The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-17 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. ° wing to the violence of the gales in the channel, and the consequent detention of the French mails (11° W two in 'number), the letters of our Paris ;_errespondent of Monday's and Tuesday's date 4 ltcl not reached us up to the hour at which we Went to press. tto.nel of Prorn other sources we learn that the Constitu- Tuesilay published the following note, ,P,„Th reference the closing of the Conferences. 0 4 , 1 ,e note bears L evident characteristics •of a semi 'Val n otification, and is as follows : the p eace Luo n ot ei th n signed at Paris on the 30th of last „ becoming o bli ga t ory unt il i t h a d re lee ratification of the respective contracting "-le Congress judged it opportune to re a la Until it had been officially informed of the .ie ee to thnaposhment of the desired formality. Thanks have electric telegraph, all the plenipotentiaries e new been informal that their governments .e ratified the peace, and the first plenipoten itialltis filling the functions of Secretaries of State to r departme n t o f f ore i gn affair s , b e i ng pressn d „ i a l 'ilrn to th e control of their respective ditties, h a ; e do ting of th e d e lib era ti ons o f t h e C ongress 6 t h ba e'n fixed t o ta k e place on Wednesday, the Vl;, Count B uol and Baron de Manteuffel will " P aris the nex t d ay, t h e former return i ng to 1111 1 7 4 ; the latt er t o B er li n . L or d Cl aren d on e ave for London on Friday next. await the e x r i et Orloff and Aali Pacha will via t ln g e of the ratifications, which it is hoped th e i n ,' ertected by the 28th of the present month at Pla e „, es t• This formality will, by agreement, take ;) ~n,the part of Austria, Great Britain, Prus.. teetrau ardinia, by means of the second plenipo exo:aries g r , only, seeing that it is simply required to by „ -- ge seven copies of the treaty of peace ratified by co ntracting power, with one copy ratified b i 'ett of the other contracting powers. te coh t lie absence of the first plenipotentiaries, the for Ple nipotentiaries cannot take any decision, (teatsa t B P e cial reason that thei r pow ers are su b or - Itaie o those of th e fi rs t p l en i potent i ar i es, w h ose th ej r? is necessarily at an end by the fact of Wed "Parture. Th us , f or a ll l ega l purposes, 00„ neTre ss eday e sitting is the actual close of the ', kir; AUSTRIA. --. i es, dated Vienna, April 12th, me n ti on that 0:8, ev ening impressions of the P resse an d caClreichische Zeitung of yesterday were confis leade's because they contained the substance of the f It tit el. of the Times, of the Bth, on the state o from' As the offending article had to be removed 4 their columns, the papers in question dt o !pear until an unusually late hour. According CoulthVireses received here yesterday from Paris, the - i o ` th -15 00l expects to be in Vienna on Sunday, theli (1 8 Morning, between twelve and one o'clock, 04 kiardinals, Archbishops, and Bishops waited Wh'eti,ll6,,Tiperor, and presented an address, in The Emperor, thanked his Majesty for the Concordat. p a ° R ddres s is in the Latin language. When the eal),V ' Nuncio i s not present at the Conferences 04 41141 Prince Schwarzenberg, the Archbishop c o r , a ga_ . e, pre s id es, f roti anti Coll oredo arrived here yesterday morning A Vt °ll4°ll ' Who i nna correspondent of the Breslau Gazette, rl 8 us ually well informed on all matters con _Nte,, . th at q With the Roman Catholic church, writes . not, all th e Austrian bishops, before they met in faith " were obliged to make a confession of 4 11 in strict accordance with the canons of the 801, 11 ,,. ei l of Trent, and to confirm the same by a A "'II oath?' Count Thun, the minister for .00 . positi ons affairs, has made to the Synod pro iiiej i 'Des on the following subjects :--.1. Matrimo. Witl l - . 41 1 8 . . 2. The regulation of matters connected Of -e “°°l a nd d owsons. 3. The administration th e r 1* a * av educational ariae Igious and . funds, 4. The aria ' 8 of indemnifying the bishoprics, convents, of Ireetories, for the losses caused by the abolition e e , t i " .emits de eorvee. 5. The jurisdiction over Cr anes.cOnls Men who have been used to sit in Imust b as well able to keep a secret as la _,,a e to be i!liAlonaatists, and therefore nothing is likel 3d - Ilo t -i I '‘vo Of what has been done in the syno Emperor I.S itS. resolutions naN e been sanctioned by the and th pope.' The Civilta Cattolica, 0 . :1. 12 . 1 gb church -in t a to - Paper published at Rome, denounces ill that Y of Brescia whioh is now being published lb, ; City. After the first two volumes had eeePleared, the author was obliged by the bishop to 'u nt a l s e that nothing which he had written was and Futionally hostile to the Roman Catholic church and i t :. de gulas." In the fifth volume the talented natne-u'rned writer attached the word martyr to the that tl' 3 Arlzold of Brescia, and the consequence is N t ue work is to be placed on the Roman Index, llrese.°f Prohibited books. Arnold or Arnold°, of the 12th 1° ' was one of the most distinguished men of fear e e i century. His great eloquence made him With „ Y the priesthood, whose vices he denounced the the c ourage and perseverance. The end of his ti l l l e r, of Arnold, of Brescia, the first reformer, 418 as th e ° le was burned alive at Rome in 1155, and 4 8 t i l es- thrown into the Tiber. . 17 41 4 ihe Austrians still assert that they are to re 'he Prr„ , t he Danubian Principalities until they, elzt or lelPalities, are re-organised, it may not be ofdki V i ltee to ask whether the State of Moldavia thesnaehia is such as to justify the maintenance terOssed-Btato of siege. As soon as Baron Hess he intro the frontiers into the Danubian provinces ter d clueed martial law, and he had some excuse %Id, th i/tMg so, as Moldavia and Wallachia teemed :544 'that agents and Greek spies. It is pro. Vet, t o. , ~74 cne A.ustrian government would not ob tittle `qe abolition of the state of siege, but it has i4 clet Or , a ll ° Power in such matters. Marshal %. er g, zt i k a - ; 4 not obey the late Prince Schwarze . n : on i 6° l lld „a‘ hi doubtful whether Count Cor in —° nt "" 3 ' v erY great attention to the wishes of _ lino. •Lettp,. i. TURKEY. toportzlm 'rota Constantinople by the last mail 4 Od j,"4 hat.great excitement reigned at Varna (lisco then eighbourhood, in consequence of the /4,114h:13r of the mutilated body of a Christian girl, 4:1 1e ...71 bee 'violated and afterwards murdered. s to it ~""ele was ascribed by the Greeks and others t he (311,e•ha, although the information attainable____9 ,liter object is scanty, and tainted in its origin. The 4.14 11 8 0 - "' Ivn ioh left Constantinople on the 3rd inst., (I N , W brought word to Marseilles that menacing htlevrnstrations have been made at Varna. The sit thal sand he irl was attended, it is said,Buly IRttrian°ll Christians, and in the church 44Rj1;parangued the people, vehemently deamand "klee ..0e,,,,„. • r olibl'ulng to the Journal de Constantinople the . eoi lt; e s in Arabia, and particularly l'he:Lloe, and others have broken out in Katkian. in the Hed . jar . , I+l,l3,elgian officer Schwarzenberg, one of those 44teeared the privations o ione garrison of Kars the ,34st before its capitilla, goes to command ql,p'oops in Syria, with the rank of general. The Of t r tians of Doni ah have demanded the protection Sultan against the AToslems.. hve regret to record the death of Charles J. Whitley theTl'ldas, E s q , which took place here on Friday last, tielth inst , ' after an illness of a few days. The e h ' l 'll was ' the eldest son of Vice• Admiral Sr James 41 ;11 - 4 -u undas ( .1. r.C.8., and the Hon. Janet Whitley Zlt t 5 31 ,,,5, and grandson of the late Lord Amesbury. He l t l o wt ,,, lll erlY a captain in the Coldstream Guards ande b'kry,,Te,;time_ member for the Flint burghs. .11 "te 1-:, 1 837) a daughter of the late John Jardine, 40e."Cu2orriff of Ross. by whom, and an only child, a 'l'll,`3 aurvived.