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

4 Eommtrcfal l'ait4.—tElif 4 nap• At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, Liver-chambers, about 130 tons Linseed Cake.—T , R. Arnott. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Oldhall-street, 10 tons Aloe Fibre, and 1 ton St. Domingo Hemp.— James Bateson, Sons and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 16, Exchange buildings, 134 tierces fine new Carolina Rice.—J. H. Rayner and Co. At one o'clock, at the broker's office, Virginia-buildings, 9 bales Surat Cotton, all faults.—Hugh H. Nicholson. At twelve o'clock at the broker's office, 13, Tempest-hey, 29 tierces new Carolina Rice.—John Rowlinson. At one o'clock, at the brokers' office, 2, Temple-court, 300 Dutch Cheese, and 25 firkins Butter.—Houghton and Levy. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, York•buildings, Sweet ing-street, 300 tons Bar wood.—Wm. Singlehurat and Co. - At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 13, Rumford. street, 273 boxes small grain, and 125 boxes large grain, Pearl Sago.—Whitaker, Whitehead and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 13, Exchange. 1-oldings, 657 bales Jute.—T. and 11. Littledale and Co. At twelve o'cloc , c, at the brokers' office, Exchange-place, 1 cask Brown Tartar, and 3 cases Bologna White Argols, all faults.—Harpin and Co. Commercial salue. c nay. iHIS DAY; the 12th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Bro Ker as Saleroom, Liver-chambers, About 130 fons LINSEED CAKE, row landing, ex Dlo Parzen, from Lisbon.—Apply to Messrs. Leech, Harriso❑ and Forwood, Merchants ; or to T R. ARNOTT, Broker. NEXT WEEK WEDNESDAY. On WEDNESD ',eat, the 17th instant, at Twelre o'clock, at the Brokers' Office. 2, Dale-street, 40 Cases GUM ARABIC, 714 Bags MYRABOLAMS, 16 'lons Loose 1)0., 97 Bales MADDER ROOTS. BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers. APIAY 'ea THURSDAY. On THURSDAY, the 18th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker.' (Aline, 2, Dale-street, About 9 Tons BU o'FAbO HORNS, ex Christopher Newton.—Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER ik CO.: Brokers. T HIS DAY, R. J. NODDER Wilt respectfully offer his Selection of Par ; .:;ian and English RIDING and WALKING lIATS, 80--"L.ri, and CAPS, with every description of Trimmings, Featt.ers, Laces, &c., of the most fashionable and tasteful kind. 81, CU T VIICII STREET. CLAYTON HILL, CLAYTON SQUARE. ONE NIGHT ONLY. THE BROUSIL FAMILY. MONDAY NEXT, 15TH INST. BERTHA'S BENEFIT. THE EIGHTH GRAND MASONIC BALL, FOR THE Western Divitsitin a the County of Lancaster (to which the Public will be anini , ted), will 1)1 held IN THE TOWN HALL, LIVERPOOL, By the permission of his Worship the Mayor and Council, ON TUESDAY, THE bra DAY 07 JANUARY, 1857. The proceeds to be applied in ai t of the funds of the West Lanca shire Masonic Institution for the education and advancement ii life of children of distressed Freemasons. PATRONESSES: The Countess of Zetland. I The Viscountess Combermere The Countess of Yarborough I The Hon. Mrs. Wellington Cotto n PATRONS: The Right Honourable the Earl of Zetland, Grand Master of England. The Right Honourable the Earl of Yarborough, Deputy Grand Master of England. The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Combermere, Prov. Grand Master, Cheshire. Le Gen& e Nicholas Starkie, Esq , Prov. Grind Master, West Lancashire. Sir Watkln Williams Wynne, Bart, M.P., Pro. Grand Master, Shropshire. Henry Charles Vernon, Esq., Prov. Grand Master, Worcestershire. the Rev. Gilmour Robinson, Deputy Prov. Grand Master, West Lancashire. Richard James Spices, q., P. Grand Sword Bearer. - Stephen Blair, Esq M.P., Pro. Grand Master. East Lancashire. lUatthew Dawes, Esq , Past Prcv. Grand J.W., East Lancashire; Prov. Grand Commander for Lancashire. .1. Finrhett Mad o-k, Esq., Deputy Prov. Grand Master, Cheshire. The 11ev. E. H. Dymock, Deputy Prov. Grand Master ' Shropshire. Li eu t en ant-colonel George Augustus Vernon, P. Prov. Grand Senior Warden, Staff,rdshire. Joseph Perrin Esq., Prov. Grand Senior Warden, West Lancashire. G. Crawford Antrotrus, Era., Prov. Grand Senior Warden, Cheshire. Thomas Littledale, Esq , Prov. Gran A Junior Warden, West Lanca shir., Albert H. Royds, Esq., Deputy Prov. Grand Master. East Lancashire. The Honourable Major Wellington Cotton, Pray. Grand Junior arden, Cheshire. William Courtenay Cruttenden, Esq., Prov. Grand Registrar, Che .hire. Sir Thomas George Hesketh, Bart. Sir Joshua Walmsly, Kat., M.P. William Henry Moss, Esq. COMMITTEE : Sir Thomas George Hesketh, Bart., Chairman. Thomas Kilpin, Esq., Vice-Chairman. Horatio Gam1”11. Erq ,Treasurer. The President, Vice-Presidents, and trustees of the Institution, the Grand Officers of this Province and Cheshire, the Masters, Past Masters, and Wardens of all Lodges in West Lancashire and Cheshire. Tickets, including itefreshmtnts, Ten Shillings and Sixpence each, To be obtained from If r. Walmsley, 50, Lord street; Mr. Warburton Exchange Newsroom; Messrs. Yates and Hess, Lord street; Mr. W. J. Hammond, Lord street; Mr. W. Lawton, Bet Hotel, Queen squire; the Seariabrick Arms. Southport; the Masters of the different Lodges, or of the Honorary Secretary at the Committee Rooms. It is particularly requested that all persons attending the Ball will sign their names in felt on their 'tickets, prior to presenting them at the Town Hall. It is also requested that the Brethren appear in the Fell Masonic Dress Clothing of theft rank and office. Brotrer G. A. Wielopolski Phillips' Quadrille Band will be in attendance in the Hall Room, and the Royal Lancashire Artillery Band in the Vest bule. The Doors will be open at Half-past Eight o'clock. SAMUEL P. BRABNER, Hon. Sec. Committee Boom, George Hotel. Dale-street, Liverpool, December 1, 1856. POSTING BILLS, 30 BY 20 INCHES, 'PRINTED IN THE BEST STYLE, AT 6s. 6d. per 100, or 50s. per 1000. B CHARLES WILLMER : GENERAL