Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-31 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL. CALCUTTA, February 22 : English intelligence, Jan. 26, received by telegraph : On the 20th some articles were affected by the rumours of war in Europe. Silk was higher, but not much change in general produce. Lower freights encouraged exportation. In imports market, piece goods and yarns very dull and and depressed. Accounts from up-country markets are unfavourable, and prices are expected to decline still further. Iron firm ; pig-iron much wanted. London freights have fallen, but Liverpool re main the same as last report. HONG KONG, Feb. 15. —The London mail of Dec. 25th jaiid Wee kat," aud. _for i m the Chinese were making every effort to bring teas to market, prices being so remunerative. Considerable transactions have taken place, influenced by home advices and the short supply at other ports. At Shanghae transactions were very limited, owing to short supply, and exorbitant prices at Foo-chow. The com parative export shews a deficiency of 4,000,0001b5., while at Shanghae it is 8,000,0001b5. The export of tea to Great Britain is on a par with last year at same period, but all the Canton teas have been exported, while last year at the same date there were 32:4 chops stored there, and now there are only nine. The real deficiency of exports w ill appear in a month or two. CHINA. We have received letters and journals from Hong Kong, dated. Feb. 15. In the summary of the China Mail of that date we read :--- Lord Elgin arrived here from Shanghae, in his steam yacht the Furious, on the 2nd instant, but departed next day for Canton. His Excellency was to start from that place last night or this morning to make an exploration, N A similar to that he has made of the Yang-tsze, of the Great Wag I VE WITNESS. Recently at Croston, a witness West River, which, according to the Chinese, can be 41.,,,eat called upon, and, upon enterine• the box, had a Testa- ascended for a long distance in vessels of light draught. A teinkParsented to him, but he declined to take the oath, number of troops will go on this expedition, andprovisions will rePli e d , sled his reasons for refusinto be sworn, he naively be taken for three weeks. Six or seven gun-boats are to go up, Aw e " l'U tell a lie wi' ony mon i' England, but I'll not towing flat-bottomed junks, but it is doubtful whether any ar t o i t. ,, Al ieLD E attempt will be made to advance beyond the point where gun the j ndo , STATES COURT, IRELAND.---The salaries of boats become unserviceable, and the ascent might be con the co ~es and officers of the Landed Estates Court, and tinned in junks. Two missionaries once ascended the th e niPensation allotted to the several retired officers of Canton river nearly to the 'borders of Kwang-si, but other to an annual Estates Court, Wear altogether to amount wise it is unknown to Europeans except in the immediate £8 gee sum of about £150,000. The two principal neighbourhood of the city and from Chinese accounts. It 000 ,_ have a salary of £ 2 ,5 00 a-year each the registrar is supposed that Lord Elgin intends to return to Shanghae ; £ l OO - year, to increase at the rate of £25 a-year up to and that he will accompany his brother, the Hon. Mr. POO a. The salaries of the assistants range from £4OO to Bruce, to Pe kin g , but nothin g certain is known of his ?r th e Year ; and there is an examiner for each judge and intentions. Until the British embassy is established at mer e r eg S Ulei ° xistrar, whose sar al begins at £6OO a-year and Pekin, it would be inexpedient eith er for his lordshi p , or m es t y • 800. any part of the force now here, to depart. Ing, rl E IN THE B ANK OF E NGLAND .---Yesterday morn- Some shorter expeditions t han that now contem p lated lam con , .' id erable sensation was created at the Bank of Eng- have continued to be made from Canton. Tai-leuk, Tai- Lan e l a consequence of the determined suicide of John fan, and other of the more important of the famous ninety dentinatt) aged 59. The deceased was one of the confi- six villages, have been visited, and proclamations have been Ita e k of Perters, and had been twenty-three years at the distributed in them, calling on the natives to lay aside all of id i eilie.d En f g r l o a in nd, and had lately been in a desponding state animosity against foreigners, and on the elders and gentry K ee He was found weltering in a pool of blood, which to see to the proper treatment of foreign visitors and travel dia terrific gash in the throat, which had lers. These proclamations were well received; and two tl etoa, the Windpipe and carotid arteries. A medical gen- gentlemen have already paid a private visit to Fat-shan, Pr e se - was sent for, but life was extinct. No cause at and to Shecktsing,.where the braves were routed, without, NP: t Ca n be assigned for the suicide. any other protection than that which travellers usually tract,O-9Til OF TOLL FARMERS.---The great farmer or con- have. Beneath we give an account of an important expedi died t for tolls was Mr Levy, and he is reported to have tion to the walled city of Faynen, which was the head- Worth nearly ..-. g th e a million of y money. In the year follow- quarters of the patriotic army in Kwang-tung. anoth e Great Exhibition, so large were the profits, that Nothing has yet been published about the settlement of e ar -, r ; fortunate farmer built, it is said, a row of houses the site for the factories at Canton; but from the fact that ti re , Kensington, out of the toll profits, and about the same the principal American house has begun to build on the old was Zither built a street or place at Notting-hill, which site, it is supposed that that will be, or has been, selected by ,Vithij ist ened after one of the peers on the commission. Lord Elgin, with extension probably to the westward. laas 'be". the last few years an extensive park and estate Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour leaves this in the lio rt i i _e, 1 , 1 Purchased by one of the late Mr. Levy's partners, Calcutta very soon, and will be succeeded by Sir Byam trig "' K ilburn-gate. Such is the result of the toll-farm- Martin. During the period of Admiral Seymour's cora 'Yet system,ee, and it must be stated that as no account has ever mand in these waters he has enjoyed a rare exemption from toll s a n ,oaYlight of the suv received by these farmers of the just or unjust censure which has been so liberally bestowed %el; wealth we are left to imnination as to their profits by upon Gen. Straubenzee, Sir J. Bowring, to a less degree on of the details and acquisition, likewise are we in ignoracne Lord Elgin, and generally on those connected with . the eui T pitritte of the exenditure of the commissioners. administration and execution of foreign affairs in China. had be e MURDERER Pauwvis.