The Quebec mercury, 27 décembre 1856, samedi 27 décembre 1856

[" webec SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1858.Ci)e fiuebet JMettutp.Kstablibhed 1805.(jgORGB T.OAHY, Kditoi» awd Poblibuir.PdUisiD on Tuubday, Thursday, nnd Satur» \u201e1T til U*1-* Part Four, f.tt., in lime for the Uiit StbamkR» anil the Kvkmino Thair».St/MiCMirnoVt £1 ptr «>\u2022»*«»\" > «* advance.ybick or arvibtibino.fail itutrllon,8 liHeaand under.2*6d ______7 line* lo 10.3* 4d _\tUpward* of lOline*,.4dper line, sjnenrtil in*#r«i'NcHE j .Frei,eht ,\u201ed (}rffk.GEORGS HENDERSON CALTIOIV TO TI1K PUBLIC MU.VOHL, OPTICIAN, Itegs to intorm the I ublic lint be has not recommended and has had no conntcli ill whh a certain udiridiisl in town, who h»a l«en peddling tlPEHA GLASSES, Ml-CUU8COPI.8, kc ;but il«t h« uap'-rts hi- .'tjrk directif from France and Euglsiid.He m«ti«* u.e public to gite him « call, tvn*n tlwv Will find tbal he can sell to there cheaper than ths )>edUr »»l,o pretends tn sell to him.Qucbc, ! Ith Oft., IH56.\tl?t \u2014 For Salt».\\ CONSIGNMENT of Uather, Shoe Thread, kc., cx Steamer.KOBT.MI FCIIFLL k UO.Quelw.No*.20.1656.\t138 EDUCATION.\\T be trqucsl of >e»rrnl of his fr ei ds, Mr NF.rTLE is about to BK-orxN bis School, and will he prepared it* rtctive Pupils n MONDAY next, at hi* Sebnol-room.St.Ursule Street.Quebec.6*h Nnvr.1856.\tIS?\u2014in* FOVL BAlK \\RR\\M ENGINE, \u2019JO Horse Power, witty Boiler, Qlc mple e and trad) lo put up.Apply to U MITCHELL k OO.Qoetfc, Dee 11,1 NS6.\t147 ( \u2019larci Winel Tf f^1(SES, 1 dox each, Chateau Marge*», -\u2022eJ V7\tlor S*G, 26th Nv»tr., 1856.M.rt.MOUNTAIN.141 rT,HK usual course I tutlon compt isea >*f instruction in this Inati* English Reading ; Grammar sud Cnniposiiion, Hiatoty, Geography, Writing ; Arithmetic, General and Commercial ; Mathcina- HAS constantly nn hand th »er» general aaterl-incut of Goods in his line, which ho sells at the lotvesl possible rate for cash or approved credit, Military Mrisrs uf Officers.Nerjoante, and Uom-Itaotes sui'plied.Qtiebir, 10th Junv, 1856.\t68 Fxiilis, aa herolofhre, A'l 2 10.per annum, pay-abl* qoartoHy m sdvaneo ; Scholars under 10 years of ago £10 por annum.By a dim distribution of labour amuag the Tearliers and other arrangements, a full opportunity i* afforded of sreuring proficirnry in tha pmtieallf usofol, a* well as tho re it.Lord Palmer- ' \u2022ton refuses to submit tin* treaty of Maich to the revirion of a hostile body, but I insists upon it» tx-ing carried out in the spoil us well in the letter.By that treaty, Russia was to be entirely cut off from the Danub>*.Tue Bolgrad, which the Czar is willing to surrender, is not ' only at the head of waters which communicate directly wiih the Danube, but1 those waters would eutm ly insulate one part of tl»e ceded territory from the other.: This cannot be submit'ed to.Yet French | journ ilists say that even on this point our Govcxuineiil has yielded, and that German (that is, Prussian) influence has been brought to bear upon it.The J*rettt bo dly announces that Lord Palmerston, yielding to a suj/esior influence, has at last consented to a reunion of the Conference, being convinced that the Etn|«r»r of the French will insist, quite ss much ns England, on the strict execution of the Treaty of Paris.We shuil see.The Englid» fl *et wtill continues in the Black Sea and will reniait! there until the (MuntN iu dispute with Rusha are Matisfaclonly seHied.It should be remembered that the occupation both oi the Principalities and *U the Turkish waters, rs based on the Treaty of April 15, to which France, Austria, uni England were pirtie*, guuiuuleuiug the effectual carrying out ofthe Treaty of Paris.Our occupying loroe is, therefore, quite in the right iu hot removing until the safety of Turkey is effectually secured.The Port has professed itself incompetent in the matter, and Said to have returned un answer to the French envoy to the following eflact Tbs Hulun's tJo?srninent has so mutivs fur rsu-miuf from tl»S two puwara, which isaist oa thu cvuij»lsie esacution of lb# iiaatj of March i'», ilia evacuation uf tbs territory tii#/ ovui\u2019y.whh lbs *i*w of ansurinir this siveutiun.It ackouw-l«t](*a ibat it suiids ou tbs ssm# liua as Kraiicv \u2022pu Kuf land rsl«li*e lu th# inUrarsulloo of ihv \u2022tt|H|tailtn.J.Uuntuli, Irvin», U.II daub, Tilatooe aad Nairn.Sr.AsHuxw\u2019a rPiU, R.S \u2014It.