—Seotsman. Of ` ItIGT, BEAT TIMM WIVES. ---A meeting t r , ~, -.l' OP MEN TO t°lve..-I,',l,ewhat extraordinary character was held in the eotive4ll, Leicester, on Monday night. The handbills telati-4R itstated that the object was to consider the laws 11 0 ye to.le protection of women, and that no men would tacl'aitt . 41 - 134. h u. excepting of course, gentlemen of the press." V„Reibrd"'clock, the hour named in the bills, very few-had 'O. I, — ,vs hut subsequntly the meeting numbered about I,..flberat'',emajorit were ' females of the middle age, .ofth Toocire etas., but Y in general respectably attired. A Mrs„ Iv a , ord was. voted to the chair, and the principal speaker ever 1 ,,1 / eoch a . Mrs. Wigfleld, who made some really i 4 It o l ' The injustice of the existing laws, by clever ~I tt tl n0."4 is deprived of all control over her own earnings litl..llitslPliti_r'gr. was vehemently denounced, and it was 1 ,,7, 1 ;r1 ~_'l esolved to support the motion . of Sir Erskine " l ltie n " revision of the marriage laws. ., , 31„ ht b to the house of Commons, praying that IT Zl(llNeeedie adped, was ' unanimously agreed - to, and the t'fla, which were conducted with kreat brder .4e lii °kietY, terminated soon after nine o'clock by Iti th Il ' in g of the h_ on e ~s . a_ X tional Anthem. It was agreed, .74atire for 'll sentient, not to support Mr. Dillwyn_'s "Ife-he introducing flogging as a punishment for 4ters. WEST DERBY UNION. The first meeting of this board was held yesterday, at the board room, Mill-lane, Everton. This being the first meeting of the guardians since the annual elections, The Clerk read the return of the members elected, from which it appeared, that the following townships had returned the undermentioned gentlemen to represent them at THE BOARD. Aintree : Isaac Edwards, Aintree, farmer ; Allerton : George Green, Allerton, farmer ; Bootle-cum-Linacre Henry Morris, BootlP-cum-Linacre, gentleman ; Child wall : John Davis, Childwall, farmer; Crosby, Great : James Hayes, Great Crosby, appraiser; Crosby, Little : Charles Calls, Stanley Home, Great Crosby, ironm onger; Ever ton : Richard Shaw, Everton road, builder; Henry Ed wards, Audley street, architect ; William Elias, 2, Magnum terrace, Netherfield road, north, huilder, &c. ; Fazakerley : Jackson S gar, Fazakerlev, farmer ; Garston : The Rev. Abraham Hume, L.L.D., Clarence street, Everton, clerk in orders ; Ince Blundell : Stodart Rutherford Clarke, the Grange, Ince Blundell, farmer; Kirkby: William Roscoe. Kirkby, farmer ; Kirkdale Thomas William Med calf. _Bootle lane, Kirkdale, gentleman ; George Pitts, Walton-on-the-Hill, hide rope manufacturer; Litherland : Cornelius Donovan Fitzpatrick, Litherland. curge:m ; Lunt : Peter Almond, Lunt, farmer ; Netherton : William John son, Netherton, millwright; Orrell and Ford : Richard Mawdsley, Orrell, farmer ; Sefton : Edward Watkinson, Sefton, farmer; Thornton : John Richmond, Thornton, farmer ; Toxteth Park : David Craig, Park place, builder ; Joseph Harrison, Dingle terrace, south hill, ironmonger; Samuel Siddeley, Mill street, draper; William Leyland, Miles street, builder; Thomas Evans, 13, Eagle terrace, Upper Hill street, ship bread baker; Matthew Augustus Johns, Park street, agent ; Alfred Pickup, Stanhope street, pawnbroker ; William Baynes, jun., 75, Windsor street, builder ; Joseph Wilson, 234, Mill strict, gentleman ; Wavertree : The Rev. William Badnall, Wavertree, clerk ; West Derby : John Abrahams, 2, Beech street, Fairfield, gentleman ; Samuel Lunt, 2, Low hill, tailor and draper John Whitby, 41, Kensington, gentleman ; James Wensley, 28, Gloucester place, agent. No election took place for the township of Walton-on. the-Hill, in consequence of which Mr. Charles Batten, who was elected last year, continues to represent that township at the board. All the above guardians were present at this meeting, except Messrs. J. Green, John Davies, Dr. Hume, S. R. Clarke, P. Almond, and W. Johnson. THE APPOINTMENT OP OFFICERS. Mr. H. Edwards, after passing some complimentary remarks upon the way in which their chairman for the past year had performed his duties, and conducted the business of the board, begged again to nominate him for the chairman for the ensuing year. Mr. Lunt had the greatest pleasure in seconding the nomination. They had all seen the manner in which he had performed the duties of the board, and that was a grand criterion for his future conduct. The motion was then put, and carried unanimously, amidst the cheers of the board. The Rev. Mr. Badnall, in appropriate terms, acknow ledged the compliment which had been paid him in again electing him as their chairman, and promised to fulfil the duties as efficiently as ho possibly could. To the old guardians he need scarcely say a word, they had seen his acts, but to the new guardians he would only say that he would do his best to, please, both the guardians, the ratepayers, and the poor. He next alluded to the respon sibility which attached to the office of guardians,. and expressed a hope that in all their acts they would, with respect to the poor, mix justice with mercy. Mr. Abrahams then proposed that Mr. H. Edwards be elected the Vice-Chairman for the ensuing year. He bore testimony to the valuable services that gentleman had rendered the board, and to his constant attendance. Mr. Whitby seconded the proposition. • - Mr. Pitts proposed, as an amendment'," that Mr. Joseph Harrison, who had performed the duties so well for the past year, should be again elected. His past services were a good qualification. Mr. Hayes seconded the amendment. Mr. Abrahams said he had no objection to Mr. Harrison. The Board divided, when Mr. Harrison was elected to be vice-chairm al by a majority of three. Mr. Harrison briefly acknowledged the compliment, expressing a determination to do his duty, as he had hereto fore done, and to watch carefully over the interests'of the ratepayers and the poor, and to render all the assistance he could to his brother guardians. Mr. Hensley then proposed, and Mr. Lunt seconded, a proposition, that Mr. H. Edwards be appointed the deputy vice-chairman for the ensuing year. Mr. J. Harrison then moved, as an amendment, without any disrespect to Mr. Edwards, that Mr. Abrahams be appointed to fulfil the duties of deputy vice-chairman. Mr. Craig seconded the amendment. Mr. Edwards expressed a determination to decline the honour of taking the office; upon which, After some conversation, the beard divided, when Mr. Edwards was elected by a majority of four. Mr. Edwards said he felt exceedingly obliged to his friends for the compliment they had paid him, although he did not covet the honour; and was much obliged to his old friend Harrison for his opposing him. THE RELIEF. The general relief of paupers was then proceeded with THE CHEQUES Cheques to the amount of £203 were voted for the relief of the out-door poor within the several districts of the union. THE RETURN. - The master of the workhouse reported that the number of paupers in the workhouse last week was 708. Since then nineteen had been admitted, two born, thirty-one discharged, one death, leaving this week 698, and for the corresponding week of last year 666. THE BOOKS The Clerk reported that he had examined ail the books kept by the several officers of the union, and found them correct, except those