—After the sentence of death Against Admiral Seymour no word has been uttered, and he Passed at the late Kent assizes on this unhappy leaves not only in command of universal respect, but with 1 E mma , for c the wilful murder of a young woman named the affection of his own service. Martin\ a PP ill s at Queensborough, the judge (Mr. Baron In the colony and at Canton trade has hardly yet recovered ab sence ) who at' the time commented on the apparent from the lull consequent on the China New Year ; especially chaplain f motive in the case, communicated with the there has been little demand for imports. The expeditions a n d,„_of the Maidstone prison (the Rev. Watson King), ' into the neighbourhood of Canton have had the effect of i n ., made several inquiries respecting the prisoner, intimat- assuring the Chinese of the pacific intentions of the Allies, Ise l + nat e he should in no way hinder a commutation of the and of showing the power of foreigners to advance into the fte—cout,cie' and he saw no end to be answered by the man's interior. 'Cis enms , n • In consequence, a statement of the whole of the The appointment of Mr. Green as Acting-Attorney tart. ci . ''anees of the case has been forwarded to the Secre- ' General, has been confirmed by the home government, but r _J on t e State, whose reply has not yet been received. The we have not yet heard whether the suspension of Mr. L I ! !) who of course is kept in iemorance of what is going Anstey has been approved of. After a more than usually lie Past, ward, entertains nohope of his lifebeing spared. For some animated debate in the Legislative Council, the Bowring l ie _ l a rt, through the constant exhortations of the chaplain, ' Praya ordinance was rejected by a majority of six to three. t he agaolbielen deeply penitent. When first admitted into The steamer Five Brothers was wrecked in the Cupchi s i ne _ , e e was unable to spell a single word, but he has passage on the 28th ultimo, the Admiralty Chart and the time t arnt to read, and now spends a large portion of his China Pilot not having given sufficient information of the ... e! 8 In sins q gin :he New Testament and other religious danger of the passage. times . he. is also frequently_ engaged in prayer, and some- The export of tea and silk for the season shows the total hymns. H e is supposed to be a native of quantity gone to date, 38,121,1001bs tea, against liioetstre.!;shire, but refuses to disclose anything with respect 41,107,3001bs last season, or a decrease of 2,986,8001b5. tio n i.,4.11.d5, as he does not wish them to know the, posi- Of silk, the export amounts to 52,717 bales, against 48,428, i nh , ;which he is placed. Should the sentence b..e carried or an increase of 4,289. To Marseilles the export of silk 7til: prig the execution will take place tm TbArsday, the amounts to 5,998 bales. The total export of tQa to the United States p4ounts to g41533a3001b5, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAT, Mr. Beamish asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he had any objection to lay on the table the cor respondence which had passed between the presidents of the Queen's colleges in Ireland and the Irish government, in reference to the residence of the presidents in their re spective colleges. _ _ Lord Naas gave his consent, and the production of the papers was ordered accordingly. TRIAL BY JURY (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. Dunlop moved the second reading of the Trial by Jury (Scotland) Bill. The object was to reduce from six to three hours the time during which the jury were detained in consideration of their verdict, before the opinion of three fourths were taken as conclusive. Mr. Moncrieff supported the bill, which had received the approbation of the faculty of the advocates. The Lord-Advocate likewise approved of the measure, which he thought would work satisfactorily. After some further consideration, the bill was read a second time. TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) BILL. The Tramways (Ireland) Bill passed through committee. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. On the order of the day for going into committee on Lord John Russell's Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill, Lord John Russell moved that the bill be referred to a Select Committee, hoping that the same course would be pursued by the Government with regard to their own bill. The Attorney-General intimated that Government were prepared to take this course after the bill had been read a second time pro forma. Mr. Headlam hoped that the committee would not have the power of examining witnesses. Mr. Vance concurred in the wish. He trusted that some bill of the kind would be extended to Ireland. Last year an excellent measure for Ireland was introduced, many of which provisions might be applied to England. Mr. S. Estcourt said that this was a matter for the judg ment of the committee. Mr. Lowe said that it would be impossible for the com mittee to come to a satisfactory conclusion without taking some evidence from those most conversant with the subject. The Solicitor-General said that the committee should decide on what points they regard information, and then ask the House for leave to obtain it. Lord J. Russell concurred in this view. The motion was then agreed to. -, of ~ , it/ rith tbi i be vodo ty , 4 coP Tofv , 'THE LATEST TEL THE PROPOSED CONGRESS. PARis, Wednesday, March 30.—According to reliable intelligence, the Austrian Government has refused Baden Baden as the seat of the proposed Congress. The French Government leaves the c hoice of the town to Austria, reserving only the e udition 'th at i t must be in communication with "'aria by railway and telegraph. The report i cur rent that th e Grand Duke of Tuscany has pub shed a new manifesto, but its contents are not yet Anown. THE FRENCH FUNDS. Wednesday, 1 15 p.m.—Bourse opens very Rentes 67.95. 083 30 P.m.—The Bourse closes firmer ; Rentes .15 for both Money and Account, being a rise of a t mute yesterday. r OREIGN INTELLIGENCE. TURKEY. 14411sF.ILLEs, March 30.—Advices have been re from Constantinople to 23rd inst. The — "la's confirm the statement that twelve battalions ei ghtY cannons have been despatched to Schunila, —4 that another division will follow. Letters state hat Count Tell erman d h a d d eman d e d a peremptory t i sw er from th e Grand Vizier, in reference to the vizier in the prin c ip a liti es , an d th a t th e G ran d y ill , vizier gave man evasive answer. Te Grand and his retirement is anti h cipated. FRANCE. PARIS, Tuesday, 6 p.m.—M. Cavour intended to leave Paris on his return to Turin this evening ; it PPears ia y. h °wever, his stay will be prolonged another ot. 