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C 74" For particulars see advertisements. /7 1 aISc ; 1 4 e i id R e in Al SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS. f , T. We again pablish additional details of the Indian news, which still is the all-absorbing topic. We are not yet in possession of the Calcutta mails, but no doubt will be in time for publication in our Monday's paper. There has been, however, several telegraphic despatches received, containing Calcutta intelligence, which we have already given to our readers. The really serious portion of it is the reported retreat of Gener.il Havelock, when half-way between. Cawnpore and Lnekno , .y, in stonseqowiee of the rapid increase of sickness among his small forces. If this intelligence be confirmed it is of the most serious import, involving as it does the danger of Lucknow, and arresting that onward movement against Delhi which the Bombay news inspired us to trust would be made without delay. We do not put any faith in a telegraphic despatch stating that the British had e;ired from before the walls of Delhi, in consequence of the death of the general. lane private letter, in alluding to General Havelock's retreat, adds this reason for the move m e nf—" It is supposed he has done so to secure all the guns he has captured, and which he cannot take wi,h him." If this be so, the retreat will be but for a day or so, and bring about no more den geroas consequences than delay in the rescue of our brave countrymen at Lucknow. The same telegraph, indeed, that reports the retreat, reports also that Lucknow was safe, whether from the arrival of Jung Behadoor's Oroorkhas, or from other causes, we are left to conjecture. Of this much. however, we may rest satisfied, that all that man can do will be done by Haveloek and his braves. His victories must be well known to the British in Lucknow, and will lead them to dare all, and endure all, rather than entrust to the natives. The movement for organising subscriptions throughout the country in aid of the sufferers in India, is, we are glad to say, gaining ground. Already a number of the more important provincial towns in England, have held meetings, and at each, sums commensurate with the standing of the place have been freely subscribed. We are glad to see Liverpool being foremost in this mission of mercy, and we would just ask our readers to read over the subscription list, so that those who have not already done so, may be induced to give their mate. The Times of yesterday, advises religious and other civilizing missions in India, not to interfere with the present movement. " Tao cause of Indian missions can wait ; it has been going on now for many years, and will go on many years longer. There will be plenty of opportu,iities of supporting it. The pressure of the hour has a•natural precedence. Nor will the Bishop of Salisbury do the cause of missions itself any good by associating it with a lukewarm patriotism. We do not mean to say that the bishop is an indiff-rent patriot him self; but we must remind him that when the public is very much absorbed in a great national misfortune, and finds an individual, from however good a motive, diverting, in fact, attention from that misfortune into an irrelevant channel, it will be apt to make that reflection. This is a pity; it is an injury to the very cause which is thus put forward as a rival one. It is a bad thing for the missionary cause itself that it should stand in the way and be interfering with an urgent national object. Let the present time, then, be devoted to justice and to sympathy. We have a work of just and righteous vengeance to do in India. Let the blood which cries from Delhi, Cawnpore, Jhansi, Bithoor, and other scenes of abominable crime and passion be expiated, let these atrocious criminals be brought to judgment, let every Hindoo know and feel that justice is triumphant, and that rebellion against English rule is not only a crime, but a crime which is sure of punishment— let this be done, and we may begin to think of other things, but nothing can be done ha or for India till this is done. At the London Caurt of Common Council, notices of motion have been given on the subject of India ; one that 5001, and the other that 1,0001. should be presented to the Mutiny Fund. The Rev. Dr. Livingston has met with a most tattering reception in Glasgow. On Thursday he was presented with the freedom of that city, and in the evening be was presented wi'h a most substantial token of the approbation of the citizens of the commercial metropolis of Scotland. He had a purse containing L. 280 given to him. Tne proceedings were of a most interesting character. In the course of his remarks the Doctor made some allusion to the Cotton Supply Associations, but it will require a long time to obtain any reasonable return for the outlay that they must occur—yet in the end the olject wlll be obtained. He thinks that every town consuming cotton .should have a. Cotton Supply Association. He is evidently of opinion that if left to private enter. , prise the mills will soon be left without a single bale of new material. Two trials for murder took plane at the Old Bailey, London, on Thursday. James Preston was tried for the murder in Horsemonger-lane Gaol, and was a(cilitted on the ground of insanity. Core.elius Denny was tried for the murder in the Hampstead-road ; but the jury found him guilty of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. A woman named Donovan, tried