Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-18 00:00:00

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On FRIDAY, the 20th instant, at the Brokers' Saleroom, Atherton-buildings, Dale-street, Liverpool, 300 Bales East India 300 „ Donskoi fleece 300 „ Oporto washed and unwashed 250, „ Buenos Ayres low and medium 200 „ fine, including the choice flock, nearly free of burr 100 „ Brook washed Odessa and Lisbon 70 „ Volo and Vidino 400 „ Chili, Peru, and sundries WOOL, 2120 Bales.—For Catalogues, &c., apply to . HUGHES and RONALD, Wool Brokers. NEXT WEEK On WEDNESDAY, the 2.5 th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 14 Tons Sherbro' 9 Do. Roquelle CAMWOOD, 1 Do. Angola per Susan, from Sierra Le,me, in the Albert-dock.—Apply to Melhuish and Dela Rue, merchants ; or to J. 11. R A.YNER and Co., Brokers On axle. JAMES BANKS, CASTLE-BUILDINGS, DERBY-SQUARE LIVERPOOL. FENCING WIRE, Black, Bright, and Galvanised; TELEGRAPII WIRE and SIGNAL CORD, Wholesale and for Exportation. AMERICAN SOLACE PIPE SSLOILEES, TRY THE ABOVE. Packages, 2 ozs. for 3d. ISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, •`Every Saturday, in the NOILTIIERN DAILY TIMES, Price AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &( TIIP.ATRE ROYAL—Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE—Dramatic Performances, &c ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS -Mount Etna, &C. TRANSPARENT MAGIC--Clayton Hall. THY PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street_ V- For particulars see advertisements on Bth page. -THIS DAY TO CORRESPONDENTS, Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Apply to C. TURMEAU WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1859. THE DAY'S NEWS The news about the War is still confined to mere reports. No action has yet taken place, nor does there seem to be any near approach to such. A .great variety of reports continue to be furnished by telegraph, one half of which will, in all proba bility, be contradicted by the newspaper accounts when they come forward in regular course of mail. A telegram from the head quarters of the French, says that rain had fallen incessantly during two days, but that it had not prevented the troops from taking the position assigned to them by the Em peror. An "official" Sardinian balletin, published on Monday, announces that a body of its cavalry had fallen in with a detachment of Austrian Hussars, near Voghera, and took " a corporal (wounded) and some privates." The same document announces the withdrawal of the Austrians from Voghera to Casteggio. A despatch from Trieste states that a French squadron had captured four Austrian vessels, and another telegram from Trieste, dated yesterday, "announces that, on Monday afternoon, the French squadron was before Venice, and that the Austrian Lloyds have ceased the running of all their steamers. The Times correspondent, writing from the head quarters of the Austrians says, the non-resistance of the Piedmontese to the advance of the invading army was considered very remarkable, the nature of the country afforded great facilities for impeding its movements. It is stated that du ring the night of the 4th inst., the Po rose fifteen feet and destroyed the bridge. The Austrians under General Benedek were isolated for twenty-four hours, until the Engineers had constructed another, ,over which he retired on the 6th, carrying off vast stores of provisions and forage from Voghera. At Frassinetto, where it was supposed the Aus trians had sustained considerable loss, they had only four men killed and eight wounded. The rapid rising of the Sesia would have occa- - , sioned some loss to the Austrians, but for the voluntary exertions of the Piedmontese labour -ers, who saved many drowing men. The Times has received, by telegraph, the following ex tracts from an official journal of Vienna :—" On 'the 15th inst., the English merchant steamer, bringing the Egyptian and Indian mails and fifty - six passengers, to Trieste, was overhauled by boats of a Frrench Fre li n n c e h r, off line S r a s s sana a , nd oppo o si n t e e Avlona. Two frigate are crnizing off the Albanian coast." Prince Napoleons Division it is stated, is to form the sth Corps of the y ' of Italy. The Prince has issued an order of fh e nal y, announcing his appointment, and in which he tells his soldiers that some of them were his comrades at the Alma and at Inkermann, and that now the are about to deliver, for eve r, Italy f rom u msors. The Times publish es the first l e tt er fro res correspondent at the Austrian headquarterss7 dated Mortara, May 10th, and recapitulates tthe l . s events of the campaign to that day. H e speaks of the friendly disposition of the Piedmontese peasantry towards the Austrians, and positively asserts that their anger is all directed against their own ,Government on account of the war and the heavy taxation which they have long borne. In a district through which the writer passed, the Piedmontese ad carrie i off nearly alI the provisions, and the Austrians sent food for the starving people. The correspondent alluded t o sa y s :—" When the Austrians arrived at a certain town, which I must not name, the inhabitants reproached them for not coming a fortnight sooner. Expecting them, they said, they had made every excuse to delay . providing their quota of the reserve of the army, and had the Austrians arrived they might have escaped sending it at all. By the way, the Piedmontese have carried off nearly all the horses and provisions from this part of the country. At Stroppiana they even carried off the women to work at Casale. The Austrians sent provisions for the starving inhabitants left there." A menacing piece of news comes from St, Petersburgh. Five army corps are immediately to be placed on a war footing, with complete equipment for the field ; the reserves are to be called in, the furloughs are to cease. This step will increase the war agitation in Germany, and may not improbably cause it to burst into a blaze. The Paris correspondent of the