Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-15 00:00:00

SEPTE)IIIEII 15, 1859, and that were it abolished, and the custom of wally dividing landed property established a its stead, all the children of landlords, the Ningest as well as the eldest, would. be re duced to a state of comparative poverty, at le same time ti iat the prosperity of the Other classes would be greatly impaired." BRIGHT and the Manchester school of poli- Would hold, we: venture to say, much sounder on this and many other subjects which they J crudely and hastily descant upon, did they but lin d eeper into them, and not allow passion Prejudice to carry them away to excite a tie people NOTES OF THE DAY. l'at those morecomplete details of the sad disasters the British and French Squadron has met with - - of the Peiho, brought by the it is evident ti kas a, deli the repulse of the Pleni- and that atnly planneil thing ' e Government had.prepared a means of resist -1 more formidable than could have been men. had any treachery been thought prof The squadron, it appears, iriary C Artillery to contend evidently directed with very consummate 'My against the. vess they attempted to lani hey had nothin the River, but the a degree of skill so is usual in China, that the throughout the squadron, that the 317 Europeans—it is inet stands in remit ans who were at tt ived not only the avalinT that of- the Am to take measures tone ircumstance which is calculated to that of the hearty iv again being called forth on th lv states that the to inflict citas- very satisfaction which so flagrant lettery requires Let us hope that this _ ppy effect of restoring con between the two countries ature ha, t hey hal risen in the politics of the Russian ader• Schamvl, who has so long Iders •there. The her mountains of that Asiatic territory has been 0 n a What the ( great sensation will do With him. tie stuwise ,that the Conferences have been suspended, without hating plished anything & It would not f the two Powers principally -con writy 'to do more than arrange the settlement of the matter in said tes tor a detn The immediate cause of the suspension lustrian Plenipotentiary requiring fredl will very probably be rendered y by , the result of the approaching interview ie Emperors - themselves, of Austria and the Lch result, it is now expected, bci-.T the whole matter to a European )ly of the Prussian Minister, which we pub_ terday, to an address presented from "Stettin the question of the German Confederation, peace of Europ There is evidently through of "Father-la;d" an earnest desire in' favour Br German union, and for the recognition of s its leader in •such an object. The Prussian it, whilst acknowledging, its expediency and ,he den - Le opinion, yet (LE rupulons regard THE LATEST NEWS FRANCE PARIS, Sept. 14. -The market opens without any material Rentes are quoted 68.55. . _ change. 3.15. -The final price of Rentes is 68.65, show= ing an advance of 10c. since yesterday. The Bourse is inanimate but firm. ITALY. The deputation of Parma and Modena are expected here to-morrow, and the members of the Modenese deputation, Advocate Muraton, Count Ancini, Professor Zini, Advocate Brizza- Doctor Sacerdoli, and Professor Selma ; and Count Sanvitale, Maestro Verdi, Professor Fior and Marquis Dolsi.- .The National Guard will be under arms to welcome the above'depu- tations PARMA, Sept. 14 The National Assembly,. in its sitting of to,day, unanimously voted the, confirmation of Signor Farini as Dictator The Assembly further resolved to take into consideration to authorise the Dictator to con tract a loan, the amount of which remains to be TN I S MARSEILLES, Sept. 14. N. message from Tunis states that the Bey of nis had been attacked with a serious illness, to his aid. A message received from the above city, states that he had been attacked with erysipe - • • ?.las in the ,fined of his recovery GIBRALTAR, Sept. 12 Advices from Tangiers state that serious dis twbances had. taken place in part Of the territory of- Mecca, and that the Sedi Mahommed was on march from Morocco to Fez. Sall Mohammed had been proclaimed. Emperor at Fez, Mequinez, 'Tatouin, and Arabas, and he was about to be proclaimed Emperor at Tangiers. WEST INDIES The Atrato has arrived with he West Indies ,nd Pacific Mails, and 601,000 'dollars in specie. The Paramatta is sti on thr reef at business is extremely dull; exchange unaltered. The generally -healthy.. South .Pacific. news states that BuenoS Ayres is fully prepared for a war with the Confederation. The Spanish Minister at Peru has failed to •negociate a peace between Pcru and Ecuador. Business in Central America is dull. RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR SLIIUGH While a goods train from London was standing at the Slough Station, at 2 a.m. this day, a train of empty carriages, from Qxford, ran into it, 211.11, - owing to 'the force of the collision,Pritcharris,the London guard, was killed. AUSTRALIA. The mail has arrived with Melbourne and Australian advices to the middle of July. The Victorian