Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-16 00:00:00

gammtrciat NEXT WEEK On MONDAY next, the 18th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at th e !B ro kers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 13 Casks Shea BUJ TER, PALM NU OIL, lanced ex Atl J. H. RATNER and Co., Brokers, On MONDATMCIt, the at Twelve o'clock, at the 1, Tempi -court, x Amelia, Apply to ex Carpi Hope.— Apply to On TUESDAY nest, the 19th instant. at i w Brokers' ()dire, 3, Exchar - About 20 'ions Li ex Emma, from Mar Sultzberger, 111erchaatu ; or to On TUESDAY next, the 19th Brokers' Oitice '" 600 Tons I Apply to Merchants; or to On WEDNESDAY next, the. -alley North, Char dessrs. Mahler, Brs., a HOMAS SILL, Broker, ck, at the 'dal Sal a LEMONS, ex Express; ex Tiber, GEORGE IiADENACH On MONDAY next, the 19 IDAT nes t., 17 Bags LI s BUFFALO HORNS ay be it , Bright Al stnct Co., ant, et Twelve o'clock, a the :GLAND, 6ONS, & JEFFREY, It NEXT WEEK, o.'s Office, 2, I) ist India IVOOI ,-street, BROWNE, 111. OA at.e. 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CIIAI AMERICAN SOLACE. p l 3 CORNER OF PINE AND NAS Issue Letters or Credit and available in West In. in Europe NCAN, &c., simi ES T URM EAT./ LETTERS OF CREDIT HEI M A N i BANKS d SON, Brokers : t, at Twelve o'clock, at th shirc, Irc On TUESDAY next, the 19th it 2, Dale-street, 1,000 Bags LINSEED, 1,000 „ RAPESEED, 500 , Us 'ARDS k BitOWNE, HUN , 7, Exchang•e-ehambers, moron American ROSIN, New York, in the Waterk INCIS J. EATON, Broker. IL, at Twelve o'clock, al iomVoy,Winhipped from Cape of Good BROWNE, HUI , iTER, and Co., Brokers. t, at Twelve o' 'e o'elock, at t AND CO E W YORK, travellers , ada, th, a extensive use liscellar ,zvz., 1 4.4•94-tii SA TURD,t Y, ETN, APRIL IG, ISSO, THE DAY'S NEWS In the House of Commons, last night, the Secretary of State for the Home Department was very closely interrogated with ref( of magistrate and during ti magistrates on politic condemned ) the recent appointment Hereford, and Bristol ; Ippoint ments made by the present Government was a Lord' John .eterred to had who was anunceAificated bankrupt Manners admitted that the - party been a bankrupt thirty ye go, but said that be had since n very lirgely engaged in busir Sir de Lacy Evan position of Continental affairs, no di m i nu ti on s h ou ld be made in the effective military forces of the United Kingdom ; and Lord Stanley, in reply, stated that the subject had been gravely considered by the government, and that it was not intended to detach any corps at present for India. In reply to Mr. Hadfield, Lord Stanley stated that it was ed tliitt, in th intended to inen e the duty from five to ten per cent. on the importations of hardware into India. The Attorney-General for Ireland in reference to the late ribbon trials in Belfast, and in reply to Mr M`Mahon said, the House of C )morons was not the proper tribunal to whom applications should be made on such a subject as the setting aside jurors, but he stated that, in the recent trials, all those set aside were publicans. A discussion io ensued, in which members expressed their opinions. The fate of the proposed peace Acry probl ama ti ca l . Th e g day theay are far from satisfactory. latest reports • The Paris correspondent the herald s a y s , _ there are reasons for believinc , that the proposals made by Austria, as to the various''' mitt ed by points to be sal) _ to the Congress, are deemed wholly unacceptable The eo,rreLsepTuilleries.cabinet of the :3 ,T tle i li e t of the Daily 11rews reporti that difference have Walewski, after a long diseucssosleY mid Count The opinion a strong conviction that very serious exists between the two Governments. in reference to the general disarmament p i l • l o e , Pa ,, trie, Austria, persists in repeating that this measure hY not be applied to France. The. Patrie says, France cannot be exce.eted to diminish tile strength of h e ; '- a single cannon negociations seems , ounts received yester- nor to send 1 to her arsenals as far ashy is give a summar ie disarinaments can only impl3, )ncerricd, the end In the meantime the moven have assumed such proportions that they longer bu An ritti made to France The Moniteur, it is stated, will refer to the subject in a day or two. The Journal de Cherbourg announces that the dockyard authorities have received orders to prepare nine gunboats, for active service, without delay. They will form the first division of a gun-boat squadron, and are intended for service in the shallow waters of the Adriatic. La Fiance Centrale is permitted to announce that, in case of a war, the staff of the army will be composed as follows :—The Emperor, Commander-in-Chief; General Canrobert, Major- General ; General Neil, General de Service ; General Lebceuf, Commander of the Artillery ; General de Martinprey, Chief of the Staff. The Paris corre- spondent of the. Daily Hews says, Holland and Belgium will by this time have concluded a treaty for mutual defence in case of There is to be a joint army of 120,000 men, Of which 80,000 are to be furnished by the Ki ng o f t h e Belgians, and 40,000 by the King of Holland, but Holland is to be at . the expense of fitting out a fleet to be stationed in Scheldt and the Meuse.. The Turin correspondent of the Times says, the total number of volunteers from the other Italian States is about 12,000, and they continue to pour in at an average rate of 200 daily. They are at once sent off to the depots. The large and increasing number of these volunteers is unquestionably a dith culty in the way of disarming. Several of Poerio': fellow captives have arrived at Turin, and the re mainder are expected during the month. We report fully, this morning, two cases of much mercantile importance that took place yesterday, at the Police-court. The first is a very singular case of conspiracy, and attempting to pass forged notes of the Bank of England. A man named Lambert, who keeps a barber's shop in Lime-street, was charged with having sent to some tobacco manufacturers in Dundalk and Belfast, orders for tobacco, and at the same time forwarded forged bank of England notes to cover the One of the orders for five