The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-21 00:00:00

IRELAND.

THE CtiltßAGH.—The inauguration of the new stand.
house, just erected on the Curragh, will take place on
Tuesday next.

HARVEST PROSPECTS.---The accounts from all parts of
the country, of the condition and prospects of the growing
crops, are most satisfactory.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO DUBLIN. —An official COM-
xnunication reached Dublin on Tuesday notifying the in-
tended royal visit at a much earlier period of the season
than was contemplated. The precise day is not named ;
but it is believed to be during the present month.
THE ANNIVERSARY OF WATERLOO.—There was some
disappointment felt on Saturday, at the citizens of Dublin
not having their usual review and sham-battle in the
Phenix-park, in commemoration of the battle of Waterloo.
The interesting display will not again take place.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—On Friday there was a con-
siderable increase in the numbers, 9132 persons being
present. Visitors from the other side of the Channel are
daily pouring into Dublin. The Cambria steamer arrived
at Kingstown on Friday, with about 500 passengers, chiefly
from the English midland counties.
Ma. MAURICE O'CONNELL, M.P.. for Clare, died on
'Saturday at his London residence. He had been at the
Mouse of Commons up to the hour of its rising on Friday
morning, and during the day complained of illness • but
before medical aid arrived he had sunk into a lethargic'
estate, which terminated in his death shortly after mid-
night.
NEW "CRY."—Mr. John O'Connell, after a retire-
ment of some years from political life, has come out with
a pungent epistle to the " People of Ireland" in behalf
of the nuns. He admits that " Repeal" is dead, and that
A Sharman Crawford's Bill" is a sham ; consequently
there is, in his opinion, no use in agitating for either at
present. The: great cry should be " The nuns, the nuns,
the nuns !";
ARREST OF AN ATTORNEY. —On Wednesday, Mr.
George Birch, who had been arrested under a warrant
issued by Mr. Magee, of the head police-office in Dublin,
was remanded for further examination on a charge of car-
rying away money and valuable securities belonging to his
aunt, Mrs. Kelly, to the amount of about £35,000. Mrs.
Kelly is the widow of the late Mr. Edmund Kelly, of Ros-
common, under whose will she succeeded in establishing
her right to a fortune little short of half a million sterling.
THE WRECK OF THE QUEEN VICTORIA.—On Thurs-
day an admiralty jury was sworn before Mr. Justice Tor-
rens, at the commission, for the purpose of trying Thomas
Davis, the mate of the Victoria steamer, on a charge of
manslaughter. It will be recollected that the wreck occur-
xed off Howth last February, when about 60 persons were
drowned. In his charge to the jury, Mr. Justice Torrens
obser7ed that a former jury had found a true bill for man-
--,---"ter against Davis, but the Crown did not deem it
Ole to proceed upon it, and therefore presented a
The jury retired, and after a lapse of about two
tated that they had ignored the bill against Thos.

Davis

THE CONVENTS OF IRELAND.-00 Monday an aggre-
gate meeting of the Romanists of Ireland was held in the
Rotunda, Dublin, to oppose the bill now before Parlia-
ment for establishing an inspection of nunneries. About
the time fixed for the commencement of the proceedings,
the Rev.Tresham D. Gregg, D.D., accompanied by Mr. H.
Thompson, Mr. John Martin, and several other members
of the Dublin Protestant Association, arrived at the en.
trance of the Rotunda, and, on attempting to pass in, Were
told that they would not be admitted. The rev. gentle-
man having asserted his right to attend a meeting which
.had been convened as " a meeting of Catholics," then
walked away with his friends, and the party were escorted
in safety by the police to the Lying-in Hospital, where
they were afforded protection from the not very
crowd which filled yhe AdiQiziog greet:.

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NEWS.

FRANCE.—The only information concerns the nume-
rous political arrests which have taken place during the
last few days. It is said that they have been grounded on
information or suspicion of a Socialist plot against the
life of the Emperor. No doubt the prospect of a war
with Russia has stirred up the hopes and passions of the
revolutionary sects. The Pope of Rome, it is now be-
lieved, will not come to Paris this year to crown the
Emperor, the state of affairs in Europe being such as to
make his absence from the States a thing not to be thought
of. It is uncertain whether the coronation will take place
at all this year. What is certain is, that the persons en-
gaged in the preparations are no longer required to use
promptitude. Monsignore Garibaldi, the Nuncio from
the Papal Court at Paris, died on Thursday, of apoplexy.

