Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-16 00:00:00

-Friday, December 16, 1859. L BRITISH :AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 15. Tol-morrow the Marquis de. Villamarina will present to the Emperor his -letters of recal, and kDesambrOis his lettres de creanee. * Prince Jerome Napoleon has passed - a good Wight and day. His health. was improving. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Dec. 15. 1 2.10 A.M.—The Funds have quite recovered t}eir temporary depression; Rentes open 70.60. 3.30 p.m.—Market firm and animated; Rentes ' c lose 70.75, showing an advance of + since yes erday. THE CONGRESS. PARIS, Dec. 15. The Papal Nuncio will, to-morrow, remit to his kajesti an autograph letter of the Pope. It is stated that nothing official is yet known con-, mining the nomination of Count Cavour as l 'ePresentative of Sardinia at the Congress. SPAIN AND MOROCCO. MADRID, Dec. 14. Yesterday the Spanish expeditionary army was l 'eillforced by 4,000 infantry and 6,ooocavalry. It is stated that, in all the combats which have I.4 ken place, the Moors have lost 5;000 men; 'Ohs:Apra prevails fearfully at Tetuan. BAVARIA. DRESDEN, Dec. 15, According to a letter from Paris, published in th eofficial journal, the late belligerent poweis °4 IY would be represented at the approaching e 94gress by their Ministers for" Foreign Affairs. The remaining powers would send othei Pleni liotentiaries. - TURKEY. THE SUEZ CANAL QUESTION. ' CONSTANTINOPLE (ria Marseilles), Dec. 8. The Porte is now deliberating whether it . would is ;: e convenient to bring the Suez Canal question ef() re the Great Powers. CONSTANTINOPLE (via Trieste), Dec. 10. The official journal has published an article 44° wing the necessity of intervention in Servia. lONIAN ISLANDS. CORFU. (via Trieste) Dec. 10. The Lord High Commissioner has opened the °llian Parliament, and in his speech announced 411taerous measures of administrative reform. tONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY. At a general meeting yesterday the report of 7 11 l e ctors was adopted. The passenger traffic for e half-year produced' £294,916 for the cdnvey kao eof upwards of 19,000,000 passengers. The :149aber of horses employed in the traffic since 1113; last was 6,504. MAIL NEWS. QUEENsTOwN, Dec. 15. 110 North: Britain received mails, and sailed 't 8 p.m. - . . . 1... 111 e 'Norfolk has arrived in the Channel from la t h, ..ourne wit h 68 054 ounces of gold, valued at 212,. 000. following appeared in a portion of our im- Ore l o ii of :yeaterday FRANCE. `[ltEu a'B IttEGRAM.] Tl l PARIS, Thursday. e Atoniteur of to-day says, Prince M. Metternich; li t ,uLesentiag his ' lettres de ereance to the Emperor, de to gyred a speech, in which the said the Emperor" had h."Zalided him most partitsultirly to convince the Em tht•,- of the high price he attached to his personal friend- P, adding, that it would be agreeable to his Majesty the completion and consolidation of the relations of fir Understanding and intimacy with which the g'ene kei'eSts of Europe are so closely connected. * th e e Emperor replied :—" I have the firm hope that I, t , relati ons which have been so happily re-established tf o e eti the Emperor of Austria and myself r cannot but tli t !Ile more friendly by an attentive examination of th e t uterests of the two'countries. Since I' have-seen Iti e ,i)inperor- I attach a great value to his personal Sirship. The sincere agreement between us will be tili o t ated by the choice of a representative, whofie con "°'.37 spirit is known, and who has so many titles to co afidence and my esteem." tmperor has received the Prince de Orange. let o e Zoniteu r also contains the following:—" Prince k k ese 'Napoleon has again been attacked with inflam -114121 of the lungs. His state is very grave, and 44 * — ' !serious apprehension. Thi Emperor and Empress ' e visited his Imperial Highrie . ss." Th ' • 'CHINA. 0 -• • • kt advides froth. Hong-Kong by the Overland Mail t e Octobe r 29th. kt k i r e f °Majestre-67th aeliment _ haci _ arrived. Political nort,h the , Chinese were taking . energetic 'tttrt a 7 e s ,With the view of .defence. • Sankolinsi, the chi e f, , was at the-head of affairs. gest t ,,' Roman Cathplig church at Hong-Kong has been 4 Yed by fi re. , „ • COMMERCIAL. • '01 44 'l°l . l g-liong, tea 'generally unchanged since pre t • ° 0 Choo, loweit kinds of Congest somewhat ElT e a r other' kinds no change. 4 .,"1, 40 ,,11gbai, both green and black tea rather lower. "et4 31 7v 3 11 -mail, of Sept. 10th, arrived A Hong-Bong 23rd. tAt e ll h e t Pris e was felt! that tkt news of the Peiho had not t ozi4 The i ntenigo., r aCm, it will be recolleeted,. arrived SePter:oei 11th. Th e c INDIA. C 8i o lcutta news is to November 10th. 1,3414aex Grant .has accepted the command of the ' A strong force of Sikhs will be sent Na l . • Regiments not designated. The war is not .146,,Trith Indian o ffi c i a l s . "" commands have been abolished. For the future the maid- officer in a battalion will command the brigade without allowances . . . The rules for compensation to sufferers by the mutiny have been issued. The labourers of the Assam' Tea Compani struck for higher wages on Oct. 17. Some th'ousands of them threatened to march on the factory arid murder the superintendent. -The rioters were disarmed by fifty,. Sepoys. A few were imprisoned, and the rest were glad to return to, work, and. refused their discharge. COMMERCIAL. 