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ABERYSTWITH AND WELSH COAST…
ABERYSTWITH AND WELSH COAST RAILWAY. MR. PIERCY'S EXPLANATION. In our ill1ped.ioll of the 11th we p'\I'tial¡'reporte<1 the railway 1Il:,tlllg held at Harlech, but owing t,) the meeting being concluded only three or four minute.* before the post left Harlech, and as this nvas lust day before that of publication, the report was necessary brief and imperfect. We shall now give the entire substance of Mr. Viorcy's speech for the benefit of the public as it comprehended all that is known or ccould be said on the ubject. After pointing out the lulvantages o any district of having t railway, and ,ktmhug the, po?iti.n the Welsh Coast Li??-, e,,e?? as nt l11^ 1 projected, he proceeded to exl)lzti,l it ti?-t line from Barmouth to Dolgelley, from ncCleth to Carnarvon, and from Portinadoc to P<*rthdinae i <1 been abandoned, or The (*11-1"'Y l?13 -!ill when they fi»t projected tho fork line t^m «th to Carnarvon were not awarc that the ',zliltlil? which have now a tramway open from Carnal' ron, to Pei,ygr.?., inteudcd. t,) cxt'a<1 tlta: b1'<,n.c:, at wideiiiii- ft)l' to 1 ortmldlk, ohel" 18C. tH-Y shouhl not have attempte,l to m:\ke oue m OppoBltltHl, knowing as they well ("(1 tl?!,t Parli¡I!1el1t ,ould lu,!k "cry unfa,'ol1rahly iutlee'¡ on any new Ime  mn m opposition to an old one. This fork hue not ■ewcntial to the Welsh Coast scheme only, lt wolU(J connect their nnin liue with the North" estern at Carnarvon Besides the inhabitant, (,f Carnarvon were not rt 0.1 with the way they proposed to crow the hwbTr, and the Bmrd of Admintlt., threatenel cn oppatioll which, most likely, \oul.1 ha,'e x-»aut Helice when Ir. Preston, On beh"U f tl?? Nl" C,)nilianx-, his line fl:,¡¡H CaM1an'Un tu I urt- madoe they deemed it be.4 to \lth,lraw thclrs. Of one thing ¡Ie might be sure that this. line would be made, for it h,1 aImust l'a;¡.1 the Par]¡al!1elt, aUll tilel-0 was no oppodition at all z,d, tu it. hne 0'1I1sl(l,"roo essential tu the full of tho" ehh Coast there could be no doubt whatever but that it would be made awl that too as 8peethly a< possible. A, to the line from Barmouth to Dudley the reason why they had withdnw'l tins branch "as tIm, 'II C"1panY Iud projected a line fron Barmouth to Bala, D ol-tivi, tel meet the lmes which are being .11 lie to Corweu and from thcnce to DaJa. tor 80m" cause the committee 1wl thrown out the Section .om, Uala to Dolgelley on the standing orders, and hence thev did nut think it w..rth while to continue the other section to Barmouth this year, because one line would be all but useh-s* without the other, as virtually, though nominally divided, the two sections formed but one line. Besides, they really had plenty on their hands at one and the same time without pressing on a line which if passed would be of little use in itself. He would now come to the line fr, m Portmadoc to Forth- dinllaen, and which formed an integral, and an essential feature in the Welsh Coast trunk line. In the first place, the inhabitant* of Pwllheli had not supported the line company in the matter of shares to the extent which was necessary, and which had been expected of them. This might have arisen from misapprehension or mere tardiness in taking shares; but still it was so; and Parliament would refuse to pass any line unless it was supported to a certain extent by the district through which it passes taking a number of shares. But in aJditiün to this, there were two other reasons why they had postponed this line until another year. The inhabitants insisted that a deviation should be made in the plan of the line in crowing Pwllheli harbour and made this deviation a sine <i>tx uon to their supporting the compauy. Now in order to comply with this desire, it would be necessary to get an additional act passed, and that could not be done until next year. The other reason was also very imperfect. They had not included the harbour of Porthdinllaon in their plan, and without their making a mil way these could be but of very little use indeed. This harbour was a main ;a;r tt1eU:h:dnd'i'Iuf.îrUrth:I:n:II:a} I getting a portion of the Irish traffic down the coast to England, and when the lines were completed South of Aberystwyth, it would be the nearest route from London to Ireland. It was well sheltered from all wind but the North West, the Promontery of Lleyn forming, in fact, a huge natural break-water, and a nose of rock jutting out by the harbour eompletdy sheltered it from the westerly winds. To the north the Isle of Anglesey protected it, and made a heavy sea impossible. All then that was wanted to completly enclose and to make it one of the safest harbours in the kingdom, was a small break-water to the north west, and which could be done lor about X200,000, whereas millions have been spjnt on the Holyhead harbour, and still it is no harbour of refuge at ,,11. In fact, when the Great Eastern wa,s there during the storm, the great anxiety of its Commander was to get safely out of it as quickly as possible for fear of it bjing tl,.hed against the rocks in the very harbour itself. Their having then not in- cluded the harbour of Porthdinllaen in their plan, was the reason, with the others, that had compelled them, however reluctantly, to postpone the lino for another year. lr. Vierey then went on to explain the present position of the Bill, and the necessity which existed tor the landowners and others to support the company by taking shares. The Bill had passed the House of Com- mons after an arduous struggle, but there wonltl be a vigorous and powerful opposition to it in the House of Lords, by tha Earl Vane, and the Manchester and Mil. ford Haven Company. Earl Vane was opposed to the railway being taken further north up the coast than Aberdovey, from a notion that such a lino would inter- fere to some extent with the traffic of the Llanidloes and Machynlleth line-a very unreasonable ground of ol)- position in his opinion. But so it was and to meet this opposition, the Welsh Coast Company would have to prove to the House of Lords that they had the support of the several districts through whieh the pro- posed line was to pass. If this were done, they miglit be enabled to overcome the opposition but if it were not, the Bill would almost be sure to be thrown out. He hoped therefore that for their own sakes, the inhabi- tants of Havlech and the district would take the necessary amount of share, namely £1000 per mile, for it the Bill should not pass it was very probable that an- other liue would not be proposed for many years to come-probably for twenty. The reason why the com- pany had not asked them to take shares before was this. At first there was a rival line, that of the West Midland; but now that had been withdrawn, and the West Mid- land Company had agreed to support the Welsh Coast scheme, and to marge the two interests. Now, therefore, that there was but oue line in the field, and as there was a good prospect of tho Bill passing if it were properly supported, they thought that a fitting time to ask for their support. That the line when made would pay a good per centage there was not the slighest doubt. The Chester and Holyhead line, which was also a coast line, and which cost some X50,00() per mile, was now paying about 5 per cant, whilst their line, which would possess equal if not greater advantages as it regards traffic, would not cost above X7000 oi- X8000 per mile. Certain- ly ?t would be ilade f?ru?id?rXI0,000 per ile. What had they theu to fear 1 He wad glad to be in a position to inform them that Mr. David Williams had put his name down for £1000 in shares, and would accomodate the company with about 3 miles of land, and probably he might take even more shares. They must also bear in mind that a railway along their coast would indirectly as well a. directly benefit the 00uUtry, as it had done in, variably elsewhere. Railways creatcd traffic. New towns would spring up along the coast, as Rhyl and Llandudno had done on the Chester and Holyhead line, and thus the country would bo greatly benefitted in every wav. Of course, in order to fully develope the general traffic, it would be neee.>3ary to make the line to Porthdinllaen, so as to secure a portion of the Irish traffic; and if they could get their present Bill passed, this would be dime next year. There was now, ther fore, an opportunity, which might not soon occur again, of their having a line of railv. ay brought to their dis- trict, and he trusted they would do all in their power to 8upport it. A railway was indispensable to the pros- perity f the county, relatively ?u ""U .8 positively, For it would never do f:It mi b:ild::v;; race of improvement, whilst other places were rapidly going a-head. The money which they subscribed in shares would be spent in making the line in their im. mediate district and nowhere else, and the calls could only be made once a quarter, and £2 per share at a time --the whole extending over a period of about a year and a half. Parties would only be liable for the amount of shares which they took, and for no more under any circumstances; and he really thought it was not asking them too much to subscribe one-eighth or one-ninth of the money which was required, when the company would find the remaining seven-eighth s or eight- ninths. The total sum required was, in round number, X400,000, .,id the company had already secured their quota, so that the line could at once be commenced were the local shares to be taken up at once. Captain THOMAS wished to know whether in case the £(00,000 would not be enough to complete the liue, persons taking shares would be compelled to subscribe an additional sum in order to complete it. He knew that m'my parties were very anxious to have definite in- formation on this point. Mr. PIEHCY replied that parties taking shares could not be compelled under any circumstances to subscribe more money than they put their names down for. In case more money were required (which he did not think likely), new shares might be issued, or money might be "borrowed; Wt the r?.t subscribers could not be com- v\k(\any more shares, nor need they do it tm- ,^°ud cheers.) They might be perfectly .ti,,fi.d *t1 hat D^oninat i- A. to the prospects of the line ..a l?