The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-06-19 00:00:00

PRINCE: A.:LBRIa on PUBLIC AZFAIRS.

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m„ his. Royal
HeAarththoef anHeuruamal. dinneriesty,s ofmi tnhiseteTrsri,ni,
itny Cthlrpo:llowa
toast High nuelisschPrlinhcaeveAnolbewrt.
to, propose
ioinagontermSastu:_r-
he
is that of Her Majesty's Ministers. If there was ever a time
at which, Her Majesty's Government,_ by whomsoever con-
ducted,. required the support—aye, not the support alone, but
to'' Tyohn
the.confidence, goodwill, and sympathy of their fellow-country-
men—it is surely the present. It is. not the way to success in
war to. support it, however ardently and enthusiastically, and,,
at the same time, to tie down and weaken the hands of those,
who have to conduct it. We are engaged with a mightry
enemy, who is using against us all those wonderful powers
which have sprung up under the generating influence of our
liberty and our civilization. You find him with all that force
which unity of purpose and action, impenetrable secrecy, and
uncontrolled despotic power have given, while we have to meet
him under a state of things intended for peace, and for the
. promotion of that very civilization, the offspring of public dis-
cussion, of the friction of parties, mad of the popular control on
the government and the State. The Queen has no power to
levy troops, nor has she any at her command but such as offer
their voluntary services.. Her Government can take no
measures for the prosecution of the war which it has not before-
hand to explain in parliament. Her armies and fleet can make
no movements, nor even prepare for' any, without their being
publicly announced in the papers. No mistake, however tri-
fling, can occur, no want of weakness exist, which is not at once
denounced, and even sometimes exaggerated, with a kind of
morbid satisfaction. The Queen's Ambassador can enter into
no negotiations without the government having to defend him
by entering into all the arguments which that negotiator,
.in
order to be successful, ought to be eto shut up in the in-
nermost recesses of his heart, Nay, at the most critical posi-
t their her,ht
tion, when war and diplomatic relations Imo be a ,
adverse vote in parliament may at a ment deprive the
an
Queen of the whole of her confidential
is a heavyand
our constitutional government undergoingtrial,
we shall net get successfully through it unless the country twill
grant its confidence—patriotic, intelligent, nod self-denying.
confidence—to Her Majesty's Government.—Gentlemen, I
I propose to you to drink " The Health of Viscount I)4llpqrgn
I and Her Majesty's Ministers."

[JUNE 19, 1855.

AMERICA•

wo e have intelligence -..r--
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. iii,
By the British and North American !loyal Mail steanks.,
America, Captain Lang, which arrived on Sunday
tot!.ai
thThe Am • erica brought 220 passengers, and ;;1---"
specie. ..,1 At 10
The Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, hence, arrived -
fax on the sth.
from New York to the sth, Boston
911'
That at‘,Ssloll

ingThtoen
majority. At Norwich, where this party had a 4.l.en'tbefo:?,
three hundred last year the Democrats had he"-n„alorri'
over two hundred votes. At New Haven the -"" /
ii,
majority was three hundred. ~gera 0,
f for,* fr,7
mhauduircei
spuallteedlecintifoanvsouwreorfethperoxceneodivi%
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The Washington correspondence of the .I%' elf' , ietteri ,
says :—"The National Intelligencer learn, Z'J „isb 0,,,5z,
Paris, that Mr. Perry has obtained from the '-'l'.li-praqbe
ment an entirely satisfactory settlement of the t.,..50je,.
,ad,
as well as that of our Vice Consul at Sagua la Obr:#01;:t
Lieut-Governor, who arrested Mr. Thompson, is te will fciis'
Such instructions have been issued to cruiser's as,,,:io'
a recurrence of any difficulty. N. de Cueta, the Dr fro
ister, returns home at his own request."
The ship Leopold 1., which had arrived at NeW4,tisl"TiOial
Antwerp with 320 passengers, had been detained a_looor,loo
to see if there were any paupers on board. The.sed at '
physician was assured that the passengers Posse' ;
gee
$60,000. %tit a
The Kane Arctic expedition bud departed, awl
Cotilj.ti:
general excitement and interest. „,a.t. 00 „la
At Baltimore a marriage ;party from Waeu7,:rd in '46'
Maryland, had been poisoned by' eating ell'iw-weren",d
arsenic had been placed. Some twenty-five of there nerpet,
petted to live, the bride among the number. theme
'
of this diabolical act had not been dissovered•
~,,,,• •ng,00.0.1
Copious rains had fallen, and the rivers irere:;,, of ue we'
At Columbus, Ohio, on the 30th ult., sPrc'ees, --otreet-s'. e'''
turPrs,- while peaceably passing throng/1 t",,e,,;, 040
attacked' by a mob of rowdies, and sevelial 01 .-30 to ,L 0
ebaLiarn:c-eaanst
aolaititdeuidet•is;ba.onaudnu: edcarried beaten.ad admiration
yal;
titoihene assailants atnihbeeirn:t: are s; OP V
corresponding. dislike of a banner fabricated. h, $
pwueArreeth
arPes
cioner t I
purchasing
v e,lin2du,
boa3r.,
tore
-en ss
:LI i., odtTwhhiaetdhog militaryroa nr es
iayr;
,ii..fse
if;
Neil Dow, the Mayor of the city, having bee! ,Zed
to
jrTo:::
.eta
i rivo:,' 0 :
refusedD
gocuwho r.r
red
oovteoer
mroeedb
,maeythea:
vg.ss-launy:::sta
saying
that the
(otr
cofißhrei
me
fl,
pew
circumstances
nhuca,lridsordsoeor .
fteifirriot
.agerioo6ftsvi:
proached, when,- the mob' having burst °Pen titm ~elf
by order o,sseerrer
fired. One person was. killed, and six or s,„esa beq„otr
wounded. A public' meeting of the citizens "''',gor
and a committee appointed-to investigate the re e" ~,,,
lel ~,
culars of the riot. ras'''.o.t."
011° ef
By the arrival of the Prometheus at New , ult. Itt,tt•-•
have been received fj9m- California to the 160' A llfc ere
gambling saloons in Sun Francisco had been C 1,0,6 Opts'
affairs were improving; slowly. In the grevnainci ef-off
pets were good of an abundant yield. The B—tioo,
Page, Bacon, and Co., had -undergone no alters
without any signs of improrement.
....—........ b pre.
el
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENer'ot,S3,t to ,•11 d
fc.poearMnr tit:.
grdtmral,e,B4l7
362 ;• Bremen, 791. pe'• of g'
Ar c• d, hie
Corrom..—A further improvement' in price-- ,-.,, irc)oi
on foreign accouut are restricted
this day week makes a total advance, since the -1, the r'itillo6,
per lb. The demand continues atiabatedraltbolti ~,..laeioo of
;te:as:llllTadLe—cgateTop.ilsitea.Tlimsl7e;aarAsckfimeortesseitt:leo,yroaem9rneedy. coln,hteilenue:( ea Isis;.'
ifolovirJos6ll.t:,
cases far beyond the authorised limits: A fair tiedl),,pecals
transactions necessarily consists of re-sales 11•010,otea 0,
jag that aunantity equal to abouVhalf of the f'3,'' 011,0'4
the port is sold every week. The sales since seri to 2,0: 0,11,,5,
called 24,008-bales. The sales yesteritiy,amotudeiddliagc;leie"
at very full prices, especially for even running tutbe 0,0, sc
have brought in many instances ic• fullY a,,,f 11 l° f .10,iff
Fbeight to. Liverpool, .11'1 per bale; Sterling- lit''' or, °,' 01",ric.
Messrs: Talcott, Bramwell, and Ta!Cottla- cr./ It goo', 021',',1r
mays:—With an active speculative demand ai""tfisi, Peot 1;0(
from spinners„ prices have advancsu •since eor --c the'. los1:41i
:filth ,ultinio, ic.. to lc. We estimate the' stile3.l?o,, tlo,', frelli,
dayt at 21;000"bales, of which 8,000 were•in tra.ooo„„ard, , tol,t
11-°. to 11 ic. for middling Charleston, "free 011,rie gut 10"; Gri "0
5-If.rdiotd 2 ti.;. I.ltc. for barely ,freight
red,lti
an/1411 ie. for middling Mobiles, freight :Ad. • .I";;cofoP,,'"oe,',.ol
Britaini'which. an the Ist of March, waS i" ex es,, es i',l;elle.ol
the-corresponding period last year, 2.25,000 ---Ats'ia t1,',01
balsa-less than at saute date last season ;liirs'l,-00b1.1e',0' 0;
In regard to-the growing crop,
the United States are 274,000 bales hi 1. 11- • 51r DO'
less,.w , ipug ~, t ,t 1
Orleans 'we find that the receipts are •,veekly 'a „,,,.. fre.'rese,,,o
season'a•faets, all pointing to very moderattfeXPo'`i,,, relb,coio
to
as improving, owing to the refreshing taiga; on the
.7..... Oa'
unchanged ; sales24,ooo. bales. New Orleans, ill" /fel;
market is unchanged ; sales to-day 750 bales: s 0 C!'toclij,
STVlSEstistmoK'netßElrrs, EXPORTS, itS4)'2lr.Ce,grtS 1.1°19
Exports to TotalExLi.„. 0,..dt
Receipts. Gt. Britain. to-trer,- 49),Yr
1855 - 24446,967 1,264,150 • •
1854 2;672,146 1,270,989 ••- ... ,e'
, tDc to
increase .. .. • ••
Decrease 205,17). ''. ineelironf Ittll'e!
ourb Ya'cltherritcec'eel:sn4s:gilwaleidjeljur:er:-°:l:sosl.'":l:t'll'.',:rcei'''.
6,839
Bar...bana'enlre&—The flour market has bee".ljeclio-,hes-df,-
stilt of she fluctuation& daring the week being a la et to
25c. per barrel inthelo•wer and medium gr,llies'et°,ilj ice -
is a slight increase in the supplies, but not tom t 1 „"sii,) ere,
prices. The quotations for Indian corn shaw.a" rice'pac."
ratosininEacigitilovooendreeqheueee.e.stl.,_a,,ensoi,dtpoc ;!,,c.,...,,:5t'11v,:1i,0311i,i:400,i
to 4c. perbushet.
.pf sl4ol' f
Paovlsiows.--Illiere was a fair inquiry for b.-I.oi la.
i tLl:le.d.. ,
.0 .t
It •
rrPreCir
rather
e:
rates quoted were .to Liverpoo : Cotton,"tu• to .5 401,01 so
wisersi ltitesEal
ildst I
ay".
to Is.; heavy gods,. poi? ton. 10s. to 155. ;Igrain, P:ci, 'l'.' fors ter
beef, per tierce, is..3d. to is. 6d. ; pork, 15,.t0 la•,: 913'ibeefit01/1
Rosin at d. turpentine,. per 2801b5., Is. 6cl: _to,,L'o.i.• , Co'
skins, per: ton,. 255..; heavy goods, 145. to tO-.110/r'' ,t,
tierce, 25... to• 28. 6d..; ail cake, per ton, te-,''' - or.
C. vcixtet3):,ocloso(.;
LATEST,. (BY ELECTRIC I,,•goballtteare, r
NEW Voltz:l4llmi. ss. 6 rati.—Money ","66o.10:„,11',1: `icarLt
Cotton qwiet. Flour, If4e. easier; salea:7 sled
'
sales 4,599 • bushels- Corn heavy. '' -9 .
.326,50 to•t37:. Lead dull.
_.......0!