at the same time, for wounding with intent to murder a police officer, was found guilty and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. Wit!iam D tvies has been committed for trial on the charge of wilful murder of an old woman at Wenlock. A very mysterious case, which has just come before the Dublin Police Magistrates, will be found reported at full length. Of local news this ramming there is an sbsolute scarcity. There is nothing oceuring of the least interest or importance. There is several items of interest from Conti nental Europe. The Emperor Alexander left Berlin on the 16 h, accompanied by the two Princes Gortschakoff, Count Adlerberg, and Baron Brunnow. The Cabinet of Madrid is in a state of disso- Narvacz provoked the crisis bj requesting the Queen to dismiss all those persons at Court who are suspected of intligning against the Minis try. Moreover, he demanded the recall of Concha, C9pt9in General of Cuba, whose lucrative office be wished to bestow upon Senor Leirsund. The Queeen refused to accede to the wishes of the Premier. On the 11th all the ministers tendered their resignation, but the Queen did not accept it. The ministers persisted in their demands, while the Queen remained as pertinacious. A complete rupture cannot be avoided. Admiral Armero will be called upon to form a new cabinet, and probably he will seek the alliance of Senor Mon and the Vicalvarists. Martinez de toBa. or Istnritz will be at the head of the cabinet. The Nord publishes a letter from its Paris cor respondent, which states that it will be impossible ' for the Emperor of Russia to come to France this year, inasmuch as he is expected at Kiew at the beginning of October. It says, also, that an interview between the Emperor of the French and the King of Prussia, which had been spoken of, is not likely, in consequence of the state of the king'shealth. The same letter adds : " Count de Bayneval,ambassador of France at St. Petersburg, will accompany the Emperor of the French to SAittgardt, as will also Count Walewski, Minister of Foreign Affairs. It is even said that Count de horny will do the same. and it is natural that he should, as it was he who prepared the way for the interview of the two sovereigns. The Emperor of Russia will be accompanied by Prtn:, , e Gortsehakoff, his Minister of Foreign Affairs ; and Count de Kisseleff, Russian ambassador at Paris, is to join.his sovereign." The Duke of Cambridge arrived at Paris on Thursday morning, and quitted the same evening for Cnalons. The Journal des Bebat3 has corn-. menced a series of articles on the government of India. It is of opinion that, whilst the organi tion of the East India Company was quite adapted to the conquest of India, the company is now standing in the way of solid posseSsion ; and that the existence of the Company would for the future produ'e now dangers end rebellions in India. The Univers continues to exult over the diffi culties of England in India, and gives expression to the following sentiment :—" We were always aware that the Anglo-Indian Empire was not eternal, or even of long duration ; and we now bear witness to the justice of God. This lesson will prove advantageous to all. As for our hopes, we do not conceive them to be chimerical ; whatever may happen, England cannot fail to issue highly we - Jiened from the struggle—a result we desire with all our heart" The Evangelical Conferenc.3 now sitting at Berlin, on Tuesday discussal the qa , stiou—What moans of defence Evangelical Christians possess against the aggressions of the Roman Catholic Church? Mr. James Lord, fr,74n London, sail that the Catholic aggression ought to be met by a Protes tant aggres.lion, and that the Romanists must be attacked in their own camps. The assembly choose a committee, whose task it will be to watch over the movements of the Catholic Church. Full details of the news per the North Star, arrivcd at Southmiptort, from New York, will be found in another part of to-lay's paper. The intrlligence.ig not of much importance. The panic in New York had considerady subsided, and it was hoped that in a few day's confidence would be restored. Last nigh:s returns of the Bank of Enciland are unfavourab , 4; the stock of Bullion having de creased 272.8531. The total bullion in the Bank is iower than for any week since June 20th. THE Rev. Mr. HANNA, of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, showed more valour than sound discretiln, when, on Sunday, Sept. 6, he presisted in preaching in the open air, at Belfast, the result of which was a breach of the peace ; certain hot-headed parties of the op posing churches of Rome and England, having resorted to the argument of force, in deficiency of the force of argument. How deplorable that we should have still to chronicle these street fights between Orangemen and Romanists, both professing the same religion, under different forms, appealing to the same Scriptures, follow ing the same Master, and living under the pro tection of the same laws. can anything be more discreditable than to learn that a Mahornmedan police is sometimes obliged to keep the peace between Eastern and Western Christians, fight ing with carnal weapons at the very tomb of CHRIST? how must the followers of the Arabian prophet sneer at the pugnacity of the followers of CHRIST ? How must the unbeliever smile at the narrow bigo•ry and unholy passions that divide the Romanist and the Protestant ? Surely the great principles which all Christians hold in common ought