Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-09 00:00:00

smiTHsoNIAN HOTEL, BROLPWAT,Cerner of 110113TON-STRIET, New YORN. Nza,s4 In honour of the Sam/WS:CLAN INSTITUTION, getablished at Was nINOTON, by the U. S. CONGRESS, With Funds bequeathed by JAMBS ShILTRION, of ENGLAND, assiag the Friendship ef the OFFICERS of the NATIONAL INSTITUTION Is conducted on the System of Hotels in ENGLAND. CH IS. H. SMITH.. AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC .M.EEPINGS, &c. Tills DAY. MUM ROYAL—Professor Anderson-7 p.m. , !Mat enrrilEATßE—DraMatl3 Performance-7 p.m. laircala's CIRQUE Vast Ere, Dal3-street--7 p.m. CONCEIT HALL—Judas Ma ccabaetts —8 p.m. ST. GronoS'S HALL—Grand Cotmert—S p.m. LIVERPOOL ACADEMY'S ESIIIRITION, Postofftee-place. ALYSOP'S WAXWORK. EXitISITION-10 a El. to 10 p.m. Uarrei. CoLossmust —General Entertainment-6.30 p.m. 10 - For particulars see advertis3ments. WANTED, Copies of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES o! TUESDAY, november 3, 1857.—Apply at 1 Ise Northern Times office. ifirrg s MONDAY, NOVEMBE,I? 9, 1837. THE DAY'S NEWS. Te-day the Town Council, as constituted by the municipal elections of this day week, will assemble, to use a Parliamentary expression, for the dispatch of business. The first duty of the new Council will be to elect a Mayor for tile ensuing year. From s.ll we can learn, Mr. Alderman Preston is to . be •our chief magistrate until November, 1858. A caucus of the Liberal -Councillors was held, on Saturday, at the Clarendon Rooms, when it was ananimeusly resolved to nominate that gentleman for the office. It is net expected that the com mittees will be appointed until the first week in January. This, no doubt, is caused by the fact of the Mersey Conservancy Bill coming iuto opera tion after the 31st of December next ensuing. With regard to the election of Mayor, wo hope that the resolution of the Liberal Councillors alluded to will he carried out, for we cannot, for the life of us, see the justice or propriety of • always having a Tory Mayor, when the majority or the electors, parliamentary and municipal, are on the Liberal side. To-ley, the Lord Mayor elect of London takes possession of the civic chair of the -Metropolis, and, from what we know of Sir R W. Carden's antecedents, we have no doubt he will exercise the high functions of his °aloe to the advantage of our Cockney fellow-subjects, and credit to himself as a gentleman, a magistrate, and a senator. The proceedings of the Financial Reform Association of Llverpool, are becoming more and more important every week. To day, our our readers will see in our columns, a report of what took place at the last weekly meeting of the Council. The tribute of respect paid to the late Mr. John Finch, was not only appro priate, but merited in the- highest degree. The remarks respecting the Excise syatom, and government book-keeping, are worthy of close perusal. We would also advise our readers to read the remarks respecting government house keeping, the North Amerisan game preserves, cost of justice, and government jobbing in contracts and stores. We fancy that the remarks thereon will meet the approval of all classes of our readers, Among the other items of local intelligence, is a report of the Kirkdale Sessions on Saturday, when further anomalies respecting the granting of spirit licenses were put forward, and .an additional evidence showed that the law is far from being satisfactory in any respect. The records and proceedings at Saturday's police court do not contain any items of much moment or unusual interest. False pretences and plunder being the chief crimes. A essa of savage assault against a man named Florence, which posesses rather peculiar features, was remanded until to-morrow The political intelligence of this morning is not of much consequence. The Observer of -yesterday tells 116 that the "slieistera aro expected to re assemble in London early thin week_ .• esreel _nat e Labouchero are also expected to reach town to-day. The other members of the Cabinet are expected • to arrive either on iesday or Wednesday from their respective country residences. Lord -:Clarendon re mains in town. We mayshere mention, intim absence of any other Court neves worthy of notice that on Satorday aftei - noon lI,IIeII. the Prince Consort, aecompaaied bs the Prince of Wales, paid a visit to the Leviathan, and were engaged some time in examining the ship and the machinery, and general arrangements for launching. her. In the course of the morning, a survey was enedo of the cradles on which the - monster sits, with a view of setting at. nett the doubt that had been expressed as to their: injured condition e lsuazot the least failure, defect, or injury to either the cradles o': the ways was discovered. The ship site .as even and fair as she did on the morning of the attempted launch At low water, on Saturday gangs of laisourers were eogaged in clearing the ways of the mud .spiel: the ;tides had left on them, but this in no .way impaired the zolidity of the work. It .has been stated that another attempt might be made to lauleb her at the next spring tide, on the With inst., bus the operation has been definitely ppatpcned until .the 2nd December. It will he high water at London Bridge about twenty eninutes. past two, near the 54.7. - ne time , wielsin a few minuets, as.,on last Tuesday. The inquest* on the body of Donovan, who died in Pepar Ilespital from .the injuries he sustained:in the accideet to the crank handle, 11..6' been fize.d for this afternoon. Stacey, the nett most