The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-19 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1853.

of the sneaking ballot-voting system. The head
of the Woods and Forests having obtained a good
appetite in driving over some of " the Royal property,"—
as old SIMPSON, of Vauxhall Gardens, afar cleverer hum-
bug in his way, used to speak,—met his constituents in
Southwark, the other evening at dinner ; the champagne
and soda water corks flew about and over the tables, like
drunken imps, hitting right and left ; Sir WILLIAM knew
his men,—he would have seen the Southwarkians, 80.
roughonians as they are called, " blowed" first before he
would have said a word about the ballot ; but he knew he
must, and so committed the act to please them, and got
snubbed for his pains, and he deserved it. Sir WILLIAM'S
health appears to improve since he has had the supervision
of the Woods and Forests; he has now a nice peachy bloom
on both cheeks, and some friend has taken the liberty of
reminding him of his forgotten Ovid, who,—never mind
the Latin,—says something about letting a skilful barber
cut his hair. The head of the Woods and Forests
has certainly got rid of a prodigious quantity of hair—
epicene in character—neither red, nor sandy, nor white,
but an apparent mixture of all three; of course Sir
WILLIAM can't help that,--then " cut it short."
By the advice of a friend he has done this, and is
really decent in his outward man, which heretofore
he was not. He still uses the stupid—ugly as stupid—habit
of wearing one spectacle eye-piece, held by the contractile
force of the muscles adjacent to the os frontis, a practice
hazardous, forasmuch as one eye is sacrificed ; the practice
makes even a good-looking person hideous. It has been
said over and over again, for more years than I care to
number, that the best conducted department of govern-
ment is the Woods and Forests ; it is quite evident that
anybody, however parvenuish, can cut a figure in
Whitehall-place. I thought I would have fairly swooned
in cacchination—loud laughter—according to " Satan's
Invisible World Discovered," to see dimly the Radical
baronet and Prince ALBERT in the crypt of Paul's Cathe-
dral, arranging how, and where, the Great Captain's
coffin should be disposed. If the departed spirits of good
men made perfect are cognisant of what we are about,
I rather think WELLINGTON'S would not have expected
MOLESWORTH there on such an errand.

There is a nasty appendage to London, called Redriff ;
in better language—Rotherhithe, which would have rotted
away long ago, but that it is the abode of tanners in-
numerable; and "your tanner lasts," &c., vide the
Gravedigger passim in " Hamlet." This same Rother-
hithe has many houses in it ; some of them old and tum-
ble-down, full of crannies, standing by themselves ;
others, smaller, and thickly placed together. Altogether,
Rotherhithe has a disreputable look. Nobody, I suppose,
would live in it from choice. It has been the scene of
murders foul; the MANNINGS' murder of the Irish tide-
waiter is fresh in all our memories. In this Rotherhithe
lives a curious crotchetty man, full of the inventive
faculty, as it is called, which rarely leads to anything but
insanities or Whitecross-street. The owner of this house
in Rotherhithe had it, because he might not have got one
for the same purpose in a more civilised locality. In this
building the tenant and his sons, two, I think, manufac-
tured war-fireworks, rockets for ships ; sent many
of them abroad ;—now and then piff ! paff ! might
be heard, but no person seemed to care ;—it was
only a cracker, or a Catherine wheel. The old
man and his sons used to go about town, talk of their ex-
plosive inventions—listeners took their beer, wondered,
and laughed. Nobody, as I have said, cared a grain of
powder for the whole lot. Underhand, it would appear,
some good-natured fellow " gave the office," in police par-
lance; the magistrates take the hint; Louis KOSSUTH'S
name is cunningly woven in. Presto ! the Times " takes
up the wondrous tale"—the metropolis is in a ferment—
Koss urn had got, in the words of the old Jacobite song,
"Guns and pistols an' a'."

