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y4.,tberpoot 'tartbarb+ TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1856. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. THE Court continues its sojourn at Windsor Castle, where HER MAJESTY, in the proper exercise of her privilege as a constitutional sovereign, has been dispensing the royal hospi talities to a numerous circle of distinguished guests, uncon trolled by the operation of political feeling. Conspicuous among the courtly festivities of the week was a dramatic enter tainment, given at the Castle, on Thursday evening, by com mand of HER MAJESTY. The piece selected for representation was GEORGE COLMAN, the Elder's, celebrated and popular co medy, " The Jealous Wife," compressed into three acts. The character of Mrs. Oakly was sustained by Mrs. CHARLES REAR, the rest of the dramatis persona being also ably repre sented. While the Court remains at Windsor, the metropolis continues, in a great measure, deserted, and, notwithstanding the approach of the time for opening the Parliamentary cam paign, the West End is still in a state of social desolation. A week or two, however, will entirely change the face of matters in that respect. By the time Parliament meets, which will be in about ten days, many leading members of aristocratic and fashionable life will have resumed their places in metropolitan society. Belgravia will be restored to its usual gaiety. The parks will be again filled with glittering equipages and dash ing equestrians, and the shopkeepers and other tradesmen, who minister to the wants of fashionable life, will exhibit their usual flow of good spirits, stimulated by the cheering influence of reviving trade. The other day, a circumstance, trifling in itself, but yet of some consequence as a matter of Court gossip, gave currency to a considerable amount of small talk among the retailers of Court and fashionable news. This was the fact that the PRINCE of WALES occupied the chair on a public oc casion. The PRINCE, it seems, is a frequent, if not a regular, attendant at Professor FARADAY'S lectures, and, on the occa sion referred to, PRINCE ALBERT was to have presided. From some cause, however, he was unable to ba present—the chair was destitute of an occupant, and must be filled. The occasion was urgent; the boy PRINCE was solicited to take the chair. He consented, and, to the surprise of many, conducted himself with modesty and good sense, without compromising, by affec tation, the characteristic buoyancy of demeanour appropriate to his years. The past week has been one singularly fertile in topics on which to exercise the ingenuity of the political gossip, and to aid in the mysterious operations of the Stock Exchange. Tuesday morning dawned tardily upon London, unexpectedly put in possession of the long-looked-for official message usually delivered to Congress by the PRESIDENT of the United States ; and Thursday morning supplied the numer ous inhabitants of the metropolis with the still less expected intimation that the CZAR of Russia is at last anxious for putting an end to the hostilities which for so long a period he has waged with such unrelenting pertinacity and ill success. The first of these had been looked for with much anxiety on the morning of each of the four preceding Mondays ; the second was an announcement as unexpected as it at first sight proved satisfactory. The Presidential Message, notwithstanding its long delay, in obedience to a formal practice of the Republic, to withhold its delivery till after the election of a speaker, and the due constitution of the Congressional Assembly, was nevertheless delivered informally by the PRESIDENT'S Secretary, to the infinite disgust of the Rowdy orators who contrived to defeat the formal constitution of the assembly after somewhere about a hundred ballets. The document is a manifesto of the customary magnitude, and it contains the usual amount of " tall asseveration." The present time offers a conjuncture in our affairs which the ultra democrats in the American Republic deem fitted for an ostentatious display of their dislike to our sober monarchical institutions. Singular though it may appear, these lovers -of freedom in excess demonstrate the consistency of their political views by adopting the quarrel of the CZAR. The extreme of affected social liberty fraternizing with the extreme of social despotism, a spectacle which enlightened politicians and sedate legislators on this side the Atlantic are not prepared to look for and cannot understand. A similar incapacity of COM= prehension on this subject is also prevalent in the minds of intelligent Americans. This was clearly evinced in the fer vency with which the feeling of America espoused the cause of Hungary, so mercilessly trodden down while struggling for freedom. So, in like manner, the feeling among the intelligent classes of America may be—indeed is, in favour of our cause, as opposed to that of Russia ; but the voice of intelligence has been overpowered, and its dictates have been set aside by the louder bellowing of the democratic thunder throughout the UNION. This conflict of reason with violence is manifested even in the Presidential message. Trivial points of difference exist between the governments of the two countries ; and it is sin gular to witness the exaggeration to which both sides of the dispute are subjected in Mr. President PIERCE'S Message. The one side he exaggerates, to suit and stimulate the angry passions of the democrats.; the other, with greater study and sobriety of purpose, as well as in more measured phraseology, he exaggerates in such a direction as to make it appear that the language used on the opposite side has no real purpose or offensive meaning, while still assuming the swaggering tone of one who feels that he is addressing two conflicting parties, each of which, he wishes to believe, enjoys his whole sympathy and affection. The purpose of such tactics is too obvious to escape detection from even the least observant. He is a candidate for re-election at no distant date, and votes from both sections of the public are essential to maintain him in the position he covets. Hence his anxiety to stand well with both parties. But thinking men of every shade of political opinion see clearly the degradation and danger a community must be ex posed to, where an application of such unworthy means is requisite to maintain its first magistrate in power, in stead of being, as it ought to be, the direct instrument to denude him of office, as it unquestionably deprives him of moral influence. It cannot be other than deplorable that the government of any great country should be so constituted, that the chief of its executive, instead of frankly expressing the will of its people, should feel it indispensable to enunciate the principles of its state policy in the ambiguous and captious phraseology of an electioneering adept —one to whom the permanent interests of the nation ere decidedly secondary to his own temporary and individual objects. The financial and domestic concerns of the American Union are so tenderly or rather so lifelessly touched upon 'by General PIERCE, in his Message, as to have already secured for it among his out-spoken countrymen the contemptuous epithet of the " Stump Message." The subject of annexation is briefly and rather obstinately than vigorously touched upon ; and the settlement of that question is inferentially postponed for consideration at some contingent and distant opportunity. Not so with the dispute about British agents recruiting in the United States. This happens to be one of the points towards which inflammatory language may be applied with a certainty of being understood by the vulgar. It is, therefore, a subject -of especial value to stump orators and the con coders of clap-trap manifestoes, and could not have been missed in the compilation of a " Stump Message." The project was as unhappy as it was unsuccessful, and it was speedily abandoned and withdrawn. Explanations as to the complete absence of any intention of giving offence, and an expression of regret that any such step should have been adopted, were promptly made by the British Government ; yet Mr. PIERCE finds it convenient to state to his country men that he is seeking "reparation" for the injury, well knowing -that no injury was intended or sustained; and equally well aware that further reparation is not likely to be demanded or conceded. Such a course of proceeding in a solemn state manifesto cannot conduce to good. It is to be hoped that our transatlantic brethren will ere long make their good sense the means of rescuing their country from the obloquy implied in adopting such inflated pretension as an expression of the national sentiments. The impression produced upon the public mind by the con tents and arguments of the A merican PRESIDENT'S Mes sage was destined to a brief duration. The early part of the week was given up to rum ours of the perempto r y co empto a r it y . and absolute ropod refusal of Russia to treat for p eace on the ns tel:se i one to o by Austria. These rumours Were speedily supplanted intentionlan to the effect that the CZAR had signified his accept the most important points of those proposalus,pinheelruding the neutralization of the Black Sea and giving pre tended