The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-11 00:00:00

THh: 11..ibtrpoot tanbarb. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 135; FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. -mss MONDAY MORNING. 'TEE summer season continues to act severely upon "Life in London." The courtly emigrants, who in vast numbers composed a voluntary suite for the recent royal visitors to France, still linger in crowds among the seductive gaieties of the French capital, or lounge amid the provincial attractions of la belle France. The Society of Arts, and all whom it delights to honour, as well as those who seek reflected honour from its accidental smile, have betaken themselves to Paris, and in the course of the present week, it is understood, will be received at the Tuileries. The savans have broken up their several bivouacs in the metropolis, and are speeding with all the facilities offered by steam towards the general rendezvous at Glasgow, the capital of the Caledonian Becetia. The Court, and with the Court its royal mistress QUEEN VICTORIA, turning her back temporarily upon her southern palaces, has sought shelter and repose within her Highland mountain home at Balmoral, leaving cockneydom a prey to ennui, and the numerous social ailments which follow in its train. In such a state of matters, "trifles light as air" assume im portance in the general strain of gossip, and of these many a sin gular vesicle is inflated and dispersed. Within the last two days no small amount of anxious discussion has taken place in refer ence to a subject which, occurring through some mismanage ment, might have been attended with results the most cala mitous. This was an account of the dangerous series of acci dents which accompanied the royal train on its journey from the metropolis to the Scottish border. It is long since that inveterate joker, the Rev. SIDNEY SMITU, said there would never be safety in a railway train till a director of a railway com pany was'accidentally roasted by the firing of a carriage ; and not much shorter a time since his jest was almost converted into earnest by the burning of a bishop. For Thursday last, however, was reserved the distinction of almost the dread con jecture in the destruction of our gracious Sovereign. HER MAJESTY and the Royal Family, as is well known, left the King's Cross terminus of the Great Northern Railway at an early hour on Thursday morning. Notwithstanding all the pre cautions, ostensibly taken to prevent accident, or, indeed, to obviate the chance of even the slightest casualty, it appears that, not long after the starting of the royal train, it was dis covered that some of the axles of the carriages, especially one of the last break van, were in an unsatisfactory state. When the train reached Peterborough, one or two of the axle-boxes had to be washed out. At Grantham the state of affairs was found to be still worse ; and at this point a man was stationed on the footboards of the train to grease the axles in the pro gress of the journey. From Retford a telegraphic message had to be despatched to Doncaster ordering a fresh break to be got in readiness. At Bawtry the train was detained five minutes to allow the axles—all of which were more or less heated —time to cool. On reaching Doncaster the last break of the train was exchanged for a fresh one. Even thus, however, the danger was not obviated, for after getting rid of the nearly ignited break, when the train got once more into motion the condi tion of the axles of some of the other carriages continued to excite the most lively anxiety in the officials having charge of the train, and to call for ceaseless vigilance on their part. As the train approached Darlington, one of the men stationed on the footboard, to grease the axles, while engaged in the performance of his perilous duty, came accidentally in contact with the girder railing of a small culvert bridge ; by the collision he was knocked off the train, and was so crushed and mutilated in his fall as to cause his death in a few minutes afterwards. This accident was not known to the Royal travellers till their arrival at Darlington. On the melancholy fact becoming known, HER MAJESTY expressed deep regret and warm commiseration in re ference to the sad accident. At this point it was found that the axle of the Royal: saloon carriage had become so very hot, that it became iiidispensable to detach this carriage from the train; and the QUEEN, Prince ALBERT, and the Princess ROYAL, who occupied it, were compelled to abandon it, and proceed for the remainder of the journey in a saloon carriage, occupied by some of the junior branches of the family. The chronicler of these seried mishaps adds that HER Ma.rEsry bore the contretemps very good humouredly. Fortunately the remainder of the journey was accomplished without any mis adventure, and the Royal cortege arrived at Hoiyrood about half-past six in the evening. On Friday morning the Royal party resumed their journey northwards, arriving at Balmoral towards nightfall of the same day. As already stated, much anxious and some angry conjectures have been hazarded upon the subject of these dangers in the purlieus of the clubs, many of the sojourners in which, being men of routine, cannot trace any connection between this perpetual "frenzy of the wheels" and the operation of any known rule of cross-purposes. All classes sincerely rejoice to - know that the danger was only threatening and not tangible, although obviously imminent. The absence of interesting events confers a double piquancy on subjects of speculative controversy; and this latter kind of stimulant has been of late rather freely furnished,—the treat ment of Mr. BAKEWELL by the authorities at the Horse- Guards, and the gentle passages of letter-writing and pub lishing between Sir CHARLES NAPIER and Sir JAMES GRA HAM affording abundant food for surmise and racy conjecture on all hands. In respect to the former case, general opinion appears to take the ordinary course in reference to all Crimean matters, directly antagonist to official usage. The treatment of Mr. BAKEWELL is generally admitted as original and unique, whether the statement for which lie has been cashiered be true or false. Mr. BAKEWELL, as an assistant-surgeon, on an important occasion, the assault upon the Redan on the 18th of June, avers that the preparations made for relief of the wounded on that memorable occasion were inadequate to the reasonable expectation of the casualities ; and grossly, ter ribly deficient compared with the actual occurrences of that day. He is himself, shortly after making the accusation, for it is now all nonsence to talk about its anonymous character, prostrated by disease, and forced to retire from the Crimea to Scutari. Here he is officially informed that an inquiry is to be made into the truth or falsehood of his accusa tions. He expresses his willingness immediately to proceed to the scene of the inquiry, and verify his charges. In answer to this offer he receives an advice to attend better to his health, and remain where he is. The inquiry, meantime, pro ceeds; and, after a brief space, he is told his accusations have been investigated, and proved groundless ; that he himself is an anonymous slanderer, and, as such, has been dismissed from his post. Startled, as he well might be, at the arbitrary rapi dity of this species of military justice, lie applies to have an opportunity of substantiating his charges, or, at least, pf 'being heard in his own defence, ere he be punished. for a crime ' without having even been told it was to be preferred against ' him. This request is sternly refused ; and lie is coolly told by Mr. FREDERICK PEEL that a man who would make charges against his fellows behind their backs has no right to be heard in his own defence, or to complain of the injustice of his condemnation ! The plausibility of this style of pleading is not sufficient to secure it from the scrutiny of men as disin terested as Mr. PEEL. These scrutineers see plainly and say boldly that making such a statement is putting a false colour on the transaction. Mr. BAKEWELL was not arraigned on any charge, or, if he he had, who knows that he could not have rebutted the charge ? But whether his averments were true or false, they could not be fairly said to be anonymous, as he had given up his name to be used, if requisite, when lie made his criminatory statement ; and above all, when he was told the inquiry was to be made into the circumstances of his charges, he at once expressed his willingness to meet the inquiry and substantiate his charges. He is arraigned, tried, convicted, and punished for the crime of laying a " masked accusation ;" whereas, withdrawing any mask that ever was held up, he expressed his willingness to come forward in the face of day and substantiate his accusation. This surely is in a considerable degree akin to the Donnybrook measure of justice which first knocks a man down and then kicks him for falling. The parties whose con duct was impeached by Mr. BAKEWELL, if innocent, have more reason to complain than he has. They have been, they and all men are told, exonerated from all blame implied in the asper sions. A court of inquiry