society imthis city are no w o ,:•ceirs•_,„4tbreel)
naSmoe:l4 I-R Ew
eLmpAlomffed :r° "a., ',eV
Atit Cl' ,tels
:Pang: goitlemen h (wed ill rt r 5 at ti' 11;
-_-_____. ----- ~,,, p.- he ii,
and taverns in Australia,..._LimoYi k
_Aeaftyle.r:l elv
psrheeprajaaring:atollaattth:e. 0 ti.
brewer, on Thursday morning
ART
diall:CalftuewNaE9*(kbys
ago,af D
agubeldine,ritghchetheauretgie..tae.
aibit;:.o::::ile
establishnient known in the four quarter6°i' lit,_,4rtio'
/Via. JORNI BLIMIIRY, the great Dgu'--kfT• v) ea' rt
had drained the last d
AWFMLLEREECTS OF INTOX CAT: Si"' il Ali
Wojcieleohasilekhi,
docks Ixereatherelae was handed. by au, a,,e4111,;:-0,0are,,,A l'ilooll,;
of the limpavon, beard, a pint-and-a-haw I- ais.,„'' rxt IP_r.
ev:fltsnhaes,,.evevifarriedenie
glad
tdhweooamtlyei,ouptnuo..t all
xeill
poraPilaPreiet'ol,,ita.
ttoo!,
alo'iiii;retrleloettl.:,:aolf.t,::,
proof
strong.; .
he
neTcasrheeorpif.etrniteilbtenahraera,liar:eoteco!,nandstftlijuae:or:t.lll,otritvilso:i..o:o4,:ica:e:oo.ls:::6ool„t:if:ritilit:iavite:
of teasamoinfortun nd misguide% htak&l,; lc., Wl° /Or w
c a l'e . 030
whole-bed head to foot, was- 3* L'../I.og-•1 et'lo".4"
death,..as-if Ur were boiled in a pot of inh-t- „Os, scj•sa e.tY4
_ TEE YLIO+II7I FROM IRELAND.--iLa!--Olf Irr'',ll)ll°
by priest, or press, to check the pircg=7,' -slat„riogri.rfuot!:
semeto be w.holly abortive. From the f+9,l°`'tiot -I,.‘"e3t oo'
aPreare in. a Cork paper, it will be_see? boas "of or,
tahosouthern counties is this year1i".311.101034 f„aiveZ
romper corrding period :—"-Lareldol °:.:i calig,,'e-porgi.
continue to embark by the steatexTab,r„,„ -56,13 for 01-04r2.
en, ratite. to the Australian and Ano___,„4-iP"'" uaY ''' le 4l'
Ont Wednesday the Gannet left Be, '
final, the f°l;l° ats' rotitirf
with ,noarly. 70 passengers on beara!;.::,, wa ete.gra sio, ezre
FreassiseherAdler left for Londoni .tuee of tlleree'rre,.
were-followed on Saturday by th.wdePt: The acei-as'er/
~et
Livezpool with 200 passengers•eub°4; Falglisb. P°oo.' ,eKap.
number of emigrants per steanler;ustralia, is °ASV': 'Ol
ta;theinfore:Ull4maedtiolt
summer. The companfrai
CORR FOR AN AMERICA'S I?,
'.-Cc that our Ik's, t 1,4
William
at being able to anaetw- %dea with, (3-1, tY".pof,
the board being extremeky, ail
William Barry, has been email
a Edon Telegrr bt°o:. V 0
the New York Newfoundland An
..,--.„,itha view 0% °,(111-al!,t
by one of the Board of Direeol." ",;.,-..-i. 0, por.;(lcVv.
STaTtoS---. vel
eye. resP stung Cori` llithe--S4IA •
sjous to get %via ..,,, .4,
of Call," by the splenctia.C4,,uleallillsra'plhillicersiincel vvsll3,o,:'ei,:•:'o:;?,
completed, from the Ater
feu
Viand, and the objget sought to bie ~‘_ by.tud,.01,.. ~.,
intelligence direct from, that point to Cort,„„e 01,.1, aii;ile'
The matter is so feasiblathat we have ever): IT,,' tu ff
season to see this port, made a transatlanetilic,eife-va,
fitness for which we hes.esofret a
elm—continent teattai,e4. I:4'tereat:
uently
1-6°°ll' I'lls
FOR _Erg OT INT_ELL _6oerori,
ej
ofiles
coef,
Azißßca..—The United States new ~,,glf7c,tlle, 0.160,
arrived at Southampton on Thursday, haili--,eie area s.er ~,o
the 2nd instant, Amongst her cargo is 4,, VP' At 0,161} V
five hundred thousand dollars, of which en: prolloia `,41
thousand dollars are for England. She 11P51.3,tur cove_,oo`.l,
hundred auditwenty passengers. The 10. Tlie.,, raTooilf,i,
will be DellWeratiC by a large maiFritcil- It 0;1,4
Kansas will,• it is thought, be disnaSse.,, was eoileclt;.,,..
that the Z.Ticaraguan colonisation schew', ~,,lia -`,,e Cill')f6
The house. of Page, Bacon, & C 0.,, bacLZ7 ,t ot io
.0.0 le
Fransisco„ A disturbance had taken P7-efealen A cl-1'1!
Lake. Robberies and executions. were Piivoeed set'y ~
The cotton market was excited and hudiaaeciiited• e,,ofp
a tent per pound. The price of *.ur lA'
.....-iclaisetts• a L.,...t
~i.
had taken place at Worcester, A.1",;-„ Failf,cl, e 19',
sagadron has been reinforced,. The -r-4'll-star 0' ",:ecl° iv
had lost $20,000 by a fire. The. steamship ~ (last, tile
~,
senator ,e11,t01.,'
arrivedfrom California with *113,7-01 in FTrood ou 6,
later intelligence. The Legislature
.May, without electing a IJuited States seihoria 0 0p0f,41,
TITE PENINSULA.—Ry the steainshiP.:ho„ atlr,thg ro
,t 1
from Gibraltar to June 4ith, ;. Cadiz sth; la
the Douro, and great fears were enteurt_ uftbes).;.ltt,rt,:,,.'
become general throughout Portugal d r_0101„1„ig4.'_„cler„01,
Lisbon the Deputies.hadvotednearly all the '-', ifoll',`,4 '_.ie;,,,
The transports Samuel Laing, Alhatr:P_s ~teir
~',',"ili,u'
Cormorant had arrived out at Gibraltat.o", ,v4.11)`,011'
Vigo 11th. Cholera existed at several plia.cesBaotuiatt„e,r,.::,
Black Sea. Her Majesty's steamship -3-L'irieft, '1 „.ti'
boats Grinder, Cracker, and Jasper in to otzjA,
the East on the 2nd instant
says :—Yesterday the Cortes rejected a Pfula;cotie';'for!if
censure the Ministry. The Minister of Vitro to tivss.ol
SrAizi..—A despatch from Madrid, d'lt...,,eclsittbioel'Agteiel,3l
to the Cortes that he would only have recoi h left t. je,-
tl,
as a last resource. The French mail 'cli cite lOt' tp4
oth, and the mail which left Madrid on t
...Ds „,
Lev I" 0'
-burnt by some insurgents in Castile. re- tire ,10. i
Russta.—An Imperial manifesto, dated _be
(4004
2nd of June, ordains that in case of the dec,',' We, co.,
Emperor, the Grand Duke Constantine shall. cy iS l'oide' ,
the minority of the Crown Prince. The Be tie the. Ai
during the minority of the second son, sho wof.
4r.
The Empress is to be guardian. lt sout 10,,,,it1•
BRAZILS.—The Great Western arrived lath et terlA, ~.
Friday, with intelligence from Rio W the.r iiad.oerh
dispute between Paraguay, and 13r3z116,,tec1i0,, JO
amicably. A chan,,e of ministry was exPe_'soroa've.:lllo
Rio the coilee market was firm. Tonnage's:ll,g 10t or,
271 to 27,i- at sixty days. In shares not,i,,,ridea _of
Her Majesty's ships the indefati-;able au'l-'e yaler
The Great Western brough- seeds tO
I"
t.crling, and 175 passergers,
lieesclukanl,