claims upon Bessarabia. On Thursday, however, the Metropolis, and, judging by the accounts received from all quarters, the country also, was taken completely b y sur p rise when it was announced first, by a telegrapic despatch pub lished in the Times, that Russia had " unconditionally accepted'the propositions of the Allies." The value of which intelligence was considerably impaired by a recollection of the important fact that the " Allies" bad made no propositions. In course of the same day, however, the Morning Post issued a third edition, stating that Ministers were in receipt of telegraphic despatches from Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR, s t a ti n g " The Russian government accept the Austrian pro posals a s a basis of negotiation." This, besides bearing the stamp of authority, being also intelligible, was at once adopted as a point of general belief, and great was the joy manifested on all hands. In an incredbly brief period of time the Funds rose three per cent. As may be easily believed, many of those patriotic ,gentlemen, who take careful heed of the national well-being as that is indicated by the fluctuations of the Stock Exchange, lost no time in parting with their stake in the country, to allow some others equal opportunities with themselves of rejoicing in the public good fortune. Convulsively clutching the tangible index of returning pros perity, they hurried off to spread the good tidings, and to incite others to share in the outward manifestations of rejoicing. The British, however, are eminently a practical people; and although generally and greatly preferring the national honour to individual aggrandisement, it was remarked as not a little singular to witness the avidity with which they contrived to amalgamate personal profit with public happiness, and to measure, in a great degree, the extent of public honour by the amount of private emolument. Thursday was in a great measure devoted to the expression of feeling and the transfer of stocks ; but with the following day came the exercise of reason ; and this raised the inquiry, what is the cause of all this joy ? The phrase that the propositions had been accepted, " as a basis of negotiation," called forcibly to mind the un welcome conviction that better than a year ago Russia ac-, cepted the "four points" as a "basis of negotiation ;" and that this acceptance was duly honoured in the diplomatic vagarie of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. It was also remembered that he kept one set of tallies at Vienna, while he sent a second to London, and brought a third, different from either of the other two, home with him ; but that the whole ended as it had been foreseen, before the stage was fully arranged for the comedy in utter discomfiture and disappointment to those who ex pected any beneficial result from such negotiations. Happily , in the present instance, few seem likely to be much deceived The PREMIER is on his guard, if we can credit the opinion uttered by the Morning Post, which is believed to echo the sentiments of his Lordship. From this generally well-in formed organ of opinion, it appears that important proposi tions, which are not yet announced, will be ingrafted upon that basis of negotiation, while the five points, it would seem, on the same authority, were known to the Allies before they were submitted to Russia. " When the cabinet of Vienna applied to England and France," says the Post, "to know the terms upon which they would consent to make peace with Russia, a direct and distinct reply was given. Upon that reply Austria founded the proposal which Russia has accepted, but she has not represented to the CZAR the whole and exact tenor of our demands, and it would not be fair in us, nor indeed just either to ourselves or to Russia, to enter upon discussion before the preliminaries have been arranged so clearly and unmistakably that Russia, on the one hand, may not have it in her power to pretend that we have entrapped her into negotiations without making her fully aware of their import ; nor we, on the other, be open to the manoeuvres of the adroit diplomacy which has already, in former instances, so clearly amused our diplomatists to our disadvantage. To take an example: in the Austrian proposals the name of the Aland Islands is never mentioned . but, nevertheless, we believe it will be found that Lord CLARENDON had emphatically stated to the Cabinet of Vienna that we must insist upon Russia binding herself not to re build Bomarsund. This resolve, justifiable on the grounds of military snccess, and requisite as a matter of high import to the well-being of Europe, becomes imperative, when it is re membered that we have only recently concluded an alliance with Sweden, and that it is our bounden duty not to leave our ally at the mercy of Russia, nor to permit the re-erection of a huge and menacing fortress within a hundred miles Of Stock holm." From these observations it would seem the Cabinet of Vienna has acted the part of a mediator but indifferently, if so well, if no allusion has been made by it to so important a case as Bomarsund and the Aland Islands. The problem of a favourable issue to the negotiations appears much more complicated when charged with this new element of discord. The key to a satisfactory solution may be found, however, in the subjoined remarks of the Post, if promptly acted on. "In the meanwhile, we must keep our energies braced up, and relax notone iota of the prodigious exertions that arebeing made for the spring campaign. This, we are convinced, is the soul of successful negotiation." Not a doubt of it. The best grounds for conjecture, backed by the most authentic means of acquiring information, concur in representing the Russian resources as greatly impaired, if not entirely exhausted. Scarcely any reason exists for believing that but for the good offices of Austria the war cannot possibly be carried on by Russia for more than another campaign. If, through those good offices, the humiliation of bitter defeat, and the entire prostration of her energies, be spared to Russia by a premature peace, that will, in all human probability, be only a truce to last till the- Court of St. Petersburg, or it may be the Court of Vienna, shall, through the arts of diplomacy, have contrived to dissolve the alliance between Great Britain and France. If peace be established under present circumstances, there appears nothing' to warrant a belief that Russia will forego the policy by which she has been actuated for centuries : nor is there anything to justify the opinion that she will not direct all her energies to subvert that alliance which defeated the carefully-hatched schemes of Nicnoras. If Russia yield to all the conditions. required, peace cannot be refused to her; but, while conceding: this, it must not be forgotten that the policy which, under restraint, she professes to forego, is one which she long cherished, and which she has more successfully pursued through, intrigue than by open war. While measures have been taken in the north to ensure the cessation, or at least for the suspension of hostilities, in the south, steps for their vigorous prosecution have been pursued with equal alacrity. The Allied Council of War has assemble , daily at Paris, under the presidency of the EMPEROR, who takes a warm and active interest in the proceedings; but out of doors the strictest secrecy is observed as to the result of the deliberations. The De'bats states that one of the chief ques tions under discussion has been and still continues, the unity, of the command of the Allied armies. This, of course, is a question of grave importance, and from the Council will meet with a degree of consideration its gravity demands. The Paris, correspondent of the Independence Beige believes that there. will be a continuance of the campaign in the Crimea; and: that the expedition to the Baltic, to be almost exclusively_ British, will be without an army for disembarkation. In tha. meantime, according to all the information that can be. gathered, the CZAR is making such preparations for the dew fence of his Baltic fortresses as indicate his belief that the, coming campaign in these waters will be of a different chap racter from the two which have preceded it. A London rumour has it that 40,000 British troops are to be withdrawn from the Crimea, and, under the command of Sir Cone* CAMPBELL, to accompany 50,000 French soldiers in carrying on hostilities in the Baltic. The same rumour has it that the command of the British Baltic fleet will be entrusted to Admiral Lusnexoeorr, a dashing officer, who, in the come , mend of the "Naval Brigade" in the Crimea, earned high , honour, and rendered signal service. He is a young officer, and comparatively a young man, being only forty-four ye,ars, of age. The Russian tactics of the " Peace at any price" party:in parliament, have, it has been understood, been under Ton, sideration, and has received the deliberate arrangement which, so incongruous and heterogenous a combination can arrive at, The leadership of this party in the House of Commons has it seems, devolved on Mr. GLADSTONE, who will have as se conds the Marquises of BLA-ZIDFORD and GRANBY, and Sir Janes GRAHAM ; the rank and file to consist of several members who have hitherto held aloof from this anti-national