to be sufficient to combine them in one holy crusade against vice and ignorance. With all the errors of Romanism, it also holds in solution many true and noble principles ; and, notwithstanding the alleged purity of the opposite faith, there is no need to borrow the worst part of Popery, its dogmatising and persecuting spirit. We pray to be saved from the Popery of Protestants, not less than from the errors of Rome. We do not question that Mr. HANNA and,his supporters were animated by good intentions. They were resolved, they say, to establish the right of freely preaching the Gospel. We have no wish to deny that right, the right of free speech and unpunished discussion ; we claim it for all men of all parties and all opinions; and we suspect that we should carry that freedom far beyond the limits of Mr. HANNA. and his friends. What we now question is not the abstract right to preach in the open air, on a Sunday afternoon, at Belfast, but the wisdom, the discretion, the enlightened Christian feeling of doing so under the circumstances. A breach of the peace seemed so highly probable that two magistrates, justices of the peace, appealed to the Rev. Gentleman, asking him to reconsider his determination to hold forth under circumstances of so much pro bable excitement. His Reverence was inexorable —the expected result followed. Instead of wor shipping the LORD in the " temple not made with hands," soon a sharp whistle was heard at one part of the crowd, answered by another else where ; immediately the mob separated into two fighting parties. Wounds and bruises were multiplied, the whole town was disturbed ; constables and military were called out, the riot act was read, the order was given to load with ball. At length the soldiers fired ; many were wounded—some innocent people, of course. Next day, eight men were sentenced to punish ment as having shared in the disturbance. All this is stupid, deplorable, and a disgrace to our common Christianity. When will Irishmen learn to settle their differences amicably by the arms of the Spirit, and not by the arm of the flesh. A thing may be right in itself, and yet not expedient at a certain time and place. Such, in our judgment, was the case here. A Christian missionary has the abstract right to go and hold forth against JUGGERNAUT, while the car of the idol is passing by, crushing pilgrims in their path to the holy Ganges. But would such proceeding be expedient ? Would it be adapted to answer the end o► converting the benighted devotee to a purer faith ? Mr. HANNA, to be consistent, should go to India and try the experiment ; and the present moment of Indian anarchy ought to be specially inviting. Why should not the Gospel be freely preached in India as well as in Ireland; for there also it is the " power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth !" Let •the Reverend Gentleman give his fears to the winds, seeing his maxim appears to be, that all things which are right are also expedient—and at all times, too, and under all circumstances. The Reverend Preacher might easily have seen that he could not reasonably expect to advance real religion by any such proceeding. The quiet, moral, and Christian part of his audience did not need this demonstration, and the unruly part would not be influenced by it for good. It was, therefore, a somewhat needless, indiscreet, and inexpedient temptation to a breach of the peace of our Sovereign Lady the Queen. The peace was accordingly broken, and many Irish heads were broken also. A FEW DAYS since we had occasion to allude to a serious and systematic plan of monetary embezzlement which has been going on in London for some time past. We have now to turn our attention to another quarter of the globe—the West. The news from the United States, by the last four or five steamers, has told us of the prevalence of a money panic in the city of New York, and, according to the ad vices brought by the Arabia, the crisis had hardly reached it culminating point, so that, although its consequences may have been dis astrous, the worst results were not experienced. Deeply interested although our American brethren felt in the progress and completion of the transatlantic cable, the mishap which it sus tained, although entirely unlooked for, was with them a matter of minor consideration, and entirely absorbed by the monetary disasters, which had become matters of almost daily occur- rence. Brother Jc,nathan, in alluding to " go •a-head" propensity and disposition, is apt to make a boast, for the benefit of the "Britishers," that he " can lick all creation." Certain it is that his onward progress on the " road to ruin" is just now rapid, and would seem to verify to the letter his own peculiar and emphatic designa tion—" lick all creation." The readers of this journal are but too well aware that bank failures —the crashes of commercial firms of reputed eminence and honour—have lately been frequent items in our domestic intelligence. But what we read in our New York advices convince us that, in these important matters, we are com pletely beaten by the merchants, bankers, and traders, in the United States. The first of these disasters was the breaking down of the Ohio Life and Trust Company. This was followed by the suspension of the Mechanics' Banking Association ; then came the downfall of several private banks, and subsequently numerous commercial houses, whose prosperity was, to a considerable extent, both directly and indirectly bound up with them. Viewed