Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-03 00:00:00

0 01 °' wife 4,00 d iori he (11. • the • 011 It 0 -' ll 5 0 6°4 Pre a pt j THE INDIAN MAILS., On the sth inst., the Bombay and Calcutta P n ttek ets will be due at Suez, with news from Calc utta up to the 10th of October, and from t 2 na bay up to the 17th of that month. This news ;311 c uld reach London, via Trieste, on the 12th inst. 7 the last packets Delhi was 20 days' post fro m Calcutta, and 14 days' from Bombay, and Ca n npore was six days' post from Calcutta. There vala cousiderable delay iu the post reaching Calcutta alici Bombay from Delhi for the last packets, on ac count of the mutinous state of the intervening tl v ei ghbourhood. If Laikaow was relieved at the l i ale it was expec t e d t o be, it w ould probably be 41:311 t 7or 8 days from thence to Calcutta. It is Psasible that the roads between Delhi and C alcutta or Bombay might be clefter of inter tuPtiona than by the last aedouuts,and that it might b e ° 4l Y eight or nine days' post between the former 4 " one of the latter two places. Lucknow was I Pected to be relieved on the 25th of September. 14 ' 41 probable, therefore, that by the next ae -I°Unta we may have news from Delhi up •to fortnight after it was captured, and from I 'llcknow up to nearly a fortuight after it /l as relieved. This news will, undoubtedly, be 14 sat important and interesting, for it will most eert aill'-y contain the details of the c ipture of Delh 441 Most probably the relief of Lucknow, and such accounts of the operations of the mutineers as enable us to judge how much 'anger they will u s able to defy the Indian government. It is quite possible ihat we might have an Indiaii tele via Sardinia, in anticipation of the news by 1711 Y of Trieste, next Monday, that is on th 9 h 'astaut. 4411STRIAN RNANCES, AND MILITIRY • R?.DUOTIONS.— ZYienna letter states that the plan proposed by the rni,t-r of Finance to the Emperor, for ameliorating the ~aanci d situation, is either that a large reduction of the e 'lltY shall be made, or that the direct taxes shall be O p tiderably Lei eased. The letter adds that the Emperor l bi °Ppsad ta the increase of taxes, but has not yet be-n t i l : e to being himself to cons,nt to the reduction of stray, t i Tun Corermtrizo Cosvtor IN Nx NnATs.—The murderer 4 ) 733 , who was sentenced to death on Saturday, by the a 11 Chief Baron, is in a pitable state of mind, and t l:Pears to have giten himself up to utter despair. During N o whol e o rye s terd a y he wept alm:st without cessation.° hope is held out to him that there will be any com „,,74tation of his sentence, and the chaprain has earnesly e tt eated him to prepare for the sad fate which awaits The execution will take place on the morning of ° nday, the 16 h inst. The Committee of Mex"can Bondholders have received voices from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico, the 2nd inst. t i Packet sgai3 comes without remittances far the divi end fund here, but the money in the hands of the Mexican B int of th e B o ndholders, ready for shipment as opportu• a t Y may offer, now amounts to about. 12,500 dole., and portly before the mail left, the agent in Vera Crnz had b Which to . receive duty bills from the Custom-house there, 1 , 144 will enable him to make some remittance by the 1 43 , 1 t Packet. Conga , se had at the date of Mr. Whitehead's Per not yet Anna oeed its sesAons, but it was expected that ..! Would do so toe_ tallat'on cf the President, as a matter of official etiquitte 4 2 1(1 duty, te- dared their resignation, but no new_appoint -I,l!ents would be made till after the installation of the vougress. AECH/B /LGGICAL DI Ci•VERY Peign , -Deaenurt, o on scamp, who has been for some time engaged in directing 'lt l svations en a spot between Caisne and Cuts near , Yon, called " Le Mont de Choisy," a mound artificially Lirei c d in letgoae titans, and intended, it would teem, for an altar or place cif worship, has just bought to light a ',"lnlete bust, of natural e'a '; evidently • representirg an qPOII e The head of the god is encircled with a ribhand, :: :;i ll s:t et .si i n, e z e tie% tresses flew on his !frailties. Two 11 mms are from his forehead, right and left. A mantle covers re ra and breams', leaving the neck bare, which is Pemar"kable fur elegance of design. The figure, to all ap ic. Gaul, is of the earlier IN riad of the Roman doMilioa 'lll, and is, therefore, is reality, the Gallic Apollo rrcalledL Bellett ; for Vie Gauls had modified their owe The so as to blend it with that of the conquerors. or e e aeivatiens are being actively continued, in the hope making further discoveries. C Lkittry At Hotta —The Archbishop o' Paris, slyer the Gazette de France, is remarkable for his charity ; but, al t hough cen'alwa3 find money when the necessi of Poor are in question, yet when his valet repri seats to bi t n) that part of his wardrobe require replenishing, he that it A wilt be better to wait moil bread becomes cheaper. L few days since the valet, despairing of ever persuading 1 ., 13 the'. some new shirts were absolutely necessary j t " ad ipted an irgenious scheme to eff et the purpose. '," ll. o”med the archbishop that a poor gentleman was in r uelt distress that he could not purchase linen to make tl e it 'aPectable a pp earan c e be was required to do, and the P er thishop immediately give him money for that purpose di essinr some days af'cr, the archbishop said that the sl in given him by his valet was a new one ; and' he asked ßh ere it tal come. from. The me cant reelied that it had Lie n L i lor chased with the money, the archbishop had given le tt kr that po o r gentleman of whom he had spoken was ip ern-nonce himself. , A FUNERAL IN Srata.--The Prase d'Orieng gives the , ug acceunt of the funeral of the Emir Melham Chae I C' a Prince of the L bonus, which took place at 80 - da, on e lltb September, with great pomp :—" An immense c ,"l of peeple assembled in (rent of the summer palace the Emir, where tt.e body lay in state. Seen after a :tubber of t h e t ouse h o ld co me out in procession, headed by Z,e of the principal officers, bearing a red flag as a token oleurning. In the procession were three file horses of "e Emir into the eyes of.which p pper had been thrown , ip order to make it a pear that they were sheading tears r the loss of their master, Atter the horsme came a coffin, i Gnt ain ; tra a sta'ue in wood. covered with rich clo'lling.. t are a carried by the servants of the Emir, and w: .s sur -11;"ded by the remainder of the boas-bold, singing funeral er l e ° 2t-ls. The people who had cieme from distant vielaees le admitt• d to the palace to view the body of the Emir., aeo Ith - 1 7 all paid their eieus by kissing his hand. A I :asit was afterwards served up, of which most of the .present partook, and continued up yards of four a °ilr si After dinner the potable persons present were dlaittedlo eiffer their condol• nets to the princess and he "Atm. All the family afterwards e , tered the room e the body lay, and bid their lest adieu; after which th u9 dY was-carried in procession to 'he church, followed • °Pa'a.rds of 2,000 persons. The Maromeite aretbisboll, % I T I CO his,e'ergy, performed the funeral rites. A bed te„ t wo cushions were plsced in the tomb, and the body 4 Posiied on them amidst the wailings of all present. Dr —eYer„ ATIONAL LIFEBOAT INETITCTIN.