~_

JUNE 19, I r-i55.]

'•

ZOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Tzt I ~.._________
ciothed.'IVERPOOL LETTER-CARRIERS are about to be
14 halfniform.
• yearly• •
titetio, examination of the pupils
lii till will take place on Friday next. at the Collegiate
illtery 'eßsre.LL, M.P and Mr. Tollemache,
tear 'lv with Lord " 1 on Monday, at the
M.P., had an
cl of',Stanley of Alder ley Tgt Trade
41i.i.ee stahrloonia,al examination of the children of the Caledonian
441b0r (,f '°olcPlace on Thursday, in the p.rese.nce.of a large
Al th the friends and supporters of the institution.
a 414 Thom nPettysessions' William Jones, Joseph Story,.
'nu wl•Pe - bricklayers with having
bst'ea foxed i mins, were charged .
cklk w°rking at a railway arch in Lees on the previous
tillltt 8111e,y. were each fined 55.. and costs.
tR Ireii; P oierra Nevada, which lately broke her back on
,3`lleinton Dock sill, was on Wednesday offered. for sale
.otAel eaect•
~..tin‘,,,,,ard, Munn, and Co ; but as the biddings did
has pr
'-o,ov she was bought in.
chi, PreeA 11 STREET PRESBYTERIAN CRI7RCH.—The Queen
t,eh aid the Rev. Cornelius Giffen, of this church, to the
41'esig1:1' Parish of Dailly, in Ayrshire, Scotland, vacant by
jiltktz ton of the Rev.'W. Alontgomerie Wal_k_er.and
Mr.
Q. hin•l_,TlJTlO'll SCICOOL.73Ir. G. H. ki
Pmueasteers of the
4latte seheoik: have resigned their offices,
left large a ,ii consequence of theirhainags engaged to con-
e lately at the lakes. The pupils, whom they have
Vapte, inre't,ro'!lY pres.entFd each with a handsome piece of
tuv,erizi, -0,11 of their high esteem.
014,`.4.11tin,.13-CRICRPTCY.—On Thursday, the adourned
N as Ndon of John George Claus, who lately carried on i,•Rkls,„,_a inerchant, in this town, was further adjourned,
WY,,'".aitt iLienee of the balance-sheet not having been filmede
. 4tfc:eill the absence of the accountant.—On the same
"emu ArTidlle, ire absence
Stevenson, in the matter of
Sp -.l.v.°M-broker, of this town, the proceedings in
I Bi ham came
Sp any_we
.e annulled.—On Friday,
Jomgrd well, on
1,, ?11 ef ,PPlication for his certificate. Mr. Ba s-d
t`,41111 0 "tl,le bank
211. 4 ; ruPt, addressed the court at considerable
ttrfoisk t:oe,rclinlstanc of the case, and submitted he was
titan 4„.much in demandinges of the court to grant the
soli? is th'a, e commissioner said there were many =cum -44-I,llu-ease which called for consideration, and he
of
1,8, oil;t le ease until Tuesday.
~Ra ei
wifethe,kftt,ll.---On Wednesday, Mary Stanton, 49 years
44eeii 4 '\ rtl,'" a Publican, died very suddenly at her resi-
st'he re-'ll. 4%tlstreet. jOine' was a
.healthy woman, but for
ireii to as been addicted to intemrance, an_ d
.when
Re of i• bed
under the influ-
d,.4iilealgaor ca On Tuesday she was much
'1(1, att-, and thvn lyednesday morn. ing she appeared quihte
Ir"l4llthalf elign every attention was paid to her, s e
. .thiaPaSt one o'clock.
:4,,,t tei,, i 4
'I ~4,7 t Im. -nii,.---LAWRENCE v. MauLE.—ln this case,
i/vlilii 44%.e Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard_ K.ninodfearsmleyr., I,l„llAsanti'll ofl4oeXclons claimed to be next of I"
C bee21,,,"0 ei,2),°01, who died worth considerable property,
4,‘,parti.rateciue or £1,700. It was stated that a probate
the „''', bnt 4'9Unded on a pedigree trantel srobate ,Oni turning 011 t inaccurate, u n a trial at
prepared by one of
?e1:1:ra, r,te the :1.'4.8 recalled and prerogative arministration
;Ike, orv.se Of 41°UeitOr of 'the treasury on the part of the
w-
-4-• tatitie-2; iliiiide'ine,_olaims aunts was the plaintiff, named 4
teerlt,foratlvas tioaPrlna, Who had claimed in the master's office.
e the Chancery Amendment
14:11°1114tob!,tialeer_aniii?aet'iounn datrPhiladelphia, by some mem-
yrkkepi goted ara_,:an bar, whose names were given. His eomi ea, ii,,i nether he could order an examinerti orally
eNd nlP4l3' oil ess he appointed a special e, which he
4rzAltlY be exLed: instead of issuing a commission, which
the Nit rierzi:'"ed by interrogatories.
is seeking a
e Not okt/qrs.—The government .
i; %taw. with
'ih A 13h the Peninsular and Oriental Company for
k.t',4lt,)llti!tralitilae,l3itc.i 2f a semi-monthly steam. communication t , loi ,e trade, oingapore. This will give great satisfac-
ps,,,,4 ',lg. wo , alid to the colonies ; for, though. the clippers
At
i'tie e(lers, great screws might do still more.
r,t , Bali tune,_Oftie,ae ef,4nced that arrangements have beenmadooeastot
4 4 ' a proof-el.e'rs between that port and the western
Tg :eat that Mr. Macgregor Laird's speculation has
tliiiß Pilttsitcees.
146.1 es 14 .r,P3tio LI A lES.—It is proposed to hold a
.1., NieK-1-eung, at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street,
Ni tib,, . 3', the 27th •
To tilde ,rles 11,m, instant, intnonrditeyr
othfaetxthreessrrdngetrteihfr
~,Ittil 4., ,o the . have an oppor
,i 1 rho' achy) of the Library Committee, (of the
[,..4 I)..ing th" 'Pt the care and anxiety manifested
tby th_emr otj, let% i chbinries t their present efficient state.. e. 31 f
'Leta are'eoto take theechair, and several other influential
t 1_,44 cle,i,
or:Aected to attend. The surplus proceeds are
Ikt•1101,. rto the librarian for the purchase of books.
11114,14 th 'II,TENT
Li tn t thke, c; NI LIND.—The necessity for small steam-
e.,'RSElßattei.i.` ea, Produced by the present state of affairs
I;:erkFte th'!'as induced several owners of that class of vessels_
1,,' , o,,rlittg,-,,,'s Port to send them out, with the expectation off %N t.; thei,-Lern at a great profit, or obtaining high rates o
~c 44 4th Services• During the last twelve months a_
1,,,i1tte,,,. Lili }lave been fitted up and sent out. Most or
strat'asnl,l Zen, boats, built for river
nwonark, and what
vigation, not
Riheiele ' crazy craft " „,11.04,8 • Near] a strength to standfutrWO"oear three days' hard
il,!sil),Peya.Y all of them, however, accomplished their
,'Ree Nf1044,18 in safety ; but one of them, the
tJeonnnierLwinad, i
ti:l ellthco eo'4,in a sinking state, on thew e3rlestp%k,ed
uph by 31;
,'s,ti *NQ, Z:tinople. Herl crew
cled at Havre. The Jenny
Ntiiieriario (1444Lilliker-ebaluiylptsiovOodauedn aupaddle-hoat, of considerable
tt 4'3421a, and plied for two or three years as a tug and .•4 t4iii ron the Mersey. 1
'km t% T
p,No lan 0 RILBRE ISLAND.—In a series of lectures Nuty • *biter in Hope-hall, by the Rev. H. Griffiths,
I.ltis s'ith,,,,_t Was suggested' that an excursion should take ,
tO% --gier to iiilbre Island. Accordingly the steamer ,
k, k.t it •
I,4loh.specially engaged, and, on Tuesday forenoon, 1
;41,:,. e44.s Pier, with upwards of 100 ladies and gentle-
the '.4'illsi The weather was splendid, and an excellent ]
itt)til,.,llßrlae:iii ealo%cidlietcl to. the pleasures of the trip. Arriving I
Whit, Ilto voii mid-day, the company landed,. separated ,
tot.ite, tbe 11.11, and proceeded to gather wild flow, earns, ;
