Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-04 00:00:00

:nrr Cinutrartig Salts. THIS DAY. Tilts DAT, the 4th instant, at Twelve o'clock, in the Commercial Saleroom, 450 Cases Valentia ORANGES, ex Tuba. (se), 170 ~ „ ex Ebro (ss), 2 00 „ Messina LEMONS, ex Express, 25 ~ Lisbon ONIONS, ex Magrico, 200 Bags Turkey NUTS, 100 „ Para Apply to GEORGE BADENACH and'SON, Brokers. TO-MORROW. Y -r To-momlow, the sth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at 1, Oldhall-street, 450 Barrels fine ROSIN, ex Henry Clay, from New York ; in store.—Apply to HOW and BARCLAY, Brokers. To-mom:tow, the sth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 21, North John-street, 7 Casks American ROSIN OIL, 10 Barrels , GREASE. 75 Tierces American LARD, lately landed.—Apply to JOHN MARQUIS and Co,„ Brokers. To-imattow, the sth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's office, 7, Exchange-buildings, 13 Barrels TAPIOCA, "now landing, per Margaret Deane, from Bahia.—Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker, WEDNESDAY. On WEDNESDAY next, the 6th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at 2, Dale-street, 307 Bales Bombay MADDER ROOTS, all faults. Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers. THURSDAY. On Tauxsutx next, the 7th instant, at Twecre o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 11 Packages INDIGO. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers. - Apply to On Turasn.ty next, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at 2, Dale-street, 2,500 Bags Bengal RICE. BRCYWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers. Apply to Apply to On THURSDAY next, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 30. Tuns Fine Winter Bagged SPERM OIL, just arrived per Great Western and John Bright.— Apply to Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., Merchants; or to J. H. RATNER and Co., Brokers. On TIMRSDAY next, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, '7' 10 Tuna fine winter bagged SPERM OIL, just arrived, ex John Bright.—Apply to Messrs. Rathbone, Brs., and Co., Merchants; or to J. H. ILAYNER and Co., Brokers. On THURSDAY, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, 120 Barrels 1 20 21-Pipes CURRANTS, 1836. 30 i-Pipes 7 Casks 20 Barrels 125 Barrels " 1953 200 Matts Bombay RAISINS, 73 Boxes •, 475 Boxes old i'urkey Red. „ And other goods. GEORGE BADENACH and . SON, Brokers NEXT WEEK. On MONDAY next, the 11th inst., at half-past Eleven o'clock, in the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 40 Tons Shetland Dry COD FISH, partly damaged, On view at 15, Pitt-street.—Apply to Mr. William Jameson, 15, Pitt-street; or to GEO. BADENACII and SON, Brokers. )CK ESTATE. om it may concern. Lction of Freight and Charges. tant, at One o'clock, .at the 18, Chapel-street, MERSEY D , On account of whc _For the Payment and satisfa, On Trzsnny, the 12th insl Broker's saleroom, RT 18 Balesl WPF WP 12 Bales WOOL. WG 6 'Sales WF 9 Bales WC 4 Bales 49 Bales, ex Wasp, from Bombay ; lying in Wapping Dock warehouse. — For further particulars apply to DANIEL C. BUCHANAN and Co., Brokers. Ott sate, JAMES BANKS, CASTLE-BUILDINGS, DERBY-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL. FENCING WIR, Black, Bright, and Galvanised; TELEGRAPH WIRE and SIGNAL CORD, Wholesale and tor Exportation. ON 'SALE, 45 TONS LOCUST BEANS, tx Pilar, from Barcelona.—Apply to GEO. BADENACH and SON, Brokers, -- R ISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, tll. Da.ts+ T . One Penny. AMERICAN SOLACE. CIfARLES TURMEAU. AMERICAN SOLACE. AMERICAN SOLACE. CHARLES TURMEAU AMERICAN , SOLACE. AMERICAN SOLACE. I CHARLES TURMEA U. AMERICAN SOLACE. A N N IT A L L 2 ewe's IMAGE SALE, .EPOSITORY. LARENCES, PARK PILETONS, BROUGHAMS, ALBERT PH/ETONS, DRAGS, I Light and elegant GIGS, WAGGONETTES, BASKET CARRIAGES, FAMILY PILLEYONS, 1 Two and Four-wheeled, BILITSKAS, &c., &re. By Messrs. LUCAS and Co., On WEDNESDAY next, the 6th instant, at their Repository, Great Charlotte-street, Liverpool, .300 CARRIAGES, 70 sets HARNESS. Order of Sale.—Ten to Eleven o'clock, Harness; Eleven to Six o'clock, Carriages. The whole on view this day (Monday). An inspection of this splendid stock of Carriages is earnestly requested. TO CORRESPONDENTS. II sder no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, 840.—THIS DAY. ROYAL AMMIITHEATILE—DIIIMatie performance. TILE PARISIAN GALLERY or ANATOMY, Paradise-street. ROYAL COLLOSSEUM.—lliseellaneous Attractions. For particulars see advertisements on Bth page. (-1/1/ i t ir • t•4l- tit .310.11rafY, APRIL 4, 1859. THE ASSIZES. During the Assizes, we shall publish an Evening Edition, daily, at 5 o'clock, giring the proceedings in both the Civil and Criminal Courts up to the hour of going to press. The trade, in order to secure a supply of papers; must give their orders early each day. THE DAY'S NEWS. The ministerial crisis is the topic of the day, but all information touching it is as yet mere rumour. Nothing definite has yet tranpired regarding the intention of the Cabinet. There was a report on Saturday that Lord Derby had convened a .meet ing of his supporters for ;Saturday, but it was not the fact. He had however, on that day, interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Malmesbury, and other members of the Cabinet, a t hi s official residence. There has been no Cabinet Council since Friday. The Prime Minister has not had an audience of the Queen since that day. Nothing is known of any movements amongst the Opposition. The -Observer anticipates that, although the resignation of the Ministers has not been imme diate, it will be announced to-night, when both Houses assemble, that they only hold office :until their successors are appointed. The Observer alludes to a rumour that Lord Derby is endeavour ing to reconstruct his cabinet, and remarks on the advantage of the crisis being termin a t e d by ministers consentng to proceed with the Reform Bill, as modi fied by th e amendment carr i ed on Friday.' The Globe thinks it not improbable that Lord Derby may overcome the difficulties of the situation by a modification of hi s present cabinet, but this is admitted to be purely a conjecture. All that can be said is, that nothing is known of the intentions of the prime minister. The Continental news this morning is not of any great importance, The Paris correspondence, dated Saturday