--During the co ," e „''t sea N son when casualties at sea are O rife, the fallow ';''t f the lifeboats belonging tr, or in connection with, is inl'itution, stationed °on different points of the coast T v ;ue Unit e d Kingd o m, will be valuable :—Berwick-or stad ; Northumberland; Boulmer, Alnmoutb, Hauxloy, eaL iggin, arid Cullercoats; Whithurn and l ie4 4 :on Care ; Yorkshire.: Filey, Bridlington, and Horn ire." Suffolk: Lowestoft, Pakelield, Bouthwold, Thorp:- cc :gi and Aid borough; Sent: Walmer, Dover and Punge ka; Sussex : Camber, Rye, ourne. an•d Newhaven ; e o r'etehire : Lyme RPgis ; South Devon : Teignmouth ; Penzance, &rune, Cove, Padstow. and Bade N 02 v ,', 0 :; North Pevon Apple(' le, Nos. 2, and 3 Wales : Llandly, Tenbv, Fishguard, and Cardigan ;, te h il ia Wal es : Ab er .! ove y, Barrnotrh. Portmadoc, and 111 0. (tubul ar, ; Anglesey : Cemlyn, No. I ; Holyhead, lij o ; Rhoecolyn No. 3 ; Penmen, Nu. 4 ; Lland d w y n, ; and Moelfre, No. 6 ; Lancashire : Lytham ; Isle of Castletown. Iceland : Newcastle, Dencieum; o,threds ; Skerries, county of Dahlia; Wicklow, Arklow, Li e : r > Youth el. and W. stport. Lifeboa's are els? about at 6g Placed by the (society at Brighton and Hastings ; a n d lieepiScottor, Kilmore, and Geoamsport, in Ireland... Each tia' g2 ' a t is "'replied when required with a transp )rting car for , Every kind of store, including Ward's cork jack ets 1 : , a s h man of the crew, is also provided f .l the boat. at taa llfeboat o f th e i ns tit u tion has a master or coxswain 'tee, ' e l, to her, at a ealary of £8 a year, and a volunteer sta te ' 'no are paid either 55 or 3s a man, according to the an cit °f the weather, every q tarter they are required to :o sle i 4 the lifeb tat for exercise. Some of these boats are by n an d are now, by the society, being gradually replaced it 9 '2' lifeboat s , T o e uel2le the institution to maintain le e . "flierotre lifeboats in a state of efficieney, aid either to lati ß e e r e their numb e r or to replace others which are no foror service, the committee earnesly appeal to the c support. THE NOIItHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, NOVEMB.ER 3, 1857. THE BANKRUPTCY OF MR, MARE, THE SHIPB TJILDER. On Saturday, in the London Court of Bankruptcy, a meeting took place to consider a proposal made by Mr. Mare to pay a composition of 4a. in the pound to his ere liters, with a v:ew of super_eding the bankruptcy Under the act it is necessary that nine• seethe of the creditors of a bankrupt shall agree to ►he offer before the court can make the order for winning the fist. It appeared that 388 creditors, representing an amount of upwards of £151,000, had proved their debt', exclusive of Mr. Reit. Of this number 2 8 creditors, representing 892,162, had dace the b inkrup icy sold their debts to Messrs. Quitter an i Ball, the accountants, at prices varying from 55. to 103. In the pound, leaving 170 creditors, whose debts amoaated to aboue 867,838 dependent upon the ass is to be realised. The propcsal now made had been accedted by more than nine-tenths of these creditors.—Mr. Lee, the Obi 1 assignee, now stated that the assets would probably yield Is. or Is. 61. in the pound beyond the Is. 6d. which had already been paid ; bat he could not state the exact am mat, since mach would depend upon a settlement of the preferential claims made by Mr. Rolt for occup tion rent, and the Commercial Bank for money advanced to complete some Govern— ment contracts. The creditors who had assent d to the proposal now made represented 8160,009, while those who disputed scarcely rea:hed £2,000. Mr. Walter, on behalf of Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth, of Lincoln, engi: eers, opposed this application cn the ground that the preliminary meeting of creditors rendered necessary under the act was illegal upon technical grounds ; that the proposal for a composi ion was ma 'e in caejuection with Mr. Rolt, which was not consistent with the act; that a an'Ecient number of creditors had cot Wonted to the proposal, for that those who had sold their debts had di Tudified themselves from a ;scnting and that various measures had been resorted to for the parpo•e of inducing the creditors to se:l their debts in order to extinguish the opposition. The commissiane • overruled these objections, ar d said he weuld tale care that the composition should be paid through the officers of the con t. The order for effecting the composition was then made. After that is completed, an order will be passed to annul the bankruptcy. TIM WATERLOO BRIDGE TRAGEDY. Nothing whatever has trannp'red which will affsrd the slighte s clue to the perpetrators of th's frightful murder. The inquiry before the coroner, which resulted in a verdict of *Kul murder against some person or persons unknown, confir. - t,s the opinion which we have throughout expressed, that these bane; and remains of human flesh so strangely disco 'eras', a e p srtions of the body of a man who had. been most fouly murdered. The notion that the placing of the bag on the aba'ment of the bridge was the wank of same medical students, who desired to perpetrate a most repel-ive hoax, could not be recon ciled with the various facts connected wits the finding of the bag, and the appearance which its contents presented. the off dal report of Professor Taylor, was a most ela' orate and able one. It com pletely exhausted all that could be said on the subject, and distinctly proved that the man had come to his death by visleat means. There is an Absurd rumour atio a, to the effect that som s person has been missing for trme time from Montagris—a place the name of w..ich is i timitely associated with the career of a wonderful dog--and that these portions of the human body which have been found have been brought over to England from France for the purpose of being thrown over Waterloo Bridge. Why a Frenrhamn ah , nld choose a I vis't to England for the puroo3e of c smses'ing these preo's of his crime it is net easy to see, and his partiality for Waterloo Bridge, is sti 1 more extraordinary. But the most carious cireurnstanee of all wou'd be, that he should be able to pass the carpet bag aui its contents through the examination of the Ca stom-h use officers. He must be a mere than nasally gallant Frencliman if s,e wants el im a bag with such contents, eel offer it for the inspection of a cus'orn house offi .er. It does not a;spear vari probable that the Montag - is story is any nearer the truth titan the thousand on &Is which are so industriously circulated on the. subject. It is certainly a most remarkable thing, that with all the pnblicil which has beet given to the affa'r, no one has come for ward with any well-substantiated case of a missing indivi iu sl, corresponding lawn degree to that of the murderedman. The number of pc-sons who in England have neither friend nor acquain'ance must be small indeed, an lit wou'd appear, from all that is known up to the present time, that the victim must hare been one of this very limited class of unknswe persons. It is rta 'erstood, now that the jury hate returned their verdict, that the reward of .4330 , or ginally offered by the Government for the discovery of the guilty parties. wi'l be ins eased to a larger amount. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST A MAGISTRATE, AND COUNTER CHARGE AGAINST A MER CHANT. At the Mansion House, London, Mr. Edwin Ward Jackson, a county magistrate, residing at Cravan 11 11 Gardens, Bayswater. appeared upon a summons, charging that he crd, on the 17th October last, maliziously write and publish a certtin scanda'o is and defamatory libel, of and concerning Mr. Benjamin Co'eman, of 28, Poultry, merchant, against th stat ste Gth and 7th Victoria, c .p. 96, sec. 5. Mr. Tinaal Atkinson appeared in support of the summaas, and Air. Serjmnt Parry for the defendant. Mr. Atkinson, in opening his case, said that In 1815 the complainant was in business in Liver pool with a Mr. Told as stockbrober, and did some business for defendant in railway shares, which resulted in a loss of £1,200, which loss not, being made good by defendant, had, according to the rules of the Stock Eachause, to be_ borne by complainant. Since that time laJth patties had quitted L'verpoA, and negociations for the setU,ment of the debt between them had taken place. The libel alleged to hays bean published and written by the defendant was containel in the Lllowing letter : " Sir,—Thera is a deep-dyed sc!undrel a'Hont town, who is trying various dodges for the purpose of ext_rting money. His practice is to use every occasion to scr,ps acquaintance with gentlemen (as with myself and others), and get to knOW their history, and the.i by simu lated tales and perverted stat smeats to threaten exposure. He has cely been trying his hand with a member of the Stock Exch.nge, ald a respectable merchant, bat has failed in the attempt. Having heard him boast of numbering y u among his ptrso. ai friends, I deem it my duty to inform you that . yon may be on your guard against his desigaiag plaaaible Jew, whom I have discovered to bs a most cunning, unscrupulous man, W..0 , ,e vocation seems to be to tip up the unguarded and to ensnare his benefactors. His name is Coleman.— I am, &c " A CITY AfEilCil.ll,lT." " P.S. —I obviously cannot give my name in a letter which has to pass through the post, bat whl tell yon all abut it when I next see you." _ _ _ o ' Mr. Benjamin Coleman extmined—l belong to the firm of Coleman and Roberts, 29, Poultry, dealers in railway plant. In 1815 I was ca-rying on baciness at Liverpool, with Mr. Todd, as a stockbroker. the defendant also resided at . iverpool at that time; and although we welts not his regular brokers, we did some business for him, which resulted In a loss of £1,200, against which the defendant claimed a : et-off of et 900. For tha. 9)o he brought an action, but stopped it, a❑d ultimately he war posted on the Stuck Exchange as a defaulter. I offered to testa the dispute bet nee as to arbitration, an ()Mx which he declined, and &bolt that time defendant lett Liverpool. About twelve months after that, he came to oar office in a very im d overished condition, with the bu tons off his coat, and out at elbows, and asked me to accept £2OO in liquidation of his d_bt of 1 20d. The receipt proclacsd was the resin of that interview. [the receipt was read. It was dated ep:ember 10, 1816, and was for £2,eo in fall and absolute liquidajou of all demands on the p rt of prosecutor's firm ; and, beside), cents ned a wedge that they would exert themselves to contradict all reports oa the Stork Exchange, detrimental to defendant's character.] For eight years after that I lost sight of defendant, who had, I believed, retired to Yorkshire, and first met him about two ye re ago in the street, near my preoent office in London. He stopped me, asked me if I lived in London, and said ha si.ould be moat happy to Krve me. I told him that I did so, and that the beat service he con d render me would be to pay me the balance doe to ra e according to his solemn promise. I ciao told him wher3 ray office was, and a day or two Wier he celiedithwe, and asked m 3 what I thought of his becoming a thrector of a projected bank. I advised him not, on account of I.t antecedents. Mr. eerjtant Parry objected to this mode of examina tion, and lactated that the publication of the libel ought to b 3 proved before other matters were gone into. Alderman Wire ruled teat ties course should be adopted. Examination resumed r —On the 171 h inst. I received by poet the letter end envelope produced. lam sccetaiated with defendant's han 'whiles, and believer the word .‘ Colemais" in the letter to be in his handwriting disgaised, and the date most posit.vely is his. The writing on the inside of the envelope, to the brat of my belief, is in the hand writing of hie friend, Mr. Jar !is, the solicitor. he letter previously read by Mr. Atkinson was then put in as evidence]. When defendant called oil me in London, and I toll Ism it would be batter fir bin not to be a bank director, because of his antecedents, he argued that on'y one gentl marl hi London, besides himself, knew of his aetese tents. Ha saw that gentleman about it, and two mon hs subsequently the London and Paris Rank was brought out with _ _ a . defendant's name at a directo'. I rterwa , ds received a letter from Mr. C .senove, which I showed to defendant, and asked him what reply 1 shou'd make to It. Mr. Sergesut Parry again protested against the line of examination pursued, as being in'ended merely for the annoyance of defendant, and insisted that as there was no proof of the publication of the libel by defen 'ant since com .plainant hid swo n to the best of his belief that the en elope wa in the handwriting of Mr. Jarvdt, the case ouht to go no further. Mr. Atkinson admitted that he was not then in a positio a eont.lasively to prove the publicat oa of the libel by defendant, but hoped to be able to do so if the case was adjourns 1. Mr. Serjeant Parry objected that there was no ground for adjournment. Alderman Wire said the evidence was quite insu t cleat to supp tin the charge. and even contra dated the state ment upon which he had issued the summons. Ile cou d not, therefore, consent to an ej ournment, but should dismiss the CaS3 at Sarjeent Pavv—Well. the , as this case is now at an end, I am pr pared to g've Mr. Coleman into custody far writing threatening le:tsrs to Mr. Jackson, with i. tent to extort M 3 .ey ; and I will da so um:ler the third section of the very Act unde r which the present summons was taken out. Upon the a .thosity of Mr. Jackson, lam prepared at on .e to give him into custo ly, or I wi.l apply for a summons if Mr. Coleman wilt- undermke to a pear. Aldtrmati Wire-1 think the lob - tt way will he for the parties to submit he matter to some mutual friends and let then settle what shoal be done Setjeant Parry—Oh, there is no u.ntnal friendship in the matter, I assure your worship. If allowed to go Into the matter at once, I that. have no difficulty in proving three separate att moptt at extortion during September s•nd October, upon the past of Mr. Coleman Alderman Wiro -If you have any charge to make against Mr Coleman, let Mr. Jackson make a statement in writing, as was done in V e present eise, and if I find a prima face case in that statement, a summons will of course be issued. Mr. Atkinson—l take it that my learned friend's talk of price d ngs against Mr. Coleman is mere v 'pouring. Serjeant Parry—Oh, no, for I tell you, if the alderman had allowed me, I should, upon my own opinion as a lawyer, and on the authority of Mr. Jackson, have given Mr. Coleman, into cus'ody, so V. at you may see it Is not mere vanourin,;. After some further conversation, It was arrangel that a private applicat on for a summons against Mr. Coleman should be nude at some future day, en a written statement, and the parties then lilt the cow t. * THE HULL FORGERIES. The examination of Mr. H. S. Bright, chtrged with forgeriesto a large amount was resumed at hull, on Thursday. and cittinned on Friday oefore Air. Travis, stipendiary rnagisiratei Aldermen Gresham and Blyth, and Thomas Ward, Faq. Mr, . Thompson appeared for the pioseentiofi ; and Mr. Wells for the defence. At the clo.e of the investigation Mr. Travis inquire I if the pris , mer had anything to say in answer to the charge. The prisoner said be was perfectli and entirely innocent, awl that the shares were transferred with the privity of hi= late partner; but that was done to obtain ad vance in order to enable them to carry on railway opera ions entered into with the knowledge of Mr. Taylor's son. It was, he said, also wit in the knowledge of Mr. Robert John Taylor that after his father's death, h , ont of regard for Mrs. TtayLr and her Cattghters, with a hone ha had been brottrht up as a son and brother, took upen his shoulders .he insolvency of the concern, and towards the nominal balance which vpearei due to the lat 4 Mr. Taylor, he had since paid is nearly .49,001; and he wished to say farther, the principle contained in these rem ar,:e w.s known to the momcsers of Mr. Tay'or's family. Mr. Travis then corn/UW.Od the prisoner fur trial at York. On the application of Mr. Wells the other cams were adjourned owing to , he illness of the prisoner. LAUNCH OF THE GMAT EASTERN. On Saturday the directors of the aistern Steam Navigation Company decided, on the advice of Mr. Brunel, the engineer to the company, that the launch of the ship should commence to-day (Tuesday.) The process of launching will be commenced at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and is expected to be continued for.two days. Up to the middle of the day on Saturday it was uncertain whethe . r the launch would take place so early, or whether it would be postponed for another month. Mr. Brunel hal stared most di4tinctly that he could not he induced on any account to give his consent to the launch unless he was completely satisfied that all the arrangements which he desired were satisfactorily gem- pleted• A careful examination of the whole of the arraugements jastifie.d Mr. Brunel's fixing to-day (Tues.. day) as the day. A limited nurn‘r of tickets have been issued for the accommodation of visitors in the yards of the company, but the gradual process of lowering the monster ship into the water may be witnessed distinctly from many parts of the river, more especially from the opposite side. The mode of launching the ship will be entirely different from that adopted in the case of other vessels. 0 wing to her extreme length, the width of the river would not ..-. - permit of her entering the water stern foremost, as in the case of other vessels, and she will therefore be lowered with her broadsida to th 3 water. As regards the .• preparation for the launching, it my ba useful at the present time to repaat the general plan on which the launching " ways" have been constructed, over which the _ . . huge structure will glide into the water. Two launching " ways," . or broad and powerfully built tramways, have been constructed by the railway contractors,,Treadwell and C , running from under the fore and aft portions of the vessel down into the river at low water spring-tide mark. Each of thtse " ways" is 300 feet long by 120 wide, and the distance between the two is also about 120 feet. To guard against the shifting nature of the river mud both the " wayb" are constructed with unusult solidity and strength. The found•itio❑ of each is formed upon seven rows of piles, the four outside rows being driven at three feet intervals, and the three inner rows at six feet. These piles are all forced ham to the gravel of the river bed, so thit they graduate from a length of 32 feet under the ship's bottom to 10 feet at the low 'ater mark. TJ both sides of the heads of the rows of piles strong mbers, 12 inches by 12 inches, are securely bolted, and the whole area of the way covered with a concrete to a thickness of two feet. Above the concrete longitu Hata timbers of great strenath are secured at intervals of three feet six inches from centre to centre, and run the entire length of the way. Over these again are placed transverse timbers of the same solidity, but only three feet apart, which are bolted together and 'again bolted (bwn to the wailings to keep them fixed under the pressure they will have to bear, and prevent them floating at high tide. On these transverio timbers, but running straight from the vetsel to the water's edge are screwed railway etals at intervals of 18 inches apart. They are the ordinary solid bridge rails used by Mr. Brunel on the permanent way of the Great Western Railway, ani are of course of the strongest kind. The rails complete the ways, which, thus resting on a bed of piles and concrete, form a massive road of crossed and re-crossed timbers, stretching from under the Great Eastern to low water mark at an inclination of lin 12. Down the railway metals on these ways, then, the ship will be slowly lowered into the water on the cradles which are constructed under her. The cradles are, of course, of the same width as the " ways" over which they are to run. They are made of large balks of timber, wedged and driven in with a ponderous machine like a batteritn4 ram, so as to perfectly fit the ship's bottom. The timbers are principally laid athwartships, with longitudinal beams, and shores fastened to the outsides. All are rivetted together with iron bolts and screws, and loaded with iron ballast to prevent their floating with the vessel. The bottom of the iron cradle consists of iron bars seven inches wide anctan inch thick, placed at intervals of a foot apart and with their edges carefully grow d off, so as to offer no resistance to the railway metals of the ways over which they will Jeave to pass. Both launching ways rise slight'y at the centre, where the pies are driven at wider interva's in order to allow for the depression which is certain to be produced by the passage of such an enormous weight over their surface. Before the 1 treacle. all the metals of the ways will be thickly elated with a composition of talbw and black lead, so as to offer no obstruction from friction. The chief points on which the energies of Mr. Brunel are now concentrated are, first, to overcome the mo mentum of such a mass down an inclined plane of 1 inel2, and prevent her, when once in motion, dashing entirely away ; secondly, if stopped from any cause upon the " ways," to overcome the resistance co! her enormous weight and provide sufficient purchase from the water to pull her slowly into motion agaM. The latter is quite a secondary consideration, for it is upon the streng h and good working of the check tackle that everything will depend. As far as human ingenuity and skill can forsee the strain which is to come upon this tackle, danger has been provided against, and the whole apparatus forms the . 0303 t ponderous system of check tackle that has ever yet been constructed. We have already explained what the cradles are, and how the timbers of which they are com posed are wedged in by means of a hugh battering Tarn till the whole is crushed into one compact mass, holt‘el together with massive iron rods. To the centre of each of these cradles is fastened the iron sheaves to which the check tackle is attached. These sheaves or pulleys have been especially made for this work; they are of solid cast iron, and weighing five tons each. One sheave will be fastened to each cradle, and wrought iron chain cables of the largest size connect these with two other sheaves, each of which is secured to a drum, which pays out the chain, and in fact regulates the whole operation. These drums and the framework on which they rest leaving to bear the stroll of the whole mass in motion. extraordinary precautions have been taken to render them as massive as they could be made by any known combination of wood and iron. The shape is that of an ordinary reel, the axle of which is formed by beams of timber and strips of wrough• iron bound together so as to form a drum about 20 feet long, and 9 feet in diameter. At each end of the cylinder ate the wheels of the drum or discs, 16 feet iu diameter, ete.; o- st solid iron, and weighing upwards of 20 tons, so that to %eight of each drum is more than 60 tons in all. The ax the disc is set in a frame of iron, while around its outs .ve passes a band cf wrought iron to work in the men of a frictioe clutch or break. This, with the, aid strong iron levers, 20 feet long, brines such a pressure to bear upon the discs of the drum as to lower its revolutions, or entirely stop them in case the chain is being paid out too fast. Our readers, however, may, naturally ask what retains these drums themselves. Well, then, the 'came in which they work is set in a solid bed of timber formed