The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-12 00:00:00

2, 1854

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POLICE COURT.

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CHEAP GAS.-AN UPROA

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(Before R. E. Harvey, Req.)

le week has r

THE monthly meeting of the Wavertree Local Board of
Health was held last night in the Public Offices of the
township. The chair was occupied by Mr. Halhead, in
the absence of the Rev. W. Badnall, chairman of the board.
There were also present Messrs. Hill, Witham, Gore,
Chaffer, and Rishton.
After the minutes of the previous meeting had been
read,
The CHAIRMAN drew the attention of the board to the
existence of a very offensive smell issuing from an open
drain in the neighbourhood of the tank.

geld in the Concert-hall,

I Bramley-11100r

seated half
With very sl

nment

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STREET ROBBERY.—Ann Davis, Catherine Butler, and
Mary Gayner, were charged by Robert Jones with stealing
a watch and 13s. 6d. in money. The prosecutor stated
that, on Saturday night, he was met by the prisoners,and
a man not in custody, who knocked him down and rifled
his pockets. Committed to hard labour for two months.
•

,f thanks

to the C

man, moved

;eedings.

actuations the public Funds have
maintained their value, but the amount of business
transacted has been small. Some disappoint-
ment was experienced at the Bank directors not
making any reduction in the rate of discount, on
Thursday, owing, it is believed, to continued ex-
portations of gold to the Continent ; but money
generally has been rather easier, and very few
failures have yet taken place to disturb public
confidence. The Bank returns, on Friday, again
showed a diminution in the stock of bullion to the
extent of £167,053 ; but the other alterations were
comparatively unimportant, with the exception of
an increase in the " other securities," to the
amount of £777,204, and the fact that public
deposits had only increased by the meagre sum
of £21,853.

THE LATE -COURTS -HARM

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A BRACE OF PICKFOCZETS.—WiIIiani Woods and
William Hughes, two smart-looking young men, were
charged by detective-officer Carlisle with being suspicious
persons in the streets. He saw them, he said, on Saturday
afternoon, in Lord-street, and knowing them to be mem-
bers of the London swell-mob, a great number of whom
are flocking into the town in the anticipation of plenty of
business at the opening of St. George's-hall, he took them
into custody. He knew them both to be "notorious
thieves," Woods particularly. Woods, who wore an im-
perial and a gold breast-pin, exclaimed, " You are a noto-
rious liar !" Carlisle further stated that both the prisoners
had been convicted several times before the borough ma-
gistrates.—Mr. Dodd appeared for the prisoners, who
were ultimately discharged on giving a promise to leave
the town immediately.—lnspector Kehoe stated that, if
they remained in the town until night, they would be
again taken into custody.

Mr. YOUNG, surveyor to.the board, explained that the
nuisance arose from the drainage of the houses in Paradise
Gardens ; but stated that in a very short time the whole
of these houses will be put into connexion with the main
drain, and then the offensive smell will be removed.
A letter was read by the Chairman from Mr. Alderman
Bennett, intimating his willingness to do all:in his power
for removing any cause a complaint relative to an open
ditch into which some cottages belonging to him were
drained.

The SURVEYOR explained that it was impossible for
Mr. Bennett entirely to remove the ground of complaint
until some arrangement could be made in reference to
Mr. Griffin's property, which in the meantime could not
be done as Mr. Griffin was from home.
On the motion of Mr. CHAFFER, seconded by Mr.
GORE, permission was granted to Mr. Rishton to open the
road for the purpose of making a drain from Eton Lodge
across the road leading to Druid's Cross. Permission was
also granted for the erection of two lamps at the houses
of Mr. Fingland, in Childwall-road.
A communication was then read from Mr. Whitley, on
behalf of the Marquis of Salisbury, directing the atten-
tion of the board to the condition of the water-courses
belonging to the township, communicating with drains on
the property of his lordship, and calling on the board to
have those water-courses cleaned and deepened, as in the
latter case they might be made available for sanitory pur-
-1 poses. The communication further intimated that his
lordship was not desirous of asking the township to incur
any expense, or do anything to which he was not legally
entitled. It concluded by stating that if the deepening
of the water-courses in question was more expensive than
he had a right to, his lordship was willing to bear an
equitable share of the expense.
The Surveyor reported that the water-courses referred
to in the communication were those which crossed the
public road ; and that they were in all respects adequate
to the proper maintenance of the road.
Mr. CHAFFER, in these circumstances, moved that the
board do not interfere in the matter; but that no opposi-
tion be offered to his lordship making the alteration if he
be so disposed. The alterations, if made, to be completed
to the satisfaction of the surveyor.

In the Cotton manufacturing districts a much
greater business has been done, and prices are on
the advance, in the expectation that increased
supplies will be wanted, owing to the abundance
of the harvest and the easiness of the money
market. In the Woollen trade there are also signs
of improvement, and prices are tending upward,
though the spinners still complain of the high
rates of the raw material. The Hosiery and Lace
trades are also on the move, though the advance
is, as yet, of no great importance.

John Wilson and Maria Eccleston were committed to
gaol for one month for stealing two pairs of trousers from
the shop of Patrick Burns, second-hand clothes-dealer,
James-street.

POCKET PICKING.—Maria Swift, a well-dressed woman,
was charged by Fredrika Meyer, a German woman, with
stealing three half-crowns, three shillings, and twopence.
The prosecutrix said she was coming out of the market,
in Rose-street, when the prisoner addressed her. After
she had gone away, she missed her money. The woman
was subsequently apprehended, and a penny, which was
afterwards identified by the prosecutrix, was found in her
possession. Committed for a month.

