The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-01 00:00:00

THE' LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER

THE CHOLERA.—The Copenhagen authorities have de-
clared Liverpool to be infected with cholera.
THE QUEEN has been, pleased to approve Mr. Charles
Stoess at Consul at Liverpool for His Majesty the King of
Bavaria.

A NEW GAS COMPAry. about to be organized in this
town, propose to supply gas at a reduction of 25 per cent.
on the price now charged, and at the same time to pay a
dividend of ten per cent. to the shareholders.
MR. FRANCIS THOMAS , YATES MOLYNEUX,. an under-
graduate of St. John's College, Cambridge, ha.* been
drowned in the Severn, while bathing at Alveley,.where he
was reading during the long vocation. He appears. to
have been seized with a fit, or with the cramp.
ISLE OF MAN.—At a meeting of the Ramsay Steam-
packet Company, (the owners of the Manx Fairy,) last
week, a. dividend at the rate an, per cent. per annum was
declared, notwithstanding the expenses attendant on the
opening of a new line.
MORE CONVERSIONS FRobs.RomE.--On Friday evening
last, the 28th ult., six persons were received into the•
communion of the National Church, by the Rev. W.. F.
Taylor, M.A., Incumbent of St. John's church.
MYSTERIOUS CASE.—OR Friday, at midnight„a youth's
cap and a letter were found. on the Landing-stage: The-
letter, which was directed to Mr: Richards,. 17, Cropper
street, on being opened, was found to have-been written.
by Richards' son. It stated that-he had been robbed of a
sum of money belonging to his, employer ; that, as he
feared his master would think he. had been guilty of a
felony, he had determined to drown himself;. and. that,
when the letter reached his father's-hand, he should. be- a
corpse. He has not since been seen:

Tan UTILITY of Smith's patent life-preserving vest
was again practically illustrated on Saturday, when a man,
wearing one of them, jumped into the river from the
Landing-stage, and remained in the water until. the
curiosity of the spectators was satisfied.

AT THE POLICE-COURT, on Thursday, Capt. Maloney,
of the ship George A. Hopley, and Capt. Naughten,.of the
Susan G. Owen, were convicted in the.penalty of go', each,
for a violent and unprovoked assault on two seamen, named
John Walker and John Kennedy.

SINGULAR CASE. According to the Mane/tester
Examiner, at Middleton, the other day, a girl vomited
upwards of two hundred feathers from one to fourteen
inches in length. She has been in a poor state of health
for about eight years, during which time she has been a
patient at the infirmary, Manchester, and. has also been
under thecareof severalmedical-officers ; shehasoccasionally
had fits, and of late she had vomited feathers, but never
more than one or two at once,. until Tuesday last..
TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.. --- The screw-steamer
Charity, Captain Paton, sailed hence on Tuesday for
Quebec and Montreal, with a full, complement of goods
and passengers and the Canadian. mails. The Atlantic,
Captain West, sailed for New YOrk on Wednesday, with
a full cargo, and about 170 passengers. The Arabia,
Capt. Judkins, took her departure on Saturday for New
York, with a full cargo and about 160 passengers. The
screw-steamer Braziliera, Capt. Cox, will sail to-day, with
passengers and cargo for Brazils and the River Plate,
calling at Lisbon and Madeira.

LAiiNCII OP A SCREW-STEAILER.,---A beautiful new iron
screw-steamer was launched from the yard of Mr. John
Laird, at the Dingle, on Saturday. She has been built
for the African Mail Company, and is named the Ethiope,
being a sister ship to the Candace, formerly launched by
Mr. Laird, and has engines by Messrs. Humphreys and
Co., of Woolwich. Her principal dimensions are : Length,
210 feet ; beam 25feet six inches ; depth of hold, 14 feet 6
inches ; tonnage 650 tons, o.m. • and her engines are 340
horse power. She will carry E:00 tons of cargo, and 14
days' coal; her consumption of coal being at the rate of
nine tons per twenty-four hours ; and it is calculated that
she will attain a speed of nine knots when loaded. She
was named by Mrs. Frederick Hull, in the presence of a
large party. _

LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.—On his application,
on Tuesday, for a certificate, Samuel Crane Fox, wine
merchant, was opposed, on the part of Mr. Kemp, of
Middleton, a creditor, for £BO. The court suspended the
certificate for six months, without protection, and, when
granted, to be of the second class.—On Wednesday, before
Mr. Commissioner Stevenson, Joseph Cooper passed his
last examination.—James Rankin, clothier, also passed his
last examination, before Mr. Commissioner Perry.—ln
the case of John Segar, an adjourned certificate meeting
was held on Thursday, before Mr. Commissioner Steven-
son, when a still further adjournment took place.—Eliza-
beth Salte, a draper in Montgomeryshire, came before the
court upon her last examination ; but, a balance-sheet
not having been filed, it was adjourned.
THE BANK OF LIVERPOOL—The twenty-third annual
general meeting of the proprietors of this bank was held
on Wednesday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The
report states that the net profits of the year, after pay-
ment of the current expenses, and provision for bad and
doubtful debts, amounted to £86,622. 18s. ; reserved for
income-tax from 30th June, 1853, to 30th June, 1854,
£3,000; total, £83,622. 18s. From this sum the proprie-
tors have received two half-yearly dividends of four per
cent., free of income-tax, amounting to £50,000 ; leaving a
surpus of £33,622. 18s, to be carried to the reserved sur-
plus fund, £83,622. 18s. The directors have further de-
clared a bonus of 12s. 6s. per share, amounting to £31,250,
which leaves £255,513. 4s. 2d. to ,the credit of that ac-
count. The continued high value of money during the
past year, and the freedom from bad debts, with the in-
creased amount of transactions, have again secured a
most satisfactory result on the year's business. The re-
port was unanimously adopted. Mr. George Henry Hors-
fall, Mr. William Oxley, and Mr. Charles Paul Phipps
were appointed directors of the bank, in the room of Mr.
Adam Hodgson, Mr. George Holt, and Mr. Charles Turner
who retired by rotation.
ROBBERY OF A THOUSAND POUND BANK-NOTE.—
George Foster, aged twenty-eight, was tried on Wednes-
day last at the Borough Sessions, charged with stealing a
bank bill of exchange for £l,OOO from the Liverpool
Borough Bank. Mr. Blain and Mr. Raffles prosecuted,
Mr. Aspinall and Mr. Brett defended the' prisoner. The
court was crowded, and great interest was exhibited. The
chief fact proved against the prisoner was that, after the
robbery, the bill was traced to his possession, and he was
unable to give definite information as to the identity or local
habitat of the Mr. Harris, from whom he stated he had
received it. The jury, after consulting a few minutes in the
box, returned a verdict of " Not guilty." The announce-
ment was received with considerable applause by the
audience, which was, however, promptly checked. The
Foreman of the jury said:—The jury wish to express
themselves as to the loose manner in which the business
has been done at the bank. The Recorder : in which part
of lit The Foreman :In not taking more care of the
moneys entrusted to them. Mr. Foster was then discharged
from custody, and received the congratulations of his
friends, who thronged the passages of the court.

DANGEIIOI7S ASSAULT AND SELF-ACCUSATION.-Hugh
Marks, a labourer, who gave himself up to the police
authorities in Manchester about six weeks ago, under the
supposition that he had caused the death of a man named
poikl Bruce, upwards of two years ago, by throwing him
into the hold of the steamer Glendower, in the Trafalgar
Dock, was tried at the borough sessions, on Thursday. It
will beremembered that the injured man was conveyed to the
Northern Hospital, where he remained for fourteen weeks
suffering from a dangerous fracture of the skull, by which
his life was for some time despaired of. The prisoner
made his escape, and succeeded in obtaining employment
in Manchester, where he has conducted himself with pro-
priety for the last two years, but being unable to bear up
against the conviction of an accusing conscience that he
had caused the death of an unfortunate man whom he
assaulted, he gave himself up to justice, and was accord-
ingly committed for trial on the 29th of June last. It
was pleaded in mitigation of punishment that, while the
prisoner was in liquor, he saw Bruce kneeling on the deck
looking into the hold of the Glendower, which he was
assisting to discharge, at a time when the dock porters
were standing out for an advance of wages ; the pri-
soner went to him and touched him on the shoulder,
which caused him to lose his equilibrium, and he fell into
the hold by accident. The prisoner, however, was seen to
go behind Bruce, and with one hand seize him by the
neck, whilst with the other he took him by the heels and
deliberately threw him into the hold. The verdict was
" Guilty ;" but Marks was recommended to mercy. He
was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard
labour.

LIVERPOOL TowN CorsclL.—At the meeting to-morrow
the following subjects will be taken into consideration :
The proceedings of the Finance Committee, comprising
recommendation, on the application by workmen for in-
creased wages, the consideration of which was postponed
at the last monthly council ; the proceedings of the Watch,
Lighting, Fire-police, and Fire-prevention Committees,
comprising recommendation to advance the salary of Win.
Parkinson, keeper of the main bridewell, from £220 to
£250 per annum; and recommendation to pass by-laws
for the regulation of errand, message, and luggage por-
ters ; the proceedings of the Health Committee, com-
prising a recommendation to increase the salary of Mr.
James Lothean Ascroft, in the borough engineer's office,
from £l2O to £l5O per annum, and of the salary of Mr.
James Wilson, in the same department, from £52 to £7O
per annum, the consideration of which was postponed at a
meeting of the council held on the 7th June last ; recom-
mendations to increase the salaries of the following officers
in the treasurer's department; namely, Thomas 'White,
from £2lO to £250 per annum; William Hardisty, from
£2OO to £220; Thomas J. Hughes, from £BO to £9O;
James M`Fadzen, from £7O to £80; Thos. J. Nicholson,
from £54 12s. to £7O ; James Rogers, from £32 to £6O ;
Benjamin Owens, from £32 to £6O; and that Robert John
Brew, Joseph Jones, and John Jones Langley, collectors
of the third-class, be promoted to the second-class, their
beingsalaries and poundage respectively calculated at
£lBO per annum, the consideration of which was post-
poned at the last monthly council ; the proceedings of the
Water Committee, comprising recommendation that Chas.
Gibson and John B. Roberts, collectors of the third class,
be promoted to the second-class, their salaries and pound-
age respectively being calculated at £lBO per annum ;
recommendation to increase the wages of the following
enginemen, namely, Daniel Needham, from 225. to 245.
per week ; Joseph Jones, from 265. to 285.; WM. Owens,
from 225. to 2.16. ; and Maurice Evans, from 225. to 245.
The Mayor's communications, comprising applications
from the following officers for increase of their salaries
and wages :—Joshua Cope and George Toulinin, assistants
to out-door inspectors of weights and measures ; J. Lea,
surveyor of drainage in the borough engineer's department ;
George Powell, district surveyor in ditto; Abraham Luya,
Isaac Hutchison, and James Stonehouse, superintendents
of markets. The following motions, of which notice has
been given :—By Mr. Picton, that an offer be made to the
rectors and churchwardens of the parish to take charge of
the clocks of the two parish churches, and to maintain
such clocks for the public benefit of the inhabitants, at
the expense of the corporation. That, as the council has
voted the sum of £lO,OOO towards the erection of a
suitable building for the Library and Museum, that
amount be placed in the bank, to the credit of the Building
Fund Account of the Public Library and Museum Com-
mittee. By Mr. Alderman Holme, that it be an instruc-
tion to the Markets' Committee to take measures for pre-
venting the eastern half of Great Charlotte-street being
occupied by carts or other vehicles unloading after eight
o'clock in the morning; and, also, that no baskets or
standing be permitted to be placed on the west side of the
street more than four feet from the footpath adjoining the
market, so that there may be a clear passage for carriages
throughout the street ; and, also, that the committee be
instructed to adopt measures for giving more accommo-
dation to produce from the country within the St, John's
Market, by converting some of the space now occupied by
shops into open standings or otherwise,

