The Express. — London, England, 1867-12-12 00:00:00

Alum. MIRK PACE/:M HISTORICAL PRIIFORMANCEZ OF PIANOFORTE MCMIC. This interestiir4 series of illustrative concerts — lie first of which was fully noticed in the Dail!, News of November 2R--was concluded yesterday afternoon. At his 'scout' performance, a week since, Herr Payer introduced sperimens from the harpsichord music of Lully. Meatlatti, llaluppi, Martini, and Parodies, and the more modern Pianoforte works of Clementi,Cramer, Field, Chopin, and Schumann and Keller—thus illustrating.it will be seen,the 3reuch, Italian, English, and German schools. The pro. gramme of yesterday's performance was as follows: PART I. THE CLAVECIN. La Farorit.•, Li Tentlre Nanette, La Teu,:brern,e -corgi Ikon it Ibuperin. draue, Dort MenuetA, Lt Rameall. KrOm K fruberger. POW.' 1043 rot • tuga. in V— 1713 1:84) no E minor-1741-1763' PART 11. ref And:tfo an.i VAlri3tiollll 173±-litifn Litton/m.lEl.m 1761.1512 41apriccio. in . _ Am lank moil itundo—,l7sB.lS9b; Study—'l7Ul. W.ydn. Muller. Weber. Impimuptu, up. 14.2, Nu. 3—,17117-bt9 Thies• r.;hosisal sketches, Op. 1,1— , 1516 ♦lhx'rn Willmar for Tiro Planofoskls-1 , 00 1144 i Naichelc . Schubert Bennett. The pieces by Couperin and Raman have much quaint pace, with that unmistakable rythmimd accent which 'distinguishes French music, both ancient and modem. Couperin was one of the earliest instrumental composers who gave distinctive characteristic titles to his pieces ; in some instances, perhaps, rather forced and affected in application. lirebz, the best of Bach's pupils, was both a player and composer of high acquirements, although his name is now hit little known. Some of his organ music is compar,ble to that of his master for grandeur and ele vation of style and learned treatment. Equally learned, but scarcely poisoned of equal genius, was Kirnberger, chiefly celebrated as a theoretical writer. As at his previous performances, Herr Pauer gave these elder specimens of clavecin music on a two-stringed grand piano, instead of • harpsichord as in former seasons— the difference between that obsolete instru ment and the " concert-grand " of the present day offering too s tr ong • contrast for modern ears. Herr Payer attributes to Haydn somewhat greater influence on the progress of pianoforte music than is apparent to us. As • quartet writer and symphonist it is wellknown he was a great inventor and originator— but his early pianoforte music seems to us little more than a reflection of the style of Emmanuel Bach, and his later a faint shadow of that of Mozart. The uncertainty, however, of the dates of Haydn's earlier compositions renders this a point difficult of exact solution. Far greater in his influence on piano forte music was Wink, with his tender grace and refine ment of style, combined too with considerable executive development. A. E Muller undoubtedly filled the interval, not as to genius, but as to the mechanism of plane forte playing, between Mozart and Hummell ; while Weber •nquestionably prepared the way for the extremeexecutive difficulties of the Thalberg school—another early pioneer having been the veteran Moschelee, whose " studies " (especially his op. 70) belong to the history of the art. The "Study " played on this occasion was number 5 from op. !IL, exquisitely beautiful and highly imaginative, as is the pianoforte music of Franz Schubert, that great genius can scarcely be held to have influenced the art in that re spect, since his instrumental music has only recently become extensively known. Professor Bennett's charming sketches (number "The Fountain," encored on this occasion) stand conspicuous in the present dearth of Eng lish pianoforte music of a high class ; 4 while Mendelssohn's fiery and impetuous "Allegro" (as full of im pulse and beauty as any of Weber's romantic piano forte music) made an effective climax to yester day's performance— the prime part capitally played by Miss Kingdon. The piece, originally written for two performers on one pianoforte, was, on this occasion, played en two instrument, for the greater convenience of the players. The whole of this illustrative series his been as interesting in research and selection as in performance— Herr Pauer's playing having been distinguished not only by thorough mastery over the most elaborate executive 'difficulties, but also by that appreciation of very opposite styles which marks the thoughtful and highly-cultivated artist—while his illustrative programmes have contained much valuable information. DRINLEY RICHARDS' PIANOFORTE RECITAL. - - - This eminent professor and popular composer for his instrument gave a performance of piano forte music at the Hanover-square Rooms on Tues day evening. The first portion of the programme consisted entirely of classical works, the second part being devoted to a selection from Mr. Richards' numerous com positions in the brilliant style. In Beethoven's " Sonata Pathetique," Weber's Polonaise in E fiat, " Songs without Words " by ?dendelasohn, Studies by Henselt, Bennett's " Genevieve," Mazurkas by Chopin, two of Mr. Sullivan', elegant little " Day Dreams" (one encored), and a " Capriccio," and " The Harmonious Blacksmith," varia tions by Handel, Mr. Richards displayed high powers of execution as a pianist and a thorough acquaintance with very opposite styles. Both in the performance of these and of his own compositions Mr. Richards sustained the interest of a large audience, who demonstrated their plea. sure by loud applause and several encores, among other pieces, Mr. Richards' " Caprice L Valse " being repeated. UNFORTUNATE PLIABORS SEEKERS.—The great pleasure party which left this country in June last cm board the Quaker City, for the purpose of vinting the prin cipal ports of the Mediterranean, and which was to hive contained General Sherman and Henry Ward Beecher, and, failing these gentleman, " Mark Twain," Maggie Mitchell, and the Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock, has returned, and revelations have been made about it showing that the " science of society." though still very imperfect, is nevertheless in a enfficiently advanced state to make it possible to predict how an expedition of this sort will end. Nobody who had any experience of human nature on a journey ever expected that you could shut up together sixty persons of all ages, sizes, and of various, callings and antecedents, in a steamer for six months, without making them miserable, and their trip a failure. The passengers of the Quaker City have accordingly come back furious. They find that the committee on character and social position, refinement and culture, which was to have considered all applications for tickets, never set ; and that the only ordeal through which aspiring travellers had to pass in order to join the party consisted in pro viding a credit at their bankers' of 1,250 doh.; and that consequently each excursionist, instead of finding himself in choice company on his wanderings, was n o b e tt er o ff than if be had taken an ordinary steamer. Moreover, the musical instruments they were promised consisted, we are told by • inalcouttnt, of a " husky-voiced clarionet," • poor piano, and a melodeon ; the modified billiards'' consisted simply in pushing about " disks of wood on the deck with forked poles ;" and the library was made up of • few hymn-books of the Plymouth collection, and two volumes of Harper's Weekly. The passengers, it is said, thus left without resources in the way of amusement, wiled away the heavy hours with criticism of their fellow voyagers, which does not seem to have ham received in • kindly and docile spirit, or to have exercised any improving influence on mind er character. One gentleman, in his eagerness to aemunalate facts on which to base his critiques, was de tected, it is said, listening at the door of a state-room. The result is lamentable, and the manager has our sym pathy. We trust this will be • warning to Mr. Oscanyan, who. if we remember rightly, tried to get up a similar enterprise in laliti , and besides promising a large crowd of persons select society and a variety of pure delights on board his htecnier, held out to them the hope of unusual facilities for "seeing things " in the Levant, to be secured I through his " high connections in the East." There are only two good reasons for ever taking a long voyage with anybody ; the one is the recovery of health, and the other the desire of getting to some place which there is no other ray of reading. This has been already known to the thoughtful and observing for many generations. We trust the example of the Quaker City party will make it familiar to the giddy and =reflecting tuultittide.