) drill, the women co
nd nse still more abusive, if
No wonder, then, that the

many of

The Exc

statements for the first half of the
been published. The fol-
ie quantities of each article
g that period as compared

present year have jus
lowing table exhib
charged witl
with the corresn(
shows a fallin

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anxious to turn their backs (

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SERVED HIM RrGET.—Bridget Healey, a disgusting-
looking creature, was charged by John Ball, a seaman,
with picking his pocket of £6 si. On Saturday night,
the prosecutor accompanied the prisoner to her lodgings
in Johnson-street, and after leaving her he missed his
money. He gave information to a police-officer, whose
number he did not take, the same night, but he refused
to have anything to do with the matter. This morning
he told another officer what had occurred, and the woman
was taken into custody. No money having been found
upon her, or in the house, she was discharged—Mr. Kehoe
being instructed to discover, if possible, who the officer
was to whom the prosecutor had given information imme-
diately after the robbery

„...mg six months of 1853. 3.1a1t
)ff under the operation of the addi-
-re of Paper there has

The eoiirt Martial

ntorian lung
in Park-str

s they commenced sine

tional tax. In the manufact
been an increase. bu

'el verse

rather lower. Spirits fi

the home consumption is
for a larger total, both

a crowd of customers. When the singers
r the Town-hall, they were set upon by a party
of soldiers, and only escaped a good thrashing by being
taken under the protection of the police. They were
subsequently ordered to desist from either singing or
selling so offensive and irritating a production.
It is greatly to be feared that, if the regiment be not
speedily removed, serious disturbances will take place
between the soldiers and the civilians, as the former
now consider any disrespectful mention of the 46th
reflects upon themselves as well as their officers. The
other day, a party of Eton tradesmen, boating it on
the Thames, near Swanbridge, called after some of the
officers similarly engaged. The officers resented the
insult, and ran their boat alongside that. of the
Etonians. A smart contest at splashing with oars then
ensued, and for a time the officers had the advantage ;
but the leader of the tradesmen, chancing to find a scoop
at the bottom of his boat so completely damped the cour-
age of the 46th, that they were compelled to beat a pre-
cipitate retreat. This afternoon, as Major Maxwell and
Adjutant M'Allister were walking up the High-street of
this town, a boy named Simms said to one of his com-
panions, "Don't you remember ?" The other boy replied,
" I have no recollection whatever." The dialogue was
overheard by Major Maxwell, who forthwith ordered a
soldier to take the boy in custody, and lodge him in the
police-station. The order was obeyed, and as the case
will. have to come before the magistrates, the breach will
be still further widened between the soldiers and the
townspeople.—Morning Post.

surrounded I
arrived

ianufactured and con-
s that made by the Irish

with dut

retained for home
consumption.

ICE ROBBERY.—AIex. Cruickshank was brought up
by Inspector Bates, on suspicion of being concerned in
the cash-box robbery from Mr. Langtry's office, Water-
street. He was identified by the servant of Mr. Langtry,
who remembered seeing him with Gleeson and Barnes,
(who are in custody, under remand,) on the day of the
robbery. Remanded until to-day, when the other prisoners
will be brought up.

Mr. RISHTON seconded the motion, which was unani-
mously agreed to.

Malt, bnshels
Paper, lb

1853. 1854. 1853. 1844.
25,637,710 23,116,038 25,637,710 23,114,976
88,495,313 91,435,935 83,590,271 83,294,635

On the motion of Mr. RTSIITON, seconded by Mr.
CHAFFER, the Surveyor was instructed to procure a horse,
and immediately set about having the streets and road-
ways watered.

ga
Sugar, cwt

,636,755111,953,2311 12;470,397

1,122

The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 2nd of Sept., gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits ... £3,996,427; Increase £21,853
Other deposits ... 10,402,859; increase 405,585
Rest

Mr. HILL called attention to an encroachment made
by the Marquis of Salisbury at the corner of the Mosspit-
lane and Broad-green-lane. From the explanation given
it appeared that one side and corner of the lanes named
belong to his lordship, the others belonging to the town's
common. The road from Mosspit had been a crooked
one, and many years since an arrangement had been made
for straightening the side opposite to his lordship's pro-
perty, by which the road at that point had been made
much wider ; and within a short time his lordship had
caused stakes to be put down in front of his property, so
far advanced upon the widened road as to reduce it to its
former width. In conclusion he moved that intimation
be given to his lordship to withdraw this encroachment.
Mr. WiTnAni seconded the motion, which was unani-
mously carried, and the meeting broke up.

PARTY

RIOTS IN THE NORTH OF
IRELAND.
♦

IT will be seen by the following particulars, taken from
the Derry Sentinel of Friday, that the Romanist priest
who provoked the late riot at Newtownlimavady (as re-
ported in our sixth page) fired a loaded pistol at a young
woman on Tuesday night last, and that he stands charged
with the offence, for which he is to take his trial at the
next Derry assizes :

"At about half-past ten o'clock on Tuesday night the
.inhabitants towards the Bridge-end of Newtownlimavady
were startled and somewhat alarmed by the report of
fire-arms. It appears that Mr. J. Conway, the Romanist
curate, had gone to the country during the day, and, as
he drove on a car into Isle of Man-street at the time
stated, a respectable young woman came to the door of
her mother's house, followed by her brother and another
young man at being a very unusual circumstance for a
car or other vehicle to pass through that street at night),
when she saw the priest take a pistol from a handkerchief
or cloth, and immediately fire it at her. She had a
narrow escape with her life, as the charge of shot went
so close as to be distinctly heard. The police, hearing
the report, proceeded in the direction from whence it
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Notes issued ... £26,688

£26,688,250

£33.674,748! £3,3674,748
Our SHARE MARKET has been quiet all week,
without any new feature. Prices have been very
steady, with the tendency upwards. Several of
our local stocks are asked for. We annex this
day's prices :—Chester and Birkenhead, 171 1;
nct • • • .....

ame, anu immec._ iy arrested Conway. Captain Crof-
ton had the priest brought to his house, and immediately
sent for W. C. Gage, Esq., J.P., and John Martin_

clerk of the Crown, and after a summary hearing of the
case, and taking the information. of

us wisnesses, lie was
deprived of his pistols, and committed to at
half-past twelve o'clock for the remainder othew night.
On his person was found another pistol loaded with a
bullet. The priest alleges that the young woman was
going to throw a stone at him, and that he fired in self-
,' Pfpnra • FL., —1

7 1
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 754 Liv 4;
er-
pool, Crosby, and Southport, 114 . gtool.,
1044 4 a ; Sheffield Stock, 264 -1-; Midland
Stock, 7144 8 4 8 ; Berwick Capital Stock,
19 7-16 ; South Eastern, 204 ; Copiapo Mines,
; Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 497-k.

melon MS MIS WIN. AC Rho orr”,..,And flip rinn;:lipr brotijer.
who was behind her, set his foot on her dress, where-
upon she turned partially round and stooped to extri-
cate it, and then the priest fired.. This is the only ground
for the assertion. Conway was admitted to bail at nine
o'clock on Wednesday morning. He is to take his trial
for the offence with which he stands charged at the next
Derry assizes. He is reported to have said that these
proceedings will end in bloodshed, and that it would '
'he

COTTON.—Notwithstanding the improvement in
Manchester,' the market here, during the week,
was comparatively inactive, and prices for middling
qualities receded 1-16 d. per lb., but better sorts
maintained their value. The sales for the week,
up to Friday, were 43,320 bales, of which 4,350
were taken on speculation, and 4,930 for export,
leaving 34,040 for the trade. TO-DAY the advices
per America were received, but they had no effect
on this market. The sales reached 7,000 bales, of
which 1,000 were on speculation and for export,
and prices remain unchanged. The following is a
comparison of present rates with those of the cor-
responding period last year :

day he fired the pistol at the Vu 4116 wurtimig or um
n wman, he as a
few children, who hooted as heyou passg ed,o whether thatked was
intended for him, at the same time thrusting his hand
into his breast pocket, as if he intended to take summary
vengeance.