SW ETZERLAND.—A speedy settlement of the dif-
ferences between Switzerland and Austria is anticipated.
The authorities at Ticino, who have already voted an alien
bill, are said to be disposed to repeal the decision respect-
ing the expulsion of the Capuchins. The great difficulty
remaining to be overcome consists in the re-admission of
several thousand Ticinese.

HOLLAND.—On Tuesday the King opened the States
General in person. His Majesty, in his address, alluded
to the differences upon the subject of religious toleration
lately existing between the Crown and the Chambers, and
the necessity he had felt for dissolving the latter. He
had also been obliged to modify the Ministry. A new
election had taken place, and the legislative body now
met for the first time under another administration. His
Majesty regretted to say that the former difficulties had
not been overcome, but he had no doubt, with the co-
operation of the Legislature, means would be devised to
remove all further cause of discord and schism. .

TURKEY.—Since the Turks have transmitted the
note to the different Embassies, declaring their intention
of defending themselves, their preparations for war have
been more evident. The whole of the Bosphorus fleet
has been towed to the north of the Straits, and put in the
form of a crescent to defend the northern entrance. This
fleet consists of three line-of-battle ships, of which two
are three-deckers ; nine frigates, four of which are first.
class ; two corvettes; six large and two smaller-sized
steamers. On the 31st ult. the Sultan held a grand re-
view on the plain north of Pera, when about 10,000 men,
consisting of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, went through
their evolutions. With the exception of the artillery,
which is really in a very efficient state. it was quite
evident to even an inexperienced eye that the evolutions of
these troops will bear no comparison with those of a well-
drilled European army, but the materiel is decidedly good.
According to reasonable calculations, we cannot learn
the actual movement of Russian troops before the end of
this month—certainly not earlier than the 27th. The
courier who was the bearer of the ultimatum of the Czar,
with a concession to the Divan of eight days in which to
decide upon their answer, left St. Petersburg on the let
of June. He could not reach Constantinople earlier than
the Bth ; and supposing—as we must necessarily do—that
he will receive a negative reply, he will not set out on his
return before the 16th ; and whether he go to the head-
quarters of the Russian army on the confluence of the
Pruth and the Danube, with orders for the troops to
march, or return to Odessa, we must allow, at least, eleven
days after his departure from Constantinople before we
can learn, even with the help of the electric telegraph at
Lemburg, what the Russian forces shall have actually
done. In the mean time the Berlin papers are talking of
a congress of crowned heads to discuss these matters, and
they announce the frequent passage of French and Russian
couriers through the Prussian capital.
The British fleet left Malta on Wednesday, the Bth of
the present month.

The Swedish brig Caroline, arrived off FE.lmouth from
the Mediterranean on Thursday, met with her Majesty's
Channel fleet on the 17th inst. in lat. 16 9 W.

RUSSIA.—On the 3rd instant the Emperor reviewed
the troops, and inspected Cronstadt, where the fleet is
now stationed. He expressed his satisfaction to the
Grand Duke Constantine and the Admirals, and ordered
a gratuity to the men.

INDIA AND CHINA.—The following despatch from
Trieste has been received by submarine telegraph :—The
steamer Calcutta arrived on the 16th of June, at 6i. a.m.,
in 108 hours, from Alexandria.—Belling, which bad
really been captured by the Burmese insurgents, not-
withstanding the denial of the Bengal Government, has
been recaptured by our forces, with the loss of 30 killed
and wounded.—The Burmese Commissioners have not
yet returned an answer to the Governor-General's prof-
feted terms.—Should they not return a favourable answer
before the 30 days allowed them for consideration have
elapsed, an advance upon Ava will take place, and
steamers are being made ready to meet the contingency
at Bombay.—Trade was dull.—The delay in the arrival
at Suez of the Precursor steamer, from Calcutta, has
enabled the Bombay mail of the 23d of May to arrive in
time for the Bengal steamer from Alexandria.—The latest
intelligence from Hongkong is to the 22d of April.
CHINA.—A highly respectable London firm in the
China trade has received a telegraphic despatch from
Trieste, stating that Nankin was taken by the insurgents
on the 21st March, but who were afterwards compelled
to abandon it. On the 6th April the rebels sustained a
defeat by the Imperial army, about 30 miles south of
Nankin. Foreigners residing at Shanghae had formed
themselves into volunteer corps ; and a number of
British troops had been ordered to that place to protect
British interests.