I have my own opinion of KOSSUTH ; he is one of the
most remarkable men extant ; has been ill-used—so he
thinks his country. This is perhaps, after all, mere
matter of opinion : what he would do, if he had it all his
own way, I rather suspect would not be rendering good
for evil. N'imporle, that has nothing to do with the
question, and, happily for the sustained peace of Europe,
never will. " The house in the occupation of KossuTH"
is seven miles and more apart from the haunted one at
Rotherhithe. There was a deal of talk in every club-
house, tavern, public-house, and pot-house in the metro-
polis all Friday. At length the House of Commons met,
Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY mentioned to a friend that he
was to put a question to Lord PALMERSTON on the sub-
ject. " The Pet of the Petticoats," TOMMY DUNCOMBE,
saw young HALE, one of the Rotherhithe powder men,
and every one about the House of Commons foresaw there
was to be a spree. Those who knew the HALES, knew
the discovery was all Lam :so much the better. I won't
refer to the discussion. Cupid, Lord PALMERSTON I
mean, is now old, led more easily astray than I have
known him when, par exemple, he was first named after
the little urchin of love. He made no very satisfactory
answers to the questions put to him in the Commons, nor
to the remarks of Mr. DUNCOMBE. lam no admirer of
radicals or of radicalism, but I was glad to see the hon.
member for Finsbury come off so well ; after a long and
threatening illness he appears to be recovered. He had
been despaired of by his friends; his complaint, of a con-
sumptive type, bade defiance to every thing : his regimen
was strictly attended to ; the atmosphere of his pretty
apartments at the west end was strictly regulated ;—there
he used to sit for weeks, scarcely able to speak or hold a
pen, both great punishments to TOMMY ; his companion
chiefly was a tiny love-bird, like one of the Humming
tribe, which flew about his room. picking its food from his
hand. The hon. member, among other things, was
desired to have recourse to cod-liver oil. Faugh I
This he took, got more lung-strength, followed it up,
and now appears almost as sound as ever. I apologise
for this digression. It is stated that KOSSUTH had an
offer made to him of certain warlike materials from the
house at Rotherhithe ; I give you the rumour. KOSSUTH,
a lawyer, knows very well the danger of such bargaining
in this country ; besides, he has his own factory and
foundry in New York for the production of such muni-
tions. To sum up, the police appear to have found some-
thing more than a mare's nest, if I am permitted to judge
from their frequent communications with the heads of
the Government. Meantime, at a meeting held in
KOSSUTH'S house on Saturday afternoon, it was resolved
that a prosecution of The Times should be instituted. Mr.
HALE, also, they say, is to commence against the
Government.

The Royal Italian Opera has gathered great crowds
during the past week. It is always a sure sign of success
when you find, after the opening of the doors, little
parties, carefully attired in optra costume, evidently from
the country, assembled in front of the pay pigeon-hole,
commuting their pit tickets for places in the boxes—the
former being filled to overflow, the visitors are fain to get
a seat anywhere. Such has been the case all the week.
Guglielnzo Tell—Rosszm's last and greatest, though
not his best work—attracts a vast number of people who
are not strictly musical, but wish something good, having
eyes as well as ears to please. Certainly the cast is
grand ; but Italians can't sing French music. Rossini
composed his Tell in obedience to the Parisian people,
among whom he was then living, laughing and growing
fat. They twitted the maestro that he was old and lazy—
blase, and could not compose. The author of Il Bartiere
and Semiramide soon showed the Parisians in his William
Tell what be could do. But the music is sharp, abrupt,
angular, if the latter phrase be a correct one ; liquid, per-
fectly epic—striking, but without one attribute of the
Italian school. It draws, however, and so it need. The
expense in its representation is no joke. Next in order is
Drury-lane—" Old Drury," as the infatuated half dozen
human beings who still exist denominate the theatre—
they who talk of the drama in its " palmy days;" i. e.
fifty years ago, closed on Saturday evening, by the lessee,
in waistcoat of unsmirched whiteness, with a heart
apparently under it, for he struck there, or there-
abouts, when doing the valedictory, behind the foot-
lights, and referring to the useful ingredients on such
occasions, as patronage—gratitude—British public, and
so on. Mr. SMITH, the lessee, is a man of much energy,
thinks with the talking lark in the fable, that if you want
your business done well—do it yourself. He has bought
some experience—not too dearly, it is to be hoped—and
he promises to open again, with better plays and better
players—if he can catch them. I believe he has paid
everybody, if there be any truth on the inscript snuff-box
given to him the other evening. The remaining threatres
are doing" pretty well;" but the boys who are carrying all
before them are your ALBERT SMITHS, JOHN PARRYS,
LEE CARTERS, Or CARTER LEES, and Woohris. No
company to pay, they sack all. Two or three new plays
are spoken of ; one by the learned author of " Ion," Mr.
Justice TALFOU RD, on Spanish history, has been seen by a
few friends. A little piece of burlesque nonsense, by one
of Mr. Justice TALPOURD'S lads, called " Macbeth" (not
SHAKSPERE'S), is also in rehearsal. These burlesques
on the bard of Avon, when not outrageously done, are
sure to be successful. It is, however, a poor means to an
end. "Othello, according to Act of Parliament,"
brought out at the Strand Theatre by poor HAMMOND,
now dead and gone, was a hit, though it made the " ju-
dicious grieve."