evening, states that six divisions of the army are about to be placed on a war footing. The regiments to be reviewed to-morrow will already have received the four battalions which were to be added to them. It is reported that a corps de observation is forming in the department of the Ain, where there is a juuction of the Sardinian and French railways. In the Corps, last mentioned, the ,Native Tirailleurs, and other regiments r ecentlyeagnowd L'oni • • will be incorporated. It is said here that the Grand Duke of Tuscany intends to give a new constitution to his subjects. The Paris correspondent of the Tiros, writing on Friday, says that the defeat of the English Ministry does not seem to have produced any particular impression at Paris, as the public there are convinced that the policy of peace will find supporters in any new ministerial combination, no matter from what party it be taken. With reference to the forthcoming Con gress the Paris Pays says that the preliminary negotiations have made a great step. It states positively that the Powers " have come to an agreement as to the basis of the diplomatic dis cussion." The Paris Correspondent of the Daily News in noticing this fact, says :—" The Pays has not often of late been chosen as the medium of any semi-official communication of importance, and I much doubt whether, in the present instanoe, it has any warrant for its assertions beyond a telegram from Dresden of yesterday's date, asserting .that the powers were " pretty nearly agreed" upon the preliminary programme of the congress. According to the latest rumours in Paris, both the time and place of meeting are still uncer tain. The Presse, although now a pea ce journal, :expresses a n opinion that the news from Dresden has no charcter of authenticity." The Paris correspondent of the Herald writes that " Warlike reports continue to be circulated, and the movements of troops which are taking place, though their importance is generally exaggerated, can hardly be viewed as a pacific symptom. I have already informed you that orders had been given for the con veyance to France of the division of General Bour bald ; it comprises two regiments of the foreign legion, and a battalion of native rifiemen---or Turkos as they are nicknathed in the army. It is understood that these troops are never removed from Africa except in case of a war in Europe, and their presence in France, under the present circumstances, is made the most of by the alarmists. It is to be regretted that the Government should take such measures when a congress is about to assemble, as they justify Austria in refusing to discontinue her preparations, A military friend, on the staff of one of the regi ments of the garrison of Paris, informs me that the l i army of Lyons has received what is technically called its entrée en cainpagne—that is to say, a sum of money to procure their outfits previous to com mencing a campaign. Excellent as my authority undoubtedly is, I cannot but think that there is some mistake.. 'two or three regiments of the army of Lyons are about to start for Africa, and must conse quently have received the usual sum allowed by Government for their outfit. This may have misled my informant. To pay the army of Lyons the sum requisite for its outfit would require a large outlay ; ' it would, as yet, be very premature, and Government is never in a hurry to pay away large sums." The Vienna correspondent of the Times states that the Austrian Government had become pacific and conciliatory, and would probably disarm 'if France and Sardinia would also do so. The Correspondancia Autografa states that a convention has been concluded between Spain and Morocco, in virtue of which the Spanish colony of Melilla resumes its former limits, and the Moorish Government undertakes to restrain the inhabitants of the Riff. THE DERBY MINISTRY. The adoption of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S resolution, as an amendment to the motion for the second reading of the Government Bill, as a matter of course, has obliged Ministers to consider if they are not reduced thereby to a position in which they cannot hope to carry on with any advantage to the country, and therefore with honour to themselves, its public affairs. Lord DERBY, no doubt, with a due sense of the responsibility under which he had been placed by the adverse vote of the Commons, after consulting with his Cabinet, sought an audience of her Majesty. But it is not known with any certainty what took place. If the Premier tendered his resignation, however, it was not, on the instant at any rate, accepted. His to the lloueo of Tawas, on Friday night, was,--" My lords, I have not the sanc tion of her Majesty to flake any communication to your lordships in regard to what took place, and' I think the state of affairs is so critical, and the consequences of the vote of last night may be so important, that, considering the House of Commons has adjourned till Monday, I think I shall best consult your lordships' conveni ence and the convenience and interest of the publics and I shall best show my sense of the gravity of this occasion, by postponing till Monday any statement I may . have to offer . to your lordships ; but I shall be prepared on that day to lay fully before your lordships the advice which I and my colleagues have thought it our duty to tender to her Majesty, and the course which, with her Majesty's sanction, we propose to adopt." Until the meeting of the House on this evening, therefore, nothing positive will probably be made known. All sorts of rumours are afloat. There is an opinion very prevalent that Lord DERBY'S Government will not immediately be broken up. TITLES TO AND REGISTRIES OF LANDED ESTATES. THE Liverpool Law Society have issued a pam phlet on this . subject, containing Remarks on the two Bills now before Parliament for dealing with it—the one, by effecting an improvement of the titles to landed estates, and the other by effecting a better registry of such titles. The first Bill, as it is shown, "seeks to put a stop to repeated investi gations of the same title, by substituting one judicial investigation, and by affixing to the estate that has successfully undergone that ordeal the stamp of a Parliamentary title; the second aims at perpetuating the guaranteed character of the title by a registry of subsequent dealings with it." Now, it is not denied that these