Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-05 00:00:00

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Ithour he bs 6 soil" II ianitof to s hit° 'edit oa WshiPl hope' ider tb° TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. [By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.] AMERICA. GREENOCK, FRIDAY. The screw steamer, New York, arrived here to clay. She sailed from New York on the 22nd ult, t her news has been anticipated by the arrival of the Fulton at Southampton. THE DUCHY OF HOLSTEIN. HAMBURGH, FRIDAY. In the sitting of the Holstein Chamber, yester day, the 3rd inst., the Commission reported that it "risidered the situation of the country criti al, and declared itself unable to discuss the Il evr Constitution before having secured the independence and equality due to Holstein in the Danish monarchy. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. DARTMOUTH, FRIDAY. The mail steamer W. S. Lindsay, Captain Palmer, has arrived from the Cape and Calcutta, and landed her mails and passengers. She sailed front the Cape on the 10th and St. Helena cn the 21st July, FRANCE. The Paris Three Per Cents closed yesterday (Friday) at 67f sc. INDIA, CHINA AND AUSTRALIA. PROM OUR OW:i CORREEPONDENT. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The steam-ship Ripon has arrived with the h eavy portion of the East India, China, and Australian mails, the Australian mails alone com- Prising upwards of 600 boxes. The latest'dates are— Alexandria, August 21 ; Malta, 25 ; Gibral tar, 30 . She brings 1:57 passengers, 2,397 bales of silk, and 239 packages of sundries. Admiral Lyons' squadron. left Gibraltar on the 2 9th for Tunis. The Desperate, Caradoc, and Tartarus were at Alexandria; Arrow, Osprey, and Wanderer at Malta; Vulture, Curlew, and Vigilant at Gibraltar. A mongst the passengers by the Ripon is Miss talla r d , a young lady who narrowly escaped bei ng massacred at Meerut. She had to swim ov er a river. She was afterwards in a carriage by the five others, three of whom were murdered th e sopoys. Also the Rev. Mr llay, an ;helicon missionary, his wife and children. They all narrowly escaped destruction at Meerut. el ' l "t all their property, and escaped with onl y a few shillings. Mrs. Hay was confined on vat(' the Ripon, with a still-born child. The fright and sufferings she had undergone caused a premature confinement. The Calcutta passengers seem to think that the mutineers at will not be able to hold out much longer. The Ripon spoke the following ships :—Screw steamer Brenda, off Malta; Peninsular and Oriental screw-ship Colombo, 110 miles west of Galita ; Dutch steamer Trieste, off Algiers, bound east; brig Gem of the Sea, off Cape de Gatt, bound West ; scr e w- s teamer Vasco de Gama, off Cape Orontes, off de Gatt, b ou nd east ; screw-stearn:r St. Vincer.t, bound to Gibraltar; Peninsular and Oriental steam-ship Tagus, off Li sbon ; troop-ship Ilersilia, 100 miles N.E. of C ape Pinnistere, six days out, for Madras—all w ell ; schoo ner Conquest, 170 miles N.E. of Pinnistere , screw-steamer Saxon, off Ushant, b ound up Channel. GIBRALTAR SHIPPING. The screw-steamer Euph-ates left Gibraltar on the 28th, and returned the following day with damage to machinery. &fter repairing, she left the same evening for Sicily and the Altiatic ports. The steamer Gothenburg, C. J. 13rearey, arrived on the 28'h, in days, from Liverpool ; cleared for Cephalonia. Steamer Araxes, A. Horsfall, arrived on the 29th, in 61 days, from Liverpol, with bale Zoods, iron, &c. BANKRU2TS. Ty British and liish Magnetic Telegraph. A. ..,11‘Kay, Exeter, confectioner. J• Gardner, Liverpool, ironmonger. Lazarue, Wilkinwon-square, ws'ch manufacturer. a. Froud, Western road, PAddit gton, builder. Ilitt)st men employ their first years so as to make their last years miserable. Brave actions are the substance of life, and good sayings the ornament of CAPITAL—The best capital for a young man is a capital Young wife ; so a young gent informs us, who has just "gone and done "Paddy," says a joke-, " why don't you get your ears cropp e d, they are entirely too long for a man " And Yours," replied Pat, " ought to be lengthened, they are too short far an ass" If a girl thinks more of her heels than her head, depend upon it she will never amount to much; for brains which settle in the shoes never get above them. Young gentle- Men will please m,ke a note of this. An actor named Priest was playing at one of the princi pal theatres. Some cne remarkd at the Garrick Club that there were a great number of men in the pit. " Pro bably clerks who have taken Priest's orders," said Mr. Poole, one of the best punsters, as well as cleverest comic satirists of the doy. LA.ONCH OF THE GitEkl EASTERN.—We are authorised in state that, this ship will be launched in the first spring tides of next month (October). The day is not, as yet, absolutely fixed, but this important event will probably take place on Monday, the sth of that month. The tides will be highest on that day.—Canadian _Yews. TNE Gnsr.—Partridge shooting commenced on Tuesday, with the prospect of plenty of work for the gun. Birds in this quarter are plentiful, coveys generally numerically strong and well grown. We have heard of many dead birds having been picked up, which is attributed to a disease engendered by long droughts.—Cheltenitant , Examiner. THE LLTE BIiROP BLOALFIELD'S `'PILL.—It is under stood that Bishop Bloomfield has left about £55,000 behind him. Besides Mrs. B'oomfield, there are ten or eleven to ba provided for out of the sum we have men tioned. It is high'y creditable to the memory of one often unjustly reproached for his love of wealth, that, after nearly thirty years' enjoyment of a revenue amount ing from £lB,OOO to £5,000, he has saved comparatively little. [Highly creditable indeed V.] FOREIGN AUSTRIA. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. With the Cortes scattered and the press fettered, intrigue reigns paramount in Spain, and the fate of • a Ministry depends on the breath of a palace favou VIENNA, SEPT. 1. rite. Letters from Madrid up to the 30th August The Ministerial Oesterr ichische Correspondenz give curious sketches of the present state of things dm makes known to the world that the Moldavian elections were annulled by the Porte, there. The favourite of the day, at variance with a x t ia th h e request of all the parties to the treaty of Narvaez, does his utmost to overthrow the Ministry, which has disappointed him in the affair of the waste lands at Barcelona. A complication of causes has On ' the 27th 30 of August, Prince Kallimachi, the Turkish Ambassador at this Court, made known to the Govern hithherto prevented his attaining his end. After meet of his Majesty the Emperor, that the Sublime Porte, having noted (ake nehmend) the communicetions much hesitation the Cabinet consented to send an r o e rd ce e i r v s ed th fro n nitheViennet and London Cabinets, issued invitation to the Duchess of Rianzares to repair to the Moldavian elections should be an - Madrid. Maria Christina replied by a private letter milled, and a that new ones eh :old take place in fifteen to her daughter, in which she said that - she should days from the time of the receipt of the orders relating have the greatest pleasure in being with her at the thereto. period of her accouchement, but that she neither Similar communications have also been made to those could nor would go to Spain while the Duke of Governments whose representatives, in consequence of the Valencia was at the head of the government. This recent difference, had broken off their diplomatic relations reply, coming in aid to the Palace intrigues before- with the Porte. The latest intelligence from the Turkish capital is, that mentioned, might well have determined the fall of the representatives of the States above allsded to hare re the ministry, but for two reasons. One of these newed their diplomatic relations with the Porte , and is, that, among the various ministries proposed, hoisted their flags at their respective residences.' I one only would be disposed to accept power from - The Moldavian Secretary of State ad interim has the hands of its present dispenser. Their friends say published in the official paper the following article on the subject of certain confidential letters which, motives of decorum and di g nity ; others pretend because they believe about a fortnight slime, figured in the columns of that they hold aloof only that power thus acquired would be but of short almost all the leading organs of the press : duration. Whatever the reas tre Cortina, O'Den Several newspapers have published letters relating to null, and Bravo Murillo (the last named is now i n the Principality of M ildavia, which were s.:fa?en from the Paris) show no anxiety to assume the reins Kaimakan, Prince C maky-Vogorides, and not lost by of Government under present circumstances. him, as the peteoas who received them asserted The con- The only combination whose members would tents and texts of thelettersin question were greatlyaltered not be deterred by such scruples or doubts is one in the publication; and the undersigned Secretary ~f State ad interent has therefore been instructed by his Excellency devised by the King arid agreeable to the fa- Priece Kaimakan, formally to deny the authenticity of vourite. It includes Senor Nocedal as President person s, phrases which were invented by a small party that of the council. Gonzales Bravo , Mayanys , and others of about the same standing as regards i d oes not hesitate to calumniate most respectable perso u, n order to make them hostile to the Kaimakan. antecedents and respectability. The inventors of A. PHOTIUS, Secretary this notable Cabinet are afraid, however, to cerry of State ad_interenz. out their project, seeing well the scandal it would occasion—for it has got wind, and the comments Many persons still deny that the Russian Go and sneers it has excited startle even those best vernment is concentrating a corps d'armee in the accustomed to the license of speech -the Madrilenos south-west of the kingdom of Poland, but it is a allow themselves on such topics. positive fact that large bodies of cavalry have re- The second reason why Queen Christina is not cetiy marched from Lublin and Radom towards likely to go to Spain is simply that her daughter, the Austrian frontiers. Ott the 2011 of last month whatever her professions, does not wish it. All powerful detachments of Restiara artillery also Quden Isa.bella's demonstrations in a contrary sense entered Czenstochan and K , elcie, which last are mere grimaces, wherewith she deceives Chris- place is close to Cracow. It is not, however, probe tine and threatens Narvacz —a double game, ble that Russia meditates any breach of the peace. deceiving all, setting all at vat iatice, and enabling Her o bje ct is to kee p Austria in check, and to her to act accordiug to her own fancy alone. prevent her interfering too much in the affairs of Strange as it may seem that she should not wish the Danubian Principalities. It is extremely to see her mother, there appears little doubt of the difficulty to obtain any positive information as to fact. Her reasons are various; she does the state ,of public feeling in the provinces, but it not wish to resume the leading strings in is credibly related that the Nationalities begin to which Maria Christina formerly held her, but lift their voices again. At the end of 1851 a prefers going alone, and thinks herself quitehle h Cabinet Rescript" was sent by his Majesty to to do so. She does not like the sort of rival Prince Sohwarzenburg, who was then Minister court her mother held (and would doubtless President, ordering him and his colleagues to again hold) at her mansion in the Calle de las establish certain " organic instiutions" without Itejas. Finally, she fears lest the mother's unpopu- any delay (ohne ails Verzogerung ). Among larity should augment the daughter's discredit. the organic institutions mentioned in the One reason more there is—as the daughter still Imperial Rescript are those which concern persists in her mad .project of absolutism, while the municipalities and communes, and the the mother is about to publish a manifesto, in estetes (representation) of the various provinces, which she will present herself as a sort of champion but six ' years have now elapsed, and little more of o liberty. This forms a otive of has been done in the matter than to revive the political constituti division nal between th e two Queens which Lombardo-Venetian congregations. The Rungs before did not exist. rians complain that so little has been done for their This appears to be the present political situation nationality, and the Bohemians grumble because, in Madrid. One more curious feature is to be nothing at all has been done for them. It was noted. The unlucky Progresistae, finding them- generally believed that the Emperor would sacr ifice selves all abroad, without either leaders or army, the walls of the inner city for the benefit of its have actually, in despair of a chief, turned their 1 