Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-24 00:00:00

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I CHARLES TURMEAU AMERICAN SOLACE. AMERICAN SOLACE. CHARLES TURMEAt AMERICAN SOLACE. THE DAY'S NEWS, In the House of Commons, yesterday, Mr. Spooner postponed his motion respecting Maynooth until Tuesday, and Sir J. Trelawney postponed his motion for going into committee on the Church Rate Bill for a week. Mr. Black myvvd__ -which Mr. Cumming Bruce moved as an amendment that it be read a second time this day six months. A long debate ensued, in which Mr. Blackburn, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Stewart, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Cowan, Mr. H. Bailie, Sir W. Dunbar, Mr. F. Scott, Lord Elcho, Mr. Bright, and others took part. Upon a division, the amendment was lost by a vote of 216 to 176, and the Bill was read a second time. Mr. Gregory moved the second reading of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill. A debate ensued, which was adjourned. The Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday morning delivered judgment in the case of the Rev. Alfred Poole respecting confessional practices. The Arch bishop said he was of opinion that the proved and admitted allegations afford good and reasonable cause for the revocation of his license, and that the Lord Bishop of London has exercised a good and sound discretion in revoking the same, and he is further of opinion that the course pursued by the appellant is not in accordance with th e ru b r i c or doctrine of the Church of .England, but tending to produce most serious mischief to the course of morality and religion. The Paris correspondent of the Post says, in con sequence of representations made by M. Cavour, the French Government consents that Piedmont and the other Italian states shall be represented at the Conference. It is said that Austria accepts the Conference. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News believes that the cabinets of London, Berlin, and Vienna feel agrieved at the wording of the note of the Moniteur in which the new Congress is announced. Mr. Bowyer has given notice, in the House of Commons, that, to-morrow, he will put questions as to what powers will take part in the Congress, and whether Sardinia will join it. Seventeen of the Nepolitan exiles arrived at Bristol yesterday morning from Queenstown. They were welcomed by the mayor and town council, and an immense number of the inhabitants. The exiles left for London in the afternoon. A meeting of working men was held in the Con-. cert Hall last night to consider the Government Reform Bill. Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, lately M.P., presided. From the outset of the proceedings it became evident that an organized Tory or Orange Opposition to the expected condemnation of the bill was about to take place. A resolution was moved condemnatory of the bill, tier which an amendment was proposed by Mr. Parsonage, clerk of St. John's Church, and a very stormy, noisy, a n d con f use d dis cussion followed. Scarcely any speaker on either side was heard throughout, so incessantly were hissings, groanings, cheers, and counter cheers sus tained, Some of the interruptions were peculiarly piquant, and to unconcerned listeners highly amusing. Finally resolutions were carried condemnatory of the Government Bill, along with a petition in favour of residential manhood suffrage, vote by ballot, more equitable apportionment of representation to numbers, and shortened duration of parliaments. At the meeting of the West Derby Board of Guardians, yesterday, a discussion of the usual char acter took place in reference to the appointment of a porter, and ended in a metier). of Mr. Smith's being carried, appointing a pauper, u.amed Camidge, to the office, at a salary of £l2 a Year, with second class rations. THE REFORM BILL DEBATE, THERE is nothing like calm discussion for the thorough understanding of any great public questiOn whether of morals or of p o liti cs ; an d t h e Reform : Bill debate which is this week occupying the almost undivided attention of the House of Commons, will do more to enlighten the public mind on the impor tant subject of Parliamentary representation, than all the flood of platform declamation upon it which has been deluging the country, more or less, for some months past. " Truth cannot be found," it has been said, "without some labour and attention of the gml the thoughts dwelling a conbidcrfiblv time upon the survey and discussion of each particular." Such, then, is the process to which the question of Reform in Parliament is now being subjected. Hitherto—that is, out of doors—it has been all little more than mere declamation—plausible and passionate haranguing of the profanum vulgus. Of course, in such a ease, but one side of the question was brought out. And there can be no more delusive, no more mischievous way, of operating on the common mind, with respect to any great public matter upon which it can be excited. " A plausible, insignificant word, in the mouth of an expert demagogue," it has been truly said, "is a dangerous and dreadful weapon." And in no wise is it more so, than as perverting the mind from the sober truth of the question. One of the greatest enemies of truth is prejudice ; and no prejudice is more inveterate than that of party,— which is just what there is always most to be appre hensive about, when any great political subject is declaimed upon for objects of party popularity. It was well remarked by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in opening the debate on the Government Reform Bill, that " there can be no question of graver importance to us, and to our children to the latest posterity, than the measure which is now placed upon the table, — a question so important that I think it is not wrong to urge upon the House to consider every step they take —not to be blind to the importance of every movement they make, and to consider well before they advance in what may turn out to be a wrong direction." No sounder advice than this, as far as it goes, could possibly have been given to the House, on an occasion • like the present. In what ever direction they may go, on such a question, it will be difficult, if not impracticable, to retrace their steps. If it unhappily be a wrong direction, yet so long as it conveys political power— however injuriously it may prove to be—they will find it no easy matter, perhaps not possible at all, to withdraw what has been conferred. Well, there fore, might Lord JOHN urge them so earnestly " to consider every step they take, and not to be blind to the importance of every' move that they make." For, we repeat, there can be no drawing back. And if it should " turn out to be a wrong direction " that has been taken, a wrong course that has been pursued, the evil of it may indeed, not improbably, be felt " to the latest posterity." Of course there has been a very furious onslaught upon the ministerial measure. Not only have many of the leading Opposition members denounced it, but it has fallen also under the ban of even Conserva tives, here and there, hitherto the supporters of the present Administration. Mr. NEWDEGATE has been a prominent and noteworthy instance of this,—only he fulminated his wrath against it in the spirit of an anti-reformer ; although, as such, his opposition will, no doubt, tell against its success. But notwith standing the Bill is thus condemned on all sides, and the amendment Lord JOHN RUSSELL has moved virtually amounts to the passing upon it a sentence of condemnation, there has yet been evinced a desire that it should not be summarily rejected. If, however, it be resolved, as the amendment pro ; poses, " that this House is of opinion that it is neither just nor politic to interfere, in the manner proposed in this Bill, with the freehold franchise, as hitherto exercised in the counties in England and Wales ; and that no re-adjustment of the franchise will satisfy this House or the country which does not provide for a greater extension of the suffrage in cities and boroughs than is contemplated in the present measure,"—we scarcely see how the second reading of it could ever be reconcilable with such a resolution. Yet Sir CHARLES WooD, while sup- measure might not be passed by the present Govern ment, even if the amendment should receive the sanction of the House." It is true that he was not so sweeping in his condemnation of it as his con federate Lord JOHN was. Still the resolution he supported speaks for itself, and contradicts such an idea, one would think, most completely. The general view which Sir CHARLES WOOD took of this measure, would appear to have had some effect upon the House, if not in favour of the second reading of the Bill, certainly against Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S amendment. Mr. HORSMAN described this feeling very forcibly and clearly. Having expressed his doubts both as to the propriety and the expediency of the course which Lord JOHN has taken by the amendment, he said that these doubts had been considerably strengthened by Sir CHARLES WOOD'S view of the case. For "he has found it necessary," he proceeds to say, " in order to support the course which he pursues, to represent this Bill as one respecting which Parliament has no choice but to accept or reject it in its present form, with no power to modify or amend it. Now," con tinues the hon. member, "if that were the case, I believe that on this side of the House there would not be two opinions as to its immediate rejection ; but I do not see what advantage is to be gained by our encouraging a notion which so much exaggerates the authority of the Government in this House, so depreciates all our own powers and functions, and is so entirely •at variance with our every-day Parlia mentary practice." This view of the matter appears to have met with some hearty responses on both sides of the House ; and if there is any chance whatever for a second reading of the Bill, it is only on that ground,—that, namely, of the House taking it into its own hands, and making it, in Committee, a measure after its own mind, if not also, in some degree at least, after the mind of the country. The debate has brought out in great prominence the fact—already well known —that the Liberal party, as a body, are opposed to the Government measure, for various ostensible reasons, though probably, in the main, for but one real reason ; while the Conservatives are many of them averse to it through an apprehension of its anti-Conservative tendencies. Of course there are exceptions to this, as to all rules. One of the most notable, that of Mr. HOESMAN, on the first night of the debate, we have already alluded to : another was that of Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, on the second night, who declared that with every disposition to go into Committee on the Bill, he considered its principles, which the Government had pledged itself to maintain, so vicious, that he should be obliged to support the resolution of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, as pointing out the precise objections he had to the measure. With this feeling so evidently predominant, its daom is doubtless sealed. PROSPECTS OF PEACE AFTER ALL THE Funds