rolls of to a Mr. Carroll, in Dundalk, amount but he to Live ) be caught, and he It i and discovered the swindle. aid -is a wide-spread one. The chief against Lambert is a fellow named David son, who wrote the letters, and signed them " Samuel Goodere." There were bills :headed like those of the Society of Friends, such as blank, the blank day of the month, &c. The evidence in the case will be found worth attention. Mr. Cobb, who laid all the blame on the conspirac evidence appeared Davidson The Case s over for a we 1 the cit NOTICE TO OUR CHESTER 3SCRIBERS OUR CHESI NFORMFD THAT IN FUTURE, THE " NORTHERN TIMES " WILL BI SUPPLIED IN CHESTER BY THE AGENT OF MESSRS W. H. SMITH & SON, FROM Till STATION NEWSPAPER OF RAILWAY TO CORR: compla lyas_mixed up by an attorney Ince very irnpronerl ither directly or hiciirec RUSTICii Friday should be ObserVed as a hi Mr. Charles Edward Hughes write: report of the Mercury his name in his evidence on the Lime-str but that hi, accompln saltily for ROYAL Am TIM PART! 114rTAL Colto, it is said, sot e new revelations will be ma The other case w“ —arge of embezzlement against a person named Ferguson, who was chief manager of Messrs. Carver and Co.'s extensive business in Liver pool. It will be found fully reported in another column. The prisoner was let out on bail till Wed nesday next. A Meeting of the Pilots employed on the Mersey, was held last night, the proceedings of which we report elsewhere. A memorial had been drawn up and forwarded to the pilot committee of the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board, regarding the present arrangements among this important body of the community, praying that each should have a fair shar of labou of continue the on of th present system of an um( of this port. Resolutions ;ed at the meet and the correspondence mittee and the pilots w ad between the Pilot Com had signed the memorial teturns, as p lished in last night's Gazette, show an increast )1 £373,820 in active circulation, and a decrease of £723,060 in reserve of notes, and £371,940 in the amount of bullion in the bank coffers. THE NEEDLI ESS OF A DISSOLUTION, THERE can be no doubt that a dissolution -of parliament at the present critical conjuncture is, on eve 7 account, to be deprecated ; and when one looks attentive y to the immediate oc mion of it, it is impossible not to be struck with the fact of its being needless, at any rate for the actual obj y's Government to view, that of enablin settle, to the satisfaction of parliament, the question leer Majesty' lent atio n now, for of a reform in the rer instance, are in a situation to compare the measure which Lord JOHN RUSSELL has proposed to bring forward, with that of 1 Ministers, of which he would not permit the would take eleven more Dnd reacH :rs from small boroughs than the Government that bill did, he would lower the county franchise to £lO ; and he would go a little lower than it professed to do with the Borough franc Bill did :hire : he would have a £6, whilst it's was to be £lO, would have at present; a Mini ,nd he those franchises of th measure which were called the fancy franchises declaring that " they would admit many as well qualific toral body says, " Not on Iv is there d to votb into the elec contemporary writer truly no differen that of the Go lent. I that the Government would lave Ni in every detail of Lord Jail the question, for a time dissolution." It was d ciple between his proposal and than probable sly acquiesced outline, just to settle lout a previous over and over again, during the d If . theN membe opposed, let And Sir was even more tension of mission upon Lorl JOHN areJ, in RUSSELL'S hostile resolution, t into Committee, and as those required decided upon could b anly let the Bill ich changes Ind considered HARDY represented the Bill as " one which would furnish a basis upon which t might fairly consider what was for the advantage of the countri adoption of Lord JOIIN'S '—even to the men dme The First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Jous PAKINGTON, upon this point, said—" We tell you, only let the measure id then, when we get into be read a nd time ttee, t 3 can be considered, and we 11 St iovernment, em -by a Jade to th party comp( opportunity of iat v save the cauntry and clan gerous agitation the details to which tt them do * at another chose to divith STAFFORD NORTIICOTE, anoth explicit Etying—' was quite die measure t brought forward for th the suffrag =traction ; and if their proposition fell what wa xpeeted, the House had the pow carry it as much further as they pleased higher authority, the iatroduc the CHANCELLOR of ti would admit of extension, but not of ;holt of ver to A. still of the Bill him. EXCHEQUER, di " the nroposition that we make, and which, if we go I have no doubt, be developed into Committee, ma., with great 'advantage, would add very much to the ig classes nk, which shows proportion it gives of the work donee, all this, we cannot it would not have been difficult to get o Government Bill all which Lord JOHN himself, at .t of the any rate, now offers to give The Government measure, and th Lord JOHN now proposes, are identical then, as ure whic h regards the lowering of the county franchise pects the borough franchise, althouP• O. Lord JOHN'S goes doFn to a lower rental, yet it would not, it seems, really add so many more of the working classes to the constituencies than the oth be supposed ; not by any means, had it been amended in Committee, as ee the case of Lord's JOHN'S proposed tension of the franchise thus described, by a Liberal That a £6 franchise, based on real rent 4. a considerable numb- as might ?eilay.;, as the other, it might have been. We s, ther THE NORTHERN TIMES SATURDAI, APRIL 16, 1859 can be no doubt; but that these would consist generally of the working classes we utterly deny, for the proposed franchise is not a questiun which ap plies only to the £6 houses, but also to those at £7, £B, £9, and up to £9 195., all of which are at present excluded by the £lO franchise, and all of which would be admitted, and in nearly equal proportions, by the £6 franchise, so called." And after an elabo rate enumeration of