g, into specific clauses, therefcre he had contented himself with giving the general principles. Mr. FlsliWiCli seconded the motion. Mr. W. COLBORNE thought that the object of the bill should t e more definitely explained, before the ratepayers were plunged into a law suit. They were then raising the rates—(cries of "no, no.") —from. Is 61, to ls. 9d, and perk ps in a year or two they would be 31. 6d in the p . mucl. He would confess that he was so ignorant that be cml I not unders'and what was fokel for. Besides, before such a resolution could be passed, he thought a notice was required. HILL briefly explained that it was merely an inti mation to a committee, and is w,ml I be foe the Board to reject or confirm any recommendations that that com mittee brought up at the proper time. For his part, he had mu h plea.ure in supporting the motion. Mr. W. COLBIRNE would have liked the terms to have been more definite, but, as a member of the committee, he would say that he would do his duty so long as every thing was straightforwe.rd ; but when they began to deal with general principles alone, which might, perhaps, effect indirectly other matters, he would at once resign, and hlnestly give his opinions as a member of the Board. Mr. POOLEY said one matter—and that, too, of the greatest importance—that would be touched upon would be the ferr:es, so that, perhaps, Mr. Colborne, when he knew that to be the fact, had better retire from the com mittee. Mr. W. COLe RNE : So that resolution is a challenge for me to resign. (Cries of " No, no.") I will, therefore, wait until I see what is to be done. The motion was then carried, and the committee, which heretofore consisted of Mr. W. Colborne, Mr Pooley, and Mr. Hughes, was augmented by the names of Mr. Chambers and Mr. Hilt. Af.er some routine business, the Board sajoarned. CENIUS oF DELHI Ix 1845-46.—As at the present moment every species of information regarding the impe rial ci'y is anxiously sought after, no apology may be necessary for troubling our readers with details of so dry a nature as. the following :—Osi taking the census of 1846, it. w,:s. ascertained Oat Delhi contained 25,618 house:, 9;945 shops, mostly one-storied, 261 mosaics, 181 temples, I church, 678 wells, and 196 schools. Tete to'al Population consisted of 137,977 souls, of wLom 69,731 Her males, and 68,239 females. Of thew., 90 families, or 327eper.so,_is were Christians ; 14,768 families, or 66,120 persons, were Mohammedans; and 19,257 families, or 7 1. ,530 persota4, were Hindoos. In the year 1846, there were born 1,994 males and 1.910 females ; the marriages were 953 in number; and 4,850 deaths mitred. Of the last, 1,320 took place before the age of twelve months, 493 between twelve months and two years, 843 between two and twelve years, and 2,194 above that age. The census of the 13 villages forming the suburbs of Delhi, comes down to 1347. They then contained 22,302 inhabitants : namely, of Hindoos, 709 cultivators, 14,906 non cultivators; and of Mahornnaedins, 495 cu'tivators, and 6,192 non cultivators. In this return there are two points worthy of notice. The first is thar, notwithstanding the practice of polygamy, there is a very trifling difference between the number of males and that of females, The only, inference to ba drawn from this fact is, that a large, proportion of the males must be unmarrLd, and tiwt, consequently, dissolu'e habits are the rule. The ot'eer point to be remarked is the equal division of the populfetion into Hindoos and Mohammedans. Throughout Fengal generally the former is to the latter as three 'to one. This exceptional fact is, of course, attributWo to the circumstance that Delhi has always been revrded as the head-quarters and capital of the Mohomme,d.an population of India.—Allen's Indian Mail, ALCOHOL; OR, THE MINOR CURSE OF ENGLAND BEING TILE SIIIISTLNCE OF A 0 - .RIE3 OF ADDRESSES DELIVEaED IN CONNECTION WITH ST. AL %RV'S TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY, KIRKDALE. DEDICATED TO TUB REV. MR. TIT !TRION, PREEIDENT, BY A LIY.BRPOOL WORKING MAN. " Woe unt) that giveth his neighbour drink, that pat'est thy bottle to him and mokest, him dranken."—Rabak. ii. 15. INTRODUCTORY ODSEIWATIONS.