kept by the master of the hospital, which were not made up in consequence of his being in ill-health ; and also that there was a balance in the hands of the treasurer of £6O 10s., and that the balance due on:the last call from Everton was £357 7s. 2d., and from Toxteth Park £BB I 3s. Bd. THE HOSPITAL. Mr. Abrahams moved that Mr. Smith, Mr. Cleaver's clerk, be engaged to make up the books of the hospit a l, i n consequence of the indisposition of the master of that establishment. Mr. Collis objected. The Chairman said nothing could be done with respect to Mr. Mann, who was never likely to be able to fulfil his duties efficiently again, until they had received a report from the Inspector. The subject then dropped. CHARGE OF NEGLECT. A police report from Inspector Tobin complained that Mr. Lester, the surgeon, had not attended on a poor man who had since died. On the motion of Mr. Shaw, the report was ordered to be supplied to Mr. Lester for him to give a written explanation on the subject. THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. The Chairman, before the appointment of the committees, suggested that the actual number of committeemen shbuld be decidet Mr. Batten moved that each committee should be limited to nine. Mr. Edwards moved that it should be limited to fifteen. On this point the board divided, when the last proposition was carried all but unanimously. Mr. Callis then moved that the following gentlemen compose the FINANCE COMMITTEE. Messrs. Callis, Abrahams, Lunt, Batten, Evans, Siddeley, Pickup, Whitby, Hey es, Craig, Morris, Medealf, Clarke, and Wilson. This was seconded and carried. THE VISITING COMMITTEE. On the motion of Mr. Pickup, the following gentlemen were elected the members of this committee—Messrs. Wensley, Siddeley, Morris, Pickup, Leyland, Johns, Wilson, Evans, Baynes, D r . H ume , Reyes, Battu, Pitts, and Abrahams. THE HOSPITAL COMMITTEE. The following gentlemen were then elected members of this committer , --Messrs. Abrahams, Lunt, Whitby, Johns, Richmond, Wilson, Evans, Roscoe, Sagar, Elias, Watkin son, Battin, Clarke, Siddeley, and Pitts. After transacting some other routine business, the board broke up, after sitting five hours. H.M.S. ELECTRA STRUCK BY A WATER- SPOUT. The following interesting narrative is contained in a letter from Mr. Heaton, an officer of her Majesty's ship Electra, son of the Hon. Mrs. Heaton of Plas Heaton, Denbigh, and nephew of Lord Henniker : THE NORTHERN TIMES..LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1866 THE OATH OF ABJURATION BILL In committee on the above bill, Lord John Russell will move the following clause ; " That in all cases iu which the oath of abjuration would be taken were the present law to remain in force, the following oath shall be taken : " I, A B, do faithfully promise to maintain, support, and defend, to the utmost of my power,' the succession of the crown, which succession, by an act intituled " An act for the further limitation of the Crown, and better securing the} rights and liberties of the subject," is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electiess of Hanover, and the heirs of her .body, being Protestants. So help me God. "That the penalties and disabilities to which any person refusing or neglecting to take the oath of abjuration now in force would be subject, Ehould attach to all persons who, after the p ass i ng o f this act, shall refuse or neglcct to tak e the oath t o maivtain the Protestant succession to the Crown hereby enacted." THE LATE ---- - Mns. KELLY.—V-e Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has caused a reward of £lOO to be offered for such information as may, within six months, lead to the arrest of the assassins of Mrs; Sarah Kelly. On Tuesday the remains'of the unfortunate lady, Which had been brought to London, were interred by the side" of her late husband, Mr. Kelly, in the vault purchased by him in Mensal Green Cemetery. The body arrived in London via the North Western Railway, on Saturday night. The remains of the deceased were followed to the grave by her brother, Captain Birch and three of her nephews. At Sea, Nov. 22, 1855. We left Melbourne on the 12th of last month, and, with our usual fortune, encounteredivery heavy weather during the whole of our passage to New Zealand, the sea running very high, and washing over us continually. One day an enormous sea broke over us, and the first thing it carried away was the second gig ; completely crumpling her up, and smashiig her all to bits. It then stove in the gun room and captain's skylights, and washed everything off the tables in both places, including a bookshelf and a swinging lamp. They were at breakfast in the gun-room at the time, and in a moment, officers, teacups, lumps of butter, servants, and red herrings, were all floundering together on the deck in three feet of water, and it was some minutes before the ship recovered herself from the shock. Eating our meals was a violent gymnastic exer cise. and as to writing, it was out of the question. Ten days of this work brought up the north point of New Zealand, and it took three more to beat down the east coast to Auckland, where we arrived on the 25th ultimo, after the longest sea voyage we have made since our first arrival from England. We remained at Auckland for nineteen days. I got up a fishing party one day, and we went down the river to haul our net, but we caught nothing but skate and a few small fish. , Some of the skate were very large, and one of them weighed nearly three hundred weight, and had a tail as thick as my arm, and he made an extraordinary noise when he was landed, some thing between the grunting of a pig and the bleating of a sheep, striking out with his fins all the time, and knocking the sand about so that it was no cosy task to get near him to give him the coup de gram, which I managed to do with my hunting knife. We sailed from Auckland on the 12th of the present month, and have been fighting with head winds ever since, with the exception of two days, when the wind favoured us for a few hours, and, therefore, though we are nine days out, we have only advanced 400 miles, and are still 700 from Sydney. The day before yesterday we encountered a most extra ordinary danger—one that few ships have ever witnessed ; that is, we were caught in a waterspout. The day had been very squally, and we had been compelled to take in sail several times, and therefore we who were below were not surprised to find the ship heel gradually over; but when she went further, and the deck became almost perpendicular, we could see that something had happened beyond the common order of squalls, and I felt a sort of faint, sick feeling of anticipation and vague dread that almost stilled the prayer that rose to my lips. The suspense was horrid, and the dread of being strangled below by the rush of water gave me strength, and I climbed over the others and managed to reach the deck. There everything was in confusion, no one was giving any intelligible orders, and the ship was lying over on her broadside, with all of one side buried in the water, ropes and sails flapping about, and men standing aghast, asith despair in their faces, I noticed one man in particular, who was sitting upon the deck, seeming in a state of utter idiotcy, with his hands clenched and his face livid, deaf to all that was passing around Jim. The sight of so much anarchy restored my self-possession, and I began to drive the men to the ropes to haul down the after sails, and after a couple of . minutes' work the ship s l ow l y r i g h te d . The captain's gig was stove in by the water, and the davits (strong curved pillars of iron, as thick as my leg) had been bent double