Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-05 00:00:00

THE ATLANTIC SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH•

QUEENSTOWN, Mos.Da.v MORNING.
The Niagara will this day finish taking in the heavf
portion of the cable intended to ba attached to the Voio-
tia coast, which has to be unshipped from the Agamemnon,
and transferred to the Niagara, in consequence of the
starting points of the expedition being now from the 'righ
shore instead of from mid-ocean. The entire squadron
will sail Iron Queenstown at six o'clock this evening, and
is expected to reach Douglas Bay, in readiness to
commence.

QITEENSTOWN, MONDAY, 6 30 r.u.
All the ships are now steaming out of the- harbour for

KILLARNEY, MONDAY.
His Ezcellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Boa
staff al rived at Killarney at half-past one o'clock, on the'
way to be present at the starting of the Atlantic cable
expedition to-morrow. The directors and secretary of the
company were in attendance to receive his ExcAlertcy.

The Imperadore, Capt. J. B. Atkins, sailed yestardit
evening from this port, fur Plymouth, there to fembara
troops, an then sail direct for Hong Kong.
GARST N BOARD OF HEA.LTll.—Yesterday, the usual
monthly meeting should have been held at the Public..
Aigburth; but in consequence of there not heir*
sufficient number of Commissioners present to form
quorum, no meeting was hell. The Commissioners prcseag
were Messrs. Chaloner, Macintyre, and Chidson. A
special meeting will be cluvened on some future duq to
transact the business.

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SM —UGGLING Dir A- CAPTAlN.—Testerday, at one of the
Police courts,. before Messrs. Smith and Stitt, Captolg,
Harrison, of the ship John Spencer, was prosecuted bY
Mr. Tyndall, on behalf of the revenue, for having tried t°
evade the duty on £l4, 19 t. wortb,oi silks and shawls. Tbo
penalty in this ease is treble the value of the articles. The
evidence being clear, the defendant was convicted, on",
sentenced to pay a fine of one-fourth the full fine, the bone'
having the power to mitigate the penalty to that sum.
Sr. PAUL'S ROAD, TOTAL ABST-INENCS Socnny,
MERE.—On Monday evening list, a large gathering orthe
total abstainera was held in the open air, and afterwards bi
adjournment to the School-room, where addresses were
deliverd by Mr. William Simpson Benson, a man of colour
F.ench, Guy,Baxter. and others, and several new mernher'
were enrolleJ. To:al absinence is becoming a great VS-
tion in Birkenhead and tha surrounding district, be.rouc'
remains yet to be done in a locality where, at three cVcloolc.,
on a Sabbath afternoon, gangs of men may be seen.drtiJ;
and fighting, and not a polio asap to be seen, as ;was tl
case on Sunday afternoon last, in St. Paul's-road,,not 20
yards from, the church and schools, and 'nut tux frOnl
Wesleyan chapel.

