The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-23 00:00:00

You were called together to complete the measures neces ,arY for el ect i ng t h e mem b ers o f t h e Leg i slat i ve Houses under uo Constitutional Act. Tho bills which you have presented to me, and to which I given her Majesty's assent, will, I hope, meet with as ' 'eat success as the c are an d a tt ent i on w hi c h t h ey have received -4t Your hands merit. On my part no diligence shall be wanting give them full and complete success. I thank you for the liberal provision which you have voted for carryin g on t h e pu bli c serv i ce. T he sanction which you ea" given to the constructi on o f great nat i ona l works, and aad Pecially railways, deserves my w armest ac k now l edgments, I trust that the permanent prosperity and settlement of "e country will be greatly promoted by the execution of these Uo dertakimy s . f 1-0 11 have placed a t my di sposa l t h e means which I asked aQt, c ontinuing and incr ea sin g th e m ilit ary protect i on of the '"Y. Should a h os til e attac k ( w hi ch may God avert) menace ur territory, I fervently p ray t h at, w i t h t h e a i d of all loyal :en true subjects, thi s f orce may b e sufficient to repel the 441 Y, and maintain the integrity of this portion of the scongratulate you upon the prosperous condition of the gold olls, and th e i mprovements which are being effected in their r iclug. The enquiries into these matters which you have In stituted or suggested, and the practical recommendations l'i.e.eulting from them, clearly establish the advantage derived "lit the addition to the legislature of representatives of the miners themselves. Your resolutions on the subject of immigration shall have i l r Y support at my hands. The duties which the transfer of is service to the control of the colony entails upon my 6°°Teinroent, are receiving most careful consideration. t t cannot d'ismiss you to your constituents without adverting i ll the loanentecl cause of my presence among you this day. e sectrnt and sudden demise of th e governor, w h o a dd resse d he opening of the sessi on , h as d epr i ve d t h e co l ony o f i t4e 4:l iodefat,g able and earne s t f r i en d. H e b are l y li ve d to see t otit h c ommenceme n t of that system o f governmen t to w hi c h and you had been long looking forward, and which no "knee of opi n i on wou ld have prevented him from carrying without fear or favour. I trust that, under Divine Provi enne) the ""f t h anticipations which have b een f orme d o f t h e success e tota new constitution will no t b e disappointed, and that the (2 ,,,.Pletepow ers o f self government, now conceded to the people ,` e v tn riai Itc Will be exercised with benefit to themselves and nxuation of which they f o rm a p ar t. 1 .1 n oW declar e thi s counc il prorogued unt i l the 6th d ay o f atr nezt. p ' 4 ° Much time has elapsed since the death of the late eN'erttor, Sir Charles Hotham, that many persons are i li g , i , 4ll ing to speculate on the advent of a successor from th; 6 ,tucl; although a powerful party still cherish the idea Ari',‘r, L: 3 1 9 claims of th e ac ti ng governor—at l east to a f a i r fi b e `,l his qualifications--will not be overlooked. It ,"U he rec o ll ecte d , h owever, that General Macarthur is 44:10ng4tlye of this colo n y, and that he bears a name eminent those of its founders and benefactors; and to those Bud kII OW, as we do, the force of parliamentary interest, the ti on perverse malignity " the office," such qualifica su 8 Will at once be recognised as fatal to his chance -441/48ing him, under all circumstances, to be willing to ,st the appointment. oveThoever comes will do so under enormous advantages iy thtl.l3 Predecessor, in the changes that have taken place ; " 43 social condition and manners of the colony, as well be'i t he form o f government, The Chief of the S tate will ttar ne eforth, as in E ng l an d, th e h ea d o f th e f am il y, — a Alti e f n e , 4 lull of hea v y res p ons ibiliti es an d surroun d e d b y ti oi ,"' and noble attributes, but free from the galling vexa .4 and personal annoyances of those who " govern as lu p.aaualpower and only multiply enemies by grasping at il lcl . With e legislative council closed its session, and its career, ( 14 4 a tol era b ly close adjustment of the income and expen for: of the co l ony. The additional est i mates b roug ht m li ' t at since the first introdu c ti on of the financial state ttl' ' r oe been light in amount, and are about met by the shall e tlt down in the comm i ttee on t h e est i ma t es . W e ti th , therefore, c , :mmerce our new political career without ati":unsiderable debt, or any necessity for additional tax tietigt.. There is still, however, abundant room for improve- Th e management the manae•ement of some of the public departments. lis tlai e Period under review does not include any of the sew returns from the banks, and we have therefore nothing ar e a a to their position, profits, &c. These establishments still the principal gold buyers, and on some of the 4A I R 4 ga their agents have given the high rate of £3 18s to Dr a n -l t ed Per ounce for gold. At the beginning of the i etl e va e n;juonth, the rate of exchange on London was neeti to 2 per cent premium. The consequence as e,oitan,:age exportation of specie ; and even the colonial 'terabit: has been shipped at Sydney for London to a const to th e Tuount, although this operation must involve a loss eent, 4 ) . nY of the cost of coining —viz., one and ahalf pe e r uleriti on ",e reduced rate of interest for money whichw and i t " e i u • in our February summary, continues to prevail , t . 4 alleged that eligible securities are frequently . n ' e ellre f or money investments. The truth is, that Where s Which would be considered highly eligible else uwin;'. ar e not al wa y s th oug ht t o b e s o in this colony, la ceaiT„' ° , t ,he extraordinary fluctuations in value that have eXces,7'aii), occurred. Our own firm belief is, that these tha t 've derangements of value will not again occur, and capi tl ° better fi e ld exists for the prudent investment of for Public thi s co l ony at the present t i me offers, whether Ajc work s or private enterprise. rFc it T ‘ ue commencement of th e presen t y e ar, the weekly Th e n Per escorts w er e averag i ng a b out 45,000 ounces. 'glo w -4 ' 4 ra belo w , f or t h e fi ve weeks ended the 22d M arc h , ben t Weekly average of 67,715 ounces ; while the ship -76,000 l ur the same period have been at the rate of about re entB ounces weekly, at the same time that enormous ship depo,i,f specie, and an undiminished amount of gold on tp rt ' at the government stations are visible. Of the gold 16 I , the official returns for the five weeks ended on the atet.n s tant show th at th e b an k s s hi ppe d 277 , 108 ozs ., an d bents u e Chines e 21 ,484 ozs. A comparison of the ship stiq r ,Or the first two months of 1855 with those of January ebruary last, shows a vast increase for the latter It hal being 530 , 8 89 ounces against 327,162 ounces. ef f , it s been long k nown t h a t l arge quantities gold were smuggled to th e ne i g hb our i ng coloni e s, since We e u Position o f t h e gold duty ; out it was not until a few els9"'_B.shaek that any det ec ti on had occurred, except in the evh.. 31 7 some Chinese last year. A more systematic an detectaale channel for this illicit traffic has now been e d firm of Jewish gold brokers, Horwitz and Bran Flour Fruit, green 91,408 bushels GRAIN : Barley Gram Malt 46,647 „ Maize 67,513 „ Oats 1,510,157 Wheat 187,622 ~ Other Hay Potatoes 15,768 ~ 9 „ Onions and vegetables Butter and cheese 1,085 „ 16 „ Preserved meats The Melbourne Chamber of Commerce has again di rected its attention to