(? could tell the' that he, thEt{.:ti.flet\; and he c°i!ld Pe"»y for his exPom4?, but he should not ill out w ijhares, an was cotst to t.,° 1)aid \h:i It (Cheers.) Xhu, he thought, ought to collviuce th" that he had a pretty good opinion of its paying Captain THOMAS (Caerflynou) said LUD explanation was hitrhlv satisfactory, and would, he felt sure, be demned so by the country. He then went on to say, that in his opinion it wa highly expedient m them to support the company to the very utmost of their power, so that a railway might be brought to the district. What the country was most iu need of, and that which would do more than anything else to promote its prosperity was a railway, and it would seem that it now pretty much defended upon themselves whether they should have on or not. Such being the case, he hoped that every OJ'" of them would do all he could to get shares taken. The line did not pa« over but a small portion of his land, but he should be very glad indeed to let the com- pany have that at a fair agricultural price, and he wouht take the money out in shares. He would also take as many shares as his means would permit, in addition. (Cheers.) It was imjiosible to caleulate the advantages which a railway would confer on that part of Wales if it was marlo, and they acterlalld re-acted on each other. They were now all but isolated from the rest of the world, and great inconvenience was often experienced in consequence. If they had a railway they eouhl get articles from Liverpool in two or three hours' time, which it now took six or Beven week. to procure. On one particular occasion.he recollected sending for some seeds to Liverpool, which he ordered to be sent per ship to the Port. He wanted the seeds as quickly as possible, but after waiting in "alii for two or three weeks after receiving the invoice he went to Liverpool, and after making enquiries, he found that they had been shipped on board, but that the vessel was wind-bound in the river, and had been so for a good while. What was more provoking still he should not have his goods out of the ship, and so he had to purchase anùtlwr lot to take back with him home, (Laughter and cheers.) Now if they had a railway all this inconvenience would be done away, for then they could go to Liverpooliii(I return in the same day. As to shares, lie was afraid the Welsh were nationally overcautious in speculating, and e8pcciaUy whe;1 strangers were concerned. He was a Welshman him. self, and was proud of being so but still he must say that they were careful indeed in parting with their money. (Laughter). There was a way, however, to get at them and to make them open their pockets. Prove to them that they would be gainers by doing so, and then they would be liberal enough. Ilerhap3, too, they were a little too suspicious; and when they saw strangers coming amongst them, and offering to make a railway for them, and for their arlvant;1ge, they were inclined to think that the strangers wouM not do so if they could not get something by it. Why, of course, they could not expect Mr. i'ierey, or anybody else, to spend their money and time for nothing; but the question was, whether the projected undertaking was of a nature to benefit the Welsh as well. N ow he was sure that the railway would do so more than anything else, and he hoped "therefore that they would support the company. Many persons could not, perhaps, afford to take ten 3h:tre3; well, then, let them sulBeribe for five, or even for one. He would also go further than this, and sug- gest, that in case a tradesman or mechanic could not even afford to take one share, that he would join with his neighbour and take one between them. A railway was of vital importance to the future welfare of the country; and if persons would only act in this manner, and subscribe to the extent of their means, they would be sure to get one. If they did not do thi, now, it would be imposs ible to say when they would have an- other opportunity. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN (Mr. J. K. Parry, Glyn Hall), said, that as the agent for Mrs. Gore, of Partington, who had a good deal of property in the neighbourhood, he was happy to state pretty positively, that Mrs. Gore would be willing to let the company have her land over which the line would pais at a fair price, and that the money for it would be taken out in shares. He could not state this as a positive act, but he felt pretty sure that such would be done. (Cheers.) The remaining proceedings of the meeting were given in our previous report.
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The Duke ami Dii. li. ss 01 MnrHjorou„'h left St. Jama* Fonuro on Saturday la-t ¡..r Ileuliehn-palace. uar Wood- btx-k. fo the IwLuap. The govpr:mrnt have commenced mfroving the foiti- iic»t ons cf Sand. wn. in the Ule of Wig .t. Thepns-ut f .ri is lo be enia ged, and four new ions are to be erected. 3fit. ConnFV AT HOME.—AVe were mn h pleased on Saturday last to meet OUf rsp('c\eù ndghbol1r, llicbarJ C U,¡' n, l;'q.. M.P., 0:1 hi, way to J)unfor.l. It may seem Btr nge to mention fT. Cood:n merely as a neighbour, bu when we saw him ia ,hlJ omniblls fiS unostentatiously 8.8 ever, we forcot the statesman of the commercial treaty, and oniy re ogn s d Ui:: good old neighbour whom W2 had learned to hononr long before .he days of French comm< < ial trea:i s. The e arc many honours in st i-o for Jlr. Cobden, b.it then, wi I b^ none dearer to him than the hearty affection of his ucighbours aud friends as Dunford. — Chichester Journal. FK VRFIX ACCIDENT.—On Monday, about noon, a melan- choly accident occurred at Mr. A'derma'i Humphery's wharf, Lon.Ion-bridge. Some ,?,n were "ligaget hoisting I ARRI of -UK ir, ".?i ,I,il?t ?ifa"g ihem by m-^ans of a crane mvl I"i". h latter snapiM"' r.am.Jor, 1 aoouc ten of the Lewy bags fed to the ground, burying one f ili? labourers, and fearful y crushing a boy abont 14 years 01 age, who was standing at his s de. Th, two were extri- cated as soon as possible, placed in a cah, and removed to St. Thomas's Hospi al. The poor boy wav found to have both Hs legs brok n, his tongue bitten in two, and he was otherwise intern-illy injured to such an extent that but faint h pes can be entertained of his recovery. The man, fortunately, was not so seriously injured, and nothing fatal ip his ca?e is apprehended. GUYAT FIJIR Af) DESTUPCTIOS or COTTON-.—A large quantity of cot:on was destroyed onTti sday by a fire which brckeoutm a Vock of war houses, in Sefton-street, near the S uith Docks, Liverpool. Th; 'wo warehouses, where the uri clÚfly raged, contained in all r.bout 8,000 bales of cotton a lat- -e qua-it ty of which has been ei her destroyed by fire or serio islv injured by wate", the damige being estimated at from £ S0.')0l> to t40 000. The cot'on was chiefly owned by Messrs. Isaac Low an 1 C0.. Lech, Harrison, and Co., James Leech an I Co., Marr:ott and Co., J. and D. Mal. coluisoD, Tho.nas Hnigh and Co., and one or two other firms. It was amply iiistirel, and so also was ti,e building, in the following offices :—Liverpool and Lon- don, Royal, London Corp. ration, Phoenix, Royal Exchange, Queen's, Sun, Unity, L ncashire Scottish Union, and Pio- Y.ncial and Genera1. Finn IN THE OPEN ROAD.—OnMonuay afternoon some alarm was. occasioned on the Southwaik-bridge Rond, owing to the following somewhat singular occurrence -.— A van, containing about three tons weight of saltpetre, \va3 bd,g diawnalong the road, and owing to the friction of the axle of the wheel the box t ok fire, ani wm, of tho >altpetre falling upon it, that. became ignited, and the fira spread to thjbuik in the vel1Îcl. The whole bn>nt for souie time, and when the bottom of the van was consumed, the remainder of the iutlammable article fell through into the road, where it contiuu d to burn with a hissing noise until the engnes from tbecontiguolB brigade station came .P. TH; fi emen then went to work, and with the id .1 ?ood .npply of water and the hand engines hey manned to 1 et the fli-o extinguished, but very little of the stoci was saved. The propery was going to the vitriol works at Kenningon.park, Foun MEN PHOWNED.—Much painful excitement was occasioned on Friday night, in the town of St. Helier Jer. sey, by the announcement of the death of Ca; tairr John Cluvalicr, harbour-master of that pott, Mr. Li lauvre, his foreman of woiks, and two of the harbour labourers, by the upsetting of a boat in tho bay the same evening. 11 appears that Capt. Chevalie had gone with hi, boat s crew, and accompanied by a neighbour, Mr. Winter Le Quesns, to the bay of St. Brelade, for the purpose of erecting a bea- con near where the steimer J-lxpe-s Y, nt ashore about a twelvemonth atro. This task completed, they retnmd h meward with all fail set. After p t-sing No irnont Pomt, which bounds the bay of St. Helier on the west, the win1 auhJeny freshened. They attempted to take in sail, but before that o, eratiou could be completed a violent squall ttruck the boat, wiiich capsized, and the wholo boat's crew were instantly precipitated into the sea, and the four men mentioned were drowned. A PASSKNGIEU THAIN ON Firm.-A correspondent of the Time? writes:—At 11.30 on Saturday morriin, I starled from Euston-square, accompanied by my wife a d several passengers in the o htr compartments of the first. class carriage. As we approached Blisworth, at which station the train was first advertised to stop, it was dis- covered that the roof of the carriage was on fire. Tha flames had attained consi krablo power at this time, ai they were noticed by the Blisworth officials when the rain first appeared in tight. On arriving at the station, it was fonllli that a large proportion of the Ingage on the roo! was entirely destroyed, and the carriage charred. Had this fire occurred at some ether moment we might have met with a fate which it is horrible to contemplate. Every mom -nt added to the rapidity of the flame, and had it been discovered sooner, what power would the passengers have had of averting their fate ? It appears to me to be the bounden duty, as I believe it to be the interest, of railway directors to place some power of communication between the passengers and guard, in the hands of the former." TUB CIVIL WAH IN AMERICA AND LKTTERS OI MARQUE.—It is said that there are at the port 01 L verpool several ve-sels undergoing repairs and being fitted up for the purpose of privateering. These vessels are now awaiting the return from Amenca of pwttos inte- rested in this buccaneering business, with the diploma from Mont,'omeiy, the seat ot the rebel government in t.is South. In the Liverpool underwriters rooms, on Monday, the following si,n ficant notice was posted up -New York, May 8, 1861.-Thc Montgomery conference, yes er. day passed an act recognising war with the United States, and authorising the granting of letters of marque and reprisal, for which applications are very numerous. A proviso announces that free ships make free goods, and thirty days arc allowed to Federal vessels in the ports 01 the Confederate States to return home." The general opinion in Liv, rpool is, that this last act of the Southern eovernment will lie the means of infesting thi seas with a horde of adventurers from all parts of the globe, who will have no respect for the flags of either the Palmetto Stats or the Federal Union, but who will attack friend and foe indiscriminately, and cau'e a revival of those bloody privateering incidents so common towards the end of the last and the beginning of the present century. In the Princes Dock, Liverpool, on Monday, for the nrst time aince the civil discord in the United State', an American -renei hoisted tha Sag of the Confederate 4t4w4 m M I English port.
