Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-08 00:00:00

trammtnig 21Its NEXT WEEK MONDAY On MONDAY next, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, in the Commercial Saleroom, 140 Cases Valentia ORANGES, ex Tajo (8.5.), 100 Do. Barcelona DITTO, 79 Do. Naples DITTO, i ex M il an ( s.s. ) , 63 Do. Do. LEMONS, 60 Do. Valentia ORANGES. ex Turia (s.s.), 70 1-Boxes Gibraltar Bitter ORANGES, ex Calpe (s.s.), 400 Cases Messina LEMONS, ex Adelaide, 35 Do. Naples DITTO, ex Frankfort (s.s.), 150 Barrels Newtown Pippin APPLES, 300 Bags New Turkey NUTS,, 200 Do. Para NUTS, 60 Do. Black Spanish NUTS. Apply to GEORGE BADENACIL and SON, Brokers. OD MONDAY next, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 500 Cases CASSIA LIGNEA, 1,000 Bags Black PEPPER, BROWNE, lIUNTEIt, and Co., Brokers. Apply to TUESDAY On TUESDAY next, the 11th instant, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 1,500 Bags Bombay LINSEED, 1.000 nags Bombay RAPESEED, 800 Bags Bombay MUSTARD SEED, 300 Bags Bombay SAFFLOWER SEED. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers. Apply to on TORSDAY next, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 52 Bales Long Yellow Berry Mocha COFFEE. • BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers. A 2 oy to On TUESDAY next, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Otiice, 7, Exchange-chambers, 45 Barrels TAPIOCA (all faults), ex Falcon, and Jame Brown (a.), from Bahia.—Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. On account of whom it may concern. On TUESDAY next, the 11th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Sal Pr-- —nle-street, <L> 12 Bales WOOLLEN RAGS, ex Providence, from Leg torn ; damaged by sea water.—Apply to W. GREAME and Co., Brokers. On TUESDAY next, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 30, Exchange-alley North, 70 Bales HEMP, ex Black Eagle, from Bombay, Albert Dock ; 15 Tons HEMP, per }Lowden, from Bombay, SOO Ballots COCOANUT FIBRE, ex Dolphin, from Colombo, Albert Dock.—For further particu ars apply to SHAND, HIGSON and Co., Brokers. o'clock, at the On TVESDAY next, the 11th instant, at Tw Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildix 100 Casks COCOA NUT OIL, attly' landed.—Apply to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers On TrESDAY next, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, About 70 Tuns Southern WHALE OIL, ex Antilla, from Honolulu. —Apply to J. li. RAYNER and Co., Brokers. WEDNESDAY On WEDNESDAY next, the 12th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 500 Bags Bombay SALTPETRE, 300 Bags Ditto DITTO, oil damaged, 19 Bales East India SENNA. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers. Postponed from Wednesday, the 29th ult, On WEDNESDAY next, the 12th instant, a the Brokers' saleroom, Oldhall-street, 195 Bales Fine Mozambique OIICHELLA WEED, now landing ex Fernandez, from Lisbon.—Apply to Messrs. Leech, Harrison, and Forwood, Merchants; or to ROOKS, OKELL, and SPENCE, Brokers. T H U RSDAY On TEIVRSDAY next, the 13th instant, at Twelve o'clock at the Brokers Office, 7, Exchange-chambers, About 160 Tous.Fine MANGANESE, ust landed ex Guedo Bodceling, from Huelva, in Garston Dock COPY OF ANALYSIS MADE BY ME. GEO. C. HIJSON " Peroxide of Manganese `• Ditto of Iron " Water " Selica and Alumina Imo." Apply to Messrs. Leech, Harrison, and Forwood , Mer chants ; or to FRANCIS .1. EATON, Broker. On TWURSDAY next, the 13th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 6,715 BUFFALO HORNS. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers. Apply to FRIDAY On FRIDAY next, the 14th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 125 Bales Bombay HEMP, 34 Bales Ditto DITTO, 38 •Bales JUTE, 32 Bales RAGS. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers Apply to Apply to On WEDNESDAY, the 19th instant, and following days, at the Brokers' Saleroom, 35, Dale-street. 1,000 Bales East India and other WOOLS. JOHN L. BOWES & BROTHER, Wool Brokers, Apply to On WEDNESDAY, the 19th instant, and following days, at th Brokers' Saleroom, Atherton-buildings, Dale-street, 4,000 Bales East India 1,000 „ superior Russia Combing Fleece l WOOLS 600 „ I, Iceland, Egyptian, - Syria, and other low 5,600 bales Apply to -For catalogues, &c., HUGHES and RONALD, Wool Brokers On THURSDAY, the 20th instan Brokers' Office, 2 809 Tanned East I 752 BUFFALO HIDES_ BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers Twelve o'clock, at the e-street, a KIPS, Apply to On ,`,11,e. PATENT ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT A cheap, durable, and perfectly Waterproof Roofing ONE PENNY PER SQUARE FOOT. And PATENT HAIR FELT, For Clothing Steam Boilers, &c in the consumption of fuel is effected. WM. GIBSON, Successor to W. W. POWELI —l2, CABLE-STREET. Office and Warehom ON SALE, 100 Tons MANURE OIL CAKE For analysis and price, apply to THOMPSON, BAGNALL, and BUTTERWORTH, Brokers, 30, Moorfields ON SALE A Cargo of MANGANESE, to arriv bout 160 Tons Copy of An alysis niade by Mr. Gco. Analytical Chemist, "Tested in the dry state it contains, "Of Peroxide of Manganese " Of water.. • 400 "Liverpool, 18th Dec 1858." A PP I Y LEECH, HARRISON, and FORWOOD, 37, North John-stree. TO LANDOWNERS AND FARMERS.-. CHES HIRE ITO S PILATE COMPANY have constantli ON SALT --,, Nitrogenised BONE PHOSPHATE, and other valuable fertilisers.