which excludes the statement of the accuser, is not just the first that honourable men would claim or value a verdict from : but apart from this consideration, iu itself no trivial one, there are other circumstances connected with the transaction which do not greatly brighten its aspect. Every one is familiar with the fact that at the time when matters were at the worst, or rapidly approaching to it in the Crimea, the intelligence received by Government from Government officials was of the most satisfactory kind. All was going on swimmingly and well. The sick and the wounded were, according to these reports, most admirably tended. True, the reports of " masked accusers," as the newspaper correspondents are considered, by Mr. PEEL and gentlemen of his kidney, were pertinacious in declaring the state of matters t o be the reverse of the official representations. Investigation took place, not through a military court of inquiry, but by parties as willing to listen to the accu se d as th e accuser, and the result of that investigation showed clearly enough that the truth was in the statements of the " mas k ed accusers," that the deception pertained to the official state ments. With these facts staring the public in the face, no amount of official pertinacity nor any skulking behind the bulwarks of military etiquette will induce a general belief in the groundlessness of Mr. BASEWELL'S allega tions, or acquiescence in the sentence which condemns him unheard. As regards Sir CHARLES NArura and the late First Lord of the Admiralty, the opinion is pretty prevalent that both parties are considerably to blame. By this time, all the Trcrld knows that that official connexion which was inaugu rated at the Reform Club, and moistened and cemented by copious streams, drawn from the inspiring fountains which play in Bacchanalian groves, has ended in a rupture, and that the valiant Admiral, whose discretion was doubted ere he started, but proved in the Baltic campaign, has printed and published a mass of correspondence with his quondam friend and boon companion, in which neither cuts a very creditable figure; while, from its publication, the - country may suffer some detriment. Among the odds and ends of this singular corres pondence, is one circumstance which has occasioned much remark. Sir CHARLES NAPIER alleges that by the same mail which brought him despatches from the Admiralty, he received a communication from the Jupiter Tonans of Printing-house-square, containing admonitions of a similar character to those contaimd in the Admiralty despatches. A leader in the Morning Advertiser, in which journal the cor respondence, or such portions of it as have been published, appear, states that the Editor of that paper had the letter in his possession. The deduction sought by the testy Admiral and his newly-found friend, from this letter, is, that the Ad miralty rules the fleet, and that the Times directs the Admi ralty ; a nice state of affairs, truly, on which the Times, with cautious prudence, remains discreetly silent. While these foolish exposures tend greatly to discredit the public service, matters of more serious moment relative to our Admiralty arrangements force themselves on attention from different quarters. It now appears certain that the mortar boats, furnished as an important supplementary force to the Baltic fleet, have been so faulty in construction, that they are already useless, and that the fleet of these lame ducks is on its way home from the inhospitable north. In Parisian naval, military, and political circles the rumour is current, and cur rently credited, that " the English mortar-boats soon became useless at the bombardment of Sweaborg, and that their con struction and fitness are altogether decidedly inferior to those of the French boats of the same construction, rendering their fire less precise and effective." The same rumour adds that, consequent on the defective construction of these English mortar-boats, Admiral DUNDAS was forced to oppose a further prosecution of the bombardment, when pressed to continue it by Admiral PENA.UD, and further that he was ultimately driven to avow that the deplorable state of his materiel would pre vent his renewing the combat. If these obnoxious rumours prove correct, the vaunted naval supremacy of England is apparently far advanced on its way towards annihilation. Such sinister reports as these demand immediate refutation, if untrue ; if true, instant attention with a view to remedy. The news and the rumours which each passing day brings with it from the Crimea, if not sources of immediate apprehen sion, are nevertheless so interwoven with portentous urgency and gloom, as to cause serious uneasiness in quarters not liable to the charge of fear. The official despatches which for some time past have reached this country breathe such an air of uncertainty and hesitation as to give countenance to un comfortable rumours of divided counsels among the allied commanders. At all events, the movements, disposition, and indicated feeling of the French and English generals give no token of an expected speedy termination to the siege of Sebas topol. General SIMPSON writes as if he were labouring under some undefined and oppressive sense of the actual power of the enemy, whose resources, we are also requested to believe, are exhausted in the Crimea. From various sources the people of this country are taught to believe that provisions of all sorts are scarce among all the divisions of the Russian army ; but still we learn from General Snapsolv, that "The enemy have been concentrating troops, and are supposed to have received considerable reinforcements, which probably consist of two divisions of grenadiers, which have been conveyed in carts from Bakshi Serai and Simpheropol. From various sources we learn that the Russians on the right bank of the Tchernaya are held in perfect readiness for an attack." This does not savour much of exhaustion. An enemy which could convey two Russian divisions of an army from a considerable distance, in carts, cannot be destitute. That army which is held in readiness for an attack upon another numbering- 200,000 men cannot be fairly looked on as exhausted. The truth is, and every one here feels it to be so, we do not know, and never have known, the actual condition and position of the Russian army in and within march of the Crimea. Our armies landed on its shores without an idea of what was to be encountered, and they con tinue in the same unsatisfactory state of ignorance to all appearance up to the present moment. As in the most im portant periods of last year's campaign, we are once more driven to Russian channels for intelligence. Prince Gourscrak- KOFF himself now admits that "the fortifications of Sebastopol have been greatly damaged, and that the garrison have suffered heavy losses." In corroboration of these facts it is stated, in well-informed quarters, that the fire of the -Malakhoff has been almost silenced, and an extensive breach has been made in the works of the Redan. The latest published despatches up to Saturday night intimate a vigorous resump tion of the bombardment on Wednesday last at daybreak, and its steady continuance on that and the_following day, with some show of result, a gratifying incident of which was the burning of a Russian ship in the harbour, showing clearly that the guns of the Allies have at last obtained command of such important points as to reach the shipping. Last night a great sensation was created all over the metro polis, by an announcement from the war department, inti mating that on Saturday at noon a combined attack had been made by the English and French troops on the defences of Sebastopol. The French were successful in carrying and re taining the Malakoff, but the same amount of good fortune does not appear to have followed the British attack upon the Redan, which General SniPsoN simply mentions as having been unsuccessful. The military problem now to be solved is, whether the possession of the Malakoff and the Redan (for the fall of the latter is considered to be ensured by that of the former), the Allies will be able so to command the chief de fences of the north side of Sebastopol as to render the town tenable. Considerable diversity of opinion prevails on this point, some of the military authorities maintaining that the Malakoff is so situated as to command the harbour, and also to bring the principal northern forts within range of its guns. Others conjecture that most of those forts are beyond the probability of its range. Among the domestic topics of political importance which at present occupy attention, is a rumour circulated, "on good authority," that ere long there will be further changes in the organisation of the Ministry ; that a coalition is in the course-- of formation against the rule of Lord PAL:am:mom, by Lord;:' JOHN RUSSELL, Sir JAMES CinAnlar, Mr. Gnannowz, alzd other members of the Peelite party, along with COBDEN and BRIGHT, and the tribe of ultra-peace-Eberals. It is under stood that the policy of this new coalitior‘when formed, which there is reason for believing will •be shortly, is to be , the peaceful prosecution of agriculture, manufactures, and com merce. Indeed, the