The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-12 00:00:00

UESDAY

LOCAL IIVTELLIG

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guineas.
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vent, consisting of immense blocks
already placed on two sides of the

the notes disappeared.
REINFORCEMENTS.—Two of the most powerful steam-
tugs belonging to this port, the Express and the Tartar,
(belonging to the Liverpool Steam-tug Company,) have
been purchased by Government for service in the Black
Sea, and the Express started for her destination on Thurs-
day, but in consequence of the heavy weather in the
Channel she had to put back on Friday with machinery
damaged.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED.-Ist Regiment of the Duke of
Lancaster's Own Militia ; C. J. Roe, Gent,, to be assistant-
surgeon, vice Brooks, promoted.-2nd Regiment of the
Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia ; F. Wright, Gent., to
be ensign.-2nd Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's
Own Militia : Ensign J. D. Macnamara to be lieutenant,
vice Gardner, resigned.

"a7ci.

1, while it looks handsome, suggests also an
rishable firmness and strength. The new

r 1,
0 °O4
gr. ~ was seen, on Friday --
p.ll, etlear the Rock Lighthouse, I
I) k 4/48 apparently that of a sailor ; R.
oto ,444111.u5t to recognise it, as the head had
00,. Z 4 teotly by fishes
, ,All. 04 ~, .
itl4. lt, Cot et-Kong Register states ti.
brr 0 jii 4t, of 1,836 tons, Captain Gardint
f,1,4v "lig-Kong harbour on the 9th of ...
501 0, theell),001, having made the passage in less .
00 ikles fastest yet recorded. The best day's rui
tot Ultle°graPhie.a.
S$ "CeEs, named Davies, who resided in Coiling
'041,14t, ~ was engaged on Tuesday in loadinp. -
100170,4 e ,''s cart from a wa, -
po, N feig the sails containing an iron cie,,,
At° Itit.b.„ upon his head, and he died in cons
W. mc -,ecl
0, L,t4 lately.
,Onrii;".-011 Wednesday morning,
LiVsf Cliarn Mawdesley, hanged himself in
.floll etlt te"agings, in Everton, by means ,
001?4, ka.,, down, but life was extinct. Dec,
Neutliaa.colnerk. out of employment. He _
awl ti . in sending goods to Austral
ais:,',Si. received a letter stating that the

been fined

with Dar
nployed f

eydale stone, from the sa

MEETING OF THE MILITIA SITEGEONS.—A meeting of
the militia surgeons of Lancashire, Cheshire, Shropshire,
and North and South Wales was held on Thursday, at the
Adelphi Hotel, to take into consideration the present
position of that section of the profession. Mr. Hugh
Neill, of this town, was called upon to preside. It was
stated that the militia surgeons who are in private prac-
tice suffer considerable loss in attending to their regi-
mental duties. It was, therefore, resolved to petition
parliament to grant to militia surgeons a reasonable
amount of permanent pay when the regiments shall be
disembodied.
HEALTH OF THE TOWN.—The medical officer of health
reports that the deaths registered in the borough, during
zt 201: tb,

.ehouse won the N

f a neck

litz4,
tri. te44IITION
1 ‘, ro - 8 FOB SCIITARL—A commit
)em' '4,r4elii.,,,r.riled at Warrington, mainly thro
Oer iVil3ortY of the Rev. W. Tuckett, the rec
Iteokg to Patten, for the purpose of receiving,
0441$ 'irtlie hosPital at Scutari, contribution:
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and warm flannel, for the sick and wounde
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well rd

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

IT turns out that
late show in the Ur

he baby that gained the pr

:es is a British one, the fat

when it was el

Suffolk I

corps hay.'e

for the victory at Alma

THE BRISTOL CITIZENS have offered to the Govern-
ment to raise -a volunteer corps of rifles.
THE ROYAL ARTILLERY have commenced enrolling
men at a height of sft. 6in.. at an increase of £2 on the
original bounty of £7 15s,
A MILLV has

school is also distracted by the oppos
to Dr. Jacob.
THE LONDON POT T
day, that a

m of the masters

PATRIOTIC FUND

SUBSCRIPTIONS contin
1, the t

being exhausted

proceeds of the annual ball of the Royal
Club, on Wednesday evening, is upwards
receipt of performances at the Theatre-RI
evening, are also devoted to the fund.
At the last meeting of the committee
of Mr. South To/H. was announced

a on Wednes.