Times says there has been more speculative activity observed in com mercial circles during the last week than at any time since the Ist of January. The army of Paris has not been diminished by the war in Italy, but it has been increased, and now consists of four divisions of infantry and four of cavalry. An addition has thus taken place of three cavalry divisions. The correspondent of the Daily News reports that the Emperor intends to lay the foundation of a large national Italian army, expected in time to swell to the proportion of no less than 200,000 men. The Tuscan army, under General Ulloa, is the neuclus already formed. As Might have been expected, the reported inten tion of Lord Palmerston to join the Derby government, has been contradicted by th e Globe. I - At the fortnightly meeting of the ✓ Select Vestry, yesterday, a correspendence was read from the Rev. Mr. Doyle, Roman Catholic clergyman, charging the Industrial Schools' Committee with mismanage ment and injustice towards a portion of the children under their charge. The committee are about to investigate the complaint fully. At the annual meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners, held last evening, the usual accounts were read and passed. The accounts for the past year show a very satisfactory state of affairs, and manifest the steady and rapid progress of the " rival city." In contrast with these matters of solid satisfaction, there was a somewhat ludicrous dispute between some members of the board, arising out of some charge made against Mr. Bradley for supplying the township with goods, while a member of the board. It will be seen, however, from a report in another column, that this gentle man gained a decided advantage over his opponents, Messrs. Bailiff and Gough. Yesterday was appointed as an audit meeting under the estate of the Royal British Bank, but the proceedings passed off without discussion or remark, and no accounts were exhibited. Nothing, there fore, will transpire in court until a dividend meet ing is held. The Gazette, of last night, notifies the appointment of a number of Military Officers to be Commanders and Companions of the Bath. A large number of promotions have also been made in the Royal Marines. " THE ARMY OF ITALY." SUCH is the designation that Louis NAPOLEON has given to his legions, whom he has sent out on something like a marauding expedition into the fertile plains of Mantua, Verona, and Cremona,—and eventually, no doubt, into those of Modena, Parma, and,Venice. To head these legions, and direct them in their course of invasion and pillage, he has quitted his empire, and proceeded to the scene of action. "On the point of starting to take command of the army of Italy "--so runs his Imperial decree, issued on the eve of his departure—" we have by our letters patent of this day confided the Regency to our well beloved wife the Empress, and we have regulated for the time df our absence the order of service by an Act inserted in the State archives, and made known to our uncle Prince JEROME NAPOLEON to the members of the Privy Council, to the Presidents of the Senate, of the Legislative Body, and of the Council of State." And all this for what ? To enter into an unjustifiable and therefore wicked war with Austria, to wrest Italy from her control. There are, as we before had occasion to show, justifying causes of war, —such as deliberate invasions of rights, threatened incursions upon a neutral territory—and precaution, defence, and reparation. But, in this case, there are no such causes. The motives for it, on the part of France, whatever they may be on the part of Sardinia, are altogether insufficient, and unjustifi able. "Austria," Louis NAPOLEON said, in his recent manifesto to the Legislative Assembly, " by ordering the entry of her army into the territories of the King of Sardinia, our ally, has declared war against us. She thus violates treaties and justice, and menaces our frontiers." New, in the first place, Austria did not, by that proceeding, do any such thing as declare war against France,—neither did she menace the French frontiers. She ordered her army into the territories of the King of Sardinia, avowedly in self-defence,— under an impression that Sardinia and France were combining to invade her own territories ; as those two Powers had given her only too much reason to apprehend was their intention. It is not our object, however to justify Austria in what she has done ; although it cannot be denied that she has had much to provoke her, in the conduct of the King of Sardinia and the Emperor of the French, to the hostile course on which she has entered. What we would now insist upon, is the dangerous design of Louis NAPOLEON with regard to the whole Italian Peninsula. His pretext, as put forth in the former Manifesto we have referred to, is one that is full of most mischievous meaning. "It is because Austria," he pretends, "has driven matters to such an extremity, that her dominion must either extend to the Alps, or Italy must be free to the shores of the Adriatic—for every corner of Italy which remains independent endangers the power of Austria." Here, then, is shadowed forth the object he has in view. The alternative he has thus stated, he is going to take the decision of into his own hands. He has resolved, on the one hand, that Austria's dominions shall not extend to the Alps ; and, on the other, that " Italy must be free to the shores of the Adriatic," —free, that is, as he, a despot, counts freedom : rescued from the power of an Austrian autocrat, to be transferred to that of a French despot The whole tenor of the Imperial Manifesto we have here again been referring to, is in strict keeping with what its author means, now that he speaks out more plainly concerning his " Army'of Italy." He had already indicated pretty broadly what both his feelings and his purposes were, " I respect," he• dissemblingly said," the territori es an d th e r i g ht s of neutral Powers, but I boldly avow my sympathies with a people whose history is mingled with our