New Orleans M

1853.
6 1-16
61 ....

'rile Derry Sentinel adds :
" Since the preceding observations were written, we have
received the subjoined letter. We hope that this stfttp.

Upland

9ddi.ng

5 15-16

uuarman Uas Company. That course was carriecitoTt; ment regarding the conduct of the military detachment
issue by himself and Mr. Finch; and he threw back with on duty in Newtownlimavady is overdrawn. We believe
contempt the insinuations he had made upon that point. that they are generally Romanists, and they appeared to
He (Mr. Flintoff) had said that they were bought us to be young men not long in the service. Some of the
men have been placed under arrest, and two of tl
up to meet their pecuniary difficulties. He u-
hesitatingly and fearlessly gave that stalmpro- . 4.4 brought to Deirv. nn
Wp4in...i...„.

!MPOItTS. IS I'OCK

Week i Previ- Week This
iding ously ..ruling I ye.r. Sept. 8
'44 vr. Sept. 8 -

Lem were

which conveyed Colonel Cuthbert, the Commanding officer
contradiction. He also said that the names-of;om e‘ofireu
directors of the Guardian Company were " dummy signa- here, who went down to look after the party :
tures." He challenged him to the proof, promising that " Newtownlimavady, Sept. 7, 1854.
if Mr. Flintoff's assertion were correct_ he wnnl,l 'The order nf - _

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noes not appear to be any hope of the unfortunate man's
recovery. The people of Devizes are at a loss to account
for the conduct of the military, as no provocation of any
kind was offered to them.

wount 'omen ulle sneers was—mree cheers for the
£lOO to the charities, provided; fir. Flintoff would pledge Pope, one for St. Patrick, one for Primate Cullen, and one
for Wam Cat her,. Esq. Observe—None for the Queen !
himself to give the same sum if he were wrong. The
" 'Acting-constable Kennedy, who was on patrol with
charge was too contemptible, and he threw it back upon
his men, arrested the priest, between the house where the
the man who gave it utterance. It was the off'spring of
a depraved and degraded mind, and was on a piece with shot was fired and his own residence, and took the pistol
his conduct from beginning to end. (Tremendous excite- from him, which he had just fired.'
ment, cries of every description being mingled with fiercQ
" ' "Thursday, Four o'clo
exclamations of "Turn him out.") All quiet, except that the military are going P
the streets drunk ; one, in company with seven or
The CnAl4.m.ix interfered, and, after some interruption,
Mr. JEFFERY proceeded. He dissected the speech of
more,' having a '
flute"in his hand, endeavouring'
Mr. Flintoff, flatly contradicting some of his statements, s Day.
up Patrick
-1 noir' -hat

yes of

REFORMATION OF YOUTHFUL OF:7ENDERS.—Mr. 31.
D. Hill, the Recorder of Birmingham, has just delivered a
charge to the Grand Jury of that town. He congratu-
lated them on the passing of the Juvenile Offenders' Bill,
and said in conclusion :—" It will depend, then, Upon
those who are duly impressed with the obligation which
our Christian brotherhood with the poor outcast imposes
upon us, whether this noble statute, which breathes the
very spirit of our holy religion, shall operate as widely
as the necessity for its application is spread, or whe-
ther by our supineness, or by our quailing before the
difficulties which always beset a new enterprise, the Act
shall remain a dead letter, proving against us that we are
of those who know their duty, but fail in performing it.
Gentlemen, let us not forget the denunciations which
hang over the 's ervant that "knew his Lord's will, and
prepared not himself, neither did according to His will."
Gentlemen, I have done—l am in no frame of mind to
dwell upon the few spots which fell upon the bill in its
passage through the Houses of Parliament. These ble-
mishes are not of its essence, nor cau they obscure its
beauty ; and, believe me, many an eye which has long and
anxiously watched for this auspicious dawn will be too
much dimmed by emotion ever to discern them. Let me,
then, in the words of Milton, express my confidence that
—"The ethereal mould,
Incapable of stain, will soon expel
Her mischief, and purge off the baser part,
Victorious."

20 47

Fallodon, and
he Earl of Clarendon at the Grove, near Watford. Lord
Clarendon, however, visits the Foreign Office about every

leorge Grey a

'hursday, Four o'clock
throu

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'I'HE IiARVEST.—The Globe says it is calculated that
the harvest throughout the United Kingdom will show an
increase of 14,000,000 quarters of grain over last year,
viz., about 6,000,000 qrs. of wheat and 8,000,000 qrs. of
oats. In the absence of agricultural statistics, it is, of
course, only possible to form an approximate estimate ;
but this increase will prove a saving to the country of
forty to fifty millions sterling.
A SHAWL—The Paris correspondent of the Atlas says
that a shawl has just been manufactured for he Empress
of the French, to be worn during her visit to England.
It cost forty thousand francs, and contains the arms of
England and France most ingeniously woven in the lace,
and the emblematic lilies and roses running round the
border.