battle-cry of the party was to some extent raised the other day by Sir j:kiins GRAHAM,, while engaged in "the turf-cutting trade" at the commencement of a new railway near Carlisle. After haying turned the first sod,- the consistent baronet made an oration, in which he said it was highly gratifying to his feelings to have been sa occupied that day, "amidst the din of war and the prodigal, and fruit less expenditure of the public - money." In a subsequent speech, made in responding to ,"the members for Carlisle,"• drunk by the assembled multitude as a toast, Sir JAMES- set himself forward as an exponent of the policy pursued by the late Sir ROBERT PEEL, and insinuated that, if that right honourable baronet had been-alive, he would have pursued the , same policy as he (Sir JAy.xs , GRAHAM) was now following.. This was too much for even a Cumberland gathering to receive from Sir JAMES. GRAHAM . ; and a lie. Jk.vEs, while disclaiming any knowledge of how Sir RORSILT PEEL, would have acted inthe present emergency, reminded the antagonist of Sir CHARLES NA:pisn, that his model statesman had changed his opinion upon the Corn-laws and some other subjects, and plainly demonstrated, amidst the cheers and laughter of the assemblage, that the peace-at-any-price slogan of the new coalition would meet only with a derisive answer from the public.. For a time. extending so far back, that it would be unsafe to pretend a. recollection of its commencement, it has been the habit, , among the profane vulgar of the outer world, at least, to regard the preparations requisite for discharging the highest legal functions to consist chiefly in the payment of certain, fees to a limited number of respectable elderly gent tlomen, and the eating of mutton at stated periods of the day in Lincoln's Inn for a prescribed number of years. This, like other proscriptively enjoyed prejudices, is doomed to be swept away before the rising sun of intelligence. The mem bers of the Council of Legal Education have issued from their Chamber at Lincoln's Inn a document which prescribes the various text-books and subjects upon which students shall be examined, and a comprehensive knowledge of which shall be indispensable to their acquiring a status in the legal pro fession. The prescribed course of study is liberal in the legitimate sense of that much-abused adjective embracing all the departments of statutory law and equity. In the selected •list of works on which examinations shall be taken, the treatises of those who have shown peculiar aptitude and diligence in the literature of the profession, as well as in other walks of literary art, find special favour. This will be at once understood, when it is mentioned that the works of SUGDEN, of STEPHENS, and WARREN form portions of the necessary curriculum. These new regulations, if properly acted up to, must have the effect of greatly improving the elementary legal education of our young lawyers ; the practical portions they must of course derive in a great measure from profes sional contests with their elder brethern, and with each other One is occasionally amused, as well as sometimes puzzled' at the odd bits of gossippy intelligence which come in sugar; drops in referme to the domestic doings of our transatlantic brethren and sisters. Lively and unceasing xüental excite ment keeps their energies continually on the stretch. Now a baby-show engages their attention—speedily an anti-liquor law seizes on the wits of the spirited disputants, who proceed with fists and bludgeons, bowie-knives and revolvers, to settle the question of individual partialities. Women's Rights Con ventions present a sort of safety-valve for blowing off the social steam of both sexes, and these, to their credit be it said, generally end in nothing more destructive than a volley of very peppery verbal missiles. At Baltimore a new esprit de publique has been evoked, a desperate recont re having, as we are informed, taken place between the rival Fire Insurance Companies of that peaceful city, in the course of which not fewer than fifty pistol shots were fired, happily without the sacrifice of human life. Such active rivalry as this denotes is, fortunately, unknown among our less ardent candidates for popular favour. RIGGING THE BAROMETER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. " IVhen Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war." SlR,—The above prefix would bear a substitute for the last word, not very creditable to the honor of the once classic land of Greece. A more audacious piece of daring could not well be attempted on our commercial community than those of the liberties recently taken with our Exchange weather-instrument. — Whether the culprit be Jew, Gentile, or, as currently reported and generally credited, Greek, I hope our Exchange Com mittee will exert themselves to bring home conviction to the rogue in grain, and proceed at once to his ignominious expul sion from the mart of commerce. Assuming the correctness of what is so confidently stated, namely, that the delinquent is a native of Greece, the offence becomes doubly offensive' from the recollection of the open and unblushing mani festations of pleasure exhibited by those natives at any supposed advantage gained by our Russian foe, and by their chuckling delight and personal congratulations at any supposed reverse of the allied arms ;—an offence too long tolerated, and that may meet with a humi liating set-down, if persisted in. With the ancient courage, the ancient honour also of that classic soil has fled ; and what was once the seat of art, science, manly courage, and virtue, is now but a howling wilderness or nest of pirates, brigands, and shuffling poltroons. A little self-examination, and a few moments devoted to the consideration of their country and countrymen and of the humiliating and degraded position it and they now occupy, morally and politically, amongthe &mi." lies of nations, ought to teach them reserve, and instil a defe rential respect and gratitude for liberties afforded and courte sies shown to them in this country. The guilty individual, whoever he may be, or of whatever country a native, ought to be ferretted out and visited with the degradation of an open expulsion from the Exchange he has disgraced, and the mer cantile community he has compromised. It is manifest he would live by &and ; if it yielded a larger return than honesty and fair dealing, and the sooner at expurgation of the offen sive member is effected the better. The matter ought not to rest. If discovery be possible, no pains ought to be spared to realise it, and, once obtained, retributive visitation ought to' follow, if our Exchange is to be preserved from a fall to the level of degraded Greece, or its members protected from the suspicion of Greek turpitude and practices: ARGUS. SUGGESTED AMALGAMATION OF BIRKENHEAD WITH LIVERPOOL. TRH' monthly meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners was held on Tuesday last. The business under consideration was chiefly of a routine character,• and at the conclusion of the ordinary proceedings the meeting was made special for the purpose of considering the propriety of openingee com munication with the Mayor and Town- Council of Liverpool, as to the incorporation of the townships- of Birkenhead and Claughton with the borough of Liverpool, The- Chairman (Mr. John Laird) in- introducing the- sub ject remarked that a great deal had been said in the 'town ship on the subject, and, of course, the • principal point at once arising in any discussion of it was the amount of, retie to which the inhabitants of Birkenhead would be liable, sup-- posing an amalgamation with Liverpeol:to be carried• out; and the desirability of the lighting. watching, and sewerage rates of the- township' not exceeding what' they were- at present, namely, 3s. in• the pound. Comparing their local rates with those of Liverpool and otherneighbouring plades; he found that the rates-of the parish of Liverpool (including: the poor-rate) were 4s. 41e1. in the pound ; for the township of West Derby, 3s. 6d. ; Kirkdale, 4s. 3d. ' - Everton, 35.1111.4 Toxteth-park, 3s. 1I i ; Oxton, is. 9.d..; Poultoreceene•l Seacombe, 3s. ;: Tranmere, is. 9id.; Birke n h ea d , -4 s. 4d e; .1 Claughton, 2s. 14d. So that at the present time the rates of Liverpool and Birkenhead were within a halfpenny of each other. Supposhee arrangement to be cameo our, cue.el 111 ought to be a stipulation tom, ineresee -was made in thee rates of Birkenhead to pay any debts of Li ver p oo l . Another I point was, that the Corporation of Liverpool ought 'to adept the bond debt, and any other liabilities of the township, and pay a rate of interest upon the debt to be agreed on with the bondholders. The bonded debt amounted in round number*, to £390,000; the ferry , debt to £103,000e• the township debt to £251000; and arrears of interest dreut the present time to £67,000: making a total debt of £Bll,OOO. If the corpora tion took .the debt, they would, of course,. take- with it the pro• - perty of the commissioners in the ferry, the pezk, the market; and their lands unsold, along with their right to levy rates-to the extent of three shillings in the pound.. If