band, and who hesitate even yet in marching "through Coventry" with such leaders. The non-commissioned officers of the corps are to be, it is said, Messrs. BRIGHT. MILNER Ginsorr, LAING, (the representative of the Austrian, railways), and Mr. COBDEN, the voluminous author upon Russian virtue and public spirit, and " What Next ? and Next I" These motley peace champions, it is said, expect also to be joined by a cohort of money-market legisle.tors, who, deeply skilled in the game of " Beggar my neighieour," and well .read in the play of " Who's the dupe ?" are expected to create much diversion in their mode of dealing with the enemy, particu larly if no opportunity be afforded them of entering upon the additional hazard of double or quits. While thoughts of daring " wake the world to arma,"" somewhat more than a mimic war has broken out between; the potentates who rule the destinies of Drury-lane and. Covent-garden theatres. A smart quiz has been got up at the former, upon the " conjurations and, the mighty magic'--' of the Wizard of the North, late of the. Lyeeum. Tha sqnib. is called The Great Gun Trick, and its-principal chavacter is.' ably sustained by CHARLES MATHEW/I, for whom it has been written. The caricature is cleverly got up, and being fully as cleverly sustained, it has galled thin Wizard in twoways. It has held his clap-traps up to mockery and derision ;. but it has none more, the burlesque conjuring has proved. more attractive than the real, and the Covent-garden hero is in high theatric tiff. A running fusillade of handbills and numerous broadsides of posters having proved ineffectual as a means of silencing the "Great Gun" or of preventing crowds from being delighted with the explosion e the original Wizard now threatens a direct personal attack in the form of a new farce, neither very facetiously nor courteously entitled, " Twenty minutes with an Impudent Puppy." While the large houses are thus belicose and thunderingly defiant, the trim little theatre in the Strand provokingly laughs at both in a telling farce, named " A Plague on both your Houses." This tripartite i c m o m n s e i e s e r l a 3 l: l a e t a themufsuenm. ent to the playgoing circles, enco unter of sharp wiwtshoalffaourdghs Pilate EXTRA.OII,MNARY DISCOVEFY OF M oNET. ___ Th e de /a Manche contains the following strange story :2,, com missary of police of Granville lately oper,ed , in order to ascertain its contents, a small portative writing-case left some years back in the care of the proprietor of the Hotel des Trois Couronnes, by an English officer named Bell. In the case were found securities of the value of 1,330,000 f. and a quantity of private letters. When Mr. Bell left Granville to join his regiment at Bombay, he owed in the town about 2,0091. ; the proprietor of the hotel having paid the money, the writing-case was left with him as a security. It is said that Mr. Bell last year obtained leave to quit India and proceed to the Crimea, where he was killed ; but nothing is exactly known here on the point. The commissary of police immediately informed the superior authorities of the contents of the case, and with out doubt something will soon be ascertained relative to the absent officer." MR. H. C. CHAPMAN'S REPLY TO MR. BRAMLEY-MOORE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—You were pleased to give insertion, in your last Tues day's number, to Mr. Moore's entire correspondence with the Board of Trade, which first apprised me of the fact, that ex parte statements had been sent to the Marine Department of the Board of Trade, totally misrepresenting the facts of the case, and to which, of course, I could not have bad an oppor tunity of replying, or of refuting. Had the whole case been complete, Mr. Moore's appeal to public opinion, whether in good or bad taste, would have been manly and straightforward, and his motives, no doubt, duly appreciated by those who bold his vaunted definition of Con servative principles; and he would not be, as he is now, open to the charge of an attempt to make political capital for him self, by means of covert attacks, not only on the law, but on the honour and character of myself and the clerks in my office, who carry out the routine of the Merchant Shipping Act. As I bad some years ago convicted Mr. Moore " of having borne false witness against his neighbour," I should have treated his reckless assertions with the silent contempt they deserved, had not you published his whole correspondence, as being of importance to the shipping interests, and, by so doing, you perhaps inadvertently became the dupe of Mr. Moore, in publishing a libel. I, however, agree with you so far as to admit that the questions involved are of importance (when stripped of Mr. Moore's personalities). I trust you will, there. fore, in common fairness to yourself and the public, afford me the opportunity of reply, by inserting this letter in its integrity from beginning to end in your paper of Tuesday next. The facts are simple, when truthfully put. The "Pied- Nez" arrived from Quebec, lost an anchor and chain in bring ing up in the river, on the 4th December, with no buoy or buoy rope attached. On the Bth a boatman reported having picked up an anchor and about 8 fathoms of chain. In the afternoon the master of the "Pied-Nez" called and stated that he had lost an anchor and 36 fathoms of chain. He subse quently appeared with the boatmen, claiming the anchor re ported, as belonging to the "Pied-Icez.” My clerk told him that he would be required to fill up the official form of claim issued by the Board of Trade, produce the salvors' receipt for salvage labour, and then he could at once take possession. It then transpired that the boatmen would not deliver it to him as he had demurred to paying them i n f u ll, the alleged agree ment being for an anchor and chain, and net for an anchor and six fathoms of chain. I overheard the dispute from my private office, and at once divining the cause, went and ex- plained to the master that the law would compel me to have the anchor lauded, to be held in custody, pending a decision by the magistrates on the salvors' claims ; but that the law also empowered me to compel delivery promptly, on a deposit being made sufficient to cover a reasonable compensation for salvage, revenue duty, and legal charges He said he bad no money, and could not get any, as his• con- - signees' office was shut, and would not pay the boatmen un. less they delivered the anchor on board. Seeing that neither party would trust the other, I could do no more than advise* as I had done, and left my office about four o'clock. This was on a Saturday afternoon. It was quite optional with the master to make a deposit, and so compel the boatmen to deli ver ; or to leave the anchor in custody, and take the boatmen before the magistrates. On Monday I found the master had subsequently elected to make the required deposit with my cash-keeper, with instructions not to pay the boatmen any thing without his order, pleading, at the time, to be excused being detained by having to fill. up the•form of claim, but pro mising faithfully to do so on Monday. This promise he has never fulfilled; and this circumstance it was that led me to suspect fraud somewhere—either that the boatmen had im- posed on the master an anchor which was not hi;;;;;;t the latter had claimed what did not belong, to him. Further in vestigation led to the discovery that the ship wag• classed A 1 in 1855, and would, consequeray, be furnished with three new anchors and chains, with the maker's name-on them. This anchor was an old one, with -no .maker's name on it, and too light for a ship of the tonnage of the " Pied .Nez ;" and that, therefore, insurance must have been effected on a vessel represented. to be- A 1, when in reality she was- only A 2. ,The scale of fees is regulated by act of parliament. A Receiver io-bound•to forward=s copy of all reports of wreck of the value-of £2O to Lloyd's- r and to the Customs, forwhich a fee is payalAe of ten shillinags; and the owner of the' property, if claimed, .has - to pay all :logal claims of salvors,. and a commission of five per cent., but; no matter how great the value, the maximum commission cannot exceed £2O on any one claim. The law (as well •as my instructicn.4 defines " wreak" a* jetsam, flotsam, lagan, derelict, &c., &c Some time ago a ease was heard before Mr. Mansfield, and Mr. Simpson, of the firm of Messrs. North and Simpson, quottiri the decisions,of the highest legal authorities to prove that "lagan" meant: any, article left or sunk,altliough buoyed, mut contended thnizthe anchor and chain-which had been lost cloven months was•not• " lagan," because it was not buoyed. The stipendiary magis— trate decided that. if an article that wmi•buoyed was " lagan,r. afortiori an arUcle not buoyed was much more " wroek.:' Mr. Bramley-Moore asserted the contrary in his letter ta the, Board of Trade,,.and demanded back the balance of deposit retained as fees. As Receiver, I adinib that I was wrong,nceerding to the law, in allowing the master' to take possession of the anchor, and. relying on his word.; _bat if it only involves the, questiomof fees,- I would, in a similar case of a skip..rikling at anchor: in, the Mersey, witb,,no spare bower anchair on, board, ratlzerlor. feit my fees of office,.than risk the safety of the ship.