Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-02 00:00:00

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ORGAN PERFORMANCE—St. George's Hall, 3 p.m. THE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-h.,— r" For particulars see advertisements on Bth page, ,-THIS DAY TO COURESPONDENTS. Under no circumstances - can we insert` communications no accompanied by the author's real name and address, not neces• sarily for publication, but as a guarauteof good faith. gurtlyru Einteo SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1859, THE DAY'S NEWS Mr. Milner Gibson and Mr. Richard - Cobden took the oaths and their seats in the House of Com mons last night. In answer to a question, Mr. Sydney Herbert stated that the present administration intend to carry out the views of th e i r p re d ecessors, w i th regard to Rifle Corps. - Arms will be furnished to 25 per cent. of the volunteers. Nothing of any striking importance was before the House, which adjourned shortly after six o'clock. In the House of Lords, • the Duke 'of Somerset declared, in answer to Lord Brougham, that every exertion would be used by the present ministry to place. our navy en a proper footing. Mr. Lindsay intends to move for a committee of the whole House, to consider the question of remov ing the burdens and restrictions on the Merchant Shipping. Mr. Hadfield intends to move for copies of all treaties an d d ocuments, which engage this country to take up arms aga i nst any ot h er nation. Mr. Maguire has given notice of a motion, drawing attention to the necessity of granting a charter to the Roman Catholic University of Ireland. The War news this morning is unusually meagre. We have no further accounts of the battle of Solfe rino, nor any details of th e position and prospect s of the contending armies. At Paris it is believed in some quarters that the French loss on the day of the battle of Solferino amounted to from 16,000 to 18,000 men, divided as follows : Niell's corps, 6,000 to 7,000 ; Hillier's, nearly 5;000 wMahon's, 2,500 ; Canrobert' s , 1,000 ; and there are, besides, the casualties in the artillery and special corps. The public are dissatisfied with th e scant i ness o f the details as yet published in the Moniteur. Th e Vienna correspondent of the Times, writing e n the 28th, states that some days were expected to the received of lapse e losses' f of the Austriansurns on the 24th. The same -writer asserts that the Italian regim en t s h ave b ecome very difficult to manage. The men desert by scores and fifties. In the neighbourhood of Trieste,. a whole battalion raised a cry -in favour of Victor Emmanuel. A vessel on the coast, under the American flag, has been detected taking deserters on board after dark. The municipal body of Vienna have waited on.the Minister of the Interior, offering to maintain peace and order in case it was necessary to despatch the garrison of Vienna to the seat of war. The Invalide Russe says that Austria ought to think seriously of peace. She is endeavouring , to secure the support of Germany and Prussia, but in acquiring powerful armies, she might, at the same time, array against her still more powerful enemies. In that case Europe would be inundated with blood, and for nothing else than to preserve Lombardy to Austria, though that province can never more belong to her morally. The Paris Constitutional argues that Germany is not in a financial condition to warrant the Confederation taking up arms. While the an nouncement of the new loan of twenty millions produced-in France tender for five times the amount, even Prussia could not obtain very little superior to the amount for a loan for five times less. The Bavarian government, too, which asked for a loan Of 10,000,000 francs, only obtained 3,000,000. Th e Independence Bel l e states that the new English Minister has addressed counsels of moderation to the German States, cautioning them in la,ngtiage alike serious and firm, against the dangers of encou raging a policy which might lead to a general war. The people of Milan have made a threatening demonStration against the Jesuits, whom public rumour accuses of keeping up a secret correspondence with Austria; An American gentleman, Mr. Per kins, of Boston, his wife and three ladies, narrowly escaped being massacred at Perugia. .The Evening Star says, that it is enabled to state "on the best authority that Mr. Cobden has com municated to Lord Palmenton his decision to decline the offer which that nobleman had made to him, of a a seat in the Cabinet. That offer has been declined, we have reason to believe, in the same frank and cordial spirit as Mr. Cobden told us at Liverpool in, which it had been offered." The Star in making the above announcement, adds :—" In arriving at this conclu sion, Nye feel confident that Mr. Cobden has been actuated solely by consideration of the public interest, and certainly without any feeling of antagonism to the Government. If any such feeling had existed it - must have been dispelled by the anxiety manifested by the leading members of the Cabinet to secure Mr. Cobden's To-operation. There is so much identity of opinion between Mr. Gibson and Mr. Cobden, that