The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-04 00:00:00

IRELAND.

SUPPRESSION OF DONNYBROOK FAlR.—Sunday week was
the "walking Sunday" for Donnybrook Fair. For the first
time in the memory of the "oldest inhabitant," the district
was free from drunkenness, debauchery, and riot on that anni-
versary.
THE IRISH IN AMERICA.—A Romanist of Cashel has re-
ceived a letter from an Irish priest named Thomas Reardon,
of Eastern Pennsylvania, in the course of which the writer
imploringly entreats his correspondent to use all his influence
to check what he designates the insane spirit of emigration to
America, which seems to possess the people of Ireland.
" They are rushing," says the writer, " on the almost certain
ruin of their souls, while their temporal condition is at best
but little improved. A full fifth of the number leaving Ire-
land are laid in strange graves within one short year from the
day they quit their native shores, and the greater part of the
others are soon broken down by the severe labour to which
they must apply themselves and the awful climate, which
rapidly bring on premature old age, and hurry the poor victim
into an early grave.
THE REFORMATION IN CONNAUGHT.—From the report
of the tour made by the Bishop of Tuam throughout the
missionary districts of his diocese within the last two months,
we learn that confirmations were held in five places, where
persons were presented from seventeen different localities.
The total number was 376, of whom 305 were converts from
Romanism, and 71 were original Protestants. The number
of new mission school-houses that have been opened is twelve,
while preparations have been made for the commencement
of two more. The number of mis oia schools which Dave
been examined in the course of the tour is 26. From the
inquiries made by his lordship, he learns from every quarter,
that although the people are strongly urged to oppose the
work of the missions, there never was a time when missionaries
and Scripture-readers found a more ready access and general
acceptance amongst the Romanists.
THE HARVEST.—A week of splendid weather was inter-
rupted on Friday by a heavy fall of rain in the course of the
afternoon, which, however, cleared off before the close of the
evening. On Saturday, the atmosphere looked rather threat-
ening, but as there was a brisk gale blowing from a favourable
point, there was a likelihood of the weather keeping up. A
fortnight, or even ten days' sunshine, would, it is believed, be
sufficient to save the great bulk of the corn crops. The Dublin
Evening Post, in the course of its weekly agricultural report,
says :—" The accounts from the country continue good. Last
week, it is true, had been unfavourable for harvest purposes ;
but this week has made ample amends for it. The mercury is
high and still tending upwards. Our private letters from the
west and south continue to report a favourable state of the
crops ; and, in the maritime counties, the tone of feeling is one
of general satisfaction with the state of the country."
A CHILD ATTACKED BY DOGS.—On Thursday we witnessed
one of the most harrowing spectacles in the workhouse of
Gorey that ever met our view. It was a fine boy, about seven
years old, named Mat Lelis, who had been attacked on the
previous Tuesday, at Ballinamona, by two dogs, one a small
cur, and the other a large ferocious mastiff, both belonging to
Mr. Terry Byrne, a farmer residing at Ballinamona. The poor
little sufferer was proceeding to his mother, who was engaged
binding on Byrne's farm, when the dogs assailed him, and the
large one fastened on him, threw him down, and actually ate
the flesh from his: face, leaving the bones of his cheeks and his
two eyebrows exposed. His eyesight is entirely gone, the
muscles of the eyes having been torn away, and no description
could convey an idea of the terrible spectacle he presents. His
constant cry is, " Oh, the dogs, the dogs !" and but faint hopes
are entertained of his recovery. The dogs have heen hanged.
A singular circumstance connected with this melancholy case
is, that the total dilaceration of the poor boy was prevented by
a blind man, who, hearing his terrific screams, hastened on
and beat off the brute from over his prostrate body with his
stick.— Wexford Independent.

A HIGHLY INTERESTING RELIC of the great Napoleon is now
being exhibited. It is a volume of military maps, among which
are several plans of battles drawn by the Emperor himself.
This relic was left at an inn by the Emperor during his hasty
retreat from Waterloo.

SEVERAL persons have been admitted into the Edinburgh
Infirmary in consequence of their having eaten poisonous
fungi in mistake for edible mushrooms. They have, however,
been successfully treated, and one or two of them have been
dismissed cured.

A LOCAL PAPER mentions that a few days ago an officer of
a merchant ship was landed at Greenock with a fracture of
the skull, occasioned by his having been thrown against the
bulwark during a gale. He has recovered so far as to be able
to speak sensibly and read correctly, but his sense of memory
has received such a shock that he cannot remember his own
name.

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—The arrangements for the
approaching meeting of the British Association at Glasgow
are becoming matured. Several distinguished names in art,
science, and literature, are in the list of expected visitors ;
and his Highness Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte has sigm-
fled to the Lord Provoit his intention of being present, with
his daughter, the Countess Campello.
A SAD OCCURRENCE took place at Birmingham, on
Monday, just as the ceremony of the inauguration of the
Peel statue terminated. Mrs. Knowles, wife of one of the
members of the town council, had been witnessing the pro-
ceedings from the ground surrounding Christ Church, where
a number of ladies were stationed. As she was about de-
parting she was seized with illness, and died in a few minutes.
She had been in her usual health and spirits up to the fatal
moment.

ON -Sunday morning, the sth instant, between the hours of
eleven and one o'clock, a strange blight seized all the white-
thorn and gooseberry bushes which were in an exposed and
elevated position, The whole of the trees seized were blackened
on the southern side, as if they had been burned with fire, and
much conjecture was rife as to the cause of the strange oc-
currence. We are informed by a gentleman competent to
enlighten us on the matter, that the cause was a " sun blast."
—Haverfordwest Telegraph.

TWICE has Queen Victoria been kissed by a French
monarch—namely, by Louis Philippe, and now by Napoleon
the Third. The latter is the most surprising event ; for
Louis Philippe was at once in a humbler position, and, to say
it plainly, was more of an old humbug ; so that the freedom
might pass off with the less wonderment. He was the father
of a family, some of whom were older than the young Queen,
and he touched her cheek with his lips professedly in a spirit
of paternity, as Jove kissed his favourite daughter the fair
Queen—" Oscula libavit matze." The Emperor is not
yet exactly a family man : he has not yet escaped the adven-
turous age ; and his rise has at once been more rapid, more
recent, and more extreme. How wild would it have been
some few years ago if he had said to some of his companions,
perhaps in the neighbourhood of Kensington, " that on the
18th of August, in the year of grace 1856, I will take Queen
Victoria in my brotherly embrace, and will kiss her upon
both cheeks." Yet vaunts as wild have been uttered, and have
been fulfilled—as witness these presents.—Spectator.