inhabitants,who are necessitated t o p a y ridiculousl y eyes towards Queen Christina, whom they so lately 1 high prices for their shops and apartments , bu t in desired to bring to judgment and severely punish. formation has reached me that some of the senior Their present wayward bent is no secret, incredible military authorities are opposed to the plan. Tney though it may appear. The question is discussed declare the ramparts to be a necessary defence openly in their newspapers, and the Peninsula, cgaisst any popular inovement,that may arise in the a very Progresista journal, constitutes itself the suburbs, but theyounger geneeation of engineers are champion and defender of the Princess for whom of opinion that detached forts in a commanding a year or two ago, its present writers and sun- position would answer the purpose infinitely be tter. porters could not find epithets suffisientlyexpres- On the 20th August a case was tried here the sive of their contempt and detestation. details of which are carefully kept front the know- It is stated that the interview between the Em- ledgad of the great public. A somnambulist, a perors of France and Russia will take place about woman belonging to the tower classes, of societe, the 27th inst., most probably at Stuttgardt, and was arres ted on the ch a r g e of having g iven offence that Count Walewski and Prince Gortsehakoff will "to a Church recognised by the State." When in be present at it. The Empress is expected to join a state of real or pretended " clairvoydince," the her husband, on the 20th September, at the camp of woman ridiculed the dogma of the Immaculate Chalons, tied to proceed thence with him to Ger- Conception, declared the worship of the Holy Vir many. Prince Napoleon is on the point of leaving gin and the saints to be idolatry, and urged the per- Paris for the Pyrenees. The Emperor of Russia sons around her to remove from their rooms all will leave St. Petersburg, it is said, to morrow, images of seints. The Roman Catholic clergy would will visit Warsaw, Berlin, Darmstadt, offender, but the public prosecutor proposed that and thence fain have had an example made of such a dangerous proceed to Stuttgardt. Ho too will be accompanied I by his Empress. the woman should be examined by the physicians The French Government has instructed its Re- of the lunatic asylum before sentence was passed presentatives in foreign countries to disavow the by the Court. The report returned by the medical itTuratist proclamations which have been distri- men was such that any further judicial proceedings bated. These proclamations, however, have pre- were quite out of the question. The following duped no Effect in the kingdom of the Two Shrikes. statement of what not long since occurred near The Minister of Marine has received despatches Graz, the capital of the province of Styria, will from Hongkong to the 12th July. They announce serve to show how Protestants are now treated in that Admiral Guerin had despatched two ships of Aus ria by the It )man Catholic priesthood. Last war to protect M. de Montigny, the French consul November a Prussian, with his wife and two at Shanghai, whose person had been threatened. chiliren, emigrated to Croatia. As the poor people A letter from Turin s oaks of a considerable did not get on well in Croatia , they reso l ved t o improvement in the relations between the govern return to their native place, Hiracirberg , in Prussian ments of Piedmont and Rome. Silesia. On their way back the woman fell ill and The Minster of the Interior has addressed a died. The corpse was conveyed for interment to circular to the Prefects, instructing them to recoro- Kirchdorf, near Bruck, but the parish priest re mend the establishment of asylums for invalid fused to permit it to be laid on the bier in the operatives throughout their districts. charnel-house, the deceased being a Protestant. The Prefect of Police has commanded a general The body was eventually deposited in a barn be inspection to be made, in pursuance of the law, on longing to an innkeeper. On the Bth of December unhealthy habitations. the widower requested the sexton to dig a grave for The King of Sardinia returned to Chambery on his deceased wife outside the 'walls of the Catholic the Ist inst., from Culoz, and thence he pro- churchyard. The man commenced operations, ceeded to Aix, where, on the 2nd, he laid the first but tee priest again interfered, and refused to stone of a new thermal establishment. Pis Majesty allow him to prepare a grave for a heretic. The was received with warm acclamations by the end of the matter was, that the affileted husband inhabitants of Ais, and by a number of strangers was obliged to dig the grave himself. On the assembled there for the occasion. The national 9th of December the Prussian and his two chit uard were drawn up in :treat force within the town, dren left Kirchdorf. The innkeeper of the place and performed a sham fight with the troops from was so indi g nant at what had occurred that he Chambery. One of the corner stones of the build- gave a piece of land to the Protestant community ins has been hewn from a fragment exploded the far a cemetery, and a wine merchant near Graz day before at the Mont Canis tunnel. On the had an iron crucifix with a stone pedestal put up morning of the 2nd inst , the English present at at the head of the poor woman's grave, with the iVx, presented the following address to King following inscription -.—d• Here lies Juliana Wache , of Hirschberg, iu Prussian - Silesia. This was Victor Emmanuel. Sire—The subjects of Her Majesty Qneen Victoria, erected to her memory by Joseph Pottinger , a " whom God preserve, sojourners at Aix, avail themselve s Catholic." On the nth of April the Protestant of your Majesty's visit to this beautiful province of your burial ground was consecrated by au Evangelical dominions to offer the warm expression of their cordial pastor, but . on the 18th of July, the Roman and respectful homage. Cato i i priest , desecrated it by pulling down the On so auspicious an occasion, when Italy is to be iron crucifix. An appeal has been m ade to the wedded by a link unknown in past history to the g reat Stadholder of the province, but no servant of the communities of the West, 'when iron supplies the wand to State can now with safety venture to censure the open a new "golden era," we should be alike wanting to conduct of a servant of the Church. ourselves and to cur country were e e to re f ra in from ex- At the Statistical Congress, which met yester pressing our