-r-I remain, Sir, yotwobedient servant, Jan. 19th, 1866. HENRY C. CHAP AN. COURT AND FAULTON. Tun approa6ing marriage is announce& of Prince Gabriela with the Princess Charlotte Bonaparte,. THE Rev. Edward, Atkinson, 8.D., has. been elected:Au the vacant mastership of Clare-hall, Canaridv, by the-votes,of 18 out of the 19:felLows of which the society consists.. IT is reported.in legal circles that Mr. Phinn, Q.C., will be appointed the Assistant-Judge of t: Middlesex Sessians,„st the room of .141 r. Serjeant Adams. Thesalary is 21,200. EARL. JERLIZZ, while shooting in liampshire, has- met with a serious accident ; a shot struck him and penetrated: ,just above the right eyebrow. It has nct yet been extracted.. Mu. SAM L., WARREN, Q.C., author. of " Tea Thousand a Year," is the vacancy in the: representatiou.of . burst, to be 'created by the retireweat of the Right. Bon. Spencer Walpole. Loan AND, LA.DY COWLEY gave.e, grand ball at the British Embassy, in. Paris, en Tuesday. The Emperor and. Empress, the Duke of anthridge, and othcsmembers of the. Cour...eil of War, were-present. The Empreaatlid not dame: THE election of a member fon the city of Lincoln, in the room of the late Colonel Sibtherp, took place on. Wednesday, when Major. . G. W. Sibthorp, sou .of the late member, was returned 3vithont opposition. As the,-.Earl of Eglinton was. eoniiog out of. the National Bank, Edinburgh, one day last week, he was sudd.nly jostled by two persons, and, before ha-had time to seem:e his pockets, twenty. five-pound notes had hem abstracted. No trace of the thieve Izas•been discovered. TH.E4marriage of Lady Jane Feilding with Captain Levett took place at Monk's Kirby,Church on. Thursday week. The bridal procession consisted of twenty-seventgarriages. After the c.orernouy, a breakfast was riven at Newnhana Paddox, the seatof the Earl of Denbigtt. the bride's father, TIM; RIGHT Hon. SPENCER HORLWXO WALPOLE has aacepted the office of Archbishop's Church Estates' Commis sioner, vacated by the laanented decease of the Right Lion. Henry Goulburn. The income attached to the office is £J.,GOO a-year. comitA,NDER.I.N.CEiNg izt THE WRST INDIES.--It is reported that Rear-Admiral Fanshawo„ C. 8., Commander-in- Chief an the West India station, has applied to be superseded on,the score of ill health, and that he will be succeeded by Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour,..K.C.B.—United Service Gazette. Tux Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley leave Knowsley this week for Bretby-park, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield; after which the noble.earl and countess proceed. to London for the meeting of parliament, The noble earl has issued cards for a grand banquet to a large. party of his political friends on. the 30th instant. LIE Countess of Stradhroke died, on Tuesday last, at him town residence in Hertford; street, Mayfair.. The deceased. was daughter of the late Mr. Abraham Whittaker, and was born March.ll, 1'769, so that she had nearly attained her 87th year. Her ladyship married the late Earl of Stradbroke in February, 1792, by whom she had a large family, including the present Earl of Stralbroke and Admaral the Hon- Henry John Roes. THE COHNTESS (DOWAGER) OF ERROLL, daughter of Mrs. Jordan, died on Wednesday forenoon, at Edinburgh ; on her way to the sick bed of her brother, Lord Adolphus Fitzcla rence.„ The deceased had left Mr. Dufrs seat, in the north of Scotland, and, on Saturday stayed at Wemyss Castle, Dysart, and reached Hdinhurgb on Monday, where her ladyship was taken very unwell. The symptoms became alarming, and Lady Mary Fox and the other relatives received a telegraphic message early on Tuesday morning, conveying the intelligence that the countess was lying in a very dangerous state. Lady Mary Fox left town by the express train on Tuesday, and had the consolation of being with her sister at her dissolution, which happened at the hour before named, without any appa rent pain. We believe she died of congestion of the brain. MARRIAGE OF SIR ROIIERT PEEL.—The marriage of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., and Lady Emily Hay, youngest daughter of the Marquis of Tweeddale, and sister to the Duchess of Wellington, was celebrated on Wed nesday, in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, in the presence of a brilliant circle of friends of both parties. The ceremony was performed by the Dean of Worcester (Dr. Peel), brother of the late Baronet, and uncle to the bridegroom. The Very Rev. Dean was assisted by his son, the Rev. A. Peel, and by another reverend gentleman. The youthful bride, most magnificently attired, was attended to the altar by a bevy of bridesmaids attired in white bordered with scarlet—a colour emblematic of Leap-year. On leaving the church the party proceeded to Apsley-house, where the Duchess of Wellington gave a break fast in the Waterloo Gallery, in honour of the occasion. In the afternoon the happy pair left town for Drayton Manor, near Tamworth, to pass the honeymoon. The bride, who is the youngest of eight daughters, is in her 20th year ; the bridegroom is in the 80th year of his age. THE .LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. AT the County Court, on Tuesday, the judge gave a verdict in favour of the defendant, without costs, in the collision case between the Manx Fairy and the William Fawcett, both ves sels, according to his Honour, having been improperly handled at the time of the collision. THE annual sale of a Christmas tree and work, in aid of the Scripture-readers' tract, clothing, and other funds, was held in the Assembly-rooms, Great George-street, on Tuesday. There was a numerous attendance, and the sales effected during the day realised upwards of £6O. WAR MOVEMENTS.—The transport,steam-ship Sarah Sands arrived in the Mersey on Thursday morning, having on board a few horses and men from the seat of war.—The examination here of engineers for the royal navy still continues, and a large number were forwarded to Woolwich on Wednesday, and again on Friday. A Cum) SCALDED TO DEATIL—On Monday afternoon last, a little boy, named Howell Howell, whose parents reside at 23, Clive-street, was so severely scalded that he died on Thursday morning. The little fellow was sitting on a chair near the fire, and the chair falling over with him he grasped at the handle of a pan of boiling water which was on the fire. The water fell over him, and he was severely scalded in various part of the body. SUDDEN DEATH or A DRUNK ARD.—A boatman, named Edward Smith, living in No. 0 Court, Grayson-street, died suddenly on Wednesday. He had been much addicted to habits of intemperance, and had been very drunk about a fortnight ago, since which he had been very ill. On Wed nesday he went into the yard, when he was suddenly seized with a fit. He called to his wife, " Ann, put me to bed." She accordingly got him up-stairs, and he had no sooner lain down on the bed than he expired. Cnulosurrs.—A gold torque, or necklace, recently found in Ireland, and which is valued at £1,400 sterling , may now be seen in Mr. Mayer's shop-wind o w, L or d - s t ree t.' The arti cle is of great antiquity, and the gold of a very pure quality. In the same window a Saxon brooch, fonnd in a grave hi Kent, may be seen. This, also, is of gold, and it displays sometaste in workmanship, when we consider the early period at which it was made. Several of the stones still remain in their set tings, and the brooch is in a good state of preservation. LICENSED VICTUALLER? ANN UAL BALL.—The annual charity ball of the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers was held on Wednesday, at the Town-hall, and attended by upwards of soa persons, including the Mayor, Major Greig, &c. The stewards were Messrs. Thomas Clark, James Sykes, Henry Danson, Henry Morris, James Thompson, John Allinson, John Atkinson, and the committee. The refreshments were provided by Mrs. May, of the Lamb lan,. Viravertree, the mu sical arrangements being under the direction of Mr. Squire Greenwood, CHANGE RINGING.—On Wednesday, the united societies of St. Peter's - and St. Luke's ascended the tower of St. Peter's, and rang on those bells a true peal of Stedman Caters, con sisting of 5,073 changes, in three hours- and twenty-one minutes. The- ringers were James Heron, treble . ; William Evans, jun., 2nd ; John Heron, 3rd ; George Crute, 4th ; Richard Williams; sth ; John Grindrod, 6th ;: Jbhn Heron, jun., 7th ' • Georgelielsby, Bth; John Birkinshaw, 9th ; ;Chas. Lewis, of Oldham, tenor. The peal was composed by Mr. John Heron, and conducted by Mr. John Heron, jun, Weight of tenor,- 25 cwt. WEST DERBY Us/teen—The guardians present at the .meet ing on Wednesday were—The Rev. Win. Badnall; chairman ; Messrs. Harrison ; Siddeley, Lunt, Morris, Abrahams Pitts,. Shaw, Roberts, Wensley s ßircli s and Kircus. The balance in the treasurer's hands was-£565% 18s. Bd. It was resolved: that a special meeting of the Visiting Committee be held to consider and report to this board, at the next weekly meeting, on' the' best mode of proViding in the Workhouse the means for ses parating the disorderly inmates - from those of better character. The number of paupers relieved: during the last week were 817 in -door, and 3,617 out-door; total, 4,434: showing an i t se crease' of 36 in -door, and 4,39' out-door; total, 505, when , tampered with the corresponding-week last year. A WEST DERBY GIIABDIAN:—Mr. James Mullins, tea. , dealer, Mill-street, one of the West. Derby Board of Guardians,. appeared at the Police-office, on' Wednesday, on bail, to answer a charge of being drunk, and , fighting with a friend, named* John Ellis, early that muting, in Dale-street. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Mullins, who had both his eyes-" bunged up," proving hie ignorance of the noble art of self-defence, that he and his-friend hart been drinking wine together, and the quarrel between them arose in conse quence of Mr. Oils " bolting away without paying his shot." Mr. Mallins - hurried after him, and requested him to "stump up bat Mr.-Ellis, considering, prashiss that " hose is the slave that pays," and perhaps also thinking: that baser still is he who-asks for pay, took the polite recueat of Mr. Mullins as an insult, andlstruck him in the face. Bir:Elliawas fined £1 and costs.- Mr; Mullins was discharged. Tug Santee VEST-RT.—The Rev. R'ector Cmapbell pre sided at - the fortnightly meeting on Tuesday; when a letter was read from Mr: Wm. Earle, in which he states that he should refuse to pass pauper - littratics to asylums en tertificates.signed by the medical men, of the parish. A litter was , also read from the Poorilatv Board, requesting the-Vestry le , consider their proposal tednerease the salaries of 51- 2 lissrs..Ayrton: and Games, assistant medical officers of the Warkhouseaffrom £l5 to £lOO peeannuin. and from 175 to £B5 per' annum re.spee tively, in consideration , of their increased dirtias " the cer tifying of linatics ler the purpose of their• being passed , to asylums, and theme ef' the medical stores;'.` A- correspond ence was road; which had' taken place between Mr. William Jordan, a ratepayer; anattlie Poor-law Borad;- in which the former stated that out-door relief had been frequently illegally administered by indiviikal. members of the *gestry, hr reply to Mr. Jordan's charges, Mr. Hart wrote to-the board to•the effect, that "although -the- relief board has not always- been attended by the legal member of vestrymen, its-husiness„never theless, has been efficiently conducted. Owing _to , -serious , causes, the original plan of; the relief board-roem;•whieh, was approved by, yourselves„liad, only shortly priorto , thereceipt of your letter, been carried into effect; andtthere is• every promise that the.facilities.now afforded to the Beareldnle.ering and deciding- upon the, applications for relief—n laborioasi. well as an important duty—will induce a fuller-attendance-of its members.'?' On the motion of Mr. Denton, it was agreed. that the report of the proceedings of the speciaLconarnittee the relief department, as. presented at the last meeting of the board, be approved and adopted ; including the, appointment Of •Mr. John Evans superintending relieving oalter,.w,lhi a Salary of £3OO per annum, and, the duties assigned to him by the committee; the appointment of Messrs. Penn „andßerniett, his assistant clerks, at a salary of 255. a weeka :and the ap pointment of an out-door inspector, at £l5O pan-annum,vith the duties specified in the-same report. The-Chairman an nounced that there were thirty able-bodied boys, fit for sea service, at present in the Industrial Schools. Thicieconcluded the businesayand the board adjourned. Two CHILDREN STARVED , TO DEATH.—On: Wed nesd ay„ an. inquest was held at the Manchester Royal Infirmary,, on the bodies of William and John Archer, twins, aged sin, months, children of William. Archer, a porter, living in :a-court in. Blossom-street. According to a statement made- -by the TOO. *then she found the children dead in bed on Sunday morning;: and as there,was reason to believe that she had grossly-neglected them, the coroner had ordered an examinatiornto •be made of the body of the deceased William Archer. The-principal evi dence adduced at the inquest was that of Mr. Thomas W. Dyson, suweon. He found the two children lying in bed together. The body of William Archer was greatly emaciated, the surface being pale and bloodless, and the-internal organs generally, congested with blood. A considerable portion of the left lune- was in a state of inflammation ; tho-etomach was quite en;ty, except that •it contained three• or, four drops of brownish 'fluid. There -was no appearance of either breast suck or food having been administered for twelve-hours-pre vious to death. The large intestines contained, an extremely small quantity of matter. There was niesentericdiseastn. but not sufficient to cause death. The surface of thelungs was here and there spottedwith blood, as is usual in cases of suffo cation,. Had it not been for this appearances,- he should have believed that want of food and exposure to :the cold had been the sae cause of death; and he was of opinion.that the child musts have been greatly debilitated by those causes, and thereby more easily suffocated. It was not reasonable to sup pose that, but for this debility, two children, of, that age could have been suffocated by lying one upon the other in bed. The mother stated that she had had the two children out with her begging, from three o'clock in the afternoon till 20minutes to 12:-on Saturday night.. The cold was very. great that day— below freezing point. The mother admitted that she had had drink. There were some marks of brai,ses on both children, but these had no connection with the cause of death. The appearances of suffocation were the same,ip. both. He was of opinion that the exposure to cold whiok they had suffered and the want of food were sufficient to produce, and were calculated to lead to, fatal, results. As the mother was responsible for this treatment and neglect, the jury returned a verdict of man slaughter against her.—Manchester, Guardian. MANCHEOXER, SHEFFIELD, AND, LINCOLNSHIRE RAIL WAY.—Tho report of the directors of the Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire Railway Company for the half-year ending December 31, 1855, has been issued. The accounts of the past half-year show a total revenue of £278,238 10s. 4d., including the sum of £7,679 19.5. 5d., balance received under award from the Post-office, earned, in. connection with the railways and canals, a total expenditure of £139,765 75., and a balance on the half-year's working of £138,473 3 s . 4.; or, with a,balance of £688165. brought forward from the previous half-year, a total sum of £136,101,134. 4d. available for inte rest apd dividend. The debenture and other interest charges against the half-year amount to £58,231 3s. 11d., the canal annuities to £13,734 4s, 3d., the dividend on the £6 prefer ence shares to £23,262 13e. Bd, and the dividend on tho £lO preference shares to £26,160; making a total charge of £121,788 ls. 10d., as against the above net balance of £139,161 19s. 4d., and, leaving £17,373 17s. 6d. available. The directors recommend.to,the proprietors to pay a dividend of ss. per £lOO on the ordinary stock of the company, or at the rate of half per cent. per annum, and to carry forward a. balance of £7,638 6s. sd. The directors state that th e ar rears of dividend on the No. 1 quarter shares, amounting to £81,497 14s. have been already, capitalised in accordance. with the act of last session, and the coupons of 3/ per cent. stock have been issued to the proprietors of those shares. The arrears upon the £lO shares, amounting, on the Ist January, 1856, to £3 10s. per share, will be capitalised immediately after the half-yearly meeting, making au increase of £305,200, or a total. capital bearing dividend at n per cent. of £366,697 14s. SHIP ComrIINICA.TOR AND LIFE Bum—A very inge nious plan has been invented by Mr. Sibbald, surgeon, of this town, for saving life and property imperilled by reason of storms and accidents at sea. The invention is called "The Ship Communicator and Life Buoy." It is designed with a view to effect a speedy communication between a ship in dis tress and a lee shore, and is equally applicable as a means of communicating between one ship at sea and another. Its construction is novel, and has the merit of simplicity. The contrivance consists of strong canvas, or some kind of cloth, rendered impervious to water, and sewn together, and mounted so as to assume, when inflated with air, a cylindrical shape, or rather it pre sen t s th e appearance o f th ree cy li n d ers, one resting on another, and altogether about a yard in length, the centre one being of smaller diameter, so as to admit of half a mile or more of Manilla floating rope being coiled roand it. Supposing a ship to be provided with one of these buoys, and the crew during a storm to be desirious of communicating with the shore to leeward, all that is necessary to inflate the contrivance, which may be done in a few seconds, is to close a valve, and to cast the buoy into the sea, It then floats on the water like a cask, with one end upwards, until it reaches the shore. There is a small water-tight bag or pocket attached to the buoy, so that any dispatch, written requests, or direction m a y be sent from the shore to the ship, If at night, a small lamp is attached to the upper end of the buoy, and a weight is added to the other end as a counterpoise. It would require a burden equal to eight cwt. to sink the buoy,. The contrivance may be used as an ordinary life-buoy for saving persons from drowning. We understand that its entire cost is not more than £3, LJANuAity 22, 1856. C Ess on OF this I'IE s N u N subject,' is lec to tnre, GEORGE HALLIDAY, aged thi r t y -t wo, b oa t man, l o d g i ng in Eon i oP a court in Hornby-street, f e ll d own i n a fi t ou Friday night, gratis,nE gtrorucctB lit ON introductory to a seri es GR and died before medical aid cou ld b e procure d . the SABBATH DEFENCE Assocrezion.