The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

expecte

fluctuations, have fairly maintained their value,
and money for commercial purposes has been com-
hough without any great im-

paratively easy

provement. The returns of the Bank-of-England,
on Friday, show another increase in the stock of
bullion, to the extent of £135,421, but the other
changes are not of particular moment.
It appears by a recent telegraphic despatch from
China, that a treaty has been arranged with Japan,
by which two ports are to be open to British
trade.

In the Cotton manufacturing districts, a very
fair amount of business has been doing for several
descriptions of goods, and the prospects of pro-
ducers are considered, more favourable, from the
reduced price of the raw material. The Woollen
trade is slightly better, and stocks are considerably
reduced, so that there is some prospect of amend-
ment. The Hosiery trade is also partially active ;
but the Lace trade is very dull.
Th 9 return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the sth of Dec., gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :

£5,545,408 ; Increase
9,691,373 ; Decrease
3,124,711 ; Increase

£505,515
67,873
3,069

On the other side of the account—
Government securities.. £11,604.267, Increase
Other securities .. ... 13,732,473; Increase

£86,529
22,005
301,160

Notes unemployed
The amount of notes in circulation is £19,405,585
being a decrease of £211,205 ; and the stock of

bullion in both departments is £14,005,444, show-
ing an increase of £135,421, when compared with

the preceding return

£27,334,415

BANKING DEPAIITMENT

Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000'G0v. Securities £11,601,267
Rest ... 3,121,711 Other Securities 13,732,473
Public Deposits 5,515,408 Notes ... 7,928,830
Other Deposits '9,691,373 Gold & Silver Coin 671,029
7-day & other bills 1,022,107

£33,936,5991

£33,936,599

Our SHARI

MARKET has again been active, and

the late advance has been well maintained. Con-
siderable purchases have been made of 'Midlands,
East Lancashire, Leeds; and other stocks that are

currently dealt in ; London stock, also, has parti-
cipated in the advance, though not quite to the
same extent as the others. It is said that this
company and the Great Western have arranged
their differences, and that they will now work in
harmony. The dividends upon Leeds, Fast Lan-
cashire, and Midland, are expected to be at the
rate of four per cent- We annex this day's prices:—
Caledonians, 30i 4 ; Eastern Counties, 111 • Great
Northern A, 9 9-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,l
73* 1q 4 ; London Stock, 1001 ; Sheffield Stock,
2311 4 ; Midland Stock, 688 9 ; South Eastern,
17 13-16; Magnetic Telegraph, 401.
CorroN.—The tone of the market during the
week has been dull and heavy, and prices have
given way about 1-16 d. to *d. per lb. on mid-
dling, and *d. to Id. on fair qualities. The
sales of the week up to Friday amounted to
38,290 bales, of which 1,410 were taken on specu-
lation, and 3,690 for export, leaving 33,190 for the
trade. To-DAY the advices per Canada were re-
ceived, with further accounts of a most abundant
crop, computed to exceed any previous year. It
had not, however, much effect on this market.
The sales reached 7,000 bales, including 300 on
speculation, and 700 for export ; and though the
market was heavy, quotations are not reduced.
The following is a comparison of present rates
with those of the corresponding period last year :-
1853. 1854
New Orleans, middling

fair
Uplands, middling...
fair......

Uk
Gn 54

SALES. IMPORTS. iTOCK
DESCRIPTION. PRICES. Week Previ- Week This
ending °Daly ending Dec.ls
:Dec.ls. thiayr. Dec. 15.1 Year'

Sea a@32

Stained - a 110 1450 1 3960 i 529137
Boweds 3l 611 8630 463270 341800
Mobile 3l 511 4270 246910 } 24855,1053341
New Orleans. 3 7 17400 927950 ,
Pernams, Bzc. Cif 7 1150 43860 129 29552 8780
Bahia, &c 6 611 410 29090 • ... I 29099 11700
NI aranham I 6 71 510 36080 .... i 41724 22720
Demerara,Blc .... ! 660 •.... I 5721 180
Egyptian 5l 10} 1290 108200 .. ..77391 55860
Com. W.l.Bzc. 4 190 7600 274 5294 1650
Snrat
Madras
Bengal i— 2060

