The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

1, 1) /ibtrp4,a1 faiiVarb. I'UESDdY MORNING, SHPT. 6, 1853 THE WEEK WE have had a change frog Winter, but though there hr Summer to almost , e been several falls of rain, sunny weather and high winds have inter vened, and we believe that very little, if any, , damage has been done to the crops of wheat still unhoused. There has been some disease among the potatoes, and the market-people have an excuse for raising the price ; but in this th made it have only followed the exaii )le of the dealers in corn, who seem to have a mania for providing against a scarcity in the face of a ge tive harvest. If the ' present pri, ;nerally produc- es of common necessaries are justified by natural causes, those who were so anxious to obtain cheap bread have no reason to be satisfied with the fruits of Free-trade. The QUEEN has been in Dublin to see the Great Exhibition, and drawn thither so many of our townsmen, that Liverpool has been partially, de serted. The fine steamers of the companies have been crowded with passengers to and fro, and numbers have also availed themselves of the cheap trips by the Birkenhead, Chester, and Holyhead Railway. Both means of transit have swelled the population of Dublin, and the exuberance of Irish enthusiasm has been solidified by the more genuine, but less showy Saxon loyalty. Liverpool has, in consequence, been comparatively dull, and the change of wind having dela,yed many expected ar rivals, has, by no means, compensated for the paucity of incidents. The interesting discussion which was expected to enliven the proceedings of the Town Council meeting to-morrow has been superseded by the adoption of a far wiser course. As there are some parties who cannot understand a joke when it touches themselves, Mr. FERNITIO UGH has con sented to apologise for having indulged in such a freak of his memory, which may have been treache rous, and attributed the incident he related to the - wrong man. Upon this amencle honorable being satisfactorily performed, ALDERMAN LANGSDALE will withdraw his offensive imputation of falsehood, and in reading the minutes of the Health Commit tee forget the resolution. Such a course will be "honourable to all parties, and a far more dignified termination of ,the affair than enacting another "scene" in the Town Council. At the meeting of the Dock Committee on Thursday, there was little business of public inte rest. The Secretary to the Treasury and Solicitor to the Customs acknowledged the compliment paid to them in the resolution passed at the previous meeting of the Committee. It was resolved to proceed with the foundations of the intended ware houses on the south quay of the Stanley Dock, as the great increase of the business of the port re quires more warehouse accommodation than can be conveniently supplied by present arrangements. The demands for increased wages of the Dock ser vants serve to prove that the augmented value of labour is beginning to tell upon every description of property, The weekly report of the medical officer shows that the rate of mortality in Liverpool is consider ably below the average, and without any cases of cholera, notwithstanding the season of the year when deaths from this cause mayreasonably be anticipated: Some unnecessary alarm was created by the fact of a single death from Asiatic cholera, but it proved, on examination, to be the case of a German immi grant who had neglected the premonitory symptoms a fortnight previously, in Hamburgh. The town was never freer from disease, and particularly_ from diarrlaces., than it is now and lu been for the last five months. The new American ship Grecian, which has been lying in the Mersey, has excited much admiration for her nautical beauty. Her well-shaped hull, round stern, and neat stem, present an excellent specimen of the builders' art, and her appearance Is further augmented by her tall tapering spars and her evident capabilities as a good sailing vessel. The first-rate ships lately sent us from the other side of the Atlantic must stimulate our builders to increased exertions, if they would maintain the sovereignty of the seas in the mercantile marine. -The Hon. Mrs. NORTON has published a crushing reply to the attack upon her by her husband, which we noticed last week. She has proved, at any rate, that, whatever may be her own faults, his conduct iS worse than contemptible ; and it will be a per version of justice if he be allowed to retain his situation as a police magistrate. Some people may be uncharitable enough to suppose that she is about to publish a new work, and, BAnNum-like, has got up the late " scene" in order, by fictitious excite ment, to obtain a popular demand for it. The late boisterous weather has somewhat inter fered with the pleasure trips across the Mersey, but every fine afternoon has brought out thousands to enjoy the many pleasant spots on the Cheshire shore. The Birkenhead Model Yacht Club intend to have their next race on Saturday. Those unrivalled singers--Guise and MAIno, are engaged for the next Grand Concert at the Phil harmonic -hall, on the 4th of October, and as it will most likely be their last appearance, the announce ment has created almost a furor of excitement amongst the lovers of the divine art. It will, therefore, be the most brilliant reunion of the season, such a one indeed as only the Philharmonic hall could accommodate, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, FEANCE.—The latest Parisian news of any importance concerns an expedient by which the French Government have endeavoured to 'tranquillise the people's fears of high priced food. rrom the rate of flour in the central market it became necessary for the bakers to increase the price of the 2 lb. loaf from 44) to 45 centimes, and the increase was publicly notified; but suddenly a pp eared an ordonnance of the Prefect of Police, fixing the price, for the first fort night of September, at the former sum. At the same time it is positively declared that the bakers are to be indemnified. This proceeding is, we believe, without precedent. The Emperor having offered a premium of 60,000 francs to any person who should apply electricity to prac tical use or otherwise, an Italian engineer, named Bonelli, announces that he has discovered a plan by electricity to do away_with an expensive and tedious part of the opera- Lion of the Jacquard loom. - The "Ocean' squadron of evolution is now completely organised. It consists of the first-rate mixed vessel the Montebello, the second-class ship Hercule; the "mixed" or steam-sailing vessels" Austerlitz and Jean Bart, the Duguesclin, the steamer Napoleon, expected from the Mediterranean squadron ; the mixed frigate Pomone ; the steam-frigate Caffarelli ; the steam corvette Infernal ; and the steam corvette Roland. Brest is the rallying point of the squadron, and six of the above-named vessels have already arrived there. SPAIN.—A decree, inserted in the Gaceta of August 29, prohibits the circulation of the Times in Spain, account of some recent articles, in " which instituti have been criticised and persons calumniated - News from Madrid to the 28th sa: are busily engaged in re-organising The Oppositio heir party: Prior t the opening Of the Cortes SWITZERLAND.—Ac ultra-Radical Assembl he differer more formidable, and %olution. Both the S wouh But there is no d further concessions of th present at the trod § in the vieirA. anted by General I io, had their various loc 'commended by the Bunuesrati lot Viscount Hardinge will will lx are to commence on the 12 the thiid corm , - - • P. (4 annee will superior Com f take part in them, under the 0 General Baron Wrangel. 'Altogethet the troops n and.gaged consist of 46 battalions and 57 13qu 8 arOus , With 88 . field•pieces and two pontoon brigades, 34,7130 men, of which 6,960 are cavalry. The pontoon practice will be tested more than once during the opera tions, on a large scale, according to the Prussian system. The new cavalry manoeuvres will also be tried. - latch from Vienna of the 31st ult. kmbassador, Ariff Effendi, is to meet II sTRLe..—A deg : —The Turkish L ting is considered the most striking proof of the ,;( -qtion of the difficulties between Russia and Turkey. .ase of the sth of August gives pub licity to a convention between Russia and Bavaria for the benefit of the commercial marine of bah states. The Emperor declares that " throughout the lower course of the Danube, from the point where it first enters the Rus sian territory to its mouth ,in the Black Sea, Bavarian merchant vessels, shall be placed on the same footing as the merchant'vessels of Austria, and shall enjoy the same advantages as are conceded to the latter." The only advantages at present enjoyed by Austrian merchant ves sels at the mouth of the Danube seem to be the privilege of striking upon the bar which Russian indolence or bad faith has allowed to accumulate. The permission is, in RusslA..—A fact, a piactical joke. TuuxEy.