The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-23 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

THE SHOOTING STAR, magnificent clipper, is to be dis•
patched for Melbourne, to-morrow, by Mr. James Dowie.
MESSRS. JAMES BAINES AND Co.'s Black Ball liner, John
and Lucy, sailed on Friday for Sydney, with a full cargo, and
371 adult male passengers. The David Maclver, of this line,
sails for Sydney, with government passengers, on the Bth of
next month.

NEW MAGISTRATEB.—Edward Edwards Atkinson, Esq., of
Grange Hall, Poulton-le-Fylde, William Jackson Esq., of
Lancaster, Robert Augustus Aspinall, Esq., Oak Field, Aig-
burth, Liverpool, Frederick Kemp, Esq., of Fleetwood, James
Shorrock, Esq., Over Darwen, and the Rev. John Sperling,
Eccleston, Chorley, have been appointed magistrates of the
county.
Din HoN. COLIN LINDSAY.—A handsome buhl cabinet has
been presented to the Hon. Colin Lindsay, by some of the
members of the Chester and Manchester Church Union Society,
for his zeal and energy in supporting Church principles. The
cabinet bears the following inscription :—"Presented to the
Hon. Colin Lindsay, late secretary of the Chester and Man-
chester Church Union, .by a few of the members.-1855."
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLEEK.—A lad named George May,
an apprentice in the employ of Mr. George Goore, broker, of
Rumford-street, was charged at the Police-court, on Friday,
with having embezzled the sum of £B2 10s. 10d., the pro-
perty of his employer. The only cases gone into, were the
receipt of £l2 15s. 3d. from Messrs. Tobin, and £27 3s. 10d.
from Messrs. Hatton and Cookson, both of which were fully
proved. The prisoner was committed for trial.
SHIPBUILDING AT TRANMERE.—A portion of land on the
margin of Tranmere Pool, at the top of the slip, has been
boarded off, and Mr. Mackenzie, of this town, has already
commenced shipbuilding operations upon it. Already a
wooden tug steamer of about 120 tons measurement is in
frame, ,and the keel of another of similar dimensions is laid
down. The site is most eligible, for there is still water in
the pool to launch in, and an excellent graving• dock alongside
for fitting vessels out. Some years ago, several large ships
were built in this locality.

CONCEALMENT OF BIEIII.-At the Coroner's Court, on
Friday, an inquiry was held in the following case :—Some
short time since, a girl named Jane Fairclough, living as ser-
vant with Mrs. Bowman, in Catherine-street, was delivered of
a female child. She first concealed it in the coal-cellar,
.and
then in the ash-pit, where it was found by a policeman. The
jury returned an open verdict to the effect that there Vas no
evidence to show whether the female child in question had
been born alive. The coroner then ordered the girl to be
taken before the ;magistrates on the charge of concealment of
its birth.

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.—Mr. Thomas Jackson, who
was occasionally employed as a reporter on -several of the
Liverpool newspapers, left this town on Monday evening last
week, to attend a meeting at Tranmere, and has not since
been heard,ef. He was seen at Tranmere during the evening,
and it is feared he has fallen into the water on that side of
the river. Mr. Jackson was a particularly temperate man,
was 52 years of age, of light complexion and spare make, and
partially!bald. He had on when he left home a blue frock
coat aluLgrey mixture trowsers.
. . .

STRAITGE CASE OF BURGLARY.—Attire Police-court, on
Friday, a lad named Thomas Caine was' charged with stealing
some-silver spoons and forks from the hccuse of Mrs. Griffiths,
in Sugnall-street, and also with 'being found in the back
kitchen of the house of Mrs. Burton, in Caledonia-street,
where he was taken into tustody. The policeman who pre-
ferred the charge against the prisoner-mid that, twelve months
ago, he was sent to prison for-stealing some coats from the very
same house. The prisoner, who -said it was only two months
,ago, was committed for trial.
BANKRUPTCY COURT.—On Tuesday, James Potts, a brick-
,nzaker, of Crewe, obtained ' a certificate of the second class
'with six months' suspension, but there being no fraud, protec-
ltion was also granted.—Joseph Whittle, grocer, of St. Helen's,
-applied for his certificate. His Honour granted one of 'the,
third class.—Wednesday.--In rt-John Foden : The bankrupt
was a grocer in Whitechapel, and protection not having been
continued to him after 'his last examination, he was arrested
and imprisoned by one of his. creditors. Mr. Evans, on his
behalf, applied thatthe court-would order his release,.and his
Honour granted the appliettion.— On Thursday, Edwin La-
tham, who carried on business with Wilfred Latham, as
commission merchants, in Liverpool, obtained a first-class
certificate.

ADULTERATION OE FLOUR.-Mr. M'Gowen, law• Clerk to
the health committee, appeared before Mr. Mansfield, at the
Police-court, on Thursday, to support an information laid by
him, under the -Police Act, against. Mr. George Elliott, baker
and flour dealer, Pitt-street. After a long investigation,•Mr.
Mansfield said 'the mediae evidence did not .go .to-show that
the flour produced by the prosecution, as part of 'the' flour of
which the loaf was made; was unfit for human food, and there-
fore the case 'fell to the-..ground. During the hearing of the
case the court was crowded with bakers and flour dealers;,whe
audibly expressed their gratification at its result.—John
Hesketh, Dale,strect,,,was summoned by Mr. MAClrowen,' for,
having "knowingly sold-an ingredient, to wit,-sand-grit,:mixed
with flow, as .being-flour." This case also fell 'to*the:ground
for want of,proof. Mr. Mansfield said he thought: it would be
very desirable the. sanitary officers would obtain' the-flour
before itlvas manufactured into bread, in the.sante manner as
the excise-officers made purchases of pepper and other avtielef
when they -suspected -that there was adulteration, and then
there would be- no difficulty in arriving at a conclusion.

SrNera-Aut TATA:LI:T.—On the 6th of this-month an:in-
quest was held on. a child, six months old,-the -son .of John
Frealley,a-railway pater, residing in 1 0.,6 -Court, Wood-
stock-street. About two months before the -death of; the
child, the mother;-Eliza Freakley, was struck on the lip with
a cham'berutensilima quarrel with a neighbour named Ellen
Crosby,.and;knocked down. She had the ..child in her arms
at the -time, and 'from that period it had gradually sicloened,
and alongovith the mother was under the care of a surgeoirof
the Northern ;Dispensary, until he expired 'tile week 'before
last. On 3lcr.day lad week, the family .
.unmoved .from !tile
court in Woodstock street to a room in No. .17, Denbigh,
street, :where soother more serious firtalitr occurred. tOn
Wednesday night the mother left her residence about twenty
minutes past-six --o'clock, her two children, MargaretrAgnes,
three years and fourmonths, and Richard Hanwell, two years
and two months old,:being at that time asleepin- bed. • Upon
her return, as •she entered the door, she perceived- smoke
issuing -from her. apartment, and on giving an -alarm, her
landiady,'Catherine Trainer, rushed in with her and found
the bed -ou -fire. Ilhe mother picked up the boy,Riehard
from the toor;.hei being still alive, and ran with him to.the
house of a druggist-in Great Howard-street, who pronounced
him dead. Mra.'Trainer found the girl in.i.he bed-with her
right arm and .side severely burned, and quite dead. TiThe
mother -stated that -there was not any fire left in thegrate,
and a box of matches which she left on the mantlepiece was
still there upon herzeturn. The fire was 'shortly afterwards
extinguished.
Ma. klmvszes'AßYilas.—The dispute -in adjudication in
this matter, which was adjourned from Monday, came. on for
hearing on .Friday, .and excited considerable interest. .As
soon as the-commissioner took his seat, the parties on each
side eonfnilted together, evidently with a view. of coming •to
a settlement; but after the lapse of about half an hour, -the
case was adjourned for an hour. When thefleourt again -sat,
Mr. Manesty-said that, after a considerable -consultation: and
discussion between the respective advisers .of the parties,.it
was seen that-there were great and serious Allelic' aides on both
sides, and that-therewould be a long protracted,litigation.and
great expense before the matter could be finally -settled. :It
was not forgottenn, that many parties were deep)yinterested:
the large property which was at stake, and that.delay of :itself
would be a -serious evil. It was arranged not to proceed ,fur-
ther to give evidence in support of the adjudication; and his
duty was, evidence not being tendered before this honour; to
ask him to annul the proceedings. Mr. Quain concurred. in.
what had been-said,- on 'behalf of Mr. Oliver and the trustees..
He believed the matter was now wound up, and the . large'
estate would go in the ordinary course of distribution. ,The.
proceedings were then formally annulled, and the usual order
of the court taken.

