Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-26 00:00:00

gmumertiai lts. THIS DAY THIS .DAY, the 2Gth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, _ 107 Bags St Lucia COCOA,- . 113 Bags LINSEED, i • 101 Bags RAPESEED OILdARE 87 Bags CASTORSEED 200 Pockets LIN , EED, all faults. T. and H. LITTLEDA LE Apply to THIS DAY, the Twelve o'clock, at 2;ith ins •Oldhall-str s 13ena1 GINGER, ; in Albert Deck.— ex Aladdin, from Calcu TIM DAY, t: Broker's Oiti ex Thornton Ctnutingham Excha. from Merch, Apply to Bro o'clock, at the 3a, Cliapel-street, pply to Messrs. M'Andrews and THOMAS SILL, Broker. ack, in the THIS DAy, the 2tith instant, at _ Commercial Saleroom, Temple-corn.., 107 Pipes CURRANTS, ex Mceander, Valentia RAISINS, French :then ALMOND and other Goods Apply to THOMAS PARRY - ti J ohn-street Cunard, Wil Broker, 15, No: A Quantity of Do .11AWSERs, 80.11 aaantiler's :)TORE o'clock, at Saleroom, Exchan NS, ANCLIORS: CABLES, ILS. Carpenters, Cooopers, and Ship UNAItD, WILSON Now lane nil Co., Exci TO-MORROW welva o'clock, at the 16, Eicch. 0 Hhds. Gin cx Xert.ch, from . J. E. ‘.YN On account of w Brokers' Office, C ex Justin Felix, To-MORROW, the Brokers' 0111 A.bolit 30 Bal, landed ex Th BULLEY 1,182 Pieces 51 MASTS, from. diameter, 178 POLES, 57 BICKERS, 72 WOODEN SII 435 DEALS a 812 BOARDS Being t 30,430 P. 1,564 Piec 2,090 Pieces At 11111OSIM:MM:ME7J and Measure C. TURMEAU paper for another corps &armee, to be called the army of the north, it will at the outset be composed of the four divisions of infantry, and the divisions of cavalry which form the garrison of Paris. Rail-- roads would enable this corps to reach the north eastern frontiers in twenty-four hours. The Indepen dence states that, immediately after the recent warlike debate in the Prussian chambers, the government of the Emperor issued orders for the immediate organisation of the Army of the East, which has been accomplished, and within twenty-four hours the whole of this army might be directed upon any point o!' the frontier which it is appointed to guard. A letter from Milan says, it appears certain that the Austrians are preparing a great retrogade movement ; they have pressed all the carts and horses, and sent them towards Piacenza, as if to accumulate the means of transport in case of a retreat. The correspondent of the Times, at the Austrian head-quarters says, that "the Austrians abandoned Vercelli on the 19th, and destroyed the bridge there, over the Sesia." The Emperor Napoleon visited the field of Montebello the morning after the battle ; 'numbers of dead bodies were still lying about. The Debats says the attack of the Austrians on the Caste:2.o4- , 6 gio, favours the conclusion that they intend to defend vigorously the line between Pavia and the two es is collected. The same journal says it was reported that General _Ml'Mahon had succeeded in throwing part of his corps d'arnzee on the left bank of the Po A conference of Liberals was held in the Clarendon rooms, ye rday, for the purpose of taking steps to Majesty to extend the sphere of selection of ministers and officers of the crown. Mr. Robertson Gladstone presided, and the principal speakers were, Mr. J. R. Jeffery, Mr. Laurence Heyworth, and .Mr. J. B. Asninall. Resolutions were passed, approving of the object of the confer ence, and appointing a committee to take steps for memorialise h the purpose of obtaining a more general expression of public opinion in this town upon the subject. - The screw-steamer, North Briton, arrived here last evening. She sailed from Quebec on the 14th instant, and brings close on 200 passengers, among whom will be found, the names of His Excellency Governor Hinks, His Worship the Mayor of Quebec, Mr. H. L. Langcoin, and N. Casault, Esq. The two latter gentlemen visit England on business connected with the North Shore Railway project. His Excellency the Governor of Barbadoes, had been visiting Quebec, and had spent the few days he was there in a very quiet and unobtrusive manner. It was intended to entertain him at a public banquet, on an extensive scale, but he firmly declined any such demonstration. The news by this arrival, summarise in another column, does not which v call for any special remarks --.....-- THE RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS ALL the Elections being now over, it is quite practicable to form a pretty correct calculation of the actual result—in so far as the political opinions of the Electors have been declared; and there is not one member returned, perhaps, of whose general principles a good idea cannot be formed. The case, it appears, may be taken to stand thus: The Ministry have gained, in England, eleven in the counties and twenty-seven in the cities and boroughs ; —in Wales, one in a borough ;—in Scotland, one in a county ;—in Ireland, seven in the counties and three in the cities and boroughs,—making the entire Ministerial gains fifty. The Opposition have gained, in England, in the counties, three ; in the cities and the boroughs, thirteen ; in Wales, none ; in Scotland, one in a county ; and in Ireland, one in a county and two in the cities and boroughs,—making the entire Opposi tion gains twenty. So that, according to this calcu lation, which we believe is pretty accurate, the clear gain of the Government is thirty seats, which will count sixty votes in a division. The aggregate numbers, according to this calculation, pro and con, are Ministerialists, 306 ; Opposition, 349 ; showing the Ministers to be still in a minority of forty-three. And this, we believe, may be confidently taken to be somewhere about the proportions. The Ministe rialists, however, may be regarded as a united Conservative body, while the Opposition members consist of politicians of various shades of Liberalism —Whigs, Whig-Radicals, Radicals, and Ultra- Radicals. They are, as a combined Opposition, a formidable phalanx, numbering, as they do, 349 to act against 300. But then it is only