The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-31 00:00:00

MARRIED.

On the 26th ult., at Savannah, U.S., Mr. John Hamnett,
late of this town, to Margaret, only daughter of Arthur
Haywood, Esq., late of the city of Oxford.
On the 21st inst., at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. a
L. Roberts, M.A.. Mr. William Cotgreve to Miss Elizabeth
Smith.

On the 21st inst., at St. Peter's Church, Mr. Lott, tailor
and draper, of this town, to Mrs. Isabella Moore, relict of
the late Stephen Moore, brush-manufacturer, of this town.
On the 22nd inst., at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev.
W. M. Falloon, Mr. T. Wragg, sailmaker, to Mrs. E.
Leece.

On the 22nd inst., at St. Peter's Church, Mr. E. Bailey
to Miss M. Rimmer, both of Southport.
On the 22nd inst., at St. Mark's Church, Mr. R. Wilding
to Miss E. Watmough.
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On the 22nd inst., at St. John the Baptist's Church,
John Timlin, Esq., to Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr.
J. Matthews, of Toxteth-park.
On the 22nd inst., at St. John's Church, by the Rev.
G. F. Matthews, 8.A., Mr. James Locker to Miss Sarah
Lowe.

On the 24th inst., at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev
C. H. Burton, Mr. J. Wilkinson, jun., of this town, to
Ellen, daughter of the late Mr. J. Titterington, Moon's
Acre, Bentham, Yorkshire.

On the 24th inst., at Plympton St. Mary, by the Rev. J.
Coppard, Mr. George H. Meddey, of this town, to Mary
Harriett, only daughter of Jonathan Harman, Esq., of
Ridgeway, Devon.
On the 24th inst., at St. John's Church, by the Rev. G.
F. Matthews, 8.A., Mr. James Derbyshire to Miss Ellen
Huhes.

On the 25th inst., at St. John the Baptist's Church, by,
the Rev. J. Hassan, M.A., Mr. J. C. Tonikinson, of Prince's
Park, to Miss Esther Edge.
On the 25th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Mr. Richard
Nicholson, pawnbroker, of this town, to Miss Elizabeth
Mellor, Vauxhall-road.

On the 20th inst., at St. Philip's Church, Mr. John
Griffith Hughes to Miss Janet Hall.
On the 26th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Leicester, by
the Bey. John Wing, Walter, youngest son of Joseph
Thompson, Esq., Seafield-house, Liscard, Cheshire, to
Elizabeth, third daughter of George Spawton, Esq., Aller-
t on, near Leicester.
On the 26th iust., at St. John's Church, by the Rev. a
F. Matthews, 8.A., Mr. Robt.. Marshall to Miss Rebecca

On the 2Sth inst., at St. David's Church, by the Rev.
W. Hughes, 8.D., Mr. J. Humphreys to Mrs. Jones, both
of this town.

On the 29th inst., at St. John's Church, by the Rev. G. F.
Matthews, B. A. , 'Mr. John Balmer to Miss Catherine Speneer;
On the 29th inst., at St. John's Church, by the Rev. G.
F. Matthews, 8.A., Mr. Isaac Kirklcy to Miss Fli,abeth
Smith.

On the 30th at St. John's Church, by the Rev. G.
F. Matthews, 8.A., Mr. Daniel Phillips to Miss kan
Lenard.

On the 30th inst.. at St. John's Church, by the Rev. G.
F. Matthews, 8.A., Mr. William Hillman to Miss Mary
Carver.

