Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-16 00:00:00

gommer:fal 0425.—Ebig Orin. At twelve o'clock. 29 tons Fustic, and 230 Bags Mustard Seed.—Cox Brothers. A t Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 10, Chapel-street, 170 bias Maracaibo F ustic.—A. R. Cox & Co. At Twelve o'clock, al the Brokers' Office, 5, Exchange-alley, West, 15 casks Grey Tartar.—Pryce At Lace. At one o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 7, Rumford-street, about 150 bales American Cotton.—Hollinshead, Tetley & Co. At twelve o'clock, at the Public Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, J5O tons Nicaraguawood, and 160 tons Campeachy Laguna Logwood.— Rooke, Okell, & Spence. At Twelve o'clock, at the Public Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 20 casks Pumicestone, and 355 tors Jamaica Logwood.—Ferguson, Pillans, & Co. At the Brokers' Saleroom, Oldhall-street, 487 bags, and 13 damaged, Sago Flour, 15 tons Camwood, and a quantity of casks French Madder and GaraheAne.—John Baron and Son. At twelve o'clock, at the Public. Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 120 bags Sago Flour.—Whitaker, White.:ead, & Co. At eleven o'clock. at the Commercial Salercom Temple-court, a quantity of St. 'Michael's Oranges.—Fl,tcher & Firth. At Twelve o'clock, at the Exchange Saleroom, a quantity of Madder Roots.—William Porter 6, Co. At twelve Oc'ock, at the Brokers' Offi2e, 30a, Exchange-street East, a qnantity of Logwood a .d Green Ebony.—Percival, Campbell, aad Co. At twelve o'clock, at the General Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, a quantity of Gum Gedda.—Strafford and ansan. At twelve o'clock, at the iPublic SaLroom, Exchange-buildings, 10 tons Eel Sanderswood. 6 casks Flag Annatto, a quantity if (,um Arabic, and a quantity of Nicaraguawood and Fustic.—Bower and Slack. A2IETSEMENTS, PUBLIC MEEUINGS, &c. THIS D.Y. roYAL AMPHITHEATRE—Draaaati Performance-7 QUEEN'S IALL, Bob D-sTR vET UOSCO-8 p.ni. Imo/cla's CIRQUE VAILILTE, Dale-street--7 p.m. 1.7.?E21P00L ACADISHY'S EXHIBITION, !Cost-office-place. CoLossuum—Gotieral Entert.iMment-6.30 p.m. VT' For advertisements see second page, NOTICE TO A DVERTISERE3. Persons seeking Employnzent, parties requiring Servants, Assistants orClerks, and those in search of Apartments, -or having Lodgings to Let, can best .bring their v'ants under the nirtice of the public, by advertising in the NORTHERN TIMES, and which, from its large. circulation, is the most efficient medium of publicity in this district. he cash price for tkis special class of advertisements is now reduced to THREEPENCE FOR TWENTY WORDS, and far every additional five words one penny. BOSCO! BOSCO!! BOSCO!!! Q UEEN'S HALL, BOLD STREET. TREMENDOUS SUCCESS 1! FASHIONABLE AND CIV)WDED HOUSE3I All are amazed and delighted at the extraordinary, woriderftl, marvellous, and incredible feats, p - .,rformed ,by tire " WIZARD OR THE WORLD." EVENING PERFORMANCES AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. MORNING PERFORMANCES, WEDNESD kY AND SATURD .Y. AT TWO O'CLOCK. Friccs of Admission : Resemd Sea's.— 2s. I Unre , erved...... Is. Gallery...—. Ed Clrldren under Tsn yeas of Age, Half-price. Tickets may b 3 obtained et the p7incipal Music Shops in Ttwn. For fariher Purtictilar% See Bills. 6 .44.1 TEDNESReII', DECEMBER IC, 'IS:7. THE DAY'S NEWS. We published portions of a despatch•from Sir A. Wilson, respecting the capture of the City of Delhi. The gallant General writes on the 22nd of September, and says that on that day they were complete masters of the City. A private letter from an officer forming part of the devoted garrison of Lucknow has been published. It is dated 27th October, and is believed to contain the latest ex plicit intelligence from the leagued city; and if the letter be genuine and accurate, the condition of our countrymen and countrywomen in the Residency is by no means so desperate as is sup posed. The Sc]rboreugh election has ended in the return of Mr. Dent by a majority of 93 over his opponent, Mr. Cayley. The tow.a was quiet during pollirrg - hour, but there was evidently great excitement. , Mr Hunt, the Conservative candidate, has been returnWl for Nor..h Northamptonshire in place of the late Mr. Augustus Stafford, beating the Minis terial candidate, Mr. Vernon. There is a vacancy in Buckinghamshire, consequent upon the elevation of Mr. Cavendish to the peerage, and also in the Elgin Burghs by the retirement of ?Jr. G. S. Duff; but the probability is, that both constituenaies will return new members of the same political com plexion as the former, :The trial of Mr. Bright, who is charged on nine indictments with forgery, has commenced. We are yet without the verdict in the case. The Liverpool Assizes were brought to a termi nation yesterday, after the trial ofa few unimpor 'CßS es. -Yesterday afternoon, a service of plate was pre sented to Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead, by his - numerous friends and admirers, for the many emi nent services which that gentleman has., for a lengthened period, ren'ered to the township. An ample report of the proceedings will be found in another column. The-meeting of the Select Vestry, held yesterday, •was of no great importance. At the Central Criminal