while . the former continues to hold a place in the Government Lord Palmerston may, We imagine, calculate upon the independent support of Mr. Cobden ; at all events it will secure from that gentleman the most favourable interpretation of the actS and the most generous appreciation of the motives of the Govern ment. Had Mr. Cobden joined the Cabinet he would have felt bound to abandon his position the moment that he found a policy pursued in opposition to his matured convictions, and until such a contingency arrives he will, we feel 'sure, afforded to it his inde pendent support. The• Bank Returns, as published in last night's Gazette, show an increase of £210,892 in the amount of Bullion, and a decrease of .X 606,015 in the Reserve of Notes, while the Active Circulation has increased by ,E 817,815. -..........-.....-._,_... SOLFERINO As a memorable scene of human slaughter, this place, having had its name given it to the great battle of last week, will become as famous in the annals of war as Marengo or Waterloo. The actual extent of the sacrifice of, life can scaraely yet be ascertained, but it is believed to fall little shoit of forty or fifty thousand men altogether; for there was sixteen hours continuous fighting, and every hour, it is estimated, tivet or tbree thousand fell on either side. To think of the horrors of such. a day, may well make one, sick . at ,heart. "A death struggle," as one of our contemporaries has well described it, " between three hundred thou Sand armed soldiers, with the flash of musketry, the charge of horse Men, the thunder of six hundred pieces of cannon' heard in distant pities, a struggle which begins at. sunrise and ends 'only at sunset when the days are longest and the sun is hottest, and between two of the greatest military Powers, with all those appliances which science and ingenuity have created for the destrnction of mankind--=such a conflict is- not to be tamely regarded as a work or skill, as a chivalrous undertaking; or even as an unavoidable tragedy. It combines more - of infuria ted passiOn,' of human vain-glory,. of remorseless bate, and of irredeemable misfortune, than the wordS of any language can . describe. The battle of Solfe- rino may realise the most hideous conceptions, that have ever . been entertained of that Pandemonium which is reserved for the unjust; yet in many re spects it must have been worse." Yes, worse, we cannot but concur in thinking it must have been, than even all that is hideous to human conceptions of any day's conflict and commotion in hell itself. And, as the description continues, it was a spectacle " in which the blood-drenching fiends as 'well as the helpless victims were human ; at which men preyed upon men, and long lines of countless hosts fought all day for mutual extermination, the very elements of nature being, as it were, roused from their calm attitude by the wrath of man." And all this, for what P Louis NAPOLEON says.of it,. to the remnant of his hosts,. that " the blood has not been shed in vain for the glory of France and the happiness of the peoples." But can that be glory, which. su#ll murderous outrages inflict ? Or is " the glory of France," if such it is to be, of so much worth as to justify the sacrifice of forty or fifty thousand human beings? 'While as to "the happiness of the peoples," what security is there for that ; Or, if there be any whatever, is it only to be purchased at so tremendous a sacrifice ? The amount of suffering that must have had to be endured on the awful day's proceed ings, and the extent of misery and woe which it has occasioned, could never be necessary to the happi ness of any people; and on this Occasion it'must not be expected that there will be any - happiness what ever in its issues. Such, indeed, is not the career of him who puts forth such pleas ,for his sanguinary acts. Despots at home can never be believed to care for the " happiness of the peoples " abroad. SlTfiey care for their own " glory," it may be, but not 'for their people's happiness. If that were the object, they would seek it by other means. It is asked, we observe, who is responsible for their horrors ? And there need be no hesitation in saying, that the French Emperor is mainly if not wholly so. At any rate, without his stirring up of the, quarrel, they would never have been perpetrated. He was the moving cause ; and his was the hand which drove that cause into effect. If he did not both lay the train, and apply the match, there would ha've been no ignition of it but for the spirit he breathed forth, and the means he provided for the explosion. He gave the word : it was his fiat on which the action was taken. And, as it is truly remarked, "a pro clamation of war is a death-warrant to multitudes of the human race; it is ruin pronounced upon whole communities of people ; it is an injunction set up to stop the progress and happiness of mankind; and no man who has had even the remotest connection with THE NORTHERN TIMES, SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1859 the issue of such a document, or the promotion of the consequences that impend, can evade the respon sibility or shield himself from it by casting the blame