-11'ew York FIRE AT A CO-OPERATIVE MlLL.—Yesterday morning, a few minutes after 6 o'clock, in the Spring. prdens Co-operative Cotten Mill, Tediuoreen-road, Bacup, afire broke out in ere eugine•house, which rapidly spread to the seutching.room and other portions of the mill, and before it war got under the engine -house roof had fallen damage in, and aerioaa was done both t o the building and machinery. About a fortnight ago a fire occurred at this and in extinguishing it a quantity of cotton was in- Ey water. A portion of this cotton hod been placed en the boiler to dry, and unfortunately it we. allowed to remain there until it got on fire again, and was the cause of a second oondagratiou. iILALTH RILSTORED BY Di BARRY'S FOOD TO TRII Dranscii, nerves, lungs, and byes of old and young, curing, with out medicine or espouse, dyspepsia ;Indigestion., constipation, diarrhom, asidit.), headache, neuralgia, hysteria, palpitation, sleeplessness. debility, wilding, cough, asthma, levers, consump tion, low spirits. te,Ono annual cures which had resisted all medicine', including that of his Sanaa the Pope. It saves Sky times Its oast in other remedies.—Tins, lib ts. itd. ; gem ::alb., ea ,, nr td. per meal.—Du Barry and co., 77. Regent quadrant, London; also Fortuuin and Mason, ,illy and at Cl, Gracechurch- ,beet 4. OttOtOdade sad 150, 0Z [01 4441044; and allgrocers and uhendsla—(AdvertiveminaLJ THE CATTLE NHOW. The second public day at the Cattle Show was as like the trot as possible. There were equal crowding of the visitors, equal curiosity to see the prize ox, equal intensity of curiosity to see the machinery in motion upstairs. The galleries, in fact, quite divide the attraction with the stalls, and are, from mid-day to night, a perfect Babel of sounds, from sausage-grinding up to common con versation. We were glad to perceive yesterday that the subject of artificial food for cattle had caught considerable hold of public attention. A great many people were talking about it, and the general feeling seemed to be that it was better calculated to swell an animal to an enormous bulk within a short time than to produce firm, juicy, and wholesome meat. We perceive that after the first day the dab ordered all the labels "fed with —'s food to be removed ; and it may perhaps be worthy of consideration whether next year it should not offer prizes for animals fed with their wholesome natural food, and not swelled to sudden obesity by the use of powerful chemical prepara tions. A butcher in our hearing yesterday made a calculation that the price at which the prize ox had been sold would make about 3s. a pound wholesale ; and as it is notoriously unremunerative to the breeder, it may be a question whether animals fattened scientifically as "Black Prince" jun. has been, fulfil the intention of the Smithfield Club, which at its foundation was stated to be to encourage the production of good and cheap meat for the London markets. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1867. IMu int .. ellianut. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.-DEC. 11. Sittings at N Pains in Lonlon.—(BetoreDlr.Justice Smith and a Common Jury.) COI:CHER V. ASHLEY. Both parties to this suit were ministers of religion; the action was to recover damages for libel, and also for oral slander ; and there were pleas justifying as true the statements which had been made. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., Mr. H. James, and Mr. Bridgeman were for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. H. Lloyd for the defendant. Mr. Justice Smith said that before the facts of the ease were stated, be wished to observe that, looking at the record, he saw that the inquiry would be a very painful one, and he strongly urged upon the parties the prudence of coming to some amicable arrangement without discuss ing the matter in public. Several attempts were made by the learned counsel to carry out his lordship's suggestion, and ultimately they succeeded in doing so. Mr. James was happy to say that his lordship's sugges tion had at length been assented to by both parties. His lordship would see by the declaration that there were several counts, two of them containing alleged libels re flecting upon the plaintiff's personal character, and others relating to hie position as a minister of a church. They had agreed, as far as the two counts which contained allegations of personal immorality were concerned, there should be a verdict for the plaintiff for 40s. damages, and that those charges against him should be withdrawn. As to the other counts, they had agreed that it should be • drawn battle, each party retaining his own impression as to which was right and which was wrong. He understood tbattbe defendant had been under the impression that some counter charges had been made against him, but he (Mr. James) wished to say that the plaintiff never had, and never wished to make any charges of any kind against the defendant. Mr. Coleridge said that if the case had gone on it would have been a long and complicated inquiry, and with regard to a great deal of the matter in question there was no doubt that to the day of judgment each party would retain the impression that he was in the right,and therefore it was proper that se to those matters the jury should be dis charged without giving a verdict. As to the statements which were derogatory to the moral character of the plaintiff, Dr. Ashley felt that he had acted upon the state ment of others, and that be had no legal grounds to make those statements, and therefore he, ea an honourable man should do, withdrew those statements, and regretted that he had ever male them. Mr. Justice Smith was glad that an arrangement had been come to, for the inquiry must have been a very painful one, and it would have been of no public advan tage. A verdict was then entered for the plaintiff for 40s. upon two of the counts, and the jury were discharged as to the other counts. THE CLUB DINNER. In the evening the members of the club dined together at the Salisbury Hotel, under the presidency of General Hnoti. The company wail more than usually numerous, including the Earl of Hardwicke, Captain Victor Yorke, Captain Montague, and several other persons of distinction. The dinner and wines reflected great credit on the manager of the hotel. . . On the removal of thecloth the Chairman gave, with the usual honours, " Her Majesty, the Queen ;" and, in doing so, noticed an interesting fact, that this year her Majesty won for the tint time an exhibition at this show. (Loud cheers.) They were perhaps not aware that the Queen 113 s one of the largest farmers in the kingdom, and culti vated with thentmest care every variety of stock. (Cheers.) The next toast was " The Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family." In giving this t o ast the Chairman announced that her royal highness was at last rapidly resnering from her long and painful ill ness. (Cheers.) To " The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," Captain VICTOR YORKE responded. He had, he said, just returned from an inspection of the warlike implements in the Paris Exhibition, and could state that nothing there at all approached our own specimens. The French ad mitted this, and the Emperor usually came every morning and inspected the British weapons carefully before the exhibition was open. He (Captain Yorke) had seen the hassepot at Chalons, and had found it a very effective weapon. but expensive, seeing