DIED.
Lately, at New York, after a short and painful illness,
aged 68, Patrick Lynch, of Bundoran, Ireland.
On the 26th August, on his passage from Bombay to
this port, Samuel, second son of Mr. Thomas Ashcroft, of
this town.
In November, at Stockton (U.S.), aged 30, Mary Ann
Smith, of Ireland.
On the 6th inst., at sea, aged 4.5, James Smith, chief
mate of the barque Ensign.
On the Bth inst., at New York, aged 56, James Conway,
of Dublin, formerly purser's clerk in the United States navy.
On the 13th inst., aged 29 years, at the residence of his -
stepfather, in Lower Bebington, of disease of the heart,
Mr. William Hopper, of H.M. Customs, much respected
and regretted by all who knew him. On Sunday week his
remains were borne to the grave by his brother officers,
when upwards of thirty of them attended to testify their
respect to his memory.
On the 19th inst., at Vienna, aged 82, the Princess
Dowager Kohary, great-grandmother of the King of Por-
tugal. She leaves a large fortune, but the greater part
was held as a fief in Hungary, and will return to the state.
On the 19th inst., aged 19, Peter M`Cartney, of the
Royal Adelphi Theatre Vaults, Christian-street.
On the 20th inst., aged 29, Agnes, second daughter of
Mr. Wm. Coleburn, of Wavertree.
On the 20th inst., aged 76. Mary Critchley.
On the 20th inst., at Bootle, Cornelius, son of Mr. W.
Lancaster, master-pilot.
On the 21st inst., Emily Martha, daughter of Mr. D.
Brownsworth, of Nelson-street, Birkenhead.
On the 21st inst., aged 8 months, James William, son
of Mr. J. Patterson, The Elms, Poplar-grove, Toxteth-park.
On the 21st inst., aged 21 months, Eleanor Catherine,
youngest daughter of the late Mr. Jos. Wilson, London-road.
On the 21st inst., drowned from on board the ship Tay-
leur, aged 24, Daniel Holt ; also, aged 23, Sarah E. Holt,
his wife, eldest daughter of Mr. Ben. Sayles, slater and
plasterer, Toxteth-park.
On the 22nd inst., Edward Michael, infant son of Mr. M.
Clewley, London-road.
On the 22nd inst., at Aintree, after a long and painful
illness, aged 25, Thomas Taylor Midgley, of this town.
On the 22nd inst., aged 78, Margaret, relict of the late
Mr. W. Pilkington, Wilderspool.
On the 22nd inst., at the Vicarage, Ormskirk, Harriet
Amabell, infant daughter of the Rev. Joseph Bush.
On the 23rd inst., aged 78, the Rev. W. Yates, forty-one
years rector of Eccleston, in this county.
On the 23rd inst., at Cowley-vale, St. Helen's, Elizabeth
Ann, eldest daughter of the late John Barnes, Esq., of the
Inner Temple, London.
On the 23rd inst., after a long and painful- illness, aged
37, Emma Mary, wife of Robert M`Dowell, Epworth-street.
On the 24th inst., aged 14, Sarah, wife of Mr. James
Balderston.
On the 24th inst., at his seat, at Maristowe, near Ply-
mouth, Sir Ralph Lopes, Bart., one of the members for the '
southern division of the county of Devon.
On the 24th inst., aged 2 years and 2 months, Charlotte
Senior, granddaughter of Mr. D. Abercromby, letterpress-
printer, of this town.

On the 24th inst., aged 61, Marion, wife Mr. John
M`Lellan, baker. Duckinfield-street.
On the 25th inst., aged 16 months, Eliza Sophia, only
daughter of Mr. S. B. Walcot, Clement's-terrace, Upper
Parliament-street.

On the 25th inst., aged 32, Mary, daughter of Thomas
Parry, saddler, of Abergele.
On the 26th inst., at Birkenhead, Nicol Spence, master
of the barque Saxon.

On the 25th inst., in his 30th year, Mr. Ulric John An-
derson.
°the 25th inst., aged 60, Sarah Massey, eldest daugh- •
ter of the late Mr. William Booth, of this town.
On the 25th inst., at Great Orford-street, after. a long
and painful illness, aged 47, Robert Halliday Rogerson.
On the 26th inst., aged 42, Mr. John Hough, Bootle-huie.
On the 26th inst., at his residence, Paradise-row, Chester,
Mr. Peter Evans, aged 86 years.
On the 26th inst., at the residence of her mother, Can-
fling-place, Fan hy Wills, the youngest and beloved daughter
of the late Mr. John Moran. 22, Walter
On the 26th inst., at Retford, Notts, aged
Wharmby, son of C. Wharmby, Esq.,
On the 27th inst., at Itiehmond-terrnee, Everton, aged
54, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Dodson, sq. _
On the 27th inst., aged 49, Mrs. Thomas Worthington
Jones, Bedford Vaults, Redford-street, Toxteth-park.
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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