such an arrange ment were made, he thought that the corporation would eventually be no losers-by the purchase. Another point would. be clearly the insisting upon the maintenance of the present rates of ferryage,- as charged by the commissioners, ins teadof the maximum rates allowed by the present act of parliament. Those rates, as fixed by the set, were—fen every single person not at =tractor, 2d.; contracts for oneperson for a year,6oB.; half-year, 40s. ; :three- , months, 305.; and: for every additional. member of the same family dwelling together ( except loaners and female servants); for a year, 20s.e half-year, 15e.; three months, 10s. The tolls now charged by the commissioners were—for every single person, ld. ' • centraots . for one person for a year, 255.; half.yenr, 17s. 6c1.; three months, 12e. Ott. ; and for every additional member of the family for- the same time time respectively, 10e, .7e. ed., ,and is. _ He thought that those:-rates should be axed as the neininnont, in any.condition of• arnalgamation. The next point raised was the question of: representation,. Of course Birkeenhecal must possess proper , representation in the Liverpool. Codas- . and the Dock Committee, which would be' a sub,. jest of arrangement with the Corporation. The advantagento Birkenhead of such an arrangement were, first, the giving , to Liverpool, including the docks, such, a heavy stake in„Birhen head as to secure a fair expenditere of the revenues, tire. The second advantage would be the immediate payment of interest upon the bond debt, and the beneficial effect of timer pool credit acting at once •on Birkenhmd property,,insteeel of such results being deferred, perhape, for years, and. then an arrangement of no better charattkr having to be come tn.. • So long as-the interest upon the bendecl debt remained unpaid, it was a great drawback to partiesedeArous to invest money in the place. The third advantage would be that• of reducing the maximum rates of the ferry, and giving Liyerpod such a stake -in Birkenhead as to melee it her interest-, to reduce the rates still lower—say even to a halfpenny. The-fourth advan tage • would/ be - the Y removal, of the present , restrictions on the price of the park and other lands, thus enabling the Cor poration to• sell it at a moderate price, which must tend to increase building operations in the township. On the other hand, the advantages to Liverpool were very manifest. From. Birkenhead they had always had the greatest opposition fee, severaLyears, causing them to expend ge•eat.suece of money— in fact,,Birkenhead had always been a thorn in their side. By the possession of Birkenhead, they wouldget rid of the point from which all, or most of the attacks upon 7iverpool andite revenues had originated, and give them. the Parliamentary support of the Cheshire side of the water, and of all districts for-which Birkenhead is the port. The corporation would thus do away with all the bad feeling e and disputes which, for the last ten years, has. injured. Liverpool and kept-, back Birkenhead, allowing other ports.to "go ahead" and musing an unprofitable expenditure on. docks on both sides of the river to the extent of millions, and in law and parliamentary expenses of perhaps. £2Q0,000.;:. audit would make all parties, on the Liverpool and Cheshire shores of the Mersey, have but one common interest—nuukely, the promotion of the trade of that estuary.. The advantage to the trading public generally would be the saving of =necessary outlay, from both sides of the river being • placed. under one management. To show, the unnecessary outlay that had occurred, he might mention that, in 1844, the Liverpool Dock debt was £1,600,000 ; it wag now £5,500,000, showing an increase, since 1844, of £3,900,900. On the Birkenhead Docks the company had, spent £1,000 ; 000, and the trustees £600,000 ; together £1,600,000. The interest lost upon this, was £400,000, making an expenditaro of £2,000,000 together ; which, added to- the amount or the increase upon the Liverpool Dock debt--X3,9oo,ooo—showed a dock expenditure on the Mersey, daring the last ten years, of not less than £5,900,000. He believed that, by a judicious expenditure. on the Birkenhead works, one-half of that amount would have• accommodated the increased trade of the port. In addition to this, there were numerous mune expended in railway extensions, which were not productive, owing to the non-completion of the docks. The trading and manufacturing public, generally, lost by a useless expenditure in public works, and would therefore be benefited by any system that would ensure good accommodation at less cost. There- were various other reasons why an arrangement of this kind would be desirable. The dock extension question, he thought, would then be pretty well settled. If they could amalgamate the two towns—make Liverpool and Birkenhead one—then, he thought, it would be more to the interest of Liverpool to expend money in Birkenhead, instead of going to the extreme north and south with their docks. It would also, in that case, benefit the freehold property of the Corporation in Liverpool, which principally lay between St. Paul's Church-yard and the Queen's Dock. If they came to such an arrangement, be thought they were not likely to hear any more of either north 'or 'south extension. He (the Chairman) had waited on the Mayor of Liverpool that morning on the subject of the amalgamation, and had asked him, if the Commissioners should appoint a committee to meet the Council, what steps the latter would take. The Mayor replied that he would bring any resolution he might enclose to him before the Town Council, as one of the Mayor's communications; and the Mayor added that, from the feeling expressed at the last meeting of the Council, and in the town generally, he had no doubt the advance of the Commissioners would be warmly responded to. He, (the Chairman,) as one who had a great interest in Birkenhead, would never agree to any arrangement likely to damage the interest of either the landowners or the householders of the township. He thought the Commissioners might leave the matter in the hands of a committee. After a brief discussion, the following motion was proposed by the Chairman, and seconded by Mr. Gough :—" That the subject be referred to the Finance Committee, with power to negotiate with the Town Council of Liverpool thereon, to learn the sentiments of the Council, and to report to this board before proceeding further." It was carried, with only three dissentients, Messrs, Cook, Curry, and Whittingham, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD HER MAJESTY'S JOURNEY TO SCOTLAND. ON Wednesday, the Court left Osborne for Buckingham Palace. On her arrival, her Majesty gave audience to the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Prhlcess Royal, and the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, left Buckingham Palace at t wen t y -fi ve minutes to eight o'clock on Thursday morning for Holyrood, en route to Balmoral. The royal suite consisted of Lady Churchill, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Major-General the lion. Charles Grey, Mr. Gibbs, and Sir James Clark. The Royal party occupied four of the Queen's carriages, and were escorted from the Palace to the King's-cross station of the Great Northern Railway by a detachment of the 3rd Light Dragoons, where a special train was in readiness to convey Her Majesty to Edinburgh. Earl Granville joined the Queen at the station, and will attend Her Majesty to Balmoral. The Royal train arrived at York punctually at the time appointed--viz., 12 42 p.m., and Her Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal children, on alighting from their carriages, were hailed with hearty cheers from the large concourse of persons assembled within the station to witness the arrival. After a most enthusiastic reception, the Queen took the arm of her Royal Consort, and was escorted by the Lord Mayor to the Royal Station Hotel. The Royal party entered amidst a renewed volley of cheers, and proceeded direct to the apartments specially set apart for their accommodation, where they partook of luncheon. This occupied the royal party half an horn- ; and, precisely at a quarter after one o'clock, her Majesty and suite again appeared on the platform, and were received with a renewal of the plaudits with which they were greeted on their arrival. The royal train reached Newcastle a twenty-two minutes past three o'clock, and left at half-past. There was a large crowd of people in the station, and her Majesty, who appeared rather fatigued, graciously acknow ledged the cheering. Prince Albert and the Royal children appeared at the car riage-windows, and were saluted with cheers. The Mayors of Newcastle and Gateshead were in attend ance. A sad accident occurred between York and Newcastle. While the Royal train was passing near Ferry-hill, one of the railway servants was walking along the footboard of the train, filling the grease-boxes. The poor fellow while so em ployed was crashed between the carriages. and a bridge, and was severely injured. He has since died. Her Majesty was infortned of the accident before reaching Newcastle, and ex pressed great anxiety