--Sermons in aid of this delivered to-morro w e ven i ng , i n th e l ecture-room o f association were preached on S un d ay, i n mos t o f t h e l ocal Mechanics' I ns tit u ti on, i n M ount-street, by Dr. Carl Rag' places of worship. Th e su b ject is a highly interesting one, and, at the pre be THE QUEEN has been pleased to approve of Mr. William moment, it is peculiarly deserving of attention.; Cunard as a consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the Emperor INFANT RAG GED S SCHOOL. -On Friday, the children s t of Austria. tending the Infant Ragged School, in Thomas-street, wer e THE British Empire (formerly the Demerara steamer, which regaled with tea and bun-loaf. The looked remarkably clean was run ashore in the Avon) has arrived at Cork from the and happy, and much enjoyed themselves. 3' The visitors ea• Chinches Islands, with 4,500 tons of guano. pressed themselves much pleased with the manner in which ON Tuesday, the Rev. J. C. Miller, of Birmingham, delivered the infants went through their exercises, several of where a lecture on the " Home Harvest," before the Young Men's repeated a portion of Scripturewithgreat exactness. Christian Association, at the Hope-hall, Hope-street. DUKE OF LANCASTER'S RIFLES.-Captain Littledale bes A PROMISING YOUTH, fourteen years of age, son of Mr. Charles Thomas Aiderton, of Sk e tty, was kill e d b y a toy relieved dePOt Captain R. A. A s pi na ll i n th e command of the the of the Duke of Lancaster's cannon exploding in his mouth while he was clearing the Rifles. During the past year - touch-hole. latter officer has enrolled and sent to head-quarters nearly an es M. LAIRD, the ship-builder, is in negotiation for the large 700 men, many of whom have volunteered to the line, a., ship-building yard lately occupied by Messrs. Rennie, Johnson, gone out to the Crimea. Captain Littledale is meeting n'l . t e " . and Co., Sefton-street, for the construction of mortar-boats for similar success, the enrolling going on briskly. It is " pected that an officer from the line will visit the regimen t p government. this week for the purpose of accepting volunteers • and n. '" NOTICE has been issued from the General Post-office, that are told that upwards of 200 men have signified their intern the departure of the Australian man-of-war screw steamer tion of joining the regular army. An opportunity will thus b e Victoria, with ship letter bags for Melbourne, is deferred ' offered to others to join the ranks of the Duke of LancasterS until the Ist of February. . Rifles. The results of the past year, as thus shown, reflect ROBBERY FROM THE POLICE OFFICE 1-On Thursday . the greatest credit upon the energy and perseverance 01 afternoon, while the prisoners were being tried in the two Captain Aspinall, who has done much to advance the repute' police-courts, some thief entered a room adjoining the courts, tion of his regiment for soldier-like proficiency, and we Ila n ," and stole a singlet, with whi c h h e go t c l ear o ff. Th ere were no d oubt that the same qualities of efficient command will L'' some 30 or 40 policemen about the premises at the time. ' developed by Captain Littledale. A YOUNG WOMAN, named Ann Evans, whohad lived eleven I FIRE.-Abbut half-past one o'clock yesterday morniagel l years as servant with Mr. Reyner, Deansgate, Manchester, fire was discovered upon the premises of Mr. Wyld, chai r committed suicide by hanging herself i n th e c e ll ar o f th e manu f ac t urer, Cuerden-street, a narrow street running frcan house, on Tuesday. She was very excitable at times, and very Byrom-street. Owing to the contents of the yar d an d work' much afraid of losing her money. shops being of a very inflammable nature, the fire replay' A SILVER TEA AND COFFEE -SERVICE, valued at 50' guineas, spread, and, by the time Mr. Hewitt and his staff of fire-police was, last week, presented to Mr. William Bothwell, by the had reached the ground, considerable damage had been done' tenantry and family of the late Rev. James Hornby, M.A., But a prompt supply of water being available, the flame?, rector of Winwick, near Warrin g t on , as a t o k en o f th e es t eem were, in a short ti me , go t en d er, and, about three o'clock, an in which he is held by them for impartiality, justice, and apprehensions of a further extension of the conflagration were integrity, during the 22 years he was engaged as steward to. allayed. Considerable consternation was caused among the the late rector. inmates of the houses at the back of the fire, in Clayton' street, which closely adjoined, as it was found that the flames PRESENTATION TO A CLERGYMAN.--Ou Thursday, the had communicated to one fofthem,which l ' emptied or wee Annual Christmas Tea-party given to the children attending of their cements, at great loss to the owners, the furnitrae the Sunday-schools attached to' St. Paul's Church took la , la lace being hurriedly tumbled into the - street, and the rain falling hr the school-room, Moorfielde„ The children presented their at the time. The firemen, after great exertions, succeeded in pastor, the Rev. George Read, A. 8., with an address, em- preventing' the flames extending b e yond the lower apartments , . . blagoned on parchment, and also . a set of books, elegantly . near - the yard,and in • removing all fears of serious damage' bound. 1 We believe the fire originated in the stare for drying the wood BOOV;SELLEES' ASSOCIATION.-The - annual dinner of this . used in chaironaking • association took place on Th ur sd a y,• a t th e h ouse o f Mr. , Fergana- AN EMIGRANT.-On Sathrday, at the Police- Cooper, Queen Anne-street. Mr. Grego r y occupied the chair, court, Patrick Carberryand Michael Cunningham were brought and Mr, Robinson the vice-chair. It a pp eare d', f rom th e state- up under the foll ow i ng c i rcumstances 1-Tobias Burke, aged ments of the honorary secretary and others ; that the affairs of , 21, of Bruff; Limerick, stated that, on Friallyniorning, he was the association and the trade, which it was-formed to protect, about to take - hie breakfast on board the ship Martin J. Ward, are in a highly satisfactory condition. lin the Huskieton Dock, in which he was booked for a passage SABBA.TV DEFENCE ASSOCIATION.-Ameating in furthe r - I to New Orleans; when Cunningham accostethim, telling him ance of the objects of this association is to. be. h e ld in St. 1 that he was a fellowspaesenger. He subsequently introduced George's-hall to-day,- at noon, when T. B. Horsfall, Esq., I him to the other prisoner on deck, whom lie represented as, M.P., is to take the chair, and will be surrounded by a I "the man who had charge of all the provisions on board: number of infehential gentlemen. Several ckrgy m en_ a re ex= I This important personage, having ascertained that the prose' pected to take part in the proceedings: The admission will be . cutor could " readewrite, and keep accounts," engaged Lim to by ticket, to be obtained at the usual places. I assist in keeping as of the daily issue - of' provisions- MECHANICS' Instentraeon.-This valuable school. is now , Being now on good:terms, the three adjourned oreshore,iihen open, and considerable inducements are held out to pupils I Cunningham inquired.whether the prosecutor hadany English who may exert themselves in • the various classes. An exhibi- I money about him.-- " Yes," he repli e d, ' I h ave fthi r t y -two 'list sufaciett ).1 , to pay my journey from New Orleans tion to London tniversity, of the value of £2OO, is-open to } competition in the' High School at midsummer,- and the I :: . C hilli ngotuis." " Yeuthed.better give it to me," said Cunning and I will het e it changed for you into American School of Art forms' a- useful branch of the education - im- ,ham, parted. Girls' and Infant Schools are also attached' to-the i money." The too-tractinglriehman gave up his littlesall, and institution, as well aeth-e evening classes. ,was, of course, soon a ft erwar d s g i ven the slip by his treacherous friends. He gave information to- the police, which led to - the KIR/CDALE SESSICR:TS.-The bu s ine ss o f th ese sess i o n s - com - i , apprehension of the prison ers the- same day. They were cam' , menced at the Court-houseeon Wed n e s d a y. J ose ph -Pollock, I g Esq,, Judge of the Comety. Co ur t, p res id e d. Th e calendar matted to aol for two month s . MAGDALEN INSTIV M i -The tliV . first annual meeting of the contained the names of 4eap r is oners , o f who m 17 could read, - 12read and write imperfectly, 1-2 could ne ith er rea d nor wr it e , Liverpool Church o f England Magdalen Institution wavbelel at ti-se Bible Repository,-Slater-strict, on W e d nes d ay. two could do both well, rodone - had received a superior edits , Adam Hodgson occupied the. chair, and there w as a la r ge Mr cation. There were only two appeal eases, neither of which' , attendance of local clergyennd some ladies. The report stated , were of any public interest: - I that though the institutasn lied' been in operation only since' DISCOI:EgY OF A NEW - ItBAN-D. , --011 the outer voyage-fa-I February last, there had been applieutione for admission by' Australia of the Ben Neviee-Capt. Heron, in latitude 414,15 i in es e em. .i los ; of whom, howeetrethey had been able to acccol south, and in same longitude as the Grouts, came unexpeet- ! mo d ate only a small propertian, the acceininodation of the rday-upon laud. Supposing Assess- the Crozets, he steered 123-';house heir), .. limited to abont l 44Sinmates. 