the statistics of town rentals, the Liberal, or rather Radical writer comes to this conclusion,—" Only 21,725 bona fide working-men would be admitted in the whole of the boroughs of England and Wales. In this way Lord JOHN RUS SELL now proposes to redeem the promise made in his speech against Lord DERBY'S Bill to enfranchise 'many hundred thousands of the working classes,' by enfranchising 21,625 ! This is certainly homoeo pathy in Reform, and no mistake, and will certainly entitle his lordship to the title of the hommpathic Reformer !" Certainly, if this be all, it would seem to have been very needless to provoke a dissolution of parliament for the sake of it. Far more consistent is Mr. BRIGHT. He seeks an extension of the suffrage so large, so comprehensive, as to be a worthy cause of even the giave expedient of a dissolution. His measure disfranchises and re distributes some 80 or 100 seats,, giving them to larger and more popular constituencies; it includes the £lO suffrage for counties, and the establishment of the borough franchise upon a basis like that of the already-existing municipal franchise, giving the vote to all who are rated at not less than £3, or occupy ing to the value of not less than £4 per annum, with the ordinary twelvemonths' residence, and also to tl cupiers of apartments if they pay not less than £lO The ballot, of course. Here, then, we per annum say, there is something worth the sacrifice and the turmoil of a dissolution But Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S scheme is so very little more comprehensive than that of Lord DERBY,—so very much the same, indeed, as Lord DERBY'S had a chance of being developed into, in Committee, — that the more closely, we repeat, one institutes a comparison, the more one is struck with the need lessness of a dissolution of parliament on account of it. Looking at Lord JOHN'S toils and troubles, and those of his followers, through so long a debate,-- his and their laboured efforts to present something great as a substitute ;for the small affair of the Ministry's,—one is forcibly reminded of the well= known line of HORACE, of which it does indeed afford a most amusing illustration, Parturiunt montes nascetur ridiculus mus ! The mountain is in labour, and a ridiculous mouse is brought forth ! insure with them, in payment of their yearly premiums, and their willingness to have it taken for granted that they are perfectly satisfied with the condition of the insured in every respect. We never hear of their disputing it then, and returning the money, or declining to receive any more, on account of alleged "intemperate habits," or anything else. So long, we say, as the money keeps coming in, year after year, they "ask no questions" make no inquiries ; all is quite correct,—the money pours in, and that is the main chance. It is only when they are called upon to make good their engagement—to fulfil the object for which the yearly payments were made—that they begin, for the first time, to suspect, to enquire, and to demur ; and then, eventually, to refuse to pay the policy at all. And this, we maintain, is most unfair. It is their duty to make such diligent inquiry at the first—before accepting the life for insurance as to render it unnecessary to do anything of the kind hereafter. The engagement being once entered into, all its conditions should be held as finally settled upon. There ought, in fact, to be a law enacting that such Companies shall not be allowed to dispute the '—they payments of their policies, upon any plea whatever, when once they have been granted ; and there will have to be such a law, as a security to persons who insure. Such trials as that we allude to show the urgent necessity of such a law. But, in the mean time, the conduct of such Offices as refuse to pay any of their policies that fall due, must be exposed and reprehended. The Press may in this way cause c >erve tl: "the our part, we shall avail ourselves of every oppor of doing so, under a conviction that we tunity ..-..-.-..-",.....----..... REFUSALS TO PAY LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES THE remarks we took occasion to make in this place, a few days since, on the practice which certain Life Offices are adopting, of refusing to pay their policies that fall due, if they can avail themselves of any pretext, however untenable, for doing so, has called forth the following defence of the Company to whose case we more particularly referred, as having been the subject of an action tried at our recent Assizes ; and we cannot do better than pre sent it here in the shape in which we have received it : TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir,—As an article appeared in your paper a few days ago, commenting on the case of Hampshire v. The Medical, Invalid, and General Life Assurance Society, and reflecting rather severely on the conduct of the latter for resisting payment to the unfortunate widow of the claim under deceased's policy, I beg very respectfully to call your atten tion to the article in the accompanying journal the Weekly Chronicle and Register—and also to the detailed evidence, given in another page, as elicited during the trial. You will then see that it is possible to take another view of the case, and perhaps one more in accordance with its strict merits. There may be something amiable and praiseworthy in the sympathy exhibited to the " fatherless and widow ; but no one would justify a robbery committed with a view to handin ,, over the proceeds to some objects of charity, however deserving. But this is precisely ex emplified when au insurance society is compelled to pay upon a policy dishonestly obtained ; and it cannot be said that a policy is otherwise than dishonestly obtained, when an habitual drunkard declares himself to be of uniformly sober and temperate habits. The effect of verdicts given in such cases, in direct contravention of the plainest deuce, will be to perpetrate an enurmous Injustice upon the public ; for not only will facilities be given to the multipli cation of these fraudulent representations—thereby en dangering the stability of insurance societies generally - but the honourable and truth-stating policy-holder becomes, to some extent, the victim of the unscrupulous, and thus discredit is thrown upon •what ought rather to be encou raged and promoted—viz.; the duty of mal in this admirable way, against tl tality, to which we are all liable. 