fair to re member, if we would judge the matter honestly and accurately, that included in this number of 349 Opposition members are fifteen (equal to thirty upon a division) who give a general support to Lord DERBY'S Administration. The House, as at present constituted, consists of G5l members (Sudbury and St. Albans having been disfranchised), 655 have (owing to the double return for Aylesbury) been elected on this occasion. And all the figures are now presented, to make good the statement. A Ministerial journal, we observe, has entered into an analysis of the gains and losses in the cities and boroughs, and deduces some significant facts, which are brought forward in refutation of the charge that has been so freely made, that it is the small boroughs, not very fairly insinuating that, because small they are corruptible,—which have contributed most largely to the Ministerial gains. Amongst the boroughs, it instances, which have been gained by the Opposition, are Barnstaple, Boston, Cirencester, Crieklade, Gloucester, Hastings, Sun derland, Wakefield, Chippenham, Maidstone, and Bath. These give twelve seats to the Opposition, and their members represent 12,700 electors. Amongst the boroughs in which the Conservatives have been successful, are Plymouth, Hull, Dover, Colchester and Yarmouth. Now "these five boroughs," it is contended, " have given seven seats to the Government, and their representatives express the a body of electors almost exactly equal in numbers to the constituencies which returned the twelve Oppositionists." This, it must be acknow ledged, is pretty convincing reasoning against such an assertion as that rfferred to ; and it is one of those evidences of Conservative progress from which the Ministerial party have certainly much to hope. ) now landin Merchantable i atahle SPRUCE BOARDS, 4,110 Pieces 4th qua.. 14 M awn PALINGS, Being the cargo daily expected to John. N.B.— On aecou:.t of the Importers. 159 Logs BIRCH, averaging 15 inches, containing 126 28-40 tons, now landing ex Gertrude, from St. John, N.B.— Apply to Messrs. Gibbs Bright, and Co. 200 Logs 13IRC1L averaging 14 inches, containing 149 23-40 V.LA.L6, ?er Ina Russell, from St ASH, averaging 151 inches, containing 4 tons, Now landing ex Ann Gray, from St. John, N.B Apply to Messrs. Lamport and Holt, 122 Logs BIRCH, just landed ex Heather Bell, 16 Logs Quebec OAK, containing 403 lin 62 Logs Quebtx BI KCH, contain 39 Logs Quebi Wow landing ex I Together with other WOO 4 Logs neal feet, on 6plicatio] EDWARD CHALONER, IN 's Dock, Liverpool ATURDAY On account of whom it may concern OR SATURDAY next, the_ Brokers' Office, 17, Exchange-buildin6-, About 30 Bales Newfoundland COTTON, damageu, A quantity of wet PICKINGS, ex Thames, from Savannah, lying on west side of Brunswick Dock.—For particulars apply to Charles Hill, Merchant; or to DUCKWORTH and RATHBONE, Brokers. Bth instant, at One o'clock, at the NEXT,MONTH By order of the Mersey Dock Estate. On account of whom it may concern. andTnrnsneY, the Ist and 2nd of June next, at Half-past One o'clock each day, A Quantity of SUGAR, SCRAPING:I, COTTON PICKINGS, RICE SWEEPINGS. FLOUR, LINSEED, CORN, GAMBIER, ELUMAC and MYRALOLAM SWEEPINGS, Old ROPES, RAGS, CAST IRON, &c., &c., lying in the Stanley Dock warehouses.— For further particulars apply to DNNika. BUCIW.ZAN and Co., Brokers, On Thump A l -, the 9th of June, at One o'clock, at Chrtstopher Bushell, and Co.'s Office, Royal Insurance-buildings, About 10 Pipes and 30 Mids. of superior PORT WINES, of various brands and vintages, 70 Pipes of Spanish RED WINES, together with smaller p CLARET, BRANDY, and Bottle.—For Df SHERRY,_ CHAMPAGNE CHUISTOPHEitBesIIELL, and Co., Brokers, atc. JAMES BANKS, UILDINGS, DEABY-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL. FENCING Will • TELEGRAPJ WhOlc Black, Bright, and Galvanised; WIRE and IGINLIL COltll, )r Exportation AMEIIICAN SOLACE, MOKERS, TRY THE ABOVE, '2 ozs. for sa. iiiirt4era O THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1859, .-...--_--- • THE DAY'S NEWS. The War news this morning adds but little to that previously known. Letters from Turin mention that General Gyulai has removed his head-quarters to Garlasco, and has everywhere ordered arms in the possession of the people to be given up, under pain of shooting in case of non-observance of the order. The Austrians and Modenese have retired from Reggio to Brescello, where the Duke of Modena is making preparations for defence. Garibaldi has made forty seven more prisoners. The Austrian prisoners taken at Montebello have arrived at Marseilles. Before their departure from Alessaudria, the Emperor Napoleon distributed money among them for their relief. Revolutionary movements are reported to have taken place in Lombardy, The Paris corres pondent of the Times says it is reported that Prince Napoleon and his corps are to march through the Duchy of Modena, and thence either to Venice or Milan, where he will meet the Emperor. The Journal des Debuts states that the Prince, whose corps is to consist of 35,000 men, will co-operate with the Tuscan army commanded by General Ulloa. In the address of Prince Napoleon to the Tuscans, he says, " Napoleon 111. has declared that he feels but one ambition —that of accomplishing the triumph of the sacred cluse of the emancipation of a people ; and that he never would be influenced by family interests." The Times publishes a letter from its correspondent, in the Austrian camp, on the 17th. He says, " the Austrian force, south of the Po, have been again diminished." The correspondence is only brought down to the 19th, the day before the battle of Montebello. The Austrians have spared Count Cavour's farm, near Vercelli, although the peasantry urged them to Sack it. The Paris Debats, of Tuesday, says the Austrians have twenty bridges thrown over the Po, either to attack or secure their retreat. The Tyrol is to be occupied by a corps of 40,000 men. p A letter f rom Munich says