The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-22 00:00:00

MR. THACKERAPS LECTURES GEORGE THE FOURTH. Mr. Thackeray delivered the fourth and concluding lecture of his course at the Philharmonic, on Saturday, at half-past two o'clock. The lecture was more nume rously attended than any of the preceding, the hall being crowded in every part. The lecturer was received en thusiastically. Mr. Thackeray commenced by saying : —ln Mr. Twiss' e xcellent life of Lord Eldon, we read how, on the death of the Duke of York, the Lord Chancellor became possessed of a lock of the defunct Prince's hair ; and so careful was he respecting the authenticity of the relic, that Bessy Eldon, his wife, sat in the room while a young man from Howell and James' was distributing the relic into several locks, which each of the Eldon family after wards wore. When George the Fourth came to Edin burgh, a better man than he went on board the royal yacht to welcome his majesty to his kingdom of Scotland , seized the goblet from which the king had just drank, and vowed it should ever remain an heirloom in his family, clamed the precious glass in his pocket, and sat down upon it when he got home—(laughter.) Suppose the good shariff's prize unbroken now, at Abbotsford, should we not smile in somet' ing like pity as we beheld it ? Suppose one of the locks of hair I have spoken of were offered for sale, riot libras in' surnmo duce in vemies? How many pounds would you fetch, for the relic of the illus trious Duke ? Madame Tussaud has got King George's very coronation robes. Is there any man alive who would kiss the hem of that trumpery ? He sleeps since twenty five years Do not any of you who remember him wonder how yorm ever respected attcl humeri, and admired him ? To make a portrait of him seemed at first a matter of small difficulty. There was his coat—his star—his wig, and then the countenance, ever simpering under it. Had he (Mr. Thackeray) a piece of chalk, he could then i and there draw a recognisable likeness of him. Let them read through scores of volumes, and all the old magazines and newspapers, and they would hear nothing of George the Fourth but of his coat, his wig, and his countenance smiling under it. William the Fourth, his successor, was a man. The Duke of York, his brother. was a man. Both of those were men, big, burly, jolly, and ever-swearing, but in the George they recognised nothing but a bow and a grin. Take him to pieces, and they found silk stockings, padding, a coat with frogs, and a fur collar, a handkerchief prodigiously scented, one of Truefitt's best fitting nut brown curly wigs, reeking with oil, waistcoats, more waistcoats, under waistcoats, and then—nothing. (Applause.) Mr. .Thackeray then described the innumerable porTaits painted of George the Fourth in a marshal's coat, in a frogged coat, with fair hair, brown hair, and black hair, in a wig with a pigtail, and In a wig without a pigtail, and. finally, in his coronation robes, a portrait of which the King himself was very fond, and of which he pre_ aented copies to all the European courts, members of the nobility. and several clubs. There was not a drawing room in the country in which his portrait was not to be seen, and innumerable also were the stories of his pro • digious cleve•ness when a youth. One deserved men tion, It was said that Lord Bruce, his governor, was readily -, Greek to him, and using a false quantity, the youthful Prince immediately corrected him. Lord Bruce, of course, could no longer remain his governor, . hut as a salve to his wounded feelings, his lordship was elevated to the peerage. A most extraordinary reason, observed Mr. Thackeray for making a man a peer; hut Lord Bruce was made an earl for one error in prosody, and Nelson was made a baronet for the victory of the Nile. (Laughter) The extravagance of George the Fourth was then described. One would not wonder, the lecturer said, if the money were expended for a public good—for the support and improvement of an im poverished country district, but what bad that one solitary stout man done to merit such generosity ? What had be done that he should be so pampered, that he should spend £IO,OOO a year on the very coats on his back, and yet his bills be paid ? It is said " the child is father of the man." It was so with George—he entered on life as a youag man by inventing a shoe - buckle, " a sweet invention," continued Mr. "I hackeray, "as lovely and useful as the prince on whose foot it sparkled " (Laughter and applause) Did the audience think these details trivial ? Thee were the great inci dents of George's life. Would they turn to his other life, and did they wish that he (Mr. Thackeray) should play the part of L' porello, and follow him in his amours ? What purpose would it answer? What purpose to know how Perdita was pursued, when deserted, and by whom succeeded ? What good to know that he married Mrs Fitzherbert according to the rives of the Roman Catholic Church ? That sere of vice presented no new features. Men of dissolute habits, of foul passions, and of heartlessness had been ever since the world began. George was such a man, - but be had much temptation, and much might be said in extenuation of him. It was an unlucky thing for him that besides being very handsome, so that all women were fascinated by him, and being heir apparent. .so that all the world flattered Lim, he should also have a. beautiful and a prodigious appetite, (laughter) which led him to take pleasure in a " jolly lift,'' and to be the boon companion of all its votaries. Heartlessness was most apparent in him, and no more characteristic trait, Mr. Thackeray pbserved, could be given of the two men, George the Fourth and Charles Fox, than their observations on the death of the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire. When informed of it, George said : " We have lost the best bred woman in all England ;" Fox : " We have lost the • kindest heart in all England." Historians claimed for George the bravery of his race —the courage of the House of Brunswick. He (Mr. Tbackeray) doubted if be had possessed it. He could not see •how the low • sensualist could have retained that quality. There was ne temptation which he had resisted, and how could the nerves be strong in a life frittered away in the company of dancing -masters, tailors, and ballet girls ? It was an endless Capra without .any campaign. (Applause.) 1 he lecturer then quoted from Sir Robert Peel's memoirs to show the treachery and double-dealing of George with his ministers, Peel and Wellington, on the question of Catholic emancipation —to-day caressing them, the next day betraying them. "Fancy," said Mr. Thackeray, " old Arthur's grim countenance and eagla beak ' • its his Monarch kisses him. (Laughter.) Having • described the mission of Lord Malrnesbur y at the 1 Z Court of Brunswick, the arrival of Caroline in England, her reception by George, and her marriage, the lecturer asked What could be expected from such a beginning, such a bridegroom, and such a b ide ? I run not going • to carry you through the subsequent scenes—to follow the poor princess through her vagaries, her balls and her ee dances, her travels to Jerusalem and to Naples, her jigs, 0.