are very important objects. The Law Society sets out, in its dissertation, by acknowledg ing, "that in dealing with real property, the expense of repeated investigations of the title to the same property by successive purchasers and mortgagees,— each going over the same ground that has been gone over by his predecessor,—is an evil that urgently requires removal, if only such object can be effected without producing as great evils as those which are sought to be cured." This latter remark, then, involves the main question at issue, as respects these two Bills under discussion, and regarding which they say, as though summing up in a single sentence their verdict upon them, that " the utility of them will be of a much more limited character than public anticipation has been led to anticipate," —a judgment which we think is somewhat incon sistent with what has gone before. For if what these Bills seek to remedy be "an evil that urgently requires removal," their utility cannot be trifling if they contribute, as they appear calculated to do, to so important and practical an end. In another respect the Liverpool Law Society answer their own objections. " Because," they say, "the Bills cannot accomplish all the good that the publie may have been led to expect from them, or because they cannot in every case remove the evils of the present Bystem, it does not follow that they should be at once condemned." Certainly not. Neither do we think that they ought to be disparaged. For, as they further suggest, " If their result should be to clear away an accumulated mass of legal documents from the title to any considerable num ber of estqles, and still more, if i tio clear title so obtained can be advantageously perpetuated by registration, tho good that can be ,so done is not to be rejected because it -is not greater." Again we say, certainly not. .But. neither, again, ought such measures to be treated - as though they were so faulty as to be of very limited utility. Most of the objections that are started to these Bills, are just such as might be made to any Bills with similar objects. For instance,— exposures. " Should this Bill pass into a, law," it is observed, " landowners will hesitate before selling portions of their estates; seeing that the purchaser will have it in his power to bring the title before the Court, and to expose to public gaze the whole history of his vendor's family property." But then the same thing would occur in any Act of Parliament on thesubject which established a legal machinery for the purpose of dealing with titles. It is further objected, that a landowner, by selling a small portion of his estate, might risk the exposure of his whole title. But then, no reasonable man, as it is, after all, admitted, would make an experiment that exposed him to Such a risk ; and therefore, at any rate, the intending purchasers would be protected. We must do the, Liverpool Law Society, how ever, the justice to say, that the objections they have paraded are, in the main, not of their own starting, but have originated with other, though kin dred parties, while they do not hesitate to declare, "that it cannot be doubted that the benefit of the Bill in saving expense as to the titles of properties of considerable value proposed to be sold in lots, or otherwise likely to be frequently dealt with, promises to be very material,"—as well as admitting, that "the eagerness with which the titles conferred by the Encumbered Estates Court in Ireland are sought after by• purchasers, is a proof of the value of simi lar titles to English vendors,"—admissions which amount to most important commendations of the Bill. The Registry of Landed Estates Bill is criticised with still less practical effect. The Law Society admit, in limine, that "no objection . can be taken to the principle of Registry of Titles, as it must be conceded at once, that if the benefit attempted to be obtained by the Title of Landed Estates Bill, of clearing of a title, all documents prior to the certificate of indefeasible title, can, as to the property so relieved, be made perpetual by registration of all subsequent dealings, such result would be highly beneficial to the public." And the objections, therefore, if any, must be in the details of its working. It does not appear that there really are any such objections in the Bill in question. Bufkif there be any, they reduce them all to the condition of mere nullities by the confession, that they are in a great measure disposed of by the permissive character of the Bill. Besides, following their enumeration of objections, technical and con structional, they, after all, admit that the success of such a measure will greatly depend on the spirit in which it is worked. With all due respect, therefore, for the Liverpool Law Society,'we do not think they have been parti cularly successful in their criticisms on this occasion. Some of their practical hints,. as to certain details of the Bills which they have criticised, may perhaps be useful in' adjusting their clause in committee. But that is all. The fact is—and the present case is no exception to the remark—that the science of legal legislation is such, that it is far easier to point out what will do harm than what will do good. DANGF',RS AND DIFFICULTIES OF LIP INSUItANcE. THERE is not a more provident ; and there are few more praiseworthy things, that married men can do who have incomes depending on their own exertions, and which must terminate with their lives, than effecting a life insurance for the benefit of those whom they may otherwise leave, in a great measure, if not wholly, unprovided for. It may often require some present sacrifice to do this—some greater economy and retrenchment than would otherwise be had recourse to. But then there is the satisfaction of knowing that it is made to secure a provision for the future,—a provision for those who would perhaps be otherwise left destitute, when he, whose industry and care it is that makes it, shall be taken away as the prop and mainstay of the house which it will then contribute to support, and but for which would probably fall into desolation. It is both a domestic and a social duty to thus prudently and providently act ; and everything should be done, that is possible, to encourage it among us. Life Insurance has made great progress, during the last few years, as a desirable means of securing a provision