are generally a true political barometer ; and they have been indicating peace in Europe for the last two or three days. Ever since Lord COWLEY'S return from Vienna, indeed, under the persuasion that he had been successful in his mission of peace, have the Public Securities been looking up ; and when it was understood that his interview with Louis NAPOLEON, upon the subject of the mission, had been satisfactory, there was a very decided action upwards, nc►t only in the London Exchange, but in the THE NORTHERN TIMES THURSDAI, MARCH 24, 1859 Bourses also of the French and Austrian capitals- The effect is represented as having been such as to show in a remarkable mannner, on this occasion, how sensitive all these Exchanges are, in their operations, to political influences, and more especially those which involve considerations of peace or war. " /slot withstanding," said one account, "that the rise on the Paris Bourse was unimportant, the fact that the Austrian funds have recovered materially from the late depression, coupled with the rumour of the dispatch of a special envoy from France to Turin, created an effect ; and the great majority of the operators having sold for a fall, numbers were anxious to terminate their outstanding engagements." And then it was remarked, that " credulous as many persons appear of the possibility of preventing a collision after the preparations already made and the excitement occasioned in Italy, it was neverthe less, at the same time, fully admitted that if peace should be assured it would have a most marked influence upon the credit of the Stock Exchange." We have, in these facts, very striking evidence of the mischief that is sure to be done, by every distur bance of the peace of Europe, to the monetary interests, and through them to the general commerce( and indeed the common weal, of its principal states, — and, of course, by the evil which one in the position of Louis NAPOLEON has it unhappily in his power to do, to the welfare of other countries besides his • own. Everything, as we have shown from time to time, has been made ready for a conflict. All Europe has seen with regret, if not also with alarm, the immi nence of the collision that was being prepared for. As a Paris correspondent, writing *a day or two since, observed, " the French Government have col lected an army in the south ; Piedmont has marched all its regular forces, swelled by volunteers and dis tant garrisons, and reserves raked up from every corner of the kingdom, to the frontiers, a few miles from which the Austrians are accumulating a force sufficiently large to swallow up Sardinia and its army at one mouthful." Such was the state of things at the beginning of this week, and such s it practically still remains, although with confident hopes of its now peaceful issue. And whence the change ? The mediation of England has doubtless mainly produced it. We are aware that there is another influence to which it is attributed,—that of public opinion ; and we admit its power, and its operation in this case. " Public opinion," it was truly said, before so much was known as there is to-day--" public opinion in France and England has so unmistake ably pronounced itself against going to war on so futile a pretext as the Italian question, that in some quarters well-informed people begin to think that, notwithstanding all these preparations, the Govern ment will shrink from disregarding the veto so unanimously expressed." But then, public opinion has had a direction given to it, and a pointedness and strength of effect, by the judicious interposition of her Majesty's Government, without which it might have spent itself on its object in vain. In France there is evidently no slight confidence in our Government, as one of peace for the general good ; and the opinion that war would be disastrous to the great interests of Europe, and would retard the course of that political and social, as well as commercial, progress, which is now regarded everywhere with so much interest, and so much hope, has been fostered and strengthened by the earnest manner in which it undertook the part of a peace maker, under so evident and 'so deep a feeling of deprecation 9. 0 f g itiSfaTEZTecfeitite of Piedmont. There is, then, instead of a Campaign, to be a Con gress, to which the whole question in dispute is to be submitted, with certain conditions. Austria is understood to be quite willing to leave her cause entirely in its hands, as regards Italy. At present it is believed she feels that there are obligations subsisting between her and some of the Italian States which, while they are evidently causes of offence —or, at least, are made such—to Sardinia and to France, are of no advantage to herself, but rather the reverse. And if this be really so, why, in the name of reason, should war be thought of to rid her of such incumbrances ? Thanks, then, to British interposition and influence, this idea is likely no longer to be entertained. A Congress, with such a disposition on the part of Austria, can have no difficulty in taking away every shadow of a pretext for either France or Sardinia persisting in their hostile purposes, which are con demned so strongly by the whole public opinion of Europe. THE SANITARY CONDITION OF LIVERPOOL. THE report of our Medical Officer of Health for the year 1858, which was given in our impression of last Monday, is by no means a favourable one, as re spects the sanitary state of the town for that period; for it appears that the amount of its registered deaths in that year,- were 13,937, being 986 more than in the previous year, and 960 more than the average of the preceding three