SINGULAR CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.—OH Thursday, Mr.
Edward Wilks, chief proprietor ofwthe Anchor Brewery, Chel-
sea, Thomas Wilks, his son, and John Waller, his clerk, ap-
peared at the Westminster Police-court, to answer a curious
charge of conspiracy and fraud. The prosecutor was a Mat-
thew Henry Cowell, who was formerly in partnership with
Wilks, senior. In consequence, however, of some disagree-
ment, the partnership was dissolved, and it was alleged that
the defendants then conspired to plunder Cowell of a large
sum of money. The principal witness for the prosecution was
a beer-shop keeper, named Edward Taylor, through whose
instrumentality the fraud was committed. To effect this fraud
a false book of pretended entries of payments by Taylor had
been concocted by the defendants, to which stamped receipts
were appended. This was done that Cowell, to whom Wilks
wanted to part with the business, might be induced to take up
the lease. Taylor told the defendants he should expect to have
something for doing their dirty work, and they agreed to for-
give him a mortgage debt of £l5O, and a debt of £3B for beer.
The case was adjourned for a week, the defendants entering
into their recognisances to appear then.
A PRUSSIAN HEAD-CONSTABLE.—M. de Hinekeldy is a
most pleasant companion, and full of anecdote. . He is like
d'Arlincourt's " Solitary"—" 11 sait tout, voie tout, it fait
Thuscheat theirsecrets
of
tout." There is not a crumb of gossip in the town that he
does not pick up, not a sprig of scandal of which he does not
obtain a leaf.
All the ladies' chamber and cook maids of the
city, not engaged pro te
forwhom these rnpory by horse or foot guardsmen,
constables.invariably ro
the ea
rob
and hem-
ployers,the
countess's boudoir, as well as those of the burgher-frau's
chamber, are at his mercy. The king, witty himself, and
are court maidsfd by
gifted with a keen perception of the ridiculous, enjoys humour-
ous stories, and has no objection to a spice of scandal. And
truly no one is more largely stored with such provision, or
better qualified to communicate his redundant budget humour-
ously and quaintly than the stringent yet jovial director-
general. Thus it is that M. de Hinckeldy almost invariably
carries his point, and it is only to be regretted that he dies
not exercise his power by seeking to relax in lieu of tighten-
ing the curb on the press. For the day will come again, it is
to be feared, when curb and martingale will both break, and
the consequences will be more deleterious than they were fn
'4B and '49—two years of most unhappy memory.
CLEVER TRICK.—A remarkable piece of ingenuity was de-
veloped in a case at Bow-street, London, on Tuesday. Mary
Ryan was charged with stealing a shirt belonging to Ann
Kelly. The prosecution proved to be nothing more than a
friendly contrivance, on the part of the two women, to recover
possession of the article alleged to be stolen. Kelly took the
shirt to a poor woman in Clare-market, and offered it for
sale ; but not being able to get her price for it she left the
shop, and gave it to the prisoner Ryan, who returned to the
shop with the same shirt and got eighteenpence for it. The
two women, Ryan and Kelly, then divided the money between
them, after which, by a previous understanding, Kelly called
a policeman and gave Ryan into custody for having unlawfully
disposed of her property. Ryan was brought to the police
station, and the charge was heard in the ordinary way. Kelly
identified the shirt, and Ryan admitted her guilt, adding
that the prosecutrix promised to forgive her "if she confessed
to the fact." This circumstance being fairly acknowledged by
Kelly was, of course, fatal to the prosecution, and the magis-
trate ordered the prisoner to be discharged. Successful up to
this point, the -prosecutrix now applied for the restoration of
the shirt, relying on the usual practice of the court to direct
pawnbrokers and others to deliver up stolen property without
compensation. Fortunately, however, the woman who pur-
chased the shirt of Ryan identified Kelly as the person who
had first offered her the same article ; and the collusion be-
tween the two women being established, the magistrate refused
to make any order upon the subject.
THE RECENT PRIZE BABY SHOW AT BOSTON.—A corres-
pondent of the Manchester Guardian, giving a brief account
of this show, which, he says, attracted an immense concourse
of men, women, and children, adds :—" Under shedding, and
arranged in classes, I found the `babies,' some on their
mothers' or nurses' knees, and others seated on chairs. Five
prizes were offered, viz., one to each class, and each prize con-
sisted of an appropriate piece of plate. The first prize, value
five guineas, was for the prettiest baby, from six to twelve
months of age. This prize (in common with the fourth and
fifth) was decided by ballot of the first 2,000 visitors, and fell
to a child of J. Thimbleby, Esq., of Spilsby. The second prize,
value four guineas, was for the heaviest baby, from six to
twelve months, and fell to a child of Mr. Benton, of Aldwick,
which weighed two stone, although but eight months old.
The third prize, value three guineas, was for the smallest baby,
from six to eighteen months of age, and fell to a diminutive
Lilliputian boasting the name of Pring. It weighed only
12 lbs., being sixteen months old. The fourth prize, value
two guineas, for the prettiest girl, from two to four years, was
awarded to a child of Mr. Jackson, Boston, 3 years old—(the
pretty girl, of course). The fifth prize, value one guinea, for
the finest boy, between two and four years old, was ballotted
to Mr. Dobson's child (Sibsey), three years and eleven months
old. There were between 6,000 and 7,000 persons present,
about 100 babies being exhibited; and Mr. Small (treasurer of
the Boston Harmonic Society) informed me that he e:eared the
by no means despicable sum of X 100."

[SEPTEMBER 4, 1855.