PROD

E.—ln the Sugar market considerable
business has been clone at rather lower prices.
Coffee in fair request. Tea dull, without altera-
tion in price. Palm Oil and Tallow rather lower.
TO-DAY, our Sugar market remains flat; the trans-
actions, however, ATA +.n Ervi.-sra-

iu , ,nting out w .., he considered the best means of ----
obtaining a reduction in gas. This was not by the forma- THE COURT.—On Tuesday her Majesty accompanied
tion of a new company, which, in his opinion, would ra- Prince Albert a short distance on his voyage to Boulogne,
ther tend to increase the price of gas—(hear, hear, and and returned in the Fairy. -On Tharsday the King of
laughter)—but by introducing a new element into the old Portugal and the Duke of ' Oporto arrived at Osborne.
company's board and direction. With this view he moved, On Friday her Majesty paid a visit to the Egyptian steam-
as an amendment,frigate Paid Guahad. She was accompanied by the
" That this meeting is of opinion that the consumers Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the
ought to be represented at the Gas Company board, as Princess Alice, and some other of the royal children, &c.
the best protection to their interests; and that a depute- While the Queen and her attendants partook of a cup of
tion, consisting of —, be requested to confer with the coffee, pipes were served, after the Oriental fashion, to the
company to that end, to report to another public meeting Prince of Wales among others, who, to the amusement of
the result of such conference."—(Hisses, cheers, and con- his royal parent and relatives, smoked a chibouque with
fusion.) He suggested that three of the largest consumers apparently an indifferent appreciation of the merits of the
in Liverpool—(ironical cheers and laughter)—should be very excellent tobacco generally used by Turkish smokers.
appointed the deputation. He had made this proposition A few whiffs evidently sufficed for his royal highness.
because he did believe that, if a second company were in- On Saturday morning her Majesty embarked in the
troduced into the town, it would rather tend to increase Fairy and met Prince Alb?rt off thedisle of Wight. The
the price than to decrease it.—(Cries of "Oh, oh," hisses, • Earl of Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle returned to
cheers, and uproar.)
town. The King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto
Mr. FLINTOFF rose to make an explanation, and was left for their own country in a Portuguese frigate. The
received with cheers, and cries of " Bravo." He was no Queen and Prince Albert, with the royal children and
longer, he said, a stranger in town, but a ratepayer, a suite, will arrive at Buckingham Palace to-morrow from
householder, and a consumer of gas in Liverpool. (Cheers.) the Isle of Wight. The royal party will proceed the
He was introduced to Mr. Jeffery, as a large gas con- next day (Thursday) to Edinburgh, and on Friday to the
sumer, and, in the presence of witnesses then in that royal palace at Balmoral. The visit of Her Majesty to
room, Air. Jeffery admitted that some of the signatures to the Highlands being this year a fortnight later than
the Parliamentary deed had been placed on it with the usual, will not be protracted beyond three or four weeks,
object of representing the proper amount of capital. I when her Majesty will return to Osborne for a short
(Cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh !") He was mistaken when sojourn, previous to taking up her residence at Windsor
he called them "dummy signatures ;" they were real signa- Castle for the winter.
tures, but they were put in for the purpose he had stated. Lours NAPOLEON AND THE SULTAN.—The Pittsburg
(Mr. Jeffery, " Hear, hear.") At that meeting with Mr. Post publishes the following which is curious, if true :
Jeffeu,thatgentleman'sobjection to the proposed company The past history of the family of Louis Napoleon and the
was that the six regestered directors were not merchants : Sultan of Turkey is full of interesting and marvellous
that was his only reason for throwing cold water on the incidents, some of which are probably not generally known
scheme. (Cries of " Bravo" and cheers.) Ito our readers. These two nonarchs, now so cordially
Mr. JEFFERY: I should like to hear his witness. united in the struggle to maintain the integrity of the
Mr. Ferimar : If the meeting desires the witness, I Ottoman Empire, are both grandsons of American ladies.
name Mr. Smethers. Mr. Flintoff snapped his fingers, These ladies were born and raised in the same neighbour-
and waved his arm, and, as if by magic, Mr. Smethers hood, on the island of Martinique, one of the West Indies.
stood upon the platform. They were of French origin, and companions and intimate
In reply to the chairman, friends in childhood and youth. They were Josephine de
Mr. SI/ETHERS said, he remembered the interview with Tascher and a Miss S—. The history of Josephine is
Mr. Jeffery, and also what passed. Mr. Jeffery inquired generally known. She went to France, and was married to
if he could be favoured with the names of the individuals M. de Beauharnais, by whom she had one son, Eugene, and
who had registered the company, and they were given. a daughter, Hortense. Some time after the death of Beau-
He then said, "Why not have stronger names; they harnais, Josephine was married to Napoleon Bonaparte,
would never be able to carry on without strong names. and became Empress of France. Her daughter Hortense
In reference to the Guardian Company, Mr. Jeffery ad- was married to Joseph Bonaparte, then King of Holland,
mitted that certain gentlemen connected with the cora- and the present Emperor of France is her son by this
quitted the island of Martinique
mittee had become responsible fora greater number of marriage. Miss S--7
shares than were warranted. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) some time before her freind. But the vessel that was
Mr. JEFFERY essayed an explanation, but the uproar carrying her to France was attacked and taken 'by the
was so great that he could :not be heard. He then ad- Algerine corsairs, and the crew and passengers were
dressed himself to the reporters, to the effect that the made prisoners. But this corsair ship was in turn attacked
conversation to which reference had been made was and pillaged by Tunis pirates, and Miss S. was carried
them to Constantinople and offered for sale as a
a strictly confidential one, and denying the accuracy of by
their interpretations of it, and asserting further that he slave. Her extraordinary beauty and accomplishments
should have no objection to have the whole of the state- found her a purchaser in the Sultan himself, and she soon
ments published which he had made on that occasion. became the chief lady of the seraglio and Sultaness of
Mr. RICHARDSON seconded the amendment from the Turkey. Mahmood 11. was her son, and the present Sultan
body of the hall.
On the question being put, the original motion
Abdul Medjid is the son of Mahmeud. Thus the two
was sovereigns who now occupy so large a space in the world's
carried by a large majority; the announcement of the
result being received with vehement applause. eye are grandsons of two American creole girls, who were
pl in their outh, and were remarka for Mr. Mrims, tailor and draper, Lord-street, moved, and beautymates and excellent dispositions ass for theirble variedtheir and
Mr. Cora seconded, " That the Liverpool New Gas Com- singular fortunes. Both these women, in the height of
pany hexing proved to the satisfaction of this meeting their
that gas can, with an annual consumption of 400,000,000 power, remembered all the friends of their youth,
and provided munificently for their welfare. Many of the
cubic feet per annum, be Bola for 3s. per 1,000 cubic feet, relatives of the Sultaness left the island of Martinique and
this meeting pledges itself to support and assist the said
company in carrying this society into effect." settled at Constantinople, where their descendants still
Carried nom. dis. reside, and enjoy the favour of the Sultan. The Sultaness
died in 1811, the Empress Josephine in 1814, and their
Mr. BAUGH, tobacconist, moved, and Mr. Duaaa-her, grandsons now rule our two wide and powerful allies upon
bullionist, seconded,—" That the following gentlemen be one of the most momentons and sanguinary strugglee in
respectfully requested to act as trustees :—The two Mena- I which Europe ways ever involved.