—The following is a translation of the note of the four Powers, with the alterations proposed by the Porte: " His Majesty the Sultan, having nothing more at heart than to re-establish between his Majesty and the Emperor of Russia the relations or goon neiguooursmp ana perreci harmony (entente), which have been unhappily disturbed by recent and painful complications, has carefully under taken the task to find the means to efface the traces of those different points. "A supreme trade, in the date of -, having made known to him the imperial decision, the Sublime Porte, &c., congratulates itself at being able to communicate it to his Excellency Count de Nesselrode. If at all times the Emperors of Russia have shown their active solicitude (1) for the maintenance of the immunities and privileges of the Orthodox Greek Church in the Ottoman Empire, the Sultans never refused to confirm them anew by solemn acts which attested their ancient and constant benevolence towards their Christian subjects. "His Majesty the Sultan Abdul Medjid, now reigning, animated by the same dispositions, and being desirous to give to his Majesty the Emperor of Russia a personal proof of his most sincere friendship, only listened to his unbounded confidence in the eminent qualities of his august friend and ally, and has deigned to take into serious consideration the representations (2) of which his Excel lency Prince Menschikoff rendered himself the interpreter t the Sublime Porte. " The undersigned has consequently received the order to declare by the present that the Government of his Majesty the Sultan will remain faithful to the letter and the spirit of the stipulations of the treaties of Kuseuijki Kainardji (3) and of Adrianople, relative to the protection of the Christian worship (4), and that his Majesty regards it as a point of honour with him to cause to be preserved for ever from all attacks, either at present or in future, the enjoyment of the spiritual privileges which have been accorded by the au g ust ancestors of his Majesty to the Orthodox Church in the East, and which are maintained and confirmed by him ; and, moreover, to allow the Greek worship to participate in a spirit of high justice in the advantages conceded (5) to other Christians by convention or special agreement. " Moreover, as the Imperial firman, which has recently been given to the Greek patriarchate and clergy, and which contains the confirmation of their spiritual privileges, must be regarded as a new proof of those noble sentiments ; and as, moreover, the proclamation of that firman, which gives every security, must dispel for ever every anxiety as regards the worship which is the religion of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, I am happy to be charged with the duty of making the present notification. As regards the guarantee, that in future nothing shall be changed at the place of visitation at Jerusalem, it results from the firman provided with the Hatti Houmayon of the 15th of the Moon of Rebbi Ulakir, 1268 (February, 1852), explained and corroborated by the firmans of -; and it is the formal intention of his Majesty the Sultan to cause his sovereign decisions to be executed without any alteration. " The Sublime Porte, moreover, officially promises that no modification shall be made in the state of things which has just' been regulated, without a previous agrree ment with the Governments of Russia and France, and without prejudice whatever to the different Cluistian , communities. " In case the Imperial Court of Russia should demand it, a suitable locality shall be assigned in the city of Jerusalem, or in the vicinity, for the construction of a church consecrated for the performance of divine service by Russian ecclesiastics, and of an hospital for indigent sick pilgrims of the same nation. " The Sublime Porte engages itself even now to sub scribe in this respect a solemn act, which would place those pious foundations under the special surveillance of the consulate-general of Russia in Syria and Palestine. " The undersigned, &c." " I PROPOSED ALTERATIONS.] . " (1) For the worship of the Orthodox itlreek Church, the Sultans have never ceased to watch over the mainte nance of the immunities and privileges of that worship and of that Church in the Ottoman Empire, and to confirm them anew by solemn acts which attest, &c. " (2) The communications. _ - " 63; Of Kouschouk-Kainarji, confirmed by that of Adrianople, relative to the protection by the Porte of the Christian worship. . __ . . " (4) And to make known that his Majesty the Sultan, b.c. " (5) The advantages accorded, and which may be ac corded, to other Christian communities, Ottoman subjects." A telegraphic despatch, dated Bucharest, August 17, states that on the previous day the Austrian Consul- General received despatches, informing him that peace may be considered as established, and that the Russians will evacuate the principalities in September. The -Egyptia n fleet arrived on the 14th i nstant in the Bosphorus. It consists of 12 fine vessels, of which two are first-rates and four frigates, with two large steamers. All communications from Constantinople were written before the decision of the Council of State was known. WEST INDIES.--The Royal West India mail packet Magdalena arrived at Southampton on Wednesday, bring ing accounts from St. Thomas's of a riot in the island of Tortola. The blacks rose in a body, burned down many houses, and attacked the inhabitants, with what results does not appear. The Magdelena had been sent by the company's superintendent at St. Thomas's, Mr. Cameron, to fetch troops from Antigua, to quell the insurrection. All was quiet at Tortola when the Magdalena left. The riot is said to have been caused by the imposition of a tax for the repair of the poor-houses. MALTA.—Accounts have been received of the 29th ult. The mail, with letters from the fleet at Besika Bay, had arrived the day previous, and it was asserted that the fleet would return to Malta in the course of the month of September. All the letters written by the English naval officers to their families were in that sense. Several trans port vessels had been despatched from Malta, with coal and stores required by Admiral Dundas. The Austrian consul at Malta had returned to that island from Smyrna. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. By the British and North American royal mail steam ship .Africa, Captain Harrison, which arrived on Sunday, we have intelligence from New York to the 24th ult. The Africa sailed from New York at 10 20 p.m., on the 24th ult., and was abreast Tory Island Light at 9 11 am., on the 3d inst., and saluted the Rock Light at 840 a.m., on the 4th. She brought 92 passengers, but no specie. The Royal Mail steamship Arabia, Captain Judkins, arrived at New York on the 23d ult., after a splendid passage of 9 days, 22 hours and 23 minutes. The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Capt. Nye, which sailed from this port on the 10th ult., met with a severe accident to her machinery. When four days out, her main centre shaft broke, and she lay to nine hours to disconnect her machinery and take the floats from the disabled wheel. The remainder of the voyage, 2,000 miles, was made with only one engine and one wheel. Even under these circumstances she made, in fair weather, eleven knots, and arrived at New York at 6 30, p.m., on the 23d ult., eleven hours after the Arabia. The screw steam-ship Glasgow, from the Clyde, arrived at New York on the 23d ult. The comet was exciting considerable attention. A destructive fire had occurred in Pearl-street, New York. Williamsburg had also suffered from a confla gration. The ship Telegraph had arrived at Boston from Valparaiso in forty-eight days. During the voyage a whirlwind crossed the ship's bow, taking the head sails from her. The Star of the East had sailed for Para, having on board two steam-engines and boilers and two steamboats, intended for the river Amazon. Dispatches had been received from Commodore Perry, at Shanghai, dated May 16. He expected to sail imme diately for Japan. He had heard that the Japanese were preparing to receive him through the Dutch officials in a friendly manner, although they were increasing and strengthening their fortifications on the coast. A communication, dated. New Orleans, Aug. 21, says, " The number of interments reported to-day was 270, in cluding 248 from yellow fever. The total number of deaths during the last week has been 1,580, of which 1,350 were from yellow fever." Another communication, dated Aug. 22, is to the following effect :—" The interments in all the cemeteries of the city for the week ending at six this morning show a total of 1,534, of which 1,365 were victims of the yellow fever. The report exhibits a total increase of deaths over the previous week of 16 ; over those by yel low fever alone of 88 ; this, too, in the face of the fact that the population has been constantly declining by desertion and death. The total number of deaths for the four weeks e nding this morning was 4,162, of which 3,669 were of yellow fever. It cannot be denied that the disease is fear fully on the increase. The weather continues intensely hot, and the authorities. in the hopes of staying the ravages of the epidemic , have c: —red tar barrels to be burned and cannon to be fired. We learn from Mobile that the yellow fever is slightly increasing in that city." Yellow fever was also raging at Natchez. Up to the 30th ult. there had been over 200 deaths out of a popula tion of 5,000. ht had arrived at New York, with The Northern Lig advices from San Francisco to the Ist August, and $1,124,95 3 on freight, besides a large amount in the hands of passengers. The trip between San Francisco and New York occupied 22 days three hours. The British mail-steamer T ren t was at Navy Bay, on the 15th. The favourable to mining operations in all the ognolldvlisdistricts; the miners seemed to be generally - vide possess ing valuable claims, which were yield ingby the use of improved means for extract fort un abun ate d i a n ntly ing the metal. From appearances the total production erimimmeinc , with ill. ' r une, wouiu perioa ince the open i n g of the mines. This result would be . iaropr urofits to the miners engaged than than c luring any simi ffected, too, au .alb" - r --- Leretofore. In the south, murders and robberies were ery frequent. Some executions , according to Lynch law, Lad occu rred. A successfu l strike had taken place i among ••••• (If onit e stupwrigaLb. reed. ar Santa Cruz was repo N Letters from St. John's, 8.., state that, from some An the Newfoundland le works or, Electric Telegraph had been suspended, and Mr. uistiorne, the superintendent, had left the province. A subscription, amounting to $5OO, was raised at St. John's for the relief of the suffering German passengers, by the wrecked barque Charles Clarke, from Hamburg. The government also provided a passage for them in the brig Escape, to Quebec. A letter from Prince Edward's Island, of August 15th, states, that the American schooner Starlight had been taken in there, a prize, for Llhing within hounds ; that THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISE the American Consul protested against the jurisdiction of the Admiralty Court there, on the ground that she was taken in Canadian waters ; that the captain of the Devas tation then expressed his determination to take her to Quebec ; but, upon the captain of the Starlight promising to be more careful in future, he released her upon payment Letters of the 2nd ult., from Port-au-Prince report, that erything was quiet. The yellow fever continued to prevail. Advices from El Paso, Mexico, to July 22nd, reported the existence of a great excitement in consequence of a disturb ance between a party of Americans and Mexicans, at that place. It appears that an American, who had recently re turned from California, was seized by the Mexicans, for some alleged offence, and. cast into prison, on hearing of which circumstance, a party of his friends, also Americans, commenced an attack upon the gaol, for the purpose of ef fecting his liberation and rescue. A guard of Mexican troops, however, soon came up, and witnessing the action of the Americans, fired upon them, causing the latter to beat a partial retreat. The fight was afterwards renewed, and the District Attorney of El Paso County, Texas, who was present, killed. One person was also severely wounded. What the final result of the affair would be was not known, but the Mexican forces were armed and drilling rican town of Paso, which was in great near the Am COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, AUGUST 24 MONEY.