3 submit the above for your candid consideration ; and if, in any way, my observations can he shaped into a form for publication, I trust I may appeal to' your impar tiality to admit into your columns something by way of counteraction to the prejudicial observations to which I have alluded. I remain yours respectfully, WEVILI 31, Jame street, Liverpool, 12th April, 1859. with the article in the journal that accom panied this communication, we have nothing to do. Thatjournalis one in the interest of Insurance Dances, and is therefore incapable of bearing independent testimony in such a case ; while as to the' detailed evidence " during the trial that it contains, our own columns gave it, in substance, qu it e as correc tl y , and we referred to it in our article, in corroboration of our statemen It was clearly shown, by the • evidence, that Mr. HAMPSHIRE was a man in perfect lth at the time the Insurance was cis:et:3d witnesses, who knew him intimately at the deposal--of course on oath—that he was a man shall thereby be promoting the public interest The Globe announces the death of Lady Morgan, authoress of the " Wild Irish Girl." The Queen has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Kinzd3m unto Brenton Hallihurton, Knight of tilt Esq , Chief Justice of Nova Scotia The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Benares .ailed from Suez on the 28th March, with the English mail for Australia, of that mouth. ADDITIONAL MAILS FOR CANADA BY CANADIAN MAIL PACKETS.---illrOrMatiOTl has been received that a new con tract has been entered into between the government of Canada and the AI - entreat Ocean Steamship Company, for the establishment of a weekly mail service between Liver pool and Quebec during the period that the navigation of the River St. Lawrence is open. The first despatch from Liverpool under the new arrangement will be on Wednes day, the 23th instant, and there will be a Canadian mail packet despatched from Liverpool to Quebec on each suc ceeding Wednesday, until the close of the navigation. By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, See --General Post-office, April 15. ~~----- THE CJIINER OF DUX -STREET. —Now that some of the coffee-house nuisances have, been checked; suppose the police try the eAperirnent, which we have already fruitlessly sug gested more than once, of suppressing the open air gatherings and indecencies of prostitutes• and their friends around the corner of Duke-street and Paradise-street. The public honors attending an expedition into Lime-street may not, indeed, await an attempt such as we suggest, but it would have the merit of coping with a nuisance infinitely more outrageous than any which ever was witnessed in the com paratively civilised neighbourhood which seems at present wholly to absorb police attention. It has this advantage, too, that there can be no legal question raised upon it. Whoeve'r may think prostitutes entitled to shelter themselves under the roof of any one base enough to harbour them, no one will contend that they are entitled to a privilege not accorded to any other class of persons —that of blocking up a thoroughfare and assailing every passenger. Some doub t appeared to exist .as to whether any positive indecencies were committed in the supper 'Morns, whose doings were described in yesterday's papers. Any one who passes at night the coiner of Dike-street can have no doubt that such things occur there under the cover of no roof, and with no policemen, magistrate, or society of any kind taking thought for their suppression. Ma ay other parts of the town have been represented to us, and are, to our knowledge, equally requiring police attention, but if our local authorities can do nothing for Dake-streot, it seems useless to distract their minds from speculations on the essential causes of the " social evil" by pointing to such common-place matters as blocked-up corners and general meetings of low-class prostitute, _,1.,..- THE DURATION OF OUR CABINETS SINCE THE REFORM CT. -- The following account of the names and duration of the various administrations which have governed England since the passing of the Reform Act of 1832 may, at this moment be interesting to all parties. The ministry of Earl Grey held office from November, 1830, to August, 1834, and was instrumental in carrying the bill for the reform of the representative system. On the - resignation of Earl Grey, in Angust, 1834, the Whig ministry was modified, and Viscount Melbourne was raised to the office of First Lord of the Treasury. This ministry was dissolved by William IV., in November, 1834, when Sir Robert Peel was sum moned by the King from Rome to form a new government on moderate Conservative principles. Sir Robert's tenure of office, however, was brief, for, in the following April (1836) the right hon. baronet was defeated on the famous "Appro priation Clause," and Lord Melbourne once more resumed the reins of government. This, the second Melbourne Min istry, endured from April, 1835, to August, 1841, or up wards of six years, exclusive of the week's interregnum in 1839, when Lord Melbourne temporarily resigned, and was reinstated on the refusal of Sir R. Peel to take office under certain circumstances. In the summer of 1841 the Whigs were defeated, and Sir Robert Peel formed that Adminis tration which carried the principle of Free Trade, and was eventually upset in 1846 by the secession of its "Protectionist" supporters. Lord John Russell's Administration, which succeeded, lasted from June, 1846, to February, 1852, when a defeat on the Militia bill induced his lordship to resign office. Then came the brief Administration of the Earl of Derby, which lasted about nine months. It was dissolved just before Christmas, 1852, and the Earl of Aberdeen succeeded as the head of a Coalition Ministry which was overthrown in January 1855, on the Sebastopol Inquiry motion, thus lasting a week or two more than two years. The government of Lord Pal merston was then formed, and continued until FebrUary 1858, when, being defeated on the Conspiracy Bill, his lordship and his colleagues resigned office, which they had held for three years. The government of Lord Derby was then formed. THE COURT, Her Majesty's dinner party on Thursday evening included the Duchess of Kent (attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Lady Susan Melville), the Princess Alice, the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and Countess of Bessborough, the Earl of Rosslyn, Lord George Lennox, the Right Hon. Sir John and Lady Young, Sir George Couper, and Major Elphiustone, R.E. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance, and played during dinner. The following had the honour of receiving invitations in the evening :—Lady Elizabeth and Lady Harriett Yorke, Lady Caroline Barrington, Lord R. Leveson Gower, Major- General the lion. C. and Mrs. Grey, Miss Grey, Colonel the Hon. Sir C. and Lady Phipps, Miss, Mr. C., and Mr. A. Phipps, and the Hon. Mrs. Biddulph. Mr.iilbert Smith had the honour of performi❑g after dinner, before her Majesty and the royal party, and intro clnecd his entertainment, entitled a "Lecture on China, with some description of the overland route." t Duchess of Kent visited '.::r ...ackingham Pa y iR tb Several not in the habit of getting drunk ; for it had never been pretende that he did not " take his glas as the saying is witnesses He took it, as one of the " like any body else,"• times, rather freely ; but seldom or never to produce intoxication. As one of the it, some witnesses said of the habit of taking a glass or two throughout the day, "it never did me any harm ;" and it did not appear to have done him any either, at the time his health was inquired into for the purpose of the Insurance. Afterwards, when he had had his salary reduced, and he had fallen into rather a desponding state, he appears to have given way to drinking indulgencies. But this was some time after the Insurance was effected. The testimony of his medical man was of itself sufficient to sustain the action,—" There was nothing in the deceased to indicate that he had been a man of intemperate habits as far back as 1855,"—the year in which his life was insured, and his state of health inquired into. The learned Judge, after briefly and carefully recapitulating the evidence to the jury, said to them, —" If you think that this party has been uniformly sober and temperate, you will find for the plaintiff ; but if you think that he has not been uniformly sober and temperate, you will find for the defen dants,"—and the jury did find for the plaintiff, thus declaring that the deceased was a sober and temperate man, and that therefore the Insurance Company were bound to pay his widow the amount of the policy. But what we principally complain of, in all such cases as this, is the eagerness with which Insurance Companies go on taking the money of those LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. No SHIP SHOULD GO TO SEA without one of Saunders and Co.'s Patent Self-cleansing Charcoal Filters, cased and fitted-up expressly for use on board ship. Note the address, SAUNDERS & CO, 16, Parker-street, Liverpool. RUN OVER AND KILLED. —Yesterday a lad, nine years of age, residing at 277, Vauxhall-road, was playing in the street, nearly opposite to his own door, when he was run over by a ginger -beer cart, and received such injuries on the body that he died almost immediately. THE EFFECTS OF A " DROP TOO Muca."—Allen Henry, who resides at 89, Bond-street, was yesterday morning wandering about the George's Pier-head, in a state of intoxication, when he reeled against a post and fell. When he was picked up it was found that his leg was broken. AMERICAN MAILS.—The Africa sails direct jor New York this morning. The box at the post-office will close at half-past seven o'clock, and finally at half-past eight. The receiving-box will be open on the landin(r ° -stage until half-past ten, on the payment of the u sua l l a t e fee of is. THE CONDEMNED PRISONERS IN CHESTER CASTLE.—The two prisoners, Richard Boulton and John Danks, who were found guilty of the murder of the two gamekeepers at the last assizes, and were condemned to death, have been re spited. Both prisoners were much affected on receiving the intelligence. THE - CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED It:I.PE AT MA:N=lu At the Birkenhead Police Court, yes day, Wm. Thompson, who was charged with administeiing dra_ 14 years of age, with intent to commit a rap ) a young girl anderwent an; examination; but the evidence was so unsatisfactory that the magistrates discharged the prisoner. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE SANDON . GRAVING-DOCK. loon, Thomas Robinson, a ship carpenter, >ey-street, Kirkdale, was, engaged in doing some repairs in the Sandon Graving-dock, when he fell over the ship's side into the dock. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, but died in the course of half an "hour. To SHIPPERS AND EXPORTERS.—A most profitable article of export, to warm climates especially, are the Self ressrs. Saunders sterday aft residing in ME cleansing CharcOal Fil act they are a liberal dis, erever there is bad water unt on export and whole BEGONE DULL CAR' S': and Co.' allow ~ate orders. McCabe, it will be re membered, performs this week for the last time. The last week has been ono of triumph, and those who would enjoy a varied and excellent treat, should not miss the coming week. We have already spoken of the performance in detail, and can say that the performance is as innocent as it is excellent in all respects. NEW CAFE..—Mr Ross, of the Eldon Dining Rooms, is about to add, to his already handsome establishment, a new and comfoilable Cafe, under the Bankruptcy Court. This, from its central position, and the well-known character of the proprietor fix• procuring the best fare, at moderate charges, cannot fail to be welcome to the public, as sach a refreshment room was much required in the locality. FIGHTING TiciEu.