THE POOR CLERGY AND THE CLOTHING
SOCIETY.

A correspondent of The Times, " 5.G.0.," says :
" I have before me the report for 1852 of the Poor Pious
Clergymen Clothing Society ;" in it there is a copy of a
letter of thanks for relief to the manager of that institu-
tion under every letter of the alphabet; and these are
headed Extracts from Correspondence.' I find in thesa
letters from clergymen,—i.e., from men who might be
bishops—gratitude expressed for coats, which fitted them-
selves as though they had been made to measure ;'
second-hand frocks, equally fortunate in fit, for their
daughters ;" brown linen, which makes up into wag-
goner's bibs for our boys ;" Old bed curtains, which,
re-made, made nice winter curtains for my room.'
When we are sitting round our hearth,' writes letter
' G,' we talk over our dress, and one points to one thing
and another to another, all and each supplied by your
parcel.' Letter 'L' says, Accept our warmest thanks
for all you have sent, but especially for the linen, which
Mrs. L— much required ; the boots and coats are
matters of delight to my boys.' O' says, ' The black
cloth comes very seasonably ; the coat, trousers, and
waistcoat, ready-made, fit very nicely.' Q' says, 'My
dear daughters are delighted ; they know that they could
not be clothed, year after year, as they are without your
kind help.' U' says, The cloth would be amply
sufficient to include a vest, did I not usually wear a frock-
coat, which will require the whole quantity now sent ;
but this is of no moment, as I scarcely need a new vest.'
, says, ' The articles are so good and so suitable that
we stand astonished : you will be pleased to hear that in
most instances the wearing apparel is really a good fit,
requiring but little alteration ere it can be worn.' Z '
writes, ' Humiliating as it is to the natural feelings to be
the object of such bounty, I cannot but yet feel that the
association which you represent is entitled to my deep
gratitude and thanks.' '

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THE ROMISH CONTROVERSY. —The Rev. W. M.
Falloon, M.A., of St. Bride's Church, Liverpool, preached
the sermon in the course in St. Peter's Church, Preston,
on Wednesday, the subject being " The One Way." On
Thursday the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester,
preached a powerful discourse in the same place, on the
subject of " Romish Fallacies." The church was crowded,
and a collection was made in aid of the Sunday schools.
On Sunday, after two sermons preached in St. Paul's
Church, by the Rev. W. H. Wright, of Liverpool, £24
was collected to defray the current expenses of the church
aud choir,

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NE If S.