—The reception of favourable news from Eu rope by the Arabia has given a better tone to the market. Stocks' improved at the first board ; but at the second board the sales were only to a moderate amount. Ex change on London, Eli to per cent. prem. ; Paris, f. 5.131 to f. 5.15, sixty days, and f. 5.111, short sight. COTTON.—From the New York Shipping List of Au gust 24.—The market on Saturday and Monday was very quiet, and after the Arabia's accounts came to hand, there was so little done that their effect on the market is not yet.perceptible. Two bales of the new crop were received here yesterday from Charleston, and were sold at 13c., grade fair, staple fine, silky, and well prepared. The sales for the last three days are 1,400 bales. We quote : Atlantic Other Gulf Ports. Florida. Ports. Inferior nom. . nom. nom. Low to good ord. Low to good mid. 10 —ll 10 —ll 104 114 Mid. fair to fair 112 112 113 112 12 —l3 Total import since Ist instant 17,071 bales. Export from Ist to 23d August, 1853, 12,914; 1852, 6,228. RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON. Exports to Total Exports Stock and Receipts. Gt. Britain. to For. Ports. on shipb'd. 1853....3,21,3,317 1,731,643 2,513,000 99,360 1852....3,011,969 1,638,939 2,432,386 71,200 Increase 203,348 72,684 80,614 28,160 (From W. P. Wright's Circular, of August 24.) We have again complaints from the south of too much rain, and its attendant consequences. They are pretty general from Georgia w and South Carolina ; and from Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, they are more nume rous during the past few days than previously this year. There have been several further receipts of new cotton at the various ports in the south ' • and at all, except New Orleans, they are earlier than last year. This, however, is no criterion as to the condition of the crop generally, which is admitted to be backward, and which the receipts of new cotton to be received prior to Ist September this year, as compared with receipts to same period last year, will fully prove. BREA.DSTUFFS.—The flour market has been tolerably steady throughout the week. The advices per Arabia have had no effect on prices. Indian corn is better by lc. to 2c. per bushel. 1 3 110.VISION8.—Western pork in good demand and mo derate supply, and mess has advanced inc., while prithe and prime mess are a shade lower. Beef firm, especially for the better descriptions, and the demand is fair. Lard and butter less plenty, and with a good demand prices have advanced. Cheese in good demand at former rates. SALT.—Liverpool continues depressed, and prices favour buyers ; 700 sacks fine sold on private terms. Inos.—Holders of Scotch pig are again demanding higher rates. 200 tons English bars, a poor assortment, sold at $62,50, but considerably more is now demanded. Coin.—Foreign continues scarce, and wanted. FREIGHTS.—Advices per Arabia have unsettled the market, and lower rates have been submitted to for grain and flour to England and France. To Liverpool, for cot ton, id. per lb. ; flour, 2s. 6d. to 2s. 7d. per bbl. ; grain, in bulk, 7d. to 74d. per bushel. To London, flour, 2s. 9d. to 3s. per bbl. ; grain, in bulk, Sid. to 9d. per busheL To Havre, cotton, c. per lb. ; flour, 65c. to 70C. per bbl. NEW ORLEANS, AUG. 16.—Our markets are exceedingly dull, owing to the prevailing epidemic. The sales of cot ton for the past two days are not 200 bales. Freights to Liverpool firm, at id. per lb. CHARLESTON MARKET, AUG. 22.—The demand, almost solely confined to orders for Spanish account. Freight to Liverpool, id. Fair is quoted 11c. to llic. MoninE, AUG. 16.—Holders are more anxious to dis pose of their stocks, but are prevented by the restrictions placed upon them by their constituents. Freight to Li verpool, none. SAN FRANCISCO.—The Alta California, of the Ist of August, says :—" Since the departure of the last mail, our market has worn a more animated aspect, and presented more features of interest than for any similar period during the present season. The advanced rates obtained in most articles have been sustained thus far, and the impression seems to prevail that, after the arrival of the first steamer, a further advance may be anticipated, should advices re present that shipments to this port continue small." ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC. By the United States mail steamer Arctic, which arrived in the Mersey on Tuesday, we have advices from New York to the 20th nit. The Arctic passed the stst eamer Paeifi, from this port, at 5 p.m. on the 20 th, go i ng into New York; and at 9 a.m. on the 29th passed the steamer Asia, hence for New York. The Washi ton correspondent of the New York Herald, says:— " The British Government have presented the following propositions for the consideration of our Government : " 1. The free navigation of the river St. Lawrence. " 2. To permit colonial-built vessels to obtain registers, that privilege being already granted in England to Ame rican and other foreign-built vessels. " 3. To abolish the system of bounties to our fishermen. " 4. To throw open the Californian coasting-trade, that is to say, to allow British vessels to load in the Atlantic states for California. " 5. To abolish the duty on fish brought here in colonial bottoms. - "6. Reciprocal trade with the provinces in certain arti cles, the growth of each country, based upon the Recipro city Bill introduced by Mr. Grinnell in 1848, and passed by the House of Representatives ; if their propositions were agreed to, a participation in the British North Ame rican fisheries was to be extended to American fishermen. " It is understood the proposition to permit colonial built vessels to obtain American register, has been declined by the Cabinet, on the grounds, principally, that it is pro perly a matter for Congressional action. Rather than the exercise of the treaty making the power, it would be for Congress to determine how far it is expedient to amend the tariff by modifying the duties on iron, copper, hemp, &c., so as to enable our shipbuilders to compete with the colonists on equal terms. " The proposition to abolish the system of bounties to our fishermen was declined, upon the ground that the bounties are matters of internal policy, with which Eng land cannot be permitted to interfere. " The propositions to throw open the California coasting trade was declined, on the ground that the constitution declares that all the States of the Union shall be on an equal footing, and that, therefore, the coasting trade of California could not be opened to England without the carrying with it also the whole coasting trade of the - United States. As for the proposition of reciprocal trade, it was considered as much too limited ; and there appeared to be no disposition on the part of England to extend it to an interchange in all articles of growth, product, and manu facture of the country and the provinces respectively. This is the present position of the negotiations. It is, however, believed that a project of a treaty may yet be agreed upon, as there appears to be a strong desire on both sides to settle the matter." . . The yellow fever was very bad at New Orleans. A pri vate despatch states that, the authorities being unable to bury all the dead, 125 bodies were burnt. Yellow fever prevailed at Mobile, but the Board of Health had pro nounced it not epidemic. The New York Herald states that Lord Elgin, the Go vernor of Canada, is to return to England in the Sarah Sands. Advices from Havannah, of the 14th ult., state that the cholera had been terrific on one estate, belonging to Mrs. Seals. 131 negroes had died in six days. IN the St. Petersburg Journal, Dr. Hamel calls atten- ' tion to the fact that, the current year completes three centuries of nearly . uninterrupted amicable relations between England and. Russia. VEGETABLE SOAP. —The Vie Una journals announce that a firm of California has sent home to that city some seeds of the soap plant. It grows wild in California, rising to the height of about a foot. The plant fades away in the month of May, and inside each is a ball of natural soap, superior, it is assured, to any that can be manufactured. TILE CHOLERA has appeared at Spettin, 170 dying within the week. It is also reported at Konigsberg. After nineteen years, it is reappearing at Stockholm, but appears to be on the decrease in Copenhagen, after having proved fatal to the large proportion, 3,902 out of 7,216 persons attacked. • It appears that, • notwithstanding the quarantine system, the cholera is in Christiania and other parts of Norway, while Sweden is completely at its mercy. It has even boarded- Swedish quarantine guard-ships, which had no communication with the shore. Ina word, it now envelopes Sweden as in a net, and is doing its work from Stockholm in the north to Ystad in the south, and from Gothenburg in the east to Carlskrona in the west. RIOT IN LIEGE.