own, and who now groan under foreign oppression." Now, it is impossible to believe that one can have any sympathies with a people groaning under oppression, who is himself an absolute monarch, and whose own people are, at the same time, similarly groaning, —not, it is true, under foreign oppression ; but groaning under oppression to which their own despotic ruler subjects them,—even, he who calls himself " NAPOLEON, by the grace of GOD and the national will, Emperor of the French." The Govern ment of Austria is not one whit more despotic than that of France. We believe, indeed, that the Austrians are much happier and more contented than the French. Not that, on this, or on any other account, we would express approval of Austrian rule, any more than we would of French rule. We merely adduce the facts we have stated, to show that for one in Louis NAPOLEON'S position, to talk about sympathising with the Italians as groaning under Austrian opPression, is something very like what it would be for Satan to talk of sympathising with those who are groaning under the oppression of sin,- of which he, as the implacable enemy of the human race, is the author and the aggravator. It is in character with the whole proceeding on the ,part 'of Louis NAPOLEON, that he makes use of religion as a cloak for his criminal purposes. " A mass," it is stated, " was celebrated at the chapel of the Tuileries, to call down the blessings of Heaven on the arms of the Emperor. The Cardinal Archbishop of Paris officiated, with the chaplains of the household of the Emperor. The ceremony took place in presence of their Majesties, the Princes and Princesses of the Imperial family, the Ministers, and the great officers of the Crown." There is, it would seem, a powerful political reason why the invader of Italy, and the holder in thraldom of the States of the Church, should propitiate—not so muck Heaven, as the Pope, and the entire people whom, as Sovereign Pontiff, his Holiness, has in subjection. " Dis quietude is felt by some persons," said the Paris Constitutionnel, a day or two since, "as to the con sequences of the war in Italy as regards Roman Catholic interests. In Protestant countries, the religious spirit, in accord with the political feeling, has endeavoured to demonstrate that the real pivot of the Italian question is at Rome, it being there that those countries perceive the greatest abuses, and there that they desire to make a fundamental reform. On the other hand certain journals have adopted the theme that the cause of Austria is the cause of the Church, and that to attack one is to menace the other. Every enlightened and sincere Catholic will reject, as we do, that interested and unexpected misrepresentation of facts." And then the Court scribe—for all the Parisian journalists now are virtually such —enters fiercely into an argument to prove that Austria has never shown herself the friend of religion and the Church, so much as of her own political interests; while, "as for France, the justice must be done her of declaring that she has never expected her religious belief to be productive of advantages to her; she does not destroy to-day for the sake of her ambition what she restored yester day,"—and that while " already have illustrious preachers expressed their approbation - of the enter prise of France, which is liberating for the Church as well as for Italy, the most eminent members of the episcopacy in France are in their turn expressing the Christian and:patriotic sentiments of the clergy, who will never allow themselves to be persuaded' that the interests of France can ever be contrary to the interests of religion." All this, then,—religious as well as political—has " the Army of Italy " to do with. And what has this " Army of Italy " itself to do P Let VICTOR EMMANUEL of Sardinia, the confederate of Louis NAPOLEON of France in this most criminal war, himself explain. " Advance, then," 'exclaims the Sardinian King, addressing his soldiers,— " advance, confident of victory, and adorn your banner with fresh laurels ; that banner which, with its three colours, and with the chosen youth which, here assembled from all parts of Italy, are gathered together beneath it, point out to you that you have for your task the independence of Italy— that just and holy enterprise which will be your war-cry,"— having already said to them, —" You will have for your companions those intrepid soldiers of France, conquerors in so many great battles, whose comrades you were on the Tchernaya, and whom NAPOLEON 111., "ever hastening thither where there is a just cause to defend and civilisation to uphold, generously sends to our aid in numerous bands." Such, there fore, is the ostensible object of the French " Army of Italy." The independence of Italy ! which, being intepreted, a la Francais, means—the transfer of Italy from the absolute control of FRANCIS JOSEPH of Austria, to the despotic rule of Louis NAPOLEON of France. NEW, IRON . WAR VEssELs.- - -The . Times says, it is stated that a contract for one of the great iron ram steam vessels, to be built for the government, has been obtained by the Thames Iron Works Company. She will be of 6,000 tons burthen, with an expected speed of 14 knots, and will cost nearly four times as much as a first-rate . man-of-war.. THE SHIPPING INTEREST AND THE NEUTRALITY PB.O - - The shipowners are under considerable perplexity as to the manner in which corn, coal, and provisions, are affected by her Majesty's proclamation. The Times says that some large contracts for the supply of barley to the French Government have been negotiated, while the engagements for shipping coal are also heavy. The Mauritius (steamer,) lying at Southampton, was chartered, it is said, to carry coals for the French service under a penalty -of £lO,OOO for non-completion of the contract, but is now unable to proceed. It seems perfectly reasonable that both grain and coal Amid be deemed contraband of war; but in the present case, the result will be simply to cause freight of that description to be trausfered to French or American ships. THE NORTHERN TIME - 8, WEDNESDAY,-.MAY 18, 1859 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—On Monday next, the Grand May Fete takes place. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—The Deputy-Coroner held the following inquests, yesterday :—On the body of William Godriff, 22 years old, who was a revenue boatman. lie was found drowned in the Salisbury Dock. How he came there, there was no evidence to show. Verdict, "Found drowned." There were two inquests on children that were overlain, and the jury found verdicts accordingly. WEST DERBY OMNIBUSES.—SORIO of the finest gig horses ever seen under omnibuses, were yoked to the West Derby vehicles, yesterday. The animals attracted much attention, and looked altogether more like the s pl en did turn-out of a first-class noleman than that of a public conveyance. RESCUE OF A CREW BY AV AYR SHIPS—The following is an extract of a letter from Captain Shanks, of the barque Abbey Craig, of Ayr, at Queenstown, from Cardenas : " I picked up the crew, seven in number, of the William Stanley, of Liverpool, from Matanzas for Cork." This is the second crew Captain Shanks has saved within the last few years. AitERICAN GRATITUDE.-At an ordinary meeting of the Local Marine Board o f the port of London, held on Thursday, Mr. Henry Green in the chair, Captain Colin Shearer, of the brig Mary, of Greenock, last from Queenstown for London, attended to receive a hand some gold chronometer and chain, awarded by the American Government for services rendered in saving some of the crew of the Central American steam-ship. The following letter to the Foreign Office from the American Minister was read : " The undersigned, &c., has the honour to transmit to the Earl Malmesbury, &c., a gold chronometer and chain, which the President desires to present to Captain Colin Shearer, of the British brig Mary, of Greenock. It has been officially communicated to the American Government that in the month of September, 1857, nine days after the foundering of the steamship Central America on her voyage from. Havanah for New York, three of ? the men belonging to that ill-fated vessel were picked up in an open boat by Captain Shearer, were treated with great kindness and hos pitality, and were subsequently transferred to the Bremen barque Laura, on board of which they were enabled to arrive safely at New York. The undersigned has been specially instructed to express 'to Her Majesty's Government the high "sense entertained by the Government, _of the United States of the humane and generoui spirit 'exhibited. by .the conduct of Captain Shearer, and to request that the Earl of Malmes bury will have the goodness to cause to be conveyed to him the accompanying testimonials of the President's acknow ledgements and approbation.—(Signed) G. M. DALLAS. — Legation of the United States, London." The Chairman, in a few' appropriate remarks, presented the testimonial, and Captain Shearer made a suitable reply. COMPLIMENTARY ENTERTAINMENT. —We have great pleasure in recording an event that seldom occurs in the history of mankind, the commemoration of which was celebrated on Saturday evening last, at the Sefton Arms, Hotel, West Derby, by a few select friends, when an exceedingly pleasant and instructive evening was spent on the occasion; which was for the purpose of doing honour to Mr. Alexander Murray, the foreman of the highly respect able firm of Messrs. Joseph Fletcher and Co., tobacco manufacturers, Fleet-street, who the day previously had completed his fiftieth year of servitnde in the same concern. One of the Messrs. Fletcher kindly undertook to preside on the occasion, and was ably supported in the vice-chair by Mr. Sampson Moore, engineer, &c. After the usual toasts of " The Queen and Royal Family," " Town and Trade of Liverpool," &c., Mr. Fletcher, in a very kind, able, and feeling manner, proposed " The Health of their worthy Foreman," expatiating on the excellent way he had so long fulfilled the position that he then held, and considering him as .one of themselves, more than as a party in their - employ. It is scarcely necessary to say that the friends around the festive board did due honour to the toast, which was responded to by Mr. 'Murray, in the same spirit that it had been proposed. After several songs, glees, toasts, &c., the party broke up in good time, being deter mined that the "evening's enjoyment should bear the morning's reflections," and wended their way to their respective homes, art i er spending one of the most pleasant and agreeable evenings imaginable. The fact of a party occupying a prominent position in one establishment, for the lengthened' period of 50 years, with credit to himself, and to the satisfaction of his employers, as well as of his fellow labourers, is an event that so - seldom occurs, that no apology need be required for publicly reporting it. MACHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SbCIETY.— The local committee appointed for the purpose of raising a fund for the giving of handsome special prizes, and other wise aiding the society at its forthcoming exhibition of live stock, &c., in this town in September next, again met yesterday, in the Town-halt, in the Mayor's parlour. His Worslip, William Preston, Esq., presided. The meeting was convened principally for the purpose of receiving further donations, either received or promised. These, after the usual preliminary business, were read to the meeting by the honorary secretary, Mr. T. B. Ryder, and amounted to £64 17s, a sum which included donations from the Earl of Ellesmere, the Marquis of Salisbury, John Shaw Leigh, Esq., Thomas Weld Blundell, Esq., John Knowles, jun., Esq., and others. This amount, added to the donatins previously announced, gave a total of £558 16s as the sum subscribed up to the present time. Various points as to future proceedings, and especially as to the necessity for continued exertions, were discussed, and it was resolved, with reference to many parties who had not yet subscribed, and from whom it was thought subscrip tions and returns might reasonably be expected, should now be respectfully invited to give their countenance and support. It was stated that each donor would receive two show-yard admission tickets, and be entiled to other con siderable privileges. It was determined that the - subscrip tions hitherto should be advertised in certain local' papers. The name's of Mr. William- Roscoe, of Kirkby, and Mr. William Brown, of Temple-court, were added to the committee of management. The next meeting was then fixed for Wednesday, the 15th June next, in the hope that that day would prove convenient for the attendance' of members generally, and that by then a considerable increase would he made to the list of subscriptions. ' LIVEPIEJOL PHILHARMONIC SOCrETY.