severely : injured sufferer, coutinaies in &tad way, and at present it is alisflicult to say what .may be the re su lt. Th e ot h er eattlerers in the hospital are going on favourably. The o.naenetary crisis" has seized tlee.merehanto of Glasgow with alarm, .and they have resolved to send a depotation to horde Palmerston, to beseech him to istelser .a .snspensien of the Bank Charter Act. These gentlemen dsc-lare, that if :chef be not ainr.dod, the enormous ,iodustry of ateir city will be at a..stand-still; and they earnestly iuvite the Corporations of Liverpool ant Sleneaseee er in their present . elject. From the .Continent the .news comes vac/ L i e aryl uninteresting, if we except a report that the French governmeot have resolved to intlet aty of 20 per cent on exporte d bullion. ThisisTto - Q a satisfactory arrEtreement for this, country. We clip from our Paris advises of Friday • the evening following:—" .Contraty to,generel.expeetation, the' Think of France .has not raised its discount. It remains at 7 per cent...while the Barak of England ebiarges 9 per cent. Tlio directors had a very lens; sitting to-day, in .whichaa was finally resoivcd that considerirg the gretv..porturbation in Exenah e3na- Inereial affairs already produced by the un preccelented high rates of 71 per cent, it, was dessirablo, instend of yellowing in the wake ,of the Back of England apy further, to devise other means ao protect the coffers of the Bank of :France. Whet these means are to be has not transpired, and in all probability the Bank directors hews net yet made up their minds upon the subjeca ,iseit there is a very s'asoug impression abroad that a temporary tax will be decreed fence. the eeportation of the precious metal, As much as 20 per cent. duty as talked of. The operations of the B to-day were entirely governed by the retorts of the deliherations of the Bank of France. The absence of any notification of a miss itt the discount, give confidence in the meriting. When later it was heart] that tha council. of tha Bank was sitting, fears were entertaimd that they yet might make the augmentation before the day was our, and the Rento gave way in consequ ence . B,eforo the close of business it was known that the council had broken up without making any change, and then all scowl ties becaae.every.buoyant The andlion is understood to haveierreased still further, end the number of bills; reaented for discount toe s jay was much leas than !bad been Anticipated. The Rente rose be. for' Affl.Count, THE NORTHERN TIMES, LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1857 olosing at 67f. 5c., and fell 10e. for cash, closing at 66f. 770 e. Mobilier rose 2f. 50c. The railways were from 2f 50e. to sr. lower. The Pattie, in a paragraph meant to be regarded as semi-official, announces that the government, out of regard to the petitions of several chambers of commerce, is taking into serious consideration the propriety of altering the usury laws. There has been a great escape from a casus belli between 'France and Switzerland. Swiss artillery practising, inadvertently on ignorantly, shot a few balls over tha frontier, and they fell harmlessy on Fteach. soil. Instantly the just susceptibility of the French Legation at Berne was aroused ; ex planations were demanded and given, and the poor Swiss artillery officer has been duly punished for the insult and injury inflicted upon the French territory. Is it not ridiculous? Letters from Copenhagen announce, what might have been expected, namely, that the Danish Government, in case a Federal army should enter Holstein, will not oppose its march, and will only do so should the frontier between Holstein and Sleswick be crossed, which certainly will not take place. The Danish government is preparing a new note, or probably a diplomatic circular, to its acents in which it intends to prove that scme of b the complaints brought by the Duchies under the cognizance of the German Diet, are unfounded. As for the rest, it will, declare its readiness to come to an arrangement, to be sanctioned by the whole of Europe. M. Rogiers, at Brussels, is now in consultation with M. Frere Orbon, for the formation of a ministry of decided liberalism. The whole liberal party of Belgium demands the dissolution of the Chambers. TIIE intensity of the Money Panic has caused Liverpool to move, at ; last. A deputation has really gone from this great commercial empo. rium to London, to confer with our ever-united political and monetary authorities on the present direful position of the industry, trade, and com merce of this country. They will meet in the southern Metropolis the afflicted manufacturers of Scotland and Manchester—men who, though few in number, represent an amount of pro ductive power Worth hundreds of millions an nually, and an amount of realised wealth never before known, or to be found in any other part of the world. What an instructive incident ! What a palpable admission of the vanity and utter valuelessness of a ll thi ngs human'! What a magnificent practical illustration of the axiom that, accumulative political power, like physical forces, can only reach a certain density, when by explosion, or some other agency, they must returnto their original or negative state ! That England is reduced materially and poli tically to a perfectly ephemeral condition, not fortunately by explosion, but by collapse, cannot be denied. Suppose the Sate required 50,000,000/. to resist invasion, how could it be procured, when a fifth of that sum cannot be given for the relief of trade without, according