for families in that way. The fact of there being now nearly two hundred Life Insurance Com panies, of one description or another, in this country, is a striking proof of the hold which such an ex pedient has taken of the public mind. No doubt there have now and then been failures of such insti tutions, which have, for the moment, somewhat shaken public confidence in the system. But this has soon passed away, because it arose from what was only a very occasional exception to a generally good rule. There is another cause of the mistrust, however, which arises now and then, that is much more alarming, because much more formidable—the practice which certain offices appear so eager to pursue of disputing the validity of the Policy when, after death, payment of the sum insured is demanded, upon some plea or other of alleged infor mality or misrepresentation. A case of this kind came to trial at our Assizes last week ; and one of a character which is calculated, we cannot but think, to have a very discouraging effect upon the interests of Life Insurance. A person, described as " a robust, healthy man," holding a situation of some £320 a-year under the Corporation of Manchester, had effected an insurance on his life with an Office in London, called the " Medical Invalid and General Life Insurance Society," for £l,OOO. The usual inquiries were of course made by the Company before the proposal was accepted ; and an affirmative reply had been given to the question as to his being of uniformly sober and temperate habits. All being satisfactory to the Office, the policy is granted. This was about four years ago. Some time in the following year, the insured met with an accident in getting out of an omnibus which seriously affeeted his health, and ultimately led to the loss of his situation, and his being placed, still under the Manchester Corporation, in one with a much smaller salary. These misfor •tunes preyed upon his spirits, and deteriorated his health, and in no long time he died. During the last year or so of his life, suffering under depression and illness, he appears to have occasionally had recourse to the use of ardent spirits. But he did not' die from their effect. The medical practitioner who attended him in his last illness declared on his examination, on oath, before the Court, that his death was the result of water on the chest ; and, in his cross-examination, .although he admitted that persons of intemperate habits were liable to such a fiisPase, yet, ho there yens nothing whatever in THE NORTHERN TIMES MONDAI APRIL 4, 1859 this case to indicate that the deceased had been a man of such habits, as was pretended, so far back as the time of his effecting the .insurance on his life, — while other witnesses deposed - that he had been a man of extremely temperate habits. The statement of the plaintiff's counsel, in short, was substantially corroborated by the evidence adduced on the trial, — that "up to very nearly the time of his death, he had always been a very healthy, strong, and robust man. His occupation (that of manager of the distribution of gas) involved a, great deal of open air exercise, and he had, from a comparatively early hour every morning up to five or six o'clock in the. evening, to traverse a great portion of the streets of Manchester. With a very trifling exception, some two or three days, the deceased had never been prevented from attending to his duties by ill-health, and had given entire satisfaction to the Committee' of the Town Council, to whom the business of the gas distribution - Was delegated." Such was the character and condition of the -insured at the time •of effecting his Life Policy, and for some time afterwards,—than • which, one would have thought, nothing could have been more satisfactory to . 'the Insurance Company. Yet upon,his widow making application, in due course, for the payment of the sum insured, her demand ,is refused on the ground of deception,—the statement on which the Policy was granted being untrue—that he had not been uniformly a man of temperate habits. Both Judge and Jury, however, appeared satisfied that there was nothing whatever to sustain such a plea as this ; and, as a matter of course, there fore, the plaintiff, the widow of the deceased, obtained a verdict for the amount claimed. Now such a transaction as this can never be either to the 'credit or the interest of a respectable Life Insurance Company,—nor does it deserve to be. It - manifests a disposition to be illiberal, and to take advantage, which cannot possibly be consistent with a desire to .be, we will not say generous, but just. How can the public,—how can that portion of the public, more especially, that ' liave to make great sacrifices, often, to enable them to keep up Life Insurance Policies,—be expected to have much con fidence in the system, when they see a wealthy body, that make a handsome profit out of it, act in this way ? Here is a Company boasting of their pos sessing " a capital of half a million; fully subscribed, in addition to a large increase and accumulated assets,"—and some idea may be formed of their profits from the fact of, their income being set forth as amounting to £120,000 a year, arising from the premiums of between five and six thousand policies, —here, we say, is a Company of all' this wealth, enabling its Directors to be clothed in purple and fine linen and fare sumptuously every day, yet not only begrudging to pay a poor widow her due, according to their engagement, but actually refusing so to do, on a plausible but indefensible pretext of their having been deceived as to the health of the insured, and driving her into a Court of Law to enforce her just claim! We dare say it is never a pleasant thing for certain of such Offices to have to pay : they are always very eager to receive,—their premiums are such as - to return them enormous profits ; yet, though they are periodically paid for the express purpose of securing the sums insured for at death, the Companies, or their Directors, as in this case, would rather not pay tbem, if they could escape the obligation to do so, by taking advantage of anything which might be tortured into a reason for the invalidation of , the Policy ! But we cannot think so ill of the great body of such Companies, ' as to suppose that they would pursue so dis honourable, and at the same time so politic a course as this " Medical, Invalid, and