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

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

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

NEW MAGISTRATES.—Edward Edwards Atkinson, Esq., of
Grange Hall, Poulton-le-Fylde, William Jackson, Esq., of
Lancaster, Robert Augustus Aspinall, Esq., Oak Field, Aig-
burth, Liverpool, Frederick Kemp, Esq., of Fleetwood, James
Shorrock, Esq., Over Darwen, and the Rev. John Sparling,
Eccleston, Chorley, have been appointed magistrates of the
county. _ _ .

THE HON. COLIN LINDSAY.—A handsome buhl cabinet has
been presented to the Hon. Colin Lindsay, by some of the
members of the Chester and Manchester Church Union Society,
for his zeal and energy in-supporting Church principles. The
cabinet bears the following inscription :—"Presented to the
Hon. Colin Lindsay, late secretary of the Chester and Man-
chester Church Union, by a few of the members.-1855."
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLEEK.—A lad named George May,
an apprentice in the employ of Mr. George Goore, broker, of
Rumford-street, was charged at the Police-court, on Friday,
with having embezzled the sum of £B2 10s. lOd., the pro-
perty of his employer. The only cases gone into, were the
receipt of £l2 15s. 3d. from Messrs. Tobin, and £27 3s. lOd.
from Messrs. Hatton and Cookson, both of which were fully
proved. The prisoner was committed for trial.
SHIPBUILDING AT TRANMERE.—A portion of land on the
margin of Tranmere Pool, at the top of the slip, has been
boarded off, and Mr. Mackenzie, of this town, has already
commenced shipbuilding operations upon it. Already a
wooden tug steamer of about 120 tons measurement is in
frame, and the keel of another of similcir dimensions is lad
down. The site is most eligible, for there is still water in
the pool to launch in, and an excellent graving•dock alongside
for fitting vessels out. Some years ago, several large ships
were built in this locality.
CONCEALMENT 0? BIRTH.—At the Coroner's Court, on
Friday, an inquiry was held in the following case :—Some
short time since, a girl named Jane Fairclough, living as ser-
vant with Mrs. Bowman, in Catherine-street, was delivered of
a female child. She first ccmcealed it in the coal-cellar, and
then in the ash-pit, where it was found by a policeman. The
jury returned an open verdict to the effect that there was no
evidence to show whether the female child in question had
been born alive. The coroner then ordered the girl to be
taken before the magistrates on the charge-of concealment of
its birth.

MITZTVRIOLTS DISAVPSARANCE.-Mr. Thomas Jackson, who
was occasionally employed as a reporter on several of the
Liverpool newspapers, left this town crn Monday evening last
week, to attend a meeting at Tranmere, and has not since
been heard of. The was seen at Tranmere during the evening,
and it is feared he has fallen into the water on that side e
the river. Mr. -Jackson was a particularly temperate man,
was 52 years of age, of light complexion and spare make, and
partially bald. He had on when he left home a blue frock
coat and grey mixture trowsers.
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STRANGE CASS OF BURGLArT.—At the Police-court, on
Priday, a lad named Thomas Caine was charged with stealing
some silvor spoons and forks from the house of Mrs. Griffiths,
in Sugnall-street, and also with being found in the back
,kitchen of the house of Mrs. Burton, in Caledorawstreet,
where he was taken into ect4tody. The policeman 'Who pre-
ferred the charge against theTrisoner said that, twelvemonths
ago, he was sent to prison forstealing some coats from'the very
saraehouse. The prisoner, =who said it was only two months
ago, was committed for trial.
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IltivEnurrey COURT.--On Tuesday, James P6tts, a brick-
maker, of Crewe, obtained a certificate of the second class
with six months' suspension, but there being no:fraud, protec-
tion was also granted. =Joseph Whittle, grocer; of St. Helen's,
applied for his certificate. His Honour granted one of the
'third class.—Wednesday.—ln re John Foden,: The bankrupt
Hwas a grocer in Whiteohapel, and protection rot having been
,continued to him after his last examination, he was arrested
and imprisoned by one of his creditors. Mr. Evans, on his
,behalf, applied that the court would order liis',,release, and his
Honour granted the replication.—On Thursday, Edwin La-
tham, who carried ra business with Wilfred Latham, as
commission merchants, in Liverpool, obtMaed a first-class
certificate.

ADULTERATION -oF FLOUR Mr. M`Gowen, law-clerk to
the health committee, appeared before Mr. Mansfield, at the
Police-court, on Thursday, to support an 'information laid by
him, under the Police Act, against Mr.. George Elliott, baker
and flour dealer, Pitt-street. After a long investigation, Mr.
Mansfield said the medical evidence did:uot go to show that
the flour produced by the prosecution, as part of the flour of
which the loaf was made, was unfit for human food, and there-
fore the case fell to the ground. During the hearing of the
case the court was crowded with bakers and flour dealers, who
audibly expressed their gratification at its result.—John
Hesketh, Dale.street, was summoned. by Mr. M`Gowen, for
having " knowingly sold an ingredient, to wit, sand grit, mixed
with flour, as being flour." This case also fell to the ground
for want of probf. Mr. Mansfield said he thought it would be
j very desirable‘ if the sanitary officers would obtain the flour
before it was manufactured into bread, in the same manner as
the excise officers made purchases of, pepper and other articles,
when they suspected that there was adulteration, and then
there would be no difficulty in arriving at a conclusion.
SINGULIR iTALITY.—On the eth of this month an in;
' quest was held on a child, six months old, the son of John
Freakley, a railway porter, residing in No. 6 Court, Wood-
! stock-street. .-About two months ,`before the death of the
child, the rather, Eliza Freakley,-was struck on the lip with
a chamber utensil in a quarrel with a neighbour named Ellen
Crosby, anddsnocked down. She had the child in her arms
at the time, and from that period;.lt had gradually sickened,
and along with the mother was under the care of a surgeon of
the Northern Dispensary, until he expired the week before
last. On Monday last week, the family removed from the
court in Woodstock-street to a TOOM in No. 17, Denbigh-
street, where another more serials fatality occurred. -On
Wednesday -night the mother left'her residence about twenty
minutes pastreix o'clock, her two children, Margaret Agnes,
three yeare and four months, andllichard Hanwell, two years
and two months old, being at that time asleep in bed. Upon
her return, as she entered the door, she perceived smoke
issuing from ,her apartment, and on giving an alarm, ,her
landlady, Catherine Trainer, rushed in with her and found
the bed on:;fire. The mother picked up the boy llklhard
from the -floor, he being still alive, and ran with him to the
house of a ,drrggist in Great Howard-street, who pronounced
him dead. Mrs. Trainer found the girl in the bed with ::her
right arm and- side severely hymned, and quite dead. ..The
mother stated that there was not any fire left in the grate,
and a box of =matches which she left on the mantlepiece was
still there upon her return. .The&re was shortly afterwards
extinguished.
MR. OLIVER:B AFFAIREL—The dispute in adjudication in
this matter, which was adjournedtfrom Monday, came eavfor
hearing on Friday, and excited considerable interest. .-As
soon as the commissioner took- his seat, the parties on -each
side. consulted ..together, evidently with a view of combag -to
a settlement; but after the lapse of about half an hour, the
case was adjourned for an hour. When the court again-sat,
Mr. Manesty said that, after a-considerable consultation .and
discussion between the respective advisers of the parties, it
was seen that there were great and serious difficulties on both
side', and that there would be a long protracted litigation and
great expense before the matter could be finally settled. at
was not forgotten that many parties were deeply interested: in
the large properter which was at stake, and that delay of itself
would be a serious evil. 'lt was arranged not to proceed fur-
ther to give evidence in• support of the adjudication; and his
duty was, evidence not being tendered before his honour, to
ask him to annul the proceedings. Mr. Quain concurred in
what had been said, on behalf of Air. Oliver and the trustees.
He believed the matter was now wound up, and the large
estate would go in the ordinary coarse of distribution. The
proceedings were then formally annulled, and the usual order
of the court taken.