'hero was an idle rumour of a short visit to do n be d ifn : - u-as it been suggested that it would not or, in n 't to convert Government to his views, latte default of conversion, to mystify y The for r i not, I suppose, be easier than the M. 111 L 2;b I do thi n k h e will' make the attempt. Cavour doul, t - came here, by all accounts, full of O f th 4 % 4 misgivings, as to the real intentions Mind "holies. On his journey hither, his rou sed 'vas full of dark forebodings. He had tot easily s Pirit in Piedmont which he felt he could he o s tie i l j e 14 3' ; he had gathered from every quarter red elements of revolution, and he knew self, oT n ot again disperse them with safety to him- Inaste But to his impetuous and ambitious iv a r ,','Alt we hear that he is now as buoyant as after-1,-.'"eu downcast ; he is reported to have said, h ad 418 11 first i nterview with the Emperor, that he fact, t ow no apprehension of the future, and, in d eutiv ilat was master of the situation. " Evi katw We are t o ld, h e sa id, " an a tt emp t h as b een tha t her e to mystify s o mebody ; I hope I am not cony. somebody.'' Since his interview he appears of I,l4ced that he is not the man. " The duplicity of m a ,'" says the letter from a Piedmontese officer quot e d to an eminent person here, and which I rea ss ;," a day or two ago—" the duplicity of Paris Wh o , -r es us. If duplicity is practised at Paris, the - -D• e a" it have been practised on ? Not on fro it , '4l.edlnentese, because they take confidence . mind ':i„lf Count Cavour came to Paris with his hew, "'" out made up that he was to hear " bad .Fled ,% 'l ; !_nd he now expresses himself quite satis oas i .„""." the result of his visit, what is it that lit y - t assured him A Congress, with the probabi turbi°La pacific close, and the certainty of not dis conte-„6tao treaties of 1815, would certainly not "am, or those whom he has left behind at Aust r :'t ( leitua. n x idea is to drive rice in Lombardy, and to annex tnat C the Crown of Sardinia ; and the reforms r in e Cell Italy and the Papal States are secondary h. ; 111Paris "• Nothing less will satisfy him and Is t h e • zeoinnttloTtrnheeantime there is a movement in the depar.t army. Troops are expected from Algeria, P rot that territory cannot be totally left without t hav: eti° ". I am told that the regiments . a home a have for a fourth battalion ; that is to h s al y re , their of two war battalions, they are to bat .iast, the fourth, remaining in depot. Each fallen ^ * eoo l „,_ • anies, and each s--ompri ses s i x comp co m p a ny consists of from 125 to 130 men, and the etirrtes recruits garr more. A review of the army composing is ° ll of Paris (excepting the guard), with the de pots, is furnished for the third battalions by the It is spoke n o f f or S un d ay . ha; is repo r t e d that the Russ i an so ldi ers - on leave t w o been r eca ll ed. Their time of serv i ce i s twenty only - regiment. Yea rs ; and a R uss i an no w in Paris, wh ohas months to s erve , has been ordered to join INDIA. THE CALCUTTA MAIL. Calcutta papers of the 22nd ultimo, and Madras journals of the Ist instant, have come to hand. The following telegram had been forwarded by Sir Lober Hamilton, the resident at Indore, to Lord Elphinstone :—" Captain Gordon Cumming reports that of the rebel force, four generals, one adjutant general, one commanding officer, one ressaldar, with six hundred followers ; have given themselves up to the Rajah of Bikaneer." Whether this refers (says the Madras Athenceum) to Tantia Topee's or Feroze Shah's followers we are unable to say Of the exact whereabouts of the former 'individual we have no certain information, but from all that can be gathered it would appear that he is in Sheka wutte, a state, or rather a collection of small states, dependent upon Jeypore. To the north-west lies Bikaneer, to the north-east Loharoo and Jhujjur, and to the south lie Jeypore and Joudpore. Several outlaw chiefs from Joudpore have, it is said, joined Tantia Topee, who, according to accounts dated the Ist inst., was about seventy miles from Loharoo. It would appear, therefore, that Tantia is making for the north, and Mr. Harvey, the commissioner of Agra, is of opinion that there is nothing to preirent him continuing to do so." The military movements reported in the Calcutta papers were made known to us by the last Bombay advices. The trial of the Nawab of Furruckabad was to commence on the 14th ult. The commissioners appointed to try him are—Mr. Batten, judge of Cawnpore ; Mr. Ross, judge of Futtyghur ; and Mr. Wynward, judge of Shahjehanpore. The chief point of interest in the Calcutta news is the state of the money market. The Hurkaru reports : In the early part of last week, government paper was sold at 16 per cent. discount, but sales have since been effected at from 11 to 124 per cent. It is, however, rumoured that the banks are not only declining to make advances on government paper, but that they are, in some instances calling upon parties to redeem the paper which they hold. A. meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held on Saturday last, was numerously attended, not only by mer chants, but by others interested in the question. A letter to the financial secretary was adopted, in which several suggestions are made as to the best mode of raising money in India. At the same time the meeting considered " that, so far as practicable, loans for the service of India should be raised in England." A copy of this letter will be sent by the present mail to the Secre tary of State for India. This meeting seems to have moved the government seriously to consider the subject, as late yesterday afternoon a Gazate Extraordinary was published, notifying " for general information the financial measures which have been resolved upon, in order to provide means for carrying on the public service in the coming year 1859-60." After giving a detailed account of the loans of the last few years, the Governor-General in Council announces that five crores of rupees are required for the coming year, and to raise this sum a loan at five and a-half per cent interest is to be opened on the Ist of May next. A new issue of Treasury bills will commence from the same date, " bearing interest at the rate of 24 per centum per diem." As Government assures the public that " no further loan will be opened during the year"—pro vided the amount be raised—it may restore confidence, and produce the required amount. The Governor-General, however, does not feel very sanguine on this point, as he hints that if the amount be not forthcoming, recourse will be had to England ; and then, if instructions to that effect be issued by the Home Government, another loan, carrying a higher rate of interest, will be opened in India. THE NORTHERN TIMES, THURSDAY, MARCIf_ 31, 1859 SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS, LONDON. The Gallery of British Artists, which was openett to the public on Monday, contains on the whole, a better colfeetion of pictures than usual. Of the eight hundred and twelty two pictures with which the walls are embellished, none belong to the highest class ; but a large proportion of them are interesting and really meritorious. As usual, the " popular " artists repeat themselves; in many cases we find the same landscapes, the same figures, and the same faces, by the same