38 applicants bad• miles south, and was astonished to find himself at the Crozets e -1 been• admitted, five of whom. had left o f th e i r own d es i re, f ou r' 1-1-e 'describes the new islandas the highest he had ever seen; ' had.absconded, and one had been diemiessed for insubordina- - for 'the. mountain ridge on its seemed to be as high as the sl non.. "It is, however, (continues the report,} satisfactory to Asselist The Crozets are onm, line with Prince Edward- I . 'i be able-te state that two of tile five who went out of the house - Island, Marian, and Kerquelindi island. ! dill!not,. is it has been positivelyeesoertained, return to a life of ' Lev - net-nom CI:MIMS' Assootamoles-A meeting of this infamy,. but are now at home- v,4th their friends. Of the re- - society was held on Thursday, at•the.Royal Institution. After' ! ?minder the committee may venture-to speak, if not with con-' the despatchof spine miscellaneene businese 3 3lr.N. Samuelson,. I faience,. yet, undoubtedly, withanir grounds of encouragement F.C.S.; -delivered a lecture on, lead, Mrs. G. R. Berry then ! and hope. As a body, they hiswebecome remarkably amenable read aepaper on the application of photography to pharmacy,. ! toediscipline, and are strikingly decorous in their demeanour. which wesilluetrated with a number' of speeineens taken with They pursue their various industriaLoccuspations in the laun the microscope and camera combined,-and practically showed ' den, the sewing-room, and in the general. service of the house the members present the means- he employed of taking a . hold, with admirable cheerfulness.; steadinesse, and goodwill. magnified-:representation of any , &eject, each as crystals, . It is stilt more satisfactory to-add - that these girls, a little fishes, Skies by means of oxy-hydrogentlights. while-ago, utterly eat off irons all. ordinances of religion, now A Y0'34 . 64 REPROBATE.-A boy; -about 1.3: years of age, [ attendewith evident readiness of mind and apparent interest,. named Matthew Oxley, was breve:tit-before the police aegis- the-daily ministrations of the 'chaplain,. joining in pr a yer and trates, ors 'Friday, on a charge of stealing a • qmottity of cotton, I praise ; and Estening w ith meekness-and Littera ion to the word and sellingeit. The mother of the,prisoner said, that the boy of:exbortation, or to the simple expo s iti on o f Ch r i s ti an t ru th." was au ineerrigable thief, and than:rat-the efforts of herself and The report further stated that the Rev. Drummond Anderson, her hushaedowere ineffectual in keeping, bine from stealing, incumbent of St. Stephen's Church, had. gratuitously under and they were now sprite willing tomay for his maintenance in taken the duties of chaplain and. secretary.. Mr. S. Martin, some reformatory or asylum. The , magiStratee ordered the treenuren_ rend the statement of . accounts,. width showed a boy to be kept in custody while measures were taken by Mr. balance in hand of £BO. He estimated that the yearly expels- Mansfield fon-his-admission into &juvenile reformatory. dituee could not be less than £6OO, while the resources of the Ineonvaeopeneoas.-The allowing casee conuected witl i instituthl,from washing receipts and subscriptions, amounted tteonly 1;400: thus increased diligence would he necessary this town wore heard before John Addison, Eke, at the sitting in order to obtain additional ' supeort On the . proposition of of the court,-at Lancaster :-Disehizrgedfortiarvith : Wm. Mr:-Eidwarst Biggin, seconded by. - ‘the Rev. Mr. Anderson, the Brown, of Liverpool, shipbrokern James W. Morris, of I report was adopted, and other resolutions, urging upon the Gateacre, farmer e Wm. Berry, offlirerpook schoolmaster. I - public to aidextend its usefulness,- •* - to Remanded ~fir . two months : John Lloyd;. of Liverpool, I draper and outfitter ; Thomas Tippine of Liverpool, agent ! HZALTII COMMITTEE.-Mr. Alderman Langsdale presided for and dealer-in- flour and sacks_ Aelf‘rnstr far- a month :' at the weekly meeting on Thursday. The building surveyor Peter Forshaw; of Liverpool, assistant to a licensed victualler. - (Mn ellishton) presented his annemiereporti. from which we Adjourned feetieht court : Thomas Fay,.of Liverpool, car- ! extract the following :-Dwelling-houses and warehouses proprietor. ' erected, or-in course of ere c ti on , w ithi e th e M un i c i pa l Boroug h of Liverpool, during the year 1854 i E n d e r £l2 THE KIP:MD:IILE: CIIAIRMANSHIPi'-ORi Saturday, Mr. per annum,One frem.E.l2 to 25, £1,144; from, £25 -to £35, 99 : from Pollock made as:communication to: Mr..L. A.. Tinne and Mr. reinnupwarde, 49; total, 1,356 : warehouses ' • , 9.. Comparative W. Earle, as thegentlemen who, had proposed and seconded statement of the number of dwelling-housesserected in each year his nomination - for- the above office, .stating:tliat though he since-Ma:1838, 1,052; 1839, 9n7 s; 1840, 1,457 G; 1841, 1 ; 761; had felt bounclaat the request of a• large.number. of gentle- . 1842e52;0274 •18,13, 1,390 ; 1844, 2,450 ; 1845 3 3,728 ; 1846, men, (including the deputation who waited Orr Sir Thomas 3,4,60 i .1847, 1,220 ; 1848, 656 ; 1849 e 446 ; . 1850 ; 420 ; 1851 Birch), and frems a sense of publie• duty, to attend at the ses sn; .1862, 1,136; 1853, 924 ; 1854 .829.; . 1855 ; 1,355 ; total, sions, which ladthen just endeds.hewas compelled to request 26;264, Buildings (not dwelling-liouses, erected, alterations that his namemight be withdrawn,froin the future considera- ! made, and dangerous buildings taken-down orsecd, during , tam of the magistrates. Mr. Pollockeuldedashat he could not I the year. 1.85,3 e. Buildings-such as stables; smith ies , &c.,77 • . es , now, even if it' were-offered to bine .neeepttlie office. I such.sas manufactories, offices, &e, 73. Alterations and addl . &nom. F . OR. , TILE: DEAF AND> Doeen.h-The annual meet- - tons:: Of extensive character, M.;:.of inferior character, 303. tug of the friends of this excellent institution was held on Dangerous • buildings taken dewne or.- secured, 97. The , Thursday, in the board-room of the -spaclous.building, in Ox- divelling-house erections last yearehave been inexcess of those ford-street Kase, . Mrs R. Rathhone -was called to the chair. in, 1851 In 1854 there were, only 82.9 dwelling-houses Mr. Edward Banner . the honorary. secretara e read the r e po r t ' erected,.whereas, last y ear , as will 'be -seen, there have been of the workiegef the institution , during: the past year, from I,assserected. Of this number- 53 -will. be let at about £lO which it appeared that its usefulness-has- attained its highest or £l2 per annum each • 1003: will be let at about £l5 or point in the year-keg' closed-theSethneanathe institution's £16;: the• remainder w ill ' be at much- higher rents. A dis existence. Mr. Banner also readtheireasuzeras statement of eussion took place upon a difference which had occurred accounts, from which it appeared:thatthere-was a balance due between- the sub-committee and-- Alderman Toulmin. Mr. to the treasurersof about £7O-6e.. Toulmin complained of having been grossly insulted by A NOVEL STILE OF RorimEnnah-At the Police-court, on being served with a summons fornoinpayraent of rates ; and Friday, a decla•labourer, named jeffin. Hanna, was charged. the sub-committee replied that M rs Toulmin had received the with stealingeo.bont 801bs. of beans, the • property -of Messrs. usual letter before being summoned,. and that on being re- Segar and Tunnieliffe. William.Ltiptorn warehouseman to mihded of this by the Deputy, Town-clerk, be had declared the above fi &m i . said that the prisoner had; frequently beers that " - it was a lie." After a good deal. had been said upon employed by - them, and on Wednesday ho- entered one of the, the subject, Mr. R. Gladstone said he believed they had a warehouses at the Duke's Dock o andby boring a hole in ones much. higher opinion of their- Town-clerk, than Mr. Toulmin of the floors-of, a warehouse, where-a quantity of beans were seemed to possess, and they believed him incapable of stating stored, he collected about 8011eseweight in. a bag, when he was., anything- untrue. The matter then. dropped.-The Medical observed and taken into custody.. _ Theprieoner,against whore, Officer reported that in the week:sending on the 12th instant, a previous conviction was recordedewa&sent to gaol for throe.. 228 deaths from all causes - were registered in the b oroug h,_ months. being 10 more than in the previous week, but 22' less than the average of the corresponding week of thepreceding eight- Loss OF-TITH SHIP Omvanse-The American ship Olivie, _ . Years. In the parish the deaths mere- 168. in the of New York,,Captain G. S...Spall e which sailed from Cardiffee y e .. 