years, corrected for increase of popu lation,—although it seems, that as compared with the mean of the five years 1851-5, and deducting the scarlatina deaths from both periods, there is a balance of about 400 in favour of the year 1858 ; and the Medical Officer desires it to be remembered, " that scarlatina is a disease comparatively little under the control of sanitary measures." Still the case, taken entire, is not one that says so much as might have been expected for our sanitary condition, under what has been done to improve it during the period embraced in these calcula tions. There is something significant in the fact—and significant as affecting that very state of the town, to improve which is the object of all the sanitary measures that have been introduced--that 0f13,937 deaths last year, 9,570 were in the parish, and 4,367 in the out-townships ; giving a death rate for the former of 34.2, for the latter. of 26.5, and for the borough of 31.4 per thousand; for it is in the parish, that is, in the crowded town portion of the borough, that there is still so much to be done in the way of improvement. The out-townships are. free from these deleterious influences, which do so much mischief within the town ; although they are not by any means so free from them as they might be. There are many situations in the outskirts of the town, especially such as contain any considerable number of the dwellings of the working classes, which are not, we believe, devoid of unwholesome nuisances, and where the inter nal arrangements and economy of the dwellings them selves are not such as can be otherwise than injurious to health. Collections of stagnant water and of other filth, and the general want of proper drainage, can not but be more or less injurious to those who live amongst their offensive exhalations, however open and favourable the situation may otherwise be. For example,---about a third of the deaths registered last year were ascribed to diseases of what is called the Zymotic class; “and there is no doubt," says the Medical Officer, " that the principal Zymotic diseases obey certain laws, whose elucidation may be expected when the record of facts becomes large enough for the purpose. They require the presence of some peculiar, and in most cases, unknown condition of the atmosphere, in order to give them an epidemic character. These conditions varying with each disease, seem to come into operation at different sea sons of the year, but usually at nearly the same period in the case of the same Zymotic." Now, admitting the truth of this theory, it must at the same time be evident that the deleterious influences of such conditions of the atmosphere must be aggravated in no Slight degree by the bad exhala tions that prevail, arising from the causes just stated. There is some `instruction to be derived, in this regard, from the case of typhus fever, which, says the report, "is perhaps more than any other disease dependent upon 19ca1 causes ;" and which, it adds, " had a much higher mortality in the parish than in the out-townships--the proportion being one in 692 in the former, and only one in 1,040 in the latter." Of course, the inference is, that typhus met with more encouragement, and was more fatal, on account of the atmosphere of the parish being more noxious than that of the out-townships. But at the same time it is more than probable, that the disease in the latter district might be still less frequent and less fatal, were its sanitary condition but better attended to in situations occupied to any extent with the dwellings of the poor. There is yet a more serious consideration; and it is one that has to do with both moral and physical influences. " The number of deaths," says the report, "and the rate of mortality in each district of the borough, are shown in the following table, where Vauxhall Ward occupies its usual place at the head of the list," This is the point,—Vauxhall Ward, which is thus fearfully prominent as respects its pauperism and its immorality. It is a ward specially remarked upon, we remember, by Dr. HUME, as the scene of violent deaths ; and it is marked on his map as the darkest portion of the North pauper district. " The district of violent deaths, therefore," it is observed, " coincides with the district which exhibits prominently a high rate of mortality, and with the district in which the ravages of an epidemic are most acutely felt." Morality, therefore, has no little to do with what is healthy. And upon the same principle it is that " cleanliness is next to godliness." Moral impurity and physical impurity are very generally co-existent--the one as a consequence of the other. One valuable portion of our Medical Officer's Report, is its refutation of Dr. GREENHOW'S state mentr as put forth in an official form, and also that of the Registrar-General, that the sanitary state of Liverpool was discreditable, and that the efforts made for its improvement had been ineffectual. To say the least of them, these were gross exaggerations. It, might certainly be, as is charitably alleged, that the intention of those mis-statements was " not to say anything in disparagement of Liverpool, but rather to stimulate to still greater improvement,"— although they did, in fact, disparage it in no slight degree. " But," continues the Report, "in discussing these matters, it should never be forgotten that Liverpool was the first town in the kingdom to set the example of sanitary improvement, taking precedence even of the Government measure in this respect, and that, on this account, as well as -in regard to the peculiar difficulties to be overcome, and the large sacrifices which have been made for the purpose, it is justly entitled to a generous consideration." Thprp 'nn 11P aqphi- o f consmeration must excuse any relaxation of those efforts which are still so essential to make the sanitary condition of Liverpool what it ought to be. There are yet in its most densely populated districts impurities, physical and moral, which must be most polluting to the community, and the removal of which must be accomplished, ere Liverpool can ever expect to escape criticism and censure. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. BROKE HER . LEG.—Elizabeth M`Laughlan, residing in a court off Porter-street, fell down in,a fit yesterday and broke her leg. ACCIDENTS.—Evan Jones, residing at 157, Vauxhall-road, was working in the Stanley Dock, yesterday, when a stage fell upon him and he received a severe injury to his pelvis, i.e., hip joint. Daniel Curran, a boy, sixteen years o f age , fell into the hold of a ship, yesterday, in the Stanley Dock, and received a severe fracture to the arm and ribs. THE FIDDLE AND THE BAGPIPES. —Two itinerant mu sicians—God save the mark—were in a public-house in Dale-street on Tuesday night. They began bragging about their respective ability, and ended in kicking up a down right shindy. The wee-weedle-dee" proved the better instrument, the man of the pipes getting his leg broken. He was removed to the Northern Hospital. THE GREAT BARON OF BEEF AT MORRISH'S, THIS DAY. Some time ago we noticed the splendid animal purchased at the sale of Messrs. Torr and Littledale, for Mr. Morrish's dining-rooms, Tithebarn-street, and also referred to it when slaughtered at Mr. Lowthians, John's Market, last week. The " great baron," cut from that admired animal, will be roasted for the dining-rooms, Tithebarn-street, this day, and it is stated that be s id es b e i ng one o f t h e l argest (if not the largest) ever roasted in Liverpool, it is of the finest quality in all respects, and that, therefore, a treat will be enjoyed by hundreds who patronise such food - and who does not ? It will be worth public attention even to see it. BANKRUPTCY COURT, Yesterday.—Before Mr. Commis sioner Perry.—ln re John Carmichael.—This was a first dividend sitting. The bankrupt, who was a mahogany merchant in Liverpool, failed in September last year. Messrs. Neale and Martin appeared for the assignees, and Messrs. Evans, Fletcher, Anderson, and Lowndes, on behalf of several creditors. Proofs amounting to the extent of about £90,000 were admitted, and claims filed to the extent of some £24,000, several proofs being in formal. His Honour directed an adjournment to Monday next, to give the various creditors an opportunity of correcting their proofs. In re W. Buckley Jones and Co. The certificate sittings of these bankrupts appointed for yesterday, was adjourned upon the application of Mr. Evans, solicitor to the assignees, to the 19th April. ACHITECTURAL SOCIETY.—The thirteenth meeting in the present session of this society was held last evening, in the Royal Institution, Colquitt-street, H. P. Homer, Esq., pre sided. It had been previously announced that a paper was to be read by Charles Verelst, Esq., "On working men's villages." Unfortunately Mr. Verelst was unwell, and that part of the business was not proceeded with. A conver sation took place with regard to flooring tiles, in which the opinion was expressed that those made at the present day are superior to any made even ten years ago. Mr. Gentle read a translation from the French, which he styled " Redtapeism in the purchase of cement in France." The secretary acknowledged to have received as donations The Building News, for the last fortnight. The Dublin Builder, No. 3, and a lithographed design of Aberdeen Grammar-school. MAIL STEAMERS.—Yesterday the North Briton sailed for Portland with the Canadian and 'United States mails, and above 100 passengers. She will be succeeded by the Canada, which sails for Boston via Halifax on Saturday. The box closes at the Post-office at 12 o'clock, noon, but will be open till one o'clock with late fee, and the receiving box on the landing-stage at two o'clock. The African mail-steamer Ethiope, sails this day (Thursday). The box at the Post-office will close at 11.15 a.m. Late letters and newspapers will be forwarded, bearing a late fee of one penny, if posted during the first half-hour after the box is closed, after which time, and until the departure of the mail tender, they will be forwarded if posted at the floating receiving -house on the landing-stage, bearing a late fee of one shilling. The fee and postage on late letters and newspapers must at all times be prepaid in stamps. AN. ENT ORDER OF FORESTERS.—COV3T "SDI WILLIAM WALLACE," No. 801.—The brethren of this court met at their room, Brother Williams's, Sawyer's Arms, Clayton street, on Monday evening, when Mr. Charles Bishop, acting manager of Mr. Hengler's Cirque Variete, was initiated an honorary member of the Order. After the ceremony a hand some silver snuff box, with suitable inscription (got up by subscription), was presented to Brother George Milne, P.D.C.R., for his long and valuable services as treasurer. Brother Millne returned thanks for the honour conferred upon him, in a lengthy speech, which was received with applause, accompanied with the Foresters' fire. During the evening several songs were sung by Brothers Bruford, Trevitt, and Evans ; also several addresses in connection with the order were delivered, which, with toasts and senti ments, were kept up to a late hour, when th e company separated well pleased and delighted with the manner in which the evening had been spent. COUNTY COURT, Yesterday.