Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-01 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCI We do not hold ours, Ives responsible fo, 01Gr co,•re opinions of INIERESTING INTELLIGENCE ABOUT • GAR TO THE EDITOR OF TI SIR Innen In*. , Italian p At a time lik ing the hero's ntsi in the exploits ar i n to my wa,y to details from v Idera may fo: are which may yet ( a I tell you th'at s information Antonio Sforza Marin Y TIMES which place is - a resort for inany exiled for4eig•iiers, whose honour is, in most east account, is a guarantbe, if necessary, of the genuineness of this My informant, then, being one of this number, ave lately had, given Tent conversations We me the following. ply —Garibaldi was as-achild exploits ; he has been known many times to have escaped from his college and followed a chance passing, regiment miles and miles away from his lime, and wheUtlie com mandant's notice has been attracted, to have requested he might serve in that company. OA one oeCasion his Airith a youth of Ins otvn' age in the regiment: However,' to pass from his more youthful frOlics to those of man hood—it is no new subject how enthusiastic and success ful he was in those nautical excur s i ons whi c h gave suc h renown to the young buccaneer. Garibaldi was at this time remarkably attentive . to his person and costume. It seems it was a great point with him to appear in a splendid red mantle and plumed 'and jewelled flan • nnti h;. _ so . noble and imposing that niany a fair Italian dame, it is said, IA mourned an unrequited -flame for the hero. The god with the bow has only once touched the heart of Garibaldi. The object of his adora tion was indeed worthy of him, or of any noblest of their race ; but let us press down this mournful epoch of his life—to those scenes of more general interest. Thus, when Mazzini had completed his preparations for the dictatorship of all Italy, and Garibaldi was instructed to complete the organisation of the provisional govern ment at Rome, it is interesting to know that, even when surrounded by conspirators and pretended friends, and almost enveloped in plots for his destruction, he could yet find time to study his favourite " Cresar," whose commentaries he affirms afford the food which' nourishes his soul for glory. Besides this author, he has another fa‘mnrite work, Apollonius of Tyameea, an opponent of the abuses of primitive Christianity ; and it is from this source, that most probably, Garibaldi has derived that con tempt for priestcraft and the pontifical government which s) remarkably characterises him. An instance of this was shown in the well-known interview between him and Cardinal Antonelli. When the latter urged the necessity of all who had been bapti se d i n t o th e Catholic church being reconciled to it, what was the answer of the true patriot ? One never to be forgotten by Englishmen. "Never," said he, "will I belong to, or acknowledge a church whose power lies in one man—impotent and more feeble than myself." This memorable answer has become the watchword of the new Italian church, represented by Janinni at Rome, Bianchi at Paris, and Romoli at , London. I have much interesting matter that I could continue, but find I have already exceeded the limits I proposed. At a future time, therefore, if desirable, I shall feel glad to continue a relation of particulars which seem to me so worthy of interest.— I am, sir, your obedient servant, LIBERATOR. VOLUNTEER CAVALRY FOR LIVERPOOI TO THE EDITOR OF THE. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES have read in your paper of Monday last, a letter signed W. M., which deserves the attention of every patriotic man, who must naturally coincide with every sentiment contained therein. It would be well to have it inserted in most of the Liverpool papers, in order that it may meet the eyes of (Air authorities, to appoint a proper man for carrying- the various suggestions into immediate effect, and I have no doubt the effort would then be in the right direction, and a corps of 610 strong would at once be formed, which would be an honour to the town of Liverpool.—Your obedient Servant, AN OLD LIVERPOOL LIGHT HORSEMAN. Wednesday, 30th Nov., 1859. MAGISTRATES' COURT, YESTERDAY. (Before Messrs. NEILSON and SHAND.) COUNTY Two men named respectively James Neilson and Thomas Carnes were placed in the deck, the former being charged with stealing, and. the latter with re ceiving a quantity of cannel coal, the property of the 'Earl of Balcarres, who is the owner of extensive coal mines at Wigan. Mr. Peace,' of Wigan, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Bluck, instructed by Mesrs. Davies and Syers, oil merchants, Bootle, for Carnes, and Mr. Dodd for the other prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that stealing coal had been prac tisee for some time past, and that a watch was set to diScover the thieves. Neilson was the master of flat No. 1, which brought a cargo of cannel coal from Wigan ,to Liverpool, and was delivered at the Gas Company's , works, in. Atholstreet, on Monday, the 28th instant. The practice was to allow a small quantity of coal to remain in the flat after her dis charge, for the use of the men on their return. On this , occasion about 1 cwt. had been' left on board on the night in question. A police-officer observed Carnes leaving the flat with a bag containin g about 80 lbs. of coal, and he took him. into custody, and after -wards arrested Neilson.—Both prisoners stated that the coal was given to make a fire, and that none had been sold.—The bench thought it was right for the case to be brought there, but as no evidence had been adduced to show that any, portion of the cargo 'was concealed, but that a small quantity of coal had been left on board, tliere was nothing against the prisoners, and they were consequently discharged. BALLADS FOR THE PEOPLE THE XUSTERING OF THE RADICALS Tiarit ! hat* f the brazen trumpet of the Rad sends forth its note, The slogan of the demagogue is bursting from his throat, gis Canip is in commotion, his banner is unfurl'd, Again, thrice valiant TOoley-street shall overawe the world ! New, now, t,heir lying chronicles are eagerly o'erhaul'd, With tales of dark oppression the working man's appall'd, To hear some grim descendant of the old notorious Rump, They crowd about the platform, and cling around the stump! And now one paints the Tory as a giant foul and fierce, Which a barb'd and poison'd dagger must forthwith be made , ; to pierce ? • And another shows the Tory up ac a weak and - puny sprite, }Phone strength provokes but sheer contempt, whose deeds are ~,,inerest spite : he's a monstrous' dragon, which eats up all the poor, And , gpbbles up young orphans as