SERIOUS Fr AT sA TAR DISTILLERL—EarIy ouThurs-
day, a fire broke out in the extensive tar and turpentine dis-
tillery belonging to Messrs. Houlgrave and Co., :Hill-street,
Toxteth-park, which resiKted in the destruction .of a large
amount of property. Thepremises are situate in lillhstreet,
and extend in a southerly iiirection along Lower Harrington-
street. They comprise,a still-house, with the usual gpparatus
for manufacturing tar, turpentine, ,tc.; and on the ,opposite
side of the yard are the warehouses containing the -stock of
rosin, turpentine, and other_ materials necessary to the carry-
ing on of such extensive works. The still-house was isolated
from the other premises—a fortunate circumstance, as ,it
mainly contributed to prevent the spread of the fire to the
adjoining buildings. The combustible nature of the materials
ignited, and the close proximit;,,of the Brunswick Dock, which
at present is filled with shipping, rendered the fire of an ,un-
,nsually alarming character. Nhe fire was first discovered in
,the distillery ; and it is presumed the still had boiled .over,
,when the materials became ignited, and the whole premises
,were almost instantly in flames, -the liquid fire running about
-1;1111 directions. Engines from-the West of England Fire-
.station, and one from Temple-couvt, were soon on the spot;
,bp.t before their arrival a reel from-the South Fire-station had
done good service. The fire was soon extinguished ; but not
before the distillery had been entia4y destroyed. The loss
Will amount to nearly £1,500; but the stock and premises
are;insared in the West of England Fire-office.
A .Qtrnsnort OF SALVAGE.—Mr. H. C. Chapman, the re-
ceiver.of Admiralty droits at this port, summoned Mr. John
Naylor,lanker, on Thursday, at the Forice-court, before Mr.
Mansfield, for having, on the 4th of duly last, unlawfully
taken possession of a certain wreck,—to wit, an anchor and
chain,—being the owner thereof, and not baring given notice
thereof as soon as possible to the receiver of the wreck
for the district, as required by the Merchant Shipping Act.
—Mr. A,spinall„ who appeared on behalf of ,the complainant,
said the summons was merely on a matter,of form, being
ordered by the Board of Trade,—as the defendant had failed
to give a formal notice of claiming what was his own,—an
anchor and chain, which was slipped from a yacht some
months back, and which he had authorised a person to drag
for and recover. But, though the ownership was in this case
undoubted, yet the rule was a good one, and it was essential
to observe the forms.—Mr. Simpson, who appeared en behalf
of the defendant, contended firstly, that they had given
notice ; secondly, that the property was no wreck, and
thirdly, that the complainant was not entitled to the fees,
which he at first put down as 10s,—and then as £2,—as, even
supposing the anchor to have been lost, the yacht belonged
to the royal club, and was exempt. —After a lengthy trial,
the parties came to an amicable understanding.
ROBBERY AT AN AUCTION Room.—John Cornwall, A
middle-aged, well-dressed man, having but one arm, was on
Friday, at the Police-court, charged with robbery. Mrs.
Sane Boyd said that yesterday she was at the sale at the resi-
denee of Dr. Cooper, in Bedford-street North, at which there
was a numerous attendance. After some time she perceived
the prisoner close by her, and, as he continued so long near
her, she noticed that he was considerably agitated, and ap-
peared like a person going to faint. Almost immediately after
this, she felt something fall upon her foot, and on stooping,
discovered that it was her gold chain, which was broken, and
then she also found that her watch, was gone, as well as the
prisoner. She at once ran out to the porter at the door, and
he said that the only person who had left the house for a con-
siderable time was a gentleman a little pockmarked, wearing
a cloak. Mrs. Boyd at once exclaimed " That's the man—he's
taken my watch." Information was given to the policeman
near at hand, who ran in the direction the prisoner took, saw
him get into a cab, which was ordered by him to be driven to
the railway-station, and apprehended him. On being charged
with the theft, the prisoner denied all knowledge of the
robbery, and offered to return to the sale-room, which he did.
The watch had not been found.—Mr. Holme said, that taking
into consideration the whole of the lady's evidence, in con-
nexion with the fact that the prisoner had left the room, got
into a cab, and directed himself to be driven straightway to
the railway-station, induced him to remand the prisoner for
seven days.

