The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-06-26 00:00:00

G.E2c.E.RAL INTELLIGENCE.

TAE Vienna Garrison is to be henceforth 30,000 infantry
and cavalry.
THE shops were all open in Kertch when the Allies went
in, and the ladies walking about.
AN ORDER in Council appoints Western Australia as a
place to which felons and other offenders may be transpoi ted.
A FREE LIBRARY is in course of formation at Kidderminster;
the corporation having furnished a room for that purpose.
A GOLD COIN of the twentieth year of Charles I. was found
a few days since at Lichfield.
A QUAKERESS, 100 years of age, lately preached at a meet-
ing in Southport.
Tom THUMB, the celebrated little great man, has been
married to Miss Vinton, of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
THE bankrupt metal brokers, Davidson and Gordon, have
been finally committed for trial, on a charge of issuing fic-
titious warrants.

THE length of a new cable, successfully laid down,,between
Holyhead and Howtii, by the Electric Telegraph Company, is
70 miles, and its weight 140 tons.

TICE :Birmingham Mercury says that an elephant, 120
years old, is to be shot this week in that.town, in consequence
of extreme age and physical weakness.
ABOUT 200 eminent scientific foreigners. have been invited
by the local committee to attend the meeting of the British
Association, at Glasgow, in September next.
THE British Association for the Advancement of Science
will. hold its twenty-fifth meeting in Glasgow on Wednesday,
Sept. 12th, 1855.
BELLIGERENT INVENTIVENESS.—No fewer than 451 inven-
tions in machinery and arms have been submitted to the ord-
nance board for approval since the Ist of January..
DIE Canada Government .has agreed to grant £5OO to the
Agricultural Societies of Lower Canada, by way of loan, to en-
able them to furnish seeds to farmers.

A FEW days back, a young man was. drawing a charge from
a gun,at Market Harborough, when it exploded, and the con•
tents, catching him under the chin, shattered his head to

pieces,

SIYGULLS, PROPOSITION.—The director of the prison of
Lucerne has proposed to the Grand Council to grant a pardon
to all the persons confined in that establishment, in conse-
quence of its being so full that no more prisoners can be
received.
NEw LiNi or Ocr,Ax STEAMERS.—The celebrated North
Star, the well-known steam yacht of Commodore Vanderbilt,
of ISreve York, and the first of b:s "European Line" of ocean
steamers, has arrived at Havre, having left New York on the
Sth instant.

ONE of the most eminent among the mercantile firms of
Bristol is about to attempt the revival of the wool trade-in
that ancient city, by having direct importations of Australian
wool, and establishing an open periodical market for its sale,
together with the wools Of home growth.
A FEW days since: a git.L aged twelve years, was sitting at
the foot of a pile of timber, on the Sandside, Scarborough, and
Was 'nursing an infant, while a boy was dancing on--the pile'
above. A plank rolled down and knocked both the girl and
the infant into the harbour. The girl died on the following
evening from the injuries she received, but the Infant escaped
unhurt.