Court, yesterday, the :prisoner charged with the robbery of the,jewels, &c., , Ipf the Countess of Ellesmere, valued at some 15,000, took plaice. Jackson, the receiver, was .sentenced to ID years' penal seruitude, and his wife was acquitted, on the plea of having acted under hiS' control. A very slight addition (,ix months' imprisonment) was made to Atwell's punishment, who is already suffering imprisonment for another offence. At -.the- Stafforei Assizes, Willi3m Allanson, a -tailor, has been coLvicted of wholesale uttering of Bank of England notes, and was sentenced to fif teen years' penal .servitude. His wife received twelve months' imprisonment for the same offense. At the s D3rby ASSIZ'23, one Henry Buxton, a labourer, only twenty-one years of age, having been found guilty of highway robbery, and pleading guilty to several burglaries, has been sentenced to twenty years' 'penal servitude. Oat; Abel RensmEtn, of Rochester, wrote to the Registkr , General of Seamen, that while he (Hens man) was on his passage from London to Yarmouth, that the captain of the steamer got drunk, and otherwise tniscondueted liimaelf. Hausman also wrote to the Shipping Gazette, but this .was not published. The captain, Daniel Goocicx.e, felt hirnsslf aggrieved when he learned this, and for the purpose of clearing his character from such a stain, he brought an action for libel in the Court of Common Pleas, and obtained a .7erdict for £7,:0 damages. A somewhat singular controversy has been going -on between the •` leAing journal" and one of our "low pricea" Metropolitan cotemporaries re aTecting the extreme similarity of the Paris car xespondenee which .each of the nap: - ;is in question have been publishing. Indeed, so identical are many parts of the respective communications, that a cursory re,ade:: would imagine that both produc tions were emanation of the same brain. On Saturday the Times printed in its second edition the letter of its Paris correspondence, in which was an alltnion to the fact of the Paris papers quoting an article from the Nord, in which some comments were made as to the fact of the Times and Daily Telegraph publishing on the same day a leading article on the same subject, couched in almost the same language. The leading journal feels some what indignant that any paper but itself should have fresh and interesting original articles, and although it pi inted the letter of its Paris Corres pondent in Saturday's Second Edition in its entirety, so ashamed was the " Thunderer" at the discovery, that on Monday's First , E lition all allusion to the "penny print" was omitted. The case is a singlar one—but to those conversant with the Metropolitan Daily Press it will not appear unusual. poi) it be, that the party who contributes TEE NORTHERN TIIVIES.-A.LIVERPOOL I WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1857. leaders to the limes, is also an editorial caterer to Mr. Levy's penny diurnal---The Da i ly Telegraph ? Respecting the murder and suicide i n London, discovered on Monday, there is but little new corn - , to light. The supposition is, that the pa:,'Cies re ferred to came direct from France to the coffee house, and that they were not intimately known in the metropolis, as no letters were received by either of them. Mach mystery appeared to be conneeCed with the circumstance of their t a ki ng up their abode at Harper's, and it is the opinion of some persons that as the woman seemed entirely under the control of the man, from whose presence she was never allowed to be, and by whom, while she spoke in his presence, she was ofVn checked in her remarks, that she was a consenting party to her death. This is surmised, as net the slightest struggle was heard between them on any one oc casion throughout the day; nor was a shriek nor scream heard uttered by her. Had there been one uttered, it would have bean sure to have alarmed either Mr. or Mrs. Harper, who were in the house at the time. A rumour has been, set "on foot, on what authority we will rot take upon ourselves to say, that a conference will shortly 'beheld in London, between the representatives of France and England, to settle what is and what is not Slave traffic. The new plan of the French Government engaging negroes on the west coast of Africa as free labourers for its West Indian colonies, might obviously lead to a conflict between the English cruisers and the French ships. .The proposal to come to a distinct understanding emanates from France, the Govern ment of which is still of opinion that the engage ment of free labourers is a better mode of stopping the traffic in staves than any preventive measures. Our Continental news is of an interesting chTracter. Another ministerial crisis has taken place in Spain. Me Cabinet demanded the disc missal of a general officer, who, in his order of the day, violently attacked the Vicalvariet generals; with whom the present ministers had effected a reconciliation: Their demand was refused by the Queen, and they tendered their resignation. The latest news by letter says that the Queen accepted it, and that M. Noccelal had again a chance, but , as there is no later telegraph, `it is probable that the rupture has; been patched up. The Commercial Crisis - in the North of Europe continues, and hitherto