WEST INDIES.—By the Royal Mail steam-ahip
Parana, Capt. Woolley, arrived at Southampton, we have
advices from Jamaica to the 27th, and from St. Thomas's
to the 31st ult. The Parana brought .B'Boo,ooo in specie.
In Jamaica we learn that the May seasons had been heavy,
materially interfering with the manufacture in some
parishes, but favourable for the establishment of the
spring plants for next year. The crop was expected to be
less than the last. Yellow fever was very malignant in the
harbour, and a few sporadic cases had appeared in Kings-
ton, but Spanish Town was particularly healthy. Great
excitement prevailed about mining operations, each week
announcing some new discovery of mineral indications.
The weather in the West Indies was rainy, and generally
favourable for the next crop. The falling off of the present
crop would be general—about 12,000 hhds. at Barbadoes,
10,000 in British Guiana, 5,000 in Trinidad, and the other
islands in like proportion. At St. Thomas's there had
been heavy rains and sultry weather up to the nirht of the
24th of May, when a slight shock of earthquake took
place, and the weather cleared up. Yellow fever was
fatally prevalent in the harbour.
From British Guiana our accounts are to the 24th ult.
The Combined Court had passed a bill for giving patent
rights for seven years to Mr. Joseph Brandeis, of London,
for certain improvements in the manufacture of sugar.
Important resolutions relative to Chinese immigration
were passed by the Court on the 23rd ult., and the Court
also raised the bounty to be paid upon emigrants from
Madeira from $25 to 830 per head.
The yellow fever still prevailed at Trinidad. The ships
Eliza Stewart and Bank of England had arrived from Cal-
cutta with further importations of Coolie labourers. On
board the Bank of England 48 deaths took place during
the voyage, cholera having broken out. Another vessel
was shortly expected with Chinese immigrants, and this
it was expected would make the total additions to the
labouring population of the colony equal to 3,000 souls
since January last.
The Royal Mail steamer Avon was in the Gulf of
Mexico ; the Conway on the Savannah route ; the Dee in
the Spanish Main ; the Derwent, Medway, and Trent at
St. Thomas's ; and the Eagle at Barbadoes.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA.

By the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship Europa, Capt. Shannon, which arrived on Saturday,
we have advices from New York to the 7th, and from
Boston to the Bth instant.

The Europa sailed from Boston on the Bth, and at 11,
a.m., on the 9th, passed a large steamer off Seal Island.
She arrived at Halifax at 1, a.m., on the 10th, and, after
a detention of 2 hours and 10 minutes, again proceeded to
sea. On the 12th she passed the barque Glasgow, of St.
John's, N. 8., bound west. She arrived in the river at
5 30, p.m., on Saturday, having made the run in 9 days
22 hours and 40 minutes.
The Europa brought 174 passengers from Boston and
Halifax, and 43104,000 in specie on freight.
The Royal Mail steam-ship Canada arrived at Boston at
6, a.m., on the Bth instant.

