Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-08 00:00:00

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I.taut, at One o'clock, at Ckristopkel Oillee, Royal Insurance-buildin )f superior PORT WINES, id vintages, anish RED WINES, ller parcels of SUER Aber Wi CHAMPAGNE rits, in Wood and 111.1SEIELL, and Co., Broker RBY-SQUARE TRY TIIB ABOVE To MANUFACTUR! Po SOMBRERO, Apply to TO GENERAL BROKERS, TRADESMEN, AND OTHERS. THE Patent BARREL PACKAGE of every description and size, adapted for all kinds of Dry Goods, Samples, &c.—Apply to George Goore, 5, Rumford-street, Agent to the Manufacturer. 24jys LIVERPOOL VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS.— A SKETCH of the RULES and REGULATIONS tinder whicl it may be proposed that the Liverpool Rifle Corps shall be embo• died together, together with Copies of the Statute 44 of George 111.. cap 54, and of tae War-office Circulars of 12th and 25th May, 1859, Is now on Sale at J. MAwbsm - One Penny. , which have lx it is impossible to lumerous inquiries Committee, and which L IVERPOOL VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS Persons desirous of enrolling themselves in a Rifle Corps for the defence of this Town and Neighbourhood, are !hereby invited to send in their names, age, height, and occupation, with address, in writing, to the Town Hall. Such Volunteers are to be of the following classes : Ist. Those who will-provide their own Arms, Uniform, and all other Accoutrements, and who are to be• entirely a self- supporting body, 2nd. Those who Nw.ll find their own Uniform, and pay a sum -to be hereafter agreed upon among themselves, for the maintenance of/heir Company, but who will require Arm to be f- ad fur t 3rd. Those who rc to pay f instalmen 4th. Those who will Uniform are four Gentlemen, Alereha Arms, Uniform, Ac earnestly reqUested to co-op( ing by means of their intue their clerks, assistants, and formed, this excellent olijci men and influential Trader:, bodies of men; every Gentles to the Chairman of the Cow of each Company so raised. As,it is proposed that the _ y be best f the tow :Volunteer Rifle C about to be in companies of 100 men ei,eh, and in different localities, it suggested that this might be most expeditiously effected by son Ten or Twelve Gentlemen wise may be willing to devote themselvt to tho_object, endeavouring eaCo.to raise a Company among the friendS,E,nd associations. Again, Gentlemen employing ,large bodies of Artisans, mip perhaps, easily raise from among them one or more Compani leaving:the question of from what Fund the A rms an d A ccent] ments are.to be found, to be discussed hereafter. It should in all cases be explained to candidates for ens Ist. —That they will not be liable to the Militia Ballot. 2nd.—That the hours of drill ,50.11 be fixed by the commanding each Compan enroled. cant, Town Hal R OYAL INSTI TUTION, e County A LECTURE be delivered in Ai LQUITT XT, ioTg INSTANT, JUSTIN 'hIcCARTHY “THE CIIARAC,TER AND GENIUS OF :OETIIE.” ' The chair will be talml at Eight o'clock, b:,? -the Rev. W. I CtiAloz INC/ . • • • . Tickets of ad the No MEATRE ROYAL—Pyr ROYAL AMPIIITHEATRI I °C , CO6ICAL GARDENS - Tux Ywicis lAN GALLER 1` For pa TO CO TINGS, &c Tinder no d acoomponiedrintances can s arily for pubile auth-- THIS DA ny. Mrs. Barney 3f good I. , lll;tiiM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1859. THE DAY'S NEw s. The Queen's Speech, which was deliv ere d yester day aftern oon , is " s hort and sweet." o y c allusion to th e p resen t W a r. Her Majesty s that There a ere is an she and her admini s t ra ti on did ell in theirr wet preserve the peace of Europe, but, unf o rtunatel they were not successful, As renewed assurances Of good feeling towards England by both Franc e and Austria had been made , her Majesty intends to "maintain between them a strict and impartial er, flecinecl it necessary honour of neutrality." to the smith her crown to increase the Naval Forces to an amount exceeding that which had been sanctioned by Par liament, and relics with confidence on thc 99111MITCnce of both Houses in the precautionary measures of defensive policy. Diplomatic relations have been resumed with Naples. With respect to the Reform movement there is not much in the speech very reassuring. Her Majesty says she would " with pleasure" give her sanction to any well concerted measure, but she hints that, just at the present time, it would hardly be prudent to enter into any lengthened debate on the subject, trusting that, at the commencement of the next session, " earnest attention will be given to -a question of which an early and satisfactory settle ment would be greatly to the public advantage." Such is the sum and substance of the Queen's Speech, delivered at the opening of Parliament, yesterday afternoon. 'On the House of Commons assembling at four o'clock, and after some notices of motion had been given, Mr. A. Egerton moved the address in reply to the speech. He defended the general policy of the Government, who, he said, had done all in their power to preserve the peace of Europe. As to the subject of Reform, he thought that the present administration were quite right in postponing it for the present. We would have some mightier affairs in hand, and that question could remain in abeyance. He had heard that there would be an amendment to the address. /If this amendment was on foreign grounds, it must increase the chances of a general Europesn war. He concluded by reading the , ss, which was seconded by Sir J. Elphinstone, mid that all had been done to keep England out of the war, and that the strictest neutrality would be maintained. The Marquis of Hartington then moved an amendment to the address. In the course of his remarks, he severely blamed the pre sent administration for the late dissolution, characterising