to the Bullionist's doctrine, doing outrage to all the first and great principles which give stability to the national finances and commerce ? " Who," says the State casuist and quasi Liberal politician, would think of resorting to' one of the most widely condemned expedients of ancient despot ism, and compel an enlightened people to receive legal tender' rags. which some folk call money?" This strain of reasDning is very comical, Money should hf. ;„ the whims of political maniacs, and •the san guinary desires of some abapdoned tyrant, and the inhuman consequences, are not unfrequently referred to, as a salutary warning. It would be hard, however, to take from our metallic money its representative character. It is composed of foreign products, which can only be procured at imminent risk of life and property ; and if it were the fashion to reward commercial intrepidity with medals and decora tions, none more appropriate could be found than a sovereign and a silver shilling for a clasp. But gold and silver constitute only a small portion of our wealth, and cannot therefore be supposed to represent the whole of our realised property and accumulated riches.; and it is a frightful thing to say that a man who can only command 10,000/. worth of these foreign metals, while iu native products and substance he is worth ten or twenty times that amount, should be declared bankrupt, and have all :his property taken from him and passed to others. A. worse order of despotism than this Dever existed, let its advocates attempt to disguise it as they may. Our money laws to be equitable and -safe, should define the minimum amount of legal tender, or representa .tive mosey, the property cf the nation entitles its stlbjec;',3 to; and, if we at any time possess ten or twenty millions of bullion, we are. entitled to so much more credit; but let the mini-mum of legal tender he wholly independent of the amount we hold of that most necessary and useful ex portable commodity—;old. If Bankers are to be the .agents through whom we are to receiYe the issues ,of legal tender, let the Bank of England double its capital. It could find abundance of employment for its increased means, and pay a dividend of 7 per cent. to its old and new stock holders. It is preposterous to think that we can find relief from an increase in the number of our Banks, whilst the fountain from which they are supplied is incapable of expansion. Look at the six Joint-Stock Banks of London, Their deposits have increased, in the aggregate, from 4,156,322/. in 1841, to 33 819,671/. in 1856. These banks not having the power to issue legal tender or any other description of notes, have only served to divert gold and silver from those institutions which have a riLiht to issue notes; and in the absence of returns which would show the public the amount of bullion they have in their cofF:rs, we are left to suffei from a repu'ed scarcity of gold, when, in fact. we may have more of that metal on hand than we were ever known to have before. The Bank of England and country banks of issue, are the only bankingestablishments which are at present required to publish periodical returns of the bullion they hold. It is quite impossible, there fore, for the public to tell whether there is any real scarcity of gold at this moment or not, We must take all we hear on the subject for granted. Meanwhile labour is thrown out of employment, and our commerce is going headlong to destruc tion. Still, if the bank returns do fairly repre sent the amount of bullion in the country, which is quite impossible, then we may say they only show the startling absurdity, of supposing that trade can be carried on with self-evident pauper means, The " available means of trade" are at this moment reduced to 20,266,745/. of legal tender, and this is represented by 8,497,7801. in bullion, which is 185,7801, more than the bank's reserve in October 1847, when the rate of discount was only eight per cent. The bank is now charging nine per cent with more bullion positively in its vaults, and all the gold that has been produced at a nominal cost, goes for nothing. It has all gone, no one seems to know where ! Will not all this serve to show the dangers of the course we are on, and the incal culable risks we are running ? It has been said that, "we have as many notes in circulation this year,as we had at this time twelve months; and consequently, the present disastrous panic can not be attributed to a scarcity of money." This is as much as to say we have no right to increase our trade, or receive that of other countries when it comes to us; for it is all of no use unless we can find gold, wherewith it is not only to be con verted into money, but held until called for to employ our industry. The practical issue of an application from the manufacturing and maritime districts to Govern ment for relief, will, however, satisfy the whole country as to the cruel and arbitrary operation of our existing monetary system. No relief can be given except by the open violation of all " cardi nal principles." If the issue of legal tender be enlarged, it will prove that all the public wanted to sustain confidence and credit was more repre sentative money, and that the banks and high mercantile firms which have recently suspended business are victims to the worst order of legisla tive quackery. If immediate relief should follow an increase of two or three millions of Bank of England notes, and a return to a fair commercial rate of discount, it is to be hoped that the sup porters of sudden contractions in the circulation and usury will for ever hold their tongues ; and that the public will insist on having full, fair, and impartial banking returns published weekly, that we may have an opportunity of seeing whether the evils, arising from contractions of the circu lation and usury, are justified, even according to Bullionists' doctrine, by an actual scarcity of gold. If it be necessary for a commercial c3mmunity to know the condition of one bank, it must be equally necessary for them to have some know ledge of how all the other banks stand ; and until we are enabled to get at this information, ro arca and to the still more unpardonable designs of our money-mongers. 