TWO PERSONS BURIED ALIVE.
TWO PERSONS BURIED ALIVE. A deplorable circumstance occurred at some excavalli>n3 in progress at Chatham, on Suturday, by which two lives weie sacrificed, both ilio unfortunate persous being buried olive by the falling in of an immense body of chalk aa-1 etivth upon them, at a s; at at the fo. t (f Chat"am..JJiII, where workmen have b- en emp'oyed fprsome time past in the removal, f a mMS of chalk from a small cliit w:iich was in course of des'niction. l?? would np; ear that the most J J ;v;]ge observed by the workmen engaged in extavnting"tho earth, ns, instead of excici??i?g Z,?e caution in th.- remo? al of the c?nlk from the top of the itf. they f"il.? (I the dLect\y op; o,it? course, y exc.t. ing at the bafe, and this negligent arrangement le i to tt,e unfortunate sacrifice of two lives. The chalk hid at the foo. of the q-c- ijt known as Chatham-hill, was purchased a short time since by a person named Forrester, who "t once commenced the removal of the cLiI, witb, it is stat d, the intention of building on the spot. A large quant.ty, sev. ral hundred tons. of the block chalk and earth had been excavated and carted away, but a c msideiable quantity still remained to be removed. On Saturday, the WOi kmen were still <ngag d in excavating tile chalk from a pjitioil of the hill which had no been worked, ha 1 dug ont a quantity of block chnlk, when the superincumbent mass being deprived of the support at its 1-ase gave way, I,nd f qrnntity of earth and chalk, calculated at about iiOO tons fell iu, burying one of the workmen naireJ Wisdom, And a so i* boy named Harsdm. As soon as intelligence liao been (onveyrd to Mr. Forrester of the accident, a uumbii of workmen were employed to remove the earth, in oraet to h i. c, b. ,,b. sevcial feet below the Fiir ace. Owing, however, to th) gmat quantity of earth neccssary to be removed it was fully tw o hours before the two pevso s were rea hewhen the Ind Marsden was discovered in an upright position, mute dead, find the unfortunate man Wisdom, lying en his side, Jife also being quite extinct.
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Thirty-three thousand persons v.sifcei the Crystal Palace on Monday. A line of American stotvnors is ahout to run between San Francisco and the western ocrts of M.-xioo, Earl Granville left town on Saturday for Paris, to pass the Parliamentary recess. The Russian organ, the Noril of Brussels, lias obtai^ ned permission to be printed at Paris. On Saturday, the Be'gian Chamber of Deputies voted, witiiau aittra,, on and unanimously, the new treaty of commerce with France. The Madrid journals announce that the appsarance 01 the crrain crops, ° generally speak ng, is such M to promise an -b:iiicl nt harvest, but tha; the vine* have sulteied Biighiiy fr ,m iiost. TilE OEINSUS OF THE ISLE OF MAN.—From the com- pkte ve-.ivn of th? nsua it appears that tl?? 1)?p Nation of ?.0?; f Man ??v 5*2,252, against 5iSh7 m 1861, S owiug a cecrdve 0 135. This r?urnincinJesoDiythe inland popula ion, and it iscalcu ated that if the crews of tl?,?, ? in the b.,b.,i. were added to the g'ne?I return the population of the I le of M »n would be about il?-4.?L! z?o,- it .?.s to. In the I?r?e i.?n-. Doug and P,,I, th,,Ll?.en ?iii iii- c ease of fM pulai ion—that of Dcudas bein^ 2,50.?, Peel 476, and Hamsey U8. THE POPULATION OF LIVERPOOL.—'The results of the recen cen 118 in L v rpool were known on Saturday, aud by the kindness of the local superintendent registrar we arc enabled to present our readers with the following ab- j 'tra t of ihe official tnbles :-Poulation: Pnris, of Liv- er: o<d, 263,570; the flu- tuating popirarion, tho3e on b ard hlv, liv.ng in the str, e. travelling, connected w?ll? t?"! cnsiom &e., ar-, a< in 1851, e?ttma?ed?t 8,000- Lotal, 4A5.HO. Inhsbiu d houses: Parish otLnerpoo!, 87,101: 0?-town.i.ip-. 2S 893-totat. 65 ?9. Ponuiati?n iu 180! 37.?)55-i"ce,,se iu 1M'. M,786. lii?abiwd i.o'?3 ;l¡'43lb::j:re;e in 1861, 11 ,66T A CURIOSITY OF THE CENSUS.—1There is one parish in England which has increas- d its j'opu ati n during tho la-t decennial period by no les? that 100 per c nt. lhs parisii of A'dringt, ii, nC;1t Brighton, was the only par sh thar. rt-tuined in the ccnsiH It 1851 a E; unh of ] ovu- lation. Th- I arish's entirely agricultural. It was for centi.ries without.i honse. "I hen he roml from Brighton to Sh-n ham wes mn!!e a turnpike, it 1)?ea??od the trustees of'theR,:ti'oerectato!i-ba'in the parish, and t e tod- house, of co' r-e. had nn occuiant. Thus the cei&ua of 1MI gave the popul tion as I." The cei?ua of 1861 sh \vs a ■ opuhv.ion of the sam parish of 2, au increase, as w, have pai l, of 100 per cent. Ttie p Ke man wis to himself a wife. THE POPUI-ATIOS OF MANCHESTER.—'The total popula- tion of what :8 commonly u, dcrswod by the word Aim- che.-ter," and which includt's a1f\l\1 as natura ly as Lon- don includes Sotuhwark, h, not yet b -en exactly ascer- tained. An approxtnate ca ctila,.io-i gives 357,138 as lh number of perst in now in tho city of lor ,nchù,t" by it-elf, as acninst 21«.955 in 1851, showing in increase 01 4n.13. Th s inch del th ■ n", townships of Manchester, Hu)mê, Cj:Ol')t nul onled}()ck ArdwiC'k, ChCêtl am, N Wton, livadfo.d, i erwick, ami Harpurhey, and is alto- gether exclusive of tl.e borougu of tSaliurd. All tlit township s show an increa-e except that of Alaiiclie.-tei, wlu re there has been a d ? !?s-- 0: 1,937.Tis c, conuted for by the migration of iuhalVtar.ts lo tho suburbs and the re.i ovai of cù ta-es in the of the town to make r. mil for warehouses, or in the comss of ftree; iiupioveim nts. l-'lUUnTl'L'i, OeCritrtE.NCK NEAR FcAItDOtlOt'CH.— On Saturday evening, an a- c dent occurred near Scan.orougli, wherebv three poor m'n lost their lives, rille dcC'cas'J1 neie W.lIcrmUl, ana ultlie lL ilien- Le><»t..icuv bC d'uy Nes*, nhf,\t tinve mile north of Seaxborougu, arranging some nds known as "lobrt r p ts," a h-avy Eud up et the to le, and tSe thLe WOIl wcre thrown intto the water. '1 hey were 8 (??, by ;i man on the ;vij.¡hing o"d, who. however, (ou]d iio? MI ter tilr m a:IY as;"tllc 'J h iob?te., rO" are p;:iced on a rocky Votuin,^icar lie shore; and at the p aci win re the deceased men were fi3b¡ng there is a reef, over which it wa. th it t-o sea suddenly broke upon them, The coble cam: to the sinae foen alter the meianciioly oc< uiieno. The nam si f tho man w.ve Jan-.es Doughu, Jehu Iklltlt-v, nd a sen of the latter. The coble was the j>vo:>" ty 0( iloae a and thiiis the second time she ha3 cap6i"cd wi h fatal results. CA PTnm or A LONDOX I3fltGI.AH is MASCHESTBB.— 011 Mend y motninir. during tli, annual precession of thci Sunday-sC1.ool thifivn at ilaiiclu-ster, Folic .inpecor S:mky and another t fficer observe iwo men attempting to pick po kefs ameng the sleet, tors. t ne of the meu was apprehended afte, a fierce strueg.e, during which the i oii'.enian's w npon h id to be used w th decision. During his examination at the deUciive police-station the pri- soner made a violent atülllpt to break Joose, and it Ie- quired four or five oil.ceisto OVcfpowcr him. While being searched he altemp-, d to swallow a piece of paper, \) it 50nlC of the fragments wire snatch d from him, and the wvla, written upen th m lead to the be. ief that t was II sort of letter of introduiu n given by a metropolitan counade, comrml:ding hiui t the favour.tb e attention of n •' dear li iend" in Manchester. Both fits arms Wt re found to b, t-tiri, it-ly taLooeti, and on ■ of them bore the name of Chavies Collits," in full. Th.re can harely be a doubt tliat this is the notorious licket-of-leave mtmof that mane who myst liousiv eear cd from the lock-up at outhw;.rk po v-e-C-urt o i" "Wednesday, after committal by lfr. Bttrcham, for s.eti in a watch a': the Surrey Theatre. Mr. Maybiiry, the su, erinten-fent of the detective for e at Manchester, ún iVfonday in otmed the Lontlonautho,iti-s of the man's capture. During the moning, the police ap- prehelllhd also Timothy i.igan, the man who was with Collins at the time the latter was taken, but who gave the officels the ..il,. Fagan was committed for trial by the city magistra es on a cherge of lockct.pcking. FfAttFUL CAR ACCIDENT.