The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-17 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION THE INDIA MAILS. TRIESTE, SUNDAY The Steamship A us t ra li a a r r ived here at eight o'clock yesterday morning, in 116 hours from Alex. andria. ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 11 , The Indian M a il s l eave here to-day with intel ligence from Calcutta to Feb. 10th, and from Bombay to Feb. 16th. C 1 the 7th Feb. proclamations were issued of the annexation of Oude. The King of Oude had been deposed. The iantalrebellion has been revived. The new Governor-general, Lord Canning, reached Madras on the 14th February. Lord Dalhousie, who was very unwell, was to leave Calcutta for Suez, immediately after the arrival of Lord Canning. T rade was inactive and prices flat, with the exception of indigo. The Money Market was easier. Exchange at 16°1111311 Y, 2s. 21d. ; at Calcutta, 2s. 21d. THE EAST MARSEILLES, SATURDAY. r, The Carmel has arrived, and brings new s from kdo_nstantinople to the 6th inst. Th e Sultan had received the Hospador Ghika , Five hundred Bashi-Bazouks have been brough t back from Adrianople. h T he state of the hospitals h as im p roved, but we have to lament the death of two French surgeons. The d ea l ers at K am i ese i t are hoping to sell to the Russians during the armistice. Ge neral Mitchell ha 3 replaced Gen eral Vivian, , is still sick. New Russian troops had arrived at Bessarabia. 1 7 Tartars at Eupatoria fear the conseque nces of Peace. A great number of the m will follow the Allies when they retire. some bandits have been killed at Larissa. 431 Anglo-Swiss battalion has arrived. lI IE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVER SITY BOAT RACE. The TT aßki wolversities of Oxford and Cambridge pulled championships' l lst other on Saturday for the University v of the Thames. .„ Te .IY little betting took place, the chances being so at .. l , that the friends of either crew were afraid of back --sAl,,against its opponent at any odds. r.” 'our minutes past eleven the start took place — a nd a In brilliant start it was. The crews pulled together, f . hont th e di fference of an i nc h b e t ween them, until they 'Zed under th e ra il wa y bridge at Barnes. At that b:ellt Cambridge was about half a boat's length a - head , v._ In O xford—cheered by their friends on boa rd the ..ers tileed strength , and followed immediately behind—put forth ; and the two crews were again side by side, ey e °lug at a speed and with a skill which astonished Atnc the experienced watermen of the Thames. pr o °r neY Reach the Oxford crew was impeded in its 4114 10 . e5s by a barge, which stubbornly stood out in the ie , the river, the rowers rounded her as well fri e hey Could, and were soon up with their Cambridge bible On reaching Hammersmith Bridge at 21 minutes 8 1b; ". Oxford had a slight advantage; but it is imp05,,,..•0 ,,,.. •0 to say with any degree of accuracy—for Cambridge 214 through the middle arch, while Oxford took the f fall arch on the Surrey side, hiding them for a moment Qlllthe view of each other and of the public. Midway bore, Hammersmith and Putney, Oxford hugged the gaj n - althile Cambridge struck out into the middle, and a clear advantage. At Craven Point, the tor t 01 Bishop's walk, nearest Hammersmit h, both crews '2 B E4 the river, but Cambridge kept the lead until the t'nvl of the winning boat off the Star and Garter at k tn eY• Cambridge won by half a boat's length. The tuole distance, 41 miles, was accomplished in 24 minutes. 0 , 111111 g the race immense numbers of persons congregated ti; e shore, many of them on horseback. The scene v _roughout was most exciting, and well it might be, for ge Particulars of a more brilliant boat race were_nover reeorded. THE AUSTRALIAN DIRECT STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. $ At a meeti ng h e ld on Friday o f the Australian Direct J' e ara Navigation, v i a Panama, J. C. Morri s, Esq., in .e chair, that gentleman stated that th e negotinegotiationsweleh had be en en t ere d i n to since they last met with the Ileo4ttitoerrs of another company, for the purchase of the of the Australian Direct Company , had ended in disappointment. n .' he Chairman expressed his regret at the result of the and'[elations for the purchase of the company's charter, moved a resolution, which was an echo of the f r • c lrt, decl ar i ng the di sso lution of the company as and hironl that heath seconded the resolution, and, in strong terms , by t• e he r need the course of conduct which had been pursued . Parties with whom they had entered into th ese -Keetati on ..I;rhehe resolution was carried nom con. to C hairman announced that the directors prop osed s_ m ake a ret urn o f 18 s per s h are; and he suggested that • models and plans which the company possessed should aleresented to Captain Hoseason, R.N., as a souvenir t eatimony of regard for his great exertions to pro motelulu;the interests of the shareholders. Agreed to any' small sum of money is reserved to pay any claimant, pa.,2 8 speedily as possible, the balance remaining after "tug debts will be handed over to the shareholders. DES TRUCTION OF THE AQUEDUCT OF SEBASTOPOL W e read in th e M on i teur de la Flotte:—The aqueduct o beeSebastopol has ceased to exist. T h a t fine work has biown Pby our engineers. The ca nal or g rand Virthdile‘ cof Sebastopol was about 12 versts in len g th. Its baii - Was six feet, and its mean depth sev en feet and a 4. It six above the bridge at Traktir, skirted Zo rt a t st raight line that celebrated plain, and passed at t p he p a of the hills occupied :by our army. It traversed atom et . Careening - g ave on a succession of small I to arches, whic it the appearance of a Nve r lll ,„ alk aueduct. At its entrance into Sebastopol blo wn several extensive: works. The latter only were u se r e uP, the destruction of the remainder being perfectly ,c o „ e ss. The aqueduct of Sebastopol was intended to we feY the water of the Tchernaya to the docks, which sei3o_ destroyed a few days previously. The Port of or I l st ePoi, properly speaking, also called Southern Port , aY Of the Arsenal, is situate at the distance of 1 , 550 baba ds from the entrance of the roads, and on the southern t h ,,k. It is upwards of 2,000 yards in length. On i t ; eastern side of the port, about 200 yards from e ntrance, opens the bay, at the extremity of which w were Six wet docks for ships of the line, constructed za•l ttar:' stone or granite, on the plan of those of the porte s of England and France. They comirnuni :-„`"U with the sea by means of two magnificent sluice which were opened to admit war vessels requiring the a in- The ship being once placed on the graving dock „ gates were closed, the basin was drained by means of .0 'engine, and the carpenters and others could then set to W ork. This operation was effected in the most regular Manner. The canal of the Tchernaya afterwards served to fill the dock and float the ships once the repairs were completed. The six west docks were placed on one line, two by two, parallel with each other. The last two, situate nearest the wall separating the town from the suburb of Karabelnaia, were, ac cording to a plan proposed by Admiral Istomine, who was killed during the siege, to be lengthened, and appropriated to screw ships. Those basins and the Tetternaya canal had been constructed by a French engi neer, M. de Riancourt. There was another hydraulic work which was destroyed during the siege, namely, the s ubterranean aqueduct, suyplying the great reservoir and the fountains of Sebastopol with water, issuing from a 'B 2 rin g about five versts from the c ity. This aqueduct - ,a B constructed by an English eng ineer, Mr. Upton, to w hom it does great honour, and whose family still inhabit the Crimea. MINING INTELLIGENCE.