2279411 149070
974 3590

38290 22139701

292151995025 59535

PRODUCE.—The Sugar market has been freely
supplied, and prices are rather lower. For Coffee
a good demand for export. In Cocoa, a large
business done, at full rates. Rice, dull. Rum,
heavy. Tea, inactive. Hides in request, at higher
prices. Palm Oil, lower. For Tallow a limited
demand. To-DAY, there is no improvement to
notice in our Sugar market, the sales, including
Saturday's business, comprising 455 hhds. Deme-
rara, at 275. 9d. to 31s. ; and 100 bags Dates, at

335. 9d. per cwt. The prices of Molasses are rather
higher, the supply in first hands becoming small,
400 puns. clayed Cuba having realised 16s. ; 350
puns. Barbadoes, 17s. on the spot ; and 200 puns.
Cuba Muscovado to arrive, 16s. per cwt. from the
quay. The business in Rum is still limited, and
for 35 puns. Demerara rather lower prices have
been accepted. 200 bags Rio Coffee are reported
at 445. ; and 50 bags middling Bahia Cocoa, at
295. per cwt. The Tea market is rather more
active, and a better feeling is apparent since the
receipt of the last advices from China ; common
Congou is a shade dearer. 100 tons broken
Bengal Rice have been disposed of for arrival, but
the price has not transpired. 1,000 bags Saltpetre
have found buyers at 235. 6d. to 275. 6d. per cwt.,
for 10 to 5 per cent. refraction. We have also to
report 80 bags Pimento, at sd. to 5811. ; 30 cases
Castor Oil, at ltd. per lb. ; 100 boxes large Pearl
Sago, at 20s. per cwt. ; 70 tons St. Domingo Log-
wood, at £5 2s. 6d. at £5 ss. ; and 1:5 tons Barwood,
at £7 10s. to £7 15s. per ton.
WOOL.—The better feeling noticed in our last
week's report is still manifest, and more business
has been done in most descriptions of Wool, with-
out any change to notice in prices. Alpaca has
remained quiet, while Mohair has found buyers in
small quantities at is. 11d. to
the latter, of good and medium qualitN

and stocks of

ire held

firm at the extreme quotation. Fine and half-fine
Servia and Scopia Fleece are inquired for, and
would command a ready sale, at full prices ; but of
use sorts the market is quite bare. Good true-
d white Fast India is also inquired for, but

none offering, the present stock of Peruvian being
held above a market value, is m

lected

there ii

.e quantity of this class afloat
, ,

For this

The are about the present fates :-Down
13-2-d. -to 14d. ; ditto ewes, 131 d. to 131 d. ;
In hogs, 13d. to 131 d. ; ditto wethers, 121 d.
- harts. 121 d. to 14d. ; ditto

wethe

121 d. to 12Id
piers.

121 d. to

121 d. ; ditto we

267 1

32 Portugal, 13 Irish, and
METALS.—The markets

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kl OUR THIRD PAGE

(Before Mr. Justice Erie.)