PRINTER, NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, 19. SOUTH JOHN STREET. LIVERPOOL. THE NORTHERN TIMES IS PERMANENTLY ENLARGED DOUBLE ITS ORIGINAL SIZE. IT IS NOW AN EIGHT PAGE DAILY PAPER, ^ POSSESSING THE LARGEST CIRCULATION, ANL IS THE - BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN LIVERPOOL. f 4 . z , .fs,A SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS SIXPENCE EACH. removal of the night soil, appeared in person, and made a serious complaint against Mr. Ellison, an other contractor, of having removed soil which was his (Mr. Rose's) property. After a short conversation the Committee came to the conclusion that Mr. Ellison had been guilty of the grossest misconduct, arid they were evidently of opinion that he should be punished, but the Law clerk intimated that the Committee was powerless, and that it would be for Mr. Rose to take steps against Ellison for taking his property. The health of the town is not in such a satisfactory state as we have hitherto this year been called upon to report. The extreme cold has caused a considerable increase in the mor- tality ; the deaths being ;244: being 35 more than last week, and mere than in any week of the pre- vious three months. The proceedings in the Dock Committee were merely of a routine character; nothing of the least importance having transpired. There is not much variety in our domestic intelligence this morning. [t will be seen that the knave Harrison, alias the " Leeds wizard," has at last met with his deserts. On Wednesday he was tried at the York assizes on a charge of bigamy, found guilty, and sentenced by Justice Earle to four years penal servitude his lordship re marking that he was one of the most vile wretches that ever appeared before him. Lot d Campbell has been complaining on the bench of the present state of the law, in respect to cases of adultery; and from his remarks, we may hope that some means will be taken at the forthcoming Ses sion of Parliament, to alter lulu utut ud tho Amt. in question. It is high time that something was done in the matter. The Assizes are still going on, and the several cases disposed of yesterday will be found under their proper head. It will be seen that the Grand Jury were relieved from their' uties ; but be fore being finally dismissed, they addressed his Lord ship on the Ticket-of-leave system and indorsed his views on the subject, as stated by him in his charge on Monday. We would direct attention to a shocking railway accident, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail way, on Tuesday last—a fearful boiler explosion at Bolton, on the same day ; and a fire at a mill in Glasgow, whereby property to the extent of £5,000 was destroyed. Lord Hastings has been making himself again, ridiculous, at Norfolk. He has been visit- , iug the Editor of the Norfolk News at his office ; dared that he wanted to blow out his brains, and conducted himself in such an ungentlemanly manner, that he was ultimately turned out. According to our Irish advices, the funeral of the late Father Mathew will take place at Cork this forenoon. The Town Council, together with the other public bodies, will take part officially in the melancholy ceremonial. There is nothing new with regard to the murder of Mr. Little. The police are still actively engaged in endeavouring to probe this mysterious affair to the bottom, but as yet their success has been anything but gratifying. Ou Wednesday, in the case of the itewcastle Bank v. M`Dowell, official manager of the Tipperary Bank, a verdict of £ 9 5 000 was taken by consent. , The claim of the Newcastle Bank was for .30,000 The agitation against the present exorbitant amount of the Income Tax has been taken up in Ireland, and steps are on toot to have public meetings held immediately both in Dublin and Belfast on the subject. The affairs of the Royal British Bank seem as far from being settled as ever ; and, notwithstand ing that the Courts of Chancery and Bankruptcy have taken them under their protection, it seems they are not able to afford that shield to individual shareholders, which has been so much desiderated. So recently as on Wednesday, a verdict was ob tained at Guildhall against one of these un fortunate individuals ; and yesterday a petition was presented, under the arrangement clauses, by Mr. Gillot, one of the new directors of the Royal Bri_ tish Bank. The object of the proceeding was, of course, merely to obtain protection, which was immediately given. Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., who was connected with the swindle on the shareholders and depositors of this Bank, is at present engaged selling off his household effects at Tewkesbury, and is about to bid, farewell to that borough. The hon. gentleman . hag not yet favoured the country with his promised account of British Bank stewardship ; nor has he taken steps to bring his threatened action against a local journal, but we certainly ought not to suppose that he will retire from public life or leave the country till he fully justifies his own character. Candidates for Tewkesbury in room of Mr. Brown have already been mentioned ; and there is a vacancy for Downpatrick, which Mr. B. Ker, brother to the member for the county Down, is anxious to supply, and he is about to return from St. Petersburg for that purpose. Of Greenwich we have heard nothing that is reliable, but con cerning Southampton we learn that new candidates are likely to take the field in addition to the many whose names are before the electors. The NORTHERN TIMES is delivered every morning at SubsCribers' residences, within five miles of the Liverpool Etchange, by special messengers, by Eight o'clock, for the Annual Subscription of £l . 