Parliament was prorsgued to tke 10th __ o ust, with a view to dissdkitiOn arid the election of a new one under the Reform :Act. The' Royal Assent has bent:given to a bill limiting the duration of prlia- of Aug NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. every shot of theirs told, while ours did but compara tively little damage to their mud walls: At about five p.m. the signal was made for the troops “needv and. At that moment not a sou victory. Just as the first boat touched the shore, the forts opened a perfect hurricane of shell, , gingall ball, and rockets, which mowed• down our men as they landed. The ships threw in as heavy a covering fire as they pos sibly could. The enemy's fire continued so heavy, and the mud on landing being up to the knees, and some times to the waist, that, out of the 1000 men who and wide ditches, which, after some out) yams 1/1 through the mud, presented' themselves before the gallant few who got so far, and, out of that small nuai ber, scarcely 20 had been able to keep their rifles or their ammunition dry. Nevertheless they boldly faced these new difficulties, and some 50 of them, with a crowd of officers, succeeded in getting as far as the third ditch. They would certainly have made a good attempt to scale the walls, but the ladders had been broken by shot or had stuck in the mud. With the remaining one, however, ten devoted men sprancr for - ward, three of whom were immediately -s1 five wounded severely. A vertical fire of arrows, as well as a cons ban"' LaSt night, the Reform Club, so called, met at their rooms, No. 17, Clayton-square, under the presidency of Mr. J. R. Jeffery, to discuss, or rather denounce, the present mode of electing-aldermen t.nder the Municipal Reform Act. The proceedings were very funny, but more pressing our readers wit' • WOMAN DROWND r .—Yesterday morning, about half past twelve o'cleck, the body of an eld-?,rly woman, named Ann Blakeley, residing in Ivy-street, near St. Martin's Church, was discovered in the canal near her place of abode.' The deceased was much addicted to drink, and ell into t ae cana Lnd was c rowned IRISH REVlVA.l:4:—Yesterday evening Mr. David King delivered his second lecture, on this subject, in Hope-hall. The attendance was respectable. The whieb is already known to our readers, in connexion with this subject, an( pressed a hope that the mover England. :nt would soon extend to At the coroner's court, 'yes terday-, inquests were held on the boiy of Joseph New bold, who died on Monday evening '" CORONER'S INQUESTS sustainer spring cart, and front io was sever( iso upon t e --- bocl, on Thursday last on Tuesday morning. E —Last night, a pl the Talbot 11 PRESENTATION sapped at Mr. Stout and who died lotte-street, with a view of making a complithentary pre sentation to Mr. Kelly, the landlord of the Reindeer Hotel, which is in the immediate neighbourhood, and from which, it appears, opinion of many friends le is about to reu rho pre may state, ind I at t2O, which bore the following inscription :—" Presented to Mr. James Kelly, on his retirement from the Reindeer Hotel, by a few personal friends, in . appreciation of his conduct while landlord of that house." The supper was served in first-rate style ; and, although the . fire in the tion was mad Mr. Kelly respond ,sidin9; in S. with ha zeiaal evening was Taylor Mr. Geort peared that: on Saturday house of Mr. Rimier, IN Sheaf, ( a. it ap- piece in paymnnt )al crowr bad. all ;he prisoner was stable Fenlon, No. 9. InquiriE previous Saturday night, he had g one into Mr. Green's Waterloo. Inn, Grange-lane, and tendered, in like man- ious five-shilling piecE jetted. The depositions v remanded that they might LECTURE ON TOTA MR. J. B. GOITGIi.-- was rtssembled in the Concer two lectures by the great temperance hair was occupi! worth, Esq., who, in an appropriate -spe A.BSTAINENCE LAST NIGHT hall, to - hear - the first of ator, Mr. J. introduced die at once proceeded, in his wt, oratory, to depict the various and repulsive phaes of drunkenness, and the mental and 153dilv degradation by which it was invariably accompanied. liaving graphic ally described the abject state to which men and 1-kuovin taking the moral welfare d • • 'the human race, to join in tne emu tr. made to arrest the progress of this . fearful vice, and save the present/odd future generations from the destruction was too det,ased to claim the sympathies of his kitiC tint even the most aban- duty to extend our hands in order to reclaim and save him. When • John Howard visited the prisons .of England, of Europe, and of America, he was never daunted !by the fearful character of the criminals with whom ie associated penetratcli. those scenes of pollution which 'broliglit her into daily communion with the fallen of her sex, 'these apostles of philanthropy and vit. Those with v h on they associated as their neighbours and wore, in e - ery case. proud to reclaim them. For time several thousands had assembled themselve s and with anxionS.. hioks enquired the cans( commotion adjoining ncl the} hart The inhabitanti of the were the parties best of tilt able to jtul4( iy shifting the mns ve their household valuable por to thehouseS of neighbours more upwards of an hoiir and a s half the eloquent lecturer meat I the attention of his audience, and at :the close -of the leaure he was most vehemently cheered A .vote .ow crouched in W ;AS tip vu UtIG (.1(.1.