—A car accident, in its ap- pearance and prob.ble results only equalled by a railway smash, occurred about two miles outside Bray on Saturday evening, at about six u'cloek. The scene which followed the accident is described as bang one of a most terrible cli racter. th load on which the accident cccnrred pre- senting more than a d zen prsons-mcn, women, arId chiJdre1-strewn about powerless, bleeding, and, in one case, it is feared, tlin, The facts of the case are briefly as f. low :-A party, f about 20 person, chiefly residents of Bray and ts vicinity, w re returning on their outside jaunting cm f!o?u attuding the funeral of h8. Brown, the wife of a schoolmaster, ,ho had just been interred a5 Kilccol. Reaching a somewhat sinuous bend of the high- road leading pest Lord Meath's demesne to Bray, at a point known as the Grove, the secotid car, driven by a car. Iran n .med Devlin, is described as leaving the line ill which the three cars were travelling, turning sharply round the curve just indicated, and 80 coming in mllision with the first car, which was at the moment driving in a diagonal manner across the load. In a moment the twe horaes, the cana, and their occupants presented a mass 01 struggling life, the horses kicking the prostrate passen- gers, some of whom were endeavouring to extricate t'.em- s-lves from bioken shafts and smashed portions of tho disabled cars. The third car wa., mos, proidentbLy pulled up, when just about driving in upen th s ttrug- gl ng maw of human being. One of the occupants of the first car, Mr. Law lor, sprang off with his infant in his arms and escaped with it unhurt, but at least a dozen persons out of the fourtecen who were on the first two cars lay in every direction very seriously injured.—Free- man's juu}"Jwl. fiiNCf'i.Ait CASE.—An elderly man of gentlemanly ap- pearance and addrets, who stated that his name was Ottley, and that he was formerly 1m offi er in the Royal Artillery, told a singular story to the Bow-aticet p, lice Magistr te, on Saturday. He stated he got into the Royal Artillery S, h ol at Woolwich by ti-e influence of the late Duke of York, t nd served as art officer of Artillery for tiventy-one yeaTs. H ethe.il?d himself a Government boon," which consisted of permi-sien to seH his commission ?nd the grant of a piece of land in (Janda. When he went out to Canada he found that his property was fifteen miles from any human habitation; that the road to it lay for the greater part of the year under three o: four feet 01 tnow; and that the land itself was perfectly useless to Iim, being so covered with timber that it would require in enormous capital to clear. The only benefit he ever Jot from it was that he cut down a quantity of the timber, vhich lie made into two rafts, floated them down the river and sold them, He then became editur of the Ottmva Advertiser, after which he became professor of mathematics and military tactics at Staten Island .(M. 'ece Subsequently he edited the New York Ptcai/unt for 'our vears, and more recently he became editor of news- oaper at New Orleans. But when the recent uisturbancea )roi?e lr\IIirJl to :{ f li::c to .he new Southern Confederacy, and to abjure his own country. This herefused to do but finding that several persons who had so refused had been hanged on suspicion of be ne abolitionists, and that others were l^nomiruously exm-l'ed he was obliged to make his escape and return to England. After an absence of forty years from London he could find none of his 0 ld friends, and could get no em- ployment. Mr. Corrie regretted that he could do no m?ra UU & give him temporary M$¡a;qe m tqe; W
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CHALLENGE TO A ItUtiL BY PRINCE DIURAT TO PRINCE NAPOLEON. dO The r?!s co???ndent of the DaUy wn i g Monday evening, says:—" Prince Napoleon has ?--t a Nlon(lay 1, h PriI,l¿,oI:\cn:; Î I understand, of a paragraph .n the OpiniOJte N"tionak, which the ct,??l Grand Master of the renc pieema80na attributes to the inspiration of his th(j l1ke. The Emperor, who heard of the ma ordcred the Prince K?o.'con not to j?.t I"! li,l i. ?of theP?e ?"?' Pnnc 10peate l Ins chaHen?c in the .?t  ell ? d ?'t"'g his challenge in the most t ? unt n J" A e Emperor's Mnce N.p.t.o th.Ho d.d 7.dmit the rulr jur?dictioa in affairs of honour between P.,<?cm of t: elI ?nk. K?-e him m tice t? he shou d be u; l"e d (f;.l:i\ :e:;i,e iFoi:" I nothing of which is yet known to I,he b i,, me «iom a sure soutco.. ?t"? ?lvy. b en ??1 m Fr@nea to choose the Grand M?tcr frum a member of there.?'n{, ?? ? cenerally pe.ki?r, the clecnon is for !ifc. B t ^r-BCS Mumt, who, Pei'l'sP? (??xl)cc cd by thi< time to b. Ki-, q{ ,cn?])y .pc??.t'-c ?'?."?"?? tei {orrthe Naples, requested that he might only '? e^ 1^ lt 0f eeven venrs which hfive just now expire 1. rcsult of the new election will no be know" ^t?;°°™ next d«v but there can scarcely be any douht that 1 prnc ce NapI- S will be chosen. He ha. attained the rank ml: o ciaH of a Hosicrucinn, which here is a nOJ' ssaiy q?Ii6c?'on Mr the ftlc-. 'cunning ,f ^jmd lluratis said tooet..riMy 'cunn? (f   friends of Piince Napoleon arc alarmed for his f.itin he should be so imprudent as to place himself within leacti nf his incensed adversary's sword; in al prob: b,It}, however, the latter will hnpEcitly obey the Emperor a com-
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE IN INDIA.I
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE IN INDIA. (From the Calcutta Englishman.) The followinir is the irost mirnculous escape nom Qts?. M death we e?erhenrd of. The most t).n))m?ncH?ntL the most starring )omanc.,c? sc?co.y (q'al if, itistrue.pf-rfee'tytrue.andtheh.rd.sa?veanddo.n" we) On Thursday. March 14, the two sons of Colonel Them as, Godfrey Md Frederc, left Mu?oone to n? do?n to Jeri-ani. 1? was dark when tlie?? tait d The elder. Godfrey, a young man of about insisted on taking the lower road, known as Mock nnon's, and hs brother, rather than al 'ow him to ridn. by himself n dark night, agreed to rome with him. Ihe road is both difHcu;tMd"da?crou., 1m" Frederick Thomas's horse Ml twice with him. Godfrey, a mo^t d?hmK nder,then changed hoKes with him, "nd on they went "eain. God- ) frey !end ng at a he?Iong ga !op. The second fall ) ad rathir stunned Fred, rick, and he soonest sight of biiI brithir. Thinking, how?-er.th.t he n?st have goM?, ),e rode slowty home rlis Y:ier'L::G. hif;,3f i h?a not arrived. The whole {an?ty w?re ?.yfu! y alarmed, and thongh Frederick was too mu- h hurt to do anything himself, another brother started off with men and torches to search for the lest one. tcp I:»y atep for six kng miles thr-y traced as they tlioiight the hoot marks of both ht-rse» right np to where the iimvr road turned off. A hope then sprang up in the minds of the anxlom relatives ihat Godfrey m'ght have taken the up- per and longer road. The natives, too, said that he bad passed on to Dchree, and a man w.iS immediately a-nton. bth to that place and Mn?so-.rie. Daylight came, how- ever, and no ud ngs. UnaMe to tear any longer inact on, the other bro her Frederick, started off aga n on th; lower road Six miles back he again followed the loot marks, and there near the edge of a fea, ful precipice, or khu l, aa thtv are here called, were the deep indentations made by the hoofs of a .trug1ing horse. He c,ept toward to the brink of the abyss, Far down beneath, more than a hUll- dred feet on a little ledge jut ing üut from the f «<e of he nearly ] cj*pendicnlar lock lay a human form, and that form was his brother's. A faint sickncRs camo. over him, and had it not been for two men near "m, he would have fa'ietu As soon as ho recovered he shouted to h:s brother, but with little hope of being answere 1. The mswer came, however-a low feeble whi,¡tle-his brother was alive ten hours a't-r his fal'. Dy this time the o:t er broth< r and some friends had ar- rived, and th y managed to get down to whero Go frey lay. One ms- of bruises, faInt with loss of blood, and a face pcarcelf to bo recognised for cuts, lie still sat. up and spoke to them. He knew them. to), addressed them by nrune ca'inly and co.Actively. WLh some difll,.Ity he was raised from his perilùl1- portion and carried home, whore he still i^, slowly, l.