artists who have been painting those same faces, figures, and landscapes for any number of years. At the same time, one or two of the artists have ventured to depart from their own beaten track. Among these we must first of all mention Mr. Hurlstone, the president of the society, who contributes two large paintings, illustrative of scenes from "Hamlet" and " Othello." The scene from "Hamlet" is that in which the Prince of Denmark, during his interview with his mother, sees the ghost (" Save me and hover o'er me with your wings," &c) The courageous and philosophic Hamlet looks as scared as a little boy who for the first time in his life sees a turnip spectre, with candles for eyes and an old sheet for a shroud. Hamlet was not terrified, though much impressed, on meeting the paternal ghost for the first time, and at the moment chosen by the painter the hero• had become as it were familiarised with the apparition. The Queen is not queenly, nor can the picture be at all commended as a pictorial reading of one of Shakspere's greatest scenes. In Mr. Hurlstone's other large picture we have an attempt to render the great scene between Desdemona and Othello—" Give me your hand. This hand is moist, my lady." Othello has a fine head, remind ing us of one of the venders of the re:mahout des Arahes in the Rue 'Vivienne. His fair-haired wife is at the same time lamentably deficient in capillary attraction, and it appears to us that Desdemona, to have a poetical existence, must be 'surpassingly beautiful. Why should Othello be jealous, and how should the audience be affected by the strangulation of Desdemona, if the complexion of the latter be muddy and her hair on the red side of auburn ? Another of the most important works in the exhibition, judgin by the size of the pictures and the intention of the artist, is The Confiscation of Sir Walter Raleigh's estate ;" but the simple historic narrative appended to the title in the catalogue tells the story far more effectively than the picture can do. Nevertheless, it has been painted carefully ; ' and'there is some merit of conception in the face and figure of Lady Raleigh. Among the landscapes, in which the strength of the exhibition lies, we must mention; first of all, an admirable view of "Genoa from the New Terrace," by J. B. Pyne. The spectator is supposed to be looking in a straight line, along a parallel to the quay ; a large expanse of water is painted, and the effect of distance is admirably given. In the foreground the terrace is crowded with picturesque groups, and the Gulf near the landin g -place is covered with gaily-painted vessels. Mr. Pettit has sent a torrent-sculptured bed of the Conway, North Wales, which is conscientiously and effec tively painted. " Springtime," by Vicat Pole, is a good specimen of an English landscape, both as to subject and execution. Let us also mention the "Heather Bells," a richly-coloured scene with figures, by Mr. E. G. Cobets. Mr. H. G. Boddington, Mr. J. J. Wilson, and Mr. W. H. Gosling exhibit landscapes of various kinds, and, for the most part, of considerable merit; and Mr. West and Mr. Tarrant contribute, among other things, combinations of rocks, chasms, torrents, and storms. Of the numerous pictures of country life, one of the most remarked, if not the most remarkable, is Mr. Hill's " Wearied Shep herd." The attitude of the boy is full of repose, and there is a peaceful, dreamy character about the whole picture; but, to tell the truth, the youth resembles a shepherd of real life about as much as Madame de Pompadour in her powdered wig, her mouches, and her hoop, re sembled a shepherdess. The " Labourer's Rest" is dis tinguished by the carefully-drawn figure and expressive face of the father of, the family. In Mr. Roberts' picture, without a title, the little girl among the flowers, " with childish glee herself arraying," is charmingly painted ; but, in accordance with the fashion of the day, the details of the picture are represented with such glaring distinctness, that the attention is naturally distracted from the principal figure. Mr. Deffitt Francis exhibits only one work, which is thus described, or rather dated, in the catalogue : " Autumn— Scotland—Evening." Thanks, however, to Mr. Francis' true feeling for nature, neither of these explicative words was necessary : the girl's type of face, no less than the herbage which surrounds her, tells us that the scene is in Scotland ; the fading light shows that the time is evening ; and the whole picture is full of rich, mellow tints, which belong only to autumn. LITERATURE. THE ECLECTIC : A Monthly Review and Miscellany. London : Ward and Co., Paternoster-row. WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The usual weekly meeting of this board was held yester day, Mr. Abrahams in the chair.. The other members present were—Messrs. Woods, Pitrkin, Stone, ltoscoe, Kirkus, Shaw, Medealf, Roberts, Reyes, and Mawdsley. RETURNS, The following cheques were grantea for out-door reilef Mr. Potts. £125 ; Mr. Olney, £3B; r. Lythgoe, £2O. ; Total, DIM Mr. Gough, the governor, reported that the number of inmates in the establishment last week - was 650 ; admitted since, 21 ; discharged, 20 ; dead, 1; ,remaining in the house this week, 651, of whom 362 belong' to Toxteth-park. Number in the coresponding week of last pnr, 696. It was reported that the number of patients in the hos pital last week was 108; admitted since, 20; discharged, 7 ; dead; 2. -amber in the hospital thi.3 week, 119 ; number in the corresponding week of last year, 124. A letter was read from the Poor-law Board, sanctioning the advance of salary to Mr. Joseph Masker, assistant over seer of the township of Bootle, from £7O to £lOO per annum The Board suggested, in reference to a proposed gratuity to Mr. Cutts ; schoolmaster of the, workhouse, that i 3 would be more satisfactory if the guardians wouli conaidir the question of Mr. Cutts' salary, with a view to its augmenta tion—if it were proper to increase it—than that he should receive so large a gratuity as that recommended. CHARGE ASAINST A GUARDIAN FOR TAMPERING WITH- Al* OFFICER. Mr. Stone rose to a point of order. He said that thor were aware that, last week, Thos. Cranage was appointed a porter at the Workhouse, and he could not congratulate the board, or the chairman, who gave the casting vote, on that appointment. Ft appeared that he was elected for a particular purpose—to carry out the views and wishes of one member of the board, and , not more. And he was sure that those who voted for him, did not intend to elect him as a spy on the other officers. Their excellent Governer never was known to abase his , authority over the other officers, and this man having been a pauper, Mr. Gough was very condsiderate and kind to him. But Mr. Thos. Smith thought different, and he had no doubt, in his mind, that it was to carry out his own views that he got the appointment made—that he might induce the man to tell him everything that happened in the