—AII exposition Of the anpmelous conduct of my own country in all probability will be designated by the unthinking, selfish, and interested portion of my fellow couiitry men a seralece, or they may set me down as a fanatic—(be it so) — in the fact, that while she is seizing authority in almost every part of the b.abitaele globs—already so great is the territory under British rule, that the sun never sets on Britain's empire, bat in every yen° I of revolving time shines on some part or other, a fact of which no country on earth can, or ever could, boast—possessing, too, every requisite fur national prosperith.excepting a healthy tone in her con stitution. She has art, science, industry, manufactures, commerce, riches, power, with a halo and brighter glory round her brow than ewer natim , wore. She claims to be pre-eminently Christian, and steads-forth before the people of the whole earth and pronounces herself the most faerour.d of all countries; while lee oee can success, fully dispute these assumptions, when we look within at her drunk enness, we must confess that mora ky r atice ought te be as oil to the springs of political power, she abandons. It is true she• is sending the Bible In millions to almost every part of. the known world ; her missionaries go forth in great numbers, Loly, excedent e and devoted men, not counting their lives even - too dear, as that they may pro mote the work of-their Lord and Master, in• proclaiming that blessed gospel, and in deserting perishing heathens to the Lamb of God that tsketh away the sin-of the world, iu overturning the ado aof heathens, and convincing worshippers of the absurdity of fall ing do An to - inanimate stocks and stones, instead of the only ono tree and living God, and in c invincing Pagans or the Mai oasne 33 of immolating:human beings to appease imaginary deities, incurring an annual expenditure of some £5J0,000, or half a million sterling; laudable as these efforts may ap pear, and indeed truly exeselleat as they really are, it is, nevertheless, angularly true, that during the same period of time, •Great Britain is expanding 0.. e hundred- and thirty-four times > that amount, or £67,000,030 storlisg at home on' the eloloen, of Europe—alcoholic di'. tits—and not lass than 5400) human sacrifices are annual :y offered at the shrine of Bacchus in Eitglan I alone to appease this sang..inary Juggernaut. Well might an ancient writer exclaim, " fhe;r wine is the poison of dragons, and the ern -1 Venom of asps."—Deut. xxxiL 33. No one holds the laws of England to be more sacred then. I de ; I revere the sanctity of the religien e and the Ins , itadons of my native land; I reg.rd our mast gracious Queen as of illastrioas lineage, especially when I call to mini the piety and devoielness or her illustrious ancestor George III.; I a n cheerfully obedient to her wet and cotamands ; I yield to none the high sense I entertain of British valour; ne heart glows more fu ly than mine oa the announcement of victc:ies gained and conquests nchieyere especially when ceded to the prowess of British arms as of arknoWeedged right, eels often done, rather then by bloodshed; I rejoice in the•name of Briton, that I seas born within. her peacefultominions, teeter her temperate and change fal skies. Bat what matters it if, amid the age of progressive develop ment, of ralroads and steam ships, knowledge islet easing, " carriages running like-lightning with torches of fire"—Nahum, IL g, 4 —as the prophet said there would be; seas and mountains no longer preesntieg obstacles to Britain's. onward progress—the mighty throes of human t'sought and the mind of the world transmitted as with the electricity and speed of harnessed lightning —nay, more, the very rays of the sunbeam are maee subservient to the progress of art, by which man, in a minute, can do the work waich has employed the most active years of a lifetime ; what matters it, if, whilst the pro feandest depths of the human intellect are. taus being stirred, the sunshine of Eng.and's greatness and glory is beclouded by the appal ing fact, that her idol, alcoholic drink, continually immures 100,000 British subject, withia her massive prisoas, at an annual cost to tee country of two millions sterling; causes 1,030,00) Britoas to be regularly fad by cold regal charity at as annual cost to the nation of some seven or eight millions sterling; takes 40,000 immor tal beings from home, relations, and friends e aad places that appalling number continuelle i in the dark and dismal cells of the asylum—tee sad and dreary abode of the insene. Whereas, in the absence of this terrible curse, it might be said of these--What a piece of work is man; how noble in re son; haw vast in faculties ; in form and moving, how express and ad aireble ; in adios, how like an angel; in apprehension, how like God 1 the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals. Alas 1 poor son=s, they are sunk lower than brutes- continaally traeas one metion of our yentas for some penal settlement, or to be the melancholy inhabitants of these horrible places, causes 54,000 of our fellow countrymen and coaetrywomen to be annually shouldered to the drunkara's grave. Wi hin a very few months six heads of families —one from the vary next door, three - from consecutive houses nearly oppo • site, and two others but a very few doors from where I reside in Liver pool—proof that numbers die of that dreadful rallaly of drunk enness, the delirium tremens —have been carried to drunk trd3' graves. Am I silently to witness the belly-god of England (alcoholic