•,.., • ••••• the ditch, waiting in vain for reinforcements, order was at than in advancing, as the Chinese, by means of blue lights, discovered the position of our men, and so shot them down like birds. Many of the boats had also been smashed by crowned shot ; and there were not enough remaining to take off the survivors. Several boats full of the wounue while pulling off to the ships were struck an, swamped The belief is universal throughout the squadron that Europeans manned the batteries as well as Chinese. Men in grey coats, with closely-cropped hair, and with Russian features, were distinctly visible in the batteries, and the whole of the fortifications were evidently of European designing. Tr" 'lied and wounded :—British 464, French -otal killed and 10 wounded; total of Marine Brigade only officers, 1 killed 15 wounded ; sergeants. 9 wounded ; buglers, 2 wounded • rals, 1 1 Bed 164 wounded buck, RN., Li( Royal Rert, Lieut. Groves, R.N Marines, rine Brizade, Admiral Hope was severely wounded; Capt. Vansit tart, of the well, Colonel Lei - non, and Rev. Mr. lea Royal Marines, were severely wounded, others, some -severely, others slightly. It is s some of the 'wounds were inflicted by Minie balls The Americans towed up several of our boats into action, and tater, the action took out to their respective ships a nuniber of our men. The British naval force in waters north of S ited that ~c!apore several corvettes, 7 gunboats, the whole mounting 309 guns. The French force mountcci .2 . 68 ADDITIONAL NEWS itta,%tates that the squadron =gamed on the Peiho, June sth, consisted of the *lag-strip Chesapeake, six large frigateancia steamer. roar gm:Limits we, trizaulcu,_uut cc of which sunk. The storming party consisted of 700 marine and blue jackets. Tote British .forces engaged, I,NIB men:, total French.6o. Total British killed and wounded, 464; total French q 4. 'lt is stated in the Tinzevthat .thee( Cliina_ sufficient to. cope wit; , 4- be'llearly a year, at least, bc ore anyt 'he attempted. Mr. Bruce - awaits tur Ati reinforcements. It is , said the fle 'baited 'among the cafious:poigt& to Prot no force in -so-",ms to be, that the p imperia I treasury . , 14111 prevent the ex [s being interfered'vi;ith. It t if necessary, seems clear, how- gaining time gietting rid of Lard Elgiv2,s. expedition, .an ' - ior the resistance 'ROW so successfully mak All remained quiet at Shanghai up to - the 15th July, and little apprehension wastcelt. The news had reached Foo-choo-Foo on the 'l6th. At Cantsa matters re- mained as before. Shanghai dates lire to Isth July. The news from north created a wnic among the native bankers, interest on daily leans advaned to a rateiequal to 70 to 75 per cent. per annum, paralysing trade. This, how ever, soon subsidtE, and business was resumed as briskly INDIA. oostulatory The Calcutta i Lord Clyde's el in consegt furaitur than themselves. It was not at all wonderful that these people should think of saving their furniture, seeing that the windows of their houses were left almost without a pane of glass, and many of them almoSt Without a window. In many cases it aking leave of their comfortabl in dread and terror of the devastating element. The fire raged with the utmost fury, the flames spreading with unpnrralled rapidity, and licking up the dry wood and timber lying in the yard. It at length reached the workshops, a large and' massive building of three ad about fifty yards or more in length These w. -- ,r,cs ops contained 'a 'vast quantity of finished and unfinished work, and of course the flames spread. the fire- about ten mi portion of This s Tied to now ascended to the sky with surprising e fell in. and in a f the yard ,s far as you cast your cy large stacks of timber blazing away, sending up their flames to a great height—here a building in the greatest state of illumination, and tlnre a wall falling with a crash; the cries and exclamations of the firemen adding led to t hail:l From o. their ea but b showed his vis this, the Rivingtqn supply wer Yigour to the flames Iniured by :V Messrs. J. Robinson, 'V Rawson. The exertions about to b, 1 height you coal water were now poured upon the burning mas great quant Shortly befor the work-rooms the timber in ti acfwindow s for more )oured to destruction. Jr but they v •e the scones' re more . could reach it was one mass of flame, here and intense,yet all of a most exciting- and melancholy charackr exciting so far as the danger was Concerned—melancholy, when we take 'into account the immense loss of property. As to the cause of the fire, we are yet in the dark, It was one! c hatto the offi ,nd thence to the w two .hours lave hear( that W( ;Op