A brief telegraphic dispatch from New Orleans reports
the arrival at that port of the Daniel Webster, with ad-
vices from San Francisco to the lath May. The mining
accounts were of a favourable character, some new diggings
having been discovered.
A vessel of 900 tons had been launched at Mobile ; this
was the first ship ever built at that port. The trial of
Capt. Molony, of the Roscius, for the murder of two sea-
men, on the passage from Liverpool, was proceeding in
the United States District Court. The New York State
legislators bad made an excursion to Niagara Falls.
During the excursion a humorous party crossed over to
the British side of the falls, attended by a band of music,
and on the piazza of the Clifton-house jocosely declared
the independence of the province, hoisted a striped hand-
kerchief as a substitute for the republican flag, appointed
a provisional government, and annexed Upper Canada to
the United States, the band playing Yankee Doodle, and
the amused crowd of Canadians and Americans applauding
this bloodless coup de main.
The Memphis convention had commenced its session,
and was largely attended by the southern and south-
western people. Sufficient stock had been subscribed to
build one steamer for the Baltimore and Liverpool line.
The Alton (Ill.) Telegraph reports the escape of slaves.
It says, " Slaves are running away from Missouri, at the
present time, in battalions. Three belonging to Mr. R.
Meek, of Weston, ran away on Wednesday of last week,
two of whom were afterwards apprehended. They were
making for the plains. Fifteen made a stampede from
marc hC o uf
onrt
lowa. the week
Severalbefore, w earned
capturedtook t hin
e line of
Grundytheir
County, hut the larger number made good their escape.
It would be a glorious thing for Missouri if all her slaves
should take it into their heads to run away. If she only
knew it, they aro one of the greatest drawbacks to her
advancement and prosperity."
Halifax papers report that the provincial fishing
schooner Velocity had been driven from St. George's Bay
by a French cruiser. The transports Lady Clark and
Thomas Arbuthnot had arrived out with troops.
Havana accounts, to the 2nd instant, state that the
captain-general bad severely reprimanded the professors
and masters of certain schools for teaching the scholars
too liberal opinions. He, at the same time, expressed his
determination to suppress such instruction. The parties
blamed tried to get up an indignation meeting, but it was
put down by the authorities. A person, named Dalrymple,
had been arrested, charged with a robbery at the British
Consulate. - • ••

Sandwich Island letters, to the 16th April, mention
that the King had nominated his son Lihoips as his suc-
cessor to the throne. -
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Sew York, June 7.
MOXEY MAREET.—The stock market was a little more
active, but still the business transacted is only to a moderate
amount. Money continues very abundant, and loans have
been made on call as low as five per cent. The greater part of
the transactions are at six and seven per cent. In Exchange
fQr the tiemer from Boston c,Ja WeanMAY, thy busitlekl

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JITNE

ers' bil

Produce

I been moderate nt 103! to 10 for best ba
bills 1.09 to 109 i; on Paris sf. 15 to sf. 13z.
COTTON.—The Courier and Inquirer, of a
" Since our review of the market, on the 3r
have been as follow :-4th, 30P0 bales, an—----,,
bales. The rapid winding up of the present crop and the
unfavourable advices of the growing one have carried and
maintained prices on this side at a point far above Liverpool
quotations, and, with reducing stocks, it is- now evident that
rates will further advance to the close of the season, and that
the next crop will open at high prices.
STRICT LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
L.Ord. Ord. G.Ord. L.Mid. Mid. G.Mid.

