Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-26 00:00:00

• NOVESIBEIt 26, 1850, 11 . 1 1 0 n the benevolent the great importance of g tv ing their attention to the number of criminals --- - and ether offenders there are amongst us, who t re b ut girls and boys. It appears from that Report, that nearly a thous ' and of those who *ere apprehended for some crime, or offence, or ct her, during the last year, were under sixteen Z ar s of age. Now this, be it remembered, large "gh the number be,. is merely such as were 1111)?*ehended.. It may be taken for granted, we that there are criminals and immoral • °lteuders, who are never apprehended,--even ceder sixteen years of age—who would swell Vie la numbers very appallingly. So that here we " . e a large proportion of the rising generation t tralli ed tip in habits of vice and crime. And the ties tion, therefore, very naturally arises, Is this state of things which ought to be quietly en-- : re d Is it not rather one which calls - for . the '' ( " s t vigorous efforts to be made to deal effectually / POI the y oung o f b o th co x es, who are thus ,so de graded as respects themselves, and so dangerous 48 re spects society at large ? We do not mean to b 37, that no efforts are used to reclaim this laige Yof juvenile offenders. But it is evident that re IT little progress is made by whatever is being don e; and more particularly, it may be feared, as res pects gi r l s ,—for the number of prostitutes is e/ri dently - on the increase, and it is clear that their are recruited continually by the acquisition op here children, who are early initiated in the Wa ys of evil, and who become prostitutes almost a matter of course. /V. ° would confine ourselves, for a moment, to e ease of such girls. Is it enough that some to W desultory efforts should be made to get them s chools ? Is it not to be feared, that even they Who are thus taken care of, bear but a small pro trtie n to the number of those who are unhappily T ee d in circumstances of life to require the most "lit care of the charitable and humane ? All even - they, we maintain, or most of el n , are not taken hold of in such a tan ner as to secure their being brought up in the Paths of virtue, and being encouraged to Pursue that creditable course of life, which they 14 7 1 5 t do, if they are successfully to avoid the temp tiens with which they are surrounded. We te Well aware that it is a difficult question. 44t ere is, in the first place, a great want of op portunity for providing employment for girls,— te c h employment, at any rate, as is suitable to their l c and condition ; and which would offer a due Ileourity for their continued good conduct. But thil a need not necessarily be. There might be found any openings which are not now thought of t, it thou g ht o f, are certainly not appropriated-- e! giving to girls and young women suitable 1 1 oym en t, and such as would furnish them kith moderate means of subsistence. And we are quite p ersua d e d , that in any effectual course that may be adopted, whether for the reclamation ° f immoral persons of th a t sex, or as a sem -1,1) against girl s an d young women fall tb! into habits of immorality and vice, I ' S subject of their employment must bear a very Prciininent place. The object in view is , or ought tZe two-fold : first, to train them u p in the is Way, and to imbue their minds with right ei Ples, moral and religious ; • and then to afford n enl ' by means of becoming occupations , fai r ilTrtnnities of continuing' in that right way, of acting through life on those right princi- Ples. Per haps the greatest mistake that is committed Iwaling with this most interesting, and cer -3r not easily-managed portion of the rising ger • el 'ation, is that the family element is not sit- " ev ert e-erit lY, if at at all, introduced. These girls, t oh , When children, are seldom, if ever, accus ita-'ed to the sacred influences of a virtuous and s 11 4 131) I home. Many of them have no homes at 11e ' b kncle ed; and many more, who have homes, 4 , as they are, do not find there anything of really home character,—certainly nothing of tia e character of what ought to be a Chris -41121°1110. And it is scarcely, therefore, to t - w ondered a t, ,that so many of them should h ttil l out v i c i ous an d d eprave d . If th ere b e ;4ental authority at all, it is too generally t et ted for n o goo d purpose . B u t t oo o ft en , alas ! here 1 S no such thing as parental authority,— th, tite aly no such thing as parental example, of - ' t 18 at all calculated to improve the character thos e who are un d er its influence, but rather h '1 411 7' them on in a course of depravity. th e doubtless, be done, therefore, with " es t effect, in improving the character of the ent th e and thereby, as a sure consequence of it 80 i ee ndition of the home. Without this, indeed' ti al ,"g as children and young . persons, and espe- C Y th ose o f the female sex, ' rema i n at home, 131 °l ever, may be the lessonS of religion and I , o ° l tsali tY which, th r ou g h th e e ff or t s o f th e bene )lo exit ' may be impa r t e d t o th em , awa y f r om 14 14 . e, they can scarcely be expected to practice their daily course of life. 80 1114 the subject is so full of difficulty, although it: ter esting withal, that whilst we a re i n d uce d slightly to touch upon it, we cannot, at least po a single article, do more than suggest its im thrttlilee, and point out, thus imperfectly, some of Phases i n w hi c h i t ought to present itself to " t i'e eye of th e philanthropist. Our object, in ,:e d, is merely that of calling attention to it, as n 'L° of the most important of the great social 4 1, 11 :!tions of the day... And with this view . 