--The lovers Natural History, will be delighted to monarch of beasts has arrived in this tas already created immense 0- IING OF OUR -ondors o learn, that tit country, and the naturaliits of our NI lensation amo;igst We understand that this' splendid Etnithal has been named as one of the richest spoils of India, having been greatly prized, and whose name and fame is cherished by every native of the Indian • &rnpirE ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE.—Late on Thursday night, a man named Thomas Hughes, residing in Sherwood-street, by some means or other got into Prince's Dock basin, and attempted to droWn himself. The policeman on duty was attracted to the spot, and with some aid succeeded in rescuing him before he accomplished his purpose. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, where the proper restora tives were applied, and he is in a fair way of recovery. TIIF, ASSAULT ON BARD THE MANIIA.TTAN.—WiIIiam Harpin and Thomas Corrigan, charged with violently assaulting William Harpin, a coloured man and cook on board the Manhattan, lying in the river, were again brought up before the Birkenhead magistrates. The assault was committed on Thursday week, and the injured man is not yet out of danger. He was, however, examined yesterday, and the prisoners were committed for trial at' the Knutsford sessions, which open on the 20th proximo. TIIB AMPHITHEATRE.—Mr. M'Kean Buchanan performed every night but one during the week. Mr. Buchanan is decidedly not without talents and appreciation, and we are informed suffered under some severe disadvantages the first night of his appearance, arising from ill-health. Neverthe less, we must repeat that we cannot join in the praise this tragedian has received in many instances, and do not believe that as yet he evidences any capabilities of rising to leading ranks even among our present Shakesperian actors. SOUTHERN HOSPITAL.- - Weekly Report, April 13, 1859. Admitted : Accidents and urgent cases, 63 ; medical and surgical case; upon recommendation, 13; total, 76. Dis charged: Cared, 12; relieved, 5; irregular, 3; died, 3; total, 23. Attending as out-patients, 35. Remaining in the hospital, 43. Treasurer : James Houghton, Esq. Visitors : J. Andrews, Esq., and D. Clarke, Esq. Honorary chaplain : Rev. W. Leveson. Physician and surgeon for the ensuing week : Dr. Cameron and Mr. Hamilton. House surgeons : Mr. John M. Bateson and Mr. C. Pemberton. TILE MONSTER TIGER.—The Great Royal Double-striped Lueknow Fightinc , Tiger " Junglar," late the property of the Ex-King of Oude, as stated in the Eines, having left for Europe, In the "Nile," Captain Strange, has arrived. This stupendous animal has been known to kill a wild buffalo with a stroke of its paw. His enormous size, great beauty, and the singularity of the markings on his skin, has rendered him famous throughout the world. His departure for Europe was a marked event in all the Indian journals. For particulars, enluire of Mr. B. Isaacson, naturalist, 16, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.-At seven o'clock yesterday morn ing, a lahourer named John James, residing at 27, Pall Mall, in the employ of Messrs. Macfie and Co., sugar boilers, Bat- chelor-street, was in the act of reaching over some machi nery in the top room, for • the purpose of cleaninc , it, when his clothes came in contact with a cog-wheel, and was con sequently pulled amongst the machinery, and was mangled in a frightful manner. John Flinn, who was in the room at the time and saw the accident, ran and stopped the engine, but before the unfortunate man could be released he was cut to pieces. His le g s, from the knees down war d, were completely cut off, and his body Otherwise horribly kraised. Doctor Edie was called in, but the body was quite _ dead when be arrived. The • deceased was carried home to his residence, where, sad to relat( his_ widow lay on her child-bed, being about a fort- and still in feeble night after her confinemen health. She is left with four children unprovi, hope some effort will be made on her behalf. MR. MASON JONES'S ORATION LAST NIGHT. _ night this distinguished young orator delivered his oration on " Curran, and the wits and orators of the Irish bar," in the Hope-hall. The building was crowded by a most respectable auditory. The oration on Curran was delivered by Mr. Jones in Liverpool some months since, and was repeated last night in consequence of urgent requests. It is one of the most varied and attractive, especially to a general audience ; the lecturer's course is studded through with specimens of Curran's wit and humour, exhibiting a deep and thorough acquaintance with the subject, and a critical appreciation of the various styles of the great orator's of Curran's age; and affords abundant opportuni ties for the display of Mr. Jones's splendid declamatory powers. The audience were consequently enthusiastic in the highest degree ; many even who had heard the lecturer before, being irresistibly carried away by its variety, its vividness of description, and its eloquence. At the con clusion, and at several points of the lecture, the applause of the audience was almost overwhelming. CHARGE OF ASSAULT, AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.-- Yesterday, at the Police-office, before Mr. Preston, Paul James Daly, a boarding-house keeper, in Regent street, was charged by a foreigner, named Oscar 'ceche, for having assaulted and attempted to rob him. Mr. Bluck appeared for the prisoner. Officer Barrow, No 7, said, he was on duty at the Clarence-gate, and was called into Regent-street. when he was told there was murder being cemmitted in the prisoner's house. He went there and heard a great noise, and on going in he saw the prisoner and prosecutor struggling about a purse, the prisoner having his hand in the prosecutor's pocket; the latter then charged Daly for an assault, and attempting to steal his purse. On cross-examination of the prosecutor by Mr. Bluck, he said he formerly lodged in the prisoner's house, and owed him some money, and when he went i n th a t morning the prisoner wanted him to pay, but he deferred doing so for some days, saying the prisoner had over five pounds worth of clothes of his in the place. The case then resolved itself into an assault, and Mr. Bluck said, the fact was that the com-' plainant wanted to jump out of a window, when the pri soner pulled him back, and that was the whole case of assault. The prisoner was fined £1 or 14 days' im prisonment. - MERSEY Docxs INsTtrurE.