it as an act of " rashness and reck lessness." Their policy in respect to foreign relations he condemned, and he went on to say that a strong and safe government could be formed by the Liberal party, concluding by moving, as an amendment, an addition to the address, to the effect that the present ministry did not possess the confidence of the House. Mr. Hanbury seconded the amendment. The Chancellor of the Exchequer next addressed the House, saying that he did not object to the motion now moved, as it would be an advantage to the country to know whether the government possessed the confidence of the House or not. He then entered into a lengthened defence of the policy pursued by the present ministry in all its bearings, both with regard to foreign and domestic affairs. Several speakers having addressed the House, to which the Government did not deign a reply, ultimately, upon the motion of Mr. Deasy, the debate was adjourned to Thursday. The War news to-day contains the intelligence of continued successes on the part of the French and Sardinians. The Allies have poured their columns, with unbounded and exulting valour, upon the Lom bard plains. Austria must fall back upon the Mincian line, and make her last stand under the ramparts of Verona. The bloody deluge will roll upon her until her great. front of defence has been reached, and there she may hope to avert the flying fortunes of the war. We shall receve modifications —nay, we have already received them—of the tri umphant reports telegraphed to Paris by the French Emperor. We shall hear of French losses far ex ceeding the statements of the conquering army; it is possible that important information from head quarters may put another colour on the Battle of Magenta ; but that splendid trophies have been won by the French and Italian legions, it would be the meerest affectation to doubt. It is said positively that the French have taken 36 guns, and that they are conpletely encumbered with Austrian prisoners. The Paris Patrie says it is reported that Generals Neil, M'Mahon, and Canrobert, were wounded at Magenta, and states that the French loss is now estimated at 6,000 to 7,000 hors de combat. The Imperial Guard alone supported the shock of the enemy for two hours. The Patrie states that the Austrian force amounted to 130,000 men, and that of the French about 100,000. The Pays says there were about 180,000 Austrians, and 120,000 French and Piedmontese, engaged. The Herald's Paris correspondent says, it was reported that the Emperor had led the Imperial Guard in person, and was at one time under fire and in considerable danger. At Paris, on Monday, there were rumours that the French loss was from 9,000 to 12,000 men hors de combat. The operations of the Austrian army are believed to have been directed in person by Marshal Hess, the ablest of the Austrian generals. The Paris correspondent of the Herald observes, that any doubts of the military capacity of the Emperor are now triumphantly answered. The correspondent of the Advertiser says that he has shown himself to be a consummate tactician. There is no further news from Milan. The Marseilles correspondent of 'the Times says that, in less than two months, 120 flat-bottomed gun-boats will have been completed in the French navy yards, each armed with a rifled cannon. They are intended to act on the Po. By the same period 40-steam transports will be finished, each capable of conveying 1,000 troops and baggage. Should the victory of Magenti be confirmed in all its san- gumary and triumphant details, the event must be regarded as of the highest importance. It may tend to settle the mighty question at issue without the •, aty ofa secondcaMpaign. Or, it may flush the French.nation with military arrogance and an inap peasable thirst for glory, which would render them dangerous, not to Italian liberty alone, ,but to the the Continent. Again, the Austrians in their extremity may yet prevail on Germany to arm in their behalf, so that the battle of Magenta would thus be the prelude to a general war. Indeed this may be said to have already taken place.. In our second, edition yesterday we published a despatch from Darmstadt, dated the sth inst., to the effect that, at the opening of the Chambers, the Presidents of both branches of the Legislature declared in favour of war against Louis Napoleon. As yet we have no intelligence respecting the route taken by the Austrians in their retreat. The allies, however, have pushed forward from the Ticino to Milan, and seem to have given battle from two detached points ; whence their attaekconverged upon an army already retiring, badly disposed, and eager only to reach the permanent trenches, within whic- ihey have determined to rally fin from the beginning ; r upon the defensive. The Paris correspondent of the - .Express report that Marshal Canrobert is mortally wounded. Ow Marshals or Generals were wounded at Magenta. The Austrian garrison in.. Milan, at the time of the iesurreetion, was reduced to three thousand man. News has been received 'that Prince Napoleon's corps ,d'aratee has taken ,vp a position on the Appenines. Modena is occupied by a large Austrian force. stated. that M. Kossuth left England for the _at, yesterday, and that he has had an inter view with M. de Persigny, the French-ambassador in London, Some 300 Hungarians have returnee 'rom America, and intend following him to Italy. Those on the a nes of fanatical excitemem, so common r side of the Atlantic, caused by the Revivals," have been transferred to the city of Belfast. On Monday evening ; were held, on Tuesday five, on Thursday n Sunday last some dozen or more. A " Religio enlighten I four revivals 1 seven, and o caromeling one of these meetings Midst of the business several females became affected, and they screamed and