with regard to the man. The Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal gamily passed Berwick at 5.15 on Thursday evening, Dunbar at 6, and reached S. Margaret's-, Edinburgh, at 6.38, seien minutes before time, They were' received by the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Mel ville, and Sheriff Gordon. They drove through the Park to Holyrood, amidst the loyal concourse, rendered unusually large by the beautiful evening. They reached nolyrood before 7, where they were received by the Lord Pro/ost. The whole way was lined by military and militia. Her Majesty had to change to an ordinary saloon carztiage at Darlington, from t'Se over-heating of an axle. TIIE NEW CASTLE OF BALMORAL. Wiry his Royal Highness Prince Albert became propri- etor of the estate of Balmoral, it was - found that the old Castle did not afford sufficient accommodation - for the Royal family durinwtheir autumnal visit' to Sealand. His Royal Highness - then resolved to erect a new andi commodious building at his own expense, which has been improgress for about three' years, and, although it is - not yet finished, the Royal apartments have been completed so as kr admit of their being occupied during the present season. The new Castle stands on the same level as . the - old resi dence, but is nearer to the margin of the 'Dee; which, here, in a' semi -circle, sweeps the base of the mountain range of Craig-en-Gowan, • and forms a large- peninsula, -the - plateau of which affords the' most perfect privacy for the retirement of the Royal family.- The green terrace within 'this- bend of the river, 'though only - about 10 feet above 'the rise of the water, is composed of . 4ht gravelly soil, so poro us an d d ry that lint - little drainage was needed to htsur6'a healthy atfnos phere ; and,' constituting' as it does the, highest tableland in Scotland, surrounded by magnificent screens of fir and heath clad granite, the Royal residence is all that could be - desired for an autumnal dwelling.- The building is of the Stath baronial style of . architesture,. modified in some of its details, so as to combine the morebold and prominent features cf the ancient stronghold with the more domesticcharacter of modern civilization. The design• consists of two separate blocks of buildings - connected by , wings, at the east angle of which the massive- tower, 35 feet' square, rises to the height ofBo feet, and is surmounted a=, turret with circular staircase;.riSing to the haight of 100 'het from the level of the ground. prom the summitrofthis• toner . the mountairoseenery will be-seen to great advantage, and the view will be one of-the most pictdresque which: the Grampian range affords. The Royal department' of the building occupies: three sidee-. of . a quadrangle, facin g the• scuth,;, the north, and the west. The entrance porch is on theaouth aide, wherei':,hearchitecttire mi of the simplest- and plainest description, while , that of the. west and north-presents carvedjeorbellings, and other mouldings—eharaeteristo features of the- bai'enial style:_ The stones arefrom granite-quarry on the property, remark turt,,pm and,.: being being smoothly dressed-in ashlar- work, f. the ef the huge granite rocks pa ter: d' lirePe P ,M A ntis Pll4 • sf-Scotland, stand like. solitary - giants in the plains,. Entering by the main porch,. the hall opens to the corridor, which:rims . along the centre of- thebuilifing, from , which the grand staircase conducts -to the Royal private apartments oa. the first- floor; . the dining-rsom. and draw ing-room, with,. the billiard-roora and library,: occupy the-, ground-floor, and are spacious. and • most . commodious: apartments.. The private rooms -of the. Queen front the west and look -.lpthe valley of-the Dee on the wild pass of In-- vercauld with its , overhanging. clifE4 -and the Graig"-en-Gowan mountains. in the distance- The apartments-of his Royal Highness Prince- Albert 100k..,t0 the south,_ where the lawn, stretches out to. the foot of Craig-en-Gowan ; _and commands an extensive view- of the deer. forest-of Balloatirine; while the- Prince of Wales 4 rooms, on, the north side, look. on a scene which the pastoral and the romantic are richly. blended, The whole of-thisportion of the , Castle is fire-proat.ors the plan at'• Fox and Barrett, and well lighted with the plate glass, and d h m e f o u s r t n s i u st st ings ant o ia f l th e e h . R at ml r apa ; are appo . off the. p n i t a s m ar est e - . rt Al m l en th t e s' distinguished: by that- simplicity of style and parity of taste for which the royal family-- are so remarkable,. The carpets.. are of clan ,tartan, whicit,it• the prevail%g• pattern of the, drawing-room furnishings* and, .wherever- an ;ornament is, necessary to, round ,off i.,-angle or softsaa a projection, the flower of the. Scotch thistle- is -used. Ile- furniture is. of African ask.a kind-of wood resembling American maple, and. everywhere presenting the. same characteristic of usefulness, which the,furnishings eiktibit throughout,: To the -north and coot of the royal apartmentS stanettbe, offices, -whielt form three sides of the square , „ a spacious.court occupying the centre, sad: separating the inferior buildings, which are-attached to the- eastern wings, In the tower-there will be accommodation alor some of the suite, and the servants! apartments are so arranged that they will - have every comfort that ean;,he required, the, whole being paltialged to aocomrno date front 100 to 120~ persons. The7e, is a ball rocm , 6t)Jeet by 2:feet,, but, for the present, the- suite and servants will have to , reside in the: old castle, whichde, to remain entire until the new residence is 11nished, and then It is to be demolished, to open, up the lawn, and permit the ground to be laid put and imnroced. 314-Ye HE 3T_E, _R AND , LIVE ,P0;01, 4GIICULTURALL SOCIETY: Tnv eighth r.nnual exhibition. of cattle, horses, implements, &e., of the Ma4cbester and Liverpool Agricultural Society was held on Thursday, in a field near Westfield-street, St: Helen's. The show wz.s. a good one. The amount taken at the gates for admission was S:210 175.; and it has onlx,been twice exceeded —at Altrinchum, last year,. and at Warrington, in 1853. The band of the. Lancashire Hpssars played during_the day. The show of horned wale was tolerably numerous, and, taken asa wbole, of fullkaverage quality. There were some superior; animals in each class, but net sufficient to make the show one of the first order. The most superior class was ' decidedly the bulls, there being seine: really splendid animals of each kind. The horses were numerous, and good in quality. Those for dray use were considered superior to-those for agri cultural purposes; but the class,, as, a. whole, received very ' general attention acrd commendation. There were not many sheep shown, but they were of fine quality., The pigs were capital specimens, very few of them being ua.that state of help less obesity which a few years. ago seemed to constitute the only claim to a prize. The poultry were tolerably numerous„ although many coops were unoccupied, The birds seemed to be generally good specimens. There was only a small show of vegetables and, seeds for , prizes. The display of implements was scarcely, so extensive as usual at these shows, but many of the impl s iments attracted much attention, being carefully examined, by those practically interested in agriculture.. Messrs. J. Dickson and Sons, Manchester and Chester, ex hibited a good collection, of seeds, grasses, &c., and there were a few other exhibitors in the same class. Three reaping -machines were upon the ground. The judges had, awarded the first prize to. that entered by Mr. Plant, of Elworth-hall, Sandbach ; and the second to the machine en tered by Mr. R. Bell, of Mossbury-hall, near Ormskirk. All three machines were modifications of Hussey's principle. The dinner was held in the Market-hall, Naylor-street. at five o'clock. Upwards of 300 persons sat down,, Nord Stanley presiding. The hussar band was present, and played during dinner and between the speeches. In proposing the toast of the Emperor and Empress of the French, the noble chairman said—This generation has seen, for the first time in 500 years, the mutual rivalry of France and England united. There is no doubt that this is in a great part due to an increased inter course between the two countries, and to the growing spirit of civilisation ; but it would be unjust to deny that a large part of the merit was due to that remarkable man who now repre-. sents and rules the French nation. There are points in the career of Napoleon upon which we, as foreigners, are hardly competent to form a judgment ; but there are also traits in his personal character which Englishmen can feel and appre ciate, so long as they value in those who govern the qualities of a clear judgment, a strong will, and a mind undisturbed alike by passion and by fear. (Hear, hear.) And even those who may take a less favourable and friendly view of the man will not, I presume, refuse to pay ,a proper and customary mark of respect to one who has in turn been the guest and the host of our Sovereign, who is a strong and faithful ally, and who, under providence, and next to our own right hand, is our mainstay in the great struggle in which the two nations are engaged. In his address prefacing the toast of " Success to the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society," his Lord ship dwelt at considerable length on the importance of science as applied to the various processes of tillage and culture. He expressed his opinion emphatically, as to the necessity of cul tivating to the utmost all the land fitted for cultivation. He declared his conviction that that man was a wrong-doer, in so far as the community is concerned, who retains in his hands or in his ownership, land which he has not the power to im prove, but which he has the power to sell. He also alluded to the necessity of economically applying the sewage and other manure of large towns, which is at present allowed to poison our rivers and choke our seas. In conclusion, he urged the necessity of rendering mechanical inventions and skill avail able for improving the various processes of agriculture, LITTE_RPOOL TOJT'V COUNCIL, THE monthly meeting of the Town Council was held in the chamber on Wednesday last ; James A. Tobin, Esq., the Mayor, presiding.