Workhouse. But the man refused to be made such an instrument of, and he had his (Cranage's) sanction to read the following letter, which he received from Mr. Smith : " 43, West Derby-street. Friday Evening, March 25. '' TO MR. THOMAS CRANAGE. "Dear Sir, —Concerning the successful movement thus far towards your appointment to the office of gate-keeper and porter at the workhouse, I ought, it seems to me, to have said a word or two to you on Wednesday last, when I apprised you of your election by the guardians. I ought then, perhaps, to have told you that until acceded to, or confirmed, by the Poor-law Board, the appointment would not be- complete ; and, in addition to that, I ought to have suggested to you the propriety of your continuing to act and to dress just as you have been doing, until such appoint ment shall-have been completed. "After all, however, these suggestions may have been quite unea'led for ; you, having from your own knowledge of the case, thus prudently acted.. I am somewhat desirous of knowing how you have been going on since your election on Wednesday—how the master and how Mr. Moore have acted towards you ? If you get out that is, get leave of absence—between this and Wednesday, perhaps you can spare a few minutes to call and tell me, especially if any change have taken place in their treatment of you.—l am, dear Thomas, yours, &c. "THOMAS SMITH." Mr. Stone continued to say, that if that board sanctioned such proceedings, and delegated its power to one of its members, he was inclined to think it would be stultify ing itself in its independence ; and before he quitted that board, he would beg to state that he would be no party to such proceedings. He would therefore beg to move the following resolution : " That the conduct of Mr. Thomas Smith, one of the members of this board is highly reprehensible, for addressing a note to the gatekeeper as to the treatment of the master of the workhouse towards him, and also for having had intercourse with the gatekeeper at his own private house, in reference to the management of the workhouse, and this board totally disapFoves of such private interference by any member belonging thereto." Mr. Kirkus seconded the motion, and said Mr. Stone had so well brought the matter before them that it was unne cessary for him to say anything further. Mr. Shaw said he would simply ask what there was in the note reprehensible. He would ask any guardian round that table to point to a sentence that could be condemned by the board. Had there not letters passed between guardians of the board and the master ? and was that not as bad ? He could see nothing in the letter which the board had a right to complain of. Mr. Stone pointed to the latter portion of the letter as most objectionable, and said, if Mr. Small had got any thing to complain of, he should bring it before the board manfully, and not seek it from a poor pauper, who had just been made a little better by himself. otti l e r dts c 4f•tife ; llLurqs. , 2wfay.ar tb_ latkit; cr about. object. Mr. Smith went on Tuesday last into the bakery, and took a loaf away with him, and threw down 2d. for it. He had no doubt this was for some 'similar purpose. Mr. Shaw moved, as an amendment, that the matter be deferred for a week, in order to give Mr. Smith an oppor tunity of reply to the statements of Mr. Stone. Mr. Mawdsley seconded the amendment. Mr. Kirkus said, when lie recollected the speech that was made by Mr. Smith, on the last day, with reference to this being an important appointment, to get this man into the place without advertising. Every resolution had been for this very-Thomas Cranage. He was a man bred and born for this particular duty (?). He (Mr, Kirkus) thought there could be now no doubt about this being an important appointment. Mr. Smith talked about the keys being in the hands of the clique; but now he intended 'to have the kcys.himself. Mr. Smith charged the board with buying Kennedy off, and purloining the money of the ratepayers for that purpose ; but the very moment he gets Cranage in, he intended him: to be a spy, and to report all that occurred to him.' lie could' quite understand this, and he was astonished that Mr: Shaw did not. But there was nobody so blind as those•who would not see, and he thought he i knew why Mr. Shaw did not see it. With reference to the loaf, he had got the 24-to be handed over to the treasurer of the union. The loaf was really purloined, because the baker had no power to sell the bread. Mr. Parkin• said he was creditably informed that Mr. Smith asked somebody if there was not another set of keys to the house. Mr. Roberts said, if 'he was not mistaken, Mr. Smith offered the man. money. The motion of Mr. Stone being put to the vote, there I voted for it : Messrs. Woods; Kirkus, Roberts, Parkin, Hayes, and Stone; against it : Messrs. Shaw, Roscoe, Mawdsley, ITedealf. The motion-was accordingly declared carried by a majority of 7 to 4. now - limn.- A , • 1_,.. heavy-laden Review, and the merely ephemeral monthly magazine. Its main contents still are of the critical character, and founded upon the most important scientific, historical, and literary works of the day, while at the same time it admits so considerable a number of contributions of a lighter and more general nature as to suit that class of popular readers with whom writings exclusively critical have less interest. Notwithstanding the great and increas ing number of periodicals now in publication, there still appears to us to be a wide and important opening left which such a serial as the .Eclectic is qualified to fill. It is so peculiar in its form as to have scarcely any rival in the field it selects, and the character of its contents is such as to render rivalry a hazardous task. The number for March contains a well-assorted and well-varied series of articles. It opens with a review of Mr. Mansel's lectures on the Limits of Religious Thought. In a very able, and for such a sub ject singularly clear article, the reviewer upon the whole eulogizes the ability, the close metaphysical examination, and the earnest views of Mr. Mansel, but takes issue with him upon at least one important point. Mr. Mansel adopts and vindicates the belief sustained by a still more eminent psychological explorer, Sir William Hamilton, as to the nature of our conception of the infinite. Sir William Hamilton and Mr. Mansel maintain that we can have nothing beyond a negative conception of the infinite, while they fully admit an irresistible belief in it. The reviewer, on the other hand, sustains the doctrine that our conception is positive, although, as a matter of course, incomplete. It would be clearly beside the purpose, as well as out of the limits, of such a notice as this, to enter into any discussion of the question involved, but we cannot help saying that we feel inclined to agree thoroughly with the conclusion of the reviewer, although not in every instance concurring with the reasons he adduces in support of his