shouted in the most excited manner imaginable, and called upon God to have mercy upon them and to ,forgive them their sins. In the course of the evening others became affected in like manner, until about forty or fifty females in all were overwhelmed with their feelings.. The house was crowded to excess, and it was with great difficulty that the persons who were thus overcome were got out into the yard. The most of them were carried out, and at half.past eleven o'clock many a them were so exhausted and so helplessly prostrate as to be unable to go home. the ere Was a very l arge assem bl age o f people outside lenongtelbirch, and in the midst of it were a party of in kee a i Wary, and a batch of local p o lice, empl o y e d p t order. )(este r , " ay, the annual election f or Bi r k en h ea d s.i • 'llera was hole i n th e Town-hall. There paper, / ays--"Li the Comic( C. TURMEAU LAIN, AND TERRA AND OTHER RICH ORG PHOSPHATES OF Testing 80 to 85 per_eent. ARNO rT BROTHERS, Mersey Chambers (IC CRUST sty instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the •s' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, igh TURPENTINE, Landing ex Harvest Quee Maclean, Maris and Co., rut Just landed f Forwood, Me Notice THIS DAY, )0 Cana 82 . 2 . i) . 3 \ V 16.3.1.01 from New Yor Apply to )m New Ye; lIELLA WEED, h, I pply to Mess: THE NORTHERN TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1859 were fifteen candidates, for eleven vacancies. The following gentlemen were elected for three years : Messrs. Bradley, Bell, Walker, Gilbertson, Verelst, Willoughby, and P ec k ; and fessrs. Whittle and Beazley for two years. The election passed over very quietly indeed. There was no excitement, and, generally speaking, but little interest was shown as to the result, only about one-third of the electors voting on the occasion. THE REAL CHARACTER OF THE WAR. THE more one learns of the origin of the war in Italy, and the more its real character is thereby disclosed, the greater becomes one's apprehensions regarding its influences and its issues. The revolu tionary spirit which has pervaded the deep-laid scheme throughout, cannot be successful, in this instance, without danger to all established systems of governance, more or less. Not that we are without sympathy for the oppressions of Italy, as of every other country where the people are deprived of those free institutions under which oppressions can alone be effectually resisted,—France not excepted. But the way in which the emancipation of Italy is now to be gone about,—even supposing that such is really the object of this war, which we very much doubt,—is a way that can never be pursued without doing violence to the recognised principles of the law of nations, and inflicting a scourge upon the country in whose behalf the war has to be waged, which a generation of political freedom and progress will scarcely atone for. And then the example is so mischievous - If a precedent is once established anew, that one State may interfere by violence in the domestic affairs of another State; and, espousing the side of this State's disaffected people, and by its own arbitrary will, having overthrown one authority, is to set up another in its stead, who can tell what it may lead to elsewhere ? France herself is in a condition to call on neighbouring States to interfere, in a similar way, for the emancipation of her people from a most oppressive system of arbitrary rule. There are some people who still declare that Ireland is an " oppressed nationality "—that the Irish, as well as the Italians, have national wrongs to be redressed. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, and his com patriots in Ireland, as well as in the United States, can still declaim loudly against the " sufferings " which their country has to endure at the hands of the English ; and he has not scrupled to tell the Irish-Americans to still "give their sympathies to Ireland with all her sufferings, all her hopes, and p.ll her future destinies ;" at the same time expressing his happiness at being able to say, that " this sentiment of sympathy extends, to a very great ex tent, to the great mass of the American population in that country —sympathy for Ireland and its wrongs." Now, upon the same principle as that on which the French Emperor has undertaken to redress the wrongs of Italy by the sword, why may he not, or some other warlike Potentate, try a similar experi ment upon Ireland ? We do not say there is any similar cause ; we are not comparing Ireland to Italy. But there are thousands and tens of thousands that do. The popular feeling in the United States, for example, is precisely of that character. The vulgar idea is, that Ireland is an " oppressed nationality,"— virtually, quite as much so as Italy is ; that the Irish people have crying " wrongs" to redress,—that they suffer all the miseries of an intolerable " oppression." And we are persuaded that there are multitudes, on both sides of the Atlantic, who would applaud an armed interference for their " emancipa tion," as they would call it, as vehemently as they do that which is now being carried on, amid all the horrors of war, for the emancipation of the Italians. There are closer parallels between the two cases than may, perhaps, at first sight, appear. The allied invaders of Austrian-Italy are only giving due practical effect to the revolutionary devices of very similar organizations of the disaffected to those which have so frequently kept up a mischievous political agitation in Ireland. " This war was planned six years ago," says a letter from Turin, " and the movements which have resulted in the revolutionary element of Italy now uniting with the King of Sardinia were projected in 1856 by Count CAVOUR, his Prime Minister, who established the Italian National