'FRE proceedings in our local Parliament to day, will, in a great measure, determine whether we are to experience a truce, if not a total, suspen sion, of that factious warfare which has hitherto proved so discreditable to our Municipality, as well as being injurious to the town at large. To-day will decide whether reason and justice are to guide the Councils of our Municipal rulers in their selection of a Chief Magistrate, or ignorance and partizanship to enjoy a temporary triumph, regardless of every other consideration. It is humiliating to think that there should exist even the shadow of a doubt on the subject. Yet so it is. Reason and justice alike proclaim aloud on whom the election ought to fall. But the demon faction rushes forward, yelling, ‘` down with reason and justice, Let party be exalted !" and party may, for the moment, attain its ends, but it may rest assured that its days are num bered—that the time is not far distant when the righteous aspirations of the many shall not be spurned with impunity, as they now are, to gra tify the lust for power on the part of the design- ' ing few. If the Tory party in the Council suc ceed in carrying their nominee to-day, it will be a convincing proof of the utter hollowness of all their professions, and we trust it will operate as a wholesome lesson to those Liberals who have hitherto been'weak enough to listen to the bland ishments and ;allurements held out to them by many of teat party when soliciting their suffrages. It is a mysterious fact\ that many of the Tory, —or, if they will have it, Conservative— members of the Council owe their seats to Libe ral votes obtained by such professions ; and it is equally a fact that one of the recently appointed members is indebted for his return mainly, if not solely, to the influence exercised on his behalf by one of our Liberal cotempo raries. We shall be curious enough to know how the gentleman in question will justify, by his acts, the high eulogiums heaped upon him when his canvass was in progress, and whether by his vote to-day, he will disprove the allegation so often urged against him, and which at the time he so stoutly denied, namely, that he was a mere nominee of certain parties. Will the newly elected member for Scotland Ward prove his attachment to Liberal principles, and his perfect independence of personal, or any other influence, by recording his vote in favour of Mr. Alderman Preston, as the gentleman most entitled to the honour of the Mayoralty on the present occasion ? We shall see. Did the election of Mayor de , pend on the public voice, or was it left even to 'the calm and unbiassed judgement of the members of the Council themselves, there can be no droubt as to the result; but no, party must be appeased despite every other consideration. Its ravenous maw is equal to that of the monster in Vethek, gorge as you may it is never satisfied, the cry is still —more, more. We repeat here what we have stated elsewhere, despite good faith and justice the Tories may carry Mr. HOLME'S election, and thus secure a momentary triumph, but in so doing they would do no honou r to Mr. UOLME, whose elevation, under such circumstances, will not carry with it that prestige which we should wish to see Mr. HOLME enjoy when his turn for the office comes fairly. It is one thing to be elected to the civic chair by the spontaneous voice of all parties in the Council, and another, and very different affair, to be thrust into it by a bare majority of a faction, who happen at the moment to be in the ascendant as regards numbers. A STRANGE rumour has been current during the last few days, to the effect that a proposition is to be made in Council, to-day, that all the Com mittees remain as at present constituted until the first meeting of the Council in January next, when extensive modifications are contemplated in regard to several of them. The reason assigned for this extraordinary proposition being that as the new Dock Trust comes into operation on the Ist of January, involving an entire re-modelling of the Dock Committee, it is thought desirable that all contemplated modifications in the other Committees should take place simultaneously with that of the Dock Trust. Such, we are informed, is the ostensible reason assigned for the proposed departure from a rule which has been in operation, both here-and elsewhere, ever since the passing of the Municipal Corporation Reform Act. Whether such a proposition, if carried into effect, would be legal or otherwise, we are not prepared to say. That, at the present moment, it would be highly improper and inex pedient on any such pretext to depart from what has hitherto been the universal practice, we are convinced. What have any of the other Commit tees of the Council to do with the re-construction of the Dock Trust ? Absolutely nothing ! And we hope, should such a proposition be seriously brought forward