General," in this instance, has done ; and which is ,worthy of reprobation not only on its own demerits, but also because it is calculated to bring into disre pute an institution which, when fairly and liberally administered, is designed to confer such great advan tages upon the middle classes of society. Let this case, however, be a warning to those Offices that would rather dispute than pay. British Juries will not, let it be borne in mind, lend themselves to the support of such illiberality and cupidity. Insurance Companies are quite right, no doubt, to protect them selves from frauds. But to do this, they must be careful and vigilant when the proposals for insurance are made ; and not, after coolly pocketing the premiums, it may be for years, when death at length ensues, and they are called upon to fulfil their engagement, to turn round and refuse, on the plea, for the first time raised, that they had all the while been deceived ! THE TOXTETII BOARD OF GUARDIANS. —The further gross display of unfitness for so responsible an office as that of Guardian of the Poor, which was made at the meeting of the Board on Saturday week, as reported at length in our columns of Friday, only furnishes an additional reason why the ratepayers, for their own credit, as well as for the interests of the parish, should now seriously take up the matter, and interpose to wipe off what at present is so foul a reproach to all concerned. The time of electing a new Board is at hand. Let us hope that the opportunity will not be neglected by the electors of doing justice alike to themselves and their parochial concerns. THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES.—The meeting of our mer chants and others in the Town-hall, which we so fully re ported in our issue of Friday, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the sufferings of the Neapolitan exiles, now in this country, and of organizing a subscription in their behalf, was highly creditable to this important town, and will contribute, we doubt not, materially to forward the, we trust we may call it, national subscription in their behalf, —a subscription which so eminently deserves to be regarded in the two-fold character of an expression of British sympathy, and a fund for their relief ; combining, at" Vie same time, to testify the country's indignation at the atrocious treatment they have met with at the hands of their despotic and perfidious sovereign. This, in fact, was embodied, it would be observed, in one of the resolutions adopted by the meeting, which spoke of the subscription " not only as an expression of our sympathy with the oppressed, but as our protest against that tyranny by which they have been driven into unmerited exile." It must be remembered, that the case of these exiles is, as respects their cruel treatment at home, that of thousands of other Neapolitans, who have been doomed to imprisonment, under circumstances of g rea t inhumanity, from time to time, for their aspirations of constitutional liberty. As it was stated at the meeting, when Mr. Gladstone interested himself so charitably in the cause of the suffering patriots, on the spot, he found there were no less than 20,000 political prisoners in the kingdom of Naples .alone —that these were principally belonging to the middle class, who number much smaller proportionately than in this country—that among them was a large number of the Chamber of Deputies which had been elected in 1848, under the constitution to which the King had solernly sworn fidelity —but the ma jority of which, after suppressing the Chamber itself, he had thus imprisoned or driven into exile. These facts, as was well observed, " afflicting as they are to our common humanity, were detailed by one whose whole previous life places him above the most distant suspicion, and his sympathies were elicited on behalf of men who had held any other principles than those conig§tclit With constitutional government and rational freedom." So that it is no ease, we may depend upon it, this of these exiles, or of their cause in any case, which can be said to involve anything whatever that could be dangerous to legitimate government, but rather every thing that is calculated to promote and maintain it, upon principles of justice, benificence, and order. We heartily trust, therefore, that the subscription, on this occasion, will be a handsome one. THE COURT. Her Royal. Highness the Duchess of Kent, visited her Majesty the Queen, on - Friday, at Buckingham Palace. ~ The Earl of Derby had an audience of the Queen. . His Royal Highness the Prince Consort rode on horse back, attended by Captain Du Plat. The Queen, accompanied by the Princesses Alice and Helena, and attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald; took a drive - in an open carriage and four in the afternoon. Colonel' the Hon. A. N. Hood and Captain Du Plat attended on horseback. The Prince Consort, attended by Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Phipps, visited the South Kensington Museum. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort honoured the performance at the Haymarket Theatre with their presence in the evening. In attendance were—Lady Macdonald, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Viscount Strathallan, Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, and Captain Du Plat. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, honoured Mr. Thomas, architect, with a visit on Thursday in the Alpha-road, Regent's Park, and inspected his works. Colonel the Hon.. A. N. Hood and Captain Du Plat have relieved Major-General the Hon. C. Grey and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge in their duties as the Equerries in Wait. ing to the QUeen and Prince Consort. . . ARRIVAL OF PRINCE GROLAM MAIIOIIIED. —We under stand that his Highness Prince Gholam Mahomed, son of the Sultan Tippoo Sahib, has arrived at the Oriental Hotel, Vere-street, from Calcutta, with the view of renewing his protestations of loyalty after the proclamation of her Ma jesty to the native princes of India. OUR SAmous.