that one cartridge cost three pence. At Metz 400 women made 13,000 of these cirtridges in a day, while at Woolwich one man in the same tune made 230,000 Schnieder cartridges. (Loud cheers.) . . _ The Earl of H.tnnwrc►e returned thanks for the navy, alleging. at the same time, that no class of society affi liated so closely with the farmers as the sailors. The CHAIRMAN next gave "Success and Prosperity to the Smithfield Club," and congratulated the company on the present prosperous condition of the club. They had this year au excellent exhibition, and were largely patro nised by the public. The chairman then gave an historical outline of the club from 1821, when it was proposed to dissolve it, until the time when it was resuscitated through the exertions of the late Duke of Richmond and the late Earl Spencer. It was now firmly established, and all it wanted was the publication of an annual report to make it a most valuable institution. General Hood having alluded to the acceptance by her Majesty of a baron of beef off the prize oz, concluded by repeating his toast, which was responded to with acclamation. The presentation of prizes followed, and after the few remaining toasts had been disposed of, the company broke ur. A musical party, including Mr. Young, the eminent tenor, and several choristers, sang songs end concerted pieces during the evening. CO-OPERATION AMONG THE HARMERS. Yesterday afternoon a meeting was held at the Islington Literary Institution for the purpose of discussing the desirability of extending the co-operative principle among the agricultural community, so far as the purchase of implements, =mums, seeds, &c., is concerned. Mx. T. lirc nem, M.P., occupied the chair. The meeting was called at the instance of the Agricul tural end Horticultural Association, newly-formed on the co-operative principle, whose content consists of the Right Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., Mr. W. Morrison, BL P., Mr. T. M ignnini hes M.P., Meters. J. Beal, E. V. Neale, an d F. Feton. Mr. GREENING, who is the managing director, stated that the operations of the association, so far as they had gone, had been crowned with complete success, and the members were naturally desirous of extending the prin ciple among the agricultural community at large. The principle on which the association had been formed was that of a limited share capital, by which all liabilities were limited to the amount of 1/. per share. The members went to be supplied with the best description of implements, manures, cattle food, seeds, dcc., at trade prices, without the intervention of agents' profits ; but in addition to their securing good and unadulterated articles, the whole of the profits, minus the small charge for work ing expenses, which did not average more than 4 percent, would find their way into the pockets of the members. They would receive a dividend of 71 per cent on the capi tal and the profits upon their purchases, minus the working expenses, the amount returned in the average of existing cooperative associations being 6-7ths of the profits. At present the manufacturers allowed a commission of some thing like 20 per cent to the agents who sold the goods, and 111 the event of the fanners availing themselves of the advantages of agricultural co-operation, that commission would be saved, and would of itself form • large margin of profit. The CHAIRMAN said there could be no doubt of the value of the principle of co-operation, and the only question was as to the expediency of extending it to agriculturists, which was a point to be determined by themselves. He found that by co-operation he could himself save from 12 to 15 per sent. in his household expenses which was • grave consideration for any man whatever position he might fill. It was, moreover, found that the adoption of the principle was useful in checking the adulteration of the articles sold, and the prevalence of unjust weights and scales, thereby helping to improve the system of trade generally, which was, to say the least of it, in a very de moralised condition at present A conversation followed, in which Mr. MonitinoN, M.P., referring to the adulteration of food for cattle, related that a tenant farmer in Yorkshire looking over his father's books dated some years ago, found that it took two or three times tho amount of oilcske to fatten beasts at the present time compared with what it did then, and on mentioning the circumstance to some fanner friends inquiries were made, the oilcake was analysed, and it was discovered that it was adulterated with upwards of 75 per cent. of other and cheaper food. One great advantage of joining a cooperative association of this character was that the farmers would not be put to the cost of carrying comparatively worthless manure, which was sometimes sold to them as guano and other manures. In reply to • question, Mr. Gamma* stated that it appeared from the returns made to government that the total amount of capital in vested in co-operative societies was 1,046,3101., and leut ou deposit 118,1a1/. ; that the total amount of pr o fit by the last annual return was M 2,317/. which, after deduct ing 5/. per cent. interest on capital, left something like 36 per cent. of profit returned to members. Me. MualilsoN also stated that in the limited business hitherto done by the agricultural co-operative society the profit returnable to members had been very large. In the course of the discussion which ensued, those who took part admitted the importance of the principle, and it was agreed that the matter was one which it was very desirable to bring under discussion at the Farmers' Club, and other associations of agriculturists. A cordial vote of thanks to Mr. T. Hughes closed the proceedings. COMPENSATION FUR RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—At th e Secondaries' Court, Guildhall, yesterday (before Mr. Secondary Potter end a special jury), the case of " Pegler r. South Eastern Railway Company" was tried. It was a writ of inquiry to amess the amount of damages in an action brought by the plaintiff in one of the superior courts for injuries which he sustained while travelling on the defendants' railway. Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., appeared fur the plaintiff • and Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., fur the defendants. The plaintiff was In the service of Mr. Peun, the engineer, of Greenwich, and on the 4th of September he was travelling on the Greenwich Railway, when the train came iu collision with an engine, and it was averred that he sustained serious injury and shock to his system. He had been in the receipt of a salary of 200 f. a year. Medical evidence having been given as to the plaintiff's condition, Mr. O'Malley addressed the jury for the defendants, and urged that the state of the plaintiff was not so serious as had been represented, and that he was only entitled to a reasonable amount of damages. The jury awarded the plaintiff 1,0001. -61111 CH MissIoNARY SOCIETY. —A public meet ing was held yeaterday at the London Tavern, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair, in support of the special appeal for pecuniary aid recently issued by the society. The large room was moderately well filled, and the platform was crowded by influential City merchants and a large number of clergymen. Resolutiona in accord ance with the objects of the meeting tore adopted. STUBBS AND ANOTHER V. PHILLIPS. The plaintiffs in this case, Messrs. Stubbs and Thorn, carried °flimsiness as upholsterers in theWeetminster-road, under the firm of Atkinson and Co. ' and they sued the defendant to recover from him 136/. 