MONDAY NIGHT.
THE proposal of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER for the compulsory conversion of the odd
Three per cent Stock, amounting to about ten millions,
and the voluntary conversion of the large Three per
cent. Stock of about five hundred millions, so as to
make a reduction of interest, does not appear to
have had an unfavourable effect upon the Funds,
inasmuch as they have maintained a higher value
ever since the proposal was made, and other de-
scriptions of securities have shared in the advance.
Although the Finance Minister relies upon a vo-
luntary acceptance of a lower rate of interest for
the bulk of his operations, the equivalent offered
is a lengthened guarantee for the reduced rate,
whereas those who hold by the present rate may
afterwards find themselves compelled to accept the
lower sum without the corresponding advantage.
It remains to be seen whether this ingenious
scheme will have the desired effect, as much diffe-
rence of opinion exists on the subject. By some it
is thought that the issue of Exchequer Bonds,
transferable without endorsement, will be a desirable
investment in commercial circles, from the saving of
trouble and the expense of brokerage ; but in
dealing with so large a sum as the Consols, of
which the amount to he converted into Exchequer
Bonds is limited to thirty millions, it might perhaps
have been better to have proposed a reduction of a
quarter per cent. on the whole, the more particu-
larly as the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents
have ruled so considerably above par. At the
same time it must be acknowledged that the
operation might have been attended with some
hazard, and that, on that account, the more
prudent course is the experiment on a small
portion, with the proposed opening for a volun-
tary surrender. The annual saving to the coun-
try will be £25,000 for every ten millions reduced
at the rate of a quarter per cent., so that,
should the whole five hundred millions be operated
upon, the annual saving will be £1,250,000,—an
amount of some little consequence to meet the pre-
sent demands for reduction of taxation. The recent
arrivals of gold from Australia have had their effect
upon the stock of bullion in the Bank of England,
as the last weekly returns show an increase of
£218,885. The smallness of the increase, however,
when compared with the largeness of the receipts,
is an evidence that the export of the precious metals
is still very considerable, and that the great exten-
sion of our commercial exports is more than coun-
terbalanced by the increase of imports. This is
further confirmed by a comparison between the
official value of the imports into, and the real or
declared value of the exports from, the United
Kingdom during the twenty-two years ending with
1852, a return of which has just been published.
In 1831, the imports amounted to 549,727,828,
and the exports to £37,164,372, being an apparent
balance of trade against England of only Sl 2,563,456;
whereas, in 1852, the imports were £109,345,409,
and the exports only £78,049,367, being a balance
against us of £31,296,042. Some allowance ought,
however, to be made for the imports being taken at
the official rates of valuation, which may be conside-
rably above the real amount, whereas the exports are
calculated at the declared or merchants' valuation.

The Manchester men who have been holding off
from purchasing more Cotton than required for imme-
diate'consumption, in the hope of a decline, have taken
alarm at the firmness maintained in the Liverpool
market, and the Manchester Guardian of Saturday
last has come to the rescue with a rather dolorous
catalogue of possibilities in favour of the desired
depression. The planters and factors have kept
back supplies in order to influence the market; the
high rate of insurance charged on Cotton ware-
housed in New Orleans has also tended to keep
back supplies ; the roads in the cotton-growing dis-
tricts have been rendered impassable by heavy
rains. These are circumstances why the diminu-
tion of the receipts ought not to be admitted as
conclusive evidence of any deficiency of cotton in
the interior, and therefore the oracle of the manu-
facturers recommends them to limit their purchases
until the result of another month's advices is
known. The ingenious theory of our contemporary
may readily be admitted, nor can it be denied that
all accounts concur in representing the last crop of
American Cotton as larger than that of any preced-
ing year. So far there is little difference of opinion
between the holders who speculate for a rise and
the spinners and manufacturers who would wil-
lingly replace their stocks at lower prices than
those which have prevailed for some time in this
market. If we look, however, at other circum-
stances, which must have considerable influence
on future prices, we shall find little reason for
believing that the presumed excess cf supply, not-
withstanding the apparent largeness of present
stocks, will be sufficient to create• any depression,
but rather the contrary.. We must not forget that
England has no longer the monopoly of the cotton
manufacture, but the competition from the continent
of Europe is, rapidly extending through the im-
provements of machinery and the• increase of skilled
workmen. America herself is not behindhand in
the race ; and while the rise of Manchester may be
quoted as one of the most striking instances of the
rapid growth of wealth through the manufacture,
there are not wanting imitators. who may better by
their instructions. The enormous emigration which
has been going on during the last year or two must
also have added considerably to the markets for our
exports, of which cotton manufactures form the
principal item ; so that, making the most ample
allowance for the alleged excess of the last cotton
crop, the increased demand will be found to have
more than kept pace with it. It is. said that a con-
vention. of Southern planters is to be held in June
next, at Memphis, in Tennessee, in order to devise
means for establishing a continental depot of cotton
in opposition to Liverpool, and, thus to do away
with Liverpool agencies, middlemen, &c., by a
direct exportation. One great obstacle to the
achievement of such a plan will be the want of suffi-.
cient capital, of which there is by no means- a
plethora in the Southern States ; but even should it
be in any way successful, it cannot serve the object
of Manchester, which appears simply to induce
Liverpool holders to take the alarm so gently in-
sinuated, and sacrifice the stocks in their hands.