—On Tuesday evening a large body of workmen and women assembled, in spite of the rain, on the Quai de la Batte, where a species of corn-market is held. The menacing attitude of numbers amongst them created considerable alarm ; and the authorities, apprised of the circumstance, called out the gendarmes, who were received with loud hisses. In a few minutes the populous streets in the vicinity sent forth their thousands of opera tives, who, in spite of remonstrances and all the attempts of the armed force, would not disperse. A manufactory of arms on the Quai d'Avroy was partly broken open by some of the rioters, and a quantity of fire-arms removed. Great excitement prevailed during the entire morning of Wednesday ; but a telegraphic despach of one p.m., states that no further disturbances have occurred. Too CLEVER TO LlVE.—we have heard something of an "Admirable Crichton," a proficient in twenty different arts and sciences ; but there is a youth in Moyamensing district, Tom Murphy by name, and only sixteen years of age, who far surpasses Crichton in varied accomplish ments. He can smoke out ls. worth of "half-Spanish" per day, chew up two 3c. plugs of tobacco, drink ten glasses of brandy and water between breakfast and dinner, dance a sailor's hornpipe on the top of a water-plug, handle a slung-shot with the most astonishing skill, and lasso a young negro with the end of a handkerchief. He also understands the thimblerig to perfection, likewise the games of poker and all fours, and amputates cats' tails with as much dexterity as if he had attended surgical lec tures and walked the hospitals. All the friends of his family believe that he is " the smartest boy in Philadel phia,' and we rather think he is, considering that he has never been to High School, but his mother is afraid that his genius will be the death of him.—New York Tribune. SALE OF THE GUILLOTINE AT RHEIMS.-011 Saturday last a considerable crowd was assembled on one of the boulevards at Rheims to witness, as we have already an nounced, the extraordinary sale of the guillotine and its accessories, even to the very basket which was used to catch the head of the unfortunate culprit. The upset price was 20fr., after which a voice in the crowd offered 25fr. The name of the amateur was anxiously inquired for among the crowd, when suddenly a young man came forward and bid 50fr. at which; after some little delay, it was knocked down, and when it became known that it had been purchased in order to make a bonfire of it, the crowd gave way to a loud burst of applause, which in a short time after increased still more on seeing it piled up and blazing, every one present assisting to keep up the fire. Amongst the most energetic of them was a high functionary of the place. Although the crowd assembled was very great, every thing passed off with the greatest order.— Galignani. Alf UNCLB Tolt—The Carrolton (Louisiana) Star, of the 23d ult., has the following :—" We grieve, for the honour of our town, to have to record an inhuman out rage practised on the body of an old negro of this place, named Johnson, the slave of Charles Hines, by Hines himself, which resulted in death. The negro was nearly 90 years of age, and universally venerated for his sober ness and honesty, as well as for his revolutionary remi niscences. The monster-master, taking umbrage at some petty offence, deliberately whipped, stamped, and kicked him to death on Saturday last. The fellow feigned sick ness, as is supposed, to cover a design of escape, and even had the blasphemous hardihood to affect a fear of immedi ate death, and to go through the funereal farce of making a public will. Officer Kener left two deputies in guard at his residence till Monday, when the body of the negro was disinterred, and an inquest held over it by the coroner. The unanimous verdict of the jury—several physicians who were present also assenting—was that he died from the effects of the blows and kicks he had received from his master. Persons who witnessed the examination say that the sight was sickening, his whole back cut and bruised into a jelly, and the lower part of his body nearly kicked to pieces. Immediately after the inquest the monster was taken to gaol. Let him go down to fame hand-in-hand with Legree—a hideous verification of that horrible villain." THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA. (II 0 . 3 i THE T 13 13.) Tnr Chinese revolution is in all respects the greatest revolution the world'has yet seen. In mere magnitude it comprises a population equal to that of all Europe and all America put together. It unites the chief features of all the great changes that stand out in the history of the world. As a destruction of temples, and idols, and a total change of religion, it recalls to us the early ages of the Christian church, and those later times when the northern nations embraced Christianity in masses. As the exter mination of a people, it compares with the great conflicts of races, the irruptions, fusions, expulsions, and returns .1"." occupy the earliest pages of authentic history, and resumed their prominence on the decline and fall of Rome. As a total change of system, and an opening of China to foreigners, it so far does in a day the usually slow work of modern civilization. This mighty change has come so fast on us that we have not yet realised its consequences. So great is the distance of China, and so small the sym pathy between it and the rest of the world, that the Em peror of China ranks in figure of speech with his alleged brother the moon, as a being who knows nothing, and of whom nothing is known in this our own sphere, and with whom we have no imaginable concern. In a moment that wall is thrown down that gulf is filled up, and that veil is rent asunder. China has hitherto been the very type of all that is unchangeable, formal, and slavish; all of a sudden it not only yields, but absolutely falls to pieces at a foreign impulse. But the most marvellous feature of this revolution remains. The means are utterly insig nificant. The chief agent appears to be a person who has received some instruction from a missionary, and whose conduct or apparent motives were such that the mission ary refused to baptise him. In fact, he seemed to be a mere charlatan- On comparing his success with the failure of another pretender nearer home, it certainly occurs to us that Mr. Provis has mistaken his sphere, and that if he had made a dash for the throne of China he might have succeeded. The huge balloon has collapsed at the prick of a needle. There is an old saying that every thing has a handle, if we only knew where to find it. For ages it has been the complaint of the civilised world that with it. The resu lt s h ows th a t there was a China had no handle. We could not get at it, or into it, nevertheless, for someb o dy h as f ou nd it. He has pronouncedowr dayany,l n ,, g open, sesame,,, and the everlasting hinges begin to creak,. the huge gates begin to turn, the deep recesses of ancient empire are opened to light, we enter, and China becomes part of the world. wh y , i n a couple of years we shall all be going to China. The last mail left Hongkong on the 10th of July, and arrived here on the 27th of August, doing it in 48 days ; and there is every prospect of the time being much shortened. People are tired of Europe, now that it is railroaded, handbooked, and " opened up," as the phrase is, to its very backbone. Moscow has been burnt ; Peters burg is a city of arsenals and palaces ; Constantinople, we have been lately told, is a city of wooden boxes ; Athens is a bad Herne Bay ; Germany has been so often scoured out by its thirty years' wars and its seven years' wars that its cities have nothing to show ; Berlin is a poor imita tion of Paris ; Munich is in pieces, fresh painted, and not yet put together ; Paris everybody has seen over and over again ; and these are the best—the rest are nowhere. But there is something new in China—something genuine and undiscovered. It is undoubtedly great, ancient, curious, and original. So in a couple of years we shall all be running to the Chinese Consulate, in Leadenhall-street or Bucklersbury to get our Foreign-office passport vised by a gentleman with small eyes, high-cheeked bones, and yellow skin, but without a tail, and dressed like every body else in the city. Those who don't wish to be the pioneers of the grand stream of British tourists may wait another twelvemonth, and Mr. Murray will have by that time a Handbook of China, or perhaps Northern China with Japan, and Southern China with the Indian Archi pelago. A column of indomitable John Bulls, with their carpet bags, and in that unmistakeable costume which de notes the nation all over the world, will force its way up all the rivers, over all the mountains, and along all the canals, till the great wall of China is surmounted by Eng lish ladies-maids and English parasols. What splendid hotels we shall have at Pekin, and what incessant jokes at the exploded peculiarities of Celestial cookery ! In a few years every lad of twenty will have " done" China, and will have his budget of stories of Chinese couriers, com missionaires, cabs, and custom-houses. What letters shall we have complaining of hotel charges and imposi tions on travellers, for John Chinaman is a bit of a rogue, and so like the majority of Christians that it is wonderful why he is not one of them ! In ten years' time we shall know much more of China than we now know of Russia, or shall know within fifty years. Then what a country for railways, canals, gas compa nies, water companies, and all sorts of investments ! The Chinese pay most admirably. The effort of discharging the opium ransom has contributed to the present revolu tion by, the exhaustion of the treasury. The people have always been ready to adopt whatever improvements the jealousy of their Tartar rulers permitted them to import ; and it appears, on the authority of Jesuit and other writers two hundred years ago, that aversion to change is not an original element of the Chinese character. We shall have steamers without end on the great rivers before long, with Chinese engineers and with Chinese engines. The amount of internal travelling in China is such, that we are assured by those who have managed