by the pressure. It seems that a whirling mass of water had been suddenly seen near the ship, and before anything could be done it was upon her, bearing her down and whisking her round and under water, whilst the whirlwind, by which it was of course accompanied and caused, pressed her over by the sails and increased the danger. It was indeed a fearful minute, and nothing but God's hand could have saved us, for man was utterly powerless against the tremen dous manifestation of our Creator's might. As soon as I could get by myself, I returned him thanks for mercifully sparing myself and my shipmates, and saving us in our hour of extreme peril. This was really a very uncommon adventure, for though ships frequently see waterspouts (I have seen man)), it does not happen once in five hundred times that it strikes a vessel. I have never heard of such an accident occurring, and hope never to see another, for is so very appalling, for that very reason that it is so unusual, as no one knows how to avoid its effects after it is upon them ; though there is a way of prevention before hand by firing a gun at it, when the concussion of the air caused by the explosion breaks the spout before it is near enough to do any &tinge ; but in our case it moved too swiftly for that; and all our guns are firmly lashed, on account of the bad weather we encounter hereabouts, so that it would have been a matter of time to clear one away THE ItUGELEY POISONING CASES COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH: YESTERDAY. (Before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Wightrnan, and Mr. Justice Erle.) THE QUEEN V. PALMER. . _ The Attorney General moved for a rule, under the law which had just passed the legislature, that the indictments and injunctions charging the prisoner with wilful murder should be renioN-ed, and the prisoner be brought up from St.frotd, and that he be tried at the next session of the Central Criminal Court. Lord Campbell said there ought to be no delay, and the prisoner ought to have notice. The Attorney General said that the court might rest assured that no delay would be allowed to take place. Lord Campbell : Take a rule accordingly. Mr. Grey, on the part of the prisoner, applied for a rule, calling on the'solicitors for the prosecution to furnish copies of the analytical report of Dr. Taylor as far as regarded the tests made by him for the discovery of antimony and strychnine. The learned gentleman urged that it was essential for both parties, to the public and the prisoner, that his applications should be granted, in order to know what means Dr. Taylor bad used to discover the poison he had deposed to, in order that the exact value of the judgmont might be tested. The Court, after some consideration, refused the rule, on the ground that on the cross-examination of Dr, Taylor, the infor mation sought for might be obtained. Rule refused accordingly. DETENTION OF THE FRENCH MAILS GALE IN THE CHANNEL. In consequence of the heavy gale in the Channel, there are now two French mails due. The accounts received at Lloyd's and the Custom house, de3cribe the gale of Tuesday as extremely violent and most disastrous in its effects. The storm, which commenced soon after midnight, was preceded by heavy showers of drenching rain, with violent squalls at intervals ; and the scud drifting rapidly, gave tokens of an approaching hurricane. At the commencement the wind was from the north cast, but gradually drew round more to the eastward, causing a tremendously heavy sea in the Channel. The gale, which set dead upon the eastern coats, caused several vessels which had brought up in the Downs. to drag their anchors; many of these, unable to weigh, were compelled to slip their cables and run to leeward for 'safety ; and off Dover, the sea ran so high, that vessels of a heavy draught of water could not attempt the harbour. Amongst these was the mail packet, which was obliged to put back without landing her mails. From the quantity of floating wreck that has appeared off the eastern coast, it is feared that several wrecks have taken place, and it is reported that a serious loss had occurred on the Kentish Knock. On the flowing of the tide on Tuesday night, the wind blew with increased violence, driving a considerable body of water into the Thames. The river rose to an unusual height, overflowing the low lying ground and several of the wharves on the south side, and causing vessels in the Lower Pool Reach and Blackwall to drag their anchors and come into collision. The next post, it is much feared, will bring disastrous accounts from the north eastern ports. ATTEMPT TO MURDER, CARLOW, 14TH APRIL.—The peace of our county has been attempted to be broken by some villians, who determined on committing murder on a man named Michael Murphy, residing at Drummond, near St. Mullins, in this county. It appears that early on the morning of Friday last two shots were fired through the window of Murphy's house, which, fortunately, did not injure any of the inmates. One of the bullets lodged in the wall directly over Murphy's head, the intended victim having been asleep at the time. The other ball struck a piece of hon, and was afterwards tound on the ground quite flattened. Some time previously a threatening notice was served on Murphy, who, it would appear, had made himself obnoxious to some persons, which was followed up by the attempt made on his Mr. Tucky, the resident magistrate stationed in this town, proceeded to the locality in question, to investigate the matter, which has resulted in the committal to the county gaol of a man named John Doyle, who is alleged to have been deeply implicated in this outrage. COMMUNICATION 'WITH Russu.—The steamers between Cronstadt and foreign ports will soon be plying as before the war. The packet company whose vessels run between Lubeck and St. Petersburg have already announced that the iron steamers the Neva and the Trave will resume their former service immediately navigation is practicable. PUSLYISM AT WATFORD.—Last Friday the vestry of this parish, being very fully attended, refuSed to'grant a church rate. A resolution was passed to the effect, that the rate was withheld not from any indisposition on the part of the parishioners to support their old parish church, but to mark their sense of disapprobation of the manner (Puseyite) in which the church service is now conducted. MISS FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. --A subscription'has been entered into by the British residents of Hamburg, for the p presenting Mis s Ni g hti nga l e w ith a souvenir, ex pressiveurpseof o of their admiration of the noble and disinterested conduct of that lady in ministering to the wants and com forts of the army of the East. The subscription amounts at present to about 2,000 marks (nearly £121). THE CRIMEAN MILITARY ENQUIRY, The board re-assembled yesterday morning at eleven o'clock, when, in reply to Lord Lucan, The Judge Advocate said that an application had been made fora monthly return of the baggage animals in the Crimea, and the reply was that there were no such returns in the War Office. General Sir R. Airey was re-called, and he stated, in reference to an order from Lord Raglan to preserve all the skins of slaughtered animals for roofing stables, that it was customary in the army to obey all orders proceeding from Lord Raglan, and he presumed that in the present instance the skins were preserved for that purpose, until some other description of covering arrived. The first order was issued by the Commissary-General to presesve the skins of slaughtered animals for the use f the army on the 19th of November; and subsequently on the 4th of December another order was