The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-22 00:00:00

THE t atT,lO Ot -sh 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. TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1856. 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 Jourr 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-hr 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, tc enter upon discussion before the preliminaries have been arranged so clearly and unmistakably I 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 diplomagsts 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 dirty 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 not one iota of the prodigious exertions that are being made for the spring campaign. This, we are convinced, is the soul of successful negotiation." Not a doubt of it. The best rounds for conjecture, backed by th e mos t au th ent i c means et 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 I 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 Nicuonas. If Russia yield to all the conditions required, peace cannot be refused to her; but, while concedh4 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 be& pursued. with equal alacrity. The Allied Council of War has assembled 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 nuke , 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 Independance Belge 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 the meantime, according to all the information that can... be gathered, the CZAR is making such preparations for thaede fence of his Baltic fortresses as indicate his belief that-,,the. coming campaign in these waters will be of a different oba raeter from the two which have preceded it. A Loudon rumour has it that 40,000 British troops are to be withdrawn from the Crimea, and, under the command of Sir COLLN 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 LIISIIINGTON, a dashing officer, who, in the-, com mand of the "Naval Brigade" iu the Crimea, earned . high honour, and rendered signal service. He is a young officer, and comparatively a young man, being only forty-fear.. years of age. The Russian tactics of the " Peace at any price" party e in parliament, have, it has been understood, been - ender con sideration, and has received the deliberate arrangement which so incongruous and heterogenons a combination caa arrive at- The leadership of this party in the House of Commons has it seems, devolved on Mr. GLADSTONR, who will have as se conds the Marquises of BLANDPORD and GEANBI, and Sir JAMES GRARAM ; 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-commiasioned officers. of the corps are to be, it is said, Messrs. BRIIIaIIT, MILNER GIBSON, LAING, (the representative of the Austrian railways),. and Mr. COBDEN, the voluminous author uponeßussian virtue and public spirit, and " What Next ? and Next !" These motley peace champions, it is said, expect aleo to be joined, by a cohort of money-market legislators, whooleeply the game of " Beggar my neighbour," and, well read ba. 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 thert,of entering upon, the additional hazard of double or quits. While thoughts of daring " 'wake the world to, arms," 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 " conjv.rations and the mighty magic" of the Wizard of the North, late of the Lyceum. The squib is called The Great Gun Tr ick, and its principal character is ably sustained by CIIARLES MaxnEws, for whom it has been written. The caricature is cleverly got up, and being fully as cleverly sustained, it has galled the Wizard, in two ways. It, has held his clap-traps up to mockery awl. derision ; but it has done 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, 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, na med "A Plague on both your Houses." This tripartite icmomnseindseerley.blaet the fun. amusement to the play going enco unter of s c h‘ i e rc r l p es w , iwtshoalffaourgdhs 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 COLaSAN, 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 REAP, the rest of the dramatis persome 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 pnt 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 ballots. 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, is 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 Unow. 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- cotters 'of clap-trap manifestoes, and could nob 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 .4 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 1 ` reparation" for the injury, well- knowing that no injury was intended or sustained; and qual;;• 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 by 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 American nESIDENT'S Mes sage was destined to a brief duration. The early part of the week was given up to rumours of the peremptory and absolute refusal of Russia to treat for peace on the conditions proposed by Austria. These rumours were speedily supplanted by one to the. effect that the CZAR had signified his intention to accept the most important points of those proposals, including the neutralization of the Black Sea and giving up her 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 by surprise 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 " had 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 SEYMOUB, —" E XTRAORDIN ARY DISCOVEIIY OF MONEY —The Pilot e de la Manche contains the following strange story : The corn. missary of police of Granville lately opened, in or d er t o ascertain its contents, a small portative trriting. ease l eft 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 quantit y of private letters. When Mr. Bell left Granville to join his regiment at Bombay, he owed in the town about 2,000 f. ; 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 lag 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." stating " 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. MR. H. C. CHAPMAN'S REPLY TO MR. BRAMLEY-11100RE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 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 saleof 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 iu 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 CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH.—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 DRITNKARD.—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. CUE/OSITIEB.—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-window, Lord-street. 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 in Kent, may be seen. This, also, is of gold, and it displays some taste 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 VICTUALLERS' ANNUAL BALL.—The annual charity ball of the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers was held on Wednesday, at the Town-hall, and attended by upwards of 600 persons, including the Mayor, Major Greig, &ea The stewards were Messrs. Thomas Clark, James Sykes, Henry Denson, Henry Morris, James Thompson, John Allinson, John Atkinson, and the committee. The refreshments were provided by Mrs. May, of the Lamb Inn, Wavertree, 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 aseentledthe 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 ; John Heron, jun., 7th e George Helsby, Bth; John , Birkinshaw, 9th ; Ch as . 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 DEBBY UNION.—The guardians - present at the meet ing on Wednesday were—The Rev. Wine Badnall, chairman ; Messrs. Harrison, Siddeley, Lunt, Morris, Abrahams, Pitts, Shaw, Roberte-Wensley, Birch, and Kireus; The balance in the treasuree'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 thee means for se parating the disorderly inmates from those of better character. The number of paupers- relieved during the lest week were 817 in-door, and 3i617 : 0ut-door ; total, 4,434: showing an in crease of 36 in -door, and 469 out-door; total,- -505, when compared with the corresponding week last year: A Wen DEEMS GUARDIAN.—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 witha- friend, named John Ellis, early , that morning, in Dale-street. It appeared from the stetement of Mr. Mullins, who-had both hie eyes " bunged ups'" proving his ianorance of the noble art of self-defence, that he and his friend had beenedrinking wine together, and the-qaarrel between them arose in-conse quence of Mr. Ellis " bolting away without paying his shot." itr.-Mullins hurried after' him, and requested him to , " - iltamp up ;" but Mr. Ellis, consiaeriaga probably, that " base is-the slave that pays," and perhaps'-also thinking that baselestill is he who asks for pay, took the polite request of Mr. Mullins-as an insult, and struck him inethe face. Mr. Ellis was filisdAll , and costs. Mr. Mullins weeediseharged. Tsetse SELECT VESTRY.—The- Rev. Rector CanapbeT pre sided at the fortnightly meetingen Tuesday, when a letter Wives read from Mr. Win. Earle, inevhich he states that he elieuld refuse to pass pauper lunatics-to asykras on certificates signed by the medical men of the parish- A letter was also. read from- the Poor-law Board, requesting theeVe.etry to corsider their proposal to increase the-salaries of Messrs. Ayrtere and Games, assistant medical officers of the Workhouse, from £75 eto £lOO per annum, and from £75 , to , £8 per annum reapec ' tively, in consideration of their increased duties "in the eer tifying of lunatics for the purpose- of their being passe& to asylums, and- the care of the medical stores?' A correspond'- ence was- read, which had taken place between Mr. William Areliina-w ratepayer, and the Paor-law Board, in which the former stated that out-door relief had beten frequently illegally roaininistered by individual members of the Vestry. In reply:: to- Mr. Jordan!s charges, Mr. Hart wrote to the board to the• efsSct; that "although the relief, hoard bus not always been attended-by the legal number of vtrymeu,its business, never theless;--hat been efficiently =ducted. Owing to various causes; the original plan of the relief board-room, which was - approved by yourselves, had, orely‘shortly prior to the receipt: of your letter, been carried into .effect; and there is every promise that the facilities now affirded,bethe board in hearing - and deciding upon the applications -for relief—a laborious,. as 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 proceedin-of the special committee on the relief department, as presentedit the last meeting of the. boardelbe approved and adopted; including the appointment of Mr. -John- Evans superintendiugarelieving officer, with a salary-of £3OO per annum, and the duties assigned to him by the waimittee; the appointment onlesers. Penn and Bennett, his assistant clerks, at a salary - 0f4255. a week; and the ap— pointment of an out-door inspectorseat £l5O per annum, with, the duties specified in the same' report. The Chairman an nounced that there were thirty- able-betted boys, fit for sea service, at present in the Industrial-Schodes. This concluded' the business,. and the board adjemeled. TWO- CILILDRM% STARVED TO.DgAMM , ..