the cart on its

ilew and expensive great coat, made in the city
I Raglan, had been stolen from

to the railway

at Stockport, named Thomas "Wilson,
. £5 by the magistrates of that place, for having
adulterated a quantity of flour by mixing with it sulphate
of lime.
A MAN named John Welsh, aged 50, who was employed
as a watcher at some ironworks, at Maryhill, near Glas-
gow, was murdered last week by a coal-drawer named
Alexander Stewart, who struck him on the head with a
pickaxe.
LADY FRANKLIN, it is said, has resolved to expend the
last remnant of the fortune, coming to her by her hus-
band's will, in fitting out another expedition for the
quarter mentioned by Dr. Rae.
No FEWER than 16 appointments of non-commissioned
officers to the rank of Ensign or Cornet have appeared in
the Gazette since the 20th October.
THE WILL or LORD ELDON.—The will of the Earl of
Eldon has been sworn to, under £lBO,OOO personalty.
Thirty skins of parchment will be employed in the docu-
ment.
Runtoun in naval circles has it, that the forces for the
Baltic next year will be placed under the command in
chief of Rear-Admiral Seymour, and that Captains Keppel
and Lord C. Paget will act under him as commodores.
LECTURES ON POPERY.— Mr. Sheridan Knowles,
author of " Virginius," " The Hunchback," &c., has been
delivering a course of lectures against Popery, in the Ex-
change-rooms, Nottingham. It was proposed to devote

has followed the exams
Bright, by writing a letter ace.:-
his fellow-townsmen at BirminA
walls of the midland metropolis.
TRADE OF DA.NTZIC.—The exports and imports by land
and sea at Dantzic exceeded in 1853 by more than
18,000,000 f. those of the year preceding. The number of
vessels which entered was 1,739, and of those which sailed
1,756; total, 3,495, or 1,159 more than in 1852. The total
of the imports was 54,392,000 f., and the exports 59,265,000 f.
The profits made by shipowners were extraordinary large;
in some cases they were as much as 150 per cent. more
than those of 1852.
SUPPLIES POE THE CSI➢IEA.--Lord Blantyre has char-
tered the barque Anne Mac Lean, 540 tons, for immediate
despatch to Balaklava with supplies to our brave country-
men wintering in the Crimea, including fifty tons of
oatmeal to make porridge for the Scotch and Irish soldiers.
GLOVES. —ln Paris there are annually consumed
1,600,000 kid and lamb skins, for fabrication into gloves;
in Bruxelles, 800,000; in Grenoble, 800,000; in Annonay,
3,200,000—making a total, within four cities, of 6,400,000.
To work this into gloves requires just double the number
of eggs —l2,Boo,ooo—at an annual expense of £630,000.
THE Independence of Brussels mentions a case which
is shortly to come before the Paris court, and will greatly
interest a portion of the English female aristocracy. A
governess, who has had the confidence of some very high

JOSEPH STITR(

war, addressed to

lat th

;ham, and placarded on tl

la Wards it
amount in the hands of that committee was al
It is confidently expected that at least £5OO n

received.
The sum contribt

I by the Liverpool

ment of the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire
Railway Company, £22 ; by the workmen employed by
Mr. John Laird, shipbuilder, Birkenhead, £275 ; and by
the workmen employed by Messrs. t-rans and Co., in their
collieries in Haydock, near Newton, £59 4s. 9d., which
added to the sum of £5O subscribed by Messrs --
themselves, and the further sum of X' •
workpeople of their Roy Greet collier
£l2O 4s. 9d., contributed by the Ix

s, makes a total 01

firm. •
At a meeting of the parishioners of Wallasey, on. Wed-
nesday evening, a committee, secretary, and treasurer,
were appointed for the collection of subscriptions in aid of
the Patriotic Fund. Mr. W., Mann announced that the
Wallasey Club, of which he was president, on hearing of
the movement being made in the parish, had contributed
£lO towards the fund.
A meeting was held at the National School, Bootle; on
Thursday evening, in support of the fund, Robert Theak-
stone, Esq., in the chair. •
A meeting of the inhabitants of Wavertree, convened by
the churchwardens, was held at the Coffee-house, on
_ • 'IP

Thursday evening, Major Bourne, presiding,
At a quarterly meeting of the members of the Loyal
Erin's Pride Lodge, 210, L. D. of Modern Druids, held at
Host Brown's, Whiteehapel, it was resolved that £3 be
given out of the, benevolent fund, and that a subscription
be entered into by the members of the lodge, for the fund.
ISLE OF MAN.—The hands on board the Manx Fairy