'we th e seek an opportunity of returning to it, i n I : , hope that the benevolence for which Liver is conspicuous, may come to be directed to a 131stion involving such high social interests, with pre earnestness than, we cannot .but fear, is at "snt devoted to it. • , 4J EA „, OF PROFESSOR GEORGE WlLsog.—The plib au„tai Scotland, and particularly of <Edinburg, have I led a sad and serious loss in the death of r. Geo. °jl ' Lheifirst Professor of Technology in the Univer .444l4l:l7ourgh, and Regius Keeper of the Inclustiial THE LATEST NEWS. [BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAM] FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 25. A Paris semi-official journal states that the communication between the French and English squadrons at Algesiras continue to be most friendly. A division of the English squadron was to leave, and it was expected that the greater part of the French vessels would soon return to Toulon. The members of the French and Austrian missions at Vienna and Paris, have received de clarations according to their rank from the res pective Governments to which they are accredited, as also have the representatives at Zurich. The sailing frigate La Vengeance has just left L'Orient with 400 marines on board. She is bound to China, and will only call at the cape. The Vengeance will be followed in a short time by the Andromaque, with a similar number of marines. The Paris correspondent of. the Times says, that delay which has occurred in expediting the letters of invitation to the Congress has not arisen from any difference between the English and. French Cabinets; but is rather owing to some difficulties started by Austria on the Italian Regency question, the letters have been made out several days past, and the date specified for the meeting was the lath Debember. A considerable number of rifled cannon has arrived at Marseilles, to be shipped for China. The number of deaths from cholera in the French army, during twenty days' campaign against the frontier tribes of Morocco, was 2,160. The French Government is forming large depots of coal, to provide against the inconve niences that might result in any future war from coals being declared contraband. Semi-official paragraphs have been des patched to the provincial journals of France, encouraging the impression that the Emperor has charged Lord Cowley to represent to her Britan nic Majesty his willingness to promote a general disarmament in Europe. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News re marks that, up to the declaration of war against Austria, the watchword in Paris . was, " France will have no change to make in place of agreement for a disarmament." All tha t time the opinion in England was that our national defences were essentially unconnected With the armaments of the Great Military Con tinental Powers, and that their progress could not be checked on account of any fancied rule of proportion between them and the forces, which those powers might choose to call a peace esta blishment. FRENCH FUNDS. 12.10., P.M. The upward tendency of the funds is well maintained. Rentes have again risen, and are now quoted 70.20. 3.20. P.M.—Rentes closed firm at 70.20, being a fractional rise since yesterday. Bourse quiet. ITALY. THE ARMY OF CENTRAL ITALY. General Fanti, the Commander-in-Chief, has issued a new order of the day. After speaking of the difficulties which have been overcome in the space of three months; he says :—To-day we have numerous phalanxes of infantry, of cavalry , and of artillery ; we possess field batteries and siege artillery ; arsenals are being erected, am munitions, ambulauces, and transports are being organised ; fortifications are being erected at Mirandole and at Rimini, and Bologna, sur rounded with guns, will become, at no distant period, a centre which will give us safety and protection in any eventuality. The General advises patience and constancy. With perseverance, he says we shall triumph over the enemy who does not feel strong at home, who reads his ruin in our attitude, and who will be compelled either to ignominiously lay down his arms before public reprobation, or to . come despairingly to battle with the certainty of defeating the question of disarmament. AUSTRIA. . The Vienna -correspondent of the Times ex presses belief that it is not the Italians, but the Austrians, that will be finally duped by the Emperor Napoleon. THE CONGRESS. VIENNA, Nov. 25. The Oesterreichische Zeitung of this evening says it is supposed that all the Powers who signed the' Treaty - of 1815 will be represented at the approaching Congress. The place where the Congress is to, be held will probably be Paris. Up to yesterday the invitations to the, different i , owers to take part in the Congress had not ' , een sent out. The appointment of Marquis Moustier as French Ambassador to the Curt Vienna has been officially notified. TURKEY. TRIESTE, Nov. 25. ' Austrian Lloyds' steamer Australia, arrived with Constantinople advices to the 19th instant Numerous shipwrecks in the Black Sea. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Nov. 25. T he king's health has so much improved / tha his medical attendants have advised his removal to the Isle of Wight. PORTUGAL. The King of Portugal has signed a decree, ordering the dissolution of the Cortes, a measure which had become a vital question for the main tenance of the Ministry. The new Chamber Will be convoked for the 27th of January. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday. morning. The Arago steamer, Captain Lines, has arrived at Cowes with New York mails of the 12th inst. She brings $12,00.0 for England, and $700,000 for France. Her dates from Vera Cruz are to the Bth. The expedition of the Liberals under Meija against Tehuacan, ,Ouzaba, and Cordova had proved a disastrous failure, without firing a gun. Meija lost 600 men ; 1,000 muskets and 12 cannon were captured by General Minon, without the loss of a single soldier. Marquirja undertook to escort $2,800,000 ° to Tepic, but appropriated $600,000 of them to himself, detained the balance at Guano Juato, and issued a pronunciamento in favour of Santa Anna. The British and French Ministers had protested against Marquirja's conduct. A despatch of the 11th, from Washington, says that the Government had received important despatches from the English Government relative to the San Juan difficulty, expressing an earnest desire to settle the question; the details proposed had not been made known, but it was believed that there was no longer any danger of any serious difficulty between the two countries. Exchange at New York, on the 11th, was good, at 110 to 1101 on London. There was a fair demind for railway shares on Stock Exchange, and better prices by Ito per cent. paid, though the market closed dull. State stocks steady. Movements in flour extensive, and prices par tially advanced. Good inquiry for cotton, at full quotations. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 25. Arrangements have been completed for the Ca nadian steamers to sail every Thursday with Her Majesty's mails and passengers, from this port for Portland. The Nova Scotian is to leave this on Thursday next, the Ist December. GALWAY, Nov. 25. The royal mail steam-ship Jason, Nicholson master, which left New York 11th November, and St. John's, Newfoundland, 17th, arrived at 4 p.m., bringing 270 passengers, amongst whom is the Bishop of Newfoundland. The elections in Newfoundland had ended by the Government party gaining a majority. The Jason brings no telegrams via St. John's from New York. She experienced boisterous weather and head-winds. INDIA. BOMBAY, Nov. 12. . The Wagurs have evacuated Dwarka, after . several days' bombardment, which reduced the town to ashes. Nana Sahib is reported to be dead, but the fact requires confirmation. Lord Clyde has addressed the Talookdars of Oude at Lucknow with good effect. The campaign against the rebels in Bundelcund has been opened, and another on, th© Chumbul is looked for. - The agitation against the bill for licensing trades and professions continues. Exchange on London, 2s. Oid. Freights, 17s. 6d. to 20s. Broach Cotton, 139 to 140 ; Dholera and Omrewatee, 130 to 133. Govern ment Securities, Four per Cent., 75 ; Five per Cent., 89 ; and Five and a-half per Cent., 95 quarter. MAIL NEWS. Nov. 25. The Vectis, with the mails from Calcutta and China, arrived at Marseilles at noon this day. The mails left for London at 2 p.p. Accounts from Gibraltar state that orders had been received by Admiral Fanshaw to send home, last Monday, . the Edgar, Conqueror, and Cen- Union. The following appeared in a portion of our im pression of yesterday : FRANCE. [REITTER'S TELEGRAM.] - PARIS, Friday. The Moniteur of to-day announces the appoint• ment,of the Marquis de Moustier to the post o: Ambassador of France to the Emperor of Austria AUSTRALIAN MAIL. The steamer with the Australian mail of Octo ber ,was due at Aden, on the 18th instant. A telegram, giving the substance of the news, is expected in London next week. NORTHERN DAILY 1131&, EXPERIMENTS WITH HOLLOW SHOT. Tae experiments at Portsmouth of firing hollow shot with molten iron has been perfectly success ful. The target was the Undaunted, 46 gun frigate, which had been prepared with iron plates of such thickness as to render her proof against a 68 pound shot at a distance of 400 yards range. The first hollow shot filled with molten iron went clean through iron plates and wood into the body of the ship, about 4 feet above the water line ; the second shot set the ship on fire. In six rounds the Undaunted went down at her moorings. The T hr leader on, Mr. Smith O'Br: Imes has a !Rat and his recent lecture. The Post announces the Empress-Mother of Russia is seriously indisposed. The London General Omnibus Company is contemplating the issue of preferential shares. The Bishop of London will inaugurate the special services at St. Paul's, by a sermon on New Year's Day. Mr. Bass, M.P.,, has had a narrow escape from drowning, his carriage having been driven into a canal during a foggy night. Mr. Ernest Jones, the Chartist leader, laid his accounts before the Bankruptcy Court, yesterday. They are said to present favourable features : the debts are under £2,000. From a letter addressed to the Times, by Messrs. Keighley and Co., Hull, there appears to be no ground for the suspicion, that human bones from the Crimea had been imported at Hull. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. A good Playing Card for Is. 6d. Sold by Mawdsley and Son, 4, Castle-street. d 22 The Hudson's Bay Seal Skin Cloaks and Jackets, One Guinea each, at the New Shawl and Mantle Ware house, 40, Bold-street.—Shellard and Hodgson, Pro prietors. We observe, by an advertisement in another column, that the Exhibition of Fine Arts, in the the gallery of Messrs. Agnew and &in's, Exchange, will close on Wednesday next. In our advertising columns will be seen "Precepts for the Preservation of Health, Life, and Happiness," by . Clement Carlyon, M.D., late Fellow of Pembroke Col lege, Cambridge. The author is an octogenarian, long retired from practice'; he was a pupil of Professor Blumenbach at Gottingen, and of the celebrated Mr. Abernethy, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. The work will be found well worthy of perusal. BANKRUPTCY COURT, FRIDAY.--hr re D. A. Inglis. —This bankrupt, a beer-agent and commission mer chant in Liverpool, again came before the court'on his adjourned last examination. Mr. Pemberton, who appeared for the assignee, stated that the accounts which had been filed since the for vier meeting appeared to be all that was required. His honor, after referring to the proceedings, and hearing the official assignees' report, allowed the bankrupt to pass. The certificate sitting. was appointed for the 20th December. ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY.—Bridget Hanlon, an old woman, residing in Cunliffe-street, fell off the footpath in Cunliffe-street, and fractured her leg.—John Fairer, a labourer, residing in Chemist-street, fell - into the hold of the ship Constitution, and sustained a compound fracture of the skull.—Thomas Evans, a labourer, residing in Great Howard-street, was knocked down by some men at Victoria Dock, and sustained a concussion of the brain. • Mariam—The Rev. H. J. Hindley, incumbent of St. George's Church, Everton, delivered the opening lecture of the season to a large and respectable audience last night, in the school-room in con nection with the church. The Mayor occupied the chair. The subject of the lecture was " The Book and its Story." The reverend lecturer gave a general outline of the history of the Bible, noticing. and illustrating by diagrams- the various- ancient modes of writing, par ticularly that by which the " Book" had been preserved to us. He gave animated sketches of the lives of the first translators, traced the difficulties and persecutions which they had to undergo and surmount, and finished by a few telling remarks on the blessings the present age enjoys over many of its predecessors, in the entire freedom of the Word of God. Votes of thanks to the lecturer and the chairman concluded the proceedings. THE VOLUNTEER RIFLES' BALL ST. GEORGE'S HALL.—We stated last week that the Corporate au thorities had refused to grant the use of the Town-hall room to the Ist company of the Rifle Volunteers, who wished to give their annual ball there, in aid of the Royal Infirmary, and, two other deserving local charities, at present in great need of pecuniary assistance. Nothing daunted, however, by this unexpected refusal, the Committee have engaged St. George's-hall for the evening of the 9th December. Though this step will naturally add to the expenses of the ball, still we be lieve that the charities will not be losers by the change of locale, for so popular are the volunteers and their movements, that the public are indignant at the seem ing slight put upon them ; and already the demand for tic nets surpasses the committee's expectations, and the whole of the applicants would have crowded the Town. hall rooms to more than inconvenience. In St.- George's-hall, however, there will be ample room ; and the first public volunteer ball will assuredly be one of the most brilliant ever given in the " good old town." THE DANGERS OF THE COUNTY COURT.—A CAUTION. —The poet tells us, " Whate'er is best adminstered is best ;" and although the allusion was in reference to civil government, it applies with more pointed signi ficance to the administration of the law. Perhaps in no country in the world are the judges so pure and up right as in our own ; but despite the fidelity of the bench, the purlieus and approaches to the various courts are beset with a class of men, who bring the law itself into disrepute. Our County Court is presided over by two learned and excellent gentlemen—Mr. Blair and Mr. Hulton ; but their efforts appear to be powerless in the presence of the evil we refer to. Yesterday, a poor woman came before Mr. Hulton, and handed up to his honour a petition, drawn - out with all legal formality and precision, praying "for a re consideration of the case in which her husband was con cerned. Her husband, a seaman, of the name of Tucker, had been sued by a Mr. M'Evoy for £l6 3s. 24d. ; and on his recent return from sea he was met by an order of the court denianding from him an amount which his means were quite inadequate to meet. His Honour explained to the poor woman that, in the ab sence of- the other- parties to the action, he could do nothing, and that.the document handed to him was per fectly useless. Mr. Gray, addressing the court, said— This