general joy of the present, and from acclaim day, 20 States were represented. England, ing the great future which awaits the conques's of industry France, Russia, Belgium, Turkey, &o, sent dele and peace. The number of our countrymen thatresort to the baths gates, but Prussia was not represented. Some of Aix augmment from year to year. The reputation of feir speeches were made in French and German, these health giving thermes, upheld by an - unbroken but the whole affair was extremely tedious, as the tradition from the time of the Romans, is even now on the Minister of Commerce, who acted as President, increaser, from the countless cures, many of which are always made his communications in two lan wrought, as it were, daily, under our own eyes. guages—French and German. Several Ministers Hitherto two serious obstacles were opposed to the un- notables were present, and among the limited diffusion of the benefits of these waters—distance rest Count Buol, who chanced to leave the hall and other and the imperfect means and appliances of an establishment Russ , unsuited ro the wants of a more refined age. Your Majesty just as the ian delegate began to speak. now remedies these defects by laying the ceremonial The Northern Bee will perhaps consider this an stone for the tubular bridge of Cu'oz this day , a nd that of i n tentional slight to Russia , but such was not the the new thermal establishment of Aix to-morrow. The case. The Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs latter, under the guidance of attainments of the highest had an appointment, and quitted the assembly in order in the engineer and the architect, cannot fail to order to keep it. A. castle plague, the Milz-brand prove one of the first of its kind in the world. (mortification of the spleen), has made its appear- The ceremonies of these three successive days (for ever antic at Rozmital, in Bohemia. Fifteen of the memorable in these valleys,) at which, in testimony of cattle attacked have died , and a pers on who was so the interest felt by France, an Imperial Prince assists - . - , Impudent as to eat some of their flesh has fallen are labours of a kind to shed lustre on an entire reign, dangerously and are alike honourable for the sag e, strai g htforward - ill. The Cocaglio - Bergamo - T reviso Reilroad will be opened by the Gove r n or-General minister that conceived , and for the King z e alous for his • of the Loinbardo-Venetian kingdon on the 7th inst. people's good, that executes them. Sire, this is not the first time that the applause of our the Archduchess The King of • Belgium, who is on his way to Lora fellow- countrymen has followed the wise measures of your bardy to see his daughter, Majesty's Government. Our most fervent prayer now is, Charlotte, quitted Baden, in the duchy of the that your Majesty's reign may he greatly prolonged, 'same name, on the 26th August. so that by the firm and sustained action of a generons, The cholera is at St. Petersburg. Oat the 22d The Deutscha Allgemeine Zeit mg publishes a letter from Damascus, dated August sth, in which it is stated that the son of an English merchant there, named Whyte, whose fortune is estimated at £2,000,000, had at his own expense raised and equipped a corps of 30 Europeans, with whom he had the day before set off to join the British forces in the Fast Indies aa a volunteer, together with his " faowing.' The course they had taken was in the first instance to Beyrout, to embark there for Egypt, and to proceed thence to the East Indies. The nniform in which these volunteers have been clo•hed is very similar to that of our Rides. They have, however, been armed with the fowling-pieces they were accastomed to at home, and also carry yatagans. Mr. Whyte's Adjutant and Quarter master is a Mr. Finn, a relation of the English CQnsui of that name at Jerusalem. He is de sciibed as having formerly served 12' years as a Company's officer in Bengal, and as a man of middle age and of athletic stature. Attached to this little expedition is a Swiss surgeon of the name of Buchmann, who lately served as asaiatant surgeon with our army in the Crimea. With the exception of the above, the force has been raised exclusively from the working Glasser, and consists of twenty-one Britons, six Italians, two Frenchmen, and two Greeks; and these modern Paladins trust to reach the seat of action early in this month. In the middle of last week the Prince of Wales left Kenigswinter, on the- banks of the Rhine, where his stay, which was originally fixed for one month. has been prolonged to nearly two, and proceeded up the Rhine. On the 27th August the Prince visited awl inspected the fortress of Elifen breitstein, and the Kaiser Alexander outworks, accompanied by Sir W. Codrington and his suite. On this occasion the commander of the fortress, as also the Ober-president of the P►•ovince of Maine land, paid their respects to his Royal Highness ; hitherto, during his stay at Kenigswinter, the Prince's incognito, as Baron Rtmfre,w, has been strictly observed, and in compliance with a wish expressed by our own Court the various authorities of the neighbouring places had refrained from paying him any unnecessary marks of attention. Early in the morning of the 28:h the Prince left Coblentz for Mayence and Frankfort - , whence he started the following day for Heidelberg and Switzerland. The unusually long continuance of hot dry weather is causing some singular freaks of nature in these parts by producing second crops of blos soms, fruit, and fl ewers, where, according to the ordinary course of 'economical nature, one his hitherto been thought sufficient. On the other hand, the want of water is making itself felt most ir.•juiieusly in various commercial and domestic relations. Vessels run aground in the rivers, and remain there by dozens, where formerly they navigated at their ease. The go verement advertises for tenders for wood, and gets no offers on account of the constantly increasing difficulty of transporting it by water. Every post brings in fresh intelligence of con siderable conflagrations caused by the unusual combustibility of all igneous materials, and in some places the local authorities have found it necessary to prohibit the use of the public pumps for any other purposes than the supply of water for drinking and culinary purposes. SAVED BY THE SEPOYS.