18s. M. in advance. OFFICE, 19, SouTH JOHN-STREET, LivEßroor.. i, Et C *firthPrn times FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1856. Mr. Williams, M.P., met his Lambeth constis tuents on Wednesday night, and told them that the peace with Russia was not a good one, for which the blame was to be cast upon France. Then, in the next place, he proceeded to speak in support of cutting down national expenditure, as if to prove how thoroughly incapable he is of taking the place of Mr. Hume in the Houseof Commons. When Mr. Williams had done speaking, his audience resolved that the franchise should be extended, that ex■ travagant expenditure should be curtailed, that the income tax should be opposed, and that there should be a revision of the ticket.o! . .deave system. The prisoners, Redpath and Kent, accused of defrauding the Great Northern Railway of various sums of money, were yesterday placed at the bar of the Clerkenwell Police Court. The evidence brought forward was of a similar character to that offered on Friday last, the nature of - .vhich, it will be recollected, was to prove certain cases of forgery against Redpath. The investigation into the accounts of the Great Northern Railway Company is still proceeding, and the defalcations are not expected to exceed the amount we mentioned a few days ago—viz , £120,000. The foreign intelligence this morning is interest ing. The fact of an attempt having been made on the life of the King of Naples is confirmed, but few additional particulars are known. His Majesty received a stab with a bayonet from a soldier. The wound was slight, and the King was able to con tinue the review. The population manifested on the occasion the greatest horror of the regicide. Speculations are being freely indulged in re specting the forthcoming Conference. It seems that nothing is yet settled as to its object, except that it is to decide the Ttestion of the frontier regulations. This is to be done by a majority, which will make the business very short indeed. There is, how ever, a proposal that the Conference should like wise lay down a distinct arrangement for the eva cuation of the Principalities and the Black Sea, but it seems that England and Austria cannot be induced to promise more than that they shall be willing to evacuate if the Porte desires, a very different thing from having it settled by the whole of Europe. Prussia is exerting herself to get the Neufchatel affair arranged by the Conference ; and a circular of M. Manuteuffel is spoken of, setting forth the mea sures which Prussia will be constrained to adopt if nothing be done. According to a Paris paper of yesterday, the relative position of the depart_ ments is no secret ;—on one side, France, Russia, and Prussia ; on the other, England, Austria, and Turkey ; in the middle, Sardinia, which, coinciding originally with the opinion expressed by France, is now, it is said, oscillating between the two. We hear that the Cabinet of Vienna demands that France should bind herself to vote with Austria, England, and Turkey on the Bolgrad question ; but France is said to refuse, though Count Walewski has made an oral promise to that effect. Le Nord says that Sardinia will enter the Congress with untied hands. i Another very lengthy document is published in the French papers received last night. It is ono which comes from the Federal Council of Switzer land on the Neufchatel affair. The paper is a document like that of Russia. The first half of it a loneextends to more than six columns, and it contai ns an explanation of the arguments that have , been brought forward on the Swiss side. The part of this document which merits most consi- THE DAY'S NEWS. The usual weekly meeting of the Health and Dock Committees were held yesterday. At the former Mr. Rose, one of the contractors for the THE 'NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. deration is that which is devoted to prove that the present state of things is alone practically pos sible. . . The latest news from Constantinople acquaints us that Anli Paella, the predecessor of Redschid Pasha in the Vizierate, is to represent the Porte at Paris. R;za. Pasha, Minister at War, is no longer a member of Redschid Pasha's Cabinet= so says a telegraphic despatch. We do not know the reasons for his retirement, nor whether his successor has yet been nominated. But at all events the news, should it be confirmed, proves that the Ministerial difficulties at Constantinople are not over. Letters from Malta announce that Admiral Dun , das has reeeived'orders not to send any more ships to the Black.Seauntil further instructions. We have: repeatedly had to mention movements of Russian •troops towards the Persian frontier. We have to-day a telegraphic despatch from St.., Petersburg, according to which the concentration of a corps of 50,000 Russians has been edected on the frontiers of Persia, ready to cross immediately at the call of-the Shah. The elections for. the renewal of the Grand Council in Switzerland have commenced. The conservatives were full of hope, and it was appre hended that disorders would break out at Friburg. Disturbances had already taken place at Estavayer. The Madrid Gazette - con'ains a very curious article in which Marshal Narvaez's Government seems anxious to free itself from the charge of hostility to the liberty of the press It denies the legal eXistence df a censorship, and pretends that the warnings which the Madrid editors are in the habit of receiving are meant only for their good ; and it says that, it they think their cause the right one, and have courage enough to try the law, they need not heed these warnings. Such is the Spanish way of doing things. THE Grand Duke CONSTANTINE'S letter to Sir CHARLES NAPIER places Sir ROBERT PEEL in a most awkward _position ; still, we are at a loss to understand why Sir CHARLES NAPIER should have undertaken to fortify All the Russias by declaring Cronstadt impregnable. It may have been as much so as Sebastopol. Our ►feet was of no use when directed against granite batteries in the Black Sea. Yet Sebastopol was reduced to a mass of ruins ; and a powerful army, such as Cronstadt, can never contain, driven out with round shot alone. And does Sir CHARLES . pre_ tend to tell Europe that Cronstadt could not be taken asreadily as its sister fortress in the Eux ine ? It would be , hardly fair to preach such a doctrine in the face of the Allied armies, who took part in the Crimean campaign. With a general who knew how to 'commenee a seige' and knew where to make proper lodgments around a citadel about to be beleagured, there would have been no Malakoff and no Redan to tion" about risking a man -of-war or two in one bold endeavour to save perishing armies, and bringing a war of starvation and frightful bloodshed to a speedy issue. 