not the slightest abate . r ent seems to have taken place. Stockholm was panic siruck for twenty-four hours, and there was a run on all the private banks. The declaration of the State Bank„ however, that it would cash the notes of the private hanks, put a stop to the run. Money, after a short period of improvement at Vienna, has 'become again scarce, and a popular demand is made for the suspension of the usury laws. Companies for lending money on merchan dise have just been formed and chartered at Bre men and -at Antwerp. The agitation in France against the free impor tation of Foreign Spirits continues, and the general opinion•is, that such agitation will prevail, and that a duty will soon be "put upon such. THE sizelving of the bullion panic of 1857 and its consequences,will not be a gain to any political party. Parliament and the country, are at issue on other, and very different subject's. The people find that repreSentation has lost all Con stitutional , control over taxation, Going to the House of Commons for supplies, whether for unintelligible wars, civil lists, or secret services, are matters of course. Divisions on Budgets, • have become of late years, mere farces. Tax ation has long since ceased to be an element of political contention within the walls of the Legis ' lature. With the late JosEru HUME, the faint echoes of the voice of Financial Reform and retrenchment, departed from•the political Forum• Will the Whigs or Tories revive it, by making the hearing which excessive taxation hao on tlio industry and commerce of England, a branch of the proposed inquiry into the causes of our present commercial and industrial distress ? The abstraction .of 80,000,0001. of gold, from the legitimate pursuits of a people, must have some eflect on their monetary resources. Such items do not come under the head of chaff, although they may disappear like husks of corn before the wind. The nation has to find that huge amount at a fixed price. or its representative —paper—payable in gold on demand, at ten per cent. Will Lord PALMERSTO.N, or Sir C. Lewis, pledge his veracity that this has nothing whatever to do with the money embarassments of to-day ?If it has not, let it be proved. There never was an age more open to conviction, or when men discuss grievances with greater good temper. It would be useless to attempt to decide, what the avail able means of trade are without taking into account, all the liabilities heaped upon the float ing capital of the country. When the proposed committee have ascertained the exact amount of accommodation, Banks ought to afford--the amount of gold these institutions ought to hold, to render payment to their deposi tors and note holders " on demand," a reality, and net a political fiction—the number of ounces of bullion imported and exported in the year— and have given us a correct definition of what is really meant by overtrading, overproduction, and overtpeculation," the public will assuredly expect them to show, after making the deductions they may think just and proper, from the total amount available for industry and trade, what remains to pay taxes. If they can prove that there is a surplus of gold, on legal tender notes, in the hands of the community to supply the demands of the State, then bullion taxation would be a blessing, as its operation woull check the system of hoarding, so much dreaded in these provident times. But if they come forward with only one-half of their lesson, and persist in telling the world that 80,000,000/, of taxation, payable in gold "on demand," has nothing to do with the monetary affairs of the country, they r must expect to b e laughed 'at by all Ch r ist en d om. There is, therefore, no political safety in the eva sion of the great disturbing cause which bring na tions to the brink of ruin. The Financial Reformers have discovered, at last, that defective and dis graceful as the system of keeping our national accounts, and unwarrantable as the lavish expen diture of the State, really are, that there is still something more important to be considered. They begin to see the smallness of the source from whence the great streams of revenue flow. They find that domestic taxation is demanded in a foreign product, which must be supplied at a fixed price. They have discovered that the national debtor is not allowed to sell his produce in an open market ; for notwithstanding the w ea :;er may sell his cloth, and the farmer his wheat, to the highest bidder, that which he receives in exchange`has a fixed value, set upon it by the State, and they are therefore as much bondsmen as though their cloth and corn went to pay taxes at fixed prices. They have even• dis covered something more, namely, that, if it had not been for the discovery of cheap gold in California and Australia, there would have been no bullion laws in Europe or America for the last eight years, and that if those countries had produced double the quantity of gold, we should still be unable to pay 80,000,0001. of taxation in that metal. The reason is obvious. The law will not allow merchants to em ploy gold in our foreign trade, because in the natural order of things, this metal would become scarce at home, the price of bullion would rise, and the State would receive fewer ounces of gold