by drivine, down a mass of piles forty feet aqua-e, and going down to the gravel Toe whole of this is bound together with iron, and strong shores pals from the cube of pies to the bed of the piles, on which the launching " ways" are built. So that, in fact, no matter what the strain, it would be impossible for the setting of the drums to give, unless the whole river's bank gave way with them. One of these drums is built opposite each cradle—ft:o chains to be used between them and the cradles are the ch tin cables of the Great Eastern itself, which are 21 inch in diameter, or about 601 b. the link. These are the appliances for preventing the monster run ring down too fast, but a powerful apparatus has also been devised to act in a contrary manner—namely, to pull her off the "ways" in case of the , cradles sticking fast on them through any unforeseen contretemps. For this purpose four large lighters are moored in the tide way, about 100 yards from the shore, which are fitted up with the crabs and sheaves used by Mr. Brunel in the recent raising of the viaduct over the Tamar at S dtash, and in building the celebrated railway bridge at Chepstow. Each of these crabs, worked with a win Mass, gives a strain of 60 tons ; and this force, if necessary at all, is to be applied amidships. Two lighters will also be moored at the stem of the ship and two at the stern. The chains passing from the ship to these latter will return again on shore so as to be worke 1 with a double purchase. Small stationary engines of 20 horse power will be used to haul in these chains, so as to make the whole force available to pull the v: ssel off upwards of 600 tons. The pro cess of knocking away the shores from under her were expected to be completed on Saturday, when the v. , ssel will rest only on the two cradles, fare and aft. Before the lest of these, however, are removed, care will be taken that the massive check tacl:le to hold back the ship is properly hauled taut, for when the vessel is left on the cradles. and the cradles on the sloping ways, the launch might take place at any moment in the most abrupt and unexpected manner. The way ire which the supp wti•rg shows and struts have to he removed, is as peculier as all else connected with the monster. It is nearly four years since these beams were put to s epport the sides, since which the iron shell has grown into the dimensions of a city, and pressed its supporters so firmly to the earth that it was found almost impossible to remove then. The difficulty has been overcome by employing hydraulic j tcles, of 60 tons power, by applying watch to the beam or strut the earth in which it rested was compressed by immense force till it sank two or three inches when the beam was loosened and gently withdrawn. THE IND AN RELIEF FUND. The returns made up to Saturday show that already the amount subscribed for the relief of the sufferers by the I ed an mat'ny exe.eds £200,000, and its progress still continues as satisfactory as it has hitherto been. he great loss of Ufa wh , ch h.-s attended the capture of the city of Delhi will unhappry create many a ditional claims upon the fund now at the Etiipos.l of the committee. The manner in which the fends which have bsen so 1 berally provided by the pulslic, are dea't with has hitherto been most naerceptionable, and well cal: culated to produce a feeling of 'confidence i t those who are entrusted wth their 4.ll4.lbution. The !alt tn2il from Bombay, oontaioing an. application from the cemm ttee of that place for a great of a portion of the funds collected, had in fact, been anticipated by the Lord Mayor and his friends, and the money was on its way to India before any a• pl'cstion bad bent eceivod here. phis circum-tance I roves with what caution and foresight the members of the Relief C sm. mittee have acted. A letter, aldresse 1 by Sir J. Pckingtort to the ord Mayor, requesting information respecting the ensto.'y and disysll of the Indian Re ief Fund, el'cited rom his Lordship a reply which, at the meeting at which the honourable baronet presided, was considered perfectly satilfa •tory, and the utmor. confideine w.B =Dressed in the arrangements made for dealing with the numerous claims which m'ght be male upon the fund. It will aff it'd. additional satiVaction to the pahlie to be informed. of the names of tte members I constitating the several committees which have been fos mad for the I conduct of the business. DEATEE OF GENE3AL CA.VAIGNAC. The name of Louis Eugene Cavaignac, whose death we yesterday a mounced, will long be remembered by our readers as having held the Diets orship of Frain after the revolt:snore of 1818. He was born at Paris December 15, 1302, his father being the oil Con ventioaaliat of the same name. His elder brother was a celebrated Republican, and sufferel a prosecatioe for the active share which he tece'r, after p somothog the Revolution of 1830, in a tack ng the measures of Louts Philippe's Government. While the brother was thus o cap' al in the arena of pelt - ice the future general we; serving in the army, which ha had entered on receiving a commission from the Po'ys:echnic Seim!. In 1823 he hell aea am and in the French expe :Won to tile 313r2a. Retarni lg. to F:aace, we fled him in 1833 in gurrison at Arras, where, as afterwar is at Meta, he odenly avowed his Republican sentiments. In cansequecco of this caudate he was sent by the Government I sto honourable ostracism in Africa, wherehe gained great distinction in the Alg,erme wars. In 1847 he succeeded Latasariciere is the c and of the pro vince of Oran, and its the fat:owing year was promoted to the Governor-leneraiship of Alge - lr. Here he signalised his cammead by great firm sass and i•algment, until he was cha.en a delegate to the Nation .1 Assembly .or the two departments of Lo'. aid Sai se. He ele,:ted, however, to sit for the former, as he hal some ancestral con section with the Lical ty. By a decree of the Provisional Government February the 24th, be was made General of Divisioa, and by a seCOll decree he was named Waist r of War, bat declined that pos b.icanse he was not allowed to coacentrste in Paris envie a military fu C 3 as he wished to maintaM. Its had scarcely been recalled to Paris, in order that he might tale a part in the debates of the Natioaal Assembly, wises events showel the necessity of piscine the eup.em mil:try c ammand in the hands of a single individual. He was appointed Minister of War, ani at once entered up:n his command. In the outbreaa of the 22nd of June our re dare will remember that two plans for its suppression were proposed. The Exechive Committee were i 1 favorer of spree ing the troops over the capital, and se prevea•ing the erection of the berricatles. Caraignac's plea was the opposite of this, and consisted in concentrating hie troops at certain peiats and bringing them into action in large masses. Cavaignac treated the encoreaki not as a mere insurrection, but as the co. - nmenecm tut of a o'll war, and met it in tree order of battle. We do not intend to repeat here the history of those eventful days, or to relate a' length how severe the contest and how great' the bliolehed tied beam) before the National Assembly passed a resolution declarin; Paris in a state of siege, and appointed Cavaignac dictator, with a isolate and unlimited powers • It is salon ;h to state that after four days of fight ng in the streets of Paris, chin, which tie killed ant waanled on both sides am rauted to above 8,0 )0, including area and Neerier, and M. Aire, the Archbishop of Paris, Cavaignac fouls i ,himself the absolute disposer cf the destlaies of Paris an .l of France. Had he been capable of me,e selfish ambition, he might doubtless have secured for himself, for a time at least, the possession of nalim ted .authority. Ile was true, however, to his mill:siesta principles, • and laid dew.' his " Dictatorship, " like same ancimt Roman, as soon as he hz•l pacided the capital, , The National Assembly, however, aware of the i.npertance of his service, appointed him Fre Went of the Council, with power to nomtaate his own tilialsry. At lenetn, after long and protracted dis..ussions, the Assembly determine lathst a President should be elected by n siversal Ina, age, Cavaignac WAS put forward by the moderate and respectable R publicans. The result, it will be remembered, vras as blow-3 f)r Louis N ipoleos, 1 - ,33i,520 votes; for Cavalgnac, 1,418,302 ; for Ledru R Alin, 37 r;43l ; for Raipsil, 35,7,64 ; for Lamartine. 