'Calcutta import market 'dull. Stocks' of piece goods still heavy. : Freights stationary. BADEN. There is a great agitation in this state against the Concordat, although two-thirds of the,inhabitants of the Grand Duchy are Roman Catholics. • HUNGARY. One of the journals has received a written warning for continually publishing invidious and violent articles which are calculated to bring about a hostile feeling between the different nationalities of the Austrian empire. The mail from Paris has not arrived to-day. In the Channel there is a strong N. E. wind, with snow and sleet. Tee first stone of the new Staff College, at Sand hurst, was laid yesterday by the Commander-in-chief. The Times has a leader on the institution. The Calcutta and China mails arrived in London last night •by special train.: Letters for Liverpool and Man chester were despatched by early trains this morning. COMMISSION ON THE REV. JAMES - - BONWELL. - Yesterday morning the Commission appointed - by the Bishop of London to inquire into the allegations against the Rev. James Bonwell, incumbent of St. Philip's, Stepney, was opened in the Common Hall of Doctors' Commons. The commissioners present were—Dr. Tra vers Twiss, chancellor of the diocese; - the Yen. Arch deacon Hale, the Rev. Canon Dale, M.A., vicar of St. Pancras, the R6v. W. G. Humphrey, .8.D., vie& of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; and the-Rev. J. E. Kempe, M.A., rector of St. James's; Westminster. ' Mr. J. B. Lee; the Bishop's secretary, was in attendance. • Mr. Coleridge, with Mr. Buller, appeared on the part of the Commission. Mr. Sorrell, the solicitor, -applied, as agent for Mr. Bonwell, to have the case' heard in private. • The Commissioners considered that as there had been. a public scandal, the proceedings should take place ;in public. Mr. Coleridge proceeded to state that Mr. Bonwell had been guilty of the grossest breaches of the eccle siastical and morale law, and it would be for the cemmissioners to decide whether or not there was sufficient ground for further proceedings. The Rev. James Bonwell was a clergyman of the Church of England; and was a fellow of Brazenose College, Oxford. He held a 'Brazenose living, the incumbency of St. Philip's,' Stepney. He was a married man, and had One child. His wife was an invalid, who resided in Islington, where Mr. Bonwell was 'occasionally to be seen, but he was more frequently at his school-room near St. Philip's where he had a room fitted up as a bed-room. The lady with whom Mr.' Bonwell was alleged to haVe had an improper intimacy, Was residing in 1858, at Newport, and she was then 32 years of age, The learned counsel detailed the circumstances under which Mr. Bonwell made the acquaintance of Miss Yorath. He went about with Miss Yorath at Ramsgate, Margate, and, other places, and Mr. Bonwell paid. Miss Yorath particular attention, their conversation being of the Peregrine Pickle kind, rather than in accordance with the usages of modern society. Mr. Bonwell had given out that he was a widower with one child, and there could be no doubt that from this time Miss Yorath was under his protection. (Letters were read addressed by Miss Yorath to a friend, stating that Mr. Bonwell was most attentive to her, that he took her to the theatre, took her to the " London" to dinner, and that he was the most generous-hearted creature she ever saw. The writer added that Mr. Bonwell and she had great fun, had jolly dinners; and always went -ta the theatre or some place of amusement in the evening.) Miss Yorath became in the family way, , and she stated to a friend that Mr. Bonwell was the father., Ile: had meanwhile visited Miss Yorath at Newport, and it was Understood that they were to be married. At length a report prevailed that Mr. Bonwell was a married man, and a long correspondence took place between him and Mr: Yorath, the brother. Mr. Bonwell stating that he was a widower, and stating the manner in which his wife died. That was entirely untrue. All this was followed by Miss Yorath's being confined of a child in Mr. Bon well's school-room at Stepney.. The learned counsel proceeded to say, that Mr. Bonwell was most energetic in his attentions to Miss Yorath at Newport; and'that he had there expressed his wish that the Bishop of Ox ford should perform the marriage ceremony between them. It, appeared that after this the bishop was in formed of what had taken place at Newport, and sent for Mr. Bonwell, who admitted many of his indiscre tions, but denied the main allegations against him. The bishop reprimanded Itr. Bonwell, and, there he thought, the matter was at an end,. but shortly after this he received two anonymous ; letters containing grave charges against Mr. Bonwell. His lordship placed the letters in the hands of the police, the result of which was that an inquest on the body of a child, improperly buried, was held, with which child Mr. Bonwell was shown to be intimately identified.: The birth of the child was not registered, and the body was interred in the Tower 'Hamlets Cemetery, there being no followers, and the body having been surreptitiously packed in with another in the same coffin, Mr. Cole ridge stated that if he had been able to obtain Miss Yorath he should have produced her, but she had gone away without money, and 'her _family knew nothing ibout her. The charges against Mr. Bpnwell was that fn coneeqUence of all these circumstances he had brought great scandal on the church. If those charges were not true, that court would afford Mr, Bonwell facilities .for coming forward and stating on his oath that they were 'not so. The law made provision for that in the Church :Discipline Act under which these Proceedings were taken. Mr. J. Humphries, the coroner for ,East Middlesex, deposed to the evidence given at the inquest-on the child, Philip Yorath, and the verdict of the jury ; which was condemnatory of Mr. Bonwell, Miss Yorath, and Mr. Ayres, the undertaker. Miss Georgiana, Ames, the granddaughter of Major Watts'of Margate, deposed to the introduction of her friend Miss Yorath to Mr. Bonwell. From the first ho paid her- very 'marked attention, and afterwards 'he was received at her grandfather's house as the (opted 'lover of Miss Yorath. He was very ttentive, and seemed excessively fond of her. She c• ne to Margate. in October and returned to London i.l December.. He never spoke to witness of marriage, except once. That was while on ;the pier with Miss Yorath. He said to hcr, "What an excellent bridesmaid you would make." In May last, . Miss .Yorath came again to Margate, and seeing the state she was in, witness 'said, " Bonwell must be a wretch and a villian, but hope he will marry you." She returned to London,, and witness had.not seen her since. Cross-examined by' Mr. Sorrell.