Glasgow Courier. — 1853-05-19 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

FATAL ACCIDENT—On Monday five lads who had hired a boat at Hungerford Stairs, and rowed it up to Battersea Reach, upset it by some mismanagement, and all were in an instant struggling in the stream. Four were sated by the intervention of parties who were near in boats, but the fifth was lost.  THE CALORIC SHIP EniessoN.—This ship is now lying at her dock in Williamsburg. Important alterations are going on in her machinery, which the owners are confident will considerably increase her speed. She is to be ready to sail for London. Captain Ericsson will go out in her to Europe.—NewYork Paper.  The seat for the burgh of Mirldstone, vacant by the ejection of Mr. Dodd by an election committee, has been filled up by the return of a rninisterialist, Mr. Lee. The unseated member divided in favour of Mr. D'lsraeli'fi budget, so that the opposition has lost a vote. At Berwick-on-Tweed the two unseated ministerialists have been replaced by gentlemen of the same party.  A general system has been introduced of notifying to members in all parts of the House of Commons the precise moment of a division by the electoral ringing of thirty bells in various directions, the bells being set in motion IST an apparatus in charge of one of the officers of the House at the lobby door. Wires are being carried from the house to the Carlton, Reform, and other clubs, for the intercommunication and information of the members.  APPLICATION OP GUANO WATER TO CLOVER, &c_ Guano water may be advantageously applied to the clover in any quantity, according to the requirements of the soil, front two to four cwt. per Irish acre. In wet weather there will be no necessity for mixing it with water; but with four or five times its bulk of rich earth, it will make a most excellent top dressing, and thus save much expense in carting. In very dry weather it will be useful to apply it in the liquid state, in the proportion of about 600 gallons to the cwt.—Farmer's Gazette.  A SIKOrLAR Suietne.—A young lady,aged twentyone, named Fanny Crosby, the daughter of an extensive draper in Fisher-gate, Preston, committed suicide, on Wednesday, by jumping into the Ribble. She had latterly been in the habit of putting her feet in water several times a-day, apparently with the view of relieving her head, of which she frequently complained. When first observed the deceased was sitting on some stones which project into the river, with her legs in the water, and, on a woman approaching to see what was the matter, she immediately plunged in, and was carried away by the strength of the stream. Excessive study is believed to have aftected her intellect. At the inquest the jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity.  _ The latest accounts from Melbourne mention that the number of vessels in the bay and river was 154, including 53 ships, 62 barques, 3 steamers, 13 brigs, and the remainder schooners,- besides coasters. Amongst these were some of the finest merchants of Great Britain and America. The rise in the value of land and house property is a very striking feature in the altered condition of Australia: Recently four dwelling-houses in Melbourne, with a rental of £225 per annum each, sold by auction at .f. 8,900. At Geelong 8 quarter acre sections of land sold at £l,OOO per quarter acre. Ninety acres of suburban land, also near Geelong, sold for .19,000, which had been bought by Mr. Austin, ex-mayor, for £6 per acre four years ago.  The arbitrators appointed respectively by the government and Dr. Reid, in the matter of the new Houses of Parliament, have given in their award, after a long and protracted inquiry into the whole circumstances of the case. By their decision a sum of £3,250 has been awarded to Dr. Reid. The arbitrators took evidence at thirty-one meetings, and examined a number of witnesses. Their decision is said to have been restricted enSirely to the legal claims of the case. Mr. W. Forsyth, M.A., barrister, was appointed on the part of the government; and Dr. John Forbes, F.R.S. D.C.L., on the part of Dr. Reid. They appointed the Hon. G. Denman as umpire; but having agreed as to their decision his services were not called in. BRITISH Sisteriso.--A parliamentary paper which has been issued states that the number of British sailing vessels employed in the trade of the United Kingin 1851 was 17,664, whose aggregate tonnage was 3,216,194 tons, and on board of which 131,277 men were employed. In 1852 the number of vessels was 17,270, their tonnage 3,215,655 tons, and their crews 146,286 men. With respect to British steam .vessels, 520 were employed in 1851 in the trade of the United Kingdom (excepting river steamers), whose tonnage was 144,741 tons, and the number of their crews 10,660. In 1852 the number of steam-vessels so em"loyed was 549, their tonnage 165,219 tons, and their crews 13,277 men. Repeated voyages, of course, are not included in the above returns.