Tun American steam-ship Baltic sailed on Saturday for
New York, with the mails, a full cargo, and about 190 pas-
sengers. It is announced that the semi-weekly mail to the
United States will 'be resumed in January.
COMPULSORY PILOTAGE.—A new bye-law is being prepared
by the Trinity House authorities: exempting from compulsory
pilotage ships arriving from foreign parts at ports or places
within the United Kingdom, and proceeding in ballast to other
ports or places within the United Kingdom, for the purpose
of taking on board cargo for delivery within the United King-
dom. But the owner or master of the ship claiming exemp-
tion from such compulsory pilotage shall provide himself with
a certificate of such exemption,for the particular voyage therein
specified, such certificate to be signed by the secretary or other
proper officer of the Trinity House.
HISTORIC SOCIETY.—Thursday being St. Luke's-day, the
annual meeting of this society was held in St. George's-hall,
Dr. Thom, V.P., in the chair. The report, which was read by
the secretary, mentioned an unusual amount of success during
the session ; and recorded various matters of detail. To avoid
the issue of circulars, a neat card had been printed, as in the
London societies, showing the evenings of meeting ; and, by
means of advertisements, the council had apprised the members
of the business to be brought forward. The list of members
had been printed in an Bvo. pamphlet of sixteen pages; and
the new code of laws had been issued after Christmas. The
first volume of the society's transactions, which was out of
print and selling for a guinea, has been reprinted for sale to
the members. The library and museum of the society have been
carefully arranged, and catalogues of them made out. An
assistant secretary has been appointed, in accordance with the
laws, at a fixed salary. He is not a member of the society.
The roll of the society contains 248 resident members, 164 non-
resident, 4 lady associates, and 28 honorary members, making,
in all, 444. Its income is £340 a-year, of which sum £250 is
expected to produce the annual volume, and to cover working
expenses. On this occasion the outlay was greater, inten-
tionally, amounting to £316 125., but still leaving a balance
to the credit of the session. The report concluded with a tribute
to the Earl of Sefton,late president, and'to Archdeacon Brooks,
late vice-president, both of whom have been removed by death.
The accounts of the treasurer having been read, the report was
adopted and the accounts passed, both of which will be printed
in the future proceedings of the society. The following officers
were elected :—President, General the Hon. Sir Edwd. Cust,
K.C.H.,D.L., &c. ; vice-presidents, Zahn Hartnup, F.R.A.S.,
Dr. Thom, J. T.• Danson, F.S.S.'; librarian, the Rev. Thomas
Moore, MA.; curator, Joseph Mayer, F.S.A., F.R.A.S.;
treasurer, Thomas Avison, F:S.A.; secretary, the Rev. A.
Hume, D.C.L.
THE FATAL ACCIEEET iT ICIRKDALE.—An inquest was
held on Tuesday, on the body of Mr. Jonathan Lasham, who
met with his death on Tuesday, the 9th instant, during the
visit of the Duke of Cambridge to the Industrial
Schools at Kirkdale. Mr. William Coates, the governor of
the schools, said that the deceased was employed at theschools
to train boys as sailors. He had been on board the Excellent,
practice-gunnery ship alt Portsmouth, and had been selected
for his knowledge and Steady habits. They had a model -ship
at the school, rigged,as a barque. On the 9th instant, they
had a display in honour of the visit of the Duke of Cambridge.
They had four cannon on the deck, and witness appliedforand •
got two artillerymen from the battery to attend on the-gins.
Witness instructed them to fire twenty-one guns in honour of
the Duke's visit. He instructed the deceased to attendlo his
boys, and, when Duke came, to manoeuvre them en the
masts and yards. When witness was taking-the Duke 'to see
the ship, he-saw the deceased meddling with one of-the guns.
He took him by the arm, and told him 'to mind his'boys, and
not mind the guns. Some time afterwards,, he was told the
deceased hadheen hurt. He died in their infirmary last Sun-
day morning. He was about sixty years old.--,John Walley,
a gunner in the Royal Artillery, and one of the 'men sent to
assist infiring the salute, said that, after twenty guns had
been fired, he heard that a man had been hurt. He was on
the deck,-getting ready to fire the last ann,-andzanother artil-
leryman'was in the act of sponging out the nett gun, when a
-gentlemanly-looking man came 'up to' witness, as he had the
lanyard in his hand waiting for the-signal, and asked to be al-
lowed' k fire that gun. ViThenthe-gun wasteed both the gen-.
tleman and witness had hold of-the lanyard. The smoke was
so dense that witness could net-see any one passing the muzzle.
He shortly after saw the deceased lying 'ou the deck, about
ten feet from the muzzle of the-gun.--Edward Parker, a sur-
geon, said he was called in to-see the deceased at the infirmary
Of the Industrial Schools. He was stiffering from a severe
'burn on the left forearm, a-wound over each eye, and very se-
vere contusions on the right temple anctiight side of the body.
He went on favourably until Saturday,swhen convulsions set
in;and he died on Sunday 'morning. The injuries were the
cause of death.—The jury returned a verdict of accidental
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DOCK Comma-rm.—The weekly 'meeting was held on
Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in-the chair.—The harbour
•masters' sub-committee recommendedthe purchase of six new
:gutta percha life bnoyslor the entrance to the Wapping Dock
.Basin. They also recommended therescinding of the bye-law
'which requires the topgallant- masts of ships entering the
graving docks to be -struck. This '.recommendation was also
.confirmed.—A communication was read from Mr. Joseph B.
Yates, on behalf of the compass deviation committee, directing
the attention of the committee to the importance of the objt
in view, and asking for pecuniary aid from the Dock 'Com-
mittee. The inquiry would •eirtend over about three years,
and they would require about-EglOqier annum. The Board of
Trade had subscribed •-£lOO ;. London Lloyds, £5O ; Liverpool
Underwriters, 2E30,4e. Mn•i Evans asked the total of the 812111
subscribed ? The Chairman :.-About & Mr. Smith ::It
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originated with the British:Association. en the British
Association met here this formed-a subject o discussion,-and
a committee was 'formed, and -this is the result of their
deliberations:; but it seems a very large sum to 'spend
for three years.—fir. Movidell said the committee ,-,was
self-constituted, lusving a-secretary, and they were ~now
collecting evidence. Mr. Evans considered it a...dan-
gerous precedent.—Mr. Gladstone concurred with ?Mr.
Evans that this war amatter for the government totake up;
for perhaps there never wasa.government so dependentezpon
the ingenuity, .skill, and 'enterprise of the mercantile-com-
munity. Referred to the Finance Committee.—A communi-
cation having been read relative to some bags of compositien
which had been -stolen 'from a-ehip in one of the docksrand
for which compensation' was claimed, the subject was referred
to the Harbotnemasters' -Committee. Mr. Gladstone -svg-
gested that a list of the various articles stolen at the several
docks, and recovered by • the • police, should be posted,or. the
gates of the •several docks, :in .order that the owners might
have an opportunity of claiming their property. The-sag-
gestion was referred-to the Harbour-masters' Committee.—A
communication was read,-...signed by several membees.ofthe
timber trade, aiking for a relaxation of the bye-law-ewhich
required square timber to be removed from the quaysin-three
days. Referred -to the Harbonreriasters' Committee.--4 ecan-
munication was read from ,Mr. Walker, to the Mersey, Con-
servancy Office, explaining the circumstances under Which he
held a recent inquiryat- the doek offices without the-sanction
of the chairman or Docks ommitt,ee.—The Chairman said he
did not see that-the letter akered the facts of the ease. _The
question still remained -that kfiliasi public inquiry had been
held without information of it having been given tohim or
any member of-the committee,. mid without the knotledge of
the time or place of such inquiry.—The general bueinees
of the committee -then conchnied.
HEALTH COMIVITTEE.—At the meeting on Thursday, Mr.
Shiel presiding, the medical-officer reported that the returns
for the week .ending the 13th instant show that, although
scarlatina was more -prevalent and fatal than at oaly time
during the last fem. years,-the general mortality is muchbelow
the average. The •deaths in, the week were 192, while the
average of the same week informer years was 222, eorrectod
for increase of population. ” Diseases of the lungs caused
thirty-seven deaths. A married female, in good circum-
stances, aged forty-line, died frowifelirium tremens.—A lettee•
was read from Mr. J. B. Ilartley,dclative to the extension of
a road by the Dock Committee,at-the north end of the town.
In connexion with tlik .subject;alr. Gladstone called atteartien
to the condition of the pavement ,at George's Pier. It had
:been so, to his recollection, since he was a boy. He recom- 1
emended that the borough-engineer confer with the doe,
-surveyor on the subject. The recommendation was seconded '
by Mr. Godfrey, and agreed to. ;The subject of Mr. Hartley's
'letter was also to be brought under consideration at the same
-time.—The borough-engineer reported on certain allegations
made by Mr. Jones, as to .a nuisance .arising from Mr. Brad-
: ley's house, in Sandon-street. After examining the
-premises, he found that the .dement of Mr. Jones
was in accordance with fact, but he thought the
. quesiion was not one for the committee to deal
with, as it had reference merely to • damp in the house. The
matter was ultimately referred to the torn-clerk, after an in-
timation from Mr. Beckwith that Mr.Bracliey,though amember
of the-Council, ought to be compelled to,eomply with the law
in the-same manner as other people were. —A letter from Mr.
,R..l4.fßolton, complaining of a nuisance from gas refuse laid
down in Sefton-road, was referred to.else inspector of nui-
sances.to,make inquiry, and take the :necessary steps to re-
move it.---The Town-clerk stated that the:informations before
the magistrates against persons alleged-taloa-re sold bad flour
were not.successful. The cases were gone into from beginning
-to end,' but-the magistrate felt a difficulty as-to the sufficiency
of the evidence. The great difflexalty in the ,matter was that
-they could net get any quantity of the same flour as that
which had been sold by the flour dealers. The dealers had
changed-the flour before he could have an officer sent there.
Mr. Hodson asked if there was any doubt in the,case, so far as
bad flour being sold ? The Town-clerk replied that there was
not the slightest doubt about the facts; in onecase,avhen the
sour waatasted,,the adulteration was evident. Mr. Hodson
had heard the particulars, and he thought the,evidance was
strong enough--to -convince him had he been a magistrate.
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had bought it; but it was urged for the defence, though he
did not say improperly, that the grit must have got into
the flour after the purchase, and when it was on the table at
the purchaser's house. Mr. Beckwith : This was the
respectable man that Mr. Godfrey gave a twenty years'
character to. Mr. Godfrey stated that the whole of the
flour trade of Liverpool was in the hands of a dozen parties,
who had four, five, and six shops each : men of large
capital, who bought flour at first hands, and sold it, so
great was the competition, for sixpence a pack profit in many
instances, and seldom more than ls. 434. He had no hesi-
tation in saying that the poor of Liverpool were better
served with flour than any other town, in consequence of
the competition. Mr. Johnson said that the matter having
been before the board on a former occasion, a member
of the eommittee conveyed information to the party who
sold the flour. That party called on Mr. M'Gowen, and
said that a member of the committee had previously called
upon him. Mr. Godfrey admitted that he was the member.
Mr. Johnson said the party had been told that the matter
came before the committee,' and that he had better see Mr.
M`Gowen. That was quite sufficient to frustrate the ends of
justice. Mr. Beckwith : That explains the whole matter. The
Chairman said that the informations had failed, but it was a
question whether the Town-clerk should not in future proceed
with such matters himself in the first instance, and afterwards
bring them before the committee. Mr. Johnson said the
Town-clerk had no alternative. The Town-clerk desired to
have some positive directions. Poor women came to him with
tears in their eyes, and implored assistance in such cases, and
he scarcely knew how to act. He believed there was a vast
amount of bad bread in the town. He had no doubt, however,
that much good would be done by the publicity given to the
matter. It was understood that the Town-clerk should take
such steps as were necessary in reference to any future cases,
after which the matter dropped.—Mr. Beckwith having called
attention to the bad state of the pavement in Prince Edwin-
street, Everton, the matter was referred to the Borough-
engineer.—This being the whole of the business, the com-
mittee adjourned.