—The MAYOR intimated that he had communicated to the Countess of Sefton the resolution adopted by the Coun cil at its last meeting, and had received a reply from her lady. ship, expressing thanks on behalf of herself and family. for the sympathy and kindness displayed towards them by the Liverpool Town Council, in relation to their recent bereave ment.—On the _motion of Mr. TUNE, seconded by Mr. J. B. LLOYD, the answer was ordered to be inscribed on the minutes. FINANCE COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Finance Committee were read. They included the following recommendations :-1. To increase the salary of Mr. Linton Hughes, from £4OO to £450 per annum, the consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly Council, pursuant to the standing orders. 2. To expend a sum not exceeding £7,000 in permanent buildings on land leased to Mr. John Laird, at Birkenhead, in lieu of the con struction of sheds as provided in the existing agreement be tween Mr. Laird and the Corporation. 3. To purchase from the trustees and executors, under the will of the late Mr. John Woolwright, a piece of land at the corner of Rodney-street and Hardman-street, at the price of 28s. per square yard. Mr. HORNBY, in moving the confirmation of the minutes of the committee, referred first to the proposed increase of Mr. Hughes's salary from £4OO to £450 per annum. He believed that every member of the Council was well aware of the value of Mr. Hughes's services. The Town-clerk had recommended the increase which was now proposed ; and he (Mr. Hornby) thought that Mr. Hughes was fully entitled to it. He moved, therefore, that this part of the minutes of the committee be confirmed. After some opposition on the part of Mr. ROBERTSON GLAD STONE, the resolution was unanimously carried. Mr. HORNBY, in moving the recommendation with respect to the advance of £7,000 to Mr. Laird, stated that the Coun cil; were under covenant to :erect sheds over Mr. Laird 'S. graving-docks, which would cost a very much larger sum thaw the £7,000 now proposed to be advanced ; and the interest to be paid was in either case 6f per cent, while the permanent buildings, which were to be kept up at Mr. Laird's costovould be of very much greater ultimate value to the Corporation than the' sheds.—The recommendation was unanimously agreed to;' as was that for tbNtrX4 , :pe of the late Mr. Wool wright's land at the co rner of ilodzity-street, which 31 - r. Hornby saidi would (with the exception of a small piece of land belonging to the Jews' Synagogue) put the committee in possession of al the property wh:th was . necessary to effect the improvement at that spot. The general proceedings were then unanimously confirmed. PROPOSED AMALG&MATION OF LIIS43RPOOL wrx'n MILKEN"- HEAD, Mr. MANN understood that the Mayor had received a com munication from the: Commissioners of Birkenhead,. which, from its nature, war of so much consequence that it was exceedingly desirable that it should be brought before the Council at once. This suggestion meeting with general approval, the TOWN CLERK read the commumeation, which coeleisted of a copy' of the resolidions, passed on the previous evening., at the meeting of the Birkenhead Commisaioners, as follows:- "The chairman having brought forward' the • subject of opening a communication with. the Mayor and; Town Council' of the borough of Liverpool, ax to the incorporation of the- townships of Birkenhead and elau g hton with the borough of Liverpool, it was moved by Mac Laird, and seceded by Mr.• Gough,—` That the subject be referred to the Finance Com mittee, with power to communicate. with the Town-Council of Liverpool thereon, to learn the sentiments of th e Chu nc il ; an d to report to this board before proceeding further.'—.And, the board having divided, and there appearing, for the motion, 14, against it, 3; the motion was carried. Resolved,—That Mr. Laird be requested to communicate :kith the Mayor and Town Couieil of Liverpool on the subject of the foregoing minute, and th report thereon to the committee:" Mr,- Hanienv: said his opinion was- in favour of such an arrangement as that which the resolution of the Birkenhead Commissioners appeared to contemplate, and he believed it would be found most advantageous ; but)-in the present stage of the business, - • he. did not see that they could do anything • more than refer it to some committee- to confer with the Birkenhead Commissioners ' • and, without bindi ng th e Council to anything; •to endeavour to come to , some arrange- - ment that would' be satiefactory to both parties-, and to submit; it to the Council•for consideration.—flioar, hear.) It ap peared to him ihat• the details of such an amalgamation might be very easily arranged,. and that there were-no greater diffi cvdties to be encountered than had already been overcome in the amalgamation: .of'the old borough of Lii - erpoot with the out-townships, which aural&mmation had been found to work very well and very moth to the advantage of all parties. He would suggest thatilie•subject should be refeera to the same committee which had under its management thenew Birken head Docks. There-were many gentlemen on that committee who were members.ofthe Deck and Finance f;&mmittees, and if there was a dfsposition , on , both sides to meet - the question fairly and liberally, -he thought that no diffieulties whatever were likely to arise which might not. be easily overcome. Mr. ROBERTSON, GLADSTONE seconded the motion. Mr. BENNETT thought - theinquiry should be s-extended as td.embrace the question lof greatly enlarging the. boundary on both sides of the river. 111 , own opinion was that the 'liits of the horongl4.-on , the- Lancashire tilde- the river, should be very muchenlarged r e and he had reexel the Town clerk say that the• facilities• for the transaction-of public business would be -sexy:-much increased by such my arrange ment. He thereforoYmoved.that the committea,to -whom the communication from Birkenhead might be reterrcd;. should take this subject intc.their:consideration also. Mr.. BMAXLEY-M00.671, was afraid that Mr, Bennett • the • • • 111 r - r tr .dons in• same meeerry. e•see jec lc eas. o t before them by the eommunication from the Carmus• stoThers of Birkenhead was a comparatively simple one, alich , one.which a committee could fital.•with, with great facility;. but the question of enlarging the parliamentary boundary -Iva& one which was much more eliffitulte and much more- complicated. It. was-true that neither-yhjeot could be effected.without an act-of.parliament ; btl the difficulties to be overcome-would be:very much greater in. the-- one- ease than in the -other,. and themeaeure necessary, to effect it would, in fact;_ be•a, new Reform Bill. He would 4suggest„ therefore, to his--friend: Mr. Bennett, that he should: not: embarrass a question in which they were all deeply interested,. by mixing it up, with-another which, was much mots-complioated; and which involved. very different considerations. Mr.. REZNA.BD 1 - 140"ilt saki; perhaps the Towntelerk.mald explaht the advantages, of, extending the boundary: ;. and if it were necessary or desirahlef. he- thought it should...le referred to. he same committee: The TOWN-CLERK said it was , quite true that_ with, respect to the present boundary, considerable difficulty had. °centred. When the out-townships were added to the boroughthey were not set out by metes a.ml;bounds,. but were described-as, " the township of Kirkdale - and." the township of Diction,.7 and a line was drawn definingAhat portion of the towabhip of West Derby which was added to the Parliamentary borough.. Now, at that time the bounderiesbetween Kirkdale mid:Walton were in. &pate, and it was the same with respect to , Everbon, while the - boundary line which, was. drawn through', West Derby passed. across fields, some of which were now being. brought into. use for building - purposes_ It was by ne means impro bable that by sonie, of, the• buildin gs erec ted:Ahab boundary line might be eventually taken up, and so that might happen which had happenedhefore,. and had been attended with con siderable difficulty,.a.house- being partly in „one. parish and partly in another_ He. thought it desirable,Aberefore, that the subject should he. taken up before the fi gas, through which the boundary linepassed,. were covered with buialings to any considerable extent. Mr. Wownturxeenearred with Mr. Itunett's view, an seconded his motion.. . MANN thought the present referenze,shonkl be confined, to the subject brought before the Couneil,hy the comrauniw►... tion from the commissioners of Birkenhead, and that the Health Coninwltee,might take up the other question separately, and present a report upon it, if they thought fit. am T e h n i a s m su en g t ges e : u io w n n s o ee t m b e( e l p t u o t m w e i e t t ho th m e t wishes of the C ol o u : eil generally ; and the MAYOR having nalcii. that Mr. Benuett's resolution was .unanimously carried. 