-ut we are glad to say, sure:y recovering. The fresh track of leopards wa< vi«ib.e < n the road above, and it nppars that his startled horse in hi3 hf-ad on? gallop went cl an over the precipice at a bound. The merciful finger of Providence is wonderfully apparent throughout, but Godfrey Th his pre ervation to hi, horseman hip. With the natnr il inst iie, of ari<"er. hemnst have got his ho s-1. together, aa he fcit him goirg, so as to keep his feet t, i- ht under him. Wan and uowa mn t 1;ave touched that ledgi to. gether, and the snd e-i she k on nach'ng it mu t have in g, o time nn eated the r'der, left him lying there, a-.d Iiuil d the aniu al ,t:lI further downwards. Tiw body of the horse was f0l1n.11itcra1Jy smashed to peces, mor than a hundred feet lowtr down. His rider had not a t onC broken, though ?o fearfully shaken. As we said, God- frey Thomas is s'lll a ive but it will be many days ere the recollection of that fearful leap of a hundred feet sheer decent in the dark L htid, i.vid the Jong, lonely night passed 01 a ledge of 10 e ton(:1t lot fot;r le-1 wide. wi;hout even n. single sllrnb or stump to prevent hi* brtu^e 1 body from rolling over to cert tin des-tr.ict.on. fades from his IIltluorv.
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Mr. Buckle's second volnmo of The History of Civilisa- tion in England," hits been pttblih,1. It is m.ncnired that aovemment intends to erect Turkish baths at Aldersliott for the use of the camp. '1 he Turin jouvnu's annouuee the arrival of Kossuth in that city. Herr Richard Waener ha-5, gone to CarUruhe for the pur- pose of being presented at comt. Madame (irisi fipvea ed on Saturday night at th, Royal [tali:1I1 Opera, Covent Gdrn, as 'Norma,' being the first Jf hcr f.irewel! p rforman^ea. ST. PKTKH'S FRS'CK.—'The Xazionc throws some light on a feature of this tribute. which mus: have been gene- rally noticed. viz.. the comparatively largo sums that come to .tho Pontiff from Abyssinia, Australia, and oilier dis- tant and un!ikely r,ua1 ters. The religious houses, it is stated, are empowered to Fell their property with the re- served rght of redeeming it in batter temes. Tho money thus arising is divided int, threo I'ar: s. Two a:e kept as a deposit, in ta?e of the dissolntion of the religions houses the third is consolidated in the hands of the Minister of finance at Rome, who gives tCI the depositors debentures for the amount. These are sent to some confidential per- son abroad, who ncgot ates them for what he can get, and the amount is forwartl, d to Rome under colur of being an offering from dslant regions. The sum raised by this device amounts, says the Nuzione, to more than 8^0,000 Ecudi, Loss OP THE Sitip JOHN OF LIVERPOOL.—Report of the barque Actacon. of Glasgow, W. n,nson, master, from New Orleans for Liverpool, 17th u1timo;Strong gale. and squally, with h avy rain; running under close-reefed topsails and foresails. At 6 p.m. cbserved a barque ahead, with signals of distress flying, and also signals of the ship in a sinking state. Rnn down on her, and found her to be the John of Liverpool, from Barion, bound to Queens- town for orders. Hove to under her lee, the sea being too heavy to attempt getting the crew off that night. At 2 a.m. of the 18th lest sight of her lights. AL 7 am. more moderate, obscrvcd the barque about 12 miles to wind- ward, with masts gone; made all possible sail, and beat to windward; reached the wreck ab;mt 1.30 pm. sent our bofit with the mate and four hands, ns her boats were all gone; everything being swept off the decks. She was waterlogg- d, and a total wreck. Got the crew off at four different times, which consisted of the master and 15 hands. At 7 p.m., the gale increasing, was ob'iged to run under close-reefed maintopsail and fore t(,pmast staysail. The gale lasted for three hovus afterwards, with heavy sea running." PRIVATE ENTBUPMSG HI INDIA.—The rise and pro- gress of the Assam Tea Company illustrate in a remarkable manner the ben, fits that would accrue to India if the Indiam Government would encourage rather than impede investments in land. Tea has become to UH as much a nece.sary its cotton. It is a ) roverb in China, that without tei the outer barbarians would die. Years ago, when the fear rrose that throi-gh some squabble with China our supply of tea would be cut off, it was dis- covered by the East India Company th"t eonie portions of India were quite as capable of producing good tea as Chma, if they were but cultivated. This discovery led the East India (jomiifiny to e?tibKsha tea garden at As<um, Ti;eir efforts ended as is mual in such ca,e,. In the year 1830 they made over their tea gardens to the A??i ompi?.y, and the .It lia* been that, whereas in 1811 the first year after the As,am Company to k possession, they sent 80,0001b of tea to Lordon in the year 1860 their crop yielded no less than 8Sn,0001b; and the crop of 1861 is estimated to produce bat 1.1 tie under 1,000,000 lbs. In- stcad, therefore, of tea-growing in A-sam resulting in a miserable failure as it did under the paternal manage- ment of the E ist In ia Company, it has now become a great success under the judicious management of a pri- vate company, The success will by rti.1 greaier should the Company succeed in pmchasing the fee simple of the land which they clear and eultiva e. The suc^css of the Assam Company ;? quite :¡f1ieicnt to prove to the Indltn Council w a .gh?, be done for Ind a by an adm nistra- ti?u of progress. But the impulse must c me from this country. It w vain to imagine that tha oWcials in India will take the initiative. How can they be expected to taitiale anything which will give th m trouble, with the thermometer at 98 in the shade—if there i. such a thing as shade in India ? No! the impetus must be given from this side. The grand object of the offic'a's in India has been to maintain everything in statu quo, and to get as much revenue as possible out of the exi ting arrange- ments, Old t'mcs, however, have passed away, and a new era was dawning. With electric telegraphs and ralway, new ideas of progress will arise. Tu be whisked through the country at the ra'e of 25 miles an hour is: omc-thiiig very different from what an Indian ofllc al or a native had been us« d to. India, we expect and hopnf wil; make move progress in the next 20 years than in the Ia--t 500. Wa exp ct 10 .ee a huge crash of old dogmas and difficulties. We feel assured that India is capable of growing as mueÍj cotton nnd tea as would make us in depend-nt of boUi China and America, if the Government wdl be wide enough to afford an enlightened encouragement. Am! one of the first sfcepa in tl;e path of progress will be fo* them to emit land to bo ymchnsed in fee simple. It u cap ta that is wanted, end this is the best way t" attruu it, not from the home maiket, which is already suiffc.entlj pressed upon, but upon the hoards of the natives them- selve-. They will buy land eagerlv, if the opportunity be given them of obtaining it for their own, wh le the most florid oscurancc8 from the financial department will fail to induce them to touch government 8eçlllm3.-JIIvne!( 1 Market Review.