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

Ma. ELLIS, the large hop-,planter in West Kent, has sold
his whole produce to an American house, realising in one
payment upwards of £20,000.
Ma. ISAAC N. NANSON, collector of customs at Belfast, has
been promoted to the collectorship at Leith ; and his place at
Belfast has been filled by Mr. James Trevenen, of Bristol.
No fewer than 14,000 people have perished from cholera
in the province of Bahia, 13,000 of whom were slaves or
coloured people. Some plantations have lost three-fourths of
their slaves, and the sugar crop will suffer from want of hands.
AEL-EL-KADER has left Marseilles, in the Simois, for the
East. He intends first returning to Broussa, for his wives
and children, and will then proceed with them and his follow-
ers to Damascus, where he is for the future to reside.
SEVENTY GENTLEMEN, at Holbeach, on Friday week,
treated themselves to a monster pie, " to commemorate the
fall of Sebastopol." The pie was composed of ten rabbits,
twenty-four pigeons, six partridges, two hares, eleven pounds
of beef-steaks, and ten pounds of ham.

MRS. EVERSON, a widow, residing at Straightamouth, took
what she conceived to be magnesia, purchased at the shop of
Mr. Rich, chemist, but next morning discovered that she
had in mistake taken arsenic, which she had some days ago
purchased at the same chemist's shop, to destroy mice. Medi-
cal assistance was promptly procured, but she died in a few
hours.

THE audacity of burglars in the metropolis appears on the
increase. On Sunday night the vestry of the parish church of
St. Giles Without, Cripplegate, was broken into, the key of
the safe discovered, and the gold and silver—not a great sum—
abstracted; the closet containing the sacramental wine was
forced, and a bottle with a half-filled glass left upon the floor.
The alms-box and plate-chest resisted their eflbrts. The
fellows appear to have taken a sudden alarm, for they left
their plunder behind them.

MORTAR BOATS BUILDING AT GREENOCC—MeSSrS. John
Scott and Sons have contracted with the Admiralty to build'
six mortar boats, to be ready in the spring of 1856. They
will be upwards of seventy feet in length, and are to be con-
structed in a very strong and substantial manner, and to have
a light draught of water. Their armament will consist of a
18-inch mortar, fitted on a platform-of great strength placed
amidships, and they will be cutter rigged. They will carry
little canvas, as, when brought into use, they will be
attended by steamers, which will tow them into position.

THERE have been some food riots in Sweden. At Karis-
krona, the workmen invaded the residence of the governor of
the province, and demanded that steps should be taken to
prevent distillers from buying up all the potatoes brought
;to market. The governor premised that he would de all in
his power to put down that abuse, and the men retired. At
I..Tpsal, on the same day, a mob broke the windows of M. Gro-
enbeck, a corn dealer, and set fire to his working premises.
The University students, by persuasion of the mob, hindered
further mischief.

AT LEEDS, a person entered in the charge-book as the
Baroness de Schonlenbourg has been sent to prison for a
month for fortune;teliing, She had been practising with
considerable success, curiosity having attracted on an average
about sixty females a day to her sanctum. The baroness
pushed her trade by freely distributing cards in the street,
bearing on one -skle " Madame Cassandra, astrologer and
planet-ruler," and 'on the other side, " 114, Northtown-end.
Ask for the -foreign lady." The police, to obtain clear evi-
dence against her, got a young lady to go to the baroness, get
her fortune told, and pay a marked half-crown.
A HARD CASE, arising out of the .lawof settlement, is re-
ported in the Cork papers. A woman' of thirty-five, who had
lived in Undon ever since she was six months old, on her
husband deserting her, was placed with her two children, by
the parish• authorities of St. Ann's, onboard the Cork packet,
and left to-end her parish. The clothes put on one of the
children were not at all sufficient for • a voyage • she remon-
strated, bat was told " they were-good enough ior the Irish."
This:child, she said, fell i 1 on the :passage, and died after
landing, for want of clothes to cover him. The Cork magis-
trates-sent her back to London, where she said she could gain
a living by needlework.

WI RD-CLASS railway rwsengers bad a question settled for
'them in the Glasgow County Court last week. John Reaviey,
•a wool-sorter, brought an action to recover lid. from '•the
North British RailwaylCompany, being the amount they had
overcharged him as a -third,class passenger, by charging him
-17 d. for six miles and three-quarters on one occasion, and, on
another occasion sd. for four miles and a few yards. He-con-
tended the company were only authorised by their act to
:charge id. a mile, and nothing for fractions of a mile. An
official of the railwwj opposed -the claim at the first hearing,
'but did not appear afterwards, and decision was giver in
favour of the planner —(Angtiee, plaintiff.)

THE TELEGE.kSH 'PENA 'ATILUNA TO BALAILLATA.—This
cable, says the Paris correspondent of the Morning Poe, has
-sever been brokra. From the day it was successfully:!aid it
has remained in perfect working order, and the one of two in-
terruptions Which have taken,place in the communication with
London and Paris were caused by a portion of the. land line
across Turkey 'to the-Austrian frontier having become injured.
It is a remarkable fact that the only thing connected with the
war which has ccutpletely realised the expectations of most
sanguine is this telegraphictdale, although it was hate novel
in construction, and nearly three times as long as any cable
which has been laid anywhere.