ertf to the . etent of £20,000 was d is doe to Mr. llowitt, and kner, of the Salvage, also_ exerted himself to' his utmost ability, as did also Mr. Barrett, superintendent of- the West of England fire-brigade. To all of these persmiges must be awarded the thanks of the community—at least those residing in le fire- Captain Fau the neighbourhood—for the latter , may rely upon it t hat it was only through them that their furniture was saved COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and :the Princess Alice, attended divine service at iie, - on Sunday. The Rev, the parish church of Crat Dr. Cook officiated_ s current y rumoured at Oxford that the Prince of es Wi not occupy the residence, Frewen Hall, which was taken for his royal hi,glaness.; but that it is probable that th e l o d g i ngs occupied b} one of the'canons lately deceased (Dr. Barnes) will be fitted up for his reception. The approa c h to F rewen H a ll i s very muc h 7ound that I a ty lich it Oundry, with its tall smokin - crchTmney, Tia;e s n P o e- t enhanced the comfort or salubrity of the residence. e Alfred was received at :Paris (en route to Mar by Lord Cowley, , who came from Chantilly for The young Prince left Paris for his destination in the • evening. The Emperor (says a letter from Saint Sauveur of the 9th) every morning visits the works for th4ssuspension bridge which by his order's is to be built here. Within +b 1.,,+ (lave big Majesty and the Empress have only ;to the arrival of several. Lnction We may add that Major Greig was at t e.fire immediately after being acquainted with it, as he scene 3uty stipendiary magistrate, Robert Hutchison, Esq., J.P., and others, who rendered the gteatest assistance, especially Major Greig, whose practical experience availed much on this trvinq occasion Queen Victoria succeeded the royal navy consisted of .NTILE —When he Sailor King," in 1837, i 36 vessels, with a tonnage Is, however, only 26 were steamers, with an aggre- 536. In twenty years afterwards 400 steamers W( fleet ; the tonnage of .the effective ships (sailing and steam) was increased by 300,000, and - upwards of 20,000 additional men were serving in the navy. Great as has been the increase in the royal navy during those twenty years, it is not to be compared with the enormous growth of the mercantile marine in the same period.—Steam Shipping Chronicle TAE QUEEN AND THE ROYAL BOTANIC INSTITUTION OF GLASGOW.---Iler Majesty has-intimated her intention of giving a donation in aid of the scheme for paying the debt on this garden. The following is a copy of the letter - from Sir Charles B. Phipps ' communicating ner Majesty's intention:—"Balmoral, September 9, 1859. — Sir,—l have had the honour to submit to her Majesty its enclosures, Queen your letter, of the ith inst., together with enclosures, and I have received her Majesty's commands to inform you that her Majesty will make a donation of Messrs. Kilpin and ..,sume a charred and was great &Inger. and no abatement in the activity of the o e eleven comnl top st antrum . s But yard._ yard—they s They were on fir !halfenge the astery over the fiery work-shops ,only acted as ind so was fire to do them any harm, to how down to the argil- SIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE The rig the 3ishop 01 Mr. and . the Rev. Airs. outliner, true nev, utitinun --- - Alexander Dallas, were at Galway last week, and visited the Queen's College, the church of St. Nicholas, and other objects of interest in the town. pew system ind lies for signature at various The promoters express their has been prepared, pla?e3 in Manchester hope that it I)y_ every person feotful spiritual destitution existing in great cities , ' :—" To the honourable the House of Commons.-The humble petition of the undersigned, showeth,—That by the common law of England, all the seats_ in parish churches of remedying the paris al char n public worship is for- by the express words 11 or nearly all the seats to the virtual ex- Jody of the people, is the cause of petitioners r J Honourable Rollie will be Pleased to adopt measures for (1) throwing open to the ple existing parish churches, with , the consent of acing- vested interests therein; (2) prohibit w for the future the appropriation, by faculty of seats in parish churches; and (3) pre nV public endowment, or pray that you. or otherwis district, to any church now or hereafter built until it has been secured to the parishioners, - as a parish church, wholly free and unappropriated for ever:' -t-~- - A minister TING APPARATUS FOR CHURCHES of "Wes __t Austruther applied to Sir Robert Anstruther, who was an extensive heritor in that parish, to assist in outtinz a stove in the church, which, he said, the con- itobert exclaimed then warm them with your doe- or a stove in his the witnesses in the trial of Smethurst writes from Vovay, Switzerland, a long analysis of the case, arriving at the conclusion that Isabella Bankes died from the frequent administration of antimony t - .nd bichloride of • • 4 A. LI- ,s of others, nd its indisposition