The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-31 00:00:00

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1854.

406 AL IN. TELLIGENCE

thes;,ltTlE SANSON, the wife of a baker ..
urgei_thare'',,l4l4_been committed for trial at the assizes, on th
of
wilfully caused the death of her child,
due eleii'.°la, by drowning. She is believed to be in-
‘4tld, ling attempted to drown herself along with the
beeii 8 PLETCHER, a youth, of Royton, near Oldham,
',,oseph „committed for trial for the manslaughter of
R.°' a la.e' 'critic, 15 years of age, who died in consequence
bef waleh Fletcher gave him on the abdomen, three
hke oat foomre, when the deceased and he quarrelled over a
the
„fia`hca4lit. ""
W's BAMERTYPTCY.-31r. Commissioner Perry
Se,;"11, on Tuesday, in the case of Mr. Edwin Maw,
tithe°2ll be Foundry. The result of his judgment was,
api t
1,44 D proceedings in bankruptcy are annulled,
hey ant wustees are left to make the best arrangement
414, With the creditors, the bankrupt meanwhile
sisroaucler the protection of the court.
'lays
IN NORTH LANCASHIRE.—The Preston
4e tein 'lays, that in the Blackburn district some of
411114141: have commenced short time. In Preston one
kers ~,,,beert running from light to dark, and several
k‘" named as likely to do the same, unless there is
ijrovement in trade. Several in Accrington, Churoch,
ttir At", liarwood, &c., commenced on Friday working
ps Per week.
k.1),,,5!, CARGO of New Tnas.—The ship Vision, Capt.
;I'lo3l6las, arrived on Friday in the Mersey, after a run
'N S% fqa from Hong-Kong. She left that port on the
hatsliY, Canton the 16th July, and Anjer August 14.
q„ Made the run out and home in seven months
krt " said to be the fastest on record—having left this
Or new the 14th March. She has brought the first cargo
the Lteas arrived from China in this country during
the
i-'Bl3l Year ; so that Liverpool rejoices, for three
utfor,'4 succession, in having the new growth of tea
141s,..London, which had heretofore enjoyed a monopoly.
liveti,'2 the chrysolite arrived at Liverpool, the first ship
season from China; in 1853 the Stornoway, for
INer, beat the celebrated American clipper Chal-
p_ , for London by several weeks.
0 Wednesday last, a purse and
enty n
tle/neng,4lneas were presented, by a few members of St.
%rate t„s Church, Windsor, Liverpool, to their respncted
Nal.4 the
Rev. G. London, as a token of their Christian
tealth' having to resign his curacy on account of ill
%cm' 'or a new sphere of labour on the borders of
N4ri11)124, _
—OniTaesday, at the New Bailey police-
-1,41 the Salford, Thomas. Dixon, late a commercial traveller
'q,,eatt; „service of Mr. Joel Stott, pike maker, Newton
;11 n,',.:ear Manchester, was charged with having embeze-
9Pre'eYs belonging to his employer.. He had
tkv'eaded in Li l, after he had paid 16 guineas for
defa j)ass tovrmrlica. He admitted that he was a
igAtt
..„"c,! to the extenteof £6l lls., but it appeared that he
T, to T°Priated between £lOO and £2OO. When taken
as "(IY, the sum of £5l was found in his possession.
,remanded.
!last*: 1-2uBLIN LETTER BAG.—Mr. Banning, the post-
"lrt' has addressed the following letter to a contem-
having been reported in some of the Liver-
• ra that a bag of letters from Liverpool for
4had been lost, I think it right to state that no
1-88 has occurred. The erroneous report has arisen,
flpaaPose from the circumstance that the mail-bag de-
'from this office for Dublin on the evening of
4htp,',_'° hist , was delayed for several hours, owing to
vefedown of the railway train by which it was non-
Ncaroro Birkenhead to Chester, which caused it to