The learned Judge took his

proceeded to pass sentence o

t ten o'clock,
c following pri-
ously convicted :—Charles

Pigot, 19, for a garotte robbery in Liverpool, eighteen
months' imprisonment. William Smith Watson, for
forgery on Mr. Steel, a broker, at Liverpool, fifteen
months' imprisonment. —James Donnelly, for robbery,
eighteen months' imprisonment.
ALLEGED MURDER NEAR MANCHESTER. Alfred
Ogden, (about 30,) silk weaver, was indicted for the wilful
murder of James Kershaw, at Chadderton, near Man-
chester. Mr. Monk for the prosecution. Mr. Tindal
Atkinson defended the prisoner. The case was briefly
this : —On the night of the 30th November, the deceased
left his home, stating that he was going to attend a
lecture. He did not return home, and his body was found
in a canal near his own house. It appeared that instead
of going to the lecture he went to the prisoner's house,
and tapped at the window, having an attachment for one
of his sisters. The prisoner went out to see who had tap-
ped at the window, and he overtook the deceased, who was
running away. A struggle took place between them, and
the deceased was never again seen alive. When the pri-
soner returned to his house, almost immediately after he
had left, he said to his sister,—" I overtook him, and we
had a struggle. He left his watch and cap in my hand,
and I called him back, but he would not come." On the
following day the prisoner went to the deceased's house,
and after telling his mother what had happened, he gave
up the watch and cap. As the deceased had not returned
home, search was made, and his body was discovered as
stated. His Lordship told the jury that there was not the
'slightest evidence to connect the prisoner with the apparent
murder of the deceased, and the prisoner was accordingly
acquitted.
MANSLAUGHTER AT LIVERPOOL. James Malone, 44,
seaman's boardinghouse-keeper, Maghull-street, in this
town, was indicted for the manslaughter of John Brothers,
a seaman. Mr. Blair prosecuted, and the prisoner was de-
fended by Mr. Monk and Mr. Aspinall. The deceased, in a
state of intoxication, went to the prisoner's house, and used
very abusive language, creating a great disturbance in the
street. He was turned out of the house, and desired to go
away twice, but he persisted, and threw stones against the
windows. The prisoner pushed him down the steps into
the street, and afterwards came round from the back of
the house, and a scuffle ensued, in which the deceased was
believed to have received a blow which knocked him down.
He was taken to the Southern Hospital, where he died next
afternoon. Mr. Rayston, house surgeon of that institu-
tion, said the cause of death was effusion of blood on the
brain, which was more likely to have been caused by a fall
than a blow. Several witnesses stated that the deceased
fell against the iron railing of the prisoner's house ; and,
at his Lordship's direction, the jury acquitted the prisoner.

Gidlow) any insult lik

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL

said to a

named 'Spencer, that I should like to meet Gidlow on my
way to the well. I don't know much of Spencers. They

are people I have not wasted my words up(
know a mason named Fairclough. and

I don't

never fold him that

I would go for water, and that Peace would back me out.
I never was told by Mr. Peace to go to the well. I went
to the well the morning after Mr. Watmough called
(although I had not gone for the water for six weeks
before, having paid to have it fetched), because the other
wells were muddy. I don't remember whether there had
been any rain on the two days before, but the ground was
quite dry, as if there had not. I saw Mr. Watmough at
my lord's office, and gave him and Mr. Peace an account
of what had occurred. Mr. Watmough was sent with me
to Wigan, to Mr. Mayhew, Lord Crawford's attorney, and
he sent for a medical man.
His LORDSHIP —Oh, he sent for the medical man. (To
Sergeant Wilkins), I can hardly suppress my indign
that the proceedings of a criminal court should be
to
.press a matter which is strictly a question for a civil
court. Nobody can pity this poor woman more than I do.
The result of this prosecution, be it what it may, is im-
material, because the sentence is in my hand

A consultation between the legal gentlemen here took
place.
Cross-examination resumed :—I didn't go before the
justice because I had no money. I never heard that there
was a county court at Wigan, though I live only three
miles off.

At this stage of the examination, Sergeant WILKINS
rose and said—l am willing, and I believe the other side
are willing, but for one circumstance, that it should be
arranged for these matters in dispute to be finally settled
by some competent person. Mr. Gidlow says, if he
now consents to have it settled, the statements of the
prosecutrix will go forth to the world uncontradicted. I
cannot stand up here to say that what she has said is
false. I don't think myself Mr. Gidlow's reputation would
be the least injured, and no doubt there would be no ob-
jection, if Mr. Gidlow wishes it, to have the award pub-
lished.

His LORDSHIP :—I don't hesitate to say that their in-
terests, as men of property, would certainly be most mate-
rially consulted, and their happiness for years secured, if
they got an arbitrator to arrange the matters of contest be-
t weeen them. With regard to what is in Mr. Gidlow's mind,
Mr. MONK begged his lordship's pardon for interrupt-
ing him, but he wished to make some remarks on the same
subject. Mr. Gidlow had purchased, in 1853, the Arley-
hall estate. He went there to spend the rest of his days
in quietness. Instead of obtaining that peace which he
had expected, he found himself, through a course of cir-
cumstances to which he would not further allude, quarrel-
ling with this woman, his new character in the neighbour-
hood assailed, and himself charged with using such violence
that, if he had been told of any one else using it, he would
have been the first to have condemned it. lie (Mr. Mouk)
had evidence to prove that nearly the whole of the wo-
man's evidence was false.