they crowd the Liberal's floor! And here the great sea serpent, dragging commerce at its tail, And swamping the Great Eastern, and a fleet of smaller sail! And when these doleful tragedies hare wrought their purpose due, And a thousand human adders have hise'd th e T ory crew; Then sweeter motes are sounded, and "like old mangy mares, ,6 Each scratching 1./here they scratch'd would be" the motley band appears 1 The Whig protests that none but RAD can England's Wealth protect I The Bad insists that hiS friend WHIG alone commands res P ee t The Jew vows that the PAPIST makes true liberty his caret • The..Papiii swears that JEWS alone should fill Saint Peter's chair ! lid then the "Christian" sections come hobnobbing with them all, Those Nonconformist brethren who can boast a special call Who long " to bind an kings in chains," and fetter ev'ry peer, Make every church a "Bethel," and set a calf up there! And these respect the Israelite for Jeroboam's sake ! And ,Icat upon the Papists, who burnt bishops at the stake ! And they give the hand of fellowship to each fellow who will ‘ 4 Down, down with tithes and ehureh-rates, and hunt the parsons out!" And so they all agree to squelch the parsons, lords, and squires, And pull down England's wooden walls to feed the factory fires ; The Bads shall rule and spend the tin, the Tories—they shall py And " Plunder" is the watchword as they muster for the fray Well! let the demagogues come on, with their C their Brights, The men who fire our passions, but aid not in our fights, We tract, with calm reliance on protection from on high, And meantime take good counsel and—KEzr OUR POWDER 'RY robtlen s and -YESTERDAY LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT IN TROUBLE AGAIN )preteen —Bill Stanley, d )rtrait, whi d in Liv was shown it IT s with bein le was scribed on the court, as 'fa rid well knoWn to the police entleman, who could .etiembered appeared it itor against a young and In accomplice in the robbery.— said he could Mr. Cobb; who appeared* for the prison( prove an alibi, and asked his Worship not to remand the )4,41 the . prosect lansifeld, however, ordered the in the employ of Duncan, Squarev, and Blackmore, was goods. Mr. C. charged with illegally I Aspinall, who appeared f remand till Friday, whicl THEFT BY A SERVA7S a was grantec —Catherine Morne, a chetni3t and druggist, '3 I,.Great Howard s'of w with -street, carry ral arti ng apparel and a She pleaded-guilty. The - prO;ecutor said that he did not 'svish'to prase ;e against thepri- :ling her master,_ and she was too :old to lx present to a penitentiary. He would sentence her' to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, and if at the expiry of that time she wished to enter such an establi - shinent she might do so. • THE MARKETS' BYE-LAWS.—Rebert Isaac, fish dealer, was summoned for causing an obstruction in the avenue of the market by allowing fifteen baskets . of fish S to remain an unreasonable length of time before his stall. Mr. Blackhurst, wh Q ho appeared for the defendant, raised the same defenc: as he. did in the case of Kearney, last week, viz., that there was an informality in the mode by which the bye-laws had been made. 'By the Municipal Corporations Act it was required that two-thirds of the Council must be pressnt at the consideration of bye-laws, whereas those in force had been made by a committee of the Council. In the evidence given by the officers Of the market, it was admitted that Mr. Isaac had been accustomed to place his baskets in that place, and in the same mariner, for the last twenty-four years, during which time he had occupied , the stall. Mr. Edwards, deputy town-clerk, contended that though the bye laws were made in a committee,• the proceedings of that committee were submitted to the Council and confirmed, which was a legal mode of procedure. After a long and rather desultory discussion, Mr. Mansfield said he would take the case into consideration, and give a decision on Wednesday next. (Before Messrs. J. B. LLOYD and G._llovr.) _ DANGRIWITS MERCHANDISE.-Messrs. John Hutchi son and Oswald Earl were summoned under the fire pre vention act for having a large quantity of inflammable goods warehoused" in a place which was not fire-proof. Mr. Rishton said that in- this place,' which abutted upon Blackstock-street, he found about 500 barrels of resin, and a quantity of tallow and charcoal. ' On one side of the yard was a foundry with--a number of windows broken. A young man, who appeared to answer for Messrs. Hut thison and Earl, stated that there was an iron,roof to the warehouse. -Mr Rishton, however, explained that this was only a small place - in the middle of the yard. The magistrates imposed the full penalty of £lO, and warned the defendants to put themselves in a right posi wards the law. ton as r TO THE LIVERPOOL RATE-PAYERS 11th month. 30th, 1859 GENTLEMEN, My last, was addressed to you, 'as the owners of the workhouse. The editors gave it a different heading — Women grinding corn at the Liverpool Work ' My. taking this straightforward • course, has caused considerable annoyance to the board, as the report of the proceedings at the Vestry Board clearly indicates. This I , was prepared for, to some extent. Mr. Cropper, jun.'s statements are very mu c h exaggera t e d as "to my closing my eyes to everything praiseworthy, &c." I said in my last, the cleanliness and general good arrangements were apparent." My scrutiny, doubtless, was too searching. The corn in the mill-hoppers then grinding was as inferior as the corn then being delivered, and which the store-keeper said was sweet and right— "this lot was rejected," we are tuld. by the committee of the house next day. How was it that the wheat then grinding, and the worse wheat grinding last 'February, was not also rejected by. some • committee or official ? 1 learn that the wheat has been, very extensively supplied by one firm ; is it not fair to assume that the February and November wheat are. a' fair specimen of past years' ? If so, what ground has Mr. De n t on f or hi s " contempt " of the facts ? It will be , a- boon to• the poor to have sweet good corn, instead of musty; and if he and his colleagues will have a stricter eye over their duty, and aban don the-bad - corn, and the oppressive mill- gr i n di ng system, no discredit will attach to them ; at the same time the full' expression of approval that the mills received when. the Rector and Chairman very fairly submitted the ques tion to them, as to= the good or evil of the iron mill grinding—all approved. The public will pause, con sider, and pronounce a just verdict, as to whether Liver pool. will subject .the women, who are requiring some assistance outside, to this-'test, and work at 6d. or.9d. 