10.. Scl., for furniture supplied to his wife whilst she was living apart from him. Mr. J. Browne, Q.C. and Mr. H. Uoyd appeared for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. Cole, Q.C., for the defendant. The plaintiffs' case was that 11r. Phillips was a gentle man who lived at Headlands-park, near Plymouth, and had en income of at least 7001 . • y ear . H e had been separated from his wife for some years, and she had an allowance for herself of G.W. • year, and 401. • year for two children. There was also an additional allowance of 401. a year to the children from their godmother. It was also contended that this was not, under the circumstances, an adequate allowance, and therefore that the defendant was liable to pay for the furniture, upon the ground that it came within the description of necessaries supplied to the plaintiff's wife. Some evidence was given, and it appeared that Mrs. Phillips had on one or two other occasionsrecently had sup plien of furniture, and that on one occasion she had sold her furniture for 5001., invested the money on insufficient security and lost it. Mr. Justice Smith expressed his opinion that under these circumstances it would be very difficult to say that Mr. Phillips could be compelled to pay for the last supply of furniture. Kr. Browne agreed that It would be egoism' to keep the case up any longer, and therefore he sleeted to be non suited. Nonsnit accordingly. THE POLICE COURT& MANSION-HOUSE. 24, and John Hall, 20, were charged before Mr. Alderman Funds with the theft of a sesithin waist coat, value 33e. Shortly before six o'clock on Tuesday evening the pm. menet Martin entered the shop of Mr. Marshrnan, honer, No. 14, Cheapside, and asked a female assistant for some cheap furs. While engaged in conversation with her another man, not in custody, entered the shop and made an attempt to steal a sealskin mantle, value 361., but as it was fastened he did not suoceed in obtaining possession of it. Hall, who was standing at the door, seeing the fruit ing attempt of his confederate, went in and appropriated a sealakin vest, with which he made off. In Noble-sheet he was captured by a constable, and given into the custody of Gilbert, a detective officer, who had seen the three men in conversation, and had been watching their proceedings. On returning to the shop, the officer found that Martin had been detained, the assistant having locked the door on seeing the other two men run away. Hannah Harris, the female assiatant, informed the magistrate that the prisoners had been watching the pre mises for about a week. Alderman Finns complimented the witness on her promptitude in securing Martin, and sentenced the pri soners to three months' imprisonment each. George Brown, aged 30, described as a ehooroaker, was charged with stealing a box of tea from one of Piokford's vans. TIM van was proceeding along Gracechurchetreet about half-past six o'clock in the evening, and the theft was ob served by the driver of a van whi c h was following Pick ford's. He informed a constable of the circumstance, and the latter followed the prisoner into a court, and appre hended him while he wee in the act of putting the box into a bag. It contained 2411 m. of tea. Detective Green said he had the prisoner in custody about eighteen months ago at this court for stealing from the person. He was committed to the ()Id Bailey, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. On that occasion a constable of the M division proved a sentence of four years' penal servitude against him. The Prisoner—You're a lying scoundrel ; you know 1 am innocent of the charge for which I got nine months. I would like to have you down-stairs with me. The Alderman committed him to Newgate for trial. Wm. Henry Clarkson, 54, commission agent, was brought up on remand, charged with obtaining a large quantity of cutlery from Mr. Marshall, 115, Leadenhalletreet, by means of false orders. Mr. George LewiiProemited, and Mr. Rigby defended. The prisoner was apprehended on the sth of November by Detective Hawks, and sinee that time be has undergone repeated examinations. He was now fully committed for trial on six charges. The goods were valued at 1601., and had been pledged with different pawnbrokers. THE CONNON LAW COrETS.—On the first day of next month the new rules regulating the attendance of masters at the chambers of the common law courts will take effect, and the se►eral courts will bo relieved of con siderable business. THE CHILD " ADorrloN" Cssa.—lnquiries made yesterday with reference to the child " adopted " by the Cooper family, at Hackney, under the circumstances reported yesterday, have resulted in the discovery of • slight clue to its previous history. It appears that the child was, from the time it was • fortnight old almost up to the day when it was taken for " adoption" to Mrs. Coo in the care of a Mrs. —, residing in Islington. per, While there it was visited ours a month by a ladylike young woman of not more than 20 years of age, and who was supposed to be the mother. The woman who came with the child said she was the mother, and that the fact of its existence had been k e pt from he knowledge of all her friends. She added that it bad been intended both b 7 the child's father and by herself to keep it at nurse natal they could meet with some young couple who would adopt it. "We intended," she continued, "to get married then and to go so Australia. ' After giving up the child and paying the 11X. she asked as • favour to be allowed to call once more sad see the child before she went to Austr.Jia, and permission was given, but she did not do so. The outfit brought with the child was composed of a good deal of clothing of en expensive kind. THE Nswxsaarr FRACAS. —The case of Cannon and Parry, the two jockeys who have been remanded on a charge of assault, was further investigated by the New market magistrates on Tuesday. Parry and Cannon sur rendered to their bail. Mr. Merryweather app eare d f or the prosecution, and M r . Sleigh for the defence. Neither Mr. Templar nor Mr. Benyon were present. In an able speech Mr. Merryweatber informed the bench that they had consulted with Lord Granville, Lord Aylesbury, and Mr. Hughes, M.P., as to the best mode of settling the matter. They proposed that the jockeys should make an apology, pay 1007. each into the hands of Mr. Templar, and pay all law and medical expenses, and that then the prosecution should be withdrawn. Mr. Sleigh cordially agreed to the proposal by the prose cution, and assured them that no one regretted the assault more than the jockeys . themselves did, and as the matter bad been so long hanging over them, the anxiety and suspense would be ample punishment. The magis trates retired, and after a short absence returned into court, and said that in their opinion it was not a came for them to hear. They bad to deal with it in the first in stance, but it should have been tried in a civil court; and as the amanlt took place on the Jockey Club's demesne, the members of that club were the proper parties to deal with the case, and they (the magistrateel declined to offer any further opinion, as the gentlemen had withdrawn from the prosecution. Therese did not occupy more than an hour. The court was filled with the Newmarket turf celebrities. THE PROPOSED FENIAN DEMONSTRATION IN There is every hope now• that the public order of the town of Liverpool will not be di,turbed on Sunday next by the proposed Fenian demonstration of sympathy for the three men recently executed at Manchester. Contra manifestations having been proposed by the local Orangemen, it was feared that the opposing parties might come in conflict. Yesterday, however, the mayor, acting upon the unanimous resolution of the magistrates at their meeting on Tuesday, issued the following proclamation : HOROUOR OP LIVFALFOOL.—EDWARO WHITLE - /LSQ., MAYOR. Notice Is hereby given, that in consequence of certale ihicanis having been posted on the walls of this town, addressed to the irislunen and women of Liverpool and the stueoundlus towns, announcing that a monger funeral procession will take place in this town on Sunday next, the 15th Instant, and it also having 'sex !unmated to the Mayor that in the event of such sion taking place a counter procession will be formed, &AZ::: manila on oath having been given to the magistrates in meeting assembled that a breach of the peace would be likely to take place It the intended processions are allowed, I do, therefore, herebyorder and direct the head constable and all constables of the said borough to prevent such processions taking place, and I du hereby caution all persons from Mining in such processions, or In any way forming part thereof, as all such persons will be Immediately taken into custody and punished with the utmost rigour of the !WC —EDW ARD WHITLEY, Mayor.