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

A NOBLEMAN, whose Loz;uon residence is not far from
Park-lane, has a knocker composed of mosaic gold, and of
good design, fixed on the street-door during the season,

THE S-um subscribed as a testimonial To the• eminent
chemist, Liebig, by his English admirers, has. exceeded.
£l,OOO, one moiety of which has been appliect..to•tlie Bur=
chase of a service of plate of five pieces.
THE LAW BUSINESS last year, as set forth in.returnssto
Parliament, comprised 74,514 actions brought into the
common law courts, and 184,916 ,plaints entered. in: the
county courts.

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THE ScoTcu PUBLIC-Ilor%Es ACT.—The Lord;Provost
of Edinburgh has addressed a letter to the Courant, in
which he states that, since the act for closing the public,
houses on Sunday, there has been so great a• decrease in
the number of commitments for crime, that he thinks• it
probable that the £12,000, recently demanded by the-
prison board for the enlargement of the prison, will. not
be required.

GERMAN INTELLECTUALITY.--k. Berlin. correspondent
of a daily paper says:—" There are-feW•things•more'diffiCult
than to bring an intellectual German mind to,apprehend
a fact." The seeming paradox involves,a truth on. which
some of the "intellectual" men of Euglandwould do, well
to ponder.

tHE BRITISH IRON COMPANY.--At a meeting of the
British Iron Company, held on Wednesday, a dividend
was declared of 13s. 3d. per share, free- of income-tax„
being equal to 5 per cent. for the past six months, and
making, with the distribution in February last, an aggre-
gate of 10 per cent. for the year.
HOLFORD-HOLTSE, in the Regent's..park, being in the
market for sale—instead of going to the Prince of Wales,
as rumour had it—gossip is again busy with. State duties
and State intentions. It is hoped that Government means
to buy the house for a Museum of Natural History, it
being closely situated to the Zoological Gardens.
A TRA.IN being started, by the orders of the station-
master, from the Hampton-court station, while a porter
was still between the carriages, coupling them together,
the man, whose name was Edward Cullen, has been killed.
RELICS.—Some men, excavating_for -the City Commis-
sioners of Sewers, in Long-lane, Smithfield, have disco-
vered a quantity of burnt human bonesand charred wood,
which have been carefully placed in a,c01611, and buried in
sacred ground, many believing them .to ,be the remains of
martyrs of the 16th century.
AN INSOLVENT named William Miller-, who has been in
custody at the Winchester county gaolfernearly 40years,
and who, though several times offeredlis liberation, obsti-
nately refused to accept it, was on Tuesday removed by
writ of habeas corpus, at his own .recipest, to the Queen
prison, with a view tozobtain his disoh

EXTRAORDINARY ACClDENT.—somi:l*tie children at
Penzance were recently, after the fashion of children,
acting a show, and one little boy, standiog on a log, held
an iron supporter of an umbrella in his month to signify
a musical instrument. He slipped,and:fell, and the iron
was driven an inch and a half into the back of his mouth.
The child lingered a few days, and:died.
THE COUNCIL OF TIES ROYAL ACADEMY OF Music in-
tend, it is stated, to erect an academy upon a site offered
by John Laurie, Esq., of Hyde-park.-place, a late Sheriff
of London, in a central position in Cavendish-square.
The building is to vie with any in the kingdom, and not
to be outdone by any in Europe, erected for the cultiva-
tion of musical science.

ham POOR.—A parliamentary return shows the
number of Irish poor removed from the-parish of Liverpool
to their own country since Jan. 1, 1849. In 1849, the
number was 9,409, at a cost of £2,519. In 1850, there were
7,626 removed, at an expense of £1,487. In 1851, £1,951
was expended in removing 7,738 persons. In 1852, the
number was 6,490, costing £1,455. in 1853, it was 4,525
and the expense £1,130. During: the first six months of
the present year 1,885 persons were sent over to Ireland,
at a cost of £422.