—AIthough we cannot refer this w eek to any important discoveries, our home mines, taken tungenerally are looking as well, if not better, than for some e past. Metals are at good remune rative prices, and . ...lyithout any prospect of immediate decline ; yet there is a 4 "'„tal want of activity in the market, and shares are flatter '",.an they usually are, even in the dullest of times. This l eL ers, almost without exception, to the dividend stocks, the Market gives way immediately after they have pur- V,sed, they na t ura lly withhold orders, until they think " a rea have reached their lowest point--,alining Journal of Saturday. __ DitE ADFUL""DEATH.—OG Saturday, a most painful T ls ation was creat e d a t the Shoreditch station of the astern Counties Railway, where William Stanford, who h adbeen 11 y ears in the company ' s serv ice, was killed u nder very shocking circumstances. It appears that upon the arrival of the Cambridge train at the terminus, and while it was in motion, the deceased incautiously an le re i d uon the narrow irosteof the carriages, bet s foo p t slipping, he fell i nto t he one veryof narr ow space we the train and the platform, and was killed almost icut n sta ntaneously—the head being crushed, one of the legs off, and the .body, in fact, almost literally cut to pieces .r-befor s t h e tram could be stopped. THE FATAL DUEL AT BERLIN - The cause of the duel is stated to be that M. de Hinckel dey, president of police, having, a few days ago, presented himself in uniform at a place where a carousal, organised by the princes of the blood and by some members of the highest nobility, was taking place, M. de Rochow, one of the com missaries, went up to him and told him no police agents were wanted there. This led to words, and subsequently to a challenge. The duel took place in the Grunewald forest. M. de Hinckeldey's second was M. de Munhausen, a head clerk in the Ministry of the Interior. M. de Rochow's second was his own brother. The duel was with pistols. The distance was fifteen paces, and each of the adversaries could advance five paces, It was agreed that if one pistol mimed fire the duel was to recommence. M. de Hinckeldey fired first, but the pistol did not go off; his adversary, who had his finger on the trigger, had just time to raise his weapon. On the second attempt both pistols went off. M. de Rochow was not hit, but M. de Hinckeldey fell dead, the ball having pierced his heart. It is said that the second of the latter at once went to Charlottenburg, to acquaint the King of the fatal event. M. de Rochow immediately after placed himself at the disposal of the minister of the interior and of the military com mandment, Major General Von SAlichting ; at the same time requesting them to allawhim to remain at large for a few days. People a re surprised that M. de Hinckeldey should have consented to fight with pistols, labouring as be did under excessive shortsightedness. The body was brought back to Berlin from Witzleben, near Charlotten burg. During the whole night before the duel, M. de Hinckeldey had been busy putting his affairs in order. M. de Rochow, it is stated, has been set at liberty, and there is no doubt that his trial will result in an acquittal. On Thursday the King and royal princes, and most of the in'nisters, together with some generals, attended the funeral of the late president of police. All the civil authorities of the town, and great multitudes, attended him to the grave. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE o POLICE COURT.-SATURDAY (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) A SOVEREIGN LARK. --A young gentleman, who gave his name as John Scott, and whose position in society is highly respectable, was charged by officer 545 wish having assaulted him, and also with having ran off with his water key. The prisoner appeared very much ashamed of his position, held down his head, and did not offer any observe- Von during the hearing of the case. The officer said be was on duty in Dale-street, when the prisoner, with another gentleman, came out of an hotel. The prisoner walked up to him and snapped the key out of his belt, asking what that " pick" was for ? Seeing the prisoner was " quite the gentleman," and rather " fresh," really did not wish to prevent him having a lark, but he did not wish to indulge that propensity to the extent of the loss of the key. He asked the prisoner for it, but, instead of returning it, he ran away into William-street, and witness followed him. On turning into the street, the prisoner met, and struck him a blow on the side of the head. Thinking this was too much of a joke, he took him into custody. Officer 613 fully carroborsted the evidence as to the assault. The prisoner was fined £l, and, laying a sovereign down, he was allowed to depart. Sessions CHARGE.—Patrick Gilligan and Robert Murray, marinestore dealer, and John Lock, a clerk in the employ ment of Messrs. Hor OA, Mersey Iron Works, were brought up by detective Scott and constable 211, on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the saws . Me Horgan. The prisoner Lock is hardly 20 years of , and appeared to be a respectable person. Mr. Black :defended the other two prisoners. It appeared that the two marinestore dealers were in the habit of selling scrap iron at the Mersey works, and that Lock's duty was to take it in, and passing the weights in the absence (at dinner time) of the regular gate clerk. It further appeared that a conspiracy bad been formed between the parties that Lock should enter larger weights than he received, and divide the money obtained thus between him and the others. The history of the case will be collected from the evidence given by Mr. William Clay, the manager of the works, who stated as follows-1 received information that a system of robbery was going on at the works between the prisoners, and I at once took measures to detect it. The system was this —I caused certain loads o' scrap iron, brought by Gilligan and Murray to be re-weighed, and I found seven cart loads to be falsified in the weights—each cart load was entered in the ticket book by Lock, whose duty it was to enter it—the first load was entered 1 ton 12 hundred more than the actual weight. Lock received the iron between 12 and 1 o'clock, while the other man was at his dinner. The weights of the seven loads are entered in Lock's handwriting. The iron was purchased from the other prisoners by me for the works— five loads from the prisoner Gilligan, and two from the prisoner Murray. It was to be paid for according to weight. The iron came together, but I only saw Gilligan and Lock. Murray was not present then, but I saw him within five minutes of the time at the works--at least I think so. Gilligan came with the iron. Application was made by Gilligan for payment. The ticket is made out from the book in the weighing house, which was kept by Lock. The witness detailed the weights of the different cart loads of the iron. I caused Lock to re-weigh them in my presence. The total over weight charged amounted to 4 tons 19 cwt. ; the price of the iron was £4 15s. a ton, and the over charge would be about £24 in the seven loads. Gilligan was present wheu the weights were retaken. I then charged Lock with the fraud, and he said he had wilfully done it, and had been tempted to do so by the prisoner Gilligan about five weeks before ; he said Gilligan threw down half-a-crown on the first occasion, five weeks ago, and said " you may as well put a hundred weight more ou that load, and have this 2s. 63. for yourself." Gilligan was not present when he said that, but was just outside. The prisoner Lock said that on the following Monday after that, Gilligan said to him, " You were successful in the hundred weight, and it is easy for you to add half a ton," and added that if he did so he would give him a pound for each load of the iron. He said he acted on that, and received several sovereigns from Gilligan for doing so. I then questioned him about Murray, and at first he denied, but after some time he said he had received money from Murray also. The prisoner said he was the first to propose it to Murray. The whole extended to upwards of 44 loads of iron, amounting to£3oo. I told Lock to tell the whole truth about it. Lock has been in the office from one and a half to two years. Mr. Bluck cross-examined the witness, the chief point being that his clients were not present when Lock made the state ments, and that the seven loads were not paid for. After a short conversation, the prisoners were remanded to this day to produce further evidence. (BEFORE MR. ALDERMAN ROLME.) ROBBERY By WAREHOUSEMEN.