—Samples and prices may be had at the Office, 3, CABLE-STREET. Works :—LowEa BEBINGToN. AFTER NEXT WEEK On TULSDAY, the 18th instant, and following dap, at Browne, Hunter, and Co.'s Office, 2,500 Bales East India WOOL. BROWSE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers J. R. CAMERON CHRONOMETER ..ILIN&FACTUR.EIt AND OPTICIAN, 54, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MARINE CHRONOMETERS ON SALE OR HIRE. GOLD and SILVER.,WATCHES, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, BAROMETERS, TELESCOPES, 4,c CHARTS FROM LATEST SURVEYS c*- TO ADVERTISERS CIRCULATION OF Till NORTHERN TIMES LAST WEEK WkS 71,322, GIVING AN AVERAGE Of 11,887 DAILY. OFFICE: 19, SOLTTR JOIIN-STRF,ET, December 13, 1858. POPULAR HISTORY OF THE w 0 R K I N_G_C ... T, A s s E s EVERY S ITURI)AY, NORTH.ERS D.d . L 1 TIMES, PRICE ONE PENNY TO CORRESPONDENTS. Under no e i rcmnstances can we insert communications not accompanied b y t he author's real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. CLOTHING, WARM WINTER TIIE GENTLEMAN'S OUTFITTING WAREHOUSES, 24 AND 26, BOLD-STREET. P. L. MACTAGGART. INVERNESS WRAPPERS. OVER COATS. DRESSING GOWNS. DRAWERS AND VESTS FANCY FLANNEL SHIRTS RAILWAY RUGS AND PLAIDS. MUFFLERS AND SCARPS. FLANNELS AND BLANKETS. BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING ' AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, Sm.—THIS DAY. THEATRE ROYAL—Grand Comic PRTHAI/Arne. ROYAL AxpnrrnEiray.—English Opera Company. ST. GEORGE'S HALL—Scottish Festival, half-past Two and Eigl ALLSOP'S WAX WORK EXHIBITION (Lime-street). LIVERPOOL SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS (Queen's Hall, Bold-street). HENGLER'S CIRQUE VAniLTE—Miscellaneous Attractions. THE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. CLAYTON HALL—Carter's Mirror of American Scenery. TEUTONIC HALL (Lime-street)—Ascent of Mont Blanc. tar For particulars see advertisements on Bth page. SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1859, THE NORTHERN *TOMS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1859 from such a quarter, is both liberal and just. And it will be by members of ability and character, like Mr. CARDWELL, on the Opposition side of the House, acting in such a spirit, that there will be the best chance of really securing a new Reform Bill which will be calculated to improve the complexion of the House of Commons, and thereby promote the interests of the great body of the people. What elements can be more impor tant in the Parliamentary constituency of the country, than those, of industry and intelligence? Surely if there is any combination of qualities, any admixture of characteristics, which it is desirable to have largely pervading such a constituency, it must be one of that quality. We owe our national progress already to such a combination. And they are properties that thus enter into it, without the union of which there would fail to be derived from them any of the greater benefits their combination secures. For, on the one hand, industry must ever fail of its full effect, unless directed by intelligence ; while, on the other hand, intelligence would, practically, be very much in vain, without there was industry to work out its conceptions, and realize its purposes. THE expulsion from the United States of such natives of Great Britain and Ireland as become paupers,—that is, so poor and destitute as to be chargeable to the State or City, where they may be, for their support,—is a procedure which it will be difficult to satisfy the British public is just and proper as a rule. There may be cases in which it would be excusable,—as, for instance, where paupers, as such, had been sent out to the United States, without having any capability of supporting themselves,—sent out simply to get rid of them, and thereby remove the burthen of their main- tenance from our own shoulders to those of our kmerican cousins. But this is a very improbable The labouring poor of our land, it is quite true, go out to the United States, as poor, seeking a market for their labour where the demand for it is greater than at home, and hoping, in other ways, to better their condition. The material progress of the States has been greatly advanced by the influx of such poor people —paupers, in fact, when they arrived, having generally no means of their own, until they got employment to furnish them with some. The country could never have made the rapid strides it has done, in the development of its vast resources, without the industry of such people. And yet, we say, might they have been deemed paupers at the outset of their career, and sent home again as such. But, no,—though paupers, their labour was needed. And when, after a course of toil which has been most profitable to the country, they may, through misfortune or otherwise, become paupers again, surely they have a claim upon the country which their labour has benefited. The American papers have been defending the compulsory return of paupers to this country, in a very loose and fallacious manner. "We are perfectly willing," says one of them, "that the Liverpool gentlemen should discuss this subject to their heart's content. The more it is examined, the less will it appear that there is any just ground of complaint against the humanity or public spirit of the people of this country, in their dealings with the paupers exported to their shores by foreign nations." Now we are not aware that it was their humanity, or