to-day, it will meet with the most strenuous opposition from independent members of all shades or politics. It is well known that the only Committee likely to undergo any organic change on the present occasion is the Water Committee; and, certainly, the time has arrived when that change can brook no further delay. The present Committee have executed the trust with which they lwere charged, no doubt, to the best of their abilities, but that they have failed in giving satisfaction either to the Council or the town, is notorious, and others ought now tc% A ) " n.p.c rn.; t t .1"-izecl plum — , pertorrriiii Surely, the proposed delay is not with a view of keping the present committee in power until such time as all the Rivington accounts accruing due at the end of the financial year, shall have been passed by them without being subjected to the searching scrutiny of some of those whom the public have a right to expect will be placed on the next Committee. We may be wrong, but, w arned by the past, we have grave suspicions that either this or some other similarly sinister object is at the bottom of the proposed We all know how the Water arrangemente. accounts have on previous occasions been mixed, up, so as to mislead the Council and the town at large, the great object being to keep down, in appearance at least, the frightful cost of the Pike. As there must now, however, be a winding-up of the whole of the Riviugton con tracts, on some of which it is stated large sums are accruing due, in addition to heavy amounts to be paid contractors for extra work done and Other items, besides a large account for salaries, wages, &c., &c., in connection with the Millstone Bank leakage, and many other etcetras, amount ing in the aggregate to a very large gross total, It is said to be much desired in certain quarters that the whole of these accounts should be passed by the present Committee, who in all matters of this description have hitherto proved most plastic and accommodating. Hence, a new Committee, or an infusion of blood into the old one, is not at the present moment at all to be wished for by those who dislike to be troubled a nswering unpleasant questions, and giving e xplanations as to how the money is goinf-, and has gone. The game of deception has nearly been played out, but a desperate effort may yet be made to prolong it a little longer, and we know from the past that there is no artifice to which certain parties would not scruple to resort in order to delay the evil hour when exposure must take place. The Pikeists may have another reason for desiring to prolong the existence of the present Committee. Same of them still cling to the vain delusion that a method may yet be discovered by which the bog-wash may be ren dered less repulsive to the inhabitants than it has hitherto proved. The whole of the well water, it is now said, is pumped into the mains ? and, as the Pike water is not so abominable in winter as in summer, there are fewer complaints of bad water. The inhabitants are becoming quiescent, they will by degrees become reconciled to our filthy wash, and in despair give up all agitation as hopeless. If we can. only find one excuse after another for keeping the present authorities in power, our object is attained. It will be a great point gained if we can •nly continue the present Committee in office until January, when some God-send may turn up which will induce the Council to prolong their services until the fol lowing spring, for instance, that they may then report the result of the experiment making under their direction on the filtration schemes; then another excuse may be found to postpone the catastrophe until summer; and so on. Thus, in all probability, reason the Pikeists; but they will find they calculate without their host. Their specious abuses and protests have been tolerated too long already. They must be endured no longer, and we trust that the Council will to-day introduce such elements into that important body, the Water Committee as will at once give evidence of their singleness of purpose, and prove satisfactory to the public. We believe that many of the old members of the Committee rejoice that their tenure of office has expired, and it would only be an act of cruelty to them for others to attempt to prolong it, on any pretence whatever, and the Pikeists may rest assured, that until justice, full and complete, is rendered to the town, they need not flatter themselves that there shall be any cessation of that agitation which has proved so distasteful to them. On the contrary, any attempt whatever, which may have for its object the longer evasion of a satisfactory solu tion of this question, be the pretext what it may, will only tend to provoke increased bitterness of feeling towards the scheme and its authors— and will in the end defeat itself. The New REFORM BILL.—The Leader says thats.a. new Reform Bill was "passed" the other night at the Guild_ hall C , flee-house. The Bill is asserted to be the result of a conference of parli:mentary reformers held in June last at the King's Arms, Palace-yard, Westminster, under the presidency of Mr. Roebuck, 'and to have been moulded into shape by a committee who have communicated with all sections of Liberals throughout the country. Tue Leader, after inveighing against the mode of getting up so comprehensive and important a measure as reform in holes and corner, , , observes It is not a bad bill. It confers a large extension of the suffrage on all occupants, owners, or tenants, in part or whole, of premises rated for the relief of the poor ; it establishes the principle of secret voting, on the Australian plan ; it redistributes the constituencies, so as to give a majority of representative; to a majority of electors ; it abolishes the property qualification for members ; and it calls a new Parliament every three years." THE RAILWAYS AND THE MONEY 31 illKET.