The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-11 00:00:00

CAPTURE OF P_ET_ROPA.ULOWSEL

Wz have received accounts of the destruction of Petro-
paulowski by the Anglo-French squadron, which we extract
from the Alta California :—" The Allied fleet, consisting of
eight war vessels and steamers, arrived off Petropaulowski
on the 15th May, but the garrison had already left the
Amoor River, in the Russian frigate Aurora, corvette Dwina,
and two merchant vessels, The escape of the garrison was a
master-stroke on the part of the Russians, who availed them-
selves of a dense fog which set in on the night of the 17th
April, and so eluded the English war-steamers Encounter,
(screw,) of 14 guns, and Barracouta, (side-wheel,) of 6 guns,
which had been blockading the harbour for fifty days previous.
The orders to evacuate were received from the Russian head-
quarters in Siberia. On anchoring in the harbour a detach-
ment was sent on shore by the commanders of the fleets,
Rear-Admiral Bruce, of the English, and Rear-Admiral
Fourichon, (a newly-appointed and exceedingly energetic man
of only forty-five years of age,) of the French. They landed and
found the town deserted, save by about a hundred Kamschatka
dogs, a French naturalized American, and two Americans,
who raised the stars and stripes over their houses when the forces landed, claiming that as the Russians had abandoned
the place and left it to them they were the possessors of the
soil. These men are engaged in trading, and are represented as
doing a good business. The dogs were in a starving condi-
tion, and followed the invaders about the town for bits of

biscuits. One of them was brought away by Commander
Rosencoat, of the Obligado. The parties were divided into
companies, proceeded to burn, blow up, and destroy the arse-
nals, storehouses, and all government buildings. Not a ves-
tige of any public work was left standing, except the hospital,
' which, with the church and the dwellings of the poorer classes
of the inhabitants, was left untouched. The inhabitants com-
menced deserting the place shortly after the garrison embarked.
Accompanied by the authorities, they started on or about the
20th April towards Tchinsk ; but the Governor's wife being
enceinte, the flight continued only to the small fishing village
of Avache, some twenty miles inland. The following day, after
the arrival of the allies, the destruction of the fortifications
commenced. These were fascines, constructed of immense
logs—the walls being sixteen feet in thickness. Such was
their strength, they resisted all efforts for some time, and were
finally razed to the ground by the agency of powder. It ap-
pears that the policy of the Russian government had changed
rather suddenly in this matter. After the battle of last
year orders came for strengthening the forts ; and though at
that time such a resistance was made as to repel the assail-
ants, there being but one tier of guns, it was ordered to in-
crease it to a double tier. The destroyers found embrasures
for fifty-one guns of heavy calibre. Why this sudden change
of policy took place may, perhaps, be explained by that on
which the Russians have always acted—of retiring into the in-
terior from their invaders, and avoiding decisive engagements.
This time, however, they have made nothing by the movement,
and, with the increased strength of the place, it would seem
that they might have made a more obstinate resistance than
before. The fleets did not leave the place until the demolition
was complete. The fleet sailed, with the exception of the
Trincomalee, on board of which were left two Russian prisoners,
whom it was proposed to exchange for a French sailor, whose
arms were amputated after being taken prisoner in the battle
of last year. The American residents there report that they
have lived in perfect peace and friendship with the inhabitants
up to the day of their departure, and that the French and En-
glish prisoners were treated with humanity. We have been
shown a despatch dated in Petropaulowski, from Rear-Admiral
Fourichon, of the French fleet, in which he states, after briefly
recapitulating the facts above enumerated, that the Russian
garrison (as Le Journel informs us) some 1,200 men, had
doubtless sailed for the mouth of the Amoor river, which drains
the southern portion of Siberia, and flows into the Gulf of Sag-
halien, an arm of the Sea of Ochetsk. They left for this point
on the 17th April, and were doubtless there before the French
and English arrived at Kamschatka. This river is regarded
as the dividing line between China and Asiatic Russia, and at
its mouth is a very strong series of fortifications, which have
been greatly strengthened from time to time by the Russians.
It is thought by some of the officers of the Obligado that
the immense armament of Petropaulowski was carried there
with the garrison ; and if this be true, there will be a
western Sebastopol, which may puzzle the allies as much
as the stronghold of the Crimea. The fleets have gone to cruise
for the present among the Aleutian Islands, and will probably
look in at Sitka. An English and French squadron have
proceeded by the China Sea to the mouth of the Amoor river,
where, the despatch says, there will soon be severe fighting.
There are about ten ships of war in these fleets, which would
be joined by the steamer Brisk, now at Petropaulowski. The
line of battle-ship, Monarch is the flag-ship of the English
fleet. We learn that the above squadrons will join at Petro-
paulowski, whence they will proceed to this port for provisions;
they may be expected in about three weeks. The officers of
the Obligado think they will separate, the English making a
rendezvous at Vancouver's Island, and the French here ;
both fleets, however, will come directly to this port. Their
arrival will increase business to a considerable extent. The
English frigates Pique and Amphitrite have sailed for the
Sea of Ochotsk, to join the rest of the fleet; also the two
steamers which were formerly employed in blockading Petro-
paulowski. The French steamer Prowy will be here in a few
days. The fleets will sail to the Amoor river after provision-
ing and fitting out at this port. Rear-Admiral Bruce, while
at Petropaulowski, caused a handsome fence to be erected
around the cemetery in which were buried the bodies of the
killed of the Russians and Allies, in the battle of last year.
A large tablet, bearing a Russian inscription in commemora-
tion of the fight, was erected, which, as it refers to all alike,
will doubtless be respected when the Russian inhabitants
return. The country, when the fleets approached, presented
a grand and sublime picture. The lofty mountains, from their
peaks down to the very shore, were clad in a mantle of snow.;
the cold was not severe. All was gloomy, silent, and desolate.
It snowed almost incessantly for three weeks while the Obli-
gado was there. The brig left Valparaiso for the Sandwich
Islands ; proceeded thence to Kamtschatka, and thence here.
She has seen some very severe weather at the North."
The Alta California, of a later date, adds the following
particulars—" We learn from the Russian consul, M. Kos-
troinithoff, that the intelligence published in the morning
papers of yesterday is untrue as regards the evacuation of
Sitka by the Russian residents. It will be remembered that
there is now a convention existing between the Hudson Bay
Company and the Russian American Company, which was
celebrated at St. Petersburg and London, by the provisions of
which this portion of the Russian possessions is exempted
from hostilities. Consequently, there could be no danger of
the Allied fleets committing any depredations ; nor is the
Governor of Sitka, or his officials, so ignorant of the chivalry
of the French and English marine as to suppose that they
would override the stipulations of the British government,
and attack a defenceless place. True, the French have not
entered into this treaty, but the very inhumanity of the
destruction of a trading post, occupied by harmless in-
habitants, and almost defenceless in guns and men, would be
enough to ensure its safety. The movements of the allied
fleets in the Pacific, up to this time, have been characterised
by a commendable regard to the behests of humanity. On the
arrival of the fleet, the Brisk was sent in to communicate with
the shore. The Governor sent off his secretary to state that
he hoped the provisions of the convention would be observed,
as the place was without the means of defence, and unprepared
to make any resistance. The commander of the Brisk replied
that they had only entered the place to ascertain if the Dwina or
Aurora were there; in which case the French fleet would
have cut them out ; but no harm was intended to the town.
The reports regarding fls ,knsalLlvit of Li 11.001:

American Con-imerciil Company we learn from Mr. Beverley
C. Sanders to be also unfounded. Provisions were plenty.
Mr. Berlin, one of the directors of the company, went on
board the Alceste, on her arrival, and obtained facts which
are at variance with those published on the following morn-
ing." The climate at present of Sitka Island is mild and
agreeable, though occasional fogs appear, like those seen off
our own coast. The mountains rising from the immediate
vicinity of the coast are clothed with dense forests of pine
and cedar. Farther back, they ascend into the regions of
perpetual snow, and in clear weather present the grandest
scene imaginable. The town contains a population of about
1,000, a mixture of whites and Indians. This country was
taken possession of by the celebrated Russian buccaneer
Schelehoff, in 1778. The harbour is excellent, and will
easily accommodate hundreds of ships. We learn that the
operations of the Ice Company have produced a marked
effect upon the business of the place. The inhabitants
were peacefully pursuing their daily avocations when the
fleet left. No panic had existed, nor had. any of them
fled into the interior. It was reported that Sitka was in
virtual possession of the American Ice Company, who reported
that the Russian inhabitants, after learning the intended visit
of the allied fleet to the place, notwithstanding the treaty of
protection, abandoned the place and fled into the interior.
We learn that the Ice Company was in a starving condition,
having been in daily expectation of a vessel from San Fran-
cisco loaded with provisions. This was nine days ago, and the
vessel had not arrived when the fleet left. Nothing had been
heard at Sitka of the ship Zenobia. From the above facts
we presume no ice will be received in town for several days to
come, and a similar state of affairs with that of July, 1852,
be experienced.

The San Francisco Transcript furnishes som4 further
particulars. " The fleet arrived at Sitka in twenty-thee days
from Petropaulowski, and sailed on the 13th instant, for this
port. The number of soldiers in the place never exceeded 100
men, who were kept there merely as a protection against
the Indians, and the fortifications, it was well undestood, were
intended for no other purpose."
H.B.M. frigate Pique, Captain Nicholson, had sailed for the
river Amoor, the Russian possessions in Asia, and thence for
China. The British frigate Dido and steamer Brisk were to
touch at Vancouver's Island, thence to San Francisco.

THE BALTIC FLEET.

(FROM THE PRESS.)

Ix the Baltic the fleet are beginning to shift their cruising-
ground. The bad wheather has commenced, the blockading
squadron before Cronstadt has already experienced a heavy
gale of wind, and has shifted its berth. The vacillation of the
Government, and the imbecile management of Sir Charles
Wood and his Board, seem to have metamorphosed all our
fighting Admirals into the meekest and most timid of men.