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THE TARIFFS OF ALL NATI-01°
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WHEN the great question of Free Trade as
_ to ty
councils of the nation, very good service was Or: oftif,
interests of commerce by several leading inembe A coor
Conservative party who devoted great attention 11100$01
dßeEricabTliezzacbicil,itwyhtoosethliefesuibijaedctb.
eeTnheailmamosetntsedogriee3l4:oo.llo:ool
horse-racing and field-sports, turned his tcenn 104
towards the all-engrossing topic of commerce, nfilsto I
himself no mean authority in the statistics of facts :Too,
Mr. DISRA.ELI, who was believed to be only
of light literature, soon gave evidence that he cculd IS
alliP- ii
master in the more difficult study of commerce
soi
and not the least amongst the labourers in the g°6ll cy $
Mr. NEWDEGATE, M.P. for North Warwickshirel.oo
availed himself of every opportunity to obtain inf°l7;lo.
matters connected with commerce, and to rodeo,
mation available. For a series of years, Mr* ~104,1°
has furnished an annual "Balance of Trade, 5I the
notwithstanding the boasted increase of our exPor
at ts' ime
so tdo
been considerably exceeded by our imports;
rent prosperity was of doubtful reality. In the 09;
cot;
labours, Mr. NEWDEGATE saw the importance °f $
, 0,4
hensive knowledge of foreign tariffs of Cust°ll3l., le
.r.i
order that a correct opinion might be formedl" elird
relative effect on commercial relations; and 29:005
German author, Mr. HUBNER, had published I'Laforj
of the " Customs' Tariffs of all Nations,'' hector vir.
prevail upon the Government to have the 4
into English, and rendered more complete 11c° , 004 i
completeww additions.ihiiicchh
ihloa
tables
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merchant,
woabfnae
tset:hlenponcaunbumledsl unsuccessful in this en d e tl Ifrit
which theee:ssi
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notice.
laboursi
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patriotism,
failed
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demand genuineTher
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the country, and no library, should be witboa!"
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tNi no
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present
t time. half-civilisedHonduras,
of this volume, will be surprised at the imin tv,ol
binefeonrmbeasttioonwewdhoicnhitist contains, and tThoe
thegr me
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of reference, it must prove invaluable; whilst° 'it. te
in discussing questions of international treaties':oo.
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the effects of our owl' system of comtaerci'dAV 0
prove a guide and an authority of no mean iinr- ..AS.
„ lirold'
* A Collection of the Customs' Tariffs of -2,,n•
end of 1854. By C. N. Newdegate, M.P. Lou—

THE AFRICAN TVA- /
ON Friday, some amusement was caused to tilb/l,fr;
and officials at Bow-street Police-office, LondootAd
shortly after one o'clock, of two extraoraiil
children, lately abstracted from the Bedford ae #
garden, and since exhibited in Scotland by °
whose care they had been entrusted. T. 04
A gentleman named Thompson and M. -• 1)7
lassee of Drury-lane Theatre, applied to the o°,
since, for a warrant against Jenkins, whirl/ AO
pressed his inability to grant. The children 1 r 59,
eventually recovered by some means or other,:ll-
.by
now brought them before the magistrate to 0" dir49
been successful in his plans.
0
The two children were deposited upon theft
and created a perfect sensation among the ce b
happened to be present. They are extrEolora d.
girls, apparently about five or six years 01 dy
dark complexion of their race ; and they l_ vodel
back in the same manner as the Siamese tent,is r
Mr. Smith said he had taken the libertc,
children, and to thank his worship for the OA
the attempt to recover possession of them- 50.18
Mr. Henry : How did you manage to ,hJ
yr
Smith ? • 9 tea
Mr. Smith :By main force, your worship: st 6
Mr. Henry : Can they speak ? 16,000'.
Mr. Smith Oh yes, sir. (Mr. Smith %OA" • ‘1,4
gentleman having the charge of them to "S'
Both the children, in a clear shrill voice, the ,d
popular nigger air of "Oh, Susannah,"
to Air'
talent of the court. it
Mr. Henry : That will do. But I suPP°se
stop them (a laugh). he B°lloll
The children stopped in the middle of t, vierettor#
and wishing " all the gentlemen good b.s.ef' rant te
to the cab which was waiting for theln "-t OA'
This exhibition, it is right to add, did n°
th business of the court was over.