'the World must learn to care less about diver sions which divide an enemy's forces, exhaust his military chest, render the fnrnishing of timely succour impossible, and cripple his whole avail able strength with% hearty good-will, second only to the nation's determination to conquer. These vulgar notions of the science and dry business of war must be laid aside for something. More. sopo rific, mpre rational, and less likely to' detlidliSh the high dignity of an imperious foe. Civilisa tion has to teach us) much, and our naval heroes appear to be ready to receive all it is expected to impart to the human understanding in relation to war; and in these days of transition, it, is most unjust to fix on one out of many commanders, for yielding to 'a virtue which was more or less universal during the Eastern struggle, and for which others have been promoted and otherwise handsomely remunerated. Had Sir CHARLES NAPIER taken Cronstadt, Lord LYJNS and Admi ral DUNDAS might have questioned his conduct, and declared him to be one of the rashest of sailors breathing. As it is, these popular Admi rals have nothing to say ; and why should Sir CHARLES NAPIER trouble himself about rambling speeches, which, whether semi-official or not, make no impression on the country ? have taken ; and, unless Sir CHARLES NAPIER is prepared to admit that all we attribute to routine in the East, was perfectly right, he certainly can not pronounce Cronstadt to be beyond all powers of subjugation. He probably meant to say that Cronstadt could not be taken by a fleet like that which he commanded. If this is what he really meant to convey to the world, it is a great pity the veteran sailor was not more explicit, He had no right to declare simply that that pile of stone and mortar, which appears to sit like an incubus on his mind, was impregnable. Sir CHARLES NAPIER ought to have considered the possibility of the same combination of forces being employed against Cronstadt, which reduced Sebastopol to submission despite all odds. The squabbling of individuals is a matter of very little moment to the public. Sir ROBERT PEEL may deserve all Sir CHARLES says of him ; hut the country will never think of the gallant Admiral as Sir ROBERT PEEL does. The latter is no authority on naval affairs—the former is, and a high one too. We question if BLAKE has left a more undying impression of the irresistible valour of a British tar on the naval mind of the Peninsula, or NELSON a more profound respect for the flag of England in the Mediterranean, than Sir CHARLES NAPIER has. Whatever he says goes forth, therefore, with great weight ; and his opinions respecting the Baltic fortress, may lead Russia and her sympathisers into grevious mistakes. • Cronstadt must, indeed, be a " Tower of Strength," if it could withstand the moun tains of iron we threw into Sebastopol, and it THE late chairman of the Water Committee retired under a pledge that we should receive a supply of water from Rivington within two months; and Mr. Alderman COOPER takes his office, with an assurance from his sup- porters, that we shall have the water, for which we are now, and have been for some months, paying rates, in January next. We will not allow the heart to grow sick at these repeated disappointments of hope. We shall have the liquid guano, adulterated, as a matter of course, with sand, as soon as it arrives, and not before. Monster jobs will not always work smoothly ; and this is one of the incorrigibles which baffles all experience in hydraulics, and all the Ordinary exertions and foresight - of a Corporation. There appears, indeed, to be some supernatural fatality about the undertaking, Think of the very rocks having been " com pletely uplifted," as Mr. JAMES HOLME calls it ! Who ever heard of little springs becoming so troublesome to a really experienced engineer, and a no less enlightened and watchful commit tee ? Making a goit, or common embankMents, where modest little brooks run along from dimi nutive jets or pools of water is, however, danger ous work. These aqueous urchins will " uplift "rocks" if they are not properly attended to ; and we know that there is one of these neglected, pigmies in the great Rivington goit, which will cause a considerable divergence in the waters of the Pike at no distant period. The Council seem to think that they are not responsible for these oversights and costly mis takes. They throw the blame, and with some show of justice, on the shoulders of their engineers—Mr. STEPHENSON and Mr. HAWKES LEY; but they no sooner do so than they assert that " engineers cannot look into the bowels of the earth," and a leakage arising from some smothered spring, and water accumulating from other sources, cannot be foreseen ! This is all mere nonsense. Every practical man knows how to look into the bowels of the earth suffi ciently far to secure a proper foundation for his work. He knows what to do with springs and running water. Neither Mr. STEPHENSON nor Mr. HAWKESLEY need hope to get out of any responsibility which rests upon them in any such way ; and, since the additional cost, delay, and inconvenience the public have been put to, which are attributed to the engineers engaged on the works, it would be well for the Council to apply to those gentlemen for a detailed report of the exact condition and