the subject of postal communica tion, by the existing state of which our trade is seriously inconvenienced. At a meeting of the Chamber, held a few days back, the following resolution was adopt, , d : ",That in the opinion of this Chamber the most effectual means of establishing immediately steam postal com munication with Great Britain and other countries is for the Government of Victoria to place a sum not exceeding £70,000 per annum on the estimates to subsidise a com pany or companies to contract to convey our mails once a month; and in order that our arrangements may at once be made, it is expedient that an agent be despatched to great Britain by this Government, armed with full power to carry out their views; such agent to co-operate with a board of say five gentlemen connected with this colony, and to be nominated by this Government." Since this resolution was passed, the Legislative Council have recognised its necessity by voting an increase of the bonus for quick and certain postal communication from 1:50,0400 to .e 5,000 per annum. They have also, in common with South Australia, agreed to aid the autho rities in England, in carrying out the propositions for warded here by the December mail ship, in reference to this subject. _ _ _ _ _ The insolvencies for February, although much heavier than those for the month preceding, are still on a moderate scale, and do not include any houses of good standing or extensive business. The new insolvencies during February were 23—of which 12 were in Melbourne. The liabilities of 16 estates are given, the remainder being unascertained. About £56,000 is the total of the liabi lities returned. The assignments in February were seven in number. _ _ _ The total Customs' revenge from the Ist of January to the 15th March, was £316,375 14s lld ; of which the gold duty amounted to £87,339 ss. . _ At a period when the finest opportunities offer for new arrivals to obtain a footing is the colony on easy terms— when food is plentiful and cheap, houseropm abundant and reasonable, and the comforts and conveniences of life gene rally attainable by all industrious persons—at such a period it is vexatious to find the stream of immigration from distant countries almost dried up, It is true, we are drawing popu lation more largely than ever from our neighbours in the adjacent colonies, now that we have passed the derange ments of the gold discovery, and the real value of our waste lands is beginning to be appreciated ; but we hope, both for their sakes and our own, soon to see European immigrants again flocking to our shores, as they did in 1852 and 1853. We gather from official returns that during the months of January and February, the arrivals i❑ the colony were— From the United Kiugdon. From foreign ports --- 3160 And the departures— For the United Kingdom For foreign ports Leaving a gain to the colony for the two months of only . _ 1128 souls. 205 „ - 1333 In calling the attention of our Melbourne readers to these facts, a few days back, we urged upon them the necessity of despatching trustworthy agents to Europe, to invite further immigration, and to explain the resources and posi:ion of the colony. _ _ The Government Gazette of the 7th inst. contains by far the longest list ever published of Crown lands for selec tion at the upset prices, or subject to deduction for for feite I deposits where biddings were made at the time these lands were put up for sale. The country lands, with some trifling exceptions, are all priced at £1 per acre ; and the special country lots vary from £2 to lOs per acre. The allotments present almost an infinite variety of extent, some being under ten acres, and some over five hundred. The whole area extends to 169,774 acres. The quality of the soil, advantages of position, &c., of each lot, may be fully ascertained at the Surveyor- General's oihee. With all this opportunity for purchas ing land, it appears that only about one -seventeenth part was selected in the month of February, during which month 9,972 acres were sold to individuals, for the gross sum of £10,721, being a mere trifle above per acre throughout. Thus it will be seen that the lands of Victoria are now fairly " unlocked" to all comers. If the number of newspapers be any proof of the intellec tual progress of the nation, the present state of the press on the gold fields is very gratifying. In addlion to the very large circulation of the daily and weekly Herald, and its Melbourne cotemporaries, and the bales of English news papers and periodicals:which are despatched from Melbourne on the arrival of every mail ship, Ballarrat supports three newspapers, the Times, a daily ; the Star, a tri-weekly ; and the Trumpeter, a gratis advertising sheet. At Bendigo there is one daily, the Courier of the Mines, and a tri weekly, shortly to be converted into a daily, the Advertiser. At Castlemaine there is a hi-weekly, the Mount Alexander Mail, and another, the Miner's Right, has lately made its appearance. At BeeChworth there is a weekly Ovens and Murray Advertiser, with a rival abAt to start. The agri cultural township of Kilmore, in conjunction with, the gold fields of M'lvor, supports the .11.7lmore Examiner, and a weekly journal, the Gipps Land Guardian, advocates the interests of that ultima thole of Victoria, Port Albert. After the newspapers, the most wonderful instance of gold-fields progress is the importance of the coaching inte rest. Four horse coaches start daily from Melbourne for all the principal diggings, their average pace being not less than ten miles per hour, while in many instance passengers are conveyed for fares very little higher than were formerly charged in England—betwe e n some of the diggings, such as Ballarrat and Creswick Creek, four horse coaches are now running three times a. day, at five shilling fares. Fur these " coaches" we are indebted to the Americans, the vehicles resembling the furniture vans of England. The Russian Government has appointed a Consul- Ceneral at Paris instead of a simple Consul. COP ENHAGE Thursday.—The Governor of Altona has been dismissed for refusing to acknowledge the general constitution of the kingdom. -„ VIENNA.. Thursday.—'The conferences of the bishops have closed. The Emperor has promised his best exer tions towards carrying out the provisions of the Con cordat. He will also, so far as circumstances will allow, comply with the expressed wishes of the prelates. DissommoNs of PARTNERSKIP. - Bapty and Co, Leeds, timber merchants. Taylor, Wordsworth, and Co, Leads, machine makers (so far as regards J. T. Wordsworth.) Flockton and Roberts, Manches'er, engravers. T. and F. Howson, Lancaster, corn dealers. W. Waterhouse and Co., Keighley, grocers. Bohtlingk and Co., Liverpool, mer chants. Shackletoc, Taylor, and Co, Rothwell and Leads, earthenware manufacturers (so far as regards J. Shackleton.) J. and J. Kenworthy, Ashton-under-Line, cotton spinners, Mr. Holt recapitulated some of the causes of complaint against Mr. Carter. The speaker, how ever, stated that he did not wholly approve of the conduct of the clerks and men, who, he thought, had acted somewhat rashly, and without that due discreton which they ought to have exercised ; and, while he thought they had very strong reasons for com plaint, he freely admitted that they had one and all done wrong in leaving their work as they did. He added, that when he left the office, he felt he was doing a moral wrong, but a sense of sympathy for his toiling brethren around him, and a wish to do nothing which might injure or oppose them, overcame his sense of wrong and right in that respect. A resolution was finally proposed, that a Qeputation wait upon Mr. Booth, to request that the whole subject should be submitted to a meeting, formed of an equal number of