sat,; the latter place too late to catch the mail train, the
it;alght, from Chester to Holyhead.
kiCtZilaa ComauTTEn.—The final meeting of thiscam-
▪ Preparatory to the winding-up of the municipal
blia.t. was held on Wednesday, Mr. Langsdale in the
were also present Messrs. Dover, Moss,
• , r„.
Fleming, Hodson, Bigham, Halhead,
ritredfreY, and Henderson. A report was read, embo-
!lllo,the views of Mr. Fairbairn, on the subject of the
Iltfisance, and suggesting means for its prevention
tow• s
borough ; whereupon it was resolved that the
tor inlerk should prepare a brief series of instructions
km" guidance of manufacturers ; and it was further
It a 17ed, to employ the services of an officer, for one year,
or,-hsalarY of £l5O, to inspect and examine furnaces.
44,14 Mean called attention to and c o t et
IN Ales. try on the previous day, and comp ed. tha i
,Ileeta4lll sought to fix on him certain inaccuracies con-
akth'' with the weekly returns furnished by him of the
~Willicit-B„from cholera. He then read a series of letters
`llldeekaaaed between himself and the vestry, and con-
k.% - u3' repeating that the difference in the returns fur-
leattev't by him as compared with those furnished by there
• was occasioned by the omission of the chole
• the workhouse, which error was detected and
ver•
la-":Py him.—Mr. Hodson said this was the old story
was4lll- It was positively degrading, and the sooner
the co 1)14 a stop to the better.—Mr. Moss could assure
kitlakruittee that the vestry laboured under the impres-
*ter '44 it was very roughly treated. As a body they
Pre~Y wen d* poed to do their duty. He could understand
notis goings to allow the matter to remain as at
• but were going.. to bring it before a higher.
khe Pesl.--Mr. Hodson- said.' no, charge was made against
."rs' until it was asserted by them that the Health
N Ilattee was neglecting its duty.—Dr. Dsuncatn:lrevelr
114, Charge or said a word against the elec
kft:rniere}Y spoken in vindication of my own character.pedu
hopet,se'me further conversation the matter drop . .
11°Yed a vote of thanks to,. the chairman on the
the ttlsion of his arduous year of office. He also moved
banks of the committee to its officers for th valu
k-
eetvices• The motion was seconded by 31!. Hodson,_
lick,%rried unanimously.—The chairman having briefly
11wledg.ed the compliment, the committee adjourned.
I°° 1411-N.v iv TErN RIVER.—On Thursday, four rough-
Iti:-Alt-Lnen,- -named Alexander Smith, Thomas Boyd,
It'elre,,qunter and James Howard, were charged,_ at
°11""° rd re with mutinous and disorderly conduct
C4LPtaia/CD'lle°7lto'ra Macdonald, on the previous afternoon.
ihrsutt of jA ex stated that, when the steam-tender was on the
Aeaving the vessel, the prisoner Smith, who w_as
uttrl„„_• . 'Le of intoxication at the time, and had been unruly
,ttliCK, the early part of the day, jumped on board the
caa1;31111 positively refused to return. He was eventually
ttooto"' alover the paddle-boxes, and confined in the mes
-Lae other three prisoners demanded the release of
0.4b1e "LinPanion, and at once proceeded to attempt a for-
ib'ne, knocking down the first mate, striking the
sinashiug the windows of the mate's room, an
• .`"g in the cabin door. The men, iu their defence,
k,,ne several irrelevant statements, but admitted being
eff4,,R7: Smith and Howard, who appeared to be the
ntl-"4ltineers, were committed to gaol for twelve weeks,
tack, 'd labour; and Hunter and Boyd far four weeks
thea:.7lll-Asir.—A public meeting of the inhabitants of
ti,val7.,tric,t, in connection with the church of St. John the
et Knotty-Ash, was held on Thursda. y night, in