" Impossible," a word unknown in the vocabulary of the last
war, appears to be imprinted on the mind of every Admiral in
this. The Government have spent milions on this Baltic
fleet ; they had all the vast resources of the country at their
disposal, and all the experience of '54 to guide them, and yet,
in a whole summer, they can only achieve a single bombard-
ment of an arsenal and capture a few paltry vessels !
Sir Charles Wood and his Board seem bent upon blunders.
No sooner do they discover, in the last week of the season for
active operations in the Baltic, that the contemptible supply
of mortars which they originally sent out to demolish all the
Russian fortresses have been used up in a partial bombardment
of the first, than they immediately order a ship round to
Woolwich, load her with mortars, and despatch her to the

stction. Very admirable energy, under ordinary circumstances,
but, in the face of their Admiral's declaration that the season
was too far advanced for any further operations, and that the
mortar-boats were en route for England, very questionable
management. Arrived at Kiel, this ship, the Sanspareil, lay
there for some days with the mortars in her hold, when,
as might have been expected, came an order from Admiral
Dundas for her to return home at once, as the mortar-
boats had left the station, and the weather was too bois-
terous for further operations. So, home comes the Sans-
pareil, no market for their mortars being found in the
Baltic. This playing at cross purposes between Admiralty
and Admiral betrays a want of unanimity of action and con-
formity of plan disgraceful to the administrative ability of
"My Lords." The official " cat," in this case, clearly resides at
Whitehall. Admiral Dundas, some weeks before, had stated that
the season was over for operations ; but the Admiralty hoped,
by this display of unwonted energy, to cover their primary
discreditable mismanagement in not having supplied the fleet
with an ample reserve of mortars in the first instance. This
very "weak invention" is seen through at a glance. We
never ha 4 a very high opinion of the administrative talents of
the present Board of Admiralty; but their management of
the home resources for the supply of the Baltic fleet this year
inflicts more disgrace upon them than any of the previous
many maladministrations they have been guilty of in their
official career.

MR. CHARLES DICKENS is expected to give a reading for
the benefit of the Mechanics' Institution at Sheffield, during
the month of December.

A BALLOON, sent up at Sheffield a few days ago, travelled
as far as Chard, in Somersetshire, a distance of about 200
miles, and occupied only about two hours and three quarters
in the voyage.
THE Briilol Gazette states that a skeleton, supposed to be
that of woman, has been discovered by some workmen, about
a foot below the surface of the ground, at Banwell. Some
suppose the person 4o have been murdered, but there is at
present no evidence to warrant the conclusion.
THE Paris Patrie says that the Czar is endeavouring to
re-establish his former friendly relations with the Helvetic
confederation, which have been estranged since 1848, when
the Emperor Nicholas refused to recognise the new federal i
constitution.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.

BY the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship
America, Captain Lang, which arrived on Sunday, we have
intelligence from Boston to the 29th ult. The America
brought 131 passengers and $847,408 in specie.
A terrible accident occurred on the 27th, on the New York
and Philadelphia Railroad. Twenty-three persons were killed
and seventy wounded. Among the killed was Baron de St.
Andre, French consul at Philadelphia.
The late Mr. Abbott Lawrence had bequeathed $130,000 to

various societies.
Mr. James C. Thompson, proprietor of the extensive ma-
chine works on Quay-street, Albany, had received an offer to
assume the chief-engineership of the Russian Navy, and was
at Washington making the necessary arrangements with the
Russian Minister. The offer was made for three years at a
salary of $6,000 per annum with house rent free, and had
been made in consequence of the resignation of Mr. Cham-
bers, a Scotchman, who had held that position for the past
'eighteen years. Mr. Thompson was, for five years, first
engineer on the steamer Pacific, of the Collins line.
Advices from the Great Salt Lake City report that the
grasshoppers had destroyed the third crop of grain, and star-
vation or an abandonment of the settlements were the alter-
natives presented to the Mormons.'
At Olympia (Washington territory) great excitement pre-
vailed relative to the discovery of rich gold fields at Fort Col-
ville, in about 48 degrees latitude, or nearly 250 miles from
Pugest Sound.
At Norfolk, on the 27th, there were thirty-five deaths
from fever during the forty-eight hours previously to noon
of that day. At New Orleans the deaths in the city during
the week previously to the 27th were 471, including 357
deaths from yellow fever, being a decided decline. The
New York Evening Express of the 28th says, ." The yellow
fever continues to desolate—we had almost said decimate
—the stricken cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth. Awful as
were the incidents attending the New Orleans epidemic,
the summer before last, the melancholy particulars we
publish elsewhere,—the latest to hand,—throw these sombre
reminiscences into the shade. And the worst of it all is,
there is no abatement, no prospect even of abatement, as yet.
This is terrible. Be it the part of those who are afar off and
in safety to continue their contributions in aid of the sick and
the suffering poor." Up to the 23rd the yellow fever was not
prevalent in Mobile. A Baltimore physician writes from Nor-
folk, on the 25th, as follows :—" I arrived here yesterday
safely, and went immediately to work. The statements in
the papers in regard to the epidemic are not exaggerated ; on
the contrary, they do not convey a true idea of the actual
condition of things. You cannot imagine a more sad and me-
lancholy spectacle than Norfolk presents at this moment. The
houses and places of business are all closed—two-thirds of the
inhabitants fleeing or fled—the streets and market-places
deserted—and gloom, and fear, and consternation every where.
Accompanied by Doctor Thompson, I last night, after ten o'clock,
called to see a couple of patients, and I assure you that though
we passed through the principal streets we did not meet or
see a single soul during our journey. Our footsteps sounded
and resounded ominously upon the pavements. Not a single
light could be seen in the houses by which we passed ; it
only needed a glimpse in the moonlight of a jackall or vulture
to realise the picture of an eastern plague-stricken city. The
disease is not abating in the least. From all that I can learn
I am convinced that there are at least 600 down with it.
This, in a population now reduced to 8,000, is fearful. In the
hotel where we are stopping there are ten patients—one death
took place last night. The heat is intense, and the atmos-
phere at night heavily charged with malaria. I have suffered
all the morning with a very severe headache, and Thompson
says my eyes are affected; but I have no fears. The head-
ache I attribute to the oppressive state of the atmosphere.
The disease is of a more peculiar character, and strange to say
nearly all the cases present the same symptoms In the onset
you have all the indication of our common bilious fever—but
the treatment must, it appears, be totally different. All my
cases are, so far, progressing favourably—but the disease is so
insidious in its workings, that though everything may look
favourable, you cannot prognosticate a happy resnit."
The New. Orleans Bulletin, of the 21st, says :—" The most
interesting intelligence that we can communicate to our absent
friends is, the sanitary condition of our city. We grieve to
say that the weather is, and has been for some days past, as
unpropitious for any mitigation of the epidemic as it well can
be. Northern winds have prevailed for the most part during
the past week; the nights and mornings are unseasonably
cool, such as we generally experience in October, while (with
the exception of yesterday, which was somewhat moderate)
the heat at mid-day is excessively oppressive. The conse-
quence has been, as was to be expected, an increase in the
number of deaths from yellow fever for the past week. The
number of deaths from yellow fever for the week foot up 394,
against 291 for the week previously. The ,total number of
deaths from all diseases for the week ending on the 19th, was
517, against 413 for the week ending on the 12th instant. It
is a mistaken impression which prevails among some of our
people, that the present epidemic is less violent, and attended
with less mortality than any that has preceded it. Excepting
the fatal year of 1853, the reverse is the fact. The deaths
from yellow fever for the week ending on the 20th of August,
1847, were 296 ; total deaths from all diseases, 415. For the
week ending 20th August, 1854, the deaths from yellow fever
were 118. The greatest number of yellow fever interments in
any one week in 1854, was for the week ending September
24th, when they amounted to 341—fifty-three less than for
the week just passed. The week in 1853 corresponding with
the present one was the most fatal one ever known in New
Orleans ; the deaths from yellow fever in that week reached
the terrible figure of 1,442 ; the total deaths were 1,571. This
day two years ago was the blackest day in death's calendar—
the number of deaths on that day, including those for which
there were no certificates, was 318 1"
Csumoßms,—The Geonre Law has arrived at New York
rrom Aspinwall, witu ,1,265,ti1t5 in specie, and acivices irom
California to the Ist of August. The Golden Age sailed from
San Francisco on the Ist ult., with $1,600,000 on freight, of
which $312,284 was on English account. A line of telegraph
had been erected between Aspinwall and Panama, and was in
successful operation. The health of the isthmus was good.
There had been but little rain, and the railroad was in excellent
condition. H.M.S. Monarch, 84, and President, 62, and the
French vessels La. Forte, Eurydice, Alceste, and Obliged° were
in the harbour of San, Francisco. A fire broke out in the town
on the 18th, which destroyed about $30,000 worth of property.
Agreeable to notice through the daily newspapers, a meeting
of the preliminary committee of the Immigration Society, and
those favouring the objects of the society, had been held in
San Francisco. The attendance was quite large, and included
many of the most prominent and influential citizens, all of
whom seemed to be desirous of lending the movement their
cordial support. The objects of the meeting were :-1. To
disseminate continually and systematically information of the
soil, climate, agricultural products, yields of crops, &c., of Cali.
fornia. 2. By business negotiations to reduce the price of
passage to California, and to multiply the means of transport.
3. To produce employment for immigrants immediately on
their arrival, at some rate, however low, so that they may not
go idling about and get disgusted while they are yet on the
threshold. The mining news continued cheering, and prospects
were never better for the working man. The largest portion
of the Allied fleets, including the Monarch, Captain G. Patey;
the President, Commander Barridge ; Eurydice, Obligado,
La Forte, and Alceste, had returned to San Francisco, after
visiting Petropaulowski, and finding the place entirely deser-
ted by the Russians. The officers of the French and English
vessels were to receive a number of complimentary balls from
the citizens of San Francisco during their stay in the harbour,
and in return they were to give like entertainments on board
their vessels. A number of sick seamen were landed from the
French frigate La Forte. Most of them were affected with
symptoms of scurvy. They were taken to the French hospital.
The crops in some portions of the State were represented as
being rather inferior, while in other parts they would probably
come fully up to previous expectation. The general product
of the mines was equal to any previous period. Business,
although not as brisk as in former years, was quietly and
steadily recovering from the financial shock which it ex-
perienced a few months back. A great fire had taken place at
Stocklin. At Los Angeles an earthquake had done consider.
able damage.
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fled in confusion. With regard to the reconstruction of the
Government, our intelligence is very brief. It appears, how-
ever, that the plan of Alvarez has been adopted, and that
General Carro is Provisional President, and General La Vega
commander-in-chief of the army. Santa Anna left the capital
on the pretence of quelling the insurrection in Vera Cruz.
The office of the Universel, and forty other buildings, had
been demolished by the populace during the excitement conse-
quent upon Santa Anna's departure. The military interfered,
killing forty persons, and wounding a large number. The
statue of Santa Anna had been torn down and trampled upon
by the people. Delegates met in the city of Mexico on the
10th inst., who chose Gen. Carro President for six months, and
also ordained the liberty of the press.
Later advices from the Rio Grande state that the revolu-
tionists were awaiting to hear of the downfal of Santa Anna,
and were consequently inactive.
CllBA.—Advices to the 23rd, state that H.M.S. Daring was
at Vera Cruz, for the purpose of embarking Santa Anna on
his arrival, and that a Spanish steamer had likewise been
placed at his service. Sickness was on the increase, but it was
principally confined to the soldiers. Sugar buyers were active,
admitting advanced rates. Molasses were scarce, and at high
prices. Freights for sugar 4s. per box; $1 hhd. molasses
Exchange on London firm. The British brig-of-war, Arab,
arrived off the harbour on the 16th, and reported having ex-
perienced very heavy weather at sea. Some anxiety was
experienced for the safety of the British mail steamer Wye,
which was nine days overdue from Vera Cruz.
The Chicago Tribune, of the 24th, says :—" Revelations
have been made to us, by one who is entitled to know the
designs of the Kinney expedition, which leave no room for
doubt that a descent upon Cuba is the ultimate object of the
party now in Greytown, and their friends and backers in the
States. To this end they are now building vessels, purchasing
stores, and enlisting recruits all along our Atlantic coast,
though the latter are gathered principally in Louisiana and
other slave states. Their efforts are seconded by the Cuban
Juntas in New York and New Orleans, which furnish the
principal part of the funds needed for the enterprise."
The Daniel Webster had arrived at New York from Punta
Arenas with $712,000 in specie. A terrific hurricane swept
over the Mosquito coast on the night of the 14th instant, by
which the British sloop-of-war Wolverine became a total loss.
The cholera had abated in Nicaragua, but not until it had
swept away nearly all the Government forces, and the re-
mainder of the troops had been centred at Grenada. The
epidemic had also visited Leon, and the revolutionary army
suffered much from its attacks. The Costa Ricans kept up a
strict quarantine both by land and water. The best interests
of Nicaragua are represented as in a very perilous position.
The Accessory Transit Company had a party of armed men
at Castillo in order to watch Colonel Kinney's movements.
It was reported that Generals Gardiola and Lopez, with two
hundred men from Guatemala, had attacked Honduras, and
routed General Cabanas. It was also said that Colonel Kin-
ney had made an attack on Rivas. The revolutionists from
Leon had attacked Managua, but were repulsed. Greytown
(rebuilt) was looking • well, and all the sufferers by the late
bombardment, from the British Vice-Consul downwards, were
preparing to submit their claim for damages to Congress.
Colonel Walker had marched into Costa Rica, and, after
some negotiations, gave up his arms to the authorities, who
guaranteed him protection from the Nicaraguans. However,