—She had heard Mr. Bonwell tell Mrs. Robinson that he was a widower, and he repeatedly spoke of his little boy. Mrs. Ann Robinson, the wife of Mr. Henry Robin son, of Margate, gave similar evidence. Aboat a fort night after they were introduced at her house, she understood that Mr. Bonwell and Miss Yorath were accepted lovers. Mr. Bonwell distinctly represented himself to be a widower, She had not the slightest idea d,ilf r NORTHERN at'the time that he Ili% a married man, or she should have looked upon his conduct as most 'disgraceful. He preached at Margate. The subject of his sermon was charity and love. She saw Miss Yorath at Margate in May last, when she said to Miss Yorath, "Is Mr. Bonwell aware of your state ?" and she said, "Of course he is." Cross-examined—Mr. Bonwell said his wife had been dead more than a twelvemonth, and he described her death to witness's mother. Mr. Lewis William Yorath, a surgeon practising at Newport, in Monmouthshire, and the brother of Miss Yorath, deposed that Mr. Bonwell, in December last, came on a visit,to him at Newport. He was received as his sister's accepted lover. He said, " Yorath, I did not write to you of our attachment, because the age of your sister and my position as a clergyman are sufficient gua rantees of my honour and proper intentions." At the same time he quoted scripture freely, to make the decla ration the more strong. After that, he ran down every month till May, and had frequent opportu nities of being alone with his sister. He represented himself as a widower, adding that his wife died from exhaustion, brought on by a lingering illness. The marriage was fixed to come off in June or July, and he said the ceremony would be performed at St. George's by his friend the Bishop of Oxford and the Chancellor of the Diocese of Llandaff. Witness afterwards heard it reported that Mr. Bonwell was still a marrried man, and he applied to him for a certificate of his wife's death. After the correspondence the affair was broken off, and his . sister left her home without leaving the slightest trace behind her. - The family knew nothing of her present whereabouts. - The Rev. Mr. Williams, vicar of Bassaleg, and Vicar- General of the Bishop of Liandaff, deposed that he was intimate with the father of Miss Yorath during his life time. - He was a clergyman of the Church of England. Mr. Bonwell was received by himself and his family as the accepted suitor Of Mies Yorath. On one occasion Mrs. Williams saidto witness in Mn Bonivell's presence, "He is coming to you for the liceifse, and his friend, the Bishop of Oxford will marry them." • She alio said, " His former wife was a Bird• and: a relative 'of the Archbishop of Canterbury, so he says." Mr. Bonwell assented'to these statements: After a lengthened sitting, the court adjourned .till to-morrow (this day.) A good Playing Card for ls. 6d. Sold by Mawdsley and Son, 4, Castle-street. , d 22 CHRISTMAS CHEER.—Families residing within five miles . of Liverpool can be supplied with Btrrton mild and bitter ales of the first brand, as also London stout, in 4-1, 9, and 18 gallon casks, by sending their orders, or. calling at T. Bolton's, family ale and porter merchant,. 110, Duke-street. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-Yesterday, Da - yid Hughes,a labourer, residing at 16, George's-street, was taken to - the Northern Hospital in a dangerous state, suffering from' a fracture of the ribs, and the effects ofimmersion, hav ingfallen-from a ship into the Prince's Dock. • THE " BLACK. BALL" CLIPPER A.THENAIS.—Th4 fine ship sails to-day for Melbourne, with a full cargo and a fair number of passengers. The next packet of the " Black Ball" and " Eagle Line" is the splendid ship British Trident, already favourably known in the Aus tralian trade. • EXTENSIVE SALE OF CHOICE ,OLD WlNES...—Con noisseurs will find an advertisement in another coluMn, intimating that Mr. Branch will offer for sale, on Tues day next, an extensive collection of choice wines, em bracing the makes of several of the most celebrated vintages. The stock includes some fine old port and sherry, 'splendid golden Maderia, and other favourite wines. THE WEATHBU.-.On Wednesday evening an intense frost rset in, which continued throughont the night and' SLI ,) . GOLGI tiay v Cµ1.116 %ALM C WV (lb V. 4/4116 fall of snow, but it did not continue long, -or.cover the ground to any great depth. The frost, however, re mained intense, and during the greater portion of Yester day, numerous carts were engaged in' carrying ice from the pits and ponds in the vicinity, - for the use of eon fectioners and others. Early in ' the day the ice so carted was nearly an inch thick. • , • , • SPECIAL MEETING OF THE MARKETS CO4MITTEE.— Yesterday a' specie/ meeting , of the Markets' Committee was held at the Town-hall, Mr. Alderman Woodruff in the chair. The business before the meeting was the election of a gentleman in the place of Mr. Blundell,- to act as manager of St. ,Martin's and the North Markets. After ,three votings, , and by the casting vote of the Chairman, Mr. Edward Smith, a collector at St. John's . Market, and nephew of Mr. James Smith, one of the members of the Dock 13otird, was elected. The other gentleman in competition was Mr. Lockhart. Coaorisat's CounT,--The following inquests werehel.4 , yesterday, before Mr. P. F. Curry, coroner :—On the body of Mary. Flynn, who died in the Northern Hos pital from injuries sustained' in a suarrel with her step , . son. A verdict of manslaughter was returned , against. Nicholas Flynn.—On the body of ;John George Spotlit, ship-carver. It appears that deceased went into , Mteray' auction-room, .Whitechapel, on the Ist inst. He got into a quarrel with the doorkeeper, when a person named Jas.' Wilson, who belonged to the auction-room, pushed him out. The deceased fell heavily with his head against a cart wheel. He was conveyed to the Northern:Hospital. EXHIBITION AT THE GALLIERY OF ART.