—The eighth concert of this session of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, being their second undress concert, took place last night, and was, on the who'e, very successful. Miss Hiles, Miss C. Hiles, Mr. Mason, and Mr. Armstrong were the principal singers. A very varied programme had been arranged, commencing with "Spring," the first part of Haydn's Seasons, of which the latter part was very well given. Then followed "A Serenade" for eight wind instruments, by Mozart, which was very characteristic of the master, and though very difficult, very well played. The performers were Messrs. Jennings and Pim upon the oboe, Grosse and Stubbs on the clarionet, Walters and Farmer on the bassoon, and Wickets and Edwards on the horn. Mr. Mason then sung a song by Beethoven, "0 ! beauteous daughter of the starry race." . A chorus from Handel's Alexander's feast, " The many rend the skies," followed; and the band concluded the first part by performin g Mendelssohn's overture to the Mid summer Night's Dream. The second part opened with Bethoven's overture to Leonora. Miss Hiles then sung Bishop's " Bid me discburse" 'so well, that she elicited an enthusiastic encore. The chorus sang Mefidelssohn's four-part song, ' Now morning advancing." Miss Hiles and Mr. Mason snag the beautiful duet from Spohi's Jessonda, " Fairest Maiden," in which Miss Hiles achieved a great triumph, throwing a soul into the music, and manifesting a power of dramatic expression which hitherto has been the only defect in her singing. She has now a great opening before her. The fine tone and great power of her voice afford her every opportunity for the display of any amount of expression, and she has only to give full vent to her feeling to become a fine singer. She has also a very good shape. Mr. Mason was not sufficiently brilliant in either quality of voice and style of execution to keep up to the level of his fair companion in the duet. It would otherwise have been the gem of the evening. Mr. Thomas and Mr. Streather then played Labarre and De Beriot's duet concertante for harp and . violin, on themes from Masaniello, by Auber. Both performers did justice to their parts, which were very brilliant, especially the last movement for the harp. Weber's quartett from Oberon, " Over the dark blue waters," and the overture to La Nozze di Figaro concluded an excellent concert, which was scarcely as well attended as it should have been BARON DE CAMIN'S LECTURE.—Yesterday Baron de Camin delivered one of a course of lectures in the Teutonic Hall, Lime-street, the subject for last evening being the "Jesuits." The attendance in the body of the hall was very limited, Ibut the gallery was pretty well filled. The lecturer came on the platform and commenced by saying that before he en : tered on the lecture he wished to say a word in regard to his past lectures. Some men had, in the public prints, taken the liberty of criticising his language, but he. would give a challenge to the editors of those very papers to go with him to London, and deliver a lecture tu.500 or 600 Frenchmen in their own language, and give them satisfaction, and then he would give the editors full liberty to criticise his English. But he did not come to England to wage war with Papists, but with the system. He hated the system, and he could not do otherwise, for the priests of Rome were a corporate body of villains. He would prove that to be a fact, and challenge any priest to meet him on the platform, which he had never been able to get during his six and a-half years as a le c t urer , an d if any priest would prove that what he said was not true, he would allow them to take him before any tribunal, and treat him as a scoundrel. The Pope of Rome was an incarnate devil, and the church of Rome could not be the church of Christ. If a Roman Catholic had plenty of money the priest called him a very good citizen, and when he died be would pray for his release from purgatory, but if he had no money he might go to the devil. The Jesuits were spies for the Pope and of the present Napoleon, which he would call " Napoleon the Little." The confession-box was an electric machine, that spread from the women who entered it to their hus bands and their children; and, he said, Englishmen were wrong in granting L 30,000 to educate a den of vipers, which they had done in the grant to Maynooth. He defied any papist to prove that he was baptised, that he was con firmed, that he was married, or any priest that he was ordained, or consecrated, 'or that the Host was consecrated. He then went through a long form of oath which, he said, was taken by all Jesuits, in which they agreed to commit all manner of abominations and murder, if necessary, for the advancement of the cause. He went on to denounce Cardinal . Wiseman and the Emperor of France in the strongest language at his com mand, and enpassant cautioned Ills audience against trusting to Liberal journals, as tl i e proprietors, editors, and reporters were all Jesuits ' k . ?). Some police-officers were posted outside the dour to prevent disturbance. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS The annual meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners, previOus . to the election of the new board, was held in the offices, Hamilton-square, at seven o'clock last evening. Mr. John Laird presided, and the other members present were—Messrs. Bell, Baylis, Bailiff, M'Whirter, Rae, Aspinall, Golbourne, Barnett, Willoughby, KUM, M'Donald, Bradley, Keightley, Harrison, and Gough. MR. BAILIFF AND MR. BRADLEY Mr. Bailiff claimed permission, before the business commenced, to speak to a question of . .privilege. At the last meeting, a discussion arose as to the propriety or inpropriety- of gentlemen who acted as commissioners supplying the board with goods. During the discussion, Mr. Bradley made a charge against him (Mr. Bailiff) which had appeared in the public prints, and of which, he then stated, he should require him to produce evidence. The charge was that, during the previous month or six weeks, he (Mr. Bradley) had signed bills of his (Mr. Bailiff's) for work done for the commissioners. Now, without further comment, he should call upon Mr. Bradley to produce evidence to support that statement. Since the last meeting, he had written a letter 'to Mr. - Bradley, asking him as respectfully as one gentleman could address another, either to produce evidence of his assertion, or to withdraw it, and acknowledge that he had been mistaken. Up to the present moment Mr. Bradley had not had the courtesy to acknowledge the receipt of that letter. Had he done so, the matter, possibly, might not now be obtruded upon the time of the board. Mr. Bradley said, he was quite willing to give Mr. Bailiff every information respecting the charge. He had not, however, stated the thing quite correctly. He.(Mr. Bradley) did not say that he had "signed," but that he had "passed," an account of Mr. Bailiff's during the previous month or six weeks. Now, he held in his hand a copy of 'a receipt as follows :—" Birkenhead, February 9th, 1859. Received from the Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners gas and water committee, the sum of 11s 7d, amount of account rendered. Signed. S. Bailiff." (Laughter.) He had not one word to add to that, except to say that as he left for London immediately after the last meeting, he had not been able to reply to Mr. Bailiff's letter, else he should certainty have done so. Mr. Bailiff said, it was in the public prints that Mr. Bradley stated he signed the account, and he believed the reporters present could corroborate that fact. Now, Mr. Brad ley knew, or, as a member of the gas and water committee, ought to know, that what he had just stated was a false hood in false colours. The Chairman : Well, I think that is rather strong language. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Bailiff : It may be strong, but it is not stronger than the charge made against me. The Chairman : I think the better way is to make any statement you have to make. Mr. Bailiff said, he never minced matters in defending his character, when assailed. The facts were, that on July sth, 1558, he did work for the Birkenhead gas and water company, to the amount of 3s 7d ; and on August the 4th, he supplied the company with brass work, to the amount of Bs, making in all Ils 7d. The works were not transferred to the Birkenhead commissioners until October. The money was not due to him from the Birkenhead commis sioners, but from the gas and water company, previous to the transference of the works. It was true the receipt was drawn out in the name of the Birkenhead commissioners, because he (Mr. Bailiff) was bound to give the receipt to the parties who paid him the money, and not to those for whom he did the work. The Chairman 'said, the Birkenhead commissioners pur chased the works from the Ist otApril, 1858, and it must have been known to every member of the board that, any work done after that time, was done on account of the Birkenhead commissioners. (Hear, hear.) Individually he thought it was desirable that no member of the board should do any work for, or supply, even 6d. or ls. worth of goods, to the commissioners. It appeared to him that, although the amount in this instance was very small, vet, Mr. Bradley, in producing a copy of a receipt which Mr. Bailiff did not deny, had clearly proved that, so far as that amount went, Mr. Bailiff had received during the last twelve months from the board, a sum of money for goods supplied. (Hear, hear.) Mi. Bailiff declared vehemently that such a conclusion was merely trifling with words. The Chairmain said, it would be trifling with words, and with the public, if he did not state that Mr. Bailiff, as a commissioner, must have been perfectly aware that the gas and water works were transferred to the board in April, 1858. Mr. Bailiff : I deny it, sir. The Chairman : Then you ought to have known it. It was your business, as a commissioner, to have known it. You yourself admit that, in August, you supplied certain goods, and be the amount ever so trifling, you must have been perfectly well aware that you were supplying not the gas and water committee, but the com missioners of Birkenhead. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Bailiff again denied, in vehement language, that he knew of anv such fact. The Chairman said the Board had better now proceed with the regular business. Mr. Bailiff shortly after put on his hat and left the room. A statement of accounts was then read, of which the following is an abstract:— TOWNSHIP ACCOUNTS RECEIPTS Improvement rate.. .... . Lighting an.] watching rate Sewerage rate ...... . £8,930. 