—lferaparh says :—" Nine por cent. is a fearful time for railways having debentures falling due. We should advise al that are iu this plight, if called on to pay high rates, to contract loans for very short periods, and thus tide over their difficulties for a while. This present state of things cannot last long. Money will presently be cheap enough. At this time large sums must have accumulated and be in the companies' hands on traffic account. For things not to be avoided, these sums can, and no doubt will, be used. Pressing claims for debentures may be liquidated by these surpluses, and we have no doubt shareholders would not (object to have their dividends paid a month or two after the usual times, or in two or more parts with intervals, rather than saddle the com panies with an excess of in' crest, which for years would diminish their dividends, and reduce the value of their property." MORALITY v. LEGALITY. mTT n UU - N - o.aNylr - ul "WOKKIIOtt-E. It will be in the recollection of our readers, that last week we gave an ample report of the proceedings which took place before the magistrates at the Policy-court on Tuesday last, when Mr. Eiward Gough, the governor of the West Derby Workhouse, appeared to answer a summons issued agaiust hits, charging him with being the father of a child of which a married woman, named Margaret Clarke, hal given birth to. On that occasion the child was not affiliated, but in giving the decission of the bench of magistrates, Mr. Alderman Holrne stated that they;were of opinion that,;the: evidence was too weak to bring the case clearly home to Mr. Gough "legally "—placing mach emphasis on the word " legally." At the weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians, held en the following day, the sabject of the investigation was introduced by the Rev. Mr. Tattersall. After referring to the ob3ervation made by Mr. Aid. flelnae,, said :—Under these circumstances the board could not allow the matter to stand al at present ; nor in justice to Mr. Gantt would it be their duty to do so. Toe guardians could never feel comfortabe or sa:isfie•l is the management of Mr. Gough in that house,. with a charge, however slight it might be, resting on his character-1 charge which they they must all admit was a very grave one, especial ly for a man in Mr. Gough's circumstances, and concluded by moving the following resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Ledger, an l unanina )usly agreed to :—" Considering the issue of Mr. Gough's trial yesterday, and the remarks which the presiding magistrate felt himself jastified in making at the termination with regard to the defendant, ' that he was only legally acquitted,' and also taking it into consideration that this remark was In tde previous to the examination of any witness for the defence—before even the defence had been entered into—this board cannot rest satistifie.l with the moral imputalon resting upon their governor's character. He must not only be legally but morally acquittel from so grave a ch arge ; it be therefore resolved that a special attain; of the general board be held on an early day for the purpose of a thorough investigation into the matter." Ia consevence of that resolution, a special meeting o the Guardians has been convened for this day, to make a full, fair, an 1 impartial investigation into the whole circumstances of the case, for the purpose of ascertaining, if possible, the " msral," as well as the "legal," innocence of the governor of this workhouse. Guardian of the Union have been specially summoned, and it is to be hoped that all will feel it their duty to attend on this occasion, as, perhaps, it is one of the most important matters that has ever, or will ever come under their consideration, being an investigation, held for the purpose of " morally" (should he be guiltless) of exone rating the governor of the Workhouse from the aspersions cast upon his character with reference to a charge, which, at present, he has bean only " legally" acquitted, and which has become known not alone to the ratepayers, of this Union, but also to the public in general, througout the kingdom. BUST OF THE LATE Mr. BROTHERTON.—A very striking and be utifully executed bu-t of the late Joseph Bf otherto' , , Esq., M.P., has just been placed is the Manchester Town Hsll, it having been executed by Mr. M. Nob'e, on a commission soon given after Mr. Brotherton's death, on behalf of some o f his personal friends a n d admirers. The bust is of white marble on a pedestal of black. PURCHASE OF THE Isramus or PANAMA. —A. despatch from New York, published by the Currie” do Paris, containing_ the extraoriinary news that the Isthmus of Panama has been purchased by the United States, is thus explained by the Pays—" The terms of this despatch must be incorrect. An American company has been formed for the purpose of substituting a canal across the Isthmus for the railway, which is admitted to be insufficient for the commercial warts of the world. The scheme is believed to be favourably regarded by the maritime powers of Europe A demand for the concession of the canal has been made at B ,gota. and it must ba this concession, and not the sale of the territory of the Isthmus, which