GREAT STXTOGLE,WiTiII BEAK.—A large this& bear
was killed by.an Indian on the 14th instant, near the source
of the Castor river. The ansnal weighed upwards of 7001bs.
A desperate-etruggle, not :unusual, however, in-linth cases,
took place between this enormous animal and the Lidian who
killed him being but weamded by the shot, be.ielosed upon
the Indian, -who, in the-desperate struggle, managed to
plunge his,knife into the bear's heart, although the brave
Indian had one arm broken at the time. At Anticasti, where
bears ane, perhaps' y more numerous than in another part of
America,- a-cingle
Indian or hunter will never- thotit at a
bear, as he is rarely killed by the first fillot, znffalmost
invariably-attacks his pursuer if he is wounded. The escape
of the Indian in the present instance will be 'regarded as a
matter of surprise by his-Tace, who look upon a struggle
with a wounded bear as utterly hopeless.—ToronrJ Colonist.
PRICE or BREAD n LONDON.—phis morning ....here was a
general rise in the price of bread of one halfpenny •r er 41b. loaf,
makingit.Bid., and 81d. :(seconds), at the cheaplakers'. The
full-priced bakers are charging 101 d., and 11d. r-Flour at the
bakers',iet 100., and at the eorndealers' generally less per
quartern. :In reference to this rise in the price of bread, a
correspondent makes the following remarks 'Let the price
of wheat be taken at 84s. sliurter, which is the price at pre-
sent ; five bushels make one.bag of flour, £2z2u..6(1.; say profit
for miller i. 15 per cent., gs. 43d.—£2 9s. One bag of flour makes
96, quartern loaves which, sit ,bid. each, would yield £2 9s. Add
to this, profit for baker, LSper-oent., lid. each loaf,or 9s. on the
whole, and the amount will te..£2 18s. According to this cal-
culation, the price at which the loaf ought to be said is 74d."
The only ,question open to di,spute appears to bewhether 30
per cent. -is sufficiently remunerative for the „millers and
bakers.--rGiebe.

TEE .31i6C/NG CLERGYIVAII.—The;BristoI .11ifer!ttry gives
the following painful acconnt,of the mysterious disappearance
of the Rev..ll. Farmer, curate of Hardwick, neanGloucester,
who.was to have been marriedytsterday week to the eldest
daughter of the Rev. Samuel Lysons, rector of i Itodmarton,
incumbent of St. Luke's, Gloucester, and a wealthy county
magistrate :—" The marriage was to take place at Hempstead
Church, and, Eempstead-court, the residence of the intended
bride's father, was the scene. ef _great preparations. The
, church .was early thronged by respectable people from the
village of Hempstead and the neighbourhood of Gloucester,
and eleven o'clock being the hour appointed for the ceremony,
when that hov.r had struck some Anxiety was expressed at the
non-arrival of -the bridal party. Noon arrived, ..and the
. canonical hours•having passed, the..ailiciating clergyman an-
nounced to the people assembled in the church, that the
,wedding was postponed until the next day, in consequence of
/the illness of the bride. It subsequently transpired that the
!bridegroom was missing. He had been at Hempstead-court
the previous evening, and left about ela o'clock for Gloucester.
He called at the Bell Hotel, at Gloucester,-shortly afterwards,
:and made some inquiries respecting trains. on-the Exeter:line,
,-which was to have been the route of the newly-married pair.
sFrom- that period no trace has been discovered of him. The
terloucester and Berkeley canal was draglied between Ha.rtivtiek
and Hempstead, but nothing has been found, nor have the
Police obtained any,tlue to the missing seutleman, •who bean
a Thigh character in the neighbourhood? An advertisement
describing his appearance appeared in the filmes .of Monday,
premising a handsome;reward for any information•sent•to the
police at Gloucester.

A ;-STF,LNGE CILA,PS.—A Scotch contemporary says:—
" The :Eckford Webb is the name of a remarkable-looking
craftnioydell3offeeat,e.
sl ihpep era
x.hi; wbiittsh
par
obpoe arut
itoinfuls
ra,ehreakvrp.
met with.
.at present laying nt:the Broomielaw. NM York built,
ahshnoelddwelcoFrun, 137,feet:long, a beam of 30 feet nududepth in
But when, in addition, we sce a long poop extending about •70
feet from ;the.stern, in which about one-third of the carg o a
be stowed,.and find her rigged with three tall masts like thosecn
of a schooner, we have seen .enough to be satisfied ,t,h, at the
Eckford Webb is not a craft'built according to routine. There
are no square sails, but on each of the three masts these is a
fore-and-aft rail, the spanker ,being somewhat larger than the
other two. Above these sails are gaff-topsails. ;There are
three jibs, the bowsprit of 38 'feet, and the jibboom .of 46
running out to .a great length. In addition to these, taro
staysails stretch Along between the masts. It will thus be
seen that there are no square sails, and no yards with their
tophamper aloft. The three masts :are of equal dimensions,
and are 84 feet long byl26 inches iu.diameter—splendid spars, 1
and very fount in proportion:to the.sire of the vessel. In her
run across the Atlantic. Captain .Graffao knocked 309 knots
out of his ship in 24 hours; and when we state that her crew
consists of only six men before the mast, and 11 hands, all
told, to navigate a ship 520 tons' register, we have said
enough to show that there is something yeti to be learnt in
'sailing ships."
JEWISH BUTCH/Ml—The question of tke cruelty of the
Jewish mode of slaughter was decided on Tuesday, before the
Load Mayor'of London, several leading Jews being present. The
.caseeame on in form of a summons against Thomas Reynolds,
for ill.-treating an ox, by fastening its head to the ground by an
iron ring attached to the lower jaw; and against Yankoff
Cohen, one of the religious officers appointed to slaughter the
animal, for cruelty in improperly cutting its throat. A police-
officer, who had gone to witness an ox slaughtered by the
Jewish mode and one in the Christian mode, deposed that the
i
former died n nine minutes, the latter in five. Au offieer of
the
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gave the
same time with respect to the Jewish mode ; by the ordinary
method an ox would often die, he said, in three minutes.
Sheep and pigs were not stunned, as oxen are, by Christian
butchers. James Anderson, slaughterer to Mr. Israel, Aldgate,
said it takes, on an average, on the Jewish plan, about fifteen
minutes to kill a bullock; in the common way about three.
Dr. Edward Lloyd, senior physician. at the Royal Dispensary,
on the Bth of October, saw five bullocks slaughtered on the
Jewish plan. In four cases it took six minutes and a half, but
there was a second incision in each of the four; in the fifth, in
which no second incision was made, the time occupied was nine
minutes and a half. Dr. Pavy, physician and lecturer at Guy's
Hospital, gave similar evidence on the Jewish plan. Sir Peter
Laurie
, gave decision, after hearing the evidence, as follows :
?Co cruelty has been proved to be inflicted, either in fact or
within the meaning of the act which was passed to prevent
wanton cruelty and the infliction of pain to animals without a
lawful and justifiable object. The Jewish mode of slaughtering
oxen is that adopted by every Christian butcher in slaughter-
ing calves sheep, and pigs, and were I to hold their mode to
involve the offence of cruelty, no butcher, whether Christian
or Jewish, could carry on his trade. I should be interfering
with the ordinary and usual business of life, and, above all,
meddling with matters of faith and religious opinion on the
subject of ceremonial observances, which we are all bound to
respect so long as they do not involve a breach of the corn.
mon law."

MASTER'S CERTIFICATE.—An investigation having been
held by the Newcastle Local Board, to inquire into charges- of
misconduct and drunkenness preferred against Henry Edward
Groves, master of the schooner Freak, of Newcastle, and the
master having been found guilty of the above charges, the
Board of Trade have, upon the recommendation of the Local
Marine Board, cancelled his Certificate of Service—allowing
him at the end of six months, if he can produce testimonials
of amended conduct, to go up for examination for a First
Mate's Certificate, and at the expiration of one year to pass
for a Master's Certificate.
A CRIMEAN MEMORIAL.—Lord Braybrooke has erected a
mural monument in the chancel of Saffron Walden church, to
the memory of his two gallant sons who fell, one at Inker-
mann, and the other in the cavalry charge at Balaklava. A
touching inscription records that they were of the ages of
twenty-four and thirty, the third and fifth sons of their parents.
DREADFUL DEATH.—A labourer employed in the chalk pits
at Snodland went to sleep the other night in one of the huts
erected in the pits. He was found there the next morning by
his fellow-workmen, one of whom said jokingly, "Let's smoke
him out," and lit some straw with a lucifer match. The poor
fellow woke up and rushed out with his shirt in flames, and
was burned so severely that he died a few days ago.