I MURDEfi OF SIX PERSONS Lfi
I MURDEfi OF SIX PERSONS Lfi Ahor.iNe crime has been perpetrate ?Chu? o'r ?? Upp,hne, in l'nissia, where a fewn.gu £ »ncc» p,,hn,, in w th his wif- t.iroe cinuu and aservant were murdered by some d,,Ivrsto rufl ■ ?hn broke i-to the house, murdered the fam.iy as t?y al4?pt and then ran..k?;d the phce Tho instrument used <» a blunt iron tool, wnh wineU the skmfe the P?.? crea?u.e. were b,t?r?d in, an! in a. d? to this the throat "f the miller was c. t in ? iaac^! and he v.IL?d ??. times m the 1"t. The whole of the bodi? B ,e {ou? in the beds they occnif d, the exertion of a debtor of twelve ye.-?o .?. who wa/S lying on the A.-or. 'i'woofti.echt!arenh?d Suhe morning, but they died won afterwards j an) Se is thus no "? ?inK.fth;?Uy.e??? the :ale of maraud robbery of wmch dwell n was the ,ccne. Fron trMes of footmarks left b, t e p.r petracors, it would appear that two were c, .n,erned iu th,) aced and it would also seem that theychmbd the fenc and .then br< ko in,o the house, and made their way to tt- sl?,I)i?g apartment of h, family. All .he boxe .md drawers were broke?o-;c-ii. hnt nf)t?,ina bm coin was taken md of this bt an insignincant amonnt A?-m d F!wvcrcd 1) the murder rs, as thy h?dove. tucked a room in w.?h w, r,? 40) itnd ,Oij l?? a distant V:ir, .1 the bo.?? b.k,r slept, but he heard nothing of the dc d (1"' ?'g lie nia t, it ?s,ii oii);?vhcn in the moming he found none of the family to be stfmngthl.t the horrid crime ?.. di?cov?,?d. A .P, v?,. in n adjacent windmill, and an cMerdanght.rwi.or.ma.ncd that night at Mpp?.ne, th? e?ape.t the I Me f their parents and brothers and sisters. The IIO.ISJ ,omewhat isola'.ed, and WM 'le-l by three heroe d,gs 't they were not heard to give any 1,,n, dnrin, th,) n?ght; noc has .?v trace of the murderers ) e?n as yet du- cov reJ. The O .V-rnment has olfered a reward of 31)) thalers for their detection, and a for st near the p ace ha? ?d by a battalion of tr?ps.?ut wit??ut at; y satbfacory ,?, ?. I t.
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The Army and Savy Caette .t.ates that S:r Hope Grant has acce nted the command in chiei at Ma .ras. A mariage has just been arranged between Lord Fendl". sham and the Lady Fgidia Montgom,r;e, eldest dallght;r of the Earl of Eglinton. Locke's Music to )1" ,beth" is to be given at the Crys- tal-pnlace with a cho ii., of a thousand voices. It is said that the write of Sh. Alam,r" hssrcce ved for her single vo'ume X2.500 from II :r'. Bi;iCkwo?d. The total amount of Exch quer Bills out stand ng on the 31st of March last was X13,0«0,000, of which X7,22,5,509 was ;or bills dated in and before June, lbbd. Thecottirades of HerrStandigi have been nrrcsted in their intention of ia:si :g a moau nent to tlii,t gre;it by is fnmi y, who have desired to take the momo. lul on thcmselv\8. A large meeting of Americans has been held in ParU, for the purpose of sustaining the Fe ^eral Government. Ad-lresses were delivered by the Rov. Dr. McCltn ock, or the American Chaoc-1. Pan1, Dr. Ma^Gowm, from China; and 31r. Strong, of New York cha rman of the met¡ng! and a large amount of money was subscribe I. whLh, with what has bee ollc ted in Manchester an.l Liverpool from Americans, will sccure all t'io WLitworth gitui that can be supplied for a long Brigands contintt, to infest alike the dominions of the p. to and those of Vc r Eminanu I. The diligence^ which arrived h re ye urd.iv morning from Florence and B logna had both be.n overhauled by maraud, w. Tie J3o!og; B vehicle was s:opped near Macerata by a rope drawn across thc» road, which brought the h;rse down to the ground ill a heap, and awoke the J:a.,st:ng,;r.i in a trice. A l",]y insiùe wa, possessed of ,0 mv.eh pres.ncj of mind thai she le< tured the brigands upon their incivlity ;n re- quiring her to out as wcll us the genLmcn; and she sui sequent y upbraided them for i:;eir crue t/in such tcrms as to revent thenv from carrying into eifet theu* purpose of killing two Pieumonces'i passengers, wi.o were bs tractable than the others in givin r up their watchos ani money t,) the spoliator<Letter from Rome. THK NAVAL ADMINISTRATION'.—Admi al Sir Thomas Ccchraiitt hiw been x mined i y the committee appo.n od to con-ider tho present c n>iiturion ot the Board of Ad- mi raU v. Like Sir J. Paldn, ton, the witnesi stiongly condom d the nianiatni, iit of naval affairs, and re- mark d that nothing could be worse than the existing system. On' of i:s g eatest evil3 was the political enn- plvxion, wnich makes itadf evident in the ex. rose of patronnge, by which tit: efficiency of the service is mat"- rally mpaired, for, as the witness observed, the navy is th only I'tO:c",ion in whicii a man does no-, know lto,v to get ün; or when he is to get on." Th, trne remedy for this pol tical disease is considered to exist in the appoin> ment of a Minister of Marine, wh >, bjing ri-sponsible to th" country, wou.d not be • nabb d to perpetrate po, job, with impunity, as is the case with the present irrespon- sible Board. THE CniNnss REBELLION.—A. private correspondent, writing from fcibanghae, ?-ay>:—-4< Last week Oln of the 1'cbA party came down from Chee:os, to within three mJes of thia p.ace, and burnt and sacked a vill go and ear.ied oir a number of the women. Mta-ures have b-ien taken by the Chinese author.tio- to p:cvent a recurrence of these outrages. The rebol parry otf ?r considerable pecuniary advantages toEuropeans join ing ihem, which have tern ted manyEn?ishaudPtUssiun.-e?ncn to de?rt frjm their sh:] s. '1 he Actje n has lost some 19 and the Scout 7. The gunboats, too, have lost sev. ral each. (Jn oi tunatdy they jiavc taken revolvers with them belonging to the ships. Attempts have teen made to capture them by nocturnal expert ons, but wi h>ut success. By the latest accounts from Ti-n-tsln I learn tu., icclidsciahely d1.3:tppcm' d, so that the liver Jr'ciho is now* op-n for conunerc al enter- prise. Tho iroops are in good health, although the êeawn i?sbeen vcry severe," THIS OUTRAGE ON CAPTAW AT.DIIAM.—Advices from Mexico state iliht there can now b3 bat little doubt that the murderous attack on G'apt.iin Aldham, the commander of the British squadron, and his feiiow traveller-, near Orizaba, was not prompted by the desire of pluud'.r, but by the mulevol nt and revengeful spirit of some of tho must ignorant and fanatical of the Chi.rch party, who imagined that Captain Aldham h-id opposed himselt to that piiriy and its leaders, a sIlspicion for which, it need hardly be ,aid, there was not the sli}!htc8t ground. The character of the outrage may be inferred irorn the cir- cumstance, that when the second diligence scnt on to Vera Cnz was attacked for the second time the day alter the affair, near Orizaba, tl:e malefactors held young Mr. Brett (Captain Aldh «m's secretary) fast to the ground, anddem nd dali th,. papers in his posession. They ev, n lipped open the cushions of the carriage to search for ( oennents, and they alsj especially inquirel where Capt. A dliam was, and when he was to see out from Mexico. Tiiey even threw back into the carriage some articles of value, saying they wanted papers. Her Mjijc-ly's Commissioners for the International Rx- hibition oi 1802 In.ve appointed the fol owinz cotllmittee in connection with clas.se £ f> (railway piiii.), 7 (manufac- turing machined and too s), 8 (machin-ry in geeral), and 10 (civil engineering, are:tit.ctnra!, "n,1 building coniri* yances), in the Exliibition of 18G2 :—'i he Duke of SuLer- land, the Earl of Caith ess; John Anderson, L-,q., member Council Institution of Mec. Engine-rs; Frederick J. Biamwell, Ezq, Joseph Cubitt, L'sq, m rob.. I' of Council Iustituiion of Civil Engineers; James Teuton, lsq., vice- president Jnt. blec. Engineers; John Pernie, Esq., mem- ber of Counc'l I .st. Mec. ISnginecrs; Capt. Dougla Gal- tùn, 11.E,, associate member of Conncil Inst. Ci d. En. gineers: Thomas Elliott Kasrison, Esq., member of Council Inst'.ofC:viIl:t)f;ino!n.U<'orgetV'o?hbyHemans, Esq., member o? Council I?;t. cili I i. Samp- 1 eon Lloyd, Esq., member of Council lust. M' ?. Engineers 1.0:? E.,I., E;tf., v;co'pre'idet Inst. Civil Engineers; llemy lein, Esq., vice-president Ci,il Mec, Engineers; John Perm K q., post-pre«iden". Inst. mle: nnd John Seot Russell, Eq" F.RS., me be? of co".?il l?.t. Ci?;i Engi,nce?. TilE AT.LKGED SUICIDE OF COUNT TEI.EKI.