in a short time after the latter seized 20 of his men, when the
Costa Ricans raised 1,500 soldiers, and sent a demand for
their delivery. _ _ _

There is nothing of interest from the Sandwich Islands.
The King has dissolved the legislature. The appropriation
bill voted by the house exceeded the revenue about $200,000,
and the King refused to sanction direct taxation to make up
the deficit. He has ordered a new election, and parliament
was called to meet at Honolulu on the 30th of July.
From Jamaica we have advices to the 14th August. A
serious riot had occurred in Kingston, between the negro
soldiers stationed in the barracks, and the people and police.
The soldiers had assaulted the citizens wantonly. Trade was
inactive.

The State of Panama had imposed a duty of 50 cents. per
ton on sailing vessels, and 25 cents. on steamers ; also a duty
of one dollar on each passaiger.
From Hayti we learn that money, coffee, and logwood were
scarce.

Dates to the 11th of June had been received from the
Society Islands. King Tammatoa, who was ousted by a revolt
under Tamarri, had been restored to the government of the
kingdom of Raeatea and Tahaa, by a counter movement on
the part of his subjects.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, 28th Aug.
MONEY still continued abundant, and confidence in every
department of commerce and finance was steadily gaining
ground. Exchange was firm at the following quotations :
London, 1091, 110, to 1101 ; Paris, 5.12 f to 5.114 ; Amster-
dam, 411 to 41* ; Bremen, 791 to 79i ; Hamburg, 36* to 364 ;
Antwerp, 5.15 to 5.12*.

COTTON.—The business in the cotton market, says Mr. W.
P. Wright in his circular, dated New York, Aug. 28, has con-
tinued to be very limited, the daily sales not exceeding a few
hundred bales taken by domestic consumers. Holders show
considerable firmness, and the quotations submitted are those
at which no large transactions could be entered upon without
causing an immediate advance, while in some instances small
lots had been sold at ec. to less. Freight to Liverpool
dull at 5-32ds.

A great change has taken place in the accounts received
this week from every section of the cotton growing region as
far west as Mobile. Rain, so much to be dreaded at this
period, has been falling freely, accompanied by an unusual
degree of cold, and though no damage has been done but what
could be made up by very seasonable weather, the prospects
for a good crop are much jeopardised. The accounts from
Alabama are more serious than elsewhere, and at the latest
dates, by telegraph from Mobile, rain was still prevalent. We
have yet to hear of the country tributary to New Orleans.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON.
Exports to Total Exports Stock in
Receipts. Gt. Britain. to For. Ports. Hand.
1855 2,784,323 1,528,373 .. 107,403
1854 2,883,213 1,583,462 .. 132,431
Decrease 98,890 55,089 .. 24,938
BEEADSTUFFS.—The market for flour had been very quiet,
the demand being chiefly confined to the trade, and prices had
declined in common qualities 121 c. per barrel. Exporters had
taken a few thousand barrels for England. In wheat southern
descriptions had declined 6c. to 10c. per bushel. Indian corn
had advanced bc. per bushel up to the close of last week, but
half of this advance had since been lost.

PROVISIONS.-The quantity ofeVeri description of provi-
sions continued to be extremely light, and as the season ad-
vanced the demand seemed to increase, and cause prices to
improve. Much activity and excitement prevailed in the pork
market, and rates of prime and mess had considerably ad-
vanced. Beef firm, with sales of about 200 bbls., closing at
Saturday's quotations all round. Prime mess was in moderate
demand, at $22 to $25. Butter and cheese were without
change of moment in quotations.
CoAL.-The receipts of foreign continued small, and the
market was firm. Hard was steady at previous rates.
InoN.-The market was very firm, with sales of 300 to 400
tons. Scotch pig at $32 cash, and $33 to $34 six months,
and holders now demand $32 50c. cash, and $35 six months,
the stock being much reduced, and the ships hither light.
There is considerable inquiry for railroad iron, and some 2,200
tons Welsh have- been sold at $62 50c. cash, mostly for future
delivery. American pig was held firmly, and prices tended
upward. 100 tons American wrought scrap brought $36 cash ;
and English sheet was firm, and some numbers scarce.
FREIGHTS remain inactive to Liverpool : -Flour ls. to
ls. 3d.; grain, 4d. to 414.; cotton, 5.32 d. to 3-16 d. ; dead
weight, 12s. 6d. to 15s. ; provisions, ls. 3d. to 2s. To London :
-Flour. ls. 3d. to Is. 6d. per barrel; grain, sd. to 51d. per
bushel; naval stores, Is. 6d. to ls. 9d.; dead weight, 12s. 6d.
to 17s. 6d. ; measurement goods, 2s. to 2s. 3d. ; provisions, 2s.
to 2s. 3d. To Glasgow :-Flour, ls. 9d. to 2s. ; grain, 6d. to
60. To Havre :-Flour, 40c. to 50c. per barrel; grain, 9c.
to 10c. per bushel.

By Electric Telegraph.
NEW YORK, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30.—European
news via Halifax was published here yesterday at three o'clock.
Money to-day was dearer. Flour and corn firm. Wheat de-
clined 2d. Cotton firm and unchanged; sales [query—two
days ?] 1,000 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28.—Cotton,
lower;c. sales to-day, 3,500; middling (new) quoted 9c. to

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

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CARADA.—There has been much excitement lately among
he Huron Indians. and a good deal of ill-feeling manifested
by some of them against the government. This unhappy
state of affairs was occasioned by a misapprehension of some
late acts of the Government, but more especially by the in-
triguing of a Methodist preacher, who took an active part in
fomenting disaffection and discord among them for his own
advantage. As the affair began to assume a serious aspect,
the Indians having forbidden surveyors to approach their
territory, it was determined by his Excellency the Governor-'
General that a grand council should be held, in order to try
and arrange matters. A council was held, therefore, at Table
timer, on the 19th ult., itc which Viscount D.y aria suite
were present on the part of the government, and about 150
Indians, delegates from various tribes. The discussions were
very animated, but the difficulties were settled in a manner
satisfactory to all parties, except the preacher and a few of his
satellites. Everything in the political way is especially dull.
Now and then violent spasmodic efforts are made to get up an
excitement about the Maine Anti-liquor Law, or some kindred
humbug, but without success.
WEST INDIES.—The Atrato arrived at Southampton on
Thursday with the West India and Pacific mails. Her dates
are Jamaica, August 11 ; Demerara, 16th ; Trinidad, 12th ;
Barbadoes, 15th ; and St. Thomas, 22nd. She brings about
$500,000 in specie. The weather in:Jamaica was intensely
hot, the island tranquil, and fever very prevalent. The market
was dull, and bare of provisions. Exchange on London, 90
days, one per cent. premium. The yellow fever prevailed
among the troops at Barbadoes. At St. Thomas the yellow
fever was declining. Small-pox had appeared in many places.
The Eagle, with the mails from the windward route, broke
down. The mails from Demerara, Trinidad, and Barbadoes,
were sent to St. Thomas in hired vessels. Exchange on
London, 90 days, 541 to '4l.
CAPE OP Goon HOPE.—Dates to the end of June have
been received from the Cape. Business was not very brisk,
but no mercantile difficulties were apprehended. The Kaffir
taxes had been paid with the greatest alacrity by the natives,
and realised much in excess of last year. From Port Eliza-
beth we learn that, during the last quarter, up to the 9th of
June, the exports of wool had amounted to 1,626,252 lbs.,
valued at £93,000. About 2,000 bales were lying at Graafk,
Reinet awaiting carriage, and some of the upper districts
were in an equally bad plight, with no prospect of relief for
the next few months. Wool was firm at 50. The Orange
Free State Herald states that upwards of 300 farms, to the
value of about £60,000, have changed hands in little more
than twelve months. The Natal coffee is much improved,
and now ranks in the good marks of Ceylon. There was no
change of consequence in the import trade of Cape Town.
The price of Liverpool coal has advanced to £2 10s. per ton,
and Liverpool salt to £3 10s. per ton, being an advance of ss.
per ton on each article.
AUSTRALIA.—With the heavy portion of the overland mail
• ce enables us to add to our former
remarks on the gold-fields. The yield is steadily increasing
r3sfaeey:
says
Melbourne
—ur neTnhe
earne dis Adelaide
tphaapte rs.
the Ta
dh
de At i
ornyu
of
f,
with the wet season. The banks have their branches for this
ithnwa itvo es„,. comeesuekms
portion of their businsss, especially at all the larger gold fields,
and keep up, by a keen competition, the price of the metaL—
mmtoaarnoyuY;
The receipts by escort of the first five months of 1854 and
1855, as compared with the shipments, are as follow :-
1854. 1855.
Ounces. Ounces.
Receipts by escort 779,689 737,950
Shipments 930,875 990,757
Since our last summary there has not been a great amount
of transactions in our import market, but the arrivals
of cargoes have been few, and a further buoyancy has
been imparted to many articles. Notwithstanding
much undoubted tightness in money matters, a tone
of increasing confidence is springing up, and the
spring is looked for as the season in which our market
will once more 11e more nearly under the legitimate sway
of supply and demand than has been the case for the past two
years. A great social difficulty had arisen at Adelaide, in
consequence of the accumulation at the immigration depot of
Irish females sent out to the colony under the regulations of
the Land and Emigration Commissioners. The girls, although
healthy and strong, are generally totally unfit for domestic
service, and cannot find situations in private families. The
government, assisted by the Catholic clergymen, intend to for-
ward them to depots in various parts of the country districts,
where it is hoped the wants of the settlers will lead to employ-
ment in farm or rough household work. We doubt not that
proper representations have been made to the commissioners
to prevent a continuance of this kind of emigration. The wea-
ther during the autumn has been in the highest degree favour-
able to agriculture. Most of the farmers have got their seed
in, and the crops look in the highest degree promising. The
breadth of land under cultivation is larger than was ever
known in the colony before, and there is at present every
prospect of a most abundant harvest. As we have so often
referred to the deficiency of rain during the past season, we
may now state that the total quantity of rain during the year
1854, as indicated by the government rain-gauge, amounted to
only 12-91 inches