17 gl4 ; for Chan3arxiier, -4,637 ; far ' sundry other candi dates, 12,434, the total nu ober of vote:3 po lei being 7,449,471. Oa laying down his extraordinary powers Cevaigoec received the th .nks cf the National Assembly aid the compliments of his successor. It will be remembe•ed that when Louis Napoleon executed his coup rec at in December, 1851, one of his precautions was to arrest Cavaiinfle in his bedchamber. The Gene:al, however, was released after a brief detention, aril ills resided unmolested in Paris ever since that time, though lee has never acciair , sced in either the D , ctatorship or the Empire. Oar readers will Scarcely need to be reminded that in Jily lass Coal ‘nac was returned' after a sever e straggle, as one Of the 10 Dputiei fit P4l;, in opNistion to the Imperialist party: CANADA . We believe we are correct in stating that the managers of the banks in this city are not inclined to acqniece in the conclusion of the resolution, recommending a suspension of specie payments by the Banks of Canada, adopted at the meeting of members of the mercantile community, held on Thursday. The bank representatives are of opinion there is no necessity whatever for suspension in this Province, that our monetary institutions are in a strong and good position, and that any demand for specie can be promptly met, even without the three quarters of a million of dollars in gold, now on the 'way from England in the Canadian and Cunard steamers daily expected. If proof were required of the general confi fence in the C tnadian Banks, it is affirded by the intimation given in another column that their notes will be taken, at 5 per cant. premium, iti`purchases made in the city stores, until the Ist of nev, month. SILY.Ca COINAGZ voa CANADA —lt has been remarked in the press that we must .have a coinage to inlet the demands caused by the eh Inge of our money of account. The Government has not, we believe, been inattentive to the Matter. We learn that Mr.Wyon, the celebrated designer to the Royal Mint, is engaged in making designs for a silver coinage for Canada. The obverse is to be the Q teen's portrait, and the reverse a wreath of maple, with the value of the coin in the °antra. In his hands the work is sure to bo creditably porformed.—Montreal Gazette TUE GRAND Tauxx.—Tioe Grand 'Trunk extensions beyond Stratford and below St. Thomas were to be stoprod until monetary affairs becamo mare settled. These works are not required by Government to be completed until 1961, and the shareholders are better spared this expenditure, especially below Qaebec. The present monetary crisis may enable them to get rid of these liabilities altogether during next session. DINNER AND TESTIMONIAL TO MR. T. B. SIMPSON.— The frienk's and neighbours of the respected proprietor of C;emoree-gardens have resedved that his recent victory over a certain section of 8 - . Luke's, • Chelsea, - by whom the renewal of his I:cense was vehemently o v posei, shall be celebrated in a mann.ir which •maY serve to indicate the trieuipii that has been achieved,,,aAd to mark their high esteem fJr h to in his ctpacity as caterer for the amusement of the public. With this view a dinner is to be given at the Lon lon Tavern, at which a magnificent silver vase, wo-th mire than 200 guiaeae, is to be presented to Mr. Simpson ; and, as a tes . .irnonial emanating from his imme diate neignbours, , residing eliefly in the vicinity of Cremorne-gardens, and subscribed for also by those pri vate friends who are brat acquainted with hir excellent social qualities, it cannot fail to be acceptable to the feelings of that gentleman, and may help console hiss for the uafair and puriNnical hostility to which he has been exposed. During the progress of th 3 contest, we took ore tsiou to express our opinion as to the nature of the oppoiiion raised by the vestry ; and we have only to express our pleasure that the co Mat has been prodacLive of a demonstration of esteem and good feeling so gratify' iug bud honourable to its destined recipient. TA's: MURDER OF MR. ELLIS. The assassins remain as yet undetected, but their impunity is not likely to be of ong. duration. Several parties against whom strong suspicion points are in the custo ly of the posies. An extra co nsta bulary force of twenty men, co 'amended by a vigilant ,Inspector, has been sent to the locality, and the charge, absut .Cioa her annum must be paid by the neighbouring inhabitants, under the "Pew:, Press vatinn Act. 18,55." The provisi,n of the statute which imposes this heavy pentedy is but a renewal of the law of Alfred, which made thehund - ed answerable for aly febny co.nmittel within its circuit, unless hue-and-cry was macle, and the felon detected and brought to justice; bat the Peace Preservation Act gives the Lord L'eutenant power to allocate the charge so as to exempt ne Ina scent and place it on the shoal 'ere of those who have connived at the crime, or sympathise with the criuinsl. In many instances the pressure of the tax has coerced the peasantry to give the murderer b j ustice, and it is is be hosed that it will not be ineff4ctual in the present instance. Two stipenidiary magistrates are on the spot, aided by some of the best officers of the coasts' Wary force, and there seams every reason to hope thtt this recurrence to agr..riai Murder, so t.isgraisetil to the country, and destructive t.s its best interest,,,yrill not be fostered by im2unity.—Pub:in Evening Hail. THE LATE FEARFUL GALE. The fall extent cf the garage infVetel on the shipping on the 'eastern coast by the is to f arid ga'e is only just coming to light. • At Eacton, on the Norfolk Linn . , a brig was wrecked and the crew were drowned. At Mundeeley, a bark, name unknown, was also lost, and the crew of ten men were drowned, one dying soon after he had succezded in reaching the shore. The schooner Mary Ann, Kirk master, came into collision with the schooner Brothers, off Lowestoft, and the I Ater vessel sank. Tly: brig Premium, Bennett master, of Sunderland, from Seatt_an for Nieudied, sus'ained immense injuries in her sag., mats, &c , and st oao time the vessel lay helpless in the trough of the sea, so that it was expo ted she woald become a total wreck ; was fortunately assisted, however, into Lowes toft hartour. The Lord Farcham sank in 1 owestoft North Roads; and the Fre !erick, of Sunderland, foundered off Corton ; the crews were saved, and have been forwarded to their homes by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE SUNDERLAND ROADS. On Friday aflernoon, the bark John U. Brookman, of and for New York, left Sunderland with a cargo of coals. an gaining the roads, the captain left the vessel in charge of th.. North Sea Plot, 'until ha returned to the shore and engared two able seamen, and a young man named Paer Mitchell, to make np his complement. With theso ho returned to the vessel in a pilot boat, but the pilots efnied to put either the captain or the crew on board until they received their " fey." The captain paid tAm, but was in a towering plssion• About a quarter of an hour after he was pat on ho I'l, one of the men newly shipped, olPerced