prospects of this deplorably ill-managed scheme. When their report shall have been received, it would be well for the town, or one or two of the Wards, to employ a competent engineer to go over the whole of the works. This would enable the Ratepayers to get at the actual state they are in, and it ought to be done with as little delay as possible, as it appears by Mr. JAMES HOLME'S statement, that " the Water Committee expect that in a very " short time the pumping engines will be " stopped." To attempt to take such 'a step before the new works and supply are thoroughly tested, would be most improper ; and, until something is done by the Ratepayers to ascertain what condition' the job is in, it will be impossible to estimate the extra cost to which the Borough may be put.. I t is quite evident that the Water Committee can not give the information required to enable those out of the Council to judge of what is really going on. The wretched undertaking cannot now be abandoned ; but, it should not be must surely be within range of some spot of earth. It may have its Garden and White Tower Batteries, and even a Redan and Malakoff accommodation for a large force within its walls, trenches, covered-ways, out-kanking forts, heavy and long-range guns, infernal machines, and mines ready _ to spring at any moment. But, " what of all that ?" ask our Crimean heroes. " Place them between us and Sir CHARLES "NAPIEn's fleet, and we will ere long render a " good account of them all." Europe fortunately knows this, and we have, consequently, less to apprehend from the very impolitic expression of Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S opinion. With regard to what the British fleet may think of all that has been told about the impreg nability of Muicovite batteries, we notice some slight difference of opinion. The readers of naval history, who are filled with the daring and genius of BLAKE, NELSON, and DUNDONALD, do not feel disposed to endorse all Sir CHARLES NAPIER has said. They think that something may be done by our " Wooden Walls" after the manner of our great sea warriors of former days ; and the nation does not despair of finding a man who will, should an opportunity occur, place Sir CHARLES NAPIER in the position in which the gallant Admiral has laboured so long to fix Sir ROBERT PEEL—by their achievements before Cronstadt. Granite is harder than wood ; but iron shot, and plenty of it, d o wonders, as the Russians know full well. It is quite clear, however, that the Admiral who suc ceeded Sir CHARLES NAPIER in the command of the Baltic fleet, left Crodstadt just as he found it. This is a striking point in favour of Sir CHARLES. The latter wanted gun-boats, the former had a fleet of them. They could do great execution before Sweaborg, but they were no where when looking on Cronstadt. Sir CHARLES needs no court of enquiry to clear up this portion of the British fleet's campaigns in the Gulf of Finland. If he was cautious, the commander who succeeded him was doubly careful as far as Cronstadt is concerned ; and all that remains to be said is, that the Russo-Turkish, struggle will teach posterity how to prize their ships, and how to reward the household discretion of their great captains. There is too much of "over-specula suffered to entail any more debt on the town than is absolutely necessary. The pipes may be nearly all laid, and everything approaching completion, but still we have but little faith in the pipe system. We must wait until the whole are charged and in full opration before we can believe one tithe of what we hear. We all know what corrosion will do with iron ; and if only one joint in the mains gives way under the high pressure which will be upon them, the expense of repairs, to say nothing of the damage to property which may ensue, will be very great. Mr. Alderman PA RKER has said that it will, take 40,0001. to stop a leakage which has already occurred. This is a serious item to come in as an affix to the surplus over the original estimates which have already been paid ; and yet the bursting of one pipe might involve the town in a much larger cost to repair damages to property. In a word, the entire scheme is a most frightful abortion, and we would not have the public take Mr. Alderman COOPER'S word that the quantity of the Pike water tallies with his very amiable and respectable appearance. THE RETURN OF THE STEAM-SHIP AMERICA. In a second edition of our impression of yester day, we announced the return of this vessel to the Niersey in the .following terms : The steamer America, which sailed from this port on Saturday, returned here on Thursday morning, in a disabled state. In the Channel she met with a most terrific gale ; but we are happy to inform our readers that, through the coolness and seaman ship of the captain, he was enabled to bring her back to port in safety. She has lost her bulwark a, &c., &c. The following document was signed by a number of the passengers, and given to our reporter for publication : We, the undersigned passengers on board the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Ameri:a, on her outward passage to Boston, while returning their grateful thanks to Almighty Providence for their safe deliverance from the fearful storm upon the morning of the 9th, feel it their duty to express their unqualified approval of the courage, coolness, and intrepidity of Captain Lang and his officers during that trying period, and especially for the skilful manner in putting the ship about in so perilous a situation, which, in the opinion of the undersigned, was the only method of saving the ship and passengers.