--5-
the free proceeds of the lectures to the Patriotic Fund;
families in England, and could even produce gracious
but, after some discussion, it was resolved that the sums t • . , from the •
realised shall be handed over to the Protestant Alliance testimonials
cruel treatment, caused the death of two children under
Committee, by whom the lecturer was engaged. her care.
A SHIT ON FlRE.—Advices from St. Helena, of the A MID WOLF.—The Police Gazette of St. Petersburg
21st of October, mention the arrival of the Anna Mooka,
states that, on the 19th ultimo, a mad wolf of huge size
having on board Captain Walker and the whole of the made its appearance in that city, and ran through various
crew and passengers, 96 in number, of the ship Polar
streets, biting every one that it met in its way. It spent
Star, which had been burnt at sea on the 4th of that
not less than two hours running to and fro; and, in the
month, bound from England to New Zealand.
course of that time it bit thirty-four persons, of whom
PRICE OF AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERB.—The proprietors •
six were women. The animal was at last killed by two
of the Sydney Morning Herald, the Sydney Empire, peasants whom it attacked. The persons who had been
the Melbourne Argus, and other Australian newspapers,
wounded by it were removed to the nearest civil and
have increased the price of their respective journals from military hospitals.
3d. to 6d. per copy. The grounds put forth are their DISASTROUS FIRE.—On Wednesday morning, a fire
enhanced superiority as journals, and the consequently broke out in the corn-mill called Albert-mill, Leeds. The
augmented cost of production. The new tariff came into exertions of the firemen were successful in confining the
operation in September last. The .Ballarat Times, a flames to the mill, but that was entirely destroyed, toge-
very small paper, the Mount Alexander Mail, and others ther with 600 sacks of flour, and 350 quarters of wheat.
at the diggings, have for some time past been pub-
lished at ls. The damage to the mill, engine, and machinery (which
belongs to Mr. Bolland), will not fall far short of £1,500.
CANROBERT IN LOVE.—Apropos of the war in the East He is insured to the extent of £3,100 in the Leeds and
there is a romantic story current in the circles of haut Yorkshire. Messrs. Thorpe and Dickinson, the occupiers
ton relative to an attachment which General Canrobert of the mill, estimate their loss at £4,000, and they are
is known to entertain for the daughter of one of our gene-
insured in the Unity to the extent of £1,200 only. The
rals who fell at the battle of Inkerman. Previous to the
cause of the fire is unknown.
departure of the French General with the army of the
East, he had an interview with the young lady in Paris,
andt,
urged his suit with his characteristic and national THE .LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—A large and important
meeting of licensed victuallers, consisting of deputations
enthusiasm. It is said that the interview was satisfactory, from most of the towns in Devon, was held in Exeter, on
and the gallant general left expressing a chivalrous deter- Monday, to inaugurate a benevolent society, in connexion
mination of winning a Marshal's baton, and thus becoming with the Devon and Exeter Licensed Victuallers' Protec-
more worthy of the much-prized English beauty. Sebas-
topol has, however, proved fatal to the father of the young of the burdens on the trade, to the two members of Par-
lady ; but •the same officer who brought the distressing liament for the.northern division of 'the county, Sir Thos.
intelligence was also entrusted with a message from the Dyke Acland, Bart., and Mr. Buck, who promised that
wounded General Canrobert to the lady, in utter ignorance they would give their best attention to the subject.
of her bereavement, dilating on his brightened prospects ENGLISH PRISONERS IN RUSSIA.—The following Eng-
as one step towards his implied promise of rendering lish sailors, formerly on board the Vulture, and taken
himself worthy of her hand.—Court Journal. prisoners at Gamla-Carleby, were declared free on the 3rd
SMOKE.—It is stated by Mr. Wright, C.E., government (15th) of November, 1854, and set out from St. Petersburg
inspector of the smoke nuisance, that there are upwards on the sth (17th) of the same month, to proceed in carts,
of 3,000,000 tons of coals annually imported into London with warm clothing provided by the Russian Government,
by sea and by railway; and further, that at least 1,000,000 to Warsaw, and thence to Berlin, on their way to Eng-
of this quantity is annually consumed for manufacturing land. The journey to Warsaw will probably occupy five
and furnace purposes • and it is a well-known fact, esta- weeks :—John James, Alfred Bowles, George Ferris, Wm.
bushed by practice, 'that by the better consumption of Greenaway, David Pickard, Edward Tandy, Josiah King-
smoke, and obtaining more perfect. combustion, 20 per combe, Francis Hawton, George Benmore, and Thomas
cent. of fuel is saved ; hence 20 per cent. of 1,000,000 tons Evans.
amounts to 200,000 tons of -coals saved annually to the SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—This exhibition
nation, and that, at an average of £1 per ton, is £200,000 opened on Tuesday, in King-street, Portman-square.
saved to the metropolitan proprietors of furnaces and ma- Prince Albert has obtained three prizes in the cattle class.
nufactories, which would otherwise pass off in smoke, The Duke of Rutland has obtained the first prize of £25,
contaminating the atmosphere ; but by this calculation, with a gold and silver medal, as the breeder and feeder of
he asserts, becomes a twofold and total saving to the the best ox. Mr. Charles Townley, of Townley-park, near
nation of £400,000 per annum ; and that without regard- Burnley, carries off the gold medal and corresponding
ing it in a sanitary point of view, for as already the im- prizes as the feeder of the best cow. In the short-woolled
proved appearance of the London atmosphere is distinctly sheep the Duke of Richmond claims a well-deserved pre-
observable, it is unnecessary to point out the injury in- eminence; while his compeer, Lord Exeter, carries off the
flitted upon the public health, or the pecuniary loss we palm as the exhibitor of the best pen of long-woolled
sustain in the apparently trivial matters of soap, and wear stock. Mr. Williams, of Bridgewater, is pronounced the
and tear of linen, &c., by the deposit of the large amount successful competitor in the pig classes, and has carried
of carbonaceous matter always present in the atmosphere, off the gold medal.
inasmuch as smoke cooled is soot, but when heated to THE TRIAL or THE PFX —The Lords of the Privy
600 deg. Fahrenheit, becomes highly inflammable gas, and• Council met on Thursday, at the office of the Comptroller
is consumed; every wreath of smoke that curls up a of the Exchequer, for the trial of Her Majesty's gold and
chimney is fuel wasted. silver coins, set apart from every coinage between the 16th
AMERICAN Gusi.—The last American papers contain Dec., 1850, and the 30th June, 1854, in the Pyx of the
an account of an apparently important discovery in the Mint—present, the Lord Chancellor, the Chancellor of the
.1 1 ^1 quer, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the