—A meeting of this society was held on Thursday evening, at the temporary premises recently engaged by the committee, in the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street; and, although the weather was so very unpropitious, there was a goodly attt en d ance b oth of sub scribers and non-subscribers. The chief object of the g. meetin was to enable the workin g men to make inquiries and offer suggestions, before the general meeting is called, for the purpose of considering the rules and giving perma nence to the society's arrangements. Besides the president, Mr. Samuelson, there were present 111 r. Cowan, the chairman, Mr. Ayres, the treasurer, and several other members of the committee. Letters were read from Lord John Russell and Mr. Charles P. Melly, th e f ormer expressing very great pleasure at ‘'nilndation and progress of the institute, the latter container, working men to help them - subscription. Messrs. selves, Francis Bonit, C. E. Rawlins, jun , & c were also annou nce as honorary members, and Mr. *B. Royal BO' Buildings, as a life member. The names of Roberts , 'Messrs. hors' fall, M.P., Ewart, M.P., Charles Turner, Esq. , already announced, were received with applause. S° 111 _„ conversation then ensued regarding the benefits t hat it wl! proposed, -by means of the institute, to confer u!!. the men, and it having been stated that a strong des existed among them to have evening classes, many who, not being able to read or write, would Di debarred from enjoying the advantages of the Reading-r 0,11.: it was moved by Mr. Pitman, and seconded by Mr. 0 11111. 1; (hoth labourin& men)—" That an section, writing, comprise at first classes for instruction inreading, and the first four rules of arithmetic, be at once added !°__ the Institute." This resolution having been unaninionsirl carried, several of the gentlemen engaged in the Al.u e ir Dock-office (amongst others the chairman) tendered their they as there IF services as volunteer teachers, and the men present, w ho B o not previously subscribed, then enrolled their names members. The working men then sought explanations a lie several subjects, amongst others as to the connection of 1 150 Institute with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, as to whether it was imperative that members of I t ; Educational Section and Reading-room should also bec° members of the proposed Benefit Society. These c l aes,. w tions were promptly and satisfactorily answered by . 00 president and chairman, who stated that no con necti r d, whatever existed between the Institute and the Boi Ld and that the men need not join the Benefit Society unit; they found it to their advantage. Mr. Perris, one °f that committee, stated (and the Chairman confirmed) i. 050 whilst a proper actuary would be employed, under "scu t 5. direction the committee would draw up a table ef , r3 ,, e 13 Benefit Society sacs-, ,n e s d sa b r e y su fo b t j e c t t h e t o ./ jag men then addressed .0: sed their opinions to *hat tliel „ ra g pnrooteinctflioarof: yet it was proposed that t belong strictly tot other than the subscribers meeting Other worlun6 beheyed would naeot the approval of the dock l . a 0 generally, and arrangements were made for obtatal° in g large a nu l nber of saliscribers as possible. After aceor' an enthusiastic vote of th an k s to the president, 6. 1311i0t /1 and committee, the meeting separated. Ai ate The newly-born daughter of P r ince Danilo of ' ,-o p negro has been chri s t ene d by th e names o f Alela n ' — t he Eugenia, and a present of 50,000 florins, arising fro 7 t he 4 , vo l un t ar y con t r ib ut i ons " o f t h e M ontenegr i ns a nd o relatives and allies of her family, has been given her. tor THE NEATOLITAN EXILES.—Lord Shaftesbury, in i . le t he to the Times, gives an accoun t o f th e o p er ations 01 o f Neapolitan Exiles' Committee. He says that thirtyro, the exiles have already left, and arrangements are ill P i o gross for the departure of nearly all the others. e Pl o d out what yet remains to bo d one f or th ose en feebled by j years of imprisonment, and speaks in the highest terms' the whole both AUSTRALIA.—On Tuesday , evening the auxiliary se .. : t a t clipper Royal Bride, Captain N ew l an d s , arr ived at D 3 'i l s o ot direct from Melbou rne , b r i ng i ng 74 passengers , heti 30,000 ounces of gold, an d a mixed cargo of wool, lcat bet copper ore, Scc. She has taken 103 days to accoraPlisl4l. passage home, having left Melbourne on the Ist of Ja n M pg The long detention 13 attribut e d t o th e f ac t of her 10 .0 lest one of her patent shutters off Cape Horn. 1111 add have been long anticipated. DROWNING Or A WOMAN of Court of As s ' / "' spied two days in trying La`, lr c e iti t ;he man who th rew a woman i n t o th e S omme , at th'"' ne trol and drowned her. Th e woman was th e w ife of an for officer, and was very respectable. The man's reason murdering her was that s h e was anx i ous , on account % t f o being a bad character, to break off an intimate conleedeuee which he had formed with her dau g hte r . The evl against the p r iso n e r was c l ear , an d h e was d ec lared g e l es , though with extenuating, circumstances. The Court demised him to 20 years' hard labour. , t ENCOUNTER WITH AN ALLIGATOR.—On Tuesday- last' some Kaffir girls were washing clothes in the Unig e o . ni ' the alligator happened to be taki ng hi s p romena de thre tl e w eli river, perhaps looki ng a ft er h is l unc h eon or di n ner. S the young ladies in the water, he turned aside with 33 tention of appropriating one of them for his own uS e ' ee rerd with a strange fancy in taste, he swam past all the u tig ht girls, and seized the utt ermos t o f a ll. Th e a lligator her, in the first place, about the hip, and the g irl, 11 1, 0 , 1 1. deavouring to save herself, was a l so l arcera t e d in the s: t ee der. Some Kaffir men, very luckily, happened to be 7 anc e:l neighbouring bank, and c ame t o th e g i r l's as sis ci e ar , They succeeded in frighte n i ng awa y the alligator, ° co ra ing the gi r l, th oug h no t b e f ore she• had been very. ISLIP * : wounded. The s u ff erer i s a daughter of our clu e ' constable "Tuta."