His LORDSHIP thought it might be more satisfactory to
the jury to have the matter explained to them. He thought
the woman had made use of exaggeration in her telling of
the story ; and his own opinion was, that there was not
more violence used than was necessary to keep the well.
With regard to what had been said about damages to this
woman, there were plenty of courts open without coming
into that court. The law of the land was, that any person
had a right to protect his property from trespass. It was
not a question of a cottager trying her right to the well,
for they saw that. Mr. Watmough came round the night
before and ordered her to draw water from the well.
She went to the well, persevered in a manner that must
strike every one by its pertinacity, and Mr. Gidlow
made use of force to drive her from the water. Looking
at the man who had to be judged by them, and looking at
the woman, he did not think it likely that he would have
beaten her with a stick as he dragged her along, as she
had stated. He could hardly sit with calmness to see a
criminal court made use of to test a matter that was en-
tirely a civil question. They would have to say whether
Mr. Gidlow had been guilty of an indictable offence.
The foreman asked the Court if Mr. Gidlow had brought
an action of trespass against the prosecutrix ?
His Lordship replied that Mr. Gidlow could not have
obtained any satisfactory decision without bringing the
case to an assize, and throwing away £lOO or £2OO. He
might have taken this woman up for trespass, but that
would have left the question quite open as regarded
others. This matter was only an indication of the under-
current of the matters in dispute between the parties.
The jury then returned a verdict of " not guilty."
Sergeant Wilkins then said, with reference to the second
indictment he bad looked carefully through the depo-
sitions, and was bound to admit that he did not consider
they would succeed.. He was willing to leave the matter
to be arranged. _ _ _ _

His Lordship asked whether the defence would allow
the arbitrator to have power to settle everything in dispute.
Mr. JA.AtEs, who was for the defence on the second in-
dictment, said, Mr. Gidlow could not go quite so far as
that, as there was no right in dispute about the mine.
James Gidlow, Thomas &dim, and Thomas Batters-
by, were then indicted for attempting to commit a felony,
to wit, trying to let in water to flood a certain mine, in
order to prevent its working.
No evidence being offered, the prisoners were acquitted.

TO THE ED:
Sty

aye, and lnkern
this must not be.

No woman pr

!net. x es'
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I am, Sir, your

December 19, 1854.

tution was
about £9O.

John Parkinyton, 23, weaver, charged with having, at
Blackburn, on the 11th October, feloniously attempted to
murder Jane Long, by throwing her into a canal, was ac-
quitted. Mr. Blair prosecuted; the prisoner was
undefended.

Anthony Danson, alias Hornby, 29, labourer, and Ed-
ward Heyes, 22, butcher, charged with garroting and
robbing George Stopford at Sea Ashton, on the 25th No-
vember, were found guilty, and sentenced to fifteen years'
transportation. Mr. Cross prosecuted.
William Priest, 45, hawker, indicted for the man-
slaughter of James Lord, a toll keeper, at Eccles, on the
4th December, was found guilty, but recommended to
mercy, as the evidence tended to prove that when the pri-
soner drove on the cart and kicked down the deceased
he believed the road was clear. Sentenced to one month's
imprisonment.
James Dean, 20, labourer, charged with wilful and
corrupt perjury at Lancaster, on the 22nd of August, in
swearing falsely to an alibi, was found guilty, and recom-
mended to mercy. Sentence deferred.
The court adjourned at seven o'clock until nine this
morning.

(Before Mr. Justice Crompton)

The court sat at ten o'clock, when Thomas Holdeh, 49,
baud-loom weaver, previously convicted of bigamy, and
Wm. Mellor, 28, bricklayer, who pleaded guilty to a simi-
lar offence, were sentenced—the former to twelve months',
and the latter to one month's, imprisonment with hard
labour.