• her junkettings, and her tears. As I read her history, I • vow she was not guilty, Ido not say that that was an C: Impartial verdict, but her story pleads for the kindly, generous, outraged creature. If wrong was done-by her, let it Ile at his door who cruelly thrust her from him. (Cheers.) In spite of her follies the great hearted people • of England loved, protected, and pitied her ; " God bless ye, we will bring your husband back to you," said a poor mechanic one day—she told the tale herself to lady CharlAte Bury with tears in her eyes. They could not bring her husband back—th -y could not cleanse that selfish heart, steeped in selfishness, impotent for faithful . attachment and manly endearing love ; had he not sur vived remorse, had he not grown accustomed to betrayal and desertion ? (Applause,) This was the " first gentle man" of Europe ! There is no stranger satire upon the proud English society of that day, than, that they ad ' mired George. (Applause.) Yet, thank heaven, we can tell of better gentlemen, and while our eyes turn . away from that monstrous image of pride, vanity, and weakness, we see in England, even in that reign, some who merited indeed the title of gentlemen —some who make our hearts leap when we hear their names, :end whose memory we shall fondly salute, when that of yerider imperial mannikin was tumbled into oblivion. • (Applause) The lecturer then paid an exalted tribwe to the life and memory of Walter Scott, whose defence of the monarch be likened to that of the brave High lander 31) his own story who fought around his craven chief, unworthy of grace a champion—of Mkt Southey, who, althotigh he had left his political land- mark mil e s and miles behind, would ever be remembered as - sublime in his simplicity, his honour, and his affection. Of the true knight, Cuthbert Collingwood, than whom, since heaven made gentlemen, were no better name recorded—and of Reginald Heber, the beloved parish priest in his own home, counselling the poor in trouble, advising in difficulties, exhorting and encouraging where there was need ; where there was strife, a peacemaker ; and where there was want a free giver. (Cheers.) H e pointed out in all these men the prevailing princip'es of.. love and duty, and declared that without love there could he no gentleman. The lecturer then read torn a magazine of the day an absurdly magniloquent descrip thin of a ball given at the opening of Carltoe-house, and contrasted with it a scene which took place on the same day in Philadelphia, when George Washing - on publicly resigned his post at the head - of his country's government. Which," asked the lecturer, "-was the most splendid spectacle ever witnessed ?"—(quoting the words of the ball-describer)—the opening of time career of George in London, or the resignation of Washington ~.~ . THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. at Philadelphia ? Which was the more noble sight for after ages to admire ? Yon fribble, dancing in lace and spangles, or yonder hero, who sheathes his sword after a life of spotless honour, purity, unreproached, courage indomitable, and consummate victory ? Which of these is the true gentleman ? What is it to he a gentleman Is it to have lofty aims, to have a pure life, to keep your honour virgin, to have the esteem of your fellow citizens, the love of your fireside, to bear good fortune meekly, to suffer evil with constancy, and, through evil and good, to maintain truth always. Show me the happy man whose life exhibits these qualities, and him will we salute as gentleman, whatever his rank may be. (Applause) Show me the Prince who pos sesses them, anti he may be sure of our love and loyalty. (Applause.) The heart of Britain still heats kindly for George the Third, not because he was wise andlust, but because he was pure, was honest in intent, and because, according to his lights, he worshipped Heaven. I think we acknowledge in the inheritrix of his sceptre a wiser rule, and a life as honourable and pure ; and we may be sure that the future painter of our manners will pay a willing allegiance to that good life, and be loyal to the memory of that unsullied virtue. (t✓nthusiastic applause.) Mr Thackeray then, amid renewed bursts of acclama tion, bowed and quitted the platform. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. (BEFORE MR. CROPPER PREPARING FOR CHRISTAIAS —A female named Mary Hornby was charged with having stolen a quantity of butter, cheese, bac ,n, and herrings, from shops in Park-road, and the case being clearly proved she was sent to prison for one month. THE CHARGE AGAINST FAincLoonti.—J. W. Fairclough, who stood remanded on charges for having obtained money • under false pretences, was again brought up. Ther were several additional charges preferred against the prisoner. and amongst them was one by Mr. Hall, from the firm of Gibbs, Bright, and C_)., who said that the prisoner called a. the office with a p creel, and demanded 76 61 fur it ; witness refused to pay at first, and the prisoner went away. He called next morning, and witness paid for the parcel. I was opened by the p n.ter, and contained old books. There were several other persons pr, sent who paid the prisoner na•mey for parcels, all of which were found to contain old books. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. EXECUTION OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSIN OF THE KING OF NAPLES. On the morning of Saturday, 13th of Decemb r, the pri soner was taken from the barracks of Ferrantina, to the prison of Castel Capuano, and thence escorted by a detach ment of the Cacciatori and the congr: gation of the Bianchi to the Church of the Refuge ; after which be was led to the Ports Capuana, where the troops were stationed and the scaffold was erected. Oa arriving in front of his battalion, the prisoner, who wore his uniform, was stripped of his dress, and clothed in a black shirt, according to the term of his sentence, with a large placard upon his chest, bear • ing the inscription, " L'uomo enapio," Placed upon a cart, he was taken the round of the troops, and then brought up to the scaffold, which he mounted, talking and maintaining the same firm c7iaracter, and firing his ey is Ott the crucifix. The last words o' Melano were—" Viva Ia Petrie ela Liberta !" Another report adds, " That from the Vicaria to the Church of Refuge his eyes were not ban daged, and in the church he answered wit h a loud and cleer voice, to the prayers of the Padri Assistenti. Then his eyes were blinded, in spite of his en'reaties to the contrary, that he might look upon the people. He walked with a firm step, and rather too quick to please the Padri. He then stopped a little. and begged again to be unblinded, but in vain. To those who assisted him he said Padri, it is glorious to die for our country and for liberty ;' and even on the very steps of the scaffold he repeated the same expres sions. To the last prayer he uttered the responses with the same firm voice, the people ji ining with him, and weeping. Even the soldiers of his battalion were deeply moved, and some of the officers wept. In fastening the rope the execu tioner =treated the criminal, so much as to excite one of the fathers to strike him twice. Theexecution was long and painful, either through the inexperience of the executioner or the irritation created by the blows which he had received from the Padre tssistente." During the last night the prisoner &sired those who assisted him to read a book entitled 0 The Life and Death of the Good Christian." Lieutenant Fiori, one of the judges of the Council of War, has been put under a rigorous arrest for having uttered various insolent remarks to the criminal and the advOcate in the public discescion. • A BURGLAR SHOT BY A IVO3LIN AT BARNSLEY. The recent murderous attack upon Mr. Bradley, and the Bolton and Rotherham mu. ders, have led great numbers of the inhabitants in this quarter to provide themselves with firearms. The first result of this general aiming has been, that on Friday morning one of these depredators, whilst in the act of breaking into a houso in the outskirts of the town, was shot by a woman. About two o'clock on Friday morning Mrs hraithwaite, a widow, who keeps a genet al provision and grocery shop near to the temporary station of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railway, was aroused by hearing her shop bell ring. Being a tall, spirited woman, she opened the window cf her bedroom, when she saw four men (three of them being tall and powerful, dressed in round j ickets and caps) at the door, one of them apparently trying to open it. On asking what they wanted, one of the parties said to the others, "Two of you go to the