Society, for the double purpose of checking the schemes of MAZZINI'S party and redeeming Italy from Austrian dominion. This Society formed a committee in Turin, the president of which WAS Count PALLAVICINO, from Milan, a gentleman of great wealth. The vice-president was General GARIBALDI, who, after the defeat of 1849, took refuge in the hospitable city of New York, and since that time abandoned the party of MAzziNi. The secretary was LA FARINA, Prime Minister of This committee formed sub-com mittees all over Italy, from the Alps to Sicily, and some, too, beyond the Alps. MANIN, the Dictator of Venice in 1848, was at the head of the committee in Paris, and Louis NAPOLEON and Prince NAPO LEON gave it their secret countenance. In London, too, an - other sub-committee was formed, under the direction of the head-quarters at Turin. It has ramified even to Hungary and to Germany. The central committee at the capital of Sardinia dis seminated all over Italy, through means of the sub committees, secret Sicily in 1848 publications, advising the people f their duties to the country, and exhorting them to bide their time and not break out in useless abortive ipts at revolution, which would be only extin- guished in blood by the Austrian Government." Such, £t seems, was really the origin of this Italian war, — such is its character. And is it not, we ask, an _ _ c;e of the carrying out of revolutionary designs by established foreign Governments, which, if once successful, may be pursued elsewhere,—not, it may instanc be, with the same chances of success, but at even a more fearful sacrifice of life, and still direr mischief to the cause of peace and order in Europe The P 'ower whieh is feared by the belligerents, and th abettors, in the present most wanton dis turbance of the peace of Europe, is England. Had a any countenance to the war,—above all, had she consented to take part in it, which, it is _ _ said, she wa invited to do,—then it would have been materially different. But having opposed it from the first—having done everything to prevent it —and still disapproving, and seeking occasion to terminate it, she is regarded with dread, and, not unnaturally, with aversion. The same letter from Turin that we have quoted from, says,— The English Government is detested here almost as much as the Austrian." And why, but because the English Government is opposed to the war ? This war is a darling project oiSardinia's—or, rather, of the Sar- dinian Government's. At Turin it is popular enough, perhaps, among all classes ; Mr. Paget, he. for. The English. Government is feared by the allies, —feared, but hated. And, as Skylock, says,— "Hates any man the thing he would not kill ?" They look upon the English Government with Shylock's feeling, we may depend upon it ; and neither the character of the war itself, nor what they design as its ultimate issues, will ever be so regarded in England, we opine, as to improve that feeling. THE " SINEWS OF WAR" FOR THE RIFLE CORPS. ANY want of the sinews of war is generally the greatest of all discouragements to warlike prepa rations, whether offensive or defensive ; and it threatened to be severely felt, we find, all over the country, in the formation of the Rifle Corps. Even the metropolis, it appears, was no exception. The formation of such Corps there, as it is everywhere else, is a most popular defensive organisation; and the whole country sees and acknowledges the great practical value it may have, under the present circumstances of Europe. But that serious want that we have named, was unfortunately at one time likely to be the great obstacle in the way. "It is notorious," said one of our London contemporaries, a day or two since, " that in the rural, in the manu facturing, and in all town districts, there are hundreds of brave and adventurous young men, well acquainted with the country, tolerably skilled in the use of arms, and anxious to show their desire of being useful to their native land, upon whom even a very small expense will bear too heavily to allow them to become volunteers. This is a great subject of regret, and an evil not to be denied; but there is a still greater evil to be apprehended from such a state of affairs. There are large numbers of young men who will not have, perhaps, the firmness and self-denial to abstain from a course involving ex penses which they are unable to meet, and who may join such corps as are now forming, with the costs of their outfit hanging like a millstone round their necks who may disgrace the service by dis reputable expedients, or become reckless from the feeling of embarraisment, and cease to be good citizens without becoming good soldiers. To prevent results like these, there should be at once commenced a fund." The case is here very reasonably stated. And in Liverpool it can be thoroughly understood, because the whole subject has had to be taken up, with all such difficulties attaching thereto. These Rifle Corps, it is evident, if they are to be formed at all, must be organised on the voluntary ciple. As was stated at the meeting in Liver pool last week, HER MAJESTY'S Government will not give any material support to them. Mr. CHADWICK, it will be remembered, informed the meeting, that he and Col. BOND had obtained an interview with Lord ROSSLYN, the Under-Secretary at War, to whom they had put the question,—" In case one or more regiments, of 600 each, be enrolled, will Government modify their conditions as to furnish for each regiment the requisite number of arms, accoutrements, and uniforms, or any part thereof ? " The answer was, "They could not accede to the proposition ; first, because they had no money, and secondly, because they had no arms." That is to say, no rifles. In other respects, the Government will do everything that is reasonable to meet the wishes