SohoDotoo, to aid in obtaining subscriptions in sup-
tilos c't. the Patriotic Fund for the widows and ohans of
tho fall in battle, or other casualties of th present
tki• --dohn ayon.all, in the chair. John,Radclaffe,
Nalil,.lll°ved-5` That this. meeting cordially approve of the
011,1o7hraent of a fond for the relief of the widows, or-
lerr'' and dependant relatives of those who fall in the
thethe Lee of their country." T. C. Molyneux, Esq., seconded
motion which was adopted. The Rev. W. T. Newen-
ShZ"ed, and Edmund Maindley, Esq., seconded,
'r resolution, appointing a local committee to obtain
1104-o,tiPtions. The Rev. W. T. Newenham was appointed
„.Tu.,,, secretary
‘;oRPORATION AccotrxTs.—The annual statement
.„,‘o ti;lints, issued by Mr. John Wybergh, the treasurer
„,'"ae corporation, has just been printed for circulation.
40se -4°,144 extends to the 31st August, 1854, being the
9.4ekr tb". die cial year. It appears that, for the past
~"'4l4,Aftx-e ordinary income of the corporation amounted to
113/ 43-7 4drY and of the ordinary expenditure to
8301 8d.," l • a surplus income of _X77,134
‘tle incomeeais leaving
derived from—Town
at.ws! Rl2 -
;,I,sB.l.fines leases,p &c., £50,807; from tenants-
(l,2l32-1 9,246'• markets,' 4,467 ; tobacco warehouses,
-; river craft aft dock £1,598 ; magistrates' clerks'.
ktll, £2,947 ; fines imposed by magistrates, 4,429.
$lO other payments out of the surplus income are
me 17b voted by the council on the sth October last, for
'4,er:ts'rarY and museum ; £2,876 for general improve-
pj(l forge 2s. 11d. on account of the law courts
L',l` lii„,s-hall. The amount received on account
b`,la ,-,-"'elun Rate" was as follows :—Township of Tox-
.'44).,..'ark, rate for 1852-53 (balance), £253 14s. 6d. ;
i‘R°.ll, rate for 1852.53, £228 18s. 2d. ; Eve ton, rate
'll2-°3-4 (on account), £lOO ; Kirkdale, rate for 1853-54,
t 2,..
tba, 70 • 7cl. ; Parish of Liverpool, rate for 1853-54,
"etotal, £3,965 17s. sd. The balance op
;arti-rPlu.s income accounts to £22,367 12s. 10d. which is
tIZI forward to the account of extraordinary receipts.
t• he branch of extraordinary receipts the total amount
`414t1 fberedit of the corporate estate is £146,133 Bs. 11d.,
-tre is a balance due from the bankers of £71,502
;u53lR`". In the hands of the treasurer the is
Th ho d debt of the corporation. amounts to
Itrlth;'.lls97 16es 2dn. There is a sum of £289,769 0,--
'rti, 'ock tills. tees to the corporation for la-
ht'ds" Shore, Nova Scotia, Mann Island, .
tausisee'can,..ll £16,222 10s. due on the sale of lane
641, Iligh-street and Exchange-street East. Amb_
kEt i"8 of
general law
will be found a chargt.
e 3 a for general law and parliamentary expenses. In
Re'ghs and measures department the expenditr-
net4,,,l73 7s. 9d., but from this amount must
Zettlai '6,90 17s. 7d. for fines, adjusting, &c.,
‘44t3'e enavge to the corporation of £4B°
ar the cost of the same department ww.
Of trtS, Baer defraying all expenses, produc
/!as 4 At St. George's. the
:,049, the seat rents producing
elt. Marti at St. Michael's, £668 ; St. Thomas s
Itks n's, £607. For public schools th
1,84 k (7.10, and, deducting pence receive"
tehl -,0.62R188, which, adding exper'
as the total cost on the c,
44,,ck-street thvashh°ll'
ratio e
thew
to_•l_ street thew
t 3,1 ofut,,cs.ly 6s. 2d.
ge bath from Cornwallis-street 1.
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LIE PHILICARMONIC SOCIETY.—The seventh subscrip-
tion concert in connection with this society takes place
this evening. The performers include Madame Clara
Novello, Mr. Sims Reeves, and the members of the
English Glee and Madrigal Union.