drink) thus busily emp'.oying death its ea Tying my neigebettis and former associates to the grave, oat of my sight for ever;on earth 7 The Word of Gad seams to me to be emphatic on. the subject, and I care not a rash for any movement that is nit base I on God's unerring truth, " Therefore to him that kaoweth to do good, and death it not, to him it is sin," James iv. 17. Hence the following unpretending litt e work designed to expose the evils of drunkenness in this country, and to exhibit the advantages, and urge the adoption, of total abstinence principles, as the only safe shelter from the avenging power of int nti• eating drink. " Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; whoso ever is, deceive,' thereby is not wites."—Proverbs'ex. 1. Chapter I.—Connection between drunkenness and crime. Chapter 2.—Extent of crime is dependent on drunkenness. Chapter 3.—Evils—the drinking customs of the age. Chapter 4.—Social and domestic evils of drunkeness. • Chapter s.—The evils of drunkenness On religion explained. Chapter 6.—The evils of drunkenness, on health made evident. Chapter 7.—Mental, moral, commercial, and political derangement resulting from drunkenness exhibited: Chapter B.—The advantages of total a l estinenee demonstrated and eafaced. CHAP PER I. CONNECTION BETWEEN DRIJNIXICNNESS AND CRIME. INTEMPERANCE in its most co nprehensive sense d,notes, as I think is ge❑erally understood, the unrestrained gratlacation of the senses or the excessive sensual indulgence of the physical or intellectual faculties of bo ly or mind. While temperasce may fairly be considered as that grand combinat!on of moral propensity, constituting gener.d virtue, being that dercee, of sensual and intellectual indulgence of body and mini, wkich is in accordance with the true design of nature. Perhaps of all the races of mon that have successively inhabited and inherited the earth from the moment that Eden's Gates were closed to the present moment, not one individual save the " Lord of Life andollory," who,, for our sake, became man, has been an unqualified obs,r rer of the rules of temper ance; all h .ve been, and still are, in soma degree, intemperate in their indulgences, ee.ch one having a passion of more or lass inveteracy —the roan, for example,. who abitemious'y governs•hia appetites for food and drink, may be intemperate in the execcies of his physical and inelestual powers, whilst he who governs. his physical and intellectual f iculles with discretion, may be notoriously intemperate in his love of pawer,. we or reiiown. Multitudinous illustrations of this great fact might be deduced from tie, birgraphical records of history, and oven the observations of every.clay's experience in com mon life. " There is true happiness where therera a. cattalo and a few sores of land," said the Great Na: oleon Bonaparte, to a peasant boy, when brooding ovor his. misfortanes after the battle of Waterloo; When Miss Logilia was pleading with that distinguished man, for pardon for her father, she sald—" I do:nor.. ask for j nstica—l implore pardon. Napleon's lips trembled, t3os filed hie, eyes, and taking the hand of the child in ',both hii, which he tenderly pressed., slid—" Well, my child, for your sake I will pardon your father." Napa:eon though ambitious was temperate in reference to drink. Such is the corraptiog ittihmee of arbitrary power, that is is said, althouzh few possessed a nicer sense of justice, or presented a thee illustration of the noblest natural virtues than the Roman Cato towards free people—Us life was a,model ofevery thing just and good --`ont to hls slaves he was a. perfect m mster, when they grew old he starved them to death. When Nero wit& reWred to sign a list of condenased malefactors, ho said, "I wish to•lxaaTen 1 mild not write," so did he then seem to desire the gosci of his paople; yet it is said tint Nzro sat fire to rt , sm, and brtatal.ly massa2red the Christians. So miserly at 43 I ,aniel Dancer, who was wank £4,000 a year, that he carried a satiff pockot, which he min lased to till in a month with plr,ches from other pe3ple's boxes, ani thee sold it to a poor woman for, a f Arthing candle, which pro laced the only light he allowed 1 the )aouse. It is said of Mr. Vandelle, a wealthy gentleman, that, when a migistrata ns Pari3, he thrust himself into the office of milk taster general, that he might fid his belly with other people's milk and save his owa P)od. It is F,Aid of Slr floury Elva , , the wealthy bironet, of Stoke, that he socex.de i a t'ao and took do vn a crow's nest for the timber, for No fir his fire, declaring that they were extravagant birds to waste so tamela wood; i; is also said of this strange and wealthy man that he died broken he irt becaam he had mislaid a five polled note. I knew a man near where I was born, who used to bring his cash to the bank, in Liverpool, in a sack across his shoulders, and in order that burgla-s might not susp •ct him of having money he had a coat with the left sleeve off, the right tall off, a ad with only a little rim on the fore part of his hat. On one occasion when depositing the sack on the counter, in the b ink, containing £5OO, he accosted the gentleman in attendance thus--"Au 'v brout 0 a bit moor." Though that man had .