SERIOUS FIRE IT 4. TAR DISTILLERY.—EarIy on Lt.irs-
dlty, a fire broke out in the extensive tar and turpentine dis-
tillery belonging to Messrs. Houlgrave and Co., Hill-street,
Toxteth-park, which resulted in 'the .destruction of a large
amount of property. The premises aresituate in Hill-street,
and extend in a southeily.direction along Lower Harrington-
street. They comprise n still-house, with the usual apparatus
for manufacturing tar, turpentine, &c.-; and on the opposite
side of the yard are the -warehouses containing the stock of
rosin, turpentine, and other materials,neeessary to the carry-
:lug on of such extensive works. The -still-house was isolated
.from the other premises—a fortunate circumstance, as it
:mainly contributed to prevent the •spread of the fire to the
,adjoining buildings. The combustible nature of the materials
mu• led and the close proximity of the-Brunswick Dock, which
atipresent is filled with shipping, rendered-the fire of an un-
,l7jually alarming character. The fire was first discovered in
thedistillery; and it is presumed -the still had boiled over,
when the materials became ignited, and -the whole premises
were.silmost instantly in flames, the liquid fire running about
in allArirections. Engines from the West of England Fire-
station, and one from Temple-court, were soon •on the spot;
but before their arrival a reel from the South Fire-station had
done good service. The fire was soon extinguieed; but not
before the distillery had been entirely destroyed. The loss
will amount to nearly £1,500; but the stock and premises
are insured ein the West of England Fire-office.
A 4trxmort or SALVAGE.—Mr. IL C. Chapman, the re-
ceiaver.of Admiralty droits at this port, summoned Mr. John
Naylor, banker, on Thursday, at the Police-court, before Mr.
Mansfield, for saving, on the 4th of July last, unlawfully
taken possession of a certain wreck,— to wit, an anchor and
chain,—being the owner thereof, and not having given notice
thereof as soon as possible to the receiver of the wreck
for the district, as •required by the Merchant Shipping Aet.
—Mr. Aspivall, who appeared on behalf of the complainant,
said the summons was merely on a matter of form, being
ordered by the Board of Trade,—as the defendant had: failed
to give a formal notice of claiming what was his own,—.au
anchor and chain, which was slipped from a yacht some
months back, and which be had authorised a person to drag
for and recover. But, though the ownership was in this ease
undoubted, yet the rule was a good one, and it was essential
to observe the forms Mr. Simpson, who appeared on behalf
of the defendant, contended firstly, that they had given
notice ; secondly, that the property was no wreck, and
thirdly, that the complainant was not entitled to the fees,
which he at first put down as 10s,—and then as £2,—as, even
supposing the anchor to have been lost, the yacht belonged
to the royal club, and was exempt.—After a lengthy trial,
the parties came to an amicable understanding.
ROBBERY AT AN AUCTION Room.—John Cornwall, a
middle-aged, well-dressed man, having but one arm, was on
Friday, at the Police-court, charged with robbery. Mrs.
Jane Boyd said that yesterday she was at the sale at the resi-
dence of Dr. Cooper, in Bedford-street North, at which there
was a numerous attendance. After some time she perceived
the prisoner close by her, and, as he continued so long near
her, she noticed that he was considerably agitated, and ap-
peared like a person going to faint. Almost immediately after
this, she felt something fall upon her foot, and on stooping,
discovered that it was her gold chain, which was broken, and
then she also found that her watch, was gone, as well as the
prisoner. She at once ran out to the porter at the door, and
he said that the only person who had left the house for a con-
siderable time was a gentleman a little pockmarked, wearing
a cloak. Mrs. Boyd at once exclaimed " That's the man—he's
taken my watch." Information was given to the policeman
near at hand, who ran in the direction the prisoner took, saw
him get into a cab, which was ordered by him to be driven to
the railway-station, and apprehended him. On being charged
with the theft, the prisoner denied all knowledge of the
robbery, and offered to return to the sale-room, which he did.
The watch had not been found.—Mr. Holme said, that taking
into consideration the whole of the lady's evidence, in con-
nevion with the fact that the prisoner had left the room, got
into a cab,,ata ion and directed himself to be driven straightway to
the railway,station, induced to
ay, h. remand the prisoner for
seven 47.8,