THE lIELF.-APPARENT OF BELGll73l.—Letters from Malta,
of the Bth Jane, mention the arrival there from Smyrna and
the Pimus, on that morning, in the Austrian Lloyd's steamer
Vorwnrts, of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Brabant, and their departure thence, lifter a visit to the
governor, Sir William Reid, on the same night, for Sicily and
the continent of Italy, accompanied by a -suite of 12 persons.
ADIVIINIS-TRATION OF OATHS ABROA.—An act, brought
from the Lards on Monday, allows -ambassadors and other
British Ministers abroad to administer oaths and perform no-
tarial-acts; oaths so taken. may be nsed in English courts.
DocuMents are to be received in evidence, without proof of the
seal or-signature of the ambassador or other official person.
The penalties of perjury will attach to false swearers.
A.T THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—On Wednesday a serious
,disturbance took place in the immediate vicinity of the Crystal
Palace, Sydenham, between the navvies employed at the railway
And other works in the neighbourhood and the police, one of
whom is stated to have died from the injuries received in-the
rnetee, another had his legs broken, and several others were
-seriously illused.
THE AFRICAN STEAM CO3.LIFANY declared a dividend of "ss.
-per share upon the half year -at their meeting on Wednesday.
A discussion arose as to the disastrous loss of the Forerunner,
and it was stated that a sum of £8904 Os. 7d. had been paid
into the Court of Chancery to meet all claims on her account.
The company have raised their freights 5 per cent to make up
-for her loss. The company had received £24,700 tar the service
of their vessels employed us transports.
AT Warminster a man .named Joseph Collins, of'the-neigh-
bowing village of Crock.erton, has been charged .before the
magistrates with illegally marrying his niece. About two
months ago the prisoner-put up the banns at Crockerton-and
Warminster, but on its 'beComing known to the clergy that
the woman he proposed marrying was his niece, the. proceed-
ings were stopped. The prisoner, however, determined to
effect his object, and accordingly went to -Frome, where,-says
the Dorset Chronicle, the marriage was celebrated at one of
the chapels. -He -was committed for trial.
THE season's herr:at:fishing is going on in the north-with
vigour and success. -Every working evening from forty to
fifty boats are out on- Gareloch, and as many on
.Lochlong,
none of which are unsuccessful. A few --eenings ago- several
visiting parties, totally unacquainted with-:fishing, procured ;a
net, and proceeded in a row boat to Gareloch, where they
netted from 300 t 0.4.00 fish. Two boats :arrived at Greenock
on Saturday afternocn, with from 11,000 ;a .12,000 .fish. each
The largest quantity taught on Locblong has been.lkooo'
taken by a G'reenock"Wat.

DESTILIIC TI:VE F nie.—A letter from .Bergen, in Norway'
of the 2nd instant. states that on the previous night a fire
broke out in. i.li®b t 11.7., -by win; oh up ,a•-• —.at. •
destroyed; so rapidly did the flames extend that the inmates.
were obliged to escape in their night dresses, not haVing time
to save a single article: Three of the finest distalets of the
town have been destroyed, and it was. only by pulling .down
houses in different directions that the other parts of the-town
were saved. . By the exertions of the firemen, several of whom
are said to have, been killed, the bourSe, t!le bank, and the
royal museum were saved. 'The amount covered. by insurance
is 148,130 crowns (about £31,500), but that sum is equal only
to a 20th part of the loss.
RECEIPT AND DELFT STAMPS.—On heyday a retaru was
issued, showing the number of receipt stamps sold or issued in
England, Scotland, and Ireland. In the-four quarters ended
October last, the number of penny receipt stamps issued avas
62,320,803, and the revenue was £259,070. The penny . draft
stamp in the same period numbered 6,48200, and the revenue
£27,053 15s. Onlylavo quarters have expired since the.adop-
tion of penny receipt and draft stamps. In the two. quarters
ended the 31st March last, the number wa5.30,806,213, and the
revenue £128;955 3e. 4d.
THE JUVENILE OFFENDERS (No 2) Ban repeals sections 5
and 6of the 17th and 18th of Victoria, chap. 86, and enacts
that where anyjuvenile offender shall be detained in a reform-
atory school under the act, the parent or step-parent, shall- be
liable to contributet's. a-week to his support. if able so to do.
In default of payment a distress warrant Will issue, or the
party be sent to.-gaollor ten days.
A MAncr4LtrAn. •Smnort and a young E.nglishwoman_were
suffocated with the fumes of charcoal, on board the ship Dun--
can, of Liverpool, while the vessel was lying in the Floating
Harbour, at Bristol, early on Sunday. A Malay sailor nar-
rowly escaped the same fate. The sulphur had been put into
the ballast, With charcoal, and set on fire, for -the purpOse of
destroying rats. The batches were fastened down, and the
crew warned against-opening them, but the-two men and
woman got secretly onboard, and went below to-sleep.
NEW Bi.w. ON EXCISE DUTIES.—OiI Saturday was printed, "
as a government measure, a bill to impose increased, rate of
duty of - excite 'on spirits distilled in the United.Eingdom,- to
allow malt, sugar and molasses t-o be used duty free in the
distilling of spirit, in lieu of allowances and drawback on such
spirit, sugar and molasses respectively, and to amend the laws
relating 0-the duties of excise. On and alter the first-October
next the increased duty is tole, in Great Britain Bs. 2d. a n a.allon, •
and ds. 2d: in Ireland. Malt, sugar, and molasses are to be
allowed duty free is the distillation of spirits.
OUR FLOATING BATTRHT:ES.—The first floating battery
cras tried last week at Sheerness, and made such an essential
-mess of her trial that as yet no opinion can be given of her
.capabilities beyond the fact that she would neither steer, wear,
nor stay' under steam or canvas.; that she rolled heavily in
smooth water, and would certainly go to the bottom in a.hcavy
sea ; that: she broke her donkey engine,. and nearly burst her
boilers in consequence; and finally, with fires out and boilers
empty, was towed back ingloriously by a tug steamer, .and
rescued from all further danger -to herself or others by being •
lashed alongside a dockyard bulk.
Ace action for breach of promise of marriage came on in the
Court of Exchequer on Thursday—Morris v. Berry. . The •
chief noticeable point was that the connection between the
parties was brought about by advertiserrent, in which Berry,
as " a solicitor with £BOO a year," stated his desire to meet
with " a yo.upg lady of-evangelical principles" and some pro-
perty. Miss .Morris was. asked by another lady, her friend, to
accompany her to an interview with the advertiser, but the
patter ended by the solicitor taking to Miss Morris instead
of the original applicant. He engaged himself to her, and,
finding her education ilticomplete, placed her at school ; but
soon after .married another lady, and the consequence to the
plaintiff was a serious ft of illness. A verdict was given for
£9O, by consent, the defendant, however, denying the story as
related above to be fact.