'per day in badly ventilated passages, and especially as to whether the case of A.B. in the house, and - such like cases will be tolerated—the whole being work not required by any other Union in England or Ireland. Mr. Cafferata asserts that " the mills are the most valuable part , ef the establishment." Surely I did not express a sentiment' so entirely damaging to this boasted Hall of Equity'? The Wards appropriated. to the idiots and those •subjected occasionally to epileptic fits, all visitors to asylums, &c. know that classification is very important, whether in pauper Workhouses, where a harmless class are allowed 'to be retained; or pauper asylums—here no. M.D. 'of experience will approve of those cases of epilepsy that have not seriously injured the mind—should be, as I said, subjected to daily and constant intercourse with those whose mind is gone.. I have travellethintensively through Ireland, and visited, 'some weeks, six union houses, spendiug,five or six hours per day in each: I made reports !to the Poor-law. Commissioners in Dublin .during the famine for about seventeen weeks ; and, at last,-'my progress was stopped by being attacked - with the typhus fever in .Dublin—the whole cost - was borne .by.rayself, with no. object save mitigating the misery of the people. I there found—and itwas proved-lamentably true in the investi gation by the ( Mayor of Cork this' year; s see printed report of the evidence' taken before a Poor-lavi Commis-, sumer—as - I now find in Liverpool, that the Poor-law - 'Guardians and vestry boards frequently act M a much more superficial way than is for the public good or the paupers' reasonable claims. and legal' rights. - ;1 name this from the advice of a Liverpool ratepayer, as afford ing those now . address, an opportunity to form an opi nion; not for my own credit or interest, or from egetism. :L.Cropper stamps' myremarks on . the idiotic wards as: fritolous.. I have visited asylums and. unions' for up— lviirds of twenty years ; and all M.D.'s .admit 'classifica tion 'as 'essential. As to diis not being ehairman,-that was no fault 'of mine; - he :was introduced to me as the chairman by I mutual friend. He was addressed as Chairman by the governor;- and, on his doingtso, Lre- Peated the term, and J. Cropper in no instance objected to it. This is notimportant. "Then as tkvmy consider— day-room and ing there was a want of openness in communicating, Bce., I believe I was correct•; . for Lbefore J. Cropper came to no dish to d r i n k the workhouse on Wednesday went into the. .men's yard, and, finding a .drinkino.: folurtam and Qut of for the 1 number of men, I large nu asked how this - juncture the e said,' they ;never had ohe.- At m ipal attendant came up, and very improperly stopped official showed me andytl'inPlig to the man. a chance to ape 'This old olratepayerround last e gthat an l d was extremely February, and I then considered 435!e to ci r - . : narrowly watched against speaking, a r to ore a ally against the poor having Last week we were charged by the g ov erner . not to express anything before the' women who were grinding. ese were free agents, and receiving nothing from the wor k_ house except the dearly earned 6d. or 9d. per day. W e avoided speaking mainly; Still we wanted to know what thoy could make, and, when we went to turn the mill for the sake of testing its hardship, we had a right to enquire. They were not convicts, although therresemble them most of any women out of prison I ever saw. There is a manifest want of sympathy between officials and 'paupers. The West Derby Union officials and paupers eat the same bread. This is some guarantee that store keeper and governor will keep millers, &c., to their NORTHERN contracts. No corn-grinding is carried on•at this house A variety of trades are taught, and all kept working I still think here that mat and mattine `mfeht be profit. ably carried out a legal claim nu, Deserving poor and th-os who have the union The men out of t who need it, are set to b: The - ratepayers should the 1)(1 condition ; tji as it was to have a standing army for t this sountry. (Hear.) how would the reserve unless they .maintained )ni4lercial marine been of great im portance in mannin 3ritish int( e arounc Diu-shim-es at -t1 ig-m - oment. It DECF,AIBER 1, IES increa. trade, and he , should b; dad been —although ou hem. ;ed a *la: nd was riv rate, DAILY TIMES THE SHIPPING INTEREST tEAT MEETING AT THE LONDON TAVERN. A. general meeting of shipoNiners, shipbuilders, ship= masters, shipping tradesme . . _ lipping, was, held on Tuesday afternoon, at the London Aeration ipping and 'unsuitability of .the baths and the tread-wheel being more humane. of impartial gentlemcn is essential. I take all the contempt and excess of tr A. committee to my-own action i east wind of women, and of paupers generally, is the object I The la have in view •ge room, platform, and gallery were denselSr iy the most influential members Of , the classes be founo who wil devote interested the chair being ' occupied by Mr. Robext Wigrant Crawford, M.P. for the City of London. Amongst the gentlemen present we observed—Lerd Valletort, M.P., Mr. Somes, M.P., Sir I. Duke, M.P., Mr. S. Cave, M.P., Mr. Hugh Taylor ' M.P., Mr. W. S. Lindsay, M.P., Colonel Sykes, M.P., Mr. D. Seymour, M.P., Mr. Lever, M.P., Mr. James Beazley, Liver pool some time to make this hous as worthy of renown as the town in many ways -is. It is not the work of a stranger to work out the reform required: My-business in Lancashire will conclude this week. Any letters in reply, after Saturday, must be addressed to Post-offce, Leeds.—l am, respectfully, JOSEPH. 'ost-office averpool Mr. William Drew, Mr. "G-egige Marshall, Mr: Duncan Dunbar, Mr. G. F. Young,. Vice Ad-. Miral Collier, C. 8., Mr. Wigram, Mr. Barcroft Carrol Cork ; Mr. John Allen, Mr. A. G. Robinson, , _+_ WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS Mr. F. Somes, Mr. G. Seymour Mr. Anthony Ridley, Mr. W. H. Tindall, Captain Gilmour, R.N.:, Mr. J. G: Holmes, Mr. J. Aleock, Mr. Y. Anderson, Mr. Bramley-Moore, M.P., Mr.' F. Young, Mr. N. Gould, Mr...H. Westmoreland, Mr. Goodliffe, Mr., C. A. at the wor Mill-lane, 'yesterday Mr. Pitts presided ; and the other members present were . Messrs. H. EdWards, Abrahams, Pilling, Whitby, Roberts, Shaw, Ledger, Woods, T. Edwards,-Wareham, Stewart, lir. W. Temp . erley,' Mr. W. PhillipS, Mr. H. T. Wilson, Liverpool ; •Mr. M. Barwise, tirchitehaven ; Mr. W. 0. young, Mr. Smurthwaite, Mr. M. D. Ruc ker, Mr. 0, Devine, Captain Doinett, Mr. M. Pratt, Captain Shuttleworth, Captain Toiler, Mr. C. Magnay, Captain, Were, Captain OuSlow, kr: G. Offer, Mr. J. Rogers ' Captain Trew, Mr.. Shepherd, Mr. Bonus. The