Tim American steam-ship Baltic sailed on Saturday for
New York, with the mails, a full cargo, and about 190 pas-
sengers. It is announced that the semi-weekly mail to the
United States will be resumed in January.
COMPULSORY PILOTAGE.—A new bye-law is being prepared
by the Trinity House authorities, exempting from compulsory
pilotage ships arriving from foreign parts at ports or places
within the United Kingdom, and proceeding in ballast to other
ports or places within the United Kingdom, for the purpose
of taking on board cargo for delivery within the United King-
dom. But the owner or master of the ship claiming exemp-
tion from such compulsory pilotage shall provide himself with
a certificate of such exemption, for the particular voyage therein
specified, such certificate to be signed by the secretary or other
proper officer of the Trinity House.
HISTORIC SOCIETY.—Thursday being St. Luke's-day, the
annual meeting of this society was held in St. George's-hall,
Dr. Thom, V.P., in the chair. The report, which was read by
the secretary, mentioned an unusual amount of success during
the session ; and recorded various matters of detail. To avoid
the issue of circulars, a neat card had been printed, as in the
London societies, showing the evenings of meeting ; and, by
means of advertisements, the council had apprised the members
of the business to be brought forward. The list of members
had been printed in an Bvo. pamphlet of sixteen pages; and
the new code of laws had been issued after Christmas. The
first volume of the society's transactions, which was out of
print and selling for a guinea, has been reprinted for sale to
the members. The library and museum of the society have been
carefully arranged, and catalogues of them made out. An
assistant secretary has been appointed, in accordance with the
laws, at a fixed salary. He is not a member of the society.
The roll of the society contains 248 resident members, 164 non-
resident, 4 lady associates, and 28 honorary members, making,
in all, 444. Its income is £340 a-year, of which sum £250 is
expected to produce 'the annual volume, and to cover working
expenses. On this occasion the outlay was greater, inten-
tionally, amounting to £316 125., but still leaving a balance
to the credit of the session. The report concluded with a tribute
to the Earl of Sefton,late president, and toArchdeacon Brooks,
late vice-president, both of whom have been removed by death,
The accounts of the treasurer having been read, the report was
adopted and 'the accounts passed, both of which will be printed
in the future proceedings of the society. The following officers
were elected :—President, General the Hon. Sir Edwd. Gast,
D.L., &c. ; vice-presidents, John Hartnup, F.R.A.5.,,
Dr. Thom, J. T. Danson, F.S.S.; librarian the Rev. Thomas
Moore, M.A.; curator, Joseph Mayer, F.S.A., F,R.A.S.;
treasurer, Thomas Avison, F.S.A.; secretary, the Rev. A.
Hume, D.C.L.
THE FATAL ACCIDENT A- KIRKDALE.—An inquest was
held on Tuesday, on the body of Mr. Jonathan Lasham, who
met with his death on Tuesday, the 9th instant, during the
visit of H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge to the Industrial
Schools at Kirkdale. Mr. William Coates, the governor of
'the schools, said that the deceased was employed at the schools
to train boys as sailors. He had been on board the Excellent,
practice-gunnery ship at Portsmouth, and had been selected
for his knowledge and steady habits. They had a model ship
at the school, rigged•tts a barque. On the .9th instant, they
had a display in honour of the visit of the Duke of Cambridge.
They had four cannon on the deck, and witness applied for and
got two artillerymen from the battery to-attend on the guns.
Witness instructed them to fire twenty-one guns in honour of
the Duke's visit. He instructed the deceased to attend to his
boys, and, when'f.-se Duke came, to manceuvre them on the
masts and yards. When witness was-taking the Duke to see
the ship, he saw-the deceased meddling with one of the guns.
He took him by the arm, and told him to mind his boys, and
not mind the-guns. Some time afterwards, he was told the
deceased had'been hurt. He died in their infirmary last Sun-
day morning. He was about sixty years old.—John Walley,
a gunner in the Royal Artillery, and one of the men sent -to
assist in -firing the salute, said that, after twenty guns 47ad
been fired, he heard that a man had been hurt. He was on
the deck, getting ready to fire the last gun, and another-until-
leryman was in the act of sponging out the next gun, when a
gentlemanly-looking man came up to witness, as he had the
lanyard-in his hand waiting for the signal, and asked to be al-
lowed to-fire that gun. When' the gun was fired boththe gen-
tleman and witness had hold ef the lanyard. The smoke was
so dense that witness could net see any one passing thiemuzzle.
He shot* after saw the deceased lying on the deek, about
ten feet from the muzzle of 'the gun.—Edward Parker, a sur-
geon,-said he was called into see the deceased at the infirmary
of the Industrial Schools. He was suffering from a severe
burn on the left forearm cc wound over each eye, and very se-
vere-contusions on the right temple and right side of the body.
He went on favourably until Saturday, when convulsions set
in, and he died on Sunday morning. The injuries were the
cause of death.—The joy returned a verdict 'of accidental
teach.

!Docir Concurrrren:---The weekly meeting was held on
Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair::—The harbour
masters' sub-committee-recommended the p*ease of six new
gotta percha life buoye for the entrance to the Wapping Dock
Basin. They also recommended the rescinding of the bye-law
which requires the topgallant masts of 'ships entering the
graving docks to be-struck. This recommendation was also
-confirmed.—A communication was read from Mr. Joseph B.
Wates, on behalf of the compass deviation committee, directing
the attention of the-committee to the importance of the object
in view, and asking for pecuniary aid from the Dock Can-
t raittee. The inquiry would extend over about three years,
t and they would require about £4OO per .annum. The Board of
Trade had subscribed £100; London Lloyds, £5O; Liverpool
Underwriters, MC, &c. Mr. Evans askedthe total of the sum
subscribed ? The Chairman : About I:2€o.—Mr. Smith: It
-.originated with the British Association. When the British
Association met here this formed a raided of discussion, and
a committee was formed, and this is the result of their
deliberations; .but it seems a very -large sum to -spend
for three years.—Mr. Mendell said ',the committee was
self-constituted, having a secretary, .and they were now
collecting evidence. Mr. Evans •considered It a dan-
gerous precedent.—Mr. Gladstone 'concurred •with Mr.
Evans that this was a matter for the government to take up ;
for perhaps there never was a government• so dependent upon
the ingenuity, skill, and enterprise of the mercantile com-
munity. Referred to the FinanceCoiamittee.—A communi-
cation having been read relative to some bags of composition
which had been stolen from a ship in one of the docks, and
for which compensation was claimed, the subject was referred
to the Harbour-masters' Committee. Mr. Gladstone sug-
gested that a list of the various articles stolen at the several
docks, and recovered by the police,,should be- posted on the
gates of the several docks, in order-that the owners might
have an opportunity of claiming their property. The sug-
gestion was referred to the Harbour-masters' • Committee.—A
communication was read, signed breeveral members of the
• timber trade, asking for a relaxation -of the bye-law which
required square timber to be removed from the quays in three
days. Referred to the Harbour-masters' Committee.—A com-
munication was read from Mr. Walker, to the Mersey Con-
servancy Office, explaining the circumstances under which he
held a recent inquiry at the dock offices without the sanction
of the chairman or Dock Committee.—The Chairman said he
did not see that the letter altered the-facts of the case. The
question. still remained that a quasi public inquiry had been
held without information of it having been .given to him or
any member of the committee, and Withoutthe knowledge of
-the time or place of such inquiry.—:The _general business
of the committee then concluded.
HninTn COMMITTRE.—At the meeting on Thursday, Mr.
•Shiel presiding, the medical-officer reported that •the returns
for the week ending the 13th instant -show that, although
scarlatina was more prevalent and fatal .than at any • time
during the last four years, the generalrnortality is much below
the average. The deaths in the week were 192, while the
average of the same week in former years •was .222, corrected
for increase of population. Diseases of the lungs caused.
.thirty-seven deaths. A married female, in good circum-
atances, aged forty-nine,died from deliriumiremens.—A letter
was read from Mr. J. B. Hartley, relative:to.the extension of
a road by the Dock Committee at the north,end of the town.
;In connetionwith this subject, Mr. Gladstone called attention
to the condition of the pavement at George's Pier. It had
!been so, •to his recollection, since he wasa boy. He recom-
mended that the borough-engineer confer with the dock
surveyor on the subject. The recommendation was seconded
by Mr. Godfrey, and agreed to. The subject.of Mr. 'Hartley's
lettermas also to be brought under consideration at the same
:time.—The borough-engineer reported on certain allegations
made by 3lr. Jones, as to a nuisance arising from Mr. Brad-
ley's house, in Sandon-street. After ,examining the
pvemises, he •found that the statement .of Mr. Jones
was in accordance with fact, but he thought the
question was not one for the committee to deal
with, as it had reference merely to damp in the house. The
matter was ultimately referred to the town-clerk, after an in-
timation from Mr. Beck with that Mr. Bradley,though.amember
of the Council,,ought to be compelled to comply with the law
in the same manner as other people were. —A letter from Mr.
R. L. Bolton, complaining of a nuisance from gas refuse laid
magistrates
sTaogna•
down in 'Sefton-road, was referred to the inspector of nui-
sancestmhoevme ninKisterpkersstoantsedaltlheagtedthteoihnafovrems
to make inquiry, and take the necessary steps to re-
atoldkbnasdbefifowure
were not successful. The cases were gone into from beginning
to end, but the magistrate felt a difficulty as to the sufficienev
of the evidence. The great difficulty in the matter was that'
they could not get any quantity of the same flour as that
which had been sold by the flour dealers. The dealers had
changed the flour before he could have an officer sent there.
Mr. Hodson asked if there was any doubt in the case, so far as
bad flour being sold? The Town-clerk replied that there was
not the slightest doubt about the facts; in one case, when the
flour was tasted, the adulteration was evident. Mr. Hodson
had heard the particulars, and he thought the evidence was
strong enough to convince him had he been a magistrate.
The Town-clerk thought that good had been done by the
publicity given to the matter ; great injury was inflicted on
the poor people by receiving bad flour. Mr. Hodson had seen
some bread made from flour obtained at a shop in Park-lane,
and it was very bad ; it was necessary that something should
be done to put a stop to it. The Town-cle.rk stated that in
the second case the medical man tested the flour, and found
five per cent. of a metallic substance, sand grit. He (the
Town-clerk) gave the necessary evidence to show the woman
bad bought it; but it was urged for the defence, though he
did not say improperly, that the grit must have got into
the flour after the purchase, and when it was on the table at
the purchaser's house. Mr. Beckwith: This was the
respectable man that Mr. Godfrey gave a twenty years'
character to. Mr. Godfrey stated that the whole of the
flour trade of Liverpool was in the hands of a dozen parties,
who had four, five, and six shops each: men of large
capital, who bought flour at first hands, and sold it, so
great was the competition, for sixpence a pack profit in many
instances, and seldom more than le. 6d. He bad no hesi-
tation in saying that the poor of Liverpool were better
served with flour than any other town, in consequence of
the competition. Mr. Johnson said that the matter having
been before the board on a former occasion, a member
of the committee conveyed information to the party who
sold the flour. That party called on Mr. 31`Gowen, and
said that a member of the committee had previously called
upon him. Mr. Godfrey admitted that he was the member.
Mr. Johnson said the party had been told that the matter
came before the committee, and that he had better see Mr.
M`Gowen. That was quite sufficient to frustrate the ends of
justice. Mr. Beckwith : That explains the whole matter. The
Chairman said that the informations had failed, but it was a
question whether the Town-clerk should not in future proceed
with such matters himself in the first instance, and afterwards
bring them before the committee. Mr. Johnson said the
Town-clerk had no alternative. The Town-clerk desired to
have some positive directions. Poor women came to him with
tears in their eyes, and implored assistance in such cases, and
he scarcely knew how to act. He believed there was a vast
amount of bad bread in the town. He had no doubt, however,
that much good would be done by the publicity given to the
matter. It was understood that the Town-clerk should take
such steps as were necessary in reference to any future cases,
after which the matter dropped.—Mr. Beckwith having called
attention to the bad state of the pavement in Prince Edwin-
street, Everton, the matter was referred to the Borough-
engineer.—This being the whole of the business, the com-
mittee adjourned.