:ant, says,

COURT AND FASHION

an de Weyer;
onion. She It

New Orleans and
Texas 9}
Mobile, Florida,
and Uplands .. I
RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON_
Exports to Total Exports. Stock, and
Receipts. Gt. Britain. to For. Ports. on shipb'd
1853 .....3,106,335 1,487,795 2,171,820 398,639
1852 .....2,873,379 1,441,183 2,124,330 315,559
Increase. 232,956 46,612 47,490 83,080
BREADSTUFFs.-The flour market was extremely inactive,
and sales of the lower qualities were made at a decline from
Saturday's prices. Canada flour was dull, and freely offered
at 44 3•7ic. ; southern flour steady at 41 81,1 c. to 45 121 c. for
common, and 45 25c. to 46 75c. for fancy brands. 2,300 bshls
of Genessee wheat brought 130 c. ; other kinds were quiet.
Sales of southern yellow corn were made to fair extent at 60c.
to 673 c„ mixed at 63c. to 64c., and damaged at 57c. to 62c.
PROVISIONS.-Mess pork was inactive at £l6, and prime at
..313i. Beef is in good supply and the markets heavy. Lard
steady. Cheese Bc. to 9c., with a fair demand.
NAVAL STORES.-Nothing doing in crude turpentine.
Spirits of Turpentine 43c. to 45c.
IRoN.-The market is easier. Sales 200 tons Scotch pig, in
lots, at 427 to 428 cash, and 430 six months. English bar
quiet, at $65; refined at 480. Swedes, at 387 50c. to 490.
FREIGHTS.-The engagements were moderate in extent.
The quotations are :-To Liverpool : Tobacco, lilids, 275. 6d. to
305.; cotton, square bales, per lb, id. to 9-32 d.: flour and
meal, per barrel, Is. 9d.; heavy goods, per ton, 255. to 275. 6d. ;
grain in bulk, per bushel, sd. to sd.
NEW ORLEANS, JUNE 6.-Cotton in good demand, the sales
reaching 5,000 bales at steady prices. Low middling 9c. to 94c.,
strict middling 104 c. The receipts to-day have been 700 bales,
mostly from Memphis, and the exports 3,500.
HAVANA, MAY 28.-There has been less activity in our sugar
market this week, the principal demand being for brown .Cu-
curuchos ; for whites and yellows there has been but little
inquiry. The stock is increasing, and we have now in town
180,000 boxes. Prices have declined a quarter of a rial this
week, and we now quote 6 and 8 to si to 9 rials per arroba
for assorted sugar; 8 to 10 for white; 6 to 7i for yellow; 5} to
5f for brown ; 4f to 54 for Cucurucho, and 4 to 5i for Musco-
vado. The scarcity of vessels in port has prevented much
business from being done in freights during the past
week. A few arrivals would probably give an impulse to
transactions. The present rates are For the Baltic, £3 to
£3 2s. 6d.; Hamburg,e2 17s. 6d. toe3;Greatßritain,e2lsB.3d.;
Cowes and a market, e 3 25. 6d. to .83 ss. ; Mediterranean, £3
to R 3 ss. Exchange dull at 104 to 12.3- premium on London;
Mexican dollars are worth 1 to 2 per cent. premium, S.C. AI.

ARRIVAL OF THE FRANKLIN,

By the United States Mail steam-ship Franklin, Capt.
Wootton, which arrived off Cowes on Wednesday night
en route to Havre, we have advices from New York to
the 4th inst. The Franklin brought 180 passengers,
specie value ,8120,000, and a large cargo for Havre.
Among the passengers is Mr. Stocker, bearer of dispatches
to the Russian Legation. On the 7th inst., the Franklin
spoke the American mail steamer Washington ; on the
10th the brig Henrietta, and on the 13th a three-masted
screw-steamer bound west. Baltimore and its vicinity had
been visited by a tornado, which destroyed a good deal of
property. The steamer Eclipse had exploded near
Chicago, killing several persons.
CANADA.—The Governor-General bad given his as-
sent to a bill for incorporating the Canadian Steam Navi-
gation Company. Late papers from St. John's, New
Brunswick, give particulars of the measures taken by the
British Government for the protection of the fisheries.
Her Majesty's steamers Basilisk and Devastation are to be
anchored off Newfoundland; four small vessels, each
manned by 25 men, are to be fitted out from the flagship
Cumberland, and to cruise near Halifax.

THE Belgian journals announce the death of Madame
another of the Belgian Ambassador a

21, 1863.

ars of age.
THE ACCESSlON.—Yesterday was the 16th anniversary
)f the accession of Her Majesty, who gave in the even
ng her second state concert.
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once, and as if by magic. The men deserve great praise
for the expertness which they all showed in this matter.
Tuesdays and Fridays have been decided upon for hold-
ing the reviews of the troops in the camp at Chobham,
~.nd to-day is the first grand day. Her Majesty having ex-
pressed her intention to be present, with His Royal High-
ness Prince Albert and a brilliant staff, to review the
troops in the camp. The numerous royal and distin-
guished visitors at present in this country from the conti-
nent will also be present on the occasion.
An arrangement has been made for a post-office at
Chobham camp, with two deliveries and despatches daily,
which will be in connection with the post town of Chert-
sey. All letters for the camp should be specially ad-
dressed " The Camp, Chertsey."
Friday was the first field-day at the camp. The troops
turned out on " private parade," as it is called, at nine
o'clock, and at ten Lord Seaton appeared on the ground
and took the command. To the rear of the camp is the
Long Crossroad, and beyond that again a large tract of
undulating ground covered with heath, and admirably
adapted for setting off military movements to advantage.
The force now assembled on the common forms a division,
with three brigades of foot and cavalry and artillery in
proportion. The whole turned out on Friday, and, ex-
cept of course the necessary guards, the encampment was
deserted. An enemy was supposed to be advancing from
the direction of Guildford, and the division manoeuvred
in the face of it, according to the most approved rules of
military tactics. In actual campaigning evolutions so
elaborate rarely take place. In the Peninsula, Salamanca
is perhaps the only example to the contrary, for war is
like everything else that man•undertakes, the theory being
considerably in advance of the actual practice. it must
be understood, however, that the operations of Friday
were not those of a sham fight, but rather represented a
one-sided view of a contest conducted according to the
strict rules of military science. Further, it must be borne
in mind that, being the first field day, and preparatory to
the display of to-day—when it is expected that the Queen
will be present—the whole affair was more in the nature
of a rehearsal than a deliberate exhibition of discipline
and professional skill.