I,lkis. A‘4 .abounds the hyacinth and narteo.gthe '
il:' to enable''''ere als --•ao•viet 'of insects, interesting,. .
ttl!'W.ll thatnthe R3eo4ls.c'vereYd. The sea was not sutht
is
senwteirl 141
4 f ii, "ic new yg]sts to search for fossils,. butfi
ii,c41,,,, ttilio4,..4je4riesslan_d.',:riaeo
issareitot.o3rialorrwsetrt tdreliasiv,ereodrm. a forms theitin,: II
•i ha '','ld flos.;,,,,t"lseribedthe peculiarities of the Isla Ai.
4,, Jew: teat
the area
which dot its surface. The
Yevs.t of :
i.S-' °iitlie-- description of the submerged ore u _
ii NI ead tc dr,LePPosite side Afterwards, the several groPs
14,1.' Wir'2difer,' aand Dr. Edwards succeeded in collecting
krl,wh'"t tie ''''''JnYtes, *which he described at length.. 1N NO 'llaffltea.Ve a description of the antiqmty of the :
a 1,,,,,
Ll4Liwtedtiager;eloarrniouucsli:aeatitshfaecrtiosche.n—eryAf,ter "pick-lucking, •
eltlivelo4 and the steamer 'arrived at4eL
.i,vtehrpe!aorl gseh coo
rtnly-
,,,l.tzt
04.0
IN
LAO ,
t, . til aliile,',. '',"'"-A bill has been introduced into the
4,,,,,,-•11;71ig ,f-i•
_any ....llr. Horsman, to amend the la.warne
_-
,c 4 sll S," e at ih,auing. h contains only ten clauses
vest
d QiIINC:e 0,,
r; lights under bills of ladin should in
however,v to
%OW stop -11'wrsee ; (2) without prejudice, • ht 3. A.
the , le 4..11iz ill Diage in transition or claims for freight. 41
isoterh,
eolitenie hands of a holder fora
411s."Arti •"tut, nstve evidence of the shipment,as against
valuable icosidera-
i: c'stiot; pto;:',B the Bolder has notice that the goods
.are nroet
.
rbet-',NeroL'ed the master may show that for his
* st lapver ''nsed by the shipper, the holder,.or hisdage
°*hi 1, 114 to ..
And (5) if the vessel
IQ ''t 1.)", 01, Grain a toreign vessel for a claim under the
f4ti kiat%ehmizter for freight, &c: .
Niil,4Ale e%e„7, its before the applica,tion cotulldtbhen mresadlt,
'lriCik,, es,l'adtioilL,- InaY detain her provisionally i
411 d b3f (~,-:41,,,,z known. But (6) ou the.own
t°l4 i') tit rh'uto -ii,t the amount of the claim
1D05,A31::14(1_,,e "I%ey;e ship may be discharged weifilmthasetecrhieerf
from
.dFtnenotfiotnhe;
11a,.0 hel; 18).Ltienosited should abide. the decisl9
making such
~Nif4l.o are 6 sue person giving security
.or
' the or an 04endant to any action or suit.
9.for costs,
114i°titeoltalli. 1 elaintlraof detention to give securitymay
Any one
urt
deprive
prelaio4ll,, loltalei
onrot rtecoverd,mtp
ti celaeLes declare words
rivalst hir„ this act 1.10 ehrPrethe same meaning as in the
N 4,811:0,1riR Act, 1854. ave
11:4 in th:',3B'A meeting of the society for promotingo
Di p,e,,_.at the p?uth-west district of Ireland was held n
ti,tit.: I', lateir?Pe•hall ; the Rev W. Pollock in the chair.
Itileelety.
.4rty attended as. a deputation from the
ir Itrta; ata, tile ietrya ,few introducto observations from
N,•...ss.ous hof ' • -s• Alor'
'Y of Dino ore the irty brrYought
describing snject of
1, h e, which meeting. After the
kiellYere cehlaPplaiah!ed th was in Kerry in the south-west of
t at the It• • -,' • • ted by the Rev•
0 tell eig '.,. in 0 Lora , ission originated thhßlie being id, in fernier ~e_ntry. The great fault o fthe
forbidden in tl e`,,irnes, was the use of the Irish!
Mire 'or had the Bible be aching and preaching of the
11°R1114,M1 language, Irelandin the
setrihpetulresrisliannut•
t.,°riginally circulated
tqiNk..wati ',ll, hoe become as,,,,"aialel, from the time
England.th
i!i, '"l' that r Purely Protestant as
R^-1 tiatt'l:;,eelrocHilateeattn
Itaehotit thetigue.
h the P
~,, Since the establidshmeaecnt of the mis-
ssions were
leo T-
iZ, aehlsitabliloar 1835, four new Protestant congregations
sate-ti, the e`.' of converts from the Romanist popultay
1' iit Piv °llginal Protestant congregation vea i
the
‘t° ' anti addition 1 1 had been settled ili
''letaliev? eight 04 •!' e ern'.
4, Of churn, ditional scripture schools established.
14.4. tjkworshi 'ea, two glebe-houses, two other licen.
..sed
ts,i...'rW'9o seht, and four sch I-houses had been erected.
t,‘Zll, m-etitaiit3,7 lirra4,_.been added to the Church by the aboven
).„,4 1, a!1er4.3,, "Lnirteen of those converted had since been
6, .s' Ant -e"; and a Romanist priest, sent there
6, t,„_Verai tiNn the reformation, himself became a co.n-
-4 %Tr%
aikl),„ the converts were now labouring as scrip:
01 iarlnc ,Bohoolmasters in various parts of Ireland,
° ' rist4e umber bad died in the faith. He mentioned
trlik,' the ~,!8 Which had occurred within his own expert-
"eiqakipora Zfulness of the missions, and concluded by
1,,...h,;),,tt. e nieeting to come forward liberally towards
t,i,Nyit's -14
garhipt".lll) In the -ElatAl.—At the Liverpool. Police-court on
teto 1ei,1,1 ettll„ eaSe of a
.returned transport charged with.
1%°4 keri we,"ed Australan emigrant of £250, some curious
td
_la f. bee, c brought to light. Among the passengers
(ll' I,lt, 443.118 e bY the James Baines which arrived at Liver-
4ko'tt' of I hat°, were Philip Palmer and Joseph Ruddock,
Irt,t WV'', serval°l4, had been sufficiently successful at the
-v-ii bie,-.- -together the sum of X 250, which he carried
Poo''l 1, at the ‘',ll bag. On landing at Liverpool they took
4414Porn' aa,hee,,
ga Australian Emigrants,' Home" in Hunter-
-4411th Rule,ePing with a third passenger in the same
hl'ht iii 113' tb. third During the night Ruddock was
et 1114 1,.' utird passenger calling to him that " some-
iliN
,`,440,-c.,_'ll),'' as " Bill" ( eaning Palmer) had gone
its ,S t4lc.) title '!' jannediately gotmup, and missing his money,
44./sr \rd quo giving in to the police, and offer-
Ikkth eillArph t6O for the apprehension of the thief. In-
)4l\ the
r,3,', of the local detective force, proceeded in
%ti, te>alirawa, whom he traced to Leicester Rb,
In-
-64 4 Ilia other lace . . 8
A 1) 4kl aat r. r P s, obtaining a final clue toPalmer
flvitl4, t.tne
_s..,romford, near the Peak, Derbyshire. A
e te4l:‘.l:lproaue,.the summit of a rock was pointed out to
'ail ti'll't.k`,"N licw",'g bY a circuitous and almost inaccessible
the e
t,,, 1 out of the solid rock, he cautiously entered
414,41iei'kee csfeet'red his prisoner before he had allowed
Ltc,.tiei,,ag ba resistance. In the house the officer found
Prisonerssubsequently daughter at a house which
14t,, with', whocis at Leicester. On the way to Liverpool
lek i,‘'acti ,‘ n 0.,,, i a strong determined-looking fellow,
rlq"Ntt "R. tile ,`" that if he had been aware of Murphy's
it t't b) as steps he
h tilt ')tik, tile it ' . would have sent a bullet through
i!ett
ai stcw.„ ussians did the English and the French
ei't hcl tee khew tilt gives some insight into the character
. 41,. 4,,, tloil,
..,
...la, about seven years ago he was tran-
v t4ttett.',. at Leicester and, being afterwards released
'''
gat L011;6'4. eQudnet, he went to the diggings as an
goriitteu , for '
terial ease being tolerably clear, the pri.