2 6 5,454 1 6 •• 2,965 8 0 Market account 2,078 19 8 expenses, they would wave a surplus balance of X 8,496 on the year." It was 'proposed by the bondholders bill, then under consideration that this om of L 8,500 s hould be se aside as a reserve fund, the purpose of which would be _t e , equalise, if necessary, the p a y men t o f interest in fu t T, years. With regard to what the accounts would show , t:l f present year, without troubling, them with any fi g ures— ,;% their surplus next year was equal to what it had been trio last year, they would have sufficient out of the serf ea revenues of the, township to pay the interest on the bon ' debt,- without res or ti ng at all to the reserve int e . r ; fund." That would satisfy Mr. Gough, who ; a s surprised at the statement of accounts, that it ig not altogether. unexpected. Th e y h a d b e en ad valle ge gradually and steadily f or th e l as t few years buck' begged to move that the accounts be adopted. The motion was seconded by Mr. Bell. Mr. Gough asked if there were any outstanding sec "1,"„ e such as . parliamentary and law expenses, that would • 7 to be paid out of the surplus. Mr. Rae said he believed all the accounts were pai d to the 31st of last month. The Town-clerk in reply to Mr.. Rae, said all the expenses were paid w ith th e excep ti on o f som e law in, which did not come in to the end of the year. To 0 1 0 „ of rough estimate of the a moun t, th ere wou ld be Vv £6OO at the outside required. 1;.0 Mr. Rae said there was a littl e set o ff t h at was not ta, eB into account, on the oth er s id e , an d t h at was £ 1 ,200 of la' t due by the Mersey Dock and Harbou r B oar d w hich had i l been paid for th e l as t year . Thi s . was a very fair set ° against anything that might be owing: 1, tic' After some further con versa ti on , in re f erenc e to the counts, . ' t on The Chairman said, it was fairly proved they had enough in the bank to pay the interest et their bonded debt with ou t p u tti ng anything wb3t,eh(eir to the sales of land. If th e y were to sell all es property, he b e li eve d th ere was no doubt what°, they should be able to sell these properties - f or greater amount than would pay off all That was an estimate which some verify, but the their interest last yea satistactor riflemen m ight 11 1 that they had P al " u other charges. THE ACCOUNTS. The following is an ab FEßlLY stract of the ferry accounts, I/ was then read :-- At the Woodside and Monks' ferries, co h , iencing on t 201 April, 1858, and ending on th April, 1859, it appear ea ths' the total expenditure during the year has been £23,610 l9s 2 c l ' that there is a balance in hand of £7,83916s ld, against £4, 00 e d 2d last year. Of the balance in hand, £5,514 9s 6d has been P l t: n y, to the credit of thenew boat s f un d account, £798 Is 5d to the 9, ing fund account, and £9OB 7s 10d t o th e con ti ngen t fund a' e°o tO Amongst the items of expenditure are the followin .„ r0...-g , 19s 8d; general wages, £6,706 is 2d ; coals, £3,261 2s 2d ; sation and damages, £328 16s 9d ; rent (less income tax) , P - a Ils 8d; interest paid to corporati on of Liverpool, £195 163 Bd' steamers, £4,882 9s sd; repairs to slips, and alter cash transferred to the township, £3,300. A fla Mr. Harrison moved that th e accoun t s be PassrA3be mentioned, for the satisfaction bf the ratepayers, ta-ittee believed it quite possible that, next year, the corn in i a st. would be able to hand over a muc h l arger surplus tha n (Hear, hear.) thes e Mr. Gough said he was very muc h di ssa ti s fi e d with accounts. He never would be satisfied until the coron' w o handed over £lO,OOO to the general account, a nd he certain that, with good management, it could be don, e ' r of Mr. Harmon said, when Mr. G oug h was a ineouf o r the ferry committee, they never p rov id e d ne w bc' a ';; l te4 anything else. When he (M r . H arr i son ) wa s aP.P . d e bt• chairman of the committee, he found them .El 3 000 10 , 00 or They worked round, they handed over some 1: 16 :: - f i t of £17,000 to the commi ss i oners , an d th ey h a d now a C" - £6,000 or £7,000 in bank. (Hear, hea_ Mr. Gough, said, Mr. Ha rr i son ' s s t atement debt of £13,000 was an untruth. l lO/ The Chairman said, h e wou ld not s i t there an- 3 not such remarks to be made. (Hear, hear.) That 5c, 35 411 proper langu age t o b e use d, an d h e called upon Mt. "- to withdraw it. (Hear, hear.) S ir Mr. Gough : Do you know that it was not correct , A The Chairman : The language you us e d was s° l ' s hel l ought not to be used in respect a bl e soc i e ty, and 1 , 03 r, not allow you to proceed u n til y ou w i t hd raw it. v . " hear.) Mr. Gough : I shall not withd raw it, un l ess Mr. A- 113fri° qualifies his statement. o 0 on. The Chairman : Then I shall not allow you to e 0 I shall not allow lang u a ge o f th a t ki n d to b e us ed 1 00 Mr. Harrison : I do not think, that when 'Mr' ( gel' said it, he intended to give any offence to me• h~ ,n~rdltiD t hear.) • here ° The Chairman : Mr. Harris on , so l ong as I sit e a chairman, I shall not allow such language to be 11' any one gentleman to another. ice th e Mr. G0u5...h : Mr. Harrison had no b us i nes s to nr, bo rae , assertion ; it is not true. (" O r d er , or d er ," and shame.") The accounts were then passed. 1 LIBRARY AND MUSEUM ACCOUNTS. ,„ r e The library accounts sho w ed a t o t a l expen?,\ l c i £731 Os 10d, and a balance in ha n d o f £332 13s witw On the motion of Dr. Baylis, they were confirme d ' out comment. COMMISSIONEILS SUPPLYING GOODS TO THE 130119tc; the The Law-clerk gave his o pi n i on i n re ference IV question raised upon this subject at the last Inee t n ill ionc lie opinion was, that the ci rcums t ance o f Mr. "" Jay e having supplied coals to th e comm i ss i oners ' o ffi c e did Ow" ° f him a person interested in a contract under the m ea f r ollei' the statute. The same r em a r k a ppli e d t o Mr. a having supplied articles of furniture. ~n- to t t Mr. Bradley rose to complain of the unmanly ni — bro up which his name, and that of Mr. Golbourne, wer e ,. f before the board at the last meeting by Mr. Goug'" orde r Mr. Gough contended that Mr. Bradley was out OA. O oi in making any statement now, not having given no his intention to do so. order , . The Chairman ruled that Mr. Bradley was is whereupon Mr. Gough took his hat and left the room. to ri 9 ` l Mr. Bradley said, h e was p re p are d, if ncce ssarY, art icl o " that five othergentleme n h a d su ppli e d th e b oa rd wit ll , - ,,d 13 ' but, as he felt s ure th e y, lik e hi ms elf, '; ho uld f idea that they were doing anything incorrect, _, lle , s iotl: e not mention their na mes . B u t h e was in Po."