lsErilrAn .—A letter from Berlin, in the Augsburg Gazette,
states that the Danish government has declared itself willing to
reduce the Sound-dues for all countries. It is said that Aus-
tria has strongly recommended Denmark to make the conces-
sion, and that this latter power will shortly make its inten-
tions known to all the states interested in the question.
PRIISSIA.—Private letters from Berlin would seem corro-
borative of what has been already said of the state of the
King of Prussia's health : his condition inspires considerable
uneasiness. The Russian party at court are in dismay, as the
death of the king would be fatal to their influence. The
Prince of Prussia, it appears, keeps apart, and does not inter-
fere, at least ostensibly, in political affairs.
ABYSSINIA.—Dr. Graph, the South African missionary, has
just returned from a mission to Abyssinia from Bishop Gobat,
of Jerusalem. He had several interviews with the King, who
seems bent upon improving his country, and his authority is
now so firmly established that he can carry his wishes into
execution. The King of Abyssinia has prohibited slavery,
renounced polygamy, banished the Jesuits, and is anxious that
some European mechanics, particularly masons, printers, and
gunmakers, should settle in his country. Mr. Plowden, our
consul in Abyssinia, has taken to European clothing again, and
has great influence with the King, to whom he gives good
advice. An Englishman of the name of Bell is one of the
first of the King's warriors, and, in battle, -enjoys with three
others the great honour of wearing the same apparel as the
King, in order that the latter may not be distinguished by
his enemies. Another Englishman, named Coffin, who has
been in
i Aabnydssiisn
niaowforstixy
tygrigs,hits livingysetialrlso f
a teh. e rße
Besides
dcehs7;oefs
ea
-three Englishmen, there are no Europeans in all Abyssinia.

[SEPTEMBER 11, 1855,

IRELAND.

old 011'
THE Irish journals report the renewal of tlielrp;
outrages in some districts of the countrY• ns el°
Ix order to give increased facilities to commull7,4
offered sundry rewards for the detection
America, the Harbour Board of Cork have det.rird
exempt from tonnage dues all steam vesssels touclarlA7
in these offences in the King's County anlTfipPperesrtlont
port, and conveying the mail passengers or telegra
gence to and from America. of ti!
AGRICULTURAL STRIKES.—The combinations
assumed the character of ribbonism, and serion
outrages have been the result. Threateningthe
been again frequent. Employers are warned
consequences if they dare to offer their men less).l9fger
cultural labourers for higher wages have, in certain
wages, while the labourers receive fully as int 11700!
that punishment awaits their accepting lower teen's
fixed by their mysterious governors. In the Reerlifilt
the county Tipperary, and Kilkenny, this state or L,V
become a source of considerable embarassment toit,o.l
gerai'f4
portion of the rural inhabitants.—Morning
ARREST OF ONE OF THE MURDERERS f tbl
CLARKE, ESQ.—lntelligence has been receirea.°ooll,
at Toronto, of Hawkins, charged as being the Prln 0017/
murder of the late Patrick Clarke, Esq., which Ivessight
in October, 1845, in the open day, and with:
own hall door, in the county Tipperary. SilcoD
murder, two men, named Rice and Hayes, were
to
aiding therein, but the principal effected his esoli,e.,
and the police have never ceased their search Ie to!,
The cause which led to Kelly's arrest, as far al ;010'4
is as follows :—On a late occasion, when hewriielo"
he boasted to Mr. Burrough that he was the .30c "ober
; who shot Patrick Clarke, Esq., deputy-lieutenant 0
.A
Tipperary, in the September of 1847. R yortlfie
NOVELTY IN SHIFEIIILDING.—The Cork -,.eile:'
,if'4
the following account of a ship on a new prinr,
ship, with an auxiliary screw propeller, now "`",, 094
believe,bour, b built on
iosnthae
firstnew eaeresitrcuueriteofiu.s
sprhiencisipwleh,o..uie ofrotfo;,
iron, being framed and put together in the sniffiff
the Britannia Tubular Bridge, without knees.,erocertir",
of any kind in her hull. A plank deck is 1010.040",
one, and on this are a couple of large deck ho r 30,64
of stowing ballast, in the usual way, she is,,,Pefre,
water-tight compartments in her hull, into I'Ld'
be pumped, for ballast, to any extent reqrntrortle:,./
I tackle is worked by steam machinery, supe AV
city for a large amount of manual labour. u'ity,il
sence of timbers, beams, &c., she has storage ; A;
cargo, though measuring little over 400 tokpr ty
ble advantage in itself. The name of the vessel_A' fl,;
and she is bound for Singapore, being interebtgi.'.
stand, for trade in the Chinese seas. Extero% t
,
ante is very singular, from the convexity "te oft/ ;
nautical phrase, she "turribles home" aloft in 3
manner. wilt/
AN EXTRAORDINARY SKELETON.--The raft)
of a "marvellous discovery" is related in the t'°„o.
" We have been informed, but what exact al,°°t„
lity we should give to the statement we are n,",44
say, that in the progress of the formation of t',"001101
way, some of the labourers discovered, at a:toy,
beneath the surface of the earth, within about
Askeaton, a gigantic skeleton, eleven feet in 'ei.".007
the remains was found a vessel, with an inseriP, ,
dicating that someting would be found by
a
otbl
Following this intimation, they uncovered lci 6 ,
something resembling a bottle in shape, inser',,tellt!/i
gbeenpdonwriiiedcliindtoi ret
he tee
md
ot
uh at
ht
oft h rtehee dsrkoepl
es
toefn,twh e ag,i4dr
mit ° rt
would come to life again. Although much dotw P'
lowed the instructions ; but on letting the si.ef:h3tlril
the mouth the skeleton began to stir, upon wP_Ltjafflt,
came so frightened that they took to flight, esrl" t); t
ran, to be pursued by the half-resuscitated A
port of this strange story caused such a se #.l3e
neighbourhood that the police had to close " t;
thus the old Fenian giant has been once 132°11
his long slumber of many ages."

IClier y
OWING to the large number of insane 50 •,.,11
v
recently arrived at Fort Pitt, the accomtno" • ep 'Aor
altogether inadequate, and orders have been Pc 00'4
additional building for this class of patients slag
,Are,
ONE MORNING last week an invalid gentlera3vto l
cell, took his seat in the parliamentary train'i
Brighton from the London-bridge terminus, wL2eoer
ing the Three Bridges station, he suddenly be
di; 'P
almost instantly expired.
Two CHILDREN, whose parents ri
ford, strolled qpon the Great Wester
afternoon ; a goods train came aloi
knocked down one of the children, an,
The other escaped unhurt.
A CORONER'S jury at Dover has
manslaughter against the captain, J.
Kidham and Thomas May, the look
mail-steamer between Dover and Calais.
lision with the Henry, a Yarmouth vr
showing a proper light at the time.
SEAL FISIIING.—A sloop is being
modation of a party of gentlemen, in,
Baillie, of Redcastle, who are to
of seals, near Tain, in the DornooP
last season, with the same PartY'
killed no fewer than 153 full-gro"
LAST WEEK, during the P-
rogress ol
Newcastle to Kelso,
young man nay
roof of the carriage to smoke. He
mark through the bole in the roof in
when his body came in contact with
the concussion caused instant deal
mutilated.
storekeeper of Plymou,
on Monday, by the upsetting of a bc4
his sons, he was fishing between Mo,
island. The eldest son, a lieutenant '
only one of the party sensible when
son, a clerk in the establishment, th,
a precarious state.
A LETTER from St. Petersburgh
broke out on the 22nd ult. in a large
fruit, belonging to Prince Dolgora
state, and now used for drying sow
troops. The loss of this building is
there being no other establishment of
provisioning the troops.
ABUNDANCE OF CORN ON THE D
Vienna says that the Steam Navif
Danube is sending all the towing vi
provinces of the Lower Danube, but
sufficient to enable the large quantal(
to be sent off, and that even any num
be able to obtain freights at high prices.
THE QUEEN AND THE LAPDOG.
the Queen suddenly perceived she ha,
little lapdog, and expressed very gri
notice was taken apparently beyond s;
and steam were made to perform th(
feats, and when the Queen entered h
the first thing that she saw was her '
ward to meet her.
Two BROTHERS, named Edwin Li
aged nineteen and seventeen, have bee)
exhausted clay-pit at Broad Pill, on
river Avon. The body of the elder W'
stockings, and many persons surmise
fatal occurrence he was in the act of
stooping forward with this object he o,
fell in, and that the younger brothel
tempt to save him.
A FARMER in the neighbourhood o
on his socks the other morning, was
had found its way into the inside of one of
wards came into the shearers' hiring market, 9ti i 0
unwell, falling several times down on the pavel r,
berry-square, and ultimately fainting away. Ar
singular that the sting of a wasp has Produce or' t
sult on former occasions, while from the stiii°,4(o
evil effect was experienced by him. _Dumfries uv of
the first sod of the Silloth railway, near Carno
SIR JAMES GRAHAM performed the ceremlilife"l
week. He delivered a speech on the occasion, gto,4
dwelt upon the value and importance of Of
works which distinguished this country,, Itheio