LAUNCH AT WARRINGTON.—On Monday, a fine ship
of 455 tons burthen, called the Liverpooliana, modelled
by Mr. Jonathan Grindroi, of Liverpool, was launched
from the Bank-quay Foundry, at Warrington. She has
been built for Mr. John Longton, of Liverpool, and is
intended for the Brazilian trade. Her dimensions are-
-142 feet 3 inches between perpendiculars ; breadth of
beam, 26 feet ; from underside of deck amidships to top
of ceiling, 15 feet 6 inches ; height between decks, 6 feet
6 inches.

TRE IMPERIDOR, new iron mail screw steamer, belong-
ing to the South American and General Steam Navigation
Company, took her departure from the Mersey, on Wed-
nesday, for Lisbon, Madeira, and the Brazils, having
fifty-five passengers, a heavy mail, jewellery and specie,
and a large cargo on board. The Imperador, which was
recently launched from the building-yard of Mr. John
Laird, of Birkenhead, is 265 feet long, 36 feet beam, 25
feet deep, and 1,800 tons measurement. She is supplied
with engines of 200 horse power by Messrs. Fawcett,
Preston, and Co.

THE STEAMER MANX FAINT suffered much from the
storm of Wednesday, while on her passage from Liverpool to
Ramsey. Some of her upper works were carried away by
the violence of the sea. Captain Dixon states that it was
one of the roughest days he ever crossed the channel.
Once she was struck with three " seas " at one time. She
was deeply laden with cargo, and had about 40 passengers
on board. She made an excellent passage, taking into
consideration the state of the weather.—Mona's Herald.
TIM SHIP EAGLE.—On the homeward passage of the
clipper-ship Eagle, from Melbourne to Liverpool, the pas-
sengers presented Mr. M. Murphy, the chief mate, with a
testimonial expressive of their esteem for his ability as a
seaman, and his unremitting attention and gentlemanly
conduct as an officer. They also presented him with a
handsome silver speaking-trumpet, and an excellent
telescope, bearing the following inscription :—" Presented
to Mr. M. Murphy, chief officer of the ship Ragle, as a
slight testimonial for his kindness and gentlemanly con-
duct on a passage from Australia to Liverpool. October
Ist, 1854."

AMBIIIIIII VALE.—The second annual tea-party was
held in the public-room, Victoria-road, (Mr. Beattie's,)
on the evening of Wednesday last, Mr. Milne in the chair.
After tea, the meeting was addressed by the Rev. G.
Johnstone, on thd recent excavations of Nineveh, as illus-
trative and corroborative of the Scriptures. The meeting
was also addressed by Mr. A. Gibson, who ably set forth
the advantages of self-culture. Before separating, the
chairman feelingly alluded to the gloom and want into
which many families had been cast by the late engagement
at Alma ; after which a collection was made for the sol-
diers' widows and families, which amounted to £1 14s. 3d.
The juvenile band, who, at intervals, enlivened the even-
ing, then played " God save the Queen," and the meeting
broke up, highly gratified with the evening's entertain-
ment.

THE EARL OF DERBY AND THE DERBY MIISEI73I.—On
Tuesday, the half-yearly meeting of the trustees of the
Derby Museum was held at the Town-hall, Liverpool, the
Earl of Derby, as one of the trustees, being present. A re-
port was read from Mr. Moore, the curator, on the present
state of the collection. After the business of the meeting
had terminated, his lordship (accompanied by the Mayor,
Mr. Hale, and Mr. Adam Hodgson), visited the museum,
and expressed himself highly pleased with the state of the
collection, considering that it was only temporarily accom-
modated at present. The East India Company have pre-
sented to the museum, very recently, a large cast of a
gigantic fossil tortoise, discovered in Sikkim Himalaya,
by Major Caustley and Dr. Falconer.
'TRAM= OF THE TowN.—The medical officer reports
that the cholera has almost entirely disappeared. Dr.
Duncan congratulated the committee on the fact that,
although during the four previous weeks respectively the
total number of deaths in the town were 509, 451, 336,
and 283 ; they last week fell to 227, or about the ordi-
nary average. During the same weeks the deaths from
cholera were 270, 171, 95, and 59 ; but last week they
were only 30. Of the total number of deaths last week
162 were in the parish, and 62 in the out-townships.
During the quarter ending 30th September, the total
number of deaths registered were 4,362 (including 153
on which inquests were held), being 1,120 more than the
previous quarter, and 1,048 more than the corrected
average of the same quarter during the previous six years.
Diarrhoea caused 638 deaths, against 367 during the same
quarter last year.