to penetrate into the interior that there are continuous streams of I travellers on horse, on foot, and on litters, from Canton to the great wall, some fifteen hundred miles ;—in many parts so crowded as to impede one another, and even in the mountain passes so numerous as to leave no traveller out of sight of others before and behind. Among these are long lines of merchandise. What a case of railway traffic ! Our children may see China as much a network of railways as England itself. This is not mere specula tion on the possible consequences of change, for it is evi dent that the successful insurgents are as disposed to in voke the aid of progress and civilization as defensive . auxiliaries againstithe tyrannical bigotry of the Mantchoos as the latter were always disposed to rely on the fixedness of their institutions. .It is felt that the mos t e ff ec t ua l way to seal the exclusynl of the Tartars, and prevent them ever getting head again in China, is to revolutionize the country as much as possible, and as far as is consistent with a strict moral code. That our new relations with China will be without trouble we do not imagine, for the religion of the conquerors is one which we cannot claim as identical with our own; but, at all events, a very in jurious and unnatural state of things is removed ; the Chinese population is no longer imprisoned within its walls and shores, and we shall now no longer be stopped at the threshold of the cmjire, COURT AND FASHION. JENNY LIND, now Madame Goldschmid, has become a mother, having recently given birth to a son. HER MAJESTY has conferred upon the Duke of Athol and Lord Panmure the Orders of the vacated by the Earl of HER MAJESTY has graciously complied with the wishes of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of Dublin to sit for her portrait. THE Hox. Miss BYNG died on Friday last at Wrotham Park, the seat of Mrs. Byng, in her 18th year. She was the only child of Viscount Torrington. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE visited Birmingham on Thursday. He inspected the 13th Dragoons, and while ax the barracks examined the breech-loading cannon with much care M. DISRAELI, 3 is to mee annual gathering of the Royal Bucks .2 .griculturo ciation at Aylesbury, on the 14th instant. LETTERS PROM OSTEND state that her Majesty the t T rn een_inte_n_ds making an excursion to that town, to re . the I hike and 3rabant on their marriage THE 3IARRIAGE of the Emperor of Austria, it is said, will take place before Advent ; that is, somewhere in the month of November The Emperor and the bride elect being first cousins,the Papa dispensation must Prir,nonca )e procure( TIIE ROYAL CHILDREN. — The Alice and Helena, reached Holy - rood on Wednesday even ing. They were to leave for Aberdeen on Thursday, and next day to proceed to Balmoral. MR. ROGER JonNsoN Smtnr, the independent Con servative elected in opposition to the influence of the Marquis of Hertford, for Lisburn, died suddenly last week, at his residence in that town. There will, no doubt, be a strong contest for the seat. LORD ALFORD, who, by the recent decision of the House of Lords, has been put in possession of the Bridge water estates of £70,000 a-year, is only eleven years of age. His grandfather, Earl Brownlow,; is in his 75th year. A MARRIAGE, we understand, will occur in a few days, between a member of the family of a dignitary of the Church, resident in this city (nearly related to a distin guished Prime Minister), and the daughter of a rev. divine, in the neighbourhood of Hartlebury.— Worcester Journal. , THE LATE GENERAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER, G.C.8., will be interred in the Garrison Chapel of Portsmouth to-morrow. The coffin, which is made of polished English oak, has on the lid the inscription on a shield of brass— " Lieut.-General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.8., born August 10, 1782. Died, August 29, 1853." A Pic-NIC, on a large scale, visited Mulgrave woods, the domains of the Marquis of Normanby, on Wednesday. Not fewer than 1,500 congregated together, and engaged in all kinds of sports and games, and dancing. The Earl and Countess of Mulgrave, with their children, and the Hon. L. Phipps, the rejected candidate for Whitby, joined the party. GRAND FETE AT CHATSWORTH. — The Duke of Devon- shire gave a splendid jte on Friday to her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia and the Dnchess of Leuchtenberg, daughters of the Emperor Nicholas, who have been sojourning in this country the last few weeks. His Excellency Baron Brunow, the Earl of Burlington, Viscount Sydney, Hon. F. Leveson Gower, M.P., and many others, were invited to meet the illus trious guests. THE EARL or ELLESMERE has returned from Ame rica in the Leander. His lordship is indisposed from gout. Admiral Sir 0. A. Ommanney proceeded on board. It is said there are loud complaints on board the Leander of the want of hospitality on the part of the Americans ; one illustration is given in the fact that they charged the or dinary price for the water required for the ship, which is quite contrary to the practice observed towards ships of the United States Navy in British ports. HER MAJESTY'S TRIP TO DUBLIN. ♦ ON - Monday morning, last week, at a quarter past three o'clock, the royal squadron left Holyhead, and arrived in Kingstown Harbour at 20 minutes past eight. The weather during the voyage across the channel was as fine as could be wished, and when the sun rose the spectacle presented was an exceedingly imposing one. Behind, and becoming fainter and fainter on the eye, lay the dim outline of the Anglesea coast, and in front could be distinguished the misty forms of the Wicklow mountains. Over the sea the royal yacht and her attendant fleet of steamers bravely held their way. As the fleet appeared off Kingstown Harbour a royal salute from the batteries and from the portholes of La Hogue thundered forth the news of its approach ; and the harbour, crowded with gaily decorated yachts, presented a highly animated appearance. Her Majesty's early arrival seemed to take the inhabitants by surprise. The reception given to her Majesty and Prince Albert on Monday was all that they could desire. The Earl and Countess of St. Germans presented themselves shortly before nine o'clock, and they were followed by the two Archbishops, the Duke of Leinster, Viscount Gough, the Marquis and- Marchioness of Headfort, the Earl and Countess of Bective, the Lord Chancellor, Chief Justice Monaghan, Mr. Daman, Mr. George Roe, the Earl of Howth, the Right Hon. J. Hatchell, the Right Hon. F. Blackburn, Colonel Taylor and Mr. Hamilton, members for the county of Dublin, and many other personages of distinction. _ _ _ . . At ten o'clock, amid the thunders of a general salute from the fleet, the Queen for the second time set foot on Irish soil, and it may be worth remarking that the spot selected for her doing so was precisely the same as that where she alighted on the first occasion. A handsome covered way led from the pier to the station ; and along this approach, lined on either side by privileged spectators, the royal family and their suite were conducted. The cheering which now became • general, swelled into a roar of popular congratulation when her Majesty, reaching a kind of pavilion at which the awning terminated, pre sented herself to the multitude outside. Within the station a large number of ladies had collected, and, arranged round the platform, their variegated dresses and their excitement gave an additional feature of in terest to the reception. The run up to Dublin was performed in very few minutes ; and there, at the West land-row terminus, arrayed with civic pomp, were the Lord Mayor and Corporation of Dublin ready, in com pliance with ancient usage, to deliver up the keys of the city as a gage of their:fealty. Having graciously acknow ledged the loyal manifestations with which they were everywhere received, the Queen and Prince entered the Park gate ; the procession, except the cavalry escort, filed off there, a royal salute was fired from the park guns, and Lord and Lady St. Germans received their Sovereign at the Viceregal Lodge. In the evening all the public buildings, the leading hotels and shops, and many private dwellings in the metropolis, were brilliantly illuminated. The principal thoroughfares presented a very striking appearance thus lighted up, and the whole population turned out to witness the spectacle. Sackville-street and College-green were the chief objects of attraction, but all the leading streets were filled with people ; and a continuous stream of cars, which never gave foot passengers a moment's rest from the terror of being run over, flowed along them : pleasure was expressed in every face, and all seemed to think, as announced in one of the gaslight legends, that " the good time coming" had at last "come" for Ireland. On Tuesday the Queen, Prince Albert, and the royal children, accompanied by the Lord-Lieutenant and a brilliant cortege, paid a visit to the Exhibition. The interior of the building presented a magnificent spectacle. Every available corner was occupied from an early hour in the morning, and at the time of Her Majesty's arrival not less than from 16,000 to 20,000 persons of rank and fashion were present. The Queen's reception was most enthusiastic. Mr. Dargan having been introduced, Her Majesty honoured him with a cordial shake of the hand. In reply to the address, Her Majesty said—" It is my anxious desire to encourage the industry of my Irish sub jects, and promote the full development of the great natural resources of Ireland ; and I share with you the confident belief that the striking display of beautiful pro ductions of art and of industry by which I am surrounded is to be appreciated, not only as evidence of successful genius, but as a happy manifestation of that persevering energy, which, under the blessing of Divine Providence, is an unfailing source of national prosperity." Her Ma jesty's reception on her way to and at the Exhibition was most enthusiastic. In the afternoon of the same day the Queen and Prince Consort paid a highly flattering visit to Mr. Dargan at Mount Aunville, which had