`"i s e t" documents which he thou g ht wou ld ra th e r surp r Sol , board. Mr. Gough was a commissioner in i Ss4. 6oug lj ' yr he had a bundle of bills in his h an d b ea d e d " „f Woodside Hotel." (Hear, hear, and laughter.) (eh Mr. Bell thought thi s was scarce l y fair. k " Quite right.") This had nothing .to do with t he against Mr. Bradley. The Chairr- ao p ordeAa _man thought Mr. Bradley was in a question of privilege, as his character was iniPa' the charges made against him, an d as the made on the last night had been impeached. -Rae •i lsk p e " Mr. Bradley said, on the last night Mr. f r oul whether Mr. Gough would supply refreshment s hotel in a certai n case , an d Mr. Gough said, his c- ;t baa would not allow him t o d o so . His conscience NU - Tin e . been of a different character in 1854. (Laughte r ' ) ere j b c f bills were addressed to the ferry committee, an d o Nv t ber s .,;, various sums—one signed in his own name, an. „ i f tb"e',.. his servants on his behalf. There were five or ei: c f ; c. and they were for such sums as £1 is to £2 11%7 Got i , Bradley concluded by saying, that if hereafter t r io, should offer any other p ersona l remar k s rega rdino should treat them with th e con t empt they des ery taking no notice of them. The board then adjourned. statelDents THE COURT. Th e • ROYAL PAVILION, ALDE RS H OTT C AM P, :ha. ,„ 1 e L -111 1 Queen reviewed the division at Alde rs hott, under th go mand of Lieut-General Knollys, thi s morning. I.P ra Highness, the Duke of Cambridge, attended hi,c Burghersh and Lieut.-Colonel Clifton, arrived at file at ten o'clock, from London. Shortly before eleven f four i l her Majesty left the Pavilion in a carriage fi r ; , e accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess It".;-.pria; attended by Lady Macdonald. Her Royal Ifigh ne— by t by eess Helena followed in another carrage, attended of iace Hon. Eleanor Stanley and Miss Hildyard. The t j ; flt d ,/ e a Consort rode on horseback. The Queen was al° ° Geom . " by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, im pel Commanding-in -Chief ; Major-General Forster, iseing Adjutant Gene ra l ; Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon: 0 1 Quartermaster General ; the Equerries in staff at Aldershott. Her Majesty returned to the London at the conclusion of the review, and left again for the at five minutes past four o'clock. a by •• 5 The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanie tf,che Waitil t ajoa Princesses Alice and Helena, and attended by th e _ p a lac e and Equerries in Waiting, arrived at Buckingham ate; at twenty-five minutes before six o'clock yestcrei tie noon, from Aldershott, haying travelled by a 'PI to t lj on the South-Western Railway, from Farnborou„ pra; private station at Vauxhall. A detachment of L s ig t a io ' n t o goons escorted the Queen from the railwaZ 130 print Buckingham. Palace, where her Maje_sty Lula ar quis Consort were received by Earl De La Warr, Abercorn, Lord Crofton, Lord Bagot, Lord Colville, 0.1), Or , io• the iron. A. Liddell, and Colonel Francis Ser n .01 Ak i Her Royal. Highness the DuOtessi of Rent din. the „0100 Slaughter-house account 266 16 11 Rents account . ... ••...... New streets account Received from Government for one-third 2,234 16 2 of police wages, .&c ~....... Received from Woodside Ferry 1,293 15 5 3 ,800 0 0 Interest on banking account.. Balance in hand, 25th April, 1853 239,298 0 0 EXPENDITURE Highways and scavengers Market establishm ..... Slaughter-house establishment .... Park establishment . Town Hall establishment .......... Treasurer's establishment Surveyor's establishment ........... Law-clerk's establishment Law and Parliamentary expenses : Bondholders' Bill .. Mersey Docks and Harlkour Bill £3,501 3. 0 1,251 5 7 287 5 0 61G 18 3 355 17 3 709 2 2 513 6 2 779 1 7 848 10 1 314 2 3 Rllway Arrangement Bill.. ........ 11 15 0 Wirral Water Works opposition .... 108 17 9 Gas and water account 892 5 3 Nightsoil account . • • ••• • 331 4 2 Lodging-house account •.. ... 113 2 7 Lighting and watching account North-end bridewell account 4,225 3 3 433 5 0 Sewerage account ...... . . ... ............ 563 12 2 New streets acc0unt............ Interest due to bondholdeas ..... .. 1,390 3 5 Sanitary account .........• •• .. House drainage account - 74 10 2 Repairs of premises account...—. Sundries .. Balance in North & South Wales Bank _18,836 9 10 Petty cash in hands of treasurer and superintendent of police £39,298 0 0 Mr. Rae, in moving the adoption of the accounts, said the Board would perhaps pardon him for stating that, when he brought the matter of accounts before the Board about a fortnight ago, these accounts were in a very rough state, but they had since been completed, and placed in the hands of Mr. Blease, the accountant, and on looking them over, he (Mr. Rae) found them to verify to the letter the statements which he made in that room a fortnight ago, namely, that they should pay the interest on the bonded debt for the whole of the present year, and over and above that they had a 'reserve interest fund of £85,000, a new boats' fund of £5,500, and a contingent fund of £9,500, also a sinking fund of £760. In reference to the statements of surprise made by some of the members of the board, they would, perhaps, allow him to refer to the statement which he made last year in that board, which would show the board, as far as he was concerned, that the satisfactory state of their accounts this year was not altogether unanticipated., The report of last year stated that, amongst other things, " The surplus revenue of the township from the rates and ferries, after payment of all rents, expenses, and interest, except the interest on O N bonded debt—ogtet clearing all these ..._ _S ,.. fine to b e t oot fi the ,1 ( i fog do t 1 14 e pl , At b e or , Reh a b 4 vest 4,08 1,7' a , fu The ki told , :ten :2e4 to e ' , The Run s A Th e ue eli ordurelQ der ati l i . Th, the tera I 4 al tan' the (1 43 , Yes bad Of tri o , fir l',.