£B,OOO In the bank he was too miserly to fill his belly at his own cost. _ (To be continued) AGRARIAN OUTRAGE-TiVO MEN SHOT. LoNoronn, 'Monday Night.—The peace of this usually tranquil county was on last night broken by a .fearful outrage of an agrarian character, whereby the lives of two men are placed in extreme jeopardy. The facts of the case are those Sunday night a party of armed mm, numbering it is said, forty individuals, knocked at the door of a m m named Matthew Farrell, who resides in Moydon, about three miles from this town, and on being refused admittance immediately commenced smashing the door. Farrell, with his son, who happ2ned to be in the place at the time, got out of bed and armed themselves with pitchforks, determined to keep the villains out at all hazards. However, after a considerable resistance, the door gave way, and the party rushed into the house, vowing vengeance against their devoted victims, whom they at once surrounded, and deliberately discharged a fearful volley of shot and slugs into their bodies, After repeated ill-usage, the cowardly villains retired. It is alm )st miraculous how the unfortunate Farrells could have survived. The elder Farrell's face is completely disfigured from the slit ; and, should he recover, his eyesight can never be restored. His son has not recd-ived so much injury; his arm and shoulder are much injured, with other bruises of a less serious character. The police, on receiving information of the occurrence, immediately scoured the country, but we regret to say ho trace of the-ruffiaus has been found. The only cause that can be assigned for this outrage is, that some cartirs had been evicted from the ground occupied by Farrell, who is a caretaker on the estate, and that after rep-ated threatenin4s l e refused to give it up, or discontinue his employment, and that this has been at length the consum mation of their object. It is most painful to state that outrages of this de,;cription are not uticormon recently in the locality i❑ which this took place. On last. Sunday night week an armed party went through the same neigh ht,urhood and administered an oath to several persons, to the effect that they should hold no intercourse with cei tain parties who had incurred the outlaws' displeasure. COMFETMON FOR THE MANCIIRSFER TRAFFIC.—The weekly tune return of the Great Northe n Railway Com pany shows an increase of £1,525 over that for the corres ponding week of last year. The increase in the London and North Western Company's receipts is £1,624. AN ECCLESIAsTICAL IN DIFFICULIL—F we months since the riche:t church-liNing iri London, the Rectory of St. Olave's, Hart-street, became iicant by the death of the Rev. John Letts, who, held it nearly tweety years. The beuefi, - T, worth £2,000 a year, is in the gift of the five trustees, one of whom died at the. same time, and there is a clause in the church trust deed which prevente the vacancy in the holy of trustees being filled up during the avoidance of the Rectory of the parish. The deed further provides that in m tking nomination of - a new rector, there shell be an agreement on the part of four out of the five trustees, and as there are now only four, of course- it is rege'reul that they shall be unaminous. Soon after Mr. Letts died, the trustees met to elect a successor, whenit was found that two of them were in favour of the Reverend J. Letts, son of the late Rector, a third in favour of his own son, the Rev. Mr. Dennis, and a fourth for another gentleman. All the trustees held out for their favourite candidates, and none of them have up to the present time given way, so that die parish still con tinues to be without a rector. Unless they can settle their diffe.enees within the next three weeks, the Bishop of London will be entitled to presentation, and it is pretty well understood that bis lordship will no appoint one of the gentlemen named by Oa trustees,. THE MURDER IN THE QUEEN'S PRISON, Thereappears to be no doubt that the Italian, Antonio de WA. against whom the coroner's jury have returned *verdict of wilful murder, will have to teke his trial for that offence at the ensuing session of the Central Criminal Court, notwithstandin g the fact that he s at present under a sentence of fifteen yeat's' penal servitude upon * conviction for - wounding the deemed gentleman with intent to do grievous bodily h arm, sr i s i rg out of the setae circumstance". The transaction appears to be one of an altogether unusual kind. The attack made by the prisoner upon the