Ar.tumnia. VISITATION.—The prevalence of the malig-
nant fever and sickness which still ravage St. Helen's
and the neighbourhood, is exciting the utmost alarm
amongst the inhabitants, and a gloom pervades all classes
of society. It is computed that there are at present up-
wards of 1,100 cases of fever. In one family alone seven
have been afflicted with it. At two charity schools, out of
130 scholars, 70 are absent from illness, and the glass works
have also been deprived of an extraordinary number of
workmen. In consequence of the great amount of sickness
in Parr, where cholera principally prevails, and of the
usual medical staff being unable to attend so many cases,
it has been thought requisite to have a surgeon to attend
to that district alone, and a gentleman from Liverpool has
been engaged by the authorities for that purpose. Special
services were held in the parish church last week on
account of the prevailing sickness. It wass expected that
the week's returns of mortality would be very great.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN MANCIIESTER.—About two
o'clock on Thursday morning the shipping warehouse of
Messrs. Thode and Co., in Garden-lane, Manchester, was
discovered to be on fire, and the flames spread with great
rapidity to the adjoining carriage manufactory of Mr. W.
Carr. Mr. Thomas Rose, and the fire brigade under his
command, were soon on the ground, and directed all the
fire engines of the town upon the burning premises with
great energy and skill ; but the warehouse and coach
manufactory, five stories high, were completely gutted in
about three hours. The show-rooms of Mr. Carr (and a
large number of carriages in them,) fronting Lower King
street, were saved with some slight damage. The ware-
house of Messrs. Thode and Co. is separated by a narrow
entry only (about six feet wide) from the warehouses of
Mr. Bradbury and Messrs. Haddon, Serle, and Co., and
these were several times on fire ' • but the flames were pre-
vented from extending beyond the window frames, edges
of the roof, and doors of these premises. The heat de-
stroyed the glass of more than 30 windows in the ware-
houses, so intense was it ; but the damage will, probably,
not exceed a few hundred pounds. Mr. W. Carr's loss is
estimated at about £12,000, and that of Messrs. Thode
and Co., at £5,000, making a total of about £17,000.
Some adjoining premises were injured, but more by water
than by fire, and not to much extent. Considering the
close proximity of other lofty warehouses and buildings, it
is surprising that the damage is so small.

►ST. MATTHEW'S PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION, LIVER-
pooL.—The following correspondence has passed in
reference to the recent railway outrage in Ireland :

1, Christian-street, North Everton, Liverpool,
October 10th, 1854.

MY DEAR LORD ENNISKILLEN ,—I hive great pleasure in
transmitting to your lordship the enclosed resolution, adopted
with , acclamation by a large number of our Protestant
brethren, and trusting that the same God who has so graciously
preserved your lordship, and so many hundreds, from so fear-
ful a death, will likewise endow you and them with strength
and power from on high, to " contend earnestly for the
faith once delivered to the saints," and to show by your life
and conversation the glorious results of Divine truth received
by faith into the soul.—l remain, with much respect, your
lordship's obedt. servant, HENRY COOKE.

The Earl of Enniskillen.
Resolution adopted at a public meeting of the members of the
Protestant Association of St. Matthew's, Scotland-road, Li-
verpool, held on Tuesday evening, October 3rd, 1854, the
Rev. Henry Cooke, A. 8., president, in the chair.
RitsoLvaD,—That we feel called upon to express our feelings
of gratitude to Almighty God for the wonderful preservation of
the Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen, and so many hundreds
of our Protestant brethren, by Popish treachery appointed as
sheep to the slaughter. That we recognise in that most atro-
cious attempt the legitimate results of the darkness of the
Romish apostacy, and the teachings of its priesthood. That
we deplore and publicly protest against that national unfaith-
fulness which endows that apostate system, and trains that
priesthood in those principles which British law has charac-
terised, and justly characterised, 4is blasphemous, idolatrous,
and soul-destroying, and that our president, the Rev. Henry
Cooke, be requested to communicate this resolution, and to
convey the fullest expression of our sympathy and congratu-
lation to the Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen and our
Protestant brethren, who have thus experienced the mercy
of a gracious God. HENRY Coosg, President.