t. his messmatea that the vessel was not tally mann d , and he and oth , rs went to the ca,etain and lodged a complaint to that effect. The captain w,,is then lens', and would not hear them, but as sours as he left th- c ,bin he took np 'an axe and rushed to,vards Alexander Irving, the spokesman, and asked him, with an oath, whether ha still complaine I of the barque bed ig shot t handed? Iry ng did not reply, and tae capta i n, almiag a furl°, a blow at hislead with the axe, struck h'm to the deck, the first mate folio ing his suit by at iking the man with the I.elaying pv. Another man was then struck by the second mate, and as the captain rushed at a third Mitchell), the latter, though unable 1 is swim, jumps I eve board, end was picked up by a pi l ot the boat. The pilot became alarmed , and hailed the pilot boat to come back. His color was obeyed, and the pilot droi:- ped over the siren into the boat. The ship then weighed anchor, and sailed from the roads. Ih3 pilots, :on landing brought Pater Mitchell to the police station, where he gave a detailed account ,of the whole aff-dr, and the aWkoritles are now on the look-out fur the , captain, whole passage, it Is lived, may be i tercepted. The batch have taken the depositions of Mitchell and the pilot, and have re,olynl to transmit the sum to Lo d Clarendon, with a request that the ship may be stodpel if possible, or that he *di take suck other m.a ures as he may think best to bring the offender to justice. THE DUBE OF NEWCASTLE AND A LUNATIC AS YLUM. The ceremonial , of laying the corner stone of a new Lu natic Asylum on the Coppice Hill, near Nottingham, was performed on Friday by the Duke of Newcastle in the pre sence of a vast concourse of spectators, amongst whom were the Nike of Newcastle, Lord Belper, Viscount and Viscountess Newark, Lady Pe4am Clinton, Mr. Paget, M.P., the Mayor and Corp 3ration of Nottingham, &e. The Duke of Newcastle,' in laying the first stone, delivered a long speech on the treatment of the insane, and in conclusion he said:—This ceremony began with the singing of a hymn by a class of persons who are deeply afflicted by the Almighty— the pupils of the Blind Asylum. I have before now had to plead their cause; I have stated what I then felt— how truly they deserve every assistance and kindness from those who have the privilege to enj )3T the blessing of sight. But that class of individuals, deeply as they are afffeted, have, nevertheless, a great compensation, awl very frequently their other faculties are in them greatly sh proportion as their sense of sight is lost. How different, then, are the circumstances of those who are to be the inmates of this asylum, how small, in this world, at any rate, is their compensation. Th2eply as I sympathise with the blind, the deaf, and the dumb, their case is not to be compared with those who are deprived of the blessing of reason, who, though possessed of immortal souls, are nevertheless in this world reduced to the level of the beasts, and deprived of that Divine essence which distirguishes man from the other animals of the creation. Ladies and gentlemen, I think a class like this does de serve our earnest sympathy and our warmest support in every way in which we can affArd it to them. I feel satis fied you will all leave this ground to-day determined that this institution shall be supported in future by the county and town of Nottingham in such a way at shall conduce to the satisfaction of your own approving consciences, to the honour and credit of this great county, and to the relief of the unfortunate inmates,as well gs to the comfort and consolotion of their relatives and friends, who are hardly to be less commiserated than the patients them selves. (Hear, hear.) I will conclude simply with the words which I uttered when declaring this stone to be laid—" May God Almighty bless the undertaking com menced this do." (Loud cheers ) OFFICIAL APPOINTEIENTS.--SEMnel Leon ird Talley, Egq • has bees appointed Secretary, and Charles Fiahsr, Esq., Attorney-General, for the province of New Brunswichr. iscph Shervingrov, Esq., has been app iinted rreasurer, and William Quin, Esq., Alcounfant, for the Treasury Department, Weill of Antigua Julys C , has been appointed a District Magistrate for the island of Mauritius. `,'RUSSIA AND THE SCA7'!DINAVIAN IDICA.—A. letter from Stockholm sta'es that M. Nordenskiold, professar at the University of Helsingfors, in Finland, has betn dismiss d from his chair, for having, kg a recant solemnity, delivered a speech in which he defended the Scandinavian idea—the netoi of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Fun land, under the Swedo N irwegi in dynasty. The profess it has returned to the S Yedis'a u&versity at Lund. SUDDEN DEATH IN THE STREETS.—At about five o'clock on Saturday eve ,ing last, an eldeily , famale was obierved to fall down in Cleveland-scree`, New-road, London. A surgeon was sent f .r, Who, attempted to b!eed her, but Without success. The surgeon having pronounced the pooroman to be gaits dead, the police obtained a shutter, and aided by the bystanders, proc;.eded with the•body to a nighbouriv la olthousl. The officials of the workhouse, however, refused' to receive the body, on the grouud that the death had not occurred in th dr prrisi. 'jibe p4ieJ carried the body to Middlesex Hospital. LIVERPOOL BURIAL BOARD. The monthly meeting of the Burial Board was held he the Workhouse Board-room, at ten o'clock yesterday. Mr. Robertson Ole& tone presided. and the other member* present were —the Rev. Rector Campbell, Messrs. J. R.. Jeffiry, S. B. Jackson, Samuel Thornley, W. Bairetow, and J. C. Corbally. Mr. Jackson handed in the seal of the Burial Boer& The seal was executed by Me. Leath ee b arrow , of Sonde John-street, from a deign previously sub-nitted to the Burial Board by Mr. Jackson. The arms of the parish of Liverpool are inscribed on it, and in the foreground are flowers in v Etages of development, cat down by a, scythe A label surrounds the whole, bearing the words, " Burial Board fee the parish of •Liverpool, in the county of f ancester," the inscription being terazieated at the foot by an hour-glass. A report was remit ei from Mr. Newland., the borough engineer, stating that he had made trial pits in the st Al of the Newshem House estate, but had not yet completed his experiments. Mr. JACKSON moved the confirmation of the proceedings of the Finance Committee, which included an application to the Health Committee to take steps for the se Overage of a portion of the Newsham House estate. The proceedings were confirmed. Mr. BatasTow suggested that if the Rector were willing it would be well it the Board shouli take the Waken C metery into their hands It would give a good (woe. Vanity to the B a-d, inesmu^b, as they might purchase landi the neighbourhood and enlarge it The Walton Cemetery wa., ar present, in a disg-aceful state, because the parties in charge of it h id no money t) improve it. Rector CAMPBELL stated, in reply to the chairma', that he did not see, at present, any objection to the beard taking charge of the Walton Cemetery He weul i throw z o obstacle in the way of such an arrangement. Of course it must be a matter for mature consideration b it, prrneee fade it appeared to him that the cemetery would be very suitable for the purposes of the Board. At the suggestion' of Mr. Bairstpw the subject was referred to the Finance Committee, to report upon at the next meeting. A communica.ion was received from the C )mmittee of the Toxteth Park Cerne-ery, stating, in answer to a letter from the clerk of the Burial B mod, that the same charge was made by them for the interment of reddents as of non-residents in the township, Rector Caltrusu. called at cation to the act of paella' - meet, in which, he said, it wig stipulated that the eh :me for the interment of a resident should be two guineas, awl that for a non resident three guineas Some further conversation having taken place, the board adjourned. CE gTELL CRT &II NAL CO URT-SATURD/T. THE BALL'S POND MURDER.