in payment of taxes. This advantage would be too great for the mercantile and general public, and consequently they are made to pay taxes in gold at a low fixed price ; and that that social bondage may be preserved intact, banking and monetary laws are enacted, under the pre text of keeping gold at home, to give stability to the credit issue of the Bank of England and to commerce These laws, however, are opposed to all the principles of civilised existence, and their repeated failures betray the besotted stupidity of their original concoctors, and the childish impotency of their more modern advocates. And we would warn the present House of Commons, while just entering into political life, of the danger and folly of sanctioning the continuance of a system which must render taxation of the most economi cal character, both unjust and intolerable in the sight of the most loyal and patriotic classes of society. Let it be remembered that the Bank Charter Act dates from 1844; that two years after its enactment it failed ; that if it had been re-enacted last year, as it ought to have been if Parliament think it a safe law; that if it had been renewed in 1856, it would not have pre vented the national catastrophe of 1857, and that if it be replaced on the statute-book in 1858, it will assuredly break down under the pressure of our expanded commerce, population, and trade— to say nothing of the Indian war, and the com mercial weakness of continental Europe—before two years goes over our heads. The Indian revolt will carry off many millions of gold, whether the Government or the Cora_ pany supply it, and foreign Europe must have metallic money for trade, let it come from where it may. To enter, therefore, on stringent and bottomless bullion and banking laws at this par. titular period, would be perfectly preposterous ; and we feel for all those who think,by shelving such questions, and evading inquiry into the great disturbing causes which set unnatural laws at defiance, to find a political haven in which the drowsy politician can roll himself up in the mainsail of the State, and sleep out his watch in smooth water. Finance, currency, commerce, and banking, are all too closely allied to each other to think of escaping the whirlwind of one without falling into the whirlpools of the rest; and if we carry ourselves through the ten per cent. panic without another crisis, the breathing time allowed will be only like the three days' grace on a bill of exclfange. The great State bill will become due in the ordinary course, and how, and in what, is it to be paid ? This is the practical question for the Financial Reformer to consider, and in good time. Let him first look to the Eastern, and then to the Western hemis phere. The social revolutions going on in the latter are only equalled by the magnitude of the military operations in the former. Let our rulers look at these things with becoming sobriety and moral sadness, and ask themselves if this is a season for trifling with the welfare of the people, and to pervert all the natural laws of trade by countenancing the renewal of Acts which they were compelled to demolish in order to save the Empire from bankruptcy. The relaxation of the rate of discount can only lead to a renewal of " over-trading, over-speculations, and over-pro ductions," if there be any truth in the Govern ment's assertions ; but 80 ,000,0001,, of taxation cannot be abstracted from trade within the next twelve months, without leaving us open to all the foul and absurd charges brought against the mercantile men of England, and producing another season of usury, and its committant— bankruptcy. Jr is emphatically declared in the pages of the sacred writings, that he ‘` is worse than an infidel who neglects to provide for those of his own household." Yet how many there are, in all parts of this world, who neglect the injunction and despise the judgment which the passage just quoted contains. The Apostle, in making the remark, wished t 3 impress upon those to whom he was writing the duties as well as the uncertainly of life. Happy would it be for society at large if his admonition was attended to in our own days. Our workhouses and our gaols, yea even the inmates of our asylums, would be few in number, and crime and poverty less frequent in the land. The cost of each and all these national establishments would be curtailed, and an independent and industrious people would take the place of criminals, paupers, and lunatics. The inculcation and encouragement of provident habits among every class, sect, and degree of the population, is therefore a duty to which the patriot and the moralist should lend their hearty and uisreserved support, Of all the forms of providing for the of a family, we deem Life Assurance the fore most. We do not underrate the advantages which well-regulated Sick and Burial Clubs confer upon their members. But we give a pre ference to Life Assurance Societies because they are capable of imparting greater and more substantial benefits upon all who have the fore thought and prudence to " complete a policy" and " keep it up." Let us glance for a moment at the nature . and objects of Life Assurance, and cursory though that glance may be, enough will appear to convince the most sceptical