SLA.VERY.—According to the American journals,General
Pezuela, the new Captain-General of Cuba, winks at the
illicit traffic in slaves as hard as his predecessors. The
story is, that the government were informed that three
cargoes of slaves would be landed. at Trinidad. A courier
was despatched by land to order the seizure of the slaves ;
but some hours earlier another was sent by sea. He
arrived three days before the land messenger ; the slaves
were landed, sold, and dispersed; and the Captain-General,
the Marquis Pezuela, pocketed 45,000 dollars by the
transaction. _

RirsstAx DUTCH LOAN.—A parliamentary document
has just been printed, containing an account of the
amounts paid, for principal and interest, in each year
for the Russian Dutch loan since the treaty of Vienna,
and stating the amount of the principal sum of such loan
now due and payable by Great Britain, under the Act 2
and 3 Will. W., c. 81. The amount paid for principal
and interest is £4,110,968 58. 10d. The amount of the
principal of the loan now due and payable by Great
Britian, is £1,328,191 18s. 10d. The estimated amount
of principal and interest'on Ist January last remaining to
be paid, by instalments, of this loan by'Great Britain, is
£3,386,889 9s. 2d.
A liremsrour was seen the other day-eff Middles-
borough. The first appearance was something like a
folded umbrella hanging down from the clouds, then it
assumed the appearance of an elongated inverted cone.
Its whirling motion was most extraordinary, and the size
unusually large, seeming almost to touch the ground near
Easton Tower, Behind the dark waterspout a great mass
of white clouds appeared, adding greatly to the effect. The
accompanying whirlwind took up two haystacks.
1 ISivlsns Bests FOR SEAMEN. —By a clause in the
Merchant Shipping Bill, the Commissioners for the Re-
duction of the National Debt, or the Comptroller-General
acting under them, may, on the recommendation of the
Board of Trade, establish savings banks it such ports and
places within the United Kingdom, as may appear to be
expedient, to receive from or on account of seamen, or the
wives and families of seamen, deposits to an amount not
exceeding £l5O in the whole. A sailor will thus have the
opportunity of ,investing his ravine at a rate of interest
of £3 per cent. per annum, on the seculty of the govern-
ment.

A QUADIMLE.—WhiIe M. Jullien wis in New York he
composed a Fireman's Quadrille. The fourth figure opens
with a description of night. The city is hushed in silence.
Suddenly the alarm bell is heard—shouts of "fire" issue
from a hundred mouths blowing lustily through speaking-
trumpets—red and white lights shown behind the glass
complete the illusion ; and, as the orchestral tumult rises
to its height, a fire-engine is busily worked behind the
stage. The effect was so complete that many of the
audience took fright, and were only quieted by a few words
from Barnum.

QUA.CICERY.—A woman named Ann Cooper, who has '
carried on the profession of a " doetoress" at Hull, to such
an extent as to require an assistant, was tried for the man-
slaughter of a tallow-refiner, at the York assizes, on Wed-
nesday. This man had cut a piece off• his thumb, and
went to work at his trade afterwards. The arm swelling,
he went to the prisoner, who gave him some lotion to apply
to it. After this it got worse and he died. At the trial
a surgeon deposed that it was quite as likely to have been
rancid tallow getting into the wound which killed the
man, as the woman's lotion. The prisoner was therefore
acquitted.
EFFECT OF MUSIC Or HOESES.—Horses are frightened
or excited by music. To cure them of this, it is a good
plan to ride them with a military band every morning : if
you have not such a thing near, blow a horn in the stable
till they will put their noses into it and take out a
piece of.sugar. You can get them to do it in a very short
time, and afterwards they will hardly prick their ears at
the most intolerable organ - grinder who ever- was in
league with an undertaker to ply his trade upon the
wooden pavement.—The Roving Englishman.
TRADE WITH FRANCE.—By a parliamentary return
just published, relative to the trade between the United
Kingdom and France, it appears that in 1852 the official
value of English and Irish produce and manufactures and
for.eign and colonial merchandise exported to France,
amounted to" £5,592,721; and- in '1853 the amount was
£5,375,971. The official value of the imports from France
was, in 1852, £6,590,844, upon which the amount of im-
port duties was £2,103,427. In 1853 the official value was
£8,613,432, and the import duties £2,098,211.
THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL.—The Times, in a re-
cent article on the proposed international festival, says—
" How is it possible to hint, without offence to them (the
French),that in reality they are not the guests of the
English nation, but of a batch of fussy traders, at whose
tables they would be sure to meet with every luxury
save the letter H 7" In a second edition the words ID
italics were omitted, being probably, on second thoughts,
considered top offensive. The project, itappears, has been
virtually given up. It is too late to have the proposed
celebration this season ' • next year our allies will be occu-
pied with their " Great Exhibition," and it will be some-
what late in 1856 to celebrate the union of 1854, even if,
happily, it should last so long.
Puscocirr.—A policeman recently .seeing two little
boys in the pit of the Victoria Theatre, 'With pistols, took
them up. One of them, Thomas William Tyler, thirteen
years old, he found answered adeaciiption in his informa-
tion book. The little thief had been errand-boy to a
jeweller, and ran away with fire soiereigns belonging to
his master. He was tried at the Middlesex sessions on
Monday. He said, " Well, I went to the Surrey Theatre,
and I had never been there before, and I met two boys,
and they says to me, ' Come along with us, we've got some
money and they took me to Woolwich, and when their
money was gone I was to keep them with mine, and so I
did ; that's all." The jury found him guilty, and he was
sentenced to six months' imprisonment.