MANSLAUGHTER.—James Clegg, 33, collier, was in-
dicted for having feloniously killed and slain Elizabeth
Smith, his married sister, at Over Darwen, near Black-
burn, on Sunday, the 12th of November, during a family
quarrel. The prisoner had brought a man home with
him, when his wife remonstrated, saying that all their
victuals were needed for their children. He beat her, and
his mother and sister interfered to prevent him, and he
kicked the latter, who was in an advanced state of preg-
nancy, from the effects of which she died next day. Mr.
Whigham prosecuted, and Mr. Monk defended the pri-
soner, who was acquitted.
Peter Holcroft, charged with feloniously stabbing
John Culshaw, in the high road at Croxton, on the 2nd of
October, was found guilty, and sentenced to six months'
imprisonment with hard labour. Mr. Cross prosecuted.
Mr. Whigham appeared for the prisoner.
Henry Ashton, 20, charged with a garotte robbery, at
Manchester, in company with two other persons, on the
2nd of November, was convicted and sentenced to four
years' penal servitude.
The court rose shortly after half-past six, until this
morning.

VENTRILOQUIS3I.—From an advertisement it will be
seen that Mr. Macmillan, the celebrated ventriloquist, will
give a series of his favourite entertainments in the Concert-
ball, Lord Nelson-street, this evening, and on Thursday
and Friday nights,

LANCASHIRE MILITIA. The second regiment of
Lancashire Militia assembled yesterday in Liverpool, under
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas G. Hesketh,
for permanent duty. As yet it is not known whether
they will remain here, or be sent on service to some other
district. The officers' mess was held as usual in the
Adelphi Hotel.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITI7TION.—Last night a
lecture in connexion with this institution was delivered
in Hope Hall, Hope-street, by the Rev. Joseph Bardsley,
B.A. The lecture was the third of a series of six, and
itsisubject was " The Life and Times of Archbishop
Cranmer." After briefly glancing at the condition of
Europe as regards religion, at, or rather immediately pre-
ceding the reformation, the lecturer proceeded to give a ra-
pid outline of the early. life and history of Cranmer, al-
luding er-3-44-1-

:Iran mer's marriage;

;Ory of t

ADVERTISER.

LIVERPO(

WHAT

STANDARD,

tatement made last night by Mr. Jef

fery, at the Compton-house concert, that there ire now 50
soldiers' wives and 80 soldiers' children hungry in Liverpool,

rri without a blanket to cover them.
The families of heroes who fougt

out food or covering

Surely,

I I regret exceedingly to be

'want v

awareof fhe efforts

made by the local committee to adr

belong

that she

to the army has
at at our office
trusted to our local board, 71

cases came before me. Of these 55 have received beds,
(tick, sheets, and quilt), or blankets as they:chose% 4 were
cases of children, whose parents were at service; 6 were
women without children ; 3 were cases of temporary
relief; 3 new cases received promises of blankets next
Mon day.

The rate at which relief is given to Issisr,not maintain,
soldiers' wives is as follows :—Women, with one child, 3s.
weekly ; with two, 4s. ; with three, ss. 3d. ; with four, 7s. ;
with five, Bs. 9d, ; and so up to 10s. weekly.
We have received the greatest kindness from Mr. Jef-
fery, and every member of his establishment, and also from
the editor of the Journal ; and I have no doubt that both
these gentlemen will regret the error into which they have
been led.

imble servant

JOHN R. CoNo'

THE PATRIOTIC FUND

Hon. Secs

THE concert given by the pupils at the Collegiate Insti-
aost successful, the receipts amounting to

On Tuesday evening, Professor Bushell gave a benefit,
in the Argyle-rooms, Birkenhead, in aid of the fund. The
net proceeds amounted to £5 2s. 6d.
The pupils at Dr. Ihne's school, Carlton-terrace, Upper
Parliament-street, have contributed £7 2s. 6d. towards
the fund.

On Tuesday evening, a meeting of the inhabitants of
Ince-Blundell was held in the school-room at that place,
for the purpose of adopting means for raising contributions
in aid of the Patriotic Fund. On the motion of Mr. Lynass,
seconded by Mr. Thomas Baines, the chair was taken by
Mr. Henry Hyde. A resolution, moved by Mr. Hyde, and
seconded by Mr. John Heyes, was adopted, to the effect,
that the utmost endeavours should be used to collect sub-
scriptions in the township ; and Mr. Lynass and Mr.
Hamilton were appointed to wait on the inhabitants for
that purpose. Subscriptions were announced at the
meeting amounting to upwards of £2O. The list of sub-
scribers was headed by ThomaS Weld Blundell, Esq., with
the sum of £lO.