the present success of the cause is owing, and to which Austrians have 000,000 fighting men i n It a l y. they look forward t o s till grea t er t r i ump h s at a It is stated in the Paris correspondence of the f u t ure d ay. " But even supposing this were reall Independence, that arra! ) y gements are being made on the case, there i s s till th e aw k war d f act i n the way, opinions of The Ministerial journal we have been quoting maintains, that "it is the genuine Conservative feeling of the nation, the diffusion of Conservative doctrines through the land, and the able administra- tion of a Conservative Government, to which the of the Conservative Ministry being yet in an actual minority of at least forty, or more, in the House of Commons. This is a result of the General Election that must not be lost sight of in any fair and reason able calculation. And it is one that it will be found, in all probability, on some pretext or other that will be framed for the purpose of defeating the Ministry, to furnish a practical difficulty not only formidable but insurmountable. Ministers have added con siderably to their supporters,—they have decreased thereby the majority against them ; but they have not done it away; it is still a majority capable of being directed, by some skilful dodge, to their early overthrow. But, on the other hand, if not discomfiture, dis traction, and even disruption, are almost equally imminent in the ranks of the Opposition. " Should the Derby Cabinet be turned out," says the Saturday Review, "the troubles of the Liberals will then begin. We say nothing of the difficulty of forming an Administration, though no doubt such a difficulty exists, and is admitted by the Liberal reports of Tory overtures to Lord PALMERSTON. On the whole, howeve the chances of effecting some sort of compromise between conflicting pretensions have been improved by the Election, for the most exacting of Whigs will be ashamed to justify the very taunts which have been echoing through the length and breadth of the country. But what degree of sup a Liberal Administration count on receiving ? The Opposition newspapers sum up the returns so as to give the Liberals a majority of about fifty, but this result is attained by the simple expedient of reckoning everybody a Liberal who does not expressly style himself a Tory. A much more decisive criterion is furnished by an analysis of the great division in the last Parliament on Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Resolution. This trial of strength has a peculiar value from the numerousness of the attendance and the fewness of absentees. The majority, it will be remembered, was thirty-nine. Now, at the lowest computation, Lord DERBY may fairly be considered as having obtained twenty-three seats by the dissolution: Twenty-three thorough going Conservatives have been substituted for twenty-three thorough-going Liberals, and twenty three seats give forty-six votes on a division. Lord JOUN's majority has therefore been destroyed. There still remain, however, the thirty-two Liberals who voted for the second reading of the Government Bill, and it may be noted as curious that scarcely one of these gentlemen has lost his seat. Let us set them down to the credit of the Liberal party, to which they_ ostensibly be long, and they will give the real measure of the majority on which a Liberal Adminis tration will have to depend. Surely this is the sort of staff which, like the reed of Scripture, will break in the hand and rend the shoulder ; and, under such circumstances, the closest union among all sections of Liberals will be of the first necessity. How shall one sufficiently compassionate the situation of a Whig Government which holds office at the pleasure of thirty and odd adherents, of whose dispositions nothing certain is known except that they deserted the confederated Liberals in the greatest and most elaborately prepared political demonstration which has been made during the last ten years ?" Such, then, it is in this way calculated, will be found to be the ultimate result of the Elections. No—not altogether the ultimate, although an ulterior result. For the old Duke's question will have to be answered, " How is the Queen's Govern ment to be carried on ?" A Government might, perhaps, be carried on by a coalition of all the shades of Liberalism extant; but would it be " the Queen's Government 2" We think not. _ The answer, there fore, to that important question may not improbably have to be sought for, and that before very long, in another appeal to the country. port may OD WEDNESDAY Lange-buildings, :11y OIL, pply to find Co.. Broker dings, Brunswick.; ;eh FLOUR, 11. IL GOLDING. Broker, o'clock, at tl )rd-street, I COTTON, wick Dock, Liverpool ,Food FIR TIMBEIi, G to IL) inch, to 12 inch Grimstad, from Grimstad •s. D. E. Ganwia and Co: it z PRITCE DEALS, containini ht PINE DEALS, eon iNTLING, containing taming 17,21 THE NORTHERN TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1859 CRUELTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS THE high seas are regions in which, from their very nature, there are opportunities of committing offences with impunity, which at home would incur the severest penalties of the law. " They that go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their business in great waters," are often so completely out of the reach of the arm of justice—and feel so sure that -as to be under a sense of immunity which is too often a temptation to do wrong beyond the they are— power of their corrupt nature to resist. The great motive of human punishment for crimes is, in such a case, practically out of the question. That which is the sole consideration authorising the infliction of punishment by human laws, namely, the fear lest the escape of the criminal should encourage him, or others by his example, to repeat the same crime, or to commit different crimes,—all this is without force when men are far away