\\V.Bro N*il, R.W.M , Bro* Nichoil, 8.W ; llav, J.W ; McKay Trent; J.S.Bowen, ,S»cjr ; Ounaidine, S I)*; Demon, J.D; Sdter, I.ti ; Wilkinson, Tyler ; Bro*.Haich, Cary ana W.D.Campbell, Parmt.Committee.IsneMeNnANT 237 R.T.\u2014W.Itrn.Gale, W.M., W.Bro.Ktt lou, P.M., » L»e, H.W ; Johmton, J.W., Lindsay, Tr, M.Owen, See., O.Morgan, S.D., Johnston, J.D.Simpson,! G\u201e Knnw!a«,Tylar.\u2014Steward* liarmteln nnd McAdams.\u2014-«- A Fixe of proUtbly great extent was checked by Constable Reynolds, early this moruiiig, m the cellar of Mr, D.Maguire, corner of St.Peter ami Antoine streets.The cellar window sending forth volumes of smoke, Reynolda burst it open, am) drew out with Ins «tick u quantity of nifiainiimble mut trials all on fire, and with snow and filially water, brotighlliy the ueighburs, tho fire was extinguished.Two barrels of tar and u lot of rope and oilier articles hud ignited when the discovery to.k place.Mr.Maguire, who resides up stairs, is insured for £2,000.A Couflignition there would huv# spread widely and cunseil mcalculahle dsitMige.The fire had evidently been lighted from within, though hv whom it is yet unknown.£aiv Jalditqcntf.POLICE COURT.Oel.f>.\u2014Assaults.\u2014John McMullin v*.Nicho-ln« .McIntyre.Tiie defendHnt npoio^isud nnd paid ! nil co*t*, on which the ensn wu* withdrawn.Mr.i Wilhtn for the prodecution, Mr.it.Pentlaud for tiro defence.JOih.\u2014Before II.I,eLemejnrier, E?q., J.P._ Joseph Legato vs.Aleiander Mallock.In this cue Mr.Willnn appeared fur the defendant, who pleaded guilty, nnd put in hu affidavit io loitiga-lion, shewing that the private prosecutor, a toll-gate keeper, detained hint nn tinrenaonnl.le length of time at tiie gate, at II o'clock of a very severe night.Mr.Jones for the prosecution, declared he would not press for a severe fine, lie should howevtr observe, thnt his client denied having t>«eu awaken* t from bed, as insinuated by the deponent, be was sitting in a chair.Mr.Wdlan.\"Weare quite willing to take his word lor it.\" The worthy Magistrate -put yourself in the position of the defeudaut.How would you like to be kept out in such a night and veiatiously delated, a* he st ern to have been 7 8 ill, Sir, (to defind.ini) you did wrung to push and menace him: making allowance for the provocation, I condemn the defendant to a fine of five \u2022hillings and coats.The money was forthwith paid.15.\u2014Before J.Maguire, J.P.Louis Demers r*.V.llebon Bernard.This was the case of an old habitant, who had been must decidedly on \" the spree*\u201d he seemed to hav.* annoyed the defrnd-unt, who struck him a severe blow in the eye.While giving his tealimooy, he made the most ridiculous antics; amongst other thing*, jumping away as the defendant in his desire to address hi* own lawyer happened to approach him, nnd afIVciirig to run like a frightened child.Tho Court hud «ome difficulty in «oppressing tho general laughter which this occasioned and apparently assuming a tone of due severity iu informing the witness thnt if he would not behave himself dilT-ronfly he might expect to be sent to prison.Judgment, 5*.and costs\u2014in all £2 5s.5d.Mr.Chambers objected lo Dr.Reed, oue of the witnesses, being taxed.Mr.Maguire.It was expressly iu conséquence of Ibis witness haring n right lo his lee on coining here, that I made the fine as small as it Is.Your client should think himself v*ry fortunate.Vary Ann Bradley vs.Thomas Neville.Mr-Andrews fur prosecution.The complainant swore she was lodging in the same house as the defendant, and that the latter heat her, and put her out, at the same lime that she was attacked by another of the lodgers, and abused by the mistress of the house.The other witnesses ewor-'that on being ordered out by the mistress, in tiie word» of a popular ballad, aiie \u201c would\u2019nt go,\u201d but seated herself and made a resolute resistance, pulling the hair of her assailant*.Oue witut-SH, however, awore that her chaste landlady had declared she wanted no profligates (evidently a mistake for au ugUrr wurtij and another, that Thomas Neville came between them (seil and complainant), when *\u2022 iu bolds*' with her.Magistrate\u2014You mean, Le «ercred you from her?Yes, your honor, he severed me.