issued to the effect that theskins of dead horses should also be preserved, and that the commissariats should receive 2s. 6d. each for them properly cleaned and cured. There must have been about 3,000 skins available for covering horses. With regard to his explanation of opinion that the com missioners had not gathered sufficient information before completing their report, he did not in any way wish to censure the commissioners. He was examined by them in matters connected with the medical department, the commissary-general's department, and the adjutant-gene ral's department, and on these matters he could give no information. It was his opinion, as well as that of Lord Raglan, that the enquiry was to be confined to the com missariat department, and he answered the questions of the commissioners accordingly. Some of his answers were sent after the commissioners left the Crimea, and to have got more complete information the commissioners would have had to return to the Crimea. He was telegraphed to by Lord Panmure to send his last replies by the then next mail, but lie was unable to do so. With regard to hutting, there was an engineer officer, Captain Keane, sent out specially to take charge of that branch of the service, and he would have been able to give better information on the subject. The statement of Lord Lucan, that inconsequence of an order to use the first huts for stores for saddles, the Cavalry was not hutted till the end of January, or the beginning of February, was very likely to be correct, considering the state in which the Cavalry were in at the time. In reply to a question from Colonel Tulloch, whether, under such circumstances, the Cavalry, or the Quarter master-General's department, was accountable for the demand I Sir R. Airey observed, that if the commissioners were in doubt, as to whom they were to blame, they might just as well censure one department as another. Examined by the board: He had written to Captain Boxer for artificers from the transports, to assist in the erection of huts, but they could not be spared. Col. Gordon was next examined :.He said he did not give any explanation to the Commissioners, as to the delay of erecting huts, after the order was given, because he was not asked any question on the subject. Lord Lucan was afterwards called and examined by Col. Tulloch, as to the parts of the report which he con sidered animadverted upon his conduct. He did not consider the paragraph in page 20, relating to the loss of horses, animadverted upon him. No mention was made of his name in it. In reply to the judge advocate, Lord Lucan said, Col. Hodge and Lord Paulett were present during the inter view between him and Col. Griffiths. In reply to further questions from Col. Tulloeh, the noble lord denied that he had threatened to place Col. Griffiths under arrest, for making a proposal to him with regard to sheltering the horses. He thought, in reference to the interview between him and Colonel Griffiths, Colonel Hodge, and Lord Paulett should have been examined. He had read the instructions to the commissioners most carefully, and he positively affirmed that the commissioners ex ceeded their duty in extending the enquiry beyond the supplies of the army and the conduct of the officers. Colonel Tulloch denied that any part of the report reflected upon the conduct of any particular officer. Referring to the interview between his lordship and Colonel Griffiths, Colonel Tulloch said that the com missioners had carefully worded that part of the report which related to that circumstance, that it might appear that the commissioners merely stated what was told to them and did not take it as an established fact; The board adjourned at four o'clock. SUPPOSED POISONING OF THREE CHILDREN NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, April 15.—Yesterday, an in quest was held at Longbenton. near this town, before S. Reed, Esq., coroner for South Northumberland, on the bodies of Robert Wood, Margaret Weston, and Humble, three children of tender yenr.• It appa are that Elizabeth Short, the wife of a labourer, keeps a shop at a colliery village in the neighbourhood of Longbenton, and among other things, sells a few m e di c i nes. For several weeks a cutaneous disorder has existed amongst the ehiictien of the village, and as the parents considered sulphur a useful medicine in such cases, Mrs. Short has had a great many applications for it. The article which she supplied, however, has invariably produced vomiting and purging, and three children have died. Two of the bodies have been disinterred and examined. In both cases the lungs and stomach were healthy, and there were no marks of violence externally. Mrs. Short voluntarily stated that she obtained her s s h u i l e p l l d m s e r e m d i a s y t s a a n g d o d f r r u o g m . RobertMr.pres nt t F s t o o r c t k b , 0 0 f f fi N ou o r rt o h r gist. She became a tenant of the shop some time ago, and succeeded a Mrs. Bell, whose stock she took at a valuation. Amongst other articles she found a paper bag of sulphur. She knew it to have been obtained from Mr. Forth, by its being entered in the invoice of goods from him as 33 lbs of sulphur. This she had sold in small quantities, from time to time, and the last was disposed of to the mother of the deceased (Robert Wood), Catherine Wood, on the 27th of March. It appears that this was the day the medicine was administerel to both Wood and Weston. It was mixed with treacle. Weston died the same day, and the other child on the following morning. The contents of the stomachs of the deceased children will be analysed by Dr. Richardson, of Newcastle, and in the meantime the inquest has been adjourned for a fortnight. SHOCKING CASE OF STABBING Shortly after midnight on Sunday, a young man named William Shaw, a coal miner, residing at Thornton, near Bradford, was stabbed in a fearful manner by Edward Clough, a man in similar circumstances of lif e . It appears that Shaw was courting a young widow in his neighbour hood, and went to her house on Sunday night, remained there until between twelve and one, and then left. At this moment he met with Edward Clough, who was in a state of inebri ation, and some words passed between them respecting the young woman. The quarrel resulted in the two men wrest ling together, and eventually Cl oug h managed to get Shaw's head down between his legs ; while in this position, Shaw was held down with the left band, and Clough, with a knife held in the right hand, inflicted three dreadful gashes in the body of his opponent. One plunge of the knife caused a dangerous wound in the c h es t, t h e l ungs being visible between the ribs, and through the orifices of the two other gashes, in the abdomen, the intestines protruded. The father of Shaw waited for his son until between one and two o'clock, and then finding that he did not come home, repaired to the spot where he, had been told the young man had been left lying. It was a bright moonlight night, and, on removing the hay, he was horrified on beholding the pallid features of his son, who lay deluged in blood, and apparently dying. The father implored his son to pray for mercy and forgiveness, and ran for aid. The wounded man was conveyed home, and attended during the whole night by Mr. Hill, surgeon, who, on seeing the very serious nature of the injuries and the apparent hopelessness of the wounded man's recovery, had Clough apprehended by one o f th e d i strict constables. Shaw is twenty-six years of age. lie was sensible at an early hour on Monday morning, and was enabled to give Mr. Hill the name of his probable murderer. Clough is apparently about the same age, with light hair, and a cadaverous countenance. On Monday, at the West Riding Court, Bradford, the prisoner Clough was brought before W. Walker, Esq., W. Horsfall, Esq., and J. Hollings, Esq. It was stated to the court that Shaw was in an extremely dangerous condition, and the magistrates, after arranging for the deposition of the wounded man being taken, in anticipation of his d.ath, formally remanded Clough, until Thursday. —Leeds Mercury. TEE WELLINGTON COLLEGE.