FRENCH ENTERPRISE.—i Southampton correspondent
writes :—One of the richest men in France, who associated
in that country with those distinguished for rank and
fashion, left Parisian gaity a few years since, and took to
farming. He had his estates in Normandy farmed after
the English fashion, bought a steamer, and established a
communication between Carenton and Southampton, to
convey horned cattle, sheep, poultry, and all kinds of farm
and dairy produce from France to England. The captain
and crew are all English. The steamer makes one or two '
trips a week, and realises an immense profit. A large es-
tablishment, both French and English, is kept employed
by the farming operations and the steam traffic. Carenton
is a small town, where Norman manners exist in perfec-
tion. It has a church nearly a thousand years old.
Amongst the native farmers in the neighbourhood agri-
culture is carried on with primitive simplicity. There
horses are harnessed by coarse ropes and heavy chains, as
in the days of William tho Conqueror. Apples, wheat,
barley, beans, potatoes, all grow in the same field. Caren-
ton is about 25 miles from Cherbourg, and is connected
by a fine old Roman road, straight as an arrow.
A Rio" M.P.—Sir John Ramsden, the youngest, and,
it is said, the richest member in the House of Commons,
who made his maiden speech in favour of the admission of
Dissenters into the Universities, says the London corres-
pondent of the Dundee Advertiser, "owns all the land
upon which the town of Huddersfield is built, with the
exception of one plot of ground upon which stands the
dwelling of an eccentric Quaker. This piece of freehold
has been always much coveted by the Rain:den family,
and its possession has been as obstinately retained by the
present owner, in spite of most tempting offers. On one
occasion, the father of the present Sir John, then plain
Mr. Ramsden, called upon the Quaker, and is said to have
offered to cover the roof of the house with sovereigns, as
the price of its purchase. Broadbrim, however, refused
unless the sovereigns were placed edgeways !
Mr. Rams-
den naturally thought this would be paying rather too
dear for the indulgence of his foible, and refused the offers
Hay
ing,
`Then which the Rnaker closed the chaffer by i.
"Then thou may'st go haw to thy friends, John, and tell
them that all Huticlorabltllnlonge tome r4ucl to theA

A GERMAN SAUSAGE.—A. chronicle states that "it was
formerly the custom in some German towns for the
butchers to carry about an immense sausage on New
Year's-day, and make merry over it. The•butchers of
IConig,sburg made one in 1353, which was Zeryards long,
weighed 2,494 pounds ; containing, among other ingre-
dients, 36 hams, and was' borne by 96 journeymen
butchers on wooden forks,"--
A NONOGENAEIAN. Diedat Walbattle• Colliery, a
few days since, Frances Hall, at the age (according to her
own account) of ninety-three years and • a day. She
walked from one room to another- a few days- before her
death. She had never known illness—never took medi-
cine or any stimulating drink--rose early and lived on
simple fare. During the last fourteen years-she- had used
no spectacles. She could thread the finest 'needle or read
the smallest print without the help of glasses. Mrs.
Hall was left a widow, about fifty years 'ago, .with a large
family. By teachinc, a school and: by sewing%she brought
up her children, and gave them all a fair education. She
was born at Low Warden, near! -Hexham.• Her maiden
name was Yarrow. She lived a long time at Ovingham.
She was a member of the Church; and did not miss the
sacramental table twice for half a century.