-011 Wednesday,an inquest was held at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, on. the. bodiesof William and John Areher ; twins, aged six months ; : children , of William Archer, es porter, living in a court in Blossom-street. According to mstatement made by the neoes ther e ehe found the children dead imbed on Sunday morning; : and as there was reason to believe that - she had grossly negleethele theca, ,the coroner had ordered:an:examination to be madwof the body of the deceased WillianaArcher. The principal evin deuce --adduced at the inquest was that of Mr. Thomas. W.: Dyson, surgeon. He found eie-two• children lying in bed together, The body of William Archer was greatly emaciated,, the surface being pale and bloodless, and the internal organ s generally congested with blood. A considerable portion ofithe left lung e was in a state of inflammation; the stomach was quite-empty, except that it contained three or four drops. of brownish fluid. There was no appearance of either breast sack.or. food having been adininistered for twelve hours pre vious to-death.. The large intestines contained an extremely small quantity of matter. There was mesenteric disease, Jeut not sufficient to cause death., The surface of the lunge-was., here-and there spotted with bleed, as.is usual in cases of suffo cation.. Had it not been faasthis appearance, he should/have ' believed that want of food and , exposure to the cold had been the.sole cause of death; andhe -was of opinion that the e child. must 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'clookin. the afternoon till 20 minutes to lieon Saturday night. The. cold was very great that day -- 'below freezing point. The mother admitted that she had had drink. There were seene,marks of bruises on both children, hue these had no connection with the cause of death.. The appearances of suffocation were the same in both. He was of opinion that the exposure to cold which they had suffered and . the want of food were sufficient to produce, and were calculated to lead to, fatal results, As the mother was reepousible for this treatment and neglect, the jury returned a verdict of man slaughter against her.--Manchester Guardian, MANCHESTER, SNEPPIELD, AND LINCOLXSMIREt RAIL 'WAY.—The report-of the directors of the Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire Railway Company fag the half-year ending December -31, 1855, has been issued.. The accounts of the past half-year show a total revenue of £278,238105. 4d., including the suns of £7,679 19s. 5d., balance received under award from the Post-office, earned in emmection with the railways and canals, a total expenditure of £139,765 75., and a balance on, the half-year's working of £138,473 3s. 4d.; or, with a balance of £6BB 16s. brought forward from the previous half-year, ae total sum of £139,161 44. available for inte rest and dividend. The debenture andother interest charges against the half-year amount to £58,2,31 3s. 11d., the canal annuities, to £13,734 4s. 3d., the dividend on the £6 prefer. ence shares. to £23,262 13s. Bd., and the dividend on the £lO preference shares to £26,160; : making a total charge of £1215728- la. 10d., as against the above net balance of £139,161 19s. 4d., and leaviug £17,373 17s. 6d. available, The directors recommend to the proprietors to pay a dividend; of SO. 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 the-ar rears of dividend on the No. 1 quarter shares, amounting to :01,497145. have been already capitalised in accordance- with the act of last session, and the coupons of 3,1 per cent. stock have been issued to the proprietors of those shares. The arrears upon the £lO shares, amounting, or. the Ist January, 1856, to £3 10s. per share, will be capitalised immediately after the half-yearly meeting, making an increase of £305,200, or a total capital bearing dividend at 31 per cent. of £366,697 14s. Sia,—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 seat 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 had 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 hold 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 had 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 Ire had lost an anchor and 36 fathoms of chain. He su .bsew quently appeared with the boatmen, claiming the anchor re- ported, as belonging to the "Pied-Nez." 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 in f u ll, the alleged agree ment being for an anchor and chain, and not 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 landed, 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 had no money l 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 myoffice about four o'clock. This was on a Saturday afternoon. It was quite optimal 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 be has never fulfilled; and this circumstance it was that led.me to suspect fraud somewhere—either that the boatmen had im- LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. I posed on the master an anchor which-was not his, or that the latter had claimed what did not belong-to him. Further-in vestigation led to the discovery that the ship was classed A 1 in 1855, and would, consequently, 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 is bound , tof forward a copy of all reports of wreck of the value of £2O to Lloyd's, and to the Customs, for which a. fee is payable of ten shillings, and the owner of the property, if claimed, has- to pay all legal 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 well as nary instructions) defines, " - vrreck" as jetsam, flotsam„lagan,,cleraliet, &c., &c. Some time ago a case was heard..before Mr. Mansfield, and Mr. Simpson, of the firm of Messrs. North and Simpson, quoted the decisions of the highest legal authorities to prove that "lagan,'.' meant any article left or sank, althougL. ~ luoyed, and contended, that the anchor and chain which .had been lost eleven months was not " lagan," hem:we it was not buoyed. The stipendiary inagis- trate decided that if an article: that was buoyeilnzas "lagan," a fortiori an, article not buoyed, was much more "wreck." Mr. Bramley-Moore asserted. the contrary in his-letter to the Board of Trade, and dematded back the baimice• of deposit retained as fees. As Receiver; I admit that Lwas wrong, accordingto the law, in allowing tha-master to take. possession of the- anchor, and relying on his word •; but if it only involves the: question of fees, I would,,in a similar ease- of a ship riding at, anchor in the Mersey, with no spare bower .tuachor on board,zather for feit my fees ..of office, than. risk the safety of the, ship.