directors, of merchants of the town, and of delegates from the men, to the decision of which meet ing, the men should bow. The resolution was carried by unanimous acclamation. The meeting then broke up. STRIKE OF FACTORY OPERATIVES AT PRESTON. Another strike of the factory operatives of Preston has taken place, but we understand that the movement now being made for an advance of wages, does not meet the approval of the multitude, and it is certain that this injudicious step will not extend itself to the whole, or in fact to one-half of the operatives. The depression caused by the strike of 1853 and 1854, has not yet ceased to be felt, not only by the major portion of the operatives them selves, but also by a considerable number of tradesmen; thus, there is a very adverse feeling against the return of a similar quarrel between the employers and employed. In accordance with a notice given by thirty winders in the employ of Mr. William Bashall, at Willfield Mill, those operatives ceased their labour, and came out on strike last Friday evening. On Saturday noon, the men received their past week's earnings at the hands of the manager, Richard Richardson, but no attempt to compro mise or arrange the dispute, was made by either party, neither has any deputation waited upon Mr. Bashall since last Wednesday, when that gentleman expressed his determination against making the slightest advance upon their present prices. Consequently, the operatives on strike, will be supported by the Operative Spinners Association, at the sum of 8s per week. The poa er loom - weavers' and winders' movement for an advance of wages, is still in agitation, but it is to be hoped that they will come to an amicable arrangement, without the alternative of a strike. AUSTRALIA. The celebrated Black Ball Line of packet ship Marco Polo, belonging to Messrs. James Baines and Co., arrived at this port on Saturday from Melbourne, after a passage of eighty-five days, bringing 68,000 ounces of gold, and 40,0001 in ,Specie. Her dates are not later than those brought by the Overland Mail, but the files of papers we have received contain a vast amount of interesting, and, indeed, important information not hitherto Published. We quote the following from the sum mary of the Melbourne Herald SUMMARY FOR EUROPE. We begin with the old complaint, of the want of steam e otnmunication, and of our suspicion that the government and people of the mother country are tired of their cin ziecticn with us, and wish to shake us off quietly, as an e ncumbrance on their rich and mighty empire. It is true that we are only colonists ; and that word is understood, — ' a mong the yahoo and flunkey schools of politicians, who appear to give tone to the rest,—to mean felons, outcasts, and adventurers of every kind—persons whose very act of omogration declares their own consciousness of unfitness to lemma in such a virtuous and enlightened country as that their unworthiness to share, any longer, in ' Ol England, anti eta privileits or communion. We have within the last three or four years, remitted 'gold and wool to the amount of nearly, if not quite, forty zillions sterling, and we have accepted payment for the Whole in goods, chiefly their manufactured produce. What i s the last display they have made of their interest in our It is now actually one hundred and eight days Bi ttce We received a scrap of intelligence from England ; aad even the last of the clipper mail ships that was to salt lutist have been already mere than ninety days on h er pssa g e. All this takes place long alter the government bas acknowledged the receipt of the votes of our Legisla ture, pledging us to the payment of £50,000 per annum, as our quota towards the expenses of steam navigation, the re-establishment of which, for the express purpose of saving time, was left 'entirely to the home government, How do they treat us ? or, rather, how do they abuse our confidence ? The lords of the treasury send us a long and prolix dissertation, in Which they undertake to enlighten s our ignorance, as to What ought to be done; and then they postpone the exe cution of it, until they can receive despatches in return, a nnouncing the adhesion and co-operation of six independent le giqatures who, to begin with —besides being all as jealous a s, Six neighbouring states can be—have no legitimate means°L c ommunication. as legislatures, and not eI en the rudi tne,n's of that fed era ti on o f w hi c h thi s quest i on, among 2 t uers demonstrates the necessity. We have now gone yond what we have stated, and have voted £75,000 per tivanurn, instead of the former sum, in order that, by pr0 *1,4.41g * 1 , 4 . 41 g the whole sum required from all the colonies— :!'ttlig our chance of recovering contribution from the rest— iv.,e might leave their lordshys without excuse, for any w " h rther evasion or procrastination. We shall soon learn e a t will be the result, and upon the alternative will ePend rnuch of that tlingering, fond attachment which t• of us still feel towards the old country and its institu 6th he, - Welfare ? 'Legislative Council has been prorogued to the 'of May, with little probability of being called 'Nether again, for the despatch of business, prior to its dis solution, which is very properly deferred until the assem ii9g of th e new h ouses i s secure d b y t h e return o f t h e wr i t , -tt is due to the Executive to say that they seem, at length, 10 be taking energetic measures to promote the formation 1 :4 the el ectora l li sts , an d to acce ll erate the estab ishment of e new constitution. The following is the speech delivered 1 .7 his Excellency the Acting Governor, General Macarthur, ' 3ll occasion of the prorogation of the Council ? kr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Legislative Council— it gives me much pleasure to be able to relieve you from 'out legislative duties. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. Marks, had a branch establishment in Melbourne, con nected with a business in Hobart Town, and it transpired that they were in the habit of receiving frequent consign ra.mts of gold at the latter place, while scarcely any duty was paid on shipments to that quarter. The clue thus obtained led to the seizure of two bokes, shipped at Mel bourne for Hobart Town s in which were found, concealed beneath sonic drapery goods, nearly 2,000 ounces of crude gold, valued at £7,300. Independent of the forfeiture of the gold, the act rendered the smugglers liable to a penalty of three times its value; but the city magistrates imposed the minimum fine of £lOO only, much to the astonishment of the mercantile community. Another trick has since been resorted to by certain Israelite dealers—namely, pur . chasing gold of interior fineness in Melbourne, .at,d transferring it by coach to Ballaarat, where it has been sold at the banks as the produce of that gold-field, which bears a value of IS. to 2s. per ounce above other descrip tions. Shortly before the prorogation of the legislative council, two important measures were introduced in reference to the gold fields. One of these was to settle the question as to the right of licensed diggers to dig for .goll en privat„3 pro perty, and to set at rest the ownership of gold when found to exist on purchased lands. Af,er five days' debate, however, the council left the matter in the saint: do. they found it, and much disappointment and irritation has been the consequence at some of the diggings. At Castle maine, the diggers have claimed the right of sinking holes on the government reserve, where the camp is have boldly brought the matter to issue b breaking ground it been checked by s in penalties ; but the question is far from settled, and Present:a threatening aspect. The other measure was to regulate and