to. inter .. wise beyond its own legitimate province. —"-- most judicious, and can scarcely of confidence in Prussian lip which is now evidently. felt throughout of our Manchester vontemporaries, we observe— rse in the Liberal interest —remarks of the ap ing banquet in Liverpool, in honour of Lordl)erby, is to be regarded as the carrying out of a resolution Iv a counterblast" to the recent great Radicaltcarni- Rochdale. We also learn, on the same authority, onservative counterblast is itself to be an counterblast," to be blown in r by the Lancashire Reformers' Union, in text, to which all the Liberal members :off the Commons are to :be invited. Now, the ap g Conservative banquet here has really nothing r t o do, as a " counterblast," with any Radical ration in particular, if any at all. It is merely ;Ifect to a spontaneous and all-pervading &snug great maritime and commercial emporium, of and respect towards tihe „noble lord, as tile an Administration which did so much, in fso time, to promote and maintain the interests •of try, and whose career •Nvas only cut short by "apulous intrigues of a factious coalition of the dant character. The 'Radicals, it is true, )3 , another their Carnivals in various Tarts of the country, e ' C onservatives have everywhere been much too at. Liverpool is about to set a noble example ; ' ha'dical "counterblasts," we feel well assured, Pr 4ll effect in weakening the Influence' hich it Pr LI/oughout the kingdom at large .:17, ever tlie London operative huiltiers may have so vu to <lO for their own interests, they are at least l ig a commotion throughout the worlting classes of 311 , 11tr Y geatrally, which bodes no goad to the pro ' o ' indust r there y duri ng t h e a pp roac hing winter season, will as usual, be so many other concurrent ° 4 depression in the labour market. In the Metro the e°aelunaker s, who are also a ntimeroushody, have echoed the demand for a reduction of the hours of r ; and in certain of the manufacturing districts of %tidy, the weaver.; are clamouring for an advance Fes ; and in some instances a .virtual lock-out has 1 3r been determined upon, in resistance of their which is deemed unreasonable and impracticable. koned, (lad met 4ith scarcely-any success : aot more than 5 had Witlidralyn theft application for charged men and.fneir families to Englaiid, at the rate of 194 rupees for each adult, and 97 r•ipees for each The Friend of India siys'it is useless to isguise the fact that a crate for England se:zedlevery class a the Anglo-Indian public. The reported uneasiness observed among the Moham medans of the Purijad is traded very ligirdy by the ttahore Chronicle. FRANCE. PARIS, WEtINESDAN, SEPT. 14TH.—The .3foniteur of this morning, in an article containing the details of the late treachery of the Chinese, . concludes thw :—The Gevernment of the Emperor andlhat of Great 'Britain are, about to take measures together, se conccrtew, tl in flict chastisement, and elbtain every satislaction which soy agrant an act of treachery requires. SARDINIA. PEMPOSED MONUMENT TO THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. Itaxix, Sept. 14.—The rincipairilabitants of Turin have presented an address to the head of the Municipa lity di that city, in which they state that the people of Italy-should make known is France the feelings •of gratitude they entertain t owar d s th e Emperor Napoleon, by erecting a monument in Paris, at.their expense, ex pressive of those feelings. They request the Syndic of the Municipality to take the initiative for the accom plishment of this universal desire. The committee is to be composed of the Syndics and Mayors of :the principal towns in the kingdom, thus representing the whole population of Sardinia. WEST COAST OF AFRICA. The African screw-steamer Ethiope arrived here this (Wednesday) forenoon, about 11 o'clock. She left the following ports oil the undermentioned dates :—Benin, July 24; Fernando Po, July 28 ; Canteroons, July 30 ; Old Calabar, August 2; Brass River, August 4 ; Bo*ny, August 7 Lagos, August 10 ; Accra, August 12 ; Cape Coast Castle, August 14 ; Cape Palmas, August 17 ; Sierra Leone, August 22 ; Bathurst, August 26 ; Tene riffe, September 2.; and Madeira, September .5. The Ethiope reports the arrival of the screw -steamer Hope, from Liverpool, at Old Calabar. She passed the Athenian thirty miles south. of Cape Pal mas , on the 18th August. The strew-steamer Armenian passed Teneriffe, Ist September. The Ethiope brings thirty passengers and 2,326 ozs. CHINA. The mail has arrive& ,bringing complete details4of the affoh. on the Peiho, whieh resulted in the total (fefeat of the British forces, with the loss of no less than five gunheats and about one-:third of the whole -force engaged. The Allied Ministers, andlhe squadron escorting them, reached the mouth of the Peiho on June 20, The river was found to be very effectutilly barred across by means of iron stakes of a formidaile appearance, as well as booms of ingenious constraf-tion and considerable strength.. These booms were raked