MONDAY MORNING.
MY silence—hitherto—with regard to rumours and
statements affecting an illustrious personage, will be per-
fectly understood—perhaps appreciated. It was expected,
towards the end of the week, that some official notice would
be taken of the subject, which was in everybody's would
be
indeed the necessity of some such notice appearing in one
of the leading journals on the Saturday, was spoken of.
Such a notice in part appeared. Those acquainted with
the etiquette of the Court, and as regards the higher
personages of the State, officers of the Crown, and so on,
are aware that a wide margin is allowed for public discus-
sion, ere the parties referred to take up the pen either by
themselves or by deputy, to disclaim or avow. It was
considered by many that notice was necessary before Tues-
day next. I write with great caution, and I believe I
have sound authority for stating that, on that all-important
day, both military and police force will be more effective
than usual. Meantime I can state that one of the High
Law Officers of the Sovereign impugns the authenticity
of the rumours referred to. The preparations at the House
of Peers for the reception of Hsu MAJESTY and her Con-
sort, for the opening of Parliament, are all but completed.
I was in Downing-street on Saturday, during the sitting
of the Cabinet : the street was as dull, deserted, dirty, and
the windows as dingy as if there had not been a minister
within a hundred miles of it. The ministers looked well ;
so much so, that one might have imagined that the meeting
was preparatory to the breaking up of a peaceful session—
that grouse were on the wing, and Manton s in request.
The coalition must wait a bit for these ; and there is no
doubt that long before the " bonnie birds" above-named
incline to pair, the majority of the pie-balds will have
" nothing else to do" but wait for sport. The ministerial
dinners this year are moreinmerons and magnificent than
heretofore.

The four movers and seconders of the Address to the
Speech from the Throne, you will have seen, are named.
Like their nominees—the ministers—their character is
" motley." They comprise a protectionist, a free trader,
a Roman Catholic, and a dissenter. The Earl of CARNAIt-
VON is quite young : his father was remarkable for his
literary talent; entirely original in his views, but orthodox;
delicate in person and studious in the extreme, he
died not long ago, a son of genius indeed ! The
grandfather of the present peer was a staunch Con-
servative. I remember a Whig lord, of some stand-
ing, twitting CARNARVON, in the house, one night, in
the " who are you ?" style ; the noble earl had only been
created in 1793. In a voice of thunder, CAUFAHVOIV
retorted that the title he bore was conferred by the
Sovereign for loyalty exhibited in the Lord GEORGE
GORDON riots. Lord DUCIR'S father died but recently ;
he was a great farmer, and a greater genius in the inven-
tion and construction of farming implements. So much
for the mover and seconder in the Upper Chamber. Young
Viscount CA.STLEROSSE is of a good Irish family ; he is
eldest son of Lord ICENMAIZE ; right loyal have they
always been. Mr. T. HARKEY is a well-known London
banker. If my memory serves me rightly, not one of
them has ever opened his mouth in Parliament. Most
commonly the moving and seconding process, in both
houses, is a dull affair ; the parties selected are always
green members, and, as they have to appear in full court
or military costume, while all around are clad in sober
black, or blue, &c., the embarrassment of the neophytes
is sometimes painfully apparent. However, they are
always cheered on ; a hearty burst of " hear, hear,
hear," is sure to fill up each hem—ha—and hiatus ; and
thus the unfledged speaker is lured on, and wings his
way. The members next to him shake him cordially by
the hand, when he resumes his perch ; and if he have
made a sparkling debut, he continues throughout the
debate to receive the same congratulations. The whole
affair has a truly generous and English-like look about it.
It would be worse than foolish amusement to write one
line about the affairs of the East, and what has taken
place there since my last. Statement and counter-state-
ment have followed each other,
" Thick as autumnal leaves," &c.
All our intelligence from the " seat of war"—l may use the
ominous words—comes to us through a most polluted
channel, and is frequently commented on here by writers
who know nothing of the geography of the places men-
tioned, though they write and talk as glibly of them as of
Poplar or Paddington. A few days more, and something
must come out, though, from what I learn, the Coalition-
ists mean to be as chary in their statements as possible ;
they intend to " argufy the topic," rather than to dis-
close new points. Bat it won't do beyond a week—if so
much. All must and will come out. Ministers are now
blamed right and left—more, day by day, for their Fabian
—their peace-at-any-price-policy. Soldiers and sailors—
the latter especially—eager for the fray—lift up one huge
voice and declare that they would have smashed Russia's