improve the newly established local courts on the gold fields, by transferring their judicial functions to a separate tribunal, appointed by the crown ; but this measure also was abandoned, after derable discussion. The council displayed more dispo sition to do something in reference to a proposition to compensate individuals for their losses during the Ballarat riots, in cases where it was satisfactorily shewn that such individuals had not taken any Fart in the outbreak, and where the loss and damage arose from the soldLrs and oflic,:rs engaged in repressing it. One storekeeper has had £5OO voted to him for compensation, and a number of minor sums have been voted to other parties. It was our pleasing task in February to record the steady character of trade here, and the increasing excess of our exports over our imports. That progress is still visible amongst us, and in the five weeks under review exhibits a balance in our favour of more than half a million sterling. From the rapid progress of agriculture and other local sources of production, we may confidently expect to see this balance in our favour steadily increas ing. The eager desire now manifested for information on this subject has led to the publication of an official return of the quantity of agricultural produce and preserved meats imported (seawards) into the colony during the year 1855—the perusal of which will show our European friends how far our wants exceeded our production of these articles during the past year : est and arnercen of the par THE RAILWAY STRIKE MEETING IN HOPE HALL ON SATURDAY, A meeting of the railway clerks and porters on strike, was held in the Hope-hall, Hope-street, on Saturday. The advertisement calling the meeting, invited the attendance of sharLhulders. Eleven o'clock was the hour fixed tor the commencement of the proceedings, but that hour had long passed before the bushiess opene.i. The chair was taken amid loud applause, by Mr. George Wharrie. The Chairman stated that no communication had been received by hiM, as the representative of the men, from the directors, since their last meeting. As they had invited the attendance of shareholders, merchants, and others interested in the prosperous carrying on of the railway, the Chairman read a statement of the causes of the strike, and the proceedings which had since taken place. This document was a resume of the details with which the public are already Mr. Solon entered into a statement of the grievances complained of, for the instruction of any shareholders who might be present, in compliance with the published invitation. He complained of Mr. Carter as having done everything to cause disorganization and dissatisfac tion since he came to that station. The speaker repeated all the details which have been already fully laid before the public. lie called upon all present to say, if there was a man present whO was not prepared to go back to his duty and work faithfully for the company, if he only got a " fair day's weges for a fair day's work." (Cries of No, no, and cheers.) No personal dislike whatever was felt by any man there to any director of the comypny. (Hear, hear.) £lO a week would settle the whole difference between the men and the company. Let the v, hole affair be managed in a fair manner; let them go back to their work, and let there be an end of strikes. (Cheers.) They all disliked having recourse to a sjike, and all they required was a fair concession to just demands. (Cheers.) _ _ Mr. Sergeant next addressed the meeting, expressing his regret thlt they had w assemble again, and that the directors had not conceded to the reasonable require ❑ients which they had urged. The speaker emphatically contradicted a statement published in the Liverpool Journal, to the effect that the directors had obtained sufficient hands from the disembodied militia to fill up all vacancies, and that the strike was, therefore, virtually at an end. lie expressed great regret that the Liverpool Journal should have taken the course it did, but on the other hand, he was gratified to be able to call their attention to an article in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, which he had been requested to read to the meeting. The speaker then read an article from the NORTIIERN TIMES of Saturday. He said that he felt sure all who had read the aricle would thank the editor of the NORTHERN TIMES, for like a man, he had taken up the question in a proper spirit, and not taken it up in a milk and water manner, as others had done. (Cries of hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. Sergeant stated that to enforce their opposition the com pany had actually taken back into their service parties who had been dismissed for theft. This did not say much in their favour. (Hear, hear) He concluded by calling on all present to stand firm to the cause they had taken up, and added that he felt satisfied the directors could nut do without them, and that before Monday evening they would all be back again in their places. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Scaife, who next spoke, complained especially of the refusal to give written characters to the men who left the employment of the company. This was the more strange, inasmuch as it app,ared that the company received 'written characters from the men whom they took back into their employment. A voice : Some of tlieni brought written characters from Kirkdale gaol. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Scaife, in conclusion, called on any shareholders who might be present to look into the matter, and give the requirements of the men a fair consideration. The Chairman urged an amicable arrangement by a meeting between an equal number of the directors, of impartial merchants of the town, and delegates of the men. _ _ MR. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE AND THE " GLOB E" NEWSPAPER. The Globe of Saturday evening contains the following letter addressed to the Editor of that journal by Mr. Robertson Gladstone, in reply to certain strictures upon the address of the Liverpool Financial Reform Associa ion to the people of the United States. The letter rues the following terms : TO THE EDITOR OP THE GLOEI Sir,—ln your paper of Tuesday, the 17th inst., you s,„ of the address of the Liverpool Financial Reform Associa tion to the people of the United States, that you do not find much to object to in it, " except two statements — first, that the American system of diplomacy is more open than the English in its objedts and operations ;" and secondly, a statement equally at variance with truth and good taste—that " We were told by our Prince Co,„_ during the late war, that war had put representaliv institutions on their trial, and that it might be found neces sary to diminish our present freedom both of speech and pub lication." " The portion of the above statement which we have put in italics," you add, "is simply and stupidly untrue. By what, extraordinary fatality are Reformers, Financial ' and Administrative,' ever blundering into such scrapes of tongue or pen ?" Now, sir, as to your first exception, knowing as you do, that the American President and his Ministers can do nothing decisive without the previous sanction of the Senate, whilst our government maintains that it is the prerogative of the Crown to conduct, and to conclude all proceedings relating either to treaties of peace or declara tions of war, without any previous communication either to Parliament or people,—that is in 'perfect privacy, so far as they are concerned,—:.yott surely cannot me,- I REV. J. B. LOWE AS A REVIEWER AND lAS A TRANSLATOR OF THE GREEK TESTAMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—ln replying to my note of the 18th, states that his misquotation of Illaenaught