..,---_-,- -''-'-'*-!..--'--- • trpi
As account of stewthe;ari(Ms_ln
waters of the United States
~is ahoy
s that 100P'w , '
cinatti, which, it is said, will - . j
been lost in them. _OOllll
Tun LICENSING OF ALEHOUSES.—ETainvoi ;del
ties, we understand, have given an opinioii., "
boroughs, without a separate court of quiz 0s; 0 Pie(
peace, have not the power to grant alehsraiDvo 0
hear that the borough justices of Sunderlalli„e 1$ 1 I''
and Tynemouth, acting on this view of tYjes" 0
tes Ilt -I
granted licenses for the ensuing year.—Ga• ~,0! tel"
TEE COLONIES AND THE PATRIOTIC rtliffillillii
bO ttodibseastpeurbst,
• men 'es°
24th ult. (according to a recent parha
„„loin
total amount received from India and the viol i:,
of the patriotic fund was £143,351. The„eA 111/ -
are—Australia, £38,948 • Canada, £18,3,,' 'l, Par
£13,000; Calcutta, £30,000; Madras, 11,16') 13rjor / a
Brunswick, £4,167; Nova Scotia, £4,244,,;1503;. df
£4,000; Ceylon, £3,551 • Gibraltar, .I'' r
£2,216 ; Prince Edward Island, 2,002. '
„,1,, the; A
THE GOVERNOR OF AUSTRALIA.—..-- C'slu p 4
arrival of his excellency Sir William Macdoll,loicy
was announced ; but, according to later s:
that his excellency embarked on board thy :d r
Browne on the 19th of May, for the purliesese,
bourne for Adelaide. The voyage between but p
to have been accomplished in a few daYs, •jOll
the latest advices (the 6th of June) no tidill,.„o:for;l
of the vessel. Many fears were entertainrareri
those on board, and those fears were much libel:0. fi
vessels which had been sent out in search of of ,Y.A4
0 F '
returned without having discovered any tr
iibevloi
ANCIENT CHURCHES.—Not including °ALIO fali
ancient village church now extant in g;rorey i
Boldre or Boverford, situated in the New sb OP
was erected in the reign of King John, 00 yii
p "
Norman Conquest. It is of a squat, artieso
lies emburied in sylvan scenery, so that a sigoe'S
obtained until a person arrives within a 64„
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presence. It is the mother church of 14.,40 icee
mile off in the same county. About two inl'clirlitlit,
/
town, some thirty years ago, stood a village _a il
arep
ancient than the former, which was erecteuto if&
Stephen. It stood upon a spot abutting, f 0
known as Hoodle or Herdel. The continnt
sea, beating against the cliffs upon which at 01())0/
a
mately threatened its destruction, and the ~ocil
it expedient to construct a modern p '0...,0 )000d
vicinity more remote from the sea. The 0k!b471,
swallowed up by the deep, and no traces ofloll,:jj'eltie
ence can be at present traced, except at 1400114
Isle of Thanet, contiguous to the Rectilye`-eft fill
edifice of Norman origin, which has long,,_ oti#o,ll.
by the overwhelming estuaries, the ves,Pe;6o9,, l
some years past, distinctly recognisable when„
site of this edifice approximates to the aid if
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1
THE HARVEST.—The hay crop, altbone:oritep j
was of an excellent character, and quite se sidii& e,
crops of oats and barley are excellent; thea.4l"ool)o` /
housed, and the latter has come to maturi. .Yof rlfei PI
.4,
same time as the wheat. As for the ste'aiibo_Les 00'
to yield, will be quite an average one, "' 11700
tricts there has been a good deal of mildeeicloallopiti
hand, there has been a larger breadth of tort,;1000,1
othoahnaalvimngosast ever before.
afonrea.boWndaenmooayas, twheereA4hlwlto ;04
was one of the most prolific on record. `-', leAdOptf
is a good deal of conflicting testiraonfio 700 ,
especially in Somersetshire, the disease 1)0 SbpStit 0 r
gress ; but in other places, although it
_Agji../.,, cr- 10, If,
the fine warm weather of the last fart7Orieti#4.
amazingly, and the stalks of the plant,,6loo/94,,,
ning to look black, are recovering their ;orofteoi,
land the crop, generally, looks splenir
"40 reef
mense breadth sown, and, humanly ..4f tte 10,2
e 0 li i'' 01 ' United Kingdom is concerned, we n-_,,jafetat roo. Ji
city. To the lovers of good home-bree're"oo,v'foitill
glad tidings from the hop countriet;oll 0.,0t 00i
omrl eit
ach resources.untcei
thor nhcaforonfordpm:aßt inhnu
Russia
The
sheiaearcsmoi
country
nunhottyefryrye
course,
been
ueisrscarneo,edpsctsliosnmgoeereacr?,il:ol:,;roi.i°:oo'ef,ili
speculators in corn endeavour to look 1.0911 .
much as possible, and spread all sorts 0;1.00,,40400 f
but we have reason to believe that the 00 tel,;0400„ 41
excellent condition, and will give quite tile°' 00.,,0 .ovt,,'"
our great resource is America, and frot.° An eileil r;
an almost unbounded supply. There4oo o,oola i
of land sown, for Brother Jonathan ,t we 91jeasti4
as soon as we were at war with Bussw.,proc' Bt An
to come to his market, and has theref!' waY,...tee reoo9/1
In a month or two prices must gave but '11.4 Si' a f0t,.,t1
time, owing to harvesting operationsAisy; I;oo),eclipvii,
up to market, as the farmers are tool:11%y be I cilit' rife,
harvest is safely housed an alteration ,tibco 011,,
point the war and emigration have P.17',74;r0 isL, resni
city of labour. In many districts tuobovairers "tbe ''Clltri
sickle, but there are scarcely anY ling toef nieli,
especially the case in Cornwall. "Johee scstifoai i
hpiotpecuibaatPieon' where .- Irele,pl'e',l
ill
statein
the
eof
various mining
now
branch operations,lairainnild:stial yet o:l3,rne erinfoeef:vidi
etehleo
;tort.
for love or money. Labourers '' week'', hot 0 roPI4I
getting easily twenty shillings
cider. In the north this scarcity! are n „ 0
rations • woo iilii
as it will be eventually, as ()Pe. hour is uppiP scs,i
. tu.srnall(:4lerit 'l°o:‘;:liti
menced. In the home counties,
s__.,„„, of s auci 0.
the metropolis is a never-failing jleurnTondse:',wassefiljcitd,q
tnheeiglholiwoeurrohloaodss
Of
ff
Sussex, , In 0, ,po / ,
their way into Kent and i ii.piCking." is 0° tioe ~0
for all that can come, in "le, igration itiva it ?ti?
drain of the population by ,ealjnd under Or tban.(fjs,
There is a larger breadth ofi 1;
_,,,. °tote
_Die taw iiii
re with c
ver, bey A
Ai
two millions ; it is, therefos .
fiould, h°erecoW ton
tifro
tlhler
the crops can be got in. ars - .oter
ther continue, of which there appsthat the ,51,00 She fys,
there is every reason to beli%voe
this Year, than
ce,ut ettill
in a more prosperous condition
are hoc.' 'we 609r.,0001
when the population of Ireland v...- goider sP.ttlei 1
the last century, for her crops
profit. For once re's' t Se'"c(''
highly remunerative pro''"' therefore, dan 0.
optio .vc
altogether we shall be blest with 'h, , not e'
the ear* r
even the most sanguine in
plated.—Observer.
farmers grumbling, and we in.a.,3;,_ more .oe .

NS'