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MR. CorNaLion JOHN Moss has retired from business in
Liverpool, and intends to live permanentl , in the Isle of
Man. His seat in the Council will be vacated in November
next.
SINGULAR SUICIDE.-011 Monday week, Wm. Friendly, a
labourer was found in a privy adjoining his house, at St.
Helen's, with a piece of cord round his neck, which he had
twisted with two pieces of stick so tightly as to effectually
strangle him. A verdict of temporary insantty was returned
at the coroner's inquest.
Mr. FRANCIS BOULT has received a reply from Prince Czar-
toryski to the address lately adopted at a public meeting held
in this town. The Prince states that he is convinced " that
so much real sympathy and matured concern shown now in
England for the Polish cause must end sooner or later in an
effective interference in her favour."
PRIZES AT THE REV. W. C. GREENE'S SCHOOL, HOPE.
STREET.-Ist class, W. S. Shuttleworth • 2nd class, E. H
Robinson and H. S. Samuel (equal) ; 3rd class, J. Ellershaw.
A. Mozley ; 4th class, W. Brown ; sth class, J. L. Davenport'
J. Usborne ; lower sth class, G. Long; 6th class, W. Mozley
lower 6th class, L. Mozley ; French prize, H. S. Samuel, J'
Marquis, F. Holme ; writing prize, W. Kilpatrick, R. Elliston.