upon others, or upon circumstances, or I necessity, or systems, or principles, .or laws." No -1 there centres the responsibility ; and a most fearful one it in There was nothing very decisive, - either, it would now seem, in the battle of Solferino. The Austrians had the worst of it, and retreated ; but the Allies were so completely cut up4hat they were unable to advance upon them. The Austrians have, it is true, since kept retiring, and the Allies, then, occupy the positions they have abandoned. Lombardy is thus being evacuated by its late Possessors, though only, in all probability, to meet their foes with recruited forces, and upon a battle-ground where they will have advantages which have not yet been secured to them. How much more blood, therefore, has yet to be shed " for the glory of France," it were as impos sible as ever to tell ; and as to " the happiness of peoples," we very much fear that it is further off than ever. that, in spite of such, the Ministry has the confidence of th 6 country ! . r The reply which our holiest and able contemporary the Star has given to Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S superci lious sneer at Mr, BRIGHT is so forcible and just, while it is so apposite to ou. present purpose, that we can not do better than transcribe it here, as the conclusion to these cursory remarks on the present relative position of the Whigs and the Liberals —"lord JOHN RUSSELL'S reference at the Guildhall to the omissions Ifrom the Cabinet was in the execrably bad taste so often exhibited by his lordship as to make men sus pect he has at bottom but a mean and little soul. His lordship thinks, forsooth, that though there may be 'individual disappointment,' the selectiOn on the whole is perfectly satisfactory. That is preciseli the old. aristocratic Whig estimate alike of capacities and services. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had himself, eleven years ago, the opportunity of selecting an Adminis tration, and the selection Was such as to disgust the 'country and almost to break up the Liberal party. When the time for reconstruction came round again, his lordship found himself no more at the top. Ses- sion after session .he sank lower and still lower in Parliamentary position and public influence, by the coldness of his sympathy •with i popular sentiments and the obstinate vigour of his attachment to party traditions. The election of 1857 was a turning point in his career. His opposition to the Conspiracy Bill made hini once more a power in the House and a favourite with the nation. His aaVooacy of Reform, though marred by resistanc3 to the Ballot, was appreciated and rewarded. He found no difficulty in- obtaining the support of independent Liberals to the movement he had concerted with Lord PALMER- Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. GIBSON generously abstained from embarrassing him by stipulations or engagements. They spoke and voted in the division which enabled the , old Whig leader' to cho6se his own place in the new Government. He repays them by passing a self-cOmplacent eulogy 'on the composition of a Cabinet in Which Mr. GIBSON has a place far below his merits, and by sneering' at*Mr4RIGHT as disappointed;'• because his friends have insisted on asking why he. of all men was not invitethinto a Reform and Peace Administration: This, we say, is' the old high-bred Whig notion of, gratitude and, good fellowship. Perhaps - we ought to describe it as something worse. Lord JOHN RUSSELL must know perfectly well that no man is less desirous than-Mr. BRIGHT. of being, the Government—and if the intensity of his class egotism ,Would allow him tt , observe public opinion, he.would know, too, that no man's exclusion has caused so much disappointment to the country. It was not to be expected of Lord Miiiv that he would - make himself an open exception to the prejudices of his, order. Nothing less than a political new birth can convert a RUSSELL into the cordial, colleague of men of the people. But he might at least have abstained from sneering at those by whose help he' has risen, and whose great object he professes anxiety to promote." MR. COBDEN IN OFFICE, The return home of Mr. COBDEN created quite a sensation, it appears, in what is eommonly. ; called 't the ministerial circles.'!- In the Cabinet itself, of course, the 'excitement was the , most intense ; for it is there that his influence will be most acutely felt— perhaps =there that 'it is already :most strongly dreaded. But his appointment was a political • necessity, which Lord PALMERSTON found he could not get over. He could . not have Mr. MILNER , • GIBSON, it is understood,•,without him. One's great wonder is, that Mr. BRIGHT was not stipulated for, also. Probably at first he was ; only, finding that there were insurmountable personal objections to the • hon. member for Birmingham, if - was thought expedient, not to insist upon his admission into the Cabinet, or even into office at all. No. satisfactory , reason has been given for his exclusion —none, we dare say, can :be givp ; for personal prejudices, in. such a case, are no sufficient excuse. Yet the matter is mysterious on other ground:, than that.