PROPOSED GIGANTIC STATUE OP SKARDPEARE.----
Signor Chardigni has made public, through • the Journal
of the Society of Arts, a proposal for, erecting a gigantic
statue of Shakspeare. Russia, he says.; boasts her colossal
statue of Peter the Great ; Italy of.-Cbarles Borromeo ;
Bavaria its gigantic statue, the head Of which forms a con-
spicuous ornament at the Crystal Palace. Why should
not England have her great statue.? Signor Chardigni
proposes that the statue should be 100. feet high, of cast
iron, formed by a new process, which he has invented. In
the statue it is proposed to have three. Odors;-with a stair-
case for ascending to the top or head ;of the monument.
These three floors will divide the statue into,three rooms,
of about 80 feet in circumference and 15-4 feet each in
height, the sides of which the artist proposes should be
adorned with bassi-relievi, in cast iron#,representing all
the chief scenes of Shakspeare's plays. lathe middle of
the first floor are to be statues, in cast iron, of the Queen
and Prince Albert. The third floor of •the- statue, reach-
ing to the head, will afford a splendid panoramic view of
London, through the apertures for the :eyes, which, fol-
lowing the proportions of the rest of the -statue, will be
more than 2 feet wide. In addition to—the light which
will come from the apertures of the eyes;-a large quantity
of light will be admitted by the top of. the-head, which is
for this purpose intended to be made of glass. In addition
to this, the folds of the drapery of the statue-will admit a
variety of openings, not visible from belowithrough which
light and air may be introduced. It is alseproposed that
it should contain a library of the beat edibiona of Shaka-
peare's works. Busts, in cast iron, of contemporaries of
Shakspeare, and of those whose names have-been worthily
associated with his, would be fitting ornaments of the in-
terior. The statue would stand on a pedestal of stone, in
which should be the entrance, through doors of cast iron,
whose panels might be adorned with appropriate bassi-
rilievi. So far Signor Chardigni. Nothing:is said about
ways and means. These, however, we should fancy, would
not long be wanting were some such suggestion taken up
in earnest. Such a statue must have a commanding posi-
tion, and the only available site in London is Primrose-
hill. A national work, however, should i have a public
site. Will the Society of Arts begin the movement ?
Here is one of the wrongs of time which it would be a
lasting honour for such a body to repair.—Atherueum.
DISTRESSING CASE.—The Reading Mercury gives the
evidence at an inquest held at Marsh Benham, on the body
of a young married woman, who was seized with convul-
sive fits about four o'clock on the afternoon of Monday week,
and continued in a succession of fits till about one in the
morning, when she died. The husband deposed—" I was
sent for about half-past five ; she was then in a fit. I went
directly to Dr. Robinson, at Newbury. I saw him ;he
said I was to go to Mr. Probyn, the parish doctor, at Don-
nington. I went to Mr. Probyn ; he was not at home. I
went from there to Dr. Palmer, at Newbury. I saw him;
he said he did not attend to such cases unless he was be-
spoke beforehand. I stated all particulars,.and said it was
not a lying-in case, but convulsive fits.. I also let Mr.
Robinson know the full particulars of the case. I then
went to Mr. Carter, at Newbury ; he. said he could not
come as he had so much to attend to round the town. I
went from there to Mr. Lidderdale, at.Kintbury ; he said
he could not come, as his horses were racked up for the
night. I then got a sovereign and went to Mr. Carter,
at Newbury ; he looked out of the window and told me it
was no use my coming bothering there,.as he could not at-
tend to it. It was then about half-past eleven o'clock. I
then went to Dr. Royston ; and he said: I was to go to the
parish doctor, Mr. Probyn. I offered Dr. Royston the
sovereign to come. I then went again. to,Mr. Probyn ; it
was then one o'clock ; I saw Mrs. Probyn ; she told me it
was no use my waiting there, as Mr. Probyn would not be
home till seven or eight in the morning.. After that I
went to Mr. Robinson again ; I saw. Mrs. Robinson ; she
said it was no use my coming there, as Mr. Robinson was
not at home. I then went home, giving it up as a heart-
less affair, and upon my arrival home I found my wife
dead." The coroner told the jury that their- judicial duty
was confined to ascertaining the: cause of death, which
they found to be from natural, causes ; but some strong
remarks were made not at all complimentary to the
medical gentlemen applied to.
TILE POST OPPICE.—From the returns of post-office
revenue lately published, it appears.that the gross revenue
for the year ending sth January,. 1854, was £2,631,944.
From which has to be deducted—
Amount of postage lost by returned
___ _

_ letters v.e28,431 0
Ditto due by East India Company,
and given up 29,106 0
Costs of management

Pension to the Duke of Nlarlbotough 4,000 0
Ditto to the Duke of Grafton 3,407 10
Ditto to the heirs of the Duke of

Schomberg
Sum paid to the Commissioners of
the Milford Haven road fund, to-
wants repayment of principal and
interest of Exchequer Bills for