their public spirit exactly, that was called in question, in their returning to our shores people who had become burthensome to them. There is nothing precisely inhuman, in sending safely home those who are no longer useful to them,—nor has public spirit much, if any thing, to do with an unwillingness to bear the burthen of maintaining such persons. There are expletives that may be appropriately applied to such an act on the part of a thriving State, and expletives which might not be thought very complimentary; but they would not be such as implied that the citizens of that State were not either humane or public spirited—after a fashion, at least. The case, however, in a more important point of view, is not at all fairly stated by our American contemporaries. "We have made inquiry," it is reMarked, in a highly respectable Boston journal, " with regard to the system pursued in the return of paupers from this State, and find that the following conditions are rigidly insisted upon : first, none are sent away unless it is perfectly certain after investigation that they have no legal settlement anywhere in America, and equally certain that they properly belong in the foreign country to which they are returned : second, none are sent away unless they themselves express a willingness to go : third, none are sent away if they have relatives, friends or acquaintances here, who express a desire to have them stay : fourth, none are sent away ex cept such as are either mentally or physically infirm in such manner as to render it certain that they cannot support themselves, but that they must be a public charge wherever they live : in other words, when it is certain that the paupers who are returned must have been pauper s b e f ore • they came here." With regard to the first condi tion, if it were applied to the emigrants who are constantly arriving in America, it would condemn them all to expulsion, for they cannot possibly have any legal settlement anywhere in that country, and must undoubtedly belong to the foreign country from which they have come. With respect to the second and third conditions, they are virtually of no significance whatever• in such a case : if, practically, they mean anything, it is that the poor people need only go home as the alternative of remaining abroad to starve ; the State will remove them if they or their poor rela tives express their willingness that they should go, rather than be abandoned to want and misery, which is certainly a very natural preference. And eten the fourth condition, somewhat reasonable though it may at first sight appear in some re spects, is open to equally strong objections ; for, in the first place, the mental or physical infirmity it is supposed, has generally been contracted in some career of industry or enterprise by which the country has been benefited ; and as to its being " - certain that the paupers who are returned must have been paupers before they eame there," why very probably more than haM the labouring emi- Apply to THE DAY'S NEWS The state of affairs in several portions of the River Plate is far from being satisfactory. The confederation of Urquizas is in a state of civil war, the executive and provincial authorities having broken out into open conflict. It would appear that Urquiza, wishing to follow in the footsteps of General Rosas, endeavoured to place one Benavides in the ,governorship of the four western provinces. This the inhabitants opposed, and Benavides at- tempting by main force to carry out the views of Urquiza, was arrested and handed over to the con stitutional authorities of San Juan. Urquiza sends a force against that city, and attempts to rescue the prisoner. In this, however, he was defeated, and Benavides was killed. He then declares open war against San Juan, and at the last accounts the combatants on each side were ready for the fray. These particulars we gather from the Buenos Ayres papers, received here yesterday afternoon. It would also seem that the remnants of the fedral, or Rosa's party, also attempted to disturb the public tranquility in the province of Buenos Ayres, availing of a religious excitement produced by the instalation of some masonic lodges, and setting themselves out as the sustainers of religion threatened by the masons, with the existence of whom these rascals blamed the government. The Legislative Chambers had closed the session with another blow to the fedral party, namely, in the reforma tion of the law of military pensions, by which, solely are considered meritorious the services in the cause of liberty, excluding as unworthy of any premium the services rendered in the time of tyranny. The government had again convoked the chambers to an extraordinary session, to resolve the project of law which has for object to guarantee an annual interest on the capital employed in the construction of a railroad to San Fernando. The State of Buenos Ayres remained in perfect tran quility and prosperity, proving its onward march I and "indifference to Urquizas differential duties, in corroboration of which it will be sufficient to quote the Custom House revenue for the month of October, comparing it with that for the same month in the two preceeding years, viz., 1856, $5,041,087 ; 1857, $5,581,945; 1858, $6,270,120. There is to be no war between France and Austria,- —at least so says the Paris liloniteur, the mouthpiece of the French government. It declares that