—Rotrrt Thomas Davis, VI, was charged with the wilful murder Martha Davis, his wife, by cuttinz her throat wi It a tazar. The prisoner, who appeared in great distres; of mind, stood during the whole trial, clasped his halls, and trembled violently. Mr. Payne prosecuted avid Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner. The Lets were these— The prisoner, who resided with his wife and a child, four rare old, at No. 11, Dtrset.street, Bali's Partial, was in the habit of getting drunk, and he and.his wife ft, qnently quarrelled. On the 6.1 t of October prisoner and deceased were together all day, and abc ut eleven o'clock they went into a public-house in attr wighbout s •hoocl, and the prismer carried home a p nt of beer. Ho was atilt t time a good deal the worse for liquor, but the deceased was pnfectly sober. On melting home prison was heard to tee a most offensive exxesaion towards his wife. and she denied it. On reaching their loom the quarrelling continued, anl the prisoner was heard in a great passion is exclaim " I'll. go and get it," " do it." Ile -was then heard ta go out of the bcd--oom arid lock deceased and her child in, aril then go into the front room and returned. Deceased was heard to call out, " Ton roue, sou are going to murder me," and the child's screams at the same time brought down the lodgers, and they found deceased staggering along the passage wi h her 'throat cut, and covered with b'ood. Prisoner was near It tr with a ram- covered with blood in his hand, and he a eels med " I've done it at last; I've done it to right* this time." Ile said, "I am now a happy man." The deceased fell, an I shortly after expired. The prisoner was then talren into custody. Mr. ,Icigh, on behalf of the prisoner, maths an earnest appeal o jars, -ind endeavoured to show that the act was committed in the heat of pesthole, and un ler the inflaence of liquar, without premeditation. The Lord Chief Baron sum-ned up, and the jury returned a . vetdiet of guiltr.. Ilia lor!ship then pronounce d sentence of death in the aerial form, telling the prisoner that the pita set up was no palliation for the dreadful crime of which he had been found gnilty. The prisoner, who appeared to be enduring much mental suffering, was then removed from the t'ock. THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION. The Mexicon Extrao - tdinary, publishAd in the city of Mexico, noi- es as follow., in its issue of S /3t. 26, the conspiracy which has been already mentioned:— Siveral arrests were made durine yesterday of persons known to belong to the Santa Annista, or old central Government party. During the early part of the day coesid,rable excitement prevailed in the streets. Se much were some persons aff cted and convinced that we were on the brink of a popular tumult that several stores in the Calle Piatoros were closed Mid-day was the hoar fixed for the outburst of I revolution, which was variously -reported to have had as many varied objects is view. The only thing that seemed at all settled was that the present Government was to be torn down- Bat mil-day passed, and the merchants who were alarmed in the mOrtfne opened their doors and resumed bwiless as usual. The day and night have passed, and we have had no revolution. If report be true that a corspiracy had succeeded in getting together a large amount of money, and had actu Illy corrupted a number of officers of the army, the result speaks -volumes in favour of the untiring watchful ness of Governor Baz. Rumours of conspiracies come upon us from all quarters—from Vera Cruz, Grimy% Jalapa, an i other places. Many arrests have been made. on what is reported to be positive prcof of complicity in plans against the Government. A. rumour has reached here of the ereat disaffection in the ever-revolting city IA Puebla. The fact is, rumours of revolts and robberies comprise the daily budget of news at this moment. Et is a melancholy state of affairs indeed, and we trust and pray that the collection of wise heads in this city will devise some ways and means to imitate a better oreer of things here. Three days afterwards the some paper reports, Among those who have been arrested , we fied the following::—Generals Marino S tied, Manuel Ohands, Domingo Gallosso, Agustin Zirez, Antonio Bonilla (in tendente of police in time of Santa Anna), Lieutenant Manuel Fernandez - de Jaureaui, Colonel Domineues. Francesco Gultian, P. Velez, Mr. Rodeguez, Falcon (son of him who pronounced in Temascaltepec). The fore g ting do not comprise all. There are many more whs are net well known to the world. There was no tn-me merit of any kind to mar the festivities on the 27th, and we were unable to discover any extra . precaution at the government in apprehension of trouble. The Government have set aside 22 per cent. or the custom htuse cello's to liquidate the claim against it for the 240,0 , 0 dials. stolen from the British consulate last winter by Ches. PEVrH - RAILWAT CASE.—A j try eve was opened at Perth on Tuesday bef ire Sheriff Mitre, which prt.m's.?s to ~c enny a considerable time, tat;il to aff ,r 1 fc re f.r the exe.c7se of the talent of sever 1 learned Ed - nbo-gh counsel, Tho c..se is between the. D tnk lei Railw y C .n.p ny on the hanl, and Sir Wi!lism S ewart of Mar hly on the other. and the point involved is 'he amourr, of c earensation te he pall by the railway company for the Mound they 1- are e tired upo9 he!oeging to 'h Morthly csta e. There a-peared as c ,, unsel for Sir Willi tin Stewart the Dean of F culty, and Messrs G rritati and Shand, a3yoc des; ant far the rest) -ndents—the railway corn Any-4he Lott :'vacate, and Messrs. Paton aid Y wiz advocates. After a jury of thirteen had be'n impanelle I it wre agreed that, first of all, they sh odd visit anti inspect the ground in question—a process which woul I probably unsatne the greater par of the first flay; so that til'elor proceedings will not be commenced until Wedne=.lty morning. The SUM offered he t ie railway as c mlensatLn is bet wee= £ll,OOO a id £12,000; while Sir W. S'vwart es:ima:es his damages at up Yards t , f £40. 000. Loan PoUrrR , C UktT —S one ft ay diys ago we announce& that there hal been greit r j icinz on the c , ming of age of Lord P )1-e-se , urt. Amlng his first acts on hie accessieu to il.e estates, W-19 the granting of a s - ta at the beautiful village of Enniekerra , f r the errction cf a Ca holic On the day on which his Lordship came of az° he pre sented as te for, and I the fonnea'ion stone of, a Pro e etant etnrch for the use of his Peotestant tenantry, and before the month cl sed hi inta mated to the Dmyer that be was deeireue of giving a s ntable site to his Catholic 'enaltry on wh'o'a t o ' rear a ben wing temple for the worship of Go.l according to the filial of their fathers—thus showing, by iha two great acts p sof his maj rity, that true direction of his own religious i c'ples is perfectly c .mpatible with a generous liberality to Valse who differ from him. It is highly crelit,ble to this y ou ^ g no'aletnan to cimmence his career as a landlo-d in a manner so eminently calculated . to wilt for him the respect of all c'a = se s ; and we trust that front bits temples there wi!l long continue to ascend fervent payers for the long life an I happine s of ore whose first proprieto ial acts are so consonant with Christitt ' fetlirg ani the duties of h is p )sition. Daring the last hundred y , ars there has no t been a Catholic chapel of Enni•lt , rry, the f .re`a`he.s if the prese? Fail refusing to gran: a sitefor the e recion of such a build i ng. 1