in all its aspects, a more unfortunate, nay deplorable, collapse had not taken place for a long series of year:. After wreaking its vengeance upon Wall street and its speculators, the panic, we find, had extended itself to nearly all the banks connected with those of New York. In Buffalo we learn that bank suspensions had become the order of the day; and from the indications contained in the .4rabia's advices, the possibility is that the " panic" would, before its progress was com pletely arrested, and the alarm and excitement connected therewith, visit most of the commercial states in the Union. • We are all aware that, in times like those pre vailing in New York, there is a " general run" upon the banks which perpetuates the excite ment, and greatly augments the mischief, with out any tangible grounds for such undesirable results. In such a state of things, the bank most plethoric of gold. or the commercial firm rich in securities and various consignments of produce, cannot stand the brunt of a strong pecuniary pressure. According to the city articles in the New York papers of the 31st ult., and Ist inst., Saturday, the 29th of August, was a day of the most intense excitement and wild confusion. and adding to the results attendant on monetary panics, complete disbelief in the resources of the great monetary establishments of the commercial metropolis of the United States, and, as a matter of course, to the pecuniary prostration of not a few. One distinguishing characteristic of the panic now under consideration is that of defal cation and embezzlement. In many of the States, many of the American people are not over sensi tive how they act on these points. Excessive trading, reckless trading, and railway extrava- Bence, appear to be among the prime causes which have induced the monetary pressure now going on in the United States. As to the share which the American railways have to bear of this disaster, we are told that not only has a vast amount of capital been absorbed in the construcL tion of lines, but the leading companies have been large borrowers upon their own acceptances. hence it was that railway paper floated in large quantities on the New York money market. - To to this unfavourable circumstance we may add that, from a variety of causes, the receipts on the great railway lines have been diminishing, so that the difficulties of meeting •the increasing liabilities has been proportionably augmented. We need not wonder, therefore, that the banka THE NORTFIERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY', SEPTEMBER 10. 1857 should be encumbered with railway paper, whilst its value was being daily depreciated. Thus it was that when the Arabia sailed public confidence was entirely gone, and financiahaffairs were in a position both ticklish and unsatisfactory. We see, by the accounts which have reached us, that the bank failures had created the greatest amount of excitement and uneasiness. Evidently the banking institutions of America are in a most unsatisfactory position, as regards their proper regulation and management, and rival some of the worst of our joint-stock banks at home. Even the glaring iniquities practised by the Royal British Bank can easily find a compeer in New York. The Ohio Life an I Trust Com pany strongly resembles that of the Royal British. Report asserts that it should have closed its doors fully two years ago, for at that period its deficits amounted to 2,000,000 dollars ; but it went on increasing its liabilities, whichare now estimated at ',000,000 dollars, equal to 1,400,000/. sterling—a sum far beyond which throws the bank failures in the United Kingdom entirely in the shade. Besides, it acted some thing like the Royal British Bank ; it took money as a Trust Company, in which capacity it made away with the monies of widows and orphans, charitable institutions, &c., &c. Then, with regard to the Mechanics' Banking Associa tion, we are told that its suspension aroee from the defalcations of the teller, whose de ficencies amount to frcm seventy to eighty thousand dollars. This gentleman is represented to have lived very extravagently, but being an active and energetic official, his career bears a strong resemblance to that of REDPATH, in the ways and means of his systematic roguery. These disasters, both in America and this country, should not be thrown away upon us. They teach us valuable lessons; show that undue speculation, whether it be in the Produce Market or the Stock Exchange, is always attended with disastrous results. They also point to the fact that our Joint-stock Banks have too often been establishments for concocting schemes of fraud and peculation—imposing upon the public, and deranging the wheels of every department of trade, commerce, and finance. What eff.;ct these failures will have on this side of the Atlantic remains to be seen. May it be neither extensive nor permanent. CffEzTER AND HOLYIIICAD RAILWAY.