—The secretary to the Sailors' Home, Dublin, thus alludes to the gratitude often expressed by sailors after the preservation' of their lives from shipwreck. " I have been an observer of our sailors afloat and ashore for the past twenty years, and the conclusion I have-arrived at, from my experience is, that a more deserving class of men does not exist, and I thank God that a change for the better is now seen by every one who takes an interest in their welfare. Having had some of them inmates who served in wrecked vessels on our Irish iron bound coast. I may truly say that no society brought before them was wire generally appreciated than the National Life Boat Institu tion. I have heard them allude to its reports in terms that would be gratifying to its supporters, and to every lover of mankind." LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. MAIL NEWS.—The departure of the next mail for Newfoundland, via Galway, is postponed until the evening of the 7th of April. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.—We understand that sentence of death was on. Saturday last passed:on two of the poachers, at the Chester Assizes, for the mnrder of the gamekeeper several months ago. The steam-ship Excelsior, on her passage from Liverpool to Belfast, on the night of the 30th ult., was run into by a brig, name unknown, near the Formby Light s hip, an d received considerable damage. CRESCENT CHAPEL LITERARY SOCIETY.—This society held its usual weekly meeting in the School-rooms, William Henry-street, on. last. Wednesday evening, when Mr. J. Labouchere delivered an addregs on " The Pulpit and the Press." NESTON AND PARKGATE FREE LECTURES.—The Rev. H. S. Brown lectured on " The People's Proverbs," on Thursday evening, in Neston new school-house ' to a large and applauding andience: At the close a truly hearty and well deserved vote of thanks was accorded, on the motion of *Mr. Macfie. Mr. Bushell occupied the chair. M.P. FOR BIRKENIIEID,..It is, we believe, in contem plation to get np a requisition to Mr. Laird, asking if (in the event of Birkenhead being constituted into a borough with a representative) he would allow himself to be put in nomi nation. The req uisition will be presented very soon. The only obstacle seems to be the fact that Mr. Laird holds very extensive contracts under Government. THE AVEATIIER,—Friday, being the Ist of April, or " All Fools' Day," made a fool of everyone. In the morn ing it was fine, bright, and dry; soon after, it became cloudy, windy, and cold. The third change was sleet and hail, with an atmosphere that might have done, up at the North Pole. Again it became fine. It was, in fact, one of the real ":berrowed days" by March. The blossoms of fruit trees must be much injured. SOUTHERN HOSPITAL.—WeekIy Report.—Admitted : Accidents and urgent cases, 50 ; medical and surgical cases upon recommendation, 14 ; total, 64. - Discharged : Cured, 9 ; relieved, 3 ; irregular, 1 ; died, 1; total, 14. Attending as out-patients, 28. Remaining in the hospi tal, 55. Treasurer : James Houghton, Esq. Visitors : B. Platt, Esq. ' and J. Andrews, E sq . Honorary chaplain: Rev. W. Leveson. Physician and surgeon for the ensuing week : Dr. Cameron and Mr. Nottingham. House surgeons : Mr. John M. Bateson and Mr. C. Pemberton. CASSELL'S POPULAR NATURAL lIISTORY.—The publishers regret to have to apologise to the bookselling trade and to the public for the delay which has unavoidably arisen in the further delivery of this truly popular work.• The first edition of 12,500 copies was exhausted upon the day of pub lication. Another edition will be ready at 12 o'clock this day, and all demands will be supplied in the order in which they are received. The public are invited to procure a copy of Part 1, and to form their, own opinion of its merits. Price 6d monthly. London : Cassell, Petter, and Galpin; and all booksellers. A LUCKY DKUNKARD. —On Friday, at the Police court, a person named Thomas Trass was brought up by Officer John Bambridge, 295, who said he go t hi m i n Pudsey-street, at a qua r te r to seven the previous evening, in a.state of utter prostration from drink, He had £5OO on his person at the time, and he locked him up for safety. It was a lucky thin g for the prisoner that h e h a d f a ll en i n t o the hands of such an honest policeman. Pudsey-street is said to be one of the worst streets in Liverpool, even for a sober man to pass through at night, not to mention a drunken man, with £5OO in his p oc k e t, Th e pr i soner was fined ss, and he was told he was lucky to fall into the hands of the police, instead of meeting with others. TRIAL TRIP OF THE STEAMER TILLY.-ThjS beautiful iron screw steamer, built by Messrs. Blackwood and Gordon, the eminent iron shipbuilders and engineers of Paisley, arrived in the Mersey at an early hour on Friday morning, having accomplished the voyage from Greenock to this port in the short period of 161 hours. She has been built for our townsmen Messrs. King Brothers, under the superin tendence of Mr. C. Kingcome, and is fitted up in a s tyl e suitable for the East, being intended for the Bombay trade. Her dimensions are as follows : —Length of keel and fore rake, 180 feet; beam, 25 feet; depth moulded, 14 9-10 feet. Tonnage, 542 tons, builders' measurement, and is propelled by a pair of direct acting engines of 100 horse power, nominal. She is now in the Clarence Do c k, an d i s well deserving of inspectloi ST. ANNE'S STANLEY FREE LECTURES.—The present session was brought to a close last Wednesday evening by a lecture from the Rev. T. Gardner on " Progress and. Reformation." At the conclusion, the lecturer read state ments from the honorary secretary's book of proceedings, shewing the entire and continued success of th e W or ki ng Mens' Association under its present active management, at the same time proposing a vote of thanks to those gentle men who have so firmly interested themselves in the under taking. The secretary, on rising to acknowledge the compliment paid the teachers and committee, intimated that from his personal knowledge, much praise was also due to the working men for their uniform good and attentive behaviour, which had proved most gratifying to those con ducting the association. A vote of thanks was proposed to the Rev. T. Gardner, after which the meeting dispersed. CORONER'S INQUEST. —On Saturday the coroner held the following inquest :—On the body of Peter Gilliam, a rigger, aged forty-five. He was at work on board a ship in one of the docks, when he was accidentally drawn into the hold by a rope, and killed by the fall. Th ere was no blame attached to any one, and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." On Thursday the Coroner