—Three men namedYran cis Ray, John Metcalf, and Noah Rodwell (Ray and the latter were persons of respectable appearance), were brought up by officers Gristhenwaite and Laycock on a charge of having stolen three sacks of wheat the property of Messrs. J• H, Hayes and Co, of 21, Bruns wick-street. From the evidence of the officers, a carter named John Dempsey, Mr. Hayes, of the above named firm, and Mr. Taylor, of the firm of Green and Taylor, it appeared that the prisoner Ray was head warehouseman to the latter firm, and Metcalf was his deputy. Rodwell was head warehouseman to Messrs. Hayes, and it was proved that the latter had wheat stored at Messrs. Green any Taylor's ware houses, in Fulton-street. It seemed that the prisoners conspired together, and took three sacks of wheat from the heap, sod sent Dempsey with it in a cart, directing him to a certain mill, but he was to wait until they came to him. He waited some time, but as they did not come, he suspected all was not, right, and drove to the central police office, in Dale street, gave up the wheat there, and from his information the prisoners were arrested. In reply to the charge, Rod well admitted the fact, but said he was induced to commit the offence by the solicitations of Ray ; but Ray vehemently denied the statement. Medcalf said he was acting under the orders of Ray,- and did not know anything of the matter. The prisoners were fully committed for trial. THE SUPPOSED WATCH ROBBERY.—John William French, John William Dyer, and Margaret Marsden, who had been remanded on a charge of having in their possession a large number of watches, supposed to have been stolen, were brought up again. It appearei that Dyer had gone, s he had stated, to look for a job from French, and that he , o other way implicated in the matter than having been ound in the house with French when the police went there. He was therefore discharged. It was clearly proved that several of the watches had been stolen at Manchester, and the other two prisoners were transmitted to that city to abide their trial. T On Thursday an inquest was held by the county coroner of Lancashire, on the body of Mr. John nobler, aged 21, a young gentleman of highly respectable connections in London, who had been studying the profession of a ma chinist and tool maker at Manchester. The deceased absented himself in the month of January, leaving letters behind him stating his intention to destroy himself. On Wednesday his dead body was discovered in a copse or plantation called Cheetham's Close, in Tarton, near Bolton. In one of the deceased's pocket was found:a letter, with this address outside :—" The finder of this body, particularly addressed to the police, inquisitiveness being their misfortune." The letter was as follows :—" If they make it a case of temporary insanity, it will be so on the part of the jury. Dearly beloved Cove or Coves,— Now that you have found this body do not be an idiot or idiots and get up an inquest, to talk about what they know nothing about , but som ewhere in my pockets yon will find 6d, with which get a gill. After that, stick my body in a hole somewhere. You need not read over it any service, as I read it myself before starting, and by selling my clothes you will be able to pay your self for your trouble. After which go away, and above all things do not try to find out who I am, &e., as you will not be able, but do as I say, and the Lord reward you accordingly. — Yours truly.—The verdict must be that in great consideration for some person or persons he destroyed himself to save t` em the trouble." Dr. Clay stated that before leaving Manchester lllr. nobler was in a low and desponding state of mind, brought on by over study. Verdict, " Temporary insanity.' THE FRIENDS OF POLAND AND VISCOUNT PikLMERSTON. On Saturday, a deputation, consisting of the Marquis of Breadalbane, President ; the Marquis Townshend, Viscount Raynham M.P., Colonel Pinney, M.P., Edmond Beales , Esq., William Lloyd Birkbeck, Esq., honorary secretary, and Captain Charles Szulczewski, resident secretary, had an interview with Lord Palmerston, for the purpose of pre senting to him a memorial from the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, The Marquis of Breadalbane, in introducing the deputa tion, observed that he and the gentlemen who accompanied him had waited upon Lord Palmerston in behalf of a society which was established soon after the con clusion of the Polish war of independence in 1830.31, and had since been occupied in diffusing information respecting Poland, with a view to strengthen the interest felt for the English people, and in alleviating the mis. fortunes of the Polish exiles who, after that war, were compelled to seek an asylum on our shores ; a society which always considered that it was its duty, whenever an op portunity offered for effecting any amelioration in the condition of that unfortunate country, to urge upon the Parliament and the Government the propriety of not allowing it to escape. Actuated by these motives, they ventured to submit to his lordship a memorial, which after reciting the present position of European affairs, and referring to the Congress now assembled at Paris, and dwelling upon Polish wrongs concluded thus : .4 It is on these many and important accounts that we humbly submit to your lordship the earnest desire and hope which we entertain in common. We believe, with the majority of our countrymen, that, at the Conference at Paris, some special instruction may be given to her Majesty's Plenipotentiaries not to let the negotiations conclude without taking into consideration the situation and claims of Poland, with a view to the introduction of some positive stipulation in her favour in any treaty of peace to be signed with Russia." Lord Palmerston, who had listened with much attention to the memorial, and to remarks of the deputation, in the course of which he made several observations, showing great acquaintance with, and interest in, the subject, declared that the question should receive the earnest consideration of the government, and the deputation withdrew. POISONING IN THE PRESENCE Of MEDICAL WITNESSES. The Leeds strychnine case following so sharply that at Rugelev, again astonishes us at the worse than uselessness of those English doctors, who, according to their own confes sions, suspect people to be suffering from poison, and yetv a llow them to die without mentionin g their suspicions. It would seem that the attendance of a medical man is no pro tection against domestic murder. Within three months there have been the three cases—at Darlington, Regeley, and Leeds—in which medical attendants acknowledge that they suspected foul play, and yet did nothing to stop the foul play, and pr event it endin g in frightful deaths. As between the public and the profession, that is a horrible state of things, and public opinion ought at once to be expressed in reprobation of the fatal silence, evidently customary when family poisoning is being committed. The moment that a medical attendant thinks that a poisoner is meddling with his patient, he ought to warn all by whom that patient is surrounded of his suspicion ; for it would be better that