of the parties concerned. For instance, they will endeavour to have the feelings and wishes of the Corps themselves respected, as to the appoint ment of their officers —as a matter of grace, of course, not of right. Then as to the demands upon the time of the members of such Corps, which with those who are constantly occupied is an important consideration : in answer to the question, " What number of hours would be allowed to constitute a day's drill ; and would any half day in one week, Sunday excepted, be considered sufficient for that purpose ? " the answer was, " That two or three hours would be considered sufficient for drill, and such drill would be allowed to account as one of the twenty-four days required by each regiment, before the regiment should be considered effective." And to the further question, " When a regiment shall have been declared effective, will twenty-four days drill each year be insisted upon ?" The answer was that it would not. So that the time of the members will not be very seriously encroached upon. All this is doubtless very satisfactory. But still the question of the " sinews " remains. Now, as was well observed at the meeting we allude to, "inasmuch as there is nothing to be expected from Government, they must make the best of what they could get amongst themselves ; and the best plan, therefore, would be to establish a regimental fund for each Corps." And this is just what it is proposed to do in London,--6,nd, most likely, in many other places also. It is there proposed, " that with a proper organisation, and under such management as shall be at once frugal and delicate, a fund should be initiated from which assistance in defraying the expense of outfit and arms should be rendered to those who, while able to give valuable military service, are debarred by their circumstances from undertaking an expenditure which might cripple them with debt." Here in Liverpool the raising of such a fund has already been commenced; and judging from the liberal spirit in which it was started, we have no doubt it will soon be sufficient for the object in view. Another suggestion at the meeting last week, was that the officers of the Corps should be required each to contribute a fixed sum to the fund, according to their rank. But this, we think, is objectionable. It would, in the first place, be at variance with the voluntary principle which is to sustain the movement ; and in the next place, it might, in some instances, be taxing the officers too much, as their own uniforms, accoutrements, and other items, will involve a rather heavy expenditure. No,—since it is to be, let it be fairly carried out on the volunteer system, pure and simple. The rai of a fund, by voluntary contributions, as our metro politan contemporary has well observed, " will com mend itself to all who have really at heart the highly important national movement which seems now to be thoroughly launched, and we hare no doubt that many will look on the occasion of subscribing as a pleasant opportunity to aid the best of causes." The Herald is authorised to state that the announcement that Prince Paul Esterhazy is expected in London, on a diplomatic mission, is entirely without foundation. RESUMPTION' Op DIPLOMATIC INTERCOURSE WITH NAPLES. —FOREIGN OFED3E, June 6th.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Arthilr Magenis, now her Majesty's Envoy to the King of Sweden, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraor didary and Minister Plenipotentiary to th but not so, we-believe, I Sicili" The Gazette announces other diplomatic appoilitmoutf!, Majesty's Minister at the Court of Saxony is appointed to Sweden. The Hon. C. Murray, late Minister at Teheran, succeeds Mr. Paget at the Court of Dresden. Mr. Lowther is transferred from St. Petersburg, to be Sec retary of Legation at Naples. Mr. George Glynn Petre is appointed Secretary of Legation at Hanover. CONFERENCE OF THE LIBERAL PARTY.—The result of the meeting on Monday is communicated in a lead ing article of the _Daily News, which says, that it has more than realised the hopes that were entertained regard ing it. There were only two or three dissents from the policy of the amendment to be moved in the House of Commons, on the address, and which would declare that the present advisers of the crown do not possess the confidence of the country. As to the administration which is to succeed Lord Derby's, both Lord Palmer ston and Lord John Russell admitted that, unless the different shades of opinion in the party were fairly represented in the administration, it would be vain to assert any claim of pre-eminence over their Conservative rivals. On this point, says the Daily Hews, Mr. Bright did good service, by disclaiming manfully any desire to impose upon the more moderate section extreme opinions for which they were not prepared. The duty of a Cabinet professing to carry out fairly the ideas and opinions of the party in general was to show_ equal respect and regard for all, but in its proposal for legislation to embody what he called the average sentiments of the party. lie insisted, however, on demanding publicly from tofd John Russell, whether it was to be understood that he meant to adhere fully to the propositions for electoral reform stated by him at the close of the last Parliament. It is almost superfluous to say that the reply was in the affirmative. Lord Palmerston's explanations referred chiefly to foreign policy. Ile professed himself to be sincerely anxious to preserve the neutrality of England in the present war, and to be unable to foresee any reasonable probability or justification of this course being departed frOm. He added, however, that, if any danger existed, it lay in the direction of a possible misunderstanding with France. To avert such a calamity, he had long anxiously striven, and, whether in office or in opposition, he should always do so. He declared his sympathy to be on the side of Italian freedom in the im pending struggle, though he felt it was neither the duty nor the policy of England to interfere by arms. Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Lindsay, and Mr. Horsman raised objections, but the Daily News says was as nearly of one mind apparently as any assembly of the kind within recollection. Mr. Sergeant Deasy repudiated, on the part of the majority of the Catholic members, any disposition to turn Tory. Both Lord Pal merston and Lord John Russell repudiated the idea of being unwilling to serve in a subordinate capacity in any new cabinet. The Times says that 274 members were present, but the Star gives the number as 270 ; and the Herald says that scarcely one, if one, of the independent Irish members was present. e country, where it is already felt as a oppression, twd its ostensible object s little car LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. _ - ACCIDENT TO THE GLASGOW MAIL-STEAMER.—BELFAST, Tuesday.—About four o'clock this morning the Glasgow mail-steamer struck on the rocks near Groomsport, about twelve miles from Belfast, during a dense fog. It is feared she will become a total wreck ; crew and passengers safe. LIVERPOOL. —STAR HOTEL.—This place of amusement has been enlarged and re-decorated, and now forms one of the prettiest rooms in Liverpool. Harry Jennings's comic singing is very amusing. Business good. See Era, of Saturday.d AMERICAN AND CANADIAN MAILS.—The (s.s.) Kangaroo sails for New York, via Queenstown, this day. The box at the Post-office closes at twelve o'clock, and finally at one o'clock. The (s.s.) Anglo Saxon sails for Quebec to-day, with the weekly Canadian mails. The box at the Post office closes at 10.45, and finally at 11.45 a.m., and at the Landing-stage at about one o'clock, THE CLARKE MEMORIAL BAZAAR.—Our readers may be reminded that the bazaar, in aid of the funds to com plete the memorial to Adam Clarke, opens to-day, in the Liverpool Academy's-rooms, Post-office-place. An address will be delivered by Mr. J. H. Rigg, of Stockport ; and the chair will be taken by Mr. Thomas Farmer, of London, a gentleman whose name is well known in Liverpool. The model of the bronze statue of Dr. Clarke, to be erected at Portrush, and which has been executed by Mr. Macbride, of this town, will be exhibited. AN ABSCONDING TRAVELLER.—Last Friday, a man, named John M Tinnie, a traveller in the employment of Messrs. M'Cartney, tea merchants, Ludlow, Herefordshire, absconded. He was char g ed with having embezzled ce r t a i n sums of money belonging to his employers. He was also charged with taking a quantity of tea. On Sunday, that vigilant officer, John Scott, of the detective department, met the man coming out of the Scotch Chapel, Canning street, and arrested him. He found a quantity of tea at his lodgings. He took him back to Ludlow, where he was brought before the Mayor, and then remanded for further examination. ENQUIRY AT TuArminnE.—Yesterday, the investigation into the charges against Dr. Gorst, was resumed in the Castle Hotel, Tranmere, before A. L. Dickens, Esq. Mr. Mottram, instructed by Mr. Gill, as on the previous days, appeared for the petitioners, and Mr. Deighton, instructed by Mr. Jerons, for the respondent, Dr. Gorst. The follow ing persons were sworn in evidence :—Blyth Brown, Maxwell Scott, Ann Francais, Edward G. Willoughby, Maria Cooper, Thomas Houghton, Martha Francais ' Wm. Scott, Clark Rampling, Thomas P arr y, Thomas Pirce, Geo. Wade, Jas. Norman, Wm. White, Mr. Downham, Joseph Jones, Hannah iiThite, and David Ross. The enquiry was adjourned till this morning, at half-past ten o'clock. BIRKENHEAD UNITARIAN CHURCH.—A soiree _ _ _ nection with this church, was held in the Craven-rooms, on Monday evening , upwards of 200 people were present, comprising many members of the church of England and independent denominations. There was also a large reinforcement from the Liverpool congregations. Among whom we observed—Messrs. Charles Holland, J. B. Cooke, Swinton Boult, A Higginson, A Leighton, &c. &c. The chair was taken by the Rev. William Binns, who addressed the meeting on the work of Unitarianism. Addresses were also delivered by the Rev. J. Robberdson, on Congregational unions, Rev. G. Beaumont, on Missionary-work, and the Rev. W. H. Channing, on Church-life. Daring the evening selections of music were admirably executed. MEETING or BAKrus. —Yesterday evening, a meeting of the operative bakers was held in Pozzi's Commercial Hotel, Camden-street, Mr. Thomas Bell presiding, to take into consideration the early closing system. Several parties present," spoke of the general benefits of early closing; however, they contended that one employee could not ask his employer to close at eight o'clock, so long as his next door neighbour, in the same trade, kept open to half-past ten, and in some instances to half-past twelve. It was finally resolved that a memorial be presented to the em ployers, by deputations from the several districts, for signature, by which they were to be bound to close their shops each evening at eight o'clock, in order to allow their shopmen the same privilege that was afforded to other working men in Liverpool. After this had been agreed to, the meeting separated. in con- GARSTON BOARD OF HEALTH.