—The paint ings and drawings of the pupils belonging-to the,Royal Institution School were exhibited yesterday in the Gallery of Art, Colquitt-street. The collection was pretty numerous, and, in some points, superior . to that of last year. The specimens of pen and Ink drawing' were among the finest in , • the exhibition; but indeed • there was nothing that did .not betoken by its finished, appearance and general neatnessiystematic and pains-' taking training in the first principles of art. A feature entirely new was added to it this year ,by three . views of Snowdon on, rather a novel principle. They were first drawn and painted in parts, on board, which were , then cut, into shape of the outline. These being plped in:a box, and arranged according to the right perspectives; gave the picture, at a short distance, all the distinctness of a stereoscopic view. The whole exhibition reflects. the highest credit both on the pupils and their instructor, Mr. W. L. Kerry. DR. LANKESTER'S LECTURE LAST NIGHT.--ThelaSt of this admirable and instructive series of lectures was delivered at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street,' last evening. Notwithstanding the severity of 'the weather, the attendance was considerable. Mr. L. SimpSon, of-the Mersey Docks Institute; who occupied the chair, 'took occasion to congratulate • the working classes on the success which had attended the lecturei—lectures on almost every'branch of science, and which might be characterised as the philosophy of what to eat, drink, and avoid.—Dr. Lankester then proceeded:with:his dis course, which was entitled, • "Tobacco and Opium;" and it is hardly necessary to say that he succeeded in eliaust ing his subject without being for a moment tedious' to his audience.—Mr. Edward Samuelson, tobacco broker, exhibited various specimens of the Indian weed ; and their cultivation, nature, and uses, were explained by hiMself and Mr. J. Samuelson,—A scheme for inaugu r rating another series of popular lectures was announced , ; and at the conclusion of the proceeding's, a warm vote of thanks was accorded by acclamation to br. Lankester. . • HISTORIC Sodirrx.--Last night, a meeting of the scientific section of the Historic Society was held in the grand jury-room, at St. George's..hall, M'Quie in the chair. ; The following donations were announced FrOtn the society, the Quarterly journal of the Geologial Society, vol. 15, parts 3 and 4 • hy the society, Memoirs, vol. 17, and Notices, vol. 18, Of the Royal Astronomical Society. , Mr. Moss exhibited a piece of stone from -the - camp near Alexandria, Egypt, with the mortar adherin ,to it; also a piece of stone from Mount Lebanon, with the remains of small fishes oil one surface. Mr. T. Reid exhibited the carbon test, a method of testing the amount 'of foulness in the air ; also an ' improved method of ventilating public buildings and dwelling houses. - The paper of the evening was ".On a systematically . arranged flower-bed. adapted for towns not possessing botanic gardens," by the Rev. Henry H. Higgins, M.A. At the conclusion of the paper, a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the Rev. Mr. Higgins.—Dr. Hume was unavoidably absent, and his paper, conditionally komised for this meeting, was therefore postponed to a future sitting.—The secretary announced that the next meeting would be held in Mr. Mayer's Egyptian , Museum, Colquitt-street; on the invitations of that gentleman, who • also extended the invitation to the frierids of member s , including ladies in walking costume. 74"crLf qf DAILY 11.310 t LECTURES AT ALL-SAIATS'ORTIRCII ' GREAT NELSON STEBET.—On Wednesday evening last, the sixth, and last of a course of lectures, in connection with the Scripture Readers' Society, was delivered in the above named church, by 'the Rev. H. Marlen, incumbent of All-Saints'. Subject: "Sabbath Rest." The reverend lecturer, in the former part of his discourse, adduced much scriptural evidence in support of the , Divine authority, primeval origin, and Christian adaptation of the Sabbath. He next proceeded, at considerable length, and in a very forcible manner, to dilate on the merciful design of the Sabbath ; showing that, philoso phically, such a rest is essential to the well-being both of man and beast. Then having drawn attention to several instances of the blessed effects of a proper observance of the Sabbath, he, in conclusion, exhorted his hearers to value more highly, and observe more strictly that gracious institution. SOMER.—The annual soirée of the Carpenters and Joiners' Friendly Society was held last night, in the Oddfellows' Hall, St, Ann-street. This large room was crowded by a most respectable assembly. After par taking of a subsUntial tea, Mr. William Robertson, who presided, delivered an 'introductory address on the bene fits accruing to the - working man by being connected with a society based upon the same equitable principles as their own. He then called upon Mr. Gough Brown, who, in a very lengthy address, endeavoured to vindicate, trades unions from the odium usually cast upan theni, by all who are not working men ; and discussed, though not in the most relevant manner, the relation of em ployer and employed. He was followed by the Rev.. Hugh Stowell Brown, who was received with deafening applause. The rev. gentleman, after referring in a humorous manner to a song which had just been sung, " My - ancestors were Englishmen," and alluding to some of the remarks of the former speaker on emigration, concluded by saying that he hoped, ere long, to see political privileges extended to the work-, ing classes, who, he was sure, were as able to use them properly as the majority. of those in whose hands they were placed. He cautioned them against, being led away by excitement or agitation in the country, from steadily pursuing thatgreat object,‘" the extension of the suffrage." The - St. George's' brass band was in attendance, and tended not a little to enliven the meeting with its well, chosen Performances, while a number of concerted pieces were sung by the Misses Sweetman, Cain, 'M. J. Sweetman, and Messrs. Reynolds, Webster, , and in a very superior manner. The recitatien. of " Tam O'Shanter," by