back door, and let two of us stop hero." Mrs. Braithwaite then said if they di I not at once go away, she should fire upon them. Not appearing to go away, she fired down upon them from a long Ilfla barrelled pistol, containing a heavy charge of shot, when one of the robbers immediately fell, tittering a deep groan.' The three remaining, then assisted their companion up and carried him away, before doing which Mrs. Braithwaite saw one of the men tear a piece off his shirt, and apply it apparently to the neck of the wounded man. An alarm was made, and, on some assistance arriving, the place was examined, when it was found that the burglars had tried to effect an entrance by forcing the window shutters, and having failed in that, had tried the shop door. Close by the place where the wounded man fell, a piece of old cotton was found saturated with blood, which had, no doubt, been used by his comrades to staunch the wounds, and for some distance, traces : were discernible. The police were immediately put upon the scent, and there is little doubt but the burglars will be cap tured. From the commencement thus made, and the general feeling of insecurity which pervades the town and district, the present winter promises to be one of no ordinary character. The demand for revolvers is very great, and there is every appearance that if robberies aro attempted, bloodshed will be the result. AN ANTI-VEGETARIAN VIRGIN.—One of our north country pitmen, who had turned vegetarian, went a courting to a pluckylass in the colliery village, and "popped the ques ion." " Oh," said she, "go along with you! Do you think I'm goieg to be flesh of your flesh, and yon living on cabbages ? Get a vegetable marrow, man ; I'm not an animal of your sort." And off she bouneed,leav ing hiin, like LordUllin, "lamenting." Gateshead Observer. SALARIES, &C IN THE PUBLIC OFFICES.—A. light blue book, recently publifflied. gives some information on the subject of salaries and emoluments in the public cifices: shows, en resume, that whereas on the first of January, 183.5, there were 3,886 persons employed in the various public departments, from the Treasury downwards, there were only 2,79,1 so employed on New Year's - day, 1856 ; and th st, whereas the total am ,unt of salaries in 1835 was £101,012, it is now reduced to £91,106. The eecrease is chiefly noticeable in the Ordnance, the (late) War Office, she Admiralty and Naval Departments, the Customs, and the Goneral Post-office. The average reduction of salaries is £26 per head on 3,886 persons, and the average increase £32 10s. on 2 791 persons. The salaries and emoluments of officea usually held by members of either House of Parliament amounted to £114,010 in 1835, and on the Ist of January last to £109,125. The salaries of the diplomatic corps amounted in 183.5 to £126,250, and on the Ist of January, 1856, to £123,035 The aggregate salaries of the ciusular corps have increased from £BB 320 to £126,815. CONSTABLE FOR FLINTSHIRB —There are thirteen candi• dates f r the office of chief constable of Flint, all of whom with the exception of tw ), are wholly unacquainted with the Welsh language, How those gentlemen who are ignorant of the Welsh language are to perform the duties of the office properly and efficiently is beyond the compre hension of most persons, and to those conversant with the language and its almost unpronounceable names of pines, such as Brynellyllon, Dymeirchion, &c., how they ate to get over the dilliculties of so clearly and distinctly Priam, lating those crackjaw words es to render them intelligible to those from whom they might make inquiries as to any crimes committed at such places, is a complete mystery. It is stated that most of the candidates seem cot t) lay the slightest stress upon their acquiring a knowledge of the language as an indispensable qualification for the appoint ment, but 83 long as such a large proportion of the inhabitants of Flintshire continue to speak the Welch 4nguage, it wou d be an insult to the county to elect a man ignorant of their language. Notwithstanding the many reports in circulation as to the probability of the Welsh language being entirely ignored in making the appointment, it is confidently anticipated that those gentlemen upon whom devolves the responsibility of appointing the chief constable will exercise the same degree of circumspection as has hitherto characterised them in making appointments to otber public offices. THE LIVERPOOL FINANCIAL REFORM ASOCIATIO.V. ANTI INCOME TAXATION AGITATION. At the weekly meeting of the Council, on Thursday, the agi tation now on foot for the immediate reduction of the income and property tax, and its total repeal, at the period at present fixed bylaw, was referred to,as a subject both of regret and alarm to all consistent advocates of free trade doctrines and sound principles of taxation. Extracts from very judicious articles in the Blus trated London News, Atlas, and Belfast Mercantile Journal, reference to the movement, pointing out its retrogressive ten dency, were read, and an address from the Council, to the middle, commercial, tnanufactuting, and industrial classes, was agreed upon. The address admits the grievances popularly complained of, and oven points out others to which little or no allusion has been made; but it protests against the popular demands, as involving an abnegation of the commercial policy inauzurated by the late Sir Robert Pool, and cootenda that the people, whilst insisting that the injustice which distinguishes the Income and property tax, as at present leveed, shall be redressed, should also demand a thorough revisal of our fiscal system, and the substitution of a tax on income and property, equitably adjusted and fairly levied, for duties of customs and excise, which now press so heavily on commerce, manufactures, and industry, which are so expensive in collection, and which are productive of so many evils, social and moral, as well as fiscal and commercial, DI. , COUNT ON PREPAYMENT. A correspondence on this subject was laid before the council. The question now stands in this position : —Mr. Amos, the surveyor, says that the right to claim discount on prepayment of the tax for the whole year, is, practically, a dead letter, because the first assessment is not nut until payment for the first half of 'the year is overdue, he being, obviously, under the impression that the privilege, whether it be worth much, little, or nothing, was intended for all persons who chose to avail themselves of it. The Receiver General, on the other hand, holds that it applies only to persons who arc assessed by the Special Commissioners, and the difficulty which seems so conclusive to Mr. Ames does not occur to him at all. In view of these of f icial discrepancies, and after a careful study of the act and its latest alteration, the gentleman who raised the question contends that the Receiver General is wrong : upholds Iris own right to pay the whale year's charge to the Receiver General, and to be allowed discount for the half year not yet due; and, by way of bringing the question to a point for legal decision, he means to submit to a distraint, threatened by the collector, for the half year due on the 20th of September last, he having tendered payment for the whole year to the Receiver General. Lest, however, he should be wrong in his opinion, and the Receiver General right in his decision, he means to make all sure for next year, by claiming to be assessed by the Special Commissioners. WASTEFUL DISPOSAL OF GOVERNMENT STORES. The following beautiful specimen of official thrift and inge nuity was laid before the council as authentic : There is a ship now in Liverpool, which carried a cargo of rum to Balaklava, with orders to return in ballast. The war having ceased, and the rum not being required for the troops, it was sold at Con atantinople at the rate of fivep-nce per gallon, or thereabouts, and the vessel returned to England in ballast, as