held the following inquests :—On the body o f G eorge G oo d er id ge, twenty-four years of age, who was a seaman on board the Niagara. On the Ist March he was at work, and it seemed that one of the hatches fell on his foot, and crushed two of his toes, from the effects of which he died. Verdict, " Accidental death." On the body of Mary Connolly, four years' Ord. The child was playing in Grayson-street the previous evening, When the wheel of a cart passed over the body, and killed the child. There did not appear any blame to any one, and the jury found a verdict of "Acci dental death." On the body of Thomas Henderson, sixty-six years of age, a sailor. He was much given to drink, and was brought home, the previous Thursday, in a car, drunk. He had got a fracture of the bone of the leg, and dislocation of the ancle, and was suffering- from delirium tremens, and of this complication he died. It did not appear how he got injured, but he was hurt whilst drunk. Verdict, "Accidental death." TOXTETH BOARD OF HEALTH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE." On Saturday, a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Toxteth Park Board of , Health was held in Mr. Avison's of4o, Cook-§trcct ; Mr, Hutitm in the chair, The other • • iarnh gentlemen present, were--Messrs. Alpass, B°ult ' 4C4ll matters. and Siddeley. After disposing of some formal mat o f a resolution was come to, recommending that the salarY t , so the law-clerk be raised from £4O to £BO a-year. It was „; 1 00 resolved to recommend to the board that a donation of 1 . , _,. be given to Mr. Newlands for services rendered to the t2,r el ship. The estimates for the ensuing year were read. 1!oy amounted in total to £2,209, which would require a rn is , or cession. eorvien at or 1 c A . gi ra vA t e e t oof letter 2s 8d in the pound, which was agreed to after scan?, 0 the extent of his land in Smithdown-lane, for purpose of improving the 'road, on the eel lw „ut. that the board would go to the expense of . , r ids ting back the wall that distance. Mr. Alpass said t strict of a very liberal and kind offer, but the rural district Toxteth-park would not be able to make the imp they ,sj on the road at present which were talked of, unless the 4, t 5 l - i lt e wd b aws o a a sr r e d arde fourcfromon recommended y m a :l id s re o . a f iVt group o ibi- ieall ildlietbri:s; assistance from the township generally. Mr. Boult 7 00 13 mended that the kind offer be accepted, and said i t , s o be a pity to allow the, opportunity of obtain in g the ' or or pass. The improvements would have to be made see arie be later. He moved that the liberal offer of 3 1 r. . c s V accepted, and that the best thanks of the b oard be gr,,,„i? Mr. Earle; and that the surveyor be instructe d to Ilre`roit an estimate, of the cost of rebuilding the wall, an d ° N ig of carrying out the improvement in'Smithdown-lanelo. as lay within the district. The motion was e reed st o letter was read from Mr. Kulshaw in reference; thekshioe' of drainage which he had adopted at the new we r ' t tbei After some discussion, the committee resolved ttil.tives. still disapprove of the system. This concluded the `7 4.0 00 DISEMBODIMENT OF THE 4TH ROYAL Li.l4Cv; bee MILITIA.—This regiment, whose head quarters 1',5 and $t aTthmWu Thursday r aF i y n . g d t ili o s n e. m , N a br f oi t Ld e L r i ei t dE h ß r a : t. e —w y r e ra a hr r ir s s : u s go. e te r on s n i t cl. gentleman, e m i a n n , I r w e ' b all: is tfi l e; 1 Berwick-on-Tweed, Aldershott,' and Portsraouth, If actor, :ic ct a td n our y eh,: y ht e ims a o r aci s ino o uyi c rl c elt u exs p ciye i e e llaa d eintn t ah h t . gentlemanly oepicloiTtaslihletmeigouanna play-goinghl 6 b st a a r g tii an e gt m pi no : n ratas a i : g e , tt e lp h s:l ci t c t i 1 : '11 ::: : Royal Amphitheatre, is about to relinquish his pt 3 l el l. citizens cannot forget the abilities of. Mr. V, i lic ro 6pe c c , t ' 's , „fa alt him the respect and affection of all who have bi l- t to a . ,,' so long. His departure will be a source of retr e l o ; It is proposed to give him a farewell benefit on t e , fell; [: Villiers. t povc o foaA w n rohuilToe.T s m d:vl om and t e Nh n i We understand v i aug f tenet itrndaaetr attractive. im e ts vaueanrnn. sure ittht that will o sa n tb e teheb w , en. e o bs rc nil h l of no rg. this month, and we much mistake the feelings of ell " an d )i .. REPORTER'S INTRUDERS —Notwithstanding EL' SG AL L GALLERY CO THE R.? . v i o ils llc • the police Janitor,' the gallery intended for the rervii i sig`.. the Crown Court, has been intruded upon durinzziofeol, sent, as in previous assizes, by idle spectators and bu t vil l ''k ' whose presence alone interfere' with busines s,. ne „' few days ago Mr. M`Kenzie was co questions and remarks are frequently a perfect 0 15 4 on t d t admired 111 s c jilt' . subject, and he most promptly acceded t o a irc place a gate or barrier at the head the ror or i : 1 aymllmorfuesonrieceatPtseedalllice.aceiittic'f,',ll.e which has, to a great extent, been effectual in e lir g. the and comfort. On Fridayevening, however, du 0 YrNof s t ateteierreinsaroCes ten'teb.._.,r;j; of Mitchell, and when the reporters more than e. vi , lci; need of the whole space provided for them, several 00;0..1'1 contrived to enter. One of these, when asked w ile d 0, that evening was a reporter, replied "Yes;" but the falsehee.tharri: almost immediately detected, h was requested te` f e to 11 ; H arTo7tHoofohs e pcetoeksEh r aair e s:nli f eanslgb us_ psot.e ed, and having added rudeness and inse lenc ol s .e refusal, a police officer was sent for, and the inir s ,.. t° ,4 IP once not only ejected from the gallery, but ,'" i building also. Ti , f't )t i t MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE IT lIOLYW-c,,,51. L , , i 4 PERSONS CRUSHED TO DEATH, AND A NiThißEl t ''; a l;e' ° I, INJURED.