by the fire of newly-constructed forts on either bank of the river. There were altogether five forts, mounting 90 to iOO ,guns, or, more properly speaking, having embrasures for that number. Admiral Hope's appearance, in the Arst instance, was of gold. There is no political news of the least interest or importance. .. , unmistakably pacificin character. A solitary man-of war's boat carried in his first mescage. The Fury and .sna TO TUE 1 - 1 two gunboats were left outside the bai, The rest of , y evenin g ti nselves ;n tnoEs or LUCKNOW —On the squadron was lying thirty miles off. their' le People 1 om effort s to d ° Dover honoured The mese o ' • Ch . G venal:tient appears to have kept away eers and n o honour L'urtsmouti men of the 32 person of official authority who might to the 300 gal- from Takes any their he 1 a fortnight " Regiment who lauded have informed us that the whole.route was closed to the [ who "le and were r • ea fast st since,d direct from the scene ministers, whose visit to Pekin to exchange ratifications [cal, with an eemv e d , as th_endurance in India, of the treaties had been known for twelve months be the quiet town enthusia sm 1 reported on their fore. The ambassadors, finding no proper officer to inner to the me n , c e.f Dover. a ,i,a h ost , unparalleled receive them, decided to remove the obstructions, and iked with an ahunrposed of substa- Ate embraced pass up the river. These, however, being composed of I a light refection to suP e l Y of uti:ll vi andsandstrong • bars and chains, resisted all the efforts for o the good . , ceedi -b • held • ngs beingin the Po t . oths-:ers thi, English ale, this During the six or seven hours that these We learn that there has been p -, purpose.resent Ato Mr. W. H. - beautifulgold pencil ofx the Western "[colt spacious gu r len of the tmaking not a gun was fired from the forts, Goulbourn, by a few friends, a- ahemp s were , 1 been readily 1 ,-, ts Barr ac k s , tt the use at the although gunboats were at a distance of 500 to 700 case, as a token of esteem for • d in which the kin manner artillery granted by the colon e . f lis ° of whichof society in of them hadgot aground. At 1.30 he assisted to carry out certain objects a the ery force now qua-t co mm . yards, and some Vie ' and which ered there, Colo ((riding p.m. the signal for action was run up, and the Oppossum township of Everton. d evergreens ' was very tastefully decorated t , v n9l C V - and. Ploverpushed in close up to the first barrier. AMERICAN AND CANADIAN MAILS. The screw Public. A• Admission by tickets was 'ith flags . Suddenl ' P about two .m , the guns in the Chinese forts steamer City of Baltimore, Captain Leitch, sailed for inhabitants congratulatory address was w a sted to semi-weekly 'lo: nts of Dover, which was reied from opened fire the action . bccay.e general: It was at New York via Queenstown, carrying out the steamer the e Carmichael,. C. 8., the senior. officer °nee evident that had rdinar g Chinese artillery mails and about 150 passengers. The screw to by ,_ () weno o y . in COMm an 4 I contend against. Their fire both in weight an rt,- d -, North American sailed for Quebec yesterday, with the )se withr gunent. The proceedings were brought cision, t ' Chinese • g bweekly Canadian mails and about 100 passengers. 144 The games, upon neighbouring to a was. such as no campaigner ever core Iver e y e t „ a plate au i experienced, i n ßritish and North American royal mail steamer Asia - •e s • s et; by several thousand ' I In enemy's slacken, sails for New York direct on atur , lay. The box at the spectators, about two hours the fire began to It 40911 afterwards became almost silenced ) although Post-oftee will close at 9 30, and finally at 10 a.m. ---..-.- ,t-,xQurr The French mail has not arrived. A telegraphic despatch states that the Belgium mail packet has landed the mails at Deal. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. The rattans of gold brought•ilown to Melbourne hy escort, and those of the quantfties.exported, show a gross decrease ton the half-year, as -compared with the pro-' duce of 4858, of 75,651 oz., ,mini with that of 1857 of 100,742 oz. In the shipments the falling off on the' half-year -was, as .compared 'with 1858, 48,914 , oz., and 185742,905 oz. On the quarter, or rather the 12 weeks ending June 25, there is a: decrease visible on the escort returns of 18,992 oz. as-cougoared with the corre sponding period of 1858, and an -increase of 2,206 oz. upon the returns of the same quarter of 1857. On the June returns of the current year :there is increase both as regards 1858 and 118 7 57—in. the former caee , of 23,128 oz..,:.and in the latter of 8;348 oz. For the three weeks ending the 16th inst., the Rscort, returns show an increase, as.compared with the.sameiperiod of 1858, of 11,351 0z.., and 1857 of 15,2t5.0z. The suppll of gold had been inernaxed from June 3d to date, and ,, was in excess of IssB. • The Marco Polo sailed the - 116,July, with 58,000 oz of , gold. Tile Blue Jacket, June 29tb, with 36,000 