Mr. Adam Gibson, was received, as it deserved, with great applause. The meeting was a most ,happy one, and we have no doubt all present enjoyed it to the utmost. WORKHOUSE' COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting !of this committee Of the Select Vestry was held yesterday forenoon, in the board-room at. the Parish-offices, Brownlow-hill. Mr. Churchwarden Cropper presided; and the other members present were7-Messrs. Smith, Owen, E. Byford, Denton, Broome, SYred, Scott, Williams, 'Critchley, and the Rev. Rector Campbell. From the previous report, it appeared that- the number of, paupers in the establishment this week was 2,202 ; corresponding week of last year, 2,402. — The medical officer reported that the number of patients under treatment last week was 708;' admitted snide, .136 ; cured and discharged, 161; died, 17 ; at present remaining under treatment, 666. - The num ber of destitute persons relieved in the vagrant sheds during the week ending the 10th instant, was 1.57 men, 104. women, and 13 children ; total, 274: being an in crease during the week of 64 persons, and as compared with the corresponding week of the past year an increase of , 48 persons. Several of the above were not tramps but town cases.—Mr. Denton called attention to the case of a woman who, in a state of decline,. came from 'Man chester where she resided, and was admitted into the workhouse here. He was afraid that this system was carried on to a considerable extent, and it ought, if pos sible, to be stopped.—The governor stated that the woman in question wax not booked, as she'died in the waiting-room from exhaustion. ' Her friends intended to inter the body at their own expense.—The Chairman, Mr. Scott, and other members expressed their opinion that there was no poisibility of checking the system ; and the subject then dropped.—The committee resolved that the inmates of the workhouse be regaled with the usual Christmas fare of. roast beef and, plum pudding, on Mon day, the 26th instant.—The other business before the committee was-of a formal character. THE WRECK OF ,THE INDIAN. '. • 1 FURTHER DETAILS. The number of lives lost by the wreck of the Indian is stated by the New York papers to be 24 or' 27. We previously gave the names of ten of the crew and nine passengers who had been drowned. The following are the names of three passengers in addition to those preViously pub lished : Alexander Deane, Thomas Channonhouse; and William Johnston. The cabin pasSengers— eight in number, including two young married ladies—wore calm and self-possessed. The ladies were Mrs. Street, Mrs. Patterson, and Mrs. Mel brune. They were accompanied by their husbands, and were saved. Their boat went off the land, and they, were exposed for nine hours to the cold, with a: gale blowing and a heavy sea.. Mr. Biggan, two seamen, John Bennett and John Fursland, assistant steward, Charles Barrow, and a butcher, Jame Gittings, - got into boat No. 4, and kept her alongside, though half full of water, to receive passengers. She was supplied with oars, and-there were four buckets in her for baling, but wh4 clearing her of water, the line by which . she was .fast parted and she drifted seaward. In vain they tried to return to the ship ; their boat was half full of water, and was only kept afloat by the air compartnients •in her. After being in' the boat five hours they were, as before 'stated, stated, picked up by the • steamer Wave. Mr. Biggan says it was the broken swell which"swept over the reef that destroyed the boats. more than any miscalculation in lowering them. ' :-STNGULAR ItICIDENT. About half an 'hour after the vessel struck, a • heavy roller time in, and 'lifting the ship about • six 'feet lot her till' on the -rocks, when she broke across the.middle into two .parts ; the bow fell over sideways, while the, after part . remained. entire. Several persons were on the bow, but were rescued by passing a rope over the chasm and hauling them aft, A singular incident occur:red here. An aged Irishman, w hp had a considerable Simi of money with him, had been insane'for a week previous from fear of being wrecked. He would frequently pack up his apparel, and offer anyone money' to put 'him' ashore,.prophesying 'that the ship would never reach: Portland. After the bow fell .over he was seen sitting ; on the forecastle-deck ladder, with his satchel in his hand, apparently unconscious. or unable to take advantage of the attempts made_ to save him. -In a . little time he fell from his ; place, and slid across the deck into the sea, where he was drowned, as he had forefold a week before. FATAL APPLICATION OP CIILOROPOR/C—The .11ret0- astle Chronicle states that Mrs. Jenkinson , daughter of the late Sir William Gordon Cnmming, Bart., of Altyre, and daughter-in-laW of the late Bishop of St. David's, was last week on a visit to her relations, ,at Creswell, Hall ; and having .been , suffering ,from , the tooth-ache, rose early on Friday morning to inhnlethe vapour of chloioform. Later in the morning, the unfOrt tiinate lady was found a lifeless Corpse. Overcome bi the vapour, she had either fallen or reclined upon the bed, and the contents of the bottle which, had .contained the chloroform were discovered to have been spi - ded upon the pillow. , The Post undeistands that the members of 'the on- , press are' already squabbling about their places at the table:, and disputing on the point - as' to 'who shall occupy the higher and the lower Beath. "The , potentate whose inability to maintain his rule over his .3mi..subjects, ,ex., copt..by. the .aid of a foreign force, will form one of the chief topics of discuSsion in the Congress . claims'pre cedeneo in its meeting over King and Kaiser, and demands 'that theprecedency be accorded to- his minister rather • that to the representatives of any . Of the great Powers, The-servus servorurn of the Catholic Church demands recognition as dominus dominorum. amongst European sovereigns. The question of precedence, which 'at the Congress ,of Vienna was settled in a very simple and off-hand way—that of alphabetical order—threatens