3 s • WATCH, IT_GrHTIN.Ce, FIRE-POLICE, A:Zfa PTIE - PREVENgION • comituTur. The proeeedings of thi s committee-included a recommenda tion to eater into a fresh contract with Mr. Parkinson for the increased van accommod a ti on , requ i re d for the new haidewells. Mr. Joaosozi, the deputy-chairmau of the committee, in moving the confirmation of this .reconsmendation, explained that the amount of the present 2,ontract was £271; that the estimate for the increased van accommodation, reonired for the new bridewells, would raise the sum to £550, ana that, in ad dition-to_ this, there would be a further suns of £2SQ for the conveyance of prisoners to and from the newt at. Walton.. This would make the total expense £BOO a-yeah against £2ZS, which was the present charg?; : this did not, however, include. the. removal of remanded prisoners to and from Walton,--A, protracted discussion ensued, in the course-of which several irrelevant matters were introduced ; but ultimately the pp c.eedings of the committee were confirmed. DOCK COMMITTEE, The proceedings of this committee were read, and, after some discussion, on the-motion of Mr. C. TURNSB, confirmed COURTS OF LAW 1..,ND ST. GEORGE'S-HALL COMXIT,TRE.. The minutes of this committee included a resolution to throw open St. George's-hall to the public daily, from ten to four; and a letter from Mr. Best, accepting the office of organist. Mr. TIN - NE moved that the proceedings be confirmed. This led to some observations from different members of the Coun cil generally, deprecatory of tho condition of the eastern ap proach ; but - ,i3timately the proceedings were confirmed ; as were also those of the Markets' Committee. The proceed ings of the. Health Committee were also confirmed, but not without some discussion. THE HEALTH AN,D DOCK COXMITTEES. The Towrr-CLERK presented an elaborate report upon the question at issue between the Health and Dock Committees, with. reference to an alleged encroachment, by the latter, on certain land of their own, in the ne i g hb our h oo d o f the Custom-_ house, which they had previously agreed to give up for the purposes of the public street. The proceedings of the Education, Gaol and House of Cor- rection, Gardens, Church Expenditure, and Observatory Com mittees, were severally read and confirmed. THE WATER COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Water Committee included an ela borate report from Mr. Duncan, the water-engineer, on the subject of an additional supply of water from Green-lane, which the committee had, at the last meeting of the Council, been requested to consider. '[he report was to the effect that, having regard to the altered circumstances of the case—to the fact that the works which would make an additional sup ply from Green-lane available could not be completed until the Ist of March—that the want of water was less felt in the winter than in the summer months, and that there was every reason to believe that the water from Rivington Pike would be available by the Ist of April. The engineer could not take the responsibility of recommending, at this moment, the addi tional expenditure which, in the then state of afl'airs, and with the information then before him, he had suggested in December, 1854. Upon this report the committee recom mended that the additional works in Green-lane be not now constructed. Mr. BENNETT gave many reasons, of a practical character, for disbelieving that the Rivington Pike supply would be available by the time stated, and believing it better not to run any risk of a deficiency of water in the next summer, proposed that the recommendation made by Mr. Duncan, in December, 1854, be forthwith carried out. Mr. FERNIHOUGH seconded the motion. Mr. WOODRUFF, a member, and Mr. HOLT, the chairman of the committee, expressed their determination to vote for [SEPTEMBER 11, 1855, the amendment, admitting that the best cale defeated by an unforeseen accident, and preferrin., t: to make assurance doubly sure. ng' 33 ' ,i; On a division there appeared 12 for and 10 _, , r 5, amendment.—Fer Mr. Bennett's amendinent: 3 1 e ;:g . ; derson, Sheil, • Woodruff, Holt, Fernihough, 1331111 40 Johnson, Clint, Bennett, Cooper, and the Mayor. per, Gladstone, Messrs. Bradley, Hornby, Wagstaff, R. Hodson, Kitchen, Robertson, Preston, and Bold. _ A I It was resolved, on the recommendation of the ce d ,7o that the Council should visit the Rivington Pike " Wednesday next. 50 The Council was counted out, and the other be si nutio o. ns t f o ; postponed until the next monthly meeting. 1 (0' OUTRAGE ON THE FRESCII ICING BOMBA. Ting explanations demanded by M. . 1 I, Ambassador at Naples, for the outrage upon the .be st recently perpetrated by the Governor of 31essini'ocefY, suited in some more of that prevarication and ins ° ,: c or ( . ; are the distinguishing features of King B° In one respect, however, the anticipations of th e hoset C have not been realised. It supposed t was supP Ne t lion to most conversant with the chicanery of the t 07 ' that the government would have denied atlY, l i t i l s e ts irr e eh , l stilt the French flag; but in this the JiPl° 11I ; that `;t:: a ro: taken. The Neapolitan Cabinet not only rage was perpetrated, but that it was int entiL)9 r et , „ Governor of Messina purposely abstained fre° c1.," 0 t 1 salute fired by the French Admiral Pellion, be e lion' vious occasion ; some French ships in a Se a th ,Polfe le o fired no salute on a similar occasion, the "" 7- ofe re liei s'excuse s'accusc. The French ships in questie.ottiet. hired transports? they • d of the s'P r kar enjoyed none the. 0 . corded to ships of the French navy, or wer kii e To d t° e :' any of the formalities which such shi n ale P s 'oil thus th when stationed in foreign ports. The quest l- ,;ot whichbrook w an ill i b n e su r l e t n , d K er i eci ng Dclaconctr;t remains unsettled ; and as Louis Napoleon ' 4 " - t wriggle out of the scrape; , or he must MI t oed' tha t na n u n s l e s o t u e s it a h f e t re fekr? fleet fire a salute in the Bay of Naples—an ;der ed will be loaded with something besides guns " of eit P u l i c c • `' Ac for the insult to Mr. Fagan, it may 1) ,Y0. that also remains unexplained;. as Signor n ti tll o ` 7 ,l Minister, still struts about in his little brie,: Pil' t z• • inr, his fantastic tricks, and bastinadoing o ' o o thrusting others into dungeons, and it is e cel , ' ,.th °s fn e more efficacious means are employed to silee - i fere" d i ; who have' made themselves obnoxious , to the g., 0 11 0 , 0e 1 is notorious at N a pl es th a t th e P r i nce ' de Satl c e, o f enced a good de a l of annoyance from. the Pe t tce` account of his friendly intercourse with an 4 ____—.,........0p e . . ASV_ENT OF MONT Piiie Off" I tf islie 0 11 THE following sr :account of the ascent of ....-en ipet , / ,„ 11 a boy of 17, who has-just left Eton, and tviltr il ! t Oris, single guide, made -the as cen t o f M on t e Rosa vw" pif . ., l s X" • , 61.0 1 ° 17 1r iceo, ll ; if a- v "Heard (a youmg:Ainerican) and mYse e sdn..t al Monday evening, and4ook a long walk o n Tu care or rather on Tuesday, .for we were 12 hours on u .. „ 0 or d r, glinitdeks),oaffnelda.lellhi;A'face w_srest tv., guides declared that such- a walk had never br';;flt; * o our powers w ers hi o ch f is r ,a a i t k h i e n r g... r raised vv o , tt ed r nes d ay estimationis,e,iivol4 a tv e. it4i i Wul spot called the " - Jardin,7 in them ius ,"f ° tl 4 o o , and surrounded by all the highest peaks " 04 ' hhtl thought the way thert•was difficult, and Y ie t. , ..itt. I -was rather astonished atlhe arrival of a F r : s l il 704 her husband aboUt au bout. after us. She , berg ( 0 40 I necessity, was dressed in the same manner 3 ?.„, 5 , i?-. fint%- • D which. greatly facilitated htztmovements. ph IS, Its were-scarce, and chickens • I . otre • devoured 111 ' r b a a !' ( 9 ,. ` 5 way as= they are at Eton en : Election sat late , n 000.? June. .Neithex, to make the simile c „ 004 1,.. n e e ice pagne- wanting, as the French lady and 1vell; tile 3? some, of which they gave us, a good share; ce i of .A v? rather' more than 9000 feet above the ,1 1, 0 0 t - ', l'n' t yt and 011.: Mont Blanc was on 6000 feet % D J P f er,,,,f , io il little thing when the height'''• are' great t i,e s c i e dd „I'Ort., smaller than he really was. The. beauty of ~` I ,dl7ol', champagne; &c.,. so exhilarated my.spirits.,. to 3 ,:ano . 