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

Ma. ELLis, the large hop-planter in West Kent, has sold
his whole if troduce to an American house, realising in one
payment upwards of £20,000.
Ma. ISAAC N. NiNSON, collector of customs at Belfast, has
been promoted to the collectorship at Leith; and his place at
Belfast has been filled by Mr. James Trevenen, of Bristol.
No fewer than 14,000 people have perished from cholera
in the province of Bahia, 13,000 of whom were slaves or
coloured people. Some plantations have lost three-fourths of
their slaves, and the sugar crop will suffer from want of hands.
ABD-EL-KADER has left Marseilles, in the Simois, for the
East. He intends first returning to Broussa, for his wives
and children, and will then proceed with them and his follow-
ers to Damascus, where he is for the future to reside.

SEVENTY GENTLEMEN, at Ho'beach, on Friday week,
treated themselves to a monster pie, "to commemorate the
fall of Sebastopol." The pie was composed of ten rabbits,
twenty-four pigeons, six partridges, two hares, eleven pounds
of beef-steaks, and ten pounds of ham.
MRS. EVERSON, a widow, residing at Straightsmouth, took
what she conceived to be magnesia, purchased at the shop of
Mr. Riches, chemist, but next morning, discovered that she
had in mistake taken arsenic, which she had some days ago
purchased at the same chemist's shop, to destroy mice. Medi-
cal assistance was promptly procured, but she died in a few
hours.

THE audacity of burglars in the metropolis appears on the
increase. On Sunday night the vestry of the parish church of
St. Giles Without, Cripplegate, was broken into, the key of
the safe discovered, and the gold and silver—not a great sum—
abstracted ; the closet containing the sacramental wine was
forced, and a bottle with a half-filled glass left upon the floor.
The alms-box and plate-chest resisted their efforts. The
fellows appear to have taken a sudden alarm, for they left
their plunder behind them,
IvloaTen BOATS BUILDING AT GREENOCII.—MeSSDS. John
Scott and Sons have contracted with the Admiralty to build
six mortar boats, to be ready in the spring of 1856. They
will be upwards of seventy feet in length, and are to be con-
structed in a very strong and substantial manner, and to have
a light draught of water. Their armament will consist of a
13-inch mortar, fitted on a platform of great strength placed
amidships, and they will be cutter rigged, They will carry
little canvas, as, when brought into use, they will be
attended by steamers, which will tow them into position.

THREE ha/re been some food riots in Sweden. At Karls-
krona, the workmen invaded the residence of the governor of
the province, and demanded that steps should be taken to
prevent distillers from buying up all the potatoes brought
to market. The governor promised 'that he would do all in
his power to put down that abuse, and the men retired. At
Upsal, on the same day, a mob broke the windows of M. Gro7
enbeekot corn dealer, and set fire to his working premises.
The University students, by persuasion of the mob, hindered
further mischief.