REFUSAL OF SEAMEN TO PROCEED TO SEA.—At the Bristol
Police-court, on Thursday, six seamen of the ship Morning
Star, named Nicholas Borent, John Williams, Henry Johnson,
Abraham Rutland, Martin Collins, and John Power, were
charged, under the 243rd sec. of the Merchant Shipping Act
with having refused to go to sea in the said ship, they having
signed articles to proceed upon a voyage to Melbourne, and
thence to any port of India, China, or the Pacific Seas, and
back. After hearing a number of witnesses the magistrates
sentenced each of the prisoners to 10 weeks' imprisonment
with hard labour.

A CORPSE IN A, Culp-Rm.—By an order in council the ex-
isting burial ground at Battle was ordered to be closed in
July, 1854, but the parishioners, believing it to be unneces-
sary, refused to appoint a burial beard ; and, under these cir-
cumstances, the bishop recommended the dean to continue the
interments. This the dean did until the passing of the recent
act, inflicting a penalty of £lO on summary conviction. The
dean then refused to permit any more burials. On the 4th of
October, a person named Adams died, and application was
made for the body to be interred in the parish churchyard,
and the application was refused. On Sunday last, lust before
the close of the afternoon service, the body was brought into
the church in a parish coffin, and placed in the nave. The
dean was requested to bury it, although no grave had been
dug, or other preparation made, and he refused. The friends
of the deceased then left the church, leaving the body there.
The church doors were locked, and the body still remains in
the sacred edifice. It is a fortnight since the death, and the
effluvium in the church, as may be supposed, is awful.
public meeting was held last night to memorialise the govern-
ment to send down a commissioner, and the dean has requested
instructions from the Secretary of State.—Daily News.

INCENDIARTSM IN SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.—About a
quarter before eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, the inhabit-
ants of Beaconsfield were alarmed by the cry of " Fire !" at
Wilton Farm, in the occupation of Mr. Charles Lever. The
cause of alarm was that some miscreant had set on fire a large
wheat rick, supposed to contain above fifty quarters ; it hap-
pened so early in the evening, and so close to the town, that
there was plenty of help at hand. The fire was prevented from
communicating to the other ricks or farm buildings by which
it was nearly surrounded. This farm was fired about four
years ago, and several ricks burnt. About a quarter of an
hour after, a second alarm was given of a fire at Wattleton
Farm, the property of Mr. W. Rolfe, and in his own occupa-
tion. This farm is situated at the west end of Beaconsfield,
and not more than half-a-mile from the other. This fire com-
menced with, and was confined to, a large oat rick, and although
at-least twenty other ricks were in its immediate proximity,
met one of them caught fire, which is principally attributed to
the stillness of the wind and the assistance of a powerful
-engine, with a good supply of water. We are happy to say
'the labouring population, both men and women, exerted them-
-selves to their utmost, although thoroughly drenched by very
heavy rain, as well as the spray from the engine.
A Holm—Some surprise has been expressed at the delay
which has taken place in the publication of the report of the
Hyde Park Disturbances Commission. Among others who
have complained to the Times was a Mr. Collett. His letter
elicited a reply from " Inspector Hughes," in the Times of
Tuesday, to the effect that the delay was owing to the " absence
from town of several gentlemen who were interested in the
matter." Thereupon the Times delivered itself of a scarifying
leader, in which the " Inspector" was soundly rated for his im-
pertinence in treating the matter with such insouciance. On
Tuesday, however, the Times was officially informed that its
thunder had been entirely wasted, as there was no such person
as " Inspector Hughes" in the police force, while Superinten-
dent Hughes entirely repudiates the fabrication. The Times
endeavours to cover his mortification by saying that "it will
be seen, from the ironical tone of our article on the correspon-
dence, that we inferred as much before we received this formal
denial." Those who have read the article will perceive that it
was written with the utmost seriousness, and that the writer
really imagined that he was pounding a genuine, substantial
offender.

ENGAGEMENTS Pox THE HERRING Frsunvo.—Engage-
ments for the next herring fishing have just been concluded
at several of the fishing stations along the south shore of the
Moray Firth. The terms offered to thefishermen and accepted
by them are greatly -above the average of recent years. In
Banff some boats have been engaged at 16s. per cran in full,
without bounty, save half an anker of whisky ; other boats
at the same place have been engaged at 14s. and £l5 of bounty.
At Macduff and Gardenston boats have been engaged at vari-
ous rates—some at 13s. and £26 of bounty ; others at 14s.
and £l5 of bounty.; and others at 12s. and £27 to £3O of
bounty, besides two gallons of whisky and net ground and
driving. All the Macduff boats are now engaged at one or
other of these figures. From Buckle, our correspondent writes
that " all our fishermen in this quarter are engaged for the
herring fishing for next-season at rather a high figure, as the
following quotations will show, viz. : —lls., lls. 6d., 125., and
12s. Ed. per eran, with £l2, £I4N £l7, and, we believe, as much
as £2O sterling of bounty, besides perquisites, such as a half
anker of whisky, lodgings, net grond, cartage of nets and
fish, &c. These latter prices, we learn, are to fishermen to fish
at Peterhead, the ethers are to fish here and at Lossiemouth."
At Burghead and Itopeman, we also learn, nearly all the boats
are engaged at 1.25. and £l2 of bounty. These terms, as we
have said, are greatly above those of average years. Last
year the terms were high, but those now fixed are 2s. higher.
At these rates, the fish, when cured, will cost the curers from
225. to 245. per barrel.—Banffshire Journal.

ATTEMPT ON THE LITE OP SIR HENRY WARD.—The
Indian mail brings the intelligence that an attempt has been
made on the life of Sir Henry Ward, the Governor of Ceylon,
by a Cingalee, who is represented by the local papers to be a
wild-looking wretch who would use the knife without the
slightest compunction. He had been known for many years
as a notorious thief. He was originally employed as a canteen
man at the barracks, but his thieving propensities and evil
disposition shut him out from any further employment. The
particulars of the attempt are thus given: Miss Kate Ward,
about gun-fire on the morning of the 7th of September, hear-
ing a noise in her room, where she and her sisters slept,
perceived a man bolting her door on the inside. He remained
there some little time, examining the things on the dressing-
table and about the room. When he left the room, Miss
Ward made an alum, on which the man picked up a knife,
and, after threatening her, hastened along the passage,
passing the Governor's room, just as his Excellency was
coming out, alarmed by the noise. The Governor, armed
with a revolver and a -stick, pursued him down the passage
into the drawing-room, and on coming up to him, the man
turned round and rushed at him with the knife. The Go-
vernor then fired at him, and, not wishing to kill him, shot
him through the shoulder, and afterwards kept him at bay,
until he was eventually -secured by the peonis, not, however,
until he had wounded two of them with the knife—a small
table one belonging to the house, and which he picked up in
the passage leading to the bedrooms. He only took a sheet
used as a table cover, which he found in the passage, and a
towel, and from his behaviour seems to be more a madman
than a thief. Had the Governor not been armed with a pistol,
the consequences might have been very serious. He never
spoke a word all the time. The man, who is now in the
hospital, has two wounds on the lower part of the neck on
the left side. It is doubtful whether the wounds have been
produced by a bullet or the bayonet of the soldier. He has
also two other wounds, one on each side of the wrist. He
has a stupid look, and the suspicion has been thrown out that
he is insane ; but he has been recognised as a gaol bird and as
a desperate character. In a few days it is expected he will be
able to attend the court.—Globe.