—James Bennett, Samuel Norris, S. C. Bughie, A. Partridge, Henry, W. Taylor, George W. Browne, J. W. Snedick, George H. B-own, J. M. Trodick, and all the passengers. Dec. 10 , 1866. • In a subsequent edition we published the fol• lowing : Since the above was published we have been enabled visit the vessel, and certainly the scene of devastation presented on board all parts of the noble ship is truly terrible. The gale of Tuesday morning appears to have been of the most alarming and destructive charac ter. From the report of the captain, we learn that, at about 9 a.m. on Tuesday, off Cape Clear, the wind blowing a gale, the steamer, for safety, was hove to, but on a sudden, and as it were with the speed of lightning, a mighty wave struck the noble vessel on the fore part, carrying away the bulwarks, two boats, the entire of the quarter deck rails, and the whole of the stanchions from fore to aft. Several men were also washed over board, but fortunately, and by the miraculous preserva tion of Providence, were almost immediately returned to the deck of the vessel by another wave of equal violence to the first, but which so, severely injured one of the seamen that there is little probability of his re covery ; one of his legs is broken in two places. The captain's cabin, saloon, pantry, &c., have sustained such severe damage that one can scarcely credit it to be possible that damaga of so great a magnitude could be accomplished in so brief a period of time. The vessel has been placed in the Huskisson dock, and is now undergoing a general survey, so that she may be imme diately repaired, and resume her station on, the line. We are glad to be able to state that the America spoke the Baltic, which sailed from here on Wednesday, and which ,1 vessel will thus be enabled to convey the news of the accident to New York, thereby allaying the anxiety that would naturally be felt at the non-arrival of the America at her usual time. The only additional particulars we have now to add is the fact, that a survey was made by the underwriters' surveyors in the course of yesterday, and their report is as follows :-- STJRTEYORS' REPORT. Dec. 11.—We, the undersigned, being reqnested to survey and report the damage done_ to the steamship America, Lang, master, from being struck by heavy seas in- a gale of wind, when at sea on her late intended voyage hence to Halifax and Boston, she having returned to repair damages —on examination this day found the head rails, boards, and part of the knees broken, the fore deck house or saloon stove in, and all the internal arrangements broken or injured ; the deck side houses, paddle box, and part of the floats broken ; thirteen top stanchions, and sixty feet of the main and topgallant rail and bulwarks broken, and part of the starboard covering board split or injured, and topsides par tially strained ; part of the topgallant and main rail and captain's cabin on starboard side aft injured ; four iron boat davits and part of the topgallant and main rail and bulwarks on the port side broken ; the after deck house or main saloon partially injured and windows broken ; the brass and iron stanchions and rails broken or b3nt, and part lost ; forty-six feet of the port main rail and bulwarks forward broken, the platform bridge broken, the fore yard and fore trysail mast broken ; two boats and two swinging booms and gear reported to be lost ; the forward lower cabin seriously injured, the framing, pannelling, staircase, and internal arrangements being broken or started, and the upholstery much damaged and other cabin stores injured ; the fore rigging partially chafed or injured ; and it was feared that part of the cargo forward might be damaged. We therefore recommend that the deck houses, cabin furni ture, and stores should be cleared away, for the purpose of repairs, and for further examination, and to give time to ascertain if the vessel had received any injury in the bottom, although we believe she has not. WILLIAM ALEXANDER, ^r SIFT WILLIAM MITCHELL, • ' Surveyors for the Liverpool Underviritri 3 Association. The Company, with their usual promptitude, have had the Canada got ready for sea,'and she will leave the Huskisson dock this morning, and proceed at once on the voyage to Halifax and Boston, and will convey the mails and passengers, which have been transhipped from the America. ACCIDENT TO THE LALLA ROOKH. On Tuesday week the above vessel left this port in "good order-and well condition," the officers little expecting to be compelled to return at so early a period as yesterday morning. It'appears that during the same gale as the American steamer experienced, she was struck by a sea, and the wind at the same time catching her, the whole of her sails were entirely destroyed, and otherwise so severely injured that the captain deemed it necessary to immediately return. THE AKEIIICA.N MAILS.—The royal mail steamer Canada, will sail to-morrow for New York, with the mails for the States and Canada. The Pod-office letter box will he open in the ordinary course to eight-and to nine o'clock with late fees.: The box at the . Stage willloe open to ten o'clock with additional late fees of Is. on each letter. - Tap 'CLAYTON HALL—TEE BROUSILS.—We would re mind the public that this talented family are about to leave Liverpo .1 prior to their appearance before Her Majesty and the royal family, and that the present is probably the only opportunity that will be afforded of hearing this wonderfully gifted and pleasing family ; and the public, no ,doubt, will avail themselves of the opportunity. FATAL ACCIDENT.—The body of a woman was picked up yesterday m)rning on the beach near Birkenhead. It is supposed she fell off the bridge leading from Birkenhead to Tranmere. on the previous night, as the collector at Birkenhead ferry, saw her pass on to the bridge about nine o'clock. Her basket was shortly after found on the bridge. In the afternoon, an inquest was held on the body, what it appeared that deceased's name was Catherine Murphy, cook at Fernihough's hotel, Tranmere, and she had been on a visit to Liverpool. A full investigation was entered into,.before H. Chorton, -Esq., coroner for the dis trict, and a highly respectable jury; and evidence having been given substantiating the above, a verdict of " accidental death" was returnee. HISTORIC SOCIETY.