,E BILLE, the Danish minister at this court, died
on Saturday from disease of the heart. It is a remark-
able circumstance that Count Reventlow, his predecessor,
also died suddenly, and very much in the same manner.
HER MAJESTY has conferred the honour of knighthood
on Mr. Richard Bethell, Solicitor-General, Vice-Chan-
cellor Stuart, and Joseph Francis 011iffe, M.D., Physician
to the Queen's Embassy at Paris.
THE PRINCESS `NASA, whose name was recently men-
tioned in connexion with the Emperor of the French, was
to be married at Dresden, on Saturday, to the presumptive
heir to the King of Saxony.
CHATHAM ELECTION.—Captain Leicester Vernon, bro-
ther to Sir Frederick Smith, the late member, offers him-
self in the Conservative interest; and Sir James Stirling
re-appears in the Whig-Radical.-
THE ROYAL CHRISTENING.—This august ceremony
is fixed to take place on Monday next, in the presence of
1 the whole of the royal family, including the King and
Queen of Hanover. The sponsors will be the Princess of
Hohenlohe, the Princess of Prussia, and the King of
Hanover. The names to be given to the Prince will be
Leopold George Duncan Albert.
MID-LOTHIAN.—A very numerously signed requisition
by the proprietary and tenantry of the county of Edin-
burgh has been presented to the Earl of Dalkeith, son of
the Duke of Buccleuch, proposing to him to become a
candidate for the vacancy occasioned in the representation
of the county by the death of the late Sir John Hope, of
Craig-hall. The noble Earl came of age last August.
HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM.—The Queen held
a drawing-room—the second this season—on Tuesday, in
St. James's-palace. The Queen wore a train of blue silk
moire antique, brocaded in blue and white flowers,
trimmed with white tulle and blonde, blue ribands, and
bouquets of small pink roses and lilies of the valley. The
petticoat was white satin, covered with white tulle and
trimmed with white tulle blonde and lilies of the valley.
Her Majesty's head-dress was diamonds and feathers.

GENERAL NEWS.