belief. We think there is a plain and obvious dis tinction between our capacity to. form a conception of the infinite which shall be in the strictest sense positive, and the capability which is wholly beyond the stretch of human reason to form a full comprehension of it, or what may pro perly be called an idea, using . that word in its original sense as meaning an image in the mind. But it is nothing new, at least in metaphysics, to distinguish between an irresistible belief and a philosophical conception. It is not even new in metaphysics to speak of a belief as being irresistible but false. The apparent contradiction, therefore, which the reviewer points out in the statement of Mr. Mansel is not probably such a one as a keen metaphysician would find much difficulty in r econciling. At the same time, we fully agree in the, r eviewer's conclusion, and are quite disposed to believe with him that a confusion as to the acceptation each claims for the word conception is the main cause of the. difference of opinion. The most ordinary reader. ddes not need to be told that a great part of the discord of opinions upon psychological questions arises- from .the• inevitable vagueness an looseness of language, which is unable to find terms precisely correspond ing-to each shade of meaning, and to nothing else. The second article in this number is entitle "The Times of George the Third," apropos of the last series of the journals of Horace Walpole, edited by Dr. Doran. The writer of the article, which is animated and full of interest, defends Horace Walpole against the contemptuous opinions which Lord Macaulay and other writers express of the intellect, the tastes, and the character of the owner of Strawberry Hill, and author of the " Castle of Otranto." " The Newspaper, Day and Night" is an amusing description of the progress of a metropolitan daily paper from the setting of its first column of copy until the raw hour of the hallowing morning, when the labours of its reporters, editors, sub-editors, and printers have completed their task. The singular and only recently observed defect, of vision which renders those to whom it attaches incapable of distinguishing the most glaringly contrasting colours is discussed in a clever and interesting paper. The authoress of " Mary Powell" contributes some additional chapters of her new tale, "Town and Forest." This authoress is one of the most deservedly favoured and popular of the present day, and her very name lends attractions to a periodical. Much of her bright, genial, and natural style will be recognised in the few pages this number contains. Among the general con tents of the number,we may notice " London to Arranmore," "Law Reform," and an exceedingly well written review of the Melanges Scientifiques et Literaires of M. Biot, the French savant. Some brief notices of current literature conclude the number, which is on the whole not inferior in ability, and eyen in solidity, to many far more pretentious and. costly periodicals of the critical class, CONTRACTS. The following - tenders were accepted for the supply of stores until the 29th of September next : For mew-milk and skim-milk, Mr. Mottram Elm ; buttermilk, Nancy Woods and H. Itulm.o; groceries, Samuel Gooclacre ; soups, &c., J. W. Hohne ;: provisions, William Boltony Samuel Cottrell, and James. Simpson. COURT OF PROBATE Y --._ S'I"TIRDAY. (Before Sir C. Cresswell, Judge. OrtiA , cery.) Swrrirrur v. S WINFEN. —This was. a ; cause of proving in solemn form the will of the late Samuel Swinfen, pro pounded by the executrix , a nd o pp osed b y the heir-at-law. It was commenced in the old Prerogative court, and stood over to abide by the result of the various proceedings in ' other tribunals. The ultimate: effect of those proceedings was, as is well known, to establish the validity of the will. Na opposition was offered tos.the present application to Ids. lordship to pronounce for the• will; but a question was raised as to the cost of the. proceedings in the Prerogative and the Probate Courts, the executrix contending that the heir-at-law ought to pay-his.own costs, and the heir-at-law contending that, under the circumstances of the case, the costs ought to be allowed out of the estate. The case was heard on Wednesday last, and his Lordship gave judgment this day, refusing the application for the payment of costs out of the personal estate, agreeing with the Master of the Rolls in his decision. in Chancery, and which would leave the parties just where they were. The Court was occupied in hearing a number of motions entirely of, a technical character. GUNPOWDER MILL EXPLOS/ON. FIVE LIVES LOST. At half-past ten yesterday morninz, an explosion took place at 'Hounslow Powder Mills, belonging to Messrs. Curtis, Harvey, and Co.;the report caused much conster nation in the neighbourhood of Twickenham, which is two or three miles distant. Although so distant, the force. was so great that it broke the windows in many houses near the station. Two corning houses belonging to the mill estab lishment were blown up, causing the death of five individual s , a nd seriously injuring another. The names of the killed are—Thomas Album, John Compton, George Lewcock, George Stout, and William Littlefoot. An old man having sent some razors to be set with the view of getting a more comfortable shave, sent a grandson to bring them home. When he arrived with them the grandsire accosted him thus :—" Tammy, do ye think they'll shave now ?" " I dinna, ken," was the rejoinder 6 , but the ane that I tried euttQd 4 quid think WRCI at n wauk."—Porclvr „advertiser. ADMIRALTY COURT BILL. Mr. Hadfield moved the second reading of the Admiralty Court Bill, the object of which was to throw open the court to the profession at large. Mr. Malin concurred in the opinion that the court should be thrown open, but not without oompensation to the proctors therein engaged. The Attorney-General would not oppose the motion, reserving his opinion on the question of compensation, which was at present under consideration. He hoped the matter would be left in the hands of government, and that no further project would be made with the bill till they had announced their division. - The motion was agreed to. CHARITABLE USES BILL, Mr. Hadfield then moved the second reading of the Charitable Uses Bill, the object of which was to amend the law of mortmain. The Solicitor-General would not oppose the second read ing, though he could not consent to many of its details. The bill was read a second time. MARKETS' (IRELAND) BILL. The house went into committee on the Markets' (Ireland) Bill. Clauses one to twenty-eight were agreed to after con siderable discussion, and with several amendments ; and on clause twenty-nine, rendering it compulsory for goods to be sold in the market, x,Ask9:o,xaoyed. the omission of the clause. clause was carried by 123 to 35. Clauses up to 33 were agreed to. The Chairman reported progress. BILLS. The Lunacy Regulation Act Amendment Bill was read a second time. The Parliament Voters (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. _ _ _ The remaining business was disposed of, and the house adjourned at five minutes to six. THE REFORM DEBATE. The Times says that Mr. Gladstone condemns the Govern ment Bill for every thing in which it pretends to offer a reform ; and the only redeeming feature he finds in it is the retention of all existing boroughs. The pretence is, that small constituencies are better than larger ones. That is really the argument, though Mr. Gladstone cannot. quite screw up his courage to state it so broadly. The Tinaes refers to a host of small boroughs, to prove that they do not possess the virtues ascribed to them. The Star says the Government have obtained in Mr. Gladstone a powerful but unserviceable ally. The Daily Hews points out the inconsistency of Mr. Gladstone abandoning what he approves, and accepting what he condemns. He rejects Lord John Russell's resolu tion, and will vote for the bill. ELECTION NEWS.