—.A. committee of the governors of Wellington college met cn Monday in the Palace of Westminster, for the purpose of making arrange ments for the ceremony of laying the first stone of this college. by the Queen, on the 3rd of May. Present—The Earl of Derby, the Rev. G. R. Gleig, Mr. Cox, and Mr. Chance, secretary. GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.—On Monday afternoon,between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, a most destructive fire broke out on the extensive premises of Mr. Samuel Clarke, wax and tallow chandler, No. 55, Albany-street, Regent's Park. The fire broke out in the rear of the premises, but the flames spread with such amazing rapidity, owing to the high wind, that it was found impossible to remove auy of the tallow, of which there was some hundred tons. The engines from the Albany street barracks instantly turned out, and were most powerfully manned by the Blues, and got to work, under the' command of Colonel Williams and Colonel Ogleby, but: without making the. least impression on the fire. The scene at this period was one of fearful grandeur. The firemen kept to their work in an admirable manner, but the work of devastation continued, and the premises were entirely burnt to the ground, as well as the adjoining premises of Messrs. J. J. Bell and Co., and Mr. John Francis, the eminent sculptor, injured by fire and water. Great praise is due to the very efficient manner in which the military and police discharged their duties. Cause and Insurance unknown. COUNTY COURT.--YESTERDAY, (BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE.) APPIII . LLIMORE V. LOWNDES.--This was an action brought by Mr. M‘Phillimore, of Bath-street, publican, against defendant, also a publican, residing in Great Crosshall-street, to recover a sum of £9. Mr. Ilime appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Campbell for the defendant. The amount in dispute was part of a sum of £2l alleged to be due for portion of a stock of the plaintiff's taken by defendant, under a valuation, for spirits and cordials supplied to defendant, and money lent to him by plaintiff. £l2 had been paid out of the whole amount. It appeared that defendant had taken a house in Great Crosshall-street, where plaintiff pre viously carried on his business, and defendant agreed to take some of the plaintiff's stock, which was remaining, for £lO. The remainder of the amount was alleged to be due for spirits and cordials supplied, and money lent, and the evidence exhibited one of the most remarkable instances of directly contradictory swearing which could ever have come before the court. The plaintiff, Mr. M'Phillimore, and his brother, deposed positively that certain quantities of spirits and cordials were supplied by them to the defendant's son, a boy apparently fifteen years of age. This boy had been for some time in the employment of Mr. M'Phillitnore, and was taken away from his employment, when the defendant opened the house in Great Crosshall-street. The plaintiff deposed that the defendant's daughter came to him on one occasion, and told him that her father had had £2 10s saved up in coppers, which he kept concealed in a manger attached to the stables of Messrs. Bonen, brewers, by whom he was employed as drayman, and that this money had b een s t o l en f rom hi m. She, there fore, begged the plaintiff to lend her £2 10s. She came three times during that day, crying, and at last he de posed that he lent her the money. The first witnesses called for the plaintiff, were the son and daughter of the defendant. The son distinctly denied that he ever received any spirits or cordials from plaintiff or plaintiff's brother for his father. He stated that after his father opened the publichouse, be was taken away from Mr. M'Phillimore's employment, and put to Holycross schools, and that he never subsequently went with any message to Mr. M'Phillimore's. The daughter, a grown young woman, denied that she had ever borrowed any money from the plaintiff, under any circumstances, and stated that she never either told to any one, or had heard herself, a word of the story about her father losing the money in the stable. She said the only occasion ever she went to Mr. M'Phillimore about money, was one day, the date of which she could not remember, when she called on him twice for £3 which Mr. M'Phillimore owed her father, and then Mr. M'Phillimore did . not pay her the money. She was cross-examined by Mr. Hime, and closely questioned by the judge, but she persisted in the same statement. His Honour said he had no alternative that day but to direct a nonsuit. The plaiuiiff had called witnesses who con tradicted his own case. It was true they were witnesses from the enemy's camp, as the phrase ordinarily was, that was to say, the son and daughter of the defendant, but still they were the plaintiff's witnesses, and very young, both of them. He could not affix a charge of perjury to them without some further investigation. He should, therefore, leave the matter open for enquiry hereafter if any other evidence could be produced. It was a very wicked case on one side or the other. It was a very shocking case to have to try, for there was un questionably deliberate perjury on the part either of Mr. M'Phillimore or of these two children. He saw no possibility of any other conclusion, certainly as regarded that portion of the case involved in the evidence of the daughter, and he was bound to remember that the girl was the plaintiff's witness, and as her evidence had been given so strongly, he was not at liberty to reject it. He purposely gave a nonsuit in stead of a verdict, because if the case came on again, as it probably would, with additional evidence, he should have to determine very carefully on which side the truth lay. If the case came on again, he should direct it to be tried by a jury, and he should take care that one or other of the parties should be sent to be tried at the assizes for perjury, for a more wicked and shocking case on one side or the other it never had been his misfortune to try. At present he did not say anything to prejudice either side, but merely declared that as the case stood, he could not give a verdict for the plaintiff that day, and therefore directed a nonsuit. POLICE COURT. -YESTERDAY --ESTERDAY (BEFORE MR, R, V. YATES.) " Is THE PEA SOUP HOT )"----An artful dodger, named John Hill, was charged with stealing eighteen bottles, and a dozen of knives and forks, from the cook shop of Patrick Hickman, Chapel-street. It appeared that the prisoner went to the shop of the complainant at an early hour in the morning, and enquired if the pea soup was hot? A _girl told him it was not. when he replied "nn matter, give me a basin, it will do cold." It seemed that during his visit, he contrived to steal some bottles and knives and forks, which he concealed in a smock frock. He made several visits during the day, and at each he repeated the question " is the soup hot ?" The people missed the bottles and the cutlery, and told a policeman. who watched the prisoner on one of his visits, and found some bottles and knives on his person. The prisoner was committed for a month. THE BOOTS THAT WALKED AWAY.