iiref''
gratification that the war had not yet retarded'" 1
*le
A dejeuner took place afterwards, at which ;01161,111.
baronet was present; but in his address be O to jp,,
to the objects of the meeting, and did not allude bed'
tical object. jeoll,e,
gr• lA* IS
FRAUD BY A CONFIDENTIAL SERVANT" if AiN4 f
bert, one of the managers in the extensi‘litioM
Messrs. Hine, Mundella, and Co., hosiers, of ' -01 l /`tPe le%
on Tuesday committed for trial at the sessions,e )01,ftt,
frudulently obtaining 4,000 dozens of thread I 3 c, Ifer,A t;
of his employers. It appeared that in July last erg
to the warehouse of Messrs. River and Son! 'eto 01
and purchased the laces in the name of 11'9, poi,r r•
questing that they might be sent to an age
~,, °,,
whom they were sold at £lOO less than their ,tor tzlt
t, ell 1
money remitted to Herbert.
.../4."1.0,:..pg
EXPENDITURE OF RAILWAY COMPANIY, t'4vs,ltpll.o
dered by the House of Commons, shows tr eve.ei ..1
legal, and engineering expenses of 160 raibleaVitlnt,
appears that the total sums of money expel' coo,rof ; (pe,
acts of Parliament for establishing such ocl/0i13,„r Ae,
£12,648,715 Bs. 2id. giving an average Pr eroP,"corPte
The money expended' in obtaining acts for Pool 0, diiire
railways, or amalgamating with railway Or, ip o°stor„ettOo
amounted to E 852,202 2s. The money spec,'„ther footy'rlOt
and expenses incurred by actions, suits, and l'e., °„ 90 ~V,/
at law or in equity by some of the comPaPe ni ao' 01 tr,
£685,104 4s. 3d. Forty-five companies l'3l,Chere is cAilelt:l
A CONVENT ROMANCE IN BAVARIA.-"` oic/' Iledftv
f g° Ca 1 ef
the-way place in the neighbourhood 0 t , so' ail`O
" Anger," on which stands the convent a ta„--veot,, ,t 6
School Sisters." A young girl entered this ci°i'sioneotDe fed
time was sent as a novice to a branch estab he Was olOcteit/o
helm, where she suddenly recollected that She all to ,
sor of youth, health, and 9,000f1. (£700.) nroae'f her tfi
resolution not to take the veil, and was 01° eve °vete?'
to the " Anger." On the road she called on , her a for
A
tions, au employl, who, instead of gnir,ej,
,aili,,rto"ovi.
ordered her to go to the convent. She_ o% iorleTayel7tril
time nothing more was heard of her. c d
`yell,force- ti. cleseue 11#
circulated, that the civil authorities wer bo,.. c iie,,/
matter. It was found that the girl svasfeesK
tO tti „Co tett
and the trustees of her deceased pareesnto,. the riot
eiA
Touring to get her out of the clutch t 1 or°,Tir Op;
fined in the convent, She resolutely re
ere c i° .'
Nuremberg Paper. vc frOTO dic
will areis 515 .1
WINDSOR
Co
worksd„titre •-, by 4N
immediately after the Court took its
n October. I'o9 Preey
Her Majesty returns to the Castle,
of
t a subterilthirtii9ol
progress consist of the digging op seven to d p3S5t,, if,
300 feet in length, and varying from : ny
northern wing, he Case7oo.
width, extending from the
_ing. of t
,5 ere
ofif ti
neath the quadrangle to the southernr wire, _ ,la
~,u
_. :00 ,
in April last, and will, it is expected, bele°
passage will derive light from tenn oratting."s'sb'ec?)nololece't
illtyi,:t
the quadrangle, covered by
iroobsrvation' ellars; rfleo
ranged as to escape particular
of large coal c.esty,so4o
these passages will be a number
to ifer the ~-,a Or
by this alteration convenient accessher
t sinroom eetils i'oe Jei
apartments and the numerous o
his alteration
s_
ith
he
side of the Castle. Previous to t s
fr connected e vooltv tied
carried along the various possa-ael of the lar Since ti,iell
trances to the apartments. Sever
remained closed ,ti, ate re ,0
the north terrace, which have
evior, with t Jer
of Elizabeth, have been recent*
bu't they were J., re*
f the'
forming them into coal cellars,
sequence 0
suited for that purpose, in con
and inconvenient position. raplete;;,l
je 000,0

reside in the4r::::::
hi:0,te.,,,,-:
wn RailwaYar Irilltf' 'tc, 044
°ng , wheri,,,reot'lt k; stilt
and literal': ~t., i'?,,ri,'„ott
I brought iri 11' 4i'll "
John W'atsoll, f tbc ~,ie • 4'thallto
k.out men, of ,i.''cit' 11
alais, whichll 0 tet°tk
vessel, in Dover .104
t:' kikl4st
tilt'
if fitted np for 0 j , tot ,az
including two Ott tx) hoti boil
• proceed for t' / 7 1.14,4 oql
Firth. The 5014 b qt b' ilk
five weeks capt I) 'l•4
seals. ; Je4kio
fir 'o‘ ' SS rhea
of an excarsion.4t ell ~, ,4.c.,',; ,
arced Fetter fv;,,03e,,,i, ukt,y. '-
was addresstogol°, r.' lit° ,
a which the Iolied1::::111.4
p:ottaahuhtn.:atrociinndkrlgietegetAoo;:tcstet:rtt,:::tiod:t4,4lo,oll‘ll:::si':l:B4:.4l4Bot\i'
in the re" Ile, "iiti el'etlb'
picked all' oteo, ket the i'
hough res° A t' 1 ("f Al
riole-6 itli 411 '4O
b d 4
. states th3t,l,t forijoi,'. . afire reee.
establishPeovelitir IM to 4'l
Touki, the vadoi der
/urkrout 11Ltegle ' af,Sr:l
stated to uv, or
~ t4,-4 „~,
of the kill' r 'to
ttrtrir heCtiltr
—a 1€ i he he
DA.xtri3l3. 01 oi a '
0 d ' ittil• it r,"
igation Co 5eF fri.i %It a, ,
vessels u P°s ,filt.ifi 11 4,51 v w ,
ut that tlidliecri it),4t)tta;
;ies of corn c°ll, 41,1111 4 `1(
imber of row' 11414 1)41)1•
ices. tiP prP4
,'ltg ° hei''tee of th
',.--On !cal:A i t.:4 Pay 4 Of , tai
ad left belitllbil ,kt the
reat regret Lt 11,4 N'a,', lotta
sympathy', lt ito,p Cd t 5.4.1, : .1i
weir seeming t sty 411`:`,(. cio
her boudoir St ~,Jll,, lt,Nti
lapdog, that' vii )tt,ll4°: )
nobeffel/ kteti%,lni'
sister and .- 0 ri ht,-tl,l
een found citS itlejf lite,l'eoa tli
the eastWar,",sffi,, v `es34 eif
was diveste“ of ti!:,. 41.,4,
wotnasheahtoifnagtt:tel:,./ibeeteio;L.
14:kw,
tt,:iii,,,,,,,e4:14:,
ea . ak• 1
overbalanc ed
ii t,4t,,, il,
to. %,
?r was drool' 4 0 14
co 1 tiNtli4l
of Thunfries,o4 t4ltrt 44r
stung by ' tt.II) kot) 4Whka,, hll

1855'
___.-----

f the old oidfi,
Goveron3o.:,
4. persons or
TipPerar/iiool
ce deters'
Is touching!'
telegraPh3c

eItESEIRE AN]) WALES.