—An ordinary monthly meeting of this board was held yesterday, at the Public Offices, Garston, at which Mr. Morris presided. There were also present—Messrs. Cooper, Chidson, Harrison, Chaloner, Watts, and Lightbody. The notice calling the meeting was read, and also the proceedings of the various committees. The proceedings of the finance committee contained a recommendation, that the board should award to Mr. Duncan the sum of £5O, and to the executors of the late Arthur Holme £5O, and to the surveyor, Mr. Standing, £25, for their services in preparing plans for sewerage ; and further, that the sum of £75 be paid to the executors of the late Mr. Holme far architdctural services to the board. It was resolved that a rate of id. in the pound be levied for a general rate, and for the Aigburth district rate 6d. in the pound. For the Glossendale district rate, it was agreed to levy a rate of 6d. in the pound. This was all the business before the board. TOXTESR BOARD OP HEALTH.—This board held an ordi nary monthly meeting yesterday morning, in the board room of the Parish-offices, Park-road, Mr. H. S. Alpass presiding. There were also present Messrs. Joseph Boult, W. Evans, E. Hill, George Walker, S. Siddeley, and Mr. Monkhouse, surveyor. The proceedings of the executive committee were read, and cheques for the past month's expenditure presented for signature. Messrs. Evans and Walker objected to sign the cheques, in conse quence of the board having applied the money bor rowed for the construction of St. Michael's Hamlet sewer to s , thor purposes than that for which it had been borrowed. Mr. Walker said he could not sanction the expending of money for general purposes which had been borrowed fora specific purpose. The Chairman explained that the board would have been obliged to overdraw their account with their banker and pay interest on the am° s if they had done otherwise, and now that they had laidilo rate sufficient for their requirements, they would be longer in the position they had been for some years 1 3 ,''1, It was evident to them all that the expenditure of ta., funds was always going on, but the collection of rates 17. not keep pace with it at certain periods of the year. 36 • g Bolt said they had been saving the ratepayers from Pa t i r interest to the banker by themselves becoming. $ own bankers. The Chairman said he had reeetv mortgage from the solicitors of the Royal insurance C 0 u2, 406 pally, but it was not in the form that was wanted. " 04 further conversation took place in reference to the loot when the Chairman observed, that if Mr. Evans would sign the cheques, they would have to give ° , l let to the surveyor to turn all the men off, 5 . ., 11 7 1 be the work stop. Mr. Boult thought that ivcr S ys making too much of Mr. Evan's objection, as si gn convinced the majority of the board Nvea ld , e et• the cheques. He therefore m ove d that a sPeel a t, n — ing ing of the board be called f or th e p u rpose or 51 4; ni fi the cheques, and that the meeting be held at bj office, on Friday morning, at h a lf-p as t t en , and pr.obabhlytbe that time there would be some arrangemen ts ready with the Royal Insurance Comp an y. M r . - Walker seco nd ,"' said motion, which was carried u nan i mous l y . Mr. Eva" - Ile he would sign the cheques for St. Michael's naralet. board then separated. " SATANELLA. AT THE THEATRE ROYAL,--The PI Harrison company repeated B a lf e ' s new o p er a " St it t last night, with immense success. Miss Pyne was,. t she liant as ever. Miss Thirlwall was ver y g ood in 1 7„4 had to do, but an unusual qu an tity h as b e en cut ,l which she would have had t o t a k e a p rom i nen t part.ied for! Lancia was in greater favour than ever , an d was callsad with Mr. St. Albyn, after the opera, when Miss Al w bi ro Mr. Harrison had had thei r ova ti on . Mr. D t • was encored in the " Vintage of Champ, Ve and Miss Pyne was encored in "The Power of Love. this are still of the same opini on as we were on heari a gaich opera the first time. There are some pretty passages , are chiefly given to the band, as in the slave mark et i s ." - t he and the symphonies and accomp an i men t t o solue, ° ; ve songs and concerted pieces. The bridal chorus is a ' s "s pleasing, but the duet between ,Satanella and -itri fi ' — c hish the best piece of music in the opera, and haa_, ll „ t bjd of the " Trovatore" in it. It will b e re peated ag.'"- evening D ll . DT if HE ADAM CLARKE MEMORIAL.—LEcrtins i gOQ Dixox.—A lecture was delivered last night, in t"• 0 0 Hall, upon the life and l a b ours o f D r . Ad am Clarke , tho appropriate introduction to the bazaar to be open" s 4,, i , ii : tbo Academy Rooms this day. Th e announce ment of lecturer was to be the eloquent a n d venera ble Dr....,,DL' en " pr. Manchester, drew together a large audienCe. " Dixon entered hall, accomanied by the baud of and hereolergymen and gentlemen a cam; l o ud of applause filled the hall. The chair was taken, an:_ ll L:d' applause, by the Rev. Dr. Raffles, who, after the pro'irerf had been opened with prayer, introduced the rev. leF cb pt , and the subject he was to illustrate. The lecture wb i r ibed Dixon then delivered, and which indeed is notjustly desc.„ol as a lecture, being an oral and spontaneous series of recollections of Dr. Clarke D , was of a singularly' ia t . e : a re and striking character. r. Dixon drew a vivid 1 11 ‘ f b lO the scene of Adam Clarke's bi r th an d early life; ° 6 0 0. 4 personal appearance when a yo u th, an d o f the occ u p y hi which, in his growing years, s t reng th ene d and anim at e character. Adverting to Adam Cla r k e ' s early educallof do lecturer asked, with some eniphasis, what becam e . education of Oxford, of Cambridge, of Dublin Trilll_,oll Edinburgh and Glasgow, and de c l are d that all, ortoP ri , of all, the eminent scriptural c r iti cs an d commen t 3 'l ll l modern times w ere , i n th e ma i n , self-taught ill e Pori'" lecturer described with eloquence, clearness, ala,„' o eutt illustration, the mental c h arac t er the acqu' ij ourt and the pursuits o f D r . Clarke, the whole " 1 01 being less a detail o f the events of Clacked air than . a picture in words ofolarlie's—personalitY a° e vos tmgmshing characte r i s ti cs o f h ear t an d mind. The 3 ;_elioly were kept thoroughly i n te res t e d an d a b sor bed thrnitor the whole of the di scourse , w hi c h was o f lengthenv-ia tbQ tion, and frequently interrupted the rev. lecture r . gar dsl% spontaneous bursts of applause. The Rev. Afr . ,„:74 1 proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. Dixon, our to rrir, seconded by Mr. Thomas Farmer, of . London, and t"" by acclamation. A vote of thanks was also pass— chairman. arl INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS CommlTTßE.