0. es, 72 out-town with a cargo of iron, for Savannah, in! the latter part of Be-... ships,. 4 '.4f d' ( deaths rem.. diseases o the hermetic class,. 28: were from 2O from pooping •cou h 9 from cember, met with very severe weather' In a heavy gale on , scarlatina, ,-, g ' the Bth instant, she sprungsaeleak, and despite all alerts, measles, only 3 from typhus, and n from small-pox. The founderedsduring the night., The crew took to the life beat deaths from typhus tis were fiewc w • e t r h e an es in. any week of the y diseases of the pre which waseen board, and %MRS piekettur, at nine o'clock next vious six inoni. 66 deaths the total consumption. Of morning, ih. lat. 49 N., long. 12 Ws e by the barque Emperor- ! s u lm s e r and et 1 five years of and 22. above sixty-The borough from Paraiba, bound to this- port The Emperor arrireston.• " e ' a% submitted re age,, estimate for the engineer ..1. sewerage of Lodge- Cape Clear-on Sunday morning ; and:seat her news ou shore,. lane, in connection with ,Grove-park. The amount leviable whence it was forwardedto thismort. , , on Grove-park would bs.if-1.140, and on the borough, £2OO. The • AN TaINRRANT MUELQIAN.RO•RZED OF HIS FIDDILIk-At estimate was approved_ The-engineer submitted specimens of ' the Palice,eourt, on Saturday,. before Mr. Hornby, James numbers for numbering the houses in the borough, which Connor, a vagrant, was charged with stealing a fiddle from are were examined by the committee. This being the whole of" itinerant musician, a boy.- named George Roberts, frosn,Man- the business, the meeting separated.. chester.- The prisoner fell in with the prosecutor at Warring ton, acrd tramped withhirato•Liverpool, living uponthe little . THE Nionersonna .Tanzietneinae.-An influential meet ' • he fellow-hi wayside and. street elonings. On arriving ; here,. mg at Manchester was held on Thursday, to determine upon. w sent the lad for something into a shop, sa yi ng h e wou ld h e ld what steps should be taken by th a t c it y t o promote t h e objects hisof the Niglitingaledniud. M r . Sid ney H er b ert, M . P ., L or d. fiddle, but, on the boy returning, he found thetthe rascal Stanley, M.P., Ms', Monckton Milnes, M.P., an d th e l ea ding haddecamped. He•gese• information to the police e which. se gentlemen of the- town and nei g hb our h oo d , were presen t ; suited in the apprehension of Con n o r , an d th e di seevery o f th e fiddle ata.pawn shop.. The ease w a s reman d e d. Mr. Sidney Herharteinaddressing the meeting, ex pl a i ne d the aim and intention of the Central Committee of the Fund, EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES OF BOOTS AND Sams.-At the which was to establish and create a "Profession of Nurses,"- Belice-court ; on Friday, James Nagle, Mary, Nagle, and to found a central. institution in London, to which nurses- Joseph Murphy, were.brought up by detective officers. Seaife might be sent • from. the country, there .to be . taught and, and : Thompson, on the following charges. On the 10th of trained to hospital duties. This, Mr. Sidney Herbert ex- December,, the- shop 'of Mr. Desore, shoemaken.of Boundary- plained, was. the object of the Central Committee, and he street, London.road, was broken open, and 22:pairs of boots trusted that the nature and amount of the subscription,would and shoes.stolen. The next day some of theses- stolen articles be such as tonnable them to extend the anticipated advert-- were pledged: at the shop of Mr. Barlow and Mr. Gracie, tages of the-plan over the whole country. With respect to pawnbrokers, in. Birkenhead. This coming to the knowledge the management and arrangement of the institution, he of the police, led, to the arrest of the prisoners, who resided at believed that if we wanted the thing well done, we could, not No. 2, Prudhoe-street. They also broke into the shop of Mr. do better than entrust the details entirely to 2diss Nightin- Williams,. in. Soho-street, and Mr. Browning, of London-road, gale i-Don't shackle and fetter her (said the lion. member) stealing 12; pairs of boots and shoes from the 'former, and 23 by yourselves snaking minute regulations, which her cape from the latter, s ome of w hi c h W ere p l e d ge d w i t h M r. F ryer, rienee, may show to be impolitic, or perhaps impracticable. of Hill-street, The conduct of the pawnbrokers was severely You- must trust her with all the details and arrangement, and censured by Mr. Bolton, one of the presiding magistrates, for-this reason, that she is more competent than anybody else. who said that such behaviour w as littl e l ess th an a di rect You have got, to use the slang term of the day, the right incentive to crime. All the prisoners were committed for woman in the right place," and, having got her, trust her. trial at the sessions. And trust her-why ? Trust her for your own interest, be- HISTORIC SOCIETY.-A meeting of the scientific section of cause she is the one who will carry out tehisreform the best. this society was held on Thursday evening, in St. George's, Trust her for another reason- i becauseth __ whole grace of your hall, the Bev. Dr. -Thom in the chair. The minutes of the• compliment to her consists the confidence the people of last meeting having been read, Dr. Hume, the secretary, her, having se e n what England have to pl e ec - e de i v u nt ~ her talent, ion can accomplesb -Lord Stanley, announced the following donations to the society :-From the her integrity, her slf Geological Society of London-the quarterly volume of the pro- M.P., brief but brilliant speech, disclaimed • in a to l\ • all desire oil ceedings of the society, vol, XI., 1855 • from the Geological the part of the committee share Ins Nightingale's poit- Pointing out that Nightingale, :hiss "working for a Society of Dublin-the Journal of the Society, ' vol. 1., parts 2, laritY• worthy object in 3, and 4 c 1834-8) ; vol. 111., 1814-8) ; vol. IV. (1849-51); vol. V. large and (1851-3); vol. VI., parts 1 and 2 (1854-5) • from the Royal S o -God,andcompassion • for " . . universal brotherhood in action as well as speculation, and by ciety-Proceedings of the Society, vol. VII., No. 10; and from Dr. Heath, a catalogue of the fine-art department of the French breaking through custom and co nven ti on h a d op e ne d ou t f o r exhibition, and a copy of an essay, by himself, on the credibi- her sex a new sphere of usefulness, the noble lord earnestly lity of the existence of the " kraken, sea-serpent, and other sea appealed against th e popular belief that a woman's sole monsters." Dr. Hume next exhibited a curious sheep bell, in I) s here of duty lay at home. On the detail and working the form of the ha w k's b e ll o f th e m iddl e ages ; a l so one of and plan of the institution proposed to be formed, Lord Stanley the medallions which Francis Henry Egerton, the last Ea r l observed :-I have heard it said that, before applying for of Bridgewater, who left £B,OOO for the authors of the Bridge. money in a city like Manchester, we ought to have been pre water Treatises, had s t ruc k o ff f or th e pur p o se of throwin g pared with a plan more definite and detailed than that laid them- into rivers, and othe rw i s e di s t r ib u ti ng th em o v e r thi s before you. My answer is, much Must he left undecided, if country and France, in the hope that they would be found at free play is to be given to the judgment arid experience of some distant period, and bring him into remembrance as the Miss Nightingale. It is not rules, riot forms, not paper "Literary Earl of Bridgewater;" also, a halfpenny bearing on checks or guarantees, that make an enterprise prosper • it is one side the arms of the Duke of Bridgewater and th e i nscr i p. th e li ving, unfettered human energy. You ought to prosper; it tion " Success to Naeigation," and on the reverse the figure that in Manchester, if others don't ; and I believe you do • of a man carrying a burden on his back, and the inscription know it. Without a rare original talent this work could not "Manchester halfpenny," with the data " 1793;" also, a piece be done at all, and with such a talent, the best thing you can of elastic stone from Delhi • and another very cur i ous p i ece of d o i s to l et it wor k out i ts own ends and its ' own way. We stone, a sort of soap-stone, found in the neighbourhood of Beau- promise to leave Miss Nightingale free and unhampered; marls and Holyhead, of.which the common women of North and we believe that is the best guarantee for efficiency we can Wales are in the habit of eating small quantities, as some per- give. His lordship then briefly sketched the origin of the sons are in the habit of eating collie beans, carraway seeds, &c. institution of hospital nurses on the Continent, and concluded -The Rev. Mr. Moore then proceeded to read, the second part his speech amidst loud applause. Mr. Monckton Mines, and of a paper by John Hodgson Hind, Esq., on " The History of other gentlemen, then addressed the meeting ; and resolutions the Western Portion of the Kingdom of Northumberland were passed appointing a committee to further the aims of down to the Time of the Norman Conquest." the central committee iu Manchester. ...... TIIE a lv e t he ref bi. wee will b day.