MR. COOKE,-1 enclose an ansWer to the affecting address
of the St. Matthew's Protestant Association, Liverpool. . .

I should have sent it sooner, had I not been overwhelmed
by the kind expressions and addresses of my friends from all
parts of the United Kingdom. I am, thank God, going on
well, though I have not yet recovered my strength, nor have
I been able to lay aside sticks.—Yours, very faithfully,

ENNISKILLEN

Florence Court, Oct. 19th, 1854

DEAR BRETHREN AND FRIENDS,—Devout feelings of gra •
titude to my merciful Preserver in the hour of appalling dan-
ger, claim and retain the first place in my heart, but next to
these a deep sense of thankfulness is due and hereby given
to the kind brethren who so warmly sympathise with and
congratulate me and my companions upon our danger and
deliverance.
We cannot but deplore the fact that, amidst the diffusion
of Gospel light, in highly-favoured Britain so many of her
people are still kept under a system of religious teaching
which produces such anti-social results.
Yet this should the more stir up those who know and love
the truth (experiencing its life and liberty) to use every legi-
timate means for withdrawing the victims of superstition and
error from the soul-destroying delusions by which they are
led.—And earnestly praying for their deliverance from de-
grading thraldom, to stand fast themselves in the liberty
which true Protestantism confers,.believe me, yours very
faithfully, ENNISKILLEN.

MAINE LIQUOR Lew.--A public meeting of the United
Kingdom Alliance Association, formed last year, for the
purpose of promoting the total suppression of the traffic
in intoxicating liquors in this country, was held in the
Free Trade-hall, Manchester, on Wednesday. Several
thousand persons were present, and the Earl of Harrington
presided. He contended that the introduction of the Maine
Liquor Law into this country would be no infringement
:ty of the subject, as it merely withdrew the
sell poison, for alcohol was proved to contain
irishment whatever. He believed that the govern-
far from being losers by the change, would be
a short time, for the revenue now derived
...4nvie.ating liquors would be

y the saving of expenses in gaols, police, pena
ts, &c. The publicans would not be losers, fo]
must still consume refreshments, and the]

) consume more when they were invi

yan moved the fc

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE

M. Sotax, the Minister of the United States at
Madrid, who madehimself so notorious, some time ago, by
his quarrel with M. Turgot, the French Minister at the
same Court, was on Tuesday last refused permission to
enter France on his way from this country to Madrid.

THB DETACHMENTS OF THE GUARDS under orders for
the Crimea left London on Thursday for Portsmouth, for
embarkation in the Queen of the South. The troops, both
officers and men, appeared in the highest possible spirits,
and, as theypassed along the Strand, were enthusiastically
cheered by the crowds which had collected to witness their
departure.

"COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEPORIL"
—Until the time of their victorious gathering on the glo-
rious heights of Alma, the last occasion when the French
and British armies met each other on the field of battle
was on the plains of Waterloo, at a spot prophetically
called " La Belle Alliance."
ANOTHER ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—Dr. Rae, of the
Hudson's Bay Arctic Expedition, had 'an audience with
Sir James Graham on Tuesday, at the Admiralty, on the
subject of his discovery of the probable fate of Sir John
Franklin and his companions. The interview occupied a
considerable time, in the course of which, we understand,
Sir James Graham announced the intention of the Govern-
ment to send out, early in the ensuing spring, an expe-
dition, in order to make further search for the remains
spoken of by the Esquimaux, and the command of the ex-
pedition was offered to Dr. Rae.—Shipping Gazette.
ORIENTAL VISITORS.—Among the passengers by the
Indus, which arrived at Southampton last week, with
the India and China mail, were Shokim Abdouslah Nabber
Khan and Seidah Gelat Khan, with eleven native ser-
vants. The two above-named individuals are distin-
guished personages belonging to the staff of Rajah
Narinda Sing, a rich and powerful prince in the Bengal
district, who will arrive here in great splendour, and his
officers and servants, who have arrived in the Indus, are
mere avant couriers, who have come over to engage a
palace for him, and to make other preliminary arrange-
ments.