—An officer writes from Agra:— " Three Sepoys caught hold of me, and said they would try and save me. They threw off my hat, tore off my trousers and the 'remaining boot, covered me as well as they conid with my hone cloth, which my groom hal brought along with us, and patting me between the two, the third walked in front, and what between knock ing up one man's mu , ,ket whose bayonet was just at my back, and declaring that I was one of their wives, we got through all the sentries and crossed the river. They then wanted me to make the best of my way off, saying that the chances were ten to one that my wife was killed by that time, bat I told them plainly that I would not try to escape without her. After a great deal of persuading they took me down the banks of the river (the opposite side of which was regularly lined with sentries, to prevent escape) till we came opposite our house, where they set me down, and one man said, " Now I will go and bring your wife to you if she is alive ;" so off he went, and after about twenty minutes of the most agonising suspense dear M-- and I met again. THE IRON AND COAL Tot s.--The condition of the iron trade of this district continues good, and a steady business is being done. The prices, except in a few instances, are fully maintained, and although, through the heat of the weather, the forges and mills are not actively employed, in consequence of which the stocks of pig iron are increasing, yet the pike does not give way to any extent, the present quotation being £4 2s. 6c1., which is somewhat under the mark when compared with the price of bars, and having in view the high price of labour and mwerials. The price of Scotch pig iron a3ntiaues seffi eiently high to prevent anything like competition with Staffordshire, and tends to confirm the idea pretty generally entertained amongst the trade that pig masters may be enabled during the course of the year to command an advance, unless some unforseen circumstances occur to check the buoyancy which at pres'snt exists. The chain makers at Cradley, near Dudley, have, up to the present time,,had very great difficulty in sending off their goods: but as Lord Ward has a branch railroad fr m the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line, connecting itself w ith the It - iund o.lk station, and extending to his lordship's collieries at the "Salt Wells" in the neighbourhood of Cradley, some arrangement is about being made which will very much facilitate the transit of goods from the district above referred to on to the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton line, and from thence to all parts of the kingdom. The coal tra:le exhibits signs of improvement, on acconnt of parties being desirous of getting in the autumn supplies to carry them through the winter. Stone: The yield of the district firmly maintains i's price, and may be quoted at 18s. per ten.-11 7 olvarhanVon Chronicle. 'rim SOCIAL CONDITION OF AUSTItALIA. — The Bishop of Melbourne in writing to his brother, says :—The progress which has been made during the last 12 inoaths in all the comforts of life has quite answered my previous expectations. Large and substantial dwelling houses have been built, and good shops of every kind have been multi plied. Close and open carriages, with handsome and well groomed horses, both private and for hire, are now numer ous; stage coaches (American built), with four or six (!) horses, run to all our goldfields; and innumerable omni buses and smaller vehicles ply between the different parts of Melbourne and its suburb.. A railway is opened to St. Kilda, and that from Geelong to Melbourne is finished as for as Williamstown, and will be iu use within a week or two. There is also a continually increasing number of intelligent members of the legal and other professions. At the same time there is a vast amount of vies and profligacy both in Meib iurne and in the country ; and I tear that the infix of Chinese has added another element of moral corruption to those which previously existed amongst us. We have various charitable institutions, such as hospitals, benevolent asylums, and orphan asylums, which are sup ported partly by voluntary contributions and partly by grants from the public revenue. We are just now endea vouring to establish a refuge far fallen women, who will be maintained without any assistance from the Government. Some ladies also are endeavouring to found a "home " for female servants and others. Tho public library is an institution for the establishment and seccess of which Mel bourne is chiefly indebte4 to one of our oldest colonists, Mr: Justice Barry, INI2A has watched over it from the beginning, and will continue to do so with an unceasing assiduity. There is a good collection of use,fal books. The portion of the building which is already erected is well fitted for its object, and every evening it is filled with a large number of quiet readers. All persons are admissable, but cleanliness is strictly enforced. Al.ogether the library is one of the most pleasing features of Melbourne. Theatres and places of arausemeut have of late greatly increased. They are now upon a large scale, and very numerously attended. I fear that they tend to increase greatly the vices of drnekenness and prostitution, and so to demoralise the people. Cricketing prevails in the proper season. I have obsetvee, with pleasure in the course of an afternoon's walk three or four games going on in different places. Hortieulteere is now carried on to a considerable extent, and Victoria promises, as I always anticipated, to vie with any of the neighbouring colonies in flowers and fruits; the prefeision of the former and the abundance and size of the lat',, e r, when carefully cultivated, are such as you Crap scarcely believe. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1857. INTELLIGENCE. loyal, and courageous administration, it may serva as a blight example and a noble encouragement to the glorious classic land of Italy. Casillo, Sept. 1, 1857. Long live the King. August there were 104 cases The temperature varied between 53 and 81 degrees Farhenheit. We learn from Constantinople that a Russian squadron is cruising off Anapa. There is also a steamer lying in each of the seaports on the Gir eassion coast, and, consequently, Sefer Pasha is unable to get the ammunition and weapons which he purchased at Constantinople on shore. THE CONDEMNED CRIMINALS. FRANCE. PItUSSIA. BERLIN, SEPT. 2 THE LATE MURDER ON THE HIGH 81A8. The three poor and unfortunate fellow creatures, Henry Rogers, captain, William Miles, the first mate, ald Charles Edward Seymour, the second mate, convicted of the wilful murder of a sailor on the high seas, still remain in the gaol at Kirleclale, in a state of mind that can scarcely be imagined, much less pourtrayed, in conse quence of no answer having as yet been returned from ~he Home-office to the memorials praying for a mitigation of the awful sentence passed upon them on the finding of the jery. The day fixed for the carrying out of the sentence of the law is Saturday next. By some,:frern the =ewer to, the mmiorial3 , not hiving been yet _received, it is feared that the execution will take place ; while othrers, perhaps more humane; are of opinToa that their reprieve will yet arrive, and the poor,: fellows will be saved from an ignominoe3 death—even at the last hour. But, he that as it naty, every ex u•tion his been made to obtain a mitigation of their sentences by memorials from Liverpool and Sanderland, the farmer of which was backed by the reeemmendation of the jury—the prosecution—and it is understood, favoured by the learned judge, Baran Watson, who trio] the prisoners. Notwithstanding the awful state ofsaspense, we understand, for of course, and very properly so, the secrets of the prison are not &lowed to be revealed' to gratify a morbid curiosity, that the prisoners preseryo' the same calm demeanour which they have heretofore maintained. They are visited daily by the worthy chaplain , of the prison s the Rev. Mr. A.ppletoe, to whose manifestations they apparently pay the strictest attention. On Thursday Cept. Rogers was visited by his wife when a most distressing scene took . piece. A few hours will in all probability decide . the fate of these un happy culprits. It is needless to say that :every attention consistent with the rules of the prison , are afforded to the prisoners by the governor and officials: THE INDIAN MUTINIES. Polygamy is allowed in Net Zlands bit the bead wife is the only one who is allowed to commit suicale when her husband dies. The other wives are denied the privilege. GovEatiMEV: INQUIRY IN BELPA=T.—It is announced by the Belfast journals, that the Lord-Lieutenant has decided that an inquiry, cotedacted by the government, shall take place into the circumstances connected with the abominable outrazel of the 12 heftily and seven subsequent days. The Noraern Whig, referring to the promised investigation, says :—" 'rne appeal was made with ell the emphasis warraatel by the tercatnatances; hut the pre cedents, for such an investigation are not numerous, and it would not have been dill:it:ell for Lord C Arl,isle to escape with ail routine decorum the awkward incidents likely to be priviLed by such an inquest, at a mamma when the castle tactics are to please all parties by evading all but ceremonial functions. Bat Lard Carlisle has not shirked a plain duty, end he has done himself the greatest honour by his prompt and co: dial appreciation of the facts brought under his notice in this journal." THE Loss OF TIIE SCREW STElmta NIGER Thurt day, at the Greenwicla police-court, Mr. Traill, assi-ted by Captain Harris, of the East India C mipany'S srrvice, held an official investigation into the loss of the African Steam Ship ping Company's screw steamer, Niger, of 482 tons register, which was wrecked off Teneriffe on the 12th of June last (while conveying her Majesty's mail homeward), as alleged by mistaking the light on the southern coast of Santa Cruz. After a great deal of evidence had linen heard, Caatain Rolt, the commander of the Niger, being the principal witness, Mr. Traill, advising Captain Rolt, said, by the wording of the act the inqairy was whether the Loss of the vessel was attributed to the wrongful act or fault on his (Captain Roles) part, and he had much pleasure in saying that himself and Captain Harris thought it right on their parts to state that their opinion w %s that the loss of the Niger was not occasioned by his neg'ect of duty. They desired to state such an opieion at the present stage of the proceedings in order to set at rest the feel ings of Captain bolt and his friends without waiting for the issue of their report to the Board of Trade, but wich report would shortly be forwarded, with suggestions for the better security of the service for the futare. Captain Harris then handed the certificate to Captain Rolt, who left the court, afnidst the congratulations of his friends. AN UNPLEASANT CUSTOMER.-0a Friday last a woman, with four children, the eldest about 12, arrived by the 12.5 train at Chichester, and went into Mr. Standing's shop, near the station, and asked the loan of a knife. The attendant handed her one, and she immediately proceeded to attempt cutting her throat. Fortunately, the knits was not sharp, or the consequence must have been serious ; but the blunt edge inflicted a severe would. An alarm was given, and the police io. Supwintendant Green took the woman before the Mayor of Chichester, and then she was conveyed to the poorhouse, pending inquiries being made. She had on six rings, a geld watch and chain, and £7 in gold was also faund on her. It was ascertained that her nano was Mould, the wife of a merchant at Ryde, Isle of Wight. Oa .the following day Mr. Tichener proceeded to Ryde, to make inquiry. Dr. Buckell attended the woman, and by his advice, it was decided to convey her to the flints County Lunatic Asylum at Fareham, on Monday. This, was, however, rendered unnecessaty by the arrival of her husband on Sunday to claim his wife, and who, having paid Mr. Tichener's ex penses to the island, Dr. Buekell's oh arg,e, and also liberally rewarding the superinendant of police and ethers who had the care of the poor woman an a l her children, he left the city with his wife. Tao cruse of hers'attempting the rash set still remains samawhet a mystery.— West Slosex Gazette. ME ITALIAN I'ICEP;;CKEr.—At the Mansion Howe on Thursday, a sombre featured hang-dog looking Italian, who gave the name of Falerio Fill, was charged with stealing a pocket-handkerchief. He had been released from the City prison, Holloway, only a few days. He dis claimed all keowledge of English, and the services of an interpreter were therefore called into requisition. A gentle man named Guns deposed that he was on Cornhill, looking in an window near the Royal Exchange, when ho was told by a passer by that his handkerchief had been stolen from his pocket. Turning round he saw the prisoner immediately behind him, and believing him to be the thief, he demanded the restoration of his prop irty, upon which the prisoner colley took ,the handkerchief from benveen his legs and renamed it to him. So he gave him into custody. The prisoner assumed an air of injured innocence, and, through the interpreter, de manded how it was possible for a man to ba walking along with a handkerchief between his legs ? Lord Mayor : He knows that batter than I do. Tell him I shall scud him to prison for two months with hard labour. Interpreter:. I have told him, and he says he has no work, and wants a passp eat to go back to Rona°. Mr. Goodman (chief clerk) We offered him one before, and he would not have it, for they want him at Ram to hang him. (Laughter.) Lord Mayor : Yes, they'll give him a rope if he gees there, so he keeps away. The prisoner was- then locked up. HELIGIoUi DIMITY KEASUREI IN PARLIAMENT.