—A lettei from Pe-tn of the l.'th, in the German Joiinud of i'ra :k- fort says:—The extraord.nary excitemcnt which led Count Teleki tocjmmitsaicidc was caused by a letter fr.1lU Kossuth, making known that. « n account of existing cir- cum?t?.ce., thero was no reasm to hope for support to ir:ce:{, rtr I' n:ánI/°'Kc:,th'jr;\I; I that cn account of the complicitioi? in the East, of the slowness with ?i?i?h tb? (onsoiidat'on of Italy is bing aff,c?ed, of the ,ovem! nt in Poland, of the po.itical i?ia- tions with England, and of the events in America, Prance would disavow any movement which might break out in Hungary; that, in fact, from the delay which had taken place in the reeoncliation of Garibaldi and Cavour, and i in the organization of the Italian army, it would be mate- rially impossible for France and Italy to assist Hungary for a year tocome, Kossuth accordinglycounsdied Teleki to calm his party as much 33 possible, and to adjoum any ;,¡,or{'clYt';fe:teg;l letter pr dticei a deep im- pression on T?l?ki. 11. b?g?. to doubt of his mi?ioii, and endeavoured to come to an understanding wuh Leak, aad to leal the chief of his pirty i?it? p??th differ nt to that which they had been following, Tho.igh he did th s with the greatest prudence in order not to compromise himself, his proceedings were unmasked, and they exp sed him to the reproach of being sold to the Emperor of Austria, ifcc. 1) ak, to whom he complained of the imputations cut on him, attempted to console him but his courage gave way, end the catastrophe ensued." M EXfCAN MORALITY.—A little story furnishes a cui-iotis example of the relative honesty of Mexican factions. A "condnel"" of silver, proceet?i?g for embarkation from San Luis Poto?i to Tampico, was seized by General Dcgol- lado, one of the 1;ut?.. of Juarez. Jaurez pe empto« rily ordered the money to be returned: but General De- gollado, as far as the mass of ths property was concerned, declared restitution impossible. He is said, however, by ilIr. Mathew, to be a in in of high honour, and he accord* ingly offered to restore all the property, e3r>ccialiy British, amounting to 400,000 dols. He evidently regarded this, however, not as an act of justice, but as a friendly con. cession to an ally, and in his letter nnnouncng the com- promise, pleads for secrecy in these terms" Ai it would be a serious matter if this arrangement were known, as the yrestige and moral force which I have gained by the pos- session of so large a sum would in such a case be lost, I be^ of you to keep it perfectly secret." What better illustra' t'on of Mexican morals could we desire? A man remark- able among his countrymen for probity considers a robbery an addition to his moral force, and ca.ls the reatilllt.on of half the plunder a "compromke." It is a fitting sequel to I the affair that the money restored never reached the pro. prietorsof theOligiunl"condul-ta," Garza, likeDegollado, obeys Jaurez, and the president promises to repay the whole sum; but bondholders, who know that any adventurer who stops a "conducta" can raise an army with the proceeds I declare for u God and the law" or "constitutional govern- ment" at his option, rob and murder at discretion, and then set Up for P es:dent, will not have much hope even in the good intentions of an Indian chief. Juai ez, we fear, will go the way of all Mexican Presidents, and the anarchy oon- tinuo till the Americans have leisure to remark that the t.me has arrived to save the last relics 01 }'fn, proa* perity by fmal sabj THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1862.-There wa, much; 6 prehension felt by the Council and others concerned in this great work by the int?rfcret,ce Of the di?triet ?ur. vevo- Professor Donaldson, who pointed out that the bnUdi'nK contravened in every respect the provisions of the Lildin Act, which provides that no building shai be eo tructed btyond a certain extent (216,000 cubic feet) ? ,of party w3lJ8 and iron doom. Of course, .{thi, action were valid, there was an ,,d to this bm!d).? unl 1 m Act of Parliament ould be obtain?d to get over ?.diScStv Under the circtimta-C,d Ppe.1 ",M, ?de t? the ?tetropoHt? Board of Worts, who pos^s certain control over the d?stnet surveyob, and .n Friday fhey authorised the building to proceed. "■; *"«»sMrft^ S^fisis Society will shortly iF?'Lle 'a enlt1ed    D,di?y (;ule. tou," frm the engine in the Sta.e raper Oitca. BOILER EXPLOSIO AT GRBESWMI.—A sen^ous ex.' ?ntouk place on Friday morning, at the ?teim sawing niilh of Mr. Wynn, situat-d Ma.Jy ?ippo?ite tho railu ajj ?tion :.t Greenwich. About twelve 0 clock a loud re, or was heard, and immediately afterwards large masses o< irOll, bricks and oth r nrtcles were seen flying thrragbf the air and fa Hn* into the streets, to tho dancer of paa- fengers, one of whom, a young w,man named Mary K>te, a Fervant, was seriously injuied on the head. llicpre« mises were comnl Wy destroyed, a large boiler having cxpt..ded, and in its course passed through two brick wa1. into an adjoining forge, at which two men wh. were at w lk were seriovuly, batnotdangeiona.j;. injured, anotnec portion of the boiler faiiing nnd becoming embedded >n it taitden in an adjoining street. The engineer, liandall Morris, was blown from the engine-room on to some tim- ber and when picked up was found to have been fr ghtiully scalded and otherwise injured. He was instr.nt:y attended to id subsequently removed to ally's Ilospral, where licile hopes were given of his recorery. Numerous houses have be neon. d'ral Iy d«mnged. the ;ide windows 01 that of Mr. Allin, jropietor of ti e Modern Arms Tavern, B: and-strcet, about a hundred yards in a straight line from the mills, being wholly destroyed. THE BEGGING LETTFIt SYSTEM.—The following is art extract from the annual report of the Mendicity S)cHy, established in I.on ionThe number of begging lettcrl sent for invtstig. tion dm ni; the past year was 3,601. being an inert ase compared with previous years of 117. A largec number of applu ations fiom mechanics and o h;ra on. or employ has been received than for many yeais past And this hus probably arisen mainly from the severe weauiec before mentioned to s ich appiicanm, but only after theif application had b?en tested at their owndwelbnj?% and among their ut-ighbours an reft rets, tip war's of S8130 has been dis-tribnt.d by the msna era oa cconnt or sub- scribtrs who entrust us wi-h fimds for that purpose. Larg'-Mms of money besides these are ku^wn to hava betn c?en bye her eubscdh rs to I,h,.? c?et h.? g?,t,d visitors. Thirty notoaona begging le te importers ?ave been wnv'c (?d duri'g th4 yenr, aid ?n?eziced to valons terms of ;mpri"nl1lCnt; many oiheis have escaped, if consequence of theicpu^- nance of the. benevolent persons imr,g,tI ujion to appeae as prr-secuto s n the police courts. It is a (o fini, n prac- tice for th'-» writers of beg^i g letters to end with their letters looks got ip for the purpose, be;-gingthe rar'1 addressed to btcome a purchaser, an i g;v;n^ a list, some-- lime- printed, of all who nave (io: c so before, as p;ur^ns end H,bs, r,b 1". A common c o k of fraud is the pro. fei-sing to act for a society wn ch cither is.,n entire iicli-H or iidopts some small CO:t u: .ib e .'1{:jO'l. THK DISPUTES IN THE lÁJSDO BUILDING TRADE.