THE NURSES FOR Set'Tem.—A correspondent of the
Times says, he was staying at the Hotel des Bains, at
Boulogne, when the 37 nurses selected by Government to
accompany Misss F. Nightingale to the hospitals at
Scutari passed through on their way to Paris, under the
care of Mr. and Mrs. Bracebridge. The fisherwomen con-
veyed their baggage to the railway, free of charge. Mr.
Mesureur, the proprietor of the Hotel des Bains (to which
place a telegraphic message had been sent from London
directing that a dinner should be prepared), provided a
sumptuous banquet ; and requested that they would order
anything more they might desire, but that they must ac-
cept everything under his roof as a token of his good
wishes for the enterprise. The waiters and the chamber-
maids were profuse in their attentions to them, but were
unanimous in refusing remuneration.
ADVENTURE IN HOP BETTING.--A citizen of Canter-
bury, in company with a few friends, met and undertook,
for a certain wager, to "set" the hop duty for 18544 The
gentleman referred to, anticipating a high duty, was de;,
termined to be what is generally understood by hop
betters an "outsider," and fixed his statement £250,000.
He inadvertently omitted one figure, 0, reducing it to
£25,000, and several bets were offered him by persons
seeing the sum he had, in error, put down, that he would
not be the winner. All were accepted, and, on discovering
hisr eror, he was desirous of correcting it ; this was not
allowed, and our citizen, from this circumstance, has be-
come a large winner by being the lowest in the several
sets, to the mortification of many who considered at the
time they had the advantage from the error committed.—
Kentish Gazette.

MICHAELMAS TlDlxt.—On Tuesday the long vacation
terminated, and the lists of rules in the common law
courts for the approaching Michaelmas Term were
exhibited. Term commences on Thursday next, with
"arrears" of a remarkable character. The three courts
number only 46 rules and demurrers. In the Queen's
Bench there are 22, consisting of 3 rules for new
trials which had been standing over for other pro-
ceedings. In the special paper there are 14 matters (in-
cluding demurrers) for argument, and the enlarged rules
number 5. In the Common Pleas there are 5 rules in
the remand paper, and 1 new trial rule referred. 3
cases are for judgment, and only 3 demurrers were
entered. In the Exchequer the number is precisely the
same-12; comprising I rule in the peremptory paper, 4
in the special paper, 3 new trial rules for judgment, and 4
.for argument. Formerly the arrears of the courts ex-
ceeded £2OO.

Mnr,Bounwn POST-OPPIC2.—The following are the de-
tails of work transacted at the General Post-office, Mel-
bourne, on the occasion of the receipt of the `Overland
mail, per Norma, on the 12th of July instant, and on the
two succeeding days :—There were received, on the 12th,
per Norma, 31,961 letters, 550 registered, 72,542 news-
papers (in 230 boxes) ; per other ships, 1,450 letters, 11
registered, 1,193 newspapers ; and per Inland mails, 4,751
letters, 275 registered, 1,024 newspapers. Total received
that day, 38,162 letters, 836 registered, 74,759 newspapers.
Of these were distributed on the two following days :
Delivered by letter-carriers, 12,008 letters, 1,051 news-
papers ; delivered by merchants' boxes, 11,743 letters,
18,000 newspapers ; sorted for general delivery, 8,900
letters ; despatched by Inland mails, 5,502 letters, 14,428
newspapers. Total, 38,162 letters, 33,479 newspapers.
Showing a distribution of all the letters, and leaving
41,280 newspapers to be disposed of by the letter-carriers
and general delivery branch, both of which operations are
already in course of active progress. This return does not
include the receipts and despatch of town letters, nor that
of arrivals on the two days, the 13th and 14th, inclusive.
—Melbourne Argus, July 17.

THB IMPOSTOR, who some time ago pretended to be
Dr. Hook's daughter, was a few days ago observed by the
passers-by seated on a door-step in a street of Lutterworth.
She pulled out a Bible as if to read it, but was apparently
taken ill, and seemed to be fainting. The " poor thing "
was asked into the house of a tradesman, where she told
her history. She had an income of £2OO a year, but had
fortunately escaped from a nunnery, where her cruel
"pa," a gentleman of some £1,300 a year, had confined
her against her will. With open arms was the fair
fugitive received; she became one of the family. Her
every want was supplied by her kind benefactor, who even
hired a piano with which to amuse and solace her. Her
true character was eventually found out by means of the
gentleman she last imposed upon ; and she has been
brought before the local magistrates. It is said that the
wretched woman is the illegitimate child of a barrister,
and the daughter of a lady who was burnt to death in
her own lodgings in Regent-street, in 1836.