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, Jan. 19th„.1.856. HENRY C. CE,APMA,N. COURT AND FASHION._ Tau approaching marriage is announced of P2inee-Gabrielli with the Princess Charlotte Bonaparte. TnE Rev. Edward Atkinson, 8.D., has been elected to the vacant mastership of Claretha.ll, Cambridge, by the votes of. 18 out of the 19 fellows of which the society consists. IT is reported in legal circles that Mr. Phinn,. QC., will be appointed.the Assistant-Judge of the Middleser_ „Sessions,. in the room of. Mr. Serjeant Adams. The salary £1,200. EARL-RITCNYN, while shooting in Hampshire, has met with a serious. accident; a shot struck him and penetrated just above the-right eyebrow. It has not yet been extracted. Mu. SA...nun Way - sr.-fp Q.C., author of "Ten. Thousand a Year," is to fill the vacancy in the representation of Mid burst, to be created by. the retirement of the-. Right Hon. Spencer. Walpole. Loap A.ND LADY CC Wia3T _gave a grand ballot the British Embassy, in Paris, on Tuesday. The Emperor and Empress, the 'fluke of Cambridge, and. other members of the Council of War, were present. The Empress did not dance. Tun election of a member for the city ef,Lincoln, in the room of the late Colonel .Sibthorp, took place on Wednesday,. when Major G. W. Sibthorp, son of the late- member, was.' returned without opposition. Aa the Earl of Eglint.on was coming oat of the National, Bank, Edinburgh, one day last week, he was suddenly jostled-, by two persons, and, before he had time to secure his pockets, twenty five-pound notes had been abstractad. No trace of the liens has been covered. TEE marriage of Lady Jane Feu ding with Captain Levett, took place at Mouli'sSirby Church on itharsday week. The bridal procession . consisted of twenty-seven carriages. After : the ceremony, a-.breakfast was given at Newnham Paddox, the seat of the Earkof Denbigh, the bride'siather. LIB RIGT, HON. SPENCER HOIL,A.TIO WALPOZIX, has accepted the office of Archbishop's Church Estates' Commis sioner, vacated by. the lamented decease of the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn. The income attached to the office is - 1 41,90 1 a a-year. COMMANAER,IM-CHIEP IN TIEN, WEST INDIES.—It la reported that Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., Commander-in- Chief on the West India station, has applied to be- superseded on the were of ill health, and that, he will be succeeded by Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.B.—United. Service Gazette. Triz,Earland Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley leave Knowsley this week for Bretby-park, on. a visit to the Earl, and. Countess of Chester.aeld; after wbieh the noble earl and countess proceed to London for the meeting,of parliament. Ths noble, earl has issued cards for a grand. banquet to a large party of his political friends. on the 30th instant. THN Countess of Stradbroke died, on Tuesday last, at her town residence in Hertford-street, Mayfair. The deceased was daughter of the late Mr. Abraham . Whittaker, and was born. March 17, 1769,50 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 Stradbroke and Admiral the Hon. Henry John Rous. THE COUNTESS (Doves GER) or• Miaow, daughter of Mrs,. Jordan, died on Wednesday forenoo n , at Edinburgh, on her way to the sick bed of her b r oth er , Lord Adolphus Fazela rence. The deceased had left Mr. Duff's seat, in the north of Scotland, and on Saturday stayed at Wemyss Castle, Dysart, and reached Filinburgh on Monday, where her ladyship was taken very unwell. The symptoms became alarming, and Lads , 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 ROBERT 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 y ear; th e bridegroom is in the 36th year of his age. SHIP COMMUNICATOR Ain LIFE Boor.—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 presents the appearance of three cylinders, 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 round 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 may 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 43. [JANuAR-s: 22, 18561 EUROPE SINCE THE CONGRESS OP VIENNA.-A lectu re ' gratis, introductory to a series on this subject, is to be delivered to-morrow evening, in the lecture-room of the Mechanics' Institution, in Mount-street, by Dr. Carl RetSJ4' The subject is a highly interesting one, and, at the pmt moment, it is peculiarly deserving of attention. INFANT RAGGED SCHOOL.-OH Friday, the children st • tending the Infant Ragged School, in Thomas-street, We re regaled with tea and bun-loaf. They looked remarkably clew and happy, and much enjoyed themselves. The visitors et pressed themselves much pl ease d w ith t h e manner i n W hit: the infants went th roug h th e i r exerc i ses, several o f whe n repeated a portion of Scripture with great exactness. DUKE OF LANCASTER'S RIFLES.-Captain Littledale MS, relieved Captain R. A. Aspi na ll i n th e command of t h e der of the Duke of Lancaster's Rifles. During the past year th e latter officer has enrolled and sent to head-quarters pea rl */ 700 men, many of who m h ave vo l unteere d to the line, sii,a gone out to the Crim ea . C ap t a i n Li tt l e d al e is meeting Ill', : similar success, the e nro lli ng go i ng on b ris k ly. It is el pected that an officer f r o m th e li ne w ill v i sit the regiment this week for the purpose of accepting volunteers ; and we are told that upwards of 200 men have signified their inte r' tion of joining the re gu l ar army. A n opportunity will thus 1) `, offered to others to join the ranks of the Duke of Lancaster! Rifles. The results of the past year, as thus shown, reflect the greatest credit upon the energy ant poeseverance 01 Captain Aspinall, who has done much to advance the reputu • tion of his regiment for soldier-like proficiency, and we have no doubt that the same qualities of efficient command will be developed by Captain Littledale. FIRE.-About half-past one o'clock yesterday marnillge ° fire was discovered upon the premises of Mr. Wyld, chair manufacturer, Cuerdea-street, a narrow street running free Byrom-street. Owing to' the contents of the ya r d an d wor t' being of a very inflanimable natu re , the fire rapid l y spread, and, by the time Mr. H ew itt an d his staff of fire-polic e had reached the ground, considerable damage had been done` But a prompt supply o f w a t er b e i ng available, the flam e s were, in a short time, got un d er , an d , a b out three o'clock, tet apprehensions of a further extension of the conflagration were allayed. Considerable consternation was caused among the inmates of the houses at the bade of the fire, in Clayton' PRESENTATION TIO CLESGTNA.N.