- - -
THE STEAM-SHIP GREAT BRITAIN.—This splendid vessel,
since she left Marseilles, after taking in more troops at Con-
stantinople, arrived safely in Kamiesch Bay, were she landed
her large freight of troops and horses. The commander,
Captain Gray, has again been presented with a testimonial
from his passengers. In this instance the memorial consists
of plate, the gift of the East Kent Militia, which regiment
Captain Gray took out 40 Malta. He has, besides, been
honoured with letters from the French troops which he has
conveyed to the seat of war.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND LANCASHIRE AND
YORKSHIRE.—On Tuesday the committee on this bill reported
that they had examined the allegations contained in the pre-
amble of the bill, and had amended the same so as only to
recite the necessity for a station at Preston being improved,
and found the same, as amended, to be true, and they had
proceeded with the clauses of the bill as far as clause 3, when
the parties promoting the bill stated that, in consequence of
the clause being negatived by the committee, it was not their
intention to proceed with the bill.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CHILD.—On Tuesday evening,
John Fairclough, five-and-a-half years old, whose parents re-
side in 42 Court, Hornby-street, was accidentally killed in the
same street. Mr. Edward Davies, a cartowner, had an empty
float lying cicse to the court where the deceased lived, and the
latter was playing near it, when a vehicle, belonging to Mr.
Wainwright, and driven by James Aimesly, who is said to
have been under the influence of liquor, came down the street,
and running in contact with the empty float turned it round
on to the footpath; by this means the fore part of the float
jammed the deceased's head against the railing, in which
position he was litterally hanging until after the vehicle was
removed, when he dropped down apparently quite lifeless.
He died shortly after.
PRIZES AT THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—The pupils
in the schools of the Mechanics' Institution were examined
on Wednesday before a crowded audience, and their relatives
and friends. Gn Thursday night the prizes were delivered
in the lecture-hall, Mr. Blackburn occupying the chair. The
prizes having been distributed, the pupils sang some holiday
eongs, after which Mr. Aspinall, at the request of the chair-
man, presented the principai (Mr. A. M'llvean) with a por-
trait himself, painted by one of the teachers in the schools.
The speaker, at considerable length, dwelt upon the exalted
literary attainments of the principal, his kind-heartedness,
and his extraordinary zeal in the cause of education; and said
that. the utmost cordiality existed between that gentleman
and the teachers—a great desideratum in schools of such mag-
nitude as those of the Liverpool Mechanics' Institution. Prin-
cipal M'llveen, in acknowledging the gift, said he shovld ever
look upon it, apart from its worth as a work of art, with feel-
ings of the greatert kindness and respect for those gentlemen
rho assisted him in his daily labours, and without many of
whom the institution would probably not be in so efficient a
condition as it was. After other remarks complimentary to
the teachers, the principal sat down amid loud cheers. A vote
of thanks to the chairman, and some music from the juveniles,
terminated the proceedings.
DOCK CommiTTEE.—Mr. Brocklebank occupied the chair
at the weekly meeting on Thursday, when a report was pro-
duced from the surveyor in regard to the turn-tables at the
Birkenhead Railway-station. The surveyor stated that he did
not consider the mode there adopted was eligible for the
Stanley Dock quays. The sub-committee of works accordingly
recommended that the tenders of the Bankhall Foundry be
accepted. A report was laid before the committee, stating that
867 vessels had passed through the Queen's Channel, inwards
and outwards, during the past month of May. The chairman
said the Marine Sub-committee thought it desirable to bring
this matter before the committe, to show what a very im-
portant channel this had become. They made an attempt to
classify the ships, but found it extremely difficult. Mr. Smith
remarked that that channel was becoming more valuable
every day. A letter was received from the captain of the
Sierra Nevada, which was injured by grounding on the gate of
the Wellington Half-tide Dock, requesting that the Sandon
Graving-dock No. 1, where she was being repaired, might be
used during her repairs only for vessels requiring neaps, as he
was informed that otherwise the expense would be considerably
enhanced, a well as the work delayed. The letter was referred
to the Harbour-masters' Sub-committee.

MEETING OF MASTER MARINERS.—On Friday, a meeting
of the Master Mariners of this port was held at the Royal
Assembly Rooms, Great George-street, for the purpose of
forming an association under the title of " The Master Mari-
ners' Mutual Benevolent and Protection Society." The chair
was taken by Captain Mason, who said it appeared highly
desirable that in so large a seaport as Liverpool the master
mariners should combine for their mutual benefit and protec-
tion, and under those circumstances the gentlemen who had
originated the matter had drawn up a series of rules and reso-
lutions, which would be laid before them for adoption.—The
Secretary read the rules, which were to the effect that the
society should protect all captains in their difficulties, not
00eacmoraed bT miaeoadvok ,
subscriptions and entrance fees ; that the society should insure
the effects of the members from losses by shipwreck and acci-
dent, and that in certain cases annuities should be granted to
members and their widows and children. It was also pro-
posed that the profits of the insurance department of the
society should be devoted to the general benefit of the body ;
that the rules should be enrolled by act of parliament ; that
all members should be master mariners, but that landsmen
should, on payment of the subscription, be received as honor-
ary members, but without participation in the pecuniary bene-
fits of the association ; that all cases taken up by the associa-
tion should be published in a nautical publication, and that a
yearly report should be drawn up and distributed amongst the
members.—The rules were debated seriatim and adopted,
with a few amendments, the proceedings terminating with
thanks to the chairman.