on Inspiration was " purely accidental." But your readers, sir, will feel, with me, that such pure accidents should be avoided by reviewers, especially when they are charging heresy against " a Christian minister," Kr. Lowe declares that his inferential " thus" is not emphatic, and does not rest on his misquotation, bat on Mr. Macnaught's change of the translation in John xiv. 17. This change of translation is as follows : The English Bible cabs " the Comforter" " the Spirit of truth." Mr. Macnaught calls " the Comfater" the Spirit of the truth," or the Spirit of Christ's revelation. The definite article is in the Greek (" to pneuma TES aletheias") and Mr. Macnaught renders it in the English. This is a qustion of scholarship, which any lad in the second class of a good school would settle for Mr. Lowe. I shall offer for his assistance a passage from page 151 of Bislsop Hinds on Inspiration. " The exprosion which:is translated' all truth,' might (as every one who understands the original is aware) be rendered with equal fidelity, and I should say wills mor e propriety, all the truth'—' the truth' being a phrase often employed by our Saviour to designate the Christian Scheme." Mr, Lowe Thus, sir, Mr. Lowe can take his choice between the want of learning and the want of candor which calls such a change of translation " uncritical" (vide Mr. Lowe's fifth lett4, and infers from it that a " Christian minister" who , 4 professes his belief in the personality of the lloly Ghost" thus " throws overboard the said personality." The Reviewer thinks he knows who " Veras." is. He does not venture to guess the name; and so I will not gratify his curiosity at preseflt. Mr. L. wonders that " Verax" is only now beginning to take up his supposed points, in all the eleven or more columns with which he has favoured the Courier. The Incumbent of St. Jude's has apparently forgotten that, in his opening paragraph, be promised the Courier 46 two or three" letters. Versa has felt that it would be rude to interrupt the Reviewer, until these "two or three" letters had reached their close: bat " Verax" can tell Mr. Lowe that, while the " two or three" letters have been spinning themselves out into five long espistles, with yet a prospect of the indefinite " continuance of this favour for a little longer," Mr. Macnaught has often sympathised with the Roman poet who wrote— " Semper ego auditor tantum, nuuquamne reponam vexatur toties rauci Theseide Codri ?" And, in case Mr. Lowe has given up reading Roman poets—as he seems to have left off reading the Greek Testament—thes3 words may be given thus : "Shall I, for aye, a hearer only be, and shall I ne'er re Though bored so many days and weeks with the hoarse rutting of St. Jude's ?" THE GERMAN LEGION FOR CANADA On Saturday morning an interesting scene took place on the arrival and embarkation of a portion of the German Legion, 3rd Jagars or rifles, who have voluntered their services for Canada. It may be premised that the men are young, able-looking, and of a stouter build than the general run of Germans, whom we see passin g through the port on their way to America. The draft of men in question, arrived (from Devenport) at Lime street station, by the mail train at four o'clock. It con sisted of 250 men, the officers in command being Major Francis Weiss, Captain Carstensen, and Lieutenant Rohrer. Captain Addison is in charge of the expedition on the part of the government. Th e ex p e diti on w a s met at the station by Mr. William Frackleton, who is agent for the ship in which they go out to Quebec, and who had the management of the whole proceedings in Liverpool. As soon as the men were got into order, Mr. Frackleton, and the officers at their head, proceeded to the " Napoleon Hotel," Lime-street, where Mr. Frackleton had previously provided an excellent and sub stantial breakfast both for men and officers. It was on the table in a few seconds, much to the gratification of all the travellers, by whom ample justice was done to this early and welcome repast. This all-important duty having been performed, the men were mustered, and the officers having expressed their thanks to, and warm approbation of, the manner in which Mr. Frackleton had conducted the business, the draft set off, headed by the officers, and Mr. Frackleton, to the Pier-head, where a steam tender was in readiness to receive them. They were on board the boat at six o'clock precisely, and in few minutes were conveyed to the fine and well known ship Martin Luther, belonging to Mr. Duncan Gibb, which lay in the river ready to receive them. The fitting up of the vessel for the reception of the men was done under the direction and superintendence of Mr. Frackleton, and we may say that in no instance have we beheld anything better done in an emigrant vessel for the accommoda tion, comfort, and health of passengers ; indeed, the German officers were struck with admiration, and de clared, that even in a barrack they had never seen any thing to surpass the excellence of the entire arrange ments. Major Weiss informed Mr. Freckleton that he would write very strongly to the Government, with the view that in future, in cases like the present, the gen tleman who had been so successful should be employed to perform the duty on future occasions. The sleeping and dining departments on board the noble ship, both for men and officers, are admirably arranged, and the details carried nut with great skill. The men are supplied with a liberal dietary scale, and fresh beef (made up so as to last for the voyage), is supplied in plenty. They have been also dealt with liberally in the wa y o f clothing; and, in a word, nothing has been left undone that could add to their personal comfort, the whole being left to the sole management of Mr. Frackleton, to whom the officers, when parting from him, again expressed their unbounded thanks and opprobation. There was an excellent dejeuner got up on board the ship previous to her sailing. She was cleared about twelve o'clo c k for Quebec, and dropped down with the evening's tide. We wish her a safe and speedy oyage. Whether Mr. Macnaught may ultimately think proper or not to reply to Mr. Lowe's peculiar style of review, which, by the way, could always be recognised, under any soubri quet, from its resemblance to mock-learned twaddle written at more than full length, I shall conclude this letter by asking Mr. Lowe to refer to the tenth paragraph of his fifth letter to the Courier, and tell us where Mr. Macnaught in— terprets " the Comforter" to signify merely " the spiritual meaning of the Gospel ?" Further, if Mr. Lowe's quotation of the small s instead of the large S, was " purely accidental," how comes it that throughout the eleventh paragraph of Mr. Lowe's fifth letter, the same pure accident is repeated over and over again as quite a point in the reviewer's argument ? Till Mr. Lowe shall answer these and some other queries, and explain the matter respecting " Michaelis," referred to iu my note of 3esterday, I really cannot congratulate the editor of the Courier on adding to the Rev. Samuel Fenton, the " Lover of Truth," and some other correspondents, the name of the Rev. J. B. Lowe.—Your's, &c., June 21, 1856. VERAX. THE REV. J. B. LOWE AS A. REVIEWER AGAIN TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES SIR-I have seen in your paper of this morning another letter from your correspondent Verax, under the above con cupicious heading. I deeply regret to be obliged to say that this second letter does not establish his claim to the signature attached to it any more than the former. It con- tains no less than three misrepresentations, to use no stronger word. . Ist. The writer has falsely stated that I refer to Michaelis in such a way as "to make it appear that Mr. Macnaught is condemned" by that critic. I merely refer to that learned man as sanctioning a particular interpretation of a text which I had occasion to quote. I refer the reader to my letter in last Wednesday's Courier, let him judge for himselt as to the veracity of this statement, and let him observe that this assertion is made for the purpose of accusing me of false hood. I abstain from the obvious retort. 