the feelings of friends were sometimes shocked than this horrid system o f conjugal slaughter were per mitted to extend itself with the connivance of that class of men which society looks to for protection. Poisoning by strychnine is the latest invention of the devil, and it is awful to see the facility with which strychnine can be used in the presence of those whose duty it is to defend the otherwise defenceless from so cruel an agent of death. — Observer. DISCOVERY OF MORE FORGERIES BY THE LATE MR. SADLEIR. HER MAJESTY THREATENED BY A On Thursday afternoon Mr. Jardine, solicitor to the Treasury, accompanied by Sergeant Lockyer, of the detective police, proceeded to St. Albans for the purpose of inquiring into the conduct of a Mr. C. Parker, of that town, who has recently addressed two letters to her Majesty describing himself as the prophet Elijah, and asserting his right to the crown, and also requiring her Majesty to surrender her rights and dignities to him as the prophet Elijah, at the same time threatening her Majesty that if she refused he should command it by main force at the point of the bayonet, and she must take the consequences when he came to the throne. The man was found to be quite insane, and was sent to the Bethlehem Lunatic Asylum. The Advertiser says :—We are enabled to state that, within the last few days, discoveries of forgeries have been made in the city, of which the slightest suspicion did not exist before. Mr. Sadleir had forged the names of three directors of a well-known company, to the extent of £lOO,OOO. Up to the present time the number of names forged, for one purpose or other, is not much short of 100, and these, as a matter of course, embracing every variety of handwriting. We ourselves, last night, saw one of the forged transactions of the late member for Sligo, for a very large amount. The forged name was that of a gentleman, far advanced in life, and any thing more in keeping with the usual character of the handwriting of an old gentleman, we have never seen. As to the question of what could have become of all the money we can state that, in one day, some six or seven months since, Mr. Sadleir lost no less than £120,000 in sugar speculation ; on another occasion his loss on a hemp transaction was £33,000 ; while by an iron pur chase he suffered to the extent of close on £50,000. We can now announce that, including his liabilities, Mr. Sadleir left the world with obligations to the enormous extent of £1,500,000, and these were all incurred, as all his fraud and forgeries were c ommitted, in the short space of from four to five years• The Afoxiteur states, that accounts received direct from General Williams, speak of his health being almost completely re-established. For the first time, on Thursday, the prices of the Russian funds were quoted in the official list issued by the authorised brokers at the Paris Bourse. BERLIN, March 15.—The King, in a letter to the minister of justice, bas denounced the duel of M. liinekeldy and Rochow. Count Canitz's death, yester- At the Leeds Ciurt 'louse last week, Mr. Matthewman, a day, was the consequence of a duel. The club, known grocer in that town, was charged under the 59th of George as the Jockey Club, is threatened with suppression. 111., c. 43, s. 2'e, with having in his possession some black It is stated in correspo ndence from Paris, that the pepper adulterated with ground rice ; he was fined £25. A firA renewal of diplomatic intercourse with St. Peters similar charge was then preferred against Mr. Spencer, burg, will be the despatch of Count de Mornay, President grocer, of Coburg-street, Leeds. In this case the adultera_ of the legislative body, as Ambassador Extraordinary, adultera tion was on ly t o th e assent of 10 per cent. A penalty of on the occasion of the coronation of the Czar at Moscow. £25 was inflicted. The receipts of the Duchy of Lancaster from Michaelmas, THB FMB AT Ditinty.LANE THEATRE. --to official 1854, to the 21st of December last, amounted to £38,091, investigation h e ld on Th urs d a y at Drury-lane Theatre into le vin e a balance on the revenue account of the Receiver the cause of th e recen t fi re i n that building showed that it General of £4,844 after paying expenses. Among the arose from some wadding projected from a gun fired off in disbursements are £7,370 for salaries of the principal officers the closing scene of the pantomime. The Earl of Glen all of the Duchy, and payments made to her Majesty's privy presided. At the inquiry, Gerard and Webster, two of the purse, £20,000. firemen on duty when the outbreak occurred, were highly We believe that the labours of the conferences at Paris complimented for their vigilance and activity in tracing. out are drawing rapidly to a close, and that we shall shortly and extinguishing th e fire. Th ey were a l so p resen t e e - w ith have to record the signature of a definite treaty of piece, a handsome donation. The five points have been proceeded with, as we believe, S U ICIDE IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—On Friday at noon in inverse order, and have been duly weighed and a respectably dressed man put a period to his existence by debated in detail. Difficulties have naturally arisen, precipitatine• himself from the whispering gallery of St. but none that have not been susceptible of any satisfac- Paul's Cathedral into the nave, a distance of nearly 150 tory adjustment.—.3forntng pose. feet. The unfortunate gentleman, whose name was Alex. The Austrian Gazette co ntains an account of the fear ander Smart, was onc e an extensive clock and watchmaker, ful ravages of typhus fever at Odessa. Twenty d thousand but of lac beg been residing with his wife at No. 4, South- troops are in the hospitals, and thousands ha street, Berkeley.squa.re. After be had waited in the gallery died. In one week sixteen medical men had died, until the great clock of the cathedral struck the hour of among whom were two Americans about to return home. twelve, he mounted the hand-rail of the gallery, gave three The typhus has ravaged nearly the whole of Southern hysterical l a ughs, and cried out each time 46 Ala 1 , ah ! ali ! " Russia, particularly places near the seat of war. It is Two vergers, who were in the gallery, rushed forward, estimated that 100,000 men had been carried off. The anticipating wh a t the d e ceased intended, but before they account says, that Bakschiserai, Simpheropol, Kherson, could get to the spot the unfortunate man had succeeded in and Nicolaieff, were nearly empty jumping The Vienna corres jumping from the hand-rail When the deceased was 4 are ondent of the Times believes that the above accounts piciced up life was extinct. somewhat exaggerated. THE NORTHERN' TlMES.—LivznpooL, MONDA.T, MARCH 17, 180. THE CRIMEA The London Gazette of Friday publishes two despatches and an enclosure, received from Gen Sir W. J. Codrington, K G 8., by Lord Panmure The documents are as follows: Sebastopol, Feb. 29. My Lord,—The answer to my enquiries relative to Maj. r M'Gowan, of 93d Highlanders is, I regret to state, that this fficer died of his wounds in the hospital of Sebastopol, on the 14th August, 1855, I enclose General Luders' letter, with the Russian official return of Major M'Gowan's death.