-which; is really no ground at all. For, according to a state ment which has emanated, we believe, from Mr. Bitiomr's friends, " some days before any list of the new Government appeared, Mr. BRIGHT, for the first time in his life, received a letter froin to . rd PALMERSTON, expressing his regret ~that he could not make. him. an offer . of a seat in the Cabinet, and concluding by begging that Mr.. BRIGHT would call on him at an . hour named in' the note. From ac - ,idental circumstances, Mr. BRIGHT did not get LorePALMERSTON's letter till after the, hour. named, when he immediately 'wrote him ex plaining the circumstance, and saying that, as he had arranged to leave -town for Lancashire, on .the following day, he would not have an opportunity of calling on his 'lordship. • Mr. BRIGHT did accor-- - dinglY- - leave , town,' and .he never, in any way whatever, directly or indirectly, indicated to Lord PALMERSTON, or any one else, a desire to enter the Government, and that no explanation has ever b een received by him from Lord PALMERSTON of his reason for writing the letter, or the object for which. he was desirous of meeting Mr. BRIGHT." S uc h, we say, is the account that has been given, apparently by someone who knows all about it. Of Course, as Lord PALMERSTON " could not make him an offer of 'a seat in the Cabinet "—where, if anywhere, he deserved to be, —it was not of very much consequence that he should seethe Premier : more especially as it would be out of the question his lordship offering him a Peerage, as he did others to whom, though from'different reasons, he could not offer seats in the Cabinet. But to Mr. COBDEN, it would seem, there was .:46t the same 'antipathy; while there was an. Urgency in the requisition for his presence which could not safely be dispensed with at such a .moment. Mr. COBDEN'S remark to the deputation which waited upon him, immediately after his arrival here on Wednesday, that, having received a letter from Lord PALMERSTON, who, in the most frank and courteous spirit, offered him the appointment, his own answer to that letter was due in the first place to his lordship ; and that such answer would depend upon what he should consider as the interests of the people, after he had made himself acquainted with the actual state of the case ; was in all respects most judicious and becoming, and his friends here could not fail, upon reflection, to be satisfied with it as a reply to their anxious addresses to him, in the peculiar circumstances in which he was placed. Certainly to Lord PALMERSTON, first of all, was it due that he should communicate his mind upon the important offer that was, as lie acknowledged, so frankly and courteously made to him by his lord ship ; and Mr. Cobden lost no time in doing so. There is P 41160 for apprehension, that the presence of one so decidedly at issue with the head of the Administration, and with probably a majority of its other members, upon several very vital questions, will not conduce to its stability or its permanency. A Ministry to be stable, and therefore settled, must be a united one. Now, upon the two more - imme; diate subjects of our foreign policy,—including, as it must now, our defensive attitude,—and of Parlia mentary Reform, there really cannot be expected to be much community of feeling between Mr. COBDEN and the majority of the Cabinet. So long as the Government remained neutral, and also refrained from providing such increased armaments as the threatening aspect of Europe may still require, there might be a chance, perhaps, of a constrained concurrence in some general policy with regard to foreign affairs; and so long as a subject like that of Parliarnantary Reform' could be staved off, on which, one would think,. there must be most irreconcilable diffn.ences of opinion, both as to principles and details, between Mr. COBDEN and the same majority,—there might be hope of their avoiding divisions and dissensions in our home politics. But as both those comprehensive subjects must force themselves upon their immediate atten tion, escape from a fatal rupture would seem to be impossible. We quite agree with the remark of an indepen dent amiable contemporary, that "if `Zr. Con EN would really consent to . ad.minist an important department we are far from saying that the country would not derive advantaga from his SdiviOes we are quite sure that he himself would derive a good deal more,"—for "both he and Mr, BRIGHT retrrlin second-class politicians in spite of their Parliamentary eminence, from the want , of the - capacities which are conferred by the practical conduct of "the limitations of political theory affairs which are imposed by the necessity of carrying one's view, into practice would' suggest themselves to Mr OOBDEN after a single year of office, and we. should have the able member of Parliameat and dexterous hustings-orator converted by degrees into a valuablc statesman ; While there is nothing in his antecedent which disqualifies Mr. COB'D EN for great career administrative sae But then there is the consideration of questions of policy, general and particular, in the Cabinet ; and these would be the rocks on which they would split. Were Mr. COBDEN to confine his attention to the Board of Trade, it would be 0113 thing. To act as a politician, in the Cabinet and in the House, is another and a very different thing. And it is in these two latter positions that the mischief may arise " GAZETTE" NEWS, —Lord Foley to be Captain of the Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. Earl of Dude to be Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. Sir W. Dunbar to be Keeper of the Privy Seal of- the Prince of Wales. Lord A. Paget to be Chief Equerry to Her . Majesty. Earl Apencer to be Groom of the Stole to the Prince Consort. 