poor woman has been robbed of 2s. 6d. by some of the persons who prowl about this court. The case being disposed of, she was laid hold of by one of those men—l don't know what name to apply to them; he persuaded her to have a petition drawn up, and for his precious document he had charged her half-a-crown. I merely mention this matter in order that some steps may be taken to prevent these poor people from being robbed and swindled, when they come before this court. These discreditable things are occurring, not daily, but hourly. His Honour said, the document was in itself valueless, and he could do nothing in the case. If it be impossible for the judge to make any order in the case, we at least feel it a public duty to give prominence to this case. Suitors and defendants cannot be too cautious, for non professional advice or interference is at least very hazardous. MOLIERE AND FRENCH COMEDY.—A lecture was delivered in the hall of the Royal Institution, last night, by Mr. J. M'Carthy, on Mohere and French Comedy. From the known literary qualifications of the lecturer, as well as the opportunities which sedulous study of books, and minute personal intimacy with those acquainted with such subjects, could afford of acquiring extensive information in almost every direction, connected with the matter in hand, there was reason to believe that the lecture on French comedy would gratify the high anticipations raised in the minds of all who took an interest in French dramatic litera ture. Great, however, as might have been the antici pations formed, wefeel assured in saying they were fully realised by the lecture last night. The lecture was opened by Mr. M'Carthy in a brief yet telling 'glance at tharate of the drama in England and France. Though, he averred it was undoubtedly true that the EnTlish writers of tragedy far surpassed, as a class, those of the. French nation, yet it was also true that in comedy English authors were greatly behind their French neighbours. The appearance of this superiority on the part of the French was no doubt considerably increased by the peculiar structure of their language, which admitted of much more elasticity and freedom in the jeux d' esprit of their comedies, than could be easily—indeed possibly be allowed in compositions of a dramatic character' in the English language. Foremost in the rank of French humourists, said Mr. M'Carthy, stands Moliere, of, whom it has been well said that he was to French comedy what Shakespeare was to English tragedy. The lecturer then proceeded to give an outline of the life "of the illustrious dramatist, briefly comment ing upon his most important productions. With respect to the well-known comedy, " Tartuffe," he said that its aim had been very much misunderstood, both at the time it was produced and even at a much later date. It was not written (as Louis XIV. pretended to think) for the purpose of bringing real religion into disrepute, but in order to expose that system of hypocrisy which was so rife in France at that time. Mr. M'Carthy also made many charming an d instructive remarks on several of the other pl a y s of Moliere, including the ." Miser," and , " A."P h ysic ia n in spite of Himself," and endeavoured to show that, in every case, some moral evil was sought to be exposed, and 'thus, if possible, removed. The lecturer was repeatedly applauded during the delivery ,f his lecture, and at its close was received with con tinued rounds of applause. Mr. M'Carthy is to deliver f another lecture on Monday next, on " The - England of '1 Fielding's Novels," IMPORTANT DECISION' IN THE COURT OF SESSION, SCOTLAND. JOEL V. GILL. In this case, the creditor alleges the perpetration of a fraudulent scheme on the part of the bankrupt, "to ob tain his protection and discharge without due notice to his creditors, and without allowing them due facilities for proteeting their interests." The bankrupt, an English barrister, presented a petition to the Court of Session in Scotland, praying that the Court would grant the usual degree of sequestration (so far equivalent to the fiat of bankruptcy in England, and the prayer of his petition was granted. In that petition, and, of course in the usual Gazette notices to all concerned, the bankrupt was designated as "sometime residing at Park Villas, Richmond, in the county of Surrey, and now 'residing at Tobermory, in the Island of Mull, in the county of Argyle:' No men tion was made of his being a barrister, or of his cham bers in Lincoln's Inn, or of his house in Bayswater, where he had a permanent residence for years. His residence at Richmond could only have been between May and Arne in 1857, when he took his house there, and August of that year, when he went abroad, and his residence at Tobermory was merely for 40 days. The creditor alleges that the imperfect and inaccurate designation of the bankrupt was 'resorted to by him as a device for pre venting his creditors from becoming aware of the sequestration of his estates, and that the selection of the remote locality of Tobermory, as his residence in Scot land, was also made with the view interposing obstacles to his creditors in the prosecution of their claims ; also, that the bankrupt being desirous of stealing out a discharge of the claims of his creditors, or at least a protection against these claims without the creditors