"pickling tubs" at the first broadside. At the Russian
Embassy—and it is worth while to keep one's eye there—
Baron BRUNOW, the head of it, is on the qui vive. I think
I stated last week he would leave us probably in a few
days ; he is still here, but his " plate and jewels," of which
he has an immense quantity, are safely stowed away in
lare iron-bound chests, ready for starting. He proceeds to
the Hague, should he have his recall ; there the Russian
Minister at Paris joins him. Further in the way of diplo-
matic chit-chat, I can state that the Hague is mentioned
as the 'place for holding the Congress—should such an
assembly be deemed fit.
From the first I felt assured that Sir WILLIAM HEATH-
COTE would be successor to Sir ROBERT INGLIS at Oxford.
Conservatives of every hue are always gentlemen. What
a scramble there would have been, had the parties whose
names were mentioned as in the field been Whigs ! Sir
JOHN PAXINGTON and Dr. Twiss never intended to op-
pose Sir WILLIAM. What has Oxford gained ? A few
years more of active life in her representative. Sir Ro-
BEILT INGLIs was by no means old ; younger by some
years than PA.LMERSTON—the active ! Yet Sir ROBERT
has retired, and in him one of the best Christians, most
loyal subjects, and social of men. Sir ROBERT has been
about thirty years in parliament, during the whole of
which time he has made many good speeches, and never
knew when he was to make one ; he would come down to
the House with the intention of speaking night after
night, and, when he least expected it, he had an opportu-
nity of addressing the House, taking it by surprise.
Hence the most acute observer, the most frequent at-
tender, could not say with certainty anything about the
right hon. baronet. In questions of constitutional law,
his legal education—reading--shone conspicuously; on
such subjects he spoke so firmly, that his opponents said
he was obstinate—the more coarse among them—bigot !
Sir ROBERT cared not a rush. He was invulnerable :
the truth of his statements could not be questioned; he
was satisfied that his views were honest, and he never
spoke with a double purpose,—a great element in success.
In committees he was most useful. For all the grand
qualifications of an English M.P. he has not left his like
in the house. Bigotted they said he was. No such thing ;
a little child might have led him. He had the portly
appearance of an easy-minded man ; one whose creed
couldn't be wrong, seeing his life was in the right. We
have had examples, even among Radicals—take LUTHER
for example—of serious men having a good cask of wine
always on tap in their cellar ; and enjoying it occasionally.
Such a one was Sir ROBERT HARRY INGLIS, late M.P.
for the University of Oxford. The cordial, the social
mahogany of Sir ROBERT, about seven o'clock—" no
house" of course—will ever be remembered by those who
participated around it. His dinners, which he always
appeared personally to enjoy, were elegant; his wines
faultless, and wonderfully well kept. Referring to Sir
Rowan-r in the House of Commons, the indications he
presented of intending to speak, were probably his coming
to the house in the old " rumble-tumble" coach, guiltless
of varnished leathers, the honourable Baronet having
a fresh plucked red camelia in his button-hole ! Then as
now, indeed, though not to such an extent, members of
note, when they had anything great before them, on the
" notice paper" for the night, always distinguished them-
selves by more than ordinary attention to their toilette ;
the camelia aforesaid was Sir ROBERT'S badge. Even the
great DUKE condescended to points of dress on memorable
occasions. He mounted a "spick and span" new green,
extremely green Genoa velvet waistcoat, during the second
reading of the Roman Catholic Emancipation Bill; it was
in compliment to the " Emerald Isle" the peers said. The
DuKE was never seen in it afterwards. The late Earl
GREY—the Earl GREY—tall and shade-like, was also
remarkable on great nights ; take the second reading of
the Reform Bill; the star and garter, the dress-coat, the
white vest were donned. So Sir ROBERT PEEL—the late
—when he had anything on the tapis, he to a hair fol-
lowed the costume Sir THOmes LAWRENCE put him in,
when he gat for his picture to that matchless portrait-
painter. ABERDEEN does so to the present day; uniformly
confining himself to the Star and Riband of the Thistle.
Probably there never were three distinguished men upon
dress made so wonderful a transformation as PEEL,
whom
Lord MELBOURNE (the minister), and ABERDEEN. Vis-
count MELBOURNE, on ordinary occasions, dressed, rolled
about gloveless, with a penny ashen stick in his hand, like
a yeoman ; see him in the salon ; he was scarcely to be
sentence, he was elegance personified !
recognised. In one sor o e xc ie quer,
loses by dressing. Has the rig hat
honourablef th E 1
Mr. GLADSTONE, the present C
gentleman
no friend to tell him this fact ? He looks like an insect
of " laer growth ;" his dress black spare,
coat is very
and, oh !rg mockery of BRITHHELL ! he wears tight black
"Pants,appearance in
" or worse " smalls." I shall not, because I
describe the oddity of Mr. GLADSTONE'S
such habiliments ; they are capp'd, however, by his prede-
cessor when he went to court or court ball. DISRAELI.
was vastly fond of his court dress • else why put himself in
it, when finer-looking• ;ed with it ? But a truce
to this. men (liven wl
The name of Taxreas among the merchants of
this
great country is well know , an d is destined, I opine, to
be perpetuated with honounr. __
. I was the earliest, some
short time ago, to notice the first-fruitsof the efforts made
for a reform in the Customs, when a large grievance—
incubus-like--had long pressed heavily on the mercantile