to prove a stumbling-block to the diplomatists-in the ap -proacliing Council, whilst yet on the thre,shold.of their labours." The Post also understands that France has announced her willingness to evacuate Rome, but has at the same time expressed her resolve to - continue the occupation of Civita Vecchia, INDIA. By the India Mail, just arrived, we have some interesting details as to the settlement of the mis understandingi which of late have given rise to some degree of uneasiness both at home and in India, The following extracts are from the Bengal Hurkaru • " The Governor-General and Lord Clyde returned to Cawnpore on the lit instant. They propose remaining at that station four days. On the 2nd, a levee was held, and on the following day a durbar was to, take place. A number of rajahs and rich zemindars have assembled to pay their respects to the Viceroy. Amongst them are the Rajahs of Rewah, Benares, Duttea, Jhansi, &c. From Cawnpore the two lords proceed to Agra, where they are expected to arrive about the 12th instant. The Rajahs of jyepore, Burtpore, Dholepore, Ulwah, Tonk, and. Kerowlie, with about 12,000 followers, are on their way to pay their homage to the representative of the Queen. "The order from home for the enlistment of the ex-company's troops for services in China remains almost a dead letter. Forty-one men who were pro ceeding to England in the Alnwick Castle have ex pressed a willingness to take, the bounty, but we have not heard whether they have come to terms or not. The Governor-General's order of the 12th ult., to which We alluded in our last summary, mentioned that direc tions for the re-enlistment of troops would be given hereafter. Up to this time nothing further has been heard on the subject. Meanwhile the mutineers' are being sent home, and other troops are wending their way to China.. , On the 29th of October a government notification was issued regardingcompensation to the sufferers by the mutiny. With the order are published nine paragraphs from the letter of the Secretary of State for India on the subject. It is a mean affair, and utterly unworthy of the British Government. By the grant of £1,000,000 for compensation, the right of the sufferers to be recompensed for their losses is admitted, and having conceded that point, compensation in full should be allowed for all losses that were satisfactorily proved. After the order appeared the compensation committee helda meeting, and passedseveral resolutions relative to the rules. laid down for the adjust ment of claims. The committee consider that the sum granted will be sufficient to cover all claims in full, after they have been adjusted in the manner proposed by Government, i. e., by excluding ,estimated profits from the claims,' and . . distinguishing between losses on buildings, factories, or crops, and losses of cash, jewels; and articles of personalty." They have resolved upon addressing letters expressing their views to the Indian Government and the Secretary of State for India, and of forwarding petitions to Parliament to the same effect." CHINA. BS this mail we have advices from Hong Kong to October 29, and Shanghai to October 22. The following is from the summary of the China Mail:-- "Everything remains dull. A portion of the 67th Regiment has come up here from Calcutta, and the 3rd Buffs are daily expected from the same place, it having been supposed that Shanghai was in danger at the time of the riot there. It is said that a recent survey of the mouth of the Peiho has disclosed that large vessels can move in very close to the forts, so if direc tions come out for the destruction of the forts, there will be no difficulty in doing so. A number of vessels are engaged at Calcutta lest hostilities should be ordered, but we are not without hope that moderate counsels will prevail. "The wreck of another steamer has to be announced by us every mail almost regularly. This time it is the James Hartley, the loss of which we hive to record. It left Shanghai for Hong Kong en the 6th instant, and on the evening of the 10th, a little after six o'clock, struck upon some rocks about 80 miles distant - from Hong Kong. After incurring great danger, the officers and crew were then taken down to Hong Kong by a junk; 25,000 dollars which were on board were after wards recovered by a gun-boat. The ship Inkerman, 'AAA& 1V vii O. JVLLL Louisa Bailie, on its way to Swatow ; and the schooner Minnita, on the other side of this island. "Early on the morning of the 19th instant a destruc tive fire broke out here, which destroyed the establish mehts of Mr. Marsh, Mrs. Rickomartz, the Victoria Exchange, the billiard-room of the Commercial Hotel, and the newly-built Roman Catholic chapel, with an adjoining house. The damage is estimated at upwards of 100,000 dols. MILITARY STUDENTS.—One of Queen Christina's sons has just entered the French Military College of St. Cyr. Four young Turks, sent from 'Constantinolile by the Sultan, are also among the latest enrolments. IRON IN LINCOLNSRIRE.—The neighbourhood of Kirton Lindsey, Lincolnshire, has been found to abound with iron ore. On the estates of Mr. T. M. Richardson and Mr. E. Tickler, ore has been discovered yielding a very heavy pei centage of iron. Works are to be com menced, and sanguine expectations are entertained as to the results which will be achieved at them. Sidings are to be at once begun to facilitate and improve the railway communication, and it is expected that employment will soon be afforded in the neighbourhood for several hundred men. Of course the anticipations formed on the subject will have to stand the test of time; bUt if they should prove ,correct,- the character of the district will soon be greatly changed. FATAL EFFECTS OF A POW.DER.-011 Wednesday, an inquest was held on the body of . William Higginson, a butcher, living in Wilmot-street, before Mr. Henry At kinson, deputy city coroner. On Tuesday morning, af t er attending market, the deceased felt unwell; and in the evening, acting upon the advice of a Mr. Willis, druggist, he took twenty grains of Dover's powder.' fie then seemed to fall asleep in the Chair, but it was found necessary soon after to call in Medical aid. The deceased expired in a few hours after taking the powder.