HEALTH COMMITTEE.—Mr. Alderman Langsdale presided
at the weekly meeting of this committee, on Thursday, when
the medical officer reported that the health of the town was
in a very satisfactory state, the mortality of last week having
been 18 per cent. below the average of the same week of the
seven preceding years. The total deaths were 186, of which
127 were in the parish and 50 in the out-townships. The
mortality from each class of disease was below the average.
From the Zymotic class there were 39 deaths, including 12
from measles, 6 from typhus, 2 from small pox (unvaccinated),
2 scarlatina. The deaths from diseases of the lungs, including
consumption, were 62. The mean temperature of the week
was 67 1-10 degrees, beig 24 degrees lower than the average.
Rain fell on every day of the week, the total amount being
1 61-1000ths inch. The chairman stated that, by a letter
which Mr. Fresh had received from the Crimea, it appeared
that Mr. Newlands left Balaklava on the 30th May, and
might be expected here about the end of the present month.
Mr. Newlands would be detained, however, officially at Scu-
tari. The town-clerk was instructed to write to the dock
committee, acquainting that body that the committeee had
had under consideration the proposed new plans, which
removed the flagging at the south-west angle of the Custom-
house, at Canning-place, 61 feet back, leaving a clear roadway
of 69 feet 3 inches, reducing the roadway 20 feet ; and that
the committee must enforce the necessity of adherence to the
original plans. The deputy town-clerk then reported then
the results of the prosecutions which the committee had
directed under the Smoke Prenvention Act, and said there
was a conviction and fine inflicted in every case.
THE RAILWAY ROBBERIES.—The Preston bench was
occupied during a considerable portion of Wednesday in inves-
tigating the extensive railway robberies. There were six
aecused persons in custody, viz., John Butler, Joseph Birrell,
sen., Joseph Birrell, jun., William Birrell, Edward Caton, and
John Parkinson. The last two named had been apprehended
since the former hearing. Caton, late a breaksman in the
employ of the Lancashire and arlisle Railway Company, is
the man who absconded on hearing that the police had
searched his house and seized a quantity of goods ; after a
short absence he returned home, and was found concealed
under the stairs. Parkinson (brother-in-law to the prisoner
Buoctleerr,)
was a warehouseman in the employ of a Preston
grocer, and, when he was apprehended, had in his pos-
session a quantity of jewellery, including a valuable
diamond pin, answering the description of one stolen
from Dr. Jardine, who, having seen an account of the
robberies, wrote to the railway authorities respecting his
loss. This gentleman's portmanteau had been forced open
between London and Carlisle, and the diamond pin and other
articles abstracted. John Butler, Joseph Birrell, sen., and
William Birrell, were charged with stealing 360 silk handker-
chiefs, consigned by Messrs. Macaulay and Co., of Glasgow, to
Messrs. Brunell and Co., of this town. Numerous witnesses
were called to trace the box in which the goods were packed
along the various lines of railway. Handkerchiefs found at
each of the prisoners' houses were produced and identified as
part of the stolen property. No fewer than 70 were found in
the possession of Joseph Birrell, sen. The prisoners were
committed for trial at the ensuing Lancaster assizes. Edward
Caton, charged with stealing 111,,- yards of moire antique, con-
signed by Messrs. Campbell and Co., of Fribay-street, Cheap-
side, Loudon, to Messrs. Macgregor and Co., of this town, was
also committed to the assizes. John Parkinson, charged with
stealing a diamond pin, a silver watch, a gold chain, four sets
I of gold studs, &c., was remanded for a week. Joseph Birrell,
jun., was discharged, none of the articles found in his posses-
sion having been identified. Almost a cartload of valuable
property, taken from the prisoners, was produced in court.
The cases excited great interest, the justice-room being
crowded throughout the inquiry.
! SMOKE PREVENTION.—The patent smokeless furnace, in-
vented by Mr. John Lee Stevens, of London, which has been
adapted by Messrs. Morton and Co., of James-street, to the
steam-boiler on their premises in Cherry-lane, has been found
to answer completely in the prevention of smoke and the
saving of fuel. The main feature of this system is the intro-
duction of a current of heated air at the extreme inner end of
! the fire-place, which, whilst extending from side to side of the
furnace in an ascending stream, intercepts and mingles with
the carbonaceous gases from the coal fire, or the assimilated
gases of other sorts of fuel ; thus supplying them with the
requisite quantity of oxygen in a proper state, converts them,
by more perfect combustion, to the required purposes, instead
of allowing them to escape in the form of smoke, and thereby
causes an economy of fuel at an average of 20 per cent. Each
application, modified to meet any particular requirement, in-
cludes the use of caloric plates, made of cast iron, sometimes
protected in front by fire-bricks ; which plates rest against
and extend the whole width and to within a short distance of
the top of the bridge over which the flame passes from the
furnace into the flue, in such a manner as to admit under-
neath them and between their surfaces and the front of the
bridge, the proper quantity of air. In proportion to the in-
tensity of combustion is the increased rapidity with which the
air ascends, the rushing onward of the flame itself acting by
way of exhaustion, and the greater heat of the parts surround-
ing the current of air adding to its velocity. Mr. Stevens's
invention has been applied with great success at the famous
blacking mart of Day and Martin, the sweatmeat factory of
Hill and Jones, and many brewers, iron works, and other
establishments in London and elsewhere.

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE lugger Mystery, of only fourteen tons burthen, has
arrived safely at Melbourne from Penzance.
A NEW LINE of steamers is about to be established between
Bristol and the western coast of Africa.
A LETTER from Lille reports the burning of the church of
La Basee, remarkable for the magnificence of its spire.
LAST WEEK, John Mitchell, innkeeper of Pulley, Salop,
was sent to gaol for seven days, for winning a ham in a raffle !
IN the United Kingdom there are fifteen letters written in
the year for every one of the population. In the United
States the number is only four.
IT is estimated that the government have in the army, navy,
church, and colonial service, no fewer than 60,000 places at
their disposal.
AFTER a failure of nearly half a century the pearl fishery
in Ceylon for the present year will, it is estimated, present a
return of more than £lO,OOO sterling.
THE city of Paris is about to raise a loan of sixty millions
of francs for the completion of great public works. It is pro-
posed to repay the whole within forty years.
THE government of Melbourne have exempted editors and
sub-editors of daily newspapers from serving on juries, and
remitted fines incurred for non-attendance.

GREAT numbers of French ladies have lately visited
Chartres, to gaze upon the Virgin with the black face, which is
placed there, and which has the reputed power of curing
sterility.
THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
have recommenced for the season issuing return tickets, afford-
ing a fortnight's tour in the lake district of Westmoreland and
Cumberland.

AN insurance-company has been started in Paris for the
purpose of providing substitutes for persons who are drawn for
the army, and who also happen to have the means to insure
themselves against personal service.
THE PRINCESS DE SAGAN has commenced an action at
Berlin, against Gervinus, for having stated, in his " History
of the 19th Century," that she had been seen on horseback,
seated en troupe behind a CossacV!
THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL has instituted a series of
pecuniary fines, varying from half-a-crown to half-a-sovereign,
to be inflicted on his subordinates who are guilty of errors
that endanger the safety of registered letters while passing
through the post.
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA has refused to
sanction the Maine Law Liquor Bill, brought up from the
Legislative Assembly ; " his instructions being to reserve, for
the signification of the Queen's pleasure, every bill of an ex-
traordinary or unusual character."
A market-gardener near Huddersfield, being annoyed by
the incursions of his neighbour's fowls, poisoned and shot them
all, and afterwards brought an action to recover compensation
for the damage they had done in their life-time. It was
decided that as he had already taken the law into his own
hands he was not entitled to damages.

THE PRIESTS, and his pious Sicilian Majesty, have tried to
make a little political capital out of the eruption of Vesuvius.
The Cardinal has visited both branches of lava, at Cercolo and
St. Georgio a Crema, and preached there, and blessed and
exorcised there ; his Majesty has followed the bones of St.
Rocco, and returning to Naples, has visited and kissed the
blood of St. Gennaro !—Morning Post Correspondent.
THE TRADE IN HORSES.—A return, ordered by the House
of Lords, shows the exportation and importation of horses and
mares from and into the United Kingdom. From May, 1852,
to April, 1853, the aggregate export to all countries was 2,561,
and the import 4,449. From May, 1853, to April, 1854, the
export was 1,439, and the import 7,581, whilst from May, 1854,
to April last, the export was 3,502, and the import 3,937.
THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS of Austria walked on the
6th in the Corpus Christi procession at Vienna. The fine
figure and the military bearing of the Emperor greatly
attracted the attention of foreigners ; but the Empress was
the principal point de mire of the Viennese. Her Majesty,
who had on a court dress of white damask, wore some magni-
ficent crown jewels, consisting of a diadem, a pendent necklace
with tassel, and a girdle of diamonds and rubies. Although
somewhat pale, Her Majesty looked—it is the word employed
by the people—"eharmante." Some of the centre rubies in
the crown, necklace, and girdle, are nearly as large as a five-
shilling piece.
HEELAS, a tailor at Wokingham, brought an action which
was heard at Nisi Prius, on Monday, to recover from the
son of the Hon. and Rev. R. Talbot, an officer in the Rifle
Brigade, the sum of £46 7s. ld. for clothes supplied to himself
and grooms during his stay at Sandhurst College. The
defendant's father allowed him £lOO a year, upon which he
attempted to keep five horses and two grooms. The debt
claimed had been incurred in about four months. The de-
fendant now pleaded infancy. The jury, not judging five
horses and two grooms necessaries for a boy at Sandhurst,
gave a verdict for £5, in addition to £l6 paid into court.
A MAN, named Geo. Wadley, deserted from the 46th regi-
ment about five years ago, and returned to his home at Here-
ford, married, and became the father of three children. Last
week he was apprehended as a deserter, and locked up in the
Hereford city gaol. On Saturday the governor, on visiting the
cells, found Wadley in a fainting state, and the skin, flesh,
nails, and bones of the fore and middle fingers of his right
hand hanging in shreds. He said that the tyranny he had
experienced and witnessed in the 46th regiment was such as
would kill him if he were subject to it again, and that he
would sooner be shot than serve again in such a corps. He
had crushed his fingers with the wooden blocks.
Ix the Vice-Chancellor's Court, on Monday, a bill was pre-
sented—Manby v. Bewicke—in which the plaintiff, a common
day-labourer and gardener, living at Louth, Lincolnshire,
sought to establish his title, as heir-at-law of a certain Doro-
thy Windsor and of his grandfather, Stote Manby, to certain.
property 'in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the Bounty of Northum-
berland, producing a rental of nearly £50,000 a-year. It ap-
peared the defendant had been in possession for forty years.
The vice-chancellor, after hearing the arguments, allowed
plaintiff to amend, there being just the shadow of possibility
of the existence of documents which might throw light upon
the transactions. He said he could not encourage the plaintiff
to proceed.