1 ! • that I was• going to start next -- day for tii:tanbr''ae,' monarch of the. mountains ; and, as-you , had i fo 5 $ gir my eyes • span and see everything- while , g, at., Aft thought I might as well see as mach as I cot' Aiia- 0.4 ~- ,, pr, Eieeds soon followed my thoughts ;:. I told tk e ,, f i 0 ,1 %10 ttntions, anttfrom that moment it was aset t r der• we • azturned immediately and took a cald , bath, in, 0 , , 0 ; us for the next day's fatigues. Fortunately r; re ,c, os 0 „ made the acquaintance of a very nice old rna 3 - l o at " o rtno years' ago; -was- the. best guide in the • 9 1 °1 for 3,104 retired 1 This- man,. simply out of kininess"-a", 01" 0 0 4 pease whatever,. arranged everything ,, - , fer' t ?„Chl it s c re , lefOliaraounix: on Thursday morning (the -,"' r iDC . , the-best . arranged!party possible. wa th uspiinas e• a arr g i_l o o l,r3 f: eaa t i i niof:in v thg o . l e u rat n , i ck e a r i}i s ai , ritsatd ‘ i li a Thi drry '7 3 Si tino gl i d r ,: i t :ri s r l ia h: cr er r : d s , o„ l l % l ; _ ' i t n i c".‘l: l3 el; l ;: i all the way by his danger. In the. descent hundred , yards down 0 d stop himself ,on _. ; , e , shouts of the guides,- ' ln • vv.. 1 0 crevass. A very - object is he-this ~'.O - jos c lifttrent °by . , te f ‘ him IrEenc he,canie•tte.get us to sign a €ertmcn. d ) ,, _ e been up, He had , no veil or spectacles es_ .a :, 01,(0, indispensable even to the. fully burnt, and Les,oonld.not see out of hi s eyen;,oro ' 1 111 ; _l!lft3Alas,vpialictr.illieiitY/AnlstilotEciAl 0 14 : tie d § .• mounii, and they - did. not give us the costoni'''"fn - frw t ' b ° it 2 30 aim.. from . the- Grands Mulets, and an. 0 13 " 0 ais ei f , walkingarrived at the- summit of the hiPiet"y.l lab,,, Europa-at :9 120 precisely,. not without &AO,' Die slet.,,„ti you. Twoof our guides.were unable to reac,'l,ol o asr,ki 'being so blinded by' the snow that he was-eh" e ll/,oloi along by another, as-it was quite unsafe to 16 %1, OP" the crevices alone. We two reached the . su tr " () I nc we JO for one-hardly knew. - L was. there, as when 01 1, e fore_ te r F i g breath. up. ; at that height it was a long f-",°,, t 0P: 6 49 get it again. I was- assisted slightly the : 3 ' 0 1 _ 0 ' fl o g h. le,winou,dtlia.eir:3;,,:di ,j7,‘,4,4,,, hour, as -I had beenespecially advised to be 5 %,,,, linr, , tj ; II there ashearty-as•any of them ; and; ob.: . 4 - lls".0V when I.got a good, swig of champagne, rs-i :w to ar' e d 9 thirst,..and I am ,sorry to , say that in my S ,ll :l,li,ja c PO quite fOrgot.the laealth, of the Queen.. 1. ;`,, 1 ,9C d t .. „.• 1° 9 20,..stayed there half-an,bour, and . welle ' l° ‘‘ t be "i r il t Grands -Mulets at 12,46,_ without hurrz,ingit 1 7,ii!‘ 1 $0, 4 startati about, 1. 4ss s . stopped on the road , et , t,'!' a t ' i ~ treat our, guides, and. arrived at Chantonn„ l e; , tl': i 0( fresh., to the astonishment of everybody: 1' . „," 10, 4 1 " e 1c`,,' that nobody expected us, but nevertheless, Tr; t r i gliti , ' people on the way to meet us,. and when .we' x t he , townilinstead.itkthe -usual number of and...the whole. place turned out to luxe A . I ° ° „, c ofrt f , boys' who had been.up Mont Blanc. „ I , tcyl e V, ' The people who had. been watching us, n:1 - ,t an, oe ? day were astonished. at the rapidity of our.seTot P wl o 0 guns , tb; 0 0 we.had come down, all together, in single f1ei. , ,,, 00e,otri Poe up, for nobody wanted assi s ta n c e:- The 0010.70 broke. the : lino was the butcher; ands, every',„ 00'00' know who, it 'vas that kept going likelightni th, o ll eipices. " KYRLE Al‘ela y. VOTES FROM 110 361 P. ..._ ..._____ e (From. the. Comes , id _ ~ lip , N 111' . es . 3 110 ) 0/ 1 Jpondent of the Dtt , . 1. RoME, Ang. 31.—0 n Monday l as t his 1 1 ° . e 0 0 1.. terrible fright,. whilst taking his evening ( 111% „'i ' o til 1 Porta del Popolo. A numerous party, of IdiP e i - a r OY, teverini. had. been: celebrating sow. eroatrimall'A OVA solemnity by a grand jollification at- Tofar le ',',V. ii", e , g p, 7 1 the Ponte Molle, and were retuning. thw t,„3 —" c lo :o, - # 'll ,,i Popolo,. in ; several carriages, whe , N Awn of th e brililJ ' the straight road, two miles long, between the if , 0 0 1 / gate,.for, a sort of natural Hippodrom e„starte d fi ° l 4 .i / T 0 ?1, fora . chariot rue. The Pope's aixt , ve. was c ' e s iiii 'p r i i . ,t '' i t polite direction, and the outrider* endealw ar for ‘j r,,, , the flying atlaus. It is etiquette he! e rre iii i ho rif k i who , meets the Pope to stop his. oarg' 3 ,",; "ilo s 4 'r, to'aneel_ in. the road, whilst his -.Holiness Pa7 o ; O' e r, fry pxesent ease the usual routine was. reversed , 31 to„,, o e'j„. sahres-of the noble guard proving inefrect ° th e 'l4 e ll' i mighty rash of the Traskswini, it wa s ; 1 111°,4'00 with. the instinct of self-preservation, to pa c010,',.,"0r.01 IliinSelf and suite as small as ,possible, to 0° ,', 1 , 0 0, 1 ,et c / o t tact with the furious charioteers, one of `ihe ° " ti cll t g i el stopped by a party of gendarmes, whilst as gl ii .o .4 .it : dexterously, and fled back,to the bridge w ith t v, LI ti t e;! as. he had come from it. The captured P .. „ 0 ~,,,- ~, . .,11 three fat men, and three jolly gold-chma% 41 1 dames, insisted on getting out to receive,t h i 'sji j tin before going to prison,. roaring out ". I • o 'ti o tOcte''.. and appealing to eirdinals, mo ns i g nori, g tP' v ei= descriptions, against the severity of the g e pl. 1 1° Ill e At the Porta Angeliea, near the Vatia b ..4l o4 o. „or, riage was stopped by an assemblage of a,0 1 71)f . , a ,'''' a crowd of the poorer people elamorouslyPi c e ' : ':,'i°:' l i ci,' that they could not live at the present c r 'fals s ` . s l,'ll gentle violence of the noble guard and theAg)4o o l ,it o gf ances of speedy redress, got him safe thro , t ~1.V., at i gr , , Monsignor Sihilio, President of the Criiiii'"DP, p )l. l ,lloiti i licentious conduct is the talk of all Itel ° !ii.ot f d,f ° ,00 3 , 1 e 4 ; found guilty of abuse of office.' It - appei?l'i r jlil o r '''' lt was brought under the jurisdiction of his ~a ct „o t li,erio fi t+ , in a quarrel,stp.bbed another man in the lit joi e ' g iri; l ole to g . ordinary routine of justice would have s el ' i osell ia t Ow i ° ,l but the prisoner's sister, an extremely a 4 prc y, f a r t p p.. waited : on. the President to implore his t r! l s - p orce r ba t 1 : 1 ;e V prelate consented to do everything in- licot till a t .0 0 i , man,. but frankly informed his fair ssipP ,A ioriri e iv eii 6 ao . ACt i expect in return " favour for favour... nie diote l -0 110r e tS the affair was assuming, the poor girl , w, 0 01,?,,dol:,'ot f il / to.escape, but his reverence was a barb , ii I l e ' l `i o li'fr e fie", of letting his prey out of his clutches ua l ' ilur ry,,_ at tb 0 r . intent. He was by no means ip . such ~ ; o „, g il' t orS,its ii prisoner, and delayed his promise s ° c ircurbe s i t i s ei stabbed died in the mean. time, 1 'loiter° tides to Monsignor Monsignor informed the g i .r 4 ex 4ire.or e __ con ic a,,, ii c 0 . ... t p1 1 ff ,, fact, being a case of homicide, it th ': for tki c io f y, , diction of the Consults Tribunal, r .hie 'istel 'oo c el , The Co V 4 4 ' I , le iol i 4P the young man to the galleys. - Iv.° p l i e ' betrayed, without even the miserable_ci the . 1 : 4 , . ,. ., ~,,,, benefited her brother, went and . re o atil le Polg e _vic b iV,e_ the Cardinal Vicar, who referred it t . A i, _ _, ~I. ioct e,)9 ordered an investigation to be inatt_eietille°o7o.,4l,e.'o,,oo.o9 tribunal, and the result has been I_, l l l ii a le ii e ' li t i olo, e e 'e: his office, but, with the mildness " t snece,rpiissPeritf..4l' own creatures, the prelate will no s uddal """: tiSe° i n fo - ,I 10 the proceedings of the ecclesiastical in order to avoid the scandal of o bi the c --s o ple "..t v e fii never any such delicacy shown . _ ~W II pt e be fite , ,o .0 i men, The Romans, who know , 11 , 1 r u , ig , , 0 inea l)- pre— DP 't • dare that as this peccadillo is . b3 s :•, aid to th ° d ial's ro cli ' , / f most probably be far from the t: h i , l o r t the •-• 3- „ a st, r k ieo l l he is just as likely as ever to o , 11 ouences, , .. 1 0.)151 time, which, of course, covers a o t s°„ P f trot tit )e go v e r L for, s 1 l't. Jr r future. t the clergy' ar e a ; r is - 0 0' it) ~ ,,4 Doctrinal failings amongst peluile , a 1 ,-ettil 3 g e tC 4 lii i : ' , treated as immorality. Father , __, eek on t., ow ls _ sp ol l o dalena Church, was arrested 1a5 , 1, ,. 1 . 1 410, ari d .c o ca rt; r e ( ) ;. -,,i ... , pulpit, after preaching at . the said that be wo fi s a r ' isb , °0 ",.%5 .1 . it is Inquisition prisons.rate of the o tallY, i iiel' oo ti with a friend of his, t he cu- entiv a cel " . . rdiL'otest 0 topics. The curate being rec . I ', the . C 3 o f 1 1 . r ag lit er , papers came 1 ' l i ng hi o 0 Porto D'Anzio, his nape ~ to nacis bee n -„rell session, and some propositions,l ha d also Oct were attributed to Pehiffo, a 'Vow Plot the same convent . with the / Sanctis, of whom priests have «1 P.195t bolt u