—Mr. J. M'Ewan, surgeon, said the immediate cause of death Was coma; brought on through congestion of the brain. Dover's powder, taken in the quantity named, would cause congestion.—The jurylfenind that the deceased had died from "natural causes." - . -DEATH .OF COLONEL THE HON. .JOHN WALPOLE.— We.regret to announce the death of .this officer, which occurred on the 10th inst: at Sydenhanx, at the advanced age of 73 years. The deceased. officer served With the Guards in the Peninsula, -and was 'severely wounded at the siege of Burgos. He. represented King's Lynn in Parliament. from 1827 till 1831; was private:secretary to Viscount Palmerston, when Secretary: of - State for Foreign Affairs, from. November, 1830, till August, 1833, when he Was appointed Consul-General at Chili lie was promoted to the rank of Charge d'Affaires in i'flay, 1841, which post he _held, gall March, 1849, when he retired upon a superannuation allowance.. ' THE SPANISH 'NAVY:---This .once terrible navy now Qoneists of two new vessels, the Reina. Isabella, 86 guns, built at Cadiz, and the Rey Francisco, 84 guns, built at Ferrol, both in good condition ; four frigates—Espe ranza and Perla, 42 guns ; Ballen, 40 ; and Cortes, 32; five transport frigates from 2 to 4 guns each ; 5 cor vettes, of which two are of 30 guns, Villa de Bilboa and' Ferrolana ; two of ;24, - Isabella 11. 'and Louisa Fernanda ; and the Mazaredo of 16 ;, 23' brigs, 1 of 20 guns, 1 of 18, 5,0( 16, 14 of 12, and 2 of 10 ; 3 small brigs, carrying altogetber 32 guns ; 5 schooners Carry ing,24 guns ; and .73 vessels carrying about' an equal ,number of, guns, And particularly adapted for eolenial, service:--Le Volvo% . A REMINISCENCE OF DAYS GONE BT. --A few days aince,:ae a fisherman named Atebinigonvwas, dredging in Medway,U short distancafroMehathnuidockyard, he disceiered embedded in the mud a cannon of large size and ancient workmanship.. On it s b e i ng - w i t h difficulty raised froni its, resting pine, it ; removed to the gun Wharf, where it was examined, . Its weight is rather more than twenty-one. 13.11ndall-weight. The gun is of iron, and when it w discoverod had three shots in it. There ,is no dou t has been lying in, the water for many years, and froth. its decayed-appear ance.it 'is thought by- English men , of-wer which were some to' be' one of, the Cannons 'belonging t o tho s e burnt and sunk in the river on the occasion of the Dutch I :fleet sailing up the Medway in 'the yeign of .the second Charles, ,on • which. occasien they burnt nearly a dozen large vessels :of war. . iSince it haq been. on the gun wharf the cannon has keen 'carefully cleaned and exa 'mined; but the, only marks discovered have been the •" broad arrow" and the figures denoting the weight. The more general opinion seems to,be that the gun was originally part of the moorings of the line-of-battle ships stationed in the Medway. Since it' has .been dis covered, it has been inspected by a large 'nUmber of persons, ... .. ~~: COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. OSBORNE, Dec. 14.—The Queen, Prince Consort, and the royal, family walked and drove yesterday in the grounds. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary will leave Cambridge Cottage, Kew, early in the ensuing month, to make a series of visits in. the provinces. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave Cam bridge House in a few days for Broadlands, where they will.receive a distinguished circle of friends during the Christmas holidays. The marriage of the Earl of Hopetoun with Miss ' Reynardson is fired to take place on Tuesday, the 3rd of January. • Lord Holism' remains in a very critical state at Naples. His lordship's life was despaired of a few days since, but his disease has since partially yielded to medical skill. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—When we consider how uncer tain are life and health, and their value so appreciated by all, it is strange indeed to observe how often people • neglect the means of preserving these blessings at even the most trifling cost. They pay heavily to insure their premises from fire, or their goods from accident by flood and field, but they often put off the expenditure of a few shillings on a box of Holloway's Pills to keep by them as an unavailing safeguard, as a charm to protect the possessor against all diseases. They must certainly do good; if used according to the instructions. SALE OF JACOBITE RELICS.—At the sale of the late Mr. Peter Aitken's stock of jewellery, plate, &c., at Messrs. M'Tear and Kemp's, on Tuesday, at Glasgow, the coat and vest of the Cardinal York, and the coat and vest of " Bonnie Prince Charlie," brought £2l. The ebony casquet of Mary Queen of Scots brought £l6 16s. Indian case, taken at Seringapatam brought £3 10s. Native gold coronation medal of Charles I. sold for £5 55., &c. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.-on. Tuesday evening, a goods train from Wolverhampton to Stafford, and when between Bush bury Junction Station and the Four Ashes, one of the, axles of a truck suddenly gave way. The broken car- • riage came to the ground with much violence, tearing. '- up a portion of the rail, and carrying off the line about six carriages. The engine, fortunately, remained on the line.. It was stated that the stoker of the train had re ceived severe injuries, but we cannot vouch for the truth of the statement.. • PAINFUL RESULT 'OF A SIMPLE ACCIDENT.—At Langport, on Tuesday, Mr. J..llolley's little girl, named Ellen, an oily child, climbed lip to a corner cupboard, containing china and glass, to take down her doll ; the fastenin g gave way; and the cupboard came down with a crash, all the contents being broken except one saucer. The child was not touched, but her 'nervous system received such a shock that, notwithstanding the care of a medical man, she died on the following Sunday evening.— Western Counties Herald. THE SEVERE WEATHER.