-0a Th ur s d ay, t he street, which closely a dj o i ne d, as i t was found that the Hamel ltnhad communicated to one or two of them, which were emptied Annual Christmas Tea-party given to the children attending being hurriedly tumbled into the street, and the rain falling of their contents, at great loss to the oWners, the furniture the Sunday-schools attached to St. Paul's Church, took place .at the time. The firemen, after greet exertion*, succeeded ill in the school-room, Moorfields. The children presented their preventing th e - fiames extending beyontl , the lower apartments / pastor, the Rev. George - Read ; A,8., with an address, era i near the yard, and in removing all feeler of serious damage,' blazoned on parchment, and , also a set of books, elegantly bound. IWe believe the fihe originated in the store - for drying the woo d BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCIATTOm-The annual dinner of tlife - used in chair-making. association took place on Thursday, at the house of Mr; I FLEECING AN EMIGRA.NT.-011 SatwilaY,- at the Police - Cooper, Queen Anne-street. Mr. Gregory occu pi e d th e chaire : court, Patrick Carbe rr y an d Michael Cunningham were brough t and Mr. Robinson the vice-chair: It appe ar ed, f rom the state- - up under the following circumstances :-Tobias- Burke, age d meets of the honorary secretary and othern that the affairs of ' 21, of Bruff, Limerick, stated that, on Friday morning, he was the - association and the trade, vritich - it was formed to protect, ' about to take his breakfast on board the ship - Martin J,Wartl, ateina highly satisfactory condition! I ill the Huskisson Dock,-in which he was booked for a passage RiLDHATIE DEFENCE AssociAreone-A meeting in further- i tin New Orleans, when Cunningham accosted:Min i -telling hip; mace - of the objects of this association , is; to he held in St. I that he was a fellow-passenger. He subsequently introduced George's-hall to-day, at noon, when - T. B. Horsfall, Esq., I bier to the other prisoner on deck, whom he represented as M.P., is to take the chair, and will be surrounded by a : the man who had ch a rg e o f a ll th e prov i a i nns on boar d" , number; of influential gentlemen. _ Several clergymen are ex- I This , important personages; having ascertained that the prose' pectedto take-prat in the proceedings:- The - admission will be I cutor•could " read, write, and keep accounts," engaged him to by ticket, -to- be obtained at the usual platen 1 assist in keeping an account of the daily issue - of - provieions , MECHANICS' INsTiTuTione-This valuable school i s now n , Beim ow on good terms, the three adjourned onshore, whe? open, and considerable inducements are held out to pupils I Cunni : - gham inquired w h e th er th e prosecutor h a d a ny Erig li s who may evert themselves in the variom classes. An exhibi- nmoneyil about him. neen-juet suffi cien t t o pay my journey from New - "Yes," he replied, ' I hayeethirty-tir Orleans' tion to London University, of the value-of £2OO, is o p en to s. competition , in: the High School at midstrmmer; and the to St. puis.." " You had better give it to me," saklCunningt ` .. ler:11, and School of Ain forme a useful branch of the - education im- I ham, end I will get it ch a n ge d f or you into American . parted. Cu rls' and infant Schools are a.lo 'attached to the I money?' The too-trusting I r i s h man gave up hi s lit t institution, a.e - well as the evening classes. was, of eceerseesoon afterwards given tie slip by his treacherous' friends. •Ire- gave information to- the police, which Led-{a the ICIRKDAIE:SEssioNs..-Vhe busines s of th e se sess i ons corn - apprehension , of the prisoners the :same day. They were;•conae menced at the •Court-house, on Wednesday. Joseph Pollock, , mated to gaol f o r t wo mon th s. Esq., Judge of the County Court, presided.- The calendar I e AGDAL We e INSTITUTIO-Theffirstannual meetingtf 'the . N contained thenames: of 48 prisoners, of whom-1(7 could-read, M 12 read and write imperfectly,l2 cou ld ne ith er rea d nor wr it e, 1 Liverpool Church of Engla nd * Magdalen Institution was-beld• two could do both well, and one had r e c ei ve d ae su p er i or a d u _ . at the Bible-Repository, Sl a t er - s t r e e t, en W e d nes d ay. - Mr.- cation. There were only two appeal cas e s , ne ith er o f w hi c h Adam Hodgem occupied the Olden: and there was a l a rge' were of any publieinterest. attendance of local. clergy, and sometadien. The report stated that though the institution had been , in; operation only since' IFebruary last, there had been appliCations for admission let 120 females; eflerlione, however, they had been able to accotel" . DISCOVERY are - A , NEw' ISLAND.-en the outer voyage- to : a C s a t p h t e . c H r er oz o e n t , e, in ratitude-4141 e A o n u s t t h r , al a ia nd of in th ea %Be e came e llnexhecte I modate only a small proportion, the - accommodation of the edly upon land. Seipposin'g it was the Crozets, heetetrod- 1W i house being limited . to about 44 inmates. 38 applicants had) d n on N gi e tu v d is e , miles south, and wesastonished to find himself at the •Crozetse - I been admitted, fiee;of whom had left atheir own desire, four lie describes the sew island as the highest he haelteyer seen, i had absconded, and one had been dismitesed for insubordina- - kr the mountain ridge on it seemed to be as high , as the 1 :Ham "It is, lenrevere fcontinues the report,) satisfactory to- Andes. The Crozete are- on a line with PrineenEdwarel be able to state thin two of the five who went out of the house; Island, Marian, and: t o Island. did not, as it has-been: positively ascertaiood,. return to a life of' LIVERPOOL CHEMSTS' ASSOCLITION.