atxt_altlf,
ing Saturday's sales, consist of a small parcel of
Trinidad, in barrels, at 31s. to 325. 6d.; 115 hhds.
100 barrels Porto Rico, at 30s. to 365. ; and 300
hhds. Cuba Muscovado, at 30s. to 325. 6d. per cwt.
A few purchases Jamaica Rum have realised pre-
vious rates. • The sales of Tea are of little moment,
without change in prices ; sound common Congon
is worth 10d. per lb. There are no transactions to
notice in East India Rice ; 80 tees. Carolina have
been sold at 18s., and 250 bags Sago Flour, at
15s. 6d. per cwt. We have also to report 200
tons Jamaica Logwood, to arrive, at £6 10s. ; 60
tons Campeachv, on the spot, at £9 10s: to
£9 15s. ; and 16 tons green Ebony, at £lO per ton.
W00r,.-Towards the close of the week we ex-
perienced a little more activity in the market, and
altogether a fair amount of business has been done
at very firm prices. If the present favourable
harvest weather continue, we may look for more
activity as the season advances ; but spinners and
manufacturers continue to complain bitterly at
their profitless business, yet prices have still an
upward tendency, and stocks in this market, of all
descriptions, are now considerably reduced. The
advance sought by farmers and holders in the
Irish markets has, for the moment, checked the
active business which has been carried on there
for the last few months ; Scotch is also rather
quiet, partly from the same cause : but in English
Fleeces some considerable sales have been made
for Yorkshire and Lancashire, at a slight advance
on former rates. The following are about the
present prices :-Devon tegs, 13-/d. to 14-14.; ditto,
ewes, 12-.ld. to 131 d. ; Irish hogs, 131 d. to 13Id. ;
ditto wethers, 13d. to 13;d.; half-bred hogs, 13d.
13-}d. ; ditto wethers, 12Id. to 13d. Imports for
the week, 1,762 bales, viz.: 750 East India ' • 617
Russian ; 143 Mediterranean ports ; 18 Portugal ;
175 Scotch ; 53 Irish and coastwise.
METALs.-The market has been steady during
the week, and not much business doing, holders
being firm for better prices. Storekeepers' warrants
for Scotch Pig Iron were 83s. 6d. Thed PTigo-IDrAoyn market continued very inanimate,
and
there has been no business reported, the market
closing at 83s. 3d. cash offered, and sellers at
83s. 6d. cash, and 84s. with time. In other arti-
cles very little doing.

A FARMER in Connecticut; who recently took up a
fence after it had been standing fourteen years, found all
those posts solid which had been inverted from the way
in which they originally grew, while those which had
been set as they originally grew were rotted off at the
bottom. Heads down, therefore, seems a specific against
decay.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Saturday, at the Clerken-
well Police-office, William Pickles, aged thirty-three, re-
siding at 44, Smike-street, Kent-road, was charged with
attempting to commit suicide on the Great Northern
Railway, by laying himself across the line. He was
dragged away by a policeman. The prisoner cried, and
said, in defence, he was very sorry, but the fact was that
he was doatingly and foolishly fond of his wife, who had
run away with another man, and not being able to find
her, he became miserable, had drunk rather freely, and
wandered about until he arrived at the railway, when,
being tired of his life, and seeing the train approaching,
he thought lying on the line would be a speedy method
of self-destruction.

RESCUE PROM DROWNlNG.—Yesterday evening, as one
of the Egremont boats was arriving, and within a little
distance of the Landing-stage, a woman, one of the pas-
sengers, fell into the river, where she was in imminent
danger of being drowned, when she was rescued by a man
named Al.`Donald, who jumped into the water, and suc-
ceeded in having her drawn on to the Landing-stage.

TEE FRENCH REFUGEES.-The ex-Queen Marie Amelie,
the Duke de Nemours, the Count D'Eu, the Duke
D'Alencou, the Princess Margaret, the Countess 3follien,
with other members of the royal suite, have within the
last few days returned to their temporary residence at
Torquay, from a short visit to Claremont, where the royal
party attended the ceremony in commemoration of the
death of Louis Philippe. The illustrious party during
their stay at Torquay made constant excursions by water
and otherwise to the principal places of interest in the
neighbourhood.

ST. LEGER STATISTICS.—The St. Leger race to-mor-
row will be the 79th contest for that celebrated prize
which was instituted in 1776, four seasons before the
Derby was established at Epsom. In the three-quarters
of a century which have elapsed since then a dead heat
has occurred only twice, the first being in 1839 between
Charles XII and Euclid, and the second in 1850, between
Voltigeur and Rushborough. In 1789, when a colt of
the Duke of Hamilton's came in first, the winner was
disqualified on account of his rider having "jostled" in
the race, and it was given to Lord Fitzwilliana's Pewet.
The Leger has been won 26 times by noblemen, Lord
Hamilton being the most frequent recipient of the " blue
riband" in the olden time, and Lord Eglintoun in later
days, the former having carried off the prize four times,
and the latter three. Four has been the lowest number
of starters for this race, and 30 the highest, when it was
won by Memnon, in 1825. Four times the start has been
limited to 5 ; 6 times to 7 ; 10 times to 8 ; 5 times to 9 ;
7 times to 10 ; 6 times to 11 ; 4 times to 12, thrice
to 13; 4 times to 14; three to 15; once to 16 (Paulina's
year) ; thrice to 17 ; twice to 18 ; twice to 19
once to 20 (Rockingham's year) ; once to 21 (Reveller
achieving the victory in the shortest time on record) ;
twice to 23; thrice to 24; once to 26; twice to 27; once
to 28 ; and once to 30. Five horses,—Champion, Surplice,
the Flying Dutchman, Voltigeur, and West Australian,
have won both Derby and Leger ; and five horses—Mame-
luke, Priam, Coronation, Cotherstone, and Cossack, which
had won the Epsom prize, failed to carry off the Leger,
each getting the second place. lon gained secondary
honours in both races in 1838. The Surrey seconds have
twice only borne off the Leger laurels, viz., Launcelot and
Sir Tatton Sykes. The Doncaster prize has never been
ed
obtained by a first or second filly for the Oaks with the
exception of the Queen of Trumps, which won both Oaks
cede
previous wThinenepre res
Lger in 1835. Nine of the Leger winners have des-
from
teveeiargnt ;
largest
eothers
from Derby winners,u s
number
of entries for the Leger, being 10 more than the number
in 1846, when it Wll4 . tentthisis the

WASPS' NESTS.—No less than 300 have been destroyed
within a distance of half a mile from Woolbeding, near
Midhurst. Calculations have been made showing that
the average loss sustained from their depredations by
every grocer in the town, even in a moderate way of busi-
ness, for the past few weeks, cannot be less than a sovereign
per week, and that out of every cwt. of sugar the wasps
devour quite 71bs.
THE ABERDEEN TOWN COUNCIL, at their meeting on
Monday last, unanimously voted a sum of fifty guineas
as a commencement of a subscription to procure a por-
trait of the Prince Consort, to be placed in the Town-
hall.