— Ti:ereis vt-ry ittle news to 1"0, or; of this dispute heyond thntthc 1I!3.le: s h ue adopte>! tite hour system of payment, have nt arly a!i their f,ii mp e.? ,t of men, and soma who hR" their shoj s llill "1"0 oblig d to turn away num- bers of crood hands s cki. g imj-loynient under the new regn ations. Oil F; i«'ay morning a mason of 1r. L'lcmÙ1, named Kitchen, wa. set upon bysoui of the union men, ai d so b(a:m :ll1d k;ck"J as he lav upon the pround that ho w: s obliged to be removed at once to King's College Hospital, wh n it was found that besides ether slighter his riSs were badly fractured from ki; ks. Tueclref actors in thw to-.vardly out age were a mnson in the employ of ^U\ 1Ilwrs, nnd another man, lvimcyt unknown, who was F?upi?-s-,d to b? one of tha 'l'r'!de? Uni<? piekus. Th. ma?on t.t Mr. MyeM'e employ wore a large beard and mo::sta:he. b"t. shelteied by his brother IInil d., s, he roll a eel to lir. Myers'i yard, whea he cut oif his beard nnd whbkc;st and was then put ovtc a back wall by his comiaeks jast as the police were enter- ing theyr.rd. So far, tLemloi, he h .s managed to escape. The union men ala! the p dd pickets sent by the Trades* Union, col ect in siuh numb rs r< 'i.nd the \v< rks of M-ssrs, Lucas, and, Î1;dced, all works from which t e union men are on strike, as quhe to crowd a id obstruct all the foot- way. At Mess is. Luca-'s they r llJau thus neadyall d..y, taunting ;he non-union men as they enter and aa they leave work, sometim s hoo.ing at them and using all sorts oi taints and ,1,ltultS.- Timcd. PAPER MILLS—The following return has been fesuei of the Lumber of p"per mil's at work in England, Wal* Scotland, and Irelrnd respectively in ea"h year from 1833 to 1860:—1838. Endrmd and Wale*, 416 j feco hnd 49; Jr, land. 60: t'^ta', 5-o. 1839, Englr.nd Mid Wales, 414 Scotland, 5v; Ireland, 55; totni, 51!). 1840, England and Wales 362; S. oiland, 48; Ireiand, 52; total, 4li2. 1841, England nd Wal', 388; S?.ti..d, 48: IrcLnJ, H); tota1, "?. 18)2, England and W.1,?, 375: Se?t- land. 48: Ireland, 40; io:al. 472. 1813, Lit" and ani Wides. Scotland, 45; Ireland, 50; to a!. 404. 1844, Enghind and 3d3 S o:and. 46; Ireland, 52; totalp Engliin,l aii,l Wa'es, Z;63; S o. i61. 1S45, En.-lafid and Wales, 35'5; Scotland, 42 Ire- land, 50 total, 448. 1841:, EngLmdand \Va'e?. 359; cot- ,anù, 46; Irelan 47; rota, 452. 1847, Engiand and H'a?, 3?.0; Scot!and. 48; Ireland, 45; tot:u. 453. 1849, I^ g'a?d nn Wales, 3j 1, >< otl nd. 4 Irehu-i. 44; total, 1 't";¡; En?'nrn' ,¡ 3.15; ;:I;d:;I¡ Ire- land. 41; tota!, 436. 1 õ(1,¡:-hnd and Wales, 328 Sct- 48; Ir land, 30; tot 415. 18 4, England and Wales. 3^7 Scot and. 51: lrcl in. 37 tv: a', 415. 1852, England and 312: Sec land. 4 i; Ireland, 34: total, 1853, England and Walts. 3 8; Scotland, 52; Ire- land, 3u: to.a). 390. 1854, England nnd Wales, 325; Scotland. 51; Ireland, 29 t > al, 405. 1855, Eng and and Wa'es 828; So- Hand. 52; Jr.land, 29 total, 4u9. 1856, England and Wal e, 314: S'.otlai.d, 51; Ire'and. 28 total, 1857, England and Wales, 204; Scotland, 52; Ire- land, 28 total, 374. 1858, Eng an 1 and Wal s, 307; Scot and. 52; Irel nd, 27 total, 386. 1850, England and WaleF, 3u8; Iiehmd, 25: total, 385. J SO J, Englaud and Wales, 3,6; SC,tlacd, 52; lel?,nd, 26 total. 3, YORK^HIUK RIFLK ASSOCIATION PIUZB MEETING.— Thb meeting is UK d to t.?l? pla(?? on the Oth of August next, on Strcnaa ( omuv:n, l.ear York. The HJ.h r;C7u- laiious r? to be ih,?,?d to, nnd ti c n.inimum puli of the :1' gg r is imited to 61b. The ra:io..f will bo at tile rate of two per company. The fallowing pro- gramme or pr zes as i ceil fk tched out, a-;d may be takea a' a prelty accurate tatcment 0: what the list will be Three prizes: 1, 2, .£10; and 3, £ b; four shots at IOu. 50U, und «0t> yi;rds. Tii-i 25 le.?t sho < at these a' ges to b place I infTiie Giea^ Vcrk?hi:e Piize Cnp. value X-50, and the Bionzi \kdals if the National Rifle Association 2ivl priz'^ii-O j :o be shot for by the above 25 men; fiv shot* at 8^0 a d '00 yar s. 'I h?e? p-i^es: 1, £ 15; 2. ?)0; 8. £5; nve ?li!ts at 2?0 and 3?)0 yards; comp utors failing to co 0 four points at ths first distance to ret ire. Three pdzes: £ 15 2, £ 10; 3. £ 5; five sho ? "t 40?, i 503 ?;d?, T?. prizes: 1, XI5 2, X'5 five ?h.t. "t 200 and 0 yar's; to be competed ior by the most n guar attenJiint a drill n e cli company since the Isc of April 1861. Two prizes 1, .£15: 2, X, to members of snidery Vohmtcer Coris: five ronnds at 2-'0 and 300 yatd^. '(wo prizes: 1, £10: 2, £ 5; (pen to non-com- missioned officers on the staff of any militia regiment ia the county; five shots at 0 ) .? d 5O a:u,. Two prizes: 1, £ 7; 2 ?,3 op n to 4 non»commis3'onei offiœ. (not being n, the s:a1l), ,.d pnvate' of any n"ht,a regi- ment in the county five shots at 200 and 300 yar s. A.I- comers } rizcs-Two prizes: 1, £ 30 2, 110 a y de crip- tion of rifle, any position; fiv shots at 400 and 600 yards: entrance, 5s. A sweep-take.< of XI eacli (20 per cent, of which goes to the association fund) five shots at 200 and 3,:0 yards. Twoptiz.s: 1, £ 15 2r £ 10 open to a 1 mem- bers tf the a.sociation who have paid their suUcription for the present year: five rounds at 200 and 300yaids.— Towards the prize fu d, cut of which th, above prizes are to I e paid, II considerable amount has been co lected and, on Friday last, £ 5J was given I y the Rev. Richard Brook, of Gatefoith liouse, Selby. FAUX PAS IN HIGH LtrE.- For fome days past m- rnouts have been in circulation affecting the honour of ona of the leading families of our neighbourhood. Its headj nd, indeed, its numbers geneiaily, are held in such uni- versal respect not only only in Br stol but throughout the entire district, that we should have felt glad if the pain of exposure could have been spared them. Circumstances have, however, rendered fuittier sectety impossible; and as many of the stories abroad are inaccurate, and one ot them points in a d ruction which is wholly b'ameless. it is belter to state how tne facts rd;]Y stand. The eldest BOIl of ;i worthy haronet; whose ,emesne skirts the Somerst- shire bank of our river, and who has long worn: he honours and the burth. ns of the senatorial office, is the husband of a laiiy of great accomp.iohrnents and pe sonal attractions, who is highly connected, being the daughter of a baronet of the s ster kingdom. We regret to state that the virtue of this lady and her fideli.yto the marriage bed are gra-- ely called in question. Upon the plea of indisposition she has, it is understood, ino,.e than once visited from home, at times, vhen ti.e dutes of her husband in connection with a banking firm of which he is a I a-tiier rend red it impcsshle that le could accompany her and upon a recent < ccasion circumstances led to a suspi- cion that she was at Weymouth, or its neighbourhood, in company with a gentleman who. being the son oi a peer of rank, is of course honourable" by courtesy, but whose gross al use of the relation in which ho stood to the family shows him to have been perfidious by nature. A member of the hdy's i?mly, we ,r. told, deemed it a point of honour, l?o. circumstances which had come R'r :r 1k:tol:e i1t:k:ti\hs1nf':d husband, who, naving succeeded in intercepting a letter addr ssed to the II1dmdnal referred 10, which had been confi ed to a footboy for the purpese of btdng forwarded, found it to be couched in warmer terms than are usually considered consistent with the tenor of a mete friendly correspondence. 'lhe incensed gentleman at once de- manded his wi!ea key,, which ;ed to the discovery of fur- ther epistles of an amatory character, and being thus strengthened in his suspicions, and having ccnfid dhis wrongs to the counsel of the venerable baronet in whose success on he stands, he, acting upon the paternal advice, irsisted on his frail partner's immediate return to her father s roof, for which she has departed. He has also dosed his own establishment at Ham-green, and taken his departure for a distance. The case will necessarily lead to nn applicstion in the Divorce C< urt. The unfortunate lady has two children alive, both girls; a third, a soDj died some time ago in his infancy. Mr. is known to possess the most k ndlv disposition, and it was believed that his wife wasdotingly and even jealously fond ofbim. The occurrence has awakened a most painful feeliog iOi- the neighborhood.—AiM Dady lwt.