SINGULAR Cl3ll.—At the Wolverhampton police-court, on
Wednesday, a young Scotchwoman, of modest bearing and
interesting appearance, was charged with perjury under the
following circumstances. On Friday night she gave informa-
lion at the police-office that about six o'clock, while standing
near one of the branch post-offices, about to take money from
her purse for some postage stamps, two boys, whom she
described, snatched the purse from her and ran away, leaving
her entirely destitute. From her description, four boys of
bad.character were apprehended, and on Saturday were
brought before the magistrates, when thecomplainant told
her story so plausibly, as not only to be implicitly believed,
but also to excite general sympathy; and two of the boys
were committed to Stafford sessions on the charge, notwith-
standing their unusually earnest protestations of innocence.
On Tuesday, they were tried, convicted, and sentenced each to
12 months' imprisonment. Again the complainant's demea-
nour gained her general sympathy, and the proceeds of a
subscription, amounting to £2 108., she accepted with great
apparent meekness and gratitude. She called herself Alice
Gray, and stated that being a nursery governess she had
brought some children from Liverpool to Wolverhampton,
and, having delivered them to a lady at the railway station, she
had proceeded to Birmingham in search of employment as a
needlewoman. A Birmingham reporter at the Stafford sea.
sions recognised the complainant as the same person who
only a few days before had preferred a charge of robbery,
at Birmingham, against a man who had been able to satisfy
the magistrates of his innocence. On that occasion she
said she had been robbed of her little all, and the ma-
gistrates directed that she should have fifteen shillings out of
the poor-box, for repaying her expenses back to her friends
in Liverpool. The reporter's suspicions being excited by
finding her making a second and similar charge of robbery
at Wolverhampton, he told the police what he knew of the first
case, and on Tuesday evening Alice Gray was apprehended.
On Wednesday the police inspector brought the facts of the
case under the notice of the magistrates, and a Birmingham
paper showed that the man charged had satifactorily proved
an alibi. The amount of which she said she had been robbed
at Wolverhampton was £3 55., and she accounted for having
so much by stating that, after receiving the 15s. from the
magistrates at Birmingham, a gentleman of the law, who had
seen her in the court there, had given her £4, with which
she was to stay in Wolverhampton till he could visit her
there, in a few days. The Wolverhampton magistrates
expressed their suspicions of her strange story, especially as
she now called herself Agnes Christie. She replied that Mr.
Cooper, superintendent of the Birmingham railway station,
could corroborate her statement as to the gentleman of the
law. Mr. Leigh, one of the magistrates, said it was incredible
that she could have been twice robbed, so close together, and
suggested that it was an imposture, practised to gain money
by perjury.—The police inspector said he believed one of the
convicted boys could prove that he was in Settenhall church-
yard (a mile and a half off) at the time the robbery was alleged
to have been committed. The bench, being unanimously of
opinion that the boys were suffering innocently (and the quar-
ter sessions at Stafford not being over), sent a message to the
court, stating that doubts had arisen as to the justice of the
conviction, and suggesting that their sentences should be
respited to the next sessions. This was done, and Alice Gray,
alias Agnes Christie, was remanded to Stafford gaol for a week'
on the charge of having sworn falsely. On hearing this, she
exclaimed angrily, "I'm not afraid if you remand me for twenty
weeks. I can prove that I had the money, and those were the
boys that took it." She was then removed in custody.

HALES, "the Norfolk giant," and keeper of a tavern in
Drury-lane, London, is amongst recent insolvents. Onhie
appearance in the court, on Monday, an application was made
that he might be allowed to stand in a corner of the court, as
the box usually allotted to insolvents was too small for his ac-
commodation.

MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY.—On Wednesday morning, a,6
some men were employed in laying down some iron pipes, for
the New River Company, in the New-road, facing the Angel,
at Pentonville, London, they came in contact with a coffin,
between three and four feet from the surface of the road, con-
taining, to all appearance, the perfect skeleton of a woman.
The skeleton and remains of the coffin were removed to the
dead-house of Clerkenwell Workhouse, for further inquiry.
STRATIAN, PAUL, AND Co.—At a meeting of Middlesex
magistrates, on Thursday, a report from the visiting justices
of the House of Detention was read, from which it appeared
that the rules of the prison had been infringed in favour of
Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Bates, who had been allowed ex-
traordinary indulgences. A resolution for the suspension of
the governor in consequence was carried by a majority of 24
to 5. Mr. Sims, the deputy-governor, was appointed governor
pro tem.

JOSEPH BONAPARTE, the eldest son of Prince Canino, met
with an accident, at Rome, on the 6th instant, when arriving
from Paris, which very nearly proved fatal. In driving his
carriage rapidly up the Corso, and making a sudden turn, the
vehicle, which was top-heavy with travelling gear, capsized,
and he was thrown from the box ; notwithstanding that he
fell on his feet (as the members of his family generally do.)
his leg went into a hole, and a box falling upon it, his foot
was nearly wrenched, away, being severely dislocated at the
ankle.

THE SARDINIAN CONTINGENT.—The Piedmontese govern-
ment continues to send troops to the Crimea, in order to keep
up the complete effective of the Sardinian contingent. The
magnificent screw-ship Himalaya has received on board a
large quantity of clothing intended for a few English corps.
To-day will finish the embarkation of the soldiers belonging
to the Genoa division, who form part of the second expedition,
namely, those of the brigades of Savoy, Piedmont, and to the
Bersaglieri corps. The departure is fixed for to-morrow. The
other transports will shortly follow ; several within the last
few days have left laden with provisions and munitions.—Let-
ter from Genoa, Oct. 12.
TESTIMONIAL TO GENERAL WINDHA.M.—At a numerous
meeting of Norfolk magistrates at Norwich, on Friday, a reso-
lution was unanimously agreed to, to congratulate Gen. Wind-
ham on his escape from the perils incident to the assault on
the Great Redan on the Bth of September last. The resolu-
tion also expressed admiration at the long-enduring gallantry,
courage, constancy, self-devotion, and self-possession of Gen.
Windham, and thanked him for the example he had held out
to British soldiers. The Earl of Albemarle, who seconded
the resolution, took a review of the career of General Wind-
ham in the Crimea, and read complimentary letters addressed
to him by Sir W. Codrington and Admiral Sir E. Lyons. It
was also unanimously agreed that a handsome sword should
be presented to the gallant officer. Captain Windham, R.N.,
returned thanks on the part of his brother. A good deal of
enthusiasm was manifested towards General Windham, who
is of a Norfolk family.
NATIONAL lizsouncEs.—To those who doubt the ability
of the country to carry on a war at the cost of eighty or ninety
millions a-year, as long as it shall be necessary, we would ob-
serve, that if England could bear taxation to the extent of
£72,000,000, in 1815, it would not be too much to say that we
could with equal ease bear taxation now to the extent of
£100,000,000, when we bear in mind the increased population,
wealth, and trade of the country. In 1815, the income
assessed to the property tax was £170,000,000 a-year ; now,
computing it upon the same basis, it cannot be less than
£250,000,000. Again, with regard to the extent to which it
is possible to abstract from the capital of the country, we have
had experience in the construction of our railways during the
last ten years. When, therefore, we speak of our ability to
conduct the war, it is obvious that whether we look to doing
so by means of taxation, or by loans, it is ample.—Economist.
MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY.—On Monday week a young
man of very gentlemanly appearance, attired in the first style
of fashion, wearing a diamond ring on his finger, with a gold
watch and appendages, presented himself at one of our city
hotels, and after making a few off-hand enquiries respecting
the far-famed Gretna Green, signified his intention of making
a drive over, and accordingly ordered a gig to convey him
thither, which was readily procured for him, and off he started
for the Green. But on nearing the Scottish border, he began
to make inquiries for its whereabouts, and at Florriston toll-
bar he stopped a few minutes for that purpose, and after
briefly interrogating the toll-keeper as to its precise position,
he was jocularly reminded that he bad not got a lady with
him. The idea that there was certainly a want at once struck
him, but to amend this on the instant he was at a loss. How-
ever, the worthy toll-keeper, fancying she saw his dilemma,
volunteered to furnish him with a lady, and at once intro-
duced him to a blooming fair one, who readily consented to
accompany him to the Green. They, therefore, soon reached
Gretna, and after getting married took a drive out, but soon
returned and lodged there for the night. Next morning,
after breakfast, he received from her half-a-crown, which he-
requested her to lend him, saying that "it matters not which
of us keeps the money now," and also the diamond ring
which he had placed on her finger at the time of her marriage,
adding that " he would get her a far superior one when they
got to Carlisle ;" he toll her to make herself ready for their
departure, as he was going out to order the gig. He, how-
ever, pretending to post a letter, decamped, without paying
the priest for his trouble or the landlord for his bountiful
hospitality.— Carlisle Patriot.