oz. •Rate of Exchange, 21 per cent. prem. on bills at 60 days. Discount 8 per cent. on throe,mi 9 per cent. on four months' piper. The excess value of imports ,aver exports was moderate. The labour market was in a amore -sati.eactory condi tion than for some time past . Since arrival of mail from Esglandiiravort markets firmer : holders not ;isposed to realise, eueyt at outside prices. At Adelaide,.rune 18th, static only Aulficient to 'supply ordinary ztluirements. i The following appeared in a portiox.of our ;impression of yesterday last, a marriage between Lord Stafford and second ,daughter of Captain Frederick at the Roman datho:ic chapel of Miss Gerard, Sir Wallace Ashton, near New- than 'ten bridesmaids, and about fifty of the leadin g families of the county had been invited. The hip- sheriff 'rode in his own state carriage, accompanied, on the -way to the chapel, by the lovely bride. The bridegroom had previously reached there in a private carriage, accompanied by Captain Little. On nearing A alltean -thp Lane.ashire Hussars. of 'which Sir Robert Gerard is the commander, were found forming a guard of honour towai was already fill the unele of t 1 e bride being pie chapel itself )recent, and, all attired in white. !The marriage ceremony was performed by the Right Rcv. Dr. Goss, the titular Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool ; and when the marriage party, with their distinguished guests, returned. to New Hall, the bride and bridegroom occupied the state carriage of the high sheriff. A idejeuner took place at the hall, after which the happy couple took train for the noble bridegroom's seat in Herefordshire. We need not say that great rejoicings took place in the immediate neighbourhood both of Asp Ell and New Hall, and there was a liberal exercise of old English, hospitality. GREAT & ALARMING FIRE, L A S'T NIGHT Within the last tt wo months it has fallen to our lot, as chroniclers of public events, to publish an account of two fires of a very serious character which have taken place in Liverpool. For many years past nothing of such a serious nature had occurred, and we have already ex pressed our regret that one of them was attended with considerable loss of life. Neither of these, however, were at all approachable in extent and fury to one that broke out last night, in the extensive premises owned by Messrs. Kilpin and Montgomery, builders, Lawton-street. The - premises extended from Lawton street to Newington, and were bounded on the west side by Cropper-sireet, and on the east by the Howard Arcade. The area of the premises might be reckoned at one rood, on which was a very large quantity of wrought and unwrought timber, and a building of con siderable extent, which was used as a workshop, and in which was a great quantity of workmen's tools. When the fire extended to this portion of the premises; every thing that the building contained became a prey to the devouring element. In the yard, and immedi ately adjoining the• dwelling-houses in Cropper-street, was an engine -house connected with the saw-mill. For some time it was feared by many people that there would be an explosion of the boiler, and the utmost consternation was exhibited by the entire neighbour hood. Many of the inhabitants of the locality, who are chiefly of the working class, were in the act of sit ting down to their evening meal, when their attention was attracted by a brilliant illumination, and on closer observation they discovered that it was the timber-yard that was on fire. From the direction where the flames were first observed to proceed from, it was evident that the fire had originated in the saw-mills or some portion of the premises convenient to it. How ever, the fire was not long confined to one particular place, for in a few minutes it had spread over the entire yard where th e d ry timber had been stored. Immediately on thi s b e i ng o b serve d, the alarm of fire was gi ven, the illuminati on was so great as to attract t h e atten but this was hardly necessary, for tion of the public, and in a few minutes a large crowd had assembled in the various thoroughfa! es to witness as much as possible of the truly awful picture which presented itself to the spectators. The town seemed to be alive in a moment, and all hastened to the Rene of the conflagration. In a short shire, — the Sun, the Imperial, and . the Norwich ; is said that these insurances will not cover their entire We must not neglect to add that Mr. Nicol, of the firm of Holme and Nicol, rendered very great and most providential assistance, when the tire extended to the lloward Arcade. Owing to his exertions the flames were confined to the premises of the four gentlemen mentioned above. INSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAN , CASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. their report to the central council. The results obtained from the private , visitations to the classrooms of the separate institutions, as well as the public examinations held in May last at the two centres,, Manchester