SIR E. LANDSEER is visiting the Hon. Mrs. Mackenzie,
of Seaforth, at Brahan Cast le. A few days since, alon
with several gentlemen, also at Brahan Castle, Sir Edwin enjoyed a day's sport among the favourite subjects of
his pencil—the Highland red deer, when five fine speci-
mens were brought to the ground.
DEPA.RTI7RE OP THE KING OF PORTUGAL POE Lis-
noN.--The steam-yacht Mindello, with the King of
Portugal and the Duke of Oporto on board, attended by
the Viscount Carrieri, Count Sarmento, &c., left Cowes
Roads on Saturday at 4 p.m, for Portugal. She got
under way at two o'clock to await the arrival from South-
ampton of the Brazilian mail packet, which is to accom-
pany the 3.lindello to the Tagus. Her Majesty the
Queen and Prince Albert went into Cowes roads in the
Fairy to bid adieu to the King of Portugal, when his
Majesty's fine band played " God save the Queen."
FIRE IN GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL.- Just before
going to press last night a fire was found to be raging in
the choir of Gloucester Cathedral, the bishop's throne
having been found in flames; but the fire was extin-
guished without any serious injury having been done.--
Qincester Chronicle of Saturday.

THE HIGH-LEVEL RAILWAY SCHEME.—.A neatly-
executed model of the proposed high-level railway round
the docks was exhibited in the Exchange-room, on Fri.
day. It represents that portion of the town and docks
from Jamas-street to the Waterloo station, It was pre-
pared at the instance of the committee appointed at the
Public meeting, held terne time since in Hackins-hey, to
consider the subject,