unforttinate deceased was of the most deadly and premeditated character, and the Soliciter to thee Treasury, upon a suggestion made by Mr. C.mibe, the magistrate before whom the affair was inquired into, received instructions to prosecute on behalf of the Crown, a n d when the last session of the Central Criminal Court came on he had no alternative, as the deceased was sill alive but .to prefer an indictment against Do Salvi in the. usual form, for feloniously 'wounding, the first count charging the intent to =leder, and the second. to do grieVous bodily harm. It was certain at this time that - the injuries- the deceased lrtd received mutt peeve fatal, and the genera l un d erstanding, both on the part of the prosecution and the seen it for the defence, was that the indictment against the prisoner should stand - over to the fillowing session, as in the event of the death taking place, a verdict of wilful murder must inevitably be returned by ete coroner's Jury, and any - nroceedings that mie a lit be taken undtni the indict ment for feloniously wounding would be rendered alto gether nugatory. Mr. Baron Mediu; the presiding judge, however, resisted the pestponxnent of the trial, and Da Salvi was cersequentiy tried upon" the indietneett that had been found by'the grand jury, andbeing c nevictatf upon the minor count otwounding with intent to do grav:ous bodily harm, he was thereupon sentenc-21 to be kept in penal " servitude for I"s4eare. On thef eiloving day thetnfortu nate man Robeetson died of the iejitries he had received, and the coroner's jury had no other - course left open to them upon the farms of the ease, than to return a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner, anclie due course Mr. Payne, the coroner,-lodged his warrantat the gaol - ,f New gate for the detention of the prisoner upon that charge. A similiar stses of thing; has very rarely occurred, but it has never been the practice in any such ease to allow a charge of wilful murder to merge into one of felony merery, and the prisoner wille consequently, no doubt, have to undergo the painfal ordeal of a second trla4 ; in the remit of which his life w , ll be at stake. The priscner appears to be a most mild and inoffens , :ve young meet; indeed, the. last person who would be thought cipasle of committing sueh a dreadful act, and - almost from the menent of com mitting the deed he haanever feiled to exprece; the deepest sorrow and regret for Iv athe had done It appears thaa he has no relations in England, but during the last few days he has received a communication from a brother in. Pari and the necessary prepa ra ti ons are being;made to defend him upon the charge-of Murder. A _WARNING. TO BE: CIVIL: At the Southwark Poliee , court on Welnes'lay,- an omnibus timekeeper in the employment of Kite—and Bastable's Omnibus Asinciation, W,1 4 4 charged with using abusive language tow trds Mr. Joseph Raison, one of the managers of the General ()Araks Company. Mr. Beard, in opening the case, said that the defendant WAS employes,- by the opposition omnibus company, and frequently annoyed the servants and officers of the General Omnibus Conveyance Company, by making use of the most foul' language, which was calculated to lead t ) a breach of thee peace. It was only a short time since that he (Mr. Beard) had appeared against another servant of the same company - - for similar languag , as he now had to emnp!ain c.f, but then he did not pre , s for any severe punishment more that~ that the defendant should be bound over to keep the peace. He had found, however, that such a lenient course did no good, and he must, on the present occasion,. press for the defendant to be punished.. Mr. Joseph: Hudson said that the defendant, on the 22nd of August,, placed himself be-ide him, and- made use of very font lana ° usge He said he was a scamp, and if it was not for the law he would knock his -- eye out. He was formerly a timekeeper in the employ of the company he represented, but owing to his conduct he was bound to , discharge him. The prisoner at first denied the charge, but the case having been fully substantia•ed by Mr. Horne, the manager of the tolls at the Now North Road, and also by police-constable No. 61,' l divisi the magistrate said the defendant's conduct was calculated to lead to ts, breach of the peace, and he should fine him therefore, the highest penalty, viz, 405.. or 21 days' imprisonment. The defendant appeared astonished, and was removed custody. A RUFFIAN:FI US BIND :JUSTLY PUNISHED. At the Southwark Police-court on Wednesday, Martin. Ryan, a derermined-looking fellow, was charged with assaulting and nearly murdering his The poor woman upon entering the witness box exhibited one or the most awful spectacles ever presented by a living being., Her eyes were both bialkened and bloodshot, her head and face were covered with contusions, her arms were