—l have, &c. W. 3. CoDRINOTON, General Commanding. The Lord Panmure, &c. Enclosure. Monsieur le Commandant en Chef,—The enquiries made on the subject of Major M.Gowan, of the 93rd Regiment of Highlanders, having proved that he has sunk under his wounds, I consider it my duty to transmit herewith to your excellency the certificate of the death of that officer. (Signed) A. LuDEItS. Au Quartier General, 28th February, 18.56. His Excellency General Sir Wm. Codringtan, &c. Sebastopol, Feb. 29. My Lord,—l regret extremely to have to inform your lordship of the death of Major Ranken, of the Royal Engl. He bad the superintendence of the operations necessary for the destruction of the large White Barracks in the Karabelnaia, where p - art of the mines were fired yesterday afternoon, but several of them did not explode. Major Ranken, in the energetic performance of his duty, seems to have proceeded to light the fuze again, in several places where the connection had failed. It appears the powder hose, as well as the fuzee, ignited—the explosion took place, and buried him under the ruins of part of the wall. Energetic efforts were made at once to discover the bady, and the removal of the ruins began, and continued thro,gh out the night. This morning the body was found. Death must have been immediate ; and thus this excellent and gallant officer, who had done good duty at the siege, and at the assault of the Redan, lost his life from eagerness to complete the work entrusted to him.—l have, &c., W. J. CODRINGTON, General Commanding. The Lord Pattmure, &c. DEPUTATION FOR PEACE BY ARBITRATION -.- A deputation consisting of sixty influential gentlemen, including eighteen members of Parliament, among whom were Mr. Milner Gibson, Lord Robert Grosvenor, and Mr. Richard Cobden, waited upon Lord Palmerston on Friday to present a memorial to the Government, praying that au arbitration clause be inserted in the forthcoming peace treaty, providing, that in the event of any future disruption between the belligerent powers, the matter in dispute be referred to a court of appeal. Lord Palmerston:replied : he need not say that Govern. ment would give to the memorial the attention due not only to the spirit in which it was conceived, but to the parties from whom it emanated. But he could not, in fair ness, say that it appeared to him the object at which it pointed was very likely to be attained. No doubt, in the abstract, nothing could be more reasonable than the course proposed, that when nations differed, they should, like individuals, agree to refer their points of difference to some impartial third person. But the system that was per fectly practicable between individual members of the same community was not equally applicable to nations, because it was nearly impossible to find arbitrators who might be considered to have no interest in the question at issue. Take the very case adduced, that of the present war. Who was the impartial judge between Turkey and Russia? There had been several instances of late years in which this reference had been attempted, but he would not say that the results were encouraging. One of these was the case of our own dispute with the United States of America, in which the King of the Netherlands had made an award, to which the Americans objected, because, in their judgment, it was rather a recommendation than a decision. More frequently arbitration had been tried in cases where private individuals claimed compensation from foreign governments—no doubt with success, but still the result was not very encouraging. There was another difficulty. They must stipulate before-hand the court of appeal, or the discussion about the appointment might itself become an element of dissension. After some remarks from Mr. Cobden, the, deputation withdrew. THE MILITARY COURT OF INQUIRY The Dining-hall at Chelsea Hospital is being fitted up for the sittings of the Court. Ample accommodation for the press and the public will be made, about 1,200 of whom will be admitted. Early this week the court will assemble formally, and adjourn to about the end of the week, when the business will be at once entered on. Sir Thomas McMahon has forwarded a medical certificate of his inability to be it member of the board. Colonel Wetherall, Director-general of Transports in the Crimea, son of the Adjutant-general, has been telegraphed to return to England, to attend as a witness, and the Field Marshal Commanding-in-chkf has directed that several of the officers who are on leave of absence in England, from the Crimea, shall not return to the East till the breaking up of the Board. The Earl of Cardigan has sought the assistance of Mr. Merewether, Q.C., in preparing his answer. Sir Richard Airey has been for the last three weeks preparing his answer. He is assisted by Sergeant Ringlake, Mr. Towers, solicitor, Colonel Steele, and Major Hackett. LANCASHIRE TIRE RAILWAY TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMM. Sir,—After a protracted warfare, the directors of this railway and the East Lancashire, have entered into a coalition. Not content with having raised their fares 300 per cent, and putting on the screw to contractors 50 per per cent, namely, from £l2 to £lB—the directors seem determined to make their power felt. Two days since, they issued a new time table, headed "Important alterations in trains on the Southport rail way." In my ignorance, I presumed this notice meant that some greater facility was to be afforded to contrac tors and others. Fool that I was, to suppose that the " circumlocution office" of this directorate meant any such thing. No I No ! Good gentle public, we (the circumlo cution gentlemen of the coalition lines,) have got you in a fix, and we will keep you there. Hitherto we have had an early slow train, leaving Southport at 7.30, and an express at 9 a.m., due at Liver pool at 9.35. This train is used by all business men, who for the sake of good air, and brushing away the cobwebs of business from the mind, have chosen South port, Kirkdale, &c., as a locale. Ha! the circumlocution gentry of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway have issued a mandate — " Take off the 7.30 a.m. train. Then as to the 9 a.m. Ah, hem ! The train shall start as usual—but it shall not be express." It shall stop at every station, and instead of arriving at Liverpool at 9.35, it shall arrive there at 9.ss—thus caus ing us business men to lose twenty minutes most valuab l e time. There is not a contractor among us to whom this change (if carried out) will not prove a great inconveni ence—indeed, to some, it will be more serious. I cannot believe that the directors have given the sub ject that calm consideration which, at the hands of busi ness men it deserves. :The directors ought to recollect that " time is money ; " and if they attempt to kill that bird, they may realise the fable of the " Goose and the Golden Egg." Will it be believed by any rational minl, that parties residing at Southport are not to have an early express train to Liverpool ?—more 'particularly paying such high fares. Whatever alterations the directors may think proper to make, let them do justice to the contractors, and land them at Tithebarn-street Station not later than 9.35 a.m. The contractors have a right to an express morning train—it is an implied part of the contract, and I feel convinced that the directors will yet do us justice. But let no delay take place. Bis dat qui cito dat is a good axiom.—l am, sir, yours &c., BET t. Birkdale, March 13, 1856. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—Will you do me the favour to insert the following ? I read yesterday, with some satisfaction, a letter in your useful, and widely circulated, journal, signed " Civis." re markinc, on the impropriety, and, I would add , the injus tice, of the two companies controlling the traffic to the above.named place (Southport), in the alteration of fares. As to the impropriety,—there can be no doubt that it must materially injure the traffic by so suddenly raising their rates from 2s. 6d. per week to 4s. 6d. per diem, and it is most certainly a great injustice on the part of the authorities, to deprive those who were by the cheap fares induced to go and live out there, of the option to take yearly contracts at the same rate as the original contrac tors, or leave them without the means of travelling on their lines of railway, except at the ruinous rates of 4s. 6d. per diem. I cannot but express my opinion, that the sudden transition from the low fares, to the high rates they are now charging, was a dead " trap" upon the suppor ters at the cheap rates, taking into consideration their being unconscious that any movement would take place affecting their pockets in so prejudicial a manner. Although I was induced, myself, to become a contractor at the cheap rates, yet I did not approve the system which both companies adopted, in carrying passengers at such marvellously low rates, but I cannot help deprecating the movements of any set of men, who will lend themselves, first to beguile, and afterwards to entrap ; for when the alteration . was made, only one or two days' notice was given. Another piece of injustice I may as well mention, which now exists on the part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail way Company. At the present rates, a return ticket between Liverpool and Southport costs 4s. 6d. ; but, let a passenger take a return ticket to Waterloo, for which he will pay Is., he can then alight at Waterloo, and take a return from that place, and proceed by the same train for 2s. 61 ; total, 3s. 6d., which is a manifest injustice to the man who goes direct to Southport and back, and books at the Liverpool station, paying more than the person ' who either alights, or avails himself of the opportunity of booking at both stations on the line. ' In fairness, a man who buys most, or uses most, of another man's property, is presumed to receive the largest share of benefit, but the reverse appears to be the case in this instance. —Enclosing my card, I am, &e., AN OCCASIONAL READER. Liverpool, 13th March, 1856. 7he letters from Paris continue to speak with the utmost confidence of peace, and the speculative mania increases in proportion. Cautious persons apprehend that peace and a revulsion may come together. Some small parcels of gold still arrive from the Continent. The admission of Prussia to the Conferences confirms the statements made in the Independance and Daily News, of Thursday, that the conclusion of a :peace will be announced almost immediately. Prussia can only have been admitted to sign, not to discuss, the terms of peace. Her admission shows how far the negociators have advanced t wards a final settlement. TUE QUEEN'S VIaT TO WOOLWICH.—Her Majesty v" sited Woolwich on Thursday to witness the arrival of the officers and men of the Royal Artillery siege train, direct from the Crimea. At four o'clock the officers and men of the siege train, in number about 900, marched up from the arsenal, where they were disembarked, headed by the Royal Artillery band, and passed by Her Majesty. They were then formed in line en the common, and the Queen passed down the ranks for the purpose of minutely inspecting their appearance. The whole having marched past in quick time wheeled into line and presented arms. The Queen and the royal party then returned to London. EXTRAORDINARY MURDER.—A letter from Potsdam, of March 7, in the Spener Gazette, says—The news of a most tragical event has just been circulated. The surgeon dentist Jannson, who some time since quitted Koenigsberg to establish himself in Berlin, arrived yesterday with his wife and two children, one of seven and the other of eleven years of age, at an hotel of this city. At two in the after noon, the landlord being astonished that none of his newly arrived guests made their appearance, broke open the door in the presence of a police agent. He found Jannson, his wife, and the two children all dead. The unhappy man had killed his wife and children with chloroform, and, after laying them all three out upon the bed, he had sat down on the sofa and destroyed himself. THE JOSEPHINE WILLIE.—At the Maidstone assizes on Wednesday, the case of Richard Bouchier, the chief officer of the steamer Mangerton, who was charged with the man slaughter arising out of the running down of the ship Josephine Willis, came on for trial before Mr. Justice Coleridge. After the case for the prosecution had closed, several witnesses were examined on behalf of the prisoner, with a view to show that the Mangerton was not to blame, and among them was Captain Robertson, the government inspector, who repeated the evidence he gave before the commissioners, which was to the effect, that according to his opinion the accident was occasioned by the helm of the Josephine being ff starboarded " instead of " ported." The learned judge, when this evidence had been given, inter posed, and intimated that it appeared to him that upon the facts that had been proved in behalf of the defence the charge of manslaughter could not be maintained. The jury conse quently returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was discharged. THE IMPERIAL CRADLE—On Wednesday the cradle pre sented by the city of Paris to the coming Imperial infant, was taken to the Tuileries. It had been previously exhibited privately fur a short time at the Hotel de Ville. The arms of the city of Paris suggested the design. It. is made in the form of a ship, with an eagle at the prow, and an alle gorical figure representing the city of Paris at the poop. At the foot of the statue are two marine gods, looking upon the cradle with the protecting eyes of friendly divinities. At each corner of the cradle are winged syrens with silver bodies and golden tails. On the outside are four medallions representing the cardinal virtues of princes—Strength, Vigilance, Prudence, and Justice, with the initials N.B. between each medallion. The cradle is surmounted by an Imperial crown and a cross. The material is rosewood, gold enamel, and oxydisation silver. But the oxydisation has been purposely done so lightly as merely to diminish the glare of the silver, without changing it to too sombre a colour. A number of artists have been employed upon the work. The crown and cross are by Jacquard, the ornaments by MM. Fremiers and Deurrebergue. The general con ception of the work is dae to . Victor Raltar. The Simar M t, and the putting d together statue was exeouted by M. of the whole was confined to M. 12roment Meurice, son of the celebrated artist, whose loss the nation has lately had to deplore. Tux RAGLAN MEMORIAL. —On Thursday morning, the committee connected with this undertaking, with several of the noblemen and gentlemen subscribers, amongst whom Royal Highness the Duke of Cambrid g e, his Grace the wereDukehi s of Richmond, Lord Dalhousie, & - c,„ &c, ' assembled in the theatre of the - United Service Institution, Whitehall, for the purpose of handing to the present Lord Raglan the estate of the Kefntilla, or Fairfax estate, near Raglan Castle, which had been purchased for the purpose of presentation, as a memorial of the esteem and admiration entertained for the late lamented Field Marshal Lord Raglan. On the proposition of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, t T h h e e c n h o a b i r l ewas chairman, a ken b a y fte h r is a e G fw ace iti t t h r e od p u l c i t k or e y ofßi c hm observations,ond read a statement drawn us by the committee relative to the presentation of the title eeds of the estate. This estate, which comprises 192 a. Or. 26p. in the county of Monmouth, now commonly known by the name of Kefntilla (but hereto fore also known as the Fairfax Farm, in consequence of the same having been the head quarters of General Wes' during the siege of Raglan Castle during the great civil wars,) was purchased of Crawshay Bailey, Esq., M.P., for 45,500 ; and an estate of twenty acres, in the immediate neighbourhood of Kefntilla, purchased for £B6B 18s. sd. Lord Raglan then came forward from the body of the meeting, and received the deeds from the hands of his grace, replying to the accompanying remarks of the chairman in a feeling manner. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman, proposed by the Duke Of Cambridge, OPERATIC PROSPECTS Since the burning of Covent-garden Theatre, all sorts of rumours have been rife respecting the chances of an Italian Opera Company in London . during the ensuing season. Covent -garden Theatre is destroyed. The real old Opera House—her Majes t y' s Theatre—exists, and the simple plan is to make it available for the performances of Italian Operas, and of the beautiful ballets, for which it was distinguished before the C)vent - garden scheme was thought of. This seems to be the plan all the more feasible, inasmuch as every attempt at a substitute has failed. We learn that Mr. Buckstone declined Mr. Gye's overtures for the possession of the " Little Theatre in the Haymarket," which he has resolved to open on Easter Monday. He has wisely resolved to keep faith with the public, and with his company, and to keep his friends before and behind the curtain together for many future successes of his own. The Lyceum and Drury-lane are . also deeply engaged. presses. If an Italian Opera be a London necessity—as it has been for many years—it behoves all interested in her Majesty's theatre to look about them, and to make " a long pull, a short pull, and a pull altogether, to make available once more the finest building, and the most appropriate situation, for the representation of those performances which have delighted the fashionable and musical circles of London for many successive years. The celebrated Bowyer Bible, in 45 folio volumes, and containing 6,000 engravings, was sold by auction at Bolton, on Thursday, and bought by Mr. - Heywood for £550. ny ti vra OF LORD BOSTON.—We regret to announce the demise lath e venerable Lord Boston, who expired on Wed nesday s, at his seat, Hedsor, Bucks, in the 79th year of his age. Lord Boston is succeeded by his eldest son, the Hon. George Ives Irby, who married, in 1830, the daughter of W. H. Hopkinson Northey, Esq., of Oving House, Bucks. SUICIDE BY A SAVINGS BANK ACITARY.--MIICh excite ment has been occasioned in Crickhowell, Glamorganshire, by the following melancholy affair. A few days ago the directors of the Crickhowell Savings Bank discovered that their actuary, Mr. Edward Burfield, ironmonger and hard. wareman in that town, had appropriated various deposits to his own use, and to cover his abstractions bad made a number of fraudulent entries in the books. A warrant was issued for his apprehension, and placed in the bands of Inspector Gregory, who, upon going to the shop, and telling Mr. Burfield his business, was told by the latter that he would follow him directly to the magistrates ' office. He then went up stairs as though to fetch his hat and coat, but immediately afterwards the report of fire-arms was heard. Running up stairs, the inspector found Burfie'd in a dying state, he having shot himself in the head with a pistol. He died in about an hour. RENTERS or COVENT•GARDEN THEArRE.—At the meet ing of the renters and proprietors of the late Covent garden Theatre, held on Saturday, the pecuniary position of the property was most clearly and lucidly explained by Mr. Surman, on behalf of the body of proprietors. The resolution to which the proprietors had come was, that seeing the heavy incumbrances on the property, amount ing to not less than £5,000 a year, and the small margin which existed for profits, they would not be parties to any attempt to reinstate the building, and that their only anxiety was to get rid of the property, leaving it to the Duke of Bedford to retake possession of the land. It was also stated that there was ground for believing that the land on which the theatre formerly stood would be appro priated by the Duke of Bedford to the enlargement of Covent-garden Market, which was at present very much in want of increased space in order to accommodate the amount of business that was required to be transacted there on market days. ATTEMPT TO STAB LADY CHANTRY.--A young woman, named Marin Daniells, one of the chambermaids at the Pier Hotel, Was charged before the magistrates at Brighton, on Friday, with attempting to stab Lady Chantry, relict of Sir F. Chantry, the eminent spulptor. It appeared that the prisoner had been some time in the establishment, and was generally well conducted. Recently, however, it was observed that she had somewhat changed in her manner, but nothing serious was apprehended. In the course of Thursday morning she was in ono of Lady Chantry's rooms cleaning it up, her ladyship. being also in the apartment, when another domestic hearing screams went into the room and found the prisoner in an excited state with a cheese knife in her hand. After some struggling it was got from her, and then it was ascertained that she had attempted to stab her ladyship, whose dress was cut in several places. The bench remanded her, in order that she might undergo medical examination. The attack has had a serious effect upon Lady Chantry, who is upwards of 70 years of age. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE On Monday last a most extraordinary occurrence took place on the Midland railway in connection with a young ensign named Brett, of ithe 98th Regiment, who has been latterly quartered with a detachment of his regiment at York. It appears that the officer in ques tion having recently become excited from some cause or other, it was deemed advisable that he should return home to his friends, who reside in the neighbourhood of Cheltenham. Accordingly, on Monday last he took his place by the Leeds train, accompanied by a servant man. On the way between York and Derby he would insist on the window of the carriage being lowered, as he said he wanted to look out. This was done for him, and directly afterwards he called the attention of his ser vant to what he said was a bright light. Before the servant had time to turn round his master had taken a leap through the window, and just grazed the heel of his boot in his servant's face as he turned round. The train at the time was going at the rate of fifty miles an hour. On the train stopping at Ambergate a telegraphic message was sent on to Derby, and parties proceeded up the line in search of what they supposed the ensign's lifeless body. In about three hours afterwards he was discovered about a mile and a half on the Derby side of Clay Cross tunnel, curled up like a snake between the two lines of rails, and it is calculated that no less than ten engines with trains had passed him since he first jumped out, and so close was he to the line that every train that had passed had grazed one of his heels. At the time he was found he sat with one hand raised as if he wished to stop the engine. He was immediately conveyed to the Midland Hotel, Derby, at which place he arrived between eleven and twelve o'clock on Monday night. Mr. Gisburne, the company's surgeon, was speedily in attendance, and on examination it was found that he had not sustained any very serious injury. He had a good . night's rest, and on Mr. Gisborne visiting him on Tuesday morning he found him considerably better. NOE IN LIVERPOOI A fellow, apparently about 40 years of age, who was dressed as a mechanic, and who gave his name as Robert Crawle, a carpenter, but refused to tell where he lived, was brought up on Thursday before the magistrates, in custody of detective of f icer M'Culloch, under the follow ing circumstances :—lt appeared that, for some time past, the inhabitants of the neighbourhoods of Huskisson and Canning-streets, Falkner and Abercrombie-squares, and other respectable localities, have been much out raged by the conduct of the prisoner, who has acted in a most beastly manner, so as to cause the utmost alarm to the ladies and female domestics in these districts. For a considerable time past, complaints of more than daily occurrence were sent to the police from residents in the places named, and the police were on the alert; but, in consequence of the cautious proceeding of the person complained of, they were not successful in their endeavours to catch the brute, whose practice was to watch