—Town.hall, 11th Dec., 1807. The editor of the Dail!, Post having forcibly denounced the proposed demonstration in his paper of Tuesday, yes terday gave publicity to the following letter, which consi derably modifies the seditious tone of the original procla mation : Sir,-1 regret very much that you should have been compelled to use such harsh language as appears In your paper of this day, under the signature of " Dicky ham," by way of comment upon a document purporting to be the progrenune of the funeral demonstration, to be held on next Sunday. That document was published without the sanction of the committee, who have no desire to cause ill-feeling between any parties whatsoever ; neither had they any intention of proceeding through the town, but simply intend to form at ritanley.road, outside the borough, and march to a place to be named on Wednesday or Thursday at the latest. As to the demonstration being out of place at this particular time, we have our own opinions concerning that matter. With respect to your fears as to a breach of the peace, there win be no aggression on our p ar t. W e shall strWJyad here to the rules laid down by the committees in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Manchester, etc.—Yours obediently, A. JAYSitas.— Liverpool, Dec. 11, Diel. Yesterday the Liverpool police apprehended a dock labourer named John Brown, living in a court in Oriel street, on a charge of being the promoter of the proposed Fenian procession announced for Sunday next. Brown is said to be the entire " committee" a ll to in the placard ported up on Sunday, As the only direct evidence against Brown was the fact that he took the placards from the printer, the magistrates discharged Yesterday Dr. Goss, the Roman catholic Bishop of Liverpool, issued the following proclamation : TO THE IRISH PORTION OP OUR MOVED FLOCK IN THE TOWN OP LITINPOOL AND IT VICIN/ST. Dear Children in Jesus Christ,—We have read with pain and sorrow en advertisement in the public prints, calling upon you to assemble In thousands on Sunday next, In the outskirts of this town, and thence to walk In funeral procession through its prin. al thoroughfares. For many years the mayor and magistrates of this borough have most wisely ordained that no party proces sion or demonstration should take place within the limits of their jurisdiction. We have always considered this a most wise and salutary regulation and have given our aid and assistance to enable the authorities to carry It into effect. The result is that there has been no Arlie or contention, no straggle for the mastery, no rivalahip and that in place of such sad evils there has been peace and good fellowshipamongst all who are content to work side by side with one another for their daily bread, without dis tinction of creed or country. To disturb this peace, to call Into existence party distinctions, which ere well [kis forgotten, to light up the embers of civil discord, which had almost burnt themselves out, to excite and arouse feelings of rancour and hatred, which are only remembered that they may be deplored, would not only be foolish and Impolitic, but very sinful and displeasing to Him whose children we all are, who has made the sun to shine on the good and the ban, and who would have as dwell together in mutual charity and for bearance. We earnestly and affectionately exhort you, and If need be, we command you by that authority which we hold from God, and in virtue of our sacred office, that you abstain from joining any procession, and that you cheerfully obey the com mands of the chief magistrate of this town. Listen not to those who unhappily may not heed our counsels, but rather to us, whose voice has been ever heard to console you, and whose hands have been ever raised to bless you. When you shall have returned from church remain within your own homes, and go not out, lest you be le st by misguided men into harm and wrong doing. May God in His awrey bless you, Slay He give you abundance and plenty. May He give happiness to your fair but afflicted country, and may He give you that mice which our Lord bequeathed to his disciples as the last of lila love. Given at St. Edward's College, Station, Dec. 11, itier;.—ALEXAN. DER Goss, Bishop of Liverpool. - Twenty thousand copies of thin proclamation will be printed sad distributed to-day. To-day the chief of of police will meet, to consult as to the best measures to be taken to preserve public order, and the mayor will also have conference with the military and naval authorities now stationed in the town and port. FOUNDLINGS IN PADDINGTON. —At the weekly meeting of the guardians of Paddington held yesterday (Wednesday), • singular case of child desertion was brought to the notice of the beard by Mr. Cormack, the master of the workhouse. He said that a male child was found wrapped up on a door step in Chester-place, Hyde park, and brought to the workhouse by a policeman. A letter was found attached to the child's clothing of which the following are extracts :—" Horace Straeey, bona Nov. 17. Pray take pity on my poor little one ; don't think I sin an unkind mother to thus cast him off, but I cannot bear to see him want. There are homes and institutions supported by the benevolent where he can be well oared foe, I know, but I have not the power to get him in. You can, good friends, do something for him, and God will reward you, but oh, d on 't sen d hi m to t h e un i on. " " Be sure it is hard for me to do this, but who would see her babe want? God has blessed so many with plenty. May I beg of you again to do something 'foe him, and God will bless you. I cannot tell you bow it will gladden the heart of a fellow-creature." The writer asks • further favour of the finder, "to ease the mind of an anxious and broken-hearted mother " by ad vertising in one of the London daily papers " on the 24th instant—first, to let me know if my little one is safe, as to hear that would make a happy Christmas for me indeed." The letter is signed, " One who will be ever thankfuL" It is • singular circumstance that a child was found a short time since in the same neighbourhood, to which was also attached a letter couched in similar terms to the above. On a recent occasion a child was found (also in Paddington) with • sovereign and • letter fastened to its clothes. The note informed the finder that the so vereign was for the purpose of paying for the burial, " in case the child should be dead when found," which was the case. The child first referred to is alive and well. THE FACTORY AND WORKBROP ACTS IN SOUTH STAPPORDSHIRE.