46 Quarter- Masters who entered half-pay previous' to the Crimean war, and had completed a service of thirty years, have been appointed to the honorary rank of Captain. To be Consuls to the King of Sardinia : Mr De La Rue at Liverpool, and Mr. Bilton at Newcastle. THE WHIGS AND THE LIBERALS HOWEVER it. may suit the convenience of the Whigs just now, as we all know that, on more than one occasion, it has done before, - . to speak of theniselves and the Liberals as all one party, it is evident that there is still, in act ' ' and deed, a marked separation between them. The Whigs find it essential to their party purposes to be popularly gonsidered Liberals, and Liberals, too, of the first water. It not only secures for them the support of the Advanced Liberals in Parliament, - whenever they have their own ends to serve, but it gains them what they so dearly love, and which they know so well how to convert into political capital or poiklarity. Often, it is true, have they found it "an habitation giddy .and unsure ;" still they admire,.:.they adore, and will go almost any lengths to enjoy it. Nor is it only that it has . seductive charms which they cannot 'resist ; they feel and know its influence in sustaining them in their course.' The idea of having " the people" at their back, as a party in the State, is full of practical importance—popular applause being so commonly both the law and the testimony by which men's judgments are formed, and men's motives are influenced. Not that we_ mean any disparagement of what is really and truly the popular will, as contradistinguished from that of any privileged Class. The people's mind has a right to be respected, and, under free institutions like ours, it can never, even for a while, be set at nought with impicnity. At the present moment there is being illustrated most strikingly, by those who have just succeeded in regaining office, the nature 'and Operation of the artful device 'we allude 'to: The Whigs have so succeeded, only with the assistance of the Advanced Liberals, and the assistance was obtained by reason of professions and promises which already they have shown, that they do not mean to fulfil. In the forcible words of Mr. COBDEN'S special organ of the Press at Rochdale, "It is evident that in their hmir of prosperity the . Whigs are beginning to resume their old haughty demeanour. Lords PA.LIIERSTON and _RUSSELL on the Opposition benches are .one thing H those same - gentlemen transferred 'to the Ministerial side, with her IVlajesty's government in their hands, are quite another. The transformation which they undergo in passing from Opposition to Office'—fronidesire to possession—is only paralleled by that of a,certain personage, who, when he was sick a monk would be, but when he got - well no monk was he.' When the Whigs are sick—and they soon become so when they are doomed to unofficial idleness—the Whigs will Reformers be; when the Whigs get well —and the first clutch of office makes them themselves at once—then no Reformers are they." this is evident, from the facts of the case. It is no mere matter ofopinion now. Actions not only speak louder, but plainer than words. And on the manner in which they have acted, in the -formation of their Ministry, on this as on previous 'occasions, is the . judgment here expressed most Sub stantially founded. Look at their handy-work. " A .more courtly and aristocratic Caliidet," as our plain spoken Rochdale contemporary continues, " was never formed. Has the blue blood' been chosen of so pare a dye, because at the loWer end of the Cabinet there is to be a slight infusion of the plebian red ? Is the useless . , but ornamental, GRANVILLE, a court counterpoise :to the useful but unadorned' COBDEN Is the,Dake of ARGYLL to represent names and shadows of the past, because Mr. MILNER GIBSON represents men and things as they are to-day ? The popular voice is to be allowed .to speak in the Cabinet ; but the three dulres; two earls, three lords, and three baronets,' Will be its auditors; and they will tone its counsels into courtly fashion ere they, let them come before the 'world. Imagine such a . Cabinet listening to the common sense views of a man of business like Mr. COBDEN, and acting upon them. Does it not- seem almost specially constructed to render such a combination hopeless ?" Now this is just the question flat to the point. The popular voice, as it was expressed so strongly, so effectually, in, all that led to the over throW of the Derby Ministry, is in this Cabinet powerless. The Advanced Liberal estimate in it, through which : that voice must be uttered, is but as a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff. Mr. MILNER Gussost being there is only a delusion and a snare, and a very short time, or we are much -mistaken, will. suffice to prove it. -And that all this is deliberately designed and planned, is too Obvious to be questioned. Why, for instance, was not Mr. 1311mm : offTed a seat in the Cabinet; if the Ministry was . to constitute, as it was - professed to •do, an adequate ,'rePresentation of the whole Liberal. party ?. If we are. to regard the party in the House of Commons • as, composed of all those who voted a want of confidence in the Derby Ministry, we have no Ilesitation in saying that Mr. BRIGHT is one of its ';cost distinguished members,.] and that in any assembly of Advanced Liberals he should be found to have more influence than any score of mere 'Whigs combined. Why, then, is such a man to be excluded, if their object be what they' profess it is ? Such an exclusion, without reason as it is, canonly'be considered as some thing very like kicking -away the ladder by Which the Whigs have again climbed into the Government. This, to say the least of it, were rank ingratitude. And they are aggravating it, by their weak endeavour to excuse it. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, for example, at his re-election for the city of London a day or two since, in evident allusion to Mr. BRIGHT and others of that influential, and independent class of Liberals, could talk sneer , : ingly of individual disappointments," and pretend TILE' COURT. The Queen, accompanied by the Princesses Alice and Louiia, and attended by the Hon. Mary Bulteel, took a drive in an open carriage and four, on Thursday afternoon. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by Colonel the Hon. Sir C. Phipps, went to = the Provident Institution Savings' Bank, in St. Martin's-place. The Prince of Wales, attended by Colonel the lion. R. Bruce, Major-Teesdale, and the Rev. Mr. Tarver, went to Harrow, and heard the speeches at the school, His Royal Highness paid a visit in the forenoon to the Duke of Cambridge, at his residence, in St. James's Palace. Prince Leopold and the Princesses Louisa and Helena, took a carriage drive. The Duke of Oporto, went to Tonbridge, and visited the Countess de Neuilly. His Royal Highness returned to Buckingham Palace in the afternoon. - The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by the Xing of the Belgians and the Count of Flanders, honoured the performance at the Adelphi Theatre in the evegingr with their presence. The Royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lord Camoys, Colonel Count de Moerkerke, Lord Colville, Captain the Hon. D. de Ros, and Major Burnell. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Oporto honoured with their presence, in the evening, the performances at the Princess's Theatre. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by Colonel the Hon. R. Bruce, Major Teesdale, Viscomte de Campanhaa, Captain Sergio, and M. Sampayo. The health of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is much improved. Her Royal Highness still remains at Frogmore. We are requested to state that her Majesty has appointed to receive the address of Convocation at Buckingham Palace on Monday next, at three o'clock. The members of both Houses will assemble at,the Jerusalem Chamber at two o'clock. - Vicar-General's Office, Doctor's Commons. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT HARROW.—On Thursday, the usual attractions of the Harrow Speech Day received increased interest, from the Prince of Wales having accepted the invitation of the Rev. Dr. Vaughan to honour the proccedings by his presence. The inhabitants erected' a handsome triumphal arch at the entrance to the village, composed of laurel flowers, and decorated by flags, amongst which was the banner of the Prince, under which was the word "Welcome," in large characters. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, ' attended by Colonel Bruce, Major Teesdale, and the Rev. William Tarver arrived a few minutes after one o'clock. On reaching that part of the village opposite the bath (the ancient archery ground) a large body of the boys awaited the royal carriage. The Prince was welcomed by enthusiastic cheering. In a few moments the horses were removed from the carriage, and his Royal Higriness and party were drawn by the boys to the school at the summit of the hill, a distance of more than half a mile. The Prince appeared to enjoy heartily his re ception. The Rev. Dr. Vaughan, the Head Master, received the Prince of Wales at the gate, and conducted his Royal Highness at once to the school-room. The room was crowded to excess, and among the company, in addition to the illustrious Prince and his attendants, were the Marchioness of Abercorn and Lady Hamilton, the Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary Stanhope, the Earl and Countess Clarendon and Lady Constance Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Gosford, Viscount Somerton, Viscount and Viscountess Valletort, Viscount Campden, Viscount Newport, Viscount Gort, the Bishop of Durham, the Bishop of Lich