—There was a meeting of this society. held last night in St. George's Hall. Peter R. 11 , 1 A, lie, Esq., in the chair. The following geitlemen were admitted members :—Robe rt Brown, Es q , Preston ; Edward Cranage, Esq , Oldhall, Salop ; W. H. Joh n s, Ker3haw, ' Esq., M.P., S toc k port ; Henry N. Peddar, E sq ., JEoshqn., J. omrtyornes;,JamEsqe.s, Preston ; rvreston. Joseph Robinson, Esq., Lord street ; Richa r d Threlfall, Esq., and Thomas Wallsley, FAT, Preston. The following donations were announced—Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vole. 10, 3 parts ; and vol. 16, part 2. Procesdings of Liverpool Philomathetic Society, Liverpool, described, by D. P. Thomson, M.D. Poetry of Weather knowledge, by the same author ; after which, the following were exhibited—by Dr. M'lntrye, an ancient episcopal seal, on a swivel with three faces, on which are engraved the diocesian and personal arms, crest and cypher (place not knows) ; a small ivory carving of the crucifixion,- with two figures at the foot of the cross, probably the Virgin and St. John. The Rev. Dr. Thom was presented with a life diploma of the society, as a token of respect to him (as announced last week in our columns.) The Rev. Doctor returned thanks for the honour conferred on him. Mr. David Buxon then read the paper of the evening on " Poetic Resemblance, Imitation and Plagiarism. THE COURT. OSBORNE, Dec. 10.—The Queen and. Prince, with tb ° Royal children, walked in the grounds at Osborne Yester,./ day. Prince Frederick William of Prussia took woe her Majesty this afternoon, and left Osborne ,for Major Heinz and Dr. Wegner were in attendance on 011 Royal Highness. Captain the Hon. Dudley de lO s ' Equerry to Prince Albert, attends the Prince to Dover. DEPARTURE OF PRINCE FREDERICK . PRUSSIA. DOVER, Wednesday. His Royal Highness PritiCe Frederick of Prussia, accompanied by C a p tain de Wes„; Equerry to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, arriv., this evening at Dover, by special train fromPortsmoto.. via Hastings, at 7.34 p.m., and embarked immediately board the Admiralty yacht Vivid, for Calais. o sg er n We regret to learn that the venerable Countess W.,t00 Grey has been suffering from indisposition at 1 1 " o f House, Yorkshire, the seat of the Duohess D° ll ,„ age n d r Cleveland. By the latest accounts received in ' 4 ' l " her ladyship is stated to be going on well. .J - S UB MARINE TELEGRAPH FOR THE PERSIAN Gal'l"..itlbitv with much satisfaction that we are enabled to stiltetito her Majesty's Government have given thei r aPP°I-tbs the proposal for laying down a telegraph cab1e,4.:10,14 Persian Gulf, and by connecting it with that alresgeope down in the Mediterranean, placing the who le of 'oil indirect communication with Asia. The project i 5 nii;ler consideration at the East India House, bat not suppose that a measure of so much importance 'log,. in any way delayed by the Lead e ntoll-street a utb°: —From Grindlay's Home News for India,. die The Atlantic Telegraph Company have choSe o A. tors, Messrs. George Peabody, Samuel Gurn e y ;04 Hankey, C. M. Lampson, T. H. Brooking, G. B. J. W. Brett, of London ; J. Ponder and James vii"..o% of Manchester; William Brown, G. Maxwell, if' e l E- Johnston, H. Harrison, and C. W. 11. Pici te _ r. l B ;so r Liverpool ; and Sir J. Anderson, W. Logie, andrr'rpins W. Thomson, .of Glasgow. There are also to D e directors at New York, and three in Canada. I THACKERAY IN LIVERPOOL. • . - • plettlig Last night, Mr. Thackeray delivered, in t h n e f:lBDVl manic Hall, the first of his celebrated cOttr ee ,"d is on the " Four Georges." The hall was well fil l s woOte part, and the reception' of the brilliant lecturer t ogb 0 , cordial. In the following brief sketch of its 00,0 lectnre we can but feebly, as it were, indicat e fe ter. Its spirit, it would be impossible to prestapti.- outline, and we shall not mar its effect by a tk " 4 10 task which is, we feel, much beyond our posretdslie,,st In his opening sentence Mr. Thackeray be 0 audience iinto the midst of his subject, and Nall p e oo6 o ° oo . they lived and moved amongst the scenes an" is which he introduced to them. There was first the m ose t ; built court on the banks of the Aller, an pants—the Pious Prince, who sang and Pra' s p17_, :0 1 Luther and his family, in whom the Hanover Toe r had their origin. His revenues, like those of e5,,011. Di German princes of that day and of this, sve,r!'"whie P t so his eight tall sons had to decide by , ball°"„ i sste s to them should marry, and legitimately, Pr e ss r - iereAsit Guelphic race, the unsuccessful seven being o , ll '',, e 'rs e' s so to contract left-handed marriages after the raw:, , (1 8 7,0 age. Then followed a description of the Pei e roP ehl " courts apeing the manners and extravagance'ts of 0 1) and spending in debauchery the very life-hw' s she foe miserable subjects. These scenes, of revel , t r e 01 0 hand, and stark misery on the other, of t he to pass, as it were, before the ey e s at ebef audience, and in his manly indignatio n tick 'tlo waste,. misgovernment, and oppression vi f ett s° ,oe displayed, who could not sympathise ! A s s, he sad Itto his auditors. It could not be otherwise. Sion Of their reason, their feelings, and their ”- s ° o l j he felt and thought, so did they feel and th : ili k 'isies of traced the ramifications of the Guelph. ° go ooP e 'o, gossipped, as no living writer but himself ca ti „ st e the scandals innumerable—some ludicrous, sybottsslo others tragic—connected with them, and all a e s. d o he centred all interest in "the Court of Oa Ti s ° o described the miseries of the union betty c s sor s o Lewis, then Elector of Hanover, afterwardsst, of England—the tragic end of her tha t ety he termed. " the greatest scamp , t11 :00t 4 s11 4 , through the history of the seventeenth :0000.40 her own subsequent, dreary, and wretched mos 0 10 1 