SEPTEMBER 4, 1855.1

Adv.
lq drives
eelsll, ove b AUSTRALIA.
10.telcell 25ueleil. received from Melbourne, of the 19th,
tit "Ike . ara June. The Rhondda, from London, ar-
Tilleee. ' and the 011 the 13th; the Trinitia Tenna, on the
h,, , Ike Blanche Moore, of Liverpool, on the 10th
teit_Ntli.‘ e.re 1
lefsqodateb4g 'eft Melbourne, for Liverpool, on the 7th ;
'tillt t 11' 011 tnl, for London, on the 13th ; and the Essex,
lkiebmilik!lapd e.,4th of June; on the latter day the Ceres
1V1,14 17atat 4 via Mauritius J -.41,..,,‘„ ~ •rom t_ , •
t,ttlle "Ni ~ 4 let "aoltaOn to Melbourne, was spoken on the
gob,',PlCt'opa 1.,• 43 S., lon. 6 E. out sixty days. The
ell th'q, l'eLe ba„,..evy York, arrived at Melbourne on the 13th
tklb the
Catherine Sharer, from London. The
kliks,tkotatiatsl burnt whilst at anchor off Port Esperance,
erDoal fild
dieliwe' She had about nine tons of gunpowder
1171011 111) next morning. All hands saved. The
1' "e f • about tvvo miles distant, torn open by the
qtl4ll, °N u,.
ik°4 Inll3 of }Pg ar •
,-,),-,(1 I), irjohpvals are reported in Adelaide :-the Grand
`44,100t01441"-lead, Jun 10th • Robert Morrison, of Lon-
VII-421 I3l3,inidllne 12t1,- Velocity and C. Park, emigrant
4 etshiee prq euth, on the 24th and 25th of June ; also,
etiOxtb, A 11,,,,,-,0, frorn Bristol, on the 6th of June, and the
444,,l e, 4,;,•leii:J4b, from London, on the 25th of May..
Li°ll-Tsfre'Leatt's,!l••--Our market has experienced very little
Je -. 11•"„ tile look for much alteration until we receive
N'olltli: ikeept:ad as to the prospect of a continued cessa-
te%al a -rikeot-,' During the last two months there has
iv"lf C"-',. Itii-l*PetilNit in 'the value of our stocks, brought
'11,,,,..ei'14f 1,- e,-lfseti7diminution of importations. Breadstuffs
cltlr 411p0 e prices, and people are looking with. much
t/laski tae,te-aeli Ttations as famine rates are anticipated.
c()Nitbe!is rPel•totei4 the enormous price of 21s. per bushel ;
i°l' 30'1 gLer'Y c.; and bread, 11d. the 21b. loaf. The liquor
6 they-rte, y -tte, tc. The tobacco market is in a most extra-
hap e4l'sput:,e_l_?e,ineg less in bond than there has been
eleisiolltelx,is t.i."lnueuas.;lgyeaabout half-a-million of pounds
St% Allt`4 by the antici year. ‘pd
R. hies of goods a.rte hpraoulgehl
This has
increased
f eo
rf
waanr d 'ante rdeaai sl
ye d
auctiontai lrl.
ed ; but thes
Nt.pt only mad to try the market.
Lll' o‘' 440 ° Prices re
premium. e..aye frequently fie-
404nd some foe
increasedlshtabbilaiiltkys,
Conefidence 'has been
stored and receiversii•llfent%•ftrsokratlitrielee
bettan act, now before the Council, to prevent frau-
qo4ii,
at of sale ; and we look forward to a continued good
tt remunerative prices to importers.
khno, Ans Ta.
'Si,. of th., _ ILL-The following
4iso.nier =fbered, the
io
tls rpoiZ,settled districts durino- are the agricultural
1854, a year when, i
country suffered from drought :-
10helts 'ZI/,,,,,, 130,000 • not„under • horses,
t'4o 'Di ' ~,ou • b,..„ , crop, 530,000 ,
405t,,,,b, 7,a unOCks, 2,000 ; calves, 22,500 ; sheep,
04'4, Were is ' goats, . 800. Of the land under crop
.'e,la h'B4o ia•`' Wheat, 235,000 in hay, 6,500 in barley,
rl, 7t,,iits.,tills,--a ITl,,alze, 400 in vineyards, 450 in orchards,
sstrpoh_qtysZaare 4'4 1,700 in potatoes. In consequence of
/;ZOd.wcei,(l °C the the grain crops last year, from the ex-
zkfrt7 11,4, Beason, the Government has successfully
ate tevilimet o.ll*ant as a substitute forand it is
a,,, Fos fille IlloNs.;/. cheaper but more nutritious. Time,
4ZlPlzted '4t bhi.‘,14.4,' can be cultivated in the rolouy. The
life partylot 4 '44flia,t? the " Cathedral acre," granted as a
I. p,„ ? f,_ Pori r,ll. by Governor Robe, is still vehemently
i th-e-iLer,„,,'Qui ellgious grounds, but partly from political
kptelsrefor77 ,ate motives. motives. It would appar that the
IklllleiY es9a3psileGt .irain"rceobal'ailtehttiliet
N. !sild
i.„ Jal. ised, though l'othhea
plan of Victoria-square. It
question may be ulti-
eofirries are prepared for
Qvjlie
this te,lslce in the law
tr yets. puAbleiesehret,n
•si4. +this xis of which are n
aotaebout 100
v:410:41r Par excellence ao fhetopopthae.
day, e labour market is
oneora repletion, in
froml_
three
ry,sogulszalltral Colony of Aus-
-141-:41-i.va.,1, of?. and th Caine esnopsofwtihthe
-1000 minim of t
~.immix on board.
-........_
of Hatches 1.1\2)1A AND CHINA.
I:- tta- .•,,' tta Marseilles, have arrived. The English
Ns. 4°ith arrived at Bombay in twenty-four days
6,.tliSkr
,-9)... ,i.i, j 0.1.3,
ktilt, e rate of•2?•-lioney market *e
ttti Nekton
_inctierest 1
Per cent.,easanidr.furttnrk(sle havecl; n e
tZk.O4, 4014e0a, tri"gilia_pece
,goods lower, in consequence of
et,st 14418 lookinml; 1 arns fetch full prices, but sales
' e (4. t 1 4 ir WOOl 6 1
ter xlvanced prices. With the ex-
k ketis 64, e su , here is no other staple now in the
011 110‘,15.t. PPIY is limited, Freights have declined
Ilk:ttlk.jat t WerPool, with
e a-Lite, 0 the r every prospect of a further
•Neyei for
‘.., . ecent arrival of ships and the short
b k4,3:t45. l't the ',lnllntient. Nothing doing with China.
this Ire t'a'Atli ft4ll,,v;crtnight considerably lower.
14 lie4set,'e 40(/t14, the's--,,,Money market without improvement.
411144 akruPper Provinces are generally good,
Pltilltee44oso 4 that active demand for goods usual at
~144:L1 reb,,3 arei,l4l, e an
m 4044011 f,_knk-•---The Pekin Gazette says that the
vA44 Of Shat t gilOtttld in the north. The Friend of
'Op , i11,,,',114:1,1.b1e cruelties load been practised on the
NO lifj,,lveig° Ca 14-.1'.1g, the second city in the province
tluit'' de4enb 1 given themselves up without fighting.
and. 9. TO Canton, and executed at the rate of
-"C the``'seere is no abatement of the rebellion,
(1/2ik re naeasures.
hkp
k 44 'O4Ol ilaa-
i Lt, "4 ill been ;
e 4,14 N aboot _ .n circulation at Constantinople that
A 104 k rtoh., , ''° become la
Protestant
'eli` B,t (ler -`` Lill *
~i. AI, Way e mentions the arrival there of Lady
k IP With
0„ -oit,b2kb, ~ - her family to Paris.
/Al, i.Aka,-/ ate',„•?-, has left London, on a second mission
10\11190raeLq 4 n,-aval hospitals in the east.
L `lN.j'lt atV tolis of projectiles were shipped from the
iitlai, t eP“2 ilwich within the last week.
i'• 0 e feyeied the commission to executp a
tN4 4144 11 Franklin to be erected in Greenwich
li, tlle3 IrtT, of it
\kkbk cltli,,laving bligbY, has sent some fooot-balls to the
4',lg - "coops dee,, I.' orderedby some old Rugbceans for
4,, ret„4..rix totn",?lng the next winter.
°; Are ttok: Arie ace, witoa bee. Itrr -accord. ing to a report
tl/4, ki,,, , Pea/ wor?nt the°
,attacked with some terrlbhle
Kk. ,45 fire
NN,4 On annihilatorT
Vet, ~, uesday •
kAk til -ere br ,in wwans ,ag.ain the subject of officials
IpI,I. N. °les of ought int (nwich Marshes. Twelve of
40.4etkilik%ktt% an Ignited _°e action, and failed to extin-
-1441Ne) t N'Tutxt " d' •
ilttpthet: 4 each that va,;3ItI,AND has engaged a swim-
kiitl:lX . A •:114b,::: teLhe, va.i,,asituearblemeans of self-preservation
,el ehr:e iro:anet:s fishinstations n the coast of
tiitt1ittt14.14,441,44 iti:ars....„o-. Lull:1r commented his a ours 1 b the
h' 't\t tlid ,-,oilege .:NTapier at the age of thirty-five
tikv4
iiD.4._ d, went 4._ ~
the on going through the
tpi pp N‘ltit; his er' tl?,e black board and demonstrated
ll DIAp-t% Ittli __ 'nu, ._ xamination, and obtained his certifi-
kge lin r t. 4- 41 6 WasS done by Sir William Napier.
444141% ttteve area
kpt 11 phi, er eat brewing firms have issued a notifi-
k ill iqrt, zivin 8, 'representing that the application of
izietkt Pe 40tIttitlmev.,oNtg, Ftrosp, of hops with the view of checking
5h,,,..ue,,0z5,„,i tv, a been found to impart so obnoxious
,e 04,0 si,',!l beer4a;,, brewed from them that they can-
s 04', to, 11l 1.7144:, toutit an assurance that the plants
Oka. '4'11.. 441(1,4Peary o process. Sulphur in modern-
-1t..-ttr, ' cily in th
fs. , ..4 yeet. e process of drying they do not, BELGIUM.-A violent hurricane. broke over Brussels last tilLlit , lek r. t ionabi.
Nmd „,eok, F 0„ - wee ,
side of Flanders, the whole
k and extended to the adjoining districts. Between
4011 Z ',4 '1 ,ct a lie 'ss'A magistrate, who has just paid Mechlin and Termonde, and on t
oo , on
branches snapped
h,t'ee.ll4ern''ear 111.°1'n'ator Sch Ihis property at country bears testimony to the filueryof the. elements. Large
• 4 -ch --q,-mer,t ,-,oucester Ys d brief account of its trees have been rooted up. by hundreds,. their
tt,y theles, loser
a local
k
b At' Alost, six
'jouernn asla:-"The school con- off like twigs, and carried to incredible distances. At Bru s-
-11‘1 Ytll k Over senre_ted by a plain brick building, two sels the houswruhsasevles sufferedtsize coith considerably. , 114:Llopiaroorti"1:...°g as a day and school-room, the leagues,from
\ k 111444 of le
hailstones'. was extraor-
kth ~ teikateP`,r and so ,',"r the boys. The cottages are in- diniary. TI roads were encumbered with fragments of trees
huge stones. Not only the capital, but Ghent and
li. kktil4lol2o 'ltelitout, see"erinas.ter ; the former, to isd the an
14:1" tii4elopetr to taboasjeasisko3o a-year andl his \
the An'twerp, to the banks of the Rhine, were visited .by this
of sthearen'tire storm. Several mills in the villages near these cities have
N V 441 'hi.d„. The 91 12s. ;rb The cos
p,i,N ib,,i7t, is dil.°lnber of a ere are now thirty-seven been unroofed, and considerable damage done by hail...
0 . ttl,lldr, irtY-tlvo wcetTs a.ttachedtothischool, CARNARVON CASTLE.-Some years ago the Commissioners
pki, WI (1 nosy •,',, and .0r,,,,,,t
.Ivempas ure a , . of , .
t nd twenty Woods and Forests judiciously expended a large sum of
1\ is. khaaucesates,e. The qultcing very heavy
.ctons of money in necessary repairs to the exterior °f the fine old castle
)1 Ntl -'1 s"' ace° o.f. the -.
school is frequently visited by at Clirnarvon,Atthereby securing the building from further
~(14A„,oliateeal„._ rdia,,,, Parish, and two or three or dilapidation.
various
interior,the various towers and galleries
arious times since great improvements have
RN:Z.I;k for"f in,t,;...1,, circumstances, are devoted to been made in the
elk 414 :44 4 ureaksaat7lolos, The diet of the boys is 1 having been thoroughly cleaned and freed_ from ru. bbish, and
NI-11,141eti foil 4(1 eh atd suer ble to pH-
\si A Of eese tb PP. , and meat twice, soup
the entrance towers have been
. k l cord n , ree times a week foriner / Tye appearance. Recently.
the castle area levelled and restored, as far as possi ,
Itsl/411' ' ill - EU, ever - quart_ e - !cock The cos donne te repaired and thrown open for
,k „,. el,
„era... y ern, quarter was £173 ss. 6d. (including ; gateways are to be added. The prison
tower, the garrison
I-
-t
4h'
4114
le
la's'
-1:14
a sm°
kf* ni
i'
public inspection, and appropriate.
,•,011.,,,keta ge of pence coonee .
ed with the school and
tt‘ltk,tk."ea• 4tW thirtY-th `
and accessible to all,
4 A ° tea
ree boys and five grown-up spots he Yli r s tThe Re stets now in trainingfor have now been made
Perfectly
safef
the area being likewise
1 well, and the chapel site, the granary, long gallery, and other
1'4,. ecei ° the verora,_ _ schools in
etit vea, Sillt, 'C' 1
a lowance for each boy is ; the ramparts of the garrison portion o
'repaired and rendered easy of access. These Nt 3'.B,forty_f 1 appears that out of sevent
(xi rho ha cur have Y- provements have been
I tend greatly to the.
Or 4,0 t t,ve turnedpasssd through the school ; deputy governor, Morgan, and t ley
h.
important im-
ueen heard of!st well,
seven ill, others.
' of the castle of the olden time.
, comfort of the tourist in. his inspection ot t is noble specimen