Dstvn or EuanNE. Sum.—This event is announced 311
having occurred at Paris yesterday.
The Times states that the East India Company baud
made a requisition upon the government fcr 6,000 eau!,
tional troops of all arms, infantry, cavalry, and setilleeej
with the view of strengthening the forces in Madras, lttl,„
Bombay, which have- been weakened by draughts 1"'
Bengal.
Farther news. from India may now be... expected ant
moment by the Australian mail, which was to leays,Sydoei
on the 15th June. She would touch at Pant de Grille atolls
the 11th July, where later intelligence may have &rife'.
from Madras, or she might fall in at &lea with any ster
mer despatched to. that place by the ]iombay authoritiet
The Caradoc,, it appears, is waiting at Alexanthia to bril/1
any despatchts that may arrive at Caghliari to, be trail"
lated to London by Sardinian telegraph,
EAST INDIA COMPANY'S SERVICE.--A return,
A return, has beet
of the number of officers in the civil service 'O9O
the East India Company in the receipt of not leas thou
a year salary, on the Ist of January, 1846 e and a sinOr
return for the Ist of January, 1,066. The. sum total f''
tee first p,eriod is 624 in the
,covenanted. and 511 in tbd
uncovenanted service; during the latter period 6/0 °if
and 665. respectively. A return of the nur.nber of militar;
officers. for the like periods gives 261 and '475.
As it may be of some interest to 'persons engaged to
eo
commerce to know the rate of charge on the
telegraph line, we may mention, that, through not deL,
nicely settled, it will be something.like the following -I§
from Newfoundland to Ireland for a message of 20 WA,
or under, £2 10s., and for a message of the same leogtril
direct from New Tork to London £4. Subsenuere
arrangement may be slightly different, bgt this
meat may be relied. on as substantially correct.
l
The Record has no doubt that one of Mr. Walpole
ag
amendments eta cammittee on the Matrimonial
Bill will be conceded by the government. " Wh,ere a ol—o
marriage is. as valid as one sanctioned by the Church' 11r,
clergyman ought to be compelled to solemnise the 133.3r0
iage of those who have been divorced for adultery. :of
are therefore happy to learn that there is no prospect et
this hardship being enforced on the' clergy.. The ea3ey
should be lett to their own option,'and these pabliely eto
victed of adultery have no right to demand in regard Ao
marriage that any public recognition of it should be 03"
by those who may entertain scruples as to its propriety.''/r
THE EMPEPOR AND TRH RItPMEES.—We have Ve
little doubt the pretended conspiracy to assassinate t,1:11
Emperor of the French is a mere invention of the Impend
Government, intended to form a, pretext for prooeediflo
against the French exiles in London, and brought 1140
pity at•the moment when, from our Indian ditBmlties,,o
is thought that our government will be less able to redtlbs
any demands made upon it by our pewerfal ally. 'e of
retence put forth in the 11foniteux, that the revelatine
the plot was deferred, from motives of constitutional ce
0
racy, till after the French elections, is altne:t enoaeb„.i
itself to s'amp the character of the whole story.—Saeura''
Review:
The Saturday Review presumes that the most pa' e°,l,
opponents of the ignominious tyrant of LeadenbA'l
Street,' would, in these times, hardly venture to smeri of
that the total extinction of the titular sovereigntie4,o
Delhi and Oude is not now imperatively demanded, b' I
on the score of policy and of humanity. We have
away, righteously or unrighteously, wisely or utewit;
many of the great Hindoo and Matiumedan sovereignt"oB
and it has been but a mistaken kindness to leave to anY °tee
of these deposed princes the miserable, but still danger.„"es
sham of a recognised royal title. What are these 101;:d
but rallying-points for disaffection ? Of what es, are te4)
but to raise delusi.te hopes, and to bring the unfortalleB
re lui, to perdition ? We ii°oBl
and that tle lgthe last of these kings sans ter.o
be no more ' palaces,' into the reces;to
within, the territories sehj-ct to the Thitish Cloven:to!" to
ettibftalewt.hhwieecahrhccrah'vePeeerore'‘ihriwilinllsasry process of the law cannot peneiree,
Meat have they ever been—what are they ever likelie
tie—but great styes of pollution ? The soul sickens 0.,"
thonlat of the number of women and children Poe
.nprisoned in the Delhi ' palace,' and of the terrible see el
that may be enacted if the retributive European aergiel
hot blood, enters that enormous brothel. It almost 03Seel
one dread to receive the tidings of the fall of Delhi. 01
from that day the palace will cease to exist as a roll
refuge ; and we can hardly doubt that it will be t.ebe,
privileged home of unutterable crime vs hich the Plis
Government will ever suffer to be reared iu eny part
Eastern dominions."

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

By British and Iris,ra Magnetic Telegraph.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)

SOUTHAMP rON, TUESDAY.