—(Before J. W. Hulton, Esq., Judge.) Claim for Work and Labour Done— Singular Case.—Patrick Smith brought an action against one M'Murry, a master stevedore, for £4 75., work and labour done. It would a pp ear that the complainant and several others, eight in all, were working in the Queen's Dock when they were ordered to go on board the Miry Sturmers, then going out of dock and about to proceed to sea, for the purpose of re-stowing the cargo. They were to work night and day, under the master's orders, and were to be brought back in the tug-boat. The tug-boat parted the hawser, and they parted company. The complainant, along with his fellow workmen, were landed in Queenstown without food, without money, and without friends. It providentially happened that one of the work men had a silver watch in his possession, which he pledged, and paid their passage in the steamer to Liverpool. The complainant claimed seven days, at 5s ; six nights, at 7s ; and Sunday, atlOs; in all £4 7s. He applied to the steve dore for the money; he was referred to the owners, and the owners referred him to the stevedore. After some conver sation with the plaintiff's attorney, Mr. Campbell, his Honour gave a judgment for the full amount claimed, £4 7s. This decision will rule the other cases. Action against Carriers for Goods Lost.—John Cuesack, who lives at No. 4 Court, Jamaica-street, made a claim against the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Rail way Company for £1 ss, the value of some geese and butter which had been forwarded to him from Castlebar, Ireland, by his father-in-law, and sold by the defendants. It would appear that the geese and butter had been sent to the plaintiff via Kingstown and Holyhead. They were never delivered, and the plaintiff, on application to the defendants, was told that the articles had been sold. After some delay, he saw Mr. Breton, who offered him ls. 6d , which he said would make them square, as the company had a claim of 7s. 6d. against him for carriage. For the defence it was averred that the company had made every exertion to deliver the goods to the plaintiff, but could not find his place, owing to the illegibility of the address. They sold the goods, as they were perishable, and, after deducting the carriage, they offered the surplus to Cuesack, but he refused it. The direction was, " For Michael Cuseack, No. 4 Court, Ja—street." - It was quite illegible, and the company could not possibly deliver them. In cross-examination i the plaintiff said the geese were for his dinner on Christmas Day, and he was very much disappointed at their non-delivery. He claimed 255; but as it was clearly shown that the de fendants had made every exertion in their power to deliver the goods, and were unsuccessful, and the goods being perishable, they sold them for 9s. They now tendered is 6d into court, as they claimed 7s 6d for carriage. His Honour gave judgment for 2s 3d. ConoNEa's IsrQuesTs.--The Coroner held the following inquests yesterday : On the body of a boy, named John Cox, 7 years of age, an inmate of the workhouse. It ap peared that on Tuesday the boy's apron caught fire, and that he received such injuries that he died the same evening. Verdict, " Accidental death." On the body of a child, named Green, that was overlain by accident. Verdict accordingly. The Accident on the Railway : ‘ The inquest in this case was resumed yesterday. There were several witnesses examined ; these were persons belonging to the company, breaksmen and others. All agreed that there was no accident felt at the time of the death of the woman. There was a sensation felt in the carriages, but no one believed anything serious had happened. It seemed pretty clear, however, that one of the pieces of the fustic in the goods train had, by some means—bad packing, or other wise—obtruded from the carriage, and that it struck against the side of the carriage where the deceased was, and thus caused her death. After hearing all the evidence, and the witnesses having been examined by Mr. Pemberton, who appeared for a Mr. O'Neill, and Mr. Clay]for the company, Mr. Walker, the .house-surgeon of the Royal Infirmary, proved that the deceased had received a fracture of the skull, at the back of the head, middle line ; the bone was driven in, and broken into two or three pieces, the bones of the nose were broken. These injuries caused death, and were the result of very great external violence. This was was all the evidence, when Mr. Pemberton offered a few observations on the point, whether the pieces of fustic were properly packed or not, so that one piece protruding might have caused the accident. Mr. Clay then offered some brief observations, and said the evidence went to show that all was safely stowed. As to the body, he said the company would bury it, and when her friends would have would see to them properly. The coroner then addressed the jury and summed up the whole evidence in the case, and alluded to the charge of Judge Willes, in regard to the engineers of the Bogota, to show the liabilities of the com pany, for the act of their servants. After an elaborate and lucid charge, he left the case to the jury, and they found a verdict to the effect, that the death was caused by the accident of the wood sticking out improperly from the luggage train, and that that sticking out of the piece of wood was caused by the neglect of the com pany's servants not packing it properly. The following is as near a description of the deceased as could be collected :—She was thirty years of age, dark hair, some of the front teeth gone ; she was of stout make, and had a black crape bonnet with purple flowers, and black dress, with striped petticoat, th e s t r i pes bl ack and red longtitudinally, white stockings ; she had about 2s. sd. in money, and some yellow glass beads in her pocket ; she had booked from Newton Bridge to Lime-street. This is all that is at present known about the poor woman. AUSTRALIA.