—The report states that the gross receipts of the railway during the past half. year exceed those for the corresponding period of the pre vious year by 4,431/. The amount available for dividend is 29,920/ , out of which the directors have paid 5,527/, to the London and North Western Railway Company the interest cn advances, avd recommend the declaration of a dividend at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum on the first preference stock, and a payment of 6,377/. on account of arrears of dividend on the second preference stock of 5 per c nt. par annum to the 31 it cf Manh, 1836, leaving a balance of 6901. • TIIIC NEW AUSTRALIAN CLIPPER SHIP PLANTER —The "Eagle Line" of packets, with a fleet of matchless vessels already, has added another " leviath an" to the number, and it is no exaggeration to say that she is fully equal, and in many respects superior, to her noble sisters of the deep. She has just arrived here from Boston, where she was fabricated at the eminent yard of Mr. Mayo, and is aptly called the " Planter," as her mission is to carry out people to Australia, and in this respect she may be properly desigeated the Planter of a new and prosperous colony. In saying that this ship is superior, in many respects to her sisters, this arises from the experience which the proprietors (Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Co.) have gained in their extensive trade with Austra lia, which enables them to add the required improve ments, so Ss to make the passengers as comfortable as if domiciled on shore. Tao dimensions of the Planter are 232 feet long, 43 broad, and 29 deep, with a tonnage of 2,000, but, of course, her stowage capacity is far greater than that. Her external appearance is commanding, and the eye of the sailor is delighted to look on her fine masts and spars—the main yard being 82 feet, masts 40 inches, with double topsail yards, and all the modern improvements S 3 desirable for sailing qualities. Hiwever pretty a ship's exterior may be, it is with her eternal economy and arrangements that we have to deal ; for, after all, this is the great point to be looked at. Her 'tween decks are about nine feet in eleva - tion, with a fall sweep from stem to stern, and at each side of the dinner tables, which are nea ly and comfortably arranged, there is a fine promenade between the dormito ries and the tables. The light admitted into the sleeping berths and dining rooms is remarkable and ample, being admitted both horizontally and vertically ; and through the etrire length of the ship there are not less than ten ventilating shafts, besides the hatches, all of which are thoroughly ventilated by a never failing quantity of pure air, so that the least foulness cannot enter. Another feature worthy of remark is the fact that there are no less than five gangway entrances to the several departments between deck, wad this improvement is obvious, as it not only con tributes to the comfort of the passengers, but contributes mach to order, as some are set apart exclusively for females—a regulation very desirable indeed. In another respect, as to delicacy—ate object not al ways sufficientlY attainable in all Australian vessels—the closets and other apartments are so arranged as to prevent any complaints, and there are two hospitals —one fore the other aft, one for females, the other for males -and these are fitted with every requisite that can be found in hospitals on shore. There is one iron task amid ships which alone contains 7,000 gallons of water, and experience has proved that water holds quite pure in iron tanks, whilst in wood it becomes impure, if not unwholesome—and every one knows the great value—indeed, the luxury—of pure water at sea. From what has been said, as regards the ample por • tions of this ship, it might be expected that her 't Teen decks would be made up for ea or seven hundred passengers. We have seen that number in smaller ships, but the owners, acting on their usual liberal policy, have allowed each person nearly double the quantity of space that the Act of Parlia ment allows, and instead of putting the above number into these cabins, they have fitted them up for about 400 only This boon to passengers will be a: once appreciated. This portion of the ship is as perfect as it is possible for any vessel to br made, and every one who has inspected her ave.) in the point that nething more is to be desired. • The galleys, and other portions appropriated for the important culinary departments, are replete with everything ; and as to victualing, the quantity and quality are alike remarkable in extent and variety. Her chief cabin, and ladies' room, with the retiring apartments, are elegant, comfortable and ample—library, baths, &e. There are baths for all classes of passengers, when required. We have alluded to all the essential qu aides of this ship, which render her so desirable a medium to convey passengers, bat we cannot refrain from stating that she meows a commander every way worthy of Eei'. Captain Carlisle is an able and efficient sailor, a well-tried And respected master, who has won for himself the regard, not only of aU who have made his acquaintance, but of the large number of passengers who have travelled with him, and whose spontaneous testimonials record his worth as a friend, a kind and benevolent man—a true son of the ocean. From the first voyage of the Planter, from the building yard to this po7t, she has proved a quick sailer, and the best nautical judges say she must maintain a first rate character for speed. THE "ALBION " v. MR. J. 11. JEFFERY. TO THR EDITOR OF THE NORTEDIRE TIMES. Sir,—There is an extraordinary person, a writer of a letter in the Albion, of Monday last, who ventures to attack Mr. J. R. Jeffery, in reference to his late decision as a magistrate, in the case of the Publicans', who were summoned to appear before the Court, there and then to be tried oa the evidence of " decoy-duck" police men, dressed out in plain or coloured clothes. This writer attaches to his letter the signature of " A Magistrate ;" if