being aware, or at least receiving timely notice of his proceedings, devised a scheme for that purpose. The scheme consisted in repairing to a remote and little known place in. Scotland, and suing out a sequestration in Scotland under a false or defective designation of him self. On a petition by the creditor for recal of the seques tration; the Lord Ordinary refused that petition, holding that the designation in the present instance being such as would be sufficient in a summons in which the bank rapt stood as pursuer, and sufficient for his identification as an individual, its imperfection was not of so flagrant a character as to warrant the recall of the sequestration. ht W hoal i dt t tnh r ge e r g t eh a r aw d t e ar t e o f r the nauotd question e of ofrma sufficientmu d, to t thise warrant lo by rds th h e i h p held n i mi bank rupt in applying for sequestration in this country. A reclaiming note was presented to the Second Division of the Court, which (with one dissentient) adhered, on the 22nd current, to the interlocutor of ihe Lord Ordinary, and thereby, as we have stated, refused to recal, or annul the bankruptcy. By this scheme, now held to be legal by a decision of the. Supreme Courts of Scotland, it looks as if a wide door were opened for defrauding creditors in England. BANKRUPTS. John Allan, boot and shoe manufacturer, Broadway, Deptford, and Grey Eagle-street, Spitalfields. Thomas Charles Coloin, warehouseman; Old Bond street, Piccadilly. Charles Bartels, merchant, Olmina, West Coast of Africa. Antonio Calvocdressi, merchant, Manchester. Joshua Cawon and Edward Wood, commission agents, Bradford, Yorkshire. Thomas Hameorn, timber merchant, Hereford. Samuel Cottan, innkeeper, grocer, and proviion dealer ) West Bromwich, ,Staffordshire. COLLEGIATE INST ITUTION.—An open scholarship at CORRESP ONDENCE. St. Peter's College, Cambridge, has just been obtained by Mr. J. B. G. Moore. This is the third time .that [We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of success of this kind has been. achieved by pupils who our correspondents.] left the institution last October for the universities. A MUNIFICENT GIFT.—A Liverpool firm' have mu- nificiently presented the cost (L 180) of a life-boat and her gear to the National Life-boat Institution, the same to be stationed on some point of the Scotch coast. They have suggested that the first offer should be made to Man, on the Argyleshire coast. The cost of a life-boat station, including life boat and gear, transporting carriage, and a substantial house to keep them in,' averages £350. In addition to this sum, from £l5 to £2O are required to be raised every year to meet the 'purely local expenses of the boat, such as paying the master of the boat £8 a year for looking' after the station ' and the men for practising every quarter in the boat, the parent institu tion undertaking to pay for services in saving life and for keeping . the establishment in ..a state of thorough repair. It is now perfectly,,elear, that, unless a lifeboat establishment is thus organised and worked, it soon be comes worse than useless. Each' of the 90 stations of the National Life-boat Institution are thus efficiently managed. CONSIDERATE BENEFICENCE. The respected Con: servative member for this borough, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, has been conferring a great benefit upon the 'people of the village of Colton, near which, ,is the honour able gentleman's country seat of I3ellamour Hall. We find the particulars of this considerate act of kindness related in the Derby Mercury. It appears that he has erected a commodious and comfortable room, capable of accommodating a hundred and fifty persons. Adjoining this room, which is to be used for a reading room, is a smaller one, in which a library will be placed for the use of the parishioners. On Saturday evening week, Mr. Horsfall, accompanied by several friends, amongst whom we noticed the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, of Liverpool, Rev. T. D. Atkinson, vicar of Rugely, Rev. H. Buckston, curate of Rugely, and . Rev. Robert Hey, incumbent of Belper, Derbyshire,' proceeded to the room, for the purpose of 'opening it in a formal manner. The room was entirely filled with attentive and interested hearers. Mr. Horsfall having requested the Rev. R.. Hey to offer up a prayer for the blessing of ' God upon tho under taking, informed the assembled inhabitants of Colton that he offered them the free use of the room as a read ing-room ; that he would take care that a good supply of newspapers, magazines, periodicals, &c., should be provided for their perusal ; that the room, well lighted and warmed, should be opened every evening in the week except Sunday ; and that a library of useful and entertaining books should be deposited in an adjoining room, from which they might obtain volumes for read ing at home. The announcement was received with great applause, and appeared to give the deepest satis faction to the villagers. Addresses were then delivered by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile and the Rev. Robert Hey, to which the greatest attention was paid. MALTA PROTESTANT COLLEGE.