Edward Piers, aged 46, a native of the Isle of Man, has been
sentenced by the Court of Assize of St. Omer, France, to
twenty years' hard labour, for shooting his landlord dead.
The prisoner stated the landlord was in the habit of insulting
him by foul insinuations, and admitted that he had preme-
ditated the murder. The defence raised was that the man's
mind was affected, and in support of this it was stated that he
was very excitable, fancied that people were constantly talking
ill of him, used to rise at night to hear if people were not
speaking against him in the street, and in February, 1854,
fired a pistol at three persons who happened to engage in con-
versation beneath his windows. But it was admitted that, in
spite of all this, he, in ordinary matters, seemed in full pos-
session of his reason.
HERRING FISHING IN THE CLYDE.—A sight which we
venture to think not even the oldest inhabitant ever witnessed
at the same spot, was beheld from the Steamboat Quay on the
morning of Wednesday, about seven o'clock. An immense
shoal of herrings, extending in length from the western end
of the new platform to the Wooden Wharf, Victoria Harbour,
and in breadth from the quay to the mooring buoy opposite
the East Harbour, passed up the river. They were packed in
a dense mass, and the water was bubbling like a pot boiling
(as a looker-on expressed it), while they passed. Large quan-
tities of this fish are present in the river and the neighbouring
lochs, and fishing is going on with great briskness. On Wed-
nesday morning several boats in Gareloch caught from 7,000
to 8,000 each ; and one boat at Arrochar captured twenty
maize or 10,000 fish. Yesterday morning, owing to the rain
over night, the take was not so good. An immense shoal was
seen crossing the Skelmorlie Bar on Saturday, and a naval
officer whose duties on the west coast of Scotland have led
him to observe such matters describes it as the largest he ever
beheld. The fishings to the north, from Lewis to Skye and
Barra, are most successful, some boats securing from twenty
to thirty crans, of from 16,000 to 21,000 fish each. On the
Ayrshire coast the take is very large.— Greenock Advertiser.
A FATAL BOILER Eximosios occurred last week, upon
the premises of Mr. Ralph Wood, Crown-court, Salford. One
person was killed, Frederick Ashton, a lad 14 years old, who
was employed as firer-up • several persons were scalded or
bruised, and many narrowly escaped death. The boiler and
engine were under the care of Mr. Wood's son, Ralph, about
22 years old, and he was assisted by the deceased. At the
time of the explosion the two were standing near each other,
and about six feet from the firing-up end of the boiler. There
were twelve or fourteen other persons working for Mr. Wood ;
but most of them were in the rooms over the brewery, and
therefore not exposed to much danger. In a neighbouring
shed, occupied by Messrs. Dickens, Hartcliffe, and Co., there
were about 47 persons employed. The explosion was accom-
panied by a loud sharp report, and the surrounding buildings
were filled with dense vapour. As soon as this had cleared
away, those who rushed to the spot found that two cottages
under which the boiler had been placed, and Messrs. Dickens,
Hartcliffe, and Co's shed were destroyed. Several of Messrs.
Dickens and Hartcliffe's men got bruised and slightly scalded.
A search was speedily commenced amidst the rubbish of the
cottages, and Ashton and Ralph Wood were soon discovered.
Ashton was quite dead. Ralph Wood was alive when got out,
but he was very much injured, both by scalds and bruises ; he
was at once removed to the Royal Infirmary, where he remains
in a dangerous state. The damage done is estimated at £l,OOO
at least. _ _ _ _

THE CHIEF JUSTICE A WAG.—Returning thanks for the
judges at a Mansion-banquet on Saturday week, Lord Camp-
bell said that much had been done of late years to improve
the administration of justice, and more especially in the Court
of Chancery, the delays of which had been effectually got rid
of. Indeed, he recollected when a friend of his (Mr. Jekyll)
was called to the bar, a solicitor, in handing him a brief, said
that he knew of no person better entitled to conduct a case, in-
asmuch as the first pleading in the cause had been drawn by
his great great-grandfather in the days of Queen Anne.—
Such things, however, could not now occur, and it must be
a difficult case, indeed, if it was not settled within two months.
With regard to the Corporation of the City of London, he
felt that England would not be England without its Lord
Mayor;—(laughter)—and so highly was the office thought of
on the continent, that, when Sir Samuel Romilly became
Attorney-General, he received a letter from a friend in Paris,
congratulating him upon his elevation as being on the high
road to becoming a Lord Chancellor, and expressing a hope
that he might live to become even Lord Mayor of London.
(Cheers and laughter.) Furthermore, he believed that it was
now the general belief on the continent that, if the war was
not speedily brought to a conclusion, it would be necessary
for the Lord Mayor to go and take the command of the army.
(Laughter.)
A MONSTER OF CRUELTY.—We have the following from
Lucknow :—" March 29.—We have read of the terrors of the
Spanish Inquisition, the horrors and barbarities of the reign
of terror, and the persecutions of Christians by the Roman
Emperors, but the atrocities of the fiend Juggernath, if not
exactly unparalleled, are of a nature so revolting and brutal
as to instil loathing and disgust. The inordinate love of
cruelty and refinements of torture practised by this robber,
lately elicited upon his short trial, are supremely barbarous.
A little while previous to his arrest, Juggernath seized and
carried off to the fortress (the pandemonium where the worst
excesses were enacted) the child of a mahajun, who was
reputed to be rich. He offered to ransom the boy for a sum
of money so exorbitant as to be out of the father's power to
pay. The robber, determined not to be outdone in his
nefarious scheme of extortion, put in force a diabolical threat
which he had previously communicated to the child's parents.
He cut off the unfortunate lad's ears and nose, and placing
them in a brass dish covered with red cloth, sent the hideous
spectacle as a gift to the father, with an intimation that, in
event of the amount demanded being not forthwith remitted,
he should be greeted with a sight of the other members of his
son's body. As no blood can be knocked out of a stone, and
the sum was far beyond the parent's means, he earnestly
implored for his son. The inexorable Juggernath was as
good as his word; the fingers and toes followed next, aid
finally he dashed out the boy's brains against the wall of his
fort. The boy's parents are the principal accusers against this
inhuman criminal."—Calcutta Englishman.