—In an address delivered on Tuesday night in the Willenhall Literary Institute, Mr. P. Baler, one of her Majesty's inspectors of factories, said he had been met by the masters who would be affected by the Factory Act in the most admirable spirit, and if the work men would meet him in the same spirit they should go on as smoothly as possible. He wanted to bring about a new race of children altogether, such a race as should be ashamed of the park generation. Fathers who were masters were equally responsible with masters who were not parents ; and if a boy was working for • master with his father he could proceed against either the master or the father. The 2d. a. week for the child's education would be de ducted from the child's wages. It would remain with the local authorities to determine who should carry out the act in enforcing the observance of its terms to prevent apprentices and other young persons, children and women, from working more time than the act allowed ; but if he found any glaring cases in which the act was being infringed they might be quite sure that he would soon be down upon the people who were offending. There was one district in England in which children wore being worked at three years of age. They might be convinced that if he lived till the first week in January he would stop such proceedings. If the act should not work smoothly, and a better way should be found of inspecting certain small shops than by the police upon authority from magistrates, as well as by the inspectors without such authorisation, then he should recommend such a way to the Home Secretary. He should also, if it should prove necessary that the present margin between the number of persons employed in factories and work shops respectively should be more closely assimilated, recommend that the number of fifty, at which factories now became workshop., should be reduced to ten, or to some other number, so as to bring all the workplaces as much as possible under the operation of the act. With reference to the means of educating the large number of children, he was so very much gratified with the great interest which that meeting showed was taken in the act in Willenhall, that he would promise one-third, up to 701. • year, of any amount of money that might be spent by the people of the town in furnishing further school ac commodation. All the money that ever he had obtained as penalties for infringements of the former acts had been paid, to the extent of some thou san d s o f poun d s, i nto the bank in his name, and all of it he intended to de vote to assisting schools which had been started to meet the requirements of the act, and which needed such help. THE BURNING OF HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— . A number of men were busily engaged all yesterday in searching the ruins for the jewels, dresses , ko., known to be there ; but whatever was recovered was so damaged by the fire as to be nearly, if not altogether, valueless. A curious story is current in reference to the origin of the fire, It Is said that before the alarm was given in the street a larp retriever dog was seen to come rapidly nut of the with its coat in • blaze. It dashed at lightning speed across the Haymarket into Suffolk-street, and was there lost sight of. Many of the employee of the establishment are therefore of opinion that the dog bad gone to warm itself at the fire-plate, and finding its coat on fire, bad wildly rushed into the theatre, and ignited some of the scenery either on or under the fluor of the stage. The firemen, however, do not attach much importance to the occurrence. They say that there are a number of dogs who when they smell a fire, would rush to the spot, as was the case with the celebrated one named " Chance." Rear your infants with Dr BARRY'S RZTALENTA CHoCOLATIL P0W02.1, In tins of 12 cups, ;24 cups, Ski ; 48 cope, 05, ; SdB cups, 30e, , 576 cups, 555., or one penny per cup. It le more delieloaa digestible, and nourlehing than the best wocentrated beef. Also adapsed to strengthen int arida and delicate cbtldren.—Du Barry and Co., 77, Regens-quadraus London, and all groan and chemists.—[Advartiamant] THE FENIAN OUTRAGE AT MANCHESTER.. MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY. This morning the two remanded Fenian priaoners, William Hogan and William Pherson Thompson, were again brought up before Mr. Fowler, stipendiary magis trate, and other city magistrates. The latter was charged with being concerned in the murder of Sergeant Brett and the attack on the prison van, in Hyde-road, on the 18th September, and the former was charged with being an accessory before the fact. Mr. Talbot, assistant town clerk, prosecuted ; Mr. Yeatman, of the Midland Circuit, defended Hogan, and Mr. J. B. Tun defended Thompson. The attendance of the public was not large, but, as on the occasion of the trial of Allen and his comrades, the side galleries were kept entirely clear, and only those who won the favour of the police authorities were admitted to other parts of the court. Mr. Ton asked that the evidence which had been taken before in court should be read, and that the witnesses to be examined should be out of court at the time. Mr. Superintendent Maybury said an application was going to be made for a remand. Mr. Yeatman—You have a wan here without the slightest evidence against him. The witnesses on both sides were then ordered out of court, and Mr. Fowler, after retiring for a abort time, said it would be as well to bear the depositions read. Mr. Fowler, is reply to Mr. Yeatman, said that Hogan would not be charged with being present at the attack on the van, but with being an accessory before the fact, while Thompson was, on the other band, not only charged with being present at the attack on the van, but with taking an active part in that attack. The depositions were then read which had been given on the first examination of Thompson and the second exami nation of both the prisoners. The following witnesses were then called : William Ellis, foreman of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, said be found a revolver on the line on the 20th September. It fell from uuderneath a waggon when it was being moved down a siding. He picked it up and examined it, and found that its number was 39,388, and the maker's name was Mortimer, London. In cross examination by Mr. Ton, he said that five of the chambers were loaded, and one of the men fired them off before he gave it up to the detective. Frederick Wilson, a labourer in the employment of Mr. J. M. Bennett, said that on the 18th September he was in Mr. Bennett's timber yard, and saw some men moving scree& an adjoining brickcroft towards the Midland Rail way yard. One of them, as he ran, threw a pistol into the brook, which the witness picked up and gave to a detective the same night. Robert Poole, inspector of police at Fairfield-street station, said that on the 18th of September he received the pistol from the last witmem. Five chambers were loaded ;he could not say whether the other two charges had been fired__ , as the pistol had been found in the water. Emma Helliday's deposition was then read, and the witness was called. She said that the prisoner Thomp son was the man that Abe saw at the back of the van in company with Allen. She saw him as soon as she came out of the van. He stood beside Allen, close to the door of the van, on the ground, and had a pistol in his band. She saw him do nothing. The woman Armstrong, who got out of the van before witness, fell over Brett, which delayed witness from getting quickly out. While she was waiting, Thompson said to her, " Come away—are you not satisfied with getting away 1" He afterwards pushed her out of the way, as if to hasten her away. She then went off to the gaol. By Mr. Fowler—Thompson had slight whiskers all round his face and underneath the chin ; but his general appear ance was the slime. Witness had never seen him before the 18th September, nor since, until Friday last. He was then in company with the other prisoner in the dock. Witness bad been taken to Alberteatreet to identify some prisoners, but did not see any. Mr. Fowler here explained to Mr. Ton that the reason he had asked that question of the witness was because the prisoner Thompson had objected to being seen by anyone except when in court. He objected so strenuously that the authorities ultimately gave way. By Mr. Ton—Witness was staying at Albert-street station during the trial of the prisoners at the amazes, and had ever since been under the protection of the police. She had seen the newspaper from time to time. Since the trials at the assize court she had not once been asked about " the other man," or whether she could identify him. Had recognised four persons as being concerned in the attack on the van—Allen, Redden, Johnson, and Michael Maguire. The first and the last of those, and another man, she had spoken to as having pistols. The third man she had not seen when she made that statement. She had never described "the other man" until now, and had never " thought over" what kind of a man he was, as she was quits positive on the point. By Mr. Fowler—Was mistaken when she said that she had never been asked any questions about identifying Thompson until