The accounts from most of the seats of manu-
facturing industry represent continued activity,
the chief difficulty being to realize upon manufac-
tured goods an advance corresponding to that upon
the raw material.. This is particularly the case
with the spinners of coarser yarns at Manchester,
and the manufacturers of the lower descriptions of
goods ; but, as it is acknowledged that the market
is comparatively bare of stock, there is a general
firmness which betokens a healthy tone.
The return from the Bank of England, for the
week ending the gth of April, gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits £ 4,733,108; Decrease £3,501,007
Other deposits .. 14,933,897 ; Increase 2,243,694
Rest ..
_3,106,886 ; Decrease 529,013

On the other side of the account—
Government securities £13,671,382; increase £206,841
Other securities 14,875,627 ; Decrease 1,509,493
Notes unemployed .. 9,839,745; Decrease 343,115
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,976,715,
being an increase of £589,545 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £19,226,334, show
ing an increase of £218,885, when compared with
the preceding return.

port. TO-DAY the advices by the Asia were re-
ceived, and though the accounts show a falling off
in receipts, yet it is thought to be not to the extent
that was anticipated ; and the stocks here being
heavy, the market was rather flat, though we can-
not quote any fall in prices. The sales amounted
to about 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 were on spe-
culation and for export, at previous rates.

SALES. 1 IMPORTS.
~..----A--,
DESCRIPTION. PRICES. Week 1 Prevr. ! Week I This STOCK.
ending ously ending Year.
April 15 this yr. Aprills April 15
,
d. d. I
Sea Island .. 18 @32 1980 5730
Stained .... 10 12 60 590118077 208018
Boweds .... 42 6i 10300, 143580 558910
Mobile 42 63 65501 83080 } 18692 426539;
New Orleans. 4* 7* 27740' 306610
Pernams, &e. 6*
8 } 1240 22050 } 18541/ 15370
Araeati, &c 6* 8 I • - I
Bahia, &c.
Maranharn
9u 9860 } .... 9853,l 20050
Sawginned 5/ 6* } " , I
Demerara, &c .... I 130! 10 141 i 21.0
Egyptian 52 18 3690 38790! 1220 25738, 90240
Barbadoes
Peruvian
Laguayra..
Com. W.I. &ie. 5* 6* I 390 } 2730 1, 35 918 3680
Carthagena — ..
Smyrna
Manilla
Surat
Madras
Bengal — ....1 340 .... 280, 1110

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FELONY.—On Saturday, between eight o'clock and
midnight, a bedroom in the house of Mr. Rowsthorn,
Great Howard-street, was entered by the window, and
£250 in money and a gold watch and chain stolen from
the safe.

THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. —lt will' be
observed from our advertising columns, that the anniver-
sary meetings of this society will be held on Monday
next, when, in addition to the Lord Bishop of Chester
and the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, addresses will be delivered by
the Rev. Francis Close, of Cheltenham, the Rev. J. C.
Ryle, of Helmingham, Suffolk, the Rev. George T. Fox,
of Durham, and the Rev. Frederick F. Gough, mission-
ary from China.
LECTURES AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—On
Tuesday evening, Mr. Geo. Scharf, jun., well-known by
his illustrations of Macaulay's Lays of Rime, Milman s
Horace, &c., deliver ed a lecture upon the ancient cities of
Herculaneum and Pompeii. On Friday evening, Mr.
Scharf resumed his subject. On Saturday morning he
repeated some portions of his lectures, which bore more
especially upon classic studies, to the scholars of the Col-
legiate Institution.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE NIMROD STEAMER.—On
Sunday morning, as the steamer Nimrod was coming into
this port, on her passage from Cork, she came in contact
with what was supposed to be the remains of a wreck,
between Bootle and Formby. The concussion was a
violent one ; the consequence being that the steamer
sprung a leak, and immediately began to make much
water. On ascertaining the dangerous condition of the
vessel, the captain, with great prudence, ran her ashore
with as little delay as possible, and the passengers were
taken off. In the evening, she was taken into one of the
north graving docks, when it was found that she had sus-
tained considerable injury.
" NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS" are frequently not
the least amusing portion of some London publications.
In replying to a gentleman who put the rather extraor-
dinary query. whether there were more words in the Bible,
or acres in Yorkshire, the editor of the Sunday Times, a
fortnight ago, appealed to his statistical readers for their
aid. One of the number has, accordingly, since announced
that there are 2.728,100 words in the Old Testament, and
838,380 words in the New Testament, making a total of
3,566,440, words.—Now, as the number of acres in York-
shire is 3,815,040, there are consequently, 248,570 more
acres than words.

BLACKBURN ELECTION.—On Friday, a petition was
presented to the House of Commons, praying that the
return of Mr. Feilden, for the borough of Blackburn, be
declared null and void, on the grounds that, by himself,
his agents, friends, and managers, he was guilty of
bribery and corruption, by gifts, presents, money, rewards,
and employments ; by threats, intimidations, promises,
and undue influences. It also asserts that " undue and
improper use was made by the friends, supporters, and
partizans of the said Montague Joseph Feilden, of the
military force, to the prejudice of the said William Henry
Hornby, his friends, and supporters." It concludes by
praying " that the house will be pleased to take the
premises into consideration, and will declare that the said
Montague Joseph Fieiden was not duly elected, and
ought not to have been returned at the said last election
for the said borough, and that his said election and return
are wholly null and void, and that the house will afford
to the petitioners such further and other relief as to the
house shall seem meet."

SALE OF A WIFE.—By an application for a summons
made at the Lambeth Police-court,. on Wednesday, it
became known that a blacksmith, named Turner, lately
purchased a wife in the person of a Mrs. Huntley for " a
pot of beer and a threepenny pie !"
MR. CPLIYER LANG, master-shipwright at Woolwich
Dockyard, who was quite well and cheerful, and on board
the Royal Albert screw steam-ship and Terrible steam
frigate on Monday afternoon, inspecting the progress of
those vessels, died shortly before one o'clock on Tuesday
morning.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—WhiIe the clerks at the Electric
Telegraph-office, Strand, London, were preparing to let
down a large signal ball, erected on the roof of their
office, in communication with Greenwich Observatory, a
vivid flash of lightning struck the wires, and knocked it
down three minutes before its time. A clerk narrowly
escaped having his hand crushed.

A. SCOTCH Misim—An old man, named Neilson, who
had been staying some time in lodgings in North Leith,
died on Tuesday week. He had expressed a wish that he
should be buried in his ordinary clothes—that is, in his
trousers, vest, coat,. bat, &c. Previous, however, to
attiring him, the family he had been living with examined
his clothes, and found secreted in the band of his drawers
£3OO in notes, £2ooln the band of his trousers, a bill for
£3OO within the lining of his hat, and there were other-
wise found in odd corners about his clothes sams amount-
ing to £l26—altogether, £926 sterling ! These treasures
having been collected; the minister of the parish was sent
for, and an agreement was made that any relatives shall
be advertised for. The man was about 64 years of age,.
and having only come recently to Leith, was compara-
tively a stranger in the place. He was a plasterer, and
made all his money by his own hands.—Sccptsman,