it be genuine, and that he is one of our local Borough Beech (of which I am not certain), then I take him to be a rnsidering, - antiquated Tory, (living— but dead) or else, what is nearly as bad and akin, a puling, sickly Whig, rich perhaps in years, but without further store, for whom there has long been waiting a seat on the shelf of" done-up, and not wanted ;'' distressing, alike, to time and human patience. As I understand Mr. Jeffery's decision, he has laid down for his own guidance, this very judicious rule of conduct, namely, that he considers it to be inconsistent with sound principle, in a Court of Justice, to convict a person on no other evidence than that obtained by means of concealment or deception ; the latter, being more especially a crime, which the law prefs.sses to discounten ance and punish, not to uphold; for, either the object in sending policemen in plain clothes, is to make them pass off for what, in truth, they are not, or else to disguise , and thus conceal, what they really are. Now, the IVlegistrates have no sectional jurisdiction ; every house holder has a right to know who it is that officially obtrudes himself into his premises. This writer gives us his ideas of " Justices Law," and is of opinion that any deviation from the path laid down by the "Reverend and grey headed," is subversive of a steady uniform dispensation of justice. In the first place, what tight or business the "Reverend" have on the Bench at all, is a perfect mystery to me if we are to be inculm4-ed with spiritual teachers, let us have free trade, and no rnonoply in favour of the clergy of one sect, to the exelasion of the clergy of Dissenters. But the argument attempted to be urged in favour of th e wisdom of the "old birds" is one reason of all others why I prefer modern legislation, and consequently consider the course adopted by Mr. Jeffery to be perfectly correct and jaetifiable. It is to no purpose—it is beside the question—to talk about the dress worn by the police previous to the passing of Sir R. Peel's Act, being a plain or ordinary one ; or, to inform us, that the law doss not define what sort of dress should be wcrn,though it is admitted by this " Magistrate '' that the un:form is intended for general use, and, in pin' of fact, is a portion of the 'policemaus' pay ; in all ordinary cases, therefore, short of robbery or murder, the uniform ought to be the dress of the piliceman. But all this has nothing to do with the principle at issue. The Magistrate on the Bench sits on his exalted throne, with the key of his own wine cellar in his pocket ; and when at home, he can, if he thinks fir, refresh himself, Sundays included, ad libitum. We must nDt, therefore, slur over the question in dispute, which I take simply to be, whether the Borough Magistrates, will or will nor, lend their sanction to a systematic practice, based on hypocrisy. Jeslousy seems to be at the root of this "Magistrate's " feelings towards Mr. Jeffery; he tries to laugh at what he is pleased to term " a fine burst of lofty sentiment " on the part of Mr. Jeffery; I only wish the "Reverend and gray headed" would favour the public with something equally deserving the same truly dignified title. There is no parallel in the case of the policeman in plain clothes, watching the thief in his desigis on Compton House, and the publican selling beer or spirits at prohibited hours. The thief seeks to possess himself of what does not belong to him. The publican seeks t , sell what does belong to him, and is his own property ; the first is a crime ; the second is not. As to the publicans entrapping. for their own sordid gain, the labouring classes into the desecration of the Sunday, if they really are guilty of such an act, their conduct is most reprehensible ; but I deny that the magistrates are bound to fiad nurses to walk about the streets on a Sunday, to take care of the labouring classes, and keep them out of public houses: poverty does not, of necessity, inculcate a want of common sense, or denote the absence of the necessity for self-protection. In short, a more complete twaddle than the 01 Magistrate's" attempt at reasoning, it has not been my good fortune to meet with for some time past. Mr. Jeffery must know that he will not be allowel to stand alone in this matter. There are at least three, if not four, magistrates who think as he does, and who will not fail, on all occasions, to act up to their opinions.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, A FOE TO WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CICTIII/10. Liverpool, 17th Sept., 1857. LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIRTY. The Extra Concert at the Philharmonic-hell, last night, was not so well attended as on Tuesday. The galleries were full, but the lyeres and stalls were not half filled. The loss of Madame Grisi probably hal something to do with this, as well as the substitution of Signor Dragene— unknown to Liverpool—for the popular favourite Herr Formes. The opening of the concert with the overture to "Zempa," which was to have concluded it, and the appearance of Madame Gassier instead of the new basso indicated an unexpected change in the programme; and we found that the spirited introduction to " II Trovatore," with the solo, "Abietta Vngere," was to be omitted —Signor Dragons not being sufficiently deep a bass for the part. Few other changes took place, Madame Gassier's " Tacea la nette" was followed by Mario's "Deserts sully terra," sung so finely