Air LEEDS, a person entered in the charge-book as the
Baroness de Schonlenbourg has been sent to prison for a
month for fortune-telling. She had been practising with
-considerable success, curiosity having attracted on an average
about sixty females a day to her sanctum. The baroness
puhed her trade by freely distributing cards in the street,
bearing on one side " Madame Cassandra, astrologer and
planet-ruler," and on the other side, " 114, Northtown-end.
Ask for the foreign lady." The police, to obtain clear evi-
dence against her, got a young lady to go to the bareness, get
her fortune told,and pay a marked half-crown.
A HARD CAPE, arising out of the law of settlement, is re-
ported in the Cork papers. -A woman of thirty-five, who had
lived in Londen ever since she was six months old, on her
husband deserting her, was placed with her two •children by
the parish authorities of St. Ann's, on board the Cork packet,
and left to I.lnd her parish. The clothes put on one of the
children were not at all sufficient for a voyage -she remon-
strated, bit was told " they were good enough for the Irish."
This child, she said, fell ill on the passage, and died after
landing, for want of clothes to cover him. The Cork magis-
trates sent her back to-London, where she said she could gain
a living by needlework.
D-CLASB railway passengers had a-question-settled for
them in the Glasgow County Court last week. John Reavley,
a wool-sorter, brought an action to recover ltd. from the
North British Railway Company, being `the amount they had
overcharged him as a third-class passenger, 'by charging him
7d. for six miles and three quarters on one occasion, and on
another occasion 3d. for four miles and a few yards. He con-
tended the company were only authorised by their act to
charge-id. a mile, and nothing for fractions of a mile. An
official of the railway opposed the claim at the first hearing,
bet did not appear afterwards, and decision was -given in
favour of the pursuer—(Anglice, plaintiff.)
'THE TELEGEeAriI FROM VARNA TO BALAKLANW..—This
gable, says the Faris correspondent of the Morning Post, has
*never been broken. From the day it was successfully laid it
has remained in perfect working order, and the one or two in-
terruptions which have taken place in the communication with
'London and Paris were caused by a portion of the land line
across Turkey to the Austrian frontier having' become injured.
It is a remarkable fact that the only thing connected with the
war which has completely realised the expectations of the most
sanguine is this telegraphic cable, although it was quite novel
in construction, and nearly three times as long as any cable
• which has been laid anywhere.
GREAT fintIIGGLE WITII a. BEAR.—A large black bear
was killed by an Indian on the 14th instant, near the source
of the Castor River. The animal weighed upwards of 7001bs.
A desperate struggle, not unusual, however,lan such cases,
took place between this enormous animal and the Indian who
killed him ; being but wounded by the -shot, •he closed upon
the -Indian, who, in the desperate struggle, managed to
plunge knife into the bear's heart, although the brave
Indian bad one arm broken at the time. At Anticosti, where
bears are, perhaps, more numerous than in •Irly other part of
America, a single Indian or hunter will never shoot at a
bear, ES he is rarely killed by the first -shot, and almost
invariably attacks his pursuer if he is wounded. The escape
of the Indian in the present instance will be regarded as a
matter of surprise by his race, who look upon a struggle
with a wounded bear as utterly hopeless.— nronto Colonist.
PEUCE OF BREAD rw LAINDON.-1 his morning there was a
_general rise in the price of bread of one halfpenny per 41b. loaf,
making it 94d., and- Sid. (seconds), at the cheap bakers'. The
full-priced bakers are charging Hid., andlid. Flour at the
bakers' is 1014., and at the corndealers'generally ld. less per
quartern. In reference to this rise in the price of bread, a
correspondent makes the following remarks-:—" Let the price
of wheat be taken at-84s. ..e quarter, which is the price at pre-
-sent ; five bushels make one bag of flour, £2 2s. 6d.; say profit
for miller, 15 per cent, es. 6d.—£2 9s. One bag of flour makes
.96,quartern loaves,:which,.at 60. each; would yield £2 9s. Add
to this, profit for baker, I 3 per cent., if& each loaf, or 9s. on the
whole, and the amount will be £2 18s. Aeoording to this cal-
.tulation, the price at whith the loaf ought to be sold is 71c1."
The only question open •to dispute appears to be whether 30
per cent. is sufficiently remunerative for the millers and
bakers.—Globe.

THE MISSING CLBRGYMA.N.—Theißristel Mercury gives
the following painful account of the mysterious disappearance
•of the Rev. M. Fanner, curate of Hardwick, near Gloucester,
who was to have been married yesterday week to the eldest
'daughter of the Rev. -Samuel Lysons, rector of Rodmarton,
incumbent of St. Luke'.-s, +Gloucester, and a wealthy county
magistrate :—" The marriage was to take place at Hempstead
Church, and Hempstead.court, the residence of the intended
:bride's father, was the scene of great preparations. The
.church was early thronged by respectable people from the
.village of Hempstead and the neighbourhood of Gloucester,
and eleven o'clock being the hour appointed for the ceremony,
,when that hour had struck some anxiety •was expressed. at the
non-arrival of the bridal party. Noon Armed, and the
canonical hours having passed, the officiating clergyman an-
nounced to the people assembled in the ,church, that the
,wedding was postponed until the next day, In consequence of
'the illness of the bride. It eabsequently transpired that the
.bridegroom was missing. lie had been at Hempstead-court
the previous evening, and left about six o'clock for Gloucester.
Recalled at the Bell Hotel, at Gloucester, shortly afterwards,
and made some inquiries respecting trains on the Exeter line,
,which was to have been the route of the newly-married pair.
From that period no trace has been discovered of him. The
Gloucester and Berkeley canal was dragged between Hardwick
and Hempstead, but nothing has been found, nor have the
police obtained any clue to the missing gentleman, who bears
a high character in the neighbourhood." An advertisement
describing his appearance appeared in the Ti2nes of Monday,
promising a handsome reward for any information sent to the
police at Gloucester.