A PUBLIC meeting wa.
Nelson-street, last night, for the purpose a.
planations from the promoters of the proposed nen
company. Mr. William Fisher, junior, occupied the chair,
and there were on the platform :—Messrs. Durandu,
Ashby, Byford, Baugh, Cope, Martin, Walmsley, Myers,
Flintoff, &c. There was a crowded audience. WINDSOR, SUNDAY NIGHT.—The -friends of Lieut.
Mr. FISHER merely read the advertisment announcing Perry are about to petition her Majesty the Queen, pray-
the meeting, and then called upon the gentlemen on the ing that she may be graciously pleased to order the entire
platform to state the object for which they had assembled. proceedings of the late courts-martial to be submitted to
Mr. FLINTOFF (the Secretary) having read the pros- the consideration of the judges of the land, and that her
pectus issued by the promoters of the scheme, said the Majesty will then give her final and impartial decision on
committee had altered the clause respecting the price of their view of the merits of the case. In the meantime,
the gas. Instead of commencing at 3s. 6d. per thousand the subscription towards the "Defence and Testimonial
cubic feet, they had determined to charge from the first Fund" proceeds most satisfactorily.
only Bs. per thousand feet, believing that a low price would When the sentence of dismissal was first communicated
induce an increased consumption in Liverpool, as it had in to Greer, he was deeply affected, and immediately left the
London and elsewhere. They canvassed the town, knowing barracks for the White Hart Hotel, to which place he
that, to meet a powerful rival, they must come with their ordered his baggage to be sent. Per 's baggag re-
weapons whetted, and had already obtained 11,351 persons mained until Friday last, when he visited the barreacks
ready to take their gas of the new company. These would
for the last time, and superintended the removal of his
consume 238,000,000 cubic feet of gas, and they called effects. It is but an act of common justice to say that
upon the public to increase that consumption to 400,000,000
every man in the regiment describes Greer as being a
cubic feet, which would be quite sufficient to make the well-behaved, kind-hearted young man, so long as lie is
concern a paying one. He cautioned them that they had sober, but when overcome by drink his language has been
to battle with one of the greatest monopolies that ever
uniformly coarse and most insulting. On Wednesday he
existed, which charged 4s. Bd. per thousand cubic feet for received formal leave of absence, until his commission
that which was sold in Bolton, Burnley, Sunderland, and- was disposed of, and he departed at once for Ireland,
other places for 35., and in itehaven even so low as where his friends, who are highly respectable, reside.
2s. 6d. (Hear, hear.) If good gas could be manufactured Popular feeling in this town is greatly excited against
at other places at such prices, no doubt, by availing them- the officers of the 46th. They are saluted with "Non nzi
selves of superior skill, and introducing the improved ricordo" and "I don't recollect" at every turning. A,
-,
apparatus, it could be supplied at similar rates to the they got
public in Liverpool ; but, with the existing monopoly, in- --eezate at 1-1 -
the lanes,
which the proprietors divided the money among them-
sive terms
selves, they could never get low prices, politeness, whom we
attention, civility, or anything else. (Cheers.) The:Town- extremely
council could, however, save them from this monopoly, if
borough.
they thought proper ; for they had the power of permit- Yesterday afternoon, two ballad hawker
ting them to lay the pipes at once, without having first London with a plentiful supply of pane-
obtained special powers, but which it would, perhaps, be old Seven Dials' style, entitled " afterwards advisable to seek. If they would do that, they wtedeor" With 0-- '
would save the town £30,000 a year. It would be for the
Public to bring the matter before the Council by a peti-
tion at the proper time ; and no doubt the Council, com-
posed as it was of the intelligence and wealth of the
town, would see that, if competition was a good thing
in corn, it was good in gas also. The public had once felt
the injurious effects of an amalgamation—(hear, hear)
and to prevent such a contingency befalling their new
company, a special clause would be introduced in the bill.
(Cheers.) Having given a history of the Guardian Com-
pany, which was amalgamated with the old company, he
said the old company might endeavour to swamp the new
concern by reducing their gas to the same price they pro-
posed to make it for ; but they might depend upon it the
gas would suffer—that it would be made thinner by being
watered in the same way as spirits might be-; so that
if they were furnished with an inferior article for 35.,
it would be tantamount to receiving better gas at 4s. 6d.
To prevent this, the new company would pay for a meter-
tester, appointed by the corporation, whose duties it
(Before Mr. Mansfield and Mr. S. Holtnej should be to test the gas from day to day, and to publish
the results in the public newspapers from time to time.
Alluding next to the meters supplied by the old company,
Several boys were convicted in the penalty of ss. each
and costs, for throwing stones in Parliament-fields ; and a
he said they were so made that they could hold more water
number of youths were also convicted in the same penalties than was necessary, and that if the entire space was
filled, the supply of gas would be diminished by whatever
3 689 563- Increase 66,165 for playing at " pitch-and-toss," on Sunday.
might be the excess of water. (Hear, hear.) He
STABBING.—CharIes Cooper and John Forcer were
On the other side of the account—
charged with stabbing William Raven and John Hibbs. did not say this had been done, but that it
might be done ; but if they referred to their bills, and
Government securities 210,980,029; Increase £10,750 On Saturday night, the complainants were returning
compared the quantity said to have been consumed by
Other securities ... 16,178,013; Increase 777,204 home, when they were met, in Maddock-street, Scotland-
them when the price was 7s. per thousand feet, with what
Notes unemployed ... 6,836,585; Decrease 59,595 road, by the prisoners, who were intoxicated. An alter-
they were now placed as consuming; now they paid 4s. 6d.,
The amount of notes in circulation is £19,851,665, cation ensued, which led to blows between Cooper and
Raven. W. hike they were struggling together, Cooper and that would test in some degree whether this had
being a decrease of £195,850 ; and the stock of
been so. (Hear, and a Voice, " It's a fact.") Having
drew a knife, and stabbed Raven in the hip and back.
bullion in both departments is £13,368,371, show- Raven seized the knife, and was about to wrest it from his made some strong observations as to the mode in which the
ing a decrease of £267,053, when compared with the antagonist, when the other prisoner came up, and, fearing _ old company managed their business, asserting that even
preceding return. that he also would stab him, let go his hold, Hibbs then the clerks in the office did not understand the mode of
~, keeping their accounts, he repeated his assertion that
grappled with Forcer, who also drew a knife, stabbed him DIED, on the 11th inst aged 62 Es
The rest, in March last, after the payment of
away.He, however, pursued of the Heyes, astham, Cheshire, and formerly of Char-
.'
,aged 62, Joseph Battersby, '" until the competition they would never have a good quality
of gas, politeness, or civility. (Cheers, and a Voice "That's
a dividend at the increased rate of 4-1. per cent., in the flank, and then ran
and caught him, the other prisoner having, in the mean- lector, G. C.
ant pper.") He charged the old company with acting in
was 23,030,581.• On the present occasion it is time, been apprehended by Police-constable 180. The THE ALPS, Cunard Company's screw-steamer, Captain
£3,689,563, and 41 per cent. deducted from this wounds, in neither case, were serious ; but, according to Moodie, will sail for Boston direct, about ten o'clock to- an arbitrary and cruel manner to their customers, by
would leave L 3,034,678. It may therefore be surgical evidence, if they had been dealt in any other part morrow, with a full cargo and a large number of passen- cutting of the supply of gas on the average from
of the body, they would, probably, have proved fatal. The gers. two thousand consumers in a year, if they did aught to
expected, as the limit agreed upon for the rest is
prisoners were both committed for trial. THE POTATO CROP, in the neighbourhood of Ornisk-irk offend, making them pay 2s. each or putting it on again.
£3,000,000, that another dividend at that rate will
be declared. THE "GIPSEY GANG."—Henry Glover and Dick Welsh, is exceedingly heavy, and only a small proportion is affec- He complained that the old consumers were made to pay
known as members of a fraternity of "roughs" called ted by the disease. One farmer, in Bickerstaffe, had four- for carrying the gas into the out-townships, although it
was acknowledged that the consumption in the new dis-
ISSUE DEPARTMENT. the "Gipsey Gang," were convicted in the penalties of teen, which weighed 211bs. One potato, grown by Mr.
trios was not remunerative to the company ; and he
£5 each, or to be committed for two months, for assaulting Banks, of Lathom, weighed 26ozs.
,250'Governint. Debt £11,015,100
dealt some severe blows at the promoters of the Guardian