following gentlemen attended as deputations from the undermentioned ports H. J. Atkinson, - deputjr-chairman Ship owners' Committee. Smith, and Parkir Cheques to the following itinOubt were 'ordered to. be —Mr. Potts drawn for the purposes of out-door relief £l2B, Mr. Olney, £4O, and Mr. Lythgoe, £2 Mr. Gough, the master of the ,workhouse, reported that the number of paupers in the establishment last week was 482 ; admitted since, 33 ; born, 1; discharged, 24 ; dead, 1. Number this week, 691, of whom 377 belonged, to ,Toxteth-park ; number in the corresponding week of last year, 678. The master of the hospital reported that the number of sick paupers in the de partment last week, was 104 ; admitted since, 14 ; discharged, 12 ; dead, 3 ;''this week, 103, of whom 37 belonged, to Toxteth-park ; number in the cerresponding week of last year was 117. A letter was read from the Poor-law Board, in re- ference to Mr. Allen, relieving officer, having been suspended, in consequence of his imprisonment in Walton Gaol as a prisoner for debt. The board directed the guardians to inquire whether Mr. Allen had been pre viously absent from duty from a similar cause, and as to what eireumstanceshad led tohis pecuniary difficulties. Mr. LEDGER. advised that the board sllould defer answering the letter for a week, in order that in the meantime they might have an explanation of a bill just sent in from William Shepherd, publican, of Mill-road, for .EB6 /3s. for wine, spirits, and ale, purporting to have been ordered by Mr. Allen. It required some explanation from Mr. Allen, why those accounts were not sent in longsince. They beganiu February,lBsB, and ended in May, of the present year. It was a most extraordi nary and mysterious thing. He moved that Mr. Cleaver be instructed to write to Mr. Shepherd request ing him to explain the matter to the board, at their next meeting, and that Mr. Allen be written to for any information he could give on the subject. Mr. ABRAHAMS thought the letter of the Poor-law Board might be answered irrespectively of the result of the investigation in reference to Mr. Shepherd's bill. He moved a resolution to that effect. After some general conversation, it was decided to reply to the communication from the Poor-law Board to the effect that Mr. Allen's dissipated habits rendered his dismissal imperative. It was also agreed that the board should enquire , into the circumstances connected with Mr. Shepherd's bill. Some routine business having been transacted, the board adjourned. LANCASHIRE COURT OF CHANCERY (Before W:M. JAMES, Esq., Vice-Chancellor.) The business of this court commenced yesterday morning, in the Chancery-Court, St. George's-hall. A number of cases were disposed of during the day, of -which the most important was Henderson v. Jeffery. The plaintiff in this case was William Henderson, silk mercer, of Church-street, and the action was brought to obtain an order to stop the erection of a wall which the defendant (also a silk mercer) was now erecting between his premises and those of the plaintiff. Mr. Little appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Robinson conducted the defence. From the affidavits that were read, the main facts of 'the case would appear to be these -The defendant, Mr. Jeffery, occupies a large building in Church-street, in "which he carries on his business, To this building — ,Compton House—the premises of the plaintiff are im mediately adjoinincr, and between the back parts of the two premises there had been, until about a month ago, a wall twenty feet in height. On the side of the wall nearest the plaintiff's house was a sky-light, by means of which the external light came into his show room. A few weeks ago, however, the defendant, among other alterations, - began to raise this wall, and continued so doing until it was at Present upwards of fifty feet high. The plaintiff states that, in consequence of this extra height to which the wall has been raised, the entrance of Holt to his . shOw room'is entirely obstructed, and the room, therefore, rendered useless for the purposes' of exhibition. A plan of the premises, which was exhibited, ielearly`!showed the relation in which the window stood with regard to the walla Mr. Robinson, for the defence, stated it might be true the light to the plaintiff's win dow was obstructed by the wall, but he could show by the affidavits of his witnesses that they were obliged to build the wall in order to preserve the privacy of their own property. For the plaintiff' had so altered and extended his premises that they quite overlooked those of' the defendant. Further than this, in 1851, the plaintiff made certain additions to his premises, which placed the said windows in a very similar position to that which it was now in. The plaintiff did this himself, . and, therefore, it might be infeired that he did, not greatly injure his own property. Why, then, should he wish to stop the defendant from building a wall now, which could not 'injure 'the property more than the plaintiff's own improvements, in 1851. But whether the wall injured the property or not, the learned counsel contended that the defendant was still entitled to build the wall, inasmuch as it was the Pro- . tection or privacy, of his,ownproperty. This had been decided 'by Lord Campbell, in the case of Renshaw v. Bene ; also by Baron Pollock in another case. The affidavits were then read, and set forth in detail 'the facts of the case, and of which the above is merely a brief extract. Ls honour, at the conclusion of the pleadings, gave an order that the case stand over till the neit - assizes, the plaintiffs, being bound to bring an action then and the defendant to abide,by the decision, as to . the pulling down so much of the wall as obscured the light from the show-room of the adjoining premises. .Two hundred out of 300 discharged soldiers from India have alieady rePenlisted. 1 . TEE GSBA.T DiAUGHT MATCH.—The draught match :between Mqierrow, -of Glasgow, and Martin, of London, for MOO aside, was commenced. on Monday, in St. Mary's Hall, Glasgow. Four games were played, all of which were drawn, the last of which was a most ex citing one. EDINBURGH lINTVERSITY COURT.—We understand that Lord' Brougham, as chancellor of the university, has appointed Sir John Melville, and that Mr. Gladstone, as rector, 'has appointed John Brawl, Esq., M.D., assessors in the University Court. The first duty of the court will be to elect three curators to exercise the patronage of several of the university chairs, along with four to be chosen by the Town Council. LORD CLYDE AT MEERUT.