—J. F. Thompson was brought up by police-officer Thompson (detect ive), on a charge of haring stolen fifteen pair of boots from the shop of Mr. Gannon, Scotland-road, in January, 1855. It appeared that the prisoner had worked for the complainant, and that early one morning in Jan., he got up and walked off with the boots. He was followed to St. Helens, and thence to Wigan, where he had been arrested on another charge, and sent for trial. He was convicted of that offence, and had now just come out of prison, when he was taken intp custody on the above charge. lie (prisoner) was remanded for further examination. PLUNDER IN THE ALEERT DOM.—Dixon Moody, a well-dressed person, who had been employed at the Albert Dock warehouses, was charged by Mr. Cowan, superintendant of that establishment, with stealing 51 ounces of tea. An excise officer stated, that he searched all the men when leaving the dock in the evening, and on the prisoner he found the tea, although he had previously denied having any thing. Mr. Cowan said he had selected the prisoner for his honesty, as he had been ten years in the em pl o y ment o f M essrs . Little dale, and bore a good character. He had the greatest possible confidence in th e man , an d h a d pl ace d h im in a position over other men, in order to prevent any thefts being committed, and such was his confidence in the prisoner, that that very morning he had given orders to have his salary raised from a guinea to thirty shillings a week. The only observation made by the prisoner was, that he was known to Mr. Clough for the last 17 years. He was convicted muler the summary jurisdiction act, and fined £2 for not being able 'to account for the pos session of the tea, or to he imprisoned for a month. A COlNER.—Martha Goodwin, was charged by detec five Astic and inspector Skermer, with being a fabricator of base coin. It appear e d th at the constables watched the lodgings of the p r i soner in Smithfield -street, and on making a sudden entrance into the house, they found her in the act of making base money, and one of the shillings (being so ma d e ) was red hot, and burned the inspector's hand. The usual materials used in the manu facture of base coin, were found in the room. The prisoner said it was another woman who was making the coin in the room, but who went out for a pint of ale, and sent in the police on her out of spite. The prisoner was committed for trial. (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) ATTEMPTED SMUGGLING.— William Benson, described as the mate of the ship Actian, was charged with having attempted to smuggle four and a-half lbs of tea, and ten lbs of coffee. Mr. Tyndall appeared for the prose cution, and produced wit nesses w h o proved that the defendant endeavoured to get the articles on shore ; these were such things as would be used for the ship's stores, and had no right to be taken from the vessel without paving duty. The prisoner was liable to a penalty of £lOO, but the crown authorities went on another section of the act, and sued for a penalty of treble the value of the goods, which was awarded against the defendant, namely, £2 18s 9d. ALLEGED ASSAPLT ON THE HIGH SEAR.—James Fowler, late a sailor on board the ship Lincluden Castle, was brought up on a charge of having committed a violent assault on another sailor, named John Trowl, on board the ship, on her voyage from Mobile to Liverpool. It was stated that the injured man was in hospital, and not able to attend. The prisoner was remanded, THE BOROUGH SESSIONS On Tuesday, G. Henderson, Esq., the recorder for this borough, resumed the trial of prisoners in the Crown court, St. George's Hall. John Foster, aged 21, a joiner, and Martin Smith, aged 35, a sailor, were found guilty of breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John Ellis, and stealing therefrom 470 soverigns, and other property belonging to Conrad Roler and Christian Jansen. The prisoners were each sentenced to six years' penal servitude. Ellen Browne, aged 13, was convicted of stealtng 11 3s from the person of Mrs. Margaret Pritchard. The recorder sentenced her to be imprisoned for fourteen days, and at the expiration of that time to be sent for five years to a female reformatory. Amelia Woods, aged 25, was sentenced to four years penal servitude for stealing a purse containing 18s 6d from the person of James Murchie. The following prisoners were sentenced to the under mentioned terms of imprisonment for various misde meanours: Mary Williams. for 18 months ; Ellen Stephens for the same period Henry Livingston, 15 months Sarah Bulger, Owen Greenan, 8 Thos. Neary, Mar. Sherrington, 15 Dennis Redman, 6 William Thomas, 5 Charles Redman, 3 Thos. Melville, 12 Ellen Stevenson, 18 John O'Reilly, 4 dward Redraau,was acquitted by the Jury. 6 months 9 IMMINN RETURN OF INQUESTS, Sa TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, SIR,—I have read your article in this dal's NORTHERN TIMES, in which the correctness of the Police Returns, in some particulars, is questioned ; the Police and Criminal Returns are public property, and have a fair right to be closely examined, their value depending upon their accuracy ; in reference to the apparent discrepancies pointed out by you, as shown in the returns of the coroner and the police returns, the difference consists m iinly in t: e classi fication, the return forwarded from the coroner's court to this office, being under thirty-nine different heads, whilst dr) return made by the police contains only fourteen. It is impossible to arrive at any conclusion, by comparing the coroner's table with No. 1 table of the police statistics, the former shewing the number of inquests holden and the result, whilst the latter gives, as it professes, the number of persons tak en i nto custody, and the offen ces with which they were ch arge d at the tine of their apprehon stun. it is stated in your article, that in " a return Of inquests held before the borough coroner, fir the year 1865, there an nine cases of wilful murder, and eight of man slaughter recorded, whereas, in the borough police report for the same year, we find the number of persons taken into custody, and committed to the assize for murder, by verdict of coroners' juries, set down at twelve," precisely the number returned in the coroner's report, in which the names are given in your own paper. This is, as you observe, a matter of much public importance, and I have, therefore, overcome my habitu a l r e lu c ta n ce t o a pp ear in the columns of a newspaper. Apologising for the space I occupy, I have the honour to be, sir, your very humble semn Head Constable's Office, April 16, 185 THE CUSTOM HOUSI J. J. GREIG TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—A. letter in to-day's NORTHERN Tates, signed .‘ Inigo," finds fault with the way in Nhich the dome of the Custom-house is terminated, and suggests that a crown placed upon the point in question would be a great improvement and little expense. May I suggest that the best substitute for the want that your correspondent complains of, and the one of the least value, and which would supply the vacancy best, is —himself.—:-Yeurs, ALTITUDE. 15th April, 1856. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—l observed in the Mercury of Saturday last, a notice to correspondents—" Sacred Harmonic Society : We have ascertained that the letter which we noticed yesterday was written by a discarded me,nber of the society, although signed by a subscriber." I presume I am the person alluded to, and through your columns, I wish the public to know that I voluntarily resigned my connection, as secretary, with the Sacred Harmonic Society, for a variety of reasons—two of which. were that 1 could not get payment of a pecuniary claim against the said society, which is still unsatisfied ; and another, that I considered my further connection with the Sacred Harmonic Society would injure my business pros pects. - If the ,committee, or Mr. Hackett, can disprove the letters referred to, why don't they do so at once ? Who. ever the writers of the letters about the society are, it would be more manly to disprove the assertions male, but that not being in Mr. Hackett's power, he condescends to a false and slanderous statement (if referring to me), instead of a manly refutation addressed to the letter writer. —Yours, &c., A. MACLEAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—As several parties have written you respecting the above society, allow me to inform them, through the medium of your widely circulated paper, that a few days ago I had the pleasure of perusing a document from Mr. Hackett, secretary, conductor, &c., to the society, which distinctly stated that the Free Vocal Class (which formed the orchestra of the Sacred Harmonic) was discontinued, or, in other words, had merged itself into the " LiverpOol Harmonic Society,' for which he solicited subscriptions. With this new society there are established classes, whereby for the sum of 8s per course of lessons, any per son may, by attending such classes, qualify themselves for a :seat in the orchestra of this very promising society. It certainly seems strange that such altera tions should be going on without the knowledge of the numerous subscribers of the Sacred Harmonic) Society. Another subject of investigation, and which a great cry has been raised about, is the state of the funds of the late society. Though often requested, its excellent and worthy secretary has never yet published such statement. I confess that while passing Islington-square, raising my eyes to a certain large mansion lately known as Wren. shall's Academy, the thought struck me that the subscrip tions—but lam trespassing on your valuable space. An explanation is certainly required, and the sooner it is given the better. BETA. NUMBERING OF THE STREETS TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIIIE9, Sir,—Some peripatetic individuals seem to be unusually put about, just now, with the very praiseworthy efforts of the authorities to improve the numbering of the streets, which, to say the least of it, were greatly in want of reform. No other town of half Liverpool's size, out of the Emerald Isle, being, I venture to say, in such a state of " sixes and sevens.' But, of course, far better to continue this " Balakclaviacal " confusion and trouble rather than the " Lad of the Flags," and his fraternity, should haie to slightly alter their " large stock of invoices, receipts, and" notes."—Yours, &e., COCKER. POOR LAW BILL —A bill brought in by Mr. Bouverie, and Mr. Grenville Berkeley, provides for the relief of the poor in places extra parochial, by annexing such places to the adjacent parishes. Where the population exceeds 300 the place will become a parish of itself. RUSSIAN ABSENTEES.—A letter fisan " The colony of Russians who have passed the last two winters here are about to diepeese. A great number of them will leave for Paris, where their strength will be increased by reinforcements direct from Rusi.l4." THE CZAR'S CORONATION.—A. lace manefecterer at Berlin has received an order from St. Petersburg for 9,000 ells of golden lace, and a similar order has been received at Paris. This material is intended for the gala livery of the Imperial house at the coronation fetes. RONCONI TUE VOCALI,T —The Ma 'rid jaimials state that the Queen of Spain has presented Roneuni with a valuable crown of gold representing leaves of laurel, arid orna mented with brilliants ; aiso• that the directors of the Circo have presented him with a crown in silver, with their names, four in number, engraved on it. THE HEALTH OF PRINCE JEROME.—The Monitore,. states that his Imperial Highness Prince Jerome Napoleon, who has recovered from the illness with wnich he has been attacked, visited the Emperor and Empress and the -Im perial Prince on Sunday. On lea v i ng th e T u il er i es , hi s , Innerial Highness took a drive to the Bois de Boulogne. ! THE TIPPERARY BANK.—The English shareholders of the Tipperary Bank have had several meetings, with the view of concerting measures for their own protection in the arrangement of the affairs of that establishment. They are said to have availed themselves of the best advice at the Irish bar, and to have been informed that several legal points can be raised in resistance of their liabilities. At the same time they express a disposition to deal with the case, if possible, on equitable terms. THE CABINET,—There is a very strong rurnoar4whieh we believe to be perfectly correct, that Sir J. Graham and Mr. Sidney Herbert will, in a day or so, again join the Palmerston administration. Frequent interviews, it is understood, took place oa Monday, between Mr. Herbert and the members of the cabinet. Mr. Gladstone's accession is more than doubtful, we believe. The report is, that Lord Panmure, and perhaps Mr. Labouchere, will be the victims, and that Lord Granville will resign on the ground of ill-health.—Standard. A CONFIRMED THIEF.—At the Middlesex sessions, on Tuesday, a woman named El'z theth Jackson, pleaded guilty to an indictment for - s*ealin2 property to the value of £3 10s. The assistant judge having perused the depo sitions, said it appeared that the - prisoner was discharged from the Westminster House of Correction, one morning at half-past nine o'clock, and at eleven the same morning she committed this theft in Rathbone-place, so that she could not have lost much time. She had been previously con victed, and he should now sentence her to four years' penal! servitude. MORE Porsoratco.--On Tuesday, at Oldbury, WorcestiP shire, a man, named Henry Reynolds, was charged with attempting to poison Margaret Skinner, a married woman, by administering to her a quantity of poison. On sanday night he was left sitting with her by the fire, at the house where she lived; in an hour or two he aroused the other inmates, and told them that the woman had taken some thing which would " lay her straight," and on going down stairs they found her lying on the floor, and foaming at the month, appa rent l y very ill. A surgeon having been sent for,' he stated that the woman was suffering from the effects of metallic poison, which she said Reynolds had:forced dowti her throat. A remand was obtained, the woman being too unwell to give evidence. The 'fellow had been heard to say that he w ou ld d o fo r her, and upon his peison was found a phial containing hi-chloride of mercury. - ILL-EFFECTS OF FORTIINR TEX:LING.—At' the Tham es police court, on Tuesday, a well dressed youug . woman, named Mary Ann 'Manson, - 30 years of age, was charged before Mr. Yardley, with hiving attempted to commit suicide. 1t appeared that the young woman, who seemed in a state of great mental angtiish, and trembled violently, some time since received authentic intelligence of the death of her husband, a sailor, while on a voyage, to Calcutta, and last Sunday she was married again.. She and her husband' went to' Rosherville Gardens, where a person who pays a sum of money to the pro- . prietor for the privilege of telling peel - 0e their fOrthnes, told her that her first husband was alive. This so un settled the defendant, that in a fit of distraction she attempted to drown herself in the London docks, and was saved with great difficulty. Mr. Yardley having admonished the prisoner for her folly and ere !nifty, extracted a solemn promise from her that she would not repeat the attempt on her life; and the prisoner was then discharged. ays: --