---N a t a l Star. • 0 0: Loss OF FI VE W HALING S HIPS IN THE I CE. -qt de o s 'i the. whalingfrom p e arrival noim rs at fro thatls,_ e which reports the total l oss o f fi ve s hi ps, tw o 4.1 ,et,1e steamers, while employed i n th e fi s h er i es i n the f Sea. They were the Empress of India, an iron al l , rt , screw steamer, launched at Newcastle in the early the year ; the Volunteer, another screw steamship beZtlle' to the Tyne ; the barqu es Al er t, o f P e t er head, 311 0 50 Milenca, of Frazerburgh, and a third barque, name at l t ) be icee unknown. It is supp ose d th a t th e y were crus hed per Although no mention was made of the crews, it Is o w sumed that they were saved, a s th e N arwa l is stated to„eare, thirty-six of the crew of the Empress of India en The Gertrude, of Hull, al so sus t a i ne d cons iderable d3 se alsr in the ice, and the Narwal, which had on board 3, o° f i n ch* reports having had a narrow esca p e . Th e E m press ° oferf was a very fine vessel, 600 tons register, 100 horse P it . and classed A 1 f ur t we l ve y ears . t he ANGRY LETTERS.-An angry l e tt er , especially og ry writer be well loved, is so much fiercer than anY ree speech, so much more un en d ura bl e There the vi e e r ,, tee ea main scorching not to be expl a i ne d awa y, n ot to h love for by a kiss—not to be softened down by the word ° o cal , that may follow so quickly upon spoken anger. J . - : r itte ll defend me from angry lette rs ! th e y s h ou ld n ever he " oe fe, except to schoolb o y s or men a t college, and not ofte n tl a be $ if they be-any way tender-hearted; this at least shell ~tter. rule through the lett er - wr iti ng . world ; that no angriewsea be posted till four-and-twenty hours shall have i s tha t since it was written. We all know - how a bsurd en are other rule, that o f sa yi ng th e a l p h a b e t when f t peith angry. Trash ! Sit d own an d wr it e your letter ; a t 0 1° all the venom in your power; spit out your splee l , l , - eel fullest; 'twill do you good : you think von 113 ' injured ; say all that you can say with all your P t % you r equen.ce, and gratify yourself by reading it wh i ' d. as S -is still hot. Then put it into your desk; to d ou ble urse, burn it before breakfast on the d obl% Believe me, that you will then hav e 3 ecation.— The Bertrams, DEATH OF MACKAY, THE CELEBRATED PIFEI t ; - ,, es Shir e P was accidentally d rowne d, i n th e r i ver Nith, De 33l- Afe r , Mr. Angus Mackay, formerly piper to her Majestl.d wit kay was of a race of hereditary pipers who obtai rs n e e i re iast instruction at the once celebrated College of the 0 the in the Isle of Skye, which has been swept asvaY down n ige m s u p si r c o , d w uc h e i d ch inintahney of his profession can a ati altered state of Gaelic 5 n ow He was not s i m pl y a performer, able to re ad an ear eelf do, he was a composer of singular abbe ' e ars 0 , e lits , s , ef his style o f execut i on so superior that even t" less 3°- Majesty were pleased with an instrument which in hands would have been discordant. He published a wee tion of upwards o f 60 o f t h ose ancient an d peculiar 1:101 of music, called Piobreach, with historical and bioe jitarl letterpress, which is a standard work among th e t. and private prof essors o f th e nat i ona l instrunle: ith t heir published a volume of " Reels and Strathspeys , had 0 11 1 respective names ie. both Gaelic and English, ana u' s b e siar' siderable collection of his own composition. lie was tonel le. no contemptible versifier of poems from his nadir The Gaelic orthography of his name is Mac-A. o(l h' nq ues' TRUTHFULNESS OF THE Poole—Mr. J. S• M ill i useriterr tionably a very c ourageous as we ll as a very ah t e vrite iet has declared in a r e cen t p u bli cat i o n , t h a t, in Gr cj at h, 30 1 1 the higher classes, f or th e most part, spea k the tr frev en the lower classes, al mos t without excep h tion, have e ee 10 1 recourse to falsehood, I t hi n k M r. M ill m ust Toe unfortunate in his ex p er i ence o f the poor . I have seen or and of them, and I have found among them much 11°T re s e j ha ve truthfulness, along with great kindness of heart. "w T heerig ni little to give away in the form of money, but will.e give their time and strength in the service of a sick fee° bour. I have known a shepherd who had eorne„„ rn eoet the hills in the twilight of a cold December.al_7o po ol weary and worn out, find that the little child . f ig, an d widow in the next cottage had suddenly been dark to the town nine miles off, to fetch the doctor noO V. without sitting down, take his stick, and walktattteruort.igliAtnil when I told the fine fellow how much I respecteThe had kindness, I found that he was quite unaware tha t nc ihour done anything remarkable ; "it was just what onY filar si wad do for anither !" And I could mention scores and cases. As for the truthfulness, I have Sco tlan d ' women amone the peasantry both of England and r _ yen w ith whom I would have trusted ' with untold gold - ° big teSt of what the highland laird thought a more seam, 11 must ser rectitude —with unmeasured whiskey. Still, a etreng rowfully admit that I have found in many e te P s° tendency, when they had done anything wron e ,.. ov er . impossibl e that themselves by falsehood. It is not oldings eau" severe masers and mistresses, by undue se this unhaPP! nistered for faults of no great moment, foster kno 1,. less more the; tendency. It was not, however, of one class her another, that the quaint old minister of a parish . e ad l' 1 ; shire was speaking, when one Sunday . morning all al e text the verse in the Psalms, " I said in my 1, 11 s a Y ing d are A ylioarDs,a"viadn,dyebesgaaidn it t hi i s n thought d. d .ou f ; t l ef eti r e h syourerm sermon by haste, lived in this parish, ye might have said it at your Amiens has just been oe natter of co vazine