there is nothing in the state of diplomatic relations to warrant the fears of war and " con fusion dire," which the rumours, founded on the words alleged to have been spoken by the Emperor, are calculated to provoke. So far this is well. Austria and France are not very likely to go to war. Neither the inherent strength of these Governments, nor the state of their finances, could give the least colour of probability to such an event. But they are quite as likely to engage in hostilities now as they were before the Moniteur printed its declaration. The truth seems to be that public opinion took panic, not so much, per haps, at the words of Louis Napoleon, as at the alarming sensitiveness of the Bourse speculators. The agitation in Italy, there can be little doubt, is also exaggerated by interested parties. A report prevails in quarters not given to the dissemination of canards, that the Russian govern ment has already concluded the negotiations for a loan of several millions sterling with a leading financial house in London havinc , powerful foreign connections. The important'' operations lately witnessed in bills on St. Petersburgh, are attributed in part to this event. The Times takes up the cudgel in favour of the Prince of Wales going to Rome to finish his education, and ridicules the idea of Romish Cardi nals, or any others in the least affecting the reli gious principles of the heir of the English throne. It says, " Probably the last place in the whole world where Protestant principles are in danger is Rome itself. The result of the Pope's rule is, that Popery has nowhere so little spirit as in the Eternal City. Its success in England among the enthusiastic and the refined has been due to the conception formed of it as an ideal of holiness and grace by those who fancied th emse l ves revo lt e d by the vulgarity of common English life, and the slovenly coldness of a Protestant service. But go to Rome and see this ideal system in action, and you will soon long for your own prosaic land, even though buying and selling absorb its energies six days in the week, and it is content to listen to noisy charity children on the seventh. The edu cation of a young man cannot be better completed than by imbuing his mind with all that ancient and modern Rome can teach to the well-regulated intellect ; nor do we think that the Englishman is bound to avoid what is instructive and beautiful because a few w ea k- m i n d e d men h are b een ensnared into abando n i ng th e f a ith an d the ' • principles of their own free country." Some time ago, Lie u t. H ymson, who i s a share holder i holder in the Atlantic Telegraph r2ompanv4 appeared before Mr. Alderman Salomons, amdi. made a complaint against that C ompany, that he'i had been swindled out of 1,000. Alderman Salo-1 mons, after some evidence having b een h eard, ! dismissed the case. The affair was brought before the London magistrates three or four other times, ° but with the same result. Some time after Mr. Higginson met Alderman Salomons , and aft er ' some few words, drew his hand acrosshis face, and attempted to strike him. He was,. given into custody. On Thursday he was tried at( the Central Criminal Court, and found guilty of . . the offence. Nobody, an d least of all Alderman , Salomons, wished to be severe with him, and so he was liberated on entering into his own recog nizances, and promising to appear for judgment' whenever called upon. He promised never again to interfere with Alderman Salomons. Kochanowsky, the Russian nObleTand his two confederates, have been tried at the Central Criminal Court, on the charge of manufacturing forged plates of Russian promissory notes. They i were convicted, and Kochanowsky was sentenced to ten years' penal - servitude, and the others tot' , five. The further arrests that have taken place in, Belfast and Kilkenny county exhibit the continued! apprehensions and fears of the Irish Executive. 4 On Monday, five members of a secret society were arrested at Callan, one at Ballydonnel, and another! at Kilkenny. The prisoners are severally described! as leather merchant, publican, national school teacher, and two sailors. After investigation, the ' presidißg magistrates remanded them aIL They are charged as being members of the Callan branch of the Phcenix Society. There is an important decision of the Scotch Lord Ordinary affecting the Western Bank of Scotland. The action that came before his lord ship was for suspension of the calls made by the liquidators upon one of the shareholders whose shares had been purchased only a few weeks before' the bank disaster was made known. It was pleaded on behalf of this shareholder that the bank had' actually ceased to exist before his shares were purchased. The Lord Ordinary, however, decided against him, on the special ground that he had purchased the shares from parties who were as ignorant as himself of the real facts of the case. The inquest on the bodies of the seven men and boys who were killed by the lamenable acci dent at the Agecroft Colliery was held on Thursday. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death ; " and the Coroner censured a joiner, named Rowe, who had been employed to alter the strap which worked the bell weight, for want of due care in securely wedging the strap into a slit in the axle of the drum. The strap was drawn out of the slit, so that the bell did not ring ; and the engineer, not hearing the bell, did not cease winding up the " cage as he should so soon At the Police Court yesterday, a poor old woman summoned the officers of the Victoria Benefit Burial Society, for the sum of £l2. A son of the woman died on the 12th December last, and she paid her regular weekly subscription on the 13th. On applying for the £l2, the Society contended that they were not responsible, on the ground that one of their rules distinctly stated, that when any arrears had taken place and were paid up, yet for four weeks after such paying up they were out of benefit—that is, there would be no claim against the Society on any one death during four weeks. The magistrates were obliged to give a verdict for the defendants, but the rules were characterised as being of a most scandalous character, and Mr. Tidd Pratt came in for no very gentle castigation forlegalising these rules. A very singular and clever case of swindling came before the Police Court, yesterday. A person in Liverpool, had an advertisement inserted in a Staffordshire paper, stating that he was in want of a respectable party to take charge of an extensive ale and porter establishment, and that he was willing to pay a good salary and furnish the engaged with a comfortable home. The ad vertisement was answered by a gentleman, and he was desired to call at No. 2, Vine-street, Liverpool. He did so, and an agreement was signed. The person from Staffordshire returned to that town and sent the advertiser £lO, on account of £4O security. Several other sums were thus obtained, and on the gentleman from Stafford shire arriving in town with his wife, he was met by the advertiser, and taken to a respectable hotel, where they had various refreshments. The advertiser left them, and said he would return to them on the following morning, and pay the bill, and at once place them in charge of the ale and porter establishment. This was on the 25th of November. He was never seen after until Wed nesday evening, when he was given in charge by the gentleman he had victimised, and yesterday he was committed to the sessious on a charge of embezzlement. A special meeting of the Toxteth Park Local Board of Health was held yesterday, for the pur pose of considering whether they should proceed to the sewage of Smithdown-lane, or comply with a memorial of the inhabitants of that locality, who do not think that sewage is necessary for some length of time. Ultimately, a motion was agreed to that the drainage, as shown on the plan, should be carried out, and that the cost be charged to the district. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM continues to be the unavoidable topic with every member of Parlia- ment who now has an opportunity of addressing his constituents. It is almost the only political question, apparently, about which there is any interest or anxiety in the country at the present The last instance of its discussion before moment a Parliamentary constituency, was that in the city of Oxford the other day. The two hon. members for that city, Mr. LANGSTON and Mr. CARDWELL, both spoke upon it, and both were evidently satisfied with the prospect there now is of obtaining a new Reform Act. The former of the two honourable gentlemen desired to see it a final measure ; defining his meaning of the word final to be " that the subject of reform was not to be brought unnecessarily before the attention of Parliament ; and under these circum stances," he added, " it became necessary, when- ever it was taken into consideration, that a mea sure should be produced which should be of a satisfactory character, and one that was calculated to meet the wants and wishes of the country for at least a quarter of a Century to come." Mr. CARD WELL coincided in this view ; and he also agreed with another expression of his colleague's, that the time is come when, if possible, we should talk about reform no more without doing some- thing which may be satisfactory," '—declaring, moreover, that there never was a time so proper for doing something : the country being free from excitement on the subject—though he did not mean, by this, that the country was not alive to its importance, or indifferent, and not in earnest, But the most pleasing and the most important feature of Mr. CARDWELL'S address, on this occa sion, was the terms in which he expressed himself as to the promised measure of Reform from the present Administration. It would be a measure, he said he believed, based not so much on what are called abstract, as on comprehensive principles. And the great questioi aid, with any such measure should be Was it designed to promote the welfare of the whole community ? And the test of this, he declared, will be,—" Are the edu cation and intelligence of the persons selected for enfranchisement the ground and cause of their being selected? Will it include those who are qualified to add by their voice to the wisdom, security, and strength of the coun cils of the Crown and people." The right hon. gentleman, it will be remembered, was a member of the Government when, four years since, Lord JOHN RUSSELL brought in a Reform Bill ; and, he observed respecting it, " whether its details were right or wrong, its object was to add those individuals to the constituency who correspond to the test of intelligence and education,"—One means of doing which, he showed, was to be by a re-distribution of seats. "It may be," he added, " that some other member