A STRANGE CRAFT.—A Scotch contemporary Kays:—
" The Eckford Webb is the name of a remarkable-looking
craft at present laying at the Broomielaw. New York built,
she is a model of a clipper ; with a beautiful sharp entrance
and clean run, 137 feet long, a beam of 30 feet, and a depth in
hold of only 18 feet, she exhibits proportions rarely met with.
But when, in addition, we see a long poop extending about 70
feet from the stern, in which about one-third of the cargo can
be stowed, and find her rigged with three tall masts like those
of a schooner, we Lave seen enough to be satisfied that the
Eckford Webb is not a craft built according to routine. There
are no square sails, but on each of the three masts there is a
fore-and-aft sail, the spanker being somewhat larger than the
other two. Above these sails are gaff-topsails. ;There are
three jibs, the bowsprit of 38 feet, and the jibboom of 46
running out to a great length. In addition to these, two
staysails stretch along between the masts. It will thus be
seen that there are no square sails, and no yards with their
tophamper aloft. The three masts are of equal dimensions,
and are 84 feet long by 26 inches in diameter—splendid spars,
and very taunt in proportion to the size of the vessel. In her
run across the Atlantic, Captain Graffan knocked 309 knots
out of his ship in 24 hours; and when we state that her crew
consists of only six men before the mast, and 11 hands, all
told, to navigate a ship of 520 tons' register, we have said
enough to show that there is something yet to be learnt in
sailing ships."
JEWISH BIITCHERY.—The question of the cruelty of the
Jewish mode of slaughter was decided on Tuesday, before the
Lord Mayorof London, several leading Jews being present. The
case came on in form of a summons against Thomas Reynolds,
for ill-treating an ox, by fastening its head to the ground by an
iron ring attached to the lower jaw; and against Yankoff
Cohen, one of the religious officers appointed to slaughter the
animal, for cruelty in improperly cutting its throat. A police-
officer, who had gone to witness an ox slaughtered by the
Jewish mode, and one in the Christian mode, deposed that the
former died in nine minutes, the latter in five. An officer of
the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gave the
same time with respect to the Jewish mode ; by the ordinary
method an ox would often die, he said, in three minutes.
Sheep and pigs were not stunned, as oxen are, by Christian
butchers. James Anderson, slaughterer to Mr. Israel, Aldgate,
said it takes, on an average, on the Jewish plan, about fifteen
minutes to kill a bullock; in the common way about three.
Dr. Edward Lloyd, senior physician at the Royal Dispensary,
on the Bth of October, saw five bullocks slaughtered on the
Jewish plan. In four cases it took six minutes and a half, but
there was a second incision in each of the four; in the fifth, in
which no second incision was made, the time occupied was nine
minutes and a half. Dr. Pavy, physician and lecturer at Guy's
Hospital, gave similar evidence on the Jewish plan. Sir Peter
Laurie gave decision, after hearing the evidence, as follows:
" No cruelty has been proved to be inflicted, either in fact or
within the meaning of the act which was passed to prevent
wanton cruelty and the infliction of pain to animals without a
lawful and justifiable object. The Jewish mode of slaughtering
oxen is that adopted by every Christian butcher in slaughter.
ing calves, sheep, and pigs, and were I to hold their mode to
involve the offence of cruelty, no butcher, whether Christian
or Jewish, could carry on his trade. I should be interfering
with the ordinary and usual business of life, and, above all,
meddling with matters of faith and religious opinion on the
subject of ceremonial observances, which we are all bound to
respect so long 58 they do not involve a breach of the com-
mon

MASTER'S CERTIFICATE.—An investigation having been
held by the Newcastle Local Board, to inquire into charges of
misconduct and drunkenness preferred against Henry Edward
Groves, master of the schooner Freak, of Newcastle, and the
master having been found guilty of the above charges, the
Board of Trade have, upon the recommendation of the Local
Marine Board, cancelled his Certificate of Service—allowing
him at the end of six months, if he can produce testimonials
of amended conduct, to go up for examination for a First
Mate's Certificate, and at the expiration of one year to pass
for a Master's Certificate.
A CRIMEAN 'MEMORIAL.—Lord Braybrooke has erected a
mural monument in the chancel of Saffron Walden church, to
the memory of his two gallant sons who fell, one at Inker-
mann, and the other in the cavalry charge at Balaklava. A
touching inscription records that they were of the ages of
twenty-four and thirty, the third and fifth sons of their parents.
DREADFUL DEATH.—A labourer employed in the chalk pits
at Snodland went to sleep the other night in one of the huts
erected in the pits. He was found there the next morning by
his fellow-workmen, one of whom said jokingly, "Let's smoke
him out," and lit some straw with a lucifer match. The poor
fellow woke up and rushed ont with his shirt in flames, and
was burned so severely that he died a few days ago.
REFUSAL OF SEAMEN TO PROCEED TO SEA.—At the Bristol
Police-court, on Thursday, six seamen of the ship Morning
Star, named Nicholas Borent, John Williams, Henry Johnson,
Abraham Rutland, Martin Collins, and John Power, were
charged, under the 243rd sec. of the Merchant Shipping Act
with having refused to go to sea in the said ship, they having
signed articles to proceed upon a voyage to Melbourne, and
thence to any port of India, China, or the Pacific Seas, and
back. After hearing a number of witnesses the magistrates
sentenced each of the prisoners to 10 weeks' imprisonment
with hard labour.

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

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

ENGAGEMENTS POR THE HERRING- FlSHlNG.—Engage-
ments for the next herring fishing have just been concluded
at several of the fishing stations along the south shore of the
Moray Firth. The terms offered to the fishermen and accepted
by them are greatly above the average of recent years. In
Banff some boats have been engaged at 16s. per cran in full,
without bounty, save half an anker of whisky ; other boats
at the same place have been engaged at 14s. and £l5 of bounty.
At Macdnff and Gardenston boats have been engaged at vari•
ous rates—some at 13s. and £26 of bounty; others at 14s.
and 135.ef bounty.; and others at 12s. and £27 to £3O of
bounty, 'besides two gallons of whisky and net ground and
driving. All the Macduff boats are now engaged at one or
other oPthese figures. From Buckie, our correspondent writes
that ":all our fishermen in this quarter are engaged for the
herring-fshing for next season at rather a high figure, as the
following quotations will show, viz.: —lls., lls. 6d., 125., and
12s. 6d. per cran, with £l2, £l4, £l7, and, we believe, as much
as £:2O sterling of bounty, besides perquisites, such as a half
anker of whisky, lodgings, net ground, cartage of nets and
fish, &c. These latter prices, we learn, are to fishermen to fish
at Peterhead, the others are to fish here and at Lossiemouth."
At Burghead and Hopeman, we also learn, nearly all the boats
are engaged at 12s. and £l2 of bounty. These terms, as we
have -said, are greatly above those of average years. Last
year the terms were high, but those now fixed are 2s. higher.
At these rates, the fish, when cured, will cost the curers from
225. to tts. per barrel.—Banffshire Journal.
AT:ERUPT ON THE LIFE 07 SIR HENRY WARD.—The
Indian mail brings the intelligence that an attempt has been
made on the life of Sir Henry Ward, the Governor of Ceylon,
by a Gingalee, who is represented by the local papers to be a
wilthlooking wretch, who would use the knife without the
slightest compunction. He had been known for many years
as a notorious thief. He was originally employed as a canteen
man at the barracks, but his thieving propensities and evil
disposition shut him out from any further employment. The
particulars of the attempt are thus given: —Miss Kate Ward,
about gun-fire on the morning of the 7th of September, hear-
ing a noise in her room, where she and her sisters slept,
perceived.a man bolting her door on the inside. He remained
there some little time, examining the things on the dressing-
table and about the room. When he left the room, Miss
Ward made.an alarm, on which the man picked up a knife,
and, after threatening her, hastened along the passage,
passing the Governor's room, just as his Excellency was
coming out, alarmed by the noise. The Governor, armed
with a revolver and a stick, pursued him down the passage
into the drawing-room, and on coming up to him, the man
turned round and rushed at him with the knife. The Go-
vernor then fired at him, and, not wishing to kill him, shot
him through the shoulder, and afterwards kept him at bay,
until he was eventually secured by the peons, not, however,
until he had wounded two of them with the knife—a small
table one belonging to the house, and which he picked up in
the passage leading to the bedrooms. He only took a sheet
used as a table cover, which he found in the passage, and a
towel, and from his behaviour seems to be more a madman
than a thief. Had the Governor not been armed with a pistol,
the consequences might have been very serious. He never
spoke a word all the time. The man, who is now in the
hospital, has two wounds on the lower part of the neck on
the left side. It is doubtful whether the wounds have been
produced by a bullet or the bayonet of the soldier. He has
also two other wounds, one on each side of the wrist. He
has a stupid look, and the suspicion has been thrown out that
he is insane ; but he has been recognised as a gaol bird and as
a desperate character. In a few days it is expected he will be
able to attend the court.—Globe.