—L 9rd Clyde passed through Meerut on the 11th inst., and inspect e d h er Majesty's 75th regiment.' In a stirring speech he com plimented the men on the high state of efficiency of the corps, and the officers on the brotherly feeling w hi c h existed among them :—" So much was I delighted with this report of your brotherly concord, that I had intended to ask myself to dinner with you, but am obliged to forego th at sincere pleasure on account of pressing business carry i ng me from' Meerut to-day. God bless you all, and good bye." So saying he jumped into his carriage and drove off, Middlesborough-on-Tees.—Mr. Benjamb;s Holmes Montrose.—Mr. W. Baglehole Topsham.—Mr. John Holman and Mr. Alfred Hol man. Searborough. T -Mr, T. B. Walker JameA Smith and Mr. F. A. Clint, chairman and deputy chairman of Shipowner' Society West Hartlepool.—Mr. J. G. Wishart and Mr. B Holmes. Sunderland.— and Mr. Wait( —Mr. Taylor Potter, Mr. T. C. Simey, Letters of apology, regretting inability to attend the meeting, were received from Lord Stanley, 2.1. P., Baron l'ireyer De Rothschild',. M.P., Mr. Fenwick, Mr. Ayrton, M.P., and Sir Hugh M. Cairns, M.P:.. On the motion. of Mtn G. F. Young, seconded by Mr. G. Marshall, Mr. Crawffird, M.P., was voted to.the chair unanimously. The Chairman then rose and said he had tense there that clay as one of the representatives of the- City of "London, at the request of ma n y gentlemen in! the city 'for whom he entertained great personal respect. He was much'gratified to find, from the explanations given to him, that it would be perfectly consistent with his own opinions, and every sentiment he had uttered' on the subject, to attend there that day and render himself as serviceable as he could; and to promise therm that, whether in or out of Parliament, it would affbrd him the greatest personal satisfaction to render to the shipping interest every assistance in his power. (Cheers,.) It was not only as a matterof duty that he had comethere. He. was , himself in early life a shipowner. Ilh• could, therefore, readily appreciate the proceedings of those who complained of the difficulties under which that in terest laboured ; and, as a. merchant largely comeeted with the East, could bear testimony to the distressed state of that trade. (Cheers.) Mr. Somes, M.P. for Mil, moved the first resolution as follows :—" That in the month of December of the past year, the shipping interest, with an unanimity without precedent, declared by public resolution that British shipping was in a state of deplorable and. ruinous depression, and addressed the crown, praying for a specific measure of relief. That the•executive government, while admitting the fact of depression, declared it in, reply to be 'temporary and accidental,' and that British navi gation was even then recovering' therefrom ; while the shipowners insisted that, its principal cause being the impolicy of the existing system of maritime commerce, no permanent improvement could take place while that system remained unaltered: That nearly twelve months have submitted to the test of practical experience the correctness of these respective opinions ; and' that at the expiration of that time the shipping interest of the country . now finds itself placed in a position of eantinued depression, difficulty, and distress, threatening the ruin of all who are engaged in the varied and extensive pur suits connected with navigation." Having read the re solution, Mr. Somes added that he was painfully aware of the facts it set forth; that it received his hearty con currence, and that unless some remedy were speedily de vised for the relief of the shipowners an inquest would have to be held upon that body. (Laughter and cheers.) Mr. Bramley-Moore, who, on coming forward, was loudly applauded, said he hid always felt a deep interest in this question. , He was not ashamed that he took an active part in opposing the repeal of the navigation laws in 1845, and he saw no reason to change the opinions he then entertained, after an experience of ten years. (Cheers.) But he felt called upon to. say that he thought the shipping interest had not been trneto themselves, and that they had treated the question with too' great delicaey, and not with that freedom of remark which was required to enlighten the British community in the provinces. He had always looked upon the shipping interest as most important to the general interests of the nation. He might, perhaps be allowed to remind them that the parties who brought, forward the repeal of the navigation laws raised the' cry throughout the nation that they were to have' their goods carried cheaply. What had been the result? His hon. friend the member for Stoke (Mr. Ricardo) promised the potters of Staffordshire, as an effect of the repeal of 'the navigation laws, that they should have cheap Car ' riage "for their crates. But what was the result ? They had now to pay More for freight% of rough carriage than' before the repeal of the navigation laws. It might appear to be an anomaly, and would appear to be to those who aid not understand the question ; but the introdac tion of foreign shipping competing with ours, and not haiing the same burdens, had enabled the foreigners to run away with the ' freights, which they could carry with low freights and still with large profits, and that threw the rough freights on the'British, who must of necessity have a higher freight than they would charge under Other circumstances. Tak e , f or example, our carrying trade to any Spanish colony. The Spanishship earned all the fine goods' at a freight, which. she conk' command, higher than - lEe -- 11ritisfrship, (?n account of the differential-duties- ,to betlaid i en the goods on their' arrival at their destination: The Spaniards were wide.' awake, and would not carry rough freights. The'conse quence was that the British.must charge for , them,more than they did. before, when there was a combination of rough and fine goods together. But ;there was not only.i the carrying outward ; there was also the bringing home sthe return cargo. Let him instance the carry ing trade, for example, to France. Coffee in a French bottom paid 665. duty per kilogramme, but coffee , "imported ins British ship paid 84s. Sugar imported ba r a Wen& bottom paid 685., but when imported in a British bottom it paid 84s. (Hear,. hear.) Tobacco paid 4s. in a French bottom, but imported in a British Iship it paid Bs. Ire.did not coniplam of this provided we looked to our own interests at home. Every country had .a right `to impose any; duties it pleased; but in a national point of view, and regarding the interests of this great community, we should look to British' interests in the first 'instance, and do that before we promoted the interests of foreigners. (Cheers.) He was not afraid of any competition 'with British ships. What he demanded was a clear stage and no favour.