—This was the subject of an able, interesting, and entertaining lecture at Hope Hall, last night, by Mr. William Westgarth, late member of the Victorian Legisla ture. The chair was taken by Mr. Price Edwards, collector of customs at this port. After a prayer by the Rev. Mr. Birrell, Mr. Edwards introduced the lecturer, remarking that they were going to hear a history and description of our. Victorian colonies by a very able man, who was the author of a work entitled " Victoria and the gold fields." Mr. Westgarth was received with app'l'ause, and after apologizing for reading the lecture, he made some very pertinent remarks upon the present state of commerce between Liverpool and Victoria. The great increase of traffic and commerce between Liverpool and Melbourne showed to every one what indomitable energy and perseverance could do. Not long since Liver pool was but little known in Melbourne, but now look at the difference. Some yea rs ago the arrival of a Liyerpool ship was a rare occurrence, now it it is au every day matter of fact ; the importations of goods into Melbourne from this port is large, he might almost say enormous, and the passengers landed there has been almost numberless, and in what magnificent ships. Another point he wished to refer to was, the postal service. If the time now occupied in the transmission of mails could be reduced by one-half, it would reduce the distance of the two countries in a like ratio. He would endeavour to give some idea how Liverpool had nobly done her duty :in this matter. They would all recollect that when the steam postal service between this country and Australia was _first started, that it worked very unsatis factorily, and gave such decided dissatisfaction, that tenders for the conveyance of the mails by sailing ships were invited. The average time of the passage was not to exceed that allowed to the steamers —65 days. A Liver pool house took the contract, and nobly did they perform it. The first vessel they despatched was the James Baines, and she arrived in 64 days. Some of them would have seen that the Swiftsure arrived in London the other day, after a quick passage of 74 days ; but this had been eclipsed by a Liverpool vessel, the Ch am pi on o f th e S eas, wh i ch made the run in 63 days. [We think that the learned lecturer is in error ; it was the Lightning, not the Champion of the Seas, which made the run in 63 days.] Mr. Westgarth then proceeded to the immediate subject of his lecture : He pointed out the main features of Australia, as it was known to us a century ago, and as it now exists ; tracing the discoveries of the various portions 'of our colonies in the antipodes. It is only 33 years ago since Sydney was a small and insignifi can t t own, and Melbourne was hardly known ; now the commerce of these two ports is fully twenty millions sterling per annum. With a population of 100,000, the revenue of Victoria was three and a-half millions sterling. After a rapid glance at the state of the aborigines of the country, then savagery, and the small ness of their number—not exceeding half a million in all that continent -he touched upon the convict question, and blamed the Home Government in being so tardy in granting the Colonies the boon she seeked respecting them. The climate of Victoria was, he said, overrated in England, and many an emigrant when he landed in that colony was sorely disappointed. The discovery of gold was not touched upon. It seems now an old epoch in the history of Aus tralia, yet it is only eight years since a California miner discovered that there were gold fields in Victoria; this discovery brought half a million people from the mother country, and the result of their labour has been that eighty millions sterling worth of gold has been exported since that period. The lecturer traced the annual increase of gold in the world since 1800. The annual supply was then about two-and-a-half millions, and in 1847 it had risen to eight millions. Now, he would say that it was not short of thirty millions annually, one half of which was supplied by the 1, astralian colonies. He alluded to the price of gold, and w:iat effect the increased supply world have upon it, and he seems to think that as gold becomes more abundant the value will become less The growth of wool in Australia came in for its shift of attention. It would seem that the yield in Victor does not increase in proportion as the population does, a great increase is perceptible in New South Wales/ e- a there are now 16,000,000 of sheep in the Australian colonies : In 1817, when the system of public sales in wool was fars! inaugurated in this country, Australia was a blank in ~j a; catalogue. Twenty years later she only figured for 1 1 , 1 . million pounds, but last year she figured for 50,000 poullf; nearly one half of the whole importations of wool int o th country. The social, moral, and political aspect of colonies was pointed out at length by the lecturer et."' was repeatedly applauded during th evening. THE LATEST TELEGRAMS. SARDINIA. 1, TURIN, Wednesday.