SINGULAR CAM—At the Wolverhampton police-court, on
Wednesday, a young Scotchwoman, of modest bearing and
interesting appearance, was charged with perjury under the
following circumstances. On Friday night she gave informa-
tion at the police-office that about six o'clock, while standing
near one of the branch post-offices, about to take money from
her purse for some postage stamps, two boys, whom she
described, snatched the purse from her and ran away, leaving
her entirely destitute. From her description, four boys of
bad character were apprehended, and on Saturday were
brought before the magistrates, when the complainant told
her story so plausibly, as not only to be implicitly believed,
but also to excite general sympathy; and two of the boys
were committed to Stafford sessions on the charge, notwith-
standing their unusually earnest protestations of innocence.
On Tuesday, they were tried, convicted, and sentenced each to
12 months' imprisonment. Again the complainant's demea-
nour gained her general sympathy, and the proceeds of a
subscription, amounting to £2 105., she accepted with great
apparent meekness and gratitude. She called herself Alice
Gray, and stated that being a nursery governess she had
brought some children from Liverpool to Wolverhampton,
and, having delivered them to a lady at the railway station, she
had proceeded to Birmingham in search of employment as a
needlewoman. A Birmingham reporter at the Stafford ses-
sions recognised the complainant as the same person who
only a few days before had preferred a charge of robbery,
at Birmingham, against a man who had been able to satisfy
the magistrates of his innocence. On that occasion she
said she had been robbed of her little all, and the ma-
gistrates directed that she should have fifteen shillings out of
the poor-box, for repaying her expenses back to her friends
in Liverpool. The reporter's suspicions being excited by
finding her making a second and similar charge of robbery
at Wolverhampton, he told the police what he knew of the first
case, and on Tuesday evening Alice Gray was apprehended.
On Wednesday the police inspector brought the facts of the
case under the notice of the.anagistrates, and a Birmingham
paper showed that the man charged had satifactorily proved
an alibi. The amount of which she said she had been robbed
at Wolverhampton was £3 55., and she accounted for having
so much by stating that, after receiving the 15s. from the
magistrates at Birmingham, a gentleman of the law, who had
seen her in the court there, had given her £4, with which
she was to stay in Wolverhampton till he could visit her
there, in a few days. The 'Wolverhampton magistrates
expressed their suspicions of her strange story, especially as
she now called herself Agnes Christie. She replied that Mr.
Cooper, superintendent of the Birmingham railway station,
could corroborate her statement as to the gentleman of the
law. Mr. Leigh, one of the magistrates, said it was incredible
that she could have been twice robbed, so close together, and
suggested that it was an imposture, practised to rain money
by perjury.—The police inspector said he believed one of the
convicted boys could prove that he was in Settenhall church-
yard (a mile and a half off) at the time the robbery was alleged
to have been committed. The bench, being unanimously of
opinion that the boys were suffering innocently (and the quar-
ter sessions at Stafford not being over), sent a message to the
court, stating that doubts had arisen as to the justice of the
conviction, and suggesting that their sentences should be
respited to the next sessions. This was done, and Alice Gray,
alias Agnes Christie, was remanded to Stafford gaol for a week,
on the charge of having sworn falsely. On hearing this, she
exclaimed angrily, "I'm not afraid if you remand me for twenty
weeks. I can prove that I had the money, and those were the
boys that took it." She was then removed in custody, ,

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

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

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

THE SARDINIAN CONTINGENT.—The Piedmontese govern-
ment continues to send troops to the Crimea, in order to keep
up the complete effective of the Sardinian contingent. The
magnificent screw-ship Himalaya has received on board a
large quantity of clothing intended for a few English corps.
To-day will finish the embarkation of the soldiers belonging
to the Genoa division, who form part of the second expedition,
namely, those of the brigades of Savoy, Piedmont, and to the
Bersaglieri corps. The departure is fixed for to-morrow. The
other transports will shortly follow ; several within the last
few days have left laden with provisions and munitions.—Let-
ter from Genoa, Oct. 12.
TESTIMONIAL TO GENERAL WINDHA.M.—At a numerous
meeting of Norfolk magistrates at Norwich, on Friday, a reso-
lution was unanimously agreed to, to congratulate Gen. 'Wind-
ham on his escape from the perils incident to the assault on
the Great Redan on the Bth of September last. The resolu-
tion also expressed admiration at the long•enduring gallantry,
courage, constancy, self-devotion, and self-possession of Gen.
Windham, and thanked him for the example he had held out
to British soldiers. The Earl of Albemarle, who seconded
the resolution, took a review of the career of General Wind-
ham in the Crimea, and read complimentary letters addressed
to him by Sir W. Codrington and Admiral Sir E. Lyons. It
was also unanimously agreed that a handsome sword should
be presented to the gallant officer. Captain Windham, R.N.,
returned thanks on the part of his brother. A good deal of
enthusiasm was manifested towards General Windham, who
is of a Norfolk family.
NATIONAL RESOURCES.—To those who doubt the ability
of the country to carry on a war at the cost of eighty or ninety
millions a-year, as long as it shall be necessary, we would ob-
serve, that if England could bear taxation to the extent of
£72,000,000, in 1815, it would not be too much to say that we
could with equal ease bear taxation now to the extent of
£100,000,000, when we bear in mind the increased population,
wealth, and trade of the country. In 1815, the income
assessed to the property tax was £170,000,000 a-year ; now,
computing it upon the same basis, it cannot be less than
£250,000,000. Again, with regard to the extent to which it
is possible to abstract from the capital of the country, we have
had experience in the construction of our railways during the
last ten years. When, therefore, we speak of our ability to
conduct the war, it is obvious that whether we look to doing
so by means of taxation, or by loans, it is ample.—Economist.

MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY.—On Monday week a young
man of very gentlemanly appearance, attired in the first style
of fashion, wearing a diamond ring on his finger, with a gold
watch and appendages, presented himself at one of our city
hotels, and after making a few off-hand enquiries respecting
the far-famed Gretna Green, signified his intention of making
a drive over, and accordingly ordered a gig to convey him
thither, which was readily procured for him, and off he started
for the Green. But on nearing the Scottish border, he began
to make inquiries for its whereabouts, and at Florriston toll-
bar he stopped a few minutes for that purpose, and after
briefly interrogating the toll-keeper as to its precise position,
he was jocularly reminded that he had not got a lady with
him. The idea that there was certainly a want at once struck
him, but to amend this on the instant he was at a loss. How-
ever, the worthy toll-keeper, fancying she saw his dilemma,
volunteered to furnish him with a lady, and at once intro-
duced him to a blooming fair one, who readily consented to
accompany him to the Green. They, therefore, soon reached
Gretna, and after getting married took a drive out, but soon
returned and lodged there for the night. Next morning,
after breakfast, he received from her lialE-a-crown, which he
requested her to lend him, saying that " it matters not which
of us keeps the money now," and also the diamond ring
which he had placed on her finger at the time of her marriage,
adding that " he would get her a far superior one when they
got to Carlisle ;" he toll her to make herself ready for their
departure, as he was going out to order the gig. He, how-
ever, pretending to post a letter, decamped, without paying
the priest for his trouble or the landlord for his bountiful
hospitality.—Cai-lisle Patriot.