is now more suited to the exigencies of the time ; but, if in the re distribution .f the seats, the desire be to remove manifest defects, and to give power to the great combination of industry and intelligence, and to add strength to the institutions of the country, the bill, whether-it correspond to the details of the bill of 1854 or differ from them, will deserve to be considered as an ample bill and an honest bill, and, come from what quarter it may, I trust it will receive the cordial and generous consideration of all independent persons both within a n d without file walls of Parliament." This, coming grants who go to people, and to enrich, the United States " have been paupers before they P. —their being such, in fact, having been the very reason why they went ; and if the States are glad to have them, and turn them to account in promoting their progress and their prosperity, when they are capable of being thus made avail able, they are in justice bound to care for them when they happen to become incapable, —they must take the bitter with the sweet : they' are immensely advantaged by the emigration of our labouring classes, who are our poor, to their shores ; and they must take them, if they take them at all, as they profess to take their wives, " to have and to hold, from that day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health ;" and not, when any of them do happen to get worse, and get poorer, and fall into sickness, and can no longer be available for the advancement of the country, to turn them adrift as used up, and therefore cumbersome. them ". Further, it is unfair, because mostly contrary to the fact, to treat the matter as, in the words of the journal already referred to, " the policy of return ing to their homes, in foreign lands, the miserable and helpless beings whom chance has cast upon our shores." They have no " homes in foreign lands "—they transferred them, it may be many years ago, to the transatlantic lands, where they have probably wasted all their physical, or even mental energies, for the advantage of such lands. Nor was it any " chance " that cast them on their shores, but the demand for their labour, or their enterprise, with which those shores .resounded, that allured them thither. Of course it is quite another thing if we deli- berately, or systematically, send them " miser able and helpless beings "—or any who are sure to become directly burthensome to them. But this is not the case. We only send them such as are able to be of use to them. And we maintain that, upon every principle of justice and gratitude, when they may become chargeable upon the State which has benefitted by them, from having been used up, it is intolerable to have them ruthlessly and mercilessly driven away. IT was SHERIDAN, we believe, who once observed, that "if Parliament were to consider the sporting with reputation of as much impor tance as sporting on manors, there were many would thank them for a bill against it." And doubtless there are still many who would thank Parliament for such a measure. But Mr. THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE, Member of Parliament, is not, apparently, one who would ; for he is evidently so fond of " sporting with reputations," that it would be felt as an intolerable oppression to debar him of any such sport, whenever he felt disposed, as he does so frequently, to indulge in it. The habit with him is a sort of second nature. He does it sometimes, we dare say, unconsciously, and utterly regardless of any such remonstrance as that of the frogs in the fable—" though it is sport to you, is is death to us." In a published correspondence in the case of Lieut . Col. DICKSON, who was recently displaced, at the instance, if we remember rightly, of the Earl of WILTON, Colonel of the Regiment, from the command of the 2nd. Tower Hamlets Militia, the hon. member for Finsbury takes occasion to give wanton expression to the following imputation : "No officer's commission is safe when, to screen the neglect on the part of others, that commission is unscrupulously assailed by the favoured influ ences of Grosvenor and St. James's-squares." Now this, it was evident, was aimed at Lord DERBY,—the " favoured influence of St. James's square," was meant to be understood as his—St. James's-square being the situation of his lordship's town residence. Lord DERBY therefore writes to Mr. DUNCOMBE—" May I ask if, by this last expression, it is intended to convey an impression that I had any part in the transaction to which it refers P"—his lordship adding to this question the remark - ,—" I hope that I may receive from you an unequivocal negative. Indeed, my only reason for asking the question is, that, considering my near relationship to Lord WILTON, I can put no other construction on your allusion to the influences of Grosvenor and St. James's-squares.' Otherwise I should' have been most unwilling to believe that your ideas and mine of what is due from one gentleman to another should be so widely at variance as that you should feel yourself justified in attributing to me, gratui tously and without the slightest shadow of evidence, participation in proceedings which, whether rightly or wrongly, you characterise as unscrupulous. "' To the question thus so plainly and frankly put, Lord DERBY did in due course receive from him "an unequivocal negative,"— accompanied by the tender of his regret that he should have