have voted a day's pay to the Patriotic Fund.—Messrs.
Robert and William Muter, of Kerrow-ne-Glough, have
forwarded £lOO to the treasurer of the Douglas Patriotic

Fund.
On Tuesday evening, a meeting.of the working-classes
of Bristol, in aid of the fund, was held at the Public-rooms,
Broadmead, under the presidency of the mayor. Nearly
3,000 persons were present. The resolutions were all
proposed and seconded by members of the working classes.
Several large subscriptions were announced, including one
of £l,OOO from the Oddfellows of the district.
CHRLTENIIA.M.—The Cheltenham contributions now
exceed £2,300; those for the county of Gloucester, £1,286 ;
for the city, £755 ; Stroud, £3BO ; Tewkesbury, £lB6 ;
Charlton Kings, £245: Prestbury £132.
GIIERNSEY.—The collection made in the bailiwick of

nernsey amounts to nearly £1,400.
WORCESTER.—The amount of the co.

unty subscription

eeds £3,600.

wortuueu 111 uuc
works in Birkenhead and Liverpool, is £3OO 2s. 2d.
The attention of the guardians of the Eastham district
has been successfully occupied in promoting the collection
for the Patriotic Fund. The sum contributed from East-
ham is £53 9s. id.

ention of

verpool Chamber of Commerce to present addresses of
congratulation and respect to Lord Elgin on his arrival
here from Canada.
LIVERPOOL ACIDEMY.—We are glad to see that the
working classes have the usual annual treat now offered
them by the Exhibition of the Liverpool Academy's rich
collection of pictures and statuary, at prices within the
reach of all, and at such hours as must suit every one's
convenience.
TILE AMERICA British and North American mail-
steamer, Captain Lang, took her departure hence for Bos-
ton, on Saturday, with 150 passengers, including Rear-
Admiral Bruce, who goes out to take command of the
Pacific fleet. The Collins' steamer Atlantic, Captain West,
will sail for New York next Saturday, when the weekly
mail communication will be resumed.
LICENSED VICTUA.LLERS' MEETING.--A meeting of
the licensed victuallers of the Abercromby and Rodney-
street Wards was held at the Durham Ox, Brownlow-hill,
on Tuesday. The chair was taken by Mr. Atkinson.
Resolutions pledging the meeting to prevent any bill
passing founded on the resolutions of the House of Com-
mons, appointing a committee, and declaring that no
alteration was required in the present law as regarded
licenses, were carried unanimously, and the meeting
separated.
THE PIKE.—A memorial, signed by James R. Jeffery,
John Roskell, jun., Thos. Urquhart, Firth Woodhead, and
James Rogerson, was among the Mayor's communications
last week, praying that' full information on all points
respecting the cost and progress of the Pike works be
published before any further application be made to
parliament; but this memorial has been anticipated by
Mr. George Holt, chairman of the water committee, who
has announced that all the details will be laid before the
-4, Council.

liabilities of the compa

Ls paya

ate .of the society's funs

nd unity pre

WAVERTREE

he had

BOARD

OF HEALTH_

Leld last even

upied the chair ; and there wei
aaffer, Gore, Witham, Davis, An

.om Mr. T. B. Barclay, who

proceed-

of the board, that they
in seweraze in Sandowr

and he re

execute

,nested to

know why such sewerage was not proceeded with.
Mr. CHAFFER said, if Mr. Barclay had looked at the
of the board, he would have known that the
- omidoned, in consequence of the high