been postponed on Monday from the state of the weather. On Wednesday Her Majesty and the royal party paid a private visit to the Great Exhibition, at half-past nine o'clock, and remained in the building for two hours and a-half. A great portion of the time was devoted to an in spection of the Fine Arts Hall. Her Majesty expressed her unqualified admiration of all she had seen in the Ex hibition. A review took place in the PaTrk at half-past four o'clock in the afternoon, at which hour Her Majesty arrived on the ground in an open carriage: Just as the review commenced - the rain came down heavily. The review, nevertheless, proceeded. Prince Albert was on horseback. - On'Thursday, her kajesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred, again visited the Exhibition. The Royal party arrived at the private entrance at half-past nine, and were received by the Chairman, Mr. George Roe, the secretary, Mr. Dean, and the various members of the Committee. The survey was at once resumed, and on this occasion her Majesty confined her notice principally to the Irish contri butions. The Japan work, a new feature in Irish manu factures, first engaged her Majesty's attention. The Royal party then witnessed the process of striking off medals, in honour of their visit. The comfit manufactory of Messrs. Graham, Lemon, and Co. was then visited, and the clean, pretty and expeditious method of producing confectionery of all sorts was greatly admired by the Royal family. Mr. Jones's process of making velvet next engaged her Majesty. The button-making machines, the section of mineral manu factures, and the mechanism of Mr. Kinnaw for making lathes, in turn attracted the Royal notice. Having com pleted' for the present their view of the Irish sections, her Majesty and the Princes inspected the French department, which is a perfect model of arrangement. The manufac tures of Gobelin, Beauvais, and' Sevres afforded evident gratification to each member of the noyai t'amny, who took their departure about twelve o'clock. Previously to doing so, however, her Majesty, with her usual considera tion for the wishes of all about her, passed down the whole length of the centre avenue, amidst the crowd of visitors, who retired with respectful propriety on each side, so as to afford a clear passage to the Royal party and suite, while they cheered most heartily as the Qneen passed by. It is also worth recording that her Majesty has gone through the formality of becoming a season ticket holder, having, indeed, purchased ten season tickets for the use of the Royal Family and suite. On Friday, Prince Albert reviewed the cavalry of the garrison in the Phoenix-park. The Prince of Wales pre sented a pair of colours to the boys of the Hibernian Military School. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Earl and Countess of Howth with a visit at Howth. Her Majesty left Kingstown on Saturday evening, at six o'clock, and arrived at Holyhead at Sunday morning, about eight o'clock. Her Majesty and suite proceeded on board the Fairy, on Sunday evening, and went out for a cruise past the South Stack to the Menai Straits, accompanied by the Banshee and the Trinity yacht Riena. Her Majesty returned to the Royal Victoria harbour, at eight o'clock, and yester da y (Monday) evening proceeded to Scotland by special traino FOREIGN MISCELLANY maPTION CURABLE.—Dr. Cartwright, of New Orleans, asserts, from personal experience, that a few hours spent in a sugar manufactory, inhaling the saccharine fumes, is a certain cure for consumption. . . VACCINATION.—Dr. Tinsley, th; English practitioner in Cuba, has discovered that vaccine virus, after passing through a negro's system, is valueless for the white race. FACTORY LAW IN PRUSSIA.—The Minister of Com merce of Prussia has just addressed a circular to the authorities, recommending them to look to the careful execution of the law interdicting the employment of children in factories for more than six a hours a day. ERICSSON'S HoT-AIR MAcinNE.—The experiments which were announced as about to be made at Havre by commissions of the Institute and of the Minister of Ma rine, on the hot-air machine of M. Ericsson, have taken place, but the report of the commissioners is, for the pre sent, kept secret. A Havre journal states that the expe riments were not so conclusive as had been expected, in consequence of the imperfections of the machine, from its having been got up hastily. A NEW Gum.—Dr. Riddell, officiating superintendent surgeon of the Nizam's army, in making experiments on the maddar plant of India (Aselepia gigantea), had occasion to collect the milky juice, and found that as it gradually dried it became tough and hard like gutta percha. He was induced to treat the juice in the same manner as that of the gutta percha tree ; and the result has been the obtaining of a substance analogous to gutta percha in all respects. BARNUM'S LAST DODGE.—The New York papers con tained a long and minute report of the arrest of Barnum for swindling, upon a complaint preferred by a man who testifies that he had paid 25 cents to see the bearded woman, but that he had reason to believe that i fraud, and was got up by the said Barnum to deceive, defraud, and many other wicked things —as he had no doubt the person was a male, and not a fema sented. Of course Barnum was there, as he is ever where, and protested his innocence. He moreover pre ...b 4,lc4i4iori 4n her ray • lIPT 1111Calart Le as repre who swore that she had borne him two children ; and the physicians of the city prison, Dr. Valentine Mott, and others high in the medical profession, all of whom testi- fled that she was a female. Being a case of novel character, the newsmongers caught it up, and reported it at great length, giving friend Barnum the advantage / not only of a most extensive advertisement of the Bearded Lady, still on pxhibitiOn at the Museum, free gratis, but in a forT which his money could not well have purchased ; when it all leaked out that Barnum had hired the fellow to insti tute the suit, and paid him well for it. How much con• sists in a man's understanding his business, and tly. , ,n advertising. IRELAND MILITARY BREVET.— ' the royal visit to Dubi It is stated that small scale, to the troops stationed in the I s. J. and J Alexander, corn-raer stores were lately destrC its, of Di payment Its liabilities Z 40,000, ANTIQU. RIAN R modern tobacco pipe, except beir the stem and wider in t 1 have stopped d at £30,000 to wont to inhale resembling a of ancient am( - 3mewhat thicke 'as dug up the bed of a many centuries before the introducl weed by Sir Walter Raleigh.—Galin for Her Majesty on the ( palace, Dublin, is the ii crowned at Westminster ing of an English sovere Tuesday f any narcotic re Lou of the Virginian zy Vindicator state chab chair it It appears ti provided aich she )n the crown am was chamberlain when our gracious So' ign was crowned, and obtained possession of the chair in question, and had it conveyed to his residence at Slane Castle, county Meath. His lordship, when asked for the chair by the committee, at once sent it to the exhibition, and Her Majesty sat 't again on Tuesday last. bust( FISITERIES.—A company is about being formed in London to fish the coasts of the United Kingdom, but more particularly those of Ireland and Scotland. The movement is headed by Sir Jas. Duke. The great power, both on land and water, will be steam. It is intended to build a fleet of sixty sailing smacks, of from fifty to eighty tons burtheu, to be employed in fishing on the banks or in the open sea. These will be waited on by a sufficiently large number of well-provided steamers, of from one hundred and twenty to one hundred and fifty tons bur then, to be propelled by the screw. The live fish will be transferred from the smacks to the steamers, and taken alive in the wells to a port where a railroad affords the most rapid mode of conveyance to the best markets. The petition for a charter of incorporation, limiting the lia bility of the shareholders, was to be presented to the Queen during her visit to the Irish metropolis. A " COOLING Fouls fifu."—lfamediately after the de livery of her Majesty's reply to the address of the Dublin Exhibition Committee, an incident occurred which en tirely disturbed.for a moment the gravity of state ceremo nial. An elegant bronze fountain, which afforded sundry tempting positions for a better view of the ceremonial, and which had been left au sec, suddenly assuming its appropriate functions, discharged. a copious shower bath upon a number of eager spectators that had availed them selves of the advantages which it so insidiously presented. Was this the work of some Jesuit traitor, who gratified his bitter spite by administering this cooling application to the enthusiasm of the people, or the effect of a dark re venge on the part of the fountain-maker, for the desecra tion of his handiwork ? Was it the envy of a less fortu nate spectator, who thus resented the inferiority of his own position, or was it simply meant as a demonstration to her Majesty of Paddy's penchant for a lark ? We incline to the last-named supposition. GLIMPSES OF DUBLIN.—At the first cursory view Dublin seems very deficient in houses of public enter tainment. No swinging doors invite the passers by—no glistening bars dazzle the toper's eyes. He sees plenty of hotels and plenty of grocers, but few what may be called publichou.ses. When, however, he has been a very few days in Dublin, he discovers that in almost every " hotel" (the Sackville-street and aristocratic ones I exclude, of course) he ma, be provided with refreshment as moderate ,as a " dandy' of punch, or modicum of whisky and hot water, which costeth twopence; or that in almost every shop where tea and coffee and sugar are sold there also is sold the enlivening beverage extolled by poets, but de nounced by Father Mathew, the " rale potheen," from a pennyworth up to a gallon, which costeth eight shillings. There are, I believe, some excise and municipal regula tions, limiting the drinking of whisky on the premises, which prompt some grocers of tender consciences to pro vide back yards, with back outlets, into which customers accidentally stray to drink their whisky, and find as ac cidentally such waifs and strays as "materials," i. e., hot water, sugar, and lemons, under a water-butt, or what not ; but, in general, there seems no disguise about the matter ; and, in the dram-drinking line, the grocer as plainly means whisky as, in England, the Alton alehouse means beer.