ROMANTIC STORY.—The village of Cottingham, near this
town, is ringing with the echo of a strange story stated to
have arisen from the receipt of a letter from a noble lord and
M.P., delivered at the residence of a poor washerwoman
named Jennings, the wife of an old Chelsea pensioner, who
was on a visit to her at the time. The letter is stated tc
have contained the announcement of the close of a law-suit
(in which the M.P. had interested himself on behalf of the
old soldier,) whereby this old and wounded pensioner. becomes.
entitled to an income of £4,000 a-year: One version of the
story says £B,OOO a-year. This large fortune, if the story be
true, could scarcely have fallen into the hands of parties less
able and less likely to enjoy or to make a good use of it, for
the old fellow is addicted to very debased habits, and to great
cruelty to his wife; the extenuation for his conduct being
that, in the former war, he received a wound on his head
which renders him quite unable to control himself whenever
he takes intoxicating drink—a kind of beverage of which he-
avails himself as often as lie has the means. The heir to the
old man, his eldest son, is a soldier in the Crimea, and the
next heir, a younger brother, is a butcher's boy in Cottingh.am.
Let us hope that the children may rise above the infirmities
of their father. As an affecting proof of the inability of
wealth, in certain cases, to bring pleasure or comfort, it is
stated that when the letter arrived the wife of the old man
übed
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husband to Hull, and paid his pass as a pensioner by the
steamer, parting from him with the expression, coupled with
an oath, " I hope I shall never see the old fellow any more,"
while he had just before declared that she should never
handle one farthing of his fortune. The probability of this
story is heightened by the fact that the old soldier has always
carried a high head, and given out that' something great
would one day come to him.—Hull Express.
GOLD TIIII,OI7GHOUT THE WORLD.—The New York Courier
and Enquirer says :—One of the United States being now the
greatest gold-producing region in the world ( Australia only.
excepted ), the mint and branches have been very closely em-
ployed in the creation of American coins and bars. Next to
the United States the coinage of France is the greatest,
and Great Britain ranks the third. We submit the follow-
ing tables as a careful summary of the operations of the past
six years. We have taken a liberty with these tables for the
convenience of our columns. The following is the gold coinage
only in
Great Britain. France. U. States. Russia.
1848. £2,451,999... f 5.30,861,820... 3,775,5121 r 15.15814,984
1849. 2,177,955.. 27,109,560... 9,007,7612... 16,844,984
1860. 1,491,836... 85,172,390... 31,981,7331-... 20,354,356
1851. 4,400,411_ 285,247280... 62,614,4422 17,854,366
1852. 8,742,270... 27,028,270... 56,816,187 f... 20,354,464
1853. 11,952,391... 330,463,463... 55,213,907 ... 29,965,006
1854. 2,152,183... 527,000,000... 52,094,595 ... 20,965,996

35,369,04.5 1,312,872,783 271,531,1811 183,154,146
Aggregate coinage of gold and silver in each of the above-
named countries, from 1848 to 1854.
Gold. Silver. Total.
Great Britain 5167,285,730...$ 6,642,860...5173,928,500
France 248,357,140... 104,428,690... 352,785,730
United States
Russia

791.285,730 157,142,850 948,428,610
Referring to the coinage in Austria, Prussia, Holland, and
Belgium, and reducing the coinage of the last-named countries
to dollars, and allowing 20,000,000 florins to Austria, and-
-15,000,000 francs to Belgium for 1864, we find that the total
coinage of Great Britain, France, the United States, Russia,
Austria, Prussia, Holland, and Belgium, for the last seven
years, amounted to the grand total of 1,097,684,330 dollars.—
What has become of all these coins ?

FATAL COLLISION IN THE FOREIGN LEGION.—A
lamentable collision occurred at Haslar, Gosport, on Tuesday
afternoon, between some men of the German Legion, recently
arrived in this country from North America, resulting in the
instantaneous death of one of them, a private, named Joseph
Groltswaitz, aged 31, a Frenchman by birth. It is a standing
order of the regiment that no men are to be allowed to leave
the barracks until five o'clock in the afternoon, and this
order has been strictly enforced. A division of the corps has
been on duty for some time at Fort Monkton, a short distance
from head-quarters at Hasler Barracks, and on Tuesday
afternoon, about three o'clock, a number of the men attempted
to leave their quarters ; they were, however, sent back by the
guard, and were confined to quarters by the sergeant-major.
At about a quarter past four, however, they appeared at the
gates of the barracks again, most of them being armed with
sticks, &e. The guard was immediately ordered out, and ad-
vanced on the men, and endeavoured to induce them to leave,
but without effect. At that moment the captain of the day,
Captain Von Jess, seeing what was going ordered the
guard to fix bayonets. This was done, andthe guard ad-
deetheaesemd' matter;
who
;
ad-
vanced a few steps towards the men, who were told that if
they did not disperse the articles of war would be carried
iageadwe:s
in out to their full extent. Several of the men now retired,
appears
e othersars ta
have re
eemabined, a
a amongstsort
taf whom r
and these became very violent in their conduct, threaten-
ing to attack the guard,. make them prisoners, &c. At
this stage, deceased, it is affirmed, raised his stick, as
did others, in a most excitable manner, to strike one'
of the advanced men of the guard. This man, the pri-
soner, one of the privates of the guard, named Nicholas
Nusbaum, a German, aged 2Z years, and belonging to the first
company of the regiment, eltleavoured to parry the blow with
his rifle. Deceased still advanced upon him, and prisoner—s&
it is asserted by those who witnessed the affair—having his
bayonet pointed to defend himself, the other in the confusionin
ran upon it. The result was, a wound an inch and ahalfilength on the side was inflicted, and death
almoste n nstan
t, Drs.
taneously ensued. The physicians of the
incomprehensible that
regiment,
Aschenfeldt and Bid, declare it to be
od,and are ndeath should have ensued from
such'wuof blood from the
The in-
dined to attribute it to internal
effusionwas taken into
breaking of a blood vessel. h prisoner
Andrews, of the Hants con-
stabulary. He offered no e
custody by a police-constablesi
stance. He remarked that he
had done no more than
his resistance.
On Wednesday afternoon
he was taken before the county bench, at which Capt. Samuel.
formallyremanded, pending the inquest
on the body of deceased.w as
presided, and lie
between the Germans and French in the regiment, that the
latter have,
numberof about 60, been removed to other
to the
quartelli.