2nd. "Verax" misrepresents the views of Michaelis him -Belf, and thus again, is guilty of the very same sort of conduct (I do not characterise it) with which he charges me. That critic so far from agreeing with Mr. Macnaught or " Verax" differs from from him toto cco/o, for (1), his rejection of Mark and Luke as inspired writers arose from the fact that inspiration implied in his mind infallibility— the very thing which " our author" denies. And (2) Michaelis, in consequence, assigned a lower rank to these than to the other Evangelists, which Mr. Macnaught does not, but regards them all as equally fallible, and not to be depended on, But 3rd. "Verax" mentions that Michaelis' work is called by Mr. Hartwell Horne "an inestimable work." This is logically true, but, intended as it is to make it appear' that Michaelis' Views respecting Mark and Luke are sanctioned by Horne it is ethically false. So far from this, Mr. Horne satisfactorily answers Michaelis' eccentric view on this matter, and gives a long extract from Alexander on the Canon in refutation of it ! I I abstain from comment. I challenge " Verax" to give his real name.— Yours, Jos. B. LATE. June, 21, 1856 PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. AFRICA FROM NEW YORK.— General Yermoloff and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Neils and maid, Mr. and Mrs. Fitzhatton and child, Mr. and Mrs. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Trenholm, Colonel Pearson and lady, Miss Paul and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lord, son, and daughter, Miss Adams, Miss Windeatt, Miss BJutrarn, Mr. and Mrs. A. Bailey, Jun., Mr. and Mrs. Ild. B. Routh, child and servant, Mr. and Mrs. Revillion and child, Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett, Miss Adams, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Mangam, Mr. and Mrs. Odier, Mr. and Mrs. J. Clark, Mr. and Mrs . Wilks, child, and nurse, Mr. and Mrs. Laughlin, Mr. Lehrs, Miss Mathieson, Miss E. Clark, Mrs. and Miss Vinton, Mr. and Mrs. de la Rocks and child, Miss Gongales, Miss E. Gongales, Miss H. Gongales, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Pomroy, Mr. L. H. Phillips, Mr. W. C. Carson, Messrs, T. C. Loch, Adams, C. Welford; J. W. Wallack, Jun., Rev. Dr, Hannah, Hr. H. J. Jobson, Mr. C. Grinnell, Mr. B. Holterhoff, Mr. Jennett, Mr. A. Wood, Mr. T. Wood, Mr. G. King, Mr. Band, Mr. H. C. Whitby, Mr• O'Dyer, Mr. 11. Miller, Mr. Batley, Mr. Bownhand, Mr. G. A. Clarke, Mr, Nistore, Mr. Wildforster, Mr. Muir, Mr. Borse, Mr. S. Gunn, Capt. Morris, R.A., Mr. Feild, Mr. G. W. Schmilensky, Mr. G. H. Lotz, Mr. O'Cramsie, Mr. T. Boyle, Mr. C. Lecesne, Mr. L. Furst, Mr. Davies, Mr. Serrill, Mr. Price, Mr. Neil, Mr. Errington, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Mintini, Mr. Dugesm, Mr. T. Guara, Mr. 11. M'lnnnis, Mr. J. A. Fauli, Mr. J. Lewis, Mr. Reincke, Mr. A. P. Molitor, Mr. Hyde, Capt. M'William, Mr. R. Simpson, Mr. Oetling, Mr. S. Osert, Mr. J. G. Mackay, Mr. A. Jeaurenaud, Mr. H. S. Jeffray, Mr. J. Laibym, Mr. Burril, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Fowler, Rev. Charles Harris, Mr. Belmer, Mr. R. Walker, Mr. Blake, Mr. Elmenhurst, Mr. J. Neil, Messrs. Canino, Rees, Barfoot, Mr. T. Robinson and two boys, Mr. W Thomson, Mrs. Lenox, Mr. and Mrs. Guillot and child, Mr. and Mrs. Kemp and child, Mr. H. Miller, Mr. H. Craig, Mr. E. Block, Mr. R. Macgregor, Mr. A. E. Zchrender, Mr. J. Taylor, Mr. S. Shaw, Mr. T. Nenber, Mr. W. Gorham, Mr. R. J. Story, Mr. J. Harvie, Mr. S. Jones, Mr. A. Simpson, Mr. T. Smith, Mr. J. G. Robertson, Mr. W. Craig, Mr. Green wood and brother, Mr. S. A. Woodside. Mr. J. Hodson, Mr, J. Lugenbeihl, Mr. H, Jolly, Mr. M. Jacobs. Liverpool Financial Reform Association, June 19, 1856 POLICE COURT.—SATURDAY. (BEFORE MR. CaOSTHWAITE.) A VAST DIFFERENCE.—John Jackson, a respectable look ing person, described as a clerk, was charged with being drunk, and having assaulted police officer 552, The constable said he was on duty at the Zoological G .rdens on rriday night, where ho observed the prisoner reeling drunk ; and, on asking him where he lived, the reply was a blow on the jaw, which pearly broken it by the violence. Mr. Orosthwaite : What have you to say to this charge ? Prisoner : I really h ave no thi n g t o say, for I did not know what I was doing. Mr. Crosthwaite: Well ; I know what I am doing, and what I am about to do ; I fine you £2 for the assault on the officer. Prisoner : Oh, dear ! £2? Mr. Crosthwa.ite : Exactly. Remove the prisoner. FIGHTING.— Robert Wilson and Robert Newell, were charged with " milling" each other in Bacon-street, and Thomas Louden was charged -with encouraging them by patting each alternately on the back. The police officer, who had the case, said he never beheld anything so brutal as the conduct of the three prisoners—it was a disgrace to human nature. The prisoners were fincl,los each, or to bo imprisoned for one month. ASSAULTING THE POLlCE.—William Rogers, described as the chief officer of the ship Concord, was charged with having assaulted police constable 252. The complainant was on duty at the Waterloo dock gate, when the defendant came up in a state of intoxication, and wanted to go into the dock contrary to orders. The policeman refused to allow him in until he was sober, and then the defendant struck and kicked him violently. The defendant expressed sorrow for what had taken place, and said he had unfortunately got" over the line," He was fined Ll. deny that " the American _system of diplomas is more open thau the English." If you do, I am quite at a loss to imagine how you can justify your denial, or why you venture to charge others with untruthfulness. As to your second exception, the statement to which you object as " simply and stupidly untrue," is founded on q, speech reported to have been delivered by Prince Albert at the annual dinner of the Trinity Association on Saturday, the 9th of June, 18.55. On that Royal Highness said, " It is not the way to suL occasion his to ;uppori, it, however ardently and enthusiastic in war tad, 1. at the same time, to tie down and weaken the h of those who have to conduct it. We are engaged with a mighty enemy You find him with all that force which unity of pur pose and action, impenetrable 'secrecy, and uncontrolled despotic power have given, while we have to meet him under a state of things intended for peace, and for the promotion ot that very civilization, the offspring of public discussion, of the friction of parties, and of the popular control of the government and the State. The Queen has no power to levy troops, nor has she at her command but such as offer their voluntary services. Her government can take no measure for the prosecution of the war which it has not beforehand to explain to Parliament. Her armies and fleets can make no movements, nor even prepare for any, without their being publicly announced in the papers. No mistake, however trifling, can occur, no want of weakness exist, which is not at once denounced, and even sometimes exaggerated, with a kind of morbid satisfaction. The Queen's Ambas sador can enter into no negotiations without the govern ment having to defend him by entering into all the argu ments which that negotiator, in order to be successful. ought to be able to shut up in the innermost recesses of his heart. *,* * * * Gentlemen, OUR