—Household Words. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A case of family embroilment took place recently in Belfast between parties in a re spectable line of life, which very nearly terminated fatally. A commercial traveller and his wife, both foreigners, have been residing at lodgings ; and on Sunday evening, after dinner, some conversation ensued between them, the effect of which was to excite in the lady deep feelings of jealousy. The gentleman threw himself on a sofa, and fell into a sleep, and the lady left the house, having first written a note, which she left on the table, with her gold watch and jewellery. The poor woman repaired to Prince's Dock, about nine o'clock, into which she threw herself, and from which her rescue was almost miraculous. Three boys had been in a boat down the river, and were returning when a cry was raised of a body in the water. They pulled to the place indicated, and one of them succeeded in securing a hold of the poor woman's dress, and with great difficulty she was taken out. She was quite insensible, and it was the general opinion that she was dead. She was imme diately conveyed by one of the constables, aided by others, to the general hospital, where proper means were adopted to resuscitate her, and fortunately with effect. At a late hour last night she was recovering, and continued in a fair way. Her husband had been searching through the town, immediately on his reading the note, but in vain. He calledi at the Police-office, with a view to obtain assist ance, and it subsequently turned out that the object of his search was then in the general hospital, under the circum stances detailed above.—Belfast Mercury. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. C. M. Arnold, M.A., to a Minor Canonry in West minster Abbey. Rev. W. .7. Bennett, to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. An drew, Manchester. Rev. R. Campbell, M.A., late Incumbent of Hawick, to a Canonry in Perth Cathedral, and to be Principal of the Dio cesast Model School. _ _ E. Evans, to the Rectory of Eccles St. Mary, next the sea, Norfolk. __ Rev. I. Durrant, M.A., to the Incumbency of Thornton, near Fleetwood. Rev. E. J. Green, M.A., to the Vicarage of Leintwardine, Herefordshire. Rev. J. Healy to the Rectory of Redmile, Leicestershire. Rev. J. Smithard, M.A., to the Curacy of Longbenton, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Rev. F. Taunton, Curate of Upwell, to be a Surrogate for the diocese of Norwich. Rev. R. Tomlins, M.A., to be Assistant Chaplain at Rome. Rev. C. J. Waterhouse, Curate of King's Langley. Herta, to the Curacy of Egham, Surrey. THE LORD BISHOP OF ADELAIDE, the Right Rev. Augustus Short, D.D., has arrived in this country with Mrs. Short and three daughters, from Australia. THE DEAN AND CHAPTER. OF WESTMINSTER have arranged with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to have in future their fixed salaries of £2,000 and £l,OOO each, instead of the uncertain amounts dependent on fines, &c. THE ENGLISH CHURCH AT GENEVA, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was, we are informed, to have been conse crated by the Bishop of Winchester, who had arrived at Geneva for the purpose on the 30th tilt. The foundation stone was laid by his lordship about two years since. ELECTIVE PATRONAGE.—The number of candidates for the living at St. Nicholas' Church, Ipswich, vacant by the death of the Rev. M. G. Edgar, is about 89. The living is worth £l7O a year, and is in the gift of the parishioners. "After the most eligible of the candidates have preached before the parishioners, the day of election will be fixed."—lpswich Express. SIR ROBERT PEEL.—The Parish Church at Drayton, Warwickshire, has been restored at an expense of £2,000. The remains of the late Sir Robert Peel are buried there. The present baronet, on being applied to for a subscription, at once said—" Gentlemen, instead of putting my name upon the list as a subscriber, if you will permit me to see your plans carried out at my own cost, I shall be most happy to do so." DISTRICT CHURCHES.—It appears, from a parlia mentary paper just issued, that the number of districts assigned to churches built and consecrated under the Ist and 2nd William IV., c. 48, sec. 2, in the respective dioceses, is as follows :—Chester, 74 ; Winchester, 37 ; Lichfield,' 18 ; Worcester, 17; Ripon, 15 ; London, 9 ; Gloucester and Bristol, 6 ; Lincoln and Carlisle, 5 each ; Rochester, Oxford, and Ely, 4 each; Chichester, Hereford, and Salisbury, 3 each ; Bath and Wells, 2 ; Canterbury, St. Asaph, Bangor, Exeter, and Sodor and Man, 1 each ; No returns have been received from the dioceses of York, Manchester, and Peterborough ; and it would also appear that no districts have been created in the dioceses of St. David's, Llandaft; and Norwich. BISHOPRIC OP NATAL.—A sum of £5,000 is still re quired to complete the endowment of the see of Natal, so as to secure the bishop the moderate income (as recom mended by the Colonial Bishops' Council) of £BOO a year. It has been thought that an immediate endeavour should be made to raise as large a proportion of this amount as possible in the diocese of Norwich, both as a tribute of respect to Dr. Colenso, as a clergyman of the diocese, well known to many by his connexion with Christian mis sions, and as a token of sympathy on behalf of the Zulu Kafirs, in whose history there are many points of , special interest, and who number upwards of 150,000. THE Bisnop OF Sr. AsArix has recently consecrated Pont Probert Church, beautifully situate on the margin of the Meehan, at the extremity of the Vale of Meiford. The building is described as a simple Gothic edifice, sixty feet in length, with lancets, and a couplet on the south side, and a three-light window, with circles in the head, at the east end. The western gable is surmounted by a double bell-gable, under which there is a two-light win dow. The dressings of the doorway, windows, plinths st' Qnd buttresses are of Caen stone. The bell. p--• aings, is also constructed of the same material, the stone of the neighbourhood being used for the walls. There is an open roof. The floor is laid with black and red tiles, and .11 the seats are low open benches. which. tocrether with the roof timbers, are stained and varnished. The font is Placed on the left of the south dc to be filled with stained glass, the The east window is If the Earl of Powis. ORDINATIONS TO 13E HOLDEN 1 Sept.2s—Bytheßish Dec. 18—By the Archbishop of York .. )1 ' By the Bishop of Lincoln ..... Bath & Wells Salisbury ..... At Lincoln At Exeter. Ripon At Ripon. Peterborough At Peterborough. St. David's At Abergwili. Worcester At Worcester. Lichfield At Lichfield. Chester At Chester. Llandaff At Llandaff. lv ......... At Ely. 0 Norwich. At Bishopsthorpe At Lincoln. At Wells. At Salisbury. Oxford At Oxford. H e reford At kleref9rd. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1853. --, ST CHRYSOSTOM'S CITURO EVERTON. This beautiful edifice—, the foundation -stone or ~., i-:., , was laid by the Bishop of the diocese in Dlay, situate t " 0 was opened on Wednesday. The building i5...,4 Audley-street, Everton, a little to the east of Eve/4 ,4 . 311 1 1 .7y and is bounded on the north by Breck-road. It Is neigh' midst midst of a thickly-populated and rapidly-increasing lany,'!e. bourhood, and has been erected to supply.the urg•e.sti`,. mand for increased church accommodation m that e i l i W e l as well as the neighbouring township, bordering P° decors Derby. The style of architecture is of the dee, , o r , Gothic order, the designs having been furnished iier'is Rattles Brown, arehitect, of this town, and the des io . , strictly in keeping with the general architectural ,_,,ii. There is a centre, and two side aisles, the architectural nating with north and south transepts. the centre aisles is a series of elegant archwaYs, 1- .„ 0 light columns of polished granite, and there_,lal; i g ries except those in the transepts. Th e . °T6 ' a fgall , 91 on the ground floor, and enclosed isitin l : be o f ....j, on the north side of the approaches te o ,,,hip. munion table. There is accommodation for 15 2 .° °vr .' f4c l pers all in pews, and the sittings are arrang . t ting , classes, the last two of which comprehend V° Si a t arl " -^ eml 250 sittings, which are to be let __co i. At the comanenrclet On each sid e ill ev Velerg --, ..,-vice, rue church was filled Ad there was a considerable number of the beliess. present, including the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks, the gee' Dr. M`Neile, H. Hampton, Barker, Sutton, BY' ver ' ' P e. Warre, Jones, &c. Prayers were read incumbent the Rev. J, 01 4 naught, who has been appointed to the w. Sr. church, and the communion-service by the R„ec• olail, Ewbank, after which the Rev. Canon Stowell, b e 0' chester, preached from Genesis xxviii. 17- -- " A1i,;,1 it Ode afraid, and said how dreadful is this Place 1 !I,'"—p gate other but the house of God, and this iS a - i - 9i. 7,, heaven." At the conclusion of the service, •''''" food ' collected in aid of the building and endowment re 05 connexion with the church. In the evening' th e h t, tli again a full attendance. The Rev. J. 31aenang, 10 s erta o s .. 0 .. 0% incumbent, read prayers ; after which a preached by the Rev. W. W. Ewbank from Ac ts p i tior.l',' And the disciples were called Christians first at , tlea,„,. underfeelingly Ivma which hd thechurch Towards the close of his discourse, the rev. g . ,,,, -11 4,0 - " Though ~, there are many in this congregation whor there appropriately had ail h u ee ded n e t i o •ec t t h ed e . circi—es' rej iid.lo in the completion of this beautiful house of Prg e oo ol , is not one who rejoices in it more sincerely than co ti A o . " B self. Many of you are aware, that for fift ee .,. ; % 11 < P- A have been looking forward to the time , svi . ',;;•too'' ' blessing of God, has at length • The rilv o " e* :. tional School was established under arrived. r ve t d he ansPi ces f si li te l/ . 