—First there is the abolition of " Ministers' money" in Ireland which has become an accomplished fac'. This is a valuable precedent, for it is the extinction of an ecclesias tical impost without any sort of compensation, and a recognition of the principle that, while the establishment remains such, it must "cat its coat according to is cloth," and make what is. known as church property do the work of church taxes. We will add the enforited abandonment of the Edinburgh Annuity Tax Transformation (not Abolition) Bill, as a good thing following upon the passing of the Irish measure ; inasmuch as the defeat of bad measures paves the way for the success of better, sea lice avowed voluntaryism of Scotland ought,not to be satnied with anything short of that which has been won by the less decided voluntaryism of Roman Catholic Ireland. English dissent has to thank the Liberation of Religion Society for a substantial gain in the character given to the Burial Acts .eltnendment Bill. Nor should members of the Church of England be less gratefal.. Prelatic assumptions, in. connection with the laying out and canes cration of burial grounds, and clerical unscrupulousness in clutching at funeral fees, have of late shocked chereh men as much ne they haveannoyed dissenterss. Something considerable has. noes boon dot - se in the way of checking the evil. We are protected from the designs . of episcopal wall-builders and of clerical fee-seekers, and episcopalians will be likely to .suffer far less from the caprices, or con scientious obstinacy of their spiritual "pastors and masters." We have not finished the work of burial reform, but we have progressed splendidly since we set about it. The session has all but finished tap thoso strong holds of hoary injustice and antiquated absurdity, the Ecclesiastical Courts, The placing of the whole of the testamentary business of the country, and of questions of marriap and divorce, in the hands of secular tribunals, takes away from those courts that which keeps"them alive. There is here an advantage greater than is apparent on the surface. This meddling of the church establishment with the purely secular affairs of the country has fed ecclesiastical pride, has nurtured ecclesiastical function aries, has facilitated ecclesiastical jobbing, and has kept up *the ecclesiastical prestige and prejudice which are contri butory to the life-blood of the establishment. At length it is to he pat an end to, and that is to be rejoiced over, as the destrnction of another of the many links by which Church and State have been kept together,—The Li berator, The following letter is from an officer employed on the staff at Delhi. It is dated " Camp before Delhi, July 14," and will, no doubt, be read with much interest : The whole native army has gone, or is going Some fifty regiments have gone already, and all the rest are sure tly:ollow. Here we are still before Delhi, and not likely to get in till reinforcements arrive from England,- for our f o rce is about one-third the enemy's in numbar, and they outnuLabsr us altogether in guns - and ammunition, Delhi being 0.00 of the largest arsenals in India. We are, there fire, quite unable to besiege the place regularly, and our nearest b %aeries are 1 200 yards off. The engineers wgtclf an assault, and everything was arranged for it, but at the last moment the General hung bask, and since then we Lave lost ro Many men teat I don't think the ides will be , ever entertained agOn. Our own position is impregnable, the left resting on tile river, the right wall entrenched. The latter the enemy toe vary jealous of, and are con stantly trying to. turn.. We have had eighteen actions fought there since we came, an 1 s true of the regiments Nave lost a third of their numbers in killed aid wounded already. • _ _ _ La.:ghton has been seat back to Limbsllah, and Baird' Smith, from Roorkee; has coma down from Roorkee to be chief engineer,--a veil change for the better Oar troops, on the whole, are standing the expesure wiende7fally. Thar mutineers, I fancy, had no is ea that we should attempt s hot-weather campaign; but just now then is a great deal of cholera. You will clonhlese hear a great deal about the cause of this , terrible outbreak, and the peeple %kill, many of them' ascaibe it to the Cempany's rapacity and cruelty, &e. ; but every body in _lndia know lie:fatly that the true reason' is tha the Sepo,s were paaapered and petted until they began to see that we werhafrold of them but they would never h attempted to rise had not the country been s t foolishly denudel of Earopeans. All the people of the country are with us, and the , anutincras areay once defiated and dispersed we shall soon have the country square again.; but it is no joke to- boat 170,000 'men ; and they must send' p'enty of troops' from England: At least twenty-five regiments sh vuld be sent, 4 000 artilery, and plenty of heavy guns-4S and SOlpeunders,—far we shall have plenty of sieges ; and. we requi'e a command of artillery fire- over the mutineers. Rare we are firing 18 -pounders and 8-inth . howitaers, and the rebels are re:pi:Ong' with twenty-foura and thirty-twee. Two or three regiments of dragoons should be sent, and arrangements made for-supplying them with horses when they arrive (from the Cape or Australia); for - they will find none available here, our studs being far ap.the hamtry and most of them. plandered Bat, oh h•'many years will it take to wipe out the reeellectiou of all the atrocities these villains hare committed 1 There will be no •love between a black and a white faee fir tuat,y. a long day. his is, indeed. a bitter satire on the philanthropists who were for governing India entirely by the natives; and admitting them to eqnality with- us. Thuy are savages still, and false to the core, and nothing but the sward will keep them in order. "I think the assault would have- succeeded, but it is very questionable what we could have done inside that immense city with a handful of. Europeans and some 15,000 Sepoye to drive out. Wd number 6,500 of alt ranks, beta our irregulars are all rotten and ready to turn, The Ghaarkes (inhabitants of Nepati , ) and Sikhs, on the other hen); are thoroughly staunc ana have a thorough contempt for the Efindostanees. The way in which the Ghoorkas fleet is the admiration of the whole army.' Another oil - leer, writing oa the: following day, says : I wrote you a long letter a day or two ago, but as some news of our action of yesterday may appear in the p4pers, and you may perhaps see my name among the wounded, I write a few lines, which will, I hope, be in time for the mail, to tell you that I am vary little hurt, and, through: God's mercy escaped death most wonderfully.