field, the Bishop of Oxford, Lord and Lady Wensleydale, Right Hon. H. T. S. Estcourt, M.P., the Right Hon. H. U. Addington, Sir Walter Stirling, Sir Henry Rawlinson, Sir M. White .Ridley, Sir Moreton Peto, Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr. A. Beresford Hope, Mr. Thackeray and Miss Thaokeray, the Honourable Mr. Howard, &c., &o, After the delivery of the speeches, which it was remarked possessed more than ordinary merit, the Prince, amidst repeated rounds of cheers, retired in company of the Head Master. His Royal Highnesi, attended by Dr. Vaughan then went to ,inspect the school chapel, more especially to see the "MqnloTigl" aisle, erected to the memory of the gallant Harrovians who fell in the late war, the first stone of which, it will be recollected, was laid by General Sir William F. Williams of Kars. On the Prince of Wales' entering the chapel the National Anthem was effectively played by the organist, Mr. J. B. Turner, A.R.A. His Royal Highness . and attendants Were engaged half an hour in the inspection of the chapel, and then adjonrned•to the Head. Master's house. The Rev, Dr. and Mrs. Vaughan received his Royal Highness and above 300 persons of distinction at a sumptuous dejeuner, served up in 'elegant style under the auspices of Mr: Mawditt, of Baker-street. The Rev. Dr. Vaughan briefly proposed " The Health of the Queen," which was loyally greeted by three times three. Shortly after partaking of luncheon, the Prince of Wales departed for London. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Messrs. E. and E. Emanuel, Her Majesty's silversmiths,. of Portsea and Portsmouth, have been honoured with the execution of the Goodwood Cup for this year.—Court BOY DROWNED.—Yesterday, a boy named Samuel Soul was looking for a bird's nest wall tt 1 into id was unfot old quarry, in Margaret-street, Everton, when 1 the quarry, which is full of water, and the tunately drowned. H.M.S. Nile is, according to a statement in the Glasgow papers; about to, visit the Mersey. Sh( manded by Captain Willmott. The enrolment of naval volunteers at Liverpool now averages fifteen men per day Forty men would be despatched to Portsmouth last night BANKRVPTCY COL - RT, Yesterday (Before M sioner Perry). —Re John Andrew : The bankru a fellmonger, of Liverpool , came up on his adj examination. He was supported bylir.Dodg( Owen appeared for the asii - gn€ bankrupt pasSed his exaininat . appointed for the certificate A BEGGING IMPOSTOR is go addressed to different Liver[ Rev. Cecil- Wray, on behal represented to be-suffering The impostor, who i under a distress N to be specially forged sabs'ciilier to it. Is COM- Mr: IVm Sth of July W alb s froth the .err, who n rant for £2O a respectable looking person by Mr.- Wray, and shows with. a distress arrant attached Tim Bounorn SEWING /fAciuNE.—This beautiful sewing machine can be seen at full work in St. George's Hall to day, Monday, and Tuesday next. We would a d v i se all our fair friends not to let . the opportunity _ _ the wonderful operations not del of the minencing ltnessing hey, must and the numerous other engagements of-the proprietors of the sewing machine, it will not be exhibited after Tuesday neit, at least for a considerable period of time.. GREEDA CASTLE ACADEMY, DOUGLAS, ISLE Or MAN.--This is the most delightful and beautiful spot any where to be found on the lovely island, and: is universally acknowledged to be the healthiest. Few schools can offer •so many advantages •of situation and comfort as the above. It will be found in every respect suitable for the residence and education of the sons of the gentry. First-class masters provided for each branch of instruction. Prospectuses, with eopper-plate • ,• y be had on applicatio,n. - The 'oth July. uc of the tts midsummer vacation will terminate on Pupils conduCted to and from Liverpool by nd to their residences, if required. —The east we masters THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, at the Gard ias been roprietor seems. lined not to relax his exertions for the 'all' the public. Ile has procured the highly spoken of dramatic company and ements wheise eng will commence next week, along_ with additional attractions. There will be 'an extra, grand gala on Monday, the 4th of July, to celebrate, as usual, the anniversary of American Independence. The preparations for the great J are iqidly'llrogressi - ng,and we have seen the pr( which is extensive and attractive ; the prizes are numerous and the flower, poultry; and other shows, prornise to eclipsfs, everything- of the sort seen here for some time. WEST KIRBY, CHESHIRE.- cert came off,' on Monday last, school-room in connection with the church. She was' assisted by Mrs. Smith, Messrs. Wm. Hughes, Johnson, Frank - Warm, and Signor Peingini. The programme was excellent; and the artistes acquitted themselves very creditably..: Miss Skinner sang Bishop's ".Echo - Song " with taste and skill. Mr. Webbe assited in the echo with the violin. It was encored- Mr. Hughes sang " Norah, the Pride of Kildare," very, sweetly • and Signor Perugiui sang hi s sonv• very well, especially " Sulla Poppa." The audience was yery respect able, and were-delighted with the concert ; and it is to be. hoped Miss' Skinner will be remunerated for her exertio# to relieve the monotony of West Kirby. PRESENTATION.