an opportunity, when no men were in the streets, and act towards all respectable females he met, in the most beastly and disgusting manner." He did not confine himself to insulting ladies in the street, but had the audacious temerity to approach to the doors and windows of houses, and act in the same manner. For nearly a fortnight, officer M'Culloch was on the look out for the blackguard. On Wednesday the officer got a scent, and proceeded through a variety of streets, and having come on his track in Percy-street, he proceeded after him to Upper Parliament-street. The prisoner, finding himself watched, took to his heels at once, but M'Culloch was too nimble for him, and caught him after a smart chase, when he was then identified by the young man who was with M'Culloch. Several ladies who had already lodged complaints, were then sent for, and six or seven came forward, resolved to punish the fellow fur their own sake and the benefit of the public. It is unnecessary to say, that these ladies are deserving of the highest praise, for the courage exhibited by them, in coming forward to rid society (at least for six months) of such a monster. On Thursday morning, the prisoner was brought up before the magistrates, when Major Greig and several gentlemen attended. The case was heard in one of the private rooms, before Mr. Robertson Glad _ Although the case was taken in the private room, the reporters were admitted, as It was more to save the feelings of the ladies, who were witnesses, from the gaze of a public court, than for any other considera tion the case was so taken. Mr. Garnett, one of the chief clerks, took down the evidence of the complain ants. who fully established the charge and identified the prisoner beyond all doubt, although the blackguard attempted to deny that he was the person. The magis trate, after censuring in desorvecl terms the bestial conduct of the prisoner, ordered hint to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months. [We trust this will prove a warning to some other blackguards of the same stamp, who, we are informed, are acting in a similar bestial manner through town.], PARIS, March 12, 9 at night.—The amelioration of Prince Jerome observable" throughout the night and mid-day con tinues, the cough is less frequent, but the expectoration is still scanty and difficult. PARIS, Friday.—Congress having invited Prussia, as the signer of the treaty of 13th July, 1841, to send plenipotentiaries to Paris, the King of Prussia has appointed Baron de Manteuffel and Count de Hatzfeldt. The Chamberlain and Treasurer of the Bristol corporation (Mr. Garrard) filled that office for fifty years, and had always borne a character for unsullied integrity. It is now dig-. covered that he has misappropriated the corporation funds to the extent of £4,000. It is stated that a negociation has been opened with the General Screw Steam Company by the purchasers of their eight large ships for four smaller ones, to complete the contemplated fleet, namely, the Harbinger, 848 tons ; the Cape of Good Hope, 583 tons; the Bosphorus, 445 tons; and the Propontis, 483 tons. TILE MURDER AT HASTINGS.—On Tuesday an inquest was held on the body of James Wellan (or Wiellerd,) who was murdered on Monday by a prisoner in Hastings :jail. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against J ohn Murdock. The prisoner, who has made a statement to the effect that he did not intend to kill ttie - Yes — e . d, stands committed for trial. THE NE:w BISHOP or CARLISLE.—The lion. and Rev. Dr. ii. M. Vil iers, who has been elected by the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle to the bishopric of that diocese, in com pliance with her Majesty's conge d'elire, will be consecrated in the course of a few days at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, the consecrating prelate 3 being the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of Chester, and the Bishop of Manchester. RAILWAY AND CANAL BILLS. —Yesterday morning was issued a report from the Board of Trade upon the Rail way anti Canal Bills of the Session. The number of bills for railways in ;Great Britain deposited this session, amount, it appears, to 91. Of this uumber 65 authorise new works. The total length of new lines is 676 miles, and there are, in addition, 42 miles of deviation, and 14 pro- jects for enlargements of stations, &c. A sermon was preached by the Rev. Wm. Tyler, at his chapel, Mile•end New Town, on Sunday evening, on behalf of the four children of the reprieved Corrigan. There was a very numerous congregation, including the committee who are managing the affairs of the children, aad a great number of the Forresters' Society, of which Corrigan was a member. The collection was kindly responded to by the congregation. ASSAULIS ox WOMEN AND CHlLDREN.—Yesterday a return was issued of the convictions and sentences within the police districts of the metropolis during the years 1854 and 1855, under the act 16 and 17 Vic., c. 30, for the better prevention and punishment of aggravated assaults upon women and children. At Bow-street there were 51 convictions. In one case the offender was fined £l5, which was paid. Clerkenwell, 134 ; Greenwich and Woolwich, 76 ; one a fine of .e2O ; Hammersmith, 47 Lambeth, 57 : one fined £l5, and another .6?;) ; Marl borough-street, 70; Marylebone, 40; Southwark, 49; Thames, 118; Westminster, 48; 'nd Worship-street, 9091 making the total eonvletionf! la all , the metropolitan police courts for the two years, 889. MADAME GOLDSCHMIDT'S CONCERT FOR THE NIGUTIN GALE FUND.—This concert took place on Tuesday night in Exeter Hall. It excited the greatest interest; and notwitb. standing the high prioe of admission—a guinea to every part of the hall—the vast space was. completely filled, every seat being occupied. The receipts must have been of a magnitude quite unprecedented ; and, what is more, every shilling of the amount is to go to the fund; for Madame aol the dseh whole mid expensestneteonteonft the concert, givingamounting, a her best exertions, w ee ar pays To i T n fhh t a o ee r p m ea iore e nre cl acene t ry a mtwh b ea o rst v iht e gse f E wto 6 hr u o otp O lho — e io nh a c oa mra n a of character ty e r lo a ef c t of generosity, quite ofot the e thisg re a t v a sta magnificence.d i llustrious ence lady. were perfect in every particular. Camp DESERTION.—On Thursday evening, about dusk, a respectably attired young female, about two or three-and twenty years of age, was observed walking up and down the footpoth between the Necropolis and the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, West Derby-road, in a state of con siderable excitement, having an infant in her arms, whose incessant crying she was endeavouring to prevent, the noise and uneasiness of the child being considered the cause of the young woman's remarkable conduct, which had attracted the attention of the passers-by. The infant WU ultimately pacified, and the female proceeded down Brunswick-road. Between eight and nine o'clock, however. a lady residing in Marsden-street, while returning to her home through Walker-street, immediately opposite the Necropolis, heard the stifled cries of an infant, and discovered a child about three months old stretched upon the ground. It had upon its head a worsted hood, and was dressed in- a cotton :frock, its legs and feet being naked. o a f n d e exposed police t to et fid t to b affic e theeidel cold . r an T d h e having lady went informed in search him. tafobonf found in o b w d ffi a e tt i o h l e we r n ed i e g hs h aevr exhausted. accompanied her to the spot, and mostnayingpitiinatbelrerecgoentdeidtiotnh—e lady,cd ol requested her name and adjess, took the child in his arms, and conveyed it to the workhouse, where it re mains. Inquiries are being instituted with the view of discovering the unnatural parent, and we trust that they may prove successful.