, The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steam-
.i-111) Colombo, Capt. Black, arrived this morning,
with the heavy portion of the last India and China
143 passengers, and on freight 2,577 bales
silk, 15 barrels of coffee, and 176 packages of
Sundries.
Among the passengers are Sir William Reed,
Crovernor of Malta, and family, and Lieutenant-
'Colonel Lane. Fox and-family.
Her dates of sidling are—Alexandria, July 23;
Malta, 26; Gibraltar, 30.
Her Majesty's ships at. Alexandria were the
Vartarus and Caradoc ; at Gibraltar the Vulture.
On the 31st ult , off the rock of Lisbon, exchanged
flight signals with the Tagus. On the 3rd instant
Passed the English schooner Isabella, steering to
the eastward.
• On the 26th, the steam-ship 'Fiber, from Palermo
ith a general cargo for Liverpool, cleared at
Gibraltar. The steam-ship Andes, with bale goods
from Liverpool for Gibraltar, Malta, and Constan-
tinople, arrived at Gibraltar and cleared same day.
The Indus, from Southampton, arrived at Gib-
rualtar, on the 25th, and proceeded to Alexandria
4'le-same evening. •
Mr. John Dockery, a passenger for Gibraltar,
died on board a few hours before they arrived, and
'vas buried on shore on the Sunday evening.

THE BRAZILS.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY.

The steam-ship Petropolis, from the Brazils to
Ramburgh, arrived here this morning with a ship's
letter mail, 26 passengers, and on freight 11,000
bags of coffee, 15 serons of ipeoaeuhana, 15,000
hides, 132 bags of orchella, weed, &i.
The dates of sailing were—Rio, July 2; Bahia,
, ;
Pernambuco, 10 ; St. Vincent, 20 ; Lisbon, 30.
The Camilla arrived out at St. Vincent on the
19th, and the Tamar on the 20th ult.
A squadron of 16 gun-boats for China, had
arrived safe at Rio, and were to proceed to Java on
the 3rd.
At Pernambuco there was no change in the
produce markets. Prices of Sugar still high.
Freights nominal. Exchange 28d.

Great excitement prevailed at Pernambuco,
`owing to the murder of Mr. Thomas Gollan, her
Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul, on the night of
the Bth of July. The'dreadful event was wrapped
in mystery, and a large reward
.had been offered
for the discovery of the assassin. A Portuguese
had been arrested on suspicion.
At Rio a steady business has been done .in
Coffee since last advises, beginning at previous
.prices, and closing at an advance of 100 rein. The
sales for the fortnight previous to the steamer's
departure were 107,000 bags. stock on hand
130,000 bags. Of new Coffee only a limited quantity
has come to hand. The new crop is estimated at
a low figure, Exchange, 28d. Freights have
Slightly recovered, and are quoted at 45s and 47s
lid for the channel. Flour supplies limited ; prices
high.
The Douro, from Liverpool, arrived at Lisbon on
the 20th. The Lisbon Stock Market continued dull.
Three per Cents. Registered, 46 to 46i; Coupons,
46 to 46.1 ; other quotations same as by Sultan
steamer.

The Petropolis spoke to the Dutch ship Avego
on the I9th ; a steamer under Chi lian colours on the
25th, off the Island of Palma ; steam-ship Martello,
on the 2nd of August, off • Cape Finisterro ; and,
same day, the Fnglish brig Britannia.
Captain Osborn's squadron of gun-boats 'for
China, sixteen in number, had arrived safe at Rio
(only one death), and would leave for Java on the
3rd of July. -------

ROYAL VISIT TO THE JAMES BAINES

AND
THE CHAMPION OF THE SEAS.