* Mr.Andrews, in the course of bis argument, said, ids client declared »he paid rent to the fust of May.Hi* Honor\u2014\"Uhl that we must enquire into atonre.\u201d Mr.Andrews\u2014\" My client is ready to swear it.\u201d Mr.Maguire\u2014\" Cuu she produce \u2022 ro ceipt ?\u201d No such document being forthcoming, the Court ordered u the lady of the house, \u2019\u2014as Captain Cuttle would call her,\u2014lo tie sworn.She contradicted '* poor Mary Ann\u201d point blank, and claimed a heavy urrear of uni, whereon tho case was dismissed with coet*, the prosecutor going as she came, that is, with a policeman, and to the (dace frum whence she cam», i.e., the common jail.Ü3 h.\u2014Robert Bride rv.Richard Gorman, (Mr.Wit Ian fur the prosecution, Mr.Parkins for the defendant.) The complainant wu an apprentice iu the service of a plumber.He hud been aent by his muster to do some work in oue of the trenches.The defendant, a contractor on the uater works, ordered him out, and kicked him fpr delaying to do to in rather an offensive man-utr.Judgment, Is.and costs.Damauisc P»or*BTV.\u2014 Ignace Levesque r*.Pierre Lambert and Uemi Bruscau, (.Mr.Duval for llio prosecution Mr.Carou for tue defence.) The last named defendant owned a house occupied by the prosecutor, who a wore that he had uieuacc-d him wiib the dvetruciion of the windows, saying, if they will not go out in good weather, they shall iu lbs cold.Subsequent to this conversation oue of tbo windows was completely sTOHohed iu about 11 o'clock.The prosecutor elated that he followed (he person who committed ilia violence, and ideuufied him as Pierre Lambert.A witness for the defence gave strong tcsiniuuy in contradiction of this, at the conclusion of which Mr C«run asked, what was the geutral chaiactcr of tho prosecutor?Mr.Duval objected to this, end demanded tbo protection of the Court for his client.Mr.Muguite \u2014The question could not he allowed.Evidence might be sailed to the credibility or competence of a wiines*, but character could uni be attacked hy general questions of Mu* kind.Re mi Drisscau was thou called as wituuis for Lambert.Mr.Duval again objected, on the ground that one defendant could not swear for another.The Court iusiniuad the objection, but ordered Ilia complaint us against Brilseau, to be dismissed with costa from failure, and then observed that the judgment rendered him competent.Ili« testimony was strongly against the prosecution.Hvvi-ral witnesses w ere called to «tuck Levesque's credibility.When rrvMS-eaamined hy Mr Duval, as to tbo reason of the opinion they gave, (viz., they would not believe huu on oath,) their replies were remarkably curiuus, being of me most f.-ivo-luus kind, and not aflccwiig hu ciadil at all.Oue man swore be could not believe him because uu wife governed hiiii(nd du Lac on Lake Winebago.northerly to the State line, every alternate section of laud designated by odd uumb'-rs, for six tedious in width on each side of said roads respectively.When it is made to appoar that any section so granted hns been sold, or that the right of preemption has attached to the same, authority is given to select laud in lieu thereof, within 15 tuiles of the line of railroad.Rcierved government sections lo he sold at double the minimum price.One hundred and twenty sections to be \u2022old for every twenty consecutive miles of road completed.