from the jurisdictions of civil society, from the restraints of justice, and the influences of humanity. There are men, no doubt, who prefer a state of lawlessness and brutality at sea, to one of restraint, and order, and benevolence in society. "He that prefers the freedom of barbarous times," it has been well observed, " to the restraints of social life, with its endearments and embellishments, may be charged with the depraved taste of the Hottentot, who, on his return to his native country, shook off the European dress, nauseated European food, and indulged in all the excesses of his countrymen." And so is it not unfrequently found in a seafaring life. There is a similar " depraved taste," as respects the preference it often induces for the hardships and privations experienced on shipboard, over the com _ forts and enjoyments of domestic life. And the indulgence of this " depraved taste," it is, that engenders other depravity. There is nothing to soften man's rugged nature—nothing to check the impulse of his passions—no counteracting or mollify ing influences to correct his degeneracy. Even in the midst of such benign operations, there is only too much reason, as we all know, for the complaint of the poet, that " Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn !" But where they do not prevail, and there is nothing to qualify, nothing to restrain, no wonder that " man's inhumanity to man " should sometimes break forth in atrocities which his humanity, if he had any, would shudder to think of. Of course they forget that, although relieved for the time being from the control of human law, they are still subject to a law —seen, as they are, by the eye of Him " who bath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,"—a forgetfulness that is the great source of I I all -the wicked n es s th a t i s i n th e wor ld, w hether on ocean or on earth.. But we must s top in these our reflections, and proceed to notice tht‘t which has given: rise to them, i the publication, namely, of a Letter* by one of our Liverpool Merchants, addressed to Mr. WHITBREAD, M.P., on this painful subject of Unpunished Cruelties on the High Seas. The question, it is acknowledged in the outset, is Most involved and difficult. " The fact," says our philanthropic Merchant, "is simply this. The majority of these cases occur on the high seas, and, in accordance with iaternational law, the authorities at the port, where a foreign vessel arrives, are entirely powerless to punish any crime that may have been committed during the voyage. Doubtless among the English vessels etat arrive in New York and New Orleans there are those, wherein the life and health of some poor sailor has been endangered, and in such instances the American authorities can take no steps to bring the offender before a court of justice. Certainly the converse holds true, and American ships are constantly discharging at the port of Liverpool men who must go at once to hos pital, and who have no legal protection whatsoever. If an assault occur in an American ship while lying in the river, our police are at once called in, the case is investigated, and the prisoner may be punished. But if the assault occur in an American ship some four miles off, our law is powerless, and the hands of the American Consul are so completely tied, that he can rarely accomplish anything. It is true the American consular regulations declare If a citizen of the United States be charged with a criminal offence alleged to have been committed at sea on board of an American vessel, it will be the of 'the consular office to require that the individual accused be delivered up to him to be sent home for trial.' But practically, the Extradition Treaty of 1842 limits this right to the crimes of murder, assault with intent to murder, robbery, piracy, arson, forgery, and the utterance of forged papers. The result of course is, that ordinary assaults, and kindred offences, nay, even man- slaughter, escape punishment altogether." Now this, it must be admitted, is a great evil. And the number of instances of such cruelties which, from time to time, are brought to light here in this port, through the cases taken to the hospitals, by the proceedings of the Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress, and other means, ought to urge the necessity of endeavouring to obtain some remedy for it with as little delay as possible. It is a state of, things, too, that is a subject of loud complaint, we observe, on the other side of the Atlantic. as well as on this. English and American seamen are alike addicted to the perpetration of- such cruelties, and alike go unpunished. Our Liverpool Merchant suggests, as a remedy for this great evil, the revision of odr international laws with the United States. "An extension of the Extradition Treaty," he observes, " would, I am afraid, be of but little use, for the impossibility of securing witnesses would constantly frustrate the ends of justice. And though I know how difficult it will be to arrange for a revision which must intro duce a new principle into international law, still, without such revision, we can practically accomplish nothing. Why might it not be suggested to the Government of the United States that we should, all jealousy set apart, determine to make those seas that divide us safe for the poorest sailor of either nation ; that we should not , limit our power of repressing violence by. the distance of three miles from our respective shores ; that we should honestly and fairly examine those cases which may thus come before us, as now we honestly and fairly award justice where the offence has been committed in our own waters ? Of course we should make what further stipulations might be requisite. Indeed the mere machinery of the law would be all which the nation trying the offence need contribute to the cause. On the other side an English, on this an American, jury would pass their verdict. Arrangements, moreover, might