expressed himself ambiguously, and given Lord DERBY pain ! Now there could not, one would think, be much ambiguity in Mr. DUNCOMBE'S remarks, that no officer's commission was safe, when " unscrupu lously assailed by the favoured influences of Grosvenor and St. James's Squares,"—that is, assailed by Lord DERBY'S influence : for the hon. gentleman, in his reply, candidly tells Lord DERBY—" When I alluded to Grosvenor and St. James's-squares,' that I had the Prime Minister in my mind, I do not deny ;" thus realising his Lord ship's strongly but truly expressed apprehension of there being a wide difference in their ideas ' of what is due from one gentleman to another,"—so wide a difference, that Mr. DUNCOMBE could really be obnoxious to his Lordship's cutting rebuke—" that you should feel yourself justified in attributing to me, gratuitously and without the slightest shadow of evidence, participation in proceedings which you. characterise as unscru pulous !" Such, then, comes of this vile habit of " sport ing with reputation." Lord DERBY happens to be of another and less " unscrupulous " school of politics than Mr. DUNCOMBE,—and he is the head of an Administration towards which the hon. member stands in the attitude of Opposition : hence his Lordship's " favoured influence " must, as a matter of course, be considered of the worst possible description—unjust, oppressive, venal. There is no ground for it. The imputation is made, as Lord DERBY says, " gratuitously and without the slightest shadow of evidence." But all this matters not with sportsmen of the Member for Finsbury's character. " Sporting with repu tation," indeed, will not endure any such scrupu lousness as that. It would spoil the sport to be so very particular. We must do Mr. DUNCOMBE the justice to acknowledge, that when the injustice he had done, and the mischief he might have done, were pointed out to him by Lord DERBY, he showed a com mendable readiness to set the matter right. And it is further probable that he really did not mean, after all, to cast any such imputation upon the Premier as his words plainly implied. But he is Lord DERBY'S political opponent; and he loves the applause of those who are fond of a fling at one in his Lordship's position The reputation, there fore, of such a one is considered fair game with sportsmen of his kind, and especially where the sport is likely to prove effectual ad captandunt vulgus. Such a course of attack may pretend to be imputation in jest ; but it is slander in earnest. It is that " back-wounding calumny " which " the whitest virtue strikes And, as Vincentio asks— " What king so strong, Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue." LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE AMPHITHEATRE. - The English Operas give decided satisfaction. The ever new, fresh, and national music of the " Beggar's Opera" has been received with. enthusiasm every night during the week. It is said that a Patagonian, aged 18, 7 feet 9 inches in height, and 35 1 stone weight, accompani e d by a _ 9 , and aged about 40, has arrived at , Gal -ca, en route to Liverpool.—Glasgow woman 21 feet way, from Amefic THEATRE ROYAL. - The attendance at this theatre has been growinc , larger each night. Greater facility in the working of mechanical portions of the pantomime make the entertainment more attractive than ever during opening nights. the situate in Fir cotton-drying kilns belon About four o'clock yesterday morni ging to Mr. Wood Finny-lane, were discover — ed to be on fire. The engines from Hatton Garden were immediately despatched, but their services were only required a few minutes, the flames being soon extinguished. The origin of the fire is not known. ACCIDENTS.—Thomas Bronston, a ship-keeper, residing in Brook-street, was knocked down by a spring : cart, at George's Pier-head, and fractured his ribs ; receiving also a severe contusion of the leg. Elizabeth Craven, residing in the cellar of No. 24, Roscommon-street, was in the act of putting something on the fire, yesterday, when her clothes ignited, and she was severely burnt about the hips and back. She lies in a dangerous state at the Northern Hospital. DEAFNESS.—Having been consulted by Mr. Gosslett, a gentleman holding a high situation in one of the public offices in Dublin, who had been deaf nearly forty years, and pronounced incurable by severa l eminent aurists, I did not consider myself justified in holding out to him any hopes of recovery. He then put himself under the care of Madame Gardner, by whose judicious treatment he has been restored to his hearing ; and as I have both seen and examined him since his recovery, I should be wanting in candour did I withhold this statement of the fact.—J. W.. Graves, late surgeon H.M.S.—D u bli n, 20t h cr Auust, 1858. N.B.- Madame Ga r d ner may b e consul ted°at her residence, No. 100, Duke-street, Liverpool. " THE MISSION OF MERCY."—Such is the name given to a most superb picture now on view at Messrs. Thos. Agnew and Sons' new gallery, Liverpool and London Buildings, Exchange, which has been ex p ress l y pa i nte d for them by J. Barrett, Esq., and is intended to com memorate the heroic virtues of Florence Nightingale in attending the sick and dying during the Crimean war. The picture, must be seen to be appreciated ; but we may remark that it is one of the most triumphant works of art ever exhibited. The colours are rich and nicely blended, the portraits true to nature, and the whole grouping and general effect inimitable. We strongly recommend our readers to loose no time in paying a visit to the gallery. fILE - CONCERT AT CONCERT HALL ON MONDAY NIGHT.