The employk in Compton House havin some time

aid of the Patriotic Fund, with the exception of the ap-
prentices, 28 in number, whose aid had not been solicited,
the latter resolved not to be outdone in liberality, and
arranged to give a concert, the proceeds of which should
be devoted to the Patriotic Fund. On Friday evening,

accordingly, the concert took place in the library and
reading-room of Compton House, through the kind and
considerate permission of the principals of the establish-
ment. The entertainment was numerously attended; and,
in the course of the evening, Mr. William Jeffrey sug-
gested a different destination of the money. He begged
to say that there were, as he had ascertained, fifty soldiers'
wives, with eighty children, now in great distress in
Liverpool. To many of them Compton House had afforded
some employment in the way of needle-work ; but the
majority of them were in deep distress —hungry, without
a bed to lie on, or a blanket to cover them. He proposed
to hand over the proceeds to the committee still existing,
for their relief. This was agreed to.
_ _

The Welsh concert, which was intended to come off on
a grand scale, for the benefit of the Patriotic Fund, has
been abandoned, owing to the building committee having
refused the use of St. George's Hall.

The amount subscribed in Glasgow to the fund, up to
Friday last, was £36,913 19s. 11d.
PATRIOTIC FUND.—The workmen of Mr. James Bil-
linge, lock and hinge manufacturer, Ashton, near Wigan,
subscribed, on Saturday last, £2O 3s. 6d. to this fund ; and
the workmen of Messrs. Shaw and Billinge subscribed
ls, 2d. to the same benevolent object.

TILE BOARD OF TRADE have given notice that a sub-
marine telegraphic cable has been lail down from Vedbek,
on the coast of Sixland, to the vicinity of Hillesborg, and
sets forth the beacons, and requests mariners not to anchor
within those marks or bearings.
TIIEHIINGARIAN BAND, we perceive, is to give a perform-
ance every evening this week in Hime's Music-hall, Bold-
street ; and on Saturday they will give an additional
entertainment, in the same place, at two o'clock afternoon.
CA trnoN.—Advertisements have appeared addressed to
butchers and others, stating that a supply of hides and
skins, either by contract or commission, is wanted regu-
larly, and an address is given at the skin-market, Ber-
mondsey. Before entrusting property to strangers, some
enquiry should be made as to their responsibity. Our
enquiries in this direction have proved by no means
satisfactory.

-
NEW STOREHOUSE FOR THE MILITIA.—In the militia
exercising field, near St. Domingo•road, a building is now
nearly finished, which is intended as a depot for that corps.
The structure does not possess any striking architectural
beauty, being simply erected of common brick and red sand
stone; indeed, were it not for the royal arms placed over
the entrance gate, it might be readily taken for a range of
stabling to the adjoining splendid mansion, which is now
called St. Edward's College. In form it is square, and two
storeys in height, with a commodious court-yard in the
centre.