that the system merits the preference we give it. We pass by the imperative duty of every one making some provision for the support of those dependent upon them in the event of death. It is, unfor tunately, a matter of too frequent occurrence, that the death of the head of a family leaves those dependent upon them in penury and want. The exercise of a little consideration and fore sight would have prevented the deplorable evil just noticed, as well as the breaking up of an attached household. We well know that the death of a father is in many instances the loss of daily bread. The bereaved mother deplores with feelings of the deepest anguish, the loss of the partner of her life ; but to all this she has to encounter the cries of a helpless family for bread, which it is not in her power to give, or, at least, which she must deal out with a pitiful and stinted hand. This has been the case with thousands of families, who, at one time, were comfortable and free from want. The vicissitudes of life, aggravated by a total disregard to the exercise of provident habits, brought upon them the evils we have just sketched. As we have previously said, several means have been adopted for the purpose of remedying such injurious results. But of this we are satisfied, that the ordinary modes of investment are ineffectual for securing a certain provision in the event of death. The resource of saving, no matter how careful and economising we may be, is insufficient. The accumulations arising :from deposits in Savings Banks, or Building Societies, are not only tedious in amounting to anything like an adequate sum, but to reach that point implies a certainty of life for a given number of years. This is not so; for the very infidel—he who denies the exist ence of a supreme and superintending power— knows and admits that " in the midst of life we are in death." It was the recognition of principles akin to the foregoing—the uncertainty of human life, that weal and fragile thread, which the most trivial accident might nip in two—that first invented the principle of Life Assurance. Financers and sta ticians felt that, although they could not reduce the numerous foes which assail L and destroy human life, it was within their power to dry up thn fPara, and acQua.ga the pangs of fvtloru widows and dependent orphans, by the adoption of principles and provisions, devised expressly to meet such possibilities. Facts and science came to their aid, and although they could not tell the exact age at which any one individual would die, they artived at conclusions, based upon mathematical accuracy, which showed that human life, like every thing else, is regulated by fixed laws, and that they could determine with unimpeachable correctness, the average duration of life of a certain number of indi viduals of a specified age. And here it was felt, as in all original Tontine Societies of France, that to adopt and cart' out the principles of Life Assurance with success, numbers of individuals were necessary, thus proving the truth of that trite but wholesome maxim, " Union is strength." When three hundred or a thousand people, agree together, to provide for a certain payment, in case of any of their deaths. it is the accumu lation of all their investments, which insures them the amount stipulated, for at the time their "claim" becomes due, the unpaid portion of these contributions is kept in hand, or invested in profitable securities to meet future probabili ties and contingencies. Thus, then, we regard the system as at once designed to be a mutual help; for the living members contribute to the formation of a fund for the relief and benefit of the survivors of the deceased members thereby mitigating the grief and suf fering of the bereaved family. It would be easy to illustrate still further the great advantage of this principle—combination —and show that Life Assurance is the most economic method of mak. ing a provision for a family; but this we deem unnecessary, as our previous remark render that perfectly apparent. We might also make a contrast betty, en Life Assurance and Saving ; and, by doing so, clearly demonstrate the superiority of the former, as well as the source of domestic comfort which the possession of a life policy confers upon the head of a family. He or she has the satisfaction of knowing that they have performed the first of duties—providing for those dependent upon them ; and when the King of Terrors approaches to escort them through the dark val ley of the Shadow of Death, their peace of mind is not disturbed with the world's cares respecting an unpTovided offspring or indigent relations. Numerous, indeed, are the cases which we could cite to prove the pleasing results of a Life Policy. We could also show how it has gained a position in society for orphan families ; whilst, on the other hand, the facts in our possession would be not only more numerous, but much more striking, to show the evils of procrastina tion and the dangers of delay. Hardly a day passes which does not adduce instances of a very forcible character on either one or other of these points. It is impossible, in a single article, to notice in detail the numerous modes in which the prin ciples of Life Assurance can be applied, and the various plans in which