the Government of New G:anaqa ham been authorised to make. We may add that according to the original idea of the project, the canal w.s to be a neutral property placed under the protection of the powers interested in in; formation." THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY'S EXHIBITION- NOTICZ. the es 3rifente We have not as yet made FIFTII any reference to ss , and of the second room in which, neverthele ss , there are:nre„ raise or °en paintings deserving of especial notice, for prat Ase. We cannot pass by without remark a fin e likeneeg' by ., er T. M. B. Marshall, of Mr. Vandenhoff, in the charario, •• hylock, a painting in which the visitor wi ll to eat, partly because it has high merit and to its own, but yet more because an• actor and an impersonation which, P 044 will soon cease to be seen upo n r e no blest Mr. Vandenhoff Shylock was one of t he , st , of of his performances, and in the present tsot it recallsroblolao, to the tragic stage, it would be bat a slight honour _Pf t ee ffetteilthnifuill:ss of him, if we were to say that when he retires wv_c;2l,, 1° , 5 %110' boards he will leave behind him no equal and 335. " Faust and Mephistopheles in Auerbach no,® Ce ll This is a very dark picture, the artist having to the more literally than we think at all needful' b a rlITS probable state of grim duskiness which t he , fool! lighted, dingy drinking-cellar in LeiPz have presented. Being hung verY sss es tr a is placed at can to aditnal disadvantage as re e - , of 1 sectator. One just discern that the fOrie,loo company gathered around the tables seem steeph s , ls ' characteristically outlined, and that the attitude s e os aiew a topheles is striking and life-like. 'No visitor 0; es ioo°' vision can do justice to the features and eltP t sce se, Faust. But - why do no'. artists seize EOMe other. or foot they will keep illustrating Faust, than the the The O l 's which have become the spoil of every pencil ? %for ge ga rden, e; shoe: pact scene, Margaret and Faust in the coming from church, and this cellar adren a r e t h prat seem to be the only portions of the poem lo"'"7 0 , 0 r: themselves to the minds of artists. Ary ffell eie %boe t .7 painting of the " King in Thule," exhibited he r a e y *Of, year ago, is indeed a splendid exception to t nke,,,Te unraried monotony of subject. And why o , ° ;, s tror" f occasional subject from others of the great 7. Some o f Why not remember Egmcent and Gotz ? pests, Gee he's ballads too are outlined pictures in the ta ,:•fe tho distinct as ne.zch's, and c illy wanting a painter tofre,,, th h colour and outward life. The " God and the Bar' tlite tig t o "New Pansies ;" anywhere the reader will tu rn s eem the leaves, he will find tlasmes abounding wh ie r t aesel invite the pencil of an appreciative artist. 13 , 11 4 h thing which is said of Gcethe may be said 0 1 'a -a 'ow" P ei attr from a very few of whose most popularised scen es seb are producing every day repetitions apparently tonitt tible, bat certaenly to the beholder at least very It is gratifying to remark, that in this present ° D ie there is, we believe, no " Hamlet with the Grace of and not mere than three or four "Rmalinds." 429: " Canute listening to the Monks of 33 , 1 , 1 1 :0 011 , 4 1 many pictures in the exhibition fill the visitor 0 " Voi, i s tru‘ b ae' sense of beauty as this fine painting. It well as beautiful. Not truthful merely because til° ,9to r es of the oars or the fringe of the King's robe e rs te r se t e " patterns of wooden oars and gold lace, but he e ,dio; idea which the artist meant to convey, is expre s 7,o o .e, fulness upon the canvass. So quiet is the scene. OF' the evening air—so euggestive the attitudes le l atent. the rowers rest and the King stands UP t° of thy that one can almost fancy he hears the v°lo chanting monks borne across the still waters• li t of Canute is exquisitely painted—full of thong stai d earnest feeling. It is well contrasted without a u e o f gO O J.B ,' ling, inharmonious and vulgar effect, with t h en o f humoured, careless, uncontempiative visages a ow alss oarsmen/ t ro I°l of 417. " The Sale of a Heart." This is a P . ' ' l , O O 0 moral purpose. We look int , a room, in the S - 00 , , which is a table, at which four figures are stun tsP gbi old man holds round the waist a young g irl, /1 e : slit away her face and clasps her hand in what a T . erd e t knowledge of the stage and the art-exhibition wrotivaa indicate as suppre sse d agony, and conflicting of 19" cf Close to theme stands, determinedly unco nsciou e oe gli to very evident struggle, one who reminds us etr ta l-e e d . the " curled and perfumed Assyrian bull," isa d I° - .; in this instance we know that we have the aceePis A - 15 and not the brother before us. The four h fig ° 6 4,s important one, and we find by the ac parchments lying before him on the to ol that he is a notary who conducts the e which the title of the painting describes. Au th isu g jjy t together, constitutes the sale of a heart. The r t y 0 4 makes the trensfer, partly in consideration of nassersl i e father who now sustains her, and partly 1 0 " It % es of weighty advantages which are to be sagas o r, to • documents on the table. There is more, 11 0 w e Leolte r e et seen; for on looking through a window e're ""„- eisti dismal figure skulking away from the perch, which might. to ordinary minds, suggest deteete ssae co sa d but to more sympathizing hearts indicates at a i :S._fitiri; rejected lover. Not content with harrowing- :id s 80 0 4 more miserable, by covering