as to raise an enthu siastic encore ; and he repeated it with greater effect than before. Mr. Streather played the accompaniment on the harp very tastefully. The characteristic " nigarella" chorus was then given, but scarcely so steadily as it required. Madame Alboni followed with " Stride la vampa," which elicited an encore. Signor Dagen() then gave a new reading of "Il balen," throwing a great deal more tenderness of expression into it than has been usual, but not more than we thick it should have. The irregular chorus combined with it, " Ardire, audiam, celianaoci," wanted a little more force, and perhsps another rehearsal. The chorus of soldiers was given without the promised recitative, for the same reason that "Abietta Zingari" had been omitted. Mario followed with "Ale ! si ben mio," and obtained an encore by the s yle of his singing, in spite of a weakness in his upper nstos, which we hope may be attributed to a temporary cause; he had net quite got rid of the hoe-mess ws remarked at the previous concert. The spirited duet bet wean Leonora and the Count, when she intercedes in vain for Maurice, was vary well sung by Madame Gassiee, but she was not efficiently supported by Signor Dragoee. His enunciation in this, and afterwards in " Dwaque io son," was very far from being as distinct as the music required. The " Miserere" concluded the part, and was deservedly encored, Signor Mario being peouli'arly effective in "Ah ! the la morte." In the second peart, the overture to Faust by Spohr was very well played. Madame Gassier sung "Ah ! non gimlet" from "Ls Sonnambala," very beautifully, and wag enthusiastically encored. ° Signor Stanziere played very effeotealiy Mendebedued "R o ndo B minor," on the pianoforte. Mario sung Mr. Laude bit "0 ! Could my spirit fiy to thee," very si 3 O ;g, and being er cored, replaced it by Hatton's no Oh, come with me and be my love," which he sang l og than on Tuesday last. Madame Alboni revelled in " piu mesta," from "La Cenerentola," and repeat t.e4; movement with brilliant variations. The mada Bennett, "My mistress is as fair as fine," °gm, encored, and after "Banque io son," sung by bt Gassier and Signor DrAgone, tiv concert concluded unusually early hour, with Mandels3ohn's "e' March," from the " Midsummer Night's Dream AMUSEMENTS, &e. 08. QUEEN'S HALL —JULIA PASTRANA —The e t en anotie'l ° n this great natural phenomenon has became so great ito ail classes, that the managers of the Hall have reoli"tbe give all an opparttwity of seeing her. To efteet charge for admission has been reduced, and n° hundreds will avail themselves of the privilege t b 0 1; On Monday she will hold levees at the ZoologTea la '' . : a ble and, along with the other attractions at th is fashl°,4•l place, she cannot fail to afford the general public a a treat. CLAYTON HALL.—That great public favourite; '''''irde3 don, still continues to attract respectable and cr° , n egi houses. We do not wonder at that, as the en terts'' o f is of the best and most instructive character. T l'etMme who have not already enjoyed it do so at ona• he draws on apace. THE COURT: Ce, BALatonAL, Wednesday.—The gitecn 'and Pr' - '" l ye &tort drove out 3 esterday afternoon. The Princess ;sir walked out. Tae Princess Alice rode with La d Y, C ,,..oti tt bill. In the evening the Earl and Countess of -";i Mr. and Lady Louisa Brooke, had the hotour of u 7 60, with her Majesty. Mr. Clinton and F. B. 94 :0 had an interview with Mr. Secretary Labouchere, 1 0 ` at the Colonial ( ffice. DEATH OF TWO CHILDREN-WANT A SP DRAINAGE. sr . On Thursday night two inquests were held bef f.n e" . o o o ' Baker, at the Dundee Arms Tavern, Bethnal-greeet i/ 11 05° ,. The first was on Alfred Rogers, aged two yore.; 0: parents reside at 8, Peacock-place, Cambridge - r es ;':oo,' father stated he was out of work, and had to rati'ven wife and six children. Mr. Moore, surgeon o f the fot or district, stated, when he was called in to the child , l ie 0 ° it sinking from want of the necessaries of life' ol oo parents told him that they were allowed is and twe. t ,ilcll we. kly by the parish. Mr. Moore thought the t c ;to dei-h had been accelerated by the unwholesom e ~,e S the district. There was a large open drain at the 50 07 the house, and various nuisances close by. J 3i-r ' a Ormi said there were two children at present ill u v,,; house, who would die in a few hours if not remov e ' people in the adjoining houses were : , 1,0 in daege t "a second inquest was on a child of four years, ese le i for Pinion, whose parents live at No. 20, Old Bat 1101?" The jury returned a verdict in each case " That by tM ceased died from natural causes, ac c elerated. 4re° poisonous condition of the houses in which the n ' v o id" ,, resided." The coroner was requested to coy ° wtth the board of guardians of the union. • tt THE MURDER IN THE QUEEN'S BENCII lo g 0 6 .10 011 1 7 Yesterday, at the sitting of the Central Crint i n i t Antonio de Salvi, the Italian who stands charged wilful murder of Robert Henderson Robertotl, ..vl-4110 Queen's Bench Prison, was placed at the bar to olP e ott trial. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk attended to P I ! ad, Mr. Edwin James, Q.C. and Mr. Serjeant Parti'd specially retained with Mr. Mllahon to def en isol o ; prisoner. When the case was called on, and the Pjoif, was about to be given in charge to the jury, O r II tl y put in a plea of autrefois acquit, which set forth tfor4 risoner was tried at the last session of this cotill'eOp offence of feloniously cutting and wounding the , with intent to murder him, and that the jury °clot him of that intent, and that this was tire ho ot felony of which he was now accused. The ple a o f been recorded, Mr. Justice Crompton inquiry T i o dv a this said case that were the whole so peculiar, ,c o u f ija th r, e Bodkin what course he intended to take? Xi O r a c n i d reu th ul e st c a o rl u e r e s s e c°l'P teke en i - d si: 4 11 ;; , € Ol pected, that on behalf of the Crown he s hoo l a b time to consider whether he should demur to dil e oll!: not. The court thought the application a reasons,o ritY and the trial was consequently postponed to tu session. N 1 011.4 ELECTION OF HONORARY PHYSICIAN TO VIZ - 100 4 1 alosperaa.—Yesterday, Dr. Broadbent was 0 01 10 r elected Honorary Physician to the Northern I:D S P - j ft' the room of Dr. Sc )tt, who resigned, the ae e ITALIAN RAILWAYS.—There is a report , e- - 0 1 liminary works for the railway from Piacenza 0 "pot„, dinian frontier have again bean suspended on a ce ' Cts" some stragetical objections cif red by the Austr iag mandant at Piacenza. f AMER CSN Mates.—The Royal Mail steamer A pe, sails this day for New York direct, with ihe Unir a t.ef°,, c 3 and Canadian mails. Letters at the General rf rd ' e s" 0 up to eight, a.m , in the usual course, will be in t r i , e ' of e with late fees to nine. The box at the Stage will to ten, with an additional late fee of 19a on letters . A re i t; TRH Wevruna —We have got a secand sual lo4 tb A During the past week the weather has been ra ilf orj usually file, and some days were fully as hot 05 hove had among the past summer. Fro° i t bso appearances, one would be inclined to say thet, °P" we near the rvinoxt.s, we are likely to have a I ° l3 ° 0 ( of fine wea'her yet. else STATISTICS OF SWCIDP„—Thu " Ear op,..nn D O- fi le d Suicif?e," recently published in France by M. L isi , r ef ° ,'; that England is no longer at the heal of the dra The French author proves that Franco is high °. Jic i n e scale, sod Russia lowest. In Landon, we have in 8,250 peop'e. Paris gives t ', ono in 2,221. For P o r t English population, the suicides reckon one ir1,0 1 7 France, one in 12,489. The north of France is 'jolt" prolific) in suicides, that district yielding n early sib the whole number in the enure empire. DEPARTURE OF SIR CHARLES Wool) —Yes'e 4 o‘ll: 4‘ ll Charles Wood, First Lord of the Admiral y, Ir v r Milne, took his cleoarture for London by the trAill 1) 0 1. 11 left the Li see-street station at 9 10 a.m. We 113 1 ° , 61/3 ,,f , that he vv,,s much astonished tho compareti fe a atg'teg sum expended in the construction of th magnifioini, °,, o t in g docks at Birkenhead, and that he took eel of all the particulars connected with them. we : s a ou;e 1 be surprisedV if he make the information, acqui re visit to Liverpool, ground for an inquiry into t'', l ider which have made similar docks at seine of the rla ir ie f so extravegantly costly to gove;nment. t 0° LITERARY GO',SlP.—There is some little stir the literary world, considering it is the "of ' a i l year. Taackeray is bard at work in the a lthettes i- ;: t olat day with his " Virginians ;" and Lever, fresh, "0' 4 ;0 prom as ever, is satirizing modern follies s'ne ß eitYee fools with unsparing lash. You will have no ( 3 , 1 ` - (1 0 ,', 1 q recognising Lord C..ant,vorth's portrait in Lord ",, ° l. l 'o l Traere will be acme political sketches in this bo' i jitic s t ete as Lever has grown very keen in the matter of P - 4 , 0 0 1 late. It is a pity his munificent offer to the 0 0° ' f iesio/S, party about the purchase of the Herald and e accepted. There is a sparkling passage in B'''':gio a centithatioa of his novel to Blackwood. be d some charraing picture of rural s c ene r y, he doses",Vo>l!, " knitting England's feudal me m ories with Egit - , ll l o ll l ' b-):n hopes ; the old land and the young P:it' 0 01 Etgland is so old, and the English ar e so roc.: is e; a consolation to know that Pisistratus Cal tc :eof t 'ait", inure ha his study, and that as the days groef "o l if ttbt the nights grow long, we shall hold m0pe: 41161 % o ts ej him in those pleasant hours when we Chee se ereg i eS A darkness and cluster round o u r own brigh t gi fi e ,°(B, Pe ap'e ate reading a now novel called °Farin a of Cologne," very generally. Who will not feelißoisistire in it when he . knows it. is the production °F, i ' o lcat i , l3 ,',lll Caxton, junior —young Bulwer. Ly ton—who e d in the republic cf letters as Owen Meredith 3-,000,10°, Meredyt t indiscriminately? His last essay il f% ; sir e l et / i . one for his future fame. His father's renove° tsNe well as a sword for his son, should he seed it" pill tlt ' 's may net, but,"knowrt as the "Spes surgentis o ff ° 0, illustra'e au illustrious name. A cotecopa rar ltes de' A tha t th B t er o I saw, cooly announced some time age, author of "Never too Late to Mend, on e ;, °f extraordinary books of modern times, wag vf.r -ii n g an` rita l in the London under the disgulst: - 9 1 5 'O5 Gerald Keen. If you ask is this true, I eeP' - ',:ssi° ll ,,ea r gays in the play, and not to use a strong CePr-,,a5e,,,t• exacely." Miles Gerald Keon is a listing Per'the lt ipgy Irishman withal, and in genius and honour t° vv l He is Itulwer's Arius Aehates. Reade is /2ezij it is" isb titer? in this magazine really, and a sever oisa y ob c'.lled " White Li es ," an d, no doubt, will b it e deA separately when complete. —London Corrisr