—An awful catasthrophe, which has t re i . -. ojt ti ,l i f four persons being crushed to death and a nurnu e lt i at " A i occurred at Holywell on Friday evening. ° II ' s v 's Mrs. Wonshwelrs menagerie opened for exhibitils ilie, number of persons congregated to witness the an inl 'es s °, e suddenly a great gush of wind blew under the e , s- e j t1 1 :‘ tached to the inner side of the caravans, and e 3ll- rof er 'll of them to upset, and bring down the whole o f the: s t r. l . , canvas upon the people On getting up the eall„ c rp t l,s u Zr was discovered that no less than four had' een kT o ". sv. i '',l great number injured. The vans which were t ,";;;rs , ,',o tuately upset, contained the collection of lions; "„ o ft:d during iue e eayrtrionos n,fgdbut"Accidental efcoar fright,tt a u s n t a r t o e pt l dhh y eeea n . tp o ho.A accident animals in inquest occurred uesrte inwaasinhi t ne e igd a n o i f i dc ic ::,i when the the four bodies on Saturday,jury on° c s; w ith t , d er l ' 0 CYCLONES AT Sms..—We have been favoure.49.--r;1 f the report of the ship Robina, Captain P e b ",,tse c (n l arrived at Aden from Sunderland, which states tl i , - , l es• ,lo vessels had encountered severe hurricanes and eY e ',lo f i st the 18th of February, in lat. 3 15 S, ion. 66 B , " a t ,' f ; e r the ship Verniola, of London, fourteen daY l ,3o` ls.g Mauritius to Madras. Captain thereof reports t",. i . W in e leaving Mauritius, on and about the 6th of Febrna`ii''orrich d very unsettled and threatening weather, and tha t l 0, 1 ; i . ( e, had passed to the S and Wof Mauritius." ° II ', i —e d '' .. i t 'li February, in lat. 1 4 N, lon. 65 E, spoke the b„, 31. 1 ,` , : i esPi l * ,r. 126 days out from Sunderland for Suez. .',." - ivl t t i l i el o l t oiroi being reports sbg e tsThcaohuenisrshee diatsphhs mtei eastward u h o assahnortvenl mostly—the it n s:huu nggeptrhpdhntaoeeodsr circle idteervhlacetoelvroeseyennb-oosertfrehatterchhpfeypeewa;t:A:orrnstudioitcg.: 0 J o : r es s ibi :13.5 1 i i foi.. were in a flame of fire for several days—in Is' his ' lie a ship he had been in company with some tirae the. ! A $ el reports the Queen of Ave, the captain ° th .asec; o ol vessel reporting a hurricane running to the Il h er sie s " him, and was hove-to for forty-eight hours) wit -5 to the south, and close-reefed canvas. ceiTvehde by y lu th e e ß ß o o o y k al co c n o tai mm ni i n s g s : P o t n h e e rs m fo in r ut m es aa % e l e til eo e l e ce' a; had been l t a h i e d y u e p x o e n ni t i h n e ed ta w b a le e o se f v t e h n e t_ h fi o v n e s . c . j t t a b e lli ., c ,,::: 7 c vid e° Of civiliansaps i ta o y n W, Theree r s s owi ro s el a jrow t efai t mcva w hlaes, e r iso n otG t s hu y i rxse-aewhirbgaaaohmnrartkt, warrant urn, days only ; and the ° s r 3 h - e . °l- r i' i 1 wut c r o nio m tdlhlo p ertr r teo e hf d reo e vy i ß g ai l h eo ta t ourr fl adi a mli g oenfr o g : cers,_ t w e 1 v e ca p twins list, and two on the reserved list, two eeni ala iie, S il o, Liddell, Sir Richard Bromley, Mr. It': t rs, 11 0: 1 „ St boatsman's r honof a:Tsdchienor holding mates,a pt s how v ise F hi btao r f. s i n e oo ia,i_ treetiiaariniii b ar ds, ocosets otz:llo,et ,iii:ll, e , to i 1 b, 1 0,, T , a iria fi t id f i t ee e , fifteen service, shippingicae,nourphlein 1 : i l io. ::: 110c fft oofi l e e ttr ' aieo ti : : : : . evidence i itvde g i f aedme r i e en r e a de s : : t ACClDENT hnwahsirte TO THE PPINCE F" P t,fi ea .tte".,l a ' : MAIL STEAMER.---The magistrates t r h ec e e tu n Ehs t eau i aa n rl v d e . s ion ti f ga T t r io a n de a . at DThoveeyr in , t y o th:c a i v r i c tri ti : : : nacc i toiioo s o :l ,ho o il t o t 1 :,,, ing opinion the f : ata l ls Ist. accident i eTa d mhlh e aaen n isnt t s tstHboteahaetforhnbetoaheudPeardresuimennehacaela:edstvtyeFebrre, madeef odareaerdi c ii k ;oBaiettwett to rro r c e i P ;:c ,: tit i t the steam-vessel Prince Frederickregardeurre„ iles,lo e morning of wrongfulalF e l i b g r ah u ct a ta r February re were t oe h fxahuil l bt a i lass o 1. oe , fd , W i _ 3s & Sten t 1 t enter u ch the harbour. 2nd. proved with our sa.-,rsio. , 00 . by y e au tho to the lin , ge A ei table loss of life which subsequently ec as n ot f tli further of 'opinion that such loss of life w „ter ° I"! by the wrongful act or default of the aster us t ° r Al Prince Frederick William, and it appears dance t, . 0 41 0) arisen from causes beyond the control of T suce vil' l ss 4 ', York. competencynrcAomcemr:tsaßimcnlalssttceaprl of his crew. 'We have, therefore in acenr e : Act,, o te o' provisions of 438 of , the Merchant ShiPP:l" 00 return to the said James John Pittock, L' . : 4_ l ll l , Cktv i ' cll. :w e 1 , scandal has been caused in New York (treat R I, by a reacher tii.e" pews" in the church of that popular oath ohar c d pi o t hc Henry Ward Beecher, pastor of the PlY lll° ,, r il as 3&/ e t s n ' t pews, according to their situation u an renli arn i le ".• those who offered the greatest amount of P The 5 , , f eril price were declared their owners for a year. ant su ei . S i ol prices ~ ara fot o / 0 t li ;.s , a scene of great excitement extravaugif ra li , ,e o u o ,4a_t; given for the best pews, and the anie t,`:,,, ree !a e ill .eEINofCIPuLpEsetIN T ...,,,, $25,000 ! The chapel will hold a bo o ut : ter it of t% people. The numbers who seek t and! one. O P Sunday are estimated at six thousand, co is, th er , the P itoe c lir , results of this mode of disposing ef lade d b „,,, 500 of the members of the church are excluded illa rnol cri 1 In reply to remonstrances which havL is w ith 8. , atl io Beecher writes :—" A church, when it af te i a l la° h ot tae , things, is subject to just the same centn,a, r o, are J, l lts..e , other body. Buying and selling in b° er t a ud 0 1 4 bel7, Ea-ne as in a store. Both should be honest doe, 0 07 watt if they are it is all sham to talk et 15' e lfae n ir , WhireVer 3 na "then too sacred for worldly things. sec ular a - a ny °- e r to that part of its business which of o stt , ,a commercial wisdom, then it must stan. tajbls 10 5 orb oi honest concern, subject to all the eq_al and to ed, t as er. and money. The pews must be sold t üblicly, -ha ta bt s ti t io every year; and this must be done P o , _ oh s ot s . t ity . have a chance. And if the pews are 11_1 ,, l'i aiu t. s Ji_ a u ts 0 .cb P there will be but little trouble c on.,roll'euscant,!et le pews:axe fewer than the applicants; it 'e u ... . e we to sei s v err oa to ; but one can be accommodated, how al 4 . Then the strongest will get them% _°.,'„). will I'll'4, shall have hem °? Shall there be a Lfte.rttilbClY b ,2 3 t re ti l :', ° :: Shall ? Then the alert and s hrewd ~,,i, Shall they be ranted openly and in fair_ ere i a i la of ' re ,i" men who wants them most, and has 1 the most, must have them." inevitably they must follow the enuri le means