INTERCOLONIAL POSTAGE.—A numerous deputation
waited, on Saturday,. upon the prime minister, for the
purpose of urging upon the Government the propriety of
reducing the colonial rate of postage from 6d., as proposed
by the Postmaster-general, Viscount Canning, to 3d.
His lordship, in a very unusual tone of frankness, told
them he saw no ground for reversing the decision to
which the government have come.
CONVICT ESTARLISHMENTS.—The government have
purchaied the old abuse of Correction at Brixton, which
was vacated by the board of superintendence of the Surrey
prisons, en the removal of the Surrey penitentiary to the
new county prison at Wandsworth. It is, intended to
establish, at Brixton,.a depot for female convicts only,
under sentence of transportation, and to place the new
establishment under the board of superintendence of
convict prisons.
BUENOS AYRES.—By the steam-ship TM", arrived at
Southampton, we have advices from Buenos Ayres to the
4th of March. The civil war still continued, but there
was some prospect of its termination when the Tay left.
The army of Lagos was still outside the walls on the
offensive, whilst the inhabitants were all well prepared in
case of a crisis. An armistice had been arranged for eight
days, commencing on March 3, the day before the steamer
left, to permit the negotiations. The commission sent
by Urquiza was at, Parana or at Diamantes, awaiting the
return of the commissioners. It was said that he
had a large armed' force prepared, with which he would
cross the river and march on Buenos Ayres, in case
of the failure of the negociatioas. Business was still at a.
stand-still ; merchants standing about the streets asking.
for news and discussing rumours; no one able to see the
termination of the civil war.
EXTRAORDIINfARY CASE OF BIGA3O/ AND ATTEMPYAT
MURDER. SHEFFIELD, SATURDAY MORNING. The
greatest possible excitement has prevailed here during.the
last 48 hours, in consequence of the following atrocious
case of bigamy, and the attempted murder of the father of
one of the wives, having been made by a man named
Stephen Frown, a most repulsive-looking fellow.
The facts of the case may be derived from the fol-
lowing summary of the evidence taken on Friday by
the magistrates (H. Wilkinson,.Bsq., and G. P:. Nay-
lor, Eso.) appeared that a young woman, the
daughter of a police-officer,, bad, unknown. to her
father, formed au acquaintance with Brown, not knowing
that he had already several wives. She was induced,hy the
false statements made by the prisoner, to accompany him on
Sunday morning last to Rotherham, where they were both
married. At a late hour on that day the father having been
made acquainted with what had occurred, be proceeded to a
house of questionable character,where Brown pretended he
had taken apartments, but, being denied admittance, he
broke open the door, and claimed his daughter. He was
repulsed by the fellow, but he succeeded in bringing her
away.. Subsequently Brown took out a summons against
Mr.. Stocks, the father, for an alleged assault, and on
Thursday morning the father, accompanied by his
daughter, was proceeding towards the Town-hall,
when the scoundrel, who had followed them, seized
hold of Stocks, and before ho was aware of his in-
tention drew a pistol from his pocket, and hold-
ing it to his head pulled the trigger. Providentially,
it missed fire, and Stocks snatched the murderous weapon
from his hand. The villain then drew forth a second
pistol, and was in the act of presenting it when he was
seized and disarmed. On examining the pistols, they
were found to be heavily charged with powder and ball,
and, had not the first missed fire, Stocks would have been
inevitably killed on the spot. The prisoner was remanded.

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MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 18.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

TURZEY.—A telegraphic despatch from Constanti-
nople,, via" Trieste, states that alarming rumours were in
circulation respecting the demands of Prince Menscbikoff,
on the part of the Russian Government. It was reported
that the Turkish Government were making great prepara-
tions in manning the fleet, and had called out the militia.
Advices from Corfu state that a Turkish fleet, consisting
of thirteen ships, was at anchor at Batrinto, on the Bth
instant. The above rumours must be received with
caution.—No other news of interest.