readily be made by which an English prisoner taken into custody at an American port where he was unable to obtain an English jury, might be relegated for trial to New York or elsewhere, while a similar rule would of course hold for an American prisoner at an English port." These suggestions appear very judicious. They point out a plan that would seem to be feasible. • Of course, it must be done by reciprocal arrangement. And we feel satisfied that the Government of the United States would gladly enter with us into such an arrangement. Let us hope, then, that this Letter of our Liverpool Merchant may have the effect of directing the attention of our own Govern ment, at least, to a subject which they may evidently take up with a good hope of providing a sufficient remedy for a very crying and increasing evil. * Unpunished Cruelties on the High Seas. A Letter to Samuel Whitbread, Esq., M.P. By A Liverpool Merchant. London : Ridgway. LIMERICK, Wednesday Evening.—The Coroner's inquest on the persons shot at the recent election for this city, on the evening of the 4th instant, has just resulted in a verdict of manslaughter against Edward Bell, R.M., and twenty-six policemen who composed the firing party. _.-_. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. The Cunard Company have sold four of their screw steamers to the Spanish government, as they were intended to be replaced by vessels of greater power and size. MAIL STEAMERS. The Montreal Steam Navigation Company's steamer Indian, Captain Smith, sailed yesterday afternoon with the Canadian mails, and about 150 passen gers. Shortly afterwards the screw-steamer City of Washington, Captain Petree, sailed for New York viel Qapengtown, with the semi-weekly United States' mails, and about 300 passengers. The Pacific Ocean Steam Navigation Company's fine steamer the Lima, will sail this day (Thursday) for V a lp ara i so v ia Cape de Verdes, St. Vincent, and Rio Janeiro. In - addition to a considerable number of passengers and a miscellaneous cargo, the Lima will carry a ship's mail, the Post-office being open until 11.15, and with late fee until 11.30 a.m. ANOTHER VICTTM TO INTEMPERANCE.—IsabeIIa Bodell, a woman some fifty years of age, and wife of Thomas Bodell, a labourer, residing at 30, Lower Mann-street, was found dead in bed on Tuesday morning. At the inquest yesterday, it would appear that the deceased was addicted to drinking, and that in general she was a healthy woman, being stout and robust. On Monday she was in drink. She slept very well during the night, and on Tuesday morning bhe got out of bed about half-past four, and made a cnp of tea for her hnsband and herself—the former of whom went out to his work A daughter of the deceased got up about six o'clock, and found that she was sick and vomiting. She went and lay down on the bed, and a little after ten o'clock she turned on her side. Breathing became very thick, and, at twenty five minutes past ten, the daughter went to the bedside to arouse her, when she found her mother dead. Verdict, " Died from excessive drinking." THE WRECK OP THE POMONA.—ANOTHER DEATH.—A seaman, named Charles Thompson, who was on board the Pomona, which was wrecked on the Irish coast some time ago, and on which occasion nearly 400 people were lost, was sent, on the 3rd inst., to lodge at the house of Mr. Kelly, wh o k eeps a public-house, in Thomas-street. He was very ill when he .went to the house, and he said he had suffered very much from being in the water. After being there for a few days, he expressed a wish to be sent to the Infirmary, where he was.taken Clll the 7th inst. He was then suffering very severely from diarrhcea and fever, of which he died on Sunday. According to the infirmary doctor, immersion and exposure would be likely to produce the diseases of which poor Thompson died. An inquest was held yesterday, and the coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Died from immersion, but how immersed there is no evideace to show." LIVERPOOL Vocal, UNION.— The Liverpool Vocal Union gave their concert last night, for the benefit of the school for the blind. They were assisted by Miss Hiles, Mr. Mason, and Mr. Brandon. They gave the first two parts of the " Creation" very well, Miss Hiles being encored in " The glorious work." Mr. Best played the accompani ments on the organ, which frequently drowned the voices of Mr. Mason and Mr., Brandon, which are not very powerful. The choruses went very well, conducted by Mr. Armstrong. After the oratorio a number of the blind scholars, male and female, sang Bishop's Blow gentle gales," the opening chorus from Balfe's " Bohemian Girl," and Bishop's " Where art thou beam of light." The Vocal Union then sang some glees and four-part songs. Miss Hiles was very successful in "La Zingarella ' " by D OPiA e tti. Mr. Mason sung "Th ere i s a flower that bloomelh ;" and Mr. Brandon sang a bass song. And the concert concluded, with Rossini's prayer from Mose in Egitto, " Dal tuo stellato soglio." The hall was not so well filled as it should have been for so good a concert. The galleries were filled, butthe body and reserved seats would have accommodated a great many more than were there. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION.—A Liberal Registration Association for the Salford Hundred of South Lancashire was formed on Tuesday afternoon, at a meeting held in the Assembly-room of the Free-trade Hall, Manchester, to act in conjunction with a similar association at Liverpool for the West Derby Hundred, Mr. E. Potter, who presided, said the state of the register was miserably defective. Out of about 19,000 votes nominally upon it, some 3,000 or 4,000 were rotten. An opposition association to this one had been established, and no doubt between the two these votes would be struck off. But it would be an ab - oirdity that out of a population of 1,500,000 there should only be 16,000 vote r s, an d by or di nary exert i on the two parties might put on about 10,000 votes. In the West Riding although the area was larger, the population was not, and yet there were nearly 40,000 voters. No time was to be lost, as this association would have to do all the work of the year in the next three or „four months—to put on 4,000 or 5,000 votes if possible, and to strike off nearly the same number. Sir J. Watts, Mr. H. Mason (mayor of Ashton), Mr. J. Platt (Oldham), Mr. J. Whittaker (Hirst), Mr. T. Wrigley. (Bury), Mr. Hibbert, Mr. T. B. Potter, and Mr. J. Sidebottom, proposed resolutions and an executive com mittee, some of the speakers pointing out the importance of union in the Liberal party, if the representation was to be wrested from the landowners. Mr. T. Livesey (Roch dale) proposed that the name of Mr. George Wilson (who had shortly before entered the room) be added to the committee. One or two other gentlemen said no organisation could expect s u cce s s un l ess t h e most a d vanced Liberals were at the head of it ; and, there being no objec tion raised, the chairman added Mr. Wilson's name to the list. Mr. Wilson said he must respectfully decline to join any committee to which his name was added by an amend ment, but he should be . glad to give his hearty co-operation and assistance. He pointed out, by reference to the poll books, that the recent election had not been lost by divisions in the Liberal party at Manchester; and that South Lanca shire differed from other county constituencies in this respect---that nearly all the great landowners were in the Conservative interest. The appointment of the committee was agreed to without further discussion. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP LIFFEY.—This new and beautiful war screw steamer, the arrival of which we announced in our paper of yesterday, attracted great attention yesterday in the river. We had an opportunity of visiting her, and we frankly state, that we have never seen any man-of-war, of any class, so well arranged, or more appropriately fitted out in all respects. Of course, on board ships of this description, the utmost regularity, discipline, and order must be rigidly enforced, but i n th e case o f t hi s vessel everything that conduces to the above organisation is observable, at the same time that there are many improve ments also visible. The order and regularity that prevails is certainly the greatest proof of what discipline is capable of being brought to—and this proves that, "in the hour of need," the wooden walls of old England still maintain their old renown, which has made the country famous, and our flag respected, feared, and obeyed all the world over. The Liffey is a 51 gun ship—the guns being on the new and improved principle, the lower tier being heavier than the upper. Everything that science of the present day can do, may be seen practically carried out on board this ship. We need hardly refer to the arrange ments made on board for the comfort and convenience of the crews—both nautical and military. In the olden time, men of war were notorious for being prisons rather than vessels that should afford accommodation for the men who were fighting the battles of their country. This false policy has faded before enlightened progress; and we believe that in no instance, either ashore or afloat, can anything be better arranged for the comfort, and, we may say, the enjoyment of the men, than on board the Liffey. Libraries, smoking-rooms, baths, water-closets, &c., are observable on hoard this vessel. With these general remarks, it will be s een th a t th e Liffey has no superior even in our naval service, which boasts of being the "sovereign of the seas." On our visit yesterday, Lieutenant Sullivan, with all the frankness of a sailor, and the urbanity of the gentle man, accompanied us over the vessel, and the intelligent Quartermaster Evans, pointed out the chief features of interest, which to a landsman cannot fail to be attractive. Captain Fox, of the marine department, also was very attentive, and gave us much inte r e s ti ng in f orma ti on con nected with the discipline and order to be observed on hoard. The commander, Captain Preedy, although absent, had given orders that visitors for the day should be shown over the vessel, and we have only to say that these orders were carried out, to the fullest extent, by the gentlemen already named, to whom we have to ten der our thanks for their extreme kindness. The ship— now in Liverpool will be lOoked neon by nautical men as a fine mode', not only of naval architecture in a war point of view, but even one that the merchant service might copy with advantage. The Liffey, with the permission of the captain, will be open to the public for inspection on to morrow (Friday), and the following Tuesday the Rock ferry boats having the privilege of putting on board , and taking away passengers; and we are sure that large numbers of our town's people will avail themselves of this opportu nity of going through one of the finest vessels of her class afloat, and we know that the officers prove themselves " true British sailors." A CEIVIi,TELtY FOR BIRKENHEAD AND CLAUGHTON. Last evening an adjourned meeting for the purpose of taking into con s id era ti on th e propriety of purchasing a burial ground under the several acts of Parliament relating thereto, was held in the Town-hall, Birkenhead. Th e e Rev. A. Knox in the chair. The hall was densely crowded. After some remarks from the Chairman, Mr. Laird rose to propose an amendment upon an original motion which had been made at a previous meeting, to the effect that a burial ground should be provided for the township of Birkenhead, under the several acts of parliament mentioned. Mr. Laird's amendment was to the effect that the Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners be requested to take the requisite steps to be made a burial board, under the provisions of the burial acts. He contended that the commissioners were the best body to conduct