Tit,.
kbi
~1 quarterly- AV
iii.leettlit;Pyt;leeolist!ivro:rdacLay,entake Ci?ruarntinf r the hundred of Wirral
ere Hotel, before Mr. R.
tit 3111. Y. Therethewere seventeen cases entered for
r! statitap •
laid "°r(lqii 01 In Birkenhead-park is about to be removed by
11.4,04 t bit, Edinburgh, to whom it belongs. A few pounds
week,Tais 4114? coMtnissioners would
.preserve to the public
, rkevti3', a considerable attraction. .
%Iltll'Y %irl(lour works at Holyhead were inspected last
wititl4eu, cr,les ood, Mr. Rendell, and several
lother
out rrapid:' We
expressed themselves
.mu.ch peased
itei,44li,..Pgress the contractors are making in carrying
44.4 • ,Itc. oit LY plans
4„, th.
~.. rga -.
'l4l'3lltlekts", 0 .ri builder, Macclesfield, has et with
“-oicing" orb` soun-
dl'6l)liptLPe, am tie Was in the ac.t of _ v
° tile Clew applied his ear to it, when, from some cause,
gteat,_utaik °,4, entered his ear, and gradually penetrated
~..,,oq,koty. After three weeks' illness he expired, suffering
",deekrsclay t,
Nes. °4 sits •'.e man Corran, who was recently
tappsrvee-
:Pere'he 2,„.', of glen of being concerned in the late
17 beforeel'i
Tl.Btzates ce .at Birkenhead, was again brought Co 4„',Waela the depositions of the evera witnesses
d.'woressin;" he was committed for trial at the next
‘,,,, LI jotithi-.
11„,,Nt1;i'r,„ ,z f,t,?,,111 Macclesfield went to Alderley wakeso eomne,
1,14 delibegatk-V whilst in a shooting gallery n
:aged 15 i;b,atel,,,arribleton aged 17, took np. a° keaded rifle
;e'aatil '417E4 at the 'other named William parkland,
fu th ii9cig din et entered the angle of the poor lad's 1
'4,erzleilaeclese'leitli,hi....B brain.. He was removed to the hospital
0 Alt".elistocri Union Workhouse, and Hambleton was
i of so 1144 Y.
t'l the 111441414,111.1,04 Wednesday, a boy, aged five years in a
4'-°ek It -411 t t f a window four storeys' high
ill iel et,
4,,,,, go out
t to o relation's house about four
Folpolittt, of Lthee )11101;42wge.n
~ in He saida that his aunte hafahteulrge
,atldibat have °L-se, and she was gone to a sal
t:.,ick. I.ter h,Pen asleep all this time,
as
but could not
_ they. put him to
t'',,l3e ~:a3hi "g a sound sleep he aw? ,
L'iooira hirtli.g about it. When exammeed he had not a
Vqlo-8113t P
At,' t ot; , M 34-
IVket 411esd --At the Birkenhead. Commisstilowneferis:
x,, t2,°alit , baY, the Ferry Committee produced _
it.l, eirti,,,, 95.-i'deceints. for A. ugust,lBs. 4, £2,842 los. 11d. ;
qs, 44,07 ss ~,,t, receipts from 24th April to 31st August,
ti,,,,t2154 relit f 'u•; 1855, £10,922 16s. 6d. ; working ex-
-1R54 £6 888 4s. ; 1855,
4„,q, •N. Thee same period, --- ' ' sold for
141,4', beehafter h i steamer Eliza Price had beearitrs.Bloo
iStecetva/ciZ.
,/14.:10 spent nport lter e
the pg Lee4PlMated n hire at Rock Ferry.in
s received or used
rApstorekeeper
,4114,,,a pry. ,no accounts of s ore
qats'oilttee, til°oll4B,.lt kept. Mr. Harrieslionso,
mtheemCohraeiromf an of
their
libL 44, ow th t, t they ought to s
*4141t, llblx:tithe new ones were nearly ready. d f
!pa ,),ci 1, X WEl.sa PORTS.—The great deman or
ilt lei, Arge .3, the abstraction for the pu_rposes of the
40. N r trade4ll amount of tonnage from
_th customary
1;ttt1,1111:15t4e sl'i!aa, in common with otherl ees given an
41^ 44 'r of - ping trade in the Welsh paocrt;. '_l' X 4 vessels than usual have been, or are, building,Afar
1,(7N,,,1r1 tt.eatlY increased size and power. In Newport
Pli topltiNs,es,sel is nearly finished, and at Neath a
Ito to aith,ot(te, of iron, to range betweeh, 3 000 and
NI; or(Otc„,n, has been commenced and is to' be com-
)fee,totl-saPye-c4asi, An increased length is also
nowt
ksi . s choo,, mg vessels, 100 feet over all being the
6:4ore;el'et,er or brig that formerly did nbotenralnaguenenhwerde,
to4,Nit:r,e to f,"„ el 9 fine vessels have recently e
4elct llt -,,uovir ere long.
tsmaid all . 4rtt
mt 3' t, St IN BIRICENHEA.D.—On Friday, Mr. Chur-
NkooSe'teci 2oest at the Victoria Inn, on the boddyeeoefaßserdidhgaedt
The
'W. 4..ttille pars, a domestic servant.
1,44 ellhekjew been in ill health,
pital at
e,rl) '4-I.bvteeks ago she went into the Fever uently spat
and freqHns
several
ttl-'4l'h," reside she did not obtain. r.eliesf,gsahveewheenrthome.
"°,,qicio'''g in Morpeth-building
‘‘qeatli!, of which she took severaldosesumputronitnhge
1/2 ,";')l's About four o'clock on Thursday
'',,s,teeh' klid called some of her friends to tsohheeerxapsisriesdt:
4'N'ts_dical aid could be p
ile,h..eqieliZes took into their
Nist7Whieh had been p.Toscsueriesdionforthteheredmecaeinasseodf
owlaid p question, and
iNit,asw
jansnsouxbiomuisttiendittso
elhlar:
f A ha at the medicine
sizatvoe rilloanvee
aneither_ good nor harm to the de-
b d proper medical attendance.
'eel a verdict of natural death.
IttISCORN COMMISBIONERS.—This town
so warm a contest, or such disgraceful con-
iop.ers might be seen kicking their opponents,
kninggfil:aengdzse.linultrek ;at times howling
town'sveliicswere
_Ting those to the poll who were unable to
reed to thrust through a crowd. Not a stone
led by each party. There were 160 Ile votes
ever before polled. The returning °officer at
'e a rough state of the poll. Shortly before
Simpson and Mr. Whyloe declared they
if elected. Mr.
were nominated • Jos'ah Rigby and Mr.
in their stead. This ac-
tive number
of votes for Mr. Josiah Rigby, he
IrtY's lists. The following was the state of
41se :•--For Josiah Rigby, 1,209 votes ; William
' 763 ; Robert Cheshyre Whiteway, 661;
L') ; John Anderton, 641; Thomas Johnson,
'''3;' 638_Johnson, 631 ; Thomas Hand-
. Collier, 540 ; William Stelfox, 505.

from that which they now occupied. From the imperfect in-
formation he possessed, and from the reason he had before
urged, he should prefer, if possible, to have his resolution for
the appointment of a committee taken sub silentio. No
doubt the committee would give to the subject all the atten-
tion which the importance of it deserved, and that they would
come before the board with the matter so digested as would
enable them to come to a conclusion which would be satis-
factory to all parties. He would, therefore, propose that the
resolution be passed as it stood upon the paper. The resolu-
tion was seconded by Mr. Colborne, and the word "terms"
being substituted for " expediency," was unanimously adopted.

r ON Saturday afternoon, whilst the train which arrives at
Aberdeen at' 5.55 was near Newton-hill station, the train
was fired at by a person from an adjoining field. One of the
carriages bears marks of shot, and the guard was a good deal
injured about the legs.
A PEW days ago a spark from the engine propelling a cheap
trip from Sheffield fell in a field of standing barley on the side
of the line, and set it on fire. The blaze was observed by
some children, who immediately raised an alarm, and some
men proceeded with scythes, &c., cut it down, and stayed the
progress of the fire before any serious amount of damage was
done.

RAILWAY RACING.—A correspondent in Philadelphia says,
" I enjoyed the pleasure of a locomotive race on one of the
western railways last week. Two roads ran closely parallel to
each other for about five miles, and two express trains acci-
dentally emerged at that point at the same time, when each
driver opened out his animal at the greatest possible speed.
Notwithstanding the weather was so intensely cold, all of the
car windows were thrown open, and the greatest enthusiasm
was manifested by the passengers on both trains. Ladies
waved their handkerchiefs in the wildest delight, and the men
shouted with an energy that would have made an Indian blush.
The race proved a "dead heat," and I sighed to think that it
had not been made for the best three in five.' "
SUICIDE OF A PAWNBROKER.—On Saturday morning a
most singular and determined act of suicide was committed
by Mr. Hall, pawnbroker, near the Middlesex Hospital. It
appears that, shortly after the shop opened, one of the young
men having occasion to bring into requisition that portion of
a pawnbroker's premises known as the spout," was asto-
nished to find that some pledges which had been thrown
down for a customer, who was waiting to take them out, did
not reach their destination at the bottom, and on investiga-
tion it was discovered that the cause of the stoppage was the
dead body of the employer, who was found suspended in the
centre by the neck, from the cord employed in pulling up
parcels from the shop to the warehouse. Mr. Hall was of a
sedate and scientific turn of mind, but no cause is assigned
for his committal of suicide.
SHIPBUILDING AT NEW YORK.—The total amount of
tonnage on the stocks, including vessels just commencing, is
something over 20,000 tons, comprising 18 vessels of all de-
scriptions, and including two steamships, four ships, five
steamers, four brigs and barques, and three schooners. The
two steamships are'the Adriatic for the Collins line, and the
Cornelius Vanderbilt for the Vanderbilt line of Havre—both
of enormous size. At the Westervilt yard, there was building
for the New York and Liverpool trade (Mr. Wm. Tyson) a
ship of 1,600 tons. At Webb's yard, a ship of 1,400 tons for
Williams and Guyon was building under the superintendence
of Captain Edwards. Mr. Steers is proceeding rapidly in the
construction of the huge steamship the Adriatic, building by
him for the Collins New York and Liverpool line, and ex-
pects to have her ready for launching by the Ist or middle of
March next. She is building under the superintendenee of
Captain Luce. She will have oscillating engines of immense
power, which are constructing in the Novelty Iron Works. At
Green Point, Mr. Simonson is pushing forward to completion
his great steamship called the Cornelius Vanderbilt, 3,600
tons burthen, for the Havre line. She will have two beam
engines, which are building at the Allaire works. This vessel
will be built with prodigious strength, and be finished in a
style of elegance unsurpassed.
SulclDE.—Mr. Matthew Wood, aged 42, has committed
suicide by taking five or six ounces of cyanide of
potassium, used by him for photographic purposes. The
deceased, who had held a lucrative post in the mail de-
partment of the general post-office; had applied to be elected to
the head of that department, which had become vacant some
months ago. The result of the application was, that he was
placed on probation for six months. During this period he
became very desponding, as he found out that he was not
fitted to fill the onerous duties of the situation. As the time
passed on he gradually became more and more depressed, and
several times exclaimed, "It must be either success or prussic
acid." There was nothing beyond depression of spirits, how-
ever, that could induce his friends to suppose he would actually
commit suicide. At the expiration of the probationary six
months, upon going to his office, he discovered that he was not
confirmed in the appointment, not being considered sufficiently
competent. He returned home to his house in St. John's-
wood, apparently broken-hearted, and retired to his bed-room
about half-past five. His non-appearance before eight o'clock
ii,od a
lnysiwn e
on h
ihsa
id)
etdh ei
indoor oao rs ol
epeepni en dg.
posture, The dec ebauste dq
uwi• at
es
induced his housekeeper to go up and call him, and, upon re-
ct
he ievni nfgo
dead, life having been extinct some time. A small piece of
paper was found near the body, on which was described the
property of the deceased, and the money due to him by the
Post-office. Verdict, insanity.
THE MILITIA.—Two fresh returns have been published re-
lating to the Militia, on the motion of Colonels Buck and
Duncombe. The one shows that on the 30th of June, 1855,
the strength of the English militia was 1,764 officers, 2,123
sergeants, 780 drummers, and 29,885 rank and file presents
and 272 officers, 122 sergeants, 21 drummers, and 6,048 rank
and file absent. The strength of the regiments on foreign
service, on the 30th June, was 198 officers, 286 sergeants, 95
drummers, and 4,608 rank and file. This makes a total effec-
tive force of 2 234 officers 2.531 sergeants. 896 drummer.: and
lam me. toe second return snows that the totai
number of rank and file embodied in England on the 14th of
March, 1855, amounted to 41,198; the total number embodied
on the 14th of April, 1855, to 30,945 ; the quota of volunteers
to the regular army to 13,021, and the portion of the quota
given by all regiments to the regular army to 11,268. In
Scotland the number of rank and file embodied on the 14th of
April, 1855, was 5,119; the quota of volunteers 1,693, and the
portion of the quota given by all regiments to the regular
army 886. In Ireland 15,119 rank and file were embodied on
the 14th of April ; the quota of volunteers to the army was
4,736, and the portion furnished to the line by all the regi-
ments, 2,353. Thus the grand total number of rank and file
embodied on the 14th of April, 1855, would be 61,183 ; the
quota of volunteers to the line 19,450, and the quota furnished
by all the regiments 14,507.
ATTEMPTED MURDER NEAR BRISTOL.—At daybreak On
Thursday, the policeman on duty at the Bedminster turnpike
gate, near Bristol, heard violent cries of murder proceeding
from the Victoria beerhouse, situate a few yards from the gate
on the high road from Bristol to the west of England. On
going to the spot he found the landlord of the house, a man
about 60 years of age, named John Robbins, standing at the
door with his throat cut. Blood was copiously flowing from
the wound, but the injured man had placed a handkerchief in
the wound, which to some extent prevented luemorrhage. It
appeared that Mrs. Robbins, being in a state of intoxication
on Wednesday night, her husband refused to sleep with her,
and retired to rest in another room. During the night Mr.
Robbins heard his wife (who is also nearly 60 years of age)
threatening his life, but as this was of no unfrequent occur-