communities of London, Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow, and, '
indeed, of every port of consideration.in the United King-
dom. Cause of complaint permeated every portion of the
Customs. I have witnessed it. Grievances affecting, not
merely the transfer of merchandize; bonds, warrants, and
so forth, but as regarded the mere traveller—the foreigner
arriving on our shores. I have no business at present to
refer to grievances on the Continent, which sometimes
appear greater than our own. I referred to the first day's
sittings of the new Customs Court. Questions of no
mercantile sinuosity—difficulty—had arisen ; as the Court
continues its operations, such questions demanding inti-
mate acquaintance with mercantile law have arisen. Who
is to adjudicate ? Certainly not in all cases satisfactorily
the chairman, for the most part at best but an educated
gentleman, chosenbecause hehasinterest, without reference
to forensic lore, and least of all to that most difficult—be-
cause most detailed, most complicated, most varied among
nations—part of it,—mercantile law. The want of such
a functionary in the .new court of Customs during one
1 little month has been felt. It will be remedied, and the
chairman of the Commissioners of Customs (take my word
for it —as yet alone) will be relieved by a barrister of
known talent, who will preside as judge at these new sit-
tings. Two or three quiet re-unions have been held in
the city within the last few evenings on the subject of a
testimonial to Mr. TRAVERS, for the success which has so
far crowned his efforts. Who, of sterling worth in a great
cause, now cares for testimonials of silver or of gold, can-
delabra, and all that sort. o' thing ? To my certain know-
ledge, even in the act ,of presentation, amid speeches
flowery as the ornaments which surrounded the gift, in-