that morning. Mr. Anderton asked her some questions on Friday last ; but that was after she had identified the prisoner. Inspector Kirkland sworn—When Thompson was in cus tody I was present when he objected to being seen by any witnesses who were brought down to see if they could I identify him. He objected to being seen for that purpose except in the court or dock. I mentioned it to Mr. May bury afterwards. Thompson's objection was listened to, and that was the reason he was not seen in the usual man- ner by Emma Halliday and several others. Cron-examined by Mr. Ton—A few had seen him before he objected ; perhaps ten or a dozen. I cannot speak as to the exact number, but I don't believe as many as five and-twenty saw him. Emma Halliday may have been staying at the station, but as I don't belong to that station I can't say. I will not undertake to swear that five-and twenty people did not see him before he refused to be seen by any more. Sergeant Henderson, of the detective force, said—On Friday last I saw the prisoner in the dock. I cannot give the reason why Emma Halliday saw the prisoners alone. I only have the moon second-hand. Chivies Thomas, sworn—l wee close to the arch on the 18th September. Mr. Fowler read over the deposition in which this witness gave his account of the attack on the van. The witness now said it was true. He further added—l saw Allen at the back of the van when the women came out. There was another man there with him who was helping Allen to break in the van. I have never seen that person since, and don't see him now. I have seen the prisoner Thompson before. I saw him on the 18th September. He is the man whom I saw running from the Hyde-road Hotel towards the arch. I pointed him out at the time to another man, and said, " I wonder what he is running so fast for." I saw him afterwards mix amongst the other men after the attack commenced, but I did not see him do anything particular. The man at the back of the van with Allen was very like Gould of the seine " build," and dressed in dark clothes. That was the same man that was with Allen at the back of the van when the women came out. There were other persons around the van, near the back, within ten yards ; but Allen and the man I have spoken of were close together, and were acting together. There was no man nearer Allen than that man except the women. (Laughter.) When the women came out I would be about 30 yards from Allen and the man who was with him. There would be about 20 people between me and them. I did not see the prisoner Thompson after I saw him mix with the crowd. By Mr. Talbot—Thompson is now shaved. When I saw Mtn 118 bad a beard, moustache, and little whiskers. By Mr. Fowler—The moustache was a small one. Richard Bromley was the man to whom I pointed prisoner out. He is not here. He is not willing to come. [A summons was granted to compel his attendance.] Mr. Fowler to the prisoners —You both stand remanded for a week. _ _ Mr. Torr said that as he might be in Liverpool on the day fixed, be should be glad if Mr. Fowkr would let the remand be for a week, but with liberty, in cue he should not be present, to be extended for a day or two. Mr. Festman—That would not affect Hogan. There is a separate charge against him. Mr. Fowler said he had no hesitation in telling Mr. Torr, that if Mr. Talbot bad not applied for a remand, he was prepared to commit Thompson for trial to-day ; therefore, us far as his position was concerned, if Mr. Tom was not able to attend this day week, the gentleman who i ns t ructe d him could watch the further evidence. Mr. Torr said there was a desire that be should be pre sent. )Ir. Fowler—Very well, then. I hope you will be able to come. I won't take it this day week till after the arrival of the 'J o'clock expreas from Liverpool. The prisoners were then removed. THE EFFECTS OF THE LATE GALE.—lntelligence has been received in Liverpool to the effect that the Mes sina, bound from the West Coast of Africa to Liverpool, with master and part of the crew sick with has arrived at Crookhaven. The agent at haven reports that he bad engaged • muter at Cork, shipped several seamen, and Pent the vessel on. The ship Thornton, which went ashore at the entrance to the Mersey, has gone to pieces, and her cargo and timbers are being washed ashore on both sides of the bay. Arrange ments have been made for guarding the coast, and espe cially for preventing the " Wallasey wreckers " from indulging in their favourite pastime. The T. J. Southard remains ashore on her port beam ends, within a cable's length of Menai Lighthouse. Her hatches were all off, and the sea making a complete breach over her. In con. nection with the steamer Bubulina, which recently ex ploded in the Mersey and sank, the two large rifted guns carried on the deck have been lifted and sent to the fac tory to be cleaned. The fine iron ship Lydia Williams, which struck'on a rock about aweek ago, has'been lightened, and an attempt will be made to lift the ship at the next spring tides, should the weather permit the necessary pre- 1 liminary operations. The Ocean Wave, which has gone ashore near the mouth of the Ribble, is reported to have all her hatches washed off, and the sea running high over her. [Advertisement.] HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. —The slightest indisposition, to prevent Its rapidly running from bad to worse, demands attention before the winter fairly meta in. A few doses of these thoroughly purifyicg ansi strengthening pills will always be beneficial when the least disorder reigns, or when nervous fears oppress. Two or three pills at bedtime have the happiest effect In promoting perfect digestion, whereby the mus- , cies are rendered more vigorous, the spirits more bu3yant, and the entire triune more handy. Holloway's medicine Increases the quantity of nutriment derivable from • given quastfty of fond, whereby the quality of the blood Is improved, the tome of every fibre throughout the body is heightened, and the dlopoli nce to tall into disease Is rvduced to a mialawm. MARKETS. TALLOW.-WZMITBDAY EVENDIG.— The market sa l quiet today. Spot and December, 425. 9d. t o 4:,.. January to March 435. to 43a. 3d . ; March, Ca. 9,1. April to June, 435.' 9d. Deliveries to last evening, casks ; arrivals, 4,537 casks. LEATHER.—The transactions in leather have again been limited in extent during the past week. On Tuesday the supply of fresh goods was not large, in constquenc e of the bad drying weather, and the attendance of buye r , being small only a short amount of business WAS trans• acted. No articles were specially in request, and pnces were unaltered. COTTON.—Lfvuteoor., Dec. 11.—Market very quiet ; prices favouring buyers. Estimated sales to-day, 7,000 bales, including 1,000 speculation and export. 2,0* American, 6d. to ; 600 Pernam, &c., lid . to tad.. 600 Mannbain, ad. to 64.1. • 100 Maceio and Bah* 71d. to Bd. ; 300 Rio, lid . to 741. ; 600 Egyptian, 6td. to 11 jd ;30 Smyrna, 6d. to 7d. • 2,570 S ura t, C a d . to 6td. ; Bengal, &Wide, Re., ; 200 Peru, 70. to aid. Fair Dho ; fair Oomrawntise, ; fair Broach, 6d. ; fair afel. ; fair Egyptian, iid. ; fair Pern a 7id. ; middling Boweda, 74d. ; middli ng Orleans, 70. , CORN.—Boarox, Dec. ll.—There wu a fair supply of wheat at our market ; the demand brisk, at L. to &demos. Spring corn was 6d. to Is. higher. Red, 665. to bSa. ; white to 775. Beans, old, 52a. to 545. ; new, 4S. to 50s. Oats, 245. to 33a. Peas, 475. to 555. GLASGOW, Dec. 11.—After two or three tights of keen frost at the end of the week, the weather has become uu. seasonably mild. This day's market was pretty well at tended, but the sales of wheat were on a limited scale, the larger buyers having previously bought freely ; the above noted advance (which applies only to American and Egyptian wheat) was fully sustained. Sack flour sold more readily, but barrels met a slow sale at previous rate,. Barley 6d. per boll dearer. Scotch oats firm, but Irish, m well as oatmeal, were in favour of buyer.. ream 6d. lower to sell. Beans steady, and Indian corn, from scarcity, nearly supported last quotations. CATTLE—Bourtiact, Dir. 11.