4,CI4DGIITO/i HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 7 ' exhibition of this society was held on We -
%hen,
1, The afternoon having proved
„,:ikti!)ar...
.......:...,
..,,,,; „ei +iv ficc4,l-
- 11(ffasflic;iiable, and whallicrarnesnili'lLud iiiii
fir cnoillirttallptruhriscl
specimens.
The
eclat the fusehias, petunias, astors, lilia,
`bleee<lingly rich and beautiful. The fuschias
-?eazley elicited general admiration, and ob-
'll4e, for sing,le specimens and groups. Of
I there were three, each exhibiting so much
-, that it was difficult to determine which
;_pa!reii• The prize, however, was ultimately
•LeoZ,Yonl.nstifrnits there were some magnifi-
Alr. Clover ritiecitlons, grapes, ,guavas,
:e grape• Therea were
ions of general gardenpros very
Prize for a splendide
and
xict. The flowers and fruits
1
17, Naylor Ra, were principally
large
he cot-
•
enscr"ft
asidered the most successfulehitherto held,
imber,Clover,
Robinson.
and condition of the specimens, and
awarded
11°11 AT BEBINGTON.—An adjourned vestry
'abitants dle payers of Bebington, for the
t Rte • an ley
payers
recent defalcation
teet Ps in reference to the
D kin jun. was
fteekors of the district, John Da kin, .
i t 'The
Iled l'irrY Hotel, on Monday as ~ t Lae e'LWoo occupied the chair on the msen ' t "Lad b deficiencies in the highway
'lt th
se ?leand someadeup.
He had written
;litt‘,,lN.eerl, in relfeereenneme to the apprehension
_oef
;ttittl'l‘ the latter had informed him that th
te tike
defalcations
et.iiit,ott of their hands, theasmotion was passed
'tat? ieassessed taxes.
A • sen., should be
18
(44 '' effect that Mr. Dakin,
un-
I) Va. 4 1,, e but he understood.
that was quite
determination to re-
oh " liad expressed his
ktt• 11 ba • . nof integrity, and
4 ilty kin, sen.
' was
a man of integrity, and
tM
of negligence. The resignation of
0 illk tedfeeor(loll,lY of negligence.
follow in persons
Lillet'l, ealas °,.l' the gIY accepted, and the to
Richard Ox-
It s c'elt3. •L'ee..qa,.eancy :—Robert Dobson,.
attend in his
ot' 414 ho d'eXAl4i4 4r. Speddig, who did not
e_taxes
theNh,ethe !4leips_edtothemeetingthatintheassess d
the property
t,qtt;el4 woti(V 4-Aeiellite all had fallen upon
£.
70 The
6zilpBthiletn4lolo4,therefOreY, mwaellie a reesassessment upon all
1.,„-' clisp,,k'ilY - farmers in the district. With re-
r‘,!), .asi opts xes colluded by John Dakin, sen., on account
kit J Ile, ,ro, all the deficiencies had been paid up. A
tilp seti,lttteiit ste as to whether the ratepayers had been
rkotttselfit thell not securing a guaran with John
ity cit the tithe ill
as roan explained that the person had
httl;lk tiliebe 'ialt collectorepay4esrs
resolution
Zning atghaes tarral
a:unitinof-
ti•t•lt 4 broletil 133' future rceosllectors was come to, and the
1114 ago eqp
l'l 414,, llobb ,
e a— 0 n Wednesday,
• Tr 04
teo for 4',1, A.A.CIIT _IX . _
41 IN 'lle m ine challenge cup, of the value of 60,
th eake etseY being the third contest of the sea-
Nl' eo,„ r Satellii the yachts
8 °lie se, left i, eng:aged to accoupany
l h tl ••
. 4,14. clok, 1, '?e Princes Pier, Liverpoo , s or 3
a thalleaa sirtavi"g embarked a numerous company,
i,ti• made. Akietiat4, addition to the lovers of aquatic
''ar yacilt. 'wo o'clock the competing yachts
itttiof
4., _
Ocean' ....A. .b Owner. Tons.
tye 8,.:411
,•Thos'oWer
„, „. 7
e rie '111..u...... '',ix,.. Bea
Jun 7l
kk,''.l'4k ' ..... ..."
v L. Sutli rberry • • h
• t;ti„l'it% ce ..
.. •• •..os. WilkinsonP7
iat 'tak!;',t was. •as ';.•, ••• • • • AV, and e 1.----e-shall. 41
tc,,,qatioted loilows
From .MVornkns' Ferry round
re,1c514,13.4", the /3°fr Eastham, thence round a flag
t r,' oft' I.,,i'z rouna 'n, gle, back round the Eastham flag-
tC4 k t1,..).> %se' uke Dingle flag-boat returnino. direct
.e!
,t4ii? Qin.PR between the shore and the flag-boat
.(,t:4,.e,,,4t.4 VloUse, leaving the last mentioned flag-
' 1,41 :411etrrliDealld. Thne—one minute per ton. A
n'llkl,l t', 1.,e I:ff tc,' vy...,a!i never witnessed. Unfortunately,
k. 14 tht tiros-4uingle, on the last round, the Electric
elle it4e,h!i fore t haillyards, and while remedying this
~ty ;41 NeililloSt boat she altered her position, and
le 1,4' to st,ktblltes,P3' it. Every yacht was admirably
Y v.,4'eeh`at •„krae could carry all sail, their progress
1 '43 'th "i'dt,, kirp "
arrivedat the final
k3t the 4 ris.ing. They .
e 3.e, Iti„ ti.,14 which th are given above—the
k, it, ltis,4l', 4„,'ltel,.'?ree not being Is many minutes. The
klt.k4t ' l)e 4it ' out inasmuch ' the El tric won the
Iv t e 1,.,, 4,, h.,_ asElectric .
'At,ttqcVl'k4 (10t1,.!3 t? be won two consecutive seasons,
rls„`ktottoWerer trial for the same prize. In the
iq,,,-4N oioie, eottroir from the Jessica yacht, belonging
!fteetletil,N,,4lll,ssioixtrkenhead of the local
' , 451 to '' thelr. pe, Jas.—At the meeting
'4,,.04 " ap, boa
~.,'InY proceeded to bring ,
under
the
tok„mle rit.t,, I\4 a naotion, as follows : `' That a
~ .: its.lei/),l4Pedf: to confer with the corporaon
4 1)1 ti`rol "` Dur;ileY of aniline this district withLiver-.l' ge 'Aci -voses - board there-
s;e klis bes,ak tile matter o report to the.
it
ti,,,ilNt4l4i t Way. f he said that he thought
there-
' h, tti, keeg ?roil, °r him to discharge his duty to the
L,I 4,5.1(4, feetb . entering into the details of the great
~tild to ti.' rem(); In the resolution. He thought this
1-.4% .4h 4!e detail 4 that he was himself but imperfectly
'ht titthe sat pr
k tltt elt her hials , esen, and that he was unwil-
ti ,4, 44 lik_, elf or that body in any way. That
vtb,`Allilh, Weil
,''Y to arise from the arrangement to
Nt ittris"4 it e " to Birkenheadcouldnot be
0 5,43- Nat °Old he e 1 1e ,
'ill he' ko„, ,an hie_easeonbringing of taxation. His own opinion
itt `:1 ore hea4ner favoured than otherwise by it,
r'vq.. her ti4"::°vereenplY taxed, and enabled to carry out
ei,N they. co",,e..nt.emplated for that side of the
1,,1it „lie r'',') dolib mat!a In their present isolated con-
tt .likoltiv, etuarhsat most of the members had been
teitit,:,°ll jilbeaq ode. the other evening by the chair-
INl.'"lsibi! that i''yol. missioners upon the subject of the
Otie
_e Jo aa',.,oAn with Liverpool, and it would be
\lti ,kt s'',l the , 9nYthing to what had there been so
'1(k: It vi.‘oe b.,,j'ani points toandwhich
1 444 e t. eth,g of the consider,.
11%st 3lAtn es t.
Commissioners, was, that
„ s.
,of t2OO ~,,,,tlO doubt with sufficient accu-
• 'les gat gi '""u had been expended in parka-
,lvotiv, gautie s
\A ikav . um, hit been expended in
Nato(' them in •
in a different position

rence when she was in liquor, he did not feel alarmed. Early
on Thursday morning, however, Mrs. Robbins entered his bed-
room, and cut her husband's throat with a razor, but fortu-
nately the principal vessels are not separated, and hopes are en-
tertained of his ultimate recovery. It was deemed advisable,
however, to take the evidence of the injured man and several
other witnesses, after which the wife was fully committed to
take her trial at the nex Somerset assizes. During the exami-
nation, the woman behaved in a most violent manner, and fre-
quently expressed her regret that the attempt at murder had
proved ineffectual.
TILE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER.—The sum already ex-
pended upon the new Houses of Parliament has been
£1,663,944 ; and Sir C. Barry having been asked to state what
additional works he proposes beyond those already sanctioned,
has sent in plans and designs of real magnificence, which, if
adopted, will make the total cost £2,595,511, exclusive of the
cost of constructing the law courts elsewhere, as Sir Charles
proposes to pull down the present unsightly edifice and to
transfer the courts to Lincoln's-inn. Sir Charles proposes to
pull • down the south side of Bridge-street, and to run a new
line of palatial buildings along the north and west sides of
New Palace-yard, which would thus be converted into a quad-
rangle, and form part of the new as it is of the old palace. At
the angle of this new quadrangle nearest to Charing-cross, Sir
Charles proposes to construct an entrance gateway and tower.
The line of building will be continued westward upon the side
where the law-courts now stand, until it joins the portion of
the new Palace now completed, called St. Stephen's-Porch,
opposite to Henry VlL's Chapel. We shall thus have a mag-
ificent facade, extending from Bridge-street to the lofty and
noble Victoria-tower. St. Margaret's Church, near West-
minster Abbey, has been long denounced as an eye-sore ; and
Sir Charles proposes to pull it down and rebuild it near Tothill-