1 . teemed ea and beloved predecessor, Mr. Buddienin• ,and 03,' I I am sure it has been a blessing th n a l t e among you, I found it in full operation oc hood. I am quite sure there are many vn iltig f li t present—for we have been talking this eveiing ° ,,, i t, it:, collections —there are many young person( P will have the happiestremembrances f tbepecilaiy u., o „t which they received in that school, and now, e s . e sceo e 't the indefatigable and untiring exertions of PT re idee,..,6 l) minister, my dear friend and brother, wilco 1 sent' :04'; see in this position ; at last, God has crowne d i1 Y 0 , 4 , 1 - la s i , with success, and you are enabled to worship i*: to trg to temple,—to worship Him, I trust, in spirit al lu ,l - e 5 03 : • J What more, then, can I now say to you, than T c cal,? hope and pray, that God's blessingmay enricJi_petie,r'd abundantly descend uponthe '''' . 4, `" whole of this conis, 050.0 May your minister be blessed. May he be an al'," ovISA of the Lori Jesus Christ. May he be enabled i °. ti iitc ~i tothen i,' po , ~, Word. May he preach the Gospel in all itqfoli;etry simplicity. May he be able to set forth the sir t y P - , 0 , sin; and comfort the sinner, by setting fert',,,gl ,1 14 ,t and unsearchable riches of Christ." At the L ' io - iii o ;r. £3O 7s. 6d. was collected. Mr. D. C. Brown P`,,!ve A ' . mons were preached by the Rev. J. 3lacnan the organ. On Sunday, two eloquent and inee'-elinew"; bent, after which, the sum of £5l collect ea f u n d li t br the entire collection in aid of the was collect j-. 1 en_ownien, 0 ,4 0 £176. As a mark of esteem for the Rev. J. 143 c to, esen tea l fe new set of robes and surplices have been pr I fal d i ei. by the congregation. The communion plate 1 1,1 , 1 her la .01 have also been presented by Mrs. Tory and t - be i ftV Amongst other gifts, Mrs. Tory presented t' sa',fr crimson cloth which covers the communion table; b.,. 1 " elaborately worked monogram 'on it was exec atea . Green, of Everton-road, assisted by her puPil s ' e elol l. ght , tit 100 t annual rent of five shillings eac THE RACE BETWJ'EN u'' FAIRY AND THE MONA'S Q I.° ; ON Wednesday, the new Ramsey steamer, ei ° l e i, built by Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead, a nd tPe3 0: 0 ..,1* 4 Douglas steamer Mona's Queen, built by Mesl ie ::, polno Thomson, of GLasgow,had a race from Liver Pol; - peale.•ol The Ben-my-Chree took the passengers ute ri ; the Mona's Queen having on board only those, t he trial ;,, e e , ll ; ri t in the race, which was an acknowledged tive speed of the two vessels. The 11lona's . 4 ;10 fd commanded by Captain Edward Quayle, heliiiro trip to sea since his late accident; and the Gill, in compliance with the urgent request ohtar", and directors of the Ramsey company, t e° ,.l- c e of 1 36 Manx Fairy. Besides this, there was a 1 ,41 ':•'„,,-els sons on board, exclusive of the crew. vess els go t at eleven o'clock, the Fairy having a leauu — ilia' to or four lengths. There was a strong e bb tide VII both boats soon cleared the river. They I , l felf. ) ,ty contend, all the rest of the way, against a 5 , breeze and a heavy sea. It soon became evid " ell disyj Fairy was slowly but gradually increasing the o css between herself and the Mona's Queen. At 0 13 ,, e ef, 1 1• the Fairy met the Tynwald steamer on her pa d ` the island to Liverpool. About three o'clock a of "re, netted with one of the starboard p a ddle-float' id w e i leading vessel gave way. The engines of the 14',,iia:tei in consequence stopped, and a delay of aboutlfbe d ri took place. It is said that in nc'e tir c°nseque •,1 gal ID paddle-float the Fairy, after this time , ( 11 , 1 -iouse' dti the other vessel as she had been doil4, ll ,f t niau t , es ; l o: ., Fairy rounded Douglas Head at thirty - t ui. `liay fire u four o'clock, and on getting into Douglas , re. which were repeatedly answered from the c hore. 111:4 was crowded with small boats, th e crews 0, le w ere O f cheered the new steamer. Thousands of Pe ° ,,P b e low , d gregated upon Douglas Head, upon the androel's upon the pierhead, to witness the contest, roe them the greatest enthusiasm was exhibited. _ to , ( 5, 1 of the Fairy had been fired exactly twelve ra,„-luaryl t salute from the Mona's Queen announced t" side -that vessel. [lt is claimed on the losioF dof only 10i minutes elapsed b e t ween the arrie,,!„ 4 . ) . ..e w f two vessel and that the stoppage of the occupied two minutes.] Allowing for 6111 L ia ilitoi stopped, that vessel sailed the distance. 7 ell. De o sixteen minutes less time than the Mona's Quesd ~t tip greatest excitement was manifested in Ilan ts , a sort of telegraphic communication was re3-"„ple":1 Fairy had won the race, the enthusiasm of the Pe rs 01'4 no bounds. Thousands of people lined the P ie , e re If/ rounding heights, in anticipation of th e ves' n'cloedijoi there. The Manx Fairy left Douglas about Ramsey, and on her arrival there those on r e oar' t Y together at the Albert Hotel, and every one Vi_ spc il l) t illg tlL OS on board displayed the greatest interest in illsY:ott, new vessel. On Mr. Laird's health being Pr e , be, gentleman, in his reply, said that although tt,•'e a fair race, and had gained by a few minutes. P l eed,, satisfied, neither was the engineer, with the ,',,De';,lo, was attained. He hoped better results would, w - eitse,' l fact, he had no doubt that such would be tile, it otl that she would for some time maintain her rep ' 1 t)e being the swiftest boat sailing between Lice. ll ; A bele Isle of Man. He (Mr. Laird) felt some anil,la " passage, because, as they all k new , they ' l , e ag,ef, O e loaded ship. The Mona's Queen excluded pa'- k ent; eve rything else, save the coals to take her to -v ° e d, i 0 , 0 0 ,4 had been put into dock to be cleaned and scr3P other De' that she might beat the Fairy. A number of in e".„,theej were proposed, and the company were natora il3 ,.¢o ol spirits after their victory. The Manx Fah/ ' Liverpool on Thursday. 2tl AT w ß as ßlS a TO good G the A r very remuneraltiveß ps E uri A pcp T elsy. CATTLE FAIR, . , b i c .. t e. coP - -A ,-- lust I , re' 41' ando fAt tour, t th a I le hecontinues effects descriptionsn confirmationsetieThere se) stock, efotoc age kw b e m a o i l l a n v a nt e ,b 0 1 : 0 3 ' fli : :,- 9 ;: e: ,l; f :t r e aferitae:rol fr e e' "ti e : v ir tm : THE BISHOP OP DURHAM, who Inan,P4-rolit,rH- o taant ekstate recent e:b o fi f e h visitation e bu ye rs, signs h. in different parts of the diocese, the Bishop ° will si or ßi cia mi te ci f E or m th 3 e i v a e wi nera cn bl c e H pr u e it la c t u e ; .103.4./ta.. S: te d ° :Tiv tilv i Thursday night, a daring sacrilege was Con i ,,," e rect 1 1/ A OF4I . above church ; the school-room was also enL:dy 0 '„ - aei , ,, r 1 out articleanes of glass to admit the pi .y , o ,i ow ) Various es were stolen, such as stai ° ,l"i ' l e. ,-'s inkstand, &c. A similar act was corainittei- ~., fo r ' a e l owf n h e oi ar enhe th toh e fe ca tlh n:: : : ,le :_ f fai ° l :::ex - :: . : 46l tive: :: ' eap - li i coalsemath clothesi no body b f a ago in the Hilduston Parochial School-r ...4 0° ,,e'r , i ," - ientt ' perfect state of p e g ere J ell-. i 5! s r: A PETRIFIED MAN.—An American „Iolo.: I one - n ili ; Yeoman, states that, not long since, Nvia'„"ey e%,, 1 r r i Ti i ll e a w inlill hich are perfeetb; 71 - b. l ab li r I to' . bodydiggingpose dcon theer courtship,aldl corduroy o et f nopder a b sidera bb tintr y li t 'i' l o ,4 r, gaged in the construction of the canw,.'„ i ned "" busioe? faeentd,manadtriarmeoncoymwpelreetecloyutrair2v—,,bih o p g BARGAIN AND SALE.—An affair N. . oiiee not q conglomerated, came off in ChatanVe n e° o tions , p o i v ii since. A young man of r espectahle, c°ll „:o 11°1 + 1 : - ' Y ° ti - i ll' g as the sequel proves, not very scruPnw — l w ith c° o o- 04 self, had been in the habit of sitting u p alt e o d Ai l ladies, both living in the same neighboorl'u!dio, tar , ll between them—one Sunday night with e . co ots ,t r:, , , next with Marinda. In the due Bourse is tbegretobo naturally does the stream of love flow towara...6 _non of matrimony—he foundidniself positively en ego;nalffooll and with one of them appointed a day be kept it .' AO of their union. The marriage was to bnt ,1 go lo f o r the ,,riv,cepr, secret until the knot was actually tied ; w oe. d e , that, through the leakage of some Achedthe ale cc os i the eli t , news of the projected wedding re cou rse atitles ei rival candidate Lor matrimony. Of sdisputed .40,,, breeze was the result. The two lame di, len:' .. 4,. a cti x A,l o, prepared to prove a bond fide matrnia col 4 AV 1 ; 0 1' took the matter up, and quarrelled with ?t:' jaag„„ci fire and enthusiasm in behalf of their respeew3%ag ''lJ) herself and the double-dealing lover. The "'", r eat 'o l ' several days, the YY WO 01 Thus the affair stood for t he l i e 0 1 ace of a lover owning up, meanwhile, thalro, .. Mightplace." He had appointed a day on r, g 0 , 1e , , v 0 to be married to Lydia, and at the same tini,el::iicitivt: engaged to Marinda. He acknowledged hib,.. 11- A f e s. , i , 0 pleaded guilty to the charges of the young 1 lenFdi {vas to be done ? Happily for him, he was ate iv't :,,pss- 11 tIO I tl abled to settle the affair in a very bus..-, s els c, He proposed to the fathers of the two niT i tc , Ti lflpi settle the dispute, he had finally conclude" r tc, k e ti girl whose father could give him the most prt;',l2_! e jto t,',, e e father did not make a bid, but Mrinda's ohewitil is : a l his father, before marriage, his entire farr o ' nt este r ,), ception of a single acre, occupied by the "...,A, the ~0 Pi that he would will to her. This did beingsatTodeci l e a ti lover. He insisted upon the farm e , to i ll i ' before marriage, as a " comlition preceden__ , w ith :4 o to tials. Such conditions were finally comp.hea. viii parties were Married about three weelislirlnpc_ee off f o , is literally true. The foolish old man ` sP IP farm fora son-in-law that isn't worth thelf3oll. a bog Da.BO Ol Y 94 the PreDALseArgegin.“