In last week's Standard
Police-officers 507. and 733,. while in the execution of their. E.1,3;.ES TESTIMONIAL FUND.— .
Gas Company, for having played into the hands of the old
!Other Securities 2.984,900 duty, endeavouring to disperse a crowd of brawlers in we intimated that a committee had been appointed for
monopoly; themselves "swallowing the money" which
IGold coin & bu11'n.12,688,250
Park-road, on Saturday night. the purpose of collecting subscriptions on behalf of this
Silver bullion ... ...
been contributed towards the formation of the rival
Tns " Moors AucTsoNs."—Mr. William Westerman, fund. Their exertions, we are glad to learn, are meeting had
„, of 35, Soho-street, appeared to complain against a man, with gratifying success. Professor Cockerell has we un- company.
j
r.ROBERT WALKER, of the Old Mansion-house
226,688,25 a named Hesse, who keeps one of the mock auction-rooms, derstand, given the handsome contribution of £5O to the
Hotel, who had several times in vain attempted to obtain
BANKING DEPARTMENT. which abound in Paradise-street and Whitechapel, under fund; and Dr. D. B. Reid £lO, besides other contributions
Prop. Capital ... .214,553,0001G0v. Securities £10,980,029 the following circumstances :—On Fridaya hearing, during Mr. Flintoff's speech, again rose in
night, he said, of considerable amount which have been paid over to the
the gallery, and was assailed with hisses, groans, cat-calls,
Rest ... ... 3,689,563 Other Securities 15,178,013 between eight and nine o'clock, he was induced (probably treasurer,
Public by the " touter" at the door) to go into No. 25, Paradise- THE E'en', OP DERBY—no doubt to commemorate his
Public Deposits 3,996,427N0tes ...
Other Deposits 10,402,859 Gold & Silver Coin 680,121 street, where, it was alleged, there was a sale of watches successes upon Knavesmire--has presented a piece of plate, and cries of " Put him out." After the uproar had par-
7-day &other bills 1,032,899 and jewellery by auction. Some silver watches were put value £3OO, to be run for on the last day of the York
tially abated, he wished to know who were the promoters
of the proposed company ? The prospectus only gave
up, and he bid for one, which was knocked down to him sAuguet Meeting, 1855, added to a handicap of 25 sovs.
for £2 17s. 6d. Hesse then showed him another watch, each, 15 ft. and and 5 only if declared, &c. The entry closes them the provisional committee.
1 111 r. STEEL, as one of the promoters, said he was a cigar
and, after some bargaining, it was agreed that he should on the first' Tuesday in May. Rich as York is in handi- manufacturer, and that he lived in Duke-street. After
have it in exchange for the other, on receiving 15s. in ex- caps, it is almost to be regretted the noble donor did not some observations in justification of the course which had
been pursued, he moved,—" That the public interests, in
change. A silver guard chain was then put up, and he appropriate so magnificent a prize to a weight for age race
became the purchaser of that for 15s. The next article was a after the fashion of the Ascot Cup, to bring out the best respect of a supply of gas, can only be efficiently served by
gold watch, said to be capped, and jewelled in thirteen horses of the year, which are generally shut out of all the means of competition; and this meeting is of opinion that
holes. He bid for that, and it was knocked down to him great handicaps. there is ample room in Liverpool for two gas companies,
for a 10s. Hesse then told him that he would ex- DONCASTER RACES take phase this day and the three fol- which, by respectively checking the abuses, and stimu-
change the silver watch for the gold one, if he would pay lowing days. There will be thirty races contested during kiting the improvements in each other, will foster and
the difference, and put down 10s. on account. This lie the four &vs, the greatiesinte,eQ4- isf """' l'''"cr aff"l'AA more effectually. promote the than ;.-ko--4- •-,r 'llw gee
consumers of this borough, than by any system of
agreed to do ; but Hesse suusequently asserted that the to tue nt. Leger, wnic this year has 159 subscribers. The ,
monopoly whatever." (Cheers.)
complainant had purchased both watches, and refused to field will not exceed a dozen, selected from Boiardo, Acro-
Mr. BYFORD seconded the resolution.
let him have the gold watch or return the 10s.—The de- bat, Dervish, The Trapper, Midsummer, Knight of Saint
fendant, who manifested considerable assurance, repeated George, Scythian, Arthur Wellesley, Autocrat, Baalbec, Mr. WALKER again got on his legs, and repeated his
the assertions he had made to the complainant ; and as Middlesex, Ivan, Hannibal, Corin: and colt by Vitellius question, asking further who Mr. Flintoff was, and whe-
there was not sufficient evidence to proceed summarily, he A very large attendance is anticipated, the inquiries for ther he was a gas consumer of the borough ? That
'lery assizes
' was discharged. Inspector Keboe stated that the defend- accommodation having been greater than for same years gentleman knew a great deal about Sheffield, and Gran-
ant was one of a number of men who kept these mock- past. tham, and London, and seemed to think that Liver- -
out of the power of the Romish clergy to prevent it. This
auctions ; and that the unwary and silly persons who A DISGRACEFUL MILITARY Amer, which resulted pool could not manage her own affairs without the
.-- went to them were sure to be imposed on. He had several in one man being shot, and a large number of others aid of st.rangrs.
of
At this point the proceedings, Mr. Walker became
is was
worthynot
intimation might have been spared. Indeed, it seems to
be no fault of his that the life of the unoffending young
_., a.. outer sorts •
Llokferen.mark that this is the same indivi-
times been summoned before the court, but had always ' injured, took place in Devizes on Thursday evening. It
weir value. he sales for the week, continued to evade the punishment.-Air. Mansfield appears that a troop of the 66th Royal Artillery was so decidedly unpopular, that he was obliged to bend to
the storm.
dual who called for the cheers at the chapel wich led to
were 43,320 bales, of which 4,350 advised the complainant either to obtain a summons passing through the town on its way to Bristol, and that wo,mlatn
',lotion, and 4,930 for export, against the man for detaining the watch, &c., or to bring the soldiers conducted themselves in a very disorderly
the riotous proceed inn of Sunday last , andhallo that
,
an action in the county court for the recovery of the manner immediately after they entered. They brake open largest consumers of gas in Liverpool (Mr. J. R. Jeffery,
A person in the body of the hallf said he saw one of the
-4e. TO-DIY the advices
who had nicle his appearance a ter the commencement of
while going through 'the fv....4.- . •
value of the property as knocked down to him, shops and stores with their cutlasses, and seized their
et they hadeffect
no
contents. Those who were not provided with cutlasses -e thproceedings), on the platform, and no doubt the meet-
' 7,000 bales, of ................................,...
used bludgeons and other weapons to effect their purpose. '
; ing would like to hear his opinion. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Jeffery immediately stepped forward, and cora-
`el- export,
As the soldiers advanced, and the news of their riotous I
PUNISHMENT FOR ILL-USING A WIPE.—A few days
menced a lengthy address, in which he severely cen-
se is a Proceedings spread, a large crowd ofpersons collected, ,
since some workmen engaged in a mine near Plymouth, f;pon whom the soldiers rushed with drawn cutlasses, sured Mr. Flintoff; a stranger from Sheffield, for the dis-
drew up one of their comrades by a rope in the public inflicting fearful injuries, The police succeeded in cap- 1 courteous and offensive terms in which he had alluded to
thoroughfare, and suspended him in mid-air about 30 feet them up
or three of the most prominent and locked the old company, and for the charges he had preferred
high, screaming murder at the top of his voice, for ill- them up in the gaol. They were immediately afterwards Sr
ain4 those who had wound up the asrs;--
treating his wife.
attended by the magistrates, who remanded them until
A PUMPKIN has just been sent to the Paris market Wednesday next. While the police were engaged in the
from the Valley of the Loire, the circumference of which
arrest of the ringleaders, a body of soldiers broke into a
is 3 metres 28 centimetres, sr about that of an ordinary
cabriolet wheel, and its weight 217 kilogrammes 21 Ipublic-house and stole a carbine, which one of their body
loaded and proceeded into the street with. Shortly after-
grammes (about 478 lbs. English). It is calculated that wards a report from the gun was heard, and a cry ran
it would feed one person for three months, and that from through the crowd that a man was shot. It turned out
50 to 55 kilogrammes of sugar might be extracted from to be a Mr. Fowler, a tailor, resident in the town. The
it. It was sold for 62f.
ban from the carbine had penetrated his neck, and passed
MINISTERIAL REGULA.TIONS.-16 is a rule with every through the back. Medical aidb ' •
was procured, us
administration that there shall always be a Secretary of
State in the metropolis during the vacation. At present
this duty necessarily devolves upon the Duke of New-
castle, whose official functions are liable to be called into
active operation at this juncture at any moment. The
ee other secretaries have availed themsel - the