—Some time ago, we recorded the debut of Madame and the .Monsieurs Nono, and the amount of success that attended their first appearance here. It will be observed that on Monday these eminent singers and performers will again appear, in a grand attractive concert at the same Hall, assisted by the first and most admired talent of the day, including Mr.. Frank Webbe, Miss Clarkson, and other well-known and attractive names. A great m agne t—i n f ac t, a second - Paganim—is to be there—Signor J. Oliveira—whose performance on the violin has caused a sort of sensation all over Europe. The bill is most attractive, and there cannot be any doubt that the whole will draw a crowded house. CAUTION TO "ASSOCIATION " PRINTERS. —IS it libellous to call a printer a "rat ?" was a query argued the other day at Louisville, Ky. Some months since the Louisville Typographical Union issued a circular, in which they designated several journeymen in the office of the Courier as " rats." The Grand Jury found a true bill for libel against the members of the Committee ; able counsel being engaged on both sides. The hearing of evidence and argument of counsel occupied two days. when the case was given to the Jury, who could not agree upon a verdict, and were discharged. [We remember a case, a few years since, in which a similar question was to be tried in the City of London ; but, in consequence of the plaintiff accepting a situation in the country, he abandoned the case, although there was no doubt of his obtaining a favourable verdict.—En. N. T.) THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN SALT WORKS.— Mr. Corbett, of the salt works here, has resolved that for the future no female shall be employed in salt making. To those who understand the process in its operative details it is needless to say one word on the expediency of such a restriction ; to those unacquainted with this we shall only say that the state of semi-nudity in which the saltmaker works is utterly incompatible with femi nine delicacy, and the employment of females is degrading to the sex. Years ago, Mr. Greenshields introduced a similar reform, which was to have been carried out also in Droitwitch, but with the removal of Mr. Greenshields the reform fell to the ground, and now we sincerely hope that it may be permanent. The endeavours of the clergy, both at Droitwitch and Stoke Prior, have long been directed to putting a stop to this nuisance, and they must now be gratified that their endeavours have not been in vain. Mr. Corbett deserves the thanks of every well-wisher of society at large. May we hope that Droitwitch will follow the good example set at Stoke Prior ? Worcester Herald. WEIGHT OF GRAIN. - A meeting of farmers and grain dealers was held in the Corn-exchange, Ayr, on Monday,. to take into consideration the propriety of co-operating with the Liverpool and other corn trades in adopting a uniform standard of 100 lbs. on all sales of grain. Mr. Ralston, of Lagg, presided, and hoped the meeting would be unanimous in resolutions which would abolish the present uncertain system of dealing, and introduce one uniform standard of weights and measures. Mr. Dow, of Alloway Mills, moved the first resolution, " That this meeting is of opinion that one uniform standard of weights and measures should be adopted." Seconded by Mr. Drenman, of Holehouse. Mr. Tennant, of Creoch, moved the next resolution, " That this meeting recom mend to the farmers and grain dealers the propriety of adopting, as soon as practicable, 100 lbs. as the standard weight by which they sell all kinds of grain." Seconded by Mr. WlTutchon, of Fisherton. Mr. Reid moved the appointment of a committee for carrying out these mea sures. Some opposition to these resolutions was expressed, but they were ultimately agreed to. SCOTTISH FESTIVAL AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL.—(MR.. AND MRS. REYNOLDS'S BENEFIT).—The two last perfor mances of the Scottish Pipers and Dancers will take place this day, and will be for the benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, who have provided this entertainment for the Liverpool public. It should be remembered that Mr and Mrs. Reynolds commenced the cheap " People's Con certs" at St. George's Hall, and in their second season brought down the celebrated Pyne and Harrison company on several occasions, and introdueed Madlle. Vaned,. Madlle. Finoli, and other first-rate singers, many of whom had never been heard in this town before. If there be any real desire to provide good cheap music for the people, Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds deserve to be sup ported ; and we trust we shall be able to record that St. George's Hall was crowded, both at half-past two and in the evening at eight It will be the last time the public will have the opportunity of seeing these charac teristic dances, and of hearing the inspiriting national music of Scotland. The audience will also have the . satisfaction of knowing that they are also doing justice to the spirited entrep reneur* , w hil e t h ey are enjoying the gratification of the performance. There should be a sufficient number of Scottish residents in Liverpool to fill the Hall on these occasions.