A EANDOM SHoT.—Not very long ago an express train drew
up at a railway station it no great distance from,the Borders,
and a gentleman bearded like a pard, accompanied by a noble-
looking lady, left a first.-class carriage and entered a refresh-
ment-room. Just at that moment a native who had been
paying his devotions with too great fervour at the shrine of
the jolly god, was.industriously emancipating an effervescing
draught from a flask he held in his hand, and, either thoaght-
lessly or recklessly, directed the cork towards the face of the
distinguished-looking traveller, who jerked aside to avoid the
missile. "Oh : there's a fellow to stand. fire," exclaimed the
spirituous hero, "You wouldn't do for the Crimea." It was
the gallant leader of tlae glorious six hundred wha charged at
Balaklava to whom the taunt was-addressed. His lordship
was rettirning south from Edinburgh, where he had been on
military duty.—Kelso Chronicle.
DEAD BODIES from the wreck of the john continue to come
ashore at intervals on the Cornish coast. At Gerrans, on the
7th; the holy of a full-grown ,male was washed on Port Ker-
nick beach, much decomposed, and could not be identified.
At Falmouth, on -the •13tha the bodies of a man and woman
were found floating near the mouth of Helford river; the
male appeared to have been above the lower class, as she had
on the remains of a striped silk dress, and, in a small velvet
parseatied around. her neck, were gold coins, a ring, and a
brooch. These bodies were also very much decomposed. On
Tuesday two other bodies, one a female, and the other a man,
with his head of, were washed on shore at Cadgwith, Ruan
Minor. The owners of the John have made an arrangement
with the Board of Trade, in accordance with which they have
placed at the disposal of the Board of Trade a sum sufficient
to meet all just claims arising out of the _wreck.

A RUNAWAY Ilnium.—Some little sensation was created
the other day, in the vicinity of Leeds parish church, by -the
eccentric conduct of a bride that was to have been. A young
couple marched
down to church, dressed in their best, and
attended by "bridesmaids," &c., each apparently very well
pleased with the contemplation of the knot matrimonial about
to be tied. Suddenly, however, the lady's eye caught that of
an old flame, and in an instant she dropped them of her
expectant bridegroom, and threw herself into those of her old
lover. Ina trice a coach was called; and before the astonished
bridegroom had recovered his breath, Lis intended bride and
her newly-found loVer were driving up Kirkgate at express
speed. The bridegroom shouted am, ran, and the bridesmaid
ran and slionted, and both besought the intervention of the
police, but as thee dicer did not "knew au just cause or im-
pediment" why a young woman should not change her mind,
and substitute Dick for Tom if the whim so took her, he
allowed the coach to rattle A.gpcl. left the jilted bridegroom
to wend his wOm,pwgclo,