I the tend,
PT ATA X, A

at, for his own part

the sewerage had been abandoned by the
he had given orders fora man to commence a

,s to-morrow morning

eripTial should be presented b.

d over, until a .
abitants of the district

A letter was read from Mr. Pearson to know if he
might be permitted to make a sewer from his cottage at
the corner of Waterloo-Street to the main sewer; as he
had made an application to the surveyors, who informed
him that he would have to pay a certain sum for making
an entrance into the main drain. Mr. Young was re-
quested by the board to explain the clatise in the act whick
referred to the subject, to Mr. Pearson, as well as other
parties who were similarly circumstanced, and also to.
inform them that the board would be guided in their pro-
ceedings by theact of parliament.

ASHPITS,

memorial was presented from certain ratepayers,
g that several inhabitants of Wavertree Vale had
l their ashpits to be emptied at night, and the con-
had remained till the following morning, without
taken away, which created a disagreeable nuisance.

excuse was, that the men engaged to remove the soil
tended at the proper time. The surveyor asked
be permitted in such cases to employ other
;he men en-

gaged refused to pay the expenses, the
up and fined for neglect of removal.

iust be brought

FOOTPATHS.
Complaints were made about several of the footpaths
eing considerably out of repair, when the surveyor in-
:ormed the board that the repairs could not be executed at
present, on account of the scarcity of cinders to lay down
on the paths ; but, as soon as a sufficient quantity could be
procured, the repairs would be proceeded with.
LORD SALISBURY'S CLAIM.
Mr. RicToN rose and said that he wished to make a
lw remarks relative to certain statements made in one of
le Liverpool papers, accusing the board of exercising
secrecy in their proceedings with reference to the
case of Lord Salisbury's claim of the waste land in the
',4sh. There had also been some remarks in the same
- relative to their exclusion of the reporter, at the
- the board were consulting on the subject. He
vesence of the reporters, that
-tever to conceal any portion
of their proceedings ; hut where a question of title was
involved, which was an investigation of a very delicate
nature, they thought it would be prejudicial to the public
interest if the whole of their discussions were made known
until the matter had become properly matured. The in-
terests of the ratepayers were seriously involved in the
- •,,K1 the board would not be doing their duty to
_....Lepayers if they caused the proceedings to be pub-
Lashed in a premature stage. He thought it right to
make these observations, after what had taken place, that
the public might be convinced of the board having no
desire to conceal any of their proceedings, except in those
cases where it was not prudent to do so until the whole
of their plans were completed.
The CHAIRMAN coincided in the observations made by
Mr. Picton.
Mr. DAVIS did not think the question interfered so
mizll with the ratepayers as it did with private indivi-
duMs. It was simply a spatter of right between the Lord
manor and his tenants. What benefit could the
ratepayers derive from the settlement of the question P
Mr. Prcron said the ratepayers were materially in-
terested, for Lord Salisbury claimed every scrap of waste
land between the hedge and the high-road. The Board
of Commissioners did not think he was entitled to it, and
they, were making an inquiry, by procuring the °pimplief
counsel and other evidence necessary, in order to find oat
whether Lord Salisbury possessed this right or not. lie
wished to know if Mr. Davis intended at this time to
advocate the interest of Lord Salisbury.
Mr. DAVIS said he wished to advocate no interest but
that of the ratepayers. He wished to notice that they had
turned a sewer into Lord Salisbury's ditch, and that
had caused him to look after his own interest in this
matter. Mr. Davis thought his lordship was justified iix
what he had done; for he had done no more than other
gentlemen belonging to that Board had done. He had
only taken that ground which was opposite his own land.
Mr. PICTON said —I have taken some land, but what I
took I paid for. This is the very thing we are contending
about. Lord Salisbury wants to take the land without
paying for it.
Mr. likvis said, if Lord Salisbury had done wrong-,
then the parties whom he had injured ought to make him