- - -
MORE UNCLE Tomises.—A lady of one of the first
families of Brooklyn recently gave birth to two negrobabies.
A MONSTER GRAY TROUT, five pounds fourteen OZ. in
weight, was caught in Windermere on Thursday last.
AN INDIAN PAPER states that a sum of £20,000 has
been granted for church building purposes in the Punjab.
Two CHICKENS have been hatched from one egg at
the George Hotel, Kilmarnock.
OPEN-AIR PREACHING has been commenced for the
summer season in Glasgow with great vigour.
THE PAISLEY Journal informs us, that that seat of
the shawl manufacture is in an exceedingly prosperous
condition.
THE Times publishes many letters generally headed
" Suburban Grievance," complaining that post letters
are delivered later than ever, since the " acceleration."
AN IRISHMAN at Selby poisoned himself last Tuesday,
by taking a decoction of milk and tobacco, which he sup-
posed would cure the ague.
AN IRON AND GLASS BAZAAR or market-hall is about
to be erected in Candleriggs-street, Glasgow. It will
extend about 200 feet.
EXPORTS OF WOOLLENS—In 1852 the declared value
of British woollen manufacture and woollen yarn exported
was, £10,161,074.
MILTON IN JAPAN.—Among the collection of Japanese
articles in the Dublin Exhibition there is a medallion
head in papier mache, over which appear in bold Roman
capitals the words " Jean Milton."
MANY SCOTCH RESIDENTS IN ENGLAND will learn
with regret that 'William Barr, Esq., of Drums, sheriff-
clerk for Renfrewslaire, expired at Paisley on Friday
afternoon last. He was born at Paisley, in 1787.
SOME VILE MISCREANT last week put arsenic in the
water set aside for ten horses, belonging to Mr. Kemp, of
Swaby, Lincolnshire; eight of the horses died immediately
and one since. The other is under medical treatment.
AN IMPUDENT SPARROW, at Paisley, the other day,
took possession of a swallow's nest, when the ejected bird
went for some of its companions, with the assistance of
whom the intruder was expelled.
Mr. SIMON MACGREGOR, the oldest short-hand writer
in Scotland, died a few days ago in the Royal Infirmary,
Edinburgh. He set out in life as a reporter on the
Morning Herald.
THE Edinburgh Witness informs us that the Calton
Hill has been proposed as the site of the Great Scottish
Industrial Exhibition of 1854. A contractor has expressed
his readiness to execute the work at an expense of £12,000.
SHERIFF SKENE, on the complaint of a Mr. Buchanan,
has fined the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company
in 205., for not enforcing the regulation against smoking.
The sheriff said the nuisance must be put down, or e-
special carriage set aside for the smokers.
THE PRIZE of one hundred guineas, offered by the
Associate Institution, for the best essay on the laws re-
specting the protection of women, has been awarded to
James Edward Davis, Esq., barrister-at-law, of the Ox-
ford circuit. The adjudicators were the Bishop of Oxford,
Vice-Chancellor Page Wood, and Mr. Roundell Palmer.
MESSRS. TOD AND MACGREGOR, of Glasgow, the
well-known engineers, have just contracted to have their
shipbuilding-yard covered with glass—an idea derived
from the Crystal Palace. The cost will be about £2,000.
The New York, the new vessel for the Glasgow and New
York Steam-ship Company, will be the first ship launched
from under this crystal-palace.
SCRIPTURAL MUSEUMS.—In the Lamp and the
Lantern, a recent production of Dr. Jas. Hamilton, the
following suggestion occurs :—" Would it not be good, if
in large towns there could be collected a Scriptural
Museum ? Would not such an institution be an invalu-
able acquisition to ministers, and teachers, and students ?
Might it not furnish excellent materials for many a po-
pular lecture ? And could there be a better treat for good
scholars in our Sabbath-schools than a walk through its
galleries ?"
A PRECOCIOUS CABIN BOY.—Last week a miniature
copy of an extraordinary youth fell into the hands of the
River Tyne Police. His name is Alexander Hallonbury,
aged 12 years, the cabin boy of the Helios, a Russian
vessel then waiting in the Tyne for America. The lad
had run off from the vessel, and was captured by the
police, who overtook him at Middlesborough. This ex-
traordinary child is a native of Wiburg, and has been at
sea since he was nine years of age. His father died when
the boy was 10 weeks old. In his short but eventful life
the boy has visited Seville, Cadiz, London, Leghorn,
Falmouth, and the Tyne, and made a long trading voyage
in a schooner to the Sea of Azoff. He was never at school
in his life, notwithstanding which he can talk five lan-
guages—English fluently, and writes a good steady hand.
He can read an English newspaper without any difficulty.
His mother is a Fin, and can talk six languages ; he learnt
four from her, but the English he picked up in London,
while his vessel was in a graving dock repairing. The
captain of the vessel has no fault to find with the boy,
except, as north country mothers would say, that " he is
hempy and mischievous," and defies the cook and steward,
his chief, who is no linguist. He has gone off with the