—Mr- Beresford Hope has announced himself as a candidate for Cambridge University. CANNIBALISM.—The Chinese passenger of the St. Paul, who was rescued by the steamer Styx, and arrived on Tuesday, has furnished us with the following account of a massacre of the Chinese passengers by the St. Paul, wrecked at Rossell Island : —"The ship went on shore during the night, and when she struck the passengers all rushed on deck, making a great outcry, upon which the captain drove them all below again. When daylight broke we landed by means of the boats on an island, where we remained two days without any water, when some of us went on board the ship again to get some, as also provi sions. The captain left in his boat with some of the crew, and we were not disturbed by the natives for a month after he was gone ; they then came over from the main land, 'distant about three-quarters of a mile, and made an attack on us. Some of us had double-barrelled carbines, but we got frightened, and threw them away.. The only white man left with us, after the departure of Capt. Pennard, was a Greek, who, having armed himself with a cutlass, fought desperately, and killed a great many of the natives before he was overpowered. They then took all our clothing, &c., which they partly destroyed. Any valuables that they found, such as. sovereigns, rings, &e., they placed in a net bag,which each man carried round his neck. A watch par ticularly excited their attention, as they were continually opening it to observe the reflection of their faces in the glass. At night we were placed in the centre of a clear piece of ground, and fires lit in several places, the natives keeping a regular watch over us, and during the day they would select four or five Chinese, and, after killing them, roast the flesh, and eat it ; what was not consumed being depo sited in their nets. This mode of proceeding was as follows:—The victims being decided on, they were taken out, and beaten all over (excepting the head) with a kind of club, and then dispatched by ripping the stomach open. The body was then eut up in small pieces, and divided, the fingers, toes, and brains being, eagerly sought after • the bones were then collected, and either burnt or thrown' away, I saw ten of my . fellow-passen g ers ' killed in this way. On one occasion some of the Chinese took a ' boat which belonged to the ship, and went over to the mainland at night to get some water, but never returned, so we thought they had been killed, Every day they brought us cocoa-nuts, or some wild roots to eat, and appeared to be quite friendly with us. This state of things continued until I was taken off the island. When I left there were only four Chinese and the Greek alive, all the rest having been killed. I saw these five the day the steamer came in sight, but when the natives saw the boats coming on shore they took them to the moun tains. I was sick and lame, and they would not carry me, so that I watched my opportunity, and contrived to conceal myself among the rocks until the boat came on shore. They are very numerous, but do not appear to have any chiefs among them ; they live on cocoa-nuts, of which there are large quantities, and a kind of yam, which they roast before eating ; but, beyond a few dogs, I saw neither animals or fowls of any land,— Sydney Itorald. SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN OF POOR FOREIGNERS. Yesterday, the annual meeting of the friends and sup porters of the schools for children of poor foreigners was held at the German Schools, Sir Thomas's-buildings. There were present—Messrs. C. Stress, H. Stolterfoht, A. Stolterfoht, J. Samuelson, and the Rev. S. A. Steinthal. Mr. C. Stress presided. The Chairman regretted that the attendance was not se numerous as could be wished. He had to congratulate the society on its progress, and he hoped to be enabled, at the end of the next year, to report an equal, if not greater, progress. If they shouldl use their e xer ti o ns, he had no doubt but that they would succeed in their endeavours. He then called upon Mr. Stolterfoht, the treasurer and secretary, to read the following REPORT. " It is now a year since the present committee undertook the task of re-organising the then existing. school, for poor foreign children in Liverpool. The circumstances which led them to undertake this task were fully entered into in the preliminary report which they issued in April last, and need not be here recapitulated. Suffice it to say that they were at once enabled by the liberal donations they received to pay elf the debt on the school. The subscriptions, however; for the last year wets_td not have been sufficient to meet thecurrent expenses, bad= it not been for a grant of £2O from tile society for friends of foreigners IA" distress. It will be seen that the donatins last year amounted to X5B Os Bd, inetadinm the above named grant, and the sub l'scriptions to .E 5 6 .145. It is hoped that this year tl latter ';may be raised to £lOO at least, which s um the committee inamed alreadyilt.tbeir preliminary report as requisit e f or th e efficient working - of the school, atuPsubsequent experience 'Aas since proved' itxcorrectness. Among other things caling far additional expenditure, they are most anxious to be in a position to increase the salary of their teacher, Mr. Scherra, as they feel that the salarythey are at present able to give himisnot adequate to his ntscrits. • They take this opportunity of expressing their high •sense of his effi,- ciency. The number of children on the books of the school when it first came into the hands of the present committee , was 28, namely, 16 boys, and 12 girls. Since they have had the management the numbers have Mien increased by 14 boys, and 22 girls. Whilst 14 children-have left them, of which 4 went to America; 6 have gone tvEnglish schools; 2 have left on account of their age being—over 15, and have died, leaving at present 19 boys, and "; - )'I 'girls on the books, or nearly double the number attendiofra year.ago. " In order to encourage a proper spirit cf independent feeling amor , the parents -of • the children, it is .