- (Loud cheers.) Let him mention the blind thrown out in the. recent treaty with Belgium. It was trumpeted throughout the country that we made th e treaty with Belgium upon the reciprocity principle, and that our shipping was placed upon an equal footin and equal rights with the shipping of B e l g i u m. lie had read this in dozens of newspapers, but not one went into the minutiae and particulars of the treaty ; and if they read further than the preamble, which declared it to be-one of reciprocity, they would find clause 5 ex cepting the important articles sugar, rice, -coffee, dye stuffs, and almost every consumable article imported into . Belgium. (Hear.) Yet this was the treaty which was put forth as one of reciprocity, and reeeived as such in. the provinces to this clay. (Hear.) We now wanted to man our navy. How could we do it except through the merchant marine ; and he was glad to see the Board of Admiralty had taken a step in the right direction by having a reserve for the navy, for it was as necessary to have a' reserve for the navy ,tain that ......0 to adopt petitions to Parliament praying' they ; anti when he put the question to individuals, they expressed surprise. : He remembered when - thebill was introduced for throwing open the coasting trade to for a ' comprehensive, searching', "and inipartial inquiry foreigners, that it was sa id it. was o f no consequence, as into the actual state of Briti s h n av i ga ti on , a nd - the statement, causes that have led to its'present depression, as well no foreigner, would avail himself of the privilege. He iris affair; as the passing north as into the laws and regulations under which it is now said, why, Aen grant • the. privilege ? The thin end of _ _ peg to .9 Trtnra hilmano trpntthon+ . , . ~. tine weuge was put in, and they might depend that from year .to year it would be driven hom , surely as that was the ease would British sailors diminish in number, and conseqUently the supply of men for the navy be diminished also. He found by the Baard of Trade returns that, in 1851, there were 287 entries of foreign vessels, comprising a tonnage of 47,000 employed in the -coasting . trade. In the ten months of the present year ending in October, between G rea t B r it a i n an d Ireland, there were 68 foreign vessels entered, making an aggregate tonnage of 9,000 t ons . an d th e w h o l e o f th e vesse l s for the ten months round our shores were 367, comprising a tonnage of 58,603 tons. This portion of the trade, then, was increasing, and would increase, beca use- the foreigners could navigate our- , Shores, and could live cheaper.than the British sailor. Let him also point to the advantaee the foreigner - enjoys from which we were excluded, ana that was the trade with our own colonies. Would it be too much to ask from France and Belgium that we should carry produce to their colonies on the same terms as they brought their produce to England—in other words, to carry to France our sugar on those terms of equality on which she brought sugar here ? At present w e were debarred from that, and we gave them the bonus of competing with us in our colonial' trade, in volving £80,000,000 annually ; and he thought, wher we had so much to give away, we might well ask _- to give us something in return. (Hear, hear.) For urn concessions- no foreign nation had yet given anything in return. We were often told to look at the United States as an example of liberty, free trade, and every thing. Let us- then imitate the example of the United States, and just do what they had done, and we should have nothing to complain of: (Cheers.) What did the President of the 'United States say when Spain put differential duties on the " stars and stripes ?" Why he made short work of it, and said to Spain, " Very well ; if you will put on those differential duties, we will do the same." That; soon settled the matter. The unestion of reciprocity was- at once met; and he believed they were now on a reeiproeal footing with all the world. Last year we imported from France £14,000,000 in value of their manufacture, on which an enormous amount of labour had been expended, and had yielded an immense profit to the French nation. In the same time France had taken from us , £4,000,000 in value, and this was composed almost entirely of unmanufactured articles, on which little or no labour had been expended. Our exports consisted of only raw materials. taken from the bowels of the• earth' and other sources, but in which no manufacturing labour had been expended. Surely it' would not be too much to ask France to receive on some defined moderate duties our crockery, woollens, and other manufactures. All this would tend to increase and ensure the peace of the world, and that prosperity of the shipping interest of both which they had never known before. (Cheers.) Mr. Lindsay here stepped - forward to address the meet ing, and his appearance was the signal for a perfect hurricane of groans• and hisses, intermingled- with cheers. The honourable gentleman proceeded to address the meetin ,, at some length, and with a considerable display of physical energy; but throughout his speech he was constantly interrupted by discordant shouts, cries of " Traitor !"' "Off ! off !' and other equally uncomplimentary terms. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Lindsay said he did not rise from a spirit - of hostility, for his object was to proclaim to England and the legislature that the British shipping interests for some time had suffered, and were still suffering, from great. depression ; and he thought they were boundqo consider the best mode by which the legislature could relieve the shipowners from that depression. The resolution stated " that the principal cause of the depression had been the impolicy of the existing system of maritime commerce." (Hear, hear.) Enforced reciprocity, as asked for in the memorial, was protection in its fullest force. (No, no, and fair play.) It was so, because it was retaliation. (No,' no, and great confusion.) It was a war of tari ; therefore it was protection-in its most pernicious form: It was to go back, not merely to what we had in the days of Huskisson, but to the state Of protection 'that existed in the days of 'Cromwell. (No, no.) Was it our interest to retrograde ? Our course was onwards. Mr. G. F. Young-4 rise to order. (Cheers.) • The Chairman decided that Mr. Lindsay was not out of order. Mr. Lindsay continued—They had met to inquire what was the best policy to be puisued—first, for the nation at large ; anti secondly, for themselves as ship owners. (Cheers.); And the question before them was whether the reversal of free-trade policy would be best for the interests of the• - conn.try at large ?" - (Hisses and confusion.) ,o•ans o f 1.