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

_____ ._ ___. _.
4014 ' —________
ilearatic, ---The cholera has again made its dreaded ap-
perate.%es to the badly fed,
liltil
il''lll %Iland. Several cases have already occurred
14 ravnsterclani and liotterdani. It confines at present
It the badly housed, and the inte
,t 94 ISlit4-esvents in Italy are becoming daily more and snore
adv.& Austria we learn this week, has backed up her
33
°1 .le
t°
iil 'B
,p b sending a squadron of si.
ktkaill tile boat iirt° t_he..—gay oar ilNaa'pleys,
Atig I)ett I,„:444alying off Caste. llamare. King Bomba
four of which are anchored
stilteala. uatx,exciting insurrection in his dominions ; and
kaslat:ltli -1-IZY anxious upon the of Italy, remon-
to ti)ta,„„. an '5l his folly, and sensdsatea squadron to his
alice. —*grim, (144 pa
it is rumoured freely that Canrobert is
i 8 rattiaille attitelPed„ ition, also to be sent to the King's assist-
/Nticcil beehjiae of Austria towards . the Wes.tern Powers
ijive,C'folko;Ll4 nlore reserved.
Italy, insurreet o_ii in Naples
'riitch,.,lll. kW: oy one over all and
.Austirlaivould be
With the
colite;rities i:'elli ee to seek a Rustian alliance.
rest to-, What h-- her
for the
Power and 500,000 men fresh B
eha.
kt; Cklata4,;_there to arrest her in her march from u Pr.,481144,....,"°P1e.-- The Press.
et4lll.ll2°3iie-nee'arding to the tenor of recent advices from
'taw grekt -1? a, and Berlin, the Austrian Government is
bthi of Ye Dallas to secure a majority of the confederatedten_iig
di to
N° aka I.lZatIlY in favour of the four points, n
Do/11:14th L %question before the Diet. 'the earnest-
i.aklkal lAteltiTtstria in this matter, somFreemof our corres-
ukal4 ok4 fr,,,,_gat tile Cabinet of Vienna has obtahiantedforfrmoemr
l, liiit "44. •:'ve 411 undertaking to abide by t
atlax,