originally intended. The quantity thus disposed of is said to have been 800 puncheons, or about 85,000 gallons, the worth of which in England, at the present moment, would, probably, be about ss. per gallon. Of course it never occurred to the official mind that all the labour and expense of discharging cargo and taking in ballast might have been avoided, and soma £17,000 saved in tho purchase of a similar quantity of spirits, simply by bringing the rum back to England ; or if it did, the official instructions must have been the insuperable obstacle in the way, when common sense dictated tho possibility of such a course of proceeding. An article in the Times of Tuesday, and the letter of a corres pondent on the following day, were cited as exposing in gross the system of this most improvident transaction is but a sample. From these it appeals that vast quantities of stores for camp use and other purposes,—many of them at ticks likely to last till wanted again, such as carts, waggons, saddlery, tools, tin and copper utensils, boots, waterproof fabrics, &c. Others—the very same articles which other government departments are buying at full prices, —are now being sold off by the army authorities in the most wasteful manner, principally to dealers and others who surround the arsenals and dockyards ; this, too, at a time when war has been declared against Persia, and there is no knowing how soon hostilities may again break out in Europe ! According to the-correspondent, the system, almost from time immemorial, has been this :—each year estimates for every article are presented; contracts for these articles to the amount voted are entered into; and at the end of the year all the articles that remain on hand are sold off by auction, often at a tenth part Of the original cost, just to clear the way for fresh estimates, votes, and purchases of articles precisely similar to those which have been sold. An instance is stated in which a dealer made purchases at a government sale, afterwards contracted wiih government for the supply of similar articles, and then actually sold back to government the very same articles which he had bought from government, but at five times the price he had given for them at the government sale ! Commenting on this wanton waste, the Times says: " Let the economists, who have been accustomed to wage war against Grand Falconer and Gold Stick, turn their attendee to a field more worthy of their prowess. Let them deal with millions instead of hundreds of pounds, with expenditure which weighs down and almost crushes the nation instead of trifles which no man cares seri ously about." On this it was observed that, if the sneer were meant for the financial reformers of Liver pool, as it probably was, it touches them not, for they have not confined themselves to battling with such " unconsidered trifles" as gold sticks and grand falconers ; on the contrary, they denounced the shameful waste going on in army, navy, and ordnance at a time when their censor was contending that our military system was all but perfection. It is to the Times that the charge of inconsistency applies, and that much more recently than at the period alluded to. In that paper of Saturday the 13th inst., there is an article on the income and expenditure of 1856, the pith of which is that" the warlike expenditure, though immense," was much less, com paratively, than that of 1815 ; that " the charges of collection of the revenue, though forming a large item, do not seem dis proportionate or symptomatic of a bad system ;" that " tire coat of the whole civil government of this old, grand, and aristocratic realm" (which, oddly enough, the Times sets down at £1,695,052 only) is no such Breit matter after all ; that the cost of law and justice (£3,192,420) is " a mere trifle when compared with the disbursements for Balaklava and Crimean campaigns ;" and, in fine, that whatever we pay for civil government, it forms but a very small sum compared with what " a great nation must sacrifice to the insatiable demon of war." The meaning of all this seems to be that, on tire whole, our financial affairs are quite as well managed as we can reason ably expect then] to be, and that.we cannot rationally grumble at the cost ; yet, a few (lays after this apology for things as they are, the Times twits " economists" with warring against grand falconers and gold sticks, and paying no attention to " expen diture which weighs down and almost crushes the nation !" DIFFU-lON OF USEFUL INFORMATION. Since the meeting a correspondent has sent the following : " Copies of all the income tax books in Scotland lie at the Stamp-office in Edinburgh, open and patent to forty or fifty clerks and porters, NOT ONE of whom is sworn to secresy as required bg the act: Nis wonder the incomes of various individuals are known and talked about ! Are there any unsworn clerks in the Liverpool office ?" • -- An article in the ,Sport shows the r em ar k a bl e p r o gress which horse racing has made in France since 1833. From that year up to 1840, the number of horses that were entered for races in all France was only 59, and the amount of stelae was only 75 000 f ; but from 1841 to 1848, the number of races was 125, and the amount of stakes 131,0001; and from 1849 to 1856 the. races were 140 in number, and the amount of stakes i.59,000f. In the first period the numer of owners of horses was only 24, in the latter it was 48. - A REASON.—At a distribution of prizes in a German village, a little girl, seven years old, whose parents had just been turned out of their lodgings because they had failed to pay their rent, was asked by the rector. " Have you studied sacred history, my child ?" " les, sir." "Do you know the history of the creation ?" " I know that God made all." " Why were Adam and Eve turned out of Para disc The child hesitated a moment, and then fixing her eye on the examiner, replied, "Probably they were turned out because they could not pay the rent."—American Paper. NEWSPAPER FEUDS AND TROUBLES AT WREXHAM. THE LAW OF LIBEL,—The gentlemen of the long robe are likely to have ample opportunity, at the spring assiz:s, for the discussion of the libel law, there being no less than three actions to be tried in connection with parties in.:the town. The first is an ection brought Wir. John Lewis, the magistrates' cl,-rk for Wrexham, against Mr. Joseph Craven, brewer, as the author of the letter which appeared iu the Wrexham Advertiser of the 6th inst., headed--" Wanted, a Paid Magistrate's clerk," and commenting upon Mr L.wis's interference in a case of assault before the magistrates on the 24th inst., Owens and Daughters against Morris and brother-in-law. The second is an action brought by Mr. Lewis against the proprietor of the Advertiser, for what appeared in that paper a week or two since, at which Mr. Lewis took umbrage, and a writ has consequintiv been issued. The third is an intended action by Mr. Daniel Jones, cheese merchant, against the proprietor and publisher of the Tf rexhamite newspaper, for some lines of a satirical character which appeared in that paper, and which Mr. Jones considers most unprovoked and personal, and designed to bring him into ridicule. These lines were signed " Numper Wan." An apology has subsequently been oft red to Mr. Jones through the Wreahamile, but Mr. Jones considers an apology from the publisher iwufficient. Pre liminary meetings of the friends of Mr. Craven and the proprietor of the Advertiser have been held, and a subscrip tion is about to be made to indemnify them against any cost, in'th• matter. EXECUIION OF JACKSO' AT CHESTER The execution of J ickson, for the murder of his t chit_ dren, in Aug. last - , at Chester, took place on Saturday morn. ing at eight o'clock, in front of the city gaol. The attend ante was not so numerous as was expected, but still there was a great number of spec ators present. The preparations for the execuion commenced on Friday afternoon, and by six