it can be adopted to pro mote the happiness and domestic comfort of a family. Suffice it, therefore, to say that it affords an opportunity for providing educational and marriage endowments for children. By it, too, parents are enabled to lay aside the means of commanding apprentice fees for their offspring at a certain age. The head of a family has it also in his power to obtain a yearly annuity from a given period of life, in addition to a certain sum to his representatives at death. Creditors can secure bad or doubtful debts. The emigrant and the mariner, who venture forth on the stormy and mighty waters of the trackless deep, can provide for any casualty, and even death, whilst in the prosecution of their voyage. These are unly a few of the modes of applying the principles and practice of Assurance to the general purposes of Life. They are, however, sufficient to point out the great advantages of such institutions, and to cause the reflecting man, to regard them as a public benefit, seeing that they foster provident habits, diminish crime and pauperism, and carry home to every fireside contentment, peace, and , joy. We cannot conclude our remarks upon this subject without noticing one or two objections which have been urged against Life Assurance Societies. In doing so, we are glad to know that it is not so much to the principles as the prac tices of such Companies exception is taken. In the first place, it is urged, that in most of the modern offices policy-holders have no security for the payment of their claims when they become due. Nothing can be further from the fact, In all our experience of Life Offices, we never knew a claim to be refused from a positive disability to pay. It is true that all companies who make a start are not successful, but that does not effect the policy holder ; for in such a case an " amalgamation" is effected with a stronger society, and the policy holder has the satisfaction of receiving an intimation that he is transferred to a prosperous and wealthy office, and that the terms of his original proposal stand unaltered. The fallacious objection just noticed should not be countenanced by any reasonable person, nor should it deter him from joining an office whose existence is only that of a few weeks. Of course much of the stability of an Assurance Company depends upon the business-like character and judicious adminis tration of the directors. When a society is managed by a court of directors who are not men of skim, but known for their position and stand ing in society—we may safely calculate upon the progress and prosperity of the concern. But it is said that there are already too many companies in the field. This we deny. Nor would there be, were there twenty times as many ; inasmuch as the number of individuals assured is one of the smallest fractions of the entire population. When the principles of Life Assurance have been thoroughly popularised, and understood—when prejudice begins to blush before a commanding sense of public duty, and the head of every well -regulated family takes refuge under the branches of this mighty tree of domestic and social happiness, twenty times the number of Life Assurance Offices could not be too many for the United Kingdom. Besides, in this business, as in every other competion, begets improvements, and serves to secure advantages which the old and independent societies would never have accorded to their customers. This remark brings us to the consideration of another objection which is often put forward against Life Offices. The agent canvasses for a proposal, and is met with a remark like the following :—" I should like to assure, but the comp my may dispute my claim; and in case of my inability to pay the premium, my policy will be forfeited, and I shall lose all my payments.' This is certainly the tactics of the older offices, but the increase of Life Companies, has led to the com petition alluded to. And we now find, that in some of the best regulated modern offices, no such ground of objection can be urged. These remarks have been prompted by the delivery of a lecture on " Life Assurance" last night, at Stanley. W. P. Clirehugh, Esq., Secretary to the Queen's Life Assurance and Annuity Com pany—a company recently promoted by some of our leading citizens—and which promises to become one of the most popular and best managed offices of the day. THE C 0 URT, &c. OSBORNE, Dec. 14.—The Queen and Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Princess Helena, attended by the Ladies and Gentle men in Waiting went to Whippingham Church yesterday morning, where the Rev. C. Protheroe performed the service. Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Cowell, Royal Engineers, returned to Alverbank this morning. Tux SIAMESE AMBASSADORS IN Maw cll ESTER. —The ambassadors of the first and second Kings of Siam, Phya Montri Sari Wonse, and Chau Mun Sarbded.h Macty, arrived in Manchester on Sunday evening, occapyirg a suite of apartments which had been previously engaged for thi m at the Queen's Hotel. The third Ambassador, Chau Mun Monder Bidacks, was detained in London, in con sequence of indisposition. They were attended by MOM Rajody, chief interpreter; Mr. Chune, assistant inter preter; Mr. E. Fowle, secretary, and a numerous suite. They brought letters of introduction from Lord Clarendon, the secretary of state for foreign affairs, to the mayor (Ivie Mackie, Esq.,) who waited upon them on Monday morning, and accompanied them in their visit to various manufactories. The ambas sadors left the hotel shortly before eleven o'clock, and pro ceeded to the of Sir Elkanah Armitage and Sons, at Pendleton, where they spent upwards of two hours. They minutely inspected every process through which the e° passes until it appears in the shape of the reFlu tie t ot article, and in every department they manifested Igo interest. On leaving these works they returned W d i f i chaster mid inspected the Town Hall. After 1/P o rts about half an hour in the building, the distinguisli s "4o visited the new warehouse of Sir James Watts, ill Po t J~ street, whence they proceeded to the works of 31 7 100 4. Whitworth and Co. Here they spent nearly three t x They examined, with marked attention, the whole ;to machinery in course of manufacture, and fragile:Lel Is questions as to the price of the articles shown el le :14 this respect they evinced considerable acuteness! 40 4 comparisons between the prices of various dese re P", machinery produced in Manchester and els eighet- ret four o'clock they returned to the Queen's Vs!' „ w ,,:orDijij mayor, by invitation, dined with them. YeeteN a J l i der e they visited the Mayfield Print Works C &Cl ° Neild's), and the silk mills of Messrs. Honldsw°- t abe,s o l ACCIDENTAL DEATH.—On the 9th of NeYe-ales woman, named Margaret Gallaher, who lived at son het street, was hurt by a bale of cotton falli z e g e on Brook-street. She died in the Northern Hosnitw' i o ta tr LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY Cutrae.—Yesterday' ehie . Commissioner Stevenson—ln re John DohertY.; ! 0 0 13° : the adjourned certificate meeting. Mr. Aspiln'' e ar of the assignees, applied for a further a dj o ur dnreo l matter of personal convenience. (The learne d , had to preside in St. George's Hall, as Depatrt'ed Mr. Deighton, on behalf the bankrupt, castl fa y application, and the meeting was according' i t adjourned to Tuesday, the 22nd instant. 3310 a e i CONCERT HALL.—Herr Kalozdy's Hungaria n th i4 given two out of their five promised concerts, s e t and popular place of amusement, with great - been t o instruments which compose this band have et oie , - 0 1 selected to give effect to bold and impressive w o es / to tie lovers of novelty, Herr Kelozly's C° s esel e i afford a rich treat. The programme embrac e " eitly i l the first-class musical compositions of the del' e bol" are performed in pure Hungarian style, which/ 1 „ir e is very little known in this country. h THE SWINDLING GANG.—At the Boronge m ot et ) William M'Adam, and William H e nry Chnl 3 '; indicted for a series of swindling. Mr. 8 e 4 11° ,0 Guardian Society, appeared for the prosecuticaaaweji details of this case appeared within a few Or paper. The prisoners were convicted, and ee., oo tn e seven years' penal_ servitude. Much credit is ' o r Eeay, for his successful conviction of thee a ree o the most extensive gang of swindlers ere' England. Ye! e a t. GOVERNMENT AND THE BIRKENHEAD POLICB• al r the chairman of the Birkenhead Watch Cottl ec in it r g ee cs a very gratifying letter from Mr. W. N. x, tl , - 0 , 0 the under-secretaries of the Home Office. ." Whitehall, 14th December, 1857, and was to tlie org e, effect Sir, lam directed by Secretary Sir that he has considered the Inspector's (Lice,' - o er °Li ford) report upon the state of the police sn' during the year ending the 29th September wthe he has had the satisfaction of certifying, t o Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, thz,t loie has been maintained in a state of efficiency, of numbers and discipline, during the whole 9, 1 , 3 06. 4 ' Chairman of the Town Commissioners of Bl r ' c e earel . LECTURE AT STANLEY.—Last night, at the - l ila, Stanley, W. P. Clirehugh, Esq., delivered a le. ing lecture to a very numerous audiencelto. Assurance." The lecturer commenced by y pe ° , intention to make his subject as interesting: 0 11 1 r, by the exclusion of all tabular statements a a t he, matter, and that he would confine himself t e e /0 and progress of Life Assurance in Ergla a ' ote b proceeded to give the history of Life Assuran ce 'i eer'• the date when first parish registers and bill B „ were used ; date of first English work; list g writers on the subject ; afterwards tr a e 'tbe e 's institution for the assurance of lives ; noticing e {<+ e t which premiums were charged, and tli e se A subject had on the people of the day. Pr ° ,, e sst enn notice the effect of the adoption of Life 4 `, s yp effect of the neglect of it—and cited exang o to both cases. In conclusion, Mr. ClirellugV urged the practice of Life Assurance amongst a and read the opinions of vario u s au thors- vire bet e SHOW WORTH LOOKING AT ON 'CHANGE , '" . .ioi a good deal about t• bulls" and " bears" r, 10 . appearance, now and then, on 'Change, but " v on we get such a show as was there on Mondakeeli derable excitement was caused in the neigh we'„ Or e the appearance there of one of the prize os:,,ftr Smithfield Cattle Show, together with same exhibition. The ox (as the show card. P a elce a first-class animal, and reflects infinite credit eo e t ; breeder and feeder, Mr. Richard Evans and ttle t il threes h:rtia E. G. D. Pennant. We congratulate our A t i o tre ° i men, Messrs. Hall and Son, on their sPl ell `'e l e ata i to and wish them the success their energy an'y ra t e„; well merit. This ox is the winner of the " Oat' silver medal at Smithfield Club Show, Lendorl,ooo were shown on 'Change, three South Del i l, and fed by Lord W a l s i ng h am , Merton hie 0; 11 winner of first prize at Birmingham, and hig„ h ",,oe ed at the Smithfield Club Show, London. . s. e r s. animals will be seen, duly slaughtered, at Jue s ool Sons, Preeson's-row, George's Church, and c C attract attention. tl eg C..LLEGIATE INSTITUTE.