Last (Tuesday) evening, at six o'clock, her
Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the Prince
Consort, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, Sir
'James Scarlett, Admiral Martin, and others of the
fashionable world, visited the clipper ships, James
`Baines and Champion of the Seas, now lying at
, ortsmouth, having been engaged by the govern-
Went for the conveyance of troops to India. The
(la' party were received on board the James
~..,atnes by the Captain and Mr. Mackey. They
Made a minute inspection of the vessel, and seemed
ligleh pleased with the ships, the accommodation
'taking by them, and the fittings generally. On
her leave, her Majesty expressed herself
I:nuelt gratified by the visit. She had no idea that
there were such vessels engaged in the merchant
service, and complimented Mr. Mackey and the
`Captain individually, on the size and equipments
of the James Baines and the Champion of the Seas
'generally. A sample of the provisions to
be served out to the troops while on.
the voyage was submitted to the inspection of
'Her Majesty, and the quality and mode of distil.-
hation, which was explained to her, drew forth a
most gracious approval. We congratulate Messrs
-James Bathes & Co. on the high honour which has
been paid them, and look forward with some hopes
'to the time when the vessels now employed in the
"merchant service of Liverpool will be looked upon
'with more favour by government officials. For
'the transport or other service no better ships can
be employed ; and the Thames must look to its
laurels.
.We may tell the government that there
are not one or two, but dozens, of such vessels in
Liverpool, which can be had by paying for them
We hope they will not be so blindfolded as to
engage the tubs which they have heretofore had
such a predeliction for.
THE JA3IES BAINES AND CHAMPION OF THIS Saas.—The
arrival of these fine ships at Portsmouth to embark troops
for India, appears to have created great interest in that
quarter. Yesterday (Monday), they were visited by the
best suiling and gunnery officers of the navy, and all
expressed their admiration and astonishment at their caps-
nious stow _,
agoairy and ample accommodation, and the
tleprecedented speed chronicled in their logy.

THE DUBLIN MURDER.

P 401( OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING

This day true bills were found by the grand
jury against Spollen, for the wilful murder of
Mr. Little.

Friday has been specially appointed for the
trial to come on.

ATTEMPT TO MaarsEtt.—John Procser, a respectable
Mechanic, living at Lombard-street, Southwark Bridge-
road, London, quarrelled with his wife on Tuesday morning,
followed her into the yard of the house, and there felled
her to the ground by heavy blows on the head with a
pewter pot, which laid the skull open. He then stabbed-
her in the neck as she lay on the ground, and in his un-
controlled fury would doubtless bave killed her on the spot
had the police not arrived and arrestt d him. The poor
rnan Was taken to the hospital ; she is not expected to
recover. Prosser, who is an irritable man, was brought up
re ma afternoon at the police court, pro format and
Lebaanded.

IMPE RIAL PARLIAMENT.

(By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAYeI

The house met at five o'clock.

The British and Irish Grand Junction Railway Bill, the
New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land Company
Bill, and the Tweed Fisheries Bill, were read a third
time and passed.

The Report of Amendments to the Industrial Schoois
Bill was brought up and agreed to.
The Banking Bill, the Crown, &c., Suits (Scotland)
Bill, the Giebe Lands (Ireland) Bill, the Land and
Assessed Taxes (Scotland) Acts Amendments, and the
Caledonian and Curran Canals Bill were read a third
time and passed.
The Canada and New Brunswick Boundaries Bill was
read a second time.

Lord Brougham presented petitions from Westminster
and Chatham on the subject of education. The petitions
stated that in the medical profession a preliminary educe,_
tion had to brundergone before surgeons. physicians, or
apothecaries were allowed to practice, and recommended
that schoolmasters should be subjected to a similar
examination before being allowed to exercise the duties of
their profession.
Lord Brougham moved for returns to show the results
of the operation of the Act passed three years ago to
facilitate and lessen the expense of actions of Bills of
Exchange. These returns, he said, would show that,
under the present act, 23,166 judgments had passed at a
cost of £3 15s 61 each, making a total charge to suitors
of about .£66,776 ; whereas the charge under a bill which
had been introduced in their lordships house (but which
had been rejected by a select committee). would have
been 17s Bd, making a total cost of £22,000, or one-fourth
less.

After a few words from the Lord Chancellor, the
motion was agreed to.
The Superannuation Act Amendment Bill was brought
from the Commons, and read a first time.
The house adjourned at six oclock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY.
The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock.

NSW

On the motion of Colonel Taylor, a new writ was
ordered to issue for Beverley, in the room of Mr. E. A.
Glover, whose election has been declared void.