o'clock all the preliminaries for carrying out the dreadful sentence of the law had been completed. The final interview between the unhappy culprit and his wife and children, which commenced at half-past two o'clock, did not terminate till five on Friday afternoon. The chaplain and the R v. Mr- Dicken, who were present, represented to our reporter that the separation was inex pressibly distressing on the part of the wise, but that the culprit maintained a cal-a composure. After the interview, the prisoner prayed with the Rev. Dicken for some time, along with the chaplain, ard until eleven o'clock he was left alone., with the excep tioa of occasional visits fr , in the turnkeys. The chapl ,in returned at eleven o'clock, and remained with the culprit from that hour up to the time of his execution. At half past t ielve o'clOclion Friday night, the city sheriff, Mr. J. Janes% who was repre4ental by Mr. P. B)rdesss, went to the Castle, and, presenting the warrant for the prisoner's ex' cation, which had been thread to him, demanded the body of the culprit. The w irrants given to the county and city gaolers having been exchaeged, Mr. Dunstan, the governor of the county gaol, g Lve up the prisoner, and he then left the Castle in a cab, in charge of Mr. Steele, the governor of the city gaol, and .Ir. 3ardes3a, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Kilter, th© chaplain of th e county prison. More leaving the county prison, the culprit was formally asked if he had hid proper spiritual assistance, when he replied, " I hive had all the assistance that I could have expected."' On arriving at the city gaol, and being shown-to his r tom, he was suppled with some port wine, and afterwards smoked for a time. The chaplain then waited upon him, and prayed with him for some time. and subs?quently he bad a scceud short sleep. At five o'clock the chaplain again visited him, and remained with him up to seven o'clock, when, in company with the governor and other officers of the gaol, he attended service in the chapel. About five minutes to eight o'clock the city sheriff announced that the hour for the execution was approaching, and a procession from the chapel was then formed, headed by the It?v. Mr. Kellner, the chaplain of the county gaol, and the Rev. Mr. Hewson, chaplain of the city gaol, and followed by the culprit in charge of two of the gaolers. On arriving at the pinioning room the services of Calcraft were called, and in a few moments this process was completed, and with a firm step the wretched man ascended the steps leading to the drop. On appearing on the platform, the audience manifested rather a feeiing of compassion than indignation towards the unhappy criminal. There were evidently many who sym• piAthised with the domestin miseries which are believed to have led him into the commission of the horrible crime, of which he had so justly been found guilty. Immediately before the execution, the chaplain asked him if he admitted the justice of his sentence, when he replied, " I do ; the Lord Jesus receive my spina. Lord have mercy on me. Lord have mercy on me." As he was repeating this ejaculation, the bolt was drawn, and without even a momentary struggle he died, and the lifeless body of William Jackson was dangling in the air. We have omitted to state that, from the time of his condemnation, his appetite never failed him, and the mornieg he partook of a hearty breakfast. According to a computation in the impartial of Smyrna, the dreadful earthquake at Canea, in the Island of Candia, which was described a month ago, destroyed mere than ten thousand houses, shops, and public edifices, and the number of persons killed and wounded was 1,122. Oily 161 head of cattle was destroyed. A most extraordinary system of espoinage has just been es!ab iched over the young students of Naples. The mind of the rising generation Ills bien put under the care of an " ecclesiastical inspector," named Mr. Goodheart ( signor Baonocore), and a Secretary General of the Prefec,we of Police. THE RUSSIAN INFERNAL MACHINES.—The Cactus,Tcse, of South Shields, after leaving Wyburg recently, struck on one of the infernal machines which were deposited last year, during the war, on the coast of Russia, and received a serious sh ,ek. She hid to be taken into port V. repair the extensive damage she hid susta;nel. According to usages established between allied nations (says the Semaphore of Marseilles), when a sovereign traces and does not assume an ineognito, the countries adjoining send a high functionary to offer congratulations. The Empress Dowager of Russia having fixed her nsileuce at Nice for the winter, General de Rostolan, who com mands the 9 h miiitary division, has been charged to pay a vi-it to her Imperial M'jesty. He has just left narseilles for Nice, with the colonel of the staff and an aide-de-camp. _ _ Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., will, we are pleased to learn, pay a visit to Southampton in the course of a few days, to meet his friends. and explain to them the reason of his absence from them fur nearly a week prior to the Mayor being put in nomination as a candidate. It is with no view to interfere with, or alter the decision at which the friends of Mr. Andrews have arrived, that Mr. James comes down, but simply to put himseq right with those who supported him in his 'late candidature for the representation of the - borough.— Ifampshirs Independent Captain Hartsteiu, the commander of the Arctic ship Resolute, has accepted the invitation to the officers of that vessel, to a public banquet, given by the corporation for Wednesday next. It is expected to be a very interesting affair; and the whole of the officers who were in her when she was abandoned, including Capt. Kellett, the master, &c., besides others, are to be present on the occasion. A very large number of persons have visited the Resolute to-day, especially about the b ur her Majesty passed by in the Fairy. The richt ran close alongside the colours of the Resolute, the union jack and the stars and stripes, flying side by side together, being dipped as the yacht passed.. TIIE LATE GALES.—Last summer the Elder Brethren of the Trinity-house erected on the Rundle Stone at con siderable expense, an iron beacon and mast, surmounted by a ball fixed about 30 feet from the base. During the recent severe gales, probably about the 7th inst., the whole fabric, disappeared. The Mopus buoy in Mount's Bay has also been drifted out of its place, and instructions were in consequence sent to Mr. Ditchen, the Trinity agent in Plymouth, to visit the locality in the Diligence cutter. The Mopus buoy has been replaced, and as a temporary measure a buoy has been moored 50 or 60 fathoms south west of the Rundle Stone. The depth is from 18 to 20 fathoms, and a boat in charge of Mr. Hoppen, the mate, was first placed here as a mark. When he attempted to pull up the boat's grapnel it fouled, as if a ship's mast and rigging were in the way, and this continued so within five or six fathoms of the surface. It is conjectured that some ill-fated ship ran against the rock, knocked down the beacon, and then ran off and foundered. The Rundle or Runnel Stone, a small rock about four yards long and two broad, lies only a mile so:ith of the western point of Cornwall, near the Land's End, where the immense power of the tides and the heavy ground swell of the Atlantic, make it a most dangerous obstacle to navigation. In the , winter of 1854, during a fog, a French brig and two Eng lish schooners were lost on it; their crews were saved. The only beacon at that time was a cone shaped buoy. Colonel Sleigh writes to the Times relatite to the Green wich election Every name attached to, the requisition calling upon me to permit my name to be put ill nomination is that of a voter.