discoloured, bseides which she suffered acute7y from. various injuries on the lower parts of the person. The wife, as well as she could articulate, said that on the pre vious morning, in consequence of her saying something to the prisoner about his going to work, he struck her violently with his clenched fist several times, and inelictect the injuries that were visible up)a her heal and face. After that he get a broomstiek, and beat her in an awful manner, which caused the injuries that ware upon her arms. The prisoner said that his wife showed fair fight, end chased him with a knife. Police constable M 269 proved taking the defendant into custody, on a warrant. lie found him at a public house, and upon taking him to the station house hi offered great resistance, and Eeked hitm several times on the legs. The magistrate said the present case was one of very few that came under his notice, but he felt proud on the ocetsion that the law gave him the power to punish such an inhuman being who could so ill treat a woman, whom he had sworn to nourish and protect. He had been guilty of criminal cruelty ci the worst description e and had inflicted injuries that in all proba bility would ruin his wife for life. With respect to his wife fighting him with a knife, he believea that to be a, mean resource to shisid his infamous and cruel conducr. He had amp's a i lence of his peofliga'e ill us 4ge and he saw enough to convince him that he had stained his bands wile his wife's blood ; and in order to stop for a time his ill-usage to we,r de her, he should senteece him to six calendar monthe'• imprisonment, with hard labour. TElrt PRINCE OF WALES AND THE ERAL. —A great lass hes been male about General Codringten having been promoted to the command of—the Mince of Wales during Iris tour through Germany, under the plea that the gallant officer might have been found employment wore in unison with his profession thin attending,a , g boy of sisteea" on a Continental trip. Nosy, the er.ae stands pr,eisely in this way : The heir-apparent to the English throne is of an age that be should naturally require some "steady-going old gentleman" In gear.] and waoh over him, and as General Codrington, theugh a fiery soldier in the field, is a very domes'icated man in privet° society, it was. considered in high quarters that he was well qualifiea to be entrusted with so onerous a duty. Moreover; as the generarsmorals are said to be unexceptionable, and he is of an ege when the fatigues of a campaigning life become somewhat harraksing, one can seaecely wortlere that the appoint ment should have beim offered him,. ai that he should have accepted it. Outs SIBERIAN COTEMPORARY.—The first number of a. new Russian journal, called the Inle,itsk Gazette, appeared' in May last, under the manegemeot of M. Spechtieff. is divided into two parts—the official one, containing the measures of the government; Deed the non-official one, reserved for local news, am! articles 071 Siberia. Six numbers haee appearol, and the non-official part is ex ceedingly interestme. Siberia is a nee; country, which presen's a great variety of soil, products, arid inhahitaner, and each article contains things new, not only te_Herope e but to Russia. The last number centains, amen?, other articles, the recital of a journey made in ,18:55 ; by a Russian missionary, in the island of Chiachketan, in the Archipelago of the li:utiles. Accompanied,hv a native, the priest ascended to the summit of s volcano in the island, an expedition attended with le..elt diffieulty and danger. His clothes were torn to pieces la passing through. the briars which grew on the edges of the precipices over which he had to climb. Ott reaching the summit, he, found himself at the mouth of the eyetee, from which a dense smoke and a complete shower. 0 C ;as h es were b e i n g o thrown out. The borders of theratee were covered wi:b fine sulphur. Several springs of boiling water were efts° found in the island. One of k thr,m. was close to the sea.. side, and the steam might be, aee,o. ascending to some eia. tepee; but on'y at low wa t er, • as at other ti mes i t was covered by the sea. EterVectee.k es ar e very frequent in this island. Daring thee Su.ro'ner of 1854 and the Spring of 1855 they were so violent, that it was impossible to stand during the oscillaeleas. In addition to such articles as this, the Gazdee pablisbee the prices of different merchandise. Meat at likutsk, which not very long since cost the inhabitents six centimes a pound,' is now at from 12 to 16 centimes. Tea, made is Russia from a herb known by the 'botanical name Viol° Tricolor which is sold at St. Petersburgh at If r , a pound, is charged at Irkutsk 844 ae a s the feral eace ary i to and a of stly stio borat I to shall of vant Ited ock. 1 on here bat rers, 3 if heir and ecl : far ins, tale an. iii or, is ; RCS In. )n, er s Pe. r., Ice on Ue