-A meethegeof this I infamy, but are now at home with their friends. Of the re-' society was held on Thursday, at the Royal Institution: After I mainder the connenitteenernr. venture to speak, if not with con- the despatch of some•miseellaneeete business,Mr.N. Samuelson - fidence, yet, undoubtedly, w ith f a i r grounds of encouragement 1 1 .ati e delivered a lecture •on lead. Mr. G. R. Berry then ! and hope. As a bodynthey have become remarkably amenable' read; a paper on the application: of photography to pharmacy; to discipline, endear,- strikingly decorous is o their demeanour. • which was illustratedewith ;a number of specimens takers with , They pursue their various: industrial occupations in the laun- • the microscope and emnera toinhined, and practically showed- : dry, the sewing-reon'i and in the general service of the house- - the members present , the means , he employed of 'heleinge a , I hold, with admirable-cheerfulness, steadinesse, and goodwill , • megnifled representation-of any ()Ilene, such as crystals,. llt is still more satisf ac t or y t o a dd th a t th ese g i r l s, a li t tl e ' fishes, &e., by means otooyehydrogen light. I while ago utterly cute - if - from all ordinances of religion, now A YetNG REPRORATE.-A. boy, about 13 years of- age; I attend, with evident- readiness of mind and apparent interest, • . named Matthew Oxley e - was broneOet before the polka:m{4a. the daily ministrations of the chaplain, joining in prayer and tratese. on Friday, on aAch - argeof stealing a quantity aeotton, praise, and listeningmetle meekness and attention to the word and selling it. The mother of thepriaoner said that theboy lof exhortation, or to the simple exposition of Christian truth." was an incorrigible thief, and that di the efforts of herself and, , The report further stated that the Rey. Drummond Anderson, • her taisband were ineffectual in: keeping him from steauettt,' incumbent of St. Stephen'S Church, had gratuitously under and they were now greite willing.no pay Far his maintenance in- ; taken the duties of•chaplain and secretary. Mr. S. Martin, some reformatory or asylum. The magistrates ordered-the • I treasurer, read the etettement of accounts, which showed a - boy to be kept in custody, while- measures were takemne bee r . I balance in hand of £BO. H e es ti ma t e d th a t the yearly expene Mansfield for his admiesion into aenvenile reformatory. - 1 diture could not be- less than £6OO, while the resources of the I institution, from washing receipts and subscriptions, amounted • t lereeenyonT DEBTOR.a-The.- The: - cases conneetedevith., to only £4OO : thus- increased diligence would be necessary this- town- were heard. beihre John Addison, Esq., at the sittinge in order to obtain additional support. On theeproposition of of the court, at Lancaster.-Disofeerged forthwitk :::Win.. ' I Mr. Edward Hier i - seconded by the Rev. M • A derson ; the i . . n Beown, of Liverpool; shipbroker -- James W. Morris, ofe, report * d t g 11' d usefulness, was . a opan . . er resoutions, urging upon the Gateaere, farmer ; Wm. -Berry,. of Li 1, schoehnaster. I - • public to aid to extendets were, adopted. _Remanded - for two: rents :: John Lloyd, of Liverpool, c - draper and outfitter e Thomas Tipping, of Liverpoel; agent 1 HEALTH ColenenTEE.-Mr. Alderman Langsdale presided for and dealer in flour and sack's. Adjourned for er month' :: .at the weekly meeting on Thursday. The building surveyor Peter Forshaw, of Liverpool, assistant to a licensed victualler.. gelr. Rishton) presented his annual report, from which we Adjourned to next eon-rt.: - Thomas Fay, of Liverpool, :car- I extract the following :-Dwelling-houses and warehouses Proprietor. _ i erected, or in course of erection, within: the Municipal Borough , e , „,„ ;of Liverpool, during the year 1856: Under £l2 per annum, • : Tins lthienDALE CHAIRmANSMITh.,-On :la Lurv-v, nem, I Polloc 83; from £l2 to £`26e...£1;144; from £25 to £35, 99 : from W. Earle, as the Pollock made a communication to Mr... 1. A. Tinne andoltlie ; £35 upwards, 49; total, 1,330; warehouses, 9. Comparative g,entlernen who , had proposed and seconded. ; statement of the numberof dwelling-houses erected in each year his nomination for the -above - offiee,. stating that thongh .he since 1838 : 1838, 1,052 e 1839, 997; 1840, 1,576 e 1841, 1,761; had felt bound, at the , request - of a: lerge number of- gentle. ! 1842, 2,027; 1843, 1;390 ;1844, 2,450 ; 1845, 3,728; 1846, . . men, (including the deputation • who waited on Sir Thomas , , , ; e,ou 1847, 1,220 ; 1848 e .666:; 1849, 446 ; 1850; 420; 1861 Birch), and from a sense of public- duty, to attend at theses-. ' '''''• , 837; 1852, 1,136; 1863,9241854, 829 ; 1855, 1,365; totalo sions, which had then just ended. he• was eompelled tagegoest I 26,201. Buildings (not dwelling-houses, erected, alterations that his name might be withdrawnfroin the future considera- : made, and dangerous buildings taken down or secured, during tion; of the magistrates.. fir: Pollock added that he eouldnon ' - th e 1 year 1855 : Builedin hstable s, gs-sue as smithie s, &c., 77; hew s Even if it were offered• to hint;. accept the office... I such as manufactorie,s e offiees,&c., 73. Alterations and addi- Scnoon. FOE THE DEAR :AND. Dererne-The annual :meet- i tions : Of extensive character, 60 ; of inferior character, 303. ing. of the friends of this: excellent institution was-heldneln Dangerous buildings, taken down or secured,, 97., . The Thursday, in the boae t nroora o f th e • spa c io u s building. ; in Ox- 1 dwelling -house erections.-last year have been in excess of those fordestreet East. Mre.R..Rathbene was called to the -chair. lis 1854. In 1851- there were only 829 dwelling-houses Mr. Edward Banner .the honorary s ec re t ar y, rea d th e •report I erected, whereas, la s t. y ear; as w ill be seen, there:have been Of the working of the- • institution during the past !erne:from! 1,355 erected. Of this•-oumber 63 will be let at about £lO which it appeared thatits usefulness has attained us•highesh- I er £l2 per annum_ cache. 