the affairs of a cemetery. He had employed Messrs. Fletcher and Mills to make an estimate of the cost of a cemetery, and he received a letter from them, stating that they could have six acres of land at Flaybrick-hill, which was exceedingly well adapted for this purpose, including all the appliances, for £4,630. He had communicated with Mr. Tollemache, M.P., and with the Home Secretary, and with the Under Secretary of State, on the subject, and the opinion of these gentlemen was that the commissioners bad not only the power to obtain a cemetery for Birkenhead and Claughton, but also the I power to levy a rate for its maintenance. This cemetery of six acres would serve the township for many years to come, and he asked why they should establish a cemetery at a cost of £20,000, as was estimated by Mr. Henderson, or at £lO,OOO, as estimated by Mr. Craven, or pay 3d in the pouud when aid in the pound was sufficient. They had a staff connected with the offices of the commissioners, which would save expense in the management. Some of the clergy and dissenting people, and also Mr. Jackson, M.P., cordially approved of his proposition. He felt confident that the cemetery would not cost more than £5,000, but he would guarantee it for £6,000. He concluded by moving the amendment, which was seconded by Mr. Horublower. Mr. Baylis objected to the amendment, contending that the commissioners had enough to attend to already, and that Mr. Laird had not proved his statements, by showing, from acts of parliament or otherwise, that the commissioners had power to form themselves into a burial board. Mr. Bretherton and Mr. Craven also opposed the amendment at great length, contending that a separate body should be appointed for a burial board, and that the scheme put forth by Mr. Laird was not such as would su it t h e town. The Rev. Mr. Wall, and other gentlemen, supported the amendment, and after a lengthened and much interrupted discussion, the amendment was put to the meeting, and afterwards the motion, when the show of hands was almost unanimous in favour of the amendment. A poll was de manded, which was afterwards arranged to be tak en on Monday and Tuesday next, bet ween the hours of 8 a.m. and w 8 p.m., and t even o'clock. he meeting was then a dj ourned to that night eek, at s CANADA. ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH BRITON. - The Canadian steamer, North Briton, arrived 1 10 last evening, with Quebec dates to the 14th inst ant ' and 170 passengers, sixty of whom were in the cabin. The news to hand is two days later fro r , n ro a United States, and one week from Canada. re , the former we learn that despatche s had bel e ") ceived at Washington from Mr. R e id, late min t be to China, and who had arrived at New York Persia, but they do not contain anything of iniPT es ante. By way of New Orleans, we have- ad : w from Nicaragua to the 2nd May. N o e vent oi.' o portance had happened there since last pre c l,, ° l dates. It was reported that Mr. B e lby was trr hard to buy the Nicaraguan Congress. „ilo Sir George Simpson, Governor of the Hu the Bay Company, had left Montreal en route for var l Red River Colony. He is accompanied by v e Fortescue, who has been for some ti me p a st res i ' l in the province. The Quebec Globe stat e s th a t, M r . J"" r e , having declined to remove to Quebec, has of signed the post of assistant-commissione r is public works - , and inspectorship o f rai,,l r° , a s l, and superintendence o f th e Welland raid ssl, Mr. Samuel Keefer is transferred from the offic l e jr . inspectorship of railways to that vacated by _ _ Killaly at the board of 'vorks. 1 t he At the meeting of the Quebe c City Council, mayor informed the council of his intention to le a o by the steam-ship North Briton, for England• the connection with his mission to England, on hip business of the North Sh ore R a il roa d, hi s IVe rs r " stated that the executi ve wou ld sen d t h e debentn.; for the balance o f th e sum b orrowe d by the ottY bv t aid of that undertaki ng , t o th e c i ty treasurer , I only as they might be requi re d t o meet suc h ill% ments as may be called for by th e di rec tors-1,4 city paying those instalments at the same tirae, to the same amount as other shareholders. est, From Canada there is not much else of ilate r il l The Montreal Pilot, on the q ues ti on o f a Fed er ' Union, says : Sir Alexander Bannerman, the Governor of Newl. nr °u : s - 0 land, ha's been writing some stupid despatches to the I f r"" t be Government against the proposed Federal Union of c 6 Provinces in tiritish North America. Therein he 9 1 ,':'„D, to the differences between Upper and. Lower Canada, N", 1 ,; ( 1, he says, such a union would neither cement or cure• as a matter of course, the Globe, because of his so u' or lauds him as a sensible m an , an d d raws a very onft ° ,. of able contrast between Sir Edmund H ea d an d the al",'„ce, this fishy despatch. Sir Alexand er n eve r h a d much.s`pie nor was he born to set the Dee on fire. F or a l o ng t 1nl ,;0; represented the city of Aberdeen in the House of Corna l ,4l but he had none of the makings o f an ora t or or state i v about him. He was the head of a large cotton-sll,jed , mill, but could not manage the busin ess , b urs t u p and iti ' 9 o( l In consequence he had to resign his seat in the ileas e; the for his support to the Whi g Mi n i s t ry was se nt to of Bahama Islands where for years he vegetated as GoletB be Subsequently he was transferred to N ew f oun dl an d, W h e t e re? has quite enough to do to att en d t o ma tters !'" to without meddling with our difficulties., For 131 ;lo, talk of differences between Upper and Lower ?lois how they are to be settled, is a cla'it,fe piece of impertinence. In considering — the subjec t dbl Federal Union, such an absurd idea as that enuncl a fer the Governor o f N ew f oun dl an d , Il we are satisfied enis. entered the heads of any mem b er of the Can a