— On Tuesday evening last, the 28th inst.' the late candidates for confirmation, in connection with St. Columba's Church, Pleasant-street, met in the school-root' Opposite the , Church, for the purpose of prekriting their much-respected pastor, the Rev. Wray Richard Hunt, with a testimonial, consisting of a beautiful writing desk. with a suitable inscription, to mark the greatful sense they enter tained of his unwearied exertions for their spiritual welfare, and in preparing them for the solemn rite of confirmation The chair upon the occasion was occupied by Mr. Eason, and afterthe athlress.• had been read by Mr. Eluntel. several appropriate speeches wer. feeling —Miss Skinn( the 1 con- affectionately made, which ponded to by the Rev. Mr. Hunt ;ly and Not- the unfavourable state of the weather, there was a numerons attendance, not only of the subscribers, but of the congregation generally,Who testified by their presence the universal respect in which the rev. gentleman is held by the district in which he lab Ours with so much zeal and ability. TILE SHIP CursanuN.—We are happy. agaiau to ,record (as heretofore) a Aandstune comptirent paid to Captain Harley of the above ship, by all the passengeir,Who were on board, and forwarded to Quebec from this port, bv.llfessrs Sabel and Searle. The following, address presented to Captain Harley ,xtracts " We, the first 'ram an aid, and third class pass Liverpool to Quebec by you, desire- to convey to you an intimation of our deep sense of the excellent qualities displayed b: the term of our mutual intercourse. We judge of your seamanship by the very satisfactory result of the voyage. All welt constituted and right thinking men are able to estimate arid appreciate strong' mindedness and gentlemanly conduct, and you have, during ou; connection, displayed thes lualities in no ordi: have been particularly struck by yoUr kindl. , ss, warmth of heart• and soli& Lode, not only for our comfort, but also for our happiness Every day, in good weather or, bad, our minds because, look when we might, you were alwa, and always on deck-, ,very night we have gone to bed vitt fidenee, because at whatever hour we might awake we heard your footstep treading the deck, we heard your voice issu hrs. BY your constant watched vigilance, you first gained our confidence. and you have to thelast retained it. Your officers are very popular among us, and if ever popularity was well deserved, they certainlY deserve it. It is most creditable' to" your owners that tbary should have sent the Culloden to sea in a - condition as to provisions, ventilation,. and general comfort, which could not be surpassed, and which has been highly appreciated by as." HER' MAaEsrv's. WAR STEAMER MELPOMENE. This new, and first-class, war steamer, arrived in the river, has caused much attraction during the last day or two, although, up to the present, the public have not been admitted on board, because she is not yet ready for public inspection• Yesterday evening, by the kindness of. the proprietor of the Rock Ferry steamers; some gentlemen connected with the Press, and others, accompanied by Mr. Thwaites, the official Manager of' the ferry, went on board the noble ship, an had every attention paid to them by Lieutenant Grainger, the first'lleutenant in command. The Melpomene is a noble ship —the largestiwar steamer that. ever entered the Morsel+ she being 15 feet longer than the Liffey,. 21 feet more beam, and carrying 400 tons more than that fine vessel. The , Melpomene has only been just launched; at Plvmoutb , and was only 17 days in corn fission when she anchored is our river. She is a first-class war steamer of 51 guns- - double tier—the chief number of the lower tier being 6 4 ' pounders, and the upper 32-pounders. Her full number of men is 560, and she has • now 551 on board, with the usual ntmiber of first and second class boys allowed to such ships. She came round here k ith 150 men only. and sinoe she anchored in the river she has received from Liverpool the remainder , of her crew—a fact never before heard of in the Mevevi She has a captain and lieutenant, with sixty marines. W e .were conveyed over the ship, and found many , imprevemeilt s as regards the domestic comforts of the crew, and also 3 5 to naval appliances for warfare, and better judges than w° are, state that she is one of the most complete men-of-war in our navy. For the public, therefore, to have the pa cation of inspecting such a beautiful ship—one of t he defences of our country —is not a small matter. By the kindness of the comman d er, Captain Ewart, the 'public will be admitted on board on Monday, and the Rook Ferry boats —the only boats h av i ng th e priv il ege —will take v i s it ' from the treat Landing -stage, from ten to twelve, and front one to five on that day (Monday). The ship now look! imposing, and a great treat remains for the public , ° II Monday, as it is not certain as yet, that any other oPllar, tli c ; nity will be offe r ed f or i nspect i ng this truly beavti.fitt Pf Naval urchitecture. ramme