,04'f/
1)

street. Lastly, he wants additional space opposite the Victoria-
tower, to enable the spectator to follow it to its altitude with-

out incurring the danger of dislocating his neck ; and, for
this purpose, he proposes to pull down the houses opposite the
Victoria-tower, and to make a small oblong enclosure in Old
Palace-yard, containing shrubs, trees, and a statue of Queen
Victoria. These additional buildings might be completed
within four years and a half from the present time.
A BLAZE OF JEWELS.--The Paris correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian, in an account of the Paris exhibition,
thus describes the lustre, or hanging chandelier of M. de
Bourgoing, minister from France to Bavaria under the reign
of Louis Philippe, and since then minister from France to

Spain. He say;:" This lovely piece orworkmanship hangs
in one of the upper galleries, opposite to the Pietro dura and
mosaic works of Florence and Rome. The mounting of it is in
gilt bronze, of the style and time of Louis XVl.'s reign—a
period, be it remarked, far too much neglected in the way of
decorative art. For its other materials it is composed of rock
crystal arid precious stones from every part of the world. For
the exact and arithmetical part of the description, I will pre-
mise that the central column of the chandelier is one metre
seventy-five centimetres (about 3 feet 6 inches) high, and is en-
tirely formed of pieces of rock crystal of extraordinary size.
The form of the whole is a triple crown, the largest circle of
which measures 4i metres (about five yards) in circumference.
These crowns are composed of fruits and flowers, all more or
less represented by curious and precious stones. For in-
stance, in the largest crown-circle the grapes hanging in
clusters from under golden leaves, are some of amethyst, some
of lapis-lazuli, according as the harmony of colours required
darker or paler shades. The greengages (and these have a
beautiful effect) are in uncut emeralds, or round lumps of
chrysophrase ; small mirabel plums are topazes ; and there are
dark purple plums which are figured by fine nightshade-
tinted amethysts. In the smaller flowers that are intermixed
with all these treasures of Pomona, you distinguished gems
such as pearls, rubies, and sapphires. Several hitherto hardly
known minerals have been used in this curious and splendid
work of art; for instance, to reproduce sufficiently the vary-
ing tints from pink to crimson necessary for red apples,
strawberries, &c., and for certain flowers, large use has been
made of a mineral called Quincites, from the fact of its prin-
cipal bed having been discovered at Quincy, in the department
of Seine and Marne. But it is in the smallest of the circles—
the lower one, two metres round—that the most exquisite
workmanship is visible. There is there a bunch of lilacs, made
of small amethysts, that would be a coiffure for the queen of
an eastern tale • there are bright blue butterflies in lapis,
forget-me-nots Of turquoise, and lilies of rock crystal, that
dazzle you with their prismatic flames. Then, too, the way in,
which each fruit or flower is mounted is a marvel in itself.
Here silver is used, there gilt bronze, there the dark-tinted
bronze of Florence, on the contrary, according as each colour
suits best the opal of white currant or pale grapes, Um. violet
of the plums, the moss roses of pink quartz, the cornelian apri-
cots, or raspberries of garnet of blood-red. Altogetiaer, many,
marvels such as this lustre do it exist ht the vtglcl,

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

• BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS.
BIRTHS. TUESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1855
' .
-
On the 24th ult., the wife of Mr. W. Atkinson, farmer BANKRUPTS.
Thornton, near Poulton-le-Fylde, of her seventh son, all of William Roxburgh, Liverpool, insurance broker, Sept. 14, Oct. 10,
whom were born on a Friday. ' at 11 o'clock, at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy :
I solicitor, Mr. Roby, Liverpool ; official assignee, Mr. Turner,
On the 31st ult., in this town, Mrs. Charles Barnes, of a son. Liverpool.
On the Ist inst., the wife of Mr. G. Cohen, of a daughter. Sir George de 1a Pao:erntßeresford, Bart., Fludyer-street, West-
On the Ist inst., in Dingle-lane, the • wife of James R. Williamil b Vine-place, Old-street-road, butcher.
Brougham, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter. David Edwards, jun Portsea, cornfactor.
nste;,,lneinrti,ng
Absalom Francis, late of George-yard, Lombard-street, dealer in
On the 2nd inst., at Plas Madoc, North Wales, the wife of mining shares.
G. H. 'Whalley, Esq., of a daughter. Thomas Jordan, Bioxwich, baker.
On the 2nd inst., at Charleville, Enniskerry, county Wick- . Thomas Hemingsley, Willenham, cut-nail manufacturer.
low, the Vicountess Monck, of a son. George Pyne, Brim!, cordwainer.
John Marley, Torquay, butcher.
On the 2nd inst., at Mersey-view, Lower Bebington, the Mary Ann Passmore, Exeter, umbrella manufacturer.
wife of Mr. Robert Woodcock, of twin daughters. Matthew Lichegary Dunsford, Exeter, cutler.
John Mawer, Louth, butcher.
On the 3rd inst., at Stackpole-court, Vicountess Emlyn, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
of a son. H. G. Rule, B. Davies, and J. Eckersley, jun., Huyton within
On the 3rd inst., at Cavendish place, Park-road, Mrs Blackrod, Lancashire, bleachers ; as far as regards H. G. Rule.—
Johnson, of a son. -
•E• Rule and Davies, Huyton within Blackrod, Lancashire, bleachers.
—Taylor and Hickson, Liverpool, coal merchants.—Archer and
On the 3rd inst., at Wavertree. the wife of Mr. Fingland, Nelson, Liverpool, canvas dealers.
of a daughter. • DIVIDENDS.
Oct 12, W. Strahan, Sir J. D. Paul, Bart., and R. M. Bates,
On the 3rd inst., at Seabank, Liscard, Mrs. W. J. Powell, of Strand, bankers; and Holford and Co., Norfolk-street, Strand,
a daughter. navy agents.
On the 3rd inst., at Wavertree, the wife of J. Simon E. Sept. 2 CERTIFICATES.
, sq
6, J. Richardson, Manchester, umbrella maker.—Sept.
barrister-at-law, of a son. 27, G. Healey, Preston, timber merchant. —Sept. 26, P. Jameson,
On the 3rd.iust., the wife of Mr. Henry Samuel, St. James's- Staleybridge, tailor.—Sept. 27, S. How, Liverpool, broker.—Sept.
street, of a daughter. 27, G. Bateman, Liverpool, licensed victualler.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
On the 4th inst., the wife of Dr. Gilmour, Park-road, of son J. Bryan, New Cumnock, innkeeper. —J. Laing, Glasgow,
On the 4th inst., at Prospect-hill, Higher Tranmere, Mrs. wright.—N. Livingston, Greenock, wine merchant.—J. Millar,
Thomas. Sumner, of a daughter.Kilmarnock, bookseller.—D. and J. Macqueen, Inverness, boot-
makers.—J. Moore, Uddingstone, ironfounder.
On the 4th inst., the wife of Mr. John Kenolty, shoemaker
Eldon-place, of three daughters, all living and well.
On the sth inst., at Horton-villa,New Brighton, prematurely,
Mrs. Samuel Baker, of a son, who only survived a few hours.
On the 7th inst., at Derby-house, Rock Ferry, the wife of
Alfred Turner, Esq., of a daughter. .
On the 7th inst., at Arno-road, Oxton, the wife of Captain
E. Coulthurst, of a son.
On the Bth inst., at Richmond-terrace, the wife of William
Kilgour, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 9th inst„ at 44, Oxford-street, Mrs. John
31`Laughlin, of a daughter.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 7, 1855.
BANKRUPTS.

Jacob Abraham Jacques and Louis Selig, traders, Sept. 20, Oct.
11, at 11 o'clock, at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy:
solicitors, Messrs. Evans and Son, Liverpool ; official assignee,
Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
Bright England and William Crampton, Bedford, Lancashire,
- cotton manufacturers, Sept. 19, Oct. 10, at 12 o'clock, at the
Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy : solicitor, Mr. Potter,
Manchester; official assignee. Mr. Pott, Manchester.
Thos. Godfrey, Forston-street. Shepherdess-fields, egg merchant.
William Pattullo, Thornhill-place, Caledonian-road, arid St.
James's-road, Holloway, baker.
Joseph Player, Winchester-buildings, Broad-street, ruining agent.
Thos. Orton oodwin, Longton, Staffordshire, earthenware dealer.
George Hancock, Stoke-upon-Trent, builder.
John Granville Hopkinson, Nottingham, beerhouse-keeper.
Joseph Atherley, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, apothecary.
Thomas Read, Nottingham, builder.
Edward Wadge, Linkinhorn, Cornwall, auctioneer.
Christopher Vickry Bridgman, Tavistock, scrivener.
Joseph Aldridge, Leeds, chymist.
Abraham Taylor, Halifax, Yorkshire, lime merchant.
James Finlinson, Leeds, share dealer.
William Holmes, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted spinner.
Thomas Linfoot, York, builder.
Joseph Simpson, Leeds, painter.
William Marratt, Doncaster, attorney-at-law.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
Scholes, Wilson, and Bothwell, Farnworth, Lancashire, cotton
manufacturers.—R. Dickinson and J. Deighton, Preston, linen-
drapers.—J. Howard and Co., Liverpool, shipwrights.—Heaton
and Barker, Manchester, general agents.
DIVIDEND.
Sept. 2S, W. Jones, Liverpool, shipwright.
CERTIFICATE.
Sept. 23, J. Burnblum, Manchester, commission agent.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

R. Smith, Glasgow, slater.-1. Falconer, Edinburgh, provision
merchant. —C. M. Douglas, Glasgow, merchant.

Sept. MEETINGS IN BANKRUPTCY. Hour.
12, John Strong, jun. (Ist) District Court, 11
13, William Jones (audit)
13, Hugh Brown (audit)
13, Andrew Dempster (Ist)
14, William Roxburgh (Ist)
18, Joseph Whittle (2nd) Ditto, 11
20, Jacob A. Jacques and Louis Selig (Ist)
21, W. Latham (2nd)

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