CONSITUTIONAII GOVERNMENT IS UNDERGOING A HEAVY TRIAL, and we shall not get successfully through it unless the country will grant its confidence—patriotic, intelligent, and self. denying confidence—to her Majesty,s government. Now; Mr. Editor, if, in this ipeeiii his Royal Highness did very plainly indicate his own preference for "auncon trolled despotic power" as compared with " popular control," so far at least as a state of warefare is concerned ; if he did intimate the desirability of some restraint on our present " freed An of speech and publication ;" if he did describe " constitutional government" (meaning of course our representative institutions) as being on its trial ; if, in short, he gave his audience plainly to understand that, in his opinion, they manage such matters much better in Russia than we do in England—all of which I contend he did, it is-for you to explain what there is either stupid or untrue in the sentence to which you have taken exception. Awaiting your explanation, and hoping that you will not again suffer your courtly zeal so far to outrun your discretion as to betray you into indecorums of language not generally characteristic of The Globe, I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, President, . . ~. (BEFORE MR. AIKEN.) CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—A respectable looking young man, named Joseph Beely, a traveller in the employment of Messrs. Fryer and Harris, cigar manufacturers, Seel•street, was brought up by detective Scott, on a charge of having embezzled a sum of £lll, belonging to his employers. The only evidence given in the case was as to the payment of the sum to the prisoner by Mrs..Wetherby, of Duke-street, on the 22nd May, and that he had not accounted for the money t 3 his employers. A remand was asked, it being stated there were several other charges against the prisoner, but that the evidence was not ready. The prisoner was accordingly re manded to Wednesday next. ROBBERY IN A PUBLIC-HOUSE.—John Goodall, the owner of a spring cart, and Rose Ann Clegg, who said her husband was an extensive owner of cars, were charged with having robbed a person named Edward Reed, in the public house of Mr. Lounds, Great Crosshail-street, of eight sovereigns and some silver. It appeared that the prisoners induced the complainant to go into the house to drink with them, and that whilst there, he got helplessly drunk. In this state he was carried to the yard of the public-house, where he was robbed of his money by the prisoners. The publican was examined, and he denied any knowledge, or having heard of the transaction until nearly twelve o'clock at night, although it took place between five and six o'clock in the evening. The daughter of the publican swore that she saw the prisoners rob the man and that she told her father so, who said to her not to take any notice of it, or tell any one. Mr. Aiken said this evidence made the case a very grave one, so far as the publican was concerned. Inspector Murphy said he would make a report of the case to the licensing magistrates at the proper time. Mr. Aiken : I must say it is a very bad case indeed. Inspector Murphy : I have made enquiry of this man's wife, and she gives exactly the same statement as her daughter. Mr. Aiken : I think it a very clear case. Let the prisoners go for trial. ROBBERY IN A BEERHousE,—Mathew Carroll and John Boland, were charged with having robbed Thomas Gibney of £3 15s, in a beerhouse kept by a person named Henderson, in Chisenhale-street, The allegation was the prisoners made the prosecutor drunk, and that while in the house they robbed him. The owner of the house was examined, and his evidence went to negative the assertion ; but the prisoners were remanded in order to produce two persons, whom, it was stated, could throw some light on the transaction. PORTUGAL The steamer Frankfort, which arrived in the Mersey on Saturday, has brought advices from Lisbon to the 14th inst. The transport steamer Khersonese, from Malta and Gibral tar, was coaling at Lisbon, with the 94th regiment, and reports all well on board. The political position of Loule Sancbes cabinet remains much the same as last reported, the department of finance and public works being still without permanent ministers. When M. Julio Sanches agreed to take office, it was stated, as probable, that the Ministry would endeavour to carry out the arrangements made between M. Fontes and Mr. Thornton, respecting the quotation of Portuguese Bonds upon the Stock Exchange, and we are now assured the ministers intimated this to be their intention; At a private meeting of the majority of the deputies, the desire was expressed to make some alteration in the stipu lations respecting the extra 1 per cent. to be paid upon the old Portuguese bonds when the revenues of the country will allow it, and the ministers also intimated their intention to apply to the Cortes for authority to raise a loan of 1,500 contos (about £335,000) for the continuation of the nil road and other public works, until the meeting of the new Legislature in January, 1857. A bill has been brought in to extend the admission of foreign grain until the 30 th of June , 1 857. at a nominal duty of about ld. per 100 lbs. This measure has become urgent, in consequence of the undoub'ed short wheat and barley crop in Portugal and part of Spain. Indian corn may still yield a fair crop if the showers in the northern provinces become general. Nothing was said to-day in the Cortes respecting the new loan of £335,000, but the minis ters intend to propose it; as respects the Stock Exchange question, they wait Mr. Thornton's reply to modifications suggested or negotiated here by his agent, since the tall of the late cabinet. " The way to show the customers' balances up to—say £759,223 13s 2d, or thereabouts, would be, of course, by crediting certain accounts—deposit, or current accounts, or both, and debiting certain other accounts for sums which in the whole would represent the same. " For example, six or seven deposit receipts may be issued to me for such and such sums, amounting in the whole to £400,000 or £500,000, and then four or five accounts might be opened, such as 1. The South Eastern Swiss Railway Company £163,000 2. The Prussian Coal Company 3. The Rome and Frascati Railway Company 4. The Grand Junction Railway Company . 5. The East Kent Railway Company 157,000 36,000 48,000 157,000 Je56i,000 and each of the foregoing accounts might be debited with advances made to me as representing each of said com panies to the extent of the sums I set opposite each of the five accounts, and which sums would amount in all to £561,000. --,---- " Then the deposit receipts for 823,500 granted tO Backhouse might be added, and I should be debited with said sum in an account called John Sadleir, trustee in the Backhouse mortgage. %-+ " All the foregoing accounts would be looked on as so many trust accounts obtained by arranging to advance as much as was received ; and, as the bank could not be called on to pay any of the deposit receipts so long as one penny was due on any of the accounts, the safety of the bank was perfect, and the question of interest both ways could be so adjusted as to work out enough of profit to enable the bank to pay the 6 per cent. interest and 3 per cent. bonus on the £lOO,OOO, and to carry to the reserve fund a good sum— say, £5,000. " I hope you will see this matter in the light I do ; per haps I have not sufficiently explained the case, but I am sure I am right, and that the whole thing can be so managed as to defy any criticism, if such should be started ; but of course we should not court any. When I go over I can explain all. The books should be kept open for the requisite entries. " There is nothing to prevent the Tipperary Bank from doing what has been done in the Bank and the Bank, and the Bank, and that is all I advise—namely, to open two accounts for A B ; to credit one account as having received from A B £lOO,OOO on deposit ; to debit the other account £lOO,OOO, as having lent A B so much on the security of his deposit receipt, and his personal security, of course ; in every case the Tipperary Bank should receive the deposit receipts and retain same as security. _ _ " F. Law will send, or Mr. Kelly, the account of the money got on placing of shares, and not previously ac counted for.