°11:- 6 - her, au. to the leading American house of this city, to thelitlsee rivan Minister, and to the leading Liberals in the fil° ,„ 1 of Commons. Other foui ships are wanted, and if w. place direct attention to it, and find as' suitable vessels, we " . 05 place the whole of them. We will make the America / do well on this round, and having it in ,our power if saw that tender, and I will give him a handsome sum he sees any of the tenders." Better the hand had withered upon the Paper than t .t 9 t : it shoutd have written anythi ng so un -E ng li s h as - tS 4 (Cheers..) Was he not right then in saying that Anie;, was represented in the House of Commons ? . Wont° be believed the House of Commons was composed 653; he would leave out one. (Laughter.) The 5 0 91 of Commons was composed of 653 gentlemen - --1 1,. $ subjects of the Queen—?~hear,—and he was sn t they would not rejoice to see the stripes and stars trio l at over our glorious flag, and England anything but Iv' she was, the mistress Of the seas. (Cheers.) Mr. CLINT, of Liveipoot, , said that, having been se l b i e to that meeting from: Liverpool ; he feltthat he should„ wanting in his duty if he did n o t a dd ress a few obs al rations to the assembly. The - hon. member for Sunt t c, land' [A voice, " Do n o t c a ll 'hi m honourable"]'-':At the member for Sunderland (laughter) stated that '— shipowners wanted to go baek,to the old ti m es of Pl ot tection._, Now, he cordially endorsed every word fell from the chairman, w h o s t a t e d th a t, w h a t e ver rae li n a politics might be, th e y m i g ht come t o th a t meetingi sue consistently vote for an inquiry into the causes °` The unprecedented' depresSion of the shipping interest. c if hon. member for Sunderland, who put words into O ut mouths; which they never - tittered, had shown 0 3111° 44 of audacity for which he did -not gi ve him c r '• '(Cheers and laughter.) He persisted in addressig thee meeting,. no doubt with the object of gettioti , words into the Times, and in re p ea ting hiaL,,,o representation of their objects, and again and nit reiterated that those objects involved return t° air old system of protection. Now, f or a man 0 , him to come there in the heart o f th e c ity o f Loncl e o and make the statements he had made, showed e r amount of audacity and power "of face which he I l r he before saw exhibited. (Cheers- an d l aug hter.) `, l t shipowners ask for an in qu i r y, an d if it s h ou ld turn 00 that they had been guilty of overtrading, of reekto trading, and of'gr, eat folly, then they must submit ;, t , if it could be shown that th e y s tood on an unequal '°°, ing with'foreigners, and that this caused their sal e s then they would call upon the Legislature not to t es t a great interest, closely associated with the brig bu t o l r ft pages of our. country's history; to fall into decay', _ $ that the disease,. having been traced to its sourT ef remedy - should , be provided, and that thereby i L_Li fo i r might be restored to that degree of prosperity whic h a long time they had not known. (Cheers.) Mr. Potter, of Sunderland, next addressed the - m eet ' ing, after which The Chairman, putthe resolution and the amen dni o , ei ly t to a show of hands. 'For the latter about a doz en °' were raised; and the- original resolution was ea but one dissentient. ow M ne r rs .. ' j As am so e c s ia 'Sln tinn ith , Parliament, the Government, and the public o pinio o.e the country, fully recognising the peculiar importsop Lo c v h e a d irni th an e nel f t r t e h s e ol L u i ti v o e li of the shipping interest as connected with- nati ,f; safety, public policy, and justice to great private ~, terests alike demand that the system of Maritime eCt. merce should be forthwith submitted to full and IL, examination by competent authority ;" which; w' carried. , After sonie. further proceedings a petition to ment, embracing the leading .features suggested ill resolutions, was proposed and agreed to. bf On the motion of L or d. Valletert, M.P., second ed Sir James. Duke, M.P., a vo t e o f th an k s was los"i e r acclamation, to the chairman, and the proceeding o min ated Mr. G. P. Ybung--No ; we demand inquiry, from the legislature. Mr. Lindsay contended that this resolution • went to ' ' . •- - , the root of fre e .. trade, and confirmed the memorial of omi t ' last year to the. Queen. (Cheers.) In - • conclusion, Mr. A murder of a frightful character has been U. .... 40 , - Lindsay moved, as an amendment, "That . a petition be at Finsbury Market, London. .At the house in qu e ue 'presented' to. both 'Houses. of Parliament, , praying for there resided in a first-floor room . a:than, named j a i , inquiry into the actualicoodition o f British navigation, 3,toorei and a winin:believed - to -be his wife, M oore child , k 2-1-• years of age. ' -Some-monthigue ° •cr i was charged at the Mansion Hciuse .with 9... ffeae e and for relief from the peculiar burdens and restrictions which still fetter - maritime enterprise." . „ , t attilo , ' - Mr:Du:menu Dunbar thbug,ht the resolution proposed by Mr. Somes had been attacked in a somewhat unusual • female, by biting her on the hand, and for that ° tioa manner. - (Hear, hear) The man who called himself a 'was-senteneed to imprisonment: DaHnghisinear ce A ll too shipowner, and inbv ed such in' amendment as • that which had been proposed by Mr. Lindsay,.was the worst enemy • - f - the shipoitner - eonld have. {Cheers.) 'mastiOuse. Last Friday, the room referred to l'''' Mr: 'Reazley,_ of - LiverPool,' . said it 'Was not his inten- by Moore, and on Monday morning- about $O , ' , - o os' thin to tresspass ' on then): pith a lokerfaneies ; but he Mr. Turner, the landlord heard quar rel-igl would'endeaVour to point' out, a few facts, which were noise between his 'lodgers. Nothing, however' better than all the . a rg um ent s in the . world. Last - . pired duriiig the day to warrant suspicion 0f se n the ' year there were inipOrted'iiiio LiverpOol from 'Americo. particular - iitderice having been eoinniitted ; " t ir jet f° l . .,cloo;op . o . bales Of ''cotton, employing' . 'shipping •to afternodn;llbOre, who h a d, it was' believed, beea t , b e, ttie , etent of 7,060,t0n5. '!' And he should like to Pqint - - hours, called Mr. Turner to the roOni; where rael l iat i , Out a . neW'featilre whiCh had developed' itself in the fast 1 , fying;Sighepresentediitielf. :it:Won:fan; in aOrfe" 7 il twelve months, owing to the extension of the 'electric state, excepting some slight articles thrown • a ma ss 0 ,, - telegraph l frOin New York to'' New Orleans, and from loins, lay flat on her back-on-the boards of the r0f1,.. 