—LECTURE BY gO o l STOWELL, OF MANCHESTER.—Last night, this s , delivered a lecture on the subject of " D ei ced 111 ;t0 how to do it." Mr. J. J. Stitt, who occ u r af er, with a few brief remarks, introduced the lest r afo.: f h received with load applause. The rev. bef_ tri , re s il 411 0 say that nothing was created for itself, tn ti ) . df, well as beings, were created for the universal 1 0 (00. The sun, the moon, the heavens in all ,;",, r est e ae jt animal and the vegetable worlds were B .L' g f good. Man thus became the re ceiver of 0 6 ° and should he not, therefore, recipocrat e etaers) e • li vast benefits bestowed. Hie (the rev. . 0 o e was one which comprehended .all fh earthe e e01 ) , 9 0 3 and it would compr e h en d, were it n ot fer, t l te te ;1 0 us have, all in hell. To do good was to t al a " tr ee Pe. self. The excellence of doing good was the to e te happiness. The rev. gentleman went 0 0 015 with great eloquence and power, the es i dew a consolation, the excellency and 1)0111 c loi°La and then proceeded to point the we ° n o P l - te re advised all who would do good, first to be e- t est, n o t ° • selves, for who could give that of which be 0- 0 0 possessed. Whatever good they did slin a ` e i e til e t bon glory of God, and that now. However /1 01 ', ten, of in which they might be placed, there w er- efaN t ali, ways in which good could be don e " 11 10 1 be let 9 numberless ways in which the Christian C 3 their a l it 0 11 . 0 A fellow creature, in following the footsteee, ° „ t ere r i dea Master, were pointed out, and the rev' .I• e- aoll e o te'' fully applauded throughout his deliverY e ' o t pr e iscrt admirable and touching lecture, by an (slog° t ee t.e to el) The chairman moved a vote of thank 9 which was carried with great enthusiaol,oo7o7. lecture was announced for next Wednesday o f 1 1 0 er e the Mayor will preside, being the la s ea th e , Age Considering the inclemency of the west;; oi,elP;elel large number present at the meeting OlO e t ia WASHING AND MANGLIN G MAcIIINO:7:-: grey power," no on e can d eny ; b u t there if I ;" o , f ien c our" o power lying dormant for the want of the 14 5 w itb 10 where it lies. The value of any article P "„ j e cteJ, e ter t h ° o o to its usefulness, and in nothing c° ll ',: t ieu 3 `,.,f 3 domestic economy is there such various n" ie dy o ,os ' e as upon the point of washing. Bi el f l ij g c so So" knows the trouble—nay, the Anal ° tled. " ; :oe• ; 0 0 day," and we believe there is nothing . 31 p°;:, p ol s. 4 tb required es an antidote for this 9°e d i to P e - foli c/ v . O people have turned the scientific ni' ll a ales 4 l aw feed 'Oll vessels by cold water, and it would h e . e- d i s long list o f patents taken out with, l° „" e Acia` - have tb fur almost every conceivable thing, b en ou r ' tb3n 0' while matters that come home to e ce , n ere s° l c l b e f r comparatively neglected, and non° - 03 sh°ll„,ei Be which, even for sanitary purpose* S ' t , pr - b iot A O, careful of. Many apparatus hay.) h a e e o i yv 4 aectl r ' purpose of what is called "cheap an d e ; for e etee te d ' c o amongst the number we have seen, l e i 3 , ll , e l tl vit' P o r simplicity, and e'sy management, t au et 3 „ t on iort the machines now to be seen at Ni ess "aari a- ope r as° of 12, Parker -street. On a c areful e ade , ite c ope o , principles upon which this machine .tiel: is at on c e a p paren t. Wi t h ou t Ins* b - oe, 3 0• it et between the light and h an d so me nla c ;4 1 00 3° ' ect e 'fil lir ponderous things called 000 was hirg T . e onu o icla tb remarked that ther e , a r e several teatu r r e 3p iclitY the present worthy o f no t e . First, the clew deed •. 0 °tel l ' ,n.ce e. all sorts of cloth es are thoroughly desujl,to 'Of', without a particle of friction--59,0110,1';fte ten' • material—the mangling process tha.t a i: F ar o ', % eta of time and labour saved, and tl in eou' i l el iSt f operation of washing, th it defies a s to e ye lid Itl rge ° equal. These are ingredients o bvion .) be fo ls a tame:', and all are in perfection t _ be gool o t t iol o r handsome portable machine. L adies ' w ales° IS eP e el small households will, on inspecting nd to seh ec lt oili r eel )r once recognise their superiorite, aaluable. arei 1 11$ establishments it must prove i v n vier, to step into the shop in the machine in full o-t,eration, ' ll ,ou all w ho _ „ o r lia,rkiveor-rsalteutri' ,otosos,Volifr opinion will be fully endorsed ey orded to thy t' machine Ilea load several Pr izes a*