ROMANTIC STORY.—The village of Cottingham, near this
town, is ringing with the echo of a strange story stated to
have arisen from the receipt of a letter from a noble lord and
M.P., delivered at the residence of a poor washerwoman
named Jennings, the wife of an old Chelsea pensioner, who
was on a visit to her at the time. The letter is stated to
have contained the announcement of the close of a law-suit
(in which the M.P. had interested himself on behalf of the
old soldier,) whereby this old and wounded pensioner becomes
entitled to an income of £4,000 a-year. One version of the
story says £B,OOO a-year. This large fortune, if the story be
true, could scarcely have fallen into the hands of parties less
able and less likely to enjoy or to make a good use of it, for
the old fellow is addicted to very debased habits, and to great
cruelty to his wife ; the extenuation for his conduct being
that, in the former war, he received a wound on his head
which renders him quite unable to control himself whenever
he takes intoxicating drink —a kind of beverage of which he
avails himself as often as he has the means. The heir to the
old man, his eldest son, is a soldier in the Crimea, and the
next heir, a younger brother, is a butcher's boy in Cottingham.
Let us hope that the children may rise above the infirmities
of their father. As an affecting proof of the inability of
wealth, in certain cases, to bring pleasure or comfort, it is
stated that when the letter arrived the wife of the old man
was in the possession of half-a-crown, which she had earned
by washing, and which was the whole of the money they
both possessed. She borrowed 2s. more to it, brought her
husband to Hull, and paid his pass as a pensioner by the
steamer, parting from him with the expression, coupled with
an oath, " I hope I shall never see the old fellow any more,"
while he had just before declared that she should never
handle one farthing of his fortune. The probability of this
story is heightened by the fact that the old soldier has always
carried a high head, and given out that something great
would one day come to him.—Hull Express.
GOLD THRODGHOUT TIIEWOILLD.—The New York Courier
and Enquirer says :—One of the United States being now the
greatest gold-producing region in the world ( Australia only
excepted ), the mint and branches have been very closely em-
ployed in the creation of American coins and bars. Next to
the United States the coinage of France is the greatest,
and Great Britain ranks the third. We submit the follow-
ing tables as a careful summary of the operations of the past
six years. We have taken a liberty with these tables for the
convenience of our columns. The following is the gold coinage
only in
Great Britain. France. U. States. Russia.
1848. £2,451,999... f 5.30,861,820... 3,775,5122 r 15.15,814,984
1849. 2,177,955.. 27,109,560... 9,007,761 f... 16,844,984
1860. 1,491,836... 85,172,390... 31,981,7332... 20,354,356
1851. 4,400,411... 285,247280... 62,614,442 f... 17,854,356
1852. 8,742,270... 27,028,270... 56,846,187 k... 20,364,464
1853. 11,952,391... 330,463,463... 55,213,907 ... 29,966,006
1854. 2,152,183... 527,000,000... 52,094,695 ... 20,966,996

35,369,046 1,312,872,783 271,534,1812 183,154,146
Aggregate coinage of gold and silver in each of the above-
named countries, from 1848 to 1854.
Gold. Silver. Total.
$167,285,730—$ 6,642,860...5173,928,590
248,357,140... 104,428,690... 352,785,730
274,214,290... 26,071,430... 300,285,720
101,428,570... 20,000,000... 121,428,670

Great Britain
France ......
United States
Russia ........

791.285,730 167,142,850 948,428,610
Referring to the coinage in Austria, Prussia, Holland, and
Belgium, and reducing the coinage of the last-named countries
to dollars, and allowing 20,000,000 florins to Austria, and
16,000,000 francs to Belgium for 1854, we find that the total
coinage of Great Britain, France, the United States, Russia,
Austria, Prussia, Holland, and Belgium, for the last seven
years, amounted to the grand total of 1,097,584,330 dollars.—
What has become of all these coins ?

FITA.L COLLISION IN TUE FOREIGN LEGION.—A
lamentable collision occurred at Haslar, Gosport, on Tuesday
afternoon, between some men of the German Legion, recently
arrived in this country from North America, resulting in the
instantaneous death of one of them, a private, named Joseph
Goltswaitz, aged 31, a Frenchman by birth. It is a standing
order of the regiment that no men are to be allowed to leave
the barracks until five o'clock in the afternoon, and this-
order has been strictly enforced. A division of the corps has
been on duty for some time at Fort Monkton, a short distance
from head-quarters at Haslar Barracks, and on Tuesday
afternoon, about three o'clock, a number of the men attempted
to leave their quarters ; they were, however, sent back by the
guard, and were confined to quarters by the sergeant-major.
At about a quarter past four, however, they appeared at the
gates of the barracks again, most of them being armed with
sticks, &c. The guard was immediately ordered out, and ad-
vanced on the men, and endeavoured to induce them to leave,
but without effect. At that moment the captain of the day,
Captain Von Jess, seeing what was going on, ordered the
guard to fiz bayonets. This was done, and the guard ad-
vanced a few steps towards the men, who were told that if
they did not disperse the articles of war would be carried
out to their full extent. Several of the men now retired,
but others remained, amongst whom was deceased, who
appears to have been a sort of ringleader in the matter ;
and these became very violent in their conduct, threaten-
ing to attack the guard, make them prisoners, &c. At
this stage, deceased, it is affirmed, raised his stick, as
did others, in a most excitable manner, to strike one
of the advanced men of the guard. This man, the pri-
soner, one of the privates of the guard, named Nicholas
Nusbaum, a German, aged 27 years, and belonging to the first
company of the regiment, endeavoured to parry the blow with
his rifle. Deceased still advanced upon him, and prisoner—so
it is asserted by those who witnessed the affair—having his
bayonet pointed to defend himself, the other in the coat*
ran upon it. The result was, a wound an inch and a half in
length on the side was inflicted, and death instan-
taneouslyneously ensued. The physicians of the
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NEWLY-INVENTED PIANO-FORTES,
BY T. H.4RRISON,

PIANO-FORTE MANUFACTURER,
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This Day is published, price Sixpence,
SOME PARTICULARS of the LIFE, DECEASE,
and FUNERAL of the late Venerable ARCHDEACON
BROOKS, M.A., Rector of Liverpool ; to which is appended
A FUNERAL SERMON
by the
LORD BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE.
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