\u2014[Buffalo Com.Adv.esteemed ex-Consul, Mr.Barclav , etallntcnt, which i* by no meane3\u2019.^ hl* eveut.\u2014New York Herald.\t'\"probable TIIE StW BIO BELÏÏ or LONDOg The metropolitan journals apprise the with something like a feeling of exult.tin0001^» ' Big Ben\" h« proved on tril WU* t °uD\u2019 < the my-terioua and difficult art of uu ^ Big Ben\" is the oam* which has the Ames (and generally adopted in LoEl ^ «'\u2022r*?* l*ll for the clock tower at \u2018he ,0 of Parliament at Westminster\u2014that naLW* given in honour of Sir Benjamin H.n re?* Commissioner of Public Work*.The bill *f designed by Mr.Denison, Q.C , a ventUm great mechanical and scientific ing!\u201eu \u2018\u2018I who Us devoted a great deal of attenikiï m X* improvement of clocks and Ull*: it .° V* Messrs.John Warner and Sons, of London ly of copper and tin, found, after carefu\"\u2019.,^ ment*; to produce the best tens.In weieht \u2018\u2018 magnitude it greatly exceeds any of !t< cattLfBf brethren, being several tons heavier th.n .l great boll ef 8t.Paul\u2019#.Its weight is 15 J.Jf* ewt., and the four quarter bells, will weigh n \u2019 1 nn much more.The clapper weighs 12 cwt T this gigantic tongue having been fitted vast brazen mouth, the metallic Frank.\u2022 .was on the 20th subjected to a trial, previoni !\" being swung iu its allotted place m ths ml.200 feet above the ground.A number of offiTf and scientific celebrities aswmble*| o ÆcUl potent poison,\" says the \u2019rtmes1 reporter «V vibration penetrates every vein in the bddv ! \u2022trikes every nerve, it attacks and tries fibre in the mu«cls, it makes sour bones rauiî aud your marrow creep.The bell proved to £ a perfect piece of casting, and utters the firs, b of the bass, or an octave below the tenor of .n.common large peal of eight or ten bells of XL note K.The great bell will probably stand j! that lofty tower for centuries, connectin* th.present with the future, and making it, mjJ\u201c: voice hourly heard over the city of nillio.rs ff inhabitaut*.\t* 0( A Naw Calculati.vo Maghin'S.\u2014M.Thorns» Colmar, has lately made the finishing improve ments in the calculating machine csl/ej (Ll arithmometer, at which be has been workint upwards of thirty year*.Pascal and Leibnitr in the 17th century, and Diderot at a later period endeavoured to construct a machine which might serve aa a substitute for human intelligence in the combination of figures, but their efforts failed M.Thomas's arithmometer may be used without the least trouble or possibility of srror, not only for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, but also for much more complex operations, such as the extraction of the square root involution, the resolution of triangle* Ac.A multiplication of eight figures by eight others is made in 18 seconds ; a division of sixteen ftaur** by eight figures jn 24 seconda ; and in one minute and a quarter one can extract the square root of sixteen figures, and also prove tha accuracy of tha calculation.The arithmometer adap's itself to every sort of combination.As an instance of the wonderful extent of its power» wo may state that it can furnish, in a fewaecondj' products amounting to 999,999,999,999 999 11991 999 999,999,999.A marvellous number,\u2019comparable to the infinite multitude of stars which stud tho firmament, or the particles of dust which float in the atmosphere.The working ofthi* instrument is, however, most simple.To rsiseor lower a nut screw, to turn a winch a few timet, and, by mean* of a button, to slide off a rnst.il plate from left to right or from right to lift, is the whole secret.The arithmometer it, moreover, a simple instrument, of very little volume, and easily portable.It is already used in many great financial establishments, where ccniidsrsbl* economy is realised hy its employment.It will soon he considered as indispensable, and be as generally used as a clock, which was formerly only to be seen in palaces, and is now in evtry cottage.