- It is all nonsense about , sevc ntern of thirty names not being upon the register.' I deny that in tote. Such an assertion is untrue. It is further perfectly incorrect, up to the present hour, that a single elector whose name is attached to my requisition has, either directly or indirectly, by word of mouth or by letter, signified to me, or any member of my committee, a desire to withdraw his name from the requisition.' On the contrary, all the gen tlemen whom I have since seen who s'gned that document, express themselves more sanguine than ever of my success." ASSAULT.—John Hardyman Bent, a compositor, for merly employed at the office of the Star of Gwent, Newport, was charged on Thursday last, betere the magistrates, with assaulting Mr. W. Coley, compositor in the same establishment. Mrs. Bent appeared, and said that her husband had gone to Cardiff, and wished the case to be adjourned till Monday. Complainant resisted the applica tion on two grounds ; first, that his witness would leave Newport early on Monday morning, and secondly, because he believed defendant was merely keeping out of the way. The bench then determined to hear the case ex-parte after Sergeant Harlow had proved the service of the summons. Complainant stated the natu e of the assault. He was walking up Commercial -street, on Saturday evening, with Mr. Alsop, when they saw the defendant and his wife. Defendant gave 'a shout, but complainant and his com panion walked on, and were followed immediately by the defendant, who, on getting before them, began using very abusive language towards complainant, put his fists in his face, and threatened to knock him through a door. They attempted to walk on, and defendant followed them , for a considerable distance, and collected a crowd round them. This annoyance arose in consequence of Bent having been discharged from his employment for beating his wife, for which offence he was brought before the county magistrates, a few weeks ago, and bound over to keep the peace. After receiving his discharge, Bent endeavoured to set up that he was discharged for trade matters, and applied to the Provincial Typographical Association for a sum of money as compensation. He succeeded—through false representations, and having persuaded the local secretary to sign his ex-parte state ment—so far as to get a sum of money voted in his favour, and it has since transpired that he is a defaulter to the Manchester Society previous to coming to Newport. The complainant and the other men in the office resisted that attempt, and hence the ennoyance which arose on Satur day evening. The complainant's statement was corrobo rated by Mr. Alsop, and the bench inflicted a penalty of 10s, or fourteen days' imprisonment.—Star of Gwent.— [Since the above expose the Manchester fine has been paid, and he has left the town, "on his way rejoicing." ; TILE MURDER OF MR. LITTLE, The city was somewhat startled by an announcement, which circulated with great rapidity, yesterday evening, to the elf et that a man hid been arrested on the charge of being concerned in the murder. Certain significant hints, previously thrown out, had, to some extent prepared the public mind for the taking of some decisive step by the police, but the fact which has occurred does not by any means correspond with the anticipation formed as to the party who would probably be taken into custody. A person who did not, until within the last two or three days, come within range of conjecture or suspicion on the part of those engaged in the investiga tion of the crime, has been placed tinder arrest, charged on suspicion of having murdered Mr. Little. The prisoner's name is Michael George Harrington, and he is described on the charge sheet es a rent collector, residing at No. 6 Wellington street. He has been brought under the notice of the authorities in, it must be confessed, a strange and unsatisfactory way. but whatever doubts may reasonably be entertained as to the proba bility of guilt, the authorities in the discharge of their duty, must have felt it absolutely incumbent upon them to arrest him, and have a legal enquiry instituted into the ch urge preferred against him by their informants The circumstances under which he is in custody are as follow : —lt appears that a communication was made to the direct ,rs of the railway by a man named Taylor, informing them of a representation made by three per sons named John Feeney, a tailor, who resides in a street off Thomas street, Catherine Feeney, ii;s wife, and Eliza Fitzsimon, their servant. The statemeet conveyed to them was to the effect that, on the night of the murder, between eleven and twelve o'clock, the prisener, who was in the habit of occasionally visiting them, came into their room in a state of agita ion, and called for a drink of water, which they gave him. While drinking it he was observed to tremble excessively. He then gave the servant a pocket handkerchief to wash, and asked for water to clean his hands. The hen ]kerchief is alleged to have been saturated with blond, which was also remarked upon his hands, especially between his fingers He also got a damp towel and carefully wiped the fronts of his coat and trowsers, which were stained with blood. On being interrogated by them he accounted for the marks by a statemeet to the effect that there were two persons quarrelling in the street, and that he interfered to make peace between them, hut, as often happens under such circumstances. he incurred the hostility of both, and was made to suffer for his good nature. He then pulled out a bottle containing spirits, which he mixed with some water to drink, and they remarked on the label the name of Mr. Currin, who keeps a public house in the vicinity of the Broadstone Terminus. An observation ries made as to the locality from which the bottle was brought, and he then observed that a dreadful thing had happened at the railway terminus on that night—that a man had been killed. After come time he wanted Feeney and the ser vant to accompany him to Broadstone, as he did not like to go alone, in consequence of the row which had occurred, but they refused to go. He had two coats on, and left one with them, on the front of which they saw the stains of bloody fingers, but they observed no marks of blood upon the sleeves. Next day he called for the coat, and they told him about the spots upon it. They also allege that lie carried a sword cane, and that in the course of conversation on that evening he represented that he had acquired a sum of X3o'l by a policy of insurance which fell in upon the death of his wife, and observed that, atlhough he was badly off, lie had always managed to pay the policy. The circumstances which occurred on that evening —which they are enabled to al as that of the murder only by remembering that they heard of the murder two days afterwards—did not, as they state, attract any pa , ticular attention, or make any impression on their minds, until a few days aeo when Tayler, who is an acquaintance of their's, called in to see them, and began to read in a newspaper the state ment made by O'D)wd, when they recollected the transactions above represented, and it then struck them that the prisoner was the murderer. They determined to go down and examine the hammer and razor, which are on view to the public in the Detective Office in Exchange Court, and the servant, on seeing the razor, shook her head aid observed that it resembled one that she used to clean for the prisoner. Acting upon the above information, the police went is search of Mr. Harrington, who, it appears, hav ing been for some cousiderabie time inv Ived in pecuniary difficulties. has been, for prudential rea sons, in the habit of shifting his residence from Luik to Blanchardstown, and in other opposite directions, so that it became a matter of some difficulty to reach him. Yesterday afternoon, however, at three o'clock, he happened to be on the platform, about to take a ticket for Maynooth, when the p lice observed him Pe was in'ormed of tee eh ;.r a;ainet him, and emphatically denied the truth of etly statetto.nt made by his accusers; but as they persist, d !nest positively in their statements, the poiie. in the discharge of their duty, took him into custody, and lie was charged by the persons above named. He is a quiet, gentlemanly looking man, and has a son employed as a s oker on the railway, who on the night of the murder left the ter minus by the mail train at seven o'clock. The woman, Eliza Fitzsimon, who is now servant to the Feeney's, was formerly in the prisoner's service, and seems to entertain an ill feeling towards him, as she complains that he did not pay her. It is also right to add that the representations made now by the Feeneys are not, in some particulars, perfectly consistent with their original statements to faylor. The prisoner will be brought up before the magistrates at Cable street Police Office, at eleven o'clock this morning.