0; rllepi.,,.lalay, The following statistics of the district of
',lo,lllce 0 „aken as a favourable specimen of the state
4 41e-"3 are ..'ellington.—The European settlers. are
under
~,a4(11,..are leer
and 30 females ; of these, 37 al e
red
1,11 ela-1t,e,),11, can bate. Of the entire number, 48 can both
.ad
Le3lN-qtY of-i°7lll read, and 16 can neither read nor w. rite.
q 22 "13ess 4,,,,,,4and fenced and cropped is 285 acres hee and
,thek orses "if 600 head of cattle, 350 pigs, 200 ;Tsop,'
441,11..iti0b;
~_.ecording to the last accounts (6
souls.
l'lttX ti 4 for 4-I,' 'kis province had increased to 6,000
'4
Ile -'
ten, months previous to the census were
ttle t%tzhisiatisLties in the more immediate neighbourhoodof
tlf /11i:11114 hips in
an augmentation of 1,622 head .
e 41R4-4re 'lot • 44 29,000 sheep. A statement, the details
k' tile-I*4oe .e 1111 Probable has been made public respecting
NZ'4ll6"44tr° ''
a 'jell Bract 'of country, hitherto unknown,
an r,°' kiddl island, and abont equidistant from
IT rheaqtkteti lir. `iarilt,erburey.lhe
loea
D'apw Mors as its • nt to local
lepGoorvteurpnomnent has de-
the district.
1,,01.e1l vot ,auon oi 0 1 ,
' age
'no less a sum that £8,900
Nilts aetl44l;ibiliiiihe likoryraktti:o7,),and X 33,000 for internal im-

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

a°
DB/

•
A JUDGE " DRUNK AND DISORDERLY."—Mr. Robert
Grace, an attorney of Liverpool, who lives at Tranmere, and
is judge of the Wapentake Court for the Hundred of Wirral,
was summoned before the Birkenhead magistrates on Thurs-
day, for creatinc, a disturbance at the house of Mr. Richard
Jones, assistant overseer for the township of Tranmere. The
complainant stated that the "judge" made a point of resort-
ing to his house on all occasions when he so far forgot his
judicial dignity as to give way to Bacchanalian indulgences,
and that, on the day after the disturbance complained of, he
added insult to injury by calling to summon him (the com-
plainant) to serve as a Wapentake juror, at a court to be held
on Monday. "His worship" did not appear, and the bench
fined him five shillings and costs for being " drunk and dis-
orderly."

EXTENSIVE PLATE ROBBERIES.—A robbery of a large
quantity of plate was effected on Monday afternoon, at the
residence of Mr. Waln, law-clerk to the commissioners of
Birkenhead, Parkfield. The thieves escaped in broad day-
light, without being observed, after having entered the house
by the dining-room window, and secured a basket containing
two silver cups, fish knife, butter knife, six gravy spoons,
fourteen forks, some teaspoons, and two sauce ladles.—On
Wednesday, a returned convict, named Hanly, was appre-
hended at Birkenhead on suspicion of having committed this
offence. There had been a plate robbery at a house in Bridge-
street last week, when the servant encountered the thief in
one of the rooms of the house. He seized her by the throat,
and threatened to murder her if she gave the slightest alarm.
The fellow then decamped, and the girl has been suffering
from his violence ever since. The servant in question was on
Thursday brought down to the Birkenhead Police-office to see
if she could identify the same man who is charged with the I
Parkfield robbery. He was placed along with 15 other men, ;
and the girl immediately upon entering the office pointed to
him and said, "That's the man who seized me by the throat."
—On Monday afternoon the house of Mrs. Hay, Bridge-street,
was entered by a thief, the family being at home, and some
electro-plated forks were stolen. A man named Curran was
afterwards apprehended on the charge, but the magistrates
discharged him. Hanly was remanded.
RETURN OF CAPTAIN FElLDEN.—Captain (late Lieut.)
Henry Feilden, of the 38th Foot, arrived at Bebington, on
Friday, from London, having so far recovered from the severe
wounds received in the attack on the Quarries as to be allowed
to return to the family circle at the rectory, into which re•

joicings were recently introduced by the arrival, from the seat
of war, of Colonel Feilden, who led the forlorn on the eventful
occasion. As on the return of his brother, so on his, the

residents of Bebington prepared a demonstration. At half-
past six o'clock the whole population had lined the road from
the railway-station to the village, which was gaily decorated
with flags. At the station the captain was met by the Rev.
T. F. Redhead, and by Mr. Neild, Spital-hall Farm, andseveral
gentlemen, who tendered their congratulations.na rrtleTiamhgaeencbayapstmahirne.
Rwaedlkheedad7ithLoaucdructhelele,rasndgrue-eatseasd tshisetegdaltlaonhtisgec
descended trom the station ; the horses were taken from the
carriage, ropes were attached, and the vehicle was drawn to
the rectory by twenty men, preceded by a band, numerous
bearers of banners, the children of the national school, two
and two, and followed by several private vehicles. On arriving
at the rectory, a feeling address of congratulation was pre-
sented to the gallant captain, who, though very lame and
weak, stood up in the carriage, supported by Mr. Redhead.
After returning his acknowledgments for the grati-
fying- expression of feeling in his behalf, he said he had
been fully compensated by that evening's proceeding. for all
the misery he had gone through in the Crimea, and the injuries
he had received, which, he could assure them, was not more
than any other soldier there had to bear up against. He had
been three years in the army ; and when he left England he
was merely an ensign—now he was a captain. He had felt the
greatest benefit from military service, and he hoped that no

:01;

Englishman would be backward in rendering that assistance to
his country which it was his duty to do.—The Rev. T. F.
Redhead then addressed the assemblage, and called for three

times three for the captain. The call'W-as heartily responded
to, and a similar call on behalf of Colonel Feilden, the Rev.
R. M. and Mrs. Feilden, was responded to with enthusiasm.