questior

[lad no c

lesire w

,xeneq, , ..0.-. ~,.... --- --- - - - next .-
President of the Board of Trade, and Sir Edward Ryan. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—Her Majesty's Government suffer for it.
The jury (composed of goldsmiths) having been sworn, having engaged the services of some of the packets be- Mr. Pre.roat replied that the public had sufferedby Lord
were charged by the Lord Chancellor, and the proceedings longing to the South American and General Steam Navi- Salisbury's proceedings, and it was the duty of the public
were then adjourned; the jury taking the specimens de- gation Company, for the conveyance of troops and for to inquire into the matter. The Board of Commissioners
posited in the Pyx, in order to test them, for the purpose other purposes of the war, it has been found necessary to were empowered to act on behalf of the public, and there-
of ascertaining that they were of the legal weight and suspend temporarily the contract entered into with that fore it was their duty to investigate the business.
standard. The total value of the gold coinage was company for the conveyance of mails from Liverpool to Mr. CHAFFER : I beg to ask Mr. Davis whether I,
£28,838,534 13s. 10d. of the standard of 22 carats of fine Brazil and the River Plate, on the 24th of every month. or Mr. Picton did anything, when we enclosed certain_
gold, and two carats of alloy. The total value of the No packet, will, therefore, be despatched from Liverpool to
gilrer coinage was £1,030, Is. 3d. of the standard of lloz. portions of land, without the permission of this Board
oh-
2dwts. of fine silver, and igtdwts. of alloy, Brazil on the 24th inst., nor on the 24th of any subsequent We submitted a plan to the Board ; and, after having
month, until further notice. tanned their sanction, we acted with their authority. Lord
OMAR PACHA, AND A LADt, AT THE OPERA.—On THE JAMES BA INES. —The magnificent new clipper- Salisbury should have done the same, and then there
Friday, an incident occurred at the Opera in Bucharest, ship, James Babies, of the " Black Ball" line, one of the would have been no necessity for his tenant, Mr. Davis,
which has excited considerable sensation, and is the talk largest sailing vessels in the world, took her departure for to step forward this evening to advocate his interest. The
of the town. Omar Pacha made his appearance in his Melbourne, on Sunday morning, about ten o'clock, having advocacy is premature, until the subject has been fully
box, accompanied by the wife of his nephew, Tefwik Bey. on board 700 passengers, (eighty of the first class,) about investigated. ,
The lady was completely unveiled, and sat thus listening 1,400 tons of cargo, and upwards of 180,000 letters and The Cnankmaw considered that this discussion ought
to the music with the most perfect composure. This is newspapers, contained in 350 sacks, weighing about 120 never to have taken place, as it was altogether too prema-
the first instance on record in which the wife of a Mussul- tons, the largest Australian mail ever despatched. So ture. The board ought to feel obliged to Mr. Picton for
man has displayed her features before men, and above all crowded was the ship by passengers, mail, and provisions, bringing the matter forward in the way be had done, and.
before giaours, and is, consequently, a tremendous innova- that every description of freight had to be shut out. The he hoped the reporters present would give Mr. Pict=
tion. It displays great courage on the part of Omar Pacha, style in which Messrs. Baines and Co. feed their passen- credit for having done so.
but will, when the news reaches Constantinople, excite the gers may be estimated by the fact that, in addition to the The discussion concluded by Mr. Davis bringing forward
fiercest ire amongst the old Turks. Mussar Pacha came usual stores, there were on board 75 sheep, 25 of which are a motion, that the surveyor be instructed to confer with.
into box soon after, and entered into conversation with preserved in ice ;86 pigs, 6of which are in ice ; and 100 the surveyor of Lord Salisbury as to the probability of
Madame, and while this was going on Ismail Pacha (not dozen of fowls, 30 dozen of which are in ice ; the live stock forming a road without prejudice to the public.
he of Kalafat) arrived. and took his place on the opposite being reserved for use after the vessel has crossed the line. No seconder appeared, and the motion was not put by
side of the house. Glancing across, he saluted Omar A bullock is also on board, which will be killed to provide the chairman.
Pacha, but on seeing the lady he became deadly pale, re- a portion of the Christmas dinner. Nothing, in fact, that This terminated the proceedings.
mained motionless for two or three minutes, and then the well-known liberality of the owners could provide has
rose up, saluted again, left the box, and returned no more. been omitted that will be likely to conduce to the comfort ~.,
On the same evening, Mussar Pacha distributed tickets to fuEPARTURE OF THE PA.MPERO.—The South Amerces
of' the passengers. It is anticipated that the James Baines
twelve English, twelve French, twelve Wallachian, and and General Steam Navigation Company's new paddle-
will make the voyage in about sixty days. By the con-
Turkish soldiers, who took their places in the stalls, andsteamer Pampero, Captain G. H. Harem, started at tree.
tract with the Post-office authorities, she is bound to de-enjoyed the spectacle highly, to the great rage of the o'clock on Sunday afternoon for the Brazils and River-
liver the mail in Melbourne within sixty-five days, under
Austrian officers, who complained bitterly of it the next Plate, with fifty passengers, £20,000 in specie, a full_