0 , 9 t Liverpool to ' QueepitSwn in Ireland. It had become the dear lidtbii dneside,placeduprighlini•Whitehaq oil custom to send out "froth 'l_,iirerpool orders fOr cargoes of was her head; while on the other side sat a ch i i t ii ;ofbf; ''eOtton. • 'These 'orderi enianated entirely from England.. -,satisfled, apparently, with the position ofitselfauu Ott 1. 7 ,61 V, he kyas asked,. whether he would, take alit - interest ,Along•wound was seen on the woman's abdoMe n o 'fbleu; in Uiftil'ar for 5,000 bales of cotton from New Orlean s . p a il i n o n e cor n er ofthe room contained a quantitY t ibe c i Akfirst blush he th9ught he might employ ,One of his with wearing apparel. The " floor had, appare% e ce own ships in the'business ; but he was met at`Once with washed 4p, for • smeared ' marks ' and 'the- prescocieVe tfie . remark, !' , ",We cannot employ a BritiSh ship, for the 'ictater ( ( Were 'Manifest. Moore &sail:Med all k° ?J ae t' l ., success Of the . Speeitlatien requires' that we must employ of i tfiiterrighetdisdene, pretesting . that- he had l° p re Americit'shilipfrig i ' and . the ship' Must call at 'Queens- discovery on returning - home just i previOus i i . 11 0 , 4 town and take the cargo to Havre or to" Liierpool, ac- Turner, howeiel/todk.blin'tti - the Police-statieta titt .cordinbto the -prices at the time - "." — THITar . , hear.) But stains of i blood were didkoichis trousers. Il ca s $.O was,it7 right- drat, :wish orders, ..m raglan to New articless , Nuild,by9 the police in Moore's room i ol to L'Orleals, L' ive7 Ribald be . pfolillii 4. :. from' ithploYinv ' hex, ;Oir,theAirt. oflrhioh *as sketched a ffa ll ,°p e d te amour own - shipping.? No sophistry, no perversion of the Awo.tgeh!llangil . lg; - .!T. It: is -believed Mo9re e t s , c ,", i p b e ' ,I3ngliSh language, would everinduce.hitrilo.believie thatilithe c asylpo NI-000 Wfts,9n ; Tnesday;broug.w d 'this was free trade or fair play either. (Cheerer) - - -;Our the Worshipltreet inagistrote,, -:,- . d c ' sf i .a s r Ipgitilative enactments were giving such undue AdVantage .. r .,,Tpopir r :with whom the risdner lodge c oif inif rt,ciforeigners at td throw !inn*, shippih out of employ- YesferdayOrterhoeni, - after having'. been o ut . a d i i ,,,f ow, .meat.: He would; assume a- ship df 1,200 tons, a .British able time prlsong passed. -up, stairs. lie di aill,se ship, at Liverpbol, bound to Australia: Sheivould take :ftiltitite - ; - thaii.ettiiii&l, and Said; "Ar e 1 1 6,4 „She About 400'. passengers. ' -He would assume that •On the -1 ' 10'0' '( !'T i3aid; w Tei.'' He. then asked, " ,, . love!! voyage • she met , with an - accident, -and put into that.' 'been in room?" I appealed' tom y da ,:, .. . 44 , 2 , :beautifid port of Pernambuco, - Where she Was to be" Yeptied, " Nottitice mothht has been bet II 40 a nt condemned, - fcir, it was .utterly impossible to repair the ' 'O'clock." Prisoner .said; - ..,""enine . up ate:Ill: , he' g o on tritish ship. They, had not a sParin.the place that I went, and•prisoner . 'altered: this - room O t be ' s o( would make 'a - niamyard for a ship of 50G tons.; Well, straight , 'up, 'to, where the corpse lay on, t hell ... t he the , 'consul, .would take ' up a , lot of- l' small craft, covered' with a 'counterpane or something.- _„,,„a q!,,,er end, the ' passengers' would:: be forwarded ''on 'at an a naked:,boclrbring 1 suppose'it p is. mo ts ~ * • enormous expense, which Would fall on the British : bottom. of i ths, bovre,ls, about six , acX 0 76 0 04 f ear on. ; its back, with a . 7 . fr7d, Shipowner. But if- they -took an Atherican ship, jmo, ~i oilk, ,4,:,.t5i,..;m„,. e . , ~,,,,,,.; t Al l ita Brother Jonathan would go off .in a .sOhooner from i( ho tlis o eeurrel,4 7l - r ‘ C1?,3f91. TOO table; Jiff Pernambuco, and never be heard . of lipid. • {Laughter.) wife lie ! replied, Then air to . Lord Cumpbelrat ,- Act4 NWo had seen the to wait in the room till I fetched a police-91 lea. evils 'of: that act pbrtrayed , during the last fortnight in refused, and*d t `` I - vMI7 - g f T ft nywhere,wau ' ~.0 0, connection with the lois ofithe Royal Charter, and the brought,hi&tb thii 'Office. --- ' • ' , the _pEr a nd strong - ;endeavours Made- c tolasten upon the memory of • --Is&F. , ll 4 : l3tide,- the chief usher, spoke 01_ hi „ he of t the unfortunate Captaineraylorrthestigma ofydrunkenavitig "'made a stateinentplakeetleWzi or T le • 11°6 11i fe ness. (Hear' hear.) What was the object of that ?i: 'read; in which it was alleg*. that prisoll_ hi l o ilia . , ; „ be 445,000 ; and this would have been accomplished eoulds i. swam- getting breakfast ready. :"That on e _.. theca.' f ea. morning, , at -haff,..past7 seveni" "i rett g '•s. any two scoundrels amongst the . i i , brom•P' ides To throw on : the owners of that s asse hip n , a ers loss h o a f v eaboutb been eli 7 ;found 'lla il tier Y who would have sworn to a ie. • ( _ear) What It also appeared that. a pair of tcmgat. and a,rt he con- pieces, was found _in prisoner's room, broll! stittiencieS did ' not return prope r . members to . the apparel cut in pieces.: . with a • t mail, all House of , commons. (Loud ,cheenng.) And at the ~ The accused„ wlie is a thick-set than, a _ ou e r rn ~e in ,__.„„, next election they must exact from- every candidate a, • CdUlitellafa l . :httethe appearapc oL ti na. , a i K“ pledge that he would go in for 'rciprociti in sliipping,.: Was Areised in asuit of cordurey. 1) w stood the entire tin' was the remedy for, these grievances ? T whether the Goye!nment was my Lord' Derby's or m' examination of many hours he Lord Palmerston s. (Hear, hear.) Let reciprocity in any bett4iyed -beither look of insanity or gull'. case be the cry. (Cheers.) A great deal his been said He was'reinanded for a week. waa seen DY,_ i. , pe ot HORRIBLE MURDER unfair influence whic Althougl ?,y might not believe i ;olonies of Australi a A ni tedirom SE presenta is from a lette I in the House of Commons t British port. If t letter from, a g ntlemx lean) It was written during the great emigra" te to Australia, and was addressedlo an American correspondent ; and he dared say a great many ship" owners present would now underitand why their offers of ships , at the time had been refused. The letter rail thus : tion trac " Make your mind quite easy that I am quite prepared to gm American friends to obtain, for t my position L m. from ment the highest rate give place their ships where othe rs could not at I have the means of wing and dc have not." The writer of the letter was the Berland. (Hisses and uproar:) A' as given great s .14 /A 4,„ 4gliA 0 , ' li t , -n ~! ~'~ G ~~ ti %At kk ()IN 'l4( tb i ill