• You know Delhi, of c.mrse, so I will describe our posi— tion. . . The Eaglish batteries and pickets are on the right, between the town and cantonments, and these the enemy pressed very hard from early morn yesterday, occupying at the same time the suburbs on the right, called the Sulljhar Mundee, now a mass of ruins, but a very nasty place for fighting—narrow walls, &c • affording excellent cover for the enemy ; be sides which they are proter., , ted by the heavy gun batteries on the city walls. Atter tome hard fighting we drove then to the end of the road, Where three branches go off to different gates. Under the walls they made a stand, and from the narrownzas of the place we could only get two. Horse Artillery guns into action. " I was near the front, seciog how I could be most useful, when I observed one of the two guns almost unserviceable from want of hands, so many had been knocked over ; well, thinking, although on the staff, I was still a gunner, I jumped off my Morse and helped to work the gun. The fire was too hot. two Horse Artillery guns were perfectly useless eg tinst all the gene in the city, and some thousands of muskets blaz'ng into us, so the order was given to retire. I mounted My horse, and called out to 'limber up'. The horses in the limber, _from the shower of shot and shell that were coming in, got unmanageable, and I turned my horse to tell the men to keep them steady, when a musket billet hit me in the waist, about two inelei from the spine. I had a small leather pouch in my waist belt for carrying pistol bullets, ant the ball went through this first, so that my w sun lis vary slight. lam getting on well, and as jolly as passible. The following lettor, dated July P, is Lom & _ gentleman at Simla : Your last letter reached me at the beginning of our troubles, and was destroyed with other rowers at a time I thought we should have to fly from Simla. We were among the very few -who remained in the station at the panic caused by the incipient mutiny of the Ghoorkhae. They were skilfully handled, and went away in peace, and have since done their duty as pod soldiers.. You will not expect a cheerful letter from me, for our hearts are filled with sorrow and anxiety. Ev. - ..ry day ratters grow worse, and the plot thickens by Delhi standing. We act merely on the defensive. We have - .Jet been able to undertake any offan , ice operations yet, nor will we, I thiuk, until a strong fsrce has been detached to the river side. of the ei , y. At present, if we were to assault on one s•de, they , m;ght sally out by the other side unmolested. They have 900 Europeans with men and of sere, prot3eting women and ch ldren, at Meerut. They are in a fortified position, and it is impossale to imagine why 300 with pies should not hold it and allow the rest to go and co operate with the force before Delhi. The communication between Delhi and Meerut is now entirely cut cff. by the destruction of the bridge at Bhagput. Yon may, imagine how tidings- , from the scene of action are care eetly preyed for, longed for. We. exist only through the Eoglish soldiers and.., Sikhs. Thank Gad, they are true to us in this emergency, but not one Idindestenee Sepoy is to be trusted, regular-, or irregular. Tht severe actiou,ofehe 9th in our camp,,. when our pickets were driven in, was entirely owing to t hee treachery of the Oth irregulars (cavalry), who let. in the mutinous Bth Irregular Cavalry, pretending not. to know, them, their uniform is so similar. It is awful:, the extent to which the Sepoys and troopers are still; I tinged, and the lives that, are lest in consequence It was said some time ago that every ' poorbeah' (Sopoy . )i. in the camp was to be dissented; still it was not cegriect one., They have been disarming as fast as possible• in tha Punjaub, but we have so few European soldiers it )70 not. possible to do it quickly. This last week we have, two more mutinies at Jhelum and Seelkote, very severe and complete—gstting away with their arms and all, At J,helean the affair was mismanaged. The officer comman ding ordered the. regiments (the 14`h and s?:.e.th Native Infantry) to parade, with the gnus at their rear, in antici pation of the arrival of a wing of her Majesty's Nth, which was coining to disarm them. Tee Europeans .were late ; the Sepoys saw the gene and got frightened, flew toe. their lines, and fought desperately under cover of deal.* lines for 12 hours. Colonel Ellice, of her Iliteieesty'so2lth e was wounded, also Captain Spring and Ensign. Scott. Some of the Sepoys were made prisonere, and were blown sway from guns, whle others have escaped,in the 'direction. of Cashmere and are being pursued. You must feel deeply for India under this so unexpected , and so complets a blow. Dear is at Lahore, and I feel very uneasy, 93 we know that the 46th and a wing of the ',Mx Cavalry has gene to. Goordaspere. There they rev kodece the 2nd Irregular Cavalry to fraternise with them, and perhaps also David son's Irregulars, and if they combine with the disarmed regiments it might be impossible to prevent them doing incalculable mischief. Still, they are prepared for thane at Lahore and Umritsar, but I am, afraid not at Jullundure which is almost entirely 'without troops. Still we do fight and prosper against wonder fel odds. On the 9th, at Delhi, some sixty of onr people had got into a serai in the Sub j h a Mundee, and were surrounded by 1,500 sepoys- They had. not a percussion cap among them —ab:olutely nothing but their bayonets, and yet they fought their way out without the loss of a single man. It is really wonderful how many have escaped—officers fired on by their men, and yet get away in thernmstunaceeuntable manner. At Shahjehanporee the tragedy was, however, indeed complete. Not, on% ',gaped to tell the tale, as far as we know.