ATTENDANCE OP WITNESSES.—Among the common
law reforms of last session is an act to compel the attend-
ance of witnesses out of the jurisdictions of the courts of
common law. It is entitled "An Act to enable the Courts
of Law in England, Ireland, and Scotland to issue process
to compel the attendance of witnesses out of their juris-
diction, and to give effect to the service of such process in
any part of the united kingdom." The .act is likely to be
enforced at the forthcoming sittings of the courts. It is
stated in the preamble that great inconvenience arises in
the administration of justice from the want of a power in
the superior courts to compel the attendance of witnesses
resident in one part of the united kingdom at a trial in
another, and the examination of such witnesses by com-
mission is not in all, cases a sufficient remedy. It is
therefore enacted that witnesses shall attend, and a state-
ment is to be made at the bottom of the writ thatit was
issued under a special order. Witnesses making default
in attending are to be punished by the court of the county
in which the process was served, but persons are not to be
punished unless it is shown that sufficient money to pay
the expenses of coming and returning has been tendered.
The act is not to prevent the admissibility of evidence
where now receivable, nor to prevent the issuing of a
commission to examine ivitnoses.

EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT.—A New York paper
says :—" Mr. Railing, of New Hampshire, was among
the victims of the last railroad accident between Brighton
and London. His heirs, after having paid him the cus-
tomary funeral honours,. did what all heirs do in similar
cases—opened the will of the deceased, to ascertain what
share each was to have in his posthumous liberalities.
As he had never given a penny to either of his relatives
during his lifetime, they expected to be the richer now
that he was no more. One may imagine the surprise
caused by the first line of the will :—` This is my testa-
ment. I give and bequeath all my goods, present or future,
moveable or immoveable, in England or on the Continent,
to that railroad company on whose road I have had the hap-
piness to meet with death, that blessed deliverance from
my terrestrial prison.' Further on, the testator gives his
reason for his bequest. The idea had taken firm possession
of his mind that he was destined to die a violent death, and
the most desirable one in his view was that caused by the
explosion of a locomotive. He travelled, therefore, con-
stantly on the railroads of England, Belffium, and France.
There was not a station where he was not known. All
the conductors were familiar with his peculiar costume.
He had narrowly escaped death several times. Once he
was shut up in a car under water, another time he was in
the next car to the one that was shattered, and he described,
with the greatest enthusiasm, those terrible accidents,when
he saw death so near without being able to obtain it. Dis-
appointed in Europe, he went to the United States. He
made frequent excursions on the Ohio, the Mississippi, the
Ontario, the Niagara, but notwithstanding their frequent
explosions he returned with a whole skin. He was destined
to be crushed under a car of the mother country. It is
said that the relatives will attempt to break the will on the
ground of insanity, but it is probable that the railroad will
win the suit in spite of the proverb, that " the murderer
never inherits from his victim."

GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION AT BALLINASLOE.-At seven
o'clock, on Monday evening, the town of Ballinasloe was
greatly alarmed by an explosion of gunpowder, which
took place in the store's of Mr. Frederick A. Harper, in
Dunlo-street. It appears that a quantity of damp gun-
powder, which had been kept for a length of time above
the ironmongery department, had been brought down by
Mr- Elliott, the superintendent, and placed in the cask
under the counter in the office or counting-house, with a
view of having it dried, it having been for eight or ten
years in stock, and supposed by Mr. Harpur to have
lost its explosive powers. A number of the operatives
were being paid their wages, and at the time there were
six individuals in the office, including two children. One
man, lately employed as a labourer, named John Reardon,
carelessly snuffed the candle on the counter with his fin-
gers, and threw the smouldering remnants of the wick
behind him, which fell on the old gunpowder, now par-
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