—On the 21st inst. a pic ke t of Austrian cavalry crossed to the Piedmontese side the Ticino, opposite Paris i for the p u rpose of e ploring the frontiers, and afterwards returned to WI! To-day the annual commemoration of the Pie tese soldiers, slain at the battle of Novaro, in 1844 was celebrated in the Cathedral. The ceremonV" - , e solemnised in the most impressive manlier. he ministers of state, deputations f rom parliament' t 1 officers of the Sardinian Army and of the Isinti °u :, Guard, the students of the university, and the in lra grants from other parts of Italy were present. FRANCE. TOULON, March 23.—The Journal Sentine ll ' B . (Th e this day, announce s th a t f our s t eam f r i g ates 113 received orders to sail, for the purpose of fet ellin ' troops from Algeria. THE FRENCH FUNDS. ROO PARIS, Wednesday, 12.17 p.m.—Business —5, commenced at 68.75, and the present price is 68. ' 0 1 1.17 p.m—The Rentes open 68.60, being a *o 6°ll decline since yesterday. the 2.19 p.m.—The Bourse is firm, although ve rumour that Prussia, Austria, and England 1131 it accepted the proposed congress appears to be oitb° foundation. Rentes 68.80. 3.30 p.m.—lt is rumoured that Count Cavour been replaced by M. Alfieri. Nothing is 1001 id reference to the replies of England, Prussia, Austria. Rentes close 68.80 for money, and 68 ' for account. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE' THE CONGRESS. Geneva, London, Brussels, and the Hague , 1 1 ; been successfully mentioned at which the COO > will be held, but the Times believes that Al' Chappel will ultimately be selected. AUSTRIA The Vienna correspondent of the Times, writing ° Saturday, says that Austria will doubtless 111 conditions before she agrees to the proposed eelig re o f but not unnecessary difficulties. As a 'nat ter , of course, she will insist on the strict maintena le t v o the treaties of 1815, but she will hardly obje ct goi revision of her special conventions with the I t - States. ITALY. . a At a conclave of cardinals, the Pope refe rle the evacuation of his States by foreign trooPs , n denied that he had said he f e lt hi mse lf saf 6eic as c , ivu c.A.Lnuteous USSistanees 0,3 secular and warlike prince might have done. T o t Holiness repeated th a t it was on l y to aver t a c° ' - er ol between potentates, which might lead to a g el :itir conflagration, that induced hi m t o d eman d the drawal of the foreign garrisons. TURKEY. MARSEILLES, March 22.—Ad v i ces h a ve be e l i ca ceived from Constantinople to the 16th.,, conferences have tak en p l ace b e t ween the sador of Austria and the Grand Vizier. the The English ambassador has represe nted tf es Porte, that if the latt er w ill y i e ld t o the wis'os of the Roumain people with respect to the eleetl ° ca ll Hospodars, England, on her part, will bad upon the capitali s t s o f E urope to f oun d a nel so' and schools, and will cons t ruc t pu bli c room' railways in Turkey. h P rir The Ottoman Commi ss i oner i n B e l gra de --,„ ° :i oe ,^l l, tested against the proclam a ti on o f P rin ce 1 ;1 ' 1 in which he claims for himself and his faum' hereditary rule. S WITZERLAND. n frall cs The Federal Co unc il h as i ncrease d t o 400 "sol"' the export duty on horses leaving the territory. PORTUGAL. LISBON, March 19.—The new Terceira a—, tion is consider e d th e b es t C a bi net Portugal '- for many years. Exchange on London, 53-1- AMERICA. Al bert GALWAY, March 23, 1859.—The Prince • „or Captain Nicholson, arrived this morning, at S t prof from New Y or k, w i t h 200 passengers. I'oosetting peller ; bows seriously damaged; delayed bY eIP. ated' in among the i ce off Cape Race. News anjc The Prince Alb er t did not call at St. John's' New York on' the morning of the 4th inst. THE . DEBATE ON THE REFORM B lLij o p , The _Daily News says that th e s p eec h o f Sir E• l 'Y or rcsi on Tuesday night, was th oroug hl y success f u l as 33 erstehtl effect, but it was not argument. It is a bold andiheof the flinging away of the sc a bb ar d ; i t i s an avowa' feelings and motives with which the bill has be ll c las s l Sir Edward denounc e d a ll concess i on to th e worki,n, o ur °' as subvertive of th e f ree d om , th e sa f e t y, an d the ri i °, - ou England. Once g o b e l ow th e £ lO f ranc hise,' w never arrest your do wnwar d steps. Ad m it the " cis ael men by tens and twe n ti es , an d t h en by h uncire Y iu thousands, and th e y will speedily force their 'o.4icr,- Their enfranchisement would be a fraud, and t he enfranchisement felo-de-se. view of ,1 The Morning H era ld t a k es an ent i re ly opposite Sir E. Bulwe r Lytton's speech, and says h e bo,diy. ro , the with the absurd cha rge that ministers are afral. tote d influence of the worki ng man , an d h av e not Ou s ' interests. 0 the The Post agrees with the Colonial Secretary, as great object of the Government Reform Bill. It to perpetuate the pow er o f th e m iddl e c lasses. nief ottre; The Times remarks that, as the ministe rial wish '" more closely examined, it betrays more and /O re find in property a refuge from population. - 9.1 ,--- RAILWAY NEWS.—An official notice, an normuL s g s fitli, issue of one million pounds East India Railway Sh'isurPas the 5 per cent. guarantee of the India Gov ernment/ a serious fall in Indian securities generally'. c l by t h* MAIL NEWS.—Much disappointment is oceasiene,. vie delay in the arrival of the Australian January a'al ve aafil February mail may be expected at Suez four or a r , 4 , 19 d be r ''''' hence, and the news by two mails may thu s frul within a few days interval. THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES. The Nimrod, st esili trai s v Cork arrived at Bristol at eight o'clock yesterdaY.,"; AA (Wednesday), having on board seventeen of welcome' exi T im ew m l e i n c se eu c n r e o i w l dweasreseimnbeletdtentdoergiieev.e them The a terw s° m a yor presided at a breakfast given to the exiles.