1000 will be let at about. £l5. or point in the yearjust elneed-o-the;3oth. year of the institution!s £l5; the remainder:-will ' be at much highe r ren t s . A dis existence- Mr. Banner:also read the, treasurer's statement of mission took place upon- a difference which had.. occurred ; . accounts, from which.it appeared that there was a balance due' between the sub-committee- and Alderman Toulmin. Mr. to- the treasurer of rdeoute£7o as._ Toulmin complained, of having been grossly insulted by A Nov - BL STYLE: 0.S:ROBBEIIM-At the Polke-court e o re , 'being served with a-summons for non-payment of rates ; and Friday, a dock labourer ; named, John Hanna, was .chargedil the sub-committee replied that Mr. Toulmin had received the. with stealing about 801bs. of beans, the property- of, Me ss rs.. usual letter before e beinge summoned, and that on being re Seger • and Tunnicßffen William. Lupton, warehouseman; to- minded of this by , the Deputy Town-clerk, he had- declared. the above firm, said: that. the- prisoner had frequently- been that "it was a lie.?" Alter a good deal had been. said upon employed by them, and on Wednesday he entered_ one• of the the subject, Mr. It, Gladstone said he believed they had a • warehouses at the Duhe's-Dock e and by boring a, hale in. one I much higher opinion:of their Town-clerk than Mr. Toulmin of the floors of a warehouse e where a quantity of beans. were seemed to possess, and they believed him incapable. -of stating stored, lie collectechabo.ut 801ies, weight in a haA,ithen he was anything untrue.-. The matter then dropped.-The : Medical,• • observed and takeoeinto custody. The orisonenngitinst whom Officer reported that in.the week ending on the 12th instant,. a previous conyietienseas-recorded was sent to,poiel: for thane 228 deaths from-,all causes were registered in the borough,. months. being 10 More then- in the- previous week, bat. 22eless than Loss or THE Se a',-The Ameriean nhip: Olivia, the average of thincorresponding week of the precedi ng. eight. I of New York, Captain G..S.:Spall, which sailetlefrom Cardiff, years. In the-parish the:deaths'were 168; in the out-town withships, 70. Of 72 : d ea th s from di seases o f the- zyrcotic class,. a cargo of ci, for Savannah, in the lattee e p ar t o f De -28 were • frem, scarlatina, 20 from Trooping cough, 9., from eember, met with very . se vere - wea th er . I n a. h eavy ga l e on measles, onloo3..from- typhus, and 2 f rom sma ll -pox. The the Bth instante e she sprang a leak, and despite all: efforts, deaths from typhus were fewer than in any week of the pre-- foundered during th e night. The crew took, to the- 131 e-boat six months„ „ which was on hoary), and, were picked up at l i ne- o'clock nextsix months. 60. deaths were caused by diseases of- the• vious . _ _ lungs, and consumption. Of the total 228 deaths, 128 were morning, in 1at..49 N., long. 12 W., by the- barque Emperor, below . . fie years o f ate , and 22 above sixty --'9l s borough , from Paraiba,-hound to this port. The , En - - ewer arrived off. ..''' ' estimate for - ' e ' . engineer submitted en the sewerage•:of Lodge- Cape Clear oroSunday morning, and sent hercnews. on shore, lane, in connection with Grove-park. The- amount leviable; whence it was forwarded to this port. „ on Grovs-paek would be£l4o, and on the borough, £2OO. Tho AN ITINZ,RANT. ; MITSZCIAN ROBBED c eee n e s. FIDDIE.-At estimate. was approved. The engineer submitted specimens of the Police-4one%, on Saturday, before Mr. Horeeby, James I numbers for numbering the houses in the- borough, which Connor, a vagrant, was- charged with stealing a fiddle from an were examined by the committee. This being the whole ' of itinerant musician, a boy named Georgedioberts e from Man- the basitiess, the meeting separated. chester. The prisoner fell in with the prosecutor at Warring ton, and tramped with him to Liverpool; living upon the little TEX:NIGHTINGALE TESTIMONIAL-An. influential meet ing at Mauchester was h e ld on Th urs d aye t o: d eterm i ne upon fellow's wayside and street earnings. Ore arriving here, he sent the lad for something into a shop ; saying he would hold what steps.should be taken by that city to,promote the objects 'tof the Nightingale Fund. Mr. Sid ney H er b ert, M.P.,. L or d his fiddle, but ; on the boy returning, hefound that the rascal Staoley,,M.P., Mr. Monckton Milnes, M.P., and the leading suited in the apprehension of Co nnors cu d th e di scovery o f th e had deeamped. Ile gave informati on ' the police, which re- gentlemen of the town and neighb our h oo d, were presen t. fiddle,ata_pewa shop. The case wee. remanded. MreSidney Herbert, in addressing the mee ti ngeexp Lii ne d the - aim and intention of the Central Committee of the- Fund, - ExTENSIVE. ROBBERIES OF BCOTS- AND SHOES.-At the which was to establish and create a "Fnefession of Nurses,"-- Police-court, on Friday, James, Nagle, Mary Nagle, and to. found a central institution in London, to which nurses. Joseph . Murphy, were brought tgaby detective o ffi cers Scaife might b e sen t f rom th e coun t ry, there to, be taught and and Thompson, on the following charges. On the 19th of trained to hospital duties. This, Mr. Sidney Herbert ex- December, the shop of Mr. Desore,. shoemaker, of Boundary- plained,. was the object of the Central Committee, and be 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 these stolen artieres: be such as to enable them to extend the anticipated advan 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 Miss Nightine Williams, in Soho-street, and Mr. Browning, of London-road, gala:-Don't shackle and fetter her (said the hon. member) stealing 12 pairs of boots and shoes from the former, and 23 by yourselves making minute regulations, which her expe from the latter, some of which were pledged with Mr. Fryer, rietace may show to be impolitic or perhaps impracticable. of Hill-street. The c ond u ct o f th e p awn b ro k ers was severe l y You must trust her with all the-details and arrangement, and • censured by Mr. Bolton, one of the presiding niegistrates, for this reason, that she is more. competent than anybody else. who said that such behaviour was little less than a direct 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 SootErr.