vessel to America.—Newcastle Chronicle.
BRUTAL MURDER.—A most savage murder was com-
mitted at Glasgow on Sunday morning week. Two ship-
carpenters, Alexander Boyd and James Law, were induced
by some loose women to enter a low den in the New
Vennel, kept by Helen Blackwood, where they were
drugged and stripped of their clothes by the woman and
her parmour, Hans Macfarlane, assisted by another
woman, Mary Hamilton. Boyd, being a powerful man,
was, it appears, not quite insensible, and tried to call for
the police, when he was dragged to the window and tossed
overhead foremost from a height of three stories, or about
twenty-six feet. lie fell heavily on the back of his head,
by which the skull was extensively fractured, and death
instantaneous. The den in which this bloody tragedy was
acted is only eight feet in length by six feet four inches in
breadth ; and it happened that, in addition to the perpe-
trators and the two ship-carpenters, there were present
two destitute boys, the one aged fourteen and the other
ten, who, from some acquaintance with Blackwood, had
got shelter in the place and lay under the bed. These
boys, the presence of whom must have been forgotten for
the moment, witnessed all that took place ' • and, more-
over, some women, who suspected that unfair play was
going on, also observed what was in progress inside
through a chinck in the door; and when Boyd was
thrown out of the window gave the alarm, and after a
chase the three prisoners were taken into custody. Law
was found quite insensible, and, on recovering, totally
ig-
norant of everything that had taken place.
WALKING UNDER WATER.—AtIIOIIg the marvels of
the day must be reckoned M. de Saint Simon Sicard's in-
vention of an apparatus which permits the possessor to
take a half hour's promenade at the bottom of a river, and
there occupy himself as fancy suggests. M. Grandchamp
made a public experiment the other day, and remained 35
minutes at the bottom of the Seine. A little improve-
ment in the apparatus will, it is probable, greatly extend
its capacity. A complete clothing of caoutchouc from
head to foot, including helmit and sock, allows the
wearer to descend below the water without danger of con-
tact ; the helmet has a valve which allakthe air to escape
at the moment of submersion; and no oner is this sub-
mersion complete than the pressure of the water closes the
valve hermetically. A provision of air to be inspired is
carried in a box, placed like a hump in the back of the
cuirass of caoutchouc. This box has a tube which carries
the air into the helmet, in order that the breathing may
take place without effort; and a little stopcock enables
the distribution of air to be regulated at pleasure. No
sooner is there a difficulty of breathing than a signal is
given, and the experimenter is brought to the surface once
more.— The Leader.
JANE OF CAIRNARGET.—A STRANGE STORY.—The
Aberdeen Free Press relates a remarkable story of a Scot.
tish matron, named Jane Mc Irvine, of Cairnarget, parish
of Glass. A report arose in Jane's neighbourhood detri-
mental to her good name. The " fame " was taken up
and inquired into by the minister and Kirk Session of the
Free Church in Glass. In obedience to their summons,
Jane appeared in the Session, but after examination of
witnesses no charge could be established against her.
Some of the witnesses even declared that they believed
she led " a very religious life." The evil report, how-
ever, did not die away, and the Moderator brought before
a subsequent meeting something to Jane's prejudice.
Like one conscious of innocence, and feeling aggrieved,
Jane challenged investigation, and wished her character
cleared. This not being done to her satisfaction, she
appealed to the Presbytery, and from the Presbytery,
whose decision did not suit her, she appealed to the Free
Synod of Moray. The case was discussed in the Synod,
with closed doors. Jane appeared in propria persona,
duly furnished with all the requisite apparatus of extracts
and papers, and pled her own cause. It is said that she
there made a speech three quarters of an hour long. Two
motions were made in the Synod, but the one which was
carried did not so completely clear her as she wished, and
she appealed to the General Assembly. She accordingly
made her way to Edinburgh—appeared personally in the
Committee of Bills, got her papers printed, took her place
at the bar of the Assembly, ready to argue her own cause.
Very prudently the case was referred to a select committee
and fully considered, and the report given in by the con-
vener of the committee was entirely favourable to Jane. e s
Bravo I Jane of Cairnarget. You fought the Kirk Session
of Glass ; you fought the Presbytery of Strathbogie ; you
fought the Synod of Moray ; and, though the odds were
against you, you have vanquished them all in the Free
Assembly. This ecclesiastical heroine is a person in the
humbler ranks of life—of about 40 years of age—and
modest and respectable in her appearance, At the bar of
the Assembly she appeared considerably agitated,