\u2014[Paris Moniteur.A MISSISSIPPI STEAMBOAT.There is a good reason why it is built with so little depth of hold.It is to allow the boat to pats the shoal water in many parts of the rivsr and particularly during ths season of drought.For such purpose, the lighter the draught th* greater the advantage ; and a Mississippi captain boasting of the capacity of bis boat in this respect, declared, that all be wantsd wo# a bsavy daw upon the grata to enable him to propel her across tha prairies l if there is little of a Mississippi steam-boat under ths water, the reverse ia true of what may be seen above ita surface.Fancy a two-story bouse of some 209 fretin length, built of plank and painted to the white-nee* of snow ; fancy along the upper story a row of green-latticed windows, thickly set, and opening out upon a narrow balcony ; fancy a flattened or slightly rounded roof covered with tarred canvas, and in the canter a range of skylights like glass forcing-pita; fancy, towering above all, two black cylinders of sheet-iron, each ten feet in diameter, and nealy ten times as high, the funnels of the boat ; a small cylinder on one side, the \u2022cape-pipe ; a tall flagstaff standing up from th# extreme end of the prow, with the \u2018 star-spangled banosr' flying from its peak\u2014fancy all thsie, and you may soma idea of th# characteristic futures of\u2019a steam-boat oa the Mississippi.\u2014Captain Mayae Reids Quadroon.A horrible affair has occurred at M .nraouth, Warren county, III.Two brother! Fleming, accompanied by* their father, proceeded to t;e room of a young, man named Cresier, sad demanded him to retraci certain calumnious words it was alleged he had applied to a lister of the Fleming*,\u2014the betrothed of Crosier.The lauer complied, signing a paper to that efflet, when the two brothers now proceeded to inflict a castigation 00 the young mao,\u2014one holding a pistol to bis head, while the other plied the cowhide ; the father standing or.the ouUide of the room, with a piitol, to keep off assistance.Suddenly Crosier drew a dtrk and plnnged it ;u'o the breast of the one, aud immediately w\u2019.ib-drawiug it inflicted a back Lauded blow upon the other, killed them both- Crosier hus »\u2018r* rendered himself in a custody : the p.'puisr sympathy is with htm ; and b# looks the picture of despair.The tragedy is one of the bloodiest erer heard of.CuvroBo's New Metiioc or I.owxrivi Boats at S*a.\u2014Special order# having bevn from the Admiralty to test this invention srve.\u2019f.J at sea, with a view to its general adoption in tbe .service, the Bulldog, paddle-wheel Commr.Gordon, was recently sent from 1er \u2022 I mouth to Plymouth for that purpose.The heavy : starboard cutter, af% manned on on# oc£fci'' 1 ] with fifteen men, and two of tho principal w.is repeats lly lowered with perfect eat# ^ * , security while the steamer was going *t a11 up to ten knots.Kv.ry tr j perfectly '*u** ! factory, though all doubted at tirst the p.»*1**^.ul the thing being done, e-p^cially m thi t>r,a* ! was hung imiried a;ely behind the paddlv 2S\u2014Ja» Redd»», Kulick.1 »c 1'ht\"» M< Attir.An nmili.N»v '29\u2014Win.Penn, KuM-m.Abery»twith.0«r A- Elisit*ein, t'hjton.Hne id, N«* *7-KluS'hetl* H» Sy, Oitb-ea i \u2018\t._ cent,\t*< h-dy Empire, Howland 1 Coloumue, P ol ¦> Hr.oa.tlM K.rr,.en, \u2014 ; IK.t \u2014AleX.iid*» Edw«ld>, Nmllh '*.>,di»i, W.Iliiaiiaiii, t>»# 9 - Aleisev, tf.iwhh'e- n.|-Cerdiff, '«>v 2b\u2014Lady IU;; R eload».»-Klv.nor, Urol tier*.\t.Deal, Nov JO - M.rf.rft Pollock,\t1 ILnrv Uuaean, MatKnwk.Danker, Dec 9\u2014» nevine, Feikyv.^____ Nitlwi' ram.uili.No* 29-llaae A o.tAsne , Dec 4\u2014Port Glaiw'w, lewkeHwirv- n_j.u||\u201e.Grave»»ud, Dtc J*-Wli.eonsoe, X:\"\"' n».o-i-* GI.M,c.»icr, Dev\t, J* Jtl / ,h.r*, McR \u2022\u2022 i t-M\"».H*cbJ'a t 1\t* 7105 EE Nov 30\u2014Jolm BrnO-haw, Robinson ; li''rlï pieUei.Uy-i\u2019*®\t«\u201c'«\u201c\u201ci ?\u201d\u2022«« » ,,0P\u2018!» ^rtŸ 29-1 \u2022ro«»\t», n .\t- *?\\:9 i7-P«M«d by-Jurat\u2022 RedJm, for Ml^fl>« i.ikru 1,1 the RxcoaDt »\u2019# for the recovery of the «mou ta due,