terruitions, such as
" Oh, my prophetic soul—my uncle !"
have been experienced by the too grateful speaker.
"Proudest moment of my life ;" " heir-loom in my fa-
mily," all disturbed sotto voce, by reference to the rela-
tive above named, as likely to be soon the custodier of the
tribute. And even so it has been ! My uncle ! That
energetic man, the late JOHN WALTER, was among the
first to put aside such testimonials ; he was a thoroughly
practical man ; with his apron on, and his sleeves tucked
up, he has traversed the printing-rooms of Printing-house-
square at all hours of the night—years, many ago, when,
then as now, in the very heat—whirlwind—of publication,
all was quiet as a summer's afternoon—serene ! The
Times had achieved greatness in following up a swarm of
organized swindlers planted all over the continent, from
Frankfort right and left to London—destroyed the "var-
mint." The merchants were in raptures—subscribed.
No ! said the Times people, silver and gold we shall have
none ! What have they got ? Two marble slabs and a
couple of scholarships, in good places—the latter for ever.
Sure as the Bank of England. TRAVERS after the same
principle. With a sigh, he remembers simple-minded,
confiding, good Sir THOMAS GRESHAM. What mockery
that merchant's fortune has perpetuated ! Lectures on
every subject nearly but the right one ; lectures delivered
by owls—semblances to bats—four or five in number.
One could have tolerated the GEEsHAM lectures, had they
been well attended. Nobody cared for them. What has
astronomy to do with the use of the scales ? I beg par-
don, Libra. TRAVERS goes rightly about it, and the other
evening stated his views to a few friends. He suggested
that the proceeds of the testimonial, in commemoration of
Customs reform, should be applied to the foundation of
an annual series of lectures in the city of London on those
important subjects connected with commerce and commer-
cial law. The city has hitherto been entirely destitute of
established means for the advancement of commercial
learning, as important, Mr. TRAVERS contends, as the
learning of our Universities. He further suggests that
the intended lectures shall comprise—the migration of
nations—foundation of leading races—rise and fall of
States—spread of enterprise—beginning and growth of
mechanical invention—changes in the entire spirit of
mankind—the relations of one nation to another, and so
forth. The lectures he proposes should be delivered by the
most able and distinguished men of the day, whether men
of business, lawyers, or statesmen. Mr. TRAVERS con-
tends, like a merchant, that, from the want of general
commercial knowledge, we have periodic outbreaks of
speculation, scattering in the wildest schemes the fairly-
gathered fruits of years of legitimate trade. Mr. TRA-
VERS still insists for further reform, in fulfilment of Trea-
sury promises.
RICHARD COBDEN! RICHARD COBDEN! though neither
witty nor funny thyself, thou hast caused much of the
latter " article"—fun —in club Conservative, Reform—
Athenwum, where old and some of them Russia-travelled
scholars, most do congregate —yea, at the Athenaeum's
younger brother club Erecthium ! It was RICHARD COB-
DEN'S speech the other day at Manchester which made the
clubites gape and guffaw. He rose with his brother out-
spoken, blundering JOHN BRIGHT, to speak of reform—
the new bill, of which he knows nothing—nor anybody
else, except a coalition man or two ; it may be also that
constitutional Conservative, FITZROY KELLY. RICHARD
rose to tell his auditors, men of Lancashire, what they
ought to expect in the way of reform, and off he dashed in
a tangent, for the sake of a handful or two of Gossypium
—cotton—he eulogised the EMPEROR OF Russri as a
fatherly pattern of every virtue. Even Radicals as rabid
RICHARD laughed, and. one or two of the order intend to
to have rod in pickle for him when he comes to Parlia-
ment ; and but that BERNAL OSBORNE is tongue-tied, by
his pay at the War-office, he might lay it on. He has the
will, and it is not his poverty that makes him consent to
spare the " unadorned" RICHARD COBDEN. But Mr.
COBDEN believed all he said ; it was a flourish—zeal—be
it without knowledge—carries one through sometimes ;
men of sense and experience, sober minded, truth-talking
people, matter of fact men—JOE HUME if you will—listen,
and wonder why they have listened, to RICHARD, when
he has had done. The statements he has advanced will
not hold the unstable element,—they are erroneous,—so
the superstructure raised by the honourable gentleman.
Never mind, the fun's the thing. Does not Mr. COBDEN
know that out of St. Petersburg and Moscow there are
neither school nor teacher scarcely? Does Mr. COBDEN not
know that no Russian, however high his rank, can leave
his country, without finding heavy bail—in rouble—for
his return at the very hour stipulated in the bond ? The
money goes into the Imperial till, should the absentee not
have returned. RICHARD C. make a mistake—on purpose
—some evening, and drop into the Traveller's Club, next
door to your own, ask that bent old man, sometimes with
a very small glittering order on his breast, if what I have
just stated is not the fact. You may not find it in books
on Russia; it is not the less true. *However, Mr. COBDEN
has the questionable honour of holding an exclusive opinion
in a company of six hundred and fifty-eight gentlemen,
more or less. Baron BRUNOW himself would smile, albeit
not given to that delightful mood at this present period.
More of that gentleman diplomatist and his movements
by and bye.
JOHNNIE JONES is here just now, blushing with the
highest honour that a Sovereign can bestow on British
artist—aye, or Irish either ! Who is JOHNNIE JONES ?
A round, punchy man, for all the world vastly like a
cheesemonger when he walks abroad ; you would not
know that flaming son of genius from one such cheese-
monger, if, indeed, you did not look into his eyes, having
optics of your own. Of artists MICHAEL ANGELO is my
greatest ; PHIDIAS PRAXITELES, ALCAMANES, and six or
seven other stonecutters, I could name. Of painters, first
the "divine-minded" RAPHAEL, and that painter of an-
tiquity who " did" SERVATIUS ; all these were " replete
with vitality"—just the phrase, though it smacks of
Hackney Marsh. Give me that before-named simple-
hearted Irish wag JOHNNIE JONES, in the van of all these
names "most consecrate of old" for telling expression.
JONES is a sculptor—an Irish one, and an Irishman.
JOHNNIE was somewhat startled the other morning as
he chipped—not his marble, but his questionable egg—at
breakfast. You must come to Windsor Castle, JOHNNIE ;
the QUEEN is going to sit to you for her own beautiful
bust, to give it in marble to WILLIAM DABGAN, the
Great-Heart of the Irish Exhibition ! The sculptor could
scarce believe it. He does now. The QUEEN, graciously,
has given two sittings to Mr. JONES, and I can, with best
authority, state, that he can have more, if need be, for the
bust intended for presentation to that humbly-born, but
noble, DARGAN. This is most honourable to VICTORIA—
what else could she suggest ?—most honourable to WIL-
LIAM DARGAN and to JOHNNIE JONES. To the latter
especially so. The QUEEN'S sittings for portraits are not
only few and far between, but they are short. WINTER-
HALTER, with his famous full-lengths, had the longest
sittings. In fifty years after this the work of the Irish
artist will be appreciated. Two busts are, I understand,
to be executed—one to DAEGAN, 'tother to the Sovereign.
No more.
For a long period of theatrical reminiscence, the reign
of pantomime has not continued with so much eclat as
during the present season ; it still draws at every house,
except one, where it was withdrawn ; and, to crown all,
morning performances, let the day be wet, raw and gusty,
dry and sunshiny, the houses are crowded. Of novelties
there have been none. Miss CUSHMAN, to be sure, has
re-appeared, and attracted vast numbers to the Hay-
market, by her spasmodic violence in MILMAN'§ "violent"
play of " Fazio," and in KOTZEBUE'S unnatural play of the
Stranger." In the former, her earnest energy and won-
derful physique startled the people, without touching the
heart : in the latter she was not so successful,—more deli-
cate shading being required. She appears, in a night or
two, as Meg Merrilies, a character which Miss Cersumax
sustains with terrible emotion. The portrait is Miss
CUsUMAN's—not Sir WALTER SCOTT'S. If BucEsroNE
pays attention to the ballad-music of the melo-drama, it
will do for a time. The Preston boys had Drury-lane
Theatre on Saturday night ; they paid the lessee, it is
stated, 8100 for the house, and had the receipts for the
benefit of the " strike."