—The trade for best beet WU brisk ; but kw all alas very slack. Beef made from 3a. to sa. ed. ; muttes, Is. Bd. to Be. ; veal, ae. to 6e ; pork, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 2.d., per stone of iilbs., sinking the offaL COALE—Limnos, Dcc. 11.—Hastinp Hartley, 18a 3d. ; Holywell Main, 19a. ; Walls End Harton, 19e. 6 d. ; Walla End Haswell, 21e. td. ; Walls Ead Polisher Prim. rose, 18s. 9d. ; Walls End Tarlatan, 19e. ; Walls Ead Hartlepool, 20a. 6d.—Ships at market, 29 ; sold, 23. TRAFFIC RETURNS. Mlles tan- Mar. TOW. Told, ltsll WAYS. eyes. geneses. ehandiee. 1887. 1681 Week endhe Oct. 8. 4 Great Indian Peninsula 852 7,956 11,959 19,925 15,255 Week ending Oct. 7. Northern of Buenos Ayres. 19 - - 619 551 Week ending Oct. H. Madre-Youth WeetLine. 422 - - 6,964 6,711 North West Llne. 153 - 1,239 1,144 Week ending Nor. 2. Dahlia/id Ban Francisco Tilf 190 585 773 649 Week ending Nov. ZS. Grand Trunk ei Canada 1827 - - 29,210 26,817 Week ending Dec. 8. Limerick and .als Limerick and tome Waterford and =canny 3l 88 301 389 235 Waterford and Limerick Week ending Dee. 7. Pembroke and Tenby - - V* 202 Week ll ending Dec. & Cornwa Great Seaters 7OOB 13.370 22.399 15,769 34,.14g Great Northern Great Western 1144 2-,1151 39.585 88.992 67.5.13 Lancaeltire and Yorkshire. 441 14,798 30,114 45,012 43,710 London, Chatham a Dover & Met. Es. & Branches . 138 6,356 1,797 8.151 7.238 Metro. Pg. of LC. & D l3 1,245 134 1,781 1,79 3 Loudon& North Western 133 1i 46,591 72,715 118,377 11 5 .244 Londonand South Western 503 12,473 7,105 19,578 19,5 M lianonseter. Shintoist, gad Lincolnshire 648 4,471 16,487 11.138 91,584 lianchester,Southlunctioa, and altriuchain - 851 396 1.247 1.241 Midland 930 13,897 38.741 61,616 48,560 North London ll 3,550 1,979 5,529 6,129 North Fitadordahlre (it&C )V4 - - 8,012 8,103 South Dsvon Moto. 1 1.578 1.31* 1,810 2.190 Tax 81118IDY QCZBTION AND TiE MAIL. St/t -wit—A report from a venial eseamittee appointed by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce so this inibiect was read at the meeting of the Donnell yesterday. It recommended that the whole question of subsidies eboabi be actively taken up by the chamber next year, with a view to obtain • perfectly free competition in future amongst steam com panies for the conveyance of the ocean mails. During the discussion on the report, it was stated that the Cunard Company's oontraot was only for one year, but it most be borne in mind that they had asked to have it extended for ten year, upon one year's notice being given ; and it was also pointed out that unless notice was given to the Weet India Company this month the contract would have to be con. 'gimlet' for three years longer. The report was adopted, and it was decided to send a copy to the Postmaster. General. RAITENINO AT SUEFFIgLD.—On Tuesday morning the wheel-bands and nuts which had been rattened at the Remooe Grinding Wheel, Stannington, belonging to Mears. Sorby and Sons, saw manufacturers, Sheffield, were foiled bye grinder in their employ hidden under an old tree, under the debris of a wall which had been pushed does for the purpose of biding them. It appears that a law grinder, named Aabby, • superior artisan employed by Messrs. Sorby at the Trafalgar wheel at Sheffield, rare notice to Broadhead, the then secretary of the mice, some time before the commission, that be intended to with. draw. He was not in arrears at the time. He dime tinned paying, and has not paid since. Lae* week three members of the committee waited upon him, and handed him a note containing particulars of the sum which, as they alleged, he owed to the union. They told Lim they would be obliged if he would see them about it on Sam day, and said they would take the money at 6d, per week. He took no notice whatever of the message, and ea Moe day morning his employers' bands were gone. This is the only circumstance which, on the old method of ding things, seems to connect the union with the outrage. no prompt restoration of the bands is attributed to the fed that Messrs. Sorby had stopped allthe saw grinders in their employ, and intended to keep them idle until the property was restored. Another rattening in connection with the saw-grinding trade was committed at Owlerton on Monday night or Tuesday morning, in the wheel which forms part of the building of the paper mill. Five bands, and nuts to correspond, used by two men named Wild and Proctor. or Crookes, but probably the property of their employer, Mr. S. Brittain, of Doctor's Fields, were taken. The men have not paid to the union since July. On Tuesday night they had an interview with the committee, but without result, as the committee said they knew nothing about the mattes and were taken by surprise. Tun BUBI:LINA E' xpLosiort.—A Greek sailor, named G. Franghissa, one of the crew of this vessel, his died at the Norther' Hospital at Liverpool. EFFICACY OF LSE. DE JONoll'ii LIGHT-BROWN COD Livia Oft. la DiarLlTT.—ln came of debility and enacts. Um the powerful curative inflames of Dr. de 'one's 14 - lo• Brown Cod Liver Oil is well and sclentificall3 - deserAieti lo tit Henry Marsh, Bert., M.D., Physician in Ordinary to the Wm in Ireland, who. after extensive use, strongly recommended this preparation, and observed: " I have frequently prescribed Dr de Jongli's Light-Brown Cod Liver OIL I consider it to lies eery pure oil, not likely to create disgust, and a therapeutic agent of mut value." This eminent physician reniariur "That in strutsiss and emaciated patients this remedy tells with peculiar emirs A regular daily mime of this animal oil is oalotble of Inial:O , Z about a most remarkable and salutary change in all the sod functions. It does that which is most required. it theets Uw progress of emaciation, restores the yielding hmlth, rebuilds. as it were, the tottering frame, and tut reviving and reanimating effects are highly satisfactory in all those cases in which lb.! general health is impaired." Bold only to capwiled beaks. Is. ed., 4s. Od.. and 95., by Dr. de Jong/is Agents, A oar. and Co., 77, Strand, Loudon, and ohemists.--tAdvertisetotst I BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. HODGSON. —Deinrabee 9, at Cambridge.thati, Kilburn, the wife of A. Hot Won. of a son. BOOPER.—Deeember 9, at Vaatington Lodge, tilimeestershire , the wife of C. 11. Hooper, Esp., of a son . LANORIDGE.—Detember 10, at MariMwough-h(11, the wife of R. Lasagridge, Eau., of a daughter. RUSSM.L.—Dextube'r 9, the wile of C. 11. Russell, Eli., of s daughter. &01T-ADAMS.—December 9, at Brook house, Mirth, the wife of Captain W. R. Scott-Adams, of a daughter. WiLLlAl4B.—December 9, at Windsor Villa, eirdl9, the wiled R. W. Williams, Eau., of a daughter. MARRUGNS. HIND—FALKNER.—December 10, at St. Pancras, Rev. R P. Cacliemaille, Mr. E. J. Hind, to Susie, daughter of H. 'Milner, Esq., late of Red Lionequare JORDAN--811AW. —December 7 at St. John the ErancelliO. by the Rector, the Rev. J. Jennium. Wllllvin. sou of W. Jordan, Esq.. of Charing-cross, to Harriet, daughter of air. J . J. Shaw, of Westminster. iIItnnatIDGE—GIVYARD. —December 10, at Loug Nita. Surrey, by the father of the bride. the Rev. H. W midge. elm of M. Meuggridge, Req.. of Woodfield. Montnoi,fh; Wm, to Edith, daughter e 4 the Rev. J. T. bitfunl, rector" the said pariah. DEATIELIL ALLEY.—December 9, John, son of awl late J. Allen, Ezo . Madrawhouee, Hackney. 001TOH. —December 9, Frederick William, son of A. D. Gou.P. Keg.. of Tollingtoo-park, N., aged 19. KNlGHT.—December 9, at Willow-terrace, Canonbury, J. J. Knight, Sae., aged 73. MACIEDIK - December 9, at Mimic on the Gareloch, pow bartonshlre, N 8., Elizabeth Cunniughame, widow of th, It. Maeredle, Esq. WALKER.—Decemher 0, at Petersham, Surrey, Elizabeth BIT gnret, elk of S. Walker, Eso. WILLIA MS. —December 9, at New-crow, Eliza, relict of the Uu B. P. Williams, Fey. - - Petoted sad PubWWI by WILLum km* HAL" 01 Lombirdritnet. la dm etty et Landoa. I'llol ol . " Ogroi. Lombetdrptis.K. 'be Prudes{ al %Wedgies- - THURSDAY. Dreams's It 1137.