—The A•n .0v ' R ig nightly meeting of this committee of the Select I r e' . .,t e rds2 held in the Board- room a t th e S c h oo l-room/ Y e- ei abe7 afternoon. Mr. Bairstow presided, and the other O w n, present were—Messrs. Syred, Williams, Satchell) to o I t bl Whitty, Cropper, S co tt, an d T urner . F ro m the re is hnie/). ta a 3 appeared that the num b er o f c hild ren i n the es nd 4° on the 7th instant was 862, consisting of 459 bl w ith t he girls. This show e d a d ecrease o f 64 as comP 3 . re let corresponding period of last year. The f o llowi ll o read from the Rev. Mr. Doyle : ice, a Ales. Sir,—ln answer to your communication regarding `" c olow beg to inform you—and I shall thank ou to the the n c oo —that I have sent my resignation as p y astor to the 1 1 .„,t h ft p , 1 children of the Industrial Schools to the Right Bev* v " -- ° Do l* Yours faithfully, Ricroo 155, Great Howard-street, May 30, 1859. With reference to the entry in the chaplain's j eurli n iero bell plaining of certain remarks made upon him by some m itteet of the Vestry, and which was referred back to the e°lll to t l/8 r ' the Rev. Mr. Holmes wa s ca ll e d i n and, i n answe chairman, said that he would rather bear the cerl-Tai he question than complain, and he begged to withdraw w` by the had written. After a general expression of opinio n to the committee that the chaplain should make an entgloft. effect that he withdrew his previous remark, the J Holmes wrote as follows in his journal : i ns Although I have felt- deeply grieved at the unmeritearrabotte: passed upon me, and of which I complained in my r e P ° fortnight ago, I am anxious now to withdraw it, if the co will kindly permit it to be withdrawn. hat ti le Mr. Williams moved, and Mr. Syred seconded, t bel t , 1 / 001 the entry be accepted as an apology. expressed some dissatisfaction with the entry Rev. Mr. Holmes having been again called in, the el! ii t eu lti explained to him that the committee were in great d in this message, and felt convinced that the words of withdrawal would not be satisfactory to the i nn the o referred to. The Rev. Mr. Holmes said he would ask co , as gentlemen, although he was perfectly w illing to be o il sidered their servant, was he to be represented in ado do language or in any way before the public ? He w? rl . l „ e ss; anything they could suggest to make peace and quit- the but really he had felt deeply hurt anli grieved. k to made, sic% 'llO - request of the committee the chaplain undertoo ded make another entry in his journal. The alteration inel ti .„ ll l the admission that he " regretted " having made the o r '' te t<• entry. The other business related chiefly to routine niLittea;f s ev era ELECTION OF BIRICENHEXD COMMISSIONERS. — Y es ' u 7ii6 the annual election of commissioners, to fill up the vite 3 '• t he was held at the Town-hall, Birkenhead. Seven of o t h e years. are to serve for three years, and two for tte years. There were two lists, or parties, in the field-- • Red list, and the Blue or ratepayers list. There wa s vf• 4 ( little excitement, and the election passed off unusually qw b e ; From an early hour in the morning, the re d li s t were i n t o e ascendant, and at the close o f th e p o ll th ey s h owe d a land majority. The polling commenced at eight o'clock, f r 'e closed at four o'clock in the afternoon. The following the returns : 10 o'clock. 112 o'clock 4 ~~ Bradley Bell .. ......... Walker Gilbertson Verelst Willoughby .. Peck .. Whittle Beazley Bailiff Evans . Henderson..... Reeves Johnston Ryalls 434 665 407 634 297 456 296 436 ; From the above returns, it will be seen that the first gentlemen were returned, viz.: Messrs. Bradley, f o r Walker, Gilbertson, Verelst, Willoughby, and p eck, tic° three years ; and Messrs. Whittl e an d W . Beazley r years. After Mr. Waln,•the returning officer, ha d declared these gentlemen elected commissioners for "heir head, Mr. Gill addressed the electors. He said, that r to exertions on the present occasion had been an il'eu°ll„ile them. By their conduct that day, they endorsed th . e g - t be ral policy and proceedings of the . commissioners during past year—that policy was still to be adhered to. Th e lief missioners had placed themselves in a solvent position f e o were not in debt. Mr. Gill then proceeded to make remarks . upon the means that had been taken to av be i n g contest, which were however without avail. The re a fe' loud cries for Mr. Laird, that gentleman addressed d amply word's to the assembly. He need not tell them how ei7est he felt thei r success; but, he hoped, now that the ‘ _N a u t 1 ,11 was over, that all bygones would be forgotten, and t' i of the would do their best for the prosperity and benefit_uJd town. He passed on to a glance at what Birkenhead;_vtea ultimately turn out to be, and implored all the newly _ l 7i e t members to cast away every description of disunion,. ali t . them unite their best wishes and efforts towards rising keuhead in the social and commercial scale. gr. -° , O of also addressed a few words to the electors, but they u call for any particular notice. The election, a.' paced off very quietly. kill th e the abl e l ege iti-4. reef bef c l'e q , ate Of , lo ss Ova,