- that those attending shall pay 2d per week. Th e p ayment is, however, remitted where it is known • that' the parents really cannot afford to pay it. A female teacher has been engaged, since January last; to , attend, two evenings in the week, to teach the girls sewing and knitting. The com mittee keep steadily in view their object of making the school an instrument of fitting the children of peor foreign parents for a more -profitable attendance, by-anci‘bye, at. English schools. This being • their object, they appeal confidently to all friends of Kincation, whether English or foreign, to aid them. They - wish to make, the-children good and useful citizens of the adopted land of theirparents. Let; therefore, the first practical lesson they recee of its institutions be, that one of them .early , took them by the hand, instructed them in the language, and taught them to appreciate the rights and privileges, and perform the duties of English citizens." It was moved by Mr. IL Stolterfoht, "That the report and. abstract of accounts be passed' and adopted, and that the same be printed and circulated." This was agreed to, and also the following resolutions:— " That Mr. Charles Stress berequested to continue to act as president, Mr. N. Stolterfoht•us treasurer; and that the following be requested to act on the committee :—H. Stol terfoht, T. Prange, G. IV C: .- Pickering, J. Samuelson, Percy Dove; Thomas Bduch, and the- Revi A. Steienthal." " That the best thanks be given to the officers and members of the committee, and also to Mr. llartmann; the secretary, and Mr. Scherra, the master of the school; for the zealous performance of their•duties. The proceedings concluded with .a •vote of 'thanks to the chairman. KENTISH FIRE, OR PLATFORM FREEDOM TO THE EDITOR OF THE , NORTHERN Sir,—Permit me a brief space in your well conducted NORTHERN - TIMES ; and, as a stranger s and a recently located inhabitant in your town, accept my compliments for your excellently.elaborate, and thoroughly impartial report of the Working' Men's Reform Meeting, convened in the Concert-hall, on the 25th instant. As one • associating with the conveners of that meeting, I think I may say that my compliments include the heart-felt thanks of - the Working Men's Committee. " Kentish fire" seems to be an institution peculiar to the town of Liverpool.. During a long career as a public lecturer, I -have. visited numerous towns The " fire " is revolthig - , - senseless, atih luitia:auy fanatical. Does the institution redound to the welfare, the credit, the dignity of Liverpool ? Are its results instructive to the young, refining to the matured, pleasing to the old ? The largest sea-port,-boastful of its commerce, its wealth, its free libraries, tolerates a disgusting 'rival to the " cat-calls"• of a " penny gaff." But there is a grave question involved in the ex hibition of " Kentish fire"—it assails the right{ of public meeting, the national freedom of the platform. The platform is the instrument through which the public reason, investigate, pass judgment, and register desires. 'Tis a facile instrument, equally convenient for the rich as well as for the poor. Destroy the platform, the public become an intellectual nonentity, having brains, but without the great opportunity for using the brains for national progress. The subject is not one of party nor of sect, but of national right, of national instruction, of national convenience. Working men go to a ,public .meeting to hear a national topic gravely stated and honestly debated ; and the object is frustrated by a per manent organisation of barbarism ,and idlotcy, in spired by knavery , and hypocrisy. Gentlemen of the middle classes desire to address the public, and. their attempt is frustrated by the. rude insults and atro cious noise of "Kentish fire."' This intolerable nuisance, assailing the using of an Englishman's brains for national benefit, must be at once and for ever crushed:. It must inspire all men . with pro found disgust and unmitigated contempt, no matter the nature- of their polities or the peculiarities of their creeds.. I urge upon all parties, the necessity for an imme diate organisation, esiteeially arranged,• earnestly active, and permanently continued, for.the .resisting of knavish and barbarous combinations. ag a inl the liberty-of the platform, so that Kitthesil re t can assis ance be completely annihanted.. I so l icit o f amok) e, et so laudable, s o o f f re t -Pi in ses g, s a f o o d r stoheaerecaesslisaiing y. And, lastly, for Liver pool: to present a groat of manly dignity on the pl to be assailed by ignorance compactly brutishness, nor by knavish aor m , never train e i ci:. o f re or n bigotry and hypocritical fanaticism in the mantle of religion.—Yotiers truly, AVALTpi..Whi. BROOM. Chadwick's Tpinperance Hotel, Cases,-street, Liverpool., LOVE AT FlE.fa SIGHT.—An apt illustration of the fact that love cannot be gained by tuition, but " comes pop up on ye all at once,' occu rred the other day on the cliff. smart young fellow of the 11th lussars, stationed in. Brighton, was taking a walk an d enjoying the sea-breeze, when ho met a very pretty young lady, w h o seeme d t o linger u histon gaze, ar:sl appeared fiAed in about the same way as the basilisk fascinates his prey. In this situation, Mars—soldiers never let such an opportunity slip—spoke to Veuus,, and the result is a conjungtion I Tho young lady is possessed hast y o fL marriage 40 0 0 ro iil, We e informed, anything but her own r i g ht ; and this unexpected and pleasant, as yet, t 5 her disemrielato "parients."---Brzghton BP2 miner: A MAIDEN RPEEcn.—During the Re form d ebate i n the House of C ommons, M r , G. Sturt, the member for Dorset — shire, in tho short space of a quarter of an hour, delivered from the back row in the Ministerial benches some of the smartest hits against the bucolic minds of country members in general, and against the Government Bill in particular, amidst the laughter and the cheers of the Opposition, filling his own friends with dismay, and m akin g the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in an audible whisper, as he eyed the honourable gentleman through his glass, eitt. l :! , of clever with consternation " He's surely mad." This, it is btr en l is the makka speech of Mr. Sturt, although he member of the House since 1847. young and good-looking, with a play mischief -about the eye and mouth. in the Peers' gallery, seemed 41 raciness of the escapade whiech Pexturbable countenance of s t n. he isr 1 who was o L il , h iy to enjoy the disconcerted even the im— chancellor of the Exchuer, in any degree restore by whose equanimity did . not the Speaker's COR declaration, that he should vote cludtna for the second reading, Bill.-- I fu l l n ore aip ee 7 o ; n : nasre a' the cieYcPillent Reform Patriot.