the groan 11 bola through which the heart-stricken outcast ente e ve a a make his way, until, at all events, he suecee o e "Thatll°,„"9 a passing cab. This is the story of th e p i e tstree .o e rgo having the strongest possible objection to " tu °l l7, 6 l) r e pictures, aid the most entire want of faith in — s i t 0 ' agency to cure eccial evils, we must, at le e- t ieet much justice to the artist, as to a 'ln it e eth A - 3 wasted the power of a skilful pencil with 1- s best possible intention. Artistically, !le i ": oe llil t a ct a leaving out the question of purpose, n w- as elto help thinking this picture a total failure. "-t° I g aior%o story intelligible, the painter has made his grouP h ;,i9bl,4l The exp-ession in the face of th e y oung lady-- 4 1; ote a si'" . means a being of much external attractions - a t sf contortion, and indicates, if anything at all, r athef - de /t o of physical pain than mental emotion. Her alt,`, tt i l le the approved penny-theatre style. The facee 0 i seto;fi individuals are to - ally divested of any expression l a irs 0 Some points in the painting are indeed, 11 4, - SOO O rendered. The table-cover is so exact an l uj n i ' on ent almost to amount to illusion. The documeeweed? table are very like parchment and ink—you eati e, - 's at o( ti • engrossing on the heck. Portions of the A n t might set ye as patterns to a milliner. If Oetei g s - ener t o• meritorious in success in such art as this, the Pi s eet . this picture must be allowed to command ou r r° the highest degree. helP h i While making this remark, one can Wel l / etre ell 0 on pressing some surpris e a t th e pecu liar te r t iorPo s , the art of the painters app ears , i n our cry is of Exhibition at least, t o b e t a ki ng . A r t-mil"': stets only phrase we can empl o y t o d es i gn ate a r e el/n e n painting which is n ow , t o use a v ery e r'to °ot term, coming into fashion. It would not be es t he sty the number of pictures in the . e rooms, in whie bt eo,' - e ff has altogether flat g array thought, beauty of f br 6 ' 6 l' sion of feature, suggestion of motion and life s ad ef other objece to devote his skill to the elaborati°,loo,,`.. vets, limes, and fringes. ice have, indeed O: , mantled that a man must know something at A66 a . e tg r ology and botany before he attempts landscaped the eo bu we do not know that any one has sugg° et n e 0014 cessity of a minute study of bonnet -riMnia, anr, t "ofi' l ant fringes as an indispensable requisite for the ar:';ore s - 001l nature. Surely no man's time cal be weste",• o oo s , than in working out with photographic nam o % . O s seo!, details as these, and to admiration can be I: o °_;cleir ingly bestowed than that which one hears etrori, b to pictures only remarkable for this peculiariv f ilre e te` cause they are so remarkable. There are se/ e k ' se en to o in these rooms which are nothing more t •- e le;o0 counterfeits of modern article, of g e m il l ~s9 worked up sometimes almost to tu; e point. In what degree the occupation the who can only produce each im'laC e3 , - . se ll be alted beyond that o f t h e men w h o make 1;1 '0 "de genuine articles, we cannot post ibly conce ive' t co loori o • work of art to copy on ca nvass th e out li ne s al''', - e vol t es° petticoat edging, we claim the ti t l e of eel' 111 0 1 for higher df gee 3 for the individual male or ferna l , t he 1 7 , 1 t os. gifted enough to work the pattern If it be 0 0 ' an d ' ° ;" d o' to reali'e a thought, and translate it into colottliselAeno which makes the artist, the accurate aril 15- tw ee e allot painter may reasonably claim to have a the e r the results of his uteful labours on the wall; O f t ; tl to et,:s9 mies. Any visitor who bel eves that trathfdlles-noss,i, of has anything to do with minute copying unol ell eaer ce 'left well be ecstatic in admiration of some of w e slap o; imitation which art exhibitions now so freque ntil arEe it - 4 Young artists, who may be led away into the Po s ey such a skill. may, however, threwing away their capabilities upon the aceui l i 4os elaf * profi which ill, to use an expression of i ‘ e i s eeing feel assured tha t oa t 0 : 6 a k ettle or - " as purely mechanical as mendin g horse." 0 11 e lf 291. " The Gambler " This is aWY n 11 cuted painting, by a f ema l e hand. We ca t Wh ine blame such an artist if this picture is 11 4 1 1 .0 11 m0 free from evidesce of the bad taste to ae l t he just alluded. It has, however, r e .; ie and strikin g qua li t i es . Th e h agg ard d e l s ang l- the ca • - eici features of the mal e figure , and the anxie t y 1 0 1 t h o ho tenance of the wo man are une xaggerated , a•teiste is le of and deeply impressive. Not very aPloar,:ihe quotation from Shakspeare waich accompaule' tigir this picture in the catalae his I° o e.l‘ 431: 'Mellen readin g his Comedies to ;dee et keeper." 00, of o T o h r is p a t u i h o j t e e c r t s. is T f b as e t becoming one ° n or themes . 0 - o a. p ie ure before o f tb 4, nevertheless, many merits of its own The her , P erb d s e r r housekeeper is excellent, although her latlk At re st o• f 411 1 ' - 19 sime h w at too extravagant; and the g ress i oa pietist looks up from his page with a exp humour very happily depicted. (111E 11 °f the t, It oDe The or a %elf, a n , l'°Pula r ki eg L ti i4f,tl fgeetic 4 4 diei ol hate of tittio n fo rterF totieieh; good t ; Iktul We 44dertl NEW ty ad` give i t ITele or * ill be tehor lirozwi VA,c t . —l earc ttp . " , eons F th iq i L tree,' leite)um 3 t 1-1 4 ri tt 114 d, , Of ' 45 t 0 if I I ht