—Deblin Express of Saturday. ROYAL BRITISH BANK. The decision of the Lords Justices, on Friday last, has had the effect of transferring the assets of the defunct bank to the hands of the offioial assignee of the Cowl' of Bankruptcy, who will forthwith proceed to divide the amount, minus the costs of the litigation, among the creditors ; the first dividend of 4s. in the pound will, it is expected, be paid in about a fortnight. Lord Justice [lnce, in giving his judgment, expressed a strong opinion on the necessity of the Legislature adapting some measure which would prevent in future such unseemly litiga tion, and such nefarious proceedings as those wlrch had marked the conduct and career of the thing called " The Royal British Bank." Some idea of the coats already incurred, and the expenses of distribuing the assets of the bank, may be judged from the fact that the official manager, previous to handing over the assets in hand to the official at•signec of the Court of Bankruptcy, was authorised to retain a sum of £20,000 to cover the liabilities which he had incurred. In addition to this, the costs of the official assignee are to he paid out of the estate, and it is probable th.tt they will amount to nearly as much as those of the oilier side. All the commission in the distribution of the assets has yet to be added, and then comes the long, tedious . , and expensive Chancery process of calling upon the shareholders for the arrears of calls and the balance to make up the 'deficiency due by the bank. More that) £lOO,OOO, or sufficient to pay a dividend of 5.. in the pound, in the whole debts of the bank, will have been absorbed on legal expenses before it can be said that the affairs of the British Bank are completely wound up. Such ,a state of things as this can only be characterised in the language of Loud Justice Bruce, as "a disgrace to a civilised country."— Observer. GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GRLAT BRITAIN. The annual general meeting of this society was held on Friday, at the society's house, London. Viscount Brackley, ono of the vice presidents, occupied the chair. The report of the council and financial statements were read and adopted. By the report, it appears that the researches commenced last year, into Family History, prior to the Norman Invasion, had been continued, and much valuable and interesting information obtained relating to the families who flourizhed in those times; that great progress had been made i❑ the society's historical and genealogical compilations, particularly from the time of the Conquest to that of the Restoration of Charles 11., and that during the year the number of the society's fellows had been greatly increased. The noble Chairman, in moving the adop tion of the report, stated his opinion that the society was well deserving the high patronage bestowed on it, and that he was happy to see so many eminent literary men and members of the aristocracy associated together to promote the stu lies and objects for which the society was founded. The fact that the society had been intrusted with many very valuable family MSS. and documents, showed that there was full confidence placed in the council. The meeting was numerously attended by some of the leading untiquarans of the (lay, several members . al Parliament, and literary men of note, and letters were read from others who could not attend. The meeting closed wi the usual vote of thanks to the noble 'chairman and the re election to the council of Lord Bateman ; Michell Came. E q., D.C.L.; and Dr. Charles Badharn, the three members of the council retiring by rotation. John Savers Orr, better known by his cognomen of the An.ef Gabriel," is no more. He died of dysentery in November, at the penal settlement, where he was under going his sentence of imprisonment with hard labour;_ Demerara Royal Gazette. The mayor of Southampton, who is also a town councillor of Winchester, having written to the Home Secretary, requesting a reprieve for the three It %Hans, sentenced to be hanged at Winchester, this day, for murder, on, the ground that there was a probability that the real murderer was Big Jack, who had escaped, received a reply from Sir George Grey, stating that he saw no reason for preventing the sentence on the.three men being carried out. 7 '' DIE SYSTEM OF MILITARY PROMOTIO,V. We notice an ennouncement in some of our military cotemporaries that it is the intention of the Horse Guards to confer the dignity of Field Marshal upon tv." ° old generals, the Earl of C o rk and F ta nci s Moore. T if" are not informed whether this measure emanates direct from the new Commander in Chief, or is just anolh.e ti r piece of routine from the old source of such prae'icees til existing at the Horde Guards. We observe, however: that the two Generals in question arc the two already at the head of the list, and who have had that distineuell and the consequent emoluments for a good many Ye l ; already. As we nave n u t b e en abl e t o t race the reco r d of any very brilliant services performed by either of these officers,we are left to presume that their elevation rion' ls the highest military rank in the a rmy is an instance , the continuance of a return t o the old system seniority, which has already produced such baleful effects upon the ch tractor and efficiency of the se 's vice. We had hoped better things under the present management. Even Lord Hardioge, alth o ugh as e . ; a slave to routine as the Hors e G uar d s , ever produc ed ' at last opened his eyes to the necessity of merit pl l d motions; and tie late Lmented Lord Raglan o btain' his baton, as was inost carefully paraded at the tu ne, only because of his eminent servi ce s. W e h a d hoped i t have seen more of this ivhen there ssas an occasion e t opportunity of promotion. For e xam pl e , th e eye ea r l s glance far do..vn from the top of the list of gene rj without encountering the name of Sir Thoc e `, Brisb tile—one of very considerable standing. t j seniority, if that is a chief requisite—and associateth with numerous and most impurtant services, 1 1 ° , 0 in the fi•-la and of an administrative kind. He . .,"' g r served ender the Doke of York, bef ore even the of Wellington had commenced, he was the C c !? panion in arms of that commander during his victorlia peninsular career, and his decorations prove that be as not spare his best blood in the d a y o f b a ttl e . He 'At afterwards entrusted with the government of our gir; i Australian colony, where he fost e r e d it s i n f an t prosP el l . t s and shaped into civilized and cons:ituti ona l model l a early institutions, and that with su c h su cce ss that e ye d among the very changeable and shifting poi:1000e to that region. his name is still cherished with affection°, respect, We would have anticipated, according to tu t , system so vauntingly promulg a t e d o f l a t e , that vill e there was an opportunity to bestow a baton, adven t : o would have been taken to confer it upon a ve ts " - 0 chief so distinguished, and who possesses besideeto the representative, by birth and allianc e , o f two (4 I V oldest families of the baronage in the ki n gdonly . ., o advantage of that aristocratic e leme n t which •. " h t wont to be so popnlar at the Horse G , tards. W e ' . l ie have said somethiag, b es ide s , o f Si r Th, mas ' scient l e u attainments, the e x t en t a nd var i e ty o f w hi c h are g 0 o. known ; but we rather suspect that that class of acto r s plishment does not count for much in any 0 ' ,of " circumlocution" offices. We have not the hon °ll h - 0 01 the personal acquaintance of the gallant officer W ," - of these remarks refer, but, seeing that the dignity we Fieldemarshal is at best always so rarely bestnore u i t t be could not help pointing attention to the fact th a b . e ar proposed promotions, even if not objectionable in t selves, are somewhat to the prejudice of others wh es ho pe to have better claims to s u ch a r ewar d ; and we of that the Duke of Cambridge will n o t delay a n .t - n ula justice, with which, we are c e rt a i n , th e arm) . "- warmly sympathise.