---A meeting of the scientific section of cause she is the one who will carry out this reform the best. this society was held on Thursday evening, he St. George's. Trust her for another recson-because the whole grace of your hall, the Rev. Dr. Thom in the chair. The minutes of the compliment to her consists in the confidence the people of last meeting having been read, Dr. Hume, the secretary,place in her, having seen what England have to announced the following donations to the society :-From the her integrity, her self-devotion can accomplish -Lo d rStanley, Geological Society of London-the quarterly volume of the pro- f bat brilliantspeech, ' M.P., in a brie • . disclaimed all desire on of the committee to share Nightingale'soPut Miss p ceedings of the society, vol. XI., 1855; from the Geological the part Pointing ' that Miss • Society of Dublin-the Journal of the Society, vol. I. parts 2, larity. on, . , Nightingale, " working for a large and worthy object in the 3, and 4 (1834-8); vol. 111., 1844-8); vol. IV. (1840-51)% vol. V. (1851-3); vol. VI., parts 1 and 2 (1854 . 6); from the Royal So- God, an d compassion for man," was one who held the faith of ciety-Proceedings of the Society, vol. VII., No. 16 ; and from universal brotherhood in action as well as speculation, and by Dr. Heath, a catalogue of the fine-art department of the French breaking throu g h cus t om and convention had opened out for on exhibition, and a copy of an essay, by himself, • the credibi- her sex a new sphere of usefulness, the noble lord earnestly lily of the existence of the " kraken, sea-serpent, and other sea appealed against the popular belief that a woman's sole monsters." Dr. Hume next exhibited a curious sheep bell, in sphere of duty lay at home. On the detail and working the form of the hawk's bell of the middle ages ; also one of and plan of the institution proposed to be formed, Lord Stanley the medallions which Francis Henry Egerton, the last Earl 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 off fo r the purpose of throwin g pared with a plan more definite and detailed than that laid them into rivers, and otherwise distributing them over this before you. My answer is, mud must be left undecided, if country and France, in the hope that they would be fou n d a t f ree p l ay i s to b e g i ven to t h e judgment and experience o f some distant period, and bring him into remembrance as the Miss Nightingale. It is not rules, not forms, not p a per "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 a n d th e i nscrip. t h e living, unfettered human energy. You ou g ht t o 'know tion " Success to Navigation," and on the reverse the figure that in Mancheiter, 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 date " 1793;" also, a piece be done at all, and with such a talent, the best . thing you call of elastic stone from Delhi • and another ve r y cur i ous p i ece of d o i s to l e t 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; niaris 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 coffee 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 Milnes, and of a paper by John Hodgson Hind, Esq., on " The History of other gentlemen, then addressed the meeting; and resoldtiond 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 in Manchester. GEORGE HALLIDAY, aged thirty-two, boatman, lodging in a Court in Hornby-street, fell down in a fit on Friday night, and died before medical aid could be procured. SABBATH DEFENCE ASSOCIATION.—Sermons in aid of this association were preached on Sunday, in most of the local places of worship. THE QUEEN has been pleased to approve of Mr. William Cunard as a consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the Emperor of Austria. THE British Empire (formerly the Demerara steamer, which was run ashore in the Avon) has arrived at Cork from the Chinchas Islands, with 4,500 tons of guano. ON Tuesday, the Rev. J. C. Miller, of Birmingham, delivered a lecture on the " Home Harvest," before the Young Men's Christian Association, at the Hope-hall, Hope-street. A PROMISING Younr, fourteen years of age, son of Mr. Charles Thomas Aiderton, of Sketty, was killed by a toy cannon exploding in his mouth while he was clearing the touch-hole. MR. LAIRD, the ship-builder, is in negotiation for the large ship-building yard lately occupied by Messrs. Rennie, Johnson, and Co., Sefton-street, for the construction of mortar-boats for government. NOTICE has been issued from the General Post-office, that the departure of the Australian man-of-war screw steamer Victoria, with ship letter bags for Melbourne, is deferred until the Ist of February. ROBBERY FROM THE POLICE OFFICE !—On Thursday afternoon, while the prisoners were being tried in the two police-courts, some thief entered a room adjoining the courts, and stole a singlet, with which he got clear off. There were some 30 or 40 policemen about the premises at the time. A YOUNG WOMAN, named Ann Evans, who had lived eleven years as servant with Mr. Reyner, Deansgate, Manchester, committed suicide by hanging herself in the cellar of the house, on Tuesday. She was very excitable at times, and very much afraid of losing her money. A SILVER TEA AND COFFEE -SERVICE, Valued at 50 guineas, was, last week, presented to Mr. William Rothwell, by the tenantry and family of the late Rev. James Hornby, M.A., rector of Winwick, near Warrington, as a token of the esteem in which he is held by them for impartiality, Sustice, and integrity, during the 22 years he was engaged as steward to the late rector. .• THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.