The Rev. R. M. Feilden, in a most impressive manner, returned
his ackr.owledgments for the compliments which had been
passed to his family, and, after some remarks from Mr. Clarke
Aspinall, the proceedings terminated. The servant who has
attended the captain in the Crimea was present on the coach
box, and was greeted with three times three. Henry Feilden,
second son of the rector, entered the service as ensign in the
38th Foot, three years ago. He subsequently obtained his
lieutenancy, and in that rank he fought with his regiment at
Inkermann, and on the 18th of June in the attack upon the
Quarries. In the latter engagement he received the wounds
to which we have already alluded.

THE son of the Rev. T. F. Redhead, of St. Peter's, Reck
Ferry, has just passed the examination at King's College,
London, open to all British subjects, for commissions in the
Royal Engineers and the Royal Artillery.
THE SECOND EXHIBITION for the season, of the Oxton and
elm:101ton Floral and Horticultural Society, is to take place in
Birkenhead Park, to-morrow ; and the exhibition of the Li-
verpool Floral and Horticultural Society, at the Botanic
dens, on Thursday.
THE NEW STEAMER BEE, sister boat to the Ant, belong-
ing to the Messrs. Hetherington, commenced plying between
the Landing-stage and Rock Ferry, on Thursday. She made
her first trip from Rock Ferry to the Lauding-stage in fourteen
minutes.
AT a numerous meeting, held at Rock Ferry Hotel, on Mon-
day, the Rev. T. F. Redhead in the chair, it was resolved to
appoint a committee, and to commence a subscription imme-
diately, for a suitable testimonial to "the social worth and esti-
mable character of the late Mr. John Nelson Wood."
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF
CHESHIRE.—Second Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia :
Ensign 0. P. Leigh to be lieutenant ; J. Hamilton, gentle-
man, to be lieutenant.—First Regiment of Royal Cheshire
Militia : H. Kelsall, gentleman, to be Ensign, vice E. H.
Martin, resigned.
THE REMAINS OF THE LATE MR. JAMES M`HARG, super-
intendent of the Birkenhead police, were interred at St.
Mary's, Birkenhead, in presence of the watch committee, the
members of the police force, and a number of the inhabitants.
THE SHIP WAVERLEY, arrived at Swansea from Sierra
Leone, has brought a chimpanzee, which, next to the ourang-
outang, approaches in appearance to man. It is said to be
as meek and docile as a child, and is affectionate in its attach-
ment to the sailors, with whom it sits at table to meat. On
one occasion it stole two decanters of port wine, which intoxi-
cated it. The consequence was that it went to bed and slept
off the effects of intoxication, instead of becoming noisy.
THE BODY OF A CHILD was found on Tuesday morning
in an entry in Camden-street, but owing to the ad-
vanced state of decomposition, the age or sex of the deceased
could not be ascertained. An inquest was held before Mr.
Churton, who ordered an examination to be made, and as there
was no evidence to show how death was produced, the jury
returned a verdict of " Found dead."
THE EX-ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE, who have recently
been staying at Beaumaris, visited, on Tuesday, the comfortable
hotel at Capel Curig, where they took breakfast, and after
admiring the beauties of the neighbourhood, and the distant
view of Snowdon, departed for Conway Castle, returning by
rail to Bangor, and afterwards to Beaumaris. The royal
party were delighted with their excursion, and left Beaumaris
on Saturday morning.
THE NEW WOODSIDE STEAMER.—The first of the two new
Woodside steamers, building by Mr. Laird, has her engines on
board, and will be ready for her station in a fortnight. The
second will be launched in about three weeks. In external
appearance, the boats will differ from anything on the river,
the bow and stern forming segments of a circle. They will
have two boilers, fore and aft of the machinery, and, of course,
two chimneys. The engines are oscillating, and the cylinders
are 26 inches in diameter. The cabins will be very commo-
dious, well lighted, handsomely papered, and decorated in a
manner superior to any other ferry boats on the river.
LICENSING AT NESTON.—A meeting of the magistrates for
the hundred of Wirral was held at Neston, on Thursday, for
the purpose of receiving application for fresh licences, and for
adjudicating on suspended ones. There were eight magistrates
present—the Rev. R. M. Fielden, presiding. There were
twenty applications, including nine from Birkenhead. Only
one was granted, that of Mr. Keeling, for some new premises
at the corner of Joy-street and Church-street, Birkenhead.
Fourteen publicans had their licenses suspended for various
offences until the adjourned meeting, on the 28th instant.
THE ROYAL CHARTER.—On the 31st of July, the Royal
Charter took the ground while being launched from the build-
ing-yard at Sandicroft, near Queen's Ferry, and she remained
in the cradle, all efforts to remove her at the time being un-
availing. Since then repeated attempts were made to get the
vessel aloat, but it was not until midnight on Wednesday last
that this was accomplished, and on Thursday the Royal Charter
proceeded to Liverpool. The Royal Charter is a screw ship of
2,785 tons burthen, built for the Australian Steam Ship
Company.
FIRE IN BIRKENHEAD.—On Tuesday night, a house occu-
pied by Mr. Shipley, Albion-street, was on fire. Mr. Superin-
tendent Birnie, with a number of policemen, at once proceeded
to the spot with the hose ; but they could not arouse Mr. and
Mrs. Shipley from their slumbers, and they therefore broke in
the door. The bed on which they were sleeping was in a
blaze, and the room filled with smoke. The inmates were
conveyed out of the room as soon as possible, and the fire was
extinguished without the hose being brought into play. Mr.
Shipley, in the confusion which prevailed, tumbled into a
cellar and hurt his leg ; and his wife was so severely burned
that she was conveyed to the Birkenhead Hospital.
ACCIDENT AT MONKS' FERRY.—On Thursday morning, the
railway steamer was about leaving Monk's Ferry, when Mr.
Joseph Sharpe, of Eldon-place, Rock Fe:iirininerod3s
other
befa.ert ing late, hurried
down the slip and jumped towards the vessel. His feet struck
the sponson, but not having obtained a footing lie fell back-
wards and struck violently against the slip, sustaining by the
fall a shocking gash in the head. The blow for a time ren-
dered him insensible, and he fell into the water without being
tsa
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ove rn nit:ildoatintoee3i; oioueni
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succeededmblleo nae t bv eaeilsinoi naiNklbvoi:inurd:t.
enabled to lift both of them on board