—On Wednesday a very , severe frost set in in the metropolis, the wind the pre ceding evening having veered round to the northward, in which point it has remained, varying at intervals from N. by W. to N. by E. An idea of the intensity of the cold may be formed from the fact that the ice was carted yesterday from the ponds in the suburban die triets fully two inches in thickness; and towards even ing, as the tide receded from high-water mark, a coat ing of ice was left on the river banks ; and the ornamental waters in the various parks were so much frozen, that if the weather continues with the same severity, the ice will soon be of sufficient strength for skating. WRECK ON THE BLACKWATER BANK.—Cahore, Dec. 12.—The wreck on the Blacks, ater Bank, on the Irish coast, of the ship Sonmouth, of Liverpool, from Fleet wood to Savannah with coals, early on Sunday morning last, briefly reported iu this journal yesterday, appears to have taken place from the somewhat hazy state of the weather on Sunday night. The master and three of his crew left in a boat for the Lightship, to ascertain if a lifeboat could be sent from it to the wreck. No life boats being kept on the Lightship, and the weather being too boisterous for him to return to the wreck, he signalled his wife with her child and his crew to make the best of their way in the ship's boats to the shore, which was distant some eight or nine miles. They for tunately succeeded, after much suffering, on a very cold mornings, in roaolting Cialaorc about f.:re o'cleck in asfety. Immediately afterwards, the life-beat of the National Life-boat Institutiiin was launched, and was pulled with a will to the rescue of the remainder of the shipwrecked crew, whom, after many hours of hard toil, the life-boat now safely brought on shore. The fishermen deserve much praise for the promptitude with which they man ned the life-boat at so early an hour, and put to sea, They have been paid by the Institution £l3 for their valuable services. •It is gratifying to be able to repoii the readiness with which the fishermen man the new life boat ; they are.only too anxious to see who shall be first in her. THE GOLD. AND SILVER CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.—The Baltic, whieb arrived at this port yester day, brought from California $1,700,000 in gold, besides perhaps a quarter of a million in the hands of passen gers. The gold crop of California exhibits no diminution in its yield, notwithstanding the immense returns of the precious metals it has been pouring out for the past ten or eleven years. Indeed, it has been steadily increasing of late. 'We find that the imports of gold for 1859 up to the date of the Baltic's arrival yesterday amount to nearly 36,000,000, with three more ship ments yet to be received between this and the end of the year, which will doubtless bring it up to 40,000,000, - and will show an increase over the shipments of 1858 of abobt 4,000,000, while the increase during that year over 1857 was cloke.on 2,000,000. The returns of gold from the Australian fields, it may be remarked, do not exhibit so favourable a record as this. Then; we have, the Pike's - Peak and 'raser River mines, both giving promise of a rich harirept in time. Up to the present Pike's' Peak has yielded from half a million to a million, and the. work has r not fairly' 'commenced there, while the Fraser River mines, which hive been longer in operatio,n,,have given from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000. Arizonn, meantime, opens to us her fruitful fields of silver, which promise to be abun dant, and perhaps that territory only requires the aid of machinery, mining skill,. and a ready transit to render it as valuable as California in the hardly less precious metal. When the cont,epaplated i road from Arizona to . Guaymas is . openecl, - Ve shall, probably have such another rush of emigrants as the gold discovery in Cali fornia produced ; .and it is not 'unlikely that silver will' soon come pouring in as plentifully from Arizona as gold from Califorma,--a fact which will effect a change in the relative value of the, two metals. Before many years, then, we may beedunting the geld and silver crop of the United States ()Ivan equal footing with our cotton crop ;in value and- importance. —New York. Herald.. 3portijlg luttitigturt. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Ti E CHASE. , THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS WILL. dIKET ON Saturday Dec. 17... ............ Calveley Hall. • Monday Dec. 19. .............. Church Minshullj' Wednesday ,' Dec. 2L .............. Wrenbury. • - ' t' Friday Dec. 23 Cholniondeley. Saturday . Dee. 24 Mere. A Half past Ten o'clock sllt WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN'S HOUNDS * WILL MNET ON Friday • • D ec . 16 ' Maloam; Saturday...,. Alhalf-past ten. .Dec. 17 .Lightwood Green Master : Sir Wynn.—Huntsman: John Walker. • • • • COURSING. , COURSING FIXTURES FOR 1359. —Dsesmaga. Bryn-y-Pys, Flinthire ; Mr. Warwick, 19. Tyne Side Club (Kirkley), Northumberland ; Mr. A. Da/sell, 11. Tredegar Park (St „ . Pierre, Chepstow), Monmouthshire: Mr. War Wick, 20, 21. ' r" ' • Chilton, Berkshire : Mt.',M‘George, 21, 22. Newhall Cross (Combermere), Cheshire : Mr. A. - Bennett, 22. Barton-tipot4lunibei•,'"Lincoldshire Mr. Warwick, 22, 23. Pembrokeshire Club . (Haverfordwest), Pembrokeshire : Mr. Warwick, 27. Kenilworth, Warwickshire : Mr. M'Oeorge, 27, 28. Scorton, Catterick (Open), Yorkshire: Mr. Headley, 27, 28. - Caledonian Club (Open), Ediabttrgh : Mr. A. Dalzell, 27, and following days. Bishop's Castle, Salop: ' Mr. Warwick, 28. North of England (Greenridge), Northumberland : Mr, Cocoa, 28. Great Crosby, Lancashire : 29. Chillington, Staffordshire :, Mr. Warwick, 29, 30, STEEPLE CHASE FIXTURES FOR 1860. JANUARY. i Manchester ematuAllY. Carmarthenshire.7, 9 Tenby. ............. 28 I Grand Military I Derby Midland 23 (N'thampton) 29, " MARCH. Tenby 1 I Pembroke Annual C o ventry 14 Th I rmingbam...l2, 13 13 e THE LATEST NEWS: LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ers ad' eat Ra- the she Per not ►itS