TAKING POISON 33Y MISTAKE.—A melancholy case of
this description occurred last week, which resulted in the
death of Mrs. Chalk, wife of Mr. Chalk, licensed victualler,
St. John's-lane. Deceased complained that she was suffer-
ing from a bilious attack, and went to take some tartaric
acid, but by accident mixed a portion of arsenic in
the glass of water instead of the acid. On discovering her
mistake, she took an emetic of salt and water, and Dr.
Slack was sent for, but•his attendance was unsuccessful,
and Mrs. Chalk died on Saturday. The arsenic had been
kept in the house some time for the purpose of poisoning
rats. An inquest was held yesterday, and a verdict re-
turned that the mistake was accidental.
DEATH FROM BURNING.—An inquest was held yes.
terday, on the body of Lucy. Green, aged 7 years, daugh-
ter of Patrick Green, shoemaker, 47, Cavendish-street,
whose clothes caught fire on the Ist instant, as she was
standing on a stool to reach a picture from the mantel-
piece; and she was so severely burnt that she died on
Saturday last. Verdict, accidentally burnt.
DROWNING.—On Friday evening, a man named Joseph
Sutton, aged 43, residing at No. 1, Earl-street, who had
been to the Isle of Man, returned with his son by the
steamer, and landed at the Pier-head. Both father and
son were in a state of intoxication, and the son crossed
the drawbridge, but his father said, " I will not go over
that bridge." When the son turned round, he missed his
father, and went in search of him, but saw him no more
until his body was brought to the deadhouse, having been
found by William Ward, a boatman, four miles up the
river. No account was given as to the manner in which
he got into the water, and at the inquest, which was held
yesterday, a verdict was returned accordingly.
SEAMXN'S ADVANCE NoTEs.—The seamen of the barque
Protector, Captain H. Simmons, bound hence to Jamaica,
which vessel put into Holyhead, during the late gale,
having refused to proceed in the ship, were brought up
last week before the magistrates, who ordered them to be
discharged. A new crew were dispatched from Liver-
pool to supply their place ; they also refused to go to sea,
and were brought up before the authorities, who ordered
them to be committed for one month. These cases, which
are now of daily occurrence, are mainly, if not solely,
attributable to the allowance of " advance notes," and so
long as the present system remains as it is, the shipping
interests will continue to suffer severely.
CHURCH Or ENGLAND YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY.—A
lecture was delivered in connexion with this society on
Thursday evening last, in Hope-hall, Hope-street, by the
Rev. W. F. Taylor, M.A. The evening was extremely
unfavourable, notwithstanding there was a very con-
siderable number of persons present, the hall being
tolerably filled. The subject of. the lecture was " The
claims of the Church on young men." The Rev. lecturer

an evil world, and to bear the knowledge of salvation to
the ends of the earth, to make an aggression on the moral
wastes of the world at large,_ nor even cease her labours,

solemn command to the holy Apostles, been preached in
all the world, and to every creature. Ile briefly touched
le Church in this country from its

first introduction to the present time, wnere sne not wuy
presents an aspect of energetic activity and zeal for the
advancement of her Master's cause, but has also sent
out her bishops, priests, and deacons to every part
of her widely-extended colonial empire. Still much
remains to be done not only in our own land but through-

out the world. South Ameiica is in almost total darkness :
Pagan and Papal superstition overspread that extensive
continent. Africa is divided between the followers of the

false Prophet and the captives of heathenism. India, with
its one hundred and fifty millions ; and China, with its
three hundred millions, call aloud for aid. In the latter
country, the corrupt' Church of Rome has no less than
13 bishops and 160 missionary pries

whilst Eng:

pure and Apostolic Church has but one bishop and some
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occurred at Sebastopol up to that date. Tl,e fire of the
allies continued to be very weak, and caused the Russians

scarcely any loss.

CONiTAIiTINOPLE, DEC. 7th.—From the 28th of Nov.
to the 3rd of Dec. no guns were placed in the newly-con-
structed batteries, the weather being so bad and the mire
so deep. The Turks had arrived at Balaklava, and it was
found very difficult to provide food for them. The Russian
army had quitted the valley for the heights commanding
the Tchernaya. Deserters say that the Russians suffer
much. Every evening the garrison opens a fire of artillery
ou the French position, and make sorties, which are
always repulsed with loss. During the day the enemy's
fire is slack. The soldiers are constructing huts. In the
morning of the 2nd the Russians attacked an advanced
guard of the 50th Regiment, which retired. The Rifles
advanced to its assistance, drove back the Russians, and
forced them to quit their positions. The Turks are suffer-
ing from sickness. The cholera has reappeared among
them. Omar Pasha had orders to send 30,000 men with
all speed to the Crimea. On the 30th of Nov. an insur-
rection broke out at Latakia, Syria, among the mountain-
eers. The Governor marched against them with 2,000
men, and, being killed by a shot, the soldiers retreated.
The discussion in the Spanish Cortes on the matter of
the Rivas Ministry has ended in no result. Advices from
Munich of the 15th announce that King Louis has been
seized with an apoplectic fit at Darmstadt. Later advices
state that the condition of His Majesty was improving.
Advices from Vienna of the 16th announce the official
publication of the treaty with the Western Powers.