FI RE.—About four o'clock on Friday morning a dwel-
ling-house in Minshull-street was discovered to be on fire.
The brigade arrived, and in a short time mastered the
destructive element, but not until three of the inmates
had been placed in imminent danger.
ST. GEORGE'S-HALL.—A meeting was held at the Town-
hall on Friday, at which the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks, the
Rev. Rector Campbell, and other gentlemen, were present,
for the purpose of making arrangements for the grand
musical festival with which it is intended to celebrate the
opening, in autumn, of St. George's Hall.
LIVERPOOL VESSELS AT AUSTRALIA.—By the last
accounts from Australia, the following ships had arrived
at Melbourne from this port :---The steamer Great Bri-
tain, in 65 days ; the Wild Wave, 139 days (having had to
put into Rio Janeiro for repairs) ; the Admiral Juan Ever-
stern, 116 days ; the Goldfinder, 87 days ; the Tasmania,
in 90 days ; and the Maria Elise, in 115 days.
Suicinu,—On Friday morning, John Guthrie, an engi-
neer at the Newton Junction of the North-western Rail-
way, who had been lodging for a week at No. 74, Leeds-
street, in this town, and had been drinking all the time,
was found suspended by his neckerchief from the bed-post.
He was cut down by a policeman, but life was quite
extinct.

TIIANSA.TLINTIC STEAMERS.—The Pacific, Capt. Nye,
sailed for New York, on Wednesday afternoon, with a full
jaw and fair complement of passengers. The Africa,
erpe Harrison, sailed for New York on Saturday, with a
full cargo and about 40 passengers. The America will
start for Boston to-day, having been chartered on account
of the United States government to carry the troops
rescued from the San Francisco. She will take cargo, but
no other passengers. The Baltic, Capt. Comstock, with
dates from New York to the 21st inst., may be looked for
to-morrow. .

THE SHIPWRECKED AMERICAN TTOOPS.—The Ame-
rican consul chartered the British mail-steamer America
to convey the troops from this port to Boston on Friday.
They were disembarked from the Antarctic, and placed on
board the America, which will sail to-day. The troops
will be accompanied by Captain Watkin and three of his
principal officers.