—Your affectionately, "J. SADLEIR. " I enclose the prospectus. I did not see the paper con taining reference to O'Shea." THE MALT DUTIES TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—lt may be of importance to many readers o your paper to know, that in a bill now before Par liament, granting an allowance of the extra duty on malt in the stocks of maltsters, malt roasters, dealers in malt, licensed brewers, and vinegar makers, when the present war duty ceases on the sth July next, it is provided, that in order to obtain the allowance the malt must be dry and unground, and every claimant must give notice in writing to the proper officer of excise, two days previously to the 3rd July next, of his name, residence, and business, and of each house or place in which the malt shall be deposited, and whether the malt is screened or unscreened, or pale or brown ; and also, before the 3rd July, place his malt in such form that it may be conveniently gauged. The claim for allowance will be forfeited if any malt taken account of shall be removed before the 6th July, and penalties are imposed if grain is mixed with the malt, or any contrivance resorted to to deceive the officer as to quantity.—l am, Sir, your humble servant, ROBERT S. SHARP, Conductor of Inland Revenue. Inland Revenue Office, Liverpool, June 21st, 1856 LONDON GAZETTE BANKRUPTS.—CHAS. V. ENABLES the young e r, Chid den, Taplow, Sohn, and Princess paper works, Bucking hamshire, paper manufacturer. J OHN E DWARDES , Wolver hampton, Staffordshire, wine merch an t . JOHN W oon norFn, Newgate-street, licensed victualler. Thos. DuRSTON, Taunton, Somersetshire, brewer and baker. JOHN RUMENS. Lower Clapton, carpenter, builder and undertaker. JOSIAH TREGELLAS, St. Agnes, Cornwall, draper, grocer, and general outfitter. SAMUEL POUND the younger, Dartmouth, ropemaker. WILLIAM ADAMS MANNING, Totness, corn and grass and cloverseed dealer. ANOTHER TRAGEDY IN MELTON.—On Fridry itfternoon, Mr. Thomas Clarke went into the house of Mr. Shoulet, auctioneer, and shot him in the breast. The wound is not fatal. The police proceeded to apprehend Mr. Clarke, who was about to commit suicide, and had slightly cut his throat. _ . . Tim JEALOUS Ac-raEss.—At the Central Criminal Conrt on Wednesday, Harriett Graham, who, it will be recol lected, was last session fonnd guilty of attempting to discharge a loaded pistol at Mr. Graham, of the Princess's Theatre, was brought up and (sentenced to four months' imprisonment._ THE NEW BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL. , --We are enabled to annouuce that the bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol, vicated by the death of Dr. Monk, has been offered by Lord Palmerston to the Rev. Richard Chenevix Trei ch, M A., Professor of Theology in King's College, London, Rector of Itchin Stoke, near Alresford, Hants, and Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford. THE TIPPERARY BANK In our impression of Saturday we announced the feet that the Master of the Rolls in Ireland had delivered his decision on the appeal from the Master in Chancery in favour of the appellants, the English shareholders. We have now to add, that in pronouncing his judgment, his Honour, after giving a complete history of all the transac tions connected with the bank, and showing the complicity of James Sadleir in the frauds of the late John Sadleir, said, in conclusion, that he fully assented to the opinion expressed:by Lord Campbell, to the effect, that if a divi dend were paid out of the capital of a concern when,no profits had been made, a gross fraud would be practised ; and the directors were not only civilly liable to those whom they had deceived and injured, but they were guilty of a conspiracy for which they were liable to be prosecuted and punished. There could be no doubt that a conspiracy by falsehood (as by a fictitious dividend) to raise fictitiously' the market value of shares of a railway company, or any' other joint-stock company, that the Queen's subjects may' be deceived and injured, and at their expense a profit may' be made by the conspirators, wo l l be an indictable offence. I am, therefore, (continued his Honour) of opinion that the order of, the Master must be reversed. I have come to the conclusion on the first question raised, although I am also of opinion, if the argument of counsel for the official manager was well founded, that James Sad leir was the agent of the Irish shareholders in respect of the contracts entered into with the English share. holders, that the contract was vitiated by fraud. I haVe not ddcided whether the 6th of George IV., c. 219 __, sec. applies to this case. It has been con tended that that section is only applicable between creditors and shareholders, and not as between share holders inter se. If it is applicable as between shareholders inter se, it would put an end to all question in the case, but Ido not consider it necessary to decide that point.. There is,. I believe, no corresponding section in any Act in force in England. The Master's order will be reversed 4 In the course of the judgment, which occupies seven columns of the Mail, the Master of the Rolls read, With marked emphasis, the following extraordinary letter'; addressed to James Sadleir by John Sadleir ; it bears date "London, December 31, 1855," a few weeks previous to the final smash of the Tipperary Bank : "TIPPERARY JOINT•STOCB RANK. " My dear James,—The accounts should be made out treating the paid-up capital as £lOO 000 on the 31st of December, 1854; therefore, the requisite number of shares to make this account square should be entered as vested in A. Ferrall, Esq., and he should be debited accordingly in an account in respect of the shares. h" The reserved fund ' should be treated as £14,072 Os 3d on the 31st December, 1854. " It will not be requisite to print and circulate among the Irish shareholders a balance-sheet, but as all the English shareholders are in the habit of getting from every bank in which they hold shares a printed balance , sheet each half-year, we must give them a printed balanced sheet at least once a-year, and for the year ending the 31st December, 1855. "By this means the present English shareholders will double their present holdings in the Tipperary Bank, and I dare say the balance of the £lOO,OOO of stock will be quickly taken up. "Now I know many of the English joint-stock banks, in order to give a good appearance to their balance, have constantly trebled the amount of their balances, &c., by making a series of entries, whereby they appeared to have assets and liabilities to four times the amount they really possessed or had. This has been always kept very quiet, and what at first was a kind of fiction became gradually to be bona fide. " I enclose you the figures I gave Law (i.e., Farmer John Law), and some few others, and the balance sheet for the year ending the 31st of December, 1855 should be framed so as to tally with this balance sheet for the year' ending the 3lst of December, 1854. "An increase of about £30,000 in the item of customers' balances, &c., should be made to appear. The item trade fixtures' should be increased or decreased as you con sider best.