—Glasgow Daily Mail. e • CAUTION.—SPURIOUS CROWN PIE, ES.—There a r rfe it present In circulaion a considerable number of colo' c l at etl crown pieces, in imitation of those of George IVn c 3pe 1822. They are very cleverly executed, and vii 1":„ 1. detection, unless minutely examined, being electre -t „r it e ies but they arp,.of course, much lighter than. the S e ' coin. - wa ter THE BANG O R WATERSPOUTS;--Since the terrie ° °t ot B;nuts noticed in our last, we, are informed that W u the outbursts from the' sam e cause have token place , ° ,,,gor Shrewsbury and Holyhead turnpike ro a d, between 13 ' th at and Llandegai. What are' the commissioners far hoe • road and tneir offiCials -about? Surely, the public 00 0 great cause for complaint for such apathy.—Ca rt ' s Herald. . du lled A Vienna letter of the Ilth in s t., in the ideo e Beige, speaking of the unc o mf or tabl e wea ther whtc. b th ta tes Emperor of Austria has .got fur his Italian tour, ' eia e that the winter has set there with such e 5" severity that the snow has been lying a, foot thick „% r1 ;0 0 piazzas at Venice, and the bronze candelebra in the .1' of St. Murk has been broken by the s'orm. arse ° A patent has been passed granting the Q teen's 03 inst pardon, and exoeeratine and discharging from a , " f e d is penalties, and forfeit'sre, the fellowing persons innlic 4 R `' ith the seditious movement of 1848, in Ireland : n -n3 ,rie , O'Brien, John Martin, Kevin Izad Le, \% tt t.- 1 3 Edward Sheehy, John Danahne, Lek?, Lennan, 'u ota e ss Joy, John Lonnaa, John Walsh, Edmond Tehi° , Donovan, Richard Bryan; James Casey. Jag. Wall, James Lyons, James Ryan, and Thomas Ryan' Colonel Jebb,' in a small blue book lately publis°oB reports the state of military prisons dnring 185 5 e_ t he number of these prisons was 17, whereof nine were tu t he United Kingdom, and the rest at foreign stition,eolottel whole were capable of holding 1,250 prisoners. L' iga ta Jebb reports that he cannot advocate a more lenient t he Crotty, io of prison discipline for the punishthent of offences ct'n, and army, because. he considers .it would fail in isobi e , i. The be the least merciful in-th e en d, t h a t cou ld be puma & sentences should be short, but severe. • t dated POSTAGE OF NEWSPAPERS.—By a Treasury we ,ra ° lt of - , 6th December iestant, -it is ordered that so m u : r elat e° Treasury warrant dated the 30th of July, 85 5 , , 1 ,410° to the transmission of newsapers from the uuitea h e to Prussia, or any foreign , country via Pres 3 it repealed, and that all British newspapers shall transmitted by post from the united kingdom t°. a t the t or any toreign country or British colon y via Pruss ia 'tbs. uniforM rate of on e penny eac h . I t i s further order: r oes the warrant of 6th December inst. shall come ° P on the Ist January next.• - • • Ca • ' hive' Tate CABINET,—Mast of 'the members 0,1. 6-- ,cll have left London for the :h o lid ays. The Duke '1 00 4 . ° and Lord Panmure ar e in S cot l an d . L or d Palmer! farm his own seat', Broadlancla. 'Lord HarrowbY is C The Marquis Of LatisdoWne is at Bowood. Sir "":.-Ch er ' /l and Mr. Labouehere are at their country seats. s' iL ; . fie r Wood and Mr. Vernon Smith are also out of Ww to l' °11 :a Granville and Sir - George Grey returned yesterdaYetaisiot :don, Lord S:ainley of Ald er l e y an d M r . B the metropolis. Those, however, of the Ali is th s town are expected to take th e i r d eparture early sle a c • ' ,,fh ° CONTEMPLATED AM ALGAMATION OF THE S AND YORKSHIRE AND EAST LANCASHIRE RAIL aril e ; 0 old rumour of an amalgamatior of these two 00 '" r°f e ig again current, and bears now more the - ch er4e c - n e reit t • accomplished fact, s o f ar as t h e di rectors o f b"t h " pet P - o f are concerned. . The competing extension o f th 9 ca uss o d casbire from. Colne. to. Bradford is regarded as 11 . hire e cat ainalgamation.' The shareholdera of the L 31 '10 01E : 0 0 Yorkshire line are much leas favourable to the e m „ . li e t re, a ' t be than are those of the East 'Lancashire , for the 9 1 ," ► that the latt , r company,:it is computed, can, °° ,, c „..rent, be rate of 41 to 41- per cent- per annum for tne:li c eea .while the.ability of the former company is ye a nd equil to .5 percent, per annutn:-:-Herapat lio Aitig i vo, FATAL ACCIDEN T TO_ A CLERGYMAN. — A s "gef• T he fatal accident occurred a few days since to Of" ° r d• t he Mason, vicar of Bil s by and Farlstherpe, near,'„,,th f% r ifor t deceased, ou the 11th inst., had come to soh.,, ° :tesu purpose of taking one of his daughters home froth eat the holidays, who was.to meet him at the statr l i o sert oo ie of passing through the gates to the front, Mr . iiiite r . gas on the line to reaph the platform, another de': n ine i c e ing, being cautioned by the gatekeeper, as °° the `'d the shunting. In turning to go up the none sloPi% it s v both came suddenly upon him, crushing him betwc e r, wit h Ater platform, upon which he was ultimately tbrl'be assn the his thighs broken, and his head fractured. ,„ 1 . big was only about two yards bebind• her f it 'Wa s ' fool accident occurred. The reverend gentlenla ctatri, fifty eighth year, and has left a numerous few") • m eet' Mercury, 1) 01 0 0 SUNDAY LEAGUE MEETING AT BRTSTOL.'7cp g reAt„ring ing was convened on Thursday evening, at rec e- deptr, room, Broadened, Bristol, for the purr°' ° Th e 90 ° .deputation from the National Sunday Leag ue i t Pg" one tation consisted of the chairman, W. 1- 0 1 r :1;:e ., 0° !'the0 , Messrs. Kenny, Junes, and the secretary. 1 -,,,agaet one 'of the deputa:ion from the National S un day -- the Oe t he moved, "That, in the opinion of this mecting'w, and cis' of the public museums, galleries, and libretto t ee 0 1 ,`" it g performance of music on Sundays, would iur f t he vO nt i habits and morals, and increase the h classes." Mr. 'Kenny persevered for some ga d repeated interruptions, to argue the question o bser%. t he from Calvin, and Jeremy Taylor, against a eibe i n ta to 'ppittes- 0 time S ot of Sunday. He was proceeding to gnats et ue e r ite 'd h. ott , i° det rmined opp:)sitioa of the meeting ceil, e „ u tatt 0 ,11 resume his seat. .Mr. Jones, another of the u tio r a fc e the seconding the resolution, experienced a rece r P test oo r more favourable. The chairman, nnder 5 0 , inl os league, put the resolution, which was negative d Mr• eet iog_ whelming majority, amidst great clrer h in a this in of Short, an operative, then moved, objects to any interference with the day of rest, as injurious to the best interests of A b le li on , tending to deprive the working wanof seven " sy : l etio e ' privileges, and as leading in the end, °tided tbe Arr; for six days' a" Mr. Richard Ball sec , a iry; , o r Di Y n ;ere i s ' t s s titt°lftl i ll e 're°o a j t the et vis.t Jones,whic on nas behalf adopted o f t b h y e • throuelo' hich • unheard. The c-owded meeting, w . greatly excited, then dispersed. an overwhelming wphreoltmesitlbrig wht