penalty. She is under the command of Captain M`Donnell, -
—A Correspondent. cargo, and the heaviest mail ever dispatched from this
day.
. who has already distinguished himself for the quick and for those
MILITA.RY RIOT AT Cruana.3l.—Early on Wednesday safe passages made by vessels under his charge, and will port places.
THE GOLDEN ERA.—At the Police-court, on Wednes-
a violent outrage was committed by a large party of sol- be succeeded by the famous clipper Lightning.
diers belonging to the 18th (Royal Irish) day, Captain Peat, late of the Golden Era, which through
Regiment, and
A STEAMER ON WHEELS.—On Saturday, an iron screw- his alleged negligence, put into Pernambuco damaged
several police-officers of the city of Rochester were seriously steamer 100 feet long, and of propoitionate depth and early in November, was charged under a warrant, by the
maltreated. It appears that since the 18th Regiment has beam, was conveyed from the engine-works and foundry Board of Trade, with misdemeanour under the 6th see of
returned from India it has been quartered at Chatham of Messrs. Thos. Pearson and Co., in Blackstone-street, the 93rd chap., 13th and 14th Victoria, for imperilling the
barracks, the men, on the whole, conducting themselves Great Howard-street, to the Huskisson Dock, in a series ship and- passengers by his misconduct. The case was
well. Lately, a number of volunteers have been taken of massive trucks; drawn by twenty horses. The vessel remanded for a week, Captain Peat being admitted tre
into the regiment, chiefly from the 94th Regiment, the was dragged stern first, and her bow rested on a traver- bail, himself in £7OO, and two sureties of £350 each.
18th being under orders to proceed to the Crimea. These sing platform; to enable the vehicle to turn round the EVERTON TOWNSHIP ACCOUNTS.—A meeting of the
recruits were yesterday week.marched from Brompton to corners. The ponderous body was started from the yard ratepayers of the township was held on Thursday, at the
Chatham barracks, to join their new regiment. On the in Blackstone-street, where it had been built, about eleven Crescent School-room, William Henry-street, to receive
men being told off they resolutely refused to leave the o'clock, and proceeded in safety until opposite the Sandon the report of the committee appointed to investigate the
ground until they had received £l-bounty-money, to which Dock-gates, about half-past twelve o'clock, when, through accounts of the township. Mr. Councillor Nicholson pre-
they were entitled for having volunteered. Lieutenant- giving a sudden lurch to one side, it jammed a cart against sided. The meeting was numerously attended. Mr..
Colonel Edwards promised that 'they should be paid on the dock wall. The cart, though capsized, was not Councillor Woodruff proposed the adoption of the report..
the following day, and the promise was kept. After that damaged, but the steamer remained immoveable for two He most emphatically denied the allegation that the com-
time the town and neighbourhood became a scene of drun- or three hours. It is intended to launch her at the tim- mittee was actuated by ill-will against Mr. Shaw. But it
kenness, debauchery, and riot. On Tuesday night, soon ber-slip into the Huskisson Dock. The vessel herself is of
after "tattoo" had been sounded, a number of men of the became a matter of duty to see to the cause, when they
very peculiar construction, being intended for the palm-oil
18th scaled the barrack wall, and went to the public- found the rates rise from Bd. to Is. 6d. in the pound. He
trade in the African rivers. She has a raised topgallant- thought the business of the township had been grossly
houses, making a disturbance at :-each. each. Several of them forecastle forward, and a poop aft, but her spar-deck, mismanaged; and that it had outgrown Mr. Shaw's ma-
were
armed with pieces of wood and bludgeons, with which which is also of iron, is built in the form of an arch, to nagement. The repuit Era &nth, at much length, that the
they paraded the streets, and finally made their way to give greater strength to the hull. She will be propelled books of the township had been found in a most disgrace-
Rochester, where they entered a public-house soon after by two screws working different ways to counteract each ful and slovenly state of confusion. After obtaining the
midnight. The landlord called to his aid the police, and
other in forming the " breakwater,' which is so destruc- services of an accountant, it was found that Mr. Richard
the soldiers fell upon the consitables'in the most savage tive to the banks of canals and small rivers. Morley, collector, was surcharged with the large sum of
manner. One of the latter, named Tassell, was so serious y
injured that his life is despaired of. A party of soldiers .
RAILWAY ACCIDENT —A serious collison took place on £369, which had been lost through negligence. At a sub-
from the barracks ultimately arrived, and the riot was da • htat the Bescott• Junction of the North Wes- sequent audit, the poor-law auditor certified an additional
Fri y nig ,
quelled. Six of the rioters were arrested, and have been tern and . .
South Staffordshire Railway, about seven miles sum of £56 14s. 10d., received by Mr. Morley, as not
remanded by the magistrates. A train f 'conveying ted for. The report went on to state that Mr..
north of Birmingham. from Burton, accoun
about 70 passengers, left Walsall at 10 minutes. past 6 for Morley, by the direction of the Poor-law Board, had
A MODEL OF INNOCENCE.—M. Edmond F—, an
Birmingham. On arriving at Bescott, the driver, as resigned. After again referring to the total want of sys-
artist living at Maisons-Lafitte (Seine-et-Oise), was lately