dian At i n frO fration. Nor, if all tales be true, should Mr. desire it : for a c rusa d e aga i ns t L ower Canada, $ll-0/, dissolution of the Union is to be his new party resolutely resisted in and s t ern ly d eman d e d . W e ll, 35 ,` e of Renaud observed in the Legislative Council, wliell the clan held out the threat, if Upper Canada is s a "" we are content. From Prince Edward's Island we l ear n tha t tbies general election had concluded, an d th e scrut"-o being over, the numbers run —government 18 ; sition 12. las t The tariff of the Island remains the same ss f e o year. Mr. Haviland's alien bill, w hi c h ena bles 3. ,`, 1 0 00 to hold and convey real estate t o th e ex t e nt ()l be acres in each case, has passed b o th branches °f „r Legislature. The Hon. Mr. Ald on h as bee° $ pointed surveyor-general. Hon. Col. SW b ~d it member of the late government o f P. E. Isla-reo appears from the M on it or , was among the fac`'i-d ones of that administrati on . H e i s sa id to JO' the present time thirteen different public offices' COMMERCIAL, 'am , 1 4 ' a . Although our market i s as UEBEC yet s howo l ia ut life or animation, we comm e n ce th e publication 0 , 0 Prices Current ; but so littl e h as b een done that e ver Y n ' ll t" is merely nominal, if we e x c e pt d ea l s , w hi c h are bu ° Y . : v ing both pine and spruce—with every probability of ren 13 , 3 0 so for some time. What effect the unsettled s tate of 0 ,, 0 0 in Europe will have on wood goo d s w ill d e p e nd greatu o re England's keeping clear of Contine n t a l quarrels, but we dei not inclined to take a verygloomy v i ew of matters, 0 ,11/1 0 ed any circumstance, we will have fair average Wi n g will summer fleet. We hope all partie s w h o e xport cargoes to make the exact clearances at the Custom-house , s ° some more certainty may be obtained in showing the a ri n' extent of our expo r t o f woo d. Fonsrm, BELL , AND (.I°' TIMBER NEW YORK MARKETS.— MAY 13. . Receipts light ; St a t e an d Western excit ed, e 25c to 45c better ; s a l es W es t ern 26,000 brls ; sup er Z . State $5 75c to $6 80c ; ex t ra St a te $7 _ f t) 20e to $7 Po round hoop Ohio $7 75 c t o $8 ; c ommon to good 8,00 Western $7 20c to $7 60c. Southern better ; sale s 7,v, brls. ; $7 75c to $8 for good, and $8 25c to $3 90c for falitt'll; and extra. Canadian Flour : Snperfine nominal ; nominal. Wheat 4c to 7c better • sales 30,000 WV $ i Chicago Spring 961 c damaged ; Western red $1 7 5 c,":51 , 80c ; Western white $1 924-c ; Southern red $1 85 c ; Is 1 ), ; ;;.; to Corn better ; sales 12,000 bushels ; mi xe d W es t e rn, ",,"prti 96c; yellow, 984 c to 99c. Oat s fi rm ; sa l es o f Sont - to and Jersey, at 51c to 59c; Northern and W es tern, 6 ,r# 63c. Pork better ; sales 500 ba rre l s; mess , $l7 to $ ll O4 0 for new ; prime $l4. L ar d fi rm; sa l es o f 500 paokag 114e to 114 c. _,,tlcet -- Stocks excited, and easier at the board, but since the is firmer. The failure of Mr. Jacob Little was announced soli board this morning, and created no little excitement' beics failure is said to be the heaviest he ever made: o', millions of dollars. Hi s i n t erests were mostly i n 3115„ - f e v Ohio, and State B on d s general l y , Sterling exalt' very lirm, and ranges 1104 to 11.0 z„ f r og PASSENGERS per screw-steamer North Briton, Tor' Quebec to Liverpool :—Mr. Jackson and lady 3 11 ;.,ieefei ranee, Mr. Keati ng . M r. C assault, Dr. Barry 'Mr. Mr. Younge, M r . W. Th ompson, Mr. Burns, Mr. T il latbt Mr. Lange ven , Mi ss A c kl an d , Mi ss Munroe Mrs. 1 1 ' 1 0 5 Miss Wood, Mr. G. P. Rid eou t, M r. Rideout, and ladP o ingf Laurnson, Mr. Mallet, Mr. L. J. C.Fiscit Mrs. Jos.Le e ps et Mr. A. D. Fl err i er an d l a d y , M r. H en r y St. Vi nc ent on Mr. John Reed, Mrs. Hopton, two children, inf". nt 3 servant, Mr. Crawford, M rs . Crawford, Miss Crawt ° ` , jjenr l J. Levy, Mr. H. M. J ac k son , M r. Robb and lady, 'r. s on , Drayton, Mrs. John Torrance, Mr. Elwell and ladscatio infant, and servant, Rev.W.Watson and lady, Rev! Nirni . Mr. Stevenson and lady, four children, and nurse, lur. a * i a lo , Chapman, Mr. Chilwoodi e an d lady, the Hon. F. ro ug h Mrs. James Li s t er , M r . J . W. Hopkins, Mr. James "I t o), and lady, fou r c hild ren , an d servant, Mi sses H a ynes k ilea' Mrs. Dampier, Mr. C. H. Pinhay, Rev. L. Gingrowlert F. Gauthier, Mr. Thomas Lafolev and lady, 3 1 r s ' Mrs. Clements and daughter. Lieut. H. DeGiro s3, ,, o rterr Carmichael, Mrs. M'L aren , Mi ss Li v i ngston, Mrs' 'r , •A' Mr. M. Stevenson, Mr. Craggs, Mr. Johnstone, Chambers, Mr. G. J. Tidicombe, Mr. R. B. M‘Fleelyt Geo. Robinson, and 108 steerage passengers. , EXTRAORDINARY AND USEFUL INVENTION.-- T — h e 0 1 nothing that housewives complain of with greater tru, ness, than the b rea ki ng o f some f avour i te p i ec e ol :such valuable chi na , or eart h enware. In hundre d s of case'decl• things cannot be matched, and of course cannot be Me a ila The latter w an t h as b een o b v i ate d b y an extraor dinarinesr effective invention, by M r . Ad s h ea d, o f D er by Pottery' e r Derby. It is a cement that may be said to heal in ar o f, feet manner, all cracks and b rea k s i n th e ar ticlesspok em oe and not only in these, but in marble, alabaster, Bc. s ie o benefit of this article need not be dwelt on. We ha ve the some of its effects at M r . H a ll' s , our ne i g hbour's, an, part glass that has been cemen t e d by it i s s t ronge r in that o_ than in any other. The a r ti c l e i s ver y c heap, and 1 1 Of o sif can be long without it. Mr. Hall is the agent for by in Liverpool, and a ll i n t eres t e d can j u d ge f or themselT looking in at hi s es t a bli s h men t. A gen t f or LiverP ° o shr T. Hall, 23, South John-street. Sold in bottles, 15 .1 3.... or sent free o n r ece ipt o f s ixteen postage s tamps. 74 None are genuine, except bearing the signature. d Tip] fot th ( the do ril e G a Ye. the ba l Wit at thi to