making such road, in lieu of addi.
tional rates pfipost!igeformerly

charged on letters by that route 438 0 .L'1,458,216 10

1,173,727 10

134,112 0

Of this sum, however, the charge on the cor-
respondence of Government amounts to ....
Leaving the actual revenue derived from the
Post-office
The total number of letters posted in the three kingdoms
(including foreign and ship letters) during 1853, was
410,817,489, being 322 millions and seven-tenths in
England and Wales ; 40 millions and two-fifths in Ire-
land, and 40 millions and three-fifths in Scotland. Of
the 329 millions and seven-tenths in England and Wales,
232 millions and a half were posted in the country ; 54
millions and two-fifths in London for delivery in the
country and abroad; and 42 millions and four-fifths in
London for delivery in the London district. The net
revenue, which fell upon the introduction of the reduced
rates of postage from £1,614,353 to £410,028 per annum,
has recovered to £1,032,615, still leaving a deficiency of
revenue of more than half a million pounds from the uni-
form penny-postage. The amount passed through the
Money-order-office in 1840, the first year of its existence,
was £311,727 ; in 1853 it was £9,920,296. Of this latter
sum England and Wales supplied £8,339,938, Ireland
£778,196, and Scotland £802,102. The profit on this
department last year was £14,402 in England and Wales,
and £517 in Scotland ; from which must be deducted a
loss of £770 incurred in Ireland. The returns to the 3rd
of July last past show an increase of £166,000 on the year,
and £128,000 on the quarter.
THE VINE DlSEASE.—Advices from Oporto, with re-
gard to the vine disease, state that, owing to a long pre-
valence of cold foggy weather, it has continued to in-
crease, although hopes of an improvement were beginning
to be entertained from the effects of a change to warmth
which had just set in. From the Upper Douro the recent
accounts were more favourable in relation to certain dis-
tricts, and some persons even thought it likely as much
wine may be produced as last year. Around the city of
Oporto, however, the young grapes seemed entirely gone.
Throughout the .Minho province they looked better, but
in the Beira the blight was general. Apples and fruit of
all descriptions, particularly almonds, and likewise the
potato crop, were less infected than in former years, and
promised to be abundant. A disturbance which had
taken place in the city, owinc, to a great advance in
Indian corn, caused by the stocks' having been bought up
by speculators, had been promptly suppressed, although
some of the master manufacturers of the place appeared
dispoS6l to turn it to account by urging the poor, with
whom it forms an important article of food, to the belief
that their privations would increase with every step
the government may take iu departing from a prohibitory
tariff.
SINGULAR CASE OF BIGAMY.—EIIen Frankleton, late of
Bradford, wa s tried at the York assizes, last week, on a
charge of bigamy. It appeared that the prisoner, on the
17th April, 1837, was married to Daniel Frankleton, a
whitesmith, at the parish church of Halifax. They lived
together for a few years, and then separated. Frankleton,
the husband, formed an attachment for a young woman
named Margaret Scott, with whom he cohabited for some
time, and then proceeded with her to New York. In
February last Scott came to England from America,
leaving Frankleton in a good state of health. After sepa-
rating from her husband the prisoner went to reside at
Bradford, where she kept a disreputable house. In the
early part of last year the prisoner inveigled into her
house a retired gentleman of ample means, named Jonas
Knowles, a widower, upwards of 50 years of age. Mr.
'Knowles was very much addicted to drinking, and unable
to transact any kind of business. He resided in the house
along with the prisoner for a short time, and she persuaded
him to marry her. Accordingly a marriage settlement
in favour of the prisoner was drawn up by an attorney,
and the prisoner, consequently, became possessed of a con-
siderable amount of property. On Margaret Scott's arrival
in this country, it was ascertained that Frankleton was
alive, and the prisoner being afraid that she should be
prosecuted for bigamy, made overtures to Scott, and en-
deavoured to prevail on her to go back at once to America,
and induce Frankleton to leave New York, and go and
reside in the interior of the country, where he was not
known, so that it might be supposed he was dead. The
party who instituted the prosecution frustrated the designs
of the prisoner, and Scott and Frankleton's mother became
witnesses in support of the charge of bigamy. The de-
fence set up was that the prisoner had not heard of her
husband for upwards of eight years, that sho was under
the belief he was dead, and that, consequently, she could
not be guilty of the charge imputed to her. The jury
found her guilty. Sentence was deferred.
I COAL MINNs IN TURKEY.--A concession of the coal
mines in the valleys of Kozlou and Zangeldek, near
Heraclea, has at length been obtained by the English go-
vernment. Lord Stratford, finding that the private in-
terests ofseveral of the Pashas were opposed to this desirable
measure, had an audience with the Sultan, and after, it is
said, some difficulty, succeeded in convincing him that the
interests of the Turkish government would be best served
by permitting the mines to be worked by English capital,
directed by English skill. The Turkish government will
receive a high rent for the coal, and the French govern-
ment bepermittedto share in the benefits of the concession,
although, in order to avoid confusion, the management will
be entirely intrusted to Englishmen. The Turkish go-
vernment still retain the greater portion of the coal-fields
in their hands, but the district conceded will, it is stated,
supply, under efficient direction, during the first twelve
months, about 60,000 tons of coal ; after that period a
greatly increased quantity. These 60,000 tons of coal
will amply supply the necessities of the two fleets, and,
including the rent paid to the Turkish government, can
be supplied at the rate, of £1 per ton ; whereas, at least
E4lea, QV gi if paid ickr UFer7 tQII 0241,11114 IT the dots.

EMBARKATION OF

THE SCOTS; GRZYS

AT an early hour on Tuesday- -morning,, the' principal
thoroughfares leading towards- the Landingzstnge were
densely crowded by an eager assemblage •of people of all
ranks, waiting the arrival of the head-quarters- and main
body of the -Scots Greys, who were to embark on
board the screw steam-ship Himalaya, for- the seat
of war in Tiirkey. - At about half-past six, the first
detachment, from Prescot, headed by the -fine regimental
band, turned from the London-road into -Lime-street, and
marched downtowards the Lan ding-stage,•the band playing
"Bonnie Annie Laurie," and other-Scotch tunes: They
were followed in about an hour by.the remainder of the
gallant corps, who had marched in from St. Helens. As
they proceeded along the line of streets, they were fol-
lowed by an immense crowd of persons.. On arriving at
the George's DSck, the crowd was •stayed by barricades
which had been put.up to prevent any undue pressure of
the spectators from interfering with the orderly embarka-
tion of the troops,• and which were kept by a large-body of
police constablesc under command of - Major Greig„. the
head-constable, and ,Superiritendents.- Ride, Quick,. and
Boyd. Immediately after arriving on George's Pier, the
troopers began their; preparations for-getting. on ship-
board, which were gone through with order and: prompti.
tufie, slightly interrupted here and there -by affectionate
leave-takings between the soldiers and their friends:

At a few minutes before seven o'clock* the Himalaya
stood in for the Landing-stage, and by seven the noble
vessel was moored alongside, her bow being at the northern
extremity of the stage, and her stern reaching within a
short distance of its-southern end. Measures were imme-
diately taken for rigging .up the horse bridge; which, from
the great height of the vessel, was of considerable length.
In getting this apparatus fitted up, the only accident
attending the embarkation occurred. It made- a slight
lurch, and the end. of it striking one of the life-boats
belonging to the ship, stove its bow. The horse-bridge
fixed, the embarkation of the horses immediately com-
menced under the superintendence of Captain. Engledue,
assisted by Mr. Edmunds the officer in charge of the
Oriental and Peninsular Steam-ship Company's vessels in
Liverpool. The embarkation commenced. at half-past
eight o'clock; and so admirable were all the arrangements,
both onishore and on board the vessel, that the last horse
of the two hundred and eight which were shipped at Liver-
pool was put on board at ten minutespast nine cklock, not
more than forty minutes having been occupied in' per-
forming this arduous and highly responsibleanty. Each
horse on being brouOit on deck. was, immediately placed
in the cushioned crib which had been prepared for its
reception, and throughout the whole proceedings the most
perfect order and decorum prevailed. The Landing-stage
had been kept perfectly clear, and, within less than half-
an-hour after the horses had been put on board, the men,
with their accoutrements and marching-baggage, had been
placed on the decks and in the berths of the ship.
The regiment is under the command: of Lieut.-Colonel
Griffiths, who, alonc, with Major O'Sullivan and Adjutant
Miller, aided by along
Bevis, commandant of the
transport department at Liverpool, superintended the
general arrangements, in • which they were greatly as-
sisted by the judicious care .and, gentlemanly- attention of
Captain Killock, commander of 'the Himalaya. Includ-
ing the remount, and troop and officers' horses shipped at
Kingstown, and those put on board here, there were three
hundred and ninety-five • horses ; besides four hundred
officers, non-commissioned bffiters, itnii privates belonging
to the Scots Greys on board: while Assistant-Surgeons
Williams and Sherlock, of the rifle-brigade, go out as
passengers. From the great size and well-considered
arrangements of the shipithere• is ample and convenient
accommodation for this .large-number of men and horses,
in addition to the numerous-crew.

Besides the officers named: as connected with the em-
barkation, there was a numerous assemblage of the elite
of Liverpool and its neighbourhood in attendance, including
amongst others, John ,Back Lloyd, Esq., Mayor ; Samuel
Holme, Esq. ; James A. Tobin, Esq.; Charles Turner,
Esq. ; and many ladies. Hisworship the Mayor had invited
Colonel Griffiths and, the officers of the Regiment to
breakfast at the Townthall:;. but as the commanding and
other officers felt it incompatible with the discharge of
their duty to leave the meih the courtesy was politely
declined.

All the operations connected with the embarkation
having been completed, the mooring hawsers were thrown
off, and precisely at ten o'clock the huge, yet stately ship,
was put in motion ,and, after backing a few turns of the
screw, she steamed,out into the stream, the band of the
Scots Greys striking: up the National Anthem, which was
responded to by loud' and enthusiastic cheers by the
crowds assembled' on the Landing-stage (which by this
time had been thrown open to the public), and those on
the George's and Prince's piers, and warmly echoed by
the soldiers on. board. The band then played, " Should
Auld Acquaintance.be Forgot," which was the signal for
further cheering; the expressive strains of the fine air
being ultimately lost in the growing distance as the ship
receded from the• shore.

Nothing could exceed the order and good feeling evinced
on all sides,•and' fortunately no circumstance of a painful
nature occurred to. mar the general harmony, or disturb
the enthusiasm. The only disagreeable thing which took
place being the and rather perilous immersion
of a young man about seventeen, who, while endeavouring
to get on board a boat from the Prince's Pier by means of
planks, was seized with a fit and fell into the water. He
was speedily rescued, however, through the prompt inter-
vention of the police, under the instructions of Superin-
tendent Boyd, and taken to the Baths, where, the usual
restorativesbeing applied, he soon recovered.
Captain KiLloek, of the Himalaya, is a gentleman well-
known in Liverpool, he having for many years sailed in
different vessels from this port ; amongst others in
the Bentinck, from Liverpool to India. It is almost
superfluous to add that he is as much respected and be-
' loved for his urbanity and gentlemanly deportment, as he
is esteemed and honoured for his superior nautical
acquirements.
• During Tuesday afternoon and evening the Woodside
and several other ferry steamers carried their passengers
round the Himalaya, and ' hearty cheers, and cries of
"Give Nicholas a plumper." "Pitch into ould Nick, my
boys !" from some enthusiastic civilians, were responded
to by the soldiers with equal cordiality and good humour.
As the evening advanced, the troops collected in. the bows
of the steamer, and, enveloped in their red cloaks, listened
to the music of their band, smoked their pipes, or chatted
over the prospects of the war, and what might be their
own part in it At S'2o a.m. on Wednesday morning, the
Himalaya, having weighed anchor, stood down stream and
proceeded on her voyage.