and Blackburn, are highly satisfactory. Upwards of 1,000 male and female members of mechanics' and mutual iniprovemcnt institutions presented themselves fo: ex- amination by the " preliminary test" in .the very rudi ments of knowledge. From this number 610 males and 55 females were selected as eligible candidates for the account of two of our colonies or dependencies did not attract a large number of candidates, owing to the con dition that the particular colonies selected should not be known previous to the day of examination. His lordship, after reading the papers sent in, has thus they were written on the spu - r of the moment, and without the assistance of books or maps, do, I think, much credit to the writers." His lordship decided upon awarding an additional prize to the second essay ist. The itinerating library, consisting of sixteen boxes of choice and well-selected books, methodically arranged, has been in regular circulation. These little libraries have been invauable to institutions which do not possess libraries like working men's colleges, and to societies too poor to purchase books By means of a central council the association is enabled to Eupply the wants of infant institutions, and to assist them by the common stock of experience and knowledge, which is at the command of all. Questions apper taining to building, rules, classes, books, subjects of study, and modes of working, are constantly receiving the attention of the central heads ; they become referees A A in cases of local mismanagement or dispute, and by this means a healthy and vigorous action is maintained throughout the vast number of institutions union. As we have already announc ed, the Right lion. B. Dis raeli, M.P., will visit Manchester at the close of the en suing month, and address the members and friend s o f mechanics' institutions, presenting at the same time the prizes and certificates to the suer— ;ssful candidates. _ T DISRA.NDMENT OF THE SARDINIAN ARMY Herald's Paris correspondent states that Victc manuel is disbanding his army, but the men are supplied with passports for Tuscany and Modena, where they will swell the army of Central Italy under Fanti and Gari baldi. REMARKABLE LONGEVITY.—In a cosy nook at the north side of St. Mary's Cathedral Limerick, a hori zontal tombstone records the names, ages, and periods of decease of the mothers of five successive generations of the Tuttle family. They all lived to remarkable ages, but of their male issue the stone affords no in- on the last of those venerable matrons, who was then ill . . her hundredth year. To her astonishment she found the old lady seated_ at th 9 w_,rdn„reriacTiii,anrErr,ia 1.21.nes- name figured conspieui sly in the obituary I Examiner one hundred guineas towards paying off the debt of the Royal Botanic Institution of Glasgow. I shall be prc pared to pay this amount upon being informed that the conditions are completed upon which these subscriptions are eollected.—l have the honour to be, &c., C. B. PRIPPS.—Dr. Colquhoun." IMPROVEMENT IN GENTLEMEN'S HATS Liverpool, April 15, 1859, Messrs. KINNEAR and. SIMPSON, St. George's-crescent The Hat y.O sold r easy and mufti] iree days since I pro- I have ever pre and take off the April 20, 1859 Messrs. KINNEAR and SIMPSON, Hatters, St. George's-c , The Hat you made for me fits me better, and _s more comfortable, than any new Hat I have ever had or worn prior to this, and I wish you success with your new invention.---Yours truly, ( Signed, ) _ _ , GENTLEMEN „ „ • Commander Ship This letter was accompanied with a present of a very rich , and beautiful otter skin. Messrs. - KINN'EAIt AND SIMPSON, DEAR Stas,—l have great pleasure in bearing my testimony to the comfort afforded me by your improved Hat, and in weather it hAds comfortably and firmly to the head. Yours truly, Gorr: Piazzas, Liverpool, April 2S, 1851' Lancaster, .Tune 30, 1859 IMessrs. KINNEAR AND SIMPSON LiVerpoo: GENTLF.MEN,—.4 have much pleasure in informing you that to Hat which I received from you through Mr. satisfies e in every respect. The improvement in_ the head-lining renders it, in my Opinion, one of the most comfortable and con venient Hats ever yet produ,ed ; and I beg to assure yon that I can confidently recbmmend it to the' ptiblle.-Votirs -- The above letters, with numerous others, in r..iference to SIMPSON'S EASY-FITTING Mrs, have been received by Messrs. Kinnear and Simpson, and may be seen at their shops, 6, ST-. GEORGE'S-CRI-7SYNT, and 9, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL" J,iparting Antetligtutt. RACING FIXTURES FOR SEPTEMBER 15,j Monmouth 15 Manchester Autumn Belford 16 Newmarket F.O 19 Brecon Bridgewater and West Chesterfkld 21 I Walsall ----.# .-- DONCASTER RACES -WEDNESDAY. MUNICIPAL STAKES, Torn Bowline B f Longbow, out of Venus Three rai Gamester Defender ST. LEGER STAKES. Eleven ran The Rover Niaid of the Mist dentmore CORPORATION PLATE Tightfit . Twilight . Lady reel .... PORTLAND PLATE Thirteen ran Fravo SWEEPSTAKES Miss Julia Neophyte STAND PLATE HANDICAP, Four ran