—This institution has been established for the religious and social improve ment of the Turkish Empire, and the adjoining regions of Asia and Africa. The most . direct means for ac complishing this important end, is the Christian educa tion of the people, by the foundation of colleges and schools, where a large body of natives can be trained up, free of expense, in all the branches of religious and secular knowledge, fitting them for the various vocations of life, and especially to labour for the spread of Scriptu ral Christianity among their countrymen. As a great step towards this desirable object, a college was opened at Malta in 1847, under the special superintendence of the Right. Honorable the Earl of Shaftesbury. The education it affords elevates the mind, and cultivates the reasoning powers. The doctrinal teaching is that of the Church of England. The Bible is daily taught to all students in the college. The Moslem, Greek, Copt, Bulgarian, Roman Catholic, and Abyssinian may daily be seen kneeling. before the one God, 2nd worshipping in the name of the only Saviour. The students are prepared as missionaries, Scripture-readers, &c. Natives are found to be the best missionaries to their own countrymen. Separated from the superstitions of their forefathers, and possessing the religion and language of Britain, they may become, under the. Divine blessing, the regenerators of the fallen Eastern churches. Russian influence has for many years been actively at work in the East. Nor has France been idle. Three hundred young men were brought from Turkey after the termination of the Crimean war, and educated gratuitously near Paris ; while lately an Arabic newspaper has been printed in Paris, setting forth the religion and political opinions of France. It is widely circulated in the East ; while, on missions to the same lands, the Americans last year spent £25,000 ; but the only national institution to represent the religion, commerce, and political influence of England, is the Malta Protestant College. There are at present about fifty free and,iimiug. pupils in the institu tion. Were more funds supplied, the number of free students could be increased to one hundred. There are many applications for admiision, which cannot be enter tained until the committee receive additional contribu tions and subscriptions. OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES.-THE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. Srx,—The able and well-timed articles which have appeared in your journal from time to time, on the sub ject of French invasion, have had the desired effect of calling, into active defensive operation the Liverpool Volunteer Rifle Corps in the borough and the various townships. The meeting at St. George's-hall last Tuesday, when upwards of 600 of these brave and un daunted young men, who are a credit and an honour to the country and the town of Liverpool, took the oath of allegiance to their Sovereign, cannot but carry with it its own influence. It was a most imposing sight, in deed, to witness such an array of wealth and influence upon that occasion ; and not only so, but to observe the conduct of our new popular Mayor, and the sentiments expressed by him on the occasion, as well also by Rev. Rector Campbell, William Brown, Esq., ex-M.P., Mr. Walters, &c. Certainly, sir, the people of Liverpool cannot but appreciate your ardour in bringing the national defences of the country before their minds, and thus evoking a spirit of enthusiastic bravery in the young . blood of our densely-crowded town, to volunteer their services in support of their gracious and beloved Sovereign, and for the protection and security of those happy and free institutions, which were consolidated to us at the glori ous Revolution of 1688. Right ably and loyally did his Worship the Mayor explain to this praiseworthy corps their duty; and whilst the Venerable Rector Campbell deprecated the fact of any French invader being qualified to appropriate wholesale to himself our renowned and sea-girt isles, I could not but admire the enthusiastic sentiments of that aged and patriotic gentleman, Mr. Wm. Brown ; senti ments which reflect lasting credit upon his venerable head. I have no dread whatever, but ere long the spirit and example so nobly set by Liverpool, will be followed up in every large town throughout the length and breadth Of the land ; so that if the invader, who cannot listen to the shrieks of the French eagles over fallen and con quered Waterloo without panting for revenge, arrives upon our shores, he may get such a reception as shall teach him lessons something similar to those that were taught the exile of St. Helena.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, A SPECTATOR. Liverpool, Nov. 24, 1859. LIVERPOOL SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SlR,—With regret I learn from your publication of this day, that your reporter was refused admittance to the Lecture Room in the Royal Institution, on the occasion of Mt'. Hall's lecture last evening. This regret I am sure will be -participated by each member of the Council. The truth is our secretary, Mr. Boult, was compelled, through business, to be absent from Liver pool until the very day of the lecture. Little time was therefore left to make arrangements necessary on such occasions ; the consequence was the party placed at the door was ignorant of persons and not qualified for the position. It was his stupidity that led to the result you justly complain of, and that was equally annoying to ourselves; as, instead of closed doors, we desire the fullest publication. Again expressing my great regret at a matter that I trust and believe will not again occur, I remain, sir, your obedient servant, _ _ HENRY THOMPSON, Hon. Treasurer, 25th November, 1859. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIRES. am really astonished at the quietude manifested by our Liverpool bankers, merchants, and others relative to:a holiday, owing to Christmas-day falling on the Sunday. I am sure you will agree with me that bankers' and merchants' clerks, especially the former, have but very few holidays in the year ; and I think that their close application to the desk, from one year's end to the other, with the exception of one solitary day, viz., Good Friday (this year), demands somelittle relaxation, and I do hope that some of our officials will kindly take the matter up, and use their best endeavours in assisting to carry out this object, and so far prevent as much as possible the desecration of the Sabbath-day. A CLERK. Nov. 25, 1859. SHORT MEASURE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIME. Sia,—That everybody should receive full value for their money, is only a natural and perfectly just expecta tion. It is only fair and honest that they should receive such ; yet in many cases how very greatly we are im posed upon by unscrupulous persons, who, because it is customary, never dream of giving full measure; yet, of course, are always especially careful that they re ceive their full amount in cash. The above remarks oxe, I ithinlc, justly applicable to many of our publicans, for which the public have only themselves to blame. It is the peculiar mode here for persons, on Coing into a spirit vaults, to ask for a glass of ale, &c. onsequently, a glass of the required article is handed to him, which often measure five, and even six to the quart. The publican, therefore, takes this mean ad vantage, knowing that he is net amenable; whereas, if half-a-pint were the term used, they would then be compelled to give what is right and just. There is also another fraud which demands attention—viz., their pint bottles (so called), but which seldom contain anything like that quantity. Why are such gross and shameful deceptions allowed to be practised. Is it not sufficient that they .are allowed to adulterate their articles, without resorting to further trickery ? Surely the matter calls for attention. There is (and rightly should be), an inspector of weights and measures, whose duty it is to see that the various shop keepers have their scales and weights properly adjusted, to prevent people from being cheated by dishoneit tradesmen. Yet, if by the wear and tear of the weights, fi they s a h n o d u p l d u n b s c h e e m d e . somewhat e l u i t i e t r, , t h t a h t e y p uabr li e e a heavily fined and punished. how then is it that publieans are an exception to the general rule ? Why not see that the glasses and bottles hold their rightful and proper quantity ? It is not honest that they should be exempt, and therefore permitted to overcharge for what they well know to be anything but • MEASURE FOR MEASURE. Liverpool, Nev. 24, 1859. LIFE-BOAT SERVICES.—CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN, 22nd Nov., 1859.—0 n Saturday last, the 19th instant, the barque Ohio, laden with salt, bound from Liverpool to Stettin, was seen off Poolwash Bay (to the westward oeof anchored her "of Castletown), with a signal fo r a p ilot, and a pp arentl y unmanageable. both anchors dragged , and she went ashor e near the sng, and centre of the hay, at four p. m. T he wind was inshore, s.w . . tro She increasing.sh lrt y afterwards Atthe fim ; butstrik ing she was under the lee of the Carrick, a half-tide rock, and a harbour boat, which had left Port St. Mary with a pilot, was enabled to take eight of the crew ashore; but as the tide rose and the rock became covered, the surf prevented further communication with an ordinary boat. A messenger was then sent imme diately to Castletown for the life-boat of Royal National Life-boat Institution ; but 'she was fortunately chise at band (earlier intelligence having reached the coxswain), and was manned by eleven men, and launched at five p.m. 3 reached the wreck at six o'clock, and succeeded in rescuing the remainder of the crew, consisting of the master, mate, and two other hands, who were safely landed at Port St. MarY, the nearest practicable landing pia* at eight o'clock p.m. The barque, belon ging to Prussian owners, will; probably, become a total wreck. She was in a leaky state when she struck. At the„time the life-boat was launched it was dark, with a heavy sea. The promptitude with which the life-boat was on the spot has given great satisfaction, as but an hour elapsed between the barque striking 'and the arrival of the boat, while two miles of road, Including a high and steep hill, had to be. traversed. This valuable life-boat has also once, or twice, this year, saved ship wrecked crews. The lifeboat's crew have been promptly paid £1 each Man,. for their gallant services. The I. is station in first-rate order. porting tlttfrigtnct. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 1 8 2 1 t lagainst o o 1 ag 1s t m e P Wizard ire(taken). (taken), en ') 12 to 1 againat Buccaneer (taken). 100 to 1 against St. games (taken).