0 e then the beauties in whose arms George forgot a t o ol' those affections in which he had never shareds, 3 4l% il e missed. Speaking of the king worship and r"sts o 's it keydom of those times—how the greatest tt e d 11 0 ; f el proud ,to carry candles before Louis xIV . . , Itho'itio c was an ambition of princes of the blood, to he' l el shirt when his most Christian Majesty c i h t/ 0 01 11 5 , garment ; and when his auditors laughed 10najorst halt at these absurdities and degredations, the lef ie seni l e if we had not these things, too, in our days ? s tal .401 them of the ceremonies on the opening of the Cri th so ;48 and answered yes. He quarrelled, he said, w i th be e r , ot er, humour in such matters. Gesler's hat nlisgobesoordo in the market place, and some might paY s e ls ; „vi to it, and some might shrug their should ers an„ ti le 0 do it, and others again might press their ow e sie P: 00 0 0 , 1 0 firmly on their heads, and refuse th e salute. out s t not to argue the point, but. deny as they e, as os sii% was still held up in the market place of Eurl o s.' were those ready and ardent to pay it Wel l es rec s toe 4 from this branch of his subject, the andisen, re 0 make preparations with George the First to England. His Majesty was not vel'y th a a r . ,. l o o: o lo o :d , O ,, his new dominions. Ile, shrewd and cP„ s isitvit• • silent and selfish, well knew the loyalty He knew that he was taken to be our king , ! I s clf," convenient for us to have him, and so he al fi ts 'ishtastr o i lodger in St. , Jimes's, not knowing when he iii acmes notice to quit, and so he always advt.', e 'vee friends " to take what they could get?s ta Kielmansegg, whom his English subjects nui t 4 09 o ste; nicknamed " the Elephant," from her s ij ed proportions, and whom he afterwards c re ! see 40 of Darlington, and her rival nicknatoVssaalt o f ~v 0 pole," and whom he created Duchess of n' is ' es itie s s w", 00 palsied him to London. Made, by tir b at" tlyf lecturer, to live in those times, but taa e ;werc t or s f behind the scenes—seeing who the puePe' tsu otir o e r; o 6, a it was that pulled the strings—the audience, • der blob the crowd to welcome the new monarch. h is th 0,,50,100 our liberties and our Protestantism , and i could not, though amused with the fine an , t th° ( 116".4 the scene was pourtrayed, but feel asharceVighe6:ol/lissr; obeisances of the noblest in the land, th e to ejpe e taries in the church, the state, and the lawipisst , s t o d 1 -and before such a company. George th s e s i s sOii / A P ei ti os knew what such professions meant, an c: _„vat t ioll concubines, must have said—" Come , l et s, nr, private rooms, and have oysters, and n r sisa t e l f s o wine, and let us leave , these L' a w c l 3 with their pretended loyalty." Ile s n itse;: . ,r i bte ,loyal s to England, and leaving it to if it _,*r far better than a king from. St. German'"' 4 oo l *.sts 0 ' king's orders, and money in pocket. -_,01.0,50J 'full-length portrait of George the First,w-seo4;seede miniatures of Addison- - --not Addison, , r tl ,74,t't au 00! 0 0 ! State ("how much greater than the I ""'isslless di e t; beuded the kneel") but Addison at the, . otiP, o o l sf t i st cracking a bottle of wine with Dick Steeil s bi. e er "00 happen to have his share of the re ckoning s .jacipbe si slte s ' of Marlborough (a smiling and good-loni ci t j tterthe" master would he not kiss and betrast. 0. 0 01, r e, anatomised with indignant energY ; ° 0 011:s O . seeking retirement and professing philos f spou t 00 0 0 bolting to save hiswith glimPs es 6 1 0 0 and Atterbury braver than Boliughro-;0 cop tls f Tower, but escaping with little des te s a :de e s s e 00 1 10 4 dangerous menagerie. There was then `" - se Pnee k OS / 10 new ta, the dangers which threatened George's, t he or is power in England, the rising in Scotlannssse Stest o f the of Edinburgh Castle by the adherents 0 1 0 .1!.7 r0 o L oa carousing of the officers at the taverf h ' fa r a d 14 0 0 01 , 1 landlady " powdering their hair,'' an, (l , s w e -e as s itlif,'4 enterprise in consequence of the slescs r 'ss s , s l , th n e o i t r indulged in the ta v- s ike° siew es s' 1 1 , 5 " o c ffi as c t e l r e , driven 5 powder for their hair, they might have - the -- (l. ° secured a seossos trader 60, Scotland for King James , 11 r t ete I l de th - s e gentry were,rising in the south, and t h s e s se —the great duke of the time—migh t ``,7,oe v/"„ s l uld 3 fro his own had he chosen. Then vsbat a 5,;'.-„g fro grog be enacted ! Instead of a Protestant e-ii ss pig' ses e D oe; the nation would have been hurrahing, / b oo w h afe, St. Germains ; Marlborough would o , o old 00, 0 0' weeping tears of j -y, and the bishops o pers , e br m ste: 6 kneeling on the sands, and matins 0 0 2 ... I o uldb.. a volV s have been sung in St. Paul's, and Swip e s"fisthe'd this Mi re d moved from his deanery to make way ,°` o vert" , h e . 0 4 from Salamanca. The toss of povvder P ;0 4 ' flo ste , r,' l tO the narrow-souled Protestant King s e t n e j rs, t , lle ti c te. sOe fi i throne, and his mistresses, and the cis sss eat ,itese sr oll s the Rhine wine, peacefully for his gr. to cli- noi pl'' your grandfathers and mine," ceneT a nd g (r „s t g. e r e s when it closed, had to put on blaee diss sursesar . , s ors clothed in sable, and her clergYrnell When t Ole re, s o o mentary elegies on this old sinner- lay t ea o ss Second was dying, we read in Mac au ,iraV er tee the r f rushed to the churc.hes, and sveel l deePs , 0 0., , for him, groans and sobs showed wonde r t u s astfe e 0000 0 h f re figl r °4 10° 0 0 1 ; was devoted to him. Oh, worship ! When I think how the temple of God, how servility was woo l i j o cb: r tb how beauty bid for the royal favouire_ 4 l st, s esg sr st " at ;east' the fir was considered no dishonous, 11. period of court-mourning is Georges ; and so turn his portrait to the o:reireSheitoa.b $O,O 0.1 to,