usual, slackened speed, when a violent concussion took tern and the mismanagement, the report dwelt somewhat
in quest of a model for the figure of Innocence, which he place, the engine was separated from the train, and several at length upon Mr. Shaw not holding himself responsible
intends to exhibit in the University Exhibition of next of the carriages demolished. It appears that some time for the money received by his clerk, Mr. Slater, to whom.
year. A few days ago he chanced to meet, on the Paris previous to the accident, a train of goods had been shunted, he was supposed to give £lOO a year of the £220 he him-
road, a young country girl, who was sitting upon the as customary, into one of the sidings of the station, but self received. The report concluded by re-stating the
trunk of a tree crying. She told him that her name was the pointsman neglected to make himself acquainted with correspondence of that person on the subject.—Mr. Foster
Pierette D—, that she was an orphan, and that her the exact position of the waggons. One of the waggons seconded the adoption of the report.—Mr. Carne thought
aunt had just turned her out of doors because she had projected into the main line, within two feet of the rails. the vestry and the ratepayers themselves were to blame
knocked dov n a clock. As 'she spoke the young artist the passenger train on arriving at these points caught the for the state of things complained of.—Mr. Walker movedL
discovered in her face those features which he required for projecting waggon, and the collison ensued. The waggon, as an amendment, that the report be not received; and
his figure. Her dress was coarse; but her head had that when struck, appears to have swung round, and smashed eulogised, in the highest terms, Mr. Shaw's conduct..
rare grace for which the true artist searches. After a the carriages which more immediately followed the engine In conclusion, he said Mr. Shaw was prepared to give
long discussion, he persuaded her to accompany him to and tender. The side of one first-class carriage was security for the collection of the rates, if the township
Maisons-Lafitte, to sit to him. After the first sitting, he smashed in, but four young gentlemen, prssengers who gave him a sufficient staff of collectors. After a noisy
was so delighted with his model that he had decent occupied one compartment, escaped uninjured. A second- discussion, the report was adopted. A memorial to the
clothes made for her, lodged her in a comfortable apart- class carriage was half demolished, and two third-class Poor-law Board, praying that the suggestions of ito
ment, and took care that she should have every necessary were still more wrecked. One may be said to have been report might be adopted, was then agreed to, after whkla
supplied to her. The artist, moreover, took great pre-
entirely destroyed. It was driven from the wheels, and the meeting separated.
cautions to protect his Model of Innocence from profane the woodwork of the carriage afterwards used to make the A FARMER'S CREDULITY.—On the 7th of last month:,
eyes, and for this purpose confined her to the care of a fires, by the light of-which the workpeople were able to. as Peter Spencer, a farmer, residing in the parish of
trustworthy duenna. Being suddenly called to Paris by
clear the line of the debris thrown all around. Of the 70 Scarisbrick, near Ormskirk, was standing near his owl)
important business, he discovered, on his return, that he
had been robbed. His jewellery and valuables, together passengers who travelled by the train from 15 to 20 were house, superintending some labourers employed by him,
more or less injured. One named Quin, well known in the he was accosted by a female of the gipsy tribe, and a con-
with money, had been carried off. He soon discovered the
sad fact that Pierette D— was the thief, and that she district as a hawker of Irish linens, had a leg broken in versation between both ensued. The woman (having:
two places, and two or three ribs fractured, and two ladies, learned the fact from a servant whose fortune she had
had left Maisons in the company of a man with whom she
was on terms of intimacy. On the following day she was who were in the second-class carriage, received several been predicting, as has been since ascertained) told
the
severe contusions.wrapped in brown
discovered sitting upon one of the stone benches near the • farmer that he had £72 in his pocket,
if he would
into custody, made
Arc de Triomphe; and on being taken
moment or two, for
a full confession of her guilt. As for the picture of
anniversary of the Caledonian Tent, 1.0. R., was held on entrust the money in her hands fora m
Tuesday evening, in Mr. Samuel Roberts' large room, the purpose of imparting to it some portion of amysterious
Innocence, it waits, we believe, for a model. ed and implicity obeyed in-
PENlNSULAR_Temperance Hotel, Button-street, Dr. Hannah presiding. power which she Po
AND ORIENTAL STEAM COMPANY.—Thepossessed,
'imposed, in three weeks the
Nearly 150 persons sat down to tea, -provided in the junctions afterwards to
